Inflation Rises by 3.3% in May Compared to the Previous May, Bringing the Cumulative Total Inflation to Almost 20% Since Biden Was Elected

It was 9% when I was elected, Jack! My Puerto Rican/Jewish abuela Roger Staubach told me after I served my third tour in Iraq.

Inflation rose 3.3% year-over-year in May, according to the latest CPI data. Overall prices having surged over 20% since Joe Biden took office, with significant increases in essentials like gas, auto insurance, and groceries, exacerbating the economic burden on households.
Key Details:
The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.3% year-over-year in May.
Since Biden took office, overall prices have surged by nearly 20%, indicating persistent inflationary pressures.
Essential costs have skyrocketed, with gas prices up 54.8%, auto insurance up 51.7%, and groceries up 21.2%.

Under Joe Biden's presidency, the cost of living has soared, leaving many Americans struggling to keep up. The latest CPI data for May shows a year-over-year increase of 3.3%, with core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, rising by 0.2%. Despite these figures being slightly below analysts' expectations, the real story is the cumulative surge in prices since Biden took office.

A pro-Trump PAC ran an ad using the Cheesecake Factory's big price increases to illustrate Bidenflation.

In the latest attack ad against the Biden Administration's disastrous economic policies, the pro-Trump super PAC Maga Inc. posted a statement on the rising costs of food at popular restaurants due to inflation.
As reported by Breitbart, the Monday press release featured photos of former President Donald Trump at his recent rally in Las Vegas, while listing the various menu items and prices at the Cheesecake Factory.

"This viral post might be a parody, but Bidenomics is no joke," said Alex Pfeiffer, spokesman for MAGA Inc., in the press release. "Prices at the Cheesecake Factory have ballooned under Joe Biden."
Comparing the prices in December of 2020 to current prices, the post revealed that an original cheesecake used to cost $6.95; it now costs $10.50, a staggering 51.1% increase. An eggroll sampler used to cost $11.95, but now costs $17.95, an increase of 50.2%. The Smokehouse BBQ Burger cost $13.95 in December of 2020, but now costs $18.50, having risen by 32.6%.
Prices have soared at fast food restaurants across the country since Biden took over. An April report from the Food Institute found that chains such as Popeyes, Taco Bell, and Chipotle have been forced to raise their prices by at least 75% due to ongoing inflation. McDonald's has reportedly doubled their prices since 2014.
"The chain's average price increase is 100% -- more than triple the actual inflation rate at the same time," the Food Institute reported.

Biden keeps bragging about the jobs that were regained after being temporarily lost due to the economic shutdown of the nation he demanded.

But it's even worse than it appears, because while Americans lost their jobs, it was largely Biden's army of illegal alien invaders who found them.

A new report from the Center on Immigration Studies reveals that most job growth since the pandemic has gone to immigrants, both legal and illegal, while labor force participation among U.S.-born men remains at historic lows.
Key Details:
From May 2019 to May 2024, the number of employed immigrants increased by 3.2 million, while U.S.-born employment grew by only 971,000.
U.S.-born men, especially those without a bachelor's degree, continue to experience historically low labor force participation rates.
The decline in labor force participation among U.S.-born men has significant social and economic implications, including increased crime, social isolation, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:29 PM

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1 Not 1st mofos

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at June 12, 2024 04:29 PM (bgJ0E)

2 You can never really trust the propaganda of Big Cheesecake.

Posted by: Piper at June 12, 2024 04:29 PM (pZEOD)

3 Missed it by that ( ) much

Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 04:30 PM (fwDg9)

4 Well I was, bugger me dead and sideways.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at June 12, 2024 04:30 PM (bgJ0E)

5 The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.3% year-over-year in May.

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Well, core CPI.

The one that excludes all the things that have gone up too much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 04:30 PM (GBKbO)

6 So Biden and the Dems policies are working exactly as they had hoped.

They hate Americans. No other way to look at this.

Posted by: Czech Chick at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (fpVC1)

7 20%. Right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (qZEuM)

8 And Powell still wants to do a rate cut this year.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (uFHA9)

9 If you remove the shenanigans the fed introduced into the calculation for inflation over the last 50 years we north of 10% inflation still.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (QNSds)

10 “ U.S.-born men, especially those without a bachelor's degree, continue to experience historically low labor force participation rates.”

Because they’re mostly layabouts who totally want to make a career as an internet influencer. Plenty of money in that, jack.

Posted by: Truthbomb at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (gKnvo)

11 They don't count gas, groceries, insurance, tickets to anything for inflation

Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (fwDg9)

12 >>>Well I was, bugger me dead and sideways.

I've got someone I could recommend for that.

Posted by: David French at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (KRtlO)

13 If you buy groceries, you are acutely aware of inflation.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (pohLc)

14 Probably the "revised" numbers released later will be even worse...

Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (FQmDC)

15 >>> Total Inflation to Almost 20% Since Biden Was Elected

20% is lowballing it.
50% might be low.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (cOq4q)

16 11 They don't count gas, groceries, insurance, tickets to anything for inflation
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (fwDg9)

Stuff that matters to people ‘n stuff…

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (PCK5/)

17 Inflation Rose is Kamala's code name.

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (krQz2)

18 Sadly, wages have not followed.

BECAUSE WE A FLOODED WITH ILLEGALS increasing the supply of labor.

Posted by: Not a coincidence at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (jvkDG)

19 Comparing the prices in December of 2020 to current prices, the post revealed that an original cheesecake used to cost $6.95; it now costs $10.50, a staggering 51.1% increase

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Those prices are for a single slice of cheesecake.

Posted by: Bigsmith at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (sIydJ)

20 So why are bananas consistently the same price as 2020?

I honestly can not figure that one out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (a1415)

21 They hate Americans. No other way to look at this.
Posted by: Czech Chick

Yep. And if they viewed the Stars and Stripes they would be triggered.

Reeeeeeeeeee!!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (hbegC)

22 Paid over $80 for 20gal to fill the truck's gas tank yesterday.

FJB.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (pUmP9)

23 You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (JfxgE)

24 bought some cough meds the other day for the first time in a while. 20 bucks for nyquil.

Posted by: Taggart at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (og5mY)

25 "Inflation Surges by 3.3%"

Decimal place error. More like 33%. Zillow estimate for my house has skyrocketed about 70% in one year. I have no frickin idea how people can afford a place to live.

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:34 PM (MvF+J)

26 Cheesecake Factory is big with a certain racial demographic.

I have no idea why.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 04:34 PM (g9W3m)

27 I bought Premium unleaded this morning and it was less than $4/gal.

I remember thinking, "That's not so bad."

Then I had to kick myself because it was way cheaper 4 years ago...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:35 PM (7fElN)

28 Why does 20% seem a bit, shall we say, on the low side?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at June 12, 2024 04:35 PM (tT6L1)

29 I'm just here for the cheesecake photos. I am disappoint.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 12, 2024 04:35 PM (pIfcn)

30 25 I calculate only 59%, not 70%. I regret the error.

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (MvF+J)

31 20 So why are bananas consistently the same price as 2020?

I honestly can not figure that one out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (a1415)

Store loss leader - but even Trader Joe's had to go up from 19 cents each to (I think) 23 cents each...so even loss leaders aren't totally immune...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (exHjb)

32 Wait until the death of the petro-dollar comes into view.

Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (Cp1vk)

33 You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 12, 2024

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Don't forget Bernadette's

Posted by: Bigsmith at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (sIydJ)

34 "Cheesecake Factory is big with a certain racial demographic. "

Same folks who hate to leave a tip?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (a1415)

35 The last and only time I ever went to a Cheesecake Factory, their menu items were horrendoulsy overpriced. And that was before Trump ever declared for President.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (J2vNu)

36 I thought Mannix was the cheesecake factory.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (pohLc)

37 Decimal place error. More like 33%. Zillow estimate for my house has skyrocketed about 70% in one year. I have no frickin idea how people can afford a place to live.
Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:34 PM (MvF+J)
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According to Zillow, the estimate for my house is about 90% more than I bought it for 12 years ago...

Yeah, I have no idea how anyone can afford housing these days. I could not buy a new house with my current salary.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (7fElN)

38 The left is probably less than 60 days away from committing mass murder in public. Televised.
Posted by: Eromero at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (o2ZRX)

willowed.

Posted by: Glenn John at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (nvKZ7)

39 25: yeah but is that all on inflation or on the desirability of where you live?

(But even so, inflation impacts interest rates, and that alone should be effecting the housing market. My mom’s neighbor was trying to sell his home for $600K. At interest rates where they are? No wonder it’s been sitting empty for eons.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (8sMut)

40 37 According to Zillow, the estimate for my house is about 90% more than I bought it for 12 years ago...

Yeah, I have no idea how anyone can afford housing these days. I could not buy a new house with my current salary.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (7fElN)

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Obviously, Big House is to blame.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

41 So why are bananas consistently the same price as 2020?

I honestly can not figure that one out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's A

If the supply increases there are more bananas to buy thus the price can stay the same if demand doesn't change.
Or fewer people want to buy bananas so the demand decreases and the clearing price stays constant.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (pUmP9)

42 It's not the 9% inflation in place when Biden took office but the greed of Big Cheesecake! Time for Le Razor Nationale!

Posted by: spongeworthy at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (DWqKI)

43 It's kind of weird how so much of our basis for understanding this stuff focuses on fast food.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (KbCG3)

44 while labor force participation among U.S.-born men remains at historic lows.
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Unprecedented. Unexpectedly. Historic.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (3l+9v)

45 The inflation brought from Biden's policies ..............

"It's for the children" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (1t11C)

46 Huh. They really are taking our "jerbs". Gosh, who saw that coming? /sarc

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (XPM1I)

47 35 The last and only time I ever went to a Cheesecake Factory, their menu items were horrendously expensive. And that was before Trump ever declared for President.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 12, 2024 04:36 PM (J2vNu)

FIFY

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (8sMut)

48 >>> auto insurance up 51.7%

Home hazard insurance is up 100%+.
Homes are reassessed with debased dollars. Yankee invsion driving costs up more. Insurance rate based on new construction costs (to current codes too).Talk about a "bet I hope I lose".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (cOq4q)

49 Is ammo considered essential?

Posted by: pawn at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (QB+5g)

50 Inflation numbers are cooked - most people know this.

Jobs numbers are also cooked.
Look at private workforce participation. Those are the people with productive jobs.

(Even just workforce participation numbers are bad, but that includes millions working on taxpayer dime to harass the public and destroy the country.)

Posted by: Grammar nazi at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (nDijI)

51 I hear a whisper in the wind:

"too big to rig .... too big to rig... whooosh"

Posted by: mrp at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (rj6Yv)

52 1st mofos
Posted by: NZFrank

Please let us know how tomorrow is going!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (pUmP9)

53 I have a house I intend to sell. Don't know what it's worth, I gave less than 100k for it 30 years ago. I would like to sell it to a young family with a couple of kids.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (pohLc)

54 Comparing the prices in December of 2020 to current prices, the post revealed that an original cheesecake used to cost $6.95; it now costs $10.50, a staggering 51.1% increase

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Those prices are for a single slice of cheesecake.
Posted by: Bigsmith at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (sIydJ)
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Fortunately, cheesecake is pretty easy to make at home and I can make a whole cheesecake for about that price (I think.) Unless I add booze, which I like to do.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (7fElN)

55 I swear that prices at our Cheesecake Factory were larger than in the article before the Coof

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (krQz2)

56 thank god for small favors, that bottle of vodka that fits in my pocket costs the same as it did when biden moved into the white house. cat food? can of friskies that was like 50 cents in jan 2021 is now like 90 cents or a buck

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (B1FKF)

57
America is back, jack!

Way, way, way back.

Posted by: Soothsayer, I hail from San Antonio, Minnesota at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (lOMuV)

58 You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.

They're fake.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)

59 Big House is to blame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You leave Michigan Stadium out of this!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (v6JzV)

60 Wait until the death of the petro-dollar comes into view.
Posted by: Blutarski

Understatement of the year.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (qZEuM)

61 6 So Biden and the Dems policies are working exactly as they had hoped.

They hate Americans. No other way to look at this.
Posted by: Czech Chick at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (fpVC1)

Yep.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (8sMut)

62 does core inflation include the price of air? the dems haven't yet figured out how to make that cost more

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (B1FKF)

63 Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Reparations Claim for Tulsa Race Massacre

The court rejected the “new ‘unlimited and unprincipled’ form of liability” siding with the massacre victims would have created.

Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Holding
“We . . . hold that Plaintiffs’ grievances do not fall within the scope of our state’s public nuisance statute,” the decision reads, “and Plaintiffs’ allegations do not support a claim for . . . unjust enrichment.”

The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the “lingering consequences” of the massacre created a public nuisance: “The continuing blight alleged . . . implicates generational-societal inequities that can only be resolved by policymakers—not the courts.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (RHGPo)

64 Build Back Beaner

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (krQz2)

65 43 It's kind of weird how so much of our basis for understanding this stuff focuses on fast food.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (KbCG3)
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They should be documenting wine prices. That'll really get the AWFL's upset.

Posted by: WisRich at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (G0vdT)

66 The one that excludes all the things that have gone up too much.
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Yeah, they recently just removed cooking oils, coffee and tomatoes.

Cause no one buys those to live.

But yeah, they are totally whipping inflation now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (g9W3m)

67 From the 75M and Rising newsletter this morning: Postage Stamp Cost During Biden Admin:

January 24, 2021 = .55 cents.
Today = .68 cents.
July 14, 2024 = .73 cents.

That's an increase of 32% under Joe "The Economy is Great" Biden.

Put another way, the cost increased .18 cents per stamp and Mr. Build Back Better has until January 2025 to further add to our burdens.

That's pure, 100%, unadulterated inflation, folks--NO JOKE!

On the Other Hand, Postage Stamp Cost During Trump Admin:

January 22, 2017 = .49 cents.
January 24, 2021 = .55 cents.

That's a 12% increase. Put another way, stamp prices increased .06 cents under Trump.

Posted by: beckster at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (GbGY3)

68 Senators historically have been poor executives. They have no leadership and value consensus over decisiveness. Same for academics.

That said Brandon Shambles was obviously going to be horrible from jump street. Maybe the worst in my lifetime.

Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (Cp1vk)

69 20 40 bucks, same as in town!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (a1415)

70 no joke, maybe the best cheesecake i ever had was made by a woman i sort of dated years ago. it can be done

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (B1FKF)

71 Biden's response to the inflation news.............

"Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen"

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (1t11C)

72 The one that excludes all the things that have gone up too much.
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Yeah, they recently just removed cooking oils, coffee and tomatoes.

The price of arugula and mothballs is rock steady, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (xCA6C)

73 Well, core CPI.

The one that excludes all the things that have gone up too much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 04:30 PM (GBKbO)

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Inflation is not so bad as long as you don't have a house, a car, need to drive to a job, or eat. Other than that...

Posted by: Zombie Vercingetorix at June 12, 2024 04:42 PM (2UnvF)

74 That said Brandon Shambles was obviously going to be horrible from jump street. Maybe the worst in my lifetime.
Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (Cp1vk)
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No maybe about it. He's the worst in my lifetime (going back to Jimmuh Carter).

He's worse than BHO by an order of magnitude.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:42 PM (7fElN)

75 I drive by my local gas station where I buy fill the propane container for my grill. In 2020, $1.39 a gallon, now $2.99.

Posted by: Beartooth at June 12, 2024 04:42 PM (ivVQZ)

76 I dont think anything stops inflation until we have a government willing to spend $1 trillion less every year.

And even if Trump wins, he is not going to be the President that spends less money.

Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:42 PM (wMRY8)

77 >>Wait until the death of the petro-dollar comes into view.

Should be the biggest story of the year.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (LkLld)

78 I could walk to a house for sale near me. It's on a funny lot about 18' x 100'. The house is 750sf built in 1906. Its story began as a earthquake shack which was a one room cabin with a pot belly stove. (They were built in quantity following the 1906 earthquake and fire). It has a view out the back. Still has the fuse box, no circuit breaker. No garage.
$700k and it's yours.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (MeG8a)

79 53 I have a house I intend to sell. Don't know what it's worth, I gave less than 100k for it 30 years ago. I would like to sell it to a young family with a couple of kids.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (pohLc)

TPTB don't want you to know the buyer. I believe it is now illegal for people to write letters to the seller. Bottom line - make sure your realtor will tell you what you want to know without selling you out to the Commie rats.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (s6PBU)

80
KJP was relieved of her duties today and Ozzy Osbourne replaced her because it was reported he makes more sense when talking and more easily understandable...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News....... at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (1t11C)

81 37 Mine up 272% in 37 years. Which probably doesn't even keep up with real inflation. At least I own it free and clear. I don't have to live in my car.

WSJ did an obviously paid-for write-up on how great Rockford is, and now prices are popping.

Homeowner A: "Yay my net worth is growing!"
Homeowner B: "I can't sell this and make enough to move anywhere else, because anywhere else is too expensive."

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (MvF+J)

82 no joke, maybe the best cheesecake i ever had was made by a woman i sort of dated years ago. it can be done
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM (B1FKF)
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Did you at least get her recipe before you broke up?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (7fElN)

83 Obviously, Big House is to blame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"She's a big - house.
She's mighty, mighty,
letting it all hang out!"

Nah, needs work.

-- Commodores

Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (hbegC)

84 At my former job I bought the same shit over and over. Lots of it.
Minimum inflation 35%, some products as high as 115%. I won't even go into oils and lubricants as that industry went to shit when Chemtool burned to the ground.
I had to adjust the numbers in the system which is why I'm so aware of it. I could bring up any product by PO and see exactly how fast it had gone up.

Posted by: Reforger at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (xcIvR)

85 65 43 It's kind of weird how so much of our basis for understanding this stuff focuses on fast food.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (KbCG3)
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They should be documenting wine prices. That'll really get the AWFL's upset.
Posted by: WisRich at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM (G0vdT)

"I don't care what it costs!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (KbCG3)

86 >>> You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.

They're fake.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)

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Yes, but tastefully so.

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (JfxgE)

87 Off King of all Gauls sock

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (2UnvF)

88 49 Is ammo considered essential?
Posted by: pawn
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What kind of question is that? It's more essential than food.

Posted by: Cosda at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (+WybZ)

89 One "populist" idea Trump and Republicans should run with is outlawing Private Equity from buying single family housing.

Really has destroyed the American Dream for a whole generation. You cant buy a starter home anymore because Wall Street wants them all.

Huge driver of inflation, rent has gotten out of control.

Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (wMRY8)

90 KJP was relieved of her duties today and Ozzy Osbourne replaced her because it was reported he makes more sense when talking and more easily understandable...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News....... at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (1t11C)
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And he'll eat anything you throw on the podium.

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (krQz2)

91 I think pretty much any flag you raised that is not a pride flag or a Ukraine flag would be seen as "harmful." Like I guaranteed if you put up a Teletubby flag on your front lawn would probably go on an FBI watch list.

Posted by: Max Power at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (q177U)

92 My boy gave his life in the War On Inflation. Don't you dare lecture me!

Posted by: Joe Biden, confused and demented, but happy! at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (wa8ai)

93 "auto insurance up 51.7%"

Sure is wonderful to be in a business that sells a product that is mandated by government to be purchased.

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (MvF+J)

94 52 1st mofos
Posted by: NZFrank

Please let us know how tomorrow is going!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Its cool with a horrible lazy easterly wind, suns up tho . I am about to open a big can of freedom seeds and give lead particles back to Mother Gaia along with the combustion of nitrates...
If the world ends I will let you all know so you have a chance to prepare.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (bgJ0E)

95 Key Lime cheesecake is the snizz.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (v6JzV)

96 89 One "populist" idea Trump and Republicans should run with is outlawing Private Equity from buying single family housing.

Really has destroyed the American Dream for a whole generation. You cant buy a starter home anymore because Wall Street wants them all.

Huge driver of inflation, rent has gotten out of control.
Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (wMRY

This, 1000x...I don't want global international companies owning all single family housing in the US.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (exHjb)

97 Not sure how it is in your neck of the misery but 2L of brand sodas have gone from .99 to now almost $3 each here over the last 2 years.

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (8JB5s)

98 Inflation is slowing!

Posted by: Suckup Media at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (53oGX)

99 TPTB don't want you to know the buyer. I believe it is now illegal for people to write letters to the seller. Bottom line - make sure your realtor will tell you what you want to know without selling you out to the Commie rats.
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at June 12, 2024 04:43 PM (s6PBU)

The thing is, getting max dollar is of no interest to me. I would like to think I made a young mother's dream come true.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (pohLc)

100 Putin announced today that Russia is placing "Mostly Peaceful" Nukes in Cuba to help battle Global Warming. President Biden replied that it is good Putin is concerned about Climate Change.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News....... at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (1t11C)

101 >>Wait until the death of the petro-dollar comes into view.

Should be the biggest story of the year.
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But BRICS is just a silly commie lark that will go nowhere.

I mean, they're gonna use crypto, too how stupid is that?
Everybody has to use dollars.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (g9W3m)

102 You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.

They're fake.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:39 PM (xCA6C)

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Yes, but tastefully so.

Agreed.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (xCA6C)

103 One "populist" idea Trump and Republicans should run with is outlawing Private Equity from buying single family housing.

Really has destroyed the American Dream for a whole generation. You cant buy a starter home anymore because Wall Street wants them all.

Huge driver of inflation, rent has gotten out of control.
Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (wMRY

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It is weird how much property they are investing in. None of it will matter when the world comes crashing down around their ears because then it's just a piece of paper with words. People will squat and loot to their heart's content and the big Wall Street firms that "own" the property can't do shit because they have no way to defend it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (7fElN)

104 Is ammo considered essential?
Posted by: pawn
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What kind of question is that? It's more essential than food.
Posted by: Cosda

Ammo is to food as hoohahs are to pene.

With this, I can get all of that I want!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (hbegC)

105 "auto insurance up 51.7%"
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They'll have to remove that from the Market Basket.

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (krQz2)

106 One "populist" idea Trump and Republicans should run with is outlawing Private Equity from buying single family housing.
Really has destroyed the American Dream for a whole generation. You cant buy a starter home anymore because Wall Street wants them all.
Huge driver of inflation, rent has gotten out of control.
Posted by: Blago

Newcomers getting a $1000+/month stipend each.
Six per house.
OK, six per room.

You grandchildren will pay for it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (cOq4q)

107 yep still no job for the boy here. more interviews, more leads, still no.

he says all the places want pretty girls for front of house, and guys who speak no English for back of house. no room for young white boys! I suggested acting fruitier. I dunno might help?

he found a short-term work-from-home call center thing so I guess that's what he'll be doing. still interviewing for some summer camps so fingers crossed there.

he won't come home next year after this, which I can't blame him for. the guys he knows who stayed by his college all have fun jobs now.

: - (

Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (s3qiR)

108 53 I have a house I intend to sell. Don't know what it's worth, I gave less than 100k for it 30 years ago. I would like to sell it to a young family with a couple of kids.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (pohLc)

Right there with you in a few years when we downsize. Just cautioning you to be sure your realtor understands what you want and will provide same. You're a good person, Xipe.

Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at June 12, 2024 04:48 PM (s6PBU)

109 Recently down in Arizona, a “general store” place charged $12 flat rate to fill a barbie tank, a standard grill tank. That was pretty reasonable I thought. Because, they can pretty much charge what they want in some of those remote places. If you need it, you need it.

I also saw 25 dollar packs of beef jerky, and a $1 a gallon for water. Any water, out of a garden hose.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 12, 2024 04:48 PM (RABz7)

110 KJP was relieved of her duties today and Ozzy Osbourne replaced her because it was reported he makes more sense when talking and more easily understandable...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News.
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And he'll eat anything you throw on the podium.
Posted by: Axeman

Well that's just batshit crazy.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2024 04:48 PM (hbegC)

111 The average dumb American or Illegal Invader knows nothing about inflation. What they do know is if the price of liquor, beer, cigarettes, fast food, candy, soda pop, tattoos. weed and other illegal drugs, hand jobs and reach arounds have gone up, then they get the sadz, but it all remains one big mystery.

Blaming Uncle Sugar is beyond the ability of their smooth brains.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2024 04:48 PM (XRpj3)

112 Hey Jimmy you're a piker!

_Spongepants Shiforbrainz...

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (7keno)

113 One "populist" idea Trump and Republicans should run with is outlawing Private Equity from buying single family housing.

Really has destroyed the American Dream for a whole generation. You cant buy a starter home anymore because Wall Street wants them all.

Huge driver of inflation, rent has gotten out of control.
Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:44 PM (wMRY

This, 1000x...I don't want global international companies owning all single family housing in the US.
Posted by: Nova Local

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People become very conservative when they own their own house vs renting.

We're going to have an entire generation of renters that are anti-capitalist all because a handful of Wall Street firms found a new way to make a buck.

In my area, you are fucked if you didnt own a house before Covid. A million buys nothing now.

Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (wMRY8)

114 99 New law in Illinois this year: Landlords can't run criminal background checks on prospective renters. My landlording days are over as of Oct 31. Free! Free! Free At Last!

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (MvF+J)

115 97 Not sure how it is in your neck of the misery but 2L of brand sodas have gone from .99 to now almost $3 each here over the last 2 years.
Posted by: Son of Dad at June 12, 2024 04:46 PM (8JB5s)

Soda costs are ridiculous.

I don't drink it anymore, but I'd be crying if I did.

As of now, I just buy the kids 1 2l of ginger ale to share with their dad every time I go to Safeway (about every 10 days). It's a treat for them (thankfully, I don't have anyone who HAS to be a soda drinker - now coffee inflation - ugh!)...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (exHjb)

116 I think auto insurance is up so because a literal army of invaders who can’t read and we’re never taught to drive are having accidents everywhere. And of course they don’t carry insurance.

My agent agreed with me.

Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (Cp1vk)

117 Noam Chomsky is pjining for the fjords.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 04:50 PM (cf/0E)

118 I think auto insurance is up so because a literal army of invaders who can’t read and we’re never taught to drive are having accidents everywhere. And of course they don’t carry insurance.

My agent agreed with me.
Posted by: Blutarski at June 12, 2024 04:49 PM (Cp1vk)
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"Cause" meet "Effect."

You two should get to know each other...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:50 PM (7fElN)

119 The elites and decision-makers don’t care about inflation or CPI or anything that concerns the unwashed uncouth peons. The elites care only about the stock market. Which is booming.

Posted by: Elric Blade at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (xNkSM)

120 Google search result: "The median rent in US is $2,132." What in the actual FUCK?

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (MvF+J)

121 108 53 I have a house I intend to sell. Don't know what it's worth, I gave less than 100k for it 30 years ago. I would like to sell it to a young family with a couple of kids.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:38 PM (pohLc)

Right there with you in a few years when we downsize. Just cautioning you to be sure your realtor understands what you want and will provide same. You're a good person, Xipe.
Posted by: BarcelonaCarmen at June 12, 2024 04:48 PM (s6PBU)

I can't even believe what they estimate my home would go on the market for. Something like 56% increase over what I paid at the end of 2017. I'm not selling but just boggles my mind.

Posted by: Inogame at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (53oGX)

122 I would say most people now believe home insurance has skyrocketed because of global warming issues. When asked then what about auto insurance skyrocketing, it's greed.

They have an answer for everything except the right one.

Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:52 PM (wMRY8)

123 Noam Chomsky is pjining for the fjords.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 04:50 PM (cf/0E)
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He's joined the Choir Invisible?

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:52 PM (krQz2)

124 105 "auto insurance up 51.7%"
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They'll have to remove that from the Market Basket.

Posted by: Axeman at June 12, 2024 04:47 PM (krQz2)

+++++

All of those car thefts and hijackings aren't going to pay for themselves. Even if you don't live in a blue zone, you'll still get rate hikes.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 12, 2024 04:52 PM (4SnFm)

125 10 Because they’re mostly layabouts who totally want to make a career as an internet influencer. Plenty of money in that, jack.
Posted by: Truthbomb at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (gKnvo)

Any man born in the last 30 years that wants to be internet famous has already Trooned out because they want to be an e-thot.

Posted by: XTC at June 12, 2024 04:53 PM (UnA8+)

126 The decline in labor force participation among U.S.-born men has significant social and economic implications, including increased crime, social isolation, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency.
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Nice going, F. Joe.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)

127 Rick Perry for VP. He can cancel all the cabinet departments he can remember that day. He can limber up with defunding eight intelligence agencies.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 12, 2024 04:54 PM (Yt3+Z)

128 The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.3% year-over-year in May.

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Well, core CPI.

The one that excludes all the things that have gone up too much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 04:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Yacht prices have maintained steady.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 04:55 PM (YqDXo)

129 My first job: $1.85/hr. Rent was $90/mo, split among the three Furry Freak Brothers. How can anybody starting out survive now?

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:55 PM (MvF+J)

130 The decline in labor force participation among U.S.-born men has significant social and economic implications, including increased crime, social isolation, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency.
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But more cowboy poetry, right?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 04:55 PM (g9W3m)

131 Inflation is like interest, it compounds.

Posted by: Catherine at June 12, 2024 04:55 PM (JUpL6)

132 Google search result: "The median rent in US is $2,132." What in the actual FUCK?
Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (MvF+J)
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That's about 3x my mortgage payment...

And WAY higher than any rent I ever paid...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2024 04:55 PM (7fElN)

133 Biden’s Wins
@BidensWins
BREAKING: Because of President Biden’s inflation reducing policies, grocery prices have fallen four months in a row.

Biden’s Wins
@BidensWins
BREAKING: New consumer pricing data shows that inflation lowered in May. Gas and grocery prices also plummeted.

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Pretty soon they're going to be giving food and gas way!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at June 12, 2024 04:56 PM (L/fGl)

134 >He's joined the Choir Invisible?

No but he is clearing his throat and going "me me me me me".

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 04:56 PM (cf/0E)

135 People become very conservative when they own their own house vs renting.

We're going to have an entire generation of renters that are anti-capitalist all because a handful of Wall Street firms found a new way to make a buck.

And those renters will have no problem voting for higher property taxes every election.
Our homes are the ATM's for the renters.

Posted by: HUNTER'S STRIPPER BABY MOMMA at June 12, 2024 04:56 PM (eCnv0)

136 The house I plan to sell is paid off. No mortgage at all. Been paid off a couple of years.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 12, 2024 04:56 PM (pohLc)

137 The decline in labor force participation among U.S.-born men has significant social and economic implications, including increased crime, social isolation, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency.

This post said it all for me. We have badly lost our way.

Pride month not justice. Why you think put poop on penis = pride?

Be pride only when earn. You work hard? Pride. You self discipline? Pride. You make ancestor happy? Pride.

https://x.com/0xSengh/status/1796537733089005588

Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2024 04:56 PM (xCA6C)

138 I would say most people now believe home insurance has skyrocketed because of global warming issues.
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Huh? What's the (putative) connection?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 04:57 PM (YqDXo)

139 Wait until the death of the petro-dollar comes into view.
Posted by: Blutarski

Understatement of the year.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 12, 2024 04:40 PM

That is going to take a significant amount of time. There is a metric a$$ ton of US dollars floating around the world's economy. It is going to take a decade or more for those to circulate out of the system and come back to roost in this country.

If the fed would start right this minute to truly end QE and shrink the supply of US dollars back to what we have 20 years ago we might get a softish landing. But if they start doing do that inflation takes off back into double digits.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 12, 2024 04:57 PM (QNSds)

140 I'm not seeing where Noam joined the choir invisible. Citation? News just said he had a stroke and is recovering.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2024 04:57 PM (PiwSw)

141 Obviously, Big House is to blame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, obsessively pursuing evil with Friedkin while riding the Wasteland with Mad Max at June 12, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

Well, Black Rock and the like, so.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 12, 2024 04:57 PM (Wemf4)

142 3.4% and 0.1% were expected, so this slightly beats expectations. Good news. The Fed will hold interest rates still, but this was an important report and came in slightly better than expected. With wage growth over 4%, this means people are getting ahead right now and have been for well over a year.

Fed ain't gonna cut 'til November meeting - post election. IMO they should have cut already but Powell playing politics with it now.

The inflation today is lower than at any time during Ronald Reagan's 8 years in office. What's more important, higher inflation and low unemployment or lower inflation and high unemployment? 3.3 is just a number, what Powell does will have no effect on the price of gasoline.

This takes the air out of the MAGAts Balloon that the "inflation rate is through the roof." Beat them to the punch! But rest assured, they will make up something to counter this. I also have noticed gas prices are dropping. THANKS JOE!

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (ycI94)

143 And those renters will have no problem voting for higher property taxes every election.
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Proof positive that they're idiots. Do they think landlords are just going to eat the higher property taxes instead of passing them on?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (YqDXo)

144 @133, there really is no limit to how brazenly they will lie, is there?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (g9W3m)

145 After all I've done for Joe Six Pack, these cheesecake factory workers turn against me! We'll, if that don't frzshzdx va grgllplex.

Posted by: Slow Joe Biden at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (hqVaF)

146 One more dem female on the Supreme Court and the combined IQ there could be in the single digits. Could see Alito, Gorsuch & Thomas choosing to retire. That'd put us out of our misery.

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (8JB5s)

147
And those renters will have no problem voting for higher property taxes every election.
Our homes are the ATM's for the renters.
Posted by: HUNTER'S STRIPPER BABY MOMMA

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Exactly

And you can almost forgive them for thinking capitalism is evil if Wall Street interests are why they cant buy a home and cant afford the rent because we have a serf class.

Again, all of this so basically one firm, BlackStone, can make a lot of money.

Posted by: Blago at June 12, 2024 04:59 PM (wMRY8)

148 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (ycI94)

Man, those fuckers are delusional

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 12, 2024 04:59 PM (NtVYv)

149 13 “Me” should be “mi,” as in the musical note.

The lovely Julie Andrews notwithstanding.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 05:00 PM (v6JzV)

150 Noam Chomsky sucked as a linguist.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 05:01 PM (v6JzV)

151 I can't even believe what they estimate my home would go on the market for. Something like 56% increase over what I paid at the end of 2017. I'm not selling but just boggles my mind.

Posted by: Inogame at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (53oGX)

I supposedly could get more than triple what I paid in 2003.
In 2008 I couldn't have gotten out from under it for less than $40,000.
Gone from $119,000 to $40,000 to $360,000 over 22 years. $200,000 of that gain in the last 4 years
Median price now is $560,000 in the area.

Posted by: Reforger at June 12, 2024 05:01 PM (xcIvR)

152 So in the last month, Biden has solved the inflation problem and the border crisis!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at June 12, 2024 05:01 PM (L/fGl)

153 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (ycI94)
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Shorter version: happy days are here again! Woot!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:01 PM (YqDXo)

154 Dough, some cash, a pile of bucks
Ray, a gun from outer spaaace
Me, myself, my favorite pal!

Posted by: gp's Pube Fires at June 12, 2024 05:01 PM (MvF+J)

155 The inflation today is lower than at any time during Ronald Reagan's 8 years in office.
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It would not matter how many sources you provided that show the inflation calculation today is no where near the same as then, they won't believe you.

Again: A low inflation rate doesn't pay my mortgage, my utilities, my insurance or buy food:
Money does.
And we all had more under Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:03 PM (g9W3m)

156 Do they think landlords are just going to eat the higher property taxes instead of passing them on?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (YqDXo)

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Yes, they do.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 12, 2024 05:03 PM (2UnvF)

157 16 11 They don't count gas, groceries, insurance, tickets to anything for inflation
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 04:31 PM (fwDg9)

Stuff that matters to people ‘n stuff…

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 04:32 PM (PCK5/)

That accounts for probably 80%, if not more, of our yearly expenditures.

Posted by: javems at June 12, 2024 05:04 PM (8I4hW)

158 Gasoline steaks up 100%
Houses 50%
California dreaming

Posted by: torabora at June 12, 2024 05:04 PM (0Gnoc)

159 Joe Biden Blames Hunter Biden Conviction on His Re-election Bid as He Uses Lawfare Against Trump for Having Re-election Bid

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Those bastards!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at June 12, 2024 05:04 PM (L/fGl)

160 70 no joke, maybe the best cheesecake i ever had was made by a woman i sort of dated years ago. it can be done
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 12, 2024 04:41 PM

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Same here. She said she was thinking about a guy she really loved when she made it, but I ate it anyway.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (wzAuc)

161 You can't eat government economic numbers.

But we're sure choking on them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (g9W3m)

162 Proof positive that they're idiots. Do they think landlords are just going to eat the higher property taxes instead of passing them on?

Just look at the stupidity of the higher minimum wage advocates and the answer to your question is a resounding YES!

Posted by: HUNTER'S STRIPPER BABY MOMMA at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (eCnv0)

163 There are government statistics, and there is daily reality… somewhere along the line everyone has to make a choice about what to believe.

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (PCK5/)

164 Haven't you heard that this is the "Putin price hike?" Quick, let's sanction someone else to distract people.

Posted by: ryukyu at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (hR0kJ)

165 "The inflation today is lower than at any time during Ronald Reagan's 8 years in office. "

I remember when Trump got everyone a tax cut, and Pelosi called it crumbs. How do people even argue about this? I can look at my fucking paystub and it won't be difficult.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (cf/0E)

166 It’s the abortions, stupid.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 12, 2024 05:07 PM (1oMKu)

167 It wasn't supposed to work this way!

Hispanic Support for Trump vs. Biden Swings 20-Points

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All that Hispandering for nothing!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at June 12, 2024 05:07 PM (L/fGl)

168 I took my granddaughter shopping a couple of weeks ago and we stopped in The Cheesecake Factory for a late lunch. She had Orange chicken and a lemonade. I had a Cuban sandwich and iced tea. No dessert. Total bill was around $52 before tip so I can attest to the price increases.

Posted by: Tuna at June 12, 2024 05:08 PM (oaGWv)

169 Abortion. Life and death. And marry the government.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 12, 2024 05:08 PM (1oMKu)

170 "Maybe if I eat less meat and never go to the doctor, my budget will make sense like it did four years ago."

"GOOD NEWS CITIZEN! THINGS ARE EVEN BETTER THAN EVER!"

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 05:08 PM (cf/0E)

171 I tried to tell people, when they did the Covid thing and let people stay in rentals without paying rent, that landlords still had to pay property taxes, mortgages and repairs. And that it would mean a lot of them would sell the place and there would be fewer rentals.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 05:09 PM (xjTDL)

172 I could wave the price of the twenty five most commonly purchased items from 5 years ago and their price now in the face of Leftists and they flat out would not be swayed in their thinking… anyone who does not believe that we are dealing with a religion is just blind….

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)

173 163 There are government statistics, and there is daily reality… somewhere along the line everyone has to make a choice about what to believe.

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:05 PM (PCK5/)

++++

How is it possible for many people to lie to themselves over this?

Posted by: washrivergal at June 12, 2024 05:09 PM (4SnFm)

174 Daily Mail had an article yesterday about a family of six who had dinner at Cheesecake Factory for $28. Turns out hey all shared a salad and a plate of fries.

Posted by: Jordan61 at June 12, 2024 05:10 PM (DRSnL)

175 Revolver:
Mike Benz: Once you understand that Hunter Biden was a CIA intelligence asset, everything makes sense…

Posted by: SMOD at June 12, 2024 05:10 PM (9LfeR)

176 I have broken $250 in a week for groceries a couple of times these last couple months, never before

Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2024 05:10 PM (fwDg9)

177 Well, I can't pay my rent, buy groceries, or put gas in my car, but the government says all is well so I guess everything is just great.

-No One, Ever

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 12, 2024 05:10 PM (2UnvF)

178 So why are bananas consistently the same price as 2020?

I honestly can not figure that one out.

SBR - Strategic Banana Reserve.

Posted by: One at June 12, 2024 05:11 PM (Vu7A1)

179 We are very discriminating now in where we go out to eat… last night we both had excellent dinners for 28$, total.

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:11 PM (PCK5/)

180 Daily Mail had an article yesterday about a family of six who had dinner at Cheesecake Factory for $28. Turns out hey all shared a salad and a plate of fries.
Posted by: Jordan61

Moooom, how come Joey gets two fries AND a tomato!?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at June 12, 2024 05:12 PM (3Uump)

181 Who are you going to believe, them or fucking every single thing you see, hear, touch, taste and feel that doesn't involve their bullshitting?

Posted by: ... at June 12, 2024 05:12 PM (eU22o)

182 Maybe people should eat more cold cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Then they could afford to live.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:13 PM (g9W3m)

183 148 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 12, 2024 04:58 PM (ycI94)

Man, those fuckers are delusional
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 12, 2024 04:59 PM (NtVYv)

Aye and in need of reeducation old school style IE: corporal punishment

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 12, 2024 05:13 PM (7keno)

184 I have broken $250 in a week for groceries a couple of times these last couple months, never before
Posted by: Skip

I hear yah.

Posted by: Tuna at June 12, 2024 05:14 PM (oaGWv)

185 King of the World, baby. Inflation? He laughs.

AP, minutes ago, Biden and Zelenskyy will sign a security agreement between the US and Ukraine when they meet at G7

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — Negotiators for the Group of Seven have reached an agreement on how to provide Ukraine with $50 billion backed by frozen Russian assets, two people familiar with the matter said, with an announcement set later this week when President Joe Biden and the group's other leaders meet in southern Italy.

Other bits, pieces: "This year's meeting comes three years after Biden declared at his first such gathering that America was back as a global leader following the disruptions to Western alliances that occurred when Donald Trump was president. Now, there's a chance this gathering could be the final G7 for Biden and other G7 leaders, depending on the results of elections this year."

And, "Pope Francis, Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are joining the gathering at the Borgo Egnazia resort in the Puglia region..."

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at June 12, 2024 05:14 PM (NFX2v)

186 Marxists trying to destroy the middle class? Those Dicks!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at June 12, 2024 05:15 PM (wfBnu)

187 Now, there's a chance this gathering could be the final G7 for Biden and other G7 leaders, depending on the results of elections this year.
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Europe can keep him.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at June 12, 2024 05:16 PM (hYDNe)

188 I can't even believe what they estimate my home would go on the market for. Something like 56% increase over what I paid at the end of 2017. I'm not selling but just boggles my mind.

Posted by: Inogame at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (53oGX)

I supposedly could get more than triple what I paid in 2003.
In 2008 I couldn't have gotten out from under it for less than $40,000.
Gone from $119,000 to $40,000 to $360,000 over 22 years. $200,000 of that gain in the last 4 years
Median price now is $560,000 in the area.
Posted by: Reforger
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Buy land, son. They're not making any more of it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 12, 2024 05:16 PM (Dm8we)

189 My favorite still remains the doof who sneered, why don't the poors budget for inflation like they do.

That gal who lost her head in France was more in touch

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:17 PM (g9W3m)

190 Noam Chomsky is pjining for the fjords.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2024 04:50 PM (cf/0E)

That, sir, is an ex-communist.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 05:17 PM (aD39U)

191 Is Saudi Arabia the only country to have dumped the dollar??

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:17 PM (PCK5/)

192 On the flip side, my son had to go to the downtown area in the middle of the week and said that the many outdoor sidewalk cafes were very crowded. What astonished him was the fact that the customers were not retirees, as he expected, but young and middle aged adults.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 12, 2024 05:18 PM (4SnFm)

193 Buy land, son. They're not making any more of it.
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Yes, and it's only a little tax you'll pay to us every year.
He he he.
/s/ local government needing to fund more schools and traffic ticket officers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:19 PM (g9W3m)

194 192 On the flip side, my son had to go to the downtown area in the middle of the week and said that the many outdoor sidewalk cafes were very crowded. What astonished him was the fact that the customers were not retirees, as he expected, but young and middle aged adults.
Posted by: washrivergal at June 12, 2024 05:18 PM (4SnFm)

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we…” it may be a mindset…

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:19 PM (PCK5/)

195 Indiana’s GOP-Run Government Is Paying A Contractor For ‘Pipeline’ Of Communist Chinese Businesses

Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at June 12, 2024 05:19 PM (aFNOf)

196 soooo I'm reading in the news the last couple of days since the fantastic effort of the know nothing douchewad activists in Cali and elsewhere thousands of hospitality industry employees have lost their jobs due to the new mandatory 20 dollar minimum wage. Now to mention hundreds of restaurants shuttering their doors. Hey nice going AZZHOLES!!!!

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 12, 2024 05:20 PM (7keno)

197 That, sir, is an ex-communist.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 12, 2024 05:17 PM (aD39U)
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Ex-communist?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:20 PM (YqDXo)

198 soooo I'm reading in the news the last couple of days since the fantastic effort of the know nothing douchewad activists in Cali and elsewhere thousands of hospitality industry employees have lost their jobs due to the new mandatory 20 dollar minimum wage.
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Unexpectedly!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:21 PM (YqDXo)

199 I can't even believe what they estimate my home would go on the market for. Something like 56% increase over what I paid at the end of 2017. I'm not selling but just boggles my mind.
Posted by: Inogame

My wife and I bought a 26 year old house (on a big, wooded lot) for ~ $293K in 2019.
We have done a lot of work to the house (and paid for more!!!). New driveway (part of it), a bunch of dead trees cut down, a new roof, etc., etc.

This house is now valued at around $450K.

Also...meat. Meat (Chicken, beef, whatever) is up. A pound of ground beef is what....$3.99, or more? And when the "bird flu" is found among millions of chickens (you can bet on it!), they will all be slaughtered and incinerated, and the price of meat will ...skyrocket?

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at June 12, 2024 05:21 PM (vcOmj)

200 California to become a Food Desert?? ( Except for those little food trucks, run by our dear undocumented friends)..

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:21 PM (PCK5/)

201 Buy land, son. They're not making any more of it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 12, 2024 05:16 PM

You ain't buying land around here. Once that new lake got built people went insane. 1 acre lakefront lots went for $1 MILLION in auction. And the kicker is you can't even build on the lake front. There is a 100 foot offset building restriction from the high water mark. The county initially wanted it to be 1,000 feet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 12, 2024 05:22 PM (QNSds)

202 soooo I'm reading in the news the last couple of days since the fantastic effort of the know nothing douchewad activists in Cali and elsewhere thousands of hospitality industry employees have lost their jobs due to the new mandatory 20 dollar minimum wage.
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There seems to be a whole subset of society that must go through life perpetually surprised by events.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:22 PM (YqDXo)

203 Dee, you bitch.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 12, 2024 05:24 PM (g9W3m)

204 The only positive point of enthusiasm in the US economy at this point is the naive hope of the right wingers that DJT will be reelected.. It is going to take a miracle to get him into office even with a clear win at the election box. Dems will fight tooth and nail .. Gird Thy Loins....

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 12, 2024 05:25 PM (7keno)

205 188. NO. Do NOT buy land. Nothing will set your children at each other’s more quickly upon your death.

Trust me on this.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 05:25 PM (v6JzV)

206 192 On the flip side, my son had to go to the downtown area in the middle of the week and said that the many outdoor sidewalk cafes were very crowded. What astonished him was the fact that the customers were not retirees, as he expected, but young and middle aged adults.
Posted by: washrivergal at June 12, 2024 05:18 PM (4SnFm)

I can't tell you how many times I've heard YOLO amoung young people. I'd question how much debt they carry.

Posted by: ryukyu at June 12, 2024 05:26 PM (hR0kJ)

207 Why are countries abandoning the US dollar?

The US dollar has been the world's reserve currency for decades, but its dominance is fading. Sanctions against Russia have spurred other countries into considering backup currencies for trade. US monetary policies, the strong USD, and structural shift in the global oil trade also contribute. Dec. 27, 2023, Business Insider

Escaping dollar dominance -

So now the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), led by Russia, are discussing how to escape dollar dominance. Russian President, Vladimir Putin forecast the “beginning of the end” for the dollar in June 2023. Feb 29, 2024, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) Blog

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at June 12, 2024 05:26 PM (NFX2v)

208 If they are claiming 3.3%...the real number is closer to 4%-4.5%.

Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2024 05:27 PM (IyQvT)

209 2 lakes in my general area… one owned by the Corps of Engineers… no building on the lake, period. The other owned by a utility company… the lakefront is For Sale ( except for a stretch owned by the State Park system )… The utilities lake is basically a carnival, with very expensive homes interspersed with tourist industries.

Posted by: tubal at June 12, 2024 05:27 PM (PCK5/)

210 each other’s throats

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 12, 2024 05:27 PM (v6JzV)

211 I think my aunt's property was the only one to go down in value. Even though they had an inspection when they bought it, when it sold after her death, it had to be a cash sale. There were cracks in the foundation. Crazy but that's how it goes

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 05:28 PM (xjTDL)

212 Still can't believe Karl Pilkington wasn't mentioned even once on the Ricky Gervais thread. Probably some of the finest comedic work Gervais ever did.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 12, 2024 05:29 PM (u/Zei)

213 If you really want them at each other's throats, don't have a will.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 05:29 PM (xjTDL)

214 If you really want them at each other's throats, don't have a will.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 12, 2024 05:29 PM (xjTDL)
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"... so, in conclusion, I leave my entire estate to ..."

End of document.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:33 PM (YqDXo)

215 202 soooo I'm reading in the news the last couple of days since the fantastic effort of the know nothing douchewad activists in Cali and elsewhere thousands of hospitality industry employees have lost their jobs due to the new mandatory 20 dollar minimum wage.
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There seems to be a whole subset of society that must go through life perpetually surprised by events.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:22 PM (YqDXo)

One of our strengths has always been the great farmlands and the abundance of food coupled with a Christian ethic to feed the hungry.. If you plan to make a career of a waiter or waitress up your game and pick a high end joint to work in..

Posted by: Im Gumby Damn It!/George Carlins Pencil at June 12, 2024 05:33 PM (7keno)

216
Fed ain't gonna cut 'til November meeting - post election. IMO they should have cut already but Powell playing politics with it now.

Is Powell a MAGA man?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 12, 2024 05:35 PM (63Dwl)

217 There seems to be a whole subset of society that must go through life perpetually surprised by events.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at June 12, 2024 05:22 PM (YqDXo)

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The Law of Causality is a social construct tool of the white cisheteropatriarchal oppressor, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 12, 2024 05:37 PM (tn/bQ)

218 @192 but young and middle aged adults.

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They might not know how to cook.

Posted by: junior at June 12, 2024 05:40 PM (JwD+D)

219 Powell is a woman. Definitely not MAGA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 12, 2024 05:41 PM (Q4IgG)

220 You mention Cheesecake Factory the only thing I’m thinking about is penny's bewbs.
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 12, 2024 04:33 PM (JfxgE)

Me too!**sigh**

Posted by: Leonard H. at June 12, 2024 05:54 PM (iODuv)

221 I can't even believe what they estimate my home would go on the market for. Something like 56% increase over what I paid at the end of 2017. I'm not selling but just boggles my mind.
Posted by: Inogame at June 12, 2024 04:51 PM (53oGX)

We paid 39K for ours in 1974, 3 bedroom ranch on a corner lot, 1/2 acre. You don't want to know what it's worth now.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 12, 2024 05:59 PM (iODuv)

222 "G-d, I am such a pervert," wrote Hale. "I waste too much time in my fantasies."

I wonder if her mother took her to a drag parade when she was 5 years old. That would certainly pervert a child.

Posted by: old chick at June 12, 2024 06:12 PM (F3Dlr)

223 Ace et al

Guess what is now a threat to national security?

Gamer Supps product Lean and caffeine free Lean must be pulled from the shelves because the DHS/Secret Service thinks their depiction of the President on the labels is a "threat to national security."

We are truly a banana republic...

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 12, 2024 06:32 PM (b6PKS)

224 For the last year wages have gone up more than inflation at 4.4%
But Ace no longer a capitalist but a social justice warrior do doesn't care that corporate profits are at all time highs

Posted by: Paul banned at June 12, 2024 07:49 PM (rTHA4)

225 Food Institute is a$$hoe. Whoever these propagandists are, for them to same claim "Company X has increased prices 3 times that of actual inflation...reeeee" is risible. What is really happening is that the fed.gov folks are lying about the actual inflation rate.

Go to the grocery store, food items generally cost about double what they did in 2020. All these companies waited until Joe Stolen is occupying the White House to raise prices to make him look bad? That's quite a conspiracy theory ... too bad it's not true.

Commies are always doing what they do to deflect blame for the bad effects of their reckless fiscal policies.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 12, 2024 08:47 PM (pJWtt)

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Posted by: reviews on shopify at June 12, 2024 09:44 PM (YW8P2)

227 I love when Paul just regurgitates stats without understanding what he read. He should check out the fed regional bank reports on wage gains. Peaked in 2022 - went down in 2023 - still slightly positive to pre-covid levels, but not significantly. Check the St. Louis Fed - wages are not outstripping inflation. Of course they really never have since Biden has been in office. Based upon a full reading of inflation.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 12, 2024 11:09 PM (UVyKP)

228 I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the structure of
your blog? Its very well written

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