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Another 80's song brought back to life because of "Stranger Things":
Saw them at the first Lollapalooza.
A Global Chickpea Shortage is Looming
We can expect a dip in hummus supplies thanks to a forthcoming chickpea shortage.
Chickpeas are just one crop in a string of supply chain issues due to weather conditions, war and woefully backlogged shipping vessels across the globe. Quantity issues have been bolstered by worldwide fertilizer shortages and widespread supply chain issues, with crops such as tomatoes and wheat being hit just as hard.
According to Reuters, chickpea crop yields are anticipated to drop as much as 20 percent this year. This decrease in the quantity of the legume—an important protein source for many diets— comes as a result of both unfruitful weather conditions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine were top exporters of chickpeas, and the war has led to supply chain shortages. In fact, with Ukraine rendered unable to seed its chickpea crop, the result was a deficit of an estimated 50,000 tonnes of chickpeas that otherwise would have ended up in the European market. Before the war, Russia was responsible for around a quarter of global chickpea trade. Other prominent chickpea growing areas, such as Australia, are struggling to keep up with demand as farmers deal with drought and sellers fight for freight space on shipping vehicles.
https://modernfarmer.com/2022/07/chickpea-shortage/
Gonna pick up a few bags this weekend... can't go without my hummus (among other things)!
Emmanuel, DON'T DO IT! Emmanuel, DON'T choose violence today. Please.
https://twitter.com/p4ndr_/status/1548017731936497665
AOC: If you want to know what subconscious bias looks like, it's a headline saying...
EDIT: The actual tweet (I couldn't post it originally because I was having issues w/Twitter. It is from 2019):
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1106953015804731393
Check-in if you think the conspiracy theories swirling around DU regarding Ivana are ridiculous.
BREAKING: the 1/6 committee has issued a subpoena to the #SecretService
This is the first time the committee has publicly announced a subpoena for an Executive Branch agency.
Details TK
https://twitter.com/muellershewrote/status/1548133106351087616
Top Trump aide Peter Navarro rejects plea deal from prosecutors
Source: CBS News
Washington — Donald Trump's top White House trade adviser, Peter Navarro, rejected a plea offer extended to him by the government in his ongoing contempt of Congress criminal case, prosecutors said Friday.
Navarro was indicted earlier this year on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with demands from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that he hand over pertinent documents and sit for a deposition.
The plea deal that Navarro rejected stipulated that he admit to one of the two charges brought against him and comply with the House subpoena in a manner satisfactory to the Justice Department. In exchange, according to federal prosecutors, the government would limit its sentencing request for Navarro to a maximum of 30 days in prison. Each of the misdemeanor counts carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison if convicted.
The select committee first subpoenaed Navarro for records and testimony in early February. Investigators believe Navarro worked with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and others to craft a plan to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The February request from the committee also notes that in his book, Navarro described the plan as the "Green Bay Sweep" and wrote it was "the last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats' jaws of deceit."
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-trump-aide-peter-navarro-rejects-plea-deal-from-prosecutors/
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