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  • JollyJ Offline
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    And BTW, Ben Shapiro said on his last podcast that the employment numbers are a bit misleading. Job growth has occurred in three sectors - healthcare, government and hospitality. Hospitality is seasonal, of course. Other than that, most sectors have been flat or declining for eight months.

    “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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      All I know is my wife said a few minutes ago to me that there is a good deal where a 12-pack of Diet Pepsi is 2 for $10 whereas normally it is $7-8 now. I told her I still think it's going to be $2.50-$3.99 whenever I go to the store. Then again, I still think there is a dollar menu at McD's.

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        All I know is my wife said a few minutes ago to me that there is a good deal where a 12-pack of Diet Pepsi is 2 for $10 whereas normally it is $7-8 now. I told her I still think it's going to be $2.50-$3.99 whenever I go to the store. Then again, I still think there is a dollar menu at McD's.

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        @89th said in Inflation:

        Then again, I still think there is a dollar menu at McD's.

        There is. The choices are bbq, sweet and sour, or honey mustard sauce.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          Kevin's groceries:

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          I looked at what was in his grocery cart and did an amazon fresh cart to compare.

          It came to about $65 for this year, iirc.

          Toy soldiers are expensive.

          Politifact rates this meme as false.

          I added up their numbers: $55.81. Add sales tax - $61.39.

          So, yeah. The meme is false, but by Politi"fact"s own numbers it $15 more than last years.

          The inflation calculator says that it should have cost $46.59.

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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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