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Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by mindcrime »

WalterSear wrote: post #34
brianwawok wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are amazed a group of 100 million people knew something 6 guys in an office did not?

100 million people faffing about vs 6 full time guys who are presumably professionals in the field? And really, it's not 100 million people. That's just the number of people on the site. In actual fact, it's probably a handful of people at most.

100 million people faffing about vs 6 full time guys who are presumably professionals in the field?

Some of the "people faffing about" are probably also professionals and some of them are probably better than the people employed by the FBI. I mean, yeah, there are plenty of dumbasses on Reddit, but there are people who really Know Their Shit as well.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by skylan_q »

kevhito wrote: post #60
CamperBob2 wrote: post #37

Long-shot speculation: I wonder if the Democrats have decided that Hillary is going to lose against Trump. Maybe they, and not the GOP, are throwing her under a very fast bus. Does anyone know what happens in the unlikely event that Clinton is placed under indictment before the election? Does Kaine move up the ticket? Does the DNC pick someone else entirely? What options do the electors have?

I was getting ready to point out that Hillary really has a large lead, even if the day-to-day talking heads insist on making this and every race/issue seem as if it is 50/50 split. Then I checked 538.com [1]: they have her at 60% chance of winning -- pretty strong lead and hardly a normal time to throw someone under the bus -- but those graphs should be terrifying team Hillary. [1] http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com…

Don't use that site for any insight. Nate Silver had Trump at a "1%" chance of winning the GOP primaries. He then admitted that he got the call wrong because he really didn't have any models and was just spitballing with friends. His accuracy in the previous general election was based on the fact that he had visibility into private polling (WAY more accurate) and other forecasters didn't.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by losvedir »

mindcrime wrote: post #44
takeda wrote: post #40

And she still will be elected, because this year we had to have joke candidates on both sides. I guess it's probably the best time to vote 3rd party.

I honestly can't understand how anybody is considering voting for Clinton or Trump. If this world was anything close to reasonable, Gary Johnson would win in a landslide. shrug

As a Gary Johnson supporter myself, I freely admit that he has some extreme policies that can turn off a lot of voters. But what really frustrates me is how many people I've heard from that do prefer him but are afraid to vote for him because of the spoiler effect.

I keep (wishful thinking) envisioning a scenario where he gets just enough votes that all of a sudden everyone on the fence realizes that maybe he could win and joins in, and then he launches ahead

Wishful thinking and politics aside: there's a term for that phenomenon on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite place it. Can anyone think of one? Where there's a slow growth until you get just enough of something and then it takes off?

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by jimmywanger »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #57
jimmywanger wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> being run by a bunch of criminals who delete incriminating evidence. I have no problems accepting the fact that politicians might hire crooks to do some things that are extra legal. The fact that they're incompetent criminals who get caught and who don't understand the internet, that worries me.

Can you help me understand your point of view?

It might be kind of silly, but I think that the US government has to do a lot of shady things to ensure that we have a high standard of living and more of our share of natural resources.

Look up the origin of the term "banana republic" if you don't believe me. Or just look through how many things we did in South/Central America due to the doctrine of manifest destiny.

So if we have to do something bad to ensure a steady supply of oil at a reasonable price, sure. I can accept that.

But we should be discerning enough to figure out who to hire, and how to GET AWAY WITH IT to avoid repercussions. If you're the president, there's a lot more at stake here than your campaign - we're talking about full blown war.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by albinofrenchy »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #57
jimmywanger wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> being run by a bunch of criminals who delete incriminating evidence. I have no problems accepting the fact that politicians might hire crooks to do some things that are extra legal. The fact that they're incompetent criminals who get caught and who don't understand the internet, that worries me.

Can you help me understand your point of view?

Its the Lil Wayne metric -- be good or be good at it. Every politician is presumably some level of corrupt; you might as well prefer the ones smart enough not to leave evidence everywhere.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by [deleted] »

skylan_q wrote: post #58
mhomde wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just when you thought this election couldn't get any weirder... there's a major scoop about Clinton on r/conspiracy

weirder you have to admit, (fears of things going one way or another set aside) it's been pretty entertaining.

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Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by discodave »

jimmywanger wrote: post #26

The actual facts aside, this makes her appear far less electable, as her campaign camp looks like it's being run by a bunch of clowns. Just from a PR perspective, this could not have come at a worse time. The collapse at the 9/11 memorial, the "basket of deplorables", and the mention of the Pepe meme on her official website. Right after a couple of muslim terror attacks, some evidence surfaces purporting that she tri…

> The actual facts aside

I happen to believe that facts are important in a Presidential race.

Essentially your response is repeating talking points of the Trump campaign... which is OK, 1st amendment and all that but to pretend like you're making a constructive addition to the discussion / debate is folly.

Right now America has a choice between Trump, a racist, mysoginist demagogue who has never held a public office and Hillary Clinton. Hillary may have issues but she is also possibly the most experienced presidential candidate of the last couple of decades.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by imron »

jimmywanger wrote: post #48
imron wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> as her campaign camp looks like it's being run by a bunch of ~~clowns~~ as her campaign camp looks like it's being run by a bunch of criminals who delete incriminating evidence . FTFY

> being run by a bunch of criminals who delete incriminating evidence. I have no problems accepting the fact that politicians might hire crooks to do some things that are extra legal. The fact that they're incompetent criminals who get caught and who don't understand the internet, that worries me.

> do some things that are extra legal.

Illegal.

I have more problems with politicians hiring crooks to do illegal things for them, than with criminals being incompetent.

Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by [deleted] »

mindcrime wrote: post #44
takeda wrote: post #40

And she still will be elected, because this year we had to have joke candidates on both sides. I guess it's probably the best time to vote 3rd party.

I honestly can't understand how anybody is considering voting for Clinton or Trump. If this world was anything close to reasonable, Gary Johnson would win in a landslide. shrug

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Re: House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server

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Post by albinofrenchy »

skrowl wrote: post #8
Mendenhall wrote: post #4

What amazes me besides him using familiar handle is that even after the investigation he left all those reddit posts up. Then he decides to try and delete them now after they are found.

What amazes me is that a reddit user found it but somehow all of the FBI investigators didn't.

Why are we assuming the FBI didn't?
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