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  1. bill barilko

    Finland PM Sanna Marin defends attending 'wild' party after video leak

    I thought this was in a club-damned boring stuff in any case.
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    Sharks bigger than school buses once roamed seas, feasting on huge meals

    You guys have your laughs but I've spent a lot of time fishing out of small boats in remote parts of the South Pacific and shit exists out there; one afternoon out of Vava'u Island in Tonga we spotted a shark that must have weighed 1,000 kilos it was bigger than the basking Shark we'd seen the...
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    Ukrainian nationalists threaten to assassinate Zelensky

    OK one of my Ukrainian correspondents translates it as which when translated back into English can be understood as 'Russian propaganda' hth
  4. bill barilko

    Ukrainian nationalists threaten to assassinate Zelensky

    I can understand some of the Ukrainian language but I don't know how to translate codswallop
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    Yahoo....We are rich.

    Turns out I was wrong-got a letter (a letter FFS) from Service Canada saying 'have lunch on us but don't get drunk it won't happen often'.
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    Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

    I have very mixed feelings about this-how can we be sure some of these people aren't in fact spying for Russia? Because we know for a fact some Ukrainians work for the 'other side' and a job like that would be an excellent cover.
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    Yahoo....We are rich.

    No I just noticed the slight increase and I'm not even 70. I may go & blow it all on Sushi this week being a die hard Vancouverite-of course with inflation I'll end up buying a can of Tuna from No Frills.
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    Human Settlement of the Americas Pushed Back to 38,900 – 36,250 cal BP.

    A shorter simpler article https://phys.org/news/2022-08-mexico-ma ... umans.html
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    Human Settlement of the Americas Pushed Back to 38,900 – 36,250 cal BP.

    Much too long and an odd format to C&P if you have any interest check it out it'll take a while https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.903795/full
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    Calgary Stampede

    Anahim Lake is much more appealing
  11. bill barilko

    Protesters storm the presidential palace in Sri Lanka's capital.

    Such a sad situation -- such fine people Sri Lankans.
  12. bill barilko

    Judge Denies Bail for Convoy Leader over Intention to Cause Harm

    As predicted the bitch is in the Big House to stay https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/freedom-convoy-organizer-tamara-lich-denied-bail-1.5979392
  13. bill barilko

    Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

    Lots of Ukrainians lived under the Austro-Hungarian empire and ethnic cleansing was common -- whole villages were moved overnight people were scared shitless about the future that's why so many ended up here -- it helped that some spoke some German since they went to work for German farmers...
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    Amtrak trains between Vancouver and Seattle to return 2 months ahead of schedule this fall

    Now if only WS state in general and Seattle in particular weren't such boring shitty dumps https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/amtrak-vancouver-seattle-september-1.6508603 Amtrak trains between Vancouver and Seattle to return 2 months ahead of schedule this fall Passenger trains...
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    St. John's woman loses home after Phoenix pay fiasco

    Yes it's a mess but so is this under researched story it seems she hasn't worked for the Federal gov't for at least 3 years maybe 4; and the part of the story where's she's laid off for non-production where was the union?
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