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Author: bubbub
Date: May 27, 2008 23:47
"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of
fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today .."
Barack Obama Monday, May 26, 2008
On Tue, 27 May 2008 22:41:59 -0400, "Irish Mike"
ameritech.net> wrote:
>Obama was campaigning in New Mexico and started talking about veteran's
>rights. He gave an example from his own family. Paraphrasing his comments,
>"In WWII my uncle was one of the first American troops who went in to
>liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. When he returned home from the
>war, he went up in the attic and didn't leave the house for six months".
>
>Only problem is that Obama didn't have an uncle and Auschwitz was liberated
>by the Russians. Obama's handlers said he mis-spoke and are currently
>preparing a statement of what he really meant to say.
>
>Irish Mike
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Author: Tad PerryTad Perry
Date: May 27, 2008 23:08
> Obama was campaigning in New Mexico and started talking about veteran's
> rights. He gave an example from his own family. Paraphrasing his
comments,
> "In WWII my uncle was one of the first American troops who went in to
> liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. When he returned home from the
> war, he went up in the attic and didn't leave the house for six months".
>
> Only problem is that Obama didn't have an uncle and Auschwitz was
liberated
> by the Russians. Obama's handlers said he mis-spoke and are currently
> preparing a statement of what he really meant to say.
Not that I support Obama (cuz I don't), but I do support fairness.
I have an uncle that's not really an uncle that I would call "uncle" when
telling a story about him. That happens all the time in families. So I don't
have a real problem with that.
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Author: RussGeorgievRussGeorgiev
Date: May 27, 2008 23:08
Read an article from a European poker magazine that it's better to be
a top poker pro these days than a top tennis pro? It was from
Pokernews first magazine dated June 2007. The last time I was in
Europe, I collected all their magazines when I played in the casino's.
I also read where Russia has declared Poker to be a sport, not a game.
I don't know where these writers come from, nor how people think these
days. Any of the top 30 players on the Tennis tour would earn more
than any poker pro over any reasonable lenght of time. Does anyone
possibly think any of these poker pro's are making 10-20 million or
even close to this in a yearly average (endorsements included).
Sharapova makes about 20 million a year from endorsements if not more
and I think Federer makes even more.
And now, poker is a sport in Russia. Perhaps they will petition the
Olympics. Training would include sitting on your as for 12 hours day
and eating while wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap on backwards.
Russ Georgiev
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Author: Patti BeadlesPatti Beadles
Date: May 27, 2008 22:30
>That whole pot odds concept is especially ridiculous in a tournament
>'industry' that says so often it isn't pots you want to win, but the winning
>of the pot is half of the odds calculation involved.
It's heads-up. Your probability of winning the tournament is
precisely the percentage of the chips that you hold (modulo
some blind-size effect that was probably negligible.) In
that situation, money odds and tournament odds are precisely
the same thing.
-Patti
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Author: johnny_tjohnny_t
Date: May 27, 2008 22:25
Beldin the Sorcerer wrote:
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> And, of course, he's another long term loser, too stupid to fold.
So. This is bad how?
You know in poker you want people to make mistakes against you.
Especially long term losers too stupid to fold.
This is how casino's make their money.
Sometimes they get lucky.
If they are bad 4/5 times, make sure you play them 5 times. If you can.
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Author: garycarsongarycarson
Date: May 27, 2008 21:03
On May 27 2008 10:41 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
> Obama was campaigning in New Mexico and started talking about veteran's
> rights. He gave an example from his own family. Paraphrasing his comments,
> "In WWII my uncle was one of the first American troops who went in to
> liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp. When he returned home from the
> war, he went up in the attic and didn't leave the house for six months".
>
> Only problem is that Obama didn't have an uncle and Auschwitz was liberated
> by the Russians. Obama's handlers said he mis-spoke and are currently
> preparing a statement of what he really meant to say.
>
> Irish Mike
LOL
It was his great uincle. It was Buchanwald.
I have people I've always called uncle who are actually my Dad's uncle,
and myu mother's uncles. I have a lot of second couisins I've always
called couisoins. Some families are fairly loose with such distinnctions.
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Author: Mark-TMark-T
Date: May 27, 2008 20:57
On May 27, 7:41 pm, "Irish Mike" ameritech.net> wrote:> Obama's handlers said he mis-spoke and are currently
> preparing a statement of what he really meant to say.
Wouldn't it be simpler if we voted for the
handlers, instead of the candidates? Then
we could get statements straight from the
horse's mouth...
Mark
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