Quote from: horse sense on May 22, 2024, 02:33:40 PMKind of like the promise of getting Mexico to pay for the wall, your proposal on how citizenship works owes much to its Pie In The Sky origins. Your country does not get to tell Lebanon that your troublemakers are now their problem simply because Australia says so, any more than any country dictates which of their refuse gets dumped on your shores. I know you see authoritarian overreach as your golden ticket to ridding your country of anyone you personally deem as undesirable, but the second you run up against a nation that says they do not recognise jus sanguinis and certainly not when it's being ordered by a foreign state actor who calls herself Caskur the Mighty, you will in fact be creating stateless persons with your policies and, as a consequence, be in breach of the UNHCR charter your country signed back in 1954. That same charter by the way includes provisions that require it's signatories accept stateless people into their borders, meaning you will be obligated to offer sanctuary to the very people you just rendered stateless or be in breach of that charter all over again.

It's not all bad news mind you; there are member states that walked away from the UNHCR charter in question after originally signing it (Madagascar) as well as nations which refused to sign it in the first place (China, various "muhzzie" nations et al). There are also nations (like Israel) who have signed it and then proceeded to bomb entire populations into flight with neighbouring states closing their borders against those effectively rendered stateless. While nations such as yours cry "think of the children" and what bastards a particular nation is, based on whatever is politically expedient at the time. But I would remind you not only of your country's effective vassal status at the UN, as well as what happens to those whose political rhetoric runs counter to the UN's decree. As Pauline Hanson found out, open your mouth too wide and there will be those only too happy to sacrifice you to appease their masters in Turtle Bay using any pretext that fits the narrative.

You too could have your very own set of striped pajamas and with three square meals a day to go with. All bought and paid for on the Australian taxpayer's dime. How's that for welfare?

I would just take them outback and give their brain a bullet.... problem with UN solved.

There are alien sightings in our desert... the aliens must have got them.

Get the UN to go look for them.

Quote from: caskur on May 21, 2024, 08:13:21 AMI don't know who he is but since he is an Aries... I know he's bad noos.

Fixed.


You know DKG Hitler was an Aries and you might think it rubbish but amongst despots I see a pattern..

Beware of Aries. 

One of my friends thinks this woman Pelosi is a heroine but this man shows she is not.

Quote from: JOE on Today at 12:30:01 AMBuy Gold 'n Silver Herman erm!

That's the only way ta combat inflation in the long run.

All our money's gonna be worthless in 5-10 years, eh?

Ya may as well store it in somethin' that's still gonna be worth something.

Too bad you cucks cant buy guns and ammo. You should really sneak over into America and buy an AR-15 and 2000 rounds of ammo, josephine. Otherwise, someone like me will come take all your shit.

Quote from: Herman on May 22, 2024, 09:02:57 PMHappy Meals have become an increasingly unaffordable luxury since Biden took office.
The government uses the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index to measure inflation.

For instance, when President Joe Biden took office, the year-over-year inflation rate was roughly 1.4%. CNN indicated the Biden inflation rate reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.

Last week, the Labor Department indicated that the CPI for all urban consumers "increased by 0.3 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.4 percent in March[.] ... Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.4 percent before seasonal adjustment."

According to the BLS inflation calculator, prices generally increased by approximately 21.5% between December 2019 and March 2024, according to TheStreet.

Some consumers have apparently turned instead to fast-food prices to gauge just how much purchasing power they have lost in recent years.

FinanceBuzz has made historical price comparisons easier, contrasting fast-food menu prices in 2014 and prices in 2024 on the basis of pricing data sourced from ItsYummi.com, FastFoodMenuPrices.com, and MenuWithPrice.com, cross-referenced with restaurants' official websites.

The breakdown claimed that the price of:

the McChicken increased by 199% over the 10-year stretch, from $1.00 in 2014 to $2.99 in 2024;
the McDouble increased by 168%, from $1.19 to $3.19;
medium fries by 138%, from $1.59 to $3.79;
the Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal by $122%, from $5.39 to $11.99;
the Oreo McFlurry by 88%, from $2.39 to $4.49;
the 10 Piece McNugget Happy Meal by 83%, from $5.99 to $10.99;
the 4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal by 67%, from $2.99 to $4.99;
the Big Mac by 50%, from $3.99 to $5.99; and
the price of a medium drink increased by 25%, from $1.29 to $1.61.
McDonald's — which has reportedly contested the figures, saying "pricing is set by individual franchisees and varies by restaurant" — is not the only restaurant suffering what some are calling "McFlation."

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen's menu items have, on average, allegedly jumped by 86% in price since 2014. Taco Bell has reportedly seen an 81% average increase. Dining out at Chipotle Mexican Grill now, 10 years later, apparently costs 75% more.

It appears some of the more dramatic price increases have taken place over the past four years.

TheStreet indicated that the price of medium French fries at McDonald's increased by 134.1%, from $1.79 to $4.19 since 2019; the price of the McChicken increased by 201.6%, from $1.29 to $3.89; the price of the Big Mac increased by 87.7%, from $3.99 to $7.49; and price of the cheeseburger increased by 215%, from $1 to $3.15.

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told analysts in February, "I think what you're going to see as you head into 2024 is probably more attention to what I would describe as affordability," reported Fortune.

Buy Gold 'n Silver Herman erm!

That's the only way ta combat inflation in the long run.

All our money's gonna be worthless in 5-10 years, eh?

Ya may as well store it in somethin' that's still gonna be worth something.

New York Senate Democrat won't face charges after allegedly shoving lobbyist before committee meeting

A New York Democrat will not be charged after an alleged assault took place in the state Capitol last week, New York State Police announced.

Source: New York Senate Democrat won't face charges after allegedly shoving lobbyist before committee meeting

Quote from: Lokmar on May 22, 2024, 08:48:13 PMWe suffer from too much civilization. Eventually, civilization will go away.

We had it too good for too long. All great civilizations come to an en end. It is the West's turn.

Quote from: Thiel on May 22, 2024, 06:55:15 PMSeantor John Fetterman said blocking a bridge does not make you righteous. It makes you an asshole.

These people who were blocked by protesters had enough of assholes.

Especially blocking a bridge working folks need to use to get to work.

Happy Meals have become an increasingly unaffordable luxury since Biden took office.
The government uses the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index to measure inflation.

For instance, when President Joe Biden took office, the year-over-year inflation rate was roughly 1.4%. CNN indicated the Biden inflation rate reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.

Last week, the Labor Department indicated that the CPI for all urban consumers "increased by 0.3 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.4 percent in March[.] ... Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.4 percent before seasonal adjustment."

According to the BLS inflation calculator, prices generally increased by approximately 21.5% between December 2019 and March 2024, according to TheStreet.

Some consumers have apparently turned instead to fast-food prices to gauge just how much purchasing power they have lost in recent years.

FinanceBuzz has made historical price comparisons easier, contrasting fast-food menu prices in 2014 and prices in 2024 on the basis of pricing data sourced from ItsYummi.com, FastFoodMenuPrices.com, and MenuWithPrice.com, cross-referenced with restaurants' official websites.

The breakdown claimed that the price of:

the McChicken increased by 199% over the 10-year stretch, from $1.00 in 2014 to $2.99 in 2024;
the McDouble increased by 168%, from $1.19 to $3.19;
medium fries by 138%, from $1.59 to $3.79;
the Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meal by $122%, from $5.39 to $11.99;
the Oreo McFlurry by 88%, from $2.39 to $4.49;
the 10 Piece McNugget Happy Meal by 83%, from $5.99 to $10.99;
the 4 Piece McNugget Happy Meal by 67%, from $2.99 to $4.99;
the Big Mac by 50%, from $3.99 to $5.99; and
the price of a medium drink increased by 25%, from $1.29 to $1.61.
McDonald's — which has reportedly contested the figures, saying "pricing is set by individual franchisees and varies by restaurant" — is not the only restaurant suffering what some are calling "McFlation."

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen's menu items have, on average, allegedly jumped by 86% in price since 2014. Taco Bell has reportedly seen an 81% average increase. Dining out at Chipotle Mexican Grill now, 10 years later, apparently costs 75% more.

It appears some of the more dramatic price increases have taken place over the past four years.

TheStreet indicated that the price of medium French fries at McDonald's increased by 134.1%, from $1.79 to $4.19 since 2019; the price of the McChicken increased by 201.6%, from $1.29 to $3.89; the price of the Big Mac increased by 87.7%, from $3.99 to $7.49; and price of the cheeseburger increased by 215%, from $1 to $3.15.

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told analysts in February, "I think what you're going to see as you head into 2024 is probably more attention to what I would describe as affordability," reported Fortune.

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