Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans

It is difficult to look back into the history of humans on planet earth and find a time where humans did not hinder and harm. We should have learned by now — but given the human habit of withholding education and information in the name of profit and power, the chances of entering an era educated enlightenment, before complete extinction of all life on earth, are pretty slim.

Exposing the Big Game

By Andy Borowitz

MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.

The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.

“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”

More worryingly, Logsdon said, “As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.”

While scientists have no clear understanding of the mechanisms that prevent the fact-resistant humans from absorbing data…

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The new Liberal government had endorsed TPP in principle but vowed to renegotiate parts of it before signing it, which they’ll never be able to do. The negotiations are concluded, the text is finalised, and the other 11 countries in TPP will not re-open the negotiations at the whim of Justin Trudeau. It’s a take it or leave it deal, and if the Liberals don’t like it, they need to lump it.

Source: Globe and Mail: TPP’s copyright chapter will cost Canadians hundreds of millions / Boing Boing

Globe and Mail: TPP’s copyright chapter will cost Canadians hundreds of millions / Boing Boing

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In Canada, change can happen fast when a government has a strong mandate — hear majority government.

After 78 days of frustrating rhetoric and an absence of substantive debate or proactive debate, Canada’s new government springs into action in the name of Canadians in a big way.

With a majority and mandate under his belt for less than 24 hours, PM Trudeau signals that world that the heart and face of Canada has changed.

Not bad for a guy who Canadians were told to fear because he had nice hair…

On the heels of his major election win, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau told reporters on Tuesday that he will end the bombing campaign in a “responsible way.”

Source: Trudeau Tells Obama He’s Pulling Canada Out of Bombing Campaign Against the Islamic State | VICE News

Trudeau Tells Obama He’s Pulling Canada Out of Bombing Campaign Against the Islamic State | VICE News

What to do in the event you wake up Tuesday morning and Stephen Harper is still Prime Minister

With luck … the world will look much better on October 20th 2015 (corrected from original typo: 2105)

Drinking Tips for Teens

[sigh…] 1. Remain calm.

2. Check for structural damage.

3. Be prepared for aftershocks and gloating.

4. Deal with any minor injuries, including cuts, sprains and ideological collapse.

5. Take two minutes to weep in silence behind closed doors so as not to alarm the children.

6. Eat a healthy, nutritious breakfast, because breakfast is the most important meal of the next four years of fear-driven dogma and social alienation.

7. Listen to the radio for further instructions. If it’s CBC Radio, you better make it quick.

8. Stay away from downed power lines, washouts, Twitter and Facebook.

9. If you begin to hyperventilate, take a plain paper bag, open it, fill it with large sums of 50-dollar bills and mail it to the member of the Senate representing your region.

10. Try to find out who is the member of the Senate representing your region.

11. Stock up…

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