Ho. ly. shit.

I guess, whatever? Let’s fucking do this.

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    Norquist has been enthusiastic about Musk’s ability to generate public attention for efforts to reduce the size of government. But he suggested that the owner of a space rocket company wasn’t the right person to spearhead a congressional spending debate.

    “He doesn’t know politics like he knows physics,” he said.

    Hey dude. He doesn’t fucking know physics either. Not any more than a 12 year old who’s played KSP for a couple days. He’s a pseudointellectual.

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      Elon Musk actually has a bachelor’s in physics. Dunno when he got it, but he doesn’t know more than your average person. He’s still a huge mega deuce canoe sock monkey tho.

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        Was it given to him as a ‘you’re such a wealthy good boy oligarch’ gift by some dipshit dean? Or did he genuinely earn it?

        I’m actually asking. I have no idea.

        I ain’t a gambling man, but I know where I’d place my bets.

        Edit:

        I looked it up. Snopes says true, but man, is there a fuck ton of inconsistencies and a large donation to penn state. Headcanon is he sucked dick for it.

        https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-physics-degree/

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          “Elon Musk earned a B.A. in physics and a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. The degrees were awarded on May 19, 1997.” -Penn, 2019

          I don’t know much about higher education, but Bachelor of Arts in physics sounds like BS to me.

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          If you’re paying that much to attend an elite educational institution you can be damn sure they’re not going to fail you. There’ll be extra targeted one on one tuition, special rewards for any improvement etc etc.

          Do really think Trump exerted himself at university? No, the system looks after it’s cash cows.

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      “hey look at all that budget we cut!”

      “what to do… what to do… already cut my taxes, three times… hmmmm…”

      “i know, lets go to mars! you’re buying.”

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    This is the best thing we can hope for this administration. Complete and utter chaos. Hopefully they’ll be so busy in fighting and firing and rehiring and sexually assaulting people that they can’t fuck shit up too bad.

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      The sound of Musk is music to my ears. He is an incompetent and overconfident. A great way to get nothing done. Of course voters do not hold politicians to their promises, but if they did hiring Musk would be a great way to ensure failure.

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    “The people who elected us are listening to Elon Musk.”

    Fucking kill me now. Someone. Please.

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    I wonder how many attempts on Musk’s life there have been that the public hasn’t heard about. I imagine being among the wealthiest people alive makes you a target even without all of the meddling in politics Musk has done.

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    Jeffries is correct that it will be the Republicans fault but none of them will acknowledge it nor care. They will lap up whatever lies Trump and company come up with and we’ll all be screwed.

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    I really look forward to running both of these turds out on rails. This is something we should bring back from the past just for them.