Why Hasnt Elon Musk Been Sanctioned by Tesla?

Why hasn't Elon Musk been sanctioned by his shareholders?

"If a CEO is found to have intentionally destroyed shareholder value, they could face legal action from shareholders through a shareholder derivative lawsuit, potentially leading to personal liability, fines, or even removal from their position. The board of directors is responsible for overseeing the CEO's actions and can take steps to remove them if they believe the CEO is not acting in the best interests of the shareholders."  according to Google.

I suspect its another example of the failure of the so-called capitalist or market system.

Preferred Smashed Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients as modified from NY Times (see below).

¾ cup chocolate chips
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup unsalted butter (if salted dont add so much salt)
2  tbsp ground flaxseed 
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup dark brown sugar

3 tbsp of plain Greek yogurt
1 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
¾ cup/90 all-purpose flour
1 Espresso or strong coffee

- Preheat oven to 350F

- Make eggs from ground flaxseed .  1 tbsp flaxseed to 3 tbsp water per "egg".  Let stand for at least 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

- Melt butter 

- Add butter to bowl with chocolate chips, espresso and cocoa powder.  The butter needs to be hot enough to melt the chocolate and/or use the microwave. Stir the mixture until glossy & smooth. 

- In a separate bowl, add sugars, yogurt and eggs.  Use mixer if you have one. 

- Add vanilla & chocolate slowly and then add the flour.  Use spatula to mix. The dough should be glossy and resemble brownie dough

- Distribute 2 tbsp per cookie, two inches apart, on parchment paper

- Cook for 8 or so minutes, pound baking sheets on table to  cause dough to settle, then cook another 6=8  minutes.  The recipe calls for less baking time, but I found that to result in a gooey cookie, too gooey.

  

- Let cool on sheets for at least 3 minutes

Taken and modified from the NY Times at:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025868-chewy-brownie-cookies

Preliminary Granola Recipe

 

- 4 cups dry oatmeal

- 2 tsp cinnamon

- 2 tsp vanilla

- 1 tsp sea salt

- 1 cup crushed walnuts or pecans

- 1 cup raisons

- 1/2 cup maple syrup

- 1/4 cup olive oil

- 1 cup dried apricots

- 1 fresh apple chopped

- Zest and juice from one orange

- preheat oven to low

- spread mix on two pans to get surface area (parchment paper)

- bake in oven for 15 minutes, turn it over, bake for another 15 minutes or until it is not gooey.

- recipe is approximate

Predictions 2/16/2025

I am going to predict the general destruction of large parts of the US government in the current situation.

Trump/Musk will not stop.  The courts wont stop them. Congressional Republicans wont stop them.  Congressional Democrats wont stop them.  And then, when the Trump/Musk shitstorm has passed, no one will be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

First, Elon Musk and his fanboys and Trump with his orders will continue to violate the law and the constitution.  They will fire people right and left, destroy Medicare and Medicaid, USAID, the Veterans Administration, DEI everywhere, the NIH, CDC, whole chunks of science, academia, etc.  Who will stop them?  Well, we can be sure that the Republicans in congress will not stop them and will not defend the constitution.  As for the Democrats, they could potentially hold up the budget and shut down the government.  But I dont think they will based on past experience. They are too weak and living in another universe.  And even if they do, my guess is that Trump and the Republican congress will just ignore them and declare their budget law.  Who would stop them?  The courts?  Not likely.  Not only is the federal appeals system filled with complete jokes like Cannon, any court ruling would be appealed to the Supreme Court and we all know what that means.  Nine tenths of the time the Supreme Court will support Trump and Musk even if they hide it a little bit to make things look a little better.  Then the stupid press will suck down on that and talk about how Trump/Musk did not get everything they wanted, even though, of course, they did get everything they wanted.  The DOJ and the FBI will attack any judge or officer who opposes this administration and people will be, in general, intimidated into compliance.  Then of course there will be new laws, and who will fix them or go against them?  Not the Democrats, that is for sure.  Not the Republicans.  Not the courts.   If there is even the slightest protests that can be looked at as violent: say someone blocks a freeway for more than an hour, then Trump will declare a military emergency and call out the national guard.  Besides, it is clear that Americans are too weak and dont really care enough about liberty to do anything.  Not only does that mean that the Federal govt is wildly disabled, but many state governments will be as well.  As I understand it, states like California will be thrown into chaos by a variety of actions that Trump/Musk will do.  Again, who will stop them?

Moving forward, again it is not at all clear who will attempt to fix this catastrophe. Even if there is a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in 4 years most things will not be fixable.  The Democrats dont have the will to  take a stand.  Remember Lejoy at the USPS?  Biden couldnt even get rid of one person, and he had cause.  Sure we can create a new USAID organization, maybe, or restore the NIH, maybe, but those research programs are already dead. The people in the third world are dead.  Ukraine is destroyed.  China will just pick up the slack.  The Iron Dome will not be built, not really, because it is not practical to do so except in very specific geographical areas like Washington and Mar-a-Lago.  It is far easier to destroy and fire people, then to get the budgets and hire people.  By that time, there will be hundreds more Trump lovers on the federal courts, and the Supreme Court will be refreshed with two or three more Alito/Kavanaugh clones.  Which means that any lawsuits will be dismissed.  

So its a fait accompli.  America will be diminished, the rich will get richer, silicon valley will do whatever the heck it wants with AI and so forth.  

Of course, I could be wrong.  The American people could stand up and the Republicans and the Democrats, working together, could remove Trump from office.  Do you think that is a realistic possibility?

Betar US

There is an organization called Betar which seems to be a reboot of an original revisionist Zionist organization that is working to identify those who were attacking universities in this country, supporting Hamas and its efforts to murder Jews.  Their mission, among others no doubt, is to identify those who were here on student visas and deport them.

We support this effort.

This may or may not be a relevant URL:

https://x.com/Betar_USA/status/1843832598742864353?mx=2

A quote from the above web link:

    "If you rape women and then shoot them, My G-d is not your G-d.”

One People, one Country, one Leader!

A work in progress based very loosely on the famous posters of Adolf Hitler.  The slogan in German of course sounds better.  One Volks, One Reich, One Fuhrer! 

A Pig Will Always be a Pig

I dont care what he does, he will always be a pig to me.  Instead of honoring Jimmy Carter for whom the flags were half mast, this dickless wonder has to have the flags raised.  He could have made the respect given Carter a part of his speech and been all the better for it.  But that would show class, and this asshole has none.  

Nothing has changed, he is still an asshole, but all the more dangerous for what he has learned over the last eight years.

If the people who had voted for Joe Biden in 2020 had voted for the Democrat in 2024, even if they were not all that sure about Kamala Harris, this would not be happening.   He could be the best president in the history of the world, and he won't be, and I will still think he is a pig, because he is.

People get the government they deserve, I have heard.  

Image by Midjourney

Karl Sims Opening at the Museum of Mathematics, NYC, 11/7/2024

Karl Sims had an art opening at the Museum of Mathematics in New York City on 11/7/2024.  

Also there was Pattie Maes, Ken Perlin, Trilby Schreiber, Tom Brigham and Jill Fraser.

Italian Whole Orange Cake Recipe

- preheat oven to 350 degrees

- make 3 fake eggs (1 tablespoon ground flax seed and 3 tablespoons water per egg)

- One whole orange, blended, organic, seeds removed

- One package Pane Degli Angeli (or 2.5 tsp backing powder and 1 tsp vanilla extract) 

- 1 1/8 cups sugar

- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

- 1/3 cup butter, softened

- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt plain (or sour cream)

- add 3 fake eggs

- possibly add salt, perhaps

- 1/4 oz sugar (why I dont know)

- grease a loaf pan or similar

- bake for 50-60 minutes

- allow to cool

- make orange glaze with powdered sugar, salt, orange zest and orange juice, simmer over low heat stirring constantly and apply to cake while the glaze is still fluid

This is not what the cake looks like, but it is what I could easily get from Midjourney.

Los Angeles Fires 2025

So far I know three people who have lost their houses in the Pacific Palisades fire.  I also know people in Mandeville Canyon, Altadena and Calabasas who have not lost their houses so far.

Image by Midjourney