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"What a miserable future." Though this quote is taken a bit out of context, I think it's an apt description of future Earth in 2036. Yes, we are picking up where last season's future episode Letters of Transit left off. The episode opens with Peter dreaming about the day the Observers invaded Earth. It also turns out to be the day Peter and Olivia lost their daughter Henrietta (who

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This today from The Guardian: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists Rising greenhouse emissions could tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report  It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim. 

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Via NBC News: The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed after protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad stormed the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi.  "I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens," President

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Courtesy of the Associated Press 34-31. That's probably going to be stuck in my head for a while. I have to commend ULM for their game plan against Arkansas. It was perfect. Quick hitting passes and misdirection runs kept the Arkansas defense off balance all game. It also didn't hurt that tackling Kolton Browning was like catching a greased pig. Arkansas had three sacks. It could have easily

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I've decided to make some predictions about the 2012 election because why the hell not. Prediction #1:   After a record turnout in the 2008 election (60+ million), I predict that this election will garner no more than 50 million votes. Apathy towards voting and the candidates (a good thing, in my opinion) has been very high this year. One can't blame the people for being apathetic toward

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Via ESPN: Denver Broncos tight end Joel Dreessen says he isn't bothered by the Greeley school district's ban on his jersey number and others because they're associated with local gangs. The district bans 13, 14 and 18 and their reverse, 31, 41 and 81. Dreessen wears 81. The rule is three years old but made headlines this week after a third-grader wearing Peyton

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Alabama Authorities Put Real Life Walter White On Most Wanted List "The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office has placed Walter White on their priority list of the county's most wanted," The Tuscaloosa News reports. "White, 55, was on probation for a 2008 charge of making methamphetamine when he was arrested on similar charges in Bibb County earlier this year."  Russian Court

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Via The Blaze A high-ranking Mexican drug cartel operative currently in U.S. custody is making startling allegations that the failed federal gun-walking operation known as “Fast and Furious” isn’t what you think it is. It wasn’t about tracking guns, it was about supplying them — all part of an elaborate agreement between the U.S. government and Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel to

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© Lura Helms 2012 The Blight Cometh: Part Two Two weeks passed. Two horrifying weeks as the blight began to spread across the area. Bill and Steve began hearing reports from other parts of the state being overrun. It was relentless. Ever changing. Ever growing. Ever destroying. When they met the biologist, Rebekah, in the capital, she insisted on coming with them. That's when they

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Here is this week's prompt for Friday Fictioneers, courtesy of Madison Woods. Come join us over at her blog. It'll be fun fun fun! My Friday Fictioneers entries.

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Via NBC News: Governments Mull Radical Solution To Underwater Mortgages: Seize Them Mario Anzuoni / Reuters With millions of homeowners still "under water," some local governments are considering a novel solution: condemning their mortgages through the power of eminent domain.  “Federal programs have not been very successful at all, and the private programs have been of limited

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Here are today's Lunch Time Links: Diplomatic Fury As Ecuador Grants Asylum To Wikileaks Founder Assange Ecuador granted asylum to Julian Assange on Thursday, expressing fury at a threat by Britain to seize the WikiLeaks founder at its London embassy.  Powerball Ticket Worth $337 Million Sold In Michigan A winning ticket in the $337 million Powerball drawing has been sold in Michigan.&

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Since April, my ever so lovely wife, decided to make the announcement on Facebook (without telling me), I figured I'd make the announcement here. APRIL IS PREGNANT!!! Whew! I've been holding that news in for a while. And before anyone starts asking about paternity, let me cut you off there. According to April, only my grape-sized (at the moment) guy(s) and/or gal(s) could cause her this

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"What if they don't have any food carts?" via Fox News Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan for his running mate, but he's making sure to find major convention roles for the other short-listers.   New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, two of Romney's rumored top choices for the job, will have prominent speaking roles at this year's Republican National Convention.

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By Susan Wenzel Down By The Beach "You're right," Charlotte said. "I am bored. I think I'll go for a swim.""But none of us brought our suits," Rose stated."I've got knickers and a camisole on. It's not like I'm naked," Charlotte said, eyes rolling.Rose stood, arms crossed, as her sister, sans the dress she had been wearing, bolted towards the warm water. Patrick wrapped his arms around her

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"15/08/1998" It was nothing but chaos. People in the street were screaming for help, for their God, for anything that would bring them peace. He could see the bodies of those fortunate to have died when the Vauxhall exploded. They didn't have to suffer the fate others would. He felt a wave of nausea and dizziness hit him, but he scrambled to his feet anyway. Making his way through the

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"Mad Dogs" Jack Vettriano "Un Tranqilo Día en la Playa" It was fun being out on the beach, Rose thought. Even Charlotte wasn't being too much of a bother. If Patrick didn't mind her joining them, Rose saw no reason to be looking for trouble with her eccentric sister. They started by looking for shells, but hadn't much luck on that front. Patrick had found a hermit crab shell, but the

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Photo courtesy Madison Woods "The Blight Cometh" "Is it moving?" Bill's voice pulled Steve out of his thoughts. The fungal, oozing thing most definitely looked like it had moved. Or had it, thought Steve. He eyed it warily, not getting too close.  "Did you hear me?" Bill asked. "Is it moving?" Steve continued staring as he replied, "No. It's not moving." He hurriedly

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Since I started doing Madison Woods' Friday Fictioneers a few months ago (not as consistently as I'd like), I've been wanting to do a big flash fiction project to push myself to write more often. And now I'm finally going to do it. The initial plan was to do the entire month of August, but I got caught up in other, more pressing matters, and I didn't have to time to get to it. Luckily for me,

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This is an excerpt from a work in progress... The heat was starting to become oppressive, but the land didn't care. There was no shade or water in sight. The mules were becoming weary and slowed. All of this happening, but we still plowed ahead. We had to get to California. Had to get to the gold. "James," one my fellow travelers called out. Jacob was his name. A younger man, near my age,

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Amanda Gray "Outside Pecos" Last Cigarette I could feel the chipping stucco on my back, still hot from the pounding desert sun. So this was how it was all going to end, I thought. At least I was going out with a bang. Or six bangs, really. I was warned that this was the likely outcome when I started doing business with Pancho. Too late for regrets now, I supposed. The crunch of

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This wasn't happening. This couldn't be happening. They were humans. Boys. There was absolutely no way this was happening. “Dude! What are we going to do?” Steve looked over at Billy. He couldn't tell his brother was 13. Or that he himself was 15. He still couldn't believe this was happening. “Steve! What are we going to do?!” Billy was growing frantic. Steve couldn't blame him. If

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I was watching Good Morning America this morning (blame the wife, I can't stand it), and I noticed they were discussing how the Dow Jones Industrial was nearing 13,000 again while the NASDAQ was closing in on 3,000. It got me pondering on the current discussion about where the inflation rates currently sit on the CPI (sitting at 2.3% right now). Many of the mainstream economists (Krugman,

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Peggy is given new responsibility; Don and Harry indulge a client. "When is everything going to go back to normal? - Roger Mortality. This is something we as people deal with every day. Mortality of our life, who we are. Mortality of our career. Mortality of our societal beliefs. It's everywhere. Where we go. What we do. It is an inevitable part of life, and a part of life some of our

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"I love Fidel Castro. I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that son of a bitch is still there." - Ozzie Guillen "Shame on you Ozzie!" So let me get this straight. We have a man who, admittedly might be slightly crazy and is most definitely brash (but oh so fun), who says he respects Castro because the man just

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