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The relationship between money and winning in baseball is as strong now as it’s been any time in the free-agency era.

A political adviser to California Senate Leader Kevin de León accepted vape pens and edibles from a marijuana industry lobbyist while talking about how to best convince de León to support a cannabis regulatory bill currently in the state Senate. Although the interaction was not illegal, ethics experts agree it violated the spirit of the law.

"Bella and the Bulldogs" is a relatively new show on Nickelodeon about a perky cheerleader-turned-quarterback. It’s fairly popular among tweens and has just been renewed for a second season. It’s also popular among infuriated, far right-wing racists, who have become positively obsessed with the show’s supposedly anti-white “race cuckoldry.”

In early June 2015, the Japan-based couple Rachel and Jun visited Kitsune Mura Fox Village in Miyagi, Japan and captured absolutely wonderful footage of the over 200 resident vulpine creatures, who were surprisingly human-friendly and incredibly adorable. Rachel certainly had a good time.

A real place where you can legit play with 200+ foxes!! I don’t even have words for how amazing it was!

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Canada's Cyle Larin had the most perfect goal-scoring opportunity against El Salvador. The ball had doinked to him in completely open space, with defenders well behind him and just the goalkeeper to beat. He easily side-stepped the Salvadorean keeper, and it was just him and the net with all the time in the world.

He did this:

How. Do. You. Miss. That?! #GoldCup2015 http://t.co/DB2CNA7c8E

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 9, 2015

NOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Larin could've dribbled the ball in, or slowed down and lightly passed it in, but he decided to rush to smash it with his first touch. He may not have realized just how open he was. Larin was obviously devastated, pounding the ground and yelling FUCK after the miss.

Here's why this is the single most spectacular implosion we've seen in the NBA's wacky season.

We shall forever remember July 8, 2015, as the day DeAndre Jordan got cold feet, met with his teammates and bosses, sparked the greatest emoji party since Mike Scott last entered a tattoo parlor and changed his mind. Five years after The Decision, NBA fans were treated to The DeCommitment. And it was wonderful.

This is easily the most spectacular NBA free agency disaster we've ever seen. Here's why.

This was basically of a hostage situation with a willing victim.

The Clippers contingent arrived at Jordan's Houston home in the afternoon ... and apparently convinced an already wavering DeAndre quickly. But they weren't about to allow Mark Cuban and Chandler Parsons and whatever recruiting tools the Mavericks could scrounge up back in the house. So ... well, take it away Woj.

Yahoo Source: Clippers, DeAndre Jordan meeting was short. It was clear he was returning to them. Then they started to play cards.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 9, 2015

This is the most NBA way to kill time, and it is an absolutely perfect slap in the face to the Mavericks' elaborate recruiting techniques and promises. Dirk Nowitzki flew cross country during his NYC vacation to lobby Jordan. Chandler Parsons took him out multiple nights. Rick Carlisle held back laughter FOR HOURS while insisting he could make Jordan a featured offensive player. Mark Cuban was ready to give it all up for DeAndre ...

... and the Clippers just rowed up in their banana boats, chatted for a few and played cards all night. Paul Pierce didn't even bother to learn how to use emoji. This was an insultingly easy steal. This was Rickey Henderson shit.

Given the fact that the Clippers basically locked themselves and Jordan into his house, and given the reports that Jordan had been exhausted by and upset over Chris Paul's treatment of him this season, there's a case to be made that Stockholm Syndrome came into play during a round of bourée.

Mark Cuban is going to explode.

Cuban is legitimately proud of being the most fined member of the NBA Board of Governors. He never fails to share his opinions, he's the only franchisee who answers cold emails from basically anyone and he gives basically no f--ks about anything. He once told a reporter to stop smoking crack when said reporter accurately reported trade rumors that were consummated in days. He told Kenyon Martin's mom that her son was a thug to her face. This dude's resting anger level is Siamese Cat In A Bathtub. He has less filter than a cigarello. This is going to be amazing.

And he has so many targets! There's Jordan, of course, who will receive the lion's share of blame (as he should). Cuban is probably going to unleash on agent Dan Fegan, who has been helpful to the Mavericks but couldn't corral his client. Doc Rivers, Steve Ballmer and the Clippers are going to be buzzed with complaints to NBA commissioner Adam Silver. And if Silver doesn't sanction the Clippers to Cuban's liking, the commish himself will get nailed by a Cuban missile.

I am actually excited to hear what Mark Cuban has to say for the first time ever.

The Clippers were totally screwed. And now the Mavericks are totally screwed.

The Clippers were so upset about losing Jordan precisely because they were totally handcuffed without him. They didn't have any meaningful paths to replacing him with a legitimate, championship-caliber NBA starting center. They have little in the way of tradable assets. In the wake of Jordan choosing Dallas, the world has been talking itself into Blake Griffin as a center, Josh Smith, Cole Aldrich, Ekpe Udoh, Ryan Hollins ...

Jordan is really good, but he's not turn-a-contender-into-trash good unless the contender he's leaving has no other resources. And L.A. was completely without other resources to replace Jordan.

On the other end, it's not clear Jordan is an enormous upgrade on outgoing Tyson Chandler. He's an upgrade for sure, loads younger and a better asset in every way. But does he turn a repeat first-round loser into a contender? That seemed like a reach when it looked like Jordan was heading there with a post-Achilles Wesley Matthews.

And the timing! Since Jordan verbally committed to Dallas, almost every top-75 free agent committed to other teams. The top available unrestricted center is Kevin Seraphin. Kevin Seraphin! If the Mavericks would have lost out on Jordan five days ago, they would have been in a pickle. Thinking they had him as every other top free agent shook hands elsewhere? That's an amazingly tough turn of events.

No one knows what the Mavericks will do next.

After the Mavericks believed they had secured Jordan, Cuban commented on what they would have done if they'd struck out.

Once again, this is what Mark Cuban said last Friday about life for Dallas if they missed out on Jordan pic.twitter.com/A57tS83lFT

— Bryan Gutierrez (@BallinWithBryan) July 9, 2015

If they would have struck out, Cuban says the Mavericks would have tanked. As it turns out, they did not strike out on Matthews, and he'll keep his handshake deal with Dallas. The Mavericks will almost assuredly keep their word on that ... but wouldn't it be hilarious if Jordan's waffle led to a chain reaction of deal reversals? What if the Mavericks decided not to honor the verbal agreement with Matthews after all? What if he called Vlade Divac and asked if that $64 million offer could be revived? (This is absolutely not going to happen. Just like an NBA star is not going to verbally agree to a free agent deal and change his mind hours before he can legally sign it. Right?)

More realistically, what if Dallas rings up the Pacers and convinces them to pull their Roy Hibbert trade with the Lakers? What if other miffed NBA teams (trust me they are miffed) bring this issue to a head by holding up trades and lobbying Silver to punish the Clippers? What if the chaos of a warm Wednesday afternoon in Houston spreads like a contagion to the rest of the league, grinding the business of the NBA to a halt while it all gets hammered out?

If there's any team motivated to wreak havoc on the free agent party, it's the squad who just had an All-NBA center swiped out of their pockets.

This 2.5 minute video just might change your life.

Writer/director Jason Headley has put together a brutally honest guided mediation “for the realities of today’s world.”

It’s pretty much all you need in the morning when you wake up to get you ready for the day and before you go to bed at night.

“If your thoughts drift to the three-ringed sh*t show of your life, bring your attention back to your breathing,” the voice says. “And with each breath, feel your body saying: ‘F*ck that.'”

So sit back, relax and let out all of that pent up aggression while the waves splash along the shore.

The post Motivation of the Day: F*ck Everything with This Perfect Guided Meditation appeared first on The Daily What.

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Aktsuka Fujio 赤塚不二夫 (1935-2008), mangaka at work - Japan - 1960s

Tempers began to fray as Republicans launched dozens of amendments seeking to soften the impact of a proposed law to move the flag to a museum.

South Carolina legislators were stuck debating whether flowers should be planted where the flagpole bearing a Confederate flag stands at the state house in Columbia as citizens waited for the vote on whether the flag would be removed from the grounds.

Police said Wednesday they were investigating video that appears to show Ariana Grande licking doughnuts at a shop in California. Earlier, Grande apologized for saying "I hate America" in the same video.

Police in Lake Elsinore, California, where the doughnut shop is located, said they and Riverside County public health officials were investigating the leaked video, which appeared to show the 22-year-old singer and a man with her "maliciously lick" the doughnuts.

Mayra Solis, 22, a cashier on duty at Wolfee Donuts when Grande went into the store, said the singer didn't purchase any of the doughnuts she licked.

"She was really rude," Solis told The Associated Press.

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A dark equatorial band measuring 1,860 miles has been dubbed "the whale." The feature's "tail" on the left side of the map appears to cradle a bright area that NASA researchers are calling "the donut."

The donut could be an impact crater or a volcano, however, researchers are holding off making any actual assessments until New Horizons gets closer to Pluto and is able to capture more detailed images.
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Living Cully Plaza — the coalition of Hacienda CDC, Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro Northwest and Verde — bought the 2.19 acre site formerly home to the Sugar Shack for $2.3 million last week. The community-led group received significant public and private loans to close the deal, including $250,000 Portland Development Commission.

The former owners, including one woman who is awaiting sentencing on federal charges that the Sugar Shack and other adult businesses encouraged prostitution and defrauded the Internal Revenue Service, wanted $2.75 million for the land.

"I don't think it was a screaming deal," Teske said, citing the presence of lead paint and asbestos in the building.

Much of the building was altered to serve the adult businesses, including adding corrugated metal siding that, in some cases, covered doors from the outside. Inspectors had to use flashlights to tour the site, and found that much of it was being used for storage, including "a large collection of taxidermy."
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Moon and Space Station in one shot. Very cool photo, Dylan!

http://deography.com/international-space-station-over-australia/

Nilay Patel:

What we’ve found lately is that the tone of our comments (and some of our commenters) is getting a little too aggressive and negative — a change that feels like it started with GamerGate and has steadily gotten worse ever since. It’s hard for us to do our best work in that environment, and it’s even harder for our staff to hang out with our audience and build the relationships that led to us having a great community in the first place.

That’s a bad feedback loop, and we want to stop it. So we’re going to call timeout for a while and turn comments off by default on all posts for the next few weeks.

Déjà vu all over again. Turn them off and leave them off, I say.

After seeing that funny video go viral of a tortilla fake-playing music on a record player, a Redditor decided to see if he could really turn a tortilla into a disc that plays music. He says it took half an hour to laser-etch the grooves on, and he had to experiment with various tortillas (pro tip: cooked ones aren't flat enough). He cautions they're going to get pretty inedible ("rather burnt"), but he succeeded in getting music to come out of an actual tortilla. The tune of choice is "Jarabe Tapatío," of course, better known as "The Mexican Hat Dance," and, okay, it sounds awful.

[Rapture Records/YouTube]

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