Set phasers to stunning. The conservative leaning Civitas Instituted used its “bad bill of the day” column to highlight H 1623: NCA&T McNair Center Funds. Filed by Rep. Earl Jones, a Greensboro Democrat, it is an innocuous sounding bill. However it would use state funds to “develop a master plan for the construction of a state-of-the-art technology research and development building complex known as The Star Fleet Academy Complex.” Yes, as in Kirk, Spock and crew. As far as I can tell, no money is currently dedicated for the project in any draft of the budget.