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    U.S., Canada ban offshore drilling in Arctic waters

    Good. U.S., Canada ban offshore drilling in Arctic waters President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing. The White House announced the actions in...
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    Why You Should Be Worried About The Swimming Pool, Not Terrorists

    Why You Should Be Worried About The Swimming Pool, Not Terrorists Thus far, in 2016, four children in the United States were killed by lightning strike. Gun violence claimed the lives of 637 children under the age of 11. From 2002 to 2011, more than 9,000 American children under 12 died in car...
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    Trump's racist outtakes from The Apprentice

    Don't shoot the messenger. Tom Arnold “can’t stand” President-elect Donald Trump. The actor claims he has old recordings of the President-elect using vulgar and offensive language during his reign on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” according to a KIRO radio interview. “I have the outtakes to ‘The...
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    Breaking the boom and bust cycle: How Alberta is trying to diversify its economy

    Breaking the boom and bust cycle: How Alberta is trying to diversify its economy As Alberta struggles to emerge from one of its worst economic downturns, Premier Rachel Notley has been pushing to make the province less reliant on oil and the boom and bust cycle that comes with it. The...
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    Science does work that way and settled just means the likelihood of a position contrary to what has been established is small because the weight of evidence greatly supports the status quo.
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    I do, but you don't. I can't help that
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    Hey, maybe you could try posting something convincing!
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    Man-made climate change had role in some of 2015's extreme weather A new scientific report finds man-made climate change played some role in two dozen extreme weather events last year but not in a few other weird weather instances around the world. An annual report released Thursday by the...
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    We have quite a few complete morons here then.
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    Russian Ambassador has just been assassinated

    Guess who's next? :) Russia's ambassador to Turkey fatally shot in Ankara Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot and killed in the capital Ankara on Monday. An Associated Press photographer said a gunman fired shots at Karlov at a photo exhibition where the ambassador...
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    It's right in the link. Yes, because scientists who do studies that have nothing to do with climate change should be included as well. You guys aren't even trying anymore.
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    He's a colossal donut, just like you.
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    Canadian Climate Change Denier Gets Schooled

    Deniers are idiots, but we already knew that.
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    China: Donald Trump has no idea how to lead a superpower

    Shots fired. China state newspaper says Donald Trump has no idea how to lead a superpower Donald Trump does not know how to lead a superpower, Chinese state media is reported to have said on Monday morning, following the President-elect’s latest outburst on social media. “Trump is not...
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    Economics is horrendously misguided and obsessed with completely unimportant things

    Top Econ professor nails it again. Economics is horrendously misguided and obsessed with completely unimportant things The economics profession has lost its moral groundings, according to one of its most outspoken practitioners. As a result, economists are failing to provide a basic service...
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    After Castro, cash for access, pipelines, Liberals end the year well ahead

    You mean the plummet was a lie? I am le shocked. After Castro, cash for access, pipelines, Liberals end the year well ahead Our latest nationwide public opinion survey explored a wide variety of topics. Our first release describes at the current state of federal politics, including...
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    Ontario's Economy Recovers

    Wynne says 'tough choices' remain as Ontario economy recovers Ontario is creating more jobs than other provinces and attracting new businesses but the economic recovery “is still uneven” including in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton, says Premier Kathleen Wynne. “Work is changing...
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    Latest reports showing CHINA HAS JUST SEIZED A US VESSEL

    That was an appropriate use of caps, Danbones. China 'seizes US vessel' in S China Sea The US has issued a formal request to China to deliver an unmanned underwater drone that was seized in international waters, US officials say. The Chinese navy seized the US underwater research vessel in...
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    Maxime Bernier curb stomps Kevin O'Leary's bid for Conservative leadership

    Maxime Bernier calls out Kevin O'Leary, says Tory leader must speak French OTTAWA -- Unilingual businessman Kevin O'Leary should rethink his potential run for the Conservative leadership, Maxime Bernier said Tuesday. The Quebec-based MP and leadership candidate said the Tories will never take...