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I know what you're doing and I'm not playing along.
You're bitching about the Electoral College again without saying that you are.
I agree that the model is outdated, but I am strongly against scrapping it completely and going to a popular vote. What are our options here?
The biggest bullshit about this argument is that it is only bitched about when Republicans are controlling the show. When Democrats run things, nobody ever talks about it and it never gets changed.
Where was Obama for 8 years, especially the first 2 when he had the power of the Senate and House behind him?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Wow yourself, JewelStaiteFan. You didn't read the paper, did you? But you couldn't stop yourself from giving an opinion, could you? Typical of Republicans to have strong opinions on subjects they are ignorant of. That is my experience of Texas Republicans. Maybe your state is different. But I doubt it is. When I read this paper, it made me think about how I got rich. Always I believed it was because I was superior. Looking at my career after reading this and I can see I was the luckiest man from Pasadena Texas. I finally realized the secret to my success was luck, not all hard work, but I am keeping the money even if I didn't work a million times harder than the average guy.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
wow. That series of flawed arguments is so unfounded as to be boggy. Good example of dreaming up evidence or rationalization after forming the conclusion.
4 Conclusive remarks https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.07068.pdf
In this paper, starting from very simple assumptions, we have presented an agent-based model which is able to quantify the role of talent and luck in the success of people’s careers. The simulations show that although talent has a Gaussian distribution among agents, the resulting distribution of success/capital after a working life of 40 years, follows a power law which respects the ”80-20” Pareto law for the distribution of wealth found in the real world. An important result of the simulations is that the most successful agents are almost never the most talented ones, but those around the average of the Gaussian talent distribution - another stylized fact often reported in the literature. The model shows the importance, very frequently underestimated, of lucky events in determining the final level of individual success. Since rewards and resources are usually given to those that have already reached a high level of success, mistakenly considered as a measure of competence/talent, this result is even a more harmful disincentive, causing a lack of opportunities for the most talented ones. Our results are a warning against the risks of what we call the "naive meritocracy" which, underestimating the role of randomness among the determinants of success, often fail to give honors and rewards to the most competent people. In this respect, several different scenarios have been investigated in order to discuss more efficient strategies able to counterbalance the unpredictable role of luck and give more opportunities and resources to the most talented ones - a purpose that we think should be the goal of a real meritocratic approach. Such strategics have also been shown to be the most beneficial for the entire society, since they tend to increase diversity in research and foster in this way also innovation.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:Those numbers are also bogus. Gallop Poll shows that 38% of Americans identify as Conservatives, and 24% identify as Liberals.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:
180.8 million people are represented by the 49 senators who caucus with the Democrats.
141.7 million people are represented by the 51 senators who caucus with the Republicans.
What's you're point?
60-70+ million of those people are too young to vote for anybody. More than half of the rest didn't even vote. A small but not trivial percentage of them don't even have a legal right to be here so their opinions don't even matter.
Those numbers are virtually meaningless.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
So 79 Million American Liberals are represented by 49 Liberal Senators.
And 127 Million American Conservatives are represented by the non-RINO Republican Senators, certainly numbering less than 40.
The remaining 126 Million Americans in the middle are represented by the Moderate and RINOs of the GOP Senators, likely 10-20 of them.
Clearly, Libtards have a stranglehold on reasonable Americans.
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Wow yourself, JewelStaiteFan. You didn't read the paper, did you? But you couldn't stop yourself from giving an opinion, could you?
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
wow. That series of flawed arguments is so unfounded as to be boggy. Good example of dreaming up evidence or rationalization after forming the conclusion.
Exactly right again second. Jack is another one who does this, and not the only one either. To Jacks credit, he at least admits it.
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Dan Aykroyd takes shot at Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios in 'Blues Brothers' themed ad for Chris Kennedy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-celeb-governor-03
11-chicago-inc-20180309-story.html
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Quote:Pretty simple.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I know what you're doing and I'm not playing along.
You're bitching about the Electoral College again without saying that you are.
I agree that the model is outdated, but I am strongly against scrapping it completely and going to a popular vote. What are our options here?
For the Electoral College option, remember that we are a Republic of States. Each State won is one Electoral Point. The 2012 Election would have been 26-24 in favor of Obama. Simple numbers, no muss, no fuss.
For Senators, return to the Constitution Origins, as has been proposed by the Convention of States platform. The US Senator from each State was Elected by the State Legislature of that State.
The United States of America never was intended to be a Federation of Democracy, and never had been, so no need to change now. Having democratically elected Representatives for The House Chamber in Congress is how the Constitution was negotiated and constructed.
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On Friday, Trump pardoned a former Navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking sensitive pictures of the reactor inside a nuclear submarine. During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly invoked the sailor, Kristian Saucier, saying Saucier did “nothing” compared to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, so Clinton should also be in prison.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-09/trump-pardons-sailor-who-in
voked-clinton-defense-in-trial
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to view this as a warning shot at the Justice Dept.: “You won’t prosecute my political enemies? Fine, then I’ll whimsically undo the legitimate convictions you win.”
Trump pardoned a guy convicted of mishandling classified info to also make a petulant statement about the “unfairness” of not charging Hillary Clinton. Every time you think Trump can’t do something more petty and juvenile, he does something more petty and juvenile.
It was Fox News telling Trump to give the pardon. A lawyer hired to advocate for Saucier’s pardon said that Fox News played a key role in getting the case on Trump’s radar, again. www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pardon-kristian-saucier_us_5aa2e103
e4b07047bec662d1
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:Good call. That sailor didn't even broadcast the Treason on Live TV, in Prime Time, like Hilliary did.
Originally posted by second:
On Friday, Trump pardoned a former Navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking sensitive pictures of the reactor inside a nuclear submarine. During his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly invoked the sailor, Kristian Saucier, saying Saucier did “nothing” compared to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, so Clinton should also be in prison.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-09/trump-pardons-sailor-who-in
voked-clinton-defense-in-trial
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to view this as a warning shot at the Justice Dept.: “You won’t prosecute my political enemies? Fine, then I’ll whimsically undo the legitimate convictions you win.”
Trump pardoned a guy convicted of mishandling classified info to also make a petulant statement about the “unfairness” of not charging Hillary Clinton. Every time you think Trump can’t do something more petty and juvenile, he does something more petty and juvenile.
It was Fox News telling Trump to give the pardon. A lawyer hired to advocate for Saucier’s pardon said that Fox News played a key role in getting the case on Trump’s radar, again. www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pardon-kristian-saucier_us_5aa2e103
e4b07047bec662d1
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Quote:You didn't get the point, did you? The Attorney General won’t prosecute Trump's political enemy, Hillary, then Trump, on a whim, undid a legitimate conviction. Maybe you will get the point of this next story, where Trump should have fired these Cabinet officials, rather than give them remedial training on not being crooks:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Good call. That sailor didn't even broadcast the Treason on Live TV, in Prime Time, like Hilliary did.
The White House held private meetings with four Cabinet-level officials last month to scold them for embarrassing stories about questionable ethical behavior at their respective agencies, sources familiar with the sessions tell CNN.
Internal watchdogs have launched at least nine audits, reviews or investigations across several Cabinet agencies, and stories about first-class travel, expensive office furniture, and internal strife have become commonplace.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt all met with officials from the White House counsel's office and the Cabinet liaison.
The meetings, held at chief of staff John Kelly's request, were intended to provide "a clear message that optics matter," the sources said.
The White House gave the agencies a set of guidelines in a document titled "creating a culture of compliance," according to portions of the document obtained by CNN.
Among the highlighted advice:
• "You are the best guardian of your reputation. Your recordkeeping practices must be designed with a purpose to prove innocence at the complaint phase or with the press."
• "Even if legal, does not mean you should do it -- always consider optics."
• "Optics questions: Does the event or travel further the President's priorities, your department or agency's mission; or, does it appear recreational or entertainment in nature."
• "Remember, an ethics opinion matters only if the ethics officer received all of the information."
The White House declined to comment.
There is much more at www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-scolds-cabinet-officials-a
fter-ethics-reports/ar-BBK4uo0?ocid=spartandhp
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Originally posted by THGRRI:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Wow yourself, JewelStaiteFan. You didn't read the paper, did you? But you couldn't stop yourself from giving an opinion, could you?
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
wow. That series of flawed arguments is so unfounded as to be boggy. Good example of dreaming up evidence or rationalization after forming the conclusion.
Exactly right again second. Jack is another one who does this, and not the only one either. To Jacks credit, he at least admits it.
No shame at all in admitting that I don't read propaganda.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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