• The only material thing it seems to do is create a new private cause of action that would allow anyone to challenge voter rolls. What does that look like in practice? The proposition text is silent on that.

• It says the government shall use “best efforts” to verify citizenship using various records and databases. That’s an unreasonably low standard and an unreasonably vague process.

Moreover, what exactly is the life support system doing that means near-instant death if you turn it off? Breathable air and heat should last for hours at least.

Season 5 Episode 10: Lucy and Ethel set up a fake charity and collect donations from the neighborhood.

Season 2 Episode 5: Lucy has been stealing money from the Ladies’ Club treasury.

Season 5 Episode 25: Lucy accidentally breaks the bank at the Monte Carlo casino

Anyone else think that he says “Pope,” like he’s speaking to someone named Pope?

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they routinely demonize conservative women who refuse to conform to the molds that the left tries to force us into

The lack of self-awareness is truly astonishing.

Oh my god! The PTA has disbanded!

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And then you kill them?

I saw it when it was broadcast and for whatever reason it stuck in my memory.

The failed sitcom, The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer episode #1 entitled “A.O.L.: Abe On-Line”, depicts Abraham Lincoln as obsessed with telegraph sex.

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They stopped calling it a “failsafe”, what more do you want?

Not only is it not bad, it’s knot bread.

Scott decides to respond with a barrage of photon torpedoes

I disagree with this characterization. Scotty’s line is, “We can’t fire full phasers with our screens up, and We can’t lower our screens with their disruptors on us. Of course I could treat them to a few dozen photon torpedoes.” From the tone and delivery I took it as an expression of frustration rather than a serious idea he had, let alone one he had already decided on.

General Order 24: An order to destroy all life on an entire planet.

Which is a really weird thing for Starfleet to have a protocol for. It makes more sense if we assume that GO24 is actually some kind of quarantine/sterilization procedure intended to prevent the spread of dangerous life forms.

Kirk hails the Enterprise informing them to standby to transport the party in ten minutes or carry out General Order 24 on schedule.

If he was bluffing in the first place then he would still be bluffing here. There would be no point in tipping his hand until the situation was under control, which at that point it was not.

Probably my favorite Scotty moment.

And yes, he absolutely was bluffing. Montgomery Scott would not kill innocent civilians, even under direct orders. Recall that in this same episode Scotty refused a direct order to lower the shields and was fully willing to accept the consequences. (See also Star Trek 2009 where Scotty resigns rather than violate his professional ethics.)

I also like how Uhura reacts. She heard Kirk give General Order 24 but didn’t connect that with destroying the civilization below until Scotty utters his threat. This reinforces my headcanon that General Order 24 is actually a public health ordinance that was never intended to be used as a threat.