Saturday, February 14, 2026

Gold up 16.75% ytd, silver up 8.11%

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New York firewood supplier sold face cord equivalents, 8'x4'x16", for $493 during recent winter cold snap

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  Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On...  ... On Jan. 24, the day before a winter storm buried much of the Northeast in...

It could be worse: If the average price of coffee in this chart had kept up with inflation since Jan 1980, the average price in Jan 2026 would be $13.42 instead of $9.37

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  Soaring coffee prices rewrite daily routines...   ... Coffee prices in the U.S. were up 18.3% in January from a year ago, according to the...

The cost of a traditional American breakfast in Jan 2026 is up 55.3% since Jan 2020

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 Menu:   Coffee with milk Bacon and eggs Toast with butter Orange juice      
Friday, February 13, 2026

Hoo wee, are we going to celebrate lower inflation tonight or what, cruising the boulevard up and down, up and down in my 29-year old car and chuggin' Fairlife!

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I can no longer has cheezburger under Donald J. Trump

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 100% ground beef hit a new all time high average price of $6.752/lb in Jan 2026.    

On the eve of the election Trump promised cheaper grocery prices, but breakfast costs nearly 8% more in Jan 2026 than it did then

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  A basket of bacon and eggs, whole wheat bread and butter, coffee and whole milk, and orange juice cost on average $32.47 in the United Sta...

Core cpi inflation falls to 2.5% year over year in Jan 2026, still 39% elevated above the 1.8% average rate which prevailed for twelve years 2009-2020

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The average yoy rate for eleven months of 2025 was 2.91%.   

On the campaign trail in August 2024, Trump promised to cut energy prices by 50% but in Jan 2026 they are down just 4.3%, and entirely on the back of modestly falling gasoline prices

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   Average prices per unit of energy in 3Q2024 vs. Jan 2026: Gasoline $3.496 vs. 2.961 (down 15.3%) Natural Gas 1.403 vs. 1.704 (up 21.5%) E...

The U.S. state capitalist EV boondoggle comes to an end, shape-shifting automakers take well-deserved $50 billion hit

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    Detroit Automakers Take $50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts ... Following years of investments into EV technology, the Detroit Big Three...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Winning . . .

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All today:  Bill to fund DHS fails in the Senate   Judge blocks Pete Hegseth’s censure of Sen. Mark Kelly over troops video, for now   Fed c...

Feds declare victory in Minnesota immigration enforcement operation and begin withdrawal, cutting their losses

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They leave two murdered civilians in their wake, a permanent stain on the Trump administration.  Trump administration will end Minnesota imm...

U.S. House votes 219-211 to overturn Trump tariffs on Canada

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  House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs ...  the effort is likely symbolic. Even if the Senate approves Meeks’ resolution, Trump wo...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

MA78A: The civilian employment level was 59.3% of population in Jan 2026, which was the average level first achieved way back in 1978 lol

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The White House doesn't have a clue.  

MA88A: Nonfarm payrolls in Jan 2026 were 57.6% of population, a level first hit in America in . . . Dec 1988 lol

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Federal government employment in Jan 2026 is down 324k since Trump took over, with local government employment up 140k and state government employment down 72k

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  That's a net hit to government jobs at all levels of 256k in Trump's first year. The federal government last averaged 2.69 millio...

Manufacturing jobs in Jan 2026 remain down 83k since Trump took over

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The unemployment rate in Jan 2026 remains higher than when Trump took over

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The unemployment level is higher in Jan 2026 than when il Trumpo Incompetento took over lol

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Foreign born employment recovers by 565k in Jan 2026 under incompetent anti-immigration president lol

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