September 24, 2013

Agents of SHIELD/Iron Man 3 Open Thread
— Ace

So yeah just letting you know that I am counting down the minutes until I am disappointed by Agents of SHIELD, even though I technically don't really care.

Meh. After that I'll watch the stupid Iron Man 3, which I also think will disappoint me Because Terrorists Are Always Working For American Corporations You Guys.

I'll let you know.

Open Thread.

All I've got is this, from @comradearthur -- Popular Science is shutting down its comments because they tend to destroy "scientific doctrine."

Yeah it's about Global Warming. Assist to Evolution.

If you carry out those results to their logical end--commenters shape public opinion; public opinion shapes public policy; public policy shapes how and whether and what research gets funded--you start to see why we feel compelled to hit the "off" switch.

A politically motivated, decades-long war on expertise has eroded the popular consensus on a wide variety of scientifically validated topics. Everything, from evolution to the origins of climate change, is mistakenly up for grabs again. Scientific certainty is just another thing for two people to "debate" on television. And because comments sections tend to be a grotesque reflection of the media culture surrounding them, the cynical work of undermining bedrock scientific doctrine is now being done beneath our own stories, within a website devoted to championing science.

Oh and Andy, @theh2, says the following is worth a watch.

Mike Rowe gave some kind of much-discussed TED talk. (I never heard of it.) I guess he said some funny things. Maybe not intentionally funny. He now explains this.


The Talk:

And The Explanation. Apparently wine was involved.

[Update - Andy] Stick with that explanation podcast to the end. You won't be disappointed.

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1 Tell me a story, Senator Cruz.

Posted by: Serious Cat watching CSPAN 2 at September 24, 2013 04:01 PM (UOjzE)

2 Iron Man 3 was pretty dumb, but the climax was fun as hell.

Posted by: Mark_E at September 24, 2013 04:03 PM (NvjU1)

3 What bullshit that is from Pop Sci.

    Is this another example of pomo?

Posted by: irongrampa at September 24, 2013 04:03 PM (SAMxH)

4 I think I'll just skip the "science article" in their sidebar, entitled: "Republicans Block Proposal For National Science Laureate, Fearing Science."

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at September 24, 2013 04:03 PM (TCWb5)

5 I haven't been this excited for a TV show since Hardball moved to 7pm.

Posted by: ace at September 24, 2013 04:05 PM (/IWYB)

6 I must disagree about "Iron Man 3".  The film wasn't anti-corporation - it was against Crony Capitalism.  It was against Obama deciding which company survives, and which didn't. 

Posted by: Richard Steel at September 24, 2013 04:06 PM (1wI7y)

7 UnPopular Science? Science Delivered To The Rubes Who Should Shut Up?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 04:06 PM (qyfb5)

8 The terms "Popular consensus" and "Science" do not belong in the same sentence (in a rational world).

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 24, 2013 04:07 PM (XdnQT)

9 "A politically motivated, decades-long war on expertise has eroded the popular consensus on a wide variety of scientifically validated topics." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This!

Posted by: 16th century Catholic Church at September 24, 2013 04:07 PM (zZJJp)

10 Ted Cruz is reading Green Eggs and Ham.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:07 PM (0axsw)

11 Hey PopSci, have Climate "Scientists" come up with a null hypothesis yet? 'Cause that and reproducibility are pretty high on the list of what makes a Scientific hypo. As in right at the tippy top.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:09 PM (yETln)

12 Ace in iron man 3 they actually use a legitimate marvel villain.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 04:09 PM (AjDoc)

13 >>>Ace in iron man 3 they actually use a legitimate marvel villain.

i know what they do.  I know they SHAME MANDARIN'S MEMORY.

Nah just kidding I don't care.  (Well maybe a little. I don't know who Mandarin is but I like it better when they try to use the "real" material.)

Posted by: ace at September 24, 2013 04:11 PM (/IWYB)

14

"Scientific certainty"

"Papal infallibility"

Compare, but good luck contrasting.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 24, 2013 04:11 PM (sOtz/)

15 I'll tell you what."Popular" "Science" I will read your shit again when i get my flying car. What, you thought I forgot? Every fucking issue when i was growing up told me that the flying car was only a couple years away, and THAT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO!. And I'll even let you slide on magnetic levitation in the home, or flywheel energy storage, or growing vegetables in my fridge, and all the other bullshit you guys pushed for DECADES, but i want the flying car.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 24, 2013 04:12 PM (zZJJp)

16 Mike Enzi on the floor now.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 04:12 PM (DmNpO)

17 13 >>>Ace in iron man 3 they actually use a legitimate marvel villain. i know what they do. I know they SHAME MANDARIN'S MEMORY. Nah just kidding I don't care. (Well maybe a little. I don't know who Mandarin is but I like it better when they try to use the "real" material.) Posted by: ace at September 24, 2013 08:11 PM (/IWYB) Not who I was talking about.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 04:12 PM (AjDoc)

18 Good good. Splain what you are doing.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:12 PM (0axsw)

19 Disease is caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in the stomach. This is scientific fact.

Posted by: Theodoric of York at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (XvHmy)

20 I hope Agents of Shield is good and stays around.  I like Clark Gregg.  Cruel When Complete.

Posted by: Null at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (xjpRj)

21 10 minutes til I start watching Agents o'Shield. Hoping for a decent flashback to my comic book days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (ZshNr)

22 I thought the "evil corporate enemy" nature of Iron Man 3 was pretty heavily blunted, what with Tony Stark and Pepper Potts running the bigger of the two giant corporations. And frankly they pretty much posed the other as a secret crime organization rather than a corporation per se. The first movie, which was better overall, did this worse than the third. I think the worst part of 3 was selling the iron man suits really, *really* cheap at the end, presumably because they're going to go the whole "Extremis makes him really iron man without the suit" route, which I think will make Iron Man 4 worse than all 3 so far.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (qyfb5)

23 It is a scientific fact that the sun revolves around the Earth.

Posted by: Claudius Ptolemy at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (XvHmy)

24 While the leadership and senior statesman (used loosely) claim they hate obamacare, I'm guessing their dislike of Ted Cruz is stronger. Can't even come to make a statement against obamacare to the American people in a united showing of disliking obamacare. You'll get me next time. We believe you

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 04:13 PM (FIr6N)

25 "Scientific certainty is just another thing for two people to "debate" on television. And because comments sections tend to be a grotesque reflection of the media culture surrounding them, the cynical work of undermining bedrock scientific doctrine is now being done beneath our own stories, within a website devoted to championing science." Science is whatever we say it is. If we don't acknowledge the debate around "global warming", it doesn't exist. Checkmate, deniers!

Posted by: Popular Science at September 24, 2013 04:14 PM (Dsds2)

26 The SHIELD show looks like the most interesting new show this year, but that really is the faintest praise possible. Everything else looks fucking stupid. Thank God for "Sons of Anarchy" and "The Bridge".

Posted by: UGAdawg at September 24, 2013 04:14 PM (awxTv)

27 Where does Ironman stand on the Affordable Care Act?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:14 PM (0axsw)

28 > 12 Ace in iron man 3 they actually use a legitimate marvel villain. Posted by: Buzzion No Fin Fang Foom, No Peace!

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 24, 2013 04:14 PM (83xuc)

29 Here be Dragons. Denying that is crazy!

Posted by: A Scientific Cartographer at September 24, 2013 04:14 PM (XvHmy)

30 It is a scientific certainty that Obama's pants crease is objectively superior to any other pants crease.

And let's not even talk about ball sweat.

Posted by: David Brooks at September 24, 2013 04:15 PM (bKA83)

31 Ace, please, please write a movie review of Iron Man 3 after you watch it. I felt like I could write my own movie review after watching that one.

Posted by: L, elle at September 24, 2013 04:16 PM (0PiQ4)

32 Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that it “would be a very strong statement” for the U.S. to elect a female president. [...] Clinton suggested that electing the first female president could help eliminate some of the economic barriers women face in the U.S. and globally. yeah of course, just like obama. But black unemployment went up under obama, so that's all bullshit right hillary?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 24, 2013 04:16 PM (9Xc5j)

33 He'll it's not even an evil corporation in iron man 3. But it is a legitimate marvel villain.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 04:16 PM (AjDoc)

34 Well I didn't like the macguffin re Kingsley, but it fits the rest of the series,
Obadiah Stane was the real villain, the Afghan warlord was just a tool, similarly Hammer facilitated Vanko's effort,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 04:16 PM (Jsiw/)

35 Marvel  is  the  ghey.  DC  is  for  straight  fanboys.

Posted by: Stan Lee at September 24, 2013 04:16 PM (xTCyN)

36 Spontaneous Generation is accepted by all the top minds of my day.

Posted by: Aristotle at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (yETln)

37 I liked The Blacklist list night. Although the kidnapping sequence was probably bullshit. (there's a chance it was a deeply laid plot that'll be explained in future episodes. ) The Xena move (pen in neck) was great.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (83xuc)

38 I liked IM3-  very splodey

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (8sCoq)

39 Kids, this is the story of how your aunt Robin joined SHIELD.

Posted by: Hal at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (2wZs/)

40 Will they ever make a Groo the Wanderer Movie?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (0axsw)

41 I'll unfortunately have to wait until I get home to watch agents of shield on dvr.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 04:17 PM (AjDoc)

42 First hero is Luke Cage isn't he?

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (9XBK2)

43 Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that it “would be a very strong statement” for the U.S. to elect a female president. [...] *** I agree completely. Does she have anyone good in mind.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (DmNpO)

44 how does she do her hair if she lives in a van?

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (zOTsN)

45 but the Thor movies are a hot mess

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (8sCoq)

46 After I read what they did with Mandarin I lost all interest in Iron Man 3.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (9XBK2)

47 You wanta run my life, get a debate. Wether you wanta use science, politics, religion, "social justice". That's my science and its settled. Unexpectedly!

Posted by: frankg at September 24, 2013 04:18 PM (NlJsJ)

48 35 Marvel is the ghey. DC is for straight fanboys. Posted by: Stan Lee at September 24, 2013 08:16 PM (xTCyN) Speaking of ghey.. http://tinyurl.com/c2yagn6

Posted by: Peter Parker at September 24, 2013 04:19 PM (Dsds2)

49 And Coulson must " never know" something.Perhaps he's a robot or a clone.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:19 PM (9XBK2)

50 Popular Science is settled, and it will brook no argument from you little people!

Posted by: no good deed at September 24, 2013 04:20 PM (k55Fc)

51 >Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that it “would be a very strong statement” for the U.S. to elect a female president. [...]



I think we have learned that electing a particular person as President because it 'makes a statement' brings pretty fucked-up results

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:20 PM (8sCoq)

52

I never have listened to the whole of Rowe's talk, but I did listen to the excerpt concerning castrating sheep, and I wouldn't call it "funny." For those of you who haven't heard it, Rowe relates that prior to doing a show that had him castrating lambs, he called up a couple of experts, including the Humane Society and an agricultural college, and asked what was the most humane way of doing the job. All his experts replied that the most humane way was to use a rubber band thingy that cuts off the circulation to the testicals, leading to the testicals dropping off after a couple days. (Most livestock manuals will say the same thing, BTW.) He then went to the ranch, where the shepherds cheerfully showed him how they do the job: by slicing open the scrotum with a pocketknife, pulling out the testicals (using their teeth because "slippery"and "hands full of kicking lamb"), and cutting the cords. He was appalled, and told them what the experts said, so they pulled out a rubberband thingy and gave him a demonstration.

 

The result was that the lamb castrated the "humane" way was in great pain and went and lay down in the corner for over an hour, while the lamb castrated by the barbarian method was out  frolicking in the clover  five minutes afterwards. That, the shepherds, explained, was why they continued to use the cutting method. Then they started the film again, and Rowe learned to do it the barbarian method while being filmed.

The moral of the story, as Rowe saw it, was that sometime unanimous expert opinion is wrong and sometimes the people who do this kind of thing for a living know stuff that the experts don't.

Posted by: Grey Fox at September 24, 2013 04:20 PM (LG5fe)

53 From the corporate link at the bottom of the PS page: Bonnier Names Its First-Ever Chief Content Officer: David Ritchie New York, N.Y. — New Bonnier Corp. CEO Dave Freygang has promoted David Ritchie to Chief... Heck of a job there David.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 24, 2013 04:20 PM (zZJJp)

54 Again,too bad there is no Nick Fury in this universe.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:20 PM (9XBK2)

55 I thought Iron Man 3 was pretty decent, actually.  But then I've always had a thing for Shane Black movies.  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite films.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 04:21 PM (n/+FT)

56 Ugh this end of the Yankee season is getting uglier by the minute. Someone invited me to the last game at home this Thursday, so I am going. It will be the first time I am going this season.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 24, 2013 04:21 PM (9Xc5j)

57 yes- it is vital that the next President of the United States have a vagina. The mere presence of a vagina will solve all our problems.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:21 PM (8sCoq)

58 Any car folk around?   My little econo-box model Saturn with 150K miles failed its emissions test.  Too much NOX, 1.75 when the std was 1.5.   They noted a mis-fire or something like that on one cylinder and that it races the rpms in neutral as possible reasons why.   I solve the racing by pushing down a bit on the clutch when I'm idling at a light so have not been inclined to worry about it except now I have to get this fixed or GAACK shop for a different little commuter car.     I'm kind of worried about that cylinder notation but that might be 'needs spark plugs' easy peasy to fix.  I'll call my mechanic but thought I'd try the knowledge base here as well.

Posted by: palerider at September 24, 2013 04:21 PM (dkExz)

59 If I might quibble about the blacklist, the first villain didn't sound Serbian, he sounded from Georgia, or some other Caucasus country,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 04:22 PM (Jsiw/)

60 Rising Tide is gay.Why not A.I.M or HYDRA?

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:22 PM (9XBK2)

61 You would dare impugn the scientific certainty that tomatoes are harmful for human consumption?  Blasphemy!

Posted by: John Gerard at September 24, 2013 04:23 PM (TCWb5)

62 Popular Science is settled, and it will brook no argument from you little people! Every generation's scientists have had an in club that ignored the data and arguments of the out club. It takes a die-off for legit out-club theories to make headway. The ideal of an objective scientist is largely unrealized. That's not to say there are not illegitimate out-club theories. Just because a scientist is an outsider doesn't mean (s)he's right.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:23 PM (yETln)

63 As Andrew Klavan said: "Shut up, Pop Sci explained" I may actually watch Agents of Shield. I really enjoy Clark Gregg's performances in all the Marvelverse movies. He's nice but professional, tough when he needs to be. Well-written, well performed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 24, 2013 04:23 PM (3Znbm)

64 First, she was Ming-Na Wen. Then just Ming Na. Now the Wen is back. What's up wit' dat?

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at September 24, 2013 04:23 PM (a5ljo)

65 You know who woulda liked this post? sven, that's who.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:24 PM (kagAm)

66 57 yes- it is vital that the next President of the United States have a vagina. The mere presence of a vagina will solve all our problems.

Yeah, this gets pretty tiresome, walking through the Left's warped version of the 10 Commandments. It's so predictable. Anyone need a crystal ball to predict that if they get their vagina, the next Super Serious Important thing will be to get an openly gay President?

Of course the woman must be a leftist, or she does not count.

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 04:24 PM (bKA83)

67 Since I missed the spider thread, what I found in the yard today.

http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2013/09/giant-spider-attack.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:24 PM (/WGNb)

68 Mandarin was one of Iron Mans arch foes.Ring on each finger each with a different power.Salvaged from a crashed alien ship.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:24 PM (9XBK2)

69 Prediction - PopSci hits plunge, ad revenue craters.  Justice is served.

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 24, 2013 04:25 PM (9MLX+)

70 58.

Probably has a plugged EGR valve, either clean it out or replace.  Go ahead and replace spark plugs as well.

Posted by: Jeepers at September 24, 2013 04:25 PM (XDRsa)

71 64 Don't know but she's a cutie.One of my faves from ER.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:25 PM (9XBK2)

72 You would dare impugn the scientific certainty that tomatoes are harmful for human consumption? Blasphemy! Deadly nightshade is in the tomato family. QED bitches. Just as meritorious as the argument that some people are gluten intolerant, therefore gluten is a poison.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:26 PM (yETln)

73 Oh and the Popular Science thing is just bush-league.  I could understand if they were closing comments because the comments were filled with moronic drivel (like YouTube) that added nothing of value, but to say that it's because of a politically motivated conspiracy to cast doubt on the truth is just pathetic.  Newsflash for Popular Science: the validity of evolution is not going to be cast in doubt by some guy blathering in the comments to a Popular Science article about "WELL HOW DID EYES EVOLVE THEN, HUH?"  Similarly, the reason global warming models are crap has nothing to do with political conspiracies fomenting doubt and everything to do with their self-evident empirical failure and lack of rigor.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 04:26 PM (n/+FT)

74 Shut-upular Science

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 24, 2013 04:26 PM (4/o9U)

75 Shane Black does have this thing about government conspiracies even before he did Lethal Weapon, Shadow Company, the villain in that one, was a variation on the Christic Institute's screeds of the 80s. and can we forget
'Long Kiss Goodbye;

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 04:26 PM (Jsiw/)

76 >> The moral of the story, as Rowe saw it, was that sometime unanimous expert opinion is wrong and sometimes the people who do this kind of thing for a living know stuff that the experts don't. Yeah, Ace's lead-in wasn't phrased exactly the way I'd have put it. The backstory podcast is fucking magnificent because Rowe explains well who the audience is that got to hear the message that you restated well above.

Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 04:26 PM (0ZQCB)

77 If you dorks really like this Marvel stuff, there exists a couple of decent animated short movies under the moniker MARVEL KNIGHTS.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (kagAm)

78 I'm looking forward to not voting for cornyn again. Thanks for supporting the junior senator with a 5 minute speech against obamacare. Even Rick perry stands with Cruz. Look out cornyn. Don't think you will automatically win a primary fight.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (FIr6N)

79 Anna Puma, those banana spiders/golden orb weavers were the terror of my childhood.  I refused to cut the grass until my dad knocked all those bastards down.  Their webs are so dang strong. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (k55Fc)

80 First hero is Luke Cage isn't he? That would be awesome if true.

Posted by: Hal at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (2wZs/)

81 >>>Ugh this end of the Yankee season is getting uglier by the minute.

My team was finally mathematically eliminated last night, so at this point I'm just rooting for the Pittsburgh Pirates to do something special in the postseason.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (n/+FT)

82 I thought Iron Man 3 was pretty cool. Needed more of the Mandarin though.

Posted by: mugiwara at September 24, 2013 04:27 PM (hpYnL)

83 After I read what they did with Mandarin I lost all interest in Iron Man 3. Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 08:18 PM (9XBK2) Basically The Mandarin wasn't in IM3 at all. The ads made it look like he was, but HA HA WE FOOLED YOU in a kind of sad, heavily forecasted way. They called the terror group in the first movie The Ten Rings which was an obvious reference to The Mandarin, and then everyone expected that to be it, but it was just a head-fake. Now, if it had been a GREAT movie, most people would be all "meh" about the details. But if a movie is mediocre people will pick like crazy at the details because the movie lost them at some point.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (qyfb5)

84 Yeah, the Nazis were calling eugenics all sciency and stuff. Old tactic. Still being used apparently.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (bb5+k)

85 Similarly, the reason global warming models are crap has nothing to do with political conspiracies fomenting doubt and everything to do with their self-evident empirical failure and lack of rigor. So we lost a metric donkey-load of data. Sue us.

Posted by: U of East Anglia at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (yETln)

86 80 Well,black dude with superhuman strength so...

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (9XBK2)

87 there's a villain named after an orange?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (kagAm)

88 Rush Limbaugh predicted the democrats will use the 'first evr' strategy for the White House:

the first ever:

kind-of black president
female
hispanic
gay
transgendered
mutant
alien
human-animal chimera
etc
etc
etc

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (8sCoq)

89 >> yes- it is vital that the next President of the United States have a vagina. The mere presence of a vagina will solve all our problems. Untrue. We have problems today, don't we?

Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 04:28 PM (0ZQCB)

90 does he squirt you with citric acid?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (kagAm)

91 83 I know,that's what turned me off.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (9XBK2)

92 >>>and can we forget 'Long Kiss Goodbye;

That film is a major guilty pleasure of mine.  It's utterly ridiculous but god help me I do love it so.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (n/+FT)

93 They noted a mis-fire or something like that on one cylinder

Bad plug, bad plug wires, bad distributor cap are the most common single misfire culprits.

Have its onboard diagnostics read, they'll probably be saying something is kaput

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (9MLX+)

94 General Chicken and Peking Duck would be good sidekicks.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (0axsw)

95 Of course has nothing to do with the Luke Cage origin I know if it is him.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:29 PM (9XBK2)

96
Re: Popular Science

The editor Jacob Ward is a hardcore eco-lefty.  Wrote a fevered "to the barricades comrades" editorial a while back in the mag declaring the Science Wars against non-believers.

His science background, you say?

Culinary Certificate, Cookery at the Grange, Whatley, UK, 1996
Bachelor of Arts, History, Wesleyan University, 1996

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 24, 2013 04:30 PM (kdS6q)

97

Frankly, Rowe makes some good points.

I dunno why people thought it was funny (his sheep story is slightly funny but only because of the way he tells it, he's a good story teller and you need some humor to get over the obvious discomfort.)

We have declared a "war on work" as he puts it.

Too top heavy in the "higher education" area.

I know I know, y'all gonna tell me "actual PhD student tsrblke saying this, that's just hypocrisy."

Maybe it is?  Or maybe not, I dunno.  Would I have been happier as a plumber or an electrician? I really can't know because I didn't go that way.  What I do know is, I'm not exactly the spitting image of happy right now*, so going the full academic route isn't all it's cracked up to be.

 

*I'm not sad either, but I'd seriously consider trading stability for what I ended up with, which is a bunch of knowledge with a take on it that the academic world doesn't seem too interested in.

Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 24, 2013 04:30 PM (GaqMa)

98 Have its onboard diagnostics read, they'll probably be saying something is kaput Another science denier. No, we won't show you our data. Get over it.

Posted by: U of East Anglia at September 24, 2013 04:30 PM (yETln)

99 75 Shane Black does have this thing about government conspiracies even before he did Lethal Weapon, Shadow Company, the villain in that one, was a variation on the Christic Institute's screeds of the 80s. and can we forget 'Long Kiss Goodbye; Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 08:26 PM (Jsiw/) Call me Shane, maybe? I really need the work; I'm tired of always filming on location in Eastern Europe.

Posted by: Steven Seagal at September 24, 2013 04:31 PM (Dsds2)

100 >Untrue. We have problems today, don't we?

Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 08:28 PM (0ZQCB)


I'm talking about putting the vagina's finger on the nuclear button

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:31 PM (8sCoq)

101 Untrue. We have problems today, don't we? Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 08:28 PM (0ZQCB) Many of our problems could be solved with more vaginas. We need a universal program for Vagina access.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:31 PM (bb5+k)

102 what the marvel movies need is scenes where chicks take showers

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:32 PM (8sCoq)

103 Many of our problems could be solved with more vaginas. We need a universal program for Vagina access. Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 08:31 PM (bb5+k) It's called tequila.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 24, 2013 04:32 PM (GEICT)

104 >Many of our problems could be solved with more vaginas. We need a universal program for Vagina access.



"A vagina in every pot."

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:33 PM (8sCoq)

105 way too much Pepper Pitts in Ironman 3 she is a stupid character

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:33 PM (kagAm)

106 OT: They've located three victims who may have been killed by the Green River killer.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:33 PM (yETln)

107 Any car folk around? My little econo-box model Saturn with 150K miles failed its emissions test. Too much NOX, 1.75 when the std was 1.5. They noted a mis-fire or something like that on one cylinder and that it races the rpms in neutral as possible reasons why. I solve the racing by pushing down a bit on the clutch when I'm idling at a light so have not been inclined to worry about it except now I have to get this fixed or GAACK shop for a different little commuter car. I'm kind of worried about that cylinder notation but that might be 'needs spark plugs' easy peasy to fix. I'll call my mechanic but thought I'd try the knowledge base here as well.

Posted by: palerider at September 24, 2013 08:21 PM (dkExz)


My .02 worth. High NOX would seem to me to indicate a lean condition, causing cylinder temperatures to be too high. Check the engine carefully for vacuum leaks. That could cause your high idle problem, too.



Does applying the brakes change engine idle? A bad brake booster can cause a big vacuum leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 24, 2013 04:33 PM (60Q+L)

108 101 Many of our problems could be solved with more vaginas. We need a universal program for Vagina access.

Wheelchair ramps.

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 04:33 PM (bKA83)

109 No Good Deed, what is surprising is the sheer number I have infesting the yard this year.

Iron Man 3 had its good parts.  But it was off-putting the whole take maimed soldiers and turn them into walking talking super powered thermobaric bombs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:34 PM (/WGNb)

110 Well,guy called him Mike,so not Luke Cage.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:34 PM (9XBK2)

111 *squash*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 24, 2013 04:35 PM (GEICT)

112 Paul Anka, now THERE'S a guy who could filibuster!!!

http://tinyurl.com/cz97p2

Posted by: kbdabear at September 24, 2013 04:35 PM (/9IC1)

113 "Bedrock scientific doctrine"???? Yeah, AGW is officially a religious cult.

Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2013 04:35 PM (sdi6R)

114 "A vagina in every pot." Every "victim group" needs every position of leadership and success filled with people who look like and have the same background as them. To believe that successful people with any other skin color or background are role models is racist.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:35 PM (yETln)

115 Yes, but then they became, red eyed firebreathing soldiers,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 04:35 PM (Jsiw/)

116

At The Center For Global Warming Awareness

 

Scientist: Ok. Input the conclusion.

 

Drone 1: Whut?

 

Scientist: I said, input the conclusion!

 

Drone 1: We don't know the conclusion yet. I haven't put the data in.

 

Scientist: The data doesn't MATTER! The concensus is the earth is warming at an alarming rate and it's caused by MAN!

 

Drone 1: That's insane! How can you reach a concensus before the data is analyzed?

 

Scientist: Because we're SCIENTISTS, AND YOU'RE NOT!

 

Drone 2: Just do it dude.

 

Drone 1: Fine! (inputs an obvious conclusion).... There! You happy now?

 

Scientist: YOU ASSHOLE! I am NOT a LYING DOUCHY DOUCHEBAG! ARRGH!

 

Drone 1: Aw man! I think he just had a heart attack.

 

Drone 2: Yea dude. But you know what?

 

Drone 1: Whut?

 

Drone 2: He's dead Jim.

 

Drone 1: Heh. Star Trek reference. That's funny.

Posted by: Drones who work for Douchy Scientists at September 24, 2013 04:36 PM (57ubW)

117 Columbus Ohio police headquarters explosion.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 04:38 PM (yETln)

118 >Columbus Ohio police headquarters explosion.


I'm inclined to blame the Precedent

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:39 PM (8sCoq)

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 04:39 PM (0axsw)

120 "Scientific certainty is just another thing for two people to 'debate' on television..." There is that which seems to support theory and that which seems to refute it, through weight of statistical evidence. Nothing is certain, there's just what experiment seems to bear out, or not, as in the case of humans moving the stars around to change the weather. When you have what's called "scientific certitude," as folks have pointed out (I want to say, 'since Galileo'), that's not science, that's religion. Doctrinaire, to be clear. There's <100 messages, but I bet somebody already said something to this effect. oot. oot. eet. eet. monkeying at the keyboard.

Posted by: Professor Mindful of Webworker University - It's science! at September 24, 2013 04:39 PM (U13jb)

121 Hmm. Is this because I posted the link to the Lapp girls castrating reindeer last night?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 04:40 PM (aDwsi)

122 Must be those anarchist Nancy Pelosi was talking about

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:40 PM (kagAm)

123 His science background, you say? Culinary Certificate, Cookery at the Grange, Whatley, UK, 1996 Bachelor of Arts, History, Wesleyan University, 1996 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 24, 2013 08:30 PM (kdS6q) That makes perfect sense. Years ago I saw a write up in Scientific American in which they solicited the opinion of 50 scientists on the topic of global warming. I quickly noted that all those with Scientific expertise unrelated to Physics or Meteorology (Stuff Like Zoology, Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, etc) were all advocating for Anthropological Global Warming, while all those who knew what the fuck they were talking about were either cautious or against it. All one needs to figure out Global warming is a crock is charts comparing the Spectral absorption characteristics of C02, Water Vapor, and CH4. You figure out right away that Water Vapor is the dominant effect, and if you understand what that means, you realize immediately that their argument is an utter crock.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:40 PM (bb5+k)

124 Fucking divination from tree rings is bedrock science now?

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 04:41 PM (CMlD4)

125 courage is contagious

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 04:41 PM (zOTsN)

126
We have this mistaken idea that some things are up for debate that frankly are not actually up for debate. People may disagree on them, but the only reason that they disagree is that, well, some of these people are wrong. You do not have to give people who are objectively incorrect equal time....

Washington Post
Down with comments! Popular Science makes the right call
Alexandra Petri



Our Free Press, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 24, 2013 04:41 PM (kdS6q)

127 Well it has to be from the Sacred Grove of Ymal those tree rings.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:41 PM (/WGNb)

128 So is Alexandra Petri a dish?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:42 PM (/WGNb)

129 I'm talking about putting the vagina's finger on the nuclear button
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 08:31 PM (8sCoq)
And having pushed, moves on.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 24, 2013 04:43 PM (3GdJ6)

130 Thanks for the car advice.   I'm going to end up taking it somewhere to have them read the diagnostics and then decide if the repair cost is worth it.  Alberta they/the printout did say that high temps or high pressures could cause the problem, but as I understood the high NOX means fuel is not being burned completely which seems backwards for too lean or for a vacuum leak issue.

  Darn car has started nickel and diming me with needed repairs.  Wheel bearings in april,  then one of the front struts was loose and I was getting excessive tire wear and had to have that fixed and now this and my mechanic is good about looking up and doing all the recommended maintainence stuff, so it really should not need plugs since we didn't do them last time I had it in; but GAACK I do hate car shopping.

Posted by: palerider at September 24, 2013 04:43 PM (dkExz)

131 just like we needed a "wise Latina" on thr Court and a dyke on the Court

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:45 PM (kagAm)

132 First, make sure the plug wires are all seated well (and contacts are clean), you might be able to do this without getting dirty.  Then replace the offending sensor and plugs, next.  You probably don't have a way to read the codes - so this is likely to have to be a trip to mechanic's.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 04:45 PM (CMlD4)

133 If you were local, I'd direct you to place where a 1890's coal fired locomotive could pass emissions.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 04:47 PM (CMlD4)

134 BREAKING: Columbus Ohio Police Headquarters Evacuated After Explosion Rocks Building Ohio 10TV is reporting that the explosion (or at least the sound of one) came from the deli on the second floor of the Police HQ Wow- they must make a mean corn beef and pastrami sandwich.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 24, 2013 04:48 PM (9Xc5j)

135 Iron Man 3 had its good parts. But it was off-putting the whole take maimed soldiers and turn them into walking talking super powered thermobaric bombs. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 08:34 PM (/WGNb) I thought the part about the various parts of the suit being able to assemble themselves by flying into position was an utter crock. I have some idea of what would be needed to make this work, and even assuming a controllable and steerable thruster or thrusters, orienting a part like that in space and with that accuracy is a bitch. Sure, people can get the quadracopters flying in unison, but they aren't trying to assemble them as a pieces with a few thousandths of an inch clearance. Sort of broke the "suspension of disbelief" for me.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:48 PM (bb5+k)

136
BTW - Suzanne LaBarre, who wrote that Pop Sci article disparaging commentors as contemptible proles who add nothing? Here's what she considers meaningful and incisive prose:

Suzanne LaBarre ‏@suzannelabarre

Why do I poop more when I'm on my period? JOURNALISM
http://pops.ci/19u6VnS





Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 24, 2013 04:49 PM (kdS6q)

137 Ace I HATED Iron man 3, but I think you might enjoy it. It really is a parody of the genre and subverts it at every chance. Which is why I despise it with every cell in my body.

Posted by: Eton Cox at September 24, 2013 04:50 PM (q177U)

138 sorry, but this show sucks

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:51 PM (kagAm)

139 Columbus Ohio police headquarters explosion. Anybody see "just some guy from the neighborhood?"

Posted by: traye at September 24, 2013 04:52 PM (Or87o)

140 There is still a bit of time to go out and buy Mega Million tickets.  Tonight's cash jackpot is $106 million.  Either buy your Congressional group or a volcanic retreat or make a movie with the winnings.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:52 PM (/WGNb)

141 >Sort of broke the "suspension of disbelief" for me.


but up to that point you were totally onboard with flying armored suits with HUD and supersonic flight!

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:52 PM (8sCoq)

142 Not really impressed by this first episode.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:53 PM (9XBK2)

143 I love that they lumped global warming with evolution.  It's just a great an argument as when people lump global warming with gravity. 

(smug)  You guys are so stupid you believe you'd probably float away.

Posted by: Shoot Me at September 24, 2013 04:53 PM (qiXMt)

144 but up to that point you were totally onboard with flying armored suits with HUD and supersonic flight! Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 08:52 PM (8sCoq) You postulate the thruster part and you've got that aspect covered.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:53 PM (bb5+k)

145 Fuel not being burned completely would result in a high CO or HC reading. You get NOX when you have excess oxygen in the cylinder, and temps get high enough for the oxygen and nitrogen to combine.

Get a can of WD40, and with the engine idling, spray joints, fittings and hoses attached to the intake manifold. If the WD hits a vacuum leak, RPMS should change suddenly.

Somebody else mentioned the EGR valve. If it is stuck partially open, that could lean out the mixture, too.

Pull out the spark plugs and "read" them. Normal deposit color is tan or light brown. Black and sooty, or oily indicate a rich mixture, exceedingly white and clean could be a vacuum leak, or less often a coolant leak into the cylinder.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 24, 2013 04:53 PM (60Q+L)

146 103 Many of our problems could be solved with more vaginas. We need a universal program for Vagina access. Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 08:31 PM (bb5+k) It's called tequila. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September I use LPR, aka Liquid Pantie Remover, which comes in various flavors, colors and tastes but is always alcohol.

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at September 24, 2013 04:53 PM (IanLz)

147 We have declared a "war on work" as he puts it. Too top heavy in the "higher education" area. Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 24, 2013 08:30 PM (GaqMa) The problem isn't with having an advanced degree. The problem is having an advanced degree that ain't worth crap. This isn't just limited to the humanities and "social sciences." Increasingly you are seeing kids get B.S. in STEM fields who don't know what the f**k they are doing. Heck, you're even seeing increasingly larger number of graduate students who are morons. The problem with everyone getting a bachelors degree is that you have to denegrate the worth of that degree and dumb down the curriculum. The problem isn't with lack of people getting STEM degrees, it is the average lack of ability or intelligence of those getting it.

Posted by: The Scientific Hat at September 24, 2013 04:54 PM (XvHmy)

148 but up to that point you were totally onboard with flying armored suits with HUD and supersonic flight! Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 08:52 PM (8sCoq) While we're on that topic, I keep very close tabs on the latest research by Dr. Woodward on his Mach-Lorentz Thruster design. Look it up.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:54 PM (bb5+k)

149 136 I have some idea of what would be needed to make this work, and even assuming a controllable and steerable thruster or thrusters, orienting a part like that in space and with that accuracy is a bitch. Sure, people can get the quadracopters flying in unison, but they aren't trying to assemble them as a pieces with a few thousandths of an inch clearance. Sort of broke the "suspension of disbelief" for me. Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 08:48 PM (bb5+k) I haven't seen the movie, but ten years ago, who would have expected to see robotic quadricopters flying in unison?

Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2013 04:55 PM (sdi6R)

150 Ohio 10TV is reporting that the explosion (or at least the sound of one) came from the deli on the second floor of the Police HQ Wow- they must make a mean corn beef and pastrami sandwich. Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 24, 2013 08:48 PM (9Xc5j) Indigestion!

Posted by: *BURP* at September 24, 2013 04:55 PM (XvHmy)

151 Requisite Joss Whedon ass kicking females?Check.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 04:55 PM (9XBK2)

152 HUD? that gives me an idea: a new hero for our time: Welfare Man! He can turn his EBT card into cash faster than a speeding bullet. He can procreate with ten women at once. He can produce a burden on society so big even a locomotive full of taxpayers couldnt move it.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:56 PM (kagAm)

153 Link for Columbus explosion?

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 24, 2013 04:56 PM (XvHmy)

154 My least favorite part of Iron Man 3 was the volcano sequence.  Does anybody else agree with me that it was horribly edited and its thematic significance seemed strained at best?

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 04:57 PM (n/+FT)

155 I don't even get how Tony Stark survives flight- the g-forces, the pressure changes....

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 04:57 PM (8sCoq)

156 Oh, great. SHIELD is getting preachy.

Posted by: Hal at September 24, 2013 04:57 PM (2wZs/)

157 holy shmokes, this show SUX can you believe this stupid speech?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:58 PM (kagAm)

158 RE: 52
The moral of the story, as Rowe saw it, was that sometime unanimous expert opinion is wrong and sometimes the people who do this kind of thing for a living know stuff that the experts don't.

The moral I got from it was the feel-good "humane" method was developed for the sensitivities of the people of the humane society, and not for the lamb. Not Rowe's, but also valuable and widely applicable.

Posted by: JSchuler at September 24, 2013 04:58 PM (ashPd)

159 When protestors user a quad-copter to crash Merkel's party.
http://tinyurl.com/m8j6x2v

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 04:59 PM (/WGNb)

160 148 The problem isn't with having an advanced degree. The problem is having an advanced degree that ain't worth crap.

Yep. Also, what the "everybody should get to go to college" people don't like to think about is this: how much of the value a college degree used to have in the job market was that it was a simple way to screen for smart people?

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 04:59 PM (bKA83)

161 What the friggin hell? This is gayest lamest shit I've seen on TV since I dont know.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 04:59 PM (kagAm)

162 I haven't seen the movie, but ten years ago, who would have expected to see robotic quadricopters flying in unison? Posted by: rickl at September 24, 2013 08:55 PM (sdi6R) Not as surprised about that. Those little electric motors have fantastic response, and with negative feedback and computer control, you can do some pretty amazing stuff. The basic technology behind this was mostly derived in World War II for AA Gun Radar tracking systems. Electronic Control systems is what I do.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 04:59 PM (bb5+k)

163 >> All one needs to figure out Global warming is a crock is charts comparing the Spectral absorption characteristics of C02, Water Vapor, and CH4. >> You figure out right away that Water Vapor is the dominant effect, and if you understand what that means, you realize immediately that their argument is an utter crock. Bingo. Of course the people who call you a "denier" claim that you disagree with basic physics of CO2 being a "greenhouse gas"* when the disagreement is all about feedbacks. The warmists' theory of net positive feedbacks is nuts when you know we've been at 7,000ppm of CO2 at points in Earth's history but the temperature didn't spiral out of control like a nuclear chain reaction. The warming from CO2 alone in the models is small. The "catastrophic" warming comes from their modeling of feedbacks ... and then they tell you they don't really understand clouds or the ocean that well. What the actual fuck kind of "science" is this? * "Greenhouse gas" is itself an awful term, since greenhouses mainly work by interrupting convection.

Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 05:00 PM (0ZQCB)

164

Columbus Police HQ.

 

http://tinyurl.com/mcdcm34

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:00 PM (0axsw)

165 First episode sucks,Whedon blanpme this on the "suits"?Like he did with Firefly.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:00 PM (9XBK2)

166 Go Ted Cruz!!

Posted by: knob at September 24, 2013 05:01 PM (H1bc7)

167 Link for Columbus explosion? Posted by: The Political Hat at September 24, 2013 08:56 PM (XvHmy) Weasel Zippers

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 24, 2013 05:01 PM (9Xc5j)

168 Time for new episode of Face Off on SyFy.

Will skip FANgasm, it just reeks of ultimate fail.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 05:01 PM (/WGNb)

169

Posted by: palerider at September 24, 2013 08:21 PM (dkExz)

 

Does your Saturn have throttle body  injection or  manifold injection. If the latter it could be a bad injector. 

Posted by: Ronster at September 24, 2013 05:02 PM (J8dt5)

170 Nick the Dick Kristoff just called and blamed the FAIL of SHIELD in its first episode on George Bush.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:02 PM (kagAm)

171 vile fuck Dick Durbin on the floor

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:02 PM (zOTsN)

172 /lights a smoke

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 24, 2013 05:02 PM (m9V0o)

173 You could do self assembly with magnetic fields.  HK(Sterling) build a '91 demo with rare earth magnets that you couldn't assemble wrong - in the dark, without tools.  "Twas cool.

I love when people assume gravity is all figured out.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 05:03 PM (CMlD4)

174 In fairness, the Mandarin was a great character.

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 05:03 PM (QupBk)

175 now the GOLDBERGS are on -- awful, and it's only been on for two minutes Jeff Green sucks. He is awful in Curb Your Enthusiasm, but they can get away woth that because acting is not important to that show.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:04 PM (kagAm)

176 Dick Durbin snarky about Cruz's education and inability to count to 60

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:04 PM (zOTsN)

177 142 >Sort of broke the "suspension of disbelief" for me. but up to that point you were totally onboard with flying armored suits with HUD and supersonic flight! Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 08:52 PM (8sCoq) Don't forget the big honking super mini power plant in his chest to protect his heart and power his suit. Totally believable

Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 05:04 PM (AjDoc)

178 Sen DICK Durbin is on Team Reid, along with JeffB, McShitty, and Miss Lindsay. Big surprise there.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 24, 2013 05:04 PM (sCynV)

179 @SenatorDurbin onthe floor right now. Smug. @SenTedCruz fires back.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:05 PM (DmNpO)

180 Glad to see the dem leadership has showed up to fight but the GOP leadership including the senior senator from the state of Texas is no where to be found.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:05 PM (FIr6N)

181 OK, I suspect I may be Agent Phil and his Amazing Friends' AoSHQ fanbase of one from the looks...

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 24, 2013 05:05 PM (m9V0o)

182 Bingo. Of course the people who call you a "denier" claim that you disagree with basic physics of CO2 being a "greenhouse gas"* when the disagreement is all about feedbacks. The warmists' theory of net positive feedbacks is nuts when you know we've been at 7,000ppm of CO2 at points in Earth's history but the temperature didn't spiral out of control like a nuclear chain reaction. Posted by: Andy at September 24, 2013 09:00 PM (0ZQCB) Exactly right. If their theory were correct, we would be an 800 degree inferno like Venus. Obviously their theory is incorrect, and it didn't take long to figure out why. Water vapor above 32 degrees is a positive feedback effect. It helps warm the planet. Diffussion increases with heat. If the effect were consistent, the system would run away with itself, but it doesn't. Water flips from being a Positive Feedback effect and becomes a NEGATIVE feedback effect. It forms clouds. Clouds reflect sunlight before it reaches the ground, and thereby prevents heating below it. The more water vapor, the more clouds form, the more reflection occurs. It is a self regulating controlled feedback system, and it operates almost as if someone designed it.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:06 PM (bb5+k)

183 If Nancy Pelosi is the dictionary definition of crazy eyes, I think Dick Turban is the dictionary definition of dead eyes. People like that are now in charge of my health care.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:06 PM (Vvg+J)

184 I yield back the balance of my time to the miserable fuck from Illinois.

Posted by: Ted Cruz at September 24, 2013 05:06 PM (0axsw)

185 yes - one gripe I had with Iron Man is how this master of technology couldn't figure out how to remove the shrapnel from his chest

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 05:06 PM (8sCoq)

186

@52 Grey Fox

Thanks, because at 1:28 I had to quit and sit with my legs crossed for a while.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 24, 2013 05:07 PM (sOtz/)

187 Cruz explains he is trying to engage the American public.  And that all observes all pundits said the House would never pass the bill to defund Obamacare, but after hearing from the people, they did.  Now the next step is to unify Republicans to vote against cloture.  He mentions Democratic senators in Red States up for re-election may switch their votes in order to be re-elected.

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:08 PM (zOTsN)

188 >>So is Alexandra Petri a dish? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) I'm sure she grows plenty of bacteria.

Posted by: Aviator at September 24, 2013 05:09 PM (DI+ja)

189 Continental drift is the dumbest damn idea alive. Wegener is a fool, and all the experts say so. Mountains are made by uplift.

Posted by: I'm with PopSci at September 24, 2013 05:09 PM (smOrb)

190 Anybody see Durbin saying he goes to a motel?

The only reason Dick Durbin goes to a "motel" is for cheap illicit sex with, well... actually, I'm not sure that even gay midgets are so hard up that they'd have sex with Dick Durbin.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:10 PM (Vvg+J)

191 Dick Durbin now discussing how fucked up Illinois is, and how Judy the janitor can get Medicaid from the government and hurt poor poor Judy

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:10 PM (zOTsN)

192 Hrm, couldn't check AOS at work all day, works fine at home.   I guess I'll be a lot more productive during work hours in the near future ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 24, 2013 05:10 PM (0wHyk)

193 Hm. So Mike had a bit of a rant with a bit of an "Occupy" vibe to it. You think Agent Coulson's response was a sufficient response to it?

Posted by: Hal at September 24, 2013 05:10 PM (2wZs/)

194 Drudge now has the CSpan link up as his top story

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:10 PM (DmNpO)

195 “@10TV: LIVE: Video from near the Columbus Police HQ, where an explosion has been reported. #10TV http://t.co/lsU4NwDArB ”

Posted by: Patrick at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (b6koZ)

196 191 Anybody see Durbin saying he goes to a motel? The only reason Dick Durbin goes to a "motel" is for cheap illicit sex with, well... actually, I'm not sure that even gay midgets are so hard up that they'd have sex with Dick Durbin. Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 09:10 PM (Vvg+J) Yeah, and sure he is friends with the maid (snorting here)

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (RLdcX)

197 Cruz responds the best way to help Judy is not a government hand out but a better economy that will earn her more money

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (zOTsN)

198 I just finished watching SHIELD. Not bad, really. Fun was had. Don't see what everyone's bitching about.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (hdBR3)

199

Thanks, because at 1:28 I had to quit and sit with my legs crossed for a while.

 

You are welcome.

Posted by: Grey Fox at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (LG5fe)

200

It is a self regulating controlled feedback system, and it operates almost as if someone designed it.


Someone who likes to laugh at us occasionally.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 05:11 PM (CMlD4)

201 182 OK, I suspect I may be Agent Phil and his Amazing Friends' AoSHQ fanbase of one from the looks... I liked it.

Posted by: Hal at September 24, 2013 05:12 PM (2wZs/)

202 PopSci refuses to separate out global-warming from evolution. That says all you need to know.

It's not about creationism or biology, or climate. It's about cashy money. The cashy money is in "going green". They're pleased as punch to lump the "hey... wait a minute!" skeptics on global-warming, with the creationists and flat-earthers.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 05:13 PM (d7tB2)

203 According to Durbin Judy worked as a maid for 62 years. so if she started at 15, that makes her 77. Wouldn't she be on Medicare?

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 24, 2013 05:13 PM (RLdcX)

204 The Senator from Illinois is a poopy-head.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 05:13 PM (BAS5M)

205

Dick Durbin says Cruz is mean to Judy and said she should get a better job (which he didn't say BTW).  Now Durbin talking about pre-existing conditions.

 

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:14 PM (zOTsN)

206

Columbus Ohio police headquarters explosion.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 24, 2013 08:38 PM (yETln)

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We can't tell you what happened, but we know it was not terrorism.  

Posted by: DHS at September 24, 2013 05:14 PM (sOtz/)

207 Hey you know what?  Dick Durbin is a liberal jackass, but I'll say this much on his behalf: this is the second filibuster he's made an appearance at.  I kind of like the fact that he alone among the opposing side actually bothers to show up and fly the colors for his team. 

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 05:14 PM (n/+FT)

208 174 You could do self assembly with magnetic fields. HK(Sterling) build a '91 demo with rare earth magnets that you couldn't assemble wrong - in the dark, without tools. "Twas cool. I love when people assume gravity is all figured out. Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 09:03 PM (CMlD4) You have to get the parts in close enough proximity for that to occur. By the time you get them that close, you've already done the hard part. My best guess as to how the parts could orient themselves (assuming a workable and or steerable thruster or thrusters) is to use cameras in each part, with orientation marks on the matching part. Each camera provides feedback correction to the thruster(s). (Bear in mind, the bulk of the thrusting needs to be downward to support the weight of the part) Pretty much each part would have to have the processing power of several I-phones or better, and probably with multiple cameras in each part. It would also likely need some method for crude orientation with the cameras and alignment marks merely used for final orientation. It might require RF links from every part to a central processor which does most of the rough work of coordinating the parts to get sort of close. It can be done (assuming working electronic thrusters.) but damn, that's an awful lot of effort for a "gee whiz, isn't that kinda neat" sort of result.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:14 PM (bb5+k)

209 Oh my!!  George Takei will make an appearance on FANgasm.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 05:15 PM (/WGNb)

210 I wish Cruz would mention to that smug cocksucker... erm, the Senator from Illinois, that Judy STILL won't be able to afford treatment.

She'll just be able to get government sponsored insurance, which will a) have high deductables and coinsurance, and b) not have an out of pocket cap (at least this year). So Judy can pay her premium, but she won't be able to pay for the treatment.

Unless the treatment is an abortion. That's free. Whew! That's important, huh?

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:15 PM (Vvg+J)

211 JEFF B you are stupid.  He is making clips to be used in commercials for his own re-election in perpetuity.  How naïve. 

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:15 PM (zOTsN)

212

I don't know what I expected from the Agents of SHIELD premiere, superhero wise, but I was not anticipating "Mike Patterson, The Hoodie with a 'Tude" as the featured superhero.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 24, 2013 05:16 PM (ZshNr)

213 First episode sucks,Whedon blanpme this on the "suits"?Like he did with Firefly

Firefly's first few episodes did stumble a bit. They could have used editing.

But those episodes weren't BAD. And the "suits" *did* screw up the season by jumbling them out of sequence.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 05:17 PM (d7tB2)

214 Throw the Feds into the exchanges.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:17 PM (0axsw)

215

Cruz smacks Durbin around for exempting Congress from the joys of Ocare.

 

Durbin all put out about it

 

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:17 PM (zOTsN)

216 thunderb-

The republican leadership all fell asleep about midway through Green Eggs and Ham. Poor babies had a long day screwing everyone they could get their hands on.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:18 PM (Vvg+J)

217 I'm not sure durning wanted to elevate this non filibuster

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:19 PM (FIr6N)

218 Durbin says making Congress participate in Ocare would also hurt 150 million Americans (unions and big business donors).  So if you make Congress participate, you are hurting Americans, or something

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:19 PM (zOTsN)

219 Don't forget the big honking super mini power plant in his chest to protect his heart and power his suit. Totally believable Posted by: Buzzion at September 24, 2013 09:04 PM (AjDoc) You have to overlook that going in. Those characteristics were created a long time ago, and you have to simply work with the legacy you have. Nowadays we can remove and replace hearts, so there is no reason whatsoever to worry about shrapnel near your heart. Science fictiony stuff from the 1960s did the best it could with what understanding it had at the time. Some predictions were grand slam, others, not so much.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:20 PM (bb5+k)

220 To paraphrase the esteemed Mr. Lydon

"Good....Bye....Pop Sci..."

"Hello, A&M".

Posted by: Bob, Henchman at Large at September 24, 2013 05:20 PM (1efte)

221 >>>JEFF B you are stupid. He is makingclips to be used in commercials for his own re-election in perpetuity. How naïve.

No, naive is thinking that Dick Durbin needs to say or do a damn thing to get reelected, much less drop into this filibuster to argue (however tendentiously, and don't get me wrong, he's a liberal jackfuck) about Obamacare. 

Furthermore, I've seen a ton of political commercials in my life and I can't remember many (or any) that spent time on Congressional floor speeches.

You seem to have completely misunderstood the point I was making anyway.  When Durbin shows up to argue with Cruz et al. he's doing us a favor: he's legitimizing what Cruz is doing by engaging with it as opposed to simply pretending Team Red doesn't even exist.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 05:20 PM (n/+FT)

222 Actually Durbin is helping animate Cruz and the argument

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:21 PM (zOTsN)

223 Cruz is filleting Durbin.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 05:21 PM (BAS5M)

224 Well it's J August Richards, a player from Whedon's other series, Angel.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 05:21 PM (Jsiw/)

225 That is supposed to be "Hello, A and M".

Posted by: Bob, Henchman at Large at September 24, 2013 05:21 PM (1efte)

226

All public employees should be put on O'Care.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:21 PM (0axsw)

227 Cruz slapping around Dick Durbin, makin' him mad.  Good, good theater!

Posted by: Serious Cat at September 24, 2013 05:22 PM (UOjzE)

228 Stir the pot Turban Durbin.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:22 PM (0axsw)

229 Senator Sessions had enough of that Dick... Durbin

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:22 PM (6J+oK)

230 >>>But those episodes weren't BAD. And the "suits" *did* screw up the season by jumbling them out of sequence.

Fox has given a lot of otherwise 'difficult' shows a lot of chances and it deserves credit for that (I'm thinking in particular of Arrested Development, which Fox stuck with and pushed hard despite the fact that it was just not finding an audience). 

But what they did to Firefly still pisses me off.  Running the episodes of a show like that out of order was a travesty.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 05:22 PM (n/+FT)

231
    I would suggest that with 150k,  AFTER a diagnostic check, that a compression check be done.  No point in flogging an engine with a sick cylinder.

   If the engine is basically sound, then the repair.  At your mileage, the "nickle dime" is to be expected. It IS a fine line between gaining useful life and money wasted, so you need to decide if repairs are justifiable.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 24, 2013 05:23 PM (SAMxH)

232

All public employees should be put on O'Care.

 

And Social Security.

Posted by: Ronster at September 24, 2013 05:23 PM (J8dt5)

233 I give Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. four out of a possible five "Errrrgh, Arrrghs" _

Posted by: WhedonVerseFan at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (19AvL)

234

Senator Cruz  in the role of Errol Flynn  using his rapier (wits) to slice and dice slow and clumsy Durbin.  En garde!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (BAS5M)

235 They've done this with too many shows going back to Space Above and Beyond, and earlier,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (Jsiw/)

236 Someone who likes to laugh at us occasionally. Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 09:11 PM (CMlD4) Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (bb5+k)

237 oh oh, he used the   skin in the game  deal!
yes those asking us to be shoved into obamacare  didn't Want their skin in the game.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (nqBYe)

238 someone needs to edit Eddie Murphy Raw's opening to change the joke from "and kicked him in the ding ding, thank you very much" to and kicked him in the Durbin, thank you very much" instant cult classic

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (6J+oK)

239

Jeff B I used to work on the Hill.  They make floor speeches for political ads.  Its the only reason they do it.  99 percent of the time, the chamber is completely empty when they make their remarks.  Durbin is doing Durbin a favor, he thinks.  That's all.

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (zOTsN)

240   Science fictiony stuff from the 1960s did the best it could with what understanding it had at the time.   Some predictions were grand slam, others, not so much.          

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 09:20 PM (bb5+k)


Do you get as amused as I do by genetic mutations granting superpowers like stopping time or teleportation?   

Magic with a "scientific" source.  

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (0wHyk)

241 221 To paraphrase the esteemed Mr. Lydon

"Good....Bye....Pop Sci..."

"Hello, AM".

Posted by: Bob, Henchman at Large at September 24, 2013 09:20 PM (1efte) 


Great. Now, I've got Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Sky" stuck in my head.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at September 24, 2013 05:24 PM (TCWb5)

242 214 Yeah,I know,but this is all on him.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (9XBK2)

243 But the Senate is so much more interesting.

Posted by: petunia at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (DAcBA)

244 233 All public employees should be put on O'Care. And Social Security. Posted by: Ronster at September 24, 2013 09:23 PM (J8dt5) I'm thinking Welfare.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (smOrb)

245 I'll agree with Jeff b. durbin elevated the non filibuster. Durbin is arguing for obamacare. By definition that means we are still arguing for it. He in a small way legitimized the debate and minimized the argument that the debate is over.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (FIr6N)

246 no waivers , no exemptions, no subsidies .
Equal under the Law.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (nqBYe)

247 EHHH -xcellent

pic.twitter.com/O7SCdDNiSi

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 05:25 PM (8sCoq)

248 Space Above and Beyond,pilots doubling as infantry.Good Lord.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:26 PM (9XBK2)

249 Senator Cruz (to Senator Durbin) My name is Enigo Montoya Cruz, you have killed my country, prepare to die... or "you keep using that word reform, I do not think you know what it means"

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:26 PM (6J+oK)

250 you need to decide if repairs are justifiable. When I do car repairs, I use the question of 'If I could buy this car in this condition at this price, if it didn't have this problem, would I do it?'

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 05:26 PM (QupBk)

251 "the system, is designed, deliberately, to hide what we are doing"

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:27 PM (zOTsN)

252 that was a shot aimed squarely at Republican leadership

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:28 PM (zOTsN)

253 Space Above and Beyond,pilots doubling as infantry.Good Lord. Yep. Multi-millions in credits for aerial (space?) combat training and they become mud humpers at the drop of a hat. I will say that the cliff-hanger ending of the last season was great. It killed me that none of it would be resolved.

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 05:28 PM (QupBk)

254 249 Yeah, and I thought that at the time, but great show though.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 05:29 PM (smOrb)

255 A bunch of physicists have this great big ole disagreement on what, exactly, the unified field theory should look like and what the universe is composed of.
 
So they debate and argue and push their pet postulates. And not one bit of it truly affects what gubmint policies should be as a result. So the cost factor of their disagreements is modestly low (there is a modest cost, however, in terms of new equipment to test out the various possibilities).
 
The disagreements over global warming though bear enormous social costs, if the worst possible outcomes are adjudged likely. Some estimates require expending the entire global GDP to combat runaway warming. So in such a case, shouldn't the burden of proof be beyond unassailable? I mean shit, they are still questioning Einstein's theories, probing for any exceptions which they haven't found yet.
 
Of course there is no such proof, not even close. Yet for this, the science is settled and everybody should just shut up and hand over a few generations worth of earnings because THEY SAY SO. As a scientist, this pisses me off to no end.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 24, 2013 05:29 PM (wNF3N)

256 some Marine humor... After scrupulous research, these conclusions were verified in multiple field tests in numerous ports of call. This is both a foreign and domestic issue and the Corps is working diligently to develop a course to reverse these traits. WORDS THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR A MARINE AVIATOR TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. Innovative 2. Preliminary 3. Proliferation 4. Cinnamon WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR A MARINE AVIATOR TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. Specificity 2. Anti-constitutionalistically 3. Passive-aggressive disorder 4. Transubstantiate WORDS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A MARINE AVIATOR TO SAY WHEN DRUNK: 1. No thanks, I'm married. 2. Nope, no more booze for me! 3. Sorry, but you're not really my type. 4. No thanks, I'm not hungry. 5. I'm not interested in fighting you. 6. Thank you, but I won't make any attempt to dance. I have no coordination and would hate to look like a real fool! 7. Oh no, I must be going home now as I have to work in the morning. 8. I am very proud of my son; he is in the Air Force. I can neither confirm nor deny the above referenced trivia, as I have never encountered a Marine pilot that was drunk. Nor for that matter have I ever been found near that state myself. If I should somehow in the future find a Marine pilot that meets the criteria, I shall ask for clarification.

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:29 PM (6J+oK)

257 I think Coulson's sang froid will become tiresome rather quickly. I think Skye's outfit will become more tattered rather quickly. So, I'm in.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 24, 2013 05:29 PM (19AvL)

258 BTW - Suzanne LaBarre, who wrote that Pop Sci article disparaging commentors as contemptible proles who add nothing? Here's what she considers meaningful and incisive prose:

Suzanne LaBarre ‏@suzannelabarre

Why do I poop more when I'm on my period? JOURNALISM
http://pops.ci/19u6VnS





Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix

Had to spread that around, posted it on WUWT. 

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 05:30 PM (CMlD4)

259 Posted by: GnuBreed at September 24, 2013 09:29 PM (wNF3N)

Thread winner.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 05:30 PM (d7tB2)

260 Cruz - republicans want to vote for cloture so they can lie to their voters

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (zOTsN)

261 Cruz is now HAMMERING the cowardly I voted against it Republicans.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (DmNpO)

262 I'm not sure durbin did much but he may have provided fodder for his base by showing he will stand up to the evil Cruz. A lesson I wish some republicans would learn. An opportunity to rally the base tonight at minimal risk or cost. Few joined. I'm guessing because they agree with durbin. Cruz is a meany

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (ndxIr)

263

Rowe was kind of funny. It was  awkward and no pun intended in the face of the audience.  He is a very good story teller. He rambled a bit after at about the 18 minute mark, but brought it home at 20min.  

Again no pun intended but ballsy to tell a crowd of credentialists, that their credentials are overvalued by society.  In a way, he ripped their balls off with his teeth. Nice.

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (BmWNr)

264 Ace, Iron Man 3 is pretty fun, but you have to just turn your brain off and go with it. All sorts of stuff makes little sense. Elements of the story were taken from original comics, in particular the "Extremis" storyline (which rocked). However, this is a typical Hollywood deal where a bunch of ideas were lumped together and the result is not nearly as good as simply adapting the original "Extremis" comics would have been. The biggest flaw is a common one in action movies: the hero figures out where the bad guys are, and instead of picking up a phone and calling the authorities, the hero goes in single-handedly. In IM3, there is a scene where Tony Stark assaults a bad guy hideout all by himself and not even wearing the Iron Man suit. It's kind of fun, but totally ridiculous, given that he could have simply called someone and had a whole SWAT team take the place down. Then the ending is a typical Character Development™ thing. I'll bet high school English teachers will love it, but I didn't. But Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man is always just so fun to watch, Gwyneth Paltrow is suitable eye candy in yoga clothes at the end, and the effects are of course the best money can buy. So just turn your brain off, go with it, and enjoy.

Posted by: mr_jack at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (TMG3G)

265 Millennium was a Fox show wasn't it?

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (QupBk)

266 I thought the super humans they tracked down would be Marvel Universe characters.Not made up for the show crap like tonight.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:31 PM (9XBK2)

267 266 Yeah.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:33 PM (9XBK2)

268 Do you get as amused as I do by genetic mutations granting superpowers like stopping time or teleportation? Magic with a "scientific" source. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 24, 2013 09:24 PM (0wHyk) There is science fiction I like, and science fiction I don't care for. The kind you mention above is science fiction that I don't care for. I have a friend who's been saying for two decades that "People are so desperate for Science Fiction that they'll accept BAD Science fiction. " I would say much of what shows up on the sysfy channel falls into that category. Iron man crosses the boundary of what is plausible (given miniaturized nuclear reactors and electric thrusters) but they do such a good job making it entertaining that it doesn't bother me so much. (Except for the Self Assembling suit in Ironman3. a malfunction could have quickly killed him.)

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:33 PM (bb5+k)

269 he is calling them OUT

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:33 PM (zOTsN)

270 Has there been any comment by ace on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? I taped it, should I watch?

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 24, 2013 05:33 PM (qRasw)

271 I thought it was strange that Fox brought it back for another season, after The End of the World.

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 05:34 PM (QupBk)

272

"you guys should be grateful, we gave you your vote"

 

he won't say which House member said it, but you KNOW its Boehner

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:34 PM (zOTsN)

273 NDH -

I haven't been around much lately, and thinking about Obamacare makes me scream and throw things, so maybe I've missed this, but why exactly are idiots like McCain and my wonderful RINO, Sen. Burr, electing to vote for cloture? Why take the boot of the throat?

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:34 PM (Vvg+J)

274 The Global Warmening thing is, technically, science-by-proxy. Nobody - and I mean NOBODY - has come up with a clear statement, proven hypothesis, falsifiable premise ... any sort of predictive theory. But they all reference each other's scientific credentials as providing proof. It's like that tensegrity "everybody sit on each others laps and no one will fall" thing. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7673804164_484b9bbe54_z.jpg _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 24, 2013 05:34 PM (19AvL)

275 After this stand by Senator Cruz I shall henceforth use my word processor's find and replace function to replace "Chuck Norris" with Ted Cruz

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:35 PM (6J+oK)

276 will they point out, if the progresive aim is really single payer.
which progressive followers think Yay!
That sure you don't get the direct Bill for your care , all taxpayers do, But not only will everyones taxes go up. the Govt will have everything to say about what care they believe you should be afforded, and decide Your personal value to the state?
Do people really like DMV? or sitting for hours at a state / county run hospital for hours with at times less than steller care?

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:35 PM (nqBYe)

277 over heard in the IPCC editing party "Clouds how the fuck do they work?"

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 05:36 PM (6J+oK)

278 247 no waivers , no exemptions, no subsidies . Equal under the Law. Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 09:25 PM (nqBYe) People *DO* seem to forget all about that part of the 14th amendment.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:36 PM (bb5+k)

279 MILLENIUM was a very good series, highly recommend still even though it is dated. Also a good 'old' serial is THIRD WAVE.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:36 PM (nC/sI)

280 249 Space Above and Beyond,pilots doubling as infantry.Good Lord. Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 09:26 PM (9XBK2) That series was PC suckage. Did not like at all.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:37 PM (bb5+k)

281 NDH, ICYMI, Hadji was on Ace's first Kenya thread this morning. I know you're a fan.

Posted by: L, elle at September 24, 2013 05:37 PM (0PiQ4)

282 thunderb -

Wow. Just wow. You should be grateful? Fuck whoever said that (insert hyperbole about how bad they should be fucked here). They should be grateful that we don't stop paying their damn salaries. They should be grateful we don't wake the hell up and demand that they do OUR business, not the business of whoever stuffed a check in their hands last.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:38 PM (Vvg+J)

283 GnuBreed, especially given this crowd's track record:

DDT
Nuclear winter
Acid Rain
Global Cooling
Malthusian Famines

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 05:38 PM (CMlD4)

284 I haven't been around much lately, and thinking about Obamacare makes me scream and throw things, so maybe I've missed this, but why exactly are idiots like McCain and my wonderful RINO, Sen. Burr, electing to vote for cloture? Why take the boot of the throat? **** Because the bill deserves a vote. They are "supporting" the House bill. They know full well what they are doing and Cruz is hammering them on it. They will go back to their constituents and claim that they "supported" the effort to defund but will still get to keep their cozy little exemption and their dinner party invites.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:38 PM (DmNpO)

285 Diogenes'Lamp, yes even as peons we forget how they have so many bennies and advantages  than we do.

no big deal under other circumstances if they Made their own bed,
They have not, they take and feather their own beds while leaving us with the sheet on the floor.
insider trading anyone? how about you kid gets a out of jail free card?
like to park anywhere you want to save a long walk?
anyway  yeah.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:38 PM (nqBYe)

286
Green Eggs and Ham is probably the best thing ever said about Odeathcare.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 24, 2013 05:39 PM (sj9LN)

287 NDH, ICYMI, Hadji was on Ace's first Kenya thread this morning. I know you're a fan. *** Oh noes! Missed it! Thanks for the heads-up.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:39 PM (DmNpO)

288 Quick question. I fucking hate Dick Durbin. No secret. But - how do you retort when he claims that all Obama did was guarantee the employer subsidy just like everyone else gets when the boss pays part of the healthcare? He's saying members of Congress have to pick a plan and the government pays 72% of it. I have a sense he's deflecting - given that the members of Congress have gold-plated plans to choose from that do NOT have to meet Obamacare mandates and also are not subject to penalties that gold-plated plans have. Just some fodder for the Moron gristmill.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 05:39 PM (f80l3)

289 how long has he been going now?

Posted by: lindafell at September 24, 2013 05:39 PM (PGO8C)

290 Just sent an email to Cornyn's office expressing my disappointment that he is not rising in support of Cruz today.   Because Texas.  Told him that I am done voting for him and will be throwing my support and vote to whomever challenges him in the primary.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (BAS5M)

291 even to the gun issues.
They are provided protection while we are told shut up you are to stupid to protect anyone or yourself.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (nqBYe)

292 Yes, that was when Sci Fi actually did Sci Fi, instead of knockoff Corman, and whatever you call Fangasm.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (Jsiw/)

293 about 7 hours

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (zOTsN)

294 Cruz asks, why isn't anyone here?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (aDwsi)

295 I was told there would be no science.

Posted by: Low Information Voter at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (Dwehj)

296 281 Really,the pilots as infantry thing and other stuff(the carrier operating alone?) turned me off I doubt I watched after a few episodes.Remember very little of it.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (9XBK2)

297 Cadillac Care Tax on Imperial Employees?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (0axsw)

298 He started at 2:40 ET, so 7 hours now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (BAS5M)

299 how long has he been going now? Uh...I think he took the floor at 2:40 pm. Call it seven hours?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (sCynV)

300 NDH -

Wow, that is so transparent. Jeez. What kind of fools do they take us for?

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:41 PM (Vvg+J)

301

God Bless Sessions

 

The rest of those fat fucks should be "defunded"

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:42 PM (zOTsN)

302 Another Junk Psuedo-scientist, with a multimillion dollar corporation and multiple homes says Jail Politicians Who Do Not Kneel to Global Warming Junk Science: David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change. nationalpost Can we throw him in jail for claiming falsehoods?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 24, 2013 05:42 PM (IXrOn)

303 Deadwood + The Vikings + Oz + The Shield = Sons Of Anarchy

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:42 PM (nC/sI)

304

Say what you will about the futility of the gesture...

Cruz is saying, you may pass Obamacare, but

FIRST YOU WILL BLOW ME!!!

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 05:42 PM (BmWNr)

305 Ha! From Hadji: What is the difference between ObamaCare and Suicide? Suicide requires both planning and successful execution.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:43 PM (DmNpO)

306 I can go all night, ladies.

Posted by: Ted Fucking Cruz at September 24, 2013 05:43 PM (qRasw)

307

Cruz is now the "but first you will blow me candidate"

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 05:43 PM (BmWNr)

308 or sitting for hours at a state / county run hospital for hours with at times less than steller care? Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 09:35 PM (nqBYe) Liverpool Pathway. Unless you're Actually In Power like the politicians and their employees and largest donors. It's feudalism. Which is all the far left ever was, feudalism with a vocabulary transplant.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 05:43 PM (qyfb5)

309 Agents was pretty good IMHO - The Goldbergs sucked.  Back to TBS for Big Bang Theory reruns until Thursday night's premiere.  Then back to TBS for reruns again.

Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at September 24, 2013 05:44 PM (Kiz9M)

310 David Suzuki is a good lad.

Posted by: Zombie Uncle Joe Stalin at September 24, 2013 05:44 PM (Dwehj)

311 Wow, that is so transparent. Jeez. What kind of fools do they take us for? *** they take us for the same fools who have continued to vote them into office, time and again.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:44 PM (DmNpO)

312 257>> Heh!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (9DDfG)

313   Beyond sick of the global warming/climate change flap.

    It matters not WHICH, it cannot be changed.

   Our species can't cause either phenomonom. Thinking we can is arrogance in the extreme.

    If you need a goddamn solution, then adapt to the PARTICULAR, thereby insuring or at least enhancing survival chances.

  


Posted by: irongrampa at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (SAMxH)

314 Jeff Sessions now on the floor asking questions in support of Ted Cruz.

Posted by: knob at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (H1bc7)

315 I'm done with Cornyn too. I'll vote for who ever primaries against him then who ever runs against him, probably some libertarian or independent. I still don't think I can ever vote for a democrat, I would rather not vote at all. Thanks Thunderb.

Posted by: lindafell at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (PGO8C)

316 David Suzuki explaining the Science of the ancient astronauts.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (0axsw)

317 The Left and Muslims, same same. Unbelievers must be killed, converted, or imprisoned. The 'religion' and the ideology, both based in Hate and Servitude and complete obedience.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (nC/sI)

318 Cruz must be destroyed. He is too effective.

Posted by: McShitty at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (hemD9)

319 I'm beginning to suspect the Sen McSquishy team has flipped Toomey. Pity. If he's not fighting for us, he's fighting for Reid. I'll remember this.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 24, 2013 05:45 PM (sCynV)

320 Jeff Sessions now on the floor asking questions in support of Ted Cruz.

And where is the (aptly named) Jeff Flake?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 24, 2013 05:46 PM (JawqV)

321 Oh,and fuck Popular Science.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 05:46 PM (9XBK2)

322

McCain, Cornyn, McConnell and Graham prolly all out to dinner together with Reid and Pelosi

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:46 PM (zOTsN)

323 Count, good I did the same. We ca do better in Texas.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (FIr6N)

324 I think Palin is on Hammity.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (0axsw)

325 NDH -

Oh yeah... we ARE fools. Forgot for a minute. Oh well, what's Miley Cyrus up to today?

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (Vvg+J)

326 Merovign Cruz just brought up how will the state value your mothers cost of hip replacment!

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (nqBYe)

327 I can go all night, ladies. And he's not even wearing his ostrich boots.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (sCynV)

328 so twice  tonight.


Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:47 PM (nqBYe)

329

Cruz still looks fresh, his vocal power is still high, and he isn't running out of things to say... heck yes.

 

307 <-- haha, truth

Posted by: knob at September 24, 2013 05:48 PM (H1bc7)

330 Cruz is remarkable for his lucidity over such a long haul.

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 05:48 PM (bKA83)

331 Stompy Ostrich Boots.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 05:48 PM (0axsw)

332 I never did vote for Cornyn. Always voted Libertarian against him (and Kay Bailey Breck Girl).

I miss Phil Gramm. Shit, I almost miss Lloyd Bentsen against Cornyn.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 05:49 PM (d7tB2)

333 But - how do you retort when he claims that all Obama did was guarantee the employer subsidy just like everyone else gets when the boss pays part of the healthcare? He's saying members of Congress have to pick a plan and the government pays 72% of it. I have a sense he's deflecting - given that the members of Congress have gold-plated plans to choose from that do NOT have to meet Obamacare mandates and also are not subject to penalties that gold-plated plans have. Just some fodder for the Moron gristmill. Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 09:39 PM (f80l3) You, me and the rest of this little people don't get to take our subsidies to the exchanges. Regardless of how Dipshit Durbin gets his insurance, we pay 72% of it. Conversely if you leave your employer funded coverage for the exchanges (willing or not), you get to pay for it all. You might qualify for a tax break but the requirements for those are really rough. Pretty much if you can afford a decent plan (the silver, gold or platinum plans) you don't qualify for a break. If you opt for the lowest tier and can prove it is because it is all you can afford, you MAY get a tax break. Of course your co-pay and out of pocket will make it major medical.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 05:49 PM (fzFF6)

334 Nobody - and I mean NOBODY - has come up with a clear statement, proven hypothesis, falsifiable premise ... any sort of predictive theory. But they all reference each other's scientific credentials as providing proof. _ Posted by: BumperStickerist at September 24, 2013 09:34 PM (19AvL) Credentialism has become the new PROOF of something. From my perspective, it has always been regarded as the "Fallacy of Authority." (argumentum ad auctoritatem) As some of you are aware, I research and argue about what is the correct meaning of article II "natural born citizen." Most arguments I deal with are "Such and such Authority says this, or such and such authority says that." Of all the authorities they point to, they virtually NEVER point to a founder or Delegate. They point to lawyers, judges and writers from Decades after the fact, or court cases a hundred years later. They never argue from first principles, always they argue credentialism of "authorities". Glenn Reynolds is also constantly condemning Credentialism. It has apparently become acceptable as proof of stuff nowadays. More's the pity.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:49 PM (bb5+k)

335 Erick Erickson ‏@EWErickson 5m Instead of joining filibuster, MMcConnell was on a tele-townhall telling voters the only way to stop O-Care is to make him majority leader. Incredible!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 05:49 PM (DmNpO)

336 Thunderb-YouÂ’re probably right. I just got home from work and after turning on television to see if Ted Cruz is still speaking, he is, I went to his website to write him a Thank You note for listening to the US Citizens and ignoring the establishment jerks. I didnÂ’t call them jerks. I named a few.

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 05:49 PM (z4WKX)

337 I called Cornyn's offices in Houston and DC all day.  DC line was full and not even taking messages.  Local office line was perpetually busy.  Email and fax is next.  I will contribute to and campaign for whoever primaries him from the right.  I will make it my mission to "defund" Cornyn

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:50 PM (zOTsN)

338 Can we throw him in jail for claiming falsehoods? Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 24, 2013 09:42 PM (IXrOn) Laws are for Little People.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 05:50 PM (qyfb5)

339 Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 09:49 PM (fzFF6) Kick ass. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 05:50 PM (f80l3)

340 he really has been covering everything.

costs, jobs, actual health care, future financing, single payer meaning
anyway overall i'm impressed as hell.
and love the assistance of others to discuss the total picture of a concern.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:51 PM (nqBYe)

341 no big deal under other circumstances if they Made their own bed, They have not, they take and feather their own beds while leaving us with the sheet on the floor. insider trading anyone? how about you kid gets a out of jail free card? like to park anywhere you want to save a long walk? anyway yeah. Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 09:38 PM (nqBYe) The Currently popular term is "neo-feudalism". I believe that pretty much covers what we are seeing.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:52 PM (bb5+k)

342 >>> Im done with Cornyn too. I'll support whoever primaries him. Lindafell, encourage AllenG to run. This is something he has actually considered. How great would that be to have a Moron senator except Allen would have to renounce the blog. He could be the next Tex Cruz.

Posted by: L, elle at September 24, 2013 05:53 PM (0PiQ4)

343 327 Merovign Cruz just brought up how will the state value your mothers cost of hip replacment! Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 09:47 PM (nqBYe) There will come a time when people just *need* to start ignoring bad law en masse, or they will kill us with neglect like the Brits did.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 05:53 PM (qyfb5)

344

So when the government panel denies your chemo txt or just misplaces it for a few months while you die, what you gonna do? Sue them? Guess again. Immunity.

 

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 05:53 PM (BmWNr)

345 Beyond sick of the global warming/climate change flap.

It matters not WHICH, it cannot be changed.

Our species can't cause either phenomonom. Thinking we can is arrogance in the extreme.

If you need a goddamn solution, then adapt to the PARTICULAR, thereby insuring or at least enhancing survival chances.




Posted by: irongrampa at September 24, 2013 09:45 PM (SAMxH)

The only glaringly obvious environmental impact we haven't largely addressed has no money to be made out of it, just saved over it, and its always an afterthought when the green tech subsidy machine wants to build its latest boondoggle.

Everything else is laughable. The earth isn't going anywhere, to quote George Carlin. We are.

Posted by: CAC at September 24, 2013 05:53 PM (p+uIO)

346 go Cruz go

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:54 PM (zOTsN)

347 She was half an hour ago, look we are not fooled by their transparent schemes, if McConnell had his way, Rand wouldn't be in the Senate, they had Grayson a go along to get along.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 24, 2013 05:54 PM (Jsiw/)

348

ACA is WACK'A
#MakeDCListen

Posted by: @SeriousCat5000 at September 24, 2013 05:54 PM (UOjzE)

349 Canadian single-payer really *is* better than Obamacare, everyone. And that should scare the absolute fuck out of the entire country.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 05:54 PM (f80l3)

350 I have to laugh, today of all days I have fourth letter from McConnell asking for my support in his reelection. The others have gone in the recycle bin. I might call and tell him why I woundÂ’t give him two cents!

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 05:54 PM (z4WKX)

351 kill us with neglect like the Brits did.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 24, 2013 09:53 PM (qyfb5)

have to admit when at dmv for hours and they say well you Need one more thing! i wouldn't mind if they just gave me the die now pill.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:55 PM (nqBYe)

352 Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 09:38 PM (CMlD4) Is there any chance you could get me a copy or even the text of a letter from Ambassador John Armstrong written to James McClure on March 16, 1810? I've found much of the other documentation i've been looking for, but that document still eludes me.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:55 PM (bb5+k)

353 >So when the government panel denies your chemotxt or just misplaces it for a few monthsbecause of your voter registration...


whaddya gonna do?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 05:55 PM (8sCoq)

354

The Blacklist sucks so far.

 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 24, 2013 05:55 PM (lr3d7)

355 Obama needs a hurricane. Yeah, a big one. Lots of wind and destruction.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 05:55 PM (nC/sI)

356 Lois Lerner will come out of retirement to monitor the death panels

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:56 PM (zOTsN)

357 nstead of joining filibuster, MMcConnell was on a tele-townhall telling voters the only way to stop O-Care is to make him majority leader.


Incredible! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

WTF would change, unless he was majority leader with a 60+ vote caucus ... Obama is going to veto any defunding effort.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 05:56 PM (CMlD4)

358 From one personal example, Canadian single payer is not better.  Friend's father in his 80s and suffering non healing sores because of his diabetes.  Take him to the hospital.  And for three days he is on a gurney in the hallway.  Then they discharge him because he was making himself a nuisance wanting to be treated.  And at discharge he left with a broken hip and still with the sores.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (/WGNb)

359 Any NC morons have the opportunity to call Sen. Burro? I swore off calling/writing to my representatives when my family got audited after my father sent a nasty note to Hillary.

I heard he's been very vocal about how stupid it is to threaten a government shutdown. I wonder if he's been made aware how his subjects, er constituents feel.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (Vvg+J)

360 Obamacare could be described as a Middle Class Payer system, because they are the ones who will be paying for everyone else and, if they have enough left over, themselves.

Posted by: @SeriousCat5000 at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (UOjzE)

361 Dear fellow, you know everyone will correct that little problem. Their will be no more registered republicans let alone independents.

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (BmWNr)

362 I'm impressed with Lhosa in NYC, by the way. He seems to be running on the platform of "saying it how it is". De Blasio was a supporter of Marxist guerrillas? He's a Marxist!

And note De Blasio's defence - "I'm proud to be a progressive and a Democrat". In other words, a Marxist.

De Blasio might win this one. But Lhosa will gain the Goldwater prize, and win in the long run.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (d7tB2)

363 McConnell's main concern is McConnell

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (8sCoq)

364 David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change. nationalpost Can we throw him in jail for claiming falsehoods? Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 24, 2013 09:42 PM (IXrOn) Remember that advertisement where they blew up people's heads who disagreed with global warming? Scratch a Liberal and you find a bloodthirsty facist.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 05:57 PM (bb5+k)

365 McConnell has all the warrior ethos of the French military

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 05:58 PM (zOTsN)

366 look if i had any illusions before, IRS actually being used to harrass financially people for a certain type of political idea. and yet THEY will be in charge of collecting .

just no, no trust , no weird questionnaires, no govt health care.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:58 PM (nqBYe)

367 woah he said  jackboot on the back of your neck!

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 05:58 PM (nqBYe)

368 I'm starting to wish Ashley "patriarchy" Judd would've made a stronger showing against old Mitch.

Posted by: Ktgreat: at September 24, 2013 05:58 PM (Bl4dy)

369 I read at the bottom of CSPANÂ’s screen, that Ted has yielded floor for questions form nine senators. One was Durbin. WTG did he ask?

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 05:59 PM (z4WKX)

370 Michael Wacha has a no-no going through seven innings for the Cardinals.

Posted by: RS at September 24, 2013 05:59 PM (YAGV/)

371 Ok, note to self, pester AllenG to run against Cornyn, got it. Now, to get all the other Texas morons to join in the pestering.......

Posted by: lindafell at September 24, 2013 05:59 PM (PGO8C)

372 uh oh


Cruz yielded for a question without adding 'without yielding the floor'

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 24, 2013 05:59 PM (8sCoq)

373 Cruz just referenced McCain's F-bomb.  Hee-hee.

Posted by: joanne at September 24, 2013 05:59 PM (CABFU)

374

look if i had any illusions before, IRS actually being used to harrass financially people for a certain type of political idea. and yet THEY will be in charge of collecting .

just no, no trust , no weird questionnaires, no govt health care.

This was the POINT of the IRS scandal.  Which they exposed themselves with a planted question.  Its a loud warning that you WILL obey or you will be punished. I am not kidding, there will be a massive drop in the number of registered republicans.

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (BmWNr)

375 wow...way to jump right to the Catholic bashing, you guys...

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (Y5I9o)

376 sounds like Sessions is going to go home

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (zOTsN)

377 Holy crap, you guys, are they really filibustering this thing tonight?  And did you see that 2 counties in (srsly?) Califuckingfornia are voting for secession?  My head is spinning.

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (8lmkt)

378 351 Heh. I have a slick large flyer from Kay Hagan (D-NC)). I guess she took some time off from Joe Manchin's million dollar yacht. At any rate, it's touting her 'efforts' to protect healthcare. It's straight-up BS. She's afraid that she's going to pay a price when the LIVs figure out that she's one of those who served up the steamy platter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (aDwsi)

379 I read at the bottom of CSPANÂ’s screen, that Ted has yielded floor for questions form nine senators. One was Durbin. WTG did he ask? *** He was a smug bastard, seeming to imply that Cruz didn't know the obstacles he's up against.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (DmNpO)

380 *Lhota

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (d7tB2)

381 DL, the indexing is so bad - it will dumb luck if I find it.  Now that school is started I can spend more time down there.  The progress meeting I was going to weekly was cancelled several times in August, but is ramping back up.  I'll be down there next week.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 06:00 PM (CMlD4)

382 sounds like Sessions is going to go home *** He's been a trooper today.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 06:01 PM (DmNpO)

383 It's feudalism. Which is all the far left ever was, feudalism with a vocabulary transplant. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 24, 2013 09:43 PM (qyfb5) In 1776, the founders created a form of government which never existed before. Ever since then, the forces of Monarchy/Aristocracy have been working to destroy this condition. Those actor people who are all Liberal? They imagine themselves as part of the New, upper-class social structure. They are obviously "superior" because nature endowed them with "talent" or something.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:01 PM (bb5+k)

384 Its a loud warning that you WILL obey or you will be punished. I am not kidding, there will be a massive drop in the number of registered republicans.

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 10:00 PM (BmWNr)

i'm not arguing your point. I do think it is a precarious position we are in if we stick our head up and are noticed.

depressing!

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:02 PM (nqBYe)

385 Durbin responded to Cruz saying politicians should have to get healthcare through exchanges, lamenting he and other fed plan members have to choose one of eight plans. Wah

Posted by: Justamom at September 24, 2013 06:02 PM (Sptt8)

386 Peaches: just two counties, with less than 100,000 in total. We'll see if it has legs.

The CO secessionist movement is stronger right now, especially since they got Greeley.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:02 PM (d7tB2)

387 okay, CSpan.  God bless Ted Cruz, I love him!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:02 PM (8lmkt)

388 370 I read at the bottom of CSPANÂ’s screen, that Ted has yielded floor for questions form nine senators. One was Durbin. WTG did he ask?

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 09:59 PM (z4WKX)

Dick Durbin asked if Ted Cruz wanted to take away Judy's health insurance.

Posted by: @SeriousCat5000 at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (UOjzE)

389 We are being ruled by a confederacy of dunces.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (nC/sI)

390 Is there any comics geek who isn't expecting Coulson to be an LMD?

Posted by: Epobirs at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (kcfmt)

391 376 Where?

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (9XBK2)

392 AGW and (macro)evolution do belong in the same discussion as they are the two biggest "scientific" hoaxes of our time.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (4/o9U)

393 AnnaPuma -

That is just a nightmare. To paraphrase 1984, that scenario is what's in Room 101 for me. Watching my mom suffer for days if something God-forbid happens to her. Not being able to do anything about it. Not being able to help her. Alternatively, being the one in the gurney and being unable to get help.

Mother of God... why are they pushing us towards this barbarism? What the hell did we do to deserve this?

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (Vvg+J)

394 *turns phaser on self*

Opening for FANgasm is making me wish for a Tau Ceti eel in the brain.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 06:03 PM (/WGNb)

395 We are being ruled by a confederacy of dunces.

I think you are giving these venal crapweasels far too much credit there, buddy.

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:04 PM (8lmkt)

396 McConnell's main concern is McConnell
Posted by: Jones in CO 

Cruz should threaten to send his Dad out there to campaign with the McConnell's primary challenger.

Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 06:04 PM (CMlD4)

397 391 They dropped a big hint.

Posted by: steevy at September 24, 2013 06:04 PM (9XBK2)

398 I heard he's been very vocal about how stupid it is to threaten a government shutdown. I wonder if he's been made aware how his subjects, er constituents feel.
Posted by: WolfinNC
--------------------

I have his number here. I intend to call first thing in the a.m. and read his staffer the riot act.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 06:04 PM (aDwsi)

399 Also just sent a Thank You to Senator Cruz for standing up and fighting for me and mine.  2nd best vote I ever cast,  behind that guy from CA.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 06:04 PM (BAS5M)

400 Grognard, the problem is that when an employer puts employees out on Obamacare, the employer pays a fine and is forbidden from subsidizing the employee's healthcare.  It doesn't make sense that someone would be on the exchange getting supported by the employer. 

Posted by: Chris at September 24, 2013 06:05 PM (aBOfW)

401 I miss Phil Gramm. Shit, I almost miss Lloyd Bentsen against Cornyn. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 09:49 PM (d7tB2) I've met Phil Gramm. I always like him. He was my favorite Senator for the longest time. Too bad the Democrats screwed us on Gramm-Rudman. A lot of shit that has happened, wouldn't have.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:05 PM (bb5+k)

402 385  sorry didn't mean to sound like I was arguing with you. I agree with you to the Nth degree.  I think its their game plan. Those they can't buy off with the promise of free stuff (bought with other people's money) they will intimidate with the IRS. Your taxes and your grandma. So you gonna donate to the RNC? Their a holes to begin with plus you have factor in the potential for punitive action by Obama's minions. 

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 06:05 PM (BmWNr)

403 Ever since then, the forces of Monarchy/Aristocracy have been working to destroy this condition

Speaking on behalf of the forces of Monarchy / Aristocracy (Samuel Johnson et al.): we were happy to befriend John Adams and other conservative thinkers in your country.

We realised that it was the forces arrayed against Aristocracy who were your truest enemies. But then, we happen to live opposite France.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:05 PM (d7tB2)

404 Cruz has been at this for, what? eight hours now? He still looks like he did at 0730 this morning. He's just getting started... #MakeDCListen, indeed

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:05 PM (JMmQ9)

405 Agents of Shield goes for the every man star with agent Coulter.

Posted by: Jack at September 24, 2013 06:06 PM (gWHwW)

406 380 He was a smug bastard, seeming to imply that Cruz didn't know the obstacles he's up against.

Cruz knows damn well what is arrayed against him. He knows he's going to lose. He's fighting his heart out anyway. Even knowing that he's doing it in part to score political points with people like me, I admire the hell out of it. Guy's got balls.

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 06:06 PM (bKA83)

407 Man looks fuckin' presidential up there, doesn't he?

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:06 PM (8lmkt)

408 we are a part time nation

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:07 PM (zOTsN)

409 Cruz rocks. Sounds like he just got started tonight. Heck, I'd vote for him just because of his dad.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (4Mv1T)

410 Those actor people who are all Liberal? They imagine themselves as part of the New, upper-class social structure. They are obviously "superior" because nature endowed them with "talent" or something.

Exactly. Because selling food and products and healthcare is eeeeevil, but cashing paychecks for furrowing their eyebrows while they say sh*t is totally legit.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (4/o9U)

411 Durbin also insinuated that Cruz's  education left him unable to count to 60. (votes)

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (BAS5M)

412 Mike Hammer -

Give him one for me, please. I'm dying to call, but dammit, I'm chicken. We can't afford an audit, particularly with $1000/mo insurance premiums staring us in the face.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (Vvg+J)

413 From one personal example, Canadian single payer is not better. Friend's father in his 80s and suffering non healing sores because of his diabetes. Take him to the hospital. And for three days he is on a gurney in the hallway. Then they discharge him because he was making himself a nuisance wanting to be treated. And at discharge he left with a broken hip and still with the sores. I hear that. I have some stories of my own, but not quite as severe as that. And I *still* maintain that by the time Obamacare has reached its full impact, Canadian Single Payer will be better. That's not saying much, but I sincerely think that the scales will balance that way.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (f80l3)

414 WolfinNC, that was about 6 years ago.  He has since died.  But the cold calculus of costs vs age weighed on their decisions.  And that is what awaits America, not the family and finances determining the care but some faceless bean counter in Accounting.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (/WGNb)

415 Rand Paul just sent a tweet to the President about tonight

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:08 PM (zOTsN)

416 27,000 pages

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 06:09 PM (aDwsi)

417 You may vote Harry Reid, But first YOU WILL BLOW ME.

Posted by: Ted Cruz at September 24, 2013 06:09 PM (BmWNr)

418 He is rocking my world tonight.   

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:10 PM (8lmkt)

419 Dick Durbin asked if Ted Cruz wanted to take away Judy's health insurance. Posted by: @SeriousCat5000 at September 24, 2013 10:03 PM (UOjzE) Is that the fake woman that they made up for the dem election talking points? If Durbin asked a question about a fictitious person, heÂ’s got to get himself to an Obamacare dr. right away because heÂ’s lost his mind. He has to be thrown out of office right away. We canÂ’t have any more mental midgets in Congress, there are too many now.

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 06:10 PM (z4WKX)

420 CarolT, Judy is Julia's unwed mother....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 06:10 PM (/WGNb)

421 Eight hours and still rolling.  Go get 'em Senator!

Posted by: mrp at September 24, 2013 06:11 PM (HjPtV)

422 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVxviUIKKQ

Posted by: Ted Cruz (R) at September 24, 2013 06:11 PM (4/o9U)

423 Is that the fake woman that they made up for the dem election talking points?

That's Julia: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2012/05/julias-circle-of-life.html

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:11 PM (d7tB2)

424 cspan is staying tight on Ted.  is there anyone left in the room or did most of those shitweasels go off to a pricey dinner?

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:11 PM (8lmkt)

425

Ha!  Already got an email reply from Cruz's office.  It's a simple acknowlegement.

 

From Cornyn's office:  {crickets}

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 24, 2013 06:12 PM (BAS5M)

426 378/387 Excellent, Smithers. Neither one is in the South. This will show what I have continually argued--that there is a reason the Senate equal representation scheme and Electoral College vote allocation plans exist in the first place, and that the idea Americans have got to just accept permanently being dominated by the Urban Coasts because Racism You Guys is, long term, not workable. I refer Progs to the "self-determination" principles of Wilson's 14 Points.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:12 PM (smOrb)

427 382 DL, the indexing is so bad - it will dumb luck if I find it. Now that school is started I can spend more time down there. The progress meeting I was going to weekly was cancelled several times in August, but is ramping back up. I'll be down there next week. Posted by: Jean at September 24, 2013 10:00 PM (CMlD4) It may not even be available. It was written while both Armstrong and McClure were in France. It might have been regarded as a petty matter from the perspective of the consulate. If it does exist, I would very much like to have it. Name your price for your troubles.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:12 PM (bb5+k)

428 I heard laughter.  Possibly staffers. Sessions just left.  I think he is the only senator right now

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:12 PM (zOTsN)

429 I called Sen Cornyn's office this morning and asked his local contact if he was voting for cloture (cloture is Peruvian for bait and switch). The lady on the other end of the line said 'Absolutely not!' I asked why he didn't support Sen. Cruz. She told me that Sen. Cornyn supports Sen. Cruz 100%!' I said by what I've heard the past couple days I think Cornyn is turning into a combination of McCain, Graham, McConnell and possibly some type of weazel, maybe Harry Reid. If there is another guy in Texas like Sen. Cruz, that seat held by Sen. Cornyn is theirs for the taking.

Posted by: EROWMER at September 24, 2013 06:13 PM (OONaw)

430 Eat your damn green eggs and ham. They're good for you.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 06:13 PM (cSHCI)

431 Wow.  I can't access C-SPAN 2 online. Temporarily unavailable, it is.

Posted by: mrp at September 24, 2013 06:14 PM (HjPtV)

432 Posted by: EROWMER at September 24, 2013 10:13 PM (OONaw)

lol!!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:14 PM (8lmkt)

433 cspan is staying tight on Ted. is there anyone left in the room or did most of those shitweasels go off to a pricey dinner? **** Graham has been hitting FNC hard tonight. Tweeting repeatedly about how he's appearing to make the case against Obamacare. Prick.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 06:14 PM (DmNpO)

434 Grognard, the problem is that when an employer puts employees out on Obamacare, the employer pays a fine and is forbidden from subsidizing the employee's healthcare. It doesn't make sense that someone would be on the exchange getting supported by the employer. Posted by: Chris at September 24, 2013 10:05 PM (aBOfW) That is a very key distinction. I KNEW Durbin was twisting it, that rotten SOB. Thanks to you and Ragamuffin for clarifying.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 06:14 PM (f80l3)

435 Anna Puma -

I'm sorry about your friend's father. I'm sure he probably could have had more years had he lived somewhere where they value life.

Why is it so hard for folks to figure out that when you put gov't in charge, you put the wonks and bean counters in charge. And they don't give a flying flip about you. Any person who goes into a "policy" position such as that usually believes that the individual is less important than the whole. They're very open about it. Yet America continues to try to push our very lives into their hands.

Posted by: WolfinNC at September 24, 2013 06:15 PM (Vvg+J)

436 People with disabilities will no longer go straight to the front of lines at Disneyland and Walt Disney World under a policy change park officials say is a response to growing abuse of the system. The move was in part a response to the phenomenon of disabled "tour guides" who charge money, sometimes hundreds of dollars, to accompany able-bodied guests and allow them to avoid long lines.

Posted by: Jared Loughner at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (e8kgV)

437 Could I get some waffles with that?

Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (cSHCI)

438 Cruz is doing the "free shit" stuff now I'm diggin' it deep

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (JMmQ9)

439 Graham has been hitting FNC hard tonight. Tweeting repeatedly about how he's appearing to make the case against Obamacare.

that fuckin' asshole makes me start coughing up hateballs. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (8lmkt)

440 The CO secessionist movement is stronger right now, especially since they got Greeley. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 10:02 PM (d7tB2) It's a damn shame that slavery fucked up the secession idea for the rest of us. As "Curmudgeonly and Skeptical" blog puts it, "How about the Sane states vote to throw OUT the kook states?" Sort of Reverse secession.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (bb5+k)

441 Cruz Fox link if you can get it elsewhere- http://live.foxnews.com/#/2555052454001

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:16 PM (4Mv1T)

442 And they don't give a flying flip about you. Any person who goes into a "policy" position such as that usually believes that the individual is less important than the whole. You stop being a person, and start being cattle to process so they can go home and stop being inconvenienced by you. There's no incentive to treat you as more than that. Coming soon to a medical system near you.

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 06:17 PM (f80l3)

443 CAN't get it elsewhere- sorry

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:17 PM (4Mv1T)

444 eat your peas!
share your pie!
you can't just use your suv and have other countries be ok with that!

julia is free to do as she wishes, no one cares except her mom and her guy of the year.
but that isn't enough, she wants you to pay for her bc pills when she makes more money than i. and if she forgets her pill that day the right for ME to pay for her right to kill the new inconvenient human

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:17 PM (nqBYe)

445 The CO secessionist movement is stronger right now, especially since they got Greeley.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 10:02 PM (d7tB2)

Well, that is true, but I find it very facepalm that there are 2 counties here in Mexico del Norte that are also going there.  Because, wow!!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:17 PM (8lmkt)

446 Cruz is going down the "insurance vs. insulation" argument now You GO!, my brother

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:18 PM (JMmQ9)

447 Peachs - They are at dinner, wine, probably deductable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 06:18 PM (aDwsi)

448 guess that sounded really grumpy.

i can imagine how cruz feels.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:18 PM (nqBYe)

449 403 385 sorry didn't mean to sound like I was arguing with you. I agree with you to the Nth degree. I think its their game plan. Those they can't buy off with the promise of free stuff (bought with other people's money) they will intimidate with the IRS. Your taxes and your grandma. So you gonna donate to the RNC? Their a holes to begin with plus you have factor in the potential for punitive action by Obama's minions. Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 10:05 PM (BmWNr) Don't the Drug Cartels say "Plato O Plumo?" Same thing.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:19 PM (bb5+k)

450 "And because comments sections tend to be a grotesque reflection of the media culture surrounding them, the cynical work of undermining bedrock scientific doctrine is now being done beneath our own stories, within a website devoted to championing science."

Translated:  We will not stand for anyone, regardless of scientific proof offered, to interfere with our current belief systems (i.e. cash cows) which are generating funding for us to continue spinning our collective wheels trying to explain the unexplainable.

Posted by: TXMarko at September 24, 2013 06:19 PM (Oyu9l)

451 I #StandWithCruz! ‏@JonJayGroden now NEW Obama cereal http://t.co/kMehW3tlNv

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 06:19 PM (DmNpO)

452 Oh, crap, my rage tank is full. I have to go find a recycling center. Or an abandoned building or something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 06:19 PM (qyfb5)

453 willow, that's the cool thing about Cruz, he never sounds grumpy, he just sounds reasonable.  srsly, after 8 hours, I'd be a flippin' lunatic.  He's cool as a cucumber, this guy.  I heart him.  A lot.

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:20 PM (8lmkt)

454

Posted by: grognard at September 24, 2013 10:14 PM (f80l3)

 

Add in that it makes all the money paid for Health insurance TAXABLE income.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 06:20 PM (lZBBB)

455 Three words you'll NEVER hear from Cruz- "I got nothin."

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:20 PM (4Mv1T)

456 Merovign smash!!!!

Pour it into a story.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 06:20 PM (/WGNb)

457 Anybody do the math on Durbin's Judy? She's been working 62 years... Shouldn't Medicare have kicked in?

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 06:21 PM (fzFF6)

458 I #StandWithCruz! ‏@JonJayGroden now
NEW Obama cereal http://t.co/kMehW3tlNv

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 10:19 PM (DmNpO)


bwahahahahahahaha!!!!  totally sharing that, so awesome!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:21 PM (8lmkt)

459 Da Cruz Missile. He's the bomb!

Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 06:22 PM (cSHCI)

460 Welfare Chex, 82% organic.  Don't ask about the other 18%.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 24, 2013 06:22 PM (/WGNb)

461

Posted by: TXMarko at September 24, 2013 10:19 PM (Oyu9l)

 

I've always considered Benjamin Franklin the smartest guy in a room full of very smart men.

 

I recently came across his scientific dissertation on the Fart, which he wrote to make fun of all the 'Scientists' writing about Science...

 

My... how times have NOT changed...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 06:22 PM (lZBBB)

462 Cruz knows damn well what is arrayed against him. He knows he's going to lose. He's fighting his heart out anyway. Even knowing that he's doing it in part to score political points with people like me, I admire the hell out of it. Guy's got balls. Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 10:06 PM (bKA83) I don't care if he does. I want to support someone who fights, even if they lose. Let us not make it easy for them to put us in the cattle cars. If we fight hard enough and often enough, we may eventually win. The War of Independence was fraught with setbacks, especially in the early days.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:22 PM (bb5+k)

463 458 Has the Death Panel decided if she is worthy of insulin treatment?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (0axsw)

464 Peaches I love Ted Cruz too! Carol

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (z4WKX)

465 Peaches, He has been very steady and amazingly cognizant.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (nqBYe)

466 Caught the last bit of Hannity on Fox tonight and found that Dana Perino was really butthurt about being lumped in with Democrats. I say if the shoe fits you damn RINO bitch, wear it.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (M1gmo)

467 btw without a teleprompter  and answering questions

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (nqBYe)

468 Peaches, I love Sofia Vergara

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 24, 2013 06:23 PM (/7Xis)

469 Go, Mike Lee!!!  You're no Ted Cruz, but you're definitely good to the last drop and I am so glad you're there doin' what you do.

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)

470 Merovign, stay and fight with me.
i know it isn't much of a challenge, but we'll miss you.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (nqBYe)

471 468 btw without a teleprompter and answering questions

Liar! No one can speak in public without a teleprompter.

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (bKA83)

472 "It's a damn shame that slavery fucked up the secession idea for the rest of us. " If you think about it, we named the national capitol after a secessionist. Independence was no more legal under George III than under Buchanan. As Lincoln said, secession is a moral right, not a legal one. It depends upon motivating cause for its validity. As far as a mass large scale movement, we are not yet at the point to have a clearly just cause. On current trajectories left unchanged, we one day will be. The only question thus is will the trajectory change?

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (smOrb)

473 Latest IPCC report with "new" reports of the 15 year AGW... ahem... "pause" is being released in three days. The "deniers" are about to be massively emboldened. All just a coincidence you see.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (4/o9U)

474 They should bring up Newt. He can talk for twelve more hours about "fundamental" issues. He can really demagogue an issue to our favor.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (M1gmo)

475 " Cruz Fox link if you can get it elsewhere-"

Thanks, Tobacco Road.  That works fine

Posted by: mrp at September 24, 2013 06:25 PM (HjPtV)

476

Helloo, Peaches.

 

cucumbers are the best. I look forward to them every summer. I wish ever pol was as cool as one. we should be able to slice them as we please.......

 

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 24, 2013 06:26 PM (DHQv9)

477 Three words you'll NEVER hear from Cruz- "I got nothin." Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 10:20 PM about 4:00 AM, he'll take off his jacket, roll up his sleeves, and begin to start Kicking Ass Serious You Guys. His hair and composure will remain unchanged

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:26 PM (JMmQ9)

478 George Washington spent the first several months of the revolution retreating through New Jersey in the winter.  I guess we know who our winter soldiers are, and who will desert us.  Good to know

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:26 PM (zOTsN)

479 Cruz and Lee are showing the way. What a change from the regular pukes!

Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 06:27 PM (cSHCI)

480 Can non Senators talk in one of these thingees?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:27 PM (0axsw)

481 They should bring up Newt. He can talk for twelve more hours about "fundamental" issues. He can really demagogue an issue to our favor.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 10:25 PM (M1gmo)


thats actually an excellent idea.


should everyone email Newt?

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:28 PM (nqBYe)

482
Drudge has the live video link on front page if interested.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 24, 2013 06:28 PM (sj9LN)

483 They should bring up Newt. ----------------------------- THAT is the fact JACK!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:28 PM (4Mv1T)

484

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 10:25 PM (smOrb)

 

Note.... that the Tea Tax was only about 2% each way....

 

Today?  some pay more than half their income in Tax, and then pay so they can keep their own Land (property tax).

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 06:29 PM (lZBBB)

485 Drudge has the live video link on front page if interested.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 24, 2013 10:28 PM (sj9LN)


wait, what, he came out of his coma??  bless his heart . . .

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:29 PM (8lmkt)

486 I guess we know who our winter soldiers are, and who will desert us. Good to know Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 10:26 PM (zOTsN) It is for damn sure that Cruz is not a summer soldier!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 24, 2013 06:29 PM (XdnQT)

487 He's center screen over at Matt's place.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:29 PM (0axsw)

488 Lee is coming dangerously close to endorsing Levin's Liberty Amendments repealing the 17th Amendment would be a good start....

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (JMmQ9)

489

no.  Only senators

 

I am sure Cruz will be on the front page of magazines, with people praising his style and calling him a rising star with  tremendous prospects just like Wendy Davis.

 

Am I right?  I mean that was a filibuster destined to lose, but no one asked her if she could count.  She was praised.  She was called a hero.  She was called a role model.  She is being promoted as the next Governor of Texas

 

Why I am sure the press will heap praise on Cruz in equal measure

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (zOTsN)

490 Say what you will about Newt. He at least had some balls, unlike current leadership. In fact, current leadership undercut him. They seem to be really good at it.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (M1gmo)

491 Cruz and Lee are showing the way. What a change from the regular pukes! Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 10:27 PM (cSHCI) They'll never eat a power lunch in the DC cesspool again!

Posted by: Pesudo-SenatorMitch McCoonel at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (XdnQT)

492 Note.... that the Tea Tax was only about 2% each way.... Today? some pay more than half their income in Tax, and then pay so they can keep their own Land (property tax). Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 10:29 PM (lZBBB) I just told a friend today that the "spirit of rebellion" should be sweeping the land, but it isn't. At least not to the level that it should.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (bb5+k)

493 I just hope the Cruzer is using this opportunity to take a whiz, even if it's in some historical old Scotch bottle tossed under the seats by the gristle-encrusted head of Ted Kennedy.  As Rand could tell him, bladder maintenance is crucial in these situations . . .

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:31 PM (8lmkt)

494

But he explained that the administration sees the "Horse Act of 1884" as providing ample authority for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to regulate the tens of thousands of preparers who fill out millions of Americans' federal tax returns.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard the administration's argument. Rothenberg said the IRS should be allowed to force tax return preparers - who are now unregulated - to pass a competency test and take annual continuing education classes.

But the Institute for Justice, a libertarian advocacy law firm, disagreed.

"Congress never gave the IRS authority to regulate tax preparers," said Dan Alban, an attorney for the institute.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:32 PM (nqBYe)

495 I've watched Cruz since about 3:30 this afternoon and I've been entertained since.  CSPAN2 hasn't seen these ratings since Palin at CPAC, I'd imagine.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 24, 2013 06:33 PM (lq3Ak)

496 i do think it is unlikely Cruz, Lee, Rand, sessions will darken the doors of any hip DC cocktail parties soon.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:33 PM (nqBYe)

497 Merovign, stay and fight with me. i know it isn't much of a challenge, but we'll miss you. Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:25 PM (nqBYe) But I don't want to fight with you, I like you! Oh, I see what you mean. Been kind of sick today anyway, I don't have that much in me.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 06:33 PM (qyfb5)

498 494 I just hope the Cruzer is using this opportunity to take a whiz, even if it's in some historical old Scotch bottle tossed under the seats by the gristle-encrusted head of Ted Kennedy.

As long as he doesn't let anything touch that bottle. Anything that has touched Teddy's lips must be crawling with nasty life forms.

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 06:33 PM (bKA83)

499 Lois Lerner - Defines hubris, but then that is true of all of the Lefties.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 06:34 PM (aDwsi)

500 I support the Horse's Ass Act of 1884, even though I have never read it!

Posted by: Pesudo-SenatorMitch McCoonel at September 24, 2013 06:34 PM (XdnQT)

501
But the Institute for Justice, a libertarian advocacy law firm, disagreed.
"Congress never gave the IRS authority to regulate tax preparers," said Dan Alban, an attorney for the institute.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:32 PM (nqBYe)


Congress never gave the president or the supreme court the authority to write or modify law. They just fucking took it.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:34 PM (M1gmo)

502 Oh, he's really gettin' his groove on now . . .

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)

503 Half a million on and off the live feed on the Drudge Report.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:35 PM (0axsw)

504 485 It wasn't the tax. It was the control. The colonists knew their countrymen. They knew what to expect in the future. The colonists had no influence in Parliament, didn't seem as if they were going to get any, and once that body decided it was going to micro-manage colonial affairs vice the days of "salutary neglect", and given the corruption still prevalent in England at the time (I do not know if better or worse than in Pepys' day), the colonists could expect much what we expect today. To be ruled at the whim of others for the benefit of others. Any others the rulers chose.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:35 PM (smOrb)

505 490 Am I right? I mean that was a filibuster destined to lose, but no one asked her if she could count. She was praised. She was called a hero. She was called a role model. She is being promoted as the next Governor of Texas

We could learn a few things from the Whiner party about standing by our own. (Right, Mr. Speaker?)

Posted by: Splunge at September 24, 2013 06:35 PM (bKA83)

506 what is that lapel pin Cruz is wearing?

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:35 PM (JMmQ9)

507 if you pay to go to a Hollyweird release, and are disappointed by the product, boohoo.

that's what you get for giving them your money. all they make, except on rare occasions, or by accident, is crap.

hoping the next "blockbuster" will be wonderful is like Charlie Brown hoping Lucy won't pull the football away this time, or that the RINOs in DC won't give the Demonrats in DC everything they want, including cover.

spend your money where it's appreciated or STFU about getting ripped off again.

Posted by: redc1c4 at September 24, 2013 06:35 PM (q+fqH)

508 In homage to the actual subject of this post: Buck Sexton ‏@BuckSexton 1m Cruz, Paul, Lee -- it's like "The Avengers" but instead of superheroes, the forces of evil are battled by Constitutional super-nerds

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 06:36 PM (fzFF6)

509 Why I am sure the press will heap praise on Cruz in equal measure

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 10:31 PM (zOTsN)


BZZZZ...wrong answer.  No vagina

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 24, 2013 06:36 PM (FIDMq)

510 Hellooooo nightcrawlers.

Posted by: dogfish at September 24, 2013 06:36 PM (nsOJa)

511 But he explained that the administration sees the "Horse Act of 1884" as providing ample authority for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to regulate the tens of thousands of preparers who fill out millions of Americans' federal tax returns. Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:32 PM (nqBYe) It's like we've forgotten how to say "no." Just "no." Easy word, two letters.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 06:36 PM (qyfb5)

512 Who will save me from these rebellious Senators?

Posted by: Pseudo-Senator Mitch McCoonel at September 24, 2013 06:36 PM (XdnQT)

513 I just told a friend today that the "spirit of rebellion" should be sweeping the land, but it isn't. At least not to the level that it should.

The thing is, that when George III's Parliament was demanding whatever-percent of American revenue, Americans at the time didn't have the revenue in liquid form. Americans were planting their seed corn and not, generally, living like lords.

(Along the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas, sure, they were trying to live like lords. But that wasn't the majority.)

A 5% tax-rate, and London's insistence that it had the right to define the tax-rate, actually meant something back then.

Now, 50%? We all still got our PS3's and our internet and our cable TV.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:37 PM (d7tB2)

514 Been kind of sick today anyway, I don't have that much in me.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 24, 2013 10:33 PM (qyfb5) 


ooh man,  Im sorry you are feeling badly , big hug, alright, fluffs pillow, pulls blankie up, sprays room with a nice light scent. switches off lamp.


nite merovign, save you strength for the morrow

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:37 PM (nqBYe)

515 507 what is that lapel pin Cruz is wearing?

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 10:35 PM (JMmQ9)


A pin fashioned into brass balls

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 24, 2013 06:37 PM (FIDMq)

516 {{{{{mero}}}}}  I'm sorry you are feeling poorly, my friend.  xoxo

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)

517 495-
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:32 PM (nqBYe)

Those shitweasels can't even use precedent in that case.  To say that a Civil War Era Act for dead horses looked into the future, so as to "regulate" today's tax-preparers cannot even be considered "slick".

It is "punk", even by shitweasel standards.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 24, 2013 06:38 PM (lq3Ak)

518 Funny how PopSci has an epiphany on comments right as the wheels fly off the Global Warming Bullshit Bus. 

Posted by: B at September 24, 2013 06:38 PM (6iEQd)

519 read more tweets, Ted

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:38 PM (JMmQ9)

520 Bitch Mitch is gonna try and sell the patented "Aww, we missed it by that much" schtick in his best Maxwell Smart voice.

Posted by: dogfish at September 24, 2013 06:38 PM (nsOJa)

521 It's like we've forgotten how to say "no."

Just "no." Easy word, two letters.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 24, 2013 10:36 PM (qyfb5)


there is no place he isn't trying to grab power. it's really horrid.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:39 PM (nqBYe)

522 I just told a friend today that the "spirit of rebellion" should be sweeping the land, but it isn't. At least not to the level that it should. Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp ----------------------- I posted this live feed at a widely watched regional gun forum in my state. *crickets* I will say they are in my time zone and operate heavy equipment in the AM, so maybe they missed it. I'm not.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:39 PM (4Mv1T)

523 I do not like this Cruz fellow.

Oh, Senator Reid, your glass is empty. Another double Creme de Menthe for you?

Posted by: John McCain at September 24, 2013 06:39 PM (bKA83)

524 the hardest part for Cruz is that senate rules require that he stand, and they won't even allow the rolling cart he typically uses to support his balls!

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:40 PM (zOTsN)

525

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 10:35 PM (smOrb)

 

Ohh.... you mean like forcing everyone to pay for a commercial product, even if they don't wish to?  (Health insurance)...

 

Or not use the lightbulb they want... or to have to have an Emergency Egress Plan for your Magicians Rabbit, in case of bomb or fire... or Cell phone taxes to pay for other peoples phones... or...

 

crap... I could go on all night... but its not good for my blood pressure....

 

 

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 06:40 PM (lZBBB)

526 slapweazel, they R incorrigible

and evil

and bad

and tyranical

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:40 PM (nqBYe)

527 I wonder why Cruz didn't start earlier in the day? Is he a night owl?  Is he gonna take this up until tonight's RedEye starts?

Posted by: Serious Cat at September 24, 2013 06:40 PM (UOjzE)

528 Funny how PopSci has an epiphany on comments right as the wheels fly off the Global Warming Bullshit Bus.

And when creationism has barely been brought up in the last five-to-twenty years.

It's almost as if BUT THE BIBLE THUMPERS!! was just a strawman.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo, exile from LGF at September 24, 2013 06:41 PM (d7tB2)

529 this Cruz shit is getting interesting...

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:41 PM (JMmQ9)

530 he hardest part for Cruz is that senate rules require that he stand, and they won't even allow the rolling cart he typically uses to support his balls!

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 10:40 PM (zOTsN)


LOL!!!!! 

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)

531 521 Bitch Mitch is gonna try and sell the patented "Aww, we missed it by that much" schtick in his best Maxwell Smart voice.

Posted by: dogfish at September 24, 2013 10:38 PM (nsOJa)


Vote for Matt Bevin, primary challenger in Kentucky.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:42 PM (M1gmo)

532 The words 'Scientific' and Doctrine' don't belong in the same document let alone the same sentence (let alone being right next to each other)! That's all that needs to be said on the subject.

Posted by: chaz at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (J42rT)

533

450  Yes sir

bribe or assassination. 

We are a banana republic.

Posted by: Ted Cruz at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (BmWNr)

534 Cruz now correctly pointing out that the cowards cannot hide from the voters.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (DmNpO)

535 why does anyone feel like they have to pretend they would even piss on barry if he were on fire?  it really irks me to hear this pro forma "oh, yeah, we really respect the guy."  you know they don't.  who could?  fuck.

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (8lmkt)

536

off sock

 

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (BmWNr)

537 527-
Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:40 PM (nqBYe)

...all true.  You know what else is "unregulated" and should be "tested" every two years?  Obama's competency of The Constitution of These Great United States of America.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 24, 2013 06:43 PM (lq3Ak)

538 Vote for Matt Bevin, primary challenger in Kentucky.

Lee Bright, primary challenger in South Carolina (was UP!).

Can I git a witness from TEXAS!

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:44 PM (d7tB2)

539 ooh man, Im sorry you are feeling badly , big hug, alright, fluffs pillow, pulls blankie up, sprays room with a nice light scent. switches off lamp. nite merovign, save you strength for the morrow Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:37 PM (nqBYe) That's like the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on a blog.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 24, 2013 06:44 PM (qyfb5)

540 I love what Cruz is saying about taking symbolic votes, do you hear that John Boehner? You voted to repeal Obamacare 40 times. What good did it do? Nothing!

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (z4WKX)

541 The Cruzer still looks fresh as a daisy and we're past the 8-hour mark.  He's givin' me tingles . . .

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (8lmkt)

542 526 You have to combine that with corruption to get anywhere. It's not just that government is in everything. People will unfortuately accept that sometimes. It's that it also doesn't follow it's own rules, and plays favorites. That it does not have the rectitude and virtue it demands of you.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (smOrb)

543 The words 'Scientific' and Doctrine' don't belong in the same document let alone the same sentence

Eppur si muove.

Posted by: G.G. at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (d7tB2)

544 wc M nite.

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (nqBYe)

545 Who's sitting in the senate's prez chair now?

Posted by: Serious Cat at September 24, 2013 06:45 PM (UOjzE)

546 Nancy Pelosi denied communion?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:46 PM (0axsw)

547 Cruz has been doin' this for over nine hours now, and he still looks like it's 0815 this morning

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:46 PM (JMmQ9)

548 That's like the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on a blog.
Or is it???

Posted by: the evil clowns living under merovign's bed at September 24, 2013 06:46 PM (K5R1m)

549 The Cruzer still looks fresh as a daisy and we're past the 8-hour mark. He's givin' me tingles . . .

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 10:45 PM (8lmkt)

 

I think we've finally found a man that can buy Peaches a beer!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 24, 2013 06:46 PM (lr3d7)

550 524 I do not like this Cruz fellow.

Oh, Senator Reid, your glass is empty. Another double Creme de Menthe for you?

Posted by: John McCain at September 24, 2013 10:39 PM (bKA83)


Hold on, playing words with friends. Did you want to play Candy Crush later?

Posted by: Harry Reid at September 24, 2013 06:46 PM (M1gmo)

551 he is talking gun control and mental health reform

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:47 PM (zOTsN)

552 Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 24, 2013 10:46 PM (lr3d7)


Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)

553 Seriously Cruz should just read the comments to this blog out loud.

Posted by: simplemind at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (BmWNr)

554 How did he get to guns?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (0axsw)

555 Yikes.  Agents of SHIELD.

This show sucked donkey dick.

I was so hoping it would be good.. it was the most disjointed, pitiful pilot I have seen in my 50+ years of watching TV.  Fuck.

I am a sci-fi nut.. I will, and have, watch just about anything sci-fi or fantasy.   And, I loved Avengers.  This blowed

Posted by: Preznit Big Balls Gonna Blow U Up! at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (AYOav)

556 "That it does not have the rectitude and virtue it demands of you."
Posted by: Baron bon Mot

Rectitude?  Damn near killed the dude!

...sorry for turning your salient and profound point into an anal joke.  I'm just waiting for the ONT, I suppose.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (lq3Ak)

557 497 i do think it is unlikely Cruz, Lee, Rand, sessions will darken the doors of any hip DC cocktail parties soon. Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 10:33 PM (nqBYe) Willow, IÂ’m sure they could not care less! They care about US, not staying in office casting symbolic votes. I missed the FSA part of TedÂ’s talk. He looks good and I have only watched since ten pm. I still havenÂ’t read McConnellÂ’s latest plea for $!

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (z4WKX)

558 so, uh, no ONT tonight?  this is a real conundrum, because the new NCIS shows kick off in 12 minutes but I don't know if I can abandon the Cruzer.  still trying to drink myself to death, can't believe how much harder it is than I've been led to believe. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:48 PM (8lmkt)

559 omg, rinse finally got something right?
"Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus backed Sen. Ted CruzÂ’s anti-Obamacare quasi-filibuster Tuesday, possibly sending a message to senior GOP leaders who are criticizing CruzÂ’s tactics in defunding Obamacare."
http://tinyurl.com/ksvtj8h


Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 06:49 PM (Nx76m)

560 Godamn sock

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 24, 2013 06:49 PM (AYOav)

561 Cruz has such a sharp memory, and is so smart that he scares me. YOU GO MAN!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 24, 2013 06:49 PM (4Mv1T)

562 still trying to drink myself to death, can't believe how much harder it is than I've been led to believe The secret is a late night drive in the country

Posted by: toby928© at September 24, 2013 06:50 PM (QupBk)

563 Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 10:48 PM (8lmkt)

Well don't do that.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 06:50 PM (d7tB2)

564 552 he is talking gun control and mental health reform And how they had a 60-vote threshold on amendments for some gun control law.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 24, 2013 06:50 PM (CeNUw)

565 My 543 All of the three great revolutions--American, French, Russian--had as core causes a profound feeling that the ruling classes were unworthy of respect, were incompetent, corrupt. In the American case, my view is that it happened somewhat quickly (relatively speaking). Years, not decades.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:50 PM (smOrb)

566

ohhhh

 

said the MFM writes stories as though they are written by the White House Press Office

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:50 PM (zOTsN)

567 Name NAMES Cruz. Call out Cornyn and McConnell!

Posted by: NWConservative at September 24, 2013 06:51 PM (M1gmo)

568 i]555 How did he get to guns? Pointing out that the 60-vote threshold heÂ’s asking for, for amendments to this bill, was already done for a previous bill.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 24, 2013 06:51 PM (CeNUw)

569 ont's up . . . should we sashay over there and trash another room?  c'mon, it'll be fun!!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 24, 2013 06:51 PM (8lmkt)

570 What I'm learning is to appreciate ted's wife, this is all off the cuff, she must be one patient listener.

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 06:51 PM (Nx76m)

571 Looks like I just narrowly missed the barrel.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 24, 2013 06:51 PM (CeNUw)

572 "still trying to drink myself to death, can't believe how much harder it is than I've been led to believe. "
Posted by: Peaches

"Leaving Las Vegas" is a terrible way to go, ma'am.  Once you've seen that, you'll find the idea to be inglorious and morally bankrupt.

Sorry.  Still love you, ma'am.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 24, 2013 06:52 PM (lq3Ak)

573 still trying to drink myself to death, can't believe how much harder it is than I've been led to believe


lol !
well srsly give me a chance to catch up!

Posted by: willow at September 24, 2013 06:52 PM (nqBYe)

574 541 I love what Cruz is saying about taking symbolic votes, do you hear that John Boehner? You voted to repeal Obamacare 40 times. What good did it do? Nothing!

False- Little Media Lies About ObamaCare (IBD) - http://bit.ly/1fk8LN1

"Bias: Heard the one about how House Republicans have passed 40-plus bills to repeal or defund ObamaCare, all of which went nowhere? It's not true. Yet the mainstream press continues to peddle this blatant falsehood."

"Obama signed House bills to kill a costly ObamaCare reporting rule, terminate its long-term care insurance program and repeal the 'free choice voucher' program. He also signed bills cutting funds for the so-called CO-OP program, a public health slush fund and other ObamaCare programs.

Two other House-passed bills — one to end the Independent Payment Advisory Board and another terminating the medical device tax — have strong bipartisan support. Another simply codified the employer mandate delay Obama himself had already ordered."

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at September 24, 2013 06:52 PM (YjDyJ)

575 going to ONT, but not leaving Cruz

Posted by: thunderb at September 24, 2013 06:52 PM (zOTsN)

576 557 That's "rectum-dude", often aurally confused with "rectitude", and I will have to point you elsewhere for further inquiries as to basic nature, locations, availabilities, etc., etc.

Posted by: Baron bon Mot at September 24, 2013 06:54 PM (smOrb)

577 Oh wow, now I know where "take a stand" came from, if he can't sit at all during the entire filibuster.

This is reminiscent of mr. smith goes to washington

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 06:55 PM (Nx76m)

578 Somebody tell me: I've been beaten about the head and shoulders today on FB regarding the Tea Party. To my mind it is an amorphous group that is loosely defined. Unlike Rs and Ds there really aren't set parameters. There could be folks from R, and Libertarian (less likely but possible D) parties who fit under the umbrella. The only truly universal trait is a belief in smaller gov't. SSM, immigration, etc may have varying degrees of acceptance. Apparently there's a wikipedia page that lays out complete parameters. And RAYCISS is about the nicest part. Did I miss an actual formation with rules and regs, mission statement and purpose?

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 06:56 PM (fzFF6)

579 Sarah Palin always knows the exact right time to step right in.http://tinyurl.com/k86k4bj

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 06:58 PM (Nx76m)

580
Did I miss an actual formation with rules and regs, mission statement and purpose?

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 24, 2013 10:56 PM (fzFF6)

You probably missed the libs/dems/lefties wanting desperately for the tea party to be a describable entity and when it wasn't so, with the help of their media friends and the i r s, they are desperately trying to make it so.  Last I heard it was people for fiscal responsibility, the Constitution, following current law as regards immigration and way way way smaller, less intrusive government with an emphasis on state's rights.  There are plenty of libs, dems, blacks, Hispanics, women and gays among the tea party, the dems don't want you to know or see that.

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:02 PM (Nx76m)

581 Note.... that the Tea Tax was only about 2% each way....

Today? some pay more than half their income in Tax, and then pay so they can keep their own Land (property tax).

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 24, 2013 10:29 PM (lZBBB)


I just told a friend today that the "spirit of rebellion" should be sweeping the land, but it isn't. At least not to the level that it should.

Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 24, 2013 10:31 PM (bb5+k)

 

 

 

 

 

 

New t.v. show called Sleepy Hollow.  Ichabod Crane is transported to modern day and the headless horseman is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.  Kinda cool. But anyway last nights episode we saw Crane getting all irritable and saying "A 4%  tax on baked goods? The rebellion started over 2%."

Posted by: madamemayhem at September 24, 2013 07:05 PM (S2RnE)

582 After reading this, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry:
http://tinyurl.com/m2f6poq

The daily caller weighs in:  http://tinyurl.com/k5azu4y

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:10 PM (Nx76m)

583 Air France is not having a good month.
http://tinyurl.com/kmcmezc
http://tinyurl.com/l2jj98a

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:22 PM (Nx76m)

584 There's Preacher, where's the hot mechanic chick? And Jayne? Oh right, he's on the shit list now and Whedon came out as a socialist.

Posted by: Motionview at September 24, 2013 07:22 PM (2yPl+)

585 The Explosion in Healthcare Premiums in One Convenient Chart
http://tinyurl.com/k2lctqa

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:26 PM (Nx76m)

586 Who is this blathering idiot speaking and trying to make Cruz, who looks absolutely brilliant next to this guy, look dumb.  Did the dems draw straws in the back and he got the short one?

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:30 PM (Nx76m)

587 Worldwide Trends · Change #NocheDeConfesiones #10CosasQueOdio #PerksOfDatingMe #gameinsight #justinbieberenbogota Ted Cruz South Park Wade #Worlds #QuieroLaCamisetaDeGaibor

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 24, 2013 07:56 PM (Nx76m)

588 I don't know (or much care) what Mike Rowe's politics are, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't have at least a small man-crush for him. His message promoting skilled trades and the valur of work is refreshing in an era of entitled Millenials.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 24, 2013 08:02 PM (X9Mnx)

589 Made it through about 5 cumulative minutes of "Agents of Shield" (I kept flipping to other stuff, looking for something to watch - a 1980s "Airwolf" rerun was more interesting).

Lots and lots of CGI.  None of the people hooked me, even the cute ones.

Posted by: Tim Fountain at September 24, 2013 08:53 PM (iYlIC)

590 Faith Hill singing bumper between speakers on House floor

"Hey, Jack, Cruz is back, where are you?

Health Care reform's got the whole country screwed..."


Posted by: Tim Fountain at September 24, 2013 09:03 PM (iYlIC)

591

REVIEW: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

A good review, like any piece of journalism, derives its value from its objectivity. A good review should not be the ravings of a fan; it should take a sober, impartial approach to the material being reviewed, and strive to strike a balance between even-handedness and aggressive critique.

In that spirit, then, I cannot in good conscience call this piece a "review," much less a "critique."

Joss Whedon has long since had my devout attention as a fan; he first grabbed me with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and he cemented my devotion with "Firefly."  And while I would like to think my enthusiasm for everything he has done since then ("Dollhouse," The Avengers, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog") is well-founded in a developed, semi-critical aesthetic, the truth is that he never fails to please me. I am nearly guaranteed to adore anything and everything his creative vision touches.

Enter "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Whedon's small-screen follow-up to the superhero-fest The Avengers. Set in the same universe, and featuring a couple of the same characters, the new series occupies a much smaller footprint. Yet somehow, impressively, it succeeds in magically magnifying the grandeur and awe of its big-screen predecessor.

One of the problems with superhero movies is a problem of scale. Superheroes are by definition larger-than-life characters; they inhabit a realm of ability and consequence that none of us can truly imagine, much less empathize with. When Iron Man stops an alien invasion of the Earth, he saves countless millions (or billions) of lives. When Thor defeats the rampages of his evil half-brother Loki, he saves millions more.  In his off time, Tony Stark collaborates with Bruce Banner on unimaginable technology that would forever advance the realms of particle physics and bioengineering.

Whereas today, I got a half-decent start on an Android phone app and carried a few boxes up some stairs. And that left me wiped.

The gulf between these two realms is vast, and the danger with any superhero movie is getting so caught up in the grandeur of the macro world of gods and monsters and billionaire-playboy-philanthropists that the scale of their adventures gets lost. When a small town in New Mexico gets destroyed in 2011's Thor, it's a fun spectacle, but does anyone think of the coffee shop owner whose entire life savings just got wiped out in one fell Asgardian swoop? When the Hulk runs rampage on a college campus in 2008's The Incredible Hulk, do we really stop to consider the poor group of sophomores injured or killed by falling rubble?

I don't. Or I didn't. Now, having seen the first episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", I am hoping that will change. Unlike the Marvel Studios films that preceded it, this series promises to involve us deeply in the lives of ordinary people—and in the lives of those not-quite ordinary (but nowhere near godlike) government agents who help us see the consequences of a world in which giants walk the Earth.

Foremost among our guides in this tour is Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), the agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. introduced in the first Iron Man film (it should come as no surprise to anyone who has seen previews of the series that reports of the character's death in The Avengers were, as Twain might have said, slightly exaggerated). Coulson is, as ever, smart, capable, cool under fire—but most importantly, uncommonly decent. "Don't ever tell me there's no way!" he thunders at one point, when told that saving an endangered civilian is impossible. "We need to come up with a third option, one that doesn't involve Mike's son losing a father."

 Best of all, Coulson is unflaggingly, disarmingly funny. Humor intermixed with high drama and tragedy is one of the signature moves in any Joss Whedon drama, and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is no exception.

The rest of the ensemble—the reliable Ming Na Wen as Agent May, along with newcomers Brett Dalton and Chloe Bennet—round out the team with a fantastic combination of strength, enthusiasm, and promises of future mysteries.  As ever, Joss Whedon also gives time to a few favorite ensemble actors (Ron Glass from "Firefly," J. August Richards from "Angel", and Cobie Smulders from The Avengers), as well as a generous smattering of tantalizing, mysterious hints of things to come ("He doesn't know, does he?").

What makes all of this work, however, is what will undoubtedly set this new series apart: its focus on the ordinary. In the pilot episode, we meet Mike, an average guy, down on his luck, who has been given super-powers. He's been offered a taste of greatness normally denied the rest of us but displayed so flamboyantly by the heroes we now know inhabit the earth. Mike's frustration with his own limitations rings very true, even intimately familiar. It's human nature to strive for more, and to grow angry when we see others moving far past limits that we ourselves can never transcend.

"You said it was enough to be a man," Mike says, "but there's better than Man. There's gods. And the rest of us, what are we?  They're giants. We're what they step on."

And this is the perspective that makes "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." soar. Suddenly, we are no longer just flying high above New York City with Iron Man and Thor; we are also down on the ground, amid all the other potential casualties. We stand among the ants looking up at our heroes with a mixture of awe, admiration, and frank envy.

Not many writers could successfully bridge this gap. As he has proven time and again, though, Joss Whedon not only has the imagination to successfully inhabit both worlds, he has the rare skill of being able to move back and forth between them. Doing so, he expands our perception, helping us to grasp the scale of a world that holds both the unimaginably huge and the all-too-imaginably humble.

I can't wait to see where he takes us next. Fortunately, I only need to wait a week.

Posted by: Nathan Shafer at September 25, 2013 05:00 AM (rqTr/)

592 Whoops... sorry about the formatting lines... THAT wasn't supposed to happen.  If I were able to delete and re-post, I would.

Sorry Ace!

Posted by: Nathan Shafer at September 25, 2013 05:01 AM (rqTr/)

593 I thoroughly enjoyed SHIELD, and I'm not a comics fan and didn't see the Avengers movie.  But Joss Whedon's name on something always catches may attention. 

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 25, 2013 09:30 AM (BDU/a)

594

Wow I was interested in the skinny on Shield... and I think I got a dose of the Vagina Chronicles!  What gives?

 

 

Posted by: petunia at September 25, 2013 11:03 AM (DAcBA)

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