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*Huey » 12 Jul 2024, 10:16 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:16 am

To be fair to Brown his degree was not a STEM discipline.  It was in 19th Century Russian Studies.  Plus, WAPO pulled the rug out from under him concerning his FOX diversion.

Plus, WAPO pulled the rug out from under him concerning his FOX diversion.

Cannonpointer » 12 Jul 2024, 10:43 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:43 am

Have at it, ******:

"How a tenth of a percent price drop brings five months at 3.3% down to 3% is some mathematics they don't teach at the various JuCos and community colleges I attended. The way my math works, a growth rate of 3.3% per annum over a 5 month period would put prices up by 5/12ths of 3.3%, which comes to a 1.375% increase over those five months. So, a basket of goods costing 100 bucks on 1 January would cost 101.37(5) on 30 May. 

Okay, take one tenth of one percent off the cost off that basket, and that basket now costs 101.27(5). One tenth of one percent of 101.37(5) is a dime. Plus a bit over a tenth of a penny. A tenth of a percent drop in one month does not bring 3.3% inflation down to 3% inflation, as best my intermediate algebra chops can cipher."

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:47 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:47 am

Issue...

Unlikely given that, by your own measure, you don't know ****.

From the embedded link in the cnn story:

"The Consumer Price Index, a measurement of the average change in prices for a commonly purchased basket of goods and services, dropped 0.1% from May, which helped to slow the annual rate of inflation to 3% from 3.3% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report."

How a tenth of a percent price drop brings five months at 3.3% down to 3% is some mathematics they don't teach at the various JuCos and community colleges I attended. The way my math works, a growth rate of 3.3% per annum over a 5 month period would put prices up by 5/12ths of 3.3%, which comes to a 1.375% increase over those five months. So, a basket of goods costing 100 bucks on 1 January would cost 101.37(5) on 30 May. 

Okay, take one tenth of one percent of0 the cost off that basket, and that basket now costs 101.27(5). One tenth of one percent of 101.37(5) is a dime. Plus a bit over a tenth of a penny. A tenth of a percent drop in one month does not bring 3.3% inflation down to 3% inflation, as best my intermediate algebra chops can cipher. 

Another point to consider is this, from the same link: "Falling gas prices as well as a drop in new and used car prices helped to usher in the first month-on-month decline since May 2020, BLS data showed." When you consider that prices grew (at a rate not specified) for 48 straight months, a price drop of 1/10th OF A PENNY ON THE DOLLAR is not a reprieve from the bonfire.

Why don't you, as the Pride of Brown and a champion googler, DEFEND YOUR OP by showing us what I am missing and how the math ACTUALLY works?

Cannonpointer » 12 Jul 2024, 10:41 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:41 am

Read the post you are ducking, ***.

I did the math and you consented to it by refusing to attempt a refutation.

The math was not in favor of your OP - which you implicitly admit cannot rescue.

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:41 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:41 am

You keep insisting that I must repeat what I've already posted.

We need a rule....

Cannonpointer » 12 Jul 2024, 10:50 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:50 am

THREAD RESOLVED, fruitcake. You have run from the post that shreds your OP.

*Huey » 12 Jul 2024, 10:51 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:51 am

You have never told me.  

Let's do this again. (S] I found out, by trying to tag *rippy38 that the asterisk before the name prevents you from being tagged.  Since you have a habit of abusing the tagging feature by begging posters to come to threads they are not participating in multiple times a day, I went ahead and added it to my screen name.

Now, explain in detail how I have **** myself.  I have all my information, content, threads started, notifications, and greenies that I had before I added.[/s]

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:47 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:47 am

Issue...

Unlikely given that, by your own measure, you don't know ****.

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:51 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:51 am

**** off, innumerate.

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:52 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:52 am

Again?

Post the rule @*HooooeyVagina

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 10:50 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:50 am

Learn to answer questions without the **** drama..
It comes back to burn you.

*Huey » 12 Jul 2024, 10:56 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:56 am

Learn to make a case without the **** drama or grandstanding.  It burns YOU every time.

Cannonpointer » 12 Jul 2024, 3:03 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 3:03 am

Look, I'm not one of these chicken **** who is going to sit here and pretend that trump had no part in the **** show. He had PLENTY. But pretending that a small drop in the price of certain goods and services we are instructed amount to fair and impartial indicia is some achievement? That is just silly.

From the embedded link in the cnn story:

"The Consumer Price Index, a measurement of the average change in prices for a commonly purchased basket of goods and services, dropped 0.1% from May, which helped to slow the annual rate of inflation to 3% from 3.3% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report."

How a tenth of a percent price drop brings five months at 3.3% down to 3% is some mathematics they don't teach at the various JuCos and community colleges I attended. The way my math works, a growth rate of 3.3% per annum over a 5 month period would put prices up by 5/12ths of 3.3%, which comes to a 1.375% increase over those five months. So, a basket of goods costing 100 bucks on 1 January would cost 101.37(5) on 30 May. 

Okay, take one tenth of one percent of the cost off that basket, and that basket now costs 101.27(5). One tenth of one percent of 101.37(5) is a dime. Plus a bit over a tenth of a penny. A tenth of a percent drop in one month does not bring 3.3% inflation down to 3% inflation, as best my intermediate algebra chops can cipher. 

Another point to consider is this, from the same link: "Falling gas prices as well as a drop in new and used car prices helped to usher in the first month-on-month decline since May 2020, BLS data showed." When you consider that prices grew (at a rate not specified) for 48 straight months, a price drop of 1/10th OF A PENNY ON THE DOLLAR is not a reprieve from the bonfire.

Why don't you, as the Pride of Brown and a champion googler, DEFEND YOUR OP by showing us what I am missing and how the math ACTUALLY works?

Blackvegatble's hypcorisy summed up in one post: [/size]
Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑7 minutes ago
Very simple questions...

From which you are running...

Vegas » 12 Jul 2024, 12:16 pm » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 12:16 pm

Two problems with your post:
1. You are expecting Veghead to read more than 5 words. This is way too long for him. Waaaaaayyyy too long. 
2. You are expecting him to understand basic math.

*Huey » 12 Jul 2024, 12:22 pm » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 12:22 pm

BV is playing with the numbers.

Blackvegatble's hypcorisy summed up in one post: [/size]
Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑7 minutes ago
Very simple questions...

From which you are running...

Blackvegetable » 11 Jul 2024, 7:42 pm » wrote: ↑

11 Jul 2024, 7:42 pm

This is INDISPUTABLY vague.

It is much lower.

Remember, you don't know ****..

For the month, it was NEGATIVE.

The Consumer Price Index, a measurement of the average change in prices for a commonly purchased basket of goods and services, dropped 0.1% from May,

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/economy/ ... index.html

In June, 2021 it was 0.9

On a monthly basis, headline and core prices rose 0.9% against 0.5% estimates.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/13/consume ... imate.html

Say it

Vegas » 12 Jul 2024, 12:16 pm » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 12:16 pm

Two problems with your post:
1. You are expecting Veghead to read more than 5 words. This is way too long for him. Waaaaaayyyy too long. 
2. You are expecting him to understand basic math.

*Huey » 12 Jul 2024, 10:53 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 10:53 am

You should read replies to your posts:

As a result, viewers of Fox News understood the president's condition better than our audiences, which ought to be a huge wake-up call for us. We don't have the exact problem conservatives imagine, but we do have a problem. And the only way to fix it is to add more viewpoint diversity to our newsrooms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... y-failure/#

Blackvegetable » 12 Jul 2024, 1:17 pm » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 1:17 pm

Why?

You can't sort wheat from chaff.

No big fan of McCardle...