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I always get a chuckle when a Democrat can so easily see that President-elect Trump has a "narcissistic and Machiavellian appetite for winning at all costs", yet somehow it escapes the notice of the same individual that both Hillary and Bill are dripping with exactly those characteristics. | 0 | not toxic |
This is bad news. It was a great restaurant. I can't wait to see what restaurant replaces it, but I can just imagine it is Asian food or food prepared by an Asian chef trained in another cusine. | 0 | not toxic |
I would be surprised if Francis acted on something like this. But I think it is important that those who find Morlino has created a scandal all on his own should make that publicly known. I am appalled at how he treats LGBT people and their families - and feeds bigotry and community discrimination.
He does not represent the attitude of most Catholics and I have to hope he won't persuade any more to follow his example. I sincerely hope that parents of young people talk to their kids about this subject and don't remain silent. Better for kids to learn from their parents that bishops can make mistakes than to fall into blindly following someone into such judgmentalism and cruelty. | 0 | not toxic |
Was hired to do what ? | 0 | not toxic |
Yes. That's like the vetting process happening in the USA today. | 0 | not toxic |
He calls them sister in laws now. | 0 | not toxic |
This was screamed about on local radio for weeks trying to get Parnell to stop it but it was supported by both Rs and Ds.
It was simply another bucket of money to create jobs for unions and profits for big construction firms.
Sen. Hollis French, an Anchorage Democrat and former prosecutor, said "The lab project has been overdue for several years, and it's time to move forward with it. While I know that there are continuing concerns about the size of the project, you don't build something for next year and the year after," French said. "You've got to build something that's going to last for the duration."
Sen. Lesil McGuire, an Anchorage Republican who sits on the Senate's Public Safety Subcommittee, said there is a definite need for the lab, especially to store evidence that can be useful in cold case prosecutions or exonerations.
It was Neeser that built it with all the same unions you see posting banners on large projects the state pays for.
As usual just follow the money. | 0 | not toxic |
Don't forget all the race baiting and incitement of violence he did at his rallies. | 0 | not toxic |
Sorry dude, I didn't vote for the SCROTUS. Only stupid people did. | 1 | toxic |
The new reality in our country is that we blame others when we do something wrong. There is no personal responsibility, and everything is either "not fair" or someone else's fault. | 0 | not toxic |
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Donald Trump Encourages His Supporters To Vote Twice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-vote-twice_us_5816ad80e4b0990edc31e17f
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Two Republicans Arrested for Attempted Double Voting Just "Testing" the System, They Say
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/12724-two-republicans-arrested-for-attempted-double-voting-just-testing-the-system-they-say
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A Woman Was Arrested for Voter Fraud.
It Was a Donald Trump Supporter.
http://fortune.com/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-voter-fraud/
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Its not about resources for the CBC its common sense. The CBC could have had all their regional reporters give a two thousand word summation of local history for the Brain trust in DT Toronto to start from somewhere. DID NOT HAPPEN. | 0 | not toxic |
Why to care about birth rate (which is the major characteristics of good government) if the government of Canada is more concerned with expanding homosexuality and immigration? | 1 | toxic |
I appreciate Oregons long term history of riding out the down years; each time we were rewarded with a greater rise in the program. Football runs in cycles and critical fans, sportswriters and Canzano forget to look at all of the dimensions and layers that make a successful run happen.
Remember every time we rode out the bad year since Rich Brooks we were rewarded with a quicker return
We have ridden out a TWO year NCAA investigation, Chip Kelly's one year run to get his NFL Job, and then three years of NCAA probation. Coaches during that period missed out on a couple recruiting periods.
Yet next month for the third year I expect to see several high school player to complete application and financial aid paperwork so they can start school early and participate in Springball That's a new edge for our program, but it came with a cost the key talent in our program are the younger kids still learning to play at this level. We're coming back stronger and a little older. Fun to watch | 0 | not toxic |
We can only hope that President Trump & Senator Tokuda Both cut the funding for this monster BOONDOGGLE waste of tax payer monies. The RAIL has failed and the person most responsible is Kirk Caldwell. So don't Blame President Trump but place the blame where it needs to go, with our lying Mayor. The reality is we need to use the existing guide way for a reversible highway so all West side commuters can use it each & every day. No need to raise taxes and it really would help reduce traffic congestion. | 0 | not toxic |
The double posting thing keeps showing on my e-mail with some posters, too. Interesting. | 0 | not toxic |
" protect the children of illegal immigrants from deportation."
What happened to undocumented migrants? | 0 | not toxic |
DeSousa is the borough mayor.. kind of like a glorified city councillor. He has won only because he associates himself with the party that wins the Montreal mayoralty. (Montreal municipal elections work on a party system) Voter turnout in the St Laurent borough is only 35%, of which Desousa won 50%. That's not a lot of support. But he keeps winning for the same reason that Denis Coderre is mayor, ie, there is no effective opposition. There is only one opposition party in Montreal, whose entire platform is social housing and bicycles.
He is quite disliked by many citizens because he headed the committee that fought to have the former independent city of St Laurent merge with the city of Montreal. As a result, taxes went up and services went down, but it secured Desousa the post of borough mayor. | 0 | not toxic |
Our current president (ugh), a perpetual and pathological liar his whole life. | 1 | toxic |
I have thought this as well. Why not leave small business alone and let everyone file joint returns (like the Carter commission recommended last time Canada had a tax system review and like they do in the US). Additionally, I would say that everyone, business owner or not, should be allowed to save as much as possible for retirement and this should be tax deferred until the funds are taken out. Remove caps on RRSP contribution and leave small corporations alone. This would be much more fair and possibly less contentious. But alas, this is not about fairness, it is about government revenue. | 0 | not toxic |
Just remember those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat its failures time and time again.
GW was kicked around because he deserved it. He took over when the country had a surplus and left it with a trillion plus deficit. Thanks a lot republicans. Say do you think you will ever balance the federal budget again or was Eisenhower the last republican who could do this?
I really don't understand your last sentence. | 0 | not toxic |
Good. Next. | 0 | not toxic |
The man is an outspoken racist who takes tea with neo-nazis around the world. If you're a 'fan' of that, you need to some serious introspection, and quite possibly a refresher on what NAZISM actually entailed - because pretty much anything right-of-center among the Afrikaners is liberally salted with it. Remember the Ossewabrandwag - once so very influential in Afrikaner thinking and a key pillar in the creation of the Broederbond - was founded DIRECTLY by the original German NAZIs themselves. They founded lots of similar propaganda organisations around the world. The OB was one of the only ones to survive past the end of world war 2 - and South Africa at that point effectively replicated their policies (slightly watered down of course). | 0 | not toxic |
I have tried to deal with the TD ombudsman on three occasions over the years.
They NEVER answer the phone and then return calls at random times when they figure that you won't /can't answer the phone. | 0 | not toxic |
How's the couch? | 0 | not toxic |
Define "bad" (i.e. murderer, rapist, racist, serial killer, etc.). If he was that "bad", wouldn't he have not been re-elected all those years? Must be not so "bad" in some folks' eyes. I have yet to find a politician that can please each individual.... that's life. | 0 | not toxic |
Trouble here is that his rights run afoul of common sense. Interesting thing is that the "notwithstanding clause" was included in the Charter so that Parliament would remain the highest authority in Canada (over the courts).
In any case, I hope all the commentators here who are so interested in the law are supportive of the widow Speers attempt to collect on her judgement against Khadr. | 0 | not toxic |
While this report is probably true, it doesn't take into account where the materials are being sourced from (e.g. is the steel from the U.S. or is it from China). If it's coming from China, you have to factor in the cost of the shipment going to California first (Jones Act). Then it gets shipped to Hawaii. If it's made somewhere on the mainland, then you have to transport it over land or flown from wherever it is to California and then it gets shipped to Hawaii. You also have to factor in the U.S. based company's profit. You also have to factor in the contractor's cut (mainly because they charge extra for the materials). This is why I have guesstimated the 40% increase. It could be higher or lower depending on how many intermediaries are in between the buyer and the original seller. Oh, and you can't forget the wholesale and retail taxes the state charges here and if the source is on the mainland, you have to pay a tax on the materials there too if there's a sales tax. | 0 | not toxic |
No, Steve actually believes all the Trump voters are racist. He's declared this here many times. | 0 | not toxic |
The genius who thought it would be a good idea to shame kids in this manner should be fired. | 0 | not toxic |
Please stop commenting in that way about yourself muck. As I just answered and pointed out, I do not need to outline how they did it, they just did it and with Bush's help. Now tell me where my facts are wrong about the deficits? If you again cannot answer in a civil and intelligent manner instead of trying to insult me in every way you can, I am very much enjoying how I have once again been able to show you the fallacy of your positions. I am also done with this debate unless you can come up with an intelligent, logical and factual response. | 0 | not toxic |
It's too bad Ms. Rampell didn't also cite studies showing many conservatives have the same attitude towards speech they disagree with.
Difference of opinion is becoming endangered. | 0 | not toxic |
Mike- except two things: a) you and the government shouldn't get to determine a "good" plan--- it should be Leo who does. And b) that "minimum of coverage" is called 'community rating' and 'guaranteed coverage'. They are two methods by which Democrats have ruined the market and driven up costs for everyone. I shouldn't have to pay for prenatal care and mammograms. It's the bundled cable of insurance plans. These are the two reasons- among countless- that no doctors will take it, and why providers are running away. | 0 | not toxic |
All this blame on Cargo has got to stop. It really does. Sure he is in a huge slump but our ENTIRE offense is. Outside of Tapia who is a superstar in the making. Story finally had a couple hits today. But he's been terrible all year. What happened to Mark reynolds? Shoot even Blackman isn't hitting as well lately. Last but not least what about our superstar Nolan Arenado? Nobody has talked about him lately but I don't even remember the last time the dude hit a homerun. I think it was the walk off. We Need David Dahl back. Put him Tapia, and Blackmon out there with Desmond at first. | 0 | not toxic |
Congrats on being a criminal-cop enabler. You're delusional in thinking that you are any better than his mom. And what does his mom have to do with it? Nothing. | 0 | not toxic |
I'm not disputing the legitimacy of the election. What I'm disputing is that the election can be used as an indication of what the "will of the people" is in terms of policy. | 0 | not toxic |
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
• (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
• 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
We have the right to express our opinion about a culture that does not view women as equal...it is written in their book.
We have the right to express our opinion about a culture that refuses to assimilate into Canadian culture...where the women are expected to dress in clothing from the middle ages while the men dress in regular clothing.
This is not targeting minorities, Canada is filled with minorities. It is about the Muslim/Islamic culture that refuses to assimilate.
We have the right to express our thoughts. | 0 | not toxic |
Strip mining the parks sounds good to Trump and Zinke.
Think of the bribes involved and how much skim is to be made. | 0 | not toxic |
Private ownership of firearms in Switzerland has fallen by half in the last decade or so, though not as radically as it has in Australia.
From your many responses, here and elsewhere, I'm guessing you don't find actual facts particularly useful. It makes me wonder how you manage with doing police investigations and trial testimony.
Swiss military forces have been dramatically reduced in recent years. In addition, the gun suicide rate was recognised as such a problem that military personnel are now discouraged from keeping guns at home, and prohibited from storing ammunition. In case of governmental need, ammo will be issued only from secure magazines.
One result is that gun suicide rates in that country have fallen significantly, likely to be followed by gun homicide rates, a high proportion of which occurs in domestic violence.
Of course, in the U.S. the NRA has used tools like yourself to generate an "arms race," which is the lesser version of "mutually assured destruction." | 0 | not toxic |
Robert! Michelle! It's been so long... So good to see you.... How's the family? Let's do dinner sometime. Soon... | 0 | not toxic |
Trump fears Russia mess will delegitimize him.
It has.
What now?
Are we prepared for what happens when the election is shown to have been corrupted? | 0 | not toxic |
Neko, I believe if you look at some of the exit poll results you will see that the majority of Americans are still moved to vote based on a candidate's position on abortion. No need for sarcasm, that young woman has her pulse on American cultural trends more than many admired pollsters and pundits. | 0 | not toxic |
Hey Habs fans - we'd be willing to give you a 2nd round pick for Weber - good move for your coming tear down! | 0 | not toxic |
Must be a tough time to be a liberal elitist. On one hand, your first instinct must be to disparage the ignorant unwashed masses who agree with populist politics (even if at the same time they remain unsure if Trump is the best person to carry such ideas/values forward)...and on the other hand, you keep wanting to claim that the majority of voters voted for---or supported---someone other than Trump, and that that fact should be given great attention in declaring his presidency illegitimate. Then there's the whole angle about being "for" Soviet Russia back during the Cold War, and yet being against Russians who still hold Soviet views/attitudes nowadays. So many other examples...so little inclination to spend much time typing them out... | 1 | toxic |
Neither the current federal government nor the province really want it. They are stuck with it because of previous political mis-steps. It is difficult to walk away.
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If the vote were taken now, neither the feds nor the province would authorize this nonsense.
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Harper put up the $600m, roughly the GST on the project. It was contingent on the city and the province putting much bigger shares into the kitty - money the feds knew they didn't have, and couldn't easily raise. It was political mischief designed to cause the most trouble, not to build transit.
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Finally, the reason the Conservatives don't oppose it is because (a) it doesn't improve transit; (b) it robs more worthwhile projects of funding; (c) it funnels construction money to Conservative supporters; and (d) it functions principally as a subsidy to a failing mall that was built in the wrong place 45 years ago. It would only be "government waste" if the money wasn't benefitting Conservative supporters. | 0 | not toxic |
Hubby doesn't know it, because I get up two hours before him, but I was singing "Baby, I'm Yours" to him while I was getting ready for work this morning. I'll sing it to him again when he gets home! <3
ps - we are closer to 60 than 50, married 30 years | 0 | not toxic |
Had they been that "traumatized," they'd not have been out there that long refusing meds and substance treatment. Whoever came up with that idea is a sheltered suburbanite. | 0 | not toxic |
A disgusting, treacherous Bill, if it ever reaches Cabinet. Just the "thought" of it is treacherous, imo. Canadians won't stand for it. lil'justin WILL BE TOAST!!! | 1 | toxic |
Wow, first you advocate on behalf of child molesters and rapists, and now you defend a mother that uses Meth and endangers the lives of her children.
I'm waiting for Eugene to have an axe murder, so that you can then speak out on their behalf next. | 1 | toxic |
OK. But that might come after a denial. There are appeals to denials. Your example may be one of the exceptions that could be accepted by DOJ once the DHS procedures have been completed. In my experience, it still takes a long time and even then sometimes the answer is no. Is it because of the "culture of no"? Whereby a bureaucrat just says no to get you to move along? Or is it no because you make a request to come here for such and such reasons, then the requestor is asked to provide certain documentation to fulfill the parameters regulating entry into the US, and the documentation is uncertain, incomplete or has been found false or unverifiable? Then the requestor is told to provide better documentation, etc., etc. If a statement from a US citizen should suffice, that's up to the deciders to decide. "I didn't make the rules, but I gotta go by them". Da judge doesn't make the rules. Congress does. | 0 | not toxic |
Twitter strikes again! | 0 | not toxic |
I wouldn't be hard on the OSC. They will invariably always come to the party late when it comes to enforcement (investors have already lost their money). Securities laws though have imposed disclosure obligations on publicly listed companies. The problem lies with those responsible for due diligence. Whoever gave the A-okay and seal of approval to all the fraudulent numbers is the real entity (other than Sino Forest) to blame - that was pure incompetence and negligence. | 0 | not toxic |
Mr. McKinnon - Quite right. I should have noted I was offering a metaphor so that even the least informed could understand how a republic works.
America has a multi-polar federal government, offset by puissant states. Government in turn is balanced by respected and influential religious groups, free press, strong, independent institutions like academia, unions, free markets, Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, along with the all the social welfare and charitable organizations we enjoy.
So my example conveys the idea that "nothing for the two" is blatantly unfair, a majoritarian tyranny, and even a child can understand the 60/40 outcome.
(Of course, only a dirigiste complains about the Electoral College when he loses.) | 0 | not toxic |
Awful indeed! | 0 | not toxic |
It is time that foreign aid and charity is decided by the individual......In these days of electronic transfers we do not need big government or "little potato" Trudeau giving our tax dollars to billionaire philanthropists. Private island owner Aga Khan wants my tax dollars? Ask ME for it, "Little Potato" is not intelligent enough to make those decisions..... I will probably pass and support The Salvation Army or United way and Red Cross when I feel the cause warrants it. | 0 | not toxic |
It is the function of the court to look solely on the legal aspects of the EO. | 0 | not toxic |
Certainly a heartbreaking revelation for the family of this tragic young man. The world community should emphatically discourage any travel to North Korea until conditions there change. China, this renegade nation's only patron, needs to use all the influence it possesses to get North Korea to modify its current treatment of outsiders and especially its own citizens. We can't bring back the fallen but we can honor them by trying to make the world a better place for those who will follow in their footsteps. | 0 | not toxic |
This from the man who says that anyone who disagrees with the magisterium in anything is ipso facto not a Catholic. | 0 | not toxic |
He drives and plays? See how he's not even watching while walking? If people are doing this driving, just wow... | 0 | not toxic |
Somebody using some common sense. Obviously, not inspired by our politicians. | 0 | not toxic |
The government's central planners and bean counters have already indicated that they cannot afford it.
Such government employees would be able join the civil servant unions ( the OMA is a corporation not an union) and enjoy all of the protections and benefits , maternity leave, vacation pay , indexed pensions, retiring in their late 50's instead of their early 70's as the pensionless MDs do as present, work being the doctor's pension plan. | 0 | not toxic |
Or from SNL: Walter White is the nominee to run D.E.A. because he "knows the DEA inside and out." This is very funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7eoiU6EM_A | 0 | not toxic |
Remember when conservative pundits wrote op-eds about BHO putting his feet on the Oval Office desk, decrying that it demeaned the office?
Dignity restored, I guess? | 0 | not toxic |
with all due respect , alton baker is a poop sty of a park. one of the worse i can think of. goose crap covers half the park, the rest of it is swampy. a few picnic benches, a view of the eweb building across the river and there is nothing there except for the C-ment pond.... for the geese. who wants to hang out there? i used to go to the dog park every day but it is filthy - good people, maybe some who have commented here, don't pick up their dog's poo and it's irresponsible, lazy and disgusting. it's like wallowing in an open sewer.
best thing for it would be to have low income housing built there. | 1 | toxic |
That masculinity is a requirement for priestly ordination has NEVER been infallibly defined as a divinely revealed DOGMA of the Catholic faith, by St John Paul II or any other pope. Canon Law can be changed at any time that the Church chooses to do so:
"If it was at one time necessary even for validity by the will and command of the Church, every one knows that the Church has the power to change and abrogate what she herself has established." Pius XII, Sacramentum Ordinis, 1947
When a baptized person, man or woman, is sacramentally ordained to the priesthood, that person becomes a priest. Whether or not such baptized and ordained persons are designated as lay or clergy or any other designation is not dogmatic. Just in case it might be of interest, the chronology of events leading to the current confusion about this issue is summarized in section 5 of this summary:
Religious Patriarchy Compromises the Mission of the Church
http://pelicanweb.org/CCC.TOB.1703A.html | 0 | not toxic |
"Numerous circumstances existed in which people could obtain a work permit without actually working. “If you’re a student, say at UBC, your spouse can get an open work permit. It’s as common as pie,” said Kurland. “Or you can easily have a Canadian work permit and never even be in Canada. I’ve had cases like that,” he warned."
"So, does the government plan to extend the exemption to post-grad work permit holders, or holders of open work permits? The Ministry of Finance was non-committal when asked those exact questions.
We are looking at options that provide targeted relief from the additional property transfer tax. This includes for people who become permanent residents soon after buying a home and for those who are coming to BC on work permits to live and contribute to our province,” it said in a statement."
I believe the government includes student work visas on the 15% tax waiver. If you have heard otherwise let me know - not being facetious either, I would like to know. | 0 | not toxic |
Then tell us why Morning Joe panelists had to ask Danny Boy way too many times if what tRumpkins stated about the American born Mexican judge was racist. I sat next to Danny Boy's wife during last year's AFN convention and he made the same waffling gestures when he tried to debate former senator Begich. Let's all face the fact that Danny Boy was nothing but a political title collector before he showed up in Congress. If Danny Boy had any ethics, which he's suppose to as a lawyer, he wouldn't be hemming and hawing, skirting the questions, lying through his teeth, and yes, he's going to vote for tRumpkins and so is Murky. | 0 | not toxic |
Both sides are trying to provoke the other into taking the first shot to allow them political righteousness and insure their defense agreements.
This is a fight that has to happen. Kim is just too much nonsense to allow to live. No one will allow a mad dog to roam around their neighborhood unless they are stupid and weak. | 1 | toxic |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-military-equipment-inauguration_us_58811f4ae4b096b4a23091f7
Note that Trump himself, as recently as Wednesday, had told the Washington Post that the military “may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, D.C., for parades. I mean, we’re going to be showing our military." | 0 | not toxic |
Please I am sure those of us who are not of your point of view might be able to at least meet on common ground if you can list a couple of other skills and options to use before use of a gun. I have absolutely no problem with defending one's self, but it always sounds like the only defense if a gun. If all I take to dinner is a knife I certainly won't be able to experience the whole of the experience and likely to harm myself trying. | 0 | not toxic |
Exactly. The population of mankind is exploding, and we're cramming them into every nook and cranny of the planet where they rarely went (or cared about) in the past.
Combine that with astronomically more media coverage of everything that takes place now, and it "feels" like the end of the world nearly every day. | 0 | not toxic |
Marcus, I know all of Hawaii stands behind you. Go Titans! Go Marcus! | 0 | not toxic |
You're mistaken on even this (personally aimed) point.
The spiritual life - the interior life with God - isn't so much "tricky" (in it being particularly difficult to figure out) but rather that it's hard, & so it's not taken up in earnest by many people.
They seek the interior life for the wrong reason - for "consolation" or for "good feelings" rather than a more pure motive:
They stop their periods of prayer when it's dry, or "when I don't get something out of it".
What if Jesus stopped His Crucifixion because "it was difficult" or because "He wasn't getting anything out of it.?
The interior life is quite simple, but it is hard.
But the Church gives many ways to help us build a lively interior life with God: methods of prayer, great spiritual writing, the life of saints, and of course the incomparable grace handed to us in the Sacraments.
So many helps, so few takers up of the daily cross.
The gate is, as Our Lord told us, narrow. | 0 | not toxic |
Allie, you're wrong about this being a minor league conference. Every year one or two teams make it to the College World Series and Cal Fullerton won the World Series title several yrs. ago...on the contrary, Big West is very respected in the nation as producing top teams and last year, Santa Barbara made it to the elite 8........ | 0 | not toxic |
It will be difficult to get a conviction in cases like this, since the legislature passed that "stand your ground" law. The shooter can say "I felt threatened, so I defended myself." No objective standard for feeling threatened, is there? The legislature pretty much cleared the way for gunning people down in the streets. | 0 | not toxic |
"Common decency and respect for all living things" is certainly not part of our DNA. that's something you learn thru civilization. If you remember the book Lord of the Flies, the veneer of civilization we have is pretty thin. | 0 | not toxic |
Please provide the definition or an example of the American Majority. | 0 | not toxic |
Hey the Pro Bowl can finally have their celebrity and important people booze fest at Thomas Square now!
Oh wait... | 0 | not toxic |
Did she love hubby #1 more than you sir? | 0 | not toxic |
Seek God, not Francis, or anyone one else.
Eventually...disappointment. | 0 | not toxic |
Yes, everyone would contribute under a sales tax. Including 2+ million tourists a year who spend an average of $950 each while in Alaska.
But no, we're going to tax income. While incomes are disappearing. And drive more incomes to disappear when retirees begin to leave or at least move their permanent address outside the state. While the tourists keep coming, surprised they don't need to pay any taxes here. | 0 | not toxic |
We did just see this scenerio the other night when the Yankees starter did even worse. The difference was they have an excellent pen across the board that could cover 8+ innings. For us, your right as we just don't have the arms to cover that much. | 0 | not toxic |
"Members of Congress and staff pay approximately 28 percent of their annual healthcare premiums through pre-tax payroll deductions." They also have access to "free or low-cost care" through the Office of the Attending Physician as well as "free medical outpatient care at military facilities" in the D.C. area."
Where do I get this deal? And I don't make anywhere NEAR the salary of congress creatures or their well paid staffs.
PLEASE President Trump. take this away from them. Then you'll see how quickly they repeal and replace it. There should a law that congress cannot exempt themselves from any of the laws they pass. | 0 | not toxic |
Boots, bizarre post. Now I'm convinced you attend UH. | 0 | not toxic |
What a hoot - perfect example of double-speak: "Mantashe said that Hanekom's “public utterances” on 7 August, in the form of tweets, “detracted from the degree of independence expected of you”".
I guess that is what the ANC has perfected - pure, unadulterated double-speak. | 0 | not toxic |
Mr. Cambell, Where is the logic in your statement? So if we shortchange our students (the future of our country mind you) on learning two or three languages, it will save tax dollars for what higher purpose? Is it learning Spanish that makes you uncomfortable, because there are several other languages that are readily taught for purposes of preparing our next generation of business men and women for the national/global market. | 0 | not toxic |
Judge White is broken. | 0 | not toxic |
5% under the current budget
7% under the 2017 budget?
UA intercollegiate athletics cost more than 14 Million a year
The solution is simple.
Fans start donating significant coin
and the issue will resolve itself | 0 | not toxic |
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are diving headlong into a policy decision that will have major impacts on public safety and public health. Denying it is equivalent to denying climate change or the health effects of cigarettes. Should pot consumption be illegal, maybe not, but we really don't know what we're getting into.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/colorado-marijuana-traffic-fatalities/ | 0 | not toxic |
" What do you describe as a living wage?"
If you work full time, you should make something beyond a poverty wage. Current minimum wage jobs don't meet than standard. | 0 | not toxic |
Possibly one of the links between mental disorders and marijuana is that many people with anxiety issues have better relief from marijuana and far less side effect than they do from pharmaceutical drugs. How often do you see adds on TV for just antidepressants that the side effect are far worse than what you are trying to treat. Some of the side effects of most antidepressants have is worsening condition, or how about increased suicidal thoughts, increased nervelessness and anxiety. Marijuana is more likely to mellow you out and give you the munchies and reduce anxiety than anything else. Don't you think that people over the age of 50 who have a high-school education and make less than 20K have a lot of anxiety, fairly hard to feed house and cloth yourself on that. The Alcohol consumption is a different story much more destructive to your health, personal life and society as a whole. | 0 | not toxic |
Then they should also ban people from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan where most of the terrorists that have done harm to the U.S. have come from ... Oh wait' Trump has business dealings in Suadi Arabia; and oh yeah, U.S. supplies billions of dollars in military equipment to them | 0 | not toxic |
i smell rats with red hair spinning it. the deal might involve free hotel rooms and golf for life for senior execs from the co. :) you just know some scam is going on
how about a proper press conference so the people can ask details. oh no can't do that can he | 0 | not toxic |
The Aloha Spirit prevails. | 0 | not toxic |
Yep! Sure looks that way. A couple of wanna be bad-asses with a gun. | 1 | toxic |
The only people celebrating Trump are thuggish autocrats and the inheritors of nazism and we get a story like this implying a balance of responses around the world?
We need a new media because this one stinks. | 1 | toxic |
He's certainly not acting in a precedental way. He is breaking more presidents [sic] than ever. | 0 | not toxic |
In the marine safety world, what a vessel should have aboard, especially for a voyage like this, is an EPIRB - Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon - that sends one's coordinates to SAR resources upon being manually or automatically (hydrostatic release) activated, and is registered to the ship so they know exactly what they're looking for and where.
Satellite phone is a nice extra, as is a SPOT device that even most non-mariners are aware of.
That they missed acquiring such basic survival gear makes you wonder what kind of "veteran sailors" they consulted before casting off.
The headline for this story should read "Idiots lucky to be alive; lost at sea 5 months for no good reason" | 1 | toxic |
He's a comedian. A hilarious one. Those jokes were hysterical. Lighten up JUNOS. You take yourself way too seriously. | 0 | not toxic |
I just love when people comment about economics who obviously have zero clue about economics. | 0 | not toxic |
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