Perhaps the most interesting question at the moment is what happens if Clinton wins. Will the Democratic establishment try to preempt the inevitable impeachment and force her out before she takes office?
Mr. Sandpit, not giving any penalty at all sends the wrong signal entirely.
I do wonder if Vettel may end up jumping ship if next season goes poorly. McLaren/Mercedes next?
I think Charlie knows he f***** up on Sunday and Vettel's suffered enough. Doesn't excuse Vettel's behaviour, but I'll be honest, it was just about the only interesting thing about the race. They probably don't want the drivers to tone down the radio chat.
My advice to Vettel, or any of the other drivers for that matter, if they don't like the way F1 has gone, try something else. The oval racing in the US is very exciting and doesn't have the nonsense of giving up position when someone goes off the track. A mistake on an oval ends up with a big crash and the end of the race.
He didn't 'f' up. He said straight away they would look at the incident and penalise Verstappen after the race if necessary. Which is exactly what happened. Vettel was also in line for a penalty and a more sever one at that so why is did he not moan about that not being imposed immediately. As it is he stole Ricciardo's place on the podium.
Apologies if I have got this wrong, but did the incident for which Vettel was penalised happen after the Verstappen incident?
Mr. Sandpit, Hulkenberg's one to watch if it's wet. He put a Williams on pole there, and could've won around 2012, and would've had a podium but got a penalty for a small slide in the wet, colliding with Hamilton.
Button's also good, and the Red Bulls will be tasty too.
The major loser is Rosberg. He's second class (or was at Silverstone in the wet) compared to his peers. In the dry, he could win.
30.1%.. the march upwards continues.... 0.1% at a time
This is a fantastic political drama. Beats West Wing. I can't wait for the box set to come out. Thank God it's only fiction. If it was really happening we would be royally stuffed.
EDIT Anyone seen the ending yet? I'm up for a spoiler. Where's Brody when we need him?
Not really. I actually prefer women bosses. No testosterone. No 'mine's bigger than yours'. Much easier.
I have women bosses - my editors and my agent, in journalism and thriller-writing, nearly all women. Very easy to work for.
My agent has a theory that women make better leaders and men make better entrepreneurs. A glance at English royal history might say that's true, we've had three great queens out of seven or eight (depending how you define).
Elizabeth One and Two, and Victoria.
The percentage of great kings is much lower.
What makes QE2 'great', other than her longevity? No question about the other two, natch.
What makes Queent Elizabeth II great is her knowhow, a much under recognised talent.
The role of a queen is obviously pretty different from most politicians. But she's been doing it for over 60 years and hasn't really put a foot wrong. It's not as easy as it looks - look at the right mess her various family members have made of things over the years. Yet she sails serenely on. Presumably she has her own views about things, her own ego. But it is all subsumed to the role, the duty. Whatever you think of the monarchy as a concept - and I'm ambivalent at best - it'd be churlish to say that she does anything other than a good job. A great job, in fact.
Mr. Sandpit, not giving any penalty at all sends the wrong signal entirely.
I do wonder if Vettel may end up jumping ship if next season goes poorly. McLaren/Mercedes next?
I think Charlie knows he f***** up on Sunday and Vettel's suffered enough. Doesn't excuse Vettel's behaviour, but I'll be honest, it was just about the only interesting thing about the race. They probably don't want the drivers to tone down the radio chat.
My advice to Vettel, or any of the other drivers for that matter, if they don't like the way F1 has gone, try something else. The oval racing in the US is very exciting and doesn't have the nonsense of giving up position when someone goes off the track. A mistake on an oval ends up with a big crash and the end of the race.
He didn't 'f' up. He said straight away they would look at the incident and penalise Verstappen after the race if necessary. Which is exactly what happened. Vettel was also in line for a penalty and a more sever one at that so why is did he not moan about that not being imposed immediately. As it is he stole Ricciardo's place on the podium.
Apologies if I have got this wrong, but did the incident for which Vettel was penalised happen after the Verstappen incident?
Yes. Vettel was penalised for squeezing Ricciardo on the next lap (I think lap 70 of 71).
Mr. Sandpit, not giving any penalty at all sends the wrong signal entirely.
I do wonder if Vettel may end up jumping ship if next season goes poorly. McLaren/Mercedes next?
I think Charlie knows he f***** up on Sunday and Vettel's suffered enough. Doesn't excuse Vettel's behaviour, but I'll be honest, it was just about the only interesting thing about the race. They probably don't want the drivers to tone down the radio chat.
My advice to Vettel, or any of the other drivers for that matter, if they don't like the way F1 has gone, try something else. The oval racing in the US is very exciting and doesn't have the nonsense of giving up position when someone goes off the track. A mistake on an oval ends up with a big crash and the end of the race.
He didn't 'f' up. He said straight away they would look at the incident and penalise Verstappen after the race if necessary. Which is exactly what happened. Vettel was also in line for a penalty and a more sever one at that so why is did he not moan about that not being imposed immediately. As it is he stole Ricciardo's place on the podium.
Apologies if I have got this wrong, but did the incident for which Vettel was penalised happen after the Verstappen incident?
Yes. Vettel was penalised for squeezing Ricciardo on the next lap (I think lap 70 of 71).
So had Verstappen moved out of the way, then the Vettel incident wouldn't have happened.
This is the problem. If track limits won't be respected, severe penalties need to be imposed. Basically, if you cut the corner and don't give up the place, then you should be disqualified and sent to the back of the grid at the next race.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
I wonder how Hillary's health is bearing up. Now in her 70th year, she's clearly had problems recently, viz "pneumonia" plus her having fainted in public a few weeks back for whatever reason. Further the intensive and prolonged campaign must be making huge demands on her mentally as well as physically. Then to top things off, having been coasting to the Presidency for the last two years, she is now seeing her lead being largely whittled away at this late stage, plus the possibility at least of having ultimately to face criminal charges, unless pardoned by the outgoing President. Add to all that the much publicised rumours of serious problems in her marriage and it's a minor miracle that she hasn't folded before now, perhaps she still will.
Is all the hysteria on here down to that ABC poll? When I was lurking yesterday, JackW posted several polls which looked pretty okay for Clinton.
There has been more than one good poll for Trump in recent days.
Speaking of which, he's just hit 30% on 538
The only polls which I've seen him close the gap nationally, are the ABC polls. I don't take LA Times/Rasmussen seriously, if those are the polls you're referring to.
I've just noticed that the adjusted forecast includes a +1.5% trend adjustment for Trump. That is 0.2% per day until the election. I've been mentally adding a trend projection to Trump's share but it's already in his number.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is an adjustment of data from older polls according to the movement of the average since they were taken, not a projection forward in time to election day. At least that's the way it's described for the state-by-state estimates, though the process seems rather circular when applied to national polls: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-users-guide-to-fivethirtyeights-2016-general-election-forecast/
You're probably right. This is doing my head in.
It's not clear to me how it works for national polls. But if that's what he's effectively doing, that may mean the full effect of the FBI intervention may be apparent a bit earlier than I'd been assuming - maybe by Thursday or thereabouts.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
you dont have to imagine it, HRC has been parading a strng of ladies accusing Trump for weeks.
How many will continue to pursue him post 9th November ?
Mr. Sandpit, not giving any penalty at all sends the wrong signal entirely.
I do wonder if Vettel may end up jumping ship if next season goes poorly. McLaren/Mercedes next?
I think Charlie knows he f***** up on Sunday and Vettel's suffered enough. Doesn't excuse Vettel's behaviour, but I'll be honest, it was just about the only interesting thing about the race. They probably don't want the drivers to tone down the radio chat.
My advice to Vettel, or any of the other drivers for that matter, if they don't like the way F1 has gone, try something else. The oval racing in the US is very exciting and doesn't have the nonsense of giving up position when someone goes off the track. A mistake on an oval ends up with a big crash and the end of the race.
He didn't 'f' up. He said straight away they would look at the incident and penalise Verstappen after the race if necessary. Which is exactly what happened. Vettel was also in line for a penalty and a more sever one at that so why is did he not moan about that not being imposed immediately. As it is he stole Ricciardo's place on the podium.
Apologies if I have got this wrong, but did the incident for which Vettel was penalised happen after the Verstappen incident?
Yes. Vettel was penalised for squeezing Ricciardo on the next lap (I think lap 70 of 71).
So had Verstappen moved out of the way, then the Vettel incident wouldn't have happened.
This is the problem. If track limits won't be respected, severe penalties need to be imposed. Basically, if you cut the corner and don't give up the place, then you should be disqualified and sent to the back of the grid at the next race.
Correct on the first point. Vettel's complaint was that Verstappen backed him into Ricciardo after he should have moved over.
I had guessed it would be a grandstand finish as the tyre strategies played out, Verstappen in 3rd was on old tyres, being chased down by Vettel on fresher tyres, in turn being chased down by Ricciardo on new soft tyres and flying.
It all happened rather quickly, and IMHO the stewards dealt with it as quickly as they could. The race finished about 90" after the Vettel/Ricciardo collision, but the stewards wanted to speak to them both before giving Vettel his penalty. Versappen's penalty was easier to decide, and so young Max was ushered out of the cool down room for Vettel to take the podium. Ricciardo ended up with the points for 3rd, but finished 5th on the road, all understood?
CNN chief Jeff Zucker tore in to former network contributor Donna Brazile during a conference call on Tuesday, calling the interim Democratic National Committee chair “unethical” and “disgusting” for leaking debate and town hall questions to the Clinton campaign.
Brazile’s leak of debate questions, revealed in a series of stolen emails published by WikiLeaks, “hurts all of us,” Zucker told network employees, The Huffington Post reports.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
you dont have to imagine it, HRC has been parading a strng of ladies accusing Trump for weeks.
I don't wish to be rude - but please learn to read!
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
you dont have to imagine it, HRC has been parading a strng of ladies accusing Trump for weeks.
How many will continue to pursue him post 9th November ?
Zero I'd suggest
And right on cue, look who's introducing Clinton at a rally...
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
you dont have to imagine it, HRC has been parading a strng of ladies accusing Trump for weeks.
I don't wish to be rude - but please learn to read!
I dont wish to be rude but try seeing the faults in your heroine
I wonder how Hillary's health is bearing up. Now in her 70th year, she's clearly had problems recently, viz "pneumonia" plus her having fainted in public a few weeks back for whatever reason. Further the intensive and prolonged campaign must be making huge demands on her mentally as well as physically. Then to top things off, having been coasting to the Presidency for the last two years, she is now seeing her lead being largely whittled away at this late stage, plus the possibility at least of having ultimately to face criminal charges, unless pardoned by the outgoing President. Add to all that the much publicised rumours of serious problems in her marriage and it's a minor miracle that she hasn't folded before now, perhaps she still will.
She looks like someone's granny on stage, rather than a presidential candidate.
Personally, if a Trump win looks possible, I think just enough Americans will turn out to stop it (and the demographics are absolutely not in his favour - 20 years ago he'd have won) but it will be reluctantly, unenthusiastically and possibly with some anger.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
I have no desire to see either candidate in the White House, nor am I so blinded by dislike for one candidate, that I’m prepared to overlook the faults in the other. – That’s where we differ.
Ms. Apocalypse, I shouldn't worry, this season it isn't mine either
[I didn't start betting until a couple of years after I joined the site, and have strong memories of not understanding how the hell anything worked. 3.75 is just under 3/1].
Tbh, I can easily see myself losing far too much money, at least if I got into betting right now. Maybe it's something to think about for the future....
A good strategy is to bet AGAINST your favoured outcome, ideally at long odds!
That is piss poor advice.
If you are incapable of controlling your emotions you should not gamble significant sums of money.
Irrespective of who wins this tawdry contest, the next President is going to start off with the most humongous baggage of sleaze, distrust, hatred, weariness, and lack of democratic mandate. How can this possibly turn out well?
Irrespective of who wins this tawdry contest, the next President is going to start off with the most humongous baggage of sleaze, distrust, hatred, weariness, and lack of democratic mandate. How can this possibly turn out well?
There certainly won't be a honeymoon period for whoever wins.
CNN chief Jeff Zucker tore in to former network contributor Donna Brazile during a conference call on Tuesday, calling the interim Democratic National Committee chair “unethical” and “disgusting” for leaking debate and town hall questions to the Clinton campaign.
Brazile’s leak of debate questions, revealed in a series of stolen emails published by WikiLeaks, “hurts all of us,” Zucker told network employees, The Huffington Post reports.
Irrespective of who wins this tawdry contest, the next President is going to start off with the most humongous baggage of sleaze, distrust, hatred, weariness, and lack of democratic mandate. How can this possibly turn out well?
Yes. This is the honeymoon. The winner may well come off second best.
A bit like David Cameron who would have done better to have lost in 2015.
Irrespective of who wins this tawdry contest, the next President is going to start off with the most humongous baggage of sleaze, distrust, hatred, weariness, and lack of democratic mandate. How can this possibly turn out well?
There certainly won't be a honeymoon period for whoever wins.
You might be surprised. It's possible that a Trump win will unleash a wave of gratitude for vanquishing the Clinton/Bush dynasties and everyone will claim to have voted for him.
The People who inherited a mess are the poor bloody fans who have to watch West Ham there. The place is total pants. 5 times I've been, bloody hate it.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
I have no desire to see either candidate in the White House, nor am I so blinded by dislike for one candidate, that I’m prepared to overlook the faults in the other. – That’s where we differ.
Irrespective of who wins this tawdry contest, the next President is going to start off with the most humongous baggage of sleaze, distrust, hatred, weariness, and lack of democratic mandate. How can this possibly turn out well?
There certainly won't be a honeymoon period for whoever wins.
You might be surprised. It's possible that a Trump win will unleash a wave of gratitude for vanquishing the Clinton/Bush dynasties and everyone will claim to have voted for him.
I think Clinton will be an interesting one. I can see everything unravelling very quickly for her. There will be cries of corruption every time Clinton does something that could be perceived as benefiting a Clinton Foundation donor.
The People who inherited a mess are the poor bloody fans who have to watch West Ham there. The place is total pants. 5 times I've been, bloody hate it.
Not been following this too closely, what have been the issues there? I did notice their slightly experimental attempt at crowd segregation breaking down the other week though.
Perhaps the most interesting question at the moment is what happens if Clinton wins. Will the Democratic establishment try to preempt the inevitable impeachment and force her out before she takes office?
With a Senate majority any House shenanigans will have the same outcome as it did against Bill.
If Trump does do it, he has an awful lot to thank Mike Pence for - particularly wrt Utah and Arizona I think.
If he wins narrowly, he will owe his victory entirely to James Comey.
More accurately, he’ll owe it to the disgraced ex-congressman, Anthony Weiner's laptop.
The point is that Weiner's laptop may contain nothing of relevance. Regardless of that, Comey decided to make an announcement, and that has had a very clear effect on the polls.
Supposing Clinton's lead ends up being cut by 4 points, and Trump wins the election by 2 points, and then it turns out that there's wasn't anything relevant on the laptop anyway?
It’s a chicken or egg argument. Ultimately, only Clinton has herself to blame for the initial FBI investigation and the reopening of the second, ably assisted by Huma Abedin’s stupidity.
To get the full effect, you probably have to imagine the position was reversed. Suppose Trump was in the lead, then a week before election day it was announced he was going to be investigated for some offence, based on some unsubstantiated allegation - say it concerned something to do with an under-age girl. Then Trump's lead in the polls dropped by 4% and Clinton won the election by 2%. And then suppose it turned out that the whole thing was baseless.
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
you dont have to imagine it, HRC has been parading a strng of ladies accusing Trump for weeks.
I don't wish to be rude - but please learn to read!
I dont wish to be rude but try seeing the faults in your heroine
So who else has taken next Tuesday/Wednesday off work?
I remember someone not a million miles from here being forced to cancel his booked holiday to the US to undertake ultra urgent contingency planning for Brexit, since when we've heard absolutely nothing further ..... funny that. The words "Drama" and "Queen" spring to mind, no offence meant.
Bloody hell Peter, I've been working on delivering on our Brexit plan pretty much exclusively since the early hours of June 24th.
I've been posting about it on here since then. My regular visits to France, and the occasional trips to Berlin.
We're assuming the worst but hoping for the best.
Like most we were expecting article 50 to be triggered this year.
That will teach you for believing anything Cameron says.
Is it just me, or are they all at 1.01 bar the two at the bottom?
In your settings, under "betting" you have your bet view set high, presumably because you bet in large stakes. Move it to £2 and hey presto, you see a lot of small stakes available.
CNN chief Jeff Zucker tore in to former network contributor Donna Brazile during a conference call on Tuesday, calling the interim Democratic National Committee chair “unethical” and “disgusting” for leaking debate and town hall questions to the Clinton campaign.
Brazile’s leak of debate questions, revealed in a series of stolen emails published by WikiLeaks, “hurts all of us,” Zucker told network employees, The Huffington Post reports.
I have no special insight into Comey and the FBI re-opening their case on Hillary Clinton.
But I have to ask myself this: which is more likely?
1. Comey has gone into bat for Donald Trump, being overtly political to help save a sleazebag's Presidential bid that was flailing - at risk of huge personal shit being flung at him for intervening, and possibly being fired by the President for his pains.
OR
2. Comey has seen something on the Weiner laptop that shows Hillary Clinton has been lying her tits off. Under oath.
Ms. Apocalypse, I shouldn't worry, this season it isn't mine either
[I didn't start betting until a couple of years after I joined the site, and have strong memories of not understanding how the hell anything worked. 3.75 is just under 3/1].
Tbh, I can easily see myself losing far too much money, at least if I got into betting right now. Maybe it's something to think about for the future....
A good strategy is to bet AGAINST your favoured outcome, ideally at long odds!
That is piss poor advice.
If you are incapable of controlling your emotions you should not gamble significant sums of money.
It generally works well for me. Makes me more realistic about prospects
Ms. Apocalypse, I shouldn't worry, this season it isn't mine either
[I didn't start betting until a couple of years after I joined the site, and have strong memories of not understanding how the hell anything worked. 3.75 is just under 3/1].
Tbh, I can easily see myself losing far too much money, at least if I got into betting right now. Maybe it's something to think about for the future....
A good strategy is to bet AGAINST your favoured outcome, ideally at long odds!
That is piss poor advice.
If you are incapable of controlling your emotions you should not gamble significant sums of money.
It generally works well for me. Makes me more realistic about prospects
Also gives you a nice bonus if things don't go the way you wanted them to.
I have no special insight into Comey and the FBI re-opening their case on Hillary Clinton.
But I have to ask myself this: which is more likely?
1. Comey has gone into bat for Donald Trump, being overtly political to help save a sleazebag's Presidential bid that was flailing - at risk of huge personal shit being flung at him for intervening, and possibly being fired by the President for his pains.
OR
2. Comey has seen something on the Weiner laptop that shows Hillary Clinton has been lying her tits off. Under oath.
I doubt very much that Corney has personally looked at anything at all on the Weiner laptop .
Right that's its.... Starbucks aggressive tax efficiency strategy didn't stop me occasionally sampling their crappy coffee...but they have really done it now...no red cups for Xmas because of trump.
Ms. Apocalypse, I shouldn't worry, this season it isn't mine either
[I didn't start betting until a couple of years after I joined the site, and have strong memories of not understanding how the hell anything worked. 3.75 is just under 3/1].
Tbh, I can easily see myself losing far too much money, at least if I got into betting right now. Maybe it's something to think about for the future....
A good strategy is to bet AGAINST your favoured outcome, ideally at long odds!
That is piss poor advice.
If you are incapable of controlling your emotions you should not gamble significant sums of money.
It generally works well for me. Makes me more realistic about prospects
Also gives you a nice bonus if things don't go the way you wanted them to.
Not sure if anyone has posted this but the BBC are reporting that the FBI has unexpectedly released 129 pages of documents relating to a 2001 investigation into Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. Clinton's campaign not happy. FBI apparently not responding to BBC's request for a comment.
If someone says that Olney is evens for next leader, your response should be "I'll give you 2/1"!
Yes. I reckon her chances of winning Richmond Park are about 40% and if she does win, her chances of becoming next LibDem leader are about 10% (She will be one of nine MPs and the only female with plenty of media attention.) That makes a 4% chance 24/1 against.
Not sure if anyone has posted this but the BBC are reporting that the FBI has unexpectedly released 129 pages of documents relating to a 2001 investigation into Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. Clinton's campaign not happy. FBI apparently not responding to BBC's request for a comment.
It's a FOIA request, well timed by whoever FOiA'd it.
What's weird is the FBI account that is tweeting the info.
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Tezza and Tone - disaster
Button's also good, and the Red Bulls will be tasty too.
The major loser is Rosberg. He's second class (or was at Silverstone in the wet) compared to his peers. In the dry, he could win.
EDIT Anyone seen the ending yet? I'm up for a spoiler. Where's Brody when we need him?
This is the problem. If track limits won't be respected, severe penalties need to be imposed. Basically, if you cut the corner and don't give up the place, then you should be disqualified and sent to the back of the grid at the next race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb92Zwfujb4
Trump supporters would all be quite happy that the authorities had acted properly, would they? In fact, they'd say Trump only had himself to blame because of his past behaviour?
Then to top things off, having been coasting to the Presidency for the last two years, she is now seeing her lead being largely whittled away at this late stage, plus the possibility at least of having ultimately to face criminal charges, unless pardoned by the outgoing President.
Add to all that the much publicised rumours of serious problems in her marriage and it's a minor miracle that she hasn't folded before now, perhaps she still will.
China and Germany in trade bust up. Chinese accuse Germans of being protectionist
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftspolitik/china-greift-deutschland-an-14507795.html
How many will continue to pursue him post 9th November ?
Zero I'd suggest
I had guessed it would be a grandstand finish as the tyre strategies played out, Verstappen in 3rd was on old tyres, being chased down by Vettel on fresher tyres, in turn being chased down by Ricciardo on new soft tyres and flying.
It all happened rather quickly, and IMHO the stewards dealt with it as quickly as they could. The race finished about 90" after the Vettel/Ricciardo collision, but the stewards wanted to speak to them both before giving Vettel his penalty. Versappen's penalty was easier to decide, and so young Max was ushered out of the cool down room for Vettel to take the podium. Ricciardo ended up with the points for 3rd, but finished 5th on the road, all understood?
Brazile’s leak of debate questions, revealed in a series of stolen emails published by WikiLeaks, “hurts all of us,” Zucker told network employees, The Huffington Post reports.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/01/cnn-chief-rips-disgusting-donna-brazile-over-leaks-to-clinton-campaign/
That could happen if
a) it's 269-269 or
b) McMullin wins Utah and he and Trump get a total of between 269 and 275.
Loved use of 'dainty' it's such a visual word
https://twitter.com/albamonica/status/793539952302850048
Personally, if a Trump win looks possible, I think just enough Americans will turn out to stop it (and the demographics are absolutely not in his favour - 20 years ago he'd have won) but it will be reluctantly, unenthusiastically and possibly with some anger.
What a choice.
Today a beauty contest winner just accused Trump of judging women by their looks. That's a swing and a miss. #Trump #Clinton
Plato's should make entertaining reading...
If you are incapable of controlling your emotions you should not gamble significant sums of money.
We should all have a server at home.
Crystal Palace and Wimbledon both played at Selhurst Park.
Gillingham and Brighton both played at Priestfield.
Newcastle and Exeter both played (and still do) at St. James('s) Park...
A bit like David Cameron who would have done better to have lost in 2015.
And they all came in board
At Sloane Square and South Kensington stations...
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13474116/clinton-prime-directive
And while I don't necessarily agree with all the assumptions in it, there does seem to be one standard for Trump, and another for Clinton.
https://youtu.be/41531pfoY_4
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/#/politics/market/1.119683252
At their mid-point, they and 538.com are within 1-2 ECVs of one another as follows:
Sporting:
Clinton .......... 295 - 310
Trump ........... 226 - 241
538.com:
Clinton......... 304
Trump ......... 233
Funny that.
But I have to ask myself this: which is more likely?
1. Comey has gone into bat for Donald Trump, being overtly political to help save a sleazebag's Presidential bid that was flailing - at risk of huge personal shit being flung at him for intervening, and possibly being fired by the President for his pains.
OR
2. Comey has seen something on the Weiner laptop that shows Hillary Clinton has been lying her tits off. Under oath.
£350m a week...
I mean, I guess there's a chance Hillary gets assassinated. and then the US rips up the constitution. and then goes for a POTUS wifeswap arrangement.
It's not completely impossible,,,
Goody gumdrops!
More borrowing.
Rising prices.
Greater unemployment.
Reduced investment.
What's weird is the FBI account that is tweeting the info.