A piece of Canadian history

Canada stands second to no nation in the field of annoying anthems.

The thing about questioning one Presidential candidate's citizenship

Is that it puts all of them on the board to be examined, and I am not just talking Panamanian-born McCain's Panamanian birth here (or for that matter, the fact McCain never went through any sort of INS-approved formal naturalization process to become a US citizen after being brought into the US by his parents):

When Mitt Romney released his birth certificate last week, it prompted a slew of sarcastic headlines mocking the move as unnecessary at best, at worst as a nod in the direction of conspiracy theorists who believe President Obama was born outside the country.

But, as it turns out, Romney has his set of detractors questioning his American citizenship — an Internet subculture that embodies the sort of rubber-and-glue politics that's helped define this election, and one that reflects the way fringe voters translate suspicion of a candidate in the Obama era.

Has this "and you cannot be the child of immigrants" thing come up before?

You know what's out today?

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Interesting if true

Crotts has unearthed evidence that the Soviets found good evidence of water in moon rocks in the 1970s.

Trying an experiment

Having asked on FB for songs to listen with no results, I have now asserted there are no memorable songs from the last decade. My expectation is I will have a flurry of suggestions.

A poll

[Poll #1844998]

A poll

[Poll #1844998]

Spotted on my way to feed a cat

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