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MSNBC’s Brian Williams and NYT's Mara Gay assert that $500 million could be divvied up to give 327 million people exactly $1 million each

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March 07, 2020, 11:55 AM
maxxpower
MSNBC’s Brian Williams and NYT's Mara Gay assert that $500 million could be divvied up to give 327 million people exactly $1 million each
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Originally posted by mrmn50:
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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Why is Williams still on the air?


To teach us addiffshuns.


And these are the "highly educated" people that look down on "uneducated" working class people...

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March 07, 2020, 12:13 PM
Outnumbered
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Originally posted by senza nome:
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Originally posted by radioman:
Well, Biden claimed that half of the USA population was shot to death over the last decade or so.


... in which case we get $3.80, right?


Bwahaahaa!!!!
March 07, 2020, 12:20 PM
Rightwire
Common Core math now makes perfect sense....




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March 07, 2020, 12:40 PM
GWbiker
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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Common Core math now makes perfect sense....


...and how Democrats count votes.


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March 07, 2020, 12:47 PM
wishfull thinker
To be fair, the population number said "million" and didn't have any zeros, so an easy mistake to make. Besides, in journalism indoctrination school the $1,000,000 per person number would have been close enough to get extra credit on the exam.

I was going to type more here but I have to take a break to go decide if I am going to laugh or cry. Frown


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March 07, 2020, 01:06 PM
CPD SIG
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Originally posted by senza nome:
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Originally posted by radioman:
Well, Biden claimed that half of the USA population was shot to death over the last decade or so.


... in which case we get $3.80, right?


$3.80???
Where are you getting that math from? We get $.95!


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March 07, 2020, 01:36 PM
doublesharp
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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
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Originally posted by senza nome:
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Originally posted by radioman:
Well, Biden claimed that half of the USA population was shot to death over the last decade or so.


... in which case we get $3.80, right?


$3.80???
Where are you getting that math from? We get $.95!


Yeah, Joe's perps were using the double secret multiplying ammo. kill one and two comes back.


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March 07, 2020, 01:52 PM
bigdeal
Where was this Mara Gay when I was young and dating. Something tells me it would take little to no effort to get into her pants if that's the mental capacity she's working with.


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March 07, 2020, 02:19 PM
RoboV
Well Bloomberg could have at least bought everyone in the U.S. a 32 ounce soft drink.

Come on Mikey ante up. We're thirsty!


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March 07, 2020, 02:54 PM
mark60
It's his money to do with as he wishes but that much coin could have done a lot of good in so many different ways.
March 07, 2020, 03:11 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
Rumor has it that Brian “the brain” Williams might quit MSNBC and become the head speech writer for “Creepy Uncle Joe” to aid him with keeping his facts straight Big Grin


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March 07, 2020, 03:42 PM
TMats
Hey Brian, cipher something for us




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March 07, 2020, 04:11 PM
Sigmund
C'mon people, cut Brian some slack! Don't you remember his helicopter got shot down in Iraq?

Good point. No one remembers, not even the CH-47 crew!
March 07, 2020, 06:29 PM
satch
PMSNBC,thr Network for journalism students that flunked math from kindergarten thru journalism school.
March 07, 2020, 06:32 PM
parabellum
They broke Rule Number One: Don't get high on your own supply.
March 07, 2020, 06:33 PM
Sunset_Va
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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Where was this Mara Gay when I was young and dating. Something tells me it would take little to no effort to get into her pants if that's the mental capacity she's working with.


She may not add or divide, but you would have suffered later.


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March 08, 2020, 07:19 AM
Fredward
You mean after the incubation period?

She was not corrected because no one there was smart enough to catch the error.

As far as this being grade school math, maybe in the 60's. I doubt a middle schooler could figure this one now.
March 08, 2020, 08:44 AM
pbslinger
They were right about one thing: "It's an incredible way of putting it"
March 08, 2020, 09:54 AM
gpbst3
Literally pronouncing five hundred million ( FIVE HUNDRED / million) tells you how many people you can give a million dollar to.


March 08, 2020, 10:14 AM
heathtx
quote:
"Well, I coulda been an actor,
but I wound up here
I just have to look good,
I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry"


"And the bubble headed bleached blonde comes on at five
She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye"

I was thinking the same thing........