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Utilizing our comparative advantage to produce high-value finished goods and offshoring low-wage work to poorer countries. Great idea! If only there were a way to set that up.

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does single stair make biking more possible? maybe. is it a coincidence that many cities with the highest uptake in bicycling also have courtyards where bikes can be stored with level access to the street/bike path?

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Fellas, you don't need this to learn how to be a man. There are two rules, everything else is a choose your adventure: 1) Be good to other people. 2) Own a pocket knife. Follow these rules and you'll be greeted into Heaven as a brother.

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I really hate to admit it, but the church has a point.

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Update: Tacoma it is. Turns out you can't take the boy out of South Sound.

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I laughed so hard when he chucked his shirt in the stands. "Uh, Albert, there's like 10' left to play." 😂

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Man, nobody is putting cabbage instead of grilled onions on their Seattle dog.

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According to a comment on a r/SoundersFC post from a pleased First Match Free participant: Another first timer caught the jersey, and Rusnak returned after the whistle to give them his shirt again. Seems like the program is going well “creating special moments” for fans.

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Looking forward to reading this. Flawed, but brilliant guy. Although I avoid cable news, whenever his daughter brought him on Morning Joe, I made sure to check it out. Mostly because there was a good chance of him mocking Scarborough to his face. 😂

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"Security committee members [of the Judicial Conference, a policymaking body for the federal judiciary] worried that Trump could order the marshals to stand down in retaliation for a decision that didn’t go his way." A real statement about the President in 2025. Why democracy is in grave danger.

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Again, I can’t understand what the DC Bar is waiting for.

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Your Honor, I was merely sidestepping the typical procedure of obtaining money at the bank. As you can see on this graphic, I drew a squiggly line around the "law" I am accused of breaking. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Obviously I’d prefer Ragen to get healthy, but was kinda hoping Stu Hawkins would get some senior team minutes. Didn’t know Kim found the Fountain of Youth.

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Farrington should be booked. Ridiculous embellishment and the ref clearly caught it. So why no card? #Sounders

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It’s like driving on the left side. #Sounders

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What was the personal cost? His pockets were too full of our money?

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This article makes no mention of the cause (Trump).

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Generally speaking, everyone should abide by contracts, but exigent circumstances can override. The league could even interpret it as a fair play issue since other clubs would be disadvantaged.

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There were mistakes in the margins, but our public health system was fucking heroic. I will always be proud of the work they did to save us from needless suffering and death.

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Important public health update. The Director can get behind turbo-cancer but not nanobots. Please update firmware.

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From Ajay Rajadhyaksha's @FT post on the Japanese government bond market: "Quasi-governmental entities like Japan Post, Norinchukin, and GPIF together own over a trillion dollars of foreign bonds. The government could urge them to support the Japanese bond market. But that would likely involve...

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Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.

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Timothée Chamalaise.

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Oregon's Legislature.

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Tahoma dressed up extra pretty tonight.

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Chuck Schumer NFT luncheon: “So many weary apes here today enjoying soup. Wonderful.”

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The Soviets must be rolling in their graves seeing how easy it would have been to get us to defeat ourselves. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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I had short positions set to expire in the red, and President Trump flipped that to 2x gains. Thank you, sir! 🫡😂

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The single most reliable economic fact of the Trump presidency is that when he raises tariffs, markets tank. When he backs off, they rise. This matters because markets are assessing the future profitability of American business and any tariffs benefits are downstream of boosting profitability.

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This week, the long-term cost of financing the national debt surged. Take notice: This is as gentle a warning as Washington is going to get about growing deficits. My latest column: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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That's why we frown on Straw Men in debate.

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