[meyer]

Vivek is Francisco (although that would be a good character for Musk also)

Francisco’s money speech...

https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/

[reed13k]

270towin has called PA for McCormick (R) finally. so we are 53-47 as predicted. Looks like 2 outstanding races for Rs to win in the House which we are leading in: Alaska and CA13. Those 2 take us to 221 with 2 more outside chances.

AK has that weird rank voting if R doesn’t get over 50% (49.1% currently with 87% in), so hard to tell where that will go.

CA13 R up 1.3% with 75% in.

Remaining uncalled on 27towin are:
CA21 - D leads 3.2% with 77% in
CA45 is tightening with a 350 vote R lead - 0.2% gap with 92% in.

[ponygirl]

I considered Francisco, but he played the playboy con game for the media. Squiring different women around in front of the media so that no one took him seriously. Then had them all following him into his copper mine scheme like the pied piper before pulling the rug from under them. Actually, if you think about it, Elon depicts both Rearden AND Francisco.

I'm not sure if John Galt is Trump or Q.

[LonePalm]

Francisco's Money Speech is the best description of what money is and isn't I have ever found.

The physical form of money is NOT important.

Money is:
1. A medium of exchange - so long as both parties agree to use a thing to exchange for goods or services, it is money.
2. A store of value - money need not be transferred immediately. If you trade a sheep for money, you can wait until next week to trade it for bread.
3. A means of accounting - money allows for the tracking of value over time. If you sell 15 sheep this year for X money and then sell 15 sheep again next year for Y money you can see whether you are increasing or decreasing your trading value.

That's it.

SpyNavy

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)