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> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 02:08:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-08-24, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>
>>> Personally, without additional evidence, I would assume her policies
>>> are somewhat similar to the administration in which she served.
>>
>> Which have worked "oh, so well." Gone to the grocery store lately?

Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the developing
world.

And red state economies are doing great under Biden.

> Kamala is like a pack rat collecting shiny objects. Any day now she will
> come up with Gerry Ford's Whip Inflation Now.
>
> Hint, Kamala: it was a disaster for Ford.
>
> I can't read price stickers anymore without reading glasses, which I
> seldom have with me. However I had no problem seeing the price at the
> self-checkout kiosk. $20.38 for 3 pounds of 15% fat ground beef. The
> total was $35.70 for a pot of Jäger Kohl and I didn't even put in
> potatoes.
>
> It's not time to get out the snowshovels but a 70 degree day after 90d put
> me in the mood for winter comfort food.

Prices go up and down, and the President generally can do little about it,
except "promise".

Meanwhile corporate profits go up and up and CEOs get multi-million dollar
bonuses.

The workers? They get "bone us".

--
Harp not on that string.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

On 2024-08-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 02:08:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-08-24, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>
>>> Personally, without additional evidence, I would assume her policies
>>> are somewhat similar to the administration in which she served.
>>
>> Which have worked "oh, so well." Gone to the grocery store lately?
>
> Kamala is like a pack rat collecting shiny objects. Any day now she will
> come up with Gerry Ford's Whip Inflation Now.
>
> Hint, Kamala: it was a disaster for Ford.
>
> I can't read price stickers anymore without reading glasses, which I
> seldom have with me. However I had no problem seeing the price at the
> self-checkout kiosk. $20.38 for 3 pounds of 15% fat ground beef. The
> total was $35.70 for a pot of Jäger Kohl and I didn't even put in
> potatoes.
>
> It's not time to get out the snowshovels but a 70 degree day after 90d put
> me in the mood for winter comfort food.

Currently 48 degrees in Boise. Not the end of the heat yet, but getting
closer. We'll soon be reading about "climate change" instead of "global
warming" — the change the MSM makes every winter, like clockwork.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On 2024-08-25, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 02:08:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-08-24, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>
>>>> Personally, without additional evidence, I would assume her policies
>>>> are somewhat similar to the administration in which she served.
>>>
>>> Which have worked "oh, so well." Gone to the grocery store lately?
>
> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the developing
> world.
>
> And red state economies are doing great under Biden.

Sure they are. If you don't want to own a home, pay for your utilities or
eat ground beef (or a wide variety of other foods), you're "golden."

>> Kamala is like a pack rat collecting shiny objects. Any day now she will
>> come up with Gerry Ford's Whip Inflation Now.
>>
>> Hint, Kamala: it was a disaster for Ford.
>>
>> I can't read price stickers anymore without reading glasses, which I
>> seldom have with me. However I had no problem seeing the price at the
>> self-checkout kiosk. $20.38 for 3 pounds of 15% fat ground beef. The
>> total was $35.70 for a pot of Jäger Kohl and I didn't even put in
>> potatoes.
>>
>> It's not time to get out the snowshovels but a 70 degree day after 90d put
>> me in the mood for winter comfort food.
>
> Prices go up and down, and the President generally can do little about it,
> except "promise".

How "philosophical" you've become when it's your favorite president (and
vice-president) who are leading us off the cliff.

> Meanwhile corporate profits go up and up and CEOs get multi-million dollar
> bonuses.
>
> The workers? They get "bone us".

Restaurants are going belly up everywhere because of the cost of food and
the cost wages. In Idaho, fast food workers start at over $15 an hour. Mix
that with the cost of supplies and you can see why the fast food industry is
dying their "low-end" customers can't afford to buy a meal from them — even
at $15 an hour.

But, hey, the millions of illegal aliens the "border czar" has let cross the
border are doing great. Over $2,000 a month from the government, plus a
whole slew of other benefits not offered to citizens (including pre-paid
debit cards of thousands of dollars). And, in Oregon now, they're going to
provide no down-payment houses for illegal aliens... citizens need not apply.

What "wonderful" results this Biden-Harris team have given "us." If, by "us"
you mean illegal aliens.

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what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On 2024-08-25, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 19:24:29 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, without additional evidence, I would assume her policies are
>>> somewhat similar to the administration in which she served.
>>
>> The problem with that is the question "Are you better off now than you
>> were four years ago?" If the answer is "no" keeping the same policies
>> isn't too promising.
>
> Well, a lot of people seem to have amnesia about the Trump years.

You mean, pre-Covid, when the black unemployment rate was lower than ever?

>> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-least-popular-president/
>>
>> Even snopes held their nose and agreed Biden is the least popular
>> president in 70 years. That's an administration you want to be running
>> against. not offering more of the same.
>
> And yet he did get stuff done, stuff that benefits the very people who
> dislike him intensely.

Right. These benefits are... what exactly? Allowing millions of illegal
aliens to go to the front of the line? Spending billion$ in Ukraine in a war
that could have been solved within a month had we allowed Zelensky to sign a
peace agreement? Or food, utility and rent inflation that is driving people out
of their homes swelling the free food lines?

>> "She's not Trump" only gets you just so far.
>
> Heh, that gets me far enough. I prefer Presidents who aren't toxic k00ks.

Apparently you prefer *senile* toxic kooks, like Biden or insanely cackling
kooks, like Kamala Harris. You know, the presidential candidate who never
won a single delegate. That's called "democracy," you know?

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:10:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> And yet he did get stuff done, stuff that benefits the very people who
> dislike him intensely.

If snopes is correct in saying that less than 40% of the people approve of
Biden's administration is a true statement, that means over 60% don't care
for him. What benefit are those 60+% missing? Is this a case of "Eat your
spinach. It's good for you." when the government decides what's good for
hoi polloi even if them have to ram the spinach down their throats?

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:16:05 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

> RonB: a war that could have been solved within a month
> had we allowed Zelensky to sign a peace agreement ?
>
> No agreement with Putin would be worth the paper it was written on.

Like the Ukrainians, with US approval, ignored the Minsk agreements to buy
time to build the AFU? The Russians should have been familiar with that
ploy since Stalin used it in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

On 2024-08-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:16:05 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:
>
>> RonB: a war that could have been solved within a month
>> had we allowed Zelensky to sign a peace agreement ?
>>
>> No agreement with Putin would be worth the paper it was written on.
>
> Like the Ukrainians, with US approval, ignored the Minsk agreements to buy
> time to build the AFU? The Russians should have been familiar with that
> ploy since Stalin used it in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

Relf has it backwards. It's the United States that consistently reneges on
their agreements. Not Putin or the Russians, who take international law and
treaties seriously.

Not surprised, however. Relf is good at getting it wrong. He's too gullible
and falls for the BS spewed by the MSM.

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:15:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the
> developing world.

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate

A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.

On 2024-08-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:10:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> And yet he did get stuff done, stuff that benefits the very people who
>> dislike him intensely.
>
> If snopes is correct in saying that less than 40% of the people approve of
> Biden's administration is a true statement, that means over 60% don't care
> for him. What benefit are those 60+% missing? Is this a case of "Eat your
> spinach. It's good for you." when the government decides what's good for
> hoi polloi even if them have to ram the spinach down their throats?

Biden's good for the illegal alien cartels, himself, his brother and his
son. That's about it.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

If NATO can defeat Putin then pois é.
NATO's largest air field is in Romania, f16s.

P.S. MainstreamMedia died long ago.

"Relf" <Usenet@Jeff-Relf.Me> wrote:

>If NATO can defeat Putin then pois é.
>NATO's largest air field is in Romania, f16s.
>
>P.S. MainstreamMedia died long ago.

The happy ending will come.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

You (rBowman) replied ( to Ahlstrom ):
> > we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the developing world.
>
> A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.

Turkey has the most affordable housing in the world.

So have a relaxing hammam & a hookah after your kumpir !

On 25 Aug 2024 18:12:38 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<lj1aglFr72mU2@mid.individual.net>:

> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:16:05 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:
>
>> RonB: a war that could have been solved within a month
>> had we allowed Zelensky to sign a peace agreement ?
>>
>> No agreement with Putin would be worth the paper it was written on.
>
> Like the Ukrainians, with US approval, ignored the Minsk agreements to
> buy time to build the AFU? The Russians should have been familiar with
> that ploy since Stalin used it in the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

And what of the treaty where Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons
in exchange for assurances of territorial integrity? Guess Russia
can't be trusted. (Duh.)

And I find it astonishing that the MAGAhats would be backing
Russia. Fucking unAmerican commies.

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OS: Linux 6.11.0-rc5 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:57:41 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

> Missoula has higher highs & lower lows.
>
> Come the end of August, a week from now,
> Missoula returns to 89°/49° & sunny. Wednesday's low will be 42°.

Nothing new. The fair used to be later in the year but kept getting moved
earlier since the latter part of August and September had iffy weather.
This year it opened on August 8.

rbowman wrote:

> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the
>> developing world.
>
>https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate
>
>A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.

If Brandon and Harris had gotten there way, there would have been
$TRILLIONS more in "stimulous", with the resulting inflation that much
worse than what it was and is.

Stupid pieces of shit didn't seem to understand what I learned in
Macro Econonics 101.

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about:" stupid asshole "-hh", arguing that "cost comparisons having
been made" supports his *lie* that cola advocates choose Linux
"merely" because it is cheap (free)

DistroMan: I find it astonishing that the MAGAhats would be backing Russia.

Unlike the West, Russia prefers Christ over Karl Marx.

> Fucking unAmerican commies.

Harris is a price-fixing communist, AntiAmerican, & AntiIsraelie,
like Venezuela & Iran.
& the greens are the nuttiest people on the planet.

That said . . . Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the heroes.

On 25 Aug 2024 19:02:09 GMT, vallor wrote:

> And I find it astonishing that the MAGAhats would be backing Russia.
> Fucking unAmerican commies.

There is a difference between not pouring billions into Zelensky's rat
hole and backing Russia.

There is a difference between not pouring billions into Netanyahu's rat
hole and backing the Palestinians.

On 2024-08-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2024 19:02:09 GMT, vallor wrote:
>
>> And I find it astonishing that the MAGAhats would be backing Russia.
>> Fucking unAmerican commies.
>
> There is a difference between not pouring billions into Zelensky's rat
> hole and backing Russia.
>
> There is a difference between not pouring billions into Netanyahu's rat
> hole and backing the Palestinians.

Yep. Agreeing to treaties with Russia and keeping your word about them is
not "backing Russia," it's backing statesmanship and integrity. Something
the U.S. lost long ago. We constantly sign agreements with other countries
and then try to "renegotiate" after the fact.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On 2024-08-25, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:15:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the
>> developing world.
>
> https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate
>
> A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.

It's BS anyhow. They remove all the stuff that matters to average Americans
from the inflation rate index, like food, housing, utilities, gas, etc. It's
just another exercise in "figures don't lie, but liars figure." Sometimes
they get caught in their own lies, like walking back on nearly a million
jobs that turned out to be made up. But usually the MSM covers up their
lies.

People aren't fooled. They go to the grocery stores and know damned well
that food didn't go up by only 2%. Even Cackling Kamala said that bread and
ground beef have gone up by 50% when she was pushing for price controls. Now
it looks like the Democrats are walking her back on that policy as it wasn't
popular with big money. Probably telling her now, "don't say anything we
don't approve of before hand."

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:10:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> And yet he did get stuff done, stuff that benefits the very people who
>> dislike him intensely.
>
> If snopes is correct in saying that less than 40% of the people approve of
> Biden's administration is a true statement, that means over 60% don't care
> for him. What benefit are those 60+% missing? Is this a case of "Eat your
> spinach. It's good for you." when the government decides what's good for
> hoi polloi even if them have to ram the spinach down their throats?

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/red-state-economies-surging-biden/story?id=107222293

In the aftermath of the Inflation Reduction Act, which offered tax credits
meant to incentivize private investment in clean energy, most of the new
clean energy projects were located in districts represented by Republican
House members, according to a study in September by advocacy group Climate
Power.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/580763-mcconnell-infrastructure-bill-a-godsend-for-home-state-of-kentucky/

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says that the bipartisan $1.2
trillion infrastructure bill, which cleared Congress on Friday and is
awaiting President Biden’s signature, is a “godsend” for his state.

McConnell spoke in Morehead, Ky., on Monday, noting the Bluegrass State has
“a lot” of infrastructure needs after touring a facility for indoor farming
company AppHarvest, according to CBS News affiliate WKYT.

He pointed to Kentucky’s infrastructure report card from the American
Society of Civil Engineers, which gives it a C-minus.

“I’m surprised we even got a C,” McConnell told WKYT. “We have a lot of
infrastructure needs, both in rural areas and with big bridges. It’s a
godsend for Kentucky.”

But then you have Lamprey Mouth yammering about "1929" and “He’ll unleash HELL
ON EARTH” in a campaign email from Donald Trump in reference to Tim Walz.

$ aiksaurus hell
=== underworld ===============
Abaddon, abyss, bottomless pit, bowels, Dis, Erebus, Hades, hell, inferno,
limbo, nether world, outer space, Pandemonium, perdition, purgatory, underworld

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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:15:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the
>> developing world.
>
> https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate
>
> A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.

You sure like to naysay a lot.

Anyway, it shows we're on par with places like Deutschland. And yet
people still pin it on "Harris".

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On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:10:27 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:15:51 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> Of course. And yet we have one of the lowest inflation rates in the
>>> developing world.
>>
>> https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate
>>
>> A lower inflation than third world shitholes like Turkey. Well, goody.
>
> You sure like to naysay a lot.

I'm not an optimist by nature. That's a valuable tendency for software
development. I've worked with programmers that throw code together as
assume it will Just Work.

> Anyway, it shows we're on par with places like Deutschland. And yet
> people still pin it on "Harris".

That's not the best comparison you could pick.

https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-surveillance-eu-economies/
germany/economic-forecast-germany_en

https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2024/03/27/germanys-real-challenges-
are-aging-underinvestment-and-too-much-red-tape

https://hir.harvard.edu/germanys-energy-crisis-europes-leading-economy-is-
falling-behind/

The last link points out the poor decisions Germany made. The nuclear
plants were shut down to appease the Greens. Then they turned off the
cheap Russian gas, probably to appease the US. Historically Germany has no
love for Russians -- or Ukrainians which are more of the same. Then the
green energy plot failed for various reasons.

Let me see... Who is demonizing coal and pipelines while promoting
renewable energy pipe dreams and EVs that are finding forever homes on
dealers' lots?