Mr.TaterSalad

The consumer confidence numbers are good and a marked improvement for the month of August. I didn't have those in mind when I made my original post. I hope that translates beyond the negative coverage the media has and will continue to give the August CPI and inflation numbers.

I don't know that they hang onto CPI numbers either. I just worry that the negative headlines that the mainstream media (CNN, NBC/ABC/CBS Nightly News, Fox, local newspapers, online clickbait sites) will lead with, will shape people's perceptions that nothing is getting better. That high prices and economic despair will be here to stay. The more people are reminded of the high prices at the grocery store, the worse it gets politically. The news media covering the CPI numbers the way they have is yet another stark reminder of that economic despair. It was part of the narrative around gas prices. Gas prices are high, so the media covers it with a doom and gloom, pain the the pump narrative. That narrative than shapes people who consume that media's opinions and beliefs, thus doing damage to Democrats in power. Gas prices go up, Democrats approval ratings go down. Inflation stays high and the news doesn't get any better on CPI numbers, so people swing back away from Democrats right before voting. So the worse or more negative the news media coverage gets, the worse things get for Democrats. Even if people feel inflation every time they go shopping, when the media beats it into their head that things aren't getting any better, that's when the real political damage can be done. Maybe I am just being too much of a pessimist myself and piling on Democrats midterm chances with bad spin of my own. I just so deeply subscribe to the old James Carville philosophy of "it's the economy stupid" and that people's pocketbooks are what have in the past and will now drive the election cycle.

Unless you have little or no 401k and live at or just above a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle. Those needing every paycheck to get by are impacted by the CPI numbers at the grocery store because all the everyday items and foods they buy are still horribly expensive compared to a year ago. Many living a near paycheck to paycheck lifestyle probably have little invested in the market and maybe only a small 401k through their employer, that they aren't likely following super closely. I can't help but think there are going to be political repercussions for the party in power, the Democrats, for that.

How much does yesterday's really bad inflation numbers, specifically showing food prices continue to skyrocket, blunt Democrats momentum and help Republicans? How much are people really thinking about abortion rights or crazy right wingers when their eggs, bread, meat, milk, and snack foods all cost more? When it costs more to pack their kids lunch are they thinking about Dobbs all that much?

Anthony Davis plays as himself in 2K and gets injured in the video game . . .

Huge improvement for Ron Johnson in the latest Marquette poll with an 8 point swing. I'd be curious to see the crosstabs on this and who the voters are they reached out to versus last time. I'd also be curious to see what issues these voters say they care about most. Also, poll numbers will historically look better in the summer and tighten up as we get to the fall. I wonder if this is a reflection of that.

The QB situation is near identical. You have both Goff and Wentz still trying to prove to their respective franchises that they are capable and worthy starting QBs in this league. The battle of reclamation projects. I also feel there are different strengths and weaknesses each team possesses and no one really outmatches the other on the whole. That said, I do still feel like we should win this one and will win it. I want to see the same thing from this team that I've been calling for all offseason, improvement. Even if they somehow lose, if I see players improving from one week to the next and consistently looking better at their respective positions I won't be mad and worried.

I thought, sans Will Harris and a semi-boneheaded play by Tracy Walker, the secondary was not the problem on defense. I think the inability to contain Hurts and not get to the QB were the bigger defensive concerns. As Motown said, they got gashed on the AJ Brown play with Will Harris in on coverage. I think it is safe to say that Harris will not be around, much less starting, next year.

I think the onside kick was a bad call and Campbell does deserve some level of criticism for it. That said, there were many other things that ranked higher on the list of reasons why they lost than the decision to onsides it. Notable an inability to contain Jalen Hurts, contain AJ Brown, and allow plays to develop because they weren't getting any pass rush. On offense, Goff's rough first half and the dropped passes out rank the decision to onsides it. Was it the right decision to take an onside kick there? No. Did it hurt them and allow for the Eagles to have an easier time scoring a TD. Yes, probably. I don't believe though that it cost them the came and they would have one were it not for that.

So you're choosing to ignore what she has accomplished and instead insert a Kool aid comment on a just because basis? Do you have information that can rebuke what I shared in-terms of her progress on schools or roads/infrastructure projects? Free Press: Record investments in public education State of Michigan Budget: $6.3 billion allocated towards road and infrastructure work

https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/issues/accomplishments Governor Whitmer has actually accomplished quite a bit in the 3.5 years she's been Governor. We have record investments in public schools with increases in per-pupil funding. She's made significant investments in hiring mental health professionals in schools as well and has worked to have more of them per child than at any time in Michigan. She's also been the first Governor in two decades to build a new state mental healthcare facility and psychiatric hospital since Governor Engler closed many of them in the 1990s. We've gotten significant reinvestments from the auto industry with new manufacturing jobs and a reinvestment from Ford (albeit it subsidized) in the old Grand Central Station in Detroit. We've also had more road and infrastructure upgrades than almost any prior Governor and she's been able to fix more miles of roadway than Snyder, Granholm, or Engler. She's also worked to fix led waterline and pipe issues across the state in more communities than just Flint, like Benton Harbor.

Is anyone upset about Campbell's decision to attempt that onside kick when he did there? I'm not really, but they had a block of people calling in on 97.1 about it.

I'll give him this for sure, Campbell's guys really play hard for the guy. They'd clearly bite off knee caps and run through a brick wall.

A brutal drive killing drop there.

When the QB has 4-5-6 seconds to let a play develop and throw the ball you're going to get torched.

His defense may be one of the worst in the league again. Yikes!

What the hell was that? I get we can't stop anyone today, but still . . .

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!

Goff had Chark open downfield that he could have went to there.

Our interior defensive line is terrible!!!

Brutal penalty to take.

Burning a time out there. That sucks!

Big stop there. You can't go into halftime down two touchdowns with as lackluster as Goff has looked for most of the game.

Damn, Will Harris a step behind and gets burnt.