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...were guns required by Feds/Agents to arrest LaVoy ? no, but they were quite conveniently used as an excuse in his execution on a lone highway. - so the question of the hour is, are guns going to be necessary for Citizen protection at a mirror site, Standing Rock ? - against armed goons, I mean jackboots, I mean thugs with badges ... oh, sorry, I mean law enforcement and attack dogs. Yes of course, guns were necessary - you fight fire with fire when the Government gets out of control.

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Why should the rights of law abiding taxpayers be superseded by special interest groups? If our leaders do not follow the laws, why should anyone? Should I walk off the job on the advise of a paid activist and protest on the steps of city hall that my tax dollars are being spent on services that benefit lawbreakers? I suppose when I am fired for walking off the job I will have more time to protest and campaign for leadership that protects all.....not just special interest groups

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Maher Arar was entirely INNOCENT. Khadr's a traitor. Moreover, the RCMP basically asked the US to deport Arar to Syria, setting up his situation in the first place. A very different situation.

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"Dangerous, reckless and risky" to all of our health care? It's strange that Premier Pallister makes it sound as if he's holding out for the benefit of Canada. Was he in Costa Rica when the other provinces signed on and are helping their people with the money? He's not credible when he throws around "20 times" the money. Who's dangerous, reckless and risky to Manitobans?

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The problem is that I am not qualified to judge what drug I should or shouldn't have. A much better approach would be regulation by people who have the requisite knowledge. Vigilante discipline is always a bad idea.

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No everyone pays and everyone gets care. Just like in all 37 countries with better care that costs 1/3 of what the USA does. Again your hyperbole is old and dishonest at best.

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Tyree Robinson indeed looked clueless on several plays: what happened to this guy? He was spoken of earlier as if he were a Sunday-quality guy. Juwaan Williams I have confidence in--- he just needs a little more game time after all the injuries.

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Good! Now give her her valid expense money back. What a farce.

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Yet, once the physical aggression begins, there is no time to regain sanity once the trigger is pulled. With other slower-killing weapons, at least there is more time to reconsider during the aggressive act. Hey, this ain't me saying to give up your guns. Just be honest about this. It's a discussion worth having, don't you agree?

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Wow, I totally disagree with Mr. Jenkins on this one. We don't need people on a crusade in appointed committees. He could serve some other way.

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I skipped the gay marriage issue only because I ran out of characters. At the present time, our SACRAMENTAL theology of marriage does appear to presuppose a man and a women with a view to procreation. I can conceive of a distant future when that could change. But this is not the question on the table for Catholics at this time. In terms of today: 1) I utterly reject our current magisterial teaching that homosexuality is an intrinsically disordered state, and that gay sex in immoral, and thus gay marriage as the context for immoral gay sex is, therefore, immoral. 2) I totally support gay marriage as a secular institution, and am totally ashamed of Catholic resistance to governments legalizing gay marriage. 3) Given the above, I would very much like to see secular gay marriages in Catholic churches with the addition of an appropriate blessing. But VVV, I don't understand why you addressed your questions to me? They do not appear to have arisen out of any particular comment.

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Syria stands as a text-book case of how not to change a society. When a few Syrians chose to use violence to rid themselves of the legitimate government, they put their country and their people on the deadly path of civil war and outside interferance. As was learned in the 1980s and 1990s, you bring tyrants down with the right of your argument and civil organizations, not with the barrel of a gun. The other day I witnessed an interview show on the BBC. A Syrian woman in her headscarf was asked do you regret the deaths (close to half a million or more) and she said 'no'. Until people in the region learn from what people Eastern Europe learned, there will not be peace, or a peace worth having.

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Anecdotal opinion does not prove or disprove anything. It is just that: An anecdotal opinion. And with this, of course, we have moved far away from the main points of my original comment. :) But, of course you know this. This, I would say, is a typical ideological argumentation move: Take a minor aspect of an otherwise complex argument out of its context, attack it with an appeal to personal experience, and try to discredit the whole argument. So obvious, and ... predictable ...

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OMG The Russians Are Really Coming!!! hahahahahahahahahaha run libbies run!!!

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Answer #1: Probably none. Fetuses likely don't have the mental capability to decide much of anything. Mothers, on the other hand, do. Answer #2: The exact number is not known. I would support the position that there are some; possibly many among the approximately 44,000 who complete a suicide annually in this country and among the approximately 1,100,000 who attempt suicide annually in this country.

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It takes two to Tango, and Netanyahu bit off the hand that fed Israel for decades.

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more likely "nike's Eugene windfall" or "the Eugene windfall ,brought to you by nike"

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There’s a rea that prejudice is often referred to as a kind of phobia. It’s irrational and uncontrollable. One usually doesn’t even realize when one has a phobic fight/flight reaction to the source of the phobia. There’s a reason why a cop might (& not just white cops) use excessive force and why a black boy or man might simply run from a cop or fight...it’s similar to a phobic reaction.

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Really? It is? Well that would explain alot.

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Well said, Bob. I'd also observe that Trudeau's views have substantial support in the United States -- support by those who themselves have common interests with Canada, who themselves are struggling to reconcile their roles in these difficult circumstances, and who recognize that Trump is a temporary phenomenon.

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"Many activists affiliated with the loosely organized Antifa movement consider themselves anarchists or socialists. They often wear black and take measures to conceal their identity." Nope, that's Black Block, which is an anarchist based protest tactic. Naturally often allied with Anti-fascist, but not necessarily the same people, and you'll find Black Block activists at lots of protests that have nothing to do with fascists, while Antifa is a group not just a tactic, specificallyy targeted at Fascism, and does not tend to appear elsewhere. They don't wear black, and their origins are rooted in early communists, socialists and progressive Christian orgs, anarchists might tag along but by definition aren't org joiners.

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What is there about the word illegal that people do not understand?

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. At my advanced age I have decided to forfeit dental care. What's the point of having a set of teeth fit for a Hollywood celebrity, if getting dental care makes me bankrupt? . Craft dinner, here I come!

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Well, you have to do something if someone from the 'wrong' party actually gets elected!

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Wrong. A Roosevelt kid would have gotten a deferral.

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Firstly, let's not conflate small local non-profits like Independent Environments with huge national and multinational non- and for-profit corporations. IEI was founded by parents who wanted a place for their sons and daughters to live self-directed lives with the support they needed to do so. IEI is directed by a volunteer board of directors that consists of parents of those supported by the agency as well as former employees and local professionals, and they determine the CEO's pay, by the way - a few moms and dads, former staff and other volunteers.

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For the first time ever, despite my considerable disagreement with past Presidents, I feel like the memory of the brave and valorous has been sullied by pomp, presence, and what comes off as opportunism of the Commander in Chief. The "right" thing for the President to have done was to just stay in his room and keep quiet today. Out of respect. Because he is so divisive that his presence offends. Yes he's the President. Yes the office holder traditionally delivers a Memorial Day address. But this President, by his very generally noxious presence and suspect motive for just about all he says, really casts a shadow over the purpose of this day, and the fond and respectful memories it is intended to invoke. Never ever imagined I would see a day when a US President's Memorial Day message actually diminishes those memories. Sad. This is what it has come to.

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The sex side show of Trump or Bill (who is not running for any office) pales to Trump's apparent dictatorial view of the law. The Constitution protects us from potential tyrants. Putin might be able to put political opponents in jail, and does. Perhaps that's why Trump so respects Putin and his autocratic powers. Any time one hears a powerful person who is seeking more power, listen very closely, take guard and keep your powder dry. Democracy is a good but weak form of government.

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I don't like a lot of Ken Buck's politics, but how he handled the Angie Zapata case was excellent. And so are his remarks on this topic.

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from the WH

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and you automatically think that they arent....BTW i "know" and comprehend more than you ever will..

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The reason you thought that is "your bad" alright. "2. The allegations that you just said were false." What that means is that I can read, and understand that "allegations" are neither true nor false, but are a series of alleged (note the root) events and/or actions that if shown to be factual can lead to a conclusion. If that conclusion happens to be that someone has broken the law, then there are hearings and arguments and presentations and firings and pardons and all manner of shenanigans. Perhaps you can point out to us all where I said I believed anything to be true. Or is that going to be just another "my bad" for us to see here, another "mistakes were made". You're really racking' 'em up, Bill.

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Yes - Switzerland. They also require gun owners to practice and actually know how to operate a gun properly. And note Jenkins says what Australia did would not work here constitutionally, when it probably would. Most people own guns there. No mass shootings since they did the buyback. There is some question whether it was JUST the physical buyback, or that and people just being forced to think about the desirability of every tom, dick and harry owning a machine designed specifically and only to murder people in time of war. I think the only answer is Jenkins, at some level, enjoys mass shootings, and is trying to rile us up. What other explanation for this particular rant?

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Well, this makes sense if the Kompromat videos exist. Guess who would have taken them?

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It suddenly seems some Rockies' pitchers are suddenly unable to throw secondary pitches (and at times primary pitches ) for strikes. Result: belt high fastballs down the middle with a prayer (generally unanswered) to get out of trouble.

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R.A.D systems for Self-Defense is taught at UAA by the Campus Police, on JBER, and at The Alaska Moving Arts Center in Eagle River. There are a number of other certified instructors in town that also may be teaching. http://www.rad-systems.com/, WWW.AlaskaMovingArtsCenter.Org

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The POS that i see here is you.

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Please, please. Let them have some dignity. It will be a "graphic novel".

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All this unnecessary violence could be eliminated if Israel would adhere to international law, and get out of territory it doesn't own.

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Oh! Or maybe Hilary Clinton is a Russian robot and was an attempt to rule the United States through artificial intelligence as their grand unveiling of their super computing prowess over the world.

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Hard to be guilty on of a "presumption". If the employer tried to restrict someone from taking paternal leave that would be a different story. But assuming what happens in likely 90% of maternity/paternity leave is hardly a violation.

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I don't doubt whether author of Matthew thought Jesus was divine. I wonder whether he thought Jesus was GOD. He obviously believed Jesus was the Messiah, a second Moses, a divine emissary. Yes, I've heard of the Great Commission. Matthew postdated Paul's mission to the Gentiles, after all. The issue is, what was Jesus's conception of his mission? The story of the Canaanite woman is obviously allegorical. But does it also incorporate some recollection of the words or sentiments of Jesus? We don't know. I'm amused you think you have a handle on the "correct" interpretation of any thing in the NT. Well, you don't.

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You are right. I would guesstimate (for weed vapor) parts per trillion after dispersion with a 5 MPH ambient wind at a distance of 15 feet. I'm a retired engineer and have solved these problems by hand before but its been so long I've forgotten the steps. But I keep seeing these absurd fears and wonder why no one takes the darn time to do the math. Well now there are computer models that do it fast which begs the question why people are speaking from fear rather than fact. Thank gawd for the modeling software as this is one tough math problem...Bessel Functions, Error Functions :( I found a good link and perhaps can find and use the model to give a precise (as possible) answer in a few days. Anyone else wanting to give it a go see... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_dispersion_modeling

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Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to discriminate against people who eat pork? use birth control? watch porn? get divorced? fail to observe the Sabbath? women who fail to cover their hair? I mean it's just nuts. Drink alcohol? Get blood transfusions? All of the above are considered grave sins by one religion or another.

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Me, too. Since my advice had nothing to do with that boycott. In fact, that type of activity is exactly what NFL players are not doing. And NFL players are not marching across a bridge in Selma, nor participating in a sit-in at a courthouse, like my wife did.

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Additional information with link/photos on Selleck Jeep crash. It happened at da "OCClub parking structure in Waikiki". Ooops? IIRC, Tom's kid wanted to go to a jiggle bar (pre Hooters). John Mc Manus Shore Bird. I helped John move his brass bed into his "office". The Advertiser has the story but their brand of "journalism" always fails on the Paul Harvey "The Rest of the Story". "Expected behavior". https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tom+selleck+jeep+crash

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Actually, Don, I think it has far less to do with any possible Communist leanings or connections than with good old fashioned nationalism and imperialism.

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Sorry slick, Title 8, Chapter 12, Sub Chapter II, Part VIII para 1325. Read it and weep. It IS a criminal act, 1st offense: can be fined and 6 months in jail. Subsequent offenses, fine and no more than 2 years in prison. What OTHER federal criminal statutes do you not want to enforce? Bank Robbery (of a federally insured financial institution)? Kidnap and transport across state lines? etc.

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Dear Author, Please read aloud the first paragraph of your article and then Prager's quote, i'll give you 30 seconds. In order to write an effective reactionary piece, the first order of business is to accurately quote and/or restate the piece in question, which you did not. The inability to demonstrate a most fundamental journalistic standard to simply report news as it happened rather that what you have interpreted, is yet another major failure of the popular news media beyond just crashing Western Civ, congratulations. You can't even cite your source correctly, its no wonder the majority of Americans have so little trust in the media. I don't care what team you are on but for christ sake, could you at least attempt to get the story straight. As for all the rest of your pontifications and non sequitur arguments, I'll leave you to Prager's latest piece explaining the original quote. Maybe you have read it already but I suspect you will need another two or three goes at it again.

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Keep drinking that Liberal Kool-aid Erik.

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You let the union contract expire and then make them compete with private contractors for future contracts. There is no law saying you must use public employees for services. I worked in healthcare for many years and when departments were no longer profitable they replaced those employees with outside service companies.

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So there's still a chance that all seven might yet miss the playoffs once again.... here's hoping!

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Great letters today. Thanks especially to Alex Kopenen for getting to the root cause of the epidemic of ignorance that plagues the nation and allows for the election of such a boorish, sexist, misogynistic, racist, narcissistic man entree to our White House. The truth has no place in this new trumpian world we live in. For thirty years we have seen the rise of a right wing media dead set on misinforming and disinforming the American audience to the point that viewers/listeners cannot separate the truth from the lies anymore. We have trump because of the dishonesty of the entire spectrum of right wing media. Shame on us as a nation for giving up the search for truth for the sake of garbage reporting that reinforces prejudices, hatreds and fears. We are better people. Please think about what you are consuming. Fast food poisons the body and junk information from most right wing media poisons the mind and soul.

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Go to a few Ontario universities, or colleges, and let me know what you find regarding English skills for international students.

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Do you want to know what's truly useful? A full line of products with no metal hardware for those with autoimmune and neurodegenerative conditions involving sensitivity to EMFs. For examples: i) beds without metal bedsprings. Also, no latex as lots of people have problems with it. (Sorry, Casper doesn't work -- lots of plastic and latex involved) ii) Shoes without buckles and metal grommets. iii) Non-metal zippers that are both functional and non-clunky. There are no underwire bras around made of non-metal wires. This causes lots of problem for women in airports and those who are allergic to the toxic EMF smog that engulfs us in modern life. Wonderbra was invented in Canada, so why not come up with a non-metal wired version to continue the tradition of innovation! For people with EMF sensitivity, a metal shoe grommet/eyelet can leave a "burn". Nike has some shoes without any metal -- I have to wonder if they have caught on to this.

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You know, there is an editing option, you can fix up your m;istakes, eh? Of course, when you're posting so many posts under different names, time is of the essence, we understand.

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This is a sensible solution to a decades-long problem. This is not federal overreach. This is not extreme. This is a unique piece of land close to the park entrance that provides winter habitat for park wildlife. The state has closed it in the past, and they should do it again. According to ADFG only 1-2 recreational trappers use this area. And nearly all of Alaska is open to some form of wolf hunting and trapping (exceptions being primarily the pre-ANILCA portions of Denali, Glacier Bay and Katmai plus the McNeil River state sanctuary). This closure will have minimal impacts and large benefits.

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Why read watch the video

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They were not father and son, they were brothers. Get the story correct before printing.

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Consider the last time that we had a similar situation of a time of low inflation, low mortgage rates that transitioned to very high ones - I'm thinking of 1954 to 1980. The Bank of Canada's inflation calculator says that we went up 214.79% in that span, so that a dollar worth in 1954 cost $314.79 by 1980. In that time, a typical mid 1950's house in Vancouver worth $10,000 rose to around $100,000 for a roughly 1000% gain. My parents place went up far more than that due to land speculation. Contrast that with the Dow Jones index, which was at 292.39 in January 1954 and rose to 875.85 in Jan 1980, essentially just matching inflation, nothing more. You got some dividends from the Dow, but you paid tax on that and on the capital gain if you sold the stocks. In comparison, you got to live in the house, were more easily able to leverage it via a mortgage and got a huge tax free gain that vastly exceeded inflation. Any wonder that people prefer real estate?

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Oct. 7, 2017 At 3:30 p.m., Clapper, and Jeh Johnson issue a joint statement formally blaming Moscow for attempting to interfere in the election, including by hacking the computers of political organizations. Guess what happened at 4 PM?

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"Corey Lewandowski is trying very, very hard to become the chief of staff," said one Republican familiar with the talks about Trump's appointments. "He's been talking about it for months, preparing for months and lining up all the right people to get it done. . . . Corey is saying it's about loyalty. Nobody is more loyal." Corey Lewandowski: "Nobody is more loyal to Trump than me. Nobody." Trump: "Except me. Nobody is more loyal to Donald Trump than Donald Trump. I am the most loyal person to myself than anyone else, I promise you. Bigly."

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"I also notice that the RRIF income after Carl's stays static and I know very well the required withdrawals increase rapidly after age 90." Just guessing Rick, but I think the RRIF income shown on the graph is RRIF funds withdrawn from the portfolio to support spending. Required RRIF withdrawals that are not needed to support spending would move to non-registered account (and be taxed as income), but stay in the portfolio. A lot of people think that required RRIF withdrawals are always spent, but that's not necessarily true. Does that sound right?

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Should every lie you claim President Obama told over the course of his entire term he would still demonstrate a higher degree of veracity than Mr. trump has in his short 9 months in office. I know, I know, it is no fair using 45's own speeches, videos and tweets against him, right?

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Many men put things in women's drinks to facilitate their criminal behavior. Maybe more emphasis should be put on education for men--how rape is a criminal offense for which one might spend a good deal of time in jail or for which one might perhaps lose one's life.

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Senator Kelly was last seen doing his Brando impersonation. Tax bill? Tax bill? We don't need no stinking tax bill. The reality of the Alaskan economy, state revenues and services dictate that we need a lot of things, to include a state income tax.

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They operate under the law Obama passed....therefore if the law didn't accomplish what it was supposed to than it's a failure. So yes Obamacare is to blame

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Obama’s White House Counsel Nails It: The Principal Witness Against Trump is Himself "As scandals-in-the-making go, this one may become famous for featuring the President as the principal witness against himself: he seems committed to uncovering any cover-up," Obama White House Counsel Bob Bauer observed.…

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But what they did is prove conclusively that they are in fact the "rubes" that certain people were calling them. Not every blue collar worker is white, by the way, and a lot of non-whites have been getting shafted for generations. They just don't do what the craven, obedient white rubes do and run faithfully to the 1% masters when they blow their racist dog whistles. "There, there, good lower middle-class and working-class white people, we're not giving you anything for your obedience beyond a shallow and entirely symbolic membership in the white racial order," the 1% Koch funded Republican party will say. The poorest of the poor whites don't even vote so this election result is on the heads of the white lower middle-class, the white upper-middle class and the Republican 1%er masters whose interests they evidently serve.

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They do?

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Don't you think that Sisulu's supposed support for an amnesty for Zuma is a little more nuanced than just that. By supporting it, she is implying that she believes Zuma is guilty on many many counts of corruption and therefore requires an amnesty.

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Quite true that there are ghost writers, but that is a truism not in dispute. In 'God's case', the Holy Ghost never signed onto anyone's book as the ghost writer, not even as Trump's ghost writer; The Art of the Deal...thanks for the gallant attempt.

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For $10 million dollars, I can be sorry too.

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Logic fail. There can be different causes of increases in different years.

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What about Gotsis? The guy seemed everywhere yesterday.

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The Answer: the UN (global government). In the 70s the same group was warning the world that we were in for an Ice Age if we don't change our ways. Then it became "global warming". When that was proven to be shaky based on the fact that there's been no significant warming in over 30 years it became "climate change" so that now any weather anomaly could be blamed on mankind, therefore requiring a powerful solution . So in order to stop this man-made disaster they say we need to give money and authority to the United Nations. It's nothing but a global redistribution of wealth scheme by the one world government communists.

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I don't like the new system insofar as I do not like to pre-judge someone else's comment. That kuleana belongs to Civil Beat as the host. Also, I appreciate people who identify themselves in their comments. It seems more honest; I like knowing if the commenter has a dog in the race or not.

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Not at all. I notice Anthony Fury s quoting Craig Forcese -someone who actually knows that he is talking about..This is what he said about costs: . http://craigforcese.squarespace.com/national-security-law-blog/2017/7/11/a-once-final-parsing-of-the-legal-context-for-the-khadr-sett.html " I think an all-in number in the $30-40 million range, including damages, costs to the court, etc was very possible, even likely, and maybe even low-balling" And because had it gone to trial Harper and his officials and Martin and Chretien and their officials and RCMP and CSIS officials would have to testify: "Some of these section 38 proceedings would probably mean some information would come out the government does not want out for plausible security reasons ...Since the lawsuit (by definition) implicates the Americans, they will have an interest and perhaps reaction, especially if some of their confidential information was potentially in play. "

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Harper was a lump who did nothing but sink Canada $160 billion further in debt.

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I thought Trump was the master dealmaker. If so, shouldn't he have been able to sway the 2 or 3 Republicans he needed to convince. Isn't that the whole "Art of the Deal" that he talks about in his book?

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Um, kind of hard to see your view when the preacher at the front is, um, a woman...

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Relax. If there's a nuclear war, every half-way decent sized city in the world will vanish within a few hours of each other. If you live in a city that's been bombed, you might not even notice you've been bombed because the signals might not have time to register in your brain before you die. For all intents and purposes, about 54% of the world's population (city dwellers) in an all out nuclear exchange will die a very speedy death, leaving the remaining 46% (the rural inhabitants) having to endure a few days of radiation sickness before they die. Conventional warfare lasting years or decades is much scarier. Can you imagine the on-going life of a six year old Syrian child from 2011 to now? Scary. Or a Yemeni 10 year old now? Scary.

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Alaska has never been "tough on crime". To be tough you have to run a prison like a real prison. Our prisons are a joke. We have to keep criminals from breaking back in rather then breaking out. Where else in the world can you commit crime and be rewarded with free education, free cable television, pets, espressos, BB-Qs, a responsibility free place to stay where all your needs a met at no cost to you. Look up the return rates for Arizona under Joe Arpaio. Get a clue.

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And how does the president know that russia was aware of the syrian chemical attack? The deep state intelligence community he does not trust because they were so wrong about wmd and out to get him? Something he saw on TV? A gut feeling? Nice to see Trump employ the same tactics he used in the election campaign but this time as command-in-chief. And he now appears to be willing to hide behind NATO's apron.

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We all know that Richard Parker (can I just call you "Dick"?) is perfect in every way, and certainly when it comes to trivial matters such as a misspelled word. You're special, Dick, and it's nice that you keep reminding everyone. Thank you for that.

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"I keep trying to think of some adorable, pithy ...label for conservatives who have abandoned their principles to support Trump" Trumptards?

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Everything has to do with Trump. One could say the sky is blue and somehow it would be dastardly and all Trump's fault too. Strangest thing ever isn't it- I am thinking TDS...must be.

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footy16: I studied economic and social history at university. I took courses in economics. You? In any case, let's look at the rental market issue. As a manager at my building noted at a meeting held a couple years ago, the landlord believes it has the right to obtain what the manager called "condo level" rents, comparable to those paid by tenants in the proliferating condo buildings in the area. And landlords running other rental buildings in my area are operating on the same basis, raising base rents charged to new tenants, and trying to raise rents for sitting tenants, in tandem with rising condo and new-build apartment rents. Clearly, my landlord's contention is that there is a single rental market. How is this not a case where surging RE market, and in this case the condo sector in particular, is driving rents higher? Think back to Econ 101 when answering the question.

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Bring them on !

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Global warming. ...or so says Obama.

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UAA eliminated the wrong sports. The hockey program has been dying for years and now er ist tot. Having supported this team for more years than I care to admit it is time to abandon ship. Enough is enough. I'm sad. I thought Matt Thomas may be able to resurrect the program but alas, it was not meant to be. This years team may rival the debacle of John Hill's 1 win team.

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D'Souza's Wikipedia bio seems a little harsh... In August 2010, D'Souza was named president of The King's College, a Christian liberal arts college then housed in the Empire State Building in Manhattan... On October 18, 2012, D'Souza resigned his post at The King's College following a press report that he had shared a hotel room at a Christian conference with a woman whom he introduced as his fiancee, despite still being married to his wife of twenty years. D'Souza called the report vicious and "worthy of Christian condemnation." In January 2014, D'Souza was indicted by federal prosecutors for campaign finance law violations… In May 2014, D'Souza pleaded guilty to one felony count of making illegal contributions in the names of others… the court sentenced D'Souza to five years probation, eight months in a halfway house and a $30,000 fine.

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This rail project is another Las Vegas trap...throwing good money away to get to an impossible positive place. Getting there is a matter of luck in Vegas. The rail? There is really no good place, throwing good money at the rail will only get Oahu residents into a place of financial disaster. More taxes to upkeep the rail, upkeep the stations, more and more money needed for rail staff, paying rental at Alii Place for the rail execs, high salaries for rail execs. Stopping the rail now and kiss the ill spent money on the rail good bye is the best for the future of Oahu residents. There is an overhead rail structure in Taipei that goes nowhere. They had the good sense to abandon it and it now stands as a reminder of a failed attempt to add to their existing rail system. Spend money on how to abandon the rail and how to maximize the use of the already built structure to aid in traffic congestion...not an impossible task, unless the powers that are are more interested in themselves.

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Urban hunting programs using highly skilled archers required to adhere to strict safety protocols to control deer populations are common place across the country. Typically the archer is situated on an elevated platform so that arrows flight is directly into the immediate ground of the deer. Honestly, the biggest danger is risks of the archer falling from the elevated shooting platform.

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This was actually funny Ed. Kurgan would be proud.

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A simply thank you for years of transfer payment to Liberal Provences would be nice but nope your ragging left wing ideology is far far more important! Truly your entitlement is blinding. Yes the great Ontario with largest sub sovereign debt in the WORLD. Yes a cool one billion a month is wasted on interest to support a $330 billion debt. Bye bye Kathleen !!!

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When dealing with anyone on a commission basis, there is always conflict of interest. Most people ignore commissions because they are always hidden. Anyway, who deals with brokers anymore?

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there was a sack made from cornstarch that simply went away after a while. the re-usable ones have been found to be filthy- people don't wash them much i guess. there are simply too many people. too many wasteful people. too much buy, buy, buy.

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How can any mother kill her child that poor innocent little baby

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With tight regulations and 100% tracking, guess what is the safest source of Hawaii's best ahi: The longline fleet. Fresh. Never frozen. Never gassed. Anything that looks suspect is rejected at the fish auction before it's sold. Every pound is tracked from deck to delivery, and it's been proven safe for decades. Up to 50 tons a day come in, and that's not enough to satisfy Hawaii's demand for fresh fish. Support local commercial fishermen who feed our communities. From akule to ahi. They should be an important part of Gov. Ige's plan to make Hawaii less dependent upon imported food.

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