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They said they did not get the info from the Blaze family. Typically why a news organization cares is that they are repeat players. If they are seen to be dishonest, or sloppy, they risk future access to information. It is reputational.

If you would care to propose a reasonable alternative I would love to hear it. But before you do, let's look at Tesla alone, the source of most of his wealth, and all of his liquid wealth. 43% of Tesla's profits derive from government largesse. YTD Tesla has made $2.1 billion from selling carbon credits provided to them by the government. Tesla has recently faced investigations from the Transportation Department and the Justice Department. Tesla has been fined for OSHA violations. Tesla has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Tesla has face enforcement actions from the EPA Tesla, and Musk, have been investigated by the SEC and found to have violated securities laws resulting in sanctions on Musk's tweets and fines on the company. The SpaceX list is longer and higher dollar value, by the way.

doh where were you 45 minutes ago when I could have fixed it?* *(It is the white hats that are to blame.)

I was not reducing it to the absurd, it was already there with your original post. I was just matching your absurd.

There is talk over on the PSU board about the possibility of 10 AAs this year, which got me thinking about that 2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers squad who remain the only team to do the deed. Ten toe the line, ten climb the podium. The ten Minnesota wrestlers were seeded 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 10, and 10. Using historical results that means they had a less than 1% chance of all ten AAing (0.8%). As a matter of fact, the most likely outcome (27.6%) would have been a mere 7 AAs. And the expected outcome was only 6.5. No matter how you slice it 10 is huge. And it was hugely improbable. The distribution of expected outcomes for that team, with those seeds, looks like this: Bonus Trivia: No team outside of Iowa has come within 1 of Minnesota. Iowa has had nine 7 times and Iowa State has done it twice.

You are right. Ferrari should not be included in my definition of 100%ers. If he wins four he will be an 80%er.

there is at least one

That was a conscience decision. Notice I do not have Keegan O'Toole on there for 2023 either. If Lewis or O'Toole had won four out of five (and not four in a row), I would have viewed them differently, and not in the same category as guys who won four in a row. Reasonable people could disagree.

Ever example of waste you provide is the result of someone's conflict of interest. Goat yoga studies don't just happen on their own. But you cannot bring yourself to acknowledge that Musk is quite possibly the most conflicted individual in the history of government.

It is facts used to bellyache about a great event. Here is another fact. The average here is 4, the average seed in last year's finals was 3.65. Why even bother having the NCAA's if they cannot guarantee 1 vs. 2 match ups?

Crazy times

What a bunch of bellyachin'

I would not say I missed them

That he used this episode to put it out there.

It does not make it untrue, or true. It just feels disingenuous.

I am pretty tired of Martin Floreani. That post was just his personal grievance. I watched the Flo clip and thought it was fine. Sure, a bit defensive, but fine.

The point of conflicts is to avoid them, not to wait until there is evidence that what was knowable before hand actually occurred.

The last refuge of the willfully ignorant. Believe what you want to believe in spite of evidence to the contrary.

I said what I was afraid of.

conflict is not a synonym for experience

You can take the quote marks off of conflicted. It is a long, high dollar list: Tesla is the largest beneficiary of zero-emission credits from the government that they turn around and sell to other manufacturers for billions (you can see this in Tesla earnings). Note: Weren't you against EVs? Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada received $330mm in tax credits. What are the odds he will determine a tax credit for one his projects is not efficient? SpaceX has a $2.89 billion contract to develop a lunar lander. Is there any chance that putting people on the moon will be deemed redundant by Musk? Do we need people on the moon? What if it costs $3 billion? SpaceX, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance all compete for government contracts. What are the chances a Blue Origin contract proposal will be deemed less competitive? What happens if Musk is allowed to see a Blue Origin or United Launch Alliance contract? Is that anti-competitive behavior? In total SpaceX has gotten in excess of $19 billion in contracts. Who will decide if those are efficient? Do we expect Musk to tell us when he padded the contract too much? Musk has often broken securities laws which sometimes lands him in trouble with the SEC. Will he decide the SEC is inefficient and move to cut funding? What about other agencies that regulate his companies?

But is the single most conflicted person the right one to do it?

I am going to say final 3 ala Blaze and Purdue.

Love that you have Verne Gagne in there.

Those are not the same. I refer you to the "let's not be naive" portion of my post. Note to @BobDole the site is trying to tell me naive is spelled wrong. It is not.