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Yankees have paid CB tax 9 of past 11 years, and will do so again in 2025. they purposefully tried to reset tax in 2018 and 2021 and that worked, but now they are tax payers for the foreseeable future.

trying not to get too amped about this team, but it's not working! if they ever get healthy, they have a chance to be even better, when they replace Nido, Kreidler, Margot with Jake, Vierling, Meadows that even leaves Malloy, Perez, Jung at Toledo they aren't top heavy like the DD teams, which is both good and bad not having room for all these solid/legit players is a nice problem to have

I think it is likely a few BLM and Antifa and pro-Palestine "leaders" are picked up under Terrorist or Wartime statutes and sent immediately to slave prisons - even though they are Americans and really, that's all you need to do, to get people to shut up and not object to all the lawlessness.

he's going to grab some dark Americans he does not like and ship them to the slave prison, and congress and the courts will do nothing. what a sh\thole country.

this is a few years old, but hits on a lot of issues. one thing I will add is that it is cruel to say to some poor people, who may be food insecure and not know when there next "big" calorie dense meal will be, "eat fewer calories, it will better for you in the long run." that is true, but for many it is about survival and hunger. to a well-off person who knows that there will be 21 meals a week, that's an easier, more reasonable ask. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/08/31/1120004717/the-u-s-diet-is-deadly-here-are-7-ideas-to-get-americans-eating-healthier

they got a real shot. if they can steal Game 1, I actually think they will advance. 2 regular season wins in MSG hopefully means something. Brunson did what he wanted first 3 match-ups. Game 1: loss in Detroit; early season rout before Piston figured who they were https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401704700 Game 2: win in NY; Cade triple double, no KAT, Pistons shoot 50% on 3s https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401704909 Game 3: win in NY; Cade 36; NYK full strength, one of the better wins this season https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401705115 Game 4: win in Detroit; Cade 36; Pistons shoot 58% from the field, already could see this playoff pairing https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401705733

Trump is having his physical today. Will be obese, obviously. Hopefully they give him another cognitive test so he can brag about identifying a giraffe, and MAGA will swoon. We never got an explanation why he was rushed to Walter Reed at midnight his first term - WH said it was routine and press could not be bothered to inquire further.

News ($) has article with Max Clark gushing about talent around him. He and McGonigle knew each other from all-star circuit before they were drafted. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/04/10/max-clark-on-detroit-tigers-minor-league-talent-its-insane/82986276007/ and https://www.mlb.com/news/early-season-developments-to-believe-in-for-each-mlb-team-2025 Tigers: Dillon Dingler breaks out at catcher Even before Jake Rogers went to the injured list Tuesday with left oblique tightness, Dingler’s strong play – both at the plate and behind it – was making a push for more than backup playing time, leading manager A.J. Hinch to say the Tigers had two viable starting catchers. With Rogers sidelined, Dingler now figures to get the bulk of playing time, giving him regular at-bats to build on an encouraging start at the plate. His track record as a prospect showed him picking it up at each level after an adjustment period of initial struggles, and he’s showing signs of making the turn in the Majors. -- Jason Beck

interesting corporate governance question. bribing Trump to obtain a tariff waiver is illegal but will never be prosecuted if Dems are barred from being President again. so if the bribe is what you need to do to maximize shareholder value, then are you not obligated to pay the bribe?

2 core MAGA needs are hurting people, but even more, enjoying the distress normals experience about those other people being hurt. this case is perfect MAGA. a guy guilty of being brown with tattoos sent to a slave prison, and anyone who is a normal is of course upset about it. "And he has an autistic child?" "YES!" MAGA cannot get enough of this.

also aimed to naturalized Americans (that is, not REAL Americans) - who may not have birth certificate from country of origin. friend's mom fled Castro's Cuba. impossible to get any documentation, which would not even show her current name anyhow (single, married, widowed, remarried). and these people will have no trouble voting, ... but if they were Dems? Nikki Haley's birth certificate reads Nimarata Nikki Randhawa born Bamberg, SC. Ted Cruz's birth certificate reads Rafael Edward Cruz born Calgary, Alberta. Usha Vance's birth certificate reads Usha Bala Chilukuri born San Diego, CA.

Moonlight Graham, Chapter 2 😟

he is completely economically illiterate. he has no idea how any of this works. foreign investment INCREASES the trade deficit, which he thinks is the greatest crime a country can commit. (also, he is clearly panicked)

not sure if SEC and DOJ share enforcement of securities laws, but does not matter. neither agency will investigate but state AGs could easily investigate this nonsense. i doubt any will.

destroys $10T in market value for nothing - goes back to golfing - MAGA praises his "leadership"

they have had good health luck at C for a while, but I was hoping Harris would stash a better 3rd option at Toledo than Nido (of course I was concerned more about Dingler's bat, so what do I know)

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/best-minor-league-teams-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage WMI is 5

McKinstry - All Star starter or reserve?

if everyone is healthy (by August? never?) the bench could be Rogers, Keith, McKinstry, Malloy - that's not bad at all Dingler-Tork-Torres-Sweeney-Baez-Greene-Meadows-Veirling-Carpenter

Margot is not aging gracefully; used to be a good defender and baserunner, but looks a lot older than 30

If Hillary makes a move, I doubt 50 agents could stop her. As I understand it from MAGA, she has the most confirmed kills of any living assassin.

there are user settings where you can charge off hours; charge slowly (even with level 2 charger); charge to only 80% (or whatever level you like). there is a ton of social media where people get well over 300+ miles per charge, driving that last bit like Kramer in Seinfeld. all that's too much work for me; I just plug them in when they need juice

because of a wave of injuries, Brewers have Tyler Alexander and Elvin Rodriguez as their #2 and #3 starters. Yikes!

I own two EVs, Chevy Bolt and VW iD4. They are awesome. Fun to drive. Incredibly low cost to own, and incredibly convenient. Other than recalls*, no repairs at all on 2017 Bolt or 2021 iD4. For work, we don't drive far at all and I usually take Metro. For travel, we usually fly or take Amtrak, but have driven from DC area to Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach, West Virginia, Baltimore, Annapolis and Philly. Planning Asheville, NC trip this Summer, farthest yet. You need to plan, so if that's not your thing, take an ICE car or don't travel far. We usually have one car charging overnight. VW gets about 3 miles per hour added and Bolt 4 miles, that is with just a regular old garage outlet. That's all we have ever needed. When "miles left" drops below 100, we usually charge; you only charge to 80% unless you are going on a long trip, because the last 20% takes a while to fill up and also puts a lot of unneeded strain on the battery. One project this Summer is to get a fast charger installed. (Same project I did not get to last Summer.) Looking to buy 3rd car now. Mustang Mach-E or Hyundai Ioniq were (still are) top of list. But may just buy a gas Crosstrex with thought that we would drive to Boston or Florida or Detroit more instead of flying. But the idea of changing the oil, going to a gas station (have not been in almost 4 years!) or just dealing with all the other things that break in an ICE car is holding me back. * Bolt got new battery after recall due to fires. Some batteries were defective, but a few owners were taxing them down to 0 and then charging them up to 100. That puts max pressure on the battery. Also, I wonder is they had electrician install fast charger or not. Seen social media pictures of melted fast charger plugs and think incorrect wiring at play. So 2017 Bolt has a 2022 battery. Software upgrades/recalls done as well.

hate this guy but good to see https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-rand-paul-terminate-trump-tariffs-before-its-too-late SEN RAND PAUL: Terminate the Trump tariffs before it's too late The truth is that tariffs are taxes. They don’t punish foreign governments; they punish American families