Life imitates SF

May. 10th, 2007 10:33 am
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  • Why Republicans don't read books: presidential hopeful Mitt Romney recently declared Hubbard's Battlefield Earth to be his favourite novel.
  • Testing future weapons tech with the help of children, and another step closer to remote wars and Joe Haldeman's Forever Peace: Next-generation light sabers read brainwaves.
  • Dress like Superman and be my bitch.
  • PKD Dept.: Travelling US Army defence contractors think Canadian coins are spying on them.   (via [livejournal.com profile] supergee)
  • Thoughtcrimes Dept.:
    (1) Post-Virginia Tech, it could be argued that it is now becoming a crime for US children to disturb their teachers with their creative writing.
    (2) One such teaching graduate was denied her degree for merely posting online a photo of herself captioned "drunken pirate". Arrr!!   (also via [livejournal.com profile] supergee)
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    Date: 2007-05-10 10:40 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com
    Better not let that teacher read my essay "Why I Want to Shoot George W Bush in Both Eyes", then.

    Date: 2007-05-10 10:49 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] peteyoung.livejournal.com
    Uh-huh. Was that intended as a update to Ballard's 'Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan"?

    Date: 2007-05-10 11:04 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com
    You betcha. Only with added sincerity.

    Date: 2007-05-10 11:35 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com
    I'm only allowed to write with crayons until the doctors say different.
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