tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3252021869603950069..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Asteroid VestaDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19984482045957125172012-03-23T09:56:07.630-04:002012-03-23T09:56:07.630-04:00It wasn't a good ex, Q. But, the interesting ...It wasn't a good ex, Q. But, the interesting factoid is that "both" side voted, heavily, in favor of the original legislation.<br /><br />Vote count<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />President Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. <br />The two numbers in each line of this list refer to the number of representatives voting in favor and against the act, respectively.<br /> <br />Senate: 77–19<br /> Democrats: 47–17 (73%-27%)<br /> Republicans: 30–2 (94%-6%)<br /> <br />House: 333–85<br /> Democrats: 221–61 (78%-22%)<br /> Republicans: 112–24 (82%-18%)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51926336939433030952012-03-23T09:29:42.679-04:002012-03-23T09:29:42.679-04:00.
The Republicans said the same thing about Socia....<br /><br /><i>The Republicans said the same thing about Social Security, Medicare, the FDA, TVA, and the Civil Rights Act.</i><br /><br /><br />Just a clarification. I don't know how the votes went on the other items, but the GOP voted 'yea' on the Civil Rights Bill in overwhelming proportion, much larger proportions than the Dems.<br /><br />The filibuster against the bill was lead by 18 Dems and 1 Pub.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50577979816216367322012-03-23T09:20:36.890-04:002012-03-23T09:20:36.890-04:00But Krauthammer would have no problem with borrowi...But Krauthammer would have no problem with borrowing another couple of $ Trillion from China to piss attacking Iran for Israel.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47171779888164855262012-03-23T09:16:13.399-04:002012-03-23T09:16:13.399-04:00The Republicans said the same thing about Social S...The Republicans said the same thing about Social Security, Medicare, the FDA, TVA, and the Civil Rights Act.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42000117067960826032012-03-23T09:14:09.104-04:002012-03-23T09:14:09.104-04:00A government that can draft you, and send you off ...A government that can draft you, and send you off to die in Vietnam, or any other clusterfuck of an elective military occupation, already has "unlimited" power.<br /><br />It's time to use that power to save some lives instead of taking lives.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45631457444952674382012-03-23T03:33:33.862-04:002012-03-23T03:33:33.862-04:00If Obamacare is upheld, it fundamentally changes t...<i>If Obamacare is upheld, it fundamentally changes the nature of the American social contract. It means the effective end of a government of enumerated powers — i.e., finite, delineated powers beyond which the government may not go, beyond which lies the free realm of the people and their voluntary institutions. The new post-Obamacare dispensation is a central government of unlimited power from which citizen and civil society struggle to carve out and maintain spheres of autonomy.<br /><br />Figure becomes ground; ground becomes figure. The stakes could not be higher. </i><br /><br />This is what good hearted socially concerned Rufus just doesn't get, try as he might, he just can't get his head around it, can't <i>fathom</i> it, can't <i>go that deep.</i><br /><br />It's not about medicine at all - it's about the nature of the social contract.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68791726776979974222012-03-23T03:01:41.083-04:002012-03-23T03:01:41.083-04:00.
America
Fires Most Powerful Laser in History
....<br /><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5895276/america-fires-most-powerful-laser-in-history" rel="nofollow">America <br />Fires Most Powerful Laser in History</a><br /><br /><i>The result: from a tiny 1/billionth of a joule laser, the scientists at the National Ignition Facility obtain rays "a foot on their side" with a combined "2.03 million joules of ultraviolet energy," 1,000 times the energy of all the power plants in the United States combined, even while it's only for a fraction of a second.</i><br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2466338155536379072012-03-23T01:41:19.598-04:002012-03-23T01:41:19.598-04:00"RUFUS IS A DICK" - Charles Krauthammer<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamacare-the-reckoning/2012/03/22/gIQALF1QUS_story.html" rel="nofollow"><i><b>"RUFUS IS A DICK"</b></i> - Charles Krauthammer</a>bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88611668414535552452012-03-23T00:43:55.533-04:002012-03-23T00:43:55.533-04:00She is believed to have suffered a heart attack wh...<i>She is believed to have suffered a heart attack while alone in the bath, before slipping under the water and drowning. Though the cause remains unclear, cocaine use can act as a trigger in such cases and also causes arteries to harden, exacerbating the effects of an attack.<br /><br />Houston died on the eve of the Grammy awards, after spending previous days attending a selection of related events.<br /><br />The news confirms that her death was an accident. Beverly Hills police, who were handling the investigation into the affair, said in a statement that they had uncovered no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71874790152617261082012-03-23T00:03:53.713-04:002012-03-23T00:03:53.713-04:00I want Dawn to hover near Uranus.I want Dawn to hover near Uranus.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38922177611961821652012-03-22T23:50:39.659-04:002012-03-22T23:50:39.659-04:00But the second impact basin, which sits under and ...<i>But the second impact basin, which sits under and slightly to the side of Rheasilvia, is a newly named structure. Called Veneneia, the basin — described by Paul Schenk from the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston — is older than Rheasilvia and about 395 kilometers across.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Even so, the impacts probably penetrated Vesta’s crust and scattered minerals that normally live deep underground over the surrounding surface. Scientists will continue studying and characterizing these details because even though Vesta might resemble Earth, it embodies one crucial difference: Instead of erasing pages from its history, the asteroid’s biography still contains records of its evolution dating back to the dawn of the solar system.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Dawn will hover near Vesta until August, continuing to transcribe the tales it tells. It will then head toward Ceres, the most massive body in the asteroid belt, with a planned arrival in 2015.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com