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Tea-party republicans vandalize 8th grade classroom.  Nice job guys.

Here’s an interesting blog entry from my favorite church (tongue-not-in-cheek) about a guy who had his parole revoked because he refused to go to a drug rehab program that had a strong religious component.

Check it out at the ULC.

I’m sure you know that we’re 98% chimp, but you’re also 80% frog!

I’d love to get this piece of junk mail.

Important highlights in the exhibition include linen socks worn by King Charles I during first half of the 17th century, Napoleon Bonaparte’s socks worn by him during his exile on St. Helena, exquisite pale pink silk stockings worn by Queen Victoria during her reign and teeny, tiny hand-knitted socks made by talented knitter Althea Crome who created all of the clothing worn by Coraline, the figurine in Tim Burton’s 2009 stop-motion film by the same name.

Read more: Bata Shoe Museum Explores the History of the Sock

Hey, my sister Althea got a little more publicity  on ‘Knit Happens‘ a knitting podcast.  Go Althea!

Check out Episode 17 if you’re interested in extreme knitting.

I’ve worked with people who do that too.

Watch this video

Rob sent me a cool link to a nice collection of tea-baggin’, I mean tea-party signs.  Teabonics

Cool find from Richard Wiseman’s blog: the Amazing Brick Man.

Al Franken attached an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit defense contracts going to companies that prohibit employees from suing the over sexual assault and other crimes.  Why is such an amendment needed?  Well, heh, our friend Halliburton covered up the case of Jamie Leigh Jones who was gang raped in Iraq, then Halliburton covered up the incident, and told her she would be out of a job if she told anyone about it.

So him, Al Franken, did what most reasonable people would do:  He said, “There should be a law against that.”  Thus was born said amendment.

In typical modern Republican style, fully 75% of the republicans voted against the amendment, and for protection of companies that cover up and protect rapists!  Seriously.

The Rapist protector protectors are:

And the sane (for this vote anyway) republicans are:

So, yeah for Utah — both senators Bennett and Hatch are republican and voted for it.  It’s great when people allow their interal moral compass override their political affiliation.  I’m no great fan of these guys in general, but they get some props from me this time around.

Why is it that the party that claims to be more religious, is clearly less moral?  The less religious party (democrats) have a straighter moral compass?

I suspect it’s that the republicans think they have a direct mandate from God, and therefore whatever they do is right.  Whereas democrats have to answer to people, not God, and thus think through their actions.

I dunno.

Good lord, this is how some of your US senators spend their time.

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And if you believe that, I’ve got some beachfront property to sell you in Florida.