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  1. Charles Krauthammer says that Dean is "smug". I guess there isn't anything that can be worse than being smug, not dismantling 40 years of environmental protections, not turning the rest of the world against the US, not threatening civil liberties, not creating the largest deficit this country has ever seen. There is no forgiving smug.
  2. Thinker, the habit of not stepping on the rope can be pretty well ingrained.
  3. Those are only a fraction of the items. They left out this one, possibly because he had to back off. Attempt to end wetlands protection.
  4. You can sum it up this way: your military has to kill your nation's enemies faster than you can make them. We're falling behind.
  5. I heard on the radio this morning that a goverment report on job just came out. They were expecting 150,000 new jobs, but only 1000 were created. Oh, but that is good news-- really. It means business is focused on profits and profits mean stocks will go up.
  6. Late last week, the snow level was supposed to go pretty high, like 5,000 ft. So just how high did the rain go?
  7. Of course it's my opinion. If spray isn't the place for opinion, then what is, the bathroom wall?
  8. All true patriots are working to get this maniac out of office.
  9. "The administration "believes you have to control resources in order to have access to them," says Chas Freeman, who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia under the first President Bush. " It sure reminds me of Japan under Emperor Hiro Hito/ Tojo around 1940 - Indonesia, or Germany invading Romania.
  10. I'd pay cash money for a bumpersticker like that one.
  11. The bluish-white LED's that are currently used are fine most of the time, but when it is foggy or drizzling, the blue light back-scatters badly. It would be neat if someone could come up with a head lamp with "fog lamps", that is a yellowish-white led. There is a high efficiency LED that puts out light at 592 nm, but I suspect it is nearly monochromatic. Chart. I expect yellowish light would also make it easier to discern features in snow for the same reason that yellow goggle lenses do.
  12. 1) Cover Letter 2) Resume 3) Grenade
  13. I thought it has been a long time since we had a poo thread...
  14. Bush had a coin that had, "Invade Syria" on one side and "Invade Mars" on the other side. He flipped it, and you know the results.
  15. Not just ordinary academics, British academics.
  16. OMG, I hope you are kidding.
  17. Who did he hire, Dumb and Dumberer Bindery?
  18. In this case it was a crime.
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    Mars

    All I can say is that Skykilo upped the ante until the math and physics were too rich for this chemist's blood. I fold.
  20. You're quite right, old chap. I wonder what sound and ice tool makes as it penetrates methane and ammonia ice, assuming you had air to conduct the sound waves. Would it give the same satisfying *thunk!*?
  21. The cat got her by the face, so even a helmet isn't going to protect you. Dave, better paint a face on the back of your helmet, as they do in India.
  22. It's pretty hard to make a topo when the comet is remaking it's surface as it orbits the sun. It's got to be the "ultimate chosspile". That must be what makes it so compelling for Dru. It reminds him of his favorite peaks.
  23. catbirdseat

    Mars

    Caption: "Q.E.D."
  24. catbirdseat

    Mars

    "My face reddened with rage. 'No LASERS!? What kind of a robot probe doesn't have lasers? What are you guys doing on this planet, anyways?' "
  25. We're going to need to build some Hoovervilles in which to put all the jobless people who have lost their homes. "The economy has lost about 2.3 million jobs since he took office, giving him the worst job creation record of any president since Herbert Hoover."
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