Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-14 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jan 13, 2019, at 1:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > It's a game in the mathematical Game Theory sense. I wonder. Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" - Mary Oliver -- PDML

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread John
Calvinball is also a game. On 1/13/2019 18:23:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It is a game, but like in any other game, results can be produced by ignoring the rules. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 1:57 PM Boris Liberman wrote: Daniel,

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread William Robb
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 5:24 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > It is a game, but like in any other game, results can be produced by > ignoring the rules. It’s a blood sport and like all blood sports there will be cheaters skewing the results. The problem arises when you get people who don’t

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It is a game, but like in any other game, results can be produced by ignoring the rules. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 1:57 PM Boris Liberman wrote: > Daniel, politics is not a game by definition. Game means rules, unless you > mean

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Bob, I guess one could come up with a definition. The said definition will be of no practical sense except for people who chose to occupy themselves with MPUs - Minimal Publishable Unit... Either way, I would gladly see this thread turn into a pun sequence, preferably not converging one, in case

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's a game in the mathematical Game Theory sense. > On 13 Jan 2019, at 18:57, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Daniel, politics is not a game by definition. Game means rules, unless you > mean "game" as in subject of hunting. And rules means abiding by them. > > Politics, and especially high level

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Daniel, politics is not a game by definition. Game means rules, unless you mean "game" as in subject of hunting. And rules means abiding by them. Politics, and especially high level politics, thus is anything but game. Do we really need to go on on the list? On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 8:08 PM

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Politics is not a rational game. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:31 PM Bob W-PDML wrote: > Thank you. The whole business is quite fascinating, as a great historical > moment, and perhaps not as bad as it may appear from a distance.

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thank you. The whole business is quite fascinating, as a great historical moment, and perhaps not as bad as it may appear from a distance. People are getting overwrought about it all, and will wake up feeling rather sheepish and embarrassed about it one day. It's full of amusing little

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread mike wilson
Yes but that makes president Tweety more like Boris's dad. He's the founder of a dynasty of troglodytic numpties. > On 13 January 2019 at 16:47 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Haven't you heard about Donald Jr, and Eric? And his son-in-law, Jared > Kushner, plays a major role in the White

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Haven't you heard about Donald Jr, and Eric? And his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, plays a major role in the White House. Gov Christie, formerly governor of New Jersey and a candidate in the presidential primaries, was kicked off the team because as a US Attorney he prosecuted Jared's father and

Re: OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 January 2019 at 14:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > I just want to sent my sympathies and good wishes to all of you in the > tough week ahead. Take comfort in knowing that you are more likely to > survive this crisis than the US is to survive the one we are going > through. Hard to

OT: To our British Pentxians

2019-01-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I just want to sent my sympathies and good wishes to all of you in the tough week ahead. Take comfort in knowing that you are more likely to survive this crisis than the US is to survive the one we are going through. Hard to see a sensible compromise arising on either side of the pond. BTW, is