Archive of entries posted on 4th January 2020

IMAO Time Machine: IMAO Podcast #13 8-22-05

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The 13th podcast, from 2005. — The Editors

  1. IMAO’s College (Part 1)
  2. Introduction & sponsors
  3. IMAO’s College (Part 2)
  4. Right Wing Duck’s College Class
  5. “World of Knowledge” w/ host Frank J: Stupidity
  6. Harvey: Fun Facts About Illinois Part 1
  7. Safe Partying Tips
  8. Harvey: Fun Facts About Illinois Part 2
  9. Spacemonkey’s College Class
  10. SarahK: She Blonded Me with Science
  11. Frank J’s College Class
  12. SarahK’s College Class
  13. Laurence Simon’s Crappy Bedtime Stories: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
  14. Harvey’s College Class
  15. SarahK reviews “Arrested Development”
  16. IMAO’s College (Part 3)
  17. Conclusion

If you are able to assist Harvey during this time, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

That Look Aliens Give You When You Tell Them . . .

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. . . that the most powerful nation on earth is diverting most of its money from its Space Force into studies on how many bathrooms two sexes need.


(Image supplied by DBDukes)

. . . that Earth’s premier space agency’s priority has been Muslim outreach for the past ten years.

. . . that a people who imagined both Star Trek and Star Wars turned out a generation that ate TidePods because someone dared them to.

. . . that Kirk thinks running and kicking him or hitting him with both hands clenched is going to overpower a guy with a weapon.

IMAO Behind The Scenes: Coexist

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IMAO World Headquarters

IMAO World Headquarters

Basil
Do you think you could ask the New Year’s revelers to keep it down? What day is it, anyway?
The round-the-clock music is making getting any work done a bit of a challenge.

Oppo
“Challenge,” sirrah?

Basil
Not this again.

Oppo
And if we are airing complaints, may I lodge one in re the cat? His gaze is decidedly unsettling.

Basil
What cat?

Oppo
. . . and he’s even unsettling my new dog.

Basil
What dog?

[Image obtained by Walrus]

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn . . .

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From Connecticut:

A university laboratory began tests Friday on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th-century home in the hopes of identifying the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War.

In December, while homeowners were renovating their house in Ridgefield, the remains were discovered in a grave under the foundation.

— Tests Begin on Bones That May Be Revolutionary War Soldiers
Chris Ehrmann / Phys.org / Jan. 3, 2020

In light of the Democrats’ vocal embrace of socialism — their efforts to enslave the country, tax it into oblivion, and subvert the Constitution — it is considered scientifically certain that the discovery of the remains was due to the unbearable noise of them rolling over.

Straight Line of the Day: What Would Be Your Entry in the Consumer Electronics Show?

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Straight Line of the Day: What would be your entry in the Consumer Electronics Show?

… and please don’t say “Ivanka Trump, flying cars, sex toys, and 8K TVs,” because those ideas are already taken:

What To Expect at CES 2020: Ivanka Trump, Flying Cars, Sex Toys and 8K TVs — Oh My!
— Edward C. Baig, USA Today via Phys.org / Jan. 4, 2020

Flyings cars and transporters

Segway will be showcasing the new S-Pod “personal transporter” that aims to enhance the way people get around at malls, theme parks and airports, especially for those folks with mobility challenges. The company says it is part of a bigger smart city mission to bring new transportation options to metro areas.

Meanwhile, though CES is not considered a dedicated car show, electric vehicles and self-driving cars are all part of the mix, as are entertainment systems within vehicles.

And Hyundai Motor plans to unveil its concept “Personal Air Vehicle.” Translation: flying car. Maybe the future isn’t as far off as you might think.

Ginormous TVs

CES wouldn’t be CES without the latest in TV tech.

Now that you’ve purchased a sweet, large-screen 4K television to anchor your home theater—and got it relatively cheaply—the challenge for TV makers, led by usual suspects LG, Samsung, and Sony, will be trying to convince you that what you have now isn’t quite good enough. So, CES this time around will be a showcase for 8K sets—never mind that there won’t be much to watch in the format just yet, and many average viewers can’t even tell the difference between an HD and 4K broadcast. The push for 8K isn’t surprising, given how low 4K TV prices have gotten, putting a strain on retailer margins.

Those who take the plunge, will “buy 8K for the future…so they know in three or four years they’re not obsolete,” says Tom Campbell, chief technologist at the Southern California based Video & Audio Center chain.

If you want to look even further CES attendees will also get to peer at 16K. Even if it’ll be years before you’d even think about buying one.

Raising The Stakes

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So, President Trump blew up an Iranian general who was in Iraq directing terrorist attacks against the U.S.

Iranian? As in from Iran? The place that regularly calls for “Death to America” (“Marg bar Āmrikā”/مرگ بر آمريكا.)? That Iran?

The Iran that had people attacking the U.S. embassy in Iraq this past week? That Iran?

The Iran that killed Americans a few weeks back? That Iran?

And now Democrats are worried that Trump is gonna start a war?

Well, the president certainly isn’t loading up pallets with cash and flying it to Iran, that’s for sure. But starting a war?

Iran has been threatening America, killing Americans, sending terrorists to attack people, all for some time. It’s not Donald Trump that starting a war.

To be sure, I don’t like the idea of U.S. soldiers putting on uniforms, getting on planes, and flying off to that part of the world, ready to go to battle if necessary.

I’m not one that’s just sitting at a keyboard, saying he doesn’t like the idea. I say it because I didn’t like it when I actually did put on my uniform, got on an airplane, and flew off to that part of the world, ready to go to battle if necessary. But I did it, because it was what needed to be done.

Perhaps Iran realizes that Donald Trump isn’t Barack Obama. Perhaps Iran realizes that despite the Democrats attacking the president, he’s still president. Perhaps Iran realizes that President Trump can and will send drones to to blow Iranians to smithereens if they attack U.S. citizens.

Perhaps they realize that Iranians that chant “Death to America” and claim that they are ready to be martyrs, stand a good chance of getting their wish.