BUT?
As I say in my header here, and on my Twitter profile, I am a SKEPTICAL leftist. And I mean that in both the modern "show me your work" so-called "scientific skepticism" way, and the ancient Greek philosophical way.
I loathe more and more the "gotcha leftists" on Twitter, who do some Jesuitical triangulation off some anti-Democrat mote while not removing the non-skeptical 2x4 from their own eyeballs.
It's bad enough in a Tweet.
It's worse as part of a regular piece.
But, as with antisemitism at Counterpunch from a longtime regular contributor a week ago, here we go again.
Eve Ottenberg, in a piece bitching about inflation? Says, with quote in middle:
As one woman tweeted on X: “I got a tuna salad and turkey sub from Subway and it cost me $30.” Given that that’s “cheap” fast food, the logical response is, don’t eat at restaurants.
I was immediately skeptical.
And rightly so, on multiple counts.
First, I decided to track down where it came from.
Took me less than two minutes, Ottenberg, and the answer is a TikTok "influencer." The whole barf me video filmed in the front seat of your car and all.
And, the key? Said TikToker is from CANADA. Toronto, to be precise.
So, before we do monetary math?
First of all, since said person is Canadian, that blows Ottenberg out of the water right there.
Second, the math? As of Tuesday, $30CN is $22US. Still pricey, but given Toronto is at least expensive as NYC or the Bay Area, not THAT pricey.
Third, is even that correct?
Per various websites, with this a good one, a 6-inch sub plus a Tuna Salad is more like $20CN. A footlong, dependent on type of sub, might hit $25. That said, especially for a petite young woman, you ain't eating a footlong and a salad at one meal. And, no, that's not in the boonies, that's in York, Ontario, a former independent city, now a district inside .... TORONTO!
Said influencer did not say whether or not she bought a drink or not. Probably did.
Next? Between the federal VAT and provincial sales tax? The combined tax rate in Ontario is 13 percent.
MATH.
Even though I've dicked around with my blog layout to counteract various fuckery by Blogger, I think I can still delete Counterpunch if it keeps being stupid.
