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Okay, now I understand why you’re asking questions like this.

> Why wound anyone open a bet on "rando's house will be set on fire"? Why would they bet on "yes"?

Bettor is an impoverished arsonist with no morals and confidence in his anonymity.

Better question: why would a person ask a question with such a breathtakingly obvious answer?

Gambling -> bad gamblers lose -> bankruptcy -> creditors eat losses

Technically, a lot of gamblers are gambling someone else’s money, they just havens lost enough yet for it to matter.

If you want to bring back debtors prison I guess I’d be fine with legalized gambling. If I’m stuck holding the coupon, I’ll pass.

Maybe he means 70-79 CE

Allegedly*

In the experiment you mention, before they put the frog in the cool water, they removed its brain. Then they boiled the water. The frog did not jump out of the water because it had no brain. The experiment proved the opposite of what you are asserting.

Two trucks

> They’re trained to shoot first and ask questions later.

If this was true, would you have survived?

Inventing Assassination Markets in 2026, not bad.

> story? (Turns out it's the railroad company, who is not mentioned in the story at all.)

Palsgraf v. LIRR, it’s right there in the caption.

This sounds an awful lot like a college diploma.

How does the Fifth Amendment work in a civil context?

Is it appropriate to compare murder and running a red light given what you know about the civil implications of 5A?

When you say, “these countries,” I imagine you include the United States, where politically connected youngsters like George W. Bush secured and then ignored jet interceptor training during the 1960s?

Your amateur radio license is only active when:

Not a repeat; an error. How many people were in their seats, unbuckled?

Care to explain how a circuit court might come to hear an appeal out of a state court of general jurisdiction?

> they’re legally required to in the US

Obviously false, not even arguable

Same reason they cant quarter troops in your house: the law

Directing your attention to Coca-Cola

> can't wait to see 6 cylinder engines go the way of the v8.

You want to stuff an in-line six in every race car, buggy, and Jeep that you see, with a supercharger slapped on top? Why not just go with an LS?

Was this a yes or a no?

> weren't on their deathbeds with covid claiming it was a hoax

Have you treated many patients with COVID? I’ve heard the opposite of your claim from those who have.

> but I wondered why a petty thief thought she could get into the Agency.

It’s reassuring to know no one at the CIA has ever done anything wrong, like stealing fifty dollars.

We really mustn’t

Why would anyone believe this?

“basically nothing back at all,” or, “ the time value of money.”

> your most socially competent engineer

Unfortunately, he’s already two of our SEs and the CTO and we’re starting to run low on coders.

What are we going to do when we need a customer success manager or a profserv team?

To be completely fair, neither of us is even a magistrate.

> administrative subpoenas - i.e. not reviewed by a real judge

I have some bad news for you about magistrates.

malice aforethought