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David Letterman’s top 10 reasons to vote democrat

I received this on the internet and sometimes we all need a good laugh… Enjoy

#10. I vote Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my German shepherd.
#9. I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn’t.
#8. I vote Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
#7. I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
#6. I vote Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves. I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that gets police to your home in order to identify your body after a home invasion.
#5. I vote Democrat because I’m not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy.
#4. I vote Democrat because I think illegal aliens have rights to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away Social Security from those who paid into it.
#3. I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit.
#2. I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

… And, the #1 reason I vote Democrat is because I think it’s better to pay $billions$ for oil to people who hate us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher, or fish here in America. We don’t care about the beetles, gophers, or fish in those other countries.

While international attention has been fixated on the disintegration of Iraq and the expansion of the so-called caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Sunni insurgents have moved their offensive back into Syria with a newly acquired haul of US-made weapons and cash.

Cushioned by the impunity offered them by a largely unresponsive international community, and the inability of the Syrian and Iraqi armies to defeat them in battle, Isis’ latest advances in Syria have further destabilised the already frail dynamics in the region.

As Bashar al-Assad attended his de-facto self-coronation affording him another seven years in power, Isis was making a mockery of the president’s pledge to “not stop fighting terrorism and striking it wherever it is until we restore security to every spot of Syria”.

In addition to Isis, Syria’s Kurds have also been busy establishing their own cantons of self-governance, backed by their militia force, the People’s Protection Units (YPG). But as their control over Kurdish areas of Syria has strengthened, it has brought them into fierce conflict with Isis.

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While in neighbouring Iraq the Kurdistan Region remains largely insulated from Isis’ violent land-grabbing operations, Syria’s approximately two million Kurds have borne the brunt of the expanding “caliphate” declared at the end of June.

cont at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28347456

Doing it right would require originality and not thinking of others slavishly for their own interest.

Yep I hope frr makes it … even if we did bump heads once or twice. 🙂

I guess it was too tempting to do it in an underhanded fashion than to do it right.

Australia becomes world’s first developed nation to repeal carbon laws

After almost a decade of heated political debate, Australia’s Conservative government repealed a much questioned carbon tax on the nation’s worst greenhouse gas polluters on Thursday.

The decision makes of Australia the world’s first developed nation to repeal carbon laws that put a price on greenhouse-gas emissions.

The Senate, News.com.au reports, voted 39 to 32 to axe the A$25 (US$$23.45) tax per metric tonne of carbon dioxide that was introduced by centre-left Labour government Prime Minister Julia Gillard in July 2012.

Australia becomes world’s first developed nation to repeal carbon laws

I figured that enough but as you know not quite sure how or to what degree. Like a virus that hides it it’s host. Well you know that old saying, you give some people a inch and they take a mile.

Ha Ha Glad you made it grin!

“Did a snake sneak into the Tent?”

…err I’d say some snakey things were done!

TORONTO (minigweekly.com) – The board of West Africa-focused project developer Asanko Gold on Thursday gave construction of the $295-million first phase of its flagship project in Ghana the thumbs up to start construction during the third quarter.

The TSX- and NYSE-listed firm said Phase 1 would be based in PMI Gold Corp’s previous plans for the Obotan gold project, which Asanko acquired during a $173-million takeover in February.

While work is expected to start in seriousness during the third quarter, Asanko will forge ahead with work to complete a National Instrument 43-101-compliant technical report, including a definitive project plan with an updated resource estimate, by the last quarter of the year.

Early works at the project site started in April, in preparation for the positive investment decision. Project construction will start shortly, with the company expecting to turn the first sods within the next month.

Initial gold production is targeted for the first quarter of 2016 and the company expects to achieve steady-state output by the second quarter of that year.

cont. at http://www.miningweekly.com/article/asanko-gives-flagship-gana-project-the-green-light-2014-07-17

I is here..

hey, wa happened?

did a snake sneak into the tent?

Chinese Home Prices Decline In Record Number Of Cities, Average Sale Price Has Biggest Drop Since Lehman

Tyler Durden’s pictureSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/18/2014 09:00 -0400

China’s attempts to “reign in” its credit and housing bubble (to “taper”, if you will) and to deleverage its financial sector, so widely trumpeted over a year ago just before its banking system nearly locked up overnight, are rapidly becoming the biggest joke in finance, just after anything relatedd to the Fed of course. Sure enough, confirming that the reason for the epic surge in Chinese lending over the past few months (a topic we will touch upon later) was making sure that the all important housing bubble doesn’t pop (at least not yet, recall: in China housing is a far more critical bubble than the stock market which is widely ignore by most as a “wealth effect” mechanism), was data released overnight showing how Chinese home prices reacted following the last few months of credit conservatism and destruction courtesy of the commodity funding deal rehypothecation scandal. In short: not good.

cont at http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-18/chinese-home-prices-decline-record-number-cities-average-sale-price-has-biggest-drop

Welcome to the Oasis!

Hi goldielocks … yep that was quite a surprise when we found out about the skullduggery … the very thing everyone was fighting against … there is was, close enough to touch!

Purefunds has a SILVER ETF  Symbol SILJ  at Stockcharts for those interested !

“Frostbite” LOL! He’ll likely show up here sometime.

Yep I remember our tomato conversation. I am in WA state and I AM enjoying, thanks! 🙂

I be glad you made it! How’s everything in your neck of the woods?

Took the computer illiterate me a while to get here. thanks

Sad to find that people I though were like minded could turn so easily when they thought they could use the rest of us for their own self interest. Sad indeed.

Yes, same old with the crooks. They are trying to make it seem that all of yesterdays’ problems have gone away, but they haven’t. I’m looking for a nice recovery for us good guys today. Maybe I’m just being overly optimistic, it is OpEx today for indexes.

I read somewhere that during WWII the Germans and Japanese also manipulated their markets to make it seem to their people that everything was alright.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

CNBS flashing the wheat price across the top of the screen, that’s a first. I guess there is some concern about the Ukraine’s wheat crops, which I understand are down heavily.

Please don’t forget the BOLO for Frostbite, LOL.  Hey, new start for everybody.

On the tomatoes…well congrats!  Wondering if you recall our conversations regarding the latest field research for tomatoes in your area. I had you placed in Oregon, I believe. However, the Washington State research seems to have worked out for you…Enjoy!

Welcome to the Oasis!

At least here at the Oasis huh Scruffy.  My e-mail addy got all discombobulated in my move to Ozarkansas. Thanks to the dissidents still posting @GT I was able to navigate the desert sands and dunes to this Great Oasis. Thanks to each and all who made this possible

Neo

I’ll say it for him….New place, new day, but same mkt games…almost as if ysdy never happened.

Indonesia resumes metal concentrate exports after 6-month halt

By Wilda Asmarini

JAKARTA, July 18 (Reuters) – Indonesia has resumed exports of metal ore concentrates, a mining ministry official said, ending a six-month stoppage resulting from a new policy to improve returns on resources shipped out of southeast Asia’s largest economy.

Indonesia in January banned unprocessed ore exports and levied an escalating tax on metal concentrate exports as part of the policy to force miners to build smelters and process minerals domestically.

Disputes and confusion over the rules halted about $500 million of monthly mineral ore and concentrate exports. Prior to the ban, Indonesia was the world’s top exporter of nickel ore and a major supplier of iron ore and bauxite.

However, last week shipments of iron ore, lead and zinc concentrate left the country after two firms agreed to pay a 20 percent export tax, coal and minerals director-general Sukhyar told reporters late on Friday.

“There are two firms that have started to export; Sebuku Iron Lateritic Ores (SILO), and Lumbung Mineral Sentosa,” Sukhyar said, adding that SILO had sent two shipments or around 100,000 tonnes of iron ore concentrate and Lumbung had shipped around 8,000 tonnes of lead and zinc concentrate already.

“They finally wanted to pay it,” Sukhyar said, referring to the escalating tax that has been rejected by U.S. miners Newmont Mining Corp and Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc , and is now the subject of a contract dispute awaiting international arbitration.

more at http://finance.yahoo.com/news/indonesia-resumes-metal-concentrate-exports-124031882.html

No slacking you guys. Come to the Oasis. Walk to the light …