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Is the mayor also suing all the car companies who've designed their cars in such a way that its easy to steal the catalytic converter?

Go back and re-read my post (I just did) there is no "car company" in my post.

Who said car companys, I know someone who's car was stolen in St Louis, found it, had to be towed to KC then repair, got a different car. ~month or two process. What did Chicago lose?

Isn't the mayor attempting to take money away from the true victims, those whos cars were stolen? Surely this will be thrown out as frivolous.

Well sure but how many of those were really freshman? If talking "hit the ground running" I'd expect it to be year one.

The Deuce is clearly not a man of his word.

I hope our good potato buddy is ok, I fear AI may have taken over his basement.

I'll get on it.

Is that you Vak?

On my way

No and No

Thought The Deuce said his goodbyes over an hour ago, what happened? I'm curious.

Well if that's the case then ... YES!!

Does Germany have a 2nd ammendment?

I question the wisdom of putting @headshuck down there. He'll start smoking butt roast and every Central & South American country will have folks climbing over the new wall to get some.

Well sure. My point isn't that we should spend $100B on the problem but that if a majority of congress critters are supporting spending $100B on Ukraine's border issue then why can't we get a majority of them to support solving our border issue? But we all know its politics, if they keep defining the problem differently then they can use it as a political weapon.

Or you could argues the full $100B, why worry about Ukraine's border if not taking care of ours?

Need to change requirements for NCAA Championship location. #1 criteria should be venue with lot or space next door for smokers.

When I see the O in MP's user image, I think Canada.

get off it!

I see nothing.

Yes they had money before they took him in, didn't need anything from him or take anything, they used their money to help provide for him. Believe the movie and book also made those points.

This is not true in general but it could be true in some areas and certain industry/business. There are certainly areas of the country where there's a huge shortage in labor in general and specific businesses may need very specific skilled labor. Simply raising the rate paid doesn't solve that problem. Moreover, some industry and businesses have had a huge increase in input cost, some have doubled plus due to inflation, fuel cost etc. Sure if you can set your own output price you can raise it with inflation+ and also pay labor more, if you have, little competition. But if your price is established in international markets you can't do that. A business can't continue if not making a profit and variable costs exceeding revenue. There's a point where they just can't pay more. But again sure some businesses may be all digital etc and have no inputs to worry about other than labor, not many though.

I'd say that depends on who is announcing. There are certainly inflation rates that don't include these components and others that do. Economist tend to focus on some key inflation indexes but that doesn't mean those are reported by the media. The media tends to stick to info that fits their narrative.