Garrett Cole is pitching better

It’s also harder to catch a pop up with a catcher’s mitt than a 1B glove

Just to add one more point, the 7% return is the real return net of inflation. The opportunity cost of not investing (while still saving) is holding cash, which will also be a victim of inflation, so you should compare the nominal return of investing (~9%) to the nominal return of cash (0%)

That btw, is the same Brady Anderson who hit 50 home runs in 1996

Pretty weak argument that that immigration is less than or equal to as federal an issue as local police

Most people when they measure their own livelihoods against a vague cause for a bunch of strangers to briefly enjoy choose their livelihoods.

Read any interview with Royce back when he was playing with the Rockets.

That’s true—they are assets, but you expect them to be assets when they’re paid like that

Matt Levine on Bloomberg is a business writing savant

Why should I care if my metadata is used in some marketing aggregation algorithm?

Another great argument for why it’s more rational to tax distributions, dividends, and gains on shares in companies themselves than to tax these things within the company itself

Counterpoint: it’s a good show

The Astros immediately cut him

FYI, Pilot Flying J is no longer owned by the Haslam’s; Warren Buffett bought it this last year

A truly great American

XOM hasn’t filed their 2017 10K yet so that’s the year I assume you’re quoting when you say they paid no taxes. In any case, the point stands; their cumulative taxes paid from 2012 - 2015 were $78B.

XOM has paid ~$78 billion in taxes over the past five years.

No it ended at San Jacinto

I’m a big fan. I saw him play live in Houston last April and he’s a lot of fun to watch.

His is the 45th Presidency, but he’s actually the 44th President