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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 01:56:45 PM

Seems a good reason to impeach Alito

It's small potatoes compared to the bribery.

#2

Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:30:01 PM

Looks like star fleet Academy is canceled. Season 2, which has already filmed, will be its last.

thank god for that.

Did anyone force you to watch it? Show me on the doll where Holly Hunter touched you.

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Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 01:11:37 PM

Looks like star fleet Academy is canceled. Season 2, which has already filmed, will be its last.

thank god for that.

#4

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 01:04:42 PM

I think you are asking a bit too much from conservative Supreme Court Justices to read the Constitution.

With all the generals that have received knighthoods, and the occasional other person (I recall some US service member being honored after stopping a knife attack on a French train), I presumed there is some US law that is pretty much amount to a necessary blanket Congressional approval for monetarily worthless honorifics.

It is more of an issue of whether their loyalty is now divided in some way.  The examples you gave would not put loyalty in question.  For example, the generals in question were given the awards because of the way they discharged their office and obligations to their own nation.

Likewise the people honoured for stopping a knife attack would put their loyalty to the USA in question.

We have the same prohibition here - although not in our written constitution.  It is more of a constitutional norm that your nation codified.

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Off the Record / Re: STAR TREK

Last post by Syt - Today at 12:29:52 PM

I'm not surprised but I also think that TNG wouldn't make it past its initial 20 episodes in the current media environment. I imagine it was not a cheap show to produce, so it would need all the views (unless you are on Apple TV, I guess) all the time or capture the conversation in another way.

Oh well, two more seasons of SNW (hopefully better than the third's meandering quality) and one more of Academy. Unless they pull a Prodigy and don't plan on airing it unless it finds a different (well-paying) home.

I hear your comment about how much you can stretch out the Academy format. For cast, you can have the "old cast" graduate and bring in new classes every year. But it doesn't solve the other issue - many people tune in for the strange new worlds and Academy is a bit less easy to adapt to that (Athena notwithstanding).

Personally, I like the idea of a long term show that follows the career of one or small group of characters - starting at Academy, becoming lower deckers, and moving their way up with every season towards Captain or even Admiral. You could set it against the backdrop of 90s Trek - start around the time of Encounter at Farpoint and have the character(s) go through the Cardassian War, the Borg Incursion, the Dominion War ... kind of a Hornblower in Star Trek setting. Or you could set it in 32nd Century (or between 2400s and the Burn) if you don't want to be burdened with too much canon continuity.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 12:20:36 PM

I think you are asking a bit too much from conservative Supreme Court Justices to read the Constitution.

With all the generals that have received knighthoods, and the occasional other person (I recall some US service member being honored after stopping a knife attack on a French train), I presumed there is some US law that is pretty much amount to a necessary blanket Congressional approval for monetarily worthless honorifics.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:18:18 PM

The USSC is unlikely to go that far - I hope

#8

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by HisMajestyBOB - Today at 12:03:58 PM

I would not be surprised if the deal ended up being something like Iran provides $50 billion to Trump's bribe fund Board of Peace and pinky promises to never build a nuclear bomb, while in exchange the US recognizes Iran's right to toll the straits (with some proceeds going to the Board of Peace, of course) and US taxpayers pay billions to help Iran rebuild their oil and gas infrastructure.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 11:55:50 AM

I agree w/Valmy that they aren't likely to want to stop anything as long as Israel is in Lebanon, that would be seen as a capitulation of sorts.

Agreed but I don't think that is a problematic deal point. If the US gets what it wants, it can tell the Israelis to get out. If Lebanon ends up holding up the deal, it would confirm that Israel really does have Trump by the balls somehow.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by OttoVonBismarck - Today at 11:52:56 AM

I agree w/Valmy that they aren't likely to want to stop anything as long as Israel is in Lebanon, that would be seen as a capitulation of sorts.