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Why can't the Air Force refuel Airforce One in the air and send Trump on his merry way without stopping here?

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I don't have a "thing" with unions qua unions. I've actually done a good bit of work for them since I retired. What so many don't get as they lump unions in with other "special interests," is the fact that unions unlike other "special interests" can compel people to contribute to them as a condition of keeping their job. And if you believe that stuff about how dues can't be used for politics, let's talk about my bridge. The trades and crafts had an interest in the viability of a company, since if the company failed, they lost their jobs. They really didn't handle that well and ran most of their companies out of business unless they could get the government to intervene, e.g., the UAW and the auto bailout. In the public sector unions are generally really lousy at actually representing their members, but they're really, really good at buying politicians; that's my "thing" with what passes for unions.

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It is pubic land for recreation, picnics, hikes, etc. It is not a residential area. Do you think I can go build a house there? No.

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Absolutely agree with your premise regarding the realities of the US system, but I agree with the article's author that invisible red lines serve no purpose and that unpredictability in international relations is detrimental to all involved.

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Sir, please answer the question with a simple "Yes" or "No." I didn't ask you how many Canadians are here illegally. I didn't ask you whether Americans would notice. Here is what I asked: "If rich white people were entering the country illegally from Canada because they felt they could get even richer here in America, and they vote Republican overwhelmingly, would you or any liberal poster on this site be so in favor of the rights of "undocumented"workers? And: If it is racist to enforce immigration policy, does that mean Mexico (for example) is racist when they enforce immigration policy? If I go to Mexico illegally and they arrest me--are they racist? Here is another one I did not ask, but I would like your view: What is the point of being an American citizen if illegal immigrants get exactly the same rights citizens get--and get favor from the government?

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It takes fairy tale thinking to imagine that government can or should interfere to 'stabilize' private sector investment cycles. Those that try, using NDP style tactics preferred by the author, 'stabilize' activity very close to the level demonstrated already by BC's NDP government, at zero! Citing one extreme boom-bust cycle to deconstruct the legitimacy of private sector investment models, is a classic trick employed by those favouring the Venezuelian economic model. They need to come clean with their attempts to hijack our society.

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"The RCMP is a very insular organization. Most members join at entry level, train at Depot and advance through the ranks. Few senior officials are not police officers. This has led to a strong culture and sense of pride, valuable in many regards, but which may lead to resistance to change,” Ms. Fraser’s report said" While nobody should be harassed, the main "problem" identified in the article seems to be the RCMP isn't "touchy-feely" (https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_en-GBCA667CA667&q=touchy+feely&gws_rd=ssl) enough for modern liberal sensibilities. I don't want to sneer at legitimate mental health needs - but how has the RCMP managed to exist since 1873 only NOW to have an acute shortage of psychiatrists? Staff the psychiatrists as needed, but I think above-average toughness and a stiff-upper lip is one of the prerequisites for being a Mountie. And, yes, cops endure stresses most civilians never see -hence the emphasis on toughness.

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Is bottomfeeder a gender?

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Trump's campaign (sic) is broke and he may take the GOP down with him. Shooting the messenger doesn't change the facts.

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Isn't polygamy against the law?

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One way charter schools save money is by hiring teachers who are less experienced or less qualified. Some of their methods are experimental, or use non-standard materials, and are geared toward gaining experience. Teachers won't remain where they cannot build a future. I do like the use of 'the Y factor' in this article. The 'Y' of an equation always depends on which 'X' is chosen.

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I've been down around Bean's Cafe, Rhyner, and I see a lot of middle-age Caucasians mingling with the Natives, blacks, mixed bloods. Hard to tell some of them apart.

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What!??? Are you trying to be sarcastic? Oh my goodness. Siemian has NOTHING that Brady has. Nothing. He does not throw the ball as well. He is not good under pressure. He doesn't have a natural feel for the pocket. He cannot read defenses to save his life. Wow.

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Very interesting !

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Demboski is an embarrassment to Alaska. She is, however, no different than other bottom-feeding radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage. Unfortunately, there is a bottom-feeding constituency that listens to these mentally deficient low-lives who only care about having their bigoted, inexcusable, invented tirades on the air, because they love the attention. So sad that they have to get this attention by potentially hurting innocent people; and this is where the line must be drawn. If something happens to the innocent people that they malign and slander, Demboski and the other low-lives should be held accountable as accomplices to the violence.

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Under no circumstance should we have a taxpayer subsidy of any political party in BC or in Canada. If a party has insufficient appeal to an insufficient number of supporters, they won't prosper. Given that donations are strictly limited to individual donors, extend that to both in-kind or monetary donations. Parties with no appeal will wither. Parties that have broad appeal will prosper.

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What you are talking about is price controls and that is accomplished by single payer. When there is only one payer, they can control costs. That was the intent of the ACA but Republicans gutted it in favor of keeping insurance, which means the middle man, which means profit, which mean that Republicans were in favor of supporting insurance companies. When you have business and rich friendly Republicans then that is what happens. So, the failure was not that the ACA didn't address costs - because indeed it did as much as possible. There were controls on the percent of dollar spent going to share holders. Your insistence about repealing and then a bipartisan solution is not only pie in the sky unrealistic but also wildly expensive and unnecessary. Fix and strengthen the ACA and work toward single payer. Sometimes it feels like either people commenting here have no memory or are quite young or both.

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This was deleted by Civil Comments because they said it was uncivil. It is not. It is the truth. This was in response to a new tenant in my building who, as I let myself in with MY key, says a string of racist rants about he not thinking a person of color would have the right to live here. "Cover your eyes and ears, here come the deluge of racist rants. The Last Frontier in action."

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I welcome your hate. Your opinions are all worthless to me anyway.

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The Trumpian brain trust can't handle the truth. They are gonna pop. Is Trump sitting on inflatable 'roid ring?

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#MeToo has jumped the shark.

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Tough if you were offended. According to you clowns it's his First Amendment right, just like taking a knee during the Anthem. Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.

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How much did Green charge her for his advice even though he couldn't keep her out of prison? Isn't the punishment the same as if she chose a public defender?

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Seniors vote in higher percentages than many other demographic groups. Seniors are concerned about Medicare and other health insurance issues. That can be a very scary thing for a politician on the 'wrong' side of those issues. Seniors are also concerned about the global ecology, about foreign wars and many other things that will affect their grand kids. You don't want to make grandma grumpy.

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"She also said Alaska Fireweed was planning a sophisticated security system, including cameras in the front and back. And some fishing line strung through empty cans, tied around the perimeter. And this one dude standin' out there." doesn't get any more sophisticated than that.

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Very insightful quotes, Lynn. Thank you. When our constitution was written, there was plenty of debate and compromise (that's a good thing). But, at that time, there was not the rigid partisanship of slavish major-party affiliation. The various points of view of the time synthesized into a strong alloy which has kept our constitution strong. Hard to imagine as much success with two competing monolithic party machineries. John Adams rocks! (Mark Twain too).

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Sad as this is, it makes me glad I got out of the oil industry last year before the layoffs really hit. I was able to find work in a different field. Doesn't pay as well but it is a field I actually love.

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owe, and by the way. For every black person killed by a police officer, there just as many is not more situations where a white person was killed by a police officer or a white person killed by a black police officer. Further, there are even more situations of black people killed by black people, when the police aren't around. Sure, you can find stories that fit your point, but I can do the same thing. In this country, there are LEGAL ways to fight officers acting unethically. Refusing to follow their instructions and carrying on with what you are doing is not one of them. If he felt he was stopped unjustly, he should have complied and then seeked legal council after the incident. It is about personal decisions and how you go about handling the situation. I'm not saying he deserved to be shot. Time will tell. But it is simple, when in that situation, obey the cops orders and you will be fine. That's what I would do and what more people of all colors would do. Most end ok.

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If I still had kids attending ASD schools I'd be fearful of Alaska becoming a right-to-work state. If you examine a ranking of the states in terms of student achievement you will see that most of the worst performing states are those right to work states, i.e. Idaho, Mississippi, South Carolina are all right to work states and the students going to schools in them perform just above students in third world countries. On the other hand, that same ranking will show you that the highest performing students are in states with strong unions, i.e. Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland all have very strong teacher unions and they have students that perform at the same level as students in the highest performing countries. Don't take my word for it. Look it up for yourself.

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His lawyer needs a lawyer? That doesn't smell bad does it? Or would it be better to say his former Russian Oligarch and MOB lawyer needs a lawyer. Just funny as heck even his lawyer needs a lawyer. That seems like he is pretty crooked to me, how about you?

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You have to remember, Renzetti is not hurting or targeting the (fraction of a percent) of men who were responsible for their crimes over 100 years ago. Those guys are long, dead and buried and forgotten. No, this kind of thing hurts the generation of boys not yet men or not yet even born - in other words, the innocent and children at that. Renzetti and her sisters are out for revenge on children. The wheels of government and legislation turn slowly, the effects often not felt for a generation, and the current governments efforts to focus on "gender -balance" i.e.: women exclusively will have little impact on the chauvinists of yesteryear. It will have a big impact on boys growing up right now. Who cares that women in Canada make up 60% of University students and earn more degrees than men (and have since the early 80's!), a handful of white men occupy top positions, so its okay to deny boys struggling in school any help, their great-grandfathers were a-holes after all.

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Rail capacity is limited. Prairie farmers won't be able to ship their product as happened a few years ago if more oil is shipped by rail. This is a problem that does not have a solution except for perhaps the Keystone XL pipeline through the US. There is too much opposition in BC. A pipeline is not going to happen.

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Pat Higgins would be a great choice to send to Juneau. As a ASD School Board member Mr. Higgins works hard, listens, is a great advocate for children, and gets things done. I believe a vote for Pat Higgins is a vote for changing the status quo in Juneau. Lets send Pat Higgins to Juneau

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Nothing like a huge serving of humble pie!! Wasn't this the same Bautista who proclaimed to the media last spring that he would never negotiate what he wanted because he knew exactly what he was worth?? Huh. The market is a cruel entity isn't it Jose?

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Must be a slow day for the press! Since when supposingly respected journalists succumb to reporting tabloid stories! Let's get some news out that's deserve to be read and beneficial the general public !

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No, he does not. His duty as a sworn judge overrides and redefines the word "free".

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Mr Dullay it is funny that you have not seen fit to mention that countless whites were also arrested in protest actions and spent time in jail, amongst them notable journalists and the likes of Helen Zilla. I remember being part of protest against Steve Biko's death at university - we were all threatened with detention without trial and were seen as sellouts by the apartheid government. Some whites also had to flee the country, like you did, to escape detention - remember Donald Woods? And as far as the apartheid government was concerned there was no distinction between sellout whites, blacks and indians. There is a big indian population in SA - where were they in the scheme of things? Perhaps too busy making money in Durban and JHB and indirectly benefiting from apartheids cheap supply of labor and restrictive laws on blacks.

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What will happen to min. wage work that pays less than the Guaranteed Annual Income? More imported labour?

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I don't blame him, although we, the citizens of Alaska would have benefited by his replacement of Murky. I have no desire to even get close to D.C., so how could I blame him for bagging it?

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When their plan for providing for their families is sending a bill to the taxpayer, it becomes our business. That's kind of the point.

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Not one Alaskan has ever drilled for oil and found it and sold it for a profit because they made the rules so harsh and confusing that keep everyone but the majors out so when you shoot at the majors you kill the Alaskans oil workers and keeps smaller explorers and small producers broke! Fix this broken oil and gas system that favors big oil or the the Trans Alaska Pipeline will shut down and Alaska will have nothing but the Permanent fund to live off of.

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The accuser is the City & County. The photo is evidence.

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It isn't particularly hard to fire an underperforming or misbehaving State employee; I've done it or been a part of doing it hundreds of times. It is hard to want to discipline or dismiss a State employee because you wind up on a union hit list and the next time a Democrat becomes governor, your life is going to be at best an office with no windows and a seat that flushes or, if they want you badly enough, you'll just get fired. Knowles' first commissioner of administration swaggered into the State's labor relations office and announced that he'd campaigned for the job with the unions and had promised them that he'd get rid of all of us and replace us with people acceptable to the unions. That didn't work out as he planned but by the second year all the senior staff were somewhere else in government and in typical Democrat fashion had been replaced with kids and hacks. The unions didn't need grievances; they had the commissioner's phone number.

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Dennism, you left out choice d) What it would be like if Opus Dei ran the church.

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You're right, the homeless problem needs a long term solution with a long term commitment by our politicians. Police responses are short term solutions, always have been and will always be. Police have enough on their plate now, but creating another law enforcement entity to deal with parks and homeless will still end up in the same way it is being handled now, but cost the city more. Ozawa's proposal by arming rangers makes them police officers, just different name with different responsiblities . I am glad he proposed it because it is generating conversation. Parks in and of themselves are a whole set of different issues, which is why PD dumped Parks Detail hoping Parks problems would go away, dumping onto individual beat officer , who can ignor the Park on his beat by doing other kinds of enforcement that makes his sergeant, lieutenant, captain and major happy.

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Bernie has announced he will return to the senate as an independent, leaving the democrat party after using it for one year and almost beating Hillary. This shows how weak she is, will Bernie backers follow him? Meanwhile the dems response to Trumps request in jest that Russia release Hillary's private emails (not hack them as reported ) has the dems admitting it's a national security issue. Yoga? Wedding plans? Clinton Foundation pay for play? Hmmmm....

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I feel like it isn't a coincidence that the only states where Uber doesn't operate all have a lot in common.

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Thats a realy mean thing to say, and then to back it up with facts. Sigh! On the other hand, he has 8 years of Obama to reverse, I really would not expect it to happen if 100 days!

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You're funny!

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It was started i 2008 with the secret bank bailout and the CMHC/Media/Realtors (with the blessings of the Senate, Cons, Libs, NDP, Greens, etc) fixing the housing prices and 'bubbling' the market... The lie has gone on for so long that it is really scary!

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Danny Trevathan left in free agency. He was not traded. The Little Guy

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That blowing sound you hear is wind through your head. You do know there is a one point gap between the Leafs & the Sens right? Leaf fans refer to the Sens positioning as the mushy middle...well, glad the Leafs have clawed their way up to join us. Not sure if you have enough of a player base though, the management might regret not to sticking to the weasly intentional tank plan this year.

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Harper Cabinet Minister Chuck Strahl has cancer from exposure to Asbestos break pads used on logging equipment. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/asbestos-should-be-listed-in-rotterdam-convention-as-potentially-harmful/article583736/ "One of the machines I ran was a yarder, which is basically a huge set of winches bolted to a modified army surplus tank. The brakes on these winches were asbestos, and they had to be massive and oversized. An inch thick, six inches wide, and three feet in circumference, they clamped onto a huge drum and were ground into asbestos dust, 9-10 hours a day. The brakes might only last a week before they had to be replaced. The operator sat on a seat not two feet from the asbestos, breathing it in and out, day after day."

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Ruben Reyes: Ewa residents need an alternative to the H-1 to get into town. Using Farrington Highway / Kamehameha Highway / Nimitz Highway, even with a modern system of traffic lights, will not solve the problem.

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http://politics.flackcheck.org/patterns-of-deception/ Misleading Use Of Language features ways in which politicians exploit the ambiguities and connotations in words to prompt unjustified conclusions. Misleading Audio/Visual Cuing illustrates how pictures and sound can be manipulated to elicit false inferences. Misleading By Not Telling The Whole Story focuses attention on the process by which political sins of omission, including selective uses of evidence, deceive. False Logic covers common errors in argument that lead audiences to faulty conclusions. Hypocritical Attack examines statements that apply a different standard to one candidate than to another or imply a difference between candidates where none in fact exists.

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Saints don't engage in unrepentant and serial adultery. Sorry.

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I can go along with that. Good post.

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Were the licence fees shared by Ms. Clark?

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It's hard to believe that this man was reelected despite his comments about rail ending at Middle Street than changing his mind, moonlighting at Territorial and forcing a bike lane along South Street where it's already congested. Fool us once shame on you, fool us twice and he'll get reelected.

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Duffer, you realize a TFSA is not a savings account, right? It's a container for any type of investment you might want to hold similar to an RRSP or any other non-registered investment account at a bank or investment house. As many on others TFSA comments have said, the government made a tragic naming error with this in 2009 using the terms "savings account". It is anything but, but the finance industry has garnered tremendous benefit from people's apathy and ignorance to put their contributions in low yield savings such as Duffer is getting. Unfortunately, Duffer takes the blame too and needs to get off the couch. If he is getting $24 per annum in interest, he chose to place his investment in an interest bearing account yielding 0.4% . Ouch.

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Wasn't referring to him specifically.

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Not_the_case,_the_bias.

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Look it is so simple, if you come out with a law or bill that is not as good as what we have, then why are you bothering? " Hey we reformed healthcare and now you get less coverage'! When I called Rep Young office I put it bluntly if it as not as good or better vote no, does it lower cost? Does it cover more people? If the answer is no, then my answer is no.

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Those are the Two Worst Political agencies. Great place for Trump to start swinging the axe. State and the EPA cost jobs, Defense generates jobs. Duh

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The betterment of the local population vs the narrow interest of its leaders is a colonial concept, with South African freshly decolonized the whole of Africa is slipping towards the unthinkable.

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It seems we live in a 3rd world country that cares not for it's citizen's.

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It was in the Nixon era that American imperialism became openly fascist. The genocide based on racism in Southeast Asia and the police state occupation of black ghettos in the US, the violent repression of anti-war protesters - it was all done based on racism, love of war, disregard for the poor, with Christianity, patriotism, racial superiority, love of homeland, fueled by historical mythology. There was little difference between fascism in the US and fascism in 1930's Germany, Italy and Spain. As in the 1930's, fear and hatred of communism justified all the hatred and excessive violence. And, by the way, don't forget Prescott Bush, George Bush's father, who did a roaring business with the 1930's Nazis.

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Offshore buyers are often unsophisticated and have non-economic reasons for buying. This should not be considered a fair market price if it went to an offshore buyer.

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There's a lot of top-notch female Advocates out there. Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer being one of them.

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Yes, I've been removed within minutes too, I guess the communist do not like dissent

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so if they bought space on Facebook, why is she not questioning Facebook?

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The article said teen agers and an 18 year old man. They could be 17.

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Always workers suffer from con-servatives. But never, ever those of privilege, least of all those of ultra privilege - just more tax permissiveness and stealing from workers for them.

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Sorry, but Liberal propaganda and lies will no longer work. America is fed up with all the Attacks on Republicans, and the news black outs on Democrats. Comey IS A DOG AND PONY SHOW, he has been the Clintons guardian Angel for years. It is time HE was investigated for obstruction of justice.

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Right, no investigation except for the one looking into Russian influence, and members of Trumps campaign team colluding with them. You Republicans and Trump are obsessed with this whole "But Trump himself is not under investigation" - sure. But when looking into the Russians meddling with the last election, there is NO DOUBT that the Russians meddled, and there is also little doubt that they did this meddling with at least some people who may have been associated with Trump during his election campaign. Also Trump telling Comey in a not so subtly mobster type way that he "hopes" Comey could find a way to let the investigation into Flynn go is obstruction at the very least. Ignorance of how to act is no excuse as you Republicans never gave Obama any learning curve and constantly knocked him on his lack of experience - but now when Trump runs through the antique store hitting things and breaking them, y'all just say "Its fine, hes just new to this". Republicans=Party over Country

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I'm surprised you didn't comment on what the pope asked Melania about what she feeds the president. It was a typical cringeworthy Francis comment, reducing the First Lady to a wifely stereotype. I actually feel sorry for Melania. I doubt she wants anything to do with the traveling circus that is the Trump presidency, but she's stuck.

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For the past 70 years we keep listening nothing but negative rhetoric on Russia and their politics resulting in common hatred phenomenon. It would be great to hear the word of experts on the benefits of NATO politics to the Global community and the objective evidence. Also it would be great to have an opportunity to watch some world news in addition to state controlled TV programs on the other hand and let us weigh the evidence.

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Exactly. America's left-wing is openly "pulling" for NK and Kim JungUn to start a war on the Korean Peninsula.

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Right on, Emma. A free thinker and a responsible person. I bet you succeed where ever you go.

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as if your, teaching treason against ELOHEEM and THEIR SON is not enough. now you, preach treason against the usa? even according to catholic scriptures, you are commanded to obey your leaders. the president, is the high priest of this nation and it's san-hedreen not the pope. even if you, refuse to comprehend how ELOHEEM appointed trump as this nations high priest. the usa, has tried negotiating diplomatically with n-korea diplomatically for over seventy years to their ears that refuse to even listen. we have tolerated, their evil and wicked bragging and boasting spirits for over 70 years. and verified they, are not willing to negotiate unless they see they are going to lose. i have no respect for any religious leader that that teaches treason against, ELOHEEM and/or THEIR Son.

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Nutbars United. Trump is working on the style for the "NB" logo this weekend.

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The Chinese payment apps WeChat Pay and Alipay are designed to bypass currency controls in China. In fact Sprott Shaw College in BC is on record as stating that their acceptance of tuition payment via these apps can circumvent these controls. A quote from a recent G+M article: "Milly Gu, administrative manager at Sprott Shaw College, said the school also brought in the service to address concerns about China’s foreign-exhange controls, which were tightened earlier this year. China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange restricts Chinese citizens foreign exchanges to $50,000 (U.S.) a year." I imagine every luxury car dealer in metro Vancouver will be signing on as well. Real estate agencies and lawyers to follow.

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LW1--the problem is that you keep trying to rationalize your decision to MIL. Keep it short. Tell her it is your child and your decision and he/she is going to daycare and this is by up for discussion and walk away. If it means leaving MILs home, then so be it. If it is your own home go to your room or another area of the house.

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But what if you think SOME Church rules should be ignored?

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http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/docs/S46518.htm "To state a claim for intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, a plaintiff must plead that "(1) the defendant intended to inflict severe emotional distress on the plaintiff, (2) the defendant's acts were the cause of the plaintiff's severe emotional distress, and (3) the defendant's acts constituted an extraordinary transgression of the bounds of socially tolerable conduct." In this case, there was a threat of actual physical harm to the plaintiffs alleged; I don't see that in our newspaper case. But if trying lawsuits was easy, everyone could do it!

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I hope they have to spend a fortune defending this decision in court. Maybe then the voters will get a clue.

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The truth about Unfounded. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSKarwUhxiI

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The naivety of commentators such as Ann Bernstein, who would have been so pro ANC for years (during and after apartheid) and who did not believe the ANC could be so thoroughly corrupt, incompetent, socially unconscionable and vindictive, is amazing. Now, when the truth emerges she just keeps writing like the ANC will change. They will never change.

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Lester Holt definitely showed his biases favoring Hillary. Trump sounded like he had the sniffles. Now we find out his microphone was the cause. Today the Main Stream Media pundits are running down Trump's performance while the polls show him winning. I think Hillary came across as a an experienced politician but as very naive. Her bringing up that Trump may not have paid any taxes as if he did something wrong was dumb. Trump followed the laws that Hillary and her political friend write. The people that make the laws are not too smart. If they want Trump to pay taxes write better laws.

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"Mindless drivel with pure evil intent." Huh...That's how I have always thought about 95% of your Posts.

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Apparently your assessment did not prevent many from finding him preferable to the alternative. You can’t really count on winning elections without persuading anybody of anything they don’t already believe. You can’t be a truly national party if you need 90 percent of a single minority’s votes just to be competitive.

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Keillor, I'm happy for you that you're enjoying Alaska. Sadly, however, you have been terribly misinformed regarding the late Sen. Stevens. The guilty verdict was removed due to a procedural defect and we learned along the way the good senator wasn't exactly squeaky clean. I mean, compared to Don Young, yes, but Stevens was far from being that knight in shining armor or Robin Hood; he was leader of the hood. Now, you can call that poopy floating in the toilet anything you want, but at the end of the day it is still poopy floating in the toilet. Did Rogoff pay you to write this?

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"Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef criticized opposition MPs on the electoral reform committee for not doing their jobs" Wait a minute. If Monsef was expecting a specific recommendation from the committee on an alternative form of voting - as she claims - why would she have already prepared this "survey" in advance of knowing what the recommendation was? And why don't they hire a professional polling company, or employ the services of StatsCan, to find out what Canadians want? Perhaps the Liberals just want questions sufficiently vague and ambiguous that they can claim whatever result they want no matter the response? Kind of like Immigration Minister McCallum claiming that most Canadians wanted more immigration?

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Trump likes to tout that if elected he'd be the healthiest president to ever serve the nation. Yet, yet he also brags that he doesn't sleep. That's why Trump makes no sense whatsoever. There's a disconnect going on in his brains alright. I'd like to read a neurologist's opinion about the physiological affects sleep deprivation has on the body. Even a 5-year-old can figure that one out.

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And all this because of Liberal vote buying. Profits gone with the Wynne-d.

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Oh, Boo Hoo. A $5,000 tax on a $250,000 motor home? Oh, please. Cry me a river.

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Yes, but they want to raise every other tax and fee IN ADDITION to the GET for Rail.

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Sumac Ridge Stellars Jay...also a wonderful "champagne"...traditional method, just can't be labelled as such. $25.99.

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Great story Lisa. Thank you Nice to have a bit of positive news and something that young folks can look up to.

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My math still doesn't show either 300% or 1000% based on adding the actual Federal tax and State tax to the sales price without taxes. You are claiming all expenses and profit by the tobacco companies is also tax. Sorry, Junior.

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