The Drums of War

T.C. McCarthy: Author, Scientist, YouTuber, Dad

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Now, I was a teacher’s kid – a child at the same school my mother taught at. Teachers’ kids tend to meet other teachers’ kids. I’ve never heard any one of them have this experienced any differently...

Two guys sympathetic to the liberal/leftist side of the science fiction and fantasy (SFF) community gained access to Hugo voting data, which #hugoawards administrators had refused to release. At least, they refused to give it to conservative SFF members. It looks like left-leaning, anti-#sadpuppies have privileged information that can be used to further and agenda of #hugoaward voting restrictions. Read this.The left only wants “fairness” when that fairness favors them.

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(via Local 16, Bizarre Tweets, and Bomb Threats: #GamerGate and #SadPuppies Supporters Meet in DC #GGinDC - YouTube)

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Anti #SadPuppies/#GamerGate - Brianna Wu - has "Ralph Retort" Reporter Ejected from Panel Discussion - YouTube

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New SF from across the pond, complete with the Jack Campbell seal of approval! Buy it for 3 bucks!!! (via Amazon.com: The Lazarus War: Artefact eBook: Jamie Sawyer: Kindle Store)

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(via Muslim Cleric Calls for ‘All-Out War’ - Yahoo Finance)

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Who's A Real Fan?

This is a brilliant post

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Lois Tilton reviews Operation Arcana. This is my first time being reviewd by any Locus publication, which is cool. Thanks Lois. (via Locus Online Reviews » Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late March)

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Pakistan's Persecution of Their Christian Minority; they need our help. (via Pakistan's Persecution of Christians - "Justice" in an Islamic Republic - YouTube)

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Unbelievable. I don’t even know what to say to my Jewish friends about this one. (via Joe Biden’s Israel stunner: American Jews should let Israel protect them - Salon.com)

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Wow! The Sauds are PISSED at Putin and why shouldn’t they be? Putin, Putin, Putin... tsk, tsk, tsk... (via Putin letter to Arab summit triggers strong Saudi attack - Yahoo News)

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Postman’s Incredible DIY Castle Draws Huge Crowds in France

A living inspiration to Do-it-Yourselfers everywhere: France’s Le Palais Idéal. The French palace, Le Palais Idéal (“The Ideal Palace”), in Hauterives was built by a mail carrier out of the rocks he collected on his route over a 30-year period. 19th century postal carrier Ferdinand Cheval would walk 18 miles each day to deliver the mail in the southeastern France village. One day, he came upon an interesting-looking rock and decided to build a castle.  Related story on Yahoo Makers: Faster, Easier, Better: Chunky Knitting Rocks So starting in 1879 and continuing over the next 33 years, he began collecting more rocks while walking his route.

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Is anyone really surprised? Does anyone think we - the taxpayers - will see justice? (via Did Hillary Scrub Her Private Server Sometime This Month? - Yahoo News)

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According to the Iranians, the West has agreed to back off its key past demands. GENIUS!!!! (via Farsnews)

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A united Arab Army, comprised of Turkish, Saudi, etc., forces. How could this go wrong for the US? Ahhhhh.... (inhales deeply)...The Arab Spring smells like a toilet. (via Arabs inch closer to old dream of joint Arab force - Yahoo News)

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Chechnya threatens to send weapons to Mexico so they can take back the SW United States? GENIUS!!!!

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(via The Paris Terrorist Attacks: Why We Are Not "Charlie" - YouTube)

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This is REAL science fiction.