*appears from nowhere* Huh, where did that 5% margin that the polls underestimated the GOP come from, anyhow? Oh, well then. *vanishes into the abyss*
Hyped Error Loop
The cursory math on Elon Musk’s overhyped Hyperloop project doesn’t even begin to add up. Whatever Howard Stark fantasies the guy is entertaining, he needs to go back to the drawing board. Musk’s proposal won’t actually get riders to the downtowns of Los Angeles or San Francisco. It can only carry around 10% of the …
Inclement Carcharadon Precipitation Discussion
Well, since nobody made a Sharknado thread yesterday (because John is a crankypuss) here you go. And yes, I was gloriously in full Joel and the Bots mode last night, laughing my ass off. (“Octoquake! Beavercano! Chickencane! Thunderhog! Bonobonami!”) Open thread.
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The Lukewarm Option
I’m sorry, but WIN THE MORNING pointing out that Harry Reid has 51 of 54 Democratic senators lined up for the filibuster “nuclear option” is complete hogwash. How this all plays out will be determined behind closed doors at Senate Democratic Caucus lunch meetings, the first of which is on Tuesday. After huddling with his …
For Reasons As Pure As The Driven Snowden
Take this as you will, from the South China Morning Post: Edward Snowden secured a job with a US government contractor for one reason alone – to obtain evidence of Washington’s cyberspying networks, the South China Morning Post can reveal. For the first time, Snowden has admitted he sought a position at Booz Allen Hamilton …
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I Cast PRISMatic Sphere On All The Things
From the “Oh and by the way” Department: The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time. The highly classified program, code-named PRISM, …
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Feats Of Leger-Derp-Main
And for Marco Rubio’s next trick… Because of course this was inevitable. Now he’ll remain Very Serious On Immigration Reform, but the bill’s failure won’t be his fault when it doesn’t meet his exacting standards, and now none of the House Republicans have to go on record when this all crashes in flames. Additional points …