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☆ An Arms Smugger, a Daring Heist, and the Birth of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. "It went against the grain to buck the same government we had fought to preserve only a few years before," Hank Greenspun recalled. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

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☆ 'America's greatest gift to Israel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

As the country's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, once declared, "America's greatest gift to Israel was Al Schwimmer." Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

☆ The Cybertruck failed a YouTuber's bulletproof test
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

YouTuber JerryRigEverything put Elon Musk's claims that the Cybertruck is bulletproof to the test. AdvertisementThe Cybertruck might not be as bulletproof as Elon Musk has advertised. AdvertisementWhile the truck didn't prove entirely bulletproof, Nelson said he was still impressed by its durability. Since the Cybertruck was first announced in 2019, Musk has hyped up the rugged nature of the truck, claiming the vehicle would be entirely bulletproof. AdvertisementDuring an interview with Joe Rogan in 2023, Musk said that the standard Cybertruck wouldn't have bulletproof glass, but the stainless steel doors would still be thick enough to stop a bullet.

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☆ Wild price inflation and a blocky design: Elon Musk's $60,990 Cybertruck is a totally ludicrous idea
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla's Cybertruck still makes no sense. Elon Musk livestreamed a delivery event for the pickup truck on Thursday. How it makes sense for Tesla, Elon Musk, or people's daily commutes is still anyone's guess. On its website, Tesla describes the vehicle as being "built for any planet," thanks to its durable and rugged design. "The truck looks absolutely awful.

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☆ Opinion: America once valued life more than guns. How did that change?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Opinion Dominic Erdozain | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Editor’s Note: Dominic Erdozain is a historian and the author of ”One Nation Under Guns.” Follow him on X @domerdozain. Burned out and disillusioned, Murdock now lives in Scotland, where freedom is a reality and nobody lives in fear of guns. The death toll is growing because the weapons now available, and the right to carry them outside the home, are new. With Reagan’s arrival in the White House in 1981, the conversation shifted from controlling guns to “protecting” gun owners. A weapon that vastly exceeds the killing power of the Tommy guns banned in the 1930s is affordable and freely accessible.

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☆ Elon Musk says the Tesla Cybertruck will be bulletproof. That remains to be seen.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk says the Cybertruck will be bulletproof, boasting that Tesla shot it up with a Tommy gun. Deliveries are set to start next week, with Musk warning that Tesla faces big production challenges. AdvertisementElon Musk has long claimed the Cybertruck will be bulletproof, saying he wants the futuristic pickup to be "really tough — not fake tough." As the Cybertruck's launch date nears, though, it still remains unclear just how bulletproof it is going to be. AdvertisementThis "armor glass" won't be able to stop a bullet — but Musk's said that Tesla will offer the option to buy a "beast mode" Cybertruck with properly bulletproof windows.

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☆ Elon Musk says Tesla Cybertruck will have options for 'Beast Mode' and fixed bulletproof windows that can't roll down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk gave more information on the long-awaited Cybertruck release in a new Joe Rogan interview. The billionaire said there will be a "beast mode version" and a version with bulletproof glass. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk spilled more details on Tesla's upcoming Cybertruck during an interview with Joe Rogan on Tuesday. Musk also said the company will offer a "beast mode version" of the Cybertruck. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile the Cybertruck wouldn't be the first car to have bulletproof glass windows, it's an unusual feature for a civilian vehicle.

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☆ Elon Musk said a Tommy gun was fired at Tesla's Cybertruck 'Al Capone style' to test if it was bulletproof. Critics aren't so sure.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video of a Tesla Cybertruck covered in bullet marks spread on X after a negative Q3 earnings call. Elon Musk claimed testers shot at the vehicle "Al Capone style" to ensure it was bulletproof. Critics quickly doubted the claim, saying they'll believe it when they see video of such a test. "We emptied the entire drum magazine of a Tommy gun into the driver door Al Capone style," Musk wrote in response to YouTuber Farzad Mesbahi re-posting the clip. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Should have done steel ball on window, *then* sledgehammer the door," Musk wrote in 2019 of the Cybertruck window failing.

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