USPOL Oct: So this is how the thread dies: with a Star Wars derail

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RaySmuckles posted:

Debate and Discussion indeed, gentlemen.

Being really whiny and super defensive about your candidate doesn't do you, or Sanders, any favors. It just makes you annoying.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2015 16:33

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:39

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zoux posted:

BP has annual revenue approaching $200BN.

Going from Wikipedia it's actually 358 billion in revenue, but 4 billion in profit, so this is still 5 years worth of profits.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2015 16:02

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zoux posted:

How much discretion does a multinational like BP have over their profit statement?

A lot. Depreciation of assets alone with a company this big can swing things considerably, and there are multiple ways one gets to calculate depreciation.

edit: Here is the BP annual report for 2014 if anyone really wants to delve into it.

http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/investors/BP_Annual_Report_and_Form_20F_2014.pdf

# ¿ Oct 6, 2015 16:08

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CommanderApaul posted:

Not sure what it's actually possible to glean from that map, as it's an almost exact inverse of a county-level map of US Population density.

Except it's not, unless you think Iowa is full of booming metropolises, and no one lives in Tennessee.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2015 21:11

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World Famous Whore posted:

Haha, holy poo poo. My state sucks (the blood out of the poor)

If they didn't have the threat of going to jail, I would probably consider this a good idea. Just something like, donate blood, get $100 off your fine. There is almost always a blood shortage, and it would still help people who had trouble paying fines. Throwing people in jail for failure to pay is the only real problem in my eyes. Donating blood is still voluntary.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2015 18:00

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Iowa Republicans are generally going to be more of the religious type, and that is probably the one part of the Republican Party that Trump can't play to.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2015 20:10

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Gravel Gravy posted:

NC is vinegar based.

SC is mustard based.

False. Tomato based and Alabama's....mayonnaise based sauces are not ok.

I had Alabama bbq sauce for the first time about a month ago, and never again, so terrible. Alabama BBQ sauce, not even once.

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:39

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Mavric posted:

I'm trying to imagine honest blue collar plumbermens people debating what they heard at this debate tonight and my mind is exploding, please advise.

Depends on whether they're in a union or not.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 12:47

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