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Text Post canuckIf you were the grim reaper, what would your catchphrase be?
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5 days ago
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Free AF - Greetings from Canada!
This one's for all the Canadians who are Free AF.
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7 days ago
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At least 25 dead and 65 injured after two trains collide in Egypt
More than 36 people were killed and 120 injured in a train collision in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria yesterday. One train had been travelling from the capital Cairo, the other from Port Said in the north, when they crashed head-on at speed during Friday evening rush hour.
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7 days ago
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Nvidia CEO: Cryptocurrencies Are 'Here to Stay'
Nvidia is riding high on the boom in cryptocurrency mining, according to the graphics card (GPU) manufacturer. Revealed yesterday, the California-based company's second-quarter earnings were up 56 percent year over year, with its GPU division taking in $1.9 billion during the second quarter – a rise of 59 percent compared to the same period in 2016.
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7 days ago
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Mayak ‘Lighthouse in the Sky’ Fails to Deploy Solar Reflector
The Russian Mayak satellite failed to deploy its reflective sail that would have placed it among the brightest objects in the night sky, the project announced on its website and via Russian media outlets this week.
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8 days ago
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Slavery and trafficking 'affecting every town and city' in UK
Modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is "far more prevalent than previously thought," the National Crime Agency has said. The NCA said there were more than 300 live policing operations currently, with cases affecting "every large town and city in the country". The agency estimated that there were tens of thousands of victims.
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9 days ago
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Trump threatens 'fury' against N Korea - BBC News
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10 days ago
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Warrantless US Spying Is Set to Expire Soon. Let It Die
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE historically restricted the freedoms of communities of color and immigrants in this country. This history continues today through a resurgent national security apparatus with emboldened nationalist tendencies. Members of Congress have the power to rein these surveillance mechanisms. At this moment, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is pending reauthorization from Congress.
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10 days ago
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North Korea says it needs nuclear weapons to prevent America invading them
North Korea has said it needs the capability to launch intercontinental missiles at the heart of the United States to prevent an invasion. The North is ready to give the United States a "severe lesson" with its strategic nuclear force if it takes military action against it, it said in a statement to a regional meeting in Manila.
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11 days ago
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An Alliance Upholding the Paris Agreement Now Represents a Third of the U.S. Population
When a door closes, a window opens, says an old adage. Well, for a number of states and their effort to fight climate change, it’s not enough to open a window — they’re keeping the door open. Almost immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to withdraw the country’s commitment to the historic Paris Climate Agreement, the United States Climate Alliance was born.
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12 days ago
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Airbnb dominated by professional landlords
Holiday apartment platform Airbnb is being over-run by firms with massive turnovers, new research in Germany suggests. More and more cities are bringing in legislation to counter the problem.
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12 days ago
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A marijuana company has bought a California ghost town to turn it into a pot-tourism destination
In 1905, the covered wagons and cattle ranchers came through Nipton, California, on the edge of the Mojave Desert. Then the California Gold Rush sent miners into the desert town. And in 2017, the legal marijuana "green rush" arrived in Nipton.
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13 days ago
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Probably around 5.
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2 weeks ago
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Methane-eating bacteria have been discovered deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet—and that’s pretty good news
Bacteria that eat methane, a greenhouse gas, have been discovered in an Antarctic lake that has been isolated from the atmosphere for thousands of years. Their presence could significantly reduce the potential risk of warming posed by reservoirs of gas locked up in the ice, scientists say.
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2 weeks ago
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Guys... what happened to America first??
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2 weeks ago
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I could use a swim on that beach.
Posted in: Seagull
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2 weeks ago
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Mads Mikkelsen Would Play Doctor Doom in Upcoming Solo Film
Before he signed up for the role of Kaecilius in Doctor Strange, Mads Mikkelsen had already had his brush with casting for a Marvel Comics-related property. That property was the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot that is largely remembered as a critical flop. Mikkelsen tried out for a role in the film, but quickly realized it wasn’t for him. Now, with films like Doctor Strange and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story under his belt, Mikkelsen has revealed that he would give the Fantastic Four another shot…...
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2 weeks ago
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An inevitable warm-up for Earth
Even if humans could instantly turn off all emissions of greenhouse gases, Earth would continue to heat up about two more degrees Fahrenheit by the turn of the century, according to a sophisticated new analysis published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. If current emission rates continue for 15 years, the research shows, odds are good that the planet will see nearly three degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 Celsius) of warming by then.
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2 weeks ago
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Throwing it all away
One drunken mistake can change your life forever. Just ask Toronto Blue Jays fan Ken Pagan
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2 weeks ago
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Australia police foil 'terrorist plot to bring down an airplane'
Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men on Saturday in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said on Sunday.
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2 weeks ago
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Circa Waves - Fire That Burns
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2 weeks ago
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Published 500/500 current event snaps! Congratulations canuck on this achievement!
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2 weeks ago
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Japan joins U.S. in imposing new sanctions on North Korea
Japan will freeze the assets of five organizations and nine individuals linked to North Korea, including two Chinese entities, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday, outlining new sanctions against the isolated state. Japan's announcement came just hours after the U.S. Senate also voted for new sanctions on North Korea, which followed U.S. media reports this week that intelligence officials had assessed that Pyongyang would be able to field a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballist...
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3 weeks ago
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Red Wings need to start making the playoffs again!
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3 weeks ago
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Euro jumps to 2 1/2 year high vs. dollar after Fed leaves rates unchanged
The dollar fell on Wednesday, touching its lowest level in more than a year against a basket of currencies after the release of the Federal Reserve's policy statement following its July meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee announced no changes to monetary policy, as expected. Policymakers said, however, that the U.S. central bank would begin implementing balance sheet normalization "relatively soon." That marked a change from the committee's previous statement that it w...
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