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Hekate

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38. "Our stupid useless journalists," as you call them, are very busy researching & reporting ...
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:24 PM
Apr 2020

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If anyone deserves a Nobel murielm99 Apr 2020 #1
+10,000,000 alittlelark Apr 2020 #60
I ABSOLUTELY agree! Stinky The Clown Apr 2020 #72
"How is it possible these two photos exist at the same time?" mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #2
Potatoes are one of the most versatile vegetables that exist lunatica Apr 2020 #37
I bought a ten-pound bag on Saturday. I had been waiting for the price to drop, but mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #40
Check other stores nitpicker Apr 2020 #57
potatoes will keep all winter as long as they don't get wet or freeze yellowdogintexas May 2020 #76
Those potato's were not Just dumped idahoblue May 2020 #79
Thank you for that information. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #82
If we had a functional government they would mobilize the military to take this food to the needy SoonerPride Apr 2020 #3
That's what I was thinking. My grandmother used to keep potatoes in the cold dark Maraya1969 Apr 2020 #7
I remember my grandmother's root cellar. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #49
+1 crickets Apr 2020 #8
It's called CAPITALISM. If there's not somebody making a profit, then there's not BComplex May 2020 #84
This! AleksS Apr 2020 #10
If by some slight chance Scarsdale May 2020 #83
Absolutely! Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #11
Yes, if our "president" would really do his TrishaJ Apr 2020 #30
We have a functional government. hay rick Apr 2020 #44
Bingo! FuzzyRabbit Apr 2020 #71
Yeah not fooled Apr 2020 #73
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #56
just like children in cages IcyPeas Apr 2020 #4
"Our stupid useless journalists," as you call them, are very busy researching & reporting ... Hekate Apr 2020 #38
And at the library. Most public libraries have digital subscriptions to a few newspapers. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #41
Public libraries are an outstanding resource. My husband can read their digital subscriptions... Hekate Apr 2020 #43
Because late-stage capitalism eliminates the inefficiencies and redundancies that would provide WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #5
Late-state capitalism - just before the permanent gangrene sets in and destroys the whole body. erronis Apr 2020 #24
Some wealthy investor made lots of money ... DBoon May 2020 #86
The reason these two photos exist at the same time is because crickets Apr 2020 #6
speechless stillcool Apr 2020 #9
i do a monthly donation. mopinko Apr 2020 #12
Thanks for the link happy feet Apr 2020 #20
Speaks volumes about the Trump pandemic response. nt ooky Apr 2020 #13
Easy. Capitalism... Caliman73 Apr 2020 #14
Or we could be like Venezuela; plenty of lines & NO potatoes. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #23
Venezuela's economy is 82% privately owned. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #36
And yet they're starving. And out of gas. They're certainly not a Capitalist country either. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #47
Again with the false choice fallacies. LanternWaste Apr 2020 #52
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste". I know where to look for proof! oldsoftie Apr 2020 #58
Give him a chance they said tiredtoo Apr 2020 #15
It reminds me of the Grapes of Wrath. jalan48 Apr 2020 #16
Why are all the potatoes at the store always gone then? when they are there that are tiny... mikelgb Apr 2020 #17
From what I understand, most potatoes are sold to fast-food chains already cut/frozen in huge bags. erronis Apr 2020 #28
Not unique to the US brooklynite Apr 2020 #18
Oops, you're going to ruin it for some folks! oldsoftie Apr 2020 #25
Again, arguing a premise no one has made. LanternWaste Apr 2020 #53
You dont read much do you? Sad. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #54
I'll stock up on some good mayonnaise. Need EVOO mayo for best taste tho. erronis Apr 2020 #29
Its always nice to pick up good info here! oldsoftie Apr 2020 #62
Chef Jose is a amazing. matt819 Apr 2020 #19
Put a call out to motivate volunteer I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #68
"years ago we moved from just in case to just in time." llmart Apr 2020 #70
It reminds me of a cartoon about Communism. Ilsa Apr 2020 #21
I doubted the 2nd pic was a food line. OneBro Apr 2020 #22
It really was a food bank line in San Antonio. crickets Apr 2020 #34
It is a parking lot. In the Mother JOnes story, the caption to the picture yellowdogintexas May 2020 #75
Meanwhile in San Antonio the Applebees where my son has worked for the past 11 yrs SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #26
These new rules for restaurants are going to hit franchise valuations hard. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #59
Right. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #88
Half of the country superpatriotman Apr 2020 #27
The dependence on mass trucking has crippled our food distribution system. nilesobek Apr 2020 #31
Yes!!! Rail would be a great addition to the supply chain. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #61
WRONG!! Oh so incredibly, incomprehensibly wrong! A HERETIC I AM May 2020 #80
Texas opens for business at midnight jimfields33 Apr 2020 #32
what an incompetent administration Roc2020 Apr 2020 #33
God Almighty Hekate Apr 2020 #35
Where's the Beef? moonseller66 Apr 2020 #39
If we had a real leader they would have ordered this food picked up by military ry and distributed kimbutgar Apr 2020 #42
Wow. We are SO wasteful. SO fucking wasteful. PatrickforO Apr 2020 #45
It's so depressing, isn't it? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #48
Late stage Capitalism. zentrum Apr 2020 #46
we need to get the army into moving crops, screw fancy packaging. boxes will do. move crops to pansypoo53219 Apr 2020 #50
It's trickle down economics dreamland Apr 2020 #51
Only in America. Wednesdays Apr 2020 #55
Transfer of power, control, wealth, and life. warmfeet Apr 2020 #63
Yet, the grocery stores have not dropped the price of potatoes. GoCubsGo Apr 2020 #64
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #65
If anyone can get a supply chain going, it's chef Andres. MerryBlooms Apr 2020 #66
Food is a human right I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #67
It would be nice to have a functioning Fed Govt, BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #69
KNR niyad Apr 2020 #74
this is really heartbreaking. yellowdogintexas May 2020 #77
Failure of leadership. meadowlander May 2020 #78
K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker May 2020 #81
It takes money and capacity to move food on that scale. AtheistCrusader May 2020 #85
I was really skeptical about that photo of all those cars.... CloudWatcher May 2020 #87
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