[-] AshDene@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Republicans have traditionally been the party of "regulation doesn't work, elect me and I can prove it to you".

Maybe Musk is just taking the logical counter-part to this "regulation doesn't work, put me in charge of a heavily regulated company and I can prove it to you".

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

The funny thing about religious fundamentalists is their beliefs frequently outright contradict the written word of their religion...

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trying to grant fetuses rights isn't "supporting pregnancies", the line to restricting what pregnant people can do, including abortions, is direct and obvious. The fact that the sponsors of the bills have previously passed bills attempting to restrict abortion is a fact.

Supporting pregnancies would be doing things like passing more healthcare funding, better parental leave, literally just giving money to people with kids. That's not what this bill was about.

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Olive oil?

You wouldn't live long, but compared to the other options you're listing...

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is just completely untrue. Musk founded SpaceX from nothing, there was no prior entity he acquired or invested in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SpaceX

There are lots of legitimate reasons to dislike Musk, there's really no need to make up lies about him to justify having an extremely low opinion of him.

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you know that Pepsi briefly owned 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer?

Edit: On less of a technicality, the East India Company had something like 250k troops back in 1824.

[-] AshDene@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

We should really amend the law to be "and if they incorrectly deny a claim they have to pay 10 times more". Enough to make it cost more than it's worth if they do it intentionally, not enough to bankrupt them...

AshDene

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