ScientistNo906
ScientistNo906 t1_iyn88ef wrote
Reply to US Customs officer retirements pose another challenge for cross-border trucking. More than 9,800 officers will be eligible to retire in 2028. by r_sharon
Pay is very good, the work is not difficult, they don't receive the constant abuse that the police face, and the benefits are better than most. Many will stay, which should allow them to spread the hiring over time.
ScientistNo906 t1_iymafgy wrote
Reply to comment by swheels125 in The Fed's favorite inflation measure cooled in October by A-Wise-Cobbler
Port Huron, MI. We have an Aldi and I was surprised by how low the price was myself. You know how some people open up the carton to check if eggs are broken? I didn't bother, who cares if one or two are broke at that price? It didn't last though, and prices keep moving up.
ScientistNo906 t1_iyjp6bk wrote
Reply to comment by Bad-Infinite in The Fed's favorite inflation measure cooled in October by A-Wise-Cobbler
More like a $0.44 carton of eggs is now $4.40. Admittedly, 44 cents was unusually low but $4.40 for the same thing was a shocker.
ScientistNo906 t1_iyiu7i5 wrote
I can see why they like that measure, stripping out food must do wonders for the inflation number. Just got back from the grocery store - the price of eggs is up 900% from what it was last year!
Maybe they could get creative, keep the price the same but only put 1 1/2 eggs in each carton! We'll never know the difference. /s
ScientistNo906 t1_iybni6n wrote
Reply to Putin Proposes Creation Of 'Natural Gas Union' With Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan by hieronymusanonymous
Will they also agree to sell their natgas to China and India at a discount?
ScientistNo906 t1_iya9062 wrote
Reply to comment by Frostiron_7 in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn
You did say "here" so I have to assume that you reside in the United States. Many of us who also live here would disagree with the idea that there's no freedom to be found here.
ScientistNo906 t1_iy5k4vn wrote
So the Wagner group is in C. Africa, Syria and Ukraine?
ScientistNo906 t1_iwo4sw6 wrote
Reply to Texas veteran who entered Senate chamber in military gear on January 6 found guilty | CNN Politics by BitterFuture
I'll bet he went to the Golden Corral for vets day. He'll probably get better food in jail.
ScientistNo906 t1_iwo4el3 wrote
Reply to Louisiana's juvenile detention centers filled to capacity; state asking judges to let some out of jail by InflationOk300
Send 'em to Australia.
ScientistNo906 t1_iug0f9t wrote
Doubling down is not smart at this time, but these guys are zealots and haven't figured that out.
ScientistNo906 t1_iu8n451 wrote
Reply to Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government, intelligence documents show by wobblyweasel
Always happens when you have Russians in your breakaway province.
ScientistNo906 t1_iu5xm2v wrote
A lot of the sabre-rattling had to do with cementing Xi as numero uno for life. Not saying he won't keep some heat on Taiwan but a lot of the bluster in recent months was mainly to show his strong leadership in advance of the party congress.
ScientistNo906 t1_it8kr0m wrote
Reply to comment by nhatthongg in Putin fires rifle during visit to challenge reservist narrative by nhatthongg
After Putin said "good luck" to the soldier, he should have said "you're gonna need it".
ScientistNo906 t1_isrm1fu wrote
Reply to comment by Skyblacker in A 'game-changer' for millions of Americans: You can now buy hearing aids over the counter by zDraxi
Didn't have a good experience with Zenni, lens distorted my vision. Sent them back, they sent me another pair with same distortion. Tossed them.
ScientistNo906 t1_j4e10h7 wrote
Reply to Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine and hits energy infrastructure by Rofocal07
The accompanying photo looks an awful lot like a residential building.