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Science Fiction That Caused Political Change [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 4, 2008 Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, and Eugene Debs all had one thing in common: they were fans of science fiction. More than that, they all used scifi at one point or another to shape their political actions and views … Also tagged: books, authors, socialism, libertarianism, triviagasm, political science fiction |
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Spider-Man's Frenemy Goes To Iraq [Spider-man]io9 - Oct 21, 2008 He's been a high-school bully and one of the few people to stand by the embattled Spider-Man, but now Flash Thompson is taking on a whole new role... he's going off to fight in Iraq. An upcoming storyline in The … Also tagged: iraq, war, spider man, amazing spider man, marc guggenheim |
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Turn the American Presidential Debates into Abstract Data Structures [Chart Porn]io9 - Oct 9, 2008 You can watch the American presidential debates and allow Barack Obama and John McCain to move you emotionally, or you can convert what they say into easily-analyzed data structures. C-SPAN's awesomely wonky graphic … Also tagged: presidential debates, information, america, usa, mccain, obama, chart porn |
io9 - Oct 6, 2008
We asked six political pundits, including Andrew Sullivan and DailyKos' Markos Moulitsas, to pick one piece of science fiction that you must read or watch before stepping into the voting booth next month. After all …
Also tagged: élections, angel, top, joss whedon, wall e, political science fiction, frederick pohl
io9 - Sep 19, 2008
In February 2000, John McCain admitted that the famous "lights over Arizona" were in fact UFOs during a press conference broadcast over Fox News. Specifically, he was asked about the lawsuit from Peter Gersten to open …
Also tagged: aliens, john mccain, ufos, presidential campaign, political science fiction, night skies
io9 - Sep 16, 2008
Are you looking for a U.S. presidential candidate who meets crucial requirements such as having given birth to millions of children? Then you'll want to vote for Nurglon, who has 5,000,000 children and good ole …
Also tagged: election, nurglon, monsters for u s president
io9 - Sep 10, 2008
One of the unintended consequences of having constant satellite surveillance over every centimeter of the globe is that it's easy to see how governments screw up. Here is a UNOSAT image from a report on the damage done …
Also tagged: maps, war, georgia, surveillance, dystopia
io9 - Sep 3, 2008
The Republican Party is gathering in St. Paul, to put forth its vision of the future. And over the next few days, you'll be hearing a lot about the horrendous futures that could take shape if gormless liberals were …
Also tagged: top, triviagasm, future dystopias, dystopian futures, political science fiction, liberal dystopias
io9 - Aug 24, 2008
Jeff Peckman, who came to national attention earlier this year when he launched a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver and later announced that he possessed actual footage of a …
Also tagged: aliens, ufo, obama, extraterrestrials, jeff peckman, ufobama
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
We lived through the Obama vs. Clinton YouTube smackdowns, and now we're entering the age of Obama vs. McCain. Already Paris Hilton has contributed to a "grassroots" Obama ad which compares McCain to Yoda (hell, it's …