PapaSlowDown

Just a man.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

This is so embarrassing. Come out of your basement one time, get objectively rekt in the debate, call yourself the winner, then retreat to the basement and just rely on the peasants to vote blue no matter who. We deserve better than this clown bullshit.

[Elizabeth Barcohana @E_Barcohana]

I think my favorite moment of the debate tonight was when Becerra said “isn’t the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?”

To which @SteveHiltonx replied, “Yeah, like voting Democrat.”

Perfection. 🤌🏻

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

Perhaps the problem is not the lack of government funding - but the displacement of our youth by questionably trained third worlders? https://t.co/KakQdMuS3B

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

@jonsrennie Yes. Father in law wore it in WWII - B17 navigator army air corp.

[A Man Of Memes @RickyDoggin]

All the folks talking about 'turning California red' really don't understand what happens in Ca. California just keeps printing and counting mail in ballots until the candidate of their choice wins. Just ask Spencer Pratt.

The leftest machine in California will never let a Republican win.

[Matt @MarktMatts]

Only Democrats would close 20+ refineries, kill the Keystone XL, drain our oil reserves, ban offshore drilling and then blame Trump

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

Women will complain about feeling unsafe walking alone and then vote to import infinity third-world migrants who skyrocket the crime rate

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

Your shower thought for the day on refining capacity.

Small refiners are all running at maximum capacity right now. Almost all of them produce and sell into local markets and neighboring states.

We don't have enough of them where we need them.

If we had regulatory certainty for investment in smaller refineries - we could avoid this mess in the future.

That is all for today....

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

@jesseyjay94 I went over to check it out - Brilliant.

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

@theblaze https://t.co/lPVRqzNhav is a brilliant use of emerging technology. Cutting through the fog of generational bureaucratic red tape and obfuscation.
Love it.

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

https://t.co/lPVRqzNhav is a brilliant use of emerging technology. Cutting through the fog of generational bureaucratic red tape and obfuscation.
Love it.

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

@jenvanlaar It’s surprising how many people believe that an overpowering aromatic hydrocarbon replaces basic hygiene….

[Liz Churchill @liz_churchill10]

1,000+ military-age men broke into Britain last week…

Only one person got arrested…the man who tried to stop it…

Today, the Prime Minister went on TV and called him a racist…

[Prello @DPrello]

Only a Democrat would cause 20 oil refineries to shut down and then blame Trump for high gas prices.

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

A neighbor two streets over knocked on our back door at 10:14am
Same pool flyer as us
I priced it at $142,300 and bought a $34 slip and slide
He put down a non-refundable deposit
His pool is a hole
He wanted to be ready
He drove to the Leslie's by the highway for chlorine
Closed
Paper sign still on the door

He read the news in the parking lot
The Wall Street Journal says the whole chain is preparing to file for Chapter 11 as soon as this week

He sat down at our kitchen table
My son was eating waffles across from him
He said how does a 63-year-old pool store go broke the month I get a pool
I said here is what actually happened

I said your store was one of 80 they closed last winter, and the loan did not get any smaller
He said what loan
I said about $757 million, signed in 2016. Last year the interest was $62.9 million
He said okay
I said the company's own best number for what it earned was $61.4 million. Adjusted EBITDA
He said that's less

I said on Friday all of its stock put together was worth about $2.74 million. About 19 of your pools
He said the whole company
I said all the stock
He said and the loan
I said still there
He looked out the window at our slip and slide

I said a private equity firm and a sovereign wealth fund bought it in 2017. They took it public in 2020 at $17 a share and started selling
I said in 2021 the CEO announced a plan to return money to shareholders
He said that's nice
I said the first return went to two shareholders
He said which two
I said the same two firms. The company paid them $151.9 million of its own cash, 13 days after the board approved the plan. On Friday those shares would have been worth about $110,000
He said huh
I said all in, the two firms took out more than $2 billion selling their stock

My wife set a coffee in front of him

I said in August the board's pay committee approved $1.35 million in retention awards to keep three executives from leaving
I said the next day the company told investors there was substantial doubt it could keep going. Those awards are about half of what all the stock was worth Friday
He turned his phone face down
My wife said he came over for chlorine

My son put his fork down
He is 6
He said when they closed the 80 stores, where did those stores' part of the loan go
I said nowhere. It's the same loan with 943 stores left. About $800,000 each
He said how many summers do the other ones have

Nobody answered him
The neighbor finished his coffee
He asked what the slip and slide needs
I said a hose

$LESL

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[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Want to pay less taxes and not move Vote Republican in November

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Do not look away.

Before President Trump took office, our nation’s sovereignty was threatened by unrestrained Third World mass migration.

Now, after sixteen months of zero releases at the border, the world knows: America will never be a dumping ground for their criminals.

[PapaSlowDown @PapaSlowDown]

@jonsrennie