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EarlG

(23,658 posts) Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:00 PM Nov 2014

Pic Of The Moment: As Europe Lands A Spacecraft On A Comet... [View all]

Probe makes historic comet landing

Climate Denier Ted Cruz Is Poised to Become a Lead Senator on Science

Congratulations, Voters. You Just Made This Climate Denier the Most Powerful Senator on the Environment.

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Pic Of The Moment: As Europe Lands A Spacecraft On A Comet... [View all] EarlG Nov 2014 OP

We're a third world country now. We are no longer the leader in space. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2014 #1

"We are no longer the leader in space." KansDem Nov 2014 #22

Physical Chemistry MattBaggins Nov 2014 #33

And when we find the particular cinder that God calls home Plucketeer Nov 2014 #2

Here's Louis CK's response to these eejits geardaddy Nov 2014 #3

USA! USA! USA! EEO Nov 2014 #4

K&R. n/t FSogol Nov 2014 #5

This is what we seem to be heading into......remember this rtracey Nov 2014 #6

(Un)fortunately Central Scruitinizer Nov 2014 #8

Martin Sheen was a much better president in the West Wing Martin Eden Nov 2014 #10

Who is going to be our Christopher Walken to stop him? jillan Nov 2014 #12

It would not surprise me if these two idiots write a bill to outlaw science in the public schools geretogo Nov 2014 #7

Yeah Right turbinetree Nov 2014 #9

Talk about Flat Earthers. They probably get their science from Doc in kairos12 Nov 2014 #11

They would be a little less clueless if they did. Liberal Lolita Nov 2014 #34

We're fucked. berni_mccoy Nov 2014 #13

^^^^^^this^^^^^ irisblue Nov 2014 #14

What if God gave us the Earth as a test of our stewardship? tclambert Nov 2014 #15

Can they turn America into a dystopia in two years? If anyone could, it would be these idiots. nt ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2014 #16

They have no shortage of damn fools! santamargarita Nov 2014 #17

As powerless now as they ever were, just now their idiocy will be in the spotlight, the same light Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #18

A nation that's a laughingstock The Blue Flower Nov 2014 #19

To no surprise, a floating rock in space makes more sense than these idiots... adirondacker Nov 2014 #20

Our country is very much fucked with these science/knowledge-hating and -fearing assholes Rabrrrrrr Nov 2014 #21

Are we electing them? Liberal Lolita Nov 2014 #35

that's a rabbit hole of unprovable despair that I prefer to ignore. Rabrrrrrr Nov 2014 #36

Here it comes.... czarjak Nov 2014 #23

When I heard that they were doing another Dumb and Dumber, I didn't think they meant in Real Life. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #24

WTF is wrong with this country????? Initech Nov 2014 #25

How fucking depressing... SoapBox Nov 2014 #26

They are certainly no rocket scientists! LeftishBrit Nov 2014 #27

My IQ dropped reading that... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #28

This nation is so fucked for the next 2 years. LAGC Nov 2014 #29

And in Other News - Matariki Nov 2014 #30

We are IN Hell in a handbasket. We're long past going there. nt valerief Nov 2014 #31

Climate deniers make me want to hurt people Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #32

The last half Old Nick Nov 2014 #37