Claiming that "we are going to find alien life by XXXX date" is akin to claiming "the world is going to end by XXXX date".
There are reasons for such a claim. Bigger telescopes are being designed or built right now with the express purpose of finding exolife. Methods are being devised for finding life and intelligent life (two different things): look for chlorophyll ? For radiated energy ? For pollution ? For radio signals ? For laser beams ?... Even if you take the low estimate on the number of planets with life, the rate at which we discover new planets makes it rather sure that by that date we should have found several candidates. If not, then something will be strangely wrong.
The only scenario I find credible and that is perhaps not so unlikely is that large parts of the army and national guard would split off and join the resistance [...]
Which is basically also the only way that any rebellion/revolution has managed to succeed in the past.
capitalism as severed the world well
There are so many different ways to interpret those two (?) typos...
...that's when the hurricanes and floods hit you.
I hear the Midwest is nice.
...that's when the tornadoes hit you.
A DNA test would only be relevant if the remains of another member of Alexander's familly was available for comparison. Ptolemy I may have been the half-brother of Alexander so the answer could be in some of the mummies of that dynasty.
There's actually a likely possibility that the cranium of Alexander's father, Phillip II of Macedonia, has been found some years ago in another tomb. Don't know about the state of DNA on it though.
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.