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Could care less about all the laws in this session except the "depositors law". This is the law that in 2016 they set up draft legislation to guarantee the bank deposits. This is the most important one I have seen in a while come out of this governmental body. Guarantee the deposits, people are more willing to put money into the banks. Go ahead and keep quibbling over the vacation stuff. As long as the depositors law gets passed all is good. And how did you guys miss the boat on this one. People have been yammering for this law for awhile now.

There is only one proverbial catnip for that cat; and it's green too!

If you ever wondered what National Day it is for whatever suits your fancy then check out this site for the month of May. May 9 every year is National Butterscotch Brownie Day. Further exploration of the site and you can find the International Days. If you are into Foam Rolling, there is a National Day (May 11) for that. Ladies did you know every second Monday in May was National Women's Checkup Day? Shouldn't the National Receptionist Day (second Wednesday in May) be now called National Administrative Assistant Day? If you are a fan of the Big Bang show, they have Sheldon's favorite National Train Day (May 6), but we are going to have to make Sheldon some tea because Amtrak discontinued it in 2016. But least of all let's not forget about National Sea Monkey Day (May 16) as we celebrate National Minature Golf (May 13) three days prior. So go ahead and mosey on over, because if it exists, they have a National Day for that.

If you have good nuts that would imply you have bad ones too. Just saying.

I did I wondered all of a micronianth of a second of a second. If you were interested in that. /s

FYI...no worms in ta-kill-ya. Only metzcal.

This question came up during the WH Presser today. Did Trump say that the Aussie Healthcare system was better than the US? The answer was the POTUS was merely complimenting to national leader on their healthcare system. Listen more; learn more.

If they are hiring economic advisors, they might be wasting money by further activating anything until those they hire have time to analyze current state of affairs and gives Abadi their recommendations for Iraq to enact in the non-oil private sector. Once they do hire, I figure 3 to 6 months of analysis, 3 months would be the earliest for their recommendations as they might have already come with preconceived notions of Iraq's state of affairs.Once the non-oil sector begins to implement the recommendations, it would be another 6 months before results begin to show up on the charts.This puts us well into 2018 for a substantial increase in non-oil revenue generating sectors. The 2016 SBA states Iraq needs to greatly increase the non-oil sector revenue. With tightening of the 2017 GDP, from previous years, an RV won't occur in 2017.

She would reply: Give me the 500 and you sit your azz at home.

"Iraq has received in the past period billion and $ 400 million loan from the international monetary Fund of the total allocated loan to him amounting to five billion and 400 million dollars paid to Iraq in the form of payments for a period of three years." Translation: Iraq secured a loan from the IMF for the total amount of 5.4 billion. These funds will be paid over a period of 3 years. Iraq has received 1.4 billion in funds from IMF until this point. Funds they just received is nearly 2 billion. The total outstanding due to Iraq is nearly 2 billion in the remaining two years.

Iraq secured a previous loans that was to be given out by the IMF when Iraq hits certain benchmarks per the 2016 SBA. These aren't new loans as Abadi has said he will not take any more new loans. This is part of loans already secured and we have already read about them. Because Iraq is just now receiving them makes you to believe they are new.

Right now the HCL would add further to the debt. There are some issues with this article. 1) The author states Iraq will need to look at external financing; however, unless Abadi is removed from office via election or otherwise, Abadi has already ruled out additional external loans; 2) The author states the forecast for Real GDP is expected to be 2.3; the IMF has the forecast of Real GDP for Iraq at -3.1 for the fiscal year 2017. 3) The author assumes there will be an increase in oil price and Iraq will increase its oil production output. The current state of supply and demand of oil is fragile at the moment and a substantial increase in output by any one nation would have the opposite effect on oil price points thus sending them downwards the more output realized. Iraq has agreed to OPEC's reduction agreement and almost within the same breath asked for an exemption to produce more. This is evidence Iraq is wholly dependent on oil production and the proceeds of the sales from that production. The actual realized oil production has been shown to be corrupt by the Kurds; and yet the question remains: are they alone in this corruption . The amount of black market oil sales needs to be taken into consideration. Iraq needs to alleviate as much corruption in its oil manufacturing industry to get a more accurate picture of the amount of oil being exported. Current (as of 5/2/2017) the end of day trading for Brent closed around the 50.14 mark. Oil is down from a high in January 2017 of over 60 per barrel. Currently the market is bullish however after a heavy consolidation period oil could be making a market correction and should reach trading levels around the mid 50's to upper 50's by the end of the year. This is provided current production levels are relatively stable or fall by 1 or 2 percent. An increase in this volatile market could send the price point to fall below the current price point before rebounding into the 50's. 4) The author states nothing of the increase in natural gas production as part of the GDP. This is the natural by-product of oil retrieval and Iraq has steadily been increasing their export amounts. 5) Iraq needs to increase the non-oil revenue sector of its economy and has made steps to do this. Increasing the non-oil sector revenue will alleviate some dependence Iraq has on oil. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently announced it will look at other means to generate revenue to slowly wean itself off of the sales of oil. Iraq should do the same as its organizations are re-entering the global markets. 6) In the 2016 SBA, Iraq has agreed to not accrue additional arrears and from the 2017 budget is expected to work down its past arrears and zero those out by the end of the agreed upon SBA. Arrears have been stated in the SBA, any new or additional have not. Iraq has still yet to fully pay off Kuwait.

America Now Leads the World In This Surprising Category Chris Matthews Jul 05, 2016 Saudi Arabia has long been synonymous with oil production, but the world's largest crude exporter may not hold that title for long. According to a new analysis from oil and gas consulting firm Rystad Energy, the United States is the country with the largest volume of oil reserves, with Russia and Saudi Arabia coming in second and third, respectively. Rystad's analysis includes oil in proven, existing fields, oil that has been discovered and will probably be recoverable, as well as an estimate for recoverable oil in as-yet discovered oil fields. More than 50% of the United States oil reserves come in the form of "unconventional shale oil," with Texas alone containing 60 million barrels of this type of fossil fuel. When Rystad applies more conservative estimates of proven oil reserves, the United States falls to fourth place, behind Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran with just 29 billion barrels of proved reserves. The difference between this figure and America's potential capacity to extract 264 billion barrels, mostly through unconventional extraction methods, underscores the importance of new fracking technologies to the American energy future. That said, the Rystad report also illustrates why it's critical for the U.S. to focus on developing other, renewable forms of energy. "Rystad Energy now estimates total global oil reserves at 2092 billion barrels, or 70 times the current production rate of about 30 billion barrels of crude oil per year, the report reads. "This data confirms that there is a relatively limited amount of recoverable oil left on the planet. With the global car-park possibly doubling from 1 billion to 2 billion cars over the next 30 years, it becomes very clear that oil alone cannot satisfy the growing need for individual transport."

Is Daesh out of Mosul? It's liberated right? Abadi shot the last bullet right? Not so fast! Abadi's visit is symbolic there is about less than or equal to 10% of Mosul still occupied by Daesh / ISIS. The explanation was Mosul was too dangerous in certain areas Abadi chose to do this now instead of later. This is putting the cart before the horse. The RV is said to happen when ISIS is out of the country. It's not out of the country and this symbolic liberation some would say is just a formality. Tell that to the US Soldiers who have died. Tell that to the Kurdish soldiers or Iraqi soldiers who have died or will die in the coming days. No matter how symbolic this is, Mosul will not be liberated until ISIS is completely gone and there are no active campaigns to remove them. Formality? Death is a finality, not a formality.

Riki Tiki Tavi...

What umbertino doesn't realize is the EO Trump signed doesn't take any action other than by the appropriate personnel to look into all funding for these cities. The judge ruled on nothing literally. However, had the judged ruled on something substantial he is creating precedence that it is perfectly fine to break the law. Breaking Federal law is what these cities are doing and the administrators and politicians need to be arrested, charged and imprisoned if found guilty of breaking federal law. Once anyone in authority starts arresting these miscreants for breaking the Federal Law, these cities will come to a grinding halt quicker than bug's behind going through its mind hitting a windshield of a car on the highway. Then again, there is always Berkley.

This is referred to neither ageism or sexism but more commonly referred to as Cougarism.

Mussolini would have never gone for this. Wait they hung Mussolini.

Trump gives Pentagon more flexibility on Iraq, Syria troops Associated Press 10:15 p.m Wednesday, April 26, 2017 National & World News NATION & WORLD Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford talks as they walk from an all Senators briefing on the situation in the Koreas, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON The White House is giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to determine the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, in another move by President Donald Trump to shift greater power to his military leaders. The decision will give Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to send more forces into Syria, to assist U.S.-backed local troops as they move to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State group, which has used the city as a de facto capital. It will also let him adjust the force numbers in Iraq, in the ongoing fight to oust IS from Mosul and stabilize it as the rebuilding begins. The Pentagon has already been making quiet, incremental additions to the troop levels in both countries in recent months, adding hundreds of Marines in Syria to provide artillery support, and sending more advisers into Iraq to work with units closer to the fight in Mosul. Those moves were done with White House approval, but without any formal adjustment to the longstanding troop caps that had been set by the Obama administration. Dana White, chief spokesperson for the Pentagon, said Wednesday that Mattis has not made any changes yet to the current authorized force levels. Under the Obama White House, military leaders chafed about micromanagement that forced commanders to get approvals for routine tactical decisions and personnel moves, and provide justification for any troops sent into war zones. Commanders have argued that they should be able to determine troop deployments based on the military capabilities they believe are needed at any given time. The new authority will provide greater transparency about the actual number of U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria after several years of public confusion about the accurate totals. Under the Obama-mandated caps, the U.S. was limited to 503 officially deployed troops in Syria, and 5,262 in Iraq. The Pentagon, however, has closer to 7,000 in Iraq, and hundreds more than the cap in Syria, but doesn't count them because they are on temporary duty or not counted under specific personnel rules. The change, however, could trigger concerns — particularly in Iraq, where there are political sensitivities about the footprint of American and coalition troops and fears about occupation forces. Officials worry that if they publicly acknowledge there are thousands more troops there, it could fuel opposition and problems for the Iraqi government. Trump's decision applies only to the two countries, and so far does not affect Afghanistan, although that change has also been discussed. "This does not represent a change in our mission in Iraq and Syria to defeat ISIS," said White, using another name for the Islamic State group. She said the U.S. will continue to work through and with local forces, but giving Mattis the authority to make troop-level decisions will allow commanders to be "more agile, adaptive and efficient in supporting our partners, and enables decisions that benefit unit readiness, cohesion and lethality." She added that the change will allow the Pentagon be more open with Congress and the public.

The post states: Ministry of Transport announced on Wednesday, restore meteorological membership in the World Meteorological Organization Commission, indicating that it had received notice of the lifting of the ban on Iraq 's membership. Minister of Transport, Kazem Al - Hamami, in a statement, "Tomorrow 's Press" received a copy of it, that " the body meteorological received a letter through the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Organization Assistant Director General Thaer Hussein, including a decision to the full membership of Iraq, including the right to vote elections The nomination for membership of the functional commissions of the Executive Council and the General Secretariat of the Organization , "noting that" this achievement came after a series of rebounds and great efforts by the Director General of the Commission on the owner and his assistant Thaer Hussein. " He explained that "contacts are continuing with the Secretary - General in order to give Iraq the opportunity to arrange the financial situation for the purpose ofaccumulating ten years of debt repayment", praising the "great achievement towards progress and prosperity of the Commission and staff of the Meteorological Iraq is working on their arrears which is a benchmark in the 2016 SBA.

getting the Cr@p is better than getting the Cl@p the Admirals in the group would say if they were part of the USN.

Was always told potassium is better for you than sodium. As in the quote: "This study and others point to the importance of higher potassium intakes, in particular, on blood pressure and probably cardiovascular outcomes as well," said Moore. "I hope that this research will help refocus the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the importance of increasing intakes of foods rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium for the purpose of maintaining a healthy blood pressure." The reason to eat bananas to prevent cramps.What the study doesn't say is if they study the intake of what we have come to know as "salt" - sodium potassium with iodine. To limit the intake of table salt because of the iodine combined with the sodium. Sea salt has no iodine in it but still must be careful of how it is processed.

So they close the other thread and you come over here. How very juvinile of you chinadawg and Botz. Shhh...grownups are talking now.

For some reason I had Abadi saying this would be over in the Summer of 2017. However this comes from the French President when he visited Iraq. So in sense he was almost right. Urgent French President: Battle of Mosul may expire before next summer History of edits:: 01/02/2017 21:41 • 119 visits readable [Oan- Baghdad] French President Francois Hollande , who is in Iraq , said the battle to liberate the city of Mosul from Daesh may expire before next summer. The Holland arrived this morning Baghdad and met with the three presidencies to discuss the war on terror, and then traveled to the city of Erbil, and discussed with the President of Kurdistan , Massoud Barzani Peshmerga operations in the liberation of Nineveh and ways to support them . Hollande was accompanied on his visit to Iraq high - level delegation, comprising French Defense Minister Jean - Yves Odrian.

Blah blah blah. there I dropped down to your iq.