ClownStatue

I get wistful watching other countries holding members of the ruling class accountable for their wrongdoings. Maybe one day the US will act like a grown-up country!

I think that counts as Universal Sign Language.

That is a load bearing “yet!”

Modern fascists don’t like being called what they are. Used to be they were proud of it. Even named their political party for in in certain cases. Now they’re all just cowards.

Never mind then. The bots were the draw in the original. That and, of course, the acting!

Somehow I forgot about that one. I don’t think I ever saw it.

Good definitely is subjective. I have Robot Jox in my library and it won’t be deleted until I’ve left this mortal coil.

Time for SCOTUS to abandon another precedent.

Adding in - if you watch the first season of the Amazon show, it’s pretty accurate to the books. The second season went off the rails a bit, but the recent season was alright (other than Anthony Michael Hall being a pretty one dimensional actor).

If that’s the reason why, I would skip it. They don’t spend a lot of time on it. Plus, in the early books there’s some unnecessary cringe parts where they felt the need to shoehorn “love interest” into the story. In general, they’re decent “boss battle” books. Easy reads that aren’t going to make you think. Beach reads for guys, I guess.

Exactly. Humans are wasteful and expensive. One day, capitalists will realize if they don’t hire any humans, nobody but the capitalists will have money to buy anything.

I read all the Jack Reacher books a couple years ago, and one of the fascinating things about the character is his aversion to owning things. In some of the books, he talks about it a little and it’s an interesting insight to that worldview. I think they kind of stopped talking about it in newer books, and the character has gotten kind of less interesting because of it. At one point, he inherits a house, and that seems to become a minor trauma for him!

It’s going to be a long 3-and-change years if someone doesn’t realize that “move fast and break things” is not a good way to run a country.

It’s already been a long 5-years since January!

The Great American Cultural Revolution is underway! Everyone make sure to get their little gold book!

This sounds like a song lyric.

When crime goes up because nobody can afford food or a place to live a Democrat will be in power, so they can blame him. All working according to plan.

UN over there rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Exactly what I was thinking. Anyone actually surprised by this?