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JeffQuigley
Areyouguysseriouslypublishingthisnow,like3daysafterithittheJPblogosphere
andhassincebeenrebuttedbymultiplenewsoutlets?
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4Apr12,201510:13pm

MadeleineApibanVsterhaninge
behappytheypublisheditatall.
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OliVelasco
probablyallthemfukushimaradiationleakingallover
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1Apr12,20158:45pm

MaxwellLAmberfordstinskin
Ithinkyouneedtoreadthisagain.Startwiththeheadlineandworkfrom
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8Apr13,20154:32am

OliVelasco
nahmanyou'veallbeenmisleditsalltheradiation.don'tbeasheep
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1Apr13,201511:51am

ToufiqUlAlamESL/EFLTeacheratArdents'LanguageSchool
hmmm...interestingindeed..buthumansaretoodamnbusytounderstandany
sign...
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RebbecahIsraelNoneyet
Ifeelsorryforthewhales.
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Didn'ttheyjustbarelyrecoveredfromthelastone?
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