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    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

    Not clicking that, please provide a synopsis of the salient points.

    The usual...take Trump out of context, lie about what he actually said then use absolute figures to compare a country with 5m people to one with 328m.

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    I don't know what he said and honestly don't care, but I bet he didn't pick out NZ for it's number of new cases / day! If that was the criterion, he should have picked out other countries that are currently faring a lot worse than the USA! Anyway, there is no reliable way to make an objective comparison, as each country uses different ways to test subjects and register new cases. Some just don't test (enough), some just don't report (accurately), and Russia does neither.

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      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358408[^] Yesterday we had 5 new cases and the day before 6 out of a population of 5 Million.

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      He probably thinks New Zealand has a population of 20 humans and 5 million Tasmanian devils.

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        Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

        Not bankrupted 6 times.

        At least you have to give him the coming out of it and still manage to re-build the empire over again EDIT: I will give you too, that I don't known if he was the one re-building the empire or only the visible face of it

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        Nelek wrote:

        I don't known if he was the one re-building the empire or only the visible face of it

        Given his net worth, I'd say it really doesn't matter. Sometimes filing for bankruptcy is part of the game plan. People have been known to use that to their advantage.

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        • R RossMW

          https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358408[^] Yesterday we had 5 new cases and the day before 6 out of a population of 5 Million.

          A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.

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          The fool is the one who misunderstands and then judges based on that misunderstanding. :laugh:

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            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

            Not clicking that, please provide a synopsis of the salient points.

            The usual...take Trump out of context, lie about what he actually said then use absolute figures to compare a country with 5m people to one with 328m.

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            W Balboos GHB
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            F-ES Sitecore wrote:

            The usual...take Trump out of context, lie about what he actually said

            You are so right! **EVENT TRUMP LIES ABOUT WHAT HE SAID - AND MORE OFTEN THEM ANYONE ELSE.
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            • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

              :thumbsup: But few people get it. I remember an interview with Thomas Sowell in which he said, not a direct quote, but close: "We expect our presidents to be economists, generals, spiritual leaders, businessmen, philanthropists, educators...it would be funny if it wasn't so tragic."

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              Greg Utas wrote:

              We expect our presidents to be economists, generals, spiritual leaders, businessmen, philanthropists, educators

              Well they are. Just not always good ones.

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              • D David Crow

                Nelek wrote:

                I don't known if he was the one re-building the empire or only the visible face of it

                Given his net worth, I'd say it really doesn't matter. Sometimes filing for bankruptcy is part of the game plan. People have been known to use that to their advantage.

                "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                Dave Kreskowiak
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                What is his net worth? He said $9B or $10B back in 2016 when he announced. I seriously doubt it's anywhere close to there, but instead probably around $1B. Of course, I have no proof of this, just like he refuses to give any proof himself.

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                • G GenJerDan

                  LOL 6 times out...200? You do realize each building is a separate corporate entity, right? Best practices, especially in real estate. Don't bring the whole organization down for one casino or hotel or whatever failing.

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                  Yeah, and every other failed business he tried. How are those Trump Steaks? Trump Shuttle? Dead in 2 years. "A" casino? How about The Taj Mahal, Trump Marina, and Trump Plaza - 3 times. The remaining assets reorganized as Trump Entertainment Resorts, which itself bankrupted. Trump magazine? Folded in 2 years. Trump Mortgage? Started in 2006 and folded in 2007. GoTrump.com? A travel booking site. Yeah, started in 2006, dead in 2007. Trumpnet? Never got off the ground. Trump University? We all know that ended. Trump Vodka? An idea that other people don't seem to have a problem with succeeding in. Could it be that people know that Trump doesn't drink? And that's not even the complete list...

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                  Best practices, especially in real estate.

                  Is an excuse. The only thing he has left is real estate and he nor his "empire" doesn't own half the buildings his name shows up on. Trump is nothing more than a brand, and a brand that is being tarnished more and more on the world stage every time he opens his mouth.

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                  • F F ES Sitecore

                    Bankrupted 6 times with hundreds of millions in the bank and the world's most powerful job....what a loser :laugh:

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                    Wait till he's out of office. Trump is a house of cards waiting to fall.

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                    • D Dave Kreskowiak

                      Yeah, and every other failed business he tried. How are those Trump Steaks? Trump Shuttle? Dead in 2 years. "A" casino? How about The Taj Mahal, Trump Marina, and Trump Plaza - 3 times. The remaining assets reorganized as Trump Entertainment Resorts, which itself bankrupted. Trump magazine? Folded in 2 years. Trump Mortgage? Started in 2006 and folded in 2007. GoTrump.com? A travel booking site. Yeah, started in 2006, dead in 2007. Trumpnet? Never got off the ground. Trump University? We all know that ended. Trump Vodka? An idea that other people don't seem to have a problem with succeeding in. Could it be that people know that Trump doesn't drink? And that's not even the complete list...

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                      Best practices, especially in real estate.

                      Is an excuse. The only thing he has left is real estate and he nor his "empire" doesn't own half the buildings his name shows up on. Trump is nothing more than a brand, and a brand that is being tarnished more and more on the world stage every time he opens his mouth.

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                      Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times when trying to make the light bulb. :laugh: what a loser!

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                        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                        Not clicking that, please provide a synopsis of the salient points.

                        The usual...take Trump out of context, lie about what he actually said then use absolute figures to compare a country with 5m people to one with 328m.

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                        Dave Kreskowiak
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                        His exact words: "Every time there's a good country, they like to compare, 'cause we've done an incredible job. You look at our mortality rate, you look at all the things, but they like to compare us to others, so they were talking about New Zealand. New Zealand! It's over! It's over for New Zealand. Everything's gone. They're beautiful. They had a massive breakout yesterday." "Yesterday" on the day he gave this speech refers to NZ's FIVE new cases. 5 new cases is 0.000001% of the population. A total of 11 cases in the last 3 months. In the US, the 46,000 new cases we had on that day is 0.00014% of the population. Over the last 3 months, we've added over 1.6M cases, or 0.005% of the population. We're the ones with the massive outbreak, not NZ. Who's taking this out of context?

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          He probably thinks New Zealand has a population of 20 humans and 5 million Tasmanian devils.

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                          Super Lloyd
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                          Close enough.. they got a lot of sheep over there! ;P

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                          • R RossMW

                            https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358408[^] Yesterday we had 5 new cases and the day before 6 out of a population of 5 Million.

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                            Super Lloyd
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                            Well.. you have to give him that he is quite entertaining! I never watched American politic so hard since he came into power! The ratings are huuUUuuge man! ;P

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                            • F F ES Sitecore

                              Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times when trying to make the light bulb. :laugh: what a loser!

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                              Dave Kreskowiak
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                              False equivalency. A single instance of testing a filament for a light bulb is NOT a business. Oh, and how many businesses did Edison bankrupt? Technically, one, in 1894: "The phonograph was initially marketed as a business dictation machine. Entrepreneur Jesse H. Lippincott acquired control of most of the phonograph companies, including Edison's, and set up the North American Phonograph Co. in 1888. The business did not prove profitable, and when Lippincott fell ill, Edison took over the management. In 1894, the North American Phonograph Co. went into bankruptcy, a move which allowed Edison to buy back the rights to his invention." Try again. :laugh:

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                              • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                False equivalency. A single instance of testing a filament for a light bulb is NOT a business. Oh, and how many businesses did Edison bankrupt? Technically, one, in 1894: "The phonograph was initially marketed as a business dictation machine. Entrepreneur Jesse H. Lippincott acquired control of most of the phonograph companies, including Edison's, and set up the North American Phonograph Co. in 1888. The business did not prove profitable, and when Lippincott fell ill, Edison took over the management. In 1894, the North American Phonograph Co. went into bankruptcy, a move which allowed Edison to buy back the rights to his invention." Try again. :laugh:

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                                F ES Sitecore
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                                False accusation of fallacious argument.

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                                  False accusation of fallacious argument.

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                                  Dave Kreskowiak
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                                  Dude, you really need to get that hard on for Trump checked out. It's been longer than 4 hours.

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                                  • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                    His exact words: "Every time there's a good country, they like to compare, 'cause we've done an incredible job. You look at our mortality rate, you look at all the things, but they like to compare us to others, so they were talking about New Zealand. New Zealand! It's over! It's over for New Zealand. Everything's gone. They're beautiful. They had a massive breakout yesterday." "Yesterday" on the day he gave this speech refers to NZ's FIVE new cases. 5 new cases is 0.000001% of the population. A total of 11 cases in the last 3 months. In the US, the 46,000 new cases we had on that day is 0.00014% of the population. Over the last 3 months, we've added over 1.6M cases, or 0.005% of the population. We're the ones with the massive outbreak, not NZ. Who's taking this out of context?

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                                    If the US's cases increased at the same rate as NZ that would be 200,000 new cases, so NZ's rate is increasing at a rate 20 times more than the US's rate. Funny how comparing massive countries with small ones is only a valid strategy when it makes Trump look bad.

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                                    • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                      Dude, you really need to get that hard on for Trump checked out. It's been longer than 4 hours.

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                                      You need to get your TDS checked out. It's been 4 years.

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                                      • F F ES Sitecore

                                        If the US's cases increased at the same rate as NZ that would be 200,000 new cases, so NZ's rate is increasing at a rate 20 times more than the US's rate. Funny how comparing massive countries with small ones is only a valid strategy when it makes Trump look bad.

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                                        Dave Kreskowiak
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                                        You're seriously going to go that route? The "rate of increase" over a couple days is all you've got? Over the last few days, NZ went from 0, to 6, to 5 new cases. In the US, we went from 37240, to 39794, to 43798 daily new reported cases. So, in NZ's case, the daily reported cases is declining, where in the US, they are going up. Funny how you'll twist the numbers in any way to make Trump look good.

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                                        • D Dave Kreskowiak

                                          You're seriously going to go that route? The "rate of increase" over a couple days is all you've got? Over the last few days, NZ went from 0, to 6, to 5 new cases. In the US, we went from 37240, to 39794, to 43798 daily new reported cases. So, in NZ's case, the daily reported cases is declining, where in the US, they are going up. Funny how you'll twist the numbers in any way to make Trump look good.

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                                          Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                          Funny how you'll twist the numbers in any way to make Trump look good

                                          No, I'm using your own arguments against you to show you how ridiculous they are.

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