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Aug 04
The California Legislature recently decided with the full support of Governor Brown to forgo having a split primary as it has had in recent presidential election cycles. Instead next year California will have just one primary election in June, likely well after the presidential candidates have been chosen. Envious of the attention given to small …
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Aug 03
Massachusetts has taken steps to close a loophole in one of its lottery games called “Cash WinFall”, which had been successfully exploited by a few statistically savvy individuals and groups. The lottery game was first launched in 2004, with the odds of picking all six numbers reported as over 1 in 9 million. However, the rules …
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Aug 06
What Did S&P Actually Downgrade?
August 6, 2011
Late on Friday, August 5th, Standard and Poor’s changed their rating on long term US government debt from AAA to AA+. The move puts S&P in disagreement with Moody’s, which had reaffirmed their highest rating for the US shortly after the debt ceiling deal. It also occurred despite the administration’s position that there was a trillion dollar error …
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