Higher and higher levels of debt, this time mostly corporate (instead
of home mortgages), packaged into “collateralized loan obligation” securities
of decreasing quality. If this doesn’t bring back memories of the Crash of
2007, it should.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Did exactly 4,645 people die in Hurricane Maria? Nope.
That’s more like “4,645 ± 3,852”. Other attempts to ascertain the death
toll come out around 1,000 – which is still much higher than the official
figure of 64.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
June 8, 2018 – Giants 9, Nats 5 – Nationals Park
Attendance: 41,591
Duration: 3:04
Weather: 84 degrees, Cloudy
Wind: 5 MPH Out to Left
Umpires: HP: Kerwin Danley. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Carlos Torres. 3B:
Paul Nauert.
Section 316, Row C, Seats 1-3
Game notes – Strasburg didn’t look like himself, yielding 3 runs and
giving the visitors a lead they would never relinquish before leaving after the
2nd inning with what turned out to be right shoulder inflammation …
Giants padded their lead in the 4th with a 2-run Gorkys Hernandez
homer off Wander Suero, who gave up one more run in the 5th … Nats
fought back on a 2-run Soto HR in the 4th, 2-run single by Harper in
the 5th, and a pinch-single by Matt Adams in the 6th to
pull within a run … rather than responding with a shutdown inning, the Nats
bullpen (Kintzler/Grace) gave up 3 more runs in the top of the 7th,
and the Nats managed only one baserunner over their last 3 ABs
Other – large crowd for the Zim bobble, resulting in crowded concourses
and long concession lines
There are ‘nuggets of truth’ to what Trump says about trade
Yes, there are instances in which countries use high tariffs, quotas
and other barriers to protect some domestic industries and make it difficult or
impossible to import certain goods.
Of course, the United States is one of those countries.