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    Scott Walker signs restrictive abortion bill in Wisconsin

    via zip: Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker Signs Pro-Life Bill Requiring Women Receive An Ultrasound Before Killing Their Baby… Scott Walker signs restrictive abortion bill in Wisconsin - The Hill's Ballot Box
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    UFC 162 : Silva vs. Weidman

    Full FIGHT VIDEO: ANDERSON SILVA vs WEIDMAN
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    Scholars pinpoint source of American exceptionalism: the nuclear family

    The Fourth of July is always an occasion to think about what the United States of America has been, is and will be. A good way to reflect on that is to pick up a copy of "America 3.0" by James Bennett and Michael Lotus and ponder its lessons. As the title suggests, Bennett and Lotus see the...
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    '3D' stereoscopic images of WW I

    Horror of the First World War revealed in amazing collection of '3D' stereoscopic images found in an attic after decades A Toronto photography studio has stumbled across a stereoscopic camera, and its photographic slides, that captured scenes of World War I in 3D. The photographs were...
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    Grasshopper 325m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter)

    Cool. Grasshopper 325m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter) - YouTube
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    Juxtaposin' I suppose

    via sda Council of Canadians, June 26th: Council of Canadians opposes the Energy East pipeline Sun News, July 6: A train transporting crude oil derailed and exploded early Saturday morning in a town three hours east of Montreal, forcing the evacuation of the town's downtown and flooding a...
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    Piper Alpha survivors recall disaster 25 years on

    Even 25 years on, Charles Haffey's most powerful memory of the Piper Alpha disaster was the overwhelming, deafening noise. The vast inferno created by simultaneous eruptions from ruptured gas and crude oil pipelines sounded like thousands of blow torches alight at full pressure. That...
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    Eminent Domain With Vengeance

    via Fark: 1. Seize 5,000 homes through eminent domain, paying $150K ea. 2. Make citizens pay $190K to get homes back. 3. Pay off the guys who gave you this idea. 4. Profit LAS VEGAS (CN) - The City of North Las Vegas is endangering its financial status with a cockeyed plan to seize up to...
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    Canadian military still investigating Afghanistan sex assault claim

    After five years, the Canadian military is still investigating claims that Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan were told by their superiors to ignore incidents where Afghan soldiers and interpreters sexually assaulted young boys. The probe continues, with no specified end date, a Canadian...
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    RCMP lay out case against Duffy

    OTTAWA - The RCMP believe Sen. Mike Duffy is a fraudster who tried to feather his nest at the expense of taxpayers and Conservative Party donors, according to police documents filed with the Ontario Court of Justice. In those documents, an RCMP investigator alleges Duffy, the former CTV...
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    Britain swelters

    or as Fark remarks: Britain all in a tizzy as temperatures threaten to climb to 84°F and stay there for several days. Or, as it's called in Nevada, "Winter" UK weather: Britain swelters as forecasters predict MONTH-long heatwave with temperatures hitting 30C - Mirror Online
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    40 Best Signs From The “Restore The Fourth” Rallies

    some very funny stuff here: 40 Best Signs From The "Restore The Fourth" Rallies
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    Keeping up with Cowboy Tom Mulcair

    Tom Mulcair is jetting off to France next week, it is reported, to burnish his G8 leadership credentials, and demonstrate to the folks — Quebecers in particular — that he’s ready for prime time. And really, it makes perfect sense. How better to impress ordinary Canadians than to be seen...
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    A few words for Americans

    Montreal mayoral candidate calls 80% of Americans ‘big, obese, imbecilic, ignorant, uncultured dummies’ Here’s some Fourth of July news for our U.S. neighbours: a man running for mayor of Montreal considers Americans dumb, obese, imbecilic, classless ignoramuses. Staunch Quebec...
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    James Bulger killer Jon Venables to be freed

    One of James Bulger's killers, Jon Venables, should be released from prison, the parole board has said. Venables was previously paroled, but sent back to jail for accessing child pornography. James's mother Denise Fergus tweeted in response: "Venables is getting released...
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    How can you tell grizzly dung from other bear dung?

    It's got shotgun pellets in it and smells like pepper from Fark Two men are recovering from non-life threatening injuries after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Fernie, B.C., Wednesday morning. Conservation officer Joe Caravetta said the men were near the top of Mount Proctor when the...
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    Cabinet shuffle could save Harper’s government from the noose

    Cabinet shuffles rarely save governments from the noose but the one currently being contemplated by the Prime Minister may be the exception. Senior figures in the Conservative movement are warning that unless Stephen Harper moves his House Leader, Peter Van Loan, and the Government Whip...
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    “A Mouthful Of Sperm”

    Lincolnshire festival organisers ban sperm whale photo for having "sexual connotations" A controversial piece of artwork entitled “A Mouthful Of Sperm” has been banned from the Lincolnshire SO Festival. Photographer John...
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    What's In the TDSB Dumpster?

    Dumpster full of old TDSB textbooks ignites book-lover’s complaint | Toronto Star Books about Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION, natch. Just watch--five, six years from now, they'll probably be tossing all the "diversity" textbooks, too. Scaramouche!: What's In the...
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    Green Jobs Take A Blow

    World Leading, Award-Winning Solar Technology Provider To Slash 700 Jobs! SMA Solar Technology AG Informs Employees About Necessary Corporate Downsizing The Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) today informed the company’s employees at an employee meeting about further planned...