Musk Imploding, Trump Folding, Sports Exploding, Stuffing Hoarding
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We will celebrate Thanksgiving all week, my favorite holiday. Everyone can find something for which to be thankful, and if you can’t, reach out.
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WHAT. THE. HELL, ELON?
What the fck is this? Other than Elon’s desperate tweet from Sunday night?
Yes, the picture is disgusting, but it’s the one we’re forced to work with right now, and if anything, Musk himself is the desperate one. Musk feels rejected, failure to launch, dead battery, 404 Error, whatever. He held this stupid grand poll about whether to allow Trump back on the platform, and Trump won! (Shock, Musk bought Twitter, in part, to get Trump back on the platform). Now Trump’s account is active.
Here is Trump’s latest post:
Wait. THAT is almost two years old. Trump isn’t posting on Twitter, hence the “Come hither” temptation above (With Trump as Jesus, or so it seems, nice touch, Elon! Jackass. How many evangelicals do you want to turn off with one tweet?)
The irony is that Musk does sorely miss Trump using Twitter, and yet Trump cannot be tempted yet, and there’s a damned good reason. Money. Trump is an officer for Truth Social and its holding company. As such, he has a duty to his shareholders to do what’s in the best interest of the company. To the extent that Truth Social has any value (And it’s debatable), it would be shattered upon Trump tweeting original posts on Twitter. Trump would be obligated to wait six to ten hours after a post on Truth Social prior to posting it on Twitter.
And Elon should have known that.
That’s the backstory. The front story is that Elon Musk has lost his fcking mind. “Elon is a business genius,” or so goes the old saying. It might be better put, “Elon is a genius visionary, imagining and creating what others thought impossible, and he’s an insufferable ass when he buys a plaything and proceeds to break it.” He built the first means to transfer money on the net, quite an accomplishment back then. He then started his own car company - one that would build unbelievable sports cars that almost blast into space on their own and run on battery power. And he lands rockets backward. All companies that others thought impossible at the time all requiring vision and commitment.
Twitter? It felt like an impulse buy from the beginning, all in an attempt to say, “Look at me! I’m so rich I can overpay for this company! And then everyone will see… I’m a player.” He’s losing his mind. And - as we said last week, odds are Keith Richards outlives both Twitter and the pyramids. If Elon’s not careful… Billionaires need to be outlawed, and there is a serious argument to be made for another day. He’s destroying lives while playing.
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REPUBLICANS DIVING ON TRUMP FASTER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED, EXCEPT SOME SAY HE’S GOING TO WIN ANYWAY.
From Paul Ryan this week:
"It’s pretty clear with Trump we lose. So I don’t mean this personally. It’s just evidence. We lost the House in '18. We lost the presidency in '20, we lost the Senate in '20, and now, in 2022, we should have and could have won the Senate. We didn’t… "We get past Trump, we start winning elections. We stick with Trump, we keep losing elections.
Right. That seems to accord with the evidence. It is also in accord with the mood in the Republican party. Trump has been endorsed by exactly one Senator, mine - Tommy Tuberville. (Good thing I love my little resort town on the beach, or it’d be embarrassing), Trump also has eight representatives, all of which asked for a pardon - you know, the crew. They probably still want pardons. He cannot even get Lauren Boebert’s endorsement!
When you’ve lost Boebert, you’ve gained 50 IQ points. But if you’re Trump, it’s got to be worrisome. Except Rolling Stone says, “not so fast.”
THE MURDOCH MEDIA empire is mocking him. Former donors are abandoning him. Establishment Republicans and even former allies are denouncing him. Some state primary polls are no longer favoring him. And yet, despite the avalanche of attacks, Donald Trump remains the overwhelming favorite to win the 2024 Republican nomination. He’s also, as he has been since the day he reluctantly left the White House, at worst the second-most likely person in all these United States to be president in 2025.
You need to read the article to really understand their reasoning, and it’s very persuasive. However, Rolling Stone fails to take into account any possible indictment, and some of us believe that criminal charges against Trump - especially if he was keeping military files for his own benefit-sale down the road actually will matter. (Incredible that I just wrote that sentence). Espionage/treason versus the United States used to be viewed as a negative in a presidential candidate.
What is obvious is that the GOP is terrified to support Trump, and most of them are terrified to come out strongly against him. Even DeSantis knows to keep his mouth shut. A dilemma that was well-earned and is just scrumptious to savor.
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IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL [SPORTS] TIME OF THE YEAR
What do you want?
College Football: All the biggest rivalries occur this week, whether it is Ohio State v. Michigan, Alabama v. Auburn, Washington v. Washington State, any and all of them.
NFL Football: It isn’t Thanksgiving without the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions playing (For reasons passing understanding, these two teams always play (not each other) on Thanksgiving. And Monday night/Sunday.
NCAA Basketball: The best tournaments. The Maui Invitation, PK 85 (Gonzaga), Battle for Atlantis… It never ends.
NHL-NBA: Mid-Season
And this year, as if it cannot get better:
Not a soccer fan? Cheer for the U.S.. Give it a chance, and you’ll become one.
STUFFING SHOULD BE COOKED INSIDE THE BIRD!
Before we get to the main point, decorating for Thanksgiving is a treasure, an explosion of color!
As for stuffing, yes, cook the living hell out of it in a skillet before you put it in. Hell, buy Stove Top, add fresh stuff, some sausage, and mushroom, and there you go. Then cook the hell out of the turkey. Everyone expects it to be dry anyway, and enough gravy can cover any mistake. Remember, there is no law that you must cook a turkey on Thanksgiving. There should be a law about stuffing cooked inside the bird.
BELOW: A video from The West Wing in which President Bartlett explains why stuffing should be cooked inside the bird. I am working with Substack on why my YouTube videos appear grey, but if you double click they work on YouTube. President Bartlette explains it better than I do.
I will be back with a few more quick hits prior to Thanksgiving. It’s too wonderful a week to let go by. Of course, any donations are appreciated, especially on Thanksgiving, Venmo: @Jason-Miciak, Cash App $Scrubdog12
Your beach:
Now, if I can just find 20K paying subscribers and a Nicole somewhere, I’d be set to write from that beach.