text
stringlengths 1
1.91k
| label
int64 0
1
| label_text
stringclasses 2
values |
|---|---|---|
LTD did not spend $100 million. The project was paid for nearly in its entirety by Federal and State grants. Would you explain to us how you determined that EmX is less efficient than before EmX? | 0 | not toxic |
This professor cannot have missed that wearing blackface is hurtful to many people and doing so makes you look ignorant at best, like a bigot at worst. Yes, of course it's a free country and you can dress however you want. The university is also free to decide this prof damages their brand. Or perhaps they even care about not alienating students of color, who knows. I wouldn't waste a minute feeling sorry for this person; they made a conscious choice to do something ridiculous and racist (yeah, it's racist), and they're facing the consequences. On the grand scale of things, it's a petty, stupid act. I'm sure this prof isn't burning any crosses. But those little racist acts speak volumes about character, and I still think character matters. Why is being a jerk so lauded lately? Why not try to be just a little bit kind and thoughtful of others? Is it so difficult? | 1 | toxic |
People are arrested all the time, look it up. It's called desecration of the flag. Read U.S flag code, title 4, chapter 1. | 0 | not toxic |
I agree with everything what you wrote about Hotel Dana. I visited this place 3 months ago and I am still impressed how beautiful place it is :) I think that in next year or even later in 2017 I will go there again with my whole family :) | 0 | not toxic |
While I don't entirely disagree, I can't help but wonder why Dan Sullivan seems to be getting a pass. He actually told me it would be better for Alaska, which it clearly won't. He'll say anything, thinking we are all fools who will believe it. Has he ever voted against the Republican majority? | 1 | toxic |
But the EU is an economic mess. Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece are all finaincial basket cases. Italy's banks are a disaster, worse than the US in the Depression. Greece is so in debt its life expectancy is dropping to third world levels. Portugal is not far behind with cuts to health care and a diaspora of the educated. And Spain's youth have a 30% unemployment rate, surrounded by empty homes, but horribly crowded in their living arrangements. Europe is ripe for an explosion. | 0 | not toxic |
I do think Mary Dawson would be advising on the rules as they are written today. Need to talk to JT about changing the rules.
CanadaRob 3
----
Mary Dawson has no time
She is still investigating Trudeau's Bahamas vacation New Year 2017
on the Aga Khan's island
Is she hoping we forget about it? | 0 | not toxic |
The Conservatives who aired Canada's dirty laundry and falsely represented and/or omitted facts regarding the case, should apologize to Canadians for the damage they have caused to the Canada/US relationship, then resign in shame. They let partisanship and personal prejudice get in the way of their duty to serve as ambassadors to Canada and to promote Canadian interests abroad. Now, they have given Trump a bargaining chip to use against Canada during NAFTA negotiations. Great job Conservatives, you've really outdone yourselves this time. | 0 | not toxic |
I agree. Half my bill is "delivery charge", and I have no idea how it is calculated. | 0 | not toxic |
Using the same arguments used with Ukraine, everyone associated with AIPAC should face the same criminal charges. | 0 | not toxic |
The unemployment rate went from almost 9% to just over 4%. The stock market reached historical highs. There were no major terrorist attacks on US soil. Twenty million Americans have health care for the first time. America is out of foreign wars. America committed to reduce GHGs. Let's see what Dear Dealmaker can do to compare. | 0 | not toxic |
The two to three million Hispanics who became citizens because of that 'meaningless compromise' might tend to disagree with you.
How many of them do you know? I personally know four people who became citizens because of that 'meaningless' law; two field grade Army Officers and one Master Sergeant and one civilian.
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). "At the time, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that about four million illegal immigrants would apply for legal status through the act and that roughly half of them would be eligible."
"One study finds that the legalization of three million immigrants reduced crime by 3-5%, primarily property crime. The author finds that this is due to greater job market opportunities for the immigrants." | 0 | not toxic |
The Trudeau government is based upon the socialist ideology of the left. They think it better to lose business people than poets, manufacturing than musicians, doctors than drug addicts. They want to appeal to the people that want other peoples money, not the creators of wealth. These are people who do not know how or care how the world works. Only to be able to say that their debts and future misery was worth lowering the standard of living for all. Please reason will not appeal to their logic. | 0 | not toxic |
Aloha, Bart - From Tim Vandeveer's letter, it's clear that the idea of preventing Gates from being allowed to run was at least considered by him, the Party or both: "This re-reenrollment was not caught in a timely manner, which prevented any action through the Office of Elections..." I don't think I'm the only one who finds it ironic that Gates showed up in March and became a Democrat at the same preference poll that saw Sanders and his supporters — many of them also new Democrats as of that day — score a big win. That same-day registration was good enough for many of the voters who made Sanders (not a Democrat) the choice of Hawaii Democrats, but not good enough to annoint Gates a Democrat in the eyes of Vandeveer and party rules does not compute. Not saying Vandeveer wrote the rules, of course, and I'm sure you read that I note he's new in the role. | 0 | not toxic |
The Port Bellingham is a government agency ... It is not a corporation. | 0 | not toxic |
But these issues are usually much more nuanced and complex for us to parse as non-members in the group. I'm curious what role people think government, or even a university, should have in regulating the internal divides of any ethnic group?
As long as it's non-violent and entirely voluntary, I don't really care if two Indians don't want to be in the same group as another one. If they were attacking him over it, that's an entirely different question. But is some foreign government's "liberal" policy of interfering in some students ethnic biases solve the problem of Indian caste system? I highly doubt it.
Sure, take a personal stand against racism. But I don't see what that has to due with Mr Singh. Unless of course he plans to make it a government policy to support some random terrorist, or uses his position to speak out in support of them, which I highly doubt. It would be political suicide (same w/ Trump). I'm more interested in what his tangible policies are, related to Canada... | 0 | not toxic |
That is me and my family in the above story... :-) | 0 | not toxic |
Proud of Yancy but he has to tone it down with the pimp jive little bit. Hawaii athletes are traditional strong but humble and understated. That can intimidate opponents. Was probably the post fight adrenaline he was riding but I didn't find that borderline cocky act a good representation for Hawaii. | 0 | not toxic |
That would be .1% | 0 | not toxic |
"For the more enlightened Wildrose members" if they were enlightened they wouldn't be Wildrose members | 0 | not toxic |
Why doesn't the News report the race of the people that caused this huge vicious crime and are still out there threatening the public?????
Everyone knows that they would report it if the gangsters were anything but privileged criminal races. | 0 | not toxic |
Will Trump require the use of Russian made steel pipe? | 0 | not toxic |
Wow so much work with multiple authors, and it's all about a non-issue, a problem Trump all ready took care of...a long time ago. | 0 | not toxic |
They already are. They're required to buy their health insurance on the exchanges. | 0 | not toxic |
So I see some posters are bringing up the "Fraser Institute"
Why?
Did they make phone calls to influence votes?
.
Perhaps they organized demonstrations?
.
Maybe they did some third-party advertising?
.
Bus in professional organizers to work in ridings?
.
If any of this is true, please provide details, and if so, I didn't real the Fraser Institute was a Public Service Union... | 0 | not toxic |
I agree, me saying it doesn't make it so, the obvious flaws (which your comments are highlighting) make it so.
"Your logic basically invalidates every survey of any kind, because there's ALWAYS going to be differences between what was sampled and what wasn't."
Not including corporate-owned multi-sites is not mere "sampling" variance that would be included in a margin of error. It is exclusion of an entire category of data. If they had included statistically valid estimates of how many jobs were added or lost at those businesses, their study might be credible. Instead, it is bunk. | 0 | not toxic |
yes J trudeau is our version of Quisling.. | 0 | not toxic |
Jesse Farmer - Remarkable! This is a perfect demonstration of the fact that fluoridation opponents care absolutely nothing about the truth or facts. They simply invent lies because the real facts don't support their self-inflicted, unwarranted paranoia. If anyone is paying me, then they forgot to let me know or send me any pay checks. | 0 | not toxic |
I am a physician and I absolutely believe this action by the SRNA is wrong in so many ways... I hope Ms. Strom sues the SRNA.
So...a layperson can make the same complaints without consequence from the SRNA. And I also presume a nurse can make the same complaint without consequence if the nurse was NOT a member of the SRNA (let's say Ms. Strom was a nurse in BC). So Ms. Strom is being penalized for speaking up for her grandfather JUST because she a member of the SRNA?!?! And the SRNA supposedly even wanted to charge her with breach of confidentiality? This is simply preposterous beyond belief! How can one breach confidentiality when one is complaining about care received by your own family member?
We should all encourage people to speak up when they see substandard work being performed. That is how things improve. Look at the example with the police and the "code of silence". This is how problems are perpetuated and the "bad apples" are allowed to create rot in the whole bunch... | 0 | not toxic |
The author of this piece, and we know what a piece of ---- it is, is one very scary and twisted individual. What is scarier still though is the fact that she is teaching our young adults, that is what truly is scary.
This left-wing-ologist makes a living by pumping out nonsense like this and receives money from a university that is publicly funded, yes that is right tax payers dollars - the same tax payers that she is now advocating pay the terrorist. If you ever wanted to know why government is continually running deficits and has accumulated debt to the point that the carrying charges on that debt are a major expenditure it is people like her.
The majority of Canadians have reacted properly to what Trudeau and his henchmen are doing on this file and rightly want Khadr out of Canada. Kahdr is a very scary person but you know something, the author is far more frightening then 10 Khadr's combined. | 1 | toxic |
The only people calling Trump crazy is the wacked left media and their useful idiots! | 1 | toxic |
I did NOT flag you. Whoever did should save it for that guy that spams with his political junk, over and over.
You did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings, I just too your bait so I could post another comment since Civil Bot has me in time out for the next 23 days for something I honestly did not intentionally do. But late and night I tend to hit thst "yes" button without always reading and sometimes I swear, the Civil Bot "tests" me by refusing to advance me to the next question, just keeps giving me the same one.......so thinking like Pavlov's dog, I hit the no button three times and it advances me. Wake up to find I am banned for 30 days from posting on such controversial subjects as printing presses and other mundane subjects. | 0 | not toxic |
.
…looking around this room, one might say book learning could be in short supply.
I highly recommend it for everyone. It's never too late.
(voters especially, ...though it's a little late, so sorry, this go round) | 0 | not toxic |
Sam missed 17 days this past Legislative Session. Pretty important when you consider they only have 60 days to get work done. | 0 | not toxic |
High fees are definitely still a problem, but it's not true to say that the legal profession has done nothing about it. Strides have been taken to allow trained paralegals to practice in areas where a broader range of knowledge is not required. Many companies operate with non-lawyer in-house employees for various kinds of litigation. | 0 | not toxic |
So.Brandon what exactly are you protesting. What is it that you want? | 0 | not toxic |
Let's get real. There will be no peace until (at least) Israel stops taking over Palestinian land. | 0 | not toxic |
That's because these type of games are few and far between in the NFL. | 0 | not toxic |
yikes, you are like elementary school on Saturday... | 0 | not toxic |
Elvin- You should feel sorry for Julio as his face is permanently contorted (see above pic) due to the weight of the diamond in his ear. Now wearing a $100k diamond is not exactly brilliant but remember this is an NFL player and they were not put on the earth to solve world hunger! | 0 | not toxic |
Obviously you didn't go to Rumph Facebook page and see the slew of racist commentary from the very happy to post their picture white folks who said everything from
"Eugenics worked to hopefully the blacks eradicate themselves" and everything in between. My favorite had to be from Wendy Johnson who said she couldn't understand what Rumph said because she "doesn't speak niggerese". Like how freaking special do you have to be? Or how blind rather to think that racism isn't a huge issue here in Alaska? Hell scanning the comments a woman named Darvana Tressler said "most natives are drunk violent and homeless n Ak is a crap hole".
I could go on all day long of you can go check those comments out for yourself it's a public page sweetie.
Karen Pharr I think her name is worked in the ASD until she commented on that post with a racially ignorant comment and a bunch of angry parents complained. Can you blame them? Job over just like that. | 1 | toxic |
Why don't you take a look at what your "change" guy is actually doing? He's putting people in his cabinet that strongly support TTP; he's putting Wall Street bankers in his cabinet, along with long-entrenched right wing politicians in his cabinet, including those who want to destroy social security and Medicare ( remember he said he wouldn't touch it?). None of these people give 2 cents about you. Check for yourself, you voted for him, you should keep up with what he's doing.
As for your other statements: There is zero evidence Clinton took bribes anywhere but in your conspiracy-theory rotted mind. Grow up and accept responsibility for the man YOU chose to support for President; the man YOU voted for. Trump is no one's fault but yours. Quit trying to blame everyone else. | 0 | not toxic |
Hillary made that same mistake. | 0 | not toxic |
I do not comment out of context or after reading only a headline, so I know he had a prior conviction. You seem to have entirely misunderstood the concept that he is not AT THIS TIME guilty of ANY OTHER offense. It is reasonable to SUSPECT he MAY be guilty of additional charges, but not to ACT on such suspicions BEFORE he is convicted. I wrote a balanced comment STARTING with lamenting he was not charged with more serious felony charges IF the facts of the later allegations are as ALLEGED (but not yet proven) in the article. Never confuse one or several allegations with legally established facts. Note I also advocated taking the time to sort out the matter DURING WHICH the former 'partners' should be separated, either by court order or by jail (if 'danger to others' is established before a Superior Court judge). The only way I differ from you is that I would do the SAME thing regardless of the sex of the offender - I believe in absolute equality before the law. | 0 | not toxic |
One must not think secularism does not come with its own ideals, indoctrination etc. It, too, has become a philosophy and a worldview. | 0 | not toxic |
Interesting. Something tells me you are omitting some nuances. For example, the first law applies only to nursing homes where someone repeatedly and knowingly refers to a resident in a manner contrary to what he or she wants. Yes, that is stupid enough, but it is couched as a form of harrassment of helpless people. It is not about just referring some random person encountered on the street or a store or wherever the wrong pronoun. | 1 | toxic |
It's about time a Canadian politician had the guts to call a spade a spade. And it's so typical of Islamic apologists to refer to one instance to dispute Couillard's statement and shift the dialogue. Islam is broken. It has a disproportionate number of radicalized adherents that cause massive death and destruction throughout the world. Just look up the death toll during Ramadan alone! Sadly, the only ones that can fix Islam are Muslims and they don't seem to want to do it. This forces thinking people to draw conclusions that are now becoming illegal as we slip into the Trudeaupean "hate" crime era where one's very thoughts and opinions can result in jail time. Ironically there are no such penalties for Islamic aggressions.
We live in interesting times, I just hope we can survive them. | 0 | not toxic |
We publish allegations all the time. All we have to do suspend belief until further evidence comes along. And this is not a proposition from Wittgenstein. | 0 | not toxic |
You have a fanciful imagination and you are a purveyor of FAKE NEWS.
LOL!!! | 0 | not toxic |
Have you alway been this bitter? Maybe a reaction to Begich not getting re-elected? Maybe the realization that the majority of Alaskans disagree with you? Whatever, take a deep breath and chill. | 0 | not toxic |
Who wouldn't love to live next to the railroad tracks overlooking ship creek and the port? Everything is so convenient, the nearest grocery is Gambell Carr's or the Red Apple. You'll get a great view of the homeless living in the woods near you as well. Should be well worth the high cost. | 0 | not toxic |
Those ratings are mostly meaningless. And corporations can say about anything they want in their brochures. It's called marketing. I'm sure Trumps marketing says he is an angel too.
The R's made her set up a basement server to avoid public disclosure? And then they made her lie repeatedly about it to the American people? There is a pattern of this type of behavior that has followed her her entire public life. Yes, the R's have been whiny jerks (what else is new), but at some point, one has to stop saying "it's all the R's fault." Just to head you off here, I'm about as far from being a R (or paying attention to their histrionics and madness) as one can get. I've taken to calling them the insane party. I'm not much of a D either. They have pretty much become the R party I didn't like, but could at least tolorate and respect.
I don't think HRC cares about us or the truth as long as she gets what she feels she is entitled to. She simply isn't a good choice for president in my opinion. | 0 | not toxic |
yikes! | 0 | not toxic |
goog: unfnrailco.com
Shipping Alberta bitumen to Alaska in railroad tanker cars is a STUPID IDEA for many reasons...
goog: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bitumen-railway-van-horne-institute
Bitumen rail-tankers cannot haul anything back to Alberta.
If bitumen is to be hauled to Alaska it should be hauled as solid block bitumen on flatcars so we can use the flatcars to haul back intermodal container freight to L48.
BigOil in Canada is just as stupid as it's goofy operations in AK-NSloppy & worldwide CRUDE behavior, causing wars and terrorism endlessly.
BigOil wastes mega-energy trying to separate the sand from the bitumen.
A plasma-gasifier can efficiently process the raw tarsands to produce two feedstock product streams; hydrocarbon alkanes & silicon silanes.
Why are SILANES more valuable than hydrocarbons ??
goog: silane fuel
AOGCC is stupid
plasma-gasification renders BungledPlumbing's CGF-Prudhoe obsolete.
We had the technology in 1970 to gasify all of Alaska's hydrocarbon | 1 | toxic |
Kealoha could always depend on his actions being covered by the yahoo good old boyz on the commission. Sheehan is asking the tough questions the public needs answers to. Finally, a public servant we can believe in. | 0 | not toxic |
The practices used to obtain meat are as horrifying as those used to obtain most fur. Suggest you read "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer. | 0 | not toxic |
Is that your way of apologizing for misrepresenting Cardinal Bernardin?
In any event, thanks again for posting Mr. Shea's article. | 0 | not toxic |
Dear Bernie supporters, read the following and see if you agree:
"We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions." These words were spoken by Adolph HITLER in 1927 to a foreign reporter. Glad I'm not a socialist. | 0 | not toxic |
"Other examples of passive-aggressive behavior might include avoiding direct or clear communication, evading problems, fear of intimacy or competition, making excuses, blaming others, obstructionism, playing the victim, feigning compliance with requests, sarcasm, backhanded compliments, and hiding anger." Seems pretty accurate to me. How'd you like those citations? | 0 | not toxic |
Breaking News: Christians demand subservience and submission to authority. | 0 | not toxic |
Yeah, I've done the same thing when trying to rent when I was a young parent. My wife would apply at a rental property and be told there were no vacancies. I'd later apply at the SAME rental and be shown several vacancies--in the inimitable words of Gomer Pyle, "surprise, surprise". The different reception was because she's black, and I'm not. Got to the point where I couldn't bring my wife and kids with me to look for a place to rent. Trumpy the KKKlown is by no means the only rental property owner guilty of this. And they pretty much get away with it, just like he did. | 0 | not toxic |
"... up between 20 per cent and 80 per cent compared to last year, an informal survey conducted by The Globe and Mail shows...."
Do not be fooled, kids.
Canada barely even qualifies as a real country anymore when these sorts of misleading statistics from unnamed sources are unquestionably passed off as news in "Canada's National newspaper." | 0 | not toxic |
Fierce Trump haters as yourself don't realize he IS the POTUS, entitled to his opinions as you. Sorry.
BTW - he didn't arbitrarily come up with "heel spurs" as an excuse. He was medically disqualified by military medical examiners. You don't have an option to check an imaginary "choose your aliment for self disqualification" box. Not too familiar with U.S. military med protocol, I take it? | 0 | not toxic |
As a North Shore advocate, your comments are surprising. Caldwell has done a lot - and been criticized for it - to develop a stronger urban core with denser vertical growth. I would think you would have a keen understanding of how avoiding massive urban sprawl helps to #KeepTheCountryCountry. Also, just curious, do you think Djou and his #NoTaxesEver would have released the funds that Caldwell did to help secure the conservation easement at Turtle Bay? | 0 | not toxic |
I'm sure Justin is speaking from his vast international financial experience. | 0 | not toxic |
The U.S. already knows that fighting will simply lead to more fighting, but that's precisely the point. They want a prolonged conflict in order to justify expenses for war and the pursuit other objectives. The whole thing about getting others to embrace "western values" is just how they market it to people to make it more palatable. | 0 | not toxic |
62% Valleys, Eagle River like Trumps transition toward the White House....and they will get their bucks as usual for roads, infrastructure, cheep fuel plus experienced from oil/gas/mining.
Anchorage is not that bad after all!!! | 0 | not toxic |
Get back in your little house Corey, you know Donnie doesn't like you straying..... | 0 | not toxic |
There may have been some good points that came out of this conference...lost all of them when the talk veered to BLM.
"Lack of support" for a movement that flat out lies and distorts truth? Yes. The dignity and worth of all people matters. But BLM is not the benign group it pretends to be.
You actually had to publish this on the anniversary of the cold-blooded murder of police officers in Dallas? Without a mention of that kind of violence? How about a thought for their dignity? Or perhaps a thought for Officer Miosotis Familia today as her family prepares for her funeral? | 0 | not toxic |
Debt hogs? Canadians living beyond their means?
And you can prove this by the rate of mortgage arrears hitting their lowest level in over ten years? Canadian Bankers Association stats say 0.25% - one quarter of one percent of mortgages are in arrears. Does that indicate Canadians are living beyond their means? | 0 | not toxic |
You have an amazing talent of bringing memories of our childhood to the front of my mind like it was yesterday. Very proud you. | 0 | not toxic |
I support Tim Goss. He is a person showing integrity. That alone is unusual these days. Thank you Tim. | 0 | not toxic |
Racism IS deplorable.
Sexism IS deplorable.
Xenophobia IS deplorable.
Islamophobia IS deplorable.
Homophobia IS deplorable.
The only thing Clinton got wrong was saying "half of his supporters", when polls at the time showed that 61% of T-rump's supporters shared his views on those topics.
P.S. 54% of the voters voted for someone OTHER than Trumplethinskin.
(You can look stuff up, you know.) | 0 | not toxic |
G4: You make an excellent point. It's almost embarrassing that a University Administration would consider a discussion of free speech vis a vis individual "protections" from such activity to be a "distraction" to students in a Law School. In today's social/political climate that discussion, IMO, is one of the most relevant and important topics Law students could address.
Thank you for making that point......it seems to have escaped University leaders. regards, Gary | 0 | not toxic |
With a wind shear like that i think the Airport might reconsider taking some precautions, it was back in 1980 the day before April fools day up here in Alaska that we had an inland hurricane, forecasters were calling for winds up to 40mph...that night around 11:15 Pm it started blowing so hard it blew a brick fireplace chimney off the apartment i was living in...winds were clocked at 143 mph at Birchwood Airport in Chugiak and did major damage throughout the Anchorage Bowl. Things like this do happen up here unexpectedly sometimes . The safety of of airline customers should come first before unwanted schedule interruptions. | 0 | not toxic |
Trudeau is an expert in all things WWI because he played the role of a soldier in the 2007 CBC docudrama "The Great War" | 0 | not toxic |
It'll save $70 million over the life of the deal. That'll stall the ever-increasing provincial debt count for about 3 days. And I love her new phrase, "I get it". Of course, it's not true, or maybe in an abstract "other people are suffering" way because I'm pretty sure the monthly electricity bill is not a big concern in the Wynne household. | 0 | not toxic |
One could argue that those religions pointed to Jesus as well. Lending credence to God being the God of ALL people groups. | 0 | not toxic |
As long as your willing to pay a lot more for products you buy, then fine.
But you better not be going to Costco and Walmart to buy stuff because it's cheaper.
If so, we get to call you a hypocritical wanker. | 1 | toxic |
There are many who have questioned its constitutional basis. But I now challenge you to show me the courts have agreed it's unconstitutional, because even libertarian tax advisors say it's something that will be struck down in court, because it's been challenged countless times before without a winning prescident. | 0 | not toxic |
Has anyone else noticed that some of the comments they were asked to rate today were absolutely wacky and clearly a test of out rating ability?
I know the writing style of most people here and whether I agree with them or not, there is a level of sophistication not seen in those wackoid test comments.
I would suggest that the moderators at least try to make the test comments look real. | 0 | not toxic |
This whole affair is pilau. From the top down! from the police chief right down to the commission that approved his hiring and his retirement package. He and She might be eligible for Social Security and that is ALL they should get. NO hefty financial package from the corrupt police commission. You cannot claim law and order when the participants are corrupt. | 0 | not toxic |
It was a very wrong decision and extremely appalling to do. The trust of the government to make ethical and rational decisions is also lost. | 0 | not toxic |
The worst that Nature can offer is Trump.
There is no preparedness for that continual unfolding disaster. | 1 | toxic |
Good move, Debbie Wasserman Dummy Schultz. | 0 | not toxic |
The medical system is due for some serious investigation, at least here in BC. Short story. Dentist noticed problem on tongue which might be cancer. Sends me to surgeon for biopsy. The initial interview with exam is not covered by BC medical, the actual surgery done at a different time is not covered by BC medical because it is done outside a hospital, but the analysis of the sample is covered. Who thinks up systems like that? | 0 | not toxic |
The government better be careful how they tread. A lot of GDP in this country comes from developments on "traditional territories". Consent over consult could prove to be a very bad idea. Professor Newman is clearly a benefiting member of the Aboriginal Industry. | 0 | not toxic |
Keep on telling yourself that. | 0 | not toxic |
I think you meant our money spent on defense for the benefit of the entire world. | 0 | not toxic |
I think for anyone to think Zuma and his harem of Guptas will face any type of justice is a hopeless romantic. The ANC will ensure Zuma is allowed to fade into the Dubai sunset. ANC politics is first and foremost about money and enrichment and Zuma has been a demi-god in this arena. | 0 | not toxic |
This editorial was an obvious and badly failed attempt to interject Marxist teachings from a liberal institution (I know it because I experienced it as a poli-sci undergrad at UCD in the early 80's) to today's much more diverse population. It is convenient and popular (and tremendously hypocritical) among the left to denigrate those they disagree with as being inferior classes, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The mix of education, income, etc. is actually pretty equal between the right and left. Both sides have their government beneficiaries. And while race diversity is the more trumpeted attribute on the left, there are plenty of minority citizens who disagree with mob rule. That is really the discussion to be had- in the battle between right and left in this country, do laws actually mean anything any more? At what point does bad behavior dictate to society? | 0 | not toxic |
Uh, excuse me - interest rates have lept north (you might want to catch up on the economic relationship between interest rates and currency values) and rates of ethnic and racial attacks increased. If you want to quote statistics you might want to get your facts straight and include both sides - but of course that won't served your narrow interests at all. | 0 | not toxic |
As of 6PM this evening, Hillary had a 1.6 million vote edge in the popular vote, not 2.7 million. That is on CNN so must be taken with a grain of salt since CNN is and was obviously part of the Clinton Campaign. | 0 | not toxic |
Wow! Trump really is as dumb as he looks. Putin is probably loving every second of this fiasco! What a dangerous game to play.... If that idiot does get elected than this country deserves what it's going to get. I can see all the commie voters now with their camouflage and Mickey Mouse t-shirts chanting "Make America Great Again."
Dang, why didnt Warren Buffet make a serious run at it? How disappointing. | 1 | toxic |
There are about 36,000 rapes per year in the USA, and far less that cause a pregnancy. And yes, John, enough couples who would be happy to adopt them.
In response to your service as a rape counselor, I would have thought that's your job to explain to the women raped that carrying the child to term isn't a punishment of them at all. That God still has a purpose for them and their child in life, regardless of what a criminal has done to them. In God's eyes, they are still pure and untouched. In such circumstances, killing the child isn't going to make the rape go away. Instead, bringing the child to term is a chance to bring a new and perfect life into the world from a violent assault.
A baby is everything that is good about the world, whereas rape is everything that's evil. To associate the former with the latter is to mislead the rape victim. Our culture has permitted abortion since 1970, makes it seem as if a baby is a burden, an expense and an inconvenience in life. | 0 | not toxic |
I hope everyone enjoys tonight's reenactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn,
also known as "Siemian's Last Stand." Put the kids to bed, it's gonna' be ugly. | 0 | not toxic |
That wasn't praise, but I agree that Putin is a strong leader. Much stronger and more powerful than our current leader. Aleppo wasn't my. Favorite Marx Brother, I liked Groucho and Harpo best. | 0 | not toxic |
When I was young, it was more of a children should be seen and not heard scenario. Why? Because otherwise young people assume they know it all and storm over everybody else, not learning a thing and continuing to be ignorant. Back then, we actually knew it too because, upon being quiet, we learned a tremendous amount from the experience and wisdom of our elders. These days most young people never learn hardly anything. Too concentrated on dominating the discussion every second of the day with their clueless garble. Those of us who are older who try to talk with them usually give up quickly because it's too frustrating fighting every single second of the conversation to get a word in and actually complete an intelligent thought! So, while the clueless young fans will mouth off loudly and every second of the day about Boyle and Fehr being useless, people like myself and Babcock know the obvious opposite ;) | 0 | not toxic |
We are done even if NAFTA survives...because of this one decision from USA. "Mr. Ross said the Trump administration plans to cut corporate tax and business regulations to lure more foreign companies to the United States." | 0 | not toxic |
"Liberalism" has always stopped at the water's edge. So-called conservatives and liberals have always agreed on war. It used to be called our "bipartisan foreign policy". When the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were being financed by supplemental appropriations, outside of the defense budget, I followed Oregon's senators' and representatives' votes on the supplementals. More often than not, Rep. Peter Defazio voted for the supplementals, and he is supposedly a "liberal".
Both Democrats and Republicans are responsible for our wars, as is most of the public, which just ignores them. The middle class ignores the wars because it isn't their kids who are fighting in them, it's mostly working-class kids for which the US now has no economic function, so they're expendable. Not enough people care to stop the wars, so they go on, killing people and wasting trillions of our tax dollars. | 0 | not toxic |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.