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I get that but they're scared sheep. Can't blame scared sheep for trying to run through the fence, they don't have a shepherd and haven't for a long time.
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i think that's where the whole new testament comes in with jesus "fulfilling the old testament laws" - to point out that as humans ,we are flawed, that NOBODY does just righteous. but if we truly could follow in the footsteps of only righteousness... judges, cops - the whole legal systems wouldn't be needed - nobody would do bad. - hence no one would have to be it the position of judging or controlling another person. .it's a tough concept to explain - as are most bible ones.. but that's my understanding of the stuff - i've pondered all that too. and you did it out there as a question.. being an observer in court and seeing innocent people found guilty and thinking the judge is (hopefully) fair and thinks it's the right decision. i would never want to be in that position of the big decider or guilt and punishment. with exceptions regarding my prison/island that i bring up on occasion. yeah i fall short all the time..
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Thanks for the history lesson, Mr. German-hammer. Now go back to your comfy confines and keep writing more articles about your new president's ADD affliction. His memory and conscience will need to be rebooted every day.
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Superficial, narcissistic and born to privilege. There are more similarities between Trudeau and Trump than the liberal media is willing to admit.
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Stupid analysis on Scotland. Not accurate at all and PM May won the election in which Scots voted in many Conservative MPs.
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You have to keep track of the conjunctives in legal statutes. ORS 163.684 has TWO different ways to get you to jail. The first way is (a)(A) (1)A person commits the crime of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree if the person: (a)(A) Knowingly develops, duplicates, publishes, prints, disseminates, exchanges, displays, finances, attempts to finance or sells a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child or knowingly possesses, accesses or views such a visual recording with the intent to develop, duplicate, publish, print, disseminate, exchange, display or sell it; OR THE OTHER POSSIBILITY: (B) Knowingly brings into this state, or causes to be brought or sent into this state, for sale or distribution, a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child; AND(b) Knows or is aware of and consciously disregards the fact that creation of the visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involved child abuse. EITHER way sends you to jail
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Yeah, French will never not be threatened, simply because of where Quebec is. Even France itself is heavily influenced by English cultural products and riven with more and more English loanwords. But I think at this point people understand that the current regime is about as good as it will get.
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BC probably has the same number of drug addicts as NYC. It is a warm city in Canada, and where the addicts go to live and score dope from China.
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Why can't UAA ever produce UAF quality teams ? Last night UAA looked pathetic . It was like boys playing against men. You can't change a zebra's stripes . There is little hope for this season . It will be the same old , same old. The only difference is this team is done from the beginning. One goal in two games ? Are you kidding me ? Credit does have to be given for their ability to deliver power plays to the opposing team. And easy scoring chances . They gave the game away. It's nice to see more fans turn out to support the Woofs . Even though at times the crowd looked more like a scene out of the 1970's TV show Romper Room or a day care center run amok . If the Seawoof players showed even half the passion those thousands of kids in the stands showed , UAA could have made half a game of it. Instead they chose to play selfishly , putting themselves against playing for the team. UAA is who we thought they were---the latest edition of another losing team and season. Fire Matt Thomas .
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So then they'll pay taxes and just use her as a deduction? You sound simple.
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This is a national disgrace. Our children are shut out of the housing market while crooks and speculators take over. We need a federal policy of Canadian homes for Canadians.
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Three times for general population and I understand young men (teens and college age) is much higher.
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I'm just saying, talking about guys on IR, other PS squads and people coming back for 775,000 is totally meh. The real deal is upon us, I would like some news about the starter, how it's going with Paradis back, whose his favorite TE option...you know, real season football stuff. I don't care about Sloter, I don't care about Kelly, I like the cheap price on Brock but don't really care about that, I care about the season and Trevor is the starter. Long term solution is for next year's worries, I'm more worried about the O and D lines.
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The military presence on Unalaska Island was very large during WW2. As usual they dumped massive amounts of no longer wanted materiel into the waters around the island. So that's another possible source. What about the people living in the region? Have they been tested?
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Another sleazy lawyer loses out on his big payday after this lawsuit against the city.
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MY, You are right: "Oregon, Iowa and Vermont – Distributors Keep Unclaimed Deposits". Check-out this website: http://www.bottlebill.org/about/unclaimed.htm While Oregon's Bottle Bill lead the nation at one time, atrophy has set in. As the above website shows, there are things that can be done to strengthen and improve it but that would require politicians to do more than figure out how to be elected and re-elected.
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Let's go, Na Wahine...
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Uber and Lyft are obvious solutions. When I travel I use both, never had a problem anywhere. Track their progress to you, estimated fair is within a $1, newer cars, nice drivers who normally offer a water and actually get out to load your luggage, don't have useless conversations nor willing to offend passengers because you rate each ride and driver. Last two times we have been picked up at our house here taxi drivers in Anchorage arrive 30 minutes early, call you and tell you they are waiting outside and don't get out to help load luggage. Nothing terrible but I prefer good, reasonable and reliable service. Ask tourists in Anchorage what they think of public transportation and taxi companies. Someone in this town has blinders on and ear protection in to avoid the complaints and not see long waits and 10 year old Fords that are let's be nice and say well worn. Would there be another reason we are one of only a few hold out states? Don't like Uber don't use it but offer it at least
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He's a baseball student assistant (on scholarship?) and his uncle is the coach. Nepotism disguised as diversity.
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It's pretty easy to do a Google search on electors being threatened. When you weed out the far right and far left sites looking to stir things up and garner web hits and just go to sources that use old fashioned fact checkers (now there's a quaint idea), you find that electors on both sides have been threatened, and they've been threatened from both sides. In other words, Trump electors have been threatened by Trump opponents if they do vote for him as well as by Trump supporters if they don't. To a lesser extent, Clinton electors have faced the same. The problem isn't the partisans of one side or another. The problem is Americans across the spectrum who no longer value our Constitution. Just one more sordid chapter in the worst election in modern American history (an election that brought out the worst in everyone) and another indication that this may well be our final election.
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For some, Trump presents opportunities.
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He's the guy, sent that seditious letter to the mullahs in Iran.
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Your definition of racist is pathetic and I reject it. Marty simply stated a factual demographic.
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Are you a moron? He's not kneeling because of econonomic injustice in inner cities. Nothing about his peaceful protest has anything to do with his upper class upbringing or his wealth. It is about the systemic injustice that black people in America face every day. Every black person I know has been afraid of getting pulled over for no reason, except they are black. The shooting of black people by the police are incomparable to shootings of white people pm e by police. Forget black on black or white people, this is about oppression. The fact that you have no understanding of this means you're clearly white, privileged, and ignorant. Or just stupid. You have no business writing anything about this situation. So stfu and go back to writing on your lap top in Starbucks and safely driving home without a worry in the world.
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Dearest KC, I am so sorry for your loss. Please keep writing about Flo. I want to hear your story and her story. I, like so many others, was hoping for a happier ending and was heartbroken when I saw the news. We need to get more support for sufferers of postpartum depression. I just can't imagine what she was going through. I hope that you are able to find solace.
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Alaska should concentrate on right-sizing the bloated state government. After all, the state was able to provide adequate state services with 60% of today's state workforce just 15 years ago. Alaska should reduce the number of state workers by 5% every year until the level of workers reach a reasonable level.
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And now, Ms. Cleaver, I would say your life is in danger from low-level, mouth-breathing punks. Free advertising is only good to a point.
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Couldn't agree more. Fear mongering and outright lying to a knee jerk public. That's what got us the moron in the White House, whose behavior,by the way, is probably the real source of the feelings of fear and stress that is stupidly being projected onto to SB91. Get rid of Trump and put someone competent and thoughtful in his place and I guarantee those chaotic feelings of helplessness and anger will substantially subside.
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So Chris, since this bothers you so much why don't you simply not apply for that "free money"?
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If Shannyn is going to mention what someone told her years ago as proof the pro- Pebble people take the low road , why does she not mention the other low road stuff---like how Alaska's favorite million air funneled money to fight Pebble and was fined by the state for that ? How about the questionable plane rides that were given to bolster support against Pebble ? How about the dishonest TV ad's that claimed if Pebble was built , the lady said she'd die ? Or holding hearings concerning Pebble in Seattle before Alaska ? Or the EPA not even having an open mind concerning Pebble ? Here's the deal :No one wants to see salmon killed---except commercial fishermen . We need jobs in that region of Alaska . Pebble will provide way better jobs than fishing. We don't have to choose one or the other---with safeguards we can have both. Many want Pebble stopped just so they can keep that area their own play ground . By passing all the permitting there is zero doubt Pebble can be opened safely .
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Political criticism from the bench of legitimate defense strategies should be the subject of complaints to the Judicial Council.
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people schmeople who cares about them a weak and divided Syria is less of a threat to Israel than a strong one just as a decade ago a weak and divided Iraq was less of a threat to Israel so it is written so it shall be done
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So you view Trump as "handsome, debonair, hairy chested, macho, good looking, vibrant, well spoken and endowed"? Seriously?
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I do not wish death on them, they wish death on themselves. I simply want to honor their choices. First, buy the drugs. A conscious, premeditated choice. Second, find someplace secluded to do the drugs. A conscious, premeditated choice. Third, melt the drugs or dissolve them into a solution. A conscious, premeditated choice. Fourth, fill the syringe with the drugs. A conscious, premeditated choice. Fifth, find a vein, between the toes to avoid detection or in the elbow. A conscious, premeditated choice. Sixth, inject the drugs. A conscious, premeditated choice. That's at least six conscious, well planned, premeditated choices, all designed to inject lethal chemicals into the body. If they don't give a flying F.... about their life why the heck should anyone else?
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The Scottish Anthem "Flower of Scotland"" says it all" Dump England and go it alone or with the EU.
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TASS,Pravda and RT trolls should be here soon.
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The bilious hyperbole of the Trump camp and their Canadian sycophants is amazing. If you think Trump's going to lead you to the land of milk and honey and you'll feast on locusts... just head south... His move to ease restrictions on the USA's banks is simply a disaster waiting to happen - but I doubt you remember 2008 especially well. Letting the wolves and jackals of Wall Street act with impunity; shedding fiduciary responsibility to investors they have advised is reprehensible and ethically bankrupt. Greed is good is once more the hallowed refrain! This crazy run up in the markets is coming down some time soon, the fundamentals have not changed that much. To hell with a generation and more of efforts to environmental protection - they're open for business but Nordstrom's doesn't want their crap...
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I seem to recollect that Nazi German law imposed criminal penalties and possible torture and execution for anyone who shielded Jews from the Nazi "SS" law enforcement officials.
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Thank you for your reminder. I think we'd both agree, however, that our catechesis and especially our liturgy continue to be grounded in a theology of atonement for sins: Confiteor, Kyrie, Credo, Agnus Dei and the narrative of all four Eucharistic Prayers.
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We really don't want to protect criminals, but we want their votes.
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Judith Cane used to be a mutual fund sales person.
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Many words describing her sad plight and the mean spirited actions of the Trump administration. Not many (if any) describing why she didn't make a single effort to become legal, chose to live in the shadows for 16 years and only now the sympathy card is played. The burden and fault rests entirely on her shoulders. It always amazes me how little press is given the fact they are indeed, breaking the law.
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Please, please, keep this up: "It is time to ask Oregon businesses to pay their fair share ..." The past M97 coalition between business and voters is the only way the average citizen will have the power, money, and organization to fight the coming stealth "sales tax on steroids" proposal. Separate businesses from individual voters and who is left to fight a democratic party/corporate-business alliance? Which by the way, is part of the definition of fascism.
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Oh it's way beyond not true, it's downright pathetic. And it says a lot about the poster that posts such tripe.
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And one of the most liberal, "modernist" nunneries possible! And bind them under the power of the keys to obedience to the superior of the house! 😂
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psst hey idiot there is not one cap it that post you replied to,, wow you really are a nut job of stupidity.
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Parents need to be asked to teach these skills to their children. Why not let parents learn early on, even in pregnancy, what a good home environment can do for children and how to get them ready for school? This program is wonderful, but is likely also very costly, although I am certain it is worth it, especially for children whose parents don't or are unable to help them.
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BlackBerry shares fall almost 4 per cent after another executive leaves.***SHOULD go up as one less mouth to feed ..?
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Or illegal.
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Finally Chris, I can agree completely with you. Thank you.
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.. and Mueller has plenty of "suspects" to investigate. "The Donald" will find that everyone he has "backed", and then threw away like a soiled napkin will "roll-over" rather than go to federal prison for him. Further, his dealings with "The Bank of Cypress" (the one controlled by the russian mob) will get him convicted for "money-laundering" ... and that is just the beginning. Stay tuned for further developments!
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Isn't it already?
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How do you know 99% of commenters have never had an experience of being singled out? Is it conceivable that they simply don't agree with her assumptions and approach to dealing with these experiences? I'm a POC working on Bay Street, and certainly find the author's attitude troubling. For instance, she thinks taking off early to play ultimate frisbee should be attributed equal importance as the need to pick kids up from school... Really? Profit driven firms aren't there to cave to your every interest and whim, which frankly have nothing to do with her being black in this case.
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Great article, Americans are an amusing lot. Have to laugh at the driving comment, as if Trump hasn't driven his own car in 40 years. Trump is a Supply-Sider so he just thinks the good times will eventually trickle down to those rust belters.
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"We release no whine before its time" *(apologies to Orson Welles)
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Accountability should always be measured. It's a part of life!
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That basket of deplorables just keeps expanding.
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They should add a late fee and interest to the cost of payment.
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Funny how a single loon killing Muslims speaks for all of Canada, but a large group of Jihadis slaughtering Westerners don't speak for Islam.
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The Jones Act provides good paying jobs as well as a safe reliable supply line in times of war and peace to the State of Hawaii and throughout the United States. It has been supported by every U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson including President Barrack Obama and current President Donald Trump. It is also necessary to national security. A domestic capability to produce and repair warships, support vessels, and commercial vessels is not only a strategic asset but also fundamental to national security.
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He was released early from other crimes though.
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"Canada would almost certainly be better off without the oil industry." Without a doubt , and to put it politely , the least informed statement on here today, but it's not over yet.......... I think I found who Cletus shares the jug with......lol.
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Gone? Don't you mean continues to be?
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No, Patriot, the voters won't hold the Republican majority's feet to the fire. That opportunity was lost when the same voters supported BS21. Now it's time for the BS21 voters to pay their Republican Pipers. What the Republican majority is doing, they're so-called plan is to turn neighbor against neighbor by handing down property tax increases, forced municipal takeover of public employees' pension payments, soon to come sales taxes, income taxes, one cent fuel tax for Big Oil spill cleanups, a $100-$500 education head tax depending on one's income.....
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Indeed, it became a war of attrition.
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It's just the usual Carrick schadenfreude; denigrating homeowners and homeownership because he still lives in his mother's basement.
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No. Tannerite can NOT be set off with a shotgun. Tannerite ONLY works with a high powered rifle.... I sure wish the media would learn the facts about the story before making a false statements in their "news reports ".
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Thanks for the thought provoking links! Out of curiosity, what are the right questions in regard to AGW?
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The fact that tips are simply expected as part of a normal transaction is the problem. I only tip if it's my regular place and I know them, or if if they went out of their way, something above and beyond, then I'll find they deserve something more. Otherwise, don't expect me to slide you a dollar every time you pass me a beer. For anything run of the mill, I'll leave 10% and judge the reaction, if they're ungrateful, I make sure they see the 0% next time.
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I am once again perplexed on what they base this on. None of the banks, nor any level of government, know the level of foreign buying in the Ontario, let alone the Toronto market. That is why in the budget announcement they are allocating funds to actually determine this. If you look at solds in C3 and C4 right after the announcement nothing has stopped, because...drum roll please... it is actually families buying these homes and moving into them. we are not Vancouver here in Toronto, so stop this nonsense!
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Actually a key selling point of the C-series is the massively reduced emissions Not to mention the global aviation industry signed a major pact last year to limit emissions going forward Nice try
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Cleaning up the donation process is difficult as politicians depend on the generosity of friends (and a few strangers) for their election financing. I like what some posters have suggested: going back to the taxpayer funded $2.00 (?) per vote to fund political parties and do away with the more lavish dinners or meet and greet influence peddling.
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Seems like some facts are "rejected" at this site.
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Stay out of Richmond!!!
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Larsy, Trump is neither a conservative nor a libertarian. He's a con man whose only allegiance is to himself.
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We have an electoral college because only land owners were allowed to vote, the Northern States had small farms, and cities meaning more male land owners eligible to vote while the Southern states had large plantations meaning fewer male land owners eligible to vote. It was a compromise to get the Southern States to agree to the new constitution of the United States where the federal government had more authority than they had under the Articles of Confederation. The system is what we have, and Trump has been elected. The system needs to change as the country has moved to allow any citizen 18 years and older to vote. As for your mandate numbers they are flawed. Trump only has a press conference scheduled, we will see if he really has a plan. Breitbart often published white nationalists articles. Many people looked at the site, including liberals. It always wise to see what all people are thinking, even if you disagree with them.
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Shocking, simply shocking. the things people will do to get a mug shot.
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Trump made a deal with Saudi Arabia to sell the Saudis about $110 billion worth of weapons. I think Trump made a good speech and it was well presented in Saudi Arabia. Trump wants the Muslim countries to join in the fight against extremists. I wonder if the Saudis will use the weapons from the U.S.A. to fight against Daesh (ISIS/IL) extremists in Iraq and Syria. If the Saudis don't use their new weapons against Daesh (ISIS/IL) extremists, who will the Saudis use those weapons against? And I wonder if the other Muslim countries and leaders liked Trump's speech, agree with Trump and will help fight against Islamic extremism and terrorism.
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That's because there never was a bank bailout. The government bought good quality assets from banks at a discount. When you buy groceries, do you consider that a bailout or a purchase/sale of an asset?
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The players are exhibiting their vitriolic hatred of the actions of the badly warped, excrement-spewing mental case in the White House.
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the usmc taught Oswald the Russian language.....
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More like 20+ year Homer residents tired of our town being held hostage by those of a different political persuasion who feel they need to speak for all for us... and who are dishonest about their motives and bias in doing so.
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What the governments don't seem to realize is that most small businesses are already struggling to adapt and compete against online retailers. Increasing one of their largest expenses will simply cause many businesses to close.
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Any idea why this is in the hockey section?
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It's not all bad that religious are re-converted and rejoin the ranks of the laity. :-). Of course I'M PREJUDICED because i speak from personal experience, as that is what i did, and in conscience still believe i did the right thing.
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I think your internal computational unit ( aka your brain) has some processing issues.
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So true. Just as he never specifically denounced eating lobster nor did He mention killing witches. He said nothing because He obeyed all the laws of the OT, and expects us to do the same. Otherwise we are merely picking and choosing, like God's commands are a cafeteria menu.
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Where exactly is "Flornece"? Is it near Florence?
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Unfortunately, this initiative has a loophole large enough to fly helicopters through. Most sprays are not directly next to homes and therefore would be continued. It is strange that this company and environmental groups refuse to suggest the aerial spraying should be stopped, period. Asking the State to determine supposedly safe buffers is a poor substitute for prevention. Aerial spraying is banned on federal forests and aerial sprays drift for miles. Upcoming Weyerhauser spraying in the Coast Range near Lorane would probably not be stopped by this initiative.
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i can see this but can anyone else?
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The mayor is the first person quoted in the story. It's the statement/reason he included with the bill. Who else should we have contacted? The city council? Check. Other municipalities? Check. Government transparency experts? Check. So how is this a hatchet job? The city attorney billed Langley for responding to a reporter's question (he declined the request in an email ) and the mayor — the manager at city hall —sent the bill to the newspaper. The people/sources in the story were all explained the circumstances and they responded with their opinions. “…I can’t think of any circumstance when the news media would have to pay for any city staff’s time, whether they’re contracted staff or in-house staff.” — Toby Nixon. "Thomas Gill and Rene Neff both said billing reporters for time spent speaking to a city employee, even a contracted one, was inappropriate and that they believe the issue should be discussed by the entire council." So again, where's the hatchet job?
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with PST- ha ha ha
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To suggest the homes are vacant is naive, they are investment properties used for short term rental or secondary homes. Again investing in real estate is legal and taxes are paid on income and capital gains when sold.
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Pocho, the reports are that the soldier's mother and wife were in the vehicle at the same time, on the way to the airport to meet the soldier's body, and they all say the same thing. Trump couldn't even remember the soldier's name. "The mother of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa said Wednesday that President Trump “did disrespect my son” with remarks in a condolence telephone call." He rubbed salt in their wounds and continues to make us all ashamed.
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I enjoyed reading this! I am a Vegan in Alaska but I also live in the bush. Our stores don't carry many options for produce. Usually potatoes and oranges. Sometimes they have apples and lettuce but that is pretty rare. Full Circle is a huge blessing here. Reading this was super good to here as I will be in town for the summer and it's so nice to know that it is easier out there!
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You cannot outsource Observatory jobs. All the more reason to keep them.
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Donald "Damage Control" Trump. This administration is a continuous flow of inflammatory statements followed by putting out flames with varying degrees of success. It is a difficult way to run a business much less a national government. I guess this is Trump's method of leadership; I don't see it becoming a model for any business or government.
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Christy is such a loser. Obviously power has gone to Christys head and she is proving she is unfit for the job .
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Running a lottery and flying in 40000 winners from their homelands on the opposite of the world to a country in which they do not speak the language, do not agree with the culture and in which they have none of the skills required to make their lives here a success is simply an incredibly poor use of the billions of dollars that we spend on these programs each year. We would make far more of an impact by using half of that money more efficiently to improve the lives and futures of large numbers of refugees within the camps and to use the other half to help the 35000 Canadians who are homeless, the thousands of Canadians who have no clean drinking water, our veterans who are not being properly supported, and to provide the adequate services that our sick, our youth, our elderly and working poor are desperately in need of.
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Hard to miss the rhetorical delight of many writers@theGlobe (abetted by a cadre of academe "progressives" at masculinity-is-toxic.edu) in fanning the flames of 'male dread. The n-word is used mainly as metonymy in Huckleberry Finn (=black slave); the classic is now “toxic” for some because of its 1 unfortunate use as metaphor (= inferior human). The same in reverse is the case with the way the m-word is deployed by 2 many feminists: powerful men are “garbage”; all men are powerful, by definition. Ergo… It's imperative to take down "predators." Not so to suggest, even semi-equivocally, that “rejecting masculinity” is key to being "fully human." You rarely read anything in lib. press that takes women to task for their part in the "semiotics" at play in the ways men negotiate "the spaces between archaic ideals and modern reality." It's true that the Globe employs Maggie Wente, who pleads for balance in otherwise rancorous "conversatìons" but she’s equivalent of NYT patsy, David Brooks.
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