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I hope the Democrats are not trying to help the top 2%. ATR is fake news, by the way. Would I like less fees in Obamacare? Certainly. I think all MDs should be part of the UPHS. Single payer is too conservative for me.
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An individuals account growth is shown at least quarterly on statements. I compare the returns to the clients objectives. You are, obviously, suggesting that they could get a better rate of return elsewhere. Even though that is almost certainly true, achieving their goal with the least amount of risk is the objective. Investing for retirement is not a drag race!
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whining on the part of adults is embarrassing. More privileged old white men clinging to a pat that exists only in their own heads Such disrespect.
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Leaf fans are grateful for the NHL equivalent of the Harvard Business School- The Detroit Red Wings and their management style. It remains the NHL Gold Standard, 180 degrees from the old MLSE combination Clown Car/Tire Fire School of Management.
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Go find your safe space and quit playing the race card. It is wholly inappropriate for this article.
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Those who are interested in reading actual comments on actual letters are being overwhelmed with "spam" comments by anti-Trump people (with whom I happen to agree, but that's not the point). Comments here should be clearly related to Letters published above (such as my own about the Charlie Gard story, there's the connection).
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Then why is it, when you go to Australia that the moon is upside-down and there are completely different stars in the sky?
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Humour, like what Kathy Griffin did? Would like to see Tabs write on that.
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In my quiet neighbourhood in Burlington the last three homes sold were to Asians couples where two of them have dissapeared since November, with their houses sitting empty. These homes both had BMWs with one having a Benz for backup!! Perhaps being away for 4 months they are shopping for their new spring model. Meanwhile down my street, the old faithful who had lived here for 10 plus years have upgraded to a Honda Accord, VW GOlf and a new CRV. Never seen an Asian drive a Tesla....must be afraid of electricity.
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The sky is falling!! These are pretty drastic measures for paying min wage. Perhaps one should take a hard look at their business model if the sole reason for success is suppressing wages.
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She's a Marxist twit.
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I don't see the problem with this. The Billionaires are the only people that the Liberals can't just steal money from so they have to entertain and beg. How else will they make make ends meet other than stealing and wasting even MORE of our money.
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Now that fascism, that perverted ideology that the greatest generation of Americans helped defeat 70 years ago...is now our own reality. Yes, times change but the culmination of the perversion always has dire results. What worries me more than anything is that that ideology that instigated the death and destruction of millions, and is now threatening perhaps an even worse scenario. Perhaps we should have a national day for Americans to watch that film "On The Beach," about the last remaining survivors of 'nuclear war,' awaiting their own death in Australia. 'Melancholia' is a powerful emotion.
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tRump's worse than any former Republican president. He's the anti-Christ.
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SD - Good thing for you that your mother didn't think of that one.
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He still has and holds the title, or honorific, President. When you go to address him in an interview, you would address him as Mr. President. It is not incorrect in saying it's President Obama's birthday. You would think that a journalist/reporter/person who uses words for a living would know this.
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I don't know about the wives of the hedge fund managers, but from the tone of your comment I would bet my last dollar that you are a Taker.
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Trump said from his guts 'blames on both sides'. 'This has been going on for a long time.' Trump does not know how to lie in public, yet. But he will learn soon enough, just like all other politicians in the U.S. Trump got hit like he is the many great enemies of U.S. around the world with his 'truth'. American never want the truth. The truth is racism, white supremacist have been the foundation of America. And still is to a large degree. Why do you think the U.S. killed more Asians after WW2 than it did before? Or during the war when killing the 'Japs' was official state command. American white supremacism have aligned themselves with the black slave traders of the British empire in the 19th century. After the slave trade ended they aligned with themselves, created an uniquely American white racism. KKK and others. After WW2 they aligned themselves also with Neo-Nazi. The Nazi, of course, have exterminated Jew, Gipsys, Slav because they were inferior. This thing's been around.
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Part of the tragedy of America's third time of trial -- the Vietnam War: the other two being the Revolutionary War and the Civil War -- is that the debate about the Vietnam War's moral meanings was never resolved. For if we talk about Vietnam -- and we can't talk about this history without talking about -- people with strong, rival and incompatible senses of the common good. The Vietnam War reveals a depth of division within American culture that remains and colors all debates over the wars the United States has participated in since, as well as other salient issues such as class, race, sex and the environment. The Vietnam War is "the unfinished war," what we today call "endless war." This raises the uncomfortable question we have learned not to attend and even to exclude from our collective consciousness and conscience: Do we, as citizens, have any longer a sufficiently shared conception of the common good and meaning of America?
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u: "Democrats....more effective....more cohesive". Yeah, that's why Clinton was elected President.....oh wait, she wasn't. LOL
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So what do you have against trailer parks???
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Yep, wish they could have found a way to have kept Ward. Sure looks like the players are still upset with that move. Elway, is as clueless as Joseph, you just do not mess with the consistency of a team. Elway has laid a big egg, and it's looking like the players no longer want to play for him. It's grab the paycheck and check out, Wonder how many of them will be requesting a trade at the end of the season.
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And yet your clicks and comments keep helping ADN procure ad revenue. Keep it up. Alice & Company thank you for your support.
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So what were you saying about the strength of the Canadian economy just a week ago? The oil shock is still happening and nearly three years later it has hasn't improved at all.
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Would that be true for students attending a madrassa or a school run by Satanists? Out of curiosity, in which state do you live?
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allie has a knack of actually subtracting knowledge in their comments.
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Domestic squabbles? That terrorist killed an American medic and took the eye out of another soldier. Then Sunnyways pays the murderer 10 million dollars and apologizes. Then he tried to hide it but it was leaked. I am glad the Americans know about this, they should as it concerns them. Domestic squabbles indeed, how stupid does this guy think we are.
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Well one of their supporters just killed five police officers who where ironically protecting a BLM rally in Dallas.
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"Jessie Duarte certainly didn’t seem to have a problem with changes to the Treasury..." It's much worse than that. Duarte's son-in-law, dim Ian Whitley arrived at treasury alongside Gupta-thief Mohammed Bobat as van Rooyen's advisers, all within 24 hours. Duarte is a poisonous toad.
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Sometimes it's best to land when you can, not when you have too and no where to go....
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He had a rough start... Sure. He held onto the ball and got sacked for a safety... Then he hung 30 unanswered points. Sloter is in his 3rd month practicing with his first NFL team and already out-performed Lynch, who already has a year with the Broncos under his belt.
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Trump's from New York and 80% of the people in that city voted against him. Now you can't get 80% of New Yorkers to agree on much of anything, but they sure know a big city conman when they see one.
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Figures, you have none. So the democrats in congress are nothing but obstructionist, they offer no bi-partisanship or to help plan a better future for our country. So it seems they are just free loaders on tax payers dime, because you said the republicans control the house. So tell me, what is the democrats sole purpose in Washington besides being obstructionist? What do they do for our country, besides bad mouthing and complain? Tell me specifically what they do to help our country. Democrats lost 1,042 seats and positions during Obama's 8 year reign as president. I'm done with this post, I'm never going to get a straight answer from you. You have a good day Boots, enjoy your fantasy world.
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Reality is limited by the constructs people have based on their life experiences. The impasse in Juneau is centered on - dividends vs. income taxes. That is, are we going to tax the income of those who create it in order to pay a dividend? But it's not that simple. Alaska has a large population of people who live a subsistence lifestyle below poverty levels. The dividend means much more to this population than folks living in Anchorage making say $50,000/year. Federal and state policies have enabled and subsidized this subsistence population. New reality option: carve out $7 billion from Perm Fund and name it the "Alaska Subsistence Welfare Fund" to pay $1250/year to Alaska natives who live at poverty levels in villages. Drop dividend payments to everyone else and use the remainder of the Perm Fund to run the state. People who earn a living don't need a dividend and should not be taxed to pay one to others who don't need it.
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Ms. Phillips; We (your readers) need a little more information to put this story into context: How many breaks per day did the employees want, and how long for each one? Thanks.
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The biggest question is this: if Southwest begins shuttling interisland, will they serve juice?
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I was one of over 700 that were work force adjusted (laid off) from Veterans Affairs Canada in 2013. I was a Disability Benefits Officer and had been with VAC for nearly 29 years. I would love to have my job back. I did apply when I saw it posted, but was advised that I was not qualified. If you do not have a university degree, you will never get hired.
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And their arrogance astounded. How many died on Mathews watch over ill fitting ornge helicopters, four dead in a crash of a helicopter due to lack of training, and literally THOUSANDS dead of superbugs in hospitals, while on Sulley's show on PBS, he had on two people who have invented devices to place in hospitals, that literally obliterate superbugs in hospitals, and where they TRIED to get the Ontario Liberal government to buy them, but were turned down!!! She will rot in you know where on judgement day, that is for certain.
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Not Peter DeFazio. He opposed NAFTA and the TPP.
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He is famous for projecting.
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It's tanking. On a positive note, U-Haul is doing great.
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How many tomahawks can other countries shoot at America before we decide its war??? I'm guessing it's a lot less than 59...So Congress stopped Obama from going to war with Syria when they crossed the line??? I always hear Trumpers saying it was Obama who stopped going to war with Syria...Nice to hear the truth, thanks...#MAGA
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Hail to the chief.
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HA! They admitted to sign the disclosure of the jet noise and still complain? It was here before them... and if they don't like it... THEN LEAVE! I love the sound of freedom and enjoy the jet noise every chance I get. Someone should tell them to move to Virginia Beach, hahaha!
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Hillary welcomes your support!
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I would have thought that 100% testing before flights would essentially rule out intoxicated pilots..?
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Yeah, but he got 20K for his vote for Devos, which helps Cory, but not us. He voted repeatedly to repeal Obamacare and put something worse in place, which helps Cory, but not us. He votes with Trump over 90% of the time, which helps Cory, but not us. Hmmm - seems to be some sort of strange pattern here...
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Dont believe your lying eyes when you watch the Hillary video, right, Bob?
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This is the best comment I've read on a fairly obnoxious article re-hashing equally obnoxious, condescending media drivel about men and all their flaws (imagine if you can an article in the Globe focused on women and all their inadequacies). Never been a better time to be gay.
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Not all students are animal abusers.... that's a very general comment to make about "college folk". I would never leave my fur child behind or alone. The disconnect comes from people who are actually disconnected, and don't understand the responsibility. I never got a dog while in college because I understood the commitment. Please don't generalize.
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Yeah, that's not happening but thanks realtor/foreign buyer for posting your propaganda championing unaffordability and telling citizens they can suck a lemon if they can't afford to live in the city.
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Agree that they are not equal, but any two things are comparable. Don't get me wrong, I hate Nazis as much as anyone. I get fired up watching the Sound of Music. BLM openly supports violence, even if that's not the official line. Violent racists are just that, no matter the color of their skin. All of them are deserving of our contempt.
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Again, you are proving my point, ie, that the SCC bowed to social media pressure. It should not matter what you or I think should be the correct number of intervenors; what matters is the judgement of a SCC justice. That is why they are there.. to make these decisions for us. The SC justices are supposed to be the pre eminent of Canadian jurists, so allow them to do their job independently, or just scrap them altogether.
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You still don't get it -- it's direct from Trumps own mouth about his inauguration SPEECH. TRUMP said it was sunny during his speech. Sid added "cloudless". TRUMP said it quit raining and became sunny during his speech. Believing or dis-believing is not it. Go view the video provided by the White House (it's in another comment).
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Funny there was a porn star from the 70's named Johnny Waad who a female star described with upturned eyes as having a loofa stuffed into her chute. A cameraman described him when he was at the height of his fame, "When Johnny worked, we all ate". Can you explain that to me?
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Despite Trudeau and Goodale's assurances that all such people will receive thorough vetting and all efforts are being made to keep bad people out, I remain susceptible. Those crossing the border at 3 AM seem determined to not be caught so as to avoid benign vetted at all. I suspect they have people arranged through mosques and Islamic groups waiting for them at the crossing point using cell phone GPS to locate them. Without their cell phones, the European Muslim invasion would not have been possible.
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The fed. govts' usual reports, saying"the Recession is getting better" is a hysterical big fat lie--and its a fact, no words out of the feds' mouths are true---ditto both political parties.Hillary is a crook--Trump is one too- give it up,voters, your vote has become WORTHLESS. --And we all know it.The dumb Emperor is not wearing any clothes.
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Oh, agony schmagony, get over it, Hillary lost. This is a fishing expedition. There is no descent of Trump, no traitor; just a media circus. I think Trump comes out of this unscathed. He'll implement his agenda with the media babbling in the background about his impending doom, implying that somehow this is going to put Hillary in the WH or something. It's not.
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I guess you didn't read your own citation. First, you wrote there were six prosecuted in Denver a few years ago, then you changed it to four. Actually, there were NONE prosecuted in Denver. The four were in Arapahoe County, and Brachler dropped two of the cases entirely, and won only one conviction. This was after Scott Gessler had initially claimed 15,000 illegally voted, and was proven outrageously wrong. There have been more Republicans convicted of vote fraud in Colorado than that.
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how is this implying that beyonce's art is uncomplicated or will have no impact on women and girls?
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What are you, his psychologist?
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Very good news. The injunction against the travel ban was clearly overreaching by Obama-appointed judges legislating from the bench.
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Don't forget having HRC locked up.
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I see the poor losers are out in force. Nothing to do but whine. Get over it. Move on with your lives.
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With PSE serving well over 1 million customers, coupled with the fact that they have a market into which to sell surplus power, it would be naive to think that unplugging Bainbridge would force them to cut production. In my view, there is no upside to this proposition, environmental or otherwise. Enacting it would amount to making an empty political statement, at high levels of cost and risk, for NO good reason.
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According to Trump and his mouthpieces who show up on FOX, America's top entertainers and celebs will perform and/or attend the inauguration. Those who declined are Liberal losers or, according to Trump's tribe, were threatened by Democrat supporting hoodlums and losers who are bitter that Clinton lost. They emphasize, underline, highlight how disturbing it is that people use social media to intimidate people.. Really?
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His big hearted 'pro bono' lawyer..........who let Khadr move into their family home.......such a saint........sigh...........just waiting for the big pay day to come, knowing our limp and activist judges will hand over whatever is eventually demanded. Lawyers are bottom feeders.
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LW2: Make your own list and find a stamp to use to mail it to her.
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This is $333million per unit..
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Nice... Rob from the poor to give to the rich. Good luck trying to collect fines from homeless people. You can't get blood from a turnip.
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"Trudeau isn't doing so poorly" There's lots of angles to attack this one, but one example will suffice: marijuana legalization. The LPC 'legalized marijuana' by downloading the responsibility for enforcement, policy and standards to the provinces, but nonsensically retained federal criminal legislation for sale to minors, introducing a guaranteed conflict between the provincial right to set age of majority and federal enforcement of that law. Are we really going to get into the business of arresting people and putting them in FEDERAL prison for selling to an 18 year old in Ontario, when that 18 year old can cross over into Quebec and buy it perfectly legally? It's what already happens with alcohol, but we're talking fines at the provincial level for alcohol, not felony convictions like we would with pot. It's juvenile legislation that got rushed so the feds had a chance of getting it out in the public's eyes by 420. It's that kind of 'optics first' thinking that's so idiotic.
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Yeah, that's why there are no taxes on alcohol. Bought any black market whiskey lately?
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Who and why did someone remove Meliss's comment? I can take insults and criticism. I've been married.
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If you are going to play then pay. Churches and such should be paying taxes. Then this becomes a non-issue.
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lol of course he saw it...and did nothing.
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Pre-1960's, all Anheuser Busch factory workers were given free beer in the break rooms. Free beer, meaning pour-it-yourself kegs. Unfortunately some government officials thought driving fork-lifts intoxicated was unsafe and mandated all employees across the US be sober at work. Fun-killers.
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I would suggest that you try to do the job, or at least inquire what it is that the police do before you pontificate.
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It's kind of sad to see so many people afraid to say that they are voting for an independent who is not a hasn't been puppet slave to the party, because they themselves are a puppet slave to the party. To those, it's only a career to them...it's not a principled calling nor is it really to make things better. It's also sad to see Americans who are so confused when an independent makes it this far without party backing and is not a puppet to the corruption and hasn't ended up selling out or being bullied out (Sanders) who surprised the established parties who were so sure that their chosen front runners would win. People are so used to the same way every election because it is so planned and established that they can't deal with any surprises . So when both corrupt parties start pulling together to try to attack the independents, some people can't see that both political parties are corrupt. Had it been Sanders that hadn't sold out they would be doing the same to him
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On those occasions when I choose to slog through the veritable swamp of the uncivil Schwab's writing, I'm often reminded of these words from the Coen brothers' brilliant film, Barton Fink: "Mister Fink, they have not invented a genre of picture that Bill Mayhew has not, at one time or other, been invited to essay. Yes, I have taken my stab at the rasslin' form, as I have stabbed at so many others, and with as little success. I gather that you are a freshman here, eager for an upperclassman's counsel. However, just at the moment, I have drinking to do... "
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Recently, consultants from New York city were brought in to advise on how to help the downtown Eugene area- their services were paid as part of a federal $ grant... our tax dollars at work. The problems seem obvious especially compared to downtown Springfield.
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For anyone to say, that Hawai'i would not be a viable target of North Korea, than that person has no true understanding, of the North Korean President's state of Mind. He is too unpredictable. He is constantly pushing physical boundary lines and mental fortitudes. Political strategies, are constantly being rewritten. The USA, can not take on a 3rd war. We are still stuck in Iraq & Afghanistan. A nuclear missile, could devastate the Hawaiian islands, and destroy the value of Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean.
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The scornful swamp doesn’t like being drained and doesn’t want to be drained....Corker is not alone in fearing that prospect...the elites of both the Democrat and Republican Parties are frightened that the Iconoclastic President will follow through with the promises he made to the US electorate that he would clean out the Augean stables. Corker, knowing that President Trump would not endorse him for the 2018 mid term elections, has thrown in the towel and will not run for reelection...”Hall has no fury like a politician scorned”.
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I cannot think of a single reason that I would spend time with people like this, family or not. It is a recipe for disaster waiting to happen. It will not end well no matter how you contort yourself to please them. Save yourself the heartache and drama, and skip thanksgiving altogether.
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I would strongly urge the elected representatives from Catalonia to put forward a motion in the EU parliament condemning the violence against peaceful civilians during the referendum - and see who votes against it. Also put a supplementary motion, condemning the violation of the EU charter on the freedom of information, for the ban on the app that gave "information" about the referendum, and the seizure of ballot boxes. There should be something appropriately poetic, like where the jackboots trample on the fresh green shoots of freedom, they may crush the life therein, but will in the process disperse the seed far and wide.
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Write in Votes for US Congress "Wright Write In" Votes by the media ~ driving down voter turn out and DON and LISA using the media to say they were running unopposed while getting their people out. Lets have another option. Just Write "Stephen Wright" "Republican" on the write in spot already filed as a write in so your vote will count. WrightForAlaska.com
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It had nothing whatever to do with uniting anyone. It had everything to do with distracting people from the fact that the father of Mr. Owens snubbed Trump at Dover Air Force Base. Trump went there for a photo op and it didn't work out so well for him. Trump is a psychotic. His administration is a failed, hot mess.
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re: Mr. de Jong cautioned there are risks to the economy, particularly due to protectionist sentiments growing within Canada’s biggest trading partner, the United States. and no risk from a massive housing bubble?
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Guess freedom of assembly is out the door too? You have a problem with organizing protest? How anti Constitution.
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I'm happy, SS2, to have a two-way conversation on a lot of things. It's hard when people just yell talking points at you, or dismiss you by using labels designed to be offensive (like the two posters using SJW here). So, how about a two-way conversation, SS2: just when is it appropriate for the elected leader of a democracy to call an unemployed sports star an SOB for having exercised his right to free speech? And how it that not 'hate and vitriol' from that source?
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The disorder in Washington (for which you have given us a link) occurred on January 20, 2017. The Women's March was yesterday, January 21, 2017. And therefore your article from 'The Daily Caller' (and its photos) cannot possibly tell us what the March "was about and how it was conducted". Some "dose of reality"! PS - I now see that several other people have already commented on your obvious blunder. Oh well, better too many than too few.
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Your sensitive perspective in this piece indicates that you have already made progress in breaking the 'absent men' cycle. All the best with your sons.
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Well, I'm not trying to say that - I'm trying to ask what other reason besides tax avoidance is there to give Justice the shares. I don't understand the asset freeze strategy. I'm sure you know small business owners who use income sprinkling to reduce taxes - in this example if Justice were a minor and had no other income I believe he could receive $25-30K annually tax free if distributed as a dividend to him. I think that's an example of the money that the Fair Tax plan is trying to tax. I appreciate the response - I was going to make a comment suggesting you read the pdf but I see you co-wrote it :).
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It's working so well for Kansas, so well. "Since it took effect in January 2013, total employment in Kansas has risen only 2.6 percent, compared to 6.5 percent nationally. Private sector employment in Kansas has risen 3.5 percent, compared to 7.6 percent nationally. The state’s economy has grown less than half as fast as the national economy; Kansas’ gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.8 percent from the end of 2012 through the first quarter of 2016, while national GDP rose 11.9 percent. Kansas’ share of newly opened business establishments in the United States has actually declined slightly rather than increased." http://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/kansas-tax-cut-experience-refutes-economic-growth-predictions-of-trump-tax
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Apparently, the fact that DJT can't get over HRC is widely noted: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/18/what-will-it-take-for-donald-trump-to-get-kicked-off-twitter/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-trumptwitter%3Ahomepage%2Fstory There is a video 1/2 down the page that has a nice summary of his obsession.
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LOL, So now climate change and Trump’s election is at par with global atomic war? So the best response to this “doomsday clock 2.0” is best expressed by the character Dr. Manhattan from “The Watchmen”: “I would only say that a symbolic clock is as nurturing to the intellect as a photograph of oxygen to drowning man.”
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This is NOT about reducing traffic fatalities. It's a power grab by the police. If they truly wanted to nab impaired drivers, how about setting up their roadside checkpoints right outside the parking lots of bars and nightclubs. No need to be random about it: that's where they're most likely to find impaired people getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. BTW distracted driving is one of the top 3 causes of traffic crashes. When are the penalties for that going to catch up with the penalties for impaired?
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What a bunch of mealy mouthed weaklings. I guess the little boys just want some sort of a win... At any cost
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Lol, Republicans claiming the mantle of due process. That's rich given their recent history.
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Boordow-- 100% correct. Add to that Detroit, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Chicago- the common denominator in all five cities of course being decades of entrenched Democrat mayoral/city council leadership.
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Costs are a valid concern, but naming a major street after Dr. King is a signal that Springfield recognizes a truly great American when it sees one. Overall, I think the benefits outweigh the costs. Karen Hartman admires MLK. What did "Centennial" ever do for us?
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