Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
It has to have been a long time since a team has had catchers batting 3rd and 4th.
Remind me which country is run by religious zealots….
So beautiful.
Eh, getting fired by a convicted felon can’t be any more embarrassing than working for one.
I have a feeling this one will never get old.
As Shrimp Thayer III I’m a bit offended by the implications of your statement, as are my pappi and gama pappi.
Only if the Blue Jays don’t make the playoffs.
How does 6 shutout innings with a WHIP of 1.00 and a strikeout per inning result in a B rating? What does a pitcher need to do to get an A rating?
I’m sorry for your loss.
Baseball made their deal with gambling a long time ago. The bigwigs realized one of the dirty Lille secrets behind US football’s success was that it was a HUGE gambling favorite.
One week till Opening Night! That means we're fully in the thick of our annual Positional Power Rankings series. Let's get you caught up on the positions we've run through so far.
First, here's @megrowler.fangraphs.com’s introduction of the series:
I only knew that because I had seen that a few months ago, but of course I couldn’t remember who or when. I do remember that even after Harumafuji’s zensho there was some speculation that if he didn’t win his second consecutive yusho impressively enough he might be denied promotion.
I agree with you about Aonishiki. This has been a huge disappointment in part because he has been such an overactiver. He’s had some bad luck in Haru, but it’s clear his aite have recalibrated and he’ll need to do the same. I believe he will.
Wasn’t there an ozeki who wasn’t promoted despite winning consecutive yusho? 12 wins followed by 11 isn’t really Yokozuna quality (in theory if not in current practice). Aonishiki will have another opportunity, and hopefully it will go smoothler.
Tough night for Japan, but it wasn’t Yamamoto’s fault, Things will always be dicey when starters aren’t stretched out in March.
Looking at how prisoners of war are treated is perhaps the most accurate way to judge how brutal any war is.
Dogs (and goats) rejoice!
$1.5T defense budget
$170B on ICE & Border Patrol
$100B on tax cuts for the 1%
$20B from Treasury for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$300M on Kristi Noem's jets
$100M+ for Trump to golf
$75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip
And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran?
Priorities.
You’re always good at covering a lot of information concisely, Tim.
I love the Chrysler building as well; the design of the tapering top is nonpareil.
The fact that they should do it almost certainly means they won’t. Imagine being recruited by Hakuho and then losing your coach and even your name.
Even Trump 45 didn’t attack Iran.
I don’t see how this ends well for Hakunofuji, unfortunately.
And you aren’t even including the direct scandal that happened under Asahifuji. The notion that he was ever going to show Hakuho how to behave properly was always a joke.
Then you should be a lock for the position. It’s even better that snow doesn’t phase you.
Can you throw? If you can’t, you have a chance.
I’ve said this previously, but it remains a valid question: How could any responsible parent entrust their minor child to the “care” of these guys?
Hard to know how true the first part is, although it certainly seems plausible. What we do know though, is that Terunofuji is almost certain to get off lightly.