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Topic: Ten foot wide meteor to hit Earth tonight |
TheDude
Replies: 20
Views: 1281
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:38 am Subject: Re: Ten foot wide meteor to hit Earth tonight |
| Not to be outrageous in conspiracy theories, did I not read in the MSM in the last month or so that the Hubble Telescope went down? Is that not rather odd that this window to the Universe picked exac ... |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
TheDude
Replies: 1394
Views: 52865
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:41 pm Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
| MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Marco formed on Monday in the southern Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Mexico's main oil production facilities but the country's three main oil exporting ports ... |
Topic: Bailout Counter |
TheDude
Replies: 38
Views: 2428
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:05 pm Subject: Re: mortgage bailout counter |
There goes 19.6% of GDP.  |
Topic: China the Saviour!!! |
TheDude
Replies: 16
Views: 671
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:43 pm Subject: Re: China the Saviour!!! |
China's concept of communism / socialism would cause Marx and Lennon to scream bloody murder.
http://www.firesigntheatre.com/pressrel/hcyb-a-s.jpg |
Topic: BP Solar Halts Expansion?? |
TheDude
Replies: 14
Views: 498
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:53 pm Subject: Re: BP Solar Halts Expansion?? |
http://www.atomicinsights.com/gifs/BP%20profit%20versus%20solar%20investment.gif
An old favorite. |
Topic: 'Dad what happens when there's no more Kraft dinner' |
TheDude
Replies: 28
Views: 1473
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:52 am Subject: Re: 'Dad what happens when there's no more Kraft dinner' |
As for cooking- I am clueless.It actually is possible for almost anyone to learn how to cook. Really!
Even The Dude has been baking bread for a few years, and I'm as far from an epicure as they get! ... |
Topic: Would you still call America a democracy... |
TheDude
Replies: 18
Views: 570
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:18 am Subject: Re: Would you still call America a democracy... |
| Or in print form: The CBS story, posted below (appx 2 mins) starts with an elderly New Jersey voter who was suddenly removed from the voting rolls after thirty years, for apparently no reason whatsoe ... |
Topic: AUGHHHHHH! |
TheDude
Replies: 23
Views: 1212
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:59 am Subject: Re: AUGHHHHHH! |
Never thought of BAU as strolling through Castle Wolfenstein before, good one!
I sometimes do business with Evil Fred too, listen to Matt Simmons interviews on my iPod for that true feeling of the ... |
Topic: AUGHHHHHH! |
TheDude
Replies: 23
Views: 1212
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:33 am Subject: Re: AUGHHHHHH! |
| http://bp0.blogger.com/_S3Fk1v4vsCQ/R_0gdps33KI/AAAAAAAACCw/svoY0Nqs5ik/s400/Augh.jpg |
Topic: Tucked deep inside TARP...no reserve requirement for banks. |
TheDude
Replies: 8
Views: 373
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:20 pm Subject: Re: Tucked deep inside TARP...no reserve requirement for ban |
Well that's evil.
Tip of the Hat to ya, Hank.
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/devil.gif
Hasn't shown up in any news items yet.
So there it is, banks no longer have to keep even a small ... |
Topic: Would you still call America a democracy... |
TheDude
Replies: 18
Views: 570
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:11 pm Subject: Re: Would you still call America a democracy... |
I figured out that America isn't a true democracy when I was 14. More of a representative monarchy anymore.
With a democracy we - you and me, everyone who reads this - would vote on issues direc ... |
Topic: Vote on Bail out results 10-3-08 |
TheDude
Replies: 32
Views: 1219
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:04 pm Subject: Re: Vote on Bail out results 10-3-08 |
Not trying to say "I told you so" but... well yeah I am. This is the same crew that brought us silverado, and then enron. They just figured out how to pump & dump on a national level now.
Th ... |
Topic: Another economic stimulus bill? |
TheDude
Replies: 7
Views: 392
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:35 pm Subject: Re: Another economic stimulus bill? |
Money into the bottomless rat hole will not fill the rat hole.
If it's bottomless why do the rats live there? Don't they fall and fall until they reach China? http://www.clipartof.com/images/emot ... |
Topic: Jason has sent a letter to the Treasury. |
TheDude
Replies: 12
Views: 452
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:30 pm Subject: Re: Jason has sent a letter to the Treasury. |
I'm not efarmer, but:
[url=http://www.rgemonitor.com/blog/roubini/]RGE - Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor
Jason - I bank with Wells Fargo, who now own Wachovia, and when I go down to my br ... |
Topic: Arnold sends letter to Paulson: send money! |
TheDude
Replies: 28
Views: 1175
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:22 pm Subject: Re: Arnold sends letter to Paulson: send money! |
NYC needed $8 billion from the Fed in 1975.
Echoing those who maintain that "greedy borrowers" should get no help today, many in Washington in 1975 argued against a rescue of New York. Rohatyn reca ... |
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