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    Sister Maria's sin: Spending too much time on Facebook

    A Spanish nun has been kicked out of the religious order where she lived the last 35 years in seclusion after spending too much time on the social networking site Facebook. Maria Jesus Galan, nicknamed "Sister Internet" by her fellow nuns, announced on her Facebook page that she had been...
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    If lines aren't long enough without some A-Hole counting his change...

    U.S. ponders $5.50 entry tax for Canadian air, marine travellers OTTAWA — The Obama administration wants Canadians to pay to enter the United States to help ease that country's desperate financial crunch. A proposed "passenger inspection" fee is outlined in the draft 2012 U.S. federal...
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    Huge Solar Flare Disrupts Chinese Communications.

    The sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Wednesday, as astronomers in southern China reported disturbances to radio communications. The massive Class X flash—the largest such category—erupted Tuesday, according to the U.S...
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    Canadian sues claiming groping, strip search abuse at U.S. border

    A 46-year-old Canadian woman sued two unidentified female U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Wednesday, saying one of them strip-searched and groped her without justification as the other one watched at the Ambassador Bridge last March. Loretta Van...
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    Ice Fishing.

    Been on the ice yet this winter? What do you use for bait? Which species are in your lakes? Open air or do you have a nice shack to brag about? How about the fishing tents? Are the tents worthy of Canadian winters? Post your fishing tales here. On Christmas day I took my Texan brother inlaw...
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    Are You a Terrorist?

    The following is a list of behaviors, actions or interests that the federal government, via centralized threat fusion centers that collate such information, considers to be potential signs of terrorism under the MIAC Report. - Displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with...
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    Off key caterwauling.

    Who else here is ready to put a boot through the TV screen after hearing the horrible screaching from that freak Yoko Ono every 5 mins? Are they trying to torture me into sponsoring the poor?
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    Tuition Fees Protest London Police Brutality wheelchair student Jody McIntyre

    YouTube - Tuition Fees Protest London Police Brutality wheelchairs student Jody McIntyre I'm speechless......
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    Straight Edge: Is It a Gang or a Brotherhood?

    The group Straight Edge is not a gang, members insist, but they concede that some in their midst are becoming violent, especially in Utah. Salt Lake City police classify the entire group as a gang, pointing to Bernardo Repreza as proof. The 15-year-old boy was beaten and stabbed to death...
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    U.S. wants to share border stations with Homeland Security running the show.

    American reaction wasn't favourable when the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) said in August that it was going to close down operations next spring at three land-border crossings with the U. S, including two south of Montreal. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security didn't like the...
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    Replacing the UN with a real body with real teeth.

    Lets face it the UN is an antiquated, useless, undemocractic system that has a large influence on our lives. There is no question about it, we are going to have a global government, a New World Order if you will. The growing importance of globalization as a significant theme and the...
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    NFU opens door to Canada's urban farmers

    Thursday, December 9, 2010 | 9:00 AM CST CBC News The National Farmers Union has opened its ranks to Canada's urban farmers for the first time. At its annual convention last week in Saskatoon, the 41-year-old organization formally opened its membership to any Canadian engaged in farming —...
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    Global poverty doubled since 1970s: UN

    November 26, 2010 GENEVA — The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fold, a UN think-tank warned Thursday. In its annual report on the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) in the world...
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    Canadian Debt Ownership.

    Should Canadian's insist that we buy back our debt from private banks and bear our own debt through the bank of Canada?
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    China rare earth exports to Japan being normalised

    TOKYO — China's blocking of rare earth minerals to Japan is easing after Beijing pledged to "speed up" exports amid a thaw between the Asian powers in a territorial spat, traders said Monday. "Shipments of rare earths started the week before last week at a Tianjing port," an official of Daido...
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    Thank you C-CPC Comrades! Oilpatch subsidies said to total $2.8 billion

    By The Canadian Press OTTAWA - An independent analysis says Canadian governments are subsidizing the oil patch to the tune of about $2.8 billion a year, despite a G20 agreement to pare back such support. The Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development has been adding...
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    Vatican: ‘Jews Have No Claim to Promised Land’

    Reuters Published: 10.23.10, 14:00 / Israel News Israel cannot use the Biblical concept of a promised land or a chosen people to justify new "settlements" in Jerusalem or territorial claims, a Vatican synod on the Middle East said on Saturday. In its concluding message after two weeks of...
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    Christian Law

    Do we need it in Canada? What would the implications of being the first to base our law on Christian ideals mean for Canada? Would you support it?
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    Time Traveller in Charlie Chaplain Film

    Time Traveller or something simply strolling past the crazy gaze of the the mind's eye? YouTube - IMPORTANT!! TIME TRAVELLER IN CHARLIE CHAPLIN??? FROM 1928 (What do you think?) Far too much spare time.......
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    The Brooklyn Space Project - *Neat*

    YouTube - Weather balloon GPS space flight iPhone camera footage homemade spacecraft 100,000 ft altitude (HD)