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MineralMan

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5. The Marshall Islands reference was gratuitous.

Reply to sunwyn (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 08:31 AM

May 2013

There is no relationship between the two situations.

In many ways, this writer has screwed his or her credibility with that juxtaposition of dissimilar things. I wish people wouldn't do that.

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