The Economy

You are wrong, I am right. So there.

In the newsroom we used to have an abbreviation for a certain kind of story: OAO. One asshole's opinion. We now have three assholes vying for the honors, counting the recent arrival to the toipic.

So do you favor a return to the gold standard, or what?

 

Gold standard or no? How about Bitcoin?

 

Still the best movie I've seen in the past 10 years.

 

I vie for no honors. All such that have come my way were so richly deserved that, truth be told, they were too long in coming.

 

Hm. I'm sorry I didn't see this until now. I'm not sure of the current state of that item. But yes, I believe I've seen it, and that we have it. I also see the soft-drink vendors early most mornings, so I'll check on it tomorrow and get back to you.

 

The Great Resignation has morphed into the Great Sabbatical

 

Some wet cat food has been tough to come by. Paint too.

Lately local stores have been running low on propane and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) as well.

Compounding the issue is that stores are stocking and re-planogramming for spring already and kicking totally out the idea of things like heaters and faucet covers before January is ripped from the calendar.

 

The Gatorade aisles here have been bare for weeks. Wegmans hasn’t had its off-brand lower-calorie sports drink for months. It just seems to be really random stuff.

 

There was plenty of Gatorade and Powerade at Smart & Final (Fart and Sminal) a few days ago.

 

Doesn’t appear this was posted here… I really enjoyed this piece, another terrific bit by Eli Saslow.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/30/moral-calculations-billionaire/