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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: PucksFool ✧✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Saturday news updates
Date: 08/15/26 4:36 PM
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Here are today’s top stories:

More heartbreaking reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS George H.W. Bush, and the USS Boxer

The USS Benfold sat powerless for four days in the South China Sea with no toilets, no galley, and no air conditioning

Trump and Hegseth’s despicable comments about these reports

The Navy’s main Middle East logistics hub has effectively moved to Diego Garcia, 2,200 miles away, because Iran wrecked the bases in Bahrain and beyond

Another tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz

The Houthis pounding Al Mokha port

Trump wants to rip out electromagnetic catapults and go back to steam, and wants Ford-class carriers redesigned to look like WWII battleships, despite the objections of experts

Trump calls the National Trust for Historic Preservation lawsuit treasonous and tells SCOTUS his golden ballroom is a security shield against Iranian missiles

Gas prices keep rising...Bessent says Americans are feeling great about it “in their hearts”

JD Vance wants to end the dollar’s reserve currency status

Trump’s failed Patriot Games event.


These are the headlines. The stories are at the link.
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