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July 26, 2012
Remember president obama went overseas. he looks like the president, but theres a risk involved, right? you dont want to give the queen an ipod a gift with your speeches on it or hug the queen. wait, obama made those mistakes. do no harm, right? >> absolutely. he did look presidential. we commented during the break, that i like seeing him in front of ten downing street. >> which is where he belongs. a perfect prime minister of england. >> thats one job youd like outsourced. >> he needs in the po...
June 13, 2012
Radioactive spider and gets superpowers. he becomes stronger, he becomes faster, he can sense danger. but less well-known is what comes next. hes not all superpowers. hes sort of a geek hero. he uses his geek acumen to prevent a substance that mimics spiderwebs and allows him to climb walls. then he uses his machinist acumen to create web shooter things that go on his wrist that allow him to shoot it out in order to climb the walls. it is a story of a radioactive spider bite, but also science tr...
June 13, 2012
If you will. peter parker, a young geek extraordinaire, gets bitten by a radioactive spider and gets superpowers. he becomes stronger, he becomes faster, he can sense danger. but less well-known is what comes next. hes not all superpowers. hes sort of a geek hero. he uses his geek acumen to prevent a substance that mimics spiderwebs and allows him to climb walls. then he uses his machinist acumen to create web shooter things that go on his wrist that allow him to shoot it out in order to climb t...
June 13, 2012
He becomes stronger, he becomes faster, he can sense danger. but less well-known is what comes next. hes not all superpowers. hes sort of a geek hero. he uses his geek acumen to prevent a substance that mimics spiderwebs and allows him to climb walls. then he uses his machinist acumen to create web shooter things that go on his wrist that allow him to shoot it out in order to climb the walls. it is a story of a radioactive spider bite, but also science triumphing. we are trying to replicate it i...
May 11, 2012
Little like a grifter who will go from audience to audience saying anything that will please them. and he has about as much authenticity as say, a kardashian marriage. richard also is right that the president, a presidential candidate at this point needs to be to the center. not to the far right in the case of republicans or far left in the case of democrats. he is not doing that. he is task to the far right. he is doing that because his credentials are not well established. he doesnt have the k...
April 19, 2012
a lot of fond memories to share. >> i would watch "american bandstand" and i would also watch every new years eve. dick clark was the one. >> oh, its the main memory of watching the new years eve, "new years rockin eve" and watching the ball drop and seeing him. even in the last couple of years post stroke, just his strength. i think that was really an amazing representation. >> it was like a ritual every year. "new years rockin eve," it made new years what it is. you know? he will cer...
April 19, 2012
>> i would watch "american bandstand" and i would also watch every new years eve. dick clark was the one. >> oh, its the main memory of watching the new years eve, "new years rockin eve" and watching the ball drop and seeing him. even in the last couple of years post stroke, just his strength. i think that was really an amazing representation. >> it was like a ritual every year. "new years rockin eve," it made new years what it is. he will certainly be missed. >> well, on twitter immed...
April 18, 2012
watch every new years eve. dick clark was the one. >> oh, its the main memory of watching the new years eve, "new years rockin eve" and watching the ball drop and seeing him. even in the last couple of years post stroke, just his strength. i think that was really an amazing representation. >> it was like a ritual every year. "new years rockin eve," it made new years what it is. he will certainly be missed. >> well, on twitter immediately, dick clark became a trending topic. within just...
March 25, 2012
So the individual mandate is being framed as an acumen under the commerce law. they say this is not a tax, this is a penalty. so congress could refurbish this as a tax and say were not doing this under our commerce power, were doing this under a general taxation power. plaintiffs are arguing that would be much more intellectually honest and harder to pass through congress. harder to pass, and more evidence that this is to raise revenue to fund the rest of the -- >> i want to pause everybody ther...
February 23, 2012
They keep dreaming about the one that got away. whether it is chris christie or mitch daniels or jeb bush or paul ryan. all these names and many others decides are just mentioned constantly. it comes up in e-mail and twitter chatter. so again, that is tough for the four candidates that are in there. it makes it tough for them to, for any one of them to manage to get that majority, that 1144 delegates. jon: here is the way one astute political observer and rhodes scholar put it in his online post...