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Today I learned that private equity companies have been buying up vet clinics and raising the prices of care to make pet owners choose between their pets and their finances

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Z8jkR TIL a unanimous 1893 decision of the United States Supreme Court found that federal tariffs on imported vegetables could target tomatoes, although they are botanically a "fruit of the vine." The parlance of common people and customary consumption during the main course motivated the ruling.