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A-Rod regrets not investing in Amazon, Microsoft or Starbucks in the '90s: 'I wouldn't have to work so hard today'

At the start of his baseball career, Alex Rodriguez made millions in Seattle — home of Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks during the 1990s dot-

One could say it would be like his portfolio was on steroids.

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Chat GPT is fun, this was the speech I thought Liz Chaney was going to make after January 6th.

Cicero's "First Oration against Trump" (Adapted)

Senators of the United States,

I stand before you today to address a matter of grave concern.

For we find ourselves in a time of uncertainty and division,

with the echoes of recent events casting a long shadow over our nation.

Donald Trump, I speak of you, not in condemnation, but in solemn reflection,

for it is our duty as guardians of the United States to seek the truth.

Your presidency, marked by controversy, has left an indelible mark,

and now, as we move beyond your time in office, we must reckon with the legacy.

During your tenure, our great nation witnessed events that shook its foundations,

and the United States Senate played a pivotal role in upholding our democratic values.

We saw moments of unity and moments of discord,

as the country grappled with the challenges and opportunities that arose.

In the aftermath of your presidency, as the nation rebuilds and heals,

we must reflect on the principles that define us and the path we choose to follow.

The United States, like Rome of old, is defined by its resilience and commitment,

and we must remain steadfast in our pursuit of a more perfect union.

It is not a call for judgment that I raise today, but a call for introspection,

as we navigate the complex currents of our time.

Let us, Senators, draw strength from our shared history and commitment to the United States,

and may our actions be guided by the wisdom and prudence befitting this great nation.

History doesn’t repeat it rhymes

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Jamie Dimon rips central banks for being ‘100% dead wrong’ on economic forecasts

"Prepare for possibilities and probabilities, not calling one course of action, since I've never seen anyone call it," Dimon said in Saudi A

This man is rarely wrong and is a person I would vote for to be president even though he hates cryptocurrency and other digital assets. He is the greatest investor of the last 20 years bar none. This option should be digested by every American that can read like the book “common sense”.

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'Then the alligators got him': Inside Ja Morant's 18-month downfall

After the 2022 All-Star Game, Morant's misconduct became more frequent -- and dangerous. Since then, serious allegations have emerged. Lawsu

Get up stand up, Ja is being treated poorly.

I read this espn article about THE Ja Morant. To me Ja is the best player to watch since AI. That dude is just amazing. Granted I love to see the rise of the big men with Embiid, Joker, and now the notorious VIC but Ja still gets my attention. One of my favorite artist is THE Bob Marley in get up stand up talk about the day great Ja will come from the sky. Seeing Morant dunk (even the ones he misses) is like seeing what Marley described. Back to the articles, a scout talks about how 4 years ago he was “perfect, no red flags” and now the “alligators” have got him. First, I want to read my scouting report because it had so many red flags it probably looked like a Maxi-pad. Second, the scouts are rarely correct, they are made right by what they wrote being taken as gospel by the power in the nba. I start with those two points to ask what did Ja do that was so bad he is getting treated well like me. Well Not me, if it was me I wouldn’t be allowed to speak up and if I did like I did when it was my time under the spotlight of scrutiny it’s a death sentence for your career. Ja can’t say this so I will. “What the fuck did he do wrong?” He had a gun!!! Ja is above the age of 18 and under his rights as a United States citizen he is able to do so as long as he is with in the rules of the laws of the land. Granted the Colorado strip club (believe me I know how shootings can go down at strip clubs or or or in front of a 5 star hotel that leaves a bullet ridden Rolls Royce phantom in its wake) was stupid. For me after those two events I was asked to speak on gun violence which I abhor I later found out it’s because I speak the kings English and on that ground I refused to do the interview/ public service announcement. This is what I saw, to the country the image of a black man is already scary enough with out having an AR -15 strapped to your side, but that’s not our problem. Our problem is the fact that if it wasn’t for things like the 2nd amendment I highly doubt that the shackles of slavery would have stayed physically off instead of them being hidden in law. Is what Ja doing smart. The answer is no, but the nba has no rules saying players can not own guns (which they have a right to do if they choose to) and this is not a place to pull out the race card but ask your self if Ja was Jerry Morant posted him with a gun while hunting do you think there would be the same outrage. Maybe animal rights people but that image of Jerry holding a gun and Ja doing the same spark two different reactions from the social conciseness of this country. Ja needs to stop being an idiot and understand that he may inspire a young kid to pick up a gun instead of a pen. That is him being aware and in youth awareness past your genitalia is rare. In this ignorance Ja has made bad choices but none of them should be grounds for a suspension or even the hit piece ESPN did. I thank god that David Stern is not the commissioner and Silver is. Stern was a dictator Silver is a leader and hopefully this leader can see that suspending Ja gives him what he wants. He wants to be seen as the bad boy because he grew up in such a nice environment compared to most he feels he has something to prove. This battle to prove your blackness was something I went through. From my teammates asking if I was gay due to the way I talk or not being black enough because the majority of my friends were not black. This is a similar battle he is going though. Taking him away from basket ball will only acerbate this issue and turn something that could have been minor into a tragic event.

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Martin or Malcom?

Every year people have the honor of celebrating a day dedicated to a man that helped people rise above. But who was “better” Martin or Malcom? I was fortunately not alive during that time but if I was the message of let someone kick your ass and not fight back wouldn’t have resonated with me very well. Nothing in this world changes without violence. When the founding fathers attempted peace by sending the king a letter asking for representation in the government for the self determination of the people and it was rejected, they did not peacefully protest they took up arms to take what they want and defend what they have. To me this is the major difference between these two great men, Malcom X was more like the founding fathers than Martin Luther King. I completely disagree with his anti-white and antisemitism but as I defend men like General Lee with the reality that they are a product of their environment so was Malcom. Why I believe that MLK has a day and Mr. X is only now getting his flowers is because MLK transcended and embraced the true message of Christ “peace even to the determent of oneself”, but I do not fully agree with his stance when violence is used as a tool against you using it back in a more extreme form is the only way to win within your lifetime. MLK may be playing the long game but Mr. X wasn’t playing any games. I wonder how the world would look if the two men were swapped and we had a Malcom X day. Would the message of self-determination that he was attempting to instill be engrained into black culture? The message MLK was preaching is still not taking hold of the dream that he spoke so I would expect the same but instead of turning the other cheek it would be hallelujah pass the ammunition. If you want peace you must prepare for war and if the other side will burn down churches, kill because of sexual selection and economic gain, then to win you must prepare to do the same. You don’t have to do it similar to the Cold War and how until mutual assured destruction was met, we were on a path that would have ended the entire world. The acronym of MAD is exactly that and the only cure for this type of insanity is empathy but not taking the first step only allows for the oppressors to do what they do best and the oppressed to follow suit. Having thoughts like this is why I know I am not insane and why the world rejects me but as a creature of god with the same rights as any other I would rather fight than lay down and die. Let me die in my footsteps before I go down under the ground. Both of these men were great and with the lens of history able to dissect both men with a laser I like the idea of MLK but the practicality of the message of Malcom. I truly find myself in the middle like a James Baldwin, another person who needs to get their flowers, but as I try to evolve as a human I hope the message of MLK will be the one that wins.

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Back on that fateful day in Auburn Hills, Michigan before we made infamy, we made history. That night was the first time two players from Colorado were on a basketball court. Now look at what the program has produced., under Tad they have won a conference championship, had more NBA players than ever but what’s crazy to me two former players from Colorado are now head coaches in the NBA. When I was at CU basketball was the red headed stepchild of the school playing second fiddle not only the football team but the women’s team as well. When you look at the evaluation of the program it all started with this man, Mr. Bigshot himself Chauncey Billups. I am proud to have followed in his footsteps but shocked that this progression of the program is being overshadowed by the hiring of Deion Sanders. Let me say I am ecstatic that Deion is at CU, but the real prime time in CU history is Chauncey Billups. He took his team to the NCAA tournament and in the NBA, he won finals MVP. His body of work is hall of fame worthy on all levels that he competed, and the evolution of CU men’s basketball program is a 30 for 30 documentary that needs to be made. As the excitement for our new football head coach grows, I do not want the men’s basketball team to return to obscurity. How we do that is tell the story of the history of the program and it didn’t start with Chauncey, but he was the lightning before the thunder.

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This is me smoking weed on the Great Wall of China. If I was caught by China doing this would the US government swap an arms dealer for me? From how I have learned how I’m viewed no, they would let me rot in jail because I deserved it. On top of that what if I was a convicted spousal abused as well could you ever imagine the outcry on me still playing basketball on top of allowing a dangerous swap that we did for Griner?

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F1 2022 I’ve been a fan of this sport for the majority of my life. I remember when Senna died and I still have 5 years left of crying. I remember Alonso slaying the giant of Schumacher, but the most inspirational to me was the rise of now SIR Lewis Hamilton. This season was the first since he as a rookie lost the world championship by less than a handful of points to not win a single race. This year was dominated by Max Verstappen he ended the year with 14 wins setting a single season record and gaining his first world championship that wasn’t gifted to him by controversy of a inept governing body. Comparing the two champions Max is basically a douche bag and I make this statement due to his treatment of Checo. Last season you could say even with the FIA on RedBulls side Max might not have won his first of his two world championships with out checo. To repay him Max not only didn’t help him get P2 in the drivers but basically pulled his bitch card in Brazil. Max should have let Checo pass him and show what type of person he is. Well he did show what type of person he is as I said douche bag by being a bad example of teamwork and sportsmanship. With nothing on the line he would give an inch to the guy who was forced to let him by him in Spain and is key to keeping the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes from Max. This brings me back to the early rounds of 2017 the season after Lewis lost to his teammate by a handful of points and what did Lewis do with Bottas? Lewis was allowed to pass and could make ground against the driver infront. At the end of the race Lewis let Bottas back infront because he is a fair person. Granted there were other times that bottas was forced to give up wins for Lewis’ championship but for a person who has lost the world title by so little points he demonstrated the reason why he is SIR Lewis Hamilton. This is the type of champion F1 needs to grow the sport not an entitled cheating douche bag. Congrats to Max though this year he dominated. Fair well to Seb he will be missed and it will be interesting seein Danny Ricc as a reserve driver with the potential of Checo acting like Max and not following team orders. I’m looking forward to 2023 with the potential return to dominance that Mercedes showed in the 2nd half of 2022.

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What’s the value of Twitter

A long time ago I was an NBA player and was involved in many high-profile scandals that unfortunately I lacked the pedigree to look past. But in this modern world those scandals would be ways to drive fame towards a social media presence that could generate millions and in the case of Kim Kardashian billions of dollars. One of the major players in this space Twitter and its blue check mark has been the most elusive badge in my life. With a following of just over a thousand before I ended my pursuit of that golden ring, I now can pay $8 a month for something that can propel my thoughts to the top of the ether of thought due to Musk paying a very large sum of money. I’ve seen reports that Twitter is worth $13B, I say it’s not worth $44B but well north of the meager amount that the street is assigning to the blue bird. To me Twitter has two things it is the digital newspaper, and it has very little risk of people fleeing the platform due to its brand value that has been sewn into the fabric of our society. The power it welds can overthrow governments and destroy billions of dollars of value off of any publicly traded company. Of all the things I have criticized Mr. Musk for this acquisition makes him the most powerful man in the world coupled with his status of a billionaire many times over. Until a platform is created that can extract the term tweet from our common speech across the globe his power is greater than even Joe Biden or any other POTUS to come. Now Mr. Musk literally controls the present and he who control that controls the future. Who owns that the future now? And testify.

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Dear Kyrie, Once upon a time I was suspended 5 games for my beliefs on marijuana. It was during a time of discovery of my life in a time of change not many people could see. I had many Jewish friends from my time in life and the majority of that group were nothing but allies in my life then, some are even to this day. When I was going through my time away, I went into very dark times and my feelings towards life in general faded away. I watched that documentary and it’s basically like an ancient alien's type piece that allows for this vacuum in reality to attract the antisemitic tropes. The core issue is that there is a vacuum of knowledge in how you and me became black men in America instead of black men in Africa. This story is not similar to most of the people who are white men in America and the why they are white men not living in Europe is “better”. In my mind it is what it is, but the lack of knowledge is how what I think you believe as the core message of that film of black people are god's chosen people is polluted with the antisemitic label. You must take religion out of the discussion or that idea you want to spread much like Ye will be used to hurt more people than it will help. I would say that it’s funny that athletes get held to a higher standard than politicians these days. I would also say the same criticism I have towards a statement like “There are good people on both sides” is what I have towards you. They are not tearing Woodrow Wilson’s home down or removing him from the annals of history for in February 1915, upon viewing The Birth of a Nation at a special White House screening, The President reportedly remarked, “It's like writing history with lightning. My only regret is that it is all so terribly true.” No one cares about the reason why blacks had an exodus from the south into the lands of enemies or if there is any historic evidence of the Bible chapter of the same name. What they care about is that you fucking sound like Hitler and because of that they will take you down. They will take away your platform and the ball and of all the things I lost for my hill I stood on to die that is what I miss most. I hope you never learn the pain of a locked gym and the look of not him. It really fucking sucks. I’m no marketing genius but to quote and speak to your as musically talented doppelgänger as you are on the court your douche bags, assholes, scumbags… just like every one of them that I know a jerk offs…that used Covid to take work off Baby, I got a plan apologize as fast as you can. If smoking weed gets you 5 games this should be a year to re-educate your very talented mind because I got a phone call about why did I get suspended for 5 games and it was not a fun conversation that you're going to have with your kids in the future either. Help fill that vacuum of thought with your diversity in thought but also understand coming from a person who walked down a road less traveled there will be no one there for you when you fall. By the grace of God, I have my family and my friends of who I mentioned earlier you are putting in a dangerous environment with your actions. If we are to believe anything from the Bible and even if the story’s not true, the power of a man on a cross to still love his enemies and curse the devil is how one can become a Jedi. You are being a Sith and they have the high ground.

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Dear Ye, Mr. West ,as I first heard your name on an album, I purchased in 2005, you have been an inspiration to my life. Your art truly transcended music. To sit and list your albums and songs that impacted my life would take up the bulk of the characters that I’m allotted in the post without me being able to get to the point of me writing this at 3 AM. I don’t know what happened since 2015. Maybe it was Obama making fun of you or your superpower as you call it has grown into a tragic flaw but you sir need to take a step back and see what you are doing. You are creating not only a dangerous world for the communities that you are now attaching yourself to but also the black community who supports you. Anyone that comes after you with your level of genius will be thrown in a negative light that will potentially not allow that rose to grow from the concrete. Seeing you with literal devils like Candace Owens, hearing you attack your ex-wife, reading the words you could use to uplift being weaponized by YOU is too much for me. I lost the literal love of my life at the end of 2020 and in my moment of madness I turned to your music to help restore my sanity. Thank you for that but fuck you for this. I really hope you get a grip on reality and stop letting your constipated mind and diarrhea of the mouth shit not only on your legacy but also that of others. I don’t want to say goodbye to you so I’m going to just say goodnight.

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Russia adds 7,000 troops to Ukraine border, despite claims it would withdraw some forces, U.S. says

“There’s what Russia says and then there’s what Russia does,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

Russia will not move until after the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Biden dumbass committed our “full support” making it impossible to spread our forces to a defense of Taiwan which in a few short weeks will have a window that will make them vulnerable to an invasion from the Main Land. This move will be a checkmate for China and Russia that will end US supremacy as the world power and potentially a reserve currency.

Ukraines only chance of survival would be to inflict enough damage of the troops with a preemptive attack on Russia followed by a slow bloody retreat to fortify the Dnieper River but with Belarus being in league with the former USSR they could potentially use their territory to encircle any defense of Kyiv forcing a post apocalyptic urban warfare scenario that would make Call of Duty look like a simulator. Ukraine’s only hope is NATO which will not happen with France and Germany not wanting to engage in this battle and potentially showing the futility of NATO to other former Soviet satellites in the future, and the US. This is where the metal hits the meat. With our troops gearing up to push back the Russians and the strait of Taiwan calm enough to pass this will prompt China to act on their one China ambitions by invading the “rouge province”. With our latest display of military genius in Afghanistan and these actions we will no longer be seen as the defender of democracy around the world and with the retaliatory sanctions we may loose our status as a reserve currency due to how much China controls many markets with their trade goods. But to me, the real question is do we have the ability to unify our population to even field an army to be this bastion of democracy? Since these events will not directly affect American lives I say no like in the last two world wars if their was no Zimmerman telegram we wouldn’t have entered the first one and if their was no Pearl Harbor we wouldn’t have entered the second. America much like France is tearing itself up from with in and as our world image get wrecked Russia and China win. Our only hope is infighting between the two about who is the face of this entente because Russia is not the big brother it once was and Xi much like Putin can never be seen as weak.

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Hydrogen power is gaining momentum, but critics say it's neither efficient nor green enough

Hydrogen is a controversial part of decarbonization energy plans. Here's how hydrogen works and why the way it is produced matters.

Unless we change how we build roads no matter what powers cars be it gasoline, hydrogen, or electricity we will nor make a dent in this problem.

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Germany's head of navy calls China's naval power buildup 'explosive' and a cause of worry

The frigate Bayern is sailing through the South China Sea in the first deployment of a German warship to the Indo-Pacific in almost 20 years

Although Britain's fleet was the largest in the world, much of it was overseas and Britain felt threatened by the prospect of German warships concentrated in the North Sea this was one of the causes of WWI.

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Apple delays return to corporate offices indefinitely

The delay comes amid concerns about rising Covid cases and the public health impact of the heavily mutated omicron variant.

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FIA proposes "clarification exercise" over Abu Dhabi

The FIA has agreed to conduct a detailed analysis of the events that led up to Max Verstappen being crowned world champion at the Abu Dhabi

FIA should extend this revue well past the last 5 laps, but this is easy. Massi should have red flagged the race the second the Williams was known to be stranded. One it is a Mercedes engine car that caused the stoppage which potentially could have caused the race to end of safety car and the same if it was a Honda with Red Bull at the advantage point. This is because of the Alonso championship and how “allegedly” his teammate wrecked on purpose which gave him the opportunity to win. Massi should have been triggered to throw out the red flag but he didn’t and asking him why would be a good starting point. This would have allowed for a 5 lap shootout with Max and Lewis both on fresh tires fighting from the positions they have earned through out the race. Also next year either give points for pole like they do for the dumb ass sprint races or none for either. I don’t understand in a time where engines are limited putting more miles on them on Saturday forcing grid penalties on Sunday. Finally pay Massi more at $51,000 a year he is vulnerable to being bribed and other forms of corruption. It is undeniable that the decisions made not only in this situation but in many others favored the Red Bull driver. From not getting a 5 second penalty in Brazil to the fiasco in Spa, even the wreck at Monza should have triggered a grid drop at the next race or even a race ban. As a F1 fan seeing Lewis lose a championship like this was gutting and seeing Max win his first like this is frustrating because his time will come without help from the FIA. F1 should review the entire season and see where they lost their way. 

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Joker (Laugh I nearly died by The Rolling Stones starts playing ) Joker has broken up with Harley Quinn He for the first time feels and he pulls out a revolver gun puts it to his head and a solitary tear rolls down his eyes. The hammer goes back and he pulls the trigger but the gun only clicks “Boss!” Yelled one of his henchman. The joker opens his eyes with the tears now turning into anger. Put the gun in his mouth pulls the trigger and it clicks “Boss!” The henchmen yells and runs to the jokers solitary seat looking like a throne. The joker turns his 6 shooter on the henchmen firing 3 rounds killing the underling others now enter the room He then puts hot barrel agains his forehead burning a circle on his skin and pulls the trigger. once again it clicks. The other henchmen grabs him but the joker kills them with the gun firing 2 more rounds. The joker now points the gun at his chest and Click click click b. Then he points it at the reflection of himself in the window l, pulls the trigger and it blows the glass out. “Goddamn it” he yells at the top of his lungs. Flash forward to the joker sitting in a white strait jacket his face paint is off and his hair has been shaved. The joker is black he paints his face to hide his identity. He is sitting in group with other super villains cat woman Bane Scarecrow and poison Ivy, in a group meeting being lead by Hugo Strange. Bane is talking about how even though he is so large he feels small inside and the joker starts to laugh. “What’s so funny you fucking clown?” Joker laughs but then quickly falls back into his depression. Hugo Strange says “Bane focus (German accent) on yourself do you think this is why you began to lift weights so aggressively?” Bane take a few deep breaths through his breathing machine and begins to cry “yes I have a hole in my soul that will never be filled!!!” Poison Ivy puts her arms around bane and he sobbs into her shoulder. Hugo strange says “that’s good big guy let it out, let it out. Now Cat woman you have a goal you want to set today?” Cat woman says “I want to get these socks taken off my hands and be off of line of sight.” Hugo Strange says “ What do you need to do to get that today?” Cat woman “I have to stop wanting to hurt myself and see I have value” Hugo Strange says “And do you have value?” Cat woman says with a blank face and no emotion “yes I do” The joker starts to laugh again Bane yells “your such an asshole no wonder she left you!” Joker stands up and his face is dark “Say it again and I’ll rip that respirator out of your chest and stick it up your ass” Poison Ivy says “Stop it your redirecting your anger” Joker yells back “shut up you anorexic bitch I know exactly who I’m angry with” Hugo Strange says “who is that? “ Joker looks into his eyes and yells “myself!” Scarecrow begins to clap slowly “finally after 120 days we have a breakthrough!” Hugo Strange says(run away Kanye West plays) “no matter who your mad at look at what your doing now? You see that anorerexic bitch is right you are redirecting and the man with a steroid addiction and extreme asma is right you are an asshole” he looks at the clock to see over an hour has passed since the beginning of the session. “Ok time to wake him up “ Strange says. Scarecrow says “next time I get to lead group”he then blows a dust on the face of the passed out doctor The doctor snapps out and looks at the clock “Ok guys looks like time is almost up anyone want to talk about their drawings? Bane meekly raises his hand “this is me breaking Batman’s back” Fin