[LMB] Bujold plot bits in the news?

[Alfred Kelgarries]

>Well, it's not Bujold tech in the news, but this sure made me think of
>Ethan of Athos!
>
>Hungary workers get shock at bottom of rum barrel
>http://tinyurl.com/eohkv

or the bit with the runty king of Thalesia from Eddings' Tamuli series!

(would be enough to put me on the wagon if I wasn't already...)

Alfred Kelgarries
"War is the art of lying to your enemies better than they can lie to you." 
Sun Tzu, modern version
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