pacino wrote:

Voters are split 44%-45% on whether Bush intentionally misled about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. 72% of Democrats think Bush lied about WMDs, Independents agree 48-45, just 13% of Republicans think so

this one is true

so is probably the alien thing, depending on what we define as aliens

pacino wrote:so is probably the alien thing, depending on what we define as aliens

Barry Jive wrote:i can't believe only 29% of people believe in aliens. that seems absurdly low. do people really have no idea how big the universe is

phatj wrote:

pacino wrote:so is probably the alien thing, depending on what we define as aliens

How do you figure?

Wind, not water, deposited most of the sediments in the layered Martian mountain NASA's Curiosity rover was sent to study, suggests an analysis of observations from orbit. If the rover confirms this scenario when it reaches the mountain next year, it could spell trouble for its chances of finding organic material there.

Last August, Curiosity landed inside the 154-kilometre-wide Gale Crater. Its primary goal is to reach and analyse the 5-kilometre-high sedimentary mound, Aeolis Mons, informally called Mount Sharp, which rises from the crater centre. Some researchers suspect that much of the mound — which at its base contains clay and sulphate minerals that require water to form — was laid down as lake sediments. "If there were lake deposits on Mars, this would be one of the best places to look," says Dawn Sumner, a Curiosity mission member at the University of California, Davis, who advocated sending the rover to Gale in part because of the possibility that it once contained a lake.

But a study by Edwin Kite of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and his colleagues, published on 26 March, paints a much drier picture of the mountain's formation1. The researchers used high-resolution images taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to measure the orientation of rock layers exposed at a handful of locations around the mountain's base. Instead of the flat layers expected from lake deposits, they found layers that were tilted outwards by about 3 degrees. The team's calculations show that this is consistent with the layers being formed by dust blown into the crater by wind.If so, this would likely limit the number of ancient, life-friendly environments for Curiosity to study. "If you're looking for an environment that could support life, more water is good," says Sumner.

pacino wrote:Americans believes in conspiracies:- 13% of voters think Barack Obama is the anti-Christ, including 22% of Romney voters

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

pacino wrote:

Voters are split 44%-45% on whether Bush intentionally misled about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. 72% of Democrats think Bush lied about WMDs, Independents agree 48-45, just 13% of Republicans think so

this one is true

so is probably the alien thing, depending on what we define as aliens

Not sure "intentionally misled" and "lied" are mutually inclusive here. He pretty clearly ignored intelligence that suggested Iraq did not have any, but he didn't really lie about the faulty intelligence suggesting they did have them. The exact question needs to be stated to assess this one.

pacino wrote:you posting links again? what's your point, sonny?

pacino wrote:
- 28% of voters believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9/11 attacks. 36% of Romney voters believe Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11, 41% do not