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Don Jr., Laura Ingraham, & Sean Hannity begged Trump to stop the riot. Trump did nothing.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-jr-texted-mark-meadows-begging-his-dad-to-give-an-address-to-halt-jan-6-capitol-riot?s=09
Liz Cheney revealed text messages from the president’s son, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham to Trump’s chief of staff on Jan. 6.
"The Ravens were counting on Dobbins to be their No. 1 running back after he came on strong down the stretch of his rookie season. He rushed for 805 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging an impressive 6 yards per carry. Dobbins, 22, said he planned to become a greater threat as a receiver and breakaway runner in 2021, and the Ravens showed their faith in him by moving on from former starter Mark Ingram II after last season."
The Ravens’ worst fears were realized Sunday when an MRI showed that running back J.K. Dobbins had suffered a season-ending knee injury the evening before, according to an ESPN report.
Anyone notice that NFTs may be more than just a fad?
Solana and Terra token prices made gains amid booming NFT sales, including the rising popularity around animal-based NFTs. Markets closed in the red on tapering news from the Fed.
"The framework of a franchise-altering megadeal will depend in part on who’s negotiating it. On one side is the Ravens’ brain trust: not just team owner Steve Bisciotti and DeCosta, but also team officials like senior vice president of football operations Pat Moriarty and vice president of football administration Nick Matteo. On the other side is Jackson and … well, it’s not exactly clear."
NFL players seldom negotiate contracts without an agent, but Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is eligible to sign an extension, could be negotiating his megadeal without one.
"Cox, 46, has emerged as a favorite of the wing of the Republican Party that continues to support former President Donald Trump. He advocated against last spring’s pandemic shutdowns, going so far as to unsuccessfully sue Gov. Larry Hogan over the stay-at-home order.
Hogan, a fellow Republican, dismissed Cox earlier this year as a “Q-anon conspiracy theorist.” Hogan is in his second term and is barred by term limits from running again.
“He’s certainly not the kind of person I would vote to put in the legislature or support in any way for anything,” Hogan said in January.
Cox has drawn scrutiny in the House of Delegates in Annapolis, where his rhetoric has veered from extreme to offensive."
Conservative Maryland Del. Dan Cox says he is running for governor in 2022, the first right-wing, pro-Trump candidate in the race.
"Hogan, a fellow Republican, dismissed Cox earlier this year as a “Q-anon conspiracy theorist.” Hogan is in his second term and is barred by term limits from running again.
“He’s certainly not the kind of person I would vote to put in the legislature or support in any way for anything,” Hogan said in January.
Cox has drawn scrutiny in the House of Delegates in Annapolis, where his rhetoric has veered from extreme to offensive."
Conservative Maryland Del. Dan Cox says he is running for governor in 2022, the first right-wing, pro-Trump candidate in the race.
""Nearly all covid-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.""
Nearly all covid-19 deaths in the U.S. now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the shots have been and an indication that deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine. An Associ...
"The legal salvos show that a groundswell against compulsory immunization is being coordinated, at least in part, from a law office on Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan. And they offer a window into a wide-ranging and well-resourced effort to contest vaccine requirements in workplaces and other settings critical to the country’s reopening — a dispute with sweeping implications for public health, state authority and individual rights."
A New York firm has filed suit or sent letters to employers in several states, part of an effort spearheaded by one of the largest anti-vaccination groups in the country.
Uh oh...
"The Gun Trace Task Force was set up at the Baltimore Police Department in an effort to get weapons and violent criminals off of the streets. But in 2017, the officers on the nine-member task force were arrested and eventually convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes related to illegal searches and the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry, and drugs among other offenses. Seven of those involved admitted their guilt, while two — Det. Daniel Hersl and Det. Marcus Taylor — fought the charges in court and were given 18 year prison sentences."
David Simon and George Pelecanos are returning to HBO — and Baltimore — with a limited series based on the true story of the infamous Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force, Variety has learned…
"I’ve been in numerous meetings with enthusiasts for cryptocurrency and/or blockchain, the concept that underlies it. In such meetings I and others always ask, as politely as we can: “What problem does this technology solve? What does it do that other, much cheaper and easier-to-use technologies can’t do just as well or better?” I still haven’t heard a clear answer.
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Why are people willing to pay large sums for assets that don’t seem to do anything? The answer, obviously, is that the prices of these assets keep going up, so that early investors made a lot of money, and their success keeps drawing in new investors."
Rising asset prices don't mean that silly ideas make sense.
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"For those unfamiliar with the decades-old thoroughfare [also known as "The Highway to Nowhere"], it’s a 1.39-mile-long stretch of road that was originally intended as an extension of Interstate 70 to downtown Baltimore. Yet the connection at either end was never built, and, so, it’s something like a concrete ditch with a series of overpasses and a stranded, divided highway inside carrying local U.S. 40 traffic. Its creation ruined predominantly Black neighborhoods in West Baltimore, displacing families and creating a major barrier to renewal in the area."
West Baltimore's open wound of a road is an atrocity but restoring the damage requires more than a public park. Making things right means providing opportunities.
Even when you include hanging chads, the Arizona recount is still the stupidest idea in the history of election politics.
"In a letter to officials of Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, the elections official, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, said it was unclear whether companies hired to conduct the review had sufficiently safeguarded the equipment from tampering during their review of votes.
Ms. Hobbs, a Democrat, recommended that the county replace its 385 voting machines and nine vote tabulators because “the lack of physical security and transparency means we cannot be certain who accessed the voting equipment and what might have been done to them.”
The Democratic secretary of state said she had “grave concerns regarding the security and integrity” of the machines that were examined to appease ardent backers of Donald J. Trump.
"Four years after Baltimore entered into a consent decree, some local residents and elected officials are questioning whether the reforms are worth the steep price and considerable effort at a time when resources could be spent on social programs, including drug and mental health treatments that supporters say can uplift communities."
At what cost? At a time when many call for a reduced spending on police, many departments could be forced to enter into costly consent decrees as the Justice Departments initiates more civil rights probes like the one in Baltimore. But locally, some are questioning that wisdom.
"Big political players such as Exelon Corp., Comcast Corp., and Eli Lilly and Co., which collectively donated $15,000 to Harris during the 2019-20 election cycle, told The Baltimore Sun they aren’t ready to lift the indefinite funding pauses imposed after the Jan. 6 Capitol occupation by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump."
Some big political players aren’t ready to lift the campaign funding "pauses" they imposed after the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol occupation by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump.
A different and perhaps more arduous kind of long haul for Covid survivors.
"Americans with other serious illnesses regularly face exorbitant and confusing bills after treatment, but things were supposed to be different for coronavirus patients. Many large health plans wrote special rules, waiving co-payments and deductibles for coronavirus hospitalizations. When doctors and hospitals accepted bailout funds, Congress barred them from “balance-billing” patients — the practice of seeking additional payment beyond what the insurer has paid.
Interviews with more than a dozen patients suggest those efforts have fallen short. Some with private insurance are bearing the costs of their coronavirus treatments, and the bills can stretch into the tens of thousands of dollars."
Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt.
"Today they stand among the bestselling artists of all time, and their post-reunion success rolls on; their last album, 2015’s Paper Gods, debuted in the Top 10 here and in the US.
This week they released a new single, Invisible, to be followed, this year, by a new album, which sees collaborations with Giorgio Moroder, Mark Ronson and Erol Alkan. There are live shows planned for September, a Radio 2 special with Claudia Winkleman, and a new video created by an AI artist named Huxley. Ahead of the interview, there have been instructions from their record label that our conversation must not dwell on the past; instead we must understand that Duran Duran are a band focused on the future."
"The purpose...is to satisfy Donald Trump and his supporters by doing two things. First, it applies unproved conspiracy theories to the recount process in the hope of "proving" Trump actually won the state. More importantly, it demonstrates how easy it would be for Republicans to steal elections if Trump supporters and their ilk controlled the political process."
Grover Cleveland is the only one who actually pulled it off — but a Trump restoration would be entirely different
"Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families of people they have killed, including taunting them at vigils, parking outside their homes and following them and pulling them over for no reason, according to a new report from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The LA sheriff’s department, which has faced national scrutiny for its corruption scandals and killings of young Black and Latino men, has routinely retaliated against victims’ relatives who speak out, the groups said in the report released on Tuesday."
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Los Angeles sheriff’s department has routinely retaliated against victims’ relatives who speak out, NLG and ACLU say in report
Are we in a new Deadball Era? I'm betting "Yes." Hitters have lost the advantages they've had since the 90s, and pitchers are benefitting from higher spin rates and more strikeouts. Until the ball is changed (again) the days when the ballpark was a pinball machine are over. (As always, expect Coors Field to be the exception.)
"Contrary to the lively balls that helped facilitate record-setting home run outbursts in recent seasons, the new ball was effectively designed to curb home runs. It's lighter, but also less bouncy and supposedly more prone to drag in the air.
So far, it seems to be working as intended.
Overall, hitters have made gains with their overall fly-ball rate (25.1 percent) and on their average exit velocity on fly balls (92.6 mph). Yet even when compared to past Aprils, there's a conspicuous gap between the expected and actual performance of fly balls this season.
This helps explain why the league is hitting 1.16 home runs per game, compared to recent high-water marks of 1.28 in 2020, 1.39 in 2019 and 1.26 in 2017."
What happens in the first month of a given Major League Baseball season isn't necessarily indicative of what will happen in the next five months, yet the 2021 campaign has already birthed an alarming trend...
Well, you screwed me again, Costanza. Now I have to read The Old Man and the Sea again. The older I get the more I know it's more about those sharks than it is about that fish.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their new PBS documentary Hemingway. Actor Jeff Daniels reads from Hemingway's private letters and other writings.
One day everything will be an Amazon fulfillment center. https://flip.it/yPKxcR
"I see articles about Amazon building here and Amazon building there. I’m not sure any of us really fully understand the implications because it’s happening so so fast,” the resident of one such neighborhood said.
Am I the only one here watching "WandaVision?" If not, then let's talk about Vision's questions:
1) What happened in Lagos?
2) Why is Lagos like detergent?
3) What is the Maximoff Anomaly?
4) What is "outside" of Westview?
Bonus questions for nerds:
4) Who is Agnes? How much does she know?
5) When did "The Vision" become just "Vision?"
6) How much Hydra Soak will it take to prevent "House of M?"
The new commercial for WandaVision's fifth episode continues to tie into the Scarlet Witch's ongoing trauma.
As another baseball legend passes on and the eras of the game which mean the most to me fray a little more around their edges, I find that writing about Hank Aaron (the only man with 700 home runs and 3,000 hits, perhaps the most underrated player ever) is really writing about Barry Bonds and the “762 homers and 2,935 hits” that I put in quotes to acknowledge the feat without acknowledging the juiced talent it took to produce it. One can say Bonds was a cheater and be done with him, particularly if we demand to only see him in the shadow of Hank Aaron or Willie Mays. But there’s no tragedy in that. And since baseball carries tragedy like no other sport, we look back now and see “Bonds was the Chosen One” as one of baseball’s great tragedies. Perhaps it's greatest.
As another baseball legend passes on and the eras of the game that mean the most to me fray a little more around their edges, I find that…
I'm getting really tired of "Stuff that was once really good for you is now really bad for you" articles. I've just read that the president has 13 secret powers I never knew about, so I don't need to hear this about ."
“Food Flash” explores the wild world of food news, from the health benefits of red wine to why dark chocolate is actually good for you.
I think that's the stealing cellphones!
As violent protests continue in the U.S., this is how Apple has responded to the "opportunistic" looting of its stores.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Negro League baseball. Baltimore's role in the history of black professional baseball should never be forgotten.
"The Elites (pronounced “EE-lites”) had only modest success before moving to Baltimore, but became one of the National League’s best teams over the next 13 seasons. They finished among the top three teams nine times and won two titles in a league dominated by the Homestead Grays, who were the New York Yankees of the Negro Leagues.
Among the team’s outstanding players were player-manager Biz Mackey, veteran pitcher Leon Day, and a young catcher, Roy Campanella, all of whom would be elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame -- Mackey and Day as Negro League greats, and Campanella as a three-time MVP and eight-time All-Star in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Two other Elite Giants signed with the Dodgers and became National League Rookies of the Year -- pitcher Joe Black and second baseman Junior Gilliam."
The Official Site of Major League Baseball
Up close it looks like a 60s monster movie.
"The explosion of technology in the sport and M.L.B.’s expansion of replay review in 2014 have added a new dynamic to the sign-stealing practice, allowing some teams to consistently stay one step ahead of the rule. In September 2017, all teams were put on notice by M.L.B. after it found that the Red Sox had been sending information about opposing teams’ signs from their replay review room to people in the dugout wearing Apple watches. The Red Sox were fined — as were the Yankees, who turned in their rival, for a lesser misuse of the dugout phone — and Mr. Manfred sent a memo to teams detailing the potential punishment for managers and general managers for future violations of the rules governing the use of electronic equipment."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/sports/astros-scandal-aj-hinch-jeff-luhnow.html
Jeff Luhnow, the general manager, and Manager A.J. Hinch helped transform the team from a perennial loser to a champion, but a cheating scheme that began in 2017 cost them their jobs.
Only MC Hammer gets to decide which decade it is.
"Means, 26, received 53 points, getting 16 votes for second place and five for third place. Two writers from each AL city voted for their top three for the award.
The easy winner was Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, who was unanimous and got all 30 first-place votes for 150 points. Alvarez hit .313/.412/.655 with 26 doubles, 27 home runs and 78 RBIs in only 87 games. Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe was third with 27 points. The Rays selected Lowe, 25, in the third round of the 2015 draft out of the University of Maryland. He hit .270/.336/.514 with 17 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 51 RBIs in 82 games, but missed more than two months with leg injuries.
The last Oriole to win the Rookie of the Year Award was relief pitcher Gregg Olson in 1989. In 2017, the O’s Trey Mancini was third in the voting. Six Orioles have won the BBWAA AL Rookie of the Year - Ron Hansen (1960), Curt Blefary (1965), Al Bumbry (1973), Eddie Murray (1977), Cal Ripken Jr. (1982) and Olson."
Orioles left-hander John Means, who was a surprise as the club’s best starting pitcher in 2019, tonight finished second for the Jackie Robinson American League ...
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