dagblog - Comments for "Redistributionist nonsense about Bloomberg wealth being spread by MSNBC" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/redistributionist-nonsense-about-bloomberg-wealth-being-spread-msnbc-30431 Comments for "Redistributionist nonsense about Bloomberg wealth being spread by MSNBC" en Thanks. http://dagblog.com/comment/278065#comment-278065 <a id="comment-278065"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/277983#comment-277983">Bloomberg spent $500M</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks.</p> <p>It's sort of like one of those visual gestalt puzzles: Look at it one way, it's a young woman; look at it the other way, and it's old woman.<br /><br /> It's less a math error than a sort of visual error--ignore the zeroes and just looking at the first three digits.<br /><br /> The error was in not doing the math. If they'd done math, they probably woulda gotten it right.</p> <p>As would I have. I hope! LOL.</p> <p>I'm a wee bit embarrassed, but thank you.</p> <p>You are a gentleman. Hope I have THAT right.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:01:21 +0000 PS comment 278065 at http://dagblog.com I think Bloomberg got 61 http://dagblog.com/comment/277984#comment-277984 <a id="comment-277984"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/277983#comment-277983">Bloomberg spent $500M</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I think Bloomberg got 61 delegates</p> <p>Bloomberg spent $81,967.21 per delegate</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:25:10 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 277984 at http://dagblog.com Bloomberg spent $500M http://dagblog.com/comment/277983#comment-277983 <a id="comment-277983"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/277980#comment-277980">How does the math work? I don</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bloomberg spent $500M</p> <p>There are 340M in the US</p> <p>Split 500M among 340M </p> <p>500/340 gives you roughly $1.47 to each person</p> <p>Give a million to 340 million means you hand out $340 trillion </p> <p>The math error made on the show is understandable </p> <p>Trump and Sanders make the same type of calculations every day</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:06:36 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 277983 at http://dagblog.com How does the math work? I don http://dagblog.com/comment/277980#comment-277980 <a id="comment-277980"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/277558#comment-277558">$1.47 buys a lot. </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>How does the math work? I don't see it.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:32:03 +0000 PS comment 277980 at http://dagblog.com One way to get rich is to http://dagblog.com/comment/277636#comment-277636 <a id="comment-277636"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/redistributionist-nonsense-about-bloomberg-wealth-being-spread-msnbc-30431">Redistributionist nonsense about Bloomberg wealth being spread by MSNBC</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">One way to get rich is to keep asking Brian Williams to give you two tens for a five. <a href="https://t.co/wOncG9FckQ">https://t.co/wOncG9FckQ</a></p> — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAO_/status/1235905076432113665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:17:34 +0000 artappraiser comment 277636 at http://dagblog.com $1.47 buys a lot.  http://dagblog.com/comment/277558#comment-277558 <a id="comment-277558"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/277549#comment-277549">the shamefully stupid video </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>$1.47 buys a lot. </p> </div></div></div> Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:17:03 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 277558 at http://dagblog.com the shamefully stupid video http://dagblog.com/comment/277549#comment-277549 <a id="comment-277549"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/redistributionist-nonsense-about-bloomberg-wealth-being-spread-msnbc-30431">Redistributionist nonsense about Bloomberg wealth being spread by MSNBC</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>the shamefully stupid video (never liked Brian Williams! now his producer, too)</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">this counts as expertise in 2020, we are all doomed <a href="https://t.co/9E188sbi6N">pic.twitter.com/9E188sbi6N</a></p> — Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) <a href="https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1235842770968797184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 06 Mar 2020 08:12:47 +0000 artappraiser comment 277549 at http://dagblog.com