Question of the day
Friday, Mar 15, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Steve Lord at the Aurora Beacon-News…
The Fermi National Accelerator broke ground Friday on a project that takes it into the future as one of the world’s premier particle physics laboratories.
The Proton Improvement Plan II, known as PIP-II, is a brand new leading-edge superconducting linear accelerator.
“It’s a new heart for Fermilab,” said Mike Weis, the Fermilab site office manager for the U.S. Department of Energy. “That’s really what we’re doing here.”
Weis was one of 19 speakers Friday at a groundbreaking for PIP-II which included a host of dignitaries, scientists and International representatives of participants in the project.
The governor was in attendance…
* The Question: Caption?
- Last Bull Moose - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:08 pm:
Identify the Proton, Neutron, and Electron.
- I Miss Bentohs - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:10 pm:
This is easier than shoveling Rauner’s ****.
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:14 pm:
Diggin’ for Dark Matter.
- Blue Dog Dem - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:16 pm:
Some people are born with a silver spoon….
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:19 pm:
It’s plant time…Neutrino Nugs!
- Huh? - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:21 pm:
Ceremonial groundbreaking checklist:
Gold painted shovels ✔
Pile of sand ✔
Dignitaries ✔
White hardhats - missing
3 out of 4, not bad.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:23 pm:
Unfortunately, Illinois still has a budget deficit in the 4th dimension.
- Huh? - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:23 pm:
Trying to dig Illinois out of the hole left by 1.4%.
- a drop in - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:24 pm:
While groundbreaking, the governor got some great ideas from the scientists on how to balance the budget using quantum mechanics.
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:27 pm:
After learning of the time reversal achieved by the quantum computer earlier this week, the Governor aims to reverse the shorting of the pension funds as the next incremental step forward in quantum physics.
- Amalia - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:32 pm:
Diggin’ the Acceleration of Illinois
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:35 pm:
This would be much easier if Mr. Slate would let us use the bronto-shovel from the quarry.
- intern - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:39 pm:
Governor Pritzker chose to personally search the soil on the FemiLab campus for sources of revenue such as fossil fuel deposits, pirate treasure, and loose change before allowing construction to begin on the new Federal facility.
- G'Kar - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:40 pm:
“Sheldon Cooper sends his regrets.”
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:44 pm:
“With this technological marvel, we can now begin the search for Bruce Rauner’s missing G’s”
- Rich Miller - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:44 pm:
Pritzker flashes back to a Rauner debate point and smirks: “Mr. Pritzker, it’s easy for you to sit on the sidelines and criticize when you haven’t done an honest day’s work in your life.”
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:45 pm:
Didn’t Rauner have to go to Iowa to pose in a similar photo?
- 47th Ward - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:52 pm:
So this is a shovel.
- Stickmanf - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 3:59 pm:
Wait till they about my plan to tax every particle they accelerate in this contraption.
- Proud Sucker - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:02 pm:
Congresswoman Underwood brings the Green…coat that is!
- Groucho - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:04 pm:
Pritzker: I should have borrowed Bruce’s Carhart.
- Earnest - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:06 pm:
OK, one more time…they did this slit experiment and determined that light can be either a wave of energy or a physical particle depending on the observer. This is called the quantum level. At the macro level, an example of this would be whether or not the state budget is balanced and the pension payments are adequate, depending again on the observer and whether he is or is not the governor.
- Chuck - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:15 pm:
Why is this shovel “Silver”?
- Henry Francis - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:22 pm:
Not shown: political careers of Hultgren and Rauner in the graves at the bottom of the picture.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Mar 15, 19 @ 4:24 pm:
Which of these three brought their own solid gold shovel?
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 4:49 am:
Dignitaries
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 4:52 am:
Northern horseshoe
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 4:56 am:
Enter sandman
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:00 am:
They will never find the GOP up here
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:07 am:
Next stop o’hare
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:09 am:
We got the gold mine, millionaires got the shaft
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:15 am:
I’m in charge, can you dig it
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:19 am:
Searching for Rauners moles
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:24 am:
A new trade route to china
- Rabid - Saturday, Mar 16, 19 @ 5:41 am:
Fire ant free