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LOST // New York Mets On August 1, the New York Mets suffered their worst defeat in their 57-year history when they were defeated 25-4 by the Washington Nationals. After getting off to a 11-1 start, the Mets season felt more like their August 1st loss. They ended the season with 77 wins and 85 losses. There’s always next season, fans…or the one after that.
Andrew McCabe // LANDMINE LAYER STEPS IN LANDMINE On March 17, two days before his retirement – when his pension would have kicked in— Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, ending the career of an official who had risen to serve as second-in-command at the bureau. Although McCabe claimed that his firing was “part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally” by the Trump administration, his firing was recommended by the Office of Professional Responsibility after it was revealed that he had lied to investigators regarding leaks to the media. According to some, McCabe’s demise is poetic justice: it was recently revealed that he was integral in snaring former Trump National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn into lying to federal investigators in early 2017 when he urged Flynn to meet without FBI agents without White House lawyers present, claiming that a limited meeting would be the “quickest” and that “they wanted Flynn to be relaxed.” Flynn was charged with lying during that meeting, leading to his demise.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg In a year of data breaches, bad press and stock decline, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost an estimated $15 billion in 2018, making him the billionaire who lost the most money in 2018. Before you start a charity fund for him, keep in mind that he’s still worth approximately $55 billion.
Michihito Matsuda In pursuit of a better, less corrupt political structure, a robot named Michihito Matsuda ran for mayor in Tokyo’s Tama City. The robot’s bid to become the world’s first artificial mayor was financed by two men with links to two of the biggest technology companies in the world: Tetsuo Matsumoto, vice president of global software provider SoftBank, and former Google Japan employee Norio Murakami. While Matsuda lost to the incumbent, the robot still managed to get 4,000 votes. The worst part about it is that Michihito can’t bury its woes in a bowl of ice cream.
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