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Title: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: trdsf on March 27, 2019, 09:42:57 PM
He wants us to return to the Moon by 2024 (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47721467).

Hint for Mikey -- that means increasing NASA's budget at a minimum.  Good luck getting that past your Orange Overlord and Senator Yertle.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 28, 2019, 12:58:33 PM
Quote from: trdsf on March 27, 2019, 09:42:57 PM
He wants us to return to the Moon by 2024 (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47721467).

Hint for Mikey -- that means increasing NASA's budget at a minimum.  Good luck getting that past your Orange Overlord and Senator Yertle.

Why?  Elon Musk will get us there sooner and cheaper ;-)
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 01:17:02 PM
Any military operation must take the high ground, and there's not much ground higher than the moon. I doubt Pence wants us there for scientific research.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 02:40:00 PM
"To the moon, Alice!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98qw86DsdZ0
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 02:47:03 PM
Apparently, Pence's moon comment was more or less just a spur of the moment thing. Or maybe a bone spur of the moment.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrMaB9NpGA
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 28, 2019, 06:52:55 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 01:17:02 PM
Any military operation must take the high ground, and we there's not much ground higher than the moon. I doubt Pence wants us there for scientific research.

Both Dems and Repubs wanted a new Cold War.  They got one!
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 07:04:48 PM
Yeah, well, let's hope it can stay cold.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 28, 2019, 07:55:25 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 07:04:48 PM
Yeah, well, let's hope it can stay cold.

Hope and spit in your hands, only gets you nothing.  Right now, the sons of LBJ, want to nuke North Korea and Russia.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 07:59:08 PM
Yeah, abandon all hope, and in its absence you will be closer to the truth.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 28, 2019, 08:03:29 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 28, 2019, 07:59:08 PM
Yeah, abandon all hope, and in its absence you will be closer to the truth.

Said like a true nihilist.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 02:57:17 AM
Quote from: Baruch on March 28, 2019, 08:03:29 PM
Said like a true nihilist.

Ah, as a nihilist yourself, you attempt to attack others in the Trumpian style of accusing others of your own failings...
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 03:24:52 AM
Quote from: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 02:57:17 AM
Ah, as a nihilist yourself, you attempt to attack others in the Trumpian style of accusing others of your own failings...

There is more than one kind of nihilist ... as discussed months ago, look it up.

I am a cynic, thank you very much ;-)
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 04:32:25 AM
Quote from: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 03:24:52 AM
There is more than one kind of nihilist ... as discussed months ago, look it up.

I am a cynic, thank you very much ;-)

Oh, I forgot.  You are a "futilitist"...  Shouldn't that make it pointless to post?
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 06:38:43 AM
Quote from: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 04:32:25 AM
Oh, I forgot.  You are a "futilitist"...  Shouldn't that make it pointless to post?

No, just futile to resist my dark charm ;-0
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 07:19:41 AM
Quote from: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 06:38:43 AM
No, just futile to resist my dark charm ;-0

Yawning...
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Unbeliever on March 29, 2019, 01:35:17 PM
Maybe Baruch's "dark charm" is like dark matter - it may be there, but it's completely undetectable.
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 07:16:33 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 29, 2019, 01:35:17 PM
Maybe Baruch's "dark charm" is like dark matter - it may be there, but it's completely undetectable.

I had one box of "Lucky Charms" as a kid, I have been magically delicious ever since ;-)
Title: Re: For once, I hope Ayatollah Pence is right.
Post by: Baruch on March 29, 2019, 07:17:09 PM
Quote from: Cavebear on March 29, 2019, 07:19:41 AM
Yawning...

Don't let all the flies from your compost heap get sucked in!