THE MORNING RANT: Garbage Inflation Data – The Government’s Official Inflation Rate Includes a Laughable 34% <i>Reduction</i> in Consumer Health Insurance Costs Over the Past 12 Months

THE MORNING RANT: Garbage Inflation Data – The Government’s Official Inflation Rate Includes a Laughable 34% Reduction in Consumer Health Insurance Costs Over the Past 12 Months

Have you heard the great news about inflation falling? The Biden administration is heavily promoting the storyline that inflation is low again, and trying to insinuate that the falling inflation rate means that prices are actually decreasing. The obedient regime media is playing along. Here is just one example last week from CNN.

“Consumer price inflation fell to 3.2% last month, in welcome news for US households and the Fed” [CNN – 11/14/2023]

Anyone buying groceries, utilities, insurance, etc. knows that prices are continuing to rise dramatically. So how does the government come up with its fraudulent inflation rate?

Here is just one outrageous example. There are undoubtedly many more like this.

Per the October 2023 inflation figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of premiums paid for Health Care Insurance decreased by 34% from October 2022 to October 2023. Fraudulent inputs with negative values are certainly one way to artificially deflate the actual inflation rate.

There is going to be a little bit of math in this post, but it’s important that I show my work.

First, immediately below is a chart from page 15 (of 38 ) of the BLS’ October Consumer Price Index ("CPI") report, which can be found at this link.

CPI Including Healthcare Retained Earnings - Highlighted.JPG

You’ll notice that it shows that the cost of Health Insurance is down 34% from October 2022 to October 2023. That is obviously preposterous.

On page 5 of this same report, we are given guidance about this change. Feel free to read “Changes to Health Insurance Methodology” (pasted just below), or don’t bother, but in summary:

• The BLS has decided to “smooth” the methodology of calculating changes in the cost of Health Care premiums used in their inflation reports effective with this October 2023 report. If I might add, there was apparently a lot of negative “smoothing.”

• This also reveals that the BLS does not even measure the actual cost of health care premiums paid to insurance companies. Instead, it is based on what the BLS refers to as “retained earnings.” (This is not the same thing as Retained Earnings in accounting.) As I’ll get to in a moment, the BLS’ “retained earnings” is a calculation with a methodology that negates the inflation impact when health care premiums and benefit payouts increase at the same rate.

BLS - Changes to Health Insurance Methodology in CPI.JPG

“Retained earnings” as defined by the BLS for calculating its impact on inflation is effectively “Health insurance premiums collected by insurance companies minus benefits paid out.”

This is akin to measuring inflation by tracking a grocery store’s gross profit per gallon of milk as prices rise, rather than tracking how much a consumer is actually paying for that gallon of milk.

A simplified example would be that Bob’s health insurance costs $10,000 per year and benefits paid out on Bob’s behalf totaled $9,000. Thus the “retained earnings” for the insurance company on Bob was $1,000.

Here is why that calculation invites distortion:

Let’s say that Bob’s benefits payout increases by $500, from $9,000 to $9,500. At the same time, his insurance premium is also increased by $500, from $10,000 to $10,500. Bob’s insurance premium just increased by 5%, but according to the BLS, there is no inflation here because the insurance company’s retained earnings remained static at $1,000.

For the BLS to be showing negative inflation for health insurance means that retained earnings (as the BLS defines the term) are declining. If so, that is not happening because consumer insurance premiums are decreasing, rather it is because the cost of benefits being paid out is increasing faster than insurance premiums are increasing, which means that insurance premiums will have to go up to maintain the margin that allows for salaries and expenses to be paid.

In other words, not only is a decrease in health insurance companies’ “retained earnings” not deflationary, but it is actually inflationary.

I had a boss once who occasionally stung employees with these simple words when doing a cursory review of their work and finding an error, “I find one mistake and wonder how many more there are.” I feel similar about the fraudulent data inputs in the BLS’ inflation reports. A 34% decrease in the cost of health insurance sticks out as obviously flawed, but how many other erroneous inputs that are less egregious are also distorting the official published inflation rate?

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Sorry about all that math, let’s finish with some inflation humor from online parody site, Vox.

“The Problem Isn’t Inflation. It’s Prices” [Vox – 11/14/2023]

Oh wait, apparently Vox is not a parody web site, it’s an “explainer” site, and this is a real headline. Here is an actual line from that article.

Two things are true in the United States today: The economy is good, and people hate it.

Once again, actual parody web site The Babylon Bee gets the last laugh.

Have a happy Black Friday, or Turkey Boxing Day, or Day One of Leftovers, or First Day of Christmas Shopping Season, or whatever you call this unusual Friday.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Huh. Funny, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

3 I believe this and all the other bullshit they tell me.

Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 11:02 AM (AwYPR)

4 the cost of premiums paid for Health Care Insurance decreased by 34% from October 2022 to October 2023.

Without reading any further I assume this is just more people getting "free" health insurance because they are in a government protected class like illegal.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2023 11:02 AM (XqcwY)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:02 AM (T4tVD)

6 34% Reduction in Consumer Health Insurance Costs Over the Past 12 Months

Bullshit. The $1000 I pay a MONTH for family coverage through work begs to differ.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2023 11:03 AM (x7plP)

8 First: How dare all these greedy companies raise their prices!

Then: And my boss better give me a raise so I can pay for all these increased costs.

Finally: The problem isn't inflation the problem is prices!

Posted by: Every leftist I know at November 24, 2023 11:03 AM (XqcwY)

9 "Have a happy Black Friday, or Turkey Boxing Day, or Day One of Leftovers, or First Day of Christmas Shopping Season, or whatever you call this unusual Friday."

Plumbers call it Brown Friday, because, traditionally, they get a lot of calls after the traditional feasting.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (MvF+J)

10 Maybe we could start calling it debasement of the currency. Something, Something, Congress is us.

Posted by: DaveA at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (FhXTo)

11 My lefty friends (yeah, I have a few. I keep them around just to hear what they say next.) are all crowing about inflation. I laugh...and laugh. They don't seem amused.
And if I point something like this out to them, they just say it's legit...cause the government said so.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 11:05 AM (uSHSS)

12 Plumbers call it Brown Friday, because, traditionally, they get a lot of calls after the traditional feasting.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (MvF+J)

I could tell a story about a sweet potato that wasn't a sweet potato.

Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

13 I've already broken my pledge of no black friday shopping.
But entirely gubs related, so I exempt myself.

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:06 AM (4780s)

14 Smooth this!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (4I/2K)

15 What Vox means is that those greedy, evil, Capitalist, corporations are gouging the stupid peasants.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (tpCh3)

16 11 My lefty friends (yeah, I have a few. I keep them around just to hear what they say next.) are all crowing about inflation. I laugh...and laugh. They don't seem amused.
And if I point something like this out to them, they just say it's legit...cause the government said so.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 11:05 AM (uSHSS)

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Fight the man by believing everything the man says.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

17 15 What Vox means is that those greedy, evil, Capitalist, corporations are gouging the stupid peasants.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (tpCh3)

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And they refused to do it under Trump because Trump was a tyrant. It's the only explanation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

18 In the grocery store I still see people picking up cuts of meat, looking at the prices, and putting them back down.

You know, if there was an opposition party this would be something they'd be talking about.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (XqcwY)

19 Maybe we could start calling it debasement of the currency. Something, Something, Congress is us.
Posted by: DaveA at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (FhXTo)

I'm you.

Posted by: Christine O'Donnell at November 24, 2023 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

20 It's 'new' math. Numbers mean whatever the junta want them to mean. If they think inflation, as calculated by traditional methods is unfavorable to their cause then they will use other numbers and calculations to demonstrate inflation isn't a problem.

"It isn't inflation, it's the prices" is a prime example of deflecting from the real issue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2023 11:10 AM (Q4IgG)

21 What Vox means is that those greedy, evil, Capitalist, corporations are gouging the stupid peasants.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2023 11:07 AM (tpCh3)

Continually pushing the leftist mantra that "all business bad."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

22 Remember, Healthcare.gov can get you a QUALITY PLAN with no payments with 'financial assistance.'

That means, if you don't pay anything for your plan, health care costs are LOW and inflation doesn't exist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Thanks for the detailed write up Buck. That measurement is so profoundly dishonest.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 24, 2023 11:11 AM (fcDpY)

24 Grocery store chain Aldi announced today they will be changing out the shopping carts in front of their stores for wheelbarrows to make it easier for customers who prefer to pay in cash.

Posted by: This Just In at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (NBVIP)

25 "Have a happy Black Friday, or Turkey Boxing Day, or Day One of Leftovers, or First Day of Christmas Shopping Season, or whatever you call this unusual Friday."

Plumbers call it Brown Friday, because, traditionally, they get a lot of calls after the traditional feasting.
Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (MvF+J)

Ew

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (T4tVD)

26 "Why has the government continually changed the inflation calculation?"

"To make it more accurate."

"Why does every change lead to lower inflation numbers?"

"Because the government is doing a great job at managing the money supply."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (GBKbO)

27 Anyone hear about some massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Over a million gallons. I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

28 just exec summary it for me

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (geLO8)

29 I went to Wegman's yesterday morning. I bought four things: a centerpiece, wine, dinner rolls, and a snack tray.

The cost? $99. For four things.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (JrojV)

30 28 just exec summary it for me
Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (geLO

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Government run by dishonest hacks who are manipulating numbers to convince America that their rule is fine and good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

31 Plumbers call it Brown Friday, because, traditionally, they get a lot of calls after the traditional feasting.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:04 AM (MvF+J)

I could tell a story about a sweet potato that wasn't a sweet potato.
Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

Or a Baby Ruth that wasn't a Baby Ruth ?

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (T4tVD)

32 1 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

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It's fun when that happens.

I am eternally grateful that husband & I are on Tricare, which costs $60 a month for both of us.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (LsAl1)

33 Anyone hear about some massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Over a million gallons. I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

They figured out how to stop the last one, but since they discovered new species of oil eating microbes, they're not really all that willing to declare it a disaster, since it isn't.

And HAPPY THANKSGIVING you! Hope you had a great day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

34 It isn't the cancer. It's the dying.

Posted by: The American Medical Association at November 24, 2023 11:14 AM (NBVIP)

35 Or a Baby Ruth that wasn't a Baby Ruth ?

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (T4tVD)

A big Baby Ruth.

Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (AwYPR)

36 Excellent exposition Buck.

Ignore the black Suburban with three antennas that has been parked outside your house...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (3Gtis)

37
I am eternally grateful that husband & I are on Tricare, which costs $60 a month for both of us.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (LsAl1)

We made a change beginning of the year when the wife got a job with New York Life. It was cheaper for her and the daughter to be on her insurance and me alone on mine. Saved us about $300 a month.

She quit that job, so they had to come back onto mine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

38 Well the price is the same.... for half the size.
See, there's no inflation because the prices haven't gone up!!!/////

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (QBwwm)

39 I am eternally grateful that husband & I are on Tricare, which costs $60 a month for both of us.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (LsAl1)

Do ya hafta ride a tricycle to the doctor's office ?

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (T4tVD)

40 Whee doggies! How many used the fancy eatin' table yesterday?

Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 10:43 AM (AwYPR)

Yesser Bob! We was a using ours, but wern't a using thems fancy a pot passing poles.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (gmo/4)

41 By the way. notice that medical costs for almost everything else are up. I imagine that the health insurance companies are planning on losing a little bit on each transaction but making it up on volume...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2023 11:17 AM (3Gtis)

42 This is just straight in our face lying, well beyind mere propaganda.

Now saying food inflation went down to 10% when every visit to the store you see prices up 15% and shrinkage of package sizes another 10-24% is propaganda. Or that Joey Pedo, all by himself, brought gasoline down to just double what it was before his Bidenomics took over but he is not responsible for gas going up.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (17s+e)

43 Or a Baby Ruth that wasn't a Baby Ruth ?

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (T4tVD)

A big Baby Ruth.
Posted by: BignJames at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (AwYPR)

A Baby Lizzo ?

Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (T4tVD)

44 1830 Jerusalem time. Hostages ?

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (50AHF)

45 Then we went for a dip in the see mint pond!

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (NBVIP)

46 It was cheaper for her and the daughter to be on her insurance and me alone on mine.
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We do the same, the kids and I are on my insurance and husband is on his own.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (QBwwm)

47 Creepy Joe was put in charge of "Recovery Summer" in 2009 by the Dogeater Administration. The 1% growth we experienced per year until Trump came into office is a testament to his skills and savvy. He cured cancer, too.

Posted by: Fuck Joe Biden!! at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (83IzV)

48 the cost of groceries are up 50 to 100% in the last 3 years.

But not because of government printing money like it's free, because companies are greedy and want to maximize profits on the backs of the consumer in a consorted effort to destroy Joe Biden.

Uh huh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

49 43 Call the European Fecal Standards and Measurements Board!

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:19 AM (MvF+J)

50 Joe Biden. Is there anything he CAN'T do?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM (NBVIP)

51 Anyone hear about some massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Over a million gallons. I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

They figured out how to stop the last one, but since they discovered new species of oil eating microbes, they're not really all that willing to declare it a disaster, since it isn't.

You're ignoring all the bacterial flatulence.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM (I/Qkd)

52
Data will confess to practically everything under sufficient torture

- and -

The further you get from the raw data, the more torture you are free to bring to bear on its victims

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM (5pZqO)

53 ---
We do the same, the kids and I are on my insurance and husband is on his own.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 11:18 AM (QBwwm)

It's incredibly sad, but we actually are starting to regret not divorcing when the daughter was born just so she could be a single mom and get all the government benefits. We just wouldn't have told anyone we did it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

54 whatever happened to Build Back Better

did they ever start

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM (geLO8)

55 Then we went for a dip in the see mint pond!
Posted by: Jethro Bodine

Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:21 AM (JrojV)

56 I went to Wegman's yesterday morning. I bought four things: a centerpiece, wine, dinner rolls, and a snack tray.

The cost? $99. For four things.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:13 AM (JrojV)

Keep the dinner wine and dinner rolls. Leave the centerpiece and snack tray.

Posted by: Peter Clemenza at November 24, 2023 11:21 AM (iODuv)

57 55 Them jeans looked mighty fine to me.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:21 AM (MvF+J)

58 I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

But they have skimmed 210 gallons of oil from the spill! (Using 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel to run the skimming ships)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2023 11:21 AM (3Gtis)

59 The further you get from the raw data, the more torture you are free to bring to bear on its victims

Why is everyone looking at me?

Posted by: Climate data at November 24, 2023 11:22 AM (I/Qkd)

60 It's incredibly sad, but we actually are starting to regret not divorcing when the daughter was born just so she could be a single mom and get all the government benefits. We just wouldn't have told anyone we did it.
Posted by: Sponge
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That thought has crossed my mind before.... sad!

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 11:22 AM (QBwwm)

61 cuz it's been three years and we should have seen a bunch of Built Back, Just Better stuff by now

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 11:22 AM (geLO8)

62 *Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.*

I'm standing right here!

Posted by: Miss Jane Hathaway at November 24, 2023 11:22 AM (NBVIP)

63 whatever happened to Build Back Better

did they ever start
Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 11:20 AM

Best part is, they wanted to build back something that was the best it'd ever been......funny that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Speaking of "garbage data"-I wonder how many turkey skeletons are in trash cans today?

Posted by: No Bones In Ice Cream at November 24, 2023 11:23 AM (83IzV)

65 Do ya hafta ride a tricycle to the doctor's office ?
Posted by: JT at November 24, 2023 11:16 AM (T4tVD)

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Yes. It sucks in the winter.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:23 AM (LsAl1)

66
Keep the dinner wine and dinner rolls. Leave the centerpiece and snack tray.
Posted by: Peter Clemenza

ROFLMAO!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2023 11:24 AM (5pZqO)

67 Speaking of "garbage data"-I wonder how many turkey skeletons are in trash cans today?

Ah, what might have been.

Posted by: Millions of gallons of delicious turkey stock at November 24, 2023 11:24 AM (I/Qkd)

68 "Speaking of "garbage data"-I wonder how many turkey skeletons are in trash cans today?"

Or veggie snack trays nobody ate.

Posted by: gp's Tension Processing Unit at November 24, 2023 11:24 AM (MvF+J)

69 Turkey Skeletons WBAGNFARB.

Posted by: Dave Barry at November 24, 2023 11:24 AM (NBVIP)

70 Hey, all

Stopped to pick up Miss Linda at J.C. Penney -- no damage done, no thundering herds of shoppers -- and went around to the nearby PetSmart to see the black kitten she rescued. They have named her "Twilight," which is better than "Tiny" or "Skinny," I guess. She looked bored in her enclosure. I bought a Lamb Chop cat toy with a feather attached (remember Lamb Chop, Shari Lewis's hand puppet?) and had them put it in with Twilight. We videoed her seizing it and playing "Time to Kill Something."

Okay, I've done my good deed for the day. Now I can go back to Grinch-hood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2023 11:24 AM (omVj0)

71 That guy with the its not inflation its prices headline. Genius.

Pure genius.

There are no words

Posted by: blaster at November 24, 2023 11:25 AM (nMiS+)

72 hamass paleosimians broke the cease fire just 15 minutes after Israel started it... and yes NO HOSTAGES were released.

Frog and scorpion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 24, 2023 11:25 AM (17s+e)

73
I'm standing right here!
Posted by: Miss Jane Hathaway

What about me? I've got a possum skin bikini!

Posted by: Granny at November 24, 2023 11:26 AM (5pZqO)

74 That guy with the its not inflation its prices headline. Genius.

Pure genius.

There are no words
Posted by: blaster at November 24, 2023 11:25 AM (nMiS+)

When you're willing to whore yourself out for the measliest of payment, you'll say anything regardless of ignorance.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

75 Wolfus, how was your Thanksgiving?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:27 AM (JrojV)

76 Self-willowed:

(I suffered for my art . Now you get to suffer too!)

Here's the Shop Girl working Black Friday
Dancing her frantic Shop ballet
If you don't want a tussle
Don't grab on her bustle
She'll whack you with a mallet for croquet

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 11:27 AM (QzZeQ)

77 That reminds me, Granny. We're getting a little low on lye soap.

Posted by: Jed Clampett at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (NBVIP)

78 It's 9:27 in the AM here and I want to eat leftovers.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

79 >>Joe Biden. Is there anything he CAN'T do?

Stairs.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)

80 I wonder how much hobo Ace has leftover.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:29 AM (JrojV)

81 It's 9:27 in the AM here and I want to eat leftovers.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

SiL bought a spiral cut ham from Aldi last week. The packaging leaked, so I put it in our freezer to keep. Defrosted it Wednesday, then threw it on the smoker yesterday morning for a couple hours with apple wood.......

I can't stop eating it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)

82 Wolfus, how was your Thanksgiving?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023

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Howdy, B.! We went down to my old neighborhood, which is now more of a theme park than a neighborhood, and had dinner at a (fairly) upscale restaurant in a building that I remember as a Woolworth's. Jumbo shrimp for me, their turkey dinner for Miss Linda. There was a college game T-giving parade, but we avoided that and had no trouble parking or leaving. Pretty good all around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2023 11:30 AM (omVj0)

83 Joe Biden. Is there anything he CAN'T do?

Stairs.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)

Lead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

84 just a reminder, pochahontis warren email yesterday:

"All those Thanksgiving meal ingredients could have cost less at the grocery store if greedy corporations weren't taking advantage of inflation and shutting down competition so they can jack up their prices even higher."

'if greedy corporations weren't taking advantage of inflation'... what the fck does that even mean?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 24, 2023 11:30 AM (B1FKF)

85 41 By the way. notice that medical costs for almost everything else are up. I imagine that the health insurance companies are planning on losing a little bit on each transaction but making it up on volume...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Yup. If I'd been drinking coffee when I read that whopper about medical costs going down, I'd have sprayed my computer. My group is reupping for health insurance, and we're looking at *only* a 7.5% increase for the same high-deductible policy. And ~15% up over two years.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics. FJB.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at November 24, 2023 11:30 AM (uY1j2)

86 “The Problem Isn’t Inflation. It’s Prices” [Vox – 11/14/2023]

I think it's nice how Vox explains things for the retarded.

But, the problem isn't Prices, it's the weather.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

87 Sponge!

My Thanksgiving was fine. Son #1 and I went to our friends home with the usual suspects and eat and watched football and drank Knob Creek. And wine. And beer. And then ate and watched more football.

It was a hoot.
Didn't hear a peep from Marine. I hope everything is ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (rQIkv)

88 Even other parts of the methodolgy are wrong. How do you measure a metric in the short-term when the data being given to you is based on a two-year moving average? The near-time data is being blurred out by the longer average, and this is on purpose.

So add a terrible change in metric (prices vs profits) to smoothing over two years.

And given healthcare is such a large component of the economy these days, a -34% component is not a small part of the calculation.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (ynpvh)

89 just a reminder, pochahontis warren email yesterday:

"All those Thanksgiving meal ingredients could have cost less at the grocery store if greedy corporations weren't taking advantage of inflation and shutting down competition so they can jack up their prices even higher."

What a disgusting piece of shit that woman is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

90 22 Remember, Healthcare.gov can get you a QUALITY PLAN with no payments with 'financial assistance.'

That means, if you don't pay anything for your plan, health care costs are LOW and inflation doesn't exist.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

The health insurance exchanges are bullshit. Checked into it while unemployed and broke. For an individual policy that covered what I needed it was almost $400 а month after discounts and subsidies. I couldn't afford it. So it's all a bunch of bullshit and lies just like everything else.

Posted by: They're all liars and thieves at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (r/JV0)

91 Joe Biden. Is there anything he CAN'T do?

Stairs.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023
*
Lead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023

***
Stay awake in public and avoid creeping on little girls

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (omVj0)

92 You can't hurt ham.

https://youtu.be/XhIt4aYPTMU?si=WF_cu_UTG-_aadEW

Posted by: Ricky Skaggs at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (NBVIP)

93 82 Good to hear, Wolfus.

My Thanksgiving was very nice, apart from the Lions.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (JrojV)

94 90 The health insurance exchanges are bullshit. Checked into it while unemployed and broke. For an individual policy that covered what I needed it was almost $400 а month after discounts and subsidies. I couldn't afford it. So it's all a bunch of bullshit and lies just like everything else.
Posted by: They're all liars and thieves at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (r/JV0)

========

We had to mandate insurance coverage so fewer people were uninsured.

Also, the uninsured rate is the same as before the ACA's passage.

But we can't repeal the ACA because it'd be bad politics, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

95
The health insurance exchanges are bullshit. Checked into it while unemployed and broke. For an individual policy that covered what I needed it was almost $400 а month after discounts and subsidies. I couldn't afford it. So it's all a bunch of bullshit and lies just like everything else.
Posted by: They're all liars and thieves at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (r/JV0)

Plus, it's mostly only catastrophic insurance with an insanely high deductable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

96 86 “The Problem Isn’t Inflation. It’s Prices” [Vox – 11/14/2023]

I think it's nice how Vox explains things for the retarded.

But, the problem isn't Prices, it's the weather.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

Indeed. Globull Climate Change and those who will kill economies to meet their fake metrics on changing ocean rise by 0.01mm.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (ynpvh)

97 95
The health insurance exchanges are bullshit. Checked into it while unemployed and broke. For an individual policy that covered what I needed it was almost $400 а month after discounts and subsidies. I couldn't afford it. So it's all a bunch of bullshit and lies just like everything else.
Posted by: They're all liars and thieves at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (r/JV0)

Plus, it's mostly only catastrophic insurance with an insanely high deductable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, it's well named; even the premiums and deductibles are catastrophic...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:33 AM (ynpvh)

98 Theory on the Flying Bentley: They have an electronic, not a mechanically linked accelerator and it failed.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:33 AM (gmo/4)

99 But, the problem isn't Prices, it's the weather.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

So...ultimately...it's the Jews!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2023 11:33 AM (3Gtis)

100 Everything from the government is bull crap

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2023 11:34 AM (nE42Q)

101 89 just a reminder, pochahontis warren email yesterday:

"All those Thanksgiving meal ingredients could have cost less at the grocery store if greedy corporations weren't taking advantage of inflation and shutting down competition so they can jack up their prices even higher."

What a disgusting piece of shit that woman is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, she might be a fake indian, but she's a real turkey.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:34 AM (ynpvh)

102 are planning on losing a little bit on each transaction but making it up on volume...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Sorry CBD, but that's as classic a piece of modern economic theory as I've seen in a while.

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:34 AM (4780s)

103 ========

We had to mandate insurance coverage so fewer people were uninsured.

Also, the uninsured rate is the same as before the ACA's passage.

But we can't repeal the ACA because it'd be bad politics, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

THIS.

Pelsoi was screaming that it was unacceptable that 10% of Americans didn't have insurance. All while 85% of that 10% were young people that didn't WANT or NEED insurance.

So, the hijacked the economy in the biggest tax increase in WORLD history and there's STILL 10% of Americans that are uninsured......just a DIFFERENT 10%.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)

104 My health insurance is going to increase by $100 per month beginning January. My homeowners insurance is supposed to go up 80%.

Everyone knows food prices are increasing . Especially at restaurants and fast food joints where the double whammy cause is rising food supply and labor costs.

I think this 1984 spin will back fire on the Dems.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:35 AM (MNhXM)

105 re 102: i think that's how solyndra (2009) was going to survive

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 24, 2023 11:35 AM (B1FKF)

106 104 I think this 1984 spin will back fire on the Dems.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:35 AM (MNhXM)

========

*shrugs*
*works until 7am stuffing ballots instead of 3am*
-Philadelphia

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, celebrating anarchy and 50s B-movies with Joe Dante at November 24, 2023 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

107 It's 9:27 in the AM here and I want to eat leftovers.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

**waves**

Posted by: S. Fluke at November 24, 2023 11:36 AM (iODuv)

108 It's 9:27 in the AM here and I want to eat leftovers.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

**waves**
Posted by: S. Fluke at November 24, 2023 11:36 AM (iODuv)

Thanksgiving leftovers usually doesn't include roast beef flop......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

109 the main reason price inflation is not so bad as last year is probably because energy prices are down, and that's probably because putin has been selling petroleum at cut rate prices.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (B1FKF)

110 108 It's 9:27 in the AM here and I want to eat leftovers.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

**waves**
Posted by: S. Fluke at November 24, 2023 11:36 AM (iODuv)

Thanksgiving leftovers usually doesn't include roast beef flop......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, that certainly ain't gravy...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (ynpvh)

111 Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Ellie always swam nude. Skinny dippin'

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (4780s)

112 Ellie May did appear in a one piece by the cee-ment pond several times. Lori Saunders from Petticoat Junction also appeared there in a cut-out one piece. There's a cute picture of her next to Granny online.

Posted by: Lotsa Curves-You Bet! at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (83IzV)

113 The inflation narrative is going to shift to: "it's not inflation, it's greedy manufacturers and merchants jacking up prices."

Followed by the call to institute price controls.

Then, followed by the call to nationalize certain production sectors.

Bet on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)

114 Thanksgiving leftovers usually doesn't include roast beef flop......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

Ooh, but you'll LUV the gravy.

Posted by: S. Fluke at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (iODuv)

115
It was a hoot.
Didn't hear a peep from Marine. I hope everything is ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (rQIkv)

I'm really glad you had a good time. Makes me smile.

I'm sure Marine is fine. Just busy......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

116 11 Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonu

One piece IIRC.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (MNhXM)

117 Other than gas, I do not see any other prices going down

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (PQ4m2)

118 Well, that certainly ain't gravy...
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (ynpvh)

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LOL, gross.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (xP5bR)

119 111 Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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Ellie always swam nude. Skinny dippin'

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:37 AM (4780s)

Ellie Mae handles 35% of the mortgage applications via her software...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Mae

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (ynpvh)

120 If you think that is obscene, have a look at the last jobs number. There is an estimation known as the birth-death model, that imputes the number of small businesses created versus closed. According to their model, 450k small business jobs were created last quarter. Not only is that laughable, if you subtract the birth-death number, we lost 250k jobs instead of adding 150k.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (idn/6)

121 Other than gas, I do not see any other prices going down
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (PQ4m2)

And it's still over 50% higher than it was 3 years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

122 Other than gas, I do not see any other prices going down
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (PQ4m2)

Big screen TVs

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (MNhXM)

123 Have they re-filled the Strategic Oil Reserve?

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:41 AM (MNhXM)

124 After getting away with lying the last two election cycles, why would they change a successful strategy. I’d be remiss not mentioning the complicit media.

Posted by: Unkaren at November 24, 2023 11:41 AM (Ly4GW)

125 120 If you think that is obscene, have a look at the last jobs number. There is an estimation known as the birth-death model, that imputes the number of small businesses created versus closed. According to their model, 450k small business jobs were created last quarter. Not only is that laughable, if you subtract the birth-death number, we lost 250k jobs instead of adding 150k.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (idn/6)

Sounds like how a certain Austrian calculated how many forces he had left late in his war...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:41 AM (ynpvh)

126 Welp. Little Whiskey just puked up what looks to be the knuckle end of a drumstick, with a 1-inch, very sharp end. He snatched it from the garbage as my daughter-in-law was de-meating what was left of the turkey, and got uncharacteristically mad when we tried to get it from him. He seems okay for now, but I'll be watching him for the next few days. Hopefully whatever is left in there passes one way or another.

Posted by: IrishEi with yet another new laptop at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (3ImbR)

127 Christ, this bullshit 34% figure is an admission that real inflation is 30+%.

I hope Biden dies screaming.

Posted by: Malicious Compliance at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (OBuuS)

128 I realized the other day that Naturalflake is a dentist. Pretty well known that Muldoon is an MD.
So, has anyone ever researched the psychological connections between medical practices and limericks?

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (4780s)

129 After getting away with lying the last two election cycles, why would they change a successful strategy. I’d be remiss not mentioning the complicit media.
Posted by: Unkaren at November 24, 2023 11:41 AM (Ly4GW)

Agree but this lie is provably false to even your most LIV voter.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (MNhXM)

130 122 Other than gas, I do not see any other prices going down
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (PQ4m2)

Big screen TVs

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (MNhXM)

Tried eating those. Do not recommend. Leaves, grass and bark are much better.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (ynpvh)

131 Big screen TVs
Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (MNhXM)

Well you may have a point there, but that has nothing to do with with inflation, but tech advances. I got a great deal on 2 Smart TVs at the Navy Exchange last month

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (PQ4m2)

132 They can get less inflation by making essential items so expensive, people can't afford to by other things (hence lowering demand/prices).

Then they just ex out gas and food from the inflation numbers, and do 100 other tricks (lies) like Mannix describes ... and look, No Inflation!

Hedonic pricing in another gimmick ... you will have to buy a very expensive car, BUT that car will (hedonically priced) be the same as the much cheaper gas car, because it is Much Better Quality and saves the planet.

Voila, that $50,000 car is the same price as the $25,000 car. (that's extreme, but I think that is how hedonic pricing works).

Posted by: illiniwek at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (Cus5s)

133 And it's still over 50% higher than it was 3 years ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

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It's pretty sad when you're excited to pay less than $4.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (xP5bR)

134 127 Christ, this bullshit 34% figure is an admission that real inflation is 30+%.

I hope Biden dies screaming.

Posted by: Malicious Compliance at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (OBuuS)

Depends what percentage that metric makes to the calculation.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (ynpvh)

135 We have entered the Hoarders and Wreckers part of the revolution.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (aD39U)

136 One of the many benefits that Dog-Eater brought us is that the official government economic statistics are now completely politicized.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (YAtuc)

137 Naturalflake is also a dentist? So at least 2 of us here

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (PQ4m2)

138 133 And it's still over 50% higher than it was 3 years ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

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It's pretty sad when you're excited to pay less than $4.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (xP5bR)

You pay less than $4?

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

139 Did they ever put Ellie Mae in a bikini? Or even a one-piece? Big mistake if they didn't.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:21 AM (JrojV)

If you Bing "Ellie Mae Clampett bikini" in the image tab, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (/HDaX)

140 I have an HRA. I put money (pretax)into it every month and my employer matches it. I can use that money for healthcare expenses and medications (I don't take any). I haven't seen a doctor since pre Covid and have no interest in seeing one. When I do need to, there's a few small independent physicians groups that will give a steep discount if you pay fee for service.

If anything major happens, I'm fucked, but I cannot afford the premiums and copays for my employer sponsored insurance. And I work for a company that got bought by UnitedHealthCare. It's worse than you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:45 AM (jAs5p)

141 Agree but this lie is provably false to even your most LIV voter.

Which is why you now regularly have articles by Paul Krugman and others denouncing ordinary Americans for refusing to believe the official economic statistics.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 24, 2023 11:46 AM (YAtuc)

142 Other than gas, I do not see any other prices going down
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:38 AM (PQ4m2)

Big screen TVs

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:39 AM (MNhXM)

Tried eating those. Do not recommend. Leaves, grass and bark are much better.
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:42 AM (ynpvh)

You have to assume 90% of comments are snark though I should have added that TV soup isn’t as good as it sounds.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:46 AM (MNhXM)

143 You pay less than $4?
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

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Yes, but just barely.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 11:46 AM (xP5bR)

144 It's not inflation, it's thetans.

Posted by: Xenu at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (DZrNt)

145 Also Vox : technically it's not the fall that kills you, it's the landing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (QUGLq)

146 You pay less than $4?
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

$3.21 this morning in town.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (iODuv)

147 I could actually say my health insurance went down around October before last. My company started giving it free. Their price went up though.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (bjh/i)

148 I filled up @ 2.67/gal at Walmart this week.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2023 11:48 AM (aD39U)

149 140 I have an HRA. I put money (pretax)into it every month and my employer matches it. I can use that money for healthcare expenses and medications (I don't take any). I haven't seen a doctor since pre Covid and have no interest in seeing one. When I do need to, there's a few small independent physicians groups that will give a steep discount if you pay fee for service.

If anything major happens, I'm fucked, but I cannot afford the premiums and copays for my employer sponsored insurance. And I work for a company that got bought by UnitedHealthCare. It's worse than you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:45 AM (jAs5p)

I use more healthcare than I pay for. It's what happens when the cost of chemo is in the $100ks...I use a PPO so I can go out of network, and max my FSA which I know I'll completely use well before years' end. Oh, and wife needs another surgery; cancer has blocked off liver ducts, so they need to stent those ducts open...every 3 months...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:48 AM (ynpvh)

150 You pay less than $4?
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

$3.21 this morning in town.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (iODuv)

I saw gas in NJ this AM for cash under $3.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:48 AM (PQ4m2)

151 Well, maybe I'm the only one in the U.S. getting these notices, so disregard:

My GEHA health insurance sent me a notice that my premiums were going UP, starting in Dec. by over 2%, IIRC. I've had this same health insurance for over 30 years, so I can tell when something is anomalous or not. In this case, "not."

My Long Term Care insurance (LTC) sent me a similar premium increase notice, only MORE than the GEHA premium increase.

As stated, maybe this is unique to me, but I suspect it's more likely typical.

Posted by: mnw at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (NLIak)

152 How long can we keep flying on just one engine?

All the way to the crash site.

I bet we beat the paramedics there by an half an hour.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (gmo/4)

153 Ellie May did appear in a one piece by the cee-ment pond several times. Lori Saunders from Petticoat Junction also appeared there in a cut-out one piece. There's a cute picture of her next to Granny online.
Posted by: Lotsa Curves-You Bet!
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The PC girls always swam nude also. At least in my mind.

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (4780s)

154 Well my healthcare costs are up by many thousands, since Tricare was pretty much totally free to me. Sigh
Sucks being off the Gov Tit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (PQ4m2)

155 I saw gas in NJ this AM for cash under $3.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:48 AM (PQ4m2)
~~~~~

$3.01 by me.

Posted by: IrishEi with yet another new laptop at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (3ImbR)

156 144 It's not inflation, it's thetans.

Posted by: Xenu at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (DZrNt)

If the "th" is pronounced as an "S", then yes.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (ynpvh)

157 Smoothing, just like they do with the temperature data that is collected.

Posted by: Mark in SC at November 24, 2023 11:50 AM (ue/3w)

158 How long can we keep flying on just one engine?

All the way to the crash site.

I bet we beat the paramedics there by an half an hour.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 11:49 AM (gmo/4)

We’ll have to avoid all the other planes that crashed before us. The best of the worst .

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:50 AM (MNhXM)

159 146 You pay less than $4?
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

$3.21 this morning in town.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (iODuv)

Used to be filling up my tank was $20, same as in town, not too many years ago.
Got up to $80, dropped now to about $60 or so.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:51 AM (ynpvh)

160 In an answer to a question above, I "Think" i read that they were contemplating refilling the Oil Reserves? Not sure if they are actually doing it yet. Never should have been run down. Should have been expanded. It was only run down for political reasons and that is NOT what it was created for

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:51 AM (PQ4m2)

161 Let's just get this party started and shut off the EBT cards.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 24, 2023 11:51 AM (ufFY8)

162 My gas is under $3 when I apply the grocery store points discount.

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:52 AM (MNhXM)

163 I got a great deal on 2 Smart TVs at the Navy Exchange last month
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Any smart tv is a too smart tv.

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 11:52 AM (4780s)

164 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)

165 157 Smoothing, just like they do with the temperature data that is collected.

Posted by: Mark in SC at November 24, 2023 11:50 AM (ue/3w)

And interpolating to sites that went offline years ago...amazing.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (ynpvh)

166
Beware of anti-dentites.

https://youtu.be/vxuo1-29ONE?si=5lh5jHSkXyCgE1-Y

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (NBVIP)

167 Posted by: jim (in California) at

At my previous employer, my healthcare was free if I stayed in house. Even my cancer treatment and heart stent crap was covered near 100%. That company merged with another about six months after I left, so that benefit no longer exists. I was in a remarkably lucky time to have such great coverage. That was nine years ago. Today, I'd be broke. Probably living in my car. Or dead.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (jAs5p)

168 @RogerJStoneJr
48m
The New York Adult Survivors Act was passed so that Donald Trump could be sued for a sexual assault 30 years ago that never happened. Now it has ensnared Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo. #Karma

---------------

...is a b!tch!

Posted by: IrishEi with yet another new laptop at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (3ImbR)

169 I vaguely remember hearing something about prices being a function of supply and demand. The demand for oil hasn't gone down so that must mean supply is going up and it ain't coming from the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 11:54 AM (ZLI7S)

170 160 In an answer to a question above, I "Think" i read that they were contemplating refilling the Oil Reserves? Not sure if they are actually doing it yet. Never should have been run down. Should have been expanded. It was only run down for political reasons and that is NOT what it was created for

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:51 AM (PQ4m2)

It would be so much easier to fill if we used our own oil...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

171 161 Let's just get this party started and shut off the EBT cards.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

And Medicaid for 90% of recipients.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:54 AM (jAs5p)

172 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.

And some of us are just trained monkeys banging away at a keyboard in hopes of a food pellet.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (Bd6X8)

173 Anyone hear about some massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Over a million gallons. I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

Whales, penguins, sea otters, and minorities hardest hit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (ofPMo)

174 167 Posted by: jim (in California) at

At my previous employer, my healthcare was free if I stayed in house. Even my cancer treatment and heart stent crap was covered near 100%. That company merged with another about six months after I left, so that benefit no longer exists. I was in a remarkably lucky time to have such great coverage. That was nine years ago. Today, I'd be broke. Probably living in my car. Or dead.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (jAs5p)

Canada loves option #2.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (ynpvh)

175 The PC girls always swam nude also. At least in my mind.

In the water tower.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (JrojV)

176 It can be lunch time

Oh wait, not working so anytime can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (fwDg9)

177 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)

Quite a few here work or have worked in professional fields and the comments are both funny and intelligent in most cases. Read the comments at Breitbart some time. OY!! How the hell do you have over 5,000 comments??

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (iODuv)

178 I haven't looked but do they still market a "dumb" TV.
Last one I bought was 8 or so years ago and I heard they were going the way of the Dodo.
That being said I'm not convinced my current one is all that stupid. I do have taped over what I suspect is a camera.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (bjh/i)

179 173 Anyone hear about some massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Over a million gallons. I don't think they're even trying to figure out how to stop it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 11:12 AM (prL25)

Whales, penguins, sea otters, and minorities hardest hit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (ofPMo)

Penguins of the Carribean...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (ynpvh)

180 It can be lunch time

Oh wait, not working so anytime can be lunch time
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (fwDg9)

And that half full bottle of wine....

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (uSHSS)

181 The PC girls always swam nude also. At least in my mind.

In the water tower.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:56 AM (JrojV)

And it was wonderful! **sigh**

Posted by: the water tower at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (iODuv)

182 I haven't paid less than $3 for gas since Trump was in office.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (V8he0)

183 My SIL, who has a med ins. payment, says hers went down 1.5%. She works in the industry, so, aware of things.

Posted by: Igotnothing at November 24, 2023 11:58 AM (krOen)

184 178 I haven't looked but do they still market a "dumb" TV.
Last one I bought was 8 or so years ago and I heard they were going the way of the Dodo.
That being said I'm not convinced my current one is all that stupid. I do have taped over what I suspect is a camera.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (bjh/i)

Some have microphones, too...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:58 AM (ynpvh)

185
From the Potomac to the sea,
Let's be Biden free

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (enJYY)

186 164 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 2

I'm a small business owner.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (l3Uxg)

187 Oh

>>LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iran's oil output and exports jumped in August despite U.S. sanctions, according to consultants and companies that track tanker shipments, as Tehran sells to buyers including China.

>>Analysts said the higher exports appear to be the result of Iran's success in evading U.S. sanctions and Washington's discretion in enforcing them as the two countries seek better relations.

https://tinyurl.com/34fjptk5

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (ZLI7S)

188 Quite a few here work or have worked in professional fields and the comments are both funny and intelligent in most cases. Read the comments at Breitbart some time. OY!! How the hell do you have over 5,000 comments??
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

189 185
From the Potomac to the sea,
Let's be Biden free

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (enJYY)

Depends which sea...Atlantic Ocean, not so far...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

190 Gas is still in the 4.80 range here.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (tQrL+)

191
*just trained monkeys banging away at a keyboard in hopes of a food pellet.*

Wait. There's training available?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (NBVIP)

192 187 Oh

>>LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iran's oil output and exports jumped in August despite U.S. sanctions, according to consultants and companies that track tanker shipments, as Tehran sells to buyers including China.

>>Analysts said the higher exports appear to be the result of Iran's success in evading U.S. sanctions and Washington's discretion in enforcing them as the two countries seek better relations.

https://tinyurl.com/34fjptk5

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (ZLI7S)

Seems confiscating some of those tankers would be a good way to refill the old Oil Reserves.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

193 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 2

I'm a small business owner.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (l3Uxg)

I'm a lay-about.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 12:01 PM (uSHSS)

194 Per Shin Bet, 13 hostages are back on Israeli soil.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 24, 2023 12:02 PM (2cS/G)

195 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 2

I'm a small business owner.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (l3Uxg)

Retired Television Broadcast Engineer. Retired a few months before Covid arrived on the scene.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 12:02 PM (iODuv)

196 168

Extending the statute of limitations for these sex abuse lawsuits to 30 YEARS (!) is profoundly disruptive to our legal system.

How is a def supposed to defend against such lawsuits 30 years after the fact?*

I note also that all these new claims, coming in right before the NY 30-year Stt of Limitations expires, seem to be against wealthy defs &/or celebrities.

* (doesn't effect me personally. I've never had a zipper issue)

Posted by: mnw at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM (NLIak)

197
Depends which sea...Atlantic Ocean, not so far...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM

Artistic license. How about:

From the Potomac to the Ocean
Get impeachment in motion

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM (enJYY)

198 I'm a lay-about.
Posted by: Diogenes

I thought you swindled geezers?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM (JrojV)

199 But, the problem isn't Prices, it's the weather.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 11:31 AM (QzZeQ)

So...ultimately...it's the Jews!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2023 11:33 AM (3Gtis)

Oh my God! Oh my God!! Oh my God!!!

Now it all makes Sense!!!!!

🤪

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM (QzZeQ)

200
I thought you swindled geezers?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM (JrojV)

Padding my handicap is not swindling.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 12:04 PM (uSHSS)

201 Cultural enricher tries to escape from the roof with clothes stolen from the shop.

https://t.co/L83W6cLqQQ

Posted by: Ciampino - He's a turkey -- no wings at November 24, 2023 12:04 PM (qfLjt)

202 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I work for the state I live in... yes, I'm a bureaucrat... But at least I'm not a federal bureaucrat! 🥸😎

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (WT4dp)

203 As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

And a whorehouse in the basement.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (BdMk6)

204 As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

LOL!!! The WIKI page should be edited to reflect that.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (iODuv)

205 What's infuriating about all this talk of inflation, as it is with everything else, the straights might actually believe what they're being told, even though their own lives are indicators that things are NOT going well for them, economically.

As they say, if you hate corporate media, you probably don't hate them enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2023 12:06 PM (dGCAG)

206 As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

And a whorehouse in the basement.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (BdMk6)
***

*looks at tin foil membership*
*kicks rock*

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 12:06 PM (uSHSS)

207 $20. Same as at Breitbart.

Posted by: Market forces at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (NBVIP)

208 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.

And some of us are just trained monkeys banging away at a keyboard in hopes of a food pellet.

WHAT??? You mean the beatings and electric shocks aren't standard?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (I/Qkd)

209 Well you may have a point there, but that has nothing to do with with inflation, but tech advances. I got a great deal on 2 Smart TVs at the Navy Exchange last month
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 11:43 AM (PQ4m2)

Best deal on a TV? Don't buy one at all. TV rots your brain. All leftists watch TV. Case closed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (5ztgE)

210 And a whorehouse in the basement.

Filled with Mannix girls. Fen's girls are the waitstaff on the first floor.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (JrojV)

211 Smooooooth operator

Posted by: Shady at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (63Dwl)

212 As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

And a whorehouse in the basement.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (BdMk6)
------
And a jail cell in the barrel...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (WT4dp)

213 The beatings and electric shocks are the perks of the job

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (tpCh3)

214 As I have often said, this place is like a 19th century London club, with fine oak paneling, leather chairs, and erudite patrons.

And an opium den on the third floor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (SQgYb)

And a whorehouse in the basement.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (BdMk6)

And I'm cynical enough to point out, the pedo stuff didn't JUST start with Jeff Epstein and Lex Wexner and the Maxwell clan.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (dGCAG)

215 My med insurance is Medicare and Mutual of Omaha. I pay $6k to Medicare and $3K to Mutual of Omaha for the "advantage" ins. So as a single I pay $9k per year. The only advantage Medicare has is the laughably low deductible.

NGU - I'm retired dentist,too

Posted by: free tibet at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (iNp3L)

216 And the sub-basement is where the perpetual screening of Prometheus takes place.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (JrojV)

217 The system is totally saturated with lies and liars. Nothing uttered or issued by the State is the truth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (MoKe9)

218 And a whorehouse in the basement.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:05 PM (BdMk6)
***

*looks at tin foil membership*
*kicks rock*
Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 12:06 PM (uSHSS)

*looks at cardboard membership*
*kicks nearest Karen*

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 12:09 PM (iODuv)

219 Best deal on a TV? Don't buy one at all. TV rots your brain. All leftists watch TV. Case closed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 12:07 PM (5ztgE)

Huh. Guess that's why they're winning and we're losing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (iODuv)

220 And the sub-basement is where the perpetual screening of Prometheus takes place.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
------
Hey, I finally got around to watching it last week on the hordes recommendation...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (WT4dp)

221
How is a def supposed to defend against such lawsuits 30 years after the fact?*

I note also that all these new claims, coming in right before the NY 30-year Stt of Limitations expires

Posted by: mnw at November 24, 2023 12:03 PM

Here is my conspiracy theory; one jury in California awarded one single former Boy Scout $19 million (iirc). The Scouts knew how many perverts they had hired or fired over the years, did the math and said 'Holy Fvck' we're gonna get completely bankrupted. The trial lawyers apparently cooked up a plan (which they're going to get 1/3rd of) to get the SoL extended in as many states as they could. NY and PA are two that I'm sure of. The Boy Scouts take a 20% bankruptcy, pay out a couple billion, and the trial lawyers get their piece of the action.

Unintended consequences is what your seeing to these celebrities, etc. As to the former Scouts, the payout is a pittance.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (enJYY)

222 You have to assume 90% of comments are snark though I should have added that TV soup isn’t as good as it sounds.
Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 11:46 AM (MNhXM)

Transvestite soup has a queer taste.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (5ztgE)

223
I'm a lay-about.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----

I'm busy promoting my image of affable idler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (XeU6L)

224 The system is totally saturated with lies and liars. Nothing uttered or issued by the State is the truth.

I'll say it again: their lies are so obvious, it's clear to even the most partisan that the government is not to be trusted. That's a first step on the road to their elimination.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (I/Qkd)

225 "like a wood paneled London cub"...

with an insane asylum annex

Posted by: mnw at November 24, 2023 12:11 PM (NLIak)

226 164 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)

The Horde is wondrous in its collective wisdom! Which gives me an idea ....

I found a doctor I like. Sometime over the last six months, he left the clinic he was at. The clinic won't give me his new information (I suspect he has a non-compete agreement) but I still want him to be my doctor. But I can't find any up-to-date information on the internet.

Is there somewhere to find current information for a doctor? Surely some entity is keeping track of who practices where.

Posted by: Emmie at November 24, 2023 12:11 PM (Sf2cq)

227 And the sub-basement is where the perpetual screening of Prometheus takes place.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
------
Hey, I finally got around to watching it last week on the hordes recommendation...
Posted by: lin-duh

And...?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:11 PM (JrojV)

228 Here are Ellie Mae and Miss Hathaway in their bathing costumes

https://tinyurl.com/3b4t4rbp

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 12:11 PM (geLO8)

229 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)

=====

I know at least 4 of us are accountants.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM (FCHDG)

230 Is there somewhere to find current information for a doctor? Surely some entity is keeping track of who practices where.
Posted by: Emmie
----
Try the state's medical licensing board.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM (WT4dp)

231 I'm not sure what I am.
One thing is certain. Within 90 days of being hired at my last 5 jobs I had the keys and a company truck.
Right now I do Admin stuff, which it seems I understand better than most despite never having any formal schooling in business.
I'm to beat up and old to do what I'm really good at which is heavy equipment.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM (chQtS)

232 216 And the sub-basement is where the perpetual screening of Prometheus takes place.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (JrojV)

Rocky Horror Picture Show style.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM (ynpvh)

233 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61
----
Am I included in that count?

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (WT4dp)

234 Black Friday

what I need is a good flatbed scanner

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (geLO8)

235 I'm a real estate novelist.

Posted by: Who never had time for a wife at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (NBVIP)

236 Cultural enricher tries to escape from the roof with clothes stolen from the shop.
====
When I saw 'tries' I was hoping for the best. Got it too.

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (4780s)

237 Am I included in that count?
Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (WT4dp)

=====

Five of us. 😁

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (FCHDG)

238 And the sub-basement is where the perpetual screening of Prometheus takes place.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
------
Hey, I finally got around to watching it last week on the hordes recommendation...
Posted by: lin-duh

And...?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
-----
I'm still recovering...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (WT4dp)

239 Here are Ellie Mae and Miss Hathaway in their bathing costumes

There's another one I found online of Ellie Mae in a bikini standing next to Grannie in an old-timey men's-style one-piece. Made me chuckle.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (JrojV)

240
I know at least 4 of us are accountants.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM

Not an accountant but a software engineer who specialized in writing accounting software.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (enJYY)

241 NGU - I'm retired dentist,too
Posted by: free tibet at November 24, 2023 12:08 PM (iNp3L)

I am still drilling filling and billing LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (PQ4m2)

242 You pay less than $4?
Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:44 AM (ynpvh)

$3.21 this morning in town.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 11:47 AM (iODuv)

Hopefully someone can track this, where it's still higher, and where it's gone way down.

I was paying over 4 in Utah last week, and in AZ it was under. Hypothesis: Over the next 11 months, gas prices in competitive states will be lower, on average, than states that are solid red or blue.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (dGCAG)

243
Is there somewhere to find current information for a doctor? Surely some entity is keeping track of who practices where.
Posted by: Emmie

Paul Drake detective agency

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (63Dwl)

244 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM

4! 4 accountants! Ah, hah, ha!

Posted by: The Count at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (aQy7p)

245 I am still drilling filling and billing LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup

I thought you had retired?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (JrojV)

246 I'm a real estate novelist.
Posted by: Who never had time for a wife at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (NBVIP)

=====

Hi, Paul!

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (FCHDG)

247 I'm a lay-about.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----

I'm busy promoting my image of affable idler.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (XeU6L)

I'm in constant rehearsal for the remake of The Life of Riley.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (BdMk6)

248 Whoa. Miss Jane rocking the glasses!

Posted by: Back in the day at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (NBVIP)

249 165
And interpolating to sites that went offline years ago...amazing.

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (ynpvh)
----
I thought they used those online fortune teller ladies from California to get those interpolated numbers .....

Posted by: Ciampino - Interpolation, That's The Name Of The Game at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (qfLjt)

250 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM

Yup, the jails are full of you guys LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (PQ4m2)

251 Let my inspiration flow ....

Time for a walk

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (ZLI7S)

252
I thought you had retired?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:15 PM (JrojV)

No retired from the Navy, but I still have my private practice

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (PQ4m2)

253 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.

Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

254 >>I know at least 4 of us are accountants.

---

I am a former employee, a position I held from 1974 to 2022

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (geLO8)

255 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.
Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

Where are you stationed?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (PQ4m2)

256 Mnsbc gets in on the fun as well.

Actual opening line from their article on the economy today.

“By most standard measures, the American economy is going gangbusters”

Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (bWsRe)

257 Five of us. 😁
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:13 PM (FCHDG)

Inspector is an accountant.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (nC+QA)

258 Huh. Guess that's why they're winning and we're losing.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (iODuv)

No, they're "winning" because they count the ballots in major metro areas.

And yeah, because people who watch teevee all the time are brainwashed.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (dGCAG)

259
Someone is trying to inflict a Billy Joel earworm upon us.

The only antidote known to science:
It's a small world, after all
(sing along)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (enJYY)

260 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.
Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

Do you hang out at piano bars often?

Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (bWsRe)

261 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.
Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

Where are you stationed?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM

In a Billy Joel song.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (aQy7p)

262 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61

I'm a paralegal, but was an honorary member of the accounting department at one of my companies because I was the one who electronically formatted and submitted the SEC filings.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (JrojV)

263 185
From the Potomac to the sea,
Let's be Biden free

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (enJYY)

Depends which sea...Atlantic Ocean, not so far...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

From shining sea to shining sea, let America be Biden free!

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (gmo/4)

264 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61
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Five?

Posted by: From about that Time at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (4780s)

265 Mentioned parents are moving to retirement community, had to tale a few pieces of small furniture to a thrift store. Got stuck in a massive traffic jam having to go near a outside mall. Doubt there was a parking space open

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (fwDg9)

266 Several of us are retired know-it-alls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

267 Try the state's medical licensing board.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 24, 2023 12:12 PM (WT4dp

Thank you -- good suggestion. You'd think they would know.

Posted by: Emmie at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (Sf2cq)

268 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.
Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

Do you hang out at piano bars often?
Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (bWsRe)

Strip joints, like the one outside of the Scott Annex in Portsmouth LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (PQ4m2)

269 I know at least 4 of us are accountants.
Posted by: Jordan61

And my wife, who comments here occasionally, used to be an accountant.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (JrojV)

270 Am I the only vegetable grower?

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (l3Uxg)

271 255 I'm still in the Navy. Probably will be for life.
Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:16 PM (NBVIP)

Where are you stationed?

Billy Joel's piano bar.

Posted by: Davy at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (NBVIP)

272 I am still drilling filling and billing LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:14 PM (PQ4m2)

I had some med issuse two years ago and my vision deteriorated a bit so I felt I had to quit. Found a younger guy to buy me out and buy the building. Giant cell arteritis sucks.

Posted by: free tibet at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (iNp3L)

273 Inspector is an accountant.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (nC+QA)

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That's six.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (FCHDG)

274 Mnsbc gets in on the fun as well.

Actual opening line from their article on the economy today.

“By most standard measures, the American economy is going gangbusters”
Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (bWsRe)

"What ARE you people? On dope?!?"

Posted by: Mister Hand at November 24, 2023 12:20 PM (iODuv)

275 Several of us are retired know-it-alls.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (Q4IgG)

Huh.
I didn't know that.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2023 12:20 PM (uSHSS)

276 NOOD OPEN THREAD

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:20 PM (ynpvh)

277 No retired from the Navy, but I still have my private practice

The Navy let you have a private practice?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (JrojV)

278 Price of gas here went down 6 cents per liter, yesterday. But i think that may have been the Provincial government cutting one of the gas taxes, not sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (5ztgE)

279 164 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)
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You forgot the sex maniacs and the fixated on bewbs.

Posted by: Ciampino - Some of us are old-fashioned scientists at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (qfLjt)

280 I had some med issuse two years ago and my vision deteriorated a bit so I felt I had to quit. Found a younger guy to buy me out and buy the building. Giant cell arteritis sucks.
Posted by: free tibet at November 24, 2023 12:19 PM (iNp3L)

I am going to build my practice back up after 4 years of Active Duty Recall and then I will see about selling maybe. But right now I am in good health and feeling marvelous

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (PQ4m2)

281 I’m just retarded. I mean retired .

Posted by: Drive by at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (MNhXM)

282 Mnsbc gets in on the fun as well.

Actual opening line from their article on the economy today.

“By most standard measures, the American economy is going gangbusters”
Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:17 PM (bWsRe)

"What ARE you people? On dope?!?"
Posted by: Mister Hand at November 24, 2023 12:20 PM (iODuv)

Why, it's almost as if they're... conspiring together.

Or something.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (dGCAG)

283 I have been on staff, on teams, and in platoons
I have also commuted

I have been paid and remunerated, insured, covered, and subject to regulation and occasional recertification

I have been tested and found suitable, in compliance, and fit for duty

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2023 12:22 PM (geLO8)

284 The Navy let you have a private practice?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (JrojV)

I was a reservist most of the time but the last 4 years were a recall to Active Duty

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2023 12:22 PM (PQ4m2)

285 As dumb as the Vox headline is, it actually makes sense that they have to explain it to their idiot audience. They think if inflation is down from 8% to 3% it means prices have fallen by 5%.

Posted by: Montec at November 24, 2023 12:23 PM (bWsRe)

286 Am I the only vegetable grower?
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Miley and Publius are okra magnates.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2023 12:23 PM (XeU6L)

287 From the Potomac to the sea,
Let's be Biden free

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 24, 2023 11:59 AM (enJYY)

Depends which sea...Atlantic Ocean, not so far...

Posted by: jim (in California) at November 24, 2023 12:00 PM (ynpvh)

From shining sea to shining sea, let America be Biden free!

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2023 12:18 PM (gmo/4)

Biden is toast from coast to coast.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:23 PM (BdMk6)

288 I’m just retarded. I mean retired .
Posted by: Drive by

I'm a human being. Not a human doing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 24, 2023 12:24 PM (FVME7)

289
From shining sea to shining sea, let America be Biden free!

Bring back Kate Smith!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2023 12:26 PM (63Dwl)

290
I have been tested and found suitable, in compliance, and fit for duty
Posted by: Don Black
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A Strac troop

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2023 12:27 PM (XeU6L)

291 277
The Navy let you have a private practice?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (JrojV)
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You want him to practice in public and show everyone what a quack he is?

Posted by: Ciampino - I said some of us .... at November 24, 2023 12:27 PM (qfLjt)

292 164 Sometimes I think everyone commenting on this site is either an attorney (or attorney-adjacent like me, a paralegal), some kind of engineer, or in a healthcare field.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 24, 2023 11:53 AM (JrojV)
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You forgot the sex maniacs and the fixated on bewbs.
Posted by: Ciampino - Some of us are old-fashioned scientists at November 24, 2023 12:21 PM (qfLjt)

That would be redundant.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 24, 2023 12:28 PM (BdMk6)

293 I'm sitting here lamanting...
*sniff.
I guess I'm pretty much an accountant too. I do Receiving and Inventory and Work Orders and about the only thing I don't do is sign checks and do reports and such.
I make the actual accountants job really easy by doing mine as close to perfeclty as I can. They just check my work and do their Vodoo with the bank.

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 12:28 PM (chQtS)

294 nood
open thread

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at November 24, 2023 12:29 PM (krqg6)

295
I haven't looked but do they still market a "dumb" TV.
Last one I bought was 8 or so years ago and I heard they were going the way of the Dodo.
That being said I'm not convinced my current one is all that stupid. I do have taped over what I suspect is a camera.
Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2023 11:57 AM (bjh/i)

I just use my big-screen TVs as monitors for little mini-PCs and watch yootoob and movies off my NAS drive. I started with Raspberry Pi boxes, and recently replaced them with rather more powerful PCs about the size of a Big Mac, as the Pi pricing got into the same range.

I still need to pull the bezel off the TV and check for cameras/microphones.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 24, 2023 12:30 PM (n+4am)

296 So my Medicare premiums are going down 34%? Cha-ching! -- LIV

But I pay nothing for my Obamacare! Shouldn't I get some kind of rebate? -- NIV (No Information Voter)

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 24, 2023 12:35 PM (nnp+f)

297 Hearing those media talking points constantly over the TV and radio news blurbs (don't watch any full news programs) about all the "good economic news". Obama admin back in full swing.

Posted by: Son of Dad at November 24, 2023 12:39 PM (8JB5s)

298 I'm a lay-about.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I'm busy promoting my image of affable idler.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2023 12:10 PM (XeU6L)

I'm a bum.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2023 12:46 PM (aD39U)

299 STENY Hoyer:
"The Country Has A Paying For Problem," Not A Spending Problem.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. Dummycrat economics.

Posted by: FINGERS at November 24, 2023 01:26 PM (C8ve7)

300 Does it count as one meal if it is consumed over several hours? Like six hours?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at November 24, 2023 01:32 PM (Rbu5d)

301 today is the day I take down the autumn decorations, and put up the winter decorations.

Christmas decorations get put up on St Nicholas Day and taken down the day before Theophany.

Winter decorations stay up until Spring decorations are put up, usually halfway through Great Lent, or I get spring fever and need them.

Also, Twain (or Disraeli) was correct about statistics.
Can you imaging the meeting (or email string) about farting around with the health insurance numbers? ("The big guy said we have to bring down the reported inflation numbers. We need a scheme the rubes will fall for, stat.")

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at November 24, 2023 01:42 PM (Rbu5d)

302 Joe Biden is the poster child for believing his own bullshit

Posted by: Rick554 at November 24, 2023 02:48 PM (FmOIw)

303 Illegals have no effect on health costs at all you bunch of racists. Waits are not affected either. Popping out a kid here costs nothing barely an inconvienence.

Posted by: DOYLE at November 24, 2023 03:00 PM (Z8Yh2)

304 Ok fine...now show us the tables with Biden's 1st month as the start point, comparing that to today's prices..

Posted by: birddog at November 24, 2023 04:28 PM (1E8/t)

305 I looked at the CPI website, and reluctantly, with trepidation, conclude that I disagree with Buck's analysis.

The "retained earnings" figure focuses on the amount of money left over from premiums after the insurance company has paid out claims. The money paid out in claims is captured in other categories, such as Physician services and Hospital services. (Which do show inflation.)

Have I missed something else? The nuggets do look peculiar. Is this because they're not seasonally adjusted?

Posted by: Ameryx at November 24, 2023 04:38 PM (b4uVL)

306 "From the Rio to the Cree,
Let's be Biden free"

Posted by: birddog at November 24, 2023 04:54 PM (1E8/t)

307 Howdy! Do you know if theʏ make any plugins to safеguard against hackers?
I'm kіnda paranoid about ⅼosing everything I've worked hard on. Any tips?

Posted by: hemostats at November 24, 2023 08:57 PM (SjJpj)

308
And interpolating to sites that went offline years ago...amazing.
Posted by: jim (in California)

I think imputing is what occurs, not interpolation.

Posted by: Granny at November 24, 2023 11:40 PM (5pZqO)

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