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Waratah

Ted. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:07 pm Well there's a sight for sore eyes.

Hope you are in good fettle, Tah?

Could barely be finer, young Ted! Hope you're the same.

Waratah

There's little doubt he's stone cold guilty. Kinda wish Mr. Mike was posting at the moment to give us some professional insight as to how likely they are to actually stick and in what form. No reason Smith doesn't go 37 for 37 on these indictments, given Trump has no defense to any of them and has ...

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Flockwitt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:58 pm I see he did plead not guilty - no surprises there.

(good to see you posting again Waratah )

Thanks!

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there's a reason why the majority of Americans want neither to ruin again. Basically both parties have done nothing but provide shite candidates for 3 straight elections, assuming Trump and Boden go again. The republicans not since Bush Senior. To put it mildly, this is abject nonsense. On the GOP ...

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There's little doubt he's stone cold guilty. Kinda wish Mr. Mike was posting at the moment to give us some professional insight as to how likely they are to actually stick and in what form. It's all bullshit with the book getting chucked at Trump but never with the current idiot and the ones before...

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Does it matter how much was paid? Do you not see something principally wrong with 2 x commonwealth employees getting on the drink, rocking up to parliament at 2am in the morning (both of them I will remind you made the choice to do that) and then after an alleged rape occurs and the incumbent minis...

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The case was not 'thrown out', nor was it Higgins' choice not to pursue it further. The trial had to be abandoned when a juror brought his own research during deliberations. The lead prosecutor later said he felt the same juror was the only one he doubted would convict. That's no proof of anything ...

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And regardless of Lehrmann's guilt or innocence (notwithstanding two further charges of rape brought by another woman), the guy's a low life. It's not in dispute that he offered to share a Uber & drop her home after a group night out where she had 11 drinks. It's not in dispute that he instead took ...

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She sought compensation for a personal injury claim after the case was thrown out.. regardless of whether or not she was raped, why did she not continue to pursue Lehrmann when it was widely reported she had further legal means too? The case was not 'thrown out', nor was it Higgins' choice not to p...

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Hey Tah did you get that boat on the water? G'day Grievous, and yes, my charter business celebrated its 5yr anniversary in April. Softie & his two girls stayed aboard for a few days & nights a couple of years back on a visit. Pat the Exmat has been at the helm and Snapper & Donger have also been ou...

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Hey Tah did you get that boat on the water? G'day Grievous, and yes, my charter business celebrated its 5yr anniversary in April. Softie & his two girls stayed aboard for a few days & nights a couple of years back on a visit. Pat the Exmat has been at the helm and Snapper & Donger have also been ou...

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Candles rather than hotdogs. I won best costume but wouldn't do it again. Got some very strange looks on the bus. Do my old eyes deceive me? Great to see you back infesting the bored. 8) Yes I've been a regular pest around here, cheers Wambers. Hope you're well.

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Have to remember this if you get into politics [/Bob] Some of you on here probably don't remember Waratah's antics at work fancy dress! :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: Osama Bin Laden with the pack of hotdogs suicide vest? :lol: :lol: :nod: :nod: Candles rather than hotdogs. I won best costume but wouldn...

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How do you prove that these are lies or misinformation? If someone genuinely believes them, is it misinformation? This push for censorship is futile and will only result in empowering someone that nobody will want empowered. Morning,Towns. Did you really just ask, 'If someone genuinely believes [so...

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I'm of the view "deplatforming" works largely. Particularly if it stops people who should be in positions of high power and consequence spewing misinfo unchallenged/unregulated. Calling bans from twitter, a glorified private forum, "censorship" is nonsense. Several years ago, perhaps more, a few ve...

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How do you prove that these are lies or misinformation? If someone genuinely believes them, is it misinformation? This push for censorship is futile and will only result in empowering someone that nobody will want empowered. Morning,Towns. Did you really just ask, 'If someone genuinely believes [so...

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From the Wapo. A tale of coup. The Constitution lets the electoral college choose the winner. They should choose Clinton. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-constitution-lets-the-electoral-college-choose-the-winner-they-should-choose-clinton/2016/11/24/0f431828-b0f7-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_...

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I realise that these things are always a matter of comparing apples with oranges. Only where the apples are locally & organically grown, seasonally ripened & freshly handpicked, while the oranges are segmented by Uyghurs in work camps, preserved in formaldehyde, packed into tins painted with lead a...

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In another first Trump is the first dictator to hand power to a successor opponent after an election having submitted to the rulings of an independent judiciary. This is a new phase of despotism. Looks like Donald Trump has now entered the Randy Quaid phase of his Presidency. I'm sure Randy will fi...

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In another first Trump is the first dictator to hand power to a successor opponent after an election having submitted to the rulings of an independent judiciary. This is a new phase of despotism. Looks like Donald Trump has now entered the Randy Quaid phase of his Presidency. I'm sure Randy will fi...

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BokJock wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:24 amThere is no shame in being duped fellas, even intelligent people get lured into cults.

Trump supporters cannot be shamed. It's a defining characteristic.

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In another first Trump is the first dictator to hand power to a successor opponent after an election having submitted to the rulings of an independent judiciary. This is a new phase of despotism. Or to put it another way, it's the desperate phase of a failed attempt at despotism by a wannabe dictat...

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Interesting view on the shortcomings of the electoral college. The main problem with the Electoral College today is not, as both its supporters and detractors believe, the disproportionate power it gives smaller states. Those states do get a boost from their two Senate-based electoral votes, but th...

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There's an unstated suggestion of suicide in those FB tributes. Poor old Quent. RIP.

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This is slightly more interesting. Dem group warns of apparent Trump Election Day landslide. A top Democratic data and analytics firm told "Axios on HBO" it's highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when...

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How very, very interesting. President Trump’s support from likely black voters is nearly twice what campaign officials believe is needed to win reelection and 15 points under the level Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden needs, according to a new survey. The latest John Zogby Strategies/EMI R...

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One of the beautiful things about the SSIC report - again, endorsed by the GOP - is its contention that a problem in proving collusion (or conspiracy) is the extent of the stupidity & incompetence by the campaign, the degree to which they knew they were being manipulated by Russian intelligence (and...

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Some fun stuff in the GOP-led Senate Intel Committee report. It finds the 2016 Trump campaign was aware of Russia's efforts to help, keen to receive it, but hampered in those efforts by their own incompetence. (Don Jr. is not specifically referred to but you know who they're talking about here.) Ne...

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I'd tend towards thinking he was doing a fairly decent job , if it wasn't for the fact that he's such a deeply unpleasant piece of shit. Excuse me? A fairly decent job? Of what? - Resetting the terms of trade for the US with its trading partners - Giving NATO, WHO and UN a bit of a touch up - Econo...

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Some fun stuff in the GOP-led Senate Intel Committee report. It finds the 2016 Trump campaign was aware of Russia's efforts to help, keen to receive it, but hampered in those efforts by their own incompetence. (Don Jr. is not specifically referred to but you know who they're talking about here.) Nev...

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shanky wrote:I'd tend towards thinking he was doing a fairly decent job, if it wasn't for the fact that he's such a deeply unpleasant piece of shit.

Excuse me? A fairly decent job? Of what?

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[quote="goeagles"][quote="Waratah"] That doesn't really alter what I said. It's overwhelmingly where the money is going, rather than additional information or 'forecasting', which affects the odds after the market is set. The odds set don't correspond to implied probability because bookmakers don't...

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As always, the best place to look for realistic forecasting is the betting markets. Once the original market's set there's not a lot of forecasting involved, merely adjusting odds according to where the money's going. It only reflects what punters think will happen, the vast majority of whom have n...

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On Harris, a very happy coincidence for Biden that the easiest decision was the best one. He's spoken of being transitional, said one of his major considerations in a VP was someone who was ready to be president. Reason to think this represents a simple reading of the room from Biden. A one term opp...

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As always, the best place to look for realistic forecasting is the betting markets. Once the original market's set there's not a lot of forecasting involved, merely adjusting odds according to where the money's going. It only reflects what punters think will happen, the vast majority of whom have n...

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At that point Jones, they better still have their guns. If it was willing to fight its own, the armed militia would be mincemeat in the face of the US armed forces. A terrorist type insurrection would be the only way they could have any decent impact, but then the US would never recover from that. ...

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Santa wrote:I thought Trump won the Swan interview actually.

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Did anybody see the Trump interview with Jonathon Swan, holy shit, you ignore deaths from Covid now, that’s not important, the USA is better than the world. It was glorious for so many reasons. Some excerpts: Trump: “You know, there are those that say you can test too much. You do know that.” Swan:...

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And there we have it... Trump calls for a delay due to Covid, knowing full well the Constitution has no mechanism for such a delay (a material delay that is, past 20th Jan. And if that happens, we're onto Tahs 12th Amendment thing.) So then he ramps up the rhetoric on mail-in voting. The next step ...

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The simplest answer is he didn't want to be a world infamous pedo in prison after living the life he did, saw no hope and ended it. That's it. There's no grand conspiracy. The first part is undeniably true. That is the simplest answer. I'm a fan of the Ockham's razor principle, that removing all un...

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