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Okay, but this does scare me. Military dictatorship anyone? This is not the country I understood myself to be living in once upon a time. Yes, right now it's just a very bad precedent...but let's ask who this military would be rounding up for reeducation and work camps? The crowd of protesters caught in their crowd control and suppresion of civil unrest, the people who object to the divisive, anti-intellectual, exclusionary, and hate-mongering policies of the current administration and wish to exercise some free speech? Or perhaps the recently disenfranchised homeowners (seriously, use the freaking bailout money to pay these peoples' mortgages!) who've just had their voting rights repressed by Republican party machinations?

My Jewish ancestors are currently shivering in my bones. When I escape to Canada (with my cats) as a refugee will someone take me in?
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Hmm. I think I may have an idea for a comedic romp of a near-future novel there.
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Sending out agent queries leaves me feeling grumpy, needy, thwarted, and unappreciated.
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I've always thought that if I could have three wishes, one of them would be to be able to play the violin really beautifully. How about you?