It's puzzle time, kids!

Uh-oh! A Tea-partier and a Talibani bumped into each other and dropped some of their most prized possessions! Draw a line from each object to its rightful owner!

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[hat tip: Joe.My.God.]

"Permit to Travel"

When I use the light rail to get into Seattle, I have to make two stops: at the beginning, where I'm issued an e-ticket for the train, and at the end, where I redeem the ticket with a tap-out and have my Metro account debited for the amount of travel I used. If you don't redeem, you're dinged the maximum amount, $2.50. Given that I've never traveled less than the full distance, I don't see much point, but I still tap out at the end.

The ticket is called a "Permit to Travel." Am I the only one who finds that terminology just a little creepy?

It Came From The Internet

Along with Borders Books, the Internet claimed two more victims in Seattle this week: Indepedent video store Island Video on Madison closed up shop, as did the GameStop video game store in the Westlake Shopping Center, downtown.