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Libya Situation (pg. 13)
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
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What is next? Everyone waking up and realizing they are jewish?!
I guess if an Arab kills another Arab or makes another Arab feel bad. That Arab must be a Jew. |
yeah man.. even jesus was jewish lol.. Arabs and jews are pretty much the same people the only difference is their religion. (hence jewish being a religion not a race) |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| Moroccan Jews. I'm looking at you. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
yeah man.. even jesus was jewish lol.. Arabs and jews are pretty much the same people the only difference is their religion. (hence jewish being a religion not a race) |
Isn't it weird? Most Jews are Arabs that don't recognise the sainthood of Christ, and Arabs are Jews that worship the prophet that came after the messiah.
Go figure. |
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| jad |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
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What is next? Everyone waking up and realizing they are jewish?!
I guess if an Arab kills another Arab or makes another Arab feel bad. That Arab must be a Jew. |
No. There were plenty of Jews all over the Middle East before religious segregation became more prominent. Arab Muslims, Christians, Jews, Druze etc were quite tolerant of each other back then. Unfortunately, a lot of Jewish communites are sparse or non-existent nowadays.
You know what's funny? My Grandma's family were Jewish but they voluntarily converted to Islam (maybe a bad call? :P). Her father was born Jewish. My Grandfather's next door neighbour and mentor was also Jewish. Back then, things were different. Even these days, plenty of Arabs (including myself and my family) don't discriminate against others based on their beliefs. It's only certain ideologies that we don't welcome. Obviously, this is doesn't account for the majority of Arabs, as the general Arab attitude towards religious tolerance has changed drastically throughout the last century. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
those intolerant camel ******s
them. |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by jad
I wonder what ends up happening to these funds and assets.. Is there an international protocol to this, or do different countries act according to their own jurisdictions? |
The way I hope it would work, when the new government in place. Give it back and just hope it goes to helping out the people of the country. |
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| jad |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
The way I hope it would work, when the new government in place. Give it back and just hope it goes to helping out the people of the country. |
I hope so. That's a load of money. Imagine how much both Mubarak and Gaddafi's frozen assets would come out to once this is all over!?
Analysis: Secretive Libya wealth fund vital for reconstruction (link) |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
The way I hope it would work, when the new government in place. Give it back and just hope it goes to helping out the people of the country. |
.. into my tfsa would be nice |
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| narcism |
UN sanctioned a no fly zone over Libya, how about saving the Libyan people from an insane leader?
edit- just clicked a link from twitter not realising what it was...ended up being a video from a morgue with dismembered bodies :( had to stop it half way through |
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| Zharen |
And America starts to feel the effects of the Middle East revolts.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new...ex.htm?hpt=Sbin
| quote: | Gas prices jumped 6 cents overnight, as the recent spike in oil prices begins to hit filling stations across America.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose 5.9 cents to $3.287, motorist group AAA said Friday. That marks the third day in a row that prices have risen, and brings the national average to the highest level since October 2008.
So far this week, gas prices have increased nearly 12 cents a gallon. And analysts expect prices to continue higher in the next few days following a sharp rise in the price of crude oil.
Gas prices were highest in Hawaii, where drivers paid $3.757 a gallon, on average. Wyoming had the lowest gas prices at roughly, $3.014 a gallon.
Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service, said the jump in gas prices reported Friday was the largest one-day increase since at least 2008.
"This will definitely be the most expensive February ever," he said, adding that gas prices are typically lower during the winter months.
The jump in pump prices follows a surge in prices for crude oil, the main ingredient in gasoline. Oil prices were holding near $98 a barrel early Friday morning, one day after prices hit a high of $103 a barrel -- the highest since October 2008.
Analysts expect prices to continue rising over the next few days, since gas prices typically lag trends in the oil market.
The spike in oil this week could translate to an increase in gas prices of 37 cents per gallon in the coming weeks, according Moody's Analytics economist Chris Lafakis. He estimates that for every $1 increase in the price of oil, retail gas prices typically rise 2.5 cents a gallon.
0:00 /4:29Crude soars: Eyes turn to Saudis
Economists warn that an energy price shock could hurt the economic recovery in the United States. In general, every $1 increase in the price of oil costs consumers $1 billion over the course of a year.
That's concerning because consumer spending makes up the bulk of U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic growth.
The government said Friday that GDP was revised lower to an annual growth rate of 2.8% in the three months ending in December. The initial reading had been for a 3.2% growth rate in the period.
Oil prices have been driven higher by political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, where much of the world's oil comes from. Despite the surge in prices this week, the amount of oil that has been taken off the world market has been relatively minimal. |
Average price in CA is around 3.55 right now. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
UN sanctioned a no fly zone over Libya, how about saving the Libyan people from an insane leader?
edit- just clicked a link from twitter not realising what it was...ended up being a video from a morgue with dismembered bodies :( had to stop it half way through |
yeah i had to stop looking at that twitter feed after awhile. |
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