Odd Planet Confuses Scientists

eldavojohn writes "While there's been a lot of debate about what is a planet, there is a recent discovery that has scientists even more confused. COROT (COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits) spotted an object that appears to be the size of Jupiter yet is 21.6 times more massive ... and orbits its star in a mere four days and six hours. Now, the other piece of the puzzle is that the star it orbits is more massive and only slightly larger than our Sun. But they can't describe this thing orbiting it. So far they think it is more likely to be a 'failed star' but have settled with 'member of a new-found family of very massive planets that encircle stars more massive than the sun' to describe it accurately."

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The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of man

[Anonymous Coward]

This is what it would be like, if the majority of people were athiests.
ATHIEST KID: Mom, I'm going to go fuck a hooker.
ATHIEST MOM: Okay, son.
ATHIEST KID: Afterwards, I'm going to go smoke pot with my friends, since it's "not addictive."
ATHIEST MOM: Okay, come home soon!

The athiest kid leaves the room. The father comes home from work several minutes later.

ATHIEST DAD: Hey!
ATHIEST MOM: Hi, honey! I'm pregnant again. I guess I'll just get another abortion, since "fetuses don't count as human life."
ATHIEST DAD: Okay, get as many abortions as you want!
ATHIEST MOM: Oh, and don't go in the bedroom.
ATHIEST DAD: Why not?
ATHIEST MOM: There are two gay men fucking eachother in there.
ATHIEST DAD: Why are they here?
ATHIEST MOM: I wanted to watch them do it for awhile. They just aren't finished yet.
ATHIEST DAD: Okay, that's fine with me!

Suddenly, their neighbor runs into the house.

ATHIEST NEIGHBOR: Come quick, there's a Christian outside!
ATHIEST MOM: We'll be right there!

The athiest couple quickly put on a pair of black robes and hoods. They then exit the house, and run into the street, where a Christian is nailed to a large, wooden X. He is being burned alive. A crowd of athiests stand around him, all wearing black robes and hoods.

RANDOM ATHIEST: Damn you, Christian! We hate you! We claim to be tolerant of all religions. But we really hate your's! That's because we athiests are hypocritical like that! Die, Christian!

THE END

Scary, isn't it?

Re:The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of

[Forty Two Tenfold]

Good thing there is nothing like ATHIESM in this world. Use a dictionary from time to time, dumb Christian. It's spelled A-T-H-E-I-S-T.

folly....

[mcrbids]

This is what it would be like, if the majority of people were athiests.

SNIP

Scary, isn't it?

Terrifying. The idea that such tripe could be considered as "wisdom" by anybody, no matter how anonymously cowardly. This steaming pile of idiocy is an excellent example of the logical fallacy known as the Straw Man Argument.

Knowing a few basic things, such as how to think and put together a rational argument, can make your life soo much easier while keeping all of us out of the dark ages!

Re:folly....

[mathx314]

This is an old one. Don't feed the trolls.

Re:folly....

[Anonymous Coward]

I think it was a troll.. but I have to add, while religion did "keep us in the dark ages", religion also has huge benefits for society. Once, I sat on a plane next to a guy reading a book blaming all the ills of society on religeon. That's a very narrow and biased view. Having done both, I'd rather live in a Christian society than an athiest society ANY day, regardless of my actual views. Make a list of countries, and make note of which ones are predominantly Judeo Christan, which ones are Muslim, and which ones are other. The only country in the 'other' column I'd be willing to live in is Japan.

Re:The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of

[Anonymous Coward]

Scary, isn't it?

It'd be scarier if people like you were running whole countries.

check out this planet!

[Anonymous Coward]

Do Obama and the Democrats deserve a lift in the polls as a result of the financial and mortgage problems? The answer from history is a clear NO. Here's the lead of a New York Times story on September 30, 1999:

"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" [link below]. That's 1999 folks. Clinton Administration, I believe.

Here's the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003:

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. "[see link below] The Democrats killed the reforms.

McCain said in co-sponsoring the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190:

"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole. The Democrats killed the Bill.

What was Barney Frank and fellow Democrats saying at the time of these attempted reforms? According to reports, Representative Barney Frank(D-MA) claimed of the thrifts :

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis, the more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) added of the reforms "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing." [ See Community Reinvestment Act, link below ]

Even Bill Clinton points to Congressional Democrats failure to deal with Fannie and Freddie as a primary cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE

The link below contains a purported list of the top 25 in Congress who got contributions from the folks at Fannie and Freddie. Obama is listed third, after Dodd and Kerry, even though Obama is just a junior Senator. Obama is followed next by Clinton. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi are on the list as well.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20080918

Then there is the Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd who allegedly got special mortgage deals from Countrywide, who gave preferential rates to 'friends' of company's chairman.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25140560/

For an interesting article purporting to detail the House Financial Services Committee Chairs long history with Fannie Mae, See:
http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20080924145932.aspx

"House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive."

The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

And then there is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who allegedly has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm.

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/pelosis-pac-pays-bills-for-spouses-firm.

See also:

Re:The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of

[Anonymous Coward]

Shamelessly stolen from here.

Re:The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.mrwiggleslovesyou.com/comics/rehab477.jpg

Please see the middle panel

Why choose?

[mcrbids]

Why choose "Christian" or "Muslim"? I say we do what has worked for quite some time: let people choose whatever religion makes them feel good, but apply logic and "it had better make some !@# sense" to public policy?

Re:The wisdom of The LORD is folly in the eyes of

[Bonobo_Unknown]

Scary? Funny!