Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.

'Shindig'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Theodosia - Nov 05, 2010 7:55:10 am PDT #3867 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Another lovely "factoid" I've come across lately is that Obama has increased the size of the US government by 22%. I didn't get a chance to question this assertion, but I'm betting that the "growth" would have to include the army of temporary Census workers, and probably also counts all the auto workers when the companies were bailed out. Or they just pulled the percentage increase out of their ass, maybe.


Jesse - Nov 05, 2010 7:55:34 am PDT #3868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"Yes. everyone is entitled to their own informed opinion, but no one is entitled to their own facts."

This. People can be as wrong-headed as they want, IMO, as long as they can back it up.


Hil R. - Nov 05, 2010 7:56:44 am PDT #3869 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Another lovely "factoid" I've come across lately is that Obama has increased the size of the US government by 22%.

My first question would be how they're measuring "size" of government.


tommyrot - Nov 05, 2010 8:01:06 am PDT #3870 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

My first question would be how they're measuring "size" of government.

Maybe Obama responded to one of those spams - you know, that say, "Increase the size of your government naturally!"


tommyrot - Nov 05, 2010 8:03:29 am PDT #3871 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

ION, this is just freaky. And cool.

Conjoined twins with shared brains can pass sensory information to one another

Adding to the conundrum, of course, are their linked brains, and the mysterious hints of what passes between them. The family regularly sees evidence of it. The way their heads are joined, they have markedly different fields of view. One child will look at a toy or a cup. The other can reach across and grab it, even though her own eyes couldn't possibly see its location. "They share thoughts, too," says Louise. "Nobody will be saying anything," adds Simms, "and Tati will just pipe up and say, 'Stop that!' And she'll smack her sister." While their verbal development is delayed, it continues to get better. Their sentences are two or three words at most so far, and their enunciation is at first difficult to understand. Both the family, and researchers, anxiously await the children's explanation for what they are experiencing.


Trudy Booth - Nov 05, 2010 8:10:01 am PDT #3872 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Why the fuck do they think Obama would be invading India anyway?


Trudy Booth - Nov 05, 2010 8:11:05 am PDT #3873 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Oh dear, PC, man, I'm sorry... your folks are more hooked up than anyone thought.

Hope you like your new wife.


Jessica - Nov 05, 2010 8:11:32 am PDT #3874 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Maybe Obama responded to one of those spams - you know, that say, "Increase the size of your government naturally!"

Bwahaha!

You may not like what that person is saying but if you can't respect their right to say it, your the one with the problem.

Yes, freedom of speech includes the right of every American to speak freely about any stupid or wrongheaded thing they wish. But it also grants those of us with more than two brain cells to rub together the right to freely say "I respect your constitutional right to say and/or believe that stupid and wrongheaded thing you just said. NOW LET ME EXERCISE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EDUCATE YOU WITH SOME FACTS."


tommyrot - Nov 05, 2010 8:14:33 am PDT #3875 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

shitmycatstype

eta: It's hard to pick a favorite, but I like this one:

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Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2010 8:17:59 am PDT #3876 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

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