“Ya lollygag the ball around the infield. Ya lollygag your way down to first. Ya lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry?”
“Lollygaggers.”
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.@mariners are a mess. They started some guy named Wisdom at 3rd and batted him 5th? And they had a guy batting 6th in RF named Connor Joe? Dan Wilson pushing all the wrong buttons.......They just tease and torment us. I miss football
I continue to be baffled by the recent daily news reports about the BILLIONS($) in losses incurred by legacy automobile manufacturers due to the scaling down or shuttering of their electric vehicle programs. A quick ChatGPT query came back with $67+ BILLION in reported write downs and losses by legacy OEMs in fiscal year 2025 alone.
I truly feel for my OEM friends.
They should not have been subjected this situation. They were forced by governments and overzealous politicians and regulators, not markets, to invest BILLIONS($) into programs to build cars that the market didn’t demand. I think a very important question needs to asked: what financial responsibility should governments have in a situation like this?
I’m a free market capitalist at my core. If these car companies made these investments on their own volition, then they need to accept full responsibility. However, in this case, all of them were aggressively coerced into making these investments by politicians with zero understanding of how markets work and what people want and can afford. Instead, ideological zealotry led to drastic regulatory overreach, and now one of the most important industries in the world is reeling from disastrous financial loss that will take a long time to recover.
And make no mistake, auto company workers and consumers will be negatively impacted as well.
With that being said, I think the question begs to asked: Should government’s that forced these programs on legacy OEMs be held financially responsible for all or part of the losses incurred for the failure of these EV programs?
Super Sky Point to Ace Frehley. When I was in 1st grade, KISS felt like a supernatural force. Half men, half mythology, and 100% badassery. You simply can’t write the story of pop culture and music in the 70s without “The Space Ace.” Let’s put on Shock Me and light one up. #RIP
Ace Frehley, Eddie, Me in awe…
📸: Danny Clinch
I heard about Ace Frehley‘s passing from Rick Friel who I played with in a band called Shadow. Rick was also the first guy on the bus in 1977 with a KISS lunchbox to tell me about Ace…just changed my life. I got a guitar in 1978 to join Rick‘s band Warrior which turned into Shadow. We covered “C’mon and Love Me”.
All my friends have spent untold hours talking about KISS and buying KISS stuff. Ace was a hero of mine and also I would consider a friend. I studied his solos endlessly over the years…
Just listen to “Alive”, I used his solo from “She” as a template. Ace jammed on “Black Diamond” with Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden…a dream come true for me.
I would not have picked up a guitar without Ace and KISS’s influence.
RIP it out Ace, you changed my life.
Thank you.
- Mike
Excited to put up Charlie as our Beast of the Month for August!! He’s put in so much time and effort this summer! We couldn’t be prouder of him and can’t wait to see him ball in 6 days!! #GoBears