Are we "Reality Based" or not?

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Sunday May 09, 2010 · 8:32 PM PDT

2010/05/09 · 20:32

Maybe today was a particularly bad day but I have to ask, are we the "reality based" community or not?

Today's diaries claim:

We can build an immense perpetual motion machine.

Television causes autism.

Giant panty hose full of hair can save the Gulf.

Two square foot wind turbines can ~~replace all other energy sources~~ can generate kilo-watts for pennies Many commentors pointed out that I badly overstated my complaint on this one.

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Wednesday May 05, 2010 · 8:58 PM PDT

2010/05/05 · 20:58

I am currently standing in a DC metro station.

Every minute or two the Metro Authority is making announcements like "Unit 28, report to Central" and "All units, report any suspicious activity."

I've lived in the DC area for 25 years and I've never heard announcements on Metro like these.

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Saturday April 17, 2010 · 6:16 AM PDT

2010/04/17 · 06:16

The other day Virginia announced a pro-choice license plate to balance out the pro-life plate we've had for years.

On it's face, that's great news. Especially given the retro-grade troglodytes we have for governor and AG now.

But at a deeper level, the pro-choice and pro-life plates just shows how stupid it is to have these kinds of plates at all.

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 6:16 PM PDT

2010/03/22 · 18:16

James Randi

If you don't know who James, "The Amazing", Randi is, you should.

Randi is a magician, MacArthur Foundation genius, tireless exposer of frauds, fakes and fakirs and scourge of spoon killer, Uri Geller and faith-healer Peter Popoff.

Today, at age 81, he came out of the closest, announcing that he is gay.

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Wednesday March 03, 2010 · 5:07 PM PST

2010/03/03 · 17:07

The other day I was making a list of clients I needed to call. While jotting down their phone numbers, I noticed something.

Three phone numbers in a row ended in "97".

Rather than run out to buy lottery tickets, I asked myself, "What are odds of that happening?"

Fortunately, our old friends basic math and human perception were there to help me out.

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 5:09 AM PST

2010/03/01 · 05:09

If John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek got into a fight, who’d win?

If it was a real knock-down, drag-out brawl, my money would be on Keynes. At 6’ 6”, he’s got the size, the weight and the reach. Hayek couldn’t lay a glove on him.

But what if they were cutting heads and throwing down rhymes? Then, Keynes could have a real fight on his hands.

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Honor system here. If you read the diary, you get to vote. Who won- Keynes or Hayek?

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Honor system here. If you read the diary, you get to vote. Who won- Keynes or Hayek?

John Maynard Keynes

365 votes

F.A. Hayek

3661 votes

I don't know but I'm inspired to do more research of my own.

426 votes

Are you kidding me? This damn diary is too long by 10 pages. I jumped to the bottom and voted for Keynes.

83 votes

I agree with that guy, but I voted for Hayek.

176 votes

How Blizzards Create Private Property

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Sunday February 14, 2010 · 5:56 PM PST

2010/02/14 · 17:56

car blizzard snow parking

Snowmageddon has come and gone. In its wake it has left three feet of snow, blocked roads, downed trees, sore backs, bored children and one pressing question:

Who owns that parking space on the corner?

It's a public street. There are no parking restrictions, no stickers, no resident only covenants. Surely anyone can legally take that space if they find it unoccupied.

But doesn't whoever dug out the space have some claim to it? Doesn't he now "own" it? Would you feel OK taking that space?

My neighborhood is small and we know each other at least casually, so the "owner" of that space is probably safe. We know who dug out which spaces. No one would park in someone else’s spot.

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 5:38 AM PST

2010/01/21 · 05:38

[H/T to craigkg. He diaried this yesterday. I'd searched for diaries today on the subject before posting, but didn't see his from yesterday.]

I was quite surprised to see this in the news.

Cindy McCain noh8

That's Cindy McCain posing for the No H8 Campaign, a California marriage equality group.

MSNBC has the story here.

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Friday January 15, 2010 · 6:13 AM PST

2010/01/15 · 06:13

By now you all know Sarah Palin's pick: Jakobus Aaluvttem, the Dutch immegrant and gentleman farmer best known for skinning two goats to make parchment for the final draft of the Constitution.

He's an obscure, unconventional choice, but that's exactly the kind of bold, mavricky thing we expect from Sarah.

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Here's Sarah's short list for Favorite Founder. They're all important Revolutionary War figures and strong Presidents. Whose's your favorite?

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Here's Sarah's short list for Favorite Founder. They're all important Revolutionary War figures and strong Presidents. Whose's your favorite?

George Washington

19 votes

Thomas Jefferson

102 votes

Abraham Lincoln

6 votes

Alexander Hamilton

13 votes

Andrew Jackson

3 votes

Ulysses S. Grant

8 votes

Benjamin Franklin

34 votes

Dolphins are people, too.

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Monday January 04, 2010 · 6:45 PM PST

2010/01/04 · 18:45

Today's diary is only an excuse to post this beautiful video. If you don't care about encephalization quotients, just hit play and enjoy.

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 5:15 PM PST

2009/12/21 · 17:15

The experimenter shows you the cockroach. The living embodiment of filth, all antennae and legs, is crawling inside a drinking glass. The experimenter removes the roach and in plain view thoroughly washes the glass with a powerful disinfectant.

He fills the glass with water and hands it to you. Do you drink? cockroach

Would your answer be different if you were reading this on Free Republic?

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My DS-R score was

79 votes Vote Now!

My DS-R score was

< 10.

2 votes

11 - 25.

22 votes

26 - 50.

46 votes

51 - 75.

4 votes

75 - 90.

1 vote

91 - 100.

4 votes

What World's Largest Military Budget Buys You

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 1:37 PM PST

2009/12/17 · 13:37

When it comes to defense, intelligence and security, we spend roughly has much as the entire rest of the world combined. That kind of money buys you some really bitchin' hardware, like the Predator drone.

Remotely flown and stealthy, you put a couple of Hellfire missles on this baby and you are ready to kick some ass!

The only thing that could make it better was if they'd encrypted the freakin' video link to the operator!

That's one hell of a security hole.

Obtaining the video feeds can provide insurgents with critical information about what the military may be targeting, including buildings, roads and other facilities.

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