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I have just read the Times Argus editorial in support of the soda tax. I have to agree the Legislature is really on to something here and that it could easily help win our race to the top of the list of most heavily taxed people in the country. But in the interest of fairness, equality and revenue enhancement, other sugary food items should be included in this revenue generating and obesity fighting scheme. As pointed out in the editorial, one can (eight ounces, I presume) of cola contains eight teaspoons of toxic disease-causing sugar. Thats 32 grams of sugar. Pure Vermont maple syrup has about 36 grams of sugar per teaspoon. That, friends and neighbors, is 400 grams per eight ounces. Clearly this stuff is more toxic than nuclear waste from Vermont Yankee, and in fairness should be taxed accordingly. Shall we talk milk, five-pound bags of sucrose, corn syrup, molasses well, never mind. You get the point. Theres big untapped tax money here.
As the editorial points out, there is other stuff that could, using the soda tax logic, further enhance Vermont tax revenues and help us win the race to the top of the list of most heavily taxed people in the nation. Im talking fat and salt. By the Jesus, I bet you could generate at least half a buck of tax from a large pepperoni pizza. Think of the possibilities, hot dogs, bacon, ham, pickles, lard, Crisco, Cabot cheese, etc., etc., ad nauseam.
Further, I also propose that the Legislature should investigate a very dangerous chemical solvent that is pervasive in our environment and ripe for taxation for the good of our citizens. This stuff, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causes, on the average, 10 deaths per day, and between 2005 and 2009, 3,533 people in the U.S. died owing to exposure to high concentrations of this chemical solvent. This chemical is so abundant that it could be taxed by the gallon, as is gasoline, and still generate big tax bucks. Quite obviously dihydrogen oxide is a prime candidate for revenue enhancement. Never heard of dihydrogen oxide? You must have not taken high school chemistry or you did but did not remember any of it. Dihydrogen oxide is water. Tax it!
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Detroit left-hander Drew Smyly is set to make his first start of the season in the series opener against the Angels on Friday.
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus wanted to split up Smyly and Rick Porcello, and the revised rotation that has Max Scherzer pitching the second game of the series and Porcello the third will accomplish that aim. Tuesday's postponement in Detroit forced Ausmus to move Smyly's turn back.
"He certainly understands," Ausmus said. "He's been a pro about it the whole time, and he continues to be. Unfortunately, the schedule and the weather have just wreaked havoc on our pitching rotation."
Because of two postponements and three off-days so far this season, the Tigers haven't yet needed a fifth starter. In two middle-relief appearances, Smyly has combined for six innings of work, striking out six and allowing just two hits and no runs.
Smyly will face a powerful Angels lineup that, despite frigid temperatures in Detroit this week, has the ability to play long ball. Roughly 50 percent of Los Angeles' runs have come via home runs. Mike Trout is tied for the American League lead with five.
Ausmus is very familiar with another Angels slugger, Albert Pujols, from his playing days in Houston when Pujols was on then-division rival St. Louis.
"When you're playing against those guys, you're just hoping they're not in a position to hurt you," Ausmus said of home run hitters like Pujols, who is four homers away from 500, and Detroit's Miguel Cabrera. "… There [were] plenty of times when [Pujols] got us. You can't avoid every situation."
In the Los Angeles dugout, the Tigers will notice a familiar face in the recently called-up Brennan Boesch. He was brought up from Triple-A Salt Lake on Wednesday to replace injured outfielder Kole Calhoun. Calhoun is expected to miss four to six weeks after his ankle injury from Tuesday's game turned out to be a "bad ligament sprain," according to his manager, Mike Scioscia.
Boesch played in 380 games for Detroit from 2010-12, and he finished fifth in AL Rookie of the Year Award balloting after the 2010 season. He will likely be in the lineup in right field against right-handed pitching, making a Friday start against the lefty Smyly unlikely. But as part of a platoon with Collin Cowgill, Boesch should see at least a few at-bats in his return to Comerica Park.
Countering Smyly for the Angels will be ace Jered Weaver, who hasn't met expectations so far this season. Weaver is 0-2 with a 5.79 ERA. He has a 4.97 career ERA against the Tigers.
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The Angels are 7-8 entering Friday's game, yet they had led in five of those eight losses. Four times, they had been beaten in their opponents' final at-bat.
Which is why Scoscia and pitching coach Mike Butcher were among those who huddled part of the day Wednesday to reassess their relievers, situations, and who pitches when.
"You start the season with pseudo roles that you hope develop," Scioscia said. "If things aren't going in the right direction, you have to make adjustments, and we are. We have better arms down there than the way they're performing."
The Angels' bullpen entered Thursday's games ranked 12th in the AL with a 4.66 ERA, with 23 walks issued in 48 1/3 innings.
Tigers: Veteran Gonzalez inconsistent at shortstop
If there's a fountain of youth for 37-year-old Tigers shortstop Alex Gonzalez, it appears to be up the middle. It's where he has consistently made his better plays on defense, the latest being a rangy stop and toss to start a double play on Jason Kipnis to end Thursday's opening inning.
Gonzalez's miscues or non-plays, by contrast, have mainly come in other directions, either in the hole or charging in. It doesn't seem to be an arm issue, so much as range or positioning. He committed one of three Detroit errors Thursday.
"Alex has scuffled a little bit at times defensively," Ausmus said Wednesday, "but I think he's also a much better defender than what we've seen. So I think in that sense, I'm being a little more patient. But Andrew [Romine] needs to play."
Thursday marked Gonzalez's fourth consecutive start at short after he and Romine essentially split the first eight games.
Worth noting
• In addition to being tied for the AL lead in home runs, Trout is the leader in total bases (42), and ranks second in slugging percentage (.646).
• Detroit center fielder Austin Jackson's two hits Wednesday night against Cleveland gave him his fourth multihit game of the young season.
• The Tigers dropped all six of their meetings with the Angels last season, including a late-June series at Comerica Park, when they were outscored, 24-13.
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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- Temeritus: "Ere, blimey, if it isn't Harry Potter! Read all about you I has. Everything. Always in the paper you are."
- Harry: "Er, yeah. Only, most of it's not true."
- Temeritus: "Not true?! Not true?! Aw, it's in black and white innit? Got to be true."
- — Termeritus Shanks's portrait and Harry Potter in 1995.[src]
Temeritus Shanks[1] was a wizard. He seems to like reading newspapers, and is interested in knowing the headlines of the day. He believed every word he read on the Daily Prophet, including the stories about Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore published during the 1995–1996 school year. There are portraits of him hung on the walls of Hogwarts Castle.
1992–1993 school year
In early 1993, Shanks had a portrait at the Grand Staircase, hung immediately below the ground-floor landing. [2]
1993-1994 school year
In September of 1993, Shanks had a portrait on the seventh floor.
1995–1996 school year
By 1995, Shanks had a portrait hung at the Hogwarts Library, guarding a shortcut to the fourth-floor corridor, under the password "No news is good news". Said shortcut was reserved to the staff only. When Harry Potter, who was being highly discredited by the Daily Prophet at the time, asked if he could use this secret passageway, Shanks made an exception for the student was constantly featured on the paper. The portrait agreed to give the student the password in exchange for the headline of the day ("TRAGIC DEMISE OF MINISTRY OF MAGIC WORKER", concerning Broderick Bode's assassination).[3]
Shanks had another portrait at the Grand Staircase, concealing a secret passage to the Clock Tower Courtyard. Its password was "Audaces fortuna iuvat"[4]
1996–1997 school year
Shanks's portrait was kept at the same place at the Library, but hiding a different shortcut, leading to the Grand Staircase. The new password was "Happy Headlines".[5] The same shortcut could also lead to the second-floor corridor[6]. When Shanks heard Harry Potter talking to Hermione Granger about Draco Malfoy's mysterious endeavours at the seventh floor, he gladly told him the new password in order to help him on what he deemed a "big scoop".[5]
Personality and traits
Temeritus Shanks was quite a naive wizard, believing everything he read on the papers.[3] Despite this he was brave, speaking Lord Voldemort's name out loud when he was at large.[5] He would gladly help students in matters he deemed to be sensational, to the point of giving his password to them despite the passageway being reserved only to the staff.[5]
Behind the scenes
- Shanks may have passed away sometime prior to 1991 as many portraits hung at Hogwarts Castle depict deceased individuals.
- Temeritus was voiced in both the video game version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video games by Jonathan Kydd.
- Shanks's portrait was based on a real-world portrait of a young King James I of England[1].
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (First appearance) (Appears in portrait(s))[7]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (PS1 version only) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears in portrait(s)) (First identified as Temeritus Shanks)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) - Chapter 22 (The Diary)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - GBA version
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) - NDS version
- ↑ Seen under the entrance to the Grand Staircase.
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- The Second Triannual NOISE JAM
- A concert of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments.
- Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, 8 pm
- Location: in the Hackatorium, front room at Noisebridge, facing Mission Street.
- Duration: about 15 minutes
The Noisebridge Orchestra is a free and open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone in the Noisebridge community (which means, everyone on planet Earth) can be a member of the orchestra.
Music performed by the Orchestra gives meaning and shape to Noise. Noise is a bridge to enlightenment: a Noisebridge.
The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the NB community to come together, away from the dramas, the list, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration. The Noise Jam is a celebration of the freedom that Noisebridge embodies.
To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, Snack Wrangler, Videographer, Photographer. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.
- Bedlam: During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.
- Whisper: This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.
- Pulse: Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.
If you build your own instrument (of mineral, vegetable, circuitry, or code), then you've already passed the audition. No music experience required.
- You must build or program your own instrument.
- No unaltered, pre-recorded music.
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That loony idea fuses with all the other nonsense Americans fall prey to and defend. One could be forgiven to presume that this lot lives still in the middle ages. They certainly do when it comes to measurements.
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That loony idea fuses with all the other nonsense Americans fall prey to and defend. One could be forgiven to presume that this lot lives still in the middle ages. They certainly do when it comes to measurements.
The problem has another solution and that is to confront the trillion dollar informal economy.
This could be nearly eliminated by abolishing all hard currency. A cashless infrastructure would also reduce crime to such an extent that policing and justice costs would be decimated.
Eight million alien workers would then have to gain citizenship with the added benefit that they will contribute to taxation.
Also, banks supporting secret accounts should be put on notice that they will become financially ostracized after some given leniency period.
The US population is about as likely to go "cashless credits" as to surrender their guns universally.
One of the purposes of cash is to allow transactions to occur that are not under the watchful eye of government. If I want to buy a copy of Time or TE or Atlantic Monthly, cash lets me do that without it contributing to my "library list."
And I'm a left leaning Independent saying that, so I can ABSOLUTELY understand why most rightwingers would be adamantly against that idea, EXCEPT for the very top level fascists in both parties who want national rfid chipped ID cards, or worse, implants, and a cashless society so that the movement of every person can be surveilled. We were already hoodwinked into outrageous forfeitures or abridgments of rights and privacies by the so-called Patriot Acts, also offensive to right and left wing individuals.
Making payroll be mandated as a paycheck situation, tracked and entered into accounts and tax records mandatory, with forced Identity proof for workers be the law nationally does make sense, if for nothing other than taxation, but that doesn't force a society to go cashless.
Forcing banks to report all accounts and activities, including transfers out of the country by wire or any other device, makes sense, but does not force us to go cashless. Going cashless is an opportunity to spy on every person in the country by recording every dollar they spend, where, how often and with whom.
That will not fly, and neither party will allow it to happen.
Our nice northern friends in Canada already mint beautiful platinum coins. Just get them to lend us 20 of them in exchange for approving the Keystone oil pipeline and free National Park passes. We will then owe Canada about $30,000. Grind 'Canada' off their coins and stamp in 'USA' in its' place. ('United States of America' wouldn't fit. The letters would be so small, the new coins would look funny.) The Queen will still be on one side, but a lot of Americans like the Royal family. And getting rid of the debt will be worth it for most of the rest. Those who object to having a foreign sovereign on their money, will have to swallow their pride. Everyone has to sacrifice something to fix this debt crisis. Value the new coins at a $trillion each, and send them to the Fed, or wherever they need to go. Credit our account at the banks, and we end up nearly $4 trillion in the black. YES !!! Send Canada payment from the new dollar stash for the coins we borrowed, and that's it. Problem solved, thanks to the magic of paper money generation. How easy is that.
This worked out very well for Argentina. It is also a great plan if you feel like spending $80 on a gallon of milk. Understand the very basic law of inflation before making such inane comments. If your theory was true, why would we not make half a billion trillion dollar coins? Every last individual would be a trillionaire.
The inflation scare mongers are here! Grab your gold money and gun and run! ;)
Please tell me: Where is the runaway hyperinflation? Should be here for at least 2 years now.
Just the scare mongers hyper inflated their lungs and bought money.
And now we have made this recession worse in Europe because all want to cut spending at the same time all the others stopped spending. And we germans want to compensate by selling our goods abroad. Who will buy them if all stop spending? And why invest if all stop consuming?
This is a typical case of spin doctoring. W.W. ignores completely the story behind this "trillion dollar coin" idea. This coin has been suggested only as a means to defuse the Tea Party idiots who want to implode the U.S. government by not increasing the "debt ceiling". They want to go "nuclear".
If they go nuclear so can the President of the United States! The trillion dollar coin is the anti nuclear nuclear bomb.
This is a typical case of willfully citing out of context.
Please read the original articles in Paul Krugmans blog at the New York Times.
And by the way: There will be no cheap gas and fuel from shale gas. It´s an utter fantasy of the oil addicts. There will never be enough cheap energy for 10 billion people on this planet like there was for 5 billion. It´s very costly in terms of energy units to produce liquid gas out of warm gas from shale deposits. You need to burn massive amounts of this gas to cool the rest to become a dense liquid. That means much more CO2 per m^3 gas then now while it comes as a byproduct from oil drilling or from Russia. That´s why oil drillers burn it and don´t liquify it.
Not getting what you want isn't a reason for doing what you shouldn't.
Natural Gas is already very cheap because of the shale boom and the difficulty in exporting it to global markets. As for shale oil, it has no doubt lowered prices some and will help keep price rises in check, however shale oil will not have as much of an effect on the oil price because it is easy to transport and sell on global markets.
BTW- Krugman the so called economist likes the idea.
even though I and my colleagues do not like his "economics", we are 100% there with his politics. The problem is that even though his economics is still full of crap, it's a lot better than other mainstream economists. Now go read a book instead of pretending you're someone "in the know" about Krugman's knowledge or lack of knowledge of economics.
Don't assume to understand what I know. I'm a follower of Milton Friedman. You may have heard of him. Krumgan economics and politics are not sound. Perhaps you should do more studying.
"Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with".- Milton Friedman, economist
Would this mean that the value of platinum ingots already owned by some folks would have a value based on the relationship between the weight of those ingots and the weight of the monetized coin? If so, sounds like something I could support.
Edit: Sorry, It's late and I missed the humor.
Congress has to approve the making of coins.
They already did: 31 USC § 5112 - Denominations, specifications, and design of coins. That's the whole point of the discussion.
they didn't approve this coin.
thanks for your worthless comment
Again, the point of the discussion. Congress wont need to approve making the coins. The executive branch will approve "commemorative coins" to be held by the fed. The only difference between making this coin and printing off an extra trillion in twenties is you would need a bigger place to store it.
This will never work. The entire stock of platinum ever mined is worth about 500 billion. Assuming you could buy all of that, you still only have about 2-3% of the total debt outstanding.
You did not get it. It´s only relevant because the number on such a platinum coin is not regulated.
The real value of paper money is also not what is printed on it. The coin becomes 1 Trillion dollar worth because the President wants him to be so.
The FED also has nothing in store that is worth the sum of money they give to banks and treasury.
Only or now and future productivity makes money, gold or other things worth something.
And how much paper would it take to print $100.00? Same as it would to print $100 BILLION- the engraving plate would just need to add a few more zeroes....
By the way, the NRCC just tried to make this same point on their website that the amount of platinum needed to mint this coin would "be enough to sink the Titanic". Then again, these are the same folks who gave us "death panels", so they're either ungodly stoopid or masters at willful misinformation. Odds are on the latter....
It is a testament to the sorry state of american economy and politics that such lunacies are seriously discussed. Putting a platinum shell on it does nothing to change the ghastly spectre of monetary government financing.
Have they all gone mad?
I might be misunderstanding something, but are the 'mint coins!' Brigade seriously advocating runaway inflation? Because surely if you vastly increase the money supply, that's what you get. It doesn't matter if your only intent is to pass it between government departments, the total supply goes up.
It seems such a ridiculous idea and in defiance of years of economic catastrophe lessons that I think I must have misunderstood something.
>Because surely if you vastly increase the money supply
It's good that's not what the Trillion Dollar coin involves, then.
Historically, when nations have racked up huge debts, the problem has been solved with runaway inflation, or some controlled variation of it. It will most likely happen this time too because it is the only realistic way to solve it. You can only cut expenditures so much (not much at all really, and there is even a theoretical floor) and you can only raise taxes so much (there is a theoretical upper limit). the inflationary solution has literally infinite potential, and the consequences are not seen until after your term as president/congressman or whatever. It can even be blamed on whatever external factor seem convenient (Post WWI Germany used the Jews, Zimbabwe are blaming Western sanctions and so on), while as whoever tries to implement tax raises and spending cuts have to carry the full poltical burden of it. Most people with an ounce of realism in them probably realize by now that that is what is going to happen, even if it seems distant in today's super-low inflation cycle.
Not quite true. Sometimes the problem is solved through default (Argentina*) or growth (Europe post WW2) or austerity (only accosaionally successful). Nonetheless what you say is broadly true.
*The inflation mess they are in now isnt related except that it is a consequence of 'getting away with it' last time
Oh it does. The implicit message that unlimited amounts of money will be created at will may do more damage than actually putting 1 trn dollars into circulation.
My understanding is that the trillion dollar coins would be minted with the stated intention of converting them back to debt once the debt ceiling is lifted. Therefore, there should be little impact on inflation expectations.
Considering that US government revenue during the Clinton administration was 20 percent of GDP and, due to the destructive Bush tax cuts, is now just over 15 percent of GDP, it is blatantly obvious to me that we have a revenue problem and that was the primary reason we had a recession. (Well, that and the income redistribution from the middle class to the very rich that has been going on since the Reagan administration.)
A solution to our deteriorating economic balance will require increased taxes and a strong reduction in corporate giveaways. That won't happen while the Republican radical fringe dominate the House of Representatives.
Money supply does not cause inflation. Spending vs demand does. Money supply has grown enormously since the beginning of the crisis and inflation has gone down. The Trillion Dollar Coin supports spending at the current legislatively mandated level and thus does not impact inflation any differently than raising or better yet eliminating the debt ceiling.
"Historically, when nations have racked up huge debts," they were on a commodity based monetary system, silver or gold, and they didn't have a Central Bank like the Fed tasked with keeping inflation within bounds. Yes, there will be some inflation, hopefully controlled, but likely not because of the Trillion dollar coin. Quantitative Easing has put as much if not more money into circulation in order to keep us from hitting a deflationary spiral. If and when inflation starts to increase, raising interest rates and other monetary functions to tighten and reduce the money supply will be used to rein it in as long as we hopefully are approaching full employment. We can also practice Greek/EU style austerity at that point and tamp the over exuberance down a bit.
The Trillion Dollar coin is simply one proposed, and a good one IMHO, mechanism to keep one small faction of one party from holding the whole political system hostage in order to get what they want or wreck the economy. Only from the standpoint of not knowing exactly what repercussions, mostly psychological, might result is it a bad idea. The Debt Ceiling requirement is a horribly bad idea that was used responsibly yet in my opinion implemented unnecessarily and requires an innovative approach to work around.
Besides, just the threat should get the House Republican Tea Party Caucus to think twice about now trying what they nearly did in 2011. If I were Obama I would make a big deal of ordering the Treasury to select a design ASAP and mint 20 of the coins right now so that they are ready to use. Pictures of the coin are a much more graphic and physical reminder that the President is not going to let them wreck the full faith in the credit of the USA for purely political ends.
>Oh it does. The implicit message
So, it increases the money supply through implicit messages?
I had not idea you could do that. Next, we'll use subliminal messaging to cut the defense budget.
>So, it increases the money supply through implicit messages?
Sure as hell. Such blunt move undermining the trustworthiness of a currency would see reduction of US dollars held as reserves, and dumped into circulation.
Seriously, it worries me that such idea is even considered and gains some traction. Thinking that it will have no repercussions is ridiculous.
No president will default on the US debt. To do so would needlessly weaken our power and for no good reason. The mandamus of the Supreme Court will be suspended (by the same constitutional measure that created it) and the treasury will be ordered to print dollars as needed. The Congress will then have to decide if they want to impeach the president for his actions. They won't. A dream of a Greek style default is just that. The dream that the executive branch won't exert the tremendous power and potential power that accrues to it in time of emergency.
The US won't default on its treasuries. It can default on Social Security or other obligations.
Oh that would be good. Let children, retired and disabled people be thrown out of housing, not get fed or their meds. Not to mention the hit to the economy that might entail - like EU austerity. Oh, and interest rates on the debt go up so we owe more and more so we have to cut more entitlements so more people lose their SS they paid into for decades and the economy gets even worse. Good solution - people die and lose their jobs so the accounting looks nicer to satisfy some people who are concerned only about numbers. How about since we run on a fiat monetary system to just pay the bills?
The Upside Down Jenny Aeroplane US Postal Stamp has a collectors value of over $500,000 per stamp, and cost about a penny to produce.
Here is an idea to raise $10 Trillion to pay off the debt:
The Post Office Prints over several hundred million stamps each day.
Print 20 million stamps with 'mistaken' upside down portraits.
Sell these mistaken stamps for a marked premium--say several hundred thousand dollars.
Use the profit for Treasury Revenue.
Hopefully there are enough rich fools to sustain this.
USPS could (mis)print Romney POTUS stamps and make some money on it :)
Why bother with minting platinum coins when the government can sell/lease mining rights on Mars to the Fed - then repackaged and sold to investors.
At least Mars is out there for everyone to check its existence :)
Despite your obviously frivolous intent, you've touched on a crucial point - Treasury has some sort of explicit authority under existing law to mint the coin and sell it for more than its cost of production. There's that fig leaf of legality to rationalize the program - thin, but 'thin' is all it takes. The Executive has no existing legal authority to sell rights to Mars.
There being no established market for such a coin, there is no reference-price to compare it to, as there would be if the government gave one bbl of oil from an NPR (stuff it routinely sells) to the Fed in exchange for the return of a $1 trillion of Treasuries. So, the coin can be 'worth' whatever the Fed and Treasury say it's worth. Still, the transaction is not 'arm's length' in any sense; matter of fact – it's just plain corrupt. Our government shouldn't operate in this manner.
Frivolous as it may seem, if not for Mars rocks, the ones collected on the Moon certainly have a market value.
See "The Case Of The Stolen Moon Rocks"
"... a collection of lunar samples worth as much as $21 million."
My point was that there's more value in stuff on Mars than in whatever balance sheet acrobatics the Treasury and the Fed are doing.
That would require congressional action which is exactly what the platinum coin is intended to avoid. The president can't sell Mars by executive order.
Interesting idea (however humoristic)! It reminds be of this episode in French history (17th or 18th century) when it was decided to issue government bills whose repayment was supposed to come on expected future discovery of gold in the country's mines.
Needless to say it did not turn out well for those who invested in those bills.
None of you get it at all yet. The coin could be plastic, it has no real world value and needs none. That is what a fiat monetary system is.
Since 1971 we have been printing paper dollars with only the full faith of the US government behind them thanks to Nixon and it is a good thing.
The only reason the coin is proposed to be platinum is that Congress dictates exactly what gets minted from copper, nickel, silver and gold. After that pretty much only Platinum is left (though possibly you could use brass or even lead since it will just sit in the Fed vault and not get spent).
If I were the Fed I would want that coin to be insured!
AIG or whatever consortium could make some money out of it - and thus increase GDP.
I'm in the dark how much it would cost... probably a few Billions a month.
Just having fun on the issue.
Actually, minting $100 conmemorative medals of St Obama of the Cornucopia and selling them to the Democratic faithful should raise enough to finance the country... for about ten seconds.
But they'd feel great afterwards for "doing their part" and they could go on demanding everybody else's taxes go up with a clear conscience.
Gotta love the 47%. ;)
Actually, 53% ... the 47% was Romney's share of the vote by ballot number.
What you have done with your thought though, is levy another tax - for that is effectively what taxes do (seling a government service (!) by compulsory mulcting of earnings), all you'd have to do would be to make puechase compuslory. Then - you'd ahve 53% supporting the 47% in reality......... well done, the Red Team (again).
I think the backers of this scheme are being very unambitious in their thinking. Why stop at a $1trn dollar coin, mint a $15trn dollar coin and pay off the debt.
It only works (sort of ethically) for Treasury debt held by the Fed. Selling a coin that cost like $10k to mint to the Fed for $1 trillion is actually a Fed-forgiveness of the debt - everybody gets that. But it's not new money - the cash the Fed QEd into existence to acquire the Treasuries it holds is already 'out and about' somewhere in the economy.
In theory, the Treasury is obligated to return that cash to the Fed someday - but that's just theory. Everyone understands that redemption of the debt is never going to happen - just as we all understand that Greece is never going to repay what it's borrowed from Germany. It's a cloudy legal question if the Fed has the authority to just flat-out forgive the Treasury its repayment obligation - the 'sale' of the coin gets around that cloud - dangerously and unethically IMO. (Obama's developing a nasty habit of flagrantly ignoring the laws whenever it suits his purpose – we have several (increasingly frequent) episodes of it already in the record.)
So, as to the Fed's current holdings, it's really no more than an accounting exercise, one which reduces nominal debt and opens the door for more Treasuries to be issued without violating/raising the debt-ceiling. This isn't the case if the same tactic is applied to other agencies' holdings - or even more so, to NEW QE$ beyond what have already been released; more inflation is baked-in-the-cake if the concept is extended into these areas.
"Obama's developing a nasty habit of flagrantly ignoring the laws whenever it suits his purpose – we have several (increasingly frequent) episodes of it already in the record."
You mean doing what presidents do? Some other notable examples:
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
...and probably every presdident that came before. In fact, I'd say the only presidents who didn't have this "nasty habit" are Jimmy Carter, probably George Washington, and maybe Ike. Ike's exit speech was a thing of beauty promptly ignored. The military-industrial-congressional complex is alive and well sucking blood and gold from us continually. Our financial affairs will never be put in order without killing that complex.
Well, it's disappointing that you gave Wall Street a free pass on your Hall of Shame list - they'd be at the top of mine. I too think revolution is essential - but The Street wouldn't survive what I have mind.
I don't think the alleged prior sins of others justifies anything for anyone - another point on which we diverge.
The Weimar solution?
The folks on Wall Street just do what people do - get away with as much as they can. The problem is in the lack of good regulation and the "cops" to back up those regulations, and that blame falls squarely on Congress.
I don't give any president a "pass" for being like the others, I was just pointing out that to single out any one president is silly when it's pretty much par for the course. And, with the exception of "The War on Terror!" I think Obama has been pretty good about following the law (and things *always* get murky during war), though I'm sure you'll disagree.
If your sense of right and wrong is determined by what you can or can't get away with, you have what it take to 'make it' on The Street, lad, and you're right - I disagree and condemn that attitude, and all those who espouse it. All such persons are criminals, whether the "cops" bag them or not.
Announcing (ahead of an election) that the immigration laws will not be enforced against certain persons of a particular ethnicity, which ethnicity's votes happen to be crucial to the outcome of the election - that's not "par for the course", except maybe in parts of the Second and Third Worlds.
You really don't understand what I'm writing, do you? Dressing up your lack of understanding with pejoratives ("lad") just makes you appear to be a curmudgeonly jerk.
As I said before, your ire is misplaced - those on the Street (mostly) stay within the law. If you don't like their behavior, perhaps you should address the root of things - our broken Congress and campaign finance laws that allow a few monied interests to purchase congressmen and the laws they want.
"The folks on Wall Street just do what people do - get away with as much as they can."
That's you speaking, not me, fella.
There's nothing wrong with our laws. Policy-corruption in DC, for the benefit of The Street - ala HSBC - is indicative of the problem.
You're right about one thing - I am a "curmudgeonly jerk".
It actuallly kinda works to reclaim some of the seignorage (sp?) the Fed and the banks have benefited from for the last century.
No, just mint 100 of the Trillion$ coins and use one to pay down the debt every time someone bitches. Easier that way.
Perhaps you should have spent some more time reading up on the subject, W.W. Calling it a "monetary trick" that will somehow interact with anything other than debt ceiling is ridiculous - no money will enter the economy except that which is already being created, it'll simply be a coin passing between different sections of the government.
And really, fascistic? If it's fascist for the executive to complete it's constitutionally mandated duties in accordance with the laws passed by congress, then call me a fascist.
Thank you for this post, WW, and for placing this issue 'out there' for conversation on a reputable board. To date, the matter has been the brainchild and the 'wet dream' of denizens of the Left, like those on NEP and similar sites.
On its merits the 'PCS solution' is dangerous nonsense; which doesn't mean it won't gain traction. It is valuable, however, in that it directs our attention to the reality that there are 6 - not 2 - moving variables in this equation -
Explicit taxation
Spending restraint
Debt issuance
Forgiveness of inter-agency debt
'De facto' forgiveness of foreign-held debt
The financial, political and ethical implications of each of them, and their myriad combinations, is the stuff from which a genuine solution to our distress will eventually be crafted. The tenor of the conversation on those other sites, and on this thread, indicates to me that we're still in the 'reflexive emo stage' of the discussion. Once this phase has exhausted itself we'll have reached the point where it is feasible to begin serious consideration of actions to be taken (and those already taken 'sub rosa').
Please wake me when we get there.
Oh my, that could be a long time.
Good post.
Yet there are two options which deserve mention in addition to your 6:
- expanding GDP (and therefore tax base & tax revenue). This isn't as hard for government to do as you might think. Any measure which expands the taxpaying workforce (e.g. higher retirement ages, more middle class immigration); expands trade (e.g. common standards, processes & zero tariffs across NAFTA, EU, Japan, Korea & ANSAC); or expands productivity-boosting investment (e.g. lower corporation tax, fewer distortions, less burdensome regulation, faster court system, faster processing of government communication with business), etc would boost both GDP and tax revenue.
America has time to implement real structural reforms which would raise massive additional revenue and go a long way to reducing the deficit. But this will take both pragmatic and ambitious government with cooperation from Congress to pass sensible & essential reform (change!) without riddling every law with hundreds of pages of pork, shooting it full of holes, piling in dysfunctional complexity or holding stuff up for months till it dies of cold.
- issuing a few hundred billion dollars annually in additional debt to invest in (higher yielding) financial market assets, profiting from the yield spread to pay down net debt.
@Picky (née Teacup, née Buttercup) -
'Long as we have your comments to inform and entertain us, Madame - the time will pass quickly.
@S39 (née kid, née school-boy, née Scotty) -
Those things you mention are all IMO 'ambitions', appropriate and valuable as policy objectives in their own right; still, my list was more intended to focus on specific tactical 'tool box' items that can be brought to bear in crafting a solution. You do remind me that there is a 7th device which I should have listed, maybe the most effective one -
Foreign-sourced fiscal stimulus
We'll see you before then, I hope.
I'm afraid so, Doug - unless MS and RA convince the Admins to ....
I do think if the Obama administration does strike a billion dollar coin, it should have George Soros on the front and obverse.
How about Boehner?
heh heh.
Boehner on one side and Niobe on the other?
Soros on one side, The Koch brothers on the other. The we can just flip the damn thing to decide what Congress is going to do.
No-- Obama with tongue hanging out as "heads", Soros rear as "tails."
Let's get it done! We all know the ONLY way out of this mess is TOTAL Self-sacrifice across the board for EVERYONE... whether it be taxes or a reduction in spending. Let's get a leader that can sell self-sacrifice. We seem to be lacking big time in leadership. We are a great nation and we need to be called forth to do what is right and what will be hard on all of us for a few years to come. But we cannot pretend we can spend our way or show boat our way out of this mess.... Let's get it done!!!
Unfortunately it's not that easy (!)
If the Government cut spending AND there was consent across the board to raise taxes, so reducing every American's purchasing power, less would be bought, so less would be made, so employment and profits would go down ... just like going over the fiscal cliff - in fact that's what the fiscal cliff IS.
This is the paradox of thrift. We cannot all tighten our belts at the same time and expect things to get better by themselves.
Re: paradox of thrift.
Exactly right. Besides there are only two holes in the budget. The first is a dip in revenue caused by the cyclical down turn. Cyclical as in that will get better eventually. The second is that healthcare costs for the elderly are increasing faster than inflation, which is unsustainable. So the concept that we are in an emergency is wrong from the start. We are in a very slow moving disaster that will not hit crisis for decades unless we make it a crisis. This bodes poorly for our politicians who seem to both require a crisis to get anything done and who seem quite good at making up their own potentially nation hobbling crises.
Furthermore, we are barely out of recession and so now is precisely the wrong time to hit the brakes on the economy via austerity. We should be addressing medical costs and raising awareness of the consequences of not making tough choices in that area. We have decades to do this. I think we are listening too much to those who fear the bond vigilantes. This is egged on by a minority who would prefer to undo the social insurance schemes of our nation so that over all taxation rates can go down.
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Phoronix: Cracking Broadcom's VideoCore With An Open Driver
Nearly two months ago I wrote that a major open-source ARM announcement was coming. "This forthcoming announcement, which isn't being detailed yet but will be yet another Linux graphics exclusive for Phoronix the near future, is something entirely different from the other recent open-source ARM Linux graphics advancements" So what's the announcement?..
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope they can open up all the features of VideoCore processor. It would be a big boon to hobbyists using the Raspberry Pi, which is fully open (except for the Videocore).
Well, he did say he's specifically not fond of Belgian lambics. He's also not fond of American beers, although I'm not sure if he's tried any of the more expensive ones. The thing about beer is the water you use does make a significant difference, so if you don't like the water that a drink came from, chances are you won't like the drink either (compared to competitors). This was an issue to Coca Cola and as far as I'm aware, they only get their water from 1 location, to ensure that it tastes the same no matter where you are in the world - but maybe I'm thinking that they only get water from 1 location per continent.
Anyways back to the topic, great job to those who are making such success. Lets hope Broadcom doesn't freak out about this, but I'm sure they would have by now if they sincerely cared.
So somebody is working on VideoCore. Huge news. We've known this from day -1. Even when we didn't *know*, we would have guessed.
I guess I was expecting too much when I hoped the "announcement" would come with some actual details.
I'm supprised they don't use the BCM 97012 (or whatever that number was, it was even int he article but i'm lazy looking it up). They have those cores, why not use them?
Anyway, it was indeed only a matter of time. Whether they crack the GPU however, is a whole another level. As that one is quite integrated into everything.
What I still don't get, is why Broadcom choose the Broadcom SoC. Alternatives probably didn't maybe exist back when they where designing the Pie (or where there?) But the AMLogic CPU sounds very promising (with, albeit unlicensed atm, have actually source code out in the open for their VPU) and even the Allwinnertech A10 sounds more feasible then this Broadcom, the Mali 300 GPU (which is being worked on) isn't required to use and boot the device. So booting an A10 or AMLogic based board, can boot and probably even use 2D stuff, without any blob or firmware installed. That's pretty important IMO.
But with one of the pie devs working for broadcom, it kinda explains a thing or two.
Of course I ment, 'rasberry pie' inc. But of course I was stating the obvious
Aww, could somebody do this kind of stuff for UVD?
But good job anyway since you really do need a video accel ASIC for these small ARM thingies.


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- Contemporary take on tile-work design
- Works well with transitional or contemporary décor
- Handcrafted dhurrie flat-weave rug.
- 100% blended New Zealand wool
- Available in 5 colors – Black, Light Green, Orange, Teal and Yellow
- Naturally durable
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Flat-woven rugs have been a favorite for centuries. This unique patterns offers a look that is both casual and contemporary. Each dhurrie is hand-woven with100% blended New Zealand wool to insure years of durability.


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Series sweep? Four-game winning streak? The Nats go for both today.
What an incredible Saturday of baseball that turned out to be. Ubaldo Jimenez throws the first no-hitter in Rockies history. Felipe Lopez pitches a scoreless 18th but the Cardinals still lose to the Mets, 2-1, in a 20-inning marathon that lasted nearly seven hours.
And Livan Hernandez tosses a four-hit shutout, leading the Nationals to an 8-0 victory over the Brewers and a winning record for the first time in more than two years.
Steven over at FJB already noted this, but it's worth repeating: This was only the fourth shutout by a Nats pitcher since the franchise arrived in town. The others: John Patterson (Aug. 4, 2005 vs. Dodgers), Pedro Astacio (Aug. 15, 2006 vs. Braves) and John Lannan (July 21, 2009 vs. Mets). That Astacio game (a 2-hitter by a 37-year-old who didn't make it out of the third inning in either of his next two starts) ranks among the most bizarre events in Nationals history.
Anyways, the Nats will try to make a little more history this afternoon, going for a series sweep of the Brewers, a four-game winning streak and a 7-5 record. I'm wrapping up my weekend of yardwork, household errands and quality time with the wife, so I'll have to leave the game discussion to all of you. But I'll be back at work tomorrow for the start of the series against the Rockies, who all of a sudden have a star right-hander making a highly anticipated start Thursday afternoon on South Capitol Street.
Enjoy your Sunday…
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:35 p.m.
Radio: WFED-1500 AM, WWFD-820 AM
Weather: Mostly sunny, 55 degrees, Wind 14 mph LF to RF
CF Willie Taveras
SS Cristian Guzman
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Adam Dunn
- Andrew - Apr 18, 2010 at 2:54 PM
Nyjer Morgan off the bench today!
- Andrew - Apr 18, 2010 at 2:55 PM
…and Ian Desmond!
- MikeHarris - Apr 18, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Yo – come on down here and do some yardwork. Quality time with ME.I assume you mean complete-game shutouts but I wanted to ask. Stammen only went 6.1 in that miracle against the Mets last year.
- BinM - Apr 18, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Three words – Taveras. Leadoff. Ugly. I understand the rationale behind it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
- B.R. - Apr 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Adam Dunn should bat leadoff. I'm dead serious: Doug Davis has walked 5 guys in 7 innings so far this year, and last year he led all NL starters in walks (103). Dunn should bat leadoff. He'll get on base more than Taveras. True, you have a slow runner up for Guz and Zimmerman, but hopefully they hit well enough that you don't need a fast runner.
- B.R. - Apr 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Additional note: Dunn has walked 9 times against Davis in 43 plate appearances, giving him a .372 OBP against him.
- natsfan1a - Apr 18, 2010 at 4:49 PM
We were in the house yesterday, and also for Patterson's complete game shutout in 2005. In fact, we were talking about the 2005 going home on the Metro afterwards. A shame the way things ended for Patterson.
- Sam - Apr 18, 2010 at 4:50 PM
B.R., I like where your head is at. However, Riggleman is more of a traditional guy and would never consider that. I am confused as to why Taveras is leading off over a guy like Maxwell, who has speed and gets on base.
- meixler - Apr 18, 2010 at 5:28 PM
I just want to say that as someone who is only starting to follow baseball, this blog has been invaluable. I've been a lifelong 'Skins fan and am a huge fan of Redskins Insider on the washingtonpost site… but when it comes to the Nats, this website FAR outdoes what Adam Kilgore is doing on Nationals Journal.
- Doc - Apr 18, 2010 at 5:49 PM
If I were the Learners, I'd be asking Marquis for my money back–what a rip!
- Nervous Nats Fan - Apr 18, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Well, good thing the bullpen is fresh, because it's going to be a long 9 innings.Marquis straight to the DL?
- CWJ - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Marquis is really a black eye for the team right now. Talk about a buzz-killer. What's wrong with him this year??? He was never Walter Johnson, but this is getting ridiculous.
- greg - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM
wow.just…wow.9 runs, 1 out. so a 243.0 ERA so far for this game.
- greg - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:04 PM
erm, 10 runs, i can't add. 270 ERA.
- BinM - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Make a hole, make it DEEP.@greg – With no outs, Marquis' game ERA is infinite; His season ERA is now 20.27.
- BinM - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:18 PM
So much for Livo 'saving' the bullpen yesterday.
- greg - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:27 PM
binm, by the time they had 10 runs, there was 1 out (the sac fly).
- nicefellow31 - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I was very excited to watch the Nats game today. Thanks Marquis. Bullpen will be pitching a bunch of innings today.
- greg - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM
i suspect that, barring a big offensive explosion, batista will be taking one for the team today.
- BinM - Apr 18, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Rubbing salt into the wound – Marquis' stats through three starts: 8.1IP, 18H, 19ER, 9BB, 6K, 3.25WHIP, 20.27ERA. At $7.5M/yr, are we sure Snyder didn't sign him?
- Doc - Apr 18, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Too bad the Mets didn't sign Marquis–at least we'd have the benefit of hitting against him! Time to call up somebody/anybody, and DFA Marquis. Jeez, the nats were on such a good run.
- randomdude2228 - Apr 18, 2010 at 7:36 PM
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- randomdude2228 - Apr 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM
BinM – Actually, his ERA is undefined for the game, as x/0=undefined. Also, that's what she said.
- meixler - Apr 18, 2010 at 7:43 PM
That fifth helped a little… I'm just glad the game is semi-competitive again.
- Arlington BigFish - Apr 18, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Can a pitcher's skills deteriorate completely over the space of one winter? As I recall, Marquis was virtually unhittable against the Nats last year — or at least they were pounding his sinker into the ground with distressing regularity.
- Arlington BigFish - Apr 18, 2010 at 8:54 PM
One more thing: Adam Dunn is hitting .139. But then again, Teixeira is hitting .114.
- Suicide Squeeze - Apr 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM
There's a ton of people over at NJ (and a couple posts here) getting all over Rizzo for signing Marquis. Now clearly I could not (and would not) post here and say his performance is anything but abysmal, but any GM in Rizzo's situation would have signed Marquis in a heart beat, too. He was exactly the kind of pitcher that could provide stability to young rotation, and no one tried to bill him as Nolan Ryan. Just a solid signing to bridge a rebuilding, young team as the developing phenoms eased into their professional careers.And you don't DFA him. Skip a start first, demote him to the 'pen second, but you don't DFA him first.
- Doc - Apr 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Yeah, Marquis's going to the pen. Who's coming out, Batista or Clippard? Marquis has lost a bit off his fastball, but mostly its location. He's definitely not the pitcher he was last year. I agree; Rizzo did his best in this signing, it just hasn't worked out. You got to remember, he was left off the Rockies playoff roster.
- CWJ - Apr 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Well said Doc and Suicide Squeeze. I thought he was a good signing. A solid, average starter. But man he's lost…maybe a trip to the bullpen will help a bit.I don't think Clippard should become a starter, however. He's found his niche in the bullpen.
- Sunshine_Bobby_Carpenter_Is_Too_Pessimistic_For_Me - Apr 18, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Mark,On taking Sunday off:What did you know, and when did you know it?Nice call missing this Little League game
- Aeoliano - Apr 19, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Its not the signing Marquis that many in baseball question. Its the money they gave him. Clearly he is not worth the commensurate compensation.
- Aeoliano - Apr 19, 2010 at 12:12 AM
It looks like Atilano may currently be the best choice to replace Marquis/Batista in a starting / long relief role? Atilano at Syracuse has a 2 – 0 record as a starter. 1.64 ERA and 1.09 whip. 2 walks, 2 strike outs, and 2 home runs.
- Aeoliano - Apr 19, 2010 at 12:15 AM
Sorry … 2 walks and 9 strike outs for Atilano. And 1 home run. Now I can see why he was one of the last cuts. I guess he looked pretty close to ready to everyone in the FO and Riggleman.
- Anonymous - Apr 19, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Z — we missed you today. And to think I almost went to the park again today. Ugh. Actually I'm with the idea of not DFA'ing JM. But please, please, don't let take his next turn. I'll offer up my tired arm.
- Suicide Squeeze - Apr 19, 2010 at 1:01 AM
Aeoliano: Fair point on the amount paid for Marquis, but I submit the Nats had to pay a premium for anyone to come here after two 100+ loss seasons. Besides, SI criticized the Nats for paying Pudge $6m over two years, and how's that working out? Signing a Hall of Fame pitcher at whatever price opened the door to signing Marquis (so I guess we should all blame Ivan – ha!) and overpaying (if you think they did) Marquis made the point that the Nats would pay solid starters that were well below future Hall of fame status. (And it showed that their bids for Texiera and Chapman weren't just–or at least not entirely–PR stunts.)At this early stage one worked and one hasn't, but I would ALSO submit that you won't see why these two signings were important until one, two years from now when free agents start taking the Nats seriously and not just as a negotiating ploy to drive up other offers.
- Suicide Squeeze - Apr 19, 2010 at 1:02 AM
*Opps that should be "signing a Hall of Fame catcher" not pitcher. Damn these typo-cursed fingers!
- Andrew - Apr 19, 2010 at 1:57 AM
Doc said… If I were the Learners, I'd be asking Marquis for my money back–what a rip!Sure, after they get a refund from Kearns, LoDuca, Wily Mo and Estrada! LOL
- Anonymous - Apr 19, 2010 at 2:06 AM
Signing Marquis to a 2 yr. $15 million contract after the terrible second half of the season he had last year was dumb. It just proves once again that when management does open the wallet (rarely) they blow the money. Now we are stuck with this turkey.
- Anonymous8 - Apr 19, 2010 at 2:49 AM
Anon at 10:06PM- Don't you think this is why they are reluctant because of all the blunders on Free Agent signings?Adam Dunn is being paid $12 million this year and needs to get it going as Josh Whitesell could give you better D and slightly better production. Yeeeeeeeesh.