Posted on 03/28/2014 3:50:50 AM PDT by upchuck
Are you ready for some Friday Silliness?
lucky9teen sent me a FReepmail saying she is sick and asking me to post this thread. This is an awesome responsibility and I hope, with your help, that this thread will be a crazy, insane, off-the-wall and out-of-the-box experience.
Let's get started:
Some would say this is a perfect mix:
Ukraine buys almost all its energy (natural gas)from Russia. Revenues from natural gas sales are a primary source of income for Russia.
Because of the recent disagreement between Ukraine and Russia, Russia is raising the price of natural gas it sells to Ukraine.
Ukraine is almost broke and can't afford the increase in the natural gas price because it would be forced into bankruptcy.
Obama(the USA) just announced the United States is giving Ukraine $1 billion to assist in paying for the higher priced natural gas it buys from Russia.
So, the United States is actually giving Russia $1 billion because the money is just passing through Ukraine.
The first question: Has Putin figured out a way to raise the price of his natural gas sales and make the U.S. pay for the increase?
Next question: Was he really in the KGB or was he a commodities trader?
If this analysis is accurate, Putin just got Obama(the USA) to pay him $1 billion by holding a press conference and trucking some troops across town from the Russian Navy base in Ukraine.
Who is the smartest guy in the room now?
Some people never develop beyond this stage.
A Tale of Two Cities
Chicago Houston
Population 2.7 million 2.15 million
Median HH Income $38,600 $37,000
% African-Americ 38.9% 24%
% Hispanic 29.9% 44%
% Asian 5.5% 6%
% Non-Hispanic White 28.7 26%
Pretty similar until you compare the following:
Chicago Houston
Concealed Carry gun law no yes
# of Gun Stores 0 184 Dedicated gun stores plus
1500 legal places to buy guns: Walmart,
K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
Homicides in 2012 1,806 207
Homicides per 100K 38.4 9.6
Avg. Jan. high temp. (F) 31 63
Liberal conclusion: Cold weather causes murder.I just knew when the “why bless your heart” was invoked, this would’t end well for the young man. :-)
EXcellent!! :)
Cool! You were even able to hide the fact that Putin comes up to about 0’s chin. He’s a tiny little guy. Great job.
As the old saying goes:
"Its not the dog in the fight that counts, its the fight in the dog"
Unfortunately for us the girlee man on the left falls short unless he's got judges on his side.
No soup for you.
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This ain't easy. I gotta call a draw between Number 69 posted by relentlessly and Number 71 posted by Clay Moore. Both are outstanding IHMO.
Thanks for this opportunity to toally screw up you thread Lucky. Now, Get Well!!
WINNER!!!
And Thank you upchuck for hosting today. I finally feel a bit better.
You’re welcome Lucky. Best to you.
Oh, wait...
I didn’t see that coming either but it was pretty funny. I thought it was a PCness ad at first. :)
I thought it was just a spoof of some sort...
...until the Snickers bar appeared.
It’s nice to see you back in slightly finer fettle, Lucky.
You got me giggling like a weirdo with that image.
Prayers for your continuing recovery. Get all better soon.
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