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1. You can spin this any way you like, but it still sounds horrible.
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/7/feds-run-413b-deficit-halfway-point-fiscal-year/

2. The answer to the massive deficit shown above is just blowing in the wind.
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/7/phillips-waste-just-blowin-wind/

3. Who would you vote for?
   See the poll lower right ….

4. Norwegian skydiver almost hit by falling meteorite — and captures moment [video]
   http://www.universetoday.com/110963/norwegian-skydiver-almost-gets-hit-by-falling-meteor-and-captures-it-on-film/
   http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/meteorittfall_2columns_gallery.jpg

5. Girl in Ghana didn’t die from ebola. It was some other unknown exotic virus that causes internal bleeding and death.
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/07/us-ghana-ebola-idUSBREA350OX20140407

6. An educated estimate of how many Russian forces would be needed to occupy 2 or 7 oblasts of Ukraine, or the entire country; based on a US Army study of COIN operations with the Malay Emergency and under Gen. Petraeus in Iraq.

7. Smart Cars Tipped
   Reported in SF and repeated in the TorStar …
   A gem of journalism …

8. Chow Time.
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   “Ryerson course in activism named after Jack Layton”
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   “He came on a bicycle. I escorted him down and he went away on his bike.”
   “Layton found in bawdy house: Ex cop”
   http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/04/29/18085951.html
   http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/04/06/21585366.html

9. Our CBC Removes Prosthetic Legs.
   A dandy line >>> “factual programming departments will be hit especially hard.”
   Translation: Little Peter to go. Milewski to go. Etc.
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   “CBC staff brace for budget cuts expected Thursday”
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/cbc-staff-across-the-country-brace-for-bad-news-on-thursday/article17863012/

10. Down With Sexist Liberal Wynne. Redford downed. Marois downed.
    Four Down! Goal to go.
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    “Wynne cheers Quebec Liberal victory, but laments loss of a female premier”
    “It’s “unfortunate” that Pauline Marois’s electoral defeat has cut the number of female Canadian premiers to two – down from six just a few short months ago, Kathleen Wynne says.” (G-M)

11. Liberal aneurysms.
    H/T PET Cemetery Report.
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    “A victory for pluralism: For the first time since 1976, our Canada includes Quebec” “Michael Den Tandt” (NP)
    “Quebecers have not only rejected separation but effectively signed the 1982 Constitution” (Coyne NP)

12. The suspect, Juergen Hermann, fled the scene in a Smart car with Liechtenstein licence plates, according to police. The authorities later said Hermann appears to have committed suicide after they found the vehicle in Ruggell, 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Balzers, with his passport and a confession.
    http://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/08/bank-frick-ceo-allegedly-killed-in-the-firms-parking-garage-over-an-investment-feud/

13. Real dog! Not a stuffed animal. Why do they have dog shows like this Kate. Are they serious events?
    From BCF. http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2014/04/real-dog-not-stuffed-animal.html