Cary DeCamp

It is true that no one reaches a billion dollars by themselves. It takes a team, talent, hard work, and a foundation of previously created value creation on which new value is built. But this post is otherwise absurd and reflects his experience of a career almost entirely within government service, academia, writing, public commentary, and related policy/advocacy roles where he would have first hand experience with professional grifters. He has created nothing of lasting value but has the silver tongue attractive to the cynical and the angry.

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

The fact that you played in a small market and got little to no national coverage, particularly during your playing career, doesn’t preclude you from being a legendary legend. Unfortunately he is the only Royal to truly earn that status. It is a stretch to have Seattle is in the top row though.

@Arrowhead_Adam I’m a Royals fan after moving from MN (another team on the bottom tier). Brett was a dominant player with great stats, but being a local legend doesn’t make you a legendary legend.

George Brett is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades.

nobody: Salvador Perez:

@FluentInFinance @grok how much time would a Boeing 737-800 or Airbus a320 spend at cruise altitude for a 350 mile flight assuming reasonably standard flight conditions?

BREAKING: Delta Air Lines will no longer offer free snacks or drinks on all flights starting May 19th (under 350 miles). Meanwhile, Delta CEO Ed Bastian received $27.1 million in 2024. Consumers lose, every single time.

@MLBcathedrals Th fountains don’t run during play at all. They will be easy to hide behind a stepped batters eye that is black when play is happening and change in between innings.

Initial first impressions of new KC ballpark renderings. Iconic scoreboard would look better in centerfield like at Kauffman Stadium. That batter’s eye isn’t going to fly. Not too different from Kauffman overall (which is a good thing).

I’m receiving reports this morning regarding two successful campaigns that occurred over the weekend. 1. No Kings. As of this morning, there are (still) no kings in the United States of America. 2. No Dukes. As of this morning, there are no Dukes in the NCAA tournament.

Carlos Estevez losing tonight's game is on him. If it happens again, it is on Quatraro. You shouldn't overreact to one game, but this isn't one game. This is an entire spring. He has nothing. He shouldn't be pitching in close games, let alone closing, until that changes.

You are pointing to something that is, at minimum, structurally abnormal. A $1.5B position in S&P futures and a simultaneous unwind in oil, placed minutes before a market-moving geopolitical announcement, is not retail behavior and not routine institutional flow. It implies access, timing, or both. But the leap from “unusual” to “corruption” is exactly where the analysis needs to slow down. Large directional trades do happen around expected inflection points, especially in a war environment where signals are fragmented across diplomatic channels, military posture, and media leaks. The question is not whether the trade was big. It is whether the timing reflects privileged information or anticipatory positioning based on publicly available signals.

You realize the irony in your comment? I'm guessing not. If you did, you'd actually get off your butt and do something. YOU actually have the power to do something about this and get to the root of the problem. Instead, you post about it on X/Twitter. Your a sitting U.S. Senator. As @ParrotCapital and @AlderLaneEggs have stated: Call a hearing, demand a history of trades, do a deep dive into the data, and uncover who is responsible and hold them accountable. I bet you won't, because you'd rather bloviate and complain, than actually take some real action, like the rest of the slugs in D.C. That's true for BOTH sides of the aisle. EARN the seat you've been granted through votes.

The average marketed price of a new car in the United States: $50,283 Just under 3 million vehicles in inventory

Omaha might legitimately have a better pitching staff on Opening Day than the Royals had on Opening Day three years ago.

I am a Democrat. I served in the Clinton administration. I did not vote for Donald Trump and am highly unlikely to support him or his acolytes in the future. I also have serious disagreements with many of the Trump administration’s domestic and foreign policies. But it is profoundly disturbing that a growing segment of the far left appears to be almost rooting for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian regime, and other forces fundamentally opposed to the United States and our allies. This seems to reflects a corrosive strain of anti-Americanism, dressed up in postcolonial theory, that risks blinding us to the moral realities of our world and the nature of our adversaries.

@stats_feed Iceland

Countries that are split between two continents: 1．Turkey 🇹🇷 2．Russia 🇷🇺 3．Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

@AlTheBoss03 George Brett Alex Gordon Salvador Perez (I hope) Frank White - 8 Gold Gloves Paul Splitorff 166-143 Dennis Leonard 144-106 Steve Busby 70-54

Name a player — not named Derek Jeter or Cal Ripken Jr. — that you respect the most for staying loyal to one team for their entire career. In an era of constant movement, those guys are rare. Who’s your pick? 👇⚾ Bonus points if you watched them their whole career.

@BBGreatMoments George Brett .390?

Ted Williams was just built different.

@DirtyTesLa I never feel unsafe. But nav issues are persistent and bad. And the turn signaling. Good lord. They come on. They go off. They come on again. Car still doesn’t change lanes. Everyone, including other drivers are confused. Please make it stop.

What is FSD still doing that is annoying you? Or is every drive perfect while you relax in the driver seat "supervising"?

GOV: We have a housing crisis. Prices are too high. ME: I agree. Supply is too low. GOV: So we have a plan. We’re going to subsidize demand. ME: …What does that mean? GOV: We’re going to give people money to buy houses. ME: But there aren't enough houses. GOV: Right. So we’ll help them bid harder. ME: If you have 10 people fighting for 1 house, and you give them all cash... the price just goes up. GOV: Then we’ll give them more cash. ME: That’s not a solution. That’s inflation. GOV: It’s "First Time Homebuyer Assistance." ME: Okay, let’s back up. Why are houses so expensive in the first place? GOV: Because we made them the perfect investment vehicle. ME: How? GOV: First, the 30-year fixed mortgage. ME: That’s standard, right? GOV: Only in America. In other countries, rates float. Here, you can lock in a low rate for three decades. ME: Why would a bank take that risk? If inflation goes up, they lose money. GOV: Banks don’t take the risk. They sell the loan to us. ME: To the government? GOV: To Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We guarantee the liquidity. ME: So the taxpayer subsidizes the risk so I can have cheap leverage? GOV: Correct. ME: And then I get to deduct the interest? GOV: Only on the first $750,000 of debt. ME: That seems... high. GOV: It used to be a million. We trimmed it. ME: But wait. If I rent, can I deduct my rent? GOV: No. ME: If I buy a small business, can I deduct the interest on the loan? GOV: It’s complicated. ME: But if I buy a giant house, I definitely can? GOV: Absolutely. We wrote it into the tax code. ME: So you’re paying me to borrow money to buy a bigger house than I need. GOV: We’re "incentivizing ownership." ME: What happens when I sell? GOV: The Capital Gains Exclusion! ME: How does that work? GOV: If you sell a stock for a $500,000 profit, you pay taxes. ME: Roughly 20%. GOV: If you sell your house for a $500,000 profit? ME: What do I pay? GOV: Zero. ME: Zero tax? GOV: As long as you lived there for two years. ME: So housing is the only asset class where I get subsidized 30-year leverage and tax-free profits? GOV: Pretty sweet deal, right? ME: So you turned shelter into a speculative financial asset. GOV: We call it "Generational Wealth." ME: Okay, so demand is juiced to the moon. Can we at least build more supply to bring prices down? GOV: Oh, absolutely not. ME: Why? GOV: Zoning. ME: I own land. Can I build a duplex? GOV: Illegal. Single-family only. ME: Can I build a granny flat? GOV: Only if you provide two parking spots and pass a shadow study. ME: So you made it illegal to build cheaper housing? GOV: We protect "Neighborhood Character." ME: But you spend billions on roads and utilities for the suburbs. GOV: Infrastructure investment. ME: So you subsidize the expensive sprawl, but ban the cheap density? GOV: Now you’re getting it. ME: This system seems designed to keep prices high. GOV: It is. ME: But you started this conversation by saying we have an "Affordability Crisis." GOV: We do. Prices are too high! ME: So we should lower them? GOV: No! We can’t lower prices. ME: Why not? GOV: Because then the voters lose their "Generational Wealth." ME: So we need high prices for the voters... and low prices for the buyers? GOV: Exactly. ME: That’s a paradox. GOV: It’s politics. ME: So what is your actual plan? GOV: We’re going to give first-time buyers $25,000. ME: Okay. I’m a seller. I list my house for $400,000. GOV: Uh huh. ME: I know every buyer just got a free $25,000 from the government. GOV: Right. ME: What do I do? GOV: You... keep the price the same? ME: I raise the price to $425,000. GOV: You wouldn't. ME: I absolutely would. The buyer can afford it now. GOV: But that just transfers the subsidy from the poor buyer to the rich seller! ME: Econ 101. GOV: We don’t think that will happen. ME: Just like you didn’t think $7,500 EV credits would make Ford raise the price of the F-150 Lightning by exactly $7,500? GOV: That was a coincidence. ME: You are trapping us in a box. GOV: It’s not a box. ME: What is it? GOV: It’s a Single Family Home with a 2.5% mortgage rate that you can never afford to sell. ME: ... GOV: Welcome to the American Dream.

@DirtyTesLa Happens all the time with Online Navigation activated. Turn it off to go back to normal, and better, navigation.

Yeah let's go around the back of the building first and then exit instead of just leaving 😂

@DirtyTesLa This is so true. No safety issues. Drives super smooth. But is really bad at navigation. Particularly with “Online” toggled on. I just don’t use it anymore. Waiting for an update. It is th only intervention I’ve made in months. But it is constant.

Getting so sick of these FSD navigation problems. I could have swerved back but it wouldn't be safe to do. Not even 500 miles and I've fixed so many nav mistakes. FSD is SO good at driving but makes so many routing mistakes it ruins the magic.

@WilJay_1 Feels very true to me.

Honest take on the German trio.. Mercedes Benz sells luxury and image you pay extra for comfort and the ambient lightings. Audi sells tech and interiors, lots of screens, less soul. Porsche sells motorsport heritage, incredible, but heavily priced. BMW is the only one that consistently prices performance like it actually wants you to drive it. For the same money, BMW gives more power, better balance, rear biased handling, and now proven reliability.. What’s your take?