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We knew Ciara and Russell Wilson were a hot couple, but we didn't know they were THIS hot -- as in, someone dropping six-figures to have dinner with them!!!

The Seahawks QB and singer closed their All In Challenge auction Friday night ... and there was some furious bidding as the closing bell sounded. The couple offered up a chance for a dinner double date to support the Challenge which, as we've told you, is raising money to feed children and families in need during the coronavirus pandemic.

Early Friday morning, we're told the top bid was $32,000 -- which would have been impressive enough -- but some superfan or fans sent the bids skyrocketing. When the dust settled, the winning bid came in at $240k.

So far, the winner is anonymous. All we know is he or she REALLY loves them some Russell and Ciara.

A few other Challenge auctions closed yesterday ... including Yo Gotti's limited edition Rolex AND tour bus going for $190k -- and NY Giants star Saquon Barkley pulled in $47k for a dinner, workout and game experience.







As we reported, the All In Challenge is the brainchild of 76ers partner Michael Rubin ... who told us on "TMZ Live" about launching the project when he saw how the pandemic was impacting so many millions of families.

This is gonna be a big week for Michael's baby. So far it's raised nearly $20 million, and some big-ticket auctions are closing Tuesday -- like golfing with Peyton Manning, Eli Manning's Corvette, A-Rod's batting practice and, of course, the Tom Brady extravaganza.

Dinner with Brady, his first Buccaneers game, and his game jersey is currently sitting at $775,000!!! Nearly a million bucks to be king of Tompa Bay with TB12 for a weekend?? Sure. Just don't let Tom handle the directions.
 























































 









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Good move by 2 Chainz. The NFL draft should be done like this every year. Las Vegas is nowhere near ready to re-open.
 





 
I won't be shocked,if they go back as November to the people that died from the flu and respiratory issues.

Most certainly. We truly do not know the extent of this virus presence.

I guess the question for me is that if it’s been here since a couple of month earlier than thought, then how did it get so out of control in March and April?

It obvsiouly is highly contagious, but there were major events in December, January, and February. You would think there would have been a huge uptick in illness and deaths in January at least. It seems like it would have been noticeable among the population of people?
 
All he had to do was actually listen to the experts and allow them to handle this. He could take all of the credit for the successful response and easily be reelected. Instead, he has to try to micromanage everything and because he is a moron, it is a complete failure. We will have 60K deaths by next week...




In retrospect, wouldn't have Donald Trump's presidency been easier for him had he hired competent professionals, and then simply rubber stamped their decisions?

I feel like this question misunderstands Donald Trump and the nature of deeply narcissistic personalities. When I was a young producer, I went to work for a European billionaire who built his own movie studio in the Philippines. His background was not film production, but he was convinced that he knew everything about the process, better than the scores of veteran pros he flew over. He would constantly shut productions down, fire talent, and just create chaos. An entire studio would constantly sit dormant, films never finished, project canceled as punishment to some slight. I would always ask my younger self, “Why doesn’t he just get out of his own way?”

What I would finally learn is, as we see with Trump, getting stuff done is never the goal, especially through someone else. Narcissistic personalities have one goal, which is to constantly feed the open-wound ego that they have. To that end, chaos is not only good, it’s necessary. A finished project is not a good thing, because the attention is now on the project and not the person. A deeply narcissistic person must create constant dysfunction and stress wherever they go, and they must remain at the center of that dysfunction. Otherwise, people move on, they don’t need you, they create their own power and agency apart from you. Narcissists cannot have that.

This is why the wall will never be completed. There will never be a new healthcare system. Every project that will be announced (Space Force!) will be a half-assed zombie after the press release. It’s important to always ask, “What are the incentives at play?” Well, with Trump, legislative achievements and efficiency are never, ever the incentives at play.

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In May 2016, shortly after Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, his son Donald Trump Jr. reached out to the staff of his father’s former rival, Ohio governor John Kasich.[1]

Despite the acrimonious ending to the campaign, Junior still had an offer for his vanquished political foe:

How would John Kasich like to become the most powerful vice-president in United States history?


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“Ohio governor John Kasich speaks to Donald Trump during a commercial break at the CBS News Republican presidential primary on Feb 13, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. John Bazemore, AP.” Donald Trump edges John Kasich in new Ohio primary poll

After observing the Trump presidency for three years, we now know that such an arrangement would have been untenable. President Trump is incapable of sharing the spotlight or the credit.

Early staffers like Paul Manafort floated the idea that Trump would embrace a largely ceremonial, “chairman of the board” role as president.[3] These announcements were always at best fanciful, or head-in-the-sand wishful thinking.

Trump’s presidency would indeed have been far easier for him (and for all of us) if he had implemented a European-style, figurehead type role for his presidency. In an alternate reality, I can easily imagine President Trump enjoying all the perks, prestige, and pomp of the presidency, unencumbered by boring policy discussions and endless congressional debates.

Unfortunately, the man’s pathological need for validation will squash any competing power centers in his administration.

For what it’s worth, Donald Junior later strongly denied making the strange vice-presidential offer to Kasich (first reported in The New York Times.)[4]


Footnotes

[1] Report: Trump camp told Kasich he could run foreign and domestic policy as VP

[2] How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate

[3] Report: The Trump campaign asked John Kasich to be the 'most powerful vice president in history'

[4] Report: Trump camp offered to make Kasich 'most powerful VP in history'

[5] Trump, Kasich feud over 'most powerful' VP offer
 
Most certainly. We truly do not know the extent of this virus presence.

I guess the question for me is that if it’s been here since a couple of month earlier than thought, then how did it get so out of control in March and April?

It obvsiouly is highly contagious, but there were major events in December, January, and February. You would think there would have been a huge uptick in illness and deaths in January at least. It seems like it would have been noticeable among the population of people?
Logically it simply was not circulating since last year. People are just speculating based on anecdotal claims of being sick. People are always sick with flu. Especially during winter.

It just seems like things got out of hand suddenly because of the R-0 number between 2-3. It isn’t that contagious compared to something like measles or chicken pox it will still have exponential growth that’s hard for humans to understand.

Assume a pond has one water lily. Each day the water lily grows two other water lilies. Then each of those grows two more and so on. If a pond has one water lily on day 1 and is covered with water lilies by day 60 on what day was half the pond covered with water lilies. Day 30? Nope. Day 20? Nope. Day 40? Nope.

Day 59! That means things got out of hand very late after the start. That lines up with what went on in the US. You got first official case on same date as South Korea in January and no testing till very late to track things (March). By then it was much further along than one would think due to exponential growth.
 
Logically it simply was not circulating since last year. People are just speculating based on anecdotal claims of being sick. People are always sick with flu. Especially during winter.

It just seems like things got out of hand suddenly because of the R-0 number between 2-3. It isn’t that contagious compared to something like measles or chicken pox it will still have exponential growth that’s hard for humans to understand.

Assume a pond has one water lily. Each day the water lily grows two other water lilies. Then each of those grows two more and so on. If a pond has one water lily on day 1 and is covered with water lilies by day 60 on what day was half the pond covered with water lilies. Day 30? Nope. Day 20? Nope. Day 40? Nope.

Day 59! That means things got out of hand very late after the start. That lines up with what went on in the US. You got first official case on same date as South Korea in January and no testing till very late to track things (March). By then it was much further along than one would think due to exponential growth.

That makes sense.

I guess pin-pointing how early it was in the U.S. will be key in figuring out how out of control this virus became.

So far late January makes the most sense as the first case was reported on the 22nd in the U.S.

People's claims are all we have to go on for now until more official reports come out, which will be difficult to do if certain deaths aren't retested.
 
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