Consumption Junction

Glennz Tees has some new stuff!

Love this one:

(no afilliation with Glennz, just think they are cool)

I don’t know why, but this disturbs me greatly.

(and take “disturb” with a grain of salt, because some wierd shit gets under my skin and sorta festers there, but that’s how I feel at the moment)

To summarize the article (and in case the link goes dead), Sam’s Club, part of Wal-Mart, the biggest freakin’ retailer in America, has announced that effective immediately you can only buy four bags of rice at a time.

Sam’s Club warehouse unit is restricting the purchase of some rice to four bags a visit because of “recent supply and demand trends.”

The limits on jasmine, basmati and long-grain white rice will take place in all U.S. stores where allowed by law and are effective immediately, Sam’s Club spokeswoman Kristy Reed said today in an e-mailed statement.

Some consumers have started hoarding rice, the food staple for half the world, as supplies shrink. Prices have soared as China, Vietnam, India and Egypt curbed sales abroad to safeguard domestic supplies and cool inflation. Thailand also may restrict shipments, a World Bank official said today.

Now, let’s think about that. There is not enough rice to keep the stores stocked, because people are hoarding it. Everywhere. But they think it will happen here. There are riots in parts of the world over - food. Not over the Laker’s winning or not the big game, but food. This is serious bidness.

And (in my hand-wringing, worry about shit I can’t control sorta way), I think it’s just beginning.

Another Sam’s item: where the hell did the SpaghettiOs with Meatballs go? Huh? We haven’t been able to buy them at Sam’s in AGES, and it’s causing much distress in the seven-and-under group at our house.

Update: there’s a butter shortage in Japan. Huh?

Just saw the State Farm commercial where the guy is embarassed (and ridiculed by his cow-orker “Sheila”) for wearing bike shorts and riding his bike to work.

You know, if he’d switch to State Farm, he’d save so much he could fill up his truck with gas two, maybe three times!

So, fuck the planet. Just get cheaper insurance and you’ll be fine.

If you’re done harassing has-been baseball players and their trainers, perhaps you’d like to explain (and use little words, please) just what the fuck is going on with Wall Street and why we feel it necessary that the US Taxpayers should bail the rich asshats out?

Thanks.

I don’t give a shit what the Fed does with the interest rate, or that the Dow goes nuts as a result.

You can make it zero percent, and Discover will still charge me 21% for the gas I bought on credit because I couldn’t wait until payday.

I’m thinking more of America is like me than CNN Money would want us to believe.

We’re still circling the drain, people, this isn’t over by a long shot.