Keep your DAM water

EagleSmack

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Trillion in shales. Any idea what it's going to cost to get the oil from those shales? You won't like it but the cheap to extract TRILLIONS in liquid will be sold off first, to China refined in their shiny new refineries in SK.

Where are your shiny new refineries in SK?

When the time comes... we'll build them. It is just not needed now.

If they are 100% copper.

Whatever the mix is... that's what we'll give.
 

petros

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The cash for clunkers did okay when China refused T-Bills and wanted steel, copper and aluminum but unless the pennys are real copper then no deal.
 

petros

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And we're your largest trading partner!
In auto parts that get swapped back and forth to make a final product. The same bearing will cross the border three or four times and is counted each time. Look it up.

Keep the oranges coming.
 

CDNBear

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This is hilarious...

Just yesterday as SCB and I were discussing whether or not billboards still had a niche in todays advertising world.

Apparently they do.
 

EagleSmack

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In auto parts that get swapped back and forth to make a final product. The same bearing will cross the border three or four times and is counted each time. Look it up.

Keep the oranges coming.

I thought our export is s h i t? Now add oranges and auto parts?

So if you and I play catch with a baseball across the border we can count that to?
 

petros

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I thought our export is s h i t? Now add oranges and auto parts?

So if you and I play catch with a baseball across the border we can count that to?
Yeah. Neat trick huh? But before you throw the ball makes sure you declare it's value at $19.99 because I don't want to pay GST if it's over $20.
 

gerryh

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I thought our export is s h i t? Now add oranges and auto parts?

So if you and I play catch with a baseball across the border we can count that to?

Yeah. Neat trick huh? But before you throw the ball makes sure you declare it's value at $19.99 because I don't want to pay GST if it's over $20.


Looks to me like eagle is proposing an illegal import/export scheme where the baseball is not declared on either side.
 

petros

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Yeah. Neat trick huh? But before you throw the ball makes sure you declare it's value at $19.99 because I don't want to pay GST if it's over $20.

It goes something like this. Ball bearings and race are imported from China to USA then a seal is tossed in and three pieces go to Canada to be assembled into one bearing which is then shipped to USA be fitted in a transmission which gets sent back to Canada to be install in a car then the car is exported and sold in the US. Ea time it crosses the border it is a value added trade.

It makes for a wondeful bull**** on the books.
 

EagleSmack

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Yeah. Neat trick huh? But before you throw the ball makes sure you declare it's value at $19.99 because I don't want to pay GST if it's over $20.

I thought if we just throw it back and forth it would be cool and we could count it. Rule change?

Baseball exports and imports.

Any ponds straddle the border? When they are frozen we can pass the puck if you're more comfortable.

Looks to me like eagle is proposing an illegal import/export scheme where the baseball is not declared on either side.

Heck no... lets declare it like autoparts! Lets make it legit.
 

mentalfloss

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*walks into thread*

Hey guys, all that run off and -- baseball?

*slowly backs out of thread*
 

petros

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Any ponds straddle the border? When they are frozen we can pass the puck if
you're more comfortable.

 

windowsillsound

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We should just pay to feed the polar bears who show up at the dump, and we should also keep that water clean/.... two national faults...