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-dmg

the end of the exercise was never the point of the exercise to begin with.

--dmg

Alrosa comes to take its place.

quote: “If you don’t support the price,” Andrei V. Polyakov, a spokesman for Alrosa, said, “a diamond becomes a mere piece of carbon.”

The article is full of "gems". Another quote: “A diamond ring should not cost $100,” Mr. Vybornov said. “We don’t want that type of client.”

and more: “We have to tell people that diamonds are valuable,” [Malinin, an adviser to the president of Alrosa] said. “We are trying to maintain the price, just as De Beers did, as all diamond producing countries do. But what we are doing is selling an illusion,” meaning a product with no utility and a price that depends on the continued sense of scarcity where, in fact, there is none."

If only brides accepted that.

-dmg

that shows that film is still a long-term storage medium

"If your photos are'nt good enough is because you're not close enough". Robert Capa.

Is secret ballot an inalienable right today in Canada? I would think so. But it is only at the local, provincial and federal level, where the government is responsible.

--dmg