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Billy you have raised my antennae around this stuff. So when I recently saw that Demi Lovato used her platform? to stop people from being offensive to extraterrestrials by calling the aliens, I giggled at what you might think. But maybe she can bring attention to her fanbase to look a little harder into the dark sky.

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"The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."

- George Carlin

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"However: that undated appeal dead-ends at 1,111 signatures"

1111 again.

There is no such thing as coincidence.

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Makes me wonder if that sort of unethical (desperate or ambition-fed) behaviour, is just a phase or a permanent presence in all civilisations, no matter how far evolved.

I think there must be repetitive examples of everything throughout the universe, but I do hope that intelligent behaviour tends to move away from the truly primitive. Given that crime is usually a product of poverty, then can we hope that technological, cognitive and spiritual evolution will elevate the majority of planetary populations?

Technological advancement implies broader cognitive abilities (that scientists expect to encounter first, and the opposite of 'Mars Attacks' and President Trump), but we also expect an element of free will and a whole spectrum of behaviours and issues.

I'm not sure what I'm blathering on about, except that, statistically, we're more likely to encounter reasonable, rational entities than not (even on Earth) - it's just that we tend to hear more from the irrational ones (no offence Billy).

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Entrepreneur Peter Ragone has been an advisor to Dem luminaries Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsome and Bill de Blasio.... Dem luminaries (???) I'm beginning to think that this post is political satire

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Yo Billy, I can’t help but feel kinship toward you — I’m a long time local journalist in Northern California and spent most of a decade in a former karate dojo turned windowless newsroom, first as cub reporter and ultimately as city editor. Our owner, Dean Singleton, made a somewhat lucrative career out of eviscerating the fourth estate. Among other mysteries, our cavernous newsroom sported a teal carpet and several dark and massive stains that, if nothing else, intrigued the imagination. I bet even now, ten years on, that Rorschach rug still inspires a good lede now and again. Anyhow, love your work and your style. Keep it up.

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