BaconHound

1 hour ago, Canton Dawg said:

I have a friend in Florida that told me that a sheet of plywood costs $22 a sheet (this was several years back) and when a hurricane is tracking nearby, that same sheet of plywood goes to $85 a sheet. After the hurricane passes, it reverts back to $22 a sheet.

The point being, is the demand for all building materials have been climbing for nearly a year not a short term spike.

 

Completely agree but that is a very different conversation from government spending and inflation.

5 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

The rising cost of goods & services is the textbook definition of inflation.

BTW, the CPI is the metric for inflation. . .

 

On that we agree but as you can see the CPI is slightly higher.  Using the building material example is disingenuous because supply is what has caused those prices to skyrocket. Automobile prices are increasing due to a microchip shortage, not hyperinflation.

24 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

I agree with your sentiments regarding the demise of a 100 plus year old company.

However, if their philosophy about catering to the “Woke Crowd” put their revenue at risk, it was enough to make them rethink their position.

I think losing LeBron made them overreact.  Using the “woke crowd” is just more non-sensical labeling.  Their plan was an attempt to join the equality struggle.  It appears their plan wasn’t very well executed.

Just now, Canton Dawg said:

But when you politicize your brand, you automatically alienate roughly half of your customer base.

I think you are giving it too much credit.  The people who typically boycott products one way or the other are a vocal minority.  Brands may take a hit but Coca-Cola isn’t going anywhere soon.

55 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Uneasy? You should be scared shitless that an autocrat tried to usurp power on Jan. 6 and destroy a democracy in the process. The man will not even listen to Republican election officials or to the courts all the way up through SCOTUS on this. And apparently neither will all his little sycophants scurrying around like so many lemmings looking for a sea of election money.

I’ll be more affected the closer we get to 2023

1 hour ago, Canton Dawg said:

It’s not so much going after a certain demographic, it’d politicizing your brand.

When I owned my business, I told my staff there are 2 things you don’t discuss with customers.

That was politics and religion, anything else was fair game.

Coke is multi-national.  Appealing to certain political movements/agenda will help recruit spokespersons and it may bring in customers.  I personally wouldn’t be swayed but some people may.
 

Climate change has been highly politicized and many people purchase goods based on that.  

Not the first time a major brand has courted a certain demographic and won’t be the last.  Unfortunately, our lives are hyperpoliticized and I don’t see that changing.

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Completely agree that “pork” in bills is a bad way to do business but this holds true for both sides of the aisle. 

I cashed the two COVID relief welfare checks I was sent so can’t really judge others.

The difficulty in enacting social welfare programs is the broad brush you have to use. It almost facilitates inequity and fraud.  The flip side is you’s spend more money trying to insulate these programs than the fraud/inequity costs you.  That isn’t to say the government should innovate.  For those of us who are old enough, we remember food stamp booklets.  The plastic EBT card reduced fraud but again it’s not a perfect system.  Conspiracy theorists will say this is simply a Democrat plot to buy votes. I believe it’s the limitation of government and a way to placate a segment of our society that would ultimately remain unproductive.

I don’t agree with Cheney on everything but I do with these remarks.

I also don’t have an issue with her being removed from Conference leadership.  I’m uneasy that my party is being lead by Trump but not overly surprised.

8 minutes ago, Westside Steve said:

 Did I say that lumber was due to inflation? Lumbers due to short supply supposedly because of some rainy weather but mostly as I understand from a decimated labour force.

 More of a direct result of the free shit train running off the track.

 As far as hyper inflation the democrats aren't going to worry about it until it arrives. Kind of the way the republicans aren't going to worry about global warming Until it's 107 in February

WSS

Nope, Canton did and that’s why my post didn’t quote you.

6 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Still living in the rabbit hole I see.  That the values you chose to guide you? Take the side of the man who tried to overthrow an elected government?

That point us being glossed over WAY TOO MUCH.  We have an elected President and without tangible proof, verified by the courts, a segment of our society wants to reverse the democratic process.  The Constitutional crowd acting contrary to the Constitution.  I can’t say that I’m surprised as Americans will take any stance at any time, even if they don’t reconcile.

This is a great discussion for a modern world.  I’m not sure where I fall.  The issues of free speech, business regulation, honesty, campaign finance, representative standards and human decency all intertwined.

Some inflation is not a terrible thing, hyperinflation is.

Thr high cost of building materials is a supply vs demand issue, not an inflation one.

I get why he is in favor of it but gotta say I’m not.  As a country we are lazy so providing more access increases participation.  Sad that my party is becoming the anti-participation party.

1 hour ago, Vambo said:

https://thefederalist.com/2015/10/07/7-gun-control-myths-that-just-wont-die/

1) The ‘Gun Show Loophole’ Allows Anyone, Even Criminals, To Get Guns

 

In reality, the so-called “gun show loophole” is a myth. It does not exist. There is no loophole in federal law that specifically exempts gun show transactions from any other laws normally applied to gun sales. Not one.

If you purchase a firearm from a federal firearms licensee (FFL) regardless of the location of the transaction — a gun store, a gun show, a gun dealer’s car trunk, etc. — that FFL must confirm that you are legally allowed to purchase that gun. That means the FFL must either run a background check on you via the federal NICS database, or confirm that you have passed a background check by examining your state-issued concealed carry permit or your government-issued purchase permit. There are zero exceptions to this federal requirement.

If an individual purchases a gun across state lines — from an individual or FFL which resides in a different state than the buyer — the buyer must undergo a background check, and the sale must be processed by an FFL in the buyer’s home state.

 

 

What does exist, however, is a federal exemption for sales between two private, non-FFL residents of the same state, regardless of whether that transaction happens at a gun show or not. The identity of the parties involved in the transaction, not the venue of the sale, is what matters under federal law. This federal exemption makes perfect sense: there’s no federal nexus for a purely private transaction between two private individuals who reside in the same state. Many states, including Oregon, Colorado, and Illinois, have enacted universal background checks in order to eliminate the exemption for same-state private firearms transactions.

Federal universal background checks may or may not be a wise idea — the U.S. Senate in 2013 explicitly refused to enact them — but referring to the federal exemption for private, same-state sales as a “gun show loophole” is misleading and factually inaccurate.

The gun show loophole is where private persons are allowed to setup alongside an FFL and sell firearms without processing the NICS check.

49 minutes ago, Westside Steve said:

 I try not to. Two different president's 2 different personalities. I think trump was more likely to go off half cocked because he got a bug up his ass about something or other.  Right? Wrong? I don't think he cared I think his advisers cared more which is why they kept bailing on him. I think Biden is more of a stooge and his handlers tell him to do something because they think it will look good or assuage the crackpots that dragged him into office. It just doesn't ring true that is cared about all this shit for the last 45 years.

WSS

 

I can’t disagree with either point.  When I see Biden I immediately go to Walter from Jeff Dunham.

53 minutes ago, Westside Steve said:

 Who is this we?  I heard a boatload of bellyaching from the democrats when trump put the tariffs in place. We were going to destroy the American farmer the Chinese would bankupt us all.

 It kind of depends how bad they need the soybeans and how bad we need the shit they jacked up the tariffs upon.

 It seems to me that foreign countries love us a lot more when there getting the better end of the deal.

 For instance I hate the steelers and ravens a lot worse that I hate the bengals.

WSS

We would be Americans but more specifically those of us who choose to post here.  

3 hours ago, Canton Dawg said:

One thing we know for certain, if the shooter was a Caucasian the MSM would’ve already had his mugshot plastered over the airwaves calling him a White Supremist.

No report his a white supremacist but white 

4 minutes ago, Vambo said:

What reasonable laws will criminals follow to limit their ability, access or simply punish?

I think closing the “gun show” loophole federally is a good start.

I’d like to see licensure for the purchase of any firearm.  It could simply be tied a driver’s license or state issued non-driver ID. 

No more private sales of firearms would be another good one. Have dealers facilitate all transfers.  Been doing this in NYS for pistols since 2013 and everyone has adjusted quite nicely.

I’m all for people having hundreds of guns, just want to know who owns what.

2 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

 Read my response to the question about the russkies.

 But other countries while they may be adversaries aren't necessarily enemies. We are all looking out for our own. Or we should be, Joe.

WSS

So should we care that Biden hurt their feelings?  We didn’t care when the Trump Administration put tariffs in place that not only made them angry but also made them retaliate in kind.  Again, I don’t think the Chinese getting worked up over this is really that big of a deal and certainly don’t think it reflects poorly on the Biden Administration.

1 hour ago, calfoxwc said:

we have plenty of reasonable gun legislation.  Criminals don't obey the legislation. More legislation is not going to solve that

 

I tend to think that is a played out argument.  You can’t use criminals as the measuring stick.  Criminals don’t have car insurance, they steal, they rape, they etc.. you get the point.  You still try and pass reasonable laws that limit their ability, access or simply punish.  

2 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

 I realise Russia is kind of the boogie man for the democrats but they don't bother me. As I said before they have nothing to offer the world but some gas oil and coal which the nato members are more than happy to buy,  some 2nd rate military hardware and stoli. As for Ukraine? I'm sure there are Mexicans in Texas who would like it to be a sovereign Spanish-speaking country, which would likely be supported by the US, but most people in Texas would be for remaining a US state.  A pseudo conflict or another proxy war with the russkies doesn't whet my appetite.  Also for Ukraine I would have to guess that the huge amounts of money flowing from them to the democrats  Is part of the equation. Wink wink wink. 

The building up of the Chinese military their superiority in manufacturing  their grey market products and intellectual property  Infringement along with their free pass from the Paris accord  makes them a much bigger adversary if not out and out enemy.

 Plus I would pay for a ticket to the Putin Biden debate.

😄

 

 

That’s fair so on Russia you are a “let them do what they want” and I’m not making a value judgment on that.  So Biden’s false threat is really a page 6 gossip point than a real issue.  That’s how I feel about it but it seems there are many in here that like to play both sides of the argument.

So should we sanction Russia, threaten them with non-existent military action or let them do what they want?  I’m trying to figure out what the Board opinion of Russia is.

I think Putin is a huge scum bag who is a large problem.  I believe, regardless of who you think they were trying to help, they at minimum have attempted to meddle in our elections. Russia  helped move oil prices in the early stages of the COVID pandemic to screw with us and Russia generally isn’t our friend.