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Trump University case headed to trial
People like Kahn and Machado are kryptonite to Trump. He does not seem to be able to let anything go and hold back from responding to someone - even when the response is clearly hurting him in the public polls. All the HRC campaign had to do was put up a few sympathetic figures to criticize Trump and watch him lessen himself in the public eye by blasting them.— October 25, 2016 8:47 a.m.
Trump University case headed to trial
Pence or Kaine would likely be better choices than DT/HRC. At least neither one of them is (to the best of my knowledge) insane or a criminal - more than I can say for DT/HRC.— October 24, 2016 8:50 a.m.
Trump University case headed to trial
They would both have been correct.— October 22, 2016 8:53 p.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
I think what SDCC wants is to stay in San Diego and to for San Diego to build a CONTIGUOUS expansion of the convention center without raising San Diego hotel (TOT) taxes. But I don't think they're going to get all those things. Will they leave if they don't get EVERYTHING they want? I suspect there is room for negotiation. Has SDCC swelled beyond the convention center? Well I suppose if space were available for free they could probably use twice the space they have right now if it were available. But some might argue SDCC has swelled too much for it's own good already - it's gone way, way, WAY beyond comic books now. How much bigger should it get? If non-contiguous expansion is to be done, the Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton could be adding more convention space (IMO) - and the Marriott did do some expansion last year. The anime fest, check-in, SDCC merch sales and a few other things are already in the Marriot. The 3 hotels are filling up and charging about 700/nite during SDCC - probably twice their standard rate. I think they're probably reaping the lion's share of the economic benefit of CC - so to me it seems like the responsibility for more convention center space falls on those hotels along Harbor. Of course the trend has been for CC to gradually spill more into the gaslamp but it's difficult and time-consuming to walk from the convention ctr across Harbor Drive (which is why I don't think the "convadium" helps CC). Comic-Con has options - they can move to Anaheim, Vegas, or LA which have bigger convention centers. But in my opinion any of those moves would be a big risk for CC as the event will clearly be different if it moves out of SD. BTW from a Comic-Con attendee perspective my wish list would be that they figure out better ways to process ticket sales and waiting lines. I suppose the extreme difficulty with those things is oddly part of the charm of SDCC but they are frustrating. As an attendee these things seem like much bigger issues to me than not having enough space.— October 20, 2016 10:36 a.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
HBO sports host Bill Simmons just did an AWESOME show blasting measure C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7KL84H1DM&featu… "There are very, very few things that you can get essentially all economists to agree with, and one of those very few things is that stadiums are not major drivers of economic activity" Victor Matheson, Holy Cross— October 20, 2016 6:49 a.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
belous you ask some good and fair questions. Personally I've found Don's analysis of this issue more logical and based on data from objective sources (academic papers and books by economists at leading universities) than the analysis from the stadium proponents (usually based on data from consulting groups financed by pro-stadium entities). The San Diego Union Tribune and Bolts from the Blue websites are good places to see the argument from the stadium proponents. I haven't heard that SD Comic Con will definitely leave if the convadium measure C passes but SDCC has made their opposition to the measure clear. You seem to have heard some of the proponents of the measure saying that the convadium will help to keep SDCC. But who would you believe about what's best for SDCC? The Chargers or SDCC? As to economic or reputation losses, that may be hard to judge. I'm not sure I heard much about LA suffering great economic or reputation losses when the Rams and Raiders left 20+ years ago, nor much about Seattle or St. Louis suffering economic or reputation losses when the Supersonics and Rams, respectively, left in recent years. There may be some intangible losses - the reputation and morale of SD will take some hit if the Chargers leave. Those intangible losses may hard to quantify. Are they worth more than 1.15B?— October 19, 2016 4:52 p.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
Absolutely. That is the general philosophy prevalent in a lot of major institutions. Winning is more important than having integrity - and it's OK to do whatever it takes to win as long as you don't get caught.— October 19, 2016 10:23 a.m.
Mark McGwire admitted using drugs but still has a chance for Hall of Fame
"If you ain't cheatin you ain't trying" is a maxim often heard in sports. I tried looking up the origin of the phrase but it seems hard to find out. I think that's because it really is the prevailing attitude - many, many people in sports could have said it.— October 19, 2016 9:27 a.m.
U-T print circulation continues to plummet
I think the rise of the internet and decline of print newspapers has made it easier - not harder - for public watchdogs to be heard. IMO, neither Assaunge (sp?) nor Snowden would have made much impact 20 years ago. Information is no longer controlled by a finite number of media outlets. Literally anyone in the world can post information to everyone in the entire world. There are certainly problems with that - there is much more variation now in the quality, veracity, and bias of news reporting. But all in all I think the internet is a far better media for distributing information than a limited number of news outlets.— October 18, 2016 2:32 p.m.
What got into Wells Fargo?
I agree it is arrogance but I think the law should hold senior officials accountable for negligence in cases like this. In my opinion the law should state that if a large corporation does something criminal on a large scale then senior leadership should automatically held responsible - even if the senior leadership had absolutely no knowledge of the criminal activity.— October 15, 2016 1:27 p.m.