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    One Ton Gold Shipment Into Hong Kong Revealed To Contain Just Worthless Metal

    Two years ago, stories of fake tungsten-filled gold coins and bars began to spread; it appears, between the shortage of physical gold (after Asian central bank buying) and the increase in smuggling (courtesy of India's controls among others) that gold fraud is back on the rise. As SCMP...
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    Speculation Builds on Michelle Obama Senate Run

    sounds like 2016 could be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. good luck to y'all down there. First Lady could be positioning herself for a run at Mark Kirk's seat in 2016 FLOTUS for Senate...
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    D-Day: Then and Now

    more Then and Now: Photographer Revisits D-Day Sites - NBC News
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    Manon Perreault, NDP MP, faces criminal charges

    oh dear Manon Perreault, a New Democrat MP from Quebec, has been suspended from her party's caucus after criminal charges were laid against her, the party confirmed in a statement today. The MP for the riding of Montcalm was charged today with falsely accusing someone of theft...
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    #DDay70

    https://twitter.com/hashtag/DDay70?src=hash https://twitter.com/CanWarMuseum
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    The Mall of Irony

    Managers of the Mall of America are hoping they can entice Chinese tourists to fly all the way to Minnesota to buy a bunch of stuff made in China Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York are among favorite spots for Chinese tourists coming to the United States. Now Minnesota and the Mall...
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    What happened to Marine deserter Wassef Ali Hassoun?

    Ten years ago this month, U.S. Marine Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared from Camp Fallujah in Iraq. After a five-month military investigation, he was charged with desertion and theft, brought back to Virginia’s Quantico Marine base and then transferred to North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune for trial...
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    Only takes one idiot to raise a village

    suckers born each and every minute friends...each and every participation trophy minute: Graduation Caps and Gowns, Tassels and Sashes for Preschool and Kindergarten Here's my old guy story then...when I did well, I might get something like a new bike or increase in allowance. Pretty much the...
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    Canada bans government meteorologists from talking about climate change

    maybe they can become like their brethren, the tv 'meteorologist', aka weather presenter.
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    Old non-news is prognews again courtesy of the Vancouver Observer

    and spun to you by the left coasty Dogwood Iinitiative. The Vancouver Observer included the infamous mutant Lake Athabaska fish to scare ya and all like that. p.s. it was just a decomposing fish ok. A life cut short in Fort McMurray raises questions about cancer rates near oil...
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    Google’s Diversity Disclosure: What Happens Next?

    A lot can be said about Google’s decision to release data about the makeup of its workforce last week. Statistically speaking, the numbers do not look good for Google: 30% of its employees are female, while only 2% are African American and 3% are Hispanic. But the fact that the tech giant...
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    Richard Dawkins: Telling children the myth of Santa Claus could damage them

    Sounds like he's elf-medicating again
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    Problem: Your nuclear reactors graphite bricks have decayed over time ...

    and are almost breaching the safety limit. Solution: Raise the limit A key safety limit at one of Britain's nuclear power stations is being raised to allow the life of the reactor to be extended, the BBC has learned. The regulator has agreed to increase the amount of weight...
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    Canada bans government meteorologists from talking about climate change

    ouch International news eh. :lol: Canada bans government meteorologists from talking about climate change Meteorologists with the Canadian government aren't allowed to speak publicly about climate change A spokesperson said the policy is because meteorologists are not climate experts...
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    Death knell for AGW

    Remember this. It was based on this and this. Now we have this and this. We're through the looking glass. White is black and black is white. h/t sda
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    The White, er, Green Party

    Neil Edmondson ‏@NeilJEdmondson Twitter banner of a Toronto Green candidate. In a city 62% non-white, how is this mathematically possible? #onpoli Odds of 16 white Torontonians at random at 38% of population: 2.61^16 = 1 in 4,637,117 (I think). Or...
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    Slowing Climate Change, Greatest Scam in World History

    "The advantage of having the press in your pocket"
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    A Tale of Two Receptions

    The Way West Point Cadets React to Obama vs. Bush Tells You Everything You Need To Know Here is Obama’s greeting at West Point. Even CNN called it “icy”. Obama to West Point grads: It's your task to extend peace and prosperity - YouTube Now look at Bush’s: President Bush speaks at West...
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    Vaccinations are 'proven to work': Melinda Gates, Stephen Harper

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he doesn’t understand why people in the developed world don’t get vaccinated. Harper, speaking alongside Melinda Gates in an exclusive TV interview with the CBC’s Hannah Thibedeau, said vaccinations have been “lifesavers” in our society and elsewhere...
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    Death knell for AGW

    Y2Kyoto: Ice In Their Veins Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! Government of Manitoba: While climate change is predicted to result in fewer deaths related to extreme cold events during the winter, warmer summer temperatures will likely increase the...