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While I don't disagree with how many bad drivers are on Anchorage roads judgment should be reserved for this case until the facts are available. I've seen many pedestrians not taking proper precautions by crossing roads outside of designated crosswalks, crossing against the light, wearing dark clothing, etc. Drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists- all should practice more defensive measures. Doing so will reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths.
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Right-wing programs have dominated US TV for years. Government agencies, covert and overt, track down foreign baddies, using armed force in most cases, and protect law-abiding white citizens. How many shows does that describe?
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I think our PM did a credible job in representing Canada's interests while not offending his host. It was civil and useful. What would Ms MacLaren have preferred ? Perhaps a rousing chant of ' Hey, hey, ho,ho.... X Y and Z have got to go!' This column's slogan slinging and name calling are more suitable to elementary school playgrounds than to serious political analysis.
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What a thief always wants is another score AKA the "Sting"...the fix is not in until the Alaska Supreme Court rules! The fix will only last if Alaskans don't wake up to the Government's CON JOB but will Alaskans see through it, that's yet to be seen....WAKE UP ALASKA theft of property over $300.00 is a felony no matter who commits it!!!
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Of course the fact that the necessary fiber optic cable expansion into every neighborhood, could be easily augmented to carry internet into every household in the city at almost no extra cost, will not be a consideration under the Big Telecom supported regime of Mayor Murray. Santa Clara's and numerous other munipower operations under more enlightened administrations used smart meters to as a vehicle for low cost broadband expansion using modern 802.11 ac mesh standards instead of the obsolete AMI standard.
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Yes keeping debt targets by tripling the spending they promised during the election.
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Let's add Burke, Chaput, Pell, Cordileone, Nienstedt, .... to this list.
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Years ago I experienced a police officer lie in a court of law to convict me of MIP. As an 18 year old nerd, I didn't even drink or like the taste of alcohol. After that I never trusted the word of a police officer over a private citizen in a court of law. When it is one person's word against another, with no other witness or evidence, why should the scales tip in favor of the police? Years later I was responsible for a hung jury with a jury of 6 in a situation when it was one person's word against the other.
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If Caldwell is behind it, you can bet it'll be built on time and on budget! LMAO
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F series outsells civic 5 to 1.
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Bazookas are legal. Fill out both sides of a 8x11 ATF form 4 or form 1 and send $200 to the ATF.
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Is that a fact? How has this been established? And why does the payment have to be recurrent, i.e. 21% of the price of every locomotive?
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And the crazy...or diabolical...keeps on coming. I smell Bannon behind this one too, like most things Trump does.
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The foreign fleets were a minor factor - our very own made in Canada mismanagement nailed that coffin shut !
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"People don't burn other people alive" You need to acquaint yourself with autos da fe in Middle Ages Europe. Christians did precisely that to women accused of witchcraft, Jews who refused to convert, Christians who were accused of heresy (that is, they held beliefs the authorities didn't approve of), and others. After some Jews rejected Martin Luther's protestant Christianity as not being their cup of tea, Martin Luther suggested locking Jews in synagogues and setting the synagogues on fire. If that's too ancient for you, only 30 years ago, Christians were raping and slaughtering Muslims in the former country of Yugoslavia. Last year, Jews living in the West Bank burned down Arabs' houses and mosques, and in at least one house, the occupants were in it. Terrorists are brutal. A lot of terrorists are Muslim. That does NOT make all Muslims dogs. If a man from Arvada gets angry at his ex-wife and burns down her home with her in it, are all Arvadans to be considered dogs?
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The standard view of the universe explains why you can't see the southern cross from the northern hemisphere, explains why when I fly to New York from California I lose three hours, explains why watching a live show from China it's night time, but day here, it explains the eclipse were going to have this Aug in N America. It explains all that without having to squint and talk about shimmering in photos, it works without having to cliam NASA is a huge conspiracy with thousands of people lying, for no apparent reason. It works when you fly around the globe on a commercial flight. It works when you flying to the sunset, and the sun sets slower. It works when you fly away from the sunset and it sets faster. It explains why we've never seen a photograph of the edge of the earth. It works to explain the seasons. It works to explain what happens when I go to Alaska on the summer or winter solstice. It does all this without having to squint and look for shimmering on the horizon.
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"We are again importing US problems into Canada. " Poor you. The rate of hate crimes in Canada is twice that of hate crimes in the U.S. Twice as many Canadians per capita killed themselves with drug overdoses in BC than were murdered in New York. Keep your rot where it belongs, in Canada under wraps where no one talks about it or even acknowledges it.
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Tell that to Lehman Brothers.
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I bet the people at Transnet were really chuffed to get that awful German software, too! Whoever called it a Shitty Arsed Product just about got it right. At so many levels I hope SAP and their crooked employees get slammed for this. And the Utter Palookas from Uttar Pradesh have to pay back the money before getting thrown in jail, or dealt with in Dubai.
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We spend 53 cents of every tax dollar on our military. Better ways to kill people to protect corporate access to foreign resources are always going to be a big seller here. We sell more weapons than any nation on earth. Hillary Clinton signed off on a record-setting $200 billion arms sale to the Saudi dictatorship. Moral? We doan need no steenking morals! All the better to destroy Yemen & control the approach to Suez and the Southern hemisphere. One more potential Iran ally down. This is about building empire. As LBJ's att'y gen'l Ramsey Clark said, "There is only one thing the rich want, & that is everything." Now, if the port can just find ways to make drone bodies from recycled carbon to use those cooling systems.... Locals are salivating over those jobs, no matter who has to die as a result. Love of money feeds all evil. Arms are the only thing we build better than anyone else in the world, so war is always going to be popular here, no matter how many innocent lives it costs.
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He's done a great job on the Council and he's got a great grasp of the issues. Tough call on this seat but after meeting with him and watching him work, I'm voting for Beusch.
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Suggesting that DACA contributed to the surge of children crossing our southern border in 2014 is simply a lie.
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"If people are required to unflinchingly use whatever pronoun you select..." I appreciate you were just correcting Rochdale68, but nothing in bill C-16 requires that or even anything close to it.
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It was reported that the guy is a pilot for United Express..Can you imagine flying with the guy? "Hey Jim what did you do on your day's off"?
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Add the FBI to that critique.
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What?
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This will also be good for Canada as more prosperity in America will lead to greater economic growth here as well.
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schmingus: Apples and oranges. The less fighting, the more dirty stickwork. Saw that in junior hockey in the 1970s when every player was made to wear full face shields or wire cages; everybody went into the corners at top speed with sticks raised.
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“It’s a joke you’re even talking about it.” Exactly
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If you barely graduated HS you shouldn't waste your time in college.
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So because of one case(Middleton) where someone MIGHT have taken advantage of DwDA ( you've provided no proof that was the case) Oregonian's shouldn't have the right to end their lives in certain situations. No law is perfect, and there will always be criminals who abuse laws, it doesn't mean we jettison those laws. Few people actually make use of DwDA, but it does provide a comfort to know it is there if needed. "We already have the right to refuse treatment. Many who believe in the concept under the choice banner have second-thoughts org when they read the language of the actual bill and realize our choice is Ignored and certainly not assured." Sure, we have the right to refuse treatment, but that isn't always possible. "I was my wife's 24/7 caregiver during her last 18 months of declining autonomy." Sorry for that, but what does it have to do with DwDA? "This is not about people who are dying anyway." Really? What is it about then?
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Goodness is not the criteria for being able to illegally enter or stay in our country. The world is full of "good" people who want to immigrate here for the opportunities and freedom America affords. Some get in line for that chance and others break the rules and ignore the line completely. We do a disservice to those waiting in line, honoring our country and its laws by giving border jumpers a pass regardless of how long they have stayed here. We have long been totally liberal and compassionate in our immigration policies, allowing millions into our country. Deportation must be the consequence if we are to remain a nation of laws.
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This is just wrong. The borders should be secured. Trudeau has lost control of Canada's borders. Money and resources are being diverted from Canadian citizens to accommodate illegals. Looks like it means nothing to be a Canadian now except someone to be taxed and treated like a chump by the illegals. Trudeau should regain control of Canadian borders if not let Goodale try. If Trudeau can't handle the situation he should resign and admit that he was just not ready.
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Then the same should apply for auto and boat owners and drunk pedestrians and bicycle riders and horse riders ect....
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This is pretty ridiculous. You have the option to refuse care and die the slow and painful way, at much more public expense. My Kidney docs discuss the conservative care at least once a year. Translation, you can refuse dialysis and they will try to make you as comfortable as possible until you die from toxic levels of potassium, sodium, phosphate, urea ... and from fluid bloat. When docs were trying convincing me to go along with 24x7 IVs in both arms, double digit multiple transfusions and exotic injection antibiotics to deal with the bacterial infection on my first dialysis perm catheter one tried the "what about spirituality and religion". I laughed at her, but perhaps she was serious, not just checking off an item on the list. Some docs may have personal reservations about AD. People think of military, police, firefighting, prison guards as high stress occupations. Front line ambulance, ER, and other health care workers see people dying, maimed, and diseased more often.
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Facts in the article which is what I have been replying to regardless of the attempt to continue to use geez. Blurring commentary for own intentions is fine on your part. Give others the respect of dissenting to your facts. True on your facts or fact finding of others whom you may disagree with. Amazed that you can find the facts you spout while dismissing others. Water, burial grounds, what have you, it's not just color, it's usurping common decency to enrich some while dismissal of others. No geeez. Have a good Sunday.
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You're welcome. And you seem to get more emboldened and yes, even nastier, here among those who protect your comments. But we both know the truth. Well, at least, I do.
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You seem to be admitting that the "cheating" over Bernie to get elected was what caused Trump to win. That would mean Trump cheated to get elected since this came out in a hack (allegedly by Russian hackers in collusion with the Trump campaign). Interesting times we live in - and hopefully we never have to relive anything close to this in our political future in this country. (Not sure if you are a Trump supporter/voter or a Bernie lover).
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So I was in front of the Hult Center entrance from 4:30pm to 7:00pm holding my SkinnerInDeed.com sign. A well dressed man came out to 'chat' about the conditions if I entered the event, I could not hold up my sign, as it was a City Council Meeting. I told him I had no plans to come in. He said being outside was "fine". Later I see a woman at the top of the steps 'talking into her hand' several times as she looked in my direction. Ahhhh . . . you're talking on your walkie-talkie. Moments later a rent-a-security guy comes down the steps telling me I could not stand where I was. Out of the way, 'disturbing' no one and out of the rain. He says I have to be on the other side of the curb lights, in the rain. I ask him if I'm on public property. He does not answer, he's just being told to confront me. I tell him I am not moving. I say loud enough for his 'supervisor' to hear that if she wants a "media event" to escalate, I'm a Skinner and would be happy to call Tom Adams/KVAL News. The End.
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At this point we just need to get MAD in place on the Korean Peninsula and also make sure North Korea (and everyone else) understands the concept of AD. Then withdraw our troops and let the two Koreas figure this out. If North Korea launches an attack on the US they will be eliminated. On the bright side global warming would no longer be an issue if this were to happen; on the dark side Oahu would probably no longer exist.
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Amazing that, of all Bernier's ideas, abolishing supply management is considered the craziest. Says a lot about Canada, really -- and not in a good way.
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About 60% of business owners voted for Trump, and that's from the people who's polls said Hillary would win. Guess there are a lot of uneducated business owners.
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As a Republican voter, nah. He can go ahead and retire and focus on his health.
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True. But as a soldier who spent some time in the field and some in a secure compound, I can't help but think that the latter is a piece of cake compared to the former. I'd much rather face a bit of incoming than risk ambushes, mines and booby traps on a trail. I knew a guy who went completely bonkers almost as soon as he arrived in-country. He couldn't handle that every "gook" he saw could be a Cong. He barricaded himself in an unused hootch. Nobody knew if he had weapons in there. It took about a dozen MPs using CS to get him out and onto a plane back home. In any event, my point was that there isn't enough information available publicly to critique how Santiago was handled by the medical system in Anchorage.
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I vehemently disagree with Mr Trump's executive order...I think it's unfair, simplistically wrong-headed, dangerous from a geo-political relations standpoint, not based on actual experience or evidence, and quite possibly unlawful, at least in part none of that however, in the light of the order not having been fully assessed across all it's parts from a constitutional perspective, in relation to the expectations which cover the duties of the US Attorney General, would allow Ms Yates to instruct Justice Department lawyers to refrain from even attempting to draw up legal defenses for the order as part of their duties as forming the government's legal councel I support Ms Yates's discomfort with the executive order, but what she did was voice a political opinion, not a legal opinion, on the order's constitutionality. Ms Yates should have resigned to show her opposition to the order, not forced a firing to allow herself to become a political victim of it.
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“I am Marc Kasowitz, Pre(dis)ent Trump's personal lawyer." AHHHH COVFEFE.
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CNN has lost all credibility period , when a jihad is committed and murder is committed while screaming religious chants - its terrorism!!! No confusion, no excuse and completely preventable. Only a feeble minded leftie who doesn't stands for a thing other than vote getting and taxes cant understand that - hence Justin slide to the bottom and the rise of Andrew Sheer. The bodies are still warm and left just can't help themselves but chant the same old blather - truly a pathetic lot indeed.
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6'1" gurl on the basketball team, she should wear Flats to the prom, not high heels
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Meanwhile Justin Trudeau seems to think that several thousand random migrants crossing our borders in the last merit no attention or concern.
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Can I get back pay from the ogres I've worked for? Thosebastards got away with posting schedules only 1 week in advance! If I needed a day off for fun or otherwise, I had to ask for it!! Not only that, but before caller ID and cell phones, I sometimes answered my phone to hear my boss asking me to work!!! And I mean Work!! I object to having the state step in to operational needs of private enterprise!!!
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Bad things haven't happened, that's just the point, chance has saved us up to now. We should have learned from those near misses and at least reduced arsenals down to a bare minimum( total elimination would be impractical, and actually unnecessary ) and done other things like enshrine "no first use", remove warheads from missiles, and a few others, things that would buy time that currently doesn't exist. You seem a bit fixated on N. Korea, yet are ok with the larger status quo. Why? And then you setup a strawman scenario where N. Korea commits suicide( nobody is going to just "ignore it") by taking out Hawaii or Seattle. Why is one insanity bad, while the vastly greater insanity is ok? It doesn't compute for me, not at all.
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Yikes...for a few minutes I thought you were going to pull another "lost cause" out of a hat... Ackman is certainly not starving to death...but VRX shareholders might still move from cat food to shoe leather.
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Glad to see the Senate is worried about Alaska losing 1 million per day due to cash credits we pay to oil companies. When will they start worrying about the other 9 million dollars Alaska is losing daily?
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Paul: Thanks.....I guess. I was more blissful in my ignorance re: Healthnet. They've been great for us so far, so I'll just keep hoping no one gets too greedy and screws it up like, in my opinion, they did Trillium. Hope all's well with you and your family. regards, Gary
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...its state land ill use it , hunt I,t ill pick every berry I want...weres the map of who owns what,,,,,,,,needs to be posted,,,,,
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Membership in Satanic churches is soaring in Trumpland. http://www.therooster.com/blog/membership-satanic-churches-soars-trumps-america Who knew ?
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You're twisting it.
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This country just became poorer. Stuart McLean helped to translate our diverse country to Canadians. My family and I will miss him immensely.
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Not that it matters.
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Flagging all your posts. Every one. The racist ones, the fake accounts, all of them. You should be banned.
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Sharp satire in Canada? What would Stephen Colbert have to ridicule if he was in Canada? There is so little news in Canada that the CBC news is forced to recycle old documentaries to fill the time. The Canadian icon is Anne of Green Gables, so Rick Mercer, 22 Minutes, Kim's Convenience and Corner gas all fit this kinder, gentler nation. We have serious warts, but who is going to satirize missing Native women, residential schools, city shootings and such? Rick Mercer is fine with me - it shows me part of Canada I don't know, and I feel better for it. No need for fake attack dogs here!
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Conservatism has degenerated into an intellectually and morally bankrupt ideology. It offers nothing more than bumper-sticker slogans that pander to the prejudices and ignorance of the lowest common denominator. Angry, cruel and sneering, it is exemplified by the carnival barkers on talk radio, Sun Media and Fox News. High in volume, but devoid of substance, it has no long-term future because it lacks credible solutions to the range of problems society faces today. O'Leary is just the latest film flam artist leading the Conservative war on the intellectual habits needed to detect lies.
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"OK, so 4 permanent residencies and 8 visitors visas, that'll be $62,500. Please settle up with Mr. Butts at the desk by the door."
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Trump got more Electoral College Seats, but Clinton got 3 million more votes. That reflects an unhealthy state of democracy in the USA. Time for them to learn from France about voting for Presidents.
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It was never banned.
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He had been a cadet, but I don't think that would have given him access to that kind of firearm? But I have no idea how that works. And yes, I've argued it was an impulsive ""acting out, which he immediately regretted, not a calculated political act.
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Tender ones...
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And the funny thing on that is - China is starting to manufacture commercial airliners. I predict it is them who will be eating Boeing's lunch in the not too distant future. Lucky for Boeing that they are going to have all its new friends falling over themselves to help out- yeah right. They actually just injected themselves with a slow acting poison, like all the others taking advantage of the Trump protectionist agenda.
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In which one of the 57 states can we find Bowling Green?
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Why are you putting words in women's mouths, "Nah...?" It bespeaks your patriarchy. Sadly!
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Both Iran and Saudi Arabia want to call the shots in Iraq. By antagonizing Iran and cozying up to Saudi Arabia the u.s. has made their choice who they want to see in this role. Yet I don’t think it’s smart strategy since Iran will alsways have the upper hand due to their size and proximity and the power of Shiite Moslems in Iraq
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JT never said that those practices are acceptable. His objection was to the term "barbaric". He said he would prefer "absolutely unacceptable", or another such term. I don't see how that makes him a weak cultural relativist. Webster's dictionary: Barbaric = 1a: of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians; Barbarian = 1: of or relating to a land, culture or people alien and usually believed to be inferior to one's own. The word has other meanings too, but you don't want to use ambiguous words in a citizenship guide.
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As candidate for Mayor of Eugene, I suggest we table discussion.
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"People" have been posting about this on this site way before Trump made light of it, seems you're the new guy to the conversation. Experience adds substance to answers, police are responding to calls now with an onslaught of people crowding around yelling racism anytime a minority is involved in any contact. You believe this is safe for anyone? As far as BS stories, I let juries determine the substance of someone's defense, they have.
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"Guy's a criminal element" Reg Dunlop
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Better to be in a world of miserable truth than a false utopia of mirrors.
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I think they need to drop Joe Ellis and promote Elway. Ellis should have made this priority one. If Elway does leave because of Ellis' mistake then this team will quickly descend into the toilet.
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his money comes from the likes of soros
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Yet another major US metropolis with a Democrat mayor.
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Maybe we should make changes to our own political system before we tell other countries to change theirs. How about electoral reform in Canada. Oh wait thats off the table because of another broken election promise by a typical politician. On another note Trump is the ONLY president to make good on so many election promises in such a short time.
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European nations haven’t guaranteed their citizens the RIGHT to bear arms, so any comparison is a mute point
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Yep, She is not acting in the best interest of the country if she is running for president while dying. Outside and overheated at 9:00 AM in NYC in mid September ... it's not the weather. The stress of living a life of lies will eventually catch up with you.
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Ha! Like Marco Polo! Ping Pong!
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Not good, certainly not as bad as Bill Clinton taking multiple trips on Epsteins plane to that little island, FAA logs tells all. And I mean everyone knows Hillary is a pi$$ tank! Remember her falling down multiple times ! Oops!
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The_priest_would_assume_you_confessed.
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Sales tax yes, income tax no - it takes an entire bureaucracy to enforce an income tax and is very inefficient.
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"… want to turn..."? Mr. Pilot, it has happened, and for over at least a 2 year period. It is high time we retake that square and indeed the entire downtown area. How about large groups of peaceful citizens with cameras that stand near these folks and record them? The groups could work in shifts. Openly film them. Don't interact, mind you, just film and observe. Do this for a week or two and I think, if the groups are large enough and persistent enough, that the light of observation will remove the blight.
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As a Colo. Native, unfortunately the time has come for the state to issue permits to climb 14ers. Too many weekend hikers and eroded trails are straining search and environmental resources. A permit process could also require mountaineer training and be a revenue source to help maintain our amazing state parks and 14ers.
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That's just silly, Jean. Yes, safe. If you would research the issue you would find out that crime increases and goes unreported the more local police act with and cooperate with immigration agents. That makes cities less safe, all while the feds fail to do their jobs.
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My mom said, "if you don't have something good to say, don't say anything at all". But, then, I wouldn't get to engage in the discussion regarding the Alaska State Senate. The words that come to mind are evil, cowardly, self-serving, stupid, moronic, did I say self-serving? I have never met a group of people who care less about the people that they "represent" (Alaskans) and who openly, happily live in the pockets of their benefactors (oil companies and other filthy rich corporations and individuals). The author is exactly right - bright, innovative people will not move to Alaska if the schools are bad and we NEED these kinds of people to build a new, vibrant economy. Ignorant Alaskans say things like, "if they don't want to live here, we don't need 'em". You are WRONG! We need all the brainpower we can get to solve our fiscal issues. Clearly the morons in the Senate are not, and have never been, up to the task. They should be ashamed. They are absolutely disgusting.
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Would it change anyone's opinion about the seriousness of the problem, if someone hacked into the control stations of Canada's electric power grid and overloaded the major transformers so that they burn out? How would it be to live without electricity for a couple of years? (The time it takes to manufacture and install replacement major transfomer equipment. Most electric utilities in Canada only have a few pieces of reserve equipment for limited emergency situations). Or how about if hackers shut down electronic banking and electronic funds transfer? Maybe use bicycle couriers to transfer little pieces of paper between financial institutions, for example: I.O.U. fify million dollars today ?
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Says the blind man.
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Does this video show Heather Meyer violently attcking the car with an Anti-Fa mob right before she was killed? My guess is Heather Meyer was not that bright. youtube.com/watch?v=9mnywjPPDtU
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Gary Pickering comes across as arrogant, evasive and totally unapologetic for what he and KPMG have done. His performance at Scopa last week speaks volumes and illustrates precisely why he and Nhlamu Dlomu (nice lady, very polite but way out of her depth) are in no position to make amends for this incredible breach of professional ethics and standards - and the devastating consequences they have brought on South Africa. As David Maynier's DA colleague, Tim Brauteseth, scathingly commented "When we see people being taken away in handcuffs rather than being let go with bulging pockets" then maybe we'll be comforted and see how sorry you really are." Dlomu, Pickering & their KPMG colleagues (including those "fired" with generous severance packages) should all be in the dock on corruption & other charges. Many of them clearly belong in prison for a long time. All should be struck off the SAICA & IRBA rolls (except poor Dlomu who isn't even a CA!)
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Maimane shot from the hip on reading the Tweet, did not engage brain and clearly too has personal animosity regarding Helen Zille.
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A full break from the your-a-peeon union is just whats needed. Go Britain.
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Don't give them any more ideas!
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What's with this deflection?
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What a shock, neo-liberal Saunders won't give a lick of credit to Corbyn and like a good Blairite tips the bucket on him.
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Too very often in Hawaii, arson is revealed.
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