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31.Dec.2010
US Military’s Party Budget Includes Thousands For Alcohol In Afghanistan

How much did the US military spend on party supplies in 2010?

#new years eve #party #popular

10.Dec.2010
Erik Prince Lives ‘Comfortably’ In A ‘Redneck Mansion’

$17 is how much Blackwater founder Erik Prince pays for haircut, according to a new profile in Men’s Journal. $42 million is how much Blackwater recently paid for what that magazine describes as “a series of niggling violations.” As WIB coincidentally noted yesterday, those “niggling” violations included “hundreds” of egregious breaches of US government regulations [...]

26.Nov.2010
Who Are The US Military’s Top Turkey-Supply Contractors?

$1.2 million is how much the US Department of Defense spent on turkey-product supply contracts in the most recently concluded fiscal year. $146,569 of that was spent on whole boneless turkeys. $104,773 was spent on turkey bologna sandwiches. $736,592 of the turkey contracts went to US Foodservice Inc.

#party #supply chains #thanksgiving

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