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I suspect history might repeat itself (and no fan of the Christy Clark Liberals here by any stretch of the imagination. Just trying to keep it real).
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Perhaps the solution is to give Samaria to the handful of Samaritans still living there? They would seem to have the best claim to it? More seriously, Mr. Kerry did not suggest withdrawing the IDF from the West Bank. He suggested stopping the expansion of civilian settlements that fragment the communities that are already there. The West Bank is a very small area with a very large population (2.5 million Palestinians and 300,000 Israelis). The West Bank is controlled by Israel but it is not part of the State of Israel. Israel deliberately chose not to annex it to avoid giving the Palestinians citizenship and the ability to spread out into Israel itself. The Settlements complicate the IDFs mission (it has to prioritize their safety), endanger its soldiers (who serve on the checkpoints necessitated by the Settlements) and antagonize the already impoverished Palestinians. Mr. Kerry's timing was poor but, as Ehud Barak pointed out, most Israelis agree with his message.
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Somebody needs to explain to Allie how condescending the word "hon" is. If It were meant for love and warmth then fine, but, if used to argue-it permeates the sense of disrespect.
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Trumped made a classic error of painting himself into a corner on the NK issue. He drew his line in the sand when he said there would be fire and fury if NK threatened to attack the US or its allies. That was about 10 threats ago. The Blusterer in Chief is now widely recognized as just full of hot air and nobody takes his seriously. Sad.
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"Its so amazing all these sheep commenting here." I was waiting for someone to make that ironic statement. We are not free thinkers unless WE THINK EXACTLY AS YOU DO.
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I see that we are splitting hairs. Make my question "Does anyone here believe this was not sexual assault?"
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> Your comments about the 2000 year old church are amusing. You see buildings, Popes, and councils and think that is the Church. That is how you can believe things like the Church was founded in the 4th century. In reality, the Church was founded at Pentecost by the Lord. Instead of focusing on what man has done, you should be focused on what the Lord has done. He has founded a Church. He has given her authority to speak for him until his return. He has given her the Holy Spirit to guide it. What you speak of is not a Church but a group of individuals, where each one has authority over the faith including the ability to shape the will of God in their own image. That is no Church. > When did Jesus ever distain to touch lepers, sit with sinners Jesus did sit with sinners... repentant ones. The ones who could have been saved, but the "righteous" neglected. Jesus did not reward those who shaped God in their own image and thought salvation was owed to them.
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I like the move. It might not be enough to get to the post season but it should increase the chances.
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There is good reason why this black box has been tightly closed since the second world war. It contains something so dangerous and monstrous that no-one has looked inside for over half a century. Nevertheless, without public debate and within a matter of months our government has decided that we can control what is inside and it is safe to just ... take... a ..little...peek. In 1920 a German professor of psychiatry, Alfred Hoche, with co-author law professor Karl Binding, published the first academic treatise justifying euthanasia as a medical treatment for "Lives not worthy of living". It only took 15 years for it to morph into genocide. I don't think we are any more prepared for what happens next than our great-grandparents were. I am particularly appalled at the medical associations which, like they did a hundred years ago, have given this issue approval and validation. The conflicts of interest for the medical profession should be painfully obvious for all to see.
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"nothing lasts that long these days". Except this poorly thought out law will be on the books forever, waiting to be exploited in ways we do not yet know. I doubt the authors of the Human Rights Act envisioned what is now happening in our H.R. kangaroo courts.
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Dufus,our borders are not open. We have walls and check points. We have fences,wire,razor wire, surveillance and border officers helicoters, planes boats, drones and satellites. Put Homeland Security honcho on the fire. Give him 5000 more officers( yes make BIG government) fire his arse if they still come thru.
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"they took out libya, took out egypt, took out the urkaine" Perhaps I am a little confused but are you asserting that ISIS "took out" Libya, Egypt and Ukraine?
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Ummm. BUSH took the election to court. That's why it is known as "Bush v. Gore" and not the other way around. BUSH filed the lawsuit. Just the tiniest little concession to actual facts would be nice, you know.
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I bet Peter Mansbridge was tearing his hair (in the singular) out this week.
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this is exactly the point of difference between most Republicans and most Democrats. Demos pay people not to work so they can rely on their votes.
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If 60% off the licences are given to First Nations and another percentage to First Nations guides, then by interpretation of those numbers it would be First Nations who would be the problem.
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Oh no. What will you write about now?
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Well there is $180 million in property and severance tax benefits for state and local governments and the school district. I would presume that that would be the self interest to which you are referring and that the improvement of k-12 education, transportation, and police and fire service isn't agreeable. .
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Nah, we just need to follow Mr. Trump's fine example and stiff the PERS folks who are collecting more than their fair share.
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You may be right about what a Trump supreme court nominee might look like but it is still a long way for Trump to be nominated. That is anything but a done deal.
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Agreed, except for the Jared part. Pence would know, Jared......mebbe not.
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And we won't hear any more about this....
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Number 5 is great, but I am hoping they turn out to be even a little better than that. Go Ducks!
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Five years of work for three acres without services in the middle of nowhere seems incredibly steep to me. As for his experience in BC had he settled for a smaller house he would have had a much shorter commute and far more time to spend with his family.
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They're giving up a pretty good prospect in Dahlen for a second rate rat.
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I agree, M C. Such a resolute but reasonable stance is only sustainable and credible, however, if our Government and Canadians generally are prepared for the contingency that the negotiations might break down and the US begin a trade war. While not welcoming such a prospect, I think that this is the realistic approach and the best way forward for all concerned. To do otherwise is to court a bad and divisive outcome for Canadians.
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And in only 54 days, too! What do you think, $100 million or $500 million that he has made in less than 3 months because he was elected?
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Here is a statement released by the Knights according to ETWN:- https://www.ewtn.co.uk/news/europe/sovereign-order-of-malta-says-no-to-pope-s-commission-to-investigate-sacking-of-chancellor
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In broad terms Donald Trump's Gospel is the prosperity Gospel on steroids. He is the archetype of the "Power of Positive Thinking" of Norman Vincent Peale, whom he knew well and was influenced by him. I suppose Trump is thus the extreme Calvinists (he is Presbyterian) . He does not smoke, drink or gamble. I consider him a heretical Christian in both the modern and classical sense.
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HECO has invested billions in the battery industry that's why their not allowing anymore onto the grid! If it walks like a conspiracy and quacks like one, then it probably is one!
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But since God was going to use Judas's sin, it was ok to eat with him, unlike other sinners. Of course, Judas was a good Catholic at the time of the last supper, he fell later that evening. So, in summary: Jesus doesn't eat with unrepentant sinners, Judas wasn't an unrepentant sinner; or Jesus ate only with unrepentant sinners when God was planning to use their sins for His purposes. So how does this affect the serving of the Eucharist? Is there a method to determine which sinners are going to be used by God, so they can be given a "Judas Waiver?"
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If we can't help others you are of no use. I know mixed pronouns. But for a reason. Incongruency is sometimes the message.
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CNN just fired 3 employees for printing false information. The EIC of CNN just got caught on camera admitting that the Russia investigation is nonsense (though he himself used a stronger word for it). If you don't want to interact with reality that's great, but it's odd that you would then comment as if you were up to speed on the situation...
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There is just no limit to the talent this every-woman has!
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Yup, sorry. But lots of people did have it in September. We told you to try it: http://www.wweek.com/2015/09/23/class-of-2015/ Several, but not all, of the other nine are things you can try!
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Some math: If you pay a premium of $1300/month for one year, that's $15,600 a year for your payments. That is with a $5,000 deductible. So before insurance picks up ANY bills, you're paying almost $22,000 a year. Not so "Affordable" Health Care, is it? Unless you have a pre-existing condition like cancer or whatever. Then you're loving everyone else paying for it.
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Except that their signing a form is clearly not "cooperation with evil". The whole case is simply a ploy by the bishops and the Becket Foundation to deny contraceptives to everyone. Saying "I will live according to my religious beliefs" is liberty. Saying "you shall live according to my religious beliefs" is tyranny.
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"Bushiness that installed Microsoft’s latest security patches from earlier this year ... " This makes me wannacry. Prune that bush asap!
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Because his party messed up and that can't be good for Canada? Because he believes in the truth coming out? because he puts facts before party? Why do you want a cover-up, CD?
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I think He'd say "I said that..but I also said....love me with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength...take up your cross daily and follow me....do this in memory of me....abide in me....unless a grain of wheat falls and dies...two become one flesh...though shall not commit adultery....honor thy mother and father". Note well that when the devil tempted Him using proof texting Scripture verses, Jesus said to him: "it's also written..." Don't shrink the message of the Gospel to form fit.
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"...co-religionists do not recognize the female leading...." You are quite right, Tridentinus. But many (not all, of course) are quite congenial to the contradictions, the messiness of it all. Like the Mormons, they contrive, forge and invent retroactively in pursuit of God, tradition, and holiness. I enjoy them when in UK, but thanks God I am a Catholic.
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The "I have included the transcript below" has in the meanwhile become "the transcript above"
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When has the Globe posted hateful cartoons of the Pope or evangelical Christians??? You seem to be seeing things. And why would the Globe want to repost cartoons from a Danish conservative publication? Ernst Zundel used to publish cartoons mocking the Holocaust, but I wouldn't want the Globe to repost those just to express their Freedom of Speech. Get real!
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Because it has nothing to do with sexual assault by the hands of Trump. Deflect & distract is his only game.
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Of course Pete Kelly doesn't understand what socialism is, he attended a private Christian college and got a degree in "management" https://www.alaskasenate.org/2016/member/pete-kelly: Prepare to become a leader in your field with an undergraduate degree from Liberty University. Here, you’ll receive an education that integrates core Christian beliefs with a liberal arts tradition.
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You say that because Matthew was preaching the reign of God, Jesus did not intend to be taken literally on divorce. That's a complete non sequitur. I don't deny that Matthew was exhorting us to different way of thinking. How does that mean we must take Jesus as meaning something other than his plain words tell us. You are the one who said that we can't take Jesus literally because it constitutes line-drawing, which we mustn't do. But with his statement on divorce, Jesus did exactly that, because line-drawing is what one does when he passes an edict or a commandment. You draw a line between what is permissible and what is not permissible. Jesus did that. You disagree with THAT? You say: "So I put this question: what commandment do you follow when "love of God and neighbor" conflicts with "let no man put asunder"? You follow the commandment, because to follow it is to love God. Following a God-given commandment never entails not loving God.
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Do you really think that any oil that we don't produce won't be replaced by a country with lower environmental standards?
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None of those were mass shootings or involved automatic / semi-automatic weapons
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Aecon had put itself on the market. At any time a Canadian company indvidueal or even pension fund could have bought the company. I am increasing finding Canadians and Canadian companies do not want to make any significant investment in Canada. Chinese companies and individuals see more value in Canada than Canadians
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Mulroney and Wilson left the HUGE debt to GDP ratio issue that resulted in the IMF presenting Chretien with an ultimatum to eliminate deficits and to reduce the debt to GDP ratio or have Canada's debt downgraded. Since interest rates were real in those days, that would have made debt repayment charges unaffordable. It was Mulroney's deficits that were the straw that broke the camel's back, not PET's. Mulroney and Wilson DID NOT take the unpleasant actions needed to fix the problem, they left it festering for the next government to address. By the way, maybe Mulroney left a "booming economy" because of a strong US economy, maybe he just happened to be in power as you imply good things happened to Chretien by luck?
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It's not the NDP that's stating the BCLibs are corrupt. It's BC voters. And just because the laws are too weak to jail those people, doesn't mean we're wrong. So if the law won't get BCLibs, we'll throw them out.
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According to right wing Trump supporters on Zerohedge.com, ISIS and Al Qaeda issued a telegram praising the attack on Assad
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True, but Trump's technique is to never directly make a threat. For example the latest statement that she should be denied armed Secret Service agents. This allows his followers to project their own idea of what he means. He is very skilled in this.
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How much did they spend to install the lights at the bottom of the arrivals freeway ramp only to turn them all to flashing yellow?
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One thing people can't accuse Francis of is not changing anything or stirring the pot. If he wasn't changing anything, these conservative theologians wouldn't have felt the need to take an action so drastic it's never been done in 600 years of the Catholic Church's history. The Pope has not changed the doctrines of the Catholic Church. But he has done 3 major things. (i)Challenge clericalism. (ii)Challenge legalism and a rigid interpretation of Catholic social teaching. (iii)Significantly shifting the Catholic Church's priorities(i.e embracing liberation theology and making the preferential option the heart of his Papacy). Lets also remember if you read the biographies of the Pope as Cardinal Bergoglio he regular faced the problem of challenging the "clericalist" elements of the Church.
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Too bad Trudeau and his minions cant see your logic.. Better just to buy votes. I asked a guy in Canada . why are they proposing to bring in 500,000 immigrants a year , but at the same time. want to reduce carbon footprint. Arent these contradictory? He replied "Different Voting Blocks"
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Jim Crabbe, a liberal I can listen to. I love the liberal left, but it needs to temper itself with the conservatism available.
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That's just silly. Japan has some of the most densely populated cities in the world, yet has a crime rate a fraction of sprawly Texas or unpopulated Alaska.
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Are you saying "Why do we need a military"? Costa Rica doesn't have one
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"Chaffetz vowed to get the memos Comey wrote about his meeting with Trump in which the president allegedly asked him to shut down the FBI investigation into ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. “If this memo exists, I need to see it right away,” Chaffetz told The Associated Press in a phone interview earlier this week, adding, “If we need a subpoena, we’ll do it.” After making this statement, he will resign. Was he also intimidated with the scope of this investigation? Maybe he's tired of trying to cover for Trump. We've only just started with Trump's term and the amount of controversy and drama is unprecedented. Today's press conference was more of a PR opportunity. Colombia and the US are buddy buddy so what is Colombia going to do with their illicit drug exports industry?
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What exactly does this have to do with his son being detained? Did you just woke up yesterday and feel the need to slander the dead?
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Did what? Mr. Roarke and Tattoo have a nice room awaiting you at Fantasy Island. Hillary is the President there and the entire world loves America and everyone is in love. Oh yes, and Trump is in federal lock-up for selling uranium to Putin.
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BS. If you've used all season tires for decades, then you've been putting other people on the road in danger for decades.
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Um, who would be critical of the bias of Ms Sothey? She writes satire, which, by definition, requires a moral bias to be effective in its invective. One of the Boy Scout leadership has issued an apology for Trump's tirade. Scaramucci would have been fired had his boss been anyone other than Trump. And Trump's Interior Minister threatened to punish all Alaskans if the Senator from Alaska voted against the repeal of Obamacare. Trump was never a real Republican. He once ran for Presidential nomination of the Reform Party in 2000. Before that he was a Democrat. Indeed, Trump has flip-flopped all over the map in his views on every issue. The longer the GOP supports Trump, the more likely they'll be wiped out over the next four years. Which is a good thing.
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That's what happens when Hanabata Days spends his life with his senses closed. After experiencing over 75 years of life in Hawaii and the world, one realizes how backwards Hawaii and it's government are. Overall, I love Hawaii and it's people and will live out my life here. Like so many others, my children and their families have moved to the mainland to find better more affordable living and happiness. The young people speak with their feet.
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When Trump and friends meet with Russians during the campaign, it's called opposition research. When Clinton and friends investigate Trump and friends connections to Russia, the sky starts to fall. Blah blah blah... Go sell your spin somewhere else.
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Impressive. You're on your way!
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So...what is the problem? Are those who need legal representation to be denied it because some don't agree with conservative Christians? Until an article is offered here remarking about the many organizations who offer legal recourse to popular causes such as LGBT rights, for instance (just Google that to see the plethora of law firms!)...this story is merely click-baiting and agenda driven.
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This story is perhaps a milder part of a wider pattern of almost neocolonial-like despoilment of The United States of America. So much public prosperity being diverted to crony capitalism, the military-industrial complex, foreign war partners, and then The People's assets being liquidated, subverted, or otherwise vandalized. I just sort of wonder how long it's going to take people to realize there's been a fairly consistent pattern here, and what loss in prosperity and opportunity and progress it represents shocks the conscience. It's degrading everything. If you're sitting there thinking the degradation will surely stop, I assure you, it will not. So, how does that make you feel? Maybe you have kids, how do you feel about their futures? Isn't it something, all this is going on, in spite of every effort you might have made to turn back this crazy self-destructive thing. It's like magic, isn't it? This sociopolitical malaise is like a creeping social disease.
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Unfortunately, you can get bombarded with CPC email for years thereafter. If you do buy a membership to stop O'L, set up a separate email that you can cancel when the leadership race is over.
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@footballfield: clearly you have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to the majority of students at Burchell & pathways. I myself am a Burchell graduate, I graduated early with a 3.98 GPA & was not pregnant nor a bad kid. There are so many great kids who go there, they just might not fit into the "normal" high school standards, or have to work & live on their own while finishing high school. You should go pay a visit to Burchell, I think you would be blown away by how wrong you are!
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What is it about 911 service that should cost millions? We already pay generously for police and fire. So a person to man a phone that is computer integrated. Three 8 hour shifts a day. Then fill in with police dispatcher which we are already paying for. Where is the $7,000,000.00 I ask.
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Commish was lucky this involved two minority ethnicities. If it was between the two predominant ethnic groups, this thing would be BIG news!
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He hasn't been wrong yet.
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Global Thinker: Do you really believe that we have an extreme vetting process? I'm skeptical. My understanding is that we can't even confirm the birth records of many of refugees who enter this country and thus arbitrarily assign them Jan. 1 birth dates. How then can we possibly screen many of these migrants for security risks? What miraculous databases contain relevant information about such nebulously identified migrants? And then there's the now-infamous case of a particular cabinet minister, who was able to obtain permanent resident status and then citizenship without ever having to provide the government accurate information about her country of birth. Yup, extreme vetting for sure. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hold-the-cake-for-refugees-a-january-1-birthday-is-no-reason-to-celebrate/article33452885/
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Yeah, whatever you say.
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How about asking if we want PM Butt's plan to make Canada a virtue-signaling superpower?
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And yet cops shoot 10,000 dogs a year.
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Most of us are more complex in our opinions than we write. I don't agree with capital punishment because it equates justice with violence - it premeditated killing, but I find it really hard to accept some very heinous crimes. Honestly a life in jail may be more of a deterrent than we believe Bill. Lot's of murderes are profiled and the murder/suicide is not at all unusual. They would rather die than live a life of shame and imprisonment. It's scary to know that most of these mass murders we have seen are not acts of rage, but a belief that it's an act of religios faith/justice. Very few things are simple are they?
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The concept of pity for a man like Spicer is beyond the pale. Should we feel pity for the snake oil salesman who gets run out of town on a rail when the folks he swindled realize that the tonic doesn't cure rheumatism or quiet colicky babies? Pity is reserved for those who suffer tragedy that is not their own doing. Spicer happily dug that hole and was well paid to do it. Let him climb out of it himself.
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Brilliant....just brilliant, your a @#$ $%^$ genius Gump!
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I will always be "willing to say negative things about groups" if they are inciting fear and hatred. Regardless of their skin color. Or their religion.
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In about 10 to 15 years "automated self driving vehicles" either electric or hybrid will be deployed in critical mass. Computer models indicate this will reduce and even remove entirely congestion on the existing road inventory. This will negate the need for increased rapid transit as people always prefer "point to point" transportation. Thus the return on investment in mass transit if not there in the beginning will never materialize.
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Sounds like a bit of whining about traffic and paying your taxes which deserves far more empathy than others who face for example the prospects of violent death or starvation. No empathy for them.
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No, I'm not, but I do hope the Sanctuary City people are happy now, they certainly were successful at bringing Langley city government dysfunction to a head. Hope it was worth it.
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The US is the richest in terms of size of economy/GDP, but not in GDP/head, std of living etc. The Scandinavian countries beat it on those terms. A few of the oil-rich states also beat it on GDP/head
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Fantastic news! Levi is exactly what we need in CD-6. SO excited to have a candidate I can be excited about supporting this time around!! Go LEVI!!!
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MAL, does that include war?
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They should have the signs on the streetcar in 3rd world languages, i'm sure there is a language barrier happening here as they seem to get licences without knowing how to drive. I just avoid the overflowing toilet of the GTA and life is much better.
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No immigrant adds anything to economy per person - like everybody else, what they produce they also consume, so per person nothing is won since you only have more persons sharing in a bigger economy. Only the crowding and diminishing of natural resources increases. All immigration does is making USA bigger and more unlivable.
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It doesn't matter if Obama called Kelly, talked to him in the hallway, or sat with him for dinner. You do not try to score political points by throwing the corpse of your Chief of Staff's son under the bus. The statement prostitutes our military dead and the President should apologize to Kelly.
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No, liberals do not hate authority, but abuses of authority (including the presumptiousness to exercise it, especially if such presumptuous personnel have neither gift nor knowledge to exercise it justly and effectively). You have contradicted yourself . In your first response , you asked why a priest's fatherhood should mean that his parishioners are thereby inferior to him. Now you ask why a priest's 'leading' a parish should be offensive. Can you not decide which way to turn? If a priest is leading, his parishioners are, ipso facto, his inferiors, in the sense that they must follow his naturally 'superior' lead. You keep missing my point: priests are commanded by Christ to be servants, not masters. Since when has a servant lead his master? Clericalism is a cancer in our Church. And it is rooted in the delusion that a priest, by dint of 'ontological transformation' at ordination, is now a natural leader. Someone most special. This is why Catholic children were sacrificed.
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They need a toll on the Glen for the valley folks to pay their fair share for coming into our town everyday. With no sales, income or property taxation they essentially contribute nothing for a using our roads and services.
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US Bishops concerned that the man they supported for president is doing exactly what he said he would do.
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And more importantly space, lot's of space to fall back to. It didn't hurt to have vast manpower reserves(in the second example) either.
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Thank you for that clarifying information. Hopefully they find the other two soon.
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AKUK, you are absolutely right. Providing health care to their workers is a big burden to place on small business owners. That's all the more reason to adopt an income tax-based single-payer health care system so that we can let business owners focus on what they do best -- create jobs.
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Yes, because he imagined something that isn't so. Medicaid would have covered it. But an interesting thing about Medicaid is that it will then attach your assets, if you have any. Not a problem for those who don't, but it eventually collects the money from those who do. Bankruptcy only protects a limited amount of assets, but if you don't have assets, you can stiff the providers every six years. So, yes, there are two Americas. Those who have to pay their bills, and those who don't. We don't have Paupers Prisons.
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Because the government(s) of Canada wronged him.
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I agree that it wouldn't hurt to make some changes, especially in the make-up of the veto members of the Security Council.
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