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    It's getting hard to keep up with the latest developments

    Students in Wales are petitioning to silence pioneering feminist icon Germaine Greer, the combative "self-proclaimed Marxist anarchist who opposes hierarchy and capitalism", for her trans-exclusionary views. Another feminist intellectual finds herself in the crosshairs of the safe-spacers...
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    Mr. Wynne threatens to dock teacher pay

    All they are doing is hurting kids to keep up the pretense. So much grandstanding as she will give them what they want plus more under the table. CBC Ottawa Verified account ‏@CBCOttawa...
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    Now the Globe editorial makes sense

    Lorrie Goldstein Verified account ‏@sunlorrie Tories considered telling voters Stephen Harper wouldn't seek re-election http://on.thestar.com/1ZVReBX
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    Trudeau’s ambitious Syrian refugees pledge unrealistic

    TORONTO — In the federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party made a bold promise if elected: 25,000 refugees from Syria would be admitted to Canada by next January. “Canada can and should be directly doing more,” Trudeau said recently, repeating the election refrain. But...
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    Which News Org won the Election?

    because canadaland has proven itself a pretty nifty site. SHORT CUTS #42 - Which News Org won the Election? | CANADALAND #mediaparty
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    Trudeau’s promises to aboriginal people feared to be unachievable

    Justin Trudeau has made some big promises to Canada’s indigenous peoples, and the head of the Assembly of First Nations says he is anxious to get working with the incoming Liberal government to see those commitments realized. But critics say some of the goals that Mr. Trudeau has set for...
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    Ontario government has no receipts for $2.5-million paid to teachers' unions

    what a crooked fukkin' crooked. The Ontario government did not see receipts for the expenses of three teachers’ unions before secretly paying them $2.5-million to cover their costs during contract talks. Education Minister Liz Sandals said on Thursday there are no itemized accounts of...
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    Southern Cal student government considering racial quotas

    The resolution would ask for a $100 million scholarship fund for minority students and institute mandatory diversity and cultural competency training for student organization and student government leaders. Additionally, the resolution asks the school to increase hiring and enrollment of...
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    Please update your files accordingly

    Think Good Thoughts Peter Hasson discovers that questioning the premise of microaggressions is itself now deemed a microaggression and therefore impermissible: The phrase “politically correct” is now a microaggression according to the University of...
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    FBI Investigates Cases of Islamic State Radicalization in All 50 US States

    FBI Director James Comey said that in all 50 states of the United States FBI has ISIL radicalization cases under investigation. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been investigating Islamic State radicalization activity in 50 US states, FBI Director James...
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    What Just Happened in Syria?

    Last week, after the White House announced its support for Syrian rebels was finished, the United States said it dropped 50 tons of ammunition from the air into Syria, ostensibly for unnamed Arab groups fighting ISIS. That, supposedly, was the last assistance those people were going to get...
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    And in B.C.

    CBC News Alerts Verified account ‏@CBCAlerts #BC's top court: Homeless have right to sleep in public parks. Rules City of #Abbotsford can't sue for damages after homeless camp erected. that big earthquake can't...
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    Team Russia: World Police

    The godfather of Russia’s military intervention in Syria is Yevgeny Primakov, a former prime minister and intelligence chief and for decades his nation’s leading Arabist. A hint of Primakov’s influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin came in the unusual eulogy that Putin delivered at his...
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    'Public servants have been in a desert'

    of course they have, the poor things...of course. #ontheteat #entitled CBC Ottawa Verified account ‏@CBCOttawa...
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    It is probably nothing

    Spacenews; A mysterious Russian satellite that spent five months parked between two Intelsat satellites left that location in late September and has now cozied up to a third Intelsat satellite. The Russian satellite, alternatively known as Luch or Olymp, launched in September 2014 and...
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    USDA data on 370 crops: Why organic farming has lower yields

    The productivity of organic farming is typically lower than that of comparable “conventional” farms. This difference is sometimes debated, but a recent USDA survey of organic agriculture demonstrates that commercial organic in the U.S. has a significant yield gap. I compared 2014 survey...
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    Don't worry, be happy

    Related. Speaking of Secretary Global Test: Kerry's Israel trip complicated by U.S. diplomatic flub Global Test - Small Dead Animals
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    And in Indian news...

    Delhi rape crisis: Two more young children attacked Two young children have been raped in the Indian capital of Delhi, drawing strong criticism from the city's chief minister. Arvind Kejriwal accused the government and police of not doing enough to protect minors in the city. The latest...
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    The biggest elephant killed in Africa in almost 30 years

    what £40,000 can buy ya. probably piss off plenty of folks. Biggest elephant killed in Africa for almost 30 years brings back memories of Cecil the lion - Telegraph 'hunting' wear vs 'guide' wear. lol
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    Liberals, NDP decline PCO offer to view Trans-Pacific Partnership deal details

    well, well, well...look who's mad again. tom et justine. :lol: John Groves ‏@jfgroves John Groves Retweeted CBC Politics Mulcair: "We can't support the TPP, it was negotiated in secret!" Harper...