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They say going to war without Canada is like going deer hunting without an accordion (ok, they actually
say that about the French, but whatever). And we've had repeated run-ins with our frozen neighbor to the north in the past (see
here,
here,
here). So you'd think the Canadians wouldn't be our first choice of allies in our war against the hand shake.). But they also say the enemy of your enemy is your friend. And so, by that crazy logic, I am now friends with Canada. Or at least, one in three Canadians. Because they've joined us,
CNN, the Dalai Lama, the Obamas, the
Boston Globe and some random
town in Germany in our fight against the
dreaded, disease spreading hand shake. From
The Globe And Mail, which writes that one in three Canadians won't shake hands due to flu concerns:
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Posted by on under global arms race, russian weapon, merchant vessel, shipping container, article notes, defense expert, russian defense, defense experts, russian company, aircraft carrier, kremlin, allies, capability, venezuela, iran |
shmG writes "A Russian company is marketing a devastating new cruise missile system that can be hidden inside a shipping container, giving any merchant vessel the capability to wipe out an aircraft carrier. Potential customers for the formidable 'Club-K' system include Kremlin allies Iran and Venezuela, say defense experts. They worry that countries could pass on the satellite-guided missiles, which are very hard to detect, to terrorist groups. This is a scary new development in the global arms race that allows for the proliferation of cruise missiles to anyone who will pay for them — even terrorists. This could be the next big thing in strategic weapons, as they can appear anywhere there is a container ship. The company even made a commercial and posted it onto the Internet." The article notes that a Russian defense expert said that "as far as he understood, the Club-K was still at the concept stage."
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