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POPS“So Sambo beat the bitch!” Racial and ethnic slurs may be “just Alaska” and, clearly, they are common, everyday chatter for Palin. Besides insulting Obama with a Step-N’-Fetch-It, “darkie musical” swipe, people who know her say she refers regularly to Alaska’s Aboriginal people as “Arctic Arabs” – how efficient, lumping two apparently undesirable groups into one ugly description – as well as the more colourful “mukluks” along with the totally unimaginative “fucking Eskimos,” according to a number of Alaskans and Wasillians interviewed for this article. But being openly racist is only the tip of the Palin iceberg. According to Alaskans interviewed for this article, she is also vindictive and mean. We’re talking Rove mean and Nixon vindictive...
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POPSFactoids (c), part 2 The tenth factoid made me curious, since although I am Venezuelan, I am also American, since I was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971. So I found how to calculate the distance between Caracas (where I live now) and Madison to see just how far from the average I am. The answer is REAL far: 2,627 miles (4,228 km). That goes to prove --I have nothing to do, hehehe!
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POPSFactoids (c), part 1 I remember the old "3-2-1 Contact" magazines had a department dedicated to quick facts like these called "Factoids". I love these little pieces of "useless" knowldege. Hope you enjoy them too.
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POPSwhale of a time capsule "The recent discovery of a 19th-century bomb lance in a bowhead whale suggests that this species can live well over 100 years. The bowhead whale was hunted to near extinction in its native Arctic and subarctyic waters for its thick layer of blubber, oil and baleen."
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POPSInuit to blame US for global warming Even more, the government should've at first supported their lifestyle and economy, which may be affected by global warming. Whatever causes are, the fact is that their life is being threatened, which can be why they take case to "human-rights" commission.