{"id":8208,"date":"2012-03-19T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=8208"},"modified":"2015-11-03T21:21:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T02:21:32","slug":"because-you-cant-spell-tlatelolco-without-lol-maddowblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/because-you-cant-spell-tlatelolco-without-lol-maddowblog\/","title":{"rendered":"Because you can&#8217;t spell TLATELOLCO without LOL [@MaddowBlog]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/because-you-cant-spell-tlatelolco-without-lol-maddowblog\/tlatelolco\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?fit=1345%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1345,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TLATELOLCO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?fit=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?fit=640%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?resize=500%2C221&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"TLATELOLCO\" width=\"500\" height=\"221\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?resize=125%2C55&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?resize=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TLATELOLCO.jpg?resize=1280%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best part during yesterday&#8217;s Rachel Maddow Show was not the Russian rocket-sled story nor even the topiary (IMO), but the juxtaposition (watch clip below) of a super-sophisticated haptic feedback robot arm needed to handle <em>highly enriched uranium<\/em> (&#8220;HEU&#8221;) in the same room where in the background is a simple green chalkboard with, well, chalk. 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