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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 11:14 PM
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Oil drops, Obama says Osama bin Laden is dead
Source: Market Watch

Oil prices dropped in Asian trading hours on Monday, down $1.13 at $112.80 a barrel on Nymex. The move came after U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Sunday that Osama bin Laden has been killed. Reports said that bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network Al-Qaida, was killed at a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad

Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-drops-obama-says-osama-bin-laden-is-dead-2011-05-01?link=MW_latest_news
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 11:15 PM
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1. Well thats one way to get the price of gas down that no one could have thought of..
Good job Mr President!
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:31 AM
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7. Spectacular!
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 08:47 AM
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13. The oil companies will still figure a way to continue jacking gas prices before memorial day
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 11:16 PM
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2. Qadaffi must be a bit nervous about now...
Edited on Sun May-01-11 11:17 PM by hlthe2b
Talk about a "One Two Punch"
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:32 AM
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8. Obama is good at slaying dragons
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 11:16 PM
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3. So we need to kill roughly 40 more terrorists to get it back to a sane level?
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 11:21 PM
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4. or conquer another 2 countries n/t
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neverforget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:20 AM
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5. Who knew that Osama controled any oil....
:shrug:
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Arrowhead2k1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:30 AM
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6. Wow, we need to start killing Bin Laden more often. nt
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 01:15 AM
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9. Make it a weekly event?
"In other news, Osama bin Laden is still dead..."
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virgdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 01:30 AM
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10. Just like Generalisimo Franco...
still dead!!!!
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Arrowhead2k1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 01:43 AM
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11. Adolf Hitler.
Still dead!

Shot himself in his bunker when the Red Army got too close. Oh, and the Red Army? That's dead too, yep. :D
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 09:00 AM
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15. .
:rofl:
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:38 PM
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19. We really should have thought of this earlier.
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 01:51 AM
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22. Oh, whoop!
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 08:45 AM
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12. Where's a speculator when you really need one?!!!
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 08:49 AM
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14. Hooray. Instead of $90 a tank, it will be $89 once word hits the stations.
.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 09:04 AM
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16. Oil has dropped all the way to levels not seen since last Thursday!
We're saved!
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:04 AM
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17. Oil is now currently at $114.26. HIGHER than before he was killed.
So much for that.

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/futures/
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:19 AM
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18. LOL
:rofl:
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 01:32 PM
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20. ... and gas JUMPED to $4.30/gal in Central IN this morning.
:wtf:
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 01:37 AM
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21. The gas station that read $4.44 9/10 a couple days ago reads $4.49 9/10 today.
This is for 91 grade.
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Release The Hounds Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 12:49 PM
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23. Gas went up $0.10 yesterday.
The biggest one-day hike in months.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 01:13 PM
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24. Ah yes, THAT'S why Bush didn't catch OBL...
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 08:38 PM
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25. Maybe our Seals can go after our economic terrorists now!
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 08:20 AM
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27. Welcome to DU, faaiz muhammad.
:hi:
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