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by lasalle » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:53 pm
Interesting map: US states renamed for the country with a similar size GDP. Damn. We're big. Except Hawaii and most of the "Red States", of course.
Link to that and lots of other interesting maps here:
http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
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by Fat Cat » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:59 pm
Fuckin' Nigeria? Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
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by lasalle » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:04 pm
Thought you'd like that. And what does Nigeria produce exactly? Maybe some coffee, but it's likely just email scam revenue.
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by Blaidd Drwg » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:22 pm
WildGorillaMan wrote: Nigeria has oil, and quite a bit of it.
Metric Fucktons of it in fact.
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by WildGorillaMan » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:49 pm
Blaidd Drwg wrote: WildGorillaMan wrote: Nigeria has oil, and quite a bit of it.
Metric Fucktons of it in fact.
And proudly boasts some of the cleanest prostitutes in West Africa.
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by Fat Cat » Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:18 am
Well that's something, I suppose.
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by Turdacious » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:03 am
Comparing Cali to Greece would make more sense.
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by Sassenach » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:05 am
Lawmakers approved the first phase of the planned 800-mile line this summer, allowing the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in bonds for construction of the first 130-mile stretch of the bullet train in the Central Valley. That approval also allowed the state to tap $3.2 billion from the federal government.
The money is contingent upon completing the first phase of the project by 2017, requiring what officials say is an unprecedented construction pace.
Gosh, I don't see how this could end badly.
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by Turdacious » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:20 am
The bullet train is little more than a subsidy for law firms.
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