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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post The Roundup for May 1, 2012
Are you suggesting that Big Oil wants to conceal its fracking chemicals so it can operate more safely? Really?
Not at all. The regulation requires disclosure. Period. It make no sense to impose a 30 day delay in switching to safer fluids. If you know of a good reason to delay a switch to a safer alternative, please share it.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post The Roundup for May 1, 2012
The 30 day rule made no sense. If the driller finds a safer solution, why wait 30 days to make the change? If anything the regulations should require the driller to switch to safer solutions ASAP.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Let The County Grounds Serve As The Symbol For Scott Walker’s Legacy
Its no wonder he wanted to turn it into a state park. Or more precisely to get the state to pick up the tab for maintaining the place.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Democrats Continue to Push Speculation Angle on Gas Prices
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“If you have no intention of taking or making delivery of the commodity you are trading, you shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the market.”
Well then there can be no hedging of risk. The hedger transfers risk to a speculator. There is nothing wrong with that. It is part of the reason you can buy an airline ticket now for travel many months in the future. The airline can hedge the price of fuel with a speculator. You wind up with a lower priced ticket because the risk cost has been transferred.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Democrats Continue to Push Speculation Angle on Gas Prices
You have hit it on the head. Unless speculators actually take delivery, they have zero impact on the clearing price. Pelosi is just demonstrating ignorance of how markets work and hoping the public doesn’t know either.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post MF Global CFO Learned of Shortfall in Customer Funds During Firm’s Collapse
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It is absolutely amazing that no one is in the slammer or even arrested. Where id the DOJ?
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the diary post Turning the ACA into Sausage at the Supreme Court by masaccio.
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the mandate is a done deal, the five fascists on the “court” will strike it down….
Huh? Fascists just love mandates.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Supreme Court Day Two Arguments Concern the Individual Mandate
The 2-5% is incorrect. The mandate applies to almost 100% of the population.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Supreme Court Begins Oral Arguments On Obamacare
Lets not forget the pay off to big pharma. Birth control pills at $9 a month hardly seem like the kind of thing that requires a mandate for coverage with no copay, unless you want users to choose the most expensive versions available.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Lakeside Diner
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The previously divided UN Security Council sent a strong and united message to the Syrian government and opposition…
And when that doesn’t work they will fall back to the much feared very strongly worded message.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Heh. Ignore.
At least he has an interesting tee shirt.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Reid Pulls JOBS Act Bill After Amendments Fail
The Ex/Im bank belongs in the dumper. It is a massive waste of money on corporate welfare.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Insurers Look at Options If Individual Mandate Overturned
There are elements of the ideas put forward by insurers, like the discounts for healthy or young customers, that insurers could implement today without Congressional action.
This is a form of pricing for preexisting conditions. Older voters will not like that.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the diary post Student Loan Bubble Nonsense: Peter Peterson and the Washington Post Mess Up on the Economy Yet Again by Dean Baker.
. However you slice it the ballooning of student debt is bad. It is bad for housing as its hard to get a mortgage when you have a big student loan. But the real problem is the unconstrained year over year increases in the cost of a college education. This problem is exacerbated by the [...]
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Obama’s AIPAC Speech, “Loose Talk of War,” and Sanctions
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Is the difference between Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon rather and obtaining a nuclear capability is that they have not taken the last 25 minutes to assemble the components?
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post Syrian Security Forces Begin Final Assault on Homs
The only thing that might stop this is providing the victims the means to shoot back.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the diary post A Pointless Framework With Good Ideas by masaccio.
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The other problem with Obama’s proposal is it incents multinationals to move to other countries. We have seen this in play with Chrysler and Budweiser.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the diary post A Pointless Framework With Good Ideas by masaccio.
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A lower tax rate for “manufacturers” will create a mad scramble to define what your company does as manufacturing. Creating loopholes in the name of closing loopholes is silly.
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post American People Still Really Hate the Individual Mandate
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The mandate is the bitter fruit of elitism. Those ignorant schlubs are there to accept orders from their betters. Gak!
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Abdul Abulbul Amir commented on the blog post House Democrats Ready New Version of DISCLOSE Act
Constitutional amendment on banning corporate personhood would reap benefits inside and outside the campaign finance sphere.
Thats for sure. If the fifth amendment prohibition against taking without just compensation did not apply to corporations raising revenue would be a snap. Just seize IBM, Walmart, MacDonalds, and Microsoft for starters.
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