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For the last two years, the agency [United States Immigration and Citizenship Services] has kept a list of same-sex couples whose green card petitions were denied, the officials said, anticipating that the Supreme Court would eventually weigh in on DOMA. Those denials will now be reversed without couples having to present new applications, if no other issues have arisen.
Jul. 2nd, 2013
Who Mourns for the Soviet Union?
Jul. 2nd, 2013 09:25 amSome SF writers do, although probably not for the same reasons nostalgic ex-Soviets do:
Fellow Traveler had its single to date printing in July 1991. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991. Truly, science fiction is the realm of clear-eyed visionaries.
(Spinrad's Russian Spring had an edition the year after the SU went poof, although the first edition predated the fall of the SU by a good two months)
Fellow Traveler [...] (1991), also with Capobianco, is perhaps more straightforward, but again shows a remarkable grasp of the human shape of experience, in this case a Near-Future Soviet attempt to harness an asteroid for industrial purposes. The authors were clearly unfortunate in writing their tale before the collapse of the USSR, but it remains the case that – given the continuing malaise of the US space programme – this novel does successfully make one feel that there have been losses as well as gains in the end of the Cold War.
Fellow Traveler had its single to date printing in July 1991. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991. Truly, science fiction is the realm of clear-eyed visionaries.
(Spinrad's Russian Spring had an edition the year after the SU went poof, although the first edition predated the fall of the SU by a good two months)
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Jul. 2nd, 2013 11:51 amTough problems demand tough-minded solutions! LIFE BOAT RULES! LIFE BOAT RULES!
Inexplicably not titled "I have a totally original idea nobody has ever had before and that I will not research to see if there are known pit-falls! Let's pay undesirables to get vasectomies!"
My favourite line?
Inexplicably not titled "I have a totally original idea nobody has ever had before and that I will not research to see if there are known pit-falls! Let's pay undesirables to get vasectomies!"
My favourite line?
While I have not crunched the numbers to support this hypothesis,
Unless perhaps your PR firm hated you, then maybe you could.
(I don't think anything Bourke says here requires an MPR)
(I don't think anything Bourke says here requires an MPR)
CBS Radio Workshop: Carlotta's Serape
Jul. 2nd, 2013 02:11 pmCarlotta's Serape
A Mexican woman finds herself bidding against a rich American for ownership of a prized serape. Luckily for her, the bidding process isn't weighed by who has the most money.
A Mexican woman finds herself bidding against a rich American for ownership of a prized serape. Luckily for her, the bidding process isn't weighed by who has the most money.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!
Jo Fletcher defends something not actually in dispute, Rees' freedom of speech.
Jo Fletcher defends something not actually in dispute, Rees' freedom of speech.
CBS Radio Workshop: The Son of Man
Jul. 2nd, 2013 11:49 pmThe Son of Man
A religious play of sorts. I didn't listen to it because I wasn't interested in listening to the Christian Gospels back when I didn't have a choice and I am still not now that I do.
A religious play of sorts. I didn't listen to it because I wasn't interested in listening to the Christian Gospels back when I didn't have a choice and I am still not now that I do.
CBS Radio Workshop: Light Ship
Jul. 2nd, 2013 11:52 pmLight Ship
A light ship is a ship that serves as a light house where building a light house is not practical. This one is something like nine months into what was supposed to be a five or six month tour, no relief is in sight and the strain has built to lethal levels.
A light ship is a ship that serves as a light house where building a light house is not practical. This one is something like nine months into what was supposed to be a five or six month tour, no relief is in sight and the strain has built to lethal levels.
CBS Radio Workshop: Nightmare
Jul. 2nd, 2013 11:57 pmNightmare
A man's nightmare, presented as a play. At the end, we get a conversation that explains the symbolism.
A man's nightmare, presented as a play. At the end, we get a conversation that explains the symbolism.