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Would you say growing wheat to feed your own farm animals should be regulated by the federal government? SCOTUS decided in Wikard v Filburn [1] that a farmer growing wheat for private use was in fact inter-state commerce. This decision has been used to uphold all manner of federal laws that on their face appear to regulate private conduct totally within the confines of a single state.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
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“Blue” is a reference to Big Blue, a.k.a. IBM.
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The indigenous runners that he wrote about wore sandals made of recycled tire tread.
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·6 tháng trước·discuss
A famous Yogi-ism [1]; On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogiisms
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·7 tháng trước·discuss
RadioLab did an excellent episode [1] about Bolero, where it asks the question if it was a leading indicator of Ravel’s madness.

1. https://radiolab.org/podcast/unraveling-bolero