Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Trying to decide what was more shocking: how old Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank looked in the video from their draft war room or the absolute reach of picking QB Michael Penix with the 8th pick of the draft. At least I can understand Blank is just showing the effects of old age but that pick?... Be the first to admit that I may have been wrong about the demise of Meta/Facebook as they just reported revenue for the last quarter that exceeded expectations. Meta expects next quarter's revenue to be between $37.5 billion and $39 billion... Red Lobster is looking for a buyer and may have to declare bankruptcy. When's the last time you ate at a Red Lobster?... Would it be easier to list the sports podcasts that aren't having a special NFL Draft recap this morning? If everyone is doing it is it really a "special?"... Things that may only interest me: Tucker Carlson has 12.8 million followers on X but only follows one account. I just assumed that would be Elon Musk but no it's actually the Tucker Carlson Network instead. Carlson famously does not have a computer or TV... RB Frank Gore finished 3rd in all-time NFL rushing. One of the great "What Ifs?" of history is what would have happened if he never tore his ACL multiple times? Could he have been the all-time rushing leader?... Tip of the cap to the City of Detroit. That was a pretty impressive showing by fans at last night's draft. Having really nice weather was a big help too... A good argument that any company that has a DEI hiring policy should immediately disband their HR department. Something that was ruled against by a 9-0 vote by the Supreme Court was clearly illegal all along and keeping companies from illegally hiring people was one of the reasons for having a HR department in the first place... As a reminder of how imprecise the NFL Draft can be - Frank Gore was the sixth RB taken in the 2005 NFL draft and lasted until the 65th pick in the 3rd round... If you happen to know any cops or went to school with them you will realize that the police are just people like anyone else. There are good people and bad people and some are smarter than others. They do a very necessary and dangerous job which is why only the best people should be hired... Learn something new every day: the movie He Walked by Night gave birth to Dragnet as Sgt. Marty Winn of the LAPD was the technical advisor on the film and Jack Webb had a bit part. Winn suggested Webb do a production featuring real cases from the LAPD and Dragnet was born... OK I'll say it! We have all seen those stats that claim that 95% of the taxes are paid by the richest Americans and that only 5% of the taxes are paid by the poorest 50% of the country. Doesn't that mean that the richest are also paying the bulk cost the forgiven college loans? Not stating an opinion just making an observation... People have said that every great fortune is based on a crime. Most of the members of Congress are millionaires. Just saying...
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