Hello, we are transmitting to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica

that would otherwise be lost.

Whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

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This is the omnibus. You have accessed entry 468.

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Certificate number 28903.

The filibuster war.

You all might think that there will be a day when America will leave Nicaragua alone.

But I'm here to tell you, flat out, that that day will never happen.

Well, so what is your entry in the omnibus?

We talk about filibuster a lot now.

It seems to be a...

It's on the short list of things that people kind of wish or consider changing about the way our political system works.

The filibuster is controversial and not necessarily baked in, and maybe the filibuster could be eliminated.

Maybe the filibuster is the only thing saving us.

Can you explain like what a what a filibuster is? So this is interesting because obviously what we

know, how we know the word filibuster is either through the Senate needing to get 60 votes to pass

a piece of legislation or

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