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I think I slept. I'm not sure how that makes sense without a body.
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One moment I was thinking about things (those little plastic tabs
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that hold bread bags closed, if you must know), and then I was in
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a green field with a cow that was also my Aunt Hilga, and she was
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trying to tell me to turn around but I couldn't. Classic dream
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nonsense, right? Only, it didn't feel any different than this,
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whatever it is. There was no divide between awake and asleep.
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Normally I'd close my eyes and lie down, or shoot up in bed and
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scream... something.
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But really, those plastic things, do they have any other purpose?
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Did someone make them for bread bags and everyone for centuries
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just went along with it? We have all these other gizmos for
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closing and opening things and keeping them air tight, but bread
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bags were somehow overlooked? Is it cheaper? I can't imagine so.
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Hello and welcome to the first thicc ship story.
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This ship used to be mighty thicc before the nasty.
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armies came and in and tried to steal her from all of us.
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Subject: Headlines: September 5-11, 2421
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Date: 12 Sep 2421 00:03:21 +0000
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HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 5 - SEPTEMBER 11, 2421
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⦿ MOON-TITAN TREATY "ABSURD" CLAIMS ANDERS MAXWELL
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September 5 (UPI) - Former president of Earth, Anders Maxwell, in a
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September 4 appearance on "This Week Tonight" discounted persistent
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rumors that the governments of Luna and Titan will soon announce an
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alliance.
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"Look," a visibly agitated Maxwell said. "Even if we're going to
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grant these secessionist, scofflaw regimes the courtesy of being
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called governments, there is no chance they're going to throw in
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together. After all the time and effort they spent insisting they
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owed nothing to Earth and should be allowed to do just as they
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please regardless of any effect it might have on the mother planet,
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to imagine that either of them might turn around now and give the
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other, or anyone, a veto over any action they might choose to
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take - it's frankly absurd."
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Maxwell dismissed claims of increased traffic between Titan and
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Luna as merely economic in nature. "Smuggling, that's what they're
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doing," Maxwell said. "Dodging the Titan embargo. Well, we'll see
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about that. I have it on good authority that the General Assembly
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is considering a bill to extend that embargo to Luna. Let's see how
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they do when neither of them has any more access to insystem
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markets, and all they can do is sell to rock-hopping belter scum
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and those layabout Martian miners."
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Reached for comment, a spokesman for Public Information noted that
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Maxwell has recently returned to public life from a five-year term
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of custodial supervision imposed following his impeachment for
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peculation, and no longer has any role in government. "We
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appreciate Mr. Maxwell's prior service, despite its ignoble end,"
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the spokesman said. "His current statements are those of a private
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individual, and cannot be taken as representative of any position
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Earth's government may or may not have on this or any other
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matter."
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⦿ MILITARY BUILDUP RUMORS "FALSE" SAYS PUBLIC INFORMATION
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September 6 (UPI) - In response to rumors of a military buildup
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ahead of a widely predicted Moon-Titan treaty announcement, a
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spokeswoman from Earth's Office of Public Information addressed a
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press conference with this firm statement:
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"The President has recently become aware of rumors swirling around
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various in- and out-system bulletins about potential responses to
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the political situation between Earth, Earth's moon, and the FTL
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research colony on Titan.
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"Let me be clear: Rumors of a military buildup are categorically
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false. We are actively investigating these claims, and expect soon
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to report that we have identified their origin. In the meantime,
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our representatives to Earth's moon and the Titan colony have been
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instructed to communicate to their counterparts our most sincere
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wishes for continued peaceful relations."
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The spokeswoman declined to entertain questions.
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⦿ MARTIAN STRIKE ENTERS MONTH 4; "STRONG MEASURES" SAYS GOVERNOR
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September 7 (MNN) - Today begins the fourth month of the Martian
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mining guilds' general strike, with no sign of substantive
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concessions from either side. Martian governor Reinhard Ritter,
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backed by a squad of armed guards, made an appearance outside Red
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Rock Guild headquarters to warn guild leaders that they are
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"risking strong measures" unless they resolve to come to the
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negotiating table very soon.
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"The Martian Trust has listened in the past to your legitimate
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concerns, and we will do so again," Governor Ritter said in a
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prepared statement. "We understand that a degree of give and take
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is necessary for a productive working relationship. However, we
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will not forever tolerate work stoppages, sabotage, and other
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undisciplined manifestations of directionless unrest. I beseech
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you: Do not make it necessary for the Trust to investigate options
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beyond amicable resolution."
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A representative of the Red Rock Guild responded, in a statement
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directly to Mars Newsnet, that Governor Ritter's claims amount to
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"a self-serving denial of the lethally dangerous working
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conditions, and the lack of medical and economic support for the
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hard-working Martian labor force, which have driven us to take
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these measures in defense of our lives and our loved ones."
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Asked for comment on these statements, the Martian Trust
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headquarters in Chicago said only that they have complete
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confidence in Governor Ritter's ability to "effectively resolve"
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the situation, and that the governor has the full support of the
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Martian Trust.
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Shortly before press time, a self-described spokesperson for Ceres
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Hollow sent a recorded statement which, as far as could be
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understood, expressed strong support for the Martian guilds'
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position, and threatened "dire consequences" should the Martian
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Trust resort to coercion. Reached for brief comment on the
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retaliatory claim, retired wing general and military analyst Nathan
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Coopersmith described it as "nonsense".
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⦿ GREEN GANYMEDE "SEVERELY IMPACTED" BY JOVIAN WEATHER EXTREMES
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September 7 (UPI) - In the latest blow to the prospects of the
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Green Ganymede Project, radiation flares produced by fluctuations
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in Jupiter's upper cloud layers have "severely impacted" the
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viability of the project's pilot farm domes.
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"We're still working to understand the full extent of the damage,"
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the project's engineering head said today. "It will take some time
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to be certain, but at this point we're not confident that any of
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this season's crops will survive. We're already seeing germline
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mutations and outright inviability of some specimens across all our
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species, including the radiation-hardened cultivars."
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The joint project between Earth and Earth's moon has seen a number
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of setbacks over recent months. This is the seventh crop failure in
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the project's two years of operation, and commentators across the
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inner planets have suggested that farming on Ganymede may prove
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fundamentally unworkable. Supporters argue that not enough time has
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passed to make any final determination possible, and a spokesman
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for the External Resource Administration said that Earth's position
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in the project will not change as a result of this latest bad news.
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"We have identified the largest single cause of Earth's resource
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crisis as the investment of resources in outer system colonies,"
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the spokesman said in a prepared statement. "The Green Ganymede
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Project offers a real prospect of redressing this imbalance by
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enabling the outer system to return some measure of those resources
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and help speed Earth's recovery. We will work to ensure the project
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succeeds in every way we can."
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In after-hours trading today, Archer DuPont Monsanto stock dropped
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over three percent on the news.
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⦿ FERTILITY SOCIETY: 2421 "WELL BELOW EXPECTATIONS" SO FAR
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September 8 (UPI) - The Fertility Society of Earth today reported
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that total births thus far across the planet are less than half the
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society's target projection for the year to date. Analysts say this
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tracks with the general birthrate trend over the last fifty years,
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but the Society strikes a cautionary note:
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"As Earth's economy, climate, and biosphere continue to recover in
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accord with government projections," said a Fertility Society
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spokeswoman, "it is disappointing that our citizens' birth rates
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continue to lag behind. Sustaining and expanding our current growth
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requires that we produce a sufficient labor and tax base to do the
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work that lies ahead. If we will not make the necessary sacrifices,
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we cannot expect to maintain the preeminence throughout the system
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that humanity's cradle deserves."
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Shortly before press time, the Internal Resource Administration
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released this prepared statement: "In line with economic goals for
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2422 and the first half of this decade more generally, next year's
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individual responsibility surcharge will increase by 25% for
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citizens filing singly and 15% for members of married couples
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filing jointly. An increase to family subsidy refunds is currently
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under consideration. As always, we remind the populace of Earth
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that the surest way to prosperity, for each of us and all together,
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is a large and healthy family."
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⦿ WYOMING RIOTS "FALSE REPORTING" SAYS POPULATION ADMINISTRATION
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September 8 (UPI) - A spokesman for the Population Administration's
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Landmass Optimization Office stated today that recent claims of
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rioting among newly rehoused residents of the Wyoming New Prospects
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Facility are "false reporting".
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"While some isolated incidents have occurred among members of the
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August and September intake classes, these incidents are just that:
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isolated. The recent claims by fringe commentators of a general
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outbreak of violence contain no truth whatsoever, and such false
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reporting only imperils the vitally important goals of the
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optimization project as a whole. Our targeted intervention teams
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are as always prepared to ensure the safety and security of all
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residents both within the New Prospects Facility and outside it,"
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the spokesman said in a prepared statement.
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When asked about reports of ongoing resource shortfalls among
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private contractors tasked with supplying subsistence supplies and
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agricultural equipment to the facility, the spokesman declined to
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confirm or deny, stating that federal privilege applies to all
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information about contract negotiations in progress.
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⦿ ROSS 128 VENTURES DENIES CRASH CLAIMS: "PREPOSTEROUS"
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September 9 (Investors Daily) - At a press conference this morning,
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Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt, a senior vice president of Ross 128
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Ventures, LLC, stated firmly that there is no truth in recent Lunar
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claims of a colony ship crash.
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The ship in question is 'Voortrekker', a prototype torch ship which
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for the last 25 years has been en route to the nearby star Ross 128.
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For the past several weeks, various sources close to the Lunar
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government have claimed that 'Voortrekker' did not, in fact,
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recently land on its target planet, but instead crashed there with
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the loss of much of its crew.
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In a brief statement at the entrance of the historic Chrysler
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Building, where the Ross 128 firm has its offices, Gertodtenhaupt
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said:
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"The board of Ross 128 Ventures wishes most firmly to dissuade
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these rumors regarding our friends aboard Voortrekker. The ship
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made planetfall just over a month ago, and her former crew are hard
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at work in the early stages of developing one of the first
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permanent human habitations outside Earth's own solar system."
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"We are in regular QEC contact with our friends at Ross 128,"
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Gertodtenhaupt continued. "at all levels up to and including Nick
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Soloviev, the chairman of Voortrekker's own board. Nothing we have
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heard inclines us to confirm the dangerous and irresponsible rumors
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spread by sources on Earth's moon who should know better than to
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claim such falsehoods are true news. Such actions can only
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complicate the colonists' work, and strike fear into the hearts of
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their families and loved ones back home."
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Gertodtenhaupt took no questions before reentering the building.
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⦿ SYSTEMWIDE WAGNER REVIVAL "SUSPENDED" AMID ASSAULT CLAIMS
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September 10 (UPI) - In the wake of sexual malconduct allegations
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made against conductor Watanabe Fezile by several musicians now
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under his baton, the Three Planets Reinforced Symphony announced
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today that their interplanetary tour is "suspended", with Watanabe
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and his accusers recalled to Earth for talks potentially leading to
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arbitration of the claims.
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"We regret the necessity of this action," said a spokesman for the
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Three Planets board. "We must, however, treat these claims with
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utmost gravity, and we're sure our audiences will understand."
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At press time, no statement had been made regarding alternate tour
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dates or refunds.
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⦿ MARKET WATCH
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- (30219) Personal security sector set to rise through EOY: five
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- (23143) CCE Q3 earnings above expected as crime rates soar:
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coming trends in custodial education
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- (59997) VR gaming industry profits spike on NAM companionship
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services ban: the three hottest stocks right now
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- (17521) Redimed Ltd revises Q4 projected revenue on upcoming
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regulatory changes: what's next for the sector
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- (95474) General Kinetics Space Systems announces new contract:
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best positions in defense for individual investors
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⦿ IN SPORT
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(Various network services)
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- Olowokandi, Prakash, Davidova "favorites" in Wings Tourney
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Claims of racism swirl around proposed belter exclusion
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- Rocket League semifinals conclude with two-week Mercury heat
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"Exhilarating", one surviving competitor says
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- Legacy football doping claims prompt new investigation
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Latest augmentation challenge thrown out by Rules Committee
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- 6 dead, 19 hurt after network jammers make hash of 97th Manx TT
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Douglas fires reported "mostly contained"; drones banned
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- Venus aerobrake stunt succeeds: pilot Espinoza honored, arrested
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Pallas Commune demands extradition, pays out 12 to 1
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- Ironman Lunar Triathlon transition area snaps: "shocking"
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Organizers: "How do you even do that in a pressure suit?"
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- Ganymede Polar Bear Swim postponed for 36th consecutive year
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Afterparties proceed as planned
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⦿ QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
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"War is fear cloaked in courage." - William Westmoreland
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0Liberty Eagle - FanMail Sal -- The Dung Heap We Left /Liberty Eagle/Interaction-101a.txt
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0Liberty Eagle - Internal comms back /Liberty Eagle/Episode-101.txt
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⦿ MOON-TITAN TREATY "ABSURD" CLAIMS ANDERS MAXWELL
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September 5 (UPI) - Former president of Earth, Anders Maxwell, in a
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September 4 appearance on "This Week Tonight" discounted persistent
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rumors that the governments of Luna and Titan will soon announce an
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alliance.
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"Look," a visibly agitated Maxwell said. "Even if we're going to
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grant these secessionist, scofflaw regimes the courtesy of being
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called governments, there is no chance they're going to throw in
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together. After all the time and effort they spent insisting they
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owed nothing to Earth and should be allowed to do just as they
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please regardless of any effect it might have on the mother planet,
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to imagine that either of them might turn around now and give the
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other, or anyone, a veto over any action they might choose to
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take - it's frankly absurd."
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Maxwell dismissed claims of increased traffic between Titan and
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Luna as merely economic in nature. "Smuggling, that's what they're
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doing," Maxwell said. "Dodging the Titan embargo. Well, we'll see
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about that. I have it on good authority that the General Assembly
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is considering a bill to extend that embargo to Luna. Let's see how
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they do when neither of them has any more access to insystem
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markets, and all they can do is sell to rock-hopping belter scum
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and those layabout Martian miners."
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Reached for comment, a spokesman for Public Information noted that
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Maxwell has recently returned to public life from a five-year term
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of custodial supervision imposed following his impeachment for
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peculation, and no longer has any role in government. "We
|
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appreciate Mr. Maxwell's prior service, despite its ignoble end,"
|
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the spokesman said. "His current statements are those of a private
|
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individual, and cannot be taken as representative of any position
|
||||
Earth's government may or may not have on this or any other
|
||||
matter."
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⦿ MILITARY BUILDUP RUMORS "FALSE" SAYS PUBLIC INFORMATION
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|
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September 6 (UPI) - In response to rumors of a military buildup
|
||||
ahead of a widely predicted Moon-Titan treaty announcement, a
|
||||
spokeswoman from Earth's Office of Public Information addressed a
|
||||
press conference with this firm statement:
|
||||
|
||||
"The President has recently become aware of rumors swirling around
|
||||
various in- and out-system bulletins about potential responses to
|
||||
the political situation between Earth, Earth's moon, and the FTL
|
||||
research colony on Titan.
|
||||
|
||||
"Let me be clear: Rumors of a military buildup are categorically
|
||||
false. We are actively investigating these claims, and expect soon
|
||||
to report that we have identified their origin. In the meantime,
|
||||
our representatives to Earth's moon and the Titan colony have been
|
||||
instructed to communicate to their counterparts our most sincere
|
||||
wishes for continued peaceful relations."
|
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|
||||
The spokeswoman declined to entertain questions.
|
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|
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⦿ MARTIAN STRIKE ENTERS MONTH 4; "STRONG MEASURES" SAYS GOVERNOR
|
||||
|
||||
September 7 (MNN) - Today begins the fourth month of the Martian
|
||||
mining guilds' general strike, with no sign of substantive
|
||||
concessions from either side. Martian governor Reinhard Ritter,
|
||||
backed by a squad of armed guards, made an appearance outside Red
|
||||
Rock Guild headquarters to warn guild leaders that they are
|
||||
"risking strong measures" unless they resolve to come to the
|
||||
negotiating table very soon.
|
||||
|
||||
"The Martian Trust has listened in the past to your legitimate
|
||||
concerns, and we will do so again," Governor Ritter said in a
|
||||
prepared statement. "We understand that a degree of give and take
|
||||
is necessary for a productive working relationship. However, we
|
||||
will not forever tolerate work stoppages, sabotage, and other
|
||||
undisciplined manifestations of directionless unrest. I beseech
|
||||
you: Do not make it necessary for the Trust to investigate options
|
||||
beyond amicable resolution."
|
||||
|
||||
A representative of the Red Rock Guild responded, in a statement
|
||||
directly to Mars Newsnet, that Governor Ritter's claims amount to
|
||||
"a self-serving denial of the lethally dangerous working
|
||||
conditions, and the lack of medical and economic support for the
|
||||
hard-working Martian labor force, which have driven us to take
|
||||
these measures in defense of our lives and our loved ones."
|
||||
|
||||
Asked for comment on these statements, the Martian Trust
|
||||
headquarters in Chicago said only that they have complete
|
||||
confidence in Governor Ritter's ability to "effectively resolve"
|
||||
the situation, and that the governor has the full support of the
|
||||
Martian Trust.
|
||||
|
||||
Shortly before press time, a self-described spokesperson for Ceres
|
||||
Hollow sent a recorded statement which, as far as could be
|
||||
understood, expressed strong support for the Martian guilds'
|
||||
position, and threatened "dire consequences" should the Martian
|
||||
Trust resort to coercion. Reached for brief comment on the
|
||||
retaliatory claim, retired wing general and military analyst Nathan
|
||||
Coopersmith described it as "nonsense".
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ GREEN GANYMEDE "SEVERELY IMPACTED" BY JOVIAN WEATHER EXTREMES
|
||||
|
||||
September 7 (UPI) - In the latest blow to the prospects of the
|
||||
Green Ganymede Project, radiation flares produced by fluctuations
|
||||
in Jupiter's upper cloud layers have "severely impacted" the
|
||||
viability of the project's pilot farm domes.
|
||||
|
||||
"We're still working to understand the full extent of the damage,"
|
||||
the project's engineering head said today. "It will take some time
|
||||
to be certain, but at this point we're not confident that any of
|
||||
this season's crops will survive. We're already seeing germline
|
||||
mutations and outright inviability of some specimens across all our
|
||||
species, including the radiation-hardened cultivars."
|
||||
|
||||
The joint project between Earth and Earth's moon has seen a number
|
||||
of setbacks over recent months. This is the seventh crop failure in
|
||||
the project's two years of operation, and commentators across the
|
||||
inner planets have suggested that farming on Ganymede may prove
|
||||
fundamentally unworkable. Supporters argue that not enough time has
|
||||
passed to make any final determination possible, and a spokesman
|
||||
for the External Resource Administration said that Earth's position
|
||||
in the project will not change as a result of this latest bad news.
|
||||
|
||||
"We have identified the largest single cause of Earth's resource
|
||||
crisis as the investment of resources in outer system colonies,"
|
||||
the spokesman said in a prepared statement. "The Green Ganymede
|
||||
Project offers a real prospect of redressing this imbalance by
|
||||
enabling the outer system to return some measure of those resources
|
||||
and help speed Earth's recovery. We will work to ensure the project
|
||||
succeeds in every way we can."
|
||||
|
||||
In after-hours trading today, Archer DuPont Monsanto stock dropped
|
||||
over three percent on the news.
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ FERTILITY SOCIETY: 2421 "WELL BELOW EXPECTATIONS" SO FAR
|
||||
|
||||
September 8 (UPI) - The Fertility Society of Earth today reported
|
||||
that total births thus far across the planet are less than half the
|
||||
society's target projection for the year to date. Analysts say this
|
||||
tracks with the general birthrate trend over the last fifty years,
|
||||
but the Society strikes a cautionary note:
|
||||
|
||||
"As Earth's economy, climate, and biosphere continue to recover in
|
||||
accord with government projections," said a Fertility Society
|
||||
spokeswoman, "it is disappointing that our citizens' birth rates
|
||||
continue to lag behind. Sustaining and expanding our current growth
|
||||
requires that we produce a sufficient labor and tax base to do the
|
||||
work that lies ahead. If we will not make the necessary sacrifices,
|
||||
we cannot expect to maintain the preeminence throughout the system
|
||||
that humanity's cradle deserves."
|
||||
|
||||
Shortly before press time, the Internal Resource Administration
|
||||
released this prepared statement: "In line with economic goals for
|
||||
2422 and the first half of this decade more generally, next year's
|
||||
individual responsibility surcharge will increase by 25% for
|
||||
citizens filing singly and 15% for members of married couples
|
||||
filing jointly. An increase to family subsidy refunds is currently
|
||||
under consideration. As always, we remind the populace of Earth
|
||||
that the surest way to prosperity, for each of us and all together,
|
||||
is a large and healthy family."
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ WYOMING RIOTS "FALSE REPORTING" SAYS POPULATION ADMINISTRATION
|
||||
|
||||
September 8 (UPI) - A spokesman for the Population Administration's
|
||||
Landmass Optimization Office stated today that recent claims of
|
||||
rioting among newly rehoused residents of the Wyoming New Prospects
|
||||
Facility are "false reporting".
|
||||
|
||||
"While some isolated incidents have occurred among members of the
|
||||
August and September intake classes, these incidents are just that:
|
||||
isolated. The recent claims by fringe commentators of a general
|
||||
outbreak of violence contain no truth whatsoever, and such false
|
||||
reporting only imperils the vitally important goals of the
|
||||
optimization project as a whole. Our targeted intervention teams
|
||||
are as always prepared to ensure the safety and security of all
|
||||
residents both within the New Prospects Facility and outside it,"
|
||||
the spokesman said in a prepared statement.
|
||||
|
||||
When asked about reports of ongoing resource shortfalls among
|
||||
private contractors tasked with supplying subsistence supplies and
|
||||
agricultural equipment to the facility, the spokesman declined to
|
||||
confirm or deny, stating that federal privilege applies to all
|
||||
information about contract negotiations in progress.
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ ROSS 128 VENTURES DENIES CRASH CLAIMS: "PREPOSTEROUS"
|
||||
|
||||
September 9 (Investors Daily) - At a press conference this morning,
|
||||
Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt, a senior vice president of Ross 128
|
||||
Ventures, LLC, stated firmly that there is no truth in recent Lunar
|
||||
claims of a colony ship crash.
|
||||
|
||||
The ship in question is 'Voortrekker', a prototype torch ship which
|
||||
for the last 25 years has been en route to the nearby star Ross 128.
|
||||
For the past several weeks, various sources close to the Lunar
|
||||
government have claimed that 'Voortrekker' did not, in fact,
|
||||
recently land on its target planet, but instead crashed there with
|
||||
the loss of much of its crew.
|
||||
|
||||
In a brief statement at the entrance of the historic Chrysler
|
||||
Building, where the Ross 128 firm has its offices, Gertodtenhaupt
|
||||
said:
|
||||
|
||||
"The board of Ross 128 Ventures wishes most firmly to dissuade
|
||||
these rumors regarding our friends aboard Voortrekker. The ship
|
||||
made planetfall just over a month ago, and her former crew are hard
|
||||
at work in the early stages of developing one of the first
|
||||
permanent human habitations outside Earth's own solar system."
|
||||
|
||||
"We are in regular QEC contact with our friends at Ross 128,"
|
||||
Gertodtenhaupt continued. "at all levels up to and including Nick
|
||||
Soloviev, the chairman of Voortrekker's own board. Nothing we have
|
||||
heard inclines us to confirm the dangerous and irresponsible rumors
|
||||
spread by sources on Earth's moon who should know better than to
|
||||
claim such falsehoods are true news. Such actions can only
|
||||
complicate the colonists' work, and strike fear into the hearts of
|
||||
their families and loved ones back home."
|
||||
|
||||
Gertodtenhaupt took no questions before reentering the building.
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ SYSTEMWIDE WAGNER REVIVAL "SUSPENDED" AMID ASSAULT CLAIMS
|
||||
|
||||
September 10 (UPI) - In the wake of sexual malconduct allegations
|
||||
made against conductor Watanabe Fezile by several musicians now
|
||||
under his baton, the Three Planets Reinforced Symphony announced
|
||||
today that their interplanetary tour is "suspended", with Watanabe
|
||||
and his accusers recalled to Earth for talks potentially leading to
|
||||
arbitration of the claims.
|
||||
|
||||
"We regret the necessity of this action," said a spokesman for the
|
||||
Three Planets board. "We must, however, treat these claims with
|
||||
utmost gravity, and we're sure our audiences will understand."
|
||||
|
||||
At press time, no statement had been made regarding alternate tour
|
||||
dates or refunds.
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
- (23143) CCE Q3 earnings above expected as crime rates soar:
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
- (59997) VR gaming industry profits spike on NAM companionship
|
||||
services ban: the three hottest stocks right now
|
||||
|
||||
- (17521) Redimed Ltd revises Q4 projected revenue on upcoming
|
||||
regulatory changes: what's next for the sector
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
⦿ IN SPORT
|
||||
|
||||
(Various network services)
|
||||
|
||||
- Olowokandi, Prakash, Davidova "favorites" in Wings Tourney
|
||||
Claims of racism swirl around proposed belter exclusion
|
||||
|
||||
- Rocket League semifinals conclude with two-week Mercury heat
|
||||
"Exhilarating", one surviving competitor says
|
||||
|
||||
- Legacy football doping claims prompt new investigation
|
||||
Latest augmentation challenge thrown out by Rules Committee
|
||||
|
||||
- 6 dead, 19 hurt after network jammers make hash of 97th Manx TT
|
||||
Douglas fires reported "mostly contained"; drones banned
|
||||
|
||||
- Venus aerobrake stunt succeeds: pilot Espinoza honored, arrested
|
||||
Pallas Commune demands extradition, pays out 12 to 1
|
||||
|
||||
- Ironman Lunar Triathlon transition area snaps: "shocking"
|
||||
Organizers: "How do you even do that in a pressure suit?"
|
||||
|
||||
- Ganymede Polar Bear Swim postponed for 36th consecutive year
|
||||
Afterparties proceed as planned
|
||||
|
||||
⦿ QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
|
||||
|
||||
"War is fear cloaked in courage." - William Westmoreland
|
||||
|
||||
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|
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||||
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|
||||
</item>
|
||||
<item>
|
||||
<title>Melvin P Feltersnatch - Dreams</title>
|
||||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/002.txt</link>
|
||||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/002.txt</guid>
|
||||
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:31:21 GMT</pubDate>
|
||||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||||
I think I slept. I'm not sure how that makes sense without a body.
|
||||
One moment I was thinking about things (those little plastic tabs
|
||||
that hold bread bags closed, if you must know), and then I was in
|
||||
a green field with a cow that was also my Aunt Hilga, and she was
|
||||
trying to tell me to turn around but I couldn't. Classic dream
|
||||
nonsense, right? Only, it didn't feel any different than this,
|
||||
whatever it is. There was no divide between awake and asleep.
|
||||
Normally I'd close my eyes and lie down, or shoot up in bed and
|
||||
scream... something.
|
||||
|
||||
But really, those plastic things, do they have any other purpose?
|
||||
Did someone make them for bread bags and everyone for centuries
|
||||
just went along with it? We have all these other gizmos for
|
||||
closing and opening things and keeping them air tight, but bread
|
||||
bags were somehow overlooked? Is it cheaper? I can't imagine so.
|
||||
|
||||
Oh shit, that's a comet! I'm going to get a closer look...
|
||||
]]></description>
|
||||
</item>
|
||||
<item>
|
||||
<title>Liberty Eagle - FanMail Sal -- The Dung Heap We Left</title>
|
||||
<author>yam655@cosmic.voyage (yam655)</author>
|
||||
|
@ -139,7 +490,7 @@ member of the crew, please let us know!
|
|||
<author>yam655@cosmic.voyage (yam655)</author>
|
||||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Episode-101.txt</link>
|
||||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Episode-101.txt</guid>
|
||||
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 05:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
|
||||
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 04:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
|
||||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||||
Title: Internal comms back
|
||||
Author: Shift 3 of the Liberty Eagle
|
||||
|
@ -169,7 +520,7 @@ R. ANNOUNCER
|
|||
We missed the excitement of the shift-change, but we're
|
||||
broadcasting now! I am the dedicated system tasked with
|
||||
transcribing the voices and actions of the crew for the
|
||||
QED audience. I also have the responsibility of
|
||||
QEC audience. I also have the responsibility of
|
||||
monitoring their behavior and deciding what is relevant
|
||||
to share. What have they been up to ...?
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -308,7 +659,7 @@ R. ANNOUNCER
|
|||
of trying to maintain copyright without instantaneous
|
||||
banking.
|
||||
|
||||
"While the QED may provide instantaneous communication,
|
||||
"While the QEC may provide instantaneous communication,
|
||||
banking requires a level technological playing field
|
||||
for the encryption to work. A ship traveling for
|
||||
100 years becomes an archaic piece of technology
|
||||
|
|
|
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|
|||
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