The Triumph of Bidenomics!
- By probinson
- American Politics
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It's probably even worse now, as food prices have continued to climb.
The article was published in February of this year, and references "the latest data from the USDA", which can be seen here:
USDA ERS - Food Prices and Spending
Retail food prices partially reflect farm-level commodity prices, but other costs of bringing food to the market (such as processing and retailing) have a greater role in determining prices on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus. Monthly price swings in grocery stores for individual food...
www.ers.usda.gov
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How Martin Luther Invented Sola Scriptura
- By AlexB23
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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I actually agree partly with Luther, but also agree with the Catholic church. As a Catholic, we must be careful not to treat anyone as being sinless. No human institution is perfect, but it is best that we use faith first, scripture next. Then, works follows, as it helps to maintain our faith, cos without works, we have a higher probability of losing the faith (losing salvation).Luther rejected papal, conciliar and ecclesiastical infallibility and said that popes and ecumenical councils could err.
Sola Scriptura began when Martin Luther decided to deny the infallibility of the Church, ecumenical councils and the pope — i.e., claiming that they could err — thus leaving the Bible as the only infallible rule of faith.
The novelty wasn’t mentioned in Luther’s 95 Theses (posted Oct. 31, 1517). But Protestant Luther biographer Roland Bainton (Here I Stand) stated that in 1518 “Luther ... had further declared the pope and councils to be capable of error.” Then he reiterated and strengthened such claims during his 18-day Leipzig Disputation of July 1519, with Johann Eck. Bainton reports that Luther stated:
In 1520, Luther expressly denied papal infallibility: “They play about with words before our very eyes, trying to persuade us that the pope cannot err in matters of faith, regardless of whether he is righteous or wicked.” Even more radically, he wrote, “If we are all priests ... why should we not also have the power to test and judge what is right or wrong in matters of faith?” And, “Popes, bishops, canons, and monks. God has not instituted these offices.” Accordingly, he wrote in March 1521:
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How Martin Luther Invented Sola Scriptura
Luther rejected papal, conciliar and ecclesiastical infallibility and said that popes and ecumenical councils could err.www.ncregister.com
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Ukraine says it may have destroyed Russia's last cruise missile carrier based out of Crimea
Apparently, another Russian landing ship has gone down in the Black Sea. Indications are that a Ukrainian missile got it.
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Video appears to show Ukrainian sea drones sink Russian landing ship
The video released by the Ukraine's military intelligence agency appears to be filmed by cameras onboard the drones.
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Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog’s Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue
- By AlexB23
- Pets & Animals
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This is wholesome. In an alternate timeline though, a dog on or with a helicopter would try to find a missing man.Jamie Rooney is reunited with his dog Rocky in Jack Poplawski’s helicopter – Supplied Jamie Rooney
A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man’s missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a “needle in a haystack rescue.”
For those who’ve never been to cattle country Down Under, it might come as a surprise to know that because the ranches are so vast, farmers will often hire helicopter pilots to round the cattle up for them.
But in late April, pilot Jack Poplawski got a different sort of phone call—a man had lost his dog and was desperate for some help.
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Helicopter Herder Follows a Dog’s Tracks from the Air to a Miracle Rescue
A helicopter pilot in Australia recently found a man's missing dog in the Outback in what the owner called a "needle in a haystack rescue."www.goodnewsnetwork.org
Wait, that actually happened in February 2024, well, with the police dogs on the ground of course: See how Massachusetts State Police used dogs, helicopter to find missing Russell man
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Rare Deep Sea Squid with ‘Headlights’ Captured on Video–Mistaking the Camera for Food–WATCH
- By AlexB23
- Outdoor Activities & Nature
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Wow, this squid looks like an alien, but it is from Earth.Australian marine biologists recently captured video of a large, deep-water squid attacking one of their cameras over 3,000 feet below the surface of the ocean.
The deep-sea hooked squid is one of the largest deep-dwelling squid species, but rather than the animal’s size, it was the glowing lights on the end of its tentacles that most interested scientists.
A team from the Minderoo campus of the University of Western Australia’s Deep Sea Research Center was deploying baited, free-falling cameras to record video footage of deep-sea life.
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Rare Deep Sea Squid with ‘Headlights’ Captured on Video–Mistaking the Camera for Food–WATCH
The deep-sea hooked squid is one of the largest squids, but rather than the animal's size, it was the lights that most interested scientists
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The Triumph of Bidenomics!
- By iluvatar5150
- American Politics
- 599 Replies
We all know it's high. What we're arguing about are specifics. Also, the data in your article is from 2022. I don't know if there's any official food price data that's newer than that, but a fair bit has changed in the last 2 years with respect to inflation and wages.I genuinely wonder if the people arguing food prices here ever actually buy food. I also wonder if they understand basic math. Let's pick a round number. If the average increase in food prices is 10%, that means some prices are up way more than 10% and some prices are up less than 10%. It depends entirely on the food you buy what your actual percentage increase will be.
The fact is, Americans are spending the biggest share of their income on food in 3 decades.
Between groceries and restaurants, Americans are spending more of their income on food than they have in 30 years.That's according to the latest data from the USDA, which shows that U.S. consumers spent more than 11% of their disposable income on eating — whether at home or at a restaurant — in 2022, the highest percentage since 1991. 
Americans are spending the biggest share of their income on food in 3 decades
The high cost of food both at home and in restaurants continues to be a sore spot for millions of U.S. households.www.cbsnews.com
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