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more about #america more comments → lightninglouie: more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Ahh, the long weekend. Who else had a furlough this week? I went to wine country! /Totally off-topic more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): It looks like someone took a close up picture of an elephants arse!! I mean come on NASA, we know your hiding things but elephants bums are just wrong! more » Random434: Um Guys, That express article was fake. [blogs.discovermagazine.com] more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: Enjoy the weekend, dudes and dude-ettes. We've got a truckload of red and white frosted cupcakes left over from Canuck Day the day before yesterday. ... more » strideo: I love how so many people are worried about corporate feudalism but no one accepts that the consumer has a fair amount of responsibility in this regar... more » mondojohnson: Two mysterious omissions that I'm sure others have caught: the camp classic "Red Dawn" for the Soviet invasion trope, and Phillip Roth's fantastic "P... more » Peppermint_m: Got to say that I have never considered any of those to be a future for the US. As an outsider looking in, I became greatly confused by the "United" p... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Haha. At least America has 3 options. Here in the UK we are fooked. Our Goverment is beyond curupt and the only other option is the BNP. If anyone in ... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I'd say corporate feudalism, but that would imply that the corporations would bother to take care of those who lived under their rule, something it se... more » twophrasebark: "Presidents like FDR and Richard Nixon consolidated so much power that many historians would call them proto-fascist." Which historians are those? Ami... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Does anybody say "ChiComs" any more? Such a 50's-60's word. more » MaryNereus: You obviously don't know anything about Blackwater if you even remotely think they could take over the government. more » Pope John Peeps II: Wealthy companies like Google and Microsoft have more money than many nations. If Google merged with Northrop Grumman and bought Blackwater, could the... more » mykalgaidin: Personally, I don't see America being relevant far enough into the future for any of these scenarios to be plausible. Empires come and go, and we've ... more » -
#vacation
Wish You Were Here - On The Moon
io9 is taking the day off to explode things in the name of national liberty. Also, to kick back on this moon beach, captured here in the dappled earthlight by NASA's newly-launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More » -
#futurism
The Future Of The U.S. Government, According To Science Fiction
Countless science fiction stories have asked the same question: What will America turn into next? The answers fall into three major categories, some more plausible than others. Take our poll to choose your favorite option.
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#politicalsciencefiction
US National Intelligence Council Predicts Decline of America in New Report
Lefty types have been predicting the demise of America for the last century, but in 2008 even the most conservative elements of the US government are predicting it too. Every four years, the US National Intelligence Council issues a future-looking report about global trends, and this year one of those trends is the decline of American power in the world. More »
