The Actions of the Muskrat warrant its own dedicated thread.

[fohat.digs]

I will start with this one that I ran across recently:

"In his interview with Don Lemon, Musk claims to have used ketamine at least on a monthly basis, perhaps more. He claims his ketamine was prescribed by a “real doctor” and that he typically takes micro-doses of the drug, which would be about 0.1 to 0.2 mg ketamine/kg body weight if administered intravenously, roughly  a 10 mg dose; this would be about 10-20% of the dose required for human anesthesia.  Musk has admitted to trying larger doses occasionally.

We have no reliable information about the frequency, dosage, or route of administration associated with Musk’s actual ketamine use. Tolerance to ketamine builds quickly, and repeat users tend to progress towards higher doses over time.

Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, was originally synthesized in the 1960s. Even today it is used to immobilize animals in veterinary medicine, and in human anesthesia, where it has the significant benefit of not being a respiratory depressant like most other anesthetics. Ketamines are structurally and functionally related to phencyclidine (PCP or “angel dust”). Both drugs act in the brain as blockers at the NMDA type of glutamate receptor, which is an obligatory participant of many molecular processes critical for learning and memory.

This receptor blockade is activity-dependent, which means that the particular NMDA receptors being used by the brain at the time of ketamine exposure are blocked preferentially over the inactive ones. The main difference between the street drug PCP and the pharmaceutical ketamine is that PCP interacts more strongly with the receptor, so the effects last much longer, and side effects develop faster.

The negative effects of acute ketamine use are also borne out in the streets or in clubs, where unknown doses and formulations of ketamine are taken by various routes of administration. The negative effects of high-dose ketamine are well established. If one wishes his brain to function optimally, the K-hole is not be a good place to visit frequently. While it is difficult to overdose fatally on ketamine, the cases of Matthew Perry and others illustrate how this can occur in some circumstances.

Perhaps worse are the chronic effects of dissociative anesthetic use. In animal models and in humans, ketamine unequivocally causes damage to the brain, kidneys, and urinary tract and it negatively affects thinking processes. Ketamine literally reduces the amount of brain gray matter, leading to outward neurological symptoms, such as slurred speech. Such changes can occur even in people using sub-anesthetic doses chronically. With repeated ketamine use, some of the changes to the body can become irreversible."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/tech/elon-musk-ketamine-use-don-lemon-interview/index.html

[chyros]

Honestly brain damage would explain a lot. I genuinely feel like he's trying to make the earth uninhabitable so he can colonise mars. There are multiple Bond villains with essentially the same idea.

[noisyturtle]

A drug addicted non-American billionaire who has zero government experience and was not elected in any way, is dismantling and controlling the American government.

I cannot even comprehend how this is being allowed to happen. It seems both extremely treasonous, illegal, and openly corrupt. This is not how checks and balances work.
What sort of precedent does it set that if you ignore laws, rules, and regulations people allow you to get away with it?

I can only assume some agency somewhere is just getting their cards in order before dropping the hammer. No one can catch wind of the investigation until it is 100% ready to go and will 100% be carried through with. It is the only thing that makes any sense, other than accepting my country and government has given up and is allowing a foreign private power to take control of the United States. Only thing that makes any sense, because what is happening is pure science fiction.

[tp4tissue]

You guys spend 0 time around old rich people to think that he's uniquely "like that".

They're ALL like this. Tp4 can confidently say 95+%, regardless of affiliation. The only political party in America is the Business Party.

What you're witnessing is a Shuffling of WHO gets fat on Tax embezzlement.

Nothing else has changed. <This> in itself is the scariest thing of all,  NO climate action, NO eat 100% veggies, NOTHING is being done about Anything that matters. 

All these guys are heavily medicated.


Our last and only hope was Bernie.   

[fohat.digs]

this is being allowed to happen.

treasonous

not how checks and balances work.

some agency somewhere

(1) it is being encouraged to happen

(2) "treason" is a very specific definition of a crime by an American to assist an enemy during war time

(3) checks and balances are rendered irrelevant when the entireity of our government is under a single iron hand

(4) see above. there are no longer any agencies that answer to a superior authority not under the control of MAGA

[noisyturtle]

Well, if you truly believe all that then make sure you stock up on bullets and water filters. Historically, human beings have never stood by while similar events unfolded. 100% of the time we have risen up and taken down the oppressors with violence.

Just be sure to fight when the time comes. I feel like too many people these days talk the talk, then stand passively by while their core values are dismantled right in front of them. So many are emotionally fatigued, when what we need is anger and action.

[fohat.digs]

some agency somewhere is just getting their cards in order

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

[fohat.digs]

One step forward, three steps back.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-calls-for-the-u-s-to-delete-entire-agencies-from-federal-government

[fohat.digs]

how checks and balances work

Let's see whether there is any decency remaining in the Judiciary.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277337/gov.uscourts.dcd.277337.1.0.pdf



Along with this gem:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5143824-elon-musk-sam-altman-openai-bid/

TL;DR   Musk, in a statement shared with The Hill, said it is “time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was.”   

[fohat.digs]

nice and concise

[fohat.digs]

In a joint interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump said that he would allow Elon Musk to police himself on conflicts of interest and other possible corruption while leading the Department of Government Efficiency.

“If there’s a conflict, he won’t be involved,” Trump said, without explaining who — other than Musk — would be empowered to determine if a conflict of interest exists. Musk added that he was “getting a sort of daily proctology exam” and that his actions are being scrutinized.

But Musk and Trump also attempted to deflect criticism of DOGE’s egregious activities and promoted the conspiracy that there is an “unelected bureaucracy” running the country that DOGE has been uncovering.

[Findecanor]

BTW, I think we should all start pronouncing "DOGE" as dodge-e, if we don't already do.

It is only consistent with the sound of 'G' when spelling out the acronym.

D. O. G. E  — DOGE

[chyros]

Friend sent this one this morning, epic xD .

[tp4tissue]

The longer this goes on, the more the once "crazed" theory, that it's a Democrat psyops to deliberately anger the American people enough to get them to send American Troops, looks plausible.

Farmer's boys headed to the grinder??

Thoughts?

[fohat.digs]

From the final chapter of the Musk biography by Walter Isaacson.

[tp4tissue]

Ze13n5k>ee will probably have to crown himself king, or else they'll kill him in the coup.

If he cares about the people he should step down, or at the very least surrender immediately.

[tp4tissue]

Just watched this Democrat Senate floor video.

Look,  This asshat is sitting up there, talking about Oligarchs, and Governments that STEAL from people.

THAT"S HIM, he's talking about himself.. They all do it.

So the device here, is to DIVIDE the population,  no my political opponent is the thief, vote for me and my constituency. We're team not-thieves.


PEOPLE fail to understand, THEY're ALL Thieves.

[fohat.digs]

Yesterday Musk called Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) a "traitor" for (apparently, no actual reason given) supporting Ukraine's right to stand up to Putin.

[tp4tissue]

Ukraine does have a right to defend itself,  but that is not the will of the Ukranian people, that is the desire of American Atlanticism (Imperialism) and our puppet Zelensky.

Tp4 is all for it, except the fact that it's been a fantasy all along, and an extremely dangerous one at that.

If it was possible for America to rule the world. Heck yea, do it.  Unfortunately that is a long lost reality, and any talk of it now is childish and a waste of money.

[fohat.digs]

https://heatmap.news/politics/elon-musk-climate-enemy

[tp4tissue]

https://heatmap.news/politics/elon-musk-climate-enemy

The entirety of Human-Industry is the Climate-Enemy.

Irrespective of who's in charge.

Pushing for electric is only slightly more efficient/cleaner than coal, and equally unsustainable.

[Findecanor]

https://heatmap.news/politics/elon-musk-climate-enemy

The entirety of Human-Industry is the Climate-Enemy.
equally unsustainable.[/i][/color] [/size][/color]

Please stop trolling and diverting from the issue.

The difference is that some of us at least try, even if we're not perfect. Intent matters.

[tp4tissue]

Please stop trolling and diverting from the issue.

The difference is that some of us at least try, even if we're not perfect. Intent matters.

Tp4 understands that intent matters, but what if the CORE framing of human progress is incorrect.

A person could be TRYING to make a more ethical casino, or more ethical slaughter house.

But If we still propose to live as a society that meters progress by Money, and Extraction/Slaughter,   then nothing you try Within the current system will ultimately be of any help.  They're minor tweaks to an imminent failure.

Tp4 is not attacking Findecanor's INTENT,   but the system,  is fundamentally,  Broken.  Unless we dig much deeper, and become the butterfly, we will just rot in this cocoon of consumerism.


Electric is only a tiny bit better. The science says we barely have enough raw material to produce GEN 1 electrical replacement to power current infrastructure,  This means,  Contraction from our 19Terawatt society is inevitable.   

Humanity has NO EXPERIENCE, managing DOWN,   Our concept of economy has only ever been, UP, growth.


The mining scientists say, we're likely looking at a 3-5 Terawatt society.  Imagine that.  Tp4's not going to be playing no 700 watt gaming PC.

[tp4tissue]

Then it's important to remember. Pretty much all of the electrical "stuff" is going to come from fossil energy.

And Gasoline itself is <50% of what we use Fossils for.  They just invested 400 $Billion into new petrochem for Plastics. Plastics is on target for 20%.



Thinking that Going electric is going to do anything at all in slowing this train wreck is ludicrously Narrow-Boundary-Problem-Solving.


Engineering (outside of systems-engineering) in general is narrow bound, we train them to narrowly define the problem, pick a few numbers to optimize, and GO TO TOWN. 


This type of systems ideology is what's going to get us killed. 

[noisyturtle]

Elon: "We need to legalize comedy again."
also Elon: shadowbans all comedians on Twitter that make a joke about him

what a thinskinned baby

[fohat.digs]

what a thinskinned baby

It is a long and deep dive, but if you can read a big fat book this one really helps you understand what a dysfunctional and conflicted person he is.

But unfortunately, it was completed almost 2 years ago - before he turned seriously evil.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122765395-elon-musk

[tp4tissue]

Black Mirror 3 is coming out in April.

At least something good is happening in the new Dark ages.

[fohat.digs]

"Musk has fired tens of thousands of federal government employees through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and he reportedly requires the remaining workers to send the department a weekly email featuring five bullet points describing what they accomplished that week.

Since that will no doubt flood DOGE with hundreds of thousands of these types of emails, Musk is relying on artificial intelligence to process responses and help determine who should remain employed. Part of that plan reportedly is also to replace many government workers with AI systems.

It’s not yet clear what any of these AI systems look like or how they work — something Democrats in the United States Congress are demanding to be filled in on — but experts warn that utilizing AI in the federal government without robust testing and verification of these tools could have disastrous consequences."

- Thor Benson 2025-03-13

[tp4tissue]

Not everything Musk do is correct.

In this case, government can probably stand to downsize.  There's going to be alot of friction in the mean time,

That's no fun on the surface, but generally, it's probably a good idea everyone takes a breather and back off the war machine.

UNFORTUNATELY,  the war machine is the last thing to go.

[tp4tissue]

Not sure what's the big deal around eggs.  Just eat something else.

[fohat.digs]

Good idea, let's get some cartoons in here. That's what the Muskrat is anyway.

First up - how MAGA thinks that tariffs work:

[chyros]

What does the 401k refer to? I don't follow.

[tp4tissue]

What does the 401k refer to? I don't follow.

They government takes money out of your salary, pays walstreet to gamble with it.  That's what a 401k is.

[TomahawkLabs]

What does the 401k refer to? I don't follow.

401k is a retirement account. Generally it's the first retirement account people invest in, because it's usually offered by their employer and the employer often matches between 3-8% of your base salary into the account. So the worker invests 5%, the business invests 5%, and it is usually a generic fund run by an institution who uses those funds to buy securities/stocks. Given the current stock market, most 401ks are worth less today, than 5-6 months ago.

TP4, you're being unhelpful.

[tp4tissue]

What does the 401k refer to? I don't follow.

401k is a retirement account. Generally it's the first retirement account people invest in, because it's usually offered by their employer and the employer often matches between 3-8% of your base salary into the account. So the worker invests 5%, the business invests 5%, and it is usually a generic fund run by an institution who uses those funds to buy securities/stocks. Given the current stock market, most 401ks are worth less today, than 5-6 months ago.

TP4, you're being unhelpful.

Tomahawk, literally just said exactly what Tp4 just said.

[tp4tissue]

The only difference between Normal people buying Stonks, and 401k funds buying Stonks,  is that,  Normal people are just gambling,  Hedgefunds are PROFESSIONAL gamblers.

/We are not the same??

[Leslieann]

Tomahawk, literally just said exactly what Tp4 just said.

The government has nothing to do with your 401k.

The only difference between Normal people buying Stonks, and 401k funds buying Stonks,  is that,  Normal people are just gambling,  Hedgefunds are PROFESSIONAL gamblers.

They aren't pro gamblers, the game is predetermined and then they cheat. That was a big part of the AMC/Gamestop "scandal", we figured out their game and turned the tables on them. They then cried foul because they weren't winning by default anymore.


Side note...
Many have this idea of doing the same with Social Security, putting it on the stock market. The problem is they aren't really trying to get more out of Social Security for you or save them money on taxes, they want the money on the table to be gambled in their rigged game.

[tp4tissue]

Technically, it's not the gubament, Tp4 was using the term broadly to refer to the "system", as all the big fund kind of follow each other in a certain direction.

The full discussion is really just around Glass Steagall being the big divider when it all went to the trash. .

[fohat.digs]

they want the money on the table to be gambled in their rigged game.
 

T H I S

Has been the Holy Grail of the Radical Right for most of the last century.

[tp4tissue]

they want the money on the table to be gambled in their rigged game.
 

T H I S

Has been the Holy Grail of the Radical Right for most of the last century.

What are you talking about,  Glass Steagall was repealed under Bill Clinton.

This is the kind of echo-chamber problem we're having Fohat, you're clearly in a trap.

[fohat.digs]

Restructuring of Glass–Steagall got the ball rolling, but transferring the Social Security Trust Fund would be the "cherry on top" that they are still (at least for now) denied.

[tp4tissue]

That the world is scr00ed is irrelevant, we're already certain of it,  the POINT is,  it's not any 1 party's fault. They're all in on it.

The democratic party is IDENTICAL to the republican party for all major moral/socio-economic failings.

[tp4tissue]

AOC, It's really just, join my crew, because we're way less corrupt than the other crew.

This is probably true.

Just understand that, you're trading 1 oligarchy for another.   

This is the nature of government. 

She's not going to give you the better end of the stick, she can't, listen to her speech Carefully, as she says, she's NOT a Marxist, it's right there in the open, she's A Capitalist, promising a slightly better cut,  WHICH ,  we should , Rationally,  Take her up on,  with the FULL UNDERSTANDING,  that she's out to exploit you, as any other Capitalist would.

[fohat.digs]

Using glue to hold vehicles together successfully saved cost and increased factory efficiency.

[fohat.digs]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-doge-cuts-tax-filing-b2719911.html

[tp4tissue]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-doge-cuts-tax-filing-b2719911.html

This is generally a good thing. Unfortunately, poor people still have to pay.

[noisyturtle]

Last week Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, labeled Trump as a 75-85% chance being a Russian asset.
https://futurism.com/grok-trump-russian-asset
This week Grok is sticking to it's AI guns by doubling down on Musk being a danger to the United States.
https://www.latintimes.com/musk-tried-censoring-his-ai-chatbot-after-being-labeled-top-misinformation-spreader-i-stick-579331

also, why is Pete Hegseth still allowed any access at all to the government and not under immediate investigation and dismissal until review for LEAKING MILITARY SECRETS AND CONTACT INFO TO THE ENTIRE WORLD? Every time I think we are beyond the pale, it somehow goes even further. He is a straight up liability, proven in the most open public obvious way.

[Leslieann]

He is a straight up liability, proven in the most open public obvious way.

As a Russian asset they're doing they're a great job.

Pretty much everything they're doing is mentioned in the leaked CIA manual says about how you take down a government.

[chyros]

Last week Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, labeled Trump as a 75-85% chance being a Russian asset.
https://futurism.com/grok-trump-russian-asset
This week Grok is sticking to it's AI guns by doubling down on Musk being a danger to the United States.
https://www.latintimes.com/musk-tried-censoring-his-ai-chatbot-after-being-labeled-top-misinformation-spreader-i-stick-579331

This is amazing xDDD .

[fohat.digs]

Even Drumpf is beginning to recognize that the Muskrat is a liability.
He is already laying out a glide path for him.
Good riddance, cannot come soon enough!