Roddenberry made public comment on liking The Fountainhead..in passing. That's the only reference I'm aware of.

The thematics in Star Trek pattern The Objectivist's Ethics as an underpinning that mortality is the standard of values for life. And then all the permutations that are exhibited are quite profound per episode.

Didn't the hand gesture come from a Jewish ceremony of some sort? Memory is vague.

We declared our independence but they left tendrils attaching us to them. Then never let go.

England had to let us go. They were beleaguered by Spanish and French aggression. Just luck that this Republic was formed when circumstance allowed. The Lords of Europe were not to be left out of the bounty. Easily 200 years of undermining our Constitution and cultures with monies and corporate structures, foundations and educational influence, capture of narrative and legal central operations. It aint over yet baby.

WEF founded in 1971 and UN Agenda 21 adopted in 1987. Once started the mileposts get clearer. I managed to trace a resurgence of fiat monetary systems back to 1530 Venice. I think this may have been the impetus for Martin Luther changing from supporting Jews to condemnation in his 1546 treatise: The Jews and Their Lies....quite possible, seeing the aftermath of the 1930's collapse here and in Europe earlier. Patterns emerge. Norman Dodd found one of these patterns.

I did not know Roddenberry was a proponent of Rand.

Leonard Nemoy invented the Vulcan hand sign. Do you know where that came from?

I remember the episode, someone steps on the grass and has to be put to death?

To your rules I add my financial/identity rule. Public officials have their SSN, DOB, addresses and all banking information publicized, FOREVER. Every single penny that crosses their hands is monitored. It is a public website. Every time they deposit a quarter from their daughter's lemonade stand it is known. Arrange this rule into whatever shape it needs to be such that there is no incentive or possibility for financial corruption. It needs to be lifetime because after a politician is in office is when they start raking in the real corrupt money.

Basically to be a public official you have to have your Achilles heel severed in advance, in service to your nation.

I watched it. Now having eaten 3 spoons of baking soda...ugh. Carnegie, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, decided to use the education system to push collectivism. Is that what I just saw?

I watched after the interview with Bush speaking and others. I wanted to see the rest of that, but it cut off. I went to www.realityzone.com as well.

Everything we are, beyond autonomous function, is base on some form of formal language. Without formal language we cannot convey perception to conceptualization. Even sign language is formal.

The first human that picked up a simple tool and used it as an extension of self, to ease it's life, and then assigned a "signal/gesture/grunt" to convey the use to another, created the concept of trade/commerce. Then they passed this on to others. Others found new, or varied use of the tool and conveyed a new "signal-word-symbol" in return.

Clan of the Cave Bear: A small group of interactive humans with ranked specialties for each. They all knew one another directly and traded food-protection-toolmaking comforts between themselves....all based on direct mortality-based values of survival.

Nothing like this is taught in school systems across our country...all is assumed.
And we know what assumption is... Making an ass of u and mption.

I've been binge watching the first three Star Trek series with the focused attention on The Objectivist's Ethics. Roddenberry popularized Rand without the audience knowing. Assess this yourself. Prime directive of non-interference and not initiating force is just the beginning. The different species represent facets of American cultures across a very broad spectrum of interaction. I do not think Roddenberry did this by accident. Pillar and Braga might be able to tell. I wonder if Nichelle Nichols has the rest of the story.

Yup. Imagine taking to the woods unsupplied. None of the human tools of comfort made by others are available. Completely independent....Freedom.

The interactions of commerce/trade require an expressed equity in trade. Liberties of agreement.

As a Trekkie, I loved the planet without Crime.
They only had 1 punishment, regardless the infraction... DEATH.

Zero Recidivism. I am ALL IN on this one.
Know the rules. Break them. GOOD BYE.

And for our elected officials, lets be clear. It's illegal to line your pockets, or your family members pockets or gain financially from your position of power. Fame, YOU get to keep that. And if it works for you later on (not lobbying), then good..

Oh, and you CANNOT run for office WHILE IN OFFICE! That would be against the law.
And you cannot QUIT your office position, in order to RUN for office. You finish your term.
if you quit, then you cannot server elected office for 10 years.

Definitely against the law for a Newsmedia to misrepresent a Fact Check! LOL

There goes that overcrowding problem.

Sure hate to be caught here illegally!

Are you saying freedom is radically free, and liberty requires responsibility?

I've been thinking, dangerous in this day, of a more "natural" deterrent regarding "aggression".
Two tiers. Education in the differences between freedom as an absolute and liberty as clearly established philosophical and lawful restrictions on behavior.
At an age of "consent" an individual chooses which condition to live within. Freedom requires no contract, Liberty requires contract, (informed consent?). Those "Free" have no restrictions nor protections from each other or those societally contracted as individuals or groups. The "Libertarians" have clearly defined rules of engagenment... Ferengi! Learning the language [OF] the rules is imperative for better success than one's peers.
All actions on the part of all individuals are contract, formal or informal, as we engage in trade/commerce. Even formal language is a form of trade, and it is what makes us unique as a species.

This is baseline. The Constitution [for] Sapiens (perhaps all sentients) is the goal.

Actually, Govt funding might be bad.

But Industry Funding is EVEN Worse.
Think Pharma Studies.
The fact that they can do 15 failed studies, and prevent publication... INSANE.

The PERSON(s) doing the study should ALWAYS have a right to publish the study, even if they have to remove "brand names" from the study.

But wouldn't it have been nice to know that AS MANY PEOPLE DIED taking STATINS as those that did NOT take them. But that taking statins also had NEGATIVE Side Effects... In 13-14 studies... And ONLY when they "FIXED" the studies with WASHOUT periods, etc. etc.

Did the Statins give a MODEST improvement, that they used RELATIVE Percentages to claim a 30%+ reduction in heart attacks. When it was 1 out of 1,000 reduction. (Lookup David Diamond Statins on YouTube to blow your mind).

So... I don't mind govt funding as much.
But I also LOVED This idea:

For EVERY Blockbuster Drug, a 10% tax that paid researchers to ATTACK the drug, or to find "Natural" Alternatives that compared. (Red Rice Yeast Extract vs. statin drug)... Or good old vitamin C, and keeping your teeth clean! (or Calcium Scores, and better diets)...

Yep, that's why, when the big buys GET the patent, we need to significantly REDUCE their protection.

In the hands of many, you have innovation.
In the hands of a few, you have a Bludgeon!

I heard that similar phrase in a Lou Reed song. Lib that he is. "Don't believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."

I'd say start with the schools, K-16+.

To disinfect from ideological subversion, we must begin to control the narrative. This is how the Left has made much of their March toward communism. And we must adopt Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals, and use his rules against them. These rules can be used by either side going in either direction.

“ In a fight almost anything goes. It almost reaches the point where you stop to apologize if a chance blow lands above the belt.”
Saul Alinsky

THIS is the mindset we need in the battles against socialism and communism, not to mention our “progressives”.
So why don’t we do it?

I specialize in building manufacturing processes. Jigs, tooling, fixtures and special machines.
I build the one or two that produce hundreds to millions. Always busy with my manual machinery and extremely low overhead. Only financed one piece of equipment in 35 years; 15k on 330k of revenue. I planned on it being disposable as it did not appear to be top line. Damn thing bored a .001 tolerance hole 4.5 inches deep after beating the snot out of it for two years.
My friend Bob Hughes designed the machine that made grinding of punches and dies for deep draw thin wall aluminum cans. Sold it to Standun in 68 or 69 for 250k. What!?!? I told him it was 25 mil at the time. Only if one had the legal resources to fight American Can, National Can, Anheuser Busch, etc. A buddy of his created and patented the integral rivet in the can lids. No perforation solved a lot of lost product in bodymaking. Took him 28 years to get a 50 mil settlement.

And then there is the international .....

My favorite example of Patent Problems was Eli Whitney. Known for the Cotton Gin. He never made a dime on that, because Farmers built their own, using the patented description. LMAO.

But his TRUE Claim to fame, as I understand it, was INTERCHANGEABLE parts, like GUN parts.

Back in the day an entire gun was Smithed to work. It was custom. The hammer or trigger from another gun would usually not fit.

Until Eli had the bright idea to standardize how the pieces are made. [I forgot where I learned this, so there is a small % I am in err]

Good input. I have way too much experience in this. Prosecuting an aggressor who claimed patent and then trade secret on my work. I've had patentable ideas...market said "No".

If removal of LLC and non-profit status reduces business size, and opens up personal/ownership liability, the whole patent process and products should slow immensely. Keep your work secret and under non disclosure agreements with severe personal penalty? Thou shalt not steal....or ELSE!!!

No Gov or State school patents. Developed under what producers pay in tax support...public domain.

A lot more thought to process regarding.

LOL,
I am the type that loads 2 normal rounds, then the rest Hollow Points into my magazine.
The argument being the same as my Shotgun having 2 Birdshot, then Buckshot, and a saddle with slugs.

If I lose the weapon (God forbit), I might be able to survive the first 2 shots.
If I have the weapon, I know how aggressively to keep shooting, and I can always (Shotgun) Slap Load a slug to speed things along (keep 'em guessing).

Everyone who intends to defend their home, should PRACTICE when nobody is there, from where you first pickup your weapon, going through your house, and recognizing where the PERPS are, but EXACTLY what is behind them (I have a tough angle out of the Bedroom, where I am shooting into my daughters room. We moved her bed to reduce her risk! But as I traverse the house, EVERYTHING changes. The angles change, the risks Change. Having done this 100 times, I know when to shoot Bird vs. Slug and High vs. Low. I could NOT imagine doing this, under stress, for the first time in real danger.

Best advice I ever got when I took a weeks worth of weapons self-defense courses. Always practice. It will be much harder when you're adrenaline is pumping.

Commander, the Patents issue amazingly complex.
At one level, 17yrs is a long time.
But for someone starting out, they waste 3-5 years trying to get funding, etc.

I think patent limitations should be more a function of the Holder:
1) Individuals 17yrs, but if they give an EXCLUSIVE to a larger Organization, it drops to their level
2) Corporations Holding < 100 Patents: 12yrs
3) Holders of < 1000 Patents: 8yrs
4) Corporations Holding > 1000 Patents: 4yrs
5) Software Patents: 3yrs
6) Medical Patents Held by US Govt Employees: 11.9 Mos, and must be sold. (STCG)

No more PROCESS or Algorithm Patents. No more DESIGN Patents (round screens, slide to open)
No More US Govt Stealing Patents under ANY guise, especially national Security!

To somewhat update Will Rogers: "Believe nothing you read (or news media/social media) and only half of what you actually see".

I’m always shocked at how people freak out over open carry. Especially in my state. It is %100 legal to carry a loaded weapon into our state house. The MSM freaked out when the lockdown protests happened. Supposedly “Armed Extremists Stormed the Capital”. The truth was....armed citizens seeking redress from their government over grievances lined up in orderly fashion had their temperatures taken and sat in the viewing gallery above the state legislature. Not nearly as sensational. But that’s the truth from someone who was there.
Believe NOTHING that the news reports....NOTHING.

I say we take-off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure.

Well now wait a minute darlin'. We have both Concealed Carry and Open Carry in Texas. I chose Open Carry so I don't have to bother with a license and I think that belt and hip holster looks so fashionable with my slim cut jeans and boots! And to be fair, my ammunition is both regular and hollow point! That way, if I really don't like someone, I'll know what ammunition to choose.