1) I just heard Richard Chamberlain passed, so I’ll share the time an actor absolutely handled me as a director, and that actor was Richard Chamberlain.

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.

reupping this from the wall street journal -- oct 25 2024:

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

I'd like to open this morning with an icebreaking exercise. Should be fun, because you all get to hear a story about yourself. Ready? These are unique ways I imagined murdering each of you when I was bored in last week's meeting:

I’ve done it three times and each time my word has been “rampage.” 😬😱

Opinion | America Needs More Jimmy Carters He was a model ex-president and achieved a great deal in office.

There was a time America had enough of the nonsense, so we elected Jimmy Carter. In 4 years, he achieved what most do in 8—like installing solar panels on the White House. But truth was hard to hear, so we got Reagan, who tore them down and set us back for decades. Think about that.