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Yes they use a half century old basket of goods as if consumer behavior is unchanged.

@89th said in And he fought for 20 seconds:

crossfire risk at the end! JEEZ

Um, yeah. That was dangerous. One of the cops notices that.

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@George-K said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

LOLGTFO…

"Look, relax everyone! If we remove the filibuster for abortion and voting rights legislation, there's no way this move can backfire on us if and when the GOP wins back a Senate majority!"

Interesting thread, in which he talks about unusual events that shaped the Supreme Court in the last 5-10 years.

Child to his mother: "Mommy what is dark humor."

"Well sweetheart you see that man over there with no arms?"

"No, Mommy. I'm blind."

"Exactly."

It's been a while since I browsed James Lileks' stuff. It is a treasure.

Tons of stuff to (?) enjoy.

Some samples:

@LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

@jon-nyc I read an article a few days ago that indicates a surprising number of abortions occur after child 1 was born…

I can see that use case also.

I’m thinking more about the girl who had the abortion in college or grad school and goes on the have kids in her 30s.

They make up their own index. If you do that you can make inflation whatever you want it to be.

@jon-nyc said in 16% Inflation:

@Jolly said in 16% Inflation:

Are these wrong?

Yes. We talked about the “shadow stats” folks in 2008

Yes, of course we all remember that discussion from just 14 years ago.