* The big news right now — CERN MAY HAVE OBSERVED A PARTICLE MOVING FASTER THAN LIGHT!
I can’t believe anyone is talking about politics or the stupid economy when this is hanging over our head. This would completely destroy our understanding of physics. Do you know how many equations in relativity completely break down when you have a velocity greater than the speed of light. This changes everything!
Well, nothing actually changes. Physics is still the same; it would just change what we thought it was. And since most of you aren’t scientists and don’t really care about physics or understood relativity in the first place, it doesn’t change anything for you.
On second thought, forget this; it’s inconsequential.
* So, did everyone watch the FOX News/Google debate last night? It’s starting to look like we’re going to be stuck with that slimy weasel Romney. Intrade has him rocketing ahead now. He has so many vulnerabilities, but no one seems to be able to land a blow on that slippery little rodent. Perry tried an attack on Romney’s flip flopping, and he stumbled over himself so much it was absolutely painful to watch. It made me feel better about my radio appearances it was so bad. Oh, and then there was Perry saying people didn’t have a heart if they didn’t want to subsidize college tuition for illegal immigrants.
I just can’t stand Romney talking about what a “success” Social Security is — the absolute bloated mess that I’m forced to pay into and will receive nothing (and even if I did, it would be a pittance compared to if I were actually able to invest that money). It’s the worst example of the failures of relying on government, and he’s flying its flag. He’s worse than any Democrat on the issue, and I hate the idea he’s going to be the Republican standard bearer for four to eight years. How in the world is he going to do the entitlement reform we need with that attitude?
Of course, he’s probably lying about what he thinks about Social Security — same as everything else. Oh well; he’s electable and should bat around Obama easily.
I’m so dissatisfied with the current crop, I kind of want Palin to enter the race. I think she can win against Obama at this point, and she doesn’t suck as much as anyone else.
Or we could work on elevating Cain. He’s not a politician… which is great but also means he’s a little rough around the edges. But he’s smart; we can work on that if we all get together.
Maybe we could have a Palin/Cain ticket — PAIN!
* Amadinadoddledoodle — the Iran president guy (I’m tried of googling and cutting and pasting his name) — went in front of the U.N. and spouted crazy because that’s what it’s there for. Along with conspiracy theories, he talked about the twelfth imam (the one with three beards, two of them magical and one of them normal) coming to take over the world or something. The twelfth imam is also known as the hidden imam, because I guess he’s like hiding under a box or camouflaged or something. We should probably keep an eye out for him. Check your attics to make sure no imams are hiding there.
Anyway, the U.S. and a bunch of other countries walked out during Amadiddledoober’s speech, probably to look for that hidden imam. It’s like an Easter egg hunt!
* Wisdom of the Day: “Governor Perry losing debate with his own tongue.” –Ann Coulter
* Apparently chimpanzees don’t like to cooperate with each other. They’ll only work together if they get more benefit than working alone; otherwise, they like to be mysterious, loner chimpanzees. This is good news for us because it means there is little chance that monkeys will organize together to rise up against us. Also, since they don’t like to cooperate, we can probably put in seeds of doubt and cause them to fight each other, destroying themselves. So put that under our plans to eliminate monkeys. I hope the government has plans how to make every individual species extinct in case they become nuisances.
I’m a little fuzzy on this new physics experiment that contradicts all other physics experiments that already contradicted each other. Can’t they just add another string or two? That’s what they usually do.
Physicists do better at thought experiments. They should stick to that. Note: thought experiments are best done while drunk. Thus, instead of building them a jillion dollar collider, we could could them a pub and call it a day.
FrankJ! Of course finding a FTL particle changes everything. This means that going back in time to rescue dinosaurs is absolutely possible.
I really want the gop to nominate a meat eater this time. Not some wuss with false hair.
What makes you think that rising up against us is not in every monkeys interest? Best get rid of them before they work together.
Is “parts a million” some kind of science-speak that I am unfamiliar with or does the author think so little of us that he thinks it’s okay to make up sciencey words and we won’t notice?
Nothing is faster than light – I’ve chased enough laser pointers to know.
Don’t worry about not getting any Social Security when your old enough, I’ll collect my contributions………and yours!
Perry is trying very hard to make me despise him too. I guess…I commend him for this?
If I completely ignore this election, will it end in a satisfactory result?
Oh, blast, I almost forgot.
CAIN!
No PAIN no gain
“The big news right now — CERN MAY HAVE OBSERVED A PARTICLE MOVING FASTER THAN LIGHT!”
CERN, if I’ve told you once I’ve told you 100 times: that was Ron Paul after his second espresso.
I gotta hand it to Basil for being the first IMAO person to see the virtue in CAIN!. I think I was second (but I’m just IMAO Ronin Spam). I’d like another CAIN! slogan contest, please. Now, give me what I want!! (Star Trek V line for those of you who are minimally-cultured.)
I’m gonna reiterate some I like:
No CAIN!, No Gain! (this one is wholly mine!)
Thank God There’s No “Mc” in CAIN!!! (another original.)
Only CAIN! Is Able!!
Give Me Some Sugar, CAIN!
CAIN! You Dig It?
CAIN!
Obama needs to feel some PAIN !!!!
Didn’t that 12th imam get caught on camera on Ghost Hunters? On that ghost hunt in the ghey bar?
I’d like to see Perry and Romney locked in a cage with Ann Coulter. Coulter would have two more trophy heads to hang over her mantle.
President CAIN!.
I like how that sounds.
CAIN!
“Oh, and then there was Perry saying people didn’t have a heart if they didn’t want to subsidize college tuition for illegal immigrants.”
Not sure what was more pathetic, Perry submarining his entire campaign with that ridiculously stupid line, Charles Krauthammer and the other “conservative” (lol) pundits acting like it didn’t happen and claiming that he somehow came out of the debate looking good, or having to listen to Juan Williams droning on endlessly about how the Republican debates have become radical right wing fringe and the party risks being unelectable.
Do any of these people actually live in this country?
“college tuition for illegal immigrants.” So going to college is now one of those jobs that Americans don’t want to do?
Sasquatch’s husband can’t but we Cain!
“Let me clear” “I am afraid of being Cained” — usama bin obama
I just hope that obsama mooves out of the White House faster than the speed of light.
They can get a particle to go faster than light, but can’t get barry to shut up! Science!
What did barry say after Cert told him of their discovery? Fore!
Cain Barry Obama.
Hope for change, Yes we Cain.
9, 9, 9mm and the Fair Tax.
The hidden imam is called such, because Muhammad predicted that he would come about, around the year 1,000 (he was more specific than that, but I forget the date). The year came and went, with no such imam. Naturally, Muhammad could not have been wrong, so instead of admitting that Islam is a farce, Muslims came to the conclusion that he did indeed come at the time Muhammad predicted, but has been hiding ever since.
Wait a minute… Cain! He’s using violent rhetoric! I now feel the need to go kill my brother and it’s all his fault! If we elect Palin with him, children will be dying in the street!
My parents robbed a liquor store. Is Perry going to give me some Texas taxpayer money for school now?
I’m just glad that chimpanzees are not likely to organize into labor unions. Could you imagine what a nightmare that would be?
Frank, if you need something to type for Ahmadinejad, just go with what Jay Leno used: Ahmanutjob. Descriptive and easy to remember. I’ll bet that’s what his mom called him.
“I just can’t stand Romney talking about”………….yes Frank we know. You hate Romney. You already said that over and over and over again. He could hold the key to turning the country around and the Anti-Romney group would turn their backs and walk away.
I don’t favor him, but truthfully I feel the same way you do about Romney, about Perry, Bachman and Huntsman (the Republican answer to Dirty Harry Reid). So maybe the best thing for your health and blood pressure is to just ignore Romney all together. Stick your fingers in your ears and sing “I can’t hear you” over and over again until he’s done or better yet hit the mute. I of course simply turn off the TV when the president or Gov. Perry are talking. I don’t have to be lied to in my own home…………at least not yet.
In all seriousness, does anyone know of a way to watch the whole debate online? My DVR didn’t record it and I’d like to be able to watch.
I strongly favor a Cain/Palin ticket. I still have my old McCain/Palin lawn sign. I would only have to find some blue duct tape and cover up the “Mc” part.
I’ve got a three-bearded Imam up in my attic. I wonder what I could get for it on Ebay? What should the reserve be on a three bearded one? If the Imam trims one beard into a hipster goatee, and another into neo-Edwardian muttonchops, will that raise or lower the value?
These ticket combinations would be interesting:
Cain / Palin (Palin could be his energy self-sufficiency… Drill Here! / Drill Now!… champion)
Cain / Bolton (Bolton could be Cain’s main foreign policy guy, like Cheney was to Bush)
Cain / Gingrich (Newt could be his traveling domestic “Doctor of Government Philosophy” – and sit on a lot of couches)
Cain / Rubio (don’t know if Rubio is eligible but he’d be a great VP (Pres.-in-training))
Cain / Christie (Christie could be his union-buster and help take out the Department of Education while traveling around the country in his own special, double-wide airline seat.)
Cain / Frank J. Fleming (Frank could be his light-hearted, humorous advisor and speech writer while being in charge of NASA and the development of space lasers, nuking the Moon, and installing programmable robots to replace Congress.
I was ok with Cain until this. Now I fantasize about space junk falling on DC in the hope we can start over again.
I realize that no one is perfect but if they could just have some kind of standards that they can stick to, for more than 5 minutes.
Pretty please with sugar on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XitvtG-654Y
If anyone else needs the full GOP debate link, there it is.
I’m all about Herman Cain. Basil called it early. I was on crack for ever supporting Perry. Yes, I supported Perry before I was against him.
Truth be told, I don’t care who gets the nomination – I’ll probably still vote for Herman Cain because I’m done voting for the least evil or down a party line. I don’t care if it costs a valuable R vote in a swing state like here in VA.
So what are they teaching in High School and College Physics. I’ll bet they are still teaching Einstein and Higgs boson even though they have been proven wrong. Science!
Hey, any of you folks out there seen a big, smoking, red hot, metallic looking gizmo… ’bout the size of a bus? Maybe in your back yard or something? Us science guys at NASA are looking for it. See…it’s our satellite. It fell out of orbit and now we’ve lost it. No kidding, we can’t find it anywhere. Geez, no wonder they cut our budget
seanmahair – I don’t hold that one against Cain. It was a non-apology apology, complete with “might have” and “may have”.
Real apologies don’t have qualifiers. They’re declarative statements, like “I’m sorry I did X. I was wrong. I won’t do it again.”
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Chimpanzees aren’t monkeys.
I don’t know Harvey. I’m kind of a say what you mean, MEAN what you say kind of girl. If muslims were out there protesting violence against non muslims I’d change my view. As it is in many place around the globe when violence is perpetrated against non muslims, muslims are dancing in the street. So for me the jury is still out.