BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr

Subject: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 04:53 PM

The interviews he has are like threads here, except he has the actual inventors and researchers in the studio or on the phone.

Today he had the director of the Hadron Collider talking about the lawsuit to cease and decist from starting it up. I bet this guy I know in Hawaii Dr. Dixon is behind the lawsuit.

THE best part was about alternative bio fuels with 5 different inventors discussing their brand new plans. Wow it was an eye opener.
I will get a link when the show gets a transcript.

Ira was a little whack today. Maybe its just spring fever.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 05:25 PM

Flato does great interviews. I have to remember to go listen to the live feed or find a pod cast.

My all time favorite NPR interpreter of things scientific and sometimes economic and often arcane is Robert Krulwich. Lately he has been doing Radio Lab. My NPR station stopped carrying Science Friday.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 05:59 PM

we love Science Friday! Sorry I missed today's. I look forward to listening to it.

Today, we had a civics lesson. I drove by some protesters. They were out because Cheney came to town to fundraise for another crook. MY grandson wanted to know what they were doing. We got into "government" which he asked "what does gubbermint do?" to explaining how Colorado is part of the United States and the evil people who have us in a war. He was really interested and grasped a lot of what I told him...in simple terms at least.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Amos
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 07:44 PM

I love Ira, too. But for some reason I always thought his last name was Playdough.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Slag
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 04:02 AM

Gee, Kat. Did you explain WHY you believe it was EVIL PEOPLE that got us into war? Not people with different views. Not people with different philosophies or beliefs but EVIL people? I guess those poor folk we're killing by the millions are all SAINTS. THEY couldn't be evil or have evil intent. I'm glad your garndson GRASPED, at a simple level at any rate, what was REALLY going on. I'm sure he won't have any prejudice or bias clouding HIS thinking as he grows older.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Amos
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 04:43 AM

I am sure there were evils in play on both sides.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Slag
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 06:26 AM

Absolutely Amos. My point is that the people are not EVIL, per se. I really thought hard before I posted the above because I LIKE Kat and I really don't want to offend her. I see what she she said in her post to be HIGHLY prejudiced. Hey, maybe she did give reason why she feels that those she opposes are wrong and I hope she did. I'm sure she is not going to reproduce the whole conversation here. But as given, there is no substance, no REASON. It is a didactic and a prime example of mind control-as given. Probably just a tempest in a tea cup and I guess I should have let it go...But...!

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Riginslinger
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 10:52 PM

"I love Ira, too. But for some reason I always thought his last name was Playdough."


                      That's interesting. When I renewed my NPR subscription a few months back there was a place to tell them some of you favorite programs or personalities. I listed Watch-Me-Sing and Ira Play Dough.

                      The lady who accepted my contribution didn't seem to be able to connect the dots.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Amos
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 04:19 AM

Clark (RIP) said that any technology sufficiently advanced will appear to be magic to the unindoctrinated.

As a parallel, I suppose it is true that any politics sufficiently stupid will appear to be evil.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 11:18 AM

In Kat's defense, I will observe that I believe a policy that is willfully, disastrously wrong may fairly be characterized as evil.

Since the "leaders" (not just Bush, but Cheney, Rove, et al.) in Washington took us into the invasion of Iraq with premises (WMDs, Iraq behind 9/11) that were false, that their own intelligence organization had given them every reason to know were false, and further since a highly placed member of the administration's pre-inauguration planning team says that even from the earliest days (and maybe even before assuming office, I forget) and thus of course long before 9/11, the intention was to invade Iraq, I say that constitutes willfulness.

As to the "disastrously", I don't think I even need to justify that conclusion.

quod erat demonstrandum

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 11:26 AM

Slag, one must presume that the reason you rise to the offense so quickly with Kat's discussion of the war in Iraq is that you support it? And you don't want to be portrayed as supporting evil?

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: pdq
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 11:34 AM

"...you rise to the offense so quickly with Kat's discussion of the war in Iraq is that you support it?"

The question should be "Why can't Mudcat get to five posts without one of the regular forum bullies hijacking the thread and turning it into another Bush bash."

This thread should be about science, something that Mudcat's relentless politicos do not seem interested in.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 02:56 PM

His name is Ira Flatow. Here is a link to the web site for Science Friday.

The people filing the lawsuit are Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho.

Here's an article from The New York Times.

Subject: RE: BS: Ira Flato - Science Fri. npr
From: Donuel
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 12:05 PM

JIm Dixon...that is also the name of the prof that is afraid that the Hadron collider can produce dangerous mini black holes and/or super nova accidents.

The best radio lab for me was the one on immortality research.
Since I did a novel on Gen Vac, a Comapny that made genetic vaccines that stopped disease for generations and End Cap Stopper TM. which let genes continue to rejeuvinate and not stop after on 14 relplications, I really enjoyed the show and the drama and humor they gave the subject.