Inflation Falls "Faster Than Expected," Reaching Lowest Level Since 2021

But but but Trump said he would immediately cut inflation and taking two or three weeks isn't "immediate"

* The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.3%, its lowest since February 2021.
* The core CPI also increased 0.2% for the month, while the year-over-year level was 2.8%.
* Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.
* While the April CPI figures were relatively tame, the Trump tariffs remain a wild card in the inflation picture, depending on where negotiations go between now and the summer.
Inflation was slightly lower than expected in April as President Donald Trump's tariffs just began hitting the slowing U.S. economy, according to a Labor Department report Tuesday.
The consumer price index, which measures the costs for a broad range of goods and services, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.3%, its lowest since February 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The monthly reading was in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimate while the 12-month was a bit below the forecast for 2.4%.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the core CPI also increased 0.2% for the month, while the year-over-year level was 2.8%. The forecast was for 0.3% and 2.8%, respectively.
The monthly readings were a bit higher than in March though price increases remain well off their highs of three years ago.
Markets reacted little to the news, with stock futures pointing flat to slightly lower and Treasury yields mixed.
″"Good news on inflation, and we need it given inflation shocks from tariffs are on their way," said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. "Non-tariffed goods are still in the pipeline, and perhaps some importers have absorbed their tariff costs for now."
Shelter prices again were the main culprit in pushing up the inflation gauge. The category, which makes about one-third of the index weighting, increased 0.3% in April, accounting for more than half the overall move, according to the BLS.
After posting a 2.4% slide in March, energy prices rebounded, with a 0.7% gain. Food saw a 0.1% decline.
Used vehicle prices saw their second straight drop, down 0.5%, while new vehicles were flat. Apparel costs also were off 0.2% though medical care services increased 0.5%. Health insurance increased 0.4% while motor vehicle insurance was up 0.6%.
Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.
With the increase in CPI, real average hourly earnings were flat for the month and up 1.4% from a year ago.
While the April CPI figures were relatively tame, the Trump tariffs remain a wild card in the inflation picture, depending on where negotiations go between now and the summer.
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"Overall, there was no sign of the tariff impact in the April CPI. Although we expect higher tariffs will likely exert upward pressures on core CPI, starting in May, weakening of consumer demand and an inventory drawdown might mitigate the inflationary pressure," Nomura economist Aichi Amemiya said in a note.

Grocery prices rose the slower than they have in five full years.

JP Morgan has now retracted its prediction of a recession in 2025. They say the China tariff pause has made a recession unlikely. So, mostly their recession prediction was based on China tariffs.

Posted by: Ace at 02:32 PM

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1 I was told this was unpossible.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 13, 2025 02:31 PM (u73oe)

2 Called em

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (u73oe)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

4 Now off to work.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (u73oe)

5 The Inflation Reduction Act is FINALLY taking hold!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

6 >> Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%

Prices of my eggs have cratered.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

7 This while the Q1 GDP numbers showed increased consumer spending.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (GBKbO)

8 Those dastardly Republicans...

Always managing to get credit for the economic genius of the previous Democrat president...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (nbLbZ)

9 Unexpectedly

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (i24o9)

10 I didn't nood.

Let them eat cake.

Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (0HaGk)

11 When are the ass-faces at the Fed going to lower rates?

It's bullshit it hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (PMtkd)

12 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (/Ghsb)

13 You never saw such grudging admission of good economic news ...since Trump's first term.

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (YwEeS)

14 Unexpectedly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

15 Prices of my eggs have cratered.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

That's because they're dessicated. Like your snizz.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (nbLbZ)

16 Reduce deficit spending, reduce inflation.

Not really rocket science.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (RIvkX)

17
Prices of my eggs have cratered.
Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at May 13, 2025 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

Bless your heart, sweetie. You haven't had eggs since Fred Flintstone was eating Brontosaurus Burgers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

18 >>>JP Morgan has now retracted its prediction of a recession in 2025. They say the China tariff pause has made a recession unlikely. So, mostly their recession prediction was based on China tariffs.

What a chickenshit dodge.

"Fine, there won't be a recession. But it's only because Trump listened to us! Trust the experts!! We're smaht!!! Not like everybody says, but we know stuff!!!!"

Posted by: Dr. T at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (EynyL)

19 "So, mostly their recession prediction was based on ~~China tariffs~~ wish casting."

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

20 Unexpectedly

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (i24o9)

Damnit man......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

21 Shes a nexus 3 at best

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (daFlc)

22 Trump is just reaping the benefits of the strong Biden economy.

Posted by: ChatNPC at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (l3YAf)

23 Sell your JPMorgan shares.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (RIvkX)

24 19 "So, mostly their recession prediction was based on China tariffs wish casting."

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

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I'm still not clear how effectively sanctioning China leads to economic depression in America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (GBKbO)

25 An actual Recovery Summer ahead?

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (Vyll1)

26 What a chickenshit dodge.

"Fine, there won't be a recession. But it's only because Trump listened to us! Trust the experts!! We're smaht!!! Not like everybody says, but we know stuff!!!!"
Posted by: Dr. T at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (EynyL)

I think I'd rather listen to eggsperts than "experts".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (VNX3d)

27 JFC

@EndWokeness 6m
Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (mlg/3)

28 I saw Desiccated Snizz open for Wet Leg at The Hole in the Wall Hamburger Stand in 2018.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

29 22 Trump is just reaping the benefits of the strong Biden economy.
Posted by: ChatNPC at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (l3YAf)

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"Trump has completely destroyed Biden's great economy, and there's no coming back from it."
-ChatNPC, 1 month ago

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (GBKbO)

30 Unexpectedly

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (i24o9)

Damnit man......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

You added a period. Nice touch.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (i24o9)

31 Good news on inflation, and we need it given inflation shocks from tariffs are on their way," said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union

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Just for the record, it is an economic fact that tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (lTGtQ)

32 "JP Morgan has now retracted its prediction of a recession in 2025. They say the China tariff pause has made a recession unlikely. So, mostly their recession prediction was based on China tariffs."

JP Morgan is full of doggy do-do laced with homosexual arousal. They were pounding the drums for Biden's (fake) economy. Then starting as soon as Trump was sworn in, JP Morgan was gleefully hyping a recession based on almost nothing but Trump hate.

Now that the econ news is too positive to continue to support "recession, recession, recession" propaganda, JP Morgan is pretending that the China tariff deal -- which happened like 48 hours ago -- is instantaneously changing JP Morgan's entire econ outlook.

Suck my balls.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

33 @EndWokeness 6m
Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (mlg/3)

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement of the productivity of our black farmers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:37 PM (i24o9)

34 Beats me how in every damn carton of Extra large eggs at least one of the sunbitches is glued into the styro crate.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:37 PM (pohLc)

35 I'm still not clear how effectively sanctioning China leads to economic depression in America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (GBKbO)
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Look buddy, it means I have a lot less money and cannot spend as much.

Posted by: Mitch "the bitch" McConnell at May 13, 2025 02:37 PM (nr9lv)

36
Less government money sloshing around in NGOs and "charities".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (QnmlO)

37 >> Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"

Will the suffering of the Pigford farmers never cease!?

Posted by: ChatNPC at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (l3YAf)

38 Biden's nodule hardest hit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (2ZThz)

39
You added a period. Nice touch.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (i24o9)

My daughter laughs that I use proper punctuation in text messages.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

40 Good news on inflation, and we need it given inflation shocks from tariffs are on their way," said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union

--

Just for the record, it is an economic fact that tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary.
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Yeah, but you'd have to understand supply and demand curves to know that, so that leaves a lot of modern economists out of the know.

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (TN0g+)

41 "Trump has completely destroyed Biden's great economy, and there's no coming back from it."
-ChatNPC, 1 month ago

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (GBKbO)

"First pass answer? Never."

- some other dummy.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (nbLbZ)

42 Deflation! It's worse than anything. The Japanese have been destroyed by it. Well, not actually. It'll destroy their manufacturing! Hasn't huh? It will cause societal collapse! No? What do you mean their quality of life is now better than ours? Reeeee

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (wBaIH)

43 >> Inflation Falls "Faster Than Expected," Reaching Lowest Level Since 2021

Exactly as I’ve been saying all along…

Posted by: Fake Flapper, DM is my Superpower at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (cn09p)

44 Breaking News: AOC is Big Mad about the possibility that the NJ congresscritters might be arrested for their ICE stunt conduct.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (0sNs1)

45 Don Lemon is proof that IQ can be negative.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

46 Beats me how in every damn carton of Extra large eggs at least one of the sunbitches is glued into the styro crate.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:37 PM (pohLc)

Open carton and inspect before you buy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (l3YAf)

47
LOL:

The NY Times reported that April's inflation numbers are a last gasp for the economy before the Trump tariffs cause prices to skyrocket.
Posted by: Oglebay

LOL

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (NIEJC)

48 42 Deflation! It's worse than anything. The Japanese have been destroyed by it. Well, not actually. It'll destroy their manufacturing! Hasn't huh? It will cause societal collapse! No? What do you mean their quality of life is now better than ours? Reeeee
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (wBaIH)

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Deflation can go out of control.

Just like inflation can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (GBKbO)

49 My daughter laughs that I use proper punctuation in text messages.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

It's quaint. I feel weird using the occasional emoji.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (i24o9)

50 If you are white and still reside in RSA, you are either a fool, impoverished, or otherwise disabled from departure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (RIvkX)

51 Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (mlg/3)
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Wait, wut: Don Le Mon is now against unrestricted immigration?

Life comes at you fast.

Posted by: CNN audience at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (nr9lv)

52 My economic schadenboner has got a lot of inflation.

Posted by: zombie at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (pMi6S)

53 Will Trump fire Powell? Seems like he is daring Trump to do just that.

Posted by: jmel at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (RWHIh)

54 David Giglio
@DavidGiglioCA

Notice how ABC News did its best to create a convoluted statement to make you mad at Trump and downplay that today’s inflation report produced the best numbers since 2021.

You don't hate the MSM enough.

ABC News Live
@ABCNewsLive
Consumer prices rose 2.3% in April compared to a year ago, cooling slightly from the previous month and defying fears of an inflation surge in the aftermath of Pres. Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs last month.

https://tinyurl.com/2mbkf2wr

Posted by: redridinghood at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (NpAcC)

55 Rush always taught me that when a republican is in the white house and the economy shows signs of strength, the democrats will have their media folks run stories on the homeless, the homeless camps and the homeless epidemic nationwide. Split Tails and minorities impacted the most. In 3...2...1...

Posted by: Mr. Snerdley at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (xofCm)

56 Who smells of rotten eggs, desperation, and soiled Depends - the Democrats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (Lw+Pk)

57 Is this the "new normal" yet?

Seriously, I told my Canadian friends that they are right on the cusp of Carney making the "this is the new normal" speech that every leftist, defeatist, sabotage artist prefers. I told them that the second they hear it, start looking into US citizenship.

I don't think anyone has really grasped just how screwed Canada is, and how their currency value is going to head on towards Venezuela type values within the next two years. That sounds embellished, but it's not.

Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (dIske)

58 Open carton and inspect before you buy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (l3YAf)

Did that, but after 5 cartons of wiggling every egg I said screw it and put one in the cart.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (pohLc)

59 Egg Prices?

Did not see THAT coming.

Posted by: Humpty Dumpty at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (BRvvM)

60 All the elite getting the boot from DOGE is suppressing prices.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (qecxw)

61 Remember:

Owebama blamed Bush for all 8 years of his economy, but Trump was blessed with a great economy from Owebama.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

62 The South African refugees are really bringing out the absolute hatred of white people the left has.

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2025 02:41 PM (YwEeS)

63
If you are white and still reside in RSA, you are either a fool, impoverished, or otherwise disabled from departure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (RIvkX)

_______

Letting white Afrikaaners into the country is as much as saying the great ANC experiment is a failure. With people here to say why.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 02:41 PM (QnmlO)

64 Yeah, deflation sounds great, and it is if you don't own anything. Otherwise, sucks ass.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 13, 2025 02:41 PM (CDWlY)

65 46 Beats me how in every damn carton of Extra large eggs at least one of the sunbitches is glued into the styro crate.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:37 PM (pohLc)

Open carton and inspect before you buy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (l3YAf)

Yes, it's not glue...it's frozen egg white. You have a cracked egg in the carton.

And yes, grocery shopping hasn't been as painful this month...gas under $3/gallon, even in NoVA, and eggs under $3.50 for 12 (aka finally cheaper than chicken again, so the kids and I have gone nuts with them)...

Not to mention cheap berries...I LOVE cheap berry season!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (tOcjL)

66

lol @ "defying fears that..."

"defying fears" is new gaslighting version of "Unexpectedly."

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (NIEJC)

67 Much like krugman talking about the Dow futures falling when PDT was elected in 2016 and saying it would never recover we're seeing the same crap. It's all wish casting that the economy will never recover under the repubs and PDT. The progs have nothing else and their savior coming to their rescue is bernie or aoc. They are so disorganized and delusional right now it's a sight to see.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (2NHgQ)

68 How lucky can one man get?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (tT6L1)

69 The SA refugees were holding American flags. No wonder the left hates them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (PMtkd)

70 The leftards are afraid we might get another Musk.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (pohLc)

71 Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.

Funny how when they quit killing chickens, the egg prices fell.

Almost like collusion.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (QMyMX)

72 I guess we still can't say Rhodesia

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (Lw+Pk)

73 Tariffs are a tax and have disinflationary effects via reduced aggregate demand! It's not straightfoward if the tariffs will reduce inflation due to this disinflationary effect or increase inflation due to reducing productivity (from taxing more efficiently made foreign goods). Or if short term effects like the price shock raises inflation expectations (which feed into realized higher inflation).

Are these the real numbers? Sorry but like the boy who cried wolf, after time, people just won't believe you.

It's possible the tariffs don't destroy the economy. Trump has made enough concessions that we're looking at a very real possibility that nothing actually happens.

Democrats maybe overplayed their hand by pushing the narrative of a modern great depression in response to the tariffs and... it's possible the economy continues to just chug along.

30% on China good right now is HUGE. Just not as ridiculous as 145%

Trump set the expectation to prices going up, so when they don't go up as much as projected, it was a win for him.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (JCZqz)

74 The left has no issue with the South Africans straight up stealing the land of white farmers and giving to blacks, but doesn't understand why whites are fleeing as refugees to the US?

That holds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

75 Wait, wut: Don Le Mon is now against unrestricted immigration?

Life comes at you fast.
Posted by: CNN audience at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (nr9lv)

Tonight's CNN headline: "A 2-mile-high border wall around every airport with South Africa connections. Too much or not enough?"

Posted by: Dr. T at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (EynyL)

76 Let them eat cake.
Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (0HaGk)

We were ordering fries and brots until you didn't come along.

I still live in the 90's pricewise. When Ramen is back to 15¢ a pack I'll consider prices stabilized. Untill then everything is overpriced in my view.
I want 99¢ Whoppers and 65¢ eggs. Good bread at $1.29...
5 for $4.00 Arby's sammiches.

The world will never be that great again.

Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (xcIvR)

77 @68 Trump's luck is largely based on the fact that the Dems are bat shit insane

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (2ZThz)

78 "So, mostly their recession prediction was based on China tariffs wish casting."

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 13, 2025 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

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I'm still not clear how effectively sanctioning China leads to economic depression in America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (GBKbO)
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It's a cultish faith. I guess some argument could be made that the USA is so dependent on cheap Chinese goods to support its own manufacturing and sales that any increase in the price of Chinese goods ripples through and increases all prices to the point of digressionary impact.

I don't think that's correct, but it's an argument. I don't think they're making that argument, though. I think they're just taking it as a point of cultish faith that anything that's "bad" for China is bad for the USA too. Like if Nike has to pay $5 for slave-made sneakers, rather than the prior $3, then the entire USA economy will teeter and fall. For reasons.

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

79 Why are they comparing egg prices to a year ago and not five months ago? 🤔🍳

Posted by: ... at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (GPc/R)

80 Trump is evil and hitler because he wants people to be able to buy more food with their money.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (e5NfL)

81 Why are they comparing egg prices to a year ago and not five months ago? 🤔🍳
Posted by: ... at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (GPc/R)

Its a conundrum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (Zz0t1)

82 Did that, but after 5 cartons of wiggling every egg I said screw it and put one in the cart.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (pohLc)

I just move broken eggs to another carton. I thought that was pretty standard egg shopping procedure.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (l3YAf)

83 That was a good piece from Strom about JP Morgan walking back the recession prediction.

We'll see how it all goes, but China talks a good game when they have no other choice, and then rarely deliver.

Trump knows this as they burned us on the last deal he made with them.

That's why I expect the tariffs on China won't go below 25% on a lot of products because they can't be trusted to keep any deals they make to reduce their surplus by buying American exports.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (6ydKt)

84 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (e5NfL)

Long time no see.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:44 PM (Zz0t1)

85 74 The left has no issue with the South Africans straight up stealing the land of white farmers and giving to blacks, but doesn't understand why whites are fleeing as refugees to the US?

That holds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

If you watched the CNN lady, it's JUST and RIGHT b/ it's overdue reparations...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 13, 2025 02:45 PM (tOcjL)

86 guess we still can't say Rhodesia
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (Lw+Pk)

Are we still doing words that rhyme with nodule?

Posted by: ... at May 13, 2025 02:45 PM (GPc/R)

87 Trump lied about bringing down inflation.

Inflation is at 2.3% and not 0.0%.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at May 13, 2025 02:45 PM (hdvue)

88 Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 13, 2025 02:36 PM (mlg/3)

I though blacks were above farming now.

Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:45 PM (xcIvR)

89
Trump set the expectation to prices going up, so when they don't go up as much as projected, it was a win for him.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

Ahhhh, yes!

It's the Ol' Double-Reverse Okey-Doke!

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 13, 2025 02:45 PM (NIEJC)

90
I still live in the 90's pricewise. When Ramen is back to 15¢ a pack I'll consider prices stabilized. Untill then everything is overpriced in my view.
I want 99¢ Whoppers and 65¢ eggs. Good bread at $1.29...
5 for $4.00 Arby's sammiches.

The world will never be that great again.
Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (xcIvR)

Yeah, the $5 footlong from Subway (which I'll never eat ever again) is now $9.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)

91 The left has no issue with the South Africans straight up stealing the land of white farmers and giving to blacks, but doesn't understand why whites are fleeing as refugees to the US?

That holds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

Stealing the land after they tortured and killed the previous (white) owners.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 13, 2025 02:46 PM (nbLbZ)

92 It's possible the tariffs don't destroy the economy. Trump has made enough concessions that we're looking at a very real possibility that nothing actually happens.

Democrats maybe overplayed their hand by pushing the narrative of a modern great depression in response to the tariffs and... it's possible the economy continues to just chug along.

30% on China good right now is HUGE. Just not as ridiculous as 145%

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (JCZqz)

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Underlying this is, of course, the assumption that Trump's end goal is 150% tariffs on the world.

Which flies in the face of everything he's ever said about tariffs.

He obviously wants some, a reliance on it over internal taxation, but he's also always said that it's about negotiation as much as anything else. 150% tariffs on China were about punishing the Chinese nation hard and fast as possible to get concessions, not about an eternal tariff level.

It was his opening gambit. It was his Art of the Deal.

But the left keeps talking like the 150% tariffs was the end-goal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:46 PM (GBKbO)

93 Trump set the expectation to prices going up, so when they don't go up as much as projected, it was a win for him.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 13, 2025 02:42 PM (JCZqz)

Yeah, Trump's fault. Unbelievable.

Simultaneously bumblefuck stupid and dastardly devious and cunning. Just like the Reagan SNL spot.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 02:46 PM (i24o9)

94 Deflation is bad for people that have things? I was told to own nothing and be happy about it.

I think that's what Commies and the WEF say.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 13, 2025 02:46 PM (wBaIH)

95 >> I guess some argument could be made that the USA is so dependent on cheap Chinese goods to support its own manufacturing and sales that any increase in the price of Chinese goods ripples through and increases all prices to the point of digressionary impact.

I don’t think it’s going to lead to a depression, but our economy is very dependent on China and it’s not going to be cost-free to decouple from them.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (l3YAf)

96 My Hate Feed reported it as "Inflation unexpectedly cools despite Trumps tariffs."

Now, imagine if this happened a year ago:
"Inflation beats expectations, falling sharply as Biden's Inflation Reduction Act takes hold; market rally and consumer confidence soars."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (NwfFc)

97 Open carton and inspect before you buy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:38 PM (l3YAf)

Solid marriage advice too

Posted by: ... at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (GPc/R)

98
* Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.

This is literally not true, and I literally have the receipts to prove it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (NIEJC)

99 " given inflation shocks from tariffs are on their way,"

Much like the predicted "empty shelves" that were due upon Inauguration... er, by Tax Day, no, a month after that...

Posted by: Man at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (tubbA)

100 DEINFLATION!!!

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (144I4)

101 Did that, but after 5 cartons of wiggling every egg I said screw it and put one in the cart.
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Serious post -

Put your open hand flat and palm down on as many eggs as possible in the carton and and lightly move your hand over them, slightly pressing down so they shift slightly.

If any are broken / leaking they'll be stuck to the carton and not move.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (EW59e)

102 I know a South African that up and moved his whole family to Australia because he saw what was coming.

Didn't even know if the company we both work for would let him keep a job as where Australia said he had to live had no facility anywhere near.

It was a risk he was willing to take to protect his family.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

103 Eating eggs causing Global Warming because eggs produce methane gas when digested.

We demand the EPA declare eggs a major component to increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (hdvue)

104 King Harv DID rip iff a BOC album cover.

Now do Secret Treaties.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (ufFY8)

105 78 It's a cultish faith. I guess some argument could be made that the USA is so dependent on cheap Chinese goods to support its own manufacturing and sales that any increase in the price of Chinese goods ripples through and increases all prices to the point of digressionary impact.

I don't think that's correct, but it's an argument. I don't think they're making that argument, though. I think they're just taking it as a point of cultish faith that anything that's "bad" for China is bad for the USA too. Like if Nike has to pay $5 for slave-made sneakers, rather than the prior $3, then the entire USA economy will teeter and fall. For reasons.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

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At worst, our consumption of Chinese made goods collapses. That would negatively affect GDP, for sure, but since imports are actually counted against GDP, the longer term effect of fewer Chinese product purchases would be greater GDP, not lesser. We'd be importing less, even if we replaced it with nothing.

And, since we grow our own food (it's like 90% or something), it's not like an import ban from China would have a huge affect on staples to keep life going.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)

106
This is literally not true, and I literally have the receipts to prove it.
Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (NIEJC)

If you're suggesting the media is lying, pshaw to you, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

107 " but our economy is very dependent on China"

And their's is dependent on...?

Posted by: Man at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (tubbA)

108 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (PMtkd)

109 I don’t think it’s going to lead to a depression, but our economy is very dependent on China and it’s not going to be cost-free to decouple from them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (l3YAf)

Total bull shit

Posted by: MAC V SOG at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (P4Pk9)

110 Eating eggs causing Global Warming because eggs produce methane gas when digested.

We demand the EPA declare eggs a major component to increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at May 13, 2025 02:48 PM (hdvue)

BREAKING NEWS:

CNN Hates Vegans and the Plants They Eat! Film at 11!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (VNX3d)

111 These are all Green Sprouts from Bidenomics....

Trump is just grifting from the benefits....

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (hdvue)

112 One thing to keep in mind, with inflation >10% under Biden you were almost certainly losing value both in your salary and your investments.

Now with inflation reduced to a nominal level under Trump any gains you make are real.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (t0Rmr)

113 The plight of the white SA farmers is literally what the asylum and refugee program was supposed to address.

The left are simply, sick, evil twisted f**ks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (XV/Pl)

114
What will the Episcopal Church do when black South Africans start saying can't take it anymore either?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (QnmlO)

115 I am curious as to how many Black farmers there are, where they are located and why Don Lemon immediately assumes the Trump admin will give farms owned by Black to farmers from South Africa Aside from the fact that Don Lemon is racist and hates Trump?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (42Vb+)

116 If you are white and still reside in RSA, you are either a fool, impoverished, or otherwise disabled from departure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (RIvkX)

Is RSA near Hawthorne Park between Nevada Avenue and Seven Mile?

Posted by: Detroit at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (xofCm)

117 I still live in the 90's pricewise. When Ramen is back to 15¢ a pack I'll consider prices stabilized. Untill then everything is overpriced in my view.
I want 99¢ Whoppers and 65¢ eggs. Good bread at $1.29...
5 for $4.00 Arby's sammiches.

The world will never be that great again.
Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (xcIvR)

I'd love to see .99 on the gas station price sign, though.

We'll never see it, but $1.50 isn't crazy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

118 What will the Episcopal Church do when black South Africans start saying can't take it anymore either?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (QnmlO)

Accept them, because they're not white. Duh.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 13, 2025 02:50 PM (nbLbZ)

119 I am a Black Woman, so I cannot be you Racist White Crackers and Rednecks......

Posted by: Jasmine Crocket at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (hdvue)

120 Who are the retards who keep doing such a bad job at expecting stuff to happen a certain way? They suck at it.

Posted by: Doof at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (GS5gH)

121 If you are white and still reside in RSA, you are either a fool, impoverished, or otherwise disabled from departure.
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Is Hunter still roaming RSA for handouts for the now struggling Biden Inc.?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (Dv3i1)

122 Just in: AOC hints she hired a new bag man:

Gustavo last name Hell

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has threatened federal law enforcement with “hell to pay” if they arrest members of Congress for violating the law.

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (ey6uh)

123 Remember when the left told us that Bidenspending wouldn't trigger inflation and inflation just coincidentally exploded?

And then they told us reducing spending wouldn't reduce inflation and yet now after Trump reduced spending inflation coincidentally declined.

Sure are a lot of coincidences going on aren't there?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (t0Rmr)

124 South Africa sticks it to the "white" farmers. Guess what happens next?

About 63% of South Africa's households are food insecure, of which 17% are critically under-nourished, the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey (NFNSS) has determined.

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That being said. The US greatly benefits from an influx of farmers.

Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (dIske)

125 Deflation can go out of control.

Just like inflation can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla

*reminiscing about those halcyon times in the 1920s when Extra Large White Eggs were 4 Deutschmarks per wheelbarrow*

Posted by: The Germans at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (BRvvM)

126 Not seeing drop.but everything price wise is holding steady

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (ypFCm)

127 Who woulda thunk that cutting government spending would have a deleterious effect on inflation?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 02:52 PM (LJ3iK)

128 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has threatened federal law enforcement with “hell to pay” if they arrest members of Congress for violating the law.

Then: No one is above the law!

Now: You can't arrest a member of the opposition party just because he broke the law!

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 02:52 PM (t0Rmr)

129 87 Trump lied about bringing down inflation.

Inflation is at 2.3% and not 0.0%.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News

You joke, but there are comments along those lines floating around:

I still am waiting for all the deflation in prices the orange buffoon promised.

That can't possibly be right. Just this morning I heard Donnie Dumbass tell the Saudis that the US has NO inflation. He wouldn’t lie. Would he?

Ok, so it rose a little bit? For real people who actually work for a living that means... what? Things cost another another couple of bucks more? On top of what what the tariffs are adding to the price of stuff? Great job, repukes.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (JCZqz)

130
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has threatened federal law enforcement with “hell to pay” if they arrest members of Congress for violating the law.
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (ey6uh)

But, I thought NO ONE was above the law?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)

131 Financial reporters here are every bit as horrible and one-sided as those reporting on health, technology, society, foreign relations and, of course, politics.

You can count on one hand the ones that actually "get it" and report factually.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (Q4IgG)

132 * Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.

This is literally not true, and I literally have the receipts to prove it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM

I concur. Last year at this time 18 extra large eggs at walmart were $9.02. Today they are $6.22. If my calculator skills are correct that is a 68% drop in about a year.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (e5NfL)

133 There’s also a cultish faith that taxes are deflationary, which is clearly wrong. (I think people mean disinflationary, but even then it’s incorrect.)

Inflation is complex, but it’s a monetary phenomenon. The biggest two drivers are money supply and velocity of money. Taxes don’t decrease the supply of money, unless the Federal Reserve is actively monetizing new debt through QE, which they are not presently doing.

As for velocity of money, that’s a whole other conversation, but economists just pretend it’s static or shrinking most of the time.

What taxes do is take money and redistribute it. Instead of being invested in actual business expansion, the money is mostly used for consumption, driving up demand for good and services while starving the market of capital to invest in expansion.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (l3YAf)

134 98
* Egg prices tumbled, falling 12.7%, though they were still up 49.3% from a year ago.

This is literally not true, and I literally have the receipts to prove it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:47 PM (NIEJC)

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Who the hell knows where they get their egg prices from.

They could be pulling off a shelf at a Krogers in Honolulu for all we know.

Maybe they go to a Whole Foods in the Hamptons or Beverly Hills and price the most expensive eggs in the hemisphere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (6ydKt)

135
If *this* seems familiar, it should. We've seen the Fake News'/Left's frustration that PDT isn't "destroying the economy" back in 2017-2019.

So what did they do, in addition to race riots? They, with the help of their chicom confederates, unleashed a virus upon the World and hyped up a bullshit "pandemic" for 2020.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (NIEJC)

136 @95

>>I don’t think it’s going to lead to a depression, but our economy is very dependent on China and it’s not going to be cost-free to decouple from them.

No we need to decouple from them, the idea that, for instance, our military is dependent on technology, circuits and components manufactured by a self professed military adversary is a non-starter.

Or as was opined, what would Alexander The Great Say about this situation?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (XV/Pl)

137 Churches should not be involved in immigration of any sort. It's a complete perversion of their mission.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (TdYBy)

138 129 Ok, so it rose a little bit? For real people who actually work for a living that means... what? Things cost another another couple of bucks more? On top of what what the tariffs are adding to the price of stuff? Great job, repukes.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (JCZqz)

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What happened to inflation being an invention of Right Wing media?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (GBKbO)

139
Lotsa numbers here, looks suspiciously like math.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (y9nCu)

140 Zimbabwe recently gave some white farmers back their land. Seems the "war veterans" weren't exactly up to snuff on farming. The communists of South Africa apparently think taking white farms and then success just hasn't been tried right yet.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (2ZThz)

141 I will say, South Africa being chosen was both a stroke of political genius AND a thank you to Elon. I've always suspected his original "pro-bring everyone" was b/c he was worried about his home nation and his people. When informed of the overall issue, he went in the background on it, even when Trump ended all refugee programs for a time. And b/c he was a team player who went above and beyond, Trump thought of him.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 13, 2025 02:54 PM (tOcjL)

142 I still am waiting for all the deflation in prices the orange buffoon promised.

Most LIVs believe that stopping inflation means prices will go back to what they were before Bidenflation but...you'd need substantial deflation for that which is unlikely to occur

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 02:54 PM (t0Rmr)

143 108 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 02:49 PM (PMtkd)

Didn't anyone tell them farming is beneath them? They should go the aspiring rapper route to fortune and fame.

Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:54 PM (xcIvR)

144 Deflation can go out of control.

Just like inflation can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla

Just ask Japan, it took them close to thirty years to get decent inflation back.

China is about to find out exactly what that was like if they keep going like they've been going since the pandemic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 02:54 PM (6ydKt)

145 >> If my calculator skills are correct that is a 68% drop in about a year.

31%

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (l3YAf)

146 I don't think anyone has really grasped just how screwed Canada is, and how their currency value is going to head on towards Venezuela type values within the next two years. That sounds embellished, but it's not.
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I'll repeat it:
Their per capita GDP growth over the last decade is 0.5%.
One half of one percent.

How bad is that?
Even Japan and Germany are above 5%.
They are ten times worse than those two.
And that's with having near-zero transportation costs for their goods to the largest market in the world.

0.5% over ten years.
That's not a dying economy. That's dead, buried, picked over by grave robbers and the tombstone fallen down from neglect.

PS: And they imported 5 million immigrants during that span.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (NwfFc)

147 Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

They can pick the crops the Mexicans aren't here to pick.

As if we don't have plenty of farmland that's laying fallow.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (hB7mE)

148 So $20 will buy a lot moar blow jobs?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (n17eQ)

149 108 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Let's peruse the 'net and see:

Business Tech- The one province in South Africa with roads so bad they’re a human rights violation

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (Dv3i1)

150 Did that, but after 5 cartons of wiggling every egg I said screw it and put one in the cart.

I’ve found that of the two grocery stores I go to, one is almost impossible to find a good carton, and one is easy; so I only buy eggs at the latter. (Randalls, Texas’s version of Safeway.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (EXyHK)

151 I don't think anyone has really grasped just how screwed Canada is, and how their currency value is going to head on towards Venezuela type values within the next two years. That sounds embellished, but it's not.
Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 02:40 PM (dIske)

Oh Please Please Please let this happen.

Posted by: Please Mister Please at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (xofCm)

152 Sell your JPMorgan shares.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2025 02:35 PM (RIvkX)

Fuck JPM.

I was cashing out my paper Series EE bonds from ages ago that matured (face value $100) at my Chase bank, when they suddenly refused because of "policy". They would only accept face value $50. Because of "fraud".

I told them, be serious, I have been an account holder for nearly 30 years, you know where I live, you have over $1T in assets, and you are worried about potentially losing $232.33?

I found a credit union that would accept my last two bonds, opened an account there, closed my Chase account, and sold half of my JPM stock. (The fuckers are still making money, so...)

Fuck JPM.

/rant off

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (ufFY8)

153 125 Deflation can go out of control.

Just like inflation can.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla

This is about us, isn’t it?

Posted by: Smoot Hawley Tariff of 1930 and the Great Depression at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (WqK+k)

154 The media keeps telling America that the Tariffs are causing wild inflation ... even though it hasn't happened. But it could ... it might .... maybe ... it's a catastrophe!!!!!

Here's a headline in Yahoo today, talking about the lower inflation news:

"Inflation pressures eased in April, even as many worried about the early effects of Trump's tariffs."

Pathetic.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (FUliT)

155 South Africa sticks it to the "white" farmers. Guess what happens next?

black agrarian utopia?

Posted by: Zimbabwe at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (TdYBy)

156 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has threatened federal law enforcement with “hell to pay” if they arrest members of Congress for violating the law.
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How many divisions does she have?

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (TN0g+)

157 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.

Posted by: Seems Legit

They import over six billion dollars worth of food items per year. They were a net exporter of food until the late 1970s.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (lTGtQ)

158 >> No we need to decouple from them, the idea that, for instance, our military is dependent on technology, circuits and components manufactured by a self professed military adversary is a non-starter.

Right, I think we agree.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (l3YAf)

159 That's not a dying economy. That's dead, buried, picked over by grave robbers and the tombstone fallen down from neglect.
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So what can Canada do other than run slaves into the US?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (n17eQ)

160 The communists of South Africa apparently think taking white farms and then success just hasn't been tried right yet.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (2ZThz)

There was a reason the whites were the farmers in the first place. Seems they forgot to brush up on SA history.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

161
0.5% over ten years.
That's not a dying economy. That's dead, buried, picked over by grave robbers and the tombstone fallen down from neglect.

___________

FREE HEALTHCARE!!!

Posted by: The Reflexive Answer at May 13, 2025 02:57 PM (QnmlO)

162
You People forget, but every single day 2017 through 2019, Bloomberg fake "news" spent their entire day bemoaning "Trump's Trade War, as did most fake news orgs.

Not a day went by when All the fake news outlets had at least one headline for "Trump's Trade War." The Russia Hoax overshadowed it, though.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 02:57 PM (NIEJC)

163 Still not regretting my vote.

Posted by: jsg at May 13, 2025 02:58 PM (ncg4f)

164 Other than blackouts every day, worst crime rate in Africa and double digit unemployment, South Africa is doing great.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 02:58 PM (d4dD2)

165 I was cashing out my paper Series EE bonds from ages ago that matured (face value $100) at my Chase bank, when they suddenly refused because of "policy". They would only accept face value $50. Because of "fraud".

I told them, be serious, I have been an account holder for nearly 30 years, you know where I live, you have over $1T in assets, and you are worried about potentially losing $232.33?

I found a credit union that would accept my last two bonds, opened an account there, closed my Chase account,

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

I have the same story, except it was medallion guarantees. A bank that won't do medallions isn't a bank.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 13, 2025 02:58 PM (lTGtQ)

166 139
Lotsa numbers here, looks suspiciously like math.
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1.6 times as much math as the previous thread.

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 02:58 PM (TN0g+)

167 There was a reason the whites were the farmers in the first place. Seems they forgot to brush up on SA history.
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Rhodesia was once named the Bread Basket of Africa. Good luck buying bread in Rhodesia.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 02:59 PM (n17eQ)

168 The communists of South Africa apparently think taking white farms and then success just hasn't been tried right yet. /i]

The people administering the taking will get rich irrespective of what it does to the country as a whole so they do not care.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 02:59 PM (t0Rmr)

169 157 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.

Posted by: Seems Legit

They import over six billion dollars worth of food items per year. They were a net exporter of food until the late 1970s.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 13, 2025 02:56 PM (lTGtQ)

They did alright until about 2005-2006 or so. One party rule, the neglect of infrastructure, lack of education, and much more besides, has turned the RSA from a country with promise to a basket case. If the EFF have their way, the RSA will become the RSZ (South Zimbabwe).

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 02:59 PM (WqK+k)

170 >> I found a credit union that would accept my last two bonds, opened an account there, closed my Chase account, and sold half of my JPM stock. (The fuckers are still making money, so...)

Close your acct, but don’t necessarily sell your stocks. Investment decisions shouldn’t be based on feelings. Just whatever goes up in value.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:59 PM (l3YAf)

171 @159

>>So what can Canada do other than run slaves into the US?

Pretty much nothing, it's similar to Russia in terms of GDP, it's largely a gas and mineral depot, and it has the unfortunate reality being full of lazy, poutine eating, syrup swilling, flapping head all full of lies, Canadian's, the boys from Rush excepted.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (XV/Pl)

172 44% of Canada thought Trudeau’s partydeserved re election.

Unfortunately the other 56% will also suffer. Then again part of that 56% wanted a party even further to the left.

In conclusion, LOLGF Canada.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (d4dD2)

173 Does anyone know how SA is doing now that blacks have taken over the white farms? It seems that recently they were hurting from a lack of expertise.
Posted by: Seems Legit
____

Let's peruse the 'net and see:

Business Tech- The one province in South Africa with roads so bad they’re a human rights violation

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (Dv3i1)

When I was on Twitter, there was an account I followed that chronicled the violence and downfall. It is a culture of looters and destroyers. It will end predictably.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (i24o9)

174 You have to break a few eggs to see if they're broken.

Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (0HaGk)

175 FREE HEALTHCARE!!!
Posted by: The Reflexive Answer at May 13, 2025 02:57 PM (QnmlO)

One, nothing is free.

Two, what about those of use (like me) who have no health for which to care?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (WqK+k)

176 So mean of Republican Presidents not to tell Democrat ones where they hide the magic wand.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (/y8xj)

177 >> They did alright until about 2005-2006 or so.

So it took about a decade of black rule to ruin centuries of white civilization building.

There’s a lesson there. Somewhere.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (l3YAf)

178 In 1970, South Africa mined 995 tons of gold.

Today, 100 tons.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (xTIDn)

179 Unexpectedly, Trump does good things.

Posted by: Jack Tapper, in service to the Truth. Not so much actually at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (an/JA)

180 FREE HEALTHCARE!!!
Posted by: The Reflexive Answer at May 13, 2025 02:57 PM (QnmlO)

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The stories I hear about the shitty wait listing in Cananda is almost unbelievable, years in many cases. And the whole MAID (?)(Choosing to kill yourself instead) situation is demonic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (PMtkd)

181 Get out of here with that shit! Prices are way up since Trump took office in 2017...

Posted by: The MFM at May 13, 2025 03:01 PM (4/l8P)

182 Close your acct, but don’t necessarily sell your stocks. Investment decisions shouldn’t be based on feelings. Just whatever goes up in value.

In this case I disagree. When a company acts in a way to drive customers away, that’s a strong reason for selling.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (EXyHK)

183
One, nothing is free.

Two, what about those of use (like me) who have no health for which to care?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (WqK+k)

The Danes like to brag about their free healthcare and education.

"But, you pay 125% tax on automobiles........."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

184 I work with a number of Europeans. They all have private insurance because you'll die before you get to see a specialist with "free healthcare"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (t0Rmr)

185
I still can't get over "defying fears."

lololololol

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (NIEJC)

186 Zambia began importing white farmers from Zimbabwe 15ish years ago. They offered them land for very cheap with no strings attached, and citizenship. Tons of whites took up Zambia on its offer.

Today Zambia is a net exporter of food including, ironically enough, to Zimbabwe.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (d4dD2)

187 172 44% of Canada thought Trudeau’s partydeserved re election.

Unfortunately the other 56% will also suffer. Then again part of that 56% wanted a party even further to the left.

In conclusion, LOLGF Canada.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:00 PM (d4dD2)

Canadians have acquiesced in the destruction of their liberty, and are unfit to be free, and are incapable of self-government (h/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (WqK+k)

188 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (0sNs1)

189 This is literally the CNN article title - you don't hate the MSM enough...

"CNN Business
Trump’s egg price fiction has suddenly become reality
David Goldman, CNN"

Posted by: Nova Local at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (tOcjL)

190
"defying fears" = defying our bullshit gaslighting

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (NIEJC)

191 The Danes like to brag about their free healthcare and education.

"But, you pay 125% tax on automobiles........."
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This is known as the Danegeld. Their cookies and Danish are great, though.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (n17eQ)

192 Don Lemon and guest are panicking about 59 white refugees who might "replace our black farmers!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

They can pick the crops the Mexicans aren't here to pick.

As if we don't have plenty of farmland that's laying fallow.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (hB7mE)

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OUT: Wetbacks.
IN: Whitebacks.

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (2b8ey)

193 Please Please Please let this happen.
Posted by: Please Mister Please at May 13

Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

194 >> The Russia Hoax overshadowed it, though.

It’s Mueller Time! Mueller, She Wrote. (Yes, that AWFL is still podcasting.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (l3YAf)

195 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.

If a number of prominent democrats don't end up serving prison time they will win the 2026 (and 2

elections and put everyone involved with the Trump admin in jail.

If you make them suffer consequences for what they did, however, there is a chance we can get back to normal politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (t0Rmr)

196 Rhodesia was once named the Bread Basket of Africa. Good luck buying bread in Rhodesia.

Some white liberal visited Zimbabwe and was shocked to discover that there was considerable nostalgia for the white government among the black population.

Sure, the white government was brutal and racist, but at least there was enough to eat.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (xTIDn)

197
As to Canada's problems, everyone focuses on Quebec because they're French and cool and all that. But there are other fault lines. How long are the western provinces going to want to go on being treated like Ontario's doormat?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (QnmlO)

198 FREE HEALTHCARE!!!

Which we paid for, via Big Pharma's jacked up rates over here, our military taking care of defense, and who knows how many USAID-style programs.

We may not have prepared them for the real world.

Posted by: t-bird at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (Y+sVZ)

199 Mueller was best known prior to Russiagate for being one of Whitey Bulger's boys in the FBI.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (t0Rmr)

200 The average wait time in Canada to see a specialist is something like 20 weeks. Don’t worry, it’s probably not cancer.

But it’s “free”.

And despite this, the vast majority of Canucks will still tell you it’s better than the Yankee system.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (d4dD2)

201 The Danes like to brag about their free healthcare and education.

"But, you pay 125% tax on automobiles........."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

They’ll never tell you about their paying two thirds of their income to The State. And they have to start importing taxpayers now in the form of immigrants that bring their own set of problems…

And that education can’t be that great because they never learned that nothing is free.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (WqK+k)

202
Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

They haven't figured out that elections have consequences, so maybe they need to reap the benefits of their decisions for a while and learn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

203 186 Zambia began importing white farmers from Zimbabwe 15ish years ago. They offered them land for very cheap with no strings attached, and citizenship. Tons of whites took up Zambia on its offer.

Today Zambia is a net exporter of food including, ironically enough, to Zimbabwe.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:02 PM (d4dD2)

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I love these stories.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (PMtkd)

204 Krugman holds the all time gerbil stuffing record.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (r09E4)

205 Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

Foreigners. Enemies on our borders. Must be subjugated and their vast maple syrup fields secured.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (l3YAf)

206 0.5% over ten years.
That's not a dying economy. That's dead, buried, picked over by grave robbers and the tombstone fallen down from neglect.

PS: And they imported 5 million immigrants during that span.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (NwfFc)

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Which is why if Carney keeps up with his Climate Change delusions and keeps screwing Alberta over, we may get a 51st state sooner than expected.

Premier Smith has already stated she wouldn't stop a citizen led referendum on separation from the Canadian federation.
Around 36% of Albertans already support the idea.

If it ever happens then they could make their own republic, or join the U.S. on a fast track to statehood.

If they ever decide to do that, Saskatchewan would probably follow along, and maybe even British Colombia.

Carney better make the right calls.
His position is more precarious than he thinks it is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (6ydKt)

207 Remember:
South Africa submitted Israel for war crimes for their response to 10/7.

Every leader of the party in power of that country needs a nice Mandela Necklace.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (NwfFc)

208 I love these stories.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (PMtkd)

I’m getting dangerously close to Noticing here.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (l3YAf)

209 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (NwfFc)

________________________________

On top of that nasty GDP, they've gutted their industry in general. Canada used to have a very solid ship building industry among others. VDH pointed this out as did Thomas Sowell. They both came to the conclusion that they have nothing to fall back on, and would have to re-industrialize to acquire stability. They exist on hand-outs.

Now, they are essentially the equivalent of some guy putting IKEA furniture together on the weekend for other countries (mostly China).

And, the current PM is an environmental zealot (as is his wife). When he was Gov. of the Bank of Canada/England, HE was the one that initiated the NetZero programs that disallow loans to fossil fuel driven industry and mining. Now, it's coming back to haunt him since doing so violated his fiduciary duties to bank investors. There's a number of govt. investigations following him around on that.

Going to get ugly for America's hat.

Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (dIske)

210
I'll bet my left nut 75% of donk lemon's paltry viewership is people joke-watching him. Same goes for "morning joke" on MSNBC-13, whereas I'd guess less than 10% hate-watch Fox News.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (NIEJC)

211 Bought eggs Sunday but didn't look to see how much they were, been about $5 last few weeks.

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (ypFCm)

212 Biden's presidency began with denying the existence of Hunter's laptop, and ended with pardoning Hunter for what was on the laptop.

Posted by: Things that make you go 'hmmmm' at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (0sNs1)

213 If you gave 40 acres and a mule to each Afrikaner family that's just arrived in the US as refugees, they'd all be millionaires within 2 generations. My most recent ex-wife's entire extended family is Afrikaner from South Africa, and they've all legally emigrated here within the last 20 years. They all work their asses off and most own their own businesses within a year of establishing themselves in the US.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (BRvvM)

214 200 The average wait time in Canada to see a specialist is something like 20 weeks. Don’t worry, it’s probably not cancer.

But it’s “free”.

And despite this, the vast majority of Canucks will still tell you it’s better than the Yankee system.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (d4dD2)

Yep, tell me about it. I hear this from a Canadian all the damn time. I piss him off when I mention their doctors given permission to murder people to save the system a buck. Or a loonie,

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (WqK+k)

215 When are the ass-faces at the Fed going to lower rates?

It's bullshit it hasn't happened yet.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 02:33 PM (PMtkd)

Imagine how the equity and bond markets would react to a Fed rate cut AND the final passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" before July 4th.

And the announcement of a couple of major trade deals for the cherry on top.

Posted by: mrp at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (rj6Yv)

216 Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

They haven't figured out that elections have consequences, so maybe they need to reap the benefits of their decisions for a while and learn.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

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Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (PMtkd)

217 Foreigners. Enemies on our borders. Must be subjugated and their vast maple syrup fields secured.
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The patrols in those vast maple syrup fields would be brutal...avoiding the mounties and their horsies...

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (TN0g+)

218 And despite this, the vast majority of Canucks will still tell you it’s better than the Yankee system.
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Yeah, while they are crossing the US border to get medical care and diagnostics.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (n17eQ)

219 >> Every leader of the party in power of that country needs a nice Mandela Necklace.

Ooh, sounds lovely!

Mik—Michelle gave me a lovely pearl necklace for our anniversary. How thoughtful!

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (l3YAf)

220 I work with a number of Europeans. They all have private insurance because you'll die before you get to see a specialist with "free healthcare"

When Hillary was trying to take over the health care system, she was going to ban that, because it was Unfair that people with private health insurance were able to jump the queue.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (xTIDn)

221 Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (PMtkd)

I've seen nothing to suggest that anyone thinks the election was fraudulent. Not that I don't think they cheated their ass off or anything, but the people don't seem to be anywhere near 'insurrection' levels.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

222 charlie gasparino wrong AGAIN

ace used to kick his ass too

Posted by: cherries are the best at May 13, 2025 03:08 PM (N+i4e)

223 This is known as the Danegeld. Their cookies and Danish are great, though.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Don't pay the Danegeld! There's only one way to deal with the Danes...

Posted by: Harold Godwinson at May 13, 2025 03:08 PM (JCZqz)

224
Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

_________

While I don't doubt that many Canadians are fine folks and joking friends, the only ones we hear in the media are the self-satisfied underachievers who sneer at the US.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2025 03:08 PM (QnmlO)

225
Fake News 2021-2024: Eggs are not more expensive!

Also Fake News 2025: Eggs are still expensive and will never not be expensive until Trump is gone!

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:08 PM (NIEJC)

226 Bought eggs Sunday but didn't look to see how much they were, been about $5 last few weeks.

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 03:05 PM (ypFCm)

$7 for 18, yesterday, non-"sale" price.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:08 PM (i24o9)

227
Speaking of canada...

I want ANSWERS on andycanuck by the end of this week.

That's an order.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (NIEJC)

228 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.
---
1) please let this be real.
2) But doesn't he have a blank-check pardon?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (NwfFc)

229 Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:06 PM (PMtkd)

Canada has an issue with fuckhead Canadians, that’s what.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (uWKK8)

230 Speaking of canada...

I want ANSWERS on andycanuck by the end of this week.

That's an order.
Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (NIEJC)

It was reported earlier that he's fine, just taking a break for a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

231 The patrols in those vast maple syrup fields would be brutal...avoiding the mounties and their horsies...
Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (TN0g+)

Saskatchewan. Shit. I’m still only in Saskatchewan. Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the Quebec maple syrup fields..

Posted by: American Veteran, 2027 at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (l3YAf)

232 Premier Smith has already stated she wouldn't stop a citizen led referendum on separation from the Canadian federation.
Around 36% of Albertans already support the idea.

—
She said she would respect the result of a vote. But she also pledged to do everything she could to stop a yes vote.

If a vote were to take place the entire world would line up to keep it from passing. If Alberta separated it would blow up so much shit, no way it’s allowed to happen. It opens up the door for Basque separation, North Italy, all sorts of chaos the globalists don’t want to deal with.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (d4dD2)

233
It was reported earlier that he's fine, just taking a break for a while.
Posted by: Sponge

Oh.

Well, okay, then.

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (NIEJC)

234 I want ANSWERS on andycanuck by the end of this week.

That's an order.
Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (NIEJC)

It was reported earlier that he's fine, just taking a break for a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

And THAT'S how you get results.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (i24o9)

235 Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.
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Subdivisions...

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (TN0g+)

236 Every leader of the party in power of that country needs a nice Mandela Necklace.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Willie never gave me one of those? Is it better or worse than a pearl necklace?

Posted by: Kamala at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (JCZqz)

237 This is literally the CNN article title - you don't hate the MSM enough...

"CNN Business
Trump’s egg price fiction has suddenly become reality
David Goldman, CNN"

Posted by: Nova Local at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (tOcjL)

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[Corollary to Michael Anton's Lefty MDM-MSM "Celebration Parallax:"]

Trump never tells the truth, and it's always surprising when his lies suddenly always true!

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (2b8ey)

238 Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?

Because like California, New York, Chicago, etc. they have had many chances to "wise up" and many examples of alternatives to choose from and they willing choose failure. Time after time after time.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (/y8xj)

239 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.
---
1) please let this be real.
2) But doesn't he have a blank-check pardon?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 13, 2025 03:09 PM (NwfFc)

Autopen pardons aren't real.

He SHOULD be convicted of election fraud for his pushing of the Russian Collusion bullshit. He SWORE up and down he had CONCRETE EVIDENCE of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)

240
And THAT'S how you get results.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Fuckin-A-right!

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (NIEJC)

241 Every poll leading up to the election predicted the results. Polymarket did as well. Sometimes people just vote like imbeciles without anyone cheating.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (d4dD2)

242 Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.
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Subdivisions...

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (TN0g+)

Those are only in the High School halls and the shopping malls.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (i24o9)

243
And THAT'S how you get results.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (i24o9)

He outranks me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:12 PM (Zz0t1)

244 Are we all assuming that Canada doesn't have an issue with voting integrity? Based on how left the government is, you'd be foolish not to think something shifty may be happening.
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Subdivisions...

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (TN0g+)

Those are only in the High School halls and the shopping malls.
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Be cool or be cast out...

Posted by: Crusader at May 13, 2025 03:12 PM (TN0g+)

245 Screw JPM and Jaime Dimon. Any asshole can make bank with money at 0% that you loan out for 3-5%

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 13, 2025 03:13 PM (wBaIH)

246 Those are only in the High School halls and the shopping malls.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (i24o9)

Hey. Be cool or be cast out.

Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 03:13 PM (xcIvR)

247 Close your acct, but don’t necessarily sell your stocks. Investment decisions shouldn’t be based on feelings. Just whatever goes up in value.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 02:59 PM (l3YAf)

I did close my account.
I sold half my stock because it had huge gains and was a bit overweighted in my portfolio.

So, I did precisely what you advised.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 03:13 PM (ufFY8)

248 Don't pay the Danegeld! There's only one way to deal with the Danes...
Posted by: Harold Godwinson
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Harold was Hasty at Hastings.

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (n17eQ)

249 My fav msm Trump thing is

A. Cutting government is horrible and it’s good that judges are blocking Trump from doing it

B. Trump failed to keep his promises of cutting government

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (d4dD2)

250 And THAT'S how you get results.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Fuckin-A-right!

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM

What's your plan to deal with the intractable carrots in chili conundrum?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (0sNs1)

251 And despite this, the vast majority of Canucks will still tell you it’s better than the Yankee system.
===
Meanwhile let's hope that unreduced hernia doesn't incarcerate while you wait 5 months for surgery. Oh and don't bend over and pick up anything....

Posted by: Jack Tapper, in service to the Truth. Not so much actually at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (an/JA)

252 140 Zimbabwe recently gave some white farmers back their land. Seems the "war veterans" weren't exactly up to snuff on farming. The communists of South Africa apparently think taking white farms and then success just hasn't been tried right yet.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 13, 2025 02:53 PM (2ZThz)

The thing to remember about Zimbabwe was that ZANU-PF didn’t just take land from productive white farmers and give it to blacks - it gave that land to political hacks who couldn’t keep basic house plants alive. If you were black and were an MDC supporter, you were just as fucked. As was the country, it would turn out.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (WqK+k)

253 Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth. But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (i24o9)

254 @242

>>Those are only in the High School halls and the shopping malls.

Be cool... or be... cast out...

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (XV/Pl)

255 The idea that inflation—the never-ending debasement of the wealth held by the vast majority of people—is good and healthy for the economy was a great big hoax to push centralized banking and socialist government.

Posted by: American Veteran, 2027 at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (l3YAf)

256 The inflation in my ballsack is a prime indicator that economic growth is exponential.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (zKVqU)

257 179 Unexpectedly, Trump does good things.
Posted by: Jack Tapper, in service to the Truth. Not so much actually

Can you say that one one hand, someone does good things, and yet on the other hand, is literally worse than Hitler?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (Dv3i1)

258 241 Every poll leading up to the election predicted the results. Polymarket did as well. Sometimes people just vote like imbeciles without anyone cheating.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (d4dD2)

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I did not know about their polls. I didn't think Canadians were that stupid.

Dear Canadians, we here in America know how shitty it can be when your fellow Americans elect lefty, globalist, thieves.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (PMtkd)

259 Man, you guys who promoted the tariffs as rejuvenating the American middle class, reshoring manufacturing, replacing the income tax, and sticking it to China must be pretty pissed at Trump right now, huh?

Posted by: Lamont Cranston at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (w6p9p)

260 What's your plan to deal with the intractable carrots in chili conundrum?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 13, 2025 03:14 PM (0sNs1)

We ride at dawn.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (i24o9)

261 Be cool or be cast out!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

262 If a vote were to take place the entire world would line up to keep it from passing. If Alberta separated it would blow up so much shit, no way it’s allowed to happen. It opens up the door for Basque separation, North Italy, all sorts of chaos the globalists don’t want to deal with.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM (d4dD2)

Does it, though?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:16 PM (WqK+k)

263 255 The idea that inflation—the never-ending debasement of the wealth held by the vast majority of people—is good and healthy for the economy was a great big hoax to push centralized banking and socialist government.
Posted by: American Veteran, 2027 at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (l3YAf)

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Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:16 PM (PMtkd)

264 So ... the Fed will raise rates then, right?

Posted by: Elric Blade at May 13, 2025 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

265 Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:03 PM (42Vb+)

They haven't figured out that elections have consequences, so maybe they need to reap the benefits of their decisions for a while and learn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:04 PM

Sometimes you learn more from your failures than you do your successes, just sayin......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (e5NfL)

266 PS: And they imported 5 million immigrants during that span.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Everyone forgets (or nobody knew it in the first place) that Justin Trudeau said: "Canada is not a financially viable country without the US's $300 billion annually [of free money] being injected into our economy" well before Trump said Canada should become the 51st state.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (BRvvM)

267 CNN Business
Trump’s egg price fiction has suddenly become reality
David Goldman, CNN"
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Drumpf ruins everything!!!!!

And by ruins they mean. Makes better.

Posted by: CNN. We lie because we have to at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (an/JA)

268 She said she would respect the result of a vote. But she also pledged to do everything she could to stop a yes vote.

If a vote were to take place the entire world would line up to keep it from passing. If Alberta separated it would blow up so much shit, no way it’s allowed to happen. It opens up the door for Basque separation, North Italy, all sorts of chaos the globalists don’t want to deal with.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:10 PM
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She says she's not in favor of separation herself, but she won't stop it if people gather enough signatures and follow procedures for a referendum.

Smith made a speech last week to her province laying out 5 demands she was making to Carney and the Liberal government.

Access to ports to be able to ship their oil out of Canada (their only customer currently is us).

Build pipelines, refineries and other industry so they can export their main products easier.

Make the Equalization Act fairer so that Alberta, Sak and B.C. aren't paying money to Ontario and Quebec.

I forget the rest of the details, but those are the main concerns.

She is serious about those demands, and if Carney refuses, ya never know what could happen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

269
Sometimes you learn more from your failures than you do your successes, just sayin......
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (e5NfL)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (Zz0t1)

270 Why would you want Canada to fail instead of wishing that they get some "eyesight" and mind correction and wise up?

Because like California, New York, Chicago, etc. they have had many chances to "wise up" and many examples of alternatives to choose from and they willing choose failure. Time after time after time.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:11 PM (/y8xj)

Failure is the best teacher. Preferably, somebody else’s failures.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

271 When Hillary was trying to take over the health care system, she was going to ban that, because it was Unfair that people with private health insurance were able to jump the queue.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 13, 2025 03:07 PM (xTIDn)

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Yep, and she wanted to criminalize & imprison any providers who refused to participate in, and provided any services outside of, HillaryCare (the original DeathCare before DeathCare was cool).

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (1lGBD)

272 Regular unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?

Posted by: Glenn at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (RHTm0)

273 I'm confused. Did the Canadians vote to fuck over their kids and grandkids or just fuck over Alberta?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 13, 2025 03:18 PM (wBaIH)

274 Alberta isn't going anywhere. The way they wrote the Law that applies toward secession (ironically called The Clarity Law) doesn't distinguish just what amount is needed to leave. They use weasel words like "clear majority" and "major will of the people."

That's purposeful. Because the govt is Liberal, and they will define the terms. Their definition of "clear majority" will not be what Albertans believe the definition to be. The whole issue will got to court, which is, also, owned by the liberals. I would be entirely shocked if a clear 2/3rds or more is required to solidify Alberta going out on its own.

And don't think it wouldn't be conditional....such as securing percentage profits on the Oil Sands, as well as the heavy crude production. Then you have Danielle Smith who has outright stated in the past that she doesn't want Alberta to leave.

Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 03:18 PM (dIske)

275 Failure is the best teacher. Preferably, somebody else’s failures.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

Sometimes pain is the best teacher.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:18 PM (i24o9)

276 >> Build pipelines, refineries and other industry so they can export their main products easier.

Trump needs to build a pipeline right up to the Albertan border.

I don’t want a 51st state, though. If Alberta secedes it can become a personal protectorate of Imperator Trumpius the First.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (l3YAf)

277 charlie gasparino wrong AGAIN

I am convinced he is banging and motorboating Big Tit Liz Claman.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (ufFY8)

278 Business Tech- The one province in South Africa with roads so bad they’re a human rights violation

This is the story of New Orleans.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (w9Wax)

279 I EAT SHIT AND LOVE THE TASTE! THIS MORNING'S WAS QUITE PIQUANT!

Posted by: Sid, loves to eat shit at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (LyOHV)

280 Off for a all nighter in Delaware
Have a great afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (ypFCm)

281 Regular unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?
Posted by: Glenn at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (RHTm0)

WTI’s up a bit since about a week ago.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (l3YAf)

282
This is the story of New Orleans.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (w9Wax)

It's all about the chocolate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

283 . I didn't think Canadians were that stupid
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A majority of them are. Don't forget the trucker strike tho. They have a minority of down to earth no nonsense people. But those normal people don't have any political or cultural power. They are going to continue to suck until morale improves.

Posted by: CNN. We lie because we have to at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (an/JA)

284 Off for a all nighter in Delaware
Have a great afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (ypFCm)

Now THAT sounds like a PARTY.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

285 272 Regular unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?
Posted by: Glenn at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (RHTm0)

A weird cyclical thing.

In the Panhandle it dropped to $2.36, and later that day, about a week ago, POW! Right back up to $2.69. Before falling down again. I paid $2.39 the other day.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (WqK+k)

286 Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (ypFCm

Safe travel and work, Skip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (42Vb+)

287 The idea that inflation—the never-ending debasement of the wealth held by the vast majority of people—is good and healthy for the economy was a great big hoax to push centralized banking and socialist government.

Posted by: American Veteran, 2027 at May 13, 2025 03:15 PM (l3YAf)

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* Fractional Reserve Banking has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (eskar)

288 275 Failure is the best teacher. Preferably, somebody else’s failures.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

Sometimes pain is the best teacher.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

You let Stacey Abrams step on your foot and let me know all the wisdom you've received.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (JCZqz)

289 When I come back I want to be an economist. No accountability.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (NVNRw)

290 ===
A majority of them are. Don't forget the trucker strike tho. They have a minority of down to earth no nonsense people. But those normal people don't have any political or cultural power. They are going to continue to suck until morale improves.
Posted by: CNN. We lie because we have to at May 13, 2025 03:21 PM (an/JA)

And all the people clammed up when the government stepped in and started seizing the assets of the truckers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)

291 Failure is the best teacher. Preferably, somebody else’s failures.

Growing up, I always told my kids that the only way anyone learns anything is from mistakes. The difference between smart people and most people is that smart people can learn from others' mistakes and most people can only learn from their own. And the dumb people are the ones who can't even do that.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (/y8xj)

292 Regular unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?

Posted by: Glenn at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM

The refineries are switching over to summer blend. Gas prices almost always go up before memorial day weekend because of that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (e5NfL)

293 I don’t want a 51st state, though. If Alberta secedes it can become a personal protectorate of Imperator Trumpius the First.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (l3YAf)

And it would mess up the arrangement of the stars. 3 x 17??

Although, we would get the Edmonton Oilers.
And the Calgary Stampede.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (ufFY8)

294 Troll cope droppings have an unpleasant odor.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (Dv3i1)

295 You let Stacey Abrams step on your foot and let me know all the wisdom you've received.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 13, 2025 03:22 PM (JCZqz)

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Never leave home without an elephant gun.

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:24 PM (eskar)

296 I love that Trump makes lefty trolls say stupid shit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:24 PM (PMtkd)

297 289 When I come back I want to be an economist. No accountability.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (NVNRw)

Or a weather forecaster.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 13, 2025 03:24 PM (N39Ws)

298 Regular unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?

Posted by: Glenn

Summer blends are coming out. Corn is still expensive to burn.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 13, 2025 03:25 PM (lTGtQ)

299 Or a journalist.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 13, 2025 03:25 PM (PMtkd)

300 297 289 When I come back I want to be an economist. No accountability.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (NVNRw)

Or a weather forecaster.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 13, 2025 03:24 PM (N39Ws)

Sports talking head.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 13, 2025 03:25 PM (KbCG3)

301 When I come back I want to be an economist. No accountability.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (NVNRw)

You'd settle for: Coming back as a penguin.

You'll get: Coming back as a small nodule.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:25 PM (i24o9)

302 299 Or a journalist.
____

Take a man, and remove all reason and accountability. The result is a journalist.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 03:25 PM (Dv3i1)

303 Growing up, I always told my kids that the only way anyone learns anything is from mistakes. The difference between smart people and most people is that smart people can learn from others' mistakes and most people can only learn from their own. And the dumb people are the ones who can't even do that.
Posted by: Oddbob

I've heard it said about George Washington as a military commander is that he never made the same mistake twice. Always learned from his failures.

Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2025 03:26 PM (77rzZ)

304 I took Trump's advice and bought some QQQ (NASDAQ Index) stocks on April 15th, and I'm now up 14% a month later. I just missed buying on the dip on April 21st, which would have had me at +21% today, but I shouldn't focus on the "could have beens". Thanks Trump!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 13, 2025 03:26 PM (JCZqz)

305 Summer blends are coming out. Corn is still expensive to burn.
____

Be nice if EPA did away with all that.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 13, 2025 03:26 PM (Dv3i1)

306 ""But but but Trump said he would immediately cut inflation and taking two or three weeks isn't "immediate"""

Two or three WEEKS?? It's already been two or three MONTHS!! Obviously he's incompetent and impaired and should be removed and replaced by either Kamala or Shrillery or both....waahhh waahhhh waahhhh

/sarc! if it's not obvious.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (QGaXH)

307 I don’t want a 51st state, though. If Alberta secedes it can become a personal protectorate of Imperator Trumpius the First.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (l3YAf)

And it would mess up the arrangement of the stars. 3 x 17??

Although, we would get the Edmonton Oilers.
And the Calgary Stampede.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (ufFY

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Not to mention Banff National Park -- which could be renamed Drumphff National Park ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (eskar)

308 Comrade Flounder, I already know how to be a pain in the ass.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (NVNRw)

309 No no no no, I did that! Inflation Re-Re-Refluction Bill! Inflation was 8 - 25 - 15% under Trump! Nobody believed I could do that! Nobody!

Posted by: JoKe Biden* at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (qUkBO)

310 And it would mess up the arrangement of the stars. 3 x 17??

3 x (row of 9, row of

Not quite as pleasingly symmetrical as the current arrangement but doable. We should amend the Constitution to ensure that we never have a prime number of states.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (/y8xj)

311 Only fags and women use emojis.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (W2Pud)

312 Although, we would get the Edmonton Oilers.
And the Calgary Stampede.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 13, 2025 03:23 PM (ufFY

I can't stand the Oilers.

However, it would be quite comical if this happened before the end of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Edmonton wins. The Cup stays in America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)

313 Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (NVNRw)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (i24o9)

314 unleaded gas was down to 2.79 gallon (or more) here in North Texas two weeks ago. Today it is 3.09 at many gas stations. Why did it go up again?
Posted by: Glenn at May 13, 2025 03:17 PM (RHTm0)

Gas bounces up and down all the time. 2.79 to 3.09 is 10%. That’s just normal ebb and flow of oil prices. It’s why gas isn’t included in the cpi calculation. It’s way too volatile.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:28 PM (d4dD2)

315 Could we also get Flin Flon, Manitoba while we're at it?

Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2025 03:28 PM (77rzZ)

316 I took Trump's advice and bought some QQQ (NASDAQ Index) stocks on April 15th, and I'm now up 14% a month later. I just missed buying on the dip on April 21st, which would have had me at +21% today, but I shouldn't focus on the "could have beens". Thanks Trump!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 13, 2025 03:26 PM (JCZqz)

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"Further proof of insider trading! IMPEACH!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:28 PM (eskar)

317 Only fags and women use emojis.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (W2Pud)

Geez.....last time I send YOU any smiley faces......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 13, 2025 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

318 Hi, Ben Had!

Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2025 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

319 The powers that be kept Quebec from voting yes to separate twice. Even though the support was there both times.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:29 PM (d4dD2)

320 279 Trump "saved" the economy by canceling his meddling, and returning to President Biden's economy. Go figure.
Posted by: Sid

Ok retard.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2025 03:30 PM (W2Pud)

321 Bulg, Good afternoon to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2025 03:30 PM (NVNRw)

322 Yes, thank you Minx 0.8 beta. "Row of smileys" is exactly what I meant there.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:30 PM (/y8xj)

323 eggs 3.94/dozen at WalMart here.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 13, 2025 03:30 PM (Cus5s)

324 My daughter laughs that I use proper punctuation in text messages.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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heh. Same here.

Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2025 03:30 PM (2bFN5)

325 Last thread on butt nodule sent me down the rabbit hole.

Pro tip:

DO NOT image search "anal fistula."

Do not.

Ever.

And don't read the personal accounts of patients who have suffered one.

Do not.

Ever.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 13, 2025 03:31 PM (Y1sOo)

326 Only fags and women use emojis.

—

😩

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:31 PM (d4dD2)

327 Only fags and women use emojis.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (W2Pud)

😭😭😭

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:32 PM (l3YAf)

328 Bulg, Good afternoon to you.
Posted by: Ben Had

I still owe you an e-mail from a couple of months ago. I'll try to get that out to you soon.

Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2025 03:32 PM (77rzZ)

329 Trump got the lowest inflation number since 2021 by returning to the 2021-2024 Biden economy.

- Sid

lol

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 13, 2025 03:32 PM (d4dD2)

330 Like the flag on that tos episode about the hotel

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 13, 2025 03:33 PM (daFlc)

331 3 x (row of 9, row of
Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (/y8xj)

311 Only fags and women use emojis.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (W2Pud)

Ouch.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:33 PM (/y8xj)

332
That being said. The US greatly benefits from an influx of farmers.
Posted by: orson at May 13, 2025 02:51 PM (dIske)

In the early 80's American fishermen who fished the gulf coast complained about Vietnamese refugee families who
all lived together and paid their boats off all while out working and out fishing the rednecks... i guess that cooler of beer onboard cost them bigly...

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 13, 2025 03:34 PM (ey6uh)

333

noood

dOOn

Posted by: Soothsayer, literally at May 13, 2025 03:34 PM (NIEJC)

334 Are we gonna rename Hudson bay in honor of Trump?

Posted by: Pudinhead at May 13, 2025 03:36 PM (n17eQ)

335 I saw Anal Fistula open for Septic Death at Club Minimal in '84.

Posted by: ShainS -- Sovereignty Trumps Journalism (#OrangeHorseBad)! at May 13, 2025 03:39 PM (7VJFP)

336 wow so they let phones in asylum's for the criminally insane now? that Sid person is out there

Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 13, 2025 03:40 PM (ey6uh)

337 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.
......

LEAVE MY SENATOR ALONE

Posted by: wth at May 13, 2025 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

338 OT: the episcopalians do not seem to just be objecting to the Afrikaans as evil whites. They seem to be tarring them with the brush of apartheid. So, I guess they agree with the current SA government that they should all be hunted down and killed.

Huh. Such fine fellow fuckers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 13, 2025 03:42 PM (CnAeB)

339 150 Did that, but after 5 cartons of wiggling every egg I said screw it and put one in the cart.

I’ve found that of the two grocery stores I go to, one is almost impossible to find a good carton, and one is easy; so I only buy eggs at the latter. (Randalls, Texas’s version of Safeway.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 13, 2025 02:55 PM (EXyHK)

Got home from Kroger last year and found that the dozen eggs I bought were actually 10. I usually inspect the eggs before I buy them but I just didn't that one day. Ugh. The missing eggs were on either end of the carton.

Posted by: Farquad at May 13, 2025 03:50 PM (Zc0lW)

340 So, our political class decided thirty years ago that sending our industrial base offshore would make us more likable, wealthy, and more secure.
Welcome to reality! Too bad it took three decades and the orange scourge to snap our country out of it. Unfortunately, we’re $37 trillion dollars in debt and we’re less liked and less secure. Funny that the GOPe and the swamp want the present administration to fail. They may feel they’re immune, but when it does crash, they’ll be enjoying the same hell as the rest of us!

Posted by: Unkaren at May 13, 2025 03:58 PM (16w5m)

341 Rush always taught me that when a republican is in the white house and the economy shows signs of strength, the democrats will have their media folks run stories on the homeless, the homeless camps and the homeless epidemic nationwide. Split Tails and minorities impacted the most. In 3...2...1...
Posted by: Mr. Snerdley at May 13, 2025 02:39 PM (xofCm)

They can't do that anymore since it will show them eating cats and dogs and that will help Trump.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 13, 2025 04:00 PM (8avO+)

342 Breaking: Tulsi Gabbard calls Adam "Pencilneck" Schiff a Domestic Enemy, and has submitted three criminal referrals to the DOJ for criminal prosecution.
......

LEAVE MY SENATOR ALONE
Posted by: wth at May 13, 2025 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

He's my senator. Prosecute Prosecute Prosecute

Posted by: Oldcat at May 13, 2025 04:02 PM (8avO+)

343 And it would mess up the arrangement of the stars. 3 x 17??

3 x (row of 9, row of

Not quite as pleasingly symmetrical as the current arrangement but doable. We should amend the Constitution to ensure that we never have a prime number of states.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 13, 2025 03:27 PM (/y8xj)

Make the new states little maple leaves. Then you don't have to change the arrangement of the stars.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 13, 2025 04:05 PM (8avO+)

344 If tommorrow you couldn't buy ANYTHING made in China how would that effect your quality of life ?

Would food be more expensive ? No ...

Would gas be more expensive ? No ...

Would housing prices or rent go up ? No ...

So no inflation ...

Sure alot of cheap crap would have to be sourced from some other 3rd world hellhole ... and maybe you have to pay $3 instead $2 for some gadget ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at May 13, 2025 04:07 PM (DBAaD)

345 I've heard it said about George Washington as a military commander is that he never made the same mistake twice. Always learned from his failures.
Posted by: Bulg at May 13, 2025 03:26 PM (77rzZ)

Lessee....first campaign his troops massacred their French Prisoners and was captured by the French.
Second Campaign his column was ambushed and nearly destroyed

that IS improving.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 13, 2025 04:09 PM (8avO+)

346 I don’t want a 51st state, though. If Alberta secedes it can become a personal protectorate of Imperator Trumpius the First.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 13, 2025 03:20 PM (l3YAf)

Not moving to statehood hasn't helped Puerto Rico much, and not having representatives led to us leaving England. I'd rather not have them have their own foreign policy but be otherwise autonomous...but then how do they get their voices heard in DC? And there should be some period of adjustment while they adjust themselves to US Law.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 13, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)

347 The tariffs were never inflationary. They are neither. How many dollars versus how productive the economy. They would have a chance to actually be deflationary.

I'm losing patience with people who don't know what it really means, who spout off liberal Keynesian talking points, who must have flunked econ 101. Though many econ 101 course probably love Keynes.

For goodness sakes people - inflation is caused by surplus dollars chasing less productive goods and services production. Rinse and repeat. And yes, gold is a fucking stupid thing to base your currency on.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 13, 2025 05:24 PM (GZYu7)

348 I still live in the 90's pricewise. When Ramen is back to 15¢ a pack I'll consider prices stabilized. Untill then everything is overpriced in my view.
I want 99¢ Whoppers and 65¢ eggs. Good bread at $1.29...
5 for $4.00 Arby's sammiches.

The world will never be that great again.
Posted by: Reforger at May 13, 2025 02:43 PM (xcIvR)

Okay, but your salary will need to match those days as well.

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