DeepFrequency and QuietStorm

 Reflections on aliens, elections 2020, and a time for all seasons.  Science, science-fiction, and faith all share one thing: Logos. The thing that sets us apart from other animals, plants, and minerals. As far as we know so far anyway. Tonight again the airwaves are full of visitors from other worlds dominating and wreaking havoc on the people of Earth. The scientists are at a loss. Alien technology is beyond their understanding. The Worlds great religions how ever have predicted the tribulation and uniformly promise an eternal reward for the faithful.  Call me crazy but I am not a great believer in tech, but am a great believer in people, their resiliency and the hope that wellsprings from the heart. So, grok me this. If aliens are coming, they have been coming a long time. It takes a long time to get across universes. They obviously have high tech, they are traveling across universes. If they are coming here it's probably not for the tacos. Of course truly advanced beings would

 Two things Never to Talk about...Religion and Politics. So I will talk about Both. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has been laid to rest and her replacement is storming the gate before she is even in the ground. So let us consider the replacement. Amy Barrett.  Ms. Barrett has written extensively in journals and I have finished her recent Notre Dame Law Review - Originalism and Stare Decisis. It is essentially a review and endoresment of Justice Anthony Scalia. The take away from it for today is Originalism, i.e. reading and applying the Constitution by it's text at the time the pertaining part was Ratified over and above Stare Decisis (precedent case decisions).  Ms Barrett holds that this is not objectionable in the view that few, if any, cases of "super precedents" will come to the Court and if they did by objectivity they would be decided with a view to consideration of historical events, current events, and practicality. It concludes with a warm and fuzzy