yeah cost of production isnt' the determinant in oil prices, because supply is largely controlled by a cartel, adn tehy can flood the market to make it too cheap to bother building refineries and derricks outside of OPEC, and then cut back on supply when the mustangs give up and go home.

its an interview with the new ruler of egypt

he uses the metaphor of spaghetti for the world
he uses the metaphor of a ship stuck on sand that has to be pulled forward, for egypt
he uses the metaphor of Planet of the Apes for, I think, political karma.  I think that's what he's saying.  I think.

If you read the damn article you'd have a clue what my headline means.  That's what the text is for.
Yes my headlines are attention grabbers.
also i am home with a fever.

its ok zarf mommy will make you some milk then you can watch blues clues

there ya go Zarf, he makes less sense than I do and he has people shot

you're the type who probably doesn't read the cookie fortune.  In bed.

[Note: TIME had spelled the president's surname as "Morsy" based on his Ph. D. dissertation for the University of Southern California; his advisers in Cairo say the preferred spelling is now Morsi.]
TIME: You

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none dispute this awesome victory

we can only form a ragtag fleet of refugees and seek Earth

Spock you green blooded halfbreed

1.  It happens every time Saudi Arabia decides on production levels.  Which is, constantly.  OPEC doesnt produce at 100% of capacity.
2.  You're attacking the conversation we're having in the name of the real conversation that existed before anybody started talking?  It's like Custer when he said "STFU about waves of Indians, I'm not talking about getting shot here, we're talking about kicking ass in the village and taking names.  Your ramblings about Sioux warriors flanking us have nothing to do with my bodacious attack.  This conversation isn't happening.  OW!"

If it's more profitable to leave the oil in the ground, than pump it out and sell it, down in the ground it will stay.


Let's go Paul Ryan and promise every American 100 barrels of crude a year, and let them use vouchers to get the refined equivalents.  Those of us who use less plastic and hydrocarbons in shampoo and live where utilities burn natural gas or coal, shall pwn.

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if he just lost his job then robbing him is not only wrong but unprofitable

playing wheelbarrows is fun and efficient because everybody loves being in a wheelbarrow race!

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Your new sig makes every thread about you X(

the student has become the master yikes

yikes

it's awesome just don't sit at the end cars or you get motion sickness

theyre filling out loan applications

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yikes  that's so awesome it would melt Nazis and whirl their ashes skyward in a pillar of fire

...quick go find a nazi

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Ok, so "have your own URL" is probably #1 and "Have your own server" is probably #2

so "Let people play immediately" is probably rule #3 of internet gaming

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admit it

you'd rather I posted the one liners

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No, "first time" in a line mad

/me thumbs end of line to talk to undeath

Forget the hype about Obama seizing crap through this order

his Cabinet is allowed to max out the debt limit loaning money to critical suppliers of national defense needs, like solar power and biofuel.

"(b) Conditions of Loans.--Loans may be made under this section on
such terms and conditions as the President deems necessary, except
that--
            ``(1) financial assistance may be extended only to the
        extent that it is not otherwise available from private sources
        on reasonable terms; and"

So, if Obama wants Solyndra to get a loan, and nobody in their right mind will loan them the money, KACHING

Obama's Executive Order 13603

Sec. 302. Loans.
To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2092, to make loans thereunder. Terms and conditions of loans under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

Title 50, US Code App. 2092 Sec. 302

`SEC. 302. <<NOTE: 50 USC app. 2092.>>  LOANS TO PRIVATE BUSINESS
                        ENTERPRISES.

    ``(a) Loan Authority.--To reduce current or projected shortfalls of
industrial resources, critical technology items, or materials essential
for the national defense, the President may make provision for loans to
private business enterprises (including nonprofit research corporations
and providers of critical infrastructure) for the creation, maintenance,
expansion, protection, or restoration of capacity, the development of
technological processes, or the production of essential materials,
including the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and
critical metals and minerals.
    ``(b) Conditions of Loans.--Loans may be made under this section on
such terms and conditions as the President deems necessary, except
that--
            ``(1) financial assistance may be extended only to the
        extent that it is not otherwise available from private sources
        on reasonable terms; and
            ``(2) during periods of national emergency declared by the
        Congress or the President, no such loan may be made unless the
        President determines that--

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                    ``(A) the loan is for an activity that supports the
                production or supply of an industrial resource, critical
                technology item, or material that is essential to the
                national defense;
                    ``(B) without the loan, United States industry
                cannot reasonably be expected to provide the needed
                capacity, technological processes, or materials in a
                timely manner;
                    ``(C) the loan is the most cost-effective,
                expedient, and practical alternative method for meeting
                the need;
                    ``(D) the prospective earning power of the loan
                applicant and the character and value of the security
                pledged provide a reasonable assurance of repayment of
                the loan in accordance with the terms of the loan, as
                determined by the President; and
                    ``(E) the loan bears interest at a rate determined
                by the Secretary of the Treasury to be reasonable,
                taking into account the then-current average yield on
                outstanding obligations of the United States with
                remaining periods of maturity comparable to the maturity
                of the loan.

    ``(c) Limitations on Loans.--Loans under this section may be--
            ``(1) made or guaranteed under the authority of this section
        only to the extent that an appropriations Act--
                    ``(A) provides, in advance, budget authority for the
                cost of such guarantees, as defined in section 502 of
                the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a);
                and
                    ``(B) establishes a limitation on the total loan
                principal that may be guaranteed; and
            ``(2) made without regard to the limitations of existing
        law, other than section 1341 of title 31, United States Code.

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first time?

ME

if God meant us to use electric cars he'd have optimized electron flow from lithium-cadmium cells

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I need that much space because I smell

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> East wrote:

> > I Like Trains kid wrote:

> What... did you do?  rofl

I questioned Joan of Arc's virginity sad<<


/sings For He Is An Englishman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQE3GfkrOo  for you nekulturny geeks

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He's a hypocritical POS.

"Private Jets, Buffett and Taxes
BY ANDREW ROSS SORKIN

Nati Harnik/Associated Press
Warren E. Buffett