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2016 Postmortem

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)

6. "evidence of dismal judgement"

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:53 AM

May 2016

good phrase.
I am ready to make a moneyed bet the FBI will recommend indictment.

Can only make such a bet if I'm sure, since I'm also broke.
Anybody?

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The corollary to "praying for an indictment" is brushing off any wrongdoings no matter how bad [View all] Bonobo May 2016 OP

Not corollary. Converse. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #1

I think "corollary" is okay in this case. Bonobo May 2016 #2

Perhaps, but coming from a math background that really throws me. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #3

I think you are correct at nearly 3 am my brain even at half function couldn't make that one work. Voice for Peace May 2016 #5

enjoying you logicians @ 5:00 a.m! elleng May 2016 #7

also having a background in mathematics, I think "corollary" is correct, particulary when politics DrDan May 2016 #9

Thank you. Bonobo May 2016 #12

Wouldn't the converse be "some here can be *praised* for hoping or even praying for an JudyM May 2016 #14

and ignoring evidence of dismal judgment elleng May 2016 #4

"evidence of dismal judgement" Voice for Peace May 2016 #6

DON'T bet on my political (or sports) selections, bad record here, elleng May 2016 #8

My betting conditions are: the other person has to be even more sure than I, so much so that they are Voice for Peace May 2016 #10

LOL! JudyM May 2016 #15

Nothing has changed. joshcryer May 2016 #11

Yes, human behavior rarely does, even over centuries and millennia. nt Bonobo May 2016 #13