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"President Donald Trump’s eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton." ------------ There you go CanadaBob2, the information published by the NY Times has been corroborated....by Donald Trump Jr.	0	not toxic
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Simple fact is, media.....may it be liberal or conservative are no longer what it was during the "golden age". When was such a period....I suppose it would be the time when Walter Cronkite held the journalism standard to its highest level. We may not all agreed sometimes what he say but we know him as a honest man. Now we fast forward to today and what do we have? We have something called "yellow journalism" The definition that implies "journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration". And that what political news been all about since Bill Clinton era and getting worst. It appears in sports and in other subjects from time to time. Nowadays, to trust a journalist is like saying you trust that used car salesman on the corner lot next to the junkyard. Reliable news is getting harder to get even while there are more news material then any other time in our human history. We all lives with our biases because it make us comfortable.	0	not toxic
Focus now!	0	not toxic
"After the lost decade of economic growth during the Obama years..." That's a Trumpesque whopper. The lost decade began in 2000 under Bush as a result of his undiplomatic provocations that led to Saudi attack, his fraudulant Iraq attack, his horrible "Citizen's United" SCOTUS appointments, and his tax cuts to name a few gross errors. He squandered the budget surplus he inherited from Clinton and drove us deep into debt by trillions. Pres. Obama spent his eight years successfully digging us out. But Dan chooses to be dshonest about those historical facts. Alaskans deserve truth.	0	not toxic
Sounds a bit like the various Canadian judges but particularly Supreme Court Judges who seem to believe that they govern the country and Parliament exists to implement their initiatives. Witness: decisions regarding aboriginal vetoes over matters outside recognized land claims, assisted suicide, and others. These unelected Judges everywhere are little more than latter day potentates asserting their divine right to rule regardless of the will of the little people.	0	not toxic
How absolutely absurd. The ridiculousness of your comment undermines whatever point you're trying to make.	1	toxic
I wasn't saying Al Queada or Isis is a left wing terrorist group. I was trying to show that deaths & injuries by right wing groups are much higher than those by left wing groups in response to Sojournseeker calling them the same (they're not).	0	not toxic
Expect another court to tell Trump no.	0	not toxic
Good deal... Read Fox, Breibart and Jones is really getting educated... From the Canadian Reform Alliance Group and the current group in the US led by Donald Trump. Read real news, listen to real news and take into consideration the truth is being told.... Fox is not included in real news.	0	not toxic
For the whole of history, Christianity has taken for granted the bible and the natural order subordinated woman to man. "But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." 1 Cor. 11:3 and all the other scriptures. Professor Knight surely knows the Adventist church was run by its Elders and they were exclusively male. That is the history. When we first allowed women to be ordained as local elders in the seventies (recent history) it was at first conditional. Every time the GC in session votes on theWO issue it votes it down. The GC in session probably would have voted down local women elders if they had asked in 1975. Opponents of WO are not benighted bigots exercising 'kingly power.' We are holding onto the past because we think the past practice of the church was biblically correct. Women ought not be ordained as elders in the Seventh-day Adventist church.	0	not toxic
m: Really? Seems to me he is willing to move on to other issues if this doesn't float. If it fails the D's own healthcare and all its ramifications. Meanwhile the big boys in the room will move on to other issues.	0	not toxic
Imagine trying to be the boss and the risk of a lawsuit if one of your stoned employees kills someone because there is no reliable objective test for THC. Imagine trying to be the boss and the risk of a lawsuit if one of your employees is fired because you believe he was impaired and there is no reliable objective test for THC to prove that either way.	0	not toxic
A boost in military spending is how the U.S. government quietly subsidizes technological innovation and aircraft manufacturers without the apparent contradiction of complaining about "unfair government subsidies" such as Canada's government aid for Bombardier.	0	not toxic
If she wasn't sitting or standing... what was she doing during the Liberal corruption trial(s)....kneeling, prostrating, genuflecting ?	0	not toxic
Well, let me ask you this: Since gravity and light react in different ways than "universally" understood in Black Holes, does the math not hold there either? It is a bit of a trick question, but it is all relative.	0	not toxic
Americans had re-education camps for Nazis because Nazism, like white nationalism, is a cult ideology. In the case of Nazi Germany I think you are correct. They did need to correct the idiocy of Nazi ideology which had spread like a disease there. http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/top-secret-reeducation-camp-narragansett-r/	0	not toxic
As if the young anarchists needed any prodding to destroy public property, it is a sad day when the Leftists of the Denver Post have to point out which monuments to destroy!	0	not toxic
Anyone who supports responsible development in Alaska must condemn Hilcorp's embarrassing track record. If the Alaska Oil and Gas Association wants to retain any semblance of credibility - as it fights to retain massive tax credits for some of the largest oil corporations on the planet - it must draw a line in the sand and say "we expect more from our corporate partners in Cook Inlet." No more excuses. Do the right thing for Alaska.	0	not toxic
In your own words Larry: "Jesus has often been misappropriated for political causes, but one will be hard pressed to find sound scriptural or theological justification for doing that" Just why did Kelly and his brethren decide to invoke the Christian prophet into the halls of Congress. Isn't it a big Constitutional NO NO to mix religion and politics, especially from the pulpit of the Senate/House floor?	0	not toxic
It's your side that is excusing the action of a Democrat by using the words of my side. Alex Jones and Ann Coulter's words didn't cause a Republican to shoot a Democrat.	0	not toxic
Criminals just are not very smart! How long did they think they could maintain a drug selling operation in a small town like Bethel before the troopers caught on? Dummies! State Troopers are much smarter than drug dealers. When you get out of prison, just get a job!	0	not toxic
This was part of a negotiated agreement between the political parties. The Oregon Supreme Court nullified a large component of the agreement (illegal changes to PERS cost of living schedule). If part of the "agreement" is nullified then all of it should fall. Except that (once again) the Republicans are willing to exacerbate Oregon's budget problems by seeking to retain a now illegitamate tax cut for themselves and their cronies with no ethical justification. A tax cut that we clearly cannot afford.	0	not toxic
What other news outlets besides Fox are conservative? Considering ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, Associated Press, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek all lean left, who else could it be? Name them.	0	not toxic
What if I survey the wealth differences between races in anchorage , limited my research to a one square block area and called it a snapshot of the city? Try harder	0	not toxic
In all fairness, when the mayor said there is a multimillion dollar deficit, he didn’t itemize. Let me help, there is a 3.7% decline in enrollment in Anchorage schools, thus one would think there would be corresponding cuts to the ASD budget. There is close to seven thousand private sector Alaskans laid off, with a majority packing up and leaving town. Factor in a major deployment, shouldn’t we be tightening the belt vs increasing spending? Perhaps we should end the sweetheart tax deals the assembly gifts to CIHA, and other subsidized developers; after all we forced an end to oil tax credits. If the regulatory commission rules Anchorage has one too many power generating facilities the deficit will explode. If one thinks a ten cent tax on gas helps, the loss of volum will only increase the cost to all consumers. Paul doesn’t have to be specific because we already know there is a need for cuts.	0	not toxic
Beachbum, how can you disagree with raiderDogs post. In fact, how can you dispute what is said?	0	not toxic
HRC( born loser and untrustworthy)and BS( too folksy) should never have been candidates. Why were other more electable members of the party not encouraged to run? By sticking to Clinton and Saunders they allowed Trump to gain the centre ground in those states with significant electoral college votes.	0	not toxic
I don't think its a "R" or "D" problem. Sounds to me like an Alaskan problem. A huge budget shortfall is not going to get solved over night. Govt is always a pruning project. Lets some grow here remove a bit there. I suppose this analogy works. And the ladies will love it. Eyebrows......sometimes you just gotta let them grow out before you can fix them right again. So we have grown out a bit. Time to pluck, less cluck. But we are humans so we have to let ego and pride make decisions for us. 99% of the rules are written for 1% who don't want to listen. And as a politician you have to wade through all of that. I think its time for the leaders to start making those hard choices for the betterment of Alaska. Find your mark and go straight through you will find your self successful. My son is buried here in Alaska and it will always be my home. Whatever the budget is.	0	not toxic
Hillary got the extra lead mostly in California, and other Western states, where voting fraud and illegal Hispanic votes are high. These countings went on when the election was over, and not many people paid much attention. Donald Trump wrote off California long ago. Hillary's voting machinery grabbed the opportunity. When Trump kicks out all the illegal infiltrators, we shall get the real electoral picture.	0	not toxic
If the example in Creswell is the one to emulate, then the way to resolve your conflict would be to get enough people together to "fire" Trump.	1	toxic
California has thrown the most school related taxes at the problem producing NO results. See video.. https://youtu.be/F6gqEazLoKU	0	not toxic
Nothing wrong with your first sentence, but you lost me when you used 'commend' and Trudeau in the second sentence.	0	not toxic
It must feel pretty good to be married to Big Daddy's Barbie doll daughter and to know that Big Daddy has the ability to grant you a pardon for your many shenanigans. The Trump clan has achieved the same status as medieval royalty.	0	not toxic
Agreed and Agreed. Here Here.	0	not toxic
It took many years for me to heal. 30 years later I still haven't told anyone some of the details about my abuse. I'm still ashamed. Rationally I know I was a child, that there was nothing I could do. Rationally I know I should have at least turned in my rapist. I didn't think anyone would believe me. I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't want to be violated again. I didn't want to be laughed at or have total strangers judge me with their smug looks and their pious attitudes. I didn't want to face my abusers. I didn't want to give them the "power" of knowing just how much their actions hurt me. I wasn't strong enough to go public. 30 plus years later I still have secrets that I have never tell anyone. I have regrets. I know other girls were raped by the same guy who raped me. I wonder how many other girls got raped after me, how many other could have been saved if I had the guts to press charges. Statue of limitations has long passed, the hurt has healed and the memories remain.	0	not toxic
PHTest might want to check out this chart: http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Consumers/Electricity/Electricity+Prices/Historical+Electricity+Prices 8 years ago, she may have been able to afford the power charges. Wynne's organized pillaging of Ontario has pretty much killed that.	0	not toxic
Chevy comes from the Blackhawks organization and fails to trade for Scott Darling in the off season. Hurricanes pick him up for cheap. Lots of goaltenders in the off season in general, but Chevy waits to pick up a scrap. The Jets have not improved enough from last season to convince anyone that it is a playoff team. Yes, the kids are talented, but something is missing. USD42M for Ehlers? Nah. And it isn't just goaltending. Have to find a way to beat the opposing team's tender. Jets simply aren't that good. And the Leafs are.	0	not toxic
First, their is a difference between refugees (the topic of this article and the group specifically mentioned by the op) and undocumented immigrants. Second, your assertions about undocumented immigrants are alternative facts. In the real world of peer reviewed studies and actual statistics, immigrants commit less crime than native born citizens https://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-crime-what-research-says They are a net positive to taxpayers http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/#_note15 and do not take yer jobs http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/ Third, your odds of being killed in a terrorist act by a refugee are 1 in 46 million. Your 29 times more likely to be killed by a regional asteroid strike, 260 times more likely than being killed by a lightning strike, and 407 thousand times more likely to be killed in an auto accident.http://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1	0	not toxic
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/01/11/alaska-needs-options-for-its-natural-gas/	0	not toxic
Nik, your industry once again failed miserably. "Surveys" have no credibility and are now used by special interest groups (including our governments) to shore up positions. I know of no one who actually responds to surveys, which tells me that surveys consistently underestimate how my demographic actually feels about issues. Surveys have become propaganda tools for the state.	0	not toxic
How do these elected officials run their own households? Don't they have budgets that they have to live within? Don't they plan way ahead for large, major expenses? I have never seen such incompetence. The sad aspect of this is that they all very likely think they are doing a great job.	0	not toxic
Of course you appealed Capstone: https://www.oregon.gov/LUBA/docs/Opinions/2012/10-12/12039.pdf & https://www.oregon.gov/LUBA/docs/Opinions/2012/08-12/12041.pdf So how much money did you make off with and where is that money now? Being used to appeal Oakleigh Meadow? https://trusttheneighbors.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/oakleighluba2contepetition.pdf	0	not toxic
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It has been documented on a number of forums that the biggest cost to Canadians is the myriad of taxes that we all pay. The tax levels continue to rise at a rate well above inflation, but the quality of our services continues to dwindle at an alarming rate. Regardless of how much money is put into health and education, it will never be enough. This is much the same for any government department. Many First Nations live in squalor yet look at the funds that is spent Aboriginal Affairs. Where does all of the money go? The real problem is he complete lack of accountability in government. If one has the courage to ask questions they are branded something ending in "ist". When the economy turns for the worse, and it will, many Canadians will be struggling. The only people they have to blame is themselves as they voted in the people that are supposedly representing us.	0	not toxic
There you go again with your relativism, "historical fact, historical fact"? What "historical fact" are you whining about now? What "historical fact" trumps Divinely revealed truth? Have you never read DEI FILIUS and it's dogmatic teaching on the immutability of doctrine?	0	not toxic
and yet, she is 100% correct. Other than the fools working for Trump's admin, NO SERIOUS ECONOMIST believes that Trump's/Grover Norquist tax cuts will stimulate the economy AT ALL. The main reason is because we import TOO MUCH.	1	toxic
Putting Desmond anywhere on the field is an invitation to disaster. How to lose an important game? Get a leadoff triple, and then leave the guy there 3 outs later. Rockies may make the wild card, but they are doing their best to make it a Choketember to remember.	0	not toxic
Nonsense. The State allowed junk bond corporate vultures to liquidate / destroy most of the last of the old growth redwoods. Forests don't grow as fast as certain greedy people wish they did. That is why our forests were converted from old growth to tree farms that have much less value.	0	not toxic
Boots can't get his facts straight, dragoninwater... It's Comedy Central at his house all the time... He cracks me up along with allie...	0	not toxic
Its fun playing "spot the public trough feeders" on these threads. O'leaery was spot on. Bernier turns to slander.	0	not toxic
probably returned to the mainland already. vacationed in hawaii and rained a little useless paper.	0	not toxic
Agirl: Would you rather be shot or stabbed? Do you prefer the devil or the deep blue sea? Would you rather be a liberal or be stupid? My, isn't it nice to present alternatives which you devise... alternatives which only provide answers to support your pre-established conclusion... MLK was a true patriot. He had deep compassion for all mankind. He was a truly decent person. He would NOT have thought of these young men and women as "kneeling ninnies". He, far more likely, would have seen them as caring young men and women who used the protest action as a way to, within their First Amendment Rights, express their support for Colin Kaepernick's protest action and the Right of all Americans to exercise their First Amendment Rights. I, of course, don't really KNOW how he would have acted, but I truly doubt he would have, as you suggest, condemned young people for expressing their belief in freedom. Would you rather a) agree with me or b) post silliness ...(little joke there) GC	1	toxic
Translation someone is looking for some big fat tax incentives, also known as subsidies also known as welfare.	0	not toxic
Sorry, steeler. Your anti-Tramp comment (Pretender in Chief will etc. etc.) is answered by Washington Post announcing Trump's intended weeklong focus on infrastructure (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-week-long-focus-on-infrastructure-starting-with-privatizing-air-traffic-control/2017/06/03/12aacb04-47c5-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?utm_term=.c48ca4ab7c45	0	not toxic
Ontario doesn't get to "challenge" Quebec laws, so this is just political posturing for their own constituencies.	0	not toxic
Will be in Strathroy at a JR B game.. I dont watch much NHL. Was in Windsor last night,, Kit/Spits, best game I've seen this season, tonite in Sarnia Spits/Sting, Sat night in Strathroy, back home Sunday night Maroons..... Real hockey....	0	not toxic
Easy-peasy. Determine the percentage of transgender people among eligible candidates. Ensure the perecentage of appointments of MtoF and FtoM corresponds. Ignore merit. That's how it's supposed to work with all of the other groups -- it would be grossly unfair to treat anyone differently. Of course, if people refuse to self-identify, it would create its own set of problems.	0	not toxic
No, they keep losing the same way, lack of fundamentals, can't hit with RISP, over reliance on the HR, sloppy defence. Some days it's more this than that, but same old, same old. At least now, we can look those who insisted it was the batting order--1-3 since the move--square in the eye and say, hey, guess what? That wasn't it, just like some of us maintained.	0	not toxic
Not so sure. The CC in the US is nearly forty times the size of the EC in the US, which, after all, is a small Protestant Church -- "Protestant" as its legal title states ("The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States") -- with an entirely different polity from the CC. Any Protestant church community, of course, can pull it off, can pull off having women admitted to ministry, priesthood. The Methodists were successful earlier as were other Protestant communities, including the Episcopal Church. But short of an ecumenical Church Council (a Vatican III), the diverse, huge, 1.2 billion church community -- with 23 Eastern Catholic Churches (tied to Orthodox practice) -- could never pull it off like you suggest, like your little Protestant Episcopal parish did. Only global Church Councils prevail in Catholicism owing to its size, its first millennial history and tradition (shared with Orthodoxy) and its Eastern ecclesial diversity.	0	not toxic
Wow, just wow. I'm so sorry for the loss but what a great testimony to the Eugene Mission in keeping up w/safety code. My deepest appreciation for it isn't often one reads of some organization putting safety first. All guests were evacuated safely. Good job. Now they will get better equipment, provide us as a community to show our gratitude and appreciation by giving what we can. It's really leaves a good feeling in comparison to all the other stories appearing in the news. Good night and and be safe. L2G	0	not toxic
This is a university policy issue ???????????? !!!!!!!!!!!! Snowflakes learning Discovery Math doesn't pass for the much ballyhooed critical thinking, never mind any thinking inside our education establishments ....	0	not toxic
One of the proposals dropped would have put an end to filibustering? How does that make Parliament more efficient when people who love the sound of their own voices get free rein?	0	not toxic
More likely that the 1 out of every 100 voters was significantly influenced by Comey reopening the Clinton email investigation shortly before the election, so I would say by your logic that Comey influenced the election far more than Russian cyberattacks.	0	not toxic
People and infrastructure have to be moved out of flood plains. Even if it costs an arm and a leg. Doing so would also benefit salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat even if most BCers do not give a damn about watershed ecology and fish.	0	not toxic
There is no such thing as the alt-left. That is a figment of Trump to somehow denigrate the left, which is hilarious because he used the word "alt" as an insult without thinking, as is his nature.	0	not toxic
I have the answer already. He increased Chinese head tax by 10 folds. Stephen Harper brought final closure to the head tax story. Hence, replace his name with Stephen Harper. Is that so hard? You are welcome to Stephen Harper University!	0	not toxic
The cost of attendance for any college is not difficult to find online for anyone motivated beyond pontificating. At Oregon, that figure is $26,502 for residents. It includes, of course, housing, meals, personal expenses and transportation, which make up more than half of that cost. Tuition, books and supplies total about $12,700. Those living expenses -- about $13,800 per year -- apply to any high school graduate, whether he or she is attending any college or taking on the cruel working world at age 18. Living at home can mitigate those costs at mom and dad's expense; others may choose to con a parochial college out of a year's tuition, room and board, and fees as a fledgling amoral ethicist. Still, the hard cost of four years at Oregon for a resident student is about $50,000.	0	not toxic
Maybe he could call Mr Finicum's widow and kids and say "Yippie-ki-yaaaay" to them? Maybe you could?	0	not toxic
Sullivan says elimination of the SALT deduction won't affect us here in Alaska. I guess he doesn't pay Anchorage property taxes. Not to mention that while he's off in Washington voting to eliminate the SALT deduction, our state legislators are busy in Juneau hammering out the re-introduction of a State income tax.	0	not toxic
I want us to get where you want the Church to be. I just want us to move off the stuck place and see if anything shakes loose. Engagement, dialogue - they aren't occurring right now. Stuck waiting for some commission to decide if the Church ever had women as deacons in as powerful a position as male deacons. The problem is their even thinking we are limited in what can be done today by what was done in the past. I want to cause a crack somewhere, so some light can get in.	0	not toxic
It's kinda comical how so many here are worried about this when our military is being used at a huge cost fighting a war that's only created more of the problem that was supposedly what we were fighting to begin with, and which has nothing to do with the sovereignty of our nation. Hundreds of thousands die because of this, it's cost trillions, and we're worried whether a guy with fake boobs who likes to be a woman is going to cripple our military. That's my America...for sure. We're rarely about substance and more about the emotional fluff. Squirrel!	0	not toxic
But many people in the early church were filled with the Spirit, and few were ordained. If one follows the principle of Eccl. 9:10, it won't matter whether or not one has a title; work will be done; the Gospel will advance; the Spirit will lead. During the great Advent Awakening in the 1800's, sometimes children got up and preached when adults were forbidden to do so. God's work will go forward, with or without WO. So, rather than agitating for it, why not just do the work close by, and, if the Lord wants women to be ordained, He will engineer it in His own time and way. He doesn't need our help in that department. He only needs willing hands, no ordination necessary. If we are willing, there is no limit to the potential of the church to fulfill its mission.	0	not toxic
Private organisations like Facebook may of course have their own policy regarding the content they will allow, but the Internet as a whole is different because it's not just one group. It's the whole network of on-line users. So the Internet itself is like Hyde Park Corner, where everyone has a soapbox.	0	not toxic
Precious and Twee. Makes one wonder if the bishops would approve of your lifestyle. Wait, maybe they would, secretly of course.	0	not toxic
Keep telling yourself that.	0	not toxic
More wasted money, from the people who know how to waste the most REPUBLICANS............................	0	not toxic
If the librarian had performed the identical rancid race-baiting stunt with Michelle Obama, the librarian would've been fired as well as the school's principal.	0	not toxic
Death would be letting him off easy, Let him sit in a cell 23 hours a day for 50 plus years, they would not let him out of his cell because other inmates would kill him.	1	toxic
If I understand this, it's not about selling them cake but baking a cake that might have a rainbow decoration and two same sex figures on top. I have to wonder how free speech will factor into the decision. Had the baker simply said, I only bake traditional cakes and not brought religious freedom into the discussion, I would think the baker should win. You can't compel someone to make something they have never made before.	0	not toxic
Interesting that Veritas was female and hid in the bottom of a well, hard to find. The name stands for 'truth'. Very cool name to use on your handle. Veritas was not the God of war. There is no reason to believe that 'truth' (the shy and elusive one), would do well in conflict with power. Truth is difficult, elusive, hard to find. It's a lot easier to get a big ram and just knock down the door with power. (The Japanese leadership debated Pearl Harbor for weeks, in frustration they caved to the allure of the attack. That decision didn't work out in the long term, they did not find truth). Action oriented Americans tire of the hard work it takes to find truth. Our substitution is the choice of power to lead. We have a broken political design corrupted by our pursuit of personal power/wealth. We seldom look for Truth before setting a course of action. Truth is just tooooo hard for most people. Truth loses to twitter.	0	not toxic
"... Ryan understands better than most that the biggest hurdle for conservatives is how their motivations are perceived. If someone starts out thinking you’re greedy, mean-spirited or bigoted, they’re not going to listen to your 10-point plan." This sums up Ryan & Company perfectly. Better to let the suckers find out later that they've been stabbed in the back while you were shuckin' and jiving them the whole time. Ryan actually makes Trump look like a great humanitarian, if only by comparison.	0	not toxic
OK so do we believe him???	0	not toxic
Welcome to the "new and improved" Colorado.	0	not toxic
" Public Transit " You mean those monster busses that spew black diesel exhaust while driving around empty most of the day and impeding the flow of traffic during rush hour ?! Subsidized by municipal taxes ......	0	not toxic
Trump is starting his first war and he isn't even in office yet.	0	not toxic
WTF?? Really? The more I learn about people that get PFD's the more frustrated I get. Walker couldn't be bothered to address these issues so he just steals half of everyone's PFD's. I freaking hate Walkerand all his crap financial decisions.	1	toxic
More paranoia.	0	not toxic
It is clear that Marty and one like minded person is abusing the civility code to silence any position he doesn't like. They are voting comments they disagree with as uncivil to silence others. I am calling on the staff at NCR to see that he is doing that. This honor system is being abused by those without honor.	0	not toxic
"Israel is a secular state with secular laws founded by socialists. Quit using Israel for your nefarious purposes." ======= Talk about "nefarious purposes." Your are sorely confused about both the Jews and the nation of Israel...just as, admittedly, many Jews in Israel are. - Apparently you think Israel survived the attack on her right after she declared her independence as the Nation of Israel in 1948 because Israel was better equipped, better trained, and had far more superior weaponry than did the five - Five - 5 - other nations that sought her total destruction and extermination? - And apparently you think Israel survived the attacks and wars in 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982 because Israel was always the Middle East Superpower since 1948? If you do, you are delirious. - The only reason - the One and Only Reason - Israel survived all the wars that began because she declared independence is simple: After 2,000 years, in 1948, God Kept His Word and His Promise. - God keeps His Word.	0	not toxic
It's most likely a political payback to some supporter	0	not toxic
Thanks to Sister Marita for sharing her memories of her brother, and to Christopher Riggs for writing this piece. The kind of passion that Stan Rother had, that love that compelled him to go back into a situation where he knew his life was at risk, is the pearl of great price. To love God and God's people so much that one is willing to give all in service -- that is surely a sign of sainthood. By the way, I love that Stan Rother flunked out of seminary because he couldn't learn Latin but then mastered the language of the people he served. Is that not a fitting metaphor for the Church in our times?	0	not toxic
@the laughing jangm; The "deprivation" of the identity of the Québécois Nation Anglo na-na-da is an "expert" in the field. Is it not what the Anglo Canada has done with the "deprivation" of First Nations Cultures? "Cultural Genocide", said one of them, oui ? Hard to "swallow", eh, jangm ?	0	not toxic
well jurbane , in the end, the left wing lunatics like you and sara can keep crying and denying all the facts as to why your side lost again and live in all the conspiracy excuses as you always do!!,, , people up here that are intelligent and educated, are confident in the huge support trump has that are the voters keeping america on the path to fixing the obama mess	0	not toxic
Haven't seen a car hooked up yet (minus the pre-planned photo). Seems like a waste of space and money. I guess that's what they call progress these days.	0	not toxic
Well now, Mayhan, half of the legislators don't have a college education and look where they wound up.	0	not toxic
What a tool. God forbid you admit you screwed up pal! People who live there are telling you it's going up. It god forbid you listen.	0	not toxic
Who will pay for them? All of the out of work Coal Miners, of course!	0	not toxic
Morie: Saullie is such an unhappy soul, I wonder what keeps him going? What Saullie doesn't understand, although he'll tell you he does, is that 80% of the Globe's marketing dollars come from the Toronto market, the GTA has over 25% of the Canadian Population, about 85% of its English readership comes from southern Ontario and western New York and that 90% of its professional teams are housed in Toronto. So why wouldn't the Globe target its self to its most significant market? I'd like to see the Yankees, Rangers or the Giants turn their backs on Madison Avenue.	0	not toxic
Once the World Cup of hockey launched, it was only a matter of time until the Olympics was dropped as a priority for NHL owners. They are saving the 'best on best hockey' for an event where the NHL reaps the financial reward. The idea that it was travel and insurance costs getting the way was misdirection.	0	not toxic

"President Donald Trump’s eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton." ------------ There you go CanadaBob2, the information published by the NY Times has been corroborated....by Donald Trump Jr.

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Simple fact is, media.....may it be liberal or conservative are no longer what it was during the "golden age". When was such a period....I suppose it would be the time when Walter Cronkite held the journalism standard to its highest level. We may not all agreed sometimes what he say but we know him as a honest man. Now we fast forward to today and what do we have? We have something called "yellow journalism" The definition that implies "journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration". And that what political news been all about since Bill Clinton era and getting worst. It appears in sports and in other subjects from time to time. Nowadays, to trust a journalist is like saying you trust that used car salesman on the corner lot next to the junkyard. Reliable news is getting harder to get even while there are more news material then any other time in our human history. We all lives with our biases because it make us comfortable.

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Focus now!

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"After the lost decade of economic growth during the Obama years..." That's a Trumpesque whopper. The lost decade began in 2000 under Bush as a result of his undiplomatic provocations that led to Saudi attack, his fraudulant Iraq attack, his horrible "Citizen's United" SCOTUS appointments, and his tax cuts to name a few gross errors. He squandered the budget surplus he inherited from Clinton and drove us deep into debt by trillions. Pres. Obama spent his eight years successfully digging us out. But Dan chooses to be dshonest about those historical facts. Alaskans deserve truth.

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Sounds a bit like the various Canadian judges but particularly Supreme Court Judges who seem to believe that they govern the country and Parliament exists to implement their initiatives. Witness: decisions regarding aboriginal vetoes over matters outside recognized land claims, assisted suicide, and others. These unelected Judges everywhere are little more than latter day potentates asserting their divine right to rule regardless of the will of the little people.

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How absolutely absurd. The ridiculousness of your comment undermines whatever point you're trying to make.

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I wasn't saying Al Queada or Isis is a left wing terrorist group. I was trying to show that deaths & injuries by right wing groups are much higher than those by left wing groups in response to Sojournseeker calling them the same (they're not).

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Expect another court to tell Trump no.

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Good deal... Read Fox, Breibart and Jones is really getting educated... From the Canadian Reform Alliance Group and the current group in the US led by Donald Trump. Read real news, listen to real news and take into consideration the truth is being told.... Fox is not included in real news.

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For the whole of history, Christianity has taken for granted the bible and the natural order subordinated woman to man. "But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." 1 Cor. 11:3 and all the other scriptures. Professor Knight surely knows the Adventist church was run by its Elders and they were exclusively male. That is the history. When we first allowed women to be ordained as local elders in the seventies (recent history) it was at first conditional. Every time the GC in session votes on theWO issue it votes it down. The GC in session probably would have voted down local women elders if they had asked in 1975. Opponents of WO are not benighted bigots exercising 'kingly power.' We are holding onto the past because we think the past practice of the church was biblically correct. Women ought not be ordained as elders in the Seventh-day Adventist church.

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m: Really? Seems to me he is willing to move on to other issues if this doesn't float. If it fails the D's own healthcare and all its ramifications. Meanwhile the big boys in the room will move on to other issues.

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Imagine trying to be the boss and the risk of a lawsuit if one of your stoned employees kills someone because there is no reliable objective test for THC. Imagine trying to be the boss and the risk of a lawsuit if one of your employees is fired because you believe he was impaired and there is no reliable objective test for THC to prove that either way.

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A boost in military spending is how the U.S. government quietly subsidizes technological innovation and aircraft manufacturers without the apparent contradiction of complaining about "unfair government subsidies" such as Canada's government aid for Bombardier.

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If she wasn't sitting or standing... what was she doing during the Liberal corruption trial(s)....kneeling, prostrating, genuflecting ?

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Well, let me ask you this: Since gravity and light react in different ways than "universally" understood in Black Holes, does the math not hold there either? It is a bit of a trick question, but it is all relative.

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Americans had re-education camps for Nazis because Nazism, like white nationalism, is a cult ideology. In the case of Nazi Germany I think you are correct. They did need to correct the idiocy of Nazi ideology which had spread like a disease there. http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/top-secret-reeducation-camp-narragansett-r/

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As if the young anarchists needed any prodding to destroy public property, it is a sad day when the Leftists of the Denver Post have to point out which monuments to destroy!

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Anyone who supports responsible development in Alaska must condemn Hilcorp's embarrassing track record. If the Alaska Oil and Gas Association wants to retain any semblance of credibility - as it fights to retain massive tax credits for some of the largest oil corporations on the planet - it must draw a line in the sand and say "we expect more from our corporate partners in Cook Inlet." No more excuses. Do the right thing for Alaska.

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In your own words Larry: "Jesus has often been misappropriated for political causes, but one will be hard pressed to find sound scriptural or theological justification for doing that" Just why did Kelly and his brethren decide to invoke the Christian prophet into the halls of Congress. Isn't it a big Constitutional NO NO to mix religion and politics, especially from the pulpit of the Senate/House floor?

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It's your side that is excusing the action of a Democrat by using the words of my side. Alex Jones and Ann Coulter's words didn't cause a Republican to shoot a Democrat.

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Criminals just are not very smart! How long did they think they could maintain a drug selling operation in a small town like Bethel before the troopers caught on? Dummies! State Troopers are much smarter than drug dealers. When you get out of prison, just get a job!

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This was part of a negotiated agreement between the political parties. The Oregon Supreme Court nullified a large component of the agreement (illegal changes to PERS cost of living schedule). If part of the "agreement" is nullified then all of it should fall. Except that (once again) the Republicans are willing to exacerbate Oregon's budget problems by seeking to retain a now illegitamate tax cut for themselves and their cronies with no ethical justification. A tax cut that we clearly cannot afford.

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What other news outlets besides Fox are conservative? Considering ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, Associated Press, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek all lean left, who else could it be? Name them.

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What if I survey the wealth differences between races in anchorage , limited my research to a one square block area and called it a snapshot of the city? Try harder

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In all fairness, when the mayor said there is a multimillion dollar deficit, he didn’t itemize. Let me help, there is a 3.7% decline in enrollment in Anchorage schools, thus one would think there would be corresponding cuts to the ASD budget. There is close to seven thousand private sector Alaskans laid off, with a majority packing up and leaving town. Factor in a major deployment, shouldn’t we be tightening the belt vs increasing spending? Perhaps we should end the sweetheart tax deals the assembly gifts to CIHA, and other subsidized developers; after all we forced an end to oil tax credits. If the regulatory commission rules Anchorage has one too many power generating facilities the deficit will explode. If one thinks a ten cent tax on gas helps, the loss of volum will only increase the cost to all consumers. Paul doesn’t have to be specific because we already know there is a need for cuts.

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Beachbum, how can you disagree with raiderDogs post. In fact, how can you dispute what is said?

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HRC( born loser and untrustworthy)and BS( too folksy) should never have been candidates. Why were other more electable members of the party not encouraged to run? By sticking to Clinton and Saunders they allowed Trump to gain the centre ground in those states with significant electoral college votes.

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I don't think its a "R" or "D" problem. Sounds to me like an Alaskan problem. A huge budget shortfall is not going to get solved over night. Govt is always a pruning project. Lets some grow here remove a bit there. I suppose this analogy works. And the ladies will love it. Eyebrows......sometimes you just gotta let them grow out before you can fix them right again. So we have grown out a bit. Time to pluck, less cluck. But we are humans so we have to let ego and pride make decisions for us. 99% of the rules are written for 1% who don't want to listen. And as a politician you have to wade through all of that. I think its time for the leaders to start making those hard choices for the betterment of Alaska. Find your mark and go straight through you will find your self successful. My son is buried here in Alaska and it will always be my home. Whatever the budget is.

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Hillary got the extra lead mostly in California, and other Western states, where voting fraud and illegal Hispanic votes are high. These countings went on when the election was over, and not many people paid much attention. Donald Trump wrote off California long ago. Hillary's voting machinery grabbed the opportunity. When Trump kicks out all the illegal infiltrators, we shall get the real electoral picture.

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If the example in Creswell is the one to emulate, then the way to resolve your conflict would be to get enough people together to "fire" Trump.

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California has thrown the most school related taxes at the problem producing NO results. See video.. https://youtu.be/F6gqEazLoKU

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Nothing wrong with your first sentence, but you lost me when you used 'commend' and Trudeau in the second sentence.

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It must feel pretty good to be married to Big Daddy's Barbie doll daughter and to know that Big Daddy has the ability to grant you a pardon for your many shenanigans. The Trump clan has achieved the same status as medieval royalty.

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Agreed and Agreed. Here Here.

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It took many years for me to heal. 30 years later I still haven't told anyone some of the details about my abuse. I'm still ashamed. Rationally I know I was a child, that there was nothing I could do. Rationally I know I should have at least turned in my rapist. I didn't think anyone would believe me. I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't want to be violated again. I didn't want to be laughed at or have total strangers judge me with their smug looks and their pious attitudes. I didn't want to face my abusers. I didn't want to give them the "power" of knowing just how much their actions hurt me. I wasn't strong enough to go public. 30 plus years later I still have secrets that I have never tell anyone. I have regrets. I know other girls were raped by the same guy who raped me. I wonder how many other girls got raped after me, how many other could have been saved if I had the guts to press charges. Statue of limitations has long passed, the hurt has healed and the memories remain.

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PHTest might want to check out this chart: http://www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/OEB/Consumers/Electricity/Electricity+Prices/Historical+Electricity+Prices 8 years ago, she may have been able to afford the power charges. Wynne's organized pillaging of Ontario has pretty much killed that.

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Chevy comes from the Blackhawks organization and fails to trade for Scott Darling in the off season. Hurricanes pick him up for cheap. Lots of goaltenders in the off season in general, but Chevy waits to pick up a scrap. The Jets have not improved enough from last season to convince anyone that it is a playoff team. Yes, the kids are talented, but something is missing. USD42M for Ehlers? Nah. And it isn't just goaltending. Have to find a way to beat the opposing team's tender. Jets simply aren't that good. And the Leafs are.

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First, their is a difference between refugees (the topic of this article and the group specifically mentioned by the op) and undocumented immigrants. Second, your assertions about undocumented immigrants are alternative facts. In the real world of peer reviewed studies and actual statistics, immigrants commit less crime than native born citizens https://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-crime-what-research-says They are a net positive to taxpayers http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/#_note15 and do not take yer jobs http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/ Third, your odds of being killed in a terrorist act by a refugee are 1 in 46 million. Your 29 times more likely to be killed by a regional asteroid strike, 260 times more likely than being killed by a lightning strike, and 407 thousand times more likely to be killed in an auto accident.http://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1

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https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/01/11/alaska-needs-options-for-its-natural-gas/

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Nik, your industry once again failed miserably. "Surveys" have no credibility and are now used by special interest groups (including our governments) to shore up positions. I know of no one who actually responds to surveys, which tells me that surveys consistently underestimate how my demographic actually feels about issues. Surveys have become propaganda tools for the state.

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How do these elected officials run their own households? Don't they have budgets that they have to live within? Don't they plan way ahead for large, major expenses? I have never seen such incompetence. The sad aspect of this is that they all very likely think they are doing a great job.

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Of course you appealed Capstone: https://www.oregon.gov/LUBA/docs/Opinions/2012/10-12/12039.pdf & https://www.oregon.gov/LUBA/docs/Opinions/2012/08-12/12041.pdf So how much money did you make off with and where is that money now? Being used to appeal Oakleigh Meadow? https://trusttheneighbors.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/oakleighluba2contepetition.pdf

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It has been documented on a number of forums that the biggest cost to Canadians is the myriad of taxes that we all pay. The tax levels continue to rise at a rate well above inflation, but the quality of our services continues to dwindle at an alarming rate. Regardless of how much money is put into health and education, it will never be enough. This is much the same for any government department. Many First Nations live in squalor yet look at the funds that is spent Aboriginal Affairs. Where does all of the money go? The real problem is he complete lack of accountability in government. If one has the courage to ask questions they are branded something ending in "ist". When the economy turns for the worse, and it will, many Canadians will be struggling. The only people they have to blame is themselves as they voted in the people that are supposedly representing us.

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There you go again with your relativism, "historical fact, historical fact"? What "historical fact" are you whining about now? What "historical fact" trumps Divinely revealed truth? Have you never read DEI FILIUS and it's dogmatic teaching on the immutability of doctrine?

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and yet, she is 100% correct. Other than the fools working for Trump's admin, NO SERIOUS ECONOMIST believes that Trump's/Grover Norquist tax cuts will stimulate the economy AT ALL. The main reason is because we import TOO MUCH.

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Putting Desmond anywhere on the field is an invitation to disaster. How to lose an important game? Get a leadoff triple, and then leave the guy there 3 outs later. Rockies may make the wild card, but they are doing their best to make it a Choketember to remember.

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Nonsense. The State allowed junk bond corporate vultures to liquidate / destroy most of the last of the old growth redwoods. Forests don't grow as fast as certain greedy people wish they did. That is why our forests were converted from old growth to tree farms that have much less value.

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Boots can't get his facts straight, dragoninwater... It's Comedy Central at his house all the time... He cracks me up along with allie...

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Its fun playing "spot the public trough feeders" on these threads. O'leaery was spot on. Bernier turns to slander.

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probably returned to the mainland already. vacationed in hawaii and rained a little useless paper.

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Agirl: Would you rather be shot or stabbed? Do you prefer the devil or the deep blue sea? Would you rather be a liberal or be stupid? My, isn't it nice to present alternatives which you devise... alternatives which only provide answers to support your pre-established conclusion... MLK was a true patriot. He had deep compassion for all mankind. He was a truly decent person. He would NOT have thought of these young men and women as "kneeling ninnies". He, far more likely, would have seen them as caring young men and women who used the protest action as a way to, within their First Amendment Rights, express their support for Colin Kaepernick's protest action and the Right of all Americans to exercise their First Amendment Rights. I, of course, don't really KNOW how he would have acted, but I truly doubt he would have, as you suggest, condemned young people for expressing their belief in freedom. Would you rather a) agree with me or b) post silliness ...(little joke there) GC

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Translation someone is looking for some big fat tax incentives, also known as subsidies also known as welfare.

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Sorry, steeler. Your anti-Tramp comment (Pretender in Chief will etc. etc.) is answered by Washington Post announcing Trump's intended weeklong focus on infrastructure (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-week-long-focus-on-infrastructure-starting-with-privatizing-air-traffic-control/2017/06/03/12aacb04-47c5-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?utm_term=.c48ca4ab7c45

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Ontario doesn't get to "challenge" Quebec laws, so this is just political posturing for their own constituencies.

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Will be in Strathroy at a JR B game.. I dont watch much NHL. Was in Windsor last night,, Kit/Spits, best game I've seen this season, tonite in Sarnia Spits/Sting, Sat night in Strathroy, back home Sunday night Maroons..... Real hockey....

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Easy-peasy. Determine the percentage of transgender people among eligible candidates. Ensure the perecentage of appointments of MtoF and FtoM corresponds. Ignore merit. That's how it's supposed to work with all of the other groups -- it would be grossly unfair to treat anyone differently. Of course, if people refuse to self-identify, it would create its own set of problems.

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No, they keep losing the same way, lack of fundamentals, can't hit with RISP, over reliance on the HR, sloppy defence. Some days it's more this than that, but same old, same old. At least now, we can look those who insisted it was the batting order--1-3 since the move--square in the eye and say, hey, guess what? That wasn't it, just like some of us maintained.

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Not so sure. The CC in the US is nearly forty times the size of the EC in the US, which, after all, is a small Protestant Church -- "Protestant" as its legal title states ("The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States") -- with an entirely different polity from the CC. Any Protestant church community, of course, can pull it off, can pull off having women admitted to ministry, priesthood. The Methodists were successful earlier as were other Protestant communities, including the Episcopal Church. But short of an ecumenical Church Council (a Vatican III), the diverse, huge, 1.2 billion church community -- with 23 Eastern Catholic Churches (tied to Orthodox practice) -- could never pull it off like you suggest, like your little Protestant Episcopal parish did. Only global Church Councils prevail in Catholicism owing to its size, its first millennial history and tradition (shared with Orthodoxy) and its Eastern ecclesial diversity.

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Wow, just wow. I'm so sorry for the loss but what a great testimony to the Eugene Mission in keeping up w/safety code. My deepest appreciation for it isn't often one reads of some organization putting safety first. All guests were evacuated safely. Good job. Now they will get better equipment, provide us as a community to show our gratitude and appreciation by giving what we can. It's really leaves a good feeling in comparison to all the other stories appearing in the news. Good night and and be safe. L2G

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This is a university policy issue ???????????? !!!!!!!!!!!! Snowflakes learning Discovery Math doesn't pass for the much ballyhooed critical thinking, never mind any thinking inside our education establishments ....

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One of the proposals dropped would have put an end to filibustering? How does that make Parliament more efficient when people who love the sound of their own voices get free rein?

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More likely that the 1 out of every 100 voters was significantly influenced by Comey reopening the Clinton email investigation shortly before the election, so I would say by your logic that Comey influenced the election far more than Russian cyberattacks.

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People and infrastructure have to be moved out of flood plains. Even if it costs an arm and a leg. Doing so would also benefit salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat even if most BCers do not give a damn about watershed ecology and fish.

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There is no such thing as the alt-left. That is a figment of Trump to somehow denigrate the left, which is hilarious because he used the word "alt" as an insult without thinking, as is his nature.

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I have the answer already. He increased Chinese head tax by 10 folds. Stephen Harper brought final closure to the head tax story. Hence, replace his name with Stephen Harper. Is that so hard? You are welcome to Stephen Harper University!

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The cost of attendance for any college is not difficult to find online for anyone motivated beyond pontificating. At Oregon, that figure is $26,502 for residents. It includes, of course, housing, meals, personal expenses and transportation, which make up more than half of that cost. Tuition, books and supplies total about $12,700. Those living expenses -- about $13,800 per year -- apply to any high school graduate, whether he or she is attending any college or taking on the cruel working world at age 18. Living at home can mitigate those costs at mom and dad's expense; others may choose to con a parochial college out of a year's tuition, room and board, and fees as a fledgling amoral ethicist. Still, the hard cost of four years at Oregon for a resident student is about $50,000.

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Maybe he could call Mr Finicum's widow and kids and say "Yippie-ki-yaaaay" to them? Maybe you could?

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Sullivan says elimination of the SALT deduction won't affect us here in Alaska. I guess he doesn't pay Anchorage property taxes. Not to mention that while he's off in Washington voting to eliminate the SALT deduction, our state legislators are busy in Juneau hammering out the re-introduction of a State income tax.

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I want us to get where you want the Church to be. I just want us to move off the stuck place and see if anything shakes loose. Engagement, dialogue - they aren't occurring right now. Stuck waiting for some commission to decide if the Church ever had women as deacons in as powerful a position as male deacons. The problem is their even thinking we are limited in what can be done today by what was done in the past. I want to cause a crack somewhere, so some light can get in.

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It's kinda comical how so many here are worried about this when our military is being used at a huge cost fighting a war that's only created more of the problem that was supposedly what we were fighting to begin with, and which has nothing to do with the sovereignty of our nation. Hundreds of thousands die because of this, it's cost trillions, and we're worried whether a guy with fake boobs who likes to be a woman is going to cripple our military. That's my America...for sure. We're rarely about substance and more about the emotional fluff. Squirrel!

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But many people in the early church were filled with the Spirit, and few were ordained. If one follows the principle of Eccl. 9:10, it won't matter whether or not one has a title; work will be done; the Gospel will advance; the Spirit will lead. During the great Advent Awakening in the 1800's, sometimes children got up and preached when adults were forbidden to do so. God's work will go forward, with or without WO. So, rather than agitating for it, why not just do the work close by, and, if the Lord wants women to be ordained, He will engineer it in His own time and way. He doesn't need our help in that department. He only needs willing hands, no ordination necessary. If we are willing, there is no limit to the potential of the church to fulfill its mission.

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Private organisations like Facebook may of course have their own policy regarding the content they will allow, but the Internet as a whole is different because it's not just one group. It's the whole network of on-line users. So the Internet itself is like Hyde Park Corner, where everyone has a soapbox.

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Precious and Twee. Makes one wonder if the bishops would approve of your lifestyle. Wait, maybe they would, secretly of course.

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Keep telling yourself that.

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More wasted money, from the people who know how to waste the most REPUBLICANS............................

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If the librarian had performed the identical rancid race-baiting stunt with Michelle Obama, the librarian would've been fired as well as the school's principal.

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Death would be letting him off easy, Let him sit in a cell 23 hours a day for 50 plus years, they would not let him out of his cell because other inmates would kill him.

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If I understand this, it's not about selling them cake but baking a cake that might have a rainbow decoration and two same sex figures on top. I have to wonder how free speech will factor into the decision. Had the baker simply said, I only bake traditional cakes and not brought religious freedom into the discussion, I would think the baker should win. You can't compel someone to make something they have never made before.

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Interesting that Veritas was female and hid in the bottom of a well, hard to find. The name stands for 'truth'. Very cool name to use on your handle. Veritas was not the God of war. There is no reason to believe that 'truth' (the shy and elusive one), would do well in conflict with power. Truth is difficult, elusive, hard to find. It's a lot easier to get a big ram and just knock down the door with power. (The Japanese leadership debated Pearl Harbor for weeks, in frustration they caved to the allure of the attack. That decision didn't work out in the long term, they did not find truth). Action oriented Americans tire of the hard work it takes to find truth. Our substitution is the choice of power to lead. We have a broken political design corrupted by our pursuit of personal power/wealth. We seldom look for Truth before setting a course of action. Truth is just tooooo hard for most people. Truth loses to twitter.

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"... Ryan understands better than most that the biggest hurdle for conservatives is how their motivations are perceived. If someone starts out thinking you’re greedy, mean-spirited or bigoted, they’re not going to listen to your 10-point plan." This sums up Ryan & Company perfectly. Better to let the suckers find out later that they've been stabbed in the back while you were shuckin' and jiving them the whole time. Ryan actually makes Trump look like a great humanitarian, if only by comparison.

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OK so do we believe him???

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Welcome to the "new and improved" Colorado.

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" Public Transit " You mean those monster busses that spew black diesel exhaust while driving around empty most of the day and impeding the flow of traffic during rush hour ?! Subsidized by municipal taxes ......

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Trump is starting his first war and he isn't even in office yet.

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WTF?? Really? The more I learn about people that get PFD's the more frustrated I get. Walker couldn't be bothered to address these issues so he just steals half of everyone's PFD's. I freaking hate Walkerand all his crap financial decisions.

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More paranoia.

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It is clear that Marty and one like minded person is abusing the civility code to silence any position he doesn't like. They are voting comments they disagree with as uncivil to silence others. I am calling on the staff at NCR to see that he is doing that. This honor system is being abused by those without honor.

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"Israel is a secular state with secular laws founded by socialists. Quit using Israel for your nefarious purposes." ======= Talk about "nefarious purposes." Your are sorely confused about both the Jews and the nation of Israel...just as, admittedly, many Jews in Israel are. - Apparently you think Israel survived the attack on her right after she declared her independence as the Nation of Israel in 1948 because Israel was better equipped, better trained, and had far more superior weaponry than did the five - Five - 5 - other nations that sought her total destruction and extermination? - And apparently you think Israel survived the attacks and wars in 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982 because Israel was always the Middle East Superpower since 1948? If you do, you are delirious. - The only reason - the One and Only Reason - Israel survived all the wars that began because she declared independence is simple: After 2,000 years, in 1948, God Kept His Word and His Promise. - God keeps His Word.

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It's most likely a political payback to some supporter

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Thanks to Sister Marita for sharing her memories of her brother, and to Christopher Riggs for writing this piece. The kind of passion that Stan Rother had, that love that compelled him to go back into a situation where he knew his life was at risk, is the pearl of great price. To love God and God's people so much that one is willing to give all in service -- that is surely a sign of sainthood. By the way, I love that Stan Rother flunked out of seminary because he couldn't learn Latin but then mastered the language of the people he served. Is that not a fitting metaphor for the Church in our times?

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@the laughing jangm; The "deprivation" of the identity of the Québécois Nation Anglo na-na-da is an "expert" in the field. Is it not what the Anglo Canada has done with the "deprivation" of First Nations Cultures? "Cultural Genocide", said one of them, oui ? Hard to "swallow", eh, jangm ?

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well jurbane , in the end, the left wing lunatics like you and sara can keep crying and denying all the facts as to why your side lost again and live in all the conspiracy excuses as you always do!!,, , people up here that are intelligent and educated, are confident in the huge support trump has that are the voters keeping america on the path to fixing the obama mess

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Haven't seen a car hooked up yet (minus the pre-planned photo). Seems like a waste of space and money. I guess that's what they call progress these days.

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Well now, Mayhan, half of the legislators don't have a college education and look where they wound up.

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What a tool. God forbid you admit you screwed up pal! People who live there are telling you it's going up. It god forbid you listen.

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Who will pay for them? All of the out of work Coal Miners, of course!

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Morie: Saullie is such an unhappy soul, I wonder what keeps him going? What Saullie doesn't understand, although he'll tell you he does, is that 80% of the Globe's marketing dollars come from the Toronto market, the GTA has over 25% of the Canadian Population, about 85% of its English readership comes from southern Ontario and western New York and that 90% of its professional teams are housed in Toronto. So why wouldn't the Globe target its self to its most significant market? I'd like to see the Yankees, Rangers or the Giants turn their backs on Madison Avenue.

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Once the World Cup of hockey launched, it was only a matter of time until the Olympics was dropped as a priority for NHL owners. They are saving the 'best on best hockey' for an event where the NHL reaps the financial reward. The idea that it was travel and insurance costs getting the way was misdirection.

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not toxic