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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…
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The US denies flu vaccines to migrant families at border
https://twitter.com/Dawn_Kopecki/status/1163827672218292225 At least three children who were held in detention centers after crossing into the U.S. from Mexico have died in recent months, in part, from the flu, according to a letter to Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., from several doctors…
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Neo Nazi in the Canadian military in Winnipeg recruiting with posters around city
awesome. this shit is getting serious. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canadian-military-investigating-member-recruiting-hate-group-1.5252549
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Canada wide Man Hunt
https://twitter.com/globalnews/status/1154367911080992769 This does not happen often in Canada...but the RCMP have a nationwide manhunt underway for 2 BC teens suspected of killing 3 people in Norther BC.
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The Alt-Left
you've heard the term. but what does it really mean? well, i have some thoughts. first, what are yours?
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Do you really see a shitty world out there?
It’s almost taken as a given now when a talking head says something to the effect of, “our country (usa) is more divided than we’ve ever been”. There are a lot of different places one can go with this statement, but I really don’t see that much conflict on a day to day basis. Here’s where I’m coming from and here are some…
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Living without money.
What a concept! If I were younger and not happily attached, I would definitely consider trying this. My wife read the book, The Man Who Quit Money by Mark Sundeen which she passed on to me. It tells the story of Daniel Suelo who left his life savings of $30 in a phone booth in 2000 and has live without money since. It's an…
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ISIS Fighters and their wives?
ISIS fighters and their wives? Do you want them back? I say they should have been left for dead on the battlefield. https://twitter.com/freep/status/1102567891822628866
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US Police photoshopped mugshot to make person look like robber
No, this is not a joke or Stalin era Soviet Union The case of the missing tattoos: Altered photo lineup by Portland police draws objection But when Portland police suspected Allen was involved in four bank and credit union heists, and none of the tellers reported seeing tattoos on the face of the man who robbed them,…
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The terrorist attacks we don't care about
That's the "royal We". ;) As many of you know, there are terrible mass killings carried out often in many places in the world, but most of them get little to no attention from the news media or from us on social media. Or from nations' governments, for that matter. I thought we needed a thread for all of these awful…
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Fat Cops
First and foremost before we have a bunch of snowflakes get offended by fat shaming. I bought a XXL mystery box for myself. And this isn’t a bash on cops thread either. Why don't cops, at least here in Fresno,Ca(don’t wanna speak for other parts of the country or world) have to adhere to a yearly fitness assessment. Lately…
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Aussies tackling crime with inanimate objects
First it was trolley man taking out a knife weilding nut in Melbourne with a shopping trolley & now this.. R.I.P to the young lady and i hope the other lady recovers well. Can only say it's a good thing he didn't have a gun…
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Neil Young takes on Monsanto
In an interview recently, Neil mentioned that making music is his first job. He's also one of those rare endangered birds who, after all these years, is still not afraid to tackle big issues. In his upcoming LP, Uncle Neil takes on Monsanto. Definitely looking forward to this one!…
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American Cable News journalists are bad at their jobs
Might be hiding behind a "host" moniker. But still, let me present you with Chuck Todd: "Well this leads to my next question which is that America doesn't have a white supremacy problem. America has a Russian interference problem that is cloaked itself in a white supremacy problem."…
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Attacker Kills Four, Wounds Two in California Stabbing Rampage. Mass stabbing??
https://time.com/5647269/california-stabbing-rampage/ (LOS ANGELES) — A man who was “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage that killed four people and wounded two others who were apparently targeted at random, authorities said...
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All Things California
I wanted to start this thread a while ago. So many things happen in Cali that it justifies it. Florida may get one too one day. This weekend I heard a news story about the state of California's teaching curriculum wanting to add something new to teach. Capitalism is racist. Please read and comment and feel free to add to…
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Dem. Socialism works: for-profit prison company contracts cancelled
humanity is coming to the US: Two for-profit prison companies have lost major contracts in Denver over their work in immigrant detention, as backlash to President Donald Trump’s immigration policy continues to mount. The stunning $10.6 million rebuke to the two firms, CoreCivic and the GEO Group, was led by newly elected…