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It is curiosity about Ellsworth/MDI's unusually low gas prices that got me to try GasBuddy


"Once that is passed, I would resign, and the elected Vice President would become President."
Why I Want to Run | Lessig http://www.lessig.org/2015/08/why-i-want-to-run/

Piketty: "book's central thesis is that when the rate of return on capital (r) is greater than the rate of economic growth (g) over the long term, the result is concentration of wealth, and this unequal distribution of wealth causes social and economic instability".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century

.@judell a fundamental issue: "the world’s supply of creative talent far exceeds the commercial demand for it."

Jon Udell on Twitter: "On getting paid (or not) to write. http://t.co/LaaNY5pXmV"
https://twitter.com/judell/status/572809022639742977

Airspeed Online – The Textron AirLand Scorpion Jet - "hourly cost to operate is likely to be around $3,000." vs $15,000 for an F-16.

http://airspeedonline.com/2013/12/the-textron-airland-scorpion-jet-audio-episode-show-notes/

Pleasant River Lumber in Sanford, Maine - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMpXve_24_s
Spends a $100,000 a week on logs
Published on Mar 27, 2014
"After 60 good years and a half dozen bad ones, it looked as if the only sawmill in Sanford might not survive. But the owners of Pleasant River Lumber Co. saw potential, not just problems.
Pleasant River Lumber bought the former Lavalley sawmill in December 2012, and what a difference that's made -- the difference between bankruptcy and a bright future."