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  1. Maybe? I haven't read his story. The company is a non-profit according to their website. It's unbelievable that a company with that mission could take in so much money and end up $170 million in debt. It will be interesting to see where all the funds went as there is more uncovered. Using a non-profit to funnel $28 million to an NBA player sounds an awful lot like money laundering to me. Ballmer could be in for some legal trouble or significant fines beyond whatever the NBA will do.
  2. Funny because one of the Founders of that tree planting company was arrested in March for fraud. The whole company seems like a sham, one of those "green" companies that fakes a lot of its numbers to raise money fighting climate change, while pocketing most of the funds and lying about their activities. Read the wiki page on their history and it sounds like a huge fraud. Surprised that Ballmer would use this bunch of idiots to pay Kawhi under the table and expect it to stay hidden. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration,_Inc.
  3. Just discovered this guy King Solomon Hicks. Really good jazzy/blues music, love these two songs: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZkwYpdF6Q&si=DiKqpIjvAZWhstf4
  4. I had a friend telling me about his Bitcoin mining operation back in 2012 when they were like $5 a piece. I walked through the process of creating an account with a wallet and bought $20 worth of it. I never got into mining or trading, so I just forgot about it. It was on an old laptop that was eventually replaced, and I have no idea what happened to it. I think it may have been donated to Goodwill at some point. Anyway, I have no way to recover it, and the laptop has probably been trashed. Would have been cool to get a few hundred grand out of it. My friend ended up selling most of his in the 10k range for a new PC build and a truck, so good for him. I also bought $20 of Dogecoin at the time too, but I have no idea what the price was and what the return would be. Kinda don't want to know because it was like a fraction of a cent back then.
  5. To her credit, she hit the rim more times than I expected.
  6. Eovaldi is being shut down for the rest of the season, which should help Hunter's chances of finishing top 3 in Cy Young voting.
  7. This M's and Padres game has been entertaining if you need something to watch tonight. Tied at 4 now.
  8. Excellent throw there by Diaz.
  9. Correa should stay at 3b next year, dude has been money.
  10. 2 home runs given up in 14 pitches seems kinda sucky...
  11. The Summer of George is the best storyline of this season, what a great surprise he's been. Paredes probably would have been if he didn't get injured. Anyways, get Yordan back, some more pitchers and get back on track to bring it home and win the division again.
  12. I just cancelled my NBA League Pass subscription before it renewed, and I wasn't offered a discount to stay. I had done that for the last few years to save 40-50 bucks, but no joy this year. Anyone else tried it and had success?
  13. Yeah, I'm just thinking about the toughness of the division. I have seen some proposals that had the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox and Phillies in the same division, and that sounds awful for them, but I love it. Some of the West divisions are just as bad too. Sticking the Astros with the Rangers seems inevitable, but the MLB seems to want this "rivalry" so whatever. The other 2 teams could go west to some combo of Arizona/Colorado/Vegas or to the Midwest with STL/KC - Cubs/Chi Sox - Nashville/ATL or to the East with the Florida teams. If those were the options, I would choose Vegas/Colorado for the destination cities and ease of competition. The Florida teams are not a bad option for easy competition, but the Gulf Division has some appeal to it too.
  14. Talk about realignment earlier in the thread got me thinking the Astros could make out like bandits if they got into a division of Houston/Arlington/Miami/Tampa. Call it the Gulf Division, and it would set them up nicely for the next few decades.
  15. I'm in the market for a new Polaris, anyone have good experience or recommendations of a brand/model? My current one is a plug-in with a long cord. It does a good job cleaning, but I don't like it that much. It doesn't have any phone control, it's just a box with a few buttons, and every time the power drops it has to be reset to run once a day. The cord is starting to chafe after 3 years, and I don't want the risk of an issue there. I saw some battery powered models that have a charging station, kind of like a Roomba for your pool. Looks like a nice option, but wondering what others think of that style. Any recs would be appreciated.
  16. This popped up in my algorithm tonight, don't think I have heard it in 20 years, but it made me laugh.
  17. Yeah, easy out at home there. Possible to get the double play at first too. Really dumb play by Gunner there.
  18. Yeah, but then we get Aaron Boone...
  19. I know Tillman has a lot of money, but hiring stupid fucking Blippi to promote the new season is not how you should spend "fuck you money."
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