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Boots, you've gone off the rails again with your nonsensical slave holder statement. The second amendment was put in place as a safeguard against government oppression and for self defense. | 0 | not toxic |
Sears 2016 third quarter had sales roughly equivalent to what Canadian spent last Christmas. Every competitor will have to lower prices to make any sales....great for the materialistic consumer but lower revenues for everyone and less tax.....something Trudeau is against.....wonder if he will demand taxes on full retail...have to wait and see | 0 | not toxic |
The clerics (not the Church), under penalty of mortal sin, prescribes how women can use birth control medications and other procedures and in some case have sex after they do so. The clerics feel that having sex when such measures are in play is offensive to God. They also believe that you can't have sex and preside over Mass the next day (hence the requirement of celibacy) and having a woman preside scares them because women are the cause of sexual impurity in their eyes. This is called misogyny and the vast majority of the laity reject it (and some) of us even have sex before coming to Mass). | 1 | toxic |
How nice for you and yours that you've all been spared from having to deal with the inefficiencies and inequities in the Canadian health care system. Who knew our system works so wonderfully and seamlessly? Maybe you should send a note to Trump and Pence (who reportedly spoke this week about the atrocious wait times in Canadian health care as something the U.S. must avoid) so they will stop raising the issue in their campaign against public health care. | 0 | not toxic |
Also, the state biologists are very important, too. Ugotta B Kidding as stated. | 0 | not toxic |
Can you even own a gun in MA anymore? | 0 | not toxic |
Legislature won't pass a budget = Alaskans wanted Oil to take more of a hit, but the right won't let that happen. So the Gov. punishes the people by dipping into Alaskans share of our natural resources, which the sting would hopefully change up the votes next time around for a more left local government.
Remember it's not about the check you get ever year, it's a tangible between our natural resources and your vote. Alaskans have allowed the marketing around the PFD to distance ourselves from our natural resources.
I'm done being a Banana Republic. | 0 | not toxic |
Government is a little, but only a little different. Your general hierarchy is correct even in government; the government jumps at the chance to get rid of the true ne'er do wells. The just show up types are generally next. It also happens in what passes for the private sector these days, but once you get past the obviously worthless ones, it becomes a much more subjective matter, and writing the right checks or sleeping in the right bed means a whole lot more in government. What you describe is more true of small work units, even if they're a part of a big company. I assure you a large corporation can contend with any government for inefficiency and general stupidity. Big is generally bad, and the key to having a relatively efficient large organization is to have it divided into small and individually manageable work units. If there isn't one person in charge, there is nobody in charge. | 0 | not toxic |
Not if there's fewer people in the area in total (than would otherwise be from attracting more in with high-density housing). You keep failing to factor in that part. | 0 | not toxic |
Looks like all the Pedophiles joined the Churches. | 1 | toxic |
his point is......RU stupid?
YES SIR!!! | 1 | toxic |
I wouldn't shed a tear if someone throw acid at this c**ts face or took a straight razor to it. Granted those things are illegal, and can result in serious prison, though the prosecution wouldn't want me on that jury. | 0 | not toxic |
Sometimes (perhaps often) as technology advances we get too comfortable with what was. Cable TV has been around for a long time and an article like this awakens me to get back involved and get caught up. I found the article informative, and felt it gave me confidence to talk with competing vendors in a more intelligent matter. Dealing with sales people will still be the major challenge, but perhaps it will help me get a better deal, at least temporarily.
The comment and explanation on pull and push technology added to my knowledge and I appreciate that. | 0 | not toxic |
Good point! | 0 | not toxic |
Rick. You rocked it. This Board of Game, BOG is So extreme because they only represent one small segment of the Population; hunters trappers and guides. No one else has any voice. So bottom line you have 85% of Alaskans with out a voice. It's well understood that when you have no balance on a rules making body You're going to get extreme policy. Take a look at the way the BOG has allowed Hunters and trappers to bait the iconic bears and wolves out of Denali National Park and kill them. This is total scandal and the public has been up in arms about this for years, but because there's no balance, they don't care about the views of Alaskans if they don't hunt or trap, so even though it's a no brainer, nothing is done. It's time for governor Walker to step in. | 0 | not toxic |
It gets better though. Just 2 days after he defended the legacy media outlets because he claims these are "isolated incidents" (even though I demonstrated otherwise), they did it again. Seriously. 2 days after they ran the fake news story about "Russian propaganda websites," they then published a fake news story claiming the FBI backed these preposterous claims. No evidence was provided at any time. No FBI official has ever gone on the record and confirmed this story, even though DNI director James Clapper (referred to in the media as "the intelligence community") who lied under oath to Senator Wyden while he was the NSA director and was subsequently promoted to DNI director after Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald (a real journalist, not pretend) exposed his lies, is on record, as well as CIA director John Brennan.
Why are they both on record when not even one single official from the FBI was able to corroborate this story? Every major publication repeated this claim as fact. | 0 | not toxic |
How do you know if it isn't because the moderators are off duty now that most commenters have moved on to newer articles? | 0 | not toxic |
I don't see anybody begging you to stay. Since when are Catholics supposed to support a very, very bad man? | 0 | not toxic |
Nice to see a country looking after the interest of its citizens. I guess Chinese politicians are much harder to bribe than Canadian politicians.
Cheers,
John Meyer | 0 | not toxic |
The sun came up, in the east as the world spins on it's axis...not because the suns revolves around the Earth. We elected the least qualified person over the most. Science and reason will trump marketing, maybe. And the party of no will need to become the party of ideas. I will work my ass off to assure that we stay focused, sane, rational and they do no harm.
But in the end "I want my country back" won. We shall see what this actually means in the next year. | 0 | not toxic |
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The other accusations I've made against Trump are not impeachable or even triable, except in the court of public opinion.
I assert that Donald Trump is a bigot, and I provided some examples.
I assert that he is a liar, and I provided some examples. (I reject the defense that holds that Trump is not lying when he doesn't know the truth. It's a distinction without a difference. He's president of the United States. He is obliged to know the truth and tell it; and to acknowledge and apologize when he is wrong. Ignorance is no excuse.)
I assert that he is emotionally/mentally unstable; I cited the tweets, but there are so many examples.
Trump is the most pubic of public persons. It matters whether the president is a bigot, a liar and emotionally unstable. Do you think it does not matter?
Do you think he's a bigot, a liar and unstable? If not, why not? How to you explain or defend the evidence?
Do you think there are better words to express these concerns? What words do you suggest? | 0 | not toxic |
There's the law, and there's common sense. In between is judgment. We hire human beings instead of robots because they're supposed to have judgment. In this case, the security staff, their supervisors, and police all lacked judgment. This is an 82-year-old, 5'2", 120-pound woman who obviously doesn't pose a threat. Her "crime" was minuscule. Her behavior was erratic but not threatening. She was obviously in distress. How much harm could she have done? A single officer with good judgment could have avoided this unfortunate incident. Auwe! | 0 | not toxic |
My takeaway: Donald Trump mopped the debate floor with Hillary Clinton. | 0 | not toxic |
Government forces CPP on us and our employer. Government limits the % we can contribute to RRSP's, they tax us into servitude to the government social planners, who are paid professional pillagers and we, the sheep abdicate our responsibilities to shape our political/financial destiny. Is it any wonder that we grab the money and run? | 0 | not toxic |
it's not so much that these people are a certain way, as the country has quietly agreed to do so damned little about it | 1 | toxic |
That's OK. Many in BC would like to separate from Canada as well.
But before you go thinking about some sort of western union, you need to understand that the main reason to separate from Canada is to get rid of Alberta and Albertans, who are lost in some sort of 1950's Conservative time warp where oil is king. | 0 | not toxic |
That Christ was male pales in significance to his being human. You are concentrating on a secondary attribute and missing the important one. | 0 | not toxic |
Agreed.
“There’s nothing better for a populist than a rich guy raising taxes on rich guys,” the magazine said Butts had told Bannon. Mid August, 2017. | 0 | not toxic |
True | 0 | not toxic |
So when the national debt doubles in the next few years because of decreased tax revenue,increased military spending, and general boondogglery, will you be sqealing about it?
St Reagan presided over a span of years that saw big tax cuts, tax increases (that republicans ignore), and huge defense spending that helped doubled the national debt. So? Is it ok when a republican president adds to the debt? | 0 | not toxic |
Trump entrusted his campaign to a woman, Kelly Ann Conway.
That doesn't sound very bigoted.
She's in fact the first woman serving as a campaign manager to succeed in getting a president-elect.
Hats off to this woman!! She didn't a quota. Trump also should be congratulated for removing the glass ceiling for women and for trusting her. Set the pace. | 0 | not toxic |
It's a bird ...it's a plane, no .... it's just a lawyer protecting the rights of an illegal alien. | 0 | not toxic |
Rather than pillory somebody for an assumed support of Wynne, you would be better to pillory the people who helped Brown come from nowhere to snatch the leadership, right (and I mean "RIGHT") out of nowhere. How'd he do this? By signing up new OPC members who want him to ban sex education and other hot button issues.
In another story, a 19 year old Brock University student got the nomination for the Niagara West Glanbrook by-election. He labels himself a "19 year old social conservative".
Fronting the opposition party with social conservatives like Brown will guarantee that the Liberals get a free pass. | 0 | not toxic |
The lower Canadian dollar is preferred under prevailing domestic economic conditions. If it cuts into your imports from the US and increases your exports anywhere, it will help our economy. | 0 | not toxic |
This will never end because our politicians only worry about the next 4-5years. Meanwhile the Imans worry about the next 400-500 years. | 0 | not toxic |
No, it's not worth it. These jackets aren't even high tech like patagonia or MEC. Don't waste your money. | 0 | not toxic |
There was nothing polite about the manner in which they are going about things. Watch the video and you will agree. | 0 | not toxic |
Corporations are OWNED by people, & they have a right to petition their government.
The spending of money on politics is the very essence of free speech, i.e. putting ones money where their mouth is.
Now IF a corp. is able to buy a politician, would not the way of protecting free speech, & dealing with that problem, be to eliminate as much as possible just what the Pol. has jurisdiction over.
Example, enacting a flat tax on all net revenue, with nothing more than a personnel deduction.
That change in, & of it's self would severely limit the favors the Pol has to sell.
Limiting the size, & scope of the federal government would also go a long way in limiting just what a Pol. could do for a donor.
24 days ! | 0 | not toxic |
In the US it stands for 'Questioning', in other parts of the world it can stand for 'Queer'. | 0 | not toxic |
As far as I can gather Psalms 145-150 and Psalms 114-118 were customary parts of the types of synagogue/local worship that Jesus would have been accustomed to on a regular, perhaps daily basis. Certain Psalms themselves contain repetitious elements (Psalm 118: "His steadfast love endures forever"). The Shema itself contains within it the command to recite it at least twice a day. Granted, Jesus probably didn't engage in something directly akin to the Rosary, repeating the same words 50 times in the span of 20 minutes but make no mistake He and the entire contingent of disciples would have been accustomed to praying certain prayers every day. | 0 | not toxic |
HA ha ha ha ha ha! I needed a laugh first thing this morning. Always easier to say some version of "sorry", we made a mistake, we'll make amends and do better. NOPE. This outfit does NOT deserve sympathy. If they screw up on the "little things" what will they do when their next leak turns out to be oil? No This is just a sappy appeal to the public. | 0 | not toxic |
I am being civil. I'm sorry if you're offended by my stating my opinion, but this is the way I see this issue, and it would be intellectually dishonest of me to say otherwise. | 0 | not toxic |
There are no such references to global warming or climate change in this article. Also, your high school science classes taught you nothing necessary to understanding global geophysics, and that's why you believe the snow in Maine compensates somehow for the record temperatures here. | 0 | not toxic |
Libs putting on their brown shirts for the World to see. | 0 | not toxic |
Amen. You know they are grooming her. | 0 | not toxic |
Wait a second....I thought Alaskans mentioned that as long as we have more guns that we will be safer but now we have the 2nd worst year for murders. So weird....must be Obama's fault? No wait must be Walker's fault? No wait must be the summer's fault? Oh that is right it is arming every Tom, Dick, and Harry. I am sure you will rebuttal with the usual arguments about how I am an idiot and different types of name callings. Hell someone yesterday dropped their gun on the road in Kenai and simply forgot about it. Another left one in the grocery store, and another forgot it in the bathroom at Fred Meyers. That is responsibility my friends. Keep the bullets flying and make sure you go out and get yourself another hand cannon because it sure has shown to make us safer. (Insert mass amounts of sarcasm in tgat last part) | 0 | not toxic |
It is unclear to me that ANY party has taken any steps to remove partisanship in the Senate.
They might have removed words, but it remains far from clear to me if they have removed partisanship.
Besides removing partisanship now means that Senators are COMPLETELY unaccountable. At least with a partisan Senate you can hold them to account by proxy via the party that appointed them. The last thing we need in our Senate is even less accountability. | 0 | not toxic |
How about the MILLIONS of innocent Muslims blown to bits by US and NATO bombs over the last thirty years?
Clear thinker?
Who are you kidding ... | 0 | not toxic |
I was joking about a sign. But we're in an era where pastors don't lead, and don't guide parishioners in what's proper decorum inside church. Talking before mass is one thing. Don't even get me started on attire. | 0 | not toxic |
Thanks for the article Charles! I've known John See for a long time; he is a dedicated force for prevention. I've also seen some of the computer sims on a nasty, wind driven fire in Anchorage and it is truly frightening. It gets to a point where no amount of fire fighting resources are going to contain it. Another point regarding the Hillside is there are lots of subdivisions that only have a single road in and out. We built a quick and dirty sprinkler system for a last ditch defense for a cabin in the face of the Sockeye Ave fire last year. If I had a Hillside house I would have the same setup there. The system was fire up and leave, made an 80 foot wet circle around the cabin. Good as we could do and lucked out when the fire turned. | 0 | not toxic |
I can understand your frustration. What perplexes me is that just a few short years ago, Gara and others in the Democrat party used to tout the very generous credits offered in the previous tax structure. They used to praise how profits were incentivized to be re-invested in Alaska instead of being shipped off to London or Houston. Like today, they had to spend a lot of money within to earn the credits. | 0 | not toxic |
@guan ta namo
“gender identity or expression” & “sexual orientation” are NOT included in Canadian
Charter of Human rights and freedoms (see Google) but THEY ARE in the Québec Charter
(see Google/ and in perfect English/ who said Québec dont (want to) speak English ?
always in Anglo Canadian medias ? | 0 | not toxic |
"Better a Witty Fool than a Foolish Wit." William Shakespeare
And you sir are the latter with comments like that! I hope you were making these comments when the Democrats put Obamacare in place in the first place?
Nancy Pelosi did warn us that we wouldn’t find out what was in ObamaCare until Congress passed it into law. | 0 | not toxic |
I think if ur making a move, this year is it. 2 trades before Mar 1 for 2 big players. Shattenkirk and Duchesne would be nice not? I will let you tell me who to get rid of but Markov is not doing much and one guy up front. Not Pach.... | 0 | not toxic |
That's right. Immigration is highly unnecessary. High immigration like we have had has been a detriment to Canada. We can in Canada grow our population domestically at the replacement rate, and do even better than Japan, without immigration, or with low immigration. Because we have more resources and are better located than Japan. That's the best way forward for Canada by far. Substantially decreasing our immigration rate will improve our economy and will get Canadians better jobs. Nothing matters more than decreasing immigration. | 0 | not toxic |
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Donald Trump has announced that on December 15 he will hold a press conference to reveal to the world his plan to address the many conflicts of interest between his vast business empire and his new role as president.
Trump has indicated that he will remove himself from the daily “business operations” of the Trump Organization—but not sell off his holdings or create a truly blind trust.
Ethics experts have criticized this approach because … he would not be separating his presidential decision-making from his own personal financial circumstances.
Yet, arguably, the biggest conflicts he faces aren’t related to what he owns.
Rather, they relate to what he owes.
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As could be expected, Trump canceled his press conference and went into hiding.
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It depends on the facts of each case, which is a truism you apparently reject. | 0 | not toxic |
The US is hardly on the 'high ground' ethically with our history of assassinations, regime changes, etc.
The CIA has been killing and meddling for decades. Iran, Chile, Cuba, the list goes back from at least the 1950's until today. | 0 | not toxic |
It's been obvious for some time that Kellie Leitch's unfortunate campaign has been the product of Mr. Kouvalis' nasty mind and his penchant for lowering the bar below zero if he thinks it might win an election. It's good to see him go. | 0 | not toxic |
It comes down to what more and more people are thinking---- DUMP TRUMP! | 0 | not toxic |
granted, yes, this is not a troll. i still think it presumptuous to anoint oneself defender of the faith in the combox of a catholic publication.
the notion that conversations need to be overseen and corrected by a catechism wielding rigorist for the salvation of the souls of the readers is ridiculous. | 1 | toxic |
Well Governor, If we are actually about to spend 1.2 Billion on K12 education and the municipalities are still being expected to match that amount with a goodly amount of their own funds, perhaps we have found some room for cuts.
Considering how small the student population is on our state that is a huge amount of funding. | 0 | not toxic |
I agree!
I posted this link initially in another NCR article on autism....
I rather agree with Michael's comment that this type of budget proposal is not unusual by rep presidents....
BUT what is unusual is the toxicity of THIS president! I think it's absolutely imperative to keep the pressure on republican Congresspersons...relative to health issues et al that Trump is up to...and I think the Indivisible folks are definitely on the right track...
The Spring recess is coming up and I deeply hope that folks are visiting their reps in their district offices, and at those home town meetings and calling a lot at both the district and D.C. Level as well as sending written messages...I am seriously considering a sizable billboard contribution as a group is now organizing such...and I want these guys very very aware of just what a lousy set of priorities this gross president has!
I note that NETWORK is now providing phone numbers and talking points as are many other groups. | 0 | not toxic |
People of German descent are notorious racists, well known for their cruelty. Have you forgotten WWI and WWII??
Just look at how white she is. Adolph Hitler would have admired her greatly.
You obviously don't have much experience with people of German descent. They are a very mean and racist people. How else do you think that someone like Hitler was able to take over the country?? | 1 | toxic |
Almost every team has improved, the Broncos have gotten worse. FIRE VJ NOW! | 0 | not toxic |
Maybe we can get Cory Booker or Tim Ryan to actually show up instead. | 0 | not toxic |
Troll job... | 0 | not toxic |
So the argument is, because the background check system is weak and flawed, there should not be any attempts to fix it?? About the same number of Americans now die by firearms as die in traffic accidents. I guess we should scrap our traffic laws too as using the same logic, they appear to be flawed too. The second amendment states that a WELL REGULATED State militia has the right to bear arms. What part of the term "well regulated" do gun rights advocates not understand? | 0 | not toxic |
His lawyers make this guy sound like a saint, wanting to 'bring transparency' to the game.
Not. He turned on his buddies rather than go to jail when he got caught. Until that time he lived like a bearded, fat king on bribes and kickbacks. This is the kind of scum that should be rooted out and sent to rot in jail. Period. | 1 | toxic |
There are plenty of immigrants from South America in Barcelona. They're not murdering people. Stop apologising for what is a global problem. | 0 | not toxic |
Get out resign Turtle ... just get out Leave ! Flyover America hates your fish guts you spineless shovel-knuckled dungfondler ! go see if your precious donors need their laundry done or their feet washed you ball-licking sissy. | 1 | toxic |
No Pebble.
No Pebble now.
No Pebble ever. | 0 | not toxic |
I was interested in this article until I realized it was written by Canadians.....thanks for the maple syrup. Canada, the most irrelevant country in the developed world. Don't worry Canucks, we'll continue to provide the blanket of security under which you sleep, you keep on doing whatever it is that Canada does. | 0 | not toxic |
You left out the Reagan Recession when unemployment hit near 11 percent, worse at its peak than the Bush-GOP Great Recession of 2007-09. Look one more time at the charts I posted. These are facts, and you can cheery pick snapshots in time but the overall trends are indisputable. The economy always fares better under Democratic administrations than Republican ones. | 0 | not toxic |
Lucky us...we got the cream of the crop. As evidenced by Grabauskas... | 0 | not toxic |
The IRS has a huge responsibility to disclose both candidates tax filings and any shenanigans they used to hide swindling the federal government. It appears that Trump has been let off the IRS penalty hook so many times that he's of the belief he's entitled to do as he pleases at taxpayers' expense. Trump needs to be jailed. | 0 | not toxic |
Salao is a hero, plain and simple. This psycho punk knew to shoot low, since cops wear body armor. Well deserved feel good story for APD. Fight on, boys and girls of APD,(but follow the rules :). ) | 0 | not toxic |
Ummm... if you use a vaporizer, the neighbor will have no smoke (with the related odor) wafting over the fence to complain about. | 0 | not toxic |
The cities are taking all of it to court, too. Are people unable to read? Oil lobby terrorists attacking Canadians on our own land for China is treason. | 0 | not toxic |
Often I withhold or soften my criticism or avoid certain issues. But the elevation to cardinal while the institution is still a dictatorship and with no reform of chauvinism in sight, is something so high profile and so flagrant, it invites judgement. Dennis, you got me thinking. | 0 | not toxic |
My 20+ yr old kid dressed up as Don Young one halloween. Complete with beanie hat, real ossik and ivory bolo tie w Alaska Flag. His partner had a George Bush mask on. They got kick out of a party that night. I laugh about it today. Kids... | 0 | not toxic |
Oh, the nomination! So, it seems that there is some freedom at the riding level after all, the leader's choice doesn't necessarily get to run. | 0 | not toxic |
It is amusing, and sad actually, that Trump supporter think embarrassing himself and the country equals "put these liberals in they place." | 0 | not toxic |
I love the article. i would love to see those tracks. | 0 | not toxic |
Our health care system is so inefficient now, in large part because we persistently underinvest in (primordial and primary) prevention... and that's not something that most (not all) doctors are particularly good at... A lot of the drivers of ill health lie outside of the health sector and that's where we need to invest our efforts (not necessarily huge sums of $ per citizen). Health care will always a bottomless pit of money and many doctors will fight hard to get the most $ out of the system... whether or not it serves the public interest. Time to get serious about creating supportive environments for health, or everything will get privatized within 20 years! | 0 | not toxic |
Exxon Valdez | 0 | not toxic |
Speaking of palettes, if only the world were as you would paint it, with you always the winner at the expense of a loser. But your sketch of me as envious of you is bad surrealism. I've been reading your florid but empty bilge for several years now and all I've seen from you is vapid insult dressed in elaborate language. It has lost its impact from repetition. | 1 | toxic |
He hasn't and he doesn't. | 0 | not toxic |
The real benefit of an income tax will not be in the money raised: what it will do is make people begin pointing out the wasteful expenditures of state government and demand these be eliminated. Right now with nobody paying, these expenses get paid with no negative input. | 0 | not toxic |
Automation is absolutely not a bad thing, and is necessary for future increases in productivity and prosperity. But there are social problems with the transition, as workers are displaced and in some cases cities become hollowed out. This needs to be taken seriously.
Economic theory says that removing the need for low-productivity jobs frees up resources to move to higher-productivity jobs, and to some extent it works -- e.g. consider that it is far cheaper and easier to hire landscaping and cleaning services in third world countries than in first world countries. But there are pretty significant questions as to how well this will work going forward, whether our education system is equipped to improve our workforce that much, how long it takes for demand to ramp up for the higher productivity work, etc. | 0 | not toxic |
"…the landmark social welfare program of a generation…"
Steady on. The real irony here is that Obamacare is really Romneycare.
Democrats, or at least those who were not owned by the insurance industry, initially wanted a single-payer model for health care not unlike Canada's. However, when it became clear early in Obama's mandate that that was not going to happen, Democrats pivoted back and proposed instead a version of the moderate Republican approach to healthcare, which was based on the program developed by Romney when he was Governor of Massachusetts. | 0 | not toxic |
I was bemused by Sessions telling Oregon Senior Jaw Flapper Wyden to stop the innuendo and fact lacking accusations. As the one time Congressman Coleman's Chief of Staff, John Jackley, noted in his book on "Blowing the lid off of Washington DC", getting between Congressman Wyden and a tv camera was akin to getting between a grizzly sow and her cubs. The Pontificator in Chief was well into his vitriol of a thrice bar exam failing UO law school grad, when Attorney General (#1 Govt lawyer---bar exam passing law school grad) Sessions put Wyden in his place. I doubt that any Wyden recommendation for US Attorney for Oregon will be met with much enthusiasm. Maybe Walden has a few names of non stalkers, and not buffoons to offer. The Obama Justice Dept sent 45 FBI special SWAT and SERT teams to Oregon to put down the Bundy Kerfuffle and it took Killer Kate to get one killed, and when the smoke cleared a year later, a felony and a few misdemeanor convictions. Hubba hubba. | 0 | not toxic |
I rest my case! I'm glad you agree. LOL
BTW, I live here but own businesses in other states. Too bad Hawaii get's almost nothing out of me. They chose their fate! | 0 | not toxic |
The working class votes for Republicans because of the key word "working" class. We know that the left will do two things: 1.) punish those who are willing to work to provide for their families by taking our wealth and handing it out in welfare transfer payments 2.) vilify us for exercising our natural and constitutional freedoms. This is nothing more than an extension of the Cold War, applied to American and Alaskan government. I can vote for a party that will take most of what I have and give it to others while enslaving me, or I can vote for a party that values work and personal responsibility, which will ensure my independence and liberty. Socialism or Freedom. You can't have both. | 0 | not toxic |
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…that's James thinking he's Bad Santa.
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I am in need of help, anyone can see that.... I am typing to myself all alone at Bean's Cafe | 0 | not toxic |
Mandatory quotas on every NHL team for women will solve the problem in a way acceptable to the badminton fans at the Globe. | 0 | not toxic |
“I have a lot of respect for Sen. Corker and what he brings to the Senate, but I think the president is leading in the right direction and I’m supportive of what he’s doing,” Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri,"...
Let's be "blunt" Roy, the Tr(Ch)ump is a sick man. The GOP should ignore his rantings and move on with what the country needs. Pass legislation (if they can) and send it to Tr(Ch)ump for signature. If he doesn't sign then he will stand alone, and the Congress can then blame him at election time. | 0 | not toxic |
"State interference" is a term free market fundamentalists use when they mean "rich people should be a law unto themselves".
And no, never in all history has a lack of "state interference" reduced inequality - histories greatest inequalities have consistently been associated with insufficient, not excessive, regulations. And only ever been corrected *by* regulations, taxes and social upliftment programs.
It's no surprize that, the greatest wealth production in the history of the richest country on earth, and history's single greatest upliftment of a people (producing the first society ever where the middle class outnumbered the poor - and by a huge margin) happened during F.D.R's New Deal era - probably the closest the USA ever came to serious 'socialism'*
*Using Ivo's definition which the rest of us would call a social-democratic welfare state. | 0 | not toxic |
yikes! | 0 | not toxic |
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