(satire) *Mark Zuckerberg Asks Hawaiian Neighbor To Cut Down Unsightly, Overgrown Rainforest.*

The US military outsourced housing for soldier to private companies. Can you guess what happened?

That's outsourcing for you. When the government (or a larger company) outsources a job, that job will tend to be done in an exploitative way. (That's what makes it cheaper.) And if the job involves providing any sort of service to people, the service will be done badly, unreliably, and (whenever possible) in ways that endangering their health.

This November, the Utah Democratic Party will not run a candidate for the Senate — instead, it will support a non-trumpet Republican running as an independent.

Urging people to vote for an independent compromise candidate has an advantage over nominating a compromise candidate, because the former avoids giving the impression that the compromise candidate speaks for the party.

The UK economy will lose an estimated 8 billion UKP in this year alone as a result of the loss of 400,000 workers due to cosequences of Covid-19. The losses from those people will not end this year.

Putin has cut off sales of natural gas to Poland, saying this is because Poland refuses to pay in rubles.

Poland will sue, claiming breach of contract. However, I don't think anything can make gas flow through the pipeline if Putin decides not to pump gas into it.