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A BBC report has found that many of the photographs used to illustrate the situation in Gaza are from years ago, and even from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. A significant part of any battle nowadays is waged in the media, as each sides tries to garner public support through the exploit...

A new national survey (June 25 to July 3, 2014) shows the federal Liberal Party with a 3-point lead among committed voters, at 34% followed by the Conservatives at 31% and the NDP at 23%. Among all eligible voters 28% said they would vote Liberal, 25% Conservative, 19% NDP and 19% are...

NDP takes Board of Internal Economy to court over mailouts Commons oversight body asked party to pay Canada Post and House of Commons The NDP is fighting back in Federal Court against the June decision by a House of Commons oversight body to force 23 New Democratic MPs to pay...

Steve Goddard ‏@SteveSGoddard Math is hard. @bradplumer thinks that no warming for 18 years, extrapolates to 2 degrees in the next 36 years. pic.twitter.com/f23u1ClWpA

JunkScience.com ‏@JunkScience Urologist: Global warming => more kidney stones when average annual temp > 50°F. (Avg. glob temp 58°) http://goo.gl/3BngAO #PeeBrain...

The late Democratic senator and all-around sage Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it best: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." There have been, are and always will be plenty of issues to argue about. What's the best way to improve the economy? How do we solve the...

Newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a “program to reduce child mortality.” The four new vaccines will combat rotavirus, rubella, polio and Japanese encephalitis. Each of these diseases can be very...

shocking. No, it’s not an alien colony, a time machine, or even a Russian version of America’s ionospheric HAARP program. But in a forest near Moscow, this Soviet-era “lightning machine” has a capacity arguably equal to Russia’s entire electricity output. Bloggers...

so there...:thebirdman: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Donald Sterling denounced his wife, her lawyers and the NBA from the witness stand Wednesday, saying he would never sell the Los Angeles Clippers and vowing a lifetime of lawsuits against the league. "Make no mistake today," Sterling shouted...

TORONTO – The online music streaming service Spotify is hinting that it will be coming to Canada soon. The company, which was founded by Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek in 2006, pioneered the concept of granting Internet users access to a huge catalogue of music they could freely stream...

Mayor Rob Ford put an end to hours of debate at city hall on Wednesday by apologizing for robocalls made to residents in Coun. Paul Ainslie’s ward last fall. “I want to apologize to Coun. Ainslie for informing his constituents through a robocall that he voted against subways. I apologize,”...

A teen street gang member has been sentenced to life in prison for the unprovoked fatal shooting of a young man sitting in a car behind a Portage Avenue store. "This was a brazen act by a young person...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a chopper tour of flood-stricken southern Manitoba but apparently his government doesn't see any need for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to see the disaster zone for himself. Mulcair is in Winnipeg Wednesday, just as floodwaters are expected to crest in the...

"Blimey, it was a good idea for us to steal this minibus so we could drive home instead of walking." "Right, jolly good idea, what's that in the back?" "Oh, bloody hell" derp

good Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement says changes he has in mind for changing sick leave policy for public servants would tackle shortcomings with the outdated current setup such as addressing long term health issues like mental illness. Clement said he’s proposing a format that would...

Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors No one has ever found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Not ever. And certainly, not now. http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/your-moral-and-192.html#comments Take a look at the time stamps on this Tatler post...

^ via sda Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! Global News, July 8th - Climate change will force Manitoba to continue the flood fight in years to come, Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton said Tuesday. Brandon Sun, July 8th - On June 19, 1881, he wrote, "the water started to...

'Powerful elite' of at least 20 establishment figures may have been part of paedophile ring that abused children for decades Former child protection manager claims abusers operated for 65 years Peter McKelvie first raised alarm about paedophile politicians in the 1980s Says abusers may also...

Meet longshots for mayor of Toronto: Wally Schwauss says death looms Wally Schwauss, 62, wants to be Toronto’s mayor. He believes there is a conspiracy to “get rid of 90 per cent of the population of the world.” By...

Good. I think mf missed this so thought I'd lend a hand. ;-) An appeal court has upheld an earlier court decision that Mayor Rob Ford did not defame restaurant owner George Foulidis. An appeal court has upheld an earlier court decision that Mayor Rob Ford did not defame restaurant owner...