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I don't think it's simply a question of retaining survivors on a commission dominated by clerics and religious. I think we have to consider allowing the survivors to direct the commission, with guidance from the usual suspects, but without interference. I will not hold my breath waiting for Francis to show he has smelled all the sheep, even those who have been sheared by their shepherds. | 0 | not toxic |
Your comment is silly. It presumes only partial, and arguably errant, aspects of an anthropologic, sociologic, and subjective view of sexuality. The whole reason the Church persists in her teaching (..yes, she persisted and still persists...) is because she communicates the life of GRACE available to those who follow the gospel of Christ, her founder. Grace helps us in our growth in HOLINESS, our coming to know and see Christ better, that we might one day be able and worthy to see HIM in all His glory. If we strive for grace, them the subjective views, and first hand "knowledge" and "experience" of the laity can be properly weighed by their true worth and merit. Then we see that the personal arguments and experience of an adulterer, pervert, pornographer, sodomite, fornicator, etc, dont really matter much. | 1 | toxic |
It's not just President Trump's "associates" that have "links to Russia" it's his immediate family too. A convenient omission don't you think?
And where was the great Russian friend and fellow oil czar Rex Tillerson in all this.
No word about him either.
Too compromised? | 0 | not toxic |
Many of cities I've visited with large homeless populations have made great strides cleaning-up lawless, lewd, and intimidating behavior in their downtown by restricting loitering, sidewalk blocking, and especially panhandling. This requires restricting the "rights" of an uninvested few to safeguard the rights of a much larger civil and invested majority.
Think of this as democracy in action. I'm restricted by many laws to safeguard the majority. I have to abide by zoning rules, licensing rules, and pay for motor vehicle insurance. In Eugene, I'm forced to pay for many public services I don't use like buses, libraries, even schools.
Why the sympathy for taking a few "rights" away from badly behaving, non contributing "citizens"? | 0 | not toxic |
Mark Sargent and his Flat Earth Clues brought me to FE, and Patricia Steere kept me here ;-)
Kidding aside, Mark is easy to listen to and a pretty good ambassador for FE.
~ Dennis Fandrick (not afraid to put my name here !) | 0 | not toxic |
Thank you Rep. LeDoux for all your hard work in representing your constituents by assuring we fix this budget crisis in a fair way in which EVERYBODY contributes and not just hard working successfull Alaskans. | 0 | not toxic |
He "had travelled to North Korea regularly on humanitarian missions". Obviously, NK did not like his interpretation of "humanitarian". | 0 | not toxic |
Prove it! 😃 | 0 | not toxic |
Putting drunk drivers in the state penitentiary is absurd. A year in the local jail would be worse punishment. She simply does not need to be taking up a bed in such a high security venue when beds are at a premium. | 0 | not toxic |
Your post sounds bigoted.
Americans are diverse. Plenty of them support gun restrictions.
It is an act of bigotry to say "don't feel too sorry for the loss of life because chances are they were NRA supporters".
That kind of stereotyping is no different from the mechanisms of racism and bigotry since time immemorial... | 0 | not toxic |
The best way to reduce the number of junkies in Seattle would be for the safe injection sites to provide hot shots to all of their clients.
Probably get rid of all of Seattle's junkies in 6 months tops. | 1 | toxic |
Unless he was killed for his gender issue, what does it have to do with this story? | 0 | not toxic |
LOL. This is gonna drive the idiot in the WH crazy. What will he do about this? Take to Twitter, and insult their moms?
He cannot threaten the tax situation of these owners...even here, the legality of doing that is highly questionable, but the quislings among the conservatives in the Congress have no spine at all. | 1 | toxic |
Exceptions, often make for poor rules. | 0 | not toxic |
My God, how could the standards get any lower than they are now?
I'm sure there are many dedicated hard working men and women in the national guard, however, on the few times I've had to go meet with them I don't know that I ever met any. Vacant stares and vigorous phone tapping were all I ever saw in the endless rounds of inconclusive meetings I was forced to attend.
I understand what the article means when it says, "The aptitude test cutoff for infantrymen is lower because it is a more physical job." My question is, is there a mechanism to weed these "grandfathered" people out before they rise to a dangerous level or is this truly a case of the one-eyed man leading the blind? Our state has a $4B!! deficit and can't afford to waste $$$ reinforcing failure. | 0 | not toxic |
You can ask me what my electricity bill was for December 2016.
It was $115.65 for an end unit townhouse in Toronto, 506kWh of energy used.
This was approximately $30 more than average, however I was home for the month of December and spent a lot of time in the shop running woodworking machinery and shop lighting.
Not sure why you would consider $80 to $90 a month a tragedy? | 0 | not toxic |
LOOK! Over there! A Putinbird! | 0 | not toxic |
Everybody disrespects everybody these days. | 0 | not toxic |
And the Russians gave tens of millions to a host of democrats to grease the skids on a uranium deal. Selective outrage? | 0 | not toxic |
Although I feel your pain, you either must not eat very often or drive to the east side of the freeway to do your grocery shopping. I do 90% of my grocery shopping in Springfield and when I do happen into a Eugene store to pick something up, I'm always lost for minute at the checkout stand - buy a bag, stick it in my pockets, carry it out to the car in the little plastic basket?? | 0 | not toxic |
The fossil fuel industry is the most heavily subsidised industry in the world.
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The cost of climate change is gargantuan: Check the payouts on crop, flood, tornado, hurricane - and the huge premium increases for insurance.
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The cost of a highway system, and all of its upkeep; an entire system of law enforcement to support automobiles; the cost of death and injury; the cost of respiratory and other chronic illness; an entire system of essentially compulsory insurance.
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The military cost of the fossil fuel industry - mostly paid by the US, but also by every member of NATO. Aircraft carriers and troop deployments are incredibly expensive.
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The cost of agency capture to our political system and institutions of democracy. The GST cut, alone - made for the political benefit of the oil industry - has now cost over $ 140 billion.
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All of it borne by the public.
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These subsidies distort the market price, and tilt the balance against less harmful alternatives in the market.
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I always find it funny to read all the supportive votes under posts such as yours.
It is funny because, over the years, every time I flip to this website in the early morning hours, the most popular, top-number-one most-read section is the daily horoscope section.
Click, ah yes, those deranged, pitiful delusional religious people, they need therapy, click, now let's see, over here, what does my horoscope have in store for me today, oh my, "what you attempt over the next few days may not work out the way you expected it to but it will still work out for the best", well, that is a relief, I was worried about how much my work proposal was going to achieve, but I feel better now... | 0 | not toxic |
I was a student in Florence an eon ago. That town is so beautiful. | 0 | not toxic |
Before any new taxes are created, cut the budget further across the board except for what is necessary to protect people from other people. That is the fundamental purpose of government. Families & businesses cut their budgets to fit their income. The state should be no different.
There can be no compromise with an income tax. Once you start it up again, it just gets worse. An income tax means the fruits of your labor do not belong to you. The government decides what you keep & collects it through coercion, intimidation & threats. That is why Alan Keys called it “the slave tax”. It is a tax for a collectivist society not a society founded upon the principals of individual liberty & freedom. Marx & Engels supported the income tax as the 2nd tenant of their “Communist Manifesto”. Our Founding Fathers, champions of freedom & individual liberty, did not believe in a direct tax on individuals. They supported tariffs, which is a consumption tax. A sales tax is a consumption tax. | 0 | not toxic |
John, I agree with your post about the population crisis but our deserts are in fact getting greener due to CO2 fertilization.
CSIRO research shows the CO2 fertilization effect occurs where elevated CO2 enables a leaf during photosynthesis to extract more carbon from the air or lose less water to the air, or both.
Essentially, plants in the desert are using far less of the limited water the area receives and are slowly encroaching in deserts like the Sahara and in Australia where the research was conducted.
We're only getting increased desertification in areas affected by dramatic human deforestation which has little if anything to do with climate but caused by the forestry industry or locals depleting limited trees for fuel or shelter. | 0 | not toxic |
Possibly it's a matter of the current consequences in Alaska being, well, essentially non-existent and the DA is pissed as well. So the Feds were asked along for the ride in hopes of actually punishing the criminals. Just a thought... | 0 | not toxic |
I look forward to a version of the square dance. Perhaps at the "Kiss of peace" | 0 | not toxic |
My reaction is that any math teacher who so clearly shows such insight into what math has done for the human race, and is so passionate about teaching it, is probably also an excellent mathematics teacher.
I have sent his article to my children for them to use with their children, and I hope that their children do the same! | 0 | not toxic |
I don't think anybody should be fired or given an HR warning for reasonably expressing an opinion, even at work.
Except if you take it to an inflammatory level and don't stop. Disrespecting the flag and national anthem is as deliberately, in your face inflammatory to half the country as wearing a confederate flag t-shirt to work is to the other half.
But Trump is right about the boycott. Vote with your $$ if you don' like it. Take a knee with your $$. Watch how brave the NFL is when their revenue is cut.
On college campuses, the NFL, Google, government jobs, etc. you can broadcast to your heart's content about the liberal laundry list issues.
But if you're a conservative and try to just as openly express yourself you will get the PC gestapo's S-storm. | 0 | not toxic |
I think those kids should be more concerned about how the adults around them there in that community and that school may be defaming, traumatizing, and/or brainwashing them with one-hundred year-old hatreds long past their expiration date. You're preparing them for a world that hasn't existed in at least half a century, thank God. It's not coming back, we will not allow it, it is evil, there is nowhere for it to stand in a liberal democratic social plurality. Stop trying to summon demons back to walk and terrorize the meek world of good. | 0 | not toxic |
I have known people who were what I call late people. Some liked making a grand entrance. They were selfish and enjoyed being noticed. For them, it would be unthinkable to not get an earlier start. Many were poor planners. Some did not care if they were late. They saw no problem with it. All were helped when my friends and I would just leave without them. Knowing we were no longer going to tolerate their lateness helped them to start earlier. | 0 | not toxic |
Alternate headline;
1.7 Trillion $ lost by folks who did not sell them2- 3 months ago. | 0 | not toxic |
Hidden stapler maybe. | 0 | not toxic |
I'll let you have the UN membership paperwork.
But Israel will continue to ignore any toothless UN resolution it finds against its national interests.
Pieces of paper do nothing. Naked military force does. Israel is perfectly willing to use it. | 0 | not toxic |
And last year it was 6.7 billion....so what is your point? | 0 | not toxic |
"It might be because much of the mainstream Left has chosen to link up with radical, fringe organizations that agree with much of Antifa’s communist/socialist/anarchist ideology."
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/mask-off-mainstream-dem-groups-unite-with-radical-left | 0 | not toxic |
Yes. This is a necessary step but it will only work if we have a stick to go along with the carrot: a jail to house the criminal portion of the homeless population. | 0 | not toxic |
I was simply pointing out that there are passages in the Bible, regularly used by Christian fundamentalists to discriminate against homosexuality. And that it's myopic to single out Muslims for this. I'm not defending Islam's fundamentalist attacks on homosexuality.
And Doc, isn't it a bit disingenuous to list Chechnya without also pointing out Russia's ongoing attacks on homosexuals. It's a good Orthodox Christian Country after all.
Including references to Islamic State atrocities is a bit desperate don't you think? They've pretty much cornered the market on extremist thinking of all kinds and as extremists, they are hardly an example of the average or moderate Muslim. | 1 | toxic |
Yes, I believe you are correct. It would be entirely too cynical. | 0 | not toxic |
One of millennial kids, who is in university and whose political leanings are more sjw than not, voted Liberal and not only regrets it, but feels conned. "He turned out just like Harper but with better genetics".
Guess that is one less youth vote for Trudeau next time around. | 0 | not toxic |
I wish that CAHOOTS was available 24 hours a day, especially for a city the size of Eugene. But the Eugene Police really also need to have access to their own 24-hour on-call mental health crisis counselor who can provide assistance in these matters. And the Eugene Police also obviously need better training in situational de-escalation. Based on the description given in the above report, I also wonder why an EMT wasn't dispatched to the scene? And why the police didn't ask or find out whether the teen, who was experiencing a psychotic episode, was taking any prescription medication and have the EMTs provide appropriate medical assistance if necessary then transport him and his mother to have him evaluated by a psychiatrist? None of these police officers acted appropriately. They clearly misread and did not understand the situation, in my opinion. The performance of all the officers at the scene should be reported as "unsatisfactory". | 0 | not toxic |
And yet you are free to comment, in public, in any forum, with any opinion you have derived, with no requirement for validation, and with no concern of retribution or censorship or physical or financial harm regardless of the facts, precisely because of the vets you accuse of basking in this "phony" idolatry.
I am glad you are taking full advantage of your freedom, as you should. Many don't.
From all of us phonies, your welcome. | 0 | not toxic |
Maybe on the 446th time, fact-free moron Trump sheep like you will read it. | 0 | not toxic |
Not right. Government has no realistic idea of results per cost. | 0 | not toxic |
God bless Fr. Brisotti and all who live there -
Wyandanch is one of the most dangerous, crime-ridden, gang-riddled areas of Long Island. | 0 | not toxic |
Apparantly I have voted positively for too many posts. Sorry folks the vote Nazis require me to vote unfavorably. This censorship blows. | 0 | not toxic |
Yes. Why? Because some people need to be told the truth that they don't want to hear, as opposed to allowing dysfunction to continue (your scenario may vary). | 0 | not toxic |
The bigger danger is over zealous police officers who don't know when they're off duty. Phone it in like a civilian, because if you're not on the clock that's what you are.
And you have no clue what my handle means but I see you're quick to go in the dirt....typical. | 0 | not toxic |
Gerald Butts is the Edgar Bergen to Trudeaus Charlie McCarthy. Now he's trying to deflect attention onto the old, outdated Conservative party. When there is no way to credibly defend the actions of your government, blame your predecessor. Butts employs the same tactics federally as he did provincially. The Ontario Liberals still blame the Harris conservatives for all manner of poor performance and incompetence on their part. It's surprising to me that people still buy into it! | 0 | not toxic |
The expense is what I object to. For heaven's sake, voters balk at MP's fundraising and office expenses. A good portion of the Canadian public is aghast at the cost of military procurement. Maybe, just maybe, it would be a heck of a lot cheaper to simply make the effort to resolve our difficulties peacefully with our neighbours the Russians and our trading partners the Chinese. I, and many others, have expressed suspicion that the F-35 is less than suitable for defense but is excellent for offense. | 0 | not toxic |
If you were born in Portland, would that not make you a second generation Sri Lankan? Just a thought... | 0 | not toxic |
Hm. What if they were born here, Einstein?
This is just so strange. I'm an Old Stocker and had NO idea we Canadian women had to follow a dress code. | 0 | not toxic |
It's funny how these global warming activists have no problem with American coal being sent to China via Roberts Bank, just south of Vancouver. | 0 | not toxic |
Don't want to burst the author's bubble or intrude into the comfortable, rarefied air of the New York Times, but the Clintonian New Democrats *are* America's center-right party, which partly explains why the Republicans have become America's ultra-right party. What America needs now is a center-left political party of counter balance the Neocon Rockefeller Democrats. | 0 | not toxic |
How would anyone (except the ticket handlers) know who's flying on a paid ticket or on a pass? | 0 | not toxic |
What childcare taxes did you pay to support her kids? If no one has kids, there won't be future generations. | 0 | not toxic |
The impending doom of Hurricane Irma (not the last catastrophic hurricane of the 2017 season I fear) is sobering Trump up.
Cannot lead in the face of abject misery caused by weather, through bombast and jerkishness.
The bombast and jerkishness was totally backfiring on him anyway.
Moderating himself makes eminent sense politically. He becomes a more effective President, and history treats him kinder.
The problem is that he's still a Narcissist. So, whatever progress he makes as a leader by this current move, which will increase and last for the short-term foreseeable future, is always at risk of just imploding.
America's big mistake, and specifically the mistake of liberals/progressives/Democrats, would be to get too far into bed with Trump. He's a pretty ill individual. His decisions are governed by that illness.
He still needs to be removed by Congress, even if he starts acting moderate. The focus has to be on the danger of him having the nuclear football. | 0 | not toxic |
This seems to have been an attack on Republican congressmen, rather than an assassination attempt on any particular individual. If the shooter didn't know what team was practicing, he wouldn't know who was actually on the field at the time.
Given Sanders' comment about the shooter having been a volunteer, one could assume that Democratic congressmen would not have been fired upon, but that remains uncertain.
I'm glad there were no fatalities other than the shooter, but I wonder if this is not the start of a decidedly more disturbing and dangerous phase in the polarization and increasing hostility between US ideological and partisan camps. | 0 | not toxic |
Clinton is NOT promoting abortion. Stop spreading lies. She favors keeping the law as it is so that women can decide themselves what to do with their own bodies. If you can't see the difference you are part of the problem. | 0 | not toxic |
i like that hornet's nest analogy. However, I could never wrap my head around women's ordination. There are many liberal things I support in the church but that isn't one. I'm afraid I agree with Francis on that one. | 0 | not toxic |
"Yet the article is rife with obviously reckless and unproven allegations, and fundamentally shaped by shoddy, slothful journalistic tactics. It was not surprising to learn that, as BuzzFeed’s Sheera Frenkel noted, “a lot of reporters passed on this story.” Its huge flaws are self-evident. But the Post gleefully ran with it and then promoted it aggressively, led by its Executive Editor Marty Baron:"
This is a very overt and obvious example of mainstream media publications uncritically publishing what essentially amounts to fake news, which is then picked up and repeated by "journalists" from other mainstream publications, thus entering the "news cycle." Once this "news" enters the cycle, by your logic, it becomes more accurate because "credible" publications have published it.
It's only when real journalists such as Greenwald look at the "evidence" itself that we discover the truth. Your version of "truth" simply means a real journalists hasn't exposed it yet. | 0 | not toxic |
The truth is already known. The RCMP presented it in 2014. Former PM Harper was vilified during the 2015 election for stating correctly that the problem is primarily a law enforcement one and not societal. I suspect the MMIW inquiry is falling apart (and it is on it's last legs with two years to go until the next election) because those involved have realized that by continuing they will simply arrive at the same conclusion. Why be part of something that costs up to $50 million that simply repeats what the RCMP found in 2014? | 0 | not toxic |
You have obviously never owned a cat. | 0 | not toxic |
And the facts he apparently twice warranted FBI curiosity yet continued to be a "law-abiding" security officer with access to everything a citizen has speaks to how easy a psyco can pull off such a crime-if we continue to defer to PC rather than common sense. Has everyone forget San Bernadino and how the people that could and should have spoke up said nothing? | 0 | not toxic |
If you or anyone else has some theories on why the left supports islam so unquestioningly, I would be interested to know. | 0 | not toxic |
I agree with both of you. I think I should be able to walk down the street wearing a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" t-shirt, and it should be protected free speech. On the other hand, if anybody told me I was going to be assassinated, I would take that as a threat. | 0 | not toxic |
In my opinion, 47% survival rate is not futile, and with a few minutes warning to avoid burns, flying glass, and building collapses, that could be increased. Humans are not supposed to give up. We are supposed to adapt. The people who call survival preps "futile" are giving up. | 0 | not toxic |
The last time I looked, Germany was in bed with a common currency with some fiscally plagued partners. Could it be that the dead weight is really the root of the problem?
Its an economic concept well over the head of El Presidente Dorito. | 0 | not toxic |
Giessel is privately thanking Beltrami! He has guaranteed that Giessel has a bunch of Koch Kampaign Kash in her reelection kitty | 0 | not toxic |
The article takes on an entirely different tone if you extract several key sentences:
1) "The people who described the contacts to Reuters said they had seen no evidence of wrongdoing or collusion between the campaign and Russia in the communications reviewed so far."
2)"In the conversations during the campaign, Russian officials emphasized a pragmatic, business-style approach and stressed to Trump associates that they could make deals by focusing on common economic and other interests and leaving contentious issues aside, the sources said."
3) "Veterans of previous election campaigns said some contact with foreign officials during a campaign was not unusual, but the number of interactions between Trump aides and Russian officials and others with links to Putin was exceptional." | 0 | not toxic |
Do this with stipulations! Clean criminal records for the entire family which includes their juvenile children and mandatory drug testing to qualify for any subsidy. This should be for everyone receiving any subsidy assistance which includes welfare. One failed drug test, and you lose all your help from the State! Commit a crime and you lose any help from the state! Allow your children to run wild and do whatever they please, and lose any help from the state. In other words, any help from the state is a privilege! Mess up and you are on your own!!! And before anyone misinterprets my post, I mean this for everyone and not just the Micronesians. | 0 | not toxic |
LOL. | 0 | not toxic |
Sterilisation as punishment for a bad accident? Are we living in China or North Korea? | 0 | not toxic |
Why blame the governor? The Republicans in the capital took big oil's directive and sat on the gas line for the past 14 years. If anything needs to change it's the clowns in the capital. | 1 | toxic |
Flyguy wrote: "To make claims that the military is mostly there to protect corporate interests is as about unpatriotic as can be."
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We (The United States) killed between 4 and 6 million people in SE Asia - most were civilians. We did this, in large, measure because the U.S. thought there were oil deposits there (troops were told something about commies). The group that showed the greatest disrespect towards veterans returning from Vietnam, BTW, was not on "the left" (many on "the left" were vets) but it was the folks running the VFW. And have you forgotten about the Vietnam Veterans Against the War? Those guys marched on the Republican Convention in Miami and, I think, are the folks that are really responsible for ending the war because they scared the heck out of the government. Quit trying to make up history and lying about what really happened Flyguy, if you're offended by the truth, you would do yourself well to read some history books. | 0 | not toxic |
Well, he is beholden, but maybe shouldn't make it so obvious. | 0 | not toxic |
According to the American Heart Association "The number of people diagnosed with heart failure is expected to increase from about 5.7 million today to nearly 8 million by 2030, according to the American Heart Association."
In the case of heart disease statistics that result in mortality a sober look at the projected INCREASE in the number of people diagnosed with heart failure over the next 14 years is much more relevant to today's health concerns than statistics based on heart disease over the past 40 years. These findings effect those of us living today mores than statistics over the past few decades.
to get back to the original topic, a healthy, nutritional diet consisting of natural, organically grown real food is one of the most important ways to a healthy happy population. Certainly you cannot argue that a healthy, nutritious, natural, organic diet is a MUCH better life choice than a diet made up of chemically-laced, GMO-tainted, processed non-foods and fast foods. or can you? | 0 | not toxic |
They all work together the judge went back 20 plus years to find a reason to keep my kids | 0 | not toxic |
You are so right. Right now, it's just the old "blame the other side" partisianship that's in play. Arguing when not all the facts are in. | 0 | not toxic |
Divide the funds between residents of AK to make up for some of the lost PFD money. | 0 | not toxic |
Dirty, dirty, dirty Justin.
Our little dictator is a humiliation as PM. | 1 | toxic |
If Lewis is said to have owned the house, he's a stable one, girlfriend may have been on meth so he figured he get rid of the problem. Guys have to watch out when he brings home a girl. Yes, being by oneself is loneliness, you go out seeking a girl with drug problems then have to throw out the problem. something like this happens. just seeing this article in the true story since its in the news. Woman may have cheated on him too. | 0 | not toxic |
A birthday wish For Canada 150th anniversary:
Dear Canada, please stop apologizing. Enough is enough. | 0 | not toxic |
Yes, "our job security is only as stable as the whims of the company owner or department leader ... on any given day" but turning that near universal private sector reality into one's own personal declaration of race or gender based victimhood only compounds a person's powerlessness. | 0 | not toxic |
Sorry Dan, you don't get to pick and choose the relevancy of an entire track record of law enforcement. "Contempt of court?" Give us a break. So weak. | 0 | not toxic |
Oh for gawd's sake, people! Cassie and Jeff are pioneers in an industry that provides help for countless people - our families. Instead of trying to tie their hands, we should be grateful that they're willing to take on the task of farming hope.
They are cultivating one of the most helpful plants of which we are aware today. Producing medicines, clothing, construction materials, and even biodegradable plastics; marijuana / hemp crops can provide family sustainable wages, funds for education, sustainable health practices, and so much more.
Rather than shun them, we should be finding out how we can help them help us. So many misled people have bought into the propaganda around evil marijuana that they can't see why and how they've been misled. People find easier to spout rhetoric rather than educate themselves. Start your research with Jack Herer's book The Emperor Wears No Clothes and go from there: from marine to advocate for a reason. | 0 | not toxic |
Over 2 million tourists per year, who spend an average of $950 each in state. That's just for starters. And those military folks? Sure see a lot of them shopping and spending at businesses all over town, off the base. I'd venture to say most their spending is done off base. | 0 | not toxic |
So, here is why you object to the idea of ALL lives matter, because all lives do not matter to you. This is typical of liberals. | 0 | not toxic |
bobbob,
Having once been a Federal Firearms Licensee, I do have a working knowledge of what the ATF is and what it does. I also happen to know that despite they themselves continuing to use the abbreviation ATF, the full name of the agency is now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Looking at my earlier comment carefully, you'll note that I left open the question of whether the ATF is summoned if there are multiple deaths from a single fire. I hate to again burst localguy's bubble, but I know for a fact that a single death, even one where the cause of the fire could not be determined, is not sufficient to have the ATF enter and supplement an investigation. | 0 | not toxic |
If you take the Queen's shilling then you must do the Queen's bidding. That is as old as the hills. | 0 | not toxic |
Maybe one day the amount of screen time for young developing minds will be looked on like smoking in a car with kids. I have 4 teenagers and see the effects of screen, cell phone and social media and in my opinion, there's more bad than good. | 0 | not toxic |
Ms Tesa Ann, so how do you feel about the rash of attacks across the country on Muslim people, gay people, non-white people, female people -- by people who are using Trump's "victory" as an excuse to bring their hate out into the open? I am assuming, of course, that you haven't cloistered yourself and are aware (by accessing non-right wing media) that this is taking place. Do you think that Trump supporters like you are okay with painting swastikas on cars and churches, chanting "build the wall" in a mixed-race middle school cafeteria, yelling at women "we own your pussy now", ripping the hijab off of Muslim womens' heads, screaming at Hispanic people to "get back to your own country" is okay? This is what you have unleashed. Deal with it, honey. | 0 | not toxic |
The only really fair measure is per capita GHG emissions. In Alberta and SK, those stand at around 67 tonnes per person. In Ontario, around 14 tonnes, and in China around 7. (The US average is 19.9 tonnes per capita, a bit less than the Canadian average of 20.94.) So, yes, if Canada is to have a credible voice in advocating for global reductions, it needs to do its fair share. (Even with our small population, we are in the list of the ten largest overall emitters.) That being said, a carbon tax might be a fairer and more transparent way of achieving cuts than a cap and trade system, particularly if the cost of carbon rises sufficiently to create a strong incentive to reduce emissions. | 0 | not toxic |
Respectfully BORME73, I understand Mr. Tillman may have felt that Iraq was an illegal war, many including myself have problems with the Iraqi War; but where might I ask did you find that Mr. Tillman supported protesting during the flag and national anthem? The assertion "...he'd likely side with the kneelers..." is way too big a leap to assert in my opinion. I find nothing that would indicate he would support such, especially noting his love of country. Might you point out anything to support that assumption?
Secondly, Mr. Obama refused to wear the American Flag on his lapel for other reasons, none being because of where it was made. He flip-flopped on that reasoning and later donned the flag, as well as disassociating himself from his pastor, but only once public opinion was found to oppose him. He flip-flopped on a lot issues to get elected. He made many great sound bites, but his words were mere posturing and lacked merit, he was a very weak president on the world stage! | 0 | not toxic |
"It doesn't matter who casts the votes. It matters who counts the votes." - Stalin | 0 | not toxic |
He's right about what? He offered nothing at all. So he's right about noting? Since he offered nothing, it is irrelevant. The request was for evidence of Radir's claim that Comey violated some non-existent magical employment agreement. He of course did no such thing. What he did was perfectly fine and is for the betterment of the nation. | 0 | not toxic |
Past time to take down and destroy that racist statue of a white woman in New York harbor......guaranteed there are at least dozens of people offended by that symbol of hatred too! | 0 | not toxic |
RTH is totally right. You and so many people in the aina just cant see it as we are swamped with the same style of thinking, being from a liberal state with a liberal media lambasts the POTUS on a daily basis. This is evidenced by the Russian probe.
We need to be a bit more aware of what goes on in the media nowadays.
We cannot be misled by the constant harassment of the media.
Yes, Donald at times can be very childish and would recommend he stay off the tweet, but, that is what has happened to our society. Too many complainers and too many people get offended by the smallest of misspoken words or interpreted incorrectly. | 0 | not toxic |
Nice push back by the Leafs.
Nice to see Leivo get rewarded for his patience, I always liked this kid and it wasnt that long ago he was top 5 of Leafs prospects - speaks to how far the Leafs have come since Shanny's arrived. | 0 | not toxic |
Charlie Crist call Hillary " honest".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13ktorzO4o | 0 | not toxic |
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