Here’s the latest image from NASA’s Dawn Mission, now in orbit around the protoplanet Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, with a clear shot of those mysterious bright spots first sighted months ago. The composition of the material causing these bright areas is still unknown as of this writing.
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Dr Lizardo May 20, 2015 1:27:05pm |
Seriously, though…..what it is that? It seems to be something reflecting the light. Some kind of metal deposit, perhaps?
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:28:36pm |
NASA Finds Mysterious Bright Spot on Dwarf Planet Ceres: What Is It?
space.com January 23, 2015:
A strange, flickering white blotch found on the dwarf planet Ceres by a NASA spacecraft has scientists scratching their heads.
The white spot on Ceres in a series of new photos taken on Jan. 13 by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which is rapidly approaching the round dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But when the initial photo release on Monday (Jan. 19), the Dawn scientists gave no indication of what the white dot might be.
“Yes, we can confirm that it is something on Ceres that reflects more sunlight, but what that is remains a mystery,” Marc Rayman, mission director and chief engineer for the Dawn mission, told space.com in an email.
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lawhawk May 20, 2015 1:29:56pm |
My guess is micrometeorite impacts of recent vintage, revealing the lighter material underneath.
As an aside, came across this and went holy jeebus:
State Dept. official: 30 car bombs, 10 est. to have power of 1995 OKC bomb, rocked Ramadi on Sunday; created “real psychological impact.”
— ABC News (@ABC) May 20, 2015
That’s a whole lot of bomb making. The bomb used in OKC was equivalent of 5,000 lbs of TNT. We’re talking more than 50,000 pounds of TNT used to blow up targets around Ramadi by ISIL.
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Bubblehead II May 20, 2015 1:29:57pm |
re: #1 Dr Lizardo
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Seriously, though…..what it is that? It seems to be something reflecting the light. Some kind of metal deposit, perhaps?
Could be seeing that is a crater it’s in. Nah, Aliens. Has to be aliens.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:30:27pm |
‘Bright Spot’ on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion
NASA, February 25, 2015:
Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object. The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers) from Ceres, reveal that a bright spot that stands out in previous images lies close to yet another bright area.
“Ceres’ bright spot can now be seen to have a companion of lesser brightness, but apparently in the same basin. This may be pointing to a volcano-like origin of the spots, but we will have to wait for better resolution before we can make such geologic interpretations,” said Chris Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission, based at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 20, 2015 1:31:40pm |
To be fair, Ceres is pretty dark—an albedo of ~.05 overall, IIRC, so it wouldn’t take much to look brighter than that. Could be ice, melted by a recent impact and refrozen nice and flat.
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lawhawk May 20, 2015 1:32:30pm |
re: #8 withak
TMA-1, TMA-2. Now, where’s that message about not attempting any landings on Europa.
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Shiplord Kirel May 20, 2015 1:32:52pm |
(re-transmission from downstairs)
Subject: Ceres images
From: Kirel Supreme Global Headquarters and Conspiracy Compound
To: All minions:
Well, hell, looks like they’ve spotted the Overlords’ transit base. There is no reason to panic though. Just issue the usual denials and make sure all of your cell’s misinformation operatives are on the same page. The NASA cell can provide guidance. Thankfully, our agents in the conspiracy industry have successfully planted so many ludicrous stories that no one is likely to take them seriously when they do tell the truth.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:34:39pm |
Mystery of Ceres’ bright spots grows
Nature, The International Weekly Journal of Science, April 13, 2015:
Scientists say that the bright spots might be related to ice exposed at the bottom of impact craters or some type of active geological features. The areas glimmer tantalizingly in a new full-colour map of Ceres that was obtained in February, but not released until the conference. The map uses false colours to tease out subtle differences on the otherwise dark surface of Ceres.
Lots more earlier photos at this link.
(I was working on a page for this, but Charles beat me to it!)
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:38:09pm |
Chuck, making new friends wherever he goes:
.@annamerlan I was raising money for a better, crazier project but couldn't find the person I needed to bribe. Sorry I'm not your man, honey
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) May 20, 2015
.@annamerlan You can't vomit your spleen. Spend less time studying your vijayjay and more studying anatomy.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) May 20, 2015
@moxieingreen @annamerlan I call male journalists sweetie. It's condescending, not sexist. Unless it's #Myasianwife calling me it.
— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) May 20, 2015
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stpaulbear May 20, 2015 1:39:10pm |
The last person to leave forgot to flip the switch.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 20, 2015 1:43:11pm |
re: #9 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
To be fair, Ceres is pretty dark—an albedo of ~.05 overall, IIRC, so it wouldn’t take much to look brighter than that. Could be ice, melted by a recent impact and refrozen nice and flat.
The aliens’ practice hockey rink, before they come and conquer Canada.*
* - Which no one in the US will notice since it will be timed to coincide with the 2016 Presidential election.
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Iwouldprefernotto May 20, 2015 1:44:11pm |
Can we send CCJ to Ceres? (asking for a friend).
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 1:44:17pm |
UPDATE: Main St/Temple & LA St./Temple closed due to bomb threat at #DTLA federal building http://t.co/WBqFIjgP1R pic.twitter.com/JTMfQm5hgm
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) May 20, 2015
Los Angeles Metro says expect detours and delays on downtown buses due to police activity near Federal Building - @metrolosangeles
see original on twitter.com
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse May 20, 2015 1:46:15pm |
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 1:47:14pm |
They might have to go to war w/Venezuela first…
Exxon Mobil: The discovery of oil off disputed area of Guyana is ‘significant’ - @AP
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:47:44pm |
re: #20 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
A class act.
/
Like I said…making friends everywhere he goes…
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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 20, 2015 1:49:15pm |
re: #18 Iwouldprefernotto
Can we send CCJ to Ceres? (asking for a friend).
Io looks like a better place for a pizza-face ginger:
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Iwouldprefernotto May 20, 2015 1:49:30pm |
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
Like I said…making friends everywhere he goes…
He’s not going to be happy until he has no friends including his AsianWife.
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Bubblehead II May 20, 2015 1:49:56pm |
.@ChuckCJohnson @annamerlan Classy as usual upchuck. Check out his TL Anna. You'll see upchuck is a vile piece of shit not worth engaging.
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) May 20, 2015
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 1:50:25pm |
MORE: Florida man who piloted gyrocopter onto Capitol lawn now facing 6 charges, 91/2 years in prison: http://t.co/FmpeXZvI1u
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 20, 2015
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Charles Johnson May 20, 2015 1:54:14pm |
.@ChuckCJohnson has registered the domain names fakeraperegistryocom & rapefraudocom: http://t.co/Xdawo3qAMW http://t.co/fmMuctEy8W
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 20, 2015
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 1:54:30pm |
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Decatur Deb May 20, 2015 1:55:39pm |
re: #26 Justanotherhuman
MORE: Florida man who piloted gyrocopter onto Capitol lawn now facing 6 charges, 91/2 years in prison:
Could be worse. These have been scattered around the neighborhood since 9/11:
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 1:57:39pm |
Fire. La tuna canyon / 210 west. #la #fire pic.twitter.com/uSh8ky12VW
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 20, 2015
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 1:57:39pm |
The rooster from next door just led 5 chickens to the seekret bird feed stash underneath the feeder. Haha, he just crowed.
And the squirrels found the real stash.
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Iwouldprefernotto May 20, 2015 1:59:41pm |
re: #28 Charles Johnson
.@ChuckCJohnson has registered the domain names fakeraperegistry𠈬om & rapefraud𠈬om:
CCJ is a true conservative. Every time you think that they can’t sink any lower, you are proven wrong.
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:00:52pm |
Ah, so this is what it’s about in LA.
Woman with suspicious backpack on steps of Federal Building #DTLA. LAPD SWAT and bomb squad on scene. pic.twitter.com/tqREwPtiDV
— Jennifer Thang (@jenniferthang) May 20, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:02:05pm |
re: #28 Charles Johnson
With “Peter Duke Media Services LLC” as registrant and admin organizations.
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Dr Lizardo May 20, 2015 2:02:20pm |
re: #34 Justanotherhuman
I’m actually quite curious; how would they define a “suspicious backpack”? I ask because virtually everyone here in the Czech Republic, from students to businessmen to university profs has a backpack with them pretty much all the time.
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Charles Johnson May 20, 2015 2:03:12pm |
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
With “Peter Duke Media Services LLC” as registrant and admin organizations.
Yup. His creepy photographer friend.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:03:36pm |
re: #28 Charles Johnson
and the hosting server specializes in WordPress.
LOL!
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:06:17pm |
Weep away, Creationists.
Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered
One morning in July 2011, while exploring arid badlands near the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya, a team of archaeologists took a wrong turn and made a big discovery about early human technology: Our hominin ancestors were making stone tools 3.3 million years ago, some 700,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The findings promise to extend knowledge of the first toolmakers even deeper in time, probably before the emergence of the genus Homo, once considered the first to gain an evolutionary edge through stone technology. More
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Charles Johnson May 20, 2015 2:06:44pm |
And this may be the reason why he registered those creepy domain names. pic.twitter.com/AGhqHHV6Ya
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 20, 2015
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Targetpractice May 20, 2015 2:07:05pm |
re: #39 Justanotherhuman
Weep away, Creationists.
Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered
One morning in July 2011, while exploring arid badlands near the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya, a team of archaeologists took a wrong turn and made a big discovery about early human technology: Our hominin ancestors were making stone tools 3.3 million years ago, some 700,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The findings promise to extend knowledge of the first toolmakers even deeper in time, probably before the emergence of the genus Homo, once considered the first to gain an evolutionary edge through stone technology. More
“God put them there to test our faith!!!”
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse May 20, 2015 2:07:08pm |
re: #28 Charles Johnson
The continued regression of CCJ. Starts off writing a book about U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Now he’s just an Internet stalker, woman hating piece of spuge.
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:07:26pm |
re: #36 Dr Lizardo
I haven’t a clue, but if it turns out like most others, it’s a nothing-burger.
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse May 20, 2015 2:07:57pm |
re: #41 Targetpractice
“God put them there to test our faith!!!”
All lies. Carbon dating isn’t “real science”.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 20, 2015 2:08:54pm |
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
All lies. Carbon dating isn’t “real science”.
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Not to mention that you can’t date those tools via Carbon-14 testing in any case.
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Ace-o-aces May 20, 2015 2:08:55pm |
Well, considering @ChuckCJohnson is partner with revenge porn king, what could possibly go wrong? @Green_Footballs
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) May 20, 2015
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:09:02pm |
re: #40 Charles Johnson
He’s going to be following that “revenge porn” guy to jail, hopefully.
What a filthy POS he is.
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#FergusonFireside May 20, 2015 2:09:32pm |
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Ace-o-aces May 20, 2015 2:09:59pm |
re: #47 Justanotherhuman
He’s going to be following that “revenge porn” guy to jail, hopefully.
What a filthy POS he is.
As stated above, that guy is listed as his business partner I believe.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:10:14pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:10:42pm |
re: #49 Ace-o-aces
As stated above, that guy is listed as his business partner I believe.
Revenge Porn guy is a different sleezebag.
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b_sharp May 20, 2015 2:11:17pm |
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
All lies. Carbon dating isn’t “real science”.
////
Dating dinosaurs with carbon is a poor substitute for flowers.
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:11:44pm |
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Dr Lizardo May 20, 2015 2:12:01pm |
re: #43 Justanotherhuman
I haven’t a clue, but if it turns out like most others, it’s a nothing-burger.
OK.
With that, goodnight, Lizards.
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Feline Fearless Leader May 20, 2015 2:12:24pm |
re: #52 b_sharp
Dating dinosaurs with carbon is a poor substitute for flowers.
I hear that T Rex likes a nice cow vindaloo.
:)
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b_sharp May 20, 2015 2:12:40pm |
re: #45 Feline Fearless Leader
Not to mention that you can’t date those tools via Carbon-14 testing in any case.
////
Don’t spill the secret.
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Charles Johnson May 20, 2015 2:13:15pm |
re: #53 Justanotherhuman
I’m talking about this guy:
‘Revenge porn’ site operator sentenced to 18 years for identity theft, extortion
Don’t forget gdf’s post on this: Is Chuck C. Johnson Collaborating With a Criminal Revenge Porn Extortionist?
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:14:41pm |
re: #57 Charles Johnson
The old memory isn’t what it used to be. : )
Glad you brought that up—it was a great post.
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:16:11pm |
Dr. Lizardo is gone for the night, but evidently she called in the bomb threat.
LAPD swat robot has delivered a phone to woman who's caused massive evacuation at federal building in DTLA pic.twitter.com/MiLWwr205Q
— Tara Wallis (@tarawallis) May 20, 2015
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Targetpractice May 20, 2015 2:17:49pm |
*sigh*
Fox host: Boy Scouts ban on water guns is “emasculating” future CIA agents http://t.co/Iq0WER14wu pic.twitter.com/pYFqtONysY
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 20, 2015
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Ace-o-aces May 20, 2015 2:17:58pm |
re: #40 Charles Johnson
I like how chuck gives pretty much the dictionary definition of extortion and then asks “that’s not extortion, is it?”. Keen legal mind there.
If I sneak up behind you and slit your throat and you die, that’s not murder is it? If I take cash out of you wallet without your permission, that’s not stealing is it? If I break down your door and enter your house, that’s not breaking and entering is it?
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:18:42pm |
Woman detained after making bomb threat at federal building in downtown L.A.
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:20:48pm |
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stpaulbear May 20, 2015 2:21:25pm |
re: #59 Justanotherhuman
Obamaphone!! Hand delivered!! To a Terrorist!!
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CuriousLurker May 20, 2015 2:23:28pm |
Shit. Just in case this hasn’t been posted yet:
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Islamic State militants swept into the desert city of Palmyra in central Syria on Wednesday, and by evening were in control of it, residents and Syrian state news media said, a victory that gives them another strategically important prize five days after the group seized the Iraqi city of Ramadi. […]
Closing my eyes, don’t want to watch them destroy more history.
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b_sharp May 20, 2015 2:24:00pm |
I once walked into LGF, made a great joking pun and nobody laughed.
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Fourth Football of the Apocalypse May 20, 2015 2:24:49pm |
re: #60 Targetpractice
*sigh*
Well, maybe the future CIA agents will have parents who allow them to have water guns and other violent toys, so it’s all good.
//
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#FergusonFireside May 20, 2015 2:24:51pm |
re: #67 b_sharp
I once walked into LGF, made a great joking pun and nobody laughed.
Yesterday? Or the day before?
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Charles Johnson May 20, 2015 2:25:40pm |
re: #67 b_sharp
I once walked into LGF, made a great joking pun and nobody laughed.
On the Internet, no one can hear you laugh.
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stpaulbear May 20, 2015 2:28:05pm |
re: #67 b_sharp
I once walked into LGF, made a great joking pun and nobody laughed.
You had to be there…
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:29:08pm |
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:32:26pm |
I don’t think Rand (who apparently loves the sound of his own voice) is going to let him speak.
Update: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joins Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Senate floor to oppose Patriot Act - @ganeumann
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:34:21pm |
All of a sudden, Rand Paul is a champion of Black civil rights.
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Targetpractice May 20, 2015 2:34:49pm |
re: #74 Justanotherhuman
I don’t think Rand (who apparently loves the sound of his own voice) is going to let him speak.
Update: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joins Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Senate floor to oppose Patriot Act - @ganeumann
Calling it a filibuster implies that a vote is being held up. When there’s no vote scheduled today on the Patriot Act extension, the appropriate label is “Campaign Stunt.”
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A Cranky One May 20, 2015 2:35:34pm |
re: #44 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
All lies. Carbon dating isn’t “real science”.
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Carbon dating? Is that giving diamonds to your sweetie?
/
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:35:47pm |
re: #73 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
Not good.
I wouldn’t doubt they’re getting help from Iran at this point. ISIL, that is.
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CuriousLurker May 20, 2015 2:37:34pm |
re: #78 Justanotherhuman
I wouldn’t doubt they’re getting help from Iran at this point.
Who? Not Daesh, they’re Sunni extremists. They hate the Shia.
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Kragar May 20, 2015 2:40:12pm |
Louie Gohmert: Bush would never have invaded Iraq if he knew Obama would come along and bungle it http://t.co/ldXbQoH0AP
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 20, 2015
“If President Bush had known that he would have a total incompetent follow him that would not even be able to negotiate a status of forces agreement with Iraq and start helping our enemies and just totally put the Middle East in chaos, then he would have to think twice about doing anything if he had known he would have such a total incompetent leader take over after him,” Gohmert said. “That should be the question.”
The Texas conservative said he opposed efforts by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) to pass a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) to fight Islamic State militants because, Gohmert said, the 2001 authorization gave the president “all the authority he could possibly need.”
Gohmert, as Right Wing Watch observed, complained that a new AUMF gave the president too much authority while at the same time helping to “tie his hands in ways a good president would not need.”
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Nyet May 20, 2015 2:40:33pm |
re: #79 CuriousLurker
Who? Not Daesh, they’re Sunni. They hate the Shia.
“Bollocks! All those Mozlem terriers help each other!”
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:40:38pm |
Greenwald is eating this up.
Rand Paul remains standing despite being relieved by Wyden's arrival. He is flicking through a binder containing clippings from @guardian
— Dan Roberts (@RobertsDan) May 20, 2015
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:43:10pm |
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) May 20, 2015
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stpaulbear May 20, 2015 2:43:29pm |
re: #82 Justanotherhuman
Greenwald is eating this up.
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He has binders full of clippings!
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William Lewis May 20, 2015 2:43:50pm |
re: #30 Decatur Deb
Could be worse. These have been scattered around the neighborhood since 9/11:
Most gyrocopters don’t have a big enough heat signature. That was one reason that the Army, back in the 80’s proposed using them to carry a single Hellfire each but they simply bought more Apache Longbows instead…
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Great White Snark May 20, 2015 2:44:32pm |
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
That canyon is bone dry. Very glad we have the marine layer in with drizzle, rather than hot and windy.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:44:36pm |
good grief:
It was just released that the Cleveland PD charged Tamir rice with “aggravated menacing” & “inducing panic.” America. pic.twitter.com/rY05nwo9eJ
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 20, 2015
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William Lewis May 20, 2015 2:45:14pm |
re: #39 Justanotherhuman
Weep away, Creationists.
Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered
One morning in July 2011, while exploring arid badlands near the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya, a team of archaeologists took a wrong turn and made a big discovery about early human technology: Our hominin ancestors were making stone tools 3.3 million years ago, some 700,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The findings promise to extend knowledge of the first toolmakers even deeper in time, probably before the emergence of the genus Homo, once considered the first to gain an evolutionary edge through stone technology. More
There is considerable debate over if they were made by Homo or by Australopithecus - if the latter they would be the first non Homo made stone tools known.
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Decatur Deb May 20, 2015 2:46:46pm |
re: #85 William Lewis
Most gyrocopters don’t have a big enough heat signature. That was one reason that the Army, back in the 80’s proposed using them to carry a single Hellfire each but they simply bought more Apache Longbows instead…
Good choice.
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CuriousLurker May 20, 2015 2:46:50pm |
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Kragar May 20, 2015 2:46:52pm |
*Achievement Unlocked* pic.twitter.com/MbvmNerie9
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) May 20, 2015
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Justanotherhuman May 20, 2015 2:49:18pm |
re: #79 CuriousLurker
This is a pretty good explanation for someone like me who gets them mixed up. I suppose. So many countries, so many factions.
Did Saudi Arabia and Iran hand al-Qaeda an advantage?
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula could benefit from the Iranian and Saudi involvement in Yemen.
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Decatur Deb May 20, 2015 2:51:14pm |
re: #88 William Lewis
There is considerable debate over if they were made by Homo or by Australopithecus - if the latter they would be the first non Homo made stone tools known.
Or it moves Aust. back into Homo, where he used to be.
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CuriousLurker May 20, 2015 2:57:48pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 20, 2015 2:57:50pm |
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
good grief:
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Notice that the report says “No. of Victims: 3”. Those would be the police officers.
smh
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Targetpractice May 20, 2015 2:58:14pm |
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William Lewis May 20, 2015 3:06:55pm |
re: #93 Decatur Deb
Or it moves Aust. back into Homo, where he used to be.
Eh, I think the case for the separate genus is solid. I should look at John Hawks website to see what he thinks.
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William Lewis May 20, 2015 3:10:10pm |
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Decatur Deb May 20, 2015 3:10:14pm |
re: #97 William Lewis
Eh, I think the case for the separate genus is solid. I should look at John Hawks website to see what he thinks.
Habilis was the proposed connection when I was in school. There were a lot fewer bones for the lumpers and splitters to argue over. The Leakeys, of course, dominated.
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