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    2 Year Reboot after Brexit Fails

    Theresa May tries to reboot Brexit, offers 2-year transition period FLORENCE, ITALY—Britain is prepared to abide by European Union rules and pay into the bloc’s coffers for two years after leaving the EU in March 2019, Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday in a conciliatory speech intended to...
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    Rocket Man vs. Trumptard: FIGHT!

    'Madman' vs. 'dotard': Trump and Kim Jong-un trade insults, military threats North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lobbed insults at U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, calling him a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard" and hinting at frightening new weapons tests. It was the first time for a North...
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    Indigenous Peoples' Mistreatment Has Become The World's #1 Problem

    Indigenous communities need to be part of the solution. In the 1980s I led a delegation from the Federation of Land Councils to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, chaired by Erica-Irene Daes. The working group’s task was to establish the foundations for an international...
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    Conservative MP punished for calling environment a 'Climate Barbie'

    What happened to free speech?!?! Canada MP apologises for calling minister 'climate Barbie' A Canadian MP has been forced to apologise after calling a female minister "climate Barbie" during a heated Twitter debate. Gerry Ritz made the comment to Catherine McKenna while discussing a climate...
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    Donald Trump makes joke about socialism at UN General Assembly, is met with awkward s

    *crickets* Donald Trump makes joke about socialism at UN General Assembly, is met with awkward silence He called for every country represented at the UN General Assembly to do more to address the situation, before stating that America calls for the full restoration of democracy and political...
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    Trudeau to Boeing: Blow Me

    Figured I'd use one of Das' favourite lines. Canada won’t do business with Boeing while it’s ‘busy trying to sue us’: PM OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped the gloves Monday in his fight with Boeing, saying the government won't do business with a company that he's accusing of...
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    Trudeau Gets Theresa May All Flustered

    Seat's a little damp... Canada, Britain seeking closer trade cooperation OTTAWA - Canada and Britain are working towards a new bilateral free trade deal after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. After their meeting Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visiting...
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    Punch a Nazi Day - When is it?

    Anti-Fascists Used Twitter To Find A Neo-Nazi Walking Around Seattle And Beat Him Up On Sunday afternoon, a Twitter account called @bigotbasher posted a photo of a man apparently riding Seattle's D line while wearing a swastika armband. The user wrote that the photo was submitted to them by...
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    Hurricane Maria strengthens as storm nears already battered Caribbean islands

    This many hurricanes at this intensity is totally normal! Hurricane Maria strengthens as storm nears already battered Caribbean islands SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A strengthening Hurricane Maria churned toward the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean on Monday as forecasters...
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    Join the #NaziBucketChallenge

    What Is The Nazi Bucket Challenge? The name, for starters, is an obvious reference to the mega-viral Ice Bucket Challenge that's swept social media in recent years, in which various people dump buckets full of ice water over their heads to raise awareness and money to combat amyotrophic...
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    Faux News Really Hates Superman

    :lol: Superman defends illegals against angry American The Man of Steel has now become a propaganda tool for the defenders of illegal aliens. In the most recent issue of Action Comics, Superman comes to the rescue of a group of illegal aliens -- under attack from a white guy wearing an...
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    Trump Condemns Free Speech

    The government intervening in my freedom to speak? Why this is positively unconscionable! Fellow Free Speechers - Let us assemble, so that we are able to make our inflammatory remarks unscathed! Donald Trump demands ESPN apologize for Jemele Hill's tweets ​President Donald Trump is calling...
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    Trump losing his supporters after 'Dreamers' flip flop

    Donald Trump's diehard supporters turn on President after apparent U-turn on 'Dreamers' Staunch conservative allies of President Donald Trump erupted in anger and incredulity late Wednesday after Democrats announced the President had agreed to pursue a legislative deal that would protect...
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    Right Wing News Group Wants To Unionize

    This includes the Toronto Sun. National Post's Ontario newsroom workers look to unionize Saying they have "no other realistic option," newsroom employees at the National Post in Ontario are working to unionize in the face of pay cuts and buyouts that they believe will threaten the quality of...
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    Nationalism is suffering an abrupt demise

    What a shame. US Senate backs resolution against white nationalists The US Senate has approved a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups following a white supremacist rally in Virginia that descended into deadly violence. During the rally, a man with links...
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    Youtuber Says N-Word and the backlash is enormous

    Time for a public HR department to monitor self-employed individuals. Also, a white guy with blonde hair and blue eyes from Europe. Who's surprised? PewDiePie: YouTube megastar's N-word outburst sparks developer backlash Games developer Campo Santo files copyright takedown requests...
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    Snowbirds are not letting Irma deter their resolve

    Hurricane Irma not expected to deter snowbirds from Florida With millions of Canadians heading south during the winter months, at least two real estate experts don’t think this hurricane season will have a long-term impact on snowbirds travelling to Florida. Robert Reiss of Winnipeg owns five...
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    Aggressive heckler screaming about 'Sharia Law' at NDP Meet N Greet

    And looking like a complete dumbass in the process. j2onmR-oBIY Video of Jagmeet Singh responding to a heckler who accused him of wanting to impose "sharia law" is drawing attention to the NDP leadership candidate on Facebook and YouTube. The incident at a meet-and-greet on Wednesday in...
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    Could abrupt climate change lead to human extinction within 10 years?

    (and it's the media's fault of course) (oh and also the ESBABLISHMENT) Could abrupt climate change lead to human extinction within 10 years? One of the world's most outspoken climate-change Cassandras is U.S. conservation biologist Guy McPherson. A professor emeritus of natural resources and...
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    Ontario’s jobless rate hits 16-year low

    Bubububu socialist lieberals!!! Ontario’s jobless rate hits 16-year low Unemployment in Ontario has fallen to its lowest rate in 16 years — 5.7 per cent — as the province reported another month of job growth in August. “This has been another outstanding month for job growth,” Economic...