Rabbi Peen Weinerstein
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“We've stopped making babies. We've decided that being distracted by a dopamine hit around Candy Crush might be a good way to spend your time. Not if you're a full human," former Sen. Ben Sasse says in an extended interview. cbsn.ws/4cA1Jrp









@TheRalphRetort Just curious, but did she have you call her Scarlett when you were alone, or did she prefer Delaney?






Don't you love filling out IQ tests just to apply for a job?




Not enough people talk about Dave Kingman • The archetypal feast-or-famine hitter • .236/.302/.478 (.780 OPS), 115 OPS+ • 442 HR, 1210 RBI, 3191 TB, 901 RS • Received MVP votes in 5 seasons • Top Similarity Score: Adam Dunn • 3x AS with NYM/CHC, 17.4 WAR • Reached 35 HR 6x, 115 RBI 2x • 2x HR leader, 1x OPS leader • Same OPS+ as Derek Jeter • Played for both NY teams • Pitched 4 innings in 1973 • (And struck out 4 batters) • (Also threw 2 wild pitches) • 4 HR in 8 games as a Yankee • 8 HR, .936 OPS v. Lefty Carlton • Averaged 37 HR, 101 RBI per 162 • Famously an asshole to everyone • Once sent a rat in a box to a reporter • 108 Rbat, -16 Rbaser+Rdp, -58 Rfield • (In fairness, also savaged by -95 Rpos) • Some one-dimensional HR superlatives: • Hit the longest HR in Wrigley Field history • 1982: most HR (37) with single-digit 2B (9) • 1986: most HR (35) with -1.0 WAR or fewer • For years, the most HR among non-HOF'ers • In 1979, Kingman recorded 1 of 9 player-seasons in MLB history with at least 48 HR in 145 or fewer games played, joining a list of inner-circle sluggers in Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, and Willie Stargell




A worker died after he was trapped under a debris during laying of pipeline on a road in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

















