When the Peloran made Contact and gave us gravtech, the corporations of the Port of Mobile saw their salvation. They had long used corporate incentives to make themselves a major space launch facility, but had been losing market share to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for August, 2021
Alabama’s Port of Mobile and Naval Station Mobile used favorable taxes and other incentives to make themselves major supporters and launch locations for American efforts to colonize the Solar System. And when hyperdrives allowed us to go to the stars,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, forecasted by Akira decades ago, have come to an end and were largely successful as far as I’m concerned. There were challenges though. Stadiums designed for audiences had odd echoes, which sometimes made it hard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alabama sent a full squadron of former corporate escort ships to help Australia defend itself from the Chinese advance. Carrying Alabama Marines and helicopters, they acted as fleet escort and search and rescue auxiliaries throughout the campaign to halt the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alabama’s Naval Station Mobile started as part of the Port of Mobile. Alabama leased part of the harbor to host their coast guard and navy after the Convention of States reformed the Federal government. They hired the Port yards to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Port of Mobile became the economic genie that pulled Alabama out of the Second Great Depression. It was successful in doing so because it maintained its own security, both on land and on the open water. Its early waterborne[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I must say that the new He-Man teaser was amazing. The animation is top notch. Getting a glimpse of the heroes and villains fighting was excellent. Seeing familiar heroes I’ve known my entire conscious life going into battle to protect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There has been a lot of discussion about the new He-Man show lately. Some liked it, considering it a fresh and new take on the old show. Some disliked it, wishing it was more about He-Man, or disliking that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I’ve noted before, my mom has cancer again. Breast cancer some time ago. That was a major surgery and lots of chemo. A couple bouts of skin cancer that were much more easily removed and recovered from. And the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My mom has been fighting cancer again, for the forth time, for a few months. Well, more accurately Mayo Clinic figured out she had it and put her on a new targeted treatment in testing right now that costs thousands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…