That is, the price of Bitcoin must rise this much on average every day to reach $1 million by January 1, 2021.
Today’s magic number: $882.53
So that’s an improvement on yesterday. In other words, the price of Bitcoin met its minimum rising rate yesterday. Where will the weekend take it? Is $20,000 in play before Christmas? It better be for Mr. McAfee’s sake.
The veteran advises the rookie on the fine art of frustrating the lip readers
1. LeBronzo?*
*Geez, Louise, Susie B: Take the bait!
LeBron’s Cavaliers met Kyle Kuzma’s Brandon Ingram’sLonzo’s Lakers last night. Cleveland won 121-112, as Kevin “Trade Block” Love led all scorers with 28 points. LeBron scored 25, Lonzo scored 13. More telling, both players led their respective teams in assists with 12 and 11, respectively.
Will they be teammates in some future scenario? Or does LeBron realize he’s got a much better chance making the Finals if he remains in Cleveland (or going to New York) and of winning the Finals if he joins Houston as resident elder statesman? Then again, he did just buy a second home in the Brentwood area.
2. Rule Number One…
…is, as you longtime readers know, “Gravity always wins.” So 26 year-old “rooftopper” Wu Yongning had been cheating the rules for some 300 stunts before it finally caught up to him last month. Attempting a stunt from a 62-story skyscraper in Changsha, the capital of the Hunan province, Wu wooed fate one time too many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZZ0VWcW64
3. Who’s Harvey?
It seems obvious that Hollywood will be doing a film about Harvey Weinstein and his decades of bullying (and worse) of actresses. There’s a surfeit of women who can supply vignettes that will make for incredible and horrific scenes. But who’s going to produce it: Netflix? HBO? Miramax?
The next question is, Who will play Harvey? First, remember that there once was a Hollywood film of that name that starred Jimmy Stewart. But Stewart didn’t play Harvey; Harvey was an invisible, six-foot tall rabbit.
Is Stewart groping Harvey? Who can tell?
So he’s out. Who’s next? Our top pick would have been the deceased James Gandolfini. You need someone ursine who can be bright and charming but has an underside of rage that is just under the surface.
But we must move on. With the help of tweeps, here are our top five Harvey Weinstein casting hopefuls:
—Ron Perlman: Has vast experience playing a beast.
—Jon Favreau: Has the proper ursine look and if you saw Chef, you see he’s not always just a nice guy.
—John Goodman: Bearish and can be brutish.
—Kevin Spacey: The irony is too seductive.
—Roseanne Barr: Yes!
Throw us some suggestions.
4. Buckle Up*
What’s going on here? You BETTER have that phone stowed away or it’s about to fly back and hit the person sitting in 36-E.
This photo is going to need to be destroyed before Doncic arrives in the NBA
I don’t think he’s going to supplant Marvin Bagley III as the top overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, but 6’6″ Luka Doncic, a Slovenian who plays for Real Madrid, is beginning to generate attention. Doncic is fun to watch and these videos probably have a Pavlovian effect on Gregg Popovich, dontcha think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06j-Mv4q1y0
Doncic is just 18 years old. Is 3-6-Slovenia a bad sobriquet?
Reserves
Last night the Boston Globedropped a story relating to ESPN and some of its female talent. Things to know if you haven’t read the piece:
—Matthew Berry once took Jenn Sterger to a strip club after an employee outing when both were still interviewing for gigs. He landed a Fantasy gig, but she landed no gig.
—Jade McCarthy was laid off last April while in the eighth month of pregnancy.
—Sara Walsh, who was also laid off last April, did a show from Alabama while in the midst of suffering a miscarriage because she was so scared about taking maternity leave or losing her gig.
—Lindsay Czarniak left after going on maternity leave and having her 6 p.m. SportsCenter seat yanked out from under her for The Six. LC was offered a settlement later.
Czarniak is a pro and one of the most down-to-earth on-air folks you’ll ever meet.
–Longtime anchor John Buccigross sent shirtless pics of himself via text to Adriana Lawrence, an on-air personality who is also a lawyer and was working there on a fellowship of sorts. Buccigross hash tagged #Longlegs and #Dollface until Lawrence finally replied, “You need to wear clothes, sir.” However, if you read these texts that ESPN released since the Globe story ran, it’s obvious that this was a consensual relationship for quite some time. The Globe may not have had access to all of these texts, but it sure looks as if Lawrence misled the writer.
–Sort of buried within but I found interesting: employees must disclose to the company if they are involved in personal relationships with one another. It is required. When do you do that? After the third date? The first time you meet someone’s parents? What if you’re involved with more than one person at the company? Uh oh!
Omarosolong!
If you haven’t seen this yet (“Deuces! Out!”), go to 7:27 of this CNN sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves moment:
Meanwhile, a faithful reader noted our use of this photo yesterday and reminded us to check out where the president’s eyes were directed:
Larry David covered this phenomenon on the season finale of Curb, by the way.
Music 101
So Far Away
Long before they were named to be included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this week, Dire Straits had more than enough street cred to resonate with anyone who’s ever picked up a guitar or attempted to write lyrics. Here’ Mark Knopffler and the band performing an acoustic/electric version of their 1985 hit in Sydney, at the peak of their worldwide popularity.
Remote Patrol
Spurs at Rockets
9:30 ESPN
The Rockets are 12-0 when Chris Paul plays
Houston has won 11 straight and is 22-4. The Spurs have Kawhi Leonard back. The warmup act—OKC at Philly—may be even more intriguing. That’s at 7 p.m.
That is, the price of Bitcoin must rise this much on average every day to reach $1 million by January 1, 2021.
Today’s magic number: $883.07
Uh oh? Is that a bubble bursting? The magic number is going in the wrong direction for the second day in a row. Worse, today the price of bitcoin is actually down a significant amount from yesterday. Order up some Grey Poupon!
The New York Times keeps knocking down male monsters one by one, day after day. Yesterday it was Salma Hayek further exposing Harvey Weinstein as the cretin he is. Today it’s three women accusing music mogul Russell Simmons of rape (It’s going to be very easy to get a table at Nick & Toni’s this summer).
I almost forgot: PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley has also been suspended due to sexual harassment allegations.
Man, is it going to be easy to get a table in the Hamptons this summer….
Final thought: The #MeToo revolution did not begin with Harvey Weinstein. It began with that Donald Trump “Access Hollywood” tape. And although Sarah Sanders and Steve Bannon would like us to believe that we “litigated it” i.e., exonerated Trump by electing him, we did not. In fact, Trump’s election only inspired those who have been victims of sexual harassment and assault even more to speak up. So, if there has been any good to come of the Trump presidency (besides the healthy stock market), this is it.
3. Casamigos, Indeed!
No wonder everybody loves him….
Yesterday on MSNBC’s “Headliners” Rande Gerber, husband to Cindy Crawford and tequila magnate, related a tale about how in 2013 his business partner above invited his 14 closest friends, a group known as “The Boys,” to dinner at his home. He then handed each of them a suitcase stuffed with $1 million worth of $20 bills.
Clooney even announced he’d paid their taxes for them. It’s like he’s really Frank Ocean, just with a few more associates and no one robbing Andy Garcia’s casino. Gerber, one of the 14, announced that he did not want the money. And then Clooney told the group that if Gerber didn’t accept the loot, nobody got theirs. So Gerber took his and donated it.
Incredible tale. Amazing that Gerber shared it.
3. Omarasa, You’re Fired!
Wow! I mean, who thought this wouldn’t work out (Everyone raises hand)? Former The Apprentice mean girl Omarosa, who had been working inside the White House as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, either resigned or was fired yesterday. Officially, she resigned to “pursue other opportunities,” but there are reports that Gen. John Kelly got sick of her act and that she was “physically dragged” off the White House grounds.
Guess we’ll just have to wait to read the book. Either way, President Trump just lost 50% of his African-American pals.
4. This Is What Assholes Look Like
I’m all for people who are cruel to animals doing hard time in prison. I doubt any of these three will, but I hope karma exists solely so that they get to feel the pain. And here’s a message for bros who run sports blogs that are only too anxious to run scary shark videos or stories: sharks on average are as responsible for as many deaths in the United States as you are, which is zero. And even when they do attack, it’s not out of malice. They are wild creatures who either need to eat or are protecting their turf. Just like you. Don’t demonize them. Don’t exploit them for clicks. You’re only helping to foster the culture of assholes that these bros reside in.
it’s time @ManateeGov residents demand the resignation of elected officials #betsybenac & #robertwenzel – after the pair preferred to protect their sons from justice as opposed to doing the right thing. Robert Lee Benac & Michael Wenzel arrested for felony animal cruelty this wk
Meanwhile, the parents of two of these jerks are elected officials who tried to protect them from being charged. Michael Wenzel’s dad is Robert Wenzel, the Planning Section Manager for Manatee County. Please give him a call at 941-748-5401 ext. 6845 to let him know what a wonderful job he is doing as a parent.
5. Walt Buys Rupert
The Disney Co. is, as Downtown Josh Brown reports, “acquiring all the non-racist parts of Fox” in a $52.4 billion deal. I don’t know if this means that ESPN will “pivot to video” or what exactly.
This story suggests it was Disney’s strongest push to compete with Netflix and Amazon and all the streaming services. Hey, there’s Robert Iger on my TV right now. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, even if he’s my sworn enemy.
Reserves
Last Jedi Edition Luke Skywalker….
Last Alt-Right Edition Steve Bannon….
Music 101
Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues were named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yesterday and why not? They practically invented prog rock (some would say that should merit them induction in Rock and Roll Hell) and the English band’s 1967 album Days of Future Passed spawned a thousand future planetarium laser light shows. Reissued as a single in 1972, this song hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts.
Remote Patrol
Lakers at Cavs
8 p.m. TNT
Reading the rumors that he’ll be traded for Paul George and not quite believing it….
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