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The Alaska delegates fall into line attaching themselves to the pachyderm ahead of them as they perform in the circus appropriate to their party symbol. All of them attached to the tail ahead all the way to the bloated face with the permanent sneer on the giant screens standing on his hind legs with snout upraised an...
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Make sure you get the copper tape with conductive adhesive.
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Maybe if the “voiceless”, as you so euphemistically refer to them, weren’t so busy robbing, assaulting, and murdering other “voiceless” people, their interactions with the police would be more pleasant. This whole inane protest is based upon a foundation of lies, beginning with Mr. “hands up, don’t shoot” himself, Mic...
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The SSA may still, however tenuous, have power, but brain power - not so much, if any at all, ever.
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List of Spending for other countries . Paris conference on climate change Trudeau gives $2.65 billion to poor countries for climate change- Nov 2015 Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria - Trudeau pledges $800 million out of $13 billion - Sept 16, 2016 . Trudeau hands out $100 million of taxpayers' money to H...
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Most likely they were scud running under VFR. Hageland's co-pilot in those Caravans are essentially low hour, new hires whose sole purpose is ballast and learn the routes before they turn them loose in the 207's.
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been arguing for your format for years, a return to what was, at one point during the late 70s into the early 80s until the division playoff format was adopted. without going on further, or at least trying not to go on too much, the problem is, once leagues get so big, 30 teams and such, travel considerations and resu...
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In Canada the opposite is true. It's impossible for any but the wealthy to sue a doctor, dentist, surgeon, or psychiatrist for malpractice. So doctors play fast and loose with the vulnerable. Their attitude towards low income folks is they should be grateful for whatever free service they're given, including unnecessar...
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Actually you are the one who should do more research. Trudeau has many numbered companies, real estate and off shore accounts. In fact, one of his companies directors specializes in off shore tax issues. The $1.21m originally reported vastly understates trudeaus inherited wealth. Last week the globe listed all trudeaus...
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It is now.
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Hey welcome back, Pocho wannnabeawhiteguy. "God bless the Donald?!!!" WTF? Is that the best you can do. So interesting you keep blaming the dems, when the incompetent GOP has controlled ALL legislative agenda in the House since 2010 and the Senate since 2014. But we don't expect less from a willfully ignorant and po...
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One item the article missed is the fact that the moon is slowly moving away from the earth and will eventually be lost. So it is a lucky happenstance that in today's age of science, the moon is in the Goldilocks zone where it can just cover the face of the sun. Must be intelligent design ...
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Tax the rich? When is that going to happen. Stock options and DSU taxed too? At the income tax rates of working people? Never happen.
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I'm not up on billion dollar spills into the Yukon. The Kalamazoo is a disaster brought to you by the friendly folks at Enbridge.
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These are the peace and tolerance crowd, but only if you agree with them. They are lucky Conservatives don't act like this or half of them would be laying in the street dead.
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Like Israel has? Apparently you have never been to Israel. Trust me when I tell you that we share very few values with the zio mafia who run Israel and the US and many other countries for fun and profit regardless of how many people they need to have us kill for them. The job has aged obama not just because he is almos...
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I try to keep it simple for dumbos like you and your minions.
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The numbers prove just one thing. It is impossible to drive responsibly and safely while high, on anything that is! But who knew ..... jk !
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They keep doing the same thing with mine, so as you can see they don't discriminate: they go equally after anyone who posts anything challenging their narrow views. They have obviously chosen to believe only in alternate facts, perhaps because they find reality a major threat to their beliefs. In the end, Trumpeteers ...
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He is praying on the elderly with those ads because they don't know the difference .. what a dishonest guy using his focus groups to pray on people .. jeez anthology bunch of desperate guys
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Justin gave Omar Kahdr $10,500,000.00 Why don't each one of these people get that much too. They didn't kill anyone and they aren't terrorists.
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I understand the concern of the dog owner and hope Rocky fully recovers. We live here because of the proximity to nature and we need to respect that there are consequences of that choice. Living safely with wildlife is our responsibility. Hopefully these types of interactions don't escalate into hysteria that threatens...
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I am happy comments are back, the Alexa rankings for HeraldNet were taking and nearly everyone I spoke to complained about comments being removed. I just hope this doesn't turn into further censorship like it did before....
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Natale: If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you would also become obsessed with pricing!
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It's nice to see the winners together.
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SO a Republican turned Independent caters to the Democrats that stole the election thinks he is going to get re-elected? and therefore is pandering to which way the wind blows to get what HE wants. Not a chance in HE@#
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I like your thinking but as long as the Northwest area of the state remains in control by anarchist,we will not see the state government red.
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"I saw it in the window and I just had to have it!" Classic Carol Burnett.
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If the Fuhrer`s brown shirts don`t understand the rule, which probably everyone should actually believe by now, why are they changing it before they do understand it? Anyway, you keep that salute up. And wipe that brown off your nose.
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Maybe because it would invite some examination and comparisons.
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Not all of the citizens. Just militias, right wing hate groups, trump enthusiasts, etc. a republican in Oregon already suggested employing the Oath Keepers to perform security for RNC events.
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These special snowflakes only have a few requirements to allow anyone to speak: 1. you are a complete idiot 2. You are completely illiterate in science and math 3. you pretend that you are educated with your gender studies degree 4. you are a complete idiot.
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What a coincidence.....that's exactly what Venezuela said about their energy policy. And see how well that turned out?!
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Protecting the PFD is no sideshow - no more than protecting individual's personal bank savings accounts. The real deception is ignoring the oil/gas tax & credits, those are the mega-swindles we Alaskans are enduring - yet from the Gov. on down, no one attempts to fix it. Continuing with mega-projects -including the ob...
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The photo at top gives an entirely new meaning to "high tunnel". But Skagway? We're taking care of 500 or so people in a far corner of the state first? Might as well approve the first store in Tuntutuliak.
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From some of the comments, looks like a fair number of the left-inclined have been joining the tinfoil hat club lately. Same advice as to the right inclined...you may want to loosen up the foil a quarter turn.
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Alaska is not in a recession. Perhaps by some skewed definition of manipulated labor statistics, Mr. Fried can make this claim. It seems more like a coordinated effort to "scare" Alaskans into a fix-- taxes, raiding our PFD or increasing the capital budgets to sustain the construction industry. Second, if there is a...
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@Greenleaf2 I don't think middleman said the climate isn't changing, which would be ludicrous since the climate has been changing from warm to cold and back again throughout history. The question is whether today's changes are really different from the previous cycles due to human activity and the answer is still we d...
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Obummers legacy, thats an oxymoron 😀
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May make the story more juicy, but it is probably irrelevant. . It is more likely payback for White House pandering to Saudi Arabia. Think of KSA as the paymasters of Pakistan and the Taliban. More likely that the timing is related to the WH repudiation of the Iran deal - something much desired by KSA. . Note that t...
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Darryl Freeman-- Waiau chief on parole, making restitution -- http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/12/22/news/whatever.html Star-Bulletin, 1999: “Question: What ever happened to Darryl Freeman, the former Waiau battalion fire chief sentenced in 1993 to state and federal prison terms involving convictions for theft, ...
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The cash hoard isn't a "problem" per se, it allows Berkshire Hathaway the flexibility to take advantage of opportunities quickly when they arise rather than having to raise capital which may be difficult in some circumstances. For example, when the financial crisis in 2008 decimated U.S. banks Warren Buffett bought $5 ...
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Can anyone explain why the TSX and Canadian dollar are going in opposite directions?
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An elephant is not mentioned in the article. Mainstream media has failed (hello CBC, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail) to assure viewers they are receiving reporting that aspires to be balanced and objective. Look, no kidding, when viewers realize, from everyday observations, the big media outlets are not giving straight...
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Funny how these four ads an hour touting how christy has saved BC are just before an election, or am I just being cynical?
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You need to do some more research and recall.
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IRT "Trump, not Bannon, is the real problem" I think you're half correct. Actually, the trouble with Trump is Bannon, and the trouble with Bannon is Trump.
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As for making friends, how many friends do you have where you have nothing in common? How many alt-right, white supremacist friends do you have? I have Muslim acquaintances and neighbours who have similar lifestyles and interests, we can be friends. I cannot be friends with a woman whose view of everything importan...
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I was afraid that I would be disappointed and not see any responses from the uncaring and the selfish who would think it's perfectly acceptable to allow children to be hungry, while sitting in judgement of parents. Thank you for stepping up to the plate and not disappointing me.
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KY makes the same mistake as so many other pundits. People did not rise up to embrace Trump as an agent of change -- he got fewer votes than Mitt Romney did. The election was decided by Democrat voters who stayed home -- many did so because the media kept saying Clinton couldn't lose.
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Moral of this story. The government can't do anything right.
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Ya kinda sorta have to admit — Melania rocks like no Flotus since Jackie. As Walter would say, that's just the way it is.
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And lobbing a missle over our ally Japan wasn't enough to trigger a response from us? What are you waiting for Mattis, a direct hit before you do something? Again Trump and gang are all talk and no action. He's still beating up the afghans and taking pride in being the bully out there. Loser!!!
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Jim, I like your philosophy and I like your commitment to the concept of "team"! It's so true, coaches effect the lives of young people and we hope we do so in a positive way. But, we often do not know the results of our efforts for many, many years. Keep doing what you're doing, for as long as you are able, enjoy t...
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Your hyper-partisanship has reached a clinical level. Seek professional help. Sooner would be better.
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Do you actually think that the Atlantic Provinces had trade ties to Upper and Lower Canada pre-Confederation?
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"elitist programming for and being an arm of the multicultural wing" Yes. I just hate having "Kim's Convenience" shoved down my throat. :-)
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Mr. Brewer, I do not agree that Queen Lili'uokalai suffered from Stockholm Syndrome. I am suggesting that Native Hawaiians had suffered systematic oppression following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom government, which coincided with the loss of Native Hawaiian agency in political authority exercised here in ...
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why cant a get a meal to go......dont you see that every budy hates me......?????
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When her daughter died at 2PM, , there were no or only a few white supremacists there at the intersection. The KKK, racist crowd had already dispersed around 11AM, much to the disappointment of the left wing mob. It was a mix of young radical students, leftists, Antifa goons and anti Trump protesters with baseball ...
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"With our traffic planners and traffic engineers building anti-bike facilities at every turn, coupled with our police refusing to do traffic law enforcement, having motorists create hazards with their poor driving is the norm here." This is just nonsense and a factually untrue statement. I've lived in this town 40 yea...
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Lead, follow, or get out of the way. Reichert lead as sheriff and I appreciate that. As a Representative, he follows - and that means it's time for him to get out of the way.
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You hear that, weewili??? USA is next!!! Finally someone saves the "needy" kids!!!
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maybe she had remote start and the keys weren't even in the car...any attempt yo drive it would have turned it off.
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Shame on you.
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Gee, Leroy, if only all of those anonymous sources in the WHITE HOUSE had been wrong, then maybe your whine would have some legs. But of course, the sources are telling the public the truth, while Trump and the fools with which he surrounds himself continue to lie to us. As for the hate part of your rant, including ...
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Oh my god, please bring back Obama, NOT!
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Certainly action is needed in cases of wasteful and corrupt expenditure, but the general designation "unauthorised expenditure", while simplifying things for journalists seeking a headline, is woefully inadequate. To make up a simplified example, a municipal roads department has two budget items: one for repairing pot...
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Not that hard - Michael Wilson had it tougher
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ZIIIIIINNNNG!
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This kind of project however, is the only way to get competition back into the broadband market. Comcast holds a near monopoly in virtually every market it "serves". These kinds of projects DO work, and bring in business and jobs. For proof of that just look at what happened in Chattanooga, or closer to home, Tacoma.
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Automation killed jobs. Running out of big trees (mostly gone now), did that, too. Boom and bust. Some people don't know air grows on trees. Perhaps corporations will sell us bottled air like they do bottled water ...
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"For instance, hunters not only can't shoot wolves from planes — they can't shoot a wolf on the same day as air traveled (sic) even occurred." Just a thought, is using a drone to locate a wolf prohibited? Betcha they ain't considered that, or have they?
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Ottawa was well aware that any subsidies to Bombardier would be attacked by competitors such as Boeing and Embraer. Rather than using F18 jests as a lever maybe the feds should consider tariffs of their own on foreign passenger aircraft. After all, both Boeing and Embraer receive subsidies from their governments.
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Agreed. I see many obvious OAS BMWs and Mercedes out there. The clawback should start at around $40K, basically at the limit of the first tax bracket, $60K for couples, and terminate the benefit at $60K/$80K, respectively, or thereabouts.
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Rubin is a partisan hack.
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This is very true and why we need Natasha...she maybe candid when it comes to her opinions but you always know where she stands.
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Trump's a loose cannon and the allies know it. They of course have to play nice with any president but it doesn't mean they aren't circling the wagons and preparing for 4 years of wasted money and time.
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You quote propaganda from the vegan lobby and then call normal people "brainwashed". Gotcha.
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Wow, some republican lawmakers showing concern. That's a bit like, some people in the Titanic lifeboats worrying about that old iceberg...time to trade in those "make America great again" ball caps for the "I'm with Stupid" tee shirts.
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If you're a Trump supporter, I can help. Look over here. That's it. Focus. Don't look over there. Just look over here. That's it. Everything is just fine. OK. Breath. . (…just let me know if you need any more help, glad to be of assistance.)
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It's not surprising that the Germans would deny using poison gas...so I'm not sure you can call that a "controversy" when it's the perpetrator doing the denying...
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" Sousa stated he didn't want to destroy "investor value". " That is exactly what the BC Minister of Finance said last year when they were still trying to claim that only 3% of purchases were with foreign money. Of course the Globe reported that he owned, IIRC, 7(!) properties so he wasn't exactly without conflict of i...
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My understanding from a retired SS Special Agent friend is that for visits like this one, helicopter travel is avoided when possible as they consider it much more vulnerable to both accidental malfunction and deliberate interference than travel by motorcade.
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what about the constant diesel exhaust that's more obnoxious then a vape cloud.
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High unemployment, high taxes, 800,000 plus eating out of food banks, failing infrastructure, huge debt and deficit, native/indigenous issues and more............ And we are worried about gender? Somehow that does not surprise me - this rime minister is more worried about a tiny minority. How about addressing the re...
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Not as many jobs in much of the rest of Canada. Easy to say go move to timmins or Sherbrooke.But if there is no work!?
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If you don't want the people with the money to build, then no building will happen. "Cut nose off to spite face." sound familiar?
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Try to stay in touch. The Liberals announced this morning that they are banning union and corporate donations. Well done Green / NDP.
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Bernie needs to disavow this level of hatred, intimidation and public disorder that his supporters have committed. Is this the direction we want our country to go? Is a leader so fine with his supporters causing such chaos and hatred really one you want to support?
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I agree with a lot of what your saying, but I also know if any effort were made to curtail the growth in income for those 'highest paid civil servants' you would be the first and loudest protesting it Sorta like all the posters on these boards who trash the Conservatives for running deficits post 2008, yet it was the ...
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There are more then five in Japan aren't there?
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Your comments are full of xenophobia (yeah it's still xenophobia when it's aimed at British culture), negative stereotypes and self-loathing. I bet if the same type of comments were made about any other culture you like you'd be foaming at the mouth. It's too bad you have learned to hate your own culture. Maybe you sho...
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So, Larry Wolf, Rump is your answer to those perceived sins?
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And it never came to pass that Barry Obama wouldn't give Justin a ticker tape parade down Pennsylvania Ave. Oh, this hurts!
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I appreciate and recognize that the Alaska Senate was at least willing to consider the solutions Walker has put forth, make changes, and at least try to deal with the State's budget crisis. The House, and it's "leader" Chenault, have to bear the brunt of doing nothing. They have said no, no, no, but have certainly wh...
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So your pizza isn't guaranteed to be freshly baked.
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It sounds like an unserious question, EFC, once he said he wouldn't be president. You were the unserious one, in that situation. Priests are supposed to NOT be president. Sounds like you were trying to be the attention-getter in that situation.
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Like when He said, "Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's?" He lost me with that one.
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