SaltSong

I used to be Catholic. Every Sunday, they performed the transubstantiation on the hosts and the wine. Every Sunday, I subjected both to analysis by one of the most sensitive chemical sensing device in the world.

Every week, it came back as Styrofoam and wine. Never once was it meat or blood.

Sometimes I think it's a backlash against what we see as stupid rules that are imposed on us for no reason. We legitimately do want to be able to dispense with the bullshit, and admire people who can.

We are talking about the Navy, right?

And yes, Iran is a bigger, better armed country, so we should use more stuff to attack them.

Assuming we aren't gong to do the sane thing and not attack them.

I trust they replied "lol, no."

According to the TNG tech manual, the smooth curves of the ship makes it easier to maintain a warp field in a shape that uses less power while traveling at warp. So, not aerodynamic, but voidynamic, or something.

In this case, the enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. Nothing more.

Always has been. Sometimes my enemy's enemy and I want the same thing for a little while.

Maxim 29.

They just use more power.

I see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.

No, it shuffles on, a decaying zombie shell of it's former theoretical glory.

Still, you put it well. I'm impressed with your literary talent. Tell me, have you ever considered writing a Hungarian phrase book?

True, but we don't have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.

We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.

I was an enlisted aircraft maintainer for a term of service, and I don't recall ever being in need of aa box cutter.

My opinion stands, however. They want knives, let them have knives.