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Having Kids. Selfish Act?
With the world in straight chaos. Climate change starting to ramp up to unseen levels. Pollution of the air and seas at all time highs. Corrupt Governments on the brink of war for the limited resources and power that is left. And the world already at an unsustainable population level and growing. Is it a selfish act to…
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9-11 plotters get a trial date. finally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/us/politics/sept-11-trial-guantanamo-bay.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. WASHINGTON — Moving toward a final reckoning as the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of the day that led…
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Some People's Dogs
Here's a problem: Two idiots in Liverpool own a dog and raise it very poorly. They don't feed it for a couple of days and, hungry, it attacks a neighbour and tries to eat him- check that- it does eat him: The Presa Canario dog, which originated in Spain's Canary Islands, is renowned as a large powerful breed but is not…
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Terrorist Shooting In Orlando, FL
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/12/shooting-orlando-club/85785254/ Terrorist shooting in Orlando and it appears more than 20 dead. Peace we need it.
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Texas shooting, Our fault.
Its been confirmed that a shotgun and a revolver were used. Is it now time for all of us to agree that there is a fundamental breakdown that we have all all created one way or another verses banning a certain type of gun?
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Kirsten Gillibrand 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand announces her 2020 Presidential run
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US is close to losing measles-elimination status
“We’re embarrassed”: US is close to losing measles-elimination status There’s a “reasonable chance” that the US will soon lose its status as a country that has eliminated measles. That’s according to Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease…
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US cancels Visa application because persons friend was critical of the US on SoMe
"Half awesome" https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/8/27/incoming-freshman-deported/
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Republican memo on strategy on masshootings
Remember that some people on here were parroting these talkingpoints. Memo reveals a House Republican strategy on shootings: downplay white nationalism, blame left Congressional Republicans recently circulated talking points on gun violence that falsely described the El Paso massacre and other mass shootings as “violence…
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Is This What Society Has Become...Sad
'They left him to die': B.C. teen's overdose death filmed on social media, family says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/langley-teen-skate-park-overdose-1.5242582
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Lol
Just took this pick, thought it was kinda funny.
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Merged: Sanders and Warren passes Biden
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Are negative interest rates coming to the U.S.?
Here's a story that will leave you scratching your head. I'm great with keeping budgets, record-keeping and bookkeeping but not real strong on this kind of bigger economic news. Would love to hear from those here who are at to what you think this might entail in weeks, months, or years to come.…
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tea party fave joe walsh is a piece of garbage...
disgusting... so joe walsh is a republican tea party member and he basically just trashed his opponent and her service. i thought the gop base supports the troops? this is an incredibly tasteless attack on her.... so what would have made her a "true hero"? she lost both legs defending americans like joe walsh and she is…
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The Republican Candidates
Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday that he will challenge President Trump in the 2020 primary, becoming the second Republican to wage a bid against the president. Walsh, a talk-radio host, was elected to Congress in 2010 as part of the tea party wave and served one term. He has described himself as an…
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The US's stained history ...
What with several important museums that have opened in recent years, this is a significant event being held in Virginia....…
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Merged: The Amazon is burning because you eat meat
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Gender neutral student demands
My friend sent me the following text today: “My daughter has her first day of teaching High School tomorrow. She teaches AP History at a local high school. She is in meetings today with other teachers and she was informed she has a Senior student who is not a boy or a girl and only answers to different nouns that “it”…
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David Koch dead at 79
https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/david-koch-leaves-behind-legacy-of-dark-money-political-network?fbclid=IwAR3BtGelPzxj_Kqjsgv-GhkgFOBHL2qrtUsZgzAtWqTxMFeG5eD7uNFyMS4
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The trial in Sweden of Trumps new token black friend ASAP Rocky
Seems the Judge has decided that more days are needed for the trial: ASAP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of kicking, punching and slashing a 19-year-old man with a broken bottle during a fight in the capital. The 30-year-old rapper claims the alleged assault was self-defence, and if he walks free, he…