Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[Methais]

Twitter stock closed at $51.70 today, the tentative offer is $54.20 per share. Please show us how that's 50% more than it's worth.

Is there anything at all on this planet that you have even the slightest clue of how it works? Anything? A doorknob or a light switch even? Holy fuck you are beyond dumb and are still convinced that you're the expert on everything.

[Methais]

Robert Reich is cancer.

I bet Seran loves him.

[Seran]

In this one sentence, you illustrated perfectly that you know nothing about:

1) How long a month is.
2) What insider trading is.
3) What an idiot is (SPOILER: Look in a mirror)
4) What a felony is.
5) What illegal means.

Well it seems the SEC disagrees with your assessment, having charged Elon Musk with securities fraud, which is a felony. Felony acts not legal acts, so I'm not sure what motor neuron failure prompted you to type that idiotic statement.

Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge

Settlement Requires Musk to Step Down as Tesla’s Chairman; Tesla to Appoint Additional Independent Directors; Tesla and Musk Agree to Pay $40 Million in Penalties

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226

[Parkbandit]

Well it seems the SEC disagrees with your assessment, having charged Elon Musk with securities fraud, which is a felony. Felony acts not legal acts, so I'm not sure what motor neuron failure prompted you to type that idiotic statement.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226

You were talking about his purchase of Twitter though... this was something that happened 4 years ago.

Time, like math, seems to really confuse you.

Why?

[Seran]

You were talking about his purchase of Twitter though... this was something that happened 4 years ago.

Time, like math, seems to really confuse you.

Why?

Wow, it's almost as if the topic was in fact why I felt so many fee fees about Elon Musk taking over Twitter and establishing the reason behind my opinion. Hurr durr

[Gelston]

Well it seems the SEC disagrees with your assessment, having charged Elon Musk with securities fraud, which is a felony. Felony acts not legal acts, so I'm not sure what motor neuron failure prompted you to type that idiotic statement.


[B]

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226

The SEC can't levy criminal charges. They can only levy civil charges, and there isn't a such thing as a felony civil charge. Criminal matters are handled by the FBI, unless the FBI charged him and he went to trial and was found guilty, no felony was ever committed.

Magical that you don't know wtf you're talking about though.

[Methais]

Well it seems the SEC disagrees with your assessment, having charged Elon Musk with securities fraud, which is a felony. Felony acts not legal acts, so I'm not sure what motor neuron failure prompted you to type that idiotic statement.


[B]

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226

Setting aside your overall cluelessness about pretty much everything in general...


https://fortune.com/2022/04/14/elon-...tesla-twitter/

He talked about this on the TED talk from a week or two ago.

28:00


Or in case you're too stupid to fast forward to the timestamp: https://youtu.be/cdZZpaB2kDM?t=1680


I'm less inclined to believe the government in most situations, and the SEC is notoriously full of shit in general as it is. Like the shitshow they've been wrapped up in with their lawsuit against Ripple (XRP) that they keep making themselves look like stupid corrupt fucks over and over.

[Seran]

The SEC can't levy criminal charges. They can only levy civil charges, and there isn't a such thing as a felony civil charge. Criminal matters are handled by the FBI, unless the FBI charged him and he went to trial and was found guilty, no felony was ever committed.

Magical that you don't know wtf you're talking about though.

How awesome is that that you understand the SEC is responsible for making securities fraud referrals to the FBI. Less awesome that you don't understand that the SEC reached a settlement agreement with Elon Musk whose terms specifically preempted their stated charge of securities fraud from proceeding to the FBI so long as he abided by the terms.

The federal securities statute described under 18 U.S.C. § 1348 is patterned after the mail fraud and wire fraud statutes, and states it's a federal crime defraud anyone in connection with a security or commodity, or to obtain any money or property from the purchase or sale a security, by using means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises.

shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.

[Gelston]

How awesome is that that you understand the SEC is responsible for making securities fraud referrals to the FBI. Less awesome that you don't understand that the SEC reached a settlement agreement with Elon Musk whose terms specifically preempted their stated charge of securities fraud from proceeding to the FBI so long as he abided by the terms.

The post of mine you quoted said exactly that it is the FBI that does criminal charges. In the case you are speaking of they did not. So there is no felony here. It wasn't a criminal charge or criminal trial. You said he was a felon, you said he was convicted of a felony, he was not. You said they charged Elon Musk with a felony, which they cannot do. Again, you were just wrong.

[Methais]

The post of mine you quoted said exactly that it is the FBI that does criminal charges. In the case you are speaking of they did not. So there is no felony here. It wasn't a criminal charge or criminal trial. You said he was a felon, you said he was convicted of a felony, he was not. You said they charged Elon Musk with a felony, which they cannot do. Again, you were just wrong.

You're giving Seran way too much credit for thinking he's going to understand anything you just said.