"People find a way to get these cigarettes via the internet or via counterfeit or via the black market or off the (Native American) reservations at a discounted price," said Mike Rud, president of the North Dakota retail and petroleum marketers associations, which oppose a potential ballot measure
To view or add a comment, sign in "The booming illicit tobacco market has wiped $6 billion from the federal budget bottom line in just five months and revenue from tobacco excise is now forecast to plummet to just over $2 billion a year by 2030." - AFR And then
Dodgers announcer Vin Scully, then in the early years of his more than six decades at the microphone, called the game in his inimitable style, and wove memories of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry and the many other great sports moments seen at the Polo Grounds seamlessly into his play-by-play: "I don't know how you feel about it at the other end of these microphones, whether you are sitting at home, or driving a car, on the beach or anywhere, but I know sitting here watching the Giants and Dodgers apparently playing for the last time at the Polo Grounds, you want them to take their time 2-0 pitch is low, ball three you just feel like saying: Now don't run off the field so fast fellas, let's take it easy, we just want to take one last lingering look at both of you." It was a masterful example of the artistry that great sports announcers bring to their work, as well as their empathy for players and fans
It conjured such beautiful opposites in my brain
