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F.P. Toro

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Founder: Caracas Chronicles. Content Chief: Group of 50. Columnist: Washington Post Global Opinion. Member: Projet Montréal, CAQ, Parti vert du Canada

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Today is another excellent day to keep your ignorant views to yourself.
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Wherein I somehow persuade the Washington Post to print my pet theory that Quebecers treat Canada the way most people treat their insurance company... washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Opinion | One Canadian party always puts constituency first. That’s why I’m voting for the Bloc...

Opinion | One Canadian party always puts constituency first. That’s why I’m voting for the Bloc...

Quebecers relate to Canada the way you relate to your insurance company.

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For @Harpers I wrote about the Trump-era Hannah Arendt craze and why it made no sense. harpers.org/archive/2021/08/…
Men in Dark Times, by Rebecca Panovka

Men in Dark Times, by Rebecca Panovka

How Hannah Arendt’s fans misread the post-truth presidency

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There's no relativizing Nazi evil. That's how it should be. There is no room for "on the one hand, on the other hand" when you're faced with stuff like this. Everyone sane knows this. Marxism-Leninism should be treated the same way. vinnews.com/2012/08/21/lima-…
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Cuba wrote a one-party system based on a totalitarian ideology into its freakin' constitution and people still want to both-sides discussions about it.
Article 5 of the Cuban Constitution enshrines Marxism-Leninism as the ideology of the single legal party.

ALT Article 5 of the Cuban Constitution enshrines Marxism-Leninism as the ideology of the single legal party.

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There's a parallel universe somewhere where Peru's Nazi movement took power in the late 1950s and never let it go. It still rounds up dissidents and burns books. American progressives are horrified by it all, while half the U.S. right minimizes and deflects criticism.
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(And yes, Andean Nazism is an actual thing...) theguardian.com/world/2012/a…
Peru's Nazi party leader believes even the conquistadors were Jews

Peru's Nazi party leader believes even the conquistadors were Jews

Martín Quispe Mayta, a Quechuan born into poverty, was inspired by copies of Mein Kampf and Henry Ford's The International Jew he found on a bookstall as a teenager

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On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the prices of some commodities have soared including: 🌱Soybean oil 🍖Lean hogs 🛢Ethanol 🌽Corn 🌱Palm oil ☕️Coffee 🍭Sugar Even the price of moving food around the world is surging bloom.bg/3xRPgZa
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Un mini centre-ville est en train d'apparaître dans le nord de l'Île-des-Soeurs, avec ses tours, ses parcs et son belvédère sur le pont Champlain. Quand même étonnant! On en fait le tour ici: mesquartiers.wordpress.com/2…
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My crystal ball shows a doctoral dispararon circa 2046 looking at the way excess mortality among GOP voters affected various 2022 race outcomes. #protip: don’t kill your base.
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Entrevue donnée à La Presse+. Bien heureux d'avoir attiré l'attention sur la multiplication des portes de garage peintes à #Montréal. Un domaine dans lequel notre ville pourrait se démarquer grâce à ses 4300 ruelles remplies de portes pouvant être peintes! plus.lapresse.ca/screens/787…
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Still can't get over this vaccination map...
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📢@CubalexDDHH y @article19mex nos informan sobre lxs periodistas cubanos que fueron detenidxs tras las protestas del #11deJulio en #Cuba #prensalibrecubalibre #informarnoesdelito @pro_prensa @CubalexDDHH @diariodecuba @CubanetNoticias @14ymedio @invntario articulo19.org/article-19-y-…
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Cuando alguien te manda a mamarte 10.000 güebos y te lo tomas literal...
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El Ministerio de Salud llamó a licitación para comprar 10.000 penes de madera pulida por más de $13 millones lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/el-…
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It remains absolutely wild when the folks you start following on here for good football banter end up being the folks who you’re now also following for philosophy.
Zito (@_Zeets) profile pictureZito@_Zeets16 Jul 2021
I think on top of the audio being made without consent, what really makes it more uncomfortable is the reanimation of the dead. It's a bit like the Tupac hologram or the attempts at digital resurrection in film. There's a lot of ethical and moral issues, but it's also creepy.
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✨@edgarmanuel15 Jul 2021
Si quieren creer que todos los que se arrecharon y salieron a protestar por el asesinato de Floyd son comunistas, allá ustedes. Pero los mov sociales son eso; gente diferente que está de acuerdo en algo, no en todo. BLM Global Network Foundation es una org, no es el movimiento.
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✨@edgarmanuel15 Jul 2021
Por cierto que la cuenta de ig de BLM diciendo estupideces corresponde a un grupo que se apropia de las siglas para su agenda ideológica. Pero BLM no es una cuenta de IG ni una sola organización, sino un movimiento que incluye gente de todo tipo. Los decentes deberían desmarcarse
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A story with a perfect three-act structure:
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Breaking: President Biden says US looking how to restore internet service in Cuba, “They've cut off access to the internet. We're considering whether we have the technological ability to reinstate that access.” – at Cuba
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