“There are no humans on Mars.”
— Guy Webster, a NASA scientist, in an official response to a claim made by a conspiracy theorist on Alex Jones’ radio show, “Infowars,” that children have been kidnapped and taken to Mars to be slaves
“I want to send a message to the world that you don’t want to come to Middletown to overdose because someone might not come with Narcan and save your life.”
— Dan Picard, a council member in Middletown, Ohio, which has seen skyrocketing opioid-related overdoses in recent years, on his proposal for a three-strikes-style policy for people who repeatedly overdose: Too many overdoses and an ambulance will not be dispatched
“It’s too early to draw any final conclusions, but the early signals are ominous about him being the tool of the creepy billionaire coalition.”
— Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose first rulings on the high court suggest he could be one of its most conservative jurists
“Not too many times you call your wife and say you helped save somebody’s life. A really special moment.”
— Major League Baseball umpire John Tumpane, 34, from Oak Lawn, on how he felt Wednesday after he prevented a woman from jumping from Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Bridge.
