Holy shit… How can you rightly identify that the US military (and the US government’s use of said military) is evil, and that killing people for their ideas just spreads those ideas, but then somehow come to the conclusion that public health mandates during a pandemic are unconstitutional and “billionaires in this country got rich by actually serving their fellow man”?

Fucking hell, the propaganda machines are in overdrive.

Appreciate a veteran telling kids not to join the military. (Assuming this was written by an actual veteran, and isn’t just fictional propaganda.)

The rest is idiotic corpo bootlicking unrelated to the topic.

I haven’t had my blood boil like reading that McConnell piece.

I can’t even put the rage into words.

I get the hate for those movies, but I honestly enjoyed them all.

They are what got me to watch TOS, finally. Then I did a full watch through of the series. They were great for revitalizing the fan base and making new fans.

I honestly love having the movies as a different universe/timeline. Saves us from tone whiplash, like Shakespeare TNG Picard vs Rambo Movie Picard.

Horrible article title, obviously written to be misleading clickbait.

They didn’t delete the pension fund.

They deleted the Google Cloud account running the management of said fund.

It was inaccessible for a week, but has been fixed.

Big fuck up, and big news. But on the level of “hurts Alphabet stock and panics people for a week” not “bankrupts countless people, maybe crushing a whole nation’s economy.”

That, or she should be named “Mary” instead, I guess.

Yes! I’ve said for a while that any public statement by a politician should be treated as being “under oath”, punishable as perjury as applicable.

US billionaires hold a collective $4.5 Trillion. A 2% wealth tax would be $90 Billion. That’s simultaneously a shitload of money that could do so much good, and also a drop in the bucket for the US budget and deficit.

We need to raise taxes on the wealthy so, so much to save this country.

As disappointing as it is to see it end, 5 seasons is a decent run, and I’d rather it end before they “jump the shark” or just fizzle out.

Vulcans.

As a regularly stoic person (maybe on the autism spectrum), I often struggle to show appropriate emotion. Or, at least, it is exhausting.

Having a conversation with a Vulcan would be a breath of fresh air.

Eww! No I don’t! Take it back!

Prediction: Starbucks resolves the issue by raising all “milk” product prices to match the most expensive option.

I’m here to collect.

“Service guarantees citizenship.”

Exactly.

This whole discussion feels like nobody watched ENT.

The Federation exists because Archer was such a fantastic mediator. Add in his rapport with T’Pol and Shran, and his willingness to die in the place of a Tellarite ambassador, and it’s little wonder he was able to knit the beginnings of this alliance together.

I really got an Archer vibe from Pike in “Spock Amok” (SNW S01E05), when he dealt with the R’ongovians.

Why would you post any possible incentive to vote for Trump?

I can see the argument from a certain perspective of the language, outside of context.

But remember when this amendment was passed. Right after the Civil War.

So, they wanted an amendment to bar traitors from federal office. Then they put in a section saying Congress has to actually make laws enforcing that rule, or it does nothing. And then, they didn’t make any such laws?!

So, what, they went through all the work to make a constitutional amendment, and then it does nothing?

No, they clearly felt that the rule was clear enough as it was, and section 5 is there to allow Congress to make supporting laws built upon that to help enforce that rule. But that rule should have teeth on its own.

Sure, Squeak…

It’s a candle, but I suppose if you’re real determined…

I used the lottery for the same reason for a long time. Then they raised the price and lowered your chances to win even further.

Also, seeing people win a “$1Billion jackpot” and take home less than $400M after taxes, meanwhile multiple billionaires can be shown to pay $0 on taxes… It’s pretty disillusioning.

Those are Mormons.