Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:27:14 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: The Stupidest Member of Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee (D): "The Moon is Made of Gases" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240409163336.00007e1b@example.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: <20240409163336.00007e1b@example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:27:14 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1530 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c4b9c9d7f0acd2$1$3573948$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 1922 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/