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    It’s Time for Whites to Condemn White Violence, Georgetown Sociologist Says

    Idle discussion at the snack bar. It’s Time for Whites to Condemn White Violence, Georgetown Sociologist Says In the opinion pages of The New York Times on Thursday, sociologist Michael Eric Dyson named the hypocrisy by which white Americans who demand that all Muslims account for the “evil...
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    Springfield construction worker accused of Chicopee home invasion held without bail

    Cuckstruction sympathizer. No Sharia on site. Springfield construction worker accused of Chicopee home invasion held without bail CHICOPEE — A Springfield man is being held without bail after allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend with a gun, sparking a response from the police...
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    Scam Alert: Donald Trump’s Website Won’t Let You Cancel Recurring Donations

    Scam Alert: Donald Trump’s Website Won’t Let You Cancel Recurring Donations Just like his Trump University, his investments in Atlantic City, his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, and basically his entire presidential campaign, it turns out that Donald Trump’s campaign...
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    U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July

    For the people who care about economic stuff.... U.S. economy added 255,000 jobs in July U.S. employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs in July, a sign of confidence amid sluggish economic growth that points to a resilient economy. At the same time, the unemployment rate remained a low 4.9 per...
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    Until Trump, no openly racist candidate has reached such heights in U.S. politics

    Until Trump, no openly racist candidate in modern times has reached such a height in U.S. politics Even if Donald Trump’s current wave of bungling results in a much-deserved loss to Hillary Clinton in November, his rise to the status of Republican presidential candidate will stand as a unique...
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    Toronto's getting a massive new downtown park

    Cool. Toronto's getting a massive new downtown park Toronto's downtown core lacks green space, but that'll hopefully change soon enough as the city gets to build the 21-acre Rail Deck Park, which will run above the railway tracks between Blue Jays Way and Bathurst Street. This initiative...
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    Jesse Ventura: ‘I’m Glad to See’ Donald Trump Destroy the GOP

    Jesse Ventura: ‘I’m Glad to See’ Donald Trump Destroy the GOP If there ever was a year to vote third party, people, the time is now' Back in the ’80s the icon of the modern day Republican Party was President Ronald Reagan—and many Republicans today still consider him the greatest president of...
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    Donald Trump Jousts With a Crying Baby

    Walter was at the rally? Donald Trump Jousts With a Crying Baby at His Rally ASHBURN, Va. — Silent protesters. A group in AARP shirts. A crying baby. They all ended up having to leave Donald J. Trump’s rally in Virginia on Tuesday, for various reasons. The silent protesters were escorted out...
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    Environmental records shattered as climate change 'plays out before us'

    Environmental records shattered as climate change 'plays out before us' The world is careening towards an environment never experienced before by humans, with the temperature of the air and oceans breaking records, sea levels reaching historic highs and carbon dioxide surpassing a key...
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    Donald Trump thinks sexual harassment is no big deal

    Donald Trump thinks sexual harassment is no big deal, even if it happens to his daughter Add sexual harassment to the list of topics Donald Trump doesn’t understand too well. Both the Republican presidential nominee and his son Eric made appalling, victim-blaming comments in the past 24 hours...
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    The Right are now the Left

    Authoritarian - Check Anti-Trade - Check Xenophobic Immigration Policy - Check Anti-Capitalist - Check Government Spending - Check
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    Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty to a fallen soldier’s family?

    GOP is going to lose the military vote for the first time in decades. Hilary is cleaning up. Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty to a fallen soldier’s family? Republican politicians face a choice. They can accept Hillary Clinton’s invitation to abandon Donald Trump and prevent a...
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    The best late-night convention comedy, from Stephen Colbert to Samantha Bee

    The best late-night convention comedy, from Stephen Colbert to Samantha Bee We’ll just come right out and say it: Stephen Colbert came out on top after two weeks of convention coverage. But he was also in really good company — and we don’t just mean Jon Stewart. Here’s a look at some of the...
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    Bank of England governor focuses on climate change, not Brexit

    Ello Guvnah! Mark Carney focuses on climate change, not Brexit, on visit to Canada Fear of a “Minsky moment” — a sudden collapse in asset values that could set economies ablaze — keeps Bank of England governor Mark Carney up at night. But the focus of that fear, at a Toronto talk on Friday...
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    GOP Figures Disgusted By Trump Urging Russian Cyberattack

    They're probably just being sarcastic. GOP Figures Disgusted By Trump Urging Russian Cyberattack GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, whose eventual electoral domestication seems to be forever around the next corner, pivoted back in the direction of the surreal and reprehensible Wednesday...
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    Fires torch economy, biggest monthly GDP decline in more than 7 years

    Fires torch economy, biggest monthly GDP decline in more than 7 years Friday, Statistics Canada's latest reading for real gross domestic product showed a contraction for the month of 0.6 per cent, a number that revealed the extent of the economic fallout caused by the blazes that roared through...
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    Ontario rates highly in Quality of Life Index

    Bububu teh raging debt and electricity costs!!!11 Canada sits on an enviable top-10 perch when it comes to quality of life around the world, but a new analysis points to significant disparity among its provinces and territories. Here's a rundown of where the provinces and territories would...
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    The Salty Ghost of Rob Ford

    For the necros... We finally know whose throat Rob Ford wanted to rip out in one of many notorious videos We finally know who Rob Ford was referring to when he said he needed just “10 f***ing minutes to make sure he’s dead.” The late Toronto mayor was looking to get in the ring with none...
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    Macleans: Trump won't put a dent into NAFTA

    NAFTA a goner? Don’t bet on it. We’ve heard this before. Listening to the heated, sometimes ill-informed campaign rhetoric in the U.S., especially from one candidate (do I really need to name the best-known man in the world?), it’s hard to believe that the North American Free Trade Agreement is...
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    Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan

    But they would be 10 a day if it were trains amirite conbots? Oil spills happening at a rate of about 2 per day in Saskatchewan: researcher A researcher says oil spills are happening at a rate of about two per day in Saskatchewan. University of Regina researcher Emily Eaton runs an...