So you've chosen to pick the character that turned to mush after her unconsummated lover sacrificed himself for her? Ivanova was cool, but Kira Neryes kicks her ass in the "strong female" department.

Ivanova turns to mush after her lover(s) dies, Kira keeps going. Ivanova has PTSD after watching her Mother get tortured to death by the Psi-Corps, while Kira picks up a phaser and starts fighting after her Father is tortured to death. Ivanova defers to the Minbari dominated Interstellar Alliance at the expense of Earth, Kira defends her people against everybody, including the Federation when necessary.

No comparison between those characters.

First Duty was a good episode, perhaps even a great one, easily in TNG's Top 20. Final Mission was good too. There were also some perfectly watchable Wesley episodes, like The Game, and the evolution of his character in Journey's End hinted at bigger things to come.

In fact, all of the bad Wesley episodes were in the first two seasons, which with few exceptions (Q Who, Measure of a Man) were filled with all sorts of suckitude that usually had nothing to do with Wil Wheaton or Wesley Crusher.

That's true, it takes a lot of backbone to order the torture and rape of a prisoner of war a few weeks after you shoot your XO in cold blood.... err, n/m, wrong series. :)

Useless Trek Trivia: Michelle Forbes was originally seen taking Nana Visitor's role on Deep Space Nine, in a continuation of the Ro character. She declined, because she didn't want the commitment of full time production, but it would have been interesting to see how different DS9 would have turned out if she had accepted the role. There's a throwaway line by O'Brien in the DS9 pilot, where he asks Sisko "Have you ever served with any Bajoran women?", hinting at Kira's (and Ro's) aggressive personality.

More Star Trek musing: Jean-Luc Picard was the best captain, and Patrick Stewart probably the best Actor out of all the Star Trek series, and TNG will always hold a special place in my heart. That said, DS9 had the richest set of characters, both regular and supporting. DS9 had more relatable characters (O'Brien), more ruthless ones (Garek), more tortured souls (Odo, Kira), all alongside the usual happy-go-lucky Federation types.

He was on the list because of someone with a similar name, not because DHS wanted to oppress him. Remember the old adage, "Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence."

It makes sense that they're doing this in Pittsburgh, as opposed to New York City, Boston, Chicago, or Los Angeles, all jurisdictions with very tough gun control laws, thus precluding the team from having any gunshot victims to test their method on.

Sarcasm aside, it's interesting that they're waiting for gunshot and/or stabbing victims. Wouldn't this technique be applicable to any physical trauma resulting in massive amounts of bleeding that you might need time to repair?

What the National Safety Council actually says is that there is no trustworthy data available, so they extrapolate from the data they have and predictions based on driver performance studies.

It's not a captive market per say, there's different companies you can purchase gasoline from. To answer your question, because it's profitable? Market how superior your gas is, reel them into the station to buy that, making some profit, then hope they come inside and buy some overpriced convenience store stuff, making LOTS of profit.

consumer
noun consumer; plural noun: consumers
1. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
2. a person or thing that eats or uses something.

Missing option: Pepper Spray

You're glossing over the issues the F-14A had with the TF30 engine. The spin that killed Goose in Top Gun wasn't a made up Hollywood plot device, that could and did happen in the real world, because of single engine compressor stalls, and the F-14 didn't reach its full potential until the F-14B variant, with the F110 engine.

I would also submit that you're selling the Tomcat short in the dog fighting arena. Turning radius is only one measure of a dogfighter, at the end of the day teamwork and training matters a lot more, and in those two areas I would put the USN up against any operator of the Mig-29 or Su-27.

The F4F Wildcat turned like a truck but still managed a 6 to 1 kill ratio against the Japanese, even during the dark days of 1942, and held a positive kill ratio against the nimble Zero. Teamwork (see Thach Weave), ruggedness, and the design flaws of the Japanese fighters gave it all the edge it needed to carry out its mission.

The Tomcat was the spiritual successor to the Wildcat, with a lot of the same design philosophies, and wouldn't bet against it when facing any competing fighter of the day.

The Western Allies had the Germans and Japanese beat in electronics (primitive electronic computers, widespread employment of mechanical computers for fire control machines, proximity fuses, and radar), aerospace design (particularly by war's end), and practical nuclear fission.

The Germans had the Allies beat in a select few technological areas, rocketry and chemical weapons come to mind. The former of course came too late to affect the result and the latter was never used for fear of retaliation. The Japanese didn't beat the Allies in any technological realm, theoretical or practical, though they did have a few bits of engineering (the Type 93 torpedo) that came as a very rude surprise for the Allies.

Almost, but this guy doesn't have the brains to think that far.

George Brandis is s sneering scumbag and lying rodent who wants to be Dick Cheney when he grows up, but lacks the compassion, gun skills and wit.

He used taxpayer money to go to a friend's wedding, but has accepted the task of writing a ministerial code of conduct. He's also told the Australian arts community that they don't have the right to refuse funding from corporate sponsors whose ethical values conflict with those of the artists, and plans to punish them if they don't comply.

The dark side of Mercury is a balmy -280F. Hard to retain any meaningful amount of heat when you have no atmosphere. :)

You may want to familiarize yourself with the concept of rubber hose cryptography.

Granted, the United States Federal Government won't literally beat you with a hose, but they will take away your freedom until you comply with the lawful orders of the courts. The Government will go over your finances with a fine toothed comb, accounting for any and all assets you currently or previously owned, including bitcoin. If you obtained any of those assets via fraud you're going to be on the hook for repayment, plus criminal and civil penalties on top of the fraudulent earnings.

Want to play the "I lost them" card? You can try, but you're still going to be on the hook for the full amount Uncle Sam thinks you owe your victims, plus the aforementioned penalties, and you're not wiping any of that away with a bankruptcy. It will follow you until the day you die.

Bitcoin doesn't spend at the prison commissary, nor am I aware of any reputable criminal defense attorneys that accept payment in bitcoin.