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I agree, all male-designed religions (which is more or less all of them) push the idea that God or the gods made women to serve, obey, nurture and satisfy men. Even religions that have godesses usually place them lower in the divine order than mortal men, usually on a par with male warhorses. But Catholicism distinguishes itself in its conviction that God is horrified and disgusted by women and its view that the best and holiest life and the one most pleasing to God is a life lived in the complete absence of women. St. Robert Bellarmine said, in his case for the canonization of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, that the latter was so perfectly holy that he took a vow when he was twelve never to speak to a woman and never to be in the presence of one if he could help it and to keep his eyes fixed on the ground when he couldn't help it, in order to avoid looking at her. Not a saint likely to appeal to normal healthy men.	0	not toxic
This is tired old left wing nonsense. It is the Robin Hood story rewritten. It was nonsense then and it is nonsense now. You can always find a ready audience for this stuff. People who don't pay tax and who don't understand the tax system will always want to make the rich pay more. The top 10% of earners in this country pay 90% of the taxes . I have other things to do with my life that to be jealous of what other people have. As for why they put them in private schools it is because the union controlled teachers and their boards have such rotten records and in many cases teach the wrong things. There is no discipline, the unions protect bad teachers and the government meddles too much in the curriculum. If you want your kids to learn about oral sex in grade 6 instead of mathematics or learning how to write good English then send the to Kathleen's public school system.	0	not toxic
If thinking about thinking is Epistemology, are stories where the media examines itself... Agimology? : P The media that calls itself unbiased has chosen to abandon all pretense of fairness and thrown their lot in with the progressive post modernist left. Both by coddling Obama and making up stories out of whole cloth to slander Trump. In one way, I feel sad an era has passed but in another I feel happy, since they are now showing us who they are... and were all along. Remember Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, except that he hated our Constitution and the very concept of America... he was a globalist.	0	not toxic
There is too much truth in your comment to view it as funny or as a joke.	0	not toxic
I have hard working relatives in the Kenai Penninsula Borough who are having their wealth (as meager as it is) transferred to you KK as you enjoy the property tax exemption on your half million dollar home. Lets begin the withdrawal with the cessation of your tax exemption.	0	not toxic
I'm not a fan nor supporter of this president. However, I find the disclosure of emails by NY Times and Washington Post reporters indicating their attempts to downplay the meeting between our previous AG, Loretta Lynch, and former president Clinton disturbing. I also watch CNN regularly and see they've set up a daily panel of anti-Trump people to question and/or criticize virtually everything he does. Our nation depends on a free unbiased press. It's clear these so called news organizations are not unbiased and are openly trying to undermine the president. I understand why this president chooses to go directly to his supporters.	0	not toxic
How weird that this article is about what the Alaska Legislature is doing, yet it features Mike Navarre, mayor of a borough that has about 5% of Alaska's population. Really, who cares what he thinks?	0	not toxic
Well then you probably shouldnt do business with AK airlines if you feel that way. They fired several employees for pictures on Facebook even though they were on their own time.	0	not toxic
Had my last drink of alcohol and hard drug on 01/07/1976. Have worked at a detox with winos and junkies and at an extended rehab for poor little rich kids, state department dependents, pro athletesand others causing embarrassment to whoever thinks they know bett Nothing wrong with Cannabis use after you get deprogrammed from rehab brain washing. You know AA took away Bill Wilson's free postage privledges because he advocated hallucination causing substances as an aid to sobriety? Check out William James' "Varieties of Religious Experience" and some other opinions on 'drug' use before you attempt to judge the quality of anybody else's life experiences. Your statement reminds me of Michele Leonhart making a fool out of herself before congress with her "all drugs are equally bad" nonsense. By the way, Cannabis is an herb that was integral in the discovery of agriculture by humanity. An Olde Timer once said " Keep your mouth shut and listen until you know what you're talking about".	0	not toxic
Maybe, what business is it of yours? Have any hunters commented on your hobbies? I bet not because its none of their business is it?	0	not toxic
Uhhhh, you fail to understand the results may not be instantaneous. . Many people will have their tax refunds stolen, have to work with the IRS. . Anyone who does not freeze their credit is asking for trouble. Easier to freeze than trying to fix the problem later.	0	not toxic
I would like to see the village to be given the tools needed, with the assistance of the National Guard, perform the move themselves. Spending millions more to have someone do this for them is not the best approach.	0	not toxic
You are correct.	0	not toxic
ADN will be less without you. Thank you for your work. I always enjoy reading your columns.	0	not toxic
You DO know that Pope Francis does not give Communion in the hand, right??? Actually has been quoted as saying the faithful should receive in the kneeling position?	0	not toxic
Well deserved Mr. Downie. A class act yet humble at the same time. He has been more than generous with his time this year.	0	not toxic
It's in black and white. We shall see what happens next.	0	not toxic
Trudy is the best. I love him so.	0	not toxic
Because dating sites are scam.	0	not toxic
If O'Leary would be Trudeau's worst nightmare then that is precisely what we need. The Liberal and NDP governments at the federal and provincial levels have gotten too cozy and acting like socialist/green party that no one voted for. They have weakened our economy along the way. Let's get O'Leary and turn things upside down.	0	not toxic
brad12, It may have escaped your notice, but most any (even a Hawaii) high school graduate could tell you that a strategic bomber represents a measured and flexible response. Much, much easier to direct or recall a manned bomber than a ballistic missile. Make "Nuclear Triad" your next Google search.	0	not toxic
Jesus Christ. This is not about politics!! This is teaching our children to fight back and not make in easy for mass shooters to slaughtered them by the dozens. It is NOT teachers jobs to carry weapons in order to teach or protect their students.	0	not toxic
In your view, homosexuality only exists when it's defined by acts with men over the age of 18? It must follow from your view that it's not just priests, but straight men everywhere, who are attracted to teenage boys. Frankly, I find your views to be a bizarre take on male sexuality. I have what I think is a much more rational view: Every priest who molested a boy is a gay man. If progressive Catholics really wish to understand the sex abuse scandal, they have to acknowledge that basic fact. To suggest, as you do, that abusing priests were all straight men, and that straight men often lust after boys, is simply a wrong view and not helpful to preventing this kind of thing from happening again.	0	not toxic
We fought a war against Nazism. There is no place for Nazis in the USA.	1	toxic
",,,for Congress to end decades of debate and to give them the opportunity to give their descendant a proper burial and a final resting place," Murray said in the statement." I support funds for urgent remedial English. What is being returned to the earth is an ancestor of the present occupants, not a descendant of the present occupants. The descendant would probably protest, with justification, if he were still alive and hhad survived the autopsy, presumably also done while he was still alive, only to be buried alive. The horror, the horror. I note that ADN used a direct quotation, which might be a way of getting in a dig at Senator Murray (D-Wash) and the tradition of both Washingtons, the state and the feds, not quite knowing what they are doing, especially about Alaska.	0	not toxic
Harper, (and I was no fan), was correct to identify Islam as the existential threat to Canada that it is. Trudeau is happy to throw us all to the wolves of Islamic Terror - as long as he is in power, we are all dicing with terror in this country.	1	toxic
But is it not reasonable to suggest that the same thing is happening on the left as well? Given the overall trend of news-as-business I find it very hard to believe that this is only happening on the Right side of the spectrum.	0	not toxic
I know you little lefties hate to hear or read FACTS, but ive got one for ya. 52% of all murders in the US are committed by a race of people that make up only 12% of the population. That's what I was "trying to imply."	0	not toxic
Oh dear this means my children will now have to adhere to sharia law! I read that on the internet!	0	not toxic
Without prejudice, have you actually set foot in a working classroom since your student days?	0	not toxic
Swindlers know that people who buy precious metal and stones for "investment" purposes are pretty easy marks.	0	not toxic
Fortunately, their new "out of sight, out of mind" bylaw enables species to go extinct as unknown, forgotten phemonenon by the general public, save for a few whale skeletons in natural history museums.	0	not toxic
And yet another left wing story from the Washington Post with absolutely no substance or facts. It truly is unbelievable that ADN picks up this kind of a story and makes it sound like Kushner did something wrong when they have nothing but an anonymous source saying the FBI is looking into it. More and more fake news!	0	not toxic
All christian denominations are one - are "the church" - because they are united in seeking to follow Christ. A priest once said to me that he holds a "wagon wheel" understanding of christianity. The different denominations are spokes in the wheel, and all are connected to the hub - Christ. Each "see" the hub - Christ - from slightly different perspectives. But all are focused on Christ. Jesus was a Jew, as were all of the apostles and most of the disciples who followed him during his lifetime. He did not found a church as we understand the word today. Christianity did not really separate from Judaism until decades after Jesus' death. The christian religion evolved for at least three centuries after Jesus' death before beginning to become the institution that has grown and changed for the last two thousand years.	0	not toxic
30 days maybe, 30 years, won't wait that long. You never give your enemy time to regroup.	0	not toxic
Yet another example of mainland transplants with no Aloha and no clue of Hawaii.	0	not toxic
If you don't understand the practicality of a pickup then you might never get it. I always chuckle every time I see someone with a mattress on their roof. I say out loud there goes somebody who needs a truck.	0	not toxic
Well I learned from Trump it is Ok to denigrate women. Is that the message you are talking about?	0	not toxic
She's the next Anna Kournikova	0	not toxic
Good to know. Really. As much as I dislike your attitude, you at least attempt to use facts.	0	not toxic
bs, it was the little people who elected trump, and do not agree with the mayors and this so called sanctuary city stupidity	1	toxic
The moderate conservative is a figment of your imagination. The moderate conservative went extinct in '94 when the party unleashed Newt Gingrich on the country. And the biggest missing persons story in the history of country is the 2009 disappearance of 15 to 30 million republicans who were trying to run away as fast as they could from the disaster called the Bush administration. 15 to 30 million republicans claim they'd barely heard of Bush and certainly didn't vote for him. Like so many German soldiers in 1945 who shed their uniforms and claimed they never belonged to the Nazi party, the conservative in 2009 changed out of their republican "clothing" and reemerged in tri-corner hats and claimed to be "independents" or members of the tea party...but no way no how were they republicans and besides "both sides" were at fault. And then they elected Trump. A moderate party does not elect a man like Trump, Lela. And extremist party does. There are no republicans moderate, Lela. None	0	not toxic
"The Sunday uproar started when Trump was asked by Tapper whether he would disavow Duke and other white supremacist groups that are supporting his campaign. "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" Trump said. "Trump was pressed three times on whether he'd distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan -- but never mentioned the group in his answers. "I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists," he said. "So I don't know. I don't know -- did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists." ~ CNN, February 29, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/politics/donald-trump-white-supremacists/	0	not toxic
Of course Steve Jobes didn't go "integrative" he used alternative exclusively until it was too late. And you described Western medicine as "poking, prodding, cutting and burning and poisoning." That doesn't sound like somebody who's encouraging an "integrative" approach.	0	not toxic
ESPN with the imploding business plan. A network allegedly dedicated to reporting on the usually benign topic: sports. Yet, the network's double-standards and hypocrisy were laid bare. She should've been Terminated-for-Cause. The fact ESPN gave her the wink, wink is why ESPN is hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars in annual losses.	0	not toxic
Learn to read and do arithmetic before posting. The last 7 Candu's were all built in 4 years and less on budget at $2.5B/GW in $2016. Ffinanced at public power rates and. a NRC certified operating cost of 2 cents a kwh, grade 3 arithmetic gives us to 3 cents a kwh all in. Decomm costs were assessed at .1 cents a kwh by former NRC CEO and vehement nuke critic Greg Jazcko. In reality the cost should be zero since a nuke plant would always be a nuke plant, with only end of life core replacements. The debt retirement charge came about when the Fascist Harris gave away the Bruce Power plant to cronies a pennies on the dollar.	0	not toxic
Can Chuck the Schmuck get the funds restoration past a Presidential Veto?	0	not toxic
Sir, a man can indeed commit adultery with his own wife--if she becomes an object for pleasure rather than bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. Whenever sex becomes solely about pleasure rather than the expression of love and unity--that is adulterous. A women relates to her husband as his bride, not his property.	0	not toxic
Read a bit closer. These are not "Republican events", these are open town halls where a representative goes to meet local citizens. Citizens are not disenfranchised just because they voted for another party. At least not yet.	0	not toxic
There is an argument that can be made that the Democrats protesting Trump rallies are acting the same as the Nazi Brownshirts who disrupted political meetings and rioted when they disagreed with a political view. So Freedom of Speech and Right to Assembly is only a Constitutional right when done by Liberals? How's that for tolerance.	0	not toxic
How does one "earn" the $2,000 fine? Had the pedestrian been a police officer (or someone they liked) I wonder charge would have been found? Good to know the driver will be flyin' about in 6 months. Good luck, everyone.	0	not toxic
At least Honda is bring the Type R to Canada which puts out 300 HP. Now I know that's not for everyone but at least the availability is there for those who want it. That puts it up there with VW and Ford in the hot small car category.	0	not toxic
No he fondled Obama instead.	0	not toxic
'In 1972 Hain was convicted of criminal conspiracy in a trial at the Old Bailey and fined £200.' Such was anti apartheid saga. A hero with charges of conspiracy against him, could he be truthful?	0	not toxic
If a person really wanted to make a statement, why couldn't they start their own "insurance company" and self insure ? Like premiums of $5 per month, $1,000,000 deductible etc. or something ! This Big Brother communism/socialism is beginning to border on the absurd. Who is the federal govt to say what a legitimate insurance company is. They can take a flying leap into Lake Michigan for all I am concerned....	0	not toxic
In Canada the "rich" are in relatively short supply. Our level of taxation tends to keep almost everyone at a middle class level. Most small business owners are anything but rich, they tend to be rather leveraged and most have remarkably small margins to manage.	0	not toxic
It's very funny that you think this: "More than half of the memos..." is proof that the one Comey released is included in those more than half, and to such certainty that you say, "yes it is very clear...". AND, after that clear failure of both logic and reading comprehension on your part, you say: "Time to get your reading comprehension skills checked." One has to wonder if you're even aware of how badly you failed. But thanks for the chuckle!	0	not toxic
News flash. That is kind of the way it works. You buy military equipment to meet the needs. Not the other way around. This is not the Harper Chickenhawk government. This government actually does things that mean something and that does require concerted action. Seems, however, like they have a lame RCAF Head that they might wish to consider changing.	0	not toxic
Proving only that you don't know what a journalist is.	0	not toxic
"In light of the R14-million received by one person, we need to start thinking about whether there are many unreported cases of similar errors". The"error" was not discovered until the woman's lifestyle raised eyebrows and someone blew the whistle. Methinks the NSFAS is being looted. Try an investigation and chances are you will find the rot of unimaginable proportions.	0	not toxic
Yes, but that has not been the policy of rogue representatives. So when Tulsi become president or sec of state, she can do something like this without raising eyebrows.	0	not toxic
I go to SC quite often and was never overrun by anyone, much less illegal immigrants. Majority will be illegals? Come on man, your IQ of 006 is clearly showing (although that's much higher than what one would expect from all your posts). Heck, why don't you join the marchers, and with your added IQ, the combined IQ might reach a 100.	0	not toxic
Impressive fake reasoning and fake facts, of which scientists are aware, and have discarded because they are have already been taken into account; it's doubtful that even the most vehement AGW deniers have any data or farcical claims that qualified, experienced scientists, who have spent their lives studying Earth's climate, aren't aware of - and if there are, let's hear some, not the above-quoted falderal put out by the Flat Earth Society and Big Oil interests.	0	not toxic
Foreign millionaires/billionaires with fortunes, most ill-gotten, ALL hidden to evade taxes, use Canadian real-estate as their 'safety deposit boxes' / money laundering centre. Canadian residences should be uniquely for Canadians to 'reside' in. But again, zero leadership from our politicians, who salivate over the increased property taxes. IF... you as a Canadian show-up to buy a property with a million in cash - you will be investigated: where did this cash come from? But a foreigner - no questions asked.	0	not toxic
Caldwell thinks every park should be a money-making commercial enterprise. He just wants more and more of our tax dollars for his Choo Choo train.	0	not toxic
Lima should be deported. And Clifton can rot in jail. Hickenlooper has been a lackluster Governor. He failed to address transportation issues in Colorado for the future.	1	toxic
After the advent of GMO, a lot of young people began to develop Crohn's disease. I cannot give a link, as this is anecdotal. It seems to affect a lot of people in the 20-30 y.o. age group. No thanks, I'll pass.	0	not toxic
You know, it's actually possible to care about both. They don't cancel each other out.	0	not toxic
The church of America! You should try it and stay out of the bottomless pit of hate called progressivism!	0	not toxic
Good article. It is somewhat arrogant and foolish of us to think that we have the solutions for another state. Yes, we must engage with other countries and at the same time, work for incremental change. We can find things we do agree on, and do them. Putting it another way, should Saudi Arabia refuse to trade with us because we refuse to fund equitable educational opportunities for our First Nations children? Maybe they should, but would that bring about change here? Does Saudi Arabia really know how to bring about the changes we need to make in our own back yard? Did the west do well in forcing regime change in Iraq?	1	toxic
See how fussy and spoiled the rich people can be. They don't want anything disturbing their peace and quiet or their sense of security.So how about we build a huge migrant/refugee shelter in their neighbourhood? Afterall it's usually the rich who want millions of migrants in the country to drive down wages so they can get workers cheap.	0	not toxic
Is this the same Paris Climate accord that is described here by non other than world famous Nasa climate expert James Hansen? see: James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks 'a fraud' @ theguardian.com	0	not toxic
How's that Chevy now, Barney? Did it last a decade?	0	not toxic
You talk bad about your boss to the media; you might just get fired.	0	not toxic
"Urban camping"..... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA	0	not toxic
Right, wrong, insensitive? In the environment she works in, she is obviously in trouble. To me the bigger story is the era we live in when your privacy has shrunk dramatically. Whether at a private party in your own home, at a restaurant, in the park, wherever, almost everyone is armed with a camera that may catch you at your worst moment or in a lapse in judgement. A scary world. I fear for my grandsons.	0	not toxic
PNolan, "believe" is an an action: "accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of". It is not the knowledge, invented or not, that is believed in, it is the action of the person who believes. And that action reflects upon character and nature of the person believing. You have a system of beliefs, based upon observations, experiences, and information you have been provided by sources such as other people and books. That you would believe that law enforcement would have originated in "slave patrols" indicates that your system of beliefs is not particularly connected to historical reality. It is trivially easy to gain a better understanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History	0	not toxic
These people are protesting a name. I would think that they could find something better to protest about like our health care system, affordable homes for Real Canadians, outrageous salaries and pensions paid to the government, crown corporations, CEO’s and politicians just to name a few free loaders on our society. And why protest the president of another country here in Canada. Are they trying to copy the middle east? All this against a president that has proven to be more honest than the opposition. Yes the moral compass may be a little off but better 1 out-a 10 than 0.	0	not toxic
Another loyal liberal doing her "duty" for god and country. Find her a long term room in the big house and let her rot as an example to ALL who leak or steal classified materials. Another example of why the employers need to be monitoring their employee's social media postings.	0	not toxic
This is a beautiful story and glad that I was able to learn a little about Ms. Kuwata! She seemed like a wonderful person and I'm happy that she was able to enjoy life to what sounds to be her fullest! Sad to see such a person go in the manner she possibly did. Prayers, thoughts, and condolences to her `ohana. Wish there were more wonderful stories like this in the SA where we hear the kind things about people. Mahalo to her `ohana for sharing such wonderful things with Hawai'i nei!	0	not toxic
Your comments can be summed up in one word: "rubbish".	1	toxic
Obey the magisterium without thought or question. Take Adolf Eichmann as your role model -- a man who followed orders without a second thought.	0	not toxic
Thanks for the editing help, Kalola; I would switch those to whom, too. ...	0	not toxic
And put you on the unemployment line?	0	not toxic
15 gallons????? No spill. Barely a splash! ADN has done it again!	0	not toxic
Dear Rogue, With your ridiculous comments and the face you choose to supply on your comments, it is time to mute you from my list. Might help if more of us did this.	1	toxic
":Whatever your mandated universe is your job as a manager is to beat it, and beat it consistently" Ya...right.	0	not toxic
Then you should address your comment to B_C, because he raised the water issue. I just improved upon it. He also stated elsewhere, in another brilliant example of his sterling grasp of significant digits, that fewer than one of every 1 million motorists stop at stop signs, which surely explains why he nearly fell over when he encountered that ever-so-rare law-abider. He's also said we need to give him room to fall over when passing him on his bike. Just working with the material he provides, sir. And you misspelled Whiteaker.	0	not toxic
Why would this person even assume he can question the parents about the best interests of the child?	0	not toxic
One other point about Pearl Harbor - all battleships were in port. But, luckily, all aircraft carriers were at sea. Within months of the attack, military experts realized that the most important naval arms going forward were aircraft carriers - not battleships. Not sure if I would agree that all responsible historians do not accept the FDR theories and the attack. Yes, an open question but suggest that it is an open question vs. the interpretation from 30-40 years ago.	0	not toxic
It just demonstrates the total financial irresponsibility of their policies.	0	not toxic
Just when I thought it was impossible for the government to do something dumber they find something 100 times worse than anything they have done before. With the encouragement of his family he goes to fight a foreign war, he murders an American medic, he is captured and held in and American prison, and somehow Canadian taxpayers will now be forced to pay higher taxes to reward him with $10,000,000.	0	not toxic
5) an extremely thin conception of subjective exculpability (way too easy to be guilty of grave sin) 6) perpetuates JPII's caricature of proportionalism 7) conflates changes in positive law as if they're equivalent to changes in divine & natural lsw 8) caricatures pastoral approaches that employ law of graduality as if they advocate gradualism of the law 9) decries both laxist & rigorist approaches as legalism but his prudential judgments betray his own rigorism as they violate proportionality w/default bias toward coercive approaches (overemphasis on hard powers of rhetorical confrontation & legal coercion) 10) caricatures others' approach to primacy of conscience as if they're advocating it as some autonomous fountain of objective truth rather than a practical norm 11) an excellent articulation of how religion should influence every dimension of our lives, e.g. interact in the public square	0	not toxic
Nonsense, he fell in and sank to the bottom...	0	not toxic
90% of Americans have zero comprehension of what Duncan is talking about.	0	not toxic
Motley: The Democratic Party nominating process is far, far, far from the most pressing issues facing our nation... We're a nation in crisis. We're divided as we've not been since the Civil War. We have a President who thrives on conflict and daily exacerbates that divide...... and you want to deflect the conversation to focus on the Democratic Party nominating process...... Sorry, my friend, but I don't think that pig will fly...... Gary Crum	0	not toxic
I just hope that the journalists behind #GuptaLeaks have been smart enough to keep their biggest (and most damning) stories related to Zuma himself in storage until the week before the no confidence vote. That this trickle of stories and information are still the calm before the storm, and in that week of the vote the real crux of the #GuptaLeaks (hopefully a money trail directly to Zuma) are released for all to read.	0	not toxic
Yes, they will end up in the South or Midwest, due to lower wages & taxes. Perhaps in 10 years, Amazon will truly be "Amazon" and they will have their own overseas transport hub here like FedEx, flying their own planes, in between America and the Far East.	0	not toxic
I don't think it was misguided...the union was just merely following in the precedent set by Justin. Now, Justin can't be misguided can he?	0	not toxic
The sad thing is that if you mention Penny Oleksiak a year from now - people will say who's she?	0	not toxic

I agree, all male-designed religions (which is more or less all of them) push the idea that God or the gods made women to serve, obey, nurture and satisfy men. Even religions that have godesses usually place them lower in the divine order than mortal men, usually on a par with male warhorses. But Catholicism distinguishes itself in its conviction that God is horrified and disgusted by women and its view that the best and holiest life and the one most pleasing to God is a life lived in the complete absence of women. St. Robert Bellarmine said, in his case for the canonization of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, that the latter was so perfectly holy that he took a vow when he was twelve never to speak to a woman and never to be in the presence of one if he could help it and to keep his eyes fixed on the ground when he couldn't help it, in order to avoid looking at her. Not a saint likely to appeal to normal healthy men.

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This is tired old left wing nonsense. It is the Robin Hood story rewritten. It was nonsense then and it is nonsense now. You can always find a ready audience for this stuff. People who don't pay tax and who don't understand the tax system will always want to make the rich pay more. The top 10% of earners in this country pay 90% of the taxes . I have other things to do with my life that to be jealous of what other people have. As for why they put them in private schools it is because the union controlled teachers and their boards have such rotten records and in many cases teach the wrong things. There is no discipline, the unions protect bad teachers and the government meddles too much in the curriculum. If you want your kids to learn about oral sex in grade 6 instead of mathematics or learning how to write good English then send the to Kathleen's public school system.

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If thinking about thinking is Epistemology, are stories where the media examines itself... Agimology? : P The media that calls itself unbiased has chosen to abandon all pretense of fairness and thrown their lot in with the progressive post modernist left. Both by coddling Obama and making up stories out of whole cloth to slander Trump. In one way, I feel sad an era has passed but in another I feel happy, since they are now showing us who they are... and were all along. Remember Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, except that he hated our Constitution and the very concept of America... he was a globalist.

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There is too much truth in your comment to view it as funny or as a joke.

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I have hard working relatives in the Kenai Penninsula Borough who are having their wealth (as meager as it is) transferred to you KK as you enjoy the property tax exemption on your half million dollar home. Lets begin the withdrawal with the cessation of your tax exemption.

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I'm not a fan nor supporter of this president. However, I find the disclosure of emails by NY Times and Washington Post reporters indicating their attempts to downplay the meeting between our previous AG, Loretta Lynch, and former president Clinton disturbing. I also watch CNN regularly and see they've set up a daily panel of anti-Trump people to question and/or criticize virtually everything he does. Our nation depends on a free unbiased press. It's clear these so called news organizations are not unbiased and are openly trying to undermine the president. I understand why this president chooses to go directly to his supporters.

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How weird that this article is about what the Alaska Legislature is doing, yet it features Mike Navarre, mayor of a borough that has about 5% of Alaska's population. Really, who cares what he thinks?

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Well then you probably shouldnt do business with AK airlines if you feel that way. They fired several employees for pictures on Facebook even though they were on their own time.

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Had my last drink of alcohol and hard drug on 01/07/1976. Have worked at a detox with winos and junkies and at an extended rehab for poor little rich kids, state department dependents, pro athletesand others causing embarrassment to whoever thinks they know bett Nothing wrong with Cannabis use after you get deprogrammed from rehab brain washing. You know AA took away Bill Wilson's free postage privledges because he advocated hallucination causing substances as an aid to sobriety? Check out William James' "Varieties of Religious Experience" and some other opinions on 'drug' use before you attempt to judge the quality of anybody else's life experiences. Your statement reminds me of Michele Leonhart making a fool out of herself before congress with her "all drugs are equally bad" nonsense. By the way, Cannabis is an herb that was integral in the discovery of agriculture by humanity. An Olde Timer once said " Keep your mouth shut and listen until you know what you're talking about".

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Maybe, what business is it of yours? Have any hunters commented on your hobbies? I bet not because its none of their business is it?

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Uhhhh, you fail to understand the results may not be instantaneous. . Many people will have their tax refunds stolen, have to work with the IRS. . Anyone who does not freeze their credit is asking for trouble. Easier to freeze than trying to fix the problem later.

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I would like to see the village to be given the tools needed, with the assistance of the National Guard, perform the move themselves. Spending millions more to have someone do this for them is not the best approach.

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You are correct.

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ADN will be less without you. Thank you for your work. I always enjoy reading your columns.

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You DO know that Pope Francis does not give Communion in the hand, right??? Actually has been quoted as saying the faithful should receive in the kneeling position?

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Well deserved Mr. Downie. A class act yet humble at the same time. He has been more than generous with his time this year.

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It's in black and white. We shall see what happens next.

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Trudy is the best. I love him so.

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Because dating sites are scam.

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If O'Leary would be Trudeau's worst nightmare then that is precisely what we need. The Liberal and NDP governments at the federal and provincial levels have gotten too cozy and acting like socialist/green party that no one voted for. They have weakened our economy along the way. Let's get O'Leary and turn things upside down.

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brad12, It may have escaped your notice, but most any (even a Hawaii) high school graduate could tell you that a strategic bomber represents a measured and flexible response. Much, much easier to direct or recall a manned bomber than a ballistic missile. Make "Nuclear Triad" your next Google search.

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Jesus Christ. This is not about politics!! This is teaching our children to fight back and not make in easy for mass shooters to slaughtered them by the dozens. It is NOT teachers jobs to carry weapons in order to teach or protect their students.

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In your view, homosexuality only exists when it's defined by acts with men over the age of 18? It must follow from your view that it's not just priests, but straight men everywhere, who are attracted to teenage boys. Frankly, I find your views to be a bizarre take on male sexuality. I have what I think is a much more rational view: Every priest who molested a boy is a gay man. If progressive Catholics really wish to understand the sex abuse scandal, they have to acknowledge that basic fact. To suggest, as you do, that abusing priests were all straight men, and that straight men often lust after boys, is simply a wrong view and not helpful to preventing this kind of thing from happening again.

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We fought a war against Nazism. There is no place for Nazis in the USA.

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",,,for Congress to end decades of debate and to give them the opportunity to give their descendant a proper burial and a final resting place," Murray said in the statement." I support funds for urgent remedial English. What is being returned to the earth is an ancestor of the present occupants, not a descendant of the present occupants. The descendant would probably protest, with justification, if he were still alive and hhad survived the autopsy, presumably also done while he was still alive, only to be buried alive. The horror, the horror. I note that ADN used a direct quotation, which might be a way of getting in a dig at Senator Murray (D-Wash) and the tradition of both Washingtons, the state and the feds, not quite knowing what they are doing, especially about Alaska.

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Harper, (and I was no fan), was correct to identify Islam as the existential threat to Canada that it is. Trudeau is happy to throw us all to the wolves of Islamic Terror - as long as he is in power, we are all dicing with terror in this country.

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But is it not reasonable to suggest that the same thing is happening on the left as well? Given the overall trend of news-as-business I find it very hard to believe that this is only happening on the Right side of the spectrum.

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I know you little lefties hate to hear or read FACTS, but ive got one for ya. 52% of all murders in the US are committed by a race of people that make up only 12% of the population. That's what I was "trying to imply."

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Oh dear this means my children will now have to adhere to sharia law! I read that on the internet!

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Without prejudice, have you actually set foot in a working classroom since your student days?

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Swindlers know that people who buy precious metal and stones for "investment" purposes are pretty easy marks.

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Fortunately, their new "out of sight, out of mind" bylaw enables species to go extinct as unknown, forgotten phemonenon by the general public, save for a few whale skeletons in natural history museums.

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And yet another left wing story from the Washington Post with absolutely no substance or facts. It truly is unbelievable that ADN picks up this kind of a story and makes it sound like Kushner did something wrong when they have nothing but an anonymous source saying the FBI is looking into it. More and more fake news!

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All christian denominations are one - are "the church" - because they are united in seeking to follow Christ. A priest once said to me that he holds a "wagon wheel" understanding of christianity. The different denominations are spokes in the wheel, and all are connected to the hub - Christ. Each "see" the hub - Christ - from slightly different perspectives. But all are focused on Christ. Jesus was a Jew, as were all of the apostles and most of the disciples who followed him during his lifetime. He did not found a church as we understand the word today. Christianity did not really separate from Judaism until decades after Jesus' death. The christian religion evolved for at least three centuries after Jesus' death before beginning to become the institution that has grown and changed for the last two thousand years.

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30 days maybe, 30 years, won't wait that long. You never give your enemy time to regroup.

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Yet another example of mainland transplants with no Aloha and no clue of Hawaii.

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If you don't understand the practicality of a pickup then you might never get it. I always chuckle every time I see someone with a mattress on their roof. I say out loud there goes somebody who needs a truck.

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Well I learned from Trump it is Ok to denigrate women. Is that the message you are talking about?

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She's the next Anna Kournikova

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Good to know. Really. As much as I dislike your attitude, you at least attempt to use facts.

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bs, it was the little people who elected trump, and do not agree with the mayors and this so called sanctuary city stupidity

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The moderate conservative is a figment of your imagination. The moderate conservative went extinct in '94 when the party unleashed Newt Gingrich on the country. And the biggest missing persons story in the history of country is the 2009 disappearance of 15 to 30 million republicans who were trying to run away as fast as they could from the disaster called the Bush administration. 15 to 30 million republicans claim they'd barely heard of Bush and certainly didn't vote for him. Like so many German soldiers in 1945 who shed their uniforms and claimed they never belonged to the Nazi party, the conservative in 2009 changed out of their republican "clothing" and reemerged in tri-corner hats and claimed to be "independents" or members of the tea party...but no way no how were they republicans and besides "both sides" were at fault. And then they elected Trump. A moderate party does not elect a man like Trump, Lela. And extremist party does. There are no republicans moderate, Lela. None

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"The Sunday uproar started when Trump was asked by Tapper whether he would disavow Duke and other white supremacist groups that are supporting his campaign. "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" Trump said. "Trump was pressed three times on whether he'd distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan -- but never mentioned the group in his answers. "I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists," he said. "So I don't know. I don't know -- did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists." ~ CNN, February 29, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/politics/donald-trump-white-supremacists/

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Of course Steve Jobes didn't go "integrative" he used alternative exclusively until it was too late. And you described Western medicine as "poking, prodding, cutting and burning and poisoning." That doesn't sound like somebody who's encouraging an "integrative" approach.

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ESPN with the imploding business plan. A network allegedly dedicated to reporting on the usually benign topic: sports. Yet, the network's double-standards and hypocrisy were laid bare. She should've been Terminated-for-Cause. The fact ESPN gave her the wink, wink is why ESPN is hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars in annual losses.

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Learn to read and do arithmetic before posting. The last 7 Candu's were all built in 4 years and less on budget at $2.5B/GW in $2016. Ffinanced at public power rates and. a NRC certified operating cost of 2 cents a kwh, grade 3 arithmetic gives us to 3 cents a kwh all in. Decomm costs were assessed at .1 cents a kwh by former NRC CEO and vehement nuke critic Greg Jazcko. In reality the cost should be zero since a nuke plant would always be a nuke plant, with only end of life core replacements. The debt retirement charge came about when the Fascist Harris gave away the Bruce Power plant to cronies a pennies on the dollar.

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Can Chuck the Schmuck get the funds restoration past a Presidential Veto?

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Sir, a man can indeed commit adultery with his own wife--if she becomes an object for pleasure rather than bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. Whenever sex becomes solely about pleasure rather than the expression of love and unity--that is adulterous. A women relates to her husband as his bride, not his property.

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Read a bit closer. These are not "Republican events", these are open town halls where a representative goes to meet local citizens. Citizens are not disenfranchised just because they voted for another party. At least not yet.

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There is an argument that can be made that the Democrats protesting Trump rallies are acting the same as the Nazi Brownshirts who disrupted political meetings and rioted when they disagreed with a political view. So Freedom of Speech and Right to Assembly is only a Constitutional right when done by Liberals? How's that for tolerance.

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How does one "earn" the $2,000 fine? Had the pedestrian been a police officer (or someone they liked) I wonder charge would have been found? Good to know the driver will be flyin' about in 6 months. Good luck, everyone.

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At least Honda is bring the Type R to Canada which puts out 300 HP. Now I know that's not for everyone but at least the availability is there for those who want it. That puts it up there with VW and Ford in the hot small car category.

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No he fondled Obama instead.

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'In 1972 Hain was convicted of criminal conspiracy in a trial at the Old Bailey and fined £200.' Such was anti apartheid saga. A hero with charges of conspiracy against him, could he be truthful?

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If a person really wanted to make a statement, why couldn't they start their own "insurance company" and self insure ? Like premiums of $5 per month, $1,000,000 deductible etc. or something ! This Big Brother communism/socialism is beginning to border on the absurd. Who is the federal govt to say what a legitimate insurance company is. They can take a flying leap into Lake Michigan for all I am concerned....

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In Canada the "rich" are in relatively short supply. Our level of taxation tends to keep almost everyone at a middle class level. Most small business owners are anything but rich, they tend to be rather leveraged and most have remarkably small margins to manage.

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It's very funny that you think this: "More than half of the memos..." is proof that the one Comey released is included in those more than half, and to such certainty that you say, "yes it is very clear...". AND, after that clear failure of both logic and reading comprehension on your part, you say: "Time to get your reading comprehension skills checked." One has to wonder if you're even aware of how badly you failed. But thanks for the chuckle!

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News flash. That is kind of the way it works. You buy military equipment to meet the needs. Not the other way around. This is not the Harper Chickenhawk government. This government actually does things that mean something and that does require concerted action. Seems, however, like they have a lame RCAF Head that they might wish to consider changing.

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Proving only that you don't know what a journalist is.

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"In light of the R14-million received by one person, we need to start thinking about whether there are many unreported cases of similar errors". The"error" was not discovered until the woman's lifestyle raised eyebrows and someone blew the whistle. Methinks the NSFAS is being looted. Try an investigation and chances are you will find the rot of unimaginable proportions.

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Yes, but that has not been the policy of rogue representatives. So when Tulsi become president or sec of state, she can do something like this without raising eyebrows.

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I go to SC quite often and was never overrun by anyone, much less illegal immigrants. Majority will be illegals? Come on man, your IQ of 006 is clearly showing (although that's much higher than what one would expect from all your posts). Heck, why don't you join the marchers, and with your added IQ, the combined IQ might reach a 100.

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Impressive fake reasoning and fake facts, of which scientists are aware, and have discarded because they are have already been taken into account; it's doubtful that even the most vehement AGW deniers have any data or farcical claims that qualified, experienced scientists, who have spent their lives studying Earth's climate, aren't aware of - and if there are, let's hear some, not the above-quoted falderal put out by the Flat Earth Society and Big Oil interests.

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Foreign millionaires/billionaires with fortunes, most ill-gotten, ALL hidden to evade taxes, use Canadian real-estate as their 'safety deposit boxes' / money laundering centre. Canadian residences should be uniquely for Canadians to 'reside' in. But again, zero leadership from our politicians, who salivate over the increased property taxes. IF... you as a Canadian show-up to buy a property with a million in cash - you will be investigated: where did this cash come from? But a foreigner - no questions asked.

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Caldwell thinks every park should be a money-making commercial enterprise. He just wants more and more of our tax dollars for his Choo Choo train.

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Lima should be deported. And Clifton can rot in jail. Hickenlooper has been a lackluster Governor. He failed to address transportation issues in Colorado for the future.

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After the advent of GMO, a lot of young people began to develop Crohn's disease. I cannot give a link, as this is anecdotal. It seems to affect a lot of people in the 20-30 y.o. age group. No thanks, I'll pass.

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You know, it's actually possible to care about both. They don't cancel each other out.

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The church of America! You should try it and stay out of the bottomless pit of hate called progressivism!

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Good article. It is somewhat arrogant and foolish of us to think that we have the solutions for another state. Yes, we must engage with other countries and at the same time, work for incremental change. We can find things we do agree on, and do them. Putting it another way, should Saudi Arabia refuse to trade with us because we refuse to fund equitable educational opportunities for our First Nations children? Maybe they should, but would that bring about change here? Does Saudi Arabia really know how to bring about the changes we need to make in our own back yard? Did the west do well in forcing regime change in Iraq?

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See how fussy and spoiled the rich people can be. They don't want anything disturbing their peace and quiet or their sense of security.So how about we build a huge migrant/refugee shelter in their neighbourhood? Afterall it's usually the rich who want millions of migrants in the country to drive down wages so they can get workers cheap.

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Is this the same Paris Climate accord that is described here by non other than world famous Nasa climate expert James Hansen? see: James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks 'a fraud' @ theguardian.com

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How's that Chevy now, Barney? Did it last a decade?

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You talk bad about your boss to the media; you might just get fired.

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"Urban camping"..... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

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Right, wrong, insensitive? In the environment she works in, she is obviously in trouble. To me the bigger story is the era we live in when your privacy has shrunk dramatically. Whether at a private party in your own home, at a restaurant, in the park, wherever, almost everyone is armed with a camera that may catch you at your worst moment or in a lapse in judgement. A scary world. I fear for my grandsons.

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PNolan, "believe" is an an action: "accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of". It is not the knowledge, invented or not, that is believed in, it is the action of the person who believes. And that action reflects upon character and nature of the person believing. You have a system of beliefs, based upon observations, experiences, and information you have been provided by sources such as other people and books. That you would believe that law enforcement would have originated in "slave patrols" indicates that your system of beliefs is not particularly connected to historical reality. It is trivially easy to gain a better understanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History

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These people are protesting a name. I would think that they could find something better to protest about like our health care system, affordable homes for Real Canadians, outrageous salaries and pensions paid to the government, crown corporations, CEO’s and politicians just to name a few free loaders on our society. And why protest the president of another country here in Canada. Are they trying to copy the middle east? All this against a president that has proven to be more honest than the opposition. Yes the moral compass may be a little off but better 1 out-a 10 than 0.

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Another loyal liberal doing her "duty" for god and country. Find her a long term room in the big house and let her rot as an example to ALL who leak or steal classified materials. Another example of why the employers need to be monitoring their employee's social media postings.

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This is a beautiful story and glad that I was able to learn a little about Ms. Kuwata! She seemed like a wonderful person and I'm happy that she was able to enjoy life to what sounds to be her fullest! Sad to see such a person go in the manner she possibly did. Prayers, thoughts, and condolences to her `ohana. Wish there were more wonderful stories like this in the SA where we hear the kind things about people. Mahalo to her `ohana for sharing such wonderful things with Hawai'i nei!

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Your comments can be summed up in one word: "rubbish".

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Obey the magisterium without thought or question. Take Adolf Eichmann as your role model -- a man who followed orders without a second thought.

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Thanks for the editing help, Kalola; I would switch those to whom, too. ...

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And put you on the unemployment line?

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15 gallons????? No spill. Barely a splash! ADN has done it again!

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Dear Rogue, With your ridiculous comments and the face you choose to supply on your comments, it is time to mute you from my list. Might help if more of us did this.

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":Whatever your mandated universe is your job as a manager is to beat it, and beat it consistently" Ya...right.

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Then you should address your comment to B_C, because he raised the water issue. I just improved upon it. He also stated elsewhere, in another brilliant example of his sterling grasp of significant digits, that fewer than one of every 1 million motorists stop at stop signs, which surely explains why he nearly fell over when he encountered that ever-so-rare law-abider. He's also said we need to give him room to fall over when passing him on his bike. Just working with the material he provides, sir. And you misspelled Whiteaker.

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Why would this person even assume he can question the parents about the best interests of the child?

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One other point about Pearl Harbor - all battleships were in port. But, luckily, all aircraft carriers were at sea. Within months of the attack, military experts realized that the most important naval arms going forward were aircraft carriers - not battleships. Not sure if I would agree that *all responsible* historians do not accept the FDR theories and the attack. Yes, an open question but suggest that it is an open question vs. the interpretation from 30-40 years ago.

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It just demonstrates the total financial irresponsibility of their policies.

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Just when I thought it was impossible for the government to do something dumber they find something 100 times worse than anything they have done before. With the encouragement of his family he goes to fight a foreign war, he murders an American medic, he is captured and held in and American prison, and somehow Canadian taxpayers will now be forced to pay higher taxes to reward him with $10,000,000.

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5) an extremely thin conception of subjective exculpability (way too easy to be guilty of grave sin) 6) perpetuates JPII's caricature of proportionalism 7) conflates changes in positive law as if they're equivalent to changes in divine & natural lsw 8) caricatures pastoral approaches that employ law of graduality as if they advocate gradualism of the law 9) decries both laxist & rigorist approaches as legalism but his prudential judgments betray his own rigorism as they violate proportionality w/default bias toward coercive approaches (overemphasis on hard powers of rhetorical confrontation & legal coercion) 10) caricatures others' approach to primacy of conscience as if they're advocating it as some autonomous fountain of objective truth rather than a practical norm 11) an excellent articulation of how religion should influence every dimension of our lives, e.g. interact in the public square

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Nonsense, he fell in and sank to the bottom...

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90% of Americans have zero comprehension of what Duncan is talking about.

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Motley: The Democratic Party nominating process is far, far, far from the most pressing issues facing our nation... We're a nation in crisis. We're divided as we've not been since the Civil War. We have a President who thrives on conflict and daily exacerbates that divide...... and you want to deflect the conversation to focus on the Democratic Party nominating process...... Sorry, my friend, but I don't think that pig will fly...... Gary Crum

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I just hope that the journalists behind #GuptaLeaks have been smart enough to keep their biggest (and most damning) stories related to Zuma himself in storage until the week before the no confidence vote. That this trickle of stories and information are still the calm before the storm, and in that week of the vote the real crux of the #GuptaLeaks (hopefully a money trail directly to Zuma) are released for all to read.

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Yes, they will end up in the South or Midwest, due to lower wages & taxes. Perhaps in 10 years, Amazon will truly be "Amazon" and they will have their own overseas transport hub here like FedEx, flying their own planes, in between America and the Far East.

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I don't think it was misguided...the union was just merely following in the precedent set by Justin. Now, Justin can't be misguided can he?

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The sad thing is that if you mention Penny Oleksiak a year from now - people will say who's she?

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