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You don't think part of teaching someone to be a good lawyer is teaching them how to build and prosecute a case?

That is the problem. Being good at prosecuting a case does not make someone good at knowing what is supported by evidence. If they knew the latter, then they would be far more reluctant to use things such as bite analysis which would make them worse at winning cases. Doctors are also terrible at evidence based medicine.
 
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That is the problem. Being good at prosecuting a case does not make someone good at knowing what is supported by evidence. If they knew the latter, then they would be far more reluctant to use things such as bite analysis which would make them worse at winning cases. Doctors are also terrible at evidence based medicine.

We're talking about why Mueller brought lesser charges against Flynn than he could have.
 
Sorry, for the onlookers, I wonder if Bob might not be so kind as to explain what it is he doesn't claim to not have peer-reviewed studies?
 
No, I'm asking for a peer reviewed study to substantiate that you're not claiming to have sufficient evidence of an answer as to whether you need to depress the clutch to change gear in a manual. Human beings are notoriously bad at understanding how much they do or do not know. For example, the Dunning-Kreuger effect.
 
No, I'm asking for a peer reviewed study to substantiate that you're not claiming to have sufficient evidence of an answer as to whether you need to depress the clutch to change gear in a manual. Human beings are notoriously bad at understanding how much they do or do not know. For example, the Dunning-Kreuger effect.

I haven't seen much saying that a person stating they don't know something is often incorrect.

I also have no interest in substantiating it.
 
I haven't seen much saying that a person stating they don't know something is often incorrect.

All that leads me to think you have no clue how much you have seen saying that. Human beings are notoriously bad at understanding the percentages of their activity. For example, doctors are unable to accurately assess their own c section rates.
 
Told you so is of no interest to me, but I do worry when I see people sidetracked by a non critical story.

My suggestion is that the truth is hard to determine and that this investigation does end up in an exercise of justifying itself.
This isn't Whitewater, and Mueller isn't Ken Starr.

On the Russian Oligarchs I was responding to a post that suggested money laundering. I did a simple calculation to show the scale is not there to chase after. Look at all the foreign buyers of condo units in USA and consider where their money comes from. We don't know but money laundering might be difficult to prove.
That would depend on how effectively it was concealed and what evidence is uncovered. It only needs to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that it occurred with Trump's knowledge for it to be highly problematic for him.

The strength for Comey is his honesty and believability. Rightly or wrongly that is weakened by the "leaker" accusations.
Comey has nothing to do with it. He got fired a while back.

Is Trump getting "twitchy"?
He has the FBI very much on his mind, and that's not because it's actually "in tatters".
 
All that leads me to think you have no clue how much you have seen saying that. Human beings are notoriously bad at understanding the percentages of their activity. For example, doctors are unable to accurately assess their own c section rates.

Absolutely. That is why I have little interest in advocating for my ideas.
 
That is the problem. Being good at prosecuting a case does not make someone good at knowing what is supported by evidence. If they knew the latter, then they would be far more reluctant to use things such as bite analysis which would make them worse at winning cases. Doctors are also terrible at evidence based medicine.
Has Trump bitten someone now?
 
Nope, that still doesn't compute. If districts are based on numbers, then geographic density doesn't matter because denser districts are just smaller. If Democrats are disproportionally concentrated in some districts (which is really what you're referring to), then the other districts will have disproportionally more Republicans. But if you define districts strictly by geographic proximity, compactness, and communities of interests, you will have districts that are fairly immune to the effects that can be artificially produced by gerrymandering.

Take a look at this Wikipedia illustration and assume that the green voters are Democrats geographically concentrated in cities. "Packing" is illustrated by the top right diagram, and it's what Democrats could do to win 60% of the districts even though they are a 40% minority: Without regard for geographic proximity, Republicans have been "packed" into districts where they have large majorities, but Democrats win more districts with small majorities. "Cracking" is illustrated in the top center diagram, where the urban area is deliberately split up and the small pieces and added to rural districts where they are outnumbered by Republicans, leaving Democrats no districts at all instead of their fair share of 40%. The bottom two diagrams are more like what would happen without such engineering.

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Again, nope, not unless you drop the two extra electoral votes each state gets. That's the source of the unequal representation.

Suppose 100 people, districts 33 people, 80 are democrats. Under equal distribution, there would be 3 democrat congressman. If those 80 move into one city, there isn't a compact way to slice the city that doesn't create two districts of 66 democrat. So, republicans are guaranteed a district in this scenario.
 
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