Motley Kamuka

No, I’m not making up some fake riots like someone in the Trump administration did. I’m talking about Deep Space 9 and their fictional riots that turned the tide away from tough love economics.  Ther'es a book about post-scarcity economics of the future called Trekenomics . 

I'm watching the last few episodes of Deep Space 9. A theme has emerged. The shifting evil present in the wars makes strange bedfellows. Keira advises the Cardassians, her lifelong foe, in how to subvert the Cardassian government, which was taken over by the Dominion and the Breen. Some can't raise above their distaste and hatred, they can't act in their own best interest. As in many dramas, the good side seems to always wins.  A Team of Rivals is the name of a history book about the disparate cabinet of Lincoln.   I hear a quote from Hickey in Community. He said you don't get to choose who you're actually fighting for when you fight for a country, you fight for the whole country, you don't get to pick and choose. We're watching the Republican party attack each other, as the Trump hopes fade, and Trump runs out of people who haven't betrayed him in his mind. There are always fresh suckers to exploit, and most people who work for Trump end up used husks,...

Star Trek is amazing, the way it's evolved since in lifetime is a fascinating indicator of how America and the world has changed.  I love the Space Opera genera. Battle Star Galactica, Star Wars, Farscape, Firefly, The Expanse, Dark Matter, The 100, Orphan Black, Resident Alien, Orville, Altered Carbon. I watched reruns of the original series as a kid. I loved Next Generation as an adolescent. I missed DS9 when it came out and really got into Voyager. I enjoyed Enterprise. I'm enjoying this next generation of shows: Discovery , Picard, Strange Worlds. I like the cartoon Lower Decks. The one I keep rewatching despite it's clunky start is DS9. DS9 ran from 1993-1999, 176 episodes over seven seasons. Deep Space Nine was the first Star Trek series to be created without the direct involvement of creator Gene Roddenberry. It was the first set on a space station rather than a traveling starship. It was the first to have an African American as its central character: Starfleet Com...