Would be cause for rioting in the U.S.: A labor dispute at West Coast ports has triggered a critical shortage of french fries at McDonald’s in Japan. As of Wednesday, super-sized portions are out — customers can only buy small servings.
Luckily, Japan’s still got a McDonald’s staple in that nation: a pattie made of shrimp and macaroni and cheese called gurakoro, which is Japanese for “dog’s dinner.”
Have a cigar: President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the United States will break with more than 50 years of policy and resume normal diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Obama pledged to negotiate with Republicans who oppose normalized relations — presumably, by repeatedly whispering “Habanos Cohiba” in their ears.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the government’s wartime evacuation of people of Japanese descent.
The ruling’s known as Korematsu v. United States — and more recently, as the decision that makes Citizens United look Solomonic.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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