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The White House was droned not too long ago. Obama took evasive action and went to Saudi Arabia. Does that count?
Why not just send them two pills, a red pill and a blue pill. With one you will wake up and work for your keep. The other pill, cyanide, you will never have to work again.
A simple and straight forward solution to end welfare, subsistence living. And it doesn't even cost that much.
Obama plans 19 percent tax on U.S. companies' foreign earnings
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Obama plans 19 percent tax on U.S. companies' foreign earnings
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
I'm watching to see what happens. I am a lot more cautious told $NBRI than before.
That should not hurt the oil supply too much. They want that facility so they can sell the oil. It is not like they are not going to sell the oil.
It all should be revealed next month.
- The reverse split.
- The dilution to purge the toxic debt.
- The lower share price after the dilution.
It is to be seen where the share price will stabilize.
Then it will be up to the plan of how spring startup will proceed.
- Will there be more dilution to raise funds for the spring startup?
- Will operations at the Fraser Project be in full swing?
- Will there need to be another reverse split to restructure the share structure to less than 7.5B shares outstanding? Or will outstanding shares be retired?
Stay tuned everyone 2015 will hold even more intrigue for $NBRI. You can buy a ticket (shares) to the $NBRI reality show now or later, but it should be interesting. I have my tickets (pre-split shares).
I suspect something far more sinister. They will get favored status as minorities. Then there will be no barrier to what they can do in this country because they will have a protected status as minorities.
Census Bureau may count Arab-Americans for the first time in 2020
BY Jeff Karoub, Associated Press January 30, 2015 at 3:30 PM EST
DETROIT — The federal government is considering allowing those of Middle Eastern and North African descent to identify as such on the next 10-year Census, which could give Arab-Americans and other affected groups greater political clout and access to public funding, among other things.
The U.S. Census Bureau will test the new Middle East-North Africa (MENA) classification for possible inclusion on the 2020 Census if it gets enough positive feedback about the proposed change by Sunday, when the public comment period ends.
Arab-Americans, who make up the majority of those who would be covered by the MENA classification, have previously been classified by default as white on the Census, which helps determine congressional district boundaries and how billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated, among other things.
Those pushing for the MENA classification say it would more fully and accurately count them, thus increasing their visibility and influence among policymakers.
The Census Bureau plans to test it later this year by holding focus group discussions with people who would be affected by the proposed change. Congress would still have to sign off on the proposal before the change could be added to the 2020 Census.
“We know the challenges,” says Hassan Jaber, who runs a Detroit-area social services group and serves on a census advisory board formed to evaluate Americans’ changing racial and ethnic identities. “It really does take rethinking … who we are as a population and what our needs are, (but) there are specific needs for Arab Americans that are not being recognized and not being met.”
Jaber’s group, ACCESS, and others that serve U.S. Middle Eastern communities have been pushing for the new Census classification, which could also allow people to identify under sub-categories such as Assyrian or Kurdish.
“Frankly, being under MENA will also give us a chance for the first time for minorities within the Arab communities, such as Chaldeans, Berbers and Kurds, to self-identify,” said Jaber, a Lebanese-American who serves on the U.S. Census’ National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.
Arabs have been coming to America in large numbers since the late 19th century and their ranks have grown in recent decades due to wars and political instability in the Middle East, with many settling in and around Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. The Census’ 2013 American Community Survey, which had a sample size of about 3 million addresses, estimated that 1.5 million people were of Arab ancestry in 2006-10.
Although Jaber thinks the public comment and testing periods should go well, he said it could be difficult getting congressional approval. Some Republican lawmakers are generally critical of the expense and intrusion of the Census and have sought to eliminate the community surveys, which, unlike the main decennial count, aren’t constitutionally mandated.
There also isn’t universal support for the proposed Census change among those who could identify as Middle Eastern or North African.
Some have expressed concern about sharing such information with the government in a post-9/11 world. And some have said that keeping the status quo would let them feel more American.
“I’m not for it. … I feel I’m a Mayflower American,” said Eide Alawan, a 74-year-old son of a Syrian immigrant whose roots are mostly Arab.
Alawan, a diversity liaison at a Detroit hospital and interfaith outreach coordinator at the area’s largest mosque, said he knows there are benefits to having the category, but that he thinks the change would be divisive.
“We’re broken down into villages and countries (where we come from)” — I don’t like that.”
Some older Middle Eastern immigrants or their descendants live with the legacy of U.S. laws in the early 20th century that excluded Asians from entry and at one point included Syrians and others from the eastern Mediterranean. Groups were formed to fight those decisions and eventually the Middle Eastern immigrants were deemed white and were allowed to become citizens.
Sally Howell, an associate professor at University of Michigan-Dearborn and author of several books on Arabs and Muslims in Detroit, said that argument is common among “people that were raised in an America that was more polarized along black and white lines.” But she added younger people generally are “less eager to see the world in those binary terms,” and the Census should reflect that.
No matter what happens, identity would remain a choice, but she said an evolving population requires asking new questions.
“We need to kind of rethink who Arab-Americans are, really. The community has changed radically over the last 25-30 years,” she said. “The only way we’re going to have a good sense of the changes is if we have good data to work with.”
Are you feeling "Fundamentally Transformed" yet?
This must be what the American people want. They voted overwhelmingly for fundamental transformation twice.
Census Bureau may count Arab-Americans for the first time in 2020
BY Jeff Karoub, Associated Press January 30, 2015 at 3:30 PM EST
DETROIT — The federal government is considering allowing those of Middle Eastern and North African descent to identify as such on the next 10-year Census, which could give Arab-Americans and other affected groups greater political clout and access to public funding, among other things.
The U.S. Census Bureau will test the new Middle East-North Africa (MENA) classification for possible inclusion on the 2020 Census if it gets enough positive feedback about the proposed change by Sunday, when the public comment period ends.
Arab-Americans, who make up the majority of those who would be covered by the MENA classification, have previously been classified by default as white on the Census, which helps determine congressional district boundaries and how billions of dollars in federal funding are allocated, among other things.
Those pushing for the MENA classification say it would more fully and accurately count them, thus increasing their visibility and influence among policymakers.
The Census Bureau plans to test it later this year by holding focus group discussions with people who would be affected by the proposed change. Congress would still have to sign off on the proposal before the change could be added to the 2020 Census.
“We know the challenges,” says Hassan Jaber, who runs a Detroit-area social services group and serves on a census advisory board formed to evaluate Americans’ changing racial and ethnic identities. “It really does take rethinking … who we are as a population and what our needs are, (but) there are specific needs for Arab Americans that are not being recognized and not being met.”
Jaber’s group, ACCESS, and others that serve U.S. Middle Eastern communities have been pushing for the new Census classification, which could also allow people to identify under sub-categories such as Assyrian or Kurdish.
“Frankly, being under MENA will also give us a chance for the first time for minorities within the Arab communities, such as Chaldeans, Berbers and Kurds, to self-identify,” said Jaber, a Lebanese-American who serves on the U.S. Census’ National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.
Arabs have been coming to America in large numbers since the late 19th century and their ranks have grown in recent decades due to wars and political instability in the Middle East, with many settling in and around Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. The Census’ 2013 American Community Survey, which had a sample size of about 3 million addresses, estimated that 1.5 million people were of Arab ancestry in 2006-10.
Although Jaber thinks the public comment and testing periods should go well, he said it could be difficult getting congressional approval. Some Republican lawmakers are generally critical of the expense and intrusion of the Census and have sought to eliminate the community surveys, which, unlike the main decennial count, aren’t constitutionally mandated.
There also isn’t universal support for the proposed Census change among those who could identify as Middle Eastern or North African.
Some have expressed concern about sharing such information with the government in a post-9/11 world. And some have said that keeping the status quo would let them feel more American.
“I’m not for it. … I feel I’m a Mayflower American,” said Eide Alawan, a 74-year-old son of a Syrian immigrant whose roots are mostly Arab.
Alawan, a diversity liaison at a Detroit hospital and interfaith outreach coordinator at the area’s largest mosque, said he knows there are benefits to having the category, but that he thinks the change would be divisive.
“We’re broken down into villages and countries (where we come from)” — I don’t like that.”
Some older Middle Eastern immigrants or their descendants live with the legacy of U.S. laws in the early 20th century that excluded Asians from entry and at one point included Syrians and others from the eastern Mediterranean. Groups were formed to fight those decisions and eventually the Middle Eastern immigrants were deemed white and were allowed to become citizens.
Sally Howell, an associate professor at University of Michigan-Dearborn and author of several books on Arabs and Muslims in Detroit, said that argument is common among “people that were raised in an America that was more polarized along black and white lines.” But she added younger people generally are “less eager to see the world in those binary terms,” and the Census should reflect that.
No matter what happens, identity would remain a choice, but she said an evolving population requires asking new questions.
“We need to kind of rethink who Arab-Americans are, really. The community has changed radically over the last 25-30 years,” she said. “The only way we’re going to have a good sense of the changes is if we have good data to work with.”
I wonder if we can borrow that software to always blur her out.
I am very proud to say I fit several of those criteria.
If you take the contrarian point of view and look at the negative of each criteria, it tells you what the government believes.
Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-tv-cuts-koranic-verses-often-signifies-royal-231423948.html
The Middle East has been a focal point of chaos so far. With the death of the Saudi King, it's about to get real interesting.
Could very well be near the bottom for oil.
Ah..yes... Joe's advice...
All of God's creation has cycles. The daily cycles, monthly cycles, quarterly (seasonal) cycles, yearly cycles and so forth. I believe it is the part of God's wisdom imparted to His creation.
And yes, even economic cycles. Expansion and contraction always seek balance.
The human condition of rebellion against God thinks that the cycles can be changed or held off. This folly leads to downfall.
A wise man leans not on his own understanding but on the Word of God.
Did Biden return fire through his door with a shotgun?
There is a bright side to every situation. So let me think for a second about what it may be based on that article.
"The speed at which the U.S. plunges toward economic extinction can only accelerate."
Now if I recall the climate change pundits should be celebrating since they claim the U.S. must do something to prevent climate change. If the U.S. economy plunges into extinction, then there will be no need for regulations to prevent climate change because the thing they want to regulate will be extinct. Chalk up a win for climate change.
Now if you have an economy racing toward extinction, where are the spotted owl and white rhino activists trying to prevent another extinction. Has Congress passed a bill yet putting the U.S. economy on the endangered "threat of extinction" list? It save the spotted owl, why not the U.S. economy.
Are you looking at a quote for WTI or Brent?
I checked two sources and WTI closed at $48.48. Gotta think someone had fun at the close to make it 48 and 48.
Was he golfing instead?
Greenhouse gases warm the climate (if I remember the theory correctly). A climate change that means it will be 76F year round is alright with me. If the summers are hotter, then you just grow food in the winter time. I can adapt, I hope the rest of the world cannot.
In my opinion if the R/S happens soon (like this month) and with no plan released for spring, $NBRI may very well find itself at NO Bid again after the split.
If $NBRI does release the spring plan after the R/S this may slow the decent of the $NBRI pps going into spring.
Either way, I would wait until spring and seeing $NBRI's spring plan in action before buying more shares.
I am still evaluating and watching $NBRI, I may buy more shares in the spring. If they do hit the Mother lode I will be buying shares as they rise, that is the risk I am willing to take.
Just my opinion and putting in my 2 cents.
I actually donated to her campaign because I believed she was a great candidate.
However, I heard (not verified yet) that she voted for the Grand Umpa Lumpa of the House (his third term as speaker). For me, that would be one strike that has me regretting my backing of her campaign.
I really wanted the umpa lumpa from Ohio not be be re-elected as speaker.
There is probably even a plan to experiment on prisoners in the future. Oh how human society always cycles around to its dark side.
Question: If a few or majority of the major banks go down, will the FDIC deposit insurance be enough to cover all the deposits meeting your criteria?
FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Hits $33 Billion After 2009 Deficit
By Jesse Hamilton Apr 11, 2013 2:46 PM CT
At $250k coverage per account the $33B covers 132,000 account holders. At $500k coverage per account the $33B covers 66,000 account holders.
So by my calculation, if there are between 66,000 and 132,000 account holders affected by a few major banks going down then everything will be fine. Of course there will need to be a refilling of the FDIC insurance coffers after such a take down.
I am looking at this company from a buy and lock away for several years style of investment. The past performance is there and the balance sheet looks good to me.
Case in point... Is society really better than it was before warning labels?
I agree it seems to be older material because Jim Willie refers to the November mid-term elections in the future tense.
The video is interesting to listen to in case you missed some of the material covered back in 2014.
I truly believe that happened while at an exercise facility... he must have been the punching bag. Somebody not happy with the way the mid-terms came out?
Congratulations Spartys!
If a solar flare does take out the grid, then it is lights out for a very, very long time. Those transformers are no longer manufactured in this country and no one stock piles them here for such an emergency.
A forewarning? Today's mail arrived with the typical Electric bill. Along with the bill is type of newsletter called "Outlets". December front page article is "What's in Your Outage Basket?". This is the first time in 20 years of receiving this newsletter that I have seen an article like this. It goes through all the items you should have on-hand for up to a week without electricity. It's just preparedness 101, but this gets sent out to every customer.
Is a foretelling of things to come in 2015? Time will tell.
For 201 $NBRI's VWAP ended at 0.000102
As a regular reader of this forum, your insight has been appreciated. In my opinion all markets are related. For example the lower cost of oil normally has a tendency of deflation for those items requiring transportation or petroleum products. Lower fuel cost can be a benefit to minors but the deflationary trend may negatively impact PM prices.
Sometimes we can all learn from the banter (although informed banter) of others.
Keyotee, thank you for your contributions to the discussion here as 2014 closed.
Happy New Year and much prosperity to all in 2015!
Well $NBRI trading ended the year NO Bid. Say goodbye to the 2014 would've, should've, could've days and look forward to what 2015 has in store.
Happy New Year to everyone on the $NBRI board
and here is to a prosperous and joyous 2015!
There in lies the paradox that fools cannot comprehend.
Someone just stepped up to the plate. 2M shares of $NBRI bid at $0.0001
That's a $200 ticket to ride $NBRI into 2015.
While I have not seen the gold or toured the $NBRI mine like you have, there is more gold to be recovered from $NBRI's Ruby mine in my opinion.
I look forward to reading the PR from $NBRI describing the plans for the 2015 spring start up.
March 2015 isn't that far away!