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President Trump said 'I don't think people who get captured are heroes' and McCain never got over that, this is pure revenge, not a thing to do with America or Americans. He should have retired long ago, for he has not been relevant for ages. | 0 | not toxic |
The Globe created it's own nightmare when they endorsed Mr. Harper and started manipulating the comments to skew the news and positions.
Newpapers need to be unbiased. And we all know the Globe and its policies now. | 0 | not toxic |
I have two questions: 1) Will 'The Bern' be required to repay his salary, which I accept he is being paid currently, should the court decide that he is no longer who he thinks he is. 2) Will 'The Bern' and his mate 'Nathi' be required to refund/pay all legal fees pertaining to this whole saga? | 0 | not toxic |
Intrepid, he is not "going down to their level". He is the one who set a reprehensibly low level of civility, maturity and responsible discourse, fanned its flames among his supporters and continues to be the biggest whiner and hypocrit. He threw mud and lies at Clinton, non-stop, and then has the temerity to accuse his critics of "not being nice" to him. No wonder in an interview included in a Passionate Eye documentary tracing the history of his own, as well as Clinton's, upbringing and career, he admitted that he wasn't given to self-reflection because he was afraid that if he looked at himself too closely, he wouldn't like what he saw. | 0 | not toxic |
Trump didn't understand what not being president meant while Obama was president. Obama has not once suggested Trump wasn't born here. Nor has he claimed Melania was not only not born here, but is an illegal immigrant with an anchor baby, absurdly named Barron, in a nation where titles of nobility are unconstitutional. | 0 | not toxic |
In the past, what you say may well have been true, but as the price of solar and wind has been dropping (and battery storage improving), this is changing quickly. Solar is now the cheapest option for new power generation in many parts of the world while wind is the cheapest in others. Nuclear is arguably now the most expensive option for power generation, particularly if one takes into account the long-term costs of decommisioning and waste storage. Our current high hydro rates are mainly attributable to the high cost of nuclear retrofits (as well as gas plant cancellations). If we need any base load power, it would be far cheaper to import hydro from Quebec. | 0 | not toxic |
Just a few years back it would cost a bundle at Best Buy, but now you can find a cheap racializer at Dollarama for a mere $4. That's progress for you. | 0 | not toxic |
And after grade 2? Any benefits after that for the children? How can they declare long term benefits for a period covering 3 years? 3 years is not long term.
What a shock that those with a vested interest in continuing the program would have produced a study to support doing so. | 0 | not toxic |
Most of these things are purchased to drive like luxury cars, but what crappy luxury cars! Complete hogs to drive and park, and a hassle to get in and out of. They do make a statement alright, just not quite the one that most of their purchasers intended. | 0 | not toxic |
http://www.secondenlightenment.org/Eucharistic%20Worldview.pdf | 0 | not toxic |
#fire Dion at once.
How childish, immature, unprofessional, Dion is. This is the exact example of the dilution of the level of ethics and professionalism that are in politics today, and clearly shows Dion was never ready to be a cabinet minister or anything else of professional level in the government.
How dare you blacken Canada's Reputation, Dion. | 0 | not toxic |
Lol, and this from a guy who is the biggest circus,sideshow barker and ConMan there's ever been, you still at TrumpU? | 0 | not toxic |
The FAA will regulate the infrastructure needed to support ETOPS operations and that will included expected stepped up maintenance and inspections to gain and maintain this certification. Woe be any airline that cuts corners on this after being granted, because if they drop one in the ocean and kill a bunch of people, not only will their operations in that region be at risk for suspension, but they will lose safety credibility. Attorneys for the passengers will leave no stone unturned and if they discover insufficient or faulty maintenance contributed to the crash, the airline will pay through the teeth even more. | 0 | not toxic |
I just read an article that many Americans thought that flying cars are a concept well past being due. There must have been more questions on that renewables opinion survey than I thought! | 0 | not toxic |
Oh, he showed up, alright. | 0 | not toxic |
Perhaps he is transgendered.
The article doesn't identify the gender of the person he is accused of "asking for sex inside the restaurant just after 4 a.m.".
So he might have been in the restroom of his self-identity hopefully awaiting his lesbian date to arrive. | 1 | toxic |
Per Mr. Ryan, Medicaid won't exist after 2020 anyway.
Vouchers, ya know. Just like the Trumpeliar's destruction of the public school system by way of the exact same thing, and the destruction of the EPA by other means and "the Energy Department" ... Ooops". He seems to be very good at implementing President Bannon's "“Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal, too." 'plan'.
"Sad!"
And the ACA covered a heck of a lot of poor. It was by no means only coverage for "the middle class". | 0 | not toxic |
CR> "Unencumbered?" You are dreaming or hallucinating, one or the other, or maybe both. Wake up CR??? | 0 | not toxic |
The guy's citizenship is irrelevant, unless you happen to be a simple-minded liberal who's been groomed by the DP and MSM to be guided into an argument about Trumps immigration policy. ...Let's talk about Colorado's drifter/homeless riff-raff, instead--like everyone else does. | 0 | not toxic |
I remember Clinton 'misspeaking' in her last run for presidency when she told of the time she landed in the Balkans on a diplomatic mission, only to be fired upon and having to run for cover in fear of her life. Only when a journalist uncovered the footage of her landing showing her being met by a smiling and warm welcoming committee did she admit to misspeaking.
'Misspeaking' is me saying I put the cheese on the third shelf of the fridge when in fact it turns out I'd put it on the second.
Clinton lied. and does lie.
I renounced my Democrat Party affiliation the day she was officially sworn in as the candidate. The party is a sham with her at its helm.
And before any republican readers get on their high horse about the DNC, just remember Clinton started out as one of you guys, and she's never changed. | 0 | not toxic |
That is the problem, too many people think GMO means pesticides and poisons, when in fact the GMO's have a lot to do with creating the best, most, refined, and best way to feed the world with wholesome and natural foods but done in a way to maximize resources.
Bottom line: too much misinformation out there-please read up on what GMO's actually are. | 0 | not toxic |
Where does the family of the 'mentally ill' individual become liable for not protecting the public?
It's okay to hi-jack a street car, brandish a weapon and expose yourself to the public and then act aggressively towards law enforcement. We know he was an innocent kid with issues but how about keeping him in and surrounding him with family instead of letting him be out and armed?
If Sammy would have killed anyone would the family be liable for the damages? | 0 | not toxic |
For those who love eating carrots 3 times each day.... bully for you
I prefer a balanced diet of meat ( beef, pork, lamb , poultry, fish) plus vegetables and fruit | 0 | not toxic |
Very interesting article with information I've read nowhere else. Another flaw with the ACA is that in many counties, many health insurance companies have simply bailed leaving the consumer, again, without any choices. But, thank you, Mr. Williams for the information your well-written article provided. | 0 | not toxic |
"While the middle class's standard of living stagnates and even declines, the wealthy portion of the population continues to accrue wealth at an increasing rate."
Actually that happened in the 1980's, since the 1990s (technically '96) Canada's Middle ( the median) have regained that lost ground - Real Median household incomes have NEVER been higher. | 0 | not toxic |
The Lefties are just gaining hold of our dear city. People seem to be striving for stupid when they vote. | 1 | toxic |
If the City keeps the bike lanes, changes are needed. More bike lock posts for starters. And how about vastly greater penalties for bike theft? Most important, bike users must start exercising road courtesy and stop acting as if they own Bloor W and can flaunt the HTA as they please. | 0 | not toxic |
Actually, per-capita state employment in Alaska continues to decrease. While Alaska does have more state workers per capita than any other state, Alaska is unique in that here the state is responsible for many roles that are covered by county or local employees in 'older' states.
While this year we have 234 state workers per 10,000 in population (just over twice the average), on a geographic basis we have 0.03 state workers per square mile, by far the lowest in the nation. If you only consider 'developed' areas of the state, this number increases to 0.55 state workers per square mile of developed land (about 1/3 of the national average).
Our state budget is smaller per capita than at almost any other time in our state's short history - yet many communities do without even the basics of modern life (paid public safety officers, water/sewer, etc). Since Alaskans pay nothing for their state government, I find it hard to listen to people complaining we have too many services | 0 | not toxic |
How do you know that genius? The NYT said so? Or WAPO? Maybe you got it from CNN? Maybe you have your own "highly placed" sources. | 0 | not toxic |
If this case proves anything, it proves that armchair "guessing" on such cases is futile. | 0 | not toxic |
One of the duties of Mayor Jennifer Gregerson is to win and hold a seat for Mukilteo on the Community Transit Board. | 0 | not toxic |
My post was to point out how silly most arguments around it were/are. | 1 | toxic |
Income sprinkling is indeed a strategy that is practically only available to high income earners. Here is how avoidance strategies work, generally. Professional tax accountants at various degrees on the ethical scale intimately understand the tax code, and their job is to develop strategies for avoiding tax, and this is done for the benefit of high income earners, who assume the burden of the cost of performing this intellectual work. Poor people can't pay for it. Once a strategy is devised and used successfully, everyone in the profession gets to know it. The government, for its part, is constantly trying to combat these tax avoidance strategies, which are legal. That's how the game is played. Surely income sprinkling to 'not at arms length' shareholders, who receive a return from a business, and have not actually made any financial investment, is purely an arrangement set up to save tax, and serves no other purpose. And ... is only used by high income earners. | 0 | not toxic |
About 35% of the people at Notre Dame are employees, including the janitorial, grounds, cafeteria, and other low-wage earners for whom the cost of contraception could be prohibitive. Not everyone affected is some rich kid on their parents' policy, if such policy covers the contraception. The Pew Charitable Trust learned that nearly 446,000 women in Indiana can't afford contraception, and that public clinics and Planned Parenthood can serve only about 30,000. Some can't risk pregnancy (those getting chemo, radiation, or powerful psychotropics, for example, which disrupt hormones, making NFP impossible and risking damage to a fetus) or would have to forego essential treatment if one occurred.
This decision makes it harder for those students and employees at ND who might deal with these problems. ND seems to think that women cannot be trusted to make responsible moral decisions. I guess only people with perfect health and circumstances should apply to study or work there. | 0 | not toxic |
C. Burke, what a poor soul!
He is a white male, i.e., born 50% or more privileged then others, educated royally, dedicated his life to be a man of God, and made to be a Cardinal. Yet he not only hasn’t got over his puny puffed up EGO, disobedient, and mean spirited beside! He acting like spoiled 5 years old boy having a terrible temper-tantrum on a world stage.
“Anyone who wishes to follow me let him forsake himself (ego self).” (Matthew 16:24)
How on earth he managed to be ignorant of Lord’s basic teaching? This poor man prancing around $36,000 clergy outfit instead! What an embarrassing spectacle he makes out of himself! | 1 | toxic |
"Maybe they could stop wasting all that money on travel as an auditor suggested last week" The auditor did not say money was being wasted on travel as you claim. The main concern of the auditor was that travel advances were not being repaid promptly. The auditor did not address whether the travel was justified. That is a different topic. I suspect it would be an interesting one. | 0 | not toxic |
It's always someone else's fault.
Right? | 0 | not toxic |
How about no tax breaks for all non-profits, not just churches? That brings in your wonderful liberal environmental, animal weirdo and other groups as well. | 0 | not toxic |
And your proof that man is the primary cause of climate change, vs natural climate cycles?
Remember natural climate cycles can run from decades to eons. | 0 | not toxic |
I think it is in Holland they banned internal combustion cars in cities. So much demand for electricity they had to build 2 coal fired plants on the outskirts.
I always wanted a Tesla, a coal burner. | 0 | not toxic |
Lynch couldn't beat Trevor in the QB competition for 2 years in a row. | 0 | not toxic |
Quite frankly, until you start doing algebra and then calculus, which generally starts at around grade 7 or so, what kids are doing in elementary school is the most basic arithmetic. Adding, subtracting, learning about multiplication and division (more advanced obviously) and finally, doing these things with fractions.
As others have pointed out on this board, pretty well all of us who've gone through the Canadian school system have learned this stuff. Some few people (and it is a minority still) may have learning disabilities that make it difficult for them to grasp the abstraction of numbers. But most of us don't . I'm not a teacher and have showed kids how to do these basic things.
So I agree with this author - the new curriculum is uselessly challenging both the kids and their teachers. I would suggest that this be dropped, and that students with special needs have special instruction, and the rest just do their numbers. And learn not to be scared of basic arithmetic. | 0 | not toxic |
Never claimed to....
But that doesn't change the FACT that NWM is certainly not approved by the Vatican. | 0 | not toxic |
So they exist but you can't name any? How is your argument different than those that believe the Loch Ness monster exists, or Bigfoot, or the aboninable snowman? I think the existence of a Yeti would be cool, but I'm not asserting it to be a truth. And you crack me up tossing in our incarceration rate. You're promising everything will be worse with Clinton, but Trump's promising to raise jail more people! You're straying from the message just like him :) | 0 | not toxic |
So one of the murderers claims the victim went there to smoke and drink so therefore, it's the truth? The same one that blamed 2 different accomplices of pulling the trigger, when they both claim he did it. Because of course someone who beats, kidnaps, pistol whips, murders, then commits arson, hides from the police and brags online about his crimes is going to tell the truth when questioned as to why. He can't say the real reason out loud. He's just a sicko who wanted to see what it felt like to kill. How could his victim know what was in his head? | 1 | toxic |
"The president said that he got the point, Scott said. Asked if the president can regain his moral authority, Scott responded, “That will take time.”
Not in this lifetime. Morals are not something tRUMP is familiar with. | 0 | not toxic |
Leaf fan but I'm pulling for everyone, wouldn't a second round with a bunch of Canadian teams look great. Calgary has the toughest climb but going home should help. The rest of the teams all have split series but Ottawa, the Oilers and Montreal lost the home advantage adding a little pressure. Every game I have watched was close and pretty damn good hockey.
As for my Leafs, they have already far exceeded my expectations. I had them not making the playoffs this year (year 2 of the rebuild) and being in the bottom 10 somewhere. So I have nothing to say, I'm just going to enjoy what I get. This is gonna be a scary team in a couple of years.
Good luck to everyone, I reserve the right to change that attitude, should the Leafs make it to the second round and face your team.
Just go Canada, period. I really want to see the Cup come home. | 0 | not toxic |
Wow Shannon. What a vile hate filled piece. What little respect I had for you has completely vanished. I'm sure that doesn't bother you in the least but anything you write is now just a joke. I'm sure your parents are proud of you. | 0 | not toxic |
You can greatly reduce the number of homeless by finding out which ones are from the mainland and sending them back. | 0 | not toxic |
Hi Gary. I do the little that I can to encourage a healthy balance between allow religion and forcing religion. In my opinion, the USAFA has improved dramatically over the 18 years that I have been here. If you want more information, just email me. | 0 | not toxic |
Its still early days. No one is taking a real stand (yet). Where will we be one year from now? The media? The courts? Immigration? Military? All of these are open to the Trump redevelopment plan about which still know nothing except that it is without precedent in US history. | 0 | not toxic |
Sounds like it's time to cut the PFD then.... | 0 | not toxic |
Over the top, needs a good editor...but...
Absolutely inspired, puts the case in perspective very well. | 0 | not toxic |
Perhaps we the people should pay the 700 million we owe since Walker decided not to pay the 2016 credits we signed up to pay. Or maybe the Big Oil companies could cut a deal and split the difference so we only have to pay 'em $200m. Why should anyone trust Alaska when we change the rules every 3-4 years and back out on our debts too? | 0 | not toxic |
I guess the liquor lobby hasn't been coming across with any cash for these guys so they're getting even. Earl Blumenauer is looking like Hugh Hefner these days. | 0 | not toxic |
Let's see - a few days ago Carson said that he wasn't qualified to run a government agency (his words, not mine).
He's a fervent creationist (how he actually made it thru med school while retaining that belief is one of the wonders of the ages)
He believes that the pyramids were constructed a grain storage devices.
He has stated, in so many words, that the Bible trumps the Constitution (no pun intended).
And this is the man that Trump chose? | 0 | not toxic |
This is the end run around the initiative, if they pass something which resembles what the initiative asks for, the initiative becomes moot. So they pass something to be a placeholder to avoid abiding by an initiative and then quietly repeal and revise it the following session.
That's how they deal with citizen initiatives that get through their efforts to stop them by way of making the process harder. if you do succeed in running their gauntlet, they'll pull the end run and defeat the will of the people by some other manner.
Welcome to Alaska, where you too can exercise your right to be fooled into thinking you have a voice in your own governance. | 0 | not toxic |
As California burns, Trump twitters. | 0 | not toxic |
Yep, still on the path: “(We) are seeking to assist the white race toward the elimination of the unfit (blacks).” (Birth Control and Racial Betterment, 1919)
“We are paying for and submitting to an ever increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings (blacks) who never should have been born at all. That our wealth is being diverted from the progress of human civilization … Our eyes should be opened to the terrific cost to the community of this dead weight of (black) human waste.” (The Pivot of Civilization, 1922)
“Birth control is not contraception indiscriminately and thoughtlessly practiced. It means the release and cultivation of the better racial elements in our society, and the gradual suppression, elimination and eventual extirpation of defective stocks–those human weeds (blacks) which threaten the blooming of the finest flowers of American civilization.” (New York Times interview, 1923)
Still on the path and still celebrating it. | 0 | not toxic |
Kadr wasn't at daycare. He was helping build IED's.
His story isn't a lot different from a bunch of today's ISIL fighters. You gonna let them off the hook (It's not their fault, they were brainwashed, etc., etc.) too? | 0 | not toxic |
They are NOT "despising the flag". They are protesting such things as the endemic racism that the president you take such pride in supports. Trump is a bigot and supports bigotry. No actual Catholic -- or American -- should view him with anything other than revulsion. | 1 | toxic |
I agree that your suspicion seems ridiculous. | 1 | toxic |
Why is it that Jeff Sessions always seems to have that "deer in the headlights" look on his face? | 0 | not toxic |
The 'tax base' was driven out when Mulroney signed NAFTA. | 0 | not toxic |
Not always true. Boeing after delaying the delivery of the 787 for 3 years sold/leased customers 767's as a temporary fix to fill routes the customer had planned on flying their new 787's. They really didn't want the 767's they wanted the 787. | 0 | not toxic |
Nora, I want what you want. But I don't think it is going to happen all at once. So, I want to see it begin. I think opening up the diaconate is a step in the right direction. Doesn't mean we stop pushing for more. I don't think Francis is going to take giant leaps, but I do think he will take steps. | 0 | not toxic |
The state has had diversion services at the cell block but lacked the additional resources to truly divert from jail. Case management is helpful and with resources such as rental assistance and affordable housing options it becomes a true diversion from repeat offending. Housing is a stabilizer, and another pathway to treatment. | 0 | not toxic |
Come and take my daughter away. Grade 4+ she walked/biked to school with friends (which is actually less supervised than a public bus with a driver! who can help in the very rare case of an emergency). Grade 6, handed my kid a bus pass and taught her how to navigate the city bus to middle school (and the occasional trip to the mall with her friends who's also neglectful parents gave them bus money). Grade 8, she's taken a babysitting course (note that St. John's offers "home alone" in grade 4 and "babysitting" in grade 6) and other neglectful parents pay her to watch their neglected children. | 0 | not toxic |
I read that she was balancing herself on high heels. | 0 | not toxic |
what planet are you on? in the usa, hope is soaring,! jobs are already coming back! investment is starting to take off! ,, the only ones that are losing hope are the left wingers that love big government!,, you are living the left wing stupidity | 1 | toxic |
It's called campaign research. We already know that Team Hillary did it. Calm down libtards. | 0 | not toxic |
smart money???? "I can't recall" to stupid to be prez | 1 | toxic |
When a kid is repeatedly screaming to stop, "overinterpretation" isn't an issue. It's called abuse. And it can lead to injuries with long-term medical consequences.
At best, Williams might claim ignorance, but then again, a coach should have, or acquire through a course of study (not Google U) or a qualified PT, etc the knowledge to set up a safe program. | 0 | not toxic |
"Bush was in the Texas National Guard."
Yes. For a short time he was in the training command.
And then ... POOF! | 0 | not toxic |
This is so typical of our government these days. They self reported the incident, spent almost half a million to install updated equipment to fully comply and they STILL get fined 90k.. what a joke! We need Trump more then we can possibly imagine to start to clean up this mess! | 0 | not toxic |
How has the previous US administration done with impacting China in the South China Sea, with Iran, with North Korea and with controlling Chinese cyper bullying?
The answer to that question tells you where Trump is coming from. | 0 | not toxic |
Wow -the Fraser Institute and the "Frontier Center" disprove of Castro. who knew?.
Considering that the Fraser Institute was been trying to roll back and privatize medicare for
years the take is hardly surprising.. | 0 | not toxic |
Seeking: Aggrieved, underqualified white people willing to serve as plaintiffs | 1 | toxic |
What in the heck are you talking about? | 0 | not toxic |
U eat my food. I eat U. No can help. I crazy with hunger. | 0 | not toxic |
I'm pretty sure Christopher Barrington-Leigh could explain the difference between total energy demand (as shown in the chart) and electrical power generation. And he could probably do it using simple words and without going over your head with his Ph.D. in physics or his Ph.D. in economics. | 0 | not toxic |
Women in foreign nations were hardly protesting a guy in the U.S. who was elected to office. Nice try, but the causal link between the two hardly exists. Women organized on behalf of women's rights. Media sources are so pathetic. | 1 | toxic |
Go Away Staton. You are a criminal. | 1 | toxic |
Trump...Golfing while Puerto Rico sufferers...
"Lost weekend: How Trump’s time at his golf club hurt the response to Maria"
"As Hurricane Maria made landfall on Wednesday, Sept. 20, there was a frenzy of activity publicly and privately. The next day, President Trump called local officials on the island, issued an emergency declaration and pledged that all federal resources would be directed to help.
But then for four days after that — as storm-ravaged Puerto Rico struggled for food and water amid the darkness of power outages — Trump and his top aides effectively went dark themselves."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lost-weekend-how-trumps-time-at-his-golf-club-hurt-the-response-to-maria/2017/09/29/ce92ed0a-a522-11e7-8c37-e1d99ad6aa22_story.html?utm_term=.97861b55eeae | 0 | not toxic |
It is very effective. But only if you know how to use it correctly. I would suggest taking a bear awareness class. You'll learn lots of valuable information. If you live in Anchorage area, Learn to Return offers very informative classes with instructors that are fun to learn from. I'm sure there are other classes offered, too. I think I saw something about a bear symposium coming up in the Anchorage area and they will be teaching people how to use bear spray. | 0 | not toxic |
That must be why Adolf Hitler, Napoleon, and Stalin didn't use middle names. | 0 | not toxic |
Weinstein was also harassing male subordinates and I read about at least one assault of a young man. I don't think he's simply a sex offender. More like a personality disorder. He seems to like intimidating and humiliating people, period. And a good way to do that with women is through sexualizing them. | 0 | not toxic |
Don't you understand that you are being hoodwinked by city officials? This is all being done for PR purposes only: to make people think that the city is doing something for the homeless. The rest stop program was never meant to be any kind of solution for the city's homeless problem.
It is meant to give lip service to the problem, and nothing more. | 0 | not toxic |
It was a crazy sentence. The prosecutor broke the offenses down into several different charges. For example, because he moved employees into a backroom during the robbery he was charged with kidnapping. There were a total of eight different sentences which had to be served consecutively.
Given that they all flowed out of the same event, he should have been sentenced concurrently. I've never managed to figure out the basis for consecutive sentences, but all together it added up to 98 years. | 0 | not toxic |
Breiner does look kind-of smug in the photo, I agree... | 0 | not toxic |
Are you 5? | 0 | not toxic |
I don't have little Dickies extraordinary powers, so I will not speculate the reasons, I'll leave that to NTSB. Her first touchdown was obscured by an island and the last by trees, it all happened rather quickly. | 0 | not toxic |
It's unfair because the accused, in a stunning and unprecedented turn of events, declares his innocence. Therefore, all Traditional Catholics must leap to his defense, because he is a Prince of the Church. | 0 | not toxic |
"Should Sidney Crosby go to the White House?" The unscientific poll attracted 479 responses with 61 per cent saying no."
The lady may not be for turning, but she does protest too much, methinks.
Why do you dispute the public opinion in Halifax so much, Mrs. Thatcher ? | 0 | not toxic |
Because those attitudes are mostly illegal now. So sorry, bigots! | 0 | not toxic |
No, she got 40% of the vote and 49% of the seats, neither being majority
A coalition of NDP and Greens represents 57% of the vote and 51% of the seats, both majorities. | 0 | not toxic |
Julie: The answer is *"Yes"* to all three of your questions. | 0 | not toxic |
If you know of tax cheats, at least at the federal level, "bounties" can be paid to informers, I believe this is in effect now and has been for many many years. I am sure that a lot of BNB scofflaws are not even paying federal estimated taxes, their hiring practices may also be avoiding withholding of income taxes, social security, etc, for any of the people employed to work on the yard, make the beds, etc. Of course the phony owners will say "they are contractors" which we know is a smokescreen to hide irresponsible labor relations. An AirBNB has to pay fed, state taxes, and county taxes....lots of taxes. But don't let the gov get away with allowing AirBNB to meld all payments into one lump thereby hiding individuals. How can laws be enforced if we don't know which house and owner is responsible? | 0 | not toxic |
Is that all Christianity is about---morality and formulaic doctrines? Apparently this is Burke's point of view. But Pope Francis sees Christianity as a matter of "inner transformation" to the point of "putting on Christ". [it is more than wondering what would Jesus do---it is acting like Christ].
Doctrines and the morality that surround them have no meaning unless people's lives are deeply changed by the experience. We have no power to obey the law or follow any ideal like loving others, caring for others, or the careful and humble use of power except in our life in and through God. If we aren't transformed----sadly all we see is black and white. And that is how we judge others as well---in the two colors of moralism----BLACK AND WHITE. | 0 | not toxic |
It can be argued that President Trump in this instance merely reflects the U.S. electorate in general and of whatever stripe - be they Democratic or Republican or Independent. Most of us here would be surprised and appalled (or maybe not) at how many adult Americans believe the Japanese emerged victorious in the Second World War. (Hint: the percentage is lower than 33% but is certainly not zero.) | 0 | not toxic |