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Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" by TB April 21, 2012 1:56 pm
  • Artificially generated shortages don't count? Pulling refineries off-line so as to drive up the price of refined products isn't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:51:47
    • Anybody can ask a question. by TB 2012-04-23 21:31:03
      • They are simple "yes" or "no" questions relevant to your post. And I was right. You wouldn't answer, ... by bowser 2012-04-23 22:14:38
        • Okay. Let's go over it again. by TB 2012-04-24 08:02:58
          • "HOVENSA announced earlier this month that it would shut down its St. Croix refinery in the Virgin Islands. Sunoco and ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:51:56
            • These refineries are not being permanently shut down. by TB 2012-04-24 11:30:00
              • Economics 50: A functional monopoly artificially restricting supply is a tactic designed to increase profits. In the oil ... by bowser 2012-04-24 13:38:46
    • So the futures market is not a problem? by RobVG 2012-04-22 09:41:04
      • Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. by TB 2012-04-22 12:57:51
        • I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] by RobVG 2012-04-23 07:59:37
          • Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. by TB 2012-04-23 09:05:00
            • Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? by RobVG 2012-04-23 17:38:45
        • Way to go, Rob! by ER 2012-04-22 10:06:09
          • "Hmmm. While we’re talking about speculation, maybe we can speculate that this unexplainable spike in gas prices is deliberately engineered ... by TB 2012-04-22 16:56:19
            • 2008? Oh that was obviously Democratic skullduggery, taking advantage of their great influence with the oil companies, and the Texas ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:25:45
              • Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) by TB 2012-04-22 19:11:39
                • I've mentioned here before that I think prices are set by individual speculators, and (sometimes) market forces, but since ... by ER 2012-04-22 21:17:22
        The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... by Jody April 22, 2012 3:45 pm
        • Details here. by TB 2012-04-22 16:43:37
          • She shouldn't even be considering it. by bowser 2012-04-22 15:56:27
            • They are meeting off property and going to discuss what to do. Her father has offered to drive her in ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:27:20
              • She shouldn't even be considering it. And, not to worry. Lockheed will have set up a second gate so she ... by bowser 2012-04-22 16:35:33
                • I knew you would feel this way Bowser. I don't. by Jody 2012-04-22 16:59:45
                  • And you wonder where the middle class has gone. 57 years of unrelenting propaganda has trained you well. by bowser 2012-04-22 17:05:17
                    • I really don't feel that is true Bowser. There is something sadly desperate about all this. Sorta "Custer's Last Stand" ... by Jody 2012-04-23 03:55:09
                      • Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. by TB 2012-04-22 17:17:15
                        • No, but once they lose their unions, they can mostly kiss the middle class goodbye. Ain't that the plan? ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:36:42
                          • It is simply revolting to see people who live enjoying the advantages of Union employment and benefits disparaging Unions. by bowser 2012-04-22 21:07:57
                            • I said "private employees." by TB 2012-04-22 19:09:12
                      • I don't think she has actually thought any of this through. Tomorrow her company will help her...and I am curious ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:57:51
                  US, Afghans seal deal for 'strategic partnership' after withdrawal - 10 years by bowser April 22, 2012 4:07 pm
                  • This has become a pointless war. As I've mentioned before, we long ago passed the point of diminishing returns. ... by ER 2012-04-22 18:04:18
                    Charles Colson dies. by bowser April 21, 2012 4:09 pm
                      Beating the Bracelet by ER April 21, 2012 3:58 am
                      • Loss of signal is also a signal. And the design is a bit more complicated than we think. by TB 2012-04-21 09:52:59
                        • There are other kinds of bracelets which transmit through a specific land phone line. Those are for house arrest, ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:43:16
                          • Useful info. Many thanks. by ER 2012-04-21 08:34:05
                          Zimmerman out on bail, apologizes to family. n/t by RobVG April 20, 2012 8:34 am
                          • My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, by ER 2012-04-20 09:01:08
                            • Guilty of what? by RobVG 2012-04-20 16:49:03
                              • Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman by ER 2012-04-20 20:37:40
                                • "And I’d be willing to bet the orders to cover it all up right after the shooting came straight from ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:52:36
                                  • Nah, Bush doesn't dare poke his head out of his Fortress of Sillytude. Have you noticed how much the GOP ... by ER 2012-04-20 21:04:37
                                    • Under Bush it would be legal. After all, a hoodie is the uniform of a terrorist, and it's better ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:45:42
                              • Well, I was writing that I don't have an opinion so I'd deliver an opinion on your opinion. The ... by bowser 2012-04-20 11:36:01
                                • Zimmerman reminds me of Barney Fife. A frustrated wannabe bad ass. by Jody 2012-04-20 14:01:23
                                  • I think Barney Fife would have backed down the minute he was confronted. If he had a loaded gun ... by bowser 2012-04-20 16:29:21
                                    • Barney Fife and his gun, here. by TB 2012-04-20 20:17:21
                                    • I don't know Zimmerman, I have no idea what kind of man he really is. by ER 2012-04-20 15:30:38
                                I miss the old Ted by ER April 18, 2012 7:20 am
                                • Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics - ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!..... I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 23:50:23
                                  • I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old ... by ER 2012-04-19 05:15:53
                                    • Wham! isn't a rock group, but they're still good. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:30:40
                                      • They look so bloody wholesome-- not that there's anything wrong with that. 8) by ER 2012-04-19 20:54:06
                                  • Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A 'getting older and losing patience ... by Jody 2012-04-18 11:32:24
                                    • He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a ... by ER 2012-04-18 12:17:33
                                    • Good Lord. That made the news? by TB 2012-04-18 09:13:55
                                      • There are a lot of them, aren't there? by bowser 2012-04-18 10:43:39
                                        • The quality is the thing, not the quantity. by TB 2012-04-18 11:05:37
                                      • OH HELL YES!!! by Jody 2012-04-18 08:58:24
                                        • Just what the doctor ordered by ER 2012-04-18 09:18:41
                                        The Secret Service scandal. by bowser April 17, 2012 3:18 pm
                                        • Stormtroopin' by ER 2012-04-18 15:14:12
                                          GSA Spending Scandal by RobVG April 13, 2012 8:35 am
                                          • I read the entire .pdf report. One of the very last sentences directs someone to attempt to recover the ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:41:33
                                            • And now Congress is making noises. The more noise they make the less they actually do. It's like judges sentencing ... by bowser 2012-04-17 11:03:32
                                            • One hates to see that sort of thing. It really is not OK. And yet the hundreds of millions that ... by bowser 2012-04-13 19:43:35
                                              • You have a point by RobVG 2012-04-14 08:59:23
                                                • I guess the "morality" depends on which party is dropping money down the rathole. by TB 2012-04-13 20:04:39
                                                  • Solyndra screams for heads to roll. And then fire 'em. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:45:35
                                                • It keeps getting worse by RobVG 2012-04-13 18:14:52
                                                  • "The General Services Administration inspector general was told the agency spent as much as $330,000 to move an employee from ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 10:17:02
                                                    • That's not the half of it. More here, with videos. by TB 2012-04-13 08:42:21
                                                      I guess they couldn't keep it covered up any more. by ER April 17, 2012 7:36 am
                                                      • It's not clear what they're talking about just from the news story. by TB 2012-04-17 09:48:28
                                                        • I think allegations of sexual assault puts officers in a position for which they are not qualified in the least. ... by bowser 2012-04-17 08:29:50
                                                          • I suppose every war has its peculiar problems due to unique social conditions. Vietnam had conscription, short tours, drugs, insubordination, ... by ER 2012-04-17 09:27:38
                                                            • I don't think it has anything to do with war. I think it has to do with a difficult ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:24:08
                                                              • I suspect this sort of thing has been going on since soldiers were wearing leather armor and carried bronze weapons. by TB 2012-04-17 09:51:45
                                                                • True. But the Bronze Age victims were mostly enemy civilians. This is affecting friendly combatants. That is ... by ER 2012-04-17 10:27:12
                                                            As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge by ER April 16, 2012 11:16 am
                                                            • I'd say I don't want to live on this planet anymore.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-16 20:45:20
                                                              • They're having a terrible time. They plant a flag and it floats off. So they plant a flag ... by bowser 2012-04-16 18:10:23
                                                                US cancels food aid to North Korea after missile launch, warns of more sanctions by bowser April 13, 2012 12:03 pm
                                                                • There was an agreement that NK would halt nuclear tests and the development of ballistic missiles. by RobVG 2012-04-13 15:50:11
                                                                  • Well, think of it this way. If we DID send food aid to North Korea anyway, would it ever ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 12:22:14
                                                                    • Even if it did get to the people, it would still allow the NKs to maintain their army and the ... by ER 2012-04-13 13:08:23
                                                                      • Sanctions against the people don't seem to work. They simply unite the country. North Koreans would be very aware of ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:42:03
                                                                        • I don't agree with you, Bowser. I think the NK regime is a bunch of brutal thugs that have ... by ER 2012-04-13 14:00:15
                                                                          • Looks as if I'm not going to be signing your name to the Christmas card. by bowser 2012-04-13 22:27:18
                                                                      • How is that relevant to the rocket launch? Clearly the kind of food we'd send would get to the ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:07:57
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