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Recipe Got my beer on base earlier in the week, slowly trolling through the Class 6 pushing a cart full of military special bourbon and vodka...oh I was wearing black socks and sandals.

My parents are farmers, step dad is the horticulture expert and Mom is a CPA who ran the finance part of the business. They always walked me through the numbers, shocking how small a cut of the final price goes to the farmer. The numbers you posted are striking and paint a bleak picture. 1940's through 1978 were very flat with a sub 40 index. Big spikes in 1976-1980 (Carter's term and high inflation period). The steady march above 100 starts with NAFTA and Clinton, most have no idea what that did to the American Farmer. The regulations on our side of the Rio Grand put most American farmers on the defensive. The rules stated American farmers could not use certain methods or chemicals (Methyl Bromide), but allowed unlimited importation from countries like Mexico that used those methods and chemicals to increase production and keep price low. I really Hoped W would have pulled us out...Obama's term established a new base around 250. Spike in 2019 was from a salmonella outbreak, prices fell right back down then went up again (like everything else), with COVID. We are now post COVID and the primary driver towards 400 is inflation, a four fold increase in just 25 years. Standard cabbage, not the specialty stuff I bought today is up 18.4% from a year ago today.

My wife makes a salad using Napa Cabbage on holidays that every one loves. I just went to the store to purchase a head of Napa Cabbage for Christmas dinner and paid $10.71 for a single head of cabbage. This was Winn Dixie (Publix was out), not some FuFu granola Whole Foods or specialty store. The damage done by the empty meatbag sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is staggering. Yet his clown Press Secretary continues to say inflation is falling. I don't know how average families are getting by with these prices.

A new remote assignment coming soon to an island not near you or anything... US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China Actually a very good strategic move, while still on the same range ring a Guam, it will dilute China's ability to mass fires on Guam (sounds like they are beefing up the international airport as well.

Its Crazier than that...

I think they both have the right, who has the will.

They are suing to avoid the $130M exit fee. Very short-sighted in my opinion, will damage their basketball team and other sports.

Ten Confederate states removed Lincoln form the ballot...

It is a desperate move by far left lunatics that are scared and it likely opened Pandora's box as California is now exploring doing the same thing California lieutenant governor calls for exploring options to take Donald Trump off the presidential ballot

Mario has faults, recruiting is not one of them. Flipping Armando Blount from FSU was huge, he also flipped two other Five Stars. As of now the recruiting class rankings are 1. Georgia, 2. Alabama, 3 Miami, 4. OSU. The best part is seeing folks flee from the Gators. Miami flipped top LB prospect Adarius Hayes from UF which led to this article - Florida’s rough signing day and Billy Napier’s broken promises "two years into the Napier era, had a disastrous first day of the early signing period." - I hope they give Napier a life-time contract! We shall see how it plays out.

In 2019 former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said in 2019 that under the Obama administration said "1,000 apprehensions was a crisis." On Dec 18, 2023, 14,509 illegal immigrants encountered in one day. We don't know how many were unobserved. We now have the equivalent of the population of Tampa Florida pouring across our border every MONTH. DNC/Whitehouse/Big Guy - "Nothing to see here, everything is fine"

Beats sitting on the couch at home because you don't qualify for a Bowl Game.

Scuttlebutt only at this point but I've heard ACC, AMC and GSC all go away and a new MAJCOM called "Combat Forces will be formed encompassing everything from Fighters, Bombers, Tankers, and Air Mobility in one giant dysfunctional command. Sounds like a giant flashback to the Composite Wings under good ole Merrill.

Need to set my DVR...Which bowl game are the Gators playing in?

I don't put blind faith int he government. I've compared against a lot of other sources and tend to believe these numbers are very close.

Sorry dude, I turned in my tin foil hat a long time ago.

Sobering report that details a lot of the damage done to the Russian military in the last two years. Here is where you money has gone. Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment "Of the 360,000 troops that made up Russia’s pre-invasion ground force, including contract and conscript personnel, Russia has lost 315,000 on the battlefield, according to the assessment. 2,200 of 3,500 tanks have been lost, according to the assessment. 4,400 of 13,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers have also been destroyed, a 32 percent loss rate." “Since launching its offensive in October, we assess that the Russian military has suffered more than 13,000 casualties along the Avdiivka-Novopavlivka axis and over 220 combat vehicle losses-the equivalent of 6 maneuver battalions in equipment alone,”

Stand by for more chaos - ‘Huge change’ afoot? Air Force apparently weighing major command structure revamp

You should push through, its his schtick and not all of his vodeos are like that. He has done some great work calling out and exposing BS directed towards our troops. Like A senior Army GO blaming the troops for moldy barracks , calling out a Marine Officer who says publicly said "we should not commission prior enlisted because it eroded the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps" , the case of a Marine Lance Corporal who as of a few months ago was under arrest and in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT for refusing to get the COVID Vaccine and my favorite an epic case of Stolen Valor he helped exposed and resulted in the offender going to prison. He is far from a douchebag, he is a guardsman and I think if you watched a few of his videos you probably share 90% of his views on things like toxic leadership, stolen valor and guns.