tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3360044560533963501..comments2024-03-28T12:48:34.305-04:00Comments on the daily howler: INITIAL REACTIONS: Reviewing the look of pure bafflegab!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-13482051247818049832016-02-24T08:56:10.249-05:002016-02-24T08:56:10.249-05:00Should read: "because it was ONLY producing h...Should read: "because it was ONLY producing heat anyway."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15405372910496912592016-02-24T08:55:03.064-05:002016-02-24T08:55:03.064-05:00So if I run out of gas on a level road, my car wil...So if I run out of gas on a level road, my car will maintain a constant speed because it was producing was heat anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5373560072810528032016-02-23T23:37:05.487-05:002016-02-23T23:37:05.487-05:00On the other hand, you (and I) just comment repeat...On the other hand, you (and I) just comment repeatedly and anonymously, on the blog of a "three career failure." And, classic cheap shot, again.Autonomousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27281820112674509402016-02-23T17:09:02.785-05:002016-02-23T17:09:02.785-05:00The Leaping Berylians defied the laws of physics d...The Leaping Berylians defied the laws of physics due to the superior power of faith in the creator of life and law.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TLLEAyyXxsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64078303808683221532016-02-23T16:52:48.788-05:002016-02-23T16:52:48.788-05:00The billiard balls move in straight lines on a fla...The billiard balls move in straight lines on a flat fabric, curved lines on a curved fabric. Bodies far from the sun move in straight lines, but near it they move in curved lines, because the fabric of space-time is curved near the sun.<br /><br />I think that's about all you can get from the trampoline analogy.impCaesarAvghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384806750440039982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12993841513641186712016-02-23T16:45:36.610-05:002016-02-23T16:45:36.610-05:00If you're driving at a constant speed on a lev...If you're driving at a constant speed on a level road, that fuel-burning engine isn't changing the energy of your car. It's turning the chemical energy of the fuel and air into heat.impCaesarAvghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384806750440039982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55007670187011378152016-02-23T14:22:35.714-05:002016-02-23T14:22:35.714-05:00No. But clearly you buy into the paranoid theory ...No. But clearly you buy into the paranoid theory of a three career failure that all the events you cite flow from those same villains indentified by Richard Nixon following his electoral defeat at the hands of Edmund G. Brown, Sr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82531200153716685222016-02-23T14:03:04.886-05:002016-02-23T14:03:04.886-05:00Today they are slamming her for her Hollywood ties...Today they are slamming her for her Hollywood ties and running a very unglamorous photo designed to align her with angry black thespians who are costing Democrats votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55645322745166597292016-02-23T14:02:23.720-05:002016-02-23T14:02:23.720-05:00You think it is a triviality that Bush stole the e...You think it is a triviality that Bush stole the election from Gore, let terrorists bomb the Trade Center, started wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, bungled Katrina, and blew up our economy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25697112585566473162016-02-23T14:00:25.336-05:002016-02-23T14:00:25.336-05:00Today on the front page section there are three po...Today on the front page section there are three positive news articles about Bernie and nothing about Hillary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-77068002606360864742016-02-23T13:54:43.728-05:002016-02-23T13:54:43.728-05:00Thanks to the creative Congressional initiative of...Thanks to the creative Congressional initiative of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. all of us can benefit from<br />a course in the academic/journalistic culture of incoherence, confusion and complete total incomprehension. <br /><br />This service is provided at no cost by one unencumbered by any academic or journalistic credentials which has thus enabled him to produce work of such outstanding quality that guild rules prohibit its discussion as a matter of self preservation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50976422608579490802016-02-23T13:54:24.813-05:002016-02-23T13:54:24.813-05:00Yes, they have run a few editorials by Clinton sup...Yes, they have run a few editorials by Clinton supporters and some criticism of Bernie, but this is like comparing the news coverage of the NY Times (which is supposed to be unbiased) with the editorial/opinion pages. Huffington post, in its supposed news articles, is consistently unfair to Clinton when it should be unbiased.<br /><br />It runs the least flattering pictures it can find. It frequently puts such pictures of Clinton beneath headlines unrelated to her or her campaign. I has a disproportionate number of articles criticizing her campaign and a disproportionate number praising Sanders or proclaiming that he can with the general election, is a phenomenon, is beloved by the kids, etc. Whatever Clinton does, her successes are spun as weaknesses and her losses are multiplied by being split into many negative articles. Sometimes there are 5-6 negative Clinton articles to a single Bernie item (usually positive). <br /><br />There are any number of serious Democrats who are not for Sanders. They have written columns in Huffington Post and elsewhere. That has nothing to do with the coverage she receives on the news side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71022349754477076512016-02-23T13:10:50.312-05:002016-02-23T13:10:50.312-05:00Codswallop from a congenital complainer.Codswallop from a congenital complainer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67613983899497443132016-02-23T12:49:17.632-05:002016-02-23T12:49:17.632-05:00The example of the bowling ball on the trampoline ...The example of the bowling ball on the trampoline is interesting, but it's a terrestrial one, that depends on our familiar Earth's gravity. We can relate to that. <br /><br />But planets and stars in space actually aren't resting on a trampoline, there is no up or down, they are not comparable to bowling balls on trampolines. At the risk of sounding like a fool, I don't know how the comparison works in space- it presumes a flat plane, with an up and a down in terms of gravity. What flat plane? Agree that there's so much unexplained by writing of these mysteries of science. It's sort of <i>presumed</i> that you will know what they mean, what they're talking about. Which is very flattering for the reader and the writer; of COURSE we know what you mean! All nodding and agreeing, when it's still seriously unclear at the basic level. Belvoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434724232693713684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-74797552585385319542016-02-23T12:05:14.894-05:002016-02-23T12:05:14.894-05:00The Huffington Post continues its unfair attacks o...The Huffington Post continues its unfair attacks on Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-womack/dear-bernie-red-flags-frequent_b_9289954.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27543490943298384082016-02-23T11:54:12.626-05:002016-02-23T11:54:12.626-05:00The passage cited from Isaacson strikes me as tota...The passage cited from Isaacson strikes me as totally coherent. What strikes me as incoherent is the nonsense being put forth in these posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33907567463720475512016-02-23T11:49:24.536-05:002016-02-23T11:49:24.536-05:00Kevin Drum may understand Einstein but he still do...Kevin Drum may understand Einstein but he still doesn't understand how you can generalize from a small random sample to a general population. He continues to insist that most of the findings of experimental psychology are invalid because of the sample sizes. There are courses in sampling theory but he thinks his common sense overrules the expertise of mathematicians. So, I do not share Somerby's enthusiasm for the guy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87774999200310682292016-02-23T11:32:52.935-05:002016-02-23T11:32:52.935-05:00Yes, Bob, I do understand the interplay between en...Yes, Bob, I do understand the interplay between energy and motion every time I step on the gas pedal and my car moves.<br /><br />Do I understand how crude oil is refined into gasoline? Do I understand how energy is stored in gasoline, or the intricate workings of the internal combustion engine to convert gasoline into the energy to move a 2,000-pound machine at pretty fast speeds if I so choose? Do I fully understand how the energy produced by the engine is transferred to the transmission and the wheels?<br /><br />Nope. But I do understand then when the gas tank is empty, the car won't move. No energy, no motion.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4932979857774264452016-02-23T11:20:11.205-05:002016-02-23T11:20:11.205-05:00I think it's his vocabulary-builder "word...I think it's his vocabulary-builder "word of the month."<br /><br />I'm just amused by the many, many rambling, disconnected, semi-coherent, and lengthy posts Bob has put up to complain about the "bafflegab" of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12682727124658528362016-02-23T11:03:44.967-05:002016-02-23T11:03:44.967-05:00It is unfortunate that Mr. Somerby both overuses a...It is unfortunate that Mr. Somerby both overuses and misuses bafflegab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com