@3rdpoint

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Joined July 2009
"For the love of money is the root of all of evil" America took that warning, called it capitalism, and built a nation upon it.
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yes and no - there is only one measure of the quality of any restaurant; vendors. based on that single fact, most fast-food establishments fall far behind (minus maybe culvers), is it "somehow special" in any way? no.
In-N-Out Burger is overrated Change my mind
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this is a reference to IGM syndrome. #IGotMine
What the fuck is he talking about
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i think this is a reference to DJO syndrome; when recording media switched from expensive film to expansive digital, the dire need to make every second count vanished. #DirectorJerkOff
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i was gonna go w/ shit product, but playground is ok too
McDonald's is spending 8.5 billion dollars to find out why families stopped coming. I can save them the 8.5 billion. They took out the playground. The plan, announced Wednesday at investor day. Better food, faster service, new equipment, AI tools, hospitality training, and a bigger push into chicken and beverages. They call it Next. The goal, they say, is making customers feel more comfortable. Wall Street loved it so much the stock fell 5 percent to its lowest since 2022. Over five years McDonald's shares are down 3 percent. Burger King's parent is up 14. The owner of Taco Bell and KFC is up 13. This is not a hamburger problem. This is a McDonald's problem. So let us talk about who used to eat there. Parents. That was the whole business. Parents at 5:40 on a Tuesday with three kids in the back and nothing thawed at home. You did not go for the burger. You went because your kids could run screaming through a plastic tube for 40 minutes while you sat with a coffee and experienced silence. That was the product. The food was the cover charge. The first PlayPlace opened in 1971 in Birmingham, Alabama, and for fifty years it did one job. It made small children demand to go to McDonald's. Then 2020 arrived, every play area in the country closed, and a great many never came back. The equipment came out during a remodeling program named Experience of the Future. The Experience of the Future turned out to be a touchscreen. Their own chief executive said he did not know if ball pits were in their future. Sir, you were not selling ball pits. You were selling forty minutes. So now there is no counter, no playground, and no reason for a seven year old to want to go. A screen, a window, and a bag. And for that we pay prices that require a moment of reflection in the parking lot. For thin, overcooked, oddly uniform pucks that taste like a memory of beef. I did not love them because they were good. I loved them because I was eight and there was a slide. And have you seen the new buildings. The old ones were unmistakable. Red roof, yellow arches, legible from a highway at 70 to a child who could not yet read. The new ones are a flat gray box with a small logo and a drive through wrapped around it. A regional claims office with a fryer. They removed the color, the characters, the counter, and the playground, and then hired consultants to find out why it no longer feels like anywhere. Which is why, when I have to eat fast food, I go to Chick-fil-A. Not for the politics. For the competence. They have led the customer satisfaction index for fast food eleven years running, and average 8.5 million dollars per location against McDonald's 4 million. More than double, while closed on Sundays. Fifty two days a year with the lights off, and still double. A seventeen year old hands you a bag and says my pleasure and means it about 70 percent, which is 70 percent more than a touchscreen has managed. McDonald's is spending 8.5 billion on hospitality training. Chick-fil-A earns 8.5 million per restaurant by just having some. So here is my consulting proposal, free of charge, on behalf of mothers everywhere. Put the playgrounds back. Not a nostalgia campaign. Not a retro cup. The structure. Tubes, slides, a door the kids cannot open from the inside, and a bench where a tired woman can sit. And understand what you are buying, because it is not lunch. A six year old does not know your food is bad. He has no basis for comparison and no functioning palate. He thinks the burger is incredible because he is standing in a castle made of tubes. That is the window. That is the only window you get. You catch them before the taste buds arrive, and thirty years later they drive past your sign, feel something they cannot explain, and pull in anyway. That is not a menu strategy. That is imprinting, and you shut it down in 2020 to save on cleaning. Eight and a half billion dollars for AI tools and hospitality training. Or a slide. 🦋
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nepo-kazan had a grandpa that orson welles referred to as a traitor. so, cool, cool.
Zoe Kazan, the writer of the upcoming Netflix show "East of Eden" says that Steinbeck is "riffing on" the story of Adam and Eve. Wrong story, honey. The phrase “East of Eden” comes from Genesis 4, which is the story of Cain and Abel. You know, like Cal and Aron. You would know who these people were if you’d read the book.
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The average recommended dose of magnesium is 350–420 mg, but this was never meant to optimize brain and nervous system function. It’s the bare minimum to prevent deficiency, not support optimal health. The form of magnesium matters. Many supplements use magnesium oxide, which has very low absorption and can limit results. Magnesium glycinate is one of the best forms, with high absorption and better tolerance for the digestive system. Only about 1% of magnesium is found in the blood, making deficiency difficult to detect with standard blood tests. An RBC magnesium test is slightly better, but still not fully accurate. To support healthy magnesium levels, take 300–400 mg of magnesium glycinate a few times per day. This can help support blood pressure, reduce palpitations, and improve sleep. Dr. Eric Berg, DC, not MD; information only
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Qualified Immunity is a made-up doctrine by scotus to allow law enforcement to get away w/ terrorizing citizens w/out repercussion. this "decision" was no accident, it's a law created by the courts because congress couldn't get away w/ it
It's not just that flock should get sued, we need to revisit concepts of prosecutorial and police immunity so that some human can be held accountable for problems like this
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is it just the times - all i know is i never laughed more than watching sctv.
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of premieres October 30. Legendary SCTV cast members reunite in this documentary for a funny and heartfelt celebration of a scrappy Canadian sketch show that made comedy history.
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Pretty sure George W Bush and his lame ICE need to go #DefundICE
Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan, after the 58th death in ICE custody: We're not gonna apologize. You can hate us all you want, we're not going anywhere. ICE will continue
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So the whole "Susan Collins steered millions in government contracts to a company that may have violated campaign finance laws donating to her but the Trump DOJ killed the investigation" was a one day story, huh?
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SCOTUS doctrine of Qualified Immunity has turned America into a free-pass police state
ICE Agents are immune to prosecution. They have unlimited power and can stop and arrest anyone living in the U S., including American citizens, without a warrant. This is fascism. On November 3rd Americans can end this insanity.
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I like”corporatists” - much nicer than the “paid corporate b1tch@s” that I use
Some very useful information/research here exposing the internal Democratic Party battle between corporatists and populists. This battle is going to become the main event in the 2028 presidential primary. Follow this account and check out their website. Super useful.
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Spot f’g on.
Emma Vigeland on the Paramount-Warner Bros merger: This is gonna be a real problem, this is gonna result in job losses, and it’s just incredibly undemocratic. This is Rob Bonta and the California Dems—and let’s include Gavin Newsom and Becerra in this—who are aiding in the oligarch takeover of our media and our art.
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Great, but do you really want a gay man on the ticket? American voters have proven merit is a joke in the face of Christian nationalism
Who thinks that Pete Buttigieg would be an amazing President or Vice President ? 1. Yes 2. No
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There’s coke and Pepsi, you get a “choice” but it’s all one corporate oligarchy
Surely you've noticed that even after a Red Wave or a Blue Wave, nothing ever changes for the voters. These shifts in power between parties are orchestrated to give us the illusion of choice.
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Cheaper=sh1tty #Enshittification
When did we collectively agree to replace natural fabrics with plastic??? I want linen. I want cotton. Why is polyester in literally EVERYTHING?
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Follow the corporate $, nobody gets their ass off the couch for free.
Janet Mills not endorsing Troy Jackson and Jasmine Crockett deliberately undermining James Talarico should be national scandals with the leadership of the party in an uproar.
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Bonta; “yeah, whoopsie daizy! Gav ol’ buddy promised me DOJ when he takes the White House. Even Billy C sent him a box of cigars, but I’m not sure if that wasn’t just some twisted “oval” intern humor.”
Again, thanks @AGRobBonta you useless hack.
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I genuinely don’t understand how eating breakfast can make me hungry again an hour later, but if I skip breakfast entirely, I can somehow go the whole day without thinking about food. How does that even make sense?
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Trump’s Department of Justice just removed every single one of Trump’s pardons from their website. Too bad we saved them before they could delete them: —George Santos, wire fraud —Julie Chrisley, conspiracy to commit bank fraud (5 counts); bank fraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws —Todd Chrisley, conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (5 counts); wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws —Tina Peters, for those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 —Changpeng Zhao, failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program —Nearly 1,600 January 6th insurrectionists: seditious conspiracy; assaulting, resisting/impeding law enforcement; destruction of government property; obstruction of an official proceeding —Ross William Ulbricht, fraud with identification documents —Terence Dale Sutton, Jr., murder in second degree; conspiracy; obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting —Andrew Zabavsky, conspiracy; obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting —Lawrence S. Duran, conspiracy to commit health care fraud; health care fraud (11 counts); conspiracy to defraud the United States and to receive and pay health care kickbacks —Kentrell D. Gaulden, Felon in possession of a firearm — Michael Gerard Grimm, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns —Michael Ray Harris, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to aid and abet possession and distribution of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine —Larry Hoover, narcotics conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; use of persons under age 18; distribution of cocaine; distribution of cocaine (2 counts) use of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime —James M. Kernan, knowingly and willfully permitting a convicted felon to be engaged in the business of insurance —Marlene Mary Kernan, permitting a convicted felon to engage in the business of insurance —Tanner J. Mansell, theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction —John R. Moore, Jr., theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction —Marian I. Morgan, conspiracy to defraud the United States; wire fraud (7 counts); transfer of funds taken by fraud (5 counts) —John G. Rowland, conspiracy to defraud the United States —Charles Overton Scott, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Alexander Sittenfeld, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds; attempted extortion under color of official right —Earl Lamont Smith, theft of government property —Garnett Gilbert Smith, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine —Charles Lavar Tanner, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; attempt to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine —Anabel Valenzuela, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; conspiracy to commit money laundering; criminal forfeiture (2 counts) —Imaad Shah Zuberi, violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; tax evasion; illegal campaign contributions; tampering with a witness, victim or informant (obstruction of justice) —Jeremy Young Hutchinson, conspiracy to commit bribery, aiding and abetting filing of false income tax return; conspiracy; criminal forfeiture of property —Edward Ruben Sotelo, conspiracy; continuing criminal enterprise; possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram of cocaine, aiding and abetting (2 counts); distribution of more than five kilograms of cocaine and aiding and abetting —Joe Angelo Sotelo, conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine and aiding and abetting —Brian Kelsey, conspiracy to defraud the United States —Thomas Edward Caldwell, tampering with documents or proceedings —Devon Archer, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Benjamin Delo, violation of the Bank Secrecy Act —Gregory Dwyer, violation of Bank Secrecy Act —Arthur Hayes, violation of the Bank Secrecy Act —HDR Global Trading Limited, violation of Bank Secrecy Act —Trevor Milton, securities fraud; wire fraud (2 counts) —Samuel Reed, violation of the Bank Secrecy Act —Jason Galanis, conspiracy to commit securities fraud (2 counts); securities fraud; investment adviser fraud —Ozy Media, Inc., conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud —Carlos Roy Watson, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft —Michele Fiore, conspiracy to commit wire fraud (6 counts); wire fraud —Paul Walczak, willful failure to pay trust fund taxes; failure to file return/information —Scott Howard Jenkins, conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (3 counts) —James Callahan, filing false labor union reports —Kevin Eric Baisden, shoplifting; second degree theft; bail reform act —Mark Bashaw, violation of lawful orders —Joan Bell, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Coleman Boyd, conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act —Joel Curry, conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction —Jonathan Darnel, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Caroline Davis, conspiracy to interfere with access to clinic entrances; aiding and abetting interference with access to clinic entrances Conspiracy —Eva Edl, conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction; violation of the FACE Act —Chester Gallagher, conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act —Herb Geraghty, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —William Goodman, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Dennis Green, conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act —Lauren Handy, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Paula Harlow, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —John Hinshaw, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Heather Idoni, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Jean Marshall, conspiracy against rights; FACE Act —Christopher Moscinski, interference with freedom of access to reproductive health services —Justin Phillips, conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction —Paul Place, violation of the FACE Act —Jay Smith, FACE Act —Paul Vaughn, conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act —Bevelyn Beatty Williams, violating FACE Act —Calvin Zastrow, conspiracy to obstruct access to clinic providing reproductive health services; violation of the FACE Act —Eva Zastrow, conspiracy against rights; clinic access obstruction; violation of the FACE Act —James Zastrow, violation of the FACE Act —Rod R. Blagojevich, wire fraud under color of official right (8 counts) —Jean Pinkard, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances —Glen Casada, conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (4 counts); use of a fictitious name to carry out a fraud —Cade Cothren, conspiracy to defraud the United States; honest services wire fraud (6 counts) —Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr., introducing misbranded drugs into Interstate commerce; health care fraud —Troy Lake, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Michael McMahon, acting as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General; conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking; stalking —Darryl Strawberry, Sr., income tax evasion —Michelino Sunseri, leaving the Garnet Canyon Trail to use the shortcut of the Old Climber's Trail in violation of the Superintendent's 2024 Compendium —Joseph Lewis, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud (2 counts) —Suzanne Kaye, Interstate Communications - Threats —Joseph Schwartz, willful failure to pay over employment taxes; failure to file the Annual 5500 Report —Daniel Edwin Wilson, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; possession of an unregistered firearm —David Gentile, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; wire fraud (2 counts) —Juan Orlando Hernandez, conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; possessing machine guns and destructive devices in furtherance of the cocaine importation conspiracy; conspiracy to use and carry machine guns and destructive devices —Timothy Joseph Leiweke, conspiracy to restrain trade —Jimmy Ray Barnett, possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of amphetamine; convicted felon in possession of firearms —Zechariah Benjamin, distribute and aid and abet the distribution of 5 grams or more of cocaine base after having been convicted of two felony drug offenses —Angela Wannette Cupit, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance —Jacob Deutsch, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud —Juan Mercado, III, conspiracy to possess, with intent to distribute, 2160.02 kilograms of marijuana; supervised release violation (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine) —Angela Reynolds, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance —Andre Donnell Routt, did knowingly and intentionally conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other and with other persons to knowingly and intentionally distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine —James Phillip Womack, distribution of more than five grams of actual methamphetamine —Adriana Isabel Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; wire fraud and aiding and abetting (7 counts) —Andres Enrique Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; wire fraud and aiding and abetting (7 counts) —Danny Preston Conrad, embezzling by postal employee —Arie Eric De Jong, III, conspiracy —Russell John Flint, Jr., aiding and abetting the making of false Selective Service Registration Certificates —Julio M. Herrera Velutini, honest services wire fraud (2 counts); federal program bribery (2 counts) —Kenneth Caprist Kelly, armed bank robbery; assault during armed bank robbery; use of firearm during a crime of violence —James Michael Klos, possession of an unregistered firearm —David Levy, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud —Hollie Ann Nadel, conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud —Mark T. Rossini, federal program bribery; honest services wire fraud —Wanda Vazquez Garced, federal program bribery; honest services wire fraud —Terren Scott Peizer, securities fraud; insider trading (2 counts) —Travis Henry, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine —Timothy S. Smith, conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service —Nathaniel Newton, Jr., conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana —Joseph Klecko, perjury —Jamal Lewis, use of telephone to facilitate an attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine —Elite Diesel Service, Inc., conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Dr. Billy A. Cannon, conspiracy —Stephen E. Buyer, securities fraud (4 counts) —Jonathan Dean Achtemeier, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Timothy Curtis Clancy, II, Clean Air Act tampering —Clancy Logistics Inc., Clean Air Act tampering —Joshua L. Davis, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act —Matthew Sidney Geouge, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act —Jack Charles Harvard, false statement to a federally insured bank, and aiding and abetting —Adam R. Kidan, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud; wire fraud —John Dougherty, embezzlement of labor union assets (33 counts); wire fraud (24 counts); conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and federal program bribery; honest services wire fraud (7 counts) —Ryan Reginald LaLone, violation of Clean Air Act —Wade James LaLone, violation of Clean Air Act —Accurate Truck Service LLC, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Diesel Freak LLC, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Griffin Transportation Inc., conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Barry Kendal Pierce, Clean Air Act —Custom Auto of Rexburg LLC, tampering with a monitoring device or method required by the Clean Air Act —GDP Tuning LLC, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Aaron Lucas Roskin Rudolf, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Mackenzie Scott Spurlock, tampering with Clean Air Act monitoring device —Patrick Tate Adamiak, receive and possess and unregistered firearm; unlawful possession and transfer of a machine gun —Isaac Merrill Allen, conspiracy to tamper with Clean Air Act monitoring devices; obstruction of agency proceeding —Spade K. Bailly, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Clean Air Act—Thomas Leon Brooks, Jr., manufacturing counterfeit currency —Giovanna Campo, possession of counterfeit United States obligations —Daniel Aaron Chase, tampering with Clean Air Act monitoring device —Shane Cox, possession of an unregistered firearm; transfer of a firearm in violation of National Firearm Act (five counts); making a firearm in violation of National Firearm Act; engaging in business as a dealer and manufacturer of firearms —Billi Jo Engbrecht, Bank Embezzlement —Russell Fincher, selling ammunition to a prohibited person —Michael Wayne Hanzuk, II, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Jessica Lynn Jacobson, conspiracy to make and utter counterfeit obligations and securities of the United States —Christopher Paul Kaufman, Clean Air Act Tampering —Jeremy Ryan Kettler, possession of unregistered firearm —Eric Wayne Larson, conspiracy to distribute cocaine —Jonathan F. Long, accessory after the fact of falsifying, tampering with, and rendering inaccurate a monitoring device required by the Clean Air Act —Ryan Hugh Milliken, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Kyle David Offringa, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Louis Michael Olerio, Jr., money laundering conspiracy —George Peterson, possession of an unregistered silencer —Dustin Rhine, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —James Sisson, conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act —Travis Turner, accessory after the fact to Clean Air Tampering —Emory Clash Jones, conspiracy to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base —Suzula Bidon, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; supervised release violation (conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine) —Molly Ann Bloom, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance —Holly Leanne Frantzen, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance —Kevin Harden, conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana —Jerry Haymon, conspiracy to distribute marijuana —Shemika Alfrida Williams, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a firearm during a drug crime
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