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[Scene:&#160 onboard Pegasus, in the Engineering section.&#160 Chief Engineer Ozymandias McCool is working on a computer console, inputting equations.&#160 Out of the corner of his eye, he catches a glimpse of Engineer Emeritus Merlin approaching.

MERLIN:&#160 On what dost thou workest, Ozy?

OZY MCCOOL:&#160 Hi, Merlin. I’m optimizing the computer core…that is, when it cooperates with me.

MERLIN:&#160 You’re supposed to take the core offline before you do that, else it’ll crash and the ship’ll…

OZY MCCOOL:&#160 Sssshhhh!&#160 I’m almost done perfecting this subroutine!

MERLIN:&#160 Ozy, I strongly recommend th—

[They are both interrupted by a loud BANG!!!!!!!&#160 and an explosion of sparks from the panel, which knocks Ozy back about 10 feet.&#160 The back of his noggin smacks the bulkhead and he falls face first to the deck.

Meanwhile, the ship has gone completely dark and dropped out of warp; the emergency lights come up a couple of seconds later.]

MERLIN:&#160 —that you find a place to hide before Korrioth gets down here.

LSIK&T (over speaker, sounding very&#160 pissed):&#160 Bridge to Engineering, report!!!

MERLIN:&#160 Admiral, we’ve had a computer crash…(looks at Ozy, still unconscious)…cause unknown.&#160 I’ve started a diagnostic, but we’re going to be here for a time.

LSIK&T (growling):&#160 Very well, Wizard.&#160 Keep me informed.&#160 Bridge out.

Denizens, it’s been eighteen months since I last reimaged the Big Box&#153, so I’m taking part of the Presidents’ Day holiday to redo it.&#160 Assuming all goes well, posting shouldn’t suffer.

Much.&#160

To no one’s ghastly surprise, Republican moderate&#160 (emphasis intended) George H.W. Bush endorsed John-Boy McZhamnesty for president today.

But it was this paragraph that caught my eye:

Mr Bush dismissed criticism of Mr McCain’s conservative credentials by some high-profile commentators as “grossly unfair”.

He said Mr McCain had “a sound conservative record” and also praised his ability to reach across the aisle to the Democrats when needed.

Pardon me for saying so, George H. Shrubya Seen-your…but unless my memory’s playing tricks on me again, you yourself got your RINO ass soundly trounced from office after only one term FOR PRECISELY THAT REASON, DIDN’T YOU?!?!?!?!?1ONE!!

Or had you forgotten that you made a pledge to us at the 1988 Republican National Convention, then reached across the aisle and shattered that pledge three years later????

And now you have the unmitigated gall&#160 to be annoyed with us???

I got five words for you, Seen-your:

Eff.&#160 You.&#160 Gee.&#160 Haitch*.&#160 Dubya.

Yet another reason not to vote for McLameass…

*William Regal fans will understand the reference.