"Rescue Party"

Review of Clarke's classic short story. (Well, one of his many classics.)

Left, right, don't believe the hype

So, yay! I got to vote for the winner for once. And as the LA Times said, when Obama was born, black people couldn't even vote in much of the country, and would be killed for trying. And people still remember when lots of small towns would kill blacks who stayed around after sundown.

CA re-banned gay marriage, but the exit polls I saw suggest that will change, with the youngest voters being massively against Prop 8. Notably, a similar measure wasn't on the ballot in Massachusetts, which decriminalized marijuana. Michigan legalized medical marijuana, and various abortion restrictions were defeated in South Dakota and Colorado. Summary. OTOH:

In Arkansas, voters approved a measure on the ballot to bar unmarried couples from adopting or taking in foster children. The referendum is intended as a constitutionally permissible way to prevent gays from adopting, supporters say.

Because the GOP is the party of liberty...

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