The New Coffee Room

They seem to like to dump stuff on the bride and groom’s heads. Looks like mango but who knows.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/inflation-prices-buying-habits/676191/

If people are so mad about high prices, why do they keep buying so many expensive things?
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People hate inflation, just not enough to spend less: This is one of the central tensions of today’s economy, in which things are going great yet everyone is miserable. ...
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... And in surveys, people say that they are trading down because of cost pressures. But in fact they are spending more than they ever have, even after accounting for higher prices. ...

Glad that's cleared up.

Wow. What a loss. 😞

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Starting to wish I had watched…:

Doing their bit for feminism

What are you, a bioligist?

@LuFins-Dad said in George Santos Charged:

His speech is markedly improved

Remarkable, isn't it? He's coherent, pleasant-ish.

Now all he needs is a good-fitting suit.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334454/russian-armed-forces-personnel/

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Even if the Ukrainian claim of 300K casualties is inflated by a factor of two, it's still a big hit.

There is always the possibility that the Israeli intelligence agencies did their job and sent the information up through the appropriate channels. Whether or not the politicians in charge acted on the intelligence they received is another matter.

The failure to act does happen and when things go very wrong the blame usually falls on the intelligence services, the target with least resistance or ability to defend itself.

Vote Republican, sugar.

James operates purely on politics and fiction.

A. I don't see a tremendous political advantage in this suit.
B. There may be a component of truth to this suit.

@Renauda said in Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon?:

Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven was such. A good movie script built around Saladin’s retaking of Jerusalem in the late 12th century. The general sense the historical narrative was there but there was plenty of artistic license regarding the specifics.

I’ll have to check it out.

Apparently the guy moved to Maryland some time ago.

I wonder if anyone has taken over the cigarette business. It would be easy money if you knew there would be no police.

As far as George’s post, it’s likely a typo. They probably meant to hit $29 and accidentally hit $39 and didn’t catch it. But, they may have the reasoning, and it may be very good reason.