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<\/p>\nYesterday, I received the package with the black rayon crochet thread I ordered through etsy ti knit (probably) or crochet (maybe) a barbie-sized Justice’s robe. It came all the way from Bulgaria, where it was made.\u00a0 Rayon thread is quite thin, so I may use it doubled. I have no deadline, so there’s plenty of time to think about it (and thinking usually gets the best results.) Yes, I’ll manage pictures somehow, when the time comes.<\/p>\n
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GWN – Snow plow driver shortage could lead to winter problems for U.S. motorists<\/a> NPR – The U.S. Navy has christened a ship named after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk<\/a> The New Yorker (Borowitz) – Oscar the Grouch Cuts Ties with Ted Cruz<\/a> Food for Thought – Yesterday, I received the package with the black rayon crochet thread I ordered through etsy ti knit (probably) or crochet (maybe) a barbie-sized Justice’s robe. It came all the way from Bulgaria, where it was made.\u00a0 Rayon thread is quite thin, so I may use it doubled. I have no deadline, so there’s plenty of […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[4724,3704,3723,4056,4726,4115,4727,4729,4730,4725,4728],"class_list":["post-45828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-big-bird","tag-cartoon","tag-climate-change","tag-happy-birthday","tag-harvey-milk","tag-justice","tag-oscar-the-grouch","tag-snow","tag-us-marine-corps","tag-us-navy","tag-winter","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nQuote – \u201cIt\u2019s not just for the traveling public, but it\u2019s also for emergency services, ambulances, police and firefighters and all that,\u201d said Mark Geib, administrator of the management operations division. transportation systems at the Michigan Department of Transportation. \u201cWe need to keep the roads clear so people can move around, especially in emergency situations.\u201d
\nClick through for the states<\/a> (one of which is mine). Not a lot of material here, but it’s nice to know the state is thinking of my safety.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – Naming the ship after an icon of the LGBTQ rights movement represents a symbolic milestone for the military following a long history in which gay service members were unable to serve openly. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said it helps right the wrongs of the past and shows a commitment to current and future LGBTQ service members. It’s estimated that 100,000 veterans have been discharged from military service because of their sexual orientation.
\nClick through for story<\/a>. Just in time for Veterans’ Day. (sniffle.)<\/p>\n
\nQuote – \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong\u2014I can\u2019t stand Big Bird,\u201d he said. \u201cHis relentless sunniness, to me, is intolerable. But that\u2019s no excuse for Ted Cruz to go off like an asshat.
\nClick through for more.<\/a> The video which offended Cruz, and the one showing Cruz offending everyone else, were both in yesterday’s video thread.<\/p>\n
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\nToday is also Pat’s birthday, although she is considerably younger.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg\")
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