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Comment Re:in sue happy america (Score 1) 519

by Deluvianvortex (#45439377) Attached to: Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review
Except they don't have any evidence he's a thief. But he did just claim that some maniac just shot him with rocksalt after yelling incoherently and he'd like to press charges for assault. Since they don't have a warrant for any of his shit and there's not enough probable cause to get one, who do you think will go to jail first?

Submission + - There Would Be No Iranian Nuclear Talks If Not for Fracking (hughpickens.com)

Submitted by Hugh Pickens DOT Com
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: Matthew Philips writes at Bloomberg that US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Geneva on Friday to begin negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program and there is sudden optimism that a deal is in the offing. But the simple fact is that Iran would not be coming to the negotiating table without the US oil boom. Over the last two years, the US has increased its crude production by about 2 million barrels a day. According to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service (pdf), Iran’s oil exports have been cut in half since 2011 (PDF), from 2.5 million barrels per day to a bit more than 1 million today. As a result, Iran has had to halt an equal amount of production. “I think it’s pretty clear that without the U.S. shale revolution, it never would have been possible to put this kind of embargo on Iran,” says Julius Walker. “Without US production gains, I think we’d be looking at $150 a barrel." Instead, international prices have hovered around $110, and are less than $100 in the US. According to data from Bloomberg, the combined carrying capacity of oil tankers leaving Iranian ports last month dropped 22 percent from September. “They’re having a very hard time finding buyers,” says Walker. If a deal gets done, the trick will be to ease Iranian oil back onto the broader market without disrupting prices. If not managed properly, flooding the market with Iranian crude could carry its own negative consequences by suddenly making fracked oil in the US unprofitable.

Comment Re:Here is a thought.. (Score 2) 400

by Deluvianvortex (#45313797) Attached to: HealthCare.gov: What Went Wrong?
No, the house shut down the govt for 3 weeks and then a week before the site goes live (with no work having been done on it during the shutdown) it comes back. Deadline passes and of course the site isn't ready. Republicans, eager to confuse their constituents over the fact they stalled the government, complain about the site not being ready. Dumbasses like you believe them, and blame Obama.

Comment Re:Invulnerable? Really? (Score 1) 112

Perhaps, though, I was thinking about this, and its not that the switch will accidentally activate, its that it will nullify itself so it will NEVER activate, making the bomb a 1 billion dollar dud. Think about it: If you're busy nuking the landscape, what happens if one bomb goes off and burns all the triggers for the rest of the bombs? Then your entire war strategy has to be adjusted or scrapped.

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