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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 NotTameAntelope »

randomdata wrote: post #800
NotTameAntelope wrote: post #788

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What? No, Ukraine and the Western world would be the ones participating in appeasement, not Russia. In your mind, how justified is Russia in this conflict?

No, Russia would have to appease the West to see sanctions lifted. If the sanctions were lifted first to please Russia, what motivation would Russia have to leave Ukraine?

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine?

Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia, Russia would have to stop invading Ukraine, which is explicitly not "Appeasement"[0] considering they're the aggressor and the ones creating the conflict.

The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor here is if you think Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine...

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement

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

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Post by jonnycomputer »

mercy_dude wrote: post #558
jonnycomputer wrote: post #353

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Maybe Trump shouldn't crime so much. I for one want to live in a country where even ex-Presidents can become convicts, where no-one is above the law. Why won't Trump show us the warrant? Does he have something to hide? And let's be clear here: I can't speak for you, but a lot of people on the right mocked all the folks marching (and yes sometimes rioting) over police violating people's civil and human rights. Not jus…

> Maybe Trump shouldn't crime so much Where are the charges? I keep hearing he committed crimes without any charges laid against him. I thought we live in a country where the Justice system is based on innocent till proven guilty. > Why won’t Trum show us the warrant That’s not how our Justice system is supposed to work. Burden of proof lies to the state. It is incredible to watch the fundamental concepts of western…

We're all talking about what happened, but the DOJ as a rule doesn't comment on on-going investigations. The warrant itself is all we have to go by. It is up to Donald Trump to decide whether he wants to release it to the public, but it would answer a lot of questions, and given the public interest, I think he should, particularly since he, and a lot of Republicans, are making some extreme commentary in response. Publishing a warrant doesn't say you are guilty or innocent, btw.

If Donald Trump had possession of highly secret classified documents, the FBI can't just ask for them by subpoena. Think about it. A subpoena means that Trump, his lawyers and other representatives, etc. would all handle Top Secret documents. Even Trump handling them is problematic since he doesn't have clearance. The only way to do it is for the person to voluntarily give up the documents when the FBI come to call (as they did back in June), or they can go get a search warrant, and take them.

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

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Post by rightbyte »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #453
weberer wrote: post #335

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If you live in the USA, a Costco membership is very worth it.

Its tough when you live in an apartment with no storage. You often are paying more because you dont have room for bulk. Costco is great if you have a garage or basement though

1000 kg of potatoes is 1444 litres (1,44 m^3) and fits in a corner in any flat. YMMW if the floor can take it.

My point is that with less space you need to store less different things.

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

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Post by randomdata »

NotTameAntelope wrote: post #801
randomdata wrote: post #800

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, Russia would have to appease the West to see sanctions lifted. If the sanctions were lifted first to please Russia, what motivation would Russia have to leave Ukraine?

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine? Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia, Russia would have to stop invading Ukraine, which is explicitly not "Appeasement"[0] considering they're the aggressor and the ones creating the conflict. The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor here is if you think Russia is justified in it…

> Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia

Right, as the ball is in Russia's court to appease the West to see them lifted, and so what political, material, or territorial concessions are being made by the West to avoid conflict? In reality, Russia is the one who must concede on Ukrainian territory for sanctions to be lifted.

> The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor here is if you think Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine...

This is a logical fallacy. One's feelings towards the matter have absolutely no relevance to the topic at hand.

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

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Post by jmoak3 »

jollyllama wrote: post #431
altdataseller wrote: post #428

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I don't nobody loves taxes, and government wastes a lot of money, but doesn't some of that money goes back to the economy via government spending on infrastructure, workers, software, new projects, etc? So how is that destroying money?

Good question. It's destroying the money to the extent that it's servicing government debt.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when servicing gov debt, isn't that money simply distributed to gov debt holders?

Looking at https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/national-debt/ and https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/debt/... it appears the largest holder is the "public".

Is that through treasuries sold by the US gov? If so, we wouldn't be "destroying" money by funding these.

The federal reserve has large holdings as well, which I believe it generated buying corporate bonds and MBS during covid - would we be "destroying" money by giving the federal reserve the cash to balance the books on all of those holdings so it can hold them to fruition (after buying them at a loss) without ever having to sell? It could then just toss away all of that money it received to cover the loss.

This could work, but I don't know the details or if this is the plan.

Just confused, and I've never had a real conversation about this - I hear "print money, tax money" but it seems too simplistic.

Do you happen to know?

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Post by Dylan16807 »

norwalkbear wrote: post #732
Dylan16807 wrote: post #686

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You want to go as low as possible for a medicine, but how common are allergies to the kind of breeds that make reasonable food? For comparison, it would be silly to say we shouldn't normalize eating peanuts because of the allergy risk.

Are you kidding? Insect cells used in bioreactors would be an order of magnitude safer than possible insect food ( medical grade is much much higher standard than food grade), and people still avoid it as much as possible . That should tell you "food grade" insects have enormous risk associated with them.

Well if I look at peanuts again, an order of magnitude safer would still be something to avoid very strongly in bioreactors.

At this point I'll keep an eye out but insects are such a broad and mostly unexplored category that I'm not convinced there's an unavoidable and crippling allergen risk.

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

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Post by NotTameAntelope »

randomdata wrote: post #804
NotTameAntelope wrote: post #801

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine? Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia, Russia would have to stop invading Ukraine, which is explicitly not "Appeasement"[0] considering they're the aggressor and the ones creating the conflict. The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor here is if you think Russia is justified in it…

> Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia Right, as the ball is in Russia's court to appease the West to see them lifted, and so what political, material, or territorial concessions are being made by the West to avoid conflict? In reality, Russia is the one who must concede on Ukrainian territory for sanctions to be lifted. > The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor h…

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine?

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

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Post by greycol »

lettergram wrote: post #544
thematrixturtle wrote: post #382

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"Eat the Bugs" has become a far-right/anti-woke catchphrase. This video is typical: https://youtu.be/8_8LTUmHWP0

Lol what did I just watch? From a quick search it appears eating of bugs specifically refers to the WEF push: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/good-grub-why-we-migh... https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/why-we-need-to-give-i... don’t know about the catch phrase or how it’s “anti-woke” but interesting

"Eat the bugs", "Woke", "Socialist" can all be used in a positive way it's just that they are also often used by the US right wing in a negative way. You'll understand that when Alex Jones is calling a democrat "woke" he is using it in implying being woke is a bad thing. "Eat the bugs" is similar and is more common in the anti globalist conspiracist circles.

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

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Post by randomdata »

NotTameAntelope wrote: post #807
randomdata wrote: post #804

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Because nobody here is talking about lifting the sanctions to please Russia Right, as the ball is in Russia's court to appease the West to see them lifted, and so what political, material, or territorial concessions are being made by the West to avoid conflict? In reality, Russia is the one who must concede on Ukrainian territory for sanctions to be lifted. > The only way you could see Russia as not the aggressor h…

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine?

Not really my area of expertise. Any opinions I have would be pure tribalism, which is rather meaningless, and completely off-topic. I came into a discussion about the use of language, not geopolitical relations. What was wrong with the original subject that you feel the need to change it?

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

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Post by NotTameAntelope »

randomdata wrote: post #809
NotTameAntelope wrote: post #807

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is your opinion on whether or not Russia is justified in its invasion of Ukraine?

Not really my area of expertise. Any opinions I have would be pure tribalism, which is rather meaningless, and completely off-topic. I came into a discussion about the use of language, not geopolitical relations. What was wrong with the original subject that you feel the need to change it?

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