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You always crack me up Beave. I've learned to translate your nonsense. You're saying you and those sharing your far left ideals marching forward behind the "Gaslight" represent the majority, whereas the 75 million and possibly more who voted for Trump are scattered individuals with conspiracy theories. Thanks for the yuks. So we've heard from you. Here's the other side I grabbed from a YouTube comment: "There are only two genders. Trump won the election. And Epstein didn’t kill himself."

I actually knew her. She was not a malignant person. It is human nature to want to believe something that reinforces our bias. She believed the rumour and felt it important to "protect" the community, but did not verify the rumour. You only have to read this forum to see all the slander directed at politicians such as Sheer, Trudeau, Goodale, Svend Robinson etc. In this particular instance, the NDP'er apologized to the Tory candidate in person and publicly. The lesson is, it is acceptable to disagree with a person's politics but don't make it a personal attack. Politics, like in sport, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it is how play the game.

The fate of the Uighurs and Tibetans should teach us what we need to know about China under the CCP. Years ago in Diyarbakir, Turkey, an elderly Armenian remarked to some Kurdish children who were teasing him, “We were the breakfast for them, you will be the lunch”. A Century of Silence After nearly a century, a town at the center of the Armenian genocide tries to make amends. Raffi Khatchadourian reports from his grandfather’s home town. www.newyorker.com As Chinese debt diplomacy spreads, more countries will find themselves in Imran Khan’s awkward position: Pakistani leader Imran Khan admitted he refuses to criticize China's treatment of its Uighur minority because they 'helped us when we were at rock bottom' Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been a vocal critic of the mistreatment of Muslims globally, but has been silent on the Chinese persecution of Uighurs. www.businessinsider.com More than 35 countries defend China over mass detention of Uighur Muslims in UN letter State ambassadors praise Beijing's 'remarkable achievements in the field of human rights' www.independent.co.uk ‘Remarkable achievements’ is right and we ain’t seen nothing yet.

Please refrain from thread drift.