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University of Chicago Students to Protest at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Demand End to Federal Ban on Onion Futures
Student-led group For Our Futures will rally Monday morning to call for repeal of the 1958 Onion Futures Act
On Monday, October 19, at 8:30 a.m., members of For Our Futures, a student-led organization from @UChicago, will gather outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (@CMEGroup) headquarters to demand the repeal of the Onion Futures Act of 1958, a nearly 70-year-old federal law prohibiting futures trading in onions.
The Onion Futures Act, enacted following allegations of market manipulation in the 1950s, singled out onions for a prohibition on futures contracts that remains in effect today. For Our Futures is calling on Congress to repeal the ban and restore the ability of onion growers, buyers, and traders to participate in a regulated futures market. Onions remain the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States.
The protest will feature a giant inflatable onion costume, protest signs, and dozens of students, and will take place outside the headquarters of CME Group, one of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces and the historic center of American onion futures trading.
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This one is fantastic. Highly recommended.
Aaron Rodgers Gives Up Ayahuasca After Getting Sacked By Big Bird buff.ly/Dn6Xhvq
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Today's Dave's Car ID Service salutes the Goodwood Revival, the 2026 edition of which should be wrapping up in a few hours.
Since I've been doing this car ID thing, one of the more common replies I get is "when did people stop dressing like that?" Or "why can't we be dapper anymore?"
Well, the fact of the matter is that people CAN still be dapper, even at a loud car racing event. And the Goodwood Revival proves it.
In fact, being well attired is semi-mandatory there. Not in the bouncers-at-the-gate sense. But show up in jorts and a Tommy Bahama shirt, or any sort of non-pre 1967 period correct clothing, you will be the subject of withering glares of disdain and disapproval. For you are a vibe-ruining turd in the punchbowl.
That sort of peer pressure ensures that Goodwood is classy and dapper af. It's not all tweed and Ascot millinery, old timey blue collar workwear is welcome too. That was my shtick when I had the privilege to attend in 2024; late 1930 garage overalls accessorized with a vintage painted tie and flat cap; Mrs B in an Amelia Earhart flying cap & jhodpurs ensemble. So complete was my commitment to the bit that I shaved my 4" beard, saving only a William Powell style pencil mustache.
Anyhow it was among the most fun I've ever had at a car event, even if was besotted by rain. And my encounter with the "Mexican food" of West Sussex. And a lot of that is due to the fact they know how to keep it classy.
Like this classy dame and her poodle, color coordinated with a 1959 Chrysler 300E.
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Apocalypse Draws Near As Last Remaining Universally Beloved Human Being Passes Away buff.ly/H5RzrEs
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There will never be another like her. true talent, absolute charmer. national treasure.
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A newly released peer-reviewed study presents the results of the first nationwide homeschool achievement study in 15 years:
“A Nationwide Study on the Academic Achievement of Homeschool Students and Parents’ Reasons for Homeschooling”
Among the findings:
Homeschool students scored 29 percentile points higher in reading than the norm group
25 percentile points higher in language
25 percentile points higher in math
26 percentile points higher in social studies
27 percentile points higher in science
The study also found that student achievement was generally not associated with family income, parent education levels, or whether the teaching parent held state teacher certification.
Dr. Brian Ray of @NHERI_Research National Home Education Research Institute joined me on my podcast this week to discuss this study and the findings:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/237…
YouTube: youtu.be/7e8ACaxtgew?si=UtQW…
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The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors
"Create a random image based on my X account."
The details are terrible, and my kids and I look nothing like this, but there are some fun references here to the things I talk about on X. Particularly the fun of gaming. The Here I Stand reference is particularly nice.
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Some jokes are tied to a time and place. Others are eternal.
Last Sunday during halftime at the Pro Bowl, New York police offer Michael Volino, who had been coached in placekicking by the New York Jets, missed a thirty-five yard field goal. Thus blowing his chance to win a million dollars.
Experts said his chief mistake was being coached by the New York Jets.
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Ordinary Abundance. This is the greatest thing I've read in weeks. No kidding. This should win a Pulitzer in a category not yet invented. ordinaryabundance.com/
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Replying to @jarvis_best
People loved when AOC live streamed her harvesting eggs but when I try to live stream harvesting sperm people get all mad
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Man Unsure Whether Wife's Vanilla Honey Goat Butter Spread Is For Toast Or Face buff.ly/OaV4AMi
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Jesus Explains To Disciples That They Are Always Sheep In His Parables Because Sheep Are Really, Really Stupid buff.ly/oX9MOUJ
























