why would you do that to me? ffs

or when they were doing the Trinity test and feared it might set off a chain reaction that would destroy life on earth. experimenting with forces we don’t fully understand does have risks. i can see a future where it makes a lot of sense to do those in space or even on Phobos and Deimos, where they would pose less risk to our planet.

I wonder who stole whose idea?

Colonialism tends to have a negative impact on local populations.

sev·er·al
/ˈsev(ə)rəl/
determiner · pronoun
more than two but not many.

There is a clue in the trailer that I think might explain the California and Texas alliance.

We’ll see. I’m not going to shit on it before I’ve watched it, but I have my doubts. Most of them I can’t express here just yet because there would be a whole bunch of spoilers involved for people that haven’t played it. I will say that there is no way they could do justice to 20+ hours of gameplay story in just 2 to 3 hours. I’ve looked at the entire cast list that’s been released on IMDb and there are notable characters not mentioned. I don’t know why an animated, streaming series would be a bad thing. Think Arcane, that was awesome.

I’m not convinced that there is ANY intelligent life in the universe.

to be able to focus all our energy on the problem of galactic travel we have to first solve all the problems that plague humanity and we’re nowhere close to doing that. happy people that have all their needs met would be much less inclined to engage in all the negative activities that they do now. fear and uncertainty are powerful deterents to achieving peace. happy people are far less inclined to succumb to the manipulations and propaganda of agencies that stoke division, usually for the benefit of the wealthy, such as governments, religions etc. technologically, we’ve advanced much further than we have societally, but eventually you hit a wall where the advances you make on the 1st front slow until you’ve solved the problems on the 2nd front or we will destroy ourselves and all of it will have been for nothing. having been raised on the utopian ideas of the science fiction masters, i hold on to hope that we may yet figure out what we are doing and achieve that ideal future. i still don’t think we’ll ever really be able to explore the universe in any significant way. ftl travel is most likely impossible and without that it’s pretty much just a pipe dream.

it stands to reason that any species that has overcome the technical difficulties of intergalactic travel would have, long before that, figured out how of to live peacefully with their own kind and would most likely be peaceful in nature. i could go on and on about why i think that would be the case, but that’s the crux of it. yes, i’m a sci-fi nerd. :)

don’t start with me, young lady

18 US Code 201, which prohibits public officials from accepting bribes or gratuities to influence their Government actions, would only apply if Oliver’s offer had been made in an attemppt to corrupt Thomas in his decisions or actions as a Supreme Court justice and it wasn’t. Oliver has a team of lawyers that advise him on every show they do.

I love Clarke, but that quote is nonsense. What is terrifying about us being alone in the universe? The prospect of other intelligent life is only scary if you think that a species advanced enough to traverse the immense distances of space to get here would be as base as humanity currently is.

Paying him to quit wouldn’t be bribery.

neither prospect frightens me

i’m pretty sure he didn’t inquire as to their political affiliation before doing so either. true empathy and compassion are extended to those not just like us. we could all aspire to be as generous

He assumed the medical debt of 9,000 Americans totalling over $15 million for the sum of $60,000 and forgave it. We need more more Americans like him.

Oliver is a naturalized US citizen since 2019.

in case you haven’t noticed, i’ve a disdain for following rules blindly and that extends to unneccessary grammatical doctrine

I’m lazy

CNN and even Fox have covered it now.

Burke is an excellent writer. I think the 1st book of his I read was The Lost Get-Back Boogie. Robicheaux is one of my favorite literary characters in that genre, along with Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins.

I used to live in Alexandria and did a lot of contsruction work in the southern part of the state. Also partied a lot in Lafayette. I’d go back to visit, but a few minor warrants make that inadvisable. lol

Combined with vixen it sounds like she is being victim shamed.

succinct

shoddy

I’m not saying it is a spoiler, but it wasn’t initially marked as one.

Not every Marvel movie, but Deadpool is an OG troll and is beloved by that community.

It was renewed, but no info since then.

only the ones that possess no self-awareness