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The Vine: October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011 – 9:01 AM | 24 Comments
The Vine: October 12, 2011

Some time ago you ran a Vine question from someone wondering who’d written a speculative story about aliens who came to Earth and offered to completely fix all the U.S.’s problems in return for all …