A. Dorcas Merleaux
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Knitter of socks. Spreader of sheets.
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"Trump's tariffs aren’t really about tariffs," writes the historian Jennifer Burns. "They are the opening gambit in a more ambitious plan to smash the world’s economic and geopolitical order."
Opinion | There’s a Method to Trump’s Tariff Madness
It’s known as the Mar-a-Lago Accord.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Trump's tariffs aren’t really about tariffs," writes the historian Jennifer Burns. "They are the opening gambit in a more ambitious plan to smash the world’s economic and geopolitical order."
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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Gravestone of Dorcas Cooley, 1769, at Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts. Carved by Ezra and/or William Stebbins.
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January 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Gravestone of Dorcas Cooley, 1769, at Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts. Carved by Ezra and/or William Stebbins.
#springfieldma #gravestone #cemetery #westernmass #skystorians
#springfieldma #gravestone #cemetery #westernmass #skystorians