Gregory Benford's "Galactic Center Saga".
Greg Bear's "Darwin's Radio" and "The Way" series.
Benford, Bear, and David Brin also extended Asimov's "Foundation" series -
more stuff actually happens
Larry Niven's "Ringworld" and all its spinoffs and prequels, anything with
the character Louis Wu in
I had posted a link to an article about a mass shooting in Norway in
response to a claim that most mass shootings occur in the U.S. I can't
find that post so I'll repeat it. This was only one attack but 77 people
were killed.
Yes! The Op wrote long and, frankly, to theoretical a email to ask why
american politics is so [redacted because steve asked nicely].
It boils down to greed, and no accountability, what are effectively
guaranteed contracts get a cushy job for 2-4 years at a time. The dumb way
people say "that
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anders-behring-breivik-appeal-european-court-of-human-rights-norway-massacre/
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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM
On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 3:21 PM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> At one point, maybe still, the largest mass
J-
I definitely agree we have a gun problem... and the recent reports of
"travel warnings" to some of our states (Red ones in particular)
emphasizes that. Many of us are somewhat innured to the presence of
guns and have a fair to good sense of when/where/how they are a bigger
problem than
At one point, maybe still, the largest mass shooting took place in Norway.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM
On Sun, Sep 3, 2023, 3:16 PM Jochen Fromm wrote:
> Well, I still believe there is a gun problem in the
Well, I still believe there is a gun problem in the United States, yes.
Definitely. Just recently a police officer fatally shot a pregnant Black woman
in the parking lot of a grocery store in Ohio after she refused to exit her
car. And Ohio is not even a red state, right? It is also well known
Wow Qadaffi hisself! I've read some Marx, some Lenin, some Mao, some
Castro and others (enemies of democracy in the US vernacular) but this
is new to me... thanks for the reference.
I definitely find "Democracy is the tyranny of the majority over the
minority" to be apt for all forms of
In this context, I would like to share the thoughts of an important world
leader (not very popular with successive US governments) on 1 party, 2
party and multi-party systems. I found his (poorly translated) analysis
very perceptive even if the alternatives he proposed instead were a bit
prosaic.
Unless two things change, we are doomed. We have become a nation of wusses,
despite the courage shown by the people who founded and settled this
country, Additionally, we have developed an unhealthy obsession with money,
which has become our ultimate value. Probably because I am so old, I am
Jochen -
I thought of you more than few times on my long walkabout through
Red/Purple-state 'murrica... mostly your concerns a year or two ago
about traveling to the US "because gun violence". I was in the heart
of "gun country" through this trip and saw a few artifacts of that which
I have read "Highway of Eternity" from Clifford D. Simak this weekend, one of
the books from the golden age of science fiction which is comparable to "The
city and the Stars" from Arthur C. Clarke and "The end of eternity" from Isaac
Asimov. Both belong to my favorite books. Modern authors
I'm not an American, but because America plays such a big role in the
world, I do follow what's happening over there. With the presidential
elections happening next year, I cringe at the prospect that it will
be another Trump vs. Biden affair. Can the leader of the world not do
better?
To me it looks as if the long period of presidential primaries is a 200 year
old legacy from the time of the founding fathers which had neither cars nor
planes nor mass media. Traveling by horse carriage from state to state took
weeks. Today the world has changed, but the process is still the
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