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Trudeau urges Canadians... is that like the tweet where he urged the border crashers to go through regular border crossings where they could legally be turned back? Trudeau is a bad joke and unfortunately the joke is on Canada and Canadians. | 0 | not toxic |
Guns are a legitimate hobby down there and no one keeps count how many you have. Canadians can probably build large collections too, not sure we have a limit. | 0 | not toxic |
Standard crime related reporting. No mention whatsoever of the number of "perpetrators" captured as a result of the expanded testing. No reporting on differences in priority given to the rape kits. I can only guess, since the reporter chose not to inform, that rape kits that are important to ongoing prosecution are given high priority and given immediate testing. | 0 | not toxic |
I'm not saying this is or is not a problem but if it is, wouldn't the best way to address it be to analyze the awarding of past grants to determine to what extent such biases exist? Surely, the documentation exists to do this. To state there is bias in the awarding of grants based on percentages without providing contextual details is too simplistic. Provide us with examples please. | 0 | not toxic |
Okay looks like this is a nut case running around. Supposedly under probation to seek treatment under a probation officer. My question is where was his probation officer? Aren't they suppose to keep track with their perps? I'm not sure how it works but one just needs to look at his past record to know that he should not be on the outside looking in but inside looking out. | 0 | not toxic |
The big one to watch is what comes from the New York State prosecutors’ office.
Mueller has been working with them, as a president cannot pardon state charges
If nothing else both Manafort and Flynn have admitted to not registering as receiving payments from a foreign government. | 0 | not toxic |
I didn't miss anything. But just for you,
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I get so tired of people who want state funding for private religious schools screaming "that's bigotry against Roman Catholics!" Vincent Carroll used to play that card all the time.
Ms. Raleigh, please show how, in 2017, the Colorado Constitution's restrictions on using public money for sectarian purposes -- the so-called Blaine Amendments -- are being used to disparately impact Roman Catholics.
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Do you feel better now?
I do not want public funds used for religious purposes. | 0 | not toxic |
During a public meeting I asked a bishop how long it took to train a priest. He said 7 years. I said that during the War a Lancaster bomber pilot was trained in 6 months because that was an emergency. I said that we have a great emergency now and that a person with a degree could be trained to be a teacher in 12 months. I could not see that the training needs of priest and teacher was that much different. We have a mighty emergency regarding priesthood numbers now, I said, surely the training should be minimised as soon as possible. The bishop could not reply. I was amazed. | 0 | not toxic |
One of the great Presidents. You should ALL be thanking him for the job he is doing. Put him on Mt. Rushmore. | 0 | not toxic |
You have no idea what his intentions were. The fact he popped off a few rounds at the workers and the police means that his intention was not good-willed.
The power company has the legal right to trim/cut trees in the power line easement. Or would you rather the trees grow up to destroy the lines leaving you with no electricity? I have the same easement on my property and I have no issues if they need to cut to maintain service. | 0 | not toxic |
I'm baffled why the MSM isn't referring to the "new" healthcare bill (Trump's destruction of Obamacare) as Trumpcare. | 0 | not toxic |
At what point did it become cool to defend white supremacists? And why is it that only white people (mostly men) do it? | 0 | not toxic |
Sure. Lock us down like North Korea or Cuba. Here is a compromise. If I tune into CTV, then I get Canadian commercials. If I tune into CBS (or whatever U.S. network), then I get U.S. commercials. Deal? | 0 | not toxic |
I would like to see a reference for the scientific 'guarantee' that sea levels will rise by 2 metres in the next 85 years. I have found some predictions that might occur but they seem to be based on the most extreme climate model results, far above the average of the models.
Articles on current and recent (since 1950) sea level rises estimate a worldwide rise somewhere between 1 and 3 mm per year with no rate acceleration over that time. If you use the upper rate for the estimate you get a sea level increase of 25.5 cm over the next 85 years, about 1/8 of what Ian Brown says is the minimum sea level increase. This is still a concern but far from the scary scenario laid out in the article.
In his chaos statement Mr. Brown associates Toronto with various coastal cities in a concurrent flooding scenario even though Toronto is more than 70 metres above sea level.
Overall a passable piece of scare fiction. | 0 | not toxic |
Tax money shouldn't be going to farmers not to grow crops.
Tax money shouldn't be going to weapon systems that don't work.
Tax money shouldn't be supporting corporate welfare.
Stop ALL that spending and the we can talk about cutting the pittance we spend on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | 0 | not toxic |
The problem is not the so called " living wage", the problem is government forcing people to support the governments charity of choice, at gun point.
30 days !!! | 0 | not toxic |
We have a small trade surplus in goods due largely to oil which the USA wants and needs. This is more than offset by a larger surplus the USA has in services.
These are not "alternate facts" or "fake news"!
Trump has a solution looking for a problem. | 0 | not toxic |
I did not notice in the article that the children were from Iran. Can you quote your source? Or are you just blowing off steam? | 0 | not toxic |
What a lot of gobbledygook. | 0 | not toxic |
Totally ironic that Alec Baldwin, host of "Stump the Chump", was recently on Saturday Night Live playing the role of Donald Trump better than the Donald. Meanwhile Sarah P. gets a consolation prize by finally revealing what those notes written on the back of her hand during her YP run said. Golden nuggets??? Whaaaa??? | 0 | not toxic |
So a comment without a single 'Like" is the Highest Rated. | 0 | not toxic |
The "projects" were one of the governments attempts at affordable housing. Large swaths Ghetto areas were raised and replaced in many major cities with high rise low rent apartments these were called the projects. Within a decade most had fallen into disrepair and there was little difference between the new buildings and the ghettos they replaced. As a result "the projects" became a euphemism for ghetto, it is in that context I use it. Kaepernick and Flynn are in positions to do more than just not rise for the National Anthem. Kaepernick because he has money he could use and influence if he personally would spend the time in the "projects" to work to provide opportunity and mentoring to so many young men that need it.If he truly believes in the "cause" he could do so much more than sit on his ass. Flynn is an elected official, he can introduce laws and ordinances to make sure whatever he is protesting never happens here. | 1 | toxic |
Behold, the face of evil. | 0 | not toxic |
Business owners should NOT be allowed to 'hide' behind numbered companies, especially where they give rise to 'shells'. Some may be donors to political campaigns or cash-for-access fundraisers. Tax fairness is essential, but politicians don't understand business or self-employment.
Mr. Morneau's comparison of incorporated professionals (who earn their livings by selling their services & hiring their staff, paying for office space & equipment while providing their own benefits & retirement plans) to nurses, police officers or teachers makes NO sense. Public service union positions negotiate for higher wages, benefits & pensions. No public service employee worries about costs at work. I'd be very surprised if any full-time public service employee earned the Canadian average income of $49,000, and their generous benefits and retirement packages keep many on the payroll despite performance.
Mr. M. should NOT pick some numbers & IGNORE other large gov't costs in his 'comparison'. | 0 | not toxic |
It will be just like Ontario then. Both Premier Notley and Premier Wynne Mill need to dust off their resumes, as they will soon be looking for work | 0 | not toxic |
Wrong. I would only 'gut' one third of it. The remainder would continue to generate revenue. Future generations will still get to live in a state with a very low tax burden because of the revenue from the remaining $35 billion funding operations.
You can take your $25K and invest it and continue create your own revenue stream of $1000 or more in perpetuity. Or you can blow it on a new truck. The choice is yours. It's called personal responsibility. | 0 | not toxic |
Exactly! DNA speaks volumes. | 0 | not toxic |
The ugly American! Never been so true. | 1 | toxic |
There are genuine mystical phenomena, although their supernatural nature is an open question.
Ask your doctor to give you his honest, uncensored medical opinion on the other question. | 0 | not toxic |
You miss my point.
I did vote for Bernie, stood in that long line to listen to him, and I get the downward spiral of a lot of lives.
But I also watched Eugene and Lane County make a conscious decision not to invest in a public shelter system. It had the money but spent it elsewhere, and instead kind of "block granted" its spending.
Well, now there is a real need for a massive public shelter, and no money. That has little to do with Trump or Sanders.
And as far as Trump not being the status quo candidate, that is incorrect. He is the status quo, living in billionaire style in his golden castle profiting from tax break upon tax break, in fact apparently not paying taxes for decades.
Anyone who voted for him expecting a miracle in the way of taking from the rich and giving to the poor is delusional.
Hugh | 0 | not toxic |
Hey, how about we just get a Republican this time.
Thanks for the Corker Amendment. Good Riddance. | 0 | not toxic |
Russia scrambled a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept a U.S. B-52 strategic bomber.
B-52 carries only "friendly bombs", like the ones they used in Vietnam, among other places. | 0 | not toxic |
Great idea! Then the City has no money for new projects. Can't imagine anything wrong with that idea. | 0 | not toxic |
IF, college admission is based on the most qualified applicants, Asians will be the primary winners. I wonder how this action will impact that. Personally, I support the idea of diversity which may sometimes mean admitting a less qualified minority. | 0 | not toxic |
The right thing to do is apologize.
He should also apologize to Canada for having tortured the country with the malarkey he started.
And apologize to the family of his victim. | 0 | not toxic |
Your post was deleted by monitors!
See immature child , posting such complete stupid and hate based nonsense is being deleted and makes you as usual the laughing stock. Now, how about you grow up and debate the story as an adult just for once. | 1 | toxic |
For those who were fortunate to hear Hilary today, it was a "no notes or prompts" display of serious problem solving and strategic thinking which has been sadly lacking for ah, yes 101 days.
Leadership by sloganeering just doesn't cut it, especially when the roulette wheel Trump uses to create his next guess is fickle, and he can't get passed his first flame out on any issue to date.
The US is a big, complex machine and it needs all the resources at its disposal to come to grips with a multitude of problems confronting it. It doesn't seem to be responding to the stimulae it has received so far from the new administration. | 0 | not toxic |
A lot of people have posted making a link between the famine and overpopulation as some sort of latter day Malthusian solution.
Numerous studies have linked family size with poverty. An ongoing civil war is hardly a situation ripe for economic advancement.
A more robust response to Al Quaeda and economic aid is the logical response, not creating some sort of hell on earth and guarding it like the Nazi rabbit warren in Watership down to prevent anyone from leaving. | 0 | not toxic |
Seriously? Using that logic then Richard Nixon would still have finished his term and maybe been re-elected. It took years to follow the evidence to the conclusion and it will take a good deal more time to find out about this case. Martin's job is to look at the facts, interpret them and raise questions about what they might mean. It's not just reporting the facts; no news story ever is. | 0 | not toxic |
Why doesn't assemblyman shut up about who gets a discount..Maybe he be dumb ? | 1 | toxic |
The Bishops do listen and hear, but due to the volume of their own awesomeness, they may not hear anything else. | 0 | not toxic |
"It is a crime to cross the border other than as designated by immigration officials, but there is no separate crime for being unlawfully present in the United States," Chin said. "...it’s easy for such individuals to run into separate criminal problems even beyond their method of entry, such as filling out an employment eligibility form to get a job when they aren’t eligible to work. Unlawful presence is not a crime. It is a civil violation. You don't go to jail or receive any other criminal punishment for being in the country illegally — you get deported." http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/mar/15/florida-conference-catholic-bishops/being-united-states-unlawfully-crime/
So it appears to be illegal to cross the border without authorization and for filling out an employment eligibility form when not eligible. And over staying a temporary visa is also a civil infraction. You seem to be making a somewhat semantic point. | 0 | not toxic |
Educate and train one lab or the whole state? I'd say prevention of the spread is a priority which start by confining it at the source which is the big island. Training the state to prevent it from coming in should be first and eradicating or confining it, a priority of equal importance , done secondary with outside funding from private entities affected financially ie. : hotels , restraunts, farmers, etc. dirated to the lab. | 0 | not toxic |
You had a chance, but you fella's decided you wanted the ***** grabber as your leader. Don't blame anybody for the foolish choices that you made. I didn't vote for the liar | 1 | toxic |
What are the "crazy low levels" of cesium found in krill and squid, and other lower food chain levels that cold water anadromous fish depend upon?
I have caught chinook covered with sea lice and bellies full of squid, meaning they were in salt fewer than eight hours ago.
How do these smaller critters assay? Do these harmless currents also bring fewer of them? We are in the midst of a miserable return of salmon and steelhead.
Isotopes, blobs, acidification, washing machines, cruise and freighter ship crap, hospital waste, dead Asians, etc.....it's getting nasty out there.
Maybe not presently for your average 300 pound American screen watcher, but it'll catch up.
I don't believe anybody anymore. Neither the alarmists nor the professional soothers. | 0 | not toxic |
Time to remove all the Old Blood and bring in the New Blood. Clean the swamp!!! | 0 | not toxic |
" You can apply that reasoning to anything humans are doing here, driving, building houses, working, mining, fishing, running, hiking, skiing, skijoring, climbing, and on and on."
Yes you can. In fact you did. And WHEN you did, I pointed out it constituted false equivalency. And it still does.
And what you repeatedly ignore are two types of activities that apply to your fad-sport which DON'T apply to the other activities you mention. If you travel rapidly through areas in which there are visual barriers preventing you from seeing at distance you are INCREASING the probability of an adverse bear encounter beyond that of those other activities.
You churn out a lot of words. But in doing so you don't respond to the arguments which refute you. Quantity doesn't equal quality. Don't tell me, let me guess--attorney? | 0 | not toxic |
Many experts think the case would be close because the president does have a lot of leeway in immigration. But if a policy is seen as having a religious test, that could run afoul of the First Amendment in the eyes of the justices. In the campaign, Trump openly called for keeping Muslim visitors out of the country. As president, his executive action is not explicitly against Muslims but would apply to people coming from six countries with mainly Muslim populations.
US District judges Watson & Chuang even stated that Trump's campaign rhetoric of banning Muslim were used as grounds to halt the ban.
"Donald J Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States." I guess like "wire tap" should not be taken literally, this statement shouldn't be taken literally either. Just like "Mexico will pay for the wall?" Dummies!!! | 0 | not toxic |
HELLO. Its called 'propaganda' and its not illegal. As much as it is disgusting.
Russia, China and yes, the US are experts at it.
Advertising for/against a nation, party, candidate is done everywhere all the time, unfortunately its seldom truthful.
In fact, its the US that champions 'freedom of speech' allowing all kinds of libelous statements to stand where in other nations they would be sued.
btw: Trump Won because of the undemocratic 'electoral college system', as he got 3 million less actual votes than Clinton. Not 'majority rules' in America. | 0 | not toxic |
True, I should have done like the enlightened who got their news from Jon Stewart. | 0 | not toxic |
Have you no sense of shame?! The Terrorists in France killed 400 people since 1970. Americans killed one million Iraqis, an additional half a million were killed by American sanctions. Firearms in America killed 1.5 million since 1968.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/aug/27/nicholas-kristof/more-americans-killed-guns-1968-all-wars-says-colu/ | 0 | not toxic |
Have you ever cut open a pkg of these little carrots and then stuck your nose right in the opening? Bleach! They are bleached to keep them bright and fresh looking. I love veggies with a side of Sodium hypochlorite. | 0 | not toxic |
This is good as Trump can't preempt the disclosure of the sludge that will soon be flowing about his election campaign's tactics. Pardoning Manafort would be a losing proposition for Trump and would probably turn a few more elected Republicans actively against him. | 0 | not toxic |
Technically she's Trump's third lady. | 0 | not toxic |
BAC, "objectively (though arbitrary) measurable impairment," and observable physical impairment are different things.
People who try to drive while they are actually physically impaired due to marijuana will be caught the same way people who try to drive while physically impaired on any other substance are caught. Their driving creates reasonable suspicion for the police to pull them over and conduct a field interview. While there isn't yet a "breathalyzer" for pot, most people create the required probable cause for arrest, where a blood draw for pot can be conducted if necessary, long before the police have them blow. It's used to confirm what the police have already observed. | 0 | not toxic |
Tit for tat? | 0 | not toxic |
Correct Rob. | 0 | not toxic |
This is an important group. I'm not familiar with details of cases they are working on currently, however, they have done some very good work to free innocent people. It's not glamorous work, however, it's crucial work for ensuring civil liberties are given due attention.
I hope they can establish profile without over-the-top fundraising. | 0 | not toxic |
L O V E the Donald. refreshing after all the nit-wits that have been running the show. | 0 | not toxic |
I would ask for a refund on your Bachelors in Economics degree. Appears it is not worth the paper it is printed on> | 0 | not toxic |
well is obvious you don't like Sid. Too bad but you are entitled to your opinion. 3 Cups says it all for me. You can say what you want about Sid, but no way he wins those Cups all by himself. | 0 | not toxic |
So is that a comprehensive list of the countries soon to be experiencing buyer's remorse? | 0 | not toxic |
Still holding out for that CEO position at Thumb Twiddlers INC. : ) | 0 | not toxic |
Falon Gong is a cult which encourages people not to seek medical attention as diseases are supernatural occurrences through 'supernatural' means. For further clarification please join Falon Gong. | 0 | not toxic |
Yeah...and next lets remove the dams from the solcuc,the Hoh,lyre river and the dungeness.........oh right. | 0 | not toxic |
"Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it." Mark Twain | 0 | not toxic |
My quote that was in Mr. Karpinski's rebuttal was removed: "This comment has been removed" Yeah, the Dispatch is practicing censorship by letting the libs shut up those with a differing viewpoint. Thank you Dispatch. | 0 | not toxic |
LOL. I always thought EVERY city had anti-jaywalking rules and have avoided doing it in front of cops. Thanks for freeing me up. There might be a smidgen of hope for Eugene yet. | 0 | not toxic |
We can rise above termination policies if we choose to acknowledge the truth and evolve into the humans we can be. | 0 | not toxic |
Looks like Jr applied for the wrong job
he looks quite at home with his new freinds | 0 | not toxic |
The Eucharist, like Jesus? No, the Eucharist IS Jesus.
If one receives Jesus with mortal sin on their soul, it does do damage, the further sin of sacrelige. | 0 | not toxic |
Hey Ty - no disrespect here, but they won't miss you. I stopped going to the festival because it was so crowded you can't even move around. If Coupeville depended on Oak Harbor residents to make or break that festival it would have ended years ago! | 0 | not toxic |
Thank you for such a heartfelt yet pithy letter, Doc Robinson! I agree with you wholeheartedly, and I look forward to meeting you one of these days. Ron Richards is absolutely the man we need to help steer Clallam County right now. | 0 | not toxic |
This clown is going down. Obstruction, collusion & stupidity. aloha | 1 | toxic |
Cash is always the preferred payment for businesses that want to avoid taxes and for consumers who want to avoid paying HST. However, this Square payment option is a low fee convenient way for customers that don't have cash to pay. I'm not really sure why there is suspicion that businesses who use this are not reporting taxes correctly, it wouldn't be any different from people who are using other services for credit/debit card transactions. | 0 | not toxic |
You still have not answered my questions, or do you have the intellect to? | 0 | not toxic |
That's why I wrote "absolute free speech", Ascalepius. It includes those who keep whining about Globe moderation, among other things.
By contrast, here's what President Barack Obama said:
"My understanding at least is he's exercising his constitutional right to make a statement. I think there's a long history of sports figures doing so. I don't doubt his sincerity based on what I've heard. I think he cares about some real, legitimate issues. If nothing else, what he's done is he's generated more conversation about some topics that need to be talked about."
"You've heard me talk about in the past the need for us to have an active citizenry. Sometimes that's messy and controversial — and it gets people angry and frustrated. But I'd rather have young people who are engaged in the argument and try to think through how they can be part of of our democratic process than people who are just sitting on the sidelines and not paying attention at all." | 0 | not toxic |
What ever the outcome this will keep the pot boiling right up to the election. Thanks Wynne | 0 | not toxic |
Rebels? Obama and former Hillary's terrorists is more like it. Kudos to Putin and Assad for stabilizing the region and trying to prevent our own little potato from flooding our country with future terrorists. Peace prize in order for Putin while lame duck 'obummers' watch has shafted the area over for a decade. Don't forget while Canadians were dying in 'Poppyland' for Uncle Sam, the CIA was negotiating behind our backs with the Taliban! | 0 | not toxic |
It’s held within a Star Trek licence frame that also bears the quotes, “We are the Borg,” and “Resistance is Futile.”
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In this case the context is very clear. It refers to the Borg from Star Trek. But running up against the politically correct, resistance IS futile. | 0 | not toxic |
As a State with a lot of sun it's a joke that we lag in the solar industry. I really don't see any progress for the near future as well. Unfortunately we have a lot of idiots overseeing our solar industry. | 1 | toxic |
Idiotic comment from a person without compassion. | 1 | toxic |
Why is only the rifle confiscated? This human detritus should never be allowed to own or use a gun again in his life. He has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he is incapable of responsible use in any situaation. | 0 | not toxic |
As a priest in an independent catholic jurisdiction, Mitch, I find your classifying us by putting our "Catholicism" in quotes a bit condescending. A more respectful wording would be "alternative Catholic churches," or "independent Catholic churches." That said, as a pastor, I do find your faithfulness to attending Mass quite compelling. While some absences are excusable, like health reasons, mostly I hear that some real important relative has blown into town and that person deserves more attention that Jesus, that the parishioner has to go to some sports event, has to get on an airplane to go somewhere, or even worse, just felt like going to the beach. This mode of thinking is so foreign to me! Since I was a child, I have always moved heaven and earth to get myself to Mass. What kept me going was singing in choirs and serving at the altar. I can recall that, before I was old enough to drive, skipping family outings and taking the bus to church. Jesus has always been #1 for me! | 0 | not toxic |
Rice did not use email to conduct business. Powell had a personal email account but the server was at state and had been secured and filtered by state dept. security staff. Only Hillary had a private server in her home that violated state dept. regulations. Powell received two emails that were later classified confidential from 2 aides. Not over 2000 classified emails with more than 20 being classified at the highest levels. Only Hillary violated regulations and protocol for protection of classified material in order to circumvent Privacy Act compliance. | 0 | not toxic |
Bush doesn't hate America, unlike Hussein Obama and his promise to destroy, ummm, " fundamentally transform" the united states.
27 days ! | 0 | not toxic |
I suspect some lawyers will be employed to get a ruling on what is "fair." There are plenty of questions. Is "fair"the interest you get on a savings account, the inflation rate, or what the owners of the biggest apartment building in town tell the city council? Do you use ROI or Cap rate (i.e. does it matter if you have a mortgage). Does the city review the financial records of every landlord in town? If so, who is paying for these audits? | 0 | not toxic |
"A bit asinine having a rebel mascot in a state that was not involved in the civil war."--Colorado was involved in the Civil War, sending troops down to New Mexico to stop a Confederate invasion, and the Reynolds gang carried out guerrilla operations towards the end of the war as part of a Texas battalion. I do agree that having a Johnny Reb-type mascot doesn't align with the history of the area and should probably be changed, though. Columbine uses a Revolutionary soldier as its Rebel mascot and that would be far more appropriate as well as patriotic. | 0 | not toxic |
I agree. We can't expect police officers to do this though. I'd suggest that complainants first be directed to some kind of social worker and probably a lawyer. These people would look after whatever associated mental/physical health needs, housing needs, etc... as well as advise them on how the criminal justice process works in Canada. Then they could have their little chat with the nice detective. | 0 | not toxic |
[When will these groups stop. ]
Short Answer; When NASWI is closed (and 20K middle class families are unemployed). | 0 | not toxic |
The article states that over half of our state’s public school students now come from economically disadvantaged families, an increase of 34 percent since 2008.
Almost all of these kids do not have an option available to leave their parents and choose to live somewhere else. It is not all about choice for these kids. it is about adaptation and survival with what they got. And what they got has apparently become less for many of them over the last eight years. | 0 | not toxic |
Trump is a cynical liar. He is a nightmare for America. | 1 | toxic |
Glad I don't live in the mainland. | 0 | not toxic |
Multiple Sclerosis is unheard of in equatorial regions. | 0 | not toxic |
What planet are you living on? | 0 | not toxic |
Remember Kyoto? The Liberals agreed to a pie-in-the-sky dream without rationalizing the impact or lack thereof as our carbon emissions increased 40%. It was all about optics and lies that we were or could do something about this.
These Liberals are far too removed from reality and common sense. | 0 | not toxic |
Lots of talk of tools and levers. What we need is hammers & nails. | 0 | not toxic |
I wonder what the "reformed" liturgy of medieval French monks could be to 21st century American Sunday-Mass Catholics. At Cluny the monks celebrated the Hours and the Mass daily. The choir monks were taught the chants and some could even read Latin. The laity in the nave, not so much, just as is our situation. Cluny was so devoted to the liturgy that they had to hire laborers for their fields and flocks. "Orare" outweighed "laborare." Today's laity have little knowledge of liturgical music and prayer, and must spend most of their waking hours on other responsibilities. If holding hands helps people to feel connected to their fellow worshipers, well and good. In my parish the "sign of Peace" at the Agnus Dei seems to be much more meaningful. | 0 | not toxic |
Disarmament is not something "found difficult and not tried" -- it has, indeed, been tried. It played a huge role in the origins of World War II. | 0 | not toxic |
What canonical expert shared that information with you? In what part of canon law do you see a basis for the internal forum being a place where an individual pastor could essentially declare a marriage null, declare the remarriage as valid, and completely overstep the ruling of the external forum (AKA the tribunal)?
For those clucking on and on about the internal forum I don't really think they've thought through what they mean when they make use of that canonical provision. The internal forum is not just a place where a pastor would say "Voila, it's ok to go to communion now."
It's a juridical space which in the way you seem to understand it would run in direct opposition to the primary juridical element at work in these scenarios, the diocesan tribunal, the external forum. | 0 | not toxic |
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