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POSTED BY: THG
UPDATED: Monday, August 31, 2026 21:54
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Once that inflation starts kicking in on an economy that is already on the brink of collapse, you're going to see Biden*'s numbers free fall.
Gas is over $3.00 by me everywhere, and it was only around $2.20 at the beginning of the year. I don't even remember the last time it was over $3.00 here.
I had to buy an extra 8ft length of pre-primed shit pine that cost me only $4.79 two months ago and was $6.49 before tax yesterday.
For those keeping score, that's one hour of minimum wage work minus taxes for a shittly made piece of scrap wood that weighs about a pound.
I guess free lunches aren't free, huh?
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Quote:I am always thankful that Trumptards never know why so they blame politicians rather than the top 1%:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Once that inflation starts kicking in on an economy that is already on the brink of collapse, you're going to see Biden*'s numbers free fall.
Gas is over $3.00 by me everywhere, and it was only around $2.20 at the beginning of the year. I don't even remember the last time it was over $3.00 here.
I had to buy an extra 8ft length of pre-primed shit pine that cost me only $4.79 two months ago and was $6.49 before tax yesterday.
For those keeping score, that's one hour of minimum wage work minus taxes for a shittly made piece of scrap wood that weighs about a pound.
I guess free lunches aren't free, huh?
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Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
Before sawmills could respond to that uptick in demand, another demand spike took place: Recession-induced, record-low interest rates helped spur a housing boom. That boom, which is exacerbated by the largest cohort of millennials starting to hit their peak homebuying years, is drying up existing home inventory and sending buyers in search of new construction. As of March, new housing starts are at its highest level since 2006. And those new homes require lots of softwood lumber.
https://fortune.com/2021/05/05/lumber-prices-chart-2021-may-price-of-l
umber-going-up-data-wood-shortage-why-so-expensive-to-buy-wood/
First, why are prices at the pump so high in general? There are several factors at play here that all have had an impact since last November:
The loosening of COVID restrictions globally in recent months has led to a rapid recovery in global demand for crude oil that has exceeded the expectations of all of the “experts” on the subject, leading to a tightening of global crude markets;
Strong discipline among the OPEC+ nations related to their agreement to limit exports has also played a major role in tightening the relationship between global supply and demand;
The U.S. election has also obviously played a big role here. Since last November 3, the average price per gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. has skyrocketed by 75 cents. The markets clearly see the Biden/Harris administration as one that will work to inhibit U.S. oil production, which will also have the effect of tightening the global market, and traders have responded by driving up the price of crude oil;
Refinery maintenance and the changeover to summer gasoline blends. This is a factor that I tend to write about every year at this time. Gas prices have continued to rise even as crude prices have dropped over the past week mainly due to the fact that March and April are the time of year in which many U.S. refineries are taken offline for annual maintenance and all refiners are switching from manufacturing a handful of winter blends of gasoline to the dozens of summer blends required by the EPA. This changeover invariably raises the costs of both refining and transportation of gasoline, and that is always worked into gas prices during these months.
To sum up: We’ve seen a confluence of factors since November that have driven up the price for crude oil now combined with the higher costs associated with the annual conversion over to summer blends of gasoline. Since gas prices at the pump tend to follow the price of crude on almost a linear basis, none of this is really surprising.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2021/03/25/gasoline-prices-
are-high-and-going-higherheres-why/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Sometimes it’s amusing SECOND seeing the trolls post uninformed propagandized drivel. Though mostly I ignore it. I don’t know how you respond to as much of it as you do.
T
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Quote:I was hoping that 6ix was correct about the cause of gasoline and lumber price increases. Finally, he has told me something I had not been aware of. But when I try to verify details about what 6ix wrote I sadly discover he is full of shit, exactly the same as Trump and every Trumptard I know in Texas. I have been disillusioned once again. My hopes have been dashed.
Originally posted by THG:
Sometimes it’s amusing SECOND seeing the trolls post uninformed propagandized drivel. Though mostly I ignore it. I don’t know how you respond to as much of it as you do.
T
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Your reasons are bullshit.
We just let the printing presses go full bore over a virus that kills nobody.
Every time that happens, they split your stock in the US dollar and give the split to somebody else.
That's why the prices went up. I don't give two shits what your Lefty newspapers say the reason is.
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Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Speaking of Cheney...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/04/liz-cheney-kevin-mcc
arthy-trump-liberals-485390
How Democrats Learned to Love the Cheneys
I'll spare you from reading whatever BS opinion Politico has on the issue.
It's because they're sellouts and hypocrites.
Ha Ha
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/06/cheney-wyoming-2022-primary-4
85508
Maybe she should just go ahead and become a Democrat already. All the other NeoCons have.
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Quote:I was hoping that 6ix was correct about the cause of gasoline and lumber price increases. Finally, he has told me something I had not been aware of. But when I try to verify details about what 6ix wrote I sadly discover he is full of shit, exactly the same as Trump and every Trumptard I know in Texas. I have been disillusioned once again. My hopes have been dashed.
Originally posted by second:Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Sometimes it’s amusing SECOND seeing the trolls post uninformed propagandized drivel. Though mostly I ignore it. I don’t know how you respond to as much of it as you do.
T
I'm sure you jest about being disillusioned by Jack knowing that he has been full of shit since day one.
T
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SECONDRATE, if you actually read the article that you posted, you'll see that it says that price increases are due to exactly what SIX said they were due to: easy money.
Low interest rates lead to housing boom and high demand for wood? That's easy money.
Loosening Covid-19 restrictions lead to ppl driving more and spending their stimulus checks on eating out? That's easy money.
Prices go up when there's "too much money chasing too few goods". When the money all went into the hands of the wealthy, inflation occurred in the stock market and luxury goods. If money is placed in the hands of the average consumer, the price of typical goods - gasoline, food, etc - will go up. I'm already seeing increases in grocery store items. Sales are impossible to find, and it's getting harder and harder to stick to a budget. Used car proces increased dramatically last year. Utility rate increases, too.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
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So, China and Russia are taking an increasingly angry tone when addressing the west. In addition to improving their military readiness and making major advances in defensive weapons, both China and Russia are applying counter-sanctions against various western countries, organizations, and individuals. Russia just created its own "enemies list" of ten nations. China has once again warned the west against interference in its domestic affairs which- according to them- includes Taiwan and the Uighurs.
Clearly, Russia and China are coordinating to disable the levers that the west uses to dominate other natins, and that includes military, economic and financial levers but is also including political, technology (space) and soft-power warfare.
I "get" Russia's stance, which appears to be primarily defensive: "Fortress Russia", self-sufficient and able to withstand whatever sanctions and financial and miltary pressure the west cares to apply. Russia's red lines are clearly demarcated to Russian territory and their "near abroad" (border nations of the former Soviet Union) which make Ukraine and Georgia a top priority.
China is a little harder to figure out. Unlike Russia, China is not self-sufficient in most raw resources, and has attained its development as the "factory to the world". It depends on trade, so its red lines extend well beyond China's borders to include BRI and international currency. Needs somethought on what, exactly, China would respond to as an existential threat, and what levers it might choose when retaliating against the west.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Apropos of that there is an excellent article about Myanmar on MoA
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/05/aiming-at-china-us-uk-launch-gue
rilla-war-on-myanmar.html#more
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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