Jun 17
rob! commented on Did Anyone See the Installation Outside On the Boards Last Night?.
rob! commented on Did Anyone See the Installation Outside On the Boards Last Night?.
Waterboring.
Jun 15
rob! commented on Today in the Surveillance State: The "War on Reality".
rob! commented on Today in the Surveillance State: The "War on Reality".
@3, also on Science Friday this week was a discussion with Christof Koch, chief scientific officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, who's mapping the connections of the brain's 100 billion neurons in hopes of discovering the origins of consciousness.
One question is whether the similar-in-complexity Internet has already achieved it. (Would it tell us if it had? Probably not.)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/06/…
One question is whether the similar-in-complexity Internet has already achieved it. (Would it tell us if it had? Probably not.)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/06/…
Jun 15
rob! commented on The Saturday Morning News.
rob! commented on The Saturday Morning News.
Congrats on the by-line, Ansel (and job/payment, I'm assuming?).
Jun 14
rob! commented on Gold Star Comment of the Day.
rob! commented on Gold Star Comment of the Day.
Well. This kind of tarnishes the gold star I got once, but... well, Paul awarded that one, so I guess I'll keep taking it down to admire and buff up every now and then.
Jun 14
rob! commented on WSJ Asks: If I Could Require One Person to Read American Savage, Who Would It Be and Why?.
rob! commented on WSJ Asks: If I Could Require One Person to Read American Savage, Who Would It Be and Why?.
@6: quick, furtive frot. He crosses himself getting on planes too, so I guess that counts as pocket pool.
Jun 14
rob! commented on The Friday Morning News.
rob! commented on The Friday Morning News.
Yes, yes, Obamacare started out as a Heritage Foundation plan to funnel money to insurance companies. We all know that. But it's the only thing that actually improves coverage of the poor right now, and preventing implementation will kill reform for another generation (it's been 20+ years since the Clintons tried).
As recently as mid-November (just post-election 2012), only 12 states supported Medicaid expanision. The total is currently 26. The map of the refuseniks is the map of Dumbfuckistan.
A better place than Slog to check up on healthcare-reform status is kff.org.
As recently as mid-November (just post-election 2012), only 12 states supported Medicaid expanision. The total is currently 26. The map of the refuseniks is the map of Dumbfuckistan.
A better place than Slog to check up on healthcare-reform status is kff.org.
Jun 13
rob! commented on Olympia Log Jam.
rob! commented on Olympia Log Jam.
I don't know how you could compare legislating to logging without entertaining delightful fantasies of flaying the bark off a turncoat "majority" leader, limbing, the head saw, planing, the wigwam burner, etc., not to mention flume rides, log-rolling, and clear-cutting.
If you've never toured a working full-scale lumbermill, go find one.
http://gizmodo.com/5827193/americas-last…
If you've never toured a working full-scale lumbermill, go find one.
http://gizmodo.com/5827193/americas-last…
Jun 13
rob! commented on Marco Rubio Says "I'm Done" If the Immigration Bill Protects Same-Sex Married Couples.
rob! commented on Marco Rubio Says "I'm Done" If the Immigration Bill Protects Same-Sex Married Couples.
I don't know why any conservatives think of Rubio as presidential material. He looks like a sweaty, weaselly nincompoop.
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