Thoughts with Weller's Reserve on the week I turn 54...
Artemis II- I saw Artemis II and the mission to the moon described as "Competence Porn", and I understand completely. To see a hopeful, optimistic mission succeed in the world today is a wonderful thing. I'm torn on the idea of sending people back to the moon; it's a wonderful thing, but is it worth the cost, when there are so many other ways to spend the resources? But just knowing that we could is a good thing.
The War with Iran- I have thoughts. But I'd probably break down into incoherent cursing. Let's just say that if this ends with Iran able to extort $100 million per day to charges boats to safely travel The Strait of Hormuz, then I think we can all agree that this is a debacle that will take generations to recover.
Artificial Intelligence- you know, in retrospect it's probably a bad idea to give trillions of dollars to a company who has a CEO that has a consistent pattern of "lying". The lesson, we are learning once again, is that Character. Matters.
Sports- let's move onto lighter topics.
NBA- the playoffs start soon, and I'll make my predictions once the season officially ends.
LA Clippers- there still hasn't been any resolution on the Aspiration Scandal, where the LA Clippers tried to circumvent the salary cap for Kawhi Leonard. Some people think the contract will be voided, with the result being that Leonard could sign elsewhere. I have a much simpler and effective solution- Leonard's contract stays but the Clippers lose $25 million off their salary cap for the next five years. This hurts the team (and therefore discourages other teams from trying something similar) and punishes Leonard (who stays on the team when they can't improve)
NFL- the draft is in two weeks; I need to find a team to root for next year (I pick a different team to root for each year).
MLB- According to Sportrac, last year the Dodgers' Tax Bill was higher than the payroll of the Cleveland Guardians and ten other MLB teams. I am positive MLB is working as intended.
Be well, everyone.
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