Well this is interesting

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Alien visitors may be intelligent machines, just because of the length of time it takes to get anywhere in the universe.

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I was thinking stray pets. I mean, who knows - if there are beings made of pure energy, maybe they keep other beings that would be comparable to pets humans keep that are made of a less powerful energy? Or maybe immature beings? Both pets and the immature are known to be capricious; but I suppose this assigning human traits to the non-humans, so it’s just entertaining conjecture.

I dunno, truly.

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I guess none of us do.

Well, except those who are sure.

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I consider the Fermi Paradox and Drake Equation this way - the big question is why don’t we see aliens regularly?

Well, there aren’t a bunch of eagles in my yard. If eagles can fly and go anywhere, then why aren’t there eagles in my yard? Does the fact that there aren’t any eagles in my yard disprove the existence of eagles? They could be here but I don’t see any, therefore they must not exist - isn’t that valid logic? No, it’s not. Logic doesn’t work that way.

And likewise seeing unidentified objects doesn’t in any way logically imply anything about aliens.

Only when you explicitly identify them as aliens does it actually imply the existence of aliens.

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Honestly, given the distances of interstellar travel, and the difficulties of new worlds, I wonder if it’s like asking why we never see Coelocanths in the pond.

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Steinbeck wrote an Arthurian romance, but it was published in a noncomplete state.

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They are starting to emerge here.

Actually I think they are rather cute, with their orange-red eyes.
 
 

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My wife found one of these in a package of wasabi peanuts:

I’m familiar with dessicants (the little packages found in pill bottles), but this is the first time I’ve heard of these.

I wonder if you could get a ton of them delivered to a conference room. Say, during a CPAC meeting . . .

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Fusion power may be only 30 years away!

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I want some of that for my bathroom.

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Ransom bitcoin stolen back. Kind of a big deal.

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Some nitty gritty details in the affidavit in support of seizure. Blockchain explorer was used to track the funds.

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/affidavit-in-support-of-seizure-warrant/fd1288c50cc29e1b/full.pdf

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Wow, Moscow Mitch got a good deal, higher prices for the oil companies (which continue of course, regardless of the pipeline status). Of course the companies will pay him handsomely in return.

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Now, how can folks like him deal with the Devil when they have no souls with which to trade?

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It’s not the handing over of souls, it’s the getting of pots of money.

From here:

The senator has a net worth of $35 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The sudden increase in McConnell and his wife’s wealth was previously called into question, with Reuters citing a post highlighting how his fortune grew from $2.96 million in 2005 to $26.9 million by 2015.

An inheritance supposedly. Probably money laundered through Mrs. McTurtle’s mom.

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Um, I was speaking over the lack of moral character that those type of folks have to obtain all those pots of money. But I guess being soulless, they can do it on their own?

Money’s not the root of all evil - or some of it: It’s greed.

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Hmmm…

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Yes.

(With Mitch and Don I will believe anything. Bad that is.)

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