“I am against Trump’s racism, lying, cronyism and sheer idiocy. I support him because I want low taxes so I can be even more filthy rich. I hate being misunderstood.” — Bob Kraft or this owner whose name I already forgot or whoever the fuck else. Fuck them.

This is exactly the problem with the recent tax changes that jacked up the standard deduction while getting rid of typical big-ticket deductions like home mortgage interest -- killing a big incentive for much charitable giving.  Curious to see data on how that may have affected charities nationwide. 

Does a 10 year suspended sentence mean a 10 year jail sentence suspended for some amount of time, or some amount of jail time suspended for a max of ten years?

Most businesses are built on a model of someday making money. In Silicon Valley that is seen as quaint.

I love that everyone on the pitch is played by John Belushi.

I’m assuming the writer was being funny. 

I like seeing how they really don’t mess around. It seemed like a remote place but nice summer day, and I would have thought they might drop some food and have him meet them over by the water when he gets there. (I know the forest was thick, they’d give him plenty of time.) But they seemed to treat this with the…

“he received a message that a search and rescue team was indeed looking for him, and a spotter aircraft had seen the smoke from his fire:” -- I didn’t immediately get from the video that he was receiving one-way correspondence over the emergency beacon, was that true?  I thought it was texts over a satellite device. …

Is hCG ever used as a performance or healing enhancement drug? If not, why would they test for it? That seems odd.

Worst take I’ve seen here in weeks. 

Pelicans general manager David Griffin is one of the toasts of the NBA these days. He will be remembered as the guy who reversed the fortunes of that franchise at the end of the Anthony Davis era, by drafting Zion Williamson

It's that he looks stoned.

When my wife was 8 months pregnant she thought she was going into early labor. Turned out to be a kidney stone. In retrospect she says the kidney stone was worse than giving birth, because both hurt like hell but with one at least you end up with a baby.

I don’t even understand LeBron’s tweet.  Translation? 

The Cavs got Jordan? 

“It’s not eligible for returns or exchanges, however, so you’ll have to decide if it’s worth the risk.”

“It’s not eligible for returns or exchanges, however, so you’ll have to decide if it’s worth the risk.”

I love the guy in foreground at left who mostly seems to be thinking this is gonna be great. 

arguably the funniest and most successful person in TV history

He does hit him with his hand, clearly intentionally. But Bote’s mitt spins around in a way that the hand wouldn’t cause, right as his foot lifts off the ground and probably makes contact.

I only see two angles in that video. You’re talking about the initial live one? You can tell something from this?