ApostleO @ ApostleO @startrek.website

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Yeah, the real question is if he saps enough votes to flip a swing state.

With the revelation that they are being taken, I immediately thought of Pria, from The Orville. Essentially, she was an agent from the future sent to steal The Orville for future collectors. The unidentified ship is clearly extremely powerful despite its small size, which screams time traveller to me. And they seem to be taking examples of ships from all different empires, as if for a collection.

My other thought is that it's some party trying to turn all these empires against The Federation, as, to date, no Starfleet ships have been attacked. It's not unreasonable that their neighbors could see that as suspicious, and conclude it's an advanced Starfleet attack vessel.

Borg were scarier before the concept of the Queen.

He is certainly "in command" there, at least of his audience's attention.

So, yeah... children's books. Obviously.

I did not recall that. Having Googled it, it seems they implied it was Spock, but never explicitly stated it, and never followed up in that later. The only details about it seem to be from a novel, Vulcan's Heart, where Spock had married Saavik.

Spock breaking up with T'pring for Chapel makes me sad. They could have been so good for each other. And I just now realized: Spock never ends up getting married (that we know of).

Maybe I'm just projecting human emotion, but I feel like that explains some of the more morose/melancholy demeanor seen in his later years. Always put the needs of the many first, even to the very exclusion of his own needs.

Google "lame duck". You used the term wrong.

Funny how businesses always think you're replaceable or even irrelevant until you stop showing up to work.

UFO/UAP conspiracy theories aren't really an atheist topic.

EDIT: Oh, I see. It's a joke title. It's actually a skeptist perspective. Fair enough.

As far as I'm aware, Russian political statements are weaponized hypocrisy designed to mentally whiplash the listener until they can no longer reason logically. To listen to their own statements would be the equivalent of looking down your own gun barrel.

Wow, I legitimately never knew this. I thought all these civilizations were in the Alpha Quadrant. I only remembered the Beta Quadrant being mentioned once in TOS.

Kinda, but with the later Southern Strategy, and the two parties kinda switching sides, that gets a bit muddy to follow a direct causal chain.

It's my strong opinion that the pardon of Nixon is directly responsible for the current state of partisan politics in the US.

If he had been held accountable then, we wouldn't be dealing with half of our politicians arguing that the president is above the law.

The fact Q shows up at the end to meet Jack makes me wonder if he had anything to do with the "accident".

I actually find door knockers to be the least offensive. Sure, it's the most intrusive, but it also costs the most, in time/manpower. It says that this candidate has people who support them, not just PAC money to throw at advertisement. You get to talk to a human being and gauge how much they actually believe in their candidate. You can ask pertinent questions about the issues.

The gold standard, for me, is when a local politician knocks on my door themselves. That is representation at its purest.

Pretty sure Jason has been 10 years old since 1988.

Russia vs Ukraine

Israel vs Palestine

Military coup in Niger

China vs SE Asia

Worldwide economic, social, political, and environmental unrest.

Certainly feels like a powder keg waiting for that one lit match to finally set it all off. I am not looking forward to the rest of this decade.

Two problems with that hypothesis.

1: Millionaire vs Billionaire.

2: Woman vs Man.

Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you'd probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

I could see a series in the vein of "The Love Boat" centered around Risa.