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Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video
AP ^ | 9/7/2018 | TOM KRISHER

Posted on 09/07/2018 8:40:38 AM PDT by McGruff

Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. fell more than 6 percent early Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company’s accounting chief left after a month on the job.

CEO Elon Musk appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” overnight. About two hours into the podcast, which can be seen on YouTube, Musk inhales from what the host says is a combined marijuana-tobacco joint, which Rogan notes is legal. Rogan passes the joint to Musk, who also takes a sip of whiskey.

Shortly after smoking, Musk looks at his phone and laughs, telling Rogan he was getting texts from friends asking why he was smoking weed during the interview. Later Musk says he doesn’t notice any effect from the joint, which he claims he rarely smokes.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; california; dopehead; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; joerogan; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; spacex; tesla
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1 posted on 09/07/2018 8:40:38 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

I suspect the stock isn’t falling because he smoked a joint. They are falling because there are all kinds of stories that he is acting like a lunatic and may be mentally unstable to the point where the board is questioning his sanity.


2 posted on 09/07/2018 8:41:40 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: McGruff

Good grief, talk about self-inflicted wounds.


3 posted on 09/07/2018 8:43:31 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: McGruff

A pot smoking CEO? Who wouldn’t want to own some of that stock? lol


4 posted on 09/07/2018 8:49:09 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: McGruff

Yellow journalism.


5 posted on 09/07/2018 8:49:18 AM PDT by granada
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To: McGruff

I’ve said before - He’s the Howard Hughes of our era.


6 posted on 09/07/2018 8:49:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: granada

Yellow journalism? How about pot smoke stain? The idiot is trying to destroy his own company and this is only the latest example, one that might explain many of the others. If Tesla and his other companies have a future, they need to fire Musk.


7 posted on 09/07/2018 8:51:17 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Reno89519

Do you think that the interviewer, who offered him the joint, is in on it?

Possible motive?


8 posted on 09/07/2018 8:56:16 AM PDT by Ueriah
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To: Ueriah

Joe Rogan often smokes with guests. SOP


9 posted on 09/07/2018 8:58:24 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: McGruff

Yeah, that whiskey is bad stuff.


10 posted on 09/07/2018 9:05:14 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: McGruff
♪ dont bogart that joint my friend ♫
11 posted on 09/07/2018 9:06:52 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

His bizarre behavior regarding the diver who helped rescue the stranded boys in the cave proves he’s unhinged. He attacks the guy, repeatedly calling him a pedo without any evidence to back his claim...then he apologizes, and then weeks later attacks the guy again saying he’s a pedo. Who in their right mind does that?


12 posted on 09/07/2018 9:18:38 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: McGruff

Who in the heck mixes tobacco and pot in a doobie? Yuck.


13 posted on 09/07/2018 9:21:40 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: ßuddaßudd

What's a Tesla, man?

14 posted on 09/07/2018 9:24:04 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: mass55th
His bizarre behavior regarding the diver who helped rescue the stranded boys in the cave proves he’s unhinged. He attacks the guy, repeatedly calling him a pedo without any evidence to back his claim...then he apologizes, and then weeks later attacks the guy again saying he’s a pedo. Who in their right mind does that?

One way to handle the stress of being the CEO of a billion-dollar company is to blow up your company by saying incredibly irresponsible things and then going on TV and smoking pot. No more company, no more shareholders, no more sleepless nights.

15 posted on 09/07/2018 9:29:03 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Is he having a John DeLorean moment?

-PJ

16 posted on 09/07/2018 9:31:32 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: PGR88

Very possible.
Clearly a visionary but he needs a strong Board of Directors to get him re-focused.


17 posted on 09/07/2018 9:31:43 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: mass55th
His bizarre behavior regarding the diver who helped rescue the stranded boys in the cave proves he’s unhinged. He attacks the guy, repeatedly calling him a pedo without any evidence to back his claim...then he apologizes, and then weeks later attacks the guy again saying he’s a pedo. Who in their right mind does that?

From my understanding, a lot of foreigners go to Thailand for underage sex tourism. A Brit living in Thailand invites speculation as to his motives for being there.

Arthur C Clarke, for example, was a pervert who lived in that region of the world precisely because it gave him access to young boys, and apparently the laws there were indulgent of it.

I won't say he has good reasons for accusing the British diver of being a pedophile, but it also isn't just a random rant out of the blue. They guy is probably perfectly innocent for wanting to live in a third world environment full of people selling their children to foreigners, but it does make people wonder.

But yeah, Musk is a nut for voicing that conclusion without better proof than the man's presence in that country.

18 posted on 09/07/2018 9:34:14 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: McGruff
Musk turned down the invitation into the "club".

Now it's a full on assault to destroy him.

You think the other ass hats in Silicon Valley don't have bad behaviors to report?

Don't be manipulated by the cabal and their tools in media and entertainment.

19 posted on 09/07/2018 9:37:21 AM PDT by riri
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To: Ueriah

The interviewer would not have done that if he didn’t know Musk would accept it or not be offended by the offer.


20 posted on 09/07/2018 10:11:00 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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