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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
Not a big deal, but I just saw this and thought it was neat ... Al Franken demonstrating a memory effect of sorts, in which he draws the 48 contiguous states (nearly) perfectly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HfcrqXtxOM http://www.adn.com/3437/story/894871.html The explanation: http://www.politico.com/static/PPM116_response.html And a little more: http://minnesotaindependent.com/41634/fr......draw-usa
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Hey everyone...did you know that Al Franken is now a United States senator?
How cool is that? |
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Terry Veckey Regular user Medford, Or. U.S.A. 140 Posts |
Shows what a sick sense of humor Minnesotians (sic) have.
-The Lesser Known-
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Bertrand Thornley Loyal user Tampa, FL 278 Posts |
An educated senator does something that glorifies intelligence and gets public attention! Wow,maybe there is hope.
"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business." Tom Robbins
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Glorifies intelligence? My IQ is 287, and I can't draw an accurate picture of Colorado, much less the entire U.S.
Al Franken must be GOD...or something close. Is he educated? Didn't know that. Saturday Night Live University, or where? Don't tell me Harvard. Please don't tell me Harvard. They didn't let me into Harvard, you know. Or the University of Chicago, either. I had trouble getting accepted into a university. They were afraid of me, I suppose. |
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
I can't stand to watch/listen to more than about ten seconds of Al Franken, but Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida are only approximations, and Nevada is larger than California...
What a doofus...
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Before you criticize his work, what kind of projection was he drawing? Eh? Was it equal area or equal distance?
John PS last time I mentioned Minnesota the thread got nasty. Maybe everyone has settled down a bit since then. PPS According to Wikipedia, Franken graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1973.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Great. Harvard. You know, I didn't know, but I sort of knew, if you know what I mean.
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airship Inner circle In my day, I have driven 1594 Posts |
Stone, did you leave a decimal point out of that IQ?
'The central secret of conjuring is a manipulation of interest.' - Henry Hay
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Why? Do you think it should be higher? I've been thinking of raising it lately. How does 293 sound?
I like it. |
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gaddy Inner circle Agent of Chaos 3526 Posts |
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...but Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida are only approximations, and Nevada is larger than California... He could cure cancer and the Faux News parrots would find some way to crap on it...
*due to the editorial policies here, words on this site attributed to me cannot necessarily be held to be my own.*
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NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 12:33, stoneunhinged wrote: Fahrenheit or Celsius? |
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 15:50, gaddy wrote: Sorry, but I don't work for "Faux News". I'm just crapping on him as an ordinary U.S. citizen... The comment: "Anne Schroeder Mullins, Politico: One of Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn.) many talents is that he can draw the [contiguous] 48 states perfectly..." Don't use "perfectly" if you don't mean "perfectly". Isn't this something that ALL students of Social Studies and U.S. History should be able to do? (BTW, I think Al GORE, and not Al FRANKEN, cured cancer...)
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 17:20, ClintonMagus wrote: ...who agrees with the pundits on Fox News.
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 17:20, ClintonMagus wrote: No, no...it's non-reciprocal. Any criticism makes you a neocon, but it's perfectly acceptable to call the rough approximation "perfect." What a great gig it would be to be a Democratic magician working the DNC. "Is this your card?" "Well, no, but I did pick a RED card! That's just perfect!!"
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 15:50, gaddy wrote: BTW FWIW, I don't disagree with this post at all; I just disagree with the implication that it's a one-way street. Similarly, if a Republican politician cured cancer, it'd be reported all over the left-wing media and blogosphere as evidence that cancer was a Republican invention in the first place, probably to reduce the population of the poor and/or minorities, who have a disproportionately high percentage of smokers.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
If Rush Limbaugh cured cancer, Al Franken would suddenly moan and complain about all the unemployed lab workers, and lab rats.
Come on gaddy it is politics. You yourself would automatically dispute ANYTHING Fox says right? At least be honest about it. If it does not come from an "approved source" people do not believe anything. (approved by the viewer LOL)
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 17:28, Steve_Mollett wrote: First, I would need to know which ones are considered "pundits" and which ones aren't and on which issues they are considered such. Since I don't agree with everyone on Fox News (or CNN or NBC, or MSNBC, or CNBC, or ABC, or CBS, or BBC, or Al Jazeera for that matter), only THEN could I let you know what percentage of them I agree with, and on which issues...
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On 2009-08-12 08:00, ClintonMagus wrote: It IS a hand drawn map, after all. Done on an upright piece of paper. All in all, it is probably a better map from memory than 99.9999% of the population could draw. I thought it was a pretty impressive memory demonstration. I'm sad that you (and others here, evidently) for whatever reason(s) do not appreciate it in the same way.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
I appreciate his memory and his artistic abilities definitely overshadow mine, but I'm not quite as orga$mic over it as Ms. Mullins and others seem to be...
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