CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX If you read the news sources OR talk with the average person you would IMAGINE that the economy is in shambles and that no one can afford a can of cat food. Neither of those things is true, of course. First, the inflation rate is actually VERY GOOD. Any inflation number below 3.21% is …
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GUEST POST from Don – Half The Story
HALF THE STORY The Smithsonian Magazine recently engaged in fear mongering: “Gas Stoves Are Poisoning Americans by Releasing Toxic Fumes Associated With Asthma and Lung Cancer.” In the article they quote a co-author, Robert Jackson, of a study on gas stoves, “We’ve spent billions of dollars cleaning up our air outdoors and nothing to clean up …
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GUEST POST from Don – June 4, 1937
June 4, 1937 SHOPPING CARTS. 1937 was when the first shopping cart was introduced. Before that shopping was limited to what a person could carry. They still haven’t perfected the shopping cart. So what makes you think you are going to buy the perfect smartphone or automobile? What makes you think the NEXT tattoo will be perfect? NOPE! Unfortunately, …
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GUEST POST from Don – It Ain’t Meat
IT AIN’T MEAT + The Supreme Court of Switzerland, I believe, recently made a common-sense ruling. If something is NOT meat, then you can’t refer to it as meat. That is false advertising, they said. As a result plant-based proteins sold in that country cannot be called “Soy Chicken.” It isn’t chicken at all. That’s smart. Improbable Burger …
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