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Michelle ML's avatar

Keeping congress entertaining! Thank you for the giggles :-)

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Yes, that’s one thing congress is good for - entertainment!

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Victor D. Sandiego's avatar

Fun article! And I think Monty Python had the right idea.

"So remember when you're feeling very small and insecure

how amazingly unlikely is your birth

And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space

'Cause there's bugger little of it here on Earth."

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Ha - that made me laugh! Thanks for the chuckle, Victor :-)

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doug paxton's avatar

"dolphins and octopi are orders of magnitude more intelligent than us." Amen!

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Mike Leavy's avatar

Possibly raccoons too 😉

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Christy Brandt's avatar

The whole thing seems strange. I’m curious what the decisions were though and how it can change things in the future. What does it even mean to put language about USP into law or policy?

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Mike Leavy's avatar

I don’t know what the point is of putting that language in there, but I kinda like that they’re considering it 👽

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Elva's avatar

Thank you for bringing the benefit of reason into this giggly conversation, Chrsity. I have always fantasized about meeting a citizen from another place in the universe. But, the movie Communion with Christopher Walken managed to convey the terror at being abducted. So, I am not too sure now about my feelings. I am also enjoying Doug, Victor and Michelle's reactions/responses.

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Mike Leavy's avatar

I'm pretty sure I'm living through an alien abduction right now

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Elva's avatar

Besides being short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize, you may just enter into Socvial Media's top 5 Influencers. You have influenced me greatly. I am watching the movie Communion today - not too late at night.

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