So I'm at the bookstore this evening, to pick up an almanac, and I get into a brief chat with the salesperson at the checkout line. It seems that they have to keep tarot cards and bibles behind the counter, as they are the most shoplifted items. Bibles. Shoplifted. Ooookay. And they say that you can't be moral if you aren't “Christian”. Whatever.

FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs WASHINGTON — The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations, the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs “to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning.” It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways. “The practice of researching potential targets…

Fucking spammers. Even in LJ Bastards.