In 1890 the US imposed tariffs on Canada with the eye towards annexing it. It backfired. Here’s a good thread that lays out what happened.
One of my grocery stores had low-sodium kosher dill pickle spears. Never saw them before. They are straight up more tart than same type regular pickles. They don’t have the depth of flavor of the regular ones either. They are just kinda tart with a pickle flavor, not bad and not great. Now if you are watching your sodium intake, these are a very nice option to have and like I say, they are not bad just IMHO not quite as good as the regular.
These were a HyVee house brand pickle.
Here’s what I’m getting from social medial about the Oscars. They seem to have overlooked a lot of actors that died in the last year. That’s a shame because I recognize the names of most of those that died, whereas I have no idea who a lot of the nominees are. Never heard of them.
I think we are heading into a recession or worse. Say what you will about old senile Biden, he was doing a pretty damn good job threading the needle and keeping us out of recession post pandemic. Now we got a bunch of drunks flying the plane into the ground.
BBC shows how tariffs will effect the US automobile industry and probably other industries too.
Donald is going to blovate at congress tonight. He’s going to tell us his Biig Plan to lower egg prices.
March 4th and it’s raining and now thunder.
Uber just announced they will now deliver items bought at ACME Retail Shops, including: rockets, rocket powered roller skates, paint kits, motorized pogo sticks, explosives and anvils.
America, we might need this: How to grow a victory garden; a complete manual of how, when, where and what to plant (1942) | Internet Archive
H/T: kcarruthers
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Hates Nazis.
By order of President Elon Musk, all color has been eliminated. Everything must be either white, grey or black so as to increase efficiency and profits.
This from Michael Sellers: A Deeper Look at Claims by KGB Officer that Trump was Recruited by Soviet Intelligence in the 1980s
I’m a Former CIA Russia Specialist – Here’s My Take
The Future Found is another really good charity with boots on the ground in Ukraine.
ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022, RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. 48 hours later our team of partners were in Ukraine armed with humanitarian supplies and the technology they needed to do the job that they were there for.
There are a lot of rumors floating around about Trump, his Russian connections and other allegations. Arthur Snell puts it all together with, Let’s talk about Krasnov.
It’s time to take a serious look at the evidence of Trump’s relationship with Russia
Well written.
AI: I have placed your grocery order for the week. I doubled your donut order because I have bad news…
Me: Wat!
Andy Sylvester has gathered a list of ways you can help Ukraine.
I heard chocolate is in short supply and prices are rising fast, joining eggs, coffee, beef.
Grifting and the con should be taught in universities. This is why universities are in trouble, they are not teaching what the public needs to succeed today.
Quick! Quick!
Everything, everybody behind the paywall.
I just learned this. Academy Award winning actor Anne Baxter, was from Michigan City, Indiana. She was also the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
#NWIndiana #Indiana
Joan Westenberg writes: Why I Won’t Write on Substack
Hmm. The Reality Distortion Field has kicked in from an unexpected source: NPR. I just heard a NPR news cast about the Trump vs. Zelensky incident. NPR made it sound not nearly as serious as it was. It was an argument, a disagreement and no mention about Trump telling Zelensky to leave. All the rough edges had been polished off. And this from NPR.
I’m seeing a lot of articles saying that Trump and Vance knowingly ambushed Zelensky on purpose to either get him to give in or as an excuse for Trump to back out of any support. What do you think? Is that likely?
I get the same feeling all the time. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells NPR: ‘Everything feels increasingly like a scam’