I\u2019m old enough to remember the gas lines from the 70\u2019s but too young to have felt any actual pain from them. My Elder had to remember the vehicle license place and the days those plates could get gas (odd\/even)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inflation sucks. But it\u2019s a good thing \u2026 (should) make folks spend less or not at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May have mentioned somewhere amongst these parts my responsibility for the household bills (see: gas&groceries and lots else) \u2026 this weekend got cash then hit the grocery store with a running tally of the cost of things in the cart (\u201cit puts the lotion in the basket\u201d) and, happy to say, worked out quite well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got most of the stuff needed to feed the fam, was off by only $10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Election Night in \u2018Murrica \u2026 that biennial circle jerk that offers up good feelings re the democratic process (yeh right) \u2026 \u201922 is likely to be a blue blood bath, but we shall see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not that it matters. At this point, methinks don\u2019t believe anyone\/Congress could do much about the rising cost of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Popeye\u2019s Chicken Box went from $6.24 to $10.99 \u2026 same products, just more money for it. \u201cShrinkflation,\u201d methinks it\u2019s called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I read\/saw\/heard somewhere that the global economy never actually recovered from the burst of the \u201908 bubble \u2026 that worldwide markets have just tread water for the last 14 years until now, when the actual drowning begins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real problem \u2014 so aptly rephrased \u2014 is \u201ccollective impoverishment\u201d \u2026 not my term, just using it here. Wages aren\u2019t comparable to prices, less money available to pay for the same stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buncha preppers offering 3-year food supplies, water tablets, independent energy sources, off-grid living \u2026 funny, those folks actually think humans will retain enough civility to allow those long-range goodies to be put to functional use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People will be warring in the streets, for heaven\u2019s sake. {Matthew 24:10<\/em>} I haven\u2019t seen any of the Purge movies but heard Chicago (Chi-Raq?) is auditioning for the reality show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Methinks the 2000 election was actually stolen (with the aid of the Supremes) and 9\/11 was an inside job \u2026 never rode the Obama Train \/ some thought he was the actual antiChrist but he\u2019s not a Gemini so no (Damian Thorne was a June baby) \u2026 believe Trump was a liar and fool, a narcissist and a bully, and totally perfect for America \u2026 Biden is a staggered and demented geriatric who had no business running for office but was the best alternative to Trump (see: above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n And these are the choices to lead our democratic republic. Maybe \u201924 will give us Beto O\u2019Rourke and Chris Sununu \u2026 that will be fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not particularly hopeful re the state of the nation \u2026 my real hope is for the New Jerusalem. I fear, however, that many more tribulations are to come before HE returns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope, and HE, is my salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apparently, the only one at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n HIM, and paying with cash. Before that goes (is taken?) away. I\u2019m old enough to remember the gas lines from the 70\u2019s but too young to have felt any actual pain from them. My Elder had to remember the vehicle license place and the days those plates could get gas (odd\/even) Inflation sucks. But it\u2019s a good thing \u2026 (should) make folks spend less or not … <\/p>\n
Dining on dogs (or cats, maybe. Yeh, definitely cats)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suppose if one has the right to vote, one owes a debt to the nation to exercise it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(see: Mark of the Beast? Anyone? Anyone?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"