Mmmmm, chicken and pig stuff…
@Maphistos_Sidekick : Mmmmmm, turkey… BBQ spaghetti?? Would try!!! 
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Add obligatory too-hot BBQ sauce which induces hallucinations.
Maybe they don’t want to reprint all the menus regularly or maybe they just don’t think the items will sell at the price they need to to make a profit and they are worried about spoilage. I honestly don’t know.
Neither do I. Nor do I really care. I’ll make a buying decision independent of what their reasons are.
Something I’m curious about: isn’t the price of all beef going up? Why are only brisket and ribs being taken off the menu? Is it the additional time and expense of cooking (all day)? Are they the most thrown out at the end of the day?
In the article:
Eric Escamillo, a customer, said it’s important to support local businesses during the price increases.
“Very unfortunate and a reality of the situation that we’re in… we all have to find a way to continue and help others to stay in the community,” Escamillo said.
Um, no it’s not. Decide for yourself how to feed your family.
Maybe I’m in a place in my life (and area) where I’m not in charge of making sure businesses stay in business.
Heck, this one place the work gang went often stopped offering a particular plate, and we took it out of the rotation. Guess what? it’s not there anymore. It was a chain probably owned by a local-ish franchisee, and it was probably the corporation’s decision. No matter: there were three to six of us going to lunch at several local places, and we ate where we could be happy.
Many but not all BBQ places, these two are the only cuts of beef on the menu. Other than burgers.
Another bad Trump idea: diesel export ban.
Huang sits at the right hand of Trump: maybe because Huang doesn’t think AI needs regulation?
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Public funds used to pay for election propaganda. No not in Russia, in the US.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tv-ads-election-midterms-9.7362513
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G20 Trade Ministers are meeting in Wisconsin but many of their meetings exclude their US hosts as these countries seek deals with non-US trading partners.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/g20-trade-ministers-meeting-summit-trump-tariffs-9.7363275
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Yes, artificially making TSA officers more tired and grumpy will improve the travel experience.
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Par for the course for this administration that hates both workers and Unions.
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it looks like the guy under the left sconce is holding up a cardboard sign with someone else’s face on it to hide the fact that he’s in the same room as Trump
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Everyone gets a punishment for not being a wealthy business owner tithing to Trump.
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US allies are not going to rescue the US given how Trump has treated them. He can only get help by coercion
They used to say “there are no atheists in foxholes” so maybe we need to reintroduce foxholes instead?
I am sure that all gods will be recognized equally in this new religious department.
every administration has stuff they want to do or try and then is erased by subsequent admins if too wacky. so usually someone says “this is a 2 yr thing before it’s gone” and they don’t bother starting it bc…reasonable heads say it isn’t worth it. this admin will start every damn thing no matter how stupid and wasteful and make whatever the future is deal with it. its so frustrating
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Interesting piece.
I had the US ending up a bit more like Brazil on my radar…but I can see the Italy comparison now.
There’s an interesting parlour game being played in New York these days: which dodgy economic habits has America picked up from elsewhere? Is it Malaysia’s endemic political patronage? Is it Nigeria’s tolerance of cash bribes as business as usual? Or is it Brazil’s inequality, where the ultra-rich enjoy a life of luxury alongside those living in squalor? America today has aspects of these and other emerging markets (though that term feels like a misnomer these days, when so many developing nations are besting their rich-country peers in terms of economic performance and governance). But I would make a different comparison. I think that America is starting to look more like Italy, another western nation with a turbulent history.
This is the case for three reasons. While overt corruption may not be as dire in either the US or Italy as in many other frontier markets, both are actively turning away from policing it. Second, populism in politics is showing up in both countries in a similar way. Finally, and most importantly, the labour market in America is starting to look more like Italy’s in one crucial respect: older people are holding on to good jobs, and the young have trouble finding decent ones.
