Cute stuff, great selection, but I wish it weren’t so pricey! I’m definitely investing in a pair or 2 of those jeans though.

I doubt it.

“lets talk about gun control but really as Bernie I wanna talk about economic equality”

I understand your surprise at hearing it referenced so casually as a good thing, given the devastating consequences of the weapons developed from it. However, she’s hardly the first to use this term in exactly this way. There was even an announcement recently that there will be a new Manhattan Project National Park.

The Manhattan project mobilized the scientific community to create a horrific weapon, not solve a socio-political problem.

Correct. At the time, the Manhattan Project was a crowning achievement of American scientific superiority. Now it’s a television series that distorts the history for ratings, making the real Manhattan Project just the sort of ugly punch line Kate fell for here. But to Hillary’s generation (and mine), it was a triumph…

I had much the same reaction. How the fuck does Gawker publish this misinformed shit?

Yeah, I was going to say, I don’t understand the confusion.

Perhaps they shouldn’t, but people use the “Manhattan Project” as a metaphor in the way Hillary used it all the time. Obama used it in his 2008 campaign in reference to finding new energy solutions. Not sure if you really hadn’t noticed this usage or are just being obtuse.

It’s fascinating how dense you are.

What are you even talking about?! That’s clearly not what Hillary meant and I’m sure you know that. If you want to criticize her on not taking a firm stand in favor of protecting the integrity of encryption then just say that, there’s no need to try to twist her use of a metaphor.

yeah, this is really embarrassing for her.

The Manhattan project mobilized the scientific community to create a horrific weapon, not solve a socio-political problem.

Honestly, the author should have just made something up if she wanted to criticize Clinton for page views. This is just embarrassing.

You are taking this WAYYYY too literally. In general parlance, when politicians propose a new Manhattan Project (which they do literally all the fucking time, google it before posting, sheesh), they are not referring to building a new instrument of mass death. They are using the metaphor to refer to bringing…

She clearly was saying that it requires a coordinated effort of both the government and industry towards a common goal as opposed to how the question was posed: Industry vs. Government. Are you implying that she meant that people should die? Or that they should create a superweapon? I don’t see how you’re…

Maybe you were watching a different debate? I didn’t hear HRC talk about working with tech companies to develop weapons of mass destruction. Then again, I stepped out to go to the bathroom.

Yeah, looks like he’s all but given up on his Vice Presidential ambitions.

Kate Knibbs thinks Hillary is referring to the weapon aspect of the Manhattan project rather than mobilizing the scientific community to solve a difficult socio-political problem with scientific and technological advancement. The fuck?

Yeah, if he keeps this up he may soar to 6 or 7%