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Yeah best of times. JFK, RFK and MLK are dead proof and Vietnam was a great gap year destination for high school grads.

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What's stopping a judge from setting bail so prohibitively high that no one can bail them out, though?

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Human rights and democracy in China are up to the government of China to monitor and maintain, not Canada or NED. Canada will stay out of China's internal affairs.

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Thank you Hick!

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This is long overdue and I think was talked about about 30 years ago. The fact you mentioned rail made me laugh and then realize that some people are still clueless and think rail will actually ever get to Ala Moana.

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Or we could sell the leases to China and they will be here in a week, like they are in Norway.

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Thank you Bonnie for your well written thoughts. I especially appreciate your point that women's issues are everyone's issues: the environment, health care for all, income equality, and an education system for everyone. These are all issues that seem to be getting stomped on by the current administration. If you belong to the 99%, you need these vital issues to be protected.

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Unless as many believe a future exists in which the lion will lie down with the lamb. Some of us believe that we have an obligation to bring that about by being peacemakers ourselves.

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Proper limits are on things that violate your rights, not things that bother you just to be clear. I suspect many here are conflating the two in attempt to rationalize (legally) violating others property owners' rights.

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We are actually not living longer. That's a statistical myth. Infant mortality is dropping and it throws off the numbers. Lifespans have peaked.

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Isn't that the point?

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Wise words to live by. For us all. Thank-you, Wab Kinew.

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Inequality has been growing since Reagan's smoke and mirrors promise to balance the budget by cutting taxes for the rich. What we have is the epic fail of supply side economics and the "trickle down" economy.

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Is your middle name really Nancy?

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no "and". Legal guidance...period.

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Pantload: has the iceman not arrived, for you, sport?

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It would be in Canada's interest to allow Iranians in Canada to vote in Iranian elections. Those who emigrated from Iran are likely to be people who fled the revolution and/or those who do not support the hard-liners.

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You are reading it wrong.

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Always fun to watch his media proxies protect Trudeau. No mention of the fact he lied to Canadians when he told them this deal was ok because these were only jeeps.

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Typical response from fantasy life of self proclaimed mandan warrior princess here as human sacrifice.

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The word transparancy or truth are simply not part of the entire Obama Administration and doing things within the law are also meaningless to the Obama.

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Save the whales, collect the whole set ! :)

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Looks like another record setting article for posts that ‘don’t meet civility standards’ I guess the Bill has already gone into effect...

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The name of the journalist was James Foley. That doesn't change the point.

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Of course the younger/healthier people choosing to either not buy insurance at all, or just buying a scaled down plan that only covers catastrophic items is going to save them money in premiums. That's just a Duh. The bigger, more expensive plans they're forced to buy now is shifting costs onto them to subsidized older/less healthy people. That's also a Duh.

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“Students need to leave our system being able to speak to who they are.” No. Students need to leave your system being able to do math, read, write, reason, problem solve, form arguments with supporting data, etc. so that they can function either in a post-secondary education environment or in the workforce.

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Wow, hodad, you really are delusional. And racist. They usually go hand in hand.

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another Denver Post classic story. A pillar of journalism. LOL!!

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If you want the complete story you should go right to the source. That would be Podesta.

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Atheism has all the markings of a religion and that is not funny at all. In fact, atheists on this forum are more strident about their beliefs than most Christians. Now, about your last sentence, if a church school is not evangelizing, equipping and empowering its students in its faith, if it is only teaching the three Rs, then what's the problem? And why should a Christian child be exposed to false leftist doctrine, like the idea that there is more than two genders, in public school?

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No, I think that eventually hunting will have to come to an end. More and more people are joining the Animal Rights movement in America every day. But this is probably still a few generations off into the future. In the meantime, we need to ban Assault Rifles and Handguns, which are totally useless, other than for committing acts of evil. The Humane Society of the United States has been in favor of outlawing all hunting and fishing for many years. This is hardly a new concept. Human beings need to evolve.

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This will be helpful but does not address the problem of determining just who is behind the ads. There are a lot of political campaigns on Facebook that, from appearances, are run by [or for the benefit of] unemployed party hacks angling for a cushy government job after the next election - for instance, "Affordable Milk", "Working Families" and "Act WOW".

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You mean cities that are walkable, where people can get around on bicycles and with transit instead of being forced to rely on expensive and environmentally destructive cars? I will take dense walkable cities with as few cars as possible over sprawling car jammed cities, thank you.

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It's also clear that the worst of her abuse was sourced to men.(power wins most of the time). We completely agree that our system of incarceration doesn't work very well for either gender. Civil rights should be equal for all genders, but to say all genders share the same psyche or face the same social environment would be looking past the unique challenges that each face. And of course, even within a single gender, you find wide variations of strengths, preferences, values, sexuality, spirituality, education ................. I think we agree that stereotyping gender traits leads to bias, prejudice and eventually discrimination.

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If don't like the constitution of the USA which allows for this form of dissent and believe people should be force into allegiance, then I suggest you move to a country that best fits your needs!

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hodad: I would suggest commenting earlier in the day when the only impairment is intellectual.

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Still haven't gotten over it huh?

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I am a realtor. I can see some people have more than 5 houses and still thinking to buy more. However most of my buyers are first time home buyers. They have no chance to get a house in this situation. Why government not taking action for those who have multiple houses and not helping first time home buyers..

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This column is about the cost of insurance for healthcare, not the cost of health care.

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Maybe Columbus Day should be renamed as "Indignant Peoples Day"...?

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Who are these two guys and where did you get that information Larry? Why is it so hard for you to simply show us a link to the source of your very dubious information?

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In some parts, the bigger deterrent than taxes - by far - is the cost of real estate.

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One more: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d2f8aa542d4033a1f198a3b0e3e802482a4becf1e45b04e77079e989e5c6460a.jpg

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Absolutely the best idea! The Tustemena does travel on a highway that connects to the mainland, accessible to Anchorage, MatSu, Kenai, etc! It does have staterooms and food service and no commuting needed while on board! They can get hands-on exposure to the Tustemena, this could be helpful for them to see what kind of potential replacement might be needed.

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as long as wireless coverage is not compromised.

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It is really tiresome to see this over and over. How about reporting on some news for a change. I remember when CNN was really interesting any time of the day. They actually reported on news stories around the country. They reported what was going on overseas. They had clips about remote places overseas. Now we have endless tirades that go on and on. I can't believe that these people are paid the high salaries to report nothing. A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to follow the story about the terrible fire in London. I had to go to You Tube and the Internet to get reporting and we have three major news channels. These people have been expounding on this for hours on MSNBC, why is this article necessary. I watched MSNBC for about 15 minutes yesterday and this is all that was discussed.

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No, he didnt. He said everyone is disappointed AG Sessions isn't investigating Crooked Hillary. He's right. She should be held accountable for her decades of crime.

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Of course they would say that, (between the lines or otherwise). Their job is to maximize their profits. The state's job is to get a fair share for Alaska. Unfortunately Conoco Kevin and and Sean Parnell, forgot that, when they rammed SB 21 through the gerrymandered legislature, with two ConocoPhillips employees voting for it. Also, we don't know when this land was leased, or when exploration/development began. It could have been under ACES.

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Can you walk around in public wearing a replica gun? Say of a pistol? Can you walk around in public with some sort of hate speech on your clothing? Huh, I guess the government can tell you what not to wear in public.

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Isn't NBC the network who fired Phil Donahue and other reporters for telling the truth about Bush and WMDs ?

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Tons of creative things to do in Unalaska. There's a real art scene. These guys apparently preferred to print money.

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Bernard Ouellet got it wrong. Municipalities ( and all of society) have a duty to bury their dead with dignity. Use of the referendum was an excuse. A war would have broken out ( did to some degree) if Roman Catholics were not allowed to have their own cemeteries. Québec is on the wrong side of history in this instance.

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Agreed!

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I salute Jewitt Williams. A patriot and a comrade in arms.

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"Cooperation with ICE" is the responsibility of the County which operates the jail. The people of the South Whidbey community can all express our commitment to an open society via a well-subscribed petition. A declaration of a "Sanctuary City" becomes the province only of the citizens of the City of Langley; who alone will shoulder the legal, and potentially financial, responsibility of a Sanctuary City ordinance. If the citizens of the wider community want to participate, it is the constitionally-sanctioned petition avenue that we all should follow.

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Shame on me? Wow! Massive inflation, where, when? Its been almost 30 years since we had crazy inflation numbers!

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Simply put ........ Shipmates watch your 6:00! This appointee has a steep leaning curve to climb.

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*I know it is possible for traditional Republicans to organize, finance and push back against the extremists in their midst. But when a guy like Ed Gillespie is using racism in the Virginia governor’s race, it’s obvious that this process has not yet begun. One has to wonder how much of the racist animus is promoted and fostered by Russian propaganda and echoed by Republican Party members primarily because it's an amplified version of it's own dog whistle politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gillespie The Republican Party could very well be colluding with Russia down-ticket as well as in the presidential election. Once shown to be effective, Republicans would have no qualms about being subservient as long as it got them election results. Party before Nation being their working motto today.

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Good article Rob. I am awaiting the postman to deliver my letter saying the exact amount I will receive next month on the 27th of March, 30 days after turning 60,I am feeling like a little boy awaiting Santa Claus,I can hardly wait to throw the social engineering of the government for a loop as I await after 60 years on the planet ,most of which I worked in the military,auto industry and self employment for our great nation CANADA. I am going to make like Ed Broadbent and buy a box of Cuban Cigars with my first cheque. Then I am going to cross my fingers and hope they don,t screw up my OAS. Which why do people who have never contributed to Canada get to collect?............. I grew up listening to Gorden Sinclair ,I can just see him rolling over in his grave right now LOL

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Ya' regime change has been " within reach" in Iran for almost 40 years. And we see how well the ones the US has already changes turned out. Millions killed, entire countries civilian infrastructures destroyed. Many millions more displaced. This hollow drum beat of democracy needs to come to an end before it's too late. The Iranians within Iran will decide their own fate and don't need to replace their gov., as bad as it is, by a group not too long ago on the US's state dept. terrorist list. US foreign policy in the ME has nothing to do with improving lives of the ordinary people rather than lining the pockets of the merchants of death and having direct access to natural resources.

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Trump is modern America, people prefer style against substance. Americans must be forced to read the novel by Aldous Huxley, 'Brave New World' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

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Not off topic at all. Topic is zoning and land use, and enforcement of the law...

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"while still managing to add $42 billion to the provincial debt" Under Mike Harris the Provincial net debt grew from $101,864M at the end of the 1995/96 fiscal year (Harris took office just a few months before the end of that year) to $132,121M at the end of the 2001/02 fiscal year (Harris retired before the 2002 budget at the start of the 2002/03 fiscal year). So during Harris' time net debt grew by $30.3B. However slightly over $19B of that net debt growth was entirely due to better accounting. Before Mike Harris a lot of debt was being "hidden" in Ontario Hydro. It was still provincial debt since Ontario Hydro was a crown corp, but their debt was being hidden off the main provincial books. So ACTUAL debt growth under Mike Harris was somewhere around $15B (some of the Ontario Hydro debt growth happened under Harris prior to the improved accounting). For perspective McGuinty added $24.0B new debt in 2009/10 alone.

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Honestly? Is this question for real? Or just a troll having fun? How do you not know this? Seriously, I learned this in a high school drivers ed class in 1977. It is truly appalling to see the same sort of ninnys that spout off about being forced to be "politically correct" also wax on clueless about "helicopter parents" infantilizing children by ensuring their safety with a properly fitted booster seat in three point seatbelt in the back seat of a car. I would almost say that this is Darwin itching to get to work. Except that the entire family tree seems in danger of being chopped down here. Rather that just one stunted branch. Yikes.

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Are those goalposts heavy? Do you still assert that global warming stopped 15 years ago? Do you still assert that there was a nefarious term change?

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"...At the time of the alleged shooting..." . I so totally agree, it was an "alleged shooting". It has yet to be proven that the event transpired, that is why the litigation is ongoing. The demise could have been due to unnatural causes. . As for those with ink and attitude, they can usually be considered to unarmed and thusly incapable of entering either into a battle of wits or a physical confrontation. . . In closing you are correct it is not my concern, let alone my worry. I make it point not to frequent establishments dispensing victuals in the early morning hours to drunken tourists and locals inebriated with attitude. .

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Seems to me that Gumbleton should be preaching this to Kim Jong Un, ISIS and any others who seek to kill innocent people.

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Many serious gun enthusiasts want the bimpstock banned because it is dangerous (because it is easy to lose control and with large magazines will misfire and fire with an open bollt hurting the shooter and those nearby. It is banned from most shooting ranges. It has no use as a gun except in spraying 800 rounds per minute in mass shootings into a crowd where accuracy is not required.

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PUBLICLY give them evidence from Julian Assange (wikileaks) He says, "It was not the Russians." END OF STORY

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The low carbon economy is a hoax designed to suck money out of our wallets.

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Nobody dies from an abortion. Girls don't go into deep depressions over having abortions, they are relieved. Read the decision.

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Just another angle to take your PFD to pay for oil tax credits that Alaska can't afford.

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The girls are not independent contractors but employees.

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Nothing at all to do with Zervos' case, Simpleton Sheep. http://fox2now.com/2016/10/07/trump-caught-on-video-bragging-about-groping-women/

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Why did you try to 'pick an argument' with John tonight? It's beyond me.

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Everybody is ratting on everybody else. Hey guys (gals), the Conservative Party probably isn't much different than the other political parties. But do try to keep it out of public view if you can.

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Toughness and ethics typifies it for me. No, we can't all agree on everything Kay might have done in her long history in Alaska, but I think the award is most deserving.

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Been that way since oil started

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This is hardly the beginning of the end for independent brewing. Eugene alone still has a wealth of independent brewers (it's a very competitive market!), and some of them value their independence as highly as they value making great beer. Even if more brewers decide to be acquired, that just makes it easier for a new independent brewer to be successful.

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Good idea to not attempt to feed or harm the bear. However, they are not always safe and can be aggressive, especially young males. Black bears generally avoid humans unless they leave food and garbage out. Bears can open garbage cans and they love dog food.. Remember to talk or sing while hiking with bears!

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Ummmmmm, yeah, right. It's so funny that you judge what is acceptable and what is not and yet feel that you are open minded. What you just said basically is that people can't kneel as protest or burn the flag, because they are extreme and we can't have speech that someone deems extreme. It's just so comical that you even posted what you posted but what's even more comical is that you aren't alone in your views. There are thousands of college kids in Boulder and Berkeley and other college campuses who share your view and they too don't see the hypocrisy.

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Does it say in the law book that anyone who murders three people (not less) qualifies the person for the death penalty? Answer: No. A big fat NO.

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Alaska's military bases are predominantly out-of -staters aren't they? What're they doing voting in our state elections?

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17 million voters for Hillary is a fair and square win..that's how democracy works..Hillary has worked for women and children all her life (It Takes a Village)..she will appoint the best Supreme Court justices..she has worked with a diverse platform committee to craft the most progressive platform in Democratic history..she is a wonk with legal and congressional experience who can craft new policy and has a broad demographic of support to get things passed..the revolution can only continue if we all pull together..we agree on too much to let that go to the neurotic fascist who would abolish our protections for clean air and water, give more tax breaks to the uber-wealthy, and (with Pence) take away women's rights win by good folks like you tossing away votes..a vote is a precious thing to waste..we need to focus on replacing Murkowski and Young..and getting a better balance in the legislature

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So much could be said, but, really, none of it needs to be.

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If looking for 'clarity' means how much her lawyer is going to be able to extract from her ex- husband, then she can rest assure her kids and herself will be set for life. No more financial worries as long as the ex - is able to continue working. Case solved.

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Individuals living on the public dole, aka "welfare or welfare subsidies"- They should be recused from any voting on anything that involves government, who is suporting them.

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Anyone actually surprised the Rockies are coming apart?

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Keep in mind "The Orange One" has very small hands and an enlarged buffon gland.

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In 1969, The U.S. House of Representatives voted for a national popular vote by a 338–70 margin. Recent and past presidential candidates who supported direct election of the President in the form of a constitutional amendment, before the National Popular Vote bill was introduced: George H.W. Bush (R-TX-1969), Bob Dole (R-KS-1969), Gerald Ford (R-MI-1969), Richard Nixon (R-CA-1969), Recent and past presidential candidates with a public record of support, before November 2016, for the National Popular Vote bill that would guarantee the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency to the candidate with the most national popular votes: Bob Barr (Libertarian- GA), U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R–GA), Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), and Senator Fred Thompson (R–TN),

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As I said before, we are not in court. If I were in court, I would argue whatever I thought would properly further the case of my client. I would have done the necessary research to back up my argument. I have actually prevailed in cases in federal court where I "threw in the kitchen sink" and in which prosecutors laughed at me for being ridiculous. But that was a good number of years ago. I don't need to prepare legal arguments to make comments here. I don't take too seriously comments such as yours.

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An open letter to Cardinal-designate Tobin -

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Like voting for trump

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Until you start with your own illness and the illnesses of all other groups, there is nothing important about your "reflections" on others on this website. You always show your hand by your inability to model anything you claim as important.

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Thank you, Scott Gardiner! A voice of reason, leavened with wit and humour. Shame it's so rare.

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Professor Marrus is a distinguished professor emeritus of the department of history at the U of T. Railroading for an ill-considered, off the cuff remark is a measure nowadays of the intolerance of identity politics. Identitarians at U of T should not be allowed to humiliate and to destroy the reputation of Professor Marrus.

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Smells to me like the Flames are playing political games, hoping to help out the Conservative candidate who would undoubtedly favour the billionaire lobby of which the Flames are a part. If Nenshi manages to win the election, you will see a contrite Flames ownership group suddenly prepared to play fair. In the meantime, they'll play this game, attempt to convince Calgarians a vote for Nenshi would mean bye bye Flames, and win the favour of what they hope will be a new city administration. I hope Calgarians are smart enough not to fall for such a dog and pony show.

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To accurately determine the value of this, one would have to remember the past 40 years of "oil " production, LNG sequestration, and being seen as a customer to pay the highest possible price for the oil produced by the state. Not to mention the " Secret Agreement ",the credit give away, and the raid on the PFD. Since we only have partial information from the Republican oil reps. , and Climate Change is hiding nothing, the decision may be the wisest one to date.

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Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Whatever shall we do? This corporation that just does, uh, nothing, except make rich men richer, dictates how we do our stuff? Bite me, Sir Standard and Poor! We don't care how they do it Outside.

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Just another group of career politicians, who only care about themselves trying to steal money from us to give to their political campaign contributors, political allies/favorites and to line their own pockets. There wasn't an honest writer or player in that opinion article. And I love how they ignore their own participation in the events that led to this moment in time.

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