Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The Stupidest Member of Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee (D): "The Moon is Made of Gases" Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:58:14 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: <20240409185814.00000e30@example.com> References: <20240409163336.00007e1b@example.com> <17c4b9c9d7f0acd2$1$3573948$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:58:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bb88fddf6333b34cfa8ddd6058df26ca"; logging-data="527976"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FwhBDX4R640dmWDXJUqEuEIOQ9UhH/60=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:PXEiEij3LdVCX1tBv7x4mpU3t/8= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240409-4, 4/9/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2583 On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:27:14 -0400 moviePig wrote: > On 4/9/2024 4:33 PM, Rhino wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:26:32 +0000 > > BTR1701 wrote: > > > >> Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Congress's resident moron, > >> Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D): > >> > >> The moon is "made up mostly of gases" so we can soon live inside > >> it, unlike the sun which is "almost" too hot to go near. > >> > >> > >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1777722525939625984/vid/avc1/320x320/IqS6IPUaTCXkT8hU.mp4?tag=14 > >> > > Apparently, her ignorance of astronomy is as profound as her > > ignorance of pretty much everything else. She reminds me of the > > meme of AOC wanting to send a NASA mission to the sun but to avoid > > getting burned up by going at night. > > ... > > That meme sounds damning. Otoh, maybe it's bullshit for the > credulous: > > https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/clip-ocasio-cortez-urging-trip-sun-take-samples-is-altered-2023-11-13/ > Don't think we didn't notice you skipping right over what Jackson-Lee actually said in the video that BTR cited. What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? I'm waiting to hear you explain how she's really not nearly as stupid as people say she is, despite huge factual errors like this. -- Rhino