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.
War always favours the incumbent at election time, so the cynic in me thinks the US is dragging its feet quite purposely.
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.
Rich guys and private islands… I’m sure nothing bad has ever come of that.
Relevant, for those interested in the history of grep. Computerphile
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?
In Australia I knew I guy who was a SovCit and he would do stupid things like quote the bill of rights. We’d say “what bill of rights?” Australia doesn’t have one. All his info came from the US and he just followed it with realising none of it was relevant in a different country.
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.
Never heard of them, until he’s elected. THEN they’ll all be best friends.
“Official Act” violence. Can’t wait.
But hopefully he’ll be caught dead in one.
Aaaaand now we’re back at the piece of shit acting like a piece of shit.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
I would argue the issue isn’t the existence or marketing of a product, rather how easy it is to procure, which I believe OP is saying. You can argue about how attractive the product is to people, or lack of mental health services until the end of time, but the real and very obvious problem (at least to those outside the US) is just how easy it is for most people to get a weapon capable of killing many with little to no valid reason, checks or training. From the outside this is seriously bonkers.
JFC indeed! That questionnaire was vomit-worthy, and the ticker at the bottom showing “recent donations” needs work because they’re repeating the same fake names over and over.
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.