NATO is saying it is planning targeted precision strikes on Russian territory; Britian and France saying they want to deploy troops; are these people insane? crazy? did they not hear Putin say if they hit Russian soil with western missiles etc. that this can activate a nuclear war? Who is doing this driving us to WW III? Who are the deranged crazy lunatics doing this?
Dr. Paul Alexander
Nov 27, 2024
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Withdraw the USA from NATO NOW!!!
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Kellogg’s ridiculed for drastic efforts to hide shrinkflation: ‘Just laughing at us’
By Tilly Armstrong Assistant Consumer Editor For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:36 EDT, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 12:09 EDT, 28 October 2024
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Kellogg’s is resorting to ‘deceptive’ ways to distract shoppers from its shrinkflation tactics.
A photo shared on Reddit highlights how the brand has made its family-size Special K box taller – while actually reducing the amount of cereal inside.
Shrinkflation is when products shrink in size or quantity while the price remains the same or even increases.
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Unlike “price gouging” that I approve of, “shrinkflation” IMHO is a deceptive trade practice designed to fool “We, The Sheeple”. As such, it should be actionable. Companies should not be permitted to defraud the consumer this way. (Other ways may be permissible?)
At the very least, the FTC should force them to rebrand their packaging.
Maybe as punishment, they should be required to put a “shrinkflation” notice prominently.
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https://www.androidauthority.com/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-3491150/
FTC cracks down on subscription tricks with click-to-cancel rule
By Matt Horne
October 16, 2024
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TL;DR
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The broader rule goes on to address misleading advertising practices and provides other protections against deceptive negative option marketing. Most parts of the rule will go into effect 180 days after publication, giving businesses time to comply and avoid potential penalties.
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Why did it take them so long and why did the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah have to do it first?
What all does it cover?
Didn’t see that banks and credit cards were included.
Now what about “misleading advertising” by the media as well as politicians and bureaucrats?
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https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/mega-millions-ticket-price-more-than-doubling-to-5/
Mega Millions ticket price more than doubling to $5 — with promise of bigger jackpots and higher odds
By Allie Griffin
Published Oct. 8, 2024, 2:50 a.m. ET
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Mega Millions tickets will more than double in cost next April from $2 to $5 a pop, lottery officials announced Monday, adding that the new price tag will come with higher cash prizes.
The price increase will come with greater odds of scoring bigger jackpots as part of a “mega overhaul” of the lottery launching in April 2025, Mega Millions said.
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Sorry, but this is just a tax on people’s hopes and dreams. And the tax collector is the biggest winner.
I’d like to see the Gooferment make some regulations to bring back “fair play”.
Then, maybe it would be “fair”.
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Some poor soul had his front plate stolen. While it might have been an (old) prank, it’s more likely a prelude to criminal acts.
The consensus was that the following actions should be taken immediately:
STOLEN PLATE REACTION
I, for one, will start checking my plates every day.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13913071/pete-rose-mlb-ban-blasted-stephen-smith.html
Stephen A. Smith issues scathing verdict on Pete Rose’s MLB ban after baseball icon’s death aged 83
By Jake Nisse and Oliver Salt
Published: 16:01 EDT, 1 October 2024 | Updated: 07:15 EDT, 2 October 2024
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Stephen A. Smith has blasted Pete Rose’s MLB ban following the baseball icon’s death at the age of 83, saying that ‘murderers have been let off quicker’ than he has.
Rose, MLB’s all-time hits leader, was handed a lifetime ban in 1989 after he was found to have bet on the Cincinnati Reds as both a player and manager of the team.
That meant that the baseball icon was never inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame before his death, and ESPN’s Smith raged against the treatment Rose was shown on Tuesday morning.
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MLB is a bunch of hypocrites.
All sports are now advertising gambling sites.
“Lifetime” is a long time. This was the sports equivalent of a death sentence,
I’m sure no MLB executive ever gambles on baseball.
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca
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The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched yet another blatant attack on state sovereignty and election integrity, this time setting its sights on Alabama.
In an outrageous move, the DOJ has filed a lawsuit against Alabama for daring to clean up its voter rolls by removing illegal noncitizens from the system ahead of the upcoming general election.
This lawsuit, spearheaded by Biden’s weaponized DOJ, accuses the state of violating the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), citing so-called “Quiet Period” provisions meant to prevent last-minute adjustments to voter registration lists.
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Jumped right on anything that removes illegal voters!
Interesting how they chose their targets.
Like the prosecution of NYC Mayor Adams, when he complained about the illegals getting dumped in his city.
Argh!
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Just saw you 8/11 reply to my “no tax on sosec” comment
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It’s a solid plan if they increase the current security tax on high earners, otherwise it’s an untenable solution. Seems to be some support to raise SS tax on earners above the $165k threshold and again at $250 which would keep SS solvent for a few more decades
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Raising taxes on “high earners” is just giving the Gooferment more money to waste.
Recognizing that Social Security “Insurance” is just a racist inter-generational Ponzi scheme that has zero chance of “success” like any Ponzi scheme.
Note that FDR chose the word “insurance” very carefully because at that time “insurance” was highly regarded as “safe”. He knew full well that this was a fraud because there was nothing “saved” to pay benefits. It should have been obvious to the rubes when the first (white) woman “retired” after making one tax payment into “social security insurance”.
I recently read an analysis of one case where the fellow paid in X$ (I can’t find the gripe) and received back about ½X$. That’s nominal dollars with no adjustment for inflation. He ran a simulation if the original X was invested in 50/50 Tbills and S&P500. That portfolio would be valued at about 6X at his retirement. He compared his Z$ monthly benefit with the 4Z$ monthly annuity he should have had.
I have also read many times that Social Security has a negative ROI of between 12 and 40+%.
It’s a national disaster. And, BTW it’s has about 70T$ in unfunded liabilities. No amount of tinkering will save it.
Argh!
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Wish I could find all the things I have read about Social Security.
One time, on a bored commute into NYC for work, I computed that I’d have to live to 132 in order to “steal” back what was “stolen” from me in SSI payroll taxes. And that was on a “nominal basis” with no adjustment for inflation.
Argh!
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Where was the predicted “heavy fog” this morning? I am always amazed that “they” can’t predict weather 12 hours ahead, but “climate change, global warming, global cooling” will wipe humanity out in five, ten, twenty, fifty years! Argh!
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americanthinker.com
The Cold, Hard, Kamala-Repelling Truth about Electric Vehicles
By Warren Beatty
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Bottom line: over the entire life cycle of an E.V., from raw materials to final disposal, driving an E.V. or plug-in E.V. produces more pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions than a comparable hybrid E.V. We truly live in a Bizarro World, where Kamala’s ideology overrides reality.
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Over and above the practicality of EVs (i.e., limited range, recharge time, battery fires, accident damage), the “costs” of mining cobalt, and other “rare earth” minerals, in terms of the “dirt” and the human working conditions is inhumane. Anyone else seen the pictures of children mining cobalt to subsist? As a fat old white guy retired injineer, I’m not adverse to “progress”. I am adverse to stupidity and responding to a politically induced “global warming global cooling climate change” “the sky is falling” “let’s give the Gooferment more money to solve a problem” panic. (If the seas are “rising”, then why are all the rich people buying waterfront property? Are they stupid? Or do they just know the truth?). In any event, why isn’t the Gooferment allowing diesel and tiny foreign cars and truck into the country? We know that the politicians and bureaucrats are being bribed by all the Big Industries. If we can just have a free market, the the Gooferment could shrink to just being a referee. Argh!
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