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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: Lapsody ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: *Zero* migrant crime
Date: 09/10/23 1:04 PM
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Crews of migrants have been using children as decoys to pickpocket unsuspecting tourists in Times Square, The Post has learned.

The area ' from Sixth to Eighth Avenues between West 42nd and West 49th Streets ' has seen the number of pickpocket complaints skyrocket 222% ' to 187 so far this year from 58 in the same span in 2022, NYPD data show.


Hey, Artful Dodgery is a time honored tradition that went out recently as men started wearing tight pants. I foiled a couple in Mexico as a kid. Distraction, the practiced bump and jostle. One friend reports people have stopped carrying cash.
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