Over time I've saved a lot of information about Elon Musk, for whom I have very little respect as I consider him to be a massively self serving con artist, feeding at the government's subsidy trough on electric cars, and even promoting global warming, and has a personal life that's not exactly awe inspiring. He's been married three times, obviously he's not very good at marriage, who named his child with his third wife, X Æ A-Xii. Who in the world would name their child X Æ A-Xii?
I think he's nuts. I think he's a strange man, and not exactly inspiring confidence and trust. However, even a blind monkey can find a coconut on occasion, and it appears he's stumbled onto a big coconut by Trump making him the head of DOGE. I just can't figure out what is his angle. I'll tell you what, we'll come back to that. In the meanwhile, let's talk history.
Musk has created a mixed bag of opinions because he's actually done something right with his X (Twitter) site exposing what European leaders have been censoring to the best of their ability, the Muslim Rape Gangs. They consider his exposure of all this as "tinkering with their control of the working class." And it's even bigger as S. David Sultzer claims Musk is the last best hope for Europe’s survival, and then goes on to say Europe's leaders have driven Europe to the "brink of socialist autocracy, even as they accuse Musk of being an existential threat to “democracy” in Europe", and how these "increasingly totalitarian European governments are desperate to destroy Musk, whom they say (echoing Democrats at home) threatens democracy."
Europe is dying economically. Now they're being forced to pay for their own defense, they're "cutting their own throats with utopian energy policies, they've corrupted their election processes in France, Germany, Romania, England and Europe is facing:
........a complete cultural collapse as hard-left politicians war on the Judeo-Christian religions, the twin foundations of Western civilization. The radical atheist/socialist left is not merely winning, but it is also inviting radical Muslims to immigrate and serve as allies in that fight.
So, who's destroying democracy in Europe? Is it Elon Musk who's bypassing and exposing their censorship efforts and their corruption, or Europe's leaders?
Elon Musk has been touting this Mars expedition for some time, and I just can't believe what I hearing.....listen up folks....it ain't gonna happen.
It would take three years to get there, and we don't have to technology do to it. But if in some crazy way it happened and if the astronauts survived, which is unlikely, that would be a one way trip. There's all this talk how Mars might have been much different in the past and could support life..that's science fiction. So, why go there?
There's talk that Mars can be explored robotically. Okay, I think that's at best wishful thinking, but if it could be done, so what? Let's put some reality into this question. Alan Stevens commented in response to the silly article Mars is part of our Manifest Destiny saying:
Mars is 500 times farther away than the Moon. The atmosphere of Mars is quite different from Earth's. It's composed mostly of carbon dioxide (95%), with smaller amounts of nitrogen (2.7%), argon (1.6%), and trace amounts of oxygen (0.13%), carbon monoxide (0.07%), and water vapor (0.03%). The atmosphere is also about 100 times thinner than Earth's, which means it provides very little protection from solar radiation and micrometeoroids.
Mars is much colder than Earth. The average surface temperature is around -80°F (-60°C), but it can vary widely. During the day, temperatures near the equator can reach up to 70°F (21°C), while at night, they can plummet to -100°F (-73°C). Near the poles, winter temperatures can drop to as low as -195°F (-125°C). Dry ice temps.
Space radiation is a major concern, as astronauts traveling to Mars will be exposed to cosmic radiation for extended periods. This can increase the risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and damage to the nervous system.
The vast distance between Earth and Mars means that communication will have significant delays, making real-time support from mission control impossible. This requires astronauts to be highly autonomous and capable of making critical decisions independently.
Creating a closed ecosystem that can support human life for the duration of the mission is a complex challenge. This includes providing food, water, and oxygen, as well as managing waste and maintaining a habitable environment.
Martian soil is rich in iron oxides, giving it the characteristic red color. It also contains silicates, sulfates, and perchlorates. Perchlorates are toxic compounds that pose a challenge for potential human habitats and agriculture.
There's nothing there! There's no reason to go there! Maybe to build a space port on a planet with no way to develop it's resources, assuming there are resources, no infrastructure, no manufacturing capacity, no people to build it, and if that miracle happened the purpose would be to go..... where?
There's nothing out there for humanity, and while I will happily give credit to Elon Musk for exposing all the Muslim rape gangs in Europe, that doesn't change the fact I think he's a con man, and I think he's nuts.
That bring me to the Musk-Trump feud, and "finding out who's the smartest guy in the room?..... The social-media feud between the world’s most powerful man and the richest man was unbecoming, but it was incorrigible Elon who raced to the bottom. Trump comes out smelling like roses, and the BBB remains on track. Elon a genius? Sure, whatever, but Trump is smarter. MAGA marches on."
While I think the Big Beautiful Bill is just big, and in Musk's defense is he making some seriously valid points about this bill, which Musk called a ‘Disgusting Abomination" saying:
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
Or is it just sour grapes on his part over the end of his EV tax credits? But Trump claims he always knew that would be eliminated. But then he went over the line, way over the line, claiming the reason the Epstein files haven't been released is because Trump is in them.
Since the files haven't been released he knows this how? Are we to believe Pam Bondi or Kash Patel shared that information with him? Yeah, that's as believable as saying rain isn't wet.
No his evidence is a video of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein at a party that's been around for years, and Epstein's lawyer refutes that saying there's nothing that incriminates Trump saying:
I was hired to lead Jeffrey Epstein’s defense as his criminal lawyer 9 days before he died. He sought my advice for months before that. I can say authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitively that he had no information to hurt President Trump. I specifically asked him!
Apparently reality is reaching it's apex over this with Musk, and Musk thinks he and Trump should “make peace” (and here). Trump may move on on publicly, but privately, Musk went over the top and must be punished, and he deserves to be punished. I also think Musk is a nasty, foolish, and petulant snot with an ego that makes Trump look humble, who shoots off his mouth and thinks he can get away with it, and has, until now. He's burnt that bridge forever.
From the beginning my opinion of this man is he's weird beyond weird. He's a lousy husband, he gives his children weird names, he's a back stabber and scam artist who has fed like a hog on government grants and subsidies. Not one bit of this surprises me. He's done a lot of good with Twitter in exposing the Muslim rape gangs in Europe, especially in Britain since the Brits censor all that, and he did good work on DOGE, but that's like a broken clock... right twice a day. If there ever was evidence of interstellar aliens here on Earth, then he's their ambassador.
Finally, what did he hope to gain from all this? I have no idea, except he loves the be in the limelight, and I'm of the opinion he's capable of shifting gears faster than an automatic transmission in order to do that.