Monthly Archives: October 2009

This is good news for the McCain Campaign…oops, I mean the Democrats.

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

If I can steal the hilarious mainstream press meme from the last election in which every turn of events was seen as a boost to the old Straight-Shooter right up until Election Night, let me say straight out that, although … Continue reading →

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Big Brother is alive and well in Britain.

Posted on October 25, 2009 by

This story, just latest in many which reveal the nature of Britain’s “surveillance society” is the sort of thing that sends a chill down the spine of those of us who value personal liberty and privacy. And it’s the sort … Continue reading →

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An old friend revisited.

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

I was offered a free copy of the December issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction if I agreed to blog about it after I read it. There was a day when MF&SF was a regular monthly treat … Continue reading →

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The GOP has a rep for that.

Posted on October 18, 2009 by
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Jack & Rob’s Comical Commentary (weekend two-fer)

Posted on October 18, 2009 by
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Jack & Rob’s Comical Commentary

Posted on October 17, 2009 by
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Life is hard, fiction is harder.

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

You will recall, undoubtedly (since I know that you few, you brave who frequent this obscure little corner of the internets hang on my every word), that I wrote about submitting stories the proposed Hint Fiction anthology way back in … Continue reading →

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Why wingnuts rage against a world they cannot comprehend.

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

From a summary of  a  “White Paper”  by Peter Francene in the October 12 issue of Advertising Age;  New U.S. Census to Reveal Major Shift: No More Joe Consumer: The 2010 Census is expected to find that 309 million people … Continue reading →

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This man did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

And he’s really, really proud about that.

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Why satire is impossible.

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

When I wrote this post earlier today, I originally tried to work Glenn Beck and the tea party crowd into it. My idea was that Beck would argue that the nutcases screaming in the streets this summer were the ones … Continue reading →

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