Miracle

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-26/why-it-s-so-hard-to-build-affordable-housing-it-s-not-affordable

I've blogged about this a couple of times, but...I think the old crazy idea of just building housing and worrying about who can live in it -- i.e., poorer people moving into fine-but-not-so-swank units -- might just work. It would be easier and simpler, and I think you'd actually improve the housing stock along the way by not being stuff that might be crappy later on.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-anxiety-for-democrats-are-more-leaks-to-come/2016/07/25/0d8798e8-5282-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

My first thought, upon reading this, was later summarized by Reince Priebus...they wrote the emails, didn't they? I mean, I realize the Dems can claim ignorance when it comes to computer security, but...in this day and age, especially among "high-value" targets, you really have to assume EVERYONE is reading something else.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/hillary-clinton-emails-history-214095

Well, women lie, you know.  :)  More seriously, I've always disliked her since the whole "vast right-wing conspiracy" bit; either she was a blithering idiot to be so credulous to think that this time Bill wasn't cheating, or she knew damn well he was and decided to (poorly chosen, I think) make this into a partisan crusade.  I don't think she is that dumb, so...

The Tribe had NO business winning tonight, none.  After getting swept, they NEEDED this win, and, well, they played like horseshit; three errors, Salazar was off (Crockett is pitching well now), Manship had the quick hook (if only Shaw got the treatment; more immediate is the concern that the #3 reliever is shitting the bed now), and the second-best team in the NL...and Washington threw the game late.  I don't think tomorrow will bode well, but splitting two with the Nationals seems a hell of a lot better than a five-game losing streak...