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The North and the great Canadian lie Canada is not a proud northern nation. Its Arctic is undefended, undeveloped and socially fraught.

Back in 2001, Trump Referred To Hearing The News About 9/11 As 'An Amazing Phone Call'

The Article of the day for September 13, 2016 is SS Montanan . SS Montanan was a cargo ship operated by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Built in 1912 by the Maryland Steel Company as one of eight sister ships, the freighter was employed in inter-coastal service, first via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and then the Panama Canal, after it opened in 1914. The ship was 6,649 gross register tons (GRT), 428 ft 9 in (130.68 m) in length and 53 ft 7 in (16.33 m) abeam. Used by the United States Army Transport Service during World War I, USAT Montanan carried cargo and animals to France, and sailed in the first American convoy to France after the United States entered the war in April 1917. During another eastbound convoy in August 1918, Montanan was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-90 some 500 nautical miles (900 km) west of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France. Of the 86 men aboard the ship, 81 were rescued by a convoy escort. The other five...

The North and the great Canadian lie

Word of the day is Mammon : The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence. Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

Back in 2001, Trump Referred To Hearing The News About 9/11 As 'An Amazing Phone Call' After being asked if his building, 40 Wall Street, was at all affected by the attack on a local TV news show, Trump started spouting about how his building would once again be the tallest building in downtown Manhattan. Which is definitely a weird thing to say after a national tragedy. September 12, 2016 at 09:23PM