Raconteur Press released Giant Squeeing Robots this weekend, a fun little romp of an anthology full of cute and amazing robots. Now I did think it might be fun to point you towards another anthology I’m involved in that may have such stories. I know at first glance you might not normally think about robots in a Space Cowboys story, but I can assure you have crossed those streams. The Guns of Liberty crosses those streams very nicely IMHO. Captain Jack Hart has a number of amazing robots (cybernetic intelligences in the parlance of my stories) who will go to great lengths to keep him alive. The Guns of Liberty is one of those occasions where they get to show off their particular set of skills in his defense. You might find it interesting. And the rest of the anthology is no slouch either. Good stories all around.
Giant Squeeing Robots is live! Just because they’re cute doesn’t mean they can’t be dangerous. Imagine tamagotchis gone bad, giant robots with the fashion sense and self-control of a toddler. Or maybe these robots just love you and want to scoop you up and hug you and squeeze you and call you George. Have fun! Play! And remember, these robots can go hypersonic.
The USAID controversy has me surprised. I know I shouldn’t be, but I am. I mean, I know the dirty little Communists are always going to take American tax dollars to fund their pet projects, but I actually thought they would try to hide it a little better. I mean… seriously… USAID main funding? Billions of dollars? Just thrown out to their political allies? Millions of dollars at a time? Including groups trying to pull color revolutions.
The fact that all the usual suspects are so pissed off means we are over the target. Not the only target of course. I expect we will find more things like USAID as we continue to look things over. And that of course is why they are screaming so loud. That is why they are threatening to kill people again. Impeach people again. Go to the streets and burn things down again. Violence and murder have been their best tools in the past, and they will always go back to them when they feel threatened. And right now, we are shaking one of their money trees to see what it is funding. One of the money trees. They want to stop us from finding the rest.
I expect we will all be surprised when we find out just how much fraudulent spending has been done in our names, assuming the audits continue. And I very much hope we do. We must find out what the dirty little Communists have been doing in our name and with our money if we are to ever have a chance of stopping it and them.
If you have been paying any attention at all, you have probably heard the recent news about Gaza. Trump says the US is going to take over, tear it down, and build it better.
To be honest, I am nervous about this. We may have a good record of rebuilding places that like us. Western Europe, Japan, South Korea. Our record at rebuilding places that do not like us is somewhat less stellar. Iraq. Afghanistan.
I have no doubt that we can tear it down and rebuild it better than ever. We are very good at doing that. I am rather less optimistic on the point of whether or not the people living there will appreciate our efforts.
Trump is on a bit of a roll lately. The latest on his list are Canada, Mexico, and Panama.
Canada and Mexico haven’t been helping to keep the border closed, and Panama had become part of China’s Belts and Road program.
We need better border control, and we need secure access to the Panama Canal that we built for our security.
Trump said he would impose tariffs and other things if things didn’t change. And now all three countries have promised to change in exchange for him not doing what he said he would.
This is good. We have to make certain they follow through of course, but this good.
Canada, Mexico, and Panama… all playing ball… oh my…