Star Trek Online: The Legacy of the "Cloaked Intentions" Story Arc

This week's commentary is focused on the five part Cloaked Intentions Story Arc which came out back in 2011, which not only served as a source of lore of things happening with the Romulans and Remans, but also the first major step towards things like the Iconians being a major factor. (Note: In the video I refer to these missions as 'Romulan Mystery' as this is what they are listed as under the Klingon Empire mission list).

Freeform Rant: Donald Trump

You know what's funny... 20 years ago I was more or less 'influenced' to enlist in the US Army while in my junior year of High School which probably was a mistake as I should've enlisted 2001... and sure my military (lack of) aspirations didn't pan out the way probably only one person would've hoped, I can safely say as a soldier I would have had no problem serving under George W. Bush or Barack Obama because they both respected the office they held, the country they led and people they served. But I can safely say I would not be willing serve in the armed forces with Donald J. Trump in office.

Now I  am not one to get political because of my 'day job' in market research involves me having to remain neutral. However since New Jersey has been on lock down in regards to COVID-19 and I have time to keep up things thanks to not having to travel to work, when I'm not doing things for work or streaming, I'm able to keep up with the world at large. Now full disclosure, I did not vote for Trump in 2016, I voted for Gary Johnson who was clearly the best candidate in a field that included Hilary Clinton and Jill Stein. For the most part Trump has escaped my attention, because when one has to take the opinion from as many different points of view as possible, one does not want to take a look at the news when they get home. Sure I'd see the headlines on the Yahoo homepage, but I never looked to deep into it, figuring come 2020 he'd be voted out of office.

But since I have been home since the end of March and I have been looking closely at his actions and words, for the life of me I can't wonder why anyone listens to him, he's a fucking sociopath. Trump is a 70+ year old 'man' (and I use that term loosely in his case) with the mentality of a spoiled brat. Everything he has done in the path six months has lead to largest loss of American life in history. He has single handily ensured that race relations in the United States were resent to where they were in the 1960s, he has encouraged riots, property damage, disruption of services. He has called for a restriction of free speech, he is looking to prevent people from voting.  His tirades are more akin to Adolf Hitler than they are to any half-decent world leader this planet has ever seen.

And the more I've seen of him and what he's doing, it makes me physically sick. Never in my life have I had this much vile hatred for anyone. .. because I see what he's doing. Trump is looking to start a civil war, he is looking to make sure that if he loses in November (which he should!), that he'll have every reason to cause more social destruction and unrest. Trump wants a Civil War, he wants the Untied States to tear itself apart over him, he wants to do away with Democracy. Of course one could hope he fucking has a coronary failure between now and November so this all could be avoided, but I don't think we'll be that lucky.

All I can do is hope that sanity returns to the Executive Branch of the United States as soon as possible and that the fallout will not be like anything seen in a video game of the same name.