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Inflation Beyond the Stars Thread for April 12


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2022 Apr 12, 12:49am   148,372 views  1,541 comments

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Since we know the numbers are going to suck since Peppermint Patty is leading the Amen Corner Media to blame Putin for it:
https://patrick.net/post/1344548/2022-04-11-putin-s-price-hike-failing-administrati

Frankly, I prefer my spaceship to have big tits and not fake inflated ones.

EDIT - numbers drop:
America goes back to the 80s: Surging gas prices and higher rents push inflation to 41-year high of 8.5% as White House blames it on Putin invading Ukraine
The consumer price index rose 8.5% in March from a year ago, the fastest increase since December 1981
Housing costs, which make up about a third of the index, have escalated and show no signs of cooling
Gasoline prices soared 49% in March from a year ago as the war in Ukraine rocked energy markets
Biden's administration tried to get ahead of the dire inflation news by blaming Russian leader Vladimir Putin
But Republicans place the blame for soaring prices on 'Democrats' reckless spending and failed policies'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10711311/Inflation-soars-new-41-year-high-8-5.html?source=patrick.net

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836   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 14, 6:38am  

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-wholesale-prices-picked-february-124217277.html

US wholesale prices picked up in February in sign that inflation pressures remain elevated
837   Patrick   2024 Mar 16, 12:40pm  




I poked around and this could be true in some city. Here's Amarillo, TX, for example:

https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts


838   AD   2024 Mar 16, 1:39pm  

Patrick says




I poked around and this could be true in some city. Here's Amarillo, TX, for example:

https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts





Yes when there was panic in the oil market right after the first COVID lockdown announcement.

I think it was lowest at $1.25 at the gas pumps of a convenience store/vape shop off of Martin Luther King Blvd in Panama City.

I think lower Louisiana has the lowest gas prices in the country.

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848   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 20, 7:37am  

Wheat Thins now thinner.

849   Patrick   2024 Mar 20, 7:57pm  

@zzyzzx Are you taking these photos yourself?
850   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 21, 4:51am  

Patrick says

zzyzzx Are you taking these photos yourself?

No.
852   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 22, 9:52am  

All this bacon is the same price, they just have the new and old sizes mixed together:


853   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 22, 9:56am  

Older coffee is bigger and cheaper:


854   zzyzzx   2024 Mar 22, 11:10am  

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-dream-2-kids-house-161651193.html

The ‘American Dream’ of 2 Kids, a House and a Car Now Costs $3.4 Million
855   Misc   2024 Mar 22, 11:26am  

AnnnnnnD, that's after tax ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
856   Misc   2024 Mar 22, 11:10pm  

In another plea to vote Democrat and we'll give ya free stuff. Bernie Sanders puts forth a bill to have the work week cut from 40 hours to 32 hours and the pay remains the same. Politicians simply don't know where the value of money comes from. Making a law does not increase the value of what is being made. They have no idea how the labor force would increase by 20% to keep the same output as we have now, and they believe that everything they propose occurs in a vacuum where prices just stay the same.

... or maybe the politicians do know what they are proposing is crap, but believe the people will see it as something for nothing and vote for them.

I am in the group that believes the politicians are just clueless.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/32-hour-workweek-bill-gets-boost-as-new-poll-shows-americans-approve/ss-BB1klNzX
857   HeadSet   2024 Mar 23, 6:45am  

Misc says

believe the people will see it as something for nothing and vote for them.

Worked so far.
868   AD   2024 Mar 27, 11:46am  

zzyzzx says






SIZE DOES MATTER

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869   richwicks   2024 Mar 27, 12:02pm  

zzyzzx says







THAT one is silly. It's simply water with CO2 dissolved into it with some flavoring. The product itself is basically just the cost of water and the bottle plus shipping costs.

All these pictures are just garbage food anyhow, except for the gas. We'd all be better off if junk food cost 100x what it does now.

Do you know what the stuffing is in Oreos? It's just Crisco and Sugar. You can make it yourself, just take out a bit of Crisco and mix in sugar until it has about the same consistency as an Oreo filling and taste it. Crisco is made from seed oils. You're not meant to eat that and it's not been in our diet until just recently.
873   HeadSet   2024 Mar 27, 5:50pm  

richwicks says

Do you know what the stuffing is in Oreos? It's just Crisco and Sugar.

Makes me miss the "partially hydrogenated beef lard" that was in the old time Twinkies. (Yes, I know that lard is from pigs, but that is what was on the Twinkies label).

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