Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by only_human

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

The video literally brought tears to my eyes. It's wonderful to see brilliant people pushing the envelop.

[only_human]

Originally Posted by chalsall

The video literally brought tears to my eyes. It's wonderful to see brilliant people pushing the envelop.

I was very impressed by the Tampa Bay Times actually and factually reporting actual news with an actual backstory.
Don't get me wrong, it still is fun to see reporters scramble to report what Hillary had for lunch or to compensate for her van driving to the back side of a building.
Jon Stewart Watches The Media Freak Out Over Hillary's Burrito Order
A Celebration Of The Professionalism Of Campaign Reporters

[ewmayer]

Tombstone of Hillary Clinton's father knocked over: newspaper | Reuters

"Local officials were quick to dismiss as 'unfounded' rumors that the late Hugh Rodham's headstone might have fallen over as a result of the deceased turning over in his grave over his daughter's shameless faux-populism."

[davar55]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Tombstone of Hillary Clinton's father knocked over: newspaper | Reuters

"Local officials were quick to dismiss as 'unfounded' rumors that the late Hugh Rodham's headstone might have fallen over as a result of the deceased turning over in his grave over his daughter's shameless faux-populism."

Is real populism any better than the faux kind?

[BudgieJane]

I'm sure everyone here can think of a few people that this applies to

http://xkcd.com/1513/

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by davar55

Is real populism any better than the faux kind?

Quite possibly worse, in the "how many popules were killed for their pelts to allow you to wear that populism?" sense.

[Brian-E]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Quite possibly worse, in the "how many popules were killed for their pelts to allow you to wear that populism?" sense.

You should have postponed your brilliant answer until September 28. :-)

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by Brian-E

You should have postponed your brilliant answer until September 28. :-)

Would that that observance had been around during my schooldays - I once had the whole 8th-grade history class laugh at me for asking "who is buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?" It sounds superficially like a daft question, but at least in the U.S. version of said monument - the subject of my Stupid Question^tm - turns out to be nontrivial.

[Batalov]

Lateralus (song by Tool) (Wiki)

Counting between pauses, the syllables in Maynard James Keenan's vocals during the verses form the first few Fibonacci numbers, ascending and descending

           black
           then
         white are
       all  I   see
     in my in-fan-cy
red and yel-low then came to be
    reach-ing out to me
      lets me see
        there is
           so
          much
        more and
      be-ckons me
    to look through to these
  in-fi-nite pos-si-bi-li-ties
As be-low, so a-bove and be-yond, I i-ma-gine
  Drawn out-side the lines of rea-son
    Push the en-vel-ope
      watch it bend

[chappy]

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.

the next line of the lyrics. YMMV

[Batalov]

Not necessarily ;-) Math Rock!