That is stil (in some sense) better than being an unsuccessful bastard.
According to Brian Clough (apparently) Don Revie's Leeds side didn't win their trophies "fairly" - but then again plenty of other sides have not played fairly - but still never won anything!
When Trump said that he preferred soldiers who didn't get captured (talking about John McCain) my response was that I preferred business men who didn't go bankrupt - so I am not exactly on his side - except in the following sense:
He is a maverick who doesn't have any debts to any third party (at least none that he has any intention of repaying). If he became president he would leave no dynasty behind him to carry on afterwards. He would also have almost zero support from any part of congress so would have difficulty doing much damage. The alternative of a more mainstream republican who could enact a rightwing agenda WITH the support of congress is frankly too terrifying to contemplate.
His fortune started with an inheritance. It's difficult to say if he would have gotten anywhere had he started out as a middle class worker with no startup capital from Klansman daddy.
Yes I'm aware of that- but his fortune is at least larger now than the one he started with - wich not everyone can say!
As a bystander to this election from the UK I can say that none of the candidates is flawless from my point of view. Within the democrat camp I prefer Sanders to Clinton but I can see major flaws in both. As usual I have major objections to all the republicans and Trump is the only one who has any redeeming features (the relative immunity from lobbyists and the fact that he isn't really a republican - he is a Liberal in the 19th century Brtish sense of the word). However just about any democrat candidate from the pre-Clinton past - and several republicans from that era would be preferable to any of the above.
Whatever else one can say about Trump, his fortune means that he is more or less immune to lobbying dollars.
That is a plus.
He has also demonstrated some skill in amassing his fortune.
Those who have some personal knowledge of him say that the things he is saying in public are simply designed to attract votes and don't reflect his personal opinions or intentions.
If you think that what he says is stupid/racist/whatever then effectively you are saying that the American public (or at least the segment that votes in republican primaries) is also stupid/racist/whatever.
We've seen people blindly follow GPS navigation directions that endangered the driver's safety, so would you expect people to follow a robot unquestioningly in an emergency? Yup. A study at Georgia Tech created a "guide robot" that was purposely made to be unreliable (and human participants in the study were told the robot was broken), but during a faked emergency, humans still followed the robot's bad directions to evacuate a building -- even when they conflicted with clearly-marked exit signs. [url] A "Data Science Machine" might have better intuition than teams of humans when it comes to big-data analysis. MIT researchers entered their data machine in three data science competitions, and the machine placed ahead of more than half of the human contestants. [url]
My deduction from this is that the MIT scientists are demonstrating the behaviour found by the team from Georgia Tech!
1) 8 hours of toilet flushing 2) Paint drying 3) Meme of the Queen
I would like to protest here on behalf of paint drying.
Paint drying can actually be quite interesting. I went to a seminar about it once. If you know how paint dries you can actually do microfabrication with it. Please leave paint drying off the list.
appears Viz, an outfit that is essentially an old-timey British take on The Onion,
Well - a bit of fact checking would have helped here because
1. Viz predates the Onion by about 8 years
2. Viz is rather different from The Onion. It is realy more an adult version of a children's comic in the tradition of the Beano. It majors on innuendo and tends not to include much political satire.
It's often said that to fight the enemy, you need someone from the enemy to help you in that fight.
Ted Olsen is as good as they come.
Lawyers are hired hands - they will argue any case that they are paid to argue. You are right that getting the best is good. Identifying a lawyer as "from the enemy" is wrong. Professional integrity requires a lawyer not to let their personal opinions affect their conduct of a case.
1. They were both very religious muslims and had visited Saudi Arabia several times for religious reasons including a recent visit.
2. They were found to have a large arsenal of weapons and home, including bomb making equipment (apparently they attempted unsuccessfully to detonate a bomb during the attacks.)
3. Farook's father has been reported as saying that his son had expressed sympathy for ISIS. (however this has later been denied by Islamic organisations in the US (But then Mandy Rice-Davies applies there)
Given that religious muslims regard the whole of their lives as being controlled by the religion it is difficult to see how the attacks could have been unrelated to it.
Given the degree of preparation it is difficult to see how this could have been a spur of the moment incident.
Of course it might have been both a workplace incident and a terrorist one at the same time - since the only disputes they seemed to have at the workplace were about religion.
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He didn't get rich by passing over any opportunity to collect a bit more cash.
Anything donated doesn't have to come from his own bank account.
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OK so he was a successful bastard!
That is stil (in some sense) better than being an unsuccessful bastard.
According to Brian Clough (apparently) Don Revie's Leeds side didn't win their trophies "fairly" - but then again plenty of other sides have not played fairly - but still never won anything!
When Trump said that he preferred soldiers who didn't get captured (talking about John McCain) my response was that I preferred business men who didn't go bankrupt - so I am not exactly on his side - except in the following sense:
He is a maverick who doesn't have any debts to any third party (at least none that he has any intention of repaying). If he became president he would leave no dynasty behind him to carry on afterwards. He would also have almost zero support from any part of congress so would have difficulty doing much damage. The alternative of a more mainstream republican who could enact a rightwing agenda WITH the support of congress is frankly too terrifying to contemplate.
The remainder of the republican
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True but quite a few in his position seem to be unable to avoid losing it!
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Yes I'm aware of that- but his fortune is at least larger now than the one he started with - wich not everyone can say!
As a bystander to this election from the UK I can say that none of the candidates is flawless from my point of view. Within the democrat camp I prefer Sanders to Clinton but I can see major flaws in both. As usual I have major objections to all the republicans and Trump is the only one who has any redeeming features (the relative immunity from lobbyists and the fact that he isn't really a republican - he is a Liberal in the 19th century Brtish sense of the word). However just about any democrat candidate from the pre-Clinton past - and several republicans from that era would be preferable to any of the above.
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No - obviously not in that respect!
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Whatever else
That is a plus.
He has also demonstrated some skill in amassing his fortune.
Those who have some personal knowledge of him say that the things he is saying in public are simply designed to attract votes and don't reflect his personal opinions or intentions.
If you think that what he says is stupid/racist/whatever then effectively you are saying that the American public (or at least the segment that votes in republican primaries) is also stupid/racist/whatever.
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Deduction
A "Data Science Machine" might have better intuition than teams of humans when it comes to big-data analysis. MIT researchers entered their data machine in three data science competitions, and the machine placed ahead of more than half of the human contestants. [url]
My deduction from this is that the MIT scientists are demonstrating the behaviour found by the team from Georgia Tech!
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Re: "The Republic of Texas"...
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Now, I am not from the UK so it is entirely possible that some level of support slipped past my notice.
I AM from the UK and the "support" passed me right by too (at least any "public" part of it).
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1) 8 hours of toilet flushing
2) Paint drying
3) Meme of the Queen
I would like to protest here on behalf of paint drying.
Paint drying can actually be quite interesting. I went to a seminar about it once. If you know how paint dries you can actually do microfabrication with it. Please leave paint drying off the list.
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Fnaa Fnaa.
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Viz vs The Onion
Well - a bit of fact checking would have helped here because
1. Viz predates the Onion by about 8 years
2. Viz is rather different from The Onion. It is realy more an adult version of a children's comic in the tradition of the Beano. It majors on innuendo and tends not to include much political satire.
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Think of the Mouse, Disney employees.
see thishttp://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/25/laid-off-disney-worker-breaks-down-in-tears-b efore-senate-panel/
So next time they try to spin the line about protecting jobs remember how much they REALLY care about their workforce!
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But maybe the prvacy of those with whom they had contact via those phones would be an issue.
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Ted Olsen is as good as they come.
Lawyers are hired hands - they will argue any case that they are paid to argue. You are right that getting the best is good. Identifying a lawyer as "from the enemy" is wrong. Professional integrity requires a lawyer not to let their personal opinions affect their conduct of a case.
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1. They were both very religious muslims and had visited Saudi Arabia several times for religious reasons including a recent visit.
2. They were found to have a large arsenal of weapons and home, including bomb making equipment (apparently they attempted unsuccessfully to detonate a bomb during the attacks.)
3. Farook's father has been reported as saying that his son had expressed sympathy for ISIS. (however this has later been denied by Islamic organisations in the US (But then Mandy Rice-Davies applies there)
Given that religious muslims regard the whole of their lives as being controlled by the religion it is difficult to see how the attacks could have been unrelated to it.
Given the degree of preparation it is difficult to see how this could have been a spur of the moment incident.
Of course it might have been both a workplace incident and a terrorist one at the same time - since the only disputes they seemed to have at the workplace were about religion.
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Re: What about 9/11?
aka locking every stable door.
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The American war of independence being an excellent example.
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