tes l tesla motors. they turned a profit. now on the car count, bmw, mercedes, and audi, just today the shares surged 7% after the close of trade when the company s founder put another $100 pll into the company. tesla has done all this without a middleman, ie, a physical dealer. that has other car companies and dealers really upset. look, lately we talk about tesla. i can t imagine waiting an hour to recharge my car, but even if you don t want a tesla, you have to respect its way of doing things. in the past few years, book shops and big box stores have been replaced and face real competition from companies like amazon and google. online eye ware companies cut into bricks and mortar optometry. this is life. this is what happens. tesla should be celebrate for what it s doing. we talked about a proposal to france to tax smart phones. they were going to do that to try to help traditional broadcasters compete. the bill in north carolina is the same thing.