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    Cops are becoming pansies

    - The Canadian Press: No charges for Vancouver cop who fatally shot bipolar man during 2007 Les spotted a guy at the mall in Kelowna trying to set fire to stuff in a dumpster. He approached and the guy picked up a 2x4 and swung. Les blocked it (got a bruise on his forearm) and took it away from...
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    A 23 Hour Day With Barack Obama

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    What Yesterday's Elections Actually Mean For Barack Obama

    What Yesterday's Elections Actually Mean For Barack Obama - Barack Obama - Gawker
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    Son says Obama father 'abusive'

    BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Son says Obama father 'abusive'
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    A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again

    Angola Press - International - A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again
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    EI for self-employed

    It's about time. Maybe Harpy isn't all bad. lol 'Special' EI benefits for self-employed to begin in 2011 - thestar.com This is a little late for me, though. But it'll help lots more people who need to take some compassionate leave or sick leave from their business.
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    Barack Obama accused of 'selling' access to the White House

    - Barack Obama accused of 'selling' access to the White House - Telegraph[/SIZE][/FONT] [/B]
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    PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama keeps word on hate crime

    - PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama keeps word on hate crime - Business - Nation - TheState.com
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    Obama Says GDP Growth `Affirmation’ Recession Ending

    - Obama Says GDP Growth `Affirmation’ Recession Ending (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
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    Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover

    - The Associated Press: Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover
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    Obama considering scaled-down Afghan war plan

    The Associated Press: Obama considering scaled-down Afghan war plan
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    Atlantic salmon escape their farm

    Prince George Citizen - 40,000 salmon escape from B.C. fish farm; new call for closed fish pens I wish the moron that brought Atlantic salmon to the west coast lives a long miserable life with multiple afflictions. This Atlantic salmon thing has been going on for years and what have the...
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    Wobble

    This is hilarious; my gf has an iphone and was showing me today something called "Wobble". You get a pic of a girl and bring it up on the screen and then shake the phone. The girl's boobies wobble. Apple approves wobbling boobs app for iPhone - Pocket-lint
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    Reading any good books lately?

    I'm reading an interesting novel called "The Wife's Tale" by Lori Lansens. It was talked about on CBC radio today or yesterday. http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307398383 It portrays the subtle changes in the girl after her hubby disappears and she begins to lose her...
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    Probiotic claim to digestion regulation a hoax?

    CBC News - Consumer Life - Probiotic health claims unsupported: EU I have a friend who ate a spoonful of baker's yeast one time because some dolt told her it would aid her digestion. I was almost ready to call an ambulance to scoot her to the horsespittle and have her tummy pumped. She was in...
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    And yet one more incidence of Mexican injustice

    And yet one more incidence of Mexican injustice. The incidence of Pavel Kulicek who was in Mexico on a holiday with his wife and two daughters. He befriended someone he thought was a fellow dirt bike enthusiast and the fellow turned out to be a drug lord. So the police arranged a surprise bust...
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    Fire in space

    I recently had a discussion about fire and how temperature has an effect upon it. The idea of fire in space popped into the discussion (I think because the one I was discussing the issue with thought he could catch me up somehow). Fire is simply hot gases and sometimes happens when a substance...
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    Pharmaceutical companies solicit scientists to ghostwrite

    Apparently not even scientific journals are to be trusted not to be biased any longer. (So that leaves Sir Potty with no reliable sources for information. They'll ALL be from biased right wing nuts. lol) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/health/research/05ghost.html Wyeth ghostwriters pushed...
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    Urbanization — An Emerging Humanitarian Disaster

    it goes on and concludes ... - NEJM -- Urbanization -- An Emerging Humanitarian Disaster Scary. I'm glad we are rural folks and not going to hold our breath waiting for the governments to act.
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    Donald Marshall dead at 55

    He was wrongfully convicted of myrder after a completely dysfunctional, mishandled, and bigotted investigation and trial. Wrongfully convicted Donald Marshall Jr. dies Donald Marshall dies - The Globe and Mail