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Wednesday Toon Roundup 2- Tbagging babies (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2013 OP
Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Oct 2013 #1
All Toons SteveG Oct 2013 #2
Wow, American Bittern is a classy toon! flamingdem Oct 2013 #3
K&R n/t UtahLib Oct 2013 #4
American Bittern is excellent. oldandhappy Oct 2013 #5
thank you! hedgehog Oct 2013 #6
Couldn't get a sitter - perfect lame54 Oct 2013 #7
Made me laugh out loud! Lifelong Protester Oct 2013 #9
Yup, that was my favorite, as well. 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #10
"Couldn't get a sitter" -- >sigh< Hekate Oct 2013 #8
Mars rover Curiosity keeps on truckin' struggle4progress Oct 2013 #11
k&r Electric Monk Oct 2013 #12
could have chosen a better thread title MattBaggins Oct 2013 #13
My favorite:: tblue37 Oct 2013 #14
This one epitomizes the stupidity of the GOP demands liberal N proud Oct 2013 #15

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
5. American Bittern is excellent.
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 10:44 AM
Oct 2013

Saw one once at Walker Lake in northern CA.
Woke up this morning sort of depressed about our current state of affairs re K Bros taking down the country. Toons are a great antidote! Thank you.

struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
11. Mars rover Curiosity keeps on truckin'
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 05:50 PM
Oct 2013

October 7, 2013
By Thomas J. Morgan, The Providence Journal, R.I.

... On Wednesday, The Providence Journal -- and a number of other media outlets around the country -- published a story that said the car-sized robot had been placed in hibernation because of the government shutdown.

Not so, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman said Monday. Although NASA has furloughed 97 percent of its personnel, NASA doesn't operate the rover. JPL does, under contract with NASA, said Guy Webster.

"The person at NASA who put out that story might not have had complete information," Webster said. He added that the error was picked up by other science writers around the country.

Adding to the confusion, NASA closed down its website right after offering the erroneous information, so the tale was uncheckable after some insiders noticed that the stories were incorrect ...


http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/8/mars_rover_curiosity_keeps_on_truckin.htm

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