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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt Walmart the other day...
Had to run into town to have a test on my leg at the hospital
stopped into Walmart to pick up some little things
walking past the eggs going to get some butter, a woman and her husband were taking about the price of the eggs
anywhere from high $5 to $3.50
with no comment directed to me
I interjected
You know eggs are chicken abortions.
Rocked his red ball cap back on his head. Picked up the butter and walked away.
I think it's important to bring up bird flu when folks are complaining about egg prices. So sick of people blaming Dems for things as if egg prices are driven by some anti egg or anti-farmer economic policy.
TheRickles
(2,414 posts)MagickMuffin
(17,136 posts)Apparently the message wasnt getting through to many including here.
TheRickles
(2,414 posts)As a news junkie, I knew that it was frequently mentioned. But I'm guessing that the average voter did not, since it's an issue that would have resonated widely. How to bypass media suppression is a key challenge going forward.
MagickMuffin
(17,136 posts)Some examples
The VP isnt giving us access, she wont talk to us.
The interview on 60 Minutes, she was asked a question and she was answering the question and all of a sudden while she is still answering the question, there was a voice over mansplaining to us what she was saying.
Why not let her say her piece instead of talking over her so we could get mansplained interpretation?
The media was always prepared to attack her. They did the same with President Biden.
The media is not our friends and they certainly proved it this time around.
So yeah, our message was not getting out for a reason!
Codifer
(768 posts)recommend this post six times.
Or twenty.
The media has turned to whoring; that is what happens when "integrity" is for sale.
Lonestarblue
(11,834 posts)2naSalit
(92,727 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,221 posts)dchill
(40,476 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,221 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,268 posts)MiHale
(10,784 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,268 posts)niyad
(119,939 posts)It was fun!
niyad
(119,939 posts)homegirl
(1,533 posts)the price of eggs. When it was at its highest level of complaining I was shopping at Trader Joe's, not exactly FOOD MAX as far as pricing goes. There were several levels of pricing of eggs from $7.99 a dozen to $2.99 a dozen.
Also reviewed a complaint site of how high groceries were, many posts accompanied with photos of shopping carts loaded with between 70 to 80% prepared foods. Very few make it from scratch choices. But, oh! The weeping and wailing about the cost!
Whatever the price in the USA it is guaranteed the cost to replicate an American $100. shopping cart will be as much as the equivalent of $165. anywhere in Western Europe!
Otto_Harper
(711 posts)RainCaster
(11,545 posts)Although they seen to have forgotten about the 350,000 laying hens that were killed at a local farm because of bird flu. Thanks Biden, they say.
Dumbasses, I say.
Ptah
(33,493 posts)MichMan
(13,199 posts)fargone
(220 posts)Ptah
(33,493 posts)MrWowWow
(401 posts)Fertilized chicken eggs are not considered abortions. In chickens, fertilized eggs that are collected for consumption or sale typically do not develop into embryos because they are not incubated. For a fertilized egg to develop into a chick, it must be incubated under specific temperature and humidity conditions for about 21 days. Most eggs sold for consumption, even if fertilized, are never incubated and thus do not contain a developing embryo.
-ChatGPT
MiHale
(10,784 posts)Raised chickens long time ago
first heard it in a mess line in the Army. Cook always referred to eggs as chicken abortions. Stuck with me all these years.
mountain grammy
(27,276 posts)MiHale
(10,784 posts)MrWowWow
(401 posts)Yum yum! Eat-em up!
MustLoveBeagles
(12,563 posts)MiHale
(10,784 posts)Thats where I first heard it mess line in the Army.
MustLoveBeagles
(12,563 posts)Air Force
MiHale
(10,784 posts)PeaceWave
(946 posts)To hear Trump talk about it, bacon was effing gold.
niyad
(119,939 posts)Two were free, one was 1.99. (my kitty LOVES bacon, what can I say?) I frequently get eggs there as well. .sometimes1.99, sometimes 2..50. Granted, on markdown, but there they are. Several times at my King Soopers, when I heard bitching about the price of eggs, during the worst of the recent bird flu outbreaks, I would say, "What in the f'n hell would you expect when millions of birds have to be destroyed because of the flu. You HAVE heard about it, yes??? All over the news."
I have absolutely NO patience with stupidity.
Ms. Toad
(35,523 posts)The overwhelming number of eggs sold are produced by hens that haven't seen a male chicken past the chick stage.
MiHale
(10,784 posts)Raised chickens long time ago
first heard it in a mess line in the Army. Cook always referred to eggs as chicken abortions. Stuck with me all these years.
Ms. Toad
(35,523 posts)It doesn't help matters to use analogues that are easily dispelled.
MiHale
(10,784 posts)Turning red caps and popping eyeballs its my new hobby. This is farm country even they know.
OhioBack2Blue
(18 posts)I yell out loud, "Thank you President Joe Biden for the lower gas prices!"
$2.79 OHIO.
Also, the STOCK MARKET actually just had it's WORST WEEK, following Trump's election win, in over 3 months of record breaking Biden gains. Rut roh!
https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-futures-slip-after-worst-week-for-s-p-500-in-three-months
Sympthsical
(10,233 posts)ThePartyThatListens
(88 posts)Ewww!