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    Is there any case law specific to the Nobel Prize and the emoluments clause? Read literally, the accepting the prize would not appear to be restricted by the clause. The Nobel Foundation is a private institution, not a government one. Also, if emolument is interpreted as a salary, fee, or other profit from employment, then the prize should not be considered an emolument, as there was no contract of employment between the Nobel Foundation and Obama, implied or stated expressly, for Obama's performance during the twelve months prior to the nomination (or prize announcement), the period during which the actions of nominees are judged. Further, "Sitting members of the Government and sitting parliamentary representatives cannot be members of the Nobel Committee" unless they have explicitly stated their intent to not seek reelection and have less than six months of their term remaining. [Source] Thus, the Norwegian Parliament select a non-governmental committee. That committee, with assistance from the
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    Right. I pointed out that you didn't provide sufficient data to support your assertion in that post and explained what necessary data was missing. True. That doesn't mean that it isn't a better number for making a comparison to other forms of investment income that are typically analyzed pre-tax. It is when that industry benefits significantly more than others from those wars. I left it out because it isn't relevant. The wars help keep the market open and prices cheaper (or at least controlled by supply and demand). I never claimed the wars were supplying free oil to Exxon Mobil. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    "In the late '80s, Pakistan's then head of state, Benazir Bhutto, told the first President George Bush, "You are creating a Frankenstein." Source Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    10/10 irony score. Way to avoid addressing my point, though (not that I'm surprised). It appears that convenience has everything to do with it w/r/t your argument. Just because a civilian resists a violent invasion by a foreign aggressor does not make them any less of a civilian. If non-military personnel came to US soil to attack our military personnel, then you could argue that they are combatants rather than civilians, but that is not what we're discussing. We're discussing civilians fighting back in self defense against foreign invaders. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    How do you know? What system do you have in place that would detect any attempts that Avast might miss? (I'm not being critical of Avast; I don't believe any A/V app catches 100% of malware. That doesn't mean that Avast is or isn't one of the best options.) Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    US Interventions Would you care to count the civilian deaths that resulted from those interventions? How do you think surviving relatives view the US after their civilian loved ones die in US (or US supported) attacks? That's a convenient way of defining civilians. By your logic, if the US were invaded for no good reason, and non-military persons resisted the invading forces, then the invading forces would be fully justified to shoot at and kill those non-military persons, since they would not really be civilians. Forgive me for using a more realistic definition of civilians. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Yes, you offered numbers without any indication of where they came from. Don't get all arrogant because you were too lazy to mention or link to a source in the post to which I first responded. Right, because you're more interested in making Exxon Mobil look like a benevolent company who barely makes a profit than you are in looking at their financials objectively. Your prerogative. If you consider the cost of OEF and OIF to be "not all that dramatic," then you're metric is unusual to say the least. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    This sounds as though the drive is not being recognized by the OS. That seems strange since you installed Office and Norton via the combo drive. (I'm not sure how to correct that in Windows without a reinstall, but I'm not a WinGeek.) Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    It's nice to read the realistic views of people (e.g., Robert A. Pape) who actually understand that the US is not targeted because "terrorists hate us because of our freedoms." Such propaganda (e.g., terrorists hate us because of our freedoms) offers little, if any benefit, and could actually be counter-productive. Yeah, because in 2001 we had so many troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Syria, Pakistan... Perhaps you're too young to remember, but 2001 wasn't the first time the US used military force to intervene in the affairs of others, killing innocent civilians needlessly. Or, are you one of those people who believe that civilian casualties are only tragic if their on our side, otherwise their merely collateral damage. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    It's certainly offered more benefit than the wars. That's a strange metric you're using. If the government invests money and has a realistic potential to offer a positive ROI, it's horrific, but you don't mind them wasting money on needless bombs and ammunitions that tend to offer a (100%) ROI. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    I couldn't speak for the numbers you provided without naming or linking to sources in your first post, but net margin = profit/revenue. The time period is essential information in order to make it a useful statistic. It could be for the time to pump and process a single barrel of oil, a quarter, or for the entire year. It's also worth noting that operating margin is a more relevant number when comparing corporate profits to effective interest rates, since interest income is taxed for individuals. Interesting how you brought up tax breaks, but ignored the form of subsidization I mentioned. Corporate subsidies can take many forms, one of which is tax breaks. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    It's nice to read the realistic views of people (e.g., Robert A. Pape) who actually understand that the US is not targeted because "terrorists hate us because of our freedoms." Such propaganda (e.g., terrorists hate us because of our freedoms) offers little, if any benefit, and could actually be counter-productive. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Net margin is a useless statistic without knowing the period of time over which it occurs. If Exxon Mobil takes 12 months to get a barrel of oil from the ground to the gas station, then that is the equivalent of 9% interest, compounded annually. If it takes them only a month to go from ground to station, then that same 9% net margin is equivalent to over 180% interest, compounded annually. When one considers the extent to which taxpayers have subsidized petroleum companies operating costs via military actions to make the oil more accessible to the oil companies, then 9% effective seems like a very generous rate of return for the petro companies. If it takes a month or less for the oil to get from ground to station, then consumers (and taxpayers) are clearly getting raped. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Would you mind telling us all which UNSC resolution clearly and absolutely justified us "to keep enough Iraqi oil to at least pay for the war expenses?" Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    His point is that is you want to claim it is for medical reasons.... Then using the SAME standards as other medical drugs should be required.... Now if you want to try and claim it is recreational... Then you need to push that and then try to get it sold at Walmart. Clearly, I should have added emoticons to my post. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Strongly concur. IMO, the interests of the military industrial complex are seldom aligned with the best interests of the country. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    That demonstrates the point of my second paragraph nicely. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    I read "all-in-one's combo drive" as the combo drive (i.e. CD RW/ DVD) in an all in one computer, like an iMac, but running Windows. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    It was true under Carter. It was true under Reagan. It was true under GHW Bush. It was true under Clinton. It was true under GW Bush. It is still true under Obama. I don't know that anyone has been "uniquely quiet when it is St. O who is signing off on the attacks," although there are some who apparently have uniquely selective reading comprehension skills who only see criticisms that are made of GW Bush. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Consider the size of al Qaeda now compared to September 2001. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    This may sound like a silly question, but have you tried bypassing Brother's tech support and downloading and installing the correct editor tool yourself from their Web site? Also, do you have the correct Brother driver for your operating system version? Does the label printer have the latest firmware installed? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    True, I am...you can't disprove what I said in either thread. Captain Briggs: mnealtx: Don't you lecture me, you son of a bitch! Do you know who I am? Do you know my record? Harry Callahan: jcd11235: Yeah... you're a legend in your own mind. Whatever. Come up with an actual argument and get back to me. Why would I want to do that when your own posts keep demonstrating my points so eloquently? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    Then I guess it's fortunate that Blackwater was only one of several examples offered in nerdgirl's post. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
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    I think he's saying that you're gaining some circumferential inches as you age, Amazon. You're not going to take that, are you? (My money's on Amazon if this goes to physical blows.) Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!