Earlier today, the White House pushed the Director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, to the podium to defend the administration from the outcomes of their economic policies. Consider this presser the pre-quake tremors.
Mr. Deese begins his presentation by saying giving American workers back their jobs, after shutting down their workplaces and locking out their ability to work at their job, is the equivalent of creating new jobs; the administration is very proud of their magnanimity. Mr. Deese then moves on to the inflation data from today and celebrates a “decrease in the rate of price increases.” Yes, he used those exact words.
Deese then goes on to say [01:59] that despite the claimed 7% inflation, prices at the grocery store are not higher, gas prices have dropped, home heating costs and natural gas costs are lower, and things are going swimmingly. I’m not joking about any of that, just watch the first four minutes:
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There was really bad news following the White House celebrating their current economic success. Brian Deese stated the White House intends to use the federal government to get involved in supply chains (distribution), pricing (federal price controls), availability (distribution of products under newly claimed emergency federal authority power via the “pandemic”) and providing relief (protecting urban areas).
What Deese is saying there [4:00 – 09:00] is the worst thing we could ever want to hear when there are massive price increases and simultaneous shortages. The federal government is ‘leaning forward’, and is going to get more involved.
Then at 09:00 of the video, the alarm bells start ringing. Journalists asking Brian Deese what the White House is planning to do to get involved and provide national food security. “The shelves are too empty, and the food is too expensive. What is the White House going to do?”
Whiskey – Tango – Foxtrot! Danger Will Robinson, DANGER!!
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Supermarket gateways, vaccine checkpoint systems, coming soon to all major metropolitan areas.
Just received my latest gas & electric bill from Xcel Energy (Colorado’s utility).
For our 2,300 sf home, from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, kWh per day were 8.7% higher, but cost per day was 26.4% higher.
Natural gas use was down 1.9%, but the cost per day was UP 28.5%.
Nearby Weld County used to be one of the most productive fracking areas in the US. “Not no more.”
To quote a fraternity hazing: “whack!” — “Please sir, may I have another?” — “whack!”
Lather, rinse, repeat. Jan. 2025 can’t come soon enough.
Local utility just informed me of a 25% rate increase. The landlord already ate 86% of my Social Security COLA. 2022’s first fillup at the gas pump swallowed the other 14%. The utility increase adds another $40 to my bill. So, I’m already $40 in the hole and that’s before going to the supermarket. All of this reminds me of days gone by when I was a young TV News Reporter covering the last Great Inflation in 1979. 20% interest rates, soaring gas prices and President Malaise in the White House. Good Times!
Our gas bill, just from March, has gone up significantly. Taxes and rate/ccf have both gone up ~25%. So on 43 ccf usage bill rose from $64 to $84 in 9 months (oddly used exact same ccf so super easy comparison). Electricity is de-regulated and I have generally had success finding deals by signing up for one yr contracts…well contract expired early Dec and decided on a 2 yr contract to lock in prices as the kWh rate jumped from ¢16.3 to ¢20.1 (get free electricity 8pm-5am, otherwise those rates would destroy our budget) for the plan that works best for us. In monthly terms, on approx 675 kWh the bill rose from $99 to $121. So we experienced a 25% increase in energy just in past 9 months. Fortunately it has been an incredibly mild winter for us here in TX so far so the last two months have been a blessing. Now just need to get our gardens prepped for the spring!
What an effing maroon.
Not stupid, calculated evil.
Oh he’s a maroon as well…
They couldn’t get us to fight each other over racial BS, so now they want us to fight each other over food.
Yeppers, that is it in a nutshell.
They’ll withhold food and other goods from red states like they withhold monoclonals from red states.
But the food will have very fast and painful affect..You can start to see the riots in the streets now.
Well food/water and medicine are THE ultimate controlling tools…so this makes sense that they’ll now go there. They are demon scum.
We are so screwed.
They want us to be Venezuela and Cuba. Food rations….It just keeps getting worse and worse!
BTW-Are the Biden’s, Obama’s, Clinton’s, Bush’s, hell, even the Trump’s going to have to live by these “rules?” Remember President Snow in the ‘Hunger Games” where all the political elites lived high on the hog while the ordinary citizens were left to starve? How did that author know the story? hmmmm
no apostrophes in simple plurals.
“how did that author know the story?” all they had to do was look at any communist country. it is amazing that so many americans are ignorant of what life was like in a communist country.
Yes, after decades of poisoning through the public school/education system… pretty simple to figure out how that happened. It was the “long game” plan. Eazy Peazy… and looky it worked. ..wow right?
got silver miners?
They want as many of us as possible dead!
There are states that could change this trajectory by decertifying last year’s election.
Not gonna happen, at least the way you think it should… it would be far more brutal. 50 United will no longer remain united…and no I’m not saying secession, well at least in the way most think about secession. However, a small handful of states will appear to have left, push away.. SAFE ZONE STATES.. my guess 5 to 7… More will initially try, but will cave to the pressure and greed of their leaders. Super messy stuff coming.
Pretty sure what they ultimately want is far darker than Venezuela or Cuba
Talked to an old friend today. We both live in rural parts of Eastern Washington. Strange having not spoken for some time, found out he and his neighbors, just like our neighbors and us have met and planned for intruder, fire, ems response and general mutual aid. Both of us agreed that even though we’re still located in the communist state of Washington, the rural areas where we both live are filled with like minded patriots and we’re probably better off than
85 % of the nation.
Let’s hope you and your neighbors don’t end up in one of your State’s proposed ‘quarantine camps.” God Help that State of yours. I hope you all fight that tooth and nail.
God help the people Inslee sends to Eastern WA to put people in camps. It won’t go well.
I was talking to a Marine combat vet on New Years, about how close we were to having the Feds kicking in our front doors.
His take on it: “I’m looking forward to it. It will be the best day of my life.”
Just read about an upcoming military exercise, operation Robin Sage, in North Carolina end of January to prepare for a domestic civil war. As the barriers go up around the WH…
Robin Sage happens every year- has been for years.
I don’t believe the Inslee regime has enough enforcers to conquer Lewis County – a few miles south of the capital, Olympia. Look at a map. Follow I5 south. Look at the size of Lewis County. Now look north of Olympia. Then East. Look at the terrain. Get the picture? People who judge Washington State based on rigged election results don’t know us.
I’m inPierce County and waiting.
Well I see the Biden administration has sent out another lying puppet.
The Biden Administration couldn’t run a lemonade stand. Put it in charge of food distribution? Ha. If I wanted to live in Venezuela, I’d move there.
But, but, but, …, food is distributed inequitably, and must be redirected to liberal cities. \s
Shades of FDR and price controls can ration books be far behind. Remember this is a manmade crisis
created by the Biden gang.
So they are intentionally creating a national crisis so that they can justify taking over the “solution” to the crisis. Just like the attempted take over of our national elections after the 2020 fraudulent election. Don’t worry though, the Republicans will be there to stop it.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas exited stage left on January 20th
The Biden Administration couldn’t run a lemonade stand. Put it in charge of food distribution? Ha. If I wanted to live in Venezuela, I’d move there.
This has all the earmarks of being the FJB version of Stalin’s Holodomor operation in Ukraine during 1932-1933.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
I strongly recommend taking any precaution you are capable of doing to survive the coming government tyranny and forced starvations of the perceived enemies of the Obama/Biden Cult to destroy America.
if this goes the way distribution of monoclonal antibodies has been going, not sure I’d want to be in Florida. Where should I be?
Florida has a lot of its own farmland. The answer of where you want to be is any red state that has its own farmland that has a governor willing to fight the feds. Withholding food from red states, which is what Biden is likely planning to do, will push us even further toward the possibility of civil war.
They do NOT need to get involved in anything anymore. They’ve already ruined us and we will cope and overcome!
Because wage and price controls worked so well under Nixon….
These retards don’t learn from history, or even their own mistakes.
Hello all avid reader and am thankful for this site but I have a serious question. As of right now my family and I have enough food to last 6 months more if I ration. Do you think we need more? I’m trying to avoid going to a grocery store for some time. Any advice and it-s would be greatly appreciated .
You might get best information regarding your question if you go to a site that presents itself as “prepper” – unfortunately, any one of us here could give you any kind of an answer, but there’s absolutely no way you could evaluate the validity of our suggestion.
We all have our personal preferences, but most of us are not formally qualified to give you a suggestion regarding your needs.
Thank you I will go and read up on it thanks.
I’m not Mormon, but long-term food storage is that religion’s specialty. To give you an idea of what Mormon leadership recommends, I found the following on their website (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/). Don’t freak out; it’s a guideline. Adjust as needed.
“Suggested portion guidelines for adults and children for ONE YEAR, unless otherwise indicated.
One Adult Portion
Grains—400 pounds (181 kg); includes wheat, flour, rice, corn, oatmeal, and pasta
Legumes—60 pounds (27 kg); includes dry beans, split peas, lentils, etc.
Powdered Milk—16 pounds (7 kg)
Cooking Oil—10 quarts (9 l)
Sugar or Honey—60 pounds (27 kg)
Salt—8 pounds (3.6 kg)
Water (2 weeks emergency reserve)—14 gallons (53 l)
Child Portions
Age and Percentage of Adult Portion
3 and under 50%
4 to 6 70%
7 to 10 90%
11 and up 100%
Because children are still growing, it is helpful to add one year to a child’s current age when calculating adequate food-storage amounts. Assess your family’s food-storage needs yearly, keeping in mind that nursing infants share in their mother’s portion. Also, young children, as well as pregnant and nursing mothers, need more milk than other family members.”
Thank you so much for this. It tells me I’m on the right track buying what I need so far.
Thank you, that is very helpful. I had no idea what amount might be needed for about 6 months, but I’m okay on some and have some holes in other things. Will make one more foraging trip tomorrow.
Check out theprudenthomemaker.com she has tons of info on living off food storage. She recommends a year.
Medicine and politics aren’t too far apart.
Q: What’s the hardest thing for a physician to do?
A: Nothing.
Q: What’s the hardest thing for a politician to do?
A: Nothing.
Wait, I bet it will go away.
Problem is, after they f’ it all up, then you do have to do something. Nature, or the free market can’t take it’s course because you drove it off the rails.
It harkens to the usual plea of numbskulls, “Can’t somebody do something?!!???!”
I’ve been informed that the Walmart on Wannamaker in Topeka was out of the store brand green beans, peas and also carrots. They had canned corn but only about a dozen cases.
The Aldi’s in north Topeka has small quantities of veggies.
The Manhattan stores were a little better, but not much.
My Dillons and Walmart in Wichita are fairly well stocked but pasta and canned goods can be a problem. I am seeing some empty produce sections. I know it will get worse. I think I am going to have to garden and learn to can. Egads!
First question: ”Now that your administration ruined the economy, can your government give people money to keep them afloat?”
… he’s all show… and no great show at that!
If there is no food to buy, money is no help at all.
It seems Blackrock plans on putting large numbers of farmers out of business, or into indentured servitude , and dramatically expanding its footprint into agriculture.
20% increase for Chicken nuggets at McDonalds today. That’s gonna piss lots of Moms off.
Throwing the unvaxxed family of the child with leukemia out of the Ronald McDonald House should “piss” them off more!
Think story was in Epoch Times yesterday!
The Darkest Horoscope is “SCORPIO”. Guess who is a Scorpio? Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden!
That’s not true (although I don’t believe in horoscopes). Scorpios are the most loyal, sensitive, deep thinkers you will meet. They will love you to the end of time. Just don’t betray them. That’s all they ask.
Deese looks like he just stepped out of the faculty lounge. I am curious about this guy, but I am not going to waste valuable research time on him.
Well, I lasted about 3 minutes. Communists/Fascists always talk like this. A lie a minute. We need a miracle!
Anybody else a survivor of the Carter inflation years? Remember, the inflation number they are comparing to (not calculated the same as in 1982, would be higher) is on the down curve of a bell curve. Home mortgage loans in 1984 were anywhere from were anywhere from 13.18% – 14.67% (down from the 18% – 22% during peak inflation under Carter).
Hubby and I purchased our first house in 1984 by assuming the sellers mortgage at 9% and the sellers giving us a 2nd on the equity at 7% and mortgage rates seemed to hover in the range that never indicated a need for us refinancing for cost savings during the loan agreement terms.
America is in a new paradigm, I choose not to participate.
I remember. I bought my first house back then. I paid the owner top dollar for his house to assume his 8% VA mortgage. That was a good deal at that time.
That was back in the day when interest rates actually served to measure risk, and the responsible people got a better deal.
Now, savers can’t get a safe return on their money, seniors will be eating dog food again, any dumbass can get a mortgage with 3% down, and all the losses get picked up by the taxpayers.
I remember, Who can forget the ‘Misery Index’?
If the Dems start with federal price controls then there will really be major shortages of goods. Just like the old Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela. Government control ending a free market never works. Always produces massive shortages and suffering.
In the former Soviet Union, there were separate stores, well stocked, for the Party, while the commoners waited in line for a little bread and potatoes.
These days we could see the same thing, just different prices rung up with your special “Club Card.”
You will never remove fascists from power by voting. Learn something from history. Democrats know these policies are unpopular. They don’t care because they know they can rig the vote tabulations.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8507337/saskatchewan-trucking-industry-reacts-border-vaccine-mandate/
There’s plenty of other jobs for truckers in the US. Jobs where they won’t be hassled about clot shots.
I think Biden is trying to force truckers in the US to vaccinate. I hope I am wrong.
AUSTRALIA Model…..
Florida Power and Light’s rates for residential customers are going up by 20%.
My bill has gone up 29% already. No change in usage for 6 years.
Wow! Now that I am able to decode this garbage, what a liar the man is! Very glib. But you know, eventually people stop believing the lies, I would hope, when they can see the disconnect between what they are seeing and what they are being told; even the media is not going to be able to spin what people’s eyes see for themselves.
It does seem to me that there are a lot of Democrats who don’t look beyond what they are told, since they keep electing Democrats endlessly who do nothing but harm them.
No vax
No groceries
This E. O. from last October about supply chains and national defense stockpiles seems sketchy and maleable enough for the Bidens to do whatever they want to We the People
If there is anyone left in the United States who has a single doubt that “our” government and the Global Elite would release a bioweapon on its citizens for power, control, and greed, then you haven’t been paying attention!
More and more, it seems like a United States citizen is no more important to them than a student standing in front of a tank!
Will they release a new, more deadly taxpayer-funded bioweapon? Or, maybe use one of the new taxpayer-funded super weapons we’ve all read about?
That way, they could avoid having to use those pesky therapeutic treatments they’ve all been having to take from the get go. And be more targeted in their usage, too!
Lately, for the first time, we have been looking back at really bad events that occurred in the U.S., and wondering whether or not “our” own government did them.
This is NOT a comfortable feeling for patriots, by any stretch of the imagination!
Another thing – until fairly recently, when protective equipment and walls were being installed by “our” government, we asked ourselves what very bad people had made threats against us.
These days, when we see the new barriers going up around “our” government buildings, we ask ourselves what “our” government is planning to do TO US!
Begging for fascism. Sick
Biden Admin. is following the Venezuelan Model.
An on-purpose Take Down.
It worked in Venezuela. I guess next will be blackouts, riots that lead nowhere, no drinking water and $500.00 for a hamburger.
Just came across the wire.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/feds-make-last-minute-reversal-on-vaccine-mandate-for-truckers-1.5738185
This only applys to Canadian drivers. American drivers still need to get the Franken Shot before entering Canada. This insanity is beyond belief. God bless our truckers and keep them safe!
Thank. God.
Now Biden needs to do the same.
Prepare for an American Holodomor, the ‘rats/ MSM have got to do something and they’re running out of time.
Happy Days Are Here Again!
Sheesh, the plot is sickening.
Just a stupid question: if I remain unvaxxed and I can’t enter a grocery store to buy food, isn’t that a case for the government endangering my survival?
Yes. tale care of the urban folks. Let us out here in flyover do without. Well, I don’t think the urban areas raise much meat and veggies. We do, so maybe we will cut you urban areas off. Seems only fair .
Yes.taKe care of–sorry
DC beltwayers asking what the government is going to do for them is hardly alarming -no less than my cat paw pawing the closet door where her food is kept every morning…
Erecting safety perimeters around the capital, IF that is happening, is hardly diff than the national guard hanging out longer than expected, the speculations ran wild with the latter and it was a nothing burger, as usual.
Very likely if the walls are meant as barriers rather than the fountain work, others have mentioned, then there is/are credible threats. Some antifa type kid just nearly bombed a place last week… we need to protect our institutions regardless the political party occupying the space.
In all due respect, I don’t see rationally how protecting the white house equates to a threat to any law abiding conservative citizens as is speculated in many of the comments. Its beyond a reach.
Perhaps we should stop with the fear porn and recognize we are simply in a likely steady decline and transition period.
Rather than scaremongering people consider reasonably such a posible trajectory, and if so, how to rationally, calmly and effectively move in that kind of environment in whatever way best cares for our families.
Market fundamentals are skewed, many predict a correction possible, even necessary.
Regular folks should sit down, think about what that may look like and then factor in the current non economic dynamics as well.
Perhaps also, despite all the downers out there, we are actually headed awkwardly into a post Omicron upswing c9me Spring but with likely continued political strife.
By history, pretty much all of this is expected. Those that believe a house or party change are betting on dead horse.
You simply can not do what we’ve done in the past century and survive it.
I still feel fantastic – exuberant- about leaving my pharmacy technician job.
Struggling, though. This is all I can think and talk about.
My lifelines are the daily – hourly – sanity I find here and on other sites.
Few, though, so very few sites.
Coming up on my Sweet Lucy’s 2nd. Can’t believe I’ve been here in NY nearly a year.
This site saved/saves me.
Thank you.
This scenario doesn’t surprise me in the least. I expect the government to do this in all sectors.
We live in a rural setting and heat with LP. I told husband I thought we should top off our tank JIC. He asked me why, since we had it filled in September.
I told him I feared runaway prices and shortages.
He again declared that won’t happen here, just in the colder north. I then posited if parts of the country faced severe shortages, Biden would take control of pricing and distribution.
He was reluctant but ordered it. In September we filled for $1.73 gal. Today was $2.54, a $.77 increase per gallon, about 45% more. We’ll see what happens.
I remember when Nixon announced the 90 day wage and price freeze. It did not go well, if memory serves.
Central Planning. That’s what we need! Yeah yeah.