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 NO. 619 “Expect the Ironic” JULY 23 - 29, 2012 

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PUSH ON FOR POLE DANCING AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT
IOC says it's between pole dancing and lap dancing.
 
WORLD NEWS
New Canadian Fifty, Hundred Dollar Bills Melt When Exposed to Heat
But they're fine for Canada.
More Than Half of Under-25 Spanish Youth Unemployed
Even though they could be making good money selling their bodies to sex tourists.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Kim Jong-Un Seen at Public Functions With Unidentified Woman
Experts say she could be his girlfriend, his sister, his wife, his mother, his cousin, his aunt or simply his muse.
U. S. NEWS
Bad News: Worst Drought
Since Dust Bowl

Good news: more Woody Guthrie.
Bernanke: We're Headed
Over “Fiscal Cliff”

In chicken wire canoe.
 
REMINDER
  Guns don't kill people, paranoid schizophrenics who legally purchase guns kill people.
 
For First Time, Canadians Worth
More Than Americans

Because Justin Bieber now worth more than Lady Gaga.
California Legalizes Hands-Free Texting While Driving
Also ventriloquism, psychokinesis.
 
ENVIRONMENT
Iceberg Twice the Size of Manhattan Breaks Off From Greenland
And what parking!
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