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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: weatherman ✹  😊 😞
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Subject: speaker johnson budget odds
Date: 11/01/23 5:50 PM
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real money (ok, $25k total staked is not much) odds have 2:1 odds that the us. gov will not have a shutdown nov.19
(polymarket.com)

if you see this as a proxy for speaker johnson's competence, it doesn't seem to jibe.

sample track record :
- losing the 50+ cases for trump's election denial.
- when commenting on a failed evangelical-based law school that never went anywhere, mikey said:
'From a pure feasibility standpoint,' Johnson said, 'I'm not sure how this can fail.'

the biggest unspoken point is that the 1-person republican vote-to-recall still exists. johnson feels he could revoke it if needed !
so he is completely oblivious to the faction that led to this situation, a GOP intent on non-functionality via dysfunctionality.

we also now have a sample of his type of serious proposals, via the IRS&israel tie-up.

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