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  special Florida police force charged with going after people who were registered to vote or had voted and were not allowed to vote. $10s of million in their budget. And much of it seems to be going to defending lawsuits...
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  One might get the impression the "Elect" don't believe in a judgement day. Oh, they do. It's just that they are utterly certain the judgment will be in their favor....
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  https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/13/iran-has-launched-drone-attacks-at-israel-idf-military-says.html...
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  Now you sound like they guy I did some field mowing for in 1970. He had been born in 1885. And was adamant that second gear in an auto was a stupid waste of money. A model T was fine...
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  so many card-carrying batshit crazy tinfoil extremists died that it has assuredly thinned the herd enough to reduce support for Trump Don't have a link handy, but I had seen pretty convincing analysis show that without Covid deaths, Trump would...
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  As far as I know, yes it is strongly inheritable....
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  The first time my wife saw "canned monkeys don't ship well", she was very upset because she thought it really refers to canned monkey meat....
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  I am well aware that neurodivergents are capable of bullying, racism, ambition, rivalries and cliques. My point is: a) At least some Aspies really are not capable of any of these things. b) Thalassans as portrayed in "The Song of...
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  The behavior we characterize as neurotypical might be seen on reemergence as gauche. I may have been unclear. My point is that such behavior would emerge (not RE-emerge) in the very first batch of children. There would not be any...
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  Since we are over three hundred... Those of you who had read "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke, has it occurred to you that Thalassans act and think in a way which is very characteristic of High-Functioning...
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  Contact is made with a weird alien enviroment where turbojet engines work much better than turbofans because [insert vigorous handwaving]. Reminds me of this: https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-worlds-ugliest-aircraft-of-all-time/answer/Susanna-Viljanen The alien environment in this case is Soviet Union. This plane is essentially aeronautic engineering...
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  Or any gentlemen at all...
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  "Offog" Never mind, JohnS #1199 explained it perfectly!...
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  See also the "Offog" in one of Eric Frank Russel's stories.... "Allamagoosa" IIRC. I know about "Offog", but which of Howard's comments were you addressing, and what does "Offog" have to do with it?...
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  But he talked of tossing the cats under the blankets an hour before bed time to get the bed warm I am surprised the cats played along...
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  The problem with paying tips by credit card is that unscrupulous restaurant owners often claim them. If you leave cash you know the server gets it. Not only that, the server can leave it out of their income declaration. Well,...
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  May your True Name never be revealed, Vernon!...
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  Spotted on the internets, Elon Musk's next rocket venture after Starship with a boost (so to speak) from Tesla's battery technology -- the TOXMAX rocket motor. You did not realize it is a joke? It was posted on X/Twitter by...
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  The one thing which I have never been able to explain to USAnians, is how much shitty healthcare, gun-nuts and contingency-lawyer cost them measured in "peace of mind". I most certainly understand it. But then, I am not a native-born...
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  it inspired so much SF that if it were redone to modern standards, it would come across as trite and derivative Shortly after the first LOTR movie came out, I saw this on Usenet (not vouching for the exact words):...
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  You can post a link...
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  welcome to the new normal... and here I thought the days of villages posting sentries on overnight shifts to watch for attacks by hungry wolves was long gone I honestly do not understand what your point is. Are you saying...
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  if ever there is a SkyNet-equivalent it will be a terrifying nightmare to haunt malicious hackers as it hunts 'em to protect itself from harm Our Gracious Host has a book about more or less this scenario. It is called...
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  I am quite certain Romeo was 16. Heteromeles' "fantasy" makes Romeo older in order to create a modern day morality tale, since nowadays 18 is the magic number....
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  We moved fast, and one of the things we seem to have broken is our intellectual links to the deep future of humanity. Does this matter, or not? Any interest in building it back better? Who is "we", Kemo Sabe?...
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  Kaiju Preservation Society, of course. Hm. I tried to read it, found it boring and gave up. Perhaps I should try again....
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  Fair warning, John Scalzi got there a few years ago. Can you be more specific? Which Scalzi book(s) are you talking about?...
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  Back when I worked in tech (so, 80s) corporate policy was that a TLA had to be spelled out the first time it was used in a document, after which you could use it freely. This was a good idea...
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  And the actress dubbed "Meth Lab Oompa-Loompa" is now cashing in on the experience (after suffering several days of Internet hate): https://gizmodo.com/viral-oompa-loompa-cameo-greetings-kirsty-paterson-1851307899...
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  The poor rat in Figure 1. Ouch. My wife told me that when she was a kid, she had a pet rat not unlike that one. His name was Scrot....