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Wall Street Math

calhar Wrote: May 29, 2012 11:08 AM
These idiots are all by products of so called "Modern Math"that was intrduced to our schools decades ago.It appears the chickens are now coming home to roost.Two plus two still adds up to four,not five.
cal652 Wrote: May 29, 2012 2:21 PM
The math joke is that for large values of two, two plus two can equal five. this sounds like the math the hustlers are using.

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