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you ain't done the obits fer the Titanic yet... :]


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And in 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out the Union troops, the US Civil War had officially begun.


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you ain't done the obits fer the Titanic yet... :]


Damn, you're quick, Mav!




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Never mind the histrionics, you're paid to write obituries! So, on the lowest deck of the Titanic was...


edit: hah! not quick enough with this one I see :)

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The South Yorkshire Police murdered 96 people at Hillsborough, not 95.


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On a lighter tax note (John Jacob Astor?):

Did you ever notice?

When you put the words "The" and "IRS" together
it spells "THEIRS".

(always leave 'em laughing...)


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Some day, huh?


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> Police murdered 96

Been reading the Grauniad again, Vern?! sheesh, get a real paper, like The Sun :)

Neat fool circle, Whit!

now about the backlog of obits, we can extend your filing days but there will be penalties...


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> get a real paper, like The Sun :)

Hey Welshie, cross the Mersey and then say that (especially re Hillsborough). Go on, I dares you.


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April 15 in North Korea:

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Excitement and joy reigned in North Korea, official media reported, as the impoverished, secretive state celebrated the 93rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, its founder and eternal president.

Pyongyang was pulling out all the festive stops for Kim's birthday, which it calls "the Day of the Sun."

Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri was in the capital to attend the opening of the annual Kimilsungia festival, celebrating the flower named after the late "Great Leader."

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050415/wl_nm/korea_north_birthday_dc_1


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Disclaimer: this is not a political post.


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