HULK SMASH
Impeach now. Physicists RULE!
Fancy Lad!
The milk man or the Physicist from Argonne National Laboratory? Let me see. . . I'll take the physicist, Alex.
Of course, this is good news for republicans.
Incontinentia Buttocks
there are still 3 precincts not reporting.
i'm maintaining guarded optimism.
YAY!!
score one for the good guys.
HASTERT SUCKS! I mean, figuratively, of course...
there are still 3 precincts not reporting.
i'm maintaining guarded optimism.
98% of the vote is in.
Republicans suck eggs.
To be fair, there's a lot about the GOP to hate.
This can be read only as a ringing endorsement of John McCain.
God, I can smell his shaving cream from here!
The coverage on WGN tonight was precious. Foster's people were beyond giddy.
98% of the vote is in.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
i'm not easily satisfied.
Yes, but is he a five time Jeopardy winner?
The coverage on WGN tonight was precious. Foster's people were beyond giddy.
As they should be.
Sweet indeed.
Hey all you groovy Atriots, be the hippest poster on the tread as you dig the far out sounds of:
http://lostdiscsradioshow.tripod.com/
Don't be Squaresville!!!
one more precinct to go.
we might actually pull this off.
Bill Foster earned a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Harvard.
I don't think Harvard is exactly known for their physics program. None of my physicist friends ever talked about it.
(Not intended to diminish Foster's accomplishment, but I do like diminishing Harvard.)
I'm a Princeton guy, I love dumping on Harvard, but they have a spectacularly good department. Sheldon Glashow is there, till his death last November Sidney Coleman was there, Vafa, Strominger, Maldacena, Lisa Randall, Lena V. Hau, it just goes on and on...
They're fabulous, and have been for the entirety of the twentieth century.
Not as good as Princeton, of course, but Princeton, in my humble opinion, was the best in the world for most of the twentieth century; certainly for the period 1945-1990 or so.
omg. pbs has some pledge drive going, so they got some oldie singers and the audience could really use walkers and depends.
Doin' the Snoopy dance!!!
Lattes for everyone!
Not as good as Princeton, of course, but Princeton, in my humble opinion, was the best in the world for most of the twentieth century; certainly for the period 1945-1990 or so.
pbs has some pledge drive going, so they got some oldie singers and the audience could really use walkers and depends.
MST3K did an whole episode riffing on PBS pledge drives. Awesome from start to finish.
gay marriage is now mandatory in the 14th district.
Clearly Foster's win shows that Congressional Democrats need to compromise with Republicans.
Dunkin Atrios-Donut giddy!
He thinks 52% of people in an Illinois Congressional district hate the GOP!
You go, nutroot!
this district is insignificant!
Congresswoman Anne Elk is a theoretical paleontologist
I meant to point out that Einstein was at Princeton, of course.
evening bats
what's this about Vince?
He thinks 52% of people in an Illinois Congressional district hate the GOP!
Um...
Finally, some good news for the mid-west. Now if we could only lose that son of a bitch Sensenbrenner
I thought Einstein was at the Institute for Advanced Study, not the same thing as Princeton.
this district is insignificant!
They all drink lattes!
and drive Volvos!! and listen to NPR!!!
"Congresswoman Anne Elk is a theoretical paleontologist"
i'm a theoretical theoreticist.
I meant to point out that Einstein was at Princeton, of course.
Yup. My childhood hero. And I loved that movie IQ.
ok, 100% of the vote is in. now we just have to wait for the official count.
i hope foster keeps his lead.
The best university is, of course, the University of Otago.
"Congresswoman Anne Elk is a theoretical paleontologist"
i'm a theoretical theoreticist.
I have a new theory, which is mine, about jdw...
They all drink lattes!
and drive Volvos!! and listen to NPR!!!
ahh.. the election doesn't count then!
"and drive Volvos!!"
i thought it was prius...or was it fits?
Harvard is the Duke of the North.
ahh.. the election doesn't count then!
Precisely!!
Finally, some good news for the mid-west. Now if we could only lose that son of a bitch Sensenbrenner
dmark
His fucking RealID shit is still on the fans, I've read recently
"and drive Volvos!!"
i thought it was prius...or was it fits?
Those too.
i hope foster keeps his lead.
I thought the Clintons killed him already.
MY candidate doesn't suck!
Finally, some good news for the mid-west. Now if we could only lose that son of a bitch Sensenbrenner
Shall I shoot him into the sun 4 U??
I am physicist.
I rule, man.
I think it's so groovy now that people are finally voting together.
I'll never again own a volvo
ok, 100% of the vote is in. now we just have to wait for the official count.
No way he makes up -5000 votes.
He's already conceded.
His fucking RealID shit is still on the fans, I've read recently
::matthew | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 10:49 pm | #
you'll need a passport to get into a federal building - like, to see your congressperson.
democracy in action!
i'm a theoretical theoreticist.
jdw
...I'm purely theoretical...
MY candidate doesn't suck!
dave™©
But you do.
I drank a latte, listened to NPR and drove a Subaru, and that was just this afternoon. Clearly I should never be allowed to vote again.
My girl has a nice Vulva.
No way he makes up -5000 votes.
i'm a skeptic.
The man who split the atom, Sir Ernest Rutherford attended Nelson College for Boys.
WalterNeff attended Nayland College.
Nayland College crushed Nelson College for Boys in Rugby and Basketball.
WalterNeff played on both teams.
WalterNeff defeated the man who split the atom.
omg. eric burdon looks like he might have an MI on stage. oh noes, he got up off his stool..danger!
God, this movie certainly sucks.
The best university is, of course, the University of Otago.
I got my licks in at the University of El Gato Negro.
Well, I got TE Lawrence through Aquiba(FTS!) and into the Sinai. Will try to finish the movie tomorrow.
My district, the fightin' 14th! I voted for Bill Foster today over at my polling place at the Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles, IL. Can Jim Oberweis please go away now? This is his fourth run for public office and his fourth defeat. Gosh darn it, people just don't like him. Oh right, he's also the nominee for the general election in November. I wonder how that'll turn out?
I thought Einstein was at the Institute for Advanced Study, not the same thing as Princeton.
Hmm, according to wikipedia,
The Institute has no formal links to Princeton University or other educational institutions. However, since its founding, it has enjoyed close, collaborative ties with Princeton.
Illinois - 568 of 568 Precincts Reporting - 100%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Foster , Bill Dem 52,010 53%
Oberweis , Jim GOP 46,988 47%
count the cemeteries damnit!!!
Worst. CGI. Evah.
This room is reserved so you all are going to have to move down to the sub-basement for your meeting.
I'll never again own a volvo
::matthew
i had two - loved them both.
My girl has a nice Vulva.
Automatic?
I drank a latte, listened to NPR and drove a Subaru, and that was just this afternoon. Clearly I should never be allowed to vote again.
You CULTIST!!!!
count the cemeteries damnit!!!
The dead are people too.
Automatic?
Depends on her mood.
WalterNeff defeated the man who split the atom.
WalterNeff, Thai master | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 10:51 pm | #
dirk gently went to bennington.
dirk gently was not a lesbian.
dirk gently wins.
i had two - loved them both.
dirk gently
I think I might have liked one of the old ones...had a 2002 S80 which was constantly in the shop
I think it's so groovy now that people are finally voting together.
Reach out in the darkness
And you will find a friend!
(Princeton physics, again): Here is a partial list of people I had courses from 1970-74: John Wheeler (was Feynman's Ph.D. advisor), Val Fitch (Nobel, 1980), Jim Peebles, who should, with Bob Dicke, have shared part of the 1978 Nobel for the cosmic blackbody radiation; Alan H. Guth (inventor of inflation), Karel Kuchar, world class relativist now at Utah, Valentine Bargmann, collaborator of Einstein, famous mathematical physicist known for work in symmetries in particle physics.
I didn't have a course from Dicke, or Eugene Wigner (Nobel, 1963), or Arthur Wightman (PCT, Spin and Statistics, and All That), or David Gross (Nobel, 2004) or Frank Wilcek (Nobel, 2004) or Joe Taylor (Nobel, 1993); but every one of these guys was there. 60 professors or visitors with the rank of professors in the department!
Un-effing-believable.
Shall I shoot him into the sun 4 U??
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 10:50 pm | #
Put the rocket fuel on my credit card.
My heartfelt thanks, stu!
Automatic?
Depends on her mood.
That's standard for me.
I love my Fit.
It's a happy little car.
Worst. CGI. Evah.
You'd think that it being 2008, decent CGI could be done on the cheap, or at least passable in small scale.
somone get the paddles, eric is doing house of the rising sun.
chances of making it not looking good..
This is his fourth run for public office and his fourth defeat. Gosh darn it, people just don't like him.
on the plus side, he is consistant.
Un-effing-believable.
David Derbes, algebratin'
I ferget... what iz U??
a mathematician?
Oh hell yeah...
"I love my Fit."
it's your imaginary black friend- a fairy tale.
on the plus side, he is consistant.
The Marv Levy of politics
I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day this man took off his pants
We sat and talked about pants we weren't wearing,
And now this man - he is a friend of mine...
I think I might have liked one of the old ones...had a 2002 S80 which was constantly in the shop
::matthew | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 10:53 pm | #
ah - it will be at least 4 years before i can afford a 2002.
i had a '68 wagon (hippie mobile) and a '56 (iirc) coupe.
the coupe was really cool. one of the brake calipers sprung a leak as i was parking at my apt tho, and would have cost twice what i paid for the car to fix.
298,000+ miles. i was disappointed.
somone get the paddles, eric is doing house of the rising sun.
I saw the reformed Animals do that in the early 80s & I thought he'd drop over any moment then.
"I love my Fit."
it's your imaginary black friend- a fairy tale.
Blue friend.
iz blue.
I was at the gas station grumbling about the $3.15 a gallon gas until I noticed that the person before me had spent $93 to fill up.
BWA HA HHAAA HHHAAAA HHHHAAA!!
What kind of car do pirates drive?
i understand that mit has an outstanding physics dept.
[ducks]
If anyone is shopping around for a camcorder, might suggest the incredible Canon HV20 - should be on sale in the $600 range as it is about to be replaced by a newer model with almost the same features.
Check out some footage. Noice!
http://vimeo.com/600879
Alan H. Guth (inventor of inflation),
The bastard's ruining our economy!
He gave a colloquium at my university about 20 years ago when I was a grad student. He went overtime by half an hour. The guy couldn't stop yappin'.
I rarely drive - I'll bet I get through a whole month without filling up the tank.
Automatic?
Depends on her mood.
That's standard for me.
Stick it.
What kind of car do pirates drive?
The Black Pearl?
"I saw the reformed Animals do that in the early 80s & I thought he'd drop over any moment then."
now it's the zombies, and they look like, er, ZOMBIES!
somone get the paddles, eric is doing house of the rising sun.
You just reminded me. I was meaning to post this one for Atrios, since he likes that gypsy shit. The Balkan punk version of House of the Rising Sun
The relations between IAS and Princeton U are, to put it mildly, ambiguous. For the longest time IAS was housed at Princeton (oh, 1932-1945, maybe.) It didn't go over to Fuld Hall and all that till after the war, I think. People at IAS sometimes give courses at Princeton, often give talks there, and there's a lot of foot traffic (about a mile, IIRC) between the two. I am pretty sure IAS folk have complete freedom with respect to Princeton facilities (certainly the libraries.) Ed Witten sort of yoyo'd between Princeton Physics and IAS till he took the job at Harvard (forgot to mention him, I think, with respect to Harvard, which is worse than forgetting Hawking at Cambridge.)
Automatic?
Depends on her mood.
That's standard for me.
Stick it.
I see the pun thread's shifting into high gear.
I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day this man took off his pants
Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there.
4LG, one of my co-workers has a fit, and it seems like an excellent vee-hicle. Simple, yet elegant.
Despite all my bloviating about Smart Cars, my dream car is a Mini Cooper.
I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day this man took off his pants
We sat and talked about pants we weren't wearing,
And now this man - he is a friend of mine...
dave™© | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 10:57 pm | #
It's always about NTodd isn't it?
going upstairs to watch the soup in bed.
later, victors.
I saw the reformed Animals do that in the early 80s & I thought he'd drop over any moment then.
Was that the Animals' reunion tour? I saw that show and it was pretty good, actually...
former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
Don'tcha just love the sound of that?
Alan Guth was a simply wonderful physics teacher, one of the very best I have seen, and I've seen four or five of the best in the business.
now it's the zombies, and they look like, er, ZOMBIES!
♪ What's my naaaaaame, where am I laddie?
bwahahahaha:
chicagotribune.com
Democrat Foster wins Hastert's seat
Tribune staff reporter
9:20 PM CST, March 8, 2008
In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis, who lost his fourth high-profile election in six years, following an expensive and highly negative contest.
The win gives Democrats another House seat until at least the end of the year. It also could serve as an omen for November, when two other Illinois congressional seats are up for grabs following Republican retirements and Sen. Barack Obama could bring out a huge turnout if he's the Democratic presidential nominee.
What kind of car do pirates drive?
A Yarrhus.
100% of results are in now: it's 53/47. Is Dirk still maintaining guarded optimism?
I don't know any fancy-pancy particle physicists, but I have recently started a collaboration with Stuart Kauffman.
What's even better is Repukes lose another stronghold seat.
What kind of car do pirates drive?
dmark
Cutlass?
It's always about NTodd isn't it?
Did you not get the memo?
[returns to waiting for Godot]
Was that the Animals' reunion tour? I saw that show and it was pretty good, actually... dave™©
Yeah - IIRC, I saw them at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby & Chas Chandler was still playing.
Sorry, I guess "reformed Animals" means "reunion tour."
I seem to recall that after they played that SF show, they had a big fucking fight and the tour was over...
4lg, did you see this at Crooks and Liars? It's a photo of a gas pump after a hummer pulled away.
i understand that mit has an outstanding physics dept.
[ducks]
dirk gently, sociopathetic
Real good. Guth is there now.
I'm gonna shut up now, except to say, CONGRATULATIONS BILL FOSTER!
Automatic?
Depends on her mood.
That's standard for me.
Stick it.
I see the pun thread's shifting into high gear./i>
Any way to reverse this?
"a little-known Democratic physicist"
More and BETTER Democrats....... very good. Maybe intelligent politicians are coming back into style.
Just curious, what did the polls predict about this race?
Stuart Kauffman
His NK models of evolving gene interaction systems are really interesting.
Someone else who's at Princeton is P.W. Anderson. He won the Nobel prize in physics in 1977. He's also, as far as scientists go, the biggest fucking asshole that I've ever encountered at conferences. He behaved like a spoiled child.
Headline: Democratic Lead Over GOP Accelerating
Godot waits for me
Karin, the polls I saw said it was going to be close.
What's even better is Repukes lose another stronghold seat.
pigboy
bet the rnc headquarters is a dismal place tonite...
All I know is what the pirate said when asked why he had a steering wheel sticking out of his fly.
"Arrrr, it's drivin' me nuts!"
4LG, one of my co-workers has a fit, and it seems like an excellent vee-hicle. Simple, yet elegant.
Yes. I quite enjoy it. More than I thought I would.
In Soviet Union, pants wait for Neff.
Successfully moved two kids asleep from my bed to their respective beds.
For me, this is a massive success.
FLG, I am a card-carryin' ex-particle physicist, theorist, now and for the past thirty years, near enough, a high school physics teacher.
Someone else who's at Princeton is P.W. Anderson. He won the Nobel prize in physics in 1977. He's also, as far as scientists go, the biggest fucking asshole that I've ever encountered at conferences. He behaved like a spoiled child.
Richard | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 11:05 pm | #
Wasn't he Goulardi ?
zombies got their 2 songs, lulu and procal harem up next.
oh oh...pledge break, which is gonna take forever because 65 yo roadies takes a long, long time to clear the stage...
dirk gently went to bennington.
Now, see, I was going to tell dirk that I have a friend who may have been his contemporary there, or close to it.
But alas, it will have to wait until he returns.
Successfully moved two kids asleep from my bed to their respective beds.
Wonder if plantsman is going to accuse you of criminal activity...
Goulardi=?
4lg, did you see this at Crooks and Liars? It's a photo of a gas pump after a hummer pulled away.
HA!!!
It costs me about $30 bucks and I fill up maybe twice a month.
bet the rnc headquarters is a dismal place tonite...
nona | 03.08.08 - 11:05 pm | #
Maybe they need the sound of laughter? We all should just hang around at their headquarters and giggle and laugh...... I am sure it would help....
Richard, are you in what used to be called solid state, and now called condensed matter?
I shall raise a glass of virtual champagne to the victory of Dr. Foster.
I had to re-register today so I could vote in the PA primary
All I know is what the pirate said when asked why he had a steering wheel sticking out of his fly.
"Arrrr, it's drivin' me nuts!"
)))))))
Karin, the polls I saw said it was going to be close
Kuhl! I love the 'stunning upset' headline.
FLG, I am a card-carryin' ex-particle physicist, theorist, now and for the past thirty years, near enough, a high school physics teacher.
Which explains why you're studying Russian...
FLG, I am a card-carryin' ex-particle physicist, theorist, now and for the past thirty years, near enough, a high school physics teacher.
Oh, that's right.
Sorry, long week, I couldn't remember.
I know a guy who started as a music major, then shifted to physics. Got his Ph.D. and then taught college physics for 30-some years, including being dean of the college where I worked. Now he's finishing his career back on the physics faculty.
He wrote the university fight song.
Sallyh! How are you, darls?
former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
Don'tcha just love the sound of that?
"former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, <i>recently indicted in the Blackwater scandal</i>,...." sounds even better imho.
Little-reported connections between Darling Denny and Mercenaries Inc new training field in either NW IL or SE WI. This was a year, year and a half back and I never followed up on it but there were definitely Rumblings.
I had to re-register today so I could vote in the PA primary
General Zod | 03.08.08 - 11:08 pm | #
Under what nym?
zombies got their 2 songs, lulu and procal harem up next.
"Where the hell is Major Simels???"
You see, I guess that is why I am so fucked up. When I see what it costs people for gasoline for their vehicles I get a lot of things. The first one is anger at my government for their monetary policies and energy policies that are just killing the poorest among us. The second is that I feel sorry for the people who have to pay this much of their pay checks to get to and from work. And the last thing I feel is sorry for the poor minimum wage people who have to listen to everyone bitch about the price of gasoline. The one thing I never feel is like laughing at how much people have to pay: I find nothing at all funny about it.
Guess I am just fucked up.
Re: stunning upset --
Was the Repuke heavily favored? I thought I'd heard IL-14 very well could swing to the Dems well before tonight.
NTodd, detoxing.
I realized I was pounding down nearly a fifth of vodka each night. Had to stop.
my own
Richard, are you in what used to be called solid state, and now called condensed matter?
Yes. I encountered Anderson at a few superconductivity conferences in the late '80's as well as the March meeting of the APS. He was better behaved at those.
Goulardi=?
Richard | Homepage | 03.08.08 - 11:07 pm | #
fuggetaboutit - Not worth the pun, I promise.