As core and food inflation is running around 16% here in the UK (which of course is an understatement), in my particular corner of London, there appears to be some noticeable fraying of the social contract with opportunist theft, public aggression, crazy driving and burglaries apparently soaring. The spontaneous outburst of rioting in Cardiff this week may well be a very unpleasant straw in the wind.
In Kalifornia the unprosecuted retail theft is insane. Property crimes are not reported because police will not arrest. Maybe the next riots come from the law abiding.
Two years ago I was in Seattle for a wedding; looking for replacement suitcases as the US airlines destroyed both of ours. In Target I thought the empty shelves were due to supply chain issues - the salesman told me no - the reason the suitcases were not displayed on the shop floor was that people come in, take a suitcase, fill it up and walk out without fear of prosecution. To this day I am dumbfounded. I wonder if that Target is even still there - it must be bleeding profit. As if to prove the point, we were later on the public bus to the air museum and a fellow who didn’t look like he was headed to the airport, boards with a large, brand new suitcase. That experience, along with all the tented ‘villages’ cheek to jowl with what was left of the city trying to be normal (loads of empty retail space), capped with Bezo’s corporate empire towering above was all I needed to see to realise something is very, very wrong. That was my first trip to Seattle (and most likely my last).
The government will always choose to boil the frog slowly rather than cut the throat. Inflation can be blamed on a myirad of external causes. I borrowed as much as s I could and bought real estate. Inflation is here to stay.
Suggestion: Banish "literally" from your lexicon. It usually adds nothing, and makes you sound like an 18 year old. You aren't going to snag any 18 year olds. Or younger, like our deceased buddy Jeff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABo4_Lhqpc
And now this....Are we there yet?!
https://youtu.be/tx_z0o6ObPU
Still laughing.
That cup with the message at the bottom.... I'm dying.
Cathy Wood on CNBC calling NVDA overvalued had my mind in a pretzel. I was surprised to learn that word was actually in her vocabulary
As core and food inflation is running around 16% here in the UK (which of course is an understatement), in my particular corner of London, there appears to be some noticeable fraying of the social contract with opportunist theft, public aggression, crazy driving and burglaries apparently soaring. The spontaneous outburst of rioting in Cardiff this week may well be a very unpleasant straw in the wind.
In Kalifornia the unprosecuted retail theft is insane. Property crimes are not reported because police will not arrest. Maybe the next riots come from the law abiding.
Two years ago I was in Seattle for a wedding; looking for replacement suitcases as the US airlines destroyed both of ours. In Target I thought the empty shelves were due to supply chain issues - the salesman told me no - the reason the suitcases were not displayed on the shop floor was that people come in, take a suitcase, fill it up and walk out without fear of prosecution. To this day I am dumbfounded. I wonder if that Target is even still there - it must be bleeding profit. As if to prove the point, we were later on the public bus to the air museum and a fellow who didn’t look like he was headed to the airport, boards with a large, brand new suitcase. That experience, along with all the tented ‘villages’ cheek to jowl with what was left of the city trying to be normal (loads of empty retail space), capped with Bezo’s corporate empire towering above was all I needed to see to realise something is very, very wrong. That was my first trip to Seattle (and most likely my last).
The government will always choose to boil the frog slowly rather than cut the throat. Inflation can be blamed on a myirad of external causes. I borrowed as much as s I could and bought real estate. Inflation is here to stay.
I love how you poke at those CNBC just fawns over. Keep up the good work!
Suggestion: Banish "literally" from your lexicon. It usually adds nothing, and makes you sound like an 18 year old. You aren't going to snag any 18 year olds. Or younger, like our deceased buddy Jeff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ABo4_Lhqpc
I do think I have an appeal to the 18-year-old Bitcoin kids though.
You literally do. 😎😁🎇
I agree. Sloppy error.
Dave, I will not disagree with you!