A. Sorry about your shoulder(s). B. Ugh… Biden’s gaslighting on the economy… grrrr! The guy really is such a demented old douchebag. I had a lightbulb moment at a restaurant a few months ago.Sitting at the corner of the bar with my niece, we were bemoaning the crazy menu prices. Remember the days when you could have a 6 pm to 8 pm drink and bite for under a hundred bucks? I mentioned to my financially literate niece that at some point, this inflation had to give. She stared at me blankly. ‘Yeah, uh, that doesn’t mean the prices go down again.’ Toronto is now like Tokyo in the 80s—unaffordable to most people; a place where even the middle class must make constant cost-saving sacrifices and we might as well get used to it—the way our Depression-era grandparents did.
Nobody blogs better than you, Peter! Maybe it has to do with your engineering trained mind 😁 You hypertext-linked “fisk” and fascinated me with that discussion, too. Thanks!
It must only be used by those unfamiliar with the concept of “rigor” 😁 Now you have set my mind to wandering (or maybe wondering). A person who would levy the criticism of fisking is one who would believe that an argument only needs to be valid and not sound 🤔
I might not even go that far. Too many people nowadays don't have much interest in defending their viewpoints. Instead, they want to drop them on the world without challenge or rebuttal.
Most folks don’t bother to make the distinction that inflation is the RATE of change of prices, as contrasted with the CUMULATIVE change in prices over time. You don’t need three semesters of calculus plus one of differential equations to understand the difference, but you do need critical thinking skills.
I recollect that around the 2016 election, Trump HINTED at the possibility of repudiating our National Debt. The market reacted quickly, albeit temporarily. While I cannot imagine our government would ever take such an action, the mere fact that Trump would even mention it demonstrates his poor judgment, at least in financial matters.
He's by no means the first to suggest it, and I'm going back decades. I recall a time span, way before Trump, where the "common knowledge" was that China held all our debt, and that we could simply tell them "we're not paying" some day.
“Yet another reminder that Father Time is both inexorable and merciless, and a bit of an "aha" moment in assessing medical treatment as I enter my seventh decade on this rock. No longer are injuries and damage treated with "let's get you back to baseline state." Instead, it's "let's get you good enough to cover your remaining couple decades."
I swear if I hear that Turd talk about how there's less potato chips in a bag one more time, I'm going to go nuts. Although I'm sure there's less nuts in that can, too.
I’m going to suggest acupuncture over orthopedics. I do not have perfection with my feet problems but almost. A bursa sack popped up on my elbow a few weeks ago. I skipped the cortisone pumping MD and went right to the acupuncturist. Did it at 12pm and at 3pm by the time I got home from town barely a bit of bursa sack left. Felt a bit worse for about a 1/2 hour after all the needles were out. Like my whole arm was sore. Now feels much better. It’s all out of pocket for me because our insurance doesn’t cover it but I was going on a third shot in my heal when I tried it for my feet and only if I’m on my feet all day long do I have any discomfort at all and it’s minor compared to what I was experiencing before.
I've looked into alternatives, but the reality is that there is some damage there, and nothing short of surgery will fix it. It's not important enough to me at this juncture to risk it.
One of the reasons I look into for my feet was the doctor was talking surgery which basically would have been to cut the fascia in my left foot. I decided I would give it a try for max of $1K in treatments and it worked. She also cleared years of indigestion and heartburn during those treatments.
A. Sorry about your shoulder(s). B. Ugh… Biden’s gaslighting on the economy… grrrr! The guy really is such a demented old douchebag. I had a lightbulb moment at a restaurant a few months ago.Sitting at the corner of the bar with my niece, we were bemoaning the crazy menu prices. Remember the days when you could have a 6 pm to 8 pm drink and bite for under a hundred bucks? I mentioned to my financially literate niece that at some point, this inflation had to give. She stared at me blankly. ‘Yeah, uh, that doesn’t mean the prices go down again.’ Toronto is now like Tokyo in the 80s—unaffordable to most people; a place where even the middle class must make constant cost-saving sacrifices and we might as well get used to it—the way our Depression-era grandparents did.
Nobody blogs better than you, Peter! Maybe it has to do with your engineering trained mind 😁 You hypertext-linked “fisk” and fascinated me with that discussion, too. Thanks!
I only learned of the word's existence when someone, years back at WSJ, responded angrily to my point-by-point rebuttal of a post he made.
English is a messy language, but it also has many "perfect" words.
Does “fisking” somehow have a negative connotation? I would think rebuttal of individual premises to be a strong approach to discrediting a thesis.
It's intended to be a complaint, as if someone shouldn't have to defend every point made in an argument.
It must only be used by those unfamiliar with the concept of “rigor” 😁 Now you have set my mind to wandering (or maybe wondering). A person who would levy the criticism of fisking is one who would believe that an argument only needs to be valid and not sound 🤔
I might not even go that far. Too many people nowadays don't have much interest in defending their viewpoints. Instead, they want to drop them on the world without challenge or rebuttal.
I blame social media for this.
Most folks don’t bother to make the distinction that inflation is the RATE of change of prices, as contrasted with the CUMULATIVE change in prices over time. You don’t need three semesters of calculus plus one of differential equations to understand the difference, but you do need critical thinking skills.
Similar distinction as deficit vs debt.
Have we not already irreparably mortgaged our country’s future?😢
Yep, and there will be pain at some point. The longer our leadership takes to grow some responsibility balls, the worse the pain will be.
I recollect that around the 2016 election, Trump HINTED at the possibility of repudiating our National Debt. The market reacted quickly, albeit temporarily. While I cannot imagine our government would ever take such an action, the mere fact that Trump would even mention it demonstrates his poor judgment, at least in financial matters.
He's by no means the first to suggest it, and I'm going back decades. I recall a time span, way before Trump, where the "common knowledge" was that China held all our debt, and that we could simply tell them "we're not paying" some day.
If we could only not repay THEIR debt, say if they invaded Taiwan, that would be swell 😁
“Yet another reminder that Father Time is both inexorable and merciless, and a bit of an "aha" moment in assessing medical treatment as I enter my seventh decade on this rock. No longer are injuries and damage treated with "let's get you back to baseline state." Instead, it's "let's get you good enough to cover your remaining couple decades."
I swear if I hear that Turd talk about how there's less potato chips in a bag one more time, I'm going to go nuts. Although I'm sure there's less nuts in that can, too.
You nailed it, Peter. I can't add anything to what this piece says. Thanks!
I’m going to suggest acupuncture over orthopedics. I do not have perfection with my feet problems but almost. A bursa sack popped up on my elbow a few weeks ago. I skipped the cortisone pumping MD and went right to the acupuncturist. Did it at 12pm and at 3pm by the time I got home from town barely a bit of bursa sack left. Felt a bit worse for about a 1/2 hour after all the needles were out. Like my whole arm was sore. Now feels much better. It’s all out of pocket for me because our insurance doesn’t cover it but I was going on a third shot in my heal when I tried it for my feet and only if I’m on my feet all day long do I have any discomfort at all and it’s minor compared to what I was experiencing before.
I've looked into alternatives, but the reality is that there is some damage there, and nothing short of surgery will fix it. It's not important enough to me at this juncture to risk it.
One of the reasons I look into for my feet was the doctor was talking surgery which basically would have been to cut the fascia in my left foot. I decided I would give it a try for max of $1K in treatments and it worked. She also cleared years of indigestion and heartburn during those treatments.