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My wardrobe? $145.53, tops.

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News Flash!: GOP Donors Critical of 150K to Enhance Palin's Wardrobe. A Ravelry user defined $150,ooo this way: "75000 skeins of Red Heart at $2 apiece (on sale) 17647 skeins of Noro Kureyon at $8.50 apiece 7895 skeins of STR lightweight at $19 apiece 3601 skeins of Jade Sapphire Cashmere at $49 apiece 11539 pairs of Addi Turbos at $13 apiece 3750 ball winders at $40 apiece 273 Schacht Ladybug spinning wheels at $550 apiece" ..to which another user demanded that she fess up and reveal her source that sells Turbos (the Rolls Royce of knitting needles) for a mere $13. These are my people. This is being an apparently a fibery political post, Maureen Dowd has an Op_ed piece about Powell addressing the Muslin issue . About time. I may be at odds with Ber-zerkely most of the time as its inhabitants try and shake down working stiffs for pot/beer/crack funds or turn their unwashed attention on busting out diatribes just as I am trying to eat my lunch in peace but one thin