LAST EDITED ON Mar-01-13 AT 06:14 PM (EST)
 
>This version's the brainchild of Clive Palmer, an Australian mining
>magnate whose other claims to fame include public ally accusing one of
>our political parties of being run by the CIA, attempting to line his
>golf course with 150 life-size animatronic dinosaurs and being rich as
>fuck.

Man, that's what was missing from NXE: no batshit-crazy Australians. Then again, is Australia even there any more after Second Impact? I'd have to dig up some figures and do the math...

>My girlfriend's got an interest in mining

... wait, as in she's invested in some mining companies, or as in she thinks mineral extraction is cool? If the former, OK, fair enough, but if the latter, awesome.

--G.
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