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Comment Really? (Score 2, Interesting) 247

"They accessed a Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA). When they attempted to register under the name of Trump's child, they were stunned to discover an application under that name already existed. "

What?? Tiffany Trump applied for Student Aid? The daughter of a "billionaire" applied for help with college loans? This seems like the bigger piece of the story that no one is paying attention to. Why exactly would she be applying for student aid when she can clearly afford the tuition?

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Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe's Economy Running (bloomberg.com) 82

Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla to help them pay their bills. From a report: Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe's biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to the Palo Alto, California-based automaker and storable-energy company for batteries that can keep its base stations running. The southern African country faces chronic shortages of physical cash, so almost all transactions are done digitally, and many via mobile phones. "Telecommunications have become the lifeblood of the economy," said Norman Moyo, the chief executive officer of Distributed Power Africa, which installs the batteries for Econet. "If the telecom network is down in Zimbabwe, you can't do any transactions."

The installation of 520 Powerwall batteries, with two going into each base station, is the largest telecommunications project in which Tesla has participated to date, Moyo said. With Econet having about 1,300 base stations in the country and two other mobile-phone companies operating there, Distributed Power intends to install more batteries and could eventually roll the project out to other power-starved countries in Africa, such as Zambia, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo, he said. Base stations in Zimbabwe often use diesel-fired generators as backup, but fuel is also scarce in the country. The Powerwalls, which cost $6,500 each, will step in when solar panels aren't generating enough electricity because it's night or when heavily overcast. The lithium-ion batteries can power a station for as long as 10 hours, according to Econet. They are charged by the sun.

Comment starting with? (Score 5, Interesting) 473

I assume this means his companies will be the leader in this, right? Their products are made in China, and since we "don't need them" I expect within a month or 2 all of his products will be made "right here". Of course we all know there is no chance in hell of that happening since the reason they are made in China is to maximize profits, which is more important than anything, including the country, to Trump/

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