Assuming, of course, that you're Sting.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sting-bra ... -1.3726947

The article discusses how this could help people become better in their chosen fields. I'm thinking it might also serve as a basis for technobabble for how Doug's metatalent works.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Not always the research itself, definitely the fruits.
One of the nagging questions that fan writers will occasionally bring up about Season One of Sailor Moon is, "How, with real estate prices in Tokyo being what they are, does the Dark Kingdom manage to open so many shops so quickly?"
The answer, it turns out, is easily enough found when you go looking.  Japan was in the middle of a nasty recession in 1992.  Just like the recent recession here in the US, businesses closed and property values dropped like a rock.  There would be closed, empty shops all up and down the market district in Azabu-juban.  If the Dark Kingdom is being aboveboard about it, they just have to do a short-term rental of a shop (like those ephemeral Halloween stores that show up in September and are gone by November 1).  And if they're not bothering to be aboveboard, they just break a shop open and move right in, and mind-whammy any real estate agent who comes by and complains. 
The sad thing is that it took me until this week to connect the recession to the Dark Kingdom shops.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

This is h_ppening w_rldwide, n_t just in the Gre_t White N_rth (C_n_d_): _ s_mewh_t different pu_lic-_w_reness c_mp_ign h_s just _egun.

http://missingtype.ca

If y_u c_n, ple_se sign up t_ d_n_te _t the next _l__d d_n_r event ne_r y_u.

Spoiler

The concept is to remove every A, B, and O - the blood types - so that people notice their absence.

If you can, please sign up to donate at the next blood donor event near you.

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Subj: I'm sure you've seen the news from Illinois State by now.

Oh no, not Again... that was my first thought.

But it gets worse. My phone goes off in the middle of the night. The number's one from home, so I answer it without thinking.

"This is Jennifer Feeler from Fox 9 News. How does it feel to know that one of your guns was used to kill 8 people?"

And it hits me in the face like.

I mean...

What the fuck am I supposed to say to that?

I don't even sell full guns to the Danelaw, so I don't know how it got there and now it feels like a whole goddamn country is accusing me of pulling the trigger myself as if that herostrat fuck couldn't have found an armalite in his local gun-store.

Checked with the ATF, I spoke with the agent directly. The serial's in my books, it's registered with the Patrol and it's genuine. I know who bought it and when, and when I tested it. Firmware on the targeter's the original. It's one of mine alright.

I really don't know what to say or do.

No matter what, it'll be the wrong thing, but doing nothing feels so wrong.
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Finally decided to list these all out. Not that anyone's left in Fenspace to buy them.

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GR-02 Havoc.
Combat chopper based on the Soviet Mi-28. 2-person crew capacity, with rear-compartment. Tusion-turboshaft engine with gravity-rotor system
Top speed. 0.6C
6-axis Hyper maneuverability.
Chin turret with 30mm autocannon
4 underwing hardpoints with GJ standard hardpoints.
Visor-targetted gun turret.

2-Operated by Section Six
2 in MARS ownership.

GR-03 Black Shark.
Combat choper based on Soviet Ka-50/52 design. 1-2 person crew capacity. Orion-derived automation system. Coaxial rotorhead.
Top Speed. 0.65C.
6-axis hypermaneuverability.
Twin belly-mount 30mm autocannon.
4x underwing hardpoints with GJ standard mounts.
Autopilot with Autonav, Autohover, Autostabilise, AutoTrack. Target-tracking and auto-hover mode.

GR-03-K: Modification to remove weaponry and replace with rear chemical tank, agro-spray equipment And under-belly lifting hook FAA-certified. Expensive for an Agricraft, but with a lot of automation and low fuel costs
GR-03-F: Firefighting variant proposed to Crystal millenium. Lost out to Jigabatchi drone series. Converted prototype 'Lenticular Cloud' sold second-hand to a firefighting organisation in Canada.

JF-21
Raw speed and nothing but. When you want to go fast.
Hybrid ion-drive with fusion torch boosters.
Top speed. 0.185c structural limit.
Ventral 30mm autocannon.
4x underwing hardpoints with GJ standard mounts.
Zig-derived navigation, life-support and fire-control.

JF-21-C: Stipped variant with no cockpit canopy, no nav system, and no life-support.
JF-21-R: Removed weaponry. Race version.

RF-47 Kulbit
Race Homologation Special based on Su-47 Berkut.
Top-speed dependant on tuning.
High-speed maneuverability.
Poor toughness.
Carbotanium construction.
Custom-fitted fortified-suit and moulded cockpit seat.
30mm autocannon, and weapons bay with 2 mountings for OGJ weaponry.
Option for conventional cockpit design
Stingray-project derived fire-control system.
Winner of 2015 ARR championship.
'Bloody expensive, bloody hard to fly, bloody quick when mastered'

RF-155 series
Mig-31 derived design. 'Fastest computer system in Fenspace.
CGI-built phased array IDAR system.
Manufactured from Battlesteel and Lunar titanium.
'Deltalloy' Engines.
2x 30mm rotary autocannon
12x external hardpoints.
0.13C rated top speed.
0.185C possible for short dashes with 'direct coolant injection'
40 tons empty.
Uses Kulbit-style flightsuit and moulded pilot seat.

RF-155 'Taylor Hebert'. Modification for SHIELD to include drone control subsystems. Tracked over .19C in Cisluner
RF-155 'Theresa Richter'. Modification for SHIELD with uprated Orion-built onboard computers.
RF-155 'Rebecca Brown'. Single-seater fighter modification proposed for SHIELD. Program cut before completion.
RF-155 'Flechette'. Proposed variant with 75mm anti-shipping railcannon.
RF-155 'Eidolon'. Proposed variant with adaptation to use Valkyrie FAST packs.

Twice the price of the equivelant Blackbird.
LF-162 Wasp. (Reporting name: Zero. Nickname: Ronson)
Heinkel He-162 derived light fighter. Designed as Zig replacement.
30mm fusion autocannon x2
Carbotanium spaceframe.
Single-engine with multiple options.
Ultralight-weight with wet-fuselage fuel tanks.
Designed to use Kulbit-style fortified suit and moulded seat.
Competition looser. But may become a popular light-sport spacecraft.

Mz-23 Judy
'Heavy Motoroid' or Bahamode.
Combination Tanalloy battery and fusion-turbin drive.
Transformable between motorcycle, jet-cycle and humanoid modes.
Can be adapted to carry weapons, but not normally.
Internal screens display the world outside in an anime form....

General memes surrounding Asagiri equipment.
Single minded.
Excels at the purpose designed for, but not much else.
Difficult to master, but rewards owners who take the time to actually master the machine.
Experts-only, and pridefully so.

All manufactured to order by the Haephestus affiliate program.
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Apparently, researchers -- the article doesn't say where -- have found evidence of a flaw in the "Standard Model."  Could this discovery uproot any other certainties?  I'm not sure whether to be excited or horrified....
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

I do not know if Doug's Meta responds well to Karoke, but it shouldn't be hard to produce this.
'Little Maus Two' - By Simon Leo Barber (From 'Eldritch Hop' set in the Tohoe Storyline)Sung to - Little Deuce Coup

"Now, I'm not braggin', babe, so don't put me down    But I've got the hottest set of tracks in town    When some tank face off with me, I don't even try    'Cause unless he's got Chobham Plate, he's gonna DIE    She's my Little Maus Two - you don't know what I got !
    Got electromag transmission and a whole lot more    Yard of armour on the glacis and a foot on the floor    Well, she sprints like a greyhound at a hundred tonnes    Got the eighty-eight as spotter for the Naval Gun    She's my Little Maus Two- you don't know what I got !
    Then we're coming off the line when the lights turn green    Faster up through twenty gears than a tank's ever been    Now the Tortoise is light, his tracks are startin' to spin    But my Porsche-built suspension's really diggin' in    She's my Little Maus Two - you don't know what I got !
    Hitting twenty-second gear, I've got my paw to the floor    Pushing three miles an hour, hear those Maybachs roar    The Tortoise running second, 'cause it's understood    I got a twelve-pack of diesels sittin' under my hood    She's my Little Maus Two - you don't know what I got !"

Quote:Pearl: All right. Everything begins with your stance. Remember:

You do it for him
And you would do it again
You do it for her, that is to say
You'll do it for him.

Keep your stance wide,
Keep your body lowered,
As you're moving forward
Balance is the key

Right foot; left foot,
Now go even faster
And as you're moving backwards
Keep your eyes on me.

[Connie] Keep my stance wide, (Good)
Keep my body lowered, (Right)
As I'm moving forward (Concentrate!)
[Pearl] Don't you want him to live!?

[Connie] Right foot; left foot
[Pearl] Yes, but put your whole body into it!
Everything you have, everything you are
You've got to give–

On the battlefield
When everything is chaos,
And you have nothing but the way you feel, your strategy and a sword;
You just think about the life you'll have together after the war!

And then you do it for her,
That's how you know you can win,
You do it for her, that is to say
You'll do it for him.

Deep down you know
You weren't built for fighting,
But that doesn't mean
You're not prepared to try.

What they don't know
Is your real advantage,
When you live for someone
You're prepared to die.

[Connie] Deep down I know
That I'm just a human (True)
[Connie] But I know that I can draw my sword and fight
(But you know that you can draw your sword and fight)

With my short existence, (Good)
I can make a difference, (Yes, excellent!)
I can be there for him
I can be his knight

I can do it for him,
[Both] You'd do it for her
[Pearl] Okay, now do that again (Yes, ma'am.)
You do it for her, and now you say:
[Connie] I'll do it for him.

Apparently, there's a malware program that can turn an embedded computer into a radio transmitter.

http://www.rtl-sdr.com/motherboard-how- ... ur-office/
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I heard this one because the Canadian Women's Soccer team is using it as their unofficial theme for the Rio Olympics.

The meta-ability should be obvious: Juggernaut's "can't be stopped" ability, but thanks to the often-repeated "I'm unstoppable today", it lasts all day. On the flip side, the often-repeated "I'm unstoppable today" means it only affects Doug -- I'll Play for You won't transfer it to anyone else.

Unstoppable, by Sia Furler, written by Sia Furler and Christopher Braide, from the 2016 album This Is Acting:



--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012