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The oil companies didn't GIVE Alaska anything, Donkel. They BOUGHT our oil. And they've gotten a hell of a deal for it. After all, they've got the best politicians money can buy! We're gonna get you off that socialist, government teat, son!
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No. Alternative therapies are made up garbage - nonsense being perpetrated by corporations on to dummies like yourself.
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“It would be a beautiful, beautiful thing if we could get together as two parties that love our country and come up with that great healthcare and come up with that great tax deal for our people . . . and infrastructure and so many other things,” Trump said. “Just think about what a unified American nation could achiev...
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"certain “barbaric cultural practices,” such as honour killings and female genital mutilation, are crimes in Canada." Its a fact...like or not.
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JEEEUZ Hugh M for starters the "patriots" who instigated the coup of the democratically lected Ukrainian President was the US CIA... no one even argues that point anymore ...we did it for our corporate masters ...the ones who own Barrachio and Hillary. The people of the Crimea voted to be part of Russia...80+% of the p...
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These kids have no idea what the he'll their protesting about. The democrats are reaping what they sowed. All idiots. This will pass when they get bored and tired of being broke. Just like the 60s
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I knew your reference. EPBenedict had quite the treatise on love. I would agree that is the position taken for sure in John's Gospel. I just happen to believe love in it's purest form transcends a lot of things and one of those things is sexual taboos.
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Sled dogs are exempted from an animal control ordinance, just as they are exempted from state animal cruelty laws. That's the problem. They shouldn't be exempted from anything. They deserve the same protections. If a dog is nuisance barking, there is an issue with how the dog is being cared for.
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Well that will drop teenagers insurance rates
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This article and to a greater extent, the CNN story I just watched shows the dishonesty rampant in much of the MSM, some in favor of Hillary. The article described the bomb in NJ as exploding in a garbage can shortly before a scheduled 5K Run by Marines. In fact, the 5k run was scheduled at 9 AM, was delayed, and the b...
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Paul Krugman "Could ignorance, incompetence be the silver lining?" Actually as it turns out Krugman and other liberals ignorance and incompetence is the silver lining that helped to elect Trump. The better question is what "lessons reasonably rational citizens " learn from a liberal, Krugman type of meltdown? From on...
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Sounds like the words "legal immigration" still have no place in your vocabulary. And 20 other countries built walls are now trying to stem the invasion from the Middle East by Islamic hordes who never even consider assimilation. The refugees of war and military age with no wives or children continue to invade, as ha...
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Northern industrialists needed a justifiable system that could still be seen as congruent with American ideals but could still allow cheap or next to free labor. Slavery was an embarrassment and the trade of goods being manufactured in the North would run into problems if it was being done within a slave system of whic...
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What does your post have to do with what happened?
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I carry a little 9MM pistol around in my pocket. The odds are I would have probably would have shot myself in the foot pulling it out. (Or some other unfortunate part of my body) Then again, maybe I would have popped the shooter and the tool worshipers would have been all over me as their tin hero. Don't know which is ...
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What's your point mooseknuckle? White males, muslims, always warning signs and somebody concerned who said nothing and let it happen. Always.
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One of the main reasons Putin was trying to get at Hillary was because Hillary went after the legality of Putin's election back in 2011. He called that interfering in their internal affairs, oddly enough! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/watch-the-election-clash-that-fueled-putins-ire-against-clinton/
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You shouldn't be letting your kids decide what cereal they get to eat.
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No time to cook? I don't buy that. It is easy to make excuses, but you could use the same brain to work out a plan on how to do things. It is doable. One thing I have learned over the years, is that many poor people are simply choose to be poor. There is no way for them to be financially healthy. I used to have a low e...
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Aga Khan is nothing but a charlatan
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He didn't prove me wrong and you may like approving of bad behavior by pointing out other bad behavior, but I find all bad behavior from either side wrong.
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I wasn't implying anything about how you many interpret scripture, but that Pope Francis and the majority of bishops do invoke Matt 25's "welcome the stranger" as Jesus' endorsement of open borders. One can invoke tradition as the most reliable indicator of correct Catholic social teaching. But history tells me...
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BA: That don't float. The current administration has had 8 years to get of Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact that was a campaign promise and not only are we still there but the administration has expanded the conflict into Syria. More than doubling the national debt over an eight year period is unconscionable but someo...
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Sours grapes turns to bitter whine.
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Very well said, You Gotta B Kidding.
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In all due respect Sir...If you kill the oil industry and run drillers out of work in Alaska who will provide them jobs and the 90% of the cash they provide to run the government that many good people work for and want to keep their jobs? Based on what you write I can guess you don't own a home or any land in Alaska be...
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Jesus was also fully human which is one the unique features of Christian ideology. If 'truth' is universal it is available to other religions. I do not use Jesus as my 'get out of jail free card'. I try to behave in attitude and action that is consistent with his life and teaching. Since your prefer a litera...
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How about a new TV series "The Bachelors of Nome" that would certainly ensure that the next ship was loaded with eligible women.
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Can you provide a source for your claim? Where do these numbers come from?
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Only thing I learned from this election is that America is full of suckers and idiots and they all helped Trump win the white house.
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Yes, those sports screens are just awful.
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Hey. How about introducing some programs that actually help people who are already Canadians. Seems every time I look at the news, the government is bending over to help out foreigners and to make matters worse, Canadians, who are already struggling mightily, are paying for it all.
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I think it's important to keep e-cigarettes mildly regulated, otherwise people might switch back to smoking. I stopped smoking and started vaping after reading an article on how to quit smoking: http://ecig-reviews.net/using-e-cigarettes-quit-smoking/
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Excellently said!
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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." So if the Church hierarchy would rather have no liturgy, no communion, than to allow women or married folks to be priests (or, simply, any baptized person to be a presider), then their hearts clearly must not be with the communion but with their sexism and p...
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It was a jesuit run conference. the jesuits have little sway in the USCCB it was a loud side show.
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And now she can report back to her Sith Lord, Emperor Trump...
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Ya know? In many countries around the world? They don't have the luxury of space. And they manage to get along just fine. In fact? It often brings families CLOSER. Perhaps our curmudgeonly ways are getting us in a little trouble in the West?
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I think you're confusing the Baltic nations with the Balkan nations. Take a look at where the Baltic nations are on a map and convince those nations NATO is really going to come to the rescue, that Europe would risk anything for them. Are you ready to go and fight in the Baltics?
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Judging by the 80 or so comments , it appears only six support saving the U of A sports program. Twenty nine say cut it all . 43 have mixed thoughts . If that's any indication , put a fork in U of A sports . It's done like dinner.
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The writer doesn't write the headline. That's done by an editor on the copy desk. Unfortunately, the editor is often busy and doesn't read the entire story. Sometimes they read only the lead sentence and sometimes they just yell at the reporter "Hey what's this story about?" Then they write the headline. Happens all th...
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Now we see the real reasons for Joe Biden's visit. He was Obama's emissary for: 1. A treaty banning drilling in arctic waters - one that the incoming president can not easily reverse. 2. The co-opting of Canada into a show of belligerence in Latvia. The border of Russia is already bristling with NATO missiles and def...
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No, there aren't, and payouts aren't based on "dirty cops" but poorly-written civil tort law.
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Being canonized means that the church, here on earth, believes that the canonized person possessed 'saintly' qualities and lived her/his life as a faithful follower of Jesus. I don't believe that all saints achieve the same place in heaven, ['my Father has many mansions']. Some mansions may be cottages, too.
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This is typical "Ding Bat" Honolulu! So you want to defy Homeland Security and POTUS? Just because Hillary did not get the seat....!! Honolulu wants to follow (Sheep) and be like San Francisco! People....California is broke!!! No money...Brown is running the "49th" State with a "Credit Card"! Looks like Hawaii wants t...
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Seems to be a little over-reacting on Kiszla's part. Just sayin'.
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And your criticism of Tabatha's column makes you a ...?
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one out of ten ? Not very high. The majority of Quebec's immigration comes from french -speaking North Africa countries like Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Iran is becoming important also. This is a mistake in my opinion because values should be more important than language,
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This is another one of those..."translation, in other words, so you're really saying" comments from you that have gotten tired and empty for everyone but the author. And he's done these so often, he doesn't even realize it.
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What cynical election move... not that it's a surprise being Christy Clark and the BC Liberals - who encouraged the problem to develop in the first place. And elsewhere in the globe another puff piece by Frances Bula claiming that millennials aren't leaving Vancouver despite insane prices for homes.
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We need better car control laws.
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Courts are charged with clarifications of law, not interjecting their personal agenda. The law specifically gives the president the authority to take the action he took and the US Supreme Court will confirm presidential authority. The lower courts had no problem with past presidents enacting similar bans giving clear ...
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Roy, you *do* realize that things aren't *real* just because *you* declare them to be, yes? Sort of like, "if I '*like*' my own comment, that's the same thing as a real person liking it and agreeing with me!" Oh wait, you do that, as well. How awkward....
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Poll reports are fine, but polls are fickle no matter who uses them. I'm not a populist. I think truth is self evident and reveals itself over time. The most frightening thing about the administration, besides its heavy authoritarian/military leadership, (fine but not in these numbers), is the attack on press and ...
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Yes, but the planet is warming much faster now, with our "help." The industrial revolution came about in the late 1700s. Humans had been around thousands of years before that, and we did minimal damage. Now, 250 years after industrialization, we've managed to pollute the planet to near the point of collapse. Good job! ...
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It may be that drivers who kill someone regret it....that is not the point. there are drivers who are simply careless...of pedestrians, other motorists, just careless in general and there needs to be adequate consequences for such behaviour behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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Sphere: I saw that you already posted elsewhere on this thread that the driver was Polish. As if....
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You've told us that you were a neuroradiologist too.
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They hate us anyway, there is no "now Trump made it Worse" They hate us ...end of.
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let me guess...Dembo and Star would like to see SMG take over the management of the McDonald Center? Hmmmm...the only state owned ice arena in town charges nearly half the price/hour as all the muni rinks and you wonder why prime ice is being left unused at the city rinks? Price it fairly and it will be utilized. Dem...
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Ft. Knox is relatively benign. But on the other hand, the proposed Pebble Mine could likely generate a tailings pond just like the Berkeley Pit only bigger. And like the Berkeley Pit, the Pebble Mine is right in the middle of the migration route for thousands of birds that visit Alaska each year. The proposed Donlin Mi...
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There are absolutely no faculty members teaching two or fewer classes per semester and receiving a full-time salary for 9 months. Additional responsibilities include advising, pursuing funding, conducting research and creative projects, and often service to the university, college, program, and/or community.
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We are devastated by the soon to be loss of our Archbishop Tobin here in Indianapolis. However, we felt from the time of his appointment that he was destined for greater things. He will be good for the Newark diocese and may be able to repair some of the damange that has been done there
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I don't think I do.
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"As to dragging Canada into far-right political territory, kindly cite 2 or 3 such far right policies after a decade of Harper in office." Maybe he was thinking of Stephen Harper's secret agenda. The left and the media vilified Harper at every turn . . . good governance didn't stand a chance.
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HB 2877 should help out by taxing all used cars, older than 20 years $1000/ea.. A tax on Oregon's poorest would be so appropriate to help out PERS, just like the failed M97 was intended.
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He was only one year shy of the legal marriage age in Canada, he knew what he was doing and so did his parents. He is a murderer.....no question about it. That money should go to the widow of the man he killed.
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SB 21 and those stupid oil and gas tax credits were a disaster for Alaska. Since the dividends were cut in half by Governor Walker and last years legislature, I think those O&G tax credits should be cut in half.
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You have to be stark raving mad to vote for either party. They are beholden to corporate interests-not the American people.
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Horde, Please explain how the president can unilaterally change and act passed by congress? Perhaps you know about something I missed in civics class.
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Liberal mayor picking the pockets of the voters and the voters get nothing in return.
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Even if not shot in the back, he was not moving away. The officer shot him out of fear, which does not make for a righteous shoot since the officer had been chasing him. He could have waited for help if he could not take him down alone. It is not like he did not know who Brown was. The cop was mad because Brown had pun...
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Amen!!! To the last.
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Regarding: "In the interview, Hoffmann von Rumerstein expresses doubt that Burke's Dec. 6 action was legal according to the order's own constitution and laws." - This whole incident lays out the parameters of ArchbRaymond's (he who was moved from LaCrosse, removed from St. Louis, dismissed from the Apostolic Signatura ...
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But when Fife was talking Senate scandal it was eh Chas? The wine is a little sour these days and WHINE a whole lot louder from the lefty peanut gallery.
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So-called assault weapons were banned for a time during the Bill Clinton years. Leftists move their agenda incrementally and are never satisfied.
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Another taxpayer funded clusterf*ck.
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Not entirely true. Trudeau used the dead kids to get elected.
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It never occurs to these geniuses when you have no money, no car, barely any food or shelter, that it isn't too shocking that you actually don't want 10 kids. Most poor women can't get access to birth control so their situation becomes harder and harder and that is why abortion rates in poor or oppressive countries ar...
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Teddy Roosevelt once finished a speech even after he had been shot in the chest. The Donald is actually scared to travel to London for a state visit ? Mondo bizarro !
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You and I agree on very little. Don't fool yourself. My views do not contradict Catholic teaching and yours do.
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François Jourdan, French islamologue et théologien eudiste; “...Islam is very frozen for many centuries and basically lack of freedom - today, it must be said clearly that we cannot build a society of one religion, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist... or atheist. This phase of human history is now overtaken by reli...
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I don't have a car. I usually walk, sometimes even if it's an hour. I don't feel safe on a bike with cars. If it's a longer distance, time critical or bad weather, I call Uber or Lyft. Riding a bike like the author described almost requires a GPS phone to not get lost in the non-euclidean maze some of the bike paths ar...
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Why bother with debate, those who know his past, already know his narcissistic arrogance. Should he come up with anything which is remotely worthwhile to listen to, it will be likely an alternative fact.
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Solid platform. What are your stands on water quality / aquafirs / Ocean / RIMPAC Bombing / GMO's / tons of pesticides applied around our keiki's schools and homes, Geothermal? , Overdevelopment moratorium until we figure out how to mend our current infrastructure/ road improvement/ waster water treatment, TPP/ TMT/ ...
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I assume the portable fan was used to blow irritant agents "down the hole" to "smoke him out". Considering all the manpower and the cost, it was in everyone's interest to "hurry things along". What? - you wanted a "sewer standoff" at taxpayer expense? I thought it showed police restraint that they washed the allege...
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O bomba won a Nobel peace prize
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if I pay the same and someone else drives 10 times as much on the roads, that is a regressive tax on me. You live farther away from town, you have cheaper homes. No reason you are entitled to cheaper/the same transportation.
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Go to see Miller. Walk out on Barr!!!!!
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The bishops keep saying it would be a scandal to allow such a group to exist as that would cause "confusion" among the faithful about what the church teaches regarding LGTB sexuality. Since the bishops live in an impermeable bubble of their own making, they seem completely oblivious to the fact that to most ordinary pe...
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Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. The left have been totally distracted by his bad behavior with the press, political incorrectness, his "lies" etc. They are all "outraged" and are spending all their efforts trying to vilify Trump. I think they're being played by a master player, but they think they are...
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Hoverboards have teeth?
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In the case of Hillary Clinton the hatred is completely irrational. It is the cumulative effect of twenty years of Fox News and right-wing radio vilifying her 24 hours a day seven days a week. It all started because she was perceived as uppity simply by virtue of the fact that she wanted to be a productive First Lady w...
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Burnsie: nicely said, sport. It was not great hockey, but a very good battle that had its moments.
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There is no particular reason that protective segregation needs to include long periods spent solitary and in sensory deprivation. A little effort and thought could provide protection with opportunity for conversation and human interaction.
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Why always with the range anxiety when you know so little about it? In 5 years they will be all over.... I was shocked to find one in Lindsay on the weekend downtown and one nearby at the college. Shopping malls can install a bank of them easy enough and charge 10 bucks an hour. I know change is hard for conser...
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Rmoney only vetoed eight line items in the entire bill. Yes, it is appropriately named RmoneyCare. Do you see how clueless you are?
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Just so everyone knows what they are talking about, there are two components to what businesses in Portland pay. The city business license fee and the county's business income tax. They are a percentage on GROSS sales, so they are, in effect a gross receipts tax. They put Portland at a competitive disadvantage when ...
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Meanwhile, transportation continues to be the province's largest and fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. Our municipal and provincial pollution reduction commitments are totally broken by this trend. So it doesn't work from a health perspective either. I'm really disappointed that our ten year bike plan...
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How do you fix the issue? Costs are costs and there is no right to subsidized living in the private market regardless of the tenants advocates say. The mess in rental housing started with rent controls and these were compounded with changes to the income tax act which removed the immediate tax deductibility of all upfr...
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