Octopus Overlords

Rip wrote:What is disturbing is that more people think there is a scientific consensus on climate change than think there is on evolution. There is so much irony in that. It certainly shows evolution has a long way to go.

If only Moses had the forethought to contradict climate change in the bible.

Genesis 8:21-22 wrote: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though all inclinations of his heart are evil from childhood and never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.

Representative John Shmikus (R-Ill.) wrote:"I believe that is the infallible word of god, and that’s the way it is going to be for his creation… The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood."

Defiant wrote:

Pyperkub wrote: These are the same people who introduce bills to make Pi = 3.

El Guapo wrote:

Defiant wrote:

Pyperkub wrote: These are the same people who introduce bills to make Pi = 3.

I made it about 2/3rds of the way through that article before I realized it was a joke, for what that's worth.

But then, following through a link indicates that a bill like this came close to passing in Indiana back in 1897.

El Guapo wrote: I made it about 2/πrds of the way through that article

El Guapo wrote:

Defiant wrote:

Pyperkub wrote: These are the same people who introduce bills to make Pi = 3.

I made it about 2/πrds of the way through that article before I realized it was a joke, for what that's worth.

But then, following through a link indicates that a bill like this came close to passing in Indiana back in 1897.

noxiousdog wrote:Obama will win easily. Probably more easily than last time.

Kraken wrote: In another minor news item, DNC officials asked MA to delay its primary by a month in order to let the ultraconservative Republicans run in the most conservative states early on. By delaying states that will prefer moderate candidates like Romney, they might have a better chance to see Gingrich or Palin or Bachman or Trump run against Obama.

Sounds dubious to me, and the idea got a cool reception.

DONALD TRUMP:
Let me just say something. There’s nobody more militaristic than me, but it’s also called attack the right target. Iran is going to take over Iraq, because we have de-neutered Iraq, you know that, in terms of their military. They’re gonna take them over very quickly as soon as we leave. If that’s gonna happen, they’re gonna take over the oil fields. The second biggest oil fields in the world. And if that’s gonna happen, I say we take over the oil fields…I would take over the oil fields, because otherwise, Iran is gonna take over the second biggest oil fields in the world. I would absolutely, without question, not leave that section of that country. I would take the oil. To the victor belong the spoils. You know, in the old days, you’d have a war. And you’d be in there. And you’d win. And you’d take over the country. Whether it’s oil or gold or whatever. You take over the country.

MEREDITH VIEIRA:
Okay. Are you saying if you were President, you would take us out of Afghanistan?

DONALD TRUMP:
Well, nothing’s simple. Because I don’t believe in foot soldiers. They get blown up on streets. But I do believe in airplanes that are 50,000 feet up. And when we see through intelligence what’s going on, knock the hell out. Oh, by the way, I’m much more militaristic than Obama. He got the Nobel Peace Prize, but, you know, I think they’re probably rethinking that one, every time he seizes a country. The problem is he seizes countries, but he doesn’t win….I’m not gonna have soldiers walking down on the street and get blown up and get shot at by snipers and killed, so we have to call the parents and say, "Your son was just killed on a street in Afghanistan." But those people will have a lot more problems with me than they’re having right now. But I do it through the air and we’re not gonna have casualties.

Mr. Fed wrote:

noxiousdog wrote:Obama will win easily. Probably more easily than last time.

Now, hold on a second. The economy is still shitty. We're still fighting all over the place, spending money like drunken sailors. Obamacare is highly unpopular. Most of his domestic agenda has been incoherent or stalled. He's broken most of his promises about transparency, about civil liberties, about the War on Terror, etc. He's increasingly unpopular. The Republicans won big at the mid-terms.

Surely the Republicans can make something out of this opportunity. Right? Right?

CNN POLL HAS TRUMP TIED WITH HUCKABEE AMONG REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN-LEANING INDEPENDENTS

I . . . you just . . . that's . . . he's going to . . . .

Fuck this. I'm going communist.

PPP's newest national poll finds that after a little more than 3 months in charge House Republicans have fallen so far out of favor with the American public that it's entirely possible Democrats could take control of the House back next year.

Pyperkub wrote:
You probably don't care much for this either:

PPP's newest national poll finds that after a little more than 3 months in charge House Republicans have fallen so far out of favor with the American public that it's entirely possible Democrats could take control of the House back next year.

But they do make the point that the 2010 redistricting will probably preserve the gains R's made...

Mr. Fed wrote:

noxiousdog wrote:Obama will win easily. Probably more easily than last time.

Now, hold on a second. The economy is still shitty.

We're still fighting all over the place,

spending money like drunken sailors.

Obamacare is highly unpopular.

Most of his domestic agenda has been incoherent or stalled. He's broken most of his promises about transparency, about civil liberties, about the War on Terror, etc.

He's increasingly unpopular.

Exodor wrote:Trump would pull 31% of the Republican vote if he ran as an independent.

Exodor wrote:Haley Barbour is not running

Captain Caveman wrote:

Exodor wrote:Haley Barbour is not running

Meet the new Boss (Hogg). Same as the old Boss (Hogg).

Exodor wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:

Exodor wrote:Haley Barbour is not running

Meet the new Boss (Hogg). Same as the old Boss (Hogg).

I think he mentioned something in his press conference about "devoting his time to finally catching those no-good Duke boys."

Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he would continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the president's birth certificate.

"I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records."

msduncan wrote:You have to admit that you would be amused if Donald Trump won the presidency and turned to Obama after being sworn in to say: "You're fired"

Exodor wrote:I think he mentioned something in his press conference about "devoting his time to finally catching those no-good Duke boys."

Exodor wrote:At this point I suspect Trump is a plant by the Democrats.

Pyperkub wrote:

Exodor wrote:At this point I suspect Trump is a plant by the Democrats.

Seeing as how Obama is a moderate Republican (see also Ezra Klein's article), this isn't surprising...

As said earlier though, I don't see Trump running. He's in it for the publicity.

Arcanis wrote:

Pyperkub wrote:

Exodor wrote:At this point I suspect Trump is a plant by the Democrats.

Seeing as how Obama is a moderate Republican (see also Ezra Klein's article), this isn't surprising...

As said earlier though, I don't see Trump running. He's in it for the publicity.

Interesting articles.

Teggy wrote:Well, at least now Trump has moved on to something more important. Making Obama prove he had good enough grades to get into college.

YellowKing wrote:I wish they would just go ahead and hand Obama the Presidency for 2012 so we can skip this whole election cycle. I have no faith whatsoever in the ability of the Republicans to put up a serious, viable candidate. This is going to be a farce.