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" They are going to have a level playing field" ! What a joke . They will also want all the balls , bats and water bottles. Hopefully out team has the "Onions " to take them on!

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" There's an important role for men in women’s equality" Absolutely, and this is why was so confounded by the response to Sophie Trudeau's post the other day. This was what she was talking about.....men and women standing together for equality.

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" There you go again ! " to quote Reagan.... Two of my comments were indeed deleted. But how would anyone know that except for a troll who keeps track of my comments ? You just further confirmed what we all know about you. As to calling me a bully - beauty exists in the eye of the beholder. But you called Hooded Claw " unchristian " ! Now that's unconscionable in this forum.

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" There is to be no contesting against error. " I think you know, Bill Garber, that I totally disagree with this limited view and approach to true witnessing. A true believer advocates and defends positive truth and attacks errors on every level that is outside bible truth. What if Luther took your position???? He attack Rome in no uncertain terms and Jesus did the same of those apostate Jewish leaders and even said, "Ye are of your father the devil....." John the Baptist said, "You generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come......" Your approach in my evaluation is some "sissy butt" method that is so wimpy no one would take it seriously and would end up laughing your system out of town. A redemptive attitude may be somewhat difficult to maintain in a head on confrontation, like Elijah on Mt. Carmel when he mocked the false gods. But it is still a necessity for a comprehensive witness and testimony.

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" There are whole segments of our church who seem to excuse criminal behavior toward women. Are those the same ones who now oppose women's ordination?" Our church is not the civil government. They put Pipim out of the church and it is not our duty to have church cops and criminal lawyers to deal with civil infractions of church members once they are disfellowshipped. Women today don't know their place in society, the home or the church. They have been duped by the "social justice" advocates into thinking they should hold the same level of authority as men when God has not ordained any such level of authority in the civil government, the home or the church. Get over it and quit "cry babying" all over the church demanding your "rights" to equal authority with men. You are rebelling against God and the position He has created for you to hold as responsible Christian women who "know their place" as God has ordained it.

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" There are no facts without underlying assumptions." Hogwash. The world is round, not flat, and 100 gazillion other statements are simple facts. They do not need qualifiers and statements of assumption.

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" The suburbs of Paris have turned into jihadi factories". If you can manage to find any jihadis in the suburbs of Paris, what they will tell you is that the suburbs of Paris are full of apostate Muslims.

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" The retired pediatric neurosurgeon ... is known for his personal high moral standards..." Which are? I do know Trump recently attacked Republicans who weren't "standing by" their "man" when Trumps hateful sexual predatory comments came to light. Even a black South African immigrant to this country knows claims of criminal sexual acts when he hears them. Maybe we need to review our laws.

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" The power of marketing "...... That may be - but is also a convenient deflection, an excuse ... "Those evil corporations made me do it !" NOBODY is pointing an AK47 at your head, and the corporations peddling this junk will go bankrupt is we don't buy. It is we who ultimately choose to market to ourselves .-) A pet peeve of mine - the entire absence of any promotion of personal responsibility by our social engineering and psychobabbler industries - instead plenty of officially condoned excuses why it is never our fault as we waddle to the diabetic clinic. Perhaps grade inflated critical thinking doesn't work in the real world. There ARE consequences ..... self inflicted.

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" The policy of inflation makes it impossible for the common man to plan for his future." ~ Ludwig von Mises.

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" The only reason the increase is slated is because Island County politicians beg D.C. for more because they want more $$$ and can't figure a way to do it with private industry." Sad, but very accurate.

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" The nicest people .. are usually very tough on those who would exploit .. the most vulnerable .." This makes the Pope's exceedingly stern rebuke of the Nigerian priests in question, including references both to mortal sin in not following the Pope and to the danger of scandal arising from this all the more intriguing. And troubling. I have no problem with a pope who alludes to mortal sin or who calls Catholics to obedience or who wishes to avoid scandal. How could I ? But, it is hard to ignore that this unprecedented (for Francis) rebuke is directed at priests on an impoverished continent over what even in the internet age counts as "a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing." Would Francis have reacted similarly in say a German diocese? Might C Kasper's very low opinion of the African church have been important? Is this the only, or the most serious, scandal facing Catholicism? How come mortal sin figures here but never in 200+ pages of Amoris L ?

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" The man has no moral compass and absolutely no personal code of ethics or personal integrity." what a stupid thing to say, troll

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" The man cannot distinguish important from trivia." ;) His thinking appears to be clear, unlike your assumptions. Executive order: The order notes that Trump plans to seek the “prompt repeal” of the law. In the meantime, it allows the Health and Human Services Department and other federal agencies to delay implementing any piece of the law that might impose any economic cost. Using similar orders, the new president also signed into law a new national day of patriotism and signaled plans to build a new missile defence system to protect against perceived threats from Iran and North Korea. The Trump White House stripped the official website of all mention of Obama’s key policy agendas, including climate change and LGBT rights along with the civil rights history section. The various subsections of the White House website were replaced with just six; energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement, and trade deals.

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" The justice system failed women again." No, the justice system worked as intended. These women failed themselves by lying under oath.

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" The issue would never had arisen if he were not 'half-black'." WOW! Hahaha...HOW do you know that? You state it as Fact. Ridiculous! That sure is seeing racism everywhere. Wow. Can we go to the racetrack?

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" The freedom of a woman to say, "Naw, I don't want to go..." And the freedom of a boy to say "Yes I want to go to university..." and actually have an equal chance to get there. But you are right feminists spend a lot of time telling women what they should do. A lot of the time they succeed, sometimes there are epics fails though. Like the attempt to tell women they shouldn't want to look sexually appealing to men. Went over like a lead balloon. Sometimes it is received poorly yet still manages to affect things like the derision heaped on women who chose to be "only a housewife" or "only a stay at home mother".

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" The fact that it applies to existing buildings not built to hold the additional loads on the roof makes it a very bad idea." Are you a structural engineer who can speak with knowledge of the subject?

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" The czars’ eastward push into Siberia mirrored America’s westward..".Who is writing this nonsense ??!! The conquest of Siberia happened during 1580 - late 1700s period,way before what the U.S did...

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" The court may not include in findings made under this subsection any mental health diagnosis or any connection between the risk presented by the respondent and mental illness." The Order takes away any firearms for one year. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB719/A-Engrossed

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" The attack, it said, was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria."

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" The alternative is to ship these people who cross into Canada in cattle cars back to wherever. " This is the second time that you have used imagery of the extermination of jews by nazis to describe the situation of refugees and or migrants to Canada. Being returned to the USA has no semblance to being put in a sealed cattle car on the way to gassing and incineration in a death camp. Why this need to dishonour and trivialize the memory of those who died in the millions under unspeakable circumstances?

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" The actual cost remains undetermined, but Kennedy said the cost of premiums could be 20 percent less than the rates available on the individual insurance market." WHAT? And this woman was treasurer? "We don't know how much it will cost but it might be 20% less" or it might be 20% more, or it might be 80% less. Heck, we don't know, but it might really be good so vote for this! "Her proposal also would allow anyone to join the state employee’s health insurance system to provide an additional option." Does she think the state system is so affordable all state employees pay it entirely out of their paycheck? I'd guess like most states Colorado has a high benefit system and state budgets pay a significant portion of the cost. I suspect she thinks her portion when she was a state employee is all it costs, and that's a little scary.

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" The accumulation of the facts " LOLOLOLOOLOLOLOL Funny how facts need to be gathered oh, so carefully when it's a white guy with a heavy trigger finger. We know the 'facts' as soon as a truck hits a crowd.

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" The U.S. .... is to blame for many innocent deaths caused by the blockade." Despite our good relationship Cuba, Cubans are not free to come to Canada to seek medical care you claim the US denies them. They are prisoners in a slave state.

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" The Republican tax plan would deliver major gains for the richest 1 percent of Americans " But, but, but Hillary and Barack.............................blah, blah, blah. Deflection.

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" The Catholic Church offers ethical advice covering countless aspects of moral conduct. " Lip Service. Where are the removal of bishops for tolerating clerical sexual abuse of children by priests up to and including the likes of Pell ?

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" The CULTURAL VALUES surrounding women, critical inquiry, freedom of expression and freedom of conscience in many Muslim countries are OFTEN AT ODDS WITH with prevailing WESTERN NORMS. " WHAT?? The day after International Women's Day? Where are the howls of protest and outrage by Trudeau, the Liberals and NDP to protect Women's Rights? OFTEN AT ODDS??? The truth is they are COMPLETELY OPPOSITE. WESTERN NORMS and CANADIAN VALUES such as supremacy of national laws, equality of sexes, rational thought, freedom of expression and ideas, rejection of misogyny, rejection of irrational superstitions, criticism of religion and rejection of imposition of irrational religious law are INDIVISIBLE AND NOT OPEN FOR ACCOMMODATION OR REFORMS. Sheema, the religious CULTURAL VALUES that you advocate and support in your writings are what MUST CHANGE to adapt to WESTERN RIGHTS AND CANADIAN VALUES.

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" That is not definitive, though. That is sort of speculative at this time." Translation: we have no real evidence, but we're going to make silly proclamations nonetheless.

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" TMT contested hearing is about holding people in power accountable to rules. Put that in the context of a Trump presidency. That should help you understand." Come on Milner, really? Trump isn't in office yet. It should be put in the context of an Obama presidency you mean. Obama has been the King issuing executive orders right and left, sending troops back into Iraq as "advisors" and now we have thousands there again. Obama has chosen to completely ignore immigration laws and tried to allow tens of thousands of illegal entrants to remain in the U.S., which a court struck down. The real story will be after the contested case hearing is finished. If found not to have shown sufficient cause to stop the TMT, will opponents abide by the decision? Of course not! They will just say that "The Kingdom still lives", or the "State doesn't have jurisdiction over them" or some other delusional ideas and protest the site, another Standing Rock. And radical Tulsi Gabbard will be in the mix.

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" THIS is how she repays him??" Since when did an elected representative's job become an issue of quid pro quo? Murkowski was elected to work for what she believes is in the best interest of those that she was elected to represent. While I don't always align with her politically, I will give her credit for standing firm on what she believes is right for Alaskans, regardless of political backlash.

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" Suicide, like murder, contradicts the divine world order." According to UNICEF - About 29,000 children under the age of five – 21 each minute – die every day. During the Black Plague in the Middle Age. some 75,000,000 to 200,000,000 infants - toddlers - teenagers - adult men, women, pregnant women, deacons, nuns, priests, RCC hierarchy, as well as Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus as well as all other Religions were killed. The Spanish Flu of 1918 killed from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 worldwide. According to HHS, in 2012 some 21,000,000 women worldwide suffered miscarriage. So God is contradicting his own " divine world order ". Right ? Further - why does God so torture and prolong the death of so many who are suffering so horribly - when he has so much human blood on his hands ?

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" Such a meeting would be about be about coopting each other for political advantage, not for promoting the Kingdom." Indeed, this entire little tempest is highly political, and in no way for "promoting the Kingdom." If the pope does not meet with the evangelicals whom his personal propagandists attack, they come out in the high side for at least asking. If he does meet with them, they still come out ahead for seeming to take the lead in healing a culture war that has spilled into the spiritual realm. So on the PR front this is a win-win for the evangelicals. On the religious front, it's just another day in the life of the culture wars which ultimately are about personal morality.

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" Stop pretending that appealing to a base of voters is some new concept that just started in November 2016." NO! YOU stop pretending that T Rump's comments were not designed to appeal to his white supremacist base.

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" Some employers' objective is a workforce that reflects local demographics " That's nice way of saying they are hiring less qualified people on the rounds of race and sex. But no matter how your dress it up and rationalize it to yourself the guy they don't hire solely because he is male knows he is being discriminated against. "I'm sorry ... drives some to suicide" Funny how it disproportionately affects boys. But you don't care about that. You are so steeped in female privilege you can't even see it. "men don't live as long because generally they don't look after themselves" And females are taught to put themselves first - that is part of your female privilege in our society, the privilege you don't see. And females aren't expected to do all the jobs that get you killed, maimed or just plain physically used up. But you don't see that female privilege either do you. Suicide, job conditions, social roles and conditioning... those are the things that shorten men's lifespans.

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" Solidarity"....what a nebulous term. Unity in the face of the followers of a monstrous homicidal duicidal belief system? That everyone hold hands and sing Kumbaya waiting passively for the next assault?

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" Social networks should treat far-right [& far-left] extremists like Islamic State " . . . both the far-right & far-left represent horrific bigotry & tragic Human history -- but given the reality of today's 'Islamic State', which practices and promotes monstrous beheadings, torture, murder, teaching little children to behead and murder; effectively tearing Humans into little pieces of inconsequential matter -- this comparison between the North American right-left extremist groups just does not grind glass into the soul as the rabid heinous religious-based 'Islamic State'.. Getting rid of hate speech online is a noble effort -- the problem is who polices the authoritarians..??

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" So unless the Patriot Act can be turned into a Constitutional Amendment, the SCOTUS will not decide based on any special anti-terrorism principles." No. They will decide however on 8 U.S.C. § 1182 in which Congress clearly delegated to the president the authority to suspend the entry of any aliens into the U.S. when he believes it would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” Precedence has also been set by President Chester Arthur, who banned Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. amid concerns of unemployment. Then, in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, which limited the number of immigrants coming to the U.S. while completely barring Asian immigrants. The SCOTUS will rule in favor of Trump's EO much to the dismay of many.

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" Simone de Bouvier"? You mean Simone de Beauvoir... BTW, the English version was a very truncated one. I read the whole original work, in the original French, when I was in my early twenties. Many later feminists totally ignored her complex Existentialist interpretation and oversimplified it. I also had a very supportive father who never made me feel I was inferior to boys, there are a lot of those around, enough with the generalisations about men being the enemy.

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" Showing love and having standards is not mutually exclusive." This is correct. But it is not the agenda for the liberal spirituality. In the liberal agenda, love has no standards but to "feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and provide for the homeless." Everything else is "out the window." No doctrine, no standards, no theology, and no bible and especially, no EGW. You don't know what the controversy is about and neither do most church members.

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" She’s starting a new political group to oppose Donald Trump’s policies," ------------------ Will the group be more open to political perspectives that are demonstrably more likely to bring the buffoon down than the Democratic Party establishment ?

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" She was using the car as a destructive, deadly weapon with no regard for human life! " Dude: The article said no such thing. There were only two customers inside the store. This woman is definitely emotionally unstable, though. She may suffer from some serious mental disorders.

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" Sharia is nothing more, nor less, than a principle that a religious Muslim will follow the commandments of the Quran." Actually "Sharia Law" in it's use and practice is where a Muslim takes and excepts only the 'LITERAL' interpretation presented in the Quran. Which s more often then not grossly exacerbated to unspeakable extremes by SOME Muslim Clerics and leaders. http://www.towleroad.com/2016/10/muslim-preacher-who-called-for-beheading-of-gay-people-to-lecture-in-london-watch/ Sharia Law encompasses many gross extremes including but not limited to racism and bigotry. Which makes the left's argument of " racism and bigotry" against the anti-Sharia protestors appear silly if not right down ingornate.

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" Screaming at California transplants won't change that. Gary Crum" First off, I was not "screaming" at Californians at all in my post. I was very much to the point in my remarks, and backed them up with hard statistics. It is a most unfair and underhanded debate tactic on your part, to make such a characterization of my post. Clearly, you added that comment to marginalize me, and I thus resent it. And when did I say that this situation can be changed? You are putting words in my mouth that I never said. which is a most unfair thing for you to do, to again mischaracterize my remarks like that. I simply made my post to help explain why some people are upset about so many Californians moving to our state. That is something that the Register Guard did not attempt to do at all, in their article.

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" Science minister mulls forcing universities to attract more female researchers". Yeahp, it works wonders. Look at our federal government, gender equality is more important for job positions than skill, intelligence, who cares about for the good of the people.

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" Say anything often enough and it becomes conventional wisdom, regardless of the reality." Isn't this the Faux News modus operandi ?

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" Rural AK is a welfare state, it exists on State and Federal funding with next to nothing of value being produced." I guess oil is next to nothing, eh? Good thing all the stuff produced in Anchorage pays for the rest of the state. Whew! What would we do without Anchorage???

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" Rogue Muslim " could have penned the same during the Crusades.

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" Reversing the trend of dramatically increasing costs and a sustainable path forward on Medicaid." That's what Obamacare did. McConnellcare cuts taxes for the, "Big Boys," by $800 Billon Bucks. McConnellcare also cuts Medicaid by$800 Billion Bucks. Go figure. Which is greater? Three times as much or Five times as much? If you answered Five times as much you were right and if you re over 60 you lose! Seniors will pay Five times as much under the GOP plan. Very Bad Bill. A disaster. Aye-aye-aye...it gets worse people. Vote no. P.S. Our Senators get to stay in he D.C. health exchange and get Obamacare for themselves. Yea.

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" Republicans just don't care." How can you say that! They do care. A lot. About money for the elites. And about insulting "lefties". They caringly care. They're the scariest. Sorry, I mean cariest.

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" Republican Representative Steve King wrote on Twitter that “violence is incited by the leading cultural voices of the Left” and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich cited an “increasing hostility on the left.” Lesson To Steve: Violence is incited by allowing free rein to the NRA. Note to Newt: After decades of abuse, you finally tipped someone over the edge. Take ownership of your ignorance Newt.

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" Public Editor: We must earn your trust that we’re the real deal" *** Ms. Stead is correct the G&M needs to earn our trust that it is a legit conveyor of actual news. This, of course, was robbed from it and other western media sources during the American leadership campaigns, and the Presidential campaign. The G&M swallowed the bait of Trump fishing for constant publicity, which became the focus. Overlooked was the resoundingly unpopular Democratic candidate and her 17 year record of unpopularity. Rally behind the woman for being a woman. Ignored was the core support base of Obama coverting support to her. How could the G&M have get it so wrong? Why does it continue to swallow the bait? It is only just recently that the Trump government has begun to receive coverage of its' policies that are beginning to have impact especially on the international scene, which this paper has only just begun to cover. NAFTA, Mosul, and all that.

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" Practically speaking sexual assault is a male on female" Absolutely not true at all, at least in the US. There are huge numbers of rapes where men are victims. A large percentage of them while they are in the care of the state.

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" Police arrested Alexandre Bissonnette in connection with the mass shooting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described it as an act of terror." How's that Trudeau was incredible quick to describe this a crime against Islam, a terrorist act, yet the man in question hasn't been charged as such. Not only that, but the young PM and Obama, were never able to give a name to the terrorists. For this 2 amigos they just couldn't find an islamic connection to barbaric acts against humanity. Mm?

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" Perhaps Mr. Sorensen would enlighten us as where someone who wishes to work full time might go to obtain a full time job in the current economy." Well, Dr. Taylor, maybe you should go ask the present Democrat president this question who promised a better USA by way of his administration and been in office 8 years? All Christians should be more than willing to help the poor on some level. But to gender entitlements with the idea "everybody owes me a living" is hardly the agenda that helps anybody. And if I don't get what I want, I am entitled to plunder and loot to get it because it is what I deserve. But this is the attitude our present President has advocated on various levels. No one has divided America and gendered hatred between people and races than our present leader. If you deny it, you have your head in the sand.

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" Paglia and her girlfriends told them to get bent. Today, young women are telling their critics to do the same, and rightfully so." Someday it will be your turn, babe. Too funny.

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" Only 10 percent of players disrespected their country yesterday but to hear the liberal press dishonestly tell it---nearly all did." Interesting comment, RR. Where did you dig up that 10% figure?

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" One day, Christianity could be a minority too. Consider that." I think that people have considered that.

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" Once a religious institution (Protestant, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventist, etc.) makes a pronouncement about "The Truth," writes it down, defends it for years and years and centuries, etc. in public, it is almost impossible for that religious body to admit that they made a mistake....." Yes, Dr. Taylor, and this is why it is imperative for every individual to carefully examine every issue and not simply say, "Well, the church has said....." When Paul said, "Prove all things, hold fast that which is good", he included his own statements of faith. And commended the Bereans who "search the scriptures daily, whether (what Paul said) was so." So, as I said in the beginning, if you don't believe in the testimony of EGW and how she interpreted the bible, hit the road. She is the "classic" SDA and non-negotiable in her definition of what SDA's believe. Just as Paul is of the Christian faith. Those who reject Paul soon reject Christanity. Or, try to twist Paul to say what he did not.

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" On Wednesday, the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, called Mr. Trump to tell him that the leak of the material did not come from U.S. agencies and that the intelligence community had made no judgment on the credibility of the claims." Obviously for reasons of national security, the intelligence community must further investigate these claims and make a judgment one way or the other. If they are true, Trump is essentially owned by Putin. If not, Americans have the right to know.

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" Okay, robot, I get that you have a fixed script and appear to lack the ability to step outside the boundaries of your programming." You have a problem following the dictates of logic. I even supplied to you the objection that would have done me in, had it been true, but you are oblivious to logic. Even robots are superior to you in that regard. You are the programmed one, dear ATF. You say: "I think we can only surmise God's will once we are past "love God and love one another." So much of what the apostles remembered Jesus said was explained in cultural conditioned understanding and is limited to the knowledge of the time Jesus knew them." Forget Catholicism; with the premise you just stated above, it's astounding you even call yourself Christian, for it's clear you don;t put much stock in the NT. I'll be counting sheep tonight, thinking of you.

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" Oh no, oh no, the sky is falling !!!"

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" Now, what Thomas did, was he decided to become an employee and representative of a team (the Boston Bruins). He was not coerced or forced into doing this; he did so of his own free will. Just like his Founding Fathers would have wanted. Then, he decided that because it was inconvenient for him, he abused his contract." Remember Tim Thomas? Of course, we are talking about a white house visit and not taking the knee, but white house visits are playing into this narrative as well. There are double standards at play, after all.

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" No one's interpretation of the bible should control how other members of a faith community follow their interpretation of the bible. " And this is the problem and is a false statement by Dr. Taylor. A church community has every right to define itself and explain what that community believes the bible teaches. And to claim you can rebel and believe as you please and still remain a member is simply blatant rebellion. If you don't agree, then you are free to withdraw from that community and join another, or start your own if you think you can. And the article is a false dilemma about authority. While the early church claimed final authority over the bible, they also claimed the right to kill anyone who disagreed and/or opposed their views. So to equate the SDA church government with this false spirituality is not the facts of the matter. Dan Jackson should simply start his own church and quit rebelling against properly ordained authority in the SDA church.

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" My wife is cooking some (Bison) up for supper tomorrow. " . That will be a nice change from Bald Eagle stew all winter.... :)

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" Muslims stood shoulder-to-shoulder, engaged in soulful and peaceful worship." except the men and women are separated, with men taking the dominant position. Not really shoulder to shoulder.

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" Muslim women are an easy political target" Do you know what they do to people who wear western style clothing in Islamic countries? First they beat them, then arrest them, then put them into prison with no trial and force them to wear traditional Islamic clothing. Easy political targets right?

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" Much of the violence in Charlottesville was black on white (or representatives thereof). No sentence enhancement there." <citation needed> So far, I've only seen white dudes kill at the charlotte rally, or get charged with crimes. There was the crying nazi, pretty sure he wasn't black.

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" Mr. Drumpf's speech before the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation yesterday, was one of powerful, articulated excellence, and long overdue. It showed great strength, something that past administrations have long lacked, especially Mr. Obama who was very weak on the concerns raised in that speech, and it was well received." How odd. I also saw that speech and was appalled that such an ignorant dilettante represents our country on the world stage. I guess we just have different ideas about what America could/should be.

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" Money buys access and influence. That's not the way a Christian community should work."

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" Mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy..." Sounds a lot like the current occupants of the Oval office. "Agitate, agitate, agitate."

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" Media personnel who access the closed area do so at their own risk, and the state or county may seek reimbursement pursuant to chapter 137 for search and rescue expenses incurred on behalf of those media personnel.” strike out "may" and replace with "shall" and it's a good bill. the public wants information, however, the media should not be placing their agents in danger with no regard for their safety or the cost of recovering their bodies.

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" Meanwhile, a Pew poll earlier this year found that nearly half of Israeli Jews said Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel and that 79 per cent of Israeli Jews agreed that Israel should give preferential treatment to Jews." Used to show how un-tolerant the Jews are. Meanwhile show me how much religious and political freedom the Jews have in the Arab states.

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" McCain is one of few Republicans willing to stand up for the American story." Unfortunate that Brooks couldn't resist partisanship. It is that very partisanship that provides the foundation of our currently dysfunctional political environment. McCain is an American first, a republican second. Whereas Brooks is apparently the opposite, i.e. a democrat first and an American second. It is hard to imagine how the modern liberal came into being. The liberals who view Americans first as members of their racial, ethnic, religious, or gender groups rather than as simply Americans. The modern fake liberal is death to universality and solidarity. Some day they will have all of us fighting between our little perceived groups, white supremacists, white males, feminists, blacks, illegal aliens, gays, and the list goes on. Identity with the little group rather than as Americans.

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" Maybe we need more parking at the edges of downtown " Unfortunately, every time they need a quick shot of cash, they'll just sell off the parking lots to developers and move the lots further away and less convenient. They do this a lot, the most recent one I'm aware of is at Wilson station... full lots 5 days a week and they sacked half the space so developers could hae more retail. We sadly cannot accept a politician's word or decision because as soon as it is convenient, they'll make us regret it.

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" Lyft launched in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks as soon as the bill was signed on Thursday." I mean, that's exactly what the article says, Jim.

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" Local law enforcement doesn't want to touch unlicensed establishments, James Hoelscher, enforcement supervisor with the Control Office, told the board members." Good ! Leaving the people alone is the right course of inaction. Let freedom ring !

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" Just deflection in a myriad of different ways. A true snake oil salesman, and millions are still buying it by the boatload." Ah yes. The ole' "deflection" trick. It works on everyone - except you, of course. But you can't be fooled - you're just too darn smart! Fortunately we have you to tell us what's REALLY going on. Thanks.

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" Jordan Peterson....express the dangerous idea that gender is biological, rather than socially constructed." - Men and women are not the same. What we are seeing many more women going to university and bringing their genetics with them. Women have evolved to be in the village as mothers, wive, homemakers, etc. In the village it is about family and friends, no hash words, no tough debates, it is a safe space. Men have done the hard work, fought the wars, build the roads, bridges, sky scrappers, hydroplanes. etc. If men were effected so much by words the other army would just call them names and then they would give up. We would have been dead long ago. - Men have done the hard work for thousands of years, no safe space for them, so women can live the easy life in the village, away from the trolls and hard words. Kind of ironic that men are being throw under a bus after sacrificing so much for women, isn't it? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2POQxUqKq8

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" Jesus was always on the side of children; it's very sad that the church that claims to follow him is not." Even if child sexual abuse is close to zero since the mid-nineties, while according to he INSERM Report (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) published in France in 2006: 10% of women said they were victims of sexual assault before the age of 18? Who do you think has a problem in France? The Church or society? And why is the French TV investigative program not interested in trying to punish 21 dead bishops and not in the children suffering now and in the near future?

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" JP claimed that islamists worship the same God as Christians" Which is true. . JP denied that that the Old Covenant had been broken. As did the Apostle Paul. JP, by way of approving the Balamand statement, rejected the notion that the Orthodox need to be converted. Big deal. He claimed that non Catholic sects have saints. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran, was a martyr, killed by the Nazis for his Christian stance. Benedict claimed that Jews are not excluded from salvation {barring invincible ignorance, they certainly are, sans conversion}. He further stated that a "Jew, and this is true for believers of other religions, does not need to know or acknowledge Christ...in order to be saved". That is what Vatican II taught -- do deny it places you in heresy. Nope, what you demonstrate, McHale, is that you reject authentic Catholicism.

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" It’s not an incredibly difficult feat to get an adult (over 18) man to participate…." And one over 21, if the observations in the bars of my youth at closing time are any indication. Especially opening day of deer hunting season!

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" Its A No Brainier" Yes a carbon tax, it's to save the planet not enrich an already overly entitled government - what a joke!!!! Bring on O'Leary. Psssst Justin, Trump isn't a globalist - now what little potato??? How the Marxist must be bristling.

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" It's complicated " , for some.

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" It's all Anishinaabeg territory to me, even if the men with guns at the border don't think so." Interesting to know if any 'whites' (non-Anishinaabeg) have crept into YOUR family tree over many hundreds of years. If they have, then you must respect the ways of the other part of your make up with the same deference with which you respect the native ways. The non-native part might take some getting used to, but as far as that border goes, you might would do well to respect that as well. That is, if you want the same respect returned to you.

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" It's 'Christians'. " I presume you meant those "other" Christians and not yourself. Touching ...

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" It would be the same if we had no immigration at all." This kinda highlights your entire post as drivel, you know... You are literally saying that increasing demand and giving priority to select population has no impact on service for the whole. That is simply ridiculous.

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" It was time for Harper and his style of top-down, secretive, corporate-focused leadership to go. But there may well be a large constituency in this country for the positions espoused by some of the Conservative Party's leadership candidates." Tend to agree with you....it wasn't so much the Conservative party's policies (snitch line etc.) that turned off prospective voters (those that are left of centre were never going to vote for the Conservatives anyways...), but rather that many small "c" conservative voters were indeed tired of Harper's "top-down, secretive, corporate focused leadership". Although I did vote for the Conservatives in the last election, that had more to do with my unwillingness to vote for Mr. "snowboard instructor" Trudeau ..... had someone else headed up the Liberal party, I probably would have voted Liberal.

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" It isn’t a stretch to think his [Trump's] rhetoric may have resulted in the mass murder of Muslims in Quebec City. " Actually, that is a stretch, or more precisely, a shortcut. Many of us are visually based learners, and the link between danger and visual clues is one such shortcut that hits the front of our minds instantly, regardless of our ethnicity or religion, all over the globe. This is the root of racism, and it is hard-wired in virtually all of us. Some of us, like the writer, have minds wired for ideological confrontation, and produce sentences like the one quoted above. That response springs from the same type of mental shortcuts that produce racism, and it is apparently just as invisible to the ideologue as prejudice is to the racist. But she's right. in the same way that Harvey Milk was right. We need to get to know each other. That's what re-routes our thought processes to override these shortcuts, and may produce a more tolerant world.

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" It is presenting it within the context of the people's lives of TODAY." There lies the problem of the progressives. The truth is the same today, 2000 years ago and 2000 years into the future. In your ignorant view you posit that intelligent people from the past 2000 years were totally clueless, and luckily our generation came about and fixed all the problems. When a Prince of the Church no longer has any belief in the supernatural, that to me means he is an apostate. Kindly read his writings, he does not believe in any of the miracles of Jesus. This is not my opinion but his own words. It would not surprise me to find out he has no belief in the existence of Satan or Hell. Most Jesuits of "Today" would agree with Cardinal Kasper's views, which once again shows the apostasy in the Catholic Church of Today. Do you believe in the Miracle of the Fishes, Jesus walking on the water, or changing water into wine?

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" It is not so easy for you to be sure of what overseas money is doing in Vancouver right now." Overseas money is buying commercial properties in Vancouver now as there was no tax levied. And it is driving up the prices on those properties. Capital finds its way Dr. and no amount of government tinkering will solve that problem.

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" It is important for Canada to diversify" How do you that? If the wise Pierre Trudeau couldn't do that, who would be able to? the less brilliant JT, Wynne, or Butts?

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" It is clear that she deliberately breached her oath to tell the truth." Which is a polite way of saying she's a liar.

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" It is aimed at extremist Muslims." I don't care if it's aimed at Martians. Martians who've moved to Canada can enjoy their Charter rights just like anyone else. Many people here (including you) are crying fake tears for the poor terrified bus driver who has to let some middle aged woman board his bus without seeing her face, but many people wearing balaclavas have boarded buses in Montreal and somehow *it was never a problem until now*. Why don't you just admit the real reason you like this law, and stop advancing phony and transparently terrible "public safety" arguments?

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" Islamist terrorists aren't attacking Western interests due to an "extreme and irrational fear" of the West." 8 year old Martin Richard, 29 year old Krystle Campbell, and 23 year old Lu Lingzi who were simply watching a race and offered no threat to the Islamic terrorists who took their lives.

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" Is there a consortia of 'pure catholic church' types,...." Where can one sign up for that. I would like to be in their number, when the saints go marching in.

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" Is it so difficult to accept that those with whom you disagree may also believe that they have Canada's best interests at heart?" It would be easier if so many did not make it clear they do not. They positively gloat at the idea of white, European, Christian culture getting what they consider its just deserts for what they see as centuries of racism, colonialism, oppression, etc., and getting replaced by "brown" people who are somehow intrinsically more virtuous and admirable. Right on these boards, never mind elsewhere.

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" Is it not more likely that reception of him will healing and uplift to the one receiving?" Not the one who receives him in the spirit I just mentioned . . . not only in mortal sin, but in defiant lack of repentence. They spit on the Eucharist. The Church has always reasonably taught this.

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" Is it because many of us cannot imagine what it's like to live on reserves, with poor and inadequate housing and limited access to subpar education?" It is because many of us don't imagine but know the horrors of war that killed millions and caused many of us to leave family, friends, and possessions thousands of kilometres away to seek a better life for ourselves and our children in Canada with little more than the clothes on our backs.

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" Inhalation of ammonium phosphate may affect neurological systems in the body and cause permanent damage " ( https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsv.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAmmoniumfosfat&edit-text= )

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