Discounts for Space Pirates Anthology

I've just received a notice from David Lee Summers, the editor of the Space Pirates anthology in which my last story (a collaboration with my husband) was published. He was passing along the information that you can now order the book directly from Flying Pen Press and receive a Friends of Space Pirates discount that will give you 20% off Space Pirates, any time, any quantity). Just enter BAKY0Q (that's a zero) when you place your order.

Democracy in Action?

I've been reading a number of journal posts recently about recent actions threatening free speech in association with our national conventions:

Repression in Everyday Life via pecunium

today's dispatch via catherineldf

Permibus Seized via permibus

Bill of Rights? via mmerriam

From these posts, you can follow links to news articles about these events. I find this sort of thing really scary. I love my country and its constitution.