Fox News (yes, they still exist) is actually telling people that Barack Obama isn't president because John Roberts botched the oath of office. Via Ta-Nehisi Coates, though it must be noted that Shankar predicted this would happen during the inauguration itself.

UPDATE: TPM has the video, which makes it clear that this is a case of what the Honorable Al Franken (Sen-MN) used to call "kidding on the square." Via C&L.

I've put together another experimental post on science fiction theory for culturemonkey, this one playing with Greimas squares, subgenres, and Olaf Stapledon's wonderful novel Star Maker. As with others, it's a bit theoretical and a bit undercooked...