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    Global Warming: still the ‘Greatest Scam in History’

    Climate News ‏@ClimateNewsCA Breaking news: The sun drives global #climate -Dr Habibulo Abdussamatov (Space Research Sector, Pulkovo Observatory)
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    The Secret Ingredient In Your Burger is Wood Pulp

    Inflation does NOT mean prices have to move higher in nominal terms. The reason for this is because companies cannot and will not simply raise prices overnight. Consumers will not simply put up with the cost of a good going up time and again. So don’t look for the cost of an item to...
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    Alberta to drop 'Wild Rose Country' from licence plates

    Albertans will get to vote on a new design for provincial licence plates, but keeping the slogan "Wild Rose Country" is not an option. An online poll is open until Aug. 18 so Albertans can pick between the three options. The "Wild Rose Country" slogan at the bottom of the plate has been...
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    Salon Goes Full-Communist

    Calls For “Nationalizing” Google And Amazon… Google and Amazon would go from profitable businesses to money-draining government entities in the blink of an eye. Via Salon:They’re huge, they’re ruthless, and they touch every aspect of our daily lives. Corporations like Amazon and Google...
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    Council of Canadians likes American dollars

    OTTAWA - The Council of Canadians campaigns against free trade with the US and foreign influence in Canada, but it has a fondness for American dollars. Tax filings by billionaire American charitable foundations show the Council accepted more than US$1.6 million in funding from them between...
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    All your drone belong to us

    Two drone pilots learn the hard way that NYPD helicopters can outsmart their drones when confronted in the air Two men from Inwood arrested after they flew drone near George Washington Bridge, nearly hit NYPD helicopter Wilkins Mendoza, 34...
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    Rocket attacks on tel aviv

    For second time on Tuesday evening, Gaza terrorists launch rocket at central Israel; air raid sirens sounds in Jerusalem, central Israel; Tel Aviv opens public bomb shelters; no injuries reported. Sirens sounded across Israel including in Jerusalem and various cities in the Center on...
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    Globe and Mail union sets 4 p.m. Wednesday strike deadline

    Globe and Mail union sets 4 p.m. Wednesday strike deadline | Toronto Star
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    Canada, fuk yeah

    Dean Skoreyko ‏@bcbluecon 12 days of testimony needed and a 392 page report generated to fire 1 federal employee...
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    Quelle surprise - NDP care more about public service union members than taxpayers

    The opposition New Democratic Party is calling for clearer rules to govern millions of dollars worth of performance pay for public service executives as well as for parliamentary hearings into how that money is being doled out. “What strikes me is a real lack of consistency and that’s...
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    Our cooling world

    North Pole temperatures have been below normal every day for the past few months COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
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    Quebec cannot afford its public sector pension plans

    The same problems facing Quebec’s public sector pension plans are happening across the rest of Canada too, where governments at all levels are staggered by the cost of funding pensions. In 2002, Canadians contributed $8 billion into the pension plans of public sector employees and this year...
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    John Tory has the lead in new Toronto mayoral poll

    John Tory would be mayor of Toronto if the municipal election were held today instead of Oct. 27, according to a new poll. Among decided voters, Tory leads with 39.1 per cent, followed by Olivia Chow with 32.7 per cent and Rob Ford 21.7 per cent. None of the other major candidates received more...
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    Yankees Fan Suing ESPN, MLB For Showing Him Asleep At Game Vs. Red Sox

    :lol: One New York Yankees fan hopes that suing for snoozing will work out in his favor. Andrew Rector, 26, was caught taking a serious nap during an April 13 “Sunday Night Baseball” game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The ESPN cameras didn’t let him get away with it...
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    Fourth of July weekend toll: 82 shot, 14 of them fatally, in Chicago

    For 10 minutes, it seemed like the shooting was everywhere in the South Chicago neighborhood. It started when someone shot and wounded a couple, then two people fired at the shooter, then there was a chase and shots exchanged and a man sitting on a porch was hit. Responding officers kept...
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    Shaving the armpit of America

    They're bulldozing a fifth of Detroit Bad news for fans of ruin porn: Detroit is hoping to rid itself of its unique collection of dilapidated buildings and elegantly rubbish-strewn abandoned lots, and all within the next five years. In May, a group ominously...
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    Ooops! Data from government agency shows US cooling trend

    That well-known bastion of right wing nuttery - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - has released data showing that US temps have not risen in the last decade and have, in fact, dropped. Forbes: Responding to widespread criticism that its temperature station readings...
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    One in 10 Canadians is employed thanks to natural resources

    According to new figures released by Natural Resources Canada, roughly one in 10 Canadians gets their employment from natural resources. About five percent of working Canadians are employed directly in natural-resource industries (900,000), and another five percent...
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    OxyContin and other opioids tied to 1 in 8 deaths in young adults

    Use of opioids such as OxyContin and codeine is a leading cause of death in young adults, say researchers in Ontario who reviewed coroner reports from a period of nearly 20 years. Rates of opioid-related deaths are increasing rapidly in the province and are concentrated among the young — a...
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    KGB papers, kept in secret since 1992, released by British archive

    The papers, smuggled out of Russia by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin after the breakup of the Soviet Union, describe sabotage plots, booby-trapped weapons caches and armies of agents under cover in the West. CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a...