He did it. Hideki Matsuyama first Japanese male golfer in history to win a US major.
Masters prize money
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | -10 | $2,070,000 |
| 2 | Will Zalatoris | -9 | $1,242,000 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | -7 | $667,000 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele | -7 | $667,000 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | -6 | $437,000 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | -6 | $437,000 |
| 7 | Justin Rose | -5 | $385,250 |
| T8 | Patrick Reed | -4 | $345,000 |
| T8 | Corey Conners | -4 | $345,000 |
| T10 | Cameron Smith | -3 | $299,000 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | -3 | $299,000 |
the guardian:
where is carl hiaasen when we need him for stories like this in today’s the guardian:
speaking of florida, long term care comes to mind. john oliver was pretty grim on the subject last night
John Oliver explains the industry behind nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and why long-term care needs fixing.
During my college years, I worked at a long term care home. Nights. It was the hardest job I’ve ever had (physically and emotionally), and, it was the most meaningful job I’ve ever had. The pay was minimum wage, so I chose to work from 11pm until 7am for the extra 40 cents an hour.
The CEOs and execs are pulling in the big bucks. The homes charge a fortune to pay for those big, executive salaries and benefit packages.
Most folks don’t have it (or not for long), so they end up on Medicaid. A lot of the homes are closing down because they aren’t profitable enough with Medicaid residents. Cut the salaries at the top and pay the caregivers better. It’s not a lot to ask.
Yes, even grandma and grandpa are only seen as profit centers until the end.
BiD, another solution suggested by potus joe
Biden Infrastructure Plan Would Fund Shift Toward Home Healthcare for Seniors – WSJ
Long term care for seniors is a terrible system in the US. It is the poster child for shitty privatized healthcare. The Medicaid spend down requirement causes “creative” estate planning to move significant assets out of parents’ names into their kids’ names who would take from the parents’ estates or into a trust to protect the assets but for the medicaid spend down requirement. Last time I checked the look back period was 5 years except in California, where it’s 30 months.
Watching golf is not my cup of tea…. but hey… Congrats to the winner!
Everything’s political…
Will Smith to move production on his big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state’s controversial new voting restrictions. https://t.co/n85hl0lXXf
Yes, POTUS Joe! Folks should stay put as long as possible. Outside help for those living with family who work and can’t give complete care is needed, as well.
What is the pay disparity for women in golf? My father played and I liked playing with him but if you are playing with overcompetitive unfun people then it’s the worse. Mr. Cracker used to play but when it became clear he was going to have to ride and play, he stopped
This “ghost gun” nonsense is just red-meat for knee-jerk liberals and the even more reactionary right-wing gun nuts.
Mass-shooters use AR-15s in almost every case of which i’ve heard, not once have i heard of a kit gun being used. Ban .223 ammo
Bink, you’re right about mass shootings – they have typically been with AR style weapons, at least in recent years, but mass shootings make up less than 2% of the fatalities from gun deaths in the US. About 60% of deaths are suicide (at least in 2017) and the vast majority of the 37%of deaths classified as homicides are not mass shootings. This article from Pew and this one from Wiki provide some numbers on gun deaths in the US. Now I have no idea how many kit guns are out there, but it sounds less like a hobby and more like a simple means to avoid the law for people who want a pistol but can’t pass a background check. Regardless, you are right about where the focus should be – get rid of assault style weapons, even if they are only cosmetically assault weapons and ammo for them (.223 being the caliber that sticks out – and tighten the process that has to be gone through to get a weapon or the ammunition for it. There are other areas that deserve emphasis – open carry and other bullshit like that, so the field is fertile. Imagine what could be done if Joe Manchin would come to his senses and not stand in the way if the filibuster was assigned to the dustbin of history AND he wouldn’t vote NRA all the way.
Yeah i don’t think gun suicides should be considered for the purposes of such arguments, but i’ve heard all the contrary assertions🤷♂️
I agree. It’s almost like including people who commit suicide by jumping off bridges and people who die when they collapse in “bridge deaths” stats. the Pew article has a couple of interesting graphs – one, deaths per 100,000 makes it look like the total curve is flat but mildly rising. If you click on the graph it takes you to another article addressing that. ’95 to ’08 it falls some, from then, it rises. Hmmm, ’08… what could be the significance of that? the second chart I referred to is Active Shooter chart. And on cue, active shooter incidents have risen beginning in ’09. Hmmm, ’09 … what could be the significance of that? Gee I wonder if the news out about the increase in domestic terrorism and RW terrorist attacks could have anything to do with each other. At first glance, yep. Funny that, in a kind of not so funny way.
And we can add one more to 2021 – from a school shooting in Knoxville today, but only one person is dead.
i’d imagine statistics are irrelevant to those shot involuntarily
I’d imagine you are correct.
How did we make these Vaccines so fast ?
Answer –
BIG FUCKING GOVERNMENT !
Last night’s 60 Mins. reports again on how DARPA saved our bacon. Once again. This is truly a story to watch on how this “Bio-Tech” revolution we’ve been hearing about , has shifted into overdrive.
A quote from the story –
“Our bodies are libraries of everything we have ever seen.”
I urge everyone to watch this , it is Bill Whitaker ………….
his best .
Military programs aiming to end pandemics forever
Bill Whitaker reports on the Pentagon projects that helped combat COVID-19 and may help end pandemics forever.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/last-pandemic-science-military-60-minutes-2021-04-11/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
There is a $2 Billion car battery plant in the works in Georgia right now, it made news today over some trade ruling. Everyone in the state likes the ruling .
This brings in some interesting horse trading on the InFra Bill. Joe wants $167 for E-Cars .
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/12/texas-employee-benefits-sick-leave-senate/
The daily fix of Texas-sized, stupid stuff: BS 14 (typo intentional)
“But opponents say it reduces workers’ access to paid sick leave after they’ve been navigating the pandemic for more than a year.”
“You have people on TV saying the most important thing to protect yourself from this virus is to stay at home if you don’t feel well, but we’re not going to do sick leave, so you can choose between going to work and eating,” said Rick Levy, the president of the Texas AFL-CIO.“
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/12/ncaa-transgender-laws-texas-legislature/
“Texas lawmakers have filed six bills that target transgender students’ sports participation — and two of those bills would affect colleges and university sports in addition to K-12.“
“The National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Governors said it will only hold college championships in states where transgender student-athletes can participate without discrimination. The Monday warning sets the stage for a political fight with multiple states…”
This single from the album i posted yesterday is a tribute to lost friends and influences; the singer is “sunblind” from looking up to the sky for them
Brilliant stuff
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/12/texas-comal-isd-masks-coronavirus/
“The pandemic, along with the economic and humanitarian crises it has created, has led many people to unlikely places. As they have risen to the occasion — feeding hungry kids, signing neighbors up for vaccines, holding public officials accountable — ordinary citizens have stepped into unofficial public life like never before. Weisinger, too, has found herself in a new role: activist.“
I booked my second shot , 4/15 @ 4.
How did I do that ? I didn’t die from Smallpox, the greatest unseen killer ever .
.
Who was in those 1st clinical trials?
The king of France’s entire family.
I got my “shot” 165 years later, a tiny little fork the nurse poked in your arm , the goal was to raise a scab a little smaller than a dime.
This marked you for life. For the next 20 years, those scars always caught my eye. High on the arm just below the shoulder.
Hard to believe that anyone today would agree to that “shot”.
Big Government drove smallpox out of our world.
The meeting on short notice (48 hrs.) about the Ga. voting laws.
150 invited , 90 showed up.
Who was invited ?
America’s largest Corporations.
That just happened .
Mitch stepped in it last week. Really big Time.
The corporations are wrapping themselves in the long fight for voting rights.
2021 is not going to be Mitch’s year , these are Obama people working for Joe .
Oh, and Trump just called him a stupid son-of-a-itch.
Mitch is about fold like a pup tent , the tiger he rode is about to eat him.
Some guy from Japan just dropped out of the cherry blossoms , and won the Masters .
Fuck You Georgia .
By the way , the blooming of the cherry blossoms in Japan this spring is the earliest ever recorded in 1200 years of records.
I am going to the Buddy Holly Center with a fundraiser.
Guitar picks
We are sitting on the never before seen “Buddy Holly Performing Arts Center”.
The first time I saw it was my Covid shot , I had no idea that my home town would build this beautiful hall.
Buddy Holly when I was a kid, was seen by the city fathers as spoiled Harley riding rock and roller that played nigger music.
Now we have built a temple to him.
I sold picks before , to fund my gardening on Buddy Holly Ave.
I have a enough cash to do this.
My first goal .
A fish bowl on the counter of the gift shop in the Buddy Holly Center.
I “front” the money .
We print their info. on one side , and the GPS of Buddy’s grave on the other.
We do it in Black and Gold , Lubbock Highs colors .
I made a sticker once, I bought ten thousand at a time.
I plan to really step on this , the math is crazy .
They don’t spend a nickle . And make a Dollar , on every sale, at no cost .
He made us an offer we couldn’t refuse .
My first idea –
“I Picked Peggy’s Garden”
I sold picks hand over fist. On the Honor System.
I am abut to buy a shit load of picks.
There is a mural of picks , I am in it.
My picks ,
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