Jan Haugland: The Lutefisk Incident - AftermathThe Secular Blasphemer's even more evil twinThe Newsweek lutefisk desecration story- May 18, 2005 From Iowahawk: The debris-strewn streets of this remote Midwestern hamlet remain under a tense 24-hour curfew tonight, following weekend demonstrations by rock- and figurine-throwing Lutheran farm wives that left over 200 people injured and leveled the Whippy Dip dairy freeze. The rioting appeared to be prompted, in part, by a report in Newsweek magazine claiming military guards at Spirit Lake&146;s notorious Okoboji internment center had flushed lutefisk down prison toilets. Newsweek&146;s...http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/categories/theLutefiskIncidentAftermath/2005/05/18.html#a73... Polly cracks me up- May 13, 2005 This is one of the most hilarious video clips I've seen (Windows Media, sound pretty essential). Is that for real Can you really train a parrot that well Wow.http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/categories/theLutefiskIncidentAftermath/2005/05/13.html#a73... Dead pet gives extra points on exam- May 9, 2005 In England, students get extra points if family members or even pets have recently died: Students sitting a GSCE or A-level examination -- the equivalent of junior and senior high school exams in other countries -- will get a maximum extra five percent for the recent death of a parent or close family member. The passing of a more distant family member could add four percent to the final grade. An extra two percent awaits students whose pet dies on examination day, going down to one percent...http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/categories/theLutefiskIncidentAftermath/2005/05/09.html#a73... |