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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#121852: May 10th 2016 at 10:38:45 AM

Successful businesses are never inefficient unless they're getting help from the government.

You mean to say that successful businesses are immune from things like Nepotism, Cronyism, useless C-suite positions, extremely inflated top executive salaries, bonuses, and luxury accomodations, and so on and so forth? One would think that the most successful, largest corporations are the ones most prone to this sort of thing.

Of course, once a corporation is sufficiently large, getting help from the government becomes almost inevitable, so...

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#121853: May 10th 2016 at 10:59:53 AM

[up] I'd say those practices are less businesses being inefficient, and more businesses being very efficient at enriching their major stakeholders.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121854: May 10th 2016 at 11:02:23 AM

Human fallibility and vices are also part of that.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121855: May 10th 2016 at 12:34:35 PM

Something odd happening in the GOP: Cruz re-opens door to challenging Trump for nomination - there are rumours floating that Cruz may reopen his challenge to Trump. If he wins the Nebraska primary, that is.

Speaking of Nebraska, today is another primary in West Virginia. From what I know, it's pretty much expected to go for Sanders and Trump.

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Keybreak (Long Runner)
#121856: May 10th 2016 at 12:39:54 PM

The public doesn't look kindly on quitters-and-tryers-again!

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121857: May 10th 2016 at 12:43:47 PM

The people who think Game of Houses is the most entertaining - and creepy - TV series ever like me may disagree.

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#121858: May 10th 2016 at 12:43:48 PM

How can he win Nebraska when he's not even in the race?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121859: May 10th 2016 at 12:47:47 PM

He still is. Dropping out or suspending one's campaign does not mean that your name is taken off the ballot.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#121860: May 10th 2016 at 12:48:16 PM

I think he only suspended his campaign - he didn't actually drop out entirely.

[nja]

edited 10th May '16 12:48:38 PM by megarockman

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TheWanted Since: Oct, 2013
#121861: May 10th 2016 at 1:26:48 PM

Iirrc, Every canidate suspends their campaign because in legal terms its different than dropping out, mainly in terms of what happens to the money and/or delegates you have

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#121862: May 10th 2016 at 1:29:25 PM

Trump electoral delegate in California is the leader of the white nationalist American Freedom Party.

Money quote from the guy in question:

"For many, many years, when I would say these things, other white people would call me names: 'Oh, you're a hatemonger, you're a Nazi, you're like Hitler,'" he confessed. "Now they come in and say, 'Oh, you're like Donald Trump.'"

That kind of says it all, doesn't it? But yeah, the article profiles Johnson (the guy) and he and other AFP people discuss how Trump's candidacy allows them to no longer be pariahs and feel like their views are mainstream.

edited 10th May '16 1:32:48 PM by Hodor2

MABfan11 from Remnant Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#121863: May 10th 2016 at 1:37:35 PM

You mean to say that successful businesses are immune from things like Nepotism, Cronyism, useless C-suite positions, extremely inflated top executive salaries, bonuses, and luxury accomodations, and so on and so forth? One would think that the most successful, largest corporations are the ones most prone to this sort of thing.

if anything, successful business benefits more from ineffiectiveness by making the customer pay more for less

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Would that it were so simple.
#121864: May 10th 2016 at 2:14:30 PM

[up][up]Guy's saying nothing new, but it's more meaningful when a neo-Nazi realizes he's a neo-Nazi. You know, straight from the horse's mouth.

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#121865: May 10th 2016 at 2:32:40 PM

I'm not clear on whether or not he was dropped, but as per a tweet by Rachel Maddow, the Trump campaign says he was mistakenly included due to a database error.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121866: May 10th 2016 at 2:38:47 PM

Besides, given Trump's honesty (or as we all know - the lack of such) I'd like to see reliable sources before saying that he still isn't a delegate candidate.

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#121867: May 10th 2016 at 3:02:49 PM

I am not sure what else could be said about Donald Trump except that he will likely do better in the Electoral College than Goldwater in '64 and Wallace in '68, which is just plain sad given his views.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#121868: May 10th 2016 at 3:21:08 PM

Wait, how good did Wallace do in '68? He was a third party candidate last I checked.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121869: May 10th 2016 at 3:29:53 PM

5 states and 13.5% of the electoral vote.

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#121870: May 10th 2016 at 3:30:50 PM

Well Trump is probably gonna do better than that, but how well did Goldwater do?

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121871: May 10th 2016 at 3:36:08 PM

38.5% of the votes and 6 states.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#121872: May 10th 2016 at 3:38:18 PM

So it's possible Trump will get more than 6 states then.

Big whoop.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#121873: May 10th 2016 at 4:03:15 PM

Yep, for a Democrat to win like that you'd need them to be a Democratic Donald Trump - keeping the normal Democratic constituencies in the fold while at the same time winning over enough Trumpites to blow the Republicans out. It's not impossible but it would need an awkward balancing act; you'd need:

  1. Someone with an extreme ability to dominate and control the news media coverage.
  2. Someone able to kick up enough resenting white voters while not scaring off minority voters.
  3. Someone who is able to catch any opposition completely off-guard and unable to respond.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#121874: May 10th 2016 at 4:10:52 PM

[up] Someone like Bernie Sanders?

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#121875: May 10th 2016 at 4:16:15 PM

No-I think Hillary has this nomination. Speaking as a Republican, I could see myself voting for her over Trump. I could even see myself liking her for being right of Obama IIRC and she won't rock the boat too much. Sanders...I like about as much as Trump.

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