Right-wing billionaires like Vivek & Musk are giving the rest of us "nerds" a bad name as they reveal all the money in the world can't cure their intense self-loathing & contempt for America.
Elon was here originally as an illegal immigrant because he overstayed an expired student visa. So did his brother, who has admitted this. Laura Loomer and the OG MAGAs need to demand Elon's deportation to South Africa on Day 1. demanding this
I suspect this will all blow over. The MAGA types will be distracted by large deportations of immigrants without college degrees -- who they think are taking their jobs.
The relatively smaller number of H-1B migrants will enter the country quietly, to the satisfaction of the billionaire bros.
Talk of taking over Panama, Canada and Greenland is a distractor from this and President Musk.
They have short attention spans after years of being schooled in ignoring how Trump contradicts himself. Like in 2016, H1-B visas are a bad idea. Today: H1-B visas are good because Musk bought me.
Yep. MAGA can't sustain any real resistance towards trump, as we've seen. They'll quickly justify it in their little heads, and eventually convince themselves they were on it all along.
I’ve been following this with unholy glee, and wishing the worst for all involved. But behind all this is an issue that hasn’t been brought up. MANY immigrants move to the west for a piece of the pie, while despising our culture. I’m Canadian and we’re seeing this quite a lot in our country, for various reasons.
I tend to agree with this. Isn’t that how it got this point? Vivek’s parents probably shook their heads and quietly talked about the lazy kids down the street his whole life.
My son is a senior software engineer and has been at two major big time tech companies in Seattle for his 20 year career. He went to Seattle's excellent public schools and got excellent marks at one of the Univ of Cal campuses. There are plenty like him in the US.
But Musk (if not Rama-swarmy) did get one thing right, though not for the reason he said it. Overall, outside areas that still have really good public schools, there has been a real decline in support for education over the past 75 years since I hit kindergarten. Teachers are not paid enough given the task they have; it used to be seen as "women's work" when my mother taught in the 30s, but even the advent of more male teachers didn't raise the abysmal pay. Now teachers have to supply their classes with basic stuff the schools can't afford. They are attacked for teaching basic ideas the trumpites consider "unamerican." And so many are stuck "teaching to the test" instead of focusing on creative and critical thought, of finding ways to pique curiosity and make learning interesting and a life-long pursuit.
So Musk is right to say that it costs a lot to educate youth. His conclusion is just to say that means we need to look outside the country, This is totally wrongheaded. There is nothing particularly more intelligent about the population of India than the population of the US, but India and other countries clearly nurture at least a portion of its citizens way better than we do. Talent we have; nurturing talent has fallen by the wayside.
The answer is not a world of H1B visas (though more may be needed in the short term; there are already plenty here who specialize in some arcane part of tech and other professions where there aren't specialists enough to go round.)
The answer is to educate our own damn kids so that, whether STEM or other, they can flourish while adding to the growth and welfare of the whole society. Yep Elon, spend the money needed to do it. The very LAST thing that will bring us an educated workforce is "school choice" and public funding of religious and other private schools.
Well money talks. And in this case money holds all the power.
TFG will bow down to Musk. He needs his money. There will be many, many H1B visas issued and the magas can complain all they want. THEY voted the lying, grifting, criminal in. Why is anyone surprised?
Musk and Vivek don’t give a damn what uneducated, racist MAGAs think.
Well said,Waj,as usual ! I'm sorry I missed your MSNBC spot, but Thanks for putting up your clip. Musk and Vivek are deplorable's , it's going to be interesting to see what the Maga Base is going to do when all of their Social Safety Nets come down?!! I too have a good stock pile of Popcorn 🍿 at the Ready 😁 Thanks again, and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍
There is now open warfare inside MAGA, Waj! Which way will Trump go? Tech Bros or xenophobics? If one realizes the narcissist loves only one person (period), it is easy to see Trump kissing up next to the tech oligarchs. (Sorry, Loomer.) If you think otherwise, you clearly do not understand narcissism. Likewise, the TikTok “squabble” hosts a notable grifter unable to do a grift. Blackmail for his cut of that pie is in his sights to be on his table.
You MUST remember the narcissist loves only one person. The xenophobics are no longer of any use to Donald. They are chicken fodder now.
All we can do is watch these pigs infighting, and pick up our screaming that the price of groceries are going up. It is now our turn. Turnabout will be hilarious. We must, as Robert Hubbell said this morning, start building the 2026 and 2028 platform. I started one…https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/create-a-platform-for-all?r=3m1bs
You mean bird flu fodder.😁 When RFK Jr. kills all the research needed to fight the next epidemic, and entire herds of chickens, ducks, cows and pigs are slaughtered to reduce the transmission of bird flu (or the next emerging virus), watch for Stephen Miller to blame Canadian geese. Bambi and Thumper will then become top prizes for the Elmer Fudd NRA folks seeking protein sources in addition to getting their hunting jollies. There will be NBA, NFL, NHL chicken wings crises. Eggs will then be non-existent in supermarkets while tofu and hummus will be as expensive as top shelf caviar. Just don't let the MAGA folks know that you can get all the essential amino acids from beans and rice, a staple meal for people of color around the world that'll cause supply-chain shortages ... and then you'll see MAGA tik-toks and x-tweets about how the Viking culture celebrated the harvest of beans'n'rice for the Norse gods.
Found it very interesting that on X the maga are now deep diving the different levels of visas. H2B, etc. Now they are really seeing how those visas are being abused. So maybe some education is a good thing. They are mad that mara lago is using H2B for household, gardening, hotel jobs.
Wow, some folks just can’t be happy. What is the problem? I have more money than I could spend before I die. My family, relatives, friends are set. But somehow I am not happy. Should an appointment for the Doctor’s couch be appropriate? Are there deep seated resentments? 🧐
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Donald Trump will not separate himself from Musk For 2 reasons:
1- Because of Musk’s s money and the Contributions Musk can make to Trump‘s personal pocket. Trump wouldn’t want to lose his CashCow.
2- it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump was Afraid of Musk’s retribution since Musk does have the biggest megaphone on the planet as well as lots of money to do so. So trump well agree with whatever President Musk wants to do and change.
I well also add that Musk understands how power works having been raised as a South African White young man living a great life under the Apartheid regime because of the “Color of his Skin.”
Elon was here originally as an illegal immigrant because he overstayed an expired student visa. So did his brother, who has admitted this. Laura Loomer and the OG MAGAs need to demand Elon's deportation to South Africa on Day 1. demanding this
This is so unfair. South Africa already has enough problems and we got rid of apartheid in 1994.
He’s a Canadian citizen.
If they don’t want him: Mars.
Oy. Whatta jerk.
I suspect this will all blow over. The MAGA types will be distracted by large deportations of immigrants without college degrees -- who they think are taking their jobs.
The relatively smaller number of H-1B migrants will enter the country quietly, to the satisfaction of the billionaire bros.
Maybe but the issue is critical for Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon. Curious to see how they maneuver around it...
Here you go.
Bannon on Musk’s FUCK YOURSELF rant:
“Someone please notify ‘Child Protective Services’— need to do a ‘wellness check’ on this toddler”
https://gettr.com/post/p3feqqc0c1e
Talk of taking over Panama, Canada and Greenland is a distractor from this and President Musk.
They have short attention spans after years of being schooled in ignoring how Trump contradicts himself. Like in 2016, H1-B visas are a bad idea. Today: H1-B visas are good because Musk bought me.
Yep. MAGA can't sustain any real resistance towards trump, as we've seen. They'll quickly justify it in their little heads, and eventually convince themselves they were on it all along.
How many H-1Bs does Trump really employ? He seems more like an “illegal alien” sort of guy to me.
Melania was on one I believe.
Ivana was too. All three Trump kids were born before she was a citizen. Ditto for Melania and the fifth kid.
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I’ve been following this with unholy glee, and wishing the worst for all involved. But behind all this is an issue that hasn’t been brought up. MANY immigrants move to the west for a piece of the pie, while despising our culture. I’m Canadian and we’re seeing this quite a lot in our country, for various reasons.
I tend to agree with this. Isn’t that how it got this point? Vivek’s parents probably shook their heads and quietly talked about the lazy kids down the street his whole life.
I stopped reading when I got to the word “broligarchy”, which made my ENTIRE WEEK.
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My son is a senior software engineer and has been at two major big time tech companies in Seattle for his 20 year career. He went to Seattle's excellent public schools and got excellent marks at one of the Univ of Cal campuses. There are plenty like him in the US.
But Musk (if not Rama-swarmy) did get one thing right, though not for the reason he said it. Overall, outside areas that still have really good public schools, there has been a real decline in support for education over the past 75 years since I hit kindergarten. Teachers are not paid enough given the task they have; it used to be seen as "women's work" when my mother taught in the 30s, but even the advent of more male teachers didn't raise the abysmal pay. Now teachers have to supply their classes with basic stuff the schools can't afford. They are attacked for teaching basic ideas the trumpites consider "unamerican." And so many are stuck "teaching to the test" instead of focusing on creative and critical thought, of finding ways to pique curiosity and make learning interesting and a life-long pursuit.
So Musk is right to say that it costs a lot to educate youth. His conclusion is just to say that means we need to look outside the country, This is totally wrongheaded. There is nothing particularly more intelligent about the population of India than the population of the US, but India and other countries clearly nurture at least a portion of its citizens way better than we do. Talent we have; nurturing talent has fallen by the wayside.
The answer is not a world of H1B visas (though more may be needed in the short term; there are already plenty here who specialize in some arcane part of tech and other professions where there aren't specialists enough to go round.)
The answer is to educate our own damn kids so that, whether STEM or other, they can flourish while adding to the growth and welfare of the whole society. Yep Elon, spend the money needed to do it. The very LAST thing that will bring us an educated workforce is "school choice" and public funding of religious and other private schools.
Well money talks. And in this case money holds all the power.
TFG will bow down to Musk. He needs his money. There will be many, many H1B visas issued and the magas can complain all they want. THEY voted the lying, grifting, criminal in. Why is anyone surprised?
Musk and Vivek don’t give a damn what uneducated, racist MAGAs think.
They own the White House now.
Well said,Waj,as usual ! I'm sorry I missed your MSNBC spot, but Thanks for putting up your clip. Musk and Vivek are deplorable's , it's going to be interesting to see what the Maga Base is going to do when all of their Social Safety Nets come down?!! I too have a good stock pile of Popcorn 🍿 at the Ready 😁 Thanks again, and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍
How many MAGAs voted for Trump and Musk to replace American workers with low-paid foreigners? I'm betting the answer is none, not even one.
Trump isn't even President yet, but he's already a threat to everyone.
There is now open warfare inside MAGA, Waj! Which way will Trump go? Tech Bros or xenophobics? If one realizes the narcissist loves only one person (period), it is easy to see Trump kissing up next to the tech oligarchs. (Sorry, Loomer.) If you think otherwise, you clearly do not understand narcissism. Likewise, the TikTok “squabble” hosts a notable grifter unable to do a grift. Blackmail for his cut of that pie is in his sights to be on his table.
You MUST remember the narcissist loves only one person. The xenophobics are no longer of any use to Donald. They are chicken fodder now.
All we can do is watch these pigs infighting, and pick up our screaming that the price of groceries are going up. It is now our turn. Turnabout will be hilarious. We must, as Robert Hubbell said this morning, start building the 2026 and 2028 platform. I started one…https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/create-a-platform-for-all?r=3m1bs
You mean bird flu fodder.😁 When RFK Jr. kills all the research needed to fight the next epidemic, and entire herds of chickens, ducks, cows and pigs are slaughtered to reduce the transmission of bird flu (or the next emerging virus), watch for Stephen Miller to blame Canadian geese. Bambi and Thumper will then become top prizes for the Elmer Fudd NRA folks seeking protein sources in addition to getting their hunting jollies. There will be NBA, NFL, NHL chicken wings crises. Eggs will then be non-existent in supermarkets while tofu and hummus will be as expensive as top shelf caviar. Just don't let the MAGA folks know that you can get all the essential amino acids from beans and rice, a staple meal for people of color around the world that'll cause supply-chain shortages ... and then you'll see MAGA tik-toks and x-tweets about how the Viking culture celebrated the harvest of beans'n'rice for the Norse gods.
Red beans and white beans are on sale at Rouse’s 2 for $3. These will keep dried for a couple of years. I am stocking up on them!
Great. Now we're gonna start a run on beans. I need to stop sharing good nutrition news because it will affect my financial wellbeing.😁
Found it very interesting that on X the maga are now deep diving the different levels of visas. H2B, etc. Now they are really seeing how those visas are being abused. So maybe some education is a good thing. They are mad that mara lago is using H2B for household, gardening, hotel jobs.
One small complaint about the essay. "Pretty girls" are cast as objects, prizes to be claimed by the real protagonists, who are, by definition, men.
There are plenty of female nerds around, and you have just written them out completely.
Wow, some folks just can’t be happy. What is the problem? I have more money than I could spend before I die. My family, relatives, friends are set. But somehow I am not happy. Should an appointment for the Doctor’s couch be appropriate? Are there deep seated resentments? 🧐
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Donald Trump will not separate himself from Musk For 2 reasons:
1- Because of Musk’s s money and the Contributions Musk can make to Trump‘s personal pocket. Trump wouldn’t want to lose his CashCow.
2- it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump was Afraid of Musk’s retribution since Musk does have the biggest megaphone on the planet as well as lots of money to do so. So trump well agree with whatever President Musk wants to do and change.
I well also add that Musk understands how power works having been raised as a South African White young man living a great life under the Apartheid regime because of the “Color of his Skin.”
Who’s the elitist now..?
Absolutely savage! I'm here for it!