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  1. Re:About time on US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors · · Score: 1

    Trying isn't good enough. He failed.

  2. Re:In other news... on Pink Floyd Engineer Alan Parsons Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers · · Score: 1

    Monster eStudio Pro starts at the budget price of $99.99 for 200 sq ft. Available in aerosol and environmentally friendly pump bottles. For external use only.

  3. Re:Hopefully lots of stuff of value was lost on Facebook Malware Goes Viral · · Score: 1

    Challenge ACCEPTED!

  4. Re:This happened to me before on Jedi Master's Hand-Made Lightsaber Stolen · · Score: 1

    You left out the part where you kissed your sister.

  5. Re:Philanthropy good? on The Lack of Scientific Philanthropy In Japan · · Score: 1

    So who decides what's "good" to research?

  6. Re:The Lack of understanding... on The Lack of Scientific Philanthropy In Japan · · Score: 1

    I think there's a pretty good market in curing cancer. In fact, I'm sure that billions more are spent in treating cancer than making big boobs. There is certainly a market for big fake boobs, but people like John Huntsman, Sr. would be spending big bucks on cancer research even if he was only in it for the money. Big boobs are great, but they're not much use if you're dead. I'm not sure why you think that public funds are inherently more "good" than private-- just because they're "more democratic"? Ironically, breast cancer survivors would be happy if you were were working on boob enhancement because most of what we've learned there can be used in breast reconstruction following surgery.

  7. Re:It's not just Japan on The Lack of Scientific Philanthropy In Japan · · Score: 1

    What you're talking about is a problem with patent law and socialism, not private research. If there had been no use of public funds, then the ability to profit from the results is understandable in a free market. The patent eventually runs out. When part of the funding is public, and then the capitalist is allowed to benefit from the patent, it's crony capitalism.

  8. Re:We're giving our freedom away. on FAA Bill Authorizes Surveillance Drones Over US · · Score: 1

    First of all, stop calling them teabaggers. Second, what do you think the anti-AHCA protests were about? It wasn't taxes!

  9. Re:Hopefully lots of stuff of value was lost on Facebook Malware Goes Viral · · Score: 2

    Why the hell would a redneck use the word "infrastructure"? And having the safety on while cleaning your gun is like putting your car in park before you remove the transmission.

  10. Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 2

    No, because what you say is incorrect. Unless by "core" you mean two old guys who are now dead.

  11. Re:non-interventionist != anti-war on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 1

    FDR? Before even him, Wilson was reelected on the bogus slogan "he kept us out of war", only to quickly enter WWI once he'd been reelected.

  12. Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 1

    Some of the ghouls of the Civil Rights movement, like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, claim that the concept of states' rights within our republican form of government is responsible for slavery and prejudice. They don't seem concerned about the tyranny of the majority, which could result in the same evils.

  13. Re:Socialized Medicine on Norway Brings DNA Sequencing To National Healthcare · · Score: 1

    A high level of democracy does not equate with a high level of freedom.

  14. Re:Socialized Medicine on Norway Brings DNA Sequencing To National Healthcare · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First of all, you have a funny idea of "freedom". You might think that it's government's job to redistribute wealth to ensure that everyone has health care-- fine. But you have to face the fact that that is not freedom, it's social justice. As if that wasn't enough, you claim that any attempts to socialize medicine get voted down even though the Affordable Health Care act was recently put into law and GWB added prescription drug benefits to Medicare less than 10 years ago. I'm not making any political statements-- you're simply WRONG and those who modded you up are idiots. In fact, I'm going to metamod as soon as I finish this in the hope that I see your post there.

  15. Re:Two-dimensional? on Researchers Create Glass Just 3 Atoms Thick · · Score: 1

    This must be one of those theoretical physicist jokes, like a spherical cow.

  16. Re:Sounds completely logical on Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    Not until he's done mowing it!

  17. Re:Sounds completely logical on Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    The problem is that FDR and others remade "liberal" to mean "progressive", and progressive policies (like "no tolerance" anything) are rarely ever liberal.

  18. Interstate commerce on FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce · · Score: 1

    Name five activities with no possible plausible effect on interstate commerce? None, when you can't even grow food in your garden without it being regulated by the federal government. I mean, I could have sex with my wife and they'd claim it should be regulated because I could have patronized a whore in the next state instead.

  19. Re:If only trees could talk on 3,500 Year Old Florida Tree Dies of Natural Causes · · Score: 1

    Didn't read the article, huh?

  20. Re:Religion on Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    By definition, Mormons aren't Christian fundamentalists because they created their own scriptures that they follow in addition to the Bible. JWs are similar, in that they created their own "translation" of the Bible to better fit their doctrine.

  21. Re:Religion on Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    So you ARE capable of writing a non-Troll post? And funny to boot! Bravo!

  22. Re:Religion on Mitt Romney, Robotics, and the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    There's a bit of mystery around Christianity so while records suggest that the virgin birth only got added to the bible 300 years after Jesus was born to get the cult of Isis into the fold

    Not likely. Manuscript p1, which dates to ~200 AD, contains Matthew 1:18.

  23. Re:Is this that creationist place I heard about? on Inside the Museum of Nonsense · · Score: 2

    I doubt they claimed that radioactive decay didn't occur until "modern times", because that would do the opposite of supporting the "young earth" theory. It's known that carbon dating gets inaccurate at about 11,000 years ago, because environmental conditions affected the decay rate-- that may have been part of their arguments.

  24. Missing from summary on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 2

    I wonder if Sullivan bothered to simply send a letter to Gingrich asking him to stop using it? After all, it's been YEARS... sounds similar to a submarine patent, right? If Gingrich ignored such a request, then he's got it coming to him. I would feel pretty slimy using a song if I knew the composer didn't like it. That being said, he might be rationalizing a bit since co-writer Peterik is OK with it. I'm not sure what bearing Peterik's wishes have on this, as I don't know if he has a share in Rude Music.

  25. Re:Tu-95 Bear on Aging U-2 Will Fight On Into the Next Decade · · Score: 1

    U-2s are not gas guzzlers, and the USA has their own 1950s bombers (the B-52) thank you.