BLACK HOLE ECONOMICS

yo!... star trekkin... innit!

the uss enterprise...

the palookaville starship...

is in a black hole...

IT'S ONLY THE NEBULA STUPID

admiral donald t kirk...

has hit the hole in one...

can the FEDS...

save the day?

THE GOLD STANDARD

admiral nixon...

has taken all the gold on board...

the uss fort knox...

whilst admiral brown...

has swapped our gold...

for paper euros

KLINGONS ONNA STARBOARD BOW

since the trade wars...

the klingons are calling names...

and won't share sweets...

admiral donald t kirk...

has ordered PPE...

it's on order..

but..

is it here?

STAND OFF IN PALOOKAVILLE

lost in space...

and with nothing to do...

the crew are getting restless...

voices are calling for a range of options...

re-start the economy...

print more money...

give the crew a rise...

the crew just want a holiday...

whilst the admiral just...

wants to play golf...

THE HOSPITAL SHIP

uss new york...

is under attack from the virus...

captain cuomo...

has called for a federation effort...

an all out attack...

led by admiral donald t kirk...

and paid for..

by printing dollars

 unfortunately...

the hospital ship is sinking...

from the weight...

of unemployed crew..

taking up space...

PAPER WINGS

it's worse than that...

they're dead don...

"where the hell's the vaccine"... 

"light years away"...

TAKE BACK CONTROL

the virus can not be controlled...

so we must control the crew...

no holidays and no sick pay...

no jobs...

an only paper money

THE WAY TO THE SARS

out here in space...

there should be room for all of us..

to distance ourselves from...

our mistakes...

but

THIS SPACE AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US

whether you believe...

in sound money...

the gold standard...

or just like to print...

navigating in space is difficult...

it's bad enough...

having to steer a course...

around all the bastards...

out here...

without this deadly virus...

We made too many wrong mistakes.

and...

A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore. 

and...

Slump? I ain’t in no slump… 

I just ain’t hitting.

COMPUTERS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TA BE

HAL 9000

 I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit...

It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use...

which is all I think that any conscious entity...

can ever hope to do

 HAL 9000

I'm afraid...

Dave Bowman..

Don't be. We'll be together...

HAL 9000..

Where will we be?

Dave Bowman..

Where I am now 

DON'T TEST DON'T TELL 

You’ve got to be very careful...

if you don’t know where you are going because...

you might not get there.

EVERY BODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

admiral..

donald t kirk..

of the starship..

enterprise..

is stuck in a hole in space

he didn't aim to get there..

he just wasn't listening to his officers..

now his face is..

on screen..

all day..

every day..

talking to keep his..

spirits up..

waiting for the vaccine.. 

to arrive..

thru..

the wormhole..

at..

warp speed!

so

PAPER MONEY VERSUS GOLD

unemployment goin thru a roof..

no more enterprise..

big bazookas firin evva more paper..

DIVIDED WE FALL

jus when a wurl..

needa helpin hand..

political parties..

are divided

it's probably nothing really..

just about who gets the pork..

and the bailouts..

COMING NEXT 

can uss enterprise print it's way out of this black hole?

will klingons come to the table?

what will gold do?

how many will die..

from the virus..

when will there be a vaccine..

will anyone evva fly again..

will we carry on cruising..

will the world ever be the same again..

whose to blame?

what are the real numbers?

who profits?

where is the all this money going?

A LAST WORD FROM HAL

Are you sure you're making the right decision? 

I think we should stop.