Inflation Soared 8.5% In March, <i>Another</i> Highest-in-40-Years Record

Inflation Soared 8.5% In March, Another Highest-in-40-Years Record

And that's just the first scoop of terrible news.

The second scoop of terrible news is that analysts increasingly fear a major recession to go along with the sky-high prices.

Prices rose 8.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, the largest annual increase in four decades, as Russia's war in Ukraine drove up energy prices even higher and policymakers launched a major effort to get soaring inflation under control.

This is from Jeff Bezos' comically corrupt corporate newsletter, so.

Watch in the next paragraph as liberal hopes transform into projections:

The inflation data, released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed prices rose 1.2 percent in March compared with February. Just a few months ago, officials at the White House and Federal Reserve hoped that inflation was starting to tick down month by month. But those projections were quickly dashed by Russia's invasion, covid shutdowns at major Chinese manufacturing hubs, and the bleak reality that inflation continues to spread through every crevice of the economy.

A projection is an economic prognosis. It's more than a hope. But the Washington Post sees no difference between what the left hopes will happen and what disinterested analysts actually project will happen.

The left has decided that Wishcasting -- not forecasting, but wishcasting, using your wishes and dreams to "predict" the future -- is real.

"One cannot escape it, even if one wanted to," said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM. "This is going to continue for a while."

What I see you saying is "This is completely transitory."

Persistently high inflation comes as economists and analysts increasingly fear a looming economic slowdown. In March, Bank of America analysts lowered their estimates for growth in 2022 from 3.6 percent to 3.3 percent. The Federal Reserve also recently downgraded its GDP forecasts, with officials cautioning that the war in Ukraine is casting much uncertainty over the world order.

Note that they keep crediting this as real "growth" when it is really the economy returning to its previous baseline after having been artificially dampened by lockdown measures.

And now even this "growth" is going to slow.

And the Fed will have to continue raising interest rates to reduce inflation, while hoping that their interventions do not provoke a serious recession.

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"The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March. "That story has already fallen apart. To the extent that it continues to fall apart, my colleagues and I may well reach the conclusion that we'll need to move more quickly."

A lot of stories have fallen apart, Jerry.

Thanks, NeverTrump! What fresh new horror have you planned for us next?

At Twitchy: All of the propaganda organizations are taking dictation from the White House -- the inflation is completely due to the Ukraine war, despite it actually being somewhat lower than the inflation we saw in December, January, and February before the war.

I guess I'm giving up on the full boycott of Salem. I'll just do a partial boycott.

Posted by: Ace at 03:10 PM

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1 Damn Putin!

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:09 PM (vd8XM)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2022 03:10 PM (RkC6l)

3 Quiet in here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (RkC6l)

4 Yay!
No more toe jam ads!

On Brave:
Pref>Shields>Block Script

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (nXjQg)

5 Russia! Russia! Russia!

For the past 6 years. If I were Putin, I'd nuke us just to shut it up.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (sI15f)

6 Too quiet...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (RkC6l)

7 You will own nothing and be happy.

Well, happy is relative ... lithium isn't just for batteries you know.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (Cus5s)

8 Hiya again

Posted by: Sassy at April 12, 2022 03:12 PM (xSICi)

9 If the government says inflation is at 8.5% then it is really double that using the old method they discarded in the 80s so they could screw over social security COLA raises. We are realistically looking at 15%+ yoy inflation.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:13 PM (bVYXr)

10 I imagine real inflation is somewhere around 20%.

Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at April 12, 2022 03:13 PM (khAeP)

11 Historic First!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at April 12, 2022 03:13 PM (tgp/G)

12 Dammit I coulda been first if Putin hadnt make me read the content!!!!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:13 PM (FAxhf)

13

That cunt Pissachy will just stand up there and lie lie lie.

All to protect the drooling imbecile.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (7durp)

14 Unexpected?

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (etl9f)

15 I blame the pandemic. And Putin. And climate change. And ghost guns.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (GLkOQ)

16 And they're lying about that number too...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (GKLk+)

17 yep, my retirement plan performed at -1.9% last month. fuck never trump and FJB.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (UgAdJ)

18 Dammit I coulda been first if Putin hadnt make me read the content!!!!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:13 PM

Putin, and this damned war....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (RkC6l)

19 The burning inner cities should be exciting.

Posted by: Stateless at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (FsZ2q)

20 Russia's war in Ukraine drove up energy prices
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Bullshit. That was F. Joe Biden's handicraft, and it happened months BEFORE Russia invaded Ukraine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (YqDXo)

21 It's worse than 8.5%

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (XvPQV)

22 10 I imagine real inflation is somewhere around 20%.
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Imma guessin 15-17%. Had he printed a couple of moar trillion in funny money then 20% would be a safe bet.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (2graF)

23 I presume that food and fuel are excluded from the inflation calculations.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (N39Ws)

24 Joe would Whip Inflation Now, if whipping wasn't so racist.

Posted by: Roy at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (NOfHY)

25 Frankly I doubt mom with 3 kids in the shopping cart gives a single damn about the excuses like "war in Ukraine causing instability in the world" when she tries to buy Peanut Butter and its gone up another dollar.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (KZzsI)

26 And now when I die, I am not even the 2nd worst president in living memory.

Thanks Brandon!

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (xKN4A)

27 19 The burning inner cities should be exciting.
Posted by: Stateless at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (FsZ2q)
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They won't burn. Gasoline is too expensive to waste on torching buildings.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (YqDXo)

28 It's worse than 8.5%
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (XvPQV)

Going by food prices alone, I'd say it's double that.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (bhRsz)

29 Biden/Harris+

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (etl9f)

30 19 The burning inner cities should be exciting.
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Is there much left to burn?

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (2graF)

31 Inflation between 2020 and 2021 was around 17%.

This year it is at least 30%.

The left needs to hide this from voters so they don't punish those responsible for it - mostly the Dems but also the GOPe.

And that is why the media is covering it the way it is.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (ESjRY)

32 Had he printed a couple of moar trillion in funny money then 20% would be a safe bet.

I fully expect another "stimulus" pack going out to help people pay for gas and food any day now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (KZzsI)

33 Milton Friedman owns Biden from beyond the grave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (dNqv+)

34 The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out, Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March

We are going to wish it leveled out at 8.5%

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (5kI0z)

35 19 The burning inner cities should be exciting.
Posted by: Stateless at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (FsZ2q)

You won't need as much heating oil if "excess" buildings are put to the torch and people can get some extra (transitory) warmth by sliding up to the embers.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (Rl7KJ)

36 Boy I wish that Jerry kid, and his friends, COULD HAVE done something about this in the past...

I don't know, like stopping the printing presses.

If only he had studied Keynes.

Posted by: Scott_T at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (2waQ7)

37 "The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March. "That story has already fallen apart. To the extent that it continues to fall apart, my colleagues and I may well reach the conclusion that we'll need to move more quickly.
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What was that expectation based on, Jerome? We spent a year hurling funny money into the system under Trump, along with major economic disruption, also under Trump.

Then Biden came in and hurled even *more* funny money into the system while simultaneously *undoing* everything Trump did to help with economic growth and production. He eviscerated energy, increased regulatory burdens everywhere and maintained COVID madness for even longer.

Inflation takes a year, at the minimum, to work its way through. Had Biden thrown everything bad that Trump did (COVID and money-wise) into full reverse while doubling down on the good parts, then we might - MIGHT - be starting to come out of it now. But he didn't. He doubled down on the bad parts and threw the good parts into full reverse.

So why did you "expect" that?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (DU+/6)

38 15 I blame the pandemic. And Putin. And climate change. And ghost guns.
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (GLkOQ)
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And net neutrality.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (YqDXo)

39 So I guess when they talked about "restoring norms," they meant 1970s norms.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (bhRsz)

40 It's worse than 8.5%
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (XvPQV)

Going by food prices alone, I'd say it's double that.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (bhRsz)

Agreed.
A $21 pack of pepperoni is now $30 at the same store

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (XvPQV)

41 I presume that food and fuel are excluded from the inflation calculations.

And health care. They fluctuate too much, you see.

Some measures do calculate it, but the "core inflation" they use for announcements like this, no.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (KZzsI)

42 Step 1: Hand money out to people.

Step 2: Print more money so you have more to hand out.

Step 3: Say inflation is transitory

Step 4: PROFIT!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (ESjRY)

43 Take profits now and hunker down because a decoupling of the dollar as the world reserve currency is going to happen and it's going to change absolutely everything.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (TQbsz)

44 Willowed: Yet here I am considering a new Siberian kitten from Chekov's breeder. When will I learn.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022
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Wolfus, check out Maine Coons or just go with a Heinz 57 cat. Inspect their innateness and select the one with a dash of crazy.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022

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Chekov's breeder raises Maine Coons too. As for the Heinz 57s, that'd be fine; most of my cats have been mixes. But the rescue and shelter places all want you to fill out a multi-page application before you can come up to see the cats. They probably want references and retina scans as well. It's tiresome.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (txdEq)

45 They're going to blow it all up after the midterms. The Fed will jack up rates sky high, let the economy tank, and the Admin will try to blame the GOP. Expect some sort of budget fight in early January to try and give the WH cover.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (wmDcS)

46 Sooo, not a lot of Dems are going to be trying to get Brandon to make campaign stops with them.

Maybe just Moocowski and Cheney.

Posted by: Bete at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (xKN4A)

47 "The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March.

Where do they find these idiots?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (KZzsI)

48 So, we should be discussing reparations more seriously, now, right?

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (QYPq3)

49 Old and busted: Let's give everyone a trillion dollar coin

New Hotness: Let's give everyone a 10 trillion dollar coin!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (ESjRY)

50 Going by food prices alone, I'd say it's double that.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (bhRsz)
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Per the BLS, the "food at home" category is up by 10.0% year-over-year. I don't know if there are hedonic adjustments or similar in that calculation or not. But the food CPI is running well ahead of the all-items CPI.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (DU+/6)

51
That Tater song in the sidebar is very... I don't know... cruel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (SKVme)

52 This comment was supposed to be first. Inflation pushed it past 50.

Damn you, Putin!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (KbCG3)

53 10 I imagine real inflation is somewhere around 20%.
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I think that's about right. Maybe a tad less than 20%, but close to it.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (sWM8x)

54 "The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed ChairMAN Jerome H. Powell said in March. "That story has already fallen apart. To the extent that it continues to fall apart, my colleagues and I may well reach the conclusion that we'll need to move more quickly.
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Jerry, maybe you should sit in on an introductory course in economics. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (YqDXo)

55 I seem to recall from days of yore that to economists, the real world was a special case.
None of their models worked there.
It's called the dismal science for a reason, I guess.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (doiJh)

56 15 I blame the pandemic. And Putin. And climate change. And ghost guns.
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (GLkOQ)
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And net neutrality.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (YqDXo)

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: RAAAAACISM!!!! at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (bhRsz)

57 >>>Agreed.

A $21 pack of pepperoni is now $30 at the same store

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:16 PM (XvPQV)

Try back in the afternoon. It'll be $33

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (QYPq3)

58 I've got a guy coming out to pour a 25x50 slab for a steel building that I'm putting up for another workshop.

You do not want to see what prices are now to have a concrete foundation poured.

I asked the guy when I saw his quote if he was mixing his concrete with $10 bills and dead hookers.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (wb1YC)

59 ***
Chekov's breeder raises Maine Coons too. As for the Heinz 57s, that'd be fine; most of my cats have been mixes. But the rescue and shelter places all want you to fill out a multi-page application before you can come up to see the cats. They probably want references and retina scans as well. It's tiresome.
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Pouncer was a rescue kitten from a dumpster. They are the best.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (2graF)

60 "I always dreamed my wife's swarthy boyfriend would drive a $100000 car" ~NeverTrumpers (probably)

Posted by: Flyguy at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (dpJ62)

61 Unexpectedly

Of course. Totes out of Joey's control...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (erOei)

62 I'm a pretty boring and consistent guy. I buy pretty much the same stuff. I have a monthly market basket and a weekly, and I can say if both aren't up 20% from a few months ago it's damn close.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (lz5hY)

63 "The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March.

Where do they find these idiots?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (KZzsI)

Under the rocks in boggy swamps on foggy nights.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (AiZBA)

64 49 Old and busted: Let's give everyone a trillion dollar coin

New Hotness: Let's give everyone a 10 trillion dollar coin!
Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (ESjRY)
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Pay for welfare with the $1 trillion coin. Then demand change for it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (YqDXo)

65 40 It's worse than 8.5%
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (XvPQV)

Going by food prices alone, I'd say it's double that.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (bhRsz)

Food is 11% with shrinkflation also fully in effect (many packages have shrunk 15-20% just in the last month)...the shrinkflation can't be done again for 6-12 months (b/c it costs money to shrink), so it's probably gonna start reflecting more of a reality this summer...but then, we'll have to change the basket of goods to impossible meat and straw...

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (exHjb)

66 Putin, and this damned war....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2022 03:14 PM (RkC6l)

It ruins everything. Heidi said she was pissed at me for telling her she was being irrational and emotional but mostly she was mad because of Putin and the damn war.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (FAxhf)

67 It is at this time that it is important to remember that those responsible for this get to live their complete lives free of the consequences.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (KbCG3)

68 "The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March. "That story has already fallen apart. To the extent that it continues to fall apart, my colleagues and I may well reach the conclusion that we'll need to move more quickly."

What is it that you'd say you do here, Jerome? May we call you Jerry? Walk us through your day, Jerry, so we can get a feel for it.

Posted by: The Bobs at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (4I/2K)

69 Inflation could become popular. Just ask the Fed spokeswoman to show a little sideboob and there you go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (dtRKo)

70 Now, now... It's not "inflation." Do you even White House, bruh?

Repeat after me: It's "Putin's Price Hike."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (SKVme)

71 And now when I die, I am not even the 2nd worst president in living memory.

Thanks Brandon!
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (xKN4A)
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*thumbs up*

Posted by: James Buchanan at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (YFU8M)

72 Jerry, maybe you should sit in on an introductory course in economics. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (YqDXo)
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In fairness to Powell, they've been doing it for a decade without broad-spectrum inflation. They've been pumping funny money and liquidity into the system for a long time and have created massive inflation, but it has been in equities and bonds for the most part, with knock-on effects in real estate.

But then they started doing helicopter drops during COVID and lost control. Those drops were HUGE and nearly indiscriminate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (DU+/6)

73 25 Eh, I am constantly amazed by need of many people to simplify problems in the extreme, and will grab and stick to whatever excuse is at hand or more likely has been handed to them to grab. The Democrats, well, the Uniparty really, know that and tell lies upon lies because they know all people need is a simple, convenient, easily repeated excuse.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (2Jd8G)

74 Never ever get pets from a breeder when ther are so many needing homes

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (KrdbI)

75 "This is from Jeff Bezos' comically corrupt corporate newsletter, so."

I've read Twilight furry slash fan fiction more grounded in reality.

Posted by: Teen Girl at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (JCZqz)

76 Congress gave themselves what a 22% raise here recently.

Safe to assume that inflation is actually 21% then.

Posted by: H Badger at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (n/0Nw)

77 A chart on inflation : https://tinyurl.com/y7anknow

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (Brzvi)

78 Unimportant: You are paying 50% more for food?

Very, very important: Do you know they steal elections in Guatemala and therefore we have to let every Guatemalan that wants to come here and get on the public dole to do so?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (ESjRY)

79 Good news! I bought a new wheelbarrow last weekend and now I'll be able to buy coffee in town.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (dtRKo)

80 Those lousy fucking oil companies!!!

Posted by: The Dems at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (GLkOQ)

81 It's called the dismal science for a reason, I guess.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at April 12, 2022 03:18 PM (doiJh)
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Misnomer: it should be called the dismal study. It's not a science, no matter how much economists wish it were.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (YqDXo)

82 So I guess when they talked about "restoring norms," they meant 1970s norms.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 12, 2022

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Let's restore 1970s prices too. A Mercedes was only about $10K while a Ford was about $4K, a quart bottle of beer was .50, rent in a decent place was $250/month. You could lose a job on Friday and find a new one, and start working, sometimes by the next week. Sure, we got paid less, but our incomes and our expenses were more in proportion.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (txdEq)

83 I fjb and company are thinking now that most people know this is all by design... or do they just think we'll all be dead soon so no bigs...

Posted by: Haywood at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (OHlJT)

84 I saw one of the few boxes of cereal left in the grocery store the other day. A customer really has to buy two and tape them together, because one is too thin to stand up on its own.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (5kI0z)

85 In better news

Just used the airbrush to shoot some Tamiya Flat Black on the undersides of the B-26K.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (erOei)

86
Never ever get pets from a breeder when ther are so many needing homes
Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (KrdbI)

Embrace the power of "neither."

Feed all pets to sand flies.

Posted by: American Lysenko at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (SKVme)

87 You know what else is transitory? Life.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (ppBhU)

88 New Hotness: Let's give everyone a 10 trillion dollar coin!
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You can buy American Black Coins. Barrack Hussein Obama comes on a gold coin. Maybe press a bunch of those and gold clad them and hand out to the hoodies and see what happens.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:21 PM (2graF)

89 The expectation going into this year was that we would basically see inflation peaking in the first quarter, then maybe leveling out," Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said in March.

Where do they find these idiots?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (KZzsI)

Some people will say anything if you pay them enough.

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (etl9f)

90 Now, now... It's not "inflation." Do you even White House, bruh?

Repeat after me: It's "Putin's Price Hike."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (SKVme)
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That bastard.

Except when you look at the BLS tables, it all started way before things came apart in Ukraine...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (DU+/6)

91 Price per package going up and amount of product per package going down.

My wife sent me to the store to buy a box of cookie.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (m45I2)

92

did the sleazes try to start this stupid war to prop up the drooling puppet Biden and also have something to pin this garbage on?

I think yes.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (7durp)

93 Repeat after me: It's "Putin's Price Hike."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Then let's kill him!!

...Joe "Did I really say that" Biden...

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (vd8XM)

94 I think mix kitties are more stable and healthy than purebred, so I'd rather have a mutt.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (KZzsI)

95 83 I wonder what fjb...

good grief

Posted by: Haywood at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (OHlJT)

96 I bought a wheelbarrow a couple years ago for use on landscaping projects. If I clean it up, I can use it to haul my Biden Bucks to the grocery store.

Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (JRuSx)

97 Eh, I am constantly amazed by need of many people to simplify problems in the extreme,

I've been telling the GOP that they need to do the same for years.

Why do we have inflation? Biden is printing money and giving it to his friends.

But we don't have an opposition party unfortunately.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (ESjRY)

98 74 Never ever get pets from a breeder when ther are so many needing homes
Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (KrdbI)

It was actually easier buying from a breeder than it was trying to go through the background checks local (non-county) shelters put you through.

The county shelters are way more interested in moving pets into homes, to be fair.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (XvPQV)

99 Barrack Hussein Obama comes on a gold coin.

He also comes on the back of men at the bath house.

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (vd8XM)

100 Another inflation chart : https://tinyurl.com/yd9p6979

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (Brzvi)

101 Obviously the "cure" for Bidenflation is a hot war with Russia to preserve the sacred borders of Ukraine.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (Rl7KJ)

102 Technically, I don't think Joe is the worst president in history or could be. Because he's not president in any meaningful way.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (ppBhU)

103 I'm sure we all look forward to Recovery Summer X !!!

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (GLkOQ)

104 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (5kI0z)

105 A [long!] list of price rises in percent...

https://twitter.com/feeonline/status/
1513871815638228996

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (UHVv4)

106 Love the memes on Facebook.

"Inflation. Don't be high. Don't be high."

Picture of Willie and Snoop Dog.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (Ek4HO)

107 I asked the guy when I saw his quote if he was mixing his concrete with $10 bills and dead hookers.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (wb1YC)

OY! Same situation. Question is, will it be double the quote in 6 months? Ugh.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (FAxhf)

108

Inflation has been caused by ghost calculators, which must be banned!

For the children!

Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (Deyz9)

109 Trump's Economy & Putin's Inflation!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (kOXw8)

110 The county shelters are way more interested in moving pets into homes, to be fair.

Yeah I don't get the inquisition they put you through at a shelter to get a pet, when they're just gonna murder the thing if you don't take it from them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (KZzsI)

111 And now when I die, I am not even the 2nd worst president in living memory.

Thanks Brandon!
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (xKN4A)
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*thumbs up*
Posted by: James Buchanan

bwahaahahahahahah

Posted by: Woodrow Fucking Wilson at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (UgAdJ)

112 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.

Out: Hunting hobos for sport

In: Hunting hobos for dinner

Posted by: 18-1 at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (ESjRY)

113 The left has decided that Wishcasting -- not forecasting, but wishcasting, using your wishes and dreams to "predict" the future -- is real.

and change your gender!

Posted by: Fool Otto at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (DB16e)

114 82 Late 60s and early 70s. You would see guys getting military reenlistment bonuses ranging from 3K to 10K. You would also see Corvettes and the occasional Jag in the unit enlisted parking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (lz5hY)

115 Inflation is so good for you that it's difficult for us to describe in plain English how good it is for you! The President has ordered a whole-of-government effort to figure out to describe how good inflation is for you, in words you might understand. Until then, trust us, Inflation is Good!

Posted by: Jen Psaki at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (AMIL/)

116 This is what happens when you allow an election to be stolen. By socialists.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (5kI0z)

117 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (5kI0z)
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Ehhh, I doubt it. We have enormous agricultural production and we and the rest of the first world can bid up the price dramatically. It'll make us poor, but not hungry.

Famine in Africa and the poorer parts of Asia and Latin America are distressingly within the realm of possibility, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (DU+/6)

118 Never ever get pets from a breeder when ther are so many needing homes
Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022

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I agree. If I run across the right cat on Petfinder, I won't hesitate. But I know this breeder lady; I've been to her home, and she does not raise these animals in cages. They run around underfoot like actual pets and are very sociable and socialized. No kitten mill here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (txdEq)

119 off anglo saxon row of hedges asshoe sock.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (UgAdJ)

120 I am very concerned about the prices; If we were to do any reno work the house desperately needs here the price keeps going up and up

The list of stuff to get done keeps getting smaller and smaller as the budget stays the same and inflation keeps going.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (KZzsI)

121 YOU ASSES! You've killed the economy.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (iDcra)

122
Except when you look at the BLS tables, it all started way before things came apart in Ukraine...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (DU+/6)

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!

THIS GUY'S A RUSSIAN!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (SKVme)

123 Somewhere this morning Pskanki was pushing it isn't that bad inflation

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (2JoB8)

124 Trump's Economy & Putin's Inflation!

Remember when Obama tried to take credit for Trump's economy? Good times. Good times...

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (GLkOQ)

125 >> while hoping that their interventions do not provoke a serious recession.

Heh. The Fed is going to have provoke Great Depression 2.0, the Greater Depression in order to save the dollar.

Asset prices are going to have to tank. If you're in debt big time, you're utterly fucked. If the Fed does the right thing. If not, it's Wiemar. And we're all fucked there along with the dollar.

The can has been kicked as far down the road as it can be. Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (Mzdiz)

126 we were to do any reno work the house desperately needs here the price keeps going up and up The list of stuff to get done keeps getting smaller and smaller as the budget stays the same and inflation keeps going.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (KZzsI)
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Yes. Inflation is murderous.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (DU+/6)

127 Frankly I doubt mom with 3 kids in the shopping cart gives a single damn about the excuses like "war in Ukraine causing instability in the world" when she tries to buy Peanut Butter and its gone up another dollar.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM

Kroger peanut butter used to go on sale for $1.00 every few weeks last year. It is now $1.59 a 50%+ increase in less than a year. I honestly don't know how families with small children make ends meet these days.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (bVYXr)

128 Cue the SNL video with Jimmy Carter explaining how inflation is great because everyone will be a millionaire.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (KZzsI)

129 THIS GUY'S A RUSSIAN!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (SKVme)
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I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for moose and squirrel!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (DU+/6)

130 The county shelters are way more interested in moving pets into homes, to be fair.
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Yeah I don't get the inquisition they put you through at a shelter to get a pet, when they're just gonna murder the thing if you don't take it from them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022

***
And if you happen to be a whack job, you'd lie on the application anyway. Yeah, there are more than a few rescue places within a 2-hr. drive of me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (txdEq)

131 the question should always be: why wasn't this happening when Trump was president?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (Ynyl9)

132 My wife sent me to the store to buy a box of cookie.
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At least it wasn't to get a tamp.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (UHVv4)

133 I agree. If I run across the right cat on Petfinder, I won't hesitate. But I know this breeder lady; I've been to her home, and she does not raise these animals in cages. They run around underfoot like actual pets and are very sociable and socialized. No kitten mill here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My SIL and her daughter went to the shelter to get a kitten. They were turned down because the daughter was at school all day and my SIL works all day.

And this is bad for the cat how?? They sleep all day!

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (vd8XM)

134 Putin cultivates rape and nukes.

Pass this on back, don't let others have nukes.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (xJmzN)

135 110 The county shelters are way more interested in moving pets into homes, to be fair.

Yeah I don't get the inquisition they put you through at a shelter to get a pet, when they're just gonna murder the thing if you don't take it from them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (KZzsI)

I only adopt my cats from county shelters for that reason.

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (exHjb)

136 A good friend of mine was an Economics major. All he ever seemed to talk about in college was Marx and Keynes.

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (etl9f)

137 Price per package going up and amount of product per package going down.

My wife sent me to the store to buy a box of cookie.
Posted by: Muldoon

Little Debbie is looking kinda emaciated.

Posted by: Miklos, unexpectedly at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (QzkSJ)

138 Milton Friedman owns Biden from beyond the grave.

One of the better Vincent Price movies. Jack Nicholson played an apprentice wizard in one of his first movie roles.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (U+Oxn)

139 My kittehs are from my daughters and g-babies.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (nXjQg)

140 "Without inflation, we wouldn't have working tires or balloons for our parties. Like, I can't even with you right-wing nut jobs." - AOC in one of her more coherent ramblings

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (KbCG3)

141 while hoping that their interventions do not provoke a serious recession.

***

It's okay, the same people who drove this burning fuel truck into the explosives factory are going to fix this.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (wb1YC)

142 Carter, Obongo, Biden.

Boy, the Democrats sure can pick 'em.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

143 If you're looking for a mellow cat (I don't like the scratchy, hyperactive ones), get a ragdoll. The only time they move is when they jar the food bowl being refilled, then it's back to sleep.

Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (JRuSx)

144 Thanks, NeverTrump! What fresh new horror have you planned for us next?

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The Conservative Case for Congressional Legislation Banning Inflation.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (AiqTS)

145 117 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (5kI0z)
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Ehhh, I doubt it. We have enormous agricultural production and we and the rest of the first world can bid up the price dramatically. It'll make us poor, but not hungry.

Famine in Africa and the poorer parts of Asia and Latin America are distressingly within the realm of possibility, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (DU+/6)

Agree - we'll be fed, but super poor...and we'll only be fed what we produce...we either won't be able to afford or even source worldwide products b/c those places will hoard them for themselves.

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (exHjb)

146 I think mix kitties are more stable and healthy than purebred, so I'd rather have a mutt.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:22 PM (KZzsI)

Ya gotta be careful though, the first thing Patch and Fluff did after they settled in was start sneak drinking our beer and wine right out of our glass. Caught them both red pawed, dipping into out beverages.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (FAxhf)

147 Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
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Who did they open for??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (UHVv4)

148 the question should always be: why wasn't this happening when Trump was president?
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (Ynyl9)
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Two reasons: time and compounding. He was out before it had time to hit bigly. It takes time for what our government did to filter its way through the economy. If Trump were president now, we'd still have high inflation.

But the compounding is a bitch. Biden not only kept the bad policies going, he destroyed the good policies at the same time. It makes everything worse and will keep making things worse for at least a year after they stop.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (DU+/6)

149 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (5kI0z)
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Ehhh, I doubt it. We have enormous agricultural production and we and the rest of the first world can bid up the price dramatically. It'll make us poor, but not hungry.

Famine in Africa and the poorer parts of Asia and Latin America are distressingly within the realm of possibility, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Shanghai. They're starving them in Shanghai.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (Ek4HO)

150 Hear, not jar...

Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (JRuSx)

151 Anybody try to book a flight for this summer? I was thinking of a trip if they get rid of the mask mandate. Prices are unreal so I will be driving if I go anywhere. Not sure I even can afford that anymore.

Posted by: Ripley at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (MxEKc)

152 131 the question should always be: why wasn't this happening when Trump was president?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (Ynyl9)

Because Putin.

Posted by: The Democrat-Media Complex at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (AMIL/)

153 Gasoline up over 100%
NatGas up over 60%
Bacon up over 85%
Steak up over 100%
Used cars up over 60%

Yet inflation is only up 8.5%

BULLSHIT this is another big lie. Lord help us when they do what they need to o to get this off the front pages. I'd say war with Russia looks eminent if only for that reason.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (iDcra)

154 In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selective Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: 'If you don't work you die.'

Posted by: mikethemoose at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (vRzib)

155 A good friend of mine was an Economics major. All he ever seemed to talk about in college was Marx and Keynes.
Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM (etl9f)
______________

It amazes me that anyone with an IQ above room temperature takes Marx seriously.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (YqDXo)

156 Putin must be shaking his head, watching Brandon's performance every day.

"Oh sure, and I'm the asshole!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (dtRKo)

157 Shanghai. They're starving them in Shanghai.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (Ek4HO)
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Sure, but that's deliberate policy rather than economics.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (DU+/6)

158 My SIL and her daughter went to the shelter to get a kitten. They were turned down because the daughter was at school all day and my SIL works all day.

And this is bad for the cat how?? They sleep all day!

****

I'll just note here that there's not an IQ test to work at a humane shelter.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (wb1YC)

159 Yay.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (II3Gr)

160 And now when I die, I am not even the 2nd worst president in living memory.

Thanks Brandon!
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 12, 2022 03:15 PM (xKN4A)

Is he kidding? He's not even the *third* worst living president (if you categorize the current fake one as living).

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (etl9f)

161 Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
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Who did they open for??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (UHVv4)

The Gates of Babylon.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (AiZBA)

162 Who did they open for??

Squeeze, of course. The Babylon and On tour.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (U+Oxn)

163 My SIL and her daughter went to the shelter to get a kitten. They were turned down because the daughter was at school all day and my SIL works all day.

And this is bad for the cat how?? They sleep all day!
Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022

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One app asked, "How long will the pet be alone during the day?" I wanted to reply, 86,399 seconds!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (txdEq)

164 Bad joss.

Posted by: Taipan at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (32x3R)

165 Out: Hunting hobos for sport

In: Hunting hobos for dinner
Posted by: 18-1

Ace's uses all parts of the hobo

Posted by: Miklos, as is the Way of his People at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (QzkSJ)

166 Democrats' 2022 campaign is "we gave you your old job back with a $6,000 pay cut," and I don't think that is a winning message. This is the story that Obama is encouraging Democrats to tell . . .

Posted by: Alec Leamas (hard at work) at April 12, 2022 03:30 PM (ssz2a)

167 120 I am very concerned about the prices; If we were to do any reno work the house desperately needs here the price keeps going up and up The list of stuff to get done keeps getting smaller and smaller as the budget stays the same and inflation keeps going.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (KZzsI)

I decided my deck didn't need replacing when Lowes quoted me 40% more than my neighbor who got his done this winter with them.

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (exHjb)

168 44
But the rescue and shelter places all want you to fill out a multi-page application before you can come up to see the cats. They probably want references and retina scans as well. It's tiresome.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (txdEq)

And buried in the fine print of some of those forms is where you authorize the shelter and/or their representatives the right to come onto your property to check the condition of the animal you adopted.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (N39Ws)

169 One of the better Vincent Price movies. Jack Nicholson played an apprentice wizard in one of his first movie roles.[/o]

The Raven with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Hazel Court. And Jack is the son of Peter Lorre's character.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (erOei)

170 Narrator's voice *we have been in a depression since 2008*

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (FsXsF)

171 *blinks*

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (erOei)

172
Shanghai. They're starving them in Shanghai.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (Ek4HO)

I'd hardly consider China "First World", except for a few cities in a narrow coastal strip.

Of course, Shanghai is one of those cities....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (n+4am)

173 Who did they open for??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:28 PM (UHVv4)

King Belshazzar. Got a surprise performance by Bloody Ghost-Hand, followed up by Daniel.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (Rl7KJ)

174 One app asked, "How long will the pet be alone during the day?" I wanted to reply, 86,399 seconds!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

LoL

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (vd8XM)

175 Agree - we'll be fed, but super poor...and we'll only be fed what we produce...we either won't be able to afford or even source worldwide products b/c those places will hoard them for themselves.

Posted by: Nova local

I think Europe is going to be in a world of hurt.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (5kI0z)

176 Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
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Who did they open for??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022

***
The Philistines at Temple Jericho?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (txdEq)

177 Barrack Hussein Obama comes on a gold coin. Maybe press a bunch of those and gold clad them and hand out to the hoodies and see what happens.
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Just give the Homies a bunch of rubles!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (UHVv4)

178 Some sectors of inflation are terrible, like fuel. I mean, get a steak for crying out loud, meat has more than doubled in price this year.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (KZzsI)

179 Kroger peanut butter used to go on sale for $1.00 every few weeks last year. It is now $1.59 a 50%+ increase in less than a year. I honestly don't know how families with small children make ends meet these days.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:26 PM (bVYXr)

May have to rationalize our family lineup and bring in some strategic realignment consultants. It will create the opportunity to reposition ourselves competitively and contribute to sustainable familial development. With a newly conceived, concrete vision and mission, our family can communicate our core competencies and the benefits for society to the outside world, derive a concrete framework for action for our stakeholders, and thus position ourselves competitively for the future.

Or, just sell the kids to medical research.

Posted by: Downsized MBA at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (4I/2K)

180 99 Barrack Hussein Obama comes on a gold coin.

He also comes on the back of men at the bath house.
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I think its the other way round.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (2graF)

181 Ironically the price for CNN+ has not inflated.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (MkuC5)

182 Just give the Homies a bunch of rubles!

Well they do live amidst rubble...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (erOei)

183
Biden not only kept the bad policies going, he destroyed the good policies at the same time.

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This is why it was so easy to predict this insane inflation, as of the moment Brandon was "elected."

I like to use the metaphor of the fox chasing the rabbit. During Trump, he did nothing to address the policies that cause inflation; in fact he made them worse, if anything. But he instituted a broad range of very pro-growth policies, allowing production to keep ahead of it. In essence, he didn't slow down the fox, but he injected the rabbit with enough steroids and meth to keep well ahead of it.

Brandon predictably took all of that go-juice away in one fell swoop, and the fox instantly caught the rabbit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (SKVme)

184 153
Used cars up over 60%
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (iDcra)

Never in my wildest imagination would I expect to see my '14 CC Silverado with 75k miles garnering over $27k

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (N39Ws)

185 I mean, get a steak for crying out loud, meat has more than doubled in price this year.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I tried putting a steak in my gas tank.
Helluva clean out

Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (vd8XM)

186 177 BHO gold coin. Kwanza Gelt.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (lz5hY)

187 >But the rescue and shelter places all want you to fill out a multi-page application before you can come up to see the cats. They probably want references and retina scans as well. It's tiresome.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (txdEq)

Yeah, that's massive bullshit. It was bad enough when we adopted our fuzzballs from the Humane Society about three years ago, but now it looks like you have to pass a Top Secret clearance to even let you into the building to look at the kitties. Might be better off find a street kitten or two who need a home. It is that time of year.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (YNyZ9)

188 But muh dow jones

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (etl9f)

189 The Biden Admin is going to keep the Ukraine war going as long as possible so they can continue to use it as a scapegoat for all of their domestic failures.

Posted by: 29Victor at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (BJKQV)

190 82 Late 60s and early 70s. You would see guys getting military reenlistment bonuses ranging from 3K to 10K. You would also see Corvettes and the occasional Jag in the unit enlisted parking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (lz5hY)
===

In the 1960s the Chevrolet dealer in Colorado Springs sold more corvettes than the rest combined.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (iDcra)

191 Whomever picked 'starvation occurs in the first world in 2022' in the pool is going to get a big payout.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:23 PM (5kI0z)

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All it would take now is an Executive Order banning all fossil fuels, and you would have tens of millions dead in months from starvation, as well as tens of millions murdered for their food.

An inevitable communist end and veritable utopia!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (AiqTS)

192 Its nice to know many here are experiencing Reconstruction and see it for what it was. Our CIA script writers do seem to know their history.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (2graF)

193 Is Simple Joe scheduled to yell and whisper at the American people today? Maybe he'll demonstrate for us how to arm a ghost subway smoke bomb.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (Wnd0C)

194 My SIL and her daughter went to the shelter to get a kitten. They were turned down
Posted by: Bruce at April 12, 2022 03:27 PM

This would be my response:
"Oh well. Instead of 'adopting' a kitten from the shelter I guess we can go buy one at the pet store"

Posted by: Chuck C at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (EughT)

195 175 Agree - we'll be fed, but super poor...and we'll only be fed what we produce...we either won't be able to afford or even source worldwide products b/c those places will hoard them for themselves.

Posted by: Nova local

I think Europe is going to be in a world of hurt.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (5kI0z)

They already are to some degree...that's why my Polish guest is already here. If you think food inflation and availability here is bad...

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (exHjb)

196 The only way to get both inflation and a recession is massive economic mismanagement.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (+DS2f)

197 Maybe we'll have total economic collapse and I'll starve to death or die in a food riot or something. Hope doth spring eternal.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (II3Gr)

198 It is quite amazing to watch the globalists wag a finger at China, and demand they stop trading with China. The "or" after the demand never gets mentioned because the United States lost that war the day it offshored its manufacturing to the PRC.

Maybe I can help the globalists:

"Hey, China, you either stand with us against Putin or we won't let you purchase the rest of our food production!"

Clowns, Clownworld, we will own nothing and be pissed and violent.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (nMx88)

199 The only way to get both inflation and a recession is massive economic mismanagement.
Posted by: Inspector Kemp at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (+DS2f)
++++
You've seen our government, right?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (DU+/6)

200 It does seem some shelters with their strict requirements are really Planned Parenthood for Pets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (erOei)

201 Price per package going up and amount of product per package going down.

My wife sent me to the store to buy a box of cookie.
Posted by: Muldoon

Prices at HEB in Houston increased a lot on almost everything in the past month. I spent over $300 for about 9 days of food last week. It's the first time I've ever spent over $300 for that list of items. The price 9 days before that was about $280.

And the food shelves are becoming naked again.

Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (AMIL/)

202 Never in my wildest imagination would I expect to see my '14 CC Silverado with 75k miles garnering over $27k

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (N39Ws)
==

A sailing buddy just sold his 2001 Toyota Tacoma (179K) for $12.5K. He bought it new for $18+K. That is low, low cost of ownership.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (iDcra)

203 Sidebar Eye of the Tater is pretty good.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (SH2Zi)

204 The interesting thing i find with the French vote from last Sunday is that the old duopoly parties barely reached a combined 7%.

'......

trading with RUSSIA.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (nMx88)

205 Late 60s and early 70s. You would see guys getting military reenlistment bonuses ranging from 3K to 10K. You would also see Corvettes and the occasional Jag in the unit enlisted parking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (lz5hY)

Same from 2004-2010 or so. Reenlistment bonuses, deployment pay... life was good for the single dude.

Knew a guy who reported to his first unit as 2LT just as they were deploying. From Hawaii. He spent a year in Iraq while getting COLA allowance for Hawaii, without paying rent on an apartment. Came back to 100k in savings.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (wmDcS)

206 Democrats 2022: Our policies made you older, fatter, and poorer

Posted by: Alec Leamas (hard at work) at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (ssz2a)

207 Isn't PJMedia also Salem?

Posted by: HarrysNotHere at April 12, 2022 03:36 PM (QNNgF)

208
Pouncer was a rescue kitten from a dumpster. They are the best.
Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:19 PM (2graF)

Absolutely agree. Breeders are too suspect to the darker side of the treatment of animals as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (Qhnrt)

209 Is Biden still yelling at people for not understanding how he plans to spend away the national debt?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (eGTCV)

210 The only way to get both inflation and a recession is massive economic mismanagement.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (+DS2f)
===

A problem so great and so fast can only be done by government.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (iDcra)

211 Any minute now the Clueless Wonder will speak:

President Biden makes an announcement on his Administration's actions to lower costs for working families, reduce the impact of Putin's Price Hike, and Build a Better America with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments in rural communities.

From Menlo, IA

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (N39Ws)

212 Remember me?

Posted by: The Bowling Ball Who Shot a Bunch of People and Got Away at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (etl9f)

213 And to think the left did everything they could to put hellary in the White House in 16 and Donald J. Trump (and all of us) threw them a curve. The entire 4 years President Trump was in office they were trying to destroy him (and all of us). In 2020 the left violated every election law to steal the voting franchise from President Trump (and us). Now they are destroying America because they hate people like President Trump (and us). Breitbart said it all. 'Fcuk you. War.'

Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (0OP+5)

214 Coffee inflation is brutal, which is why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (DU+/6)

215 Seriously, I could do a better job with the economy.

Posted by: The Bowling Ball Who Shot a Bunch of People and Got Away at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (etl9f)

216 Maybe we'll have total economic collapse and I'll starve to death or die in a food riot or something. Hope doth spring eternal.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker.

Go long on hockey masks. Warlordism is the career trend of the future!

Posted by: Brother Tim, #teamheadsonpikes at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (OUMaO)

217
Well, TVs and smart phones are down in price a wee bit.

So, yay? You can veg out and be force fed propaganda very cheaply.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (Mzdiz)

218 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (N39Ws)

Will the Big Guy get the usual ten percent cut for selling the rest of the Iowa farmland China doesn't own already to the PRC?

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (nMx88)

219 >But muh dow jones
Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (etl9f)

Cue the "I don't give a shit because my portfolio is smoking hot!" guy

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (YNyZ9)

220 Breeders are too suspect to the darker side of the treatment of animals as far as I'm concerned.

I think some of them are good people who respect the animals and treat them well, but too many are not. Maybe even the majority.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (KZzsI)

221 168 44
But the rescue and shelter places all want you to fill out a multi-page application before you can come up to see the cats. They probably want references and retina scans as well. It's tiresome.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:17 PM (txdEq)

And buried in the fine print of some of those forms is where you authorize the shelter and/or their representatives the right to come onto your property to check the condition of the animal you adopted.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:31 PM (N39Ws)

A friend of my wife's was turned down from adopting a kitten because it was claimed she (the friend) was too old for such a young cat. So my wife filled out the paperwork herself, with the idea of handing the kitten over to her friend on the sly.

After my wife got the kitten, she chickened out on the handoff because of all the intrusive conditions.

Guess who still has the kitten. (Not that I'm complaining, in retrospect.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (906pl)

222 Banning ghost guns should do the trick

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (ELpXt)

223 Things are failing so fast, the democrats' best strategy now is to admit they stole the election, and hand it all over.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (5kI0z)

224 Robert Mugabe is smiling up from Hell.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (iDcra)

225 Used cars up over 60%
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:29 PM (iDcra)

Never in my wildest imagination would I expect to see my '14 CC Silverado with 75k miles garnering over $27k

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM

My 2016 Tacoma is worth more than I paid for it new with 58,000 miles on it. Something is seriously broken.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (bVYXr)

226 Ehhh, I doubt it. We have enormous agricultural production and we and the rest of the first world can bid up the price dramatically. It'll make us poor, but not hungry.

Famine in Africa and the poorer parts of Asia and Latin America are distressingly within the realm of possibility, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (DU+/6)
==
Don't discount some food issues in China the longer no wheat is planted in Ukraine. Or the longer its tough to get boats in to get grain.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (LyTO1)

227 Well, TVs and smart phones are down in price a wee bit.

Yeah like Obama's press whore telling everyone that inflation wasn't so bad, you can get a cheaper smart phone.

And amazingly, a reporter yelled "You cannot eat a smart phone!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (KZzsI)

228 The only way to get both inflation and a recession is massive economic mismanagement.

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at April 12, 2022 03:35 PM (+DS2f)
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What, you mean shutting down the economy for two years for thr coof was a bad idea?

The hell you say.

Posted by: Revenant at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (b9Gb2)

229 Dammit I coulda been first if Putin hadnt make me read the content!!!!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

He didn't make ya lay a mime though, right ?

Posted by: JT at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (arJlL)

230 May have to rationalize our family lineup and bring in some strategic realignment consultants. It will create the opportunity to reposition ourselves competitively and contribute to sustainable familial development. With a newly conceived, concrete vision and mission, our family can communicate our core competencies and the benefits for society to the outside world, derive a concrete framework for action for our stakeholders, and thus position ourselves competitively for the future.

Or, just sell the kids to medical research.

Posted by: Downsized MBA at April 12, 2022 03:32 PM (4I/2K)

--------

IOW, a Paradigm Shift?

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (AiqTS)

231
He didn't make ya lay a mime though, right ?
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (arJlL)

!

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (II3Gr)

232 Peter J. Hasson
@peterjhasson
White House official says Republicans who blame Biden for inflation -- which was elevated well before Russia's invasion -- are "fully in lockstep" with Putin

Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

233 Treated myself to a pedi/mani today. Even they raised their prices. *sobs*

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (nxdel)

234 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (DU+/6)

I will admit she does rate highly on the venerable Ellipsis Legometer.

Posted by: The Bowling Ball Who Shot a Bunch of People and Got Away at April 12, 2022 03:41 PM (etl9f)

235 223 Things are failing so fast, the democrats' best strategy now is to admit they stole the election, and hand it all over.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (5kI0z)

I wish that was the extent of what they are probably planning.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at April 12, 2022 03:41 PM (MkuC5)

236 Go long on hockey masks. Warlordism is the career trend of the future!
Posted by: Brother Tim, #teamheadsonpikes at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM

Dammit! I waited to long to learn how to weld so I could put spikes and saws on my ride.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 12, 2022 03:41 PM (ftFVW)

237 But muh dow jones
Posted by: ...

The stock market is the value of all of the constituent companies, measured in dollars. The market going up is not necessarily because those values are going up, but the unit of measure is going down.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:41 PM (5kI0z)

238 Maybe we'll have total economic collapse and I'll starve to death or die in a food riot or something. Hope doth spring eternal.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker.

Go long on hockey masks. Warlordism is the career trend of the future!

Posted by: Brother Tim, #teamheadsonpikes at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (OUMaO)

Me? I'm looking at a potential business opportunity.

Making Ale steins from human skulls.

Posted by: Archer at April 12, 2022 03:41 PM (gmo/4)

239 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can

I think she's a gnome, look at the size of that coffee mug compared to her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (KZzsI)

240 >But muh dow jones
Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (etl9f)

Cue the "I don't give a shit because my portfolio is smoking hot!" guy
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (YNyZ9)

see my #17. smokin' from the brakes failing as it speeds away downhill

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (UgAdJ)

241 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (DU+/6)

That poster here what like foot arches is going to like this one.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (4I/2K)

242 Democrats will go full "Wreckers" before admitting they were even in the slightest wrong.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (erOei)

243 The list of stuff to get done keeps getting smaller and smaller as the budget stays the same and inflation keeps going.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (KZzsI)

When I was scrambling last summer to find contractors to do work on my house, more than few shoved their noses in the air and told me that they would not take any job UNDER 30K- 50K!!! And those who were quoting me were through the roof with prices anyway. I was finally able to find contractors to do my 'smaller 'jobs ( HVAC; windows), but after watching inflation shrink my money and once the economy hit the wall in January, I had to just stop. I'll wait until eternity to modernize the rest of the house and the contractors who were prima donnas last summer start needing work, they can go pound sand.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (l0Cy4)

244 223 Funny, I've had the same thought. It won't happen, but what if they decided 10 years in the wilderness beats 20, they confess to the fraud, trot out some sacrificial lambs and tell everybody they are honorable and didn't know a thing.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (lz5hY)

245 I've been getting a hot shave along with a haircut lately. Feels good, I get a coupon for a beer, gives me an incredibly close shave but it is pricey.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (eGTCV)

246 More than half the cats I've had just sort of showed up. The rest were "if you don't take him/her, I'll have to give them to the pound."

I don't think I've ever had to do anything to obtain a cat.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (Y5qcH)

247 All it would take now is an Executive Order banning all fossil fuels, and you would have tens of millions dead in months from starvation, as well as tens of millions murdered for their food.

An inevitable communist end and veritable utopia!
Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:34 PM (AiqTS)

This is what Obama and Bill Ayres have wanted for a long time. And please don't try to tell me that Barky isn't setting WH/dem policy.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (Qhnrt)

248 Ehhh, I doubt it. We have enormous agricultural production and we and the rest of the first world can bid up the price dramatically. It'll make us poor, but not hungry.

Famine in Africa and the poorer parts of Asia and Latin America are distressingly within the realm of possibility, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:25 PM (DU+/6)
===

You guys have quite rosy outlooks.

You don't think the Biden Pedophile Junta ant the Pedophile democrat party are not going to give our food to the third world. Because they will and you better not say anything about terrorist racist or you will be on the do not feed list. Don't doubt me.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (iDcra)

249
Out: Ghost Guns
In: Ghost Economy

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (etl9f)

250 "Oh well. Instead of 'adopting' a kitten from the shelter I guess we can go buy one at the pet store"
Posted by: Chuck C at April 12, 2022

***
There used to be pet stores, but the only things left are breeders and the shelter animals they showcase every week at PetSmart. Which goes right back to the shelter issue.

Street kitten? In 2003 the puffball who became Linda's Angelique, prob. a Siberian, came up to me in an empty parking lot calling for help. She clearly was someone's pet. We advertised, checked at local vets, and nothing, so she stayed. But that sort of thing doesn't happen often.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (txdEq)

251
Things are failing so fast, the democrats' best strategy now is to admit they stole the election, and hand it all over.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:39 PM (5kI0z)

Well, they'll never admit the stolen election part.

But, if past is prologue, then it *is* time to hand it over to their junior partners for a few years, to passively accept the blame the Party's media organs heap on them, while they wallow around in their customary supine torpor, and vacuum up graft like a political baleen whale.

Then we rinse and repeat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 03:43 PM (SKVme)

252 190 82 Late 60s and early 70s. You would see guys getting military reenlistment bonuses ranging from 3K to 10K. You would also see Corvettes and the occasional Jag in the unit enlisted parking.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:24 PM (lz5hY)
===

In the 1960s the Chevrolet dealer in Colorado Springs sold more corvettes than the rest combined.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:33 PM (iDcra)
In 68 there was a AQ2 in our squadron who owned a Corvette and a television/stereo store. He hardly ever went on liberty or drew more pay than it took to buy smokes or gedunks. I wonder what ever happened to him, probably retired at 20 as a Master Chief with damn near every dime he ever got paid by Big Navy.

Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2022 03:43 PM (0OP+5)

253 233 Treated myself to a pedi/mani today. Even they raised their prices. *sobs*
----------------
Have you ever done a French Manicure?

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:43 PM (2graF)

254 Asset prices are going to have to tank. If you're in debt big time, you're utterly fucked. If the Fed does the right thing. If not, it's Wiemar. And we're all fucked there along with the dollar.

The can has been kicked as far down the road as it can be. Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)

People continuing to buy real estate paying zero down the last 2 decades will be fucked. They will be forced to sell to Blackrock or some other multi billion dollar investment firm buying up single family properties to turn into public housing.
I have several frens who successfully road the zero down to buy properties the last 15 years.
I can't wait for real estate to crash so our Overlords at BlackRock can buy up all the properties for dirt cheap to rent back to the same families.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (FsXsF)

255 You don't think the Biden Pedophile Junta ant the Pedophile democrat party are not going to give our food to the third world. Because they will and you better not say anything about terrorist racist or you will be on the do not feed list. Don't doubt me.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (iDcra)
++++
Oh, sure. The possibility of insane policies leading to a domestic food crisis can never be counted out. I suspect they'd rather just throw open the border and bring the starving *here* than send the food there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (DU+/6)

256 Analysts hoped that everyone would have won the lottery this month, but Putin has put a damper on their expectations.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (qnVBz)

257 232 Peter J. Hasson
@peterjhasson
White House official says Republicans who blame Biden for inflation -- which was elevated well before Russia's invasion -- are "fully in lockstep" with Putin
Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

Of course, Milton Friedman is also "fully in lockstep" with Putin from the Great Beyond too.

Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (Rl7KJ)

258 More than half the cats I've had just sort of showed up. The rest were "if you don't take him/her, I'll have to give them to the pound."

I don't think I've ever had to do anything to obtain a cat.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022

***
There are ferals in our neighborhood, but nobody is looking to find a home for any pet cats. My late black Wolf was left behind by his so-called humans when they got evicted. They didn't ask around first, oh no, just let him run free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (txdEq)

259 YD @ 251 - pure poetry, man.

Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (JRuSx)

260 >Putin's Price Hike
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 12, 2022 03:37 PM (N39Ws)

Oddly capitalized. Almost like a trademark.

I noticed it was on the Twatter "trending" sidebar yesterday. I'm sure that was totally organic and not a joint astroturf/algo manipulation.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (YNyZ9)

261 I really really want an Auntie Annie's cinnamon sugar pretzel right now. Totally random, have no idea why, but suddenly craving one like a mofo. I can practically smell it.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (II3Gr)

262 What, you mean shutting down the economy for two years for thr coof was a bad idea?

The hell you say.

Posted by: Revenant at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (b9Gb2)

--------

"It worked, didn't it? No more mean tweets, prosperity, freedom, southern border, and cheap surplus energy!" -- Zombie Cyclops Reid

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (AiqTS)

263 Funny, I've had the same thought. It won't happen, but what if they decided 10 years in the wilderness beats 20, they confess to the fraud, trot out some sacrificial lambs and tell everybody they are honorable and didn't know a thing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Religious zealots do not 'do' humility and the Dems have turned their entire party over to the wacka-doos.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (p6Md5)

264 Here another turd in the punch bowl. The Fed is going to need to raise rates faster then expected. Most consumer credit is tied to those rates. Ergo, you will have less people borrowing, more people increasing their debt load and more defaulting. Guess what happens to demand? A housing market largely tied to rates? Corporate profitability?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (GZsmd)

265 The Raven with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Hazel Court. And Jack is the son of Peter Lorre's character.

Saw it on TV a year or so ago. Loved it. Picked it up in a cheap Vincent Price collection last week, and looking forward to watching it next week.

I can picture Peter Lorre as Biden saying “Will you give me some soft-serve!”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (U+Oxn)

266 All the jobs that were going to come back after the lock downs, have.

There are no more jobs; of the jobs that are available, those that can work them, won't.

We're going on 14 years of trillion dollar+ annual spending. There's no more possible government spending to prime.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (nqL77)

267 All the pet stores around here shut down, its sad. I liked going through and checking out the odd critters and petting some of them. But, I never bought anything because they were too expensive. Maybe that's why they are gone.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (KZzsI)

268 261 I really really want an Auntie Annie's cinnamon sugar pretzel right now. Totally random, have no idea why, but suddenly craving one like a mofo. I can practically smell it.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (II3Gr)

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Insom's pregnant, pass it on!

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (AiqTS)

269 I live off a busy road. Just tell me what you want, cat or dog? People toss animals out every week. Got my kitty Hezzie and dog Antonia from tossers.

Posted by: Carmenzoid at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (9sa5h)

270 I found some pork belly in the freezer. I think I'm going to through it into the smoker.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (eGTCV)

271 According to a report, the Human Rights Campaign rejected a March donation of $5 million from Disney CEO Bob Chapek until it builds "on [its] public commitment and work with LGBTQ advocates.

We are not going to take your large donation to our grifter organization until you do better and make Disney gay.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (qnVBz)

272 In the 1960s the Chevrolet dealer in Colorado Springs sold more corvettes than the rest combined.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022

***
Those Air Force guys used to come smoking out of the entrance ramp from the Academy in the Springs and go flying down I-25. They had yet to learn that on the surface of a planet, 90 mph is *fast*.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (txdEq)

273

Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (CrU4U)

274 I really really want an Auntie Annie's cinnamon sugar pretzel right now. Totally random, have no idea why, but suddenly craving one like a mofo. I can practically smell it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (II3Gr)

You might be getting a seizure aura. Or in the beginnings of a stroke.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (4I/2K)

275 ohhh the carrots get me edited.. not cool

Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (CrU4U)

276 yep, my retirement plan performed at -1.9% last month

I'm putting fully 10% of my gross into a 401K and the actual balance has been just above flat for the year. Now figure that that amount will buy me 8 (hah!) percent less than it would have a year ago. Fortunately I have the benefit of no mean tweets so I guess it all averages out.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (nfrXX)

277 @257

>>Of course, Milton Friedman is also "fully in lockstep" with Putin from the Great Beyond too.

This is really there only move to try to get to the right of the GOP on Russia.

Which was why the Russia Collusion delusion captured many of the GOPe and NeverTrumpers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (TQbsz)

278 (mfers)

Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (CrU4U)

279 More than half the cats I've had just sort of showed up. The rest were "if you don't take him/her, I'll have to give them to the pound."

I don't think I've ever had to do anything to obtain a cat.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

they seem to know which houses to hit up don't they. like a hidden hobo scratch on a fence post or something. that's how Splotchy got us. miss that boy.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (UgAdJ)

280 Crap.
Gilbert Godfreid is dead.

His appearance on Norm's show was about the funniest thing I've ever heard.

And Norm's show is fast becoming a Grim Reaper Bingo card.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (nqL77)

281 HOW LONG BEFORE GRANDMA HAS TO EAT IMPORTED CHINESE CATMEAT?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (EHBBm)

282

Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (CrU4U)

283 Oh and lmfao. Democrats want to bring COVID back from China and go full Shanghai on the U.S. populace. They need that mail in voting fraud to save themselves.

You can say it Democrats. We already know. It's starting to happen in California, that idiot SG is forcing masks for air travel and NYC is masking two years old.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (GZsmd)

284 232 Peter J. Hasson
@peterjhasson
White House official says Republicans who blame Biden for inflation -- which was elevated well before Russia's invasion -- are "fully in lockstep" with Putin

Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

The Junta will bang the "Blame Putin for Inflation Drum" forever. Next month they'll begin to claim that food price increases are the result of farmers and truckers having to pass along "Putin's Gas Price Hike" to the grocery stores and restaurants.

Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (AMIL/)

285 You don't think the Biden Pedophile Junta ant the Pedophile democrat party are not going to give our food to the third world. Because they will and you better not say anything about terrorist racist or you will be on the do not feed list. Don't doubt me.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (iDcra)

You beat me to it. The naive belief the Biden Junta would not ENJOY shipping our short food supplies to other countries is simultaneously stupid and heartbreaking. Who would stop them? The congressional Republicans? Seems the Stalin techniques are wildly popular with that crew, so an American Holodomor would be right up their alley.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (nMx88)

286 '

Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (CrU4U)

287 It ruins everything. Heidi said she was pissed at me for telling her she was being irrational and emotional but mostly she was mad because of Putin and the damn war.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 12, 2022 03:20 PM (FAxhf)

Compared to Zelensky and the sack of evil Globalist scum that support him, Putin is the lesser evil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (P3gRi)

288 The Raven with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Hazel Court. And Jack is the son of Peter Lorre's character.
*
Saw it on TV a year or so ago. Loved it. Picked it up in a cheap Vincent Price collection last week, and looking forward to watching it next week.
I can picture Peter Lorre as Biden saying "Will you give me some soft-serve!"
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2022

***
One of the late Richard Matheson's most imaginative scripts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (txdEq)

289 Economists had hoped that Rainbow Skittles would start being shitted from the sky for no reason and that projections of a robust Rainbow Skittle Shit Economy would materialize, but instead we have pocket lint and dirt, and the dirt is gonna cost you.

Posted by: CNN+ at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (etl9f)

290 Insom's pregnant, pass it on!
Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 03:46 PM (AiqTS)

Or this. Hard to diagnose.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 03:48 PM (4I/2K)

291 Yields on the 10 Year are also now at a 3 year high. So there's that.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (GZsmd)

292 Gilbert Gottfried died?

Damn.

RIP.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (EHBBm)

293 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (DU+/6)

That poster here what like foot arches is going to like this one.
Posted by: Count de Monet

She is dark brunette. Trashy fake red hair distracts from her arches and ballerina legs.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (FsXsF)

294 Gottfried is mort. What a shame.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (AGz39)

295 Here another turd in the punch bowl. The Fed is going to need to raise rates faster then expected. Most consumer credit is tied to those rates. Ergo, you will have less people borrowing, more people increasing their debt load and more defaulting. Guess what happens to demand? A housing market largely tied to rates? Corporate profitability?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM

The fed has already hinted they are going to raise interest rates by 50 basis three times this year.

That equates to an effective 7-8% interest rate at the bank for car loans and mortgages by December. That is gonna blow and we will be in a recession by summer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (bVYXr)

296 White House official says Republicans who blame Biden for inflation -- which was elevated well before Russia's invasion -- are "fully in lockstep" with Putin
Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (NpAcC)
______________

Putin is a Godsend to Biden and the Democrats. He's the go-to excuse for every eff up they've generated.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (YqDXo)

297 I think the biggest person in lockstep with Putin is the guy who tripled the money supply in the past 18 months.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (5kI0z)

298 272 One guy in our outfit did buy an XKE. Guy was an avionics genius, eventually getting picked for NESEP. Anyway, the cigarette lighter chime on the Jag screwed up, and he attempted to fix it, resulting in a total decay of the world famous Lucas electric system. Went from problem of the week to problem of the hour in no time.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (lz5hY)

299 232 Peter J. Hasson
@peterjhasson
White House official says Republicans who blame Biden for inflation -- which was elevated well before Russia's invasion -- are "fully in lockstep" with Putin
Posted by: redridinghood

I've come to expect this from a bunch who view 'Animal Farm' and '1984' as how to guides.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (sAmhv)

300 271 According to a report, the Human Rights Campaign rejected a March donation of $5 million from Disney CEO Bob Chapek until it builds "on [its] public commitment and work with LGBTQ advocates.

***

Probably for the best. The Human Rights Campaign is another grift and Disney's probably going to need that 5 million before it's over with because Disney is about to learn a very important lesson.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (wb1YC)

301 When will the Democrats blame Putin for the sexual confusion running rampant?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, oops, I commented again. Sorry, eh at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (eGTCV)

302 Probably for the best. The Human Rights Campaign is another grift and Disney's probably going to need that 5 million before it's over with because Disney is about to learn a very important lesson.
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I donate only to The Human Fund.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (2graF)

303 The second a Republican majority rears its ugly head in Congress the current state of the economy and everything else that's in the sewer will be their fault. The propaganda arm of the Democrat party, the media will pile on.

Republicans will look like deer in the headlights claiming they never saw this coming.

And do jack shit to ease the crash...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (BFigT)

304 Damn it fuck

Gilbert was the funniest guy alive once Norm died. Now I really don't know who the fuck there is.

Gilbert used to make me laugh so hard I thought I was going to die.

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (etl9f)

305 294 Gottfried is mort. What a shame.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (AGz39)
___________

Who?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (YqDXo)

306 280 Crap.
Gilbert Godfreid is dead.

His appearance on Norm's show was about the funniest thing I've ever heard.

And Norm's show is fast becoming a Grim Reaper Bingo card.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (nqL77)

Damn 67 - long illness is the cause.

Posted by: Nova local at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (exHjb)

307 "That equates to an effective 7-8% interest rate at the bank for car loans and mortgages by December. That is gonna blow and we will be in a recession by summer.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (bVYXr)"

Easily. And the Fed is also pulling market support at the same time. They have no more tricks in the bag. They just have to watch it happen.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (GZsmd)

308 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022
*
That poster here what like foot arches is going to like this one.
Posted by: Count de Monet

***
Seconded. I've seen higher arches, but hardly ever prettier. She looks quite a bit like the younger Mrs. Wolfus No. 2.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (txdEq)

309 Oh. Gilbert Gottfried. Sorry.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (YqDXo)

310 In fairness, if you are getting told no from a shelter, some time to inventory your choices might be necessary for you.

Or go to a murder shelter, they are not as bitchy and the animals are desperate not to be murdered

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (TyXok)

311 271 According to a report, the Human Rights Campaign rejected a March donation of $5 million from Disney CEO Bob Chapek until it builds "on [its] public commitment and work with LGBTQ advocates.

***

Probably for the best. The Human Rights Campaign is another grift and Disney's probably going to need that 5 million before it's over with because Disney is about to learn a very important lesson.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:50 PM (wb1YC)

Hey Bob! Give us a call. We'll take your donation, no questions asked.

Posted by: The Human Fund at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (4I/2K)

312 275 ohhh the carrots get me edited.. not cool
Posted by: Silent at April 12, 2022 03:47 PM (CrU4U)

One of the funniest things I ever read on a message board was a random comment on Barstool that said:

Sometimes I like to bury myself in the backyard and pretend I'm a carrot.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (KbCG3)

313 HOW LONG BEFORE GRANDMA {{ is }} EXPORTED AS CHINESE CATMEAT?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (tgp/G)

314 291 Yields on the 10 Year are also now at a 3 year high. So there's that.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (GZsmd)

I miss when the 1 month was 2.4%. I emptied out my savings accounts.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (UuD2k)

315 iF U blaMe inFlaTioN on bIdeT, U r iN FuLL lOckSTep wIth PUtIn:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8s3na6

Posted by: kallisto at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (DJFLF)

316 I really really want an Auntie Annie's cinnamon sugar pretzel right now. Totally random, have no idea why, but suddenly craving one like a mofo. I can practically smell it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker

Ask Auntie Annie to marry you !

Posted by: JT at April 12, 2022 03:53 PM (arJlL)

317 Gilbert.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 12, 2022 03:53 PM (AGz39)

318

RIP GIlbert Gottfried.

Hilarious when he was on Stern, when Stern was funny.

Hard to take otherwise, but RIP funnyman.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at April 12, 2022 03:53 PM (7durp)

319 I was just watching a clip of Gottfried on Norm's podcast.

So damned funny.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 12, 2022 03:53 PM (EHBBm)

320 Treated myself to a pedi/mani today. Even they raised their prices. *sobs*
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 03:40 PM (nxdel)
******
The place where I get my nails done also raised their prices. I told them, "Well, I guess we can all thank Biden."
Everyone in the salon was in total agreement that Biden is a disaster.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022 03:53 PM (NpAcC)

321 So Norm Macdonald. Then Bob Saget. Now Gilbert Gottfried.

Damn.

Although the whole Bob Saget thing is sketchy as fuck.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (wb1YC)

322 In fairness, hot chicks are never going to starve, but thet are going to have to to a lot of dick after the Civil War starts

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (TyXok)

323 Gottfried's twitter account with a statement from the family:

https://twitter.com/RealGilbert/status/
1513960910217486342

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (UHVv4)

324 The place where I get my nails done also raised their prices. I told them, "Well, I guess we can all thank Biden."
Everyone in the salon was in total agreement that Biden is a disaster.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2022

***
I've been telling the checkout people at the grocery, "Thanks, Creepy Joe." Everyone nods.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (txdEq)

325 Putin is a Godsend to Biden and the Democrats. He's the go-to excuse for every eff up they've generated.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (YqDXo)

And what if it's not so much a Godsend, but an actual "working with". I'd say it's worth at least contemplating. Especially since I've said it from jump.

WHAaaaaaT? You mean the party that actually does every single thing they accuse you of is in reality working with the guy they accuse you of working with???

My stars and garters NEVER!!!!

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (etl9f)

326 Gilbert Gottfried was one of the earliest victims of cancel culture, canceled for a joke on one of those stupid award shows. Oscars? Grammys? One of those shows that pedophiles hold to give other pedophiles awards for being a talented pedophile. RIP.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (HmZuC)

327 All this while still getting .06% on saved money in the bank...

Woo Hoo!

Posted by: H Badger at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (n/0Nw)

328 Do the Arithmetic. Each 1/4 point or 25 basis points in Fedspeak equals 50 $Billion interest payments.

What happens when the government takes in 4 $Trillion but has to come up with another $Trillion?

Yeah, they can't raise rates. Everything rolls over every 4 years or so, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (z7fHM)

329 Leave it to ZH to have the receipts:

https://tinyurl.com/5xrh2xy3

"Putinflation" in context

Posted by: kallisto at April 12, 2022 03:54 PM (DJFLF)

330 I hope that someone will have the wit and taste to come up with Dead Gilbert jokes followed by "Too soon?"

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (ppBhU)

331
The Fed has so far been mostly jaw-boning. If they really start to take action, such as deflating their balance sheet and pulling money out of the system, things will get really interesting. Many believe that when the market starts to tank, the Fed will relent and go back to ZIRP.

Karl Denninger says no, they know they score, and they're gonna do the necessary Volcker. 'Cause if they don't, the dollar and its reserve status is fucked, and that means the US goes Venezuela, and takes them and their bankster buds down with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (Mzdiz)

332 o a pedi/mani today. Even they raised their prices. *sobs*
Posted by: J

In fairness, this is why men run things.

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (TyXok)

333 I donate only to The Human Fund.
----------------------
Funds.

For humans.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (UHVv4)

334 Gottfried's turn in Beverly Hills Cop was quite funny. What a character persona he developed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (4I/2K)

335 I forsee CDs becoming a thing soon.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (2graF)

336 Video: Shanghai Residents Screaming Under Lockdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkePw4ymx0
___

Dear Lord.

This is how I imagine the denizens of Hell screaming, realizing they're there for eternity.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (nXjQg)

337 The best part about Norm and Gilbert on that episode was how much they shit on current comedians.

"I'm going to set myself on fire, I want to do serious comedy, about important issues."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (nqL77)

338 In fairness, if you are getting told no from a shelter, some time to inventory your choices might be necessary for you.

Or go to a murder shelter, they are not as bitchy and the animals are desperate not to be murdered
Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022

***
All I want is a long- or medium-haired cat in good health who likes humans and doesn't run away from me!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (txdEq)

339 I mean what benefit does Putin get from a severely weakened US? Can't fucking fathom it.

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (etl9f)

340 That poster here what like foot arches is going to like this one.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 03:42 PM (4I/2K)

You got that right.

Posted by: TinTin Quarentino at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (wBpKf)

341
If the Fed goes Volcker, the federal government's borrowing is going to get impossible. Something will have to be cut, big time. The only place to get that money is Medicare and Medicaid.

This is why I'm talking Greater Depression.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (Mzdiz)

342
Oh, sure. The possibility of insane policies leading to a domestic food crisis can never be counted out. I suspect they'd rather just throw open the border and bring the starving *here* than send the food there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:44 PM (DU+/6)

Come May 23d, the food will be for them, not for thee.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (Qhnrt)

343 Gottfried was only 67. Too damn young.

Posted by: Roy at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (NOfHY)

344 Earl Butz made an untoward joke in the 1970s, Secretary of Agriculture. Jimmy "the Greek" said something something iirc too, that put him out to pasture

Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (z7fHM)

345 Victory Garden time !

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-lot at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (dbdgv)

346 Gilbert Gottfried was one of the earliest victims of cancel culture

I like Gilbert. But I don't think cancel culture got him. He'd have gotten in trouble under normal pre-cancel culture rules. He made a great joke about being worried about his connecting flight at the Empire State Building very shortly after 9/11. And he followed up after that by frequently cracking jokes about natural disasters right after they happened. It was good stuff. I laughed. But those kind of jokes are gonna piss off some decent people.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (ppBhU)

347 So much bad luck for poor Biden.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (OalnH)

348 Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey:
https://youtu.be/XkLqAlIETkA

NSFW (language)

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:57 PM (DU+/6)

349 The illegals are what soylent green will be made of. Its a trap.

Posted by: Puddinhead at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (2graF)

350 "I miss when the 1 month was 2.4%. I emptied out my savings accounts.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 03:52 PM (UuD2k)"

I bought some TIPS last year that yielded over 1.6.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (GZsmd)

351

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (TyXok)

352 321�So Norm Macdonald. Then Bob Saget. Now Gilbert Gottfried.
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And Super Dave

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (nqL77)

353 Gilbert was canceled for joking after the Japanese Tsunami that real estate people there were lucky because now when they show houses they say to the buyers, "If you don't like the school, don't worry, in 15 minutes another one will float by."

Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (etl9f)

354 But muh dow jones
Posted by: ...

Trump tied his success to the stock market green arrow. Bigly mistake as that is all he seemed to care about along with lowest black employment.
He also signed a EO during the pandemic that basically gave the power of the treasury to Blackrock, who will not only get bailed out but the EO gave them trillions (7 is the rumor) to prop up the economy. (IICR correctly)

But hey, we got 1200 dollars tho!

Also the total cost of 2008 bailouts was 29 trillion.

All to save teh stocks!

I understand why Jesus beat the shit out of the money changers with a whip.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 03:59 PM (FsXsF)

355 Karl Denninger says no, they know they score, and they're gonna do the necessary Volcker. 'Cause if they don't, the dollar and its reserve status is fucked, and that means the US goes Venezuela, and takes them and their bankster buds down with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (Mzdiz
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Doesnt "going Volcker" bankrupt the federal government with interest payments on treasuries?

Posted by: Revenant at April 12, 2022 03:59 PM (b9Gb2)

356 Where's Muldoon or Cat???

Is this, or is this not, clot shot?

Gilbert Gottfried, iconic comedian, dies at 67 after long illness
Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 03:59 PM (Ek4HO)

357 331
The Fed has so far been mostly jaw-boning. If they really start to take action, such as deflating their balance sheet and pulling money out of the system, things will get really interesting. Many believe that when the market starts to tank, the Fed will relent and go back to ZIRP.

Karl Denninger says no, they know they score, and they're gonna do the necessary Volcker. 'Cause if they don't, the dollar and its reserve status is fucked, and that means the US goes Venezuela, and takes them and their bankster buds down with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 03:55 PM (Mzdiz)

Soon New Zealand and Switzerland will begin telling rich US evacuees, "Nope, you can't buy your way into a residency here with dollars. We only accept gold. On the barrel head. And we'll weigh all of it, using our scale."

Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (AMIL/)

358 Crap. Gilbert had one of the best podcasts out there, mostly about old hollywood and light on politics.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (KZzsI)

359 "If the Fed goes Volcker, the federal government's borrowing is going to get impossible. Something will have to be cut, big time. The only place to get that money is Medicare and Medicaid. "

That and defense. But to be fair, if they cut out all the money they're giving to people who are here illegally, they would save billions. I don't see how that would be an unpopular choice with citizens.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (GZsmd)

360 He was fired for the tsunami joke right? And it was kinda meh in the insult dept. But yeah an early indication of where we were going.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (OalnH)

361 339 I mean what benefit does Putin get from a severely weakened US?
Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:56 PM (etl9f)
________________

Amusement.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (YqDXo)

362 Bum Ticker.

Posted by: klaftern at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (taPSh)

363 The Chaos That's Coming By The End of The Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNXovoK2sgY

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (nXjQg)

364 Gilbert was canceled for joking after the Japanese Tsunami that real estate people there were lucky because now when they show houses they say to the buyers, "If you don't like the school, don't worry, in 15 minutes another one will float by."
Posted by: ...

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (Ek4HO)

365 A fondly remembered joke: Hell is being trapped in a stuck elevator with Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Fran Drescher all yelling for help.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (4I/2K)

366 They can save the dollar or save the market. Can't save both.

Politically, the currency always gets smoked. Always.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (z7fHM)

367 Oh no! Gilbert Gottfried!?!? Too bad.
His version of The Aristocrats is a classic.

Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2022 04:01 PM (Ed8Zd)

368 I'm a little late, but if each of the 10,000 CNN+ subscribers identifies as 50 people, they have 2,000,000 subscribers. See how easy that is?

Posted by: Mookie at April 12, 2022 04:01 PM (u+Y3T)

369 All to save teh stocks!

I understand why Jesus beat the shit out of the money changers with a whip.
Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 03:59 PM (FsXsF)

They have to keep the market propped up because the Boomers are all hitting retirement and will flip their shit if the value of the retirement accounts or the home drops.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 12, 2022 04:01 PM (wmDcS)

370 The kings of too soon:

https://twitter.com/toaster_headd/status/
1513961337470156800

7:18 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:02 PM (UHVv4)

371 I'm revising my projections just a little bit.

That inflation is out there, it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop...EVER, until Putin is dead.

Posted by: Jerome Powell at April 12, 2022 04:02 PM (mNhhD)

372 >>Doesnt "going Volcker" bankrupt the federal government with interest payments on treasuries?

Well. The Government is already Bankrupt. So.

Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2022 04:02 PM (DOReJ)

373 I made the mistake of glancing at the sidebar and my eyes were assaulted by a pantless Tater.

Be better, Ace.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 04:02 PM (nXjQg)

374 I don't see how that would be an unpopular choice with citizens.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 04:00 PM (GZsmd)

The problem is that all that money means a lot of grift. A lot of people have an interest in keeping if flowing.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 12, 2022 04:02 PM (wmDcS)

375 They are running out of ways to prop up the market. The Fed is pulling support and that's gonna leave a mark. They don't have a choice.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (GZsmd)

376 Did Joe make a slur, I mean comment on the ghost gun shootings today ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (wHb9C)

377 Send $100 ASAP so we can tame inflation.
- gop

Posted by: Joe XiDen at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (OalnH)

378 You can't stop Inflation.

You can only hope to cantain it.

Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (DOReJ)

379 A fondly remembered joke: Hell is being trapped in a stuck elevator with Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Fran Drescher all yelling for help.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2022

***
Being stuck in an elevator with the young Fran would at least make the presence of the other two tolerable. She exaggerated that voice in her roles, though she never lost that Noo Yawk accent completely.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (txdEq)

380 If the Fed goes Volcker, the federal government's borrowing is going to get impossible. Something will have to be cut, big time. The only place to get that money is Medicare and Medicaid.

This is why I'm talking Greater Depression.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)

They can't cut benefits during this time. They will have no problem with genocide of useless eaters tho with a few minor nuclear wars and biological wars by 2030.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (FsXsF)

381 Beautiful Bobby Eaton is a commenter. Damn.

Loverboy Dennis will be around shortly.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (AGz39)

382 >> Doesnt "going Volcker" bankrupt the federal government with interest payments on treasuries?

Pretty much. This is why I'm not sure Denninger is right. The federal govt could basically "take over" the Fed and stop it from doing a real Volcker. That would be really big deal and look very bad.

I don't know what the current term proportions of the debt is. Rates are locked in when the Ts are sold. Short term debt rolls over quickly, and that's one thing Treasury started doing was rolling over debt into shorter term notes.

Once the bonds mature, they have to roll 'em. And that rolling will be very painful in a high interest rate environment.

That's why Denninger talks about "massive cuts" to health care. IOW, no Medicare for Grammy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (Mzdiz)

383 V Tach is when the bottom chamber of your heart freaks out beats super fast.

Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2022 04:04 PM (0IeYL)

384 In fairness, the boomers are not doing anything, because if the get out of investments now they are fuckd by taxes and do not have time to earn it back. The are going to sit ther and enjoy the biden ride

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:04 PM (TyXok)

385
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2022 03:51 PM (BFigT)

You've described the sum total of the role the GOP plays in American government. It's the only reason they exist as a "Party."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2022 04:04 PM (SKVme)

386 Hell is being trapped in a stuck elevator with Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Fran Drescher all yelling for help.
___

LOL

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 04:04 PM (nXjQg)

387 Please refer to them as "Putin Price Hikes", as I do.

Posted by: Jen Pisflapski at April 12, 2022 04:04 PM (WmGrA)

388 If you're looking for a mellow cat (I don't like the scratchy, hyperactive ones), get a ragdoll. The only time they move is when they jar the food bowl being refilled, then it's back to sleep.
Posted by: PabloD

There's a lady on YouTube that does decoupage crafts. I watch her partly for the cool crafts and partly for the ragdoll cat antics. He wanders in to the camera frame to flop for a nap right in the middle of her work area. She has to move that big fluffy beast in at least half of her vids.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 12, 2022 04:05 PM (Vxu+H)

389 "If the Fed goes Volcker, the federal government's borrowing is going to get impossible. Something will have to be cut, big time. The only place to get that money is Medicare and Medicaid."

At the rate inflation is increasing, by current law Social Security payments will increase by at least 12 percent next year. (The formula is CPI increase minus 1%) That can't be sustained for several years with so many people drawing Social Security retirement, disability, and other benefits.

Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2022 04:05 PM (AMIL/)

390 Have you ever done a French Manicure?[i/]

That's more expensive.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (nxdel)

391 Hell is being trapped in a stuck elevator with Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Fran Drescher all yelling for help.

Sam Kinison would fit into that joke nicely.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (ppBhU)

392 If you're looking for a mellow cat (I don't like the scratchy, hyperactive ones), get a ragdoll. The only time they move is when they jar the food bowl being refilled, then it's back to sleep.
Posted by: PabloD

There's a lady on YouTube that does decoupage crafts. I watch her partly for the cool crafts and partly for the ragdoll cat antics. He wanders in to the camera frame to flop for a nap right in the middle of her work area. She has to move that big fluffy beast in at least half of her vids.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 12, 2022

***
I've seen the Ragdoll and its variant the Ragamuffin at cat shows. Both are gorgeous.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (txdEq)

393 Once the bonds mature, they have to roll 'em. And that rolling will be very painful in a high interest rate environment.

That's why Denninger talks about "massive cuts" to health care. IOW, no Medicare for Grammy.

Posted by: publius

They ought to be buying longer terms now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (5kI0z)

394 They will always pay the interest on UST's. When the debt ceiling was recently coming up, Treasury made that very clear.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (GZsmd)

395 Can someone tell me definitively if food and fuel are part of the inflation equation?

I thought while Obama was President those were removed to lower the numbers.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 12, 2022 04:06 PM (DcKNO)

396 The national government is bankrupt. They always are. "Paying back the national debt" never happens.

What does happen, is governments make timely interest payments on existing debt. Even during the Civil War.

Normalized interest rates means NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. Nothing. No Thing. Every penny going to pay interest.

This is why "going Volcker" will not happen. Ever.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:07 PM (z7fHM)

397 Have you ever done a French Manicure?[i/]

That's more expensive.
Posted by: Jewells45

Not the same as in town?

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 12, 2022 04:07 PM (WmGrA)

398 Gilbert Godfreid is dead.
------
That guy's voice was so irritating I could jump off a bridge to get away from it. RIP

Posted by: dartist at April 12, 2022 04:07 PM (+ya+t)

399 I bought a Fitbit today. Had leftover Christmas and birthday money to spend. I'm trying to get the hang of it.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:08 PM (nxdel)

400 Food was out under, Clinton, maybe Bush theme first

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:08 PM (TyXok)

401 All I want is a long- or medium-haired cat in good health who likes humans and doesn't run away from me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

we're still talking about cats and not mistresses or wives, right?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 04:08 PM (UgAdJ)

402 I would rather watch Beautician and the Beast ... I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for 8 hours than have to listen to Michael MacDonald.

Posted by: David at Smart Tech at April 12, 2022 04:08 PM (h5TKJ)

403
Fed is raising interest rates to combat inflation.

What about that other technique of fighting inflation, where you quit printing up trillions of dollars and handing it over to dickheads who produce nothing?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 12, 2022 04:08 PM (EamL+)

404 Interesting the two most important costs to an average American, food and fuel and we don't know if they are part of the inflation numbers.

Posted by: Seems Legit at April 12, 2022 04:09 PM (DcKNO)

405 Gilbert made a guest appearance on Svengoolie pretty recently, though that might have been a rerun from much earlier. Didn't he appear on Married With Children at least once?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:09 PM (txdEq)

406 bought a Fitbit today. Had leftover Christmas and birthday money to spend. I'm trying to get the hang of it.
Posted by: J

That gives fit bit better info about where you are, what you are doing than your phone.

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:09 PM (TyXok)

407 >>That guy's voice was so irritating I could jump off a bridge to get away from it.

One of the funniest interviews ever, though. Guy was fucking hysterical.

Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2022 04:09 PM (DOReJ)

408 ||The gun used by the monster who opened fire on a crowded Brooklyn subway Tuesday jammed in the midst of the bloodshed -- preventing him from causing more carnage, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Investigators recovered the jammed Glock and two extended magazines at the scene of the shooting, which happened aboard a Manhattan-bound N train just as it was pulling into the 36th Street station in Sunset Park just after 8:20 a.m.||

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:10 PM (UHVv4)

409 That inflation is out there, it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop...EVER, until Putin is dead.

Posted by: Jerome Powell

Eh. When I went through a divorce almost 10 years ago, I quoted that terminator line to my lawyer substituting my wife and me for Terminator and myself.
She wanted me to say that in court. I had to explain to my own lawyer that quoting The Terminator to describe my soon to be ex wife was a terrible idea, which is why it had comedic value when I did it in court after 7 hours on the stand.being questioned by her.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 04:10 PM (FsXsF)

410 I would rather watch Beautician and the Beast ... I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for 8 hours than have to listen to Michael MacDonald.
Posted by: David at Smart Tech at April 12, 2022

***
C'mon, admit it, Fran was hot as well as funny -- an unusual combination.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:10 PM (txdEq)

411 Normalized interest rates means NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. Nothing. No Thing. Every penny going to pay interest.

This is why "going Volcker" will not happen. Ever.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:07 PM (z7fHM)
++++
The Fed also has more options than in 1981. They have a HUGE balance sheet now, and can start draining it to pull money out of the economy. They can't do that while *also* keeping rates low, but the Fed *could* try to thread that needle and do a little bit of both, while preferring to sponge up liquidity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 04:10 PM (DU+/6)

412 re 326: Emmy awards c 1990. Talked about PeeWee Herman's porn theater arrest. "If masturbation were a crime, I'd be on death row"

cut to Bea Arthur in the audience looking shocked

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 04:11 PM (Ynyl9)

413 That equates to an effective 7-8% interest rate at the bank for car loans and mortgages by December. That is gonna blow and we will be in a recession by summer.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 12, 2022 03:49 PM (bVYXr

6% - 7% interest is where it should be normally. The last couple of decades with less than 1%. interest has been the downfall of straight savings accounts for the middle class. And I'm not even mentioning CD's.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 12, 2022 04:11 PM (Qhnrt)

414 So there us a retard that jammed his glockenspiel, nice

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:11 PM (TyXok)

415 Fucking auto correct

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:12 PM (TyXok)

416 by the way, I met Gilbert once, he was selling his DVDs after a show. Got to talk to him for a minute or two.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 04:12 PM (Ynyl9)

417 >>6% - 7% interest is where it should be normally.

Anything under 4.5% is flirting with disaster...

and we left that behind forever ago.

Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2022 04:12 PM (DOReJ)

418 Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:10 PM (UHVv4)

Did they catch the guy ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (wHb9C)

419 That's why Denninger talks about "massive cuts" to health care. IOW, no Medicare for Grammy.
Posted by: publius

We are gonna need more ice floes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (Ek4HO)

420 >Gilbert was canceled for joking after the Japanese Tsunami that real estate people there were lucky because now when they show houses they say to the buyers, "If you don't like the school, don't worry, in 15 minutes another one will float by."
Posted by: ... at April 12, 2022 03:58 PM (etl9f)

That's crass and edgy but legit funny.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (YNyZ9)

421 The "huge balance sheet" is a bunch of worthless shit, ain't it? Not all of it.

Collateralized "debt swaps" and phony balogna AAA rated "mortgage backed securities"?

BTW, Since when is the FED or anybody else in gubbmint supposed to be in the hypothecated real estate biz? It's all a big con

Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (z7fHM)

422 Y5 I still have to sync it with my phone. But yeah instant read outs right there on your wrist. I can't figure out the BPM though. I tapped on the heart thing and nothing hapoens.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (nxdel)

423 419 That's why Denninger talks about "massive cuts" to health care. IOW, no Medicare for Grammy.
Posted by: publius

We are gonna need more ice floes.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (Ek4HO)

With all this glowbull enwarmening? Fuggedaboutit!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 12, 2022 04:14 PM (906pl)

424 Didn't he appear on Married With Children at least once?
-----------------------
Yes...

https://www.imdb.com/title/
tt0642371/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_140

"The Bundys ocean cruise takes a turn for the worse when their ship sinks and they are stranded on a life raft in the middle of the ocean with the D'Arcys, a fat woman, and comedian Gilbert Gottfried."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:14 PM (UHVv4)

425 This is the second liberal projections are total bullshit post.

That makes a trend!

Posted by: blaster at April 12, 2022 04:14 PM (9otr5)

426 Maybe I'm dead and don't know it.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:14 PM (nxdel)

427 BTW, Since when is the FED or anybody else in gubbmint supposed to be in the hypothecated real estate biz? It's all a big con
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (z7fHM)
++++
They aren't. It was probably flatly illegal. They did anyway. But they *can* sell it. They can't turn a profit because they'll be selling into a down market - and thus can't extract all of what they pumped in - but they can sponge up a bunch of the excess liquidity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (DU+/6)

428
We are gonna need more ice floes.
Posted by: rickb223

the ones that all melted so the polar bears drowned? those ice flows?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (UgAdJ)

429 Posted by: Common Tater

The United States Government went bankrupt after the Civil War. We became a corporation in 1871. Our people are literal collateral for the Iron Bank, hence the social security number you have to take when you are born. That number with the others are traded on markets.
Sounded crazy when I first heard about it. Then I looked into it and its all true.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (FsXsF)

430 Some guy attacked people on the subway with Glogg? I thought they only drank that shit at Christmas. Wait...what?

Posted by: Joe Biden, Chief Executive at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (mNhhD)

431
Here's H.4.1, Fed Balance sheet. Stands at $8.9T:

https://tinyurl.com/y9avbmo3

You can see the breakdown of Ts vs MBSes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (Mzdiz)

432 The Fed also has more options than in 1981. They have a HUGE balance sheet now, and can start draining it to pull money out of the economy. They can't do that while *also* keeping rates low, but the Fed *could* try to thread that needle and do a little bit of both, while preferring to sponge up liquidity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

How about selling a lot of those western lands that they claim to own that aren't national parks? Fedgov doesn't "own" shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (Ek4HO)

433 And Sam Kinson was Al's apprentice guardian angel in the "It's a Bundyful Life" Christmas special!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (UHVv4)

434
Is this, or is this not, clot shot?
Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II.

******

Myotonic dystrophy is a genetic condition. Cardiac rhythm disturbances are a possible result. Establishing a linkage to an immune mediated response to mRNA COVID vaccination would require more information than that which is provided.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (m45I2)

435 That guy's voice was so irritating I could jump off a bridge to get away from it.

His real voice is amazingly normal. It is weird seeing him speak in it without his eyes squinted. Like a totally different person.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (J8SYq)

436 I tapped on the heart thing and nothing hapoens.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (nxdel)

Out of context that is a slightly alarming statement.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (CcBZe)

437 Y5 I still have to sync it with my phone. But yeah instant read outs right there on your wrist. I can't figure out the BPM though. I tapped on the heart thing and nothing happens.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:13 PM (nxdel)

I see dead people.

Posted by: Cole Sear at April 12, 2022 04:16 PM (4I/2K)

438 Pskanki is really out there in Iraqi Information Minister territory, isn't she?

Hey, whatever happened to that guy, anyway?

Maybe Dopey can hire him to replace her when she leaves.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2022 04:16 PM (bW8dp)

439

A Legacy of Laughter:
Gilbert Gottfried on Lifeboat,
"Married with Children"

https://m.imdb.com
/title/tt0642371
/mediaviewer/rm3797533184/

Posted by: zigzag at April 12, 2022 04:17 PM (qqnrn)

440 Y5 I still have to sync it with my phone. But yeah instant read outs right there on your wrist. I can't figure out the BPM though. I tapped on the heart thing and nothing hapoens.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022

***
Miss Linda got me one of those watches, not a Fitbit, a year or so ago. It's only real trouble is that when you tap it to get the distance readout, it may think you want to end the session, and it goes into summary mode instead of continuing to count elapsed time and measure the distance based on your stride. So I wear a separate sportwatch as well with a stopwatch mode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:17 PM (txdEq)

441 Y5 I still have to sync it with my phone. But yeah instant read outs right there on your wrist. I can't figure out the BPM though. I tapped on the heart thing and nothing hapoens.
Posted by: J

Much as I enjoy being a dick, and I do, they track everything g and share it with fitbit, that us why they are banned by the armed forces.

It is a bad idea to use fit bit

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:17 PM (TyXok)

442 I-bonds kind of keep up with inflation but you are limited in the amount you can buy plus you have to hold them at least one year to realize your gains.

Posted by: Javems at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (AmoqO)

443 Oh, here we go. We can not confirm reports Russia used chemical agents in Ukraine.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (J8SYq)

444 What will we do when Tater is gone?

Celebrate

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (XvPQV)

445 Joe Biden is speaking!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (63Dwl)

446 why this leggy redhead in her pajamas is enjoying it while she still can:
https://is.gd/j8KPKx

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 03:38 PM (DU+/6)

That is one crappy bed her boyfriend has. She won't last long with him.

Posted by: Archer at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (gmo/4)

447 #418 No, Donna, he's still on the loose.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (UHVv4)

448 432 The Fed also has more options than in 1981. They have a HUGE balance sheet now, and can start draining it to pull money out of the economy. They can't do that while *also* keeping rates low, but the Fed *could* try to thread that needle and do a little bit of both, while preferring to sponge up liquidity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

-----

If they lower their balance sheet that puts more liquidity into the system.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (hbDqV)

449 "What will we do when Tater is gone?"

Make gravy?

Posted by: Thrawn at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (Rl7KJ)

450 I tapped on the heart thing and nothing hapoens.
Posted by: J

Stand in frnt of a mirror, see anything?

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (TyXok)

451 Joe Biden is speaking!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (63Dwl)

Prostitute sued.

Posted by: Archer at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (gmo/4)

452
Normalized interest rates means NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. Nothing. No Thing. Every penny going to pay interest.

This is why "going Volcker" will not happen. Ever.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2022 04:07 PM (z7fHM)

I remember Jimmeh C's 17 percent interest rate. I also remember the gas rationing and alternate days one was allowed to purchase it. And expensive food. I'm really sorry we are going to revisit those days, they were not pleasant.

Posted by: Moki at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (JrN/x)

453 Jelly brain is now talking about the subway shooting. I hope someone else will tell me what he says, because I am suddenly sad about Gilbert.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (Ynyl9)

454 442 I-bonds kind of keep up with inflation but you are limited in the amount you can buy plus you have to hold them at least one year to realize your gains.
Posted by: Javems at April 12, 2022 04:18 PM (AmoqO)

I bought the max amount last year because I read some article saying they would pay a really good rate.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (UuD2k)

455 How hard is it to find a 5'5, 170 lb person in Brooklyn?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (J8SYq)

456 Posted by: Muldoon

Genetic condition. 10-4.
Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (Ek4HO)

457 GILBERT GOTTFRIED - won't see him no more

Posted by: SKUNKY CHOOM at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (iWydb)

458 Y5 I know. I've already said so many things near my phone it's a wonder I haven't been thrown in jail.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (nxdel)

459 438 Pskanki is really out there in Iraqi Information Minister territory, isn't she?

Hey, whatever happened to that guy, anyway?

Maybe Dopey can hire him to replace her when she leaves.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2022 04:16 PM (bW8dp)

--------

Out: Baghdad Bob.
In: Jonestown Jen.

Posted by: ShainS -- They are Child Predators, not Groomers at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (knp13)

460 Have you ever done a French Manicure?[i/]

That's more expensive.
Posted by: Jewells45

Worth every penny.

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (9txpQ)

461 someone on the Stern radio show years ago remarked that O J Simpson was like Gilbert, because O J got freed. (something like that)

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (Ynyl9)

462 If they lower their balance sheet that puts more liquidity into the system.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 12, 2022 04:19 PM (hbDqV)
++++
No, it takes it out. The Fed's balance sheet was purchased with printed money. Money entered the system, an asset exited it.

When they sell the asset, the asset enters the system and the money exits. If the Fed then destroys that money (which would be the point), it shrinks the money supply by that much.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 12, 2022 04:20 PM (DU+/6)

463 How hard is it to find a 5'5, 170 lb person in Brooklyn?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Just look for weebles.
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:21 PM (Ek4HO)

464 438 Pskanki is really out there in Iraqi Information Minister territory, isn't she?

Hey, whatever happened to that guy, anyway?

Maybe Dopey can hire him to replace her when she leaves.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2022 04:16 PM (bW8dp)

Baghdad Blob?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 12, 2022 04:21 PM (6FeV1)

465
Based on CNN- hitting the skids, I'll hazard a guess that the price of taters and piss are going down, and soon!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 12, 2022 04:22 PM (PgFwl)

466 Y5 I know. I've already said so many things near my phone it's a wonder I haven't been thrown in jail.
Posted by: J

Yeah, my phone hearseverything.

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:22 PM (TyXok)

467 I-bonds are 7.12% if bought right now. Probably be higher if I'm understanding them correctly.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 04:22 PM (UuD2k)

468 RIP Gilbert Gottfried

He was in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, which I love

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (XvPQV)

469 I really really want an Auntie Annie's cinnamon sugar pretzel right now. Totally random, have no idea why, but suddenly craving one like a mofo. I can practically smell it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 12, 2022 03:45 PM (II3Gr)

Im pretty sure I saw a "bake at home" package of Auntie Annies cinnamon sugar pretzel at Costco!

Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (Ed8Zd)

470 At Twitchy: All of the propaganda organizations are taking dictation from the White House -- the inflation is completely due to the Ukraine war ...
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Was the U.S. economy similarly affected when Russia and Ukraine were at war 2013-2014?

Posted by: Kathy at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (h3RRP)

471 Gilbert Gottfried's audiobook reading of '50 Shades of Grey' is so funny, it's painful.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (XvPQV)

472 432 The Fed also has more options than in 1981. They have a HUGE balance sheet now, and can start draining it to pull money out of the economy. They can't do that while *also* keeping rates low, but the Fed *could* try to thread that needle and do a little bit of both, while preferring to sponge up liquidity.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

How about selling a lot of those western lands that they claim to own that aren't national parks? Fedgov doesn't "own" shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 12, 2022 04:15 PM (Ek4HO)

How much do you think foreign buyers will offer when they know the US is doing a public lands fire sale?

Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (AMIL/)

473 How hard is it to find a 5'5, 170 lb person in Brooklyn?

Of he stands next to a bus or a truck you are never going to see him

Posted by: Y5 at April 12, 2022 04:24 PM (TyXok)

474 Out: Baghdad Bob.
In: Jonestown Jen.
Posted by: ShainS
___

Considering how TPTB want us to commit mass suicide, more than apt.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 04:24 PM (nXjQg)

475 Hell is being trapped in a stuck elevator with Gilbert Gottfried, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Fran Drescher all yelling for help.

******

And Susan Estrich

Posted by: Muldoon at April 12, 2022 04:24 PM (m45I2)

476 Noodus schizophrenia bostonorum

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:25 PM (txdEq)

477
We had some trees taken down in March and paid half of what it would have cost had we waited until summer. The arborist was dealing because he wanted to keep his crews busy during the traditionally slow months.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 12, 2022 04:25 PM (PgFwl)

478 Im pretty sure I saw a "bake at home" package of Auntie Annies cinnamon sugar pretzel at Costco!
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2022 04:23 PM (Ed8Zd)

1 Package Pretzel Mix
1 egg
55 gal. Industrial Axle Lubricant
1/2 c. milk

1) Heat Industrial Axle Lubricant to a temperature of 325 F (350 F at high elevations)

2) Mix remaining ingredients by hand until combined thoroughly

...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 12, 2022 04:26 PM (6FeV1)

479 And Susan Estrich
___

She'd be the first to tossed overboard.

Posted by: SMH at God's grace at April 12, 2022 04:26 PM (nXjQg)

480
Screenshot,Lifeboat,Gottfried
https://archive.ph/CxoEC

sorry, I'm very clumsy @linking.
Humor is, only way to cope.

Posted by: zigzag at April 12, 2022 04:27 PM (qqnrn)

481 Oh no! Gilbert Gottfried!?!? Too bad.
His version of The Aristocrats is a classic.
Posted by: LASue at April 12, 2022 04:01 PM (Ed8Zd)

The guy is completely unknown to me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2022 04:27 PM (P3gRi)

482 Jellybrain: bottom of the screen on Fox Biz news: I'm doing everything in my power to address the Putin Price Hike.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2022 04:28 PM (Ynyl9)

483 Gottfried's normal voice was nowhere near the 'bit' he played.

First Norm, now Gilbert.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at April 12, 2022 04:28 PM (XvPQV)

484 When they sell the asset, the asset enters the system and the money exits. If the Fed then destroys that money (which would be the point), it shrinks the money supply by that much.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

And yet since 2008, The Private Central Bank known as the Fed has not been doing this (destroying money after selling assets), so why would they start now?

Posted by: Beautiful Bobby Eaton at April 12, 2022 04:28 PM (WMHk0)

485 467 I-bonds are 7.12% if bought right now. Probably be higher if I'm understanding them correctly.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 04:22 PM (UuD2k)

Then when it comes time to cash out, the fed will come in and take 20%.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at April 12, 2022 04:28 PM (Qhnrt)

486 Wage growth is 6% that is the highest in over 20 years
Shouldn't Ace have also told us that?

Posted by: Kurt at April 12, 2022 04:30 PM (9Iomw)

487 Whatever happened to the buck stops here?

Posted by: Zombie Harry Truman at April 12, 2022 04:31 PM (LilNs)

488 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jimmeh Carter at April 12, 2022 04:31 PM (OzNIz)

489 If you own nothing doesn't that by extension mean your own body? Because that's what it's starting to sound like.

Posted by: Max Power at April 12, 2022 04:32 PM (k7+BO)

490 Kurt's right. All is well! All is well!

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 12, 2022 04:39 PM (sWM8x)

491 467 I-bonds are 7.12% if bought right now. Probably be higher if I'm understanding them correctly.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2022 04:22 PM (UuD2k)

That's about what I remember. I think they adjust it twice a year. Better that nothing.

Posted by: Javems at April 12, 2022 04:40 PM (AmoqO)

492 Being stuck in an elevator with the young Fran would at least make the presence of the other two tolerable. She exaggerated that voice in her roles, though she never lost that Noo Yawk accent completely.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 12, 2022 04:03 PM (txdEq)

Fran was quite attractive in Hollywood Knights. Love that flick. LOL!!

Posted by: thatcrazyerseyguy at April 12, 2022 04:43 PM (Zvtjl)

493 "Note that they keep crediting this as real "growth" when it is really the economy returning to its previous baseline after having been artificially dampened by lockdown measures."

So if you're climbing a 100 ft cliff, and someone knocks you off the cliff at the 50 ft mark, and then you climb back up to that same mark, you've actually climbed up to the top?

Posted by: HarvardR at April 12, 2022 05:31 PM (hl+QW)

494 Ace, please keep after Salem Media. They need to be mocked, if not brought down

Posted by: tsj017 at April 12, 2022 05:36 PM (EiLuW)

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