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No. You have it backwards. Everything should be seen from a divine spiritual lens. Most politics is intended to impose their own devilish selfish views that are opposite a divine view.

Maybe we can get Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to replace Kennedy. She would confiscate all the wealth of the Engelstads anyway as a politician.

Heard that Kindred has a girl - 8th grader - that already is getting recruited by PAC12 schools. Kindred plays in tonight's B Championship at the Betty.

Here’s a series of articles about how the ethane molecule has changed the economics of the Houston area and is suppporting the whole new emerging middle class billions of Asia. Shale oil and gas and revolutionized plastic production, as petroleum byproducts are not used such as naphtha as much as before as they aren’t economical. If a natural disaster ever hit Houston on a worse scale than the rains of the last hurricane, the world economy would go in a tailspin. It makes sense for a larger producer to make ethylene and even polyethylene at an inland location so their supplies don’t get totally disrupted so badly. Qatar and Australia have some ethane resources, but shale gas from NA is a prime source. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Free-ethane-molecules-make-journey-from-Texas-13225122.php

The Dickinson refinery with MDU as a part owner was doomed to failure because MDU knows nothing about competing with firms that are adept at competing. MDU had Bakken mineral rights and effectively sold them off for a pittance because their management is so used to government oversight and their not trained in the free market like most refining and oil companies companies. Owning any refining or any non utility with MDU is like having an anchor tied to a sailing ship that must maneuver fast. MDU studies actions but rarely takes them quickly with confidence.. Most firms that compete in the Bakken are renown for reacting quickly, which is the opposite of MDU’s executive actions. The new Meridian Refinery near Belfield just signed with a Midstream company to help manage logistics. https://www.willistonherald.com/news/meridian-acquires-midstream-partner-for-davis-refinery-in-north-dakota/article_8d83bef6-3c03-11e9-9cae-abb809b47f94.html

Kris McGarry would be there as she is such a UND football fan, but a presidential coup is more important to her. No soup or HPC for UND til that happens.

Southern Illinois is changing their logo again. https://siusalukis.com/news/2019/2/28/general-saluki-athletics-unveils-new-logo.aspx Here’s their history of changes: https://mobile.twitter.com/SIUSalukis/status/1101263532220280832?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1101263532220280832&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcsnbbs.com%2Fthread-871539.html

You are so far over your head as strategic planning does not run in your veins. Edmonton has grown tremendously because of the chemical industry, not because a large metropolis existed there before. The city was under a 100k before WWII. The Badlands NGL owner and former chemical head, regardless of his integrity, has invested his time and presumably his money because he sees an opportunity from the Bakken that you can't see or even ponder. Simple as that. Ethane in ND is a wasted resource that now is at a critical mass for use as in cracker and the resource will be there for generations.

https://www.willistonherald.com/news/things-to-know-about-the-million-plan-to-build-new/article_3b5be75c-3ad7-11e9-b038-0f949be80c81.html The $89 million plan to build new schools in the rural Williston District 8.

https://www.meridianenergygroupinc.com/the-davis-refinery/ Guess Meridian Refining is making a big blunder locating in remote Billings County with their new refinery then. You should inform them of their blunder.

You didn't know that Calumet was the original owner. Too much baloney on your tongue. Montana and Idaho are moving to the Summit. Some people just can't do patience and you are one of several. Alberta is the new location for Canada’s first propylene dehydration facility from propane. Propylene is also a plastic precursor, and with the polyethylene plants already there, will be shortly (two years from now), a plastic superpower. Diapers are now made entirely of plastics. The plastic industry goes where their are cheap raw materials. That’s why Pittsburgh is so elated, as the run on jobs will be much much greater than the cracker jobs themselves. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/notley-speak-energy-industry-inter-pipelines-petrochemical-1.4973030 Pembina Pipeline, Inter Pipeline and Kuwait Chemicals will be the developers for that multi billion $ facility. US companies like OneOK, Targa Resources, Phillips Refining and Marathon Refining are much more capable, and they all have facilities in the Bakken. If Alberta can become a plastic center with their horrible geography, what’s stopping North Dakota which is much more central.

Calumet lost a fortune on the Dickinson plant because they expanded haphazardly. The new owner is an actual refinery company and will run it more efficiently.

Ethane is converted to ethylene and then goes into chemicals or plastics. A huge value is being wasted here and the state has a massive treasury that can help (not totally fund) an initial cracker plant. Companies were hesistant to build a plant as the bakken shale oil was not set in stone for its future and the ethane prices were down substantially while the Saudis tried to disrupt shale oil. An ethane pipeline can be built, but that too would cost billions and meet protests. ND can actually add value here to its own products. Poly fluff wouldn't have the opposition that a pipeline would. If cracker plants were great ideas for the Pittsburgh area, they already would be operating says no one but you. It takes years to consider, plan, and build, not weeks as you seem to think.

So Dickinson wants to build a 1600 student HS. https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/education/4577202-one-size-doesnt-fit-all-why-new-dhs-could-be-bigger-its-eastern-counterparts

North Dakota has a geography problem, and that makes the transportation costs more expensive. Badlands NGL was formed because they envisioned a cracker plant could over come these limitations. Rather listen to them then your baloney. https://www.constructionboxscore.com/project-news/badlands-ngl-to-build-new-north-dakota-ethane-cracker,-pe-complex.aspx The choices are, build an ethane pipeline to Houston or Pittsburgh costing billions, enlarge the existing NGL mixed pipelines, which would all go out of state to places like Conway, Kansas where they are processed and sent further South or come back north on propane pipelines and would overwhelm the propane and higher NGLs with much lower value, expand the ethane line to Alberta, or spend billions in the state and make higher end products here or nearby. Most of the ethane is being exported now as lower quality methane which wastes billions in value. ND has to move up on the food chain, but it would require billions, which the state has. Chinese or Korean companies can easily just make the Poly fluff here and export it by unit train rr with some going to nearby users. OneOk has plans to put in de-ethanizers in its ng plants, but they don’t have capacity or a customer to deal with the ethane flows yet. Alberta and the Marcellus/Utica basin (Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley) had to start from scratch, so it is not impossible.

Find your comments pure baloney. My profession designs huge chemical plants and used to work for two companies that owned crackers, which are the forerunners of the chemical industry. A man wants to develop the ethane industry in ND and has tied down many feedstocks from the oil companies. He just needs billions on capital and cooperation from midstream companies like ONEOk. The same thing just happened in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and WV, which has has methane cracker plants under construction for the first time. It takes years to get the resources and facilities tied down. Used to live near a plant site that is under consideration by a South Korean company. Shell is building one right now east of Pittsburgh. Ethane is the most direct and affordable route, as much of the world used to use naphta. So exactly what is your expertise?

The vast majority of ethane is passed into the methane in a nat gas pipeline and is never separated. Hess has an Ethane pipeline from its gas plant that in Tioga feeds to a ethane cracker in Alberta. I’m far more competent to talk about ethane than almost anyone here. Ethane prices have been going up and more cracker plants are being built. North Dakota will probably be the last spot that ethane crackers will be built but there is too much value in ethane to let it be burned with the methane stream. Ethane in a nat gas pipeline is dangerous at concentration and will eventually need to be separated, which costs megabucks. Ethane is making Pittsburgh and the Ohio Valley having major growth thoughts, which is also possible for Williston. Shell is building a multi billion ethane cracker west of Pittsburgh, and more are coming in that region, which are sending those economic advisors orgasmic. Ethane liquid streams are now being exported to Europe and Asia because they have so much value compared to simple burning as a ng stream.

People like to see a face associated with the product. Once that happens, they are more likely to buy on line, even if there are problems. Some online presences need a face for returns or problems.

Grafton co-ops with Park River and Minto now correct? Assume that that co-op is needed to even have the numbers to compete against AA schools. That co-op would probably dissolve into two teams if there was aa “A” level, but could be wrong.

Malls need to evolve so to include distributor ships for digital brands, to quickly mimic the online world. That simply hasn’t happened in Grand Forks yet, and requires a closer relationship with the online brands. https://grandforksherald.com/business/retail/4572623-digital-brands-are-booming-can-they-save-malls Make a center with kiosks for online brands, and a mall would become much more responsive to trends. People like to lat hands on merchandise at least once before buying, and malls neeed to provide that. In my area, some malls are thriving and others are almost dead. The mall business has changed so much and they need to get with the times. Most malls don’t have management that can survive in its past form.

Minot assumed it hit the big time with a mega rail port for oil, oil drilling supplies, and AG, like pulse and AG supplies, but that rail port hasn’t exactly panned out with mega jobs and facilities. http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/10/minot-poised-to-re-examine-economic-development-efforts/ UAV’s seems to be their new emphasis, but even Minot officials say they will never be a UAS center like Grand Forks.

Some entities are investing more than $1 B in downtown development. That is a very bullish sign, regardless of Columbia Mall and the Alerus Center. Agree that Brown needs to go, as the city can use different leadership. https://www.kvrr.com/2019/02/13/mayor-michael-brown-discusses-issues-affecting-grand-forks-in-state-of-the-city-address/

Williston District 8 will probably allow a vote on a new high school, as Williston district #1, the city district, has voted in the past to not accept their students in the future anymore. That puts some District #8 parents in a panic. A new #8 HS would push Dickinson for size, which is contemplating building too. https://www.willistonherald.com/news/district-board-voting-tuesday-on-whether-to-hold-bond-referendum/article_cc0b7ae2-3631-11e9-a6d3-734416fb66a7.html

When you include goal scorers that scored one and two goals. Almost 60% of their scoring will be back.

The argument can be made that the Gophers aren’t a basketball, or football or hockey school now. Where are the Minnesota recruits though? https://www.minnpost.com/sports/2019/02/maybe-minnesota-just-isnt-a-basketball-school/ http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/26054542/minnesota-pj-fleck-saddened-understand-jerry-kill-criticism