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It must be a long sales cycle; there hasn't been a quarter since 2022 with less than $2B in recorded FMS exports and they cracked $4B last year.
Plaza Mariachi featured a Michael Jackson impersonator during the US vs Belgium halftime. Like the match, there was some miscommunication dead air, and a disappointing ending, but his footwork could've helped make some real plays. 8/10, better than Fox Sports but not Telemundo
Today, of all days, I hit a dog hole while mowing the lawn and broke my mower. I called my father to ask for help, he obligingly gave me a consult, and I took his advice to fix the lawnmower with a bent chain link. Thanks Dad!
Interesting how that translates into actual exports; I imagine many of the sales will take years to fulfill and the total value includes plenty of related services (maintenance, training, etc)
On the one hand, the federal govt just telling companies "you can't sell that" on an off the record basis is a bad policy that hurts everyone trying to work with export controls. On the other,
I needed to commemorate JD Vance getting embarrassed in Athens last week, and I remembered another time OSU took an L in Georgia, so I decided to pile on. HBTFD @newap-georgia.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
I really don't think it's saying "the economy is great" or "these people are stupid". He's arguing that the anxiety people feel about the economy are real and the typical metrics pundits and policymakers use to talk about "the economy" aren't doing a good job of reflecting that. Read the last lines:
That is part of what the piece is saying-- many people feel worse about the economy because of higher prices.
Nashville is having a time of it, y'all. Our power went out on Sunday morning and hasn't come back on since. We're fortunate enough to have a warm place to go, but a lot of my neighbors don't.
Is there a word for when something is deeply depressing, absolutely infuriating, and also entirely preventable? Surely something in German would fit the bill here
A new generation of American conservatives see a strongman leader of an OPEC country and think "a regime change would be good and probably wouldn't have adverse consequences for the next two decades, right?"
Earnestly, if you didn't have a rooting interest, I love this for you, but personally I'm doubling up on therapy next week
I love this for everyone without emotional investment in these teams. For me, personally, though:
Hell, I'll print as many whistles as you like for free! I can print about two dozen at a go-- red, sparkle green, glow-in-the-dark, or whatever color filament is in the community bin at Make. These are misprints but you get the notion.
> be business magnate who famously spends money on gold plated crap > become president of consumer spending-dependent country > hard-launch bad economic policy dependent on consumers continuing to spend money > tell consumers to spend less > "we're doing things right"
We don't complain about fall weddings in the South, but we do improvise, adapt, and overcome
Announcing the Nuzzi-Voce Flash Fiction Contest! Write your own prose in the signature style of Today's Main Character and quote this post. First prize is a Cadillac, second prize is steak knives, third prize is you can block anyone you like. My inaugural entry: