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I think WYNN and ERI are actually quite different. WYNN gets most of their profits from Macau. ERI is overwhelmingly US-centric.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1265782271866359808

Anyone wanna give betting odds on some Trump supporter attempting to break into mailboxes to steal ballots after having this insane idea planted in their head by Trump? (Thinking of that one woman who voted for Trump in two states in 2016 to try and "balance out" what she was convinced was rampant voter fraud for Clinton)

Even if there are such people they won't make a difference. Systematic cheating organized by the DNC on other hand.....

Will probably not change anything because they'll pick exactly the wrong counties to cheat in.

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I decided to stay in CAR for now. I'll probably sell if it gets to $30 but I think it's still a good value even at $22. When I bought at $11 I was looking for it to rise to $30+ but didn't expect it to break $20 within 2 weeks.

Bought some F today. I think people are going to need cars more going forward, as living in cities and using public transportation has proven to be quite dangerous for health and increasingly unnecessary for work.

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Not_an_Owl posted...

I was going to say the bubonic plague had never reached the U.S., but apparently between 1900 and 1908 about 200 people died from it in California. So even if he tried to make the argument, we've kind of already flown past those numbers!

That took more than 550 years from when it first reached Europe. I think Sephy would not be concerning himself with such long timescales.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

oh yeah, i just loved those sephy covid posts.

sephy: the lockdown is ridiculous! we didn't do this for the swine flu!

*US covid death toll passes the swine flu death toll*

sephy: the lockdown is ridiculous! we don't do this for the regular flu!

*US covid death toll passes the regular flu death toll*

if he hadn't been purg'd, i'm sure he would have moved the goalposts to the black death by now.

You know, the US (or the land on which the US now stands) had a grand total of zero deaths for the black death. How? We had zero international travel with countries with the disease. A total and complete shutdown on people from disease-ridden countries entering the country...

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We really need Sephy back to make this argument without contradicting himself or leaping into conspiracy theories.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

If we want to be extremely pedantic, it can be argued that the current incarnation of the nation of Germany only starts from the fall of the Berlin Wall

I think the legal process the used for reunification was actually that each of the East German states seceded from East Germany, and joined West Germany under the clause of the West German basic law that allows German-speaking states to join. So the current Federal Republic of Germany is legally the same as West Germany, and the East German federal state ceased to exist when it lost all of its members. The same process was used to dissolve the USSR (all the member republics seceded).

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I'm wondering if maybe I should sell my CAR shares. I've only held them for 2 weeks but they've been up 10% nearly every day and I'm up 93%. I wonder how long this can keep going.

I am planning on visiting Wynn in Vegas maybe late June if the pandemic situation looks safe. I was actually there a couple days before they closed in March and they had probably the best blackjack conditions Vegas has seen in years (maximum 3 players to a table, and low bet minimums). I think the max 3 players to a table rule is probably here to stay for a while, which is good for players enjoying their experience but maybe not for the house.

I checked my offers and they are offering me comped nights during the week but not for the weekend. I suppose that means that enough people are booking that they don't feel the need to dig deep to get customers to come.

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Peace___Frog posted...

In what way is social media a public space? It is an advertising platform.

They are engaging in interstate commerce. Same as the hotels who wanted to discriminate by race. Congress can regulate interstate commerce.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1265649545410744321?s=21

Narrator: There was no action to follow.

There will be more capacity for action after the election when the Republicans retake the House.

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Jakyl25 posted...

Is there evidence it actually limits the spread though, is what SmartMuffin is asking

I think the documented reduction in flu cases after the lockdowns is fairly convincing, as we have a control group to compare to.

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SmartMuffin posted...

That the key variable(s) is something other than lockdowns. I have no idea what it is. Probably a complicated mix of a lot of different factors. But it's not lockdowns.

Lockdowns could be one of a number of different variables.

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It's pretty clear that the transmission rate is strongly related to population density. When there is a high concentration of people (NYC subway, European soccer games, the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration, etc.) transmission skyrockets. Where there isn't (see Sweden and Texas) the transmission rate is lower. Lockdowns obviously decrease the concentration of people and therefore decrease the transmission rate, but some areas start out with lower concentrations of people and have a natural advantage.

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Today has been so weird. CAR was up 11% in the first half hour, then lost all its gains in the span of half an hour and touched red area very briefly. Now it's up 11% again.

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SmartMuffin posted...

https://twitter.com/DanODonnellShow/status/1265300315370291200

I like how in England this sort of thing is a legit big deal scandal, but here in the US everyone already knows/assumes all of our leaders are giant frauds and hypocrites and so when they get caught, we all just kind of shrug.

Her job is to interpret the law. Her colleagues outvoted her, so now she is following their decision. She doesn't have to act in accordance with her interpretation of the law when that isn't the one that won.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

no it's not. it's an assumption.

an opinion is "the journalist OANN employed sucks."

I don't think a separate category for assumptions exists in defamation law. It's either a fact, or an opinion. Within facts, you can have true facts and false facts, and it's only false facts that are actionable.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

how is that an opinion

Because the way she talked about it, it should have been apparent to a reasonable viewer that the conclusion was an inference drawn from some other facts, which she had expressed, and there were not additional unstated facts from which she based her conclusion. Compare the following statements.

1. OANN employs a journalist who also works for Russia Today. They must also be funded by Russia.
2. I have direct evidence that OANN is funded by Russia.

1 is an opinion and not actionable through a defamation case (assuming the fact about employing a journalist who also works for RT is true). 2 is a statement of fact, and if false, can lead to liability for defamation.

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And yeah, Rachel Maddow just won a lawsuit OANN filed against her because the court concluded that her statement, on-air, that OANN was funded by Russia, should be understood by a reasonable viewer as her opinion rather than a fact.

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StealThisSheen posted...

He said they're being sent to "anyone," which is false.

It hasn't happened yet. It's possible that California sends mail-in ballots to everyone in the state. If that doesn't happen, Trump will be wrong, but until then, his statement is an opinion about what will happen in the future, not a fact.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1265255835124539392?s=21

Twitter now actively fact checking Trump some times

But Trump didn't state any facts in that tweet other than that mail-in ballots are being sent. The rest is all opinion.

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China already banned Youtube and has for years, so why are they catering to them anyway?

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Beautiful day today. My stocks are up 52%, 14%, and 11%.

I'm considering getting out of LK now that we finally have a green day with it. Still a long way below where it was when it reopened after the halt, of course. I guess it's only $600 I have in it at this point after the long fall from $6 so might as well hold onto it and wait for the earnings report.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

while other people should be allowed to insult me? these rules only apply to me?

You can avoid using expletives. Those don't add anything to the conversation and tend to lower your credibility.

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Yeah, Lasa, you should probably avoid making those posts that purely attack people with expletives.

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Inviso posted...

Well, those are the people who would actually benefit from the libertarian platform practicing what it preaches, given the governmental oppression they face as is. What other strategy should they use? Try to appeal to Republicans, who don't actually care about personal liberty?

Yeah, it's not a bad strategy. Republicans aren't going to vote LP and risk the Democrats winning.

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Why would we remove our most popular characters? If you really have to, I could countenance putting the main bracket winner up against Link in a grand final, but there's no reason those other characters should be removed from the bracket.

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Voxwik posted...

Moderates are the only ones that represent a majority of the country. Bring on ranked choice elections to get these polarized clowns out. Ranked choice means a third party vote isn't a vote for the worse of the two extremes.

I'm actually glad Biden got the nomination. He's far from perfect, but at least he isn't a pie-in-the-sky wish-master that doesn't give a care half the country disagrees with their goals like some on the far left.

I like Bernie. I kind of like Elizabeth Warren. I think AOC is completely unrealistic in her wish list. Any of those three probably would have handed Trump another term because they are probably unelectable to moderates.

Moderate Dems don't care about half the country. They want to rule with absolute power. Well, as they say, elections have consequences.

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Voxwik posted...

The phenomenon of Trump he himself explained when he was still a candidate:
He said his supporters would support him even if he shot someone in broad daylight. He was a laughingstock back then. Now far less people are laughing.

Basically, his supporters put their word in him as if he's a deity. Anything he says is truth, anything unfavorable to him is fake. It's classic cult of personality.

Now he's supporting news that only favors him, and even bashes Fox, which is clearly heavily biased in his favor. But heavily biased isn't enough for someone as narcissistic as President Trump. He must be unquestioned. All of his concerns and conspiracies must not only be acknowledged as legitimate, but outright true. Anything unfavorable to him must be downplayed or ignored.

And now he wants to investigate "unfair" bias against conservatives. What we are seeing is a full on war on political freedom in this country. He's going to go after anyone that says things unfavorable about him, or who disagree with him. And his supporters, like puppets, eat it all up. They are turning into enemies of political freedom; aggressors eating up propaganda that they are the ones being oppressed.

This MUST. NOT. HAPPEN. For the sake of this country, Trump and his far right allies must lose. Honorable Republicans need to take back that party ASAP.

Yeah, that's why Hillary Clinton had to be stopped. That's why the moderate Dems have to be stopped. To save our political freedom.

Once we've stopped that threat, we can vote out Trump, but until then, gotta focus on the most pressing danger to freedom.

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SmartMuffin posted...

Also he was most recently a Democrat, not a Republican

Yeah, he jumped ship years ago. His mistake!

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Poor Lincoln Chafee! Getting blown out 184-0 by Vermin Supreme. Should have stayed loyal to the GOP!

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I am always mystified by how LOTM has the beliefs that he has. It's like a mix of neocon propaganda and Trump hatred.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

I mean, the polls have Biden with a pretty decent lead. Not enough to get complacent, but at even money you'd bet on Biden right now.

You can get Biden at 47 cents to win $1 on PredictIt.

Edit: 47 cents to receive $1 back including your initial investment. So 47 cents to win 53 cents.

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Ashethan posted...

Republicans blame people all the time! They still blame Obama!

Because that's politically advantageous. Not because they actually believe it's his fault.

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If moderate Democrats and leftists weren't so focused on blaming people, they would be Republicans....

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Jakyl25 posted...

I take it you identify with this

That would explain why Muffin's political views have changed so much over the years! Looks like lots of stuff happens to him!

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Vote away!

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Jamal Khashoggi's sons have announced they forgive their father's murderers, clearing the way for them to be released from prison under Saudi law. Well, if they are in Saudi Arabia, they may have had little choice but to grant this pardon.

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I think the way the USSR understood the terms was:

Socialism - the transitional state where the state owns and controls everything.
Communism - the end state where the idea of ownership of property has been abolished.

Of course, no state run by the Communist Party has ever gotten beyond socialism, probably because they have no incentive to give up 100% ownership of all assets of the country.

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Menji posted...

It's going to be interesting, are earnings calls subject to audit or is it just internally? Not sure why someone would believe what they say given the circumstances.

It looks like they've retained an outside firm to audit it before they release it.

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LK is like the worst stock ever. I've had this stock for a month and a half and every single day it's either been halted or lost at least 15%. Literally every single last day. Fortunately the losses have been high enough already that there's not much value left in my shares so today's 25% loss wasn't that much in terms of dollars.

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foolm0r0n posted...

Stop 1 war

It would be so damn easy

But that's not a Republican goal. Also, Trump already achieved that in Syria by sitting back and letting Russia and Iran do it.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

https://twitter.com/jordanuhl/status/1263234146337525762?s=21

Thats a yikes moment

He's pandering. But weak stuff like condemning the BDS movement in words is not likely to work when his opponent and the Israeli prime minister are all but committed to a one-state solution based on the borders set forth in the Bible.

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No Republican candidate will ever be good enough for foolmo. In the real world, Trump is delivering the goods for Republicans, just as PrinceReva says.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1263515455869857801?s=21

Our President has such a mastery of words. The most masterful master of words in history!

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Jakyl25 posted...

Wait isnt Trump also saying there could be a second wave?

If there is one, he will be able to say he warned us. If there isn't, it'll be all because of his visionary policies.

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That depends. Are they inspectors with a general portfolio or are they generals with the task of inspecting?

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Drain the swamp! Fire the corrupt officials, Mr. President!

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Vote away!

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In non-LK news, it's another good day for CAR and travel stocks. +16% today for CAR after +24% on Monday.

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Man, that first 20 minutes it looked like the LK short squeeze might actually be happening when it surged from $2.50 to $3.50. Now it's sunk back to $2.80. Well, should I close out my position at just over a 50% loss?

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