Instead of a barrel ... how about we just donate to a developing nation instead ... it would probably be enough to blast the country into the 22nd century ahead of everyone else.
Anyone under the age of 50
Why? Because they will have the energy, experience and ability to take on such an important position.
The fact that this is significant and will probably influence the election as a whole shows in complete fullness that America doesn't exist in a democracy ... it's a plutocracy, an oligarchy or an aristocracy ... it definitely isn't a democracy.
I think you just went full circle.
Why do I get the feeling that there will be another political assassination in America soon .... and why do I have a feeling that this one will be successful.
The more American political history I read, the more I feel like America is just another country like every other including third world developing nations who just happen to own the largest economy and the biggest military.
Snake!
Good idea ... how about just a system where everyone elects a regional representative and leave it at that.
No political parties, just political reps representing their region.
I don't think there are any stupid questions ... from the time we are children who learn to speak, we will ask millions of questions about everything because that's how we learn.
The problem is not in asking stupid questions or the right questions but in receiving absolutely dumb answers.
A monster is only appealing if they act and believe like the supporters wish to be.
And it's also the power of never taking responsibility for monstrous things in this world. If the monster is given power to do monstrous things, if you support monstrous things then you can watch it all happen. If the monster is stopped and punished, but you had supported the monster, you can stand aside and say you were never part of it.
The monster is only a small part of how monstrous society can be.
or if they wait too long .... they just dump you into the replicator and Picard gets to drink your former atoms as his daily cup of hot Earl Grey tea.
... or accidents ... imagine placing your finger or hand on a replicator at the wrong possible moment or it just malfunctions and you happen to be standing nearby ... your finger or hand either get dematerialized or augmented with a tuna sandwich and a glass of orange juice.
In The Original Series in the 60s, people had no idea what the future would look like or what technology would look like. In one of the early episodes, they had a paper print out machine on the bridge that looked like a fax machine, which was considered futuristic in the 1960s.
Like the example of the Enterprise fax machine, what technology or system do you think are we displaying in the current Star Trek shows that will show how dated we will become in the future?
I didn't see it posted so I thought I should.
I'm Indigenous, full blooded Ojibway/Cree from northern Ontario. Both my parents survived the residential school system in the 50s and I attended the last vestiges of Christianized schooling when I was growing up. We saw a lot of discrimination against us in my family and we were always made to feel less than every other Canadian we ever knew.
Even with all that ..... my dad always enjoyed celebrating this holiday because he just thought it was fun and a good time to celebrate with family and friends. Maybe he just didn't know but whenever this time of year comes around, all I can think of is how much he enjoyed just having a bit of fun today in the middle of summer.
In my own experience, I've travelled the world to 34 countries so I got see and compare how our country compares to the rest of the world. With all its shortcomings and blemishes .... this is still a great country and a prime example of decent democracy. It isn't perfect and it is very problematic and unequal in many ways ... but its on the top of the pile of mostly or more democratic places on the planet. I may be wrong on that but that is just my opinion.
So with all that said .... to all my Native, non-Native, nation born, immigrant, brown, white, black, and every shade in between ....
Happy Canada Day to all of you.
I didn't see any one mention it here but today is the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy and what has become to be known as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
James Doohan who famously played Scotty in The Original Series in the 1960s was a veteran of this famous battle. This was also the day he famously lost his finger which he always did his very best to hide from the camera.
Read about him at this webpage provided by the Juno Beach Centre.
https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/james-doohan/
For those who don't know Juno Beach refers to one of the five named beach areas of the D-Day landings. Juno Beach was the landing area for the Canadian Forces of which James Doohan was part. And also for those who don't know, James Doohan was a Canadian.
Yet another video test using a GIF from a Pixelfed server at pxlmo.com
Let me know if this works any better or worse
and also, Happy Vulcan Day .... lol
attempting to find out how and where I can post short video content and how it appears and works on Lemmy and the general Fediverse
for your info - this was posted via the Lemmy webclient on Firefox running Linux (Ubuntu) in Canada ... and the video is being posted and hosted on a Pixelfed server on pxlmo.com
if you have a moment let me know if this works or doesn't work or looks or acts strange depending on what service, app or set up you have
Thanks
K