Dominican Republic -- dancing, hugging, whomping baseballs
Italy -- chugging espresso, kissing, whomping baseballs
United States -- gritting teeth, thinking about the troops, leaving runners in scoring position
been arguing with my baseball playing teen about the Cal Raleigh handshake snub, he has disappointingly taken the "unc" stance that refusing the handshake was a reasonable move in the heat of competition
seems like the clearest purpose of the war is to reopen the thing that closed because of the war?
polls are unnecessary if the median voter is the candidate
A pig mask-wearing burglar quickly stole cash and goods from Michelle Cannon’s organic grocery store on her farm just outside the city of Burlington. She says the crime ‘violates trust’ in a big way.
Han Solo thawing from carbonite (a man in a white shirt surrounded by a red glow)
Live shot of the biofuels-for-national-security caucus, which has been frozen in carbonite since around 2007
cheer up guys when gas prices go up we make a lot of money
30 minute wk26 chart along with crude oil, in case anyone is wondering how grain trading is going
What are the odds of this coincidence?
The largest hail in NCEI's database dating to 1950 in Illinois is a 6-inch stone in...wait for it...Kankakee County on April 23, 1961.
A state climate extremes committee will examine this.
cautionary tale for all the travel ball coaches at tournaments this spring
WBC has got some weird ads
yep
fwiw it's not in Lake Michigan at all, let alone "taking over" (yet)
was there in Chicago office when he came on. Safe assumption that anyone hired directly by Murdoch has a conservative bent, but Baker was more overtly political than his predecessor and way less impressive generally
I'm reaching, anything to avoid thinking about how long it will take for the franchise to recover from hiring Doc
The only attempt at a positive spin I can put on the Bucks is that bringing Giannis back helps re-establish his trade value for this off-season.
Actual carryout numbers from USDA: 2.127 billion bushels for corn, 350 million for soybeans, 931 million for wheat. All unchanged from last month.
Pre-report analyst expectations for today's USDA report (Reuters survey)
Corn carryout: 2.136 billion, vs. 2.127 last month
Soybean carryout: 344 million vs. 350 last month
Wheat carryout: 926 million vs. 931 last month
"The Sunday statement amounts to the clearest signal yet that Beijing intends to shield its relationship with Washington from the US-led attack"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
me looking back at last fall's household discussion when we decided *not* to take advantage of the EV tax credit before it expired
Have never really questioned the news side, but this story and the presentation is still pretty noteworthy
Splashy headline from a Wall Street Journal investigation reads "Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown"
aggressive
*WTI OIL RISES ABOVE $100/BARREL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE JULY 2022
hmm I object to the claims on Laura Ingalls Wilder and August Wilson
"Higher energy and input costs risk reigniting global food inflation just as retail food prices had returned to more historical levels in many countries."
The Persian Gulf is a major source of fertilizers, making the conflict disruptive to the global production of food
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...
Where Corn and Soybeans Rule, the ‘Oat Mafia’ Fights for Turf
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
BREAKING: The national average price of diesel has seen its largest single day price increase ever recorded- rising 22.3c/gal today, beating the previous largest daily rise of 22.2c/gal on 3/4/22, according to GasBuddy data. The average for diesel is up 71.4c/gal vs a week ago.
