Efficacy

Not Abandoned

2011-08-21T15:33:00.000-05:00

Awaiting inspiration.

The God Delusion Index Test

2008-02-01T11:32:00.000-06:00

(h/t PZMyers @ pharyngula)

2008-01-06T21:26:00.001-06:00

Don't Let Them Eat Cake!

2007-12-03T14:11:00.000-06:00

If...

2007-07-22T13:56:00.000-05:00

E. J. Dionne Jr. - Free To Be Al Gore - washingtonpost.com

2007-05-23T06:54:00.000-05:00

E. J. Dionne Jr. - Free To Be Al Gore - washingtonpost.com: "Say what you will, the blogs and other online gathering places do promote a culture of engagement rather than passivity. The raucous back-and-forth they encourage looks, at least sometimes, like real, live democratic politics.But the larger change is that the very process Gore describes -- of propaganda taken as fact, of slogans taken

MJQ

2007-05-21T08:16:00.000-05:00

A palate refresher.

John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change

2007-05-21T07:00:00.001-05:00

Linkin Park - Hands Held High

2007-05-21T06:44:00.000-05:00

"Sick of the dark ways,we march to the drumming.Jump when they tell usthey want to see jumping.Fuck that, I want tosee some fist pumping.Risk something.Take back what's yoursSay something that you knowthey might attack you forcause I'm sick of being treatedlike I have before.Like it;s stupid standing forwhat I'm standing for.Like this war is really justa different brand of war.Like it doesn't

Funny stuff for skeptics

2007-05-17T12:14:00.000-05:00

Roy Zimmerman - Funny Songs About Ignorance, War and Greed

You have to read this!

2007-05-11T12:22:00.000-05:00

"Instead, there's a shitstorm brewing, the flags are beginning to snap on the flagpoles, and karma is about to pay a nasty housecall."

An Essay on Criticism - Part II by Alexander Pope

2007-04-27T15:41:00.000-05:00

True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd,What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd;Something whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind.

2007-04-20T09:17:00.000-05:00

That's What Marvin Gaye Wanted to Know...

2007-04-17T11:38:00.001-05:00

The History of Creationist Thought

2007-03-18T12:08:00.000-05:00

h/t to PZ Myers @ Pharyngulahttp://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/35800

HBO: Def Poetry

2007-03-15T11:31:00.000-05:00

HBO: Def PoetryRenee, my better half, loves this show.

Spring Awakening

2007-03-15T10:49:00.001-05:00

Blog Commenter Refutes the "But Bill Clinton did it too" defense

2007-03-15T08:36:00.000-05:00

Reagan fired all of the sitting US Attorney's at the beginning of his term in 1981. It took 73 days to complete the turnover of the entire bunch.Bush 41 replaced 90 of 93 US Attorney's at the start of his term, even though they were serving under Reagan and his Vice Presidency. This process took 61 days.Clinton fired 92 of 93 US Attorney's when he took office, leaving Michael Chertoff in place.

So Far Away...

2007-03-10T13:13:00.000-06:00

Fruitcake Polling Higher Than Bush

2007-02-08T09:56:00.000-06:00

Fresh Intelligence : Radar Online Fruitcake Polling Higher Than Bushfruitcake_bushpoll_0205.jpgEATING IT Tough to swallowAccording to the latest CBS News poll, the president's overall approval rating has dipped to 28 percent—the lowest number in his presidency and dangerously close to Nixon's all-time low of 24 percent. To lend a little context to this historic feat, we found some other people

2007-01-23T08:32:00.000-06:00

Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Nancy Pelosi - "Damaged Goods"?

2007-01-22T23:24:00.000-06:00

Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Nancy Pelosi - "Damaged Goods"?: "There really are few things less reliable and more wrong than the country's predominant pundit class."

How a Real Reporter Reports

2007-01-15T07:46:00.000-06:00

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01/14/2007 | Administration leaving out important details on Iraq

YouTube - Hard Fi - "Cash Machine"

2007-01-11T08:14:00.000-06:00

YouTube - Pumpcast

2007-01-11T06:58:00.000-06:00

Limbo, Limbo, Lim-bo

2007-01-11T06:35:00.000-06:00

Legal Fiction: VANITY-INDUCED BONFIRES __________I'll have more to say about the "surge" and the constitutionality of Kennedy's bill, etc., later. But for now, I just want to draw everyone's attention to these passages in today's Post, which are just mind-boggling.In going for more troops, Bush is picking an option that seems to have little favor beyond the White House and a handful of hawks

The Borowitz Report .com

2007-01-04T12:57:00.000-06:00

The Borowitz Report .com: "Bush to Announce Exit Strategy from RealityPlans Complete Withdrawal from His Senses by Year EndPresident George W. Bush has been working around the clock to put the finishing touches on a speech to the American people in which he will announce a comprehensive exit strategy from reality, White House aides confirmed today.When reports emerged that the president was

Happy Christmas & Merry New Year

2006-12-24T10:47:00.000-06:00

Best Holiday Wishes to you and all of yours!

You Are The Terrorist of the Year!

2006-12-18T11:16:00.000-06:00

Give This Kid a Medal

2006-12-08T13:23:00.000-06:00

Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness: If The War in Iraq Was Breakfast at Denny's

2006-12-08T12:58:00.000-06:00

Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness: If The War in Iraq Was Breakfast at Denny's: "If The War in Iraq Was Breakfast at Denny'sAlternate slogan... 'Who Farted in My Mouth?'CUSTOMER: I'd like the Grand Slam breakfast with scrambled eggs, buttermilk pancakes, and sausage links.WAITER: Certainly, sir. I guarantee that this meal will exceed even the finest gourmet brunches of five-star

Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist Magazine

2006-12-01T09:14:00.000-06:00

Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist Magazine: "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic"

Giving Hillary a Pass

2006-12-01T08:44:00.000-06:00

Looks like Gov. Vilsack of Iowa has handed Sen. Clinton a pass to skip the Iowa primary if she does run for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. Because Iowa Gov. Vilsack's status as a "favorite son" candidate virtually guarantees Vilsack the edge in the primary voting in Iowa, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton can afford to skip the Iowa primary without taking any political hit for

Orcinus

2006-11-29T11:23:00.000-06:00

Orcinus: "The more psychotic the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Bush."

'Cut and Run' Must be First Step in Iraq

2006-11-21T11:12:00.000-06:00

'Cut and Run' Must be First Step in Iraqby William E. Odom The United States upset the regional balance in the Mideast when it invaded Iraq. Restoring it requires bold initiatives, but 'cutting and running' must precede them all. Only a withdrawal of all U.S. troops - within six months and with no preconditions - can break the paralysis that enfeebles our diplomacy. And the greatest obstacles to

God Has A Plan For Your Life

2006-11-12T10:01:00.001-06:00

For Renee

2006-11-12T08:18:00.000-06:00

Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), The Histories

2006-11-12T08:00:00.000-06:00

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.h/t Jill Tubman @ MyDD

Something Profound on the Meaning of the Election Results

2006-11-10T07:39:00.000-06:00

We got more votes for our candidates because we cared more about the direction of our country.At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it"

Efficacy Rules!

2006-11-08T10:26:00.000-06:00

My predictions are looking pretty good, especially for having been made a week before election day. I'm awaiting an offer of employment from Chuck Todd at National Journal's Hotline.

Running From Bush

2006-11-03T20:45:00.000-06:00

Who isn't?Tuesday's election results may very well portend the end of conservative hegemony in American politics for a generation.Regardless, it will certainly be a kick in the teeth to all of the Bush sycophants and cult-of-personality so-called conservatives who have haunted Congress like ghouls at a hog-trough for the last eight years.Actually, a repudiation of Bush and conservative rule will

Bad jokes all round

2006-11-01T16:09:00.000-06:00

Kerry's gaffe was cringe-making, but the response of the Republican attack dogs shows how bankrupt the Bush administration now is.Iraq is going to hell in a hand basket. The median American family is more than $1,000 a year worse off than it was in 2000. American health care is broken. The country is falling in the world education rankings. Global warming is going to hobble the world economy, if

Ginning Up a Controversy

2006-11-01T08:12:00.000-06:00

CNN certainly isn't the only media outlet currently busy stacking molehills on John Kerry, but it is a prime example of the phenomenon.Kerry "botched" a joke about Bush. Okay. We get it. Kerry meant to say if one didn't study hard, one could end up quagmired in Iraq just like Bush. He just left off the last three words (which were in the prepared text of his speech). Play the line, play the

Wave Results - 2006 Midterm Elections - Predictions

2006-10-31T08:14:00.000-06:00

Never been timid giving my predictions: Assuming no November Surprize: House:Dems gain 35 seats +/- 10 Senate:Dems hold NJ, MD, WA, MI. Dems win RI, PA, OH, MT, MO, VA Result:Dems control both houses of Congress. Bush stonewalls all oversight investigations forcing a constitutional crisis, TheTN senate race may surprize me but I don't think white, southern,conservative voters will vote for

Just Checking

2006-10-25T14:03:00.000-05:00

I've just upgraded to Firefox 2.0 and installed the Performancing extension that incorporates a web blog editor (which allows drag and drop of formatted text and images) accessible via a button on the status bar into the browser. This a a test post.powered by performancing firefox

2006 Midterm Election Candidate Info

2006-10-24T20:39:00.000-05:00

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl--AZ-01: Rick Renzi--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth--CA-04: John Doolittle--CA-11: Richard Pombo--CA-50: Brian Bilbray--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave--CO-05: Doug Lamborn--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell--CT-04: Christopher Shays--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan--FL-16: Joe Negron--FL-22: Clay Shaw--ID-01: Bill Sali--IL-06: Peter Roskam--IL-10: Mark Kirk--IL-14: Dennis Hastert--IN-02: Chris Chocola--IN-08: John

We have always been at war with Oceania

2006-10-23T13:27:00.000-05:00

Ah! But how many have my superior humility?

2006-10-23T10:15:00.000-05:00

HowManyOfMe.comThere are:632people with my namein the U.S.A.How many have your name?

Volunteer for the MoveOn.org Phone Program

2006-10-18T14:38:00.000-05:00

Volunteer for the MoveOn.org Phone Program: "MoveOn's campaign to win CongressThe November election is our best opportunity in years to change the direction of our country. We can end Republican control in Washington if we get progressives in key districts to come out and vote.That's why we've launched Call for Change, one of the largest volunteer phonebanking efforts in American history. MoveOn

Rolling Stone : COVER STORY: Time to Go! Inside the Worst Congress Ever

2006-10-18T12:43:00.000-05:00

The Worst Congress Ever: "How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps"These past six years were more than just the most shameful, corrupt and incompetent period in the history of the American legislative branch. These were the years when the U.S. parliament became a historical punch line, a political obscenity on par with the court of Nero or

In These Times...

2006-10-07T12:04:00.000-05:00

Justice William O. Douglas Jr:As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there's a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.

What Oft Was Thought But Ne'er So Well Express'd

2006-10-02T22:38:00.000-05:00

alicublog: WHY I AM A DEMOCRAT. A Republican talks to underage boys about taking off their underwear, and conservative bloggers agree: Democrats are immoral."How can -- why should? -- Democrats resist doing everything they can to hurt Republicans with this?" says Professor Althouse. Why, you could more easily separate fornicating dogs than detach Democrats from such scandal. "Of course, there's

My Sentiments Exactly

2006-09-27T12:54:00.000-05:00

Spit, Don't Swallow: The End of Habeas Corpus, and the Legalization of Torture | The AgonistEnough. Just enough already. No more good partisan soldier boy - when Harry Reid, Democratic Minority Leader - the most important elected Democratic official in the country says 'we want to do this' to a bill that guts habeas corpus and legalizes torture, I'm off this bloody train. Harry Reid can use '

Stick A Yellow Ribbon on Your SUV

2006-09-26T12:39:00.000-05:00

Dear Fox News & Chris Wallace:

2006-09-24T11:06:00.000-05:00

Some say only Nixon could have opened a dialog with China. Perhaps it is also true only Fox News could have gotten President Clinton to set the story straight on his administration's response to bin Laden and al Qu'aida in the period after Somalia through the end of his tenure as President.President Clinton did a masterful job of refuting point by point the conservative convention wisdom

The SlipperyTotalitarian Slope

2006-09-23T06:56:00.000-05:00

Now that the US is poised on the precipice of not merely condoning but of legally sanctioning the use of "alternative interrogation techniques", the administration's "sophisticated" euphemism for torture, how long will it be before the Miranda Rule, the exclusionary rule and the Fifth Amendment fall before the adminstration's totalitarian urges - administration urges unleashed by the rubber-stamp

Reality Check:

2006-09-21T12:13:00.000-05:00

It was always going to be an uphill fight for the democratic party to gain control of either the house or the senate in the 2006 midterms. It still is for all the usual reasons: power of incumbency, gerrymandered districts, money disparity and the superior republican microtargeted, neighbor-oriented GOTV operation.As for the comparisons to 1994 and Newt's "contract on America", (largely observed

We've already lost...

2006-09-19T13:18:00.000-05:00

If we [the US] are in fact engaged in a battle for civilization, emulating barbarians means we have already forfeited the contest.

2006-09-18T12:16:00.000-05:00

The Power of Nightmares

2006-09-13T12:46:00.000-05:00

If you have the time and the inclination to learn about the rise of neo-conservatism and radical Islam:Three videos, each about 60 miuntes long.Highly recommended.The Power of NightmaresPart OnePart TwoPart ThreeTrust me, it's worth a bookmark and the time to watch.(h/t to Station Agent @ Ice Station Tango)

Truly A Day That Will Live In Infamy

2006-09-11T12:34:00.000-05:00

Amazing!

2006-09-10T11:11:00.000-05:00

YouTube - The Little Girl Giant

The Case for Capturing Osama bin Laden

2006-09-10T09:43:00.000-05:00

Everyone wanted to "Get Osama". No one doubted the primacy of the immediate post 9/11 goal of either capturing or killing the initiating and motive force behind the 9/11 multiple hijackings, the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the heroically thwarted attack against the US Capitol, namely al Qu'aida and its most visible leader, Osama bin Laden. This goal was almost

James Wolcott: Irrationalizations

2006-09-08T13:27:00.000-05:00

James Wolcott: Irrationalizations: "Twenty, thirty years from now a new generation of right wingers and armchair warriors will be contending that we could have won in Iraq had it not been for Michael Moore and prissiness over torture. Pundits and politicians prefer to argue and conjecture in maximalist terms, because it lends them more stature in their own minds. Robb writes, '[T]he simplest

Backfire, Big Time

2006-09-08T08:53:00.000-05:00

Isn't it ironic...If the conservative revisionist filmmakers of Disney/ABC's "The Path to 9/11" hadn't sent hundreds of early edits (only) to such right-wing-nuts like Limbaugh and Hewitt who made extolling the film's inaccuracies/attacks on the Clnton administration a cause celebre, the extreme pressure on Disney/ABC to either edit or pull the film probably would never have reached critical

"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the...."

2006-09-04T11:40:00.000-05:00

Have we turned enough corners in Iraq yet to face ourselves in the mirror?

Just Sayin'...

2006-09-04T11:27:00.000-05:00

Sting Ray = Bush's policiesSteve Irwin = Republicans' 2006 election hopes

If You Only Read One Thing Today, Read This: James Wolcott: Five Minutes to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

2006-09-03T01:59:00.000-05:00

James Wolcott: Five Minutes to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: "What we're hearing from pundits, bloggers, and likeminded belligerents this August is a baying to a false God, a nostalgic need for motivational clarity and a macho yearning for deliverance that the facts on the ground will deny them. Their commando belts tied up in knots, their umbrellas unfolded, they can turn on Bush, or

In Which the Skirmisher's are Out-Flanked

2006-08-30T14:10:00.000-05:00

Sadly, Poor Men blog into territory best left to insurgents with WMDs:

My Katrina Experience ...

2006-08-29T12:36:00.000-05:00

(originally posted in comments @ Whatever It Is, I'm Against It)I live in Pass Christian, MS. My Mother lives in Pass Christian, MS. My brother lives in Bay St. Louis, MS. My home was completely destroyed (along with my business and most of the town). My mother's and my brother's homes were severely damaged and remain uninhabitable.The Feds "wrote a check" to HUD for billions. HUD developed CDBG

Has it really been that long?

2005-12-05T14:41:00.000-06:00

Time sure flies when the disasters mount.First the 2004 election.Then Katrina...I'm alive and thinking: what next?

Groundswell

2004-11-01T01:59:00.000-06:00

Anyone who lives by or has spent any significant amout of time by the seashore will know what I'm talking about. Pulses of energy travel unseen through deep water. Whether generated by the interaction of the sea surface and the air or by seismic activity or from whatever source, these powerful pulses of energy slide silently and unmarked often for thousands of miles before anyone becomes aware

Efficacy a Featured Blog at Showcase

2004-09-26T23:34:00.000-05:00

Showcase has got a pointer to our INFALLIBLE 2004 Election Predictor Thanks, Simon! Trackback: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=47538

He's a Bugman on the Windshield, With the Blues

2004-09-26T03:54:00.000-05:00

Don't look behind you Tom, I believe they're gaining on you. This time you are the nail.

What part of INFALLIBLE didn't you understand?

2004-09-26T02:30:00.001-05:00

You can argue with it, but it won't do you any good. As I said, with the plethora of polls out there, you can cherry pick the numbers to support any conclusion you want to present. However, it is not open to argument that the facts show Zogby and Harris were the most accurate presidential race pollsters in 2000 and that Zogby claimed sole honors for 1996. That is why I have chosen Zogby as the

Like Buttah

2004-09-26T02:28:00.000-05:00

Margin Of Error Clarified If the margin of error of a poll is x, then any result within 2x is within the margin of error. In other words, the MOE applies to both candidates' poll results. For example: if Bush leads Kerry 48% to 44% in the latest Time poll which has a MOE of plus or minus 4%, then Bush's high and low numbers are 52% to 44% while Kerry's high and low numbers are 48% to 40% with

Excellent segment of Now on Presidential Debates having become an essential (Jameson) charade (Farah)

2004-09-26T02:12:00.000-05:00

NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Election 2004. The Debates | PBS: Open Debates.com Presidential debates can change the course of elections, but George Farah, executive director of Open Debates, has evidence showing that the debates' rules of order have been hijacked by the two main political parties. The result? Moderators can't ask follow-up questions, important issues are never raised

My buddy...Buster Brown

2004-09-24T18:00:00.001-05:00

He's not my dog, I'm his human.

If You Use Microsoft Windows XP and/or Microsoft Office (and who doesn't?) You're in Trouble, again...

2004-09-24T14:47:00.000-05:00

Ya'll need to pay attention to this: JPEG exploit toolkit spotted online | The Register: "JPEG exploit toolkit spotted online By John Leyden Published Friday 24th September 2004 16:32 GMT A toolkit designed to exploit a recently-disclosed Microsoft JPEG vulnerability has been released onto the net. The toolkit (screen shot from AV firm F-Secure here) makes it trivially easy for maliciously-minded

Pay attention to Phil - he's a very bright guy with loads of unique experience

2004-09-23T22:01:00.000-05:00

INTEL DUMP -: "The legal story of the century Forget O.J. Forget Michael Jackson. Regardless of what side of the aisle you sit on, Bush v. Gore has absolutely got to be the biggest legal case in recent history, by just about any yardstick. A number of law clerks from that term of the Supreme Court, apparently disillusioned with what happened in that case, have come forward to tell their story to

WB17 Jacksonville, FL�::�-�Fear of Flying�::

2004-09-23T15:48:00.000-05:00

WB17 Jacksonville, FL�::�-�Fear of Flying�::: "Janet Linke has been thinking about George W. Bush a lot lately. Thirty-two years ago, her late husband Jan Peter Linke served briefly in the Texas Air National Guard�s 111 Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Bush�s service in the same squadron has gotten plenty of attention in an election year when what you did during the Vietnam War is suddenly a litmus

From ��TBogg�� (And a healthy dose at that)

2004-09-23T15:32:00.000-05:00

��TBogg��: "George Bush: The Basement Tapes One Whiskey, One Bourbon, One Beer: Just what kind of guy was President Bush during his character-defining early adulthood? An aimless, inconsiderate, womanizing drunkard - if you believe Rolling Stone's article detailing how the 26-year-old Bush allegedly used his family connections to evade National Guard duties, was

Put Down That Gun, skippy!

2004-09-22T23:38:00.000-05:00

skippy the bush kangaroo: "however, something that is totally beyond us is why the great piece of music that ."we touted earlier this week has not taken the left side of blogtopia (yes! we coined that phrase!) by storm. Just put the gun on safety and lower it slowly...

Vote & Get Paid

2004-09-22T17:20:00.000-05:00

$100,000.00 for your vote? Maybe, but only if you're registered by November 2nd.

2004-09-22T17:08:00.000-05:00

Boot Bush!

GDubya's Exciting Stump Speech Wows Youths

2004-09-22T16:33:00.000-05:00

Via Rising Hegemon

Easily one of the best posts ever from an always "must read" blogger

2004-09-22T16:07:00.000-05:00

I agree totally with Chris Bowers of MyDD (easily one of the best poll watching sites): Juan Cole at Informed Comment has outdone himself with his eye-opening commentary. What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied by that number. Thus, violence killed 300 Iraqis

I'm not especially enjoying the ride.

2004-09-22T15:28:00.000-05:00

Have you heard of Global Election Management System, or GEMS? You will. We may be rushing into hell in a bucket with Wally Diebold and his ilk (I've temporarily suspended my dislike of that word) in charge of counting our votes this election cycle. Activists Find More E-Vote Flaws [snip] "You have to know in advance what you want to change," Thompson said, "but it's pretty easy to write a

I don't see what all the fuss is about.

2004-09-22T15:18:00.000-05:00

A flea is attempting to fuck an elephant. The elephant, completely unaware of the flea and its pathetic attempt, raises its trunk and trumpets a loud call. The flea yells, "Scream, bitch!" Which reminds me, what's the deal with Instapundit? Is it just me or is that the most overrated, under informative blog on the internet?

This must be the learning curve I'm climbing.

2004-09-22T01:53:00.000-05:00

I'll figure out why the links in my blogroll are links to the feeds of the sites listed instead of links to the sites in a bit. For now, forewarned is forearmed.

When you get hijacked...

2004-09-21T23:55:00.000-05:00

Your machine may be suffering the effects of a BHO or Browser Helper/Hijack Object which may conceal more troublesome malware as well. The removal sequence is fairly lengthy but should work for most BHOs: *** BHOs - Detection & Removal *** FIRST: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY & any important data - 'cause you just never know. SECOND: In WinME and WINXP - TURN OFF SYSTEM RESTORE! THIRD: Enable

INFALLIBLE 2004 Presidential Election Predictor

2004-09-21T23:03:00.000-05:00

Whichever candidate wins two out of three of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania will win the election. I have been saying this for months now and many who read my posts already know that in addition to being exceedingly humble, handsome, intelligent and witty, I am very rarely wrong. Zogby's latest battleground states poll has Kerry currently ahead in both Florida and Pennsylvania while Bush leads

the power to produce an effect

2004-09-21T00:45:00.000-05:00

We'll see about that, given time.