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Forum: US Politics Topic: The Unraveling of America |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:22 pm
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| The Unraveling of America Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era Never in our lives have we experienced such a global phenomenon. For the first time in the history of the world, all of humanity, informed by the unprecedented reach of digital technology, has co... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's Trudeau plans sweeping social welfare reform, sourc |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 4:24 pm
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| And the period after world war two saw the greatest economic expansion, increase in standard of living and growth of the middle class in all of human history. Not a Coincidence. That was kind of a unique situation. The factories of Europe and Japan were laying in rubble after the war. The untouched... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's Trudeau plans sweeping social welfare reform, sourc |
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:59 am
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| And the period after world war two saw the greatest economic expansion, increase in standard of living and growth of the middle class in all of human history. Not a Coincidence. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:13 am
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Replies: 15137
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| The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016. Case Closed. “Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever. It was a plot against American democracy. By The Editorial BoardAug. 19, 2020 From the start, the Trump-Russia story has been both eye-glazingly complex and extraordinarily simple. Who is... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:42 am
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| Trump must turn over tax returns to NY prosecutors, judge rules A federal judge on Thursday denied President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to quash a probe by New York prosecutors seeking his tax returns and other financial documents. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero amounted to a s... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Trumpocalypse Thread - The End Is Now |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:30 pm
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| This is more shockingly stupidi than evil given how ridiculous the idea is Trump wanted to 'swap' Puerto Rico for Greenland: ex-official WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to sell Puerto Rico or swap it for Greenland because he viewed the territory as dirty and poor, a former senior ad... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: USA Police Misconduct Reports |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:52 pm
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Replies: 2434
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| Opinion: Raptors president Masai Ujiri owed apology from police over Finals assault USA TODAY Someone owes Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri an apology. Several someones even. Alan Strickland is one. He is the Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy who was working as a security guard at Game 6 of last... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's Trudeau plans sweeping social welfare reform, sourc |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:13 pm
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Robair Robair: It means a bunch of taxpayer funded green new deal subsidies that won't supply tax revenue to generate taxes for the green new deal while choking off Canadian oil that used to supply tax revenue while importing saudi crude.
No time for punctuation!!!
So then....your answer to my question is yes. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada's Trudeau plans sweeping social welfare reform, sourc |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:58 pm
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| Dang does this mean no more suffocating austerity or government policymaking outsourced to corporate boardrooms? |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: US Election 2020 Topic |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:52 pm
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Replies: 2546
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| Jeez, I was about to say the Democrats ARE the actual Conservative party and they need a new 3rd Party that's actually Progressive and left wing.... Conservatives are funny because almost any Canadian conservative politician’s policies would be middle or even to the left of the Democratic Party and... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: US Election 2020 Topic |
| BeaverFever |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:30 pm
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Replies: 2546
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| Republicans Struggle to Reboot Their “Small Government, Personal Responsibility” Scam Will Americans Buy It Again? Thom Hartmann Joe Scarborough, on his morning TV show, had a roundtable with George Will and David Frum in which these three old conservative war horses discussed the possibility of th... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Canada Police Misconduct Reports |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:54 pm
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| Well it only took 10 years. And people say there’s no justice /s Toronto police pay $16.5m to protesters wrongfully held at 2010 G20 summit Tracey Lindeman Last modified on Tue 18 Aug 2020 17.40 BST Claimants to receive up to $24,700 in historic settlement Police encircled 1,100 people and carried o... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: BREAKING - Bill Morneau Resigning As Fed Finance Minister |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:30 pm
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| Canada: departure of finance minister suggests Trudeau will pursue ‘green’ recovery plan The prime minister has an ambitious post-pandemic plan that would go against the wishes of powerful industries – and several provincial leaders Tracey Lindeman Last modified on Tue 18 Aug 2020 18.47 BST With a ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: US Senate report goes beyond Mueller to lay bare Trump campa |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:21 pm
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| And remember the senate is controlled by Republicans. US Senate report goes beyond Mueller to lay bare Trump campaign's Russia links Bipartisan intelligence panel says that Russian who worked on Trump’s 2016 bid was career spy, amid a stunning range of contacts Julian Borger First published on Tue 1... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: US Election 2020 Topic |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:33 am
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Replies: 2546
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| Looks like the Dems are really counting on the “anybody but Trump “ vote rather than really giving anyone a reason to vote for them. I guess they figure more voters would prefer a return to the predictable historic status quo that’s fucked them over for 40 years over more unpredictable change. It di... |
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