Hugh

Family, Wilco, NYR, NYJ, NYM, LPGA, PGA, BC, PC, NYK- not necessarily in that order... like/retweet not an endorsement

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@wilco @SolidSoundFest 3 McCrory boys been at all 5 SSF - keeps on getting better!! #wilcolovesyou #raisedonwilco thx Nels @nelscline

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

The United States keeps sending this 80-year-old man to all these important meetings, at important places like the UN. This man they keep sending has a limited vocabulary, his face is garishly painted in orange pigment, his hands are bruised and covered in caked makeup, he has girdled pants, and I don't even know how to describe his hair.
Their stated purpose for sending this man to these high-level meetings at places like the UN, is allegedly so that he can speak to timely issues of the day impacting the globe, focusing mostly on America's interests.
But all he does - and all he EVER does - is talk about himself, how he is strong and others are weak, how he is smart and others are stupid, how he knows this and that better than anyone, how the many bad things said about him are false, and then he insists that what is actually true, is that up is down, black is white, and bad is good.
He will make grandiose threats to annihilate others without referencing their populations, and economically taxing others without referencing the collateral impact, including the impact on America. He will recite claims about wars he thinks he has ended, cite numbers he pulls right out of his butt, insult rivals and predecessors, as well as allies and adversaries alike. Some of them might walk out while he speaks.
And then - in increasingly incomplete and broken sentences - he will begin to rant, ramble, and riff, and while the subject might dwindle to the less consequential, the tone will remain the same - he is great, he is unpredictable, he will make decisions that impact all of them soon. The audience of dignitaries will collectively roll their eyes.
Before he finishes, he will repeat a few threats, put forth hyperbole, say a few things that nobody quite understands, and the audience's eyes will practically roll out of their sockets.
World leaders have made fun of this man privately at every turn, for years. They all know they cannot trust him; they all know the 80-year-old man is disordered and in decline. They know he is heavily medicated, and suspect - as rumored - he periodically craps his pants.
They hope and pray that if they wait it out a little longer, the 80-year-old man will be gone, and they'll have a more comfortable and less risky existence and a greater and more sensible discourse with someone else soon, and maybe - they can then get back to being friends with America.
They all look forward to the day when America will be worth being friends with again.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@WOKheil @SleeperMets @SleeperMLB Cora’s overrated…he did a putrid job with the new young core of the Red Sox; they dumped him for an organization guy and they surged to the playoffs… I did give this an 8 but no way with Cora, first timer Beltran or the other retreads

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@BruceBosclaire @MikeJanela This year wouldn’t have mattered . FL hit 226 in August , .202 in September … 198 in last 30 days , .160 in last 7 days etc …. He’s finishing out putridly .. could really be done.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@EvanandTikiWFAN @EvanRobertsWFAN @ShaunMorash Just now you didn’t mention the fact that JD walked out after halftime. Not in a brace etc. So you think he’s ok. So that adds to the “gut punch”

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

It's "Autumn Sweater" season

https://t.co/BSXymrkART

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@f1zzxp @CookedByGrimace @WillSammon Overrated Cora did a terrible job with the young core of the Red Sox- he gets fired and they surge into the playoffs..we don’t know if Beltran could coach his way out of a paper bag; my guess is No. Rest of the options are retreads who’ve been fired & first timers (no thank you).

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@GolfDigest @PhilionBob @TheBlackSeal Well, the Saudis chips are down, they’re infrastructure blown apart.. they’re out of cash and they need to buy their own missiles. .. b/c surprise surprise no support coming from the Bedminster Guy who never can be trusted… good thing for MBS that he’s a dictator

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@GolfDigest @PhilionBob @TheBlackSeal Chaos started when the Saudis thought they would be flush with cash forever & all this would at the very least (together with all the tourneys at his course, & billions for his son-in-law to invest) get them the support of the Bedminster guy when the Saudis chips were down 1/

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@TheMetsX Lindor has been terrible this year and it’s legitimate to question whether he’s on the downside. And yes injuries could be accelerating that decline. One fact - he’s gone 0-3 14 times, 0-4 19 times and 0-5 4 times. 0 fer in 37 of his 99 games. Brutal stuff for a LO hitter.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@JakeAsman How are @RalphVacchiano ‘s G-men doing tonight ? Talk about unwatchable, and Stafford has been wild. Don’t throw rocks Ralphie if you live in a glass house.

[Commonweal Magazine @commonwealmag]

"Trumpist rhetoric now posits American history as religiously centered, with the idea that there is a greatness to return to. No pope has had to deal with an administration that looks at the country this way."

The latest from @MassimoFaggioli:
https://t.co/2rlcswFTaD

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Worst-case scenario: AI destroys humanity.

Best-case: same.

[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

The Catholic Church in the United States will observe National Migration Week beginning September 21 and culminating with the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 27.

For over 45 years, the U.S. Catholic Church has celebrated National Migration Week by reflecting on its history as an immigrant Church and the ways in which the country has been enriched by generations of immigrants, including the many Catholics who have adopted this land as their own.

[Corso @bcorso_22]

@JetCastPod Remember jets fans wanted JSN to pair with Wilson in draft night and we went with the guy who no one had going in the middle of the first round. Unreal what we would have had.

[Annabelle 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @Folon15]

@McFaul

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

This is truly a great man. He has invested more in Ukraine than 185 countries combined.

Meet Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s middle son. He is 71 years old. He dropped out of college three times. He drinks Dr Pepper and looks for a McDonald’s wherever he travels.

Since the beginning of the war, his foundation has become the largest private donor to Ukraine: $1.4 billion.

Over four years, he has personally visited Ukraine 27 times.

In April 2022, he saw burned-out agricultural machinery and called the president of John Deere:

“How many combines are available in Europe?”

“Fifteen. All of them were supposed to go to Russia.”

“I’ll take them all.”

Then came all the available New Holland equipment in Europe. Altogether, more than 100 tractors and combines were provided to Ukrainian farmers.

He even tested demining equipment himself - on his own farm in Illinois, detonating explosives beneath rollers. When a Ukrainian deputy minister expressed doubts, Buffett told him:

“Stop counting my tractors. If necessary, I’ll blow up a thousand of them.”

Andriy Stavnitser initially asked him for $1 million for Superhumans. Buffett asked how much was needed to build the entire center.

“$14 million.”

“Okay. And what do you expect in return?”

“Nothing. Build it.”

Today, his support for Superhumans has reached $77 million, and the center has treated more than 1,700 patients.

But his largest area of spending is neither agricultural machinery nor prosthetics.

It is food: 642 million meals.

And that is only part of it:
* 344,000 windows replaced after Russian attacks;
* 9 bridges, 4 power plants, 2,500 generators, and 18 DNA laboratories;
* Much of Bucha rebuilt with his funding.

“I already have more friends in Ukraine than I do at home,” he says.

He celebrates birthdays in Ukraine, comes for Christmas, and even has a Ukrainian godson.

Friends, this is truly a great man - someone who understands that he cannot take all his money with him when he leaves this world.

I simply want to thank him and wish him well.

Whatever else one may say, this is real help from a person who had no personal obligation to Ukraine.

He simply chose to help.

Source: translated from the original text by Oleh Bairak.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@MetCastPod He’s hitting 224 this year and has gone 0-3, 4 or 5 in 37 of his 99 games this season. His O and D are sliding precipitously.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@JustinTFried @TheJetPress And next year again they’ll be saying that we need to draft high DL.

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@Osinttechnical But the Saudis spent billions golfers, had LIV tourneys at his golf courses and gave Kushner billions to invest. Money well spent Prince MBS???

[Hugh @hgmac6]

@EdwardW89606 @SNY_Mets @StevenACohen2 @EvanRobertsWFAN in 99 games this year, Lindor has gone 0 for 3, 4 or 5 a total of 37 times. That can’t be good. He’s hitting 224 in late September. That’s bad.