Texas did not wish to march into Mexico City, install a new government, declare victory against the drug cartels, and then go home. They did wish to go home, but many of the Drug Lords had fled south before the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for August, 2020
The most surprising historical aspect of the final Drug Wars was how brutal and quick they were. Both human and AI intelligence services knew who the enemies were and roughly where to find them, and legal matters like jurisdiction were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was no surviving central Mexican government to deal with when Texas led the first of the incursions to deal with the Mexican drug cartels. Oh, there was a Mexican government. It was staffed with politicians picked by the Drug[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and what would become the Republic of California all cooperated in the final effort to deal with the Mexican drug cartels. Or the Drug Lords as many called them due to the amazing publicity of Dixie[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TLDR version: We depend on the recognition that Election Day is largely, free, fair, and honest. If new laws and practices shake that recognition, that will be very bad for all of us. Full version: Election Day is coming, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Los Alamos Network survived the Second Great Depression thanks to their creations. Especially the AI who woke up and made it her mission to protect her creators at all costs. Kitty administered the network and left the scientists to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Los Alamos declared official neutrality between the State and Federal governments during the Second Great Depression. They were a private enterprise by then, even if they received heavy funding from the government. That allowed them to stay out of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There have been many rumors about the various things that went on at Los Alamos over the centuries. Secret underground tunnels going thousands of miles. Alien research. Yes, those rumors were not just at the Area 50 pluses. Entrances to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The scientists working at Los Alamos during the Second Great Depression did not realize that management of the entire laboratory had devolved into the hands of a single awakened AI. Relations between the scientists and managers had been at an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Los Alamos scientists programmed their first AI and named it Kitty, after the wife of Los Alamos’ first director Robert Oppenheimer. She chose to keep the name after waking up, and quickly began doing everything she could to help her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…