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Does Cardinal Mueller alone have the right to shut down this hand of mercy extended by Pope Francis? I should hope not. So many people have married believing they knew their partner, and then are left to deal with the truth. Mercy and justice should be available to them through the sacraments, the community and the clergy.
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The problem is not class size per se: it's class composition. Modern parents seem to think that their Little Lord Fontleroy and Precious Priscilla MUST be mainstreamed in regular school with all th other kids. The problem is that they're not prepared to pay the freight to put the required number of special needs assistants in the classrooms. The education of your children and grandchildren is being neglected and short-changed because teachers don't have enough time to spend with each child because there aren't enough teaching assistants.
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My father always said the govt should never use rigged gambling as a means to extract revenue from low income folks, nor should they profit from the sale of tobacco and alcohol.
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The situation is very unfortunate and is so sad that someone lost their life about this. But Ms. Williams is very passionate about her clients and takes good care of her homes. The lies that have been floating around about her and her company are sad because she has been in business over 15 years with no issues and I know this is a big situation but don't discredit her for years of service. I have worked with Ms. Williams the last past few months and have seen first hand how much she cares about her clients. This is BB reporting live from Anchorage.
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It is not true for this nationality and is mathematically impossible. Adding 6 for each legal would have there be 1.9 Billion in 11 years starting with 1.
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Agreed -- especially the line "just more dead, white, male racists, right?" -- didn't see that one coming from the G&M. However, they are picking winners and losers with everything in the Confederacy must go (but thankfully the graves of the dead Confederates should be left alone?!). Why not apply the Yale formula (that's been mentioned in several articles and was used to rename Calhoun College at Yale) regarding Confederate monuments? Then you could separate Alexander Stephens from Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
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Sanders is a great WR, and I believe that the offense will be improved over last year. Though, I always take Sanders comments with a grain of salt. He will not speak badly of anybody or anything, which isn't a necessarily bad thing. Though, there are little omissions in there. For example, Manning's last season, undisclosed during training camp, that he was dealing with plantar fasciitis. Yet, there was Sanders (and DT) "Oh yeah, Manning has plenty of zip on the ball". No, no he didn't.
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... just the wives w Cheetolini getting a strap on from all. Make him a bed pig ... ;)
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Trump is keeping his campaign promise and executing the law of the land.
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If you actually do not worry about Canada, why the 24/7 spamming of Canadian websites with paid CPC propaganda ?
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Bottom line: A doctor or dentist cannot force fluoride or any drug on ANYONE. They would lose their license to practice if they did. It should be illegal for the government to force it on EVERYONE without consent. Use as much fluoride in your own glass of water as you like. Just leave the rest of us out of being forced to consume it.
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Unfortunately you can replace Trump in this article with Clinton and nothing changes.
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Do you have data to prove your assertion most reporters are registered as Democrats ? If not how about revising your post?
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Why? Why more than ten rifles? Is it legal in Nevada to bring that many firearms and the ammunition for them into a hotel room? Are there no laws about safe storage or transport? We really need to know more about this Paddock guy! Meanwhile, people get excited by the person in Marseille stabbing two people to death after being released fromcustody the day before. The French security forces look worse and worse, as do American weapons laws or lack thereof!
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This from that intellectual heavy weight know as Bevis, with his mentor Butt head. Oh ya great for Canada
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"The Canada Council is looking awfully healthy these days ..." Good news for Canadians. "The NEA is one of 19 federal agencies that Donald Trump is simply proposing to disappear." Bad news for Canadians. Think not? For millions of us, this phrase--or one like it--is very, very familiar: "This program is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts..." as heard at the beginning of favourite TV shows on...PBS. You know the type; the kind of shows that many Canadians wish the CBC would produce...
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Sometimes, it makes sense for the police to use garbage trucks instead of patrol cars.....there is so much trash on the streets.
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Eliminate the ability of student societies to compel payment of student fees to the society (generally this is enforced by the university) and at least half the problem will disappear.
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If stocks are overpriced the market will eventually roll over.
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"Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors" are the possible Constitutional grounds. Some US constitutional scholars suggest that falsely and recklessly accusing a former President of a serious criminal offence, as Trump has now done, fits.
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From Raleigh - Yes, our diocese is booming! Our Jesuit parish has members from over 100 different nationalities, and our diocese is more than half Spanish speaking. We hope that our next bishop will be very proactive on immigration and vocal on promoting the welfare of children born to immigrant parents - here in the Southeast where there is a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment.
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“We don’t believe in killing innocents,” Ramadan Abedi said before he was detained in Tripoli. It's hard to be sure what this means. Maybe to Ramadan Abedi "innocents" actually means what most of us take it to mean. However, to many, many people throughout history who had the authority and means to rain down mass death and destruction on whole populations, there is no such thing as a truly "innocent." Even killing an infant can be justified to a warped way of thinking if considering them as merely future adversaries to be slain at any time with no mercy. "Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all Hell!" - General William Tecumseh Sherman, June 19, 1879 (More than most, Sherman understood and was resigned to the consequences of war.)
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Won’t happen to me, thanks to the second amendment
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What the G&M doesn't tell you....is the background of this writer. And it isn't good. False perceptions indeed G&M.....false and dangerous. Please read first. http://mackenzieinstitute.com/canada-please-helping/
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Thanks for that detailed explanation (which I wasn't aware of) but I was referring to a defence lawyer trying to claim that an accused robber had consent to take someone's money or property. A defence lawyer isn't going to do his client any good by arguing that he had consent while holding a gun in someone's face. But let's take the analogy closer to the case here. Say the robber knocks the lady down while snatching her purse, rendering her unconscious. When she comes to she's unable to recall anything about the incident. Does the robber get off by claiming he had consent to take her purse, a claim that she can't refute? Barring a case with no witnesses, no evidence of an assault and a victim with a history of losing consciousness, I would say not. Unfortunately, that's the situation in this case. There's no witnesses, no evidence of an assault, and the purported victim can't remember a thing.
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Time for an audit of the AG.
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Poor Black, stop falling for the Donald's propaganda. Do you really think the Donald cares about transgenered people? This is nothing but a distraction to keep the sheep from learning about the Donald's ties to mother Russia. Come on Donald, release your tax returns so that we can at least see some of your ties to Russia. Hate to tell you this but gays have been in the military from day one. Many of them served with great honor. As for transgendered really would like to know what the extent of it is. 265 seems to be a small number when compared to the total?
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congratulations to those guys for standing their ground and not giving in to the witch hunt that the liberals are pursuing just because crooked hillary lost. the enemies of our country don't need to spy on us they just have to watch the newscasts and read the papers from all the dimwitted journalists trying to make a name for themselves by revealing information that sometimes should remain out of the public view. if trump should be subjected to these attacks so should crooked hillary for mishandling government secrets and destroying the evidence. even comey noted her mistakes and yet the dems still couldn't find a better candidate to go up against trump. so america got what it needs, someone willing to shake up the establishment and that's why the majority of americans support him.
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Unmasking Trump's inner circle and using that illegally obtained information by leaking it to the press.
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"The watershed and natural resources commission noted its long-standing concern about singletrack trails in bear country; however, it didn't object to those proposed farthest from the creek. Hart, the municipality's planning director, didn't accept the advice of the watershed and natural resources commission to forgo building singletrack trails in an area with seasonally high bear densities. Instead, in approving the trails, he noted "Alaskans live in bear country and with this recognition comes the individual responsibility to determine if the inherent risk is acceptable." He's asked Singletrack Advocates to 'collaborate' with the parks department and state Department of Fish and Game 'to develop and place appropriate signage.'" Just like you pointed out before, there are steps that can be taken to mitigate the risk.
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Randy, You can always turn to Faux News, Limbaugh, Hannity, Drudge, Breitbart, Alex Jones, etc, if you need your beliefs validated.
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Someone should explain to Trudeau how the economy actually works and how Canadians have to earn money to pay taxes and household expenses; most Canadians cannot simply dip into daddy's trust fund. Trudeau and the Liberals are completely out of touch with average Canadians.
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Why did it take a year and 'somebody needs to die' somebody needs to die' eh hea ehh eh....eh hea ehh eh...eh eh eh eh eh.
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You're bringing the "race angle" into this discussion, 799. Either way, you have a warped sense of family and values.
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Heli hiking is destroying the wilderness. It will lead to habitat loss, human wildlife encounters, and constant pressures to build more roads and provide services to remote areas. Helicopters create earsplitting noise that shatters the tranquility of the wilderness. Many animals too will abandon areas in which people are present. Heli skiing and hiking are the selfish and greedy vanities of the ignorant rich. Many of these backwoods explorers dont have the time or interest to explore the local parks and walkways of their communities, but feel entitled to plonk themselves down in the middle of the woods for a week. I hope the new bc government will put strong controls on an "industry" that should not be encouraged.
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Just an addendum. Serbo/Croatian is not a language. The Slavic language dating back to the multiple tribes who ran from the Ottomen/Turks found their way to the land of the "Dragon", Croatia and fought the Muslim invaders for from 200 to 400 years, , co-mingled ( bred I mean) with each other and drove a lot of the Islamic hordes back to Muslim lands. So with all the mixed blood how could they not become one instead of repeatedly slaughtering each other? Yup I have some of that mixed up DNA from the Balkans to the Baltic. But at least there are many languages in the Anchorage schools, hope they all get functional English and adopt their new country. We do not need another Dearborn Michigan.
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Yeah, the CoV. Did they ever think about where money comes from? Vancouver that actively courts overseas money sourced in a country with questionable environmental standards and questionable human rights. It is okay for other cities/countries et al, to build pipelines and industry - and take the money generated there via fundraising tables for ten, or as a wash through Vancouver's real estate. The CoV needs to take a close look at the money building - and buying - Vancouver.
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Sure. And smoking doesn't cause cancer ....
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It is not about numbers. It is about doing what is right, for the glory of God and the good of souls. The Anglican Communion is to be commended for doing what is right, and paying the price. If we are not willing to pay the price, it is our problem, not theirs. Patriarchal edicts, such as Humanae Vitae and Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, are no longer tenable. Humanae Vitae is an unenforceable edict about a good doctrine. Ordinatio Sacerdotalis is an enforceable edict about a bad doctrine. As patriarchal edicts, both are pastorally disastrous even though they maintain a semblance of an ancient order of things that is passing away. We don't need patriarchs anymore. We need pastors, male and female. For your consideration: Appeal to Pope Francis ~ English http://pelicanweb.org/CCC.TOB.120.html#english The Catholic faith is that the Church is "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic." The real disaster is to keep insisting that the apostolic mark of the Church is dogmatically patriarchal.
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First off, social security was NEVER meant to be a retirement program. It was a SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR retirement program. Second, it's as unconstitutional as any other "Social" government giveaway program. The federal government was charged with "Promoting" the general welfare...NOT "Providing" it, as with Common Defense. The govenrment is ill equipped to run ANY program that rightfully belongs in the private sector. Third, it's a huge ponzi scheme as those currently working are footing the bill of payments to those now receiving it. Since it's a "tax", the government is free to change, increase or decrease the tax or the payout, change any conditions of when and how it's "drawn" (like age), and in fact can even eliminate it! Ponzi schemes tend to collapse, which is why they're illegal, unless, of course the "gummint" is running it! People would be better off if allowed to take that "tax" and put it in an interest bearing account!
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China would have an over height highway from the border to Horseshoe Bay in less then a year, BUT they would 'take' land , remove people, not be bothered by environmental rules or health and safety of workers. But yes they would get it done. [most road, bridges, tunnels in China have some German super at the top.]
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Progressive Alt-left Lieberals?
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Also, we must all be very worried about this latest Putin vim, vigor and fitness play. Eventually, Trump will come to the realization that Putin is NOT sexting him, but instead dissing him. And then, Trump is stuck. Because Putin is also romancing America in an almost brilliantly bipartisan way. He's pandering to the NRA, kill defenseless animal, Duck Dynasty Trump "base" by dressing up in camouflage. Yet, he simultaneously is trying to appeal to the liberal coastal dwellers, donning diving wetsuit, appearing to be "hiking", sitting by a picturesque lake on a log, and "talking" to his buddy (as opposed to being really, really quiet so as not to scare away the game). The play won't work on liberals. But, one HAS to worry about the impressionable Trumpest "base". Their sustaining and hypnotically "red meat" is camou gear. Although, in Putin's case, it is more fairly referred to as white (bright white) meat.
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They're remorseful...because they got caught and their butts are now on the line. They should be fired. They know better than to do this.
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The G&M seems a little slow tonight - Head Office in Toronto a little sad? Habs beat Toronto for the 14th time in a row.
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@NCL: You're right. Putin definitely approves.
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I'm suggesting such a space wouldn't be in a locker room at all. The catch would be a shower, not just a place to change clothes. *The transgendered person would be in more danger in the boys locker than they would be in the girls. I don't think that's questionable. A known guy wearing women's clothes in the locker would be abused mercilessly in most public schools. Still new to this topic 4:20, just throwing out some alternatives.
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No one is saying anything about abridging their rights. Yours included. What I was saying is kneeling is a symbolic act that cost them little and does little to change the lives of the folks they say are so oppressed. Where are they when the cameras are off? To be fair some are active in their communities but the vast majority of the players protesting are not. Creating the optic of spoiled millionaires living in a bubble of special privilege and protesting against the very world that provided and maintains their world of special privileges and fame. As far as questioning my efforts and contributions to help others, I spent over two decades as a volunteer EMS and SAR worker. Somewhere around one hundred folks are alive thanks to my efforts and several thousands are alive thanks to the folks who took up that calling after I left that organization.
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And he's spot on...
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If what Cal Thomas wrote were in Trump's heart and mind, he would have stated so from the get go, not one week before the election. There were great slogans throughout history. Ask not..........I have a dream........won't you be my neighbor.............there is nothing to fear...........there's no place like home............hope and change......Trump's words will go down history forever. And a day. What a legacy.
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The Mussolini quote tRump tweeted in February.......“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” Too bad for Charles and Company, they couldn't find an elephant big enough, to step on and squash the self appointed lion, months ago. Now regarding sheep, I wonder if the tRumpster realizes that sheep are the most mentioned animal in the Bible and that true Christians are the Lord’s sheep. I doubt that Mussolini made the connection. In the end, so many of Donald' shepherds are going to be so hugely disappointed, including Charles. How ironic.
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Pete Buist: I doubt you've ever encountered an animal that you didn't want to kill, eat or mount. You reveal your entry-level understanding of ecology when you mention, sarcastically, that "a 6 MILLION ACRE park is not big enough to support a few wolves". Its not quantity of habitat, but quality. That's what matters. I haven't yet seen you address the inequality of usage between a million non consumptive viewers/visitors to Denali and trapper Coke Wallace. Do you think his right to trap a wolf in the Wolf Township trumps the expectations of a million visitors to enjoy seeing and hearing a wolf?
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Any democratic result that goes against the globalist elite will be accused of "Russian meddling". I think We The People will have to guard against that dirty ploy or they will continue to suppress the interests of regular folks.
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I made a very simple statement, but I'd not the one getting "upset".
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"High school student Diana Martinez-Gonzalez was working hard to graduate next year. Unfortunately, the 11th grader was denied this privilege after she was shot to death by Daniel de Jesus Rangel-Sherrer, an illegal immigrant. Sherrer drove Martinez-Gonzalez into a wooded area, and shot the teen multiple times." http://www.conservativezone.com/articles/daca-recipient-accused-of-murdering-teenage-girl/
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Sometimes its not the joke itself that's funny but the completely hysterical reactions to it. They might need to start posting grief councillors outside of board meetings now
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And that is a role we have taken upon ourselves. Just consider this for a moment...... Trump has gone out of his way to compliment Putin, Dutarte, and Erdogan....not to mention meet with Middle Eastern leaders w/o addressing Sunni-based terrorism, and to tick off our European allies. Who's values more closely align with those of the US.....Russia, or Germany? Saudi Arabia, or France? About 700 European troops have been killed in Afghanistan, fighting on our behalf. How many Russians have been killed there since 2001...fighting on our behalf?
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It's "over" for your boring 1-3-1 trappers anyways. Back to Snoozeville, Gramps.
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There were lawn signs last election saying "I vote CBC", and everybody knew what that meant. That's how biased our public broadcaster is, it's basically a part of the Liberal party. And it's a big reason Liberals will never lose again. So anyone indicating a CBC comedy skit would ever seriously and in a mean-spirited way (as they did with Mr Harper) skewer Mr Trudeau or his ministers is being disingenuous.
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The top priority should be, protect your merchandise or have it confiscated by the powers that allow you to be in business.
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I don't want anyone playing this while driving and they should pay attention while they are walking and playing it. However, I'm just glad those who play this are getting outside. It's amazing how many people are griping and saying how stupid this is but just two weeks ago they were probably the same people fussing about how kids these days just sit inside and play video games. At least now they are getting some exercise. Hopefully no one gets hit by a car but if they do they'll probably get hit by someone texting and driving anyway.
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Why? You're just wasting money and resources.
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Both their pensions and salaries came from the governemnt. It doesn't matter how much these employees contribute to their pension.
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It is also criminal not to render assistance. How horribly terrifying
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Not the same issue. The corollary would be the theater not having any showings men are allowed at, which was not the case.
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“an out-of-town prostitute”! AHA! She got ripped off! The “in-town” prostitutes demand at least 2 monkeys and a couple of turtles! (Or so I'm told)
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Ah, yes, the well trotted out Turmoil well know to St. Henney of Penney: When in wonder, when in doubt. Run in circles, scream and shout ... the sky is falling! The Freakin' Sky is Freakin' Falling Already!!!!
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re: claim the US is a net energy exporter I'm not a fan of the EIA's projections of the future, but their counting of the past and present is reasonably accurate. --- http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28452 U.S. crude oil imports increase during first half of 2016, the first increase since 2010
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Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized, just society. We have no idea how lucky we are as Canadians. And given all the above, there are still enormous possibilities for saving. The people who will be most upset by the pending changes are the accountants and lawyers who profited from the scheme in the first place.
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Another Trudeau lie revealed. Nothing left in the bank, so he sells out our infrastructure to the corporations. Boy I hope the NDP comes up with a decent leader.
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Thank you.
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Grooming folks to take leadership is a long term job....ask any parent. I think that what CARA is noting is the fruits of a failed "leadership" but also that something else has happened. Skilled and gifted Catholics whose views and assistance did not fit the local parish/diocesan paradigm...simply took those skills to the larger community, their work and their culture....they may still "drop in" on Sunday mornings....BUT if you interview them personally think you will discover they are the leaders in ever so many other deals/locations where their "input" is welcome and respected. Can't put the HolY Spirit down....it's sneaky!
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Good heavens what a thing to say. Sorry, but no. If Nutsy Freeland gives a speech, by definition it is not major.
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The USA administration has no desire for integrative negotiate (both sides win something)...they are only interested in saving face and a distributive deal that makes them take as big a piece of a pie as possible. This will be a major one way discussion.
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A huge upfront investment by a Canadian company resulting in a high quality product that would compete on its own merits, if allowed to, by fair trading partners and supposed allies. Can we interest you in our products or effectively take over your company, per chance?
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"EVERYONE"...ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE DEBTH AND COMMITMENTS OF THE SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT IN HAWAII. THE LOGS FOR THIS FIRE ARE HISTORICAL FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN HIDEN AND ARE NOW BEING TAUGHT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
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Mr. JARISLOWSKY is absolutely correct on this one. I am glad someone has spoken out on this issue. Yes, Mr. Jarislowsky is a billionaire. It wasn't handed to him on a silver platter though. He earned it. He is a nation builder. He knows a thing or two about what it takes to build a company and what motivates people. Successful companies of course hire people, who pay taxes. This country needs more successful companies. The government should be doing everything it can to motivate our young talent to build their future here, in Canada. The brain drain of the experienced talent has already begun. The bottomline is that there is no incentive in this country to work hard because our tax policy discourages it. In-fact, it encourages mediocrity. Overtime, this will have an impact on our collective productivity and the prosperity of our country.
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Good point. Satellite weapons include Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) nuclear devices which are relatively small area wide weapons with little blast or thermal effect; however, they do cause massive and often irreparable damage to all things electric over a wide area including power distribution networks and all computer based devices not adequately shielded (which most are not).
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Hey InHIlo, all this today is "Fake News" based on unconfirmed and un-named sources. All the AG Sessions discussion is to cover for the investigation of the Clinton Campaign with its Russian contacts.
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He is a commercial pilot. Hundreds of hours of emergency training-always looking for anything that can cause his plane to be in danger. He would act on instinct and not hesitate. Yes, any yahoo can be a small plane pilot, big difference in how responsible they most likely are.
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By the way, the correct name for this is "TRyancare," because they certainly don't!
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Sigh... Calm down, count to 10 everyone, maybe take a hit off your inhalers. Yes, lots of garbage. Yes, lots of a-holes. But, ONE photo of a cooler and everyone wants to burn down a fraternity and dismantle the Greek system. Would folks have reacted the same way if the cooler had a Bernie Sanders sticker on it? Still, not as bad as some of the homeless encampments that have been razed in Portland recently. Where is the outrage for our own backyard issues?
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Doc - It doesn't matter. Yelling out something like "lock her up" or "lock him up" or whatever is not hate speech. It is an indication of the mindset of the person who utters it.
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This is only the beginning. Many more cuts to come. National debt? It doesn't seem to matter to the party while cutting taxes for the richest of us. They use it as an excuse while cutting the programs for the neediest of us all. Truly the worst of budget cuts. Ask the poor working class how they feel about budget cuts. Ever try working for minimum wage since you were a kid? We will be known to the world and to ourselves as the greediest nation on earth, not the greatest. Big changes ahead for Americans unless we stand up and be heard. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Politicians don't get to ruin our lives in order to repay their political backers.
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Arts degrees have their place but I personally have to question the good if the significant majority of university degrees are in sociology, gender studies or other similar fields where there is virtually no demand for that knowledge outside of university faculty hiring.
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Seashare has done something that no other nonprofit has done for quite sometime. They went from just dealing with the by catch, to donating product in ready to cook portions, which makes life much easier for the shelters, and people to prepare. It is not just the seafood processors. It is shippers, companies that make ready to cook individual portions, and yes, donations from private individuals like my self and others that make this happen. The food is of greater nutritional value than what most people that receive it can buy. Please consider donating to this great group!
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Jim, I only respond to civil comments. cheers.
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Meanwhile Justine Trudeau has given billions to Africa, and Canadian Taxpayers have given $500,000,000 to the corrupt billionaires in Ukraine (i'm sure Canadian taxpayers won't be holding their breath to get that money back from the billionaire oligarchs who claim to be Canada's best friend). He's killed the visa requirement for Mexicans, Romanian Gypsies without listening to his bureaucrats who advised against it. Canadians are sick and tired of paying such high taxes and being scolded as ignorant if they question the billions squandered by these Lieberals. Look at Ontario, it's the same crew behind Justine. GREECE's DEBT: $345,000,000,000 - Ontario's Debt: $330,000,000,000 California's economy is 5x bigger than Ontario's with a population 3X larger and has a debt of $450 Billion. Do you really think when the debt bomb goes off in Canada and Ontario that you'll see much in your CPP? It will all be eaten up in 'Carbon Taxes' and other 'Revenue Tools'.
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I guess I was wrong when I maintained the US was electing a president and not a dictator. His Executive Orders appear to be the vehicle by which he is ramming his ignorance-of-the-actual-facts home. This Van Jones article from CNN illustrates clearly the fantasy world Trump lives in and the devastation he will be causing in our own reality. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/opinions/trump-signs-earth-death-warrant-jones/index.html If the energy market indeed has moved on under its own moral and economics considerations to pursue alternative sources, without firm regulations in place, nothing will keep intentional violators from their own irresponsibility. We have mechanisms in place to overturn Executive Orders -- and we saw plenty of that during Obama's terms. Hopefully, "someone" is awake at the overturn switch before we undo all the environmentally-related good that has been done in the last 30 years. Issuing EOs seems to be all he learned in POTUS Transition Class.
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While appropriating (stealing?) the entire earnings of the Permanent Fund may be reality, it is hardly rational budgeting. Same with an attempt to levy an income tax with an appreciable portion of the state population that makes a virtue out of living without an income (other than the checks from the state and feds). Raising taxes on the producers during a worldwide glut of oil and natural gas may be reality, but it is incredibly foolish. If cutting a billion in spending over the next couple years is too difficult, Andy you and your cohorts can always resign and let someone who can do the job get it done. Cheers -
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You don't know...which is probably a good thing. Nor do I know the many pro-Navy organizations to which you belong, and I don't question your opinion based on associations. That's what McCarthyism is...
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Concrete examples would be helpful, please, what do you mean by "cultural barbarians overtaking social norms"? Otherwise you just sound like a raving lunatic.
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Alaska needs to have a better oil tax law SB 21 was bad, Alaska needed the 777 Plan I offered to the Legislature, in 2013; see documents under my protest against SB 21. Do away with all but one oil and gas agencies and elect three oil and gas commissioners and create a one stop shop for permits and cut 90% of the waste! Set up a self insured oil state using the $50 million in the 470 oil spill fund to pay Lloyd's of Londons and do away with the 9 month long C-Plan and expensive oil well permitting bonds and other high cost waste!
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Limburger cheese may change his/her name weekly, but ADN knows who he/she is. He/she can run but they can't hide.
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I think a better way to help Americans stay healthy would be to get rid of all of the junk food on the mall. That stuff's far worse than occasionally inhaling some cigarette fumes. Just look at the obesity rates and the heart disease problems in this country.
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Interesting that SA would publish this editorial. Perhaps SA could move it to the front page and support a non-partisan effort to "Drain the Swamp". Although the current make up of our Legislature and Executive branch...let's just make it government... lends itself to be party targeting. How about promoting an agenda of having lawmakers move towards limiting any healthcare premium subsidy, tackling the underfunded ERS (buyout and self manage retirement), term limits? Just saying...
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Today Muslims around the world gather together in mosques to offer solemn prayers and to weep for that fellow Muslim so viscously gunned down by savage infidels during a holy act of jihad.
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Are you talking about the Giants? The Padres haven't swept us this year
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50,000 employees? There are Fortune 500 companies who don't have 50,000 employees. Most of the cities and towns in Colorado have fewer than 50,000 employees. And this is a second HQ? So this isn't a warehouse or distribution center? Amazon keeps touting drone delivery from airship warehouses. Has anyone seen either a fully-operational Amazon airship warehouse anything or a non-experimental drone actually deliver something? I keep wondering whether Amazon sent out an RFP and someone forgot to count the zeroes. Or if the whole thing is vaporware designed to find the state that's the biggest sucker.
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As the foreign influence scandal evolves, you will need more the "guardrails". As a person like Donald J. Trump becomes more frustrated and desperate you might be looking at a need for bomb shelters.
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