First, force women to bear children. Then, kill the children.
After writing aerospace technical manuals for too many years, I've jumped into my first love: writing speculative fiction. My themes are identity, inclusion, found family, and honor. No DMs. Sexbots ignored. Billionaires don't need a tax break.
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First, force women to bear children. Then, kill the children.
The gold standard of a successful con is leaving the mark with a sense that they won. I want to know if MAGA will go down into servitude to these grifters or, eventually, grow a brain larger than their mouths and take America back from greedy billionaires and pedophiles.
OMG! The man cheapens absolutely everything he touches, from White House makeovers to Kennedy Center to the highest civilian honor in America! Everything he touches becomes a mockery of itself.
It was time to replace my old phone and got a Pixel 10 Pro that comes with that marvel of modern science: magnets. Armed with this advanced tech, I'm looking for a simple, small clip to keep the phone in my shirt pocket when I bend over. I've looked around. Apparently, this is a novel idea.
Given automation, particularly in our homes, and the tremendous burden on our environment due to human population growth, a decreasing birth rate seems like a way to create a new age of plenty. The argument healed is simply his racism messaging going hyperbolic again.
I want to thank Donald J Trump for single-handedly uniting Russia, China, and North Korea in a common cause. Now we can finally return to 1953, the Cold War, nuclear war politics, polio, measles, chicken pox, the Ku Kux Klan, lynching ... All those wonderful things that made America Great.
I don't have to agree with all the elements of the Democratic Party or left-leaning special interests to know that voting for any Republican at this point is voting for fascism in America.
I'm seeing more chatter about social security privatization and how the current system will be lowering benefit amounts. I don't have a problem with privatization IF the government backs a guarantee of full benefits for retirees and oversight. But I see neither in almost all such proposals.
AI rendering expert testimony in court would be interesting.
If an business chooses to employ customer/patient-facing interactive AI systems, claims of damage, injury, or death should present liability for whomever is responsible for employing the AI. The legal fine print avoiding liability would be tested in court. Where are the Insurance companies on this?
Miller & Co. tell Trump he needs to show his power is absolute by ransacking government programs, which appeals to Trump's greed and vanity. But Miller's aim is to foment armed rebellion as cover for seizing assets and expanding control in the states through military force. I hope I'm wrong.
Power. He is demonstrating his imperial powers. Yes, Miller & Co. encourage these things to foment retaliation cogent enough to call rebellion so they can send in troops to wipe out domestic enemies--but Trump's reasons are related purely to vanity.
I love good satire. And this site has plenty of it. But it's also a bit unsettling because it's very, very likely that there will be a direct confrontation between city/state protestors and police defending their autonomy vs an organized invasion by federal forces for political purposes.
When SCOTUS rules against the principles upon which the US Constitution is founded, as expressed in the Preamble, then SCOTUS cares more about shielding power than defending the document that sets us free. Originalists are idiots. Freedom isn't static and democracy demands evolution.
Hungry? He doesn't care; he's a billionaire. Medical debt? He doesn't care; he's a billionaire. Homeless? He doesn't care; he's a billionaire. But he does care if you're not white, exercising 1st Amendment rights, or refusing to obey his royal decrees. Billionaires care about power.
They can't say they didn't know. The truth bombards them daily. They refuse to acknowledge the truth. And that's why there is no off-ramp for MAGA. It has to be stamped out like the KKK and Nazis once were--but, this time: with constitutional amendments to prevent their arising ever again.
The zombie apocalypse had to start somewhere...
They all want a piece of that sweet, sweet power pie. That's the nature of politics. But politics without a foundation in law and honor is no more, or less than, fascism.
The DOGE boys will be disappeared just as soon as their knowledge of events is seen as a liability by the trumpist regime. The only loyalty in that world is one-way: directly to trump. Everybody else is expendable and subject to betrayal.
David Beck, head of the Defense Innovation Unit. DIA chief Gen. Jeffrey Kruse. Navy Reserve chief Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore. Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, head of Naval Special Warfare Command. Air Force chief of staff Gen. David Allvin. All gone. Hegseth is swapping Nat'l Security for Trump security.
My wife is a Type II diabetic who monitors her blood glucose levels using Dexcom's OTC biosensor, Stelo. When she updated her phone, it rolled over to Android 16--and the Stelo App quit working. If you're using Stelo--BE WARNED, it is not compatible with Android 16 at this time.
Wait till they decide to stop all goods from the US at port of entry for 100% customs and tax inspection.
It's going to cost a bloody fortune just to remove trump's Louis XVI makeover and return the White House to the People. His idea of glitz and glamor was old in 1793.
When a government even attempts to regulate expression through art, it represents an abysmal ignorance that is vested in silencing independent expression. Ignorant because it is an admission of fragility. Snowflakes who melt when engaged in honest discourse.
Good idea. And we're hoping that, next spring, we'll have early flowers for them.
I did put out a mason bee house a couple years ago, but never bought pupae and didn't attract any willing to settle in
Good points. I hope it works out to the benefit of both our species, and the flowering environment. But no short cuts or commercial considerations in the research, please.
My wife is allergic to bee stings, so I'm not able to keep hives. You'll have to pick up the slack 😊
But will bees abandon the hunt if given a replacement for pollen? I hope the study's long term research adequately measures the impact on pollination before releasing this pollen replacement into the wild. Also how dependent hives handle sudden withdrawal. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
This is scary. Deeply disturbing. The Naval Reserve, as a political asset, covers housing, training, material handling, heavy support and maintenance and access to huge numbers of personnel in US ports & states. SEALs and EOD as domestic trumpist operatives? taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fi...
We should also remember it was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that so angered Southern Democrats that they changed their party to Republican, helping create what the GOP is today, providing its roots in racism via white supremacy beliefs.
She's just so catty, don't ya think?
Says the crazy guy yelling at America and protected by a pedophilic sociopath
Trump pardoned cop killers
I'm still waiting for scotch in a box. They did it for wine. WTF?
Yes, but--he's white.
You can't shame people with no honor. Honor is what keeps power from engaging in overt corruption because fear is the basis for all power. Loss of life, loss of well-being, loss of liberty and justice. We invest in power to allay those fears. But, without honor, the fear is about power itself.
You can't shame people with no honor.
Get real. Senate GOP grumbles against trump's choices as part of a show to stay in power, to appear to be their own masters. All it takes is a look at their voting record to prove that point. They are all quite happy to submit and let someone else take the heat for their fascist intent.
The second trump is out of office, I hope whoever gets stuck with cleaning up the epic mess he's made of our government will remove Secret Service protection for him, all off his cabinet, and top tier of political appointees. Not as retribution, but in respect for their beliefs.
As someone who is still utterly enamored of films like "The Philadelphia Story," "You Can't Take It With You," and "The Pride of the Yankees" (among hundreds of others)--thank you, Mr. Scalzi.
Yes, that's how I understand the process. But it's not like "convict the president of treason and the whole lot of them are out." Treason can result in a death sentence. So each person charged would have to be proved guilty. And the wording of what constitutes treason is open to interpretation.
Congress always has the power to impeach, try, and remove many executive positions, as well as members of SCOTUS. What this article of the US Constitution does is define the meaning of "treason," requirements for trial, and levies the restriction that persons convicted of treason cannot hold office
How much more are you willing to pay for products and groceries to support a government dedicated to slashing and eliminating labor rights, healthcare programs, education, privacy, environmental protections, consumer protections, voting rights, and human decency? To live in a police state?
Unfortunately, it's not possible to shame people with no honor.
Enslave Trump!
Get real. Trump is against electronic voting. He's against mail-in voting. Donald Trump is against voting. It's that simple.
TEXT: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors It's not a convict one and they all go proposition. It's just listing positions subject.
It's BS. This has been going around for a while--and I wish the it would die. It gives false hope. This is NOT what the Constitution says.
Of course he is. It's not simple bribery when you threaten bad things to follow if they don't cough up cash. That's a protection racket. In ANY other administration, the DOJ would have investigated the whole bunch and prosecuted theem under the RICO Act.
No. The People need to see the Epstein files, not reps who have gone to the mat to protect the Golden Calf.
So, false imprisonment is legal in Texas?
Today, of course, the GOP "fiscal hawks" in the US Congress who recently voted to add $3.4 trillion to the national debt while making sure their primary donors get enormous tax cuts are threatening a default on payments over budget earmarks--because they don't address the debt.
When it comes to these accusations, it's all projection. The immediate response from the Press, the actual journalists in the Press, when these kinds of accusations pop up is an immediate: "Show me, you ignorant twat."
Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. He covers all of the seven deadly sins! His purpose in life is to live like an enormous middle finger to the face of any god you choose to believe in. There is nothing redeeming about this man. Red America worships the Golden Calf they made.
Red America, for reasons known only to them, has decided 40% buy-in is good enough to destroy the constitutional order of the Union and enrich the rich as their own fortunes darken. Then there's us. We may not be Dem or Blue, but we're legion. We're pissed. We're united. And we're organizing.
If it's true, Amazon & Walmart die. And that's Red America, baby. TACO will fold, though he may further pack the bureaucracy by hiring thousands more Customs workers using money stolen from the VA, Education, HHS, and HUD. But at least Red America can look forward to the trickle-down, right?
Yes, but my first impulse was The Rolling Scones, and I may be in the minority of people who know both The Rolling Stones and what a scone is.
I'm sure trump's trade deals and tariffs promote a surprisingly strong healthcare system. . .in China.
Slightly diminish a band: Matchbox 19
Where's ICE & Co., with all their armored vehicles and guns and gas and swaggering brutality? Why aren't they in Alaska kidnapping the wanted foreign criminal Trump wants to be buddies with and shipping his butt off to some foreign prison camp?
He should take his tiny hand and shove it up where Jason Miller does most of his thinking, but he's too busy using it to create misdirection from the Epstein files.
Who do I call to suggest Subway, Jimmy John's, and other fine establishments all get together and designate a half-price "Yeet a Sub Day"
Subway should sponsor a "Yeet a Sub Day"
Maybe she shouldn't have so horribly doxxed, targeted, brutalized, imprisoned in camps, deported, and illegally deprived the due process rights of tens of thousands of human beings. Another trumpy snowflake. Just like it takes twenty fed officers to take into custody one guy taking video.
And look at all those shiny white faces. Why aren't they getting deported?
Every time the clown show in the White House sends all the alphabet enforcement agencies, the National Guard, and the US Military into cities as a vanity show of power--the cost is enormous, the lives interrupted are many, the constitutional due process rights are trampled... And the GOP giggles.
Unbelievable. I wonder how many cops it takes to screw in a lightbulb.
Records on my paternal side go back to 17th c. Virginia, no idea where he came from--and marriages through the centuries don't mention countries wives might have a link to. My maternal side has German roots, but that's the males on that side. That list is absolutely worthless as a data generator.
political concentration camps = Lots of slush cash for state politicians apnews.com/article/flor...
All nazis are snowflakes. They have to whip up mythical reasons to feel superior. But these snowflakes compensate with guns, armor, and a willingness to convert hate to murder. Enough snowflakes create deadly blizzards, and trump's America is the perfect incubator for snowflakes like Aaron Wyatt.
Putin wants Ukraine (and the rest of Eastern Europe) for his "Back to the USSR" plan. Trump wants a peace prize, hotels, resorts, and golf courses in the new USSR, and absolute power in the US. Malta Conference '45 for a new age. Carving up the world. I wonder how Xi fits into all this?
It's a prerequisite for admittance to trumpyland that you have to be an ignorant snowflake who sees murderous brown people hiding behind every bush.
Has anyone considered that Trump may be giving Alaska to Russia in return for something he desperately wants? Like a peace prize or gold to his off- shore accounts? And that's why he mixes up the names?
Yeah, but it's only about 40% of us. A big number, but why do 60% of us need to suffer the annihilation of the Republic because of a system that rigs the vote? Sometimes, I don't think the Union is worth preserving, but there's a lot of good folks who would suffer if we split.
Trump believes personal honor is a loser's game. He believes sacrifice is for suckers. Intellect is alien to his being. He's cunning, illiterate, without any measure of empathy for others, and a sexual predator. We knew all this before MAGA elected him again. What does that make us?
In 1970, four kids demonstrating against the expanding war in Vietnam were killed by members of the Ohio National Guard. But there were more. Two kids were killed at Jackson State University by police. Eleven people were bayonetted at UNM by Nat'l Guard. A police state is a deadly state.
A $200 billion integrated domestic police state, the National Guard, and the US Military arrayed against residents in the USA gives ANYONE the permission to be afraid, silent, and compliant for the sake of survival. A police state has no higher authority than a badge. Fight, but also--survive.
Nixon said, "I am not a crook." He was lying. Trump would say, "Some people say you'd be stupid not to be a crook. Everyone does it." He's all about ducking the facts. Harry Truman said, "Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Truer words were never spoken.
The trafficking story MUST be pushed to ensure anyone who participated in that pipeline is identified, tried, convicted, and sent away for life. The related story is Epstein's cash flow through Russia, and that story needs much more journalistic and legal focus than it currently has.
Have Space Suit--Will Travel by R A Heinlein. I was, I think, seven. I don't re-read those old novels because they don't tend to age well, and today's writers are so much more relevant to current human conditions. But it sure sparked a lifelong interest in SciFi in me as a kid.
There are current big sellers like Martha Wells and R. F. Kuang, and many extremely talented writers like Malja Older and Yume Kitasei who deserve more readership. Like music, genre literature speaks to the times. Loved the Stones, but Dirty Honey is NOW! Celebrate the voices of tomorrow's hope.
In January, the DC Metropolitan Police published their district crime data for 2024. Drastic drops in crime across the board. There was no reason for this except to militarize DC to create a buffer zone so the real criminals can feel safe in their marbled halls. mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime
In January, the DC Metropolitan Police published their district crime data for 2024. Drastic drops in crime across the board. There was no reason for this except to militarize DC to create a buffer zone so the real criminals can feel safe in their marbled halls. mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime
Keeping the bees happy, I see!
The string of Others dripping from the lips of these imbeciles in charge grows ever longer, and the cruelty they espouse grows ever more bold.
The orange ego just wants all the IRS data available to his goons.
There are a multitude of brain sets required of writers like me: business, marketing, planning/development, drafting, revising, and editing. Some work together (revision/dev, business/marketing), some don't (drafting/planning, marketing/editing). Why can't left brain/right brain be friends?
From what trump has said, the economy is booming, job numbers are great, tariff money is pouring in, there will be no more crimes in DC, and the people absolutely love him--So why does he have to push illegal census do-overs and beg for redistricting? Was it Epstein or Putin?
That's not what it says. Look it up. Stop repeating lies. We're better that them.
As long as they don't sport extravagant bouffants, gild their dens with gold, and speak in High Gibberish.
Louis XIV has been reborn! You can tell by the extravagant bouffant as well as his deep connection to real people. From a distance. Behind bulletproof glass and surrounded by idiots who would die for him.
Not only does he think he's a king, he thinks he's Louis XIV. All that gold leaf in a house of the People makes me want to puke.
I'm not sure a less fascist universe has humans in it. But, maybe we could blend in.
Apparently, the VP, friends, and family get safe boating--but everyone else can freaking drown for all they care. This level of assumed privilege and entitlement is usually only found in dictators and royalty. Which is Vance: dictator-suckup or royal? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is how we know we're in the correct universe.
What do you do with a government in the US that refuses to abide by not just the letter therein, but by the principles as stated in the preamble to the US Constitution? By what authority do they govern other than at the whim of a man with no honor, no integrity, and incapable of empathy?
But who's going to remove the worst of the worst from ICE?
If there was a vaccine for stupid that you could put in the nation's water supply, MAGA, the GOP, and all their voters would cease to exist.
Even if these clowns wanted to accomplish anything of value, their only qualification for the jobs is that they kiss trump's butt and act the fool--willing to throw America down the drain for their ten minutes in the limelight.