US corn & wheat: These are long-term nominal prices, based on daily settlements. The 80s and 90s either sucked or were meh but once ethanol was expanded by law in 2005 and 2007 to replace MTBE (and other reasons) it was a step change. Also, over time, wheat might not deserve "poverty grass" label.

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Yep, it's not advancing the "Maginot line" of whiteness but neither is it a retreat. These are the troops who are climbing into bed tonight telling themselves they've gone far enough with this leader.

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He looks like he's running for governor of a Buc-ee’s

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I think these disturbingly low levels of support for empathy as a foundational principle are probably accurate for the US today, but on the other hand, they coexist with the potential for organized empathy like the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis, LA, Chicago, and elsewhere.

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Exactly, maybe drug testing too.

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