Buh-bye. |
I'm leavin' . . . on a jet plane . . . |
Your new Director of National Intelligence, ladies and gentlemen, whom Bernie assured us in 2019 was no Russian asset.
Donald Trump was just a working class stiff flipping hamburgers a few weeks ago, so Tulsi hanging with the left eight years ago is no big deal, right?
In what will go down as the greatest troll in U.S. presidential
politics, Donald Trump put on an apron, scooped up some fries and blew a
hole in the HMS Harris-Walz. ...
And if you don’t understand what Trump did at McDonald’s and that it was a breakthrough in this campaign, then you don’t understand Trump or the country. ...
The cook who was too old, too tired and too senile to be president took the entire contents of the freezer bag labeled “Democratic Party” and emptied it into his metal basket.
Then he deep fried it in hydrogenated vegetable fat.
-- Phil Boas, "Trump went to McDonald's and fried Kamala Harris' campaign to a crisp" for The Arizona Republic
Nominal GDP came in at a revised $28.255 trillion.
Sounds like a lot, right?
Here's the big picture.
From 1947 to 2000, nominal GDP grew at a compound annual rate of 7.26%.
From 2000 to 2024, nominal GDP grew at a compound annual rate of 4.42%, 39% lower.
The year 2000 marks the US opening to China, and the great wealth transfer out of the US from the middle class under globalism, creating new middle classes there and elsewhere.
We are poorer for it, but we have lots more billionaires now and you can read all about it on your Apple iPhone made by slave labor while you eat your 40% more expensive hamburger from McDonalds since 2019.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
Spurlock made a splash in 2004 with his groundbreaking film “Super Size Me,” which was nominated for an Academy Award. The film chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of Spurlock eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days. He gained about 25 pounds, saw a spike in his cholesterol and lost his sex drive. ... He returned in 2019 with “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!”
Wisconsin man's lifetime Big Mac consumption hits 34,128
Gorske, who has saved the receipt and package from every Big Mac he has eaten, first tried McDonald's signature burger on May 17, 1972. ... Gorske said he hasn't suffered any ill health effects from his unusual diet, and he maintains his physique by abstaining from French fries.
McDonald’s $5 value meal is coming in June — and staying for just a month:
Coca-Cola added marketing funds to the equation to make the deal more appealing, CNBC reported Friday. In a statement, Coca-Cola said: “We routinely partner with our customers on marketing programs to meet consumer needs. This helps us grow our businesses together.”
CNBC May 10th: McDonald’s is working to introduce a $5 value meal
But the next to last paragraph indicates they ain't got one yet lol:
An initial proposal by McDonald’s for the $5 value meal did not clear necessary hurdles.
Yeah, no kidding. That's cause your $5 value meal was ten years ago.
The New York Post April 3rd: McDonald’s menu prices have increased by over 100% during the last decade: study
McDonald’s has jacked up its menu prices by more than 100% over the
course of the last decade — more than three times the rate of US
inflation, according to a research report. ... Now, a Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal goes for $11.99 — more than double the $5.39 it cost in 2014, according to a study by FinanceBuzz, which cited average prices nationwide. ...
The analysis by FinanceBuzz found that McDonald’s was one of 13 restaurants that have raised menu prices in the last decade by 60% on average between 2014 and 2024 — or nearly double the cumulative national rate of inflation of 31% over that period.
While McDonald’s was the worst offender — tripling the rate of inflation, according to FinanceBuzz — Popeyes, Taco Bell, Chipotle and Jimmy John’s raised the prices of their menu items at more than double the actual inflation rate, the study found.
It's like Obamacare.
The cashless society hits a speed bump.
Newsweek here:
In Australia, internal systems at some restaurants have been offline since about 3:10 p.m. local time. Some stores have been forced to close completely, while others are only taking cash orders, according to a report by news.com.au.