If you had a serious medical issue that required surgery would you forego the definite most qualified surgeon because his / her medical views were 100% opposite to yours and move on to the next most qualified one whose views were not so opposite to yours? Vinny I'm not sure how that's analogous her...

If you had a serious medical issue that required surgery would you forego the definite most qualified surgeon
because his / her medical views were 100% opposite to yours and move on to the next most qualified one whose views were not so opposite to yours?

Vinny

The Donald speaks to you Vinny. I'm just the messenger. I don't do interpretations :) YMCA.png Did you read the thread? I just started reading them. At first I was going to say 2 out of 3 responders were ant-Trump. Then I was going to raise it to 75%. Then 80%. Now, as I keep reading I'd say 90%. O...

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:24 pm The Donald speaks to you Vinny. I'm just the messenger. I don't do interpretations


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See, most people, even including Trump supporters, just like a fun catchy tune and lyrics. They couldn't care less if some perverts also like the same song. And of course everybody knows the song is by and for perverts. Trump's DJ knows for sure that the song doesn't bother any supporters. So they ...

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:24 pm The Donald speaks to you Vinny. I'm just the messenger. I don't do interpretations


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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I will read the thread! I thought I was the ONLY one who noticed!

Vinny

Back to the choice of music / songs played at Trump's rallies. The first time I heard this song being played I told myself, "This is NOT a song I'd play at a Trump rally." Lately I've been hearing this being the first song played after Trump concludes speaking. (Just heard it again after l...

glennds wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:05 am

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:40 pmCapture.JPG

How does one measure enthusiasm?

Being registered to vote AND being likely to vote.

Vinny

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When I was researching a safer way to invest after the 2008 meltdown I came across a debate about Wellesley vs the Permanent Portfolio on a forum. I don't think it was Bogleheads but I remember that MT and Craig were on the PP side and it got pretty nasty at times. I went with Wellesley for a while...

I finished reading the book. I put so much here because it addressed so much that are discussed a lot in the forum: 1) Trump 2) the virus 3) Trump's handling of the virus 4) Trump I found it to be both a fair and creditable book. Recommend to all that you read it. I think both a pro- or anti-Trump w...

If Vinny keeps it up, this thread will be longer than the coronavirus thread in no time. I've already been wisely counseled by Xan so there will be drastically less activity in this topic. Plus, I'm 72% through the book. Vinny You have a digital version of the book, right? You aren’t retyping all t...

“We need to be careful,” Fauci said, intentionally addressing not just Trump but the other task force members who were present. “This is not going to just disappear. It’s not going to go away by itself. It’s going to be up to us.” They had to continue to mitigate and find a vaccine. “I know a guy wh...

Trump had initially resisted criminal justice reform, known as the First Step Act, reforming prisons and sentencing passed by Congress and signed into law in 2018, but Kushner had pushed it hard and it passed with large bipartisan majorities. It was working politically so Trump now clung to it. Grah...

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:03 am If Vinny keeps it up, this thread will be longer than the coronavirus thread in no time.

I've already been wisely counseled by Xan so there will be drastically less activity in this topic. Plus, I'm 72% through the book.

Vinny

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