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Is this an actual fake outrage, where partisans pretend to be offended at something to play up the supposed inhumanity of their opponents, or is it a fake fake outrage, where only a few even bother to pretend but the media seizes on it anyway because it’s a “controversy,” sort of, and they’re bored? For the moment, it looks like it’s being pushed not so much by American liberals but by foreign press — the Independent, an Irish newspaper, and the always buzz-hungry Daily Mail. Turns out Facebook commenters grumbling at a former VP nominee now qualifies as international...

A family dog protected four young children in a West Vancouver tree house from a hungry black bear. The dog assumed a defensive position below the tree house in a backyard on Highland Drive as the children, aged 2 to 6, screamed for help. "Bears climb trees. I thank God the dog was there," ... The bear wandered into the yard looking for food ... "What's unique about this is the way the dog protected the children. I've never seen anything like it."