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The national guards of the states act a reserve for the US Army and Air Force. If activated by the President, they're subject to the UCMJ just like any other arm of the military. Disobeying an order would, I presume, result in a court martial and the appropriate punishment rendered against the offen...

The real reason Scalise didn't get the nod is because he's not Republican enough. The Freedom Caucus wasn't going to vote for him, so rather than call the vote and suffer the embarassment, he let the Party save some face by bowing out beforehand.

I am an unrepentant Asimov fan, especially of the Robots-Empire-Foundation epic, and I've always thought that Foundation would require a massive amount of massaging to make a watchable movie/TV series. At its core, the first three books are just people talking about stuff that has happened, is happe...

I thought this week's episode was a lot of fun. I knew Ethan Peck plays a good Spock, but this really let him stretch his legs and have fun with the character.

Maybe. But Tucker does have several years left on his contract at about $20 million per year. A rich asshole generally doesn't turn down even more money. :D I would assume that, as a condition of continuing to receive that money, either as salary or as severance, he is bound by some sort of non-comp...

I read yesterday that Fox (News Corp, really) has about $4 billion in cash on hand, or rather, has relatively easy access to $4 billion. Less the Dominion settlement, they could weather another 4 settlements of a similar amount.

From what I've read, this settlement comes with no restrictions of any kind. Dominion can say whatever they want about the case, and use the money however they see fit. Like, say, refusing to agree to a settlement in their suit with MyPillow guy and run him out of business, because they now have cas...

And another company, Smartmatic, is still pursuing their $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox.

I'll be interested to see how they resolve this, but I don't think that anything is going to dissuade me from the notion that they basically did the seasons in the wrong order. This should've been the first season, introducing Raffi and Seven as new-to-the-series characters. Then, do the first seaso...

Well, we got here. The whole gang is together, and it's honestly great. The how we got here is, if we're being charitable, uninspiring, but I'm hoping we're going to get two episodes of the TNG crew doing TNG things. Also, did I see right that Worf was wearing a captain's jacket under his baldric? I...

I am enjoying this season of Picard quite a bit, and I find myself saying, "This is what the first season of Picard should have been." Just get the gang back together. Raffi and Seven are welcome additions, it's true, but I am absolutely not missing any of the other characters we met in th...

Worf just makes everything better. I was NOT invested in Raffi's story AT ALL until Worf showed up, and now I'm all about it.

You know, that's what I don't get about this: What do the Russian leadership think they stand to gain from allowing or even encouraging their troops to shoot for a full house in War Crimes Bingo? Even if the last of the men who remember the Nazis firsthand are all long retired or dead, you'd think ...

A lot of the specialization BOFF abilities are firmly in the Nice To Have category--like if you have the slot on your ship, and nothing else to put there, it's worth trying out something.The biggest benefits they offer are the passive bonuses they grant you by maxing out and selecting a specializati...

If you get your rep up to tier VI for each of the reputation systems, it's fairly trivial to outfit a powerful set of cannons/turrets on an escort in either phaser or disruptors (when you get to tier VI with rep, you can chose the weapon type). Also, equipping a reputation weapon when at tier VI giv...

Season 3 started up yesterday, and I really enjoyed the first episode. Bozeman, Montana becoming a First Contact amusement park really tickled me for some reason.

I miss Alferd Packer. I heard the guy logged out accidentally one day, forgot his password, and took almost 2 years to recover it.

But seriously, I miss my fellow SDN in the Sea of Time co-authors. One of the most fulfilling and engaging creative efforts of my life.

That was a bit of a tangent anyway. The point being, if it comes down to Ohio of Biden, he's already lost, as the state has been trending more pro-GOP for the last two decades than it did before. Where are you getting that from? Ohio went to Obama. Twice. I don't see how that means it has been tren...

I thought that Pelosi's just following the Newt Gingrich playbook. They formally adopted the articles of impeachment for Clinton on December 19th, meaning the entire Christmas/New Year's break was spent dwelling on the his malfeasance. The trial didn't start until January 7th.

NYCC trailer:

I've already done the most impactful thing I can: I've elected not to reproduce. So I guess by not doing, I've done something?

Also, if Dark Storm had occurred 500-ish years before the current date, the planet's biosphere should be dead. Not dying, not dormant, completely dead. I honestly don't know how you go about fixing that, even if you clear the nanobots from the atmosphere. Hope the Svalbard global seed vault is still...

So, Picard was born in 2305, and this takes place almost 20 years after Nemesis, or around the year 2399. Even accounting for 24th-century magic hyprospray tech, Picard looks good for a man in his mid 90s who may or may not have Irumodic Syndrome.

Well, that pragmatist in me sees it going like this: he finishes TWoW in the next year or so. He begins working in earnest on ADoS, but dies before he can finish it. Whoever is in charge of his estate commissions an author to use what was written and what notes exist to finish the book, and we event...

Full trailer is up.