Yes; a real hearing today in Congress on Aliens

[zebonaut]

http://www.c-span.org/video/?319504-1/astrobiology-extraterrestrial-life

Gets interesting around 7.30

But this is not pseudoscience and UFO nonsense; this is the Real Deal; a radio signal from elsewhere; or some microbes on a nearby world

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. Aliens, Obama Birth Certificate, #Benghazi, IRS

Obviously these are the same aliens Issa is looking for. The same ones who planted the fake Obama birth announcement in August of 1961 in Hawaii. Lately they have split into groups - one running the target operation inside the IRS while the other grounded all the planes sent for rescue by President McCain.

[LongTomH]

2. Apparently the congresscritters asked some really, really dumb questions

House Science Committee Asked Some Very Non-Scientific Questions at the Astrobiology Hearing

Once the presentation was over, Chairman Smith opened the floor for questions, most of which turned out to be rather insulting.

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Rep. Chris Collins posed the question he thought was on everyone's mind -- "Have you watched Ancient Aliens and what is your comment on the series?" Shostak replied that he takes issue with the premise of the show, which posits that ancient artifacts suggest a long-ago alien visit to Earth. "Pyramids were built by Egyptians," he said, and Werthimer added that "UFOs have nothing to do with extraterrestrials." That was Collins's only question. Rep. Bill Posey asked the scientists to discuss "Project Blue Book," drawing a connection between UFOs and the search for life in spite of Werthimer's note.

It should be noted, however, that some members of the committee made more serious inquiries. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson asked how SETI research had contributed to other areas of science, and Rep. Donna Edwards asked for details on how the panchromatic telescope project would work. But its hard to shake the feeling that, for the most part, committee members stepped into the room with a view of aliens as imaginary humanoid beings waiting to talk to us, and walked out with that same view. Which has more to say about the state of our government than the state of our scientific advances.

Duhhhh!!!!!

Why do we keep sending morons to Congress?

[GeorgeGist]

4. Morons vote ...

don't you know.

[Leme]

3. no comment on hearing

but it would surprise me not if there have been or currently are aliens from other places etc here.