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  • KlausK Klaus

    @Horace said in Inflation:

    Lived experience can be used to communicate a narrative, numbers can be used to communicate a narrative, both can be lied with, both can tell the truth. What Larry is not doing with his "lived experience" analog is claiming a unique ability to live a particular experience. In fact he's implying that it is the general case lived experience. The woke cudgel their political opponents with the claim that, unless you have a certain human phenotype, you cannot live certain experiences, and you need to shut up. This is why their usage is so wrong, because it denies the shared human experience. It's racism writ large, by morons.

    I agree, but if it is a "general case lived experience" then you can also quantify it in the form of data.

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    Horace
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    @Klaus said in Inflation:

    @Horace said in Inflation:

    Lived experience can be used to communicate a narrative, numbers can be used to communicate a narrative, both can be lied with, both can tell the truth. What Larry is not doing with his "lived experience" analog is claiming a unique ability to live a particular experience. In fact he's implying that it is the general case lived experience. The woke cudgel their political opponents with the claim that, unless you have a certain human phenotype, you cannot live certain experiences, and you need to shut up. This is why their usage is so wrong, because it denies the shared human experience. It's racism writ large, by morons.

    I agree, but if it is a "general case lived experience" then you can also quantify it in the form of data.

    I don't think it would be too difficult to attach numbers to the average experience with inflation. You know, for those who make around 300k per year.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      9.1% announced today.

      U.S. inflation reached 9.1% in June, its highest rate in nearly 41 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

      Investor expectations of slowing economic growth world-wide have led to a decline in commodity prices in recent weeks, including for oil, copper, wheat and corn, after those prices rose sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Retailers have warned of the need to discount goods, especially apparel and home goods, that are out of sync with customer preferences as spending shifts to services and away from goods, and consumers spend down elevated savings. Economists expect those developments to subdue price pressures in the coming months.

      “There’s a pretty serious recession fear affecting a broad range of asset prices,” said Laura Rosner-Warburton, senior economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
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        #140

        It's higher than that, and we all know it.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
          wrote on last edited by
          #141

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            George K
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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              When I first started buying this dog food a little over two years ago, it was $30/bag. Then it went to $32 about a year or so ago. Then, in the last ten months or less, it went to $38. Then $42. Today, it's $50.
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              That ain't 9.1%.

              And it's the same for meat, milk, eggs, flour. gas, diesel, car parts, etc.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

                The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the
                U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This rise followed advances of 0.9 percent in
                May and 0.4 percent in April. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved
                up 11.3 percent for the 12 months ended in June, the largest increase since a record 11.6-percent
                jump in March 2022.

                In June, three-fourths of the advance in the index for final demand was due to a 2.4-percent rise
                in prices for final demand goods. The index for final demand services increased 0.4 percent.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                  LuFins Dad
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                  Holy crap - CNN -

                  (CNN)The White House has been so wrong, so often, on inflation

                  https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/democrats-frustrated-biden-inflation-2022/index.html

                  The Brad

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Jolly
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                    #146

                    Nothing new. Dems are scared and they've come to the conclusion that The Resident is dragging them down. He's the lamest of lame ducks. So, they've decided to start criticizing him, in two-fold strategy:

                    1. To create some daylight between the White House and all those guys running for the House and the Senate.
                    2. To make sure Biden does not run in 2024, and encourage other Dems to start the process of a Presidential run (interest, organizations, vetting, money).

                    IMO, of course.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      And another thought...The new guys at CNN swear they are going to become the middle ground in news reporting. Right now, they're losing viewers, but are hoping to turn things around as their reputation improves.

                      I wish them well.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        https://www.bls.gov/cpi/latest-numbers.htm

                        September 2022's CPI's headline number is +8.2%.

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                          And another thought...The new guys at CNN swear they are going to become the middle ground in news reporting. Right now, they're losing viewers, but are hoping to turn things around as their reputation improves.

                          I wish them well.

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                          @Jolly said in Inflation:

                          And another thought...The new guys at CNN swear they are going to become the middle ground in news reporting. Right now, they're losing viewers, but are hoping to turn things around as their reputation improves.

                          I wish them well.

                          But I suspect it will be done selectively. They have for years built a biased organization. That will not be turned around easily.

                          Deep News.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          • MikM Offline
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                            Mik
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                            As far as inflation, groceries are up between 25 and 50%.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              Jolly
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                              Vote Demonrat.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • MikM Mik

                                @Jolly said in Inflation:

                                And another thought...The new guys at CNN swear they are going to become the middle ground in news reporting. Right now, they're losing viewers, but are hoping to turn things around as their reputation improves.

                                I wish them well.

                                But I suspect it will be done selectively. They have for years built a biased organization. That will not be turned around easily.

                                Deep News.

                                HoraceH Online
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                                Horace
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                                #152

                                @Mik said in Inflation:

                                @Jolly said in Inflation:

                                And another thought...The new guys at CNN swear they are going to become the middle ground in news reporting. Right now, they're losing viewers, but are hoping to turn things around as their reputation improves.

                                I wish them well.

                                But I suspect it will be done selectively. They have for years built a biased organization. That will not be turned around easily.

                                Deep News.

                                The indoctrinated masses feel, deep in their feeliest feels, that Republicans are an existential threat. Not sure how that becomes negotiable. These people may be permanently lost and broken when it comes to political affiliation.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  #153

                                  Well, I watched the Ohio US senate and house for my district debates in full. In both cases the GOP candidate won out over the opponent with facts. Both Dems stood up there and lied through their teeth.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    George K
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      George K
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                                      Someone needs to DO something about this!

                                      joe_biden_inflation_1978.jpg

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        LuFins Dad
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                                        So we’re a year in to this with no sign of relief.

                                        https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/business/fed-interest-rates-inflation-nightcap/index.html

                                        Last year our September numbers showed a 5% -6% increase, this year it’s 8%-9%. So over 2 years it’s what? 15%-17% now that inflation is stacking on top of inflation?

                                        The Brad

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                                          It's transitory, they said.

                                          Of course, transitory only means it won't stay where it was then. So it got worse.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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