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applegrove

(118,682 posts) Wed Nov 19, 2014, 07:45 PM Nov 2014

Rick Mercer Report: Rick's Rant - Pure Science (Canadian but applies to the US too)

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Rick Mercer Report: Rick's Rant - Pure Science (Canadian but applies to the US too) (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2014 OP

kick Quixote1818 Nov 2014 #1

Did you know he was a high school dropout? He's also a fucking genius, imho. Electric Monk Nov 2014 #2

Yes. He is brilliant. And he was a successful applegrove Nov 2014 #3

There must be an Election Year coming up! Johnny Rash Nov 2014 #4

Quixote1818

(28,946 posts)

1. kick

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 12:52 AM

Nov 2014

Electric Monk

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2. Did you know he was a high school dropout? He's also a fucking genius, imho.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 01:56 AM

Nov 2014

Some of the background graffiti he manages to include in his rants is totally art in its own right. I'm sure that's no accident.

applegrove

(118,682 posts)

3. Yes. He is brilliant. And he was a successful

Reply to Electric Monk (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 02:50 AM

Nov 2014

comedien in his early twenties. We are lucky to have him.

Johnny Rash

(227 posts)

4. There must be an Election Year coming up!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 02:49 PM

Nov 2014

For a moment, I thought this video clip what about the Feminist Group's attack on one the scientist!

Remember this dude?

It seems to me that Rick Mercer, one of the best Corporate Jester in Canada, just missed a great opportunity here.

However, the issue is real: The image of Galileo being silenced by the Church comes to mind quite vividly.

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