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"One only has to look at the list of up-voters to convince oneself that one's original impression of this comment, pathetic, was absolutely correct." Glad we could help. It must be tough being so unsure of your opinion that you need other people to confirm it for you.

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What strikes me is how this kind of thing in Europe has become so routine, it barely gets any notice in the MSM here. The attack was foiled, so like the foiled plans of the would-be-terrorists that Conway is getting flack for having brought up, it doesn't count. It seems so far this was an actual terrorist attack, in that it was highly premeditated, the perpetrator having traveled from Dubai to Paris specifically to commit that attack, he bought two machetes in Paris two days after his arrival on a one-month tourist visa.

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The guy investigating the WH is fired by the WH, Kellyanne makes a comeback, dressed head to toe in Ivanka wear.

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THatcher - your analysis is spot on. But Putin is helping Trump's aim to destroy the American Deep State that you eloquently allude to. Trump's admiration and envy for Putin is due to the latter's demolishing of the Russian Deep State and winning the love of his people. Putin is the most popular leader among Russians since Peter the Great, and arguably most liked around the globe as well. Trump and Putin, both outsiders. Though an ex-KGB, the firmly believing Christian was posted mostly away from home by the RDS suspicious of him. While Putin's intimacy with RDS helped him, Trump has no such luck and would not be able to ape him, but he appreciates all the help he gets. A smaller State Dept. weakens the ADS that uses it as a tool for global domination. Trump will not be able to replace ADS with something better, but once his 4-8 years are done ADS will be beyond repair, and America ready for Revolution II. Any lessons for Canada?

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Once the rail is in operation (I now doubt it will be cancelled), and there is no effect on traffic, I can imagine the headlines will read, "Without rail the traffic would be much worse".

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You bring up a great point I never thought we’d have to consider - If there is a nuclear weapons confrontation between the United States and North Korea, apart from the millions of people who would die in the initial blasts, what would the world wide collateral damage be from radioactive fallout? - And how would the other nations of the world respond? - The world community ISN'T going to say, "Good going Trump, you sure showed him. That Rocket Man guy was asking for it. It was all his fault. And we don’t mind eating cesium-137, strontium-90 & iodine-131 for generations."

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I very much agree with you

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I don't remember the details well - it was mentioned in one report and never again. As far as I recall, a little black boy hit a white girl, apparently without cause or provocation - I got the impression that both kids were young, preschool. The little girl then ran inside and spoke to her father, who got upset; he went to talk to the boy's mother, who immediately became aggressive. Already upset, the man became aggressive too, and it snowballed from there. The restaurant's cameras only cover the inside of the building, not the play area. There were apparently witnesses, both other kids and adults, who saw the whole thing unfold. When the incident was initially reported, one of the adult witnesses tried to explain what happened in comments under news articles, but our noble Fourth Estate never bothered to follow up on that side of the story.

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Ted Nugent, is that you?

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Fortunately Canadians don't need university educations.

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mccain sucks!

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In the past 30 years every majority government at the Federal level resulted from 25% or less of the eligible votes. To suggest that supporters of a referendum have an obligation to show that it can realistically deliver a clear consensus or that a referendum must have a specific voter turnout is complete hogwash! I don't hear anyone complaining about majority governments who got that majority with less than a 25% consensus? Hold the referendum and which ever side gets the most votes wins, its called Democracy. Our Constitution actually specifies that every Canadian has the right to vote directly for individual representatives of the House of Commons and legislatures. Our Constitution requires the country be divided up in Electoral Districts and that every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein. So any PR voting system would violate our Constitution.

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Huh. Suppose the national electoral vote count was going toward someone that the majority of people in Oregon's Multnomah County *didn't like*. Mr. Siporin makes it sound like that candidate would still get Oregon's electoral vote (paltry though they be), effectively disenfranchising us. :-/ New York may think that's a splendid idea, but someone hasn't thought it through too carefully ...

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''If you walked into a pregnancy center run by a religion, why would you expect to be counseled to do things that are against that religion?'' cos they should prioritize a woman and child's health realities over any chosen beliefs which could endanger both if they in fact care about the right to all human life all the time instead of cherry picking. maybe if their choice of god was in effect standing right there to actually save them should problems arise then such organizations could claim a valid alternative religious position.

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Now, this is what a Hero does!

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He is already serving life so cant do anything about the prior. Was only trying to see his girlfriend at city hall.

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Unfortunately, it's a little hard to trade beyond the USA, when they're just a short drive away, while pretty much everyone else has to get their goods over here by ship. Then, the ships have to dock somewhere, so that we can export our product, too. Finally, there's also the matter of being next door to one of the largest markets in the world, and anyone that wants to conduct trade can't ignore this plain, and simple fact. I'm not saying that we shouldn't trade with others. Clearly we should. But we also have to be realistic.

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Wonderful Mr. Pitts. Just wonderful. If only the so called president could read and did read this commentary he would blow a gasket and throw 30 ridiculous tweets at you in a fit of narcissistic fit of pique. So glad to see the media waking up to this buffoon and calling him out on his unconstitutional behavior. Has he done one single thing so far in this first 25 days that benefited the nation one iota or has it all been posing, preening, posturing, threatening and bullying that serves no purpose. Hard to believe his approval has already fallen into the 30s and his disapproval has gone up to the 50s. Wow! How long will he last do ya suppose? And why haven't we seen his tax forms or Mel's immigration records yet?

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Really? He had to go back almost a century to link the Democratic Party in the U.S. to racism? Did he bother to go forward some 40 years to when Lyndon Johnson signed the U.S. Civil Rights Act which he acknowledged would wreck the Democratic Party in the South, yet went ahead with it because he felt it was the right thing to do? Or (jumping forwards a few years) did he bother to talk about Richard Nixon's "Southern Strategy" and how today most of the South (or at least the "white" part of it) is solidly Republican? From your description, it doesn't sound like a very useful book.

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In some states, once the third contract is offered to a public school teacher, s/he has earned tenure, which makes the process of terminating his or her employment onerous. I don't know how it works here, but I suspect that since she is in at least her fourth year at the Springfield district, she is tenured. Hopefully the district superintendent has what it takes to fire her. She really has no business teaching in a middle school. I actually don't care much that she engages in recreational intoxicants, but the drunk driving is a bridge too far. In my book, that's a crime of violence and makes one unfit for any number of jobs. (Just one more reason to be thankful I'm not dictator.)

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Arms race is almost an apt term for this. I think "Red Queen's race" is better, where everyone has to spend like crazy just to stay where they are. Does anyone think this kind of investment is a good idea? Pretend you run a pension fund and you are hearing a pitch from a hedge fund. "Ok, you should invest hundreds in millions of dollars in us. There are 120 firms like us, and about 10 make a profit. The rest lose between 5-30 million dollars a year. You have to spend the 100s of millions to even have a chance at being one of the ten. If you cut back you will almost certainly lose 10s of millions a year. We pay the people that run the show $3-5 million a year, so any small profit will go to those people. The only reason we all don't run huge deficits is we are subsidized by taxpayers." Sound good?

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This article seems like it was written by the Djou campaign - full of innuendo, light on facts, and shoddy analysis of the facts. For starters, clearly these contacts were awarded using a selection committee. Who was on the committee? If it had mostly civil servants and they though Ms. Wong's proposal was the best, end of story. Or is there anyone saying that Ms. Wong has not lived up to the terms of the contract? When Djou was council member his chief of staff was also his campaign manager (Dylan Nonaka). And as long as they kept the city work and the campaign work separate, that was fine.

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Some day the real story of Trump's connivance with Russia will come out.

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Values are what you live by. Converting others is something else entirely, something people from the hard left and the hard right like to indulge in.

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I agree. For every American immigrating to Canada there is a Canadian immigrating to the US. We are all North Americans with a range of differing values and interests.

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You silly. When the Chinese dump the bond at $500, the US$ will become worthless. Smart traders would buy Yuan, not the worthless bond. And yes, you will be holding a $500 bond that has $0 value. On maturity you'll get $1,000 which you can buy a loaf of bread at best. You got it now?

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What do you think AG Chin is going to do? He is running for LG and is not going piss off the unions. Going after Trump seems to be his strategy to run for office without spending his $$$$ at this time. Looks like his campaign mgr. Gov. Ige approves of this tactic. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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unless you are a professional actuary your statement is nothing but blather.

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Why not? What's with all the sacred cow, SJW thinking about housing as all of a sudden being some birth right we're entitled to as long as we were born here? Grow up.

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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A very little knowledge is a very dangerous thing. In my opinion as knowledge decreases danger increases.......so real ignorance is really dangerous. Again, IMO, to deny global climate change, global warming and man's role in causing these phenomena is a demonstration of extreme ignornace. BTW: I use the term "ignorance" in its classical sense...absence of knowledge. I consider stupidity to be the persistent refusal to acquire knowledge and, instead, maintain views and opinions based on ignornace. IMO: Definitive evidence of climate change (global warming) and humankind's role in it is readily available. To ignore that evidence and maintain a "denier" status goes beyone ignorance into the realm of stupidity....and stupidity is far mor dangerous than ignorance.

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Great utilization of a vacant lot! Also, keeping the students involved and engaged another positive plus! This will "add" to the city and make it more welcoming!

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“Hey, we just spent billions of dollars on a heavy rail mass transit system to move people between Westminster and Denver. What should we put at our station?” “Nothing.” “Nothing?” “You know, just grass. Maybe some trees.” Whoever’s in charge over there should be fired. I’d even support closing the rail stop since the possibility of people using it is basically nil. Make the train faster for municipalities that actually develop their stations.

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Where the FBI murdered LaVoy Finnicum ? No, I was not there.

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To be clearer, I was referring to the mysogynistic nature of this requirement - and one that is entirely created by hyper-controlling men, Feminists: protect and support your sisters.

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Maybe the Glob could publish an article written by someone who is thrilled to bits about the latest edicts from the Oval. There is another side to the story but we get a one sided immigration is good controls are bad from the source. As for Linwood, he has the source of a new novel, and should get busy writing that, not labouring the reader here with his malicious thoughts. The little people in mid America have spoken, and things have to change.

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"Foreseeable" ... YES, "Predictable" ... YES. .."Self inflicted" ... NO WAY! Democrats (i.e. Chuck Schumer, Nanci Pelosi, Racist Maxine H2O , Obama along with Soros) have created and fueled the "Hate and Discontent" ,Anti Trump Resistance Movement.. All of the afore mentioned must take blame for violence from the BLM, Move On, Hollywood and a cadre of press and media instigators. Communist Bernie Sander's and his followers are not beyond violence either. Collectively, they are un-holly mix of communist anarchists who are inclined towards intimidation and violence. Pelley, a CBS democrat propagandist is small cog in the big wheel of democrat obstructionism.

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Yoytube is a hate site?

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So it's ok with you if during the campaign Judge Watson formed a negative opinion about Mr. Trump's anti radical Islam stance, then later dredged up that personal bias to use in a ruling? Is that what they teach at Harvard?

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It's called stuck on stupid. You're right. There's no cure.

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The problem with all this amnesty-type stuff is that it always leads to more illegal immigration. Those people hardly had to scrounge for themselves. Obama and others saw that they were given living expenses as well as free educations, paid for by taxpayers. Additionally, they were given preferential treatment in colleges and trade schools. Paid for by taxing the middle class that they were shrinking. And DACA is only one program. Chain-migration has been an outrageous problem for decades. Where has Congress been? What sort of nonsense is this? If business interests are paying to acquire cheap labor, and the Democratic party in gaining votes with the braking of our immigration laws, why don't THEY pay for illegals expenses? And crimes? Finally, why do these bleeding hearts continue to penalize LEGAL immigrants that follow the rules? My grandparents came into this country legally. They didn't march around demanding free stuff and only abiding by laws they thought acceptable.

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If he’s a gun carrying Securitas security guard, then obviously he passed the background check. Your point is therefore, irrelevant.

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get those colonoscopies done comrades.

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They get the full per diem regardless of what they spend for lodging.

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"what the heck do they know"? In the case of those two leftist cyphers... evidently very little.

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" Could they discern an “appropriated” work if the author wasn’t identified?" -------- Apparently not. In 1985, Pierre Burton wrote an erotic novel called Masquerade under the name Lisa Kroniuk. There was praise for the young upstart female writer, which turned into embarassment when Burton came forward as the author.

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your right, i do not believe in any public action that thwarts unity. the flag and the anthem, are symbols of national unity not disunity. and teaches children including the left, the wrong message. expressing the lack of unity, only makes things worse. as everyone celebrating, their own special interests is not in the best interest of this nation. this nation, was becoming more polarized long before trump took office. the flag and the anthem, are not political statements.

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You just think you are a hoot, eh LHC!

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what abuse lefty? its his constitutional powers to fire such people if he likes,, get over it

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Pedestrians also use bike paths. Should we tax walking too?

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Sorry to rain on your medical degree but diabetic alert dogs are common and can smell changes faster than any meter. He sniffs, whines and barks if ignored - even if she is sleeping. Enjoy your meter but we will keep the dog.

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Yes indeed. Gratuitous torture and killing of small animals like this is wanton and very wicked behavior. Only a degenerate would engage in such sinful behavior. This man should be ordered to undergo mental health treatment.

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English is my second language but I thought "pundit" is a gender neutral noun. My comment was on Leah writing, just as critical as I am on Micah's. I guess when you got nothing to say you can always scream sexism.

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The issue about Trudeau was not remotely the same. In fact, the Trudeau situation was blown out of proportion so as to cover up what is clearly corruption in BC provincial politics. With this loaded system, BC Liberals will again get a majority government decades into the future.

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HAHAHAHAHA wiping tears from laughter: that was purrfect!

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That is what I meant about seeing the statistics in your own prism. I just have to say that I really appreciate how you attempt to educate those unfortunates who are struggling with ignorance of factual information. Very civil and eloquent comments. Also very polite. I also try to be polite as well. Does no good to be disagreeable.

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Kindly indicate which section of the Constitution empowers the federal government to involve itself in schooling, healthcare, welfare payments {social security, medicare}, etc.?

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You are citing anecdotal evidence of this, but you might want to know (if you didn't already) that there is observable evidence from the last number of years that pollen counts and pollen spreads are rising with the increased warmth we've been seeing in North America. This leads to increased incidences of allergy problems. What you have encountered personally doesn't seem to be isolated.

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Well, onward and upward to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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A 10 minute visit to get a free shot, with no demonstrable negative effects, is not worth a 50% reduction in the chance of spending a week sick in bed with possible long term health complications (we're talking flue, not a bad cold). Your statement lacks logic.

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you hear/read only what you want to. Democrats condemned Trump saying he used the word "all" when describing "illegal" migrants bad deed. When he didn't! Then when Donald used the word "all" to denounce Racist and Haters, you turned a blind eye to the word "all" What are Democrats smoking, Medical MJ? . Hallucinating at it worse.

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Great...longer lives of poverty.... If you're not born wealthy...you are very, very likely not to ever be wealthy. The Oligarchs have seen to it. Fortunately there is cannabis...and the option to control your own demise. It is the reality.

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Thank the Lord you are all OK!!!!!

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Ed Hickey thank you for your look at the truth behind the media bias and the Socialist government in the Seattle area.

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wow another sheep, move to ausy land then pal this is Ontario with our own issues and problems and the liberals have been doing damage to our economy on every file they have touched, we cant compete! forcing a 30% plus cost increase means the poorest will lose jobs and many more too as we all with soaring prices to fast will spend less in the economy! , this is more harmfull to the very people you claim it will help! get educated bud

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Yeah sure, that's why it got a bunch of (R) votes, because the bill was so bipartisan. And that's why R's never tried to repeal the bill, because it was so bipartisan. Oh wait, it was just the opposite.

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Because I know what I see. I travel widely. I am not on every car article. Just the ones about ev clown cars and a few others. I consider it a public service the warn the uneducated rubes about the bill of good that the crooked MSM is selling them on this topic. Pick whatever car you want to do whatever job you want but be aware of snake oil ev sales people.

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Fortunately we have the second amendment where even the homeless can have a gun. You are right, this is a scary situation. Don't know though that homeless crime is really out of control. You have more contact with them than I do working in Waikiki at night. Have you ever been assualted by a homeless person?

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James Green, You are incorrectly referring to the sweet potato described in the article you cite as a GMO. The article doesn't say anything about it being genetically engineered. In fact, it says that it's naturally transgenic. It's not a product of human scientific activity. Here' the World Health Organization's statement on GMOs: "Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be defined as organisms (i.e. plants, animals or microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. The technology is often called “modern biotechnology” or “gene technology”, sometimes also “recombinant DNA technology” or “genetic engineering”. It allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, also between nonrelated species. Foods produced from or using GM organisms are often referred to as GM foods." Apparently, you don't even understand the definition of genetic engineering.

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Do not worry. Once spring arrives all these illegals will not have to worry about frost bite and it will be a nice walk into Canada. And since it will be such nice weather we can expect hundreds to thousands more. After all, naive Trudeau said everyone is welcome to Canada. The next election can not come any sooner and I know who I am not voting for.

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Goo wants cameras so bad, go to the mainland or Europe. Dont succumb to mainland mentality.

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Your "assumption" that one political affliation "hates" the other is your opinion. I believe one can have legitimate disagreements in a civil intelligent conversation. You may want to check where all the uncivil, name calling, and lies are coming from---then use facts.

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I didnt ask why the story ran in the NY but why a NYT story ran here. When local writers have told the story several times. Anchorage has the luxury of natural gas and the political clout to steer it their way, fairbanks doesnt. Fairbanks is a city with 100k metro population. No one thinks of it as pristine

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The President has a lot going on, and it looks like he is adding to the list on a daily basis. I would like for him to once again look at the VA to make sure that advancements are being made there. If the bureaucacy is not stimulated on a regular basis, they tend to fall back on their ways. I know that should not have to be done with adult people, but we are not talking about people that are able to self motivate themselves.

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No tax credits if vendors are not paid.

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Don't be too hard on him. After all he attended Rev. Jeremiah Wright's hateful sermons for over 20 years, was married by him, and had his daughters baptized by him. And throughout the years, Obama said nothing about the hate that Wright was preaching and referring to "them Jews".

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Joe? Joe Who? Maybe Spicer had been studying a list of Canadian PMs and had got confused because Joe Clark and Justin's dad were both prime minister in 1979-80. Joe Who.

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What was God thinking when s(he) created a homosexual animal kingdom?

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Crowd didn't seem. WAS. None of you lazy Trump and Sullivan Trolls showed up. Oh, ok, maybe 4 out of 600-650. Listen, now, there is a progressive revolution. Trump may have won AK. But remember. He lost the popular vote by 3 million. He is a popular vote LOSER. And Democrats just took over the city council here in Anchorage. Tides are changing. Trump is on the verge of obstruction and impeachment. The resistance is growing and the left is woke. This is bigger than the tea party. So all of you can sit and troll from the safety of your computers. I'll see you at every Town Hall, out in front of the Senate offices, rallies, and at the ballot boxes. The GOP is going down in flames 🔥.

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Okay, so what are your ideas? I’m in agreement that the elementary math curriculum here in Ontario is failing our children, but “back in my day” if you submitted an op-ed to complain about something, you also put forward some thoughts about how to make things better.

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If we really want to stop this, the best way is to : 1) remove all tax breaks, 2) tax all forms of 'income' equally, 3) tax everybody above a living wage, 4) do a progressive tax rate that runs from 1% up to 20-25%. Only with something like this will it stop the Taxation BS.

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How horrible that you weren't titilated by the Democratic National Convention! Next election cycle they plan on having a virtual canoodling app for people like you Avanti.

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I think Kathleen Parker may be the one so far who has most accurately identified what just happened and why. A Clinton vote was "give me more of the same". Bernie identified one end of the spectrum against that idea and Trump doubled down on Bernie's anti-Wall Street message and threw in some from the other end of the spectrum. NAFTA, TPP and the rustbelt. Coupled with over 30 years of Clinton history in Arkansas, Washington D.C., impeachment, Monika, Filegate, etc. etc. it was just too much.

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John Birch, When are you going to wake up and realize that referring to Canadians who were born on this land, just like first nations people of this nation were, is prejudicial and damaging to your own position. We have shown the respect to refer to your peoples by your preferred terms (aboriginal or first nations generally). Now, show some respect in response by referring to us as Canadians. Next time you wonder why reconciliation is so difficult, consider the fact that you are clearly making no effort on your part to reconcile with Canadians. Even referring to them by an appropriate term seems too much for you. Disgraceful!

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I believe it isn't Donald Trump who is crashing through the guard rails. It just seems like that because people everywhere have become accustomed to liberal elites who have held power so long that they became inward looking and stopped listening to the people. It is to be expected that leaders reflect the needs and wants of the people - that is what democracy is about. But for too long leaders have entrenched into their idealogy and ignored real people. Donald Trump reflects the peoples frustration at that and it is time people stopped calling him "off the rails" I also agree with DieterHH's comment below about the media. The media is fighting for it's life, scrambling with screaming headlines for a share of a smaller and smaller pie - thse who pay any attention to it

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Jesus was supporting the War on Poverty in His day. He called it "Love others and help, heal, support the poor." I guess you have moved on and God's Will has changed to your will?

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In the context of this case, none of those things will help him because they're all after the fact, do nothing to address the legal concerns, and will certainly be viewed by the Court as self-serving.

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Look like Dreamers to me.

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This is a specific kind of article called an editorial. An editorial states the position of a publication. By definition, an editorial presents the side of an argument that the publication wants to support. Other publications and other people have other positions. This is where we stand.

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Or even 2 years from now.

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I was thinking of taking a knee during the anthem to protest my loss of my ability to sprinkle income.

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Hate to break it to you but Bob Mueller is a Republican who was appointed by George W. as FBI director. Everyone in D.C. sees him as fair and independent. He is considered so fair that Obama reappointed him as director when he took office.

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This is the Party that created the Corrupt Bastards Club and proudly wear it on their sleeve. Excuse me, their baseball caps.

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Although this denial of "white" nationalism appears to be the shameful moral nadir of Trump's presidency, I suspect he can and will go lower yet. Just watch him.

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A good way to help the middle class is to allow a conversion of the 401K into a capital gain investment that wil qualify for capital gains after retirement by converting the investments to stocks for example. Distributions of capital gains from the 401K should be at the discretion of the retiree without any “required minimu, distribution”. There could be an ability to convert back to an income investment or an annuity if desired by the

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What does your comment have to do with this story? Trump is doing what he promised. You're just not used to a president actually working.

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I like the way the Titans have built the team around Marcus, adding receivers to an already pretty good offense. Over the next year as the team gels the Titans should be in the playoff hunt.

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Since North Korea spends half of its minuscule GNP on the military it would have no problem meeting NATO's 2% target. Except there's not much in N.K. worth protecting.

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It really doesn't matter, the USA is screwed either way!!

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You people are the DOWNFALL OF AMERICA.. SHEEP WHO REFUSE TO SEE THIS ENTIRE ELECTION IS A GAME.. WE DO NOT MATTER, THE HANDLERS HAVE CREATED THIS TO KEEP US OCCUPIED. WAKE UP.... TRUMP BLOWS, HILLARY BLOWS.. WE ARE DONE... BECAUSE YOU ALL STILL THINK YOU MATTER... YOU DON'T....

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put up all these muslims in the ala moana hotel with free everything while the homeless suffer. how dumb is dumb auwe!

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