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Hate pervades Calgary.
Or at least compared to the national average. So says Statistics Canada in a new report.
They provided some facts on the state of hate and violence in Canada:
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against the Jewish faith were the most common, accounting for [...]

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A luxury/horror of my work is that I read about a dozen newspapers a day. I’ve discovered that these headlines could be from any indiscriminate period and are repeated weekly as if it was new news.

“Greenhouse gas emissions reach record highs”
“Climate change is occurring more quickly than expected”
“Price of oil reaches record high”
“Income inequality [...]

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The media has shown some interest in a new police officer rating web site RateMyCop.com. It’s similar to campus offerings like RateMyProf or disgusting newcomer JuicyCampus, where students anonymously post which youngsters are SLUTTS at UCLA and who the sexiest varsity water polo player is Harvard.
As discussed last week, people are increasingly using technology [...]

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S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters: ‘What’s new in the last four years is the addition of the text messaging,’ says Taylor. ‘In the past, (street protest organizers) have had walkie-talkies out there and a bullhorn, but the people with the radios would always get arrested by the police.’

Via Threat Level

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Earlier this March City Council began looking at an anti-crime proposal that would see as many as twenty-four surveillance cameras installed downtown.
Those concerned about potential risks to public-space privacy mobilized immediately. Within hours of the story hitting the Calgary papers my internets were bombarded by emails, Facebook group and event invites, and Twitters with [...]

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William F. Buckley Jr. is dead.
The man arguably founded neoconservatism. He should especially be remembered for that.
Founder of the National Review and binder of economic liberalism with classical conservatism. Buckley created the hypocritical paradox, bizarrely called neoconservatism, that now governs the continent It is a paradox that violently struggled, under his guidance, to [...]

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This is outrageous. After not paying attention to the police-protest scandal in Quebec I was shocked to catch up this afternoon and utterly disgusted with the Conservative government’s response.
Quick summary: A peaceful protest at the SPP Summit in Montebello, Quebec was infiltrated by the Sûreté du Québec, disguised as out-of-place looking anarchists. They attempted [...]

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