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Some gullible people are easily impressed by smoke and mirrors.
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President Trump ran on a populist platform that was not concerned with balancing the budget. He promised to reduce taxes, spend more on the military and infrastructure, and not make cuts to entitlements like medicare and social security. His proposed budget is based on ideas promoted by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank concerned with shrinking the size and influence of the federal government. Its an ideological budget, not a practical one.
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So now what does Trump do? He made his grand gesture and Assad just kept on bombing. Does the US sign up for an open-ended escalation? If so, does it only kill Assad's people or should it go after the Jihadist militias as well as ISIS? If not, what contributions can the US make to the diplomacy that will ultimately end this conflict while there is still anyone alive in Syria? The air attack was like a military tweet. Now someone has to start thinking in full paragraphs.
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Nothing is special about these "folks" to most thinking Canadians, the problem is how special these "folks" think they are.
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The presiding judge for the second judicial district (Nome, Kotzebue) has issued instructions that say anyone being released on their own recognizances must have a BRAC of 0.00 before release. Sounds like the court system needs to consider doing something similar in the other judicial districts across the state.
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My memory may be malfunctioning but I seem to recall a controversial dredging of the Chena River back in the 1980s that the Army Corps of Engineers initially opposed but later reversed the decision. There was the question of need vs the active interest of a certain commercial riverboat company about providing the necessary draft for a new boat being constructed. The riverboat company won as I recall. In the 1960s the Atomic Energy Commission wanted to blast a deep water port 30 miles south of Point Hope using nuclear explosives. "Project Chariot" and thankfully it failed to 'detonate'. Now we have a legitimate reason for dredging a deep water port by the Army Corps of Engineers close to Nome. A deep water port would increase tourism for Alaska and the Norton Sound region. It would create jobs. It could reduce the cost of living in the region. It would enhance national security for the arctic. Build the deep water port.
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Thank you Nina Wu for a well written, entertaining, an informative article.
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So you admit the younger individuals are being forced to finance this welfare program by being required to buy insurance they neither want nor need. Wow, and you wonder why they don't like it or why they would rather pay the penalty.
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Never mind. Merry Christmas or Happy holiday of your choice, everyone. Hope 2017 is better than 2016. ---------------------- Christmas or Holiday? the G and M did not give us that choice in its title for this article "Need a little holiday cheer? Here you are" - title How about Christmas cheer?
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Yup. Don't lose focus of the real issues going forward. Russia is not one of them. Nor is Syria.
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I love this city! Cavs and Indians have obliterates the sports stigma, Downtown, Coventry, Tremont, and Ohio city all have tons of affordable food options. Cities are affordable to live in, and to own. The lake is beautiful, and the mix of ethnicities is hard to match. Not the cleanest place, but has its fair share of places to visit downtown, like: -East 4th (food) -West 6th (food and clubs) -Flats East bank -Legendary football tailgating -West Side Market -Little Italy -Severence Hall for Cleveland Orchestra -Theatre district -Casinos -Racetrack -Parks and affordable golfing ($18 for 18 holes and a cart) -Cleveland Museum of Art -Cleveland Natural Hiatory Museum -Great Lakes Science Center -RocknRoll Hall of Fame -Aquarium -Botanical Gardens -Tons of Breweries -Tons of bars In addition to the above you'll find amazing architecture both modern and old Victorian. Flanked on both sides are larger outdoor shopping malls like Crocker Park and Legacy Village....all at an affordable $$!
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Let's show the NRA that we've got the guts to pass some common sense measures e.g. when you are committed for delusions of CIA mind control you don't get your guns back for a while.
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They then speak of the "feminization of the altar" in allowing altar girls as an explanation of why young men are no longer attracted to the priesthood!!! Goodness me, a certain Cardinal reminds me of a pantomine 'Dame'!
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A glorious idea has emerged! Build tollbooths aprox .25 miles apart all along the glen to collect money. It will slow traffic down making things safe, we could hire and unionize the homeless to live in the booths, and bring in a ton of money! Berkowitz if you see this I want to be in charge of the Easy Park Meter Maids, in turn you can have my idea!
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No matter how much they act like democrats....republicans just can't seem to get a pass!!!! LOL....
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One muslim casualty vs the hundreds and thousands of victims of muslim terrorism this year alone. Darn islamophobia.
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I will not be affected if Obamacare is ended. But I do have a question as to who will be on the hook for all the cost a patient incurs during a transition to another program. It easy to say the program is going to be stopped. It no so easy to determine when the existing coverage stop paying for the long term treatments a person is going through on the day the program ends. This is a similar problem that had to be dealt with every time a person changes insurance policies.
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Sam Kito (D-Juneau) told me he MUST take Juneau per diem for living in his Juneau residence during session(s) because he loses too much money from his regular job while he "serves" in the legislature. I'd like to compare his pre-legislative tax returns to his last two tax returns. I bet he takes in much more money with all his legislative perks, frills, gifts, and money added in than he did as an "one job, no frills" citizen.
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So long as this country is going to take the position that a woman can wear whatever she wants including the burqa and niqab with their obvious safety concerns due do inability to positively identify the individual, I am going to question the validity of any dress code.
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I had granola for breakfast this morning. I got two helpings of nuts and flakes - one in my bowl an the other on the pages of the DP. Why did the DP waste so many column inches on this loony-bin?
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Never has been. Trump says we are as bad as Putin.
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Last time I looked, the BBC and CBC were broadcasting organizations, not one of the "few papers" that prints anything...
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Another small business that will be bankrupt and out of business due to the incompetence of the mayor and the clueless administration. Rail will never make it to Kakaako and if by chance it does before Sweat + Soul goes out of business no one will ride in from Kapolei to Kakaako to work out especially since they already have great fitness studios in their own backyard. I bet Melissa Rota voted for Caldwell.
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This columnist, ghost writer for Ken Dryden. Anybody who's ever had to sit through a Ken Dryden talk, man, how the Sens play is the hockey equivalent. Not a well-written column, disjointed, sorta all over the place, back and forth, can see why Dryden and he could co-operate on a book. McGregor, he's an Ott guy, cheerleads for his team, gets his shots in on behalf of his crush.
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I think a the proposed accommodation is reasonable, but the 5 day notice is a bit much. Many people don't make weekend plans by Monday, and do they really need that much time to adjust staffing? Then again, the resort is going to have to assign someone to drive her up the mountain for as long as she's there. They also need to be concerned with setting precedent. If they do it for one person they better be prepared to do it for anyone else who has a service animal. Finally, as a fellow disabled veteran, it would never occur to me to ask for this accommodation. What's the dog going to do on the way down the run, ski? Sounds like a stunt, not a way to try to experience a normal life.
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The vast majority of Americans are centrists and remain so. Both parties keep moving further left or right to capture some small demographic group or try and divide us over a small issue. Gun control, abortion, gay rights, etc.... Most Americans care more about a lot of other much more important things. And while the legislators and media keep you focused on that they screw all of us in other ways. The parties act like they do not have a clue, but they do and it is DIVIDE AND CONQUER. Reagan's trickle down was a complete failure. The idea was reasonable and believable. The reality was it "trickled down" all the way to China, exported pollution and jobs and the money never came back as promoted. Can't negotiate drug prices. Must buy health insurance. People realize the health care industry is badly broken. They know requiring everyone to buy into a broken system will not fix it. Wash. DC is not working for you and me. When your toilet will not flush think corporate tax break. .
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Jeez Jimmy, I can feel your passion but can we not at least commend her for standing up for something albeit a bit late? :-)
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All these women are making up false allegations against the orange man? I don't think so! I believe each and every last one of them; and I hope the orange man has to testify about his outright lies!
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You cannot be taken seriously if you do not know the difference between the Progressive Party and the literal term of progressive.
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instead of labeling restrooms for men or women which some may not "identify with" label them penis and vagina instead. there problem solved. if you have a problem with that you're just trying to stir up trouble.
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Enterprise Services: So why no concessions at the golf courses except for Ala Wai? City is losing money because not making use of the clubhouse facilities.
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Save your breath and try to avoid an unforced error or retaliation penalty. Soccer, basketball, Nascar, baseball, cricket, hockey, the olympics ... It's called sport entertainment now, which means it's not true sport anymore. Add in the bookies and ... In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is in for a rough ride. Bread and circuses my friend. Bread and circuses. With a multifaceted Stockholm Syndrome support network.
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Unfortunately none of those taxes go to the city of Toronto to support the DVP and Gardiner. They are paid for by the taxpayers of Toronto.
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Ok, then do that thousands upon thousands of times over. I'll be waiting for mine as well.
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Not moving off of the tracks is really dumb. Just like moose, with their tiny little brains not much larger than a walnut. So sad that so many are so stupid. I agree that the train should speed up. Let the bottom of the oil pan of the locomotive be their scenic view. People that stupid only endanger the rest of us.
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IAEA inspection teams have reported that Iran so far is in compliance with the treaty terms. And, if they are not, and are intent on building a weapon, they are starting from way back than where they were when the treaty was signed. For example, the number of available centrifuges has been drastically reduced. Those left would have to be certified to not be susceptible to the US-Israeli STUXNET malware, and good luck getting the controllers to do that. The Iranian inventory of fissile U-235 has been severely reduced as well. The heavy water reactor at Arak has been disabled. If Trump and his cronies believe the Europeans plus Russia and China will reimpose sanctions, they are dreaming in technicolour (not for the 1st time). Too many trade possibilities for the Euros, for one thing. And it would demonstrate, not for the 1st time, that an American signature on a treaty is worthless. Not to mention the regional nuclear arms race.
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Trump announced today that a special discount is available from Gropeon.
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Trudeau is liked, but that is a lot different than being respected. If someone ran a poll on people's opinion of Trudeau's knowledge of economics, finance international politics, I suspect he would not fare so well.
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There is no flood eating these homes and properties!!! If you look across the river from shore to shore you would see 85% of dry sand bar some with trees now growing where the river used to run!! All the State / Borough had to do is divert the lazy little channel away from the populated side to the other side where no one lives which could have saved 100s of millions of dollars of destruction to these property's, not to mention now the state has and will spend untold millions on protecting the Glenn hwy! So to the cost to divert the little channel $300,000.00 The cost to do nothing $500,000,000.00 And to prove our leaders are inept, how can someone just leave abandoned homes to fall into the our beautiful rivers???
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We're moving from equal opportunity to equal outcomes. I'm sure the fanboys knew the plan when they voted.
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No I think you are wrong John. It is not a big deal for most of us. Start writing about something else.
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http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.100 Question. If the speed limit is 60 mph, and all lanes are consistently doing 65 mph or more, minus obstructions in the road or emergency vehicles etc, does that still give someone the right to pass on the left?
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Well Ed, screw the blue ribbon panel, Alaskans want to vote on an income tax and the dividend. Since that isn't going to happen the results from next years elections should give us a pretty good idea of what our next move should be.
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"I knew it would swing first with its left but it would really come with its right, because most bears are right-handed," Nelson told CBC. That has to be the greatest joke of the summer. Wonder if he said that with a straight face?
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This is a great program. But it's also like those pesky environmental regulations: big brother telling us what to do. If there was a disposal fee at the time of purchase, we'd have some money to pay for this great service.
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Crappy, expensive, government controlled health care for all! Yay!
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It had nothing to do with Notley's survival and everything to do with common sense and finding a balance between competing interests. A perfect example of a Liberal choice, find the middle ground and stake it out.
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You hunt the bear; you get mauled by the bear. Only a tool would shoot a bear or trophy hunt.
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Why is there a picture of blueberries on this article. The article does not reference any of the studies on antioxidants eaten in food. The fact that a chemical extracted by a chemist taken separately from the millions of other enzymes in the food does not have any relevance to the food. I would recommend reading Colin T. Campbell's work on nutrition
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EXACTLY John McCain! As an RN x the past 32 yrs - who has worked in ER since 2000 - there ARE individuals who do require regular injections in order to maintain the ability to live independent, safe lives. Many times, once these individuals are treated and maintained on medication, they figure they don't need the medication anymore. The individual then "crashes", and sometimes end up, at worst, causing harm to themselves or others. At best, they slowly become unable to cope well or function well day to day - and end up back in the doctor's office somewhere. CTO's are instituted when patients DEFINITELY require medication to remain stable - AND - they have demonstrated they are not able to, or are not willing to take it on their own. Each patient is individual. Did this fellow have a valid CTO in effect at the time of this incident? We don't know. There is much speculation and facts that need to be verified and clarified. Unfortunately, in the meantime, the patient is in limbo. :(
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Thank you Zaz and the Dispatch for this article. I believe with my whole heart that more people are discovering the importance and worth of our heritage barns -- not just in their construction materials but in the respect they deserve. Some years ago, I had the honor of being asked to write a book about American barns and worked with colleagues in Alaska to feature a photo of the Breeden Barn being moved to the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry, Wasilla. And, having visited the Matanuska Valley and Palmer, memories of the barns remain imprinted in my mind. Thank you to those who are caring, saving, restoring. Thank you for being BARN BELIEVERS.
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All of the roads in Portland were originally constructed with gasoline tax dollars? Wow, that's news to me!
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So is the language leading up to this kind of shooting which attempts to demonize all who disagree with the left wing agenda---or the right wing agenda. Look at posts here at the R-G; other than the actual death threats, the Facebook posts by the killer are very similar to what we see here daily. The Trumps and the Republicans are the personification of evil.
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I agree...the tv pre show I picked up last night was anything but encouraging.....(of course I woke up in pain and took drugs...so hopefully, I'm dead wrong!)
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Didn't say one damn thing about Small Business. Didn't say a thing about how he was going to help the Middle Class. Just speaking for applause ratings.
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They need to either: 1) Go to a pole 2) Get on a plane. Keep going. Don't change direction. Explain how you ended up where you started
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'Nothing too radical'? Shh, Monica. They'll hear you.
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come on GBA! catch up with the rest of us. That's a good laddy.
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They can stick their "pardon" where the sun don't shine. What I want is exoneration -- and a written apology signed by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice -- AND financial reparations for the harm that has been inflicted on me and the damage that has been done to me by "my" government's armed thugs. Nothing less!
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You didn't have a problem with Repubs calling Michelle an ape though...#MAGA
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I guess Harper shouldn't have apologised to First Nations.
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They are not worried about being tossed out? Why? Do they intend to pay the rent that was determined illegal? Can the pay it legally? If so, for how long?
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There was a stalemate. At the 2014 Synod, par. 52 on communion for the divorced and remarried failed to pass, but it drew 59% approval (that's better than Reagan's '84 landslide victory over Mondale--the most resounding one in recent history). At the 2015 summit, pars. 84-86 drew the two thirds majority, but watered down the language. Nevertheless, the emphasis on "integration," "discernment" and "pastoral accompaniment" gave Francis what he needed, albeit couched in compromise language. What Card. Burke is trying to do is shut the door that the Synod left cracked open, and usurp the Roman Pontiff's role as the proper relator/interpreter of the Synod. By contrast, there is no confusion. Some bishops are taking competing views, but the synod report left it up to the bishops to provide guidance (par. 85), and Amoris Laetitia enshrines that role for them (par. 300). It's clear. Card. Burke just doesn't like what he sees.
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The funniest part of Drumpf in Paris, his reason for pulling out of the Accord: Trump: "I was elected to represent people of Pittsburgh, not Paris" Pittsburgh Mayor: " I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future. " This is similar to a few weeks ago, when he told the press he had bombed Iraq, when it was actually Syria. A crotchety old man who has little idea of what it going on around him.
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Most empty -headed rationale I've ever read concerning a decision many would applaud, if not here. Believe however the 'anything but compassionate for other sentient beings' (or things) or even environmentally friendly Ms. McLaren has made this resolution before.
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Is there a Go fund me for the family yet?? 😢
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Lets see- using his own numbers lets examine his comment on the minimal contribution of wind and solar despite the hundreds of billions of investment. Fossil fuels - specifically oil and gas - have been around as our dominant source of energy for what- call it a hundred years. If we just look at the last 40 years - the subsidies alone accruing to that industry add up to somewhere in the neighborhood of $16 Trillion USD (40 x $400 B). It is probably also the largest single business sector in the world so the reinvested profits used to build the industry to its current colossal size is say- for the sake of simplicity- 10 times that amount over the past 100 years - USD 160 Tr. That means even a trillion USD invested in renewables over - what- primarily the past 8- 10 years- represents a grand total of somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.7% of the total invested in O/G. Renewables are going to blow O/G away- after all the fuel is free - unlike O/G. And - it will be soon
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You know nothing, John Doyle
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In reality, he was imprisoned by the Nazis for embezzling war effort funds for his space aspirations. The Nazis employed slave labour, Von Braun was an academic. His clandestine research documents and technical equipment were hidden from the Nazis on a stolen train in an abandoned mineshaft, and provided to the Americans by him in exchange for the opportunity for he and his scientists to continue their work. It was he that convinced Kennedy to turn the rockets toward the moon as the cold war intensified. His was the Saturn V. It resulted in humankind's most spectacular achievement, the spin offs which all of us, regardless of race, use in every aspect of our life today. And the technology derived from the intensity of the Apollo program is that which has indeed globalized the world's economies and resulted in the unshackling of China, India, and many other third world countries from intense systemic poverty and starvation. The world owes Von Braun and the US a great debt.
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Pepe, It will not be a function of the Native corporations, it will be a function of the Tribal government which is different and separate from Native corporations. In the Lower 48, in most states, tribes have been doing this for years because they have their own tribal courts, tribal social workers and tribal foster homes. All federal laws have to be followed. Parents will have a legal right to representation just as they now have in State court. Tribes do have, under federal law, the right to be sovereign, this goes back to the days of treaties. As for who will look out for the children and/parents if the tribe violates their civil rights under federal law, it will be the federal government unde the Department of Justice, Civil Rights. The immunity of the tribe from law suits......seems to me a few months back the Alaska Supreme Court made a decision on this but it was not covered in the Dispatch but it was cover in other media. But, you are right, there is a potential issue.
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Austin's asking the right questions and trying to come to terms with his observations and answers. Football isn't the only problem, see DucksInARow post below for other sports with severe head injuries. Athletics within reason are great, sports never have been nor ever will be life and death or our nation dependent on them. An athlete jeopardizing his/her body for a fleeting victory, temporary glory, and the entertainment of others without common sense safety rules, i.e. banning "heading" globally in soccer, just isn't worth it and coaches and fans shouldn't expect it. And kids who recklessly put their bodies on the line or attack others (fair play or not) should have escalating penalties until banned for the season from college on down. As more and more parents route kids into safer athletics (my wife and I did) let's make the GAMES safer for those who don't.
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Most of those spills were low volume and at their terminals that are protected by berms. And that is over, what, a 60 year period?
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think we need a new ag.
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The 15 million number you cited is irrelevant to the discussion.
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Or own it. The silence is deafening.
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Bingo! But don't tell them. They'll be a big problem if they wise up...
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Trump's "pulling out" of the Iran Agreement is a big show with no substance, just like Trump himself. Trump has few powers to do anything with this Agreement. Point of fact is that the Senate has more power than he has in all treaties, eg Iran and NAFTA. True to form Trump issues "fake news" (a.k.a lies) to his dwindling voting base. Most of what he says is just a fart in the wind.
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Country and western concert goers are usually gun owners and supporters of easy access to guns, semiautomatic weapons and the National Rifle Association. Now that the gun fire has been fired back at them, maybe they will reconsider their support for the proliferation of guns and the gun lobby.
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PS - bankish, and when a REIT (or any company for that matter) raises money to buy assets that will be accretive to cash flow per share/unit metrics it is positive for the longer term, not negative.
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And I missed wheeler's botched sentence talking about "debilitating health caused by fifty years of hitting things with sticks"
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You have a hard time accepting reality, don't you ?
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the problem is with the believers not the deniers. all you people do is whine and do squat.
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Time to give Puerto Rico ..Independence...Its embarrassing,,,typical Hispanic chithole
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for those in the rich north to reduce our carbon footprints, and at the top was declining to procreate. Denise Balkissoon - the West is already doing that either with birth control or abortion preach to the rest of the world outside the West
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Councilman Andersons heartburn comes from bending over for HART as they have their way with him. ok ok that was bad ------but Ikaika is a joke and tells lies about the feds and RAIL FUNDING ask Tom Berg.
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What questionable deals? You Liberals must be crapping your pants about now. That twit you have won;t last another election. Once we audit that slush fund Trudeau Foundation I'm sure Khan will have made a few 100 million in donations then all will become clear.
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You fail to understand you are supporting this only to hurt others, not to help yourselves at all. It's like the parable of the two russian serfs - genie offered one serf any wish, but anything he'd grant he would grant double to the serf next door. So the first serf says 'poke out my eye.' This is what Trump is saying poke out my eye, so the people of Canada, Mexico and China can have both their eyes poked out! Protectionism is a zero sum gain. Trump's ideas will only reduce US GDP and individuals' lifestyle in the long term. It's why every successful empire has been built on ever expanding trade, not on insularity and protectionism.
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These are all contractor programs being spun as affordable housing just like the the vacation rental ADU's
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The "art of the deal!" So very good to be President, the rate of return is outstanding.
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Rosie "Goo Goo for Gomer" Barton is not holding up well against Greenspon. Her attempts to verbally brutalize him are going nowhere. Competence rules.
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Yeah George, we still need answers on 911 too - Bush and Cheney refuse to testify under oath, refuse to testify unless they testify together and refuse to testify unless it is behind closed doors.
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Are you kidding me??? You can not be a good Catholic and vote for anyone who supports abortion. Why is that so hard for anyone to grasp?
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As we say in Quebec "Un autre hamburger rien" Bon appétit!!
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Can a criminal who's prohibited from possessing firearms really be considered a "gun owner?" The people doing all the shooting aren't anyone you'll find in a gun shop or on a range.
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Unfortunately when some people learn to drive they use one foot on the break and the other foot on the gas. I would bet that is what happened here. It is vital to use one foot only and alternate between the break and the gas.
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From the headline " Merkel STATED the obvious:" Really doesn't leave a whole lot or room for the 'reading between the lines'contingent . Care to try again? LOL
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Well yeah if you sell 73.4 million shares at $36, it's a quick and easy way to find $2.6 billion to just push you into a surplus during the year you run for reelection. Is it sustainable? Not so much.
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Shame on you archbishop. Shame on you. Please take a close look at your conscience and instead of worrying about the "confused" or "misled" faithful, worry about yourself supporting this man who would only use you and the power he thinks you have for his own ends. Make no mistake: you are telling me to make a deal with the devil. And I won't. But shame on you who will.
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A lot of undercover brothers spread out.
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