David Russell @DRinDC

@alt_w_v_g @WineGal8603 It seldom turns out the way it does in the song...

@mattyglesias McD's figured out how to upcharge for more packaging. It was brilliant.

@bballbreakdown @bretstrelow Old timers will tell you that toe-heel-toe combination on the pivot foot is traveling. And they're right (or they should be).

@Maeve0330 @lukerosiak Every prime contractor has subs. That's how the government contracting ecosystem works. But companies like ASRC have lots of their own subsidiaries (not subcontractors) who perform lots of work themselves.

@lukerosiak Since when are companies from a state ineligible to perform work in another state? Are we that populist now?

@lukerosiak And since when is a CEO responsible for a shareholder's standard of living?

Dads returning to their families after football season ends tonight

Never forget: we sent nudes, a mixtape, and directions to our house on Pioneer. No wonder the aliens are lying low.

It's true: If the US had a population smaller than metro Atlanta, produced 6x more petroleum per person, had its defense spending mostly paid by someone else, and ran enormous budget surpluses every year, it could also afford to pay for expensive procedures for foreigners.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine

6 months ago

In America, with our insurance, just one round of IVF costs $25,000. In Norway? $5,500. We’ll be back in 10 days — to fight for Medicare for All and an end to healthcare profiteering.

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A folding chair—that’s a good idea. Thx

Daughter of Wolves @Alicia_Bittle_

6 months ago

Most men would be living on a mattress on the floor with a folding chair as a nightstand without women. Most men wouldn’t travel without a woman asking him to go with her. Don’t act like male domestication is a bad thing

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My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill. Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people. 1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside 2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime. 3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal. 4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material 5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours. 6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable. 7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets 8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen 9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry. 10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings. This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first. Jeff Kazin Former head trading Cargill

@RandyEBarnett It's easy. Call it unfair and build a bureaucracy in response.

The winning goal against Man City. 🤩

@conncarroll @WSJ I was just blocked by RCP for first time ever. Weird

Beavers build a damn overnight that has been stuck, waiting for planning permission. "The beavers beat them to it, saving us CZK 30 million. They built the dams without any project documentation and for free." english.radio.cz/beavers-build-…

@ANC_Historian I saw Star Wars there. Several times.

@joey3harrington A chip in the ball could track forward momentum but still couldn't tell where the ball was when the ball carrier's knee touches the ground.

Next level 💯💯 RT if your school has 5 or more players on an active NFL Roster this weekend 🔥

@KwadeSays Because we have a playoff now.