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    Rubio confirms he was target of Russian Cyberattacks

    Marco Rubio Says His Campaign Was a Target of Russian Cyberattacks WASHINGTON — Senator Marco Rubio said Thursday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia that his own presidential campaign had been a target of apparent Russian cyberattacks, and a cybersecurity expert testified...
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    Canadian Oilsands company buys out foreign energy company and shares go down

    Cenovus shares fall in wake of $17.7B oilsands purchase Shares in Cenovus Energy were down 11 per cent shortly after markets opened Thursday following its announcement to acquire Canadian assets belonging to Houston-based ConocoPhillips. Under the $17.7 billion deal, the Calgary-based energy...
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    As U.S. GDP growth estimates fall, Canada’s economy picks up steam

    Canada > America As U.S. GDP growth estimates fall, Canada’s economy picks up steam After two years of underperforming the United States, is the Canadian economy about to outshine its southern neighbour? It's starting to look like it. Friday's release of gross domestic product for January...
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    The US Is Ceding the Energy Industry of the Future to China

    The US Is Ceding the Energy Industry of the Future to China On Tuesday, President Trump pledged to end the “war on coal” by rolling back the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era federal policy that compels states to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. China responded Wednesday, reaffirming its...
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    Shots Fired After Woman Nearly Strikes Officers Near US Capitol

    Shots Fired After Woman Nearly Strikes Officers Near US Capitol U.S. Capitol Police fired shots at a woman driver during a confrontation near the Capitol Building Wednesday morning. Officials say that just before the clash, the woman fled from a traffic stop and nearly hit officers. The woman...
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    The Putin Exodus: The New Russian Brain Drain

    The Putin Exodus: The New Russian Brain Drain Since Vladimir Putin assumed his third term in office in May 2012, Russian emigration has surged to its highest levels since the 1990s. Unlike the 1990s where emigration was driven mostly by economic instability, the emigrants today are fleeing the...
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    The Republican Party Is Catastrophically Broken

    The Republican Party Is Catastrophically Broken When the history of the fledgling, fumbling Trump presidency is written, the past week will go down as either the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end. Trump’s disastrous week began with FBI director James Comey confirming that his...
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    Nigel Farage says he will emigrate if Brexit goes badly

    NWO Globalist confirmed. Nigel Farage says he will emigrate if Brexit goes badly On Monday night on his regular radio show, the former Ukip leader, who has reportedly been waiting to be offered some sort of position in relation to President Donald Trump's administration for months, said he...
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    Climate refugees flocking to Tasmania

    Climate refugees flocking to Tasmania Australia's most southern state is experiencing an influx of interstate migrants as extreme weather forces many to take drastic action. Tasmania is receiving an increasing number of 'Climate Refugees'.. And they're proving hot competition in the local...
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    Conservative Leader criticized for speaking at event organized by men-only club

    Conservative Leader Patrick Brown criticized for speaking at event organized by men-only club Ontario’s minister for the status of women is taking Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown to task for appearing in a luncheon speaker series arranged by the men-only Cambridge Club. Although...
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    Chris Hayes smacks down conservative’s ignorance on Muslims in heated Maher panel

    Chris Hayes smacks down conservative’s ignorance on Muslims in heated Maher panel During the “Overtime” segment of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, battle-lines were quickly drawn as MSNBC host Chris Hayes argued with host Maher and a conservative panelist over Muslim majority countries...
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    Most Canadians get timely medical treatment: report

    Most Canadians get timely medical treatment: report A new report suggests three out of four Canadians are getting treated within recommended time frames when it comes to certain priority procedures. However, the numbers also show regional differences, indicating that not all Canadians are...
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Re: Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film The Trump Administration’s War on Science
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Re: Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film Deniers can't be helped, I guess.
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Re: Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film As Donald Trump would say, that makes him smart.
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Re: Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film Sort of. The costs of doing nothing are much higher than transitioning to renewables, so yes, in a way we can 'make money' by making that transition faster.
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film Still inconvenient: Al Gore returns with second climate change film Next Thursday, Gore will be speaking to Terri White, editor-in-chief of Empire magazine, about the follow up to 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth, which won Oscars...
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    Over 200 civilians killed in US Airstrike

    Are Americans the real terrorists? More than 200 civilians killed in suspected U.S. airstrike in Iraq Munatha Jasim watched Iraqi civil defense workers in red suits scurry among the ruins of her neighbors’ homes Friday, extracting the dead and zipping them into blue body bags. The massive...
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    Anti-Muslim protesters shout ‘hateful’ rhetoric at Toronto-area school board meeting

    And they were all baby boomers. Anti-Muslim protesters shout ‘hateful’ rhetoric at Toronto-area school board meeting J.P. MOCZULSKI/The Globe and Mail Police intervened at a Toronto-area school board meeting on Wednesday evening after members in the audience shouted anti-Muslim rhetoric...
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    Baby boomers are 'a generation of sociopaths'

    Baby boomers are 'a generation of sociopaths' Millennials get a lot of stick. They call us overly-sensitive snowflakes and lampoon us for spending money on lavish brunches instead of saving up for house deposits. Apparently we’re all obsessed with ourselves, take too many selfies and are awful...