Different Planet

I see this little snippet:

Prices paid by U.S. households surged higher in September as a wide range of goods and services became more expensive.

Prices rose 8.2 percent compared with a year earlier, the latest Consumer Price Index showed on Tuesday, evidence that the price stability sought by the Federal Reserve remains an elusive and distant destination.

…and I ask myself:  where the hell does that 8.2% come from?

Way I see it, inflation should be measured across categories which hit the average person the hardest:  food, fuel and utilities (FFU).  All the rest are pretty much non-essential, other than in an emergency situation.

In my case, when I scrutinize my budgeted vs. actual expenses spreadsheet, the FFU inflation is running at about 23%, comparing the latest two months of this year’s expenditures to the same two months of last year.  Gasoline costs, of course, are about 28% higher, even with me cutting back on my driving;  food is about 20% higher (once again, “buying down” in terms of quality/quantities), and utilities are about 15% higher (and Aug/Sep was actually warmer in 2021 than this year).

None of the above is even close to the “8.2%” (LOL) that all these shitheads are talking about.

We are being lied to, and I really don’t like it.

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So let’s tuck in…


...but paying for it might.


...what were they supposed to do with it?  Give it a state funeral?


...and we thought irony was out of fashion.


...if I had anything to do with missiles over Japan, they’d be going in the opposite direction.


...California Loses AgainTo Africa lol.


...moving to Arkansas lol.


...allow me to respond:

 

And speaking of going under:


...let me know when it reaches $0.00.


...I’m trying to see the problem here...


...so what?  Tortellini, linguine, macaroni, ziti, spaghetti, whatever — it’s all the same tasteless shit, just shaped differently.


...this despite sitting on huge coal deposits and natural gas reserves.


...I always liked Rickman.


...you go, girlWe all figured long ago that both your parents were compete assholes, only interested in taking your money.

And in link-free INSIGNIFICA:

   


And finally:


...and here she is:

And that’s all the news that’s fit to run.

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So on with that free stuff.


but Daddy, aren’t electric cars the [ahem] wave of the future?


...let me know when the “toy” might be one of these:


...alternative:  the Royal Navy machine-gunning the dinghies.  Or:


if this doesn’t make you smile, go away, you’re in the wrong place.


...shome mishtake, surely.


FFS, is there ANYONE IN THE WORLD still unaware of breast cancer?


...I think I preferred it when cardinals protected sex-abuser priests.


...is anybody surprised by this, anymore?


the word you’re looking for is “crowned” — what happens at a coronation“Coronated” was coined by Ebonicsmeister Jesse Jackson.


I think I first saw this headline in 1968.


and the story is even worse than the headline.


them girlymen gotta stick together, you see.


...right after they finish arresting people for posting mean tweets.


...a.k.a. what happens when you don’t act your age.

And in War News:


...or to put it another way: we’re gonna go down bonking.

And among the irrelevancies known as INSIGNIFICA:

 


...here we go:

That’s enough news for the day.

Well, Shit

I see that Denny Wilson, the Grouchy Old Cripple, has spun his wheels for the last time.  He was one of the original bloggers, back when this was a New Thing, and he will be sorely missed.

R.I.P ol’ buddy.

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And on we go into the depths…


...I thought we’d done with this little trend, butt obviously not.


...actually, Weimar Germany never did anything like this to its citizens.  But the Nazis did.


...because the outcome of that discussion would be President Kamala Harris.


...as opposed to the “rule by unelected bureaucrats of the EU”?


...into a (red) brick wall.

From the Dark Continent:


...kinda torn here, between “nuke the whole continent” and “kill every fucking monkey in existence”Simian bastards.


...and if you didn’t chortle at that headline, we can’t be friends.  Also:


...ah, Africa, where if it’s not one thing that can kill you, it’s another.

And speaking of ugly ways to die:


...because nothing says “patient safety” like “mobile abortion clinic”.


...having eaten steak and ice cream my entire adult life, I can confidently state that this finding is total bullshit.  Supporting references upon request.


...just how much more suffering can the Brits stand?


...considering today’s state-schooled youth, that’s hardly surprising.


...either way, their Democrat governors will screw up the disaster management response.  As opposed to:


...anyone care to guess how long this would take in, say, New Jersey under similar circumstances?

And in INSIGNIFICA, some breaking errr breeding news:

 

...like hers...in 300 million years.


...okay, now that the Grauniad has officially declared her a Danger To Humanity As We Know It, I can make my own judgement:

I think she’s totally hot.

And here’s a response to an email from Reader Tom L, who wrote:

Which automobile is the right one for taking the new Italian prime minister for a ride?

How about one of these?

It’s Giugiaro and Bizzarini’s Iso Grifo Spyder, with its 5.4-liter 350hp small-block Corvette V8 engine giving the petite Spyder a top speed of over 170mph.

American power and reliability coupled with Italian design and styling — need I say more?

Back to my traveling companion:

I’d learn Italian just so Giorgia and I could discuss conservative politics (for the record, her “far-right” political position is, in American terms, ever-so slightly right-of-center;  a couple of weeks closeted with me, and the Left would become apoplectic)…

…that is, when we’re not eating tenderloin crostini and drinking wine together in some small coastal village trattoria.

Not that I’ve given any of this much thought, of course…