I mean, if we can’t be a properly grown up functioning member of the international community any more, we should at least be a cautionary tale…
A few quotes from the article, for anyone looking at the headline asking "what does that mean?"
China had called the poll a choice between war and peace. Beijing strongly opposes [Ruling-party candidate] Lai
While domestic issues such as the sluggish economy and expensive housing also featured prominently in the campaign, Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party’s appeal to self-determination, social justice and rejection of China’s threats ultimately won out. It’s the first time a single party has led Taiwan for three consecutive four-year presidential terms since the first open presidential election in 1996.
Lai and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. They have, however, offered to speak with Beijing, which has repeatedly refused to hold talks and called them separatists.
Those smiles are freaking me out
There's no cunt like a righteous cunt.
I've heard people saying everyone should be more involved in local politics, but I don't think this is what they have in mind...
Me? I'm a Brit. I loathe everything Trump stands for.
“So we were being chased by bad guys through a really explosive gas cloud nebula thing. Weapons were on the fritz and we couldn’t use shields because if the aforementioned nebula. So I ejected the warp core and blew it up, detonating the nebula and the bad guys while we just scraped out in the nick of time”
My god man, that’s actually impressive. How were you planning on getting back to literally anywhere else without a warp core?
“Ah well, I was only the acting captain at the time, so I figured that would be Picard’s problem when he got back…”
That was my first thought when I read this:
The Pin isn’t always recording or even listening for a wake word, instead requiring you to manually activate it in some way
In order for this to be scientific, we should repeat the activity.
Picard: Captain Grandpa
Oof. Wil Wheaton is older than Patrick Stewart was when he first started playing Jean-Luc.
Ah yes, fair enough. Proof also that Shatner's acting wasn't as off as everyone parodies it to be.
I’d assume they were still called “Woody” and “Buzz”…