I’m not always right. Sometimes events change and intersections take place on the path toward the predicted outcome. However, when ancillary events -mostly driven by human intervention in an effort to avoid what’s coming- do not cross the directional path, we arrive at the predicted destination.
At the end of May CTH shared the motive behind a series of events we should see unfold on the Twitter platform. By the time we arrived in June, there was enough actual data to solidify a timeline {GO DEEP}. Shortly after, the New York Times published leaked revenue side documents allowing us to calculate an accurate burn rate {Go Deep} for the situation around Elon Musk. Through this accurate financial prism, everything that Elon Musk has done lines up in sequence {Go Deep}.
Cliff Notes Version: Musk has a deficit burn rate of around $250 to $300 million per month. Musk runs out of working capital in Sept/Oct, depending on how quickly Yaccarino was/is able to enhance revenue.
Regardless of revenue, and because she just can’t generate it fast enough, approximately, seven weeks from now Musk has to secure another roughly $5 billion, to give himself enough breathing room to continue operations.
Musk has lost the $30 billion he put in. The current estimates are that Twitter is now worth between $12 to $15 billion. There is debt of $12.5 billion from the initial purchase structure still in place. The asset is worth its debt, not much more.
With a current debt service of $100+ million per month, adding another $50 million/month ($5 billion loan) is tenuous at best. And that’s IF he can secure that investment loan. Musk has admitted he is personally limited in leverage using Tesla. He is approaching an inflexion point. 1 million subscribers paying $8/month is pittance ($8 million).
Recently X-Corp: (1) Linda Yaccarino introduced the novel concept of speech that was “lawful but awful” and must be suppressed. (2) Their desire to remove the block function. (3) Restrictions on visibility, “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach.” (4) and hired back a platform censorship team. All of these measures are designed to make “safe spaces” for advertisers to return. In essence, they are all revenue decisions.
People inside tech, and even people inside the X-Corp organization, who initially did not think my analysis was accurate, are now starting to admit it is the most likely scenario.
This arc of directional travel is not going to change, especially with Musk needing to go back into the capital markets for more working cash. Everything we are seeing is a result of this financial dynamic and the desperation is starting to show.
Yesterday Musk admitted they may indeed fail. However, he is portraying himself as a victim in this – which is profoundly disingenuous.
Musk has known this critical financial flaw from the outset. All the intellectually honest people who understand the situation, debts, obligations and the dynamics of social media revenue when contrast against the ideology of the gatekeepers, also know this. None of this is a surprise.
Musk is getting increasingly anxious about it, and when people start to get desperate – they start to say stupid things.
Now, here’s my warning…
I am pretty certain about the prior timeline. There’s about 7 weeks left (+/-) before the critical crisis point hits, depending on events that may slightly delay or speed up the timing. Put his motives, intents and disposition off the table for a moment. Accept things in their most common construct. This situation makes Musk vulnerable.
There is only one deal, one specific version of agreement, that I can think of – that would generate the capital he needs. An agreement to leverage his platform along with META, Insta, Alpha/Goog, etc to influence the 2024 election. Agreeing to join that effort, more vociferously than previous, will get him the capital he needs…
…. so, watch out.
The only apolitical platform currently operating in the U.S. social media sphere is Tik Tok. The inability of the US govt to control the platform, is a large part of the reason why U.S. govt interests on both sides want it removed and black-listed. Pro MAGA voices have a big footprint on Tik Tok.
Repeating what I said in July:
Keep in mind, long before people realized the Dept of Homeland Security (FBI, DHS, CISA etc.) had a portal into Twitter, I was explaining how transparently obvious it was. {Go Deep – Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop} In part, the transparency of the problem is driven by CTH understanding of the costs associated with Twitter as a very unique platform in the sphere of social media. {Go Deep – Understand the Costs}
With the latest revelations we shared about the financial position of Twitter {Go Deep on FINANCIALS}, all of the moves now underway make sense. Musk was on track to hit a date in/around October of this year where Twitter would be insolvent. If you had read those previous “Go Deep” links, you will easily see the problem.
Approximately seven weeks.
Keep your eyes open.
How does China control of Tik Tok influence MAGA on Tik Tok? China doesn’t want MAGA to prevail. Granted US political interests don’t like Tok Tok but China doesn’t like MAGA.
Best thing to do is to keep fighting on existing platform but really leverage platforms like Truth, Rumble and others on the Right to get the message out.
Point Missed.
Tik Tok is Chinese, yes SPYWARE, but it is CHINESE!
TwistedX, fakebook, and all the rest are censored and controlled by the fraudulent USA government.
TikTok IS an EXISTING social media platform.
The Chinese Control Tik Tok and the USA government DOES NOT.
The government fraudulent USA government commits treason daily by censoring conservatives against the First Amendment.
Tik Tok allows the conservatives some reach on their platform against the wishes of the fraudulent USA government.
So Chinese Spyware is more open and free for USA citizens than all those other social media platforms and PUBLISHERS that are committing treason daily with the compliance of the fraudulent USA government.
Now, do you see why TikTok is not hated by the People and why it is hated and Not Controlled by the fraudulent USA government?
Advertising is the highest subsidized industry in the United States – the government controls the advertisers – and then the advertisers control the content at the network.
No subsidies No problem – then the advertisers and the networks would cater to the people, not to the government.
Gab is NOT controlled by any alpha agencies.
True but it remains largely irrelevant. And they also need capital.
Although smaller than the twitter, Gab is very relevant. Lots of premier voices on Gab.
Everybody needs working capital.
Bless Gab’s heart, Torba seems genuine but Gab will never attract anyone but the very right. While that may sound great, it won’t have the big ad budgets from the State Street/Vanguard-run companies. Small potato influence.
After the 2020 mess we saw Frank Speech and Truth come onboard with lofty expectations of having non-censoring boards running things.
Soon they started competing with Gab and Gettr and the internecine accusations flew. They are fighting for the same conservative dollar… there is little room for mutual growth. X has all sides represented albeit with biased referees.
Definitely anti Trump. Slick about it….its why I left there long ago.
Keep away from these demons, everything is fraud and that includes M_usk.
Agree, never been part of twit & somehow managed to survive. Of course we’re not relying on any social media revenue. Dumped fakebook long ago. As long as independents like the CTH continues to survive, the big social media companies could all go dark tomorrow & I wouldn’t even breath hard.
I totally agree ORG, like you I am old and retired and couldn’t care less if all the social media went bye bye. Would hate to lose CTH but I think I could survive that also. I was in my 40’s before I possessed a phone that I could actually carry in my truck. I far as I am concerned all this technology has done is hastened the end of this great Republic.
True dat!
That date seems to also line up with the Biden plan to reinstate mask mandates…Groundhog day. or it’s Déjà vu all over again.
Deja voodoo…
see a lot of people saying this, no links… whats the hunch coming from?
The one source I’ve seen is at TGP, I can’t speak to the veracity of their reporting:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/just-time-election-biden-regime-reinstate-covid-19/
I’ve looked. TGP is the only source I’ve found, and they credit a whistleblower.
Sometime TGP gets ahead of their skis. Hope thus is one of those times.
He got his info from Infowars, I think. I’m waiting for a second witness.
It’s originally from infowars….
I will not comply.
I’ll never wear a mask again. If I can’t shop certain places then they don’t get my business. If the government mandates it, I will not comply. Never again. If I lose my job, okay.
This is one of 3 hills I’m willing to die on.
I will not wear a mask. (They don’t work, they never did.)
I will never take another vax. (I have a God-given immune system.)
If you come for my guns, then you’ll get the bullets first. (Gulag Archipelago anyone?)
Make that 4 hills.
I WILL NEVER DENY CHRIST. Even if it means I lose my life.
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.”
~Jim Elliott, martyred with 4 other men taking the gospel to the Wuaorani Indian tribe in Ecuador
Retired Magistrate here: Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop=Get Trump.
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Welcome to moderation.
you are either new or should I say just RUDE … Marcia is fine.
You really should consider to cease and desist. It will get real bad, real fast.
Yes I saw what the harpies did to you the other day that night. They can be ruthless
Said the pot to the kettle!
The Tree has a resident knight, too. Every tree requires one!
🤺⚔️🛡️🌲♥️
Pound sand
Being FloridaFredOutWest “is not relevant to anything being discussed.”
Yes… we will need to return to the days where we search for our own new sources rather than blithely consume what is thrown our way
Marcia has her own unique way of commenting. Always has, and almost always has good information about a lot of things.
“Retired Magistrate here”
That her calling card, bud.
Marcia is very relevant.
We love her “Retired Magistrate Here!”
It’s charming!
She’s our resident Magistrate in the Tree.
Every community requires a Magistrate! 👩⚖️🌲♥️
My friend is asking “what’s a magistrate?”
magistrate
A judge or justice of a local or inferior court; a justice of the peace.A judge in a court having jurisdiction over the trial of misdemeanors and preliminary hearings involving felonies.A public official with the chief administrative power in a district or region.
Amen. Glad some one finally said it.
Our pro bono magistrate has been here for some time and gives pro bono answers to questions. And what is your contribution??
Harms.
Welcome to moderation…
There is more than one Marcia on site. Retired Magistrate is how she identifies herself and Her past profession.
Yep.
Use social media at your risk. Especially if you use it for news
“Especially if you use it for news.” Not news propaganda.
I don’t have a presence on social media but I have found it, historically, helpful in emergencies for peer to peer contact and from first responders and law enforcement. The historical wildfires in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, some of which are going on right now, are an example.
However, an effort just now to connect with the BLM in Idaho regarding a fire there ended in a lethargic site that still blocks me from reading since I’m not a member, a relatively recent ‘enhancement’.
Sad that it’s come to this. Looks like I’ll be going back to shortwave and GMRS for primary coms the way things are headed.
So, Musk has to make a deal with the devil to stay in business!
So he is slapping flextape on the side of it
That stuff doesn’t last too long..
Please don’t tell me that, I bought a 3 pack of strips for repairs on my RV roof if needed! 😉 But in a ll seriousness, is it a good thing to dump twatter now, or will it be more fun to stay with it to watch it swirl down the toilet bowl?
He’s well acquainted with those deals. That’s the only reason Tesla still exists.
He made that deal long ago.
^^^THIS^^^
Govt subsidy built Tesla an Space X. Musk has always been DS.
Musk is a government welfare queen to start with – without the GOVERNMENT no Tesla, no Solar City and no Spacex.
Elon Musk is a government welfare queen.
Never been on Twatter or X and never will, I am on Gettr and Truth Social and that seems to work just fine for me!!!🤔
and Gab…Andrew Torba promotes a Christian view and while there are some people who post junk on it, as far as I’ve been able to discern, there hasn’t been restriction of speech.
There’s some stuff I wish could be sent to the dustbin, but I just scroll past it and don’t give it any air
That’s why I love the “Block” button n Gab.
Gab has an easy block function. I just threw Steve Deace in the block trash once i became aware.
I have hundreds on my Gab block list, same as when I was on the twitter. Now, I rarely have to block. I have gab set up to how I want it be.
That’s the best thing to do. And you can block the really obnoxious voices.
His view is we are obligated to vote in Christian candidates until critical mass gives us a Christian DC, judges, justices et al. He doesn’t seem to be reading the room or Revelation… it ain’t happening.
Another “to big to fail” scam on the American taxpayers?
NPX….formerly known as twitter.
Posted this on the Presidential thread.
Seems appropriate here.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/verifying-your-identity-on-twitter-will-require-taking-a-selfie
Edward Dowd declines. Here’s his gettr account.
Hope others follow his lead.
https://gettr.com/user/edwarddowd
Thank you for this.
I’m a fan of Dowd’s, a straight shooter if ever there was one.
I’m betting he is on government radar big time.
Yes, that’s actually a form of biometric identification. It can then be scraped from the Internet and used maliciously against you. It is true that the government has access to your driver’s license, but shy of a database breach, they are unlikely to use it against you. Obviously, Musk is aiming for two-factor identification, but IMHO, your face is a step too far for a social media app.
And Gov. Huckabee (not sanders) would highly approve of everyone having to post their face and full name on all social media…🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
What? No social security# for added protection..🧐
No way I’d send a selfie. Anthony Weiner got in trouble for sending selfies and I ain’t that kind of guy.
You do know that Ed Dowd is NOT supporting President Trump for 2024. Dowd is the Co-treasurer for the Robert Kennedy campaign.
Dowd has turned against Trump because of the WARP SPEED vaccine rollout and Trump’s unwillingness to admit the jab was a mistake.
I did not know this until I heard an interview with Ed Dowd, August 16, on a local radio station, WVHU out of Huntington, WV, with conservative talk show host Tom Roten. I will post the podcast link, but at the present time it will not play due to “an error with the episode in the show”. Here’s the link just in case the techs at the station get the podcast up and running again so you can hear it for yourself. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-tom-roten-morning-show-70632979/episode/ed-dowd-the-vax-is-the-121189404/
I am also a fan of Ed Dowd, but this interview took me by surprise. The basic premise of Dowd’s turn to Robert Kennedy was that Trump’s WARP SPEED was a big mistake and that to this day, he is disappointed that Trump still brags about WARP SPEED being one of his greatest accomplishments and refuses to admit the “Covid vaccine” was a mistake, does not work and does harm to people.
In all good conscience, I cannot disagree with ED Dowd on his vaccine stance and his opinion on President Trump’s unwillingness to admit the jab does not work and does more harm than good.
However, looking at President Trump’s record against Robert Kennedy’s very liberal stance on many issues like climate change, the environment, gun control, etc. , I cannot in good conscience agree with Ed Dowd turning against President Trump on just one issue. I feel Dowd is judging history by the present knowledge of the jab and not taking into consideration the fearmongering of the time and the position that President Trump was put into in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.
I still, however, do not discount Ed Dowd because of this, but I look at him a little different and more closely. Much like “Suspicious Cat”. But that’s just me and time will tell.
Some figurehead will purchase twatter with American tax dollars from the dark accounts of the 4th branch.
The CCP has probably already made an offer to Musk…just waiting on Joe Biden…I mean Robert Peters…I mean Ware’s signature
I’ll keep posting my specific content on GAB.
Huge MAGA groups also exist on GAB. No different than X-Twat. Cross-posting and the like.
Twitter goes down…don’t care.
GAB goes away…don’t care. Torba isn’t going to let that happen, tho.
I had an account on Gab but deactivated it as soon as I saw how quickly Torba and gang rolled over for the feds. Remember Torba is ex Fakebook; hence the basic building blocks for his platform.
I don’t trust him or any of the people he employs, specifically for the number of despicable anti-Semitic posts they allow on there. Not to mention I have no doubt it’s crawling with more F3ds than X or Fakebook is.
Anti-semitism is as reprehensible as any other form of racism however all of them are protected speech because none of them are illegal. Allowing it is in keeping with 1A & there’s something to be said for that.
Every social media platform is crawling with feds.
How did Torba roll over for the feds? Link would be appreciated.
Torba operates within the law. If you dont like something just block it. Its called free speech.
There are very very few opportunities right now for nobodies to support free speech.
Gab has ignored censorship demands from New Zealand, Germany, UK, and France.
Gab subscribes to USA first amendment. If ‘the feds’ want info, like they do with twitter, gab ignores the request. If it is properly legalized demand, then gab must comply. That’s hardly ‘rolling over’.
Good riddance. I have yesterday’s stinky old fish carcass rotting in the trash bin outside that means more to society than Twixter.
Twixster! I just made that up and you know what? Truth!
Sometimes I amaze even myself.
Not my find, but . . .
Take the new X logo, flip it to the right like a mirror and add the result to the X logo, like you were opening the rear cover of a book from the back.
What logo do you get?
Imagine that.
In the end, the Musk takeover of Twitter did as much Truth work as it is going to do. Whether you call it a limited hangout or have a different analysis, the Twitter files did shed a lot of light, and that gave big footholds for lawsuits like Missouri v. Biden and also Ron Johnson.
Is that really the only deal out there though?
There’s a reason President Trump formed an outfit named . . .
Digital World Acquisition Group.
It’s only worth its debt, eh?
Operating X at a loss could be a tax strategy.
Not at that amount and duration.
Yeah, well Tik Tok allows MAGA voices say wha they want because it benefits the CCP. Always remember that.
Meantime, I’ve had my second spill on a bike in 6 or so months. Never had in my life until lately.
Tonight, someone backed out in front of me. They’re gone. Police didn’t stay long. EMS let me go after a ‘checkup’. I’m hurt!
Prayers. Take some Tylenol for the pain, and get well soon!
Feel better. You are needed here! I’m a geezer and just fell flat on my face in the airport. It’s definitely an age thing (for me anyway).
I’m sorry. Be well soon.
Father God, please heal Black Knight’s pain from his accident. Thank you Father. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Amen!
So 😞 sorry . Will keep you in my thoughts..
My husband bikes.. falls about once every 1.5 years…
God bless you and prayers for your quick recovery.
Order Hyland’s Arnica Montana 30X from Amazon, melt 5 small pills under your tongue 4-5 times a day until you feel better. Is a homeopathic for pain, muscles. I have used for years, especially before and after surgery. Also, I had a Min. Schnauzer who got old enough she could no longer jump on the couch. I read in Amazon’s reviews someone had given the Arnica to their pet so I started giving my pupper some and it wasn’t long before she was again jumping on the couch. Please feel better soon.
Hope you feel better soon.
Musk simply lets X (twitter) go bankrupt and declares the whole works a total loss. Meanwhile, he keeps all the conversations and data for training his Artificial Intelligence engines proprietary. His competition is not allowed access to the data. He will make up the current financial loss through future AI applications, probably in space flight engineering.
If I was the 4th branch I would make him a deal to fund his space x operations in exchange for control of Twitter. Werent they already funding Twitter before Musk arrived?
So why did Musk acquire the money pit Twitter in the first place? Remember, we always knew before Musk was involved that Twitter was a Magical Coffee Shop.
Dont tell me he didnt know. The guy is a globalist scumbag working for the cabal and its all staged BS.
Too bad Musk isn’t a bit more unselfish. So what if X loses 30 billion. How many billions does this guy need? He doesn’t have to be the richest person in the world.
Maybe PDJT can buy it at discount ( think hilldogs fireworks he offered for pennies on the dollar) then merge it with pTS. Gives him access to twitters secrets. Maybe I’m just over thinking this…
If Twitter was only able to stay operational because of the government supplying its data processing resources, did that arrangement continue after Musk purchased it? If so, how is that not enough leverage to control him? Hard to believe he would have been able to switch to another data processing resource in this time and what resource would have had the capabilities?
I just don’t know how, with that kind of money involved, his due diligence wouldn’t have determined who the actual source of the data processing capabilities was, unless the due diligence was corrupt. With all the loosening up that has come out of his purchase, whether it was as much as we would have liked or not, I can’t believe that the purchase was some kind of Deep State head fake.
Be a real shame, Elon, if those electric car subsidies went away.
especially prescient given that ev cars have hit a plateau…sales are flat and inventories are ridiculously high.
Those babies are just burning up!!!
The censor is the Baddie. Always.
Meh. I visit Twitter occasionally. Same for Facebook. But I can live without any of it.
“I’m not always right.” This is true, but it shows character that you’d say so. I’ll give examples:
1. Ron DeSantis will not run against Trump.
2. Trump will not be indicted in Jan 6 case.
3. Twitter is not being scraped by bots.
You haven’t deleted those Tweets, to your credit, and you did eventually correct course when the facts became irrefutable.
“We may fail.” He literally said that about every company he’s ever started, and almost every one of them did almost fail. He also said that about Falcon 9 Super Heavy, and about Starship.
The reason your analysis about Musk’s intentions is so laughably wrong is because you know nothing about his history. Tesla was days away from bankruptcy. SpaceX was days away from bankruptcy. Now both companies dominate their industries. If either had gone bankrupt, Musk would have lost everything (he bet his own wealth on avoiding bankruptcy).
“Musk is getting increasingly anxious about it, and when people start to get desperate – they start to say stupid things.”
He’s been ragging on everyone that complained about losing their precious “block” button for not understanding they can use the “mute” button for the same purpose. How many high-profile people has he previously told to delete their accounts? Dozens. “He’s getting desperate.” It’s laughable.
I used to harbor contempt for leftists suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, because I couldn’t comprehend how someone could become so detached from reality, but now I see it on the right with Musk Derangement Syndrome, and I feel pity for both sides. As much as I despise Obama for what he’s done to the US, I don’t suffer blind derangement about him.
I see Elon Musk trying to keep X alive, while adhering as closely as he thinks currently possible to free speech. What good is X to anyone if it ceases to exist?
“The only apolitical platform currently operating in the U.S. social media sphere is Tik Tok.” No, it’s Gab. That’s why the ADL targets Gab and not TikTok.
I don’t know how Musk will rescue X from its financial predicament, but he’s done it before when people just like you said he couldn’t. My money’s on Musk. And no, he won’t make a deal with DHS to save X. That’s asinine.
fool
😂🤣😂
Glad your money is on Musk…’cause he’s gonna need it!
You’re so full of 💩 it’s unbelievable.
Over half of your pontificating analysis of Musk’s businesses bears no semblance to reality nor contains enough logic to even consider worth arguing.
Musk is DS! Period!
i guess i’m anti-social as i don’t do twitturd,tik tok,gab etc.its right here the treehouse and treehouse only.everybody else is b.s.
I wholeheartedly agree with that. I’ve never been on any social media. CTH and only CTH.
If you like headline type news, check out “Citizen Free Press”. Mods, please let me know if this is a no no!
CFP leans right. They pull from both left and right news sources.
I deleted Fakebook 3 years ago. The only social media I use is Instagram, mostly to get meal ideas.
It musk happen, E-LON begone.
No support for him or any of his products, especially the X-chamberpot.
Concentrate on the election processes in the states and endorsing President Trumps candidates and his campaign.
Focus, focus, focus ……… President Trump is setting the example.
The MAGA movement has the numerical, economic, moral, intellect and armed majorities in America and the best leader President Trump.
Focus using that strength ………. don’t do anything that gives the enemy strength….that includes spending $$ on his sites….starve them for cash and bankrupt them when you can.
Their PysOps influence tools are useless if people don’t use them.
Twitter (X is even more stupid for a name) is a lost cause. I don’t think it has much reach – most people aren’t particularly interested in that platform. I don’t think FB has as much influence as they once did either.
Google search is a huge problem along with YouTube, but losing Twitter, which Musk never really opened up see Alex Jones and others still banned, is no great loss.
If you are on Twitter, make a point to note the advertisers and boycott them. I will continue to stay off of Twitter why give the enemy the views?
Our side needs to disengage with our enemies – no box stores, no social media, as little tech as possible, no Hollywood, no cable or streaming, no mainstream news sites, etc.
Future visitor to Elon:
“Hello Elon, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
sundance said, “I’m not always right.” True, but an accurate prediction rate between 95 and 98 % is still impressive.
I am pleasantly surprised that “Pro MAGA voices have a big footprint on Tik Tok.”
Forbes has placed Musk 2nd on their list of richest people in 2023 with $180 Billion in Net worth behind “Bernard Arnault (LVMH empire of 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora)
If Musk loses $50 Billion as a starter with his X blunder, he will still be the 2nd richest ahead of Bezos by $16 Billion. Or will his empire begin to crumble due to leveraging and losses? How many accountants does he employ?
The sums being discussed are mind boggling to me.
Rothschild is a quadrillionaire so Forbes should have put Musk third.
What is the point of advertising if X loses large numbers of users?
Do you know what Twitter was getting for advertising, and what Musk is able to command? How much revenue can he generate compared with the old Dorsey platform?
“Im not always right. Sometimes events change and intersections take place on the path toward the predicted outcome. “
Predictions are difficult to make. Especially about the future.
We won’t know till we know
– Yogi Berra
Posting on X,FB are gateways for the feds to bang on your door @ 6am then murder you.
Quick deal is for X to take the Govt money, then slow roll/delay implementation, document all of it, then greenmail the Govt.
That’s what I’d do. Use them against themselves. Buys breathing room and influence. Lots of body guards needed.
Is it merely coincidence that Twitter starts with the same letter as Titanic ?
Thank you Sundance.
Agree 100%.
So why did musky ever buy twitter in the first place?
Was it to appease people he is owed by?
It all smells doesn’t it?
I think his intention likely started out good, but his eyes were bigger than his stomach, so to speak.
He thought freedom of speech was worth trying to save. And he also saw Twitter as being a broader platform than it presently is.
Twitter/Musk will be hosting the Tucker Carlson/President Trump interview live to coincide with some little event Fox News and the RNC will be hosting this coming Wednesday. I admit that has deep state written all over it. Come on, Sundance. That guy don’t need the money.
I don’t think the dude is kidding.
Some one explain to me how a company policy (corp x) can walk all over freedom of speech (Constitution) for the sake of some other corp to advertise. And that happening AFTER the user has paid for the account. And do so simply to secure finance from a third corp (bank).
In my mind this is a classic class action lawsuit just waiting to happen and allow discovery of a lot more crimes.
We have a Constitution or we don’t.
” The Constitution is just a piece of paper.”
Not to me
The Constitution does not limit what a corporation (or other person) can do. It limits only the government.
It is unconstitutional for the government to order censorship by a corporation but not for the corporation to do so on its own.
A huge current problem is that many corporations are aligned with the government and thus censor speech the government dislikes without the government asking.
High Tech has always been fickle & fast moving.
And Twitter (except as a concept) was never that great to begin with. It’s X’s cash problem now.
Guess it’ll have to join America Online, bulletin boards, & the Microsoft Word paper-clip guy on the sidelines of history.
aol…netscape navigator…napster..
agree.
Been reading CTH for approximately a decade, and the only time I can recall that you weren’t right Sundance was your expectation that Russia would not actually invade Ukraine; I believe you thought their threats would be effective in preventing the expansion of NATO so close to Russian borders.
And when the invasion occurred you publicly acknowledged that they went further than you had expected.
There were other instances and people about whom I thought you were wrong … until enough time passed.
I’ve been here since 2016. The Russia/ Ukraine invasion was the only time I’ve known SD to be wrong. A couple days later SD came out and Owned it. He didn’t have to. Much respect for him
that is the gold standard for investigative journalism…to make corrections as needed…
NOT TO RESTORE TRUST…BUT SIMPLY TO MAKE SURE THE STORY IS CORRECT…Trust always follows THAT.
It’s one of the reasons (there are many reasons), that I trust Sundance. he is unafraid to take some risks in his reporting..and on the rare occasion it isn’t just right, he is quick to publish another article to flesh out those details.
Sundance IS NOT AN ORACLE…There is NO MAGIC involved. His uncanny ability only looks super because what we don’t see is that his edit floor is probably littered SKY HIGH of material that never met his high standards. it’s a HUGE AMOUNT of work to get facts right and assign it a solid dependable analysis. That take experience, talent and good solid morals. Sundance ain’t no hack. My view is that GOD has placed this gift and sundance has accepted it for all the right reasons.
in an age of information wars, it is very important to have reliable sources….in fact, my opinion is that is precisely why the founders were so very interested and placed so much emphasis on the protections of THE PRESS. Truth you see is more or less an ongoing debate…to find it, wrestle it down, and makes sense of it and then inform with the truth is quite possibly the most important thing in life…to KNOW the truth…to understand what the TRUTH means. The founders understood this because they recognized that foundationally GOD gave these natural rights to human beings. THAT IS THE SOURCE….But for reasons that I can barely scratch the surface GOD ALSO created human being to make their own choices…Free will as some would call it. I do not understand this, but I also know human beings ARE NOT GOD. So we are thus, imperfect, and incomplete but as made RIGHT when we serve God, and obey his rules. Truth to me, is the pursuit of excellence. To find truth AND THEN TO REPORT IT TO OTHERS, has to be the most important function of society.
I will go down memory lane to remind: at the very outset there was great expectations for the internet…the democratization of information sharing. This expectations was that it would transform the lives of human beings for the betterment of mankind. And in many ways, it has done this. But in many other ways, the internet has become a sewer for the worst possible kinds of influence. and this does impact society in negative ways.
for now, the internet is still relatively open but we must be vigilant and recognize this may not be true going forward. We are already seeing the signs of tyrant states and very corrupt people managing speech.
Truth telling is the most important part of a society. once that is lost, the society only has one direction to travel: down the toilet.
God Bless America
I honestly think that the financial disclosure data provided for the SEC on Twitter was all garbage. Musk learned that after making his initial offer and awaiting a final decision, if you remember correctly, he tweeted something to that effect and then went silent. CTH and others have long speculated that Twitter had to have been funded by another source, the USG??Idk…
Anyhow, during that interim time period, Musk discovered who and I suspect that whoever that was made it clear to Elon that he better not say a word about it.
Musk was stuck and Elon being Elon, I think he moved forward with the belief that he’ll figure it out somehow. Once he dug into the details though, he realized that he can’t. The company is trash, it’s hemorrhaging money and he doesn’t have time to stem the bleeding and turn it around.
Now as Sundance said he’s desperate, he’s made enemies out of the Democrats/USG and he only has one option to secure funding- corporate ad revenue.
I truly hope that he can turn it around, regardless of whether he’s aligned to our cause or an imposter. He’s done more to shine sunlight on the vile/despicable acts committed on US citizens by our government.
In the barren landscape of people with a platform and the money, power and courage to speak out for us, reach to speak out for us, he stands out.
Seriously, other than Trump of course, of all the rich/famous/powerful people in the world, who sides with We the people on anything?
Who’s done anything to secure our God Given Rights?
Who’s in favor of an individual’s right to Liberty, Bodily Autonomy, Equal Justice for All etc?
Of the top of my head
1- DJT
2- Probably Elon…
“Seriously, other than Trump of course, of all the rich/famous/powerful people in the world, who sides with We the people on anything?”
Hold up
two handsone hand and count fingers.“Musk learned that after making his initial offer and awaiting a final decision”
The arrangements were made and Musk was placed atop the post. Albeit a brilliant one, he’s just another “fair haired boy” cast from the same mold as so many empty shell globalist CEOs. SpaceX, Tesla, and Starlink took monumental marshalling of research, development, manufacturing, IP, engineering, capital, regulatory and legislative resources. One guy does not pop out of relative obscurity and pull that off.
Musk is the pop-culture smiley face atop a monstrous “public private partnership” – aka fascist monopoly.
“Agreeing to join that effort, more vociferously than previous, will get him the capital he needs…”
Capital “investment” will flow from wall street without regard for ROI. Advertising “revenue” will flow from from multinationals without regard for increased sales.
Hundreds of billions to stop Trump will flow like a river.
Yep, no stone left unturned to stop PDJT. Money isn’t an object. Whatever it costs in money or lives, that’s the Communist mission. Expect it.
I smell a too big to fail bailout.
I didn’t see this (honest) when I just posted my thoughts, but ‘yes’.
“The asset is worth its debt, nor much more.”
Wut?
@Sundance I think there is a typo here.
Cheers.
See my bracketed & italicized insert for clarity.
“The current estimates are that Twitter is now worth between $12 to $15 billion. There is debt of $12.5 billion from the initial purchase structure still in place. The asset is worth [the same amount as] its debt, nor much more.”
Gab is not controlled
What does Sundance think of his future on Twitter with all this new crap swirling around?
Shadow banned? Totally banned?
Will he move to a different social media platform such as Truth Social?
A lot of people here are saying I can live without X(Twitter). Yes, we all can but that’s not the point. It’s still one of the only places where people outside our bubble can be exposed to sunlight. Speaking to an echo chamber, can be useful to spread info to other like minded persons, but with the msm entirely censoring and propagandizing info, X is still important.
Simple. The magic coffee shop serves up heaping doses of deepswamp blend, and it’s all subsidized by us.
Your tax dollars being crammed right up your snout. Give ‘em enough cash and they will squeeel any which way you like.
I think of it as a bail out.. too big to fail, too easy to control the narrative.
How else can you gin up revenue??? It’s a one trick pony. And the pony has a limp…
Tick Tock (Tok) 😁 As the old saying goes.
Elon, delete your company.
Ⓜ️🅰️G🅰️
Is there one rational person left who actually still believes God considers the people of Earth to be his finest invention rather than a failed early prototype ?
Well, “man” wanted knowledge of good and evil and he’s getting it.
God never fails. If he did, he would not be God.
Going from controlled media to freed media and then back to controlled media shows it is amateur hour in Elonville. It wasn’t but a few months ago he was crowing about freedom of speech, and how Yaccarino was not going to hurt that ideology.
Did he ever think by supporting Trump’s restored account (plus many others) he was going to be embraced by BlackRock, USA? Never. He couldn’t stand the heat once he was in the kitchen.
Nobody will trust him after basically rehiring the dreck he fired last year. Elon looks very small right now.