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Conspiracy compromise

Thanx to XKCD

Takumi Shibano (1927-2010)

Creator of Japanese sf fandom

Thanx to File 770

Real-person fanfic

I think Digby's got it right about Game Change:

Sweet Jesus, I hate this goddamned Halperin/Heileman tabloid atrocity. It's got the villagers so excited I fear they are going to literally orgasm on camera--and that's something I just don't want to see. A book based on backstabbing gossip from disgruntled campaign aides and pissed-off rivals is about as reliable a six-year-olds playing a game of telephone. When you combine these nasty little tidbits with the Villager sensibility and biases of the writers, you end up with a docudrama rather than a work of nonfiction.

and as the Rude Pundit summarized its theme: "Bitches is crazy."