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It's asked a lot, but I encourage you to speak from your heart Charles. It's one of the few time some of these people get to hear a black voice. People need to know the hurt and pain of racial discrimination at a personal level- at Charles level. You don't represent all black opinion,(any more than I represent ...
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Thanks Christine for these timely reminders on the many scam calls. Too many of us forget the basic anti-fraud rules! Mahalo!
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I'm tired of hearing the apologists' mantra that there are only a few bad apples and that most police officers are good, upstanding members of the force, That is patently false, which is proven by the actions or inaction of the so-called good officers. If they were so good and honourable, they would call out those am...
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Which is why we have the courts to balance the ego fed political branch. The Court would not have to act, if the spineless Congress had been doing their job over the last 30 years. The stubborn ideological wars have destroyed the ability of Congress to find effective compromises that would at least dent intr...
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That's an interesting conversion for a full size truck. The 240 recharging is not at all common so that's a huge problem. It's a hybrid so it still burns gas and gives off emissions so while a step forward, still not the solution. A big problem with electric vehicles is the expense when you have to change out the batte...
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Apparently so, given the absence of many men.
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Now we'll hear from all the wrong-winger Hillary haters to come out in groves posting slimy comments that the Clintons' are hiding something and that they didn't pay any taxes. Haha! Haha!
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As a former RCMP member, I must agree with you. The Force is struggling to be too many things to too many people. Recruiting is down, members are quitting in dismay over promotions, pay and personnel issues. The demand from the Province of BC alone has outstripped their ability to supply new members. It would be...
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"We want to welcome President Trump with open arms, but we don't wish to burden our taxpayers disproportionately for these visits". Well, stiff sh.., you should not have voted for him.
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College in Gunmerica.
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I don't want his/her opinion, I only want the facts. I'll form my own opinion.
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UH should sue OHA for dereliction of duty.
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Stop the mindless flailing. Trump won…accept it and move on.
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You've forgotten the two largest instigators and bringers of death and depraved destruction to all these - the US and NATO. Why is that?
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Good for you Jeannie...for being pro-active. I have also have followed a natural approach and am feeling so much better. The tips below have helped me... -Items with corn syrup don't satisfy the appetite and raise blood sugar. -Eat lots of vegetables with some protein and add fermented foods for probiotics to h...
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Only a fool would give out personal information to strangers . What I have I earned over many , many years of hard work. At least I use my real name when I comment. What are you hiding ?
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An equally egregious way that PET stabbed Quebec in the back was his tireless work when no longer in power to sabotage the Meech Lake Accord. He hooked up (in more ways than one) with Debra Coyne the constitutional adviser to Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells to develop a way to scuttle Meech and it worked. PET's gian...
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I would agree on the anti-soccer comment if the writer was someone other than Mr. Kelly. His writing is hands down pro-soccer. For him to be against Canada co-hosting football's biggest event tells us all that there must be something that is quite "rotten" about the sport's World Cup.
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Did you even BOTHER TO READ what I wrote??? I even mentioned the Tea Party doing the SAME THING 8 years ago! Good grief, try reading the post first before you blindly start typing next time.
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The presence of consulting engineers is in fact justification for the hiring of a civil engineer project manager. Your "did not know how to manage the project" is justification for the need of a civil engineering project manager to manage this multi-billion dollar civil engineering project.
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COST IS NO OBJECT. Unless it's travel cost for a few EPA folks.
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From your comments thus far, you venture your various opinions without any sort of substantiation or backing evidence. That is certainly your prerogative but if you're attempting to argue a point wouldn't it be more convincing if you had evidence to support your claims? When you assert that the vast majority go back to...
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what is despicable are those like you who twist the policies around insinuating things that are not in them, the wall is coming, the bad just like obama did is going to be restarted. amazes me hard core hateful people like you can not understand it
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One thing we can do immediately to help coral reefs is to stop using sunscreen that contains oxybenzone, which has been proven to kill coral. There are alternative sunscreens that are safe for coral, such as those that have titanium dioxide or zinc oxide as their active ingredient.
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James Reeves 198 - So, why are prescriptions not required for fluoridated bottled water? Is it that hard to tell the difference between a tube of fluoridated toothpaste with over 1000 mg of fluoride ions and a liter of fluoridated water with 0.7 mg of fluoride ions?
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Wilbur Ross said today Canada will need to provide concessions on trade. People with money want to move to here for opportunity, stability, rule of law, tolerance and pluralism. We should supply want they want. Canada is the product; careful 'immi-great-ion' is our comparative advantage.
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RiNO Proud. If YOU believe in unbelievable promises, that's your issue. I worry that Trump WILL keep his promises.
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It's very easy to sit back and play Monday morning quarterback. The only people that desire abortion is the mother willing to consent to the procedure. All other interested parties are either pro-choice (leaving it up to the woman and her doctor), or pro-life (only while the fetus is in the womb). Wrong-wingers put ...
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The past belonged to one gender. Now the future belongs to another. Both concepts are sexist.
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I presume you mean to "offer it up".......if that were the case he got off lightly in my opinion.
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Hey i'm for dropping it all the way down to D-. This state should not be borrowing money. It should be dependant on it's own revenue of which we have plenty. With $60+ billion in the bank it's insane to borrow money!
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Wait a minute!! Are Democrats in Colorado still pretending that, "If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan?" Politifact's whopper of the year and Democrats are still peddling it. Wow.
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active: "So, Guest said "Can't afford" because he's not rich?" Musical posts now come with musical quotes?
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It is the cash that is being targeted. It has always been the cash and not the results of private schools that has been the focus of privatizing schools. Examine the financial of the big four private education corporations and you find profits growing. If prifots were not the main goal of private school success there w...
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From the comments below it appears that we have our share of climate change deniers. It's disheartening to read such gibberish especially when such human induced change is so transparent, happening outside our windows. Countering these arguments with the overwhelming facts of human induced climate change would be like...
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A town hall where the media was invited? How suspicious.
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why not a statue of clint eastwood? he logged out of springfield way back....Huey Lewis drove delivery truck ... heck... why not Ernest Hemingway? i'm sure he passed through oregon at some point. how about go big or go home ?- Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield !!! for $$$ sakes.. heck, people don't know histo...
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I don't have to provide proof, the Repubicans have already done that. Some of them have made a career out of it. Tom Price. Paul Ryan. And Social Security isn't heading for any fiscal cliff. Like I said, peddle your fantasies and lies to someone more gullible than you.
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Fish: I am beginning to LIKE YOU...........
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I can't remember an LG race this crowded. Why is everyone so scared of gunning for the top job?
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Do you have the skill-set needed to maintain turbines and the associated generators? and if so would you be willing to offer those skills at say a reduced wage? Do you have the skill to operate those machines under pressure, during outages and equipment or other system failures? it is not a mindless job that any dope c...
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Yes, of course the cost of Measure 97 will be passed on to consumers. To think otherwise is delusional. Some businesses fight the measure because it applies only to some and puts them at a disadvantage relative to the untaxed competing companies. So to make an informed decision, we must assume that we consumers coll...
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How's the weather in Florida?
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Very sad for the family left behind no matter what the cause of the crash is. I hope that the family of this couple will remember their love and can find some peace in knowing they were together in a place that meant something to them.
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Direct Quote: And Spencer made it clear that white-only means Jews aren’t invited. They have their own identity, and it isn’t white-slash-European, and that’s that. “Jews are Jews,” he said.
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The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan works for me. I saved my frequent flyer miles which gives me the opportunity to commute from Michigan to Alaska's first and only Tribal college, Ilisagvik College in Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska. We are blessed with both a great airline and an excellent college.
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Mkhize is slightly more paletable than his fellow people from his province.... he does not appear to be as outwardly corrupt... but maybe I missed something! There is of course Madonsela and Khoza, two ladies unlike most of Zuma's women, and men, especially those who come from KZN... they are honest and set examples t...
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Again, typical liberal. Brings up irrelevant details as though they effect the substance of the point--they then proceed to debate those points. 1 Timothy is Scripture. As such it is God Breathed and thus---is said by Jesus--through Paul. We do know what Jesus actually said because we have his actual words recorded ...
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We have dualism all around us...what we need to teach is the concept of non-dualism...far too many adults cannot tolerate unknowing (so they accept any answer), paradox, both/and ....
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Sophistry- the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who died are not the MIC. They are among the MIC's victims too.
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Hi - So the FBI rolls up to a Republican (Sessions) and then to another Republicam (Trump). Why has sessions not ordered he information released? Is the FBI actively obstructing justice here?
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You make a very good point. I believe the city needs to slow down on this project and make certain we're getting all the bases covered.
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Is this kind of travel budget out of line for the position?
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It's quite irrational to refer to something as an "attack" when the nature and mechanism is completely unknown. It is certainly not in the interest of the gubmit of Cuba to launch such "attacks."
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There is definitely a way to cut back on overtime. Leave the rubbish on the curb until they get around to picking it up, only respond to police calls they "think" are important and let some structures burn. How does that sound? On the other hand, they could start with fully staffing these departments, which never happe...
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Of COURSE they ate processed food! I saw an example of the consequences!
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You are taking the 50,000 foot view of this. 50+ people are dead--slaughtered. And you want to talk about driving the democrats?
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So, does the ban extend to classrooms or can she be rehired as a teacher?
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This applies to anyone living the high life, not just boomers or wealthy.
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In a league that is famous for asking what have you done for me lately, what has Elway done over the past two years...we all need to quit living on the laurels of Super Bowl 50. What has John done for us lately? Certainly nothing to correct a crappy quarterback situation. To all of the apologists, I admit I do NOT kno...
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Let's pray BOC is on slow and steady path of interest rate hike. Hopefully, one more by the year-end which will help contain this madness and turn the prices around.
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Wrong indeed to the point where, were NCR an ordinary publication, the article would be retracted and an apology issued to the readers.
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You would have to be a cold hearted jerk, like the author of this article, to not feel sorry for the more than 100,000 people who have been laid off. Gary, also probably doesn't know, since he is sitting up in his ivory tower, that layoffs are continuing despite the 4.6% growth (I personally know over 20 people who ha...
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hey loser the gun laws are not a failure , this is the typical left wing stupidity spewed here so much, if anything the mental health system failed
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This is typical Western thinking, focused only on numbers, percentages, data and also of people who have little experiece with the actual societies they are dictating terms to. First of all, one of the basic legal rights of a society is to be able to determine who is a part of that society and not have that imposed fro...
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You make a good point. It is interesting how Alaskans are so willing to use federal subsidies for any project no matter how wasteful, as though they aren't being subsidized by the rest of the country, while resenting every penny they must pay toward any collective good. It's also interesting the state was populated b...
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Taxpayer giveaways.
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I wouldn't buy anything from someone who invests in swamp land and old bridges. Sorry buddy, but you bought them and now you're stuck with them.
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Russia has been way more effective in this campaign than Obama and Nato could ever hope to be. It seems really fishy that Palmyra falls to ISIS at the exact same time the Russians and Assad are cementing a huge victory in Aleppo. Guess Nato doesn't want to look like a total loser. Just how are things going in Mosul...
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Actually Alexandra...think we institutionally agree....I am just a bit more resigned! BUT where I'd love to see some emphasis and appreciation is on "where" the Spirit IS active.....which is not exactly in the religious "institutional" realm..I think....right about now..I'd suggest it might well be in the "Resistence...
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Agree SACP the ultimate and perfect 'rent seekers'. Setting themselves up to gather rent from another source if/when the Zuma trough dries up.
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Whole Foods problems really began with the failed Wild Oats merger. They were so quick to convert stores from WO to WF they lost what it was to be Whole Foods (not that I particularly like Whole Paycheck, but it had a recognizable brand). The two were not the same and simply slapping the Whole Foods name on a Wild Oa...
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Thank you for your post. It's always amazing to me that there are some who think that Communism is good. We should learn from the very painful lessons of history.
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Dirt bag without regard for anybody but themselves.
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I still think I should have got a free fishing license when I renewed my drivers license this year. They should do something for us that went totally out of our way to register ourselves.
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This reminds me of the old Barry Goldwater slogan from the democrats: Goldwater for '64, Fire water for '65, No water for '66, not a damn thing in ' 67.
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Yes. Tillerson was one of Trump's cabinet members who lobbied Trump hard to stay in the accord. Mattis and McMaster and Kelly-- all former generals also reflected the military view on the importance of the standards set in the Paris Accords. Gary Cohn an ex Goldman guy said the same thing that the current Goldman head ...
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Um, we had another major party in our election. The NDP. That received 19.7%. Add that to the Liberals 39.5% and you get 59.2% (left and centre-left vote).
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Not much of a billionaire with only $40mm in public equity. Hmmmmm..........
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I'll take a look. These are standards for home safety that include human life and property. I would expect different standards for uninhabited forrest......although people do argue the relative worth human life versus other living species 😀
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Well, if you can't believe one cranky cop's Facebook page, what can you believe? And don't let the total lack of corroboration from anybody else in a position of authority bother you. It's on the internet so it gotta be true! Let's cut to the chase here. People like you don't care about the plight of Muslim refugees. ...
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I'll bet dollars to doughnuts (not sure if that is a bargain or not) they are out by a week from Sunday. They have skill, but lack character - The U of O in modern times only hires coaches that stoke ego's, and ego's do not win championships.
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Better we simply remove all the originals, put them on display behind bullet-resistant glass, and then replace them with facsimiles. At least then the original appearance of Iolani Palace can be preserved. The big difference between a standalone painting or sculpture and the glass panes at Iolani Palace is that the l...
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It's a deep dark hole that Donald Trump has led the Republican Party into.
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Up is down, hot is cold. Sure. Whatever. How about that recession we've been in for the last eight years?
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Another glassy-eyed Trump fan.
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How is preventing drug abuse, in the form of pot, a bad thing Earlydog
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NO IMMUNITY, NO GET OUT OF JAIL CARDS, NO FREE PASSES! Flynn's day coming soon!
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This is fascinating. Does anyone know the back story on Hirayama and Ishiyama? Are these guys just scam artists, or were they working with organizes crime? Are they from Hawaii? Does this company have shareholders? If so, are they going to sue the incompetent management that allowed this to go on?
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Oh sarge, sarge, sarge. Is this your attempt at grade school humor? Nothing funnier than a humorless person trying to tell a joke.
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Russians, Russians everywhere, and the Trump supporters don't even care. They keep supporting an idiot, who praises health care in a nonexistent African country, and threatens nuclear war.
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I apologize if I offended your sky daddy fantasy, but I'm not "the first to be so critical of name calling" as you claim. I believe in calling it what it is. There is no end to what people will do to each other in the name of their god or gods. It's one of the biggest problems that has plagued humanity for several mil...
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Hi a.ndy, I'm not sure what % of Christians do not view the creation story as literal truth. I do know that the Christians who do believe in a literal understanding are quite politically influential and have fought for a awhile over such things as plaques in the Grand Canyon contesting the time line of geologists and...
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I pray to God for tRUMP daily, I will not tell you what I am asking from God in those prayers.
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When moon self-censors his own post, it must have been even worse than usual.
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That's the funniest thing I read all day - thanks for the humor.
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Our economic system is, and always has been a mix of capitalism and socialism. That is why the fire department will save your house without asking for your credit card first, why you can drive on public roads and are protected 24/7 by a public military. Not to mention the fact that every major scientific and technolog...
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And you are in which parade, voice-lover? What about the news itself? Is news just entertainment for you? Or is it just a sexy voice making you feel good? The news concerns facts about real people and their joys and sorrows. "The media is the message," as Marshall McLuhan said 40 years ago. You have bought into tha...
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I think you're only partly correct, but at least partly. What we should do is apply selective import tariffs on those goods that we already produce, or know we can produce. In that way, it's not merely a case of trying to apply equal pain, but we shelter our own industries, allow them to grow and provide jobs, and co...
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As someone with Jewish heritage (though not matrilineal) is multi-racial and bisexual, this man offends me on multiple fronts. I will not stand by as though there is nothing wrong with him. Although it has been years since I have taken part in anything with the intention of confronting nazi ideology, I remember the ye...
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