Sen. Rand Paul Whips The Props Out To Go Over Costly Research Into ‘Cocaine And Risky Sex Habits Of Quail’

[Franklin Pierce]

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul showed up to the Senate floor Friday with colorful props to call out wasteful tax spending on research at federal agencies like the National Science Foundation.

Paul spoke for 32 minutes against the Endless Frontier Act, a bipartisan bill that would expand funding for science and technology research, Fox News reported. Proponents of the bill say that it will help the U.S. compete with China, but Paul pointed to the $28 trillion national debt as a reason to cut down on what he called wasteful spending.

“I don’t think this bill makes us stronger,” Paul said. “In fact, I think the Chinese sit back … and laugh at America thinking we’re going to be stronger by borrowing more money from China.” (RELATED: REPORT: Biden To Propose $6 Trillion Budget That Would Break Debt Records)

Paul’s props were poster boards highlighting expensive government-funded projects, like $357,000 used for studying “Cocaine and Risky Sex Habits of Quail” and $1.6 million for research covering “Lizards on a Treadmill,” Fox News reported. Another sign featured a picture of singer Dolly Parton and reminded lawmakers that the government spent $357,000 to send “kids in Pakistan to Space Camp and Dollywood.”

Sen. Rand Paul Whips The Props Out To Go Over Costly Research Into ‘Cocaine And Risky Sex Habits Of Quail’

 

[0nelilreb]

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul showed up to the Senate floor Friday with colorful props to call out wasteful tax spending on research at federal agencies like the National Science Foundation.

Paul spoke for 32 minutes against the Endless Frontier Act, a bipartisan bill that would expand funding for science and technology research, Fox News reported. Proponents of the bill say that it will help the U.S. compete with China, but Paul pointed to the $28 trillion national debt as a reason to cut down on what he called wasteful spending.

“I don’t think this bill makes us stronger,” Paul said. “In fact, I think the Chinese sit back … and laugh at America thinking we’re going to be stronger by borrowing more money from China.” (RELATED: REPORT: Biden To Propose $6 Trillion Budget That Would Break Debt Records)

Paul’s props were poster boards highlighting expensive government-funded projects, like $357,000 used for studying “Cocaine and Risky Sex Habits of Quail” and $1.6 million for research covering “Lizards on a Treadmill,” Fox News reported. Another sign featured a picture of singer Dolly Parton and reminded lawmakers that the government spent $357,000 to send “kids in Pakistan to Space Camp and Dollywood.”

Sen. Rand Paul Whips The Props Out To Go Over Costly Research Into ‘Cocaine And Risky Sex Habits Of Quail’

We can’t be this stupid can we ? $357k to study the drug use and risky sex habits of quail ? $1.6 million for lizards on a treadmill? What the literal F ?

 

[AshG]

So for half the cost of a presidential golf outing, we can study the effects of cocaine use on birds (specifically Japanese quail) that both closely mimic the courtship and mating cycles of humans and are one of the few species that will actually mate under the stress of a laboratory setting. Maybe the golf trips were wasteful spending, too.

And he also fails to go beyond the rationale of the "Lizards on Treadmills" title, as doing so takes some of the shock and schlock value away from his regular theatrical outings. Using lizards to study the link between physical activity and recovery from malaria is a much more palatable proposition than putting malaria-infected humans on treadmills for multiple hours a day while covering them with probe points.

Sen. Paul appears to have been digging deep for material, as both of these projects were from 2011 and before.

 

[AshG]

Also: Daily Caller
Hyper-Partisan Right
Provides Opinion; high variability in fact reliability.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So for half the cost of a presidential golf outing, we can study the effects of cocaine use on birds (specifically Japanese quail) that both closely mimic the courtship and mating cycles of humans and are one of the few species that will actually mate under the stress of a laboratory setting. Maybe the golf trips were wasteful spending, too.

And he also fails to go beyond the rationale of the "Lizards on Treadmills" title, as doing so takes some of the shock and schlock value away from his regular theatrical outings. Using lizards to study the link between physical activity and recovery from malaria is a much more palatable proposition than putting malaria-infected humans on treadmills for multiple hours a day while covering them with probe points.

Ah more whataboutism.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Also: Daily Caller
Hyper-Partisan Right
Provides Opinion; high variability in fact reliability.

You think that chart is accurate? Look who it has near the center. This thing is inaccurate.

 

[AshG]

You think that chart is accurate? Look who it has near the center. This thing is inaccurate.

Excellent. Which part of their methodology do you take issue with, specifically? How would you adjust the methodology to be more accurate?

 

[Tyler Durden]

Now this is some theatre

 

[utvolpj]

So for half the cost of a presidential golf outing, we can study the effects of cocaine use on birds (specifically Japanese quail) that both closely mimic the courtship and mating cycles of humans and are one of the few species that will actually mate under the stress of a laboratory setting. Maybe the golf trips were wasteful spending, too.

And he also fails to go beyond the rationale of the "Lizards on Treadmills" title, as doing so takes some of the shock and schlock value away from his regular theatrical outings. Using lizards to study the link between physical activity and recovery from malaria is a much more palatable proposition than putting malaria-infected humans on treadmills for multiple hours a day while covering them with probe points.

Sen. Paul appears to have been digging deep for material, as both of these projects were from 2011 and before.

None should be govt funded, including golf

 

[C-south]

So for half the cost of a presidential golf outing, we can study the effects of cocaine use on birds (specifically Japanese quail) that both closely mimic the courtship and mating cycles of humans and are one of the few species that will actually mate under the stress of a laboratory setting. Maybe the golf trips were wasteful spending, too.

And he also fails to go beyond the rationale of the "Lizards on Treadmills" title, as doing so takes some of the shock and schlock value away from his regular theatrical outings. Using lizards to study the link between physical activity and recovery from malaria is a much more palatable proposition than putting malaria-infected humans on treadmills for multiple hours a day while covering them with probe points.

Sen. Paul appears to have been digging deep for material, as both of these projects were from 2011 and before.

Wonder what dementia Joe’s ice cream cone cost?

 

[C-south]

Excellent. Which part of their methodology do you take issue with, specifically? How would you adjust the methodology to be more accurate?

You can know facts without asking opinions of others. The chart is a joke.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

You think that chart is accurate? Look who it has near the center. This thing is inaccurate.

Just another media source claiming the high ground of non-partisanship name calling. There is no such thing as non-biased media. So, draw your own chart and conclusions.

 

[AshG]

Wonder what dementia Joe’s ice cream cone cost?

Likely around $6, depending on location (sales tax).

 

[AshG]

You can know facts without asking opinions of others. The chart is a joke.

Try actually responding to the question. Review the methodology section. Provide an actionable suggestion. Adulting isn't hard.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Wonder what dementia Joe’s ice cream cone cost?

Did any enterprising journalist count his scoops. Remember Orange Man Bad took 2.

 

[C-south]

Likely around $6, depending on location (sales tax).

So golf is just what the green fees are.

 

[Carl Pickens]

So for half the cost of a presidential golf outing, we can study the effects of cocaine use on birds (specifically Japanese quail) that both closely mimic the courtship and mating cycles of humans and are one of the few species that will actually mate under the stress of a laboratory setting. Maybe the golf trips were wasteful spending, too.

And he also fails to go beyond the rationale of the "Lizards on Treadmills" title, as doing so takes some of the shock and schlock value away from his regular theatrical outings. Using lizards to study the link between physical activity and recovery from malaria is a much more palatable proposition than putting malaria-infected humans on treadmills for multiple hours a day while covering them with probe points.

Sen. Paul appears to have been digging deep for material, as both of these projects were from 2011 and before.

Sounds like you support this BS

 

[C-south]

Try actually responding to the question. Review the methodology section. Provide an actionable suggestion. Adulting isn't hard.

You don’t have to over complicate things to know the actual truth.

 

[AshG]

Sounds like you support this BS

Actually, no.

I do, however, support reading primary source material.

 

[AshG]

You don’t have to over complicate things to know the actual truth.

It's not complicated. It's actually fun watching the kvetching over a well-designed instrument because the results don't match personal biases.

 

[C-south]

It's not complicated. It's actually fun watching the kvetching over a well-designed instrument because the results don't match personal biases.

Lol. So a person with their own biases produces a chart to reflect media bias that they see fit.

 

[AshG]

Lol. So a person with their own biases produces a chart to reflect media bias that they see fit.

Read. The. Methodology.

Cheeses forking rice, everything is addressed.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Lol. So a person with their own biases produces a chart to reflect media bias that they see fit.

Exactly

 

[Volgolfer1618]

You think that chart is accurate? Look who it has near the center. This thing is inaccurate.

Yeah, stupid inaccurate.

 

[ETV]

We can’t be this stupid can we ? $357k to study the drug use and risky sex habits of quail ? $1.6 million for lizards on a treadmill? What the literal F ?