When I heard they were briefing the President's Science Advisor (wonder what Christian University he went to?), the news made me depressed.
To think that an important discovery would have to be vetted through a guy who thinks he's working by and for a mythical spiritual being in the sky. I wondered what kind of God-related spin he would put on his inevitable announcement. How many times would the Creator be invoked? How many times 'pray' and 'humbleness' be said? How many scientific terms awkwardly pronounced?
Can't a scientific discovery just be that: a SCIENTIFIC discovery?
Trousers eh? How about 'slacks'? A girl once broke up with me because I said "I need to get some slacks." She burst out in laughter and then couldn't look me in the face without smirking thereafter. It was a dealbreaker.
Or more like those pilots in Afghanistan for a private military company. They were flying through canyons as if through the Death Star whooping and hollering.
The black box recorded their last words which were "I can't believe we get paid for doing this!"
At which point the canyon ended and the plane hit the wall.
The problem is the system. A new guy gets elected and he starts coming up with all sorts of laws. He puts keywords like "child porn", 'terrorist', 'safe', 'protect' that people won't vote against and then his friends add earmarks and riders.
I say cavemen. They were built to survive brutal conditions. But then astronauts would have physical fitness and nutrition--perhaps stronger bones. And knowledge of anatomy. But does that really make a difference in a scrappy fight?
Pretty soon everybody will have to be vegan ultramarathoners, at which point suicide will be the main cause of death. (Good for the life insurance people though.)
The VP only votes in the Senate in case of a tie. He doesn't even speak otherwise. Article 1 only mentions the VP once. For the tie-breaking vote.
Article II--The Executive Branch, begins like this: "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:"
And then goes on to mention the VP a bunch of times. (The VP doesn't have many enumerated duties. Just to become Pres in case....)
I would put the VP in the Executive. Most people would.
You might want to tell the webmasters at USA.gov and Whitehouse.gov that they are misleading millions of schoolchildren by listing the VP under the Executive branch.
President of the Senate has only one real duty and that is to cast a vote in the event of a tie. He can't even influence events (formally) in the Senate.
To say that the VPs office is not part of the Executive branch is not quite correct. (After further study) But to say that in order to get out of seeing your documents is sleazy.
Cheney says the office of the Vice President is not part of the Executive branch. I'd like to see this little piece of trickery and evil come before a judge.
Many were kept in camps in the American South. They would get taken out occasionally to the movie theater in groups. (I mean, come on, where were they going to go?)
Black soldiers looked on as these German POWs were treated to theaters that they were not allowed into because of Jim Crow.
I went to Seattle as a kid and the weather was beautiful for a whole week. The locals constantly reminded us that "we never have this kind of weather!"
My mom told me 'They probably say that to everybody to keep people from moving here."
Exactly. If time stops, how long does it stop? Who times it? It could be an eternity or an hour. But why would it matter? There is no time. So nothing could happen before time, right? I'm gonna go get high.
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When I heard they were briefing the President's Science Advisor (wonder what Christian University he went to?), the news made me depressed.
To think that an important discovery would have to be vetted through a guy who thinks he's working by and for a mythical spiritual being in the sky. I wondered what kind of God-related spin he would put on his inevitable announcement. How many times would the Creator be invoked? How many times 'pray' and 'humbleness' be said? How many scientific terms awkwardly pronounced?
Can't a scientific discovery just be that: a SCIENTIFIC discovery?
Oh yeah. Didn't think that all the samples would have perchlorate. Guess that's why I don't work for NASA.
You also forgot:
United States - founded by a combination of violent revolution and violent conquest.
Trousers eh? How about 'slacks'? A girl once broke up with me because I said "I need to get some slacks." She burst out in laughter and then couldn't look me in the face without smirking thereafter. It was a dealbreaker.
Don't use the word 'slacks'.
Didn't you hear?
"We've reached the limits of what recto-probing can teach us."
-Kang from the Simpsons. Or Kodos. I'm not sure.
I just saw the trailer (watched it many times) and it looks incredible.
The Comedian has a cigar...and a slight grin as he burns a VC to the ground. (Viet Cong not Venture Capital).
One point however, the assailant of Ozymandias had his gun changed to a walkie-talkie in homage to Spielberg on the trailer.
Or more like those pilots in Afghanistan for a private military company. They were flying through canyons as if through the Death Star whooping and hollering.
The black box recorded their last words which were "I can't believe we get paid for doing this!"
At which point the canyon ended and the plane hit the wall.
The problem is the system. A new guy gets elected and he starts coming up with all sorts of laws. He puts keywords like "child porn", 'terrorist', 'safe', 'protect' that people won't vote against and then his friends add earmarks and riders.
This bullshit will sink us.
I heard a professional poker player on NPR say he had been a millionaire--and lost it all (maybe 10 bucks for the buffet) 8 times over in his life.
Sounds like chance to me. (But then of course he mellowed out and played conservatively.)
Astronauts v. Cavemen. Who would win? No weapons.
I say cavemen. They were built to survive brutal conditions. But then astronauts would have physical fitness and nutrition--perhaps stronger bones. And knowledge of anatomy. But does that really make a difference in a scrappy fight?
(Shoutout to Angel and the Buffyverse.)
In that case, is String Theory science?
People can masturbate all day about branes and manifolds, but if it can't be tested or proven/disproven, is it science?
Oil companies have leases all over America to drill for oil. They are currently only using 20 percent of these leases.
They want to get the Alaskan drilling rights because they are GREEDY and want them for down the road when they've drilled all their current leases.
When you see the president that drilling in ANWAR will help the US, he is LYING. (That, and his lips are moving--so you can tell he's lying.)
I think the censorship was in the title. I've always heard the phrase as "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."
I think the publishers thought the threat of "killing the customer"" was too much and changed it to the much wimpier "destroyed by me".
Where do you draw the line at healthy?
Pretty soon everybody will have to be vegan ultramarathoners, at which point suicide will be the main cause of death. (Good for the life insurance people though.)
Dodd got a decent loan available to other people with good credit. (My friends were getting amazing mortgage rates a few years ago.)
Senator Ted Stevens had an oil company build his house.
One of these things is not like the other.
My brother sometimes has a say in new hires at his company. He gets a lot of people who say they know electronics.
He asks them "How do you reverse the direction of a three-phase motor?"
My bro says most people are bullshitting about their experience and just stare at him blankly.
"You reverse the polarity." Dumbasses.
Why would one claim to be a thing that he is not?
The VP only votes in the Senate in case of a tie. He doesn't even speak otherwise. Article 1 only mentions the VP once. For the tie-breaking vote.
Article II--The Executive Branch, begins like this: "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:"
And then goes on to mention the VP a bunch of times. (The VP doesn't have many enumerated duties. Just to become Pres in case....)
I would put the VP in the Executive. Most people would.
You might want to tell the webmasters at USA.gov and Whitehouse.gov that they are misleading millions of schoolchildren by listing the VP under the Executive branch.
President of the Senate has only one real duty and that is to cast a vote in the event of a tie. He can't even influence events (formally) in the Senate.
To say that the VPs office is not part of the Executive branch is not quite correct. (After further study) But to say that in order to get out of seeing your documents is sleazy.
Cheney says the office of the Vice President is not part of the Executive branch. I'd like to see this little piece of trickery and evil come before a judge.
How 'bout":
Turn left at the Starbucks.
Bear right at the Starbucks.
Turn left at the Starbucks.
Get into right lane at the Starbucks.
Make a right at the Starbucks.
Go straight towards the Starbucks.
Bob's yer uncle!
One of the famous stories about German POWs:
Many were kept in camps in the American South. They would get taken out occasionally to the movie theater in groups. (I mean, come on, where were they going to go?)
Black soldiers looked on as these German POWs were treated to theaters that they were not allowed into because of Jim Crow.
Amazing.
I went to Seattle as a kid and the weather was beautiful for a whole week. The locals constantly reminded us that "we never have this kind of weather!"
My mom told me 'They probably say that to everybody to keep people from moving here."
Exactly. If time stops, how long does it stop? Who times it? It could be an eternity or an hour. But why would it matter? There is no time. So nothing could happen before time, right? I'm gonna go get high.
Damn.
That's the kind of kooky idea that would have got me promoted.
And the vet would have made unbelievable money (and worthless stock options) for writing an article once a week.