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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 22

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The reason why honey is so dangerous to infants is fear of botulism, lots of little spores and stuff that digestive tracts can’t handle. What I like is the idea of a seriously complex political system that controls the botulism spores. And the good systems can keep the botulism down, but the corrupt systems, [...]

13May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 8

Hey! I made it a week!
What if, instead of pardoning people at the end of his term, the President had the power to raise people from the dead? It would have to be limited, of course, else he’d be required by popular demand to raise everyone who’s died in whatever military conflict he’s brought about, [...]

29Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 7 comments | Continued