[QUOTE=JustTK;2662040]Inflation is really only damaging if wages do not keep up with it. But even then it is destabilising.[/QUOTE]What about the people on a fixed income, like retirees. No wage increase for them.
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[QUOTE=JustTK;2662040]Inflation is really only damaging if wages do not keep up with it. But even then it is destabilising.[/QUOTE]What about the people on a fixed income, like retirees. No wage increase for them.
[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2662062]What about the people on a fixed income, like retirees. No wage increase for them.[/QUOTE]Most people on a fixed income are getting Social Security or a Pension and they have annual Cost of Living Increases tied to the rate of inflation.
[QUOTE=FunLuvr;2662062]What about the people on a fixed income, like retirees. No wage increase for them.[/QUOTE]I guess so, if you want to say that a pension is not a form of income... I see I wrote wages, not income ... ok, ok, not my best thought out comment ever. I stand by my Carter comment though. Hehe.
Just to make up for it, here is a wonderful video about how USAns cope with falling living standards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX8xfo-2EDs
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2661360]ElPostino, it depends on how you do it. What I have seen is that consumers are savvy about fares but not as much else. I flew Viva from Miami to Medellin to Cartagena my last trip. I think the fare was $100 but my carry on cost $95 total ($60 to Cartagena, $35 to Miami with United) one way. Parking was $140 for six days away, and after that, I thought I have to do a better job of planning.
I will park off airport to save in the future and reserve in advance. With the bag fees, there is a United credit card with one year no annual fee and if you use it for your flight, you get one free bag.
With American, I used my miles to get gold status versus a flight and am glad I did. The free bags are worth doing that alone, but I am always in the first half to board, and I also get upgrades to business class domestically when there is an open seat which has been about half the time lately. Also, you get free bags when you use jetblue. My favorite flight to Cartagena is on Jet Blue from Fort Lauderdale.
It is a shame I paid cash for my bag because I just learned American Express Platinum will rebate you $200 on baggage fees if you use their card. I will use that with Spirit and Viva in the future. Amex also rebates you the $100 for Global Entry and TSA precheck. Those two items are almost worth the $695 annual fee, but when you toss in the access to airport lounges, that probably makes the card worth it to me.
The AMEX platinum puts you to gold status automatically with Marriott and Hilton gold and for $89 a year, you can get an IHG card that puts you in the platinum category for Intercontinental hotels and Holiday Inns (don't laugh on HI some places are pretty nice).
These perks have really made flying and staying in hotels cheaper and IMO much better.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsweek.com/oli-london-slams-bill-maher-belittling-him-penis-reduction-plan-1677869[/URL]
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2661822]Because this 1 "vaccine" did not work for you, but all the other ones did.
However, I guess you can technically say it worked for this woman. It made sure that she will never get Covid.
The autopsy report lists Evans cause of death as anaphylaxis due to COVID-19 vaccination.
[url]https://www.live5news.com/2022/02/10/autopsy-confirms-kansas-woman-died-allergic-reaction-covid-19-vaccine/[/url][/QUOTE]Let's see if I understand you correctly. You base your decision to be anti-vax (for the Covid vaccines) on my personal experience with Covid?
I'm curious how you know if I've never had the flu after getting a flu shot? You might want to check your source, because someone is feeding you false information (or you're just making shit up again).
For the record, the vaccine worked quite well for me. I'm still alive. I consider that a better outcome than being dead. I'll just cut you off on your response. The vast majority of deaths in the past year have been unvaccinated people. The vast majority of vaccinated deaths have been people with 4 or more comorbidities.
As for your wonderful example of 1 person who died from anaphylaxis after getting vaccinated, that's a possibility with any vaccine. For Covid vaccines the rate is 5 cases per 1 million vaccinations. That's cases, not deaths. In most cases, immediate treatment will prevent death. Which is why (at least in the US) each person receiving the vaccine is supposed to stay at the vaccination site for 15 minutes. Anaphylaxis is an allergic reaction. It either happens very quickly, or it doesn't happen. In the one case you found, the woman was a severe risk for anaphylaxis. Did she inform the vaccination clinic of her risk before vaccination?
There were also 3 deaths from thrombosis which are considered to be probably caused by a vaccine. With over 250 million people in the US having received at least 1 dose of a Covid vaccine, 4 deaths is. 016 deaths per million due to vaccination. Compare that to 11,800 deaths per million Covid cases.
Surely you're not stupid enough to believe that. 016 is greater than 11,800?
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2661221]Yeah, that is the good news. Here is the bad: [URL]https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/pfizer-quietly-adds-language-warning-unfavorable-pre-clinical-clinical-or-safety-data-may[/URL].
Two weeks ago, the FDA begged a Texas judge to delay production on the first monthly batch of 55,000 pages of Covid-19 vaccine data submitted to the agency by Pfizer. Originally, the agency was set to produce just 500 pages-per-month.
Now, Pfizer. Which just forecast $54 billion in Covid-related sales in 2022, appears to be anticipating some bad news, as evidenced by several redline changes in their Q4 earnings releases.
As Rubicon Capital's Kelly Brown notes on Twitter, the changes center around disclosures of unfavorable safety data.
For example, in Q4 they added: "or further information regarding the quality of pre-clinical, clinical or safety data, including by audit or inspection."
The company also notes that Covid-19 may "diminish in severity or prevalence, or disappear entirely."
What's behind the curtain, Pfizer?
End of quote.
Despite the question, we know what is behind the curtain. The vaccines are not safe, and their efficacy is way overblown.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/stewart-rogan-spotify-iraq/2022/02/11/id/1056537/[/URL]
[QUOTE=Villainy;2662063]Most people on a fixed income are getting Social Security or a Pension and they have annual Cost of Living Increases tied to the rate of inflation.[/QUOTE]Most private employer pension plans do not include COL adjustments. Social Security uses a Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor. That CPI does not include food and energy. Food and energy make up a large portion of the average retiree's expenditures.
Also, even when there is a COL increase to Social Security, a portion of it is taken by Medicare. During Obama's eight years, there were three years of 0% COL adjustment, and one year the adjustment was completely consumed by Medicare.
[QUOTE=JjBee62;2662143]Let's see if I understand you correctly. You base your decision to be anti-vax (for the Covid vaccines) on my personal experience with Covid?[/QUOTE]Maybe you do not understand yourself correctly. Go back and read your original question to which my answer applied before responding on a tangent and applying a far-off assumption to my answer for a specific question that you asked.
You: What color is the sky?
Me: Blue.
You: So let me see if I understand you correctly. You like mustard on your hotdog because the sky is blue.
Me: Huh? You asked me nothing about hotdogs or condiments that go on them.
P. S. I have no idea why on each page of this thread some moron that obviously does not read English well says that I am anti-vax no matter how many times I say that I am pro-choice, not anti-vax.
Reminds me when we used to go to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and the more you tell people you are not an NFL player, the more they swear that you are. So fuck it. We just started signing balls and accepting invitations to the VIPs just like the real players. I AM NOT ANTI-VAX and never claimed to be.
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2662231]Maybe you do not understand yourself correctly. Go back and read your original question to which my answer applied before responding on a tangent and applying a far-off assumption to my answer for a specific question that you asked.
You: What color is the sky?
Me: Blue.
You: So let me see if I understand you correctly. You like mustard on your hotdog because the sky is blue.
Me: Huh? You asked me nothing about hotdogs or condiments that go on them.
P. S. I have no idea why on each page of this thread some moron that obviously does not read English well says that I am anti-vax no matter how many times I say that I am pro-choice, not anti-vax.
Reminds me when we used to go to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and the more you tell people you are not an NFL player, the more they swear that you are. So fuck it. We just started signing balls and accepting invitations to the VIPs just like the real players. I AM NOT ANTI-VAX and never claimed to be.[/QUOTE]Thank you for giving me the opportunity to once again show how full of shit you are, and thanks for making it so easy. My original question:
[QUOTE=JjBee62;2661643]
Why only now speak out about 1 vaccine, when you haven't mentioned any of the other vaccine mandates, some which have been around for 50 years or more?[/QUOTE]It was a reasonably simple question. Here's your reply:
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2661822]Because this 1 "vaccine" did not work for you, but all the other ones did.
[/QUOTE]How simple can it be? "Because this 1 'vaccine' did not work for you, but all the other ones did. " Not only does it show that my response was perfectly valid, it also gives another example why people keep saying you're anti-vax. I'll try to make it simple for you. I doubt if I can make it simple enough, because ISG doesn't allow the use of crayons. Before I continue, let me correct your make believe conversation.
Me: What color is the sky?
You: Blue.
Me: Actually the sky has no color. It appears blue, most of the time because of scattering of sunlight.
You: I never said the sky was blue. Go back and look at your original question.
Me: I did. I asked what color is the sky and you answered "blue. ".
You: You don't understand English.
Back to showing how full of shit you are.
You put vaccine in quotes. One common use of quotes is to show something isn't what it claims to be. For example, when anyone mentions you as a reliable source of information, they should write it as "reliable. ".
There is a ridiculous amount of data showing the effectiveness of the Covid vaccines, from just about every health agency in the world. Certainly enough to show they are indeed vaccines. Regardless of what you might say, which has been shown to be mostly bullshit, claiming a vaccine is not a vaccine certainly makes the anti-vax label justified. However, there's plenty more.
You just brought up the only case that has proven to be caused by a Covid vaccine. One confirmed death in the US of over 250 million people who have received at least 1 dose of the vaccine. Compare that to 917 k Covid deaths in the US and anyone thinking 1 death is more important than 917 k deaths is either the world's biggest idiot, or just another anti-vax idiot.
Of course there's quite a bit more evidence that you're anti-vax. Several times you've posted about someone who is vaccinated who, according to you (a "reliable" source) had Covid and compared them to someone unvaccinated who hasn't had Covid (according to the same "reliable" source). You even famously claimed to have proof of a vaccinated person who had 2 separate Covid infections in less than 1 month, something not one single doctor or researcher on earth has proof of. Why?
I'll ask again. Why? Even in the preliminary studies on each vaccine it was shown they are not 100% effective at preventing infection, the same as every other vaccine. That was before all of the variants. Only an anti-vax idiot would expect a vaccine, which was already shown by the manufacturers to not be 100% effective at preventing infection, to be 100% effective against every variant. So why repeatedly point out individual cases of vaccinated people who got infected, while also pointing out unvaccinated people who haven't been infected? Except to reinforce an idiotic anti-vax position, it makes no sense. You might as well point out a Chevrolet broken down on the road and point out a Ford that isn't broken down, while suggesting that all Chevrolets break down and no Fords ever break down.
To further clarify my point, I know of several ISG members who have suggested they never do certain things, who have confided in me they do those things. Which is true? What they post or what they say?
Are you familiar with the saying "Actions speak louder than words?" You can say anything about yourself, but that doesn't make it true.
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2662231]I AM NOT ANTI-VAX and never claimed to be.[/QUOTE]Yes, you are anti-vax, you just don't realize it.
Your viewpoint is untenable, morally and philosophically. Being for or against vaccines is not amoral, especially at this point in the Klusterfuck. And your viewpoint will become less so over time, but picking one side and then stating what every one else doesn't matter, is a pure and simple cop-out.
I could also build a logical argument to prove my same point, if I were inclined to put in the time and energy. This is not abortion, which is an intensely personal decision that does not directly effect others. Whether you realize or accept it or not, your choice is the same as anti-vax, and that is the natural reason why you come across as anti-vax and a bit confused. There is a disconnect between your words and actions. You keep saying it yourself, "Why do people think I am anti-vax?" One of the all-time classic pitfalls, your argument supports a viewpoint you say you do not have, jeje.
I realize that you don't know what you don't know about this and this will post not budge your opinion one iota, but it might help a few others understand. If it's any consolation, in the long run, it won't matter what side people take. With vaccines, as time goes by, the protection from infection declines. Unfortunately, there's been little discussion about this. But you will have to continue to deal with the ramifications once this vaccine becomes mandated. You have time.
You may certainly have the last word if you wish. There is nothing you can write that will alter my point. If by some miracle you do have a never before realized conceptual toehold, I would be the first to admit it The path of least resistance, less harm, and greater good is to get vaccinated. You will probably never realize that, the same as the anti-vaxers, not coincidentally. You are one of them, own it. Ostee Out.
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2662231]Reminds me when we used to go to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and the more you tell people you are not an NFL player, the more they swear that you are. So fuck it. We just started signing balls and accepting invitations to the VIPs just like the real players. I AM NOT ANTI-VAX and never claimed to be.[/QUOTE]Hehe, and did you get to run on and score any last minute goalkicks too?
A very common trait. I have accused Jpaedo of doing it before, but he didn't understand it then either. They love to assign labels to you so that they can attack you based on the attributes that they assign to that label. It makes their job easier bcos they are usually hopless positions. The problem with that line of argument is that they fail to understand your true position and they end up strawmanning you the whole time.
[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2661867]And is impossible to answer. Have you not been paying attention? The methodology and the data are corrupted beyond the point of usability.[/QUOTE]Only if you use the idea of corrupted data to backup your argument like you are doing in this reply. That is the cases of a lot of arguments here. I think secretly Elvis, Mr E, and JB are best friends. LOL. There are enough data around that you don't need to use Covid specific data for information.
[QUOTE=Nounce;2662452]Only if you use the idea of corrupted data to backup your argument like you are doing in this reply. That is the cases of a lot of arguments here. I think secretly Elvis, Mr E, and JB are best friends. LOL. There are enough data around that you don't need to use Covid specific data for information.[/QUOTE]You made a factual statement. So then I suppose the question remains, who is right on this issue? People using corrupted data to solve problems are by definition, delusional.
You may certainly have the last word on this thread if you wish, I am begging off. Thank you.
[QUOTE=Nounce;2662452]Only if you use the idea of corrupted data to backup your argument like you are doing in this reply.[/QUOTE]Unless you agree on what you are discussing, its pointless to debate. Seems obvious that we have more than one definition for anti-vax here. And I still have no idea what osteo means by corrupted. Does he mean like contaminated, spoiled. Due to what? Too many concurrent influences?
[QUOTE=JustTK;2662490]... And I still have no idea what osteo means by corrupted. Does he mean like contaminated, spoiled. ...[/QUOTE]Something like this. I am too lazy to find the other post.
[QUOTE=Osteoknot;2660615]...The initial death rate was acceptable based on known data before it became corrupted. The vast majority of the deaths from the first wave was 80-90% or people who would have died from all causes within the next two years anyway. ....[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=JustTK;2662490].. Seems obvious that we have more than one definition for anti-vax here...[/QUOTE]There is a range of reasons why people don't want vaccine. They are all lumped together by the other side. We read vaccinated people knowingly fly while infected and that seems OK. Isn't that strange?