btw, it’s ‘Salma’

I assume autocorrect is not your friend.

What tipped you off?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek

Salma Hayek was born in 1966, making her a cusp Boomer.

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“Stand On Zanzibar” won the 1969 Hugo award for best science fiction novel of the year.

It’s set in the early 2000’s and got so many of the details right it’s uncanny. Some of the ideas that people in 1969 laughed at were mass homelessness; well paid folks needing room mates to make the rent; random school shootings, etc etc.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/stand-on-zanzibar-john-brunner/7252770?ean=9781250781222&next=t

I was thinking about Bill Clinton and Monica-gate.

The GOP was after Clinton from the minute he won the election. They kept pushing the Whitewater investigation, and screamed about every misstep the Clintons made. Travelgate, Vince Foster, Paula Jones, everything.

If they’d kept quiet and showed a little patience they probably would have been able to oust Clinton for lying under oath. Instead they over played it.

That’s why I’m happy to watch them try to say that hating Teslas is treason.

Stop living in a fantasy land.

You really think the US arsenal will just vanish without a trace?

My first thought was a false flag operation to make the Left look like terrorists.

Actually, the most logical thing is VR. Give folks full exoskeletons to mimic actual real world conditions and a five sense helmet.

Boring to look at from the outside.

Don’t go down the rabbit hole.

Next we’ll be trying to explain why they needed a garbage disposal on the Death Star.

[Two reasons. first, the builder was trying to slow things down so he threw in extraneous stuff. second, there were regulations about ships over a certain tonnage, because no one wants tons of trash falling onto their planet.

Curses! Foiled again!

What about hydrogen plasma as hot as the surface of the sun, contained in a weightless force field? The 'balloon is simply a decorative wrapper? Remember, it’s the future year 2025!

hopepunk

TIL.

I guess that a good book in that genre would be “Lord Of Light” by Roger Zelazny. Centuries after the colony ship arrived on the distant planet, humanity is still in the Bronze Age. This is because the ship’s crew used their advanced technology to make themselves into literal gods. They are nearly immortal and wield a variety of powers, from controlling fire to creating illusions and beyond. One of the crew decides it’s time for a change, so he starts a religious war.

C-. You didn’t show your work.

Life Pro Tip.

Don’t get me started…I love to suggest books to people.

You know, I really don’t care how you define the system as long as it works.

You never answered the main point.

Superheated hydrogen in a monomolecular unbreakable balloon.

You know, I really don’t care how you define the system as long as it works.

I have been people argue about ‘socialism’ vs. ‘social democracy’ vs ‘communism’ since I was in grade school and none of it has done a drop of good for anyone whatsoever.

While people on the Left are wasting time arguing, the people on the Right are voting. They are the ones who keep winning because they keep their eyes on the prize.

Donald Trump is literally throwing people in jail for speaking out, and expanding the Gaza genocide right now, and you’re focusing on how I define 'socialism.

LPT.

If you’re using a toy that big, the neighbors and the police already know what’s going on

Responding for a friend

Funny story.

A while back someone posed a question online. They wanted to know why all Socialist countries fail? I answered that they don’t; look at Canada. They told me that I was a fool, because the Heritage Foundation had showed that Canada was freer than the USA. I asked why we shouldn’t have Canadian style health care? They never got back to me.

Reminded because of the folks you cited.