"Beef prices soar to record highs in the United States"

Paywall. What's behind this particular price increase, OP? It's not like beef in the US is imported, so it has to be some sort of domestic issue.

Found an article.

Tl;dr: flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Mexican herds, plus tariffs on beef from Canada, Australia, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand is leading to domestic producers feeling out the breaking point of American consumers, price-wise.

Gave it up last year

I don't know when this breaks society in some fundamental way, with all basics - food, housing, health care, all perpetually outstripping inflation and meager income rises.

It seems like a house of cards ... built by Ponzi ... on a base of shifting sand.

By thalidomide babies.

In a windstorm

Covered in a layer of orange foundation.