I didn’t realize this vote was coming up, what with all the other distracting noise. And my Democratic US Senator also voted to keep Pai on. Thanks so much, Claire. :mad:
No, it’s just terrorism of a very low-effort yet high-effectiveness kind: It keeps the believers terrified of a vengeful omnipotent asshole who can read their very thoughts, to keep them afraid of challenging Pat’s theology, or even disbelieving, lest they be struck down too.
Actually, what I think what the senator is really saying is, “yeah, we don’t really give a shit, folks. The NRA pays too well. You may as well get used to this because it’s just going to keep happening. So remember … Serpentine! Serpentine!”
I don’t know whether to be impressed that you came up with such an obscure reference or embarrassed that I got it.
Before I click that link, I gotta say: there better be Peter Falk and Alan Arkin on the other side of it…
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Good job!
It was frequently referenced in MST3K so…
Hehe. I got it, too. It’s an obscure reference de muerte.
It’s been updated for todays hip kids.
It is really not that obscure. The '79 version is as classic as The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! (the remake, not so much).
Psh. A Game of Thrones reference.
You are aware of the fact that 1979 is almost 40 years ago, right? (I know, I know… seems impossible…)
Oh, that was a great movie. Loved it!
I wonder if he said the same thing to his Congressional colleagues when they were the ones being shot at.
Wotta piece o’ hypocritical shit!
It seems like broad swaths of SDMB posters were in or already out of HS in '79. Elsewhere it might be obscure, but here probably half or more of us would get it.
Missed who it was but some ® Congressthing was on CNN explaining that bump-stocks are legal because the shooter is still making one trigger pull per shot.
“Emergency…Everybody to get from street!!!”
Maybe the dumbest thing I have ever seen. It’s a fucking weapon. If it is used at all, it’s very fucking dangerous. If it’s not dangerous, then it’s not much of a weapon.
Well, sure, but they can be used safely. He just articulated it in a daft manner.