tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post2870117359853269420..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: It's 1980 All Over AgainAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-62854138071960490082021-08-11T11:25:19.903-04:002021-08-11T11:25:19.903-04:00Hi Jed! Welcome back.
I'll post a new articl...Hi Jed! Welcome back.<br /><br />I'll post a new article tonight!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-9762678869037926072021-08-11T11:17:45.676-04:002021-08-11T11:17:45.676-04:00I just saw today that official unemployment is 5.9...I just saw today that official unemployment is 5.9%, which means real inflation is more like 10%.<br /><br />Also, used cars and gas are up 42% year on year. That's what I'm taking about with the huge jumps. Houses are up 25% year on year after going up about 12% a year for the past 5-7 years.<br /><br />It's a new world folks. Bargain, plan accordingly.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-10222021639086342282021-08-10T16:25:25.589-04:002021-08-10T16:25:25.589-04:00First time back in a whileFirst time back in a whileTennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-91140082771281476662021-08-06T00:13:53.191-04:002021-08-06T00:13:53.191-04:00Daniel, I remember it fondly. What I remember mos...Daniel, I remember it fondly. What I remember most was how energized and positive everyone was. People felt like they could achieve anything. People didn't whine and get offended by everything. It was a time of dreams. Today, it's weirdos cringing in their mother's basements.<br />AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-86531308639538045742021-08-05T20:34:48.462-04:002021-08-05T20:34:48.462-04:00Blame my old age and fading memories of what littl...Blame my old age and fading memories of what little Ghostbusters I've seen for my lack of imagination there, Rustbelt. =P Good point on those kind of monasteries, too, I suppose I just wanted something to show for the isolation! Andrew, unfortunately my memories of that decade have pretty much faded on account of me being a little kid, which is probably why the most I could manage on Kevin Smith's new botched He-Man was an eyeroll and a "Meh, back to gaming." Of course even that's all but gone into the sewers these days, too... What a time to be alive, huh?ArgentGalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173296751792700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-31915828991588176292021-08-05T12:03:08.719-04:002021-08-05T12:03:08.719-04:00Rustbelt, Over time, movies like Major League will...Rustbelt, Over time, movies like <i>Major League</i> will vanish. We won't flat out ban them or recut them at the British do to remove things like smoking, but our censors tend to just let things disappear when they don't like them. Think "Song of the South," which isn't banned but has basically been closeted.<br /><br />Others that will vanish include "Gone With The Wind" some westerns, Fatty Arbuckle... er, Kevin Spacey films, and the such.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-60633274217375863252021-08-05T12:00:28.730-04:002021-08-05T12:00:28.730-04:00Daniel, The 1980s were a great time to be alive. ...Daniel, The 1980s were a great time to be alive. (The 1970s were fun too). There wasn't any angst, people didn't hate each other, and everyone was optimistic.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-8844618966526073362021-08-05T11:59:27.839-04:002021-08-05T11:59:27.839-04:00Stacy, I am worried too, actually. Anyone on fixe...Stacy, I am worried too, actually. Anyone on fixed incomes or who plans to be on fixed incomes (or whose company doesn't account for real inflation) is (being) going to be hit hard. It's shocking to me too that no one in officialdom seems to see this either. My guess is that they see this as a way to become more competitive.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-72927213194132164652021-08-05T00:39:06.086-04:002021-08-05T00:39:06.086-04:00AG, why waste your time on those farm team minions...AG, why waste your time on those farm team minions when we can just read from the Gozerian Codex, summon Gozer, and this time pick a decent destructor form for him with which to destroy the known world? Something truly terrible and nightmarish...how about having a Godzilla-sized, vampirish Ruth Bader Ginsburg appear and destroy us? <br />Oh, and forget SMOD. With his work ethic, he's probably a Teamster.<br />Sorry I forgot to answer your remark from a few articles back. Those Tibetan monasteries- where you become Batman or the Shadow- sound tempting, but I prefer the type where you can be Ace Ventura-esque weird and just forget the outside world. (Frankly, what kept me out was the inevitable ramen noodle-only diet.) <br /><br />Andrew, sorry I didn't comment on your last article. But I was wondering: do you think that every future showing of Major League is likely to have all references to the Indians- names, colors, Chief Wahoo- blurred out like historic WWF footage was for a while? <br />I mean, last month I was watching Comedy Central and a warning preceded a film alerting the viewers that the movie to come contained outdated depictions of Native Americans that some easily sensitive viewers may find offensive. The movie- no joke- was 'Back to the Future III.' (Simultaneously, I changed the channel, found another film, and wondered if a similar warning was warranted for 'The Naked Gun' due its use of the vile, evil, problematic word, 'secretary.')<br /><br />Also in sports...I could ramble on about the impending death of the Big 12...or how Jimmy Harbaugh, fresh off cowering out of last year's edition of The Game with COVID as a convenient cover story, is finally taking his job seriously for the first time in 7 years..<br />But the real news- well, what I consider news- is from a side article I saw that indicated the Cleveland [BASEBALL TEAM] may be in for more embarrassment. It seems a roller derby team in Ohio already has 'Cleveland Guardians' copyrighted and this could force another name change. <br />Now, before you say that an MLB team will not be denied, consider this: from what I've heard, the owner of the NHL's Las Vegas Golden Knights- himself a West Point grad- originally wanted to call the team the Black Knights, in honor of his alma mater. West Point and the DOD were fine with it, but the plan was apparently blocked in court by a high school that already had a copyright/trademark to the name. Hence, Golden Knights. <br />With that in mind, it sounds like anything's possible.Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-65808320225264065982021-08-03T17:30:05.840-04:002021-08-03T17:30:05.840-04:00That was the time I was born in so I missed that c...That was the time I was born in so I missed that crap while it was happening but whatever entities run my life (I'm thinking Loki, Tzeentch, and Nyarlathotep) seem to think I needed a first-hand view of it unfortunately. I'd feel easier about this if he had a Reagan working to fix the problems instead of a completely insane Democratic Party, its dementia-addled puppet, and its cronies trying to grab as much power and wealth as they can. And opposing them is perhaps the most incompetent, self-destructive, bunch of fools to ever blunder their way through the political and cultural scenes. Lovely. Can we bring on SMOD already and have Cthulhu clean up the survivors? Or Cthulhu can come first and let SMOD clean up the rest. I'm not picky at this point. Either one's preferable to what we've got coming.ArgentGalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173296751792700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-76224810528656950182021-08-03T11:07:28.942-04:002021-08-03T11:07:28.942-04:00Economics really isn't something I'm well ...Economics really isn't something I'm well versed in, but even so, if one doesn't have one's head up one's butt or in the clouds or wherever folks are putting them these days, it's not that hard to figure out. My husband and I have been saying basically these same things for a good while. All the "free" stuff has a cost. Someone has to pay for it. At 57 and 60, we are not feeling particularly optimistic about our "golden" years.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316595488903619354noreply@blogger.com