Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, An Almanac Reader?
It has come to this: the FBI has warned law enforcement organizations across the country to beware of anyone carrying almanacs, particularly if the books have been annotated in suspicious ways. They did at least acknowledge that some almanac toting may simply be the product of legitimate recreational or commercial activities.
The same Washington team that urged (successfully) a pre-emptive war on Iraq is now urging strikes on Iran and Syria. Welcome to the Brave New World. And God help us all. The USA PATRIOT Act is as despotic as anything Hitler came up with – even using much of the same language... how their rights were going to be suspended only for a brief time – was precisely the language used by Hitler after the Reichstag fire.
· Bizzare: Killer was hired as Air France guard [ via Guns-and-Butter-and-Almanac: Military surplus sale ]
You stare at the photos and see the cost of the war
· Fallen soldiers' photos [ courtesy of Romenesko ]