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2013-07-18 Arabia

UN seeks 702 million dollars in aid for Yemen

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Posted by Steve White 2013-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Mr. Bernake - start the printing presses!

Posted by Raj 2013-07-18 00:39|| 2013-07-18 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 702 is a curious number ($1.02/Yemeni). Why not round it up to an even billion and get the options package on the Land Cruisers?

Posted by SteveS 2013-07-18 00:49|| 2013-07-18 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 702 is a curious number ($1.02/Yemeni)

It's actually 500 million, with another 102 for graft.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-18 11:40|| 2013-07-18 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice how Pappy took his 100 right off the top...

Posted by Steve White 2013-07-18 12:48|| 2013-07-18 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 "Mr. 14%"

Posted by Frank G 2013-07-18 13:14|| 2013-07-18 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Heh.

I was gonna say "waste fraud and abuse" for the rest. But since there's such a display of generosity and acceptance, I feel it would be most impolite of me to decline the money.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-18 14:52|| 2013-07-18 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 *choke* And thus Rantburg once again demonstrates conclusively that the universe exists independent of my thoughts. And of yours, too, dear Reader, because you can't possibly have been expecting that.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-18 20:17|| 2013-07-18 20:17|| Front Page Top

#8 "Mr 14%" will be a marvelous alter ego too.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-18 21:33|| 2013-07-18 21:33|| Front Page Top

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