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US gov't is about to start the push about "Russian Disinformation". Be prepared. The Hillary Clinton Interview with Psaki really is pushing that yesterday. Fox News yesterday started in on it Trey Gowdy:"I can't understand this sudden push to stop Ukrainian funding, what is going on!!!???" The former intel host says....wait for it...."The russians are starting their disinformation campaign!" lol. The economist wrote an article about Russian Disinfo coming. So is the NY Times. Wooo boy. This is going to be insane again. The FBI is warning Facebook about it again too hah. The articles of course name their sources as "US officials".

We're 33 Trillion in debt with uncontrolled inflation of the dollar and if we don't keep printing money for Ukraine, its because the Russians.

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You obviously have no idea what uncontrolled inflation looks like.

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Keep being blind to it, that will fix it.

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I can see a difference between our current 3.7% inflation rate and the reported 400% in Venezuela or the 113% in Argentina. Since our current 3.7% is only slightly above our long term average inflation rate of 3.28%, I'm not overly concerned at this time.

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I'm happy you are not overly concerned. I think there is something unrealistic about your statistics, or maybe I don't understand what these statistics represent. immediately prior to the BLM riot period in history, I was getting a full meal at most neighborhood Chinese restaurants for ten to twelve bucks. i now pay $35-$40 for the same meal. I'm an engineer licensed in California to do Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering, so yes, I have studied math and numbers in my life. But I guess I'm no accountant, because in my world, 3.28% looks more like 328% when it comes to how much more I pay for dinner under Uncle Joe.

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You can really see the booming economy when you go to a restaurant. It's been that way for over a year now. My area in New Jersey has higher restaurant prices and full dining rooms and lines out the door. I picked up some sushi yesterday and I had never seen the place so busy. Had to wait in line just to pay for my takeout.

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My experience in LA is not the same. Restaurants are not doing well and many have closed.

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Agreed. The City and Oakland are in a Doom Cycle, and downtown San Jose hit, too. Portland and Seattle a mess, Los Angeles flooded with "homeless" - aka open drug bazaars.

Many people that do eat restaurant food have it delivered.

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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MinotStateBeav said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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MinotStateBeav said:

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US gov't is about to start the push about "Russian Disinformation". Be prepared. The Hillary Clinton Interview with Psaki really is pushing that yesterday. Fox News yesterday started in on it Trey Gowdy:"I can't understand this sudden push to stop Ukrainian funding, what is going on!!!???" The former intel host says....wait for it...."The russians are starting their disinformation campaign!" lol. The economist wrote an article about Russian Disinfo coming. So is the NY Times. Wooo boy. This is going to be insane again. The FBI is warning Facebook about it again too hah. The articles of course name their sources as "US officials".

We're 33 Trillion in debt with uncontrolled inflation of the dollar and if we don't keep printing money for Ukraine, its because the Russians.

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You obviously have no idea what uncontrolled inflation looks like.

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Keep being blind to it, that will fix it.

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I can see a difference between our current 3.7% inflation rate and the reported 400% in Venezuela or the 113% in Argentina. Since our current 3.7% is only slightly above our long term average inflation rate of 3.28%, I'm not overly concerned at this time.

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I'm happy you are not overly concerned. I think there is something unrealistic about your statistics, or maybe I don't understand what these statistics represent. immediately prior to the BLM riot period in history, I was getting a full meal at most neighborhood Chinese restaurants for ten to twelve bucks. i now pay $35-$40 for the same meal. I'm an engineer licensed in California to do Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering, so yes, I have studied math and numbers in my life. But I guess I'm no accountant, because in my world, 3.28% looks more like 328% when it comes to how much more I pay for dinner under Uncle Joe.

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You can really see the booming economy when you go to a restaurant. It's been that way for over a year now. My area in New Jersey has higher restaurant prices and full dining rooms and lines out the door. I picked up some sushi yesterday and I had never seen the place so busy. Had to wait in line just to pay for my takeout.

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Even by your own standards, this is an incredibly clueless post.

Food banks are being overrun across the country, NJ included:
https://www.wbgo.org/show/wbgo-journal/2023-08-22/food-insecurity-grows-in-underserved-communities-as-food-banks-struggle-to-keep-up-with-the-demand

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Food banks and other organizations that help feed the hungry say they're seeing in some cases unprecedented demand. Simone Gagneron is the CEO of New Community Corporation … which works with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to provide food:

the organization's pantry in Egg Harbor has seen a 600 percent increase in the number of families it has served since 2021:

"Higher demand than ever… I have been doing this work for over 40 years and started out working in an emergency food pantry and every time I'm on the phone with a food pantry or talking with a food pantry the numbers are just shocking. These are post COVID numbers that are higher than COVID numbers."

And to compound that problem … she said there's been a decrease in the amount of food coming to food banks from the federal emergency food assistance program. She said she wonders how long food pantries can keep up:

"They're primarily volunteer, very low on staff and when you're talking about increases of 600 percent you're gonna struggle with food, you're gonna struggle with staffing, you're gonna struggle with infrastructure, your ability to get food in, your ability to get food out, it's really, it's dramatic and it's frightening."

She said donations are down because of inflation, with people buying less food to donate, so food banks have to buy more food.

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In other news today, and back to the sunject, here is some of the blowback from billions of dollars of weapons donated to Ukraine having been sold off by corrupt local officials on the black market:

You couldn't make this up:

It appears Western weapons which were supposed to be shipped to Ukraine, ended up being sold on the black market to Hamas, who are now using them against Israeli forces.

— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) October 7, 2023

Gaza earlier today, Israeli tank being droned:

🇮🇱🇵🇸 BREAKING: DRONES USED!

The Palestinians managed to knock out an Israeli Merkava Mk4 tank with a grenade from a copter.

Judging by the footage, the tank's mechanical maintenance compartment, located at the front, caught fire. pic.twitter.com/oUM9sWMLhX

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) October 7, 2023

https://www.cato.org/blog/tragic-unsurprising-costs-loose-us-weapons-ukraine#:~:text=According%20to%20the%202021%20Global,to%20small%20arms%20and%20ammunition

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dajo9 said:

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US gov't is about to start the push about "Russian Disinformation". Be prepared. The Hillary Clinton Interview with Psaki really is pushing that yesterday. Fox News yesterday started in on it Trey Gowdy:"I can't understand this sudden push to stop Ukrainian funding, what is going on!!!???" The former intel host says....wait for it...."The russians are starting their disinformation campaign!" lol. The economist wrote an article about Russian Disinfo coming. So is the NY Times. Wooo boy. This is going to be insane again. The FBI is warning Facebook about it again too hah. The articles of course name their sources as "US officials".

We're 33 Trillion in debt with uncontrolled inflation of the dollar and if we don't keep printing money for Ukraine, its because the Russians.

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You obviously have no idea what uncontrolled inflation looks like.

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Keep being blind to it, that will fix it.

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I can see a difference between our current 3.7% inflation rate and the reported 400% in Venezuela or the 113% in Argentina. Since our current 3.7% is only slightly above our long term average inflation rate of 3.28%, I'm not overly concerned at this time.

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I'm happy you are not overly concerned. I think there is something unrealistic about your statistics, or maybe I don't understand what these statistics represent. immediately prior to the BLM riot period in history, I was getting a full meal at most neighborhood Chinese restaurants for ten to twelve bucks. i now pay $35-$40 for the same meal. I'm an engineer licensed in California to do Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering, so yes, I have studied math and numbers in my life. But I guess I'm no accountant, because in my world, 3.28% looks more like 328% when it comes to how much more I pay for dinner under Uncle Joe.

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You can really see the booming economy when you go to a restaurant. It's been that way for over a year now. My area in New Jersey has higher restaurant prices and full dining rooms and lines out the door. I picked up some sushi yesterday and I had never seen the place so busy. Had to wait in line just to pay for my takeout.

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Even by your own standards, this is an incredibly clueless post.

Food banks are being overrun across the country, NJ included:
https://www.wbgo.org/show/wbgo-journal/2023-08-22/food-insecurity-grows-in-underserved-communities-as-food-banks-struggle-to-keep-up-with-the-demand

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Food banks and other organizations that help feed the hungry say they're seeing in some cases unprecedented demand. Simone Gagneron is the CEO of New Community Corporation … which works with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to provide food:

the organization's pantry in Egg Harbor has seen a 600 percent increase in the number of families it has served since 2021:

"Higher demand than ever… I have been doing this work for over 40 years and started out working in an emergency food pantry and every time I'm on the phone with a food pantry or talking with a food pantry the numbers are just shocking. These are post COVID numbers that are higher than COVID numbers."

And to compound that problem … she said there's been a decrease in the amount of food coming to food banks from the federal emergency food assistance program. She said she wonders how long food pantries can keep up:

"They're primarily volunteer, very low on staff and when you're talking about increases of 600 percent you're gonna struggle with food, you're gonna struggle with staffing, you're gonna struggle with infrastructure, your ability to get food in, your ability to get food out, it's really, it's dramatic and it's frightening."

She said donations are down because of inflation, with people buying less food to donate, so food banks have to buy more food.

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Shocker, if you reduce government handouts (as we have moving away from Covid era benefits) more people rely on food banks. That's not a change in the economy, that's a change in charity sources.

Double digit food inflation has been a notable change in the economy, and the decline in purchasing power for the working poor and middle class.

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Double digit food inflation has been a notable change in the economy, and the decline in purchasing power for the working poor and middle class.

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So everything is going according to Republican plans? Good for you guys! Keep pretending to represent the working man, while grinding him down under the boot heel of conservative economic policy.

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Double digit food inflation has been a notable change in the economy, and the decline in purchasing power for the working poor and middle class.

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So everything is going according to Republican plans? Good for you guys! Keep pretending to represent the working man, while grinding him down under the boot heel of conservative economic policy.

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Joe Biden did this. ^^^

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Our military readiness has barely been impacted and relative to Russia, we are far stronger now than before. In other words, we could meaningfully reduce military spending if we wanted to waste less taxpayer money, it that doesn't mean that aid to Ukraine is bad spend. It's probably the best ROI we have on our military spend.

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Ukrainian officials acknowledging the counteroffensive is failing and Russia has gained the upper hand: pic.twitter.com/PbFP12uKxx

— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) October 6, 2023

"Hyping Ukraine Counteroffensive, US Press Chose Propaganda Over Journalism." https://t.co/EG1FZGu3O1

— Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) September 17, 2023

https://media.giphy.com/media/5tojx1LzP3mMA1J1CE/giphy.gif

You can tell the Biden economy is strong by the BOOMING value of 30,000 square feet apartments and other very specific properties of NYC real estate.

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Very significant change in the situation with Poland essentially tapping out. Their president threw Ukraine under the bus, comparing it to a drowning man that could drag its rescuers into the abyss with him. Poland is also cutting all aid to Polish refugees, no financial support or free healthcare etc.

Until recently, Poland was one of Ukraine’s strongest allies in the war. Now Polish President Andrzej Duda compares Ukraine to a desperate drowning person who can pull the rescuer down with them. pic.twitter.com/JzjiGlp5Rn

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) September 21, 2023

Poland has already lost over 10,000 soldiers in Ukraine, there have been some tensions over Poles getting mired in Ukrainian reckless and wasteful military tactics both in Bakhmut and currently in Zaporizhia. Poland now understands that there is no military solution for Ukraine in this war and is now tapping out. The war in Poland is unpopular, much like it is in Czechia, Hungary or Slovakia, as is the economic strain of supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees in a recession with unprecedented inflation levels is being felt, and with the elections coming in October, Polish president Duda is cutting his losses.

This looks like the beginning of the end of the war.

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Leaders of the center-left pro EU parties have declared victory after the elections in Poland. Largest turnout in post-Soviet history.

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Very significant change in the situation with Poland essentially tapping out. Their president threw Ukraine under the bus, comparing it to a drowning man that could drag its rescuers into the abyss with him. Poland is also cutting all aid to Polish refugees, no financial support or free healthcare etc.

Until recently, Poland was one of Ukraine’s strongest allies in the war. Now Polish President Andrzej Duda compares Ukraine to a desperate drowning person who can pull the rescuer down with them. pic.twitter.com/JzjiGlp5Rn

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) September 21, 2023

Poland has already lost over 10,000 soldiers in Ukraine, there have been some tensions over Poles getting mired in Ukrainian reckless and wasteful military tactics both in Bakhmut and currently in Zaporizhia. Poland now understands that there is no military solution for Ukraine in this war and is now tapping out. The war in Poland is unpopular, much like it is in Czechia, Hungary or Slovakia, as is the economic strain of supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees in a recession with unprecedented inflation levels is being felt, and with the elections coming in October, Polish president Duda is cutting his losses.

This looks like the beginning of the end of the war.

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Leaders of the center-left pro EU parties have declared victory after the elections in Poland. Largest turnout in post-Soviet history.

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I wonder if Polish message boards have right wing voters claiming the election was stolen.

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dajo9 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Very significant change in the situation with Poland essentially tapping out. Their president threw Ukraine under the bus, comparing it to a drowning man that could drag its rescuers into the abyss with him. Poland is also cutting all aid to Polish refugees, no financial support or free healthcare etc.

Until recently, Poland was one of Ukraine’s strongest allies in the war. Now Polish President Andrzej Duda compares Ukraine to a desperate drowning person who can pull the rescuer down with them. pic.twitter.com/JzjiGlp5Rn

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) September 21, 2023

Poland has already lost over 10,000 soldiers in Ukraine, there have been some tensions over Poles getting mired in Ukrainian reckless and wasteful military tactics both in Bakhmut and currently in Zaporizhia. Poland now understands that there is no military solution for Ukraine in this war and is now tapping out. The war in Poland is unpopular, much like it is in Czechia, Hungary or Slovakia, as is the economic strain of supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees in a recession with unprecedented inflation levels is being felt, and with the elections coming in October, Polish president Duda is cutting his losses.

This looks like the beginning of the end of the war.

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Leaders of the center-left pro EU parties have declared victory after the elections in Poland. Largest turnout in post-Soviet history.

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I wonder if Polish message boards have right wing voters claiming the election was stolen.

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They're not Hillary Clintons.

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I read recently that Russia is asking for a ceasefire but Ukraine is refusing such without a full Russian withdrawal? Is that true? I feel this news has been lost in all the recent events in the Middle East.

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I saw that Russia is asking for a ceasefire in Israel. Nothing about Ukraine.

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I read recently that Russia is asking for a ceasefire but Ukraine is refusing such without a full Russian withdrawal? Is that true? I feel this news has been lost in all the recent events in the Middle East.

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I saw that Russia is asking for a ceasefire in Israel. Nothing about Ukraine.

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Russia can very easily get a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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I read recently that Russia is asking for a ceasefire but Ukraine is refusing such without a full Russian withdrawal? Is that true? I feel this news has been lost in all the recent events in the Middle East.

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I'm surprised these guys are even still going, since the Gaza thing usurped them on the world stage.

Last Year's War. May as well lay down their weapons and go back to the old grind. Hear me, Vladi P? It's over.

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I read recently that Russia is asking for a ceasefire but Ukraine is refusing such without a full Russian withdrawal? Is that true? I feel this news has been lost in all the recent events in the Middle East.

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If you're not hearing any news on the Ukraine front, it's because Ukraine has been losing. Russia has the upper hand, the Ukraine counteroffensive has failed, depleting Ukrainian forces. NATO military support is now going to be split with Israel, while Russia is now tapping into North Korean ammo and MLRS. Russia is going to press its advantage, they are not going to accept any ceasefire without milestone concessions from Ukraine (recognizing Crimea and the current borders, staying out of NATO etc).

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I read recently that Russia is asking for a ceasefire but Ukraine is refusing such without a full Russian withdrawal? Is that true? I feel this news has been lost in all the recent events in the Middle East.

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If you're not hearing any news on the Ukraine front, it's because Ukraine has been losing. Russia has the upper hand, the Ukraine counteroffensive has failed, depleting Ukrainian forces. NATO military support is now going to be split with Israel, while Russia is now tapping into North Korean ammo and MLRS. Russia is going to press its advantage, they are not going to accept any ceasefire without milestone concessions from Ukraine (recognizing Crimea and the current borders, staying out of NATO etc).

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Why would Russia need North Korean ammo if they are producing 157 trillion shells a year?

In addition of having the largest stockpile of shells in the world today, N. Korea has a huge inventory of MLRS rockets compatible with Russian systems.

The Russians might also be using NK labor in Russian plants, and outsourcing lower-tech production of shells and ammo to NK, which is the lowest-cost MIC in the world today, with the goal of dedicating their own labor force for the production of more sophisticated hardware like attack helicopters, jets, EW systems etc.

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US gov't is about to start the push about "Russian Disinformation". Be prepared. The Hillary Clinton Interview with Psaki really is pushing that yesterday. Fox News yesterday started in on it Trey Gowdy:"I can't understand this sudden push to stop Ukrainian funding, what is going on!!!???" The former intel host says....wait for it...."The russians are starting their disinformation campaign!" lol. The economist wrote an article about Russian Disinfo coming. So is the NY Times. Wooo boy. This is going to be insane again. The FBI is warning Facebook about it again too hah. The articles of course name their sources as "US officials".

We're 33 Trillion in debt with uncontrolled inflation of the dollar and if we don't keep printing money for Ukraine, its because the Russians.

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You obviously have no idea what uncontrolled inflation looks like.

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Keep being blind to it, that will fix it.

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I can see a difference between our current 3.7% inflation rate and the reported 400% in Venezuela or the 113% in Argentina. Since our current 3.7% is only slightly above our long term average inflation rate of 3.28%, I'm not overly concerned at this time.

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I'm happy you are not overly concerned. I think there is something unrealistic about your statistics, or maybe I don't understand what these statistics represent. immediately prior to the BLM riot period in history, I was getting a full meal at most neighborhood Chinese restaurants for ten to twelve bucks. i now pay $35-$40 for the same meal. I'm an engineer licensed in California to do Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering, so yes, I have studied math and numbers in my life. But I guess I'm no accountant, because in my world, 3.28% looks more like 328% when it comes to how much more I pay for dinner under Uncle Joe.

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I know it is anecdotal and all that but man, what you types is SO reflective of my experience. I see these official statistics about inflation and often do double takes, wondering if we victims of identify theft and someone is spending/stealing our money or if something happened with official statistics which measure inflation. Because in my little world 2+2 is equaling 5.

In Redmond the best Pizza place in town which is called "Cibelli's" I use to get a Giant pizza that I could eat for 2 for couple days lol. Was $20 bucks with their monthly coupon. Now its $30. So food here is definitely going up a lot. I notice the Mexican food restaurant seems to have the largest increase in prices, called Mazetlan. Use to be pretty cheap but its seen sharp increases.

https://cibellis.com/deals-2/
Actually $40 if you get it with the Caesar Salad and 2ltr soda

I've always been fascinated by World War I history. The sheer butchery of it all over the smallest of issues. For years, Generals poured hundreds of thousands into the blender in offensives long after it should have been clear the front lines were a deadly stalemate.

In 1917 the French troops got it right and mutinied against more offensives. They stayed in line and fought on the defensive. In 1918 the Germans made one last offensive push with some success, but ultimately paid too high a price. The Allied counter offensive with huge numbers of newly arrived Americans couldn't be stopped.

All that to say, it reminds me of Ukraine. The front lines appear to be at a stalemate. This armchair General hopes the Ukrainians stay on defense. I also feel badly for the Ukrainian civilians who will probably be butchered by Putin in the upcoming months through various artillery and bombing attacks. Putin is a mass murderer.