I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Who?
Yay! Monkey sex!
good lord nearly Frist?
I hope they don't get throught to the core, it would let the rethuglicans escape from hell.
The mad FOOLS! Don't they realize they'll puncture the inner membrane to the hidden world of Pellucidar, and either [a] release the Mahars to conquer us all or [b] disrupt the internal pressurized atmosphere, causing the Earth to rapidly deflate and whip around the solar system with a giant PHWZZZZing sound!?
The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!
(Pokes under the hood of Red America)
Now there's yer problem...
And just to blog whore some more, The Daily Yomiuri asks "When is a war crime not a war crime?" the answer apparently is when one becomes a cabinet minister afterwards.
Well at least we'll find out if it's chunky or chewy on the inside!
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Isn't Hillary Swank in this movie?
That happened about twenty-five years ago.
The zombie neanderthal part, I mean.
Real science, or a bad flick on Scifi Saturday Night? You make the call!
Oh, man, now they've done it. Those zombies who live in the middle of the earth have been waiting for ages for someone to drill a hole they can use to get up here to the surface and suck our brains. This is gonna get ugly.
A little bit of good news, for a change:
Appeals Court Overturns Virginia Late Abortion Ban
Although...if the neanderthals do emerge, think what that will do to the Religious Reich's intelligent design platform.
Isn't there a real danger that the mantle is under such pressure from the inside that they'll create a giant volcano? That's what the second place at my 8th grade science fair said.
The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!
-Atrios
*rolls eyes*
Nah, that'll never happen.
What will happen is that they will rupture the Earth's crust, starting a giant crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two. Just like what Bush has done.
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Hecate--I hate to disappoint you, but they're already out and running the government.
zombie neanderthals? Aren't they already in D.C.?
Won't that let all the air out?
Unfortunately, the only fix for these events is nucular weapons. Mohorovic Discontinuity Busters™. Luckily, we got 'em. And we'll use 'em, by gum!
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crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two. Just like what Bush has done.
Red World VS. Blue World....
Next up on CNN
Must be a leak in the core already. My guess is it's centered around the South and Mountain West of the United States. Heard a team led by John Kerry was sent in to repair the fissure, but ....
Count on people in other countries being innovative enough to want to take such risks and make such an initiative.
Here in America chances are someone would have thought the idea too liberal and a waste of money.
MYOB'
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Monkey sax?
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Diane--this article's for you. Deep breathing:
Americans United Urges TX Governor to Cancel Plans to Sign Bills in Ft. Worth Church
Isn't there a real danger that the mantle is under such pressure from the inside that they'll create a giant volcano? That's what the second place at my 8th grade science fair said.
Draco |
We'll just throw Rush Limbaugh down the hole and that should plug up things nicely.
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Agent Orange--do they make a crane that big?
do they make a crane that big?
The problem is in anchoring it down
Reading the article, I see the team has already addressed my fears about creating a volcano:
"The drill is surrounded by a sleeve that contains a shock-absorbing chemical mud, and a blowout valve will protect it should the team strike oil or superheated rock in the crust."
A sleeve and a blowout valve vs. millions of tons of superheated rock under literally immeasurable pressure--not to worry
Agent Orange--do they make a crane that big?
Sallyh, La Poissoniere
No need. Just lay a trail of Hillbilly Heroin to the edge of the crater, then sneak up behind him and yell "HILLARY IN '08!" as loud as you can...
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No.
They'll fall through the center of the hollow earth and bounce off the oppesed inner crust.
Agent Orange--do they make a crane that big?
Sallyh, La Poissoniere
No, but we'll tell him there's a crate full of OxyContin at the bottom of the hole.
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Sallyh: Agent Orange--do they make a crane that big?
His little toe wouldn't fit in the hole they're gonna drill. Not even with all the mayonaisse in Holland.
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But there are subjects closer at hand.
Let them study our reddish heartland.
Why do livestock spook
When they spot a Repuke?
Why are fundie women unmanned?
zombie neanderthals?...sheesh. dont you people know thats where the molemen live?
Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.
The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes, such as the one off Sumatra that caused the Boxing Day tsunami. They hope to study the deep rocks and mud for records of past climate change and to see if the deepest regions of Earth could harbour life.
Duncan, why are you trying to imitate Instapundit? He always does science, you never do.
Jeffraham--actually, the best mayo is in Belgium. On pommes frites. Mmm...
Then again, the vibrations from the drilling could release Gamera...
Rush Limbaugh "Bunghole Plug on Loan from God". My Hero!
Sallyh: Jeffraham--actually, the best mayo is in Belgium. On pommes frites. Mmm...
Of course -- I actually almost said "Palau," since that would have been totally absurd... but I haven't had sufficient coffee to go that far afield yet.
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Puzzled--you haven't been around here much, have you?
and BTW....find, steal, borrow, go to the UK...but WATCH THE NEW DOCTOR WHO EPISODES!
jokes about the "deep south"
meglomaniac Americans
a space ship that crashed into Big Ben
the public duped into war over "massive weapons of destruction"
a parody of fox news
a ww2 story without mention of the US' role in defeating the nazis
its brilliant. no USA netowrk has agreed to carry it yet
jeffraham--is your tabby boy being as noisy and demanding as mine?
Jeffraham--actually, the best mayo is in Belgium. On pommes frites. Mmm...
Sallyh, La Poissoniere
Boy I miss having "mussels in Brussels", and a Stella chaser. Anyone know the name of that place near the Mannikin Pis?
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Agent Orange--can't recall the name of it, but I had a beer there a few years ago. I had a Leffe Blonde, however. Best. Beer. Ever.
Sallyh: jeffraham--is your tabby boy being as noisy and demanding as mine?
He generally starts out that way, when he hears me stirring in the morning. He either wants to go out on the balcony to get in on the early day birding, or his food bowl is running low. If he's not in a super hurry to get outside, he'll demand a little lovin' first. The food thing -- well, it's never empty, so once I put another scoop in the bowl, he's content to get a few strokes at that point.
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American Civil Liberties Union has been shredding documents over repeated objections of its records manager and in conflict with longstanding policies on preservation, disposal of records... Developing...
I had a Leffe Blonde, however. Best. Beer. Ever.
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BTW the Mannikin Pis was wearing his Count Dracula outfit that day. Geez the Chinese tourists loved him!
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Uh, Puzz-led, Atrios is doing science fiction today. But if your a steady reader of Instapundit, you probably wouldn't know the difference.
good. that would be an improvement.
"The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!"
...that or the RNC.
when in brussels, make sure to go to Maison Antoine for fries...
Duncan, why are you trying to imitate Instapundit? He always does science, you never do.
puzzled
Protective Troll Shield. I've seen it work.
...the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.
The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes...
You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Atrios, and I won't have it, is that clear?!
Holly also reccommends the Best Subs in the Universe... White House Subs!
I'm making the pilgrimage in a week... third time this year already.
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Diane--this article's for you. Deep breathing
Sallyh
Deep breathing, hell! That article calls for some serious alcohol injestion.
I hope Tena was so busy packing she didn't spot that...
The idiots would do this, knowing that Jon Pertwee is no longer around to protect us :-(
Mmmmmmm, zombie neanderthals!
i wonder what the alternate world atrios looks like....
"Another Air Force space program, nicknamed Rods From God, aims to hurl cylinders of tungsten, titanium or uranium from the edge of space to destroy targets on the ground, striking at speeds of about 7,200 miles an hour with the force of a small nuclear weapon."
"Rods from God"? Who the fuck names these programs, Falwell? Oh, and by the way, weponizing space is even a worse idea than attacking and occupying Iraq, and that's saying something. The administration has truly gone insane. Meanwhile, the SCLM have another blonde missing person to focus on....
Zombie Neanderthals? Does that mean boobies? BOOBIES?!!?!
I swear I saw this movie on SciFi just two weeks ago.
The Japanese must already be in reruns.
The ship is called Chikyu.
Actually, in the movie by that name the aliens used a giant robot to terrorize the Earthlings.
The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!
Too late.
"The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!"
Atrios, you say it like that's a bad thing!
What will happen is that they will rupture the Earth's crust, starting a giant crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two.
I thought I was the only person who'd seen that movie.
What I find breathtaking about this endeavor is that there is a govt that still has money for scientific/environmental research which is unrelated to military/defense. Can you imagine that! The Japanese still have funding for science, whereas all America -- a former beacon in the global scientific research community -- can come up with is funding for creationism and space wars.
So if someone falls down the hole, do they stop at the center of the earth - or keep on falling?
That's a lot of crap about the zombies.
What they will actually unleash is a herd of 50-foot scorpions who are coming to SUCK YOUR BLOOD!!!
Don't they realize they'll puncture the inner membrane to the hidden world of Pellucidar, and either [a] release the Mahars to conquer us all
I for one welcome our new Mahar Overlords.
What will happen is that they will rupture the Earth's crust, starting a giant crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two.
Ah, yes, the perenially fun yet cheesy badfilm . One of my faves.
But are they taking enough water to put out the sun at the center of the Earth?
eew. that's some messed up HTML I did there. Sorry 'bout that, Chief!
What will happen is that they will rupture the Earth's crust, starting a giant crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two.
Uncanny. You can't possibly have seen tonight's episode of the new Doctor, but you've Named That McGuffin in one.
On a more positive note, the Brits have already got ZombAid™ planned, thanks to Coldplay!
Isn't Hillary Swank in this movie?
Also Stanley Tucci.
What will happen is that they will rupture the Earth's crust, starting a giant crack that will grow to completely encircle the world, thus splitting it in two.
I thought I was the only person who'd seen that movie.
Over-the-hill Dana Andrews?
Painful to watch, really.
Ah, "Inferno," with the evil parallel dimension. Fortunately, that nasty primordial ooze could never occur here. Why, in the alternate world that the Doctor traveled to in that story, the ruler was the Brigade Leader, a militaristic, power-hungry strutting fellow who was actually a yellow-bellied coward...
Okay, I'm just going to go lie down and wait for the end.
The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!
For some, an improvement to be sure!
Truth meets science- BP oil fields near the tsunami epicenter may trigger geoloic reactions at deep levels along fault lines where oil drilling occurs.
Blow up large geolic formations at deep levels near sensitive areas. Man accelerating geolic change for profit and ignoring side affect.
the Republican congress has been eating the mantle samples.
No, it's "neanderthal zombies."
Ok, ok, funny. But "giant drill ship" does NOT mean, okay, this great big submarine-like thing with people aboard and a drill on the front going down to the center of the earth. It's a big ocean-going ship with a drill aboard, and the drill is designed to penetrate the earth's crust. Not the ship. The mantle is thinnest in the Pacific, hence the need to do this at sea. Hence the need for a ship. To carry the drill, not to BE the drill.
Maybe if they'd said "ocean going drill rig" it would have been a little less loopy-sounding.
Still, it had me going for a minute there.
OH MY GOD!!!
They're gonna POP the Planet!!!
Somebody STOP THEM!!
The mantle samples will turn everyone into zombie neanderthals!
-Atrios 11:19 AM
Too late! It's already happened.
In reality, they will discover that earthquakes and tsunamis like the one that struck last December are mainly caused by people drilling great big holes in the earth's crust.
>>Ah, "Inferno," with the evil parallel dimension. Fortunately, that nasty primordial ooze could never occur here. Why, in the alternate world that the Doctor traveled to in that story, the ruler was the Brigade Leader, a militaristic, power-hungry strutting fellow who was actually a yellow-bellied coward...
Okay, I'm just going to go lie down and wait for the end.
Oops--I meant to say:
If Bush takes to wearing an eyepatch, then we'll know our doom is certain.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obi...ASIN/
B00004CON8
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido...il/-/
B00004WGAW
When Prof. Quatermass tried this, things ended badly for all concerned. Giant psychic grasshoppers are not what you want to see in a major metropolitan area.
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