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Desert Planet

Been sick in bed, watching the Dune miniseries on the SciFi Channel all afternoon, as the sequel starts this evening. Hard not to draw parallels, as the deadline for shocking and aweing (but mostly killing) approaches. We know the "spice" is oil, but whom do our leaders fancy themselves? House Atreides? House Harkonen? The Empire? All I know is that I have more respect and sympathy for the Fremen in the story than for anyone else, and their analogs in our reality seem pretty clear.

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