MinnPost Picks: on MLB ‘fan abuse,’ wading through Mueller’s Vol. 1, and the death of cap and trade in Oregon

REUTERS/Jim BourgSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller “Cap and trade's fate was sealed by dissent within Senate Democrats, not fleeing Republicans,” Salem Reporter Oregon's Legislature grabbed national headlines earlier this year when state Senate Republicans, who are in the minority, fled the Capitol to stall a vote on a cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill. But as the Salem Reporter shows, the story of how the bill actually died was slightly more complicated. It involved a Democrat and a lobbying push from Boeing. — Walker Orenstein, workforce and environmental reporter "Many teams are trying it, but tanking is not a legitimate strategy. It's fan abuse," The Washington Post Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell takes on the current agony of fans of at least a third of the teams in Major League Baseball — purposefully losing after trading stars and hoping to get better with prospects and draft choices. Because Houston was successful using it, it has become to go-to move by copycat general managers. (He's looking at you Orioles, Tigers, Royals, Blue Jays, Marlins and Mariners). When so many teams are using it, it no longer works because there aren't enough No. 1 draft choices or prospects to go around. Boswell calls it "a bull market in stupidity." — Peter Callaghan, state government reporter “Almost Every Bob Ross Painting in Existence Lives in a Virginia Office Park,” Atlas Obscura “Ross made three versions of the same painting — one as an initial reference, one that he painted on TV, and a last, more painstaking version to be included in his books.” All are landscapes. They’re stacked in numbered cardboard boxes in a warehouse in Virginia, home of Bob Ross Inc. Four quintessential examples were recently acquired by the Smithsonian Museum of National History. — Pamela Espeland, Artscape columnist “On The Mueller Report, Vol. 1” n+1 It was remarkable how quickly after its release discussion of the Mueller report moved from its actual content to the president’s interpretation (exoneration!) and the various counterinterpretations. Here, Mark Greif tries something novel: actually reading and trying to understand the report. Greif focuses on Volume I, which details the extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. — Tom Nehil, news editor

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MinnPost Picks: on MLB ‘fan abuse,’ wading through Mueller’s Vol. 1, and the death of cap and trade in Oregon