Beef prices at Costco and politics [View all]
I'm not a big consumer of beef outside of an occasional burger. I actually do like cooking steaks more than I like eating them. So every once in a long while I'll get a tray of Costco steaks to put in the freezer to cook over time on mostly American ritual nights like Super Bowl or Oscars. Also good to have for some guests. It's been over a year since I bought steaks so I considered it today while at Costco in Los Feliz. I was pretty astounded at the prices, even in this economic storm. I decided it just wasn't worth it if I didn't really enjoy beef that much. On top of that, the case was pretty empty compared to how it used to be stacked. Understandably, less demand.
I have no problem admitting a part of me was giddy because I figure the vast majority of shoppers are completely unaware of the daily revelations of fiascos at the hands of this current regime, like that cuckoo-bananas UN speech or that idiotic power play of a con-fab of military brass today. For most people, this is their FIND OUT moment of the trouble we are in. I'm not happy that good people are suffering, but I'm grateful that there is some way that the unengaged people whose well of information is stubbornly confined to their collection of infantile perceptions are faced with some reality that bad things are happening at the hands of an incompetent bad man with the help of his toadying party.
I began thinking that if it wasn't for these high prices, more people would be pretty ok with the way things are going. So if I have to be grateful for higher prices, I'll take that bittersweet victory. I just wish our culture wasn't dominated by the most lazy level of thinking possible. And as our government shuts down as I write this, the FINDING OUT continues.
In conclusion, I bought some pork butt at $3.79/lb and had some delicious carnitas tacos for dinner. And now I have enough pork to hopefully last through the TrumpSlump however long that may be.
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