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Mr Flibble

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Mar 22, 2016, 7:55:03 PM3/22/16
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Someone should make a post-apocalyptic comic about a world where Donald
Trump was voted President and Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister.

I think they should call the comic "Radioactive Sausages".

/Flibble

Alf P. Steinbach

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Mar 22, 2016, 8:25:01 PM3/22/16
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You should read Robert Heinlein's “Friday”, Leigh.

It's not Friday yet.

In the novel Friday is a female Artifical Person whose vocation is the
time honored one of assassin. Her “family”, that she's bought into,
disavows her when they find out she's an AP. Assassin is OK, but AP? Oh
noes. There's something about her employer, I don't recall, but anyway
she's on the run because WWIII has broken out, and it's a corporate war
of terrorist attacks, assassinations, stock market manipulation,
politics, and not the least, deception and large scale propaganda.

Physical money is being outlawed, in order to be able to track
undesirables and possible problematic persons like her.

Oh dang, that sounds familiar. Well. :)


Cheers!,

- Alf

PS: I think Ben Bova also covered much the same angle on things.

woodb...@gmail.com

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Mar 22, 2016, 10:44:57 PM3/22/16
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I like Ted Cruz. He would be an old school President --
hard working and humble. We need another decent President.
Actually, the West needs another decent President. Please
pray for Brussels and Paris.


Brian
Ebenezer Enterprises
http://webEbenezer.net

Chris M. Thomasson

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Mar 23, 2016, 12:39:51 AM3/23/16
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> "Mr Flibble" wrote in message
> news:x7SdneLWJsfVRmzL...@giganews.com...

> Someone should make a post-apocalyptic comic about a world where Donald
> Trump was voted President and Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister.

> I think they should call the comic "Radioactive Sausages".

Humm...

http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s19e02-where-my-country-gone

;^)

Scott Lurndal

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Mar 23, 2016, 9:37:56 AM3/23/16
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"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.stein...@gmail.com> writes:
>On 23.03.2016 00:54, Mr Flibble wrote:
>> Someone should make a post-apocalyptic comic about a world where Donald
>> Trump was voted President and Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister.
>>
>> I think they should call the comic "Radioactive Sausages".
>
>You should read Robert Heinlein's “Friday”, Leigh.
>
>It's not Friday yet.
>
>In the novel Friday is a female Artifical Person whose vocation is the
>time honored one of assassin. Her “family”, that she's bought into,
>disavows her when they find out she's an AP. Assassin is OK, but AP? Oh
>noes. There's something about her employer, I don't recall, but anyway

Kettle Belly Baldwin. From an earlier Heinlein short "Gulf", originally.

>she's on the run because WWIII has broken out, and it's a corporate war
>of terrorist attacks, assassinations, stock market manipulation,
>politics, and not the least, deception and large scale propaganda.
>
>Physical money is being outlawed, in order to be able to track
>undesirables and possible problematic persons like her.
>
>Oh dang, that sounds familiar. Well. :)

_If this goes on..._ may be a more illustrative heinlein example of what might
happen if Cruz or Trump win (only 4 years late compared to the 2012 election in
the story).

Gareth Owen

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Mar 23, 2016, 3:09:10 PM3/23/16
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woodb...@gmail.com writes:

> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 6:55:03 PM UTC-5, Mr Flibble wrote:
>> Someone should make a post-apocalyptic comic about a world where Donald
>> Trump was voted President and Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister.
>>
>> I think they should call the comic "Radioactive Sausages".
>>
>> /Flibble
>
>
> I like Ted Cruz. He would be an old school President --
> hard working and humble. We need another decent President.

Really?

Because almost everyone who's ever met him - especially former
classmates and Republicans who had to work him - thinks he's a total
asshole. And "humble" is absolutely not one of the words they use.

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in
the Senate, nobody would convict you.” -- Lindsey Graham

Mr Flibble

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Mar 23, 2016, 3:12:55 PM3/23/16
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On 23/03/2016 02:44, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
> Please
> pray for Brussels and Paris.

Praying achieves absolutely nothing; if you really cared then you would
do more than something that achieves absolutely nothing.

/Flibble

Gareth Owen

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Mar 23, 2016, 4:08:43 PM3/23/16
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Mr Flibble <flibbleREM...@i42.co.uk> writes:

> On 23/03/2016 02:44, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Please
>> pray for Brussels and Paris.
>
> Praying achieves absolutely nothing

Not true. It makes the pray-er feel better about themselves.

woodb...@gmail.com

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Mar 23, 2016, 4:28:55 PM3/23/16
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On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 2:09:10 PM UTC-5, gwowen wrote:
> woodb...@gmail.com writes:
> >
> >
> > I like Ted Cruz. He would be an old school President --
> > hard working and humble. We need another decent President.
>
> Really?
>
> Because almost everyone who's ever met him - especially former
> classmates and Republicans who had to work him - thinks he's a total
> asshole. And "humble" is absolutely not one of the words they use.
>
> "If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in
> the Senate, nobody would convict you." -- Lindsey Graham

To his credit, Lindsey Graham has changed his mind and started
fund raising for Ted Cruz. There's an article about that on
www.dailywire.com .

Chris M. Thomasson

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Mar 23, 2016, 4:30:52 PM3/23/16
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> "Chris M. Thomasson" wrote in message news:nct6ma$90b$1...@gioia.aioe.org...
This episode is kind of amusing because a "Trump" like
character is elected president of Canada, and builds a
wall along the border with America. This character then
pisses off basically everybody, and Canada is quickly
thrown into disarray, with tumbleweeds blowing through
the damn streets! Not nuclear war, but its still a bit
interesting to me.

;^)

Jerry Stuckle

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Mar 23, 2016, 11:47:34 PM3/23/16
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Very true. Here in the D.C. area, he has a terrible reputation amongst
those who know him.

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Jerry Stuckle

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Mar 23, 2016, 11:48:43 PM3/23/16
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Only because Lindsey doesn't want Trump to win. Lindsey is part of the
"old guard" who will lose a lot of power if Trump wins. It is purely
selfish on his part.

Scott Lurndal

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Mar 24, 2016, 8:59:09 AM3/24/16
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Which is fundamentally selfish. Pun intended.

Qu0ll

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Mar 24, 2016, 11:28:31 PM3/24/16
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Lord Kanye for President in 2020! Just imagine, Trump versus
Yeezus/Jesus - the ultimate comedy spectacular in history!

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And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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Puppet_Sock

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Apr 8, 2016, 9:59:55 AM4/8/16
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On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:44:57 PM UTC-4, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
[snip]
> I like Ted Cruz. He would be an old school President --
> hard working and humble. We need another decent President.

Hard working and humble? Of course he is.

After all, he is Canadian. We are all hard working and humble.

After he runs for POTUS he can run for Canadian PM.
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