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Why Trump is Losing the Trade War Trump is losing the Trade War

Why Trump is Losing the Trade War

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An old piece of advice that has been handed down from generation to generation is, “Don’t start...
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Weekend Plans Post: The Escape Room

Jaybird April 10, 2025
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Clare Briggs April 9, 2025
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SCOTUS Ruling on Trump Deportations: Read It For Yourself

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SCOTUS issued a 5-4 ruling that declined to hear the merits of Trump's application of the Alien...
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Movie of Man Tipping Waiter in Presence of Friend Wife

Clare Briggs April 8, 2025
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Next Throughput: An Electronic Resistance to Unreason

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We are going be deluged with Kennedy's neo-Lysenkoism, official studies given official government approval that tell absolute...
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Taking The Joy Out of Sundays

Clare Briggs April 7, 2025
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Group Activity: Manic Monday Market Watchalong

OT Editors April 7, 2025
The Monday morning opening of financial markets still reeling from President Donald Trump's tariff strategy is being...
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade War

David Thornton April 6, 2025
We have already seen plummeting stock markets and magically disappearing 401(k)s, and that trend is likely to...
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Danny Dreamer: It’s a Dog’s Life

Clare Briggs April 5, 2025
The past is another country.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Metroidvanias

Jaybird April 5, 2025
Nintendo released Metroid in August 1986 and Castlevania in September 1986. The main focus was the...
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The Spy

Clare Briggs April 4, 2025
As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will...
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POETS Day! Yeats’s Folly

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Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ It

Jaybird April 3, 2025
One, Single, Three-Day Weekend
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Tariffs Making China Great Again

David Thornton April 3, 2025
Prior to the announcement, much of the talk had been about reciprocal tariffs. Trump’s announcement was much...
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When a Maiden Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs April 3, 2025
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Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide

Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For Deportation

OT Editors April 2, 2025
How the Trump Administration is identifying "gang members" for deportation, otherwise known as the Alien Enemies Act...
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A Would-Be Buyer at an Automobile Show

Clare Briggs April 2, 2025
No date on this one, but the first self-starting car was 1911!
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About Last Night: Voting Fun in Wisconsin and Florida

OT Editors April 2, 2025
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Ninja Sex Party Pure Elegance Tour Philadelphia

Russell Michaels April 2, 2025
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  • Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025The status quo is fine. Israel gets stronger, the Palestinians choose to not. If things really get o…
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