SpaceX Paid $250k to a Flight Attendant Who Accused Musk of Sexual Misconduct

I'm not a Musk fanboy but I recognize the power of someone with great intelligence and vision and is willing to bully to make it happen.

Case in point: there's 3 space companies run by billionaires, but only one of them is successful. I think it's his driving force that makes the difference.

It doesn't make him a good person, but it's evident that it is effective. As with Jobs, I can respect his achievements and not respect him.

True, I will say that this doesn't look good. We also don't know what Insider actually even asked though.

I can agree in a perfect world, this strategy is underhanded. Let's say though that you received an email that has totally false allegations, what would the statement even read? Thankfully I've never been in such a position but I imagine I would say something similar to "there's going to be stupid stories coming out" vs "Insider is planning to publish a smear campaign against me" - which would just bring more attention to it.

Again, this is all assuming its a false allegation.

If its true, seems the best course of action would be to remain totally silent and not become the center of attention for the past few months.

Looks like he has "denied" it on twitter.

I agree he should have denied it to Business Insider _but_, without knowing what Business Insider actually asked to get that response, I'll refrain from judging the answer.

Republicans support a variety of policies -- different ones support different policies, but they include:

Limiting abortion.

Decreasing illegal immigration.

Increased access to firearms.

Lower taxes, especially on incomes.

The elimination of Section 230 protections for large tech platforms.

An increase in domestic energy production, with an eye towards energy self-sufficiency.

A decrease in H1 visas.

Increased school choice, through a combination of charter schools, school vouchers, and home-schooling support.

Increased policing, especially the enforcement of misdemeanor theft, vandalism, trespass, and destruction of property.

Increased enforcement of drug laws, especially pertaining to methamphetamines, heroin, and fentanyl.

A decrease in cooperation with China.

You may oppose some or all of these policy positions, but you can't reasonably claim that they aren't policy positions. I tried to give you a smattering from across different types of policy, rather than just things in the news recently.

Shouldn't need saying, but this is not my list of policy goals. I have opinions, but they're not relevant to a discussion of whether the Republican party has or has not got a platform.

At least, in the 3 minutes I was willing to spend thinking about it, I couldn't dream up a way to use that quote to imply your guilt.

When you're guilty, not so much...

I dont know all of the facts but I'm a decent speculator.

And, "maybe the towel fell off when he turned over" is also weird. Typically, a masseuse would hold up a sheet while you turned over, and give you the time and space to do so and ask if you were covered before continuing the massage. I've had many massages, and accidental nudity would be pretty difficult.

Second, when you are getting a massage, your arms are placed by your sides on the table so the masseuse can work them while they are relaxed. Touching or grabbing the masseuse would require you to take a really uncommon action. It's also unlikely to be accidental. It's also expected that you don't reach out and touch the masseuse... If you need their attention you use words.

It's a monumental stretch to imagine this happening accidentally. Occam's razor suggests here that Musk crossed the line.