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According to old GOP pollster Frank Lutz.

A few Frats at UC Santa Bárbara could do it in a few weeks if they put their mind to it.

I’ll bet it’s an obvious pun in orca language.

Hey she’s gotta sleep at some point.

Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast had two great episodes in a row on Venezuela.

Yesterday was on the oil situation, today was on the debt situation. Today’s was far more interesting than I expected. It was more of a history lesson than a wonky bond podcast. Many of you would enjoy it. Probably more than the oil one.

Looking at you @taiwan_girl

Anyone else?

Looks like we're going there in March/April for Mayla's 50th birthday.

Thinking about some days in Bangkok and some days on a beach - Phuket?

Looking for recommendations.

Believe it or not, I briefly consulted for PDVSA in the 90s. Maybe a 6 week assignment.

I wonder when this board will discover Chinese peptides.

We’re already in fool me twice territory. They nationalized the American-led industry in the 70s. Then in the 90s they invited us back in only to unilaterally dilute the companies’ stakes in the early 2000s.

Can’t do creatine, tx meds gave me chronic kidney disease. I wonder if i can write off my bike trainer

Megyn goes full Candice on us.

@AndyD said in ICE kills a US citizen in Minneapolis:

I'd like to think I would have got out of the car as requested.
I'd like to think I would have dived out of the way of the accelerating car and not shot.

It's not a perfect world.

All your points about her doing the wrong thing and acting illegally are valid. It doesn't warrant execution. At least two of the mans shots were fired after the bumper moved beyond him.

She was also told repeatedly to move. They were shouting Move! Move! Move!

It’s a hyena not a jackal.

Also lots of experts are saying it doesn’t make sense to invest at $60 a barrel, especially given alternative investment opportunities. More like $80-90 before it’s profitable.

Financial Times: US oil companies want “serious guarantees” from Washington before they make splashy investments in Venezuela… “No one wants to go in there when a random fucking tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country.”

That’s an actual quote from an oil executive.

MAGA: “you better obey the police or else they can and should kill you at point blank range"

Also MAGA: "january 6th was pretty chill actually, they were just walking around, what's the big deal??"