Politics And Current Events

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:53 pm

Facilitating a White House rebuttal confirms that.

Postby **grunthy** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:00 pm

Didn’t know people in here were conspiracy theorists.

Rigger · Postby **Rigger** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:06 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb

Postby **MWB** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:16 pm

https://twitter.com/ardenfarhi/status/1 ... 12672?s=21

This might be the dumbest thing Trump ever said.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:31 pm

https://twitter.com/ardenfarhi/status/1 ... 12672?s=21

This might be the dumbest thing Trump ever said.

@RonnieFranchise

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:35 pm

https://twitter.com/ardenfarhi/status/1 ... 12672?s=21

This might be the dumbest thing Trump ever said.
@RonnieFranchise

Eff both those guys. Sell the team.

Postby **Factorial** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:48 pm

I don’t understand why anyone should give a **** about what Barr has to say in his presser.

It will be history.

Postby **Factorial** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:49 pm

I'm off tomorrow after having to work the last few weekends and am looking forward to the spectacle of it all.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:49 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb

Seems dumb to burn through hundreds of millions of dollars but who am i to say what is dumb

Postby **Shyster** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:00 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb

It looks like it's because there's a maximum price cap on cars eligible for the credit, and all Teslas (even the Model 3) are over the cap in terms of Canadian dollars. So the credit would not be available for expensive electrics like the Jaguar I-Pace or BMW i3, either.

Postby **Factorial** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:02 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb

Tesla is like the dbag at work who is the early adapter of every gadget on the block. They'll be forgotten.

Postby **Nittany Ned** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:24 pm

I have an incredible amount of respect for Attorney General Barr.

Can’t wait to hear more people crying tomorrow.

Rigger · Postby **Rigger** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:55 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb
It looks like it's because there's a maximum price cap on cars eligible for the credit, and all Teslas (even the Model 3) are over the cap in terms of Canadian dollars. So the credit would not be available for expensive electrics like the Jaguar I-Pace or BMW i3, either.

The cap is 45k. The Tesla model 3 is 35k.

Idk I don't have time to read it up right now but just seems weird

Rigger · Postby **Rigger** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:56 pm

The war being waged on Tesla for the last several years from lobbyists, bought politicians, etc is fascinating to say the least

Tesla officially disqualified from Canada's EV credit

Seems dumb
Tesla is like the dbag at work who is the early adapter of every gadget on the block. They'll be forgotten.

You don't think what elon did was an act of defiance? I'd say it kinda was, there's a lot of people that were rooting for him to fail.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:03 am

$35k Canadian?

Postby **dodint** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:05 am

Nope. It's $45,600 base spec in CA dollars.

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:25 am

The cap is 45k. The Tesla model 3 is 35k.

That's the base price of the car before selecting trim level, which means it is not possible to actually buy a new one for that. The actual cheapest dtive-off price - which is what rebates and tax credirs are based off - is more like $45k, and that's in USD. It is the single biggest failure of the company to date imo, spending years touting that $35k number and missing it by 30+%. And I'm one of the biggest Tesla fanbois here.

Postby **eddy** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:40 am

It begins

https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/ ... 69249?s=19

There it is. Schumer and pelosi call for mueller to testify publicly. https://t.co/HyElaDIlIv

Postby **Viva la Ben** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:33 am

What’s the purpose of Barr having a presser before anyone can ask him questions about the substance of his redacted version of the Mueller report?

Postby **MWB** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:00 am

What’s the purpose of Barr having a presser before anyone can ask him questions about the substance of his redacted version of the Mueller report?

My guess is to set the expectation and give the soundbites that Trump and his supporters will then spout off afterwards. That already happened once with the summary, so this is just another version of the same thing.

Postby **Nittany Ned** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:02 am

What’s the purpose of Barr having a presser before anyone can ask him questions about the substance of his redacted version of the Mueller report?
My guess is to set the expectation and give the soundbites that Trump and his supporters will then spout off afterwards. That already happened once with the summary, so this is just another version of the same thing.

I’m ready.

Postby **eddy** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:02 am

so what's really going to come out with this today? If it was anything criminal, something would have already happened, correct? It's going to be a mix of some bad and dumb stuff that everyone would normally have a big problem with, but all of a sudden don't.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:12 am

so what's really going to come out with this today? If it was anything criminal, something would have already happened, correct? It's going to be a mix of some bad and dumb stuff that everyone would normally have a big problem with, but all of a sudden don't.

In outline of comically unethical behavior by a cast of comically incompetent people that doesn’t amount to violations of law.

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:25 am

I for one am thankful that we have been assured that Wm Barr is not conducting himself in a manner primarily focused on protecting the president and the presidency itsellf. Because I'll tell you what, if not for those assurances his conduct the last couple weeks might otherwise seem somewhat sketchy.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:38 am

Barr's going to lie through his teeth. Mueller will sit there and let it happen because he's a Putin stooge. All of the mind readers who haven't gotten a single thing correct in years will just create their own reality and call for impreachment. That's exactly what's going to happen.