Monday, June 1st, 2009
According to Pew, about half the people who have taken this short quiz on current political news have only gotten more than half the questions right. I’m a political nerd, I got 12 out of 12 correct, without looking anything up.
Here are some more breakdowns, Men average just over 50%, women 35%
People under 30 scored a very poor 28%.
Yes, I know, the profile of those who scored the worst is the closest to the average profile for an Obama voter.
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling
A fine example of the alternate history sub-genre of Science Fiction. The change in history occurred in 1878, when a series of asteroid strikes caused a “nuclear winter” effect. As a new Ice Age quickly over ran Europe, the British Empire relocated their seat of power to Imperial India. It’s a “rousing good adventure”, complete with Airships and large, steam powered mechanical Difference Engine type computing devices.
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