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Aerox
Jan 8, 2012
HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

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Dapper_Swindler
Feb 14, 2012

Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

still surprised he is doing lovely. then again the party that raised his dad and brother to power is pretty much gutted and bonned by the nuts they through red meat too.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Niton posted:

Some dude here on Long Island got arrested with a ridiculous amount of weaponry, including seven guns, 8300 rounds of ammo, a fake Federal Air Marshal's ID, and a fake DHS parking placard..

But he's white, so guess how worried people are about what he was up to?

Maybe he was a Delta Green agent whose cover got blown?

sit on my Facebook
Jun 20, 2007

ASS GAS OR GRASS
No One Rides for FREE
In the Trumplord Holy Land

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

This is the best fuckin thing

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

gradenko_2000 posted:

Maybe he was a Delta Green agent whose cover got blown?

delta green agents are actual federal agents, mostly

or they were, now its been reintegrated into the gov't after MJ12 fell apart

Senf
Nov 12, 2006

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

Oh my god

Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
An alright dude.

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

This this is the greatest thing. Please let the sound bites be real but they're not.

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Alien Arcana posted:

It's like the mascots for the London Olympics all over again. Why does anyone think giant eyeballs are reassuring to people?

Take your bigotry somewhere else pal.

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

Remember when people thought he was the guaranteed nominee?

hangedman1984
Jul 25, 2012

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

The best Christmas present ever.

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Internet Kraken posted:

Remember when people thought he was the guaranteed nominee?

I'm really, really, really happy I discovered predictit after Trump hopped in and destroyed Jeb.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

Jeb!

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Raskolnikov38 posted:

I'm really, really, really happy I discovered predictit after Trump hopped in and destroyed Jeb.

In the increasingly unlikely event that Jeb manages to become the nominee after all, how much would someone stand to make off of that?

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

gradenko_2000 posted:

In the increasingly unlikely event that Jeb manages to become the nominee after all, how much would someone stand to make off of that?

Currently, 10 times what you put in.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

I'm really, really, really happy I discovered predictit after Trump hopped in and destroyed Jeb.

What's different about Predictit that won't get it shut down like Intrade?

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Luigi Thirty posted:

What's different about Predictit that won't get it shut down like Intrade?

They got some special letter from either the FTC or SEC that let's them do it.

ohgodwhat
Aug 6, 2005

Maybe the CFTC? I don't think it's the SEC or FTC.

Anyway, that's the same thing that's let the Iowa electronic market operate for many years.

Essentially they are doing this under a thin guise of research.

Nelson Mandingo
Mar 27, 2005




Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

There is a small part of me that wants Jeb and his team to be president and aides, just to continue stuff like this.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Aha, it's considered a binary options prediction market. The DoD tried to make one to predict terrorism once. They have an official "we cool" letter from the CFTC.

Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 203 days!

Combed Thunderclap posted:

FTFY

This little guy is the mascot for the See Something Say Something program, and is actively used in stickers and things all over transit systems today. Isn't he cute!?



Hrm..

Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

"It wasn't my fault that my first unconscious thought turned out to be-"
"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX
Kid President is more presidential than JEB!

alpha_destroy
Mar 23, 2010

Billy Butler: Fat Guy by Day, Doubles Machine by Night

Literally The Worst posted:

delta green agents are actual federal agents, mostly

or they were, now its been reintegrated into the gov't after MJ12 fell apart

Wait, what the gently caress? Delta Green isn't a secret conspiracy anymore? The gently caress is the point then? The best part of playing Delta Green was trying to come up with conceivable cover stories for why a postal agent, an immigration agent, and some motherfucker from the CDC would be snooping around that would fool both civilians and overzealous budgetary administrators.

WhiskeyJuvenile
Feb 15, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo

Popular Thug Drink posted:

if all this mass shooting is getting to your psyche, just keep in mind that about 3.5 times as many gun owners shoot themselves as shoot other people, so there is still hope in the world

the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012
Probation
Can't post for 21 hours!
I would feel bad for Jeb!, but then I remember he is the guy who literally said he wanted to shame single mothers.

Mitt Romney
Nov 9, 2005
dumb and bad

Luigi Thirty posted:

What's different about Predictit that won't get it shut down like Intrade?

You can only invest up to $850 in one bet and $4,500 total which makes the entire site worthless except for poor people.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Too bad it isn't her reelection.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Mitt Romney posted:

You can only invest up to $850 in one bet and $4,500 total which makes the entire site worthless except for poor people.

How much did Arkane make off that site again?

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Mr Hootington posted:


Too bad it isn't her reelection.

Wow... How do you even get this wrong? I mean, college football scores are so heavily documented that it's kind of impossible to gently caress them up

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 4, 2004

USPOL July

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

Don't worry! Jeb! can fix it!

socialsecurity
Aug 30, 2003

Mitt Romney posted:

You can only invest up to $850 in one bet and $4,500 total which makes the entire site worthless except for poor people.

You post this every single time Predict it is mentioned like some sort of compulsion its sad.

Mitt Romney
Nov 9, 2005
dumb and bad

socialsecurity posted:

You post this every single time Predict it is mentioned like some sort of compulsion its sad.

He asked why they have the waiver. They are allowed to operate because they limit it at $850 per bet and $4,500 total, sorry you find that sad.

This requirement of artificially low bets means that it's not a good representation of what people with money are actually betting on.

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

socialsecurity posted:

You post this every single time Predict it is mentioned like some sort of compulsion its sad.

It's Mitt Romney dude, of course he's mad he can't bet $10,000 on an election

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Don't worry! Jeb! can fix it!

Deployment of the JEB! type politician will finally bring the War On Women to a close.

Homura and Sickle
Apr 21, 2013

Mitt Romney posted:

He asked why they have the waiver. They are allowed to operate because they limit it at $850 per bet and $4,500 total, sorry you find that sad.

This requirement of artificially low bets means that it's not a good representation of what people with money are actually betting on.

That's part of it, but the crux is that its for "educational purposes" and non-profit

ohgodwhat
Aug 6, 2005

Mitt Romney posted:

He asked why they have the waiver. They are allowed to operate because they limit it at $850 per bet and $4,500 total, sorry you find that sad.

This requirement of artificially low bets means that it's not a good representation of what people with money are actually betting on.

Ah, yes, people with money betting on politics - those are the opinions I'm really missing out on.

Mr Interweb
Aug 25, 2004

Aerox posted:

HOW IS JEB! SO BAD AT THIS!?!??!

https://vine.co/v/iWPBPK2UpgX

Holy poo poo :lol:

Where is this from?

edit: Oh it's fake. Boo :/

Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Dec 6, 2015

Mickey Mental
May 18, 2008

VitalSigns posted:

It's Mitt Romney dude, of course he's mad he can't bet $10,000 on an election

I think Mittens wagered a fair bit more than that.

BonoMan
Feb 20, 2002

Jade Ear Joe

Mr Interweb posted:

Holy poo poo :lol:

Where is this from?

He said that, but people didn't boo... they cheered:

http://theslot.jezebel.com/watch-jeb-bushs-soul-leave-his-body-after-he-promises-t-1746407691

Mr Interweb
Aug 25, 2004


Okay that makes more sense. I thought it was a little strange to see a Republican audience react negatively to someone doing harm to Hillary (or any woman really).

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake

Luigi Thirty posted:

Aha, it's considered a binary options prediction market. The DoD tried to make one to predict terrorism once. They have an official "we cool" letter from the CFTC.

We have a thread in RSF discussing it if you'd like to know more. I probably should have opened it in D&D but oh well.

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gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

quote:

Mr. Falwell urged the students to apply for concealed-carry permits and criticized President Obama, saying it “blows my mind” that the president has argued for tighter gun-control laws in response to mass shootings.

“I’ve always thought if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in and killed us,” he said, to more applause. “Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here.”

...

On Saturday, Mr. Falwell tweeted that he had been referring only to “those Muslims” who commit acts of terrorism. In an interview with The News & Advance, a newspaper in Lynchburg, Va., he said, “There are many good Muslims, many good moderate Muslims,” who would be welcome on the campus of Liberty University.

Nevertheless, he said he would not back down from the remarks he made Friday.

“If I had to say it again,” he said, “ I would say it louder because it was hard to hear with the students talking.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/us/president-of-liberty-university-urges-students-to-get-gun-permits.html?_r=0

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