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Typical elitist attitude. Time for this guy to go.	0	not toxic
Sadly, the RCC is feverishly racing toward a smaller, and obscure cult.	0	not toxic
There is no such thing as a Fiduciary duty. It's a lie. No industry has a Fiduciary duty. As soon as you charge 1 cent for any service someone could argue you are just selling the product to make money and not what is best for the client. Let me know one type of business that doesn't charge their client. Non existent. If we people don't want trailer fees, buy funds that dont have trailers, if you want trailer fees, use trailer fees. It's just not that complicated. The rules are already here, the regulators don't have to do anything.	0	not toxic
OK, "the unequal growth of earnings" is the cause. Great observation Professor. Does the Institute have any thoughts on how we can reverse this trend besides more taxes?	0	not toxic
I am not stretching the notion of violence at all, skyofblue. Violence and violation come from the same root word, obviously. Whether you know it or not, there is a solid thread in the study of violence that defines it as the violation of the integrity of a person, and it can be verbal as easily as physical. You can probably look it up. Assault, also, can be verbal as well as physical. Look at what is happening on social media, ... cases where people verbally harass someone to the point of suicide. So, as I said, I don't know whether this woman committed a crime, but there's a very good chance she can end up before a judge in a civil suit. We have to take responsibility for what we say. If we hurt someone badly by degrading them, for example, then we have to take responsibility for that, and we can be held to account.	0	not toxic
The article fails to address the mushrooming sun shine lists all over the country; any one who managed to land on it is extremely privileged and has won the lottery. A majority of them are in fact from the lower quartile of the educated class without any professional qualification.	0	not toxic
Paul, Paul why do you think some people in the house lost their seat? Because they kept doing the same thing over and over. The Senate wants to cut. No, they don't that is just a word they use, they have no idea or specifics and it is over a few years meanwhile we will be broke. No matter how many times you print it here, this notion of cuts alone is a complete fantasy, the math does not add up. We cannot cut our selves to balanced budget. Meanwhile in all of the cuts no where is the Senate cutting their own budget, no where do they ditch the subsidized cafeteria, no where do the end the corporate welfare to Big Oil, ditto to selling off the steel sitting in Seattle. Yes I think most Alaskans want a tax; but do we elect these people to decide or not?	0	not toxic
While certainly the DB plan is less common today for those still working, a fair number of current retirees from the private sector have DB plans. Further, despite the nostalgia around DB plans it is a myth that DC plans (and less formal savings plans) are inferior to DB plans. Both have advantages and disadvantages and neither are bulletproof. The major difference of course is that DC plans and savings plans require the employee to be more proactive and engaged in the process. Which obviously a huge negative for those not inclined to manage their own finances. But the huge positive is that the upside is not limited and you have greater flexibility in how you structure your finances. I have never had a DB plan, and only had a formal DC plan for about 3 years (now part of a LIRA). For the rest of the time I have either had a savings plan as an employee or built that into my hourly rates as a contractor. I don't envy the DB pensioner one bit.	0	not toxic
"Wrong!" He DID lead the Birther movement. He DID mock a disabled reporter. He DID take out a full page ad calling for the wrongly convicted blacks in NYC to be put to death. He DID get caught discriminating against blacks in his rental buildings - TWICE! He DID boast of grabbing women's genitalia. He DID stiff several contractors. He DID bankrupt a casino. He DID lose nearly a billion dollars in one year. He DID declare business bankruptcies - SIX times. He DID encourage violence at his rallies. He DID insult a Gold Star family. He DID insult a genuine war hero. He DID avoid paying Federal taxes for nearly two decades. He DID cheat on all three of his wives. His closest advisors DO run alt-'right'/neo-nazi sites - and are quite proud of it. He DID fill his Cabinet with the very same people who caused the problems back in W's time. There is, of course, much more that he's done, so exactly which "lies" "the media" told about him remains a mystery.	0	not toxic
We have added safety features to every tool available......table saws, cutoff saws, routers, drills, weedeaters, mowers, ....you name it and there are safety features which have saved countless fingers, hands, eyes, and, yes, lives. We have advanced automobile safety to the point that people are surviving accidents which, when we see the auto remains, we say "wow, how in the world did the people in this car survive (remember that photo of young Kitzhaber's wrecked car)." Yet, we're unwilling to apply new technology which would "couple" a firearm with its legitimate owner and not "fire" for anyone else. Statistically, firearms are a very dangerous tool, yet there have been very few true safety advances in my seventy-three years. The first gun I shot in, I believe it was, 1949 had a "safety"...today's weapons have one too....and virtually nothing beyond that. No one is suggesting a "retrofit". However, new handguns could be engineered for "owner" only use.. It's a good idea...	0	not toxic
Eco Barbie?A bit sexist wouldn't you say?	0	not toxic
Where is the proof that O'Reilly ever did anything wrong? we do not convict people without hearing the evidence.	0	not toxic
Trump's supporters landed a few punches too during the course of the campaign. And what about attacks on the mosques? 78 in 2015. Conservatives, huh?	0	not toxic
Your first two points are correct, the third about being good for BC I will reserve judgment. I have many bad memories of past NDP governments in this province.	0	not toxic
They should help with the impending drought	0	not toxic
You don' think BC exports?	0	not toxic
I can't make a connection between the FBI, the BLM and all those other organizations and 'student loan enforcement'. Even if you throw Nike into the mix I can't connect the dots to 'student loan enforcement'. Clarification?	0	not toxic
WHY, WHY, WHY is Hawaii obsessed with the QB in a shot-gun position ??? Opposing teams only has to practice where the QB will always receive the ball in shot-gun. It'd be one thing if we're successful playing from shot-gun. Psst: We're Not !!!!!!	0	not toxic
What about all the women (and men) who are trying to regulate the number of children in their marriage? Are they "sleeping around"?	0	not toxic
Nice link. Thanks.	0	not toxic
What planet are you posting from, Tom?	0	not toxic
At this point in time the damage is done. Moreover, we now have massive commodity exports to Mexico which are based on NAFTA. We've taken twenty plus years to completely screw-up our manufacturing sector and decimate the middle class by exporting family-wage jobs. We need to consider the unintended consequences of "ending NAFTA", it's not that simple. Despite Mr. Trump's or anyone's claims, there are no easy ways to get back those millions of jobs lost to outsourcing. We're now a service-based economy, producing fewer and fewer "value added" items for export and, instead, importing them from other countries. Of course, a service-based economy is NOT sustainable unless those receiving the services are tourists who are bringing in revenue from outside.....Things are apparently OK for the wealthy...but, last I checked, working class Americans were really struggling. Gary Crum	0	not toxic
It's my understanding that BC has quietly advised Mr. Kenney they are ready willing to build that wall he wants, and they'll pay for it, too!	0	not toxic
The Daesh "caliphate" is in it's death throes and symbolic attacks are all they have left, but these won't save them from its impending collapse...	0	not toxic
Watkins 94 has it right. building up is the way to go. There should be huge incentives to build multi story in the core district, and huge penalties for low density sprawl.	0	not toxic
MoiLee, we must have watched a different broadcast....what I heard was he was concerned enough to pass it on to the FBI! It is still under investigation and we will not know if there was collusion until the completion of the investigation. So why is trump hiring attorney Marc Kasowitz to represent him on matters related to the inquiry into his campaign's alleged ties to Russia?	0	not toxic
The parallels between the federal liberals and the provincial liberals are astounding. What's even more astounding is that it took them less than one year to get there.	0	not toxic
Polls have become irrelevant. You'll have better luck reading fortune cookies.	0	not toxic
Keynesian economics prescribes deficits in times of recession and surpluses (or at least no deficits) otherwise. That, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, given some of his youthful criticisms of Keynes, is pretty much what Mr Harper did. What economic theory do you subscribe to?	0	not toxic
Yes, especially since most of the report contains "how not to get hacked" in the future.	0	not toxic
There is no need to open the constitution to change the equalization formula -- it can be done by any government in a budget. Indeed, Saskatchewan had a better deal on equalization before Harper changed the formula, but you'll never hear Brad talk about that.	0	not toxic
Ship the whole fam damly back to the tribal lands sans Canadian passport and the $10 mil.	0	not toxic
That's your definition of PAY TO PLAY. Do Donors channel millions of dollars to Caldwell for NOTHING??? Consider this: “PAY TO PLAY” Kirk Caldwell exploits city services for more donations: http://www.civilbeat.org/2014/09/caldwell-fundraiser-pumps-the-tourism-industry-for-cash/ “An hour before Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell signed bills designed to push the homeless out of Waikiki and stop them from urinating and defecating in public, his campaign fundraiser Mitchell Imanaka blasted out a message about an upcoming donor event at the Trump International Hotel. The Sept. 16 email, recently obtained by Civil Beat, doesn’t specifically list the recipients, but it’s clear that it was tailored to those who are involved with Hawaii’s multi-billion-dollar visitor industry. It also aims to recruit as many potential donors as possible to support Caldwell for his 2016 re-election bid.”	0	not toxic
Manning is a struggle to read at the best of times. First off he completely leaves out the left and somehow tries to define that as the Liberals while leaving the centrist as a stand alone. News flash Manning the Libs are not left wingers, I know you like to make it sound like that, but it is not the case. They are centrists to the core. Funny he also conveniently left out the Millennials voting in droves for the Socialist Corbyn in the UK, or Sanders in the USA. Socialism is anathema to Manning so he cannot even say that is the left while trying to define it as the infrastructure bank libs. What makes Manning so hard to read is that he is so easy to see through in his sales pitch. A responsible alternative to the NDP in Alberta but fails to mention that includes the WildRose party who will be a part of that. A right wing ideologue is not the person to be having this conversation as you can see entirely where it is going by way of a con job on the young.	0	not toxic
Fascinating, anyone who doesn't share your beliefs is "blind". . Mental note: Invest in dark glasses, white canes and guide dogs.	0	not toxic
Thank you for your service - I respect that.	0	not toxic
Dear reader, this is a rather lengthy article, and a useless one at that. Spend your time wisely by deconstructing something else yourself.	0	not toxic
I'm against this idea. Everyone deserves health coverage, not just the few deemed worthy. Let's stop pretending otherwise.	0	not toxic
Only one of the following statements is true: - A) Tired of decades of success the New England Patriots opt to replace Bill Belichick with an untested Pop Warner league assistant coach - B) Tired of decades of being married to one of the wealthiest men in the world Melinda Gates divorces Bill to marry a neighborhood bottle collector - C) Tired of a decade of prudent , capable leadership Canadians decide to dismiss Stephen Harper and replace him with an elementary school teacher . . . (surprisingly "C" , the least likely answer is actually true)	0	not toxic
Buh-bye! Can't say I'll miss her. Seldom has B.C. had such a short-sighted, mean, and selfish premier. Now we can get to work repairing the damage, and truly making this province the best place in Canada in which to live!	0	not toxic
Something like this happened fifty years ago, when theologians sent a letter to the Vatican about Humanae Vitae. Of course, the Catholics of that era were not so presumptuous to think they could "correct" the Pope. They disagreed with Paul VI, and that was enough to bring condemnations of their action. I can't wait to see the reaction from conservarives to this new dissent.	0	not toxic
Poignant, astute. Brilliant as usual, Richard.	0	not toxic
She is not competent. Maar why	0	not toxic
If we gave Justin Trudeau 10 million dollars and an apology would he go away!!!	0	not toxic
The U. S.has only been there 15 years, another f 35, ain"t makin" much difference... @ $600 Million per day. Check back in the year 2055 ?	0	not toxic
""It would be different pools under different rules," said one senior health policy source..." Literally the definition of how every other type of insurance works. You select the coverage you determine you need based on your own calculated risk of possible but unlikely events you cannot (or do not want to) realistically save to cover, and are pooled with other similarly situated persons (based on the insurer's actuarial data) to pay costs directly related to the calculated risk they take that you or a significant number of fellow poolees might actually need to use the plan. If you want broader coverage, you are free to pay for more.	0	not toxic
Should check the amounts of subsidies involved in fossil fuels before cranking out the free gifting rhetoric.	0	not toxic
Just curious: How much is "pausing" (as opposed to cancelling) "highway projects and megaprojects like the Knik Arm crossing and Susitna River dam" going to cost us?	0	not toxic
"Your argument is invalid because premise six is false." ---------- So you therefore deny that government has created "corporate law", which provides the definition that one must meet to be considered a corporation?	0	not toxic
Kings still have a very good team, but it simply is not their year.	0	not toxic
Bellevue is lucky to have a candidate like Steve Fricke and luckier if he wins the race against Lynne Robinson. Lynne's campaign donor list (mostly developers) and her voting record speaks volumes about whose interests she has represented for all these years. We need problem solvers and council members who represent the residents and neighborhoods of Bellevue.	0	not toxic
And other news from Paris French counter-terror police 'foil planned suicide attack at Paris tourist spot' The male suspects were reportedly aged 21, 27, 34. Police also arrested a 16-year-old girl who was known to police for having expressed a desire to travel to Syria. She had reportedly pledged allegiance to the terror group Isis. The couple had planned to have an Islamic marriage before Thomas carried out the suicide bombing.	0	not toxic
The kindest, toughest guy you'd ever meet, a true Alaskan in every sense of the word.	0	not toxic
We need to unpack the "high taxes" mantra. It is simply not true and especially not true of corporations. Quote from Huff Post in 2013: "Sanger notes that taxes in Canada have been shrinking: The federal government's overall take this year will amount to 14 per cent of the economy, the lowest since 1940. But Sanger is concerned about who is paying Canada's lower taxes." “Despite record profits, corporations provide just 13.6 per cent of the federal government’s revenues in corporate income taxes. That’s a third less than the over 20 per cent share they provided during the ‘Golden Age of Capitalism’ from 1946 to 1970.” The 1% own the corporations and are making out like bandits while the burden of paying for civilization has been shifted to the shrinking middle class and the poor. Wake up people. We are being had. By the rich. As usual.	0	not toxic
As I recall President Obama gave unions a waiver on health insurance because the unions raised heck about not being able to offer health insurance to their members. So, she is right that not all women have good health insurance because a great number of them have Obama care. Also, Obama care wants to do away with employer health insurance. Would that include union health insurance as well?	0	not toxic
Here's a climate scientist I've been reading lately. Readers might like to read recent research from Benjamin Santer in Nature.com. He is a climate scientist at Lawrence Livermore Research Laboritories who was an early advocate of the dangers of AGW, advising the IPCC in the nineties. After almost a decade of trying to explain away the pause, or hiatus in global warming he and others are ready to admit that the pause exists and wasn't predicted by the computer generated climate models that drives so much of today's panic. Other than the El Nino years of 2015 and 2016 when there was a small and expected spike from this natural phenomenon there has been really no 'warming'. But of course 'the science is settled' and according to David Suzuki you can't question this. (Strange opinion from a scientist whose very discipline is often driven by questioning orthodoxy.) See Santer's abstract here: https://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2973.html	0	not toxic
If some town in Germany had such a statue, I would probably still sleep at night. But the prospect of such a thing is absurd, much as is comparing Lee to Hitler.	0	not toxic
Dreamer.	0	not toxic
"In past years, you would be hard pressed to see a police officer unless they were on a parade float. " Your story doesn't sound believable. Are you sure you are remembering the Canada Day parade?	0	not toxic
Agree. People who use "melting pot" don't really think about the phrase or use it to romanticize ethnic and racial homogeneity. Although we are all human beings, we are not all the same. Using the term is a way of promoting "assimilation" and that overlooks, denies, or attempts to erase distinctions between unique peoples, cultural practices, and beliefs.	0	not toxic
Hillary lost. Time to move on John.	0	not toxic
I would like to say that I am going to agree with this article. The people had shared great kind of stuff here about this which I really like. I must say that if Colorado must join new network powers. Anyhow, now I am going to take a https://www.goldenbustours.com/yosemite-tours/.	0	not toxic
Wow. No, it doesn't but thanks for playing. Kind of like religion in the Constitution is thought by some to be just about christianity. It's not true but it gives them comfort to think it.	0	not toxic
"Trump is clearly in the ranks of the "poorly educated" ......... It must have been easy inheriting 100s of millions." The Last Honest Conservative You clearly must think of yourself as the next George Carlin, After all, who gives themselves congratulatory "funny" likes?	0	not toxic
Yes it is a sign, and those hanging on Lake Otis have been there for awhile. I know APD is aware of the signals it gives off, but either muni or utility do not share the priority for removal.	0	not toxic
What's amazing is, that the media's hatred for Donald Trump is so strong, that even the most fundimental modes of logical thinking are being set aside in favor of biased stupidity. Those who oppose Trump; especially the media, should grow up and realize that Trump is the duly elected President, and that because, the American people want it so. Whining and undermining his authority will only bring harm us all. We now need to do what Americans have always done: respect the rightful President and all work together with him to: "Make America Great Again!	0	not toxic
Get bent.	0	not toxic
There is good news though: once the economically illiterate realize what carbon tax and cap and trade really mean to their standard of living (including lower social assistance and transfer payments) the libs will be toast. Right now these folks believe that money grows on Money Trees and that the government can go into unlimited debt to finance their standard of living. If you'd like to know what's coming, take a good look at Ontario.	0	not toxic
He was too busy on stage with Shakira, on our nickel at that.	0	not toxic
Let me guess. You voted for George W. Bush twice. He was the guy who invaded Iraq to seize WMD that didn't exist. Trillions of $ went down the drain.	0	not toxic
The rents on them will be hiked up.	0	not toxic
Oh dear, Eric. You have flip flopped on me again. If you read back, you will find that I have always carefully qualified my use of the notion that the Gospels are history "in our modern sense of that term." I have carefully given you a single example of non-historicity, and carefully asserted that the overwhelming majority of Catholic Biblical scholars accept the theory the underlies this example. Whatever CCC 124-127 says about scripture, if it were not in compliance with the example I have given you, then the CDF under B16 and JP2 would have censured the vast majority of Catholic Biblical scholars. That didn't happen, ergo you would appear to be the only one who sees a conflict. I am very sorry, Eric, but it does seem to me that you acknowledged lack of interaction with intellectualism has built what I consider very simple distinctions into something of a stumbling block for yourself. No "fashion" as you use it here does not mean genre; the concept continues to allude you.	0	not toxic
"It has been reported." It has been reported that a meteor may hit the earth within the next 100 years. It's been reported that North and South Korea will unify. It has been reported that the rail will be fully funded. It has been reported that I am an idiot. Sooo many "facts" have been reported. And Who Kea believes all of these reports. He's also a pretty good psychic and mind reader. So much talent.	0	not toxic
Cardinal Sarah had some excellent things to say about this subject: http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/cardinal-sarah-priests-demean-gay-people-by-not-calling-them-to-chastity/	0	not toxic
With so many other candidates to choose from, why did the DNC so favor Trump that they even manipulated delegates at the convention to help him win the nomination? With the deterioration of the campaign to a C-level soap opera, a possible answer occurs: while conservatives brag so much about reducing the size of government, their logical first step is the elimination of their own party.	0	not toxic
No! Our population increased! That lowered the percentage!	0	not toxic
The same people that safeguarded against the 2008 crash and subsequently brought those responsible to justice.	0	not toxic
Paco3185, thats where the garden of eden where God created Adam and Eve. then the offsprings up to the sons of Abraham, who God directed to 7 direction he gave them. Therefore starting humanity. you heard of religion? Paco3185?	0	not toxic
Throw this bum out! You would think a seasoned congressman would plan better. He's to old and out of touch with Alaskans. Young needs to go!	0	not toxic
Hard to argue against that point.	0	not toxic
The charities have become a business onto themselves. The longer they delay real research and cures, the longer they all have a job.	0	not toxic
I love how basically all the solutions are "Pay More and hope for the best". I wouldn't mind being "bumped". I'll cancel my ticket, and have the airline fight with the credit card company. I do lots of business with them. I'll also go the the nearest airline and tell everyone within earshot why I'm rebooking. Want better treatment from customers? Offer more service, in other words, pay ME more.	0	not toxic
It was also a highly-volatile river that frequently ran with little or no flow. Trout were not a native species of the Platte in Denver and points east, so you're correct-what's going on currently is not a "restoration". I would like to see the Platte segments below Hampden rival the stretch south of Mineral, but that would require many things, among them removing camping and trash-filled homeless encampments-which won't happen.	0	not toxic
Louisville Sluggers will soon be standard issue. along with Gorilla Duct Tape.	0	not toxic
I suspect the real reason he won't travel is because the Keratin Engineer that is the poor soul who must construct that monstrosity over his pate needs at least 2 hours and strict privacy to work his craft.	0	not toxic
Those pins look really far away.	0	not toxic
Are you serious ? Did you see the movie "les Invasions barbares..the Barbarian invasions, there were lots of empty beds too, because there were no staff to man them ....	0	not toxic
Country over party! Let the truth come out!	0	not toxic
Thank you Mr Trump, my favorite president in the last 8 years. He should hire both ex Sheriff Arpaio and ex Sheriff Clark to drill some sense into the country.	0	not toxic
So if I'm a Jehovah's Witness I don't have to cover blood transfusions? Is anything that violates my religious beliefs fair game?	0	not toxic
Comey's angry rant at the opening of his testimony was very revealing. Suddenly the motivation for this was obvious.	0	not toxic
No the blame lies in society for supporting these politicians. If you and others VOICE your opinion very loud to these politicians then they will listen. Write them, phone them, social media them and tell them in no uncertain terms are they to give our tax money to these greedy rich people.	0	not toxic
Absolutely insane! An elected person and absolutely no recognition of the regressive nature of such a tax on the many residents who can barely afford food.	0	not toxic
"Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?” - Donald J.Trump on “Twitter” 1-11-2017 - Rule #1 for the POTUS, ya don’t dis the spies! - The meter’s running.	0	not toxic
Exhibit A of the federal government bullying the states (and cities). I await Senator Sullivan's strenuous objections.	0	not toxic
California had an $8 billion surplus last fiscal year. Alaska had a $4 billion deficit with only 730,000 people. Your argument is invalid.	0	not toxic
While the Russian press is noted for treating propoganda as news, in the case of the eleciton, they simply hacked what was embarrassing to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Some people can be forgiven for fake news. People speaking for the Church, like the inaptly named Susan B. Anthony Fund, cannot. At some point they are knowingly committing evil. Sadly, the bishops let them get away with it. Of course, some would say on the left that doctrinal errors on gay marriage (and ordinateion) and birth control are also deliberate falsehoods undertaken for institutional reasons, even when the truth is obviously the other way. Faith is where we realize that the truth wins in the end.	0	not toxic
Whoops! Mad Maxine admits that her whole impeach Trump scheme is a SHAM! During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Maxine Waters admitted there has been no “actual evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.	0	not toxic
Sino-Communist Gibbersh...	0	not toxic
Begich and Murkowski made a good team in Washington for Alaskans. They both do their homework and in and know the importance now more than ever of people over party. Even though the voices of the far right and left are loud to be critical of every move they know the tide is shifting back to the middle which is why they know what most do that people are demanding the parties work together for the state. Yes they need to do something about health and drug costs and they need to be bold to do it. Yes Alaskans need to hold their feet to the fire. Together they can.	0	not toxic

Typical elitist attitude. Time for this guy to go.

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Sadly, the RCC is feverishly racing toward a smaller, and obscure cult.

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There is no such thing as a Fiduciary duty. It's a lie. No industry has a Fiduciary duty. As soon as you charge 1 cent for any service someone could argue you are just selling the product to make money and not what is best for the client. Let me know one type of business that doesn't charge their client. Non existent. If we people don't want trailer fees, buy funds that dont have trailers, if you want trailer fees, use trailer fees. It's just not that complicated. The rules are already here, the regulators don't have to do anything.

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OK, "the unequal growth of earnings" is the cause. Great observation Professor. Does the Institute have any thoughts on how we can reverse this trend besides more taxes?

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I am not stretching the notion of violence at all, skyofblue. Violence and violation come from the same root word, obviously. Whether you know it or not, there is a solid thread in the study of violence that defines it as the violation of the integrity of a person, and it can be verbal as easily as physical. You can probably look it up. Assault, also, can be verbal as well as physical. Look at what is happening on social media, ... cases where people verbally harass someone to the point of suicide. So, as I said, I don't know whether this woman committed a crime, but there's a very good chance she can end up before a judge in a civil suit. We have to take responsibility for what we say. If we hurt someone badly by degrading them, for example, then we have to take responsibility for that, and we can be held to account.

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The article fails to address the mushrooming sun shine lists all over the country; any one who managed to land on it is extremely privileged and has won the lottery. A majority of them are in fact from the lower quartile of the educated class without any professional qualification.

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Paul, Paul why do you think some people in the house lost their seat? Because they kept doing the same thing over and over. The Senate wants to cut. No, they don't that is just a word they use, they have no idea or specifics and it is over a few years meanwhile we will be broke. No matter how many times you print it here, this notion of cuts alone is a complete fantasy, the math does not add up. We cannot cut our selves to balanced budget. Meanwhile in all of the cuts no where is the Senate cutting their own budget, no where do they ditch the subsidized cafeteria, no where do the end the corporate welfare to Big Oil, ditto to selling off the steel sitting in Seattle. Yes I think most Alaskans want a tax; but do we elect these people to decide or not?

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While certainly the DB plan is less common today for those still working, a fair number of current retirees from the private sector have DB plans. Further, despite the nostalgia around DB plans it is a myth that DC plans (and less formal savings plans) are inferior to DB plans. Both have advantages and disadvantages and neither are bulletproof. The major difference of course is that DC plans and savings plans require the employee to be more proactive and engaged in the process. Which obviously a huge negative for those not inclined to manage their own finances. But the huge positive is that the upside is not limited and you have greater flexibility in how you structure your finances. I have never had a DB plan, and only had a formal DC plan for about 3 years (now part of a LIRA). For the rest of the time I have either had a savings plan as an employee or built that into my hourly rates as a contractor. I don't envy the DB pensioner one bit.

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"Wrong!" He DID lead the Birther movement. He DID mock a disabled reporter. He DID take out a full page ad calling for the wrongly convicted blacks in NYC to be put to death. He DID get caught discriminating against blacks in his rental buildings - TWICE! He DID boast of grabbing women's genitalia. He DID stiff several contractors. He DID bankrupt a casino. He DID lose nearly a billion dollars in one year. He DID declare business bankruptcies - SIX times. He DID encourage violence at his rallies. He DID insult a Gold Star family. He DID insult a genuine war hero. He DID avoid paying Federal taxes for nearly two decades. He DID cheat on all three of his wives. His closest advisors DO run alt-'right'/neo-nazi sites - and are quite proud of it. He DID fill his Cabinet with the very same people who caused the problems back in W's time. There is, of course, much more that he's done, so exactly which "lies" "the media" told about him remains a mystery.

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We have added safety features to every tool available......table saws, cutoff saws, routers, drills, weedeaters, mowers, ....you name it and there are safety features which have saved countless fingers, hands, eyes, and, yes, lives. We have advanced automobile safety to the point that people are surviving accidents which, when we see the auto remains, we say "wow, how in the world did the people in this car survive (remember that photo of young Kitzhaber's wrecked car)." Yet, we're unwilling to apply new technology which would "couple" a firearm with its legitimate owner and not "fire" for anyone else. Statistically, firearms are a very dangerous tool, yet there have been very few true safety advances in my seventy-three years. The first gun I shot in, I believe it was, 1949 had a "safety"...today's weapons have one too....and virtually nothing beyond that. No one is suggesting a "retrofit". However, new handguns could be engineered for "owner" only use.. It's a good idea...

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Eco Barbie?A bit sexist wouldn't you say?

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Where is the proof that O'Reilly ever did anything wrong? we do not convict people without hearing the evidence.

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Trump's supporters landed a few punches too during the course of the campaign. And what about attacks on the mosques? 78 in 2015. Conservatives, huh?

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Your first two points are correct, the third about being good for BC I will reserve judgment. I have many bad memories of past NDP governments in this province.

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They should help with the impending drought

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You don' think BC exports?

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I can't make a connection between the FBI, the BLM and all those other organizations and 'student loan enforcement'. Even if you throw Nike into the mix I can't connect the dots to 'student loan enforcement'. Clarification?

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WHY, WHY, WHY is Hawaii obsessed with the QB in a shot-gun position ??? Opposing teams only has to practice where the QB will always receive the ball in shot-gun. It'd be one thing if we're successful playing from shot-gun. Psst: We're Not !!!!!!

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What about all the women (and men) who are trying to regulate the number of children in their marriage? Are they "sleeping around"?

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Nice link. Thanks.

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What planet are you posting from, Tom?

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At this point in time the damage is done. Moreover, we now have massive commodity exports to Mexico which are based on NAFTA. We've taken twenty plus years to completely screw-up our manufacturing sector and decimate the middle class by exporting family-wage jobs. We need to consider the unintended consequences of "ending NAFTA", it's not that simple. Despite Mr. Trump's or anyone's claims, there are no easy ways to get back those millions of jobs lost to outsourcing. We're now a service-based economy, producing fewer and fewer "value added" items for export and, instead, importing them from other countries. Of course, a service-based economy is NOT sustainable unless those receiving the services are tourists who are bringing in revenue from outside.....Things are apparently OK for the wealthy...but, last I checked, working class Americans were really struggling. Gary Crum

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It's my understanding that BC has quietly advised Mr. Kenney they are ready willing to build that wall he wants, and they'll pay for it, too!

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The Daesh "caliphate" is in it's death throes and symbolic attacks are all they have left, but these won't save them from its impending collapse...

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Watkins 94 has it right. building up is the way to go. There should be huge incentives to build multi story in the core district, and huge penalties for low density sprawl.

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MoiLee, we must have watched a different broadcast....what I heard was he was concerned enough to pass it on to the FBI! It is still under investigation and we will not know if there was collusion until the completion of the investigation. So why is trump hiring attorney Marc Kasowitz to represent him on matters related to the inquiry into his campaign's alleged ties to Russia?

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The parallels between the federal liberals and the provincial liberals are astounding. What's even more astounding is that it took them less than one year to get there.

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Polls have become irrelevant. You'll have better luck reading fortune cookies.

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Keynesian economics prescribes deficits in times of recession and surpluses (or at least no deficits) otherwise. That, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, given some of his youthful criticisms of Keynes, is pretty much what Mr Harper did. What economic theory do you subscribe to?

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Yes, especially since *most* of the report contains "how not to get hacked" in the future.

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There is no need to open the constitution to change the equalization formula -- it can be done by any government in a budget. Indeed, Saskatchewan had a better deal on equalization before Harper changed the formula, but you'll never hear Brad talk about that.

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Ship the whole fam damly back to the tribal lands sans Canadian passport and the $10 mil.

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That's your definition of PAY TO PLAY. Do Donors channel millions of dollars to Caldwell for NOTHING??? Consider this: “PAY TO PLAY” Kirk Caldwell exploits city services for more donations: http://www.civilbeat.org/2014/09/caldwell-fundraiser-pumps-the-tourism-industry-for-cash/ “An hour before Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell signed bills designed to push the homeless out of Waikiki and stop them from urinating and defecating in public, his campaign fundraiser Mitchell Imanaka blasted out a message about an upcoming donor event at the Trump International Hotel. The Sept. 16 email, recently obtained by Civil Beat, doesn’t specifically list the recipients, but it’s clear that it was tailored to those who are involved with Hawaii’s multi-billion-dollar visitor industry. It also aims to recruit as many potential donors as possible to support Caldwell for his 2016 re-election bid.”

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Manning is a struggle to read at the best of times. First off he completely leaves out the left and somehow tries to define that as the Liberals while leaving the centrist as a stand alone. News flash Manning the Libs are not left wingers, I know you like to make it sound like that, but it is not the case. They are centrists to the core. Funny he also conveniently left out the Millennials voting in droves for the Socialist Corbyn in the UK, or Sanders in the USA. Socialism is anathema to Manning so he cannot even say that is the left while trying to define it as the infrastructure bank libs. What makes Manning so hard to read is that he is so easy to see through in his sales pitch. A responsible alternative to the NDP in Alberta but fails to mention that includes the WildRose party who will be a part of that. A right wing ideologue is not the person to be having this conversation as you can see entirely where it is going by way of a con job on the young.

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Fascinating, anyone who doesn't share your beliefs is "blind". . Mental note: Invest in dark glasses, white canes and guide dogs.

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Thank you for your service - I respect that.

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Dear reader, this is a rather lengthy article, and a useless one at that. Spend your time wisely by deconstructing something else yourself.

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I'm against this idea. Everyone deserves health coverage, not just the few deemed worthy. Let's stop pretending otherwise.

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Only one of the following statements is true: - A) Tired of decades of success the New England Patriots opt to replace Bill Belichick with an untested Pop Warner league assistant coach - B) Tired of decades of being married to one of the wealthiest men in the world Melinda Gates divorces Bill to marry a neighborhood bottle collector - C) Tired of a decade of prudent , capable leadership Canadians decide to dismiss Stephen Harper and replace him with an elementary school teacher . . . (surprisingly "C" , the least likely answer is actually true)

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Buh-bye! Can't say I'll miss her. Seldom has B.C. had such a short-sighted, mean, and selfish premier. Now we can get to work repairing the damage, and truly making this province the best place in Canada in which to live!

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Something like this happened fifty years ago, when theologians sent a letter to the Vatican about Humanae Vitae. Of course, the Catholics of that era were not so presumptuous to think they could "correct" the Pope. They disagreed with Paul VI, and that was enough to bring condemnations of their action. I can't wait to see the reaction from conservarives to this new dissent.

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Poignant, astute. Brilliant as usual, Richard.

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She is not competent. Maar why

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If we gave Justin Trudeau 10 million dollars and an apology would he go away!!!

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The U. S.has only been there 15 years, another f 35, ain"t makin" much difference... @ $600 Million per day. Check back in the year 2055 ?

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""It would be different pools under different rules," said one senior health policy source..." Literally the definition of how every other type of insurance works. You select the coverage you determine you need based on your own calculated risk of possible but unlikely events you cannot (or do not want to) realistically save to cover, and are pooled with other similarly situated persons (based on the insurer's actuarial data) to pay costs directly related to the calculated risk they take that you or a significant number of fellow poolees might actually need to use the plan. If you want broader coverage, you are free to pay for more.

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Should check the amounts of subsidies involved in fossil fuels before cranking out the free gifting rhetoric.

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Just curious: How much is "pausing" (as opposed to cancelling) "highway projects and megaprojects like the Knik Arm crossing and Susitna River dam" going to cost us?

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"Your argument is invalid because premise six is false." ---------- So you therefore deny that government has created "corporate law", which provides the definition that one must meet to be considered a corporation?

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Kings still have a very good team, but it simply is not their year.

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Bellevue is lucky to have a candidate like Steve Fricke and luckier if he wins the race against Lynne Robinson. Lynne's campaign donor list (mostly developers) and her voting record speaks volumes about whose interests she has represented for all these years. We need problem solvers and council members who represent the residents and neighborhoods of Bellevue.

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And other news from Paris French counter-terror police 'foil planned suicide attack at Paris tourist spot' The male suspects were reportedly aged 21, 27, 34. Police also arrested a 16-year-old girl who was known to police for having expressed a desire to travel to Syria. She had reportedly pledged allegiance to the terror group Isis. The couple had planned to have an Islamic marriage before Thomas carried out the suicide bombing.

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The kindest, toughest guy you'd ever meet, a true Alaskan in every sense of the word.

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We need to unpack the "high taxes" mantra. It is simply not true and especially not true of corporations. Quote from Huff Post in 2013: "Sanger notes that taxes in Canada have been shrinking: The federal government's overall take this year will amount to 14 per cent of the economy, the lowest since 1940. But Sanger is concerned about who is paying Canada's lower taxes." “Despite record profits, corporations provide just 13.6 per cent of the federal government’s revenues in corporate income taxes. That’s a third less than the over 20 per cent share they provided during the ‘Golden Age of Capitalism’ from 1946 to 1970.” The 1% own the corporations and are making out like bandits while the burden of paying for civilization has been shifted to the shrinking middle class and the poor. Wake up people. We are being had. By the rich. As usual.

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As I recall President Obama gave unions a waiver on health insurance because the unions raised heck about not being able to offer health insurance to their members. So, she is right that not all women have good health insurance because a great number of them have Obama care. Also, Obama care wants to do away with employer health insurance. Would that include union health insurance as well?

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Here's a climate scientist I've been reading lately. Readers might like to read recent research from Benjamin Santer in Nature.com. He is a climate scientist at Lawrence Livermore Research Laboritories who was an early advocate of the dangers of AGW, advising the IPCC in the nineties. After almost a decade of trying to explain away the pause, or hiatus in global warming he and others are ready to admit that the pause exists and wasn't predicted by the computer generated climate models that drives so much of today's panic. Other than the El Nino years of 2015 and 2016 when there was a small and expected spike from this natural phenomenon there has been really no 'warming'. But of course 'the science is settled' and according to David Suzuki you can't question this. (Strange opinion from a scientist whose very discipline is often driven by questioning orthodoxy.) See Santer's abstract here: https://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2973.html

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If some town in Germany had such a statue, I would probably still sleep at night. But the prospect of such a thing is absurd, much as is comparing Lee to Hitler.

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Dreamer.

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"In past years, you would be hard pressed to see a police officer unless they were on a parade float. " Your story doesn't sound believable. Are you sure you are remembering the Canada Day parade?

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Agree. People who use "melting pot" don't really think about the phrase or use it to romanticize ethnic and racial homogeneity. Although we are all human beings, we are not all the same. Using the term is a way of promoting "assimilation" and that overlooks, denies, or attempts to erase distinctions between unique peoples, cultural practices, and beliefs.

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Hillary lost. Time to move on John.

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I would like to say that I am going to agree with this article. The people had shared great kind of stuff here about this which I really like. I must say that if Colorado must join new network powers. Anyhow, now I am going to take a https://www.goldenbustours.com/yosemite-tours/.

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Wow. No, it doesn't but thanks for playing. Kind of like religion in the Constitution is thought by some to be just about christianity. It's not true but it gives them comfort to think it.

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"Trump is clearly in the ranks of the "poorly educated" ......... It must have been easy inheriting 100s of millions." The Last Honest Conservative You clearly must think of yourself as the next George Carlin, After all, who gives themselves congratulatory "funny" likes?

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Yes it is a sign, and those hanging on Lake Otis have been there for awhile. I know APD is aware of the signals it gives off, but either muni or utility do not share the priority for removal.

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What's amazing is, that the media's hatred for Donald Trump is so strong, that even the most fundimental modes of logical thinking are being set aside in favor of biased stupidity. Those who oppose Trump; especially the media, should grow up and realize that Trump is the duly elected President, and that because, the American people want it so. Whining and undermining his authority will only bring harm us all. We now need to do what Americans have always done: respect the rightful President and all work together with him to: "Make America Great Again!

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Get bent.

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There is good news though: once the economically illiterate realize what carbon tax and cap and trade really mean to their standard of living (including lower social assistance and transfer payments) the libs will be toast. Right now these folks believe that money grows on Money Trees and that the government can go into unlimited debt to finance their standard of living. If you'd like to know what's coming, take a good look at Ontario.

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He was too busy on stage with Shakira, on our nickel at that.

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Let me guess. You voted for George W. Bush twice. He was the guy who invaded Iraq to seize WMD that didn't exist. Trillions of $ went down the drain.

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The rents on them will be hiked up.

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Oh dear, Eric. You have flip flopped on me again. If you read back, you will find that I have always carefully qualified my use of the notion that the Gospels are history "in our modern sense of that term." I have carefully given you a single example of non-historicity, and carefully asserted that the overwhelming majority of Catholic Biblical scholars accept the theory the underlies this example. Whatever CCC 124-127 says about scripture, if it were not in compliance with the example I have given you, then the CDF under B16 and JP2 would have censured the vast majority of Catholic Biblical scholars. That didn't happen, ergo you would appear to be the only one who sees a conflict. I am very sorry, Eric, but it does seem to me that you acknowledged lack of interaction with intellectualism has built what I consider very simple distinctions into something of a stumbling block for yourself. No "fashion" as you use it here does not mean genre; the concept continues to allude you.

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"It has been reported." It has been reported that a meteor may hit the earth within the next 100 years. It's been reported that North and South Korea will unify. It has been reported that the rail will be fully funded. It has been reported that I am an idiot. Sooo many "facts" have been reported. And Who Kea believes all of these reports. He's also a pretty good psychic and mind reader. So much talent.

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Cardinal Sarah had some excellent things to say about this subject: http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/cardinal-sarah-priests-demean-gay-people-by-not-calling-them-to-chastity/

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With so many other candidates to choose from, why did the DNC so favor Trump that they even manipulated delegates at the convention to help him win the nomination? With the deterioration of the campaign to a C-level soap opera, a possible answer occurs: while conservatives brag so much about reducing the size of government, their logical first step is the elimination of their own party.

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No! Our population increased! That lowered the percentage!

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The same people that safeguarded against the 2008 crash and subsequently brought those responsible to justice.

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Paco3185, thats where the garden of eden where God created Adam and Eve. then the offsprings up to the sons of Abraham, who God directed to 7 direction he gave them. Therefore starting humanity. you heard of religion? Paco3185?

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Throw this bum out! You would think a seasoned congressman would plan better. He's to old and out of touch with Alaskans. Young needs to go!

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Hard to argue against that point.

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The charities have become a business onto themselves. The longer they delay real research and cures, the longer they all have a job.

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I love how basically all the solutions are "Pay More and hope for the best". I wouldn't mind being "bumped". I'll cancel my ticket, and have the airline fight with the credit card company. I do lots of business with them. I'll also go the the nearest airline and tell everyone within earshot why I'm rebooking. Want better treatment from customers? Offer more service, in other words, pay ME more.

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It was also a highly-volatile river that frequently ran with little or no flow. Trout were not a native species of the Platte in Denver and points east, so you're correct-what's going on currently is not a "restoration". I would like to see the Platte segments below Hampden rival the stretch south of Mineral, but that would require many things, among them removing camping and trash-filled homeless encampments-which won't happen.

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Louisville Sluggers will soon be standard issue. along with Gorilla Duct Tape.

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I suspect the real reason he won't travel is because the Keratin Engineer that is the poor soul who must construct that monstrosity over his pate needs at least 2 hours and strict privacy to work his craft.

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Those pins look really far away.

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Are you serious ? Did you see the movie "les Invasions barbares..the Barbarian invasions, there were lots of empty beds too, because there were no staff to man them ....

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Country over party! Let the truth come out!

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Thank you Mr Trump, my favorite president in the last 8 years. He should hire both ex Sheriff Arpaio and ex Sheriff Clark to drill some sense into the country.

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So if I'm a Jehovah's Witness I don't have to cover blood transfusions? Is anything that violates my religious beliefs fair game?

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Comey's angry rant at the opening of his testimony was very revealing. Suddenly the motivation for this was obvious.

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No the blame lies in society for supporting these politicians. If you and others VOICE your opinion very loud to these politicians then they will listen. Write them, phone them, social media them and tell them in no uncertain terms are they to give our tax money to these greedy rich people.

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Absolutely insane! An elected person and absolutely no recognition of the regressive nature of such a tax on the many residents who can barely afford food.

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"Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?” - Donald J.Trump on “Twitter” 1-11-2017 - Rule #1 for the POTUS, ya don’t dis the spies! - The meter’s running.

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Exhibit A of the federal government bullying the states (and cities). I await Senator Sullivan's strenuous objections.

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California had an $8 billion surplus last fiscal year. Alaska had a $4 billion deficit with only 730,000 people. Your argument is invalid.

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While the Russian press is noted for treating propoganda as news, in the case of the eleciton, they simply hacked what was embarrassing to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Some people can be forgiven for fake news. People speaking for the Church, like the inaptly named Susan B. Anthony Fund, cannot. At some point they are knowingly committing evil. Sadly, the bishops let them get away with it. Of course, some would say on the left that doctrinal errors on gay marriage (and ordinateion) and birth control are also deliberate falsehoods undertaken for institutional reasons, even when the truth is obviously the other way. Faith is where we realize that the truth wins in the end.

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Whoops! Mad Maxine admits that her whole impeach Trump scheme is a SHAM! During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Maxine Waters admitted there has been no “actual evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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Sino-Communist Gibbersh...

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Begich and Murkowski made a good team in Washington for Alaskans. They both do their homework and in and know the importance now more than ever of people over party. Even though the voices of the far right and left are loud to be critical of every move they know the tide is shifting back to the middle which is why they know what most do that people are demanding the parties work together for the state. Yes they need to do something about health and drug costs and they need to be bold to do it. Yes Alaskans need to hold their feet to the fire. Together they can.

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