8. Is it a good law? Objectively, no. Does it make much difference in our life? Again, no. But is it a dead letter law? No. You can trade corn futures, soy futures, wheat futures. But thou shalt not trade onion futures.

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7. And so, then Representative, not-yet-President Gerald Ford introduced the Onion Futures Act to ban the trading of any onion futures. Eisenhower signed it into law in 1958. To this day, onions are the only agricultural commodity for which you cannot buy or sell futures contracts.

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I generally am coming around to the fact that I think polls are hedging and gunshy from '24.

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You can't hold me accountable for not anticipating the bad thing that happened just because I was actively ignoring all the people who told me it would happen.

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No one reading this needs to be reminded, but by allying with Russia over Ukraine we are aiding a country that openly calls us its enemy. This video is an excellent primer on the OBVIOUS advantages to the US siding with Ukraine, even setting aside (!) morality. www.instagram.com/reel/DeuF2w1...

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