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@PraxisPatri @FuckKoroks Seriously. A pinch of salt, maybe, but Thousand Island is for chicks and soy metro boys!

@FuckKoroks Dominance?! A real man does not dress his salad

Always assert dominance

@FuckKoroks Then drag her into his lair and make her glad that he's a carnivore. :D

@RossKneeDeep Kamala was an airhead, trying to buy votes with other people's money, as a typical demagogue does.

When we look back on why Trump won this election, it won't be because he was a better choice. Kamala was more than qualified. She was one of the most qualified persons to run for office in a very long time. She offered Americans $25,000 towards their first home. She offered $50,000 to small businesses. She offered intelligence and critical thinking. Yet, Amerca decided to go with dimwitted criminal with 34 felony counts, a convicted sexual abuser, a fail businessman, accused of being a pedophile who tried to overthrow the government. As we look at the absolute chaos trump has caused in one year, the is was it worth it? Who's benefiting from Trump being the president? Why didn't Kamala win?

@BradRTorgersen Well done! Your review features even a well-deserved flourish of side-swipe at those foolish Sci-Fi Socialists! If I have but one quibble to offer, it is that you didn't even offer a hat tip to the director or the writer, Gene L. Coon. This episode is also one of my favorites too

TOS re-watch day 26: "Devil in the Dark" is absolutely a Top 5 episode for me, from the original series. There are only a handful of other TOS episodes I've re-watched as often as this one, and it remains excellent all these years later. Everything that makes TOS fire on all cylinders is present in this episode: a genuinely alien mystery, the big three cast each getting opportunities to flex his acting chops, an engineering dilemma for Scotty to solve, good guest stars who inhabit their roles nicely, and a practical worldbuilding problem which drives the drama: beyond dealing with a mere monster inhabiting the shadows, Kirk and his crew have to get the mining colony back into operation for the sake of many other Federation colonies who all rely on the miners' product. The questionable physics of a silicon-based deep-dish pizza creature moving through basalt the way we move through air, takes a back seat to the human problem of confronting a murderous entity which only reveals its true nature at the very end. When the miners have to also face their nature. Each of the species reacting against the other, until Spock (with the mind meld) can broker an understanding. I mentioned in my last review that this was a far better example of Nimoy being unleashed from his stone-faced stoicism, than was true in, "This Side of Paradise." Considering the fact Nimoy is having to convincingly and heavily emote—while clutching at throbbing bladders of spray-painted foam—really shows his range. Meanwhile, the irascible DeForest Kelley gets in several Bones-ian lines such as, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!" while barking orders to a junior officer on the ship, and questioning Spock's theses, at the same time simultaneously giving us clues to the mystery through cool-headed forensic talk. And this specific scene—where Shatner discovers the main clutch of Horta eggs—he's staring up into the ceiling of a sound stage. But has to make the audience think he's just seen the most astounding sight imaginable, which suddenly makes him realize just what it is the Horta's been killing for in the first place. Ken Lynch is terrific as Chief Vanderberg, and had an extensive credits history through film and television. A very comfortably familiar face who absolutely sells himself as the production-minded miners' boss. Miner Schmitter (Bill Elliott) likewise had a healthy list of credits, and was important in his brief but key portrayal of a working blue-collar man facing annihilation at the hands of the monster. Security Chief Giotto (John Duke, aka: Barry Russo) would later appear as Commodore Wesley in TOS episode, "The Ultimate Computer." And like Elliott and Lynch, had quite a run of credits. Unlike some other TOS outings, there really isn't much to complain about with this one. The scripting is tight, the plot advances smoothly, the anticipation (as well as horror) is real, and the solution at the end proves quite satisfying. And once again we have clear, undeniable proof that the Federation is not a moneyless utopia, much to the chagrin of Marxist Trekkies. Kirk remarks that Vanderberg and his men are going to be embarrassingly rich once the hatched Horta get going. Likewise, the other colonies depending on Janus VI for rare ores (like the fictional Pergium) are clearly *paying* for the stuff. And any delay in mining or shipping poses a big enough threat to the function of those colonies that Starfleet Command detours the Enterprise to investigate and solve the issue. Thus the economy surrounding the mining is integral to the plot, and inseparable from the worldbuilding. I love this episode. Start to finish. Again, Top 5 for TOS in my book.

@ChrisAlanMiller @Spockk @bestofStarTrek You are entirely right. I wrote without thinking. Grace Lee Whitney was released from contract after "Balance of Terror," in season 1. "Mirror, Mirror" is from season 2. She wasn't in it. Meaning the picture is Photoshopped.

@friedsammich @Spockk @bestofStarTrek No it isn't.

Which version of Star Trek is better? 1966 or 2026?

@FightWithMemes Molon labe.

Reddit users have found the solution to all gun violence, and guess what it is? Tyranny of the highest order! How come nobody else ever thought of this? 😂

@FightWithMemes Some people are born wanting to be slaves.

@TobyDurr @ChazakielDoremi Jeannie from the TV series I Dream of Jeannie would be better. With Aladdin's genie, you only get three wishes.

@ChazakielDoremi -blue pill -genie from Aladdin -wish for the other three abilities and get to hear Robin Williams cracking wise while you do it

- minor psychic trick - near omnipotence - minor psychic trick - near omnipotence

@404Yon @ChazakielDoremi Why would you need to invent a new character? Jeannie, from the I Dream of Jeannie TV series would work just fine.

@ChazakielDoremi Makes up a character entirely loyal to me who's only purpose is to give me more powers. Checkmate.

@ChazakielDoremi Well, pink is really tempting, but I'm going to have to go with orange.

@MegaBasedChad It was pretty much just another New Years Day. There were more fireworks. Lots of people who didn't really understand the problem were worried about the Y2K computer problem, but of course, technological civilization did not collapse. :D

Question for Uncs who were there when it happened How did the turn of the millennium feel? What was it like?

@CalDesertSun @bestofStarTrek Alas, I only wish I was as good with AI or Photoshop. It is not my work, but very nice.

@friedsammich @bestofStarTrek Old School Bad Photoshopping! Gotta applaud your OG disrespect!

@Spockk @bestofStarTrek Dur! My bad. "Mirror, Mirror" was season 2 and Rand's last appearance was in Balance of Terror in season 1. It must be Photoshopped.

@friedsammich @bestofStarTrek She was nowhere near that thin on the show, looking famished....

@LibertyCappy youtube.com/watch?v=4iOGeC…

She did nothing wrong.

@JSparrow1700 @LibertyCappy "Not all treasure is silver and gold, Mate." :D

@LibertyCappy Avast! C'mon lads, let's we storm the courthouse and save the captain's pretty neck from dangling from a yardarm!

@bestofStarTrek Susan Oliver as Vina, playing an Orion slave girl. Nice place you got her, Mister Pike!

@ManateeMaxCom YES. For exactly the same reason that the First Amendment forbids the government from founding, funding, or regulating religion, the churches or the press. The government that supposes to educate the citizen presumes to own the citizens.

@friedsammich Should have been around 1870. But, you won't find Spooner (or Bastiat) in public schools. Maybe the Prussian education system administered by the government wasn't such a good idea? oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spooner…

At what point do people wake from the delusion that the Republic still exists? lewrockwell.com/2026/04/andrew…

@ManateeMaxCom @bestofStarTrek :D

@friedsammich @bestofStarTrek She went to the Navel Academy.