CNN’s Don Lemon: Disappearance of MH370 Could Be “Supernatural”

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For the past week we’ve seen the MH370 conspiracy theories and wild speculations get more and more absurd, but CNN’s Don Lemon finally took it all the way to the Farthest Frontier of Major News Anchor Derpitude, speculating on air that the airplane’s disappearance might have had supernatural causes.

After a commercial airline pilot had trouble explaining where the missing plane could be, CNN anchor Don Lemon turned Sunday to Brad Meltzer, host of the History Channel’s “Decoded.” The two spoke about the possibility that there may be no logical explanation for why the jet vanished nine days ago.

“Especially today, on a day when we deal with the supernatural, we go to church, the supernatural power of God. You deal with all of that,” Lemon said to Meltzer. “People are saying to me, why aren’t you talking about the possibility — and I’m just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this plane, something beyond our understanding?”

Oh, my aching logic center.

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196 comments
1 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:40:14pm

See, told you it was Aliens.

2 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:41:07pm

3 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:41:28pm
4 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:42:32pm
5 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:44:15pm

Sunday: The day we deal with the Supernatural.

6 dog philosopher  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:45:15pm

something beyond our understanding

for most people “beyond my understanding” would cover a lot of ground

7 Testy Toad T  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:45:31pm
Especially today, on a day when we deal with the supernatural, we go to church, the supernatural power of God. You deal with all of that. People are saying to me, why aren’t you talking about the possibility — and I’m just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this cable news channel, something utterly beyond our understanding?

God, CNN. Your everything.

8 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:46:05pm

And, yes. I know I went with the obvious joke. Some lines just never get old.

9 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:47:48pm

re: #6 dog philosopher

something beyond our understanding

for most people “beyond my understanding” would cover a lot of ground

Why is the sky blue?

What causes earthquakes

Why do we have tides?

Must be the supernatural.

10 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:47:51pm

re: #8 thedopefishlives

And, yes. I know I went with the obvious joke. Some lines just never get old.

I’ve modified it.

11 dog philosopher  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:48:31pm

what, does he think the plane was raptured or something?

12 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:49:15pm

re: #9 Kragar

Why is the sky blue?

What causes earthquakes

Why do we have tides?

Must be the supernatural.

“Because goddidit” is the null hypothesis of all null hypotheses.

13 The Ghost of a Flea  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:49:19pm

14 Amory Blaine  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:49:32pm

How much does cable tv cost now?

15 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:52:24pm

re: #10 Dr Lizardo

I’ve modified it.

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Sorry, but I just have to object.

Yes, the region might be one noted for Cthulhu cult activity, but Cthulhu is predominantly know for attacking boats. There is no evidence of him ever attacking planes. Now Ithaqua has attacked planes repeatedly, but can be ruled out due to the latitude, which means we could be looking at either Cthuga or an avatar of Nyarlethotep.

Feh, experts.

16 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:52:25pm

awwwwww

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17 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:56:20pm

re: #11 dog philosopher

what, does he think the plane was raptured or something?

I think he just said that because he had nothing else to say and had airtime to fill.

18 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:56:44pm

re: #15 Kragar

Sorry, but I just have to object.

Yes, the region might be one noted for Cthulhu cult activity, but Cthulhu is predominantly know for attacking boats. There is no evidence of him ever attacking planes. Now Ithaqua has attacked planes repeatedly, but can be ruled out due to the latitude, which means we could be looking at either Cthuga or an avatar of Nyarlethotep.

Feh, experts.

Yeah, that Nyarlathotep; he’s a sneaky little shit.

19 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 2:57:56pm

I’m thinking it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

20 darthstar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:00:04pm
21 darthstar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:00:46pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

I’m thinking it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

Banshees don’t come out until mid-June at the earliest.

22 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:00:56pm

This whole “where did the plane crash, who brought it down and how” reminds me of a world-wide game of Clue.

23 bratwurst  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:00:59pm

Want to see how upset stupid people are about Cosmos teaching evolution last night?

The link shows this “disaster” to be a 10% drop from its heavily hyped premiere last week.

I like the show, but I LOVE the fact it makes idiots go crazy.

24 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:01:17pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

I’m think it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

Pretty sure we would’ve heard the shrieking from here. That being said, “a wizard did it” is the standard movie plot device, so let’s go with that.

25 EPR-radar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:01:29pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

I’m thinking it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

While we’re on the subject of floating reasonable hypotheses here, there is the possibility that the plane was swallowed whole in one bite by the Hideous Transcendent Pig.

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26 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:01:35pm

There is only one logical explanation.

27 lgffan  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:01:42pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

I’m thinking it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

I am thinking neuter wombats, yep that’s it. It must be them neuter wombats! Worst case scenario - mutant pygmies!

28 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:01:50pm

re: #14 Amory Blaine

How much does cable tv cost now?

Luckily, for me, it’s so expensive I can’t afford it. : )

29 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:02:20pm

re: #21 darthstar

Banshees don’t come out until mid-June at the earliest.

They would have come out later but same-sex weddings are already going on here in Illinois.

/Play on the phrase “come out”.

30 lgffan  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:03:00pm

re: #26 Kragar

Great Twilight Zone - yes?

31 Political Atheist  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:03:20pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

Langoliers. Has to be.

32 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:03:37pm

re: #23 bratwurst

Want to see how upset stupid people are about Cosmos teaching about evolution last night?

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The link shows this “disaster” to be a 10% drop from its heavily hyped premiere last week.

I like the show, but I LOVE the fact it makes idiots go crazy.

That’s OK. I have the book. The original.

33 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:04:51pm

Look, it’s St. Patrick’s Day. That means we all know who was responsible.

LEPRECHAUNS.

Wake up, sheeple.

34 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:05:25pm

re: #26 Kragar

There is only one logical explanation.

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Haha, is that “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”?

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35 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:06:30pm

re: #21 darthstar

Banshees don’t come out until mid-June at the earliest.

Please people. We’re talking about Malaysia, so we would be dealing with hantus, not European spirits of any kind.

36 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:06:39pm

Of course, it could also have been La Llorona.

37 bratwurst  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:07:18pm

re: #32 Justanotherhuman

That’s OK. I have the book. The original.

Me too! Very bummed the new show is not using the Vangelis theme (actually the third movement from his outstanding Heaven and Hell album):

Youtube Video

38 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:08:50pm

re: #35 Kragar

Please people. We’re talking about Malaysia, so we would be dealing with hantus, not European spirits of any kind.

You’re RIGHT! It could only have been a langsuir:

Also spelled langsuir or lang suyar, it is said to be the ghost of a woman who died while giving birth to a stillborn child which turns into a pontianak, or during pregnancy before the forty days of uncleanness have expired. The mother’s grief changes her into a type of flying banshee. To prevent a pregnant woman’s corpse from becoming a lang suir, glass beads are placed into the mouth, an egg is placed in each armpit, and needles are placed in the hands. The lang suir can appear as a beautiful woman with long nails (a traditional mark of beauty), ankle-length hair and dressed in green. They also have the ability to take the form of an owl with long talons. Being fond of eating fish, they usually haunt coastal areas and attack pregnant women out of jealousy. It is possible to tame a lang suir by cutting off her long nails and stuffing the hair into the hole at the back of her neck.

39 Iwouldprefernotto  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:10:23pm

My guess is that Lemon just wants to be quoted on the Daily Show.

40 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:12:18pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

You’re RIGHT! It could only have been a langsuir:

That would be the only logical conclusion.

41 dog philosopher  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:13:01pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

You’re RIGHT! It could only have been a langsuir:

personally i would never let my child turn into a pontiac

42 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:13:08pm

re: #20 darthstar

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Stop the presses! CNN has obtained exclusive video of what happened to MH370:

Youtube Video

43 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:14:48pm

re: #41 dog philosopher

personally i would never let my child turn into a pontiac

An Oldsmobile, maaaaaybe.

44 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:15:26pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

I’m thinking it could possibly have been witches, or wizards maybe. Or, what about a banshee? Maybe a banshee got on the plane. Oh man, a banshee. That’s horrible.

very celtic is a banshee…

45 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:17:35pm

This one’s really creepy. Man, I hope it wasn’t one of these things.

Toyol

Often translated into English as “goblin”, the toyol is actually a small child spirit invoked from a dead human fetus. Traditionally described as looking more or less like a naked or near-naked toddler, modern depictions often give them green or greyish skin, fangs, and pointy ears. The toyol may be used by its master to steal things from other people, or to do mischief. Because they are childlike in their thinking, valuables can be protected by scattering beans on the floor, or leaving sweets or toys next to them, all of which will distract the toyol. It is said that the owner of a toyol may become rich, but at the expense of the health, fortune and even the lives of members of their family.

46 Targetpractice  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:17:50pm

re: #26 Kragar

There is only one logical explanation.

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There’s…something on the wing. Some…THING!

/

47 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:20:39pm

re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth

very celtic is a banshee…

Scary yes, but they still only make around 60% of what a banhee takes home

48 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:21:30pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

This one’s really creepy. Man, I hope it wasn’t one of these things.

Well, preventing new toyols is easy: We just ban abortion!

BBL

49 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:21:50pm

re: #21 darthstar

Banshees don’t come out until mid-June at the earliest.

And they only come out for the four great families, none of which are Malaysian.

50 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:23:55pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

I think we can safely rule out a Penanggalan

The penanggalan is another type of female vampire attracted to the blood of newborn infants, which appears as the head of a woman from which her entrails trail, used to grasp her victim. There are several stories of her origins. One is that she was a woman who was sitting meditating in a large wooden vat used for making vinegar when she was so startled that her head jumped up from her body, pulling her entrails with it. Another has her as a normal woman during the day, whose head and entrails leave her body at night. If a baby is expected, branches from a type of thistle are placed around the doors or windows to protect the house, since her entrails will be caught by the thorns.[12] The penanggalan is known in Thai as krasue[13] and a similar Philippine ghost called the manananggal which preys on pregnant women with an elongated proboscis-like tongue.[14]

51 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:25:34pm

Crikey, you guys dredge up some fantastical evil monsters.

52 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:26:25pm

And a FB friend who I always thought was sane is eating up every conspiracy theory coming down the pike.
Here’s her latest:

I’m still not feeling that the pilot was responsible for the disappearance of flight 370. My best guess is that it is related to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and/or Jemaah Islamiya. Here’s some good (and scary) background:

counterjihadreport.com

(BTW, she was TOTALLY on board with the pilot being responsible yesterday…)

53 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:26:27pm

re: #51 thedopefishlives

Crikey, you guys dredge up some fantastical evil monsters.

The joys of a well rounded education.

54 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:28:44pm

My family, being good Catholics, did not believe in the existence of banshees. They also weren’t going to do anything to piss one off.

55 darthstar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:28:45pm

re: #50 Kragar

I think we can safely rule out a Penanggalan

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Babe’s got a set of lungs on her!

56 Targetpractice  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:29:50pm

Are we sure this wasn’t an Oceanic Airlines flight?

//

57 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:30:04pm

Europe analysts say sanctions won’t dissuade Putin

Andrew Weiss, a White House expert on Russia and Ukraine under former president Bill Clinton, said the West must consider passing sanctions that will hurt.

“There’s not enough bite in the package,” he said. “You have to ask yourself what’s the purpose and it’s not clear.”

Russian stock market actually rose today so I guess the sanctions were weaker than expected.

58 wrenchwench  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:31:04pm

re: #55 darthstar

Babe’s got a set of lungs on her!

And not much else.

59 blueraven  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:31:08pm

re: #57 Killgore Trout

Europe analysts say sanctions won’t dissuade Putin

Russian stock market actually rose today so I guess the sanctions were weaker than expected.

We should nuke em.

60 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:32:04pm

re: #59 blueraven

We should nuke em.

The USA is the only country that can reduce Russia to radioactive ash, after all.

‘MURICA.

61 wrenchwench  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:33:06pm
62 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:33:25pm

We should all just be thankful that a shirime was not involved.

63 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:33:27pm

A Face in the Window…

Youtube Video

64 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:34:38pm

Durbin’s will have to cancel his awesome Russian vacation plans
Russia to ban Durbin: “Proud” to be on Putin’s “enemies list”

65 plansbandc  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:35:11pm

Was listening to a national sports talk radio show a couple of nights ago and the host, his producer, and his assistant all firmly believe the plane landed safely and the passengers are hostages. Mind boggling.

66 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:36:55pm

re: #50 Kragar

I think we can safely rule out a Penanggalan

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So that’s what got the plane? I knew it.

67 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:37:18pm

re: #65 plansbandc

Was listening to a national sports talk radio show a couple of nights ago and the host, his producer, and his assistant all firmly believe the plane landed safely and the passengers are hostages. Mind boggling.

Because keeping your hostages secret is the most devilishly clever strategy of all.

68 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:37:20pm
69 Charles Johnson  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:38:08pm

By the way, that FiveThirtyEight “launch essay” all the journalists on Twitter are raving about?

tl;dr

70 wrenchwench  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:38:14pm

Greenwald has yet to comment.

71 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:40:35pm

re: #67 Decatur Deb

Because keeping your hostages secret is the most devilishly clever strategy of all.

Yeah…..where’s the ‘manifesto’? Where’s the list of demands? It defeats the point of hijacking an airplane full of people and then promptly shutting up about it.

72 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:41:27pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

So that’s what got the plane? I knew it.

I’m actually leaning towards a rogue Githzerai Rrakkma band accidentally opening a portal onto the plane.

73 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:42:32pm

Hey, Trudeau, I know this one weird trick to stay out of jail…

Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years In Prison
Jurors convicted Kevin Trudeau in November for defying a court order

Source: nbcchicago.com

“A federal judge sentenced TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau Monday to 10 years in prison for bilking consumers through his infomercials.

“Prosecutors asked Judge Ronald Guzman for the 10-year sentence at a Chicago hearing. Defense lawyers contended the 50-year-old from suburban Chicago should serve less than two years for his criminal-contempt conviction.

“In a scathing filing last week, prosecutors called Trudeau “an unrepentant … huckster” and said they could think of no comparable case of someone cheating people so brazenly. The defense called the characterization “overblown and unfair.”

74 Ryan King  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:42:48pm

re: #72 Kragar

I’m actually leaning towards a rogue Githzerai Rrakkma band accidentally opening a portal onto the plane.

No, it’s painfully obvious it’s some sort of centrifical time vortex you morans.

Sheesh.

75 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:43:45pm

There’s a conference this week on Human Evolution, that the creationists will definitely avoid:

Evolution of Modern Humans - From Bones to Genomes

How did our species, Homo sapiens, become what it is today? How did our ancestors spread across the globe? How did their bodies and minds evolve?

The study of these fascinating questions has seen a veritable revolution in recent years: genome sequencing of ancient and extant humans, and their relatives, has revealed our evolutionary history in unprecedented detail and sheds light on how humans adapted; new analyses of fossils and archaeology reveal what makes humans so unique.

Our Cell Symposium ‘Evolution of Modern Humans — From Bones to Genomes’ pays homage to this revolution by bringing together an uniquely broad mix of world-class researchers who study the evolution of our species from various angles — from palaeoanthropology to genetics, genomics and archaeogenetics, through to the study of cultural and cognitive processes. This meeting will synthesize our current picture of the evolution of modern humans and formulate the most exciting questions for future research.

Session Topics:

Human genetics and genomics
Adaptation
Archaeogenetics
Palaeoanthropology
Cognition and culture

There’s no room left for Adam.

76 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:43:54pm

re: #74 Ryan King

No, it’s painfully obvious it’s some sort of centrifical time vortex you morans.

Sheesh.

Those only open up along ley lines.

77 wrenchwench  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:44:59pm

One of my nieces graduated from Barnard magna cum laude. Woo Hoo!

Obviously not she of the chubby cheeks…

78 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:45:11pm

BTW, my D&D campaigns back when I was running them were fucking awesome.

79 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:45:37pm

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There’s not even room for the Biologos modified version.

80 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:46:31pm

re: #78 Kragar

BTW, my D&D campaigns back when I was running them were fucking awesome.

I can tell. I would totally run a campaign with you any day.

81 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:47:02pm

re: #69 Charles Johnson

By the way, that FiveThirtyEight “launch essay” all the journalists on Twitter are raving about?

tl;dr

Youtube Video

82 Targetpractice  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:47:47pm

Oh good God…

83 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:50:03pm

re: #82 Targetpractice

Oh good God…

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Drunk again?

84 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:50:11pm

re: #80 thedopefishlives

I can tell. I would totally run a campaign with you any day.

My favorite campaign:

The party is approached by an agent of the throne seeking brave adventurers. He wants the party to go recruit the guys he has in mind because the party is just a bunch of scrubs.

A year later, the party is approached to go on an expedition to find out what happened to the first group of guys.

Good times.

85 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:51:14pm

re: #82 Targetpractice

Oh good God…

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It’s the same photo that was floating around the intertubes a couple of days ago. Somebody here posted a high res version of it.

86 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:52:07pm

re: #84 Kragar

My favorite campaign:

The party is approached by an agent of the throne seeking brave adventurers. He wants the party to go recruit the guys he has in mind because the party is just a bunch of scrubs.

A year later, the party is approached to go on an expedition to find out what happened to the first group of guys.

Good times.

It makes my brain hurt a little bit, but I love the concept.

87 wrenchwench  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:53:11pm

Salamanders for everyone!

Later, lizards.

88 RealityBasedSteve  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:53:55pm

I’m casting my ballot for Mothra… seriously underrated, but alway punched way over his (her, its?) weigh.

RBS

89 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:54:02pm

Cheeeez, the weather forecast is calling for snow tonight. It’s 33 deg right now.

I give up. : )

90 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:54:35pm

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91 JustMark  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:55:00pm

re: #21 darthstar

Banshees don’t come out until mid-June at the earliest.

Even in the Southern Hemisphere?

92 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:55:06pm

Courtney Love should do porno. She wouldn’t even need a new stage name.

From her Wiki entry I see she is a member of Sōka Gakkai. When I lived in Japan there was a platoon of them not far from me, and once they gave me an English version of one of their magazines. Kind of creepy, I thought.

93 Kragar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:56:20pm

re: #86 thedopefishlives

It makes my brain hurt a little bit, but I love the concept.

I made the first part of the adventure them going to different areas of the campaign setting, finding veteran heroes and working out ways to convince them to come back to work. Got them up to midlevel ranges, then I had them do some classic modules for fun and get them up into their mid teens.

Then I sprung the real adventure on them.

Took us about 2 years to run the whole thing.

94 Backwoods_Sleuth  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:57:53pm

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95 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 3:58:29pm

Isn’t it time for the Nielsen demon to carry off Don Lemon?

96 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:00:20pm

Until this article was posted, I had no idea who Don Lemon was. A Glenn Beck/Alex Jones sidekick was my initial thought.

CNN is in even worse shape than I thought.

97 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:01:00pm

There appears to be a problem with the “favorites” database.

98 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:02:38pm

The two postings just a few comments back I “favorited”
but when go to my Favorites database those postings are said to be in a key post titled “Hamas TV Puppets Kuku and Fufu Vow to Return to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Acre, Jaffa, and Other Cities in Israel”, which points to a bad link.

99 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:04:23pm

re: #82 Targetpractice

Oh good God…

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What a helpful photo illustration. No excuse for not finding the plane now.

100 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:07:09pm

re: #82 Targetpractice

Oh good God…

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Wasn’t that image she is using tweeted yesterday by others?

They better find that plane soon, every nut job ever known will come out with their own version of what happened. And if it isn’t found, think of all the crazy books and TV dramas that will be foisted on everyone.

101 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:09:00pm

What happened to this guy?

CNN’s Don Lemon Comes Out: Publicly Acknowledges He Is Gay Via Twitter

mediaite.com

102 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:09:53pm

Oh, yeah, I had meant to mention this to the Lizardim but I forgot. On I-94 outside St. Paul, there is a glorious new billboard. “The Obamacare Games: Where the Odds are Never in Your Favor.” Yeeeeah. Because free-market capitalism has worked SO well for health insurance so far.

103 jaunte  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:10:58pm

re: #99 Skip Intro

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What a helpful photo illustration. No excuse for not finding the plane now.

Just hold that photo over the ocean until the waves match.

104 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:11:24pm

105 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:11:46pm

How is it now?

106 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:12:06pm

re: #101 Justanotherhuman

What happened to this guy?

CNN’s Don Lemon Comes Out: Publicly Acknowledges He Is Gay Via Twitter

mediaite.com

Apparently gay makes you fabulous, not necessarily smart.

107 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:12:43pm

re: #96 Skip Intro

Until this article was posted, I had no idea who Don Lemon was. A Glenn Beck/Alex Jones sidekick was my initial thought.

CNN is in even worse shape than I thought.

I do not watch CNN. All this crap that gets posted makes sure I never change. I know I’ve long thought the news was becoming more and more entertainment, but they are going beyond that. Actually I am not sure where they are going.

108 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:14:49pm
109 BigBadDemocrat  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:16:18pm

Soon he will be a dip-low-matt to Mars where the plane is now.

110 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:16:54pm

Just an aside about how hard it is to find something in the ocean, even when you know where it is, try doing a “man overboard” drill on the SF bay in a 30 knot wind and see how long you or your crew can see a five foot high bright orange flag on a buoy.

If you lose track of it for a couple of seconds, or your crew forgets to look, you can spend ten to fifteen minutes sailing time just to find the damn thing again, and it’s usually within 100 yards of your boat all the time.

111 calochortus  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:17:33pm

re: #107 ObserverArt

I do not watch CNN. All this crap that gets posted makes sure I never change. I know I’ve long thought the news was becoming more and more entertainment, but they are going beyond that. Actually I am not sure where they are going.

I used to watch CNN 5 or 6 years ago (I needed something to watch while doing my physical therapy and daytime TV leaves a lot to be desired), and even then it was obvious it was heading downhill. It’s sad, but most TV is all about the lowest common denominator.

112 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:19:51pm
113 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:21:14pm

re: #106 Decatur Deb

Apparently gay makes you fabulous, not necessarily smart.

He must be very conflicted; he ran into a lot of trouble last year with his criticism of the Black community. Apparently, having a well-paying job as a news reader and sometimes commentator gives you a lot of perspective on the lives of the more inconveniently poor.

114 BigBadDemocrat  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:21:25pm

re: #112 FemNaziBitch

That is how North Dallas gets along with South Dallas.

115 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:22:36pm

re: #102 thedopefishlives

Oh, yeah, I had meant to mention this to the Lizardim but I forgot. On I-94 outside St. Paul, there is a glorious new billboard. “The Obamacare Games: Where the Odds are Never in Your Favor.” Yeeeeah. Because free-market capitalism has worked SO well for health insurance so far.

Speaking of billboards:

There’s an electronic billboard just north of Ford Road on the M-39 that I see on my way home from work.

This afternoon it had a BSOD. LOL, so wish I had a photo of it.

116 TedStriker  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:23:00pm

re: #112 FemNaziBitch

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Mythbusting ‘the place where two oceans meet’ in the Gulf of Alaska

117 BigBadDemocrat  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:23:06pm

re: #112 FemNaziBitch

Or “natural selection” in progress.

118 Weet  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:25:05pm

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119 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:25:30pm

re: #116 TedStriker

Mythbusting ‘the place where two oceans meet’ in the Gulf of Alaska

regardless, it’s a cool pix. I don’t care why it’s cool, just that it is.

:)

120 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:27:25pm

???

121 dog philosopher  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:27:54pm

re: #102 thedopefishlives

Oh, yeah, I had meant to mention this to the Lizardim but I forgot. On I-94 outside St. Paul, there is a glorious new billboard. “The Obamacare Games: Where the Odds are Never in Your Favor.” Yeeeeah. Because free-market capitalism has worked SO well for health insurance so far.

i’ll see that and raise you an instant fail:

Barack Obama produced a health-care proposal that was a liberal dream for a half-century

tell it to mitt romney and the heritage foundation…

122 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:28:07pm

re: #116 TedStriker

Mythbusting ‘the place where two oceans meet’ in the Gulf of Alaska

That can’t be true. Most likely it’s God’s Breath that’s keeping them apart.

We don’t need any stinking liebural science when the explanation is clear for all People of Faith.

123 dog philosopher  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:28:57pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

Rupert Murdoch Calls For The Irish To Boycott ‘Guinnes

ah and you’ll be excusing me while i piss meeself laughin’ me boyo

124 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:29:03pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

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???

Why do I get the feeling that this world will be a better place when Ruppert Murdoch and Roger Ailes are gone???

125 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:29:47pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

Rupert Murdoch Calls For The Irish To Boycott ‘Guinness’ For Supporting Equality

???

A thousand Irish bishops and a few million Irish wives have tried that and failed. Dumbass.

126 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:31:28pm

Because you need to know… if you’re placing your bets:

Surprise! Las Vegas odds favor trained dancers to win ‘Dancing with the Stars’

“Dancing with the Stars” (8 p.m. Monday, KTNV-TV, Channel 13) is back for it’s 18th incarnation, and this time it may have stretched the term “star” past its breaking point.

[…] Wynn Las Vegas, from picking his favorite: Olympic ice dancing gold medalist Meryl Davis. Her ice dancing partner, Charlie White, is Avello’s second pick.

Candace Cameron Bure, who isn’t famous for dancing on any surface, is projected to finish third.

Here are Avello’s odds, for entertainment purposes only, for this season’s cast of “Dancing with the Stars”:

Meryl Davis: 4-1

Charlie White: 5-1

Candace Cameron Bure: 6-1

Amy Purdy: 7-1

Danica McKellar: 8-1

James Maslow: 11-1

Cody Simpson: 14-1

NeNe Leakes 18-1

Drew Carey: 20-1

Sean Avery: 22-1

Billy Dee Williams: 30-1

Diana Nyad: 35-1

The Force is not with Billy Dee Williams.

127 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:31:35pm

re: #123 dog philosopher

ah and you’ll be excusing me while i piss meeself laughin’ me boyo

(Goes to check the beer fridge…)

128 Targetpractice  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:36:01pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

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???

Murdoch’s got his knickers in a wad over Guinness pulling its sponsorship of the NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade after Stonewall Inn threatened to stop selling their beer over the refusal of parade organizers to allow gay pride signs to be carried by marchers. He’s doing what bigots always do when faced with the consequences of their hatred, namely accusing gays of being “bullies” and trying to turn the “religious” parade into a “gay pride” one, while calling on the Irish to boycott Guinness.

129 Decatur Deb  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:37:56pm

Dropkick Murphys in an LGF mode:

Youtube Video

130 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:38:44pm

re: #128 Targetpractice

Murdoch’s got his knickers in a wad over Guinness pulling its sponsorship of the NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade after Stonewall Inn threatened to stop selling their beer over the refusal of parade organizers to allow gay pride signs to be carried by marchers. He’s doing what bigots always do when faced with the consequences of their hatred, namely accusing gays of being “bullies” and trying to turn the “religious” parade into a “gay pride” one, while calling on the Irish to boycott Guinness.

Murdoch has some sort of ego problem. I’m not a professional, so I can’t diagnose.

:)

131 Stanley Sea  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:38:56pm

And on the front page of the UT we have Courtney Love’s attempt at locating the plane.

REALLY?

utsandiego.com

132 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:40:48pm

re: #127 Decatur Deb

(Goes to check the beer fridge…)

I’m popping a Harp right now.

And I lift the bottle and utter a “GFY Murdoch” before the first gulp.

133 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:41:29pm

re: #131 Stanley Sea

And on the front page of the UT we have Courtney Love’s attempt at locating the plane.

REALLY?

utsandiego.com

And then did a survey for clickishness. I just “neverminded” it.

It crashed into the ocean.
It crashed over land.
It was hijacked and landed intact.
It will never be found.

See results

134 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:43:55pm

Oh, before it’s too late,

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135 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:44:30pm

As I grow older, and more curmudgeonly, I like less and less our entertainment industry, that includes the popularizations of science like the Cosmos reboot.

Still, I suppose if Cosmos riles up the likes of the Baptist Press and Breitbart’s John Nolte then it can’t be all bad:

A new ‘Cosmos,’ same message

[…]

I think some of the historical greats from the science hall of fame who were men of great Christian commitment like Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler and even Galileo, were they alive today, would find the show captivating even while rejecting its atheistic slant. As Kepler once said: Science is thinking God’s thoughts after him. Had Kepler or Newton hosted the original broadcast instead of Sagan, or the new one instead of Tyson, it is likely the opening scene would begin with the words, “The heavens declare the glory of God.”

SCIENCE MAG: ‘COSMOS’ ATTACK ON CHURCH GETS HISTORY ‘DOWNRIGHT WRONG’

[…]

The militant atheist movement, which can be every bit as deceitful, dishonest, and obnoxious as any phony television evangelist, bows at the altar of science. But when science disrupts their faith, as we can see in the “Cosmos” episode, they are forced to revert to anti-science dishonesty.

136 Weet  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:46:22pm

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137 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:46:28pm

And yet another plane sighting, thanks to Courtney Love.

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138 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:47:20pm

“That than which nothing greater can be conceived” (Thomas Aquinas) is something that is awe inspiring.

I don’t need to speculate, myself. I enjoy experiencing the awesomeness.

139 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:47:25pm

re: #69 Charles Johnson

By the way, that FiveThirtyEight “launch essay” all the journalists on Twitter are raving about?

tl;dr

It looks interesting to me and I applaud the effort to advance fact/science based news coverage but the long format print articles aren’t going to have mass appeal. I think journalists are excited about it because it gives them another source to quote in “he said-she said” articles without doing any extra work themselves.

140 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:48:13pm

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

141 Stanley Sea  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:48:27pm

First bracket done.

142 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:49:02pm

re: #137 Skip Intro

And yet another plane sighting, thanks to Courtney Love.

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Occam’s Razor, bitchez!

143 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:49:08pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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Why aren’t they ever wearing any clothes?

144 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:49:24pm

As far as I am concerned, Cosmos contains very little science. It is mostly a visual entertainment spectacular, with lofty English narration. The new version takes tremendous liberty in glossing over what are the important details that make science the human discipline that it is.

I will even agree with the Baptist Press and the Nolte’s of the world in this: Cosmos is as much about story telling for creating a new belief system as it is about anything else.

There is a movement, now some years old, to get scientists to “tell stories” more, in order to reach the masses. To come up with narratives to replace the much older religious/nationalistic stories around which we form our societal bonds.

I find the whole thing a bit frustrating.

145 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:49:36pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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I could be wrong, but I think quite a few women living under Sharia have guns — or access to guns in the home.

146 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:49:38pm

re: #130 FemNaziBitch

Murdoch has some sort of ego problem. I’m not a professional, so I can’t diagnose.

:)

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147 darthstar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:50:39pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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Okay…who gave Kid Rock a gun?

148 calochortus  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:50:55pm

re: #143 Skip Intro

Why aren’t they ever wearing any clothes?

I was going to ask that very question myself. Also too, why are they always young, slim and white?

149 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:50:57pm

re: #146 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Image: tEpO355.jpg

It seems like most of these guys —uber rich and powerful really do have a god delusion of sorts. I remember some clip of Soros saying he had reached “god” status. It doesn’t matter their politics or belief system.

150 darthstar  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:51:10pm

re: #146 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Image: tEpO355.jpg

HORNS!

151 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:51:13pm

re: #148 calochortus

I was going to ask that very question myself. Also too, why are they always young, slim and white?

Barbie Dolls …

152 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:52:29pm

HURR HURR!!!!!!

153 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:52:35pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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Seems to a whole hell of a lot of gun sex going on these days. One would think all those god fearin’ evangelical types like Bryan F’n Fischer would be all on this as a huge problem.

Me…I’m all for removing unwanted guns. Matter of fact I support all those folks that want to abort their guns. I support life!

154 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:53:05pm

re: #120 FemNaziBitch

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???

Not until after my Irish car bombs tonight!

155 Dr Lizardo  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:53:15pm

re: #145 FemNaziBitch

Yep.

156 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:53:22pm

re: #135 freetoken

As I grow older, and more curmudgeonly, I like less and less our entertainment industry, that includes the popularizations of science like the Cosmos reboot.

Still, I suppose if Cosmos riles up the likes of the Baptist Press and Breitbart’s John Nolte then it can’t be all bad:

A new ‘Cosmos,’ same message

SCIENCE MAG: ‘COSMOS’ ATTACK ON CHURCH GETS HISTORY ‘DOWNRIGHT WRONG’

They obviously don’t understand the fact that the level of understanding of the material world, how it and we evolve, and of education itself, changes with each succeeding generation.

If we wanted history, and the course of humanity, to come to a complete standstill, we would all have their mindset.

157 CuriousLurker  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:54:15pm

Drive-by: After listening to Don Lemon, something occurred to me that would explain the disappearance of flight MH370—what if the people on board all got raptured and the rest of us got left behind? If that’s the case, we are totally screwed (and the fundies are gonna be pissed of in a major way).

Prepare for Armageddon & The Return, oh ye of little faith.

//

158 GeneJockey  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:54:18pm

re: #26 Kragar

There is only one logical explanation.

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Jesus! Fucking Shatner brought down ANOTHER one?

159 RealityBasedSteve  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:55:15pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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I like the “kitty-kat wiskers” eye black / camo

RBS

160 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:55:42pm

re: #153 ObserverArt

Seems to a whole hell of a lot of gun sex going on these days. One would think all those god fearin’ evangelical types like Bryan F’n Fischer would be all on this as a huge problem.

Only if the guns are anally inserted.

161 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:56:15pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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Again, finger on the trigger! And naked this time, more skin to fuck up.

Those are so anti-woman, I don’t know where to start.

162 b.d.  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:56:19pm

re: #137 Skip Intro

And yet another plane sighting, thanks to Courtney Love.

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Courtney Love has more plane sightings than Tattoo.

163 ObserverArt  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:56:27pm

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

Yep.

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Oooooo…sexy!

: )

164 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:56:40pm

And now, your inspirational message for the day.

165 RealityBasedSteve  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:57:10pm

re: #162 b.d.

Courtney Love has more plane sightings than Tattoo.

You win the internets with that one.

RBS

166 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:58:55pm

Red State Women Director: Texas Women Too ‘Busy’ For Equal Pay Law

The executive director of a Republican super PAC aiming to court female voters in Texas suggested Sunday that women are too “busy” to fight for equal pay laws.

My, well, isn’t that the point of serfs, slaves and wage-slaves? Keep them so busy with feeding their hungry children that they won’t notice you are keeping them poor on purpose.

167 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:59:17pm

re: #148 calochortus

I was going to ask that very question myself. Also too, why are they always young, slim and white?

The other question is where do they pull the gun out from?

168 Pie-onist Overlord  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 4:59:42pm
169 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:00:10pm

re: #140 Pie-onist Overlord

Gun-fucking, with a side of Islamophobia.

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That’s right, now go home and be subservient to your husband as the bible says.

170 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:00:16pm

re: #164 Skip Intro

And now, your inspirational message for the day.

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I’m sorry, aren’t those all books from the Old Testament?

Didn’t Jesus stop the stoning of an alleged adultress?

171 Killgore Trout  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:00:25pm

re: #144 freetoken

As far as I am concerned, Cosmos contains very little science. It is mostly a visual entertainment spectacular, with lofty English narration. The new version takes tremendous liberty in glossing over what are the important details that make science the human discipline that it is.

I will even agree with the Baptist Press and the Nolte’s of the world in this: Cosmos is as much about story telling for creating a new belief system as it is about anything else.

There is a movement, now some years old, to get scientists to “tell stories” more, in order to reach the masses. To come up with narratives to replace the much older religious/nationalistic stories around which we form our societal bonds.

I find the whole thing a bit frustrating.

I haven’t seen the new Cosmos remake but I do think it’s helpful to have scientists doing outreach to the public. I saw a PBS version of Brief History of Time and went out and bought the book. I read nothing but physics books (the dumbed down ones for the public) for years after that. When I visit the UK I’m always impressed that they’ll show historical documentaries or science shows on the big TV channels in prime time. That would be unthinkable here. Anything to help public understanding of science or history can’t be a bad thing.

172 Justanotherhuman  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:00:53pm

re: #167 Skip Intro

The other question is where do they pull the gun out from?

Their asses, just like they pulled the gun fucking concept.

173 Skip Intro  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:02:35pm

re: #170 FemNaziBitch

I’m sorry, aren’t those all books from the Old Testament?

Didn’t Jesus stop the stoning of an alleged adultress?

Confusing, isn’t it? Evangelicals love them some OT. When I attended one of their churches, that’s the only part of the bible they ever talked about, with the exception of Christmas Eve.

174 freetoken  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:05:29pm

re: #170 FemNaziBitch

Didn’t Jesus stop the stoning of an alleged adultress?

It (like so much of these religious books) is in all likelihood a made-up story. The passage is dropped from some critical versions of the NT and thus put in footnotes in some translations, to the consternation of literalists.

175 thedopefishlives  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:05:33pm

re: #173 Skip Intro

Confusing, isn’t it? Evangelicals love them some OT. When I attended one of their churches, that’s the only part of the bible they ever talked about, with the exception of Christmas Eve.

It’s funny, really. They cherry-pick the parts of the OT they want to harp on, and then beat them to death.

176 calochortus  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:05:46pm

re: #166 FemNaziBitch

I saw that this morning. Have they ever thought to talk to an actual woman about this message? This just reeks of crappy interpretation of focus group results.

177 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:06:04pm

178 Romantic Heretic  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:06:32pm

re: #130 FemNaziBitch

Murdoch has some sort of ego problem. I’m not a professional, so I can’t diagnose.

:)

I’d say ‘inferiority complex.’

Nobody who is actually confident about themselves has to be such a dickwad all the time.

179 abolitionist  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:08:05pm

“People are saying to me, why aren’t you talking about the possibility — and I’m just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this plane, something beyond our understanding?”

Mini-tutorial on RADAR:
With classic radar of the ww2 era, when monitoring a target aircraft, that target does not cooperate with the scanning. The signal in the scanner-to-target direction decays inversely with the distance squared. The reflected signal back to the scanner decays *also* with distance the same way. If the distance to a target is doubled, the signal reflected back to the RADAR station is lower by a factor of 16. That math is unforgiving, for passive radar.

Most modern “radar” doesn’t work that way. Instead, aircraft “targets” are cooperative, and respond/reply to “radar” signaling messages from any/all control towers.

With this cooperative arrangement, a doubling of distance between tower and aircraft still results in RF signal reaching the aircraft being weaker by a factor of 4. Ditto for the reply signal received back at the tower —it’s also weaker by a factor of 4.

Since the reply signal is a fresh broadcast (not an echo) the factors of 4 in each direction are independent and are not multiplied together.

So our modern “radar” scales way better with distance, except when an aircraft’s replies are shut down, of course.

180 GeneJockey  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:08:46pm

re: #167 Skip Intro

The other question is where do they pull the gun out from?

Hammerspace.

181 GeneJockey  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:10:07pm

re: #168 Pie-onist Overlord

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You know who ELSE wasn’t anything like Hitler at first?

That’s right.

182 calochortus  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:14:00pm

re: #163 ObserverArt

Oooooo…sexy!

: )

And yet, my husband said I wouldn’t be sexier if I had a gun. Yes, I asked him ;)

183 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:15:44pm

re: #174 freetoken

It (like so much of these religious books) is in all likelihood a made-up story. The passage is dropped from some critical versions of the NT and thus put in footnotes in some translations, to the consternation of literalists.

“Let he who is without sin throw the first stone”

I know I learned that in RC school in relation to the bible.

184 kirkspencer  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:17:40pm

re: #164 Skip Intro

Just like he did that adulteress.

185 calochortus  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:19:09pm

re: #183 FemNaziBitch

“Let he who is without sin throw the first stone”

I know I learned that in RC school in relation to the bible.

A stone sails out of the back of the crowd, hits the woman and kills her instantly. Jesus says “Mom, what are you doing here?”

I know I learned that in high school.

(sorry, I just couldn’t resist.)

186 Political Atheist  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:21:47pm

Okay William has no doubt put his entry in the Adorama photo contest for shots from 2013, as have I. Please visit, look through the shots and if you find his shot or mine to be the best, “Like” it. May the best photog win!

facebook.com

187 GeneJockey  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:22:35pm

re: #144 freetoken

As far as I am concerned, Cosmos contains very little science. It is mostly a visual entertainment spectacular, with lofty English narration. The new version takes tremendous liberty in glossing over what are the important details that make science the human discipline that it is.

I will even agree with the Baptist Press and the Nolte’s of the world in this: Cosmos is as much about story telling for creating a new belief system as it is about anything else.

There is a movement, now some years old, to get scientists to “tell stories” more, in order to reach the masses. To come up with narratives to replace the much older religious/nationalistic stories around which we form our societal bonds.

I find the whole thing a bit frustrating.

Yeah, I can see that, but if you think of it less as Science, and more as Scientainment, maybe that will help.
//

For whatever reason, most regular folks find Science dull and boring, and more than a little intimidating. One problem we have is explaining it to Mundanes Muggles stupid people regular folks. Tyson, and Sagan before him, were trying to convey the excitement of Science and some of the wonders of the universe without tipping over into lecturing.

We’re not really the audience for this show, or its predecessor.

188 FemNaziBitch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:29:03pm
>”It’s apparent from the precedents cited by the judge that, once upon a time, the wellbeing of expectant mothers was the main priority of Americans. Women’s claims to physical autonomy and good health overruled any claims of ‘personhood’ for their fetuses, or of the rights of men to force decisions on them about the birth process. Paternal rights never extend to control over the mother. The question is, do we have enough rational judges left in this country to guarantee it?”
189 kirkspencer  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:31:06pm

[yes, I know the thread has moved on, but got interrupted here and wanted to finish this point]

re: #174 freetoken

It (like so much of these religious books) is in all likelihood a made-up story. The passage is dropped from some critical versions of the NT and thus put in footnotes in some translations, to the consternation of literalists.

Maybe. There are apparent references to it among contemporary works, and the earliest copies of alleged Johannine authorship show diacritical marks there. (Scholarly argument of what these particular marks mean as they can have several uses, but one of the uses is similar to that of modern ellipses: ‘we’re skipping something here, moving on to the important stuff’.

Hodges for one argues that this passage was set aside because it made it appear Jesus was arguing in favor of adultery.

190 GeneJockey  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:31:43pm

re: #188 FemNaziBitch

Well thank goodness we put an end to THAT nonsense!

191 gwangung  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 5:43:44pm

re: #187 GeneJockey

Yeah, I can see that, but if you think of it less as Science, and more as Scientainment, maybe that will help.
//

For whatever reason, most regular folks find Science dull and boring, and more than a little intimidating. One problem we have is explaining it to Mundanes Muggles stupid people regular folks. Tyson, and Sagan before him, were trying to convey the excitement of Science and some of the wonders of the universe without tipping over into lecturing.

We’re not really the audience for this show, or its predecessor.

Humans understand the world in terms of story. Stories WORK (at least for a first approximation). That’s how leaders motivate followers—they tell stories.

Ignoring that just ignores human nature—-and kinda defeats the purpose.

192 DKoch  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 6:01:55pm

Maybe Leonard Nimoy can fire up the eerie “In Search Of” music

193 Romantic Heretic  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 6:03:53pm

re: #170 FemNaziBitch

I’m sorry, aren’t those all books from the Old Testament?

Didn’t Jesus stop the stoning of an alleged adultress?

After noting that only those who had never sinned were the only ones that could do so.

Since Jesus made it clear that hate was a major sin, the dickwad behind that sign certainly doesn’t qualify as sinless.

194 danhenry1  Mon, Mar 17, 2014 6:32:49pm

How about the start of responses to our Pioneer Message? Or probe to find out who’s dicking around with star system inquiries far beyond their primitive needs?

195 Bulworth  Tue, Mar 18, 2014 7:00:15am
“People are saying to me, why aren’t you talking about the possibility — and I’m just putting it out there — that something odd happened to this plane, something beyond our understanding?”

Hey, we’re just asking questions here…..

196 jayjaybear  Tue, Mar 18, 2014 10:14:52am

Can we gays just give Don Lemon back to the straight world? He’s so embarrassing…


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