Xenophobic military propaganda?

Okay, I'll bite on this.

I'll grant that it's been a long time, but that seems like the opposite of the message of both that episode and the season as a whole...

What are the chances that Alberta just agreed to an increased industrial carbon tax in exchange for a pipeline that never gets built?

A bunch of people in pyjamas flying around at faster-than-light speeds? Seems like a gimmick to me...

After breathing new life into high-profile IP like the Spider-Man franchise and Dungeons & Dragons, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are looking to boldly go where no directors have gone before with a very popular franchise. Sources tell Deadline, the duo are coming on to write, produce and are attached to direct a new original Star Trek film for Paramount. They will produce under their GoldDay banner.

Based on this, it seems like they've completely broken from JJ Abrams/Bad Robot - they were seemingly always connected to previous projects.

Obviously continue to watch something you dislike, despite there being many other things you can do with your life.

As I said downthread, that's a very sensible use of a coastal air force base.

Oh?

You're right, of course - but I'm going to continue to be unimpressed until we get some actual details!

LOL my guess - and it's only a guess - is that this is what happens when the previous Emperor either dies or abdicates willingly.

Which would make it maybe the seventh most ridiculous thing about the Terran Empire.

I think it's definitely a bubble that will burst eventually.

At the same time, I don't think there's any way to put the toothpaste back in the tube. This technology is out there, and even once the hype has died down, we're going to be dealing with it forever.

Just send them an e-mail reminding them that the economics of the future are somewhat different, and money doesn't exist in the 24th century.

No EV suit would have protected them, either - the Enterprise was affected as well.