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5,017,412 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I agree $19 billion is not a lot of money in the Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
Tell me, what is the value of the savings fund in the provinces that have sales taxes?
Surely they are debt free and have saved most of that money. | 4 | Here's the stark, indisputable truth about badly and profligately the PCs mismanaged Alberta's resource revenue: as at Dec 31-16 the Heritage Savings Trust Fund had value of a paltry $19.1billion. Where was a thought for a rainy day or future generations?I
There were serious injuries incurred as PC sycophants elbowed their way to the public trough.
It is simply irrational ideology to attempt to hang the entire mess on the NDP government. Irrational. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45256208, 45349032, 45557117, 45454484] |
5,017,654 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1] | Wats good dog? Glad you got a kick outta it, Old Shizzle. | 66 | You're so hipster dog, I almost tossed my popcorn. Snoop Dog brought the shizzle and you wear it well. Way to go "brah"! No spontaneous howls of hysteria today? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45456658, 45445022, 45596835, 45596860] |
5,017,956 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | "The US just lost 2 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and they spent $5 trillion doing it"
Lost?
I wonder what Saddam would have to say about that?
Wait, never mind, he can't..... | 4 | Armchair generals usually say "piece of cake".
The US just lost 2 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and they spent $5 trillion doing it. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45408870, 45456658, 45349032, 45577160] |
5,018,082 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | get a room | 4 | I definitely like Maxime Bernier's policies the best. They are everything that I had hoped Stephen Harper would accomplish, but unfortunately he didn't. Hopefully, Bernier will get a shot at it. I really don't think anyone else is up to it. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45440506, 45404169, 45432844, 45445192, 45514417] |
5,018,134 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The_out_of_control_growth,_however,_is_from-interest._It_is_artificially_low_now_because_rates_are_low._They_won't_be_for_long. | 4 | You really need to get your space bar fixed. A little under 10% of the federal budget goes to Medicaid. Another 15% goes to Medicare and another 23% goes to Social Security. Without even getting into things like SNAP, veterans benefits, the earned income credit, ACA subsidies, and housing assistance, almost half of the federal budget goes to the elderly and poor. I call elderly and indigent assistance charity - you can call it whatever you like.
Defense is about 15% of the federal budget. Interest payment are another 6%. By any measure, the plurality of government spending goes to the elderly. Depending on how much other benefits are worth, it's likely that most of our taxes go to the poor and elderly, not weapons, not bondholders. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45438681, 45191524, 45404169, 45203823] |
5,018,310 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | guess it shows how much someone is willing to hide to advance their personal agenda. | 4 | Now, suppose that's all true.
Who's the smart one? And who's the dumb one? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535372, 45445022, 45597947, 45491654, 45535968] |
5,018,617 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Trump flew around in his own jet.... | 4 | Loser? Sure. O'Leary is also a liar.
Earlier this week, he was supposed to be in Winnipeg for a campaign event. He missed his plane [which was delayed and left late] and then announced that his flight had been cancelled. An easily proven lie.
So he seems to have more and more in common with Trump all the time.
Anyway...he is supposedly a billionaire...why does he need to fly Air Canada? Perhaps, like Trump, he is also lying about his wealth. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45599028, 45535369, 45314593, 45597995, 45450736] |
5,018,769 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Ethics? | 4 | Now, suppose that's all true.
Who's the smart one? And who's the dumb one? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45590159, 45535810, 45351233, 45494674, 45188066] |
5,018,798 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | And the average American consumes 154 litres of soft drink per year. Their taste in "flavoured" news outlets is no better. | 4 | Fox News
CEO: Rupert Murdoch (Jul 21, 2016–)
Motto: Fair & Balanced
As of February 2015, approximately 94,700,000 American households (81.4% of cable, satellite & telco customers) receive the Fox News Channel. The dominant cable news network in the USA. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45598378, 45574915, 45405070, 45645228] |
5,019,358 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | You do realize that O'Leary was born in Quebec, right? O'Leary attended Quebec schools Stanstead College and St. George's School. | 4 | As a died in the wool Alberta red neck I have always had trouble supporting politicians from Quebec but from what I have seen Mr. Bernier is a better candidate that O'Leary. O'Leary seems to have a bit of a dubious business record and he is copycatting the Donald without the same substance and hoping nobody will notice. In my opinion he will not be able to beat Junior and even if he does I think he is more in it for his self interests, at least he comes across that way to me. Are you listening, Conservative Party? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45598378, 44826677, 45598834, 45450096, 45351233] |
5,019,574 | [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1] | Why worry about homosexuality?
Like the early Christian Churches who expected Jesus to come back in their lifetime and therefore decided not to have children, homosexuals don't breed. They just are.
If some people prefer to practice homosexuality or bestiality or any other non-procreative sex, they ultimately are not a problem for those who do.
If some of them are child rapists, as some are, we can treat them the same no matter the gender of their victims. Other than that, who cares? | 10 | This argument is nonsense - The issue of human sexuality is a much more important issue than God's ceremonial and even moral law. Biblically speaking we were created male and female for the purpose of human flourishing and even human enjoyment, and tampering with sexuality is tampering with his created purpose. You are ignorant of the true Christian position on these matters, so to avoid making yourself look so ignorant you may want to do you research before posting such nonsense | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0] | [45535393, 45505732, 45438879, 45589137, 45377221] |
5,019,584 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Canadians would not have voted for Justin Smith, it's the magic last name that was enough to get Canadians (especially university-educated ones) to vote for him. | 4 | Agreed.
Justin has proven that almost anyone, no matter their abilities, or stunning lack thereof, can rise to the position of PM.
Not a great example to set for up and coming contenders. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0] | [45438681, 45434367, 45256208, 45313149, 45582425] |
5,019,592 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I understand Yardman - Bitterness will destroy you from the inside out. | 4 | Flagged for what this:?
"That’s great that your war-fighting “experience” has consisted of turning pages, no doubt you qualify for the ‘paper cut’ Purple Heart. A true American hero you are."
If the shoe fits, Never There... | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45397010, 45426626, 45394434, 45597021, 45602467] |
5,019,721 | [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0] | I always like it when you mark your own post with "like", a true Trump disciple, vanity, narcissism etc. etc. How about an orange tan and fake hair?? | 10 | Wow, tough day again for The Establishment. First their leader Richard Maddow gets pawed on national TV, then the Russia hacker turns out to be Canadian and now it has been exposed that Obama spied on world leaders. Cant wait for tomorrow, Trump is "Da Man'!
DRAIN THE SWAMP!!! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45402464, 45485526, 45450604, 45567747] |
5,020,842 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | There has been a continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel for thousands of years. The long-denied right to self-determination of the Jewish people was validated with the founding of the State of Israel. Liberation is liberation, regardless of Palestinian opposition and terrorism. | 4 | Outrage about the word «apartheid» is useful for diverting attention from the facts on the ground : people driven from their homes to make way for armed racist colonisers from other continents, whose families have never lived in Palestine. Oppression is oppression, by any name you choose. No Justice, no Peace. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45590457, 45514417, 45645228, 45418655] |
5,021,077 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I've posted the actual tax rates from public sources. What do you have that counters my figures?
I suggested JamesJohnson do that for even one socialized medicine country nine hours ago and he hasn't chosen to do so.
Maybe since you agree with him you have those figures and would like to share them with the rest of us?
Here are the Swedish tax rates and figures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Sweden | 4 | True that. Then why is there an effort on the Right to deny the success or even the livability of countries like Germany or Sweden? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438070, 45537352, 45385682, 45224788, 45438681] |
5,021,403 | [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0] | He's not just some Hollywood celebrity. He's the president of the United States and it's becoming apparent that he's mentally ill. Why in the world would the media ignore this? | 10 | Why is it considered journalism to cover such ridiculous assertions? Trump only continues with such goofiness because the newspapers & tv continues reporting it. The only way Trump will stop is when the media stops covering the content & limits itself to a stock response like "Trump tweeted ridiculous goofiness again." Covering the content is not journalism, it is a media trap that may be good for ratings but is not good for journalism or for the country. Please stop your addiction to covering this craziness. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45494674, 45404259, 45432844, 45571030, 45598834] |
5,021,739 | [1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] | How silly of you.
My wife is a Pathfinder leader, being fortunate, we live in a multicultural city and her group reflects that diversity.
With the present White Supremacist stupidity in the USA there is the very real chance that a girl in her group could be singled out or refused entry.
The Guides have taken the correct approach, and it's a good lesson for the girls that racism and bigotry are to be opposed, always. | 80 | How silly of the Girl Guides. Young girls don't let your leaders poison your minds, our neighbors the USA are the best neighbors in the world, how fortunate we are to have them. President Trump MAGA
Make America Great Again ! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45498710, 45456658, 45588938, 45445022, 45256208] |
5,021,811 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Phrogge, with your 50 years of priesthood, I would be interested in your thoughts, looking back, on how things have changed over your years of service... | 4 | ATF, thanks for the kind words. I agree with you. In a sense this is already happening. There is the rite for Anglicans who have come to the Roman tradition. There are rites for the various uniate traditions. Perhaps there might be one coming for the Latin Mass. There are also some sigificant cultural difference that impact how folks relate in the church. Benedict used to say the church was the place of the great "et et", both and, meaning there is more than one way to think, act, etc in the church. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45498710, 45184889, 45224788, 45438070, 45408370] |
5,022,152 | [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] | M-103 is like the camel in the tent. First it is just a little request for information But then there will be an expectation of a small concession, followed by a humble plea for justice, which leads eventually to the camel having control or the tent and everybody else is either crushed under the camel or simply eliminated. | 6 | A month after M-103 was first debated in the House, and look how many people still think it legislates crimes. Some ignorance can't be shaken. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45402464, 45388025, 45450604, 45404154, 45397010] |
5,022,393 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Presidents can't order wiretaps. And the wiretaping of Merkel's phone started in 2002. | 4 | Honestly, it was a good line from Trump !
The Obama administration did wiretap Merkel's phone. It is easy to tap into someone's phone or computer without any approval from the court...so Trump could be right! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45388080, 45445192, 45448191, 45188628] |
5,022,427 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Give a sample or two. | 4 | The Comments sections on G&M articles and columns are NOT free of nasty, mean-spirited, sexist trolls. Just check this out: If the column or article being commented on was written by a woman, there will DEFINITELY be a great deal more misogynistic, nasty, unpleasant, and negative comments directed at the writer than if it was written by a man. Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself. Pick a few columns or articles written by women, go to the Comments sections, and watch for the nastiness to begin. My recommendation to the G&M is to drop all Comments sections, because they aren't worth the space they take up. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45408870, 45349281, 45394434, 45537304] |
5,022,776 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Isn't junk food already subject to the HST (13% in Ontario)? | 4 | Don't get it, Sylvia. Booze and smokes are taxed and so they should be, the societal costs are high. Why should junk food be any different if it drives up health care costs?
Or maybe those responsible shouldn't have to pay........ | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45404259, 45432844, 45256208, 45541338, 45489372] |
5,022,824 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | That just makes it more interesting!! | 4 | Often, I would have to think about that. My journey has not been typical, not that anyone's journey really is. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438070, 45535393, 45388025, 45494674, 45630512] |
5,022,992 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | Elizabeth,
Amen to that! | 6 | Absolutely. I recall LBJ locking the two sides of a railroad strike in a room and telling them they wouldn't get out until they worked out a deal. We pay these folks to do their jobs and instead they spend two to three hours every day trolling for campaign donations.
Lets give Congress 4 year terms, limit them to three terms (the Senate would be limited to two), and withhold their paychecks if they can't pass a budget on time or agree on legislation. Oh, and eliminate their special congressional health insurance. Put them on ACA or AHCA. Then make them contribute to Social Security and delete the automatic cost of living increase on their government pensions. Maybe then they'd "get it". | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45537352, 45476019, 45408370, 45404154] |
5,023,158 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Ms. VanEtten, the public process is via the City Council meetings, not in the news media.
Your opinion is just one of many. | 4 | So, the course of action publicly agreed upon in the meeting and passed by a majority of the council was not carried out by the mayor? Did you ask if the City Attorney reviewed the sample ordinance and had an opinion on whether it would create an oath of office conflict? That's the question I really think needs asking. The mayor also told me he was reaching out to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for guidance about his oath of office worries. I'd also very much like to know the outcome of that conversation, if it has happened. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388080, 45447087, 45450604, 45635376, 45438681] |
5,023,576 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Analysis of Comments here
1. anti American leftists are transferring their hate for Trump onto America itself
2, these same leftists are speaking on behalf of Germany - let Germany speak for itself | 4 | .
This man clearly has deep psychiatric problems.
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5,023,639 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | after 50 years - government funding should be transitioned to private funding. Taxpayer funded non profits that are worth keeping will find a way to survive - those that need help will find it. The CEOs of most non profits earn more than most private small business owners... | 4 | This was one of President Trump's campaign promises. "To cut Government WASTE!".
Like PP and PBS/ Public Broadcasting they will still continue to operate, this is not the end for Sesame Street's Big Bird .lol They will just operate on a Business like level! As ALL Gov Agencies should ,they need to be run like a Business ! Example SpaceX :look at Elon Musk/Tesla even though he's the Biggest entity to receive gov subsidies,he is surpassing NASA in it's Space exploration efforts! He uses the Same Rockets to Launch and Land on a launch pad! Wow! Private Entity! Shows you entrepreneurship ,really works!
To make America a well functioning government again,everyone needs stop Government waste , contribute and sacrifice in Making America Great Again. Don't buy into this false narrative of Doom and Gloom our public officials are spinning. ScareTactics = Votes. Senseless spending has been the ultimate Downfall for all the Empires of the past...Not Wars ,as many may assume,but Money! IMUA | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45500804, 45588938, 45485526, 45434367] |
5,023,934 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Are you so sure he didn't kill the birds? Hmmmmmmm! | 4 | Hmmmm, I haven't read anything that said this defendant killed any birds. Have you? Are you just assuming he did? Quite sure they would not do plea bargain with any of the defendants that killed birds. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45256208, 45445022, 45365823, 45256274] |
5,024,093 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | actually, member states don't pay the US anything. But hey, why ruin a good rant. | 4 | the problem with what Mr Trump said about NATO financing is that it's true....the other problem with what Mr Trump said about NATO financing is that's it's true because NATO since its creation post WW2 has existed primarily as an extension of US foreign policy.. with military dominion over the nations of Europe , preventing what should have become over time, a unified European military alliance capable of defending itself.
Mr Trump got the financing part right...he conveniently forgets, as do most Americans and Canadians for that matter, that while NATO made some sense during the Marshall Plan years of rebuilding Europe and perhaps as a buffer during the period prior to the USSR's disintegration, it exists today primarily to extend US foreign policy and military policy hegemony over it's European allies. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45402464, 45456658, 45445022, 45404169, 45438070] |
5,024,123 | [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] | that is true, along with papers like the sa that perpetuate the lies. How many people did they poll? In barry's home town. It's amazing 100% of those polled don't think Trump is illegitimate. What a farce, but of course this is front page news in the sa. More of you moving to New Zeeland, I hope, to hang out with the sheep. | 10 | I am not surprised by this poll’s results. Civics, to most young people, are Japanese automobiles, instead of a course that used to be taught in school. They know little, if anything, about the Constitution and I suspect many of them do not even know we have one. There no doubt is something illegitimate, but it is not the Presidency; it is the education young people (and some members of Congress) get today. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45494674, 45476019, 45404154, 45534988, 45463652] |
5,024,473 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | And what do you, personally, intend to do to encourage women (college women or otherwise) to turn out to vote?
Since neither or Oregon's Senators are up for re-election in 2018 and our Five Representatives ((4) Democrats and (1) Republican) would be re-elected if Jesus Himself were on the other side of the ballot, you need to look farther than Eugene, Oregon to make a difference.
Does sitting it at your computer and practicing telepathy seem like an option?
If not, what do you, personally, intend to do? | 4 | I suspect the next midterm elections will be a test of American intelligence and courage.
America will have seen the true face of oligarchic pharaohs, people who see it as their mission to lord it over us all, to mock the power of women, to use the strength of the poor to build pyramids of wealth for the rich.
I just watched Trump slight the female German leader and thought that I had seen that body language a million times before, having grown up in a time that saw women as household creatures but not equals to men (the smirk and the turning away from a face to face conversation with an equal).
I wonder if women will turn out to vote. I wonder if young female college students will have learned the essential lesson that voting is perhaps the most important civic duty of their lives, and if left to others, Trumpist disasters occur.
I wonder if we will be at war by the elections so voter nullification will be in effect.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene Oregon | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45385682, 45404259, 45597947, 45465124, 45602467] |
5,024,542 | [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Kelly actually went after Robin Brena and accused him of corruption when he testified to the legislature on SB21.
And at a Monday news conference, Kelly, the Senate president, continued the attack on Brena.
"Robin Brena is not an expert," Kelly said. "He has a political agenda."
So we know Robin Brena is on the right track. He just wrote a new article that exposes the corruption of these arrogant bastards.
Oil production tax is broken
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/03/18/alaskas-oil-production-tax-is-broken/ | 10 | Good post. Kelly has always been a pompous hypocrite. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0] | [45536973, 45635376, 45327007, 45596835, 45567747] |
5,024,558 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Thud. | 4 | The only room you can get for 100 euros is in the Arno. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45438681, 45500969, 45256375, 45604288] |
5,024,650 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I am not arguing whatsoever with this fund's returns. However I do have a question.
How much of that balanced fund's returns came from a increase in the value of the fund's bond holdings (bond prices tend to rise as interest rates fall) during tha 15-yr average 7.68% return?
And if one were to assume that from the pointof view of someone investing in that same fund today, that the returns would only be from the equity portion's capital appreciation (and hopefully not depreciation) and that the bond portion of the portfolio simply provided its interest rate return with no capital gains or losses (a fairly optimistic pointof view), based on the foregoing, what rate of return, after costs, would you expect the Mawer Balanced Fund to produce over the next 10 to 15 years?
Showing investor's this fund's past returns without considering the impossible to repeat interest rate decline but yet ignoring it in investment proposals to unsophisticated investors is at best, manipulative. | 4 | 'People stick with their advisor because they can't admit to themselves they've been swindled.'
No. People use advisors because they need assistance in managing their money.
Not all mutual funds are the same. Mawer Balanced has a 15 yr average return of 7.68%. It's corresponding index, 60% MSCI World, 40% BC Glo Agg, is at 5.13%
sometimes the fee argument can be flushed ,...:) | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45370851, 45404259, 45191524, 45363536, 45602570] |
5,024,720 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | or a pass on a "fellow" officer being stealthily photographed showing off his little ball banger of a gun as his back up weapon? | 4 | I wonder if the Chief would give an officer a pass on a butttcrack photo, or a package deal pic of a fellow officer; "fellow" in the strict sense of the word. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45402464, 45445022, 45438681, 45456658] |
5,024,939 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | We are | 4 | Narcissistic personality disorder. Textbook case of the classic type.
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who?
Justin Trudeau?
I thought we are talking about Trump | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45418782, 45500804, 45491609, 45535810, 45582425] |
5,024,992 | [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | Well said. Society today creates many young adults that are "blamers" for all their outside influences, and our justice system often allows it. So frequently no one takes responsibility for their actions. All started with that damn McDonald's coffee spill. :( | 10 | Regardless of social or economic background, no decent human being would commit such acts of horror. Shame on all who were involved, who preyed on these beautiful innocent birds and their unborn babies. Do you even care about all the years of hard work of so many who were making a difference in getting this species to thrive out at Kaena point? Do you even care about the other birds who were witness to your cruelty? And then to brag on social media about how you tortured these birds makes me sick to my stomach.
Surely something is horribly wrong with our society and our "justice" system if you are not punished to the full extent of the law. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45385682, 45388025, 45256208, 45449332, 45599360] |
5,025,174 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | The soul and the body are one. We are called to love our brothers and sisters, body and soul. We do what we can for those in this life and we rely on God to care for them/us in the next. | 6 | The object of the priest is the eternal disposition of souls, far more important than the temporal life!
We must renew our understanding of the supernatural.
See souls, eternal souls. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45450604, 45485526, 45404259, 45256208] |
5,025,272 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | When it comes to SNAP I am seriously getting sick of people failing to comprehend the biggest boosters of SNAP are Walmart and the other four big grocery chains. Do people seriously think Walmart etc. don't turn in their SNAP receipts for payment from Uncle Sam? In a sense, Walmart double dips since they didn't pay their workers enough not to qualify for SNAP and benefited from their benefits as well. Not too mention the program is run through the Department of Agriculture because it also directly supports commodity prices for mega farmers and ranchers. | 4 | John ...there is also the issue when discussing personal vs governmental "assistance" the issue of magnitude of need totally outstripping private resources.
Federally funded "nutitrition assistance" for the 45-50 million folks receiving it....1 in 5 children qualifies by "need"....is NOT going to be satisfactorily addressed with individual charity.....same point applies to other"safety net" programs.
And we ARE our brothers and sisters "keepers"......Matt 25. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45491654, 45256178, 45418782, 45449332, 45494674] |
5,025,477 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Apples and oranges. If you're treating someone that way because they're gay, then that's not right. If you're treating someone that way because they represent a physical threat to you or your family, then of course it's justified. Why are you conflating the two? Just trying to be difficult? Trying to use a straw man argument? | 10 | So, according to this, I can come to your protest with my Make America Great Again T-shirt and protest the killing of unborn babies? We have to respect everyone's rights, correct? Including mine? You can protest what upsets you, and I can protest what upsets me? We can do this peacefully without violence? I can come speak about love of country at your rally without getting threatened, assaulted, or killed? I can do it without being booed? I can choose to lock my front door and not let the drunk neighbor inside who is pounding on my door and threatening me? Or does that make me a bigot and racist? Typically when someone says they want to chop my head off, I don't allow them in my house. I know that's an odd concept for some. And yes, I am white, and yes, I grew up poor, and yes, I worked hard and got wealthy, and yes, I have many family members from all over the world. And shock of all shocks, I respect and love them. Oh, maybe because they aren't threatening to kill me. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45599028, 45494674, 45534988, 45656105, 45450736] |
5,025,757 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | How can you possibly know that? | 4 | The man helped by the good Samaritan was a legal citizen. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45447087, 45536013, 45636192, 45596860] |
5,025,775 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | "We've seen already that it is no major feat to thwart his more ill-advised schemes like the immigration ban."
We've also seen border guards and deportation agents overstepping their bounds and trampling on civil liberties because they feel more empowered by working for Trump. There are a lot of people with badges and guns in the vast Homeland Security apparatus that ultimately reports to the president. If he ordered a squad of true believers to arrest some meddlesome judge or senator, then what?
That's when we would find out if the vaunted checks and balances still apply. | 4 | The article is interesting but alarmist, and assigning percentages to the various scenarios is pseudo science at best. There are far too many variables at work here to even begin to be mathematical.
I think, too, that the author is largely ignoring the checks and balances inherent in the American political system. Trump may be an authoritarian narcissist who believes many of his own falsehoods, but the Constitution would be a major stumbling block for many of the Cassandra like predictions in the article. We've seen already that it is no major feat to thwart his more ill-advised schemes like the immigration ban.
I worry about Trump's potential effects on the environment, and worry too that the man controlling the marionette's strings has been pretty clear in saying he thinks war would be a good thing. But I know Trump's support, even from his own party, is dwindling.
I think that cautious optimism is more sensible than terror at this point. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45438879, 45535369, 45465124, 45630512] |
5,025,865 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Anchorage private school tuition is $17K, at least at one of the few that aren't associated with a church. | 4 | .... The factors of the Alaska economy are a mystery to the leadership of the State:
(1). $1.4 Billion to fund schools for 122,000 kids; the funding formula is a giveaway program for administrators and maintenance departments. $9,836 per child.... per year. So a family with 3 kids ... $29,308 per year. Private school tuition is: $8,300 for elementary and $5,200 for High school kids.
(2). The Federal government recognizes and funds 250 federally recognized tribes in the State. But these funds are redirected into Non Profits across the State. The villages?... left broke and hapless. Who picks up the welfare in perpetuity for this systemic mess?.... the taxpayer
(3). The federal government spends $308 million for airports with ZERO economic analysis: no benefit v cost.
You'd think the government was $20 Trillion in Debt. ($25 Trillion before Trump leave the office).
Get ready for the mother of all: Recessions. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45505902, 45447087, 45438070, 45446974] |
5,026,156 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | What social rule do you follow to protect you from mountain lions? Sorry that you got that note on your windshield. You are qualified to part in those spots. | 4 | "We live in a society; a society that has benefits like iphones, and supermarkets, and a lack of mountain lions attempting to eat you. If you want the benefits of society follow the rules! Take an introspective look at your life and figure out why nobody likes you." - an excerpt of a note left on somebody's windshield that had parked in a reserved stall (i.e. not the stall of the car parked there).
You keep parking in the same reserved stall, dude. "Unconstitutional", "won't make us safer", blah blah, blah blah, blah blah. Still...waiting for your plan. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45458735, 45408870, 45447221, 45535810, 45450976] |
5,026,253 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | #2, brevity is not one of my gifts.
I don't know how we fight this budget with the majorities being Republican and their lips pressed to Trump's trousers -- but we have to find an effective way to at least modify the social aid restrictions, the EPA debacle, and ESPECIALLY the generous tax gifts the budget is allowing the richest Americans at the expense of everything else.
"Make America Great Again" now means more to me as referencing the era of the Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and other industrialists whose fortunes have lasted almost 200 years. They may have provided true American progress and on the backs of very low-paid workers...but our current Cabinet suggests the plan hasn't much changed; neither do they offer the innovation of their former peers -- only money manipulation to increase their own worth.
How do we stop this tragic mess?? I'm truly asking...my Senator ( Feinstein) seems on top of everything, but she's being outvoted by the true Deplorables. | 4 | I rarely entirely agree with MSW's articles, but this is absolutely accurate and with good insight. This budget is 100% immoral from any human rights' standpoint, disregarding any religious ideology.
Maybe we wouldn't have to increase defense spending if our military advisors were smarter, craftier and more creative in their planning.
The US does NOT NEED a stupid wall separating us from one of our nearest neighbors. There is no wall, no door, no window that can't be breached with enough will and intent. Does the wall come with armed vigilantes shooting possible entrants?
It's not surprising the EPA's budget is being cut when the agency head doesn't believe the scientific data supporting its validity.
Regarding the Federal aid cuts to social programs, I'd bet not ONE of those advisors has ever lived barely close to subsistence level or had to seek a job based at or below minimum wage.
This administration's actions are all planned by freaking amateurs, starting with DJT. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45535369, 45597947, 45596860, 45598378] |
5,026,371 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I especially admire his use of adjectives "big" & "beautiful" for his wall...
...words which also apply to his ego | 4 | Not a day goes by that this fool doesn't have some sort of ridiculousness coming out of his mouth! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45458735, 45432844, 45186863, 45365374, 45582632] |
5,026,386 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Good quality bonded hunting bullets generally retain a high percentage of their weight after impact with limited fragmentation. However, high velocity rounds commonly used for varnint control, i.e. prairie dogs, do fragment on impact and the carcasses are generally left to be scavenged by other wildlife. Many of our raptors are systematically poisoned as a result. | 4 | Lead bullets contaminate the environment and the game they kill. That moose is shot through with microscopic lead fragments. Bon Apetit. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45458735, 45408870, 45617125, 45600236, 45447519] |
5,026,448 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Wig writes:
"There's very little substance to most of what Canadians like to believe about themselves or project onto the rest of the world with 'Canadian values' being a marketing buzzword."
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Why the hate for anything Canadian?
My copy of The Economist a couple of months ago had as its cover story: "Liberty Moves North", in which the world's most respected news journal held up Canada as an example for other nations to emulate. And their's is not a rare such opinion.
Enjoy denigrating Canada if you must, but don't deny the rest of us the pleasure in taking pride in the accomplishments of Canada and the example Canada sets. | 4 | Today's U.S. music charts have nothing to do with my post. If it's loaded with Canadians that's great news but off topic.
There's very little substance to most of what Canadians like to believe about themselves or project onto the rest of the world with 'Canadian values' being a marketing buzzword.
Claiming that 'we' being Canada, the U.S. and the UK influenced musicians is more of the same. You did nothing to 'earn' that claim. It's just said and it becomes an accomplishment.
What you think is being bitter is someone not living in isolation, without a chip on my shoulder, no inferiority complex, comfortable in my own skin and not waving the Canadian flag at all the wrong times and for all the wrong reasons.
The results of all that are my posts. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45184889, 45394200, 45541073, 45567747] |
5,026,594 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Sweden is culturally very different from North America. I was reading something written by a Swede recently (don't recall where) that talked about how the fact that Sweden was considered a poor country until not too long ago -- less than 100 years -- and Swedes have a strong ethos around supporting one another because that's how they survived for a long time.
The fundamental ethos of the United States is utterly different. One of the strongest ideas is that anyone could go from rags to riches and they could do it through their own hard work and ingenuity. Individualism is paramount, even if social mobility has declined, which is has over the past few decades.
Canada is different yet again, however, we're not as community-minded as either the Swedes or the Japanese. A lot of Canadians identify with being community-aware, but individualism is also strong here compared to a lot of places. All one has to do is read a lot of the comments on these boards to know that's the case. | 4 | duali
Right, Japan has low income inequality by social conditions. It is built in to their lives. Low income inequality was also achieved in Sweden, through legislation. According to Pickett and Wilkinson, it makes no difference how it is achieved but better living correlates with low income inequality. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45498044, 45195714, 45379964, 45598650, 45599054] |
5,026,613 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | My Holy Trinity of the pioneering legends of rock and roll are Chuck, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Chuck because he was first and his song writing, guitar style and skill, and dynamic stage presence made it possible for the rest.
Elvis because his voice, looks and charisma made rock and roll THE popular music genre surpassing the easy listening pop music of the previous teen idol, Frank Sinatra.
And Jerry Lee because he never played any song the same way twice, he was the self taught genius of the piano playing rock, country, gospel or anything else, and he was the most electrifying rocker of all with non-stop energy, jumping up on the piano to sing, playing the piano with his foot and his a$$ and his elbow and sounding great, the true embodiment of the cliche "a force of nature".
He and Chuck had the biggest egos and were the most difficult rockers to deal with but geniuses are often like this.
Still performing, Jerry Lee, 81, once again gets to close the show.
RIP, CB. | 4 | The story about the 2,500 in cash each day brought back a similar memory.
Chuck played my home town in the 80s, and as was his custom, traveled solo with only his guitar. It was up to the promoter to find a local band to back him, and another requirement was to supply a specific amp ('65 Fender Twin Reverb if memory serves). The promoter got a Twin Reverb, all right, but the model was off by one year. Chuck refused to play, and it took an extra 5K -- in cash -- to convince him to go on.
In a way you couldn't blame him for being either difficult or parsimonious. The Chess brothers, for whom he recorded most of his hits, were legendary for ripping their artists off. Alan Freed demanded -- and got -- co-writing credit for Maybellene in exchange for keeping the song in heavy rotation on his influential Moondog show. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45571747, 45598216, 45360811, 45599411] |
5,027,173 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I will not. You can certainly ask all of those people in your group that Belinda Griswold shared the emails with. Or Dominique can look at her email dated 2/10/17. There are others as well that have told us about the abusive emails they received. | 4 | I just asked one council member, Dominique Emerson, and she says she has been given no written evidence. Since you apparently have the evidence, would you mind sharing it with me? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45498710, 45256208, 45366683, 45633333, 45567747] |
5,027,570 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Don't be coy Mr Bond...we all saw the movie.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball_(film) | 4 | Huh? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445022, 45541171, 45432844, 45327007, 45256208] |
5,027,672 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Interesting idea. It might work. The other thing the state could do would be to have hefty/prohibitive fee/tax on short-term rentals less than 30 days, then waive that fee for "approved" businesses like hotels and permitted B&B's.
Aside from such measures by the state, enticement of zoning is only done by the counties (mayors). Gov Ige and the legislature don't have jurisdiction on this issue.
Vetoing this bill and not collecting TAT and GET is simply a give away to unpermitted opetators, encouraging others to do the same. Last year's veto cost law-abiding taxpayers $millions. Please pass the bill and collect the taxes so the rest of us don't have to make up for it. | 4 | Easy to end this nightmare. All the legislature needs to do is make one simple change to our State Insurance Code. The elimination of the ability of the property owner to be able to get any kind of insurance for any use that is contrary to the permitted use of the property use laws. In other words, the owner of the property that is being used as an illegal rental cannot get any kind of insurance to cover personal liability, fire, property damage, etc. With no insurance available for the property owner, they will not take the risk that a visitor won't sue them or no recovery if the house burns down. Being in business, the property owner must weigh the risks and rewards of the income he gets from his ILLEGAL RENTAL.
This will drive these condo and homeowners back to renting their units to regular residents or selling them. This will put close to 3,000 homes on the market. Guess what, then there is no "HOUSING CRISIS" as everyone cries. The City building dept. will love it, too! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45445192, 45506032, 45602066, 45535968] |
5,027,995 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] | StewartBrian says: 'still deflecting for the libs?'
What the heck is wrong with you? In an article about the Cons, in a comment about the Cons, it was YOU that brought up the Libs. You make absolutely no sense at all. | 10 | still deflecting for the libs? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45438879, 45476019, 45447221, 45573532] |
5,028,027 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Agree with your points, but why on earth would you expect Trump to put Canadians first? | 6 | Blaring headlines on Trump serve to divert attention away from Trudeau's fiscal irresponsibility, negligence on border control and activist agenda that does not put Canadians first. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45445022, 45525588, 45599311, 45567747] |
5,028,298 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | How is it a "deflection"? | 4 | Great (and typical) deflection. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45571747, 45435454, 45200444, 45365190, 45536973] |
5,028,825 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | You're right MysteryBee - you don't know me.
I contribute regularly to our church food bank.
I contribute to the Salvation Army, Yonge Street Mission, Scott Mission, Yellow Brick House.
I've supported fund drives for the indigenous people of Canada.
I believe very strongly that "charity begins at home".
I have no love for politicians strutting on the world stage supporting others when there are needy people in our own Canadian communities. | 4 | "... while ignoring needy Canadians."
Obviously I don't know you so I really can't speak knowledgeably on your views towards "needy Canadians" but I'm guessing you have never been a big advocate for low-income housing or homeless shelters or community soup kitchens.
As a general rule, the people angry about the financial cost of refugees aren't exactly social justice warriors, and I highly doubt you're any different. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45501738, 45491654, 45597947, 45450096, 45571030] |
5,028,909 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Yes it does, it speaks volumes about the care the mushes have for their dogs. They would rather drop dogs at check points for things like sprained wrist, pulled muscles, being sick then to subject that dog to further injury. A dog dying on the trail is vey sad. However there were 1150 (approximately) dogs on the trail, that's .3% death rate. As noted, that is more than the last 2 years and less than any group of 1150 dogs sitting I front o a fire place in the same age bracket. | 4 | Pity there is no mention of the lives that were lost. And it's sad that finishing with all dogs is considered such an outrageous feat. Speaks volumes. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45397010, 45535372, 45494674, 45596860, 45548584] |
5,029,475 | [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | From the very beginning. This is a joke. Just the thought that the Chumps connections to Russia is being investigated is reason for his removal. His presidency is more dysfunctional than the Charles Manson ohana. If the head ain't screwed on right the body can't walk a straight line. | 10 | What did the President know and when did he know it? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45486432, 45394200, 45541073, 45599928, 45438648] |
5,029,692 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | According to the FT, Obama issued more Executive Orders AND passed more substantive legislation.
On the other hand Trump has ticked off Germany, China, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Sweden.
He ordered a raid into Yemen against the wishes of his Generals that got a SEAL killed for no real intelligence (according to his Generals). | 4 | And yet he still managed to accomplish more.
Says more about Obama then Trump. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45366683, 45599028, 45476019, 45553691, 45215844] |
5,029,960 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | Do you get paid every time you post the exact same comment on different threads or does it have to be original work? Is it on a sliding scale?
I saw you post this identical comment elsewhere today. You're getting some mileage out of it. You must like it a lot.
Personally, I think you should put the effort in and earn a good days' wage and post fresh material every time. Have some professional pride, man! | 6 | The western global elites have thrown evetrht9ing they have at Trump. All the hysteria about Russia hackers getting involved with the German election, French election , American election when everybody knows Obama has been spying on Merkel for years.
The McCarthyism hysteria is at a boiling point.The demigod main street media have walked themselves into a corner with a complete empty narrative and no way out.
Yes Russian are evil for simple being Russian!!!!
The Democrats are devoid of creativity, devoid of ideas, devoid of policy and completely devoid of person magnetism, They literally have nothing but to latch on to the charisma of Putin and a bit of cold war ideology, its all they got!! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45438681, 45494674, 45451297, 45450746] |
5,030,008 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | If the shoe fits...... wear it!! | 4 | Jennifer Rubin, conservative Washington Post columnist: "Comey’s statement ("I have no information that supports those tweets") was not surprising, but it was nevertheless devastating. To hear the head of the FBI in essence call the president a liar or wide-eyed conspiratorialist is bracing, if not humiliating, for the chief executive. And reflecting on the morning tweet, Trump now seems desperate, childish and vulnerable. He’s been tripped up by his own grandiose lies. At some level he must know it." | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45445192, 45571747, 45598216, 45360811, 45599411] |
5,030,095 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I think the mistake Bishop Tobin makes is to confuse the vehicle with the passenger. We are called to believe in God through the gospel of Jesus. The Church is simply the vehicle by which God and gospel come down to us. When that vehicle functions as it should, it brings God and gospel to the people. When it malfunctions, it sets up shop and invites the people to come to it, largely on its own terms, which is what I read Bishop Tobin's comments to imply: young people should remain in the Church because the Church has the sacraments. The sacraments, by definition, are not grace, but vehicles of grace and, as such, they are meant to bring God to the people. Once again, the Bishop assumes the sacraments are the possession of the Church and the people should come to it, whether the Church speaks their language or not, whether the Church is a flawed vehicle and countersign of faith or not. As a result, he sees tens of millions of Catholics leaving the Church and thinks he's just fine. | 4 | Thank you, Bishop Tobin...a brave thing to defy the standard talking points of NCR and the majority of posters here (as you can see from the comments).
What is missed in discussing polls is that the polling data can often be skewed - even in the phraseology of answer choices to questions posed. The polling pool may also lend itself to question.
What is missed is a lack of understanding and catechesis. I see that often with the couples who come for marriage prep. They often explain they never attended Mass as children - soccer and sleeping in apparently much more important.
They admit they parrot what they have been told is the reason they don't attend -political, peer, and secular pressure are strong motivating factors - but there seems to be a certain hunger or need in them - they know something is missing.
What is missed is that Truth does not change with polling data - nor should it. What may ensue is a realization that Truth must be explained better... | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45438681, 45635376, 45513204, 45599928] |
5,030,649 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Did Canada become a Nazi country after receiving German immigrants? Did Canada become a communist country after receiving Russian immigrants? Did Canada become a narco-state after receiving Latinos? Did Canada have zero gun control after receiving American immigrants?
The most violent countries today are in Latin America.
And is Calgary segregated by race? Their mayor is a Muslim with Indo-African heritage. And he is a lot better than Rob Ford or the Montreal mayor who was arrested for corruption. | 6 | Up until 1980 - 1990 Canada was made up of mostly people of European heritage. That was our identity. Justin seems to have forgotten that. What will be the impact for changing the racial make-up of the country to majority Chinese / Indian? Canada is not far from whites being a minority in all of the big cities. Will the country start to resemble that of the countries they came from or will it maintain it's European values, traditions and architecture? Is it a good thing for a country to have no racial identity? Is it good for cities like Calgary to be completely segregated based on race? Like it or not, people flock to their own. Are certain races much more prone to violence? Should that be considered when evaluating immigration claims or should it all be based on the individual? Should people trying to immigrate that come from countries whose values are anti-West (Islam) be admitted? Where do we see the country in 50 years with current immigration trends? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45314593, 45366683, 45574915, 45582203, 45351233] |
5,030,841 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | JAP-
While I disagree with your political stance, generally speaking, I completely agree with both of your comments above. The Russian evidence against the Trump Admin is damning, but nothing is proven at this point.
I REALLY agree with this line of yours:
My belief is that most americans love their country regardless of their support or opposition to president Trump.
Good day to you! | 4 | I believe that many of Trump's actions as president have been more in keeping with an autocrat than the leader of the free world. At this point, president Trump has ceded that position to chancellor Merkel. Perhaps our next president can regain it. If it can be proven that Trump or his associates colluded with the russians to win the election, it would be a historic betrayal of the american people and would make Trump's presidency illegitimate. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45434367, 45491654, 45535372, 45535941, 45333173] |
5,031,046 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Actually, the question itself is incorrect by using the term "illegal". Had the question been "Shall Canada discourage refugees from coming to Canada?", perhaps the more tolerant amongst us would give a more thoughtful answer which takes more than a restrictive one-word answer. | 4 | If the poll question had been " Do you think that illegal border crossings should be stopped", the answers would have been over 90% yes.
The poll question was designed to illicit a "no" answer. Deporting has a mean spirited connotation.
By no means are over half of Canadians in favor of the status quo on this issue. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45443908, 45195714, 45620596, 45486533, 45582621] |
5,031,095 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Indeed:
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotations/135-quotes-falsely-attributed | 4 | But Churchill was a conservative at 15 and liberal at 35.
Oh, and he never said or wrote that either. Can't believe people are still claiming he did. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45426626, 45456658, 45256208, 45465124] |
5,031,359 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | In respect of refugees that is not a correct formulation.
Under Canada's international obligations, one is to not take enforcement action against refugees for illegally entering the country per Article 31 of the 1951 Convention on Refugees. We have passed that into various iterations of our domestic immigration law over the years.
The latest example is section 133 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that exempts refugees from prosecution for illegal entry and associated offences including false documents and misrepresentation. | 4 | Illegal is illegal. You should not welcome illegal in any context, or else you have big trouble. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45566568, 45432844, 45372989, 45365374, 45203823] |
5,031,693 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] | What misconduct that all male students are participating in are you referring to? HMMM. | 10 | Laughable. Ditching free speech, particularly on the the subject of sexual assault, will certainly go a long way in addressing the issue of sexual assault on campus and at large. After all, silencing the discussion will surely be an abject lesson to all men and male students to curtail their misconduct. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45525557, 45597947, 45438681, 45438879] |
5,031,917 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | That however, then raises the question of why the canadian taxpayer is paying huge amounts towards education foe programs we do not need; or rather where demand is elsewhere like the US. In such a scenario i believe grads should have to pay back more than juat student loans. Tuition, even for foreign students, does not come close to covering the cost of said programs. | 4 | @rickschlosser: I am back to this quite late. These are not "alternative facts", as you say. This is my perspective based on many years working in health sciences, conversations with highly educated friends in different fields, and discussions with university, private sector, and public sector leaders.
Others have pointed out that fully staffing these jobs in smaller communities only addresses the employment needs of a subset of workers currently in cities. There is also the fact that the nature of the work in these small communities can be very different. For example, a medical specialist working in a big city may have a large research program - something they have undertaken more specialized training to do - and their work will only be possible in places with the right facilities, access to lots of patients, etc. Same goes for other sectors. Many of these people will go the US, etc. to do what they actually trained for before they go to, say, Prince George. That's not entitlement. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45588938, 45494674, 45465124, 45191524, 45454484] |
5,032,003 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | There are cuts, just not much different from what the governor put forward in his request this year. | 4 | So no cuts from last year? Not sure why they even bothered showing up, we could have done a flat budget renewal without them. Let's hope the Senate does their job. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45599028, 45501738, 45506032, 45596835] |
5,032,290 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | That is correct. Mx. Norstog is hot for teacher. | 4 | So...let me get this straight, you think a person who commits attempted murder (because that is what DUII is) and possesses both LSD and cocaine should continue to be a teacher because you find her attractive and because you've concocted an imaginary backstory for her? Is that right? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45541171, 45501738, 45588938, 45491654] |
5,032,411 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I think the author meant that the budget is 6.5 million higher than what the governor proposed. The first sentence stated that the budget was 4.25 Billion, with a "b". | 4 | I think the budget is 6.5 billion, not 6.5 million as stated in this article. 6.5 billion is a thousand times more than 6.5 million. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45535369, 45404259, 45494674, 45573532] |
5,032,639 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Now there's a great idea! | 4 | The threshold should be indexed to something link the median home sales price. That way, we wouldn't keep adding properties to it every year. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45445192, 45599028, 45535369, 45485526] |
5,032,909 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The PFD belongs to Alaskans and has nothing to do with the function of government. | 4 | You are getting your full PFD in the form of the government services provided to you. They could cut the government and give you a full PFD, or cut your PFD and give you a government. The choice is yours but you cannot have both . | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45224788, 45456658, 45447087, 45451297] |
5,033,000 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Stop it, Mr. big man: Your stocks will NOT earn an average of 12% going forward, and 35% total return last year? Doubt it.
Hey, it is nice you can pay cash, but quit bragging . . . | 4 | Not all car buyers who take out long term loans fit neatly into your described scenario. If you offer me a $60,000 car (that I was going to purchase anyway) at 0% over 7 years, I will gladly accept your offer. This way I can keep my money invested in stocks that earn an average of 12% over time and last year brought in over 35% including dividends. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45536973, 45485526, 45445022, 45397010] |
5,033,158 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The Globe used those women. | 4 | This follows the article which was published on the weekend where no comments were allowed and several women were interviewed after reporting sexual assaults but no men were interviewed about reporting their sexual assaults. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45426626, 45332074, 45408870, 45489372] |
5,033,269 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Just 8 wonderful years. Long enough. | 4 | The G20 isn't moving away from any of those things.
All 19 other countries besides the US were on-side with free trade + climate change language. Only the US was the holdout
Trump won't be there forever | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45408870, 45349281, 45394434, 45537304] |
5,033,366 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Paul Ryan. AND he's proud of the plan to do so. | 4 | You're still painting false caricatures with a broad brush. What prominent political leader has a following based on the the belief that we should let the truly poor and disabled starve or go without the necessities of life? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45432844, 45445022, 45394434, 45597947] |
5,033,404 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Brought to you by a spokesman of your friendly local chapter of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems.
https://www.naphs.org/home | 4 | The fact is that a high number of gun owners in America are mentally diseased. Just the mere fact that someone wants to own a gun to kill people with, points to the person being a sociopath.
Currently, very little is being done to prevent insane people like this man from getting guns. A person currently does not have to provide any proof that they are sane, when they go to buy a gun. Neither are they required to be examined by a psychologist, as is the case in some other countries.
We need a law here in Oregon that requires that all gun owners be required to obtain a license in order to possess firearms. And as part of that licensing process, the individual must undergo a mental health exam.
We have to do away with this insane idea that people have any "right" at all to own firearms. We need to make it a privilege that require licensing, just like we do with automobiles.
Please contact your local state Assemblyman or Senator, and demand that they end the gun madness. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45574915, 45586742, 45447221, 45597995] |
5,034,486 | [0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | You don't think you're splitting hairs there?!
Trump tweeted: "just found out that Obama had my ”wires tapped“ in Trump Tower just before the victory.”
And: "Is it legal for a sitting President to be ’wire tapping’ a race for president?” | 10 | But Mr. Trump didn't say that did he? This isn't even splitting hairs. He specifically said he was wire tapped on the orders of then-President Obama. Which isn't true. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45388025, 45418782, 45599028, 45584933] |
5,034,573 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | That is some great liberal logic. The House (D's) did not have to make the tough cuts because they knew the Senate (R's) would do the hard work. But the process is working great because the R's are not in charge. Funny. The House gets an F for making zero cuts, and I'll give the same F to the Senate if they fail to trim the fat while taxes are on the table. | 4 | The housed passed the budget they did because they didn't have to make the tough cuts; that's going to be left up to the Senate. Meanwhile, with this out of the way they can work on restricting the PFD and taxes. You can call them what you want, but the process is working for once now that the R's aren't in charge. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45434367, 45363536, 45537841, 45535810, 45599311] |
5,034,695 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Republicans voting for the PFD socialist program!!! Boy oh boy you gotta love that one. | 4 | House Republicans vote to return last year’s PFD to all Alaskans - House Democrats vote against returning last year’s stolen PFD to all Alaskans.
House Republicans vote to fully fund this year’s PFD - House Democrats refuse to fully fund this year’s PFD.
House Democrats take money from our PF earnings account and away from ordinary Alaskans.
Stunning - That is all u need to know. House Republicans are for ordinary Alaskans and House Democrats vote for the big interests. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45501738, 45197484, 45567747, 45596860] |
5,035,000 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Have you seen Jason Elam play? No doubt Sanchez is a good kicker and hopefully will get drafted in the later rounds or asked to join a team after. Elam was drafted in the 3rd round, played 15 seasons in the NFL, won 2 Super Bowls, made 3 Pro Bowls!! Sanchez can only hope for the same. | 4 | I think he is just as good or better than Jason Elam. Best wishes. Hope to see you in the NFL. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45224788, 45404154, 45588938, 45405070, 45432844] |
5,035,146 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Life has changed the Atmospheric and Oceanic Chemistry of the Earth to a largee degree since it first formed. There is an average thickness of 1 km of limestone rock (from shells) around the globe. If that CO2 was still in the atmosphere we would be more like Venus than our current condition. The Primordial oceans were full of FeSO4·xH2O. O2 could not begin to accumulate until the Oceans finished rusting out. There are Deep Banded Iron formations around the world reflecting how the O2 released by photosynthesis changed the composition of the Oceans.
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/Perry_Samson_lectures/evolution_atm/
Those changes took Geological time. We are the first organism to demonstrate that we can change the composition of the atmosphere, and acidify the seas, on the time scale of decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Evolution_of_Earth.27s_atmosphere
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664689/ | 4 | I agree that climate has changed since the earth was formed but up until about a million years ago there were no humans and no industrialized society for climate to attack. That's the essential difference...roughly 7 billion humans and all their wealth to protect. And yes, Carbon dioxide is life-giving but that's not all it does. It happens to be a very potent greenhouse gas that traps radiative energy and re-emits it back to earth. More CO2 means more energy retained and thus a warmer earth...all thanks to human activity. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45491654, 45535372, 45598378, 45635376, 45535810] |
5,035,424 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | But China-bashing just isn't as fun or approved as U.S.-bashing. | 4 | Well, I find all the hair-splitting interesting. There are Girl Guide trips that go to countries where Visas are required (such as China) and entry can be turned down. The same issues exist. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45505902, 45426626, 45485526, 45388025] |
5,035,741 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Wente, as usual, does some superficial research, cherrypicks a few examples to support her conservative biases, makes massive generalizations about her target and then waits for her fellow conservatives to agree with her. That's her modus operandi - and indeed, her job at the Globe, ha, ha - and she's written very similar columns on university life before.
Sorry, I just recognize the pattern. | 4 | Artster - So do you think the fact that Ms Robitaille had to cancel her talk for these reasons was reasonable? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45537352, 45494674, 45445022, 45598378] |
5,036,091 | [0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | Not a smart President. Sad.
Why do Canadians care?
Not a smart Prime Minister. Sad.
Justin
We care | 5 | Not a smart President. Sad. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45506032, 45598378, 45476019, 45598216, 45467952] |
5,036,093 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Thanks for the clarification about impeachment, Ronin. I'm guilty of using a term without really knowing its true definition, will definitely try to be more careful. I do recall Bill Clinton getting impeached....was that for lying about having relations with Monica Lewinsky?
Yes, my point is that Comey cleared Obama; therefore, Trump should retract those accusations against Barry and apologize for the uncivil comments he made about him. Can you agree to that? | 4 | I missed nothing, MillionMonkeys. The media is reporting that Comey debunked Trumps’ claim that his phones were wiretapped. That is not what Comey said. He said the FBI found no evidence that Obama ordered the wiretapping. Please tell me where Comey said there was no wiretapping or surveillance of Trumps’ phones. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45405070, 45491654, 45514417, 45366683] |
5,036,109 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Inescapable truth, surely! | 4 | Were you expecting nudity and excitement? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45535372, 45438879, 45388025, 45589137, 45438416] |
5,036,667 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | http://tinyurl.com/jlghd5k
Found a picture of Proud Deplorable at the Trump rally.
Russian flag and all.
aka Thoth | 10 | I can hear your knees knocking from here Deplorable. LOL | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45599028, 45588938, 45501738, 45418782, 45313149] |
5,036,820 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The problems that face Alaskans are not so different than the problems that face folk in the Lower-48.
Jeremy Rifkin on the Fall of Capitalism and the Internet of Things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xOK2aJ-0Js | 4 | These people also have marketable skills and will leave the state to find jobs elsewhere.
It's not as if they are going to hang around a dying state and pull espresso or sell crap at Walmart so you don't have to worry that your job is in jeopardy because these folks can do better. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45366683, 45599028, 45476019, 45553691, 45215844] |
5,036,910 | [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] | That's really quite funny. A renewed emphasis on legal consequences for defamation and "fake" news will be about as useful to the Trump administration as hoarding gasoline in the face an approaching fire. | 6 | First, we use the law on Defamation of Character. Libel is in print and Slander is verbal.
Since the Fake News, might actually influence political decisions making, that might be a start.
All laws, can add on, as the need arises.
This would be a start. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45498044, 45456658, 45497014, 45348666, 45364217] |
5,037,055 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | If by 'said', you really meant, 'did not say that'. | 4 | President Obama said there was ZERO inflation for the last eight years. Obviously that was another lie. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45656105, 45597315, 45405070, 45363536, 45525588] |
5,037,387 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Checked bags are subject to more scrutiny than carry ons....advanced electronic scanning and explosives testing. | 4 | Checked baggage does not undergo the same scrutiny as carry on. If you're going to use your laptop to blow up the plane you could still detonate it from your cell phoned in the cabin. I'm sure there's a method to the madness but, on the surface, it doesn't seem to make sense. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388080, 45385682, 45599028, 45589137, 45486432] |
5,037,595 | [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0] | He is just a complacent, arrogant Canadian - forgive him. | 70 | I live in Seattle and can tell you that I and my friends or family certainly don't live in fear as you point out. Not sure how you come to this conclusion. | [1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45331940, 45370851, 45498012, 45438575, 45495040] |
5,037,859 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Reporting about the criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian agents is unfolding in real time. March 5 is ancient history. Here's today's news about one of Trump's principal co-conspirators, the liar Paul Manafort's efforts to advantage Putin and Russia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-documents-say-trump-aide-hid-payments-from-pro-moscow-ukraine-party/2017/03/21/92ec85f2-0e11-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.a982ee36952e | 4 | On the March 5,, 2017 Meet the Press, NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Clapper if there was any evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, to which Clapper replied “not to my knowledge.” He added that while it is possible that new evidence has been produced since he left the government (effectively resigned in January 2017), he saw “no evidence of such collusion” while serving as Director of National Intelligence.
As Shakespeare noted "Much ado about nothing".
No matter how much sound and fury, this article signifies nothing. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45566568, 45432844, 45372989, 45365374, 45203823] |
5,038,165 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | This attitude is unique to the French. In France nobody picks up their dog's feces because they think their taxes already pay for civil servants to clean the streets. | 4 | I have always been negatively impressed by a phrase that I hear commonly in Quebec : "C'est pas ma faute". In fact, I hear it so frequently that I think that it should be on our license plates.
Directly translated, it means "It's not my fault", but it is used to indicate "it's not my responsibility" , "it's not my problem" or "it's not my job".
The professor was pretty spot on when he said that generally, individuals in Quebec do not have a sense of personal responsibility towards the larger society.
It is my impression that this stems from too much government intervention, and a misplaced reliance that "society" or the "collectivity" will take care of them, not realizing that without a contribution from each individual, there is no society or collectivity. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45388080, 45505732, 45224788, 45476019] |
5,038,838 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | What your numbers don't show is the readiness of said Forces, which is much lower than suggested owing to outdated equipment and constant repair/maintenance. The navy probable has it worst., regardless of how capable our sailors, airmen and soldiers are.
Our NATO commitment is HALF of what it contractually should be, 0.99% of GDP instead of 2%... | 4 | Canadian army: 49,500 (23,000 regular force, 17, 000 reserve forces, 5000 rangers, 4,500 civilians) | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45536973, 45197484, 45602467, 45636192] |
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