Puppet maker, artist and crafter Dara Ross shows us how she made the monopoly “iron” for Megan Minturn’s Monopoly: The Landlord’s Game in this behind the scenes exclusive.
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Monopoly – Before Mary Pilon there was Ralph Anspach
The true history of Monopoly was brought to life thanks to Mary Pilon’s book the Monopolist. But almost 40 years prior to her book, Ralph Anspach was sued by Parker Brothers on the grounds his game Anti-Monopoly, infringed on their patent for the game Monopoly.
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Let’s Talk Games: Monopoly
World Monopoly Day is fast approaching. In honor of the day, Hasbro, the current owner of Monopoly, has replaced some of the iconic game pieces with new “modern” pieces.
The board game, introduced in 1935 by Parker Brothers, has had 20 classic pieces such as the iron, thimble, wheelbarrow and boot. The last time a piece was replaced was back in 2013 when the iron was replaced by a cat.
Why the indivisible movement is no tea party
I’m very skeptical that the left can replicate what the right did with the tea party, that is, obstruct all attempts to pass the President’s agenda and hold elected officials accountable.
The key to the former being the latter.
The mid terms are a year and a half away and one of the challenges the left faces is keeping the pressure on law makers. That means keeping themselves motivated.
But the indivisible and #resist folks, as far as I can see, have not scared Democratic leadership enough to becoming more obstructionists to Trump’s agenda as the tea party was to Obama’s. As I blogged on my own site, Democratic leaders, like Pelosi and Schumer, appear to be waffling on their fight to oppose Donald Trump .
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Look out for that surcharge!
Reports are going viral that restaurants in states that increased the minimum wage – such as California, Arizona and Colorado – are charging as much as 6% surcharge to customers.
It is unclear whether customers are being notified of the fee before the meal is ordered or after.
The views of a Trump advisor could bring about a trade war
Imagine a world where we have full employment. Everyone has a job working 30, 40 sometimes 60 hours a week. In that world you have a family and you’re bringing home a pay check every week and you’re not homeless.
But you’re not rich either. You’re not even middle class. You’re poor.
You can’t afford anything more than your mortgage, gas for your car and food on your table.
The price of a desktop computer has gone from $300 to $1000. The price of a cheap 55 inch 4K tv has gone from $350 to $800.
Why would this happen? What would cause such a reversal? Another crash in the market?
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Trump to use Nat Guard to round up undocumented foreigners
According to the Associated Press, President Trump is living up to another of his campaign promises by working to deport 11 million undocumented foreigners living in the country.
A draft memo, leaked to the AP, states the National Guard will be activated well north of the Mexico border in states like Oregon and Louisiana to act as ICE agents in an unprecedented act of militarism.
The memo states The Guard would be authorized to “perform the functions of an immigration officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension and detention of aliens in the United States.“
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#Grabyourwallet boycott targets L.L. Bean
L.L. Bean had joined a long list of brands and businesses being targeted for boycott.
Are you planning an indivisible protest?
We’re continuing our web series on politics by doing a documentary style reality show on activists protesting the new Republican Congress and President.
So far, the Republican Congress has made clear their intention to gut the ACA and many believe the administration has planned cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and social security.
There is a plan of action document called indivisible as seen on the Rachel Maddow show.
Let’s Talk Casting – Let’s Talk: this seasons hottest shows
We’re casting a new episode of Let’s Talk Brooklyn. This episode will be different from our previous episode regarding politics.
For this reoccurring series, we are looking for 4-6 writers who have a computer with amazing internet access, to review a few of the following shows:
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