Open thread Plus: Flying cars!
posted at 9:46 pm on November 6, 2007 by Bryan
We’re in that part of the evening when, honestly, the last thing on my mind is politics. If there was a game on I’d be watching that. Of if I could find a Scrubs re-run I’d check that out. Hey–Dirty Jobs is on. I’m there.
There are things going on. The North Koreans have (allegedly) started dismantling their nuke sites. Don’t trust, just verify.
The AP breathes a heavy sigh of relief that impeachment got shot down. The AP (hearts) Cheney.
Astronomers found our “cousin” solar system. I bet they talk funny.
Obama is trying to get beyond his beyond his “NPR-listening, Starbucks-drinking, Prius-driving, Times-reading” base. Isn’t that pretty much the Democrat base?
The Onion takes on flying cars.
Mean Automakers Dash Nation’s Hope For Flying Cars
Anyway, talk amongst yourselves.
Update: Genius!
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My wife is pregnant!
Jay on November 6, 2007 at 9:49 PM
Who’s greater: Roger Federer or Tiger Woods? Discuss.
SouthernGent on November 6, 2007 at 9:49 PM
I’m devestated about the news that there will be no flying cars!
Jay on November 6, 2007 at 9:53 PM
Nuke it. Just to be safe.
lorien1973 on November 6, 2007 at 9:53 PM
I’ve heard of Tiger Woods.
lorien1973 on November 6, 2007 at 9:54 PM
I’ve heard that name somewhere too.
Jay on November 6, 2007 at 9:54 PM
What color would their Code Pinkos be?
Kini on November 6, 2007 at 9:55 PM
Quick, call the ACLU.
Nationals Children’s Museum honcho busted for kiddie porn.
JammieWearingFool on November 6, 2007 at 9:55 PM
John McEnroe and Jack Nicklaus…Oh! You meant of those two. Sorry.
d1carter on November 6, 2007 at 9:56 PM
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Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 9:57 PM
If you can find a Scrubs rerun? It’s all over Comedy Central these days…I never did get into that show.
JetBoy on November 6, 2007 at 9:58 PM
My nyquil is kicking in.
Jay on November 6, 2007 at 9:58 PM
is anyone else getting that commercial for the hybrid car after the vid?
would…wouldn’t you let the little sh*t walk?
jummy on November 6, 2007 at 9:59 PM
Tiger Woods.
Federer is like Roy Jones Jr. He came along when there was no competition. He has no one to play against.
Tiger Woods actually changed his entire game at a point when he was destroying the tour, making the entire PGA look like amatuers. Federer would need to switch to a wooden racquet to come close to what Tiger has done.
Theworldisnotenough on November 6, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Not for long!
Kini on November 6, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Just a little while longer until it’s Del Taco time!
Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 10:01 PM
As a graduate of Western Michigan, I’m disappointed Bryan- Western-Central on national TV in HD from Kalamazoo- it doesnt get any better!
ConservativeLawStudent on November 6, 2007 at 10:02 PM
How irritating was the ad for the HYBRID Ford SUV at the end? The little girl wants her dad to drop her off a block from the theater because “people in that part of town are riding bikes and hybrids and stuff”.
If Little See-Dub said that to me, I would offer to take her to a movie theater in a community with a lower per-capita of stuck-up a@#$%*es. Well, I wouldn’t say that part in front of her, but I would have a long talk about how those people at school or wherever she heard that crap are trying to brainwash her and use her as a spy to regulate her parents’ behavior, just like the communists did.
I had read those articles a few weeks back about how kids are being enlisted into the army of eco-warriors, but I’m surprised to see advertisers pandering to them.
see-dubya on November 6, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Well Bryan if your bored,History channel is just
finishing up a story about how the Canadains were
getting screwed around by the croations at a check point,
while the croations stalled for time,the croations were
still ethnic cleansing in a village.
When Clinton was President,it was the only time in my
life that I actually screamed at a tv set,screaming for
Clinton to get off his !ss and stop the serbs and croations
from massacreing the civilians.
Oh and Liberals,yes I know there was no oil in the Balkins,
so what was the excuse for Liberals not to intervene,oh I forget Monica.Well thats off my chest.
canopfor on November 6, 2007 at 10:04 PM
Jummy is reading my mind. If you don’t like the family truckster, dear, you don’t have to ride in it.
see-dubya on November 6, 2007 at 10:04 PM
I’m watching Dennis Miller’s new show on the Versus Network. Pretty funny stuff.
SouthernGent on November 6, 2007 at 10:08 PM
I’ve always kind of wondered what it would take to have a vehicle that runs completely on electric motors, like those diesel-electric locomotives. I haven’t started the research, but I know the big issue would be when the electric motors are used to slow down the vehicle. This produces an incredible amount of current and it would need to go somewhere. On a locomotive, it has these massive heat exchangers that converts the current to heat and then blows it out.
While we could do something similar for vehicles, I’m not sure where we could stick the vents. I mean, you slow your car down with the engines, but you end up melting the paint off of the guy’s vehicle next to you.
If the issue above could be resolved, I think it may be good thing to try. Those electric motors on the locomotives are very powerful, so maybe semi-trucks can be the first ones to transition over to these electric motors.
Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Do parachutes come as standard equipment like the airbags,or does that have to be ordered seperately
on this fancy flying car.haha
canopfor on November 6, 2007 at 10:14 PM
roof-mount gauss gun.
jummy on November 6, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Dennis Millers new show ain’t half bad.
Sammy316 on November 6, 2007 at 10:20 PM
Yes, but what about global warming??
Rick on November 6, 2007 at 10:23 PM
LoL.
Lawrence on November 6, 2007 at 10:26 PM
I loathe Al Gore and what he is doing to our children and the liberal machinery in our schools and media doing their very best to sell them a bill of goods built on shakier grounds than Hitler’s eugenistic adventure.
James on November 6, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Congratulations JAY!
The jury is still out on the flying cars. . . .
ThackerAgency on November 6, 2007 at 10:31 PM
Jummy,
You’re a genius!!
Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 10:32 PM
Congrats, your first?
Sorry AP C money (I love that) is a real registered elite, I like the way he drives liberals wild but he embodies an even more pervasive globalist Bush than Bush does.
http://www.augustreview.com/issues/globalization/the_global_elite%3a_who_are_they?_200511146/
Speakup on November 6, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Would it be as cool as this?
Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 10:34 PM
Those flying cars may have been what Kucinich saw. If that’s the case I think Ohio should impeach him for not immediately going public with that kind of secret information that could be so valuable to his constituents. He’s obviously misleading them making up that UFO story.
On furthernote, I saw a pundit on BO’R tonight call Kucinich a straight shooter. With a straight face. And BO’R let it roll off. Didn’t say a word to challenge him. My goodness.
Griz on November 6, 2007 at 10:34 PM
Science is the abiolity to repeat results.
Evolution is science.
God did the first experiment.
Now, finally, we have found a habital world other than our own.
We can finally find out if God’s experiment was duplicated on another world.
If there is evolved life on that planet…
then evolution must be proven science!
And that my friend, disproves the existence of God./s
AZCON on November 6, 2007 at 10:43 PM
There are more important things to worry about than North Korea’s dismantling of their nuclear program. Right now, the only dismantling that should be a priority is Prince‘s arsenal of lawyers, laying in wait to sue you if you use images of him online!
Weebork on November 6, 2007 at 10:45 PM
Dude, you’ve encroached on a Kos copyright. And beyond that, lighten up. Truth will out.
km on November 6, 2007 at 10:52 PM
There are flying cars. Check out Moller’s website.
stonemeister on November 6, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Maybe that’s what Dennis K. saw.
MB4 on November 6, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Just saw that.
MB4 on November 6, 2007 at 11:01 PM
You all need to go listen to my music, so you can feel better when you turn it off, then thank god your not me……..Hey it’s an open thread what were you expecting……
doriangrey on November 6, 2007 at 11:05 PM
lol! I was just going to suggest photoshopping a pic of his wife into that car.
Connie on November 6, 2007 at 11:05 PM
Weeee haaaaa haa haa harrdie harr har. Onion sure has a solid feel for how the msm like to report false news!!!!!
We have a cousin solar system???? Great news lets send our lefties there to destroy themselves!! The maximum can live in poverty while the absolute minority can live in maximum luxury!!! Most of our planets eviormental,energy (20% fewer people) and social problems will be solved in one clean sweep!!!
allrsn on November 6, 2007 at 11:15 PM
I invite you all to :
I Can Has Cheezburger?
And, for both Veteran’s Day and the Marine Corps Birthday, Saturday, I’m going to my bar, the Haunted Head Saloon in Oceanside, California and I’m bringing my Chocolate Fudge Chunk Macadamia Nut and plain Brownies for any Marine, Sailor and Hot Air reader that wants one.
Michelle, I will fed-ex you some if you fed-ex me some Lumpia…
Mazztek on November 6, 2007 at 11:15 PM
That game had a crazy finish to it. A couple of the lamest QB sneaks I’ve ever seen though.
Does anyone else have a problem hitting the back button to get back to Hot Air from MM? Every time I hit it it just reloads the page, and I eventually have to bring Hot Air back up in the address bar. Not sure what the deal it, but I’m leaning towards blaming Booosh.
BadgerHawk on November 6, 2007 at 11:19 PM
EVERYONE REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR HOT AIR AS BEST VIDEO BLOG ALSO.
http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/poll-index.php
BadgerHawk on November 6, 2007 at 11:22 PM
I have blogawards set as a desktop shortcut to remind me.
allrsn on November 6, 2007 at 11:25 PM
Open threa??? Talk amoungst ourselves??? Okay, here’s something for you. I received an email from a friend about the movie “The Golden Compass” to be released on 12.07.07. I’ll copy and past the thing here. What do y’all think?
{{THE GOLDEN COMPASS, a new movie targeted at children, will be released December 7, 2007. This movie is based on the first book of a trilogy by atheist Philip Pullman. In the final book, a boy and girl kill God so they can do as they please. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that “My books are about killing God.”
The movie is a watered down version of the first book, and is designed to be very attractive in the hope unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie, and that the children will want the books for Christmas.
The movie has a well-known cast, including Nicole Kidman, Kevin Bacon, and Sam Elliott. It will probably be advertised extensively, so it is crucial that we get the word out to warn parents to avoid this movie.
You can research this for yourself. Start with this article on Snopes.com, then go to Google.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp}}
LurP on November 6, 2007 at 11:27 PM
I saw a preview for it on tv the other day – would have never guessed it was about that.
Rick on November 6, 2007 at 11:37 PM
The history of LolCats
BadgerHawk on November 6, 2007 at 11:37 PM
Flying cars … plus islam … flying car bombs!
Best flying car ever award goes to … The Delorean time machine in Back to the Future! “One point twenty one jiggawatts!”
Speakin’ of BttF, anybody ever notice that the name of the mall changes? In the beginning of the film, it’s the Twin Pines Mall. When Marty first goes back in time to 1955, he runs over a pine tree. When he gets back to 1985, the name of the mall changes to Lone Pine Mall.
Tony737 on November 6, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Time for our cousin solar system to accept our lefties!
allrsn on November 6, 2007 at 11:39 PM
sweet!
jummy on November 6, 2007 at 11:40 PM
When that happens to me, I usually go to the upper left corner and click the ‘Recent Pages’ arrow to get the little drop-down display. Usually there’s some ad-looking address between Michelle’s page and Hot Air, but you can just jump over it to get back here.
Sorry, but you’re not allowed to use the words “Monica” and “off my chest” that close together. This is a family website. :P
ReubenJCogburn on November 6, 2007 at 11:41 PM
If you watch BTTF, when Marty drives the DeLorean out of the barn, he runs over one of the pine trees. Hence the name change of the mall.
stonemeister on November 6, 2007 at 11:46 PM
For anyone who cares:
Looks like Utah’s voucher referendum is going to get shot down.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=320&sid=615393
Shame.
Sammy316 on November 6, 2007 at 11:49 PM
And who’s to say God didn’t give each galaxy an Earth thereby defining science as the ability to repeat results?
Griz on November 7, 2007 at 12:03 AM
Re: The Golden Compass, I heard Fr. Jonathan Morris talk about it on FOX. He was not a happy camper about it at all.
Connie on November 7, 2007 at 12:06 AM
I match your flying cars and raise you with flying cows.
It must be a cool day in Hell.
mesablue on November 7, 2007 at 12:17 AM
“Sean Yamashita”!
LOL!
profitsbeard on November 7, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Sorry to hear that. In the Seattle area, a $38 billion dollar transportation extravaganza failed by only 10%. Most people didn’t like the fact it wouldn’t actually improve traffic. The Sierra Club opposed it, even though it replaced some important highway lanes with a rail line, because people would still be allowed to use their cars on the remaining roads.
pedestrian on November 7, 2007 at 12:29 AM
The gall!
/sarc
Sammy316 on November 7, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Looks like SLC elected another moonbat for mayor, he will have to raise his “A” game to beat ole Rocky in moonbattery though.
Sammy316 on November 7, 2007 at 12:34 AM
OK, since this an Open Thread, I will drop this here:
I see John McCain arising.
I see things may be going his way.
I see rumbling and hear noises.
I see better times for him today.
Chorus:
Dont go around writing off McCain,
Well, its bound to take your prognosticating life,
John McCain is on the rise.
- CCR
MB4 on November 7, 2007 at 12:49 AM
November 07, 2007
In Pakistan, Echoes of Iran
By David Ignatius
MB4 on November 7, 2007 at 12:57 AM
Woohooo! The Lifetime Channel finally came to its senses and put a double dose of “Frasier” back in their nightly lineup (midnight to 1AM on the east coast). If only FNC would put RedEye back to 2AM! I miss falling asleep laughing.
NightmareOnKStreet on November 7, 2007 at 1:03 AM
Question Bryan:
Not that I don’t love seeing your posts, but is AP alright?
I for one miss his witicisms.
Did he have a dentist appointment or something?
Did Chris Hitchens invite him to a snazzy party?
How about Dobson?
BKennedy on November 7, 2007 at 1:11 AM
AP’s on vacation–not sure for how long, though.
ReubenJCogburn on November 7, 2007 at 1:15 AM
A week I believe.
Sammy316 on November 7, 2007 at 1:31 AM
Who’s all invading Vegas this week?
steveegg on November 7, 2007 at 1:38 AM
Speaking of RedEye, I hope somebody has their TiVo working. We have a Hammer Alert.
steveegg on November 7, 2007 at 1:40 AM
Whats going on in Vegas?
Sammy316 on November 7, 2007 at 1:52 AM
I found out something very strange today. My bank account has the maturity of a 12 year old boy. How do I know this? It called me yesterday morning at 5am, and just now at 2am, Yes, 2am. Now normally, when I get a phone call at 2am I totally expect someone to be dead or there is a major crisis afoot.
This morning was different, My bank account called me to tell me that someone had withdrawn a good bit of money from my account. “Ok”, I thought, someone has hacked my account. I panicked… then I panicked some more. WHO THE CRUD IS TAKING MONEY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AT 2 FREAKIN AM?!?
I woke up a bit more and got online to see what had happened. Looking at a computer screen first thing in the morning is not easy, It is blurry.. very blurry.. even with my reading glasses.
I finally focused and saw that my payment for my school loan had been taken out. So good of them to tell me.. especially at 2am. I was not happy.
My bank account must still be in junior high and is probably still laughing at prank calling me so early. I’m thinking that there was a whole set of pre-teen accounts who had a sleep over at one of the banks and they sat up all night calling people, eating smores and giving each other wedgies. I’ll bet some people woke up and turned on their computers to see if certain checks cleared and couldn’t because the website was covered with toilet paper.
The accounts annoying younger siblings (aka Credit Unions) probably woke up to find shaving cream in their underwear and started crying.
Somewhere, a whole neighborhood is waking up to finding their car loans have been egged and shoe polished.
Yeah.. laugh it up infantile bank account.. I’ll get you back.. someday, somehow..
GoodBoy on November 7, 2007 at 4:25 AM
I’m waiting for a flying SUV with really low mileage before I take the plunge.
Hening on November 7, 2007 at 7:49 AM
The great ones always make it look like there is no competition. Nadal is no slouch, Hewitt is #21, the line up is so deep with men’s tennis and Federer is just a notch above. He will go down as the most devastating tennis player in history. After watching him play, I even have to rank him above my hero Rod Laver, who I consider the greatest of all time. And Mr. Laver agrees, calling Roger the most complete player in the history of tennis. Barring injuries, he will hold all of the records.
right2bright on November 7, 2007 at 8:56 AM
I would like to discuss Martin Luther’s Open Letter to Pope Leo X, back in 1520. Anyone?
Jaibones on November 7, 2007 at 9:14 AM
Loved the flying cow story. That’s a really bad day, ain’t it?
It made me think of the significantly more tragic story of the guy in Dallas who always drove to work one way, and then decided to take a different route one morning for some unknown reason, and then an airplane got hit by a bizarre wind shear and landed on his roof. Well, crashed on his roof I guess.
Jaibones on November 7, 2007 at 9:18 AM
Can you hit a golf ball further with a golf club or a baseball bat?
Oldnuke on November 7, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Well Luther was polite, he called the Pope “Most blessed Father Leo.”
But it sorta went downhill from there.
Oldnuke on November 7, 2007 at 10:06 AM
So…you’re saying that “pesilential fellows” was somehow uncomplimentary?
Jaibones on November 7, 2007 at 11:03 AM
“Godless flatterers”?
Jaibones on November 7, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Pitched, or teed?
Jaibones on November 7, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Oh well, if I may, I think I’ll plug a few items I’ve posted on the blogs I maintain. Let’s see what we have here in my databases. For example…
A video with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Turks blame Jews for Armenian genocide bill resolution.
Israeli police investigating Ehud Olmert’s bank fraud, and recommend pressing charges against him.
John Bolton’s memoir has debuted!
And also, here’s a writeup I did on Sword of the Atom TPB, which I encourage everyone to buy, buy, BUY! If there’s any comic book most strongly recommended for reading, it’s this one!
Two short videos of the Street Smart video game. :)
And I might as well make sure to plug this small blog I run called the Comic Book Discrimination Dossiers as well.
I guess that’ll be enough for now.
Avi Green on November 7, 2007 at 12:31 PM
My Chrysler dealer still won’t admit they have flying cars.
oakpack on November 7, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Either way, but I was thinking pitched to the bat and teed to the club.
And yeah I sorta thought that pestilential stuff was a little uncomplimentary. But this caught my attention too.
Oldnuke on November 7, 2007 at 1:05 PM