I exist at the intersection of agriculture and energy. IA political veteran. Wine snob. Tiki aficionado.

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Joined January 2014
Update: Seat Geek reached out in response to my tweet. I was able to supply them the necessary info. In very short order they confirmed I was sent the wrong tix. I'll be getting a full refund. Very satisfied with their efficiency.
Hey @SeatGeek I bought two tix to Nebraska at Oregon game for tonight. The email said my tix to that game arrived. So I travel from Nebraska to Eugene. When I try to get in the game, the stadium staff tells me the barcode is for the OR vs Michigan game and they can't let me in.
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And as so many of you suggested in such colorful and emotional language, I will be more closely reviewing any future purchases. Keep it classy out there!
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Thank you. We try to be loud for our team but respectful of other fans. It was a great but weird game for 59 minutes. 🤣🤣
Replying to @ShawGOP
Just to let you know, if you hadn’t heard before, in the 20 years I’ve been going to duck games. Nebraska fans have been the loudest fans I’ve heard at Autzen. You guys travel well.
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Big thanks to OR tix office. They found me tix (that I had to pay for) to get me in the game.
Hey @SeatGeek I bought two tix to Nebraska at Oregon game for tonight. The email said my tix to that game arrived. So I travel from Nebraska to Eugene. When I try to get in the game, the stadium staff tells me the barcode is for the OR vs Michigan game and they can't let me in.
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Hey @SeatGeek I bought two tix to Nebraska at Oregon game for tonight. The email said my tix to that game arrived. So I travel from Nebraska to Eugene. When I try to get in the game, the stadium staff tells me the barcode is for the OR vs Michigan game and they can't let me in.
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It's game night lug nuts.
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It's game day, lug nuts.
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Harvest 2026 has begun. (Ok, it began a few days ago, but this is my first day.)
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🎥 Part 2: Setting the record straight. 🌽⛽ Chris Jones is a candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. When it comes to ethanol and Iowa agriculture, what candidates say matters. IRFA Executive Director Monte Shaw sets the record straight on more of Jones’ comments and puts the facts on the table. 🎤 Mic. Drop. Haven’t seen Part 1? Go back and check it out. 👀 xitter.cf/iowafuel/status/210641…
🎥 Let's break it down. Chris Jones is a candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. During a recent candidate forum, Jones made several claims about ethanol and Iowa agriculture. IRFA Executive Director Monte Shaw set the record straight, watch below. And we're not done yet. Keep a look out for part 2. 👀⛽🌽
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🎥 Let's break it down. Chris Jones is a candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture. During a recent candidate forum, Jones made several claims about ethanol and Iowa agriculture. IRFA Executive Director Monte Shaw set the record straight, watch below. And we're not done yet. Keep a look out for part 2. 👀⛽🌽
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It's game day, lug nuts.
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On this day in 1963, one of most powerful & impactful speeches in American history was given by Dr. Martin Luther King. His dream appealed to better angels of our character. Sadly, large swathes across political spectrum today not only ignore his dream, but actively reject it.
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RIP @DollyParton. An amazing entrepreneur and philanthropist. And she could sing pretty darn good as well. I would list her in the top 100 most impactful Americans from the last century.
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Want to know what happens when consumers have access to E15? This. Give drivers the choice, and they'll choose E15. Iowa's annual sales tell the story.
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Bonus points if you know the person who wrote that part of the script that launched this kid on his quest.
In 1945 the USS Indianapolis secretly delivered the parts for the atomic bomb that would hit Hiroshima. Days later, mission done, a Japanese submarine put two torpedoes into her. She sank in 12 minutes. Nearly 900 men made it off the ship alive and into the open ocean. Then it got worse. No one knew they were missing. Three separate Navy stations picked up the distress signals and every one of them ignored it. One officer thought it was a Japanese trap. Another had ordered not to be disturbed. So the men floated. For almost five days. No food, no fresh water, burning by day and freezing at night. Some drank seawater and went insane. And the whole time, the sharks were circling and feeding. It is considered the worst shark attack in human history. When rescue finally came by accident, only 316 of the nearly 1,200 crew were still alive. The Navy needed someone to blame for the disaster. They chose Captain Charles McVay, one of the men who survived it. He became the only U.S. captain in the entire war to be court-martialed for losing his ship to the enemy. At his trial the Navy did something almost unheard of. They brought in the Japanese commander who sank the ship to testify against him. Instead, the enemy captain told the court that zigzagging would have made no difference and that McVay did nothing wrong. They convicted him anyway. For years afterward McVay got hate mail from the families of the dead. Some sent letters every Christmas telling him he murdered their sons. In 1968 he walked onto his front lawn and shot himself, holding a toy sailor he had kept since he was a boy. Case closed. For fifty years. Then in 1996 an 11-year-old named Hunter Scott watched Jaws with his dad and got hooked on the 30 second speech about the Indianapolis. He made it his sixth grade history project. He tracked down and interviewed nearly 150 survivors. He dug through more than 800 documents. And buried in there he found what the Navy had left out, including that they knew enemy subs were operating right on the ship's route and never warned McVay. A kid's school project turned into a national story. It reached Congress. In 2000 lawmakers passed a resolution clearing McVay's name and President Clinton signed it. The Navy officially cleared his record in 2001. The captain the Navy spent decades blaming was finally exonerated by a sixth grader. Hunter Scott grew up and became a naval flight officer.
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Love it. @ChuckGrassley photo bombs American Gothic.
Yesterday in Washington D.C., Senator Chuck Grassley said it best: "E15 is as American as motherhood and apple pie." IRFA couldn't agree more. E15 is made from American-grown corn, strengthens rural communities, and helps drivers save at the pump. Homegrown fuel. More consumer choice. It's time to ensure year-round access to E15 for all Americans. #E15 #IowaAg
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