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on September 23, 2015 in World News

The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State

The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State By John W. Whitehead “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk: culture-death is a clear possibility.”—Author Neil Postman Caught up in the spectacle of the forthcoming 2016 presidential elections, Americans (never very good when it comes to long-term memory) have not only largely forgotten… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

CBC tries to hide its happy face as Liberals and NDP vow to pump up funding for public broadcaster

CBC tries to hide its happy face as Liberals and NDP vow to pump up funding for public broadcaster National Post, Tristin Hopper The Moment. In this daily feature until Election Day, the National Post captures a telling moment in time from the 2015 campaign trail. With his ex-broadcaster wife at his side, Justin Trudeau adopted his best “looking into the future” expression and pledged a king’s ransom to Schitt’s Creek and Definitely Not the Opera. “A new Liberal government will invest $150 million in new annual funding for the CBC,” said the Liberal leader as the Montreal crowd around… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Alberta Premier sides with Hillary Clinton on her opposition to the Keystone XL pipleline

Alberta Premier sides with Hillary Clinton on her opposition to the Keystone XL pipleline The Canadian Press & National Post Alberta Premier Rachel Notley agrees with Hillary Clinton’s stance against the Keystone XL pipeline, but was surprised Hillary Clinton came out against the project. Speaking at a town hall-style meeting in Iowa on Tuesday, Clinton made the long-awaited announcement on whether or not she would support the pipeline, which would carry Alberta oil to Texas refineries. “I oppose it because I don’t think it’s in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change,” Clinton said…. View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Yogi Berra’s most famous quotes: The wit and wisdom of the late Yankees legend

Yogi Berra’s most famous quotes: The wit and wisdom of the late Yankees legend BY Daniel O’leary At a charity event at a Staten Island golf course years ago, a reporter engaged Yogi Berra in a conversation about his Yankees, who had just lost a mid-summer series to the then-cellar-dwelling Kansas City Royals. He was trying to note how the Yankees were able to beat teams with good records but didn’t fare well against others with poor records. And then it happened: “The lousy teams are good this year,” Berra said in a true Yogi-ism. RELATED: YANKEES LEGEND YOGI BERRA… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

President Trump’s refugee quota: ‘ZERO!’

President Trump’s refugee quota: ‘ZERO!’ ‘It’s time to put Americans first’ by Leo Hohmann Donald Trump has issued very few specifics in how he would deal with the world’s refugee crisis, but on Tuesday his campaign manager offered a bombshell sure to score him points with the GOP’s conservative base. Corey Lewandowski said the United States “should take in zero” Syrian refugees. “This is very simple, the bottom line is we should take in zero,” Lewandowski said when asked by radio host John Fredericks what a President Trump would do about the refugee crisis. “And the United States, to be… View Article

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on September 23, 2015 in World News

Angry Muslims Taunt NJ School Officials: “We’re Going to Be the Majority Soon”

Angry Muslims Taunt NJ School Officials: “We’re Going to Be the Majority Soon” by Jim Hoft Muslim parents taunted school officials in Jersey City, New Jersey after schools would not close for Eid al-Adha. “We’re going to be the majority soon!” Some members of the Jewish faith said they felt they were being discriminated against because they weren’t getting their own school days off for holidays like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. So the school board decided to keep schools open for Eid al-Adha. The Blaze reported: The Jersey City Board of Education voted last week not to close schools… View Article

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on September 22, 2015 in World News

Canadians of all stripes oppose face coverings at citizenship ceremonies

Canadians of all stripes oppose face coverings at citizenship ceremonies Conservative and BQ supporters most opposed; Liberals, NDP and Greens more mixed Canadians right across the political spectrum are opposed to immigrants being allowed to wear facial coverings during the citizenship ceremony, according to the latest results from Vote Compass, CBC’s online voter engagement survey. Asked whether immigrants should be allowed to cover their faces for religious reasons while taking the oath of citizenship, 72 per cent of Canadians say no. Only 19 per cent say they are OK with the idea. Vote Compass: Where do you stand? Stephen Harper ‘playing… View Article

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on September 22, 2015 in World News

British Army ‘could stage mutiny under Corbyn’, says senior serving general

British Army ‘could stage mutiny under Corbyn’, says senior serving general Generals would not ‘allow a prime minister to jeopardise the security of the UK’ by Caroline Mortimer A senior serving general has reportedly warned that a Jeremy Corbyn government could face “a mutiny” from the Army if it tried to downgrade them. The unnamed general said members of the armed forces would begin directly and publicly challenging the labour leader if he tried to scrap Trident, pull out of Nato or announce “any plans to emasculate and shrink the size of the armed forces.” He told the Sunday Times:… View Article

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on September 22, 2015 in World News

Washington Post: ‘Prejudicial’ to Judge Islam’s 1,200 Year-Old Ideas

Washington Post: ‘Prejudicial’ to Judge Islam’s 1,200 Year-Old Ideas by Neil Munro The Washington Post’s sensitive editorial board writes it is “prejudicial” for a GOP candidate to judge the catastrophic record created by the 1,200-year-old Islamic ideology. The editorial’s headline, “Prejudice is on full display in the GOP presidential race,” was initially aimed at the two leading GOP candidates, outsiders Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson. Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson’s comment that a Muslim should not be president betrayed appalling ignorance of the U.S Constitution and a fundamental misunderstanding of what this country is about. As disturbing is that his comments… View Article

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