One of the most ill-informed, ridiculous inane things I've ever seen on the internet
and that includes the comments on YouTube.
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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 20:38,
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The worst part is
the russian government seems to be promoting this kind of ridiculous insanity.
Yes, because Kansas will join Canada... and California is going to become part of China! 'Cos everyone knows that America is split neatly down 3 entirely randomly chosen geographical lines + Alaska and Hawaii.
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This actually makes me recall a few hilarious articles I read in the Independent
just as the economic 'crunch' was kicking off, suggesting Russia and/or China might replace the United States/Western Europe as the economic world centers of the world, which I seem to recall making me snigger loudly on the tube
An otherwise reliable newspaper for stuff like news; gets a bit carried away with some of the columnists, though it does have some good ones not to knock it to much under the chin
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 21:55,
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I love those types of economic doomsayers
"BANK OF ENGLAND EMPLOYEE SNEEZES; WILL RUSSIA BECOME NEW KLEENEX WORLD POWER?!!!!!!!!!"
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Haha
generally they were along those lines
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 22:10,
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As long as we have a large number of
12-18 year old boys we have nothing to fear.
I think that goes for the economy, as well, the services sector are our 12-18 year old boys. Hm, I should write for the FT.
"Expansionary Fiscal Policy and how it can be likened to wanking. A short essay by Frozen_Banana Esq."
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You may have latched onto something dude
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 21:49,
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Saw this a few days ago on Reddit
Someone commented that "he must have a PhD in Civ 4"
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The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 21:04,
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Philip K Dick came up with a similar idea
in his book "Flow my tears, the policeman said".
But then, he was a fiction writer.
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blindmelon, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 22:02,
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And properly mental, don't forget.
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Tue 6 Jan 2009, 23:09,
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He was a complete fruitcake
But one of the 20th centurys greatest writers.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 9:22,
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Wasn't it
"The Man in the High Castle" ? Germany wins WWII and America is divided up between Japan and Germany.."Flow my tears.." was about the TV celebrity talk-show host who becomes a nobody overnight..might be wrong though..
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Grindstaff, Wed 7 Jan 2009, 7:58,
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somehow, i don't see utah becoming a part of china any time soon
This infact is probably the least likely scenario in the entire world.
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