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Kalit posted:
I read usnews to get pissed, not to learn
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Dec 30, 2021 05:00
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why do you think it’s toxic to question if what you’re posting from a random person is factual? If what you were posting was credible, it would have been easy to provide the evidence
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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1475945165726654470?s=20 She's got her eye on higher office, I'm sure. Doesn't want to make it TOO easy to prosecute people at the gubernatorial-or-higher level.
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Dec 30, 2021 05:01
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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1476362507497488387quote:The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court whether it needed to continue to implement a Trump-era policy that has forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their U.S. asylum cases.
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Dec 30, 2021 05:27
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They are probably going to let the lower court ruling stand SCOTUS ruled against Trump with the DACA termination so they would at least be consistent for once
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Dec 30, 2021 05:45
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If the courts weren't infected with right wing ideologues bent on crushing their opposition and enforcing one-party rule on the country they would have followed their own ridiculously old precedent and not even made a judgement in the case at all. Foreign affairs have been outside the bounds of the courts authority for a long, long time on the basis that international negotiations won't work if everyone else in the world has to negotiate with any and every judge in the country individually. That SCOTUS hasn't immediately told the lower to gently caress right the hell off and stay in their lane is just one more way the entire institution is proving itself illegitimate and looking to damage the opposition above all else.
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Dec 30, 2021 13:15
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Smeef posted:Herman Cain already had one foot in the grave and another on a skateboard, though. Absolutely not, he had colon cancer in 2006 that he beat. He didn't have "one foot in the grave", the whole "he had cancer" bit is chud cope where they don't mention that was a decade and a half ago.
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Dec 30, 2021 14:53
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bird food bathtub posted:If the courts weren't infected with right wing ideologues bent on crushing their opposition and enforcing one-party rule on the country they would have followed their own ridiculously old precedent and not even made a judgement in the case at all. Foreign affairs have been outside the bounds of the courts authority for a long, long time on the basis that international negotiations won't work if everyone else in the world has to negotiate with any and every judge in the country individually. That SCOTUS hasn't immediately told the lower to gently caress right the hell off and stay in their lane is just one more way the entire institution is proving itself illegitimate and looking to damage the opposition above all else. What precedent are you specifically referring to? SCOTUS/courts have made plenty of rulings on immigration law. And how would SCOTUS tell the lower courts to “gently caress right the hell off”? They don’t control what cases other courts hear/their rulings. To overrule the lower court’s decision, the case needs to get appealed again, the justices vote on if they want to hear it or not, and then if accepted, they hear it/make a ruling on it. But making a ruling on it is what you were saying they shouldn’t do in the first part of your post… Kalit fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Dec 30, 2021 |
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Dec 30, 2021 15:32
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Further evidence that the inflation seen so far is driven by corporate greed https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1476312427201507328
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Dec 30, 2021 15:48
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Courts != SCOTUS. OP is clearly saying the lower court should have done different and SCOTUS should vacate
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Dec 30, 2021 15:49
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HonorableTB posted:Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on trafficking Hey at least a little good news. Edited for quote. Rodenthar Drothman fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Dec 30, 2021 |
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Dec 30, 2021 16:10
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:Further evidence that the inflation seen so far is driven by corporate greed I would be incredibly interested to see a breakdown by industry or something. My immediate gut response is that a huge portion of that is to anyone even tangentially involved in logistics, but if anything I enjoy data analysis even more when it proves my gut response wrong.
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Dec 30, 2021 16:14
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I would be incredibly interested to see a breakdown by industry or something. My immediate gut response is that a huge portion of that is to anyone even tangentially involved in logistics, but if anything I enjoy data analysis even more when it proves my gut response wrong. Yeah a more granular breakdown would be very useful.
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Dec 30, 2021 16:36
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I would be incredibly interested to see a breakdown by industry or something. My immediate gut response is that a huge portion of that is to anyone even tangentially involved in logistics, but if anything I enjoy data analysis even more when it proves my gut response wrong. I think this is pre-tax information, but I found some corporate profit by industry data here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=53&eid=18673&od=. I was comparing it to Q3 2019 and while there were some things that took pretty big swings, a lot of it seemed to even out across the broader categories. The most surprising thing to me was the huge jump in Computer and Electronic Parts. Maybe a huge jump in sales/supporting network and server infrastructure due to a lot of people working from home? Other durable goods also took a decent jump, does anyone know if that would include medical devices/hospital and vaccine related supplies? Or would that be under a different category? E: Also food took a pretty big jump, so that's not really a factor into the breakdown of the core CPI. Maybe the same with utilities, since that's tied into energy? I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how that would play a factor Kalit fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Dec 30, 2021 |
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Dec 30, 2021 16:56
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A big flaming stink posted:i apologize for posting something that did not meet the scholarly standards of us current events december. i made the foolish mistake of assuming that the subject would be interesting to talk about, but thank you all for making it clear nothing has changed and this remains one of the most toxic threads in the entire forums. Amazing username / post combo right here. Seriously though, the responses to your post were mild and valid.
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Dec 30, 2021 17:34
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I would be incredibly interested to see a breakdown by industry or something. My immediate gut response is that a huge portion of that is to anyone even tangentially involved in logistics, but if anything I enjoy data analysis even more when it proves my gut response wrong. I work with chemical commodities and I’ve inflated my margins by 30-40% across the board. All of that had direct knock on effects in areas like food packaging and architectural applications. If you work in any kind of chemical company the deep freeze in Texas coupled with pandemic related demand for goods and services has led to massive profits and product shortages simultaneously. It was impossible to keep product stocked in warehouses. Consumer care companies like P&G and Kimberly Clark also jacked up their prices due to lack of competition. From profit perspective we’ve doubled it without doing anything differently compared to last year and without adding any value other than charging more for guarantees that our customers receive the forecasted volumes they expect to get. Having said that everyone expects prices to crash down and savvy buyers to start putting insane pressure on us to drop our prices in exchange for volume and market share in Q2 2022. So thus far most us still think inflation is transitory and this party will be over. Downstream at the consumer goods level? It’s anyones guess what will happen. Take my sample size of like 3-4 companies and my own job with a grain of salt but I firmly believe a lot of this inflation comes from companies engaging in rent seeking and profit taking using pandemic and supply chain as an excuse. When I’m not wearing my politics hat I feel I have to charge a higher price because the supply chain issues have literally contributed to insane stress on my part and that degree of effort and struggle to keep the product flowing is worth a 30-40% margin versus 5% even if it means I don’t really see any of the millions I’ve helped my company make. Kraftwerk fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Dec 30, 2021 |
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Dec 30, 2021 17:55
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apparently despite the massive increases in meat prices, it's happening at some point after the ranchers sell the cows so they personally aren't making much more profit, if any more whatsoever: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/business/beef-prices-cattle-ranchers.html quote:Today’s record high beef prices are most directly reflective of scarce stocks, another manifestation of the Great Supply Chain Disruption accompanying the pandemic. The initial spread of the coronavirus swept through slaughterhouses, killing scores of workers, sickening thousands and halting production. That caused shortages of beef.
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Dec 30, 2021 17:58
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Kraftwerk posted:When I’m not wearing my politics hat I feel I have to charge a higher price because the supply chain issues have literally contributed to insane stress on my part and that degree of effort and struggle to keep the product flowing is worth a 30-40% margin versus 5% even if it means I don’t really see any of the millions I’ve helped my company make.
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Dec 30, 2021 18:35
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Kraftwerk posted:
Not all heroes etc
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Dec 30, 2021 18:43
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You know, ACAB also works for "Companies"
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Dec 30, 2021 18:49
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SourKraut posted:You know, ACAB also works for "Companies" Yes but the US is a corporatocracy, so what do you expect?
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Dec 30, 2021 20:43
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Anyone know what part of the break down in the supply chain caused flamin' hot Cheetos to be out of stock for so long at so many stores?
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Dec 30, 2021 20:44
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Just get takis, ffs
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Dec 30, 2021 20:46
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Ciprian Maricon posted:Just get takis, ffs kroger didn't have takis last time we went so we said gently caress it and tried the fully stocked alternative of "wavy takis" then we ate some and realized they were potato instead of corn chips and tasted like total poo poo, don't make our mistake!
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Dec 30, 2021 20:49
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Ciprian Maricon posted:Just get takis, ffs That's usually what I suggest for a substitute when I get a request for flamin' hot Cheetos in a gorcery order, 9/10 times people are cool with it. The other 1/10 of people want flamin' hot Fritos, and I guess I can support that.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:02
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Anyone know what part of the break down in the supply chain caused flamin' hot Cheetos to be out of stock for so long at so many stores? Lol that's funny, because I just took a road trip and regular cheetos are a special road trip snack (flaming hot is gross) and I couldn't find them *anywhere*. Plenty of flaming hot, though. Tons of that gross poo poo.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:05
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All publicly owned companies are sociopaths, by design.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:06
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Harold Fjord posted:All publicly owned companies are sociopaths, by design. Except for whatever division of Frito-Lay blessed the world with Flaming Hot Cheetos.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:09
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How are u posted:Lol that's funny, because I just took a road trip and regular cheetos are a special road trip snack (flaming hot is gross) and I couldn't find them *anywhere*. Plenty of flaming hot, though. Tons of that gross poo poo. Honestly surprised to hear that, plenty of regular Cheetos both puffy and crunchy where I'm at but no flamin' hots.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:12
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HonorableTB posted:Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on trafficking And Alan Dershowitz went on BBC to attack her accuser. Pretty hosed up. https://twitter.com/BBCNewsPR/status/1476506386964131840?s=20 Does Dershowitz still have tenure?
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Dec 30, 2021 21:32
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Is Dershowitz still a creep?
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Dec 30, 2021 21:42
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Nenonen posted:Is Dershowitz still a creep? Pretty sure that he's a forever creep given his associations.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:46
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Inferior Third Season posted:lol. What? "I'm entitled to more money for the stress that market forces have unfairly thrust upon me. And the money I'm entitled to will be taken by my employer, but meh about that part." I should clarify. My boss expects me to do these things and I was under constant two sided pressure to max out pricing while simultaneously dealing with a never ending stream of demands from irate customers wanting any product we could provide. If margins slipped even a little I got a phone call about it. It was NOT an easy year and there were many occasions where I nearly lost my cool at people who expected me to magically teleport a cargo container that was taken off a ship because someone in China showed up with a briefcase full of cash and demanded their container get loaded instead. Meanwhile I don’t hear about it till two weeks after the fact. Everything that ever could’ve gone wrong with my supply chain went wrong. Then having to explain all that to a customer who demanded immediate solutions yesterday. So it’s been an extremely challenging year that has taxed my mental health and I expect my employer to compensate me for that given that we all struggled to make them shitloads of money. But- I know this is reality and I know the best I can hope for is a prepaid credit card with 150 bucks on it and a boilerplate thank you letter. So thanks for nothing I guess.
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Dec 30, 2021 21:48
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:Further evidence that the inflation seen so far is driven by corporate greed quote:The policy solutions to address [inflation] look very different, depending on what you believe. Summers thinks austerity is the way to get at inflation, which is why he has been pushing to restart student loan payments, as taking money from young people means they won’t spend it on goods and services. He also wants to eliminate tariffs and Buy America provisions so that there are more cheap imports from China. Holy moly, get loving wrecked. Why not pop the housing bubble by reducing tax breaks for mortgagers?
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Dec 30, 2021 21:53
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God please I have two kids going back to school in a week… Booster eligibility expected for 12-15yo in coming days from FDA
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Dec 30, 2021 22:39
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CO is on fire, NW of Denver. In Winter. They've had maybe an inch of snow this season, winds up over 100 mph. Neighborhoods on fire. thisisfine.jpg
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Dec 31, 2021 00:19
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CommieGIR posted:And Alan Dershowitz went on BBC to attack her accuser. Pretty hosed up. It’s ok … he kept his underwear on.
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Dec 31, 2021 00:20
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VorpalBunny posted:CO is on fire, NW of Denver. In Winter. They've had maybe an inch of snow this season, winds up over 100 mph. Neighborhoods on fire. Denver post has some pics here This one's pretty haunting (as well as hauntingly pretty): 
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Dec 31, 2021 00:47
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Anyone know what part of the break down in the supply chain caused flamin' hot Cheetos to be out of stock for so long at so many stores? That's not supply chain issues that's labor. There have been a handful of work stoppages across a few factories causing shelf shortages on some products. I haven't seen any request of an organized boycott yet, so buy away if you see them. Also Hot Cheetos and Takis are both great and vitally have different textures. We don't gotta fight.
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Dec 31, 2021 01:00
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580 homes and a hotel confirmed destroyed so far in Superior and Louisville in CO 
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ex post facho posted:580 homes and a hotel confirmed destroyed so far in Superior and Louisville in CO Ex wife's parents lived there until a few years ago so I know that area well. Mcmansions on top of Mcmansions. And Louisville too? That's insane.
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