Not only is it worth 15 percent less than real money, but it can spy on you, too. I always knew those Canukistanis were up to no good…
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That’s funny.
Of course it’s funny, especially coming from the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON).
A few years ago, a Canadian who used to be a Mossad agent brought a CBC reporter to the US embassy and pointed out a newly installed ‘vent’ that appeared to be pointed in the direction of the Prime Minister’s office. The former agent told the reporter that while he was in Mossad, he had been trained to install such vents to hide powerful listening devices.
But, the most memorable instance of spying between allies is when the US came close to causing an international incident by accusing Israel of having a plot to plant some of its agents in the Pentagon. The Israelis made the US lose face by saying that for them to be aware of such a plot, they must have been spying on Israel.
Since we’re talking about funny money, you might find this interesting.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/46471/
In the mid 90’s, a “spooky” friend of mine flashed a wad of North Korean dosh- he claimed it was counterfeit Nork money printed by the CIA. When I asked him why they would do that, he told me that there was a contingency plan to flood the North with fake currency to destabilize the economy. Hilarity ensued.
With the Euro trading at 1.28890 US dollars and no end in sight to the war in Iraq, I’d lay off on the “real money” jokes.
Considering the Pentagon’s intelligence reputation of late…
This begs the question.
If a certain country or organization wants to spy on an American defense contractor, why use Canadian coins instead of American ones?
Yeah, ‘real money’. I remember when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the American, and I’m not 40 yet.
I blogged a mention about this, too. It now appears, though, that the whole thing wasn’t true after all: a retraction.