FIPS DAILY ALMANAC: Thursday, March 29, 2012
J. Charles | Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 12:00AM 
photo by Deepti Sahrawat
Rise and shine FIPSters, and welcome to your day! In US News, Mississippi is the most religious state in the US (if you're an atheist, go to Vermont). In royal celebrity goss, Harry is moving in with Kate and William, a situation that is sure to be on everyone's reality show wish list. And batshit JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbin is one of the many reasons I'm petrified of flying.
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So March 29th was a slow news day in Brooklyn history, but I did find an interesting editorial letter penned by someone called "Paddy." Paddy has a bug up her ass about the way things are going in the world. She claims there's just too much technology getting in the way of being a good God-fearing Christian. And I quote: "Habits, principals, creeds, everything is changed, and changing so rapidly, that if we go to bed good Christians we are in danger of getting up Jews or Infidels" (only if you have lots of sex, Paddy). Her biggest gripes are about the damn trains that take people everyone, and this frightening telegraph thing that lets people speak over long distances. She's also not a big fan of science, either. Apparently phrenologists really get her goat. Christ Paddy, if only you could see what becomes of humanity in 160 years.
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