We had yet another semi-chaotic episode. That’s what happens when you have multiple guests on the show for as huge a film as Pacific Rim (episode 70). I was surprisingly silent because I was taking notes and enjoying the conversation. What can I say? The Drifters are some of my favorite guests we’ve featured. So, here are my notes:
- My opinions on Nate’s promotion…are not safe for public consumption.
- Reb is a queen who slays. I don’t normally like using that phrase, but for her, I’ll make an exception.
- I WILL rant about that Bouncing Betty! Reb’s design is excellent. It’s rare that such a large number of influences could be combined into one machine without looking like an ugly mess. The Pan-Pacific Defense Corps should definitely hire her for future designs to combat the Kaiju menace. While I will say Vulcan cannons are a classic and a standard mecha armament, additional weapons would improve the design. Overall, it’s not as beautiful as Gipsy Danger (because, yes, I’d marry that robot, if it was a woman—although, probably not now), but it’s a piece of work in the best possible way.
- I was remarkably silent for reasons I’ve already outlined above.
- You caught it, Nate, because I trained you well. And no, J.R., you will hear more from me!
- #CancelTheApocalypse
- I knew how to say it…whatever it was. It’d been too long since that broadcast.
- Those “Yes, quites” did concern me.
- I want what J.R. has…whatever that is.
- It’s not a rhesus monkey but a rhesus macaque, which has six to nine subspecies native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia. You can read more about them on Wikipedia. Here’s a link.
- At least I don’t read comics all day at work like J.R.! I prefer technical manuals.
- I had some Clonaid once. I don’t want to talk about it. It’d make Nate’s “transporter accident” look like a traffic ticket.
- The answer to which U.S. states have anti-cloning laws is a bit more multifaceted than I expected. Let me explain:
- Federal law doesn’t prohibit human cloning. (Don’t tell Cameron Winter).
- Eight states prohibit cloning for any reason: Arizona, Arkansas, Nate’s home state of Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Virginia.
- Four states prohibit state funding of human cloning for any reason: Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Louisiana.
- Ten states have “clone and kill” laws, which prevent clones embryo implantation for childbirth but allow these embryos to be destroyed (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Rhode Island).
- Two states include “human cloning” as a practice health professionals can’t be force to participate in because of healthcare rights of conscience laws (Idaho and Louisiana).
- Learn more here: https://www.knobbe.com/news/2018/06/law-and-human-cloning.
- Watch your mouth, J.R.! I take slander about my SCIENCE very seriously! I do not engage in cloning experiments…as far as you know….
Here’s Nate’s complete research document for your reading and studying pleasure:
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