© Chesnot/Getty Images;/Alex Wong/Getty ImagesElon Musk on June 16, 2023, in Paris, France, and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on December 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Musk and Ocasio-Cortez clashed on X earlier this week.
Ocasio-Cortez caught the attention of X users late Tuesday, when she shared a "boy math" post. The trend is a derivative of the "girl math" posts from the summer, where tongue-in-cheek arithmetic was used to justify excessive spending. It led to "boy math," where several posts gave examples of men exaggerating such factors as their height.
Some social media users have used the trend to address less lighthearted topics, including Ocasio-Cortez, who chose to take a swipe at Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his decidedly rocky road to being elected.
"Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later," Ocasio-Cortez, who is also known as AOC, wrote in an X post.
The federal government will likely shut down in two days. Congress has been unable to agree on future spending levels or find the votes needed to pass a short-term extension.
At the center of this turmoil is Speaker McCarthy, who unlike Senate leaders, has largely refused to pass spending bills in a bipartisan manner. With Republicans controlling the House by a slim margin, McCarthy can't lose more than five votes, and some of his own conservatives have shown little desire to compromise when legislation doesn't meet all of their desires.
Aware of the blame Republicans have faced for past government shutdowns, McCarthy and other Republicans have taken to blaming President Joe Biden for a potential shutdown, ignoring the fact that funding the government is a congressional responsibility.
Political commentator Ashley St. Clair responded to Ocasio-Cortez's dig at McCarthy by challenging the congresswoman's previous comments, in which she compared New York's immigrant numbers of today and yesteryear.
"Girl math is saying immigrants coming legally through Ellis Island is the same as 3 million undocumented migrants pouring through our border and costing NYC $1,000,000,000 to house migrants for free in hotels," St. Clair wrote.
Weighing in with his own opinion on the matter, Musk said of Ocasio-Cortez: "She's just not that smart."
Refusing to take the criticism lying down, Ocasio-Cortez responded by sharing an overview of her accomplishments since her 2018 election victory.
"I wasn't born rich and became the youngest woman in American history to be elected to Congress," she stated. "Then I investigated [Michael] Cohen, authored the largest FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] funeral assistance program in history and led creation of a U.S. Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of new jobs. Stay mad."
"I take it back — you're obviously a genius," Musk quipped in response.
Musk returned to the post later on Wednesday and commented: "First, please allow me to congratulate you on these epic achievements. However, have you considered, rather than 'funeral assistance,' that FEMA focus its funding on preventing funerals in the first place?"
The bad blood spilled over into Thursday, when Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins announced in an X post that Musk was "on the ground in Eagle Pass with [Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX)] to see the migrant crisis for himself."
"What's funny about this photo?" Ocasio-Cortez responded. "The House is holding important votes in DC tonight, people are scrambling to avoid a shutdown, but this Republican Congressman decided to skip town to joyride with a billionaire when his own party has just a single-digit margin and needs his vote."
"What's funny about this photo is that you staged a photo shoot crying over a road behind a fence," read a post from another X user, which showed Ocasio-Cortez standing by a fence. Musk responded to the post with a laughing emoji.
The photo in question was from Ocasio-Cortez's participation in a 2018 protest on a road outside a tent city shelter in Texas, where migrant children had been detained. A number of the children had been separated from their parents. Protesters were prohibited from walking right up to the tents at the time.
Meanwhile, Ocasio-Cortez reposted a comment from Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), in which he criticized Musk on X on Thursday.
"Elon Musk just fired half of the Election Integrity Team at X," Schiff wrote. "Allowing election misinformation to fester on this platform opens our democracy up to further attack and disinformation. But Elon seems fine with that."
This week, the account @xDaily shared a post in which it was stated that the platform had "cut half of of its Electoral integrity team, including the head of the group. Despite this, X has recently reiterated it plans to hire more staff in this area ahead of major international elections in 2024."
Confirming the move, Musk wrote: "Oh you mean the 'Election Integrity' Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they're gone."
Musk has clashed on numerous occasions with Ocasio-Cortez, who has been his vocal critic of the businessman since he bought X for $44 billion late last year.
When his plans to buy X, then known as Twitter, were revealed in April 2022, Ocasio-Cortez took a jab at him.
"Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening because some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform and skews it because Tucker Carlson or Peter Thiel took him to dinner and made him feel special," Ocasio-Cortez said.
"Stop hitting on me, I'm really shy," Musk responded, adding a blushing emoji.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to Musk, writing: "I was talking about [Mark] Zuckerberg but ok," but she has since deleted the tweet.
The congresswoman once again lashed out at Musk for promising "free speech" on Twitter while offering an $8 per month "blue check" plan.
"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," Ocasio-Cortez wrote last year.
"Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8," Musk responded, before temporarily pinning the tweet to the top of his X profile.
Reader Comments
(& ps, mine won't be available for any AOC shagging)
Anyway, yeah I was aware of context.
IMO, Laurence Fox is far too petulant for the role he has assigned himself.
I would think it’s a key grasp of the obvious that neither Kameltoe Harris or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were selected for their intelligence no more than Elon Musk has been promoted & elevated by the EL-items to play the Baphomet Savior Hero role just as he was scripted to play in Iron Man Tony Stark movie. No accidents or coincidences.
It seems to me this is yet another one of Musk's many "I'm a right guy!!!" PR vignettes that have been popping out of X Corp lately.
"Despite Musk's reluctance to directly engage in military activities "....
Musing over some of Musk's recent "Right guy" PR vignettes...
"Tony Stark attacks George Soros!!!!"
"Tony Stark attacks ADL!!!"
"Tony Stark sues State of California!!!"
"Tony Stark visits US/Texas border!!!"
"Tony Stark attacks Germany's migrant rescues!!!"
"Tony Stark calls OAC a dope!!!"
etc
Meanwhile... A few years ago that kind of thing would have been everyone's worst nightmare, as it should be now.
After all he’s their inchoate creation inside the Matrix by design.
It’s also true about True Believers breaking out of their mental cages. They are convinced that it’s the ONLY way.
Which is kinda strange if you push back from that table & ponder the notion of thought - that would mean that all the other teachers - gods, deities, throughout human history theology/theosophy/Astrotheosophy/philosophy etc. notwithstanding the Pantheon of Rome [Link] If a person reads & researches the Pantheon of Rome & its actual purpose/meaning how do you miss it ?
What was the Pythagoras symmetry & symbiotic symbology of the Oculus ? The largest Oculus ever built in Masonry. WTF & how do you miss that ?
We’re all the other gods/deities before & after we’re chopped liver. That kind of logic is scary in the sense that the cognitive bias/dissonance has so much spicy “WOO’ that it’s could be considered heretical - fanatical in a sense. Boggles my mind that people cannot break free from that kind of indoctrinated dogma/gestalt of thinking & logic.
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"Nearly 7,000 satellites orbit the Earth, serving vital functions such as communication, navigation, and scientific research.
In 2022 alone, more than 150 launches took place, sending new instruments into space, with many more expected over the next decade.
But who owns these objects? In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti and Miranda Smith utilize data from the Union of Concerned Scientists to highlight the leaders in satellite technology.
SpaceX’s Dominance in Space
SpaceX, led by
Tony Stark, err-ah, Elon Musk, is unquestionably the industry leader, currently operating the largest fleet of satellites in orbit—about 50% of the global total.The company has already completed 62 missions this year, surpassing any other company or nation, and operates thousands of internet-beaming Starlink spacecraft that provide global internet connectivity.
Starlink customers receive a small satellite dish that self-orients itself to align with Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit satellites..."
The Deep State knows there's a tide in the affairs of man, so when the great American public get fed up with The Bush Reich, they bring out the Obama HOPE (feel free to browse the archives to see how long it took sott.net folk to get a handle on that one).
"Cut him some slack!!! It's a big ship!!! It takes ages to turn a thing like that around!!!"
What The Deep State can't cope with is freak weather events such as Donald Trump's destruction of Jeb Bush on live TV and his subsequent 2016 election victory.
So, tie the guy up in knots for years and work on a plan B.
About "Orange Man bad," it was pretty clear from the outset that Obama had it out for the guy from the get go... Few could figure that one out. More than likely he's the hand up Biden's backside as president. The Alphabet groups are the ones using Soros money to sow chaos... Seems anything goes to keep Trump off the ballot.
I was quite interested by Musk's recent shot across the bow to Obama...[Link]
I haven't been able to work out whether that was another one of Musk's "Right guy" PR stunts, or a portent, or both.
Left, right and centre, if the endgame is Technocracy, I don't GAF who's fronting for it, or whether they say all the right things, make all the right gestures, or whether or not they're kind to dumb animals*.
* Elon Musk has been proven to not be kind to dumb animals...[Link]
"You can have any future as long as it's technocracy".
Oh really?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Which doesn't mean I'm anti-techno, rather: A place for everything, and everything in its place.
You've probably seen this already, but here's a good round table from about January...
Some good gear in there... As no doubt we will all continue to be subjected to the tedious spectacle of Elon Musk sucking up to the MAGA crowd and independently thinking Americans ("AOC is a dumb ass!!!" - No kidding!!!) in an attempt to hold the fort as per X The Everything Trap, what can one one do but wish the guy a happy tailspin?
Gimme a sec....
Bitchute... [Link]
Odysee... [Link]
Like Moth’s circling the Luciferian/Satanic/Nimrod’s light.
Here’s the latest programming. 👇 Notice the timing of the discovery. Another amazing coincidence.
Interview: Aussie mathematician cracks code of ancient "Indiana Jones" tablet [Link]
And there it is: 👇
The Sumerian cuneiform script written on the tablet holds four columns and 15 rows that describe a sequence of 15 right-angle triangles, which decrease in inclination.But unlike modern base 10 systems that are the standardly used in mathematics today, the Babylonians worked with a sexagesimal, or base 60 system.
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Actually, I don't think Fred was one of our best exports.
But at least we can say we gave America The Dave Clark Five during their hour of need.
President just been assassinated?
Here, have some of this.
Herman's Herman's also.
The D5's 4/4 thump-thump-thump-thump thing comes from The Star Club in Hamburg, where Brit beat groups were moved to 'German-ise' Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, etc to suit local tastes.
That particular cultural mutation later morphed into the classic 'four on the floor' Motown sound after Motown A&R Mickey Stevenson visited The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1964, at which point Motown ditched their previous Twist/Watusi formations in favour of something a bit more oom-pah crotchet-obsessive...[Link]
I'm pretty sure if Oswald Spengler were alive today, he'd have something to say about that.
That record was a big hit with me when I was a pre-school person living in a flat in Swinging London and Twinkle was my babysitter...[Link]
'My Boy Lollipop' was a sort of Brit-take on Jamaica Ska. It still has that kind of 'Mondrian-isation' of the rhythm section but it uses a syncopated sort of 'jump-rope' formation.
The thump-thump-thump-thump 4/4 thing was later used to great effect in a lot of 1990's German techno records...[Link]
I find the 'sea-sickness' effect you get on some of those things quite intriguing...[Link]
God only knows what it does to ones circadian rhythms.
You truly awake [Link] 🪲😎🌞