"Intel officials warned House lawmakers Russia interfering to get Trump reelected"

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  1. Bearack

    Bearack Well-Known Member

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    Again, you've not stated where the RNC changed the rules for Forbes. Matter of fact, Forbes was a libertarian running on the conservative ticket. RNC was not a fan of the flat tax platform Forbes ran on.

    Me, I supported it 110%
     
  2. stone6

    stone6 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The Republican modus operandi: Two wrongs = one right. Or, if the other side does it, it's OK for us to do it as well...but not when they do it...that's the Catch 22.
     
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  3. Bearack

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    The Democrat modus operandi: It only becomes wrong when we are going after Trump, otherwise business as usual!
     
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    stone6 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are you aware that 100% is the maximum percentage of anything? I'll bet you still believe in Reaganomics...that the more we reduce taxes, the more taxes we collect.
     
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  5. Bearack

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    Weird... You'd of thunk Google stocks would have stopped increasing in value at $170 since the max they could have grown was 100% but here their tickers has increased by 1645% since it's IPO.
     
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    I wouldn't care.

    Posting memes on the internet doesn't bother me.

    The Internet is the "world wide web"
     
  7. stone6

    stone6 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Are you serious? Tell me how you support something MORE than 100%.
     
  8. Bearack

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    Math is everywhere! Funny how saying 110% easily triggers the left.

    How giving 110% is actually possible

    Here’s actually a more serious (and more mathematically precise) way to look at this. Economist Stephen Shmanske has a new paper in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports titled “Dynamic Effort, Sustainability, Myopia, and 110% Effort” that actually brings some stats and benchmarks to bear to figure this out in the context of the NBA.

    For Shmanske, it’s all about defining what counts as 100% effort. Let’s say “100%” is the maximum amount of effort that can be consistently sustained. With this benchmark, it’s obviously possible to give less than 100%. But it’s also possible to give more. All you have to do is put forth an effort that can only be sustained inconsistently, for short periods of time. In other words, you’re overclocking.
     
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  9. TurnerAshby

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    So the independents you gain by electing someone else outweighs the Sanders supporters who'll stay home?
     
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    Why not fix what's happening now ?
     
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    Pardon me for disagreeing with Stephan...100% is all you can give, that may mean most of the time you function at 80% or 99.9%, and occasionally have bursts of maximum performance. Stephan's playing with words, not with math.
     
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    It doesn't matter, its the democrat dilemma and they lose either way. The only real hope the dems have at this point is if the market crashes, which isn't likely.
     
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    Yeah abandoning our allies in the fight against Al Qaeda is in our interests.
     
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    That is a matter of opinion. What you view as allies and what I view may be different. I don't deny that we started most of the mess with Al Qaeda but we did. Now we need to finish it or at least try to finish it.
     
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    Is anyone surprised that this briefing was given to Shifty’s committee then leaked? Shifty is a direct threat to our nation security and state secrets
     
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    It's the RUSSIANS!
     
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    Him being a "libertarian had nothing to do with it......

    They changed the rules in Michigan to allow Independents to vote in their primaries because they knew it would help Bush. If they did that and Forbes got a smaller percentage of the vote, they would have been able to keep him out of the next debates. Ultimately that didn't work, but they DID change the rules to try to hurt him.
     
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    Your being obtuse.

    Getting Sanders to be the nominee actually helps Trump because independents wont vote for him. If they get him to be the nominee to run against Trump in the general, knowing independents will vote against him.......
     
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    Whats to fix ? Bloomberg doesn have a chance in hell, but the dems are allowing him onstage so he will keep spending money to defeat Trump. Bloomberg has said he knows he wont win, but he's going to spend a lot of money to hurt Trump. Thats in the dems favor. Hell, given that same chance the RNC would jump all over an opportunity to defeat the dems
     
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    Then why is Bloomberg trying to get superdelegates on his team then?
     
  21. TurnerAshby

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    No I'm asking a realistic question....

    In your mind you gain more votes going moderate even though you'll lose a decent portion of the Sanders vote just by doing that. I'd say your strategy is a net negative in votes
     
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    Intel community wrong - AGAIN! Oops...
     
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    The Kurds have been fighting ISIS by tooth and nail, assisting the USA. I guess you don't consider that an ally.

    BTW, our fight against ISIS and Al Qaeda is on hold right now due to Trump's actions in the region. Iraq now wants us out, exactly what Iran wants.
     
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    Perhaps the strongest ally we have.

    Exactly what I want as well. We need abandon the middle east except for Israel.
     
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    Well ISIS and Al Qaeda are not going anywhere. They are still a threat, that is our mission there. Walking away won't make the problem disappear.

    Now abandoning the Kurds was not in our best interests, our allies.
     

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