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  1. Are they asking for volunteers? you know to help increase the rate.
  2. The fans apparently agree with the guy sleeping as they see him more interesting than the game in front of them.
  3. O-B-G-Y-N Old Bastard Grabbing at Your Nookie
  4. The problem with this is that the data breach was over to years ago and the customers were not notified as they believed the passwords were encrypted with a strong encryption technology. What is made by humans can be undone by humans.
  5. Demand she may and demand she might She will not get a stool for that night, For her words are that of a fool It's not the seat we worry but her words full of stool.
  6. I wish they would fill her mouth with gorilla glue then duct tape it. That would be Hilarious fer sure!
  7. It was said as Hitlary was placed into her carriage, she lost her shoe. Princes around the world were asked if they would place the shoe back onto her foot. Bill was quoted as saying " I did not put the roofie in her drink". Meanwhile the search goes on to find a prince and now has expanded to find a princess. Unfortunately the Huma was preoccupied with Weiner issues. Her relationship gone flaccid for now. It has been quite apparent that the Humpty Dumptress fell off a great curb and no one in the whole wide world wants to put her back together again!
  8. Jamaican Curry Goat Recipe Ingredients 3- 3½ pounds goat meat (cut in chunks) ¼- ½ cup cooking oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 medium onion sliced 4-5 Tablespoons Curry powder 1-teaspoon white pepper 1-2 teaspoons fresh thyme 2 green onions sliced 2-3 medium potatoes 1 Tablespoon tomato paste 1 scotch bonnet pepper (adjust to suit taste buds or replace with any hot pepper) 1 tablespoon Bouillon powder (optional) Salt to taste Instructions Season goat with, salt and pepper. Set aside In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat, until hot, and then add the goat meat sauté stirring, frequently, any browned bits off the bottom of the pot, until goat is brown. Then add curry, stir for about 1-2 minutes. Add the garlic, white pepper, onions,thyme, tomato paste, scallions (green onions) and scotch bonnet pepper stir for about a minute. Then pour in just enough water to cover the goat and bring to a boil and let it simmer until tender (depending on the goat size and preference) about 2 hours or more, stirring the saucepan occasionally and adding more water as needed.. About 15-20 minutes before you remove from the stove add potatoes and bouillon powder. Continue cooking until potatoes are tender, if you want really thick curry goat let the potatoes cook even more . You may adjust thickness of soup with water or stock.
  9. Bayraktar added that" Article 129 of the Constitution stipulates that the laws shall be published in the (official Gazette) and operates from the date of publication , unless the law provides otherwise , "noting that" the amnesty law stipulates that implements the law from the date of approval on 25.8.2016 " Apparently, this is one of the laws that is exempt from being placed in the gazette before it can be implemented. The law is retroactive to August 25, 2016. It more than likely will still be placed in the Gazette with the aforementioned date as the official operating date.
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  11. The price comes from the average of all towns in Iraq. Notice I do not mention which city as you have mentioned a specific city. YMMV. If the price is unreasonably high, an outlier could be the cause. As I scraped the information off a cost of living comparison website I cannot verify the accuracy of the numbers since the website relies on the input from its users to obtain its costs. It's an overall guide as per the cost of living and most of the users that participate try to keep the numbers accurate. In the past I have found it reasonably accurate for cities within the USA. If you found a lower price that's great! If you found a higher price, you are SOL. If you found a price in between, well good on ya!
  12. In one hand I have a red pill... in the other I have a blue pill. The choice is yours as to which you will take...
  13. I don't have an illustrated version that might be better suited to you. But here I will condense it into a nutshell, if the RV happens today and an Iraqi gets 30,000 IQD as salary. They will still have 30,000 IQD as salary after the RV not 300 grand.
  14. Let me ask you this, if a gallon of milk in Philadelphia costs 1.59 USD today and the dollar falls to 95 cents at 3:59PM, does the price of the gallon of milk also go down at the time you purchase it at noon the next day? No it stays at 1.59 USD. Therein lies the rub. If the IQD Rvs for 10 cents today and an Iraqi citizen holds onto his currency as it floats up, would he still not have 300 Grand when it reaches that point? So whether or not the IQD starts out at 10 cents and floats up as many with the 10 cent theory speculate it will do, the Iraqi still has a chance at 300 grand or more if he holds onto any extra currency. Per your theory. If the dollar rises to 1.05 or more and it has in the past, do you hold a dollar in the US or do you hold 1.05? In the US you only hold a dollar, not 1.05. If you were to ask for change from a dollar at the bank, they would give you 100 pennies or 4 quarters or 10 dimes or 20 nickels or any combination to equal 1 dollar which is equal to 100 cents. If you were to exchange it to a foreign tender then and only then would you reap the benefit of the rise in the dollar. The Iraqi holding IQD would not immediately hold 300 grand or any other amount other than what he holds at that moment in Iraq. So if he received 30,000 IQD as salary before the RV, he would still get 30,000 IQD after the RV. Only when he chooses to exchange it does the value come into it. The Euro fell below the dollar then rose above the dollar, how many people went to Europe to buy Euro? It's the same for the common citizen in Iraq. How many of you went to Kuwait to exchange what ever the Kuwait currency was for dollars? You don't because you are busy with your personal lives. The value of the IQD only affects the common Iraqi by what is imported into the country for. The cost for goods could be lower to the common Iraqi, eventually as we will see. Take the dollar as an example, when the dollar rises prices follow but when they follow they do not change immediately. So no matter what the IQD RVs to 10 cents, 1.16 or 3.41, the Iraqi will still only hold the number of IQD they have in their hands (or wherever they stashed their currency) at the moment of RV. Only when there is an exchange tender for goods and services in another currency outside of Iraq does the value of the pair matter. This is their "purchasing power" and the reasoning behind the dedollarization. However, if Iraq were to dedollarize, making the dollar illegal inside of Iraq, what makes you think there won't be a mass exodus outside of Iraq to exchange the IQD for the dollar or even Euro? This concept is why dedollarization may not work at all other than to force everyday Iraqis to change their monetary habits. That would be the only reason. The sad note is, if the IQD were to RV too high in the beginning, this could cause prices to skyrocket in Iraq following the RV. If price changes immediately due to the RV, this is called price gouging. Price gouging is illegal in the USA and their have been recent occurrances of this in the USA by gas stations usually following a hurricane. The last time I know of this happening in the extreme was in Georgia and South Carolina. Something like this happens with your local gas station everyday but Americans are used to it so they don't think twice about it. I once stopped and asked why the current town I live in has the highest prices this side of the Mississippi save New York. They guy told me it was because of price of the barrel of oil went up. I told him that was a speculated future price, if you bought the oil when the last contract ended and it was much lower, the gasoline in your station's tanks didn't cost you the cost per barrel in today's price when it was paid for last week. He walked away. If other companies did that for their goods and services, people would have a hissy fit all over this nation. When the price of oil per barrel falls, it is a much slower for gas stations to follow suit but they are much quicker to jump the price when the price per barrel rises. Some would say this has to do with refining, but only to a point. For example when refineries switch seasonal blends a short price increase or decrease is merited as the initial cost must be absorbed by the consumer. Or when refineries must go down for maintenance. The USA hasn't built a newer refinery in so long its down right deplorable. So please the Iraqi holding 25,000 IQD is still going to be holding 25,000 IQD when it RVs. The common citizen won't really feel or notice a difference at the time of the RV. Economies are like trying to roll a boulder up hill. They are slow to climb but once they get momentum on the other side they will cruise until they hit the valley and go up the next hill. Sometimes our governments get in the way and slow the boulder down.
  15. Having patience is a virtue. Having patients, unless you are a doctor, is not. Just had a case review for Nike. They messed up big time and are still recovering from their supply-demand system. It went so far as to affect the factory line. It was a royal mess, beyond FUBAR, but they bounced back and are recovering so if Nike can do it, so too can Iraq!
  16. When did Maliki ever go on his meds? If he was never on them, can we consider the meds his? Maliki has delved into the world of madness, sheer and utter madness I tell you! Off with his head! The red queen will get him my pretties... My precious... Eegads now I have the Queen of Hearts song stuck in my head... and now you do too!! Happy Halloween!
  17. The IQD will RV Someday-a (Sung to the the tune of That's Amore by Dean Martin) In Iraqi where the almighty dollar is king When investor meets IQD here is what they say: When “soon” hits your eye and you begin to cry The IQD will RV someday-a. When Iraq seems to slow like it’s made of Canadian molasses The IQD will RV someday-a. Drunks will clank their glasses ting-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling And you’ll sing “Vita R-Vella” Depression sets in as your heart goes tippy-tippy tay Like a New York Pride Parade When the stars go out one by one you’re a fool The IQD will RV someday-a. When they dance on your grave and in heaven you sit on a cloud You’ll know they RV’d today-a When you walk in a dream but know you’re not dreaming signore The IQD will RV someday-a. When “soon” hits your eye and you begin to cry The IQD will RV someday-a. When Iraq seems to slow like it’s made of Canadian molasses The IQD will RV someday-a. Drunks will clank their glasses ting-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling And you’ll sing “Vita R-Vella” Depression sets in as your heart goes tippy-tippy-tay Like a New York Pride Parade, lucky fella When the stars go out one by one you’re a fool The IQD will RV someday-a. When they dance on your grave and in heaven you sit on a cloud You’ll know they RV’d today When you walk in a dream but know you’re not dreaming signore The IQD will RV someday-a. Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Iraqi The IQD was worth more than today-a The IQD will RV someday-a. Someday-a, The IQD will RV someday-a
  18. You wouldn't be having terrible coughing fits that result in spitting green globs of gopher meat into a glass of water in front of the whole world to see would ya? Or are you just allergic to molasses (as in Iraq is moving as slow as molasses)?
  19. Currently Iraqis are using the dollar as their main form of currency. The only way they are going to go away from the dollar if one or two things happen: 1. The dollar becomes illegal in Iraq. Not going to happen while still pegged to it. 2. The IQD must exceed the value of the dollar in order for the common person in Iraq to rationalize not using the dollar as the main currency. 3. A combination of the above. However, I don't think Iraq will make the dollar illegal to use and I am against that notion anyhow. A 1 to 1 RV is senseless because it of equality. The Iraqis who have been using the dollar now going over 10 years will naturally gravitate to the dollar out of habit. Therefore the IQD must in the eyes of the Iraqi be of more value than the dollar. Even if dedollarizing were to happen and the IQD were to RV for 10 cents, this will cause a black market effect to which Iraq will not want because it undermines the IQD anyways. In order for Iraq to rationalize the value of the IQD, it must be more than dollar.
  20. Average rent for a 3 bedroom apartment inside the the city is approximately $832.72 the bonus is 30.53% of one month's rent. Average rent for a 3 bedroom apartment outside the city is approximately 559.70; the bonus is 45.42% of one month's rent. That is 30 to 45 percent of rent they don't have to worry about for one month. Considering rent accounts for 23.6% of their monthly expenses (second highest category in their monthly expenses).
  21. Considering, from 146 respondents over the past 18 months in Iraq, the cost of living in Iraq is 37.31% lower (for all cities, does not include rent) than the United States and the average rent is is 61.03% lower than the United States. This means the bonus is equivalent to $405.54 in the United States if the bonuses were equally distributed. The average monthly disposable salary (net after tax) is $709.16. So this would mean their bonus equated to 35.85% of their average monthly disposable income. Take your average disposable income (net after taxes) multiply it by 35.85%. Would you like to receive that as a bonus? I know I would. NOTE: All currency specified is in USD.
  22. I have been saying late 2017 or after 2017, which if one were to look on a number line of integers would be any number greater than 2017.
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