"Four Bush biographers, Mark Lombardi, J.H. Hatfield, Danny Casalaro, and now Gary Webb--all "suicide" victims. What are the odds all of these people actually committing suicide?

Examining the male U.S.suicide rate for recent years
(http://www.suicidology.org/stats2001/1999datapage2.pdf), we can
extrapolate a conservative estimate of 17 male suicides per 100,000 people, or 0.017%. The odds of 4 specific, male biographers committing suicide would be the 4th power of 17/100000, or 8.3521 4.913 x 10^-17...roughly 1 chance 10,000,000,000,000,000. About as good a definition of impossible as you can get. A person would stand a better chance of playing the Canadian lottery 6/49 exactly twice in one's lifetime and winning ther grand jackpot BOTH TIMES! (That is, picking 6 numbers out of 49 possible numbers and matching all 6 numbers out of 6 random draws, on 2 separate occasions, and having only purchased two Canadian lottery tickets ever.) This calculation should be regarded as a conservative estimate: the actual odds against such a "coincidence" would be much greater. For example, if any of the biographers were female, the odds would be even greater."

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"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people."

They probably read the books after they'd finished

Kind of reminds me of the Clinton bodyguards.

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Originally posted by girllovingtvibe "Four Bush biographers, Mark Lombardi, J.H. Hatfield, Danny Casalaro, and now Gary Webb--all "suicide" victims. What are the odds all of these people actually committing suicide?

source?

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Originally posted by ogvh5150 Kind of reminds me of the Clinton bodyguards.

Clinton bodyguards or everyone of Clinton's Friends who changed their minds about somthing......

lol

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I'm not surprised thats how it goes down. People talk about not being able to talk down about Saddam Hussein but you better keep your damn mouth shut about Dubya too.

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Originally posted by Q5echo source?

not sure - will find out though - one of my buddies passed it along to me

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Originally posted by girllovingtvibe not sure - will find out though - one of my buddies passed it along to me

Fuck the source. post more pics of you if that is you in your avatar.





















jk source please.

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Originally posted by Petrogad Clinton bodyguards or everyone of Clinton's Friends who changed their minds about somthing...... lol

Them too. Also look at the dead microbiologists.

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Originally posted by girllovingtvibe not sure - will find out though - one of my buddies passed it along to me

haha, seems relieble

but its something if its true indeed.... IF

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Originally posted by jonSun Fuck the source. post more pics of you if that is you in your avatar. jk source please.

Isn't that a bloke with long hair in the avatar?!

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Originally posted by George Smiley Isn't that a bloke with long hair in the avatar?!

he's got real small shoulders then. i don't know, whatever.