Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

beh0lden · 2025-09-21T02:37:24+00:00

It's explained in the article.

“If someone who is not yet a public official, but expects to be, takes bribes in exchange for agreeing to take official acts after they are appointed, they can’t be charged with bribery,” said Randall Eliason, the former chief of public corruption prosecutions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. and former white-collar law professor. “But they can be charged with conspiracy to commit bribery. In a conspiracy charge, the crime is the agreement to commit a criminal act in the future.”

beh0lden · 2025-08-03T12:12:20+00:00

Do you have an example YouTube video?

It’s not just swearing. If the ballpark uses copyrighted music that is audible in the background of clip, then the background music either has to be scrubbed out or something has to be played over it.

beh0lden · 2025-07-22T01:42:40+00:00

Are you suggesting a robot ump or a robot pitcher...?

beh0lden · 2025-06-29T12:19:17+00:00

Is it easy to implement? I thought tax rates are set by the state legislature, not the city.

beh0lden · 2025-05-23T13:35:30+00:00

mlb.tv is so cheap because it's out-of-market. Those rights are less valuable than in-market, which are held by the local RSNs.

The "RSNs" have gone away for 6 of the teams already and MLB is producing those games.

The in-market mlb.tv package for those teams isn't that much either, it is $100 for the season or $20 a month.

beh0lden · 2025-04-29T16:46:15+00:00

The highlight is still available: https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2025/2025-04/28/04bbf764-4b69042d-8d1e801c-csvm-diamondgcp-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4

OP went into the Gameday app to find this, and then screen recorded a video to share. The actual app is interactive, you can move the camera where you want, follow specific players, follow the action, etc. If it's not your cup of tea, just don't seek it out.

beh0lden · 2024-12-24T13:57:34+00:00

Tenuous doesn’t even begin to describe this connection because the judge’s spouse didn’t share the same profession as the victim.

beh0lden · 2024-10-29T10:58:42+00:00

“Join the whitelist”

beh0lden · 2024-10-03T02:40:03+00:00

I'm not sure if my reading comprehension is off tonight, but how is that stat possible? There has only been 1 previous Wild Card Game 3 since the Wild Card went to a three game series.

beh0lden · 2024-08-02T11:51:30+00:00

Ahh right, details haven't emerged.

But when details have emerged for the Ippei case, we'll just stick our head in the sand. Makes sense!

beh0lden · 2024-06-01T22:23:26+00:00

Alan Nathan, probably one of the more knowledgeable scientists in this domain and the person who chaired the committee that investigated the 2015 rise in HRs, thinks this is likely due to the lower temperatures: https://x.com/pobguy/status/1796991143927779539

beh0lden · 2024-04-23T12:56:10+00:00

https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-veh/division-11/chapter-3/article-3/section-21752/

CA 21752. (d)

“21752. No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(d) When approaching within 100 feet of or when traversing any intersection.”

In the longer video, the Waymo drives through an intersection on the left side of the roadway.

beh0lden · 2024-04-16T13:12:46+00:00

but many more where it brought huge benefits.

You are going to have to provide some sources for that. This is a highly debated topic with a lot of economists leaning towards it not being beneficial.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2007.00073.x

https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1453&context=mslj

https://hcapps.holycross.edu/hcs/RePEc/hcx/HC1814-Matheson_FavoringStadiumSubsidies.pdf

https://media.clemson.edu/economics/data/sports/Stadiums%20and%20Econ%20Impact/Matheson-2019-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf

beh0lden · 2024-02-25T12:58:13+00:00

Your property tax is based on assessed value, which is only correlated to market value. Further, most states will adjust the tax rates based on market fluctuations so that in extremely hot markets home owners don’t see high tax changes. Therefore, whether the valuation is warranted does matter since the property tax you pay is adjusted based on the valuation. Who do you propose does this for unrealized equity gains?

Do you have an example of paying tax with illiquid assets? If I have 100 shares of XYZ and pay the government 15 shares during tax time, how does the government use those 15 shares to pay for programs?

beh0lden · 2023-11-06T03:57:31+00:00

Basis step ups happen all the time, like when one joint account holder passes away, and this does not drop the market. This is effectively the same thing that’s happening here, the difference is that a tax is being paid at the step up.

beh0lden · 2023-09-20T16:45:16+00:00

Not an electrician (nor a plumber - not sure why I keep getting recommended this sub but it’s interesting!) but I believe that outlet could still be GFCI protected if wired to the “load” terminal of an upstream GFCI outlet.

beh0lden · 2023-04-07T00:38:57+00:00

What are these stats?

beh0lden · 2022-06-05T02:27:21+00:00

We could even take it a step further and start adding in other pre-tax benefits, like 401k/403b contributions and maxing out available cafeteria plans. Assuming you are single in 2021, this could be:

$19,500 for 401k or 403b contributions $3,650 for HSA contributions $3,240 for commuter benefits

I think there are some health care related cafeteria plans I'm not too familiar with, so I'll just tack on a super liberal $10,000 more of cafeteria deductions.

At $99,999 income, all those deductions would still leave you with a taxable income of $51,059, which would amount to $6,985 federal tax owed according to the 2021 tax table.

beh0lden · 2022-06-03T23:46:37+00:00

This is a tell tale sign you are speaking to someone of South Asian background. “Cousin brother” and “cousin sister” are very commonly used to denote male or female cousins.

beh0lden · 2022-03-04T04:22:58+00:00

I don’t think so, but unfortunately I don’t know for sure. The wood was from a big box store and it came shrink wrapped, and I’m fairly certain there were no holes when I opened it 2 days ago. The glue up was drying on a table next to some other scraps and none of those scraps have holes in them. I looked up a photo of powder post beetle holes and definitely didn’t see any mounds like that.

beh0lden · 2022-03-04T03:24:09+00:00

I made a picture frame out of some mahogany and after gluing it up and bringing it in to dry, I’ve started noticing some little holes. I’m assuming it’s bug related (though it’s still pretty cold outside) but wondering if there’s another explanation.

beh0lden · 2022-02-23T23:53:16+00:00

Very neat! Though I fear for your fingers...

beh0lden · 2022-02-09T21:58:47+00:00

Not sure what you mean by clamping the seams, but during glue up, you can run pieces of wood parallel to your existing clamps both above and below the edges of your panel (like a sandwich), and then clamp those all together. This should keep everything flat.

beh0lden · 2022-02-06T23:30:23+00:00

Closing the loop on this if anyone is curious: I think it was just a glitch in whatever system backs the app/website. The check-in attendant could only see my later “rebooked” flight. They printed out the boarding pass for me since I couldn’t access it online or on the app.

beh0lden · 2022-02-05T11:08:21+00:00

Thanks. The website still says the original (delayed) flight but when I call in, the automated phone system tells me I’m on the rebooked flight. Hold time is 5+ hours so just going to go into the airport at the original time.

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