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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/business/media/democrats-fox-news-debate-host.html The Trump Network will not be hosting any of the 2020 democratic primary debates. I would assume they will also disallow them from hosting any the of the Presidential debates. I can see them allowing a Fox...

Hillary says she is out of the 2020 election. Good decision

Three byelections on Monday in three ridings with established voting patterns. The leader of the NDP is running in an NDP riding in Vancouver that is anti pipeline. He should have no trouble from the Liberals there. What he might have trouble with is the fact that he's an MPP from Ontario. He...

https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-state-measles-outbreak-unvaccinated-kids-excluded-schools-state-1327577 New York state is trying to deal with the growing measles outbreak by excluding all kids who...

Via sport. IN perhaps that least surprising story of the year a new study says at least 200 coaches have been convicted of sexual abuse in Canada. 600 children have been abused over the last 20 years. The thing I have the most trouble with is the reaction. We knew this was going on. We...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/childcare-costs-canada-1.5008106 Childcare is one more industry that is being destroyed by free market economics. Childcare in Toronto is now over $1,600 a month - as compared to Montreal under Quebec's universal system - which is $175 a month. The point is...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/armed-drones-military-canada-1.5007541 News about the Canadian military trying to procure "armed drones" for national defense. They are having trouble getting any support for this idea. The trouble is that military procurement is a federal...

Nobody believes that Trump is going to do anything other than his normal for the sotu address that Pelosi is finally allowing him to give. Far from uniting the nation - of which he is incapable - it will be one more morsel for The Base to devour while everyone else scratches their head and...

https://www.fastcompany.com/90279904/here-are-the-viral-racists-of-2018 From Roseanne to Pool Patrol Patty 2018 has been a banner year for racists in America. White people mad!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-recruitment-gender-1.4954015 Ongoing recruitment problems are forcing the RCMP to re-evaluate their hiring guidelines. They are thinking of allowing people who...

https://www.citynews1130.com/2018/12/02/alberta-cutting-back-oil-production/ Notley announces 325,000 bbl a day "exemption". Probably a necessity at this point. Unfortunately it will be 10,000 bbl a day for each producer - which is entirely unfair for smaller producers but what can you do...

Trudeau about to drop the hammer on the striking Posties. Just like Harper did in 2011 and just like whoever will do in another 5 years or so. Everyone hates the Post Office and the Posties and everyone is happy to see them denied the basic rights that everyone is supposed to have. Also...

Fox News Trump employee Tucker Carlson got a taste of the New Normal in Amrican politics as an antifa group came a'calling. "In the since-deleted tweet, Smash Racism DC included video of the group at...

Veteran conservative MP Tony (Fake Lake) Clement is stepping down over a sexting scandal where his dick pics were sent to an extortionist rather than a 12 year old girl as he had hoped. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tony-clement-sexting-1.4894889 Where will Scheer dredge up another justice...

Finally something all the MAGAHATS can be scared of. As this sea of rapists and drug smugglers approaches the border all the Magahats are wondering: Where is that WALL?

Well, d'uh. Washington State strikes down death penalty. "We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the justices wrote in a majority opinion...

Not sure why no thread on/about the latest international accusations against Putin's gang. The military over there is working 24/7 to hack and damage institutions all over the world because Russia is dirt poor and they aren't happy about it...

I was in Sydney BC on the morning of 911. When I woke up the first tower was on fire and I think when I got to work the second tower got hit. I was working at 443 Squadron on the Ops desk and we were frantically trying to find out what to do if we got a SAR launch. It was strange to watch the...

Now confirmed that the Saudi LAV-6 deal that was originally for 742 has been cut to 189. So the reason for letting an American company set up in London Ontario to compromise our national integrity is smaller and less defensible than ever. To be clear: we should not be selling arms to Saudi...

Why scientists suspect proof of a turning point in Earth's history is sitting in a lake in Milton, Ont. | CBC News As you know I normally eschew these climate related topics but this one is so cool. Trying to pinpoint the beginning of a geologic era. 1950 is the year the scales were tipped.