Ira Kasoff

retired diplomat; China scholar; husband; father; Patriots fan

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@DeadlineWH : looks like Ian Bremmer just rolled out of bed to do this TV hit - unshaven, still wearing his pajamas. Yikes

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

Math?

[Real Estate Ronnie @Lifeinvestmoney]

Bonds are paying 5%

What’s stopping you from investing $1million and living off $500k/yr?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@Timodc @BulwarkOnline it’s mein (pronounced main), not mien (mee en)

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

On the other hand, Del Curry was awful too. Zero value added

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

“Waiting for Cadeau”… “Triple Yaxels”. Ian Eagle is killing it on the #NCAA finalfour broadcast.

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

I think #Trump didn’t mean Iceland, he meant Lapland. Thinks he can get lap dances there

[David Pakman @dpakman]

A demented Donald Trump confused Greenland with Iceland as a silent crowd watches in horror as the President of the USA humiliates himself, slurring badly and visibly disoriented

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@MattCouture5: i’d be interested to know what you think he’s referring to with this 1500% reduction comment, or what he means when he says we’ve taken in trillions from foreign governments in tariff revenues. Doesn’t it bother you when he says such nonsensical things?

[Matt Couture @MattCouture5]

Democrats continue to play stupid by pretending they don’t understand what he’s referring to by saying this and at this point, it’s just embarrassing

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

And he’s not looking too good so far

[Mike Giardi @MikeGiardi]

File under someone's got to play but...Keion White out there to start the game tonight. He worked with the 2nd team all week, falling behind K'Lavon Chaisson.

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

😂

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@bgtennisnation @MikeMonaco_ can someone please explain to Brad Gilbert what the word disheveled means? From the dictionary: untidy; disordered (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance). Basically it means unkempt.

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

Whatever the opposite of classy is, this would be it. She should accept her loss with grace and keep quiet.

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Sabalenka on her loss to Coco Gauff at Roland Garros, ‘I think she won the match not because she played incredible. Just because I made all of those mistakes’

“What happened when you led 4-1? Do you think Coco got better or the conditions got tougher?”

Aryna: “I think it was more windy. Also I think I was over emotional. Today I didn’t handle myself quite well mentally. Basically that’s it. I was just making unforced errors. I don’t know. I have to check the statistics. I think she won the match not because she played incredible. Just because I made all of those mistakes, if you look from the outside, from kind of easy balls.”

(via Roland Garros Press)

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@tkyles39 : when do we expect Morgan Moses to be available? Also, do we know why Sidy Sow and Joshua Farmer have not been at OTA’s?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

My understanding is that Sidy Sow and Joshua Farmer have not been at OTA’s. Do we know why?
Do we have a timeline on when Morgan Moses will be available? Is he expected for training camp?

[Taylor Kyles @tkyles39]

Who’s got #Patriots mailbag questions?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

And where are Farmer and Sow?

[Savage @Savageboston]

When are Will Campbell and TreVeyon Henderson signing their rookie deals?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@MikeReiss Do we know why Sow and Farmer aren’t there?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@MattCouture5; @SavageSports_ Raiders send K Miller and #6 for Pats #4 (roughly equivalent to a 3rd rounder, a fair price to trade up to 4). Raiders could take Jeanty; Pats get their tackle, could take Walker at 6 and keep their other picks. Thoughts?

[Evan Lazar @ezlazar]

Reading the report, it also mentions Jeanty as a player teams could target in a trade up. I wonder if the Pats would have offers for No. 4 from Jeanty teams.

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

@ezlazar @ezlazar: if he’s available at 4, why would they need to trade with us - they know we’re not gonna take him. Wouldn’t it be cheaper for them to trade up to six and get ahead of the Jets who might be interested in him?

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

Why would anyone give up a 2 and a future 3 to trade up a few slots? If Hunter is there at 4 (unlikely) we’ll take him. If not, who would they be trading up for? Sanders? If he doesn’t go in the top 3, he’s not gonna get taken in the top 7. Who else is worth giving up that much?

[Matt Couture @MattCouture5]

I catered to @YANGS1K here

Giving him the dream

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

Not to mention the jolt they will give to inflation

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Trump's reciprocal tariffs:
1) Impose hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on Americans without public/congressional input
2) Are based on secret calculations that have little, if any, connection to actual foreign trade barriers
3) Ignore all US tariff/non-tariff barriers, which in some cases are quite high
4) Are justified by a "national emergency" that reflects a total misunderstanding of how trade deficits work
5) Disregard US trade agreement commitments, including ones made by Trump himself
6) Will make us all poorer, and likely do real & lasting harm to the US economy (incl in manufacturing)
7) Embolden our adversaries around the world

And those are just the ones off the top of my head.

[Ira Kasoff @IraKasoff]

Give me a break. Hunter would never have been charged if he had a different last name. And do you think Trump would hesitate for a moment if this were his son? Speaking of putting family first, what about Trump pardoning Charles Kushner, and then making him ambassador to France?

[Jared Polis @jaredpolis]

While as a father I certainly understand President @JoeBiden’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country. This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation. When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation. Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.