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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the US at below-market prices and undercut local competitors. That has led to a threat of 92% duties, which would come on top of the 15% tariff President Donald Trump’s administration imposed on European exports generally.

    Let me try to understand this - someone please correct any poor assumptions on my part.

    Imported pasta from Italy was cheaper for Americans, so Trump exacted duties to effectively double its cost, thereby making a western food staple significantly more expensive?











  • Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth’s “War on Woke” has been dealt a blow after a federal judge ordered his department to restock military school libraries with banned books about equality and diversity.

    In a move welcomed by students who sued Hegseth earlier this year, Biden-appointed judge Patricia Giles has temporarily blocked the book removals, declaring that they likely violated First Amendment rights.

    Nice that military students sued his alcoholic behind - and won.









  • Ms Song Ran-hee, representative of the Korea Women’s Hot Line, said that entrenched patriarchal customs also heighten tensions during the holiday. “Family rituals such as ancestral rites remain male-centred in many households, with women shouldering most of the preparations. Even trivial criticisms over food or ingredients can trigger disputes,” she noted.

    ^^ Ah, there it is, folks.

    “In some homes, men and women still eat at separate tables, with men served comfortably while women eat in the kitchen.

    Quite disgusting, really.

    There are patriarchal customs found in many cultures. We need to be progressive and take them all down.

    Down with the patriarchy.