Former Obama Economic Advisor Larry Summers: We're Heading for 1970s Stagflation and a Major Recession

Via John Sexton at Hot Air, something else his coblogger AllahPundit will soon be blaming on Donald Trump.

Last week, Summers wrote in the Jeff Bezos Corporate Newsletter that the Fed's 0.25% hike in the fed funds interest rate was wholly inadequate given the crisis they (and Biden) had created:

Anything is possible, and wishful thinking can sometimes prove self-fulfilling. But I believe the Fed has not internalized the magnitude of its errors over the past year, is operating with an inappropriate and dangerous framework, and needs to take far stronger action to support price stability than appears likely. The Fed's current policy trajectory is likely to lead to stagflation, with average unemployment and inflation both averaging over 5 percent over the next few years -- and ultimately to a major recession.

He elaborated in an interview published in the New York Times:

I'm probably as apprehensive about the prospects for a soft landing of the U.S. economy as I have been any time in the last year. Probably actually a bit more apprehensive. In a way, the situation continues to resemble the 1970s, Ezra. In the late '60s and in the early '70s, we made mistakes of excessive demand expansion that created an inflationary environment...
And so now I think we've got a real problem of high underlying inflation that I don't think will come down to anything like acceptable levels of its own accord. And so very difficult dilemmas as to whether to accept economic restraint or to live with high and quite possibly accelerating inflation. So I don't envy the tasks that the Fed has before it.

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1 He exulted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:09 PM (F/J1O)

2 It's not the interest rate, its how much money they are printing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2022 05:09 PM (oHd/0)

3 There's a pill for that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (UuD2k)

4 Podium

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (2JoB8)

5 Let's Go Brandon!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (guGkK)

6 Wouldn't a soft landing be good? A crash landing would be worse, right?

Words do not seem to mean what words mean anymore.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (ZDXYb)

7 Look, fat. None of that happened.

Posted by: President Charlie Foxtrot at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (XHhHI)

8 There are still people out there that need to hit rock bottom to realize how fucked we are.

We're going to hit rock bottom.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (BFigT)

9 There's a pill for that.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (UuD2k)
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Probably in one of the ads on the sidebar.

I don't mind the ads, ace, I know you've got to make a living. But couldn't you have told them your audience is 29 instead of 80?

I'm going to get my walker and go over to start pureeing our dinner.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (wyw4S)

10 Unexpected!

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (dscaa)

11 All true ace, but there is no fixing this short of a revolution and a rebuilding from the ashes. Things have gone too far.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (Vr12I)

12 This is fine.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (4I/2K)

13 Reality bats last and never misses.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (KAi1n)

14 "mistakes over the past year"

Right, Larry. Just the past year. The idiotic, insane response to the 2008 crisis - itself entirely the result of policies and choices, not something out of the blue sky - and the continuation of much of that idiocy for a decade, followed by the utter insanity of the last 2 years, are not the problem.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (OTzUX)

15 The Democrats have become masters at destroying our economy. Nancy took the House in 2006 and by 2008 we were in a recession. Joe didn't even take a year to start the decline.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (yQpMk)

16 Leftists never take the blame for their actions

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (2JoB8)

17 Is another benefit of that famed Biden decency?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (eGTCV)

18 Pestilence War Famine

I keep saying it but you can't Reset an ash pile

Posted by: Max Power at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (o1JBI)

19 Surely this is because we failed to Build Back Better.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (q9sxv)

20 Apprehensive of soft landing == expects crash landing.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (+56GQ)

21 Want a strong US Economy? Stop selling US assets to foreigners. Place import duties on Imports. DRILL FOR OIL HERE. Relax regulations. STOP importing illegals. Stop Government overspending. Stop spending our blood and treasure defending people all over the world.

Note, the Biduh Admin is doing the OPPOSITE of what needs to be done.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (oHd/0)

22 Trump left FJB with no economy at all. Joe had to start from scratch in designing an economy. He has been working night and day, and in the coming weeks will reveal his economy which will work for everyone. And punish those evil billionaires who steal the poor's money to fill their swimming pools with gold coins.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy AOSHQ contributor at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (qnVBz)

23 The Democrats have become masters at destroying our economy. Nancy took the House in 2006 and by 2008 we were in a recession. Joe didn't even take a year to start the decline.
Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (yQpMk)
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They think Master of Puppets is inspirational.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (XHhHI)

24 Leftists never take the blame for their actions
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (2JoB

What, you never heard of "bad luck"?

Posted by: R. Heinlein at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (guGkK)

25 Let's start with admitting that the dual mandate is not inflation and jobs, but inflation and dem political careers.

So either get rid of the dual mandate, or wait until there are some republicans in office to take the blame.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (bNy08)

26 I think now is as good a time as any to get fully on board and pass a 90% wealth tax on billionaires.

They bought this economy and this government, the bill is now due.

F 'em and burn 'em: They wanted this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (MM6+c)

27 I'm going to get my walker and go over to start pureeing our dinner.
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (wyw4S)

Canned creamed corn and pop-top tapioca pudding for me! I dream of a pureed supper.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (4I/2K)

28 DJT would have not been railroaded by fraud the economy would be cranking out products and unemployment would be 0

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (2JoB8)

29 Hell, Rhomboid, all that $ we printed up to fund Bush II's Middle-East/Central Asia misadventures....

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (KAi1n)

30 Look, the Fed's Irish!

C'mon, man!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (dfRN6)

31 Fuck that.
*Jumps out hatch with parachute*

Posted by: Sully at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (XHhHI)

32 So I bought these gourmet raisins. I'm probably an idiot but I have to eat raisins and these are actually pretty good.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (dscaa)

33 The leftwing economic plan

1) Ruin the economy

2) Claim the people they don't like ruined the economy

3) Kill the people they don't like and take their stuff

4) Claim the economy is great since anyone that complains won't be complaining for long

Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (ESjRY)

34 32 So I bought these gourmet raisins. I'm probably an idiot but I have to eat raisins and these are actually pretty good.
Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (dscaa)

Those are prunes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (Y5qcH)

35 11 All true ace, but there is no fixing this short of a revolution and a rebuilding from the ashes. Things have gone too far.
Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (Vr12I)

Absolutely correct. Too much corruption, incompetence, grift, and senility. Only way out is through. Fortunately there are plenty of lamp posts and cherry trees. When rope starts becoming scarce in DC, then you know they are scared.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (N39Ws)

36 Major recession? Is that anything like Major Payne?

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (bVYXr)

37 Eventually the masses figure out socialism.
But first they will kill the hoarders, wreckers and Kulaks.

Posted by: Zek at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (OzNIz)

38 32 So I bought these gourmet raisins. I'm probably an idiot but I have to eat raisins and these are actually pretty good.
Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:14 PM (dscaa)

What is 'gourmet' about them?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (ZDXYb)

39 The most secure metals to buy, would be Gold, Silver and Ammo.

Ammo, of the three, might just have the most practical value, in many ways. At velocity, or as a "currency" for when the paper money moves by the wheelbarrow-full.

Should you have the room for stowage, it might also be wide to buy distilled liquors, and those by the multiple cases. Buying by the Pint will result in a higher unit cost, but they'll be closer to "negotiable" volumes than the larger bottles.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (QzJWU)

40 seen at twitchy, from Townhall:

WH Comms Director Kate Bedingfield:

"Only President Biden decides what President Biden is going to say."

[explains a lot, doesn't it]

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (Ynyl9)

41 23 The Democrats have become masters at destroying our economy. Nancy took the House in 2006 and by 2008 we were in a recession. Joe didn't even take a year to start the decline.
Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:12 PM (yQpMk)
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They think Master of Puppets is inspirational.
Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (XHhHI)

/looks at Biden staff...

Who knew that Idiocracy was an instruction manual?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (oHd/0)

42 21 Want a strong US Economy? Stop selling US assets to foreigners. Place import duties on Imports. DRILL FOR OIL HERE. Relax regulations. STOP importing illegals. Stop Government overspending. Stop spending our blood and treasure defending people all over the world.

Note, the Biduh Admin is doing the OPPOSITE of what needs to be done.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (oHd/0)

We are so entangled in globalism now that there's no way out except by Draconian measures, which no one is willing to take. Yeah, I'm Mr. Cheerful.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (Vr12I)

43 What is 'gourmet' about them?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (ZDXYb)
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The only way to make raisins gourmet is to dip them in chocolate.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (wyw4S)

44 What is 'gourmet' about them?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (ZDXYb)

They're fluffy.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (dscaa)

45 At some point I accepted the fact our society had gone to shit and were circling the socio-economic drain. What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom?

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (0IeYL)

46 Ezra thinks it's temporary, because politically it has to be for the democrats. he doesn't grok that inflation feeds on itself. is our millennials learning? they will be.

Posted by: facio at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (uQFwj)

47 Buy Beans, Bacon, and Bullets.

Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (0OP+5)

48 >>I think now is as good a time as any to get fully on board and pass a 90% wealth tax on billionaires.

They will just abscond. Like they did in France.

Our only hope is if Biden calls in a Nuke Strike on DC.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (q9sxv)

49 I went to Walmart's pharmacy in my little hometown to get an Rx only anti-inflammatory. They did not have it in stock, hadn't for two weeks and did not know when it would be available. I did get it through another pharmacy, but how often is this going to happen now that we have "supply chain issues" and all our drugs are coming from China and India? How much will it cost when they are available?

Posted by: huerfano at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (MzKgG)

50 I'm probably an idiot but I have to eat raisins and these are actually pretty good.

Not all idiots eat raisins and not all raisin-eaters are idiots. I'll diagram it.

Posted by: R. Heinlein at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (guGkK)

51 >>What is 'gourmet' about them?

They cost twice as much and they put one of those french hats over the ai.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (ZLI7S)

52 WH Comms Director Kate Bedingfield:

"Only President Biden decides what President Biden is going to say."

[explains a lot, doesn't it]
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (Ynyl9)
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Looks like they're walking back "It wasn't on the teleprompter" (because that was funny).

Posted by: Sully at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (XHhHI)

53 The thing is, we are boned. The Fed cannot raise interest rates to anything like the historical norm or the Government would go bankrupt.

The plane is pointing straight down and the pilots are wondering if going to afterburner will get us out of our decent.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (yQpMk)

54 Also, register for the 2022 NoVaMoMe!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (0IeYL)

55 >>"Only President Biden decides what President Biden is going to say."

"I was told to call on..."

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (q9sxv)

56 Buy Beans, Bacon, and Bullets.
Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2022 05:16 PM (0OP+5)

and Bourbon.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (4I/2K)

57 anyway, the situation these days compared to the Jimmy Carter days is the difference between someone who occasionally drinks too much and wakes up after a three day bender with a hangover vs trying to straighten out someone who's been shooting heroin for the last ten years.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (Ynyl9)

58 26 I think now is as good a time as any to get fully on board and pass a 90% wealth tax on billionaires.

They bought this economy and this government, the bill is now due.

F 'em and burn 'em: They wanted this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2022 05:13 PM (MM6+c)

They never pay this. "Tax-the-rich" schemes always include carve outs that favor the preferred rich people. The burden falls to others.

Posted by: Emmie at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (6RgRK)

59 We'll be making *biden biscuits with dirt, bark and grass clippings... and liking it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (BFigT)

60 What is 'gourmet' about them?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (ZDXYb)

They're fluffy.
Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (dscaa)

That's no raisin.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (guGkK)

61 Also, register for the 2022 NoVaMoMe!!
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (0IeYL)
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Operators are standing by with their walkers in one hand and their ear trumpets in the other!

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (wyw4S)

62 Gourmet: Any food that costs over $15.

Like a single walnut in 2023.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (XHhHI)

63 "I was told to call on..."

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (q9sxv)

He decided to say that.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (dscaa)

64 Pfft. It's nothing that a $5.3 trillion budget proposal for 2023 can't handle.

Posted by: toddg at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (B3RQo)

65 Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (WWEIB)

66 2 It's not the interest rate, its how much money they are printing.
_____________

Yep, but these geniuses think that the best way to deal with out-of-control inflation caused by the government printing and spending too much money is . . . for the government to print and spend even more money, of course!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (k4dH2)

67 Wouldn't a soft landing be good? A crash landing would be worse, right?

Words do not seem to mean what words mean anymore.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (ZDXYb)

I think his comment meant that the possibility of a soft landing was low. We're going straight down like a Chinese 737.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (wmDcS)

68 I just don't see gold and silver having the same utility they had in days of yore. Hey, can I get a bowl of chili for this here flake of gold? Hold the carrots. OTOH, the ability to distill alcohol would be very, very useful. So in that regard, copper would be highly valuable.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (KAi1n)

69 I've heard that a raisin is a grape that thinks too much.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (dfRN6)

70 I'm going to get my walker and go over to start pureeing our dinner.
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:11 PM (wyw4S)

Don't break a hip.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (Ez6QX)

71 Thought on the previous thread. You know the people who said "We just want to be able to visit our partner in the hospital" ten years ago were also the people pushing the restrictions that kept you from visiting your dying family in the hospital last year while the virus was raging.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Cryptid Anarchist at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (nqmrU)

72
Last week, Summers wrote in the Jeff Bezos Corporate Newsletter that the Fed's 0.25% hike in the fed funds interest rate was wholly inadequate given the crisis they (and Biden) had created

Yeah, that rate hike went Directly to consumer Credit Card interest rates, thus exacerbating the biden miserable debt-heavy economy.

That stupid rate hike was done to curb spending, specifically to stop People from spending Money They Don't Have, i.e., credit card debt-spending. All it accomplished was keeping people in debt longer and depleting even more personal wealth.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (nIpaw)

73 Look at it this way - the 2022 NoVaMoMe may be your last chance to have fun!

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (0IeYL)

74 Don't break a hip.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (Ez6QX)
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Ha! I'm sure there's a remedy for that on the front page.

And I'll never think of solar again.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (wyw4S)

75 The Fed has One Job; keep inflation at or slightly below 2% per annum. Full employment is a distant second in their mission statement. Monetary policy is supposed to support the One Goal.

How's that working out? *delivers a Will Smith bitch slap to the lyin' Feds*

**Ron Paul with the windup slap**

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (F0YaR)

76 The rich dodge taxes. They start a Foundation. Then they pay themselves to be on a Foundation. And they are entitled to Foundation perks.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (Vr12I)

77 Wouldn't a soft landing be good? A crash landing would be worse, right?

Words do not seem to mean what words mean anymore.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 29, 2022 05:10 PM (ZDXYb)

I think his comment meant that the possibility of a soft landing was low. We're going straight down like a Chinese 737.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (wmDcS)

Sum Ting Wong, Pilot

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (4I/2K)

78 -Factcheck-

Even if you're ordered to say something from shadowy puppet masters, in the end you still decide whether you're going to say it.

We Rate This: TOTALLY TRUE

-Factcheck-

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (dscaa)

79 At this point, I'm just hoping I get a prime spot to setup my table at the flea market in Bartertown.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (TNyrE)

80 We are so entangled in globalism now that there's no way out except by Draconian measures, which no one is willing to take. Yeah, I'm Mr. Cheerful.
Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (Vr12I)

They're going to stumble us into losing the dollar as the world's reserve currency. It's going to get ugly after that, at least for a while.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (wmDcS)

81 Summers is an old head who seems to care about inflation if only because he thinks it will have an effect upon Democrats' political viability. Ezra is a juiceboxer, who seems to think that inflation is only a problem if the institutions the left controls like the Press, the Universities, and the Entertainment Media can't coerce the public not to notice inflation - or to make it uncool and low class to care about inflation as a political issue which will determine for whom one votes. The way the new left has historically dealt with its political problems as to "bread and butter" issues is to lean hard into its cultural insurgency to distract/make caring about American cost of living/living standards de classe.

Posted by: Alec Leamas (working from home) at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (HCRZt)

82 40 seen at twitchy, from Townhall:

WH Comms Director Kate Bedingfield:

"Only President Biden decides what President Biden is going to say."

[explains a lot, doesn't it]
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken

There is also the leprechaun that only he can see. It tells him 'things'. Dark, disturbing, things.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (sAmhv)

83 SOON...

Posted by: 70s full bush and crabs at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (/5vM6)

84 lol bluebell!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (nxdel)

85 They bought their ticket, I say let 'em crash.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (ZLI7S)

86 At some point I accepted the fact our society had gone to shit and were circling the socio-economic drain. What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom?
Posted by: Weasel

A very un-civil war.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (Ek4HO)

87 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)

88 Gonna party like it's 1979.

Posted by: Fresh Prince of Cuck at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (WmGrA)

89 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)

Luxury!

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (yQpMk)

90 Biden's Starveflation will make you wish for the Stagflation of the '70s.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (rs9D5)

91 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)
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Isn't that one of your WeaselMeals down at the farm?

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (wyw4S)

92 It gets worse then Larry stated. Just like Brandon launched a war on the energy sector, his SEC is now launching a war on the investment sector. They have gone completely YOLO and turned out proposals on climate change and a host of other issues that are well outside their mandate. Those proposals will not only cost the sector billions, but it will bleed over into private companies and market activities over which they have no statutory authority. It's going to cause a substantial impact to corporate profitability, ultimately hurt the individual investor, probably result in litigation and subvert the entire sector.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (/Mfdi)

93
"I was told to call on..."

And none of them has asked "Who told you?"

Posted by: Bitch Slap Smith at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (9UPNS)

94 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)

No no, that's not bottom.

Posted by: Jonah G. at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (dscaa)

95 49 I get my scrips through the VA. I also have a private sector CNP who gives me a years refill, cheap stuff, $44 for 90 days at Wally. Rotate the stock between that and what the VA sends me and I'm always good for about 6 months.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (lz5hY)

96
Posted by: Alec Leamas (working from home) at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (HCRZt)

Ezra is correct. Popular disapproval stops absolutely nothing.

What's the worst that can happen to Team Commie? The Republican "Party" "wins" an "election?"

That does nothing to hurt their power. In fact, it enhances it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (SKVme)

97 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)

And Frank Stallone and his brahs doo-woping for entertainment.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (4I/2K)

98 On the bright side, I have learned that I can easily get two crops of potatoes a year in our 9B zone.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (yQpMk)

99
Isn't that one of your WeaselMeals down at the farm?
Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (wyw4S)
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Not yet!

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (0IeYL)

100 "We're Heading for 1970s Stagflation and a Major Recession"

Many smart people have been calling this ... for a decade or so. Jim Rogers thinks this war ends, then that jacks up stocks for a final blow off rally ... THEN ... collapse of stocks and other things.

Thing is, we are in uncharted waters, there has never been money creation like this. All central banks are pumping, but the other "world banks" are inflating as well, leveraged everything, always with BigGov bailout underwriting.

It should have collapsed, but no one wants to quit the game of infinite free money, distributed to friends and family.

And verily verily, inflation is due to all that big money looking to trade into real assets. And too much of that BigMoney is China and the oligarchs. tick tock.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (Cus5s)

101 86 At some point I accepted the fact our society had gone to shit and were circling the socio-economic drain. What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom?
Posted by: Weasel

A very un-civil war.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 05:20 PM (Ek4HO)

Yes. The Unpleasantness of 1861-65 was rather a limited affair in comparison to what might happen now.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (Vr12I)

102
Democrats have a long history of ruining the economy when a Republican is president just so they can win/steal an election they aren't supposed to win: 1992, 2008, 2020, for examples.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (nIpaw)

103 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)
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Hopefully, we can have that type of soft landing.

Posted by: A Yorkshireman at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (XHhHI)

104 89 I'm going out on a limb here, but I think "bottom" is when you're standing around a burning tire eating cat food from a shared can.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (0IeYL)

Luxury!
Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (yQpMk)

Pro-Tip: To stretch things out, eat the cat first.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (dfRN6)

105 I just don't see gold and silver having the same utility they had in days of yore. Hey, can I get a bowl of chili for this here flake of gold? Hold the carrots. OTOH, the ability to distill alcohol would be very, very useful. So in that regard, copper would be highly valuable.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:18 PM (KAi1n)

Lab glassware performs the same job, and is made mostly from sand. Go long on beaches, bitches.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (F0YaR)

106 ... but I have to eat raisins ...
Posted by: ...

Is the Sunmaid girl hurting you? Do you need a rescue?
I know you may not be able to respond, but type the word "fartclam" backward to indicate distress.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (bNy08)

107 If it makes Sundowner happy to preach class warfare let him, nobody worth billions is going to pay any more than they do now.
I still want the bastard to stroke out every day

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (2JoB8)

108 1979. My 12th birthday. My father gave me $50 and I blew it on drugs. Dungeon Master's Guide, a couple of modules, multi-sided dice, and some miniatures. The minotaur was cool.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (KAi1n)

109 "I was told to call on..."

And none of them has asked "Who told you?"
Posted by: Bitch Slap Smith at March 29, 2022 05:22 PM (9UPNS)
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They were told not to ask.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (XHhHI)

110 Step 1, devalue currency
2, increase wages
3, incentivize unemployment
4, increase transportation costs
5, increase raw material costs
6, punish greedy companies for raising prices.
Success!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy AOSHQ contributor at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (qnVBz)

111 Hmmm.

Western Governments are stealing from the Russian oligarchs.

We can do this to our own oligarchs. Be a good thing to ease the suffering of hundreds of millions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (u82oZ)

112 Pro-Tip: To stretch things out, eat the cat first.
Posted by: Zombie

Then who's going to hunt game for you?

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (KAi1n)

113 The elephant in the china shop, nobody wants to admit a key point.

They can't raise interest rates. Not even a little bit. If they did, the national government will be unable to do anything but pay interest on the existing debt. Also keep in mind, the entirety of the existing government debt rolls over about every 4 years.

They were fooked 10 years ago on this or more, and I seriously doubt the government balance sheet has improved in that time. Everyone talking about pulling a Volcker move.

That. Will. Not. Happen. Ever. Again. At this point they have a choice, they can save the dollar, or they can save the markets. They can't save both.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (34mN2)

114 That's best case scenario, Larry

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (XvPQV)

115 At this point, I'm just hoping I get a prime spot to setup my table at the flea market in Bartertown.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (TNyrE)

The whorehouses are overflowing with applicants.

How nice are your DSLs?

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (F0YaR)

116 So I guess I'll start buying the cat food in flavors I like.

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

117 SFGoth

Those classy multi-sided dice are the entry way to madness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (u82oZ)

118 >>At this point, I'm just hoping I get a prime spot to setup my table at the flea market in Bartertown.

You gotta a lotta nice Fleas, Curly...

be a shame if something were to happen to them.

Posted by: garrett's Flea Market Protection Racket at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (q9sxv)

119 Step 1, devalue currency
2, increase wages
3, incentivize unemployment
4, increase transportation costs
5, increase raw material costs
6, punish greedy companies for raising prices.
Success!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy AOSHQ contributor at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (qnVBz)
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Dems have a different meaning for every word.

As I heard on Jim Lindsay's podcast: "They share the same vocabulary, not the same dictionary".

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (XHhHI)

120 Is the Sunmaid girl hurting you?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 29, 2022 05:23 PM (bNy0

LOL no but you've just given me an idea.

Posted by: ... at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (dscaa)

121 If you can store it, buy in bulk.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:27 PM (Vr12I)

122 So I guess I'll start buying the cat food in flavors I like.
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:26 PM (0IeYL)

Start raising rats, and meal worms.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:27 PM (yQpMk)

123 Dems had to destroy the country to save it.

Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2022 05:27 PM (MxEKc)

124 We wont mind stagflation next year because we will be too busy trying to find food.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:27 PM (axyOa)

125 At this point, I'm just hoping I get a prime spot to setup my table at the flea market in Bartertown.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (TNyrE)
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Ratburger's cheap.

Posted by: Dueling Dystopias at March 29, 2022 05:27 PM (XHhHI)

126 Do modern tires even burn? I think they are made out of cyclamates.

Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (taPSh)

127 92 It gets worse then Larry stated. Just like Brandon launched a war on the energy sector, his SEC is now launching a war on the investment sector. They have gone completely YOLO and turned out proposals on climate change and a host of other issues that are well outside their mandate. Those proposals will not only cost the sector billions, but it will bleed over into private companies and market activities over which they have no statutory authority. It's going to cause a substantial impact to corporate profitability, ultimately hurt the individual investor, probably result in litigation and subvert the entire sector.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 05:21 PM (/Mfdi)

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"Further proof of the failure of capitalism. All industry and business must be nationalized!"

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (rs9D5)

128 Canned creamed corn and pop-top tapioca pudding for me! I dream of a pureed supper.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Isn't that traditional for Purim?

Posted by: Miklos, unclear at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (QzkSJ)

129 Brandon's only been in office for a little over a year

this can't possibly be his fault

nobody is that big of a fuck up

Posted by: REDACTED at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (us2H3)

130 Then who's going to hunt game for you?
Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM (KAi1n)

If I had to rely on my cats to provide me food? I'd be long dead already.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (dfRN6)

131 GnuBreed

Think artesian Ace of Spades non-Russian vodka would sell here? I could do that, by willfully breaking a ton of BATF regulations.

Kinda don't want to do that. My wife is adamant she will not visit me in jail. She says that a lot more than I think is warranted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (u82oZ)

132 Marcus T, interesting- and of course infuriating and unsurprising. Please mor details or links.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (OTzUX)

133
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (DUIap)

134 Ultimately, you are the cat's food.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (yQpMk)

135 Right, Larry. Just the past year. The idiotic, insane response to the 2008 crisis - itself entirely the result of policies and choices, not something out of the blue sky - and the continuation of much of that idiocy for a decade, followed by the utter insanity of the last 2 years, are not the problem.

Posted by: rhomboid

I'm sorry but this cannot be true. I was assured, ASSURED! that all of this is Trump s fault. And that barky Oblabo fixed everything.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (Vxu+H)

136 nobody is that big of a fuck up
Posted by: REDACTED

See my quote.

Posted by: Barry of Kenya at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (WmGrA)

137 Isn't that one of your WeaselMeals down at the farm?
Posted by: bluebell
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As long as it is pâté, I could deal with that. No doo-wop, however.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (PPQdm)

138 Since corporations and government are so entangled ( distinctions without differences, mostly) , going after corporations is autophagy. We may be seeing the start of the final collapse.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (Vr12I)

139 Second look at steampunk IRL?

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (KAi1n)

140 Words do not seem to mean what words mean anymore.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March

Tee hee!

Posted by: KJB at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (LphqV)

141 Cat Helper, to help stretch your food budget.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:30 PM (4I/2K)

142 >>Do modern tires even burn? I think they are made out of cyclamates.

Pur enough gas on anything and it'll burn.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (q9sxv)

143 Think artesian Ace of Spades non-Russian vodka would sell here? I could do that, by willfully breaking a ton of BATF regulations.

Kinda don't want to do that. My wife is adamant she will not visit me in jail. She says that a lot more than I think is warranted.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM (u82oZ)

I am pretty sure you can legally make your own alcohol to ... err ... power small engines and such.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (yQpMk)

144 By being above the dirt, Brandon is exceeding my expectations. Spectacularly, come to think of it.

Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (taPSh)

145 Does anybody have a gold IRA they recommend?

Posted by: molloaggie at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (mzMLC)

146 The plan is moving along at the right pace. Now you may ...

Posted by: Larry Fink at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (1IJnB)

147 Yesterday, somebody brought up canned corned beef hash. I happened to have a can on the shelf, and that stuff has more calories in a small can than anything. Like C Rations, eat it out of the can if need be. I was at the empty shelf store earlier and remembered to sock away another can because it was the last one.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (lz5hY)

148 "autophagy"

After the last thread, this is kind of funny.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (KAi1n)

149 Raise chickens, if possibe. Oh, and goats.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (Vr12I)

150 kraken

Capitalism >>fascism (you are here) >> Communism >>> Anarchy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (u82oZ)

151 At this point, I'm just hoping I get a prime spot to setup my table at the flea market in Bartertown.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 29, 2022 05:19 PM (TNyrE)
***

All that ammo Weasel has been telling us to buy? Some for defense, some for training, and some of that old crap for barter.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (axyOa)

152 I for one am glad that having practiced fasting, I know I don't need to eat every day.

The Biden Diet plan.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:32 PM (XHhHI)

153 As long as it is p�t�, I could deal with that. No doo-wop, however.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

A Capella al fresco!

Posted by: Miklos, seeing solutions at March 29, 2022 05:32 PM (QzkSJ)

154 All that ammo Weasel has been telling us to buy? Some for defense, some for training, and some of that old crap for barter.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (axyOa)
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Yup.

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:32 PM (0IeYL)

155 140 Words do not seem to mean what words mean anymore.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March

we've been building a Tower of Babel for a while now.

Posted by: facio at March 29, 2022 05:32 PM (uQFwj)

156 I think it is kinda funny the dems talking about a wealth tax for billionaires. Do it! Not that it could bring down the deficit or anything, it would fund a day or two of US spending.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 29, 2022 05:32 PM (lgeFv)

157 Pur enough gas on anything and it'll burn.
Posted by: garrett

Water burns better with rubidium.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (KAi1n)

158 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (dKiJG)

159 Interestingly, Mrs928 was just in here ranting about some cans of chunk chicken in the pantry that I must have bought in 2017 or so.

Guess what I am getting for dinner?

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (yQpMk)

160 Fauci two days ago, bring pre-election hope to the Democrats (seen at the yahoo news UK site):

"I don't want to use the word 'lockdown' as that has a charged element to it, but I believe that we must keep our eye on the pattern of what we're seeing with infections right now.

"We need to be prepared for the possibility that we would have another variant that would come along and then things change.

"And if we do get a variance that does give us an uptick in cases and hospitalisation, we should be prepared and flexible enough to pivot towards going back - at least temporarily - to a more rigid type of restrictions, such as requiring masks indoors."

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (Ynyl9)

161 Do modern tires even burn? I think they are made out of cyclamates.

Pur enough gas on anything and it'll burn.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (q9sxv)

tell me about it!

Posted by: T-72 at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (axyOa)

162 The Fed is gonna have to choke that chicken or they'll come home to roost.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (y3/Gj)

163 59 We'll be making *biden biscuits with dirt, bark and grass clippings... and liking it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2022 05:17 PM (BFigT)

Decorate them with flowers and you have how I spent my childhood days.

My mud pies were especially glorious.
Looks like I will have a marketable skill for the end times.

Posted by: Just Lily at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (vivhj)

164 My wife is adamant she will not visit me in jail. She says that a lot more than I think is warranted.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM

Reframe the issue. Tell her she'll be your brig a'dear.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (a3Q+t)

165 158 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (dKiJG)

For me, it was my little trip to Texas.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (Vr12I)

166
Did I see right?
Did fake news msnbc go all-in on Ukraine and make their set colors and graphics blue/yellow?

Aren't these the same fake news fuckheads who told us it wasn't their place to "take sides" in "Bush's" Iraq war?

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (nIpaw)

167
Out: Too big to fail.
In: Too big for you to do anything about our failing.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (XHhHI)

168 >>Water burns better with rubidium.

I might hace some Cesium out in the Shop.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (q9sxv)

169 Canned creamed corn and pop-top tapioca pudding for me! I dream of a pureed supper.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Isn't that traditional for Purim?
Posted by: Miklos, unclear at March 29, 2022 05:28 PM (QzkSJ)

A celebratory meal it's not.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (4I/2K)

170 All that ammo Weasel has been telling us to buy? Some for defense, some for training, and some of that old crap for barter.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM (axyOa)

Feed looters to the cats. Eat the cats. It's the circle of life.

Posted by: G'rump928(c), not an Ace endorsed commenter, cruel as he tries to be at March 29, 2022 05:35 PM (yQpMk)

171 I still want the bastard to stroke out every day
Posted by: Skip
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[enter, stage Left, Kamala]

Remember, *these* are the good old days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2022 05:35 PM (PPQdm)

172 The T-72 is the true Pinto of tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:35 PM (y3/Gj)

173 On the bright side, a second booster shot has been approved for those over 50. We may all starve or die from the coming chaos but at least covid symptoms won't be too bad. Probably.

Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2022 05:35 PM (MxEKc)

174 All that ammo Weasel has been telling us to buy? Some for defense, some for training, and some of that old crap for barter.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:31 PM

Weasel is ... wise.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (a3Q+t)

175 All part of the plan. When a populace is scrambling for food, they aren't paying attention to the other crap the govt is doing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (lgeFv)

176 The elephant in the china shop, nobody wants to admit a key point.

They can't raise interest rates. Not even a little bit. If they did, the national government will be unable to do anything but pay interest on the existing debt. Also keep in mind, the entirety of the existing government debt rolls over about every 4 years.

They were fooked 10 years ago on this or more, and I seriously doubt the government balance sheet has improved in that time. Everyone talking about pulling a Volcker move.

That. Will. Not. Happen. Ever. Again. At this point they have a choice, they can save the dollar, or they can save the markets. They can't save both.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:25 PM

And the Fed keeps saying they are going to scale back quantitative easing (QE) but they never get around to doing it in a serious manner.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (bVYXr)

177 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM
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Took SnL to the chev dealer to sell them his little Tacoma. He was unloading it at a tidy profit. They had five trucks on the lot.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (axyOa)

178 Weasel nothing edible comes through your gun sight?

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (2JoB8)

179 I remember back in the day Jug Ears carrying on about the price of arugula. Next year, we'll be eating dandelion greens plucked from the roadside.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (Vr12I)

180 On the bright side, a second booster shot has been approved for those over 50. We may all starve or die from the coming chaos but at least covid symptoms won't be too bad. Probably.

Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2022 05:35 PM (MxEKc)
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Well done.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (XHhHI)

181 What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom?

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:15 PM (0IeYL)

When you stop asking your wife what's for dinner bc you know it's bark soup again.

Posted by: I've got bad news for you at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM (LphqV)

182 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (dKiJG)

Not much of a ~~Ye Olde Cheese Shoppe~~ Ford Dealership, is it?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM (4I/2K)

183 With the price of gas, a burning tire would count as "infrastructure".

Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM (taPSh)

184 Yes but what about the seven hours of missing TRUMP phone calls!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Matt Sludge With a Seven inch Gap in his anus at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (I+ZWa)

185 The T-72 is the true Pinto of tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Wouldn't that be the M4 Sherman?

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (KAi1n)

186 Weasel nothing edible comes through your gun sight?
Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:36 PM (2JoB

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Not yet. Never been hunting!

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (0IeYL)

187 >>Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.

Evryone that I know who has a truck they have bought in the last 3 years has been contacted by the dealership to see if they want to sell it back to them!

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (q9sxv)

188
When you stop asking your wife what's for dinner bc you know it's bark soup again.
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM (LphqV)
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Or you notice the dog doesn't greet you at the door.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (XHhHI)

189 185 The T-72 is the true Pinto of tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Wouldn't that be the M4 Sherman?
Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (KAi1n)

Did they not call them Zippos?

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (Vr12I)

190 "What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom? "

A Do Not Resuscitate order pinned to your hospital gown.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (jTmQV)

191 The T-72 is the true Pinto of tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma
___

Heh.

I couldn't ask for a better set of folks to spend WWIII with.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (6yuv4)

192 I have yet to see one of the mythical Ford Maverick pick ups.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (lz5hY)

193 The Sherman was the Ronson of tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (y3/Gj)

194 With the price of gas, a burning tire would count as "infrastructure".
Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM (taPSh)
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Everything is infrastructure.

Posted by: Kristin Gillibrand at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (XHhHI)

195 187 >>Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.

Evryone that I know who has a truck they have bought in the last 3 years has been contacted by the dealership to see if they want to sell it back to them!
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (q9sxv)

Those who have trucks are marking them up >$2500 because they can.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (N39Ws)

196 166
Did I see right?
Did fake news msnbc go all-in on Ukraine and make their set colors and graphics blue/yellow?

Aren't these the same fake news fuckheads who told us it wasn't their place to "take sides" in "Bush's" Iraq war?
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:34 PM (nIpaw)

Their support for Ukraine is just a manifestation of TDS.

Posted by: buzzion at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (vMCab)

197 If you're planning on a trip to the Big House NaCly Dog, you might see if bluebell will share her pruno recipe with you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (a3Q+t)

198 >.Not yet. Never been hunting!
Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (0IeYL)

He doesn't come here for the hunting, iykwim.

Posted by: The Bear at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (q9sxv)

199

Who cares! A Mr Secret Agent Man.. find out who keeps dumping all this warm pudding in my shorts!

Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (lu675)

200 Or you notice the dog doesn't greet you at the door.
Posted by: Axeman
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Or the cats...

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:40 PM (6yuv4)

201 I like talking military shit with chicks.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 29, 2022 05:40 PM (KAi1n)

202 the state of cars in the US is basically Cuba after the revolution, fix what ya got if you can.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 29, 2022 05:40 PM (lgeFv)

203 Does anybody have a gold IRA they recommend?
Posted by: molloaggie
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I got this...

Posted by: William Devane at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (PPQdm)

204 200 Or you notice the dog doesn't greet you at the door.
Posted by: Axeman
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Or the cats...
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:40 PM (6yuv4)

Or the mice. Mouse Kabobs.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (Vr12I)

205 Evryone that I know who has a truck they have bought in the last 3 years has been contacted by the dealership to see if they want to sell it back to them!
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM (q9sxv)

Yup!
Ive had my F-150 for two years and they've offered me $6k more than I paid. Still considering it.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (axyOa)

206 179 I remember back in the day Jug Ears carrying on about the price of arugula. Next year, we'll be eating dandelion greens plucked from the roadside.
Posted by: kraken

Actually, dandelion greens are pretty
Tasty. They also are an aphrodisiac. And they cure lupus. And cancer. But not covid. You need your 15th booster for that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (8mzcJ)

207 When you stop asking your wife what's for dinner bc you know it's bark soup again.
Posted by: I've got bad news for you

That's what we called Beagle Stew.

Posted by: Barry of Kenya at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (WmGrA)

208 the 'supply chain problem' reminds me of an interview someone did with Romania's Ceaucescu (sp? who cares) way back when: the journalist asked about the shortages of goods in the stores, and Ceaucescu replied there were no shortages of goods, they were only having a problem getting things from the warehouses to the stores.

I'd like to hear what Biden remembers about Ceaucescu. Maybe they once raced tractor trainers.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (Ynyl9)

209 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.

Evryone that I know who has a truck they have bought in the last 3 years has been contacted by the dealership to see if they want to sell it back to them!

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM

I made the mistake of looking up my 2016 Tacoma value on KBB. I have gotten multiple emails asking me to sell my truck. Problem is there is nothing I can find to replace it even though they are going to give me almost $5,000 more than I paid for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (bVYXr)

210
Did you see this?

They made a superhero movie about the chinese virus.

behold...

Pfizer-Man!

https://youtu.be/MfGOvVnVY_c

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (nIpaw)

211 Evryone that I know who has a truck they have bought in the last 3 years has been contacted by the dealership to see if they want to sell it back to them!
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:38 PM

Makes sense. People are scared when they realize their extended warranty is about to expire.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (a3Q+t)

212 Here Lies the USA

1776-Democrats.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (XHhHI)

213 All of us here at Schooner Tuna sympathize with all of you hit so hard by these trying economic times. In order to help you, we are reducing the price of Schooner Tuna by 50 cents a can. When this crisis is over, we will go back to our regular prices. Until then, remember, we're all in this together. Schooner Tuna. The tuna with a heart.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (4I/2K)

214 Remember when Monty posted his DOOM threads and we talked about the PIG , Portugal, Italy, Greece?

All of Europe, and the world, just kinda said, "that's not really a default, everything is fine"

And everyone liked it so much now every country is pretending every other country is solvent and sound now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (MM6+c)

215 the state of cars in the US is basically Cuba after the revolution, fix what ya got if you can.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Call us, we can help.

Posted by: CarShield at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (PPQdm)

216 I better go dig the truss out of the closet. If times get tough I may have to go back to whoring for food.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (ZLI7S)

217 177 Was looking for a new Truck this weekend and was Stunned to see that the Ford Dealership had ZERO Trucks or cars on the lot and none in the inventory across all their Dealerships. I knew it was bad but not That Bad. It scarred the hell out of us and woke us up on how bad the situation is.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM

I wanted a Ford, but ended up buying the only 5500 Chevy Silverado 4WD dump truck I could find with right aluminum bed last week. Also picked up a 2500 Silverado 4WD pickup with a 4 cylinder turbocharged engine. Hope I don't regret that choice.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (/BlEx)

218 Or you notice the dog doesn't greet you at the door.
Posted by: Axeman
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Or the cats...
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:40 PM (6yuv4)

Or the mice. Mouse Kabobs.
Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (Vr12I)
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Or the cockroaches.

Posted by: Blackrock at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (XHhHI)

219 I got an e mail offer to buy on my 2010 Kia Soul, base model, stick shift. Great offer except for the replacement cost.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (lz5hY)

220
You can watch that trailer I just linked now, or you can wait until tomorrow when Ace posts it in Quick Hits. Your choice.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (nIpaw)

221 Let me see, what are the failures of the Bush administration, so far?

War in Iraq: Check

War in Afghanistan: Check

The recession we're currently either in or heading into: Check

Honorable mention: TSA and the Patriot Act.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (5pTK/)

222 Reframe the issue. Tell her she'll be your brig a'dear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:33 PM (a3Q+t)

I'm starting to think there's such a think as a Muldoon virus...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (PiwSw)

223 >>I better go dig the truss out of the closet. If times get tough I may have to go back to whoring for food.

It's Spring. Time to dig out the merkin and dust it off for the season.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (q9sxv)

224 Duncanthrax

Do not want! I am not a number!!

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (u82oZ)

225

Who wouldn't expect Biden, who was last somewhat sentient in the 70s and 80s, to have any idea about how the economy works in 2022.

He's a goddamned idiot.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 29, 2022 05:43 PM (XnbJC)

226
Ace's Alley-to-Table Kobe Hobos are the model of socially conscious agriculture. They're fed *only* on non-Russian vodka, sustainable inputs like stray cats, and are massaged daily by the wives of conservative media figures and politicians. Ace Hobos are fair trade, 100% organic, and locally sourced.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (SKVme)

227 When you stop asking your wife what's for dinner bc you know it's bark soup again.
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at March 29, 2022 05:37 PM

Barky soup is overrated. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Reggie at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (a3Q+t)

228 >>Also picked up a 2500 Silverado 4WD pickup with a 4 cylinder turbocharged engine. Hope I don't regret that choice.

Oh, that's not gonna last for shit.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (q9sxv)

229 Clearly this is a Russian disinformation op by a known Russian stooge.

Larry is of course one of Three Stooges known to us. The others will be named at a later time and date.

- Your Fake News Overlords.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (3TihK)

230 107 If it makes Sundowner happy to preach class warfare let him, nobody worth billions is going to pay any more than they do now.
I still want the bastard to stroke out every day

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:24 PM (2JoB

Have any of the stories you've heard or read from The Media told you how much additional tax revenue Joe's proposal will take-in? Very few that I've seen or heard. That's because the additional tax revenue per year will be $10-20 Billion. Peanuts in a $6 Trillion government budget. Once again, political theater from the Democrats. As many have said before, when it comes to taxes the big money has to come from the middle class.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (AMIL/)

231 What a fuck up Bidet is!

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (8E+wy)

232 Or the cockroaches.
Posted by: Blackrock
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You demon spawn can miss me with that crap.

I will die before I eat cockroaches...or brussel sprouts.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (6yuv4)

233 Easy.

Mint a trillion-dollar coin.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (UHVv4)

234 My wife is adamant she will not visit me in jail. She says that a lot more than I think is warranted.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:29 PM

I take it she is feeling 'better'?

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (F0YaR)

235 Getting a Fallout vibe here.

Canada has food. Right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (u82oZ)

236 *taps chin*

I'll accept DeSantis as Reagan.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (GbPPJ)

237 If you want to buy gold, or think you want to buy gold, buy gold.

I can't tell you whether it's a good idea right now. But gold is one thing that you don't buy a simulation of. You buy actual good bullion coins, and keep them yourself. They are easily traded or among the most liquid of assets anywhere in the world.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (Itc1k)

238 I wanted a Ford, but ended up buying the only 5500 Chevy Silverado 4WD dump truck I could find with right aluminum bed last week. Also picked up a 2500 Silverado 4WD pickup with a 4 cylinder turbocharged engine. Hope I don't regret that choice.
Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:42 PM (/BlEx)

A f..four cylinder turbo pickup? Oh boy...luck to you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (XvPQV)

239 Clearly this is a Russian disinformation op by a known Russian stooge.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (3TihK)
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Has all the skidmarks of a Russian disinformation op.

Posted by: John Clapper at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (XHhHI)

240 Next year, we'll be eating dandelion greens plucked from the roadside.
Posted by: kraken

I have them in my yard. Hmmm.. Never eaten those. Should I try it? Maybe deep fried in bacon fat.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (Vxu+H)

241 You could slow inflation down without any fiscal / monetary moves . Release the domestic energy kraken.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (/ijUi)

242 Oh, that's not gonna last for shit.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM (q9sxv)

Deep down, I know that's right. This one won't get a lot of hard use, just a general purpose vehicle at the garden center.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (/BlEx)

243 All of us here at Schooner Tuna sympathize with all of you hit so hard by these trying economic times. In order to help you, we are reducing the price of Schooner Tuna by 50 cents a can. When this crisis is over, we will go back to our regular prices. Until then, remember, we're all in this together. Schooner Tuna. The tuna with a heart.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (4I/2K)
***
Heh!
220...221. Whatever it takes.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (axyOa)

244
Pfizer-Man is the hero we need but don't deserve.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (nIpaw)

245 don't worry about a shortage of trucks. Ten years from now everyone will have an electric vehicle the size of the box that your washing machine came in, never mind that the washing machine will look like the one that Laurel and Hardy used to use.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (Ynyl9)

246 So.. were we smart in holding off buying another house? My gut said yes. Without getting too far into the weeds, we just felt this wasn't a good time. Too much crazy going on.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (nxdel)

247
Actually, dandelion greens are pretty
Tasty. They also are an aphrodisiac. And they cure lupus. And cancer.
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Bonus: You actually get to *eat* that stuff you've been battling in your lawn. Revenge is best served cold...in salads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (PPQdm)

248 Shtimulush!! That's what we need! Inject more cash into the American economy to schtimulate growth! If only we could get Treashury to print more money! It'sh all their fault!!

Posted by: Nanshy Peloshi at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (AD14M)

249 @185 Wouldn't that be the M4 Sherman?

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The M4 Sherman has been unfairly maligned over the years. While hardly perfect, it wasn't the horrible creature that one particular book on the subject made them out to be, and was actually a very solid medium tank (certainly better than the Pzkpfw IV that was one of its two primary German counterparts).

Victor Loza, who was a Soviet tanker, used them during the war. He was impressed by them, and said as much in his book about his experiences during the war.

Posted by: Junior at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (Iq0TW)

250 Ace Hobos are fair trade, 100% organic, and locally sourced.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2022 05:44 PM

Are they free-range?

Asking for a photo-op.

Posted by: AOC at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (a3Q+t)

251 GnuBreed

She is about 2 days from better. But I am pampering her. And she has the good drugs. Time to get some dinner ready.

Have a great rest of the afternoon, everyone.

You prayers made the difference.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (u82oZ)

252 Tabby Surprise with Johnny LaRue on SCTV

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=mrOgG_RNLcA

[2:55 minutes]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (UHVv4)

253
I cued it up to a powerful scene in the movie:

https://youtu.be/MfGOvVnVY_c?t=239

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (nIpaw)

254 Weasel nether have I, but if your hungry enough it's a possibility

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (2JoB8)

255 "What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom? "

When okra becomes a daily part of breakfast.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (axyOa)

256 Easy.

Mint a trillion-dollar coin.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (UHVv4)

I'm at the screw it, mint 100 of them and poof no more debt or unfunded liabilities point.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (GbPPJ)

257 Bonus: You actually get to *eat* that stuff you've been battling in your lawn. Revenge is best served cold...in salads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2022 05:46 PM (PPQdm)
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I'll skip Canadian thistle though.

Posted by: Axeman at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (XHhHI)

258 Raising interest rates sufficiently last summer when it was already obvious we were getting inflation,

might've ended this pretty quickly.

That also assumes the end of Biden Insane No US Oil/Gas for US Citizens Policy and no insane spending based on the idea that "the more we spend the more prosperity we have" idiocy.

A round of kicks to the nuts and cunt punts for everyone involved.

Less than a year to destroy the economy. 5 to 10 years to fix it, if we can get the Dims out of office.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (LV9Tl)

259 "What puzzles me now is how we'll know when we've hit bottom? "
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I am always aware.

Posted by: The Paolo at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (XHhHI)

260 don't think I've ever heard of a 4cyl 3/4 ton. I wouldn't even want a 6cyl half ton even though that's all there is going to be going forward.

Posted by: facio at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (uQFwj)

261 I have them in my yard. Hmmm.. Never eaten those. Should I try it? Maybe deep fried in bacon fat.
Posted by: Madamemayhem
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Lots of suggestions on line. Now is the time, while they are young, before bloomng.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (PPQdm)

262 Jimmuh walks into WH and slaps Gerber for brains.

Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (taPSh)

263 I don't remember starving in the 70's.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (u5NuV)

264 You'll be begging for some of my fake squeeze meat.

Posted by: Bill Gates at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (1IJnB)

265 A f..four cylinder turbo pickup? Oh boy...luck to you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (XvPQV)

The engine even shuts off at stop lights. Who knows, if gas stays near $5 or $6 bucks a gallon, I'll look like a genius.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:49 PM (/BlEx)

266 put a tax on unrealized capital gains for the $100 mil and up crowd, watch the stock market crash. Bezos and Musk will be back for a major tax refund.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:49 PM (Ynyl9)

267 247 Back in Ohio, lived in a neighborhood with a lot of Greeks. Never had a problem with dandelions in the yard as the widow squad (all in black, old man gone for 10 years) would make a clean sweep of all the lawns. Dandelion salad, dandelion whatever.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (lz5hY)

268 Jewells!

We want to move to Missouri, to be closer to the grandbabies, but we're loath to uproot right now, so we're just preparing. And I'm putting aside a lot of jerky.

If it comes to having to bug out to their AO, we can.

In the meantime, helping elder daughter get ready in TX (and possibly having to get her and plop her in MO).

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (6yuv4)

269 Less than a year to destroy the economy. 5 to 10 years to fix it, if we can get the Dims out of office.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (LV9Tl)

This also assumes that we don't get Biden, and his neo con/lib allies, blundering us into WWIII. The risk is still very small, but it's definitely larger than zero.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (Rl7KJ)

270 "Mint a trillion-dollar coin.

Posted by: andycanuck:"

What if the govt loses it? Maybe falls under a couch cushion. Does the debt just go way or come back?

Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (MxEKc)

271 Billionaire Busch heiress is running for senate in MO. As a dem, of course. Says the death of her husband, leaving her a single billionaire left to raise 6 kids alone on the family estate, with the barest of staff, unsure of which chef would cook her kids next meal, left her wanting to do more for people because she understands their struggle. And far too many MO republicans fail to do what democrats want.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy AOSHQ contributor at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (qnVBz)

272 Less than a year to destroy the economy. 5 to 10 years to fix it, if we can get the Dims out of office.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (LV9

The economy was destroyed when we shutdown the world. Biden just made it worse.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (u5NuV)

273 Canada has food. Right?
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Screw you, Salty! Those are my potato chips!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 05:50 PM (UHVv4)

274
Dandelion wine. Yuck.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (SKVme)

275 264 You'll be begging for some of my fake squeeze meat.
Posted by: Bill Gates at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (1IJnB)

Bill Gates Squeeze Meat. That's- disturbing.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (Vr12I)

276 Less than a year to destroy the economy. 5 to 10 years to fix it, if we can get the Dims out of office.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (LV9Tl)
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Need also to get the R's to do their job. As I've said in the past, the greatest traitor to the republic, bar none, is Paul Ryan. He could have done some great stuff, legislatively, stuff PDT requested, yet, instead, preferred to throw the house back to Democrats, rather than work with PDT. I suspect Ryan is far from a one of in the GOP.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (5pTK/)

277 237 If you want to buy gold, or think you want to buy gold, buy gold.

I can't tell you whether it's a good idea right now. But gold is one thing that you don't buy a simulation of. You buy actual good bullion coins, and keep them yourself. They are easily traded or among the most liquid of assets anywhere in the world.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (Itc1k)

Amen. You do not EVER want paper gold. If you want some "metals" security, you want the metals, not papers promising you them.

That said, it's not something to buy more than a "hedge" in...or a security blanket level.

Posted by: Nova local at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (exHjb)

278 Do you have to pay $10 for the engine to turn back on?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (y3/Gj)

279 I don't remember starving in the 70's.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM

I do remember 4 of us kids sharing a can of cambpells soup for lunch back in the late 60s early 70s.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (bVYXr)

280 re 263: yeah, I remember some awfully gloomy predictions when Jimmeh was Pres, but situation looks a lot worse now. Even Reagan with a fully conservative Congress would have a really hard time fixing the current mess without a lot of hardship to go around.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (Ynyl9)

281 Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 05:47 PM (2JoB

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Right now Plan A is to go to all of the liberal's houses on the street and take their food.

Posted by: Weasel at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (0IeYL)

282 >>The engine even shuts off at stop lights. Who knows, if gas stays near $5 or $6 bucks a gallon, I'll look like a genius.

Until you burn the heads up at 125k.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (q9sxv)

283 > Is the Sunmaid girl hurting you?

Why is it only white people can get work nowadays doing modeling for food packaging? It's especially weird because now only black people are able to get work acting in TV commercials for those foods.

It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world...

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (AMIL/)

284 278 Do you have to pay $10 for the engine to turn back on?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (y3/Gj)

I'm sure they have that software in the pipeline.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (/BlEx)

285
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERASH!

Well done, Gampy Badfinger!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (PS/8K)

286 The engine even shuts off at stop lights. Who knows, if gas stays near $5 or $6 bucks a gallon, I'll look like a genius.
Posted by: jwest

You assume gas will be available.

Revisit the original premise of this thread, and the time.

Gas was rationed.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (WmGrA)

287 For an anniversary a couple years ago I took Mrs D down to the Oregon coast for the weekend. I hired a chef to come in and cook dinner. It was awesome. He "foraged" for local greens for the salad and it was amazing. Salmon, of course, and some excellent Willamette Valley wines.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (axyOa)

288 Food in Canada? Man does not live by poutine and screetch alone.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (a3Q+t)

289 @277
That said, it's not something to buy more than a "hedge" in...or a security blanket level.

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I can't imagine why anyone would be worried about owning lots of gold during a recession or depression.

Posted by: FDR at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (Iq0TW)

290 284 278 Do you have to pay $10 for the engine to turn back on?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (y3/Gj)

I'm sure they have that software in the pipeline.
Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (/BlEx)

You have one of those nifty tracking devices too?

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (Vr12I)

291 I do remember 4 of us kids sharing a can of cambpells soup for lunch back in the late 60s early 70s.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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The three of us were doing that in the late 70s.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (6yuv4)

292 Until you burn the heads up at 125k.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (q9sxv)

Head. Singular.

See, I'll save money only having to replace one head.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (/BlEx)

293 But Biden says he's improving the economy. Could he be lying?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh. at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (eGTCV)

294 203 Does anybody have a gold IRA they recommend?
Posted by: molloaggie
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I got this...
Posted by: William Devane at March 29, 2022 05:41 PM (PPQdm

I don't have a clue how to invest in gold and all I see every where are shady ads. Hubby doesn't have any confidence in playing the stock market buying and selling game. Instead he's adopted the mantra of our financial guy "ride the roller coaster", which I'm pretty sure they just give out so small accounts like ours will shut up not bother them. But since our account is so small, it makes even more critical that we keep ahead of the game or suffer in retirement. Instead, I'm hoping he'll have some confidence in a long term investment by transferring some our IRA into gold. But how to go about that?

Posted by: molloaggie at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (mzMLC)

295 You have one of those nifty tracking devices too?
Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:53 PM (Vr12I)
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*shifty eyes*

No idea what your'e talking about.

Posted by: Progressive Insurance at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (5pTK/)

296 If you want to buy gold, or think you want to buy gold, buy gold.

I can't tell you whether it's a good idea right now. But gold is one thing that you don't buy a simulation of. You buy actual good bullion coins, and keep them yourself. They are easily traded or among the most liquid of assets anywhere in the world.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (Itc1k)

Amen. You do not EVER want paper gold. If you want some "metals" security, you want the metals, not papers promising you them.

That said, it's not something to buy more than a "hedge" in...or a security blanket level.

Posted by: Nova local at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM

The time to buy into precious metals is long gone. Even if you can find a decent deal the price to buy either silver or gold is 10-25% over spot price. The precious metals ship has already sailed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (bVYXr)

297 Ditch weed salads.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (4I/2K)

298 In the 70s we ate a lot of tuna. Took me years to ever want to eat tuna casserole. But we were never underfed. But we also had hot dogs, hamburger, sometimes chicken, and once in a great while steak or pork chops, so it wasn't too bad. Still, Mom made a lot of tuna based meals.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM (xPJvm)

299 235 Getting a Fallout vibe here.

Canada has food. Right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Fallout!

https://youtu.be/geLiEiAiQJA

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2022 05:55 PM (sAmhv)

300 The time to buy into precious metals is long gone. Even if you can find a decent deal the price to buy either silver or gold is 10-25% over spot price. The precious metals ship has already sailed.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Food will be the hot commodity.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:55 PM (6yuv4)

301 What we need is a good bazillion dollar government crapto coin. That fix what ailes yah.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 29, 2022 05:55 PM (rjpjQ)

302 I grew up on " poor people's food". It can be done again, I guess.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:56 PM (Vr12I)

303 I really feel sorry for the folks retiring now or soon.

They are all but fucked.

The Democrats are purposely destroying these peoples lives near the end when it's almost impossible to regroup before you die.

Nice, a-holes.

All you can do is hope that karma really is a bitch.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 29, 2022 05:56 PM (LV9Tl)

304 @280 Even Reagan with a fully conservative Congress would have a really hard time fixing the current mess without a lot of hardship to go around.

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Inflation was fixed in Reagan's first term by hiking interest rates. Cutting taxes kept the economy moving. But the national debt is so absurdly big now that hiking interest rates would do some rather catastrophic things to the national debt.

Posted by: FDR at March 29, 2022 05:56 PM (Iq0TW)

305 ...or pork chops...
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Mmm. Shake N Bake!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 05:56 PM (UHVv4)

306 263 I don't remember starving in the 70's.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM (u5NuV)

My dad in the 70s:

"Milk is food, not a beverage."

In other words, we were only allowed three glasses of milk a day.

Posted by: Emmie at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (6RgRK)

307 Since we are talking cheap food...Jet Tila was right. Tamarind concentrate is actually really good in pad thai sauce. My family demolished my pad thai tonight (which was gonna be vegetarian, but then they left me 3 pieces of uneaten roast chicken last night, so it was chicken and roasted tofu pad thai)...

Posted by: Nova local at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (exHjb)

308 oh, one other things, when interest rates go up, the cost of paying for the national debt also goes up.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (Ynyl9)

309 I don't remember starving in the 70's.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:48 PM

I do remember 4 of us kids sharing a can of cambpells soup for lunch back in the late 60s early 70s.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (bVYXr)

Flashback: Adding ketchup to Campbell's bean soup.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (4I/2K)

310 Mmm. Shake N Bake!
Posted by: andycanuck
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*shudders*

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (6yuv4)

311 I think the Fed has despaired of resolving this issue in their banks' favor and are now scrambling to convert their holdings into gold-backed Rubles.

the the dollar is safe as houses.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (xhaym)

312 I don't have a clue how to invest in gold and all I see every where are shady ads.

Physical gold and physical silver. Because when the shit hits the fan and they lock the bank, gold or silver "certificates" won't mean shit.
APMEX is based in Oklahoma City. I've bought silver from them over the years.

One in the hand....

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (Ek4HO)

313 Hamburger Helper, sans hamburger.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (Vr12I)

314 We are #twoweeks from the Dem Congesional message being that the partes switched sids in 19 and Bidet is actually a Republican president that one must vote Dem to defeat him.

And the National Man Boy Lincoln Association will be all over Twitter promoting that idea.

Posted by: Bete at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (8E+wy)

315
Has it occurred to you that it is intentional to make people so scared and desperate that they'll be begging for any govt remedy, including a new "new deal?"

In 2008, Democrats and Fake News ginned up a minor recession into a "Global Financial Meltdown," scaring the shit out of people. Layoffs began immediately, out of fear of what's to come, not because of the present economy, thus creating a major recession, just in time for clinton or obama to "fix" it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (nIpaw)

316 They are easily traded or among the most liquid of assets anywhere in the world.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (Itc1k)

In a barter society? I wonder.

I think tangible and functional assets are probably the best investments.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (XIJ/X)

317

What this country needs is a really good sloppy blowjob! With some 14-year-olds finger in my butt! No yellow!

Posted by: Hunter Bidet, Running Down Jill's Inner Thigh at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (lu675)

318 I do remember 4 of us kids sharing a can of cambpells soup for lunch back in the late 60s early 70s.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (bVYXr)

We weren't poor but lower middle class . I went grocery shopping with my Dad every Saturday and once a month to the PX at Fort Polk. I'll take 70's stagflation over your guys predictions.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (u5NuV)

319 I will die before I eat cockroaches...or brussel sprouts.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (6yuv4)

I'll see you in the starvation queue. Dirt cookies, here we come.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (F0YaR)

320 Comrades!! Is all goink as plant!

-every democrat

Posted by: Jak Sucio at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (jvt6t)

321 I really feel sorry for the folks retiring now or soon.

Yeah..not exactly how I pictured my "golden years".

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (nxdel)

322 "Marcus T, interesting- and of course infuriating and unsurprising. Please mor details or links."

Look at the top four proposals. They are just getting started.

https://tinyurl.com/53pyksz8

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (/Mfdi)

323 Hamburger Helper, sans hamburger.
Posted by: kraken
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Tuna Helper.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (6yuv4)

324 It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world...
Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Lola at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (RkC6l)

325 301 What we need is a good bazillion dollar government crapto coin. That fix what ailes yah.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 29, 2022 05:55 PM (rjpjQ)

Actually, if you don't care about fucking the rest of the planet, the U.S. is positioned to do just that. We could do a 50 trillion reset by selling off "assets" held by the government over a 100 year period while taking the cash now, and the bulk of the pain will be absorbed by all the other countries who are holding our money and debt. Good for us, bad for them.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (/BlEx)

326 Food will be the hot commodity.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:55 PM (6yuv4)

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Followed by ammo.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (rs9D5)

327
APMEX is based in Oklahoma City.

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Yeah, they're easy to deal with for the retail customers, shipping is fast, etc. Little bit of a markup from some others (because retail). Some call it the "Wal-Mart of bullion."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (SKVme)

328 Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants arriving monthly will surely help this situation.

Posted by: brak at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (5uRA0)

329 Poor peoples food. I like cooking in a crock pot. Awhile back, somebody said you can put on a pretty good spread with a bag of beans, an onion or two, and a couple smoked ham hocks, Serve with bread and butter. Guess what. Try to find ham hocks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (lz5hY)

330 re 293: Nancy Pelosi says it's true. I wonder how much her hubby made on Tesla this month.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (Ynyl9)

331 Darren J. Beattie
@DarrenJBeattie
Fantastic piece by
@JeffClarkUS
exposing David Brocks dark lawfare project to silence attorneys standing up for election integrity

https://tinyurl.com/2p928j8j

Posted by: redridinghood at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (NpAcC)

332
Tuna Helper.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM (6yuv4)

Only the finest ahi grade will do. Sous vide, of course.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (II3Gr)

333 319 I will die before I eat cockroaches...or brussel sprouts.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 05:45 PM (6yuv4)

Right, b/c they are Brussels sprouts...b/c Brussels is touchy about that recognition...

Posted by: Nova local at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (exHjb)

334 @265
The engine even shuts off at stop lights. Who knows, if gas stays near $5 or $6 bucks a gallon, I'll look like a genius.

----

When I drove up to the Bay Area, this suddenly started happening after the first time I started my car up there. Freaked me out, as I didn't know what was going on.

Two or three weeks after I got back home to LA County, it stopped happening.

Posted by: junior at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (Iq0TW)

335 Mmm. Shake N Bake!
Posted by: andycanuck

and I helped!

Posted by: facio at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (uQFwj)

336 305 ...or pork chops...

City Chicken on a stick.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (/BlEx)

337 LOL Insom.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (6yuv4)

338 I hope whatever shitholes AOC and Ilhan represent are really fucked

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (QZ/dC)

339 If food shortages cause fema- to start rationing out food, partake initially. They don't like people hording food. It should get you off any non-participant list.
Also, appear destitute and hungry looking lest your unprepared neighbors decide to take your stuff.
Be a Grey Man.

Posted by: Capital Eff at March 29, 2022 06:00 PM (1IJnB)

340 > I really feel sorry for the folks retiring now or soon.
__________

We retired a year and a half ago. We're fucked.

But going down fighting. I think in a worst case scenario we'll hang on for a couple, maybe 3 years.

Probably in all reality if the shit hits the fan about 2 weeks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (BFigT)

341 During Argentina's crisis, you'd carry a length of gold chain and a pocketknife.
How much for a pound of hamburger?
How about 3 inches?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (jTmQV)

342 Hamburger Helper, sans hamburger.
Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (Vr12I)

Well, it was good enough for Cousin Eddie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (xPJvm)

343 The Seventies were characterized by constant Munchies.

Posted by: klaftern at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (taPSh)

344 The time to buy into precious metals is long gone. Even if you can find a decent deal the price to buy either silver or gold is 10-25% over spot price. The precious metals ship has already sailed.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 05:54 PM

Maybe not. The gold:silver price ratio is pretty whacked right now, near historical levels. Could be a good time to buy silver, if you can find some with not too much of an over-spot premium.

BTW, the US Mint announced they're out of silver for the year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (a3Q+t)

345 323 Hamburger Helper, sans hamburger.
Posted by: kraken

you can stretch it by using half the meat and doubling the pasta

Posted by: facio at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (uQFwj)

346 In a barter society? I wonder.

I think tangible and functional assets are probably the best investments.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Rule number one of barter, never barter items that can be sent back at you in feet per second.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (Ek4HO)

347 No one minds a dead cat bounce, except the dead cat.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (QZ/dC)

348 We all know that Trump and the Deplorables are going to get blamed when the economy crashes like a Chinese 737.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (+3ARs)

349 What this country needs is a really good sloppy blowjob! With some 14-year-olds finger in my butt! No yellow!
Posted by: Hunter Bidet, Running Down Jill's Inner Thigh at March 29, 2022 05:58 PM

Now there's a platform I can get in front of!

Posted by: Kumala at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (RkC6l)

350 Capital Grille makes Brussels Sprouts with chunks of bacon and other deliciousness. Just sayin.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (/Mfdi)

351 192 I have yet to see one of the mythical Ford Maverick pick ups.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (lz5hY)
I saw one. Pretty small. Like for little small people.

Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (0OP+5)

352 >>Actually, if you don't care about fucking the rest of the planet, the U.S. is positioned to do just that. We could do a 50 trillion reset by selling off "assets" held by the government over a 100 year period while taking the cash now, and the bulk of the pain will be absorbed by all the other countries who are holding our money and debt. Good for us, bad for them.

Harro?

Dis a Jay Ghee Wentwort?

Posted by: China at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (q9sxv)

353 323 Honest. Some Hamburger Helper now has "Try with hot dogs" on the box.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (lz5hY)

354 Lets us not forget that the spending madness started with Trump and a gop senate in 2020. Mittens was the guy who had the brilliant idea of stimulus checks. And the gop happily signed on to his so called trillion dollar infrastructure bill.

Yeah fuck Joe Biden. But lets stop pretending he did it all alone.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (mwlxA)

355 Ammo buy ammo. Now.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (0OmEj)

356 re 328: cheap farm labor wages will help make up for the rising rising rising prices on fertilizer, unless they decide to let the workers fertilize the fields the old fashioned way.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (Ynyl9)

357 300 SMH

As an alternative, how about a CEF (closed end fund) holding a portfolio of gold & gold mining stocks?

Some of these yield 8-10%/yr & pay monthly.

I'm not a goldbug, btw. I've always found gold to be an excellent hedge against capital gains.

Posted by: mnw at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (NLIak)

358 329 Poor peoples food. I like cooking in a crock pot. Awhile back, somebody said you can put on a pretty good spread with a bag of beans, an onion or two, and a couple smoked ham hocks, Serve with bread and butter. Guess what. Try to find ham hocks.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 05:59 PM (lz5hY)

We ate a lot of cornbread and beans. Whatever came out of the garden. Peanut butter. Red rind bulk bologna. Chicken. Lots of chicken.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (Vr12I)

359 Poor peoples food. I like cooking in a crock pot. Awhile back, somebody said you can put on a pretty good spread with a bag of beans, an onion or two, and a couple smoked ham hocks, Serve with bread and butter. Guess what. Try to find ham hocks.
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Pretty easy in my AO to find hamhocks.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (6yuv4)

360 So the new tax plan is going to call you a millioonaire.

Then they tax your cap gains at 40.3%.

About 0.5% higher than the highest income tax.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (yrol0)

361 >>the pasta

There's the rub.

Posted by: Ukrainian Wheat at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (q9sxv)

362 coming soon: Mealworm Helper

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (Ynyl9)

363 I see the Demi-Troll is at it again

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at March 29, 2022 06:03 PM (XvPQV)

364 As an alternative, how about a CEF (closed end fund) holding a portfolio of gold & gold mining stocks?
___

We're too poor to buy gold, so we're stocking up on food.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:03 PM (6yuv4)

365 Lets us not forget that the spending madness started with Trump and a gop senate in 2020. Mittens was the guy who had the brilliant idea of stimulus checks. And the gop happily signed on to his so called trillion dollar infrastructure bill.

Yeah fuck Joe Biden. But lets stop pretending he did it all alone.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (mwlxA)
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Not true. It started under GW Bush.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at March 29, 2022 06:03 PM (5pTK/)

366 347 No one minds a dead cat bounce, except the dead cat.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (QZ/dC)

Just wait. A meal of dead cat will become part of the "good old days."

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at March 29, 2022 06:03 PM (II3Gr)

367 362 coming soon: Mealworm Helper
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 06:02 PM (Ynyl9)

I love the grasshopper tacos!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:04 PM (yrol0)

368 I grew up on " poor people's food". It can be done again, I guess.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 05:56 PM

Same here but we called it hillbilly food. A whole bunch oatmeal for breakfast and beans for dinner along with some fried chicken or pork chops to fill it in occasionally.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at March 29, 2022 06:04 PM (bVYXr)

369 I dated a girl years ago whose mother made the best chitterlings, hog maws and collard greens on the planet.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 06:04 PM (/Mfdi)

370 "Hamburger Helper, sans hamburger.
Posted by: kraken
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Tuna Helper.

Posted by: SMH"

Those will be pleasant memories. We will be getting Macaroni and Cheese helper. Probably ground up bugs.

Posted by: Ripley at March 29, 2022 06:04 PM (MxEKc)

371 Since I posted a question about the knee shooting video yest. about this time. I will update that there is a Ukrainian channel saying it is propaganda. He says it is russian video, and his evidence is that there is not enough blood, there are no patches or blue bands on the uniforms, and there is directive from Russian military to troops to produce such propaganda.

I am not so sure. If you saw my comments yesterday, I expected this based on video of many russians with leg amputations in Russian hospital.

But, Since it may be fake news, I thought I would give as much attention to the refutation.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 29, 2022 06:04 PM (bNy08)

372 Same here but we called it hillbilly food. A whole bunch oatmeal for breakfast and beans for dinner along with some fried chicken or pork chops to fill it in occasionally.
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (6yuv4)

373 Food in Canada? Man does not live by poutine and screetch alone.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Bubble and Squeak?

Posted by: A Brit at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (PPQdm)

374 We're too poor to buy gold, so we're stocking up on food.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:03 PM (6yuv4)

Brass and lead

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (yrol0)

375 350 Capital Grille makes Brussels Sprouts with chunks of bacon and other deliciousness. Just sayin.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 06:01 PM (/Mfdi)

Love the Capital Grille. Have their app on my phone.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (/BlEx)

376 The only way to make raisins gourmet is to dip them in chocolate.
Posted by: bluebell

Spoken like a true raisin-ette

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (WFMLs)

377 One in the hand....
Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM

turned out to be a suboptimal action.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (a3Q+t)

378 >>>I grew up on " poor people's food". It can be done again, I guess.

Posted by: kraken

Same. It will suck, but we can go back to those times for a bit. Thanks, Never Trump. Truly.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (bkUtD)

379 As an alternative, how about a CEF (closed end fund) holding a portfolio of gold & gold mining stocks?

How do you get the physical gold and silver when society goes tits up and people quit answering their phones?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (Ek4HO)

380 372 Same here but we called it hillbilly food. A whole bunch oatmeal for breakfast and beans for dinner along with some fried chicken or pork chops to fill it in occasionally.
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Yep.
Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (6yuv4)

Yeah, we were Ozark types. Had BIG gardens.

Posted by: kraken at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (Vr12I)

381 NOOD

Posted by: Max Power at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (o1JBI)

382 I like the cap gains on unrealized gains for Bezos and Cuckerberg. So over defending those assholes. It is not 2001 anymore.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (mwlxA)

383 So fucking tired of Xiden pointing out Trump started the stimulus. He did, it was right. It was the continuance that killed the goose. Read Friedman, read Keynes, and oh, grow the fuck up.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (QZ/dC)

384 "Love the Capital Grille. Have their app on my phone.
Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 06:05 PM (/BlEx)"

And now that you came take out, it's more addicting.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 29, 2022 06:06 PM (/Mfdi)

385 Brass and lead
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Got that.

But you can never have enough food in the lean times.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at March 29, 2022 06:07 PM (6yuv4)

386 Grains have inflated a lot ... I just sold 1000 bushels of soybeans for fall delivery at $14.41. They spiked recently, and if war ends, may go down a bit. Also some are rumored to be switching from corn to soybeans (corn more fertilizer intensive, but the ammonium nitrate is already in the ground.) Crop Report is Thursday.

If things get rough, next year I'll figure out how to grow peas and contract them out to the hungry morons. A bushel would go a long way. ha

Posted by: illiniwek at March 29, 2022 06:07 PM (Cus5s)

387 Weasel time it right it still could be hot

Posted by: Skip at March 29, 2022 06:07 PM (2JoB8)

388
"Poverty Dishes" is a thing.

For instance: Mac & Cheese, Franks & Beans, etc.

What Are Your Favorite Delicious Poverty Meals?

Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 name in news at March 29, 2022 06:07 PM (nIpaw)

389 Before we get down to eating bugs, there is always long pig.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 29, 2022 06:07 PM (Ek4HO)

390 Nood bank transfer.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (AiZBA)

391 284 278 Do you have to pay $10 for the engine to turn back on?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:51 PM (y3/Gj)

I'm sure they have that software in the pipeline.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2022 05:52 PM (/BlEx)

I once rented a vehicle that had that feature. It could be turned off. Maybe your truck's can be too.

Posted by: Javems at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (AmoqO)

392 >>What Are Your Favorite Delicious Poverty Meals?

Venison Steaks.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (q9sxv)

393 383

Lol. Spending trillions is cool if our guy does it firstly.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (mwlxA)

394 Yogurt raisins are good too.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (UHVv4)

395 329 It really doesn't take much to put on a spread. I was at a lady friend's place one time in Ohio, and she was having a backyard picnic for the kids. Gubbmint cheese grilled sandwiches, iced tea, tomatoes from the garden, a couple bags of cheapo dollar store potato chips. Kids were as rich as rich kids.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 29, 2022 06:09 PM (lz5hY)

396 Whats a woman?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:09 PM (yrol0)

397 It's painful to think of where we'd be in comparison had Trump not been robbed of the election, and had the GOP actually worked with him to strengthen the country, the people and the economy even more. How different things would be looking for America now.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 29, 2022 06:09 PM (sVtYq)

398 308 oh, one other things, when interest rates go up, the cost of paying for the national debt also goes up.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at March 29, 2022 05:57 PM (Ynyl9)

The Democrats know this. It's why they were pushing so hard to lock a bunch of new entitlements into the budget now through Build Back Better. Right now, entitlements are written into law as mandatory funded items. Meaning they will always be funded, even if everything else including the defense budget is cut to zero after the budget is consumed by funding the payments on the debt and paying the entitlements. The current crop of Congresscritters will be long gone when that crunch comes.

Maybe future Congresscritters will change the laws to make paying some or all of the entitlements discretionary, not mandatory. Maybe they'll enjoy being lynched.

Posted by: Gref at March 29, 2022 06:09 PM (AMIL/)

399 Venison Steaks.
Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2022 06:08 PM (q9sxv)

Judges would have also accepted HOBO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:10 PM (yrol0)

400 That's just it, gold is not an "investment", by definition. It never has been. It's money, and an investment is something other than money that also provides a return. Real estate, stocks, etc.

Gold is a currency. So you don't "invest" in gold. You might decide it makes more sense to hold dollars if you live in say, Venezuela. But you aren't making an investment.

Now that we're clear on that, any of the supposed downsides to buying coins are equally applicable to buying paper gold. The major difference, is you don't have any control over it.

Rendering the whole point of owning gold moot. Again, I'm not telling anyone to buy gold. That's a personal thing. All I can say is most people could convert their entire net worth into gold bullion and it would fit into their front pockets and nobody would notice.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 29, 2022 06:10 PM (34mN2)

401 Child Covid Cases in Virginia Have Dropped by 93% Since Youngkin Lifted School Slave Mask Mandates

COVID is caused by masking!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 29, 2022 06:10 PM (yrol0)

402 What's a woman?
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I'm not a biologist.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 06:11 PM (UHVv4)

403 English muffin pizza's were a lot better than Chef Boyardee pizza kits.

Posted by: dartist at March 29, 2022 06:12 PM (+ya+t)

404 Reminder--it's not a still. It's an essential oil distiller.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 29, 2022 06:12 PM (YynYJ)

405 English muffin pizza's were a lot better than Chef Boyardee pizza kits.
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I used pita [flat and not stuffed] with my mom's Bravo sauce and Kraft Parmesan cheese.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at March 29, 2022 06:14 PM (UHVv4)

406 I haven't checked lately, but I THINK one can open a brokerage account at E*Trade or Ameritrade with a minimum deposit of $1000.

I submit there are better ways to hold gold than to buy Krugerrands. For one thing, you don't have to schlep an exchange traded gold fund back & forth to a coin store-- and then pay a commission when you buy and again when you sell.

Stock trades (to include gold funds) have been commission-free for years now.

Posted by: mnw at March 29, 2022 06:15 PM (NLIak)

407 The Sherman was the Ronson of tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2022 05:39 PM (y3/Gj)

Tommy Cookers.

Posted by: Fritz at March 29, 2022 06:17 PM (yQpMk)

408 The next time those Camel Jockeys pulls off another Oil Embargo we Embargo their food and we build the Keystone Pipeline and boot out Biden and Greenpeace

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at March 29, 2022 06:59 PM (wGqjj)

409 What makes you think that the current government driving up inflation is unintentional?

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