8 Ṭeveth 5769: Trivia Day

Greetings.

Worthy causes of the day: “Don't Let the Bush Administration Restrict Access to Health Care” and “Help Save America's Fisheries”.

Relevant to Divine Misconceptions:

1. “400 dress as Jesus to put Christ back in Christmas”: This is an interesting variation on imitatio Dei.
   
2. “KAZAKHSTAN: 'We will wait until after the New Year, and then seize his property'”, “KAZAKHSTAN: Government attacks human rights defenders for criticising draft Law”, “RUSSIA: Who can and cannot conduct religious education?”, “RUSSIA: Chill begins to bite for Moscow Pentecostals”, and “WorldWide Religious News-TAJIKISTAN: Restrictive President-backed Religion Law reaches Parliament”: Some governments in the former Soviet Union still have no clue when it comes to freedom of religion and are prepared to make highly transparent excuses to get in its way.
   

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Damned If You Do . . .”
  
• “The Secret Origins of Clippy: Microsoft’s Bizarre Animated Character Patents”
  
• “Thousands of shoes tie up Miami freeway traffic”
  

Today’s weird thing is “An Engineer's Guide to Cats”.

Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron