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    Canadian Coins = Spyware? HUH??

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070111/ap_on_hi_te/spy_coins U.S. warns about Canadian spy coins By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer Thu Jan 11, 4:16 AM ET WASHINGTON - Money talks, but can it also follow your movements? In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the...
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    Canada's Oil Supply

    http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=97cd20cb-96bf-443c-875f-0eaaed8e82df All the better for Canada's oilpatch Neo-dictatorships' actions rattle global investors Jacqueline Thorpe, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Thank you, Venezuela...
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    Somalia Attack May Have Slain Some Brits

    British May Be Among Dead In Somalia' The Telegraph (UK) ^| 1-9-2007 | Mike Pflanz British 'may be among dead in Somalia' By Mike Pflanz in Nairobi Last Updated: 5:17pm GMT 09/01/2007 British passport holders may be among the "many" people killed in two US air attacks on suspected...
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    Anyone want to buy a country?

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_island Woo hoo the professional gambling casino crowd would love it.... World's smallest country up for sale By Paul Majendie Mon Jan 8, 1:58 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - For sale: the world's smallest country with its own flag...
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    Pondering Failure in Iraq

    http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.25407,filter.all/pub_detail.asp The Consequences of Failure in Iraq They Would Be Awful. But Failure Can Still Be Averted. By Reuel Marc GerechtPosted: Monday, January 8, 2007ARTICLESThe Weekly Standard Publication Date: January 15, 2007What would be...
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    Canada/US Economies Thriving....YAY

    http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=81e549a0-1c05-4722-836a-7c236acbf06b&k=29629 Well Happy New Year Everyone!!! This is another bit of good news Canada, U.S. jobs tally shocks economists Economy: No sign of slowdown Peter Morton, Financial Post Published...
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    More Sources for Stem Cells

    This is great news Stem Cell research has been held up because of the limits being placed on certain harvesting of stem cells. This new study gives me hope there are new methods being found which will make a difference in the lives of millions or more...
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    Canadian Take on US Intel

    http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/williams010707.htm Jay Rockefeller What Americans MUST Know About the Incoming Senate Intelligence Chairman By J.B. Williams Sunday, January 7, 2007 As Democratic Party Chairman Dean points out in his latest communiquŽ to his kool-aid addicts, "Elections...
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    Last Words From A Father to his Son

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/us/01charles.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin January 1, 2007 An Appreciation From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By By DANA CANEDY He drew pictures of himself with angel wings. He left a set of his dog tags on a nightstand in my Manhattan apartment. He...
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    Early test for Down Syndrome first trimester

    http://www.examiner.com/a-483411~Group_Recommends_Down_Syndrome_Testing.html Group Recommends Down Syndrome Testing By LAURAN NEERGAARD, The Associated Press Dec 31, 2006 7:43 AM (1 day ago) WASHINGTON - There's a big change coming for pregnant women: Down syndrome testing no longer...
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    Heroes and Healing

    In an earlier topic I put up a silly topic Body Parts....and after that bit of fluff.... and in contrast: the realities of losing a body part or parts... Serendipity led me to watch an early morning CSPAN interview with a Walter Reed Medic and a journalist for National Geographic - Neil Shea...
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    Canadians Take Taliban Turf

    http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6c128363-266e-4783-8000-03ee97bf3c33 Canadians Take more Taliban Turf Brian Hutchinson National Post Thursday, December 28, 2006 The National Post's Brian Hutchinson is travelling with Canadian troops on Operation Baaz Tsuka, a major...
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    Warm and Fuzzy Christmas Stories

    I love these wonderful stories we read about this time of year....people get bitten by the "bug" of kindness http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5230886,00.html Any more stories to share???
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    Special Diet For The Diabetes

    My god is this meant to replace insulin injections? Oh please.... Se Habla Espanol anyone?
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    How Humans May Have Reached Australia

    http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/timor-cave-may-reveal-how-humans-reached-australia/2006/12/21/1166290679167.html One of the mysteries of Australia's aboriginal peoples may have a solution... Timor cave may reveal how humans reached Australia Jerimalai shelter in East Timor, where Dr...
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    Media snipe at Bloggers

    http://newsbusters.org/node/9756 I kinda like blogs - like sitting with someone over a cup of coffee and enjoying a chat instead of being lectured to by a talking carefully coiffed head or a passive newspaper which was constructed 12 hours ago. Hmmmm the author didn't mention the fact that...
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    What I want for Christmas is ....

    OK Canadian Contenters..... what do you really want for Christmas? Have you put in a request? Are you happy with any gift? Do you like surprises? Do you not expect too much and will be happy having a happy day.... Personally, I think gifts are mainly for children but I like surprising...
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    Seattle Airport Merry Christmas Trees

    Cartoon - Update of Seattle International Airport Christmas Tree Kerfuffle I can't access David Horsey's great cartoon in the PI of the new Gate Bulletin Board for passengers at Sea-Tac Airport but here is what was printed on it in testament to the foolery that went on........ Christmas...
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    Lots to write about

    Andem, webmeister, boss, guru, where's the brass band, the cake and parade? I just hit 3,000 and nada, nothing happened.......I guess I can't ask for my money back either ....
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    Japanes Man Survives 3 Weeks No Food/Water

    Japanese man in virtual 'hibernation' survives 3 weeks without food or water Hiroko TabuchiCanadian Press Wednesday, December 20, 2006 TOKYO (AP) - A man who went missing in western Japan survived in near-freezing weather without food and water for over three weeks by falling into a state...