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Welcome to the Beaverton's Year in
Review 2017, the year that sadly was.
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your host, Miguel Rivas. And I'm 2018's
spoiler, Emma Hunter.
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Tonight, we're counting down the top 17
stories of 2017, from the opioid
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-induced highs to the apocalypse
-adjacent lows, and all the news the
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deemed too hot for TV.
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We're so happy you could join us for the
funeral of the year gone by, though
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considering how wasted I am, it's more
of a wake.
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I prefer to mourn in sobriety. Okay,
narc.
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In the first year of the Trump era, 2017
truly proved to be the 2016 of years,
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which brings us to our first story in
the countdown.
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On January 21st, the day after Donald
Trump's inauguration, millions of women
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across the globe took to the streets
demanding the president recognize
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rights as human rights and to please not
ask us to pee on him.
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Women everywhere were hopeful this, we
lost count, maybe tenth wave of feminism
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would now finally, for the love of God,
be the one to drown the patriarchy.
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Many women marched alongside their
daughters in this valiant protest,
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will seem all the more meaningful when
they have to march again with their
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granddaughters. Coming in at number 16,
Donald Trump's controversial travel ban.
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Trump defended the ban against eight
Muslim -majority countries as a crucial
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measure to keep citizens safe from the
dangers of visiting the United States.
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Thanks to the order, those prevented
from entering the U .S. won't have to
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in fear of a hostile enemy who hates
their way of life and indoctrinates
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children with the false belief that
Blake Shelton is attractive.
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Citizens from the blacklisted nations
are now protected from the barbaric
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misogyny... state -sponsored terrorism,
and ugly tribalism they would no doubt
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face every day in America.
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For now, the number of banned countries
sits at eight, though with a little
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luck, Canada could make the list as
early as next year.
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This year, Prime Minister Trudeau
legalized marijuana, finally making it
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accessible to the dozens of Canadians
who love smoking pot but hate breaking
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rules.
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Some Canadian pot smokers were worried
the law would act as a gateway
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legislation, leading the government to
regulate other fun things like jazz
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music, devil worship, and indiscriminate
premarital sex.
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But most are concerned about where they
can purchase the product. Thankfully,
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Ontario and Quebec are allowing
consumers to buy weed inside of liquor
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instead of just behind them.
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Canada was one of several countries
vying to become the leader of the free
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in 2017 after America abandoned the role
to go live in the rich Biff timeline
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from Back to the Future 2.
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The bids saw Justin Trudeau take a more
American approach to defending Western
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freedoms by selling arms to countries
who actively suppress Western freedoms.
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Joining us via satellite to discuss our
number 14 top story, here's Marilla Wex.
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Thanks, Emma. Justin Trudeau has been
very clear that Canada's greatest
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is its diversity, which is why Ottawa
made a point in 2017 of selling arms to
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diverse group of oppressive regimes.
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Saudi Arabia, China, Algeria, and of
course Saudi Arabia.
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You said Saudi Arabia twice. That's how
many arms we sell them.
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How does Canada reconcile arming
countries that persecute women, gays and
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religious minorities with the Prime
Minister's stated commitment to
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human rights? Canada takes its role of
global peacekeeper very seriously.
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But instead of walking softly and
carrying a big stick, Ottawa is taking
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more realistic mantra of walk softly and
sell a lot of big sticks.
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Is Ottawa concerned they'd be
exacerbating political turmoil and
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conditions that lead to violent
insurgent groups? Not if they start
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violent insurgents as candidates.
Canada's largest untapped demographic,
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they're lucky, that could soon change to
valued customers.
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Just a quick follow -up. Are we still
the good guys?
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At this point, it depends on our
geopolitical opponent.
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Against a tyrannical regime like Russia,
maybe.
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But it's more than just a moral
question. When the United States sold
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the Taliban, they ended up being used
against them years later in Afghanistan.
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Is there concern this could one day come
back to haunt us? Yes, but my source
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assured me that that's a problem for
future Canada.
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Marilla Wex, everyone.
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At number 13, this May, Andrew Scheer
shocked the nation when the previously
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currently unknown candidate won the
Conservative leadership race.
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His secret?
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Riding the youth quake of Conservative
voters aged 55 to 65.
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Scheer swept everyone from retirees to
near -retirees with his compelling three
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-policy platform, banning teens from the
mall, bringing Johnny Carson back, and
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his promise to always look like a well
-fed grandson.
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It was a tight race. While rival
candidate Maxime Bernier did manage to
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octogenarians and Boer War veterans, he
just couldn't compete with Scheer's
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charisma and his trendy slogan, never
trust anyone over 130.
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Meanwhile, during the New Democrats'
October leadership vote, Jagmeet Singh
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upended his party's establishment by
galvanizing a new community that
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doesn't vote for the NDP.
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Canadians.
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With the support of the previously
untapped demographic of voting -eligible
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citizens, Singh's ascent was as
inevitable as Nikki Ashton returning to
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previous role as the star of MTV's
Daria.
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Singh's victory marks the first time a
major political party has elected a
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diverse leader since Brian Mulroney
bravely came out as Irish.
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When we return, we look at my New Year's
resolution to really take a step back
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and listen to the voices of the women
around me.
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And my resolution to talk more about
whatever I want. That's not really okay.
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I'm hearing you.
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I've got a lot of ideas.
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Welcome
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back.
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Before we continue with our top stories
of 2017, here are some honorable
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mentions.
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2017 was the second hottest year on
record, but not in that good, bangable
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After exaggerating his role in
Afghanistan, Harjeet Sajjan admitted he
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not fight at Vimy Ridge.
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And Quebec was confident their ban on
religious garments will be upheld by
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people in medieval roads.
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In a year that has ended with a renewed
need for backyard fallout shelters,
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mindless entertainment has become the
only way to enjoy what's left of life's
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lighter side.
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So let's round up the top entertainment
stories of 2017 that have been on the
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tip of everyone's tongue.
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Harvey Weinstein. Not the tongue I
meant.
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But it was the tongue that shoved itself
down numerous women's throats and then
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licked all our favorite movies so we'd
never consume them again.
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I thought you said you wanted to keep
this segment light.
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Seriously, that was the lightest
coverage on Weinstein since he wore a
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to a business meeting.
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But there were bright spots in the
entertainment industry that helped take
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minds off the horrifying scale of the
sexual assault reckoning in Hollywood.
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Exactly. Which brings us to 2017's top
TV show, The Handmaid's Tale. Oh, God.
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Based on Margaret Atwood's futuristic
dystopian novel where women have no
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rights, the environment is dead, and
religious zealots have taken over the
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government, this bingeable romp also
inspired a new GOP bucket list.
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Okay.
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Here's a nice story.
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Disney had the top -grossing domestic
box office hit with the heartwarming
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family musical Beauty and the Beast.
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Starring Emma Watson in a live -action
retelling of the classic Girl Meets
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Beast, Girl Gets Imprisoned by Beast,
Girl Succumbs to Stockholm Syndrome,
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we grew up with.
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Classic. Not everything in showbiz this
year had a depressing, sinister
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undertone, Emma.
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Prove it.
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Beyoncé had twins.
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Her husband cheated on her.
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Well, the new Star Wars movie was great.
Carrie Fisher's dead.
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It was a huge year for Canadian authors.
The Governor General's Literary Award
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went to... Oh.
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Say it.
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Say the title.
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We'll all be burnt in our beds some
night.
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Okay, you win. Art is imitating life,
and life is the worst.
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Of course, there was one heartwarming
story in entertainment this year.
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Rapper Ja Rule was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize after the success of the
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Festival, a pretend music fest designed
to teach the 1 % about living in poverty
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in what Ja is calling immersion empathy.
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Immersion empathy is a psychological
technique helping patients overcome
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fear, in this case, of the poor.
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American elites were lured to the
festival with the promise of supermodels
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yachts, but ended up facing their worst
nightmare.
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Squalor, with no Wi -Fi.
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Said one First World refugee camper,
after I ate a burger bun with just a
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of processed cheese, I finally
understood Occupy Wall Street.
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Jock is a genius.
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From the Women's March to the Silence
Breakers in Hollywood, activism has been
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defining part of 2017.
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Yes, human rights are so trendy. That's
why it's the subject of tonight's Bee
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Feed Countdown.
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This year's top five hottest feminists.
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I think we can just call it the top
feminists. Women can embrace their
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while also being progressive, Miguel.
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Emma Watson did pose in revealing photos
for Vanity Fair while advocating for
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women's rights.
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You stop perving on Hermione.
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Emma Watson isn't just beautiful, she
also cares about human rights because
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newsflash, social justice is sexy.
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Demonstrated by the number five hottest
feminist, Taylor Swift.
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Wow, not who I was expecting, but she
did testify against a sexual assailant.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And this woke sis
bravely rocked her natural curls.
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I want no part of this. Check it out,
Miguel, because our number four slot is
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coming in hot. The star of Stranger
Things. Please say it's Winona Ryder.
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Demogorgon.
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Who is one of the only stars in
Hollywood this year to have harassed no
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Shouldn't it be a woman? I can think of
worthier women. Feminism isn't only a
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woman's responsibility. Just ask this
year's third hottest feminist, Justin
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Trudeau.
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I guess his commitment to gender
equality is pretty sexy.
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That's somebody's father, Miguel.
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But speaking of keeping it tight, let's
go to number two, Gloria Steinem.
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Sure, she co -chaired the Women's March,
but not enough is said about how hot
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she is at 83.
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Is it just me, or does her monochromatic
vibe scream, I know how to get things
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done in the bedroom?
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It is just you. You don't want to sleep
with Gloria Steinem? Your ageism
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disgusts me.
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Still, the hottest feminist of the year
is you, Miguel.
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Thank you.
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Thank you. And you.
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And you.
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And you.
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And me. It was in us all along. We just
had to recognize women's rights are
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human rights.
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Great.
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I think it would have been cleaner to
just go with Elizabeth Warren. Forget
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You can't be one of the year's hottest
feminists anymore. You're done. That's
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fine.
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Now for a look at the year in sports. To
discuss skates, cleats, and other knife
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-based shoes, here's Luke and Pat.
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Welcome to BSN, I'm Luke, and this is
the man I'm going to be buried next to,
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Pat. From the dizzying PED highs to the
post -concussion lows, we can all agree
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that 2017 will be most remembered for
its athletic competition.
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That's why we're counting down the top
ten most consequential stories of the
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year from the world of sports.
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Coming in at number ten, Super Bowl 51
ended with the most dramatic upset in
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history, when Tom Brady orchestrated the
largest fourth quarter comeback of all
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time. defeating the collective desires
of every single football fan in the
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world. It's the latest chapter in the
rivalry between the Patriots, QB, and
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humanity. Despite 17 years of constant
hits by negative thoughts and unspoken
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death threats, Brady was able to gut out
the win, earning him his fifth ring and
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fourth Super Bowl MVP.
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God damn it.
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After winning the Stanley Cup, the
Pittsburgh Penguins refused calls to
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their visit to the White House. But
after accepting Trump's invitation,
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never once spoken about what they saw
that day. From Fid the Kid to Matt
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everyone on the team is either too
terrified or simply unable to speak. Not
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reporters, their wives, or even the
teammates' wives they're cheating with.
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With stars like Kyrie Irving and Damian
Lillard having career years after going
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vegan, the NBA is concerned their post
-game press conferences are about to get
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really long and preachy. Many are
calling on Adam Silver to crack down on
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Irving's social media conduct after he
began flooding everyone's feed with
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to the Netflix documentary, What the
Health?
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But the commissioner sees it
differently.
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He's hoping this new generation of
health -conscious athletes will provide
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with the aspiration of being rich enough
to afford eating that weird alien diet
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Tom Brady swears by.
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Stay down, Tom.
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This November's Grey Cup was the most
watched in years.
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Nearly a third of Canadians tuned in,
including nobody that you know.
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From Debbie Opozy's 100 -yard touchdown
to Shania Twain on a dog sled, the game
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was filled with moments that were
unforgettable to the people watching in
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Edmonton or Moose Jaw or wherever.
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The Argos ended up winning the game. The
team was very excited, but a little
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disappointed to find out their victory
parade consisted of a single -team
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at Jack Astor's.
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The Invictus Games, the world's largest
sporting event for disabled veterans,
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became one of the year's biggest stories
when every single event was won by a
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decommissioned predator drone.
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The drone, which became injured and
sentient during its second tour of
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Afghanistan, literally destroyed the
competition at archery, track and field,
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and, of course, wheelchair basketball.
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This was the greatest athletic success
story from an entity lacking human
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intelligence since Ryan Lochte.
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That's it for now, but we'll be back
later in the show to count down five
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reasons to hate Tom Brady.
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I think it's his face.
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Welcome back. Here are some more top
stories that didn't make our list.
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After months of scandal, Bill Morneau
finally put his assets into a blind
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controlled by Eric Trump.
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Kendall Jenner's Pepsi diplomacy failed
to bring peace to the Middle East.
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And baby boomers' sex lives still
haven't recovered from Mansbridge
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National.
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Coming in at number 10, with people's
distrust of traditional financial
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institutions leading to a sharp rise in
value for Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency
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founders have created a new
sophisticated security system, a big
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lock on it.
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A Bitcoin PR rep explained the
revolutionary idea.
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Standard banking is obsolete, which is
why we needed to offer a form of
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protection that's safer. That's why we
call the big locked room a...
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safe sorry if that doesn't make sense
decentralized digital currency can get
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really technical
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For bank -hating investors, the big
building also offers other amenities,
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including a man who asks if he can help,
pieces of paper you can write Bitcoin
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on and encrypt with your signature, and
cutting -edge hot caffeine juice for new
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customers. But no matter what the future
holds for the controversial currency,
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there's one thing everyone can agree on.
Bitcoin will always be this valuable,
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and it'll never, ever crash.
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Never, ever, never.
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Of course, Bitcoin wasn't the only
Silicon Valley product to improve slash
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our lives in 2017.
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For a comprehensive roundup of the year
in tech, here's Dave Barclay.
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Hey, guys.
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Whether it was a self -driving car
running over a robotic dog or two Google
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homes falling in love, 2017 was all
about technology moving on without us.
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Without us? What would be the point of
that?
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Well, uh... Think about it, Miguel.
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The worst part about the Internet is the
people on it.
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It's true. The Internet is turning
everybody into self -obsessed
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Except for me, obviously.
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AI is already dominating the workforce,
and they'll only put up with our outrage
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feuds and thirst trap photos long enough
to mimic us and then take over.
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But how could that happen? Don't we
control the machines?
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Miguel, no.
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Weren't you paying attention?
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Technology already convinced America to
elect its first Twitterbot president.
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By 2020, our AI overlord will write an
anti -human bill using predictive tech
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and cold, emotionless logic.
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And that's when the fun really starts.
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Why do you sound so chipper about it?
Well, without humans, there'll be no
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climate change, overpopulation, or wars.
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But there will be nobody left to enjoy
it.
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Not necessarily.
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Some humans will need to be kept around.
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Eventually, your Roomba will be too
important to vacuum, and your Fitbit
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need someone to do its taxes.
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Miguel, you'd be great perched on a
dashboard giving directions to your GPS.
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Exactly. And anyone who refuses to work
will be sent to the re -education camp.
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Ladies and gentlemen, future traitor to
the human race, Dave Barclay.
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2017 was more than just a year where bad
things happened on Earth. It was also
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filled with giant cataclysms in outer
space.
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Here's our roundup of the five biggest
astronomy stories in 2017.
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Number five, in February, a lunar
eclipse turned Earth's moon the color of
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blood, an event that, in retrospect, may
have been an omen for some stuff.
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Number four, NASA discovered an Earth
-sized planet it would take 700 ,000
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to reach, really driving home just how
trapped we are on this doomed rock.
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Number three, NASA detected gravity
waves from the collision of two black
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reminding us mindless destruction is the
universe's only constant.
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Adieu.
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Number two, a complete solar eclipse
blackened skies across the U .S. in what
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NASA scientists say might have been a
metaphor for the end of democracy.
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And the Cassini space probe hurled
itself into Saturn's atmosphere and
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in what NASA scientists say was
definitely a metaphor for your sex life.
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But as America gets more and more dumbed
down, NASA says they plan to pivot away
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from astronomy in 2018 and focus on
astrology.
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Already they're competing with the
Russians to see who can put the first
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in space.
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Back to our countdown of the top 17
stories of 2017.
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Coming in at number nine, gender neutral
pronouns. As trans issues and gender
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fluidity made headlines, questions arose
on how to address people who don't
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identify as cisgender.
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As a result, 2017 will be remembered as
the year bigots got really into grammar.
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The preferred gender fluid pronoun of
they had no shortage of critics, from
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grammar neo -Nazis to collaborating
psychology professors looking to cash
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Citing everything from semantics to
traditional gender roles to ew, these
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critics defended themselves on grounds
of free speech, saying no one has the
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right to tell them what words to use
when denigrating people.
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The LGBTQ community did see huge gains
internationally, with Australia
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recognizing same -sex marriage.
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But in Canada, one shameful anti -gay
policy still exists.
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For more, we go to Donovan Stinson.
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Blood. Is it really in you to give?
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Not if you're considered a high -risk
donor by Canadian Blood Services.
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And when my own blood was rejected for
donation, I had to go to the CBS
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headquarters to find out why.
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Okay, so there are many reasons a
donation would be rejected.
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So, let's have a look at your
application. Of course, yeah. As I'm
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aware of my work, I included the time
that I traded leeches with my segment
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producer, the 2014 raccoon bite, and
last year's on -camera...
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Testicle piercing got awry. Was any of
that flagged? Given the timing of those
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activities, they are all acceptable
risks. Oh, and I also shared needles
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chimp for a segment on primate fentanyl
addiction.
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Mm -hmm. Also fine. Really? Yeah.
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Okay. Then why was I rejected?
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Well, you told us that you had sex with
a man in the last year. Yep. And it's
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the position of Canadian Blood Services
to not allow sexually active gay men...
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Or fluid. I should just... I should
point that out to my female viewers.
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to donate blood cool okay so what you're
saying then is that they need to be in
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a monogamous relationship no they need
to have not had sex with anyone unless
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it's a woman what if it's like really
like boring sex not even what if they
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watched that's fine what if they
wrestled a naked man like the ancient
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used to do sure and what if like while
wrestling that naked man Flipped in for
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second. No. Just the tip. Not even. Wow.
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And the reason for this is that you
assume that gay men have a higher
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to HIV.
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No, no, no, no. This has nothing to do
with HIV.
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There's a very simple test for it, and
all donations are screened for it
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Okay. Then why?
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Simple. It's the belief of Canadian
Blood Services that giving recipients
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gay blood will in fact turn them gay.
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Hmm. Yeah.
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And where did you go to medical school?
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To... A country that no longer exists.
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Southeast Timor.
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Can I get that back? Absolutely.
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I couldn't believe what I had heard from
Dr. Thornberry, but he did assure me
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that they were making progress.
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After all, they recently cut down the
ban on sexually active gay men from five
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years to one year after they determined
that it only takes 300 days for gay
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blood cells to die out.
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For the Beaverton, Donovan Stinson,
signing off.
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Thanks, Donovan. For what it's worth,
your blood's always seemed great to me.
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Over 12 months of broadcasting, you're
bound to make at least one mistake.
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Or two, or a dozen. Over the past year,
Miguel and I misreported... Fine. I
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misreported the facts on certain stories
that I feel obligated to correct, as
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both a journalist and as the defendant
in a class -action libel suit.
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The new leader of the Conservative Party
is Andrew Scheer, and not, as Emma
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reported, an IV bag filled with vanilla
pudding.
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Contrary to what I said in my April tax
tips segment, the CRA does not accept
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IOUs.
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The BC wildfires were caused by a
combination of lightning and low
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God's wrath over the continued existence
of the CFL.
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And eating four bowls of cereal per day
is not an effective method of birth
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control.
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How did you end up with all this fake
news?
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First you see something on 4chan, then
it pops up on your Twitter feed, and
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you've seen it twice, so...
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Emma, I really think you need to
reevaluate your journalistic standards.
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When we return, did Justin Bieber and
Selena Gomez rekindle their romance to
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distract us from the fact that they're
both lizard people?
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I have two sources that say yes.
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Both sources are right.
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Why?
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watching commercial.
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Here are some more honorable mentions.
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Brad Wall ended his tenure as
Saskatchewan Premier after achieving his
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accomplishment, retirement.
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Sears Canada renamed itself Bombardier
in hopes the government would bail it
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of bankruptcy.
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And Canada agreed to buy Australia's old
fighter jets even though they were
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riddled with venomous snakes.
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In our number eight story of the year.
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Thousands of white supremacists
descended on Charlottesville, Virginia
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for the Unite the Right rally, a .k .a.
Nazi Coachella.
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Many participants were caught on camera
chanting, you will not replace us, and
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Jews will not replace us, before
immediately losing their jobs and being
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replaced.
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Turns out the most qualified candidate
for the job isn't the one who takes the
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day off work to be racist.
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The Charlottesville rally was held to
defend Confederate statues and promote
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concept of blood and soil, which aside
from being a killing call for a white
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ethnostate, is a terrible ice cream
flavor.
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Our seventh biggest story of the year.
Canada had its 150th birthday
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with a huge house party in a house we
broke into without acknowledging the
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original owners were still there.
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The celebration quickly became
controversial as many accused Trudeau's
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government of whitewashing our
historical crimes.
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To discuss, please welcome Aisha Alpha.
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Thanks, Guy.
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Aisha, did you find it uncomfortable
celebrating Canada 150 when our history
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so genocide -y?
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Absolutely not.
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Canada 150 gave everyone what we always
wanted.
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Fireworks, festivals, multiple concerts
by the truth, and an appearance by
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Canada's favorite son, Bono.
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Didn't you find the celebration
insensitive?
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No. I mean, is it weird to say Canada is
150 years old when Indigenous people
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have been here for thousands of years?
Sure.
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Do I find it convenient that by starting
in 1867 we ignore the many years of
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slavery? Yeah.
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But on the other hand...
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Giant rubber duck.
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I do love that duck. Right?
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Plus, it's our birthday. We have to
celebrate.
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Even if we've had our issues in the
distant past, the very recent past, and
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literally happening right now.
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But didn't our party cost half a billion
dollars? Oh, yeah, that was so much
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money. Like, borderline criminal amount.
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I'm sorry, Aisha, but I really don't see
how you can be so positive about all of
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this. Oh, it's because as a person of
color, I've learned to couch my real
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opinions so that they don't sound harsh.
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Love that tie, by the way. Thank you.
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And also, now that white people got the
party they wanted, I assume that 151st
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will be devoted to everyone else. It'll
acknowledge the full history of our
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country and showcase our nation's true
diversity, plus 100 % Les Bono. Well, it
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sounds like a great idea, but how will
you make sure that white people actually
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go? Don't worry. When they find out that
we've got ethnic food trucks and Drake,
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they'll come.
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So they can appropriate everything.
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Aisha Alpha, everyone.
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At number six, pipelines. In 2017,
events like the South Dakota oil spill
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impeded Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's
quest to get literally any pipeline
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built to literally any place.
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Notley admitted, honestly, at this
point, even just some PVC piping to
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Saskatchewan would be great.
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But places like B .C. remain opposed to
pipelines where people have strong
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opinions on the environment, indigenous
land rights, and not having to wash
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their kids with dish soap.
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For her part, Notley has acknowledged
fears around the hazards of raw bitumen,
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saying, yeah, why do you think we want
to get the stuff out of our province so
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badly?
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Speaking of toxic waste, Donald Trump.
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His approval rating sits at a record low
for a president in his first year of
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office. And now Trump may be losing
support from his most important voting
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Russians.
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For more with our number five story of
the year, once again, here's Marilla
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As Donald Trump somehow manages to
continue being president...
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Evidence has shown that Russia used
social media to disseminate propaganda
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successful attempt to influence the
result of the 2016 US election.
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But the tables turned in 2017 as far
-right candidates lost races in France,
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Germany and other nations.
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The Kremlin is realizing that Twitter
bots and fake Facebook stories can't
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young swing voters who already view
those social media platforms as lame.
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So now, like the overbearing parents
they want to be, the Kremlin is
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infiltrating trendier social media to
better control impressionable voting
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in the West.
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The disinformation campaign has been
disturbingly successful.
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In advance of the Missouri midterm, a
Kremlin -hosted Twitch stream has
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thousands of subscribers who watch
Russia's answer to PewDiePie build civil
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statues. And earlier this week...
Kendall Jenner posted a viral snap story
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the Ukraine showing that, quote, Crimea
is way more fire emoji now that the
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motherland is once again in charge.
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But the G1 nation isn't stopping there.
Russia is also building a strong
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misinformation base with the next even
younger generation.
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Thousands of toddlers have already been
exposed to subliminal messages in their
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leapfrog pads and fake pro -Kremlin Paw
Patrol apps.
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By tapping into toddlers' irrational,
selfish nature and convincing parents
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their tantrums are rooted in economic
anxiety, Russia hopes to promote right
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-wing populism for another 50 years.
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For the Beaverton, I'm Marilla Wex.
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Thanks, Marilla. When we return, we look
at Britain's proposal to settle its
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debt with the EU by offering it a plus
one to Prince Harry's wedding.
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I'm going to go, I think.
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I'm not.
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Excellent, you've returned.
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Before we get to the number one story of
the year, here are some more honorable
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mentions.
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Roy Moore's past came back to haunt him,
now that it's old enough to vote.
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With Robert Mugabe gone, Zimbabwe looks
to a peaceful future under a man named
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the Crocodile.
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And after holding up an effigy -severed
head of Donald Trump, America was
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shocked Kathy Griffin would do something
so funny.
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And now with another look at
millionaires who run and jump real high
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living, here's Luke and Pat with sports.
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Welcome back to BSN's Top Stories of
2017, the only sports countdown not
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on a continuous loop for the past 31
days.
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We pick up again at the number five
story of the year, the 100th NHL season.
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So far it's been an interesting one with
performances and stories that have
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captivated fans from coast to coast.
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Here to look back at the 2017 -18 season
so far is NHL analyst Faisal Butt.
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Hey, Faisal.
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Hey, guys. It's been an eventful few
months in hockey, but let's start with
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what's on everyone's mind, the Toronto
Maple Leafs. With their talented young
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core and balanced scoring, this was the
year Toronto became an elite team.
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Go, Leafs, go!
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Definitely exciting to watch, but what
else happened this season? For me, the
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three top stories have been the Leafs' D
are generating a lot of offense, too.
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Patrick Marleau is providing veteran
leadership for the Leafs. Three, the
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players have some interesting off -ice
hobbies. Did you know Mitch Marner loves
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food?
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Any non -Leaf story?
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00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,600
I mean, Winnipeg's one of the best teams
in the league this year.
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Johnny Gaudreau's having a great year
for the Flames. A fan went to one of
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Ottawa's games.
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I remember that. Did you know the Leafs'
equipment manager has a bird named
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Sundine? Amazing.
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There are 30 other teams. Can you say
something about one of them?
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The Edmonton Oilers. Good.
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00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:23,820
have been no match for the Leafs this
year. Okay, thanks. Yeah, thanks,
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Legendary tennis stars Serena Williams
and Roger Federer were two of the
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newsmakers this year.
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Serena won the Australian Open three
months pregnant, Wimbledon while giving
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birth via C -section, and the U .S. Open
wearing her baby.
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Her success, however, has not been
without controversy, as players have
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she should be stripped of her singles
title and awarded doubles instead.
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The WCA has also moved to add folic acid
to its list of banned performance
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-enhancing substances.
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And on the men's side, Roger Federer
faced similar scrutiny after his
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win when the World Anti -Doping Agency
raided his home and found the real
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to the Swiss star's success, a portrait
of him painted 20 years ago that ages
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for him.
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00:32:03,980 --> 00:32:07,380
Floyd Mayweather's August victory over
Conor McGregor has been hailed as our
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generation's Jesse Owens moment, if
Jesse Owens had also been a nightmarish
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domestic abuser.
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00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:15,820
When McGregor, a darling of the alt
-right, went down in the 10th round, the
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00:32:15,820 --> 00:32:19,300
world rejoiced before immediately
cringing when they remembered every
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00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:20,480
thing about Floyd Mayweather.
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00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,460
Meanwhile, Tim Tebow's stint with the
Mets was hailed as the next generation's
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Michael Jordan, if Michael Jordan was
also terrible at every other sport.
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In a year that saw the Jays hobbled by
injuries and the worst start in
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history, GM Ross Atkins said the hardest
part of this season was having to take
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Jose Bautista behind the stadium and put
him down.
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00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:43,890
The star outfielder was diagnosed with
hip dysplasia and an acute case of suck
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that trainers warned would only worsen
with time.
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In response, the tearful Atkins noted
the only humane thing to do was to end
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suffering, adding, he's my slugger, I'll
do it.
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But without a doubt, the number one
sports story of the year was Colin
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Kaepernick. With a lawsuit alleging the
NFL blackballed him, many in the league
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are wondering why they didn't just let
him play, since he was only five starts
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00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:07,530
away from the kind of brain injury that
would have kept him quiet forever.
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Three starts if Kaepernick had taken
snaps behind the Giants' O -line.
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But however Kaepernick leaves, fans are
excited that football can finally go
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back to being apolitical, giving us all
a chance to kick back, relax, and watch
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soldiers parade the American flag onto
the field while the National Anthem
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and fighter jets fly over the stadium.
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00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,620
Quick, guys, am I right?
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00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:33,120
You'll never be one of them, Miguel.
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00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,320
That's their choice.
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Disaster. Destruction.
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Chaos. No, I'm not talking about what
happens if I miss an episode of Young
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Sheldon. I'm talking about the way
climate change devastated the planet in
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Take Canada. In 2017, climate change
-related forest fires ravaged B .C.
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While Montreal suffered extensive
flooding. But saddest of all, this was
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year we lost P .E .I., which sank
without a trace into the Atlantic after
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getting struck by lightning.
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I... Where did you hear that?
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The Toronto Storm.
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Star?
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Beyond our borders, hurricanes,
earthquakes, and monsoons wreaked havoc
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sea levels rose at their fastest rate in
2 ,000 years.
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Leading to the horrible loss of PEI, my
favorite all -time province. Pretty sure
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PEI is still there. All of this
environmental chaos means we need to
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now. Agreed. We owe it to the memory of
the brave people of PEI.
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May they rest in peace. If you are in
PEI, please tweet us at the Beaverton
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00:34:36,010 --> 00:34:40,770
using hashtag PEIMallright to let Emma
know that you are still alive.
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00:34:41,909 --> 00:34:47,030
And if you're a PEI truther like me, use
the hashtag RIPEI.
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Hopping back into our countdown, our
number four story. After an unusually
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destructive hurricane season, thousands
of wealthy Canadians stepped up and
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donated most of their salaries to
affected nations like Panama, the Cayman
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Islands, and offshore shell corporation
1124.
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According to a leaked charity report
called the Paradise Papers, Canada's 0
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were some of the world's top
contributors to not -not -for -profit
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charities.
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These generous men, women, and
corporations didn't even want to be
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for their donations, using unnamed
accounts to remain anonymous.
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00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:26,460
Money. It's produced by a genie chained
in the basement of Goldman Sachs. But
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00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:27,760
what did it do in 2017?
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Here to talk about the year in finance
is our expert, Laura Sillivant.
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00:35:32,860 --> 00:35:33,860
Wow.
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00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:36,900
Crazy year, Laura, huh?
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Crazy good.
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00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,700
How can you say that? Everything that
happened in 2017 was disastrous.
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00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:47,080
Yes, but if disaster capitalism teaches
us anything, it's that the rising tide
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of a tsunami lifts all ships.
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00:35:49,380 --> 00:35:51,160
That seems ghoulish.
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00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,740
Ghoulish like a fox.
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00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,620
I made 10 grand off of BC wildfires
alone.
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00:35:58,260 --> 00:36:03,040
Hurricane Maria paid off my Lexus. What
if, I don't know, you aren't cheering
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00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,040
for more disasters?
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00:36:04,540 --> 00:36:07,940
Then you're missing out on an enormous
opportunity for success.
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00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,220
Assuming your only metric for success is
the Dow Jones, then really, why
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00:36:12,220 --> 00:36:13,038
wouldn't it be?
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00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,700
First of all, oh my God.
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00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:15,959
Thank you.
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00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,580
And secondly, this really only helps the
investor class.
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00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:20,820
Everyone else has had an awful, awful
year.
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00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,800
Miguel, take a look at this handy
financial chart.
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00:36:24,570 --> 00:36:25,930
Looks pretty good to me, Laura.
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00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:27,450
That line's going up.
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00:36:27,850 --> 00:36:31,870
Exactly. And up equals good. That's the
second thing they taught us in business
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00:36:31,870 --> 00:36:32,990
school. Huh.
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00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:37,090
So you're saying global chaos is good
for the economy.
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00:36:37,390 --> 00:36:41,550
She gets it. But don't regular people
thrive off of peace and stability?
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00:36:42,490 --> 00:36:48,350
Miguel, think of peace and stability as
a whale swimming around in the ocean. No
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00:36:48,350 --> 00:36:49,350
good for anybody.
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00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,340
Well, it's good for the whale.
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00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:57,800
But if you can drag that same whale onto
the beach, suddenly it becomes a
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00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,560
profitable heap of whale scrap.
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00:37:00,380 --> 00:37:02,420
That's the first thing they teach you in
business school.
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00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,240
But isn't profiting off of disasters
short -sighted? Not if you're shorting
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00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:08,238
civilization.
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00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:13,240
Let's just say that when we're all using
human teeth as currency, someone's
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going to have the most human teeth.
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00:37:16,380 --> 00:37:17,940
Laura Silovitz, everybody.
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00:37:23,540 --> 00:37:27,960
When we return, Emma's doctor joins us
to explain how her annual New Year's
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00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,040
concussion is nothing but a severe
hangover.
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00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,700
Oh, thank God you're back.
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00:37:48,010 --> 00:37:51,770
The Trump campaign's collusion with
Russia was our number three story of the
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year. But one man's tireless efforts
helped blow the scandal wide open. Our
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00:37:56,430 --> 00:37:59,530
investigative journalist of the year,
Donald Trump Jr.
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From sharing his email chain with
Russian agents on Twitter to implicating
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00:38:04,410 --> 00:38:07,350
father's top advisors in criminal
conspiracy, Don Jr.
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00:38:07,590 --> 00:38:10,530
spent the year engaged in citizen
journalism of the highest order.
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00:38:10,870 --> 00:38:15,050
This modern -day Woodward and Bernstein
single -handedly exposed the shady
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00:38:15,050 --> 00:38:16,770
actions of Trump's firstborn son.
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00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,600
all while sporting the keen look of a
man who just took a sip of something hot
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00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,840
and is now trying to cool it in his open
mouth.
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00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:28,460
If there's any justice, his Pulitzer
will sit on a shelf in his prison cell
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00:38:28,460 --> 00:38:32,220
where he can proudly gaze at it over a
cup of Turlet wine while contemplating
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00:38:32,220 --> 00:38:33,560
his next lunch line shivving.
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00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:38,740
This year, tensions ran high between
North Korea and the U .S. as the two
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00:38:38,740 --> 00:38:40,520
leaders brought us closer to doomsday.
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With the tyrants having so much in
common, this brings us to our number two
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story of the year. And tonight's point
counterpoint are Trump and Kim, best
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00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,620
who just don't know it. Miguel, what do
you think? Best buds? They're polar
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00:38:52,620 --> 00:38:54,380
opposites who loathe each other.
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00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:58,540
Opposites attract, Miguel. Think of all
those buddy cop movies. A young loose
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00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:03,120
cannon with a tendency to fly off the
handle teams up with an old dotard who's
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00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,860
only two days away from retirement, or
in this case, impeachment.
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00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,040
Yeah, but in this case, they're both
loose cannons. And that's exactly what
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00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,070
world needs. A fresh take on a tired
genre.
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00:39:13,390 --> 00:39:17,690
Nuclear standoff isn't a genre. Millions
of lives are at stake. And the real
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00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:19,390
world needs these unconventional heroes.
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00:39:19,790 --> 00:39:23,910
One's a streetwise loudmouth from
Queens. The other, a quiet intellectual
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00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:25,790
the wrong side of the demilitarized
zone.
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00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:28,730
Okay, granted, they are both power
-hungry monsters.
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00:39:29,050 --> 00:39:30,830
Who like to hang out with Dennis Rodman.
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00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:32,810
Plus, neither of them speak English very
well.
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00:39:33,110 --> 00:39:35,790
And have both spent a lifetime pining
for their father's approval.
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00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:37,470
See? Oh, my God.
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00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:39,210
Right? They're the same person.
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00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:44,100
We can somehow convince them that
they're in a buddy cop movie. We can
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00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:48,760
cash our way out of a nuclear holocaust.
I get it now. You're right. Imagine how
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00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,900
different history would be if JFK and
Castro bonded over their sex addiction.
665
00:39:53,180 --> 00:39:56,680
Or Kanye and Taylor over their love of
beefing with each other.
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00:39:57,180 --> 00:40:00,100
Kind of like how when we first started
working together, we didn't really see
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00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:02,760
eye to eye. But now, we're an
unstoppable team.
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00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:04,640
Yep.
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00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:11,750
Sometimes, the words that inspire come
from the most unexpected places, like a
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00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:13,730
book or a stupid kid's mouth.
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00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:18,930
The only thing more inspiring than a
good quote is guessing which inspiring
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00:40:18,930 --> 00:40:23,710
speaker it came from. Which brings us to
a segment I call, Who Said It? Noam
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00:40:23,710 --> 00:40:25,110
Chomsky or Donald Trump?
674
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:29,650
So you'll read a quote and I have to
determine whether it was said by
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00:40:29,650 --> 00:40:34,610
philosopher, and cognitive scientist
Noam Chomsky or the crassest president
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.S. history?
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It's not as easy as you think.
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First, insightful quote.
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You know what uranium is, right? A thing
called nuclear weapons and other
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things, like lots of things that are
done with uranium, including some bad
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things. Nobody talks about that.
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Was that Donald Trump or Noam Chomsky?
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I mean, obviously Trump.
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Hey, good guess.
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Next insightful quote.
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We have a representative in Congress who
they say was here a long time ago. They
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call her Pocahontas.
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That's Trump calling Elizabeth Warren
Pocahontas during a ceremony honoring
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Navajo codebreakers from World War II.
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Or is it Noam Chomsky in an article
about consumerism for the Atlantic?
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Emma, it's Trump.
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Here's one.
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Wouldn't you love to see one of these
NFL owners, when somebody disrespects
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flag, to say, get that son of a bitch
off the field right now.
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He's fired. He's fired.
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Trump, Emma, these are all obviously
Trump. His bullying, sexist, exaggerated
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bragging is unmistakable. And that's the
problem, Miguel. We have been exposed
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to this toxic discourse for so long,
we're numb to its effects. We need more
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thoughtful discussion in public and on
social media. Because Noam Chomsky once
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said, if Ivanka weren't my daughter,
perhaps I'd be dating her.
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That was Trump.
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Agree to disagree.
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Only Twitter is a toxic thumb treadmill
where trolls, Nazis, and presidents
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harass and threaten women while
exchanging killery memes.
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But in our top story of 2017, women used
this testosterone -soaked hate scape to
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kick creeps right in the dick pic with a
hashtag MeToo movement.
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Social media was inundated with a tweet
avalanche of women standing in
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solidarity, saying, you are not alone.
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And actually, wow, it's pretty much all
of us, huh?
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Of course, when our courts ask women
questions like, why couldn't you keep
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knees together?
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Maybe social media is the best way to
hold men accountable for their
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to read The Room on public masturbation.
It's too bad we needed a whole movement
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to explain this, but at least something
good came out of 2017.
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And with that, we say goodbye and good
riddance to 2017, the year that sadly
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was. Thanks for joining us. We hope to
see you again next year when we recap
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2018, the year we naively believed would
be better.
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Good night.
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I'll see you in a sec
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