I feel that divergence is what made DS9 so good. Instead of travelling around exploring aliens, we’re stationary exploring ourselves and our politics. It was a great idea to make a show about a completely different aspect of Starfleet life. Unfortunately, in my opinion, the last great idea they had.
I’d love to see Trump use a power tool. As soon as he scratches his head with a nailgun all our problems will be over.
War always favours the incumbent at election time, so the cynic in me thinks the US is dragging its feet quite purposely.
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept, and all I’m seeing is a lot of the world walking past if not enabling. It’s all very well for world leaders to point out the obvious but until something is done about it, it’s just hot air.
Well, yes. Preferential voting is one key component, the other being a decent media so the public have an idea of what’s going on. Unfortunately Murdoch owns just about everything, and it’s a problem we’re still battling against.
*Sie. No wonder it doesn’t make sense.
When I was younger I binged a lot of Alistair MacLean. To continue the list with some of my other favourites:
The Satan Bug
The Golden Rendezvous
The Dark Crusader
The Last Frontier
Ice Station Zebra
Fair warning though: he’s quite formulaic and it is not recommended to finish one of his books then start another. Read a couple of books inbetween to give yourself a break.
And this is how I, a foreigner, know the sun has risen over the US.
Because once again, Trump just gets away with it. This is fucking bullshit.
Part of the solution is definitely weeding out the people purposely working against the good of the country.
Rich guys and private islands… I’m sure nothing bad has ever come of that.
Isn’t the point of the Olympics to go there and represent your country? Isn’t that what people aspire to do? So fuck off with this nonsense! Let people represent themselves, or admit the Olympics is now defunct and no longer worthwhile.
At least be consistent with it too! I don’t know what it’s like in the States but internationally we don’t get 7/16" bolts or whatever, we get 10-gauge or 8-gauge etc. What the fuck does that mean?? And wiring too: no 8mm wire, no no let’s have 6AWG. Jesus christ it’s like they enjoy making life difficult.
True! We used to use pounds, shillings, pence as our currency and I’m very glad I never needed to deal with that shit.
Yes. That’s how proxies work.
Sure, but do you need some sweet sweet couch in your life? Or if you prefer love handles, perhaps an armchair?
I know right. The logic seems to be “well he didn’t get charged for it so I shouldn’t be either”. Yeah, but keeping weapons safe was your job, not his.
A null vote here is a option. Colloquially called a Donkey Vote, or statistically reported as an Informal Vote, you can write nothing on your voting slip and put it straight in the box. Also since voting is compulsory it is held on a Saturday, there are usually sausage sizzles, there must be enough polling places open so you’re not in line for more than 30 minutes, and early voting is a viable option.
I get so tired of these headlines that are basically “Authority figure says obvious thing”. Like, yeah, and so do most other people, thanks for the update.