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No, it's tying it to the market price of a traded commodity. Mind you, the chances of this hitting the completely pulled out of no where $90/bbl benchmark is slim to none in the next five years barring a major geopolitical conflict in the Middle East. This is a way to stick it to the state employees who are vilified fo...
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Everybody liked him? Not quite. The smart hip people didn't like him. They regarded him as another business square, like LBJ, who would have brought Canada into the Vietnam War and held back the many progressive changes we made in the Trudeau era.
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Agreed. Case in point, Sand Lake Rd is currently being repaved, but didn't need it. It was a great road last year and seemed to have many years ahead of it. At first I thought it was a city boondoggle, but today I saw state vehicles all over the construction site. What a waste of resources. We do need to pay for o...
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I am saddened by the horror that took place in the Mosque in Quebec, and I can't possibly imagine the anguish that has fallen upon the families of the victims. Konrad-- you cite the horrific event that took place in 1989 in Montreal, but you left out a few facts: This tragedy was perpetrated by a young Muslim man name...
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This story convinced me to re invest in BBD They need some outside blood to show them how to actually run a business,so hopefully they do merge.
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Fortunately, Matthew threw in "intensive purposes" just for the pedants to rage over... thank you!
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I'm more curious as to why that matters, given her experience in the Pentagon and Washington D.C. You are pretty much arguing in favor of career politicians, which to most of us is the problem with our government.
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I looks more like they were colluding with the Ukraine as nothing about collusion with Russia anywhere in the article.
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The name is in the article and the address is in the photograph. What will happen next to the private property?
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Just have the girls take a smaller cut from each drink.
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Yes, your assumption is correct.
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Yeah, and a couple hours later Ford cancelled plans on a billion $ investment in Mexico, moving it to Michigan.
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I agree marijuana tends to rob people of their life blood, makes them lethargic which puts people out of work, and dependant on welfare. I agree we need to inspirepeople to work. Not get them addicted to welfare.
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Ignore the malcontents and move forward.
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Not that it matters since evs will always be a niche product.
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"Another NYT leftwing elitist who feels everyone who disagrees with his bigoted world view is ignorant." Unlike the commenter who posted that. Have you heard the phrase "ad-hominem argument?" It's a cop-out, not an argument. And yeah, pots and kettles.
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See you there!!! 😁
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That's what I said.
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Obviously you have failed to do any research on Johnson. He is as crazy as Trump, possibly more so. Do you believe his idea to cut the military budget by 43% in his first term along with cutting all military bases overseas, uniformed and civilian personnel, research & development, intelligence and nuclear weapons progr...
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Your 'plain fact' misses the point. Christie Clarke will be Premier until the next election, and the NDP is still in the political hinterland.
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And Kasim Edebali did the grunt work...pressured the QB to make a bad throw, battling through a blatant hold to do it...
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“My issue with our football team is we make a lot of critical errors,” Broncos coach Vance Joseph said. “That has to stop.” I hope head coach Joseph is including the coaching staff as well as players. I'm sure he must be. The defense is the only thing he can count on and it seems they lose focus at the worst times. Ho...
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Another successful day for our PM. It seems that the sky is not falling as the Cons would have you believe and we're not even getting "attacked" by terrorists every day. I guess the Cons have nothing to offer anymore.
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oil is a boom and bust industry.. any government that relies on oil revenue is a boom and bust government..
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Well here go the GOP and RINO Republicans, sentencing before proven guilty! The are just disgusting to me.
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Looks like Hillary got elected after all...Trump the neocon.
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A lot of people have been struggling for years to survive. Hard times make people want change, any change.
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Maybe they should ban body lice, beards and dreadlocks from downtown. Then turn the EWEB super fund site into a homeless camp.
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Congratulations on this initiative to support women seeking priestly ordination. The male-only priesthood is a consequence of original sin. It is the religious manifestation of Genesis 3:16. The patriarchal priesthood of the Old Law was subject to this curse, but the sacramental priesthood of the New Law is ministeri...
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"The Nazis paid close attention. As they concocted their own racial statutes – the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 – they pored over American race law as a model." What is the historical evidence for that? Most of the top brass Nazis could not even speak English, let alone have the advanced language skills to dissect American...
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A prediction can be right or wrong and is determined with the outcome. Fake news, on the other hand, are hoaxes appearing as news reports that are untrue and meant to deceive. There is a YUGE difference.
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Why should the government agree to extend today's contracts into the future when the electricity being supplied is surplus? At the end of the the 20 year contract for surplus electricty, the supplier should be happy to accept any price that is above zero for surplus electricity. We should electricty prices to collaps...
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The article points out " a disturbing level of excuse-making and willful blindness". I agree, but on the part of whom. "Let’s not forget that there are three times as many Indigenous children in foster care today as there were First Nations, Inuit and Métis children in residential schools at their peak.". This fac...
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What a bunch of political hacks and liars this board is.
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Personally, I think it's funny that our conservative state run by conservatives for decades, foundering because of their "leadership" and self-interest, recently voted for more of the same not just locally, but nationally. Anyone who voted the same conservatives into office here, and especially those who voted for Trum...
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the same as fund them in the public sector...the employee and the employer.
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As BC residents suffer with these wildfires, we can support them. Just like in the Fort Mc disaster, Canadians show we all in this together.
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BA: Gonna be a long 8 years for you. Too bad you can't put aside your animosities and help improve the current situation. Your constant complaining will fall on increasingly deaf ears making your comments less and less relevant. But to each his own.
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Villagers use the entire whale parts, TajMahawker. Since you don't live in rural Alaska or understand Native culture, perhaps you should hold your comment for another topic.
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The Browns are George Costanza......every instinct they have has been wrong, so you should always do the opposite. They pay Osweiler a huge amount of money to not play for them. Therefore the correct move is to pay Osweiler a very small amount of money to play for you. More seriously-the Browns are in a strange positio...
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Extortion is extortion no matter who is doing it. Once we accede to the concept of having to grease the hand of government and special interest groups to carry out business, we will be no better than communist China. We are simply encouraging corruption.
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Trump called it like it is. I respect him greatly for refusing to do what the media demands that he do. Many politicians would walk in circles and twist in a pretzel to kiss their own butt if the media demanded it. There was a permitted protest regarding the removal of a confederate statue. As Trump said, many at t...
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Eric Ryan 808 is right. The plan is for existing bus lines to be re-routed to the rail line. Many of those who ride the rail will not be new mass transit users, but existing bus riders. Furthermore, lots of those who now take one bus to get to where they want to go will have to take a bus to the rail line, take the...
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He should give that money to the family of Christopher Speer. - who is "he"? Trudeau or Khadr? in either case don't count on it now both of them are millionaires
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Bob, Voters forgot that Trump was a pussygrabber in 3 weeks. I submit to you that voters wont even remember the name DeVos when Murkowski is up for reelection in 2022.
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Rail is an investment in the futures of our children and grandchildren that will pay for itself in the long run. But we should also invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For the...
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Most people not have almost no knowledge of investment matters and have little or no inclination to learn. To them, it's all a big mystery and they have not had the opportunity to learn the basics. I was lucky when I was in my mid- 20s to have benefited from the advice of someone who had stock investments and counselle...
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So DP, why isn't this story on the front page? What? It makes Obama look like a fool. It exposes more of his ineptitude by exposing yet another of his terrible deals? "Defense attorneys have acknowledged that Bergdahl walked off his base without authorization." "Facing Republican criticism, Obama noted that the U.S...
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Already seeing homes that normally would be sold in less than a month sitting going on 6 months now in my neighborhood.
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Olrun Horde-- Just because "evil" oil companies have picked up the tab for state spending levels that would otherwise require the highest state income taxes AND highest state sales taxes in the US, doesn't mean we need to increase our property taxes, that are already among the highest in the US. According to the la...
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Great facts, Ronin006. Our politicians should have hired companies from Japan. They know how to do things right and efficiently. Unfortunately this project was seen by those in the know as a huge financial windfall where many could get to wet their beaks at public expense. As we can see, this has resulted in a disas...
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Watercraft - boat, PWC, surfboard whatever - that are contrasting colors to the ocean are much easier to see. I was aboard a Coast Guard Cutter a number of years ago; we were conducting a search pattern for a missing motorized kayak and were practically on top of it before we could see it. It was dark blue. I can't ...
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The Governor (who unilaterally took $1k from each and every Alaskan) and Democrats (who already voted to tax more money from our pockets) continue to hold the State hostage for their state income tax. They are Democrats and that is what they do; Democrats take people’s money and redistribute it to their friends. That's...
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Nice shooting if it was a target but the victim was a person just like everyone else and treating them as a target and celebrating their killing is disgusting. I wonder what the future holds for the person who pulled the trigger, it seems that some people who operate the drones suffer from ptsd partially due to the rea...
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Just a typical case of Russia using their influence in the form of oil leverage over Venezuela to gain influence...taking advantage of the financial crisis to gain a more of a foothold in Venezuela..no regard for the future of the country and the ability to rebuild post-Maduro..taking advantage in a way the US could on...
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what the
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WHAT is with these people that just 'react' with a "disagree", but no comment whatsoever. That only tends to reinforce that they have nothing intelligent to respond with...they just 'feel' that to prosecute Hillary would be wrong. Why?
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It must suck to have to keep checking the "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" box. What did you do?
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Can't pass a budget or get anything constructive done on behalf of Alaskans or the State of Alaska but by golly, they can sure piss away the money.
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Gardner is more pro-Trump than Ted Cruz. Vote this guy out of office!
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Send him home.
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Not if we pass new laws that are stronger and stricter. It is most clear that there is much new legislation for our state legislature to work on, when it comes to the subject of young people and weapons. And parents who allow their kids to have access to weapons need to be held accountable by the law as well. The l...
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How wrong art thou? Let me count the ways: (1) I don't get angry when internet weeble-wobbles disagree with me. I simply note they'll "...boldly say on line what no man would say to my face." Google my phone number--gimme a call. (2) Provide a quote wherein I have referred to someone as a "racist". Go 'head. I da...
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It is not in any way identical.
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It's not hundreds of thousands, R-G. It's millions. Here are numbers for just a handful of cities in the US, never mind the rest of the world. Eugene 7,000 Washington DC 500,000 LA 750,000 NYC 300,000 Chicago 300,000 Denver 200,000 Seattle 150,000 Boston 125,000 Madison Wi 100,000 Minneapolis 75,000 Atlanta 63,000 Aus...
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How are the media lying about being shut out?
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I saw the damage a Canadian Goose did to Piper Navajo once. It ended up requiring the entire horizontal stabilizer to be replaced. A smaller airplane and a bigger bird. I have no issue with thinking that the plane could have suffered fatal damage.
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"At least now all the liberals out their (sic) admit to this fact [a 30-year plan by the Chinese to conquer the world]..." Really? You use the small "L" so, that leaves out the provincial government. I take it you mean liberal-minded people. That means you're talking about me. You're wrong: I do NOT believe there ...
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He was just a wacko who took on Middle Eastern beliefs.
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Yuck!!
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How many kids & dependents do you support?
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What a glowing commentary about Kitty. From what I've seen and read over the years along with my trips to downtown, Doppelt and I have different takes on what she has turned Eugene in to. I give her credit though, she has turned it in to a pretty nice "traveler" and homeless community.
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Moonlight checked the most PC boxes, so they win. 10 years from now Sunshine will win featuring a transgender Muslim, Asian firefighter who is battling Islamophobia and work place sexual harassment, while bravely overcoming his left handedness.
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"The American people are tired of this witch hunt" Ohhhh, wrong again. The majority of Americans are interested in learning the truth that the multiple Russia/Trumpster campaign investigations will reveal. Buckle up, it's going to be a long bumpy ride.
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Hawaii has a sad record of incompetence when it comes to protecting abused children. It also has a sad record reverencing life in any form. It is a wretched place for most children.
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Very good response to Marianne.
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Autonomous vehicles WILL obey all speed limits. The mix of driver controlled automobiles with autonomous vehicles sharing the same roadway at the same time is going to create a new form of road rage. Hawaii will need to address its low speed limits to avoid gridlock, etc...
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According to an analysis by Carnegie Mellon University, Trump's vocabulary is below that of a 6th grader.
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To the extent one has market power, one can dictate price. Assume I am a high income earner with considerable market power.. a doctor with a highly sought skill for example. If you increase my tax burden I will then raise the price of my service. I may lose some customers but I may be overall better off with less...
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Stars aren't good enough Motley - I’m lobbying civil comments for a standing ovation emoji.
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It will only implode by sabotaging it. Blowing up the risk corridor was the first successful step which forced some insurance companies out of the market. That resulted in the increased premiums of last fall--just before the election. "Implosion" and "death spiral" are words that have permeated Fox News and the rig...
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Arrrrrrrgh! Rompers, '...builds on...' is a HERESY!😲 And you purportedly orthodox.😅
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Proof ?
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' We? . Speak for yourself.
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How brain dead do the 1-in-3 people have to be to think Trump is honest?
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This always makes me LOL. Repubs have been gunning for Hillary for thirty years. They have nothing but old news that has been debunked over and over again. Even Hillary was yawning in the Benghazi hearings. Borrrrriiiinnngggg.
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Well, that'd definitely accomplish their goal of "liberating" us from pain and disease, I guess.
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The Canadian government deserves it for bailing out the Beaudion family. Had the insisted on Bombardier Voting shares in exchange for financial aid, as was the case with General Motors, they could have avoided all this.
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Really, Arvid? Has Chad used this website to repeatedly lie about you the way he has about me? Save your self-serving spin for someone else.
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and they will have $$$$$$$$$$$.00
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So WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? Without a proposal such posts are meaningless.
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More 'click bait'. Unfortunately, both liberals and conservatives have allowed themselves to be driven apart by the negative partisanship that has been stoked by the media and politicians. It is high time to realize that we have more to gain by agreeing to disagree in a civil fashion and realizing that most of us are ...
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It's just pure joy to watch the two Trust Fund kids calling the shots for small business owners from the comfort of their Ivory Tower.
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What will “God” do if religions have to obey the same laws as everyone else by, say, uniting a pair of homosexuals in holy matrimony? Cause more warming of the Planet? Every single one of God’s alleged “laws” came to us…and come to us now in some of these comments…from the mouths and pens of Humans. It’s all hearsay (...
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When you are homeless and not responsible for anything "It's all somebody else's problem."You don't pay taxes. You just treat Diamond Head as your "subsidized" apartment you can trash. You intrude on the mountain without invitation, permission or consent. So, given the way you think of yourselves, the state and powers ...
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And he is also seen as more honest than Donald Trump. What's your point?
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I don't think we should be too harsh when judging the attitudes of previous generations- as long as we learn from them and avoid slipping back into those practices. I'm a huge fan of Star Trek, and some of the episodes of the original series, made in the 1960's are so sexist and politically incorrect, they would have ...
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I am for that. Seeing as I pay close to 25% Federal Income Tax on the PFD it seems ridicules to pay tax on this then turn around and pay income tax to the state.
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Someone failing to take the load on the job. We can ask the controller, Delivery isn't free right, were is the source.
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