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Deleted member 5849

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  • Oct 14, 2022
  • #316
Sky Blue Pete said:
It doesn’t have any effect as a deterrent. The only grounds it’s merited is on saved money and that’s pretty morally bankrupt for me
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Doesn't work in that respect either, costs USA a fortune to keep people on death row, and they have lots of checks in there to make absolutely sure they're not executing the wrong person... which then costs money too.

Let's face it, if you're a nutter who wants to kill two dozen people with a firearm, what happens to you afterwards is probably low on your list of considerations!
 
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Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 14, 2022
  • #317
clint van damme said:
It doesn't do that. The appeals process costs a fortune
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That’s true too - very true
 

eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 14, 2022
  • #318
LastGarrison said:
Ours at senior school was the same. Unless you got him talking about his favourite subject. Mushrooms.

Which in hindsight is quite ironic because if he took mushrooms as much as his pupils did he probably would have been a lot more chilled.
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Beb
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #319
Musk what a Pratt!!
Unless you want to support a megalomaniac nutjob and his ilk who infect the site with hate you should consider divesting yourselves of it.
Pay for it?
Pillock!!
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #320
wingy said:
Musk what a Pratt!!
Unless you want to support a megalomaniac nutjob and his ilk who infect the site with hate you should consider divesting yourselves of it.
Pay for it?
Pillock!!
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looks like about 50% of the workforce will turn up for work today to find out they can't get into the building and / or can't access their laptops anymore. nice way of finding out you've been fired.

Twitter staff say layoffs have started after Elon Musk takeover

Employees are saying on social media they have lost their jobs ahead of an announcement by the company.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

SkyBlueCharlie9

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #321
Mike Ashley taking note of Musks tactics?
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #322
chiefdave said:
looks like about 50% of the workforce will turn up for work today to find out they can't get into the building and / or can't access their laptops anymore. nice way of finding out you've been fired.

Twitter staff say layoffs have started after Elon Musk takeover

Employees are saying on social media they have lost their jobs ahead of an announcement by the company.
www.bbc.co.uk
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I think it’s worse than that. They’ve all been told to stay at home and await an email to tell them if the have a job or not.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #323
how did musk get so "rich" when he is shit at business and shit at running said businesses?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #324
David O'Day said:
how did musk get so "rich" when he is shit at business and shit at running said businesses?
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Obviously clever tecjnically, wasn't it Paypal that made him his money in the first lace? Tesla being first to market has helped, but they'll die soon enough if they don't sort their quality control.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #325
Deleted member 5849 said:
Obviously clever tecjnically, wasn't it Paypal that made him his money in the first lace? Tesla being first to market has helped, but they'll die soon enough if they don't sort their quality control.
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he is seemingly in violation of california law that means any employer with more than 75 employers has to give 60 days notice for any lay off of 50 or more people

find is $500 per employee per day
 

tisza

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  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #326
David O'Day said:
how did musk get so "rich" when he is shit at business and shit at running said businesses?
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Engineering genius and obviously highly talented but seems to bring an arrogance that he is an expert on everything. Recent statements on Taiwan and Ukraine other examples of being out of his depth in other areas.
Think he has overreached himself on this Twitter deal. It's going to shed users and advertiser's if he lets it become a free-for-all.
 

chiefdave

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  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #327
skybluetony176 said:
I think it’s worse than that. They’ve all been told to stay at home and await an email to tell them if the have a job or not.
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shit isn't it. if you've still got a job you'll get a mail to your company email, if you haven't you'll get one to your personal email as they'll have locked you out. I'm sure they've got up to date personal emails for all their employees so there's bound to be nothing that goes wrong.
David O'Day said:
how did musk get so "rich" when he is shit at business and shit at running said businesses?
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Having rich parents probably helped.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #328
David O'Day said:
how did musk get so "rich" when he is shit at business and shit at running said businesses?
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He’s a self made man. He started out with nothing but the gift of a diamond mine from his billionaire father.
 
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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #329
chiefdave said:
shit isn't it. if you've still got a job you'll get a mail to your company email, if you haven't you'll get one to your personal email as they'll have locked you out. I'm sure they've got up to date personal emails for all their employees so there's bound to be nothing that goes wrong.

Having rich parents probably helped.
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The ones he sacks want to club together and start up an alternate to twitter. People are turning away from twitter already because of his antics, if the people who grew it, maintained it, serviced it, did the marketing for it etc etc set up an alternative you’ve got to think they’d be able to give it a good shot given their experience and know how.
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #330
tisza said:
Engineering genius and obviously highly talented but seems to bring an arrogance that he is an expert on everything. Recent statements on Taiwan and Ukraine other examples of being out of his depth in other areas.
Think he has overreached himself on this Twitter deal. It's going to shed users and advertiser's if he lets it become a free-for-all.
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tesla are fucked as well if he doesn't sort them out
 

Frank Sidebottom

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #331
David O'Day said:
he is seemingly in violation of california law that means any employer with more than 75 employers has to give 60 days notice for any lay off of 50 or more people

find is $500 per employee per day
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About $120m then? Not a great deal when you're worth over $200b. comparative to a speeding fine or parking ticket to the average person.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #332
He's a wrong un from a long line of wrong uns
 
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robbiekeane

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  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #333
skybluetony176 said:
He’s a self made man. He started out with nothing but the gift of a diamond mine from his billionaire father.
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Makes me wonder what I could’ve achieved if I’d pulled myself up by the bootstraps and not wasted all that money on avocado toast
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #334
skybluetony176 said:
I think it’s worse than that. They’ve all been told to stay at home and await an email to tell them if the have a job or not.
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What a pity they never unionised
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #335
Timperley said:
About $120m then? Not a great deal when you're worth over $200b. comparative to a speeding fine or parking ticket to the average person.
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but bad for twitter when that is not too much less than the blue ticket fee will bring and most of his "wealth" is tied up in stocks of money losing companies.

fan boy are you?
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #336
 

AOM

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #337
clint van damme said:
He's a wrong un from a long line of wrong uns
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Elon Musk’s father confirms second child with his own stepdaughter - report
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 4, 2022
  • #338
tisza said:
Engineering genius and obviously highly talented but seems to bring an arrogance that he is an expert on everything. Recent statements on Taiwan and Ukraine other examples of being out of his depth in other areas.
Think he has overreached himself on this Twitter deal. It's going to shed users and advertiser's if he lets it become a free-for-all.
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Hes not. He hires smart people and puts his face on their work. Basically just got lucky in the dotcom bubble. Most of his ideas go nowhere, like hyperlink and ASD in cars.
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #339
Not a great night for the Republicans in the midterm elections - various Trump-friendly candidates all failing to win, one week before he’s supposedly announcing a run in 2024. And the biggest Republican win so far has been Ron DeSantis…
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #340
SBT said:
Not a great night for the Republicans in the midterm elections - various Trump-friendly candidates all failing to win, one week before he’s supposedly announcing a run in 2024. And the biggest Republican win so far has been Ron DeSantis…
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Or Ron DeSanctimonius, as Agent Orange quipped recently.
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #341
Cant follow it at all, all sounds Greek to me.

I think the Reps have won but not by as much as expected and MAGA candidates took a beating. Is that right?

Generally only bothered for Ukraine support and climate change so hopefully that’s goodish news?
 

chiefdave

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  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #342
shmmeee said:
I think the Reps have won but not by as much as expected and MAGA candidates took a beating. Is that right?
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That's pretty much it I think. Guess it's similar to when we have local elections in the middle of a parliamentary term, its generally expected the opposition does well but that doesn't necessarily translate to the next general election.

Seems the Republicans were expected to do far far better than they have and the complete failure of the Trump supporting candidates has to put a huge doubt over his plan to run again. Which seemed a bit of a stretch to start off with
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #343
chiefdave said:
and the complete failure of the Trump supporting candidates has to put a huge doubt over his plan to run again.
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That would be a relief... apart from the fact he was one of the moderate candidates when campaigning for their nomination first time out!
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #344
shmmeee said:
Cant follow it at all, all sounds Greek to me.

I think the Reps have won but not by as much as expected and MAGA candidates took a beating. Is that right?

Generally only bothered for Ukraine support and climate change so hopefully that’s goodish news?
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No one knows yet Dems could hold both houses yet, senate more likely than house and house if the reps won't only be by a handful of seats

Still a long way to go in counting votes by Biden has done better than Clinton and Obama did at their first midterms
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #345
shmmeee said:
Cant follow it at all, all sounds Greek to me.

I think the Reps have won but not by as much as expected and MAGA candidates took a beating. Is that right?

Generally only bothered for Ukraine support and climate change so hopefully that’s goodish news?
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In a way I'm happy. Usually midterms tend to see a hefty defeat for the party of the incumbent president but it's not been that bad. And Biden has hardly been incredible.

On the bad side, should the Reps win either of the houses that's pretty much going to be no legislation for the next two years - they'll block everything. Then say how useless a president Biden is for not getting anything done...
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 9, 2022
  • #346
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
In a way I'm happy. Usually midterms tend to see a hefty defeat for the party of the incumbent president but it's not been that bad. And Biden has hardly been incredible.

On the bad side, should the Reps win either of the houses that's pretty much going to be no legislation for the next two years - they'll block everything. Then say how useless a president Biden is for not getting anything done...
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Dunno if accurate but saw a comment it was the best midterms for an incumbent since Bush in 2002, right in the middle of 9/11 rally round the flag mania.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 10, 2022
  • #347
Apparently Trump has now labelled Fox News as fake news following them reporting the failure of the Republican wave. FOX NEWS! FAKE NEWS!
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 10, 2022
  • #348
skybluetony176 said:
Apparently Trump has now labelled Fox News as fake news following them reporting the failure of the Republican wave. FOX NEWS! FAKE NEWS!
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That’s old news. He turned against Fox during his presidency. I forget the random no name news channel he endorsed instead.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 10, 2022
  • #349
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy

Alex Jones to pay extra $473m damages over 'fake Sandy Hook' claim

The new order means the Infowars host has to pay $1.44bn after branding the school shooting a hoax.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 11, 2022
  • #350
" Jones now admits the attack in which 20 children and six adults were killed on 14 December 2012 was "100% real". "

Ah well he's learned his lesson, let him off with a slap on the wrist and a 'boys will be boys' shrug.


It's immensely satisfying to see these absolute ghouls face some consequences, as rare as it still is
 
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