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Party Of Science: Democrat Congressional Candidate Brianna Wu Doesn’t Know How Gravity Works

Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 2 months ago to Science
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U.S. House candidate Brianna Wu, a Massachusetts Democrat, is worried that people will drop rocks from the moon that will hit the earth and kill people.


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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    My comment was about Hank Johnson of top-heavy island fame.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Jo...
    excerpts:

    Comments on Guam tipping over

    During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 25, 2010 concerning the U.S. military installation on the island of Guam, Johnson said to Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize", to which Admiral Willard replied, "We don't anticipate that." Johnson's office later backtracked by saying Johnson is simply a tremendous deadpan and that he was using a facetious metaphor.

    Effectiveness in Congress[edit]

    In 2014, Johnson was named the 18th most effective Democrat in the 112th Congress [out of 204 Democratic members] according to a new study by Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia (UVA). He was also ranked higher than any of his Republican colleagues from Georgia. The study judged effectiveness by looking at a lawmaker’s “proven ability to advance a member’s agenda items through the legislative process and into law.” The scorecard looked at the number of bills a member introduced or sponsored; the significance of the bills; and how far each made it in the legislative process.
    Washingtonian Best & Worst of 2014

    On October 5, 2014 The Washingtonian published their 15th biennial "Best & Worst of Congress" list. Rep. Johnson was voted "Worst Speaker" and "Most Clueless" by congressional staffers.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Rich, Thank You! That was the most hilarious YT video I have seen in a long time, it ranks right up there with the turkeys circling the dead cat! There is the reason the village must be destroyed to save it!
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Also funny is his income apparently comes from him whoring for the People Republic, and buying interests for Chinese companies. Maybe he was just a Peoples Liberation Army plant who went rogue....just more swamp water under the bridge..oh wait that fell down, didn't it...
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Actually, now that you mention it, he says "seven terms", 1998to2010 (in my basic, non-Common Core math) would only be 6 terms since he resigned after getting re-elected in 2010 (about 8 months after election, so I can't count that, but being a hero of the people party member, he can probably claim whatever he wants). I guess the people in his district would object to your calling them racists, since they are of the People's Party that has sole copyright, trademark and patent on the use of the term, so you can't use it without risking an IP lawsuit. Although it was really funny that he managed to hangout in Washington as if he never had to resign in shame, and all his fellow "heroes of the People" seemed to be quite comfortable with him. And this is the same party that calls Republicrats every name they own, and more..and who just finished 8 years of upstanding, clean, honest service to the American people.
    Go figure...

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/katenocera/t...
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Wow! I have to also grant the "Woo" label is incredibly accurate. It also is the key to understanding everything (well 98%) of what I see and hear in the media today. This hit the nail on the head:

    Woo is used to blind or distract an audience from a real explanation or to discourage people from delving deeper into the subject to find a more realistic explanation. You can't make money if nobody buys your bullshit. (As such, "woo" that has zero paying customers is more like just ordinary batshit crazy.)
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Actually, I think we can get away with making her "Wu2" since Wu1 (also a Dumbocrap) only lasted from 1998 to 2011 and had to resign because at age 56 he was accused of doing bad things with the 18yo daughter of an acquaintance and fellow looter (er.. contributor). So, I am sure she could contribute to the Dumbocrapic Political Brain trust in Washington, and eventually another scandal will have her resign as well. Seems to be in the political DNA.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm not too sure on the GPS thing, considering your signal comes from a string of satellites circling at 12,540 miles You need 4 for a fix, so what could you do from the moon when you are much better off jamming the carrier frequency? IN fact Wiki describes it as: It is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

    They also say: In addition to GPS, other systems are in use or under development, mainly because of a potential denial of access and potential monitoring by the US government.

    I'm pretty sure they were not so worried about the moon in that statement...
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Now, he is the poster boy for stupid, only stupid is probably smarter. The worse part is, he is a minority calling another minority "termites"? Really. Hasn't he ever been in the "I'm offended you used the "n word"" gang? He is actually more arrogant than The Beast or FelonyPelosi. He also needs to be made the poster boy Dumbocrap they roll out every time they call one of the sullied Republicrats "racist, bigoted, prejudiced" or any of their other thousand odd hot button labels.
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    Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank YOU SIR! You saved me from having to jump in and point out that little tid bit. RAH actually did all his own calculations and even had the military wanting to hang his butt, because they had proposed a moon base in the mid 50's, and launching weapons from it (rocks as well as nukes) was actually part of the plan. His wife described his frustrations in an article after his death, he was amazed at how such a simple concept could be so hijacked. The thing everyone misses is you actually have to accelerate the object past the moons escape velocity, and then have it on a course that allows Eart Low Orbit injection, and then you have to de-orbit on a path to your target. RAH had grain canisters with maneuvering rockets, and the catapult got it past the moons escape velocity. Prof and Manny rode one down for their conference on Earth with the cabal of govt officials.
    The real issue here is a candidate for government seeks to squash a private business from doing what it wants, and the silly people who would ride such a boondoggle, for an inane reason like that. Her logic is that a proposed trip that would be a swing around the moon and a return would then lead to "Moon Attacks" misses a whole bunch of in between steps, like getting to the lunar surface, building a catapult, and maneuvering said rocks. Also, she is doing the typical Dumbocrap "We own everything because none of you neobarb plebeians can be trusted to use it wisely" (read: sell it for your own gain/political contributions, nest egg donations and book deals).
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 8 years, 1 month ago
    Actually dropping rocks (via a catapult) was the key weapon of Free Luna in Moon is a Harsh Mistress. They did land with nearly nuclear force.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 1 month ago
    If you've ever seen Watter's World on The O'Rilley Factor, you can see there's plenty of low information voters out there who elect these moon rock Earth bombing and Guam capsizing clueless bumble brains.
    Not to mention a certain "Let's pass this bill to see what's in it" term limits poster child.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 2 months ago
    This is similar to the Democrat who was complaining that the island of Guam was going to tip over.

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/...

    It's truly surprising to me how absolutely ignorant these people are - and how much they allow their incoherent rants to become their method of thinking.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ha. I was thinking of this clip. The funniest thing is how the admiral responded without laughing. I get the idea one thing you learn really well in the military is not to laugh when your boss says something stupid.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    She failed to mention that the moon goes "stealth" during the daylight hours. An attack could come from anywhere.
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  • Posted by Itheliving 8 years, 2 months ago
    She is right. I heard Bill Nye support this. Do not be a rock falling from the moon denier.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 2 months ago
    There is so much stupidity here:
    1. If this were an issue, wouldn't it be an issue for low-Earth orbit (LEO), which is 1000 times nearer than the moon and already populated with private satellites, including hobbyists', and lots of space junk?
    2. What is her issue with private entities have "access" to the moon or LEO? Who should have access?
    3. She says you could interfere with GPS from the moon. True, but the field strength develops about -120dBm on a decent handheld antenna. You can locally blast over that with a device powered by a coin cell. I'm surprised there aren't more DoS attacks.
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