{"id":4096,"date":"2015-05-30T21:27:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T01:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2015-05-30T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T01:27:23","slug":"saturday-five-53015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/saturday-five-53015\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday five, 5\/30\/15."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I posted an updated <a href=http:\/\/klaw.me\/1JUpne7>ranking of the top 25 prospects in the minors<\/a> and <a href=http:\/\/klaw.me\/1PQfvH6>my second mock draft for 2015<\/a>. I also held yet another <a href=http:\/\/klaw.me\/1LLOL4K>Klawchat<\/a> this week, still focusing on the draft.<\/p>\n<p>And now, this week&#8217;s links&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/saturdayfive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/saturdayfive.png\" alt=\"saturdayfive\" width=\"74\" height=\"43\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3812\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bipartisan editorial from Newt Gingrich and Van Jones calling for <a href=http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/05\/27\/opinions\/gingrich-jones-mental-health\/index.html>better treatment options for mentally ill nonviolent criminals<\/a>. I couldn&#8217;t agree with this any more.<\/li>\n<li>Twitter finally grew a spine and <a href=http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/05\/25\/twitter-suspends-chuck-johnson\/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfYjJsempjOGpjanc0NWYzOSJ9>banned serial rules violator Chuck C. Johnson<\/a>, who outed a rape victim and still was allowed to remain on the service. <\/li>\n<li>Kansas has become a real political backwater, with their latest stunt <a href=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/05\/21\/kansas-has-found-the-ultimate-way-to-punish-the-poor\/>the paternalistic $25 daily limit on welfare recipients&#8217; withdrawals<\/a>. The legislators supporting this awful law cite anecdotal evidence of waste rather than relying on research that gives the contrary conclusion.<\/li>\n<li>If you can&#8217;t accept the reality of climate change, perhaps the fear of <a href=http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-32736366>the extinction of coffee<\/a> will get to you? That BBC piece details some of the efforts to breed hardier coffee plants that can adapt to a warming planet.<\/li>\n<li>Still in denial? How about the loss of so much ice in Antarctica that <a href=http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/05\/150521143926.htm>it may be shifting the Earth&#8217;s gravitational field<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Bill Gates talked to Vox about <a href=http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/5\/27\/8660249\/gates-flu-pandemic>the inevitable global flu pandemic<\/a>, with a lot of additional reporting on the how, why, and maybe what we can do about it.<\/li>\n<li>A funny take on <a href=http:\/\/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/15\/free-range-vs-helicopter-parenting-get-the-facts\/?_r=0>helicopter versus free range parenting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A fair question on why there isn&#8217;t more media coverage of <a href=http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/208009\/nba-player-missing-playoffs-because-nypd-broke-his-leg-why-sports-media-silence#>Atlanta Hawks guard Thabo Sefolosha missing the playoffs<\/a> because he was attacked by NYPD officers. You&#8217;d think an assault on a famous person of color would at least get the media&#8217;s attention.<\/li>\n<li>Longread of the week: Atul Gawande, author of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0030V0PEW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0030V0PEW&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=meadowpartyco-20&#038;linkId=BB737W2DY2C3JNFM\">The Checklist Manifesto<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=meadowpartyco-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0030V0PEW\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i> (which I <a href=http:\/\/klaw.me\/1knbq7B>reviewed<\/a>) and <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0805095152\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0805095152&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=meadowpartyco-20&#038;linkId=RYPLCYOBST4FYXL6\">Being Mortal<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=meadowpartyco-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0805095152\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i> (which I haven&#8217;t read), writes about <a href=http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/05\/11\/overkill-atul-gawande>the plague of unnecessary medical care in America<\/a>. There are a lot of expensive tests, procedures, and medications with little to no proven benefit (or a proven lack of benefit) that are routinely administered to patients in the U.S., and we all end up paying for them in our insurance premiums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I posted an updated ranking of the top 25 prospects in the minors and my second mock draft for 2015. I also held yet another Klawchat this week, still focusing on the draft. 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