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 Dec 2 2007, 09:19 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49  |
China produces something like 90% of the products we carry in our stores.
The U.S. Dollar is a piece of crap. Hugo Chavez is attempting to establish a dictatorship in Venezuela Putin is re-establishing the imperialistic fear and indoctrination of old Mother Russia The Middle East is destabilizing. There are rumors of doing away with NAFTA and forming the "North American Union" and creating a standardized currency like the Euro called the "Amero". This would mean complete and total free trade between Canada and Mexico as well as open borders. Africa is a massive viral risk riddled with religious wars and extreme poverty. Yep. We're fucked. -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Dec 2 2007, 10:07 AM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Dec 2 2007, 09:19 AM)  The U.S. Dollar is a piece of crap. well, either almost every other major currency is beginning to do worse than ours, or we're gaining strength on their still-strong economies. vs. US dollar, in november: canadaian dol = down 9c euro = stagnant peso = down $.0015 pound = down 6c yen = up $.0002 yuan = up $.0007 i love how headlines read, everyday, that the dollar is hitting new lows... but no follow up (except for thursday) when the market kicks back up. we actually did well in the 3q. gdp still grew at something like 4.5-4.8%, and 1.5% of it was due to increased american exports. |
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Dec 2 2007, 10:21 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
AMERICA!
Fuck yeah? --------------------   |
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Dec 2 2007, 02:07 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
dont worry we have lazer beams.
-------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Dec 2 2007, 02:23 PM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,402 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Dec 2 2007, 10:07 AM) well, either almost every other major currency is beginning to do worse than ours, or we're gaining strength on their still-strong economies. vs. US dollar, in november: canadaian dol = down 9c euro = stagnant peso = down $.0015 pound = down 6c yen = up $.0002 yuan = up $.0007 i love how headlines read, everyday, that the dollar is hitting new lows... but no follow up (except for thursday) when the market kicks back up. we actually did well in the 3q. gdp still grew at something like 4.5-4.8%, and 1.5% of it was due to increased american exports. Well said. The 3Q GDP numbers have somewhat been ignored by major news media... Once the Brits figure out that it's cheaper to buy things here, I'm sure they'll be flooding in. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Dec 2 2007, 02:25 PM
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QUOTE (pysex @ Dec 2 2007, 09:19 AM) There are rumors of doing away with NAFTA and forming the "North American Union" and creating a standardized currency like the Euro called the "Amero". This would mean complete and total free trade between Canada and Mexico as well as open borders. I thought NAFTA was evidence that we were moving towards a North American Union. I remember explicitly Ron Paul saying during the debate that we should get rid of NAFTA in order to focus more on American sovereignty (rather than leading towards a North American Union...) --------------------  |
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Dec 4 2007, 10:07 AM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (Hartmann @ Dec 2 2007, 02:23 PM) Well said. The 3Q GDP numbers have somewhat been ignored by major news media... Once the Brits figure out that it's cheaper to buy things here, I'm sure they'll be flooding in. Yeah. There's a lot of economists who would argue that having a weak dollar is a good thing. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Dec 4 2007, 12:58 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Dec 2 2007, 09:19 AM) There are rumors of doing away with NAFTA and forming the "North American Union" and creating a standardized currency like the Euro called the "Amero". This would mean complete and total free trade between Canada and Mexico as well as open borders. i prefer c-bills. the hell kind of name is 'amero'? -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Dec 4 2007, 01:17 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Hell maybe with open borders we can get really cheap lawn care, they'll all have to compete against one another.
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Dec 4 2007, 02:33 PM
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these all seem trivial.
i would be much more worried about rising immunities to antibiotics. |
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Dec 4 2007, 03:10 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (TetraGrammaton Cleric @ Dec 4 2007, 02:33 PM) these all seem trivial. i would be much more worried about rising immunities to antibiotics. 'tis a big, yet sadly overlooked, problem. "I've got a cold, Doc." "Here, antibiotics will fix you up...here's a 2 week z-pack." Shit like that happens all the time...people get antibiotics for every damn thing. -------------------- |
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Dec 4 2007, 06:05 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
but we have the bomb?
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Dec 4 2007, 10:22 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (schwab @ Dec 4 2007, 06:05 PM) but we have the bomb? have we learned to love it yet? -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Dec 4 2007, 10:35 PM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (TetraGrammaton Cleric @ Dec 4 2007, 02:33 PM) these all seem trivial. i would be much more worried about rising immunities to antibiotics. i didn't touch on that because Africa has been the source for some of the more deadly diseases... i'm hinting more towards another black plague scenario where a majority of the population dies off and the survivors build an immunity....maybe it's nature's way of resetting itself -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Dec 4 2007, 10:47 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (pysex @ Dec 4 2007, 10:35 PM) i didn't touch on that because Africa has been the source for some of the more deadly diseases... i'm hinting more towards another black plague scenario where a majority of the population dies off and the survivors build an immunity....maybe it's nature's way of resetting itself or flu. cant forget the flu. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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