Friday open thread: Oh boy

Well. Yesterday was a hell of a year.

Let's start with Donald Trump's "yuge" announcement. Actually, it was two announcements.

The first, which was supposed to garner all the attention, was his "plan" to "fight Big Tech censorship". I won't bother to post it here; you can find it elsewhere. It was the usual MAGA complaints wrapped up in unworkable bullet points which would never pass constitutional muster if he were by some miracle to regain the White House and have vast majorities in both House and Senate.

Of course, that "political" announcement was completely and hilariously overshadowed by what he really wanted to push.

He created a website where his chumps fans could buy, for $99 a pop, NFTs of himself in ridiculous artworks. These "artworks" took twenty years and 80 pounds off of him. One of them portrayed him as a muscled superhero with laser beams—"He's got friggin' lasers!"—shooting out of his Adderall-shot eyes.

That was what got all the attention. As much as his sycophants on social media tried to say that, no, the "censorship" mishegas was his real announcement, no one was having it. And it wasn't only us liberals mocking him. His putative base was aghast that, when civilization was collapsing before their very eyes, Trump would get them riled up for his latest grift.

Of course, the NFTs are just another way for him to launder money, and to get the money he needs since his business is about to be buried by New York Attorney General Tish James. It'll be a great way for him to get paid for peddling the state secrets he still has in his possession.

But in the question on who has the smallest cock in the world, Elon Musk wins hands down.

Last night Elon went on a purge. Earlier in the week he banned an account which tracked the flights of his private jet, calling that "doxxing". Forget about the fact that this is readily available information, in real time, from the FAA. He was aggrieved, and he had to lash out. He also made a very Jussie Smollett-like claim that someone "stalked" a car that was carrying his son with the unpronounceable name, thinking he was in it, and supposedly blocked it and got on the hood. (Sure, Jan.) Of course, this was all after he was booed lustily at fellow edgelord Dave Chapelle's show.

Anywho, he banned accounts which reported on the jet ban, on the "stalking", and on the purge. He was melting down in a psychotic fugue in real time. The accounts he banned ranged from independent journalist Aaron Rupar to a journalist for Voice of America. 

At first, these accounts were permanently suspended. Then he sent out a tweet that they were suspended for seven days. Then he conducted a poll asking Twitter what he should do. Well...

I think it's safe to say that Musk wins the micropeen debate between himself and Trump.

Musk is prima facie evidence of the need for confiscatory taxation above a certain level of wealth. No one should have the wealth and power he does. But at the same time he is also evidence that in this modern world wealth and power do not insulate you from derision. He is burning down his main businesses in order to create an echo chamber on Twitter. Tesla stock has cratered, shedding half its value. Sooner rather than later the board and investors will demand a course correction. If that means Musk is removed from day-to-day operations, then that is what it will mean. He has operated in a bubble of his own making; being the owner of Twitter has punctured that bubble, and he is not reacting well to it. You love to see it.

Anyway. Happy Friday friends. Our foes are immolating themselves. Get some wieners and roast them over the flames.

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