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ROTLF, I was just waiting for this..

comparing those two pics it's almost hard to believe it's the same person. There seem to be a lot of hacks out there with scalpels.

The funny bit (IMHO) with Intel is how we get these periodic flurries of merger/divestment stories and then nothing happens. I'm beginning to wonder if Intel is encouraging the talk on purpose to reduce investor pressure exactly because they prefer to stay as they are. I think it was true that Gelsinger did not want to break up the company. Of course that may all change in a hurry once a new CEO is named. And of course the other thing to remember is that with several players looking to buy a piece of Intel (at the best possible price). there are also the same number of players and their associates with an interest in downplaying Intel's prospects. Like some of the downstream commenters on this post, I would be at least a little sceptical that anyone outside Intel as any of their real yield data - good or bad.

I've seen one opinion that Bezos is trying to curry favor with the Trump admin because he thinks Blue Origin is going to be his true legacy and he can't afford to be at odds with the admin if Blue Origin is to succeed. Pretty typical for people at the apex to delude themselves into thinking they are doing something more important 'over here' because they happen to be interested in it, when of course their real legacy is 'over there' (like revolutionizing retail) but they are bored with it.

what BS. Regan came in with inflation at >10% and the pain from the Fed tightening at least solved a real problem. Trump took over an economy that was humming - no pain whatsoever was in order...

he's was still working the piston games last time I checked.

TSLA getting hammered for the 2nd time this week. Down 15% since Monday's open.

Well Tork was aggressive on a 1st pitch strike, but he didn't do much with it.

true - the quality of the news coverage is much more important than the OP-ED page. For years when it was owned by DJ, the WSJ ran a pretty Neanderthal op-ed but still had solid unbiased news coverage. I think right now Bezos is in a reactionary phase after being vilified by the left wing. So maybe he'll continue to get worse, maybe he'll get over it. We'll see.

excellent

yup - "Free Markets" in todays semantics it just a euphemism for "serve the oligarchy". Too bad. I guess he kept WAPO out of bankruptcy for a decade when it might already have been lost, so I won't begrudge him that - but I actually don't see even see the business case for trying to clone the WSJ.

we are such a stupid country.

so how does a signing bonus work in the NHL? Jones' contract was ~50% bonus - is that already paid or not? His cash salary cost drops to $2.5M in '27. It doesn't matter to the cap hit as the bonus is prorated for the cap, but not having to make the actual cash outlay would at least make it less painful....(?)

Meanwhile, investors have decided Musk is now worth $73B less than they thought he should be worth at his post election peak. He wasn't on the ballot but folks are voting on him with their money. (TSLA down $27 today)

Just following in the footsteps of Leo de Medici: "In 1517, Pope Leo X offered indulgences for those who gave alms to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The aggressive marketing practices of Johann Tetzel in promoting this cause provoked Martin Luther to write his Ninety-five Theses, condemning what he saw as the purchase and sale of salvation." US and its political culture *are* proving themselves in need of a little Reformation. 🤷‍♀️

IIRC they tried to give Prince more to do later in his career when the team was winding down but without much success -- by that time he didn't still have the energy I guess,

did they maybe give the whole park a coat of paint too - it needed one.

talking about awareness - there was a play in the second half when the Clips had a chance to break, Ausar was the first to see it and took off. Half way down the court he reached up and back with his left arm and took a blind swat - he saw where the man in front was and was just taking a guess at the passing lane while running down court full at a full sprint. He didn't deflect the pass, but I was damn impressed at the awareness to make the attempt.

Doubly ironic coming from Elon, whose always stresses that exact point whenever SpaceX has one their "alternately scheduled vehicle disassemblies"

Getting Thompson's back and picking up Schroder have been big adds. Cade's FTA and eFG both steadily increasing.

A couple those fouls came when Trae got past Thompson, and Ausar then ran over him on the trail because he didn't anticipate Trae's little stutter step. Definitely something he needs to learn. And in general, he needs to accept that once his man is past him there is a limit to what he can do. He gets caught overplaying trying to make it up when he's been passed, and you just have to learn to accept that you can't do that. His agility is something else to watch though - he's like a big cat out there.

Sulzberger has been studying for his "Lachan Murdoch" junior certification for a number of years now, he's just not very good at it or the Times would already be a lot worse than it is.

There is an old saw about engineering mentality being the person that will spend 20 minutes doing a 5 minute task the first time so he can do it in 4 minutes the next time. I think there is a lot of truth in that. But like most things - there is a limit to how much a good thing is still a good thing.

Yes, and the beatings will continue until morale improves.

How many of these are run by the old mainstream institutions (read: "non-evangelical"). So they wouldn't count with the MAGA.