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Alt: 30 Rock: Dennis Duffy Says 'Hello, Dummy'

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The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

Alt: Joel Robinson Do Something - from Manos the Hands of Fate, with The Master and Torgo facing each other and ....yeah, not doing much.

Alt: Zach Braff as Dr. Acula in Scrubs

Alt: Big Mac: Nothing Can Kill The Grimace!

Alt: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Hush”: The Gentlemen, an extraordinarily creepy group who come to town to steal everyone’s voice - and hearts. Can't even shout, can't even cry / The gentlemen are coming by / Looking in windows, knocking on doors / They need to take seven and they might take yours / Can't call to mom, Can't say a word / You're gonna die a-screaming but you won't be heard.

Alt: 300 This is Sparta moment when the Spartan kicks the emissary into a well to get his “earth and water” - completely against diplomatic custom and assumes that you can fully back up your words with actions which means having some idea of the distance between your available capabilities and desired outcome, which the current administration has been, um, unclear about.