1. Canadian military looking for Iron Man-type suits for overburdened soldiers. I know this isn't the same thing, but an army of Robert Downey Jr. look-alikes sounds like a fine plan to me. ;) But more importantly, this brings us one step closer to our army of Gundams, hee.
2. Snagged from a comment in Shakesville, the best current Lost theory yet (spoilers): "I think Sayid gets back to the island, picks up the six (or maybe eight?), and takes off again, intending to get another load after dropping the first off. Then... boop. The island moves. Now they can't find it, and the other losties are lost yet again." Oh Lost, I love you despite your mindfuckery. ;)
3. Any lamebrain who says that women and men are equal in today’s world should read up on Carolyn Jessop, the woman who escaped from the FLDS in 2003 and wrote a book on her harrowing journey. Last night I was reading all kinds of articles about her and even watched a video of her doing a reading of one of the chapters of her book. I find her tale fascinating in a very sad way. She often emphasizes how she is an anomaly amongst the other women in that community; she had family on the outside, only 8 children (only!), and most importantly a college education. The most heartbreaking part of the entire thing is that her oldest daughter was so indoctrinated that she went back to the FLDS once she turned 18. Plural wives, subordination of women, incest, child rape, blood atonement... it almost boggles the mind that a community like this exists in North America.
There’s an FLDS community in British Columbia, sadly. And the BC government is in the process of answering the age old question of whether (I shit thee not) Canada's laws against polygamy are constitutionally valid. Um, hasn’t it already been established that polygamy is wrong, an archaic practice where women are valued less than men? Or am I just using earth logic again? :P
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