Eastern boxelder

Yes, if you’re looking at it from a single perspective, you can be very clear on what they were or weren’t. You seem to be pretty invested in labeling them according to your own.

Yes you are! And a handsome one at that.

Were the Cardassians terrorists too, or do they get a pass since their actions were Official Military Operations ™? It was certainly a hotly debated topic among Federation members. You can call it black and white if you want to, there were Star Fleet officers that did. There were also respected, high ranking officers, deep into their careers that joined their cause, including Chakotay. Star Trek is nothing if not nuanced.

Half of Janeway’s (the lady above) crew on Voyager were members of the Maquis before they joined her. The Maquis were freedom fighters in the resistance against the Cardassian occupation/colonization in the demilitarized zone. The Cardassians (brutal, planet-hungry, militaristic race) considered them terrorists, the Federation considered them dangerous traitors. Voyager was on a mission to catch the group of Maquis under Chakotay’s command on the Valjean (named for the Les Miserables character imprisoned for a just crime) when both ships got tossed 75 years journey from home. The two captains decided to merge their crews and Chakotay became Janeway’s first officer after Chakotay sacrificed his ship to save members of both crews.

People have (light hearted) animosity toward Janeway mainly because she had to make a hard decision when two crew members got merged into one in a transporter accident. The resulting person was a new being who wanted to live, but keeping him alive would mean sacrificing the two original people. She also fucked around with the timeline so much that one of the time cops went insane trying to fix the issues she was continuously creating. And she’s a bit cranky when she doesn’t get any coffee.

I literally salt and vinegar the ground after ripping it out. I don’t burn it, since I live in California and burn piles are generally frowned upon (but are allowed a few times per year). I send it off to the municipal compost, where it does at least get somewhat cooked. Then I go over it with one of these bad boys to get any stragglers: https://stickerburrroller.com/product/sticker-burr-removal-tool/ Doesn’t matter, they come back strong several times per year.

I had no idea they were still on the ship.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/us/baltimore-bridge-dali-ship-crew/index.html

TLDR: the ship has minimum staffing requirements, even when stationary, the crews visas expired while they were trapped, the investigation is ongoing and the FBI took their cell phones.

And Baltimore attorneys don’t want any of the crew to leave the country until the investigation is over, which may take two years.

https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/06/20/attorneys-for-baltimore-seek-to-keep-dali-crew-members-from-returning-home/

My car makes it slightly difficult to change lanes if I don’t signal, some resistance on the steering wheel and a warning beep beep beep that I’m “drifting.” There are some terrible roads around here that confuse the sensors so I do a bit of steering wheel arm wrestling now and then just to keep going straight.

Omg. I googled the vine that grows in my driveway and makes little tiny plant seed versions of this device and learned that it is in the Caltrop family!

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

(You can have kids without getting married)

The death penalty is always more expensive for tax payers than life in prison. Just be honest and admit you enjoy your blood lust fantasies. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/costs

That does seem like something I should look into…

If Jared Kushner is not a vampire then modern media has lied to me about the signs to look out for.

Normal blood pressure, I get it checked every two weeks for an unrelated thing, just salt sensitive.

My apple watch has alerted me to the fact that if I eat a really salty meal- like a burger and fries, or a whole bag of kettle chips- my heart rate increases by about 40 beats per minute. It’s like “Hey… you don’t seem to have moved and your heart is going bananas. You ok bro?”

Oh good. That makes more sense.

What the actual fuck. He “doesn’t remember” making the rambling phone calls where he graphically threatens the lives of house members of color, because of his bipolar disorder and his PTSD, and when capitol police show up at his house to politely ask him to stop doing that, he offered to let them take his guns away and they said “No thank you, sir! You keep those bad boys!”

I hope, but don’t believe that he will get the help he needs while incarcerated.

They wash their vegetables with soap? Like… special veg soap or just like Dawn or something?