๐จNOW: Rep. Thomas Massie just stood on the House floor and named what every politician in DC has spent 58 years pretending did not happen
The USS Liberty. June 8, 1967.
34 dead American sailors. 174 wounded. Over 70% casualty rate on a virtually unarmed US ship.
25 minutes of Israeli jets, Israeli rockets, Israeli 30mm cannon fire, and ISRAELI NAPALM ON THE BRIDGE. Then Israeli torpedoes. Then Israel machine-gunned the lifeboats.
MASSIE: "They were intent on leaving no survivor."
Then the part nobody wants you to think about: the Saratoga and the America launched planes to help. The planes were RECALLED. The crew sat there bleeding for 17 hours.
Dean Rusk. Richard Helms. Admiral Moaner. The chief counsel of the Court of Inquiry himself. None of them believed the "mistaken identity" story.
And now you understand exactly why the entire DC machine and Israel lobby has spent the last year trying to primary this man out of existence.
You are not allowed to say the quiet part. He said it anyway.
Honor the crew. https://t.co/XuDLeFF4gJ.
@IAmRickGraham One takeaway: on the outside we think teams must be feeding guys even more nuanced data than we have. But clearly not unless heโs receptive to it. Massive gulf between this and Wrobleskiโs spreadsheets.
If it feels like Luzardoโs whiffs are down, well they are
FF and SW down 11% and 7% from April -> May
Sinker usage declined in May but used 50% as primary putaway pitch?
Thatโs asking for contact
He led with it today (93.4 EV)
Watch this absolutely insane back-and-forth in which @SecMullinDHS tells @ChrisMurphyCT that he has no obligation to follow court orders and defends ICE's noncompliance with "more court orders than some agencies violated in their entire history."
First time I can remember deGrom concern for non injury reasons
Pacing for almost 40 HR allowed
91.4 EV, 11.5 brl%, 46 HH% are scary QoC numbers too
5 top 10 round picks are bottom 20 in HR/9
@olivebaseball@BNightengale The funny part is owners have the most player cost control for the longest period in the current system.
To get a cap theyโre going to have to shave a year(s) of control.
Pillen was asked by a reporter how the order might affect Nebraskans who want to critique the government of Israel over the actions in the Middle East. Pillen recalled his trip to Israel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
He continued his answer by saying โanybody that wants to stand up and talk about โฆ the Palestinians, theyโve got to understand that those people are born to kill Jews and Christians. We have to stand up and deal with reality. Itโs as simple as that.โ
Oh please.
They *could* pay himโeven in capped leagues major stars make $40-50M per
We also need to start talking external benefits these owners receive
The Ilitches have been granted $1.8B (and rising) in land, tax benefits & subsidies from Wayne County and Detroit
This is why baseball needs a salary cap. Itโs going to stink when the @Tigers trade Skubal to the Yankees or Dodgers because they canโt afford to keep him.
https://t.co/SbBJz9BHGI via @freep
Manfredโs sh t mathโ
- the $515M for LAD includes their CBT bill
- bottom feeders $ is showing only payroll (sans CBT)
- funny part is LAD CBT $ subsidizes them
- also: communities foot the bill for adjacent land development but Rob & Co. wonโt call that โbaseball revenueโ
In case you were wondering how big a focal point the Dodgers would be in labor talks, here are some graphics sent by MLB to help make their case for a salary cap โฆ