So if it weren't for meat, fruits, and vegetables…

Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive?

The Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning think tank, reported Friday that almost 30 percent of the rise in grocery prices has been driven by just five categories of food particularly vulnerable to supply chain shocks, including beef, chicken, fruits and vegetables and snacks.

…and Doritos (thanks, Liz), grocery prices wouldn't be so bad. (The chickens where I live haven't heard that eggs are getting cheaper either but maybe yours have.)

Is peanut butter a vegetable? I'm not sure.

There has got to be some good news in here somewhere.

Nothing doesn't happen in Florida

Sheriff’s deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool at Florida apartment complex

“I actually see a kangaroo. It’s kind of a large kangaroo,” the unidentified woman says. “We got him closed in the pool gate area.”

Wouldn't want to miss one, would you?

A look at this year’s star-studded, silly Super Bowl ads

I was walking down the candy aisle at the drugstore this afternoon…

 …when I realized as soon as we can get finished with the valentine stuff we can get started on those yellow marshmallow chickens they sell at Easter time. Peeps.

How great is that?

"We have failed as a society"

Chex Mix has become the symbol of overpriced airport snacks

Even though we all know prices won’t be friendly after we pass through security, it still stings. How else can you explain the dozens of passengers banding together online to catalogue the cost of airport Chex Mix?

And all this time you were worried about wars and stuff. (You were, weren't you?) 

Nevada is having a week…and more

Why AP called the Nevada GOP caucuses for Trump: Race call explained

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley chose to compete in Tuesday’s primary, where she was the only major active candidate on the ballot but still finished a distant second behind a ballot option called “None of these candidates.” Trump opted to compete in the caucuses. The caucus ballot did not provide a “None of these candidates” option, since the Nevada law requiring that does not apply to party-run events.

And then something about a football game and maybe even Taylor Swift. 

Also this week, the President declared a clueless old man by the Department of Justice, something about the King of England, and Elizabeth Warren complaining about the price of Oreos. 

It's almost too exciting, Good day for a nap.

Florida Man back in the news

Circle K Clerk Battered With Chocolate Egg

Mehas, 27,…“threw a chocolate egg towards the victim hitting him in the forehead.” The complaint does not indicate if the egg was a Cadbury, Kinder, or lesser Hershey concoction.

 

Once those English teachers get you they never let you go

Tortured Poets’ or Poets? Taylor Swift Meets the Apostrophe Police.

Yes, plenty of people, upon hearing the biggest music announcement of the year, started thinking about diacritical marks and then talking about them on social media.

Of course they did. 

"None of these candidates"…

Nikki Haley is trounced by the ‘none of these candidates’ option in Nevada’s Republican primary

…would be a great option to have on the November ballot as well.

Just saying.

[Nevada for some reason is having both a primary and a caucus this year. No convention delegates are awarded based on the primary outcome.]

A clear and sobering assessment…

…of the war in Ukraine, based on the comments of Russian and Ukranian generals, is offered by David Ignatius of The Washington Post…

What a Russian and Ukrainian general agree on: This battlespace is different

As top Russian and Ukrainian generals assess the battlefield after nearly two brutal years of stalemated “positional” warfare, they draw the same lessons: Tanks, manned aircraft and traditional maneuver forces are sitting ducks, while advanced drones and digital battle-management systems can have a decisive impact.…

 …should be required reading in this fraught and fractious political year.

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Why scientists are starting to worry about the moon shrinking

For hundreds of millions of years, our moon has been shriveling like a raisin. Now, scientists say that decrease in circumference is leading to shallow moonquakes — including near NASA’s potential sites for human visits.…

 And all this time I thought it was made of cheese.

Retaliation comes in many forms…

U.S. promises more retaliation against militias; Blinken to visit region

…and this headline from the Washington Post breaks new ground.

Oh, that old thing

Cold War-era rocket once capable of carrying nuclear warhead found in dead homeowner’s garage

Described as "an air-to-air" Douglas AIR-2 Genie. Meaning…what? They were thinking one airplane could shoot down another airplane with a 1.5 kiloton nuke? Sounds pretty extreme to me. Certainly puts my own modest collection of dead hard drives to shame.

According to the Post, only one such missile was ever fired…that in a 1957 test over Nevada. No mention of shooting anything down with it.