Recent content by AlaskanAssassin

I despise the left-right political spectrum. It allows for nearly zero nuance in the way we discuss our political leanings. It also encourages tribal thinking and pits everyone against others. Imagine only being able to describe someone's personality as introverted or extroverted. The four...

He'll look significantly better next year, but the real ascension will be year 3.

Thinking about the ramifications of these two upcoming games makes me wish they would implement the "no top 4 picks in back to back years" idea the league has discussed. Mavs definitely should not be eligible this year.

When a state is administering hundreds of billions of dollars in funds passed from the Federal government, it's unreasonable to expect every dollar to be spent efficiently. I do wish these audit reports got a little more exposure so that the general public had a better understanding of how our...

I'm genuinely acting in good faith. I used the term "supposedly" because, first off, Trump was not the focus of this thread and others brought him into the conversation. Second, my inquiry to ChatGPT asking if DTJ has been convicted of fraud answered "Short Answer: No". It mentioned him being...

To clarify, the audit report didn't report "23 frauds". They reported "findings", which are noted instances of non-compliance in spending or administering federal funds. Could be something as simple as submitting required reports late, not following the budget, etc. More important than the...

That's a pretty lofty goal, and much of it doesn't involve fraud/theft of federal funding. I will say that you are right that it happens more than people realize. I've seen it quite a bit in auditing government entities (albeit not to the scale of what's being reported in MN). What I think...

I posted this as a CPA that can read/understand these types of audit report findings and tried to put it in context with my initial post. If you have a conservative led state involved in a fraud scandal related to federal funding, I'd be happy to look that up too.

I can't tell if you are being sincere. You pointed out supposed fraud from Trump on this very thread. Why do you care about that fraud? Why does that fraud warrant your attention enough to share with others? It seems pretty obvious to me that public awareness of fraud related to federal funds...

I think billions of dollars of wasted tax dollars certainly deserve national attention, even if politicians are actively trying to convince the American public that it's "being dealt with".

The biggest issue I saw on the audit report communicated that Minnesota was not monitoring the activities of the entities it passed money down to (the daycare centers). The monitoring requirements (according to the standards published by OMB) include site visits, obtaining expense reports, desk...

Okay, but the video is the primary reason this has gained national attention. I don't recall any national media coverage of this prior to that video. Isn't it a good thing that the public is being made aware of this, regardless of the source? Isn't fraud always bad? Why can't the goal of...

I read today that Tim Walz will no longer be seeking re-election. I haven't been closely following the fraud allegations in MN (aside from headlines). However, you know it must be bad if he's suspending his re-election campaign. This prompted me to do a little research into Minnesota's annual...

Thanks for sharing this! I think the most critical one is not allowing a team to draft in the top four 2 years in a row. I would even extend it to a 3-year period. I mean, look at the Spurs. Drafting first, fourth, and second in a 3-year period is crazy. The league has to do a better job of...

I don't see it working out for Cody in the NBA. Hope I'm wrong. It's a motor issue, which I don't know is something that can be fixed. Are there any serious examples of NBA players that have performed similar to Cody in their first couple seasons that ended up being a notable NBA player?