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Yes, Frank, I do understand and feel deep concern that The EPA somehow can't find anyone to blame, prosecute and fine. An obvious failing that surely will be corrected when an activist Sanders presidency taken the reins. Whether or not volcanoes can be changed is immaterial so long as there is blame to be properly al...
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Compelling question as soon as we demand require or shame people into voting we become a fascist exclusionary society based on doctrine created by the elitists ! people who want to vote can and do vote to demand it is zealous and greedy jb49
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My first thought when I saw this video was that dog is about to get eaten. So I kept quiet and allowed the uninitiated to think he was Just being cute and kind. Of course the dog got ate. It's a freaking polar bear! They're NEVER nice!!! Doh!
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The judge ruled the LEO's actions were not criminal. Looting and rioting are criminal acts. You shouldn't really need to be told this...
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Data sources: personal contact, Senate staff contacts, New York State police contact. Criterion: DSM-5 1 - Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others 2 - Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc. 3 - Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with...
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So, the "good news" is the guys who want to shake up the establishment, drain the swamp, end the Afghanistan War, create jobs, and build up the infrastructure are out. And more "good news" - the traditional conventional war-as-usual military-industrial complex of military generals and billionaire weapons dealers are in...
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you feel that jews are suicidal and immoral unless Jews are prepared to vote that Jews are illegal at the wailing wall. Why? What do you suppose the reaction of Arabs to such a vote would be? Recall that Arabs aren't Quakers. Indeed, if they had been Quakers they probably wouldn't have cleansed Jews from the Wall...
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Man will fish out any stocks of anything if given the opportunity. Don't come up with this accurate, up to date science and studies business, just look what a mess we have everywhere with all of the openings and rules simply because man will push everything to the limits and you can't change that. Man is greedy and doe...
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That's the way I see it too. The true test will be regular season and if Joseph sticks with the run. I think many coaches give up too easy and before you know it you have a team with a lead on you and you are stalling drives because you start passing too much and Siemian, or Lynch, will be facing a stiffer pass rush. P...
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Sometimes the most horrific explanation is the simplest-- "because I can!" Why shoot people? Because I can. Why act like an arrogant lout? Because I can! Why become the President of the United States? Because I can! Do I blame Trump for the shooting? Absolutely not. Do I consider him a model of benighted entit...
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Agreed, the current system of randomly putting the "reply to" information on comment replies makes it difficult to follow a conversation. Here's a hint: look at how disqus does it.
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they should make them eat all the spice they were caught with
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Finally!, evidence of collusion!.
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It's always struck me as strange that American Catholics accept capitalism and the free market as the way to run society but they don't demand the same when it comes to the clergy imposed from on high on them. I look forward to the day when parishes who lose their priest for whatever reason, put an advert in the Press ...
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So Trump and Cruz are capitalizing on fear. I'm sure Obama, Clinton, and Sanders have never done that. What is Patty doing when she says that Trump “raves like a wild drunk …” and compares his rants to those of Hitler? Is she perhaps capitalizing on our fear of encountering wild drunks and our fear of genocide? With ...
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Crooked Hillary should be in jail - with Comey - as a room mate. 2 peas in a pod, for 20-years, together forever. THAT would be justice.
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James, you are invited to join our West Sound cleanup crew for this fall's Island Cleanup event. We want you on our team! We picked up a lot of trash this past spring, but you could teach us a thing or two, and have fun doing it with us.
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Awesome. I hope your vision comes true!
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I can't say this any clearer, he hid the process from his own freaking party. Ignore the Dems for a minute and think about the fact that his own party wasn't a part of this. 13 people, one was supposedly Corey Gardner, who claimed he never saw the bill before it was made public. Again, think about that for a minute ...
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Not yet, but there's no reason why there can't be once the market develops.
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UH SUCK!!
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Fun to read someone so wrong on all accounts. (i) Natural resources have been declining as a share of economic activity for decades. (ii) Services and technology are by far the largest and fastest growing parts of the economy. (iii) Investments in education, healthcare, transit are public goods that drive higher growth...
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I bet their next one will be 'The First Hispanic' , or first Gay or Transgender, or first test tube baby, etc. etc........to run for President. The Democrats need to always have a 'first' for their next Hollywood production aka President. Obama and Michelle were swooned over and promoted so much by the Celebrity le...
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Support for a national popular vote has been strong in rural states None of the 10 most rural states (VT, ME, WV, MS, SD, AR, MT, ND, AL, and KY) is a battleground state. The current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes does not enhance the influence of rural states, because the most rura...
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Its easy for Cruz to win when all Sanders can put forth is 1930s style economics. Good luck Dem party.
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Exacty - poor rich NFL players have it rough, don't they.
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According to the UH Institute For Astronomy in March of 2016, there are 484 directly employed County of Hawai'i based staff for the Observatories. Aggregate operating costs were $72.4 million. Original unadjusted total cost of the existing facilities was $601 million. The actual additional investment in the original f...
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If super delegates just voted like the non super delegates wanted them too their whole existence would be pointless.
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I agree what she did is totally reasonable. But I don't think liberals have overreacting locked down. Last I checked it's coming from both ends of the spectrum.
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Good idea. Why should teachers have to be credited teachers to teach? Lets just let any one that wants to, teach our children their personal beliefs. Please read the bill. The main idea for it is to make sure REAL teachers are giving the classes.
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Sorry, I never had opportunity or inclination to get into those. I have heard that those who have done time have lots of opportunities for this, however.
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Thank you for your dedication to all the citizens of Anchorage Mayor Berkowitz. And thank you for having compassion, and not disdain, for those less fortunate than many of us. Somebody long ago said a great nation will be judged by how it treats the elderly and weak and sick. A great town can be judged the same way...
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The soldier retracted his statement..... and I'm sure that Khadr knows whether or not he threw a grenade..... now he's just not ..... really to sure about anything, except that he got some money for killing someone.
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Interesting correlation, gay men and divorcees. It kinda pains me to ask, but would you mind explaining that one?
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Ed, you didn't answer my question, you merely repeated my deterrence point. How is a Trident even remotely a true defensive weapons system? The author makes the point that our military is aggressive and not defensive. I happen to think that in the main, this is a correct observation concerning our weapons of war, no...
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Helen Zille is day and night better than anything the ANC could ever produce. But she suffers from the politically fatal condition of being white. She would have been an incredible President.
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What scares me the most is the fact that even if Zuma is ousted the network is still in place and there are probably many more people in the network than we realize. It will be a massive task to remove them all. They will continue to protect themselves and Zuma. The other question is where is all the money that Zuma an...
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What is with this constant reference to finishing last a season ago? Hey, Your Leafs were trying to not win. They were doing everything possible to lose games. Remember?
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Judging by the scars on her face she's had a rough life. That doesn't excuse her from first degree murder, though. Hope she's caught.
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Medicare can be confusing at times. And costly too. Here's something I found that makes my fathers life a whole lot easier. It's a Medicare Plus card. It is a completely free card that is made for those on Medicare. It gets him healthcare discounts and provides a free list of Medicare quotes from all major insurance ...
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https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2011-2015.xls
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Canada's oil production accounts for just 3% of our GDP. 3% of our GDP cannot account for an overall 4.6% change in our GDP. Canada's real estate is 13% of our GDP, 4x more than oil production. Canada's tech/IT sector is 7% of our GDP, more than double oil production. Construction, banking/insurance, and manufacturin...
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you seriously believe "that the Conservatives years of hyper fund raising "cash for access"passed without notice"? Given that the Conservatives couldn't pass gas without being pilloried in the liberal media (Robert Fife included) your statement is laughable
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So if the dog got hurt chasing a fox would he blame the State of Alaska?
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You blame Zuma for the downfall of ANC but the main culprit behind it is Ramaphosa, Rupert and Gordhan.
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$5,000 bail for the theft of close to a million dollars is outrageous. Add to that the fact that this is a repeat offender makes it even worse.
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Not sure what game you were watching or how much pot you smoked during it but the Buffs looked awful. Montez was bad. The defense was bad The running game was bad. The refs won the game for CU.
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Eva Aariak was elected premier in Nunavut.
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Regardless of your intention, you've done a service by making their behavior internet searchable.
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Why is an American union controlling Toronto's transit?? This is not seem like a good thing.
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2 o 2 the innocent voice of Truth to expose his and their hubris. In the story that I remember although he was naked he still retained the ceremonial Crown with its precious jewels, symbols (Dictates/virtues) of honest, unifying governance, now long lost as can be seen in his nakedness, this nakedness should have indu...
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Yes and we can move that much quicker to Oceania. Disgusting.
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Liberals are bound and determined to restore Oregon to Tax Hell, USA, and what caused our state to stay in permanent recession in the 1980's.
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To see results of republican austerity plans checkout Mesa county or Kansas or Alabama or.........
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Surprised blacks are even part of SBC as there YUGE numbers of black Baptist church not affiliated. Probably most white SBC would prefer blacks leave altogether. White persons need to press for change. Should not be incumbent upon black persons who often lack any power and historically are the victims of institutional...
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"Selling to Trump" as the columnist concludes---is putting it rather simplistically --This is the time for much more nimble diplomacy and avoidance of what would be surely perceived as personal insults. Don't forget the saying ---flattery will get you far---seems to work with some "actors" on the geo political arena. ...
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Buffalo is not a bad team? OK, let's go with that, just for sake of argument, certainly a convenient self-serving 1 for Your Leafs zombies such as....well, you know whom. Lose to a rag-tag collection like Buf? Hey, doncha know, they're not half-bad, eh? No shame losing to them. Well, if Buf ain't bad, then neith...
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So 100 more people will lose their jobs so some psychopath can watch his name creep up the Forbes richest people list. And people wonder why Brexit and Trump happened. Our leaders are failing us so we strike back the only way we can.
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This article is so far from reality it is silly. In business, or trade, or treaties; you only get what you negotiate at best. China does not support free trade on imports into China at all, just demands no restrictions on their exports to the west. Got it?
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Slow day at the SA today. We had high tides like this years ago anytime we had a good swell and higher than normal tides due to moon positions. More lazy non news coverage.
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Silence by the gutless republican majority is just empowering the lunatic to continue to destroy the credibility of our country. It is the ultimate embarrassment to have a f-----g moron for president. To me he is president in title only. Corker is wrong about one thing. The White House is a child care center. It is a d...
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The state has a shameful history of exclusion if not outright mistreatment of Natives, Blacks, Japanese, Chinese, Jews, pretty much any non-WASP group. Way too many of the people born and raised here, by people born and raised here, have significant suspicion and prejudice towards "others", even today. They didn't lear...
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Right. So the federal appointee for DOE does not agree w/ how things are being done now in Michigan. A state. So...she wants to make it easier for states (or as the writer comments "influence") to loosen their restrictions on parents to choose how, where, and under what conditions their children can be educated. S...
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I can only hope this meeting has the same effect on Trump as the Pope's meeting with Boehner 2 years ago...a newfound resolution to resign from office. I also feel sorry for Melania, except that no one forced her to marry the guy. No amount of money is worth one's dignity and freedom.
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He is a throwback all right, with cave man attitudes toward women, a slaveholders attitude toward black people, and an expressed hatred toward Mexicans and Muslims. We ended slavery 150 years ago. Men like Trump didn't do that. You nor anyone else is a "slave" to "political correctness", which is a nasty meme intended...
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Why people do what they do often makes no sense to me. I suppose its the need to provoke a reaction from others. Sometimes its even for a real cause that actually exists. More often though I think its just to say "look at me, look at me". I stand during the National anthem to show my overwhelming Honor and Respect for...
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China is trying to solve this problem, with or without the US. Buffoonery does not help. . Ghosts of Presidents Past: . Donald Trump seems able to lie more easily, more often, and with fewer qualms than even Richard Nixon. . Donald Trump seems even more thin-skinned, more insecure, and more vindictive - and to treat s...
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How clueless could Price be? Maybe he should've chartered a floatplane to operate in the swamp. Nah, that would not have been a jet, and not cost enough.
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Now who is inciting violence, again?
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Same here. And then if you call them on it, they act like they did you a favor. Epic pomposity.
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Not so fast there Peggy...been there...done that...car sales, real estate, the list goes on...
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Bloomberg or the NYT had an interview with Trumps 'Art if the deal' co-writer He believes things are getting desperate around Trump, as 'he has started to yell at Jarrod' Sounds like this is not good for the Butts/Trudeau government or its strategy
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God’s compassion is unquestionable, yet you presume to have greater vision and wisdom than He does. When you were a child and your parent insisted on holding your hand while crossing the street, there was a good reason, though you probably wanted to pull away in your ignorance. Do you now resent your loving parent for ...
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Since this office is under the mayor, it's a good sign that it will be effective in long-range strategic planning throughout the whole city government.
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All presidents have attempted to deal with North Korea. Lots of talk, and sanctions, all of them. What has Trump done to differentiate himself? The little pip squeak is still there, tormenting him.
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1) So race relations have not budged since the mid-80's? Maybe update your "teaching": materials, more than 30 years have gone by and a lot of change has taken place. This invisible backpack thing is badly out dated. 2) If a teacher can shut up a white male with an insinuation straight out of Kafka's The Trial, then.....
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they don't take into account that extreme emotional distress the driver experiences , right or wrong. it's a lifetime burden. i'm glad you bring it up each time as it should be brought out as part of the story - it IS part of the story.
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Build a road to this location and many others. This will add not only tourism bit infrastructure and add to the local economy. Local Alaskans would gladly drive there.
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For all the Native haters who are white and think white gives you right and might. From Lisa Bloom. "In our nation’s history, so many of the sickest most appalling crimes have been committed by whites. Yet no matter how sadistic the crime, no matter how young the victims, no matter how much fear is engendered in a com...
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To para-phrase the late Will Rodgers - "everyone talks about the blob but nobody does anything about it."
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Agree. He played well. The foul trouble looks to me like partly a technical issue and partly a self-control issue. Gotta keep the energy inside the technical limits and not trigger the auto-foul call. It should just take some work and focus.
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They weren't "removed". They were being used elsewhere. That they were "removed" with advance knowledge of an attack is a conspiracy theory that has been debunked.
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These bison's biggest threat, by far, will be poaching by people from local villages. 10 years from now there will be an article about how these bison "disappeared".
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Trever Siemian is Gary Kubiak. Kubes was a nice backup QB who knew the offense, was prepared and could come in during the middle of the game and operate the offense. He also could start a game here and there as needed and give the Broncos a chance for a win. A solid backup QB is a good commodity to have. It's the f...
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NO. It did NOT.
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It did endorse Harper for PM, but the alternative, which we are dealing with now, was too frightening to contemplate. And they were dead right.
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Stephens was a real nice guy. Just the kind of guy that should be put to sleep
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/travel-ban-3-0-blocked/index.html So much winning! BLOTUS is a loser BUFFOON soon to be subject to the 25th.
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And you know it is false news how? Unnamed sources are a vital part of journalism in a democracy. How do you think they get their information without having the trust of individuals to come forward with inside information? While I do agree there is not as much in-depth investigative journalism going on now due to cutba...
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The arrogant, in-your-face demands being made by these 'kids' you weasel word to 'ask' is not civilized behavior and need not be tolerated by anyone.
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I don't know how old you are but I am almost 53, and I can unequivocally state I did not know any twelve year old friends that were sexually active. I don't recall 12 yo girls performing oral sex on boys on the school bus, nor recall children engaging in sex acts in the school bathroom. If a 12 yo girl was involved ...
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Edgar Porter let's debate Trump at UH. You can represent the establishment, I'll represent the alt-right. I don't even self-identify as that, nor am I a Trump supporter, but your arguments are so terrible that I would gladly go against whatever your position is -- regardless of what "side" that put me on. I mean, wh...
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Oh yes - the popular vote, no the Russians, No wait, Comey.....This is getting old. NOW HEAR THIS - We will never allow 5 population centers to dictate who our President is, that is the law and always will be, the EC will never be abolished. How about demanding the next Democratic candidate to: a) avoid federal inv...
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"NDP ethics critic Nathan Cullen said he suspects the real problem is that all appointments are being decided by Trudeau’s two top aides — Katie Telford and Gerald Butts — and they can only focus on one thing at a time." Monday: canoeing up Niagara Falls and TV interview with Kelly Tuesday: meet Mr Obama for relaxed...
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Isn't the issue less that there is an average but that there was a guaranteed return? The PERS guide says that prior to 2003, higher earnings were passed through to members. So then you have a system where earnings might be 16%,0%,16%,0% which would have an average earnings of 8% but a average deficit of 4%. Giving it...
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Freedom of speech and freedom of conscience are cornerstones of both science and democratic government. . Both require decision-making based on rational assessment of facts in the marketplace of ideas. . Neither is safe when the marketplace of ideas is (a) fact-free or (b) truth-optional. . One of the great ironies is ...
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I own a footwear store and this story makes me sad and angry. The idea that women have to go through physical agony during the day is ridiculous. I can see someone being physically exhausted if they need to lift or move items all day. High heel shoes in a professional setting, however, serve no useful purpose. ...
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So you don't think that school children should be protected from harm?
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well...practice makes perfect
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...and sees many more important issues disappear during the election campaign. Referendum on its own would be alright - despite the cost for Elections Canada and political parties. The likely proposed changes to our system of government would be so ultimate and complete that the people must first be heard..
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