Let's Go, Brandon!

[merh]

Apr 14, 2022 12:12:54 GMT abbey1227 said:

Apr 13, 2022 20:06:13 GMT merh said:

Britain....
So Biden has caused inflation in Britain?

But they get 'FREE' healthcare!?    

Has nothing to do with Healthcare, dude.

This is about inflation cost of living

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cost-of-living-crisis-pasta-bag-jack-monroe_uk

 A Row Over A Bag Of Pasta Misses The Point About The Cost Of Living Crisis
People have boiled down the squeeze on household budgets to the price of dried goods, and it has kicked off on Twitter.
By Kate Nicholson
12/04/2022
The cost of living crisis is truly starting to bite this month as bills skyrocket – but some people are still trying to split hairs over the cost of a bag of pasta.

Kevin Edger, a Conservative supporter with a large Twitter following, hit out at a report from BBC Panorama about a nurse who said she sometimes skips meals so she has enough to feed her three children.

He tweeted in response: “Yet you can buy a big bag of dried pasta, that would feed a family, for about £0.50...

“If you shop and cook properly, you can eat healthy meals really cheaply. I would love to see how she spends her salary...”

This triggered a huge conversation about just how much money is needed to cook a single meal

Well-known budget chef Jack Monroe replied to Edger, pointing out that a 500g bag of budget pasta can actually be purchased at 29p sometimes – but that means “5 meals of 100g plain pasta, no butter, no salt, no sauce, no nutrition and a whole 155 calories a meal”.

The cooking expert noted this adds up to 456 calories a day if this was eaten for all three meals – a hard ask for nurses, who work in shifts on their feet.

They added: “Operating at a deficit of 1,544 calories a day is perfectly sustainable in your head, right? I sure hope so, because I’ve got a challenge for you pal!”

They asked Edgar to go to Asda, buy three packets of cheap pasta for under a pound – this does make up 15 very cheap meals, if nothing else is added.

Monroe said: “No tea, no coffee, no squash, no energy drinks, just this MAGIC PASTA that you think is the answer to everything.

“Come back to me on Wednesday and let me know how things are working out for you.”

They also pointed out that the 29p pasta was the exception – usually, it’s 70p for penne instead.

“Show us all how it’s done and I look forward to your bestselling cookbook on the subject,” they concluded.

In additional tweets (and blog post) the expert also broke down all the additional costs of cooking a meal, including buying the utensils and using energy, as well as running a household – showing that 50p bags of pasta are far from the full picture.

As the energy price cap was lifted on April 1, the average household is now expected to pay £700 more in their yearly energy bills. Council tax is also increasing, as are national insurance contributions and inflation.

Edger’s tweet did certainly trigger a reaction as a result, with many people arguing that dried pasta isn’t even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the crisis looming over the UK right now.


James Felton
@jimmfelton
Gas £100
Electricity £100
Petrol £200
Nursery £1,000
Rent £1,200
Bag of pasta £0.50

Tory with zero experience of budgeting please help, my family is dying
5:08 AM · Apr 12, 2022

It looks like the free healthcare is like our Medicare with a premium paid each month.

[abbey1227]

Apr 15, 2022 10:29:07 GMT merh said:

Has nothing to do with Healthcare, dude.

This is about inflation cost of living

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cost-of-living-crisis-pasta-bag-jack-monroe_uk

 A Row Over A Bag Of Pasta Misses The Point About The Cost Of Living Crisis


Tory with zero experience of budgeting please help, my family is dying
5:08 AM · Apr 12, 2022

It looks like the free healthcare is like our Medicare with a premium paid each month.

My point was simply that they pay higher taxes overall........and get free healthcare for it. So it's not like it's an expense that pops up to surprise them or cut into their monthly budget.

I can tell you I've been seeing a rise in prices on just about everything. Trust a pennypincher like me to spot that kinda thing. I keep joking that people shoulda asked for $40/hr just to keep up with the  Inflation Build Back Better has brought with it.

[merh]

Apr 15, 2022 11:45:10 GMT abbey1227 said:

Apr 15, 2022 10:29:07 GMT merh said:

Has nothing to do with Healthcare, dude.

This is about inflation cost of living

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/cost-of-living-crisis-pasta-bag-jack-monroe_uk

It looks like the free healthcare is like our Medicare with a premium paid each month.

My point was simply that they pay higher taxes overall........and get free healthcare for it. So it's not like it's an expense that pops up to surprise them or cut into their monthly budget.

I can tell you I've been seeing a rise in prices on just about everything. Trust a pennypincher like me to spot that kinda thing. I keep joking that people shoulda asked for $40/hr just to keep up with the  Inflation Build Back Better has brought with it.

Build Back Better didn't pass, dude.

Sinema & Manchin killed it.

The article is in England.
How does Biden have ahit to do with all the increases in Britain?
I told you Carl was complaining about his going up.

I have no idea what is up with my bill.

Bill Summary
Bill Period:
Apr 15, 2022
Previous Balance
$81.97
Payment Received ( Mar 24, 2022 )
-$80.00
Past Due Charges
$1.97
Current Charges
$23.74
Total Amount Due
$25.71

But yeah, this is world wide.

I've noticed. 
Everything I buy is on sale & probably with a coupon & I notice the prices have shot up.

But like that meme said-Arizona Iced Tea has been 99 cents a can (tall at that) for years.

It's like every time I go something else inches up
 Then another. Then another.

People will start giving up stuff. 
They said people are heading into the stores & they are buying store brands.

I found 7 boxes of chocolate mint coffee pods for $1.99. Store brand. But I use 2 pods a day so someday I will get to the bottom of it all. Got 5 Starbucks half off the sale price of $6.98 yesterday. Special flavors so wanted to try them so $3.49/box seemed worth it. Honey Vanilla & Spring Blend. The Spring Blend is supposed to be cocoa dust & fruit. I'm a vanilla fan so I'm willing to try most vanilla drinks.

I use a plain pod-breakfast blend,  French roast. Etc. Then a flavor pod. I will use a hot cocoa packet in the chocolate ones which cuts down on the creamer. Or I will put a spoon of instant in to make the 2 pods have a bigger caffeine kick.

Or that cappuccino mix. Vanilla. Spoon of that with a breakfast blend & a cinnamon pod with some international delight Cinnabon creamer.

[merh]

Tattoos

How you gonna change this one?
Or you gonna keep it till you're old & wrinkled?

[merh]

www.yahoo.com/news/economic-toll-texas-worsens-trucks-023506645.html

Economic toll in Texas worsens as trucks remain stopped at Mexico border
Laura Reiley and Kevin Sieff
Thu, April 14, 2022, 7:35 PM

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) placed new restrictions on April 6, requiring secondary inspections of commercial trucks and other vehicles entering from Mexico. (Video: Reuters, Photo: Reuters)
Economic fallout worsened Thursday even as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R, moved incrementally to roll back new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from Mexico, with some companies saying they aren't able to fulfill orders because trucks are stuck in multi-mile backups at a number of entry points.

Little Bear Produce is a Texas-based grower-packer-shipper, farming 6,000 acres in Texas and supplementing its inventory with Mexican-grown produce so it can be a year-round supplier to major grocery chains such as Wegmans, H-E-B, Publix, Albertsons and Kroger.

Bret Erickson, senior vice president of business affairs for Little Bear, says the added inspections have cost it "hundreds of thousands of dollars" already, not to mention the reduced paychecks for many loaders who have had no work as trucks fail to show up.

"This has directly impacted our business since late last week. We would typically be receiving 10 to 12 loads of watermelon per day from Mexico, as well as different kinds of herbs and greens. Since the middle of last week, we have received zero of those shipments of watermelon," Erickson said. That means the company did not meet its business obligations with major retailers, which have in turn had to find Mexican melons from farther away, such as from Arizona. Added distance means added fuel costs.

"We all know the cost of fuel these days is outrageous. Ultimately, it means consumers will bear the brunt of that increased cost," Erickson said, adding that reduced supply overall also drives up prices.

"As a Texas business, we were really confused and disappointed by this decision by Gov. Abbott, in a state that touts itself as business-friendly," he said. "This was a direct hit to Texas businesses, businesses that are already facing increasing costs in fuel, fertilizer, labor and packaging."

In a sign of progress, Abbott held a news conference Wednesday with the governor of Nuevo León, Mexico, and said they had hashed out an agreement to lift the onerous additional inspections in that one area. And early Thursday evening, he followed with a news conference with the governor of Chihuahua to cement a similar deal. His intent, he said, was to lift cumbersome border inspections as the governor of each Mexican state that exports products through Texas ports of entry agreed to heightened security terms.

Abbott said that the governor of Tamaulipas had already contacted his office and that he would soon be meeting with the governor of Coahuila.

"I look forward to having the opportunity to meet with the governor from Tamaulipas, which may occur as soon as tomorrow, where we will be working to achieve similar results," Abbott said. "Until those agreements can be achieved, however, the Texas Department of Public Safety will continue to thoroughly inspect all commercial vehicles entering into the United States and into the state of Texas from every Mexican state except Nuevo León and Chihuahua."

Instituted in response to the Biden administration's announcement that a pandemic-era impediment to immigration would be discontinued, Abbott's state inspections caused thousands of trucks to back up for as much as eight miles at ports of entry. Trucks containing household goods, car parts and other shelf-stable goods have been delayed, tangling up supply chains that involve hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border. Multiday backups could lead much of the fruit and vegetable cargo to spoil, rendering it worthless.

Abbott, a two-term Republican up for reelection in November, has said he wants Mexican governors to reach individual agreements with him to increase safety inspection of trucks crossing the border.

"This is sending a message to both the president and Congress: Texas is tired of being the unloading dock for illegal immigrants crossing the border. The new unloading dock is going to be Washington, D.C.," Abbott said Thursday in Chihuahua.

Many are not sanguine about what might come next.

"Yesterday's circus with Gov. Abbott was just that: all show," said Matt Mandel, vice president of finance for Sun Fed, a grower-shipper primarily of Mexican-grown fruits and vegetables. "The protests on the bridges ended and traffic started flowing again, albeit very slowly. It remains to be seen if the continued inspections create another scenario where the truckers refuse to work again."

A statement from multiple Mexican agencies, including the Business Coordinating Council and the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico, pegs the losses at $8 million per day.

Dante Galeazzi, chief executive of the Texas International Produce Association, said consumers will start seeing empty store shelves this weekend in the fresh fruits and vegetables departments.

"Further, it will take at least a week if not longer after a resolution is in place before the supply chain can correct itself," Galeazzi said. "That means outages will persist even beyond the time a solution is implemented."

Losses associated with the remaining port of entry logjams depend on whether Abbott makes agreements with the other Mexican governors, said Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. The northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas is key, he said, because a majority of produce crosses the Rio Grande there via the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge into Texas.

Jungmeyer said that as of the opening of Thursday's business at Texas ports of entry, things still looked rough and that there were reports of "very slow traffic."

Mexico's National Chamber of Freight Transport, known as CANACAR, which represents Mexican trucking companies, said its members are losing millions of dollars per day because of delays at the border.

The chamber said the loss comes from a mix of noncompliance with contracts, perishable goods rotting in trucks, and materials that do not arrive in time for manufacture.

The most affected companies are those working with perishable goods and in automotive production, the chamber said.

"We are talking about 15 to 30 hours of waiting to cross. There are products that cannot be stopped for so long, that need a controlled temperature with an air conditioner that runs on diesel," said a spokesman for the chamber who said he was not authorized to be quoted by name.

"But the most important thing is the inhumane conditions of the drivers and the issue of insecurity," the spokesman said. "We already saw today the burned trailers. . . . The line of trucks grows and grows, and you are there, without being able to move, at 40 degrees [Celsius] without bathing, without resting, without security."

Yet your side will blame Biden...

[abbey1227]

Apr 15, 2022 21:08:54 GMT merh said:

Build Back Better didn't pass, dude.

Sinema & Manchin killed it.

The article is in England.
How does Biden have ahit to do with all the increases in Britain?
I told you Carl was complaining about his going up.

I have no idea what is up with my bill.
But yeah, this is world wide.

I've noticed. 
Everything I buy is on sale & probably with a coupon & I notice the prices have shot up.

But like that meme said-Arizona Iced Tea has been 99 cents a can (tall at that) for years.

It's like every time I go something else inches up
 Then another. Then another.

People will start giving up stuff. 
They said people are heading into the stores & they are buying store brands.

I found 7 boxes of chocolate mint coffee pods for $1.99. Store brand. But I use 2 pods a day so someday I will get to the bottom of it all. Got 5 Starbucks half off the sale price of $6.98 yesterday. Special flavors so wanted to try them so $3.49/box seemed worth it. Honey Vanilla & Spring Blend. The Spring Blend is supposed to be cocoa dust & fruit. I'm a vanilla fan so I'm willing to try most vanilla drinks.

I use a plain pod-breakfast blend,  French roast. Etc. Then a flavor pod. I will use a hot cocoa packet in the chocolate ones which cuts down on the creamer. Or I will put a spoon of instant in to make the 2 pods have a bigger caffeine kick.

Or that cappuccino mix. Vanilla. Spoon of that with a breakfast blend & a cinnamon pod with some international delight Cinnabon creamer.

I know it didn't get the votes..........but there's still plenty of things they've done and end arounds they've pushed to forward the agenda.

There's your proof that Inflation is really hitting. Worldwide prices are affected by things sold worldwide, like oil. Putin has gotta be loving the profits he's seeing. Hey, you'd think he'd invade another country every time he wanted more.

You're much more resilient and careful a planner than most. You know most Americans have gotten too dependent and can not navigate their way thru any real hardships.

[merh]

Apr 16, 2022 2:18:24 GMT abbey1227 said:

Apr 15, 2022 21:08:54 GMT merh said:

Build Back Better didn't pass, dude.

Sinema & Manchin killed it.

The article is in England.
How does Biden have ahit to do with all the increases in Britain?
I told you Carl was complaining about his going up.

I have no idea what is up with my bill.
But yeah, this is world wide.

I've noticed. 
Everything I buy is on sale & probably with a coupon & I notice the prices have shot up.

But like that meme said-Arizona Iced Tea has been 99 cents a can (tall at that) for years.

It's like every time I go something else inches up
 Then another. Then another.

People will start giving up stuff. 
They said people are heading into the stores & they are buying store brands.

I found 7 boxes of chocolate mint coffee pods for $1.99. Store brand. But I use 2 pods a day so someday I will get to the bottom of it all. Got 5 Starbucks half off the sale price of $6.98 yesterday. Special flavors so wanted to try them so $3.49/box seemed worth it. Honey Vanilla & Spring Blend. The Spring Blend is supposed to be cocoa dust & fruit. I'm a vanilla fan so I'm willing to try most vanilla drinks.

I use a plain pod-breakfast blend,  French roast. Etc. Then a flavor pod. I will use a hot cocoa packet in the chocolate ones which cuts down on the creamer. Or I will put a spoon of instant in to make the 2 pods have a bigger caffeine kick.

Or that cappuccino mix. Vanilla. Spoon of that with a breakfast blend & a cinnamon pod with some international delight Cinnabon creamer.

I know it didn't get the votes..........but there's still plenty of things they've done and end arounds they've pushed to forward the agenda.

There's your proof that Inflation is really hitting. Worldwide prices are affected by things sold worldwide, like oil. Putin has gotta be loving the profits he's seeing. Hey, you'd think he'd invade another country every time he wanted more.

You're much more resilient and careful a planner than most. You know most Americans have gotten too dependent and can not navigate their way thru any real hardships.

Yeah, Cowher keeps bitching about that lack of compassion.
Sorry.
I'm supposed to bitch about inflation in the US when it is worldwide. Abbott's little trucker game is blocking car parts as well as produce. That Shanghai lockdown will surely fuck up some part of the supply chain as well. And the whole Russia crap. 

Sorry.

It's like you decide you want your neighbor's property so you just say it's yours & put stuff on it. 

Putin is saying Ukraine isn't a country. It's part of Russia.

[abbey1227]

Apr 16, 2022 5:15:38 GMT merh said:

Yeah, Cowher keeps bitching about that lack of compassion.
Sorry.
I'm supposed to bitch about inflation in the US when it is worldwide. Abbott's little trucker game is blocking car parts as well as produce. That Shanghai lockdown will surely fuck up some part of the supply chain as well. And the whole Russia crap. 

Sorry.

It's like you decide you want your neighbor's property so you just say it's yours & put stuff on it. 

Putin is saying Ukraine isn't a country. It's part of Russia.

I don't blame Texas at all.......if the Feds won't do their jobs, then it's up to him to protect his state. How many busloads has he sent to DC as of today?

One thing about China, they've got immense cities.......so even locking down one or two likely won't affect too much of the supply chains. Russia doesn't affect dickle for us........what do WE get from them these days?

Putin is simply saying he asked nicely more than once for the US/NATO to stop fiddling around next door. Too bad, so sad. At this point, he may as well just level the entire western part of Ukraine. Or as I've suggested before, start selling massive weapons to the cartels down in Mexico

[merh]

Apr 16, 2022 11:27:27 GMT abbey1227 said:

Apr 16, 2022 5:15:38 GMT merh said:

Yeah, Cowher keeps bitching about that lack of compassion.
Sorry.
I'm supposed to bitch about inflation in the US when it is worldwide. Abbott's little trucker game is blocking car parts as well as produce. That Shanghai lockdown will surely fuck up some part of the supply chain as well. And the whole Russia crap. 

Sorry.

It's like you decide you want your neighbor's property so you just say it's yours & put stuff on it. 

Putin is saying Ukraine isn't a country. It's part of Russia.

I don't blame Texas at all.......if the Feds won't do their jobs, then it's up to him to protect his state. How many busloads has he sent to DC as of today?

One thing about China, they've got immense cities.......so even locking down one or two likely won't affect too much of the supply chains. Russia doesn't affect dickle for us........what do WE get from them these days?

Putin is simply saying he asked nicely more than once for the US/NATO to stop fiddling around next door. Too bad, so sad. At this point, he may as well just level the entire western part of Ukraine. Or as I've suggested before, start selling massive weapons to the cartels down in Mexico

So Ukraine wanting to be part of NATO is just their tough luck? Putin gets to decide if they join?
Does Canada tell us what to do?

He sees Ukraine as Russia.
Manifest Destiny.
Don't nations have the right to join whatever groups they want to? They have to ask their neighbors?

Russia supplies stuff to other nations.
Those nations now need to get that stuff from other places including the US which means stuff that would stay home is now going elsewhere 

The feds are doing their job.
Abbott has an election in November & maybe eyeballing a run in 2024 for president.  Who knows?

[merh]

[abbey1227]

Apr 16, 2022 12:21:21 GMT merh said:

Apr 16, 2022 11:27:27 GMT abbey1227 said:

I don't blame Texas at all.......if the Feds won't do their jobs, then it's up to him to protect his state. How many busloads has he sent to DC as of today?

One thing about China, they've got immense cities.......so even locking down one or two likely won't affect too much of the supply chains. Russia doesn't affect dickle for us........what do WE get from them these days?

Putin is simply saying he asked nicely more than once for the US/NATO to stop fiddling around next door. Too bad, so sad. At this point, he may as well just level the entire western part of Ukraine. Or as I've suggested before, start selling massive weapons to the cartels down in Mexico

So Ukraine wanting to be part of NATO is just their tough luck? Putin gets to decide if they join?
Does Canada tell us what to do?

He sees Ukraine as Russia.
Manifest Destiny.
Don't nations have the right to join whatever groups they want to? They have to ask their neighbors?

Russia supplies stuff to other nations.
Those nations now need to get that stuff from other places including the US which means stuff that would stay home is now going elsewhere 

The feds are doing their job.
Abbott has an election in November & maybe eyeballing a run in 2024 for president.  Who knows?

Yeah, they don't get to make that decision. Just like the US imposes itself on it's neighbors.......far too much for my taste. Does Hong Kong or many other neighbors of China get all the things they want? Bullies gotta bully, merh.

Eastern Ukraine prefers dealing with Russia, that's how/why they elected that president the US/NATO ran out of town. Now it's tit for tat time. Though I think Putin would rather keep Zelensky, he's a good little puppet, too.

Trump tried to get many our our so called 'allies' off the Russian dependency.........your 'Big Guy' reversed all that.

The Feds have not been doing their job regarding Illegals for decades.........hence the approximately 8-12% of the country not being citizens.

He'd have to out do DeSantis first........and DeSantis has to be sure Trump isn't interested, as well.

[merh]

Petco park prices this season

[abbey1227]

Apr 17, 2022 21:06:14 GMT merh said:

Petco park prices this season

You know what places like that and airports are great examples of? Price and product controls.

[merh]

So what if 10 yr old Logan wants a different cake theme...

[abbey1227]

May 14, 2022 4:44:48 GMT merh said:

So what if 10 yr old Logan wants a different cake theme...

while I don't think 10 is too young to introduce guns to the boy........it may be a little early on the politics. 

[merh]

[merh]

[abbey1227]

May 17, 2022 19:51:00 GMT merh said:

Can we point out that demanding a doubling or tripling of minimum wage is bound to increase the cost of living?

How about electing the same old, same olds will no doubt lead to the kind of Inflation we're currently experiencing?

Also, who stupidly told you to be at the mercy of a landlord your whole life?

[merh]

May 18, 2022 4:03:41 GMT abbey1227 said:

May 17, 2022 19:51:00 GMT merh said:

Can we point out that demanding a doubling or tripling of minimum wage is bound to increase the cost of living?

How about electing the same old, same olds will no doubt lead to the kind of Inflation we're currently experiencing?

Also, who stupidly told you to be at the mercy of a landlord your whole life?

When one has bills to pay & the income isn't high enough, buying a home isn't an option.

[abbey1227]

May 18, 2022 8:27:44 GMT merh said:

May 18, 2022 4:03:41 GMT abbey1227 said:

When one has bills to pay & the income isn't high enough, buying a home isn't an option.

When doesn't one have bills to pay?