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U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

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Re: U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

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Post by jazzyjackson »

ailef wrote: post #713
daemoens wrote: post #693

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Putin's speech on February 24th, the day of the invasion > "To this end, we will seek to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation." How do you demilitarize a nation by taking only 20% of it? The only way to do this would be to capture the entirety of the country.

I was talking about official statements defining the goal as occupying 100% of Ukraine's. Taking an ambiguous word in a propaganda speech doesn't cut it. > How do you demilitarize a nation by taking only 20% of it? The only way to do this would be to capture the entirety of the country. Really? What if Ukraine surrenders and negotiates sovereignty over the remaining 80% of their territory while dismantling (or at lea…

In what way is a president's speech not an official statement?

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Post by kombucha13 »

honkycat wrote: post #334
propogandist wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’re pushing all kind of narratives to make cattle seem like they’re terrible for the world, and linking everything to climate change. No one wants to accept the push to start eating bugs. Don’t give into the WEF propaganda https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/cows-sea...

India has had many many vegetarians for a long long time. We don't need to eat bugs. We can just eat less meat, like our ancestors did.

Though being veg in India usually means still eating dairy products.

Re: U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

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Post by hatware »

jldugger wrote: post #603
hatware wrote: post #366

I just want some god damned accountability.

Unfortunately, Putin has a nuclear umbrella and the wagner group. It seems unlikely he will be held accountable.

Accountability is a many-way street. Can't keep blaming the boogeymen when everything is a trick.

Re: U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

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Post by stuckinhell »

donatj wrote: post #146

What are the actual metrics they use to measure inflation? My electric bill is 33% higher than previous years, my gas bill is similar. City/Water/Sewer doubled. Trips to the grocery store are up close to 20%, and gasoline doubled. Everything you actually purchase day-to-day is up far more than the inflation benchmarks, so much so it’s beginning to feel like propaganda. I overnight went from thinking “I make good mone…

I have the same problem. This is why the the official inflation number is highly manipulated.

My everyday life and family and friends are feeling inflation far differently than the number crunchers in DC apparently.

This disconnect is not a good thing!

Re: U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

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Post by zz0rr »

ailef wrote: post #685
daemoens wrote: post #633

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal was 100% of the country, not 20%. They've been stalled with little progress over the past month.

I've never heard the goal was 100% of the country. Can you point to a source?

"...it is a risky business for a senior politician to put on public record an estimate of future events which, if wide of the mark, would provide ammunition to his adversaries. Similarly, a President who announces specific policy goals affords the public a measure of his failure if he falls short of his hopes. Hence it is common practice for officials to define foreign policy goals in the broad generalities of peace, prosperity, cooperation, and good will—unimpeachable as ideals but of little use in determining the specific objective we are likely to pursue and the time, place, and intensity of our efforts"

Maxwell Taylor quoted here: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA486290.pdf

the problem you're alluding to isn't new: political leaders aren't likely to make the clear statement of aims you want them to make (see the quote). You should consider the fact that they might not make a clear statement, but 100% could still could be the goal.

My view is that the original ground scheme of maneuver (a strike at kyiv) points to a goal of replacing the ukrainian government with a russian puppet government, essentially a "100%" or unlimited war aim.

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Post by stuckinhell »

Balero wrote: post #210
lettergram wrote: post #131

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The inflation on food due to high fuel and fertilizer prices won’t really kick in until October -> February during harvest. Next year food will be far higher, largely due to - people skipping fertilizer a second year in a row - the feed price increases from year prior will impact next years meat - much of the cow herds have been reduced due to hay prices skyrocketing (but beef rates staying far lower, due to sell off…

>- if Ukraine doesn’t surrender, we can expect less food production and potential oil disruption to center Europe If Russia doesn't surrender. Don't put the responsibility of global food prices on the people being repressed and killed in their own homes. Do it on the aggressors and war criminals.

In the real world, we all know Russia isn't going to surrender, and Ukraine is going to lose. That's why western leaders are putting distance between them and ukraine

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Post by kombucha13 »

bluedino wrote: post #177
post_break wrote: post #36

Good news I guess. But my electricity price literally doubled. My house insurance is up 30%. My gas bill is up by a lot. Have you seen the price of oreos? The $5 box at Taco Bell is my splurge and I'm trying to cut back on everything I can.

The vehicle we bought cost over 10% what the same vehicle would have cost last year. Groceries are 40% more than they were. Utility bill is up nearly 50%. Clothes and shoes don't seem to be more expensive, they just don't seem to go on sale anymore. Our neighbors had a new roof installed and spend almost double what we did 3 years ago, we have nearly the same house and the same contractor did it. Fast food has gone w…

It's weird. I've only seen my natural gas bill increase about 30pc and groceries are only up 5-10pc...everything else has remained the same.

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Post by goodpoint »

floren wrote: post #673
mirker wrote: post #416

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But when you think about it, what’s the benefit of driving? For reasonably short drives you don’t save much time with parking in cities and you don’t get any exercise.

Your car is much less likely to be stolen while you're shopping?

A bike is so much cheaper than a car that even if it gets stolen every 2 months you are still saving.

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Post by stuckinhell »

inflationish wrote: post #512
scottLobster wrote: post #266

Great. All I know is I'm trading a lot more time for money this year. Way less takeout, avoiding toll roads unless it saves at least 30 minutes, fewer streaming services (will renew on a show-by-show basis), and food is getting so crazy I might start going to multiple stores to try and save money instead of my one consolidated trip to Wegmans. I'm also stuffing my freezer with meat and have a year's supply of non-per…

Just read about the inflation trimming. It is one of the ways the government make inflation to appear lower than it is, making people happy. In US, the 31% of the goods with highest inflation are excluded, but only 24% of the goods with lowest inflation, making the inflation appear much lower than it is.

Ahh that makes sense. The problem is in the real world, people are still feeling nasty inflation.

It's beginning to feel like a 'let them eat cake' moment from the wealthy.

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Post by kombucha13 »

_-david-_ wrote: post #456
scottLobster wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Careful with that last line. Toward the end Trump was making some serious moves towards not accepting the outcome of the election, and the idea that the election was "stolen" is still the going line in Trump circles. Say what you will about the Biden administration, at least it's not threatening to burn the house down out of spite.

Clinton told the Biden he should not concede in 2020 if the results showed he lost. Not to mention Stacy Abhrams in 2018 and Clinton in 2016 saying the election was stolen from them. Not accepting elections and claiming elections were stolen is quite bipartisan.

Some of these things are not like the others....
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