Christopher Stone

Fmr Senate for policy/trade advisor | Cenasia/FSU | Emerging mkt VC | @GlobalTechSympo cofounder | RT/♥≠endorsement, views mine

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@the_transit_guy There are very few people arguing against trains in the northeast corridor, as you well know. The problem is that most of the rest of the country is not like the northeast, and NYC itself is sui generis.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@EWErickson …if Mills were the nominee, you’d find reasons to attack her. And she ran an anemic campaign. It may be that neither of the two could win.

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

Armenian Nikol Pashinyan is sealing his leadership in the history. A guy who chose the future instead of constant war.

Pashinyan: Abandoning Karabakh was my greatest service to Armenia.

I have been to Armenia. Not everyone there is happy about the abandoned territories. But no one also wanted the war!

"I said that we have no right to pass this bleeding wound from generation to generation. We must pass peace on to our children. Yes, I had the courage to say that we are on the wrong path, that we should not continue the Karabakh movement, and as a result, today we are more independent, more prosperous, and more of a state than ever before. If the Karabakh movement continues, there will be small and large wars, ongoing casualties, and the loss of statehood. I freed Armenia from that temptation, and I consider it my greatest service to Armenia."

Just one of the photos of what Karabakh looked like after decades of conflict. Now Baku is investing there and shaking hands with Yerevan -- something incredible.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

Ridiculous take, because one reason San Francisco is such an outlier is because it’s supposedly full of NIMBYs, yet a YIMBY just won the congressional race.

If a YIMBY can win in San Francisco, a YIMBY can win anywhere. That’s untrue of Mamdani-style candidates outside of New York.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@GerardAraud That, and there was no security guaranty by the parties to the memorandum. They undertook not to attack Ukraine, but they did not guarantee compliance by third parties. He should learn the difference between a primary obligor and a guarantor.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@EWErickson How does Ebola poll?

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@JaysonFras Alternatively, ranked choice voting.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@BradSteele2 @AnnCoulter @realDonaldTrump @TheJusticeDept @LeaderJohnThune Because states run elections in our country, not the federal government.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@billybinion I’m not disagreeing, but the pandemic and protests occurred in 2020 (when Trump lost), not in 2016 (when he was elected).

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@WashTimes @KellyRiddell What impact will this have on costs in the trucking industry? Will these costs be passed on to consumers?

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@Captain_C2 Well, we know from Liz Truss’ premiership that European lettuce will last 45 days!

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@LionOfAslanRoar @fandompulse You do realize that the pilot episode of SG-1, filmed back in 1997, featured full frontal nudity?

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@catholiclawyer @californiapost So what? Hilton will almost certainly make the runoff based on results thus far. Moderates and center-left types can vote for Hilton in the runoff if they’re really *that* disenchanted with Becerra.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@SusanDReynolds @MattMahanSJ @MattMahanHQ @XavierBecerra I like @MattMahanSJ, but primary challenges to incumbent governors never work.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@JoshKraushaar Let's do the mash!

https://t.co/1bxgxHhQLG

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@KateCornell You can, in fact, buy a lifetime license to Office 365. You don't get upgraded each time a new version gets released.

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@AVillaraigosa Villaraigosa would have been a good governor and LA is better off with him having served as mayor.

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@moizali Croatia

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@lavadog5 @AliceFromQueens So you admit it’s all hearsay and supposition at this point. To be clear, it wouldn’t surprise me if there is more to come. But that’s not actual evidence, and you know it.

[Christopher Stone @TrueStoneCold]

@amazingmap Uzbekistan as equivalent to Wyoming? Really?