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The Incredible Shrinking Elizabeth Warren

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 2/10/2024 8:46:43 AM

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who once was a formidable force in Washington, D.C., and hoped one day to be president of the United States, is now so desperate to grab a sliver of the spotlight she’s taking on Big Snack Food and Big Toilet Paper. She managed only to reveal how irrelevant and economically ignorant she really is. In a campaign email, a tweet, and a video, Warren complains that consumers are getting ripped off. “Have you ever finished a bag of Doritos and thought, ‘Whoa — there should have been a lot more chips in here’? You were right,” she exclaims.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: chumley 2/10/2024 8:59:55 AM (No. 1654743)
Even a broken watch is right twice a day. Yes, snack food is a big rip off and the bags are getting emptier and emptier all the time. My response has been to buy off brands or not at all. Where she got it wrong was that it is up to the government to fix it. They caused it. They caused it on purpose. They dont get to fix it. Besides, they quit making the best snack food when they took Mr. Salty pretzels off the market. A pox on all their houses.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: bpl40 2/10/2024 9:04:33 AM (No. 1654748)
To me she is what toilet paper is used for. As far as I am concerned
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Reply 3 - Posted by: goodbyedems 2/10/2024 9:22:01 AM (No. 1654764)
A Harvard affirmative action grad at their best. Probably had to plagiarize for her tweets etc. But is she wearing her Kansas City Chiefs shirt?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Venturer 2/10/2024 9:24:07 AM (No. 1654765)
Most potato chips in small bags are 20% chips and 80% air.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: NYBruin 2/10/2024 9:30:28 AM (No. 1654766)
"Hey, everybody!! Look at me!! I'm still relevant!!!" (sarc) PS - to #4 - Warren didn't graduate from Harvard. She went to Rutgers Law School. I suspect she is the only Rutgers Law alum on the Harvard staff
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jalo1951 2/10/2024 9:41:12 AM (No. 1654774)
Reminds me of her "Honey, you want a beer" moment on social media. She needs to check with Nancy to see if her chocolate ice cream packages are getting smaller. Maybe they could produce a White Paper report on the effects runaway inflation has on food. Inflation they caused on so many levels. The difference is they are millionaires. Lots of money solves lots of problems and I am sure TP is way at the bottom of her list of problems. Who does she think she is kidding with her fake concern?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 2/10/2024 10:01:24 AM (No. 1654786)
Gee, Senator Warren, thanks for explaining the concept of shrinkflation in terms that ignorant proles can understand.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: NorthernDog 2/10/2024 10:04:13 AM (No. 1654788)
Teepee's are getting smaller too. They used to be 12 feet tall, now they are less than 10. She should 'squawk' about that.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 2/10/2024 10:14:57 AM (No. 1654792)
An incredibly insignificant woman who received a lot more attention than she deserved. Unfortunately for her (and fortunately for us), all that attention did was expose what an incredible fraud she is.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Midnight Rambler 2/10/2024 10:17:21 AM (No. 1654794)
This is nothing new. We saw this all the time during the Obummer regime.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Scribelus 2/10/2024 10:36:17 AM (No. 1654811)
It seems that the frumious bandersnatch suffers from diminished frumiosity.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DVC 2/10/2024 10:39:55 AM (No. 1654814)
She's an evil, nasty little person who got ahead by racist fraud. She deserves to be gone.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Italiano 2/10/2024 10:50:27 AM (No. 1654825)
She's been a screeching harpy since Day One.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: 3XALADY 2/10/2024 10:53:47 AM (No. 1654827)
Doesn't she know who/what has caused the problem? Does Hur need to do a report on her ability to do her job?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: RussZilla 2/10/2024 11:07:26 AM (No. 1654838)
You should try walking a mile in my moccasins, dear lady.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: chance_232 2/10/2024 11:10:42 AM (No. 1654841)
Shrinkflation has been around forever. I first noticed it during the Carter administration when the candy bars got smaller. You notice these things when the Trick-Or-treat hauls get lighter.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: snakeoil 2/10/2024 11:27:19 AM (No. 1654848)
Am always disappointed after eating a bag of popcorn to find un popped kernels. What can Big Government do about this?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DVC 2/10/2024 11:54:27 AM (No. 1654867)
Re #5, that's so they don't get crushed as easily, and they are sold BY WEIGHT, not volume.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: czechlist 2/10/2024 11:54:34 AM (No. 1654868)
Minnehaha good for many ha ha.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 2/10/2024 11:56:32 AM (No. 1654870)
Not enough chips in the bag? Well, then don't buy it. This is a decision for the consumer, not some goobermint scold. When I want to buy and consume chips, I look for the lowest price on a larger bag. I, the consumer, make the decision.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: TCloud 2/10/2024 12:52:21 PM (No. 1654907)
Laugh out loud, Chief Goofy!
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Reply 22 - Posted by: udanja99 2/10/2024 1:04:01 PM (No. 1654913)
Liawatha, this is nothing new. I remember when a half gallon of ice cream became a quart and a half but the price stayed the same.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Californian 2/10/2024 3:28:54 PM (No. 1654976)
Someone please remind her the Biden Border is still wide open and there's 50m illegals here who need to go home.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: smokincol 2/10/2024 4:35:38 PM (No. 1655001)
she is beyond irrelevant and must be replaced in the next election
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Reply 25 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 2/10/2024 4:57:35 PM (No. 1655012)
A Warren Commission on potato chips?
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Reply 26 - Posted by: mifla 2/11/2024 6:08:20 AM (No. 1655212)
Liz has gone the way of Hillary, Ruth Bader, Nancy P., and Diane F. Yet another old woman, desperate to hold onto the power of her youth, but has been pushed aside by reality. Have a beer, Liz. I'd offer to buy it, but you public servants are a lot richer than I am..
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