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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I know this is one of the dumbest things to latch onto, but why do they keep talking about "Kamala Harris's policies" like she's the current president? If that were true, then Vance is a dementia addled lying sack of....

Huh, I guess I answered my own question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

From the video:

“Let’s talk about eggs, Because these guys actually eat about 14 eggs every single morning.”

There's just so much that's weird about that. "These guys" are his 2 sons Ewan (6) and Vivek (4). You're saying these kids each eat 7 eggs every morning? That's a lot of eggs. Think about it. 7 fried eggs? Or 7 hard-boiled eggs? If you're scrambling them, you lose track of the individual eggs, but what, he's cracking 14 eggs into a huge bowl, then scrambling them? Do you know how much scrambled eggs that's going to make?

If his boys were teenagers, maybe I could see it, though eating that many eggs every single day would still seem weird. But, at least teenage boys are known to have big appetites.

Even if you include him, his wife and their 2-year-old, roughly 100 eggs a week every week seems odd.

Then there's just the weirdness of saying "about 14". We're talking eggs. Why not "about a dozen"? Slightly more believable, and a more common number to use when talking about eggs. I mean, surely if your kids really loved eggs you'd try to reduce it to a dozen eggs per day just so you're using one full carton every morning. Then again, if you're buying hundreds of eggs per month, maybe they come on a pallet, not by the carton, so "a dozen" doesn't mean much to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Pssssh, when I was a lad, I ate 4 dozen eggs every morning to help me get large.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Vivec? Like, of the Tribunal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's funny how he keeps finding new ways to live up to the “weird” label without even trying

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Weird thing is, he didn't have to lie. He said that the price went from $1.5 a dozen to $4 a dozen, but it's not like his argument would have been that much weaker had he used the real price $3...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Weird thing is this would still be a lie.

No need to point out how he could have lied better while ignoring the fact that he’s blaming Kamala for the price of eggs while ignoring avian flu and corporate forced inflation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Price increases in eggs have largely been due to the outbreaks of avian flu and producers having to cull their stock, anyway. Not something Harris or Biden caused or could wave away with a wand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's the justification, and maybe the catalyst, but prices have stayed higher than they were due to price gouging. It's not Biden/Harris fault, but rather capitalism. They saw they could still make more profit while selling less at a higher price, so they kept doing so.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On top of that, the FTC under Biden/Harris has been investigating price gouging at the grocery store level and Kroger just came right out and admitted it. While vying for a merger with another conglomerate chain grocery.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and a bunch of other shit the FTC has done under Biden to protect consumers. But Biden will never get credit for any of that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

shit the FTC has done

Biden will never get credit for any of that.

Good. Just because he appointed the excellent Lina Khan doesn't mean that he deserves credit for the work of her and the agency.

Especially since it's a reasonably safe bet that her appointment wasn't his idea to begin with, but rather that of a more progressive member of whichever committee suggests cabinet picks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

She's the one who recommended Khan? Well done, Warren!