What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Business, Economics, and Taxes: Capitalism. Yay? >=(

Status
Not open for further replies.
RaceBoarder said:
I would have to think that basic needs are a significant chunk of the economy. The grocery segment alone had $766 Billion in sales in the USA in 2021. That's just a single branch on the Retail tree.
Click to expand...

But is that $766B the final leg with stores selling to human beings for their personal consumption, or does it include interim steps of suppliers and distributers selling to each other?

The US economy is $25T. So $0.766T is not that much.
 
Not just publicly available elsewhere, but virtually every plane over America blasts it out continuously and you can buy a $25 dongle to receive it.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Not just publicly available elsewhere, but virtually every plane over America blasts it out continuously and you can buy a $25 dongle to receive it.
Click to expand...

Yup. And as of last night the crybaby hadn't banned the accounts that track Zuck, Bezos and others.

He might have had a point banning the original account (at least an argument) but banning the media who reported it is not only childish but is likely what will get him in trouble. Even when Twitter was shadowbanning the Biden Laptop conspiracy (in their words) they weren't banning the journalists who were reporting on it...otherwise there would be no journalists on Twitter!

I'm not even sure "melting down" is the correct term anymore...he is imploding in real time.
 
To be consistent since Twitter is a private company and not the US Government he can ban whoever he wants. The hypocrisy is the problem here.
 
If you try to click on any link on Twitter that takes you to Mastodon you get blocked.

Warning: this link may be unsafe

https://mastodon.social/@Blackbear93

The link you are trying to access has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe, in accordance with Twitter’s URL Policy. This link could fall into any of the below categories:
  • malicious links that could steal personal information or harm electronic devices
  • spammy links that mislead people or disrupt their experience
  • violent or misleading content that could lead to real-world harm
  • certain categories of content that, if posted directly on Twitter, are a violation of the Twitter Rules
Click to expand...

A true champion of free speech!
 
ScoobyDoo said:
To be consistent since Twitter is a private company and not the US Government he can ban whoever he wants. The hypocrisy is the problem here.
Click to expand...

This. Exactly.

We all understand that it's a private company and they can censor who they want. It's the way Musk has gone about it that we're pointing out.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
To be consistent since Twitter is a private company and not the US Government he can ban whoever he wants. The hypocrisy is the problem here.
Click to expand...

Oh yeah he is well within his rights...he is just being ridiculous about it. And there are governing bodies that will look at what he is doing and be critical and may take action. Like the EU)

This is not how a "genius" and "free speech protector" act.
 
aparch said:
This. Exactly.

We all understand that it's a private company and they can censor who they want. It's the way Musk has gone about it that we're pointing out.
Click to expand...

Especially since his big beef was the selective censoring of the previous regime which has been proven false anyways...

Even if you accept that it did happen, that was political and often based on misinformation...this is personal and based on him being overly sensitive to people not liking him. Sure he can do it but no one besides his Yes Men think it is a good idea.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Low probability, but man this would explain Musk's freak out over his plane

https://twitter.com/proptermalone/status/1603640558366474240?s=46&t=g2J4_-kULoBnQPB7NQ5AEA
Click to expand...

Someone geo-located the scene of the stalking incident he posted as proof of why Musk needed to censor the flight tracker account.... it was taken at an Arco gas station in South Pasedena a day after Musks plane landed at LAX.

From what I gathered from the follow up Tweets, even if it was the same day, those two locations couldn't have been related anyway because of the time distance between the two locations (24 miles, or roughly an hour).
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top