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Smiling Is Now Racist, Because “White Fragility” At one of the many recent “whiteness history month” events at Portland Community College, Women’s Resource Center director Brad Fortier and instructor of education Tanya Mead lead a discussion entitled “It’s Not My Fault”, which centered...

This is the season of college Commencement speeches -- an art form that has seldom been memorable, but has increasingly become toxic in recent times. Two themes seem to dominate Commencement speeches. One is shameless self-advertising by people in government, or in related organizations...

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima on Friday has rekindled public debate about the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan — one largely suppressed since the Smithsonian canceled its Enola Gay exhibit in 1995. Obama, aware that his critics are ready to pounce if he casts the slightest doubt on the...

dat cbc. it's almost as if they're shiny pony's lap-media eh. This weekend’s Conservative Party convention in Vancouver had the vibe of a Maoist “struggle session” about it — or at least that’s how the press is choosing to cover it. The party is grappling with its future and reflecting on...

''Ottawa'' Canada’s medical marijuana fiasco came into sharp relief on Thursday when police in Toronto raided 45 illegal pot dispensaries and seized hundreds of kilograms of cannabis and its related products. Activists were outraged, the police were both apologetic and unapologetic, and...

not so much news as a reminder. And Americans Consume 10 Hours Of "Programming" A Day If you allow someone to pump hours of “programming” into your mind every single day, it is inevitable that it is eventually going to have a major impact on how you view the world. In America today, the...

The teleprinter for the Lorenz cipher machine, which Hitler used to message his top generals A historic machine used to swap top secret messages between Hitler and his generals has been found languishing in a shed in Essex. Volunteers from The National Museum of Computing...

Clinton, NC - A man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by police while he was in a pickup truck in a Burger King parking lot Sunday morning, according to Clinton Police and video of the incident. According to authorities, officers responded to the Burger King located 100 Southeast Blvd...

No political party has ever been more sanctimonious or hypocritical than the Liberals If there’s one thing that’s hard to take from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals — Canada’s natural governing party, as they prefer to call themselves — it’s their perpetual self-righteousness...

Dindu Nuffin III Madisonville, OH - Charges will not be filed against an off-duty Cincinnati Police officer who shot and killed a bank robbery suspect in Madisonville Wednesday, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Friday. Deters released internal surveillance video from inside...

Some party members bristling over perceived efforts to quash dissent #bullyways WINNIPEG — What was supposed to be a celebration of last fall’s historic election victory is showing some signs of becoming a mini-referendum on Justin Trudeau’s leadership style. Liberal members and...

she sounds a bit rustled. The Declaration of Independence came under attack from an unlikely quarter—a state legislator. Louisiana lawmaker Barbara Norton (D-Shreveport), argued that America’s founding document...

take that ya filthy rappers. he gets going around 2:25 Al Jarreau 1976 -Take Five

that's a shame. Toronto police say 90 people were arrested and 257 charges laid after authorities conducted a raid operation targeting 43 marijuana dispensaries across the city on Thursday. Chief Chief Mark Saunders said search warrants were executed after letters were sent out to store...

poor thing. A sociology professor at DePaul University announced her resignation in a public Facebook post Friday morning in which she denounced the idea that universities should be “neutral platforms for ‘equal’ exchanges of ideas” and said that “so-called free speech” is “delusional.”...

Elderly Christian woman stripped naked and paraded through streets by mob The 300-strong mob of Muslim men in rural Egypt also burned down seven homes belonging to Orthodox Coptic families, over rumours of an affair between a local Christian man and a Muslim...

at Dublin 1916 remembrance A protester is tackled by the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin Vickars at the state event marking the deaths of British Soldiers in The Easter Rising at Grangegorman cemetery today. Photo: Tony Gavin This is the moment a hero Canadian ambassador...

DEAR YAHOO, FIRE KATIE COURIC: “The case is clear. Katie Couric, a person Yahoo employs to be the face of its news division, was caught in a grotesque deception. Then, when she was publicly exposed, rather than apologizing, she doubled down — defending the choice to cast innocent Americans...

something something racism. The Chatham County District Attorney's Office on Monday, May 23, 2016, made public police body camera video of the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Tyrie Cuyler in Savannah, just before midnight on Oct. 27, 2015. The four officers involved -- Michael Gonzales...

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