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- tmbrwolf19, on 10/12/2007, -1/+111and people wonder why Canada has shows like "talking to americans"...
- ganjadude4391, on 10/12/2007, -7/+74HAHAHA so ***** hypocritical
so.... when the canadians have nanotech in coins for possible spying we get all; up in arms, butr when we spy on our own and tape phone lines and etc etc etc its "for the good of the nation"
make up your ***** minds people - butterpat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+45Harmless indeed! That's our story and we're sticking to it. So if anyone in the Defense Security Service finds one "planted" in their pockets, they need not fear our supreme, cunning and masterful spy system.
- KevinWhite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39Here's what the quarter looks like in case you're wondering:
http://members.shaw.ca/collectibles101/photos8/quarter.JPG - butterpat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33Furthermore, did anyone from the Defense Security Service think to call the Mint, or maybe just Google it? Wouldn't that have been simpler than whipping out the microscopes?
Instead they have exposed their tendency towards navel-gazing, and most of all incompetence and stupidity in their security agencies. - DreKor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27DARPA needs to spend more time on developing next-gen tin-foil hats.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28@Nick22
I think you mean Canadian waters... Submarines don't travel through land. Only Chuck Norris does. - lukehh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27Just imagine what the Toonie can do! Anyone remeber the Salt Lake Olympics!
- wonkavsn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26And that whole Roll Up The Rim thing?
That's an ingenious plot to communicate secret messages of TERROR - butterpat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Wait a sec, something sinister may yet be afoot.
These coins were distributed exclusively by Tim Horton's, a company that in recent years has established itself throughout the USA.
Coincidence? I think NOT!! - Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24I can see the concern. I mean, if I wanted to spy on somebody, I would make sure I put my tracking device inside an odd looking coin with a bright red flower on it. Nobody would suspect anything
- blakyce, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25If you put your ear real close to the poppy you can hear a zamboni flooding a sheet of ice.
- AnGryTreE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Tim Horton's was created by the Candian government to spy on Starbucks. We named it after a Maple Leafs hockey legend to lend it credibility. You don't want to know what's really in those creamers...
( I wonder how many millions those contracters got paid for filing the report) - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19@ganjadude4391 (#6555409)
The US' *appearance* of stupidity is simply a ploy to lull the rest of the world into a sense of complacency. Then, one day, the entire Bush administration will move to Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and declare that the rest of the world has been captured and imprisoned outside its gates.
Well, I can dream, can't I? - dogstar0125, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17So this is what passes for 'intelligence'. No wonder we invaded Iraq. We'd be better off using a magic 8 ball to determine foreign policy. I guess that's why we have so much classified information. If we declassified it, we would look really really stupid.
This article also tells us that we need better drug screening for our defense contractors. - hfilby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17It's a good thing we marked our top-secret spy-coins with bright red paint, otherwise those savvy Defense Department heroes might not have noticed something sinister was at foot.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Also the cashier suggesting to "please speak closer to your coin, sir" didn't improve matters either.
- bnajbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Invade us? pffft we have nanotechnolgy and stuff in coins and other objects of varying importance and we're just waiting to unleash its full potential upon the US.
- andritchie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Little do they know, we also have breast cancer ones!
- Sambone67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13What this says to me is if our military thinks the Canadians have a 'spy' coin, America already has one...
Watch out. - Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16dont forget the US spy submarines in canadian lands without our permission
- underrun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I liked it. Close attention to detail.
What's next on the list for accusation? Have you noticed that we say "zed" and you use "zee"?? Hmmmm...discuss. - profOblivion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12You've gotta be kidding me...
Well, they must have figured out before this week, since the "pink ribbon" coins didn't seem to cause any fuss.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060331/pink_coin_060331/20060331?hub=Health - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12That didn't go over to well last time...
I see you've rebuilt the White House... it looks really nice :) - GISuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Original Report on the "Spy Coin"
http://digg.com/security/Spies_put_transmitters_in_Canadian_coins - euphemizeme, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13This is the biggest news story to happen to Canada since the last time we graced them with our ignorance.
I think that insulted all parties sufficiently. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14US deserves to get pwned anyway.
- Kinneas12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Talk about one paranoid Country... It's a coin.
- weeeezzll, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12WTF kind of stupid idiot writes an article about a strange "looking" coin and doesn't source a picture of it to put in the article. I mean the whole ***** mix up was because the coin was so unusual looking. Must have been the same idiots who thought it was filled with nano tech...lol
- MysticSavage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Damn it, they're on to Operation Double Double. Abort!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+96 years six since 9/11 and American intelligence is still ass-backwards.
- HisShadow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'd like to say the contractors are idiots, but corporate and government espionage are very real problems. They saw something suspicious and they reported it. "Better safe than sorry" is a very useful meme when it comes to countering spying and surveillance.
However, the idiotic part is the fact that a US government agency started releasing ***** stories about tracking and or listening devices having been found on contractors and now the story won't go away. This is the quality of evidence required by US government services? That explains a lot about the current state of the US government. Apparently, information is currently being passed along in a US federal version of the phone game. - andritchie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7R-R-R-R-Rrrrrolll up the rim spread fear and induce terror.
- chicoer2001, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9US intelligence is *****
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This is why there are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
- MrPlug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Ah hahha attack of the coins lol, man that made my morning. good day good day.
- Waiting2awake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6They tried that once. Didn't work out very well for them. ;)
Seriously though as nice as it is to poke fun at these people - they did what they thought they should. I am somewhat surprised that they would be worried about Canada, but I guess they have to be paranoid about all countries. - johnquail, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I thought nano technology is invisible to the naked eye, so please explain to me, how does nano technology looks like?
- AmunRa666, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5and without our technicolour moneys I would have never found that 50 dollar bill in my works parking lot this morning :)
- PeakAction, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think this quote from the article gives us a great insight to the kind of minds these "contractors" possess.
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"Coat pockets were empty that morning and I was keeping all of my coins in a plastic bag in my inner coat pocket," the contractor wrote.
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...and I'm sure all his underwear is labeled by days, and his socks are twin-checked so they are always worn in the same pairs. - jebus123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5American find suspicious the use of non American currency and in a foreign country. Since currency is not identical to US currency something must be afoot. Oh, and they have multi-colored paper currency also.
- PaperMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I will have you know that our weather is lovely thank you! And we have far more than hockey.. We have lacrosse too! And well you did get it right with the beer but you Americans are putting out some decent craft beer as well so a big congrats on that one. But damit, you have gone TOO FAR freely associating us with the French and insulting our politicians! Well ok, our political system is just as full of ass hats as yours is (I mean *****... we have a federal party that only exists in one province... figure that one out..). If only there were a way to steal Quebec's super secret Poutine recipes and then kick them out.... ::thwak:: of course... with our nano tech quarters...
- 3uster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I bet its the US' way of starting a war with Canada
- Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -1/+5Maybe they're just trying to find out when the next D.A. meeting is.
- intenselygreen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Wait till those Americans see the quarter with the PINK RIBBON... Sure, it SAYS it is in support of Breast Cancer Research, but PINK is well known to be associated with GAY MARRIAGE!!!
*just kidding, in case I was being too subtle* - GGzah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm in ur pocketz stealin ur secretz
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This is old, old news. I remember hearing about this months ago.
But, regardless... after what happened in Boston, is anyone really surprised? - bettyready, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I had to test out the glow in the dark part. What do you know?
http://www.dietpunk.net/uvcoin.JPG - heero101086, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As a guy from Canada.... STUPID AMERICANS... HAHA..LOL
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Jealousy sucks :)
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