Amazon explains why it unplugged Parler. Because Parler refused to remove posts that called for the “rape, torture, and assassination of public officials and private citizens.”
Henry Blodget
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- American Airlines has spent more than $15B enriching its shareholders by buying back its stock in the past 6 years. Any bailout needs to be an equity investment that dilutes or wipes out existing shareholders and provides cash to pay employees.
- This makes it much easier to understand why Americans have such divergent views of what is actually happening.A sampling of West Virginia front pages this morning
- Tens of millions of Americans felt just as much frustration when their candidate lost in 2016. They didn’t violently attack Congress. And their President didn’t drive home to the White House to watch the riot on TV after inciting it with lies.Pete Hegseth, one of the biggest MAGA guys on Fox, says "this is the result of frustration that a lot of people feel. I frankly wasn't surprised. I am not saying it is okay, I'm not saying all those things, but images didn't shock me." Listen to him channel the rioters...
00:00 - These restrictions are absurd. (No outdoor dining, no walking/jogging outside, “stay home.”) We know a lot more now than we did in March about how covid spreads. Every needless restriction not supported by science erodes confidence in gov’t and increases the backlash.This seems so counterproductive. In LA, you're not (technically speaking) allowed to go on a masked, distanced jog with one friend? Few people are going to abide by those rules and you lose your claim to being science-driven. latimes.com/california/sto…
- A “debate” between RFK and a vaccine scientist might be interesting, but, for starters, here is a point-by-point response to RFK’s claims. (Live debates are more about rhetoric and engagement skills than data and logic. If the goal is truth, science is a more reliable route.)1/ I watched Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Joe Rogan yesterday and it gave me an opportunity to look into some of the "old-school" antivax claims. First Joe Rogan let's us know that he used to think RFK Jr. was "kinda loony", but now he's a true believer in RFK's antivax claims.
00:00 - Elon’s 10-year Tesla options were about to expire, so he had to sell them. The Twitter bid did allow him to do that without his facing questions about why he was selling. And he sold at an excellent price!entire thing was clever ruse to SELL + LIQUIDATE $8.5 BILLION of TESLA STOCK (w/plausible excuse for doing it) 80% odds Elon pays $1B breakup fee + walks away with $7.5B liquidated 20% spends $100M fighting litigation honestly think he can “land rockets” but can’t fix ‘bots’?
- Merck stock up after CEO quits Pres Trump's council to protest Pres Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacists.
- With respect... I am an entrepreneur. A 70% marginal rate on income over $10mm or a wealth tax over $50mm would not even dent my "incentive to continue to take risk," much less "kill" it. I get that no one wants to pay taxes. But that logic is ridiculous.
- Hear hear. The experts agree outside (with distance) is low risk. Open the parks and beaches. The more freedom we can give ourselves, the longer we’ll be able to sustain restrictions that actually have a big impact.
- It’s just absurd that members of Congress can trade stocks and options.NEWS: In a new disclosure filing, it was revealed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Dec 22, 2020 bought 25 $TSLA call options with a $500 strike price and an expiration date of 3/12/2022. She paid between $500k-$1M for the options.
- With enormous respect, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, you're still wrong about this one. NYC would have benefited greatly from having 25,000 Amazon folks working, living, spending, and paying taxes here. NYC would have netted vastly more than the subsidy. Losing Amazon cost NYC billions.Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions
- Where is the science showing that outdoor dining is particularly risky? Why has California banned it? One reason there’s so much backlash against government restrictions is because some of the restrictions are unnecessary and unhelpful.The ban on outdoor dining in Los Angeles is under fire again after a restaurateur posted video of a film crew’s legal catering site next door. nyti.ms/37GN6zF
- Democrats better make clear that they also want to reopen as soon as possible — or they’re going to get clobbered in November. Lockdowns are terrible. Quarantine fatigue is real. We need a smart reopening plan.
