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    Tech leaders couldn't beat Trump; they'll meet him instead

    heh SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technology leaders are about to come face-to-face with President-elect Donald Trump after fiercely opposing his candidacy, fearful that he would stifle innovation, curb the hiring of computer-savvy immigrants and infringe on consumers' digital privacy. On...
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    Not Quite Grasping The Irony

    So here’s a thing. A leftist anthropology professor named Mark Zajac - noted on the Rate My Professors website for being politically “opinionated” and “often going off on tangents about political topics which have no relation to the course” - discovered the existence of a website that...
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    Some are born idiots, some achieve idiocy, and some have idiocy thrust upon them

    Students at the University of Pennsylvania removed a portrait of Shakespeare from a prominent location in the school’s English department after complaining that he did not represent a diverse range of writers. The Department had previously voted to remove the painting, so students took...
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    Did we miss the Democrat uproar about Obama conspiring with Russia?

    just checkin' kids. here's a stroll down hildebeast lane: The Clinton Foundation received millions from investors as Putin took over 20% of US uranium deposits A new scandal hit Hillary Clinton on Thursday thanks to an exhaustive report from Mike McIntire and Jo Becker at The New...
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    The Shiny Libranos

    Money began to rain on Trudeau Foundation once Justin took over Liberals, analysis shows Last Monday, interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose wrote to the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner and to the lobbying commissioner, asking them to investigate Liberal fundraising practices —...
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    Govt spends $100 million ferrying illegal immigrant children around country

    what ho man??? The federal agency that handles deportations spent more than $100 million of its money over the last few years to ferry illegal immigrant children around the U.S., according to calculations by a watchdog group that says the cash could have been better spent on enforcement...
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    Shiny Juxstaposiness

    Canada announces $13.6 million to fight corruption in 12 countries Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced on Friday, December 9, 2016, $13.6 million over four years to work with communities, civil society organizations, public institutions...
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    Dutch populist leader Wilders rises in polls after conviction

    The Hague (AFP) - The party of populist anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders has risen strongly in the polls since the lawmaker was tried and convicted of discrimination, according to a survey published Sunday. If legislative elections due next March were held this week, Wilders' Freedom...
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    Texas Muslim Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to His Own Mosque

    why on earth would he do something like this? oh wait. HOUSTON, Texas — The Muslim charged with arson of his own mosque on Christmas Day 2015 has pleaded guilty to felony arson in a Harris County (Houston) district court and was sentenced to prison. The charging instrument stated that...
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    The jihadi sleeper agent we can't deport – or even identify

    The asylum seeker has been allowed to stay despite plotting attacks in the UK He created a list of nightclubs and airports that could possibly be targeted He was due return to Jordan but Amber Rudd changed her mind after claims he'd be tortured Instead, he must simply re-apply every six months...
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    Microwave Technology – the New Fracking?

    Energy independence in the United States of America has long been the dream of many while, at the same time, a nightmare to others. Because of the vast demand for oil in the U.S., America has relied on purchasing oil from countries that are not necessarily aligned with our political...
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    Tremble, ye patriarchs

    because feelings and such. From the ‘style’ pages of Mic magazine, where the young and left-leaning can find “news to help you rethink the world”: On election night, like so many, 26-year-old Nicole Narvaez’s feelings “kind of exploded.” “I went to bed in...
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    Obama is rushing to Trump-proof the White House

    Lol WASHINGTON Since Election Day, President Barack Obama has appointed 56 people to boards, commissions and offices in the hopes that they remain in those posts for years to come. He has reduced the prison sentences of 79 federal inmates. He has handed out the nation’s highest civilian...
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    The Trump transition team has issued a list of 74 questions for the Energy Department

    good, good... The questionnaire requests a list of those individuals who have taken part in international climate talks over the past five years and "which programs within DOE are essential to meeting the goals of President Obama's Climate Action Plan." [...] The document spanned a broad...