niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
I don't want to be exempted from the protections of the ACA.
Output: No
Cool, I hope guy takes his fantasy millions and leaves tomorrow. Already stated that Alaska is in the top ten of the LOWEST taxes per capita in the USA and that would be even with an income tax. He already lives in a city with no sales tax.  This stupid bitching is tiresome, especially when it has no grounds.
Output: Yes
"This was really brought home to me once when an officer wrote on the back of a ticket right in front of me that the perpetrator admitted her offense when she was sitting down saying nothing. "

Really?   Because I've never seen a ticket filled out in a courtroom before, nor have I ever seen a defense attorney show up at the side of the road on a traffic stop.

You say "...a policeman lied in every one of my cases..." in 20 years?  That is a lie in and of itself.  It seems I've caught you in two lies in a single paragraph.  Hmm....
Output: Yes
I'd like to see a "loophole" to fire the occupants of the clown bus.....
Output: Yes
Anchorage would be a ghost town if not propped up by tax money - state money and especially federal money.  The people who lecture and pontificate about rural Alaska's dependence on public money  are clueless hypocrites.   And racist too!  Most of Alaska's wealth - spiritual, cultural, economic comes out of rural Alaska.  The whole world knows this. Read a book.
Output: Yes
nuttier and nuttier
Output: Yes
"1000 Friends of Oregon was founded in 1975 by Governor Tom McCall and attorney Henry Richmond as a nonprofit watchdog organization advocating for and ensuring adherence to Senate Bill 100", Oregon’s recently adopted land-use law."  " Signed into law on May 29, 1973, Oregon Senate Bill 100 created an institutional structure for statewide planning. It required every Oregon city and county to prepare a comprehensive plan in accordance with a set of general state goals." "Passage of SB 100 created the Land Conservation and Development Commission to oversee compliance of local planning with statewide goals, with staff support from the Department of Land Conservation and Development."  

Oregon Historical Society
Output: No
I think this article chooses to ignore the more common sense complaints made by those of us who don't like the way this city is currently being developed.  We can accept that some houses will be torn down and replaced with apartments in the name of density, but too often these numbers are used to justify wasteful and short-sighted building practices.  For instance, in the case of the Eastmoreland sequoia lots (a story I imagine developers and sympathizers of this article scoffed at), the neighborhood offered a very viable plan to build two smaller houses on the property without clearcutting the land, along with compensation for preserving the trees.  Such houses would have been more affordable, and saved a valuable public resource: big trees.  This option was rejected because the developer didn't have kit houses of the right size and shape available.  A little creativity, common sense, and smarts could solve both the issue of density and destruction of the things we like about PDX.
Output: No
Test on humans. We're animals too.  But oh, right, we're "special" animals because ... why?
Output: No
Stupid crap. Spend the money on more bridges over the ala wai. Oh no... Maikiki might get pissed. WEAK governing rules!!!
Output: Yes
Glad you asked. Put all of the State of Alaska's revenue into the Permanent Fund which would raise the fund to around $70 billion. Then pay the state 4% of the fund balance every year to be used for their operating and capital expenses. In years when the fund produces more than 6% in earnings, pay the excess earnings out to the public in the form of a dividend. Under the plan, this year the State would get approximately $2.8 billion. Of course that is short of what they want but it is sustainable into perpetuity. Continuing to build to the Permanent Fund is the Future of Alaska. We accept pain now, for the benefit of a brighter future!
Output: No
The money generated by this ballot measure is specifically earmarked for DHS and k-12 education, NOT PERS.  Its going to help our schools (which it should be obvi we have a serious problem with education), mental health services (also woefully underfunded in OR), and senior services (the silver tsunami is coming).  We already pay enough in income taxes and property taxes.  Medium and small business pay a ton as well.  That's why its just for class c corporations making over 25 mil in sales.  
I think the fact that no one can agree what corporations pay and don't pay is telling in itself.  Even people who study this can't agree. 
As far as it passing to the bottom line, no one can control what corporations will do.  But again, I will side with kids, seniors, and the mentally disabled over corporations any day of the week.
Output: No
So we understand, Chuck, you do support conflicts of interest then?
Output: No
and the feverish hand-wringing continues. as if it's gonna change how peeople here have been growing, eating smoking, and transporting their pot for the flast 40 years WITHOUT ANY HELP from the state. In fact, in many case's the state's own stupidity has only aided the "criminals" we would have a tome filled with legends of yore, heralding our own successes against these bumbling sheriff of knottingham types.
Output: Yes
A root problem of how we deal with addiction is that we treat it as fundamentally criminal instead of medical. Sadly, maybe having a young, photogenic, non-minority woman as yet another victim of the 45 years-long War on Drugs™ mentality will further bring attention to how backwards and counterproductive we are as a society and polity in dealing with addiction and treatment. This politically-motivated and special-interest perpetuated “effort” needs to end and the massive resources spent on this miserable boondoggle need to be invested in intelligent and enlightened preventive and medical solutions from the 21st Century. Of course, in addition to the private prison corporations, prison guard unions, governmental recipients of asset forfeiture, etc., the Mexican cartels and everyone else profiting on the black market side will be quite displeased with decriminalization. Take a look at how Portugal has been handling this since 2000. My condolences to the Green family.
Output: Yes
Boozer:  I'm guessing the Courts will eventually decide if this ban is a "traffic safety matter" or a blatant attempt to circumvent the Constitutional Protections provided by the First Amendment.  

I've yet to read of a single incident of a traffic accident being caused by someone passing spare change to a panhandler.  I've yet to read of a single incident of a panhandler being struck by a vehicle.

If you follow the "traffic safety" logic, Springfield should make it completely illegal for pedestrians to cross main street.  Why don't you tally the number killed crossing that street and compare it to the number of panhandlers struck by vehicles.

The proposed ban is, indeed, that "end run" I suggest.  I don't expect the City or any supporters of the ban to acknowledge this (although a few posters on this site have done so).   I don't expect the Police Chief to acknowledge it.  I don't expect the City Council to acknowledge it.  I don't expect Springfield's attorneys to acknowledge it
Output: No
You appear to be excusing away something which many here find to be morally indefensible regardless of what's written into statute.

More Fun Trivia: Vadla Way is a part of the same subdivision as Jerry Prevo's house.  I'm pretty sure that ABT or persons with close ties to same played a role in subdividing and/or developing that tract.
Output: Yes
CIVIL - The guy fired in an area where gunshots are not common. He did not tell owner anything of his reasoning. He drove off and did not tell police why he fired a gun in a residential area. He was called in by witness as he fled. He is guilty.
Output: Yes
Where does the 'well-regulated militia' come from?  In those days especially, it came from a populace that was familiar with firearms.
Output: No
Keeping it in my car is not safe, especially these days with the 100s of cars being stolen.  (So much for relying on the police, eh?)  For one, guns ARE NOT TOYS.  If someone is treating a gun as a toy, that might be the time to call the police.  

As with any weapon, you need training.  (That includes your hand-to-hand combat -- and I'm not trained in that.)  

How do you disarm a shooter without a gun and a mass of bodies running around?
Output: No
HOW in the heck can anyone from Alaska even begin to think there is no global warming? I live in the same town, Wasilla, and we are having one heck of an early spring. Beyond anything I've seen in my 38 years in Alaska. It is really nice outside and as for global warming and living in Alaska, bring it on! lol....
Output: Yes
Trump could erase half this shortcoming by cross dressing.
Output: Yes
Troll trolly troll. What now?
Output: Yes
Do you own a shotgun?  Excellent.  Take it out.  Load it with one round, any shot will do.  Now point it square at your TV.  Release the safety.  Pull the trigger.  

Now doesn't that feel better?
Output: No
The GOP leadership has been hijacked by anti tax extremists, bought and sold by the oil industry. Meanwhile the ship is slowly sinking. I am afraid there is no real hope until these turkeys are removed from office.
Output: Yes
Great.  "I'm afraid Astoria will grow up to be big like Portland, and it'll lose its soul.  But first, let me talk about how great it is!"

As a transplant myself (not from Portland--out of state), I've always been drawn to this area.  I hate that it's getting bigger--I don't want it to.  I don't want it to grow so much that the FIRST thing I tell people about Astoria if they ask is that it's awful and terrible.  Why?  Because I don't want them to come.

THANKS for writing article on how great Astoria is...this type of publicity is part of the problem.
Output: Yes
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Output: Yes
What does the rest of the Trump cheerleading squad have to say about this?

http://www.adn.com/politics/article/donald-trump-campaign-unveils-alaska-supporters-including-treadwell-mcguire/2016/05/16/
Output: Yes
Hillarious ItsMe. I lived in Chicago for 8 years and never heard one gun shot and that was back in the mid to late 70s when the murder rate was double what it is now. I've lived in Anchorage for 11 years and have heard more gunshots within the city limits (excluding the gun range) than I can count on my fingers and toes.
Output: No
Dang, the Obooba is back.
Output: No
Keep in mind that the epicenter was over 150 miles from Anchorage. A M7 or even M6 happening much closer to town would look a lot different.
Output: No
First off, it's not a theory: a vote not cast for Hillary is a vote for Trump. Period.
Hillary is a strong supporter of health care: she brought the issue to the fore years ago where it remained.
Women's rights: she's been a champion of equal pay and other issues (Planned Parenthood) for decades.
African-Americans overwhelmingly support her. Do you know why?
Minimum wage: $12. Not as high as Bern, but a large improvement.
Gun control: a decades' long supporter of toughening laws.
Immigration: supporter of Obama.
Education: platform calls for free community college; debt-free public university attendance through $2500/year credit.
So, I don't know what you mean about her progressive ideas and credentials. Not as far as Bern, right, but a MASSIVE, MASSIVE difference from Trump.
Please, read this and learn a bit about her: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/hillary-clinton-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/
Output: No
I thought they gave a discount or free education.  You can work for state minimum wage with employers working around your schedule at just about every restaurant and gas station in town. They are teaching the kids their time and product (their labor is their product) Has no value if the employer gives them a flexible schedule.
Output: No
They want blood. Don't give it to them!
Output: Yes
No, THE PEOPLE don't elect the Senate. THE PEOPLE elect the President. But I suspect you already know that.
Output: No
I knew it would just be a matter of time before Dan caved in to the Senate establishment. Never mind what the Republican electorate has to say. No cojones Dan? Check the Judge's record and associations and then tell me who is the racist. It's time for you Rinos to get on board the Trump Train or SHFU.
Output: Yes
Democratic counterpart has not presented him with a list of specific demands and “needs to come to the table and talk.” What if your counterpart said,"DON'T BUY THAT DAMN GLASS BUILDING. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR RABBIT ASS MIND." What if he said that?
Output: Yes
I think when Mr. Thompson publicly proclaims his sincere belief that everyone who opposes Trump's proposals personally hates him, his wife, his kids, and his church, then, yes, he may discover that some people will perceive him as 'ignorant.'
Output: Yes
I must be losing it.  I actually had to go online to discover the answer.  

I kept going for one of the dead critter jokes or the 4 elephants in a Fiat joke.
Output: No
"Castro said she couldn't recall police handling any similar chase involving construction equipment during her time at the police department."

Of course, you don't specify how long she's been working there.  Found on page B2 of the September 30, 1995 ADN:

"A 32-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after he was caught driving a steamroller he had taken from a Mountain View construction site, according to the Anchorage Police Department. John Rudolph Gaetke took the machinery from a construction site on North Bragaw Street around 4 a.m. and was later spotted driving north on Bragaw by a Checker Cab driver, who alerted police. At the scene, Sgt. Ross Plummer pulled his patrol car behind the steamroller..."
Output: No
500,000 barrels of oil on the wall 500,000 barrels of oil.  If one of those barrels happen to fall 499,000 barrels of oil.   Can't hide the decline.
Output: No
And since she is more than three years younger than he is AND is  under age 16, he can be adjudicated as a sex offender for life.  That's on top of it being a Class C Felony.

Maybe our high schools need to have classes in avoiding stupidity.  

Of course, if you consider how many high schools have 'educators' doing the same things or worse,  (including Thurston High School just this year) maybe we would have to bring in a non-educator to provide the instruction.
Output: Yes
Now you are debating like a coward. It was an attack claiming privilege. I only went to school in England for 3 months than had to return due to finances. I dropped out at 14 rather than subject myself to the gross incompetence of Oregon public schools. I taught myself as poverty is no excuse, and it disgusts me to no end when people use poverty as an excuse for their failures. I never went to high school and yet I scored 79% higher on the GED than the national high school graduate taking the same tests. Furthermore, this forum does not allow me to post on everything you stated, you would understand that if you gave thought before speaking. (to be continued)
Output: Yes
I don't think there are many people that pay more than they have to..whether your rich or not why pay more than you legally have to pay?
Output: No
Do you even live in Alaska's Arctic, or are you howling from Anchorage or places further south??
Output: Yes
Beautiful and clearly a sign of true and pure evolution. Ignorance is rampant in Alaska but you have sorted through the antiquated tidbits to extract truth and humanity. Wonderful !
Output: Yes
Translation: Trump may win the Republican nomination. There is even a small chance he will be the next President. He hates much of the present Republican establishment and would demolish it. He isn't totally on board as far as unthinking support of Israel. He is bringing on board the thoughts and needs of the very low income blue collar Republicans, people who are not regarding highly by the super rich. He supports those in border states. 

Bush is out, Rubio is in charge. 
Sure, what is said here in this article is rational and reasonable. Saying "Trump’s GOP is a rear-window party pining for a white America that never is coming back" pretty much tosses those blue collar workers under the bus.
I will be voting for Bernie, but even I recognize what is happening. 
The billionaire vote is terrified of their own base, who could cost them both the Senate and the Presidency. So that base is now fair game. The support for Rubio is now mandatory. 
Hugh Massengill, Eugene
Output: Yes
Most of us are sick of your inane scribbling.
Output: Yes
Mark Begich and Joe Murdey are your heroes.
Output: No
Because freedom is so over rate ?
Venezuela is a economic power house that we should emulate ?
Because those that fought, bleed, & died fighting Socialism should be forgotten, & their graves paved over ?
Output: No
Amber, I agree with your enthusiasm about solar power, and think everything possible must be done to encourage it.  However, attacking coal as a source of electricity generation won't be very useful locally for Lane Community College, since Eugene's power is mostly hydroelectric, and only a trace amount comes from coal (see http://www.eweb.org/resources ).  I think your local OSPIRG chapter might be more effective with an "act locally" campaign.
Output: Yes
Of course, you wouldn't want to send a person to someplace where they might gain reasons to not drink. No, instead, we'll just suck them dry financially, physically, and spiritually by sending them to jail and then to a treatment program that teaches them that life has no meaning beyond this moment and that the only thing in life that matters is staying sober. 

AA and other spiritually-based 12 Step programs are effective. That's why they're court-ordered. Medical and psychological "treatment" programs have huge failure rates -- almost double that of 12 Step programs. Having experience with the treatment programs through working in mental health, I believe its because they don't give the addict anything to replace the drugs with except will-power and cognitive exercises. It promotes hopelessness. 

That said, not every program works for every addict. Diversity of choices is a good thing.
Output: Yes
Tax and spend liberalism in overdrive now.
Output: No
The moral of this story? Cats rock.
Output: No
The US will probably be the last to accept the reality. The ridiculous war on drugs has been a huge failure. US politicians that are happy with the bogus war, are probably profiting off it. The familiar scam of US politics in...inaction.
Output: Yes
I guess I'm still missing the part about he Republicans being exposed after the Garland nomination.
Output: No
My big interest here is - at best, thriving - and at worst, sustainable, regional game populations.         
Since pre-oil, Alaska guides have - rightfully - had a strong voice on  the BOG - and they only were able to become guides through expensive and time-consuming "internship" hours.  They occupied a near-insignificant niche in total wildlife-taking.

But then the State had only about 200-250,000 people,  & there wasn't as nearly as much time & money for locals to be away from tasks of building and providing, to "play" at non-meat big game hunting. Game was primarily for food. 
Now we have less game & thanks to our bountiful State & oil economy, more wealthy Alaskan sport hunters. Frankly, guided hunting economics & interests have served pretty well as a check against over-hunting. I disagree with MANY BOG decisions- most clearly regarding wolf-culling and I'd like a far stronger non-hunter BOG presence. But guides have been a boon to conservation, to F&G managers and to BOG data.
Output: No
For NY and CA to raise their minimum wages does the rest of the country a favor.  Business now concentrated in those states will move production and other functions to states suffering from lack of local opportunity.
Output: No
And all the people living off the state and feds, they contribute nothing and just take. How is that fair to keep asking people who *do* work to pay more and more? A sales tax really is the fair way. Rural Alaskans need to quit whining too -- they don't contribute either but at the same time whine constantly about the cost to live in their villages when they are the ones that choose to live in a place where milk has to be flown in, and that's why it's $8 a gallon.
Output: No
That's what happens when you pair up power hungry religious folk with oil.
Output: Yes
Dat knee grrr was a thug. I normally use N word right bout here. Blacks support anything without knowing about it first.
Output: Yes
So you are saying that the more money spent on education, the better the education?  Show the evidence please.
Output: No
You cant be a student athlete without being a student, Vernon had to be in a graduate program of some kind, same for Dakota
Output: No
Kivalina is built in a stupid place. So why is this everyone problem? What does it contribute to the state? What infrastructure there is worth saving? The oil money has run out so all of these seasonal hunting camps that people decided to settle in permanently can no longer be subsidized. Nobody in their right mind would buy one of the "houses" there so the real estate market is a bust. Nobody is going to put any money into a business so again, what does Kivalina contribute to the state? The best thing that could happen would be for the Feds to condemn the village, demolish it and let the island return back to nature. The residents could be given X amount of dollars to relocate wherever they choose.
Output: Yes
This is exactly why I don't have a Twitter or Facebook account.
Output: No
Hey look, not that many years ago we were afforded the opportunity to vote whether to keep the annual dividend or take a one time buy out. I voted for the buy out....but no, keeping the annual check passed and here we are. I recall each eligible person would have received somewhere between 25-40k each. Don't ya wish ya could turn back that clock now?
Output: No
Damn, Celia! Seems EVERYBODY is out to get you! You must be really important!
Output: Yes
_"He is on his 'I’ll say whatever I want' and 'I want Hillary for Presiden'” dichotomy."_

MC -- You're slipping buddy. Your elements do not constitute a "dichotomy," which is "a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different."

_Your statement_ on the other hand was a fine example of a malapropism. ;-)

-- Paul
Output: No
I doubt it, seen it happen before and unless they were gay they weren't loving each other. They were ticked.
Output: Yes
"Blindly supporting someone because of party affiliation..............skills".   She would be a disaster in the White House.
Output: Yes
it is amazing that someone, somehow,  did not step in and "stop" this guy.  with PTSD he should not have been living by a park, had access to a gun or just plain walking the streets.  hate to say it, but jails are made for people like this - menaces to everyone else.  the system did fail us.
Output: Yes
Nah, if pharmacists and bar tenders can figure it out, so can dispensaries.
Output: No
You are off topic. The Super Delegates can vote however they choose to regardless of what the vote in the primaries is. I will say it again - the current corrupt two party system is destroying the USA.
Output: Yes
And my condolences to you.
Output: No
Wait a sec until I make a baloney sandwich from this.

OK, now I'm ready.

The oil companies didn't give Alaskans one red cent. We (the legislature and numerous governors) allowed them to pump OUR oil at bargain-basement rates. And often had to sue them to get even that.

And please drop the "90% of the state budget" misinformation. Thanks to SB21 (and stop with the Aces red herring - the legislature rejected a fix that would have provided a reasonable floor for production taxes) we are in line to net about $225 million from our oil next year - out of a $5 billion budget. Do the percentage on that. While providing three times ($775 million) that much in oil tax credits.

In terms of current income, the oil companies could slip out the door, and it would hardly impact the state's budget. But then, who would be there to feed our corrupt legislators?
Output: Yes
Then they are are... wait for it...  not a Catholic. 

On one hand, I fully understand. Humans have some innate draw towards a vague spirituality. The church's job, however, is to use that vague notion to control and profit from them. 

You seem to want a pat on the head for attending a church that you disagree with. Instead, I would label you as the worst kind of hypocrite. You can satisfy you spirituality at home. The church is typically left for social networking, political correctness and self promotion.
Output: Yes
Ethical attorneys don't say that.  Ethical attorneys turn down non-meritorious appeals.  The legislature has an ethical attorney who gave it sound advice.  It ignored that.  The cost of this "flat fee Washington firm" should be borne personally by the legislators who are not acting in the state's best interests by pursuing a frivolous appeal.
Output: Yes
And of course being so ethical you opted to keep the overage remaining after you bought your three squares a day and loved that TDY because you generally increased your take home three or four hundred a week.

Right?
Output: No
Except that it is government " demanding I give them my resources, time .....for free", not corporate America.
Output: No
Balanced approach, so where it matters the only representation is about continued theft of our resources leaving the state worse off... sounds balanced to me to, bet you watch that fair and balanced channel too if you believe what you just wrote.... how shameful that a little deceit calms some believers.  We are fighting for our very lives, you seem to take it pretty lightly.
Output: Yes
I believe my memory on this is accurate. Insurance companies are regulated by the states with varying degrees of scrutiny. Policies being sold across state borders would have opened the door to federal regulation. The insurance companies prefer the state by state approach because it benefits them. They can charge premiums that are very different from state to state without disclosure to the state regulators, only controlled by the existence of competition. 
Alaska is a small market in which many specialists have combined into large group practices, reducing competition for inclusion under medical insurance plans and giving them leverage.  It's the free market system, just like our gasoline situation.
Output: No
George get over yourself....Welcome to the "new" Alaska that you helped to create. And if you think you will get one once of reliable help from Dunleavey...guess again. We all know you want to go to Juneau as a state rep to help "straighten" us all out....Bunk...you are just more of the same as your sainted "buddy" Father "Mikey" maybe you can jam thru funding for Parochial Schools....
Output: Yes
It's not accurate to call Lucy Vinis the mayor-elect before she wins the November election. She can still lose, or she might even drop out.
Output: No
I suppose you were banned, just like the Governor and Attorney General in Washington. Flunk Law School, get a Bar Degree.
"(a) The State has enacted legislation in an area where the federal interest has been manifest since the beginning of the Republic and is now well established." Kennedy, J., delivered the oil for a unanimous Court.
http://www.admiraltylawguide.com/supct/Locke.pdf
Output: No
Horrible argument.  Fool.
Output: Yes
Full Definition of perverse
   1 a :  turned away from what is right or good :  corrupt b :  improper, incorrect c :  contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law <perverse verdict>
  2 a :  obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable, or accepted :  wrongheaded b :  arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy
  3 :  marked by peevishness or petulance :  cranky

A fellow poster has stated "vote for diversity.  vote for Trump."  In the context of Mr. Trump's demonstrated and enunciated personal values and attitude toward others, may I suggest that slogan should be "VOTE FOR PERVERSITY. VOTE FOR TRUMP."
Output: Yes
No yo don't need a brain to useyour 2nd Amendmentioned rights. You don't need one to have an  opinion either and use your 1st Amendment rights.
Output: No
Look up the word 'teamwork'- it takes everybody to be successful at reaching their goals. Get off the high horse.
Output: No
This ban on smoking is so dumb.. each town and city should have the right to make their own rules.. if you dont like being around smoke dont go to that establishment.. I dont smoke and i hate breathing it in but i support peoples liberties..
Output: Yes
Legislators will wait until after the election.
Output: No
I live in a state where property rights are elevated above all other concerns.  Garbage dumps exist beside salmon streams, wrecked cars are stacked in a backyard right beside homes in neighborhoods.  Anyone can build a sawmill or establish a kennel full of constantly barking dogs next to your dream home.  Wetlands are deeply important to maintaining clean water and a habitat for many animals and for flood control.  But none of these concerns matter against the rights of a person to do anything, no matter how irresponsible, with their own property.   Clean water is important to everyone.  At some point everyone needs to be willing to compromise to keep our land livable for all.  I'll agree with making the process more affordable, but if you buy wetlands you should be willing to be responsible for it.
Output: No
Actually, I kind of like Trump.
Output: No
I agree 1000% . If only we could have more than the pathetic 30% of usual voter participation.
Output: Yes
We've already thoroughly tested the non-government method, and it's contributed to the destruction of our economy, the destruction of our middle-class, the financial destruction of countless American families, and unnecessary illnesses and deaths of our citizens merely because they could not afford access even when they had/have  insurance.
Output: No
Hey...AK folks,  almost same move the US government made on our Social Security funds...It is your money they are taking...What don't you understand
about they are (Taking) your $MONEY$....they are doing nothing to reduce the cost of Government...Read the (Purpose & Intent) of the Perm-Fund...Again it is (YOUR MONEY) IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE...YOU ARE
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Output: No
Ah yes, in the 80's the ADN classifieds was chock-a-block full of deals. We need another shake out to get the kearbears outta here!
Output: Yes
I'm not sure it's appropriate to have a picture of someone smoking before a run to support cancer.
Output: No
Fair point -- and this week I've noticed troopers making traffic stops all over town. Definitely a new thing, but I take your point.
Output: No
and yet I would still rate car "salespersons" and used car "salespersons" higher than attorneys and computer sales people
Output: No
Elections have consequences
Output: No
Can we vote for no more politicians?
Output: No
My Uncle Henry got a 2013 Mercedes SLS AMG Convertible from only workin part-time on a home computer.......... 
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Output: No
I can't believe all those dumb right wingers.  Who cares about zika virus and women and babies dying when birds and other  creatures could be harmed by DDT by using it to kill one of Gaia's creatures - the mosquito. We should send some zika virus to planed parenthood.
Output: Yes
It looks to me like Alaska was led to the poor house with out Begich at the helm or even in the legislature. How did that happen, pray tell.
Output: No
Krugman is not alone in his examination of Sanders. The country needs someone with experience and gravitas, not more rhetoric (from either side). Hillary Clinton has her faults, but she has the substance to govern well.

-- Paul
Output: Yes
A state GOP politician has been 'reprimanded' for attempting to 'seek bipartisanship?' Does anybody find that odd?
Output: No
The only safeguard "regular" citizens have against the powerful is a more powerful governance. It is incredible that "conservatives" cannot seem to understand it. We are in a very strange and unique (among all other people upon this earth) position wherein close-to-a-majority of regular working-class Americans have so become worshipful of the rich and powerful that they somehow have become accustomed to identify with their "oppressors" goals. 
If denying people health care, good schools, and safe neighborhoods isn't oppression, what the heck is?
Output: Yes
Telecom trolls are always the first to comment in these blogs.  They have a vested interest in ridiculing the science and participants in information dissemination.  It is only a matter of time when the media can't quarterback for the industry.  It is shameful that the WW sides with the flat earthists on thie issue
Output: Yes
18 could mean new driver. Let's hope they weren't young, dumb, and full of rum.

In the meantime I hope the one person on critical pulls through.
Output: Yes
I too have been around the area for many years.  The trails that skirt the park perimeter are a long ways from any tourist areas and there's only one way into the park for snowmobiles, and there are big fines for leaving the trails.  You sound like you obviously don't like snowmobiles.  If you are going to talk bad about snowmobile riders, you should throw in some facts and links to the things you mention.  Otherwise it's just talk.
Output: No
It sounds to me like your "forces of evil" are my forces for rationality.  I'm for cutting the crazy out of legislation.
Output: Yes
"Unaffiliated voters for the most part tossed their ballots in the trash or the recycling bin, the data show."

I don't think the data even address how voters disposed of their ballots. Perhaps they burned them or used them as birdcage liner. Perhaps they are saving them for another election day, hoping to get in the last word. Maybe Lucy Vinis was just excited to see her name in print and she autographed and framed several copies for her friends.

The tally was heavily buoyed, by the way.
Output: No
Islamic terrorism. They don't care if your tolerant, they just care that your American.
Output: Yes
Not legally you haven't. You can get away with smoking in these places but if you get caught you could receive a civil fine.

Mainly, it's dumb to make a product legal but provide nowhere  to consume it.
Output: Yes
True enough.  Alas, for many conservatives the world can only be black or white, and Mr. Trump is Dubya on steroids.  Not only are you "against me" if you're not "for me," you're a loser and stupid and (choose your Trump invective here).  Hyperbole should no longer be tempered:  Mr. Trump is a "leader" in the same vein as Hitler and Mussolini.  Consistently deprecating (and increasingly openly violent toward) to those who not only disagree with him, but are doing their jobs (or not) as journalists.  Not simply a cartoonish narcissistic blowhard, but a rallying point for the ignorant, angry and uninformed.  There will be violence, and worse, coming from the Trump camp, I fear.  The Republican party created this monster in 50 years since Nixon (both their racist, misogynist, homophobic "core" and the individual now leading them), and when you sleep with dogs, you get fleas.  They have no idea where to scratch, which is both gratifyingly hilarious and frightening.
Output: Yes
The truth became arrogance at the dawn of political correctness: May 7th, 1994.
Output: Yes
Senate gun bill backers refuse to admit it will cost state money...

and refuse to add the Capitol, LIO's  and their own other offices where concealed weapons can be carried.

What's with that? What are they afraid of?  What's good for university students should be good for legislators and their staff.
Output: Yes
25 years ago.....I caught 4 teens entering my house one night. My German Sheppard and I escorted them off the property. I never called the police because kids do foolish things and I didn't want to ruin their lives with a police record.
Output: Yes
And a bank was willing to loan you money to buy those five rentals, even though you were making $10.50 per hour? Does not compute.
Output: No
The credits helped Armstrong oil and gas and many others have found billions and billions of  barrels of new oil.

Oil prices will come back so why is the Governor and others taking away Permanent funds from all Alaskans every year? 

Why are they making all Alaskans pay income taxes every year? 

Why tax so many things Alaskans enjoy when the state has been given so much free oil money that is now flowing over in excess at $ 8,200,000,000,000.00 Alaska petrodollars!
Output: No
Yes.
Why would you even ask such a question? Have you ever considered that  ramp-up in conjunction with the known outcome of SB 21 combined with foreign policy moves in the MidEast, Ukraine and Russia point at a contrived, i.e. engineered scheme with Alaska and other states as pawns to international intrigue?
Output: No
the courts created this dysfunction by ruling people have the right to be social parasites leeching off of others to get out of their responsibility to work and support themselves, and have overturned vagrancy laws.
Output: Yes
We should have been regulating insurance (and healthcare) a long time ago.  We regulate utilities (phone, electricity, gas), so why not?  If it's mandatory, it should be regulated.
Output: No
RR: Crime of passion? You think this was about passion? Did you read his statement? She had asked him to put gun away cause he was drinking and come to bed. He then pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. Crime of passion denotes reason, he had none.
Output: No
Why should U of A alumnus continue donating to the university system when it isn't crystal clear how many classroom position are going to be gutted?  Administrative costs need to be scaled down before classrooms take a hit.  If the board of regents are being paid, are they going to take a financial hit too?  Instead of having nine regents, what about paring that number down to five?  Consolidation can sometimes be a bad idea.  The last time the board of regents gave the order to consolidate, smaller communities took most of the financial gutting and academic programs were completely eliminated, which forced students to either move to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or  chose an out of state college.  Times have, indeed, changed and now any college-age student can take Distance Delivery courses and still obtain a degree as good as or better than students that sit in a classroom.  It's too bad the Republican legislators don't take their own fiscal gutting advise.
Output: Yes
Great read Alan. Is Alaskan oil development more like Russia, with their oligarchs, or Norway? Alaskans need to realize that most worldwide oil production comes from a state owned facility, the oil industry needs us more than we need them. Many members of the current Alaska State Senate have been to Norway, ask them if there is anything we can learn.
Output: No
So what's with the "homosexual agenda"
remark? My parents were strictly anti-gay, but they had me. Everyone in my family and everyone I dealt with as a child was straight. I didn't fit the frggin mold! Uh-oh! My parents hate me! My Sunday school teacher hates me! I'm evil, a sinner, going to hell-oh no! Maybe if I pretend! (This is where a lot of gay youth turn to drug or suicide.) Lucky me, I met some people who were like me. I even fell in love. I want to marry that person, but it doesn't suit ---- you??? Because I won't have children? Thr human race won't perish if a few of us don't reproduce. The Bundys and Duggars of the world will see to that.
Output: Yes
Well I'm sure most of you on this site are happy about this. This is just the beginning of what's going to be a terrible year for everyone. The anti-oil folks should all pat themselves on the back, well done.
Output: No
You throw in the years of tax reductions for the pharmaceutical houses in Puerto Rico which are just now hatching their toxic eggs for their residents and Big Pharma's profits, as aided by the Senate and Congress of the United States, really tend to add up.
Output: Yes
"Facts" can totally be racist. They can leave out important information, they can be gathered in questionable ways, they can be presented in a biased manner. To pretend like there is some impeachable "truth" and that somehow, magically, that truth helps you maintain your place of privilege is dangerous, but it's what the dominant group has always done to help them stay in power. You can call me a "social justice warrior" and a "progressive leftist" if that makes you feel better, but it doesn't make you any more right or any less bigoted.
Output: Yes
Except this trash was left all around/in a natural environment. Homeless camps and the homeless population in Portland are not comparable at all to this situation. And there was obviously a lot more left behind than "some guy leaving a cooler"...wouldn't you say? In which case....are homeless camps just "some guy leaving his sleeping bag under the bridge"? What's the big deal either way, huh?
Output: Yes
Well B to Z you sound like a real wimp, with not much going on between your ears. 
If I saw you pulling a gun on my dog, I would be shooting at you too. So you might think about actually crossing the street to avoid the dog and continuing your outing with your kid, which is what any reasonable person would do.
Output: Yes
These people are profoundly stupid. Lone Pine is an excellent example of what I am addressing. This local grower is not welcomed in downtown Eugene as they are openly discriminated against. LCFM prevents any and all growers from vending downtown Eugene who do not rip off the community gouging $1.50 for a single ear of corn.
Output: Yes
I bet I could save a whole bunch of money if I privatized the management of the Marine Highways System.   I might even hire some managers who gave a damn what it cost to run the Blue Canoes.
Output: No
Monsters under your bed, Jeffy?  Have your mommy leave the light on.
Output: Yes
I'm tired of reading from various prominent state leaders, not the legislators, that we need "new revenue."  OK, Fran, what new revenue?  You've served in plenty of high caliber appointed position inside and outside of Alaska, surely you can do better than beat around the bush.  The only new revenue that's been kicked around in op-eds is taxes:  Tax the PFD, income tax, education head tax ranging from $100-$500 depending on one's income, additional fuel tax, marijuana tax, more cigarette tax, and a statewide sales tax.  No on new revenue taxes until the Legislature cuts $50 million from its own budget, and repeals SB21 tax credits.
Output: No
Clinton is a creature of the system, and so is singularly unappealing to those who think the system is broken. I honestly can't see that there's any way to change that reality between now and the election. Her best bet is the same thing she's always counted on: to be the lesser evil.

I, however, am no longer willing to hold my nose and vote for the least objectionable candidate between the two offered by the major parties. I've done that to varying degrees for my whole voting life, and I'm tired of it. I suspect that I'm not alone.
Output: Yes
Not to worry.  Obama is importing millions of Muslims to replace the Mexicans.  

Mr Trump, build that wall.
Output: Yes
Yes, we do know the timeframe from the stories provided. He had lots of time to get in his truck if he's telling the truth. 4-5 barks=10+ seconds.

I like your fantasy about a family's loyal labrador becoming a vicious killing machine in the space of a few seconds, about to rip off the face of a child, heroically dispatched by a Hollywood producer who generously moved to Alaska to become a co pilot for a regional airline and who was so afraid of the animal in question that he parked his vehicle in its yard and walked his toddler over to it.  A man so responsible that he keeps guns in the house with four toddlers and apparently posts nude pictures of the kids on social media. yes this man is certainly a worthy subject for our admiration.

For the rest of us who have survived decades on earth without having to carry guns around to protect us from the shadows we jump at, the mentality required to feel that you need a concealed weapon on a day to day basis is really incomprehensible.
Output: Yes
Trump sad person but what is even sadder is persons that support this train wreck.
Output: Yes
"...the government has more than honored woman on our money already."

Three women.  

That's how little our government has honored women.  

And a Native American has already been featured on U.S. paper money.
Output: No
The "man bites dog" story has evolved into "man shoots dog"---A comment on our heavily armed 2nd Amendment society.  

Condolences for the loss of your dog, a family member.  Condolences also to the man who felt he had to shoot it.  Bear in mind that no one planned this---It was an unfortunate convergence of circumstances involving a small child, an aggressive dog, and a man with a gun; one that all parties have to now move forward on, as neighbors.  Let APD do their jobs, and try to work toward forgiving each other
Output: No
How many of those are done by "gangbangers and criminals" such as those you suggested in your previous posts?
Output: Yes
Agree,except the driver might have been texting (as opposed to drunk or drugged).  Distracted driving kills.  
The body cams are not a bad idea.
Output: Yes
If I remember right when Sarah Palin was running for V P did not try and tell the America what Obama was all about? McCain told her to not say any thing, She knew Obama's history Muslim born and raised, look he has done to our country. Destroyed every way he can he hates America, Read the history on this Muslim family of Obama Winston Churchill put Obama grandfather in prison he was a Muslim and killing people.
Output: Yes
Its called late term abortion? irradiation of ...."the problem"...(sarcasm)
Output: No
What gifts of voice and narrative and oh what heart!  I'll teach Geek Love till I yeah no more.

Gratitude, Dreamlet.  😈
Output: No
Good job. But both parties need to put the brakes on  the PFD raid whether or not it is used to cover corporate tax credits, high income  tax havens, state personnel or anything else. The kids and their parents need it today and will need it tomorrow to avoid growing income inequality and voter defeat.No excuse. No deal on the Permanent Fund.
Output: Yes
I used that quote because Regan has a folk hero status with many of the conservatives, the real damage done by his administration was the repeal of the anti trust laws which has negatively impacted the balance of wealth ever since, look no further that the " secrecy " clauses between the State and oil companies for an example of the legal monopoly.
Output: No
I doubt Sowell dismisses the agency of African-Americans in the fight to end slavery. Next thing you'll say is the civil war was about states' rights and not slavery.
Output: No
Actual reality politics in this country aside (i.e "It's never going to happen"), the Parliamentary systems of Britain, Israel, Japan, Germany etc. where multiple political parties exist and can have an actual 'piece of the action' to the extent of sometimes getting to be in charge of a portion of the actual Governmental Administration or at least real input on some pending legislation or governmental policies is at least superficially attractive.  

The ability to hang up everything to get your own way by one or more minorities is both the strength and the weakness of those systems, however. 

 Just as the 2/3 Senate super-majority requirement for some things is for our system.
Output: No
We could gather up the panhandlers and bus them to the fields. They'd have meaningful employment and could get back on their feet. I don't know how we'd go about assigning work. You - out to the field! You - wade through the entrails! You - clean those toilets! 
No complaining!
Output: Yes