Hey, I don't think Gill believes in global warming.
jeeprube
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51% of Democrats Say Humans to Blame for Global Warming
by leavingwt inand the percentages go down from there.... http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/energy_update.
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funniest things to do in the new world
by siy inwhat were some of the funniest things you heard a witness say he or she would like to do in the new word?.
the wife of the brother i studyed with said " in the new world im going to get a porpoise to teach me to swim.
of course i think a porpoise will have better things to do (like avoiding great whites) a than teach non swimmers to swim.. another sister some 20 years ago thought it best if she & her 2 small girls should have horse riding lessons to.
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jeeprube
I always thought they'd have massive candle dipping parties. I mean how else are they going to study all the food from the slave without lights at night?
But wait, without electricity how will they operate the printing presses to continually feed the great crowd? Or will there be electricity?
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JW Compound in Mexico
by restrangled inyep, you read that right.
my sister-in-law and her new husband moved down not too long ago.
we just recently heard they had to leave....why?
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jeeprube
How about an address? GPS coordinates? I'd love to Google map it and zoom in from outer space!
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Do You Believe In Debtors Prison?
by sammielee24 ini don't..but that's just me..sammieswife.. a times editorialdebtors' prison again.
in print: tuesday, april 14, 2009. .
</form> in a little-noticed trend blamed on the state's hard economic times, several courts in florida have resurrected the de facto debtor's prison having thousands of floridians jailed for failing to pay assessed court fees and fines.
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jeeprube
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Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down
Bryan Denton for The New York Times A prospective bidder examined a car on Wednesday at a Dubai auction. Debt-ridden foreigners are selling or abandoning cars.
</form> By ROBERT F. WORTH Published: February 11, 2009 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sofia, a 34-year-old Frenchwoman, moved here a year ago to take a job in advertising, so confident about Dubai’s fast-growing economy that she bought an apartment for almost $300,000 with a 15-year mortgage.
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Bryan Denton for The New York Times An abandoned car in a parking garage in Dubai. One report said 3,000 cars were sitting abandoned at the Dubai Airport.
Now, like many of the foreign workers who make up 90 percent of the population here, she has been laid off and faces the prospect of being forced to leave this Persian Gulf city — or worse.
“I’m really scared of what could happen, because I bought property here,” said Sofia, who asked that her last name be withheld because she is still hunting for a new job. “If I can’t pay it off, I was told I could end up in debtors’ prison.”
With Dubai’s economy in free fall, newspapers have reported that more than 3,000 cars sit abandoned in the parking lot at the Dubai Airport, left by fleeing, debt-ridden foreigners (who could in fact be imprisoned if they failed to pay their bills). Some are said to have maxed-out credit cards inside and notes of apology taped to the windshield.
The government says the real number is much lower. But the stories contain at least a grain of truth: jobless people here lose their work visas and then must leave the country within a month. That in turn reduces spending, creates housing vacancies and lowers real estate prices, in a downward spiral that has left parts of Dubai — once hailed as the economic superpower of the Middle East — looking like a ghost town.
No one knows how bad things have become, though it is clear that tens of thousands have left, real estate prices have crashed and scores of Dubai’s major construction projects have been suspended or canceled. But with the government unwilling to provide data, rumors are bound to flourish, damaging confidence and further undermining the economy.
Instead of moving toward greater transparency, the emirates seem to be moving in the other direction. A new draft media law would make it a crime to damage the country’s reputation or economy, punishable by fines of up to 1 million dirhams (about $272,000). Some say it is already having a chilling effect on reporting about the crisis.
Last month, local newspapers reported that Dubai was canceling 1,500 work visas every day, citing unnamed government officials. Asked about the number, Humaid bin Dimas, a spokesman for Dubai’s Labor Ministry, said he would not confirm or deny it and refused to comment further. Some say the true figure is much higher.
“At the moment there is a readiness to believe the worst,” said Simon Williams, HSBC bank’s chief economist in Dubai. “And the limits on data make it difficult to counter the rumors.”
Some things are clear: real estate prices, which rose dramatically during Dubai’s six-year boom, have dropped 30 percent or more over the past two or three months in some parts of the city. Last week, Moody’s Investor’s Service announced that it might downgrade its ratings on six of Dubai’s most prominent state-owned companies, citing a deterioration in the economic outlook. So many used luxury cars are for sale , they are sometimes sold for 40 percent less than the asking price two months ago, car dealers say. Dubai’s roads, usually thick with traffic at this time of year, are now mostly clear.
Some analysts say the crisis is likely to have long-lasting effects on the seven-member emirates federation, where Dubai has long played rebellious younger brother to oil-rich and more conservative Abu Dhabi. Dubai officials, swallowing their pride, have made clear that they would be open to a bailout, but so far Abu Dhabi has offered assistance only to its own banks.
“Why is Abu Dhabi allowing its neighbor to have its international reputation trashed, when it could bail out Dubai’s banks and restore confidence?” said Christopher M. Davidson, who predicted the current crisis in “Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success,” a book published last year. “Perhaps the plan is to centralize the U.A.E.” under Abu Dhabi’s control, he mused, in a move that would sharply curtail Dubai’s independence and perhaps change its signature freewheeling style.
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Recession and Obama election fueling right-wing extremism
by Elsewhere infor years i have thought the far right-wing fundamentalist christians were no different than the fundamentalist islamists.
the only reason the fundie christians are not killing people and blowing things up is because they haven't been pushed over that edge yet.... yet.. -else.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topnews/idustre53d5sh20090414?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews&rpc=22&sp=true.
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jeeprube
preferring instead to smear half of the country or more as kooks for criticizing the government’s handling of the economy
I don't think half the country can be counted in the right wing extremist movement. Polls seem to put the number at 24-26%. I also suspect that it is not the government this movement is critical of but Obama. 75% of the country approves of the Obama administrations handling of the economy. Coupled with the fact that the same amount of people blame Bush and the Republican party for causing the mess, and you have a recipe for a permanent Democratic majority for the foreseeable future. A fact which destroys the secret agenda of the right wing, namely outlawing abortion, and mandating that we all be Christian.
It is disingenuous of right wing fundies to mask their true agenda behind some righteous outrage at "Socialism" and the evils of "Big Government." The right wing LOVES big government as long as they are in control of it.
All the hysteria from the right is merely the noise associated with a dying political movement. Can we really expect extremists to go quietly into the night?
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Captain rescued, pirates shot by snipers, begging the question...
by JimmyPage in... how weak does obama look now, mutha truckas?.
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jeeprube
I've changed my viewpoint on how to handle this problem. The U.S. should stay out of it period, unless U.S. ships or citizens are captured. For once, let the rest of the world handle the problem. I think most of us Americans are tired of being the world's police force.
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Captain rescued, pirates shot by snipers, begging the question...
by JimmyPage in... how weak does obama look now, mutha truckas?.
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jeeprube
And when they complain and try to stand their ground....
Sorry, I was unaware that piracy was "standing your ground?"
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Captain rescued, pirates shot by snipers, begging the question...
by JimmyPage in... how weak does obama look now, mutha truckas?.
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jeeprube
I think the real thanks goes to the men and women on the USS Bainbridge, and especially the Seals who took the shots. I am glad to see that Pres. Obama has the steel to give the order though. What I can't understand is why we don't bomb these pirate bases.
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Book study comment on DF'ing tonight SUCKED!!!
by maryacclaim inso i went to the meeting tonight with my mom, cuz she's visiting.
i know i know, that's my first mistake.. so, they're going over this part on disfellowshipping, and they start going on and on about how it's jehovah's love for the congregation that "he disfellowships.".
yeah so its not the organization that disfellowships, its jehovah.
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jeeprube
What can you say, they're sick. The longer you're out the more you realize JW's are not worth your time. Once you entirely divorce yourself from the need of any association with your former JW friends and family, all the power and control they had over your life is gone.
Ultimately the DFing process is the greatest gift the GB ever gave us. It forces us to survive on our own, apart from their control. Once you learn that you can survive on your own the charade is over.
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jeeprube
Nice! I'm sick of the cold.
Bryan Denton for The New York Times 
