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Please stop referring to people as 'left' or 'right'. Most people are neither but do probably subscribe to attributes of both extremes on the political spectrum. All you do is display your own ignorance and naiveté to your imaginary slights.	0	not toxic
Welcome to the bugs-in-the-head-friendly GOP. Apparently if you bring your tinfoil hat, swastika flags or find an image of Jesus on your toast, they are ready to back your political career. Sad.	0	not toxic
Words used by press = Syrian rebels Reality on the ground = Islamic terrorists (sponsored by USA/Saudi Arabia) trying to overthrow a secular government and install a new Islamic Republic and install Sharia law!	0	not toxic
Agreed - they're different, and the regulation implementing the statute isn't the same as the statute's language is. Regardless, the law you have to follow is 13 AAC 2.050(b), not AS 28.35.140(b). That needs to be fixed.	0	not toxic
Your beliefs aren't truth. No matter how very much you wish it.	0	not toxic
You must think some of us have rather short memories, Mr. Sullivan. Yes, the guy was (and probably still is) a POS. But you didn't create your little law because he was a POS. You created your little law because he was protesting your lack of action in dealing with the homeless problem this city is faced with. It made you look bad, so you lashed out. And I'm not sure what that particular issue has to do with my "vision of the city". I'll give you a B+ for the attempted misdirection, though.	0	not toxic
Sure, Art. No surprise that you, like Tuckerman Babcock, can't see beyond two-party politics, as if that's the only game in town. Did you miss the part about the majority of registered Alaska voters not being party-affiliated? Maybe the real truth is they understand the limitations -- and un-Alaskan-ness, of putting party first.	0	not toxic
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I'm not a Calgary taxpayer, but I would just like to make the point that if the Flames leave, that would be a negative on the city's economy. It's been shown over and over that building for sports teams does not grow the economy. Instead, I think it is done, as others have made the point, as part of discretionary infrastructure (culture, city design, etc.) and taxpayers should not reject it for ideological reasons. Yes, the millionaires will use it, but it is a city asset in the end. What I can only suggest is that the Flames recognize what the city can or cannot afford, and not insult the city, which in turn insults their fans, during the process. It does no-one any good. If there is anywhere that would turn down a team over ideological reasons, I think it would be Calgary. Remember that the Flames were brought to Calgary by citizens who cared about the city, and I hope the Flames owners try to remember that. That said, I am certain in the end there will be an agreement.	0	not toxic
i agree!!!!!!!!	0	not toxic
I am sure that Marty Smith and WW will not be submitting this for Pulitzer consideration I am a #Trump2016 man and I enjoy reading the thoughts of the Sanders voter. It is a shame Hillary's machine will destroy him. He seems like a swell guy	0	not toxic
More kids in Foster Homes because DHS is a for profit enterprise in all respects Taxpayers and borrowed money pays the blood money scam	0	not toxic
Except, of course, Murkowski made a very public show of being offended by Zinke's threats. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/lisa-murkowski-ryan-zinke/index.html	0	not toxic
That wouldn't work there - because that sign indicates no-right turns allowed - not just 'momentarily' but not at all - for hours or days or years. Its reserved for cases where there is a one way that comes in from that side, or the road is closed. Not really appropriate for right turns as part of a signaled intersection. A red right turn arrow, on the other hand, would be appropriate.	0	not toxic
http://truthfeed.com/hillary-surroagte-bob-beckel-calls-for-assassination-of-julian-assange/16225/ Hillary Surroagte Bob Beckel Calls For ASSASSINATION of Julian Assange Breaking News By Amy Moreno August 10, 2016 Speaking of ACTUAL “assassination” requests…… Liberal blowhard and notorious drug abuser Bob Beckel has called for the assassination of Wikileaks founder and editor in chief, Julian Assange. Note to media: THIS is what a call for an “assassination” looks and sounds like, you idiots. Hillary Surroagte Bob Beckel Calls For ASSASSINATION of Julian Assange Breaking News By Amy Moreno August 10, 2016	1	toxic
The country was led over a critical line during the 8 years of the corrupt Obama regime. If our Republican controlled congress - in lock-step with our Republican president - don't slam the brakes on this corruption and make a screeching sharp right turn back to a constitutional republic, we are doomed. We are on a slope and slipping fast.	0	not toxic
If individuals decide that the risks are worth travelling there should they also be responsible for all costs to extract them?	0	not toxic
It was Comey who sank ur USS Hillary Clinton.	0	not toxic
There you go again, "there is plenty of video to prove it." even though you have provided no proof what so ever. You make up things as you go, claim they are proof, and generally of something not even remotely to what you are talking about. Then you always claim that it is another's responsibility to provide proof. If anything you say is true you should be able to provide evidence, and providing links to things that are non-related to your claim is not providing evidence, like your claim that the President has been sued because he is a racist and then you provide links to cases that do not involve him.	0	not toxic
I must have missed the racist part. Actually, to insinuate that this was a racist comment is racist.	0	not toxic
For every 1C of global warming, there is 7% more water vapor in the atmosphere. The warmer atmosphere and water contributes to increased rain and the increased size of hurricanes. Previous predictions were that the big storms would become more frequent, and it is undeniable. The sea level rise contributes to the severe flooding along with the increased rainfall. The current extreme weather occurring all over the planet, the droughts as well as the floods, the massive forest fires that are engulfing the entire west and have been for a few years, mass die-offs of animals, and numerous other disasters are the result of warming the planet and polluting the place. For more than 7 years I have been watching data daily on the Arctic ice, on the droughts, on the CO2, and reading the science on everything global warming. Why is NOAA putting out info that cites climate science from 1987? That can be a redundant question.	0	not toxic
Yeah, I've been on here long enough to recognize your posts for the concern trolling they obviously are. It's why you always begin by feigning interest in concluding the investigation, and end by subtly implying that it'll end with HRC... as though the baseless accusations against her hold equal weight to the Russia story with Trump	0	not toxic
Walk carefully, and carry a big stick. If you don't listen to the people...you will be finished politically.	0	not toxic
always has to be someone to spin the story off of the subject and put their nonrelated political BS into it...	0	not toxic
As far as we know from the small amount of Trump's taxes that we have seen LFA, it seems he followed the real estate loop holes. We don't have a full account of his taxes though. It may be his view as you say...that it is not wrong, but is it right? Especially when Trump then complains about our failing infrastructure, he especially seems hung up on our lousy airports compared to foreign ones. He can not complain, if he does not contribute.	0	not toxic
Yep. CC is far inferior to Disqus from a user's point of view. It's sole purpose is to relieve sites from the burden of moderation, nothing more. It's pure baloney to believe that CC does anything to improve comment quality. I've seen absolutely no indication that it has done so, and given its numerous other flaws and the truly gratuitous bugs it has, CC is a huge step down and backwards.	0	not toxic
The coal would just start moving through the gulf of Mexico and Panama. I can't believe that the yanks are using Canadian ports over this alternative.	0	not toxic
Truth: I'm going to guess you were not the targeted audience of this opinion piece. I read this as more of a public health, economic development and a pragmatic environmental stewardship piece. Extreme left, such as where you fit and the extreme right wasn't his audience. This was carefully crafted for the large group that are center left and center right that are pragmatists.	0	not toxic
“This brand of negative and divisive politics would drive our party right into the ground.” Yes, Lisa, you are absolutely correct. And that is exactly what we are all hoping for. O'Leary forgets that Canada is NOT the US and even though times have been very tough for a good many years, we are still better off by miles compared to many, many countries in the world. It's kinda hard to get people riled up when by and large, their needs are being taken care of, or new aid is coming. What O'Leary, and Raitt and probably the entire group of 17 shall we call them, have missed, is that a boiling, roiling Canadian nationalism is growing strongly, right under the surface, just waiting to come out. The politician that understands where they want to go and leads will be the one to govern for many years to come.	0	not toxic
Well, I guess that's OK for the most part; but it's not exactly what I was referring to. "Christ" is a title given to Jesus of Nazareth by (some of) his followers, and their practice has persisted to the present among the faithful. But saying that Jesus was no less than the "Anointed One," a not well defined figure mentioned in the OT, is one of a number of extraordinary assertions that the faithful make about him, in which they are typically not joined by non-believers. You may very well believe that the story in Luke 2 of the finding of the boy Jesus in the Temple really happened, and that it conveys a reliable datum regarding the identity of Jesus, and his relation to God ("the Father"). But not all readers of that gospel are persuaded that that is the best way to explain the origin of that story. And more to the point of your conversation with John Hobson, not all Catholics are so persuaded -- and yet for all that they are undeniably fine and true Catholics.	0	not toxic
I would like the governments to set up new housing centres in Toronto for these poor unfortunates. I suggest that new infrastructure be created to house 10's of thousands of these people in the following neighbourhoods - ones where you will find a great deal of well educated liberal persons who eloquently pronounce platitudes of how Canadians must accept these "refugees" and embrace diversity - We'll start with the neighbourhoods of "Beaches", Riverdale, High Park, Swansea, Lawrence Park, Leaside. Others that are similar in demographic will follow.	0	not toxic
Kiszla doubles down and continues to spank the paxton monkey and the clicks roll in. Fire the guy, DP	0	not toxic
aa the ethics powers are not being deluted not thanks to trump, or did you miss that?	0	not toxic
All I did was provide the link you felt that someone else owed you. It took an exhausting five seconds to search for "eugene volunteers clean up homeless camp" and click on the first of many such entries. Beyond that, the insults and excuses are up to you to leave strewn like trash. Much like your homeless brethren, you never disappoint.	1	toxic
The fact that fake-tears Molefe loaned him their car and the pathetic-racist BLF being paid for and owned by the Gupta's just servers to prove the connections are real.	1	toxic
Glad you got past it... Nice writing and I enjoyed your story, despite the fact you probably didn't enjoy cleaning up. Off to the next tennant, I presume?	0	not toxic
Sure, dogs being skinned alive is exactly like being a Palestinian.. not. Do you have any idea how silly you sound?	1	toxic
You have no idea what you are talking about. Explain your expertise on this subject or step aside. This is $300 per machine. It is not targeted, it is a blast type attack. Let's say the oil company as 5000 affected machines, you do the math.	0	not toxic
Auction: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-prostitute1/prostitute-auctions-sex-for-charity-idUSEIC87423520071128	0	not toxic
He is nothing more than a political activist. He is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Had she directly accused him it would be one thing. She didn't. ADN is making it sound like these people are in fear of their lives. They are worried someone will try to find them. If anyone cared enough to try, it wouldn't take 5 minutes online to get their address. This is nothing more than fear mongering by liberals against conservatives.	0	not toxic
Aloha again Rocky Theresa Keohunani Taber is a "Paid TMT poster"? I had no idea! I'm crossing her name off my luau list. Mahalo	0	not toxic
Neither Will Write In Candidate "Stephen Wright" WrightForAlaska.com	0	not toxic
I don't believe that artists are given government money in the States. I remember an American author being interviewed on CBC, and he was quite verbal about his envy of Canadian artists because of all of the gov't grants they get. I could tell that the CBC interviewer was quite unhappy with these comments being broadcast on CBC. Has it changed?	0	not toxic
When I said clean, I meant as far as smog was concerned, not the CO2 is poison BS from the "gospels of the Church of Climate Blame", but then there's Cumbrian's post now too..	0	not toxic
https://www.gofundme.com/uk-christmas-for-kids/donate	0	not toxic
I doubt very much people here are justifying the discrimination or killing of any black person by any means. I think the biggest arguing point is everyone's version of history. In your comment alone there are a couple of "facts" you obviously 100% believe in, which I disagree with. I blame politics and the school system for this. It is in the interest of politicians that a certain narrative is told and believed. Schools should create a safe and neural environment to teach your history, my history and then stimulate a debate for the two to meet somewhere. There is a big debate about "indigenous land" - if your open to honest debate, do some research on what year Van Riebeeck arrived and when the they came across the first black person (Xhosa). Read about tribal areas and tribal wars. I can go on about more, but space is limited and not everyone is open for constructive debate.	0	not toxic
Bigger than the 7 TRILLION Obama added?	0	not toxic
No quantitative testing properly performed is good for school quality.	0	not toxic
Ummm...yeah. the last thing NCR posted us from 2014. What IS your point?	0	not toxic
Nope. Not true. I'm a member of the "dissenting left" and I continue to give generously, to my parish and various religious orders, but NOT to my archdiocese.	0	not toxic
Thank you, Patrick, for permission to make comments in the comments section. I still don't see how this proves I prefer assumptions over investigations. I am merely stating that the attacker's actions appear to be politically motivated. This assertion is supported by reported witness accounts and reported investigations into the attacker's online activity. I fail to see how stating that it the attacker's motives appear to be politically motivated due to overwhelming information that has been made publicly available proves that I prefer assumptions over investigations. Aren't the reported facts about the case also the results of an investigation (albeit a journalistic investigation)? If you also care about facts and truth, then are you saying that only a police investigation can provide facts and truths? If so, then are you saying that a police investigation can never produce untruthful and factually baseless results? I doubt that is the case either.	0	not toxic
“they learn negative behaviors from one another”. With no meaningful punishment or consequences, what else do you expect?	0	not toxic
In Fikile I don't think it is ignorance - it is more a matter of pure stupidity.	1	toxic
You're not sorry, you're "sowing discord", especially when posting snarky put downs of others based on their appearance. Do you always rate people by the clothes they wear?	0	not toxic
Thank goodness it was only the driver that died.	0	not toxic
It would sure be nice if someone planning these things would do their homework before putting something up that ends up costing twice what it was supposed to cost. And how many hundred years will it take to recoup $15,000,000? Denver, you don't impress me. You never have.	0	not toxic
Look at the record highs and lows in the Globe for each day and you will see that they occurred about 50 -70 years ago and not in the past few years. The earth cools and warms in every region in its own time and despite all the climate change blather -- and the taxes-- we do not control the climate switch, while we have the capacity to improve regional air quality.	0	not toxic
Trump will do more good for this country than Clinton. She will sink this country. We can't afford her.	0	not toxic
Of interest, perhaps http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/at-teachers-disciplinary-hearing-former-students-describe-being-made-to-play-strip-basketball	0	not toxic
Yes, and we all have sacrificed a lot for idiots like you too.	1	toxic
It was a great parting shot. Nowadays, you can't say those things without being publicly shunned. I think society in general is manufacturing these types of individuals. The pendulum will eventually swing back the other way.	0	not toxic
Keep filtering the world through those MSNBC glasses...eventually you won't recognize your own hand in front of your face.	0	not toxic
wow if salmon recover was as easy as you say there would be no runs listed... so I think you had better think again....	0	not toxic
If anyone thought the City was poorly managed, this confirms it. Like the Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere," this million dollar project would connect Waikiki to a rail terminal that exists only in the realm of wild imagination. As mayor, Caldwell is to blame.	0	not toxic
Whenever abortion comes up, I have a question I've been asking for ten years now of the "Life begins at Conception" crowd. In ten years, no one has EVER answered it honestly. Here it is. You're in a fertility clinic. Why isn't important. The fire alarm goes off. You run for the exit. As you run down this hallway, you hear a child screaming from behind a door. You throw open the door and find a five-year-old child crying for help. They're in one corner of the room. In the other corner, you spot a frozen container labeled "1000 Viable Human Embryos." The smoke is rising. You start to choke. You know you can grab one or the other, but not both before you succumb to smoke inhalation and die, saving no one. Do you A) save the child, or B) save the thousand embryos? There is no "C." "C" means you all die. Patrick S. Tomlinson · http://www.patrickstomlinson.com	0	not toxic
The "story" is another of many Trump smokescreen attempts to divert attention from his mounting legal troubles. The pattern is becoming familiar. Using the same tactics Putin's team does to confuse the frightened masses.	0	not toxic
Lock him up!	1	toxic
I'm not a climate change denier. The fact that these "scientists" are already reporting tentative conclusions before collecting any data doesn't help their cause.	0	not toxic
LFS2, you raise valid issues of how Koreans, colonized since 1910, dealt with the reality of their brutal occupation by Japan; some, as you describe, chose or were forced to be members of the Japanese military. In a powerful book on WWII, "War Without Mercy" author John Dower discusses the Japanese use of Korean soldiers to guard POWs and, as others, mentions their excessive cruelty. However, he adds CONTEXT: "Between 1939 and 1945, close to 670,000 Koreans were brought to Japan for fixed terms of work, mostly in mines and heavy industry, and it has been estimated that 60,000 or more of them died under the harsh conditions of their work places. Over 10,000 others were probably killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." (p. 47) Now, LFS2, a question- were you suggesting that postwar South Korea's leaders were more likely to have been Korean "Quislings?" Sounds like the old "East Germany- West Germany" argument.	0	not toxic
there is opposition in politics and there is blind hate and this one is hate period.	0	not toxic
What exactly did the RCMP do inappropriately? Mr Kayuryuk's nursing home asked his family to pick up their intoxicated father and they did not. So the RCMP were called to remove him and they put him in a holding cell to sober up. In the morning, the RCMP saw him in distress and called a physician to oversee Mr Kayuryuk's care. Where is the alleged racism or alleged act of prejudice?	0	not toxic
Someone should tell Mr. Magno, the 70-year old guy who walks his Chihuahua at Blaisdell Park, that eating the fish he catches out of Pearl Harbor may not be the best thing to do.	0	not toxic
The airport is embarrassing. And I don't understand the fetish of trying to name everything after Daniel Inouye. It needs to stop.	0	not toxic
I prefer a scarf to a balaclava because balaclavas fog and ice up my glasses and the fabric gets soggy from my breath. My favorite scarf is silk wool blend and is large enough to go around my neck several times and even over my head. I can pull it over my nose when I like or easily push it aside. Because it's loosely knit with holes has a higher R value than a thin balaclava. Yeah it's pretty, It also works,	0	not toxic
It's interesting that to some people anyone to the left of the Liberal party is "the far right", as if there isn't any room for an intelligent, moderate conservative anywhere. Nope. It's Liberal and then "the far right". Most people who believe that, of course, tend to be on the far left, and also tend to deny it.	0	not toxic
Get back under your rock, you'll be safer.	0	not toxic
The Roman Colosseum analogy is good, but easy to digest because it is “ancient” history; we are still steeped in this racial stew which has been at us for more than 400 years. There has to be a better way to deal with this than removing confederate statues, but defenders of them aren’t going to like my solution. I think part of a long over-due national dialogue has to include confederate statues accompanied by written and/or visual displays which fill-in much needed painful information. That painful information is rarely taught in our classrooms, yet it is a key part of our "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" we never had (see Desmond Tutu, the man who almost single handedly averted a massive race war). We cannot move forward until something like this is done! Before you drag out your tired cliches in opposition to this idea,think about this as an opportunity to turn around many things which have diminished our nation's soul. We can go from brainwashing to enlightenment.	0	not toxic
Liliane, He's being very, very sarcastic.	0	not toxic
just think, if they paid for their own wifi they could have that. just like the rest of us.	0	not toxic
Where did he do that? Why do you feel the need to lie?	0	not toxic
I agree with your comment, you own because you want to be an owner and it comes with intangible benefits. However, there are costs to ownership and you are paying for it with $500k of lower net worth. Buying a home is just like any other investment, it comes down to whether the numbers make sense. There are those who automatically conclude that buying is cheaper without analyzing the numbers but those are your typical unsophisticated and uneducated investors who will pay 3% MER for a money market fund (of course I'm exaggerating). The reality is that renting and investing has beat buying by a significant margin over the past 5-7 years. The numbers don't lie. Period.	0	not toxic
It's amusing to see how the Denver Post CAREFULLY avoids the subject that you're referring to. This is HUGE news and is leading to BIG trouble for Democrats. The entire "Russian collusion" investigation is backfiring on the Democrats.	0	not toxic
It's over and done. A horrific act, but pau already. Christian Gutierrez has been my teacher as to condemnation and destruction. All experiences personal or observed teach us something. Always there is the presence of goodness within the condemned, and those who destroy be it reputations or birds. Goodness is still here, and will come from this situation whether we see it or not.	0	not toxic
Why do you speak so badly of Mexico!? How dare you insult Mexicans and their great nation with your condescending message as if Mexico is some sort of wasteland. Mexico has some of the best people and beaches in the world. The kids probably would have a better life in Mexico than living on a farm on the Big Island. Plus Mexico has cheap health care. Let them ALL move to Mexico and spend their vast wealth they've acquired here.	0	not toxic
And the lady from Regnum Christi was not fired by Cupich? Maybe he isn't as liberal as I thought.	0	not toxic
Artful dodge of the salient question. Thanks for confirming that everything you've asserted is worthy only of doubt.	0	not toxic
How can I form a family trust fund like Trudeau and save on my taxes? Oh well, that doesn't apply to me. I had to work my backside off to reach where I am today. Didn't have rich parents hand me down a fortune so I could disparage hard working businesses, call them tax cheats.	0	not toxic
Pischer?	0	not toxic
Parishes had an option of reading Matthew 5:17-37 or Matthew 5:20-22A, 27-28, 33-34A, 37 last Sunday in the Ordinary Form. I attended Mass where they didn't read the cut up hostage note lectionary reading designed to hide Jesus' hard sayings from the congregation. I suspect a lot of people who post here went to parishes that read the latter.	0	not toxic
mandan princes more scary especially when they dress mahu. yikes!	0	not toxic
At last week's neighborhood board No. 2 meeting it was revealed that residents in Kuli'ou'ou are hosting 1500 visitors on average A DAY including "unmarked tour vans and buses " over 3 day weekends. These charming visitors tailgate at all hours at the cul de sac, leave piles of trash, trespass on residents' property to help themselves to water and of course adding 700 cars to the neighborhood is a significant nuisance. Clearly we have ALREADY exceeded maximum capacity. Let's reduce HTA funding until that capacity study is FINISHED and HTA with lawmakers have used it to appropriately create a budget-if one is needed. In the meantime DLNR can catch up on infrastructure with those HTA reductions.	0	not toxic
There is no replacement for displacement.	0	not toxic
Cant find it. Send the link and I'll retract my allegation and apologize if proven wrong.	0	not toxic
Maybe a better choice would have been "dragged" us through the Summer of Hate	0	not toxic
Fred: The first NHL goalie credited with a goal was Billy Smith, but that was because he was the last Islander to touch the puck before the Colorado Rockies put it in their own net on a delayed penalty call. Hextall was the first goalie to actually shoot the puck for a goal..	0	not toxic
How would he have shot one of his family members when they weren't there?	0	not toxic
Or ..... we could do as Clem suggests ..... and leave the d*** thing alone.	0	not toxic
All people are to be treated humanely.	0	not toxic
"we see it all the time at the airport" Who is we? What exactly is seen?	0	not toxic
The guy is a jerk, no denying that. I tend to think most of it is an act, but, whatever. I think most of us have worked with jerks who have a lot of money. Jerks only stick around if they get results. If a jerk doesn't get results, they tend to get yanked pretty quick. Nobody wants to deal with a jerk that can't get crap done.	1	toxic

Please stop referring to people as 'left' or 'right'. Most people are neither but do probably subscribe to attributes of both extremes on the political spectrum. All you do is display your own ignorance and naiveté to your imaginary slights.

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Welcome to the bugs-in-the-head-friendly GOP. Apparently if you bring your tinfoil hat, swastika flags or find an image of Jesus on your toast, they are ready to back your political career. Sad.

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Words used by press = Syrian rebels Reality on the ground = Islamic terrorists (sponsored by USA/Saudi Arabia) trying to overthrow a secular government and install a new Islamic Republic and install Sharia law!

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Agreed - they're different, and the regulation implementing the statute isn't the same as the statute's language is. Regardless, the law you have to follow is 13 AAC 2.050(b), not AS 28.35.140(b). That needs to be fixed.

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Your beliefs aren't truth. No matter how very much you wish it.

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You must think some of us have rather short memories, Mr. Sullivan. Yes, the guy was (and probably still is) a POS. But you didn't create your little law because he was a POS. You created your little law because he was protesting your lack of action in dealing with the homeless problem this city is faced with. It made you look bad, so you lashed out. And I'm not sure what that particular issue has to do with my "vision of the city". I'll give you a B+ for the attempted misdirection, though.

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Sure, Art. No surprise that you, like Tuckerman Babcock, can't see beyond two-party politics, as if that's the only game in town. Did you miss the part about the majority of registered Alaska voters not being party-affiliated? Maybe the real truth is they understand the limitations -- and un-Alaskan-ness, of putting party first.

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Pretty cool...

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I'm not a Calgary taxpayer, but I would just like to make the point that if the Flames leave, that would be a negative on the city's economy. It's been shown over and over that building for sports teams does not grow the economy. Instead, I think it is done, as others have made the point, as part of discretionary infrastructure (culture, city design, etc.) and taxpayers should not reject it for ideological reasons. Yes, the millionaires will use it, but it is a city asset in the end. What I can only suggest is that the Flames recognize what the city can or cannot afford, and not insult the city, which in turn insults their fans, during the process. It does no-one any good. If there is anywhere that would turn down a team over ideological reasons, I think it would be Calgary. Remember that the Flames were brought to Calgary by citizens who cared about the city, and I hope the Flames owners try to remember that. That said, I am certain in the end there will be an agreement.

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i agree!!!!!!!!

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I am sure that Marty Smith and WW will not be submitting this for Pulitzer consideration I am a #Trump2016 man and I enjoy reading the thoughts of the Sanders voter. It is a shame Hillary's machine will destroy him. He seems like a swell guy

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More kids in Foster Homes because DHS is a for profit enterprise in all respects Taxpayers and borrowed money pays the blood money scam

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Except, of course, Murkowski made a very public show of being offended by Zinke's threats. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/politics/lisa-murkowski-ryan-zinke/index.html

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That wouldn't work there - because that sign indicates no-right turns allowed - not just 'momentarily' but not at all - for hours or days or years. Its reserved for cases where there is a one way that comes in from that side, or the road is closed. Not really appropriate for right turns as part of a signaled intersection. A red right turn arrow, on the other hand, would be appropriate.

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http://truthfeed.com/hillary-surroagte-bob-beckel-calls-for-assassination-of-julian-assange/16225/ Hillary Surroagte Bob Beckel Calls For ASSASSINATION of Julian Assange Breaking News By Amy Moreno August 10, 2016 Speaking of ACTUAL “assassination” requests…… Liberal blowhard and notorious drug abuser Bob Beckel has called for the assassination of Wikileaks founder and editor in chief, Julian Assange. Note to media: THIS is what a call for an “assassination” looks and sounds like, you idiots. Hillary Surroagte Bob Beckel Calls For ASSASSINATION of Julian Assange Breaking News By Amy Moreno August 10, 2016

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The country was led over a critical line during the 8 years of the corrupt Obama regime. If our Republican controlled congress - in lock-step with our Republican president - don't slam the brakes on this corruption and make a screeching sharp right turn back to a constitutional republic, we are doomed. We are on a slope and slipping fast.

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If individuals decide that the risks are worth travelling there should they also be responsible for all costs to extract them?

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It was Comey who sank ur USS Hillary Clinton.

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There you go again, "there is plenty of video to prove it." even though you have provided no proof what so ever. You make up things as you go, claim they are proof, and generally of something not even remotely to what you are talking about. Then you always claim that it is another's responsibility to provide proof. If anything you say is true you should be able to provide evidence, and providing links to things that are non-related to your claim is not providing evidence, like your claim that the President has been sued because he is a racist and then you provide links to cases that do not involve him.

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I must have missed the racist part. Actually, to insinuate that this was a racist comment is racist.

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For every 1C of global warming, there is 7% more water vapor in the atmosphere. The warmer atmosphere and water contributes to increased rain and the increased size of hurricanes. Previous predictions were that the big storms would become more frequent, and it is undeniable. The sea level rise contributes to the severe flooding along with the increased rainfall. The current extreme weather occurring all over the planet, the droughts as well as the floods, the massive forest fires that are engulfing the entire west and have been for a few years, mass die-offs of animals, and numerous other disasters are the result of warming the planet and polluting the place. For more than 7 years I have been watching data daily on the Arctic ice, on the droughts, on the CO2, and reading the science on everything global warming. Why is NOAA putting out info that cites climate science from 1987? That can be a redundant question.

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Yeah, I've been on here long enough to recognize your posts for the concern trolling they obviously are. It's why you always begin by feigning interest in concluding the investigation, and end by subtly implying that it'll end with HRC... as though the baseless accusations against her hold equal weight to the Russia story with Trump

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Walk carefully, and carry a big stick. If you don't listen to the people...you will be finished politically.

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always has to be someone to spin the story off of the subject and put their nonrelated political BS into it...

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As far as we know from the small amount of Trump's taxes that we have seen LFA, it seems he followed the real estate loop holes. We don't have a full account of his taxes though. It may be his view as you say...that it is not wrong, but is it right? Especially when Trump then complains about our failing infrastructure, he especially seems hung up on our lousy airports compared to foreign ones. He can not complain, if he does not contribute.

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Yep. CC is far inferior to Disqus from a user's point of view. It's sole purpose is to relieve sites from the burden of moderation, nothing more. It's pure baloney to believe that CC does anything to improve comment quality. I've seen absolutely no indication that it has done so, and given its numerous other flaws and the truly gratuitous bugs it has, CC is a huge step down and backwards.

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The coal would just start moving through the gulf of Mexico and Panama. I can't believe that the yanks are using Canadian ports over this alternative.

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Truth: I'm going to guess you were not the targeted audience of this opinion piece. I read this as more of a public health, economic development and a pragmatic environmental stewardship piece. Extreme left, such as where you fit and the extreme right wasn't his audience. This was carefully crafted for the large group that are center left and center right that are pragmatists.

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“This brand of negative and divisive politics would drive our party right into the ground.” Yes, Lisa, you are absolutely correct. And that is exactly what we are all hoping for. O'Leary forgets that Canada is NOT the US and even though times have been very tough for a good many years, we are still better off by miles compared to many, many countries in the world. It's kinda hard to get people riled up when by and large, their needs are being taken care of, or new aid is coming. What O'Leary, and Raitt and probably the entire group of 17 shall we call them, have missed, is that a boiling, roiling Canadian nationalism is growing strongly, right under the surface, just waiting to come out. The politician that understands where they want to go and leads will be the one to govern for many years to come.

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Well, I guess that's OK for the most part; but it's not exactly what I was referring to. "Christ" is a title given to Jesus of Nazareth by (some of) his followers, and their practice has persisted to the present among the faithful. But saying that Jesus was no less than the "Anointed One," a not well defined figure mentioned in the OT, is one of a number of extraordinary assertions that the faithful make about him, in which they are typically not joined by non-believers. You may very well believe that the story in Luke 2 of the finding of the boy Jesus in the Temple really happened, and that it conveys a reliable datum regarding the identity of Jesus, and his relation to God ("the Father"). But not all readers of that gospel are persuaded that that is the best way to explain the origin of that story. And more to the point of your conversation with John Hobson, not all Catholics are so persuaded -- and yet for all that they are undeniably fine and true Catholics.

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I would like the governments to set up new housing centres in Toronto for these poor unfortunates. I suggest that new infrastructure be created to house 10's of thousands of these people in the following neighbourhoods - ones where you will find a great deal of well educated liberal persons who eloquently pronounce platitudes of how Canadians must accept these "refugees" and embrace diversity - We'll start with the neighbourhoods of "Beaches", Riverdale, High Park, Swansea, Lawrence Park, Leaside. Others that are similar in demographic will follow.

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Kiszla doubles down and continues to spank the paxton monkey and the clicks roll in. Fire the guy, DP

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aa the ethics powers are not being deluted not thanks to trump, or did you miss that?

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All I did was provide the link you felt that someone else owed you. It took an exhausting five seconds to search for "eugene volunteers clean up homeless camp" and click on the first of many such entries. Beyond that, the insults and excuses are up to you to leave strewn like trash. Much like your homeless brethren, you never disappoint.

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The fact that fake-tears Molefe loaned him their car and the pathetic-racist BLF being paid for and owned by the Gupta's just servers to prove the connections are real.

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Glad you got past it... Nice writing and I enjoyed your story, despite the fact you probably didn't enjoy cleaning up. Off to the next tennant, I presume?

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Sure, dogs being skinned alive is exactly like being a Palestinian.. not. Do you have any idea how silly you sound?

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You have no idea what you are talking about. Explain your expertise on this subject or step aside. This is $300 per machine. It is not targeted, it is a blast type attack. Let's say the oil company as 5000 affected machines, you do the math.

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Auction: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-prostitute1/prostitute-auctions-sex-for-charity-idUSEIC87423520071128

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He is nothing more than a political activist. He is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Had she directly accused him it would be one thing. She didn't. ADN is making it sound like these people are in fear of their lives. They are worried someone will try to find them. If anyone cared enough to try, it wouldn't take 5 minutes online to get their address. This is nothing more than fear mongering by liberals against conservatives.

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Aloha again Rocky Theresa Keohunani Taber is a "Paid TMT poster"? I had no idea! I'm crossing her name off my luau list. Mahalo

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Neither Will Write In Candidate "Stephen Wright" WrightForAlaska.com

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I don't believe that artists are given government money in the States. I remember an American author being interviewed on CBC, and he was quite verbal about his envy of Canadian artists because of all of the gov't grants they get. I could tell that the CBC interviewer was quite unhappy with these comments being broadcast on CBC. Has it changed?

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When I said clean, I meant as far as smog was concerned, not the CO2 is poison BS from the "gospels of the Church of Climate Blame", but then there's Cumbrian's post now too..

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https://www.gofundme.com/uk-christmas-for-kids/donate

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I doubt very much people here are justifying the discrimination or killing of any black person by any means. I think the biggest arguing point is everyone's version of history. In your comment alone there are a couple of "facts" you obviously 100% believe in, which I disagree with. I blame politics and the school system for this. It is in the interest of politicians that a certain narrative is told and believed. Schools should create a safe and neural environment to teach your history, my history and then stimulate a debate for the two to meet somewhere. There is a big debate about "indigenous land" - if your open to honest debate, do some research on what year Van Riebeeck arrived and when the they came across the first black person (Xhosa). Read about tribal areas and tribal wars. I can go on about more, but space is limited and not everyone is open for constructive debate.

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Bigger than the 7 TRILLION Obama added?

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No quantitative testing properly performed is good for school quality.

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Ummm...yeah. the last thing NCR posted us from 2014. What IS your point?

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Nope. Not true. I'm a member of the "dissenting left" and I continue to give generously, to my parish and various religious orders, but NOT to my archdiocese.

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Thank you, Patrick, for permission to make comments in the comments section. I still don't see how this proves I prefer assumptions over investigations. I am merely stating that the attacker's actions appear to be politically motivated. This assertion is supported by reported witness accounts and reported investigations into the attacker's online activity. I fail to see how stating that it the attacker's motives appear to be politically motivated due to overwhelming information that has been made publicly available proves that I prefer assumptions over investigations. Aren't the reported facts about the case also the results of an investigation (albeit a journalistic investigation)? If you also care about facts and truth, then are you saying that only a police investigation can provide facts and truths? If so, then are you saying that a police investigation can never produce untruthful and factually baseless results? I doubt that is the case either.

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“they learn negative behaviors from one another”. With no meaningful punishment or consequences, what else do you expect?

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In Fikile I don't think it is ignorance - it is more a matter of pure stupidity.

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You're not sorry, you're "sowing discord", especially when posting snarky put downs of others based on their appearance. Do you always rate people by the clothes they wear?

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Thank goodness it was only the driver that died.

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It would sure be nice if someone planning these things would do their homework before putting something up that ends up costing twice what it was supposed to cost. And how many hundred years will it take to recoup $15,000,000? Denver, you don't impress me. You never have.

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Look at the record highs and lows in the Globe for each day and you will see that they occurred about 50 -70 years ago and not in the past few years. The earth cools and warms in every region in its own time and despite all the climate change blather -- and the taxes-- we do not control the climate switch, while we have the capacity to improve regional air quality.

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Trump will do more good for this country than Clinton. She will sink this country. We can't afford her.

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Of interest, perhaps http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/at-teachers-disciplinary-hearing-former-students-describe-being-made-to-play-strip-basketball

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Yes, and we all have sacrificed a lot for idiots like you too.

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It was a great parting shot. Nowadays, you can't say those things without being publicly shunned. I think society in general is manufacturing these types of individuals. The pendulum will eventually swing back the other way.

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Keep filtering the world through those MSNBC glasses...eventually you won't recognize your own hand in front of your face.

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wow if salmon recover was as easy as you say there would be no runs listed... so I think you had better think again....

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If anyone thought the City was poorly managed, this confirms it. Like the Alaskan "Bridge to Nowhere," this million dollar project would connect Waikiki to a rail terminal that exists only in the realm of wild imagination. As mayor, Caldwell is to blame.

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Whenever abortion comes up, I have a question I've been asking for ten years now of the "Life begins at Conception" crowd. In ten years, no one has EVER answered it honestly. Here it is. You're in a fertility clinic. Why isn't important. The fire alarm goes off. You run for the exit. As you run down this hallway, you hear a child screaming from behind a door. You throw open the door and find a five-year-old child crying for help. They're in one corner of the room. In the other corner, you spot a frozen container labeled "1000 Viable Human Embryos." The smoke is rising. You start to choke. You know you can grab one or the other, but not both before you succumb to smoke inhalation and die, saving no one. Do you A) save the child, or B) save the thousand embryos? There is no "C." "C" means you all die. Patrick S. Tomlinson · http://www.patrickstomlinson.com

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The "story" is another of many Trump smokescreen attempts to divert attention from his mounting legal troubles. The pattern is becoming familiar. Using the same tactics Putin's team does to confuse the frightened masses.

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Lock him up!

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I'm not a climate change denier. The fact that these "scientists" are already reporting tentative conclusions before collecting any data doesn't help their cause.

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LFS2, you raise valid issues of how Koreans, colonized since 1910, dealt with the reality of their brutal occupation by Japan; some, as you describe, chose or were forced to be members of the Japanese military. In a powerful book on WWII, "War Without Mercy" author John Dower discusses the Japanese use of Korean soldiers to guard POWs and, as others, mentions their excessive cruelty. However, he adds CONTEXT: "Between 1939 and 1945, close to 670,000 Koreans were brought to Japan for fixed terms of work, mostly in mines and heavy industry, and it has been estimated that 60,000 or more of them died under the harsh conditions of their work places. Over 10,000 others were probably killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." (p. 47) Now, LFS2, a question- were you suggesting that postwar South Korea's leaders were more likely to have been Korean "Quislings?" Sounds like the old "East Germany- West Germany" argument.

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there is opposition in politics and there is blind hate and this one is hate period.

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What exactly did the RCMP do inappropriately? Mr Kayuryuk's nursing home asked his family to pick up their intoxicated father and they did not. So the RCMP were called to remove him and they put him in a holding cell to sober up. In the morning, the RCMP saw him in distress and called a physician to oversee Mr Kayuryuk's care. Where is the alleged racism or alleged act of prejudice?

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Someone should tell Mr. Magno, the 70-year old guy who walks his Chihuahua at Blaisdell Park, that eating the fish he catches out of Pearl Harbor may not be the best thing to do.

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The airport is embarrassing. And I don't understand the fetish of trying to name everything after Daniel Inouye. It needs to stop.

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I prefer a scarf to a balaclava because balaclavas fog and ice up my glasses and the fabric gets soggy from my breath. My favorite scarf is silk wool blend and is large enough to go around my neck several times and even over my head. I can pull it over my nose when I like or easily push it aside. Because it's loosely knit with holes has a higher R value than a thin balaclava. Yeah it's pretty, It also works,

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It's interesting that to some people anyone to the left of the Liberal party is "the far right", as if there isn't any room for an intelligent, moderate conservative anywhere. Nope. It's Liberal and then "the far right". Most people who believe that, of course, tend to be on the far left, and also tend to deny it.

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Get back under your rock, you'll be safer.

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The Roman Colosseum analogy is good, but easy to digest because it is “ancient” history; we are still steeped in this racial stew which has been at us for more than 400 years. There has to be a better way to deal with this than removing confederate statues, but defenders of them aren’t going to like my solution. I think part of a long over-due national dialogue has to include confederate statues accompanied by written and/or visual displays which fill-in much needed painful information. That painful information is rarely taught in our classrooms, yet it is a key part of our "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" we never had (see Desmond Tutu, the man who almost single handedly averted a massive race war). We cannot move forward until something like this is done! Before you drag out your tired cliches in opposition to this idea,think about this as an opportunity to turn around many things which have diminished our nation's soul. We can go from brainwashing to enlightenment.

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Liliane, He's being very, very sarcastic.

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just think, if they paid for their own wifi they could have that. just like the rest of us.

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Where did he do that? Why do you feel the need to lie?

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I agree with your comment, you own because you want to be an owner and it comes with intangible benefits. However, there are costs to ownership and you are paying for it with $500k of lower net worth. Buying a home is just like any other investment, it comes down to whether the numbers make sense. There are those who automatically conclude that buying is cheaper without analyzing the numbers but those are your typical unsophisticated and uneducated investors who will pay 3% MER for a money market fund (of course I'm exaggerating). The reality is that renting and investing has beat buying by a significant margin over the past 5-7 years. The numbers don't lie. Period.

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It's amusing to see how the Denver Post CAREFULLY avoids the subject that you're referring to. This is HUGE news and is leading to BIG trouble for Democrats. The entire "Russian collusion" investigation is backfiring on the Democrats.

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It's over and done. A horrific act, but pau already. Christian Gutierrez has been my teacher as to condemnation and destruction. All experiences personal or observed teach us something. Always there is the presence of goodness within the condemned, and those who destroy be it reputations or birds. Goodness is still here, and will come from this situation whether we see it or not.

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Why do you speak so badly of Mexico!? How dare you insult Mexicans and their great nation with your condescending message as if Mexico is some sort of wasteland. Mexico has some of the best people and beaches in the world. The kids probably would have a better life in Mexico than living on a farm on the Big Island. Plus Mexico has cheap health care. Let them ALL move to Mexico and spend their vast wealth they've acquired here.

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And the lady from Regnum Christi was not fired by Cupich? Maybe he isn't as liberal as I thought.

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Artful dodge of the salient question. Thanks for confirming that everything you've asserted is worthy only of doubt.

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How can I form a family trust fund like Trudeau and save on my taxes? Oh well, that doesn't apply to me. I had to work my backside off to reach where I am today. Didn't have rich parents hand me down a fortune so I could disparage hard working businesses, call them tax cheats.

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Pischer?

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Parishes had an option of reading Matthew 5:17-37 or Matthew 5:20-22A, 27-28, 33-34A, 37 last Sunday in the Ordinary Form. I attended Mass where they didn't read the cut up hostage note lectionary reading designed to hide Jesus' hard sayings from the congregation. I suspect a lot of people who post here went to parishes that read the latter.

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mandan princes more scary especially when they dress mahu. yikes!

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At last week's neighborhood board No. 2 meeting it was revealed that residents in Kuli'ou'ou are hosting 1500 visitors on average A DAY including "unmarked tour vans and buses " over 3 day weekends. These charming visitors tailgate at all hours at the cul de sac, leave piles of trash, trespass on residents' property to help themselves to water and of course adding 700 cars to the neighborhood is a significant nuisance. Clearly we have ALREADY exceeded maximum capacity. Let's reduce HTA funding until that capacity study is FINISHED and HTA with lawmakers have used it to appropriately create a budget-if one is needed. In the meantime DLNR can catch up on infrastructure with those HTA reductions.

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There is no replacement for displacement.

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Cant find it. Send the link and I'll retract my allegation and apologize if proven wrong.

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Maybe a better choice would have been "dragged" us through the Summer of Hate

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Fred: The first NHL goalie credited with a goal was Billy Smith, but that was because he was the last Islander to touch the puck before the Colorado Rockies put it in their own net on a delayed penalty call. Hextall was the first goalie to actually shoot the puck for a goal..

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How would he have shot one of his family members when they weren't there?

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Or ..... we could do as Clem suggests ..... and leave the d*** thing alone.

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All people are to be treated humanely.

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"we see it all the time at the airport" Who is we? What exactly is seen?

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The guy is a jerk, no denying that. I tend to think most of it is an act, but, whatever. I think most of us have worked with jerks who have a lot of money. Jerks only stick around if they get results. If a jerk doesn't get results, they tend to get yanked pretty quick. Nobody wants to deal with a jerk that can't get crap done.

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