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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fan Thread: For Gunners Only. by 4Play(m): 11:22am On Feb 10, 2010
MADRID — Arsenal's star midfielder and captain, Cesc Fabregas, has struck a verbal agreement with Champions League holders Barcelona to return to the club next season, Cadena Ser radio reported on Tuesday.
"There is a firm agreement between Barca and Cesc Fabregas even if it is only verbal," the Spanish station reported without citing its sources.
"Several meetings have taken place and, following those meetings, Cesc told Barca that he wanted to rejoin them from next season," it added.
Cadena Ser said the deal would be subject to agreeing a fee with Arsenal.
The reigning Spanish champions have neither confirmed nor denied the report.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-v4XqCOUlGYGPzHnobK-Zjhwbmg
SportsRe: Amodu Blasts His Critics by 4Play(m): 3:20pm On Feb 09, 2010
deb:
Can we compare the brain of Amodu with a Capello and the likes at the world cup? Are we crazy?
Are we getting Capello or you think anyone who shares similar skin pigmentation as Capello will take us to football glory?
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Senate Votes To Empower Vice President by 4Play(m): 3:19pm On Feb 09, 2010
Just heard the news. It's great news, it brings some much needed stability at the helm instead.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Fan Thread: For Gunners Only. by 4Play(m): 1:37pm On Feb 09, 2010
I presume you guys have seen this one. Another light weight attacker to ad to your collection.

Arsenal were closing in on the signature of Marouane Chamakh last night after the Bordeaux striker’s proposed move to Liverpool collapsed amid some acrimony.

Liverpool believed they had moved ahead of their rivals, who also include Inter Milan and West Ham United, in the race for Chamakh by offering the Morocco player a lucrative pre-contract agreement during intensive talks with his advisers early last month.

Sources close to the deal indicated last night that Chamakh has rejected Liverpool’s approach, paving the way for him to sign for Arsenal. The North London club would have no problem matching the £60,000-a-week wages on offer at Anfield and are in the process of finalising a five-year contract.

Signing Chamakh would represent a triumph of patience for Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, who has been monitoring the 26-year-old for some time. Bordeaux rejected an £8 million offer from Arsenal last summer, but Chamakh’s contract with the French club expires at the end of the season and he will be available to sign on a free transfer.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article7019976.ece
Foreign AffairsRe: Republican Racism In Disguise by 4Play(m): 10:14am On Feb 09, 2010
What was debt as a percentage of GDP during the depression? Its quite obvious that the deeper the recession, the greater the percentage of GDP spent. Tell us something new.
This recession, though very bad, is no where as devastating as the great depression. Obama's estimates is that public debt as a percentage of GDP will hit 100% by 2013. The recession is effectively over as of Q4 2009, we have had 2 quarters of consecutive growth and 2010 will see at least 2.5% of GDP growth. There is no excuse for deficits to continue soaring at these levels years into the future.

You have failed to point out where exactly Obama has increased spending, apart from the stimulus.
Spending has increased across board in almost every domestic programme. Spending has increased from $3.1 trillion, which was Bush's last budget, to $3.8 trillion, which was Obama's last budget and will remain at those elevated levels years into the future. So, instead of the stimulus spending of 09/19 remaining one-off programmes, elevated federal spending becomes a permanent feature of the economy.

Your argument, if there is one, is that much of the spending increase is the simulus package. The stimulus package was for $700bn which is to spent over 2 years, adding about $350bn per year to the deficit. You obviously don't need me to tell you that deficits of $1.4 trillion per year can't be explained away by the stimulus package unless you want to engage in the circular argument of calling every spending increase a stimulus. 

Remember that Bush's last deficit would have been around $485bn but the tax rebate programme of '08 added $170bn while the TARP programme added $700bn to bring it to $1.3trillion. That should give you an idea that deficits approaching $1 trillion are not structural but already included one off stimulus programmes and so, even when adjusted for falling tax receipts, should be able to fall back to sustainable levels.
Foreign AffairsRe: Republican Racism In Disguise by 4Play(m): 3:36am On Feb 09, 2010
Stop being facetious. . . . by this same token, I can say that Reagan tripled national debt (accumulated from 1776 to 1981) in only 8 years in office. . . likewise George Bush doubled the debt that was accumulated from 1776 to 2000. . . isnt it funny that the most vociferous campaigners for cutting the debt, such as the Tea Party are also the most vociferous campaigners for cutting taxes?. . . do the 2 positions tally?
The sheer stupidity of your argument is the assumption that a bad economic policy is justified by pointing to another bad policy. Reagan did not triple US public debt nor did Bush double US public debt. It's also quite daft to prclaim that increasing debt by 30% of GDP, as Obama plans to, is the same as Reagan's 18.5% increase or Bush's 11.9% ncrease.

Presumably, a public debt which will hit 100% of GDP is just normal and is no different from the Bush and Reagan era.


Tax receipts are dropping by 11%, Unemployment is running rampant, so of course receipts are lower and expenditure is higher.

Republicans been bleating on about the budget, yet when a proposal is put forth to monitor the budget, they vote against it. Who is playing politics here?
Obama was left with budget deficits in excess of $1.46trn. . . this year, he has a deficit of $1.56trn. . . he has frozen budgets on almost everything. . . meaning, all the increase you see currently is directly linked to the recession and the 2 stimuluses. . . all his spending increases are aimed at job creation, not like Republicans would have you believe he is 'dashing' money to people on Welfare.
It's silly for Obama to use as his metric the Bush administration. However, unless the presumption is that the recession will continue for the next 6 years there is no excuse for proposing deficits that will entail debts of 100% of GDP and federal spending of around 25% of GDP years ahead. Stop being narrow minded, are the questions raised by the markets over US sovereign debt merely a product of a right wing conspiracy? 

If you were a student of history, you would remember that in 1993, Clinton's $500bn stimulus package was passed without a single vote from any Republican
This man is ridiculous. All these University of Google numpties. $500bn stimulus package in 1993?
PoliticsRe: Militants Destroy Shell Facility In Rivers by 4Play(m): 3:02am On Feb 09, 2010
SEFAGO:
Men these terrorists have to be hunted down. They are going to destroy industry in Nigeria undecided
Abi, the way they are terrorizing my ears with their rubbish music. Kilode Vectra, what nonsense.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 3:01am On Feb 09, 2010
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=394470.msg5477093#msg5477093 date=1265680798]Lol . . this one pass 'were' grin cheesy[/quote]Stop dialing the number.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:56am On Feb 09, 2010
doyin13:
Hello People, My name is Mufutau Olokobiokun. I operate a Professional
Penetrating service, in fact the only one of such kind, near Agidingbi just
outside Okokomaiko.

I offer all kinds of service strictly tailored for Female customers.
Deep-insertion, Oral irrigation as well as a new system I patented
myself, the MANILLA DRILLER.

My email is Olokobiokun@yahoo.com

Phone number 00234999666222

Contact us, and you will be glad you did.
Is this what your life has turned to?
RomanceRe: Unofficial Valentine NL Match-up Thread. by 4Play(m): 2:55am On Feb 09, 2010
Mhismole:
lmao, i want to val somone,
im not looking for some1 to val me,
and definitely not someone else's guy lol,
, all it takes it to spit flows right??
It's okay, I like the woman to take charge.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:53am On Feb 09, 2010
stillwater:
It's simple logic. You are NOT!!!! grin
British women disagree. I trust their opinion to that of Naija women. It's all your fault.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:49am On Feb 09, 2010
stillwater:
Abeggi, google can cure everything. She just has to google Kamasutra and she would have a wide array of knowledge. tongue 4play you must not be doing something right. How can a babe just lie down without even feeling anything? It's incomprehensible.
Are you saying I'm not good in bed? Thunder fire you there! angry
RomanceRe: Unofficial Valentine NL Match-up Thread. by 4Play(m): 2:47am On Feb 09, 2010
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=392887.msg5477036#msg5477036 date=1265679993]did u say something hun? undecided huh cheesy[/quote]Nothing o. You know you are the love of my life. wink
RomanceRe: Unofficial Valentine NL Match-up Thread. by 4Play(m): 2:45am On Feb 09, 2010
Mhismole:
awwwww,
such love, poems and videos,
guys being romantic and all,
makes me want to val somebody,
I want to val you too. Yep, I love candle lit dinners, poems and all that BS.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:40am On Feb 09, 2010
stillwater:
Lol, this man is something else. That is why I did not want you to come here.
You lie. A Naija woman would do anything to keep her man.
Most Naija women are submissive to their man's pitiful whims.
4play you did not open your big mouth to ask her, stop lying.
I always ask them, ' I dey get am, kwo'? Yet, they act like they're being cervically probed.  

Maybe you were afraid she would call you a sexual deviant, so fear catch you? Tongue
You can't even broach high wire sexual acts with a Naija girl. They only know missionary style. Dogg'y style is the height of their experimentation.
RomanceRe: My Heart Aches! by 4Play(m): 2:28am On Feb 09, 2010
@OP

You don't drive without a spare tire do you? I think the girl dumped you because you came across all loving and infatuated. Naija women don't like that, they prefer arrogant and obnoxious men so next time you have a Naija girlfriend, don't be too nice.  grin
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:17am On Feb 09, 2010
stillwater:
Pot calling kettle black. Is it not you people that automatically expect us to be indecency-stars in bed? huh Why can't you teach your naija babe how to do you?  cheesy I remember one time you said Naija women suffer from rigor mortis, why couldn't you have communicated with these women how to do it? Now you want us to communicate? grin We are only copying you. grin
I try to teach you stubborn women but it's not easy o  sad These Naija girls are like corpses in bed, I am not a psychic, I can't communicate with the dead.

[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=394470.msg5476899#msg5476899 date=1265678029]Most women dnt because many naija guys have the mentality that when a woman tells him what she wants n how she wants it then she musta have been a slut.  sad so una cause am grin[/quote]Na lie. Stop going out with useless Naija men.

You have to communicate what you want. Don't be a prude. You Naija women just love to act prudish.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 2:04am On Feb 09, 2010
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=394470.msg5476839#msg5476839 date=1265677250]Rofl . . . ,  Every girl has imagined what her first time wud be like and if the guy she happened to do it was just um mm m . . ,   letz say not all that then i guess i'd be disappointed too grin cheesy[/quote]You want to base your marital choice, which will determine your future, on your perception about performance in bed? Besides, what's with you women. You can communicate to your man what you want in bed.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 2:00am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
We hear all this tiresome complaints from everyone . . . the problem is no one ever comes up with workable alternatives. Just whining all day until we all get a headache.
There are plenty of economists who suggest workable solutions but both parties don't want to implement them. The GOP think spending cuts alone will do the trick, which strangely they never implemented in the Bush years. The Democrats proclaim that the rich alone will fund the deficit, which is demonstrably false.

The solution is a mixture of the two; spending cuts and across the board tax increases including the introduction of a consumption tax. This is obviously a long term solution. Obama and the rest should stop trying to further their political careers by playing class politics which is no more than trying to bribe favoured constituents with spending that has to be paid for at some point.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 1:55am On Feb 09, 2010
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=394470.msg5476803#msg5476803 date=1265676850]I agree with that statement grin tongue[/quote]You are blessed with wisdom. grin
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 1:54am On Feb 09, 2010
stillwater:
4play done come. We no go hear word again.
Una no dey hear word. Stubborn women!
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 1:53am On Feb 09, 2010
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=394470.msg5476783#msg5476783 date=1265676629]I guess we shud also start the same thing, we also dont want a guy that done all the whole neighbourhood. tongue
I mean this is prolly why so many girls lied abt the number of guys they have dated undecided[/quote]The solution is not to sleep around not dishonesty. This idea that it's only Nigerian men that are reticent about having slags for wives is ridiculous. Even amongst Westerners, there is a preference for women who don't sleep around as marriage material. Don't be more Western than the Westerner.
RomanceRe: Can You Marry A Virgin Man ? by 4Play(m): 1:50am On Feb 09, 2010
spoilt:
shocked the so called very experienced guys make poor lays. With the army of women they brag about, their performances are still usually shockingly bad or lack lustre.
Nigerian women are horrible in bed. Could be part of the reason extra-marital affairs are rampant. These married women act like sex is a favour they are doing for their husbands.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 1:44am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
It took 8 yrs to get here . . . it will take more than 12 months to dig america out of it.
That's complete rubbish. Obama's plans to spend far more money than American earns, and that is Bush's fault? You would think that what he will learn from the Bush era is that once the immediate economic recession is dealt with, you have to rein in spending not keep spending at historically elevated level.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 1:39am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
I dont think so neither has Obama made that claim.
If his plans can't be funded by this demographic alone, how else can he fund it?
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 1:32am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
that much we already know and he said that on the campaign trail. Irresponsibility started with Reagan cutting taxes on the Rich. Bush continued that policy to America's peril. The tax cuts will not be extended in 2011.
Everyone knows those earning over 250,000 (funny enough teabaggers do not fall in this category) are going to get slammed with higher taxes. Its the only way out . . . even the repuklicans know this.
You think those earning over $250,000 alone will pay for the $9 trillion Obama plans to borrow?
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 1:27am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
which is odd because none of them has been taxed yet . . . infact they have gotten reduced taxes.
The reality is that Obama's spending plans mean that Americans face a future of higher taxes. Nobody is fooled by this sleight of hand, promising to increase taxes on only the very wealthy. The tea party brigade realise that.

That's what distinguishes a great country from dysfunctional countries like Nigeria; the ability to reflect on longer term consequences and not be seduced by the promise of immediate Govt handouts such as tax credits.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Football Economics by 4Play(m): 1:17am On Feb 09, 2010
biina:
Not immediately. The bonds are due in 2017 i.e. manU will have to pay back the £500m value of the bonds to the holders . The club will not want to pay out £500m in a single year, and so if they are bouyant, they will start buying the bonds back before then.
In 7 years time, the club could issue new debt, on worse or better terms, to pay off the principal. Like I noted, the most important part, the bond issue, has been accomplished at a time of a crap credit market. MU's financial health in 7 years time is another matter.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sarah Palin And The Nazis by 4Play(m): 1:09am On Feb 09, 2010
davidylan:
It hasnt "plunged like a stone" because of the above nonsensical summation you made there.

Take a look at the tea party signs, listen to Tom Tancredo's speech at the tea party convention last week then come back and tell the rest of us that we are in denial that the tea party movement is a racist organisation.
This is ridiculous reasoning. The fact that some carry objectionable placards doesn't make the entire organisation a racist organisation. If that is the case, you better take the next flight out of the country as most Americans share the tea party's sentiments about taxation.
Foreign AffairsRe: Republican Racism In Disguise by 4Play(m): 1:02am On Feb 09, 2010
Ibime:
Negro please. . . stop regurgitating bullshit you've been reading on your right-wing blogs. . . the nauseating mantra to "cut the debt" by right-wingers right in the middle of a recession is somewhat irritating. . . . .
You obviously have sh*t for brains. Are worries about sovereign debt purely a right wing issue or maybe you live a monastic life? When Moodys announced that the US's triple AAA rating is under threat or when the markets are selling off over sovereign debt, is that a manifestation of a right wing conspiracy?

The fact is that Obama inherited a public debt of $9 trillion, accumulated from 1776 to 2009, and proposes to double it to $18 trillion. It's one thing to have a stimulus package to deal with a recession, whatever the merits maybe, it's quite another not to commit the country to coming to grips with a debt crisis.

When Bush ran up deficits, Obama criticised it and rightly so. When Obama proposes deficits that double US public debt in record time, making Bush's deficits look like child's play, you have to be an obscenely moronic person not to recognise that this poses dangers to the US's long term economic health.

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