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Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 7:50pm On Nov 06, 2022

CheapHomes1:
If Musk has 100 % shares of Twitter, then what do Larry Ellison, Qatar Holding and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia have in Twitter?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-will-elon-musk-pay-twitter-2022-10-07/

Answer the question above please. It's in bold so you can't miss it.

thebosstrevor1:
Really!

The sec filing states categorically states that elon musk owns 100% stock of Twitter under the X holding company, which he bought for USD 54.20 per share and in cash

The sec is just like the sec in Nigeria, companies record, profit and loss statements and business structure ownership are reported to the government but here you are saying that something different.

X holdings is owned 100% owned by elon.

This is another sec filings by twitter and x holdings

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876661/000087666122000890/ruleprovisionnotice.htm

The merger between Twitter, Inc. and X Holdings II, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of X Holdings I, Inc., wholly owned by Elon R. Musk became effective on October 27, 2022. Each share of Twitter, Inc. Common Stock was exchanged for USD 54.20 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. The Exchange also notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that as a result of the above indicated conditions this security was suspended from trading before market opening

Christianity Etc › Re: Did You Become An Atheist In 2018? by budaatum(op): 7:47pm On Nov 06, 2022

Freeze007:
The Image of God is Adam, Period!

This is not what I read in my own book. God was not written to have been created from mud like Adam was! But if that's what you read in your's, so be it to you.

Do go and check the duty Adam was given though, to tend a garden, which is clearly not the duty given to the image of God's creation, which was, rule over the earth and the sea and dominate and subdue and be blessed. And neither was their pay the same pay - all the fruit bearing trees for one, and not some trees for the other.

Freeze007:
Adam lived the life which was predestined for him to live...

Are you suggesting Adam was predestined to live as an Ignorant slave in the garden of Eden?

If so, thankfully, Eve objected and freed him.

Freeze007:
Buda Sir, is Adam perfection? Yes,

Really? Then, use her own senses Eve must be Perfection Plus for using her senses. And the creation in the image of God must be Perfection Plus Plus.

I sure know which I would rather be.

Freeze007:
To answer your question, if there is no money in my pocket, I can speak that in mind and I would see money this is faith ....

Really? You just have faith, and money that is not in your pocket appears because you have faith?

Me, I have to get off my faithless ass and work with the sweat of my brow and then at the end of the month money appears in my bank account from which I then use my ATM to transfer some of it into my pocket which I will then see in my pocket when I check my pocket.

But I guess that's because my God that requires me to work for the money in my pocket must not be as powerful as your God that puts money in your pocket because you have faith.

You very faithful freeze!

Freeze007:
Not everything requires your kind of intelligence.....

Freeze, what you are asking of buda is that buda abandon all the intelligence you claim buda has and become ignorant and enslaved in the Garden of Eden where buda's head can be filled with what your head is filled with.

To which buda's response is, "I would rather go and swim in nuclear waste". And to which I add, if buda does what you suggest, I will take that buda to the bottom of a river and bash that buda's head against a rock and drown that buda in nuclear waste and cut that buda into tiny bits and feed that dead buda to the fish! Though I might not do that last bit so as not to poison the poor fish.

Thou shalt not tempt buda with ignorance, freeze, for you shall not succeed!

Romance › Re: Why Sex Education Shouldn’t Be Taught In Schools — Education Minister, Adamu by budaatum: 5:09pm On Nov 06, 2022

GLouis:
You used 53 g Data on Porn and you are still Advocating for sex education?

What do you want from the Nigerian community just tell me the truth

I see you got your free data back after like 3 days, lol.

You are not the Nigerian community and I don't have to tell you anything. You are just one insignificant individual whom I want nothing from. It would please me if you learnt to use you brain for your own good though, as I don't like stupid ignorant people needlessly mentioning me. But you don't have to learn, note.

Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 5:02pm On Nov 06, 2022

thebosstrevor1:
go read the sec filing

Musk x holdings own all the stock of twitter

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876661/000087666122000890/0000876661-22-000890.txt

“The merger between Twitter, Inc. and X Holdings II, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of X Holdings I, Inc., wholly owned by Elon R. Musk became effective on October 27, 2022. Each share of Twitter, Inc. Common Stock was exchanged for USD 54.20 in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. The Exchange also notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that as a result of the above-indicated conditions this security was suspended from trading before market open on October 28, 2022.”

The Sec filing states the intent to delist. It does not have to mention all those who retain a holding interest in a private company, which I have listed for you. I see I'm not the only one too, but I guess you will insist.

CheapHomes1:
Initially you said "almost 100%". Now you are saying "100%". Are they the same thing? I don't even see anywhere in your link that supports your position.

If Musk has 100 % shares of Twitter, then what do Larry Ellison, Qatar Holding and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia have in Twitter?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-will-elon-musk-pay-twitter-2022-10-07/

Christianity Etc › Re: The First Recorded Coup Was Not On Earth But In Heaven by budaatum: 11:33am On Nov 06, 2022

I can accept that the first coup in the Bible was Eve eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but trust pigs to insert a serpent into the narrative instead of admitting Eve used her own senses.

If I were enslaved in the Garden of Eden, I too would use my senses and coup instead of submitting like stupid Adam to a lie without checking if it were true. For he ate, eventually, and obviously did not surely die.

Romance › Re: Did Black People Originate From Adam? by budaatum: 11:26am On Nov 06, 2022

Kingpee2:
We all from Adam ,we just have different skin colors ,why do we have albino’s ?

Only blind stupid slaves are from Adam. Some are from use her senses Eve, and some are in the Image of the Gods.

You can tell which is which by observing those who don't eat fruits of knowledge for fear it would surely kill them; and those who would pluck fruits of knowledge and eat to check if it would surely kill them; and those who rule over and subdue and dominate and are blessed, but first your eyes must open for you to observe and see.

Ref: https://www.nairaland.com/6795272/reeves-pass

Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 11:16am On Nov 06, 2022

adamusuleiman1:
List of Companies who have suspended Twitter Ads:

General Mills
CVS
United Airlines
GM
Audi
Mazda
Porsche
Volkswagen
American Express
Coca-Cola
Johnson & Johnson
Levi Strauss
Spotify
Ford
Dyson
Forbes
DIRECTV
Nintendo
Unilever
PBS

Romance › Re: Women Can't Do Without Male Attention by budaatum: 11:11am On Nov 06, 2022

jclassiq:
Yeah. Only such a woman doesn't exist.

We both know you say so because you haven't found one.

What you don't know or want to admit is, you haven't found one because they can't be found by the likes of some.

Looky, note you ignored our mother.

Romance › Re: #FAOF: This Is Why Feminists Demonize Marriages And Families. (Photo) by budaatum: 11:04am On Nov 06, 2022

TheGidRedpiller:
It's Coming!!

Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 11:00am On Nov 06, 2022

kkins25:
For that reason, advertisers are jumping ship? I think not. Now pay your $8.

Is twitter food that I must pay $8 a month or die of hunger?

Ordinary YouTube that is like school, I use Brave to get around the intruding adverts (and shout out to Basilico I must too, and anyone who knows me knows that's a name I gag to mention), And Elon thinks he can musk me for $8 a month for a blue tick, lol.

I get it. If I had ₦44b to detoxify Nairaland I guess I wouldn't mind, not to talk of $44b to buy freespeech on twitter, but not everyone is willing to put their money where they put their foot (shout out to b.... again).

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Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 12:27am On Nov 06, 2022

thebosstrevor1:
I think you missed the point. Elon owns almost 100% of Twitter and doesn't own half of Twitter.

No he doesn't! He owns 27/44 of it. Check the funding please.

Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder owns some.

Former Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey owns some.

A group of banks, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America own some through loans.

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company owns some.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance owns some.

I can't tell you how much they own though, as its now privately owned by them and they don't have to disclose.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-will-elon-musk-pay-twitter-2022-10-07/

Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 8:54pm On Nov 05, 2022

membranus:
Twitter is toxic, but Nairaland is more toxic.

Now who is going to put Nairaland on leash to stop genocidal comments by its tribal warriors.

Lol.

I don't think we Nairaland users are as powerful as Twitter users, to start.

And Nairaland is not governed by the laws in various countries like Twitter is.

And Twitter owner likely cares more about his Twitter than Nairaland owner cares about his Nairaland, I think, and has a lot more sense to boot.

We make Nairaland what it is in the end. And I'm sorry to say, but we do behave like Nigerian tenants in a Nigerian rented house we care less for while refusing to pay the rent or clean the yard.

If we don't want Nairaland to be toxic we must learn to police ourselves. So next time you see toxic, report it, but first don't be toxic yourself. I mean, myself.

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Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 8:45pm On Nov 05, 2022

thebosstrevor1:
How will he be forced to step down?

He literally owns the company . The company is now a private company after elon delisted it from the stock exchange

Elon bought Twitter because of the power of the platform to change culture, to manipulate people and to control narratives

27 billion dollars worth out of 44, which is over half, but not all.

If those who own the rest of it aren't happy how he runs it they might gang up on him or pull out so he owns it all.

And I doubt he'd find it easy "to manipulate people and to control narratives" if he's the only one on it especially after advertiser's who pay the bills pull out and leave him to it. We woke liberal folk sure would pull out in droves, because, contrary to somes opinion, we don't like being controlled and manipulated. Then he can manipulate the Q folks a la Alex Jones, I suppose, and pay for the privilege.

It's a business after all, is my point. And he is accountable to investors and its users, so we'll see.

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TV/Movies › Re: Games Of Thrones: House Of The Dragon Official Discussion Thread by budaatum: 8:34pm On Nov 05, 2022

Just finished Season One, and something's missing is what I think. For starts, I doubt it would have caught as many eyes if it weren't for GoT. Not as good, and I feel they rushed a lot of it.

I found it hard to buy in to the characters like I did with those in GoT, whom one pretty much bought into from the start - who wouldn't love Arya with her tin helmet after all. And just as I was getting in to Rhaenera they subbed her in season 6.

And those bloody dark scenes! Might be my Samsung Qled or I was distracted, but couldn't they light it up some for Father, Smith, Warrior, Mother, Maiden, Crone and Stranger's sake!

I'll call season one, a prologue, and hope. Like a book that starts slow and hots up. And considering Martin writes big books, there's bound to be doldrums I suppose.

I'd say, meh, but I guess I'd be just bitching cos I got to wait now for season 2 which I never did with GoT, having summoned the patience not to watch till they'd done them all. The ending was a cliffhanger, so there is hope.

Please do tell when season 2 starts and ends, you very good folks. And remember, I'm just bitching, cos it's a lot better than all I've said above.

Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 6:57pm On Nov 05, 2022

LordReed:
He needs to hire a CEO and step back. He said nothing changed but it has been noted that N-word usage went up 500%. That is a big failure of moderation.

He'll be forced to step back, I reckon, if he doesn't step back himself. Especially now advertisers are finding twitter to be toxic.

He'll get done to him what was done when he ran PayPal if he doesn't, unless he sinks more of own money into it. $27bn in cash so far.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Trump- Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Just Ruled That The 2020 Presidential Elec by budaatum: 5:58pm On Nov 05, 2022

Phones › Re: Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employees Worldwide by budaatum: 12:44pm On Nov 05, 2022

budaatum:
He'd be in serious trouble if he sacked people working for him in UK.

But he's got money to pay I suppose, so no trouble at all.

So, it was costing him, lol!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/05/elon-musk-defends-twitter-layoffs-saying-staff-given-three-months-pay

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Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 12:43pm On Nov 05, 2022

So, he's paying, lol.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/05/elon-musk-defends-twitter-layoffs-saying-staff-given-three-months-pay

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 12:39pm On Nov 05, 2022

CoolUsername:
1. Know far-right conspiracy rags like The Guardian seem to agree that Depape allowed Pelosi to go to the bathroom.

2. QAnon supporter, USAToday reports that Depape was knew that Pelosi was on the phone and even responded to the dispatcher. However, it was Depape who described himself as a friend and NOT Pelosi.

You keep misreading what you want to read into what is written. I'm sure when all the facts are out you'd still be here like that fool who still sees bamboo in his kraken.

Below is a link to the USA Today that you took a snapshot from while conveniently leaving out the rest.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/04/paul-pelosi-attack-details/8258324001/

And here's a link to the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/30/paul-pelosi-attack-called-911-from-bathroom

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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 12:14pm On Nov 05, 2022

CoolUsername:
You don't just kidnap someone and then let them use the bathroom unsupervised and let them use the phone.
You don't describe a stranger who is holding you hostage as a friend to police and say that you'll try to change his mind.

This shxt glows.

What you describe here is not what is reported, and nor have you provided any source for what you claim so it can be seen!

Perhaps read credible news sources without mixing in your preferred conspiracies, or better still, wait for the whole facts to be made available to you in court.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Origin Of The New Testament Gospel. by budaatum: 11:32am On Nov 05, 2022

sonmvayina:
Then what where they arguing about prior to Nicea??

They were arguing about the interpretation they would give to the Gospels that already existed!

And what came out of it was the Nicene Creed, and not a rewrite of the Gospels that already existed!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed

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Christianity Etc › Re: Origin Of The New Testament Gospel. by budaatum: 11:18am On Nov 05, 2022

sonmvayina:
I mean the gospels as we have them in the Bible now.

This means absolutely nothing! The Gospels existed before Nicea is a fact, so could not have been written after.

They may have been edited at or after Nicea, but the core of the text existed as evidence clearly shows. But if you wish to believe otherwise without providing evidence, be very welcome please.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 11:13am On Nov 05, 2022

CoolUsername:
NBC made a report that didn't fit the narrative, so the powers that be squashed it.

I didn't make the NBC report up, did I? I didn't make up the fact that Depape was described as a "friend", did I?

If NBC's report were valid, I'm sure they have enough money to fight anyone that wants to squash their report. But I guess it's impossible for you to accept they are the powers that be that squashed their own report themselves because in their very own words, "it did not meet NBC News reporting standards.”

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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 10:30am On Nov 05, 2022

CoolUsername:
If you can't see that some shenanigans are taking place behind the scenes here, then I don't know what to tell you.

You can't see any shenanigans taking place here neither, and that's why you have resorted to making some up to believe while completely ignoring whatever evidence is there to be seen.

It's why you don't know what to tell me since you know I'd ask for evidence which you have not got.

Romance › Re: Women Can't Do Without Male Attention by budaatum: 10:27am On Nov 05, 2022

Looky:
Show me the woman and I will show you a dog walking on water lol

I'd show you my mother but I doubt you can see her, so may we start with your mother, and sisters if you have any?

Are they as you have described?

Christianity Etc › Re: Origin Of The New Testament Gospel. by budaatum: 9:56am On Nov 05, 2022

sonmvayina:
All these years things came after Nicea.

Are you suggesting there was no Gospel before Nicea?

You're welcome to that belief if so. Evidence does not support it though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_ante-Nicene_period

Romance › Re: Women Can't Do Without Male Attention by budaatum: 9:46am On Nov 05, 2022

Don't worry. You will grow out of your boarding school logic one day and become a full grown adult.

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Family › Re: "Women Have Right To Choose What To Do With Their Body, Not The Baby's Body" by budaatum: 9:42am On Nov 05, 2022

What's sad and what most men don't want to confront is if you men were more responsible women would abort less. But you choose to be irresponsible and shamelessly want the woman to responsible for your irresponsibility.

Be responsible and have the discussion before you take you pants off and stick your diq in her after you've put a rubber on if you both don't want to abort. But if you can't be bothered, the choice is the woman's alone.

Sports › Re: Supercomputer Predicts This Year's World Cup Winner In Qatar by budaatum: 9:26am On Nov 05, 2022

Your supercomputer is also predicting some rubbish about my phone!

Family › Re: What Do You Think Of Females That Wear Waist Beads? Check Out Mine. (pics Ins) by budaatum: 9:24am On Nov 05, 2022

youngdad:
What many people don't know is that Nigerian mother's prepare waistbands for their daughter s to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
It's only few that wore it as fashion components.
If you like argue over it,the fact is it's traditional means of birth control.

It works too. Especially as antirape.

Just show it to man and watch them run especially when you tell them it's mama's juju.

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Webmasters › Re: Twitter: Elon Musk Reacts To Firing Of Employees amid lawsuits by budaatum: 9:08am On Nov 05, 2022

The Elon Musk Show, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001d1n7 via @bbciplayer

A musk watch.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by budaatum: 9:06am On Nov 05, 2022

What I don't care about is anything you have to say.

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