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In reply to the discussion: Chef Andres: People of America! I want to talk about two photos [View all]oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)25. Oops, you're going to ruin it for some folks!
Only the US can have problems like this!
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I bought a ten-pound bag on Saturday. I had been waiting for the price to drop, but
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2020
#40
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
It's called CAPITALISM. If there's not somebody making a profit, then there's not
BComplex
May 2020
#84
"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
And yet they're starving. And out of gas. They're certainly not a Capitalist country either.
oldsoftie
Apr 2020
#47
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
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
If we had a real leader they would have ordered this food picked up by military ry and distributed
kimbutgar
Apr 2020
#42
we need to get the army into moving crops, screw fancy packaging. boxes will do. move crops to
pansypoo53219
Apr 2020
#50