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Unfortunately, I heard Astoria will be closed through this week. From what I've heard, a very sad and unfortunate event took place at the bar after hours on Monday night.

Thank you @taestell... could you explain the differences to me as if I was a Golden Retriever? lol

Hi All - I'm going to Ireland in June and would like to take a good camera with me. I'll be hiking and biking quite a bit, so I'd like it to be portable and durable. Beyond that, I'd like to make photography a hobby moving forward, so I'd like a camera that can facilitate that. Does anyone have recommendations? THank you!

Thanks @KJPand @dwolfi01 - you learn something new every day

I've got a question @KJP - I'm obviously thrilled to hear about Phase 2, but I'm confused as to why the developers would think they need to increase height. As we alluded to yesterday, the overall lease rate in Phase 1 isn't stellar, particularly for the smaller units. Why would Phase 2 increase overall volume - even if it turns out to be office/commercial primarily, while there may be an occupancy issue with a portion of Phase 1? Again, I'm thrilled about the news, just surprised. The project overall has been stellar in just about every respect.

Dolan or bust for me at this point^

The fight was embarrassing.... but I don't think Gibbobs did anything wrong, honestly. Mandel is just a GIANT clown

I never doubt @KJP's reporting. But I've been running by the same empty storefronts between the two buildings for the better part of two years now. If they're leased, they're certainly taking their time lol

I'm slightly disappointed by this solely for the reason that I think the Title space has some really unique retail opportunities. But with the spots at Church and State sitting idle, hard to blame Saucy here.

From what I've heard. Watson isn't settling. He'd rather bleed the plaintiff's attorneys dry. From my experience, everyone postures like that... but we'll see how true it is

Brett Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court. His legal career is not ruined. So no.

I agree with you. I'm just saying it's the metric we currently have for assessing our ability to strip an individual of his ability to make a living. I know in most instances, where there's smoke, there's fire. But there are also instances like Shawn Oakman and Jovon Robinson in which serious accusations were made, derailing those individuals lives, and they were later proven to be fabricated or completely made up. Again, I'm NOT saying that Watson is without fault, without moral wrongdoing, or that these women made everything up. All I'm saying is that the system we have - though very flawed at times - has yet to provide us with anything concrete that I could use to say "okay, ban this man from his career".

Yeah - met up with my buddy for drinks over the weekend. Here's the takeaways from what was shown to our FO: - Deshaun Watson regularly paid women for sex acts. - There are at least two separate text chains by groups of the plaintiffs, both group texts reference the fact that bigger settlement amounts can be reached if the class grows in size. - Both group texts make allusions to extorting Watson prior to filing suit, including multiple women volunteering to have another "interaction" with him to get a/v recording - More than half of the women had an "interaction" with him after the group texts discussed the possibility of a lawsuit. - The grand jury did not allow Watson's team to present their rebuttal evidence (which isn't unusual), and an indictment was still not obtained. There were also claims made about the Plaintiff's attorneys, but those were made by Watson's team without corroborating evidence. Finally, Berry and Stefanski were not shy about questioning Watson's character, to his face, and the Haslam's played "good cop" in the situation. From what I was told, Watson didn't get indignant, and spoke about how ashamed he was to get in this situation - acknowledging the immorality of his own actions (the biggest point of contention for which there isn't rebuttable evidence [*from what I'm told*] is that Watson was presumptuous in assuming what he was paying for on a number of occasions - but in these instances he had repeat interactions with these women). In the end, the Browns were satisfied that: 1) Watson wasn't going to face any crippling legal actions, 2) He acknowledged that he was to blame for getting himself into the situation, and 3) His mental state hadn't been destroyed by the controversy. DISCLAIMER: I'm not agreeing with or advocating for the Browns decisions, I'm just explaining what I was told by someone closely involved.

Talked with my buddy. Supposedly Haslam deferred to the FO. They were satisfied with the evidence shown to them in their closed door meetings.

I get that people are mad about Deshaun signing, and I'm not thrilled personally... but why haven't we called for Jim Brown's statue to be torn down?

Ultimately I agree, but ... Hard to suspend a guy who did close to what Robert Kraft was accused of doing

For some insight - I don't know the information precisely, but the Browns FO was privy to evidence presented by the defense to prosecutors, which changed their initial thoughts on Watson. And I'll echo this again. I know Andrew Berry, and we became friends with him during his first stint in Cleveland when my wife worked for the Browns. My trust in him as a high character individual is marrow deep. It morally doesn't make sense to me right now, but I trust that he knows more than the rest of us.

Does anyone know who owned Jack Flaps? Maybe I'll try to reach out directly

Baker is most definitely emotionally fragile. And FWIW I don't think Baker from 2019 would write that post. I think it would've motivated him. Last year destroyed his confidence, in my opinion, and I think the letter reflects his insecurity.

I’ve heard two firsts and a second. No players

My college roommate - who's now a scout for the Bears - says the Browns go to 10 to 1 favorites if they sign Deshaun

Confirmed with my friend. Berry and Stefanski want no part for moral reasons. Haslam wants a better QB.

...it's a fair concern

^Now having said the above, I'm curious what a trade would look like, if it got to that stage... It would have to be at least two first rounders?

^Bumping this because I'm desperate and posted it at a bad time last night. Sorry Mods :(