Comments on: Before the Mystic Dwarves Came Katherine Harris

By: Coyote Mercury » A Dark Matter

Coyote Mercury » A Dark Matter — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:41:43 +0000

[...] A Dark Matter Whilst the world quibbles about Pluto’s status as a dwarf planet, I thought I’d follow up on the real astronomy story – well covered over at Cosmic Variance – proof of the existence of dark matter. IÂ was, however,Â taken aback byÂ a matterÂ far darker: Katherine Harris’ condemnation of the separation of church and state. [...]

By: missVolare

missVolare — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:16:21 +0000

Maybe you could graph that for me?
Oh wait, i was hoping someone might have an idea of where to find timewave (TM) for osX.4 or whatever?

What bothers me about the wikedwitch Harris is her vast hyperpolarity; she seems liable to pull a DavidBrooks or invoke probability flux and become one of those superPositive LifeForce coaches and make even more $$. It’s disturbingly satisfying to witness such bile and naked insecurity become writ so large, but it also behooves me to remember that theodosia had her detractors too.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:50:48 +0000

In particle physics, a higgsino is the hypothetical superpartner of the Higgs boson, as predicted by supersymmetry.
The higgsino is a Dirac fermion and that is a weak isodoublet with hypercharge half under the Standard Model gauge symmetries.
After electroweak symmetry breaking the Higgsino become a pair of neutral Majorana fermions called neutralinos and a charged Dirac fermion called a chargino.
These states mix with the neutralinos and charginos from the bino and wino. A linear combination of the higgsino, bino and wino make up the lightest supersymmetric particle, which is a particle physics candidate for the dark matter of the universe.

So I guess humans are just as varied as particles
In hypothetical politics some humans can be supercharged and become candidates in mixed states.
Sometimes annihilation takes places (internicine wars) and sometimes new humans are procreated, or parties of humans get a candidate elected, but as in any race for there to be a ‘winner’ there have to be losers, and most candidates are defeated.
Politics or Physics, the only constant is change.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:47:36 +0000

Bob, someone like Harris doesn’t *need* a campaign. Why bother getting votes when you know how to rig the election? (And if your conscience bothers you, just say it is the will of God).

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:11:27 +0000

Maybe physicists should start talking directly to God as Katherine Harris claims to do. It sure would save a lot of tedious, difficult work.

By: Joao Carlos

Joao Carlos — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:46:35 +0000

It could be worse: the hurricane season could be comming along…

By: Blake Stacey

Blake Stacey — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:27:56 +0000

That was a very depressing way to start my Saturday morning.

By: Bob McNees

Bob McNees — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:11:30 +0000

Luckily, her Senate campaign has completely disentegrated. I would compare it to a horrible train wreck, but I don’t think train wrecks can generate that level of carnage. Her staffers leave the campaign as quickly as she can hire them. She advertises endorsements from prominent Republicans who then have to publicly announce that they don’t support her. Her campaign holds rallies where no one but paid staff and journalists (who probably drew the short straw) show up.

Go to this webpage:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/cats/katherine_harris/

Scroll to the bottom. Begin reading.

Yes, it is okay to enjoy this. A lot. Her ability to do irreparable harm to her own campaign is breathtaking. This could not be happening to a more deserving person.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:45:31 +0000

In science, experimental confirmation is the ultimate arbiter.

In politics, history plays that role.

Elliot