You're probably right. I guess S&P wouldn't let them get one past them but damn did it sound like motherfucker to me.

I swear Boxy Brown said it.

Has anyone else experienced the phenomenon of vintage baseball? I saw it for the first time this summer near Detroit. It's basically period-dress baseball from the turn of the century. Kinda neat but I was a little disappointed that their shoes were anachronistic.

I'm sure you're right, but, damn it, I want to believe.

I think that's a fair critique. The SP put a lot of authors in a really unenviable position and that was just shitty.

I'm gonna step in and ask what reason you have to think that awards are being given solely on political grounds? As far as I'm aware, there's absolutely no evidence of this except that some people are mad that their preferred books aren't winning an award they think those books deserve. I mean you're kind of JAQing…

The Laser Mote In God's Eye is something I want to read now.

How do you blow on a website?!?

Maybe? You have Heinlein, Niven, Vinge, and Pournelle that immediately come to mind as not terribly progressive, mainstream authors. On the other hand I can think of LeGuin and maybe Bradbury as progressive voices? There's always been a strong libertarian bent to mainstream sci-fi. Which isn't necessarily opposed to…

It's the only way he can feel anything!

They already tried turning it on and off again, what else is there?!

That fucker is a master of spin and bullshit. Of course this was the plan all along, only feeble minded women and homosexuals and atheists could see it as anything other than a victory.

That damn bomb threat ruined all the potential for lols from what would have surely been an unforgettable meeting of Ethical Top Minds and for that alone I'm pissed (not to mention that threats of violence to keep people you disagree with from circlejerking is just wrong).

I love how this is being claimed as a victory by the melancholy canines and their running dogs. Anything to avoid admitting defeat or questioning your tactics, I guess.

Fifteen years? That's exactly how long we've been detectives!

Did my ears deceive me or did Boxy slip in an uncensored "motherfucker"?

That finale was pretty much perfect. I'm glad they got a a whole half hour to stretch their legs.

That Teen Witch rap is basically the best thing ever.

Japan, you glorious bastard.

I think people like to conveniently forget the community consensus that "we need some kind of moderation/registration system" and the awful months of bullshit and decay that lead up to that.