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Seahawks owner Paul Allen gives $100,000 to help Republicans keep control of U.S. House
Seattle Times ^ | 09/02/2018 | Jim Brunner

Posted on 09/03/2018 3:53:18 AM PDT by DFG

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To: mewzilla

But Open Secrets has some data, anyone know if the candidates listed are RINOs...

https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00669622&cycle=2018


21 posted on 09/03/2018 5:15:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: DFG

Good news


22 posted on 09/03/2018 5:16:00 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: mewzilla

The candidates listed there are not anti-Trumpers that I know, and some are very conservative. Looks like they are from districts that are expected to have close elections.


23 posted on 09/03/2018 5:38:09 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: WashingtonSource

Pretty sure he’s supported gun grabbing so I’d hold my horses on him being on the right team.


24 posted on 09/03/2018 5:38:11 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: jjotto

Hmmmm. Thanks! No atheists in foxhole maybe...


25 posted on 09/03/2018 5:44:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Hostage

“Not sure where he got the $50k but presumably he got it from Gates III who got it from his parents or parent’s rich friends as they were investing in a startup. Gates III mother was an executive at IBM.”

Then the author of that statement has no idea about the history of Microsoft. They had the money, and lots of it by that time.


26 posted on 09/03/2018 5:47:30 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!)
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To: Mashood

Better check another dealer, pretty sure you could buy a really nice Focus for $100,000. Lol!


27 posted on 09/03/2018 6:20:21 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: DFG

Ruh-roh....the other flagburning owners aren’t gonna like it!


28 posted on 09/03/2018 6:34:01 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (GOP- 65 House and 12 Senate seat pickups in November)
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To: Pollard

MAKE FLORIDA VENEZUELA!!


29 posted on 09/03/2018 6:50:33 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: marktwain

Don’t worry Sheldon Adelson and the Kochs are spending more.


30 posted on 09/03/2018 6:54:42 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Wait till the felonaires hear about this...they will start burning the flag before games now....


31 posted on 09/03/2018 6:58:42 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Mashood

“You can’t even buy a new Ford Focus for a $100,000. “

I can get five for $100k.


32 posted on 09/03/2018 6:59:09 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: God luvs America

Just another reason for the thugs on his team to disrespect the flag before the games. I wonder if this will affect attendance at his weekly kneelathon.


33 posted on 09/03/2018 7:13:24 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: DFG
Strange. Thought he was a liberal like most tech billionaires are. Still, every extra dollar is welcome.
34 posted on 09/03/2018 7:15:57 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: jarwulf
Allen hasn’t worked at Microsoft since 1982.
35 posted on 09/03/2018 7:20:09 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Liz
.[17] Bill Gates reportedly asked Paul Allen to give him some of his share to compensate for the higher amount of work being performed by Gates.[18] Allen thought this was warranted, however when the time came[when?] for the adjustment to occur, Gates decided not to proceed.[19] Instead, Gates tried to buy Allen out at a low price, however Allen refused and left the company with his share intact. This proved critical to Allen becoming a billionaire after Microsoft went public.[20]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen

36 posted on 09/03/2018 7:23:37 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: DFG

Doesn’t want to lose his tax cut?


37 posted on 09/03/2018 7:32:24 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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To: Hostage
Both Gates and Allen were Harvard dropouts.

Allen never attended Harvard. Only Gates did. Allen attended Washington State University, which he dropped out of after two years.

They were together at Harvard and left in pursuit of programming microcomputers.

Gates never left Harvard till a year after they had signed a contract with MITS in Albuquerque to write Basic for the Altaire. Allen went to work at MITS in Albuquerque by himself till Gates finally left Harvard and joined him.

He was to Gates III as Wozniak was to Jobs at Apple.

Not quite. Gates was every bit as good a programmer as Allen, if not better. Steve Jobs was no programmer.

38 posted on 09/03/2018 7:40:37 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: DFG

So conservatives are boycotting football and liberals will now boycott the Seahawks.


39 posted on 09/03/2018 7:44:13 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Hostage

Not to be Sheldon from Big Bang, but I don’t know if Tim Paterson, who was the nerd Allen bought DOS from, had it written for IMB Microcomputers, which technically were not yet available.

I think he originally made DOS from CP/M, or at least a better disk manager than CP/M had at the time. I was using CP/M at the time on a Digital Research system, and vaguely remember a thing called 86-DOS, which Patterson had made.

I wonder what the hardware was that Allen initially used when he got home with the floppy?


40 posted on 09/03/2018 7:52:56 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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