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I don't think the odds of "all things" are 50%.

test wrote:

As with all things the odds are 50%. It will either happen or not.

Can I interest you in a friendly game of chance?

Oh good, we certainly needed two versions of that post.

test wrote:

As with all things the odds are 50%. It will either happen or not.

I'll put $10 on the earth not blowing up tomorrow. Wanna take that even bet?

So what Huckabee is saying is that the NRA is full of trigger-happy conservatives who want to assassinate black liberals?

I didn't. Huckabee clearly did.

He will be killed and then miraculously will come back to life, that is when his true evil will be known.

And if it does happen, everyone who participated in this thread can expect a knock on the door.

daemon wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

And if it does happen, everyone who participated in this thread can expect a knock on the door.

I was gladdened to have a northern neighbor raise the issue, fwiw.

Really?

That's kinda sad.

For instance, I'm not very comforted by this kind of reading:

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/ … #more-2173

...    ... a number of former government employees and intelligence sources with independent knowledge of domestic surveillance operations claim the program that caused the flap between Comey and the White House was related to a database of Americans who might be considered potential threats in the event of a national emergency. Sources familiar with the program say that the government's data gathering has been overzealous and probably conducted in violation of federal law and the protection from unreasonable search and seizure guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.

    According to a senior government official who served with high-level security clearances in five administrations, "There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived 'enemies of the state' almost instantaneously." He and other sources tell Radar that the database is sometimes referred to by the code name Main Core. One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention.

    [snip]

    Another well-informed source—a former military operative regularly briefed by members of the intelligence community—says this particular program has roots going back at least to the 1980s and was set up with help from the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has been told that the program utilizes software that makes predictive judgments of targets' behavior and tracks their circle of associations with "social network analysis" and artificial intelligence modeling tools. [my emphasis]

Ketcham goes on to explain that the Bush Administration was cross-referencing Main Core with its warrantless wiretap program. I'm not entirely clear whether Ketcham is saying BushCo used Main Core to come up with potential targets of warrantless wiretapping, or whether they used the the warrantless wiretapping intercepts to add to Main Core--I think, but am not positive--it's the latter.
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Hail GEMSTONE!

Well, I've been wanting to mention how all the cable analysts are saying that at least partly, HRC is staying in the race in case of some unnamed 'cataclysmic event' - as though referring to some other Rev. Wright, cocaine dealer or dead girl/live boy was going to turn up. The unmentioned part is the other way she can 'win'. That has been on my mind for  awhile. And this thread allows me to throw that into the bucket for all to consider.