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Yeah, ask the Faccio family how they feel about that.	0	not toxic
That's why people need to understand this whole left/right system of political division is just a scam to keep us divided! We aren't that different that the entire country should be so polarized that we can't come to a general consensus about right and wrong.	0	not toxic
Climate Change is just an excuse for insurance companies who have gouged everybody for so long. If storms ever do intensify, look out, their 'profits' have left them woefully unprepared. If we ever do see hurricanes as deadly as Galveston 1900 or powerful as Labor Day 1935 we are in big trouble with the way things have built up now.	0	not toxic
I don't actually see a problem with that- most of the Chinese people I know are really decent people, kind of like just about every person I get to meet on this journey. Give it a rest amigo- they like to invest here because we have a pretty (totally even) enviable society in which to live. Unless you're intent on keeping it all for ourselves (which would kind of selfish and even un-Canadian), what's the problem?	0	not toxic
Love your comment. Then again, I don't think Ms. Southey claims to be a journalist. She just works from home and writes these pieces based on what she consumes fake news from the left wing media which just reinforce her close-minded already-formed opinions.	0	not toxic
"Recall that a president’s primary duty, in addition to defending the country, is to protect the Constitution." Bannon and Trump intend to "Deconstruct the Administrative State". The Constitution has long been the foundation of our administrative state. When they have enough votes nationwide for a Constitutional Convention (they are close to having that already) -- the 1st thing they'll amend or remove, will be the 1st Amendment. It's the one constant that Trump rails against with his "fake news" comments. For those who think the Trump "deconstruction" will leave the 2nd amendment intact: think again. We are headed into a military state -- not a constitutional one.	0	not toxic
Bla, bla, bla.... Time to grow up and act like a big girl.	0	not toxic
Why not approach it like a condo or time-share? The major issue is finding a place to park it year-round and then connecting it to utilities; that is where the real costs come in.	0	not toxic
Not just the headline. The first paragraph of the article contains the same falsehood.	0	not toxic
And remind me again why any contractor would vote for Trudeau in 2019?	0	not toxic
That's what insurance is for. Besides, the fact that he crash landed in an area densely packed with homes and businesses, causing minor injuries to no one other than himself, is something we should probably praise him for. Don't you agree? I would say the same even if it was my house that was damaged, by the way.	0	not toxic
Since it was a witch hunt to begin with, there is no doubt they were going for that. Arpaio was convicted of doing his job, what a backward world we live in. The pardon was the only sensible action Trump could take.	0	not toxic
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Anticipating a shortage of Officials should've been a high priority for the OIA leadership with regard to recruitment and retention. To resort to a Plan B and penalize students in the process with unfair scheduling and the creation of logistical nightmares to those affected, the OIA administrators need to take a look in the mirror and resign. This situation could've been avoided with proper planning and execution. Instead, it's just a colossal embarrassment.	0	not toxic
To a more just society.	0	not toxic
'I have a little list, I have a little list. Let none of the be missed' in the words of the Lord High Executioner from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado operetta.	0	not toxic
Don't be silly.	1	toxic
This story: The Chinese claim they seized the drone “In order to prevent this device from posing a danger to the safe navigation of passing ships and personnel..". See the Chinese have been following Western news media and they are trying to use the same kind of "spin" that Western politicians use to justify their actions. But maybe they should have said that they were "Championing the safety of the middle class people who operate fishing boats in that area" ??? (Just like the olden days of knights and chivalry ---- okay, forget the chivalry part).	0	not toxic
Oh sure, take away the Trump haters, accusations and narrative. What a kill joy!!	0	not toxic
"Mostly, the insane, ungrounded opposition from the likes of Wyden and Merkley, now, is making Trump and Republicans stronger. Sad for Oregon. Not at the table." Absolutely the truth, right on the mark with yor points!	0	not toxic
With the number of injuries and falls at this spot, it's a wonder to me that it hasn't been closed "for safety reasons"...	0	not toxic
How would you feel if your job was dependent on someone else taking a test to prove your worth? This is like saying a salesman shouldn't be evaluated on their sales, but rather how much people tweet about the product, or policeman shouldn't be evaluated on how many arrests and convictions they get, but how the criminal rated their arrest.	0	not toxic
You are quite right. It is a 'clerical' way of putting it. But that's the expression that is used: 'Reduced'! That's why he whole system of dividing Christians into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'mere laity' and non-cleric is so harmful. 'Clerics' end up thinking they are special and privileged and 'above' 'mere laity' It is just long standing custom. It is not a necessity. There is no reason why those who hold offices in the Church - whether Deacon, Priest, Bishop, Cardinal, or Pope – cannot be part of 'the laity', just as they were in the beginning. If we really are serious about eliminating 'clericalism', the only way is to first eliminate the system of dividing the people of the Church into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'not clerics'. All the offices could remain the same. They could be held by 'lay' people, not reserved for those who are 'clerics'.	0	not toxic
That extra capacity is not needed. Moving lots of cars out of the city as fast as possible is not the goal, nor should it be. There are hundreds of homes and businesses along that street, it's not a freeway exclusively for commuters fleeing to Douglas County. There is no need to give that space to car traffic. All that does is encourage people to drive faster, making the street unsafe for everyone.	0	not toxic
Turkey HAS to remain in NATO. NATO needs Turkish bases to fly their missions from. Meanwhile, the EU needs to humor Turkey or else it unleashes another 3 million migrants into Europe. Whether making Turkey part of the EU is helpful or not is speculation.	0	not toxic
More nonsense from the Polynesian grievance industry. "Hawaii is not part of the U.S." "The U.S. stole our land." "the prisoners have been kidnapped" Such silliness.	0	not toxic
Wynne should admit that she has no clue how to fix the economy she broke and call an election. Considering that she was a failure at every portfolio she was involved with before becoming Premier, it's a wonder she was elected at all. I suppose liberal supporters are more concerned with celebrity and name recognition than with past successful achievements - isn't that how we wound up with JT as PM?	0	not toxic
They done did that to themselves, I suspect.	0	not toxic
Keep it civil, motley.	0	not toxic
If typical, they'll spend $8M to save $2M.	0	not toxic
You want history rewrites? Look no further than Hollywood...and not just "cowboy and Indian movies," either. Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln--name it. Americans think they know their history--what they know are the myths, old and new.	0	not toxic
Feminism is essentially a hate group in this day and age. Women have priveledge and power far beyond any average male. Preferential hiring, the ability to imprison any man merely by pointing a finger and crying "sexual assault", it is a purely Orwellian present we are living in where men are second class citizens. And the true facts back this up.	0	not toxic
The key word "Think", you did not. Don't speak for others or Think what others would think, especially when it comes to God.	0	not toxic
And that was $1.2 billion of waste. The whole green energy disaster is at least 100 times worse.	0	not toxic
I stalked you all day? What the heck are you talking about? I commented to you maybe twice in the last few days - Please don't flatter yourself. And it is the height of cowardice to post comments disparaging posters behind their back. If you have something to say about me - have the decency to say it TO me. And Kurgan does stalk me...but I have been advised it's being taken care of. And I don't burst out crying. I defend myself from silly attacks like yours.	1	toxic
More lobbyist drivel for whoever pays them. Could one also conclude that crime rate decline is not directly proportional to an armed citizenry? I offer Chicago as an example. The best she can offer is that "public safety is not compromised". That is a zero sum argument which shows no public harm or benefit and therefore the status quo is adequate.	0	not toxic
That is right Luke and they could have changed that when they partiated the constitution but chose not to. You see our founding fathers were all white and Christian and so was the the population at the time so my theory is that was specifically put in place to protect future generations. They probably foresaw the likes of Pierre Trudeau and said, "We have to protect our Christian values and ensure that future generations keep the faith."	0	not toxic
Maybe on some level, LOL doesn't really believe women are created in God's image.....	0	not toxic
I seem to recall Harper taking government jets to fly to hockey games.	0	not toxic
This is laughable. The good news is that by refusing the fiduciary responsibility it is clear where they stand on who first at the dinner table. I ask my friends to ask if their potential advisor has a written fiduciary responsibility to his/ her clients and advise them to keep moving if they do not.	0	not toxic
Don't attribute your own juvenile cynicism and moral relativism to others. Pretending to look down from a great height and pronouncing "they're all the same" is just another kind of cheap self-aggrandizement of the kind in which the Ignoramus-In-Chief is currently indulging. Being able to draw meaningful distinctions is quite the opposite of a "blind eye."	0	not toxic
Looks like unicorns and fairy tales. So cars aren’t allowed. Good luck with that . The transit system in this city isn’t conducive to leaving your car at home, especially if you are driving in from outside of the city. More pie in the sky. And oh, buy google ads.	0	not toxic
Interesting how the same campaign finance lawbreakers (Andy George and Michael Fortney, among others) keep popping back up, despite being successfully prosecuted for multiple violations of the law. Both of those shady characters, for example, were involved in the "Both-Ways Bob" organization (so-called "Colorado Pioneer Action" recently found guilty of breaking Colorado campaign finance laws: http://campaignintegritywatchdog.org/?p=201 CIW has demonstrated, again and again, that it's not impossible to hold these lawbreakers accountable - but it can take quite a bit of time, talent, and other resources to succeed.	0	not toxic
The reality of political pet projects is far stranger, and more asinine than the financial forethought my 7 years old imparts on me. Let me get this straight... the borough applied for, and received, a $12,000,000 grant. They built a ship, that subsequently they decided to sell for $1,750,000. But in order to sell it, they had to spend $3,000,000. Now they still have to repay the $12,000,000 grant money. So the borough just donated $12,000,000 to a shipwright and paid to refurbish someone else's boat for them. If they would have just scuttled the damn thing they would have saved $1,250,000. Seriously, a million dollars would have been made by just blowing up the boat. They could have done it this coming Monday as part of the valley's version of a fireworks display - allowing, of course, people to shoot at it while it burns for funsies. What ever happened to that 4:20 song they used to play on the radio "Ooout in Wasilla!"?	0	not toxic
I saw a brief reference in one of these previous posts that bike riders were supposed to get off their bikes if they are riding on sidewalks & walk across the intersection. I have not researched this question, but I will. Do you know the answer to this question?	0	not toxic
What are you celebrating #Canada150? #Colonization, #Genocide of #Indigenous people. A slap on the face to #Reconciliation. TRUE reconciliation requires us to rewrite history and NOT the French version, not the Anglo version, not the settler immigrant version. It is the INDIGENOUS history that needs to be told and written, THAT IS OUR HISTORY, THAT IS CANADIAN HISTORY, not the settler immigrant history we've been force-fed for more than 150 years. Now you want to celebrate 365 days of a FALSE history?! SHAME SHAME on us all. GREAT shame on us all if we continue this farce.	0	not toxic
Hahah...What a bozo...check his smirk...fresh meat for OCCC...pack his schute.	0	not toxic
We need half of your PFD to pay the $750,000,000 in oil tax credits we owe for this year because of SB 21. $550,000 is chump change in comparison.	0	not toxic
Well we survived 8 years of the Muslim brotherhood ... and Obama put them in his administration	0	not toxic
No, flinging his feces about: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEiCGyLlGk	0	not toxic
In fact, Tesla is fine with dropping it. It is the gop leadership backed by Ford, gm, Chrysler, etc who are pushing for extensions on these.	0	not toxic
So let's see... you have uber-derogatory, heavy-derogatory, medium-degogatory, medium-light-derogatory, light-derogatory, and just plain hardly-doesn't-mean-anything-at-all-derogatory all on the very same,identical insult depending upon the skin tone of the person who is the target, and it has nothing to do with the person who issued the statement. Got it. Any other snowflake instructional guidelines I need to know about?	0	not toxic
Going to start calling you Jake the Snake if you keep changing facts.	0	not toxic
Good morning to you ! A new day , but the same old , same old with you . The only one in denial of the facts is you . It takes two seconds to see you don't know what your talking about. IF O'Reilly lied all the time , it would be national news . There is zero doubt you have never watched his show because if you did , you'd know your comments are as phony as a three dollar bill. If you want to hate O'Reilly , that's your choice , but at least know the facts before calling them lies.	0	not toxic
Prison? Should have been the gallows.	0	not toxic
Another example of a white male who cannot recognize his own entitlements but feels threatened when challenged. A person so deluded that he thinks men do all the dirty jobs, that women do not fight crime, and seems to be unaware of all the brave women in the military. Delusional and sad.	1	toxic
Why would I be bitter, O Great Malumba et al.?	0	not toxic
Well, let's see how many rounds a year of conventional ammo they'd go through if each round cost $10. OK, we'll give them a quantity discount- $5 apiece for purchases of 1000 or more. Cash only.	0	not toxic
Wrong. The US 1% who pay most of the taxes there are way, way richer than the Canadian 1% here. They generate billions more in tax revenue for the government.	0	not toxic
Being a violent person is no impediment to election as a republican in Montana.	0	not toxic
Trudeau was right, the Meech Lake accord would have rendered Canada impotent. Take for instance Immigration Canada. How can we control immigration when Quebec has its own control over immigration? Seriously, what a joke of a "country" we are.	0	not toxic
They are sharing their feelings and believes not that if it ever happened. Dan Coats is a career politician, why should we believe in him when he refuse to answer if anybody from the white house ever asked him about the investigation, alleging classified info! He even when further to say that he cannot answer even in a close hearing before hearing from the Whitehouse! Puppets in very tight skirts!	1	toxic
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That is precisely the issue, there is no indication that "vetting", in the US or Canada, involves any screening for such beliefs, that would most likely be deemed "against freedom of religion".	0	not toxic
Seeing a few comments talking about the declining quality of education in Douglas County. Here is your reminder that Douglas County voters have a terrible habit of voting against ballot issues that would give more taxpayer money to the school district which desperately needs it. So for a while now, teachers have been flocking from the district, getting laid off, and all of their pay seriously sucks. This all leads to the classes being all enormous and all the teachers that are left are working less hours than they were before because the school district needed to allow students to take less classes in order to save money. Seems to me like all those people who voted for the voucher program and relentlessly cutting taxes that would go to schools brought this upon themselves.	1	toxic
AMEN! I have always voted for republicans, sometimes holding my nose, but I will never vote for Trump. If Sanders wins, despite disagreeing with him on nearly every policy issue, he will get my vote because he is honest, has not been bought and paid for, and has a warm heart and smile too (these things matter in politics). I think one could make an agreement with Bernie, shake hands, and sleep well knowing that you had a deal. This is not true of Hillary. But if the Dems push Bernie aside and choose the preordained Hillary then I will vote for any reasonable third party candidate and if there is none then I have agreed to write in my neighbors dog.	0	not toxic
Wow, the Mayor sure has a lot of power and influence to get the legislature jumping.	0	not toxic
"Colorado needs... a new newspaper." Instant solution to your need: stop reading this one.	0	not toxic
Fiscal Conservative is a buzz word to rouse the rubes into voting for someone who intends on stealing everything that isn't nailed down for them and their friends.	0	not toxic
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" ...(like being the puppet of a foreign power).." That statement is absolutely hilarious !	0	not toxic
you have all the character and credibility of a skid mark.	1	toxic
Maybe they're waiting for a Good Gun Guy to stop the mass shooter before the mass shooting.	0	not toxic
About hybrid bears, and the possible re-occurrence of similar happening over time, can show how there are several kinds of bears and the fact they can interbreed to create fertile offspring show they do in fact share a history and a fair amount of DNA. {re: AKexpat} Some credible findings from a simple search; among other results, appear here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=history+of+bear+hybrid+polar+grizzly+in+DNA&t=ffsb&ia=web For those who haven't had scientific interests as a lifelong hobby, the learning curve can be steep. ;)	0	not toxic
Trying again. If you don't agree with me why don't you write a rebuttal instead of getting me deleted. Rebel Media is merely the official propaganda arm of the far right in Canada. Ezra Levant solicits crowdfunding donations supposedly to promote free speech, but apparently it's only free speech if it represents the ultra right point of view. It's censorship if you disagree with him or if he gets his wrist slapped for stepping outside the rules. What should one expect from someone who at various stages of his "journalism" career, has been a fracking pimp, a tobacco pimp, a liar, a purveyor of selective value systems and most of all a hypocrite?	1	toxic
Our rights are being threatened by people like Bloomberg, Clinton etc. While we do have a 4 year reprieve. If the left gains power again they will once again try to take away our 2nd amendment rights and likely if Berkley is an any indication of things to come our 1st amendment rights as well.	0	not toxic
What will you do if it looks like it's over for his presidency? Wish he would start a war, incite a constitutional crisis, start a presidential smear campaign against his perceived enemies, provoke street violence? It's what you are hoping for so you can hate him all the more.	1	toxic
Yeah I don't want to look at these losers either although it could be quite possible that I will end up in just the same position. Clean them up a little, put a suit on them and they could make the same phony living like the rest of society does. The key is that you have to be able to constantly talk all the time and tell your employer what a great guy you are. (Or current president appears to be good role model) Or you could be a policeman.	0	not toxic
Refreshing to read someone who basically admits he hasn't a clue where this is going.	0	not toxic
It seems to me - as a male one might say I shouldn't - that contraception is more than a religious or a woman's health issue, it is also a woman right to decide regardless of religion or health. But that's beside the point. The very fact that health is a valid element within the overall choice it remains for the employer to abstain from moral or religious judgment about a person's purpose. Freedom from religion is equally important, maybe more so. If every possible application of the nations public funds, whether through taxation or through "premiums", are subject to the exclusion by a religious sect claims that it has a "dog in the fight" it makes public administration chaotic and unmanageable. Take for example the application of tax revenue to military. If a legitimate exclusion, every possible use of premium or tax charge must be scrutinized for its "potential" application towards funding some sect's "religious" exclusion.	0	not toxic
Disappear? President Donald Trump is ubiquity incarnate.	0	not toxic
Harmless? The CFAA says otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act	0	not toxic
$12,000 for an electric tricycle only good in Oregon during the summer that can't even carry all my groceries is just a little too spendy.	0	not toxic
With all due respect to the former US Senator and Anchorage mayor - I tend to feel that this legislature has in fact faced and made the difficult compromise decision to fund this next year's budget with major draw down of savings and moderate spending decreases. The votes simply were not there to do anything else at this point. In my opinion the legislature is sitting exactly where Alaskan people are sitting on this - not only extremely divided but also very split on any of the alternatives going forward. This issue is not about the legislature anymore - it's about the people. We have spent so much money for so long - that never had to come from our pockets - that Alaskans have no idea how much government they want to have or how much it should cost. If the CBR was a savings account funded from personal taxes - maybe we wouldn't be spending it now. But like all our oil wealth of the past 40 years - the CBR might as well be someone eles's money. We are certainly spending it that way.	0	not toxic
Funny that you should mention "reality" seeing as this was also the name of a NSA contractor now facing a 10-year sentence in the first Espionage Act charge under Trump for leaking details of alleged Russian interference in the last US election to the media. The Five Eyes partners will meet in secrecy in Canada at the end of June. Suspect that they will hand our Government their marching orders after this meeting. Wonder just how much influence does someone like Freeland really have ? Seems to be a whole lot of censorship going on here tonight.	0	not toxic
Jim...unless I misunderstand what you're saying, once you've signed up and are logged in, you can read without hoops. The hoops are only invoked when you're adding a comment, in my experience. (Hope you're doing well!)	0	not toxic
Speak for yourself..... D....... - I personally draw the line at an Islamic Terrorist Whose family has treated Canada as nothing more than a Door Mat.....	1	toxic
This is supposedly a newspaper and articles like this are not news just political garbage. No wonder the paper is failing.	1	toxic
Meet him face to face and you'll smell sulphur. I did.	0	not toxic
Yes. Full stop. (Period.)	0	not toxic
. The similarities between the personalities of Putin and Trump are striking. Same self-focus, the same need to be aggrandized, the same lack of empathy. Classic psychopathy symptoms. The biggest difference between the two is that Putin is about 30 IQ points smarter than Trump. .	1	toxic
The pretense that the all new concept of independent senators is valid is more than a moot point for discussion. It is blatantly obvious that you do not have to be a card carrying Liberal to be named a so-called independent senator by the Prime Minister but without a doubt you have a much better chance of becoming an alleged independent by being of liberal persuasion. The list of fifteen senators appointed in the past few weeks just happen to be sprinkled "liberally" with human rights activists, women's issues experts and social workers. No one is saying that these are not people of integrity and honesty, but their affiliations are most decidedly liberal and not diverse political opinions. Trudeau has found a convenient vehicle to drive the focus of a Senate based on strictly political appointments to one that maintains the Liberal bias. Let the public be reminded that some 2500 or more applicants were screened before the Liberal PM made his "independent choice".	0	not toxic
One wonders if this guy is so oblivious to that little thingy on his ankle and what it does, or if the reported crimes were done on purpose with that thingy on his ankle as proof to make his bones. You just can't figure some folks thought processes.........or lack thereof.	0	not toxic
She would make a great council member, if every other member wasn't just like her. I haven't decided on a mayoral candidate, but I'm deciding between Durkan and Farrell. They both seem like the most likely to accomplish something. And the least "one-issue" of all the candidates. We are so lucky in Seattle. Unlike most of the country we really don't have to worry about any stealth born-again candidates who are going to get in office then push legislation mandating the teaching of creationism, or eliminating birth control. We get a nice spread of liberal candidates to choose from, and have the leisure to pick the ones who might be the most effective. Oliver sounds awesome, but she is a firebrand. If we learn one thing from the election of 2016 it should be that we don't want another firebrand. 2016 was dominated by firebrands, one from the left, one from the right. Combined they did this country great harm, and I blame them both. Bernie made Trump possible. Just say no to firebrands!	0	not toxic
"Trump said some of the components included doubling the standard deduction used by families and increasing the child care tax credit. He said the majority of Americans would be able to file their taxes on a single page."	0	not toxic
Does anyone know if he gets a living allowance above his salary?	0	not toxic
Our system of government has built in safeguards against such a popular "mistake" by our citizens; some were built in to our Constitution by the Federalists so long ago, and party leaders had generally made their selections with just a few indicator primaries until 1968. Constitutionally the Electoral College can overturn the popular vote, its never been done but occasionally an elector has voted their own mind and ignored the popular vote of their state. As far as political parties are concerned the much discussed "super delegates" are the remnants of the system both parties had until 1968. Prior to that all/most delegates made their decisions in "smoke filled back rooms" where the ability to win was the determining factor. This archaic system had its successes, most notable was the selection of Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt (as VP).	0	not toxic
Word salad.	0	not toxic
As long as there is a need, and I mean a real need (after smart cuts), pay no PFD before you come looking for more tax money. It makes no sense for the state to pay residents with one hand then take it with the other. Stop the PFD! And while you're at it...kill that stupid gas pipeline once and for all; it's nothing more than a further waste of money we don't have.	1	toxic
Somebody needs to take Trump's phone and Twitter account away. It is a sad state of affairs when you have to treat the leader of the free world like your teenage daughter.	0	not toxic

Yeah, ask the Faccio family how they feel about that.

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That's why people need to understand this whole left/right system of political division is just a scam to keep us divided! We aren't that different that the entire country should be so polarized that we can't come to a general consensus about right and wrong.

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Climate Change is just an excuse for insurance companies who have gouged everybody for so long. If storms ever do intensify, look out, their 'profits' have left them woefully unprepared. If we ever do see hurricanes as deadly as Galveston 1900 or powerful as Labor Day 1935 we are in big trouble with the way things have built up now.

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I don't actually see a problem with that- most of the Chinese people I know are really decent people, kind of like just about every person I get to meet on this journey. Give it a rest amigo- they like to invest here because we have a pretty (totally even) enviable society in which to live. Unless you're intent on keeping it all for ourselves (which would kind of selfish and even un-Canadian), what's the problem?

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Love your comment. Then again, I don't think Ms. Southey claims to be a journalist. She just works from home and writes these pieces based on what she consumes fake news from the left wing media which just reinforce her close-minded already-formed opinions.

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"Recall that a president’s primary duty, in addition to defending the country, is to protect the Constitution." Bannon and Trump intend to "Deconstruct the Administrative State". The Constitution has long been the foundation of our administrative state. When they have enough votes nationwide for a Constitutional Convention (they are close to having that already) -- the 1st thing they'll amend or remove, will be the 1st Amendment. It's the one constant that Trump rails against with his "fake news" comments. For those who think the Trump "deconstruction" will leave the 2nd amendment intact: think again. We are headed into a military state -- not a constitutional one.

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Bla, bla, bla.... Time to grow up and act like a big girl.

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Why not approach it like a condo or time-share? The major issue is finding a place to park it year-round and then connecting it to utilities; that is where the real costs come in.

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Not just the headline. The first paragraph of the article contains the same falsehood.

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And remind me again why any contractor would vote for Trudeau in 2019?

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That's what insurance is for. Besides, the fact that he crash landed in an area densely packed with homes and businesses, causing minor injuries to no one other than himself, is something we should probably praise him for. Don't you agree? I would say the same even if it was my house that was damaged, by the way.

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Since it was a witch hunt to begin with, there is no doubt they were going for that. Arpaio was convicted of doing his job, what a backward world we live in. The pardon was the only sensible action Trump could take.

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rightee oo lester clown

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Anticipating a shortage of Officials should've been a high priority for the OIA leadership with regard to recruitment and retention. To resort to a Plan B and penalize students in the process with unfair scheduling and the creation of logistical nightmares to those affected, the OIA administrators need to take a look in the mirror and resign. This situation could've been avoided with proper planning and execution. Instead, it's just a colossal embarrassment.

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To a more just society.

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'I have a little list, I have a little list. Let none of the be missed' in the words of the Lord High Executioner from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado operetta.

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Don't be silly.

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This story: The Chinese claim they seized the drone “In order to prevent this device from posing a danger to the safe navigation of passing ships and personnel..". See the Chinese have been following Western news media and they are trying to use the same kind of "spin" that Western politicians use to justify their actions. But maybe they should have said that they were "Championing the safety of the middle class people who operate fishing boats in that area" ??? (Just like the olden days of knights and chivalry ---- okay, forget the chivalry part).

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Oh sure, take away the Trump haters, accusations and narrative. What a kill joy!!

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"Mostly, the insane, ungrounded opposition from the likes of Wyden and Merkley, now, is making Trump and Republicans stronger. Sad for Oregon. Not at the table." Absolutely the truth, right on the mark with yor points!

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With the number of injuries and falls at this spot, it's a wonder to me that it hasn't been closed "for safety reasons"...

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How would you feel if your job was dependent on someone else taking a test to prove your worth? This is like saying a salesman shouldn't be evaluated on their sales, but rather how much people tweet about the product, or policeman shouldn't be evaluated on how many arrests and convictions they get, but how the criminal rated their arrest.

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You are quite right. It is a 'clerical' way of putting it. But that's the expression that is used: 'Reduced'! That's why he whole system of dividing Christians into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'mere laity' and non-cleric is so harmful. 'Clerics' end up thinking they are special and privileged and 'above' 'mere laity' It is just long standing custom. It is not a necessity. There is no reason why those who hold offices in the Church - whether Deacon, Priest, Bishop, Cardinal, or Pope – cannot be part of 'the laity', just as they were in the beginning. If we really are serious about eliminating 'clericalism', the only way is to first eliminate the system of dividing the people of the Church into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'not clerics'. All the offices could remain the same. They could be held by 'lay' people, not reserved for those who are 'clerics'.

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That extra capacity is not needed. Moving lots of cars out of the city as fast as possible is not the goal, nor should it be. There are hundreds of homes and businesses along that street, it's not a freeway exclusively for commuters fleeing to Douglas County. There is no need to give that space to car traffic. All that does is encourage people to drive faster, making the street unsafe for everyone.

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Turkey HAS to remain in NATO. NATO needs Turkish bases to fly their missions from. Meanwhile, the EU needs to humor Turkey or else it unleashes another 3 million migrants into Europe. Whether making Turkey part of the EU is helpful or not is speculation.

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More nonsense from the Polynesian grievance industry. "Hawaii is not part of the U.S." "The U.S. stole our land." "the prisoners have been kidnapped" Such silliness.

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Wynne should admit that she has no clue how to fix the economy she broke and call an election. Considering that she was a failure at every portfolio she was involved with before becoming Premier, it's a wonder she was elected at all. I suppose liberal supporters are more concerned with celebrity and name recognition than with past successful achievements - isn't that how we wound up with JT as PM?

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They done did that to themselves, I suspect.

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Keep it civil, motley.

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If typical, they'll spend $8M to save $2M.

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You want history rewrites? Look no further than Hollywood...and not just "cowboy and Indian movies," either. Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln--name it. Americans think they know their history--what they know are the myths, old and new.

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Feminism is essentially a hate group in this day and age. Women have priveledge and power far beyond any average male. Preferential hiring, the ability to imprison any man merely by pointing a finger and crying "sexual assault", it is a purely Orwellian present we are living in where men are second class citizens. And the true facts back this up.

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The key word "Think", you did not. Don't speak for others or Think what others would think, especially when it comes to God.

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And that was $1.2 billion of waste. The whole green energy disaster is at least 100 times worse.

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I stalked you all day? What the heck are you talking about? I commented to you maybe twice in the last few days - Please don't flatter yourself. And it is the height of cowardice to post comments disparaging posters behind their back. If you have something to say about me - have the decency to say it TO me. And Kurgan does stalk me...but I have been advised it's being taken care of. And I don't burst out crying. I defend myself from silly attacks like yours.

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More lobbyist drivel for whoever pays them. Could one also conclude that crime rate decline is not directly proportional to an armed citizenry? I offer Chicago as an example. The best she can offer is that "public safety is not compromised". That is a zero sum argument which shows no public harm or benefit and therefore the status quo is adequate.

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That is right Luke and they could have changed that when they partiated the constitution but chose not to. You see our founding fathers were all white and Christian and so was the the population at the time so my theory is that was specifically put in place to protect future generations. They probably foresaw the likes of Pierre Trudeau and said, "We have to protect our Christian values and ensure that future generations keep the faith."

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Maybe on some level, LOL doesn't really believe women are created in God's image.....

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I seem to recall Harper taking government jets to fly to hockey games.

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This is laughable. The good news is that by refusing the fiduciary responsibility it is clear where they stand on who first at the dinner table. I ask my friends to ask if their potential advisor has a written fiduciary responsibility to his/ her clients and advise them to keep moving if they do not.

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Don't attribute your own juvenile cynicism and moral relativism to others. Pretending to look down from a great height and pronouncing "they're all the same" is just another kind of cheap self-aggrandizement of the kind in which the Ignoramus-In-Chief is currently indulging. Being able to draw meaningful distinctions is quite the opposite of a "blind eye."

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Looks like unicorns and fairy tales. So cars aren’t allowed. Good luck with that . The transit system in this city isn’t conducive to leaving your car at home, especially if you are driving in from outside of the city. More pie in the sky. And oh, buy google ads.

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Interesting how the same campaign finance lawbreakers (Andy George and Michael Fortney, among others) keep popping back up, despite being successfully prosecuted for multiple violations of the law. Both of those shady characters, for example, were involved in the "Both-Ways Bob" organization (so-called "Colorado Pioneer Action" recently found guilty of breaking Colorado campaign finance laws: http://campaignintegritywatchdog.org/?p=201 CIW has demonstrated, again and again, that it's not impossible to hold these lawbreakers accountable - but it can take quite a bit of time, talent, and other resources to succeed.

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The reality of political pet projects is far stranger, and more asinine than the financial forethought my 7 years old imparts on me. Let me get this straight... the borough applied for, and received, a $12,000,000 grant. They built a ship, that subsequently they decided to sell for $1,750,000. But in order to sell it, they had to spend $3,000,000. Now they still have to repay the $12,000,000 grant money. So the borough just donated $12,000,000 to a shipwright and paid to refurbish someone else's boat for them. If they would have just scuttled the damn thing they would have saved $1,250,000. Seriously, a million dollars would have been made by just blowing up the boat. They could have done it this coming Monday as part of the valley's version of a fireworks display - allowing, of course, people to shoot at it while it burns for funsies. What ever happened to that 4:20 song they used to play on the radio "Ooout in Wasilla!"?

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I saw a brief reference in one of these previous posts that bike riders were supposed to get off their bikes if they are riding on sidewalks & walk across the intersection. I have not researched this question, but I will. Do you know the answer to this question?

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What are you celebrating #Canada150? #Colonization, #Genocide of #Indigenous people. A slap on the face to #Reconciliation. TRUE reconciliation requires us to rewrite history and NOT the French version, not the Anglo version, not the settler immigrant version. It is the INDIGENOUS history that needs to be told and written, THAT IS OUR HISTORY, THAT IS CANADIAN HISTORY, not the settler immigrant history we've been force-fed for more than 150 years. Now you want to celebrate 365 days of a FALSE history?! SHAME SHAME on us all. GREAT shame on us all if we continue this farce.

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Hahah...What a bozo...check his smirk...fresh meat for OCCC...pack his schute.

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We need half of your PFD to pay the $750,000,000 in oil tax credits we owe for this year because of SB 21. $550,000 is chump change in comparison.

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Well we survived 8 years of the Muslim brotherhood ... and Obama put them in his administration

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No, flinging his feces about: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEiCGyLlGk

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In fact, Tesla is fine with dropping it. It is the gop leadership backed by Ford, gm, Chrysler, etc who are pushing for extensions on these.

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So let's see... you have uber-derogatory, heavy-derogatory, medium-degogatory, medium-light-derogatory, light-derogatory, and just plain hardly-doesn't-mean-anything-at-all-derogatory all on the very same,identical insult depending upon the skin tone of the person who is the target, and it has nothing to do with the person who issued the statement. Got it. Any other snowflake instructional guidelines I need to know about?

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Going to start calling you Jake the Snake if you keep changing facts.

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Good morning to you ! A new day , but the same old , same old with you . The only one in denial of the facts is you . It takes two seconds to see you don't know what your talking about. IF O'Reilly lied all the time , it would be national news . There is zero doubt you have never watched his show because if you did , you'd know your comments are as phony as a three dollar bill. If you want to hate O'Reilly , that's your choice , but at least know the facts before calling them lies.

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Prison? Should have been the gallows.

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Another example of a white male who cannot recognize his own entitlements but feels threatened when challenged. A person so deluded that he thinks men do all the dirty jobs, that women do not fight crime, and seems to be unaware of all the brave women in the military. Delusional and sad.

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Why would I be bitter, O Great Malumba et al.?

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Well, let's see how many rounds a year of conventional ammo they'd go through if each round cost $10. OK, we'll give them a quantity discount- $5 apiece for purchases of 1000 or more. Cash only.

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Wrong. The US 1% who pay most of the taxes there are way, way richer than the Canadian 1% here. They generate billions more in tax revenue for the government.

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Being a violent person is no impediment to election as a republican in Montana.

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Trudeau was right, the Meech Lake accord would have rendered Canada impotent. Take for instance Immigration Canada. How can we control immigration when Quebec has its own control over immigration? Seriously, what a joke of a "country" we are.

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They are sharing their feelings and believes not that if it ever happened. Dan Coats is a career politician, why should we believe in him when he refuse to answer if anybody from the white house ever asked him about the investigation, alleging classified info! He even when further to say that he cannot answer even in a close hearing before hearing from the Whitehouse! Puppets in very tight skirts!

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That is precisely the issue, there is no indication that "vetting", in the US or Canada, involves any screening for such beliefs, that would most likely be deemed "against freedom of religion".

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Seeing a few comments talking about the declining quality of education in Douglas County. Here is your reminder that Douglas County voters have a terrible habit of voting against ballot issues that would give more taxpayer money to the school district which desperately needs it. So for a while now, teachers have been flocking from the district, getting laid off, and all of their pay seriously sucks. This all leads to the classes being all enormous and all the teachers that are left are working less hours than they were before because the school district needed to allow students to take less classes in order to save money. Seems to me like all those people who voted for the voucher program and relentlessly cutting taxes that would go to schools brought this upon themselves.

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AMEN! I have always voted for republicans, sometimes holding my nose, but I will never vote for Trump. If Sanders wins, despite disagreeing with him on nearly every policy issue, he will get my vote because he is honest, has not been bought and paid for, and has a warm heart and smile too (these things matter in politics). I think one could make an agreement with Bernie, shake hands, and sleep well knowing that you had a deal. This is not true of Hillary. But if the Dems push Bernie aside and choose the preordained Hillary then I will vote for any reasonable third party candidate and if there is none then I have agreed to write in my neighbors dog.

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Wow, the Mayor sure has a lot of power and influence to get the legislature jumping.

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"Colorado needs... a new newspaper." Instant solution to your need: stop reading this one.

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Fiscal Conservative is a buzz word to rouse the rubes into voting for someone who intends on stealing everything that isn't nailed down for them and their friends.

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" ...(like being the puppet of a foreign power).." That statement is absolutely hilarious !

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you have all the character and credibility of a skid mark.

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Maybe they're waiting for a Good Gun Guy to stop the mass shooter before the mass shooting.

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About hybrid bears, and the possible re-occurrence of similar happening over time, can show how there are several kinds of bears and the fact they can interbreed to create fertile offspring show they do in fact share a history and a fair amount of DNA. {re: AKexpat} Some credible findings from a simple search; among other results, appear here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=history+of+bear+hybrid+polar+grizzly+in+DNA&t=ffsb&ia=web For those who haven't had scientific interests as a lifelong hobby, the learning curve can be steep. ;)

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Trying again. If you don't agree with me why don't you write a rebuttal instead of getting me deleted. Rebel Media is merely the official propaganda arm of the far right in Canada. Ezra Levant solicits crowdfunding donations supposedly to promote free speech, but apparently it's only free speech if it represents the ultra right point of view. It's censorship if you disagree with him or if he gets his wrist slapped for stepping outside the rules. What should one expect from someone who at various stages of his "journalism" career, has been a fracking pimp, a tobacco pimp, a liar, a purveyor of selective value systems and most of all a hypocrite?

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Our rights are being threatened by people like Bloomberg, Clinton etc. While we do have a 4 year reprieve. If the left gains power again they will once again try to take away our 2nd amendment rights and likely if Berkley is an any indication of things to come our 1st amendment rights as well.

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What will you do if it looks like it's over for his presidency? Wish he would start a war, incite a constitutional crisis, start a presidential smear campaign against his perceived enemies, provoke street violence? It's what you are hoping for so you can hate him all the more.

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Yeah I don't want to look at these losers either although it could be quite possible that I will end up in just the same position. Clean them up a little, put a suit on them and they could make the same phony living like the rest of society does. The key is that you have to be able to constantly talk all the time and tell your employer what a great guy you are. (Or current president appears to be good role model) Or you could be a policeman.

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Refreshing to read someone who basically admits he hasn't a clue where this is going.

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It seems to me - as a male one might say I shouldn't - that contraception is more than a religious or a woman's health issue, it is also a woman right to decide regardless of religion or health. But that's beside the point. The very fact that health is a valid element within the overall choice it remains for the employer to abstain from moral or religious judgment about a person's purpose. Freedom from religion is equally important, maybe more so. If every possible application of the nations public funds, whether through taxation or through "premiums", are subject to the exclusion by a religious sect claims that it has a "dog in the fight" it makes public administration chaotic and unmanageable. Take for example the application of tax revenue to military. If a legitimate exclusion, every possible use of premium or tax charge must be scrutinized for its "potential" application towards funding some sect's "religious" exclusion.

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Disappear? President Donald Trump is ubiquity incarnate.

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Harmless? The CFAA says otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act

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$12,000 for an electric tricycle only good in Oregon during the summer that can't even carry all my groceries is just a little too spendy.

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With all due respect to the former US Senator and Anchorage mayor - I tend to feel that this legislature has in fact faced and made the difficult compromise decision to fund this next year's budget with major draw down of savings and moderate spending decreases. The votes simply were not there to do anything else at this point. In my opinion the legislature is sitting exactly where Alaskan people are sitting on this - not only extremely divided but also very split on any of the alternatives going forward. This issue is not about the legislature anymore - it's about the people. We have spent so much money for so long - that never had to come from our pockets - that Alaskans have no idea how much government they want to have or how much it should cost. If the CBR was a savings account funded from personal taxes - maybe we wouldn't be spending it now. But like all our oil wealth of the past 40 years - the CBR might as well be someone eles's money. We are certainly spending it that way.

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Funny that you should mention "reality" seeing as this was also the name of a NSA contractor now facing a 10-year sentence in the first Espionage Act charge under Trump for leaking details of alleged Russian interference in the last US election to the media. The Five Eyes partners will meet in secrecy in Canada at the end of June. Suspect that they will hand our Government their marching orders after this meeting. Wonder just how much influence does someone like Freeland really have ? Seems to be a whole lot of censorship going on here tonight.

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Jim...unless I misunderstand what you're saying, once you've signed up and are logged in, you can read without hoops. The hoops are only invoked when you're adding a comment, in my experience. (Hope you're doing well!)

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Speak for yourself..... D....... - I personally draw the line at an Islamic Terrorist Whose family has treated Canada as nothing more than a Door Mat.....

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This is supposedly a newspaper and articles like this are not news just political garbage. No wonder the paper is failing.

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Meet him face to face and you'll smell sulphur. I did.

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Yes. Full stop. (Period.)

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. The similarities between the personalities of Putin and Trump are striking. Same self-focus, the same need to be aggrandized, the same lack of empathy. Classic psychopathy symptoms. The biggest difference between the two is that Putin is about 30 IQ points smarter than Trump. .

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The pretense that the all new concept of independent senators is valid is more than a moot point for discussion. It is blatantly obvious that you do not have to be a card carrying Liberal to be named a so-called independent senator by the Prime Minister but without a doubt you have a much better chance of becoming an alleged independent by being of liberal persuasion. The list of fifteen senators appointed in the past few weeks just happen to be sprinkled "liberally" with human rights activists, women's issues experts and social workers. No one is saying that these are not people of integrity and honesty, but their affiliations are most decidedly liberal and not diverse political opinions. Trudeau has found a convenient vehicle to drive the focus of a Senate based on strictly political appointments to one that maintains the Liberal bias. Let the public be reminded that some 2500 or more applicants were screened before the Liberal PM made his "independent choice".

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One wonders if this guy is so oblivious to that little thingy on his ankle and what it does, or if the reported crimes were done on purpose with that thingy on his ankle as proof to make his bones. You just can't figure some folks thought processes.........or lack thereof.

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She would make a great council member, if every other member wasn't just like her. I haven't decided on a mayoral candidate, but I'm deciding between Durkan and Farrell. They both seem like the most likely to accomplish something. And the least "one-issue" of all the candidates. We are so lucky in Seattle. Unlike most of the country we really don't have to worry about any stealth born-again candidates who are going to get in office then push legislation mandating the teaching of creationism, or eliminating birth control. We get a nice spread of liberal candidates to choose from, and have the leisure to pick the ones who might be the most effective. Oliver sounds awesome, but she is a firebrand. If we learn one thing from the election of 2016 it should be that we don't want another firebrand. 2016 was dominated by firebrands, one from the left, one from the right. Combined they did this country great harm, and I blame them both. Bernie made Trump possible. Just say no to firebrands!

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"Trump said some of the components included doubling the standard deduction used by families and increasing the child care tax credit. He said the majority of Americans would be able to file their taxes on a single page."

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Does anyone know if he gets a living allowance above his salary?

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Our system of government has built in safeguards against such a popular "mistake" by our citizens; some were built in to our Constitution by the Federalists so long ago, and party leaders had generally made their selections with just a few indicator primaries until 1968. Constitutionally the Electoral College can overturn the popular vote, its never been done but occasionally an elector has voted their own mind and ignored the popular vote of their state. As far as political parties are concerned the much discussed "super delegates" are the remnants of the system both parties had until 1968. Prior to that all/most delegates made their decisions in "smoke filled back rooms" where the ability to win was the determining factor. This archaic system had its successes, most notable was the selection of Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt (as VP).

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Word salad.

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As long as there is a need, and I mean a real need (after smart cuts), pay no PFD before you come looking for more tax money. It makes no sense for the state to pay residents with one hand then take it with the other. Stop the PFD! And while you're at it...kill that stupid gas pipeline once and for all; it's nothing more than a further waste of money we don't have.

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Somebody needs to take Trump's phone and Twitter account away. It is a sad state of affairs when you have to treat the leader of the free world like your teenage daughter.

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