The Founding Father

What can one say. Sire’s gonna sire. That’s about the least weird and disturbing takeaway from the WSJ’s (Gift Article) about Elon Musk’s reproductive efforts to create an army of mini-mes. This guy has spread more seed than Monsanto. If we want to solve America’s budgetary challenges, we should apply congestion pricing to Elon’s urethra. The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers. “Musk refers to his offspring as a ‘legion,’ a reference to the ancient military units that could contain thousands of soldiers and were key to extending the reach of the Roman Empire. During St. Clair’s pregnancy, Musk suggested that they bring in other women to have even more of their children faster. ‘To reach legion-level before the apocalypse,’ he said to St. Clair in a text message viewed by The Wall Street Journal, ‘we will need to use surrogates.’ He has recruited potential mothers on his social-media platform X, according to some of the people.” I guess running multiple mega-companies and a country is decent training for eventually trying to parent a few dozen teens. Look, the fact that someone’s bizarre ideology drives him to give his prostate more work than the speed bag at the Catskill Boxing Club during Mike Tyson’s prime is arguably none of our business. But it’s newsworthy in this case because were talking about one of the most powerful people in the world who, in between fathering his own kids, is taking a chainsaw to programs that benefit yours.