Wed
Jul 8 2026
06:27 pm
By: Mark Harmon
In her latest campaign television ad, Sen. Marsha Blackburn destroys a large number of fortune cookies, an act of wonton destruction.
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Makoto Hagiwara of Golden
Makoto Hagiwara of Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco is reported to have been the first person in the U.S. to have served the modern version of the cookie when he did so at the tea garden in the early 1900s. The fortune cookies were made by a San Francisco bakery, Benkyodo
So, Japanese and American, not even Chinese.
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Also not even Chinese
(in reply to R. Neal)
The maneki-neko (beckoning cat), the ubiquitous statue of a cat waving its paw to bring wealth and prosperity to businesses.
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Marsha Blackburn’s racist campaign ad marks a disturbing MAGA
Marsha Blackburn’s racist campaign ad marks a disturbing MAGA trend
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