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It doesn't matter. What I said is both common sense and historically accurate.

and what military was that you trained in?

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Were the Tories not able to come up with a better option than Scheer?

I don't think Scheer should start planning to move out of Storoway, but if the NDP carve away enough votes from the Liberals on the left there tends to be a migration to the Tories from the Liberals on the right. The Conservative base is rock solid but the Liberal one is fluid and up for grabs - especially when you consider that Singh and Trudeau are going to battling it out for the sort of voters who don't look to hard for substance.

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Yes, wiliki, open your wallet wide, the Banana Republic of Hawaii will put your money to good use. LOL

Its difficult to enforce national standards. The state needs to take stronger action.

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wrong. Many of those with high-powered rifles, including assault rifles will have the bullet go through walls, intruders, etc. Unless everybody is on the same side of the intruder, you are much much better off with a shotgun and a lower caliber pistol. And the likelihood of somebody coming into your home wearing bullet-proof vest is slim. VERY SLIM.

That's clearly not a well thought out post. Or do you think they will be spraying bullets indiscriminately?

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I have no idea if JS Woodsworth was pro-choice or pro-same-sex marriage. However, I can guarantee you that the NDP has been ahead of the curve on those issues over the years. And without any doubt at all, more so than the Conservative Party you've said you now support. Whatever year your father made his claim about ndp attitudes about clergy, he was wrong. I suspect you have no idea what young NDP activists think.

Were all of those prominent people you listed pro-choice ? And would they all be supportive of same-sex marriage? I don't know that myself, but my bet is that some of them were fiercely opposed to that mindset. And the NDP's current wave of young supporters and activists doesn't "fit" your list.

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Well as more information has come out they’ve basically contradicted this early report, so nevermind. This just came out of nowhere and there doesn’t seem to have been much that could have been done to prevent it.

That is not what "known to authorities" means. A noise complaint against him. A traffic ticket. A bail bondsman. Any one of thousands of innocuous interactions at a lower level.

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Not the right time to discuss gun violence? Okay, let's watch some NRA propaganda instead! http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/its-perfect-time-re-watch-dana-loeschs-nra Remember kids, right after a mass shooting is never the time to discuss gun violence. (… right on cue, the Trump White House has already issued a statement.) White House: 'Premature' To Talk Gun Control In Wake Of Las Vegas Shooting

The Trumpists don’t care about dead citizens unless it can enhance their political power or please their corporate masters.

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Do you thinking attacking Afghanistan after 9/11 was "making political hay off a bloody hay field" or the right response?

For the record I believe in gun control....too bad you radical types who go off on me read what you want to read. My only issue was that Torbayguy was making political hay off of a bloody hay field.

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I'm not looking to ban anything. I'll continue to take reasonable precautions to protect myself and my family, without being paranoid, and buy powerball tickets.

Kinda like the odds of being killed by a refuge or 1st generation immigrant (undocumented or otherwise) terrorist on US soil. Better chance of winning the Power Ball twice than that happening. Yet those on the right seem to think refugees and undocumented are are a threat. The "ten millionth of a percentage point" to which you refer is still magnitudes higher than the threat posed by those who Trump is trying to ban.

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I'm sure they don't care

Of course they did. And this is the reason RIGHT HERE that the Excited States will never see reason WRT gun control. That's fine. I have no need to go there.

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You know, I am not your civics teacher. Normally when people assert things I don't know, I search for the answers and information. In this case you are welcome to search for information on the new Cold War and Russia introducing corrosive elements into conversations, twitter and social media in an effort to undermine our democracy. The information is there. It is bogus and lazy to demand citations on a conversation platform like this. So try informing yourself of current events, you have a computer right?, and accept the truth about Russian interference in the election and our civil society.

Still blaming the Russians? That was so last month. Even CNN has called it a "nothing burger." But please, provide links to the Russians directly interfering with and influencing the outcome of the last election.

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Won't stay posted but shut the 'HE Double Hockey stick' up. Humans possessing a heart and soul are not interested in vile hate. God bless the victims, God bless their families. God bless the emergency responders, including the police. And God bless this murderers brother as well. What a heavy heart he must have. *** Along with our President, my prayers are for you all.*** As for the others posting vile messages here, take your hate elsewhere.

Thank goodness Mr.Trump's Muslim ban stopped all the gun violence.... And the killings didn't have anything to do with guns or automatic weapons at all... Oh wait.....

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If you do not like my statements then you deny history. I am only posting what actually happened. There also white slaves that were not treated all that well. I make no excuses for slavery. It was and is a blight on civilization. That still does not excuse the hatred of whites or blacks. Slavery also helped make fortunes in the North, so Northerners were hardly guilt free. That almost certainly includes some of your family members, even if you deny it. My ancestors are almost as certainly guilty. Blacks have made as many mistakes as whites have. So, if you do not like my words, you do not like the truth.

I don't much like your statements either Bill and I'm as white as you can get. There is no historical equivalency between the death and damage to black Americans and white Americans in terms of racial discrimination.

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He tried, but was blocked by the Republicans. Republicans work for the gun manufacturers, not Americans.

nothing came out of the mass shootings under Obama

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. . . in he hands of a madman.

But they'll tell you how many crimes were prevented because a gun existed!

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People worried about income inequality aren't calling for everyone to make the same amount of money. Singh pays his taxes (and wants higher rates for high-income earners, generally). What he does with the rest is nobody else's business.

I dunno... how does a guy who loves bespoke suits and ultra-high end luxury cars talk seriously about income inequality? Doesn't seem congruent with the NDP's ethos. How do you take that seriously? One of his suits costs more than the average family makes in a month, and we're supposed to be lectured by this guy about how unfair it is? More importantly who does he owe for being pushed so quickly to the forefront? NDP politicians don't just get on the cover of GQ magazine, you know?

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If the loyal kool ade drinkers of obumma were not so unwilling to see the truth obumma would have spent all his time looking up what the meaning "taking responsibility" meant.

I know this hurts but Trump is under Grand Jury criminal investigation for collusion, obstruction and treason. And most Americans think he's deranged. Screaming Obama this, and Clinton that, isn't considered a defense in a court of law. Sorry.

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That's the trillion dollar question.

Why do republicans fight to protect unborn children but have no problem denying them health care after they are born?

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then I guess they shouldn't commit a felony. There are consequences for committing crime and the more serious the crime, the more serious the consequences.

You: many people subsistence hunt as part of their livelihood in Alaska; a gun is a tool of necessity.

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"Mansplaining?" Really? "Red herring?" Really??? Why? I'm hoping that if the unlikely situation presents itself, a quick analysis of the then-current circumstances would be helpful, if she reads this. Also, she is an extraordinarily gifted athlete, with a great career in front of her as an amateur and a pro, if she wants that. Mt. Marathon is not worth the risk of a career-ending injury. Event Indoor WR Outdoor WR, from Nov. 2013. 400 - 44.57 44.13 800 - 1:42.67 1:40.91 1500 - 3:31.18 3:26 Mile - 3:48.45 3:43.13 2000 - 4:49.99 4:44.79 3000 - 7:24.9 7:20.67 2 Mile - 8:04 7:58 5000 - 12:49.6 12:37.35 Sub-15:30 is not "upper." I ran indoor, small banked track and flat long track, outdoor , x-c, marathons, for over 3 years. I love mountain running more than anything else, and have three knee replacements to prove it.

So...like I said.... upper 15s on the oval. Let's not red herring about indoor/outdoor as too many variables at play (many people have bounced back and forth on PRs between the two). As all her PRs would attest to... off the oval she wouldn't have been any more than 20 seconds faster (she doesn't have a sub 16 history in XC). So that means slow down, stop, mess with shoe (which was presumably tied tightly), stand up, speed back up. Why don't you stop pointing out what she should have done (e.g. not worn spikes in the first place, stop to fix her shoe) and just focus on the good performance she had? Why did you insist on armchair quarterbacking and mansplaining all over her good performance?

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You may be a crook, I'm not.

SA's middle and upper-middle class is schizophrenic! I worked for one of the companies in your aforementioned list of deplorables; I also have plenty of friends working in the others. Everyone who works corporate is "anti-corruption" and loves to moan about the wretched state of our politics: "Damn this blerrie zANC!" "I'm sick of this blerrie cANCer!" "Zuma Must blerrie Fall!" But, erm, hello? What's with these delusions of moral grandeur? We're all complicit. Nah, that's even putting it too lightly. We are just as bad as the folk in the ruling party. We castigate politicians for putting their personal interests ahead of the wider social interest. We cry when they jettison ethical virtues, and sulk when politicians act purely in the name of self-preservation or plain ol' greed. "How can Gordhan, Hanekom, Khoza, etc remain in such a corrupt organization?" But what about you Eskom/McKinsey/KPMG/SARS/SAP/T-Systems/Investec/Transnet/SNG employee? Hold the mirror up.

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DF is right to violate the US Constitution? No. She is not. She took an oath to "support and defend" its provisions which makes her subject to removal from office

Seems to me that if Diane is right then every politician in the country should be gone because they ALL profess to be "god fearing folk". So, based on Diane's rule send them all home.

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The final 2 games didn’t matter and the Rockies played a lot of their backups. I think if they HAD to win on Saturday they would not have substituted out the starters and would have won that game. Getting 7 hits off of Kershaw in 4 innings was pretty encouraging.

Really? A 3-2 final stretch is what your hanging your hat on? How about the last eleven where they were shut out 3 times and had 3 blow out wins....point being it all depends which team shows up....

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"...demand a law making it illegal for men (males) to impregnate women they are not ready and willing to have a child with?" Are you serious? Have you thought through this proposal? Skipping over whether such a law would be constitutional (very doubtful), how exactly would it work? Would men have to post a bond before fornicating? Sign a contract? Please explain just how you envision this working. If you sincerely want the bishops to support it, you need to flesh out a concrete proposal, don't you think?

OK good but if this man and his fellow bishops are serious about protecting the unborn why don't they demand a law making it illegal for men (males) to impregnate women they are not ready and willing to have a child with? Males have the power to stop abortion anytime they want. Just don't go around impregnating women until they are ready to be a father. Why do they not understand it takes egg and sperm to create a child?

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“Earnings” is one of a myriad of Orwellian “economics” lingo that helps mask the fact that privilege pays more than actual honest work

Do you know the difference between wages and earnings?

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"Originalists," that right there is a good bit of humor!

Justices Scalia and Gorsuch are considered 'originalists'. May want to do a little research outside your normal news source.

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People thought it was firecrackers, not gunfire. Last I checked concerts have fireworks shows all the time and I dont see people ducking for cover.

Your first argument is irrelevant to your point. Even without determining the exact direction gunfire was coming from, people took cover. If a suppressor muffles gun fire, it may have taken longer for people to realize it was gun shots and not fireworks, and then taken longer for them to seek cover. Taking cover in any direction was better than continuing to stand in the open area, unaware of the gun fire.

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"He bodies are still warm" This is such a common occurrence, the bodies never get time to cool down before the next wave start to get bagged up.

He bodies are still warm and the left are already chomping at the bit attempting to score political points It's disgusting, desperate and most certainly disturbing !!! God bless those poor soles who lost there lives, one can only hope the ones who are still alive are getting all the help humanly possible.

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Please do emigrate. ASAP. There is a hole in Alabama with your name in it.

Looks like we are shortly to become the 30th state of India. Hope we can all avail ourselves of that tremendous benefit, such as horrific slums, people defecating in the streets, no garbage pickup, everyone being totally beneath any level of physical work, etc.... Us ole Canadians just need to do what Mahatma Gandhi recommended, that being just sit down and do absolutely nothing... Sounds like a total Shangrila to me... Soo,... thank-you Canada for introducing me into this potential HELL on earth. B.T.W. Where is the nearest emigration office ?

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Not 'back in the '20's" and not 'banned'. Controlled, regulated, registered and taxed, yes. 'Banned', as you originally posted, No!

"Private ownership of machine guns made after 1986 is banned by federal law. All pre-1986 automatic weapons must be registered with the ATF and require extensive background checks before private citizens may own them." http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/02/actual-federal-laws-regulating-machine-guns-u-s/

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What is lame is a country that goes through so many mass killings and still does nothing. Now that is pathetic. You know at one time conservatives valued human life. Sanctity of life and all that. Wonder what happened. Now no big deal. let the lead fly, can't pass any regulation to reduce the chance of it happening. That will take profits away from big business. Disgusting!

What a B$ headline. Really SA your LIBERAL bias is Disgusting. Have some Respect for the dead and the one's fighting for their lives. President Trump was trying to comfort the country and you talk political ? LAME

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Sorry, I must have missed the link in your post showing a credible source providing the basis for your assertion. Or am I just supposed to take your word for it?

The mass shooting rates in those countries is still well below ours, so yes it technically is working. Is that 100% the answer why, of course not but it's definitely a big part of it.

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I did not mean for my post to be exhaustive list of reasons to have a lot of firearms. The one reason that this may have sent up an alert is if it was a number of weapons in a relatively short time. Again, like I said, there also may be legitimate reasons for it. Some are a reach, but legitimate none the less. I do not necessarily support a restriction on large numbers of guns, but it is something to be alert to.

Some people just like unique firearms. I have a friend who bought a device that makes his .22 caliber rifle 'automatic.' You can write your name with it because of the speed, accuracy and lack of recoil! And it's a LOT cheaper ammunition, too!

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Will you think about blowing the whistle... If verifiable facts and figures were made public knowledge, things -may- start to change.

They also get to drive unmarked district vehicles home everyday and a gas card. Not to mention that some of these executives received a 25% market based pay adjustment which is hard to trace. Can't trace it because they are paid from different departments. These are non union workers. Most of these so called executives have no prior experience in district practices. Most are ex military. The waste in the district is absurd. Just follow an Asd truck to the dump. You will see!!!!

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POT is the gateway to all the other Addicting DRUGS, METH, HEROIN etc.

Because it is the elephant in the door, Al. Pot brings crime, other drugs, illiteracy etc. The last thing we need is another legal drug, alcohol is bad enough.

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I relish the thought but Vance may just be gherkin us around... if so, Poupon him.

Indeed. It's quite a pickle.

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Psssst. It didn't pass.

give everyone a silencer so you cant hear them shooting! GOP full of geniuses

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Harry states, "Democrats made the mess almost 8 years ago". Amazing after the Republicans had 8 years to prepare, they still FAILED. And what about TODAY Harry? What about the past three years when Republicans controlled Congress. Didn't Donald Trump claim the Republican Healthcare Bill was the best thing since sliced bread? Didn't he state Obamacare would be "easy" to repeal and replace. Why would a party that controls the White House and Congress vote down the best bill since sliced bread? The vote was 49-3 on the first effort. They couldn't even muster that on the second effort so they threw the best bill since sliced bread under the bus. . Failure after failure after failure and there is only one party and one President to blame. That's your party Harry and they threw you and people like you under the bus with the best bill since sliced bread. . Doing greatly btw....

Get what job done? If Obamacare is so great, why do anything? Trump told Republicans just that after he was inaugurated and he was right. So, no, we're just going to leave that great piece of legislation alone. It's already falling apart as it was made to fail. When it does, people will remember, Republicans had absolutely nothing to do with it. Obama and the Democrats forced it on America with nary a Republican vote. Democrats made their bed, now they must lie in it, for better or worse...

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I have a suspicion that if the topic was the Ku Klux Klan... ... your approach would not be to shrug and say "well, yeah, whatever, those members were likely motivated by racism before they even joined the Klan, there are such people attracted to such groups all the time, whatever"... ... or to suggest in a related manner, "well, yeah, we really should get rid of hate crime as a terminology entry, they should just all be called crimes, and that's it, the motivation of the individual is not really important, a crime is a crime, let's stop having a category called hate crimes"... Just saying...

This argument makes lot of sense. I am surprised that Saunders left out of his article the attacks in Paris and Brussels. In both cases, you had individuals who have already been to prison for violent crime before the "found" their religious faith or devotion to a violent group. To suggest the ideology is the primary motivator is to oversimplify. The people who went to Syria to fight for (or against) ISIS are likely motived by the thrill of the fight, more than any strict adherence to religious doctrine. Mercenary armies like Blackwater attract such people all the time.

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The simple reason to single out assault rifles is that there is no good reason for anyone outside of the military or law enforcement to have one. What they are is a toy that has the potential for causing mass murder. On the mass shooting statistics I guess you have found a way to narrow the definition to get down below 100. The FBI doesn't have a definition for what constitutes a mass shooting. The Gun Violence Archive http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ defines a mass shooting as one where at least one person is killed and at least four people are killed or injured, which seems like a reasonable definition. Based on their definition there have been 273 mass shootings in the US so far this year and considering that at least one person has to die per incident that would indicate that at least 273 have died, leaving out those victims who are injured. Do you have a different definition of what constitutes a mass shooting and an alternative source for your data?

Since hand guns are responsible for more deaths than rifles (by far), then why do you think "assault weapons" should obviously be illegal? How is that common sense. Common sense tells me that I'm more likely to be shot and killed by a hand gun then by an "assault" rifle. Like I said in my previous post, less than 100 people have been killed by mass shootings this year. In 2012, there were 8,855 total firearm-related homicides in the US, with 6,371 of those attributed to handguns. So 72% of all gun deaths in 2012 were hand guns. How is it a better strategy to go after 28% of the problem and ignore 72% of the problem? And what exactly do you consider an "assult" weapon? I guarantee you would feel pretty assaulted if you got shot by a .22LR single shot pistol. Events like the one in Vegas are horrible, but at the same time you have a much better chance to die in a care accident on the way home from the concert.

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you're an idiot. port is open, airport is too but not full capacity. I have family that works in FEMA. Seen first hand accounts. The roads are shot - the governor will only allow puerto rican owned companies (think graft and bribes) do any work. The fuel is sitting in giant drums and tankers - the governor will only allow purto rican owned (more bribes) and operated trucks deliver whatever fuel and other cargo , on the broken roads that he wont allow to be fixed. there are over 10000 containers full of water food medical hopefully with the full force of the nation, they can "talk him into" allowing the country to get repaired. You'll never hear any of this on mainstream mass media, because, well, you never do. if you havent figured out by now that the country's major media is all owned and controlled by two corporations and everything comes out is lies, misinformation, disinformation, and crafted to bring you a single narrative playing with your emotions, then no one can help you.

OK driver, so you went to PR since last wednesday. Even though all the airports and shipping ports were closed due to hurricane damage. You went ashore, toured the island, assessed the damage and then made it back to Colorado in less than a week to hammer out some vapid, obtuse post in support of your dear leader on a Denver newspaper website. Ahhh, ha, ha. Ahhh, ha, ha. Whooo-hoo, stop it!

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"What kind of country allows private ownership of guns" a democratic country

"Maybe he's a psychopath." And maybe he wasn't. Just...quietly angry and empty. We might want to ask, "What kind of country allows private ownership of guns" in the 21st century (Sorry, folks, very few of us need to hunt for food anymore.) Americans will tell you why: an expression of freedom, overlaid, now, by fear. The gun industry--manufacturing, wholesale and retail--love the effect of even a possibility of gun control. Everytime that happens--line-ups at gun stores. See my post.

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He always answers prayer. Not always in the way you expect or in the time you expect, but He always does.

Far out, sister. God is dead and love is free, man. Like 420 dude. If God doesn't respond to your prayers, it's probably because he's busy taking care of his regular customers.

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Okay, Patwant and Charge Duffy--you disagree. Care to say why? Endlessly curious...

Good one, thanks for this. Lots of food for thought, here. The FACTUAL statement that stands out: It was the 273rd mass shooting (that is, with four or more victims) to have taken place in the United States so far this year." And months to go. So, given the definition, so far, a minimum--likely far exceeded--of 1,092 victims. Stunning. In less than a year, likely more than all the victims of gunmen & vigilantes in the 30 year span of America's infamous "Wild West." (I've excluded Native American genocide, but maybe I shouldn't...) I think this: it's the effect of the "perfect storm": a violent history then mythologized first in print, and then by mankind's most pervasive and effective entertainment industries (radio/motion pictures/American TV networks)--Its effect: a generations-long brainwashing. The sentiment that, while violence is lamentable, it is the path to freedom, and is, therefore, righteous. See: Season 7 of "The Walking Dead."

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Oh no, let's repeal them in order. Start with the first amendment.

>>>way past time to talk about reasonable gun control measures I think you are correct, it is way past time to talk about reasonable gun control measures. It is time to talk about eliminating guns from our society and repeal the Second Amendment.

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I'd really like to hear some comments on your choice. I know pro-lifers are definitely number 3. Pro choice folks, I'd like to hear their rational regarding 1 or 2.

1. Should abortion be kept legal because a fetus is NOT human life? No difference than removing your appendix. 2. Should abortion be kept legal because even though a fetus is a human life, the right of a woman to control her body takes precedence over the right to live. 3. Abortion should be made illegal because the right of life takes precedence over the right of a woman to control her body.

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Respectfully UNCLEBEN, public employee unions should never been attached to taxpayers or government to begin with! Today they have become such liabilities as to darn near bankrupt many states and municipalities! This was stated decades ago, even by many Democrats, who foresaw this huge financial disaster we now face with public unions and their pension funds put on government entities and ultimately taxpayers. It was a terrible mistake and one that was predicted before it ever came to be because of what we now see. Public unions and their pensions are such a liability, that they have so encumbered states and municipalities that it's now beyond repair in many states and municipalities throughout America. They can't make it without taxpayers taking huge financial hits to make solvent. Point in case, last recession it caused taxpayers in California having to accept IOU's from the state because most all throughout America remain underfunded liabilities, and it's not because of one party!

Just look at PERA. 17 years ago PERA was 100% funded. Then Republicans screwed it up by selling retirement credit at a huge discount. Now PERA is in the hole and these same Republicans are crowing that it's unsustainable and should be scrapped.

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Apparently, RangerMC thinks it was okay for the Las Vegas shooter to have his guns.

It is SOOO amazing how the gun just got up on its own and started shooting at people. WOW! Howz dat!? Wait.....what? You mean a human did it and not the guns? Hmmm. That's like the news orgs that report a headline like, "SUV hits cyclist..." Darn those SUVs. Or the spoons...don't forget about the spoons! They make people fat so we need to harshly regulate the utensil lobby. Did you see da motorcycle cop on da Ka Uka cutoff? He was ticketing one guy!!! For speeding!!! But how can??????? Get plenny signs o'dea!! We need to have stricter controls on tires den. Cuz if dey was square, no moa speeding! Problem solved. C'mon CB Ed board. The Democrat party has already written reams of "strict gun laws".

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Infowars, amiright?

T: I said a reliable source. NYT hardly fits that description.

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Pentecost as the birthday of the church was a *cute* liturgical stance for awhile. The Church became Church with the resurrection and appearance of Christ on Easter - our birthday is celebrated at the Easter Vigil (not Pentecost). This opinion is not universally held, however. A writer from an "Orthodox perspective" argues that the Church Fathers held that the Church had no beginning but that it existed before all things. See http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/06/is-pentecost-birthday-of-church.html A similar argument is made from a Reformed perspective at https://garynealhansen.com/ispentecostthebirthdayofthechurch/ and at http://www.reformedworship.org/article/march-1988/pentecost-birthday-church. Pentecost is only mentioned in one chapter in the New Testament. Paul, for example, does not refer to it in any of his letters. He is more focused on the death, resurrection, and especially the parousia. John has Jesus giving the Spirit on Easter Night.

Um . . . Bill, I'm confused. (Nothing new about that.) Pentecost as the birthday of the Church has been a commonplace for a long time. I'm curious -- what do you mean? Thanks!

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Scheer is a bible thumping moron who will lead the good conservative party into a religious frenzy. Bad mistake having him as leader.

CNN has lost all credibility period , when a jihad is committed and murder is committed while screaming religious chants - its terrorism!!! No confusion, no excuse and completely preventable. Only a feeble minded leftie who doesn't stands for a thing other than vote getting and taxes cant understand that - hence Justin slide to the bottom and the rise of Andrew Sheer. The bodies are still warm and left just can't help themselves but chant the same old blather - truly a pathetic lot indeed.

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You talking about people inside or people outside. Either way yer talking stink.

give everyone a tablet and 24/7 wifi so they can learn something or watch porn or olstein or barney. put an anklet on half of them and let them out. burn all non violent conviction records when inmates have paid their debt to society, got that-paid their debt, so they can get going again when they are released.

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More snark - really!!!

Looks like a very well chosen group - they should have no trouble in agreeing with each and I am sure that NCR will report this agreement in depth. Perhaps though, as this appears to be just like minded people reassuring each other rather than anything approximating to dialog, they should consider Pope Francis' other writings and save the air miles in the interest of the environment.

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Well any good can become perverted and twisted - or perceived and characterised as such.

Perverted "mythical certainties" can become: It hurts so good. In a world where if it feels good do it, opt for if it feels good DON'T do it. Invent a mortification each day. Agony tops ecstasy for earning salvation. If it's for pleasure, it's wrong. Invoke self-pain to keep you humble. Your God-given senses really are the devil's workshop.

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A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump’s victory last November. "It's consistent with everything else we've seen in terms of Russian active measures -- a combination of cyber, of propaganda and paid and social media," said Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican who sits on both the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary panels, both of which received the Facebook ads. "So, we're just looking at the tip of the iceberg."

Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior. The Web sites and Facebook pages displayed ads or other messages focused on such hot-button issues as illegal immigration, African American political activism and the rising prominence of Muslims in the United States. The Russian operatives then used a Facebook “retargeting” tool, called Custom Audiences, to send specific ads and messages to voters who had visited those sites. We could just as easily be describing an effort by the NRA or the RNC. Except that it was a foreign government intent on undermining American interests. Even if your put aside questions of collusion, (…and there was), ...the fact remains that Moscow (correctly) judged that supporting Trump’s candidacy would weaken the United States at home and abroad.

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Beautiful. I get so tired of the condescending, patronizing attitude of the Originalists and NRA types who act as if they, and they alone, have a right to say what the US Constitution means.

Ginsburg tore Gorsuch a new one with one sentence. I know the mouth breathers will scoff at source, sad when source more important than truth to them. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ginsburg-slaps-gorsuch Classic.

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It's wealth transfer from the bottom 99% to the top 1%...The top .1% get the biggest windfall. "Dynamic Scoring" is todays "Tinkle-down Economics".

Ms. Harrop, there is absolutely nothing wrong with revamping the middle class and corporate tax rates. If along with that, there are other ways to streamline the process, so be it. And, "indexing tax rates to the cost of living" would be an endless, bureaucratic nightmare. The system should be made easier not more complicated!

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Kay, Perhaps the sleazy defenders of child rape should have had better cameras!

What's the difference between Playboy & the National Enquirer?? Both are sleazy garbage, but Playboy had better technical photography...

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The market for detached houses has become uncertain due to interventions from the City of Vancouver. Buyers from China are moving their focus and money to the condo market. They favour the transit corridors were they are investing in multiple units. The inflation in the price of condos will inflate rents - watch for Victoria to implement controls which will further exacerbate the problem.

So, Vancouver condo prices are up close to 25 percent compared to a year ago, an astounding increase. Okay, so here are three possible mechanisms: 1. The average annual pay increase for local jobs was 25 percent up compared to a year ago. 2. Compared to a year ago, the banks have lowered interest rates for mortgages, has relaxed the requirements and has reduced the down payment. 3. Overseas money is flooding in at an extremely high rate from millionaires who are grabbing condos as commodities like gold bricks or stock-market stocks. Well, wow, tough question, which of those three best fits the fact pattern...

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Which minister? Minister of Bling and Social Affairs? It will be a loooong wait.

Fact is a "draft" is not a contract. A fact McKinsey agrees with when it refers to the "draft". McKinsey has no right to payment of anything based on contract or treasury guidelines as there was no contract or treasury approval. Escom must immediately demand back payment of all payments made to McKinsey and Trillian. Also we want a definate date on which the disciplinary hearing of the culprits will start. We also need a date from the minister when Molefe, Singh and the others will be arrested. Certainly the investigation must be completed by now.

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The term 'under-rewarded' implies that Bianca Goodson was compliant with the anomalies she found herself faced with at Trillian and felt entitled to further emolument to keep her mouth shut. I doubt it, Telford. Allow for the redoubtable Ms Wierzycka. She would not only have intuited this within minutes of meeting Goodson, she would have stepped back from all discussion with a view to employing her. In Goodson's shoes, consider how you might have felt on realising your personal and professional integrity would be on the line should an investigation of Trillian ensue. And how would you have reacted on discovering that your electronic signature had been used on documents you would never have condoned, but would take the can for in the event of discovery? At this point Goodson saw that when (not if) push came to shove, Trillian would simply wash its hands of her and find some other unfortunate to (i) manipulate or (ii) ditch without a second thought.

My reading of Bianca's story last week is that she felt under-rewarded for the (personal) risk she was bearing at Trillian, rather than being the 'pearl of great price' you portray her as. This is not meant to take away from the wider story of state capture and corporate complicity.

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Why would the NRA give money to (usually Democrat) candidates that oppose their agenda? That would be stupid & the guys running the NRA are not stupid. If Chuck Schumer decided to stop trampling the Second Amendment, I'm sure the NRA would support his re-election campaign.

The 2nd Amendment has been bastardized. It never said that every Tom, Dick and Paddock could have as many assault rifles as they wanted. It was all about forming armed militias. Why is it Republicans get virtually all the bribe money from the NRA?

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Good, then if you are so concerned make those illegal as well.

And just as addicting too!

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YOU ARE ABUSIVE STALKERS

Keep waiting and watching

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Your comment reveals that you either have not read AL or you are unable to understand what it says. Nowhere in AL does it say what you claim here - in fact, it restates what we believe about adultery but in a different context, via journey, mercy, etc. Your black and white adolescent approach - well - you might want to re-read T. Reese's latest post about needing an *adult* response.

I wonder how the marital vows would change if divorce and remarriage is no longer considered adultery. I suppose the last phrase becomes, "until you change your mind"?

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Harpoon, you say several things. But you do not deny the corruption in WESPAC, DLNR, the industry, human trafficking, manipulation of ahi quotas, health and safety issues, equal pay standards, willful compliance with regulator and law enforcement agencies to ignore violations, the continued efforts of the Hawaii Long Line Association to advance greed, the lack of jobs for American citizens, unlawful detention on American flagged fish vessels, the Associate Press front page international report on floating prisons, the lobbying at the State legislature to require the proper licensing requirements....on and on and on..... no end. Oh, forgot several important matters, non payment of state or federal income tax, wire fraud, money laundering. I need to stop...running out of characters.

Wespac is not the largest council, actually. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is. And listening to some photo op politician rant about outside influence is absurd! No one lobbies harder than the Pew Bots, and other non producing ENGO's.

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I see that you also like to accuse others by doing exactly that which you are accusing others of. It is because you have no argument and just wish to argue. Your savior Mr Obama was an expert at it. I don't know about every argument, but since you were the one who resorted to name calling and character assassination first, I will say this.....everyone agrees w/ me that you are an idiot. Bucks for lolos! C'mon everyone, all together now!!! Bucks for lolos....bucks for lolos. Now explain to the fine readers of fine character on CB what exactly is the connection of asset forfeitures and entry into the US? Even I'm wondering now. That's why I tried to use a simple example for a simple mind. Unfortunately, there are currently no tools to include pencil drawings for you or I would "draw pikcha". Don't forget your bucket and shovel heading back to the sandbox. You're welcome.

now it's the ol' cut n run in circles instead of answering you either support all the laws equally or you're cherry picking, and you like most of the never right seem to be addicted to it, yet hypocritically hold y'selves above others while pretending to have any valid argument. you've lost every debate I've ever seen you engage in here, it never changes, you always get stomped yet keep on with the same partisan nonsense as tho expecting a different outcome. you know what that's the definition of, right?

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Lex O - sliced and diced.

Because the previous fools wouldn't take this necessary step on the legalize it. At least this government will do something beside sit around and look dumb on the issue.

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Ah yes, the grasping at straws by the loonie left who gleefully ignore the cheating that went on in their own party. Did Hillary cover that in her book? "Chapter 3 - How the DNC cheated to ensure I got the nomination". I sure hope that book is selling well for her sake, she has no political favors to sell any more as that income stream dried up.

"proof of meddling was the uncovering of the tampering of the" trump campaign with the RNC platform to make it russia-friendly. TIFTFY

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My grandmother was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown after her husband died in 1959 after years with cancer -- leaving her with four kids, including a newborn. It had been a long and expensive illness and she'd been the sole breadwinner for years before (they lived in a small Alberta town and she took ten or more borders at a time and cooked three meals a day for all of them). She was from a family of 16 and started working in a rectory when she was 14 -- she wasn't entitled or a snowflake, but we all have limits. She recovered and supported the family -- but even years later, she couldn't sleep without a lot of Ativan.

If you think our grandparents' generation didn't suffer from anxiety and stress, you are delusional. Sure, there were some generational attitude differences between then and today, but back then the view was to "suck it up" rather than deal with problems. "Sucking it up" or so-called "grit" isn't dealing with problems....it just hides them, and that take a huge toll on health...it just manifested itself in health problems and earlier than necessary death. Our life expectancy has been increasing steadily over the last 100 years, and without a doubt our approach to stress and anxiety over the last number of decades plays some role in that.

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Wrong, worked for her, she got buried under Correa and Kealoha's administration. She was smarter then them AND she was a rebel for the right reasons. In police politics, when they send you to CRD or Records, they are hoping you will retire and move on, administration purgatory. This is coming from an retired officer that thinks women should not be cops. There are exceptions, she is one.

If Ballard commanded Kaneohe and Kalihi and was a Major for 16 years, I never heard of any accomplishments? Now is she is at Records, she has more civilian workers then cops. My first choice is Kendro. Then Lomax.

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"Gun silencers?".....Please, you and Hilary need to stop. Really, just....stop. . 'PolitiFact Fact Checks Hillary on Gun Silencers:' https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/10/04/politifact-fact-checks-hillary-on-gun-silencers-n2390648

The House could pass legislation as early as this week that would roll back decades-old restrictions on gun silencers, opening up the market for a device that would make it difficult in a mass shooting to detect where gunfire is coming from. Trumpism.

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Chicago is surrounded by areas with the looses gun laws in the country. Smuggling is a huge problem. Nice to see you repeating the right wing echo chamber talking point though. Heroin use was plummeting until doctors got everyone hooked on opiates. It is going down again due to good policing. So let's not outlaw anything because someone might break the law. That is the dumbest thing I have heard. The gun lobby has made it clear they don't want to be a part of the discussion on how to correct the issue of gun deaths in the USA. Don't be surprised when the NRA(and gun nuts) and left out of the conversation on gun rights because they refuse to even have a discussion about gun regulation.

No really show me one example in OUR country where outlawing something made it go away. do tell. Chicago has the tightest gun laws in the US. How is that working? Your delusion is part of the problem if you think more laws will help.

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We don't turn the greedy guy away from Communion, because he doesn't make a pact with God not to buy a boat.

Sure, we should have an ideal. That is what I spoke of above when I said "the hard work of love." The ideal is not just about following the rules, honoring the commitment, it is also about mountaindweller's description of glory and joy. I thought it was sad that you described glory and joy as "Disney fantasy." I have experienced what mountaindweller writes about, but first I had to do the hard work of love. Anyway, the issue is how we apply the ideal to real life situations, many of which are not ideal. For example, when it comes to personal finances, the Christian ideal is trust in God's provision, lack of greed, and simplicity, but I've never seen the guy who owns a boat and a second home on the beach turned away from Communion. We might want to teach this guy how his possessions impact him and other people, encourage him to be content with less, but we don't condemn him or exclude him. Gradualism is not a problem here. And no, I don't think this is a gay conspiracy.

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I'll bet you money this guy identifies with the left side of the political spectrum. Something prompted him to target a Country music festival. That doesn't fit the conservative stereotype

Prior to the existence of right-wing radio, everything in this country was saner. They drove a wedge in this country. Blame them.

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It's not at all the same. Views on abortion are culturally conditioned. Climate change issues are a question of understanding and applying the scientific method. Both are controversial issues, but one's views on abortion are not an indicator of competence, and ability to perform the job; climate change views generally are.

To answer you question, yes, you would be at a place who's whole purpose is to protect women's rights, including rights to control their health care decisions. Muzzling scientists is not the same argument, sorry. That is about not listening to evidence. However if you like that analogy it would be the same as hiring a denier of climate change to be the minister of environment and climate change.

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What would a locked container have done to prevent anything. You think the shooter would have shown up at the hotel and been like Doh I forgot the keys maybe I'll just go play some blackjack instead? Background checks are already required. I've never taken ownership of a firearm without going through one and that includes many private sales with friends and family. I don't know where you are buying your guns but if there is no background check you might want to consider a new source.

Well, certainly the requirement that handguns be transported in a locked...wait - that's not a punishment is it? Can't sell an AR...Oh the cruelty of that! How about requiring background checks? No, it would not have prevented LV, but it is also true that some people should not be allowed to have a gun. The fact that California laws make it less convenient or impose restrictions does not make them punishments. Again, there is no rational defense for a "we cannot fix it completely, so lets do nothing" response. The claim that there is nothing that could be done is not correct.

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"So we should legalize grenades by your logic. Nothing is foolproof, but why not make thigns harder?" Automatic weapons are already illegal if you don't have an FFA. It's not foolproof, but it does make it more difficult to obtain them. Grenades are illegal for the same reason that artillery is. There are no practical law-abiding applications for these things, unlike "assault weapons" which are routinely used lawfully by the vast, VAST majority of people who own them.

So we should legalize grenades by your logic. Nothing is foolproof, but why not make thigns harder?

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Sorry MandiGoodly - we're not reacting to the Las Vegas mass shooting event two days ago. We're referring to the Sandy Hook massacre of children 5 years ago. They've long been buried - has enough time passed yet in order for us to discuss the insanity of the gun nuts and the NRA? That's what we're discussing.

"You seem to view discussion of the weapons he used as evidence of people using this incident for political reasons." I think it is the unseemly haste to publish that is the problem - the desire to use peoples' grief/shock while it is at its peak to effect a political end. Heaven forbid that we let their families get them buried before starting to make political hay out of it.

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What power would she have as committee chair to take away this freedom to decide? You do realize, Dale, that the chair cannot even vote except to break a tie?

No they didn't . She has that right, no one is forcing her to approve of abortions. They have simply kept her from chairing a committee for which she is unsuited due to her opposition to policies that would grant all women the same freedom of deciding for themselves.

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She was allowed to visit.

So wouldn't it have been a good idea to allow her to visit?

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Alceste disagrees...on principle! What principle? That women should have the right to abort right up until the minute before giving birth to the 'fetus' which then magically becomes the 'child' - a male child of course, because gender selection abortion is legal in Canada - ah the SJW pretzel contradictions? No actually. The principle of disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing...because she can! It's 2017 after all.

Alceste disagrees. Does she/he disagree that all rights are subject to limitations in Canada?

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Good one idiot down and a hell of a lot more to go.

Whatever you say, sport..

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So Lynx.....No Jews.... No Muslims....No Mormons....No Orthodox Christian Pew research, very impressive

Chicago is "a Catholic town," you say? Facts disagree. Your perception is not reality, Mr. Kass. According to Pew's survey in 2015, Chicago is 34% Catholic and 35% Protestant. The largest population is "no religion" — atheists and agnostics are 37% of the population. So, the reality is, saying "Chicago is not a religious town" would be more accurate than saying it's "a Catholic town."

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Prison is a slow torture and to hurt people enough so they don't do anything at all to anyone.

So young inmates go a different king of crazy? The can only hurt themselves or other inmates just a little bit?

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A marriage which produces 15 children doesn't sound like it is hate-filled or loveless to me. And don't come back with the 'dutiful wife and drunken, overbearing husband' scenario.

Because staying in a loveless, hate-filled marriage is so good for the 15 children who suffer through it also? Oh wait...with a layer of Church bureaucracy, an annulment can be obtained, just as Jesus mentioned in the Gospel that speaks of adultery and divorce.

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"If we are to buy into your argument then our Prime Minister should not be allowed to sit in office because he believes in partaking in an illegal act of smoking illegal drugs." False equivalency.

She certainly is fit to chair the committee because she is a woman and it’s absolutly wrong to say she doesn’t think woman should have the present law upheld. She like anyone else is allowed to have a personal opinion even if it doesn’t align with the law. It’s called an opinion. It doesn’t affect her job requirements at all because the issue legally is settled and the chair has no power at all. It’s simply liberal grandstanding and people are tiring of it. If we are to buy into your argument then our Prime Minister should not be allowed to sit in office because he believes in partaking in an illegal act of smoking illegal drugs.

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Why use the word "crap?" You don't seem to be a nice person. And you are not a resident of Denver, so you don't get to comment on how Denver citizens spend their money. And, in case you missed it, it the Council is asking the Mayor to do this, not the other way around.

Looking at the comments and it seems like most of Denver citizens are opposed to this crap! So why are these bunk politicians doing this to us? All I know is I cant wait to vote these jokers out of here!! Get your bags packed Hancock!

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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has her own agenda that is clear. Her background alone makes me suspicious of anything she touches.

Agreed on Freeland. All the academic credentials required, and yet no academic posting.

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Who you calling a CA deep pocket team? ~ Padres Fan

As A DBack fan I am only sorry that one team had to lose. It's time our two teams grab the Western Division back from the classless California teams! It's tough being a competitive mid market team when they (SF and LA) have limitless pockets.

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yeah, another "bad headline day." Missing in action: the word "Traditional." That's all.

Lets' see...the Republicans have a "tri-fecta" (Governor, state senate and house) in 35 states (the Democrats in 7), the control both houses of Congress, and the Presidency...and are likely to gain in the Congress during the next mid term.... and the headline is "GOP on its Deathbed" I have this picture in a dark wooded place with brass, and Larry perched on a stool...and after the waiter delivers the sixth round, and Larry has been scribbling away for an hour trying to think of something to write, and in a moment of Kentucky clarity, decides its' time for a howler of a headline, just to boost his click - score the next day...

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We've been scammed. After reading the Annual Financial Report of the Government of Canada I couldn't figure out how the PBO assumed that the Federal Government budge was sustainable. And then I found it. The PBO (along with Trudeau) included the assets of all public pension plans (including CPP) as government assets. Sorry, but these are not assets of the government, they belong to the people covered by the pension plans and cannot be used by the federal government. They should not be included My analysis shows that after Harper put us into a structural surplus Trudeau put us into a structural deficit. Between 2015-16 and 2016-17 government revenues fell while expenses soared. Clearly, if revenues are falling and expenditures are rising during periods of economic growth, what sort of mess will Canada be in during the next recession, and there will be one? This looks like the 1970s all over again.

Oh good the federal debt is to be eliminated in 40 years. Problem is that it was eliminated by Harper before the current government came in. And just out of curiosity did they factor in any recessions which will blow the debt up or are they predicting no recessions for 40 years? Happy face Happy face. All levels of Government in Canada are paying in excess of $60 billion a year in interest payments in a very low interest rate environment. Pray that interest rates don't spike or all levels of government will find themselves in deep trouble. Mulroney found this out in the early 1980s

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2nd Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. According to this verse, who did he die for? Unless you are also calling Paul, a liar? The ever popular John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Who did/does God love?

Bill I admire your boldness and zeal, but CMD is right on this one, as were Luther, Calvin and all the Reformers. Jesus dies only for the elect, this is plainly taught in Scripture and what many went to the stake and died for. Jesus could not die for those who did not believe, and yes, you did choose Christ, but only after he made you alive and gave to you ability to choose something good, this, of course is also taught clearly in scripture. This is the month of the remembrance of the reformation Listen to RC Sproul or John Macarthur teach some of these topics (Predestination, Election etc.), you can easily find them on the internet.

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For a guy who sucked from the moment he came over, it's amazing that in his stint with the Rockies, Neshek put up a 2.45 ERA, a WHIP of less than 1.00 and struck out 24 batters vs. 1 walk. Yeh, for a team whose right side of the bullpen was in disarray, Neshek was a really terrible acquisition...

Isn't that the point...get as big a lead as you can so you can survive a setback...your comment is just stupid. Would you rather they not build a lead....good Lord. If you want to blame anyone...blame the owners. They didn't even try to bring in a veteran starting pitcher and Neschek sucked from the moment he came over. He blew two games in the 8th right after his arrival. I would send him back to Philly where there is no pressure.

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"...not 1400's frontier days." That right there shows you are pretty much clueless.

Maybe those people should realize that this is 21st century America...not 1700's frontier days. Join civilization or move somewhere without any.

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Yes bootsie, President Trump is a bit of a clown. But he is our President. Did you hear that? He is our President. As much as you don't like it, stop your crying and do your part to help make America great. I know it's sad that nasty lying HiLIARy couldn't seize power in the U.S., but please, for God sakes, move on. It's going to take a group effort to turn this country around.

I miss the Obamas. A couple that has class and dignit. Now we have a clown as president.

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One plain, unvarnished and veridical fact remains. Mr. trump has lied more than any other politician in recent memory. If everything they say about Hillary Clinton were true, she would still be more honest than trump is.

To Trump, a "fake news network" is anyone who says something he disagrees with or reveals unpleasant details.

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RangerMC continues to ignore the first half of the Second Amendment -- "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..." -- and he's just focusing on the second half -- "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The Second Amendment can be understood correctly only when reading it in its entirety.

I'm just riffing off of your comments. You make statements of fact that have no foundation in fact. If what you say is true, then why do you have to argue it so often? If you want to change the Constitution to your liking, there are procedures and processes to do that. I don't interpret the Constitution. I'm not a judge.......but I do know my rights and I know that the 2nd secures for me, a citizen of the US, the right to keep and bear arms. And that that right shall not be infringed. I also think that the 2nd guarantees all the other rights to the citizens of our greatest nation on earth. Just saying.

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Hi Violet. I didn’t mean to limit the discussion to vertebrates; I was merely trying to focus on higher animals since some lower creatures are asexual (protozoa) or hermaphrodites (earthworms). But you are right that many invertebrates show a sexual division of labour too. If I may say so, I think your questions miss the point (‘Just what is it you would like to prevent me and other women from doing? What is the supposedly genetically determined role you would like to impose on us?’). It’s not an issue of 'preventing' of 'imposing'. Rather, why would you want to play a male role (or I a female)? I don’t see the logic in that.

I am including the link to clownfish below Just what is it you would like to prevent me and other women from doing? What is the supposedly genetically determined role you would like to impose on us? Should I wear a veil? Not speak in public? Among some vertebrate species, the males are relegated to the periphery of the society, or must fight to mate. Is that a role you would like for yourself (assuming you are a male)? Do you really want to copy the behavior of other species such as -- musk oxen, chimps, or sharks? You can be a musk ox if you like, but I am not. I wonder why you are limiting the discussion to vertebrates. You don't care to discuss sea horses or queen bees or praying mantids? We could talk about clownfish. They are vertebrates. Link to clownfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiprioninae

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Rolo can't blame for the CSU wipeout since he was not there. UH needs the kind of discipline that CSU showed throughout. It was not just that CSU is a far better team in terms of talent. It is that they are far better coached and showed it.

I guess he got fed up with the high school coaches.

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