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2020-07-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Tucker: Pentagon Set To Release A Report Describing The Recovery Of

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Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Color me doubtful. The report I read made it sound like someone selling a book was behind these claims.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-07-25 11:22|| 2020-07-25 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 In the films we kill the aliens with a virus that makes their systems fail .

In real life the aliens inject our systems with marxism and kills the successful culture.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-25 12:01|| 2020-07-25 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 ....Would it be impolite of me to ask why - if a race is capable of traveling from their star to ours - they would have any REASON to land? Their tech would be sufficiently advanced that they could monitor every one of our electromagnetic emissions. They'd know as much about us as our own government does, and they'd certainly know how screwed up we are.

Not saying they ain't out there, mind, but I'm not ready to believe that this is them.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-25 12:30|| 2020-07-25 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Because they think our women are hot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-25 13:49|| 2020-07-25 13:49|| Front Page Top

#5 My question is: If they're advanced enough to travel from one star system to another, why are they not advanced enough to keep from crashing when they get here?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-25 13:52|| 2020-07-25 13:52|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Saurian Brandy

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-25 14:03|| 2020-07-25 14:03|| Front Page Top

#7 They're here for the 'good stuff' that's already banned in their civilization(s). We're sort of a no-go zone, so the 'visitors' can operate as long as they don't create a situation that gets too much attention of their authorities.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-25 14:07|| 2020-07-25 14:07|| Front Page Top

#8 I read a great sci-fi story once about aliens who arrived and discovered a rustic who made really good moonshine. They gave him a health makeover that ensured he would live for hundreds of years and genetically altered a couple of his pigs so they would crap gold nuggets. In return all he had to do was keep making moonshine for them and keep his mouth shut. And it actually worked out for all involved.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-25 14:37|| 2020-07-25 14:37|| Front Page Top

#9 I suppose life would be awfully boring if we evolved to the point where Saurian brandy and Earthling women were no longer troublesome.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-07-25 15:10|| 2020-07-25 15:10|| Front Page Top

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