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Ted Cruz begs Americans stop being so nasty to Elon Musk (www.thedailybeast.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30444456

“I think the American people ought to be saying to Elon, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’” the Texas Senator said on Fox News.

Ted Cruz used a Fox News interview to act as a human shield for Elon Musk, demanding Americans get down and kiss the billionaire’s feet for his DOGE work.

Musk has called time on his stint at the Trump administration, with his 130-day “special government employee” status elapsing on May 30. His time at Trump’s side was tumultuous, with Tesla caught up in the pushback against his cost-cutting DOGE.

Cruz appears shocked by the backlash, telling Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday evening that Americans should be expressing deep gratitude to Musk and chanting “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

don't throw our trash into the ocean! Compost. then eat the veggies. It's the only environmentally friendly thing to do.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The environmental cost of improperly disposing of billionaires is far-and-away offset by the very lack of the billionaire.
    I think we can eat that cost and enjoy the benefits.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    While perhaps inconsequential to the benefit accrued by removing the billionaire…

    Disposal methods aren’t weighted against that, they’ve already been removed. So we’re selecting between various disposal methods, and really, we have no reason to not be green about it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    When a billionaire reaches the seafloor it's referred to as a billionairefall and it's actually an important aquatic ecosystem. A single billionaire can feed dozens of different species including fish, crabs and some marine worms that only feed on vile billionaire carcasses.

    Unfortunately these species are struggling right now because we aren't throwing enough billionaires into the ocean. So please, do it for the worms.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    One might argue that the red mist they introduced to the ocean helped to support the local biosphere, and since every piece of the "sub" that was able to be located was recovered, that the whole event was a net gain for that area of the sea.

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