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Pic Of The Moment: The Problem In A Nutshell (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2024 OP
Great links. Passages Jun 2024 #1
The problem is a lot of people are struggling to afford food and housing because of mucifer Jun 2024 #2
Wages have risen faster than inflation. Elessar Zappa Jun 2024 #41
KNR niyad Jun 2024 #3
Facts are meaningless ornotna Jun 2024 #4
Why would they sell boats that dont float Johonny Jun 2024 #5
logic is not the strong suit of these folks ... nt TBF Jun 2024 #6
Non-floating boats appeal to True Dough Jun 2024 #7
Deep state makes large boats have large wakes that overwhelm smaller boats IronLionZion Jun 2024 #13
Go Joe!!! 🌊 !!! Think. Again. Jun 2024 #29
not one american flag. AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #20
Because they are paid off by the sharks IronLionZion Jun 2024 #10
finding nemo. was just going to say that . AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #21
"Now Bruce: fish are friends NOT food!" FailureToCommunicate Jun 2024 #51
It's nice to have an old friend for dinner IronLionZion Jun 2024 #55
Not to mention- DeeDeeNY Jun 2024 #23
Land sharks! Johonny Jun 2024 #25
That's true! Think. Again. Jun 2024 #30
CandyGram JoseBalow Jun 2024 #46
OR carry a unsinkable shark-proof lifeboat onboard? Justice matters. Jun 2024 #33
Another important thing that is eluding them: Why are they boating in shark-infested waters? 4lbs Jun 2024 #54
Would tfg make sailboats illegal? Rowboats? Peddle Boats? Stayed tuned for more lunacy. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #8
Because. Sharknado! BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #9
Based on the incredible true story IronLionZion Jun 2024 #11
omg, I might actually watch this, just for the hilarity! crickets Jun 2024 #53
My sisters watched all of them and made doing that an "annual summer thing" (SyFy Channel) BumRushDaShow Jun 2024 #57
Perfect! PatSeg Jun 2024 #12
Some great replies today. KS Toronado Jun 2024 #14
Joe Biden Is Leading The Biggest US Small Business Boom In 25 Years ffr Jun 2024 #15
K&R Hiawatha Pete Jun 2024 #16
Gas prices are mostly a function of demand and were lower under Trump Bucky Jun 2024 #17
Wouldn't it be nice if... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #31
Trump is the only one who can save you from sharks IronLionZion Jun 2024 #18
of course! geeniyus! LymphocyteLover Jun 2024 #39
I'm still trying to figure out... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #19
Because battery! Dave Bowman Jun 2024 #22
Of course! Think. Again. Jun 2024 #28
Little snack KS Toronado Jun 2024 #24
I feel bad for the shark. Dave Bowman Jun 2024 #34
My AI prompt may need some tweaking... JoseBalow Jun 2024 #47
Just grab a bottle of white-out. KS Toronado Jun 2024 #48
I gotta admit, I kinda like it! JoseBalow Jun 2024 #49
Trying to debate a MAGAt is like wrestling with a pig.... kentuck Jun 2024 #26
Between electric sharks and Jewish space lasers, why does anyone take MAGA seriously anymore? Initech Jun 2024 #27
I had one tell me there were Nazis in Ukraine liberal N proud Jun 2024 #32
Had a similar experience. Dave Bowman Jun 2024 #35
Must be Russian trolls feeding the propaganda liberal N proud Jun 2024 #40
There are Nazis in the US IronLionZion Jun 2024 #42
They all seem to look alike, dress alike, act alike, stink alike. twodogsbarking Jun 2024 #36
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2024 #37
Greart post! LymphocyteLover Jun 2024 #38
If the battery boat is too heavy to float, how did you get out to the deep water with the sharks? keithbvadu2 Jun 2024 #43
Hahaha! BComplex Jun 2024 #44
How come every moron about my age has one of those dumbass little beards? Harker Jun 2024 #45
Contact the Biden campaign... Half-step Jun 2024 #50
Stupid Americans don't get it. paleotn Jun 2024 #52
GOP sucks the fun out of life . . . Aussie105 Jun 2024 #56

mucifer

(25,525 posts)
2. The problem is a lot of people are struggling to afford food and housing because of
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:15 AM
Jun 2024

corporate greed.

Lots of voters are going to blame President Biden for corporate greed and don't realize or understand that the republicans, manchin and sinema have caused the price of everything to skyrocket.

This is what might destroy us.

Elessar Zappa

(16,385 posts)
41. Wages have risen faster than inflation.
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 02:09 PM
Jun 2024

This doesn’t mean everyone got a raise but it means for most people, they’re still coming out ahead. Inflation is partially caused by corporate greed but there’s really nothing Biden can do, especially with an unfriendly Congress.

Johonny

(25,415 posts)
5. Why would they sell boats that dont float
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:31 AM
Jun 2024

And more importantly, why would I buy a non-floating boat?

True Dough

(25,818 posts)
7. Non-floating boats appeal to
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:40 AM
Jun 2024

Trump-humpers.

&ab_channel=ABC7


Resulting Republican conspiracy theory:


IronLionZion

(50,817 posts)
13. Deep state makes large boats have large wakes that overwhelm smaller boats
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:09 AM
Jun 2024

it's diabolical how far the left will go for blue waves.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
30. That's true!
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:51 AM
Jun 2024

I saw it years ago on a television tee-vee late night news program called Saturday Night Live! on the tv machine!

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
54. Another important thing that is eluding them: Why are they boating in shark-infested waters?
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:23 PM
Jun 2024

I mean, come on, every time I've ever been on a boat (or ship) sharks were nowhere close.

twodogsbarking

(17,571 posts)
8. Would tfg make sailboats illegal? Rowboats? Peddle Boats? Stayed tuned for more lunacy.
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:49 AM
Jun 2024

Yeeeehaaw

crickets

(26,168 posts)
53. omg, I might actually watch this, just for the hilarity!
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:43 PM
Jun 2024

I have never seen a Sharknado film, but they had me at "time travel's risky, but..." 😆 That and a cameo from Leslie Jordan, bless his socks. I adored that man and miss him so.

BumRushDaShow

(165,673 posts)
57. My sisters watched all of them and made doing that an "annual summer thing" (SyFy Channel)
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 05:44 AM
Jun 2024

I think I watched #1, #5, and #6.

They were so OTT that you just had to laugh at the absurdity. But then that is what makes the classic parody (like the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" series). There were a bunch of cameos in that last Sharknado (including Al Roker).

ffr

(23,325 posts)
15. Joe Biden Is Leading The Biggest US Small Business Boom In 25 Years
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:25 AM
Jun 2024

You overlooked this sleeper statistic too, as has cable news talking heads.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219030922

Bucky

(55,334 posts)
17. Gas prices are mostly a function of demand and were lower under Trump
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:31 AM
Jun 2024

Trump left the the whole economy so wrecked with covid that demand left has prices all the way down to $2.11/gallon in November 2020.

A year earlier, Nov 2019 gas was at $2.59 a gallon, nearly a dollar less than today ($3.46), but equal to $3.13 when adjusted for inflation to May 2024.

Of course that lower price under Trump was still demand-driven, and the US economy was in a mild recession for all of 2019, mostly driven by Trump's entirely optional trade war with China.

Sorry to nitpick, but remembering economics right is a thing with me

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
31. Wouldn't it be nice if...
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:53 AM
Jun 2024

...our "economy" referred to only the prices of one consumer commodity.

IronLionZion

(50,817 posts)
18. Trump is the only one who can save you from sharks
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:34 AM
Jun 2024

because he won't force you to buy an electric boat that sinks and then electrocutes you to make it easier for the shark to eat you.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
19. I'm still trying to figure out...
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 10:38 AM
Jun 2024

...how he got a boat that's too heavy to float out to shark infested waters.

kentuck

(115,093 posts)
26. Trying to debate a MAGAt is like wrestling with a pig....
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:44 AM
Jun 2024

The pig enjoys it and all you get is muddy.

Initech

(107,410 posts)
27. Between electric sharks and Jewish space lasers, why does anyone take MAGA seriously anymore?
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:44 AM
Jun 2024

liberal N proud

(61,165 posts)
32. I had one tell me there were Nazis in Ukraine
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 12:07 PM
Jun 2024

And the Russia was our ally.
I just laughed in their face. You can’t even talk to them.

Dave Bowman

(6,627 posts)
35. Had a similar experience.
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 01:06 PM
Jun 2024

Russia good, Zelenskyy the Nazi killed millions of Ukrainians and so on.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
43. If the battery boat is too heavy to float, how did you get out to the deep water with the sharks?
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 02:24 PM
Jun 2024

Harker

(17,401 posts)
45. How come every moron about my age has one of those dumbass little beards?
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 03:14 PM
Jun 2024

I might just have to shave mine off!

paleotn

(21,526 posts)
52. Stupid Americans don't get it.
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 06:48 PM
Jun 2024

Economy is clicking along after a galactic downturn due to Covid. People have jobs. Prices have started to stabilize and decline. And all we hear is bitching. I swear. Sometimes I think we're a race of nitwits and scoundrels. Nothing more. Drives me fucking nuts. Maybe Americans deserve what they may very well get. Serves the jackasses right.

Aussie105

(7,638 posts)
56. GOP sucks the fun out of life . . .
Fri Jun 14, 2024, 02:47 AM
Jun 2024

Dodging the space lasers while making sure drag queens in libraries don't turn kids gay, checking boats for batteries and the water for sharks.
Listening to crazies spout word salads that hurt my brain. (Not looking at TFG or MTG, honest!)

How did life get to be this dangerous?

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