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It is interesting that Senators MacKinnon and Kelly have only put a hold on the PERS portion, but still want to sock the school districts around the state with a $45,000,000 bill- most of which would impact Anchorage, Fairbanks, Mat-Su, and Kenai. I wonder what Anna MacKinnon and Pete Kelly have against those communit...
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Professor Stephen Haycox is the foremost expert on Alaska's modern history. I've read some of his previous texts and look forward to reading this one. We're fortunate to have such a dedicated historian with an obvious passion for our state. Dr. Haycox succeeds in making history alive with his meticulous research for...
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Meanwhile you're flipping your burgers and asking for $15/hr, and calling many hard working Alaskans rednecks.
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Excellent! I am a bit surprised by the lack of enthusiasm shown for these leaks in the US. We continually see full throated whining about petty crimes being committed and how they should be "punished to fullest extent of the law", some even go so far as to wish for death, but when a crime on a global scale that affect...
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She sold us out due to McCain's greed to be President. Jokes on him and RNC. Fox paid her millions for her snarky redneck remarks. Now she is a HOG for spotlight.
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Hardly 'so good'. The 4-4 decision in the union case is the only one with a potentially significant impact, so far, however. And it will come back after another Justice is appointed. The Circuit split still exists. Bu it is not 'the end of the world' the Obama administration and the Democrats would have us believ...
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Rick Wicks - you apparently have never interacted with a Medicaid agency or a client of Medicaid services. If you had, you'd know that universal Medicaid will not repair the ACA because Medicaid is a horrible system that imposes long waiting lists on people in need of care and then pays social workers a lot of money to...
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CH2M layed off 31 North Slope workers last month and just layed off 50+ this weekend
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I always read everything I comment on, you're right it was not "a confrontation", it was 3, tripling the idiocy. "Troopers have said Larson told Tallman to stop and Tallman shoved him. [1st confrontation] “An altercation ensued and Larson was knocked to the ground. LARSON FOLLOWED TALLMAN as he went into the woods an...
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Why are you picking on Walt Frazier? I'm sure the guy could give a great political speech. Also you know he'd be dressed to the 'nines'. Odd person to pick for a comparison. What do you have against Walt. He speaks eloquently when he's in front of the camera. Not sure he would like to be compared to Sarah....but who wo...
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Anyone who claims they don't rely on state road maintenance must never come to Anchorage. The state owns and maintains both highways providing access to the city, most of the major roads in town, and the airport.
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Obama is a constitutional lawyer.
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I think you are taking this too personally Mr. Donkel. The Sauds are trying to take back control of their market share that was cut into by other start ups during the oil drilling boom caused by too much demand and too easy credit. Perhaps you could send a letter to SA and ask them to cut production instead of askin...
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Our lack of a "self-generating" economy is a direct result of federal overreach. Those of us who were here in 1978 when Carter instituted D-2 remember the companies moving in and the opportunities that were growing from the discovery of oil. That all went away when companies became aware that they would be under consta...
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This has nothing to do with "anti-oil folks" and everything to do with global oil prices. I think a lot of people have been urging state leaders to look at diversifying, rather than relying on oil wealth in order to soften the impact something like this has on the state economy.
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Thank you for acknowledging your lack of knowledge on some of these issues. I find it to be an honest confession rare to these discussion boards. While knife river may be a huge company and there are lots of dollars that flow through the company, that does not necessarily mean it is unfairly profitable. This tax g...
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Olson should have said "this gives us 4 more years of avoiding making tough decisions and actually doing our jobs"
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Good. Bad dad and husband. I'm going thru the same thing. Just not with millions!
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Yes, please, let's stop politicizing this issue and start working the science to deal realistically with it, which includes studying it, identifying steps that can be taken, and executing on them. Do we want to argue our way into too little and too late?
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Of course one being state court and the other federal court they were bound to be different. But I see your point.
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It sounds to me like Larson was justified in his actions and used restraint with his weapon. Kid's lucky to be alive.
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One final point I'd make- another poster in this thread made a very accurate observation which bears repeating- forcing people to pay for any and all rescues can and has discouraged people who are in legitimate need of assistance from calling for help until such a time that the situation has worsened and resulted in an...
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The school board might want to have its attorney brief them on City of Kenai v. Kenai Peninsula Newspapers (642 P.2d 1316 (1982)). http://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1982/4954-0.html This decision by the Alaska Supreme Court combined cases in Kenai and Anchorage where the former tried to keep city manag...
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The oil glut was created by North Dakota. The Saudis just refused to enable them by cutting their own production.
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"I blame all the oil crisis news on anti-oil Socialist around the country and here in our State." Really, Eddie B? It couldn't have anything to do with the price of crude oil could it? Have a peek at http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx for a clue.
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If you can't find a spot in the vast wilderness of Alaska to bury a couple of Folger's coffee cans packed with $100 dollar bills,then you deserve whatever justice the Court deems appropriate
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As I said, the book should be an interesting read. And I am somewhat familiar with the University Press of Kansas. It just seems that having the book published by the University of Alaska Press would have been a natural fit.
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Homelessness and panhandling are wide-spread problems across our country. They are the result of a myriad of presenting issues: mental health issues, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, women and children fleeing from an abusive spouse, sudden unemployment, Vets with PTSD, and, yes, substance abuse and ...
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The big question for me is whether they can get Quarterflash to play at Quarterworld.
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No, he isn't. Ted Cruz is a Constitutional lawyer. Obama taught a class (as an instructor; he lacked the qualifications to be a professor) called "Race and Gender in the Constitution" at the University of Chicago. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/heres_what_constitutional_scholar_obama_really_taught_at_law_s...
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Way back when there was a study on what independence would cost in term of dollars and cents.....or beaver pelts and moose nuggets or whatever we'd use as currency.... You think the proposed taxes are high?... Want to see a major drain on the Permanant fund?....try independence....we'd spend it all and still be smack d...
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Do you want to end the Big Oil Monopoly in Alaska then help me change the laws to enable Alaskans and other smaller oil companies to drill and sell oil for a profit! That has never happened, because of the corrupt laws! I am asking you to name one Alaskan that drill, sold oil at profit! I will pay you if you can name...
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MacKinnon and Dunleavy's highly paid staff serve an important function by shielding their bosses from truth and reality.
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wait...it sounds like you're talking about the Alaska legislature
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If you want to, you can help. With or without this law, whether in Springfield, Eugene, or the environs, every grocery store I shop at has "food for Lane County" tickets to scan at the cash register, in amounts of $1, $2, $5, and $10. Takes a couple of seconds and helps people who need it get food.
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Ya, let's slap a big, fat tax on airline tickets heading South! We'll make millions...
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You're absolutely right. When Haycox was still working, he used to regularly publish letters in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner insisting that we should all bend over and bare our bottoms to the feds. He never saw a tyranny he didn't want to embrace.
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Drugs?
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all of the critics here are a bunch inexperienced idiots. when you go into the mountains you are going to expose yourself to risks, always. the only thing you can do is minimize those risks and the only way to completely remove yourself from those risk is to never leave your couch.
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That's BS. Read Tragedy of the Commons. Historically, people are much more respectful of lands they actually own than lands they hold in common with others.
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One Person, One Vote. "Courts ought not to enter this political thicket," as Justice Frankfurter put it. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-940_ed9g.pdf
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When I was arrested on a felony assault charge last September, by Officer Damon Jackson, not only did he not take into account that the facts didn't add up, he lied to the magistrate. Jackson stated , "I was dressed in all black and that I was resisting arrest", because I would not give him a 'story' about what happene...
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My favorite parts were when the camera panned the crowd and they looked absolutely befuddled. Many were just carrying on their own conversations.
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The most important line in this article is the one that says that this tax would take a bite out of rural Alaska but that rural Alaska gets a much higher per capita share of Alaska expenditures. People in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau would be paying money to the state that would then be sent to rural Alaska in the ...
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If Alaskans got to pony up then Big Oil better walk the walk.. cause all I been seeing is talk talk talk... ANY TAX TEMPORARY FUND... NOT PERMANENT FUND
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That's fine to feel it's your right to have to tell all these people what you think was a bad decision on the person who high marked and supposedly caused a death. But bitching about it on here is insensitive to those mourning this woman's death. Maybe you should take out an add and really do some good to help spread t...
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I've watched her last year's so-called speech in Iowa and that was enough thank you. I choose not to be traumatized.
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We don't get to define "free speech" by our preferences relating to the content. Don't like nude dancing? Don't go to the bars which feature it. Don't like panhandling? Don't participate on either side of the transaction. Don't like sermons which condemn same-sex marriage? Don't go to those churches. Don't like s...
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It is a shame they were not able to build the double post so that it could be partitioned from the rest of the stadium on non-game days. It would have been fun to have a large space for fans to get together and watch away games.
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That little mouse is Cate Arriola Larry...
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The ordinance will be appealed as a violation of free speech. The courts will take guidance from the Oregon Supreme Court case of Robertson v. State of Oregon. They will examine the stated purpose of the ordinance ("the safe and efficient flow of vehicular traffic") and what the ordinance restricts ("giv[ing] or relinq...
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Sarah must be smoking spice, doesn't that sound nice? Getting paid a hefty price. Suffice it to say she is irrelevant today. Well how's that one? I could be her speech writer.
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Andi: My dad was a Superior Court Judge early in the statehood period; one thing you never wanted to do was lie in court; they simply can't do justice that way. Dad was an easy going guy; only a few times did I ever see him really angry, lying in court was one of them. Those judges are pretty smart and they know what i...
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Is it too much to ask to not be reminded about the oppression my forefathers went through every time I walk down Williams, simply because the owner wants to have a fun little costume party?
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Yes, Cate Arriola...
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You're confusing privilege with hard work, achievement, self-respect, initiative, law-abiding and community-minded among other positive concepts and qualities. It's a common mistake when at a loss for something substantive to offer. You still have the privilege to donate as much and as often as you'd like to anyone in...
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A TEMPORARY TAX IS IS THE ONLY ANSWER.
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straw man noun a person compared to a straw image; a sham. a sham argument set up to be defeated.
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You beat me to it. Walt was a great basketball player of his day. I'm positive 'what's her name' won't be remembered in the same vein.
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Well put and while the gop's are at it they can stop spending on the gas pipe dream that has consumed multi millions for decades. When the producers want gas to market the will fund it.
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Gary, handing someone a buck or two out the window won't solve the problem either. The money given to a panhandler would be better spent by St Vinny's or Food for Lane County or perhaps a charity that serves youth.
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No ! Correct the budget! Fire the last budget personnel and have them repay their salaries ! If I lose my job and start making less money per month and per year I have to adjust my personal budget. and all these elected officials do not need to be flying to Washington or Juneau Alaska. we have the Internet now you c...
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Well paul, most of us don't have that nifty wingnut decoder ring that she puts in her Cracker-Jack boxes. This woman is total bat crazy.
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Since when does doing historic research and publishing a book, make one a traitor? I suggest you read Fahrenheit 451 by Kurt Vonnegut. At least read the Wiki. Please. Everyone.
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Oh I was wondering where Eddie went. API running short on beds these days?
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p.s., How does one get charged with a felony assault and the so-called victim was never touched?
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When have taxes ever been Reversed ?
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Republican legislators don't understand the concept of "reform." The only reform that needs to happen is voting out the Republican majority and replace them with ethical and savvy professionals that have a clue about fairness and how to manage our state's fiscal budget that actually has at least a five-year plan. Fis...
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Yes, absolutely private property ownership is better than public lands. Let's go back further than the Puritans. My mother's tribe the Wyandot held land in common, but they assigned tracts to families who worked those fields. As long as they worked the fields, those lands and proceeds from them belonged to them. If the...
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When everyone was running around looking for someone else to cut oil production to keep oil prices inflated, I didn't see any of the Shell's , B.P.'s , ConocoPhillips , suggest that they would cut production. So now we blame everyone else, it's about time we admit we (U.S.) own part of it and be leader for a change and...
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I can see it in writing already: No dividend for Native Business Shareholders, because economy.....they'll use anything to keep nationwide employees and not give us dividends. No more tricks NDC.
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Good for Springfield. Too bad for Eugene, unless you sell Sharpies. For the country rubes, here's your work-around: On your next visit east of I-5, encourage your favorite cardboard cowboy to fly a sign reading "Vote for me." Then you can pass all your spare change to him as an act of political defiance, for money is ...
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Gail, if you want to be taken seriously, you might want to get your facts straight. Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury. Kurt Vonnegut wrote some other really excellent stories, but that wasn't one of them.
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The happiest person on this Earth is Ted Cruz. He was "stabbed" by Sarah when the grifter thought the money was with Trump and dumped the "Christian conservative" for the glory of gold. I believe the parting words to our beloved Sarah was, "you're fired!"
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My guess is that Mr. Hanley was relieved of his position as Commissioner of Education for political reasons that weren't made public either. We, the public were only informed of what the political "powers that be" wanted us to know. From all indications, Mr. Hanley was very well respected and extremely capable in the p...
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I tried, but it's like listening to mix of mad libs and Dr. Suess.
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SB 91 is a joke. Its not governments job to teach moral values to our kids.
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All of it. We could have (or choose not to) any of those "helpful" laws written by Alaskans ... written by neighbors who have to look us in the eye before they take away our freedom to decide how to live our own lives ... rather than have this nonsense where unelected bureaucrats from 5000 miles away make decisions tha...
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You're wrong, Sport. It's been done, check your facts.
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Are we talking about the New York Knick's former basketball star here?
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I have two experiences with panhandlers, both in other cities. In one, the recipient was openly proud that he took each month's haul for a week in Las Vegas (which I learned post-handout); in the other, a woman handed a bag of groceries and pet food kicked it over saying she just wanted the money. Never again, I said. ...
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It's tough for me to understand how the elderly come to this conclusion. As a person in their late 20's in this country who understands I may not even receive social security when I retire I do not understand how our entire elderly generation, who lived through the golden years of America with a powerful middle class w...
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I just heard Obama speak to the US citizens with shell corporations to avoid taxes. Wasn't the Palin Scottsdale, AZ gated mansion bought under a corporation in Dubi? Check it out--wonder if taxes were paid.
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At the time of my arrest, Officer Damon Jackson witnessed the so-called victim committing an illegal act. He did nothing about that!
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The person slinging tax services dressed as the Statue of Liberty is not in violation of this ordinance. Neither is the one advertising pizzas or mattresses. They're not going anywhere. Talk is speech, professor, so feel free to give directions or to ask your favorite panhandler how business is going. Just be careful n...
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She'd be receiving a disability check for acute mental disorders,if she wasn't a politician
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Yo, ADN. I just posted a comment here. Consarn it if it wasn't that pesky poster "Anonymous" whose comments you had me rate again. Not just one, or even two, but ALL THREE COMMENTS. What are the odds for that? Whatever, I will never rate any of their comments higher that "Sorta," no matter how good the comment may...
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Is the thrust of Haycox's book that because Alaska gets money from the federal government, Alaska is therefore indebted to the federal government? I doubt it, because Haycox is a clear thinker. But that's what this "book review" suggests, because this Wohlforth fellow is a shallow thinker.
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Do you know that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton conspired to make Washington king, but the letter (which still exists and can be read online) wasn't made public until long after the Constitutional convention where the anti-federalists refused to allow any king making? Google it and find out just how close we ...
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Geez, what a friggin ditz...
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How true - 'tis VERY regressive, i.e., taxing little children at the same rate as high income adults! We do need some taxes to help close the budget gap and let's see what 4% sales (excluding food and medicine) and a 10% of federal income tax would do (it still may not be enough). But do something now, before there'...
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I stand corrected. Thanks for at least reading the Wiki. You see the parallels, no? The McCarthy era where knowledge was spurned? Book burning because they want people to remain ignorant? Good grief.
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Independent: "Do you expect Wal-mart to swallow the tax or will they increase the cost of products sold in Oregon?" There are a wide range of factors that go into setting prices. Taxes is only one and a minor one at that. For example, did you notice retailers suddenly lowering prices when the cost of fuel went down? M...
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This is a story that should not stop. You can be sure that many Americans are going to be included in this revelations as they come out. The sad part is that not just our government, but goverments around the world have made these transactions legal, or, at least has not banned them in the public interest. One mor...
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A fellow engineer came up to me in 2006 asking if was going to vote for this Sarah he liked so much, to which I replied "there aren't enough drugs in ehe whole world to make me do that." And I'm guilty of occasionally smoking pot! Now it looks like this Sarah person is the one on drugs, and I can flat guarantee you it ...
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I don't know any other Walt 'Clyde' Frazier's.
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Maybe listening yes, but understanding her gibberish, NOT so much.
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The national parks -- which burn down occasionally because we're not allowed to harvest wood from them, so they become choked with fuel. Meanwhile, the private property nearby is taken care of, but ends up burning when the parks start burning because all the fuel in the national park forests creates much hotter fires t...
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He's probably not running for office again.
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