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" Average price of a unit is 3.5 million " Not for locals by any means. Soon Kakaako will be one gated community.

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" At the end of the day she was an entrepreneur seeking capital". Tells you all you need to know about O'Leery. Ugh!

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" As its death nil approaches the CPC crowd has just become louder and more bitter." This is a bigoted comment that labels all members of one group as having negative attributes.

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" As President he had the Constitution on his side to implement an executive order until such compromise can take place" IF you mean Barry did something illegal and dared the states to take him to court and win, which they did, then yes. If you think any lawful president would have done what Barry did, you are a kool aid drinker. Why stop at that. Why not support the president issuing an EO declaring martial law and rescinding all Americans' rights until someone can win in court?

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" Are we being honest in acting as though we're unrelated to other Christians?" Being related to other Christians is light years from some affinity to the Muslim faith. It is a false dilemma to equate the two concepts as have some relevant parallel. The Muslim faith has no affinity to Christanity. If the RCC is antichrist for a false Christanity, Muslims are blatant heathen and must be dealt with on this basis. Paul never said to the Gentiles, your faith is like our faith, all we need is some understanding and a little "tweaking" of your faith to be in harmony with Christanity. The devil is creating a one world religion and more than a few SDA's don't know up for down in what constitutes true bible faith. Everybody is a candidate for heaven and should be treated accordingly. But patronizing is not a viable method for evangelism.

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" Are Canadians too stupid to pick and vote for their own leaders?" Apparently, sometimes.

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" Anti-Muslim hatred stirring in Alberta is, sadly, nothing new." What in the world do the authors expect ? Every time that violence with Muslim involvement is mentioned,the media reports Muslims are to blame. The attacks on European and North American countries have all been preceded by Muslims being attacked. Retaliation is the appropriate word, not extremism. The US, Canada, the UK, France Spain, Italy, Germany all were involved in Afghanistan. So Muslims have retaliated. Not surprising since their countries are used to fighting. So the media has to start reporting the whole story, not starting with the violence by Muslims. The Quebec mosque killer had been exposed to the media`s version of Muslims for years. So he was killing the media`s version of Muslims. Now how does the media undo all the misinformation and provide a balanced picture?

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" And, in the winter of 1977, the Vatican issued Inter Insigniores, declaring its "inability" to ordain women because women lacked a "natural resemblance" to the male Jesus." What a shocking statement! Is this what we are afraid to change. How much importance did Christ lend to the body? Niente. He always spoke of spirit and of a kingdom that was not of this world.

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" And the drama is strictly in the minds of the cross-examiners who demand yes and know [sic] answers from the Pope and accuse him of heresy." What is the "neither Yes nor No" Catholic answer to the following: Does God exist? Did God create the world and the people in it? Was Jesus Christ God? Was Jesus Christ fully human? Did Jesus Christ institute 7 sacraments?

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" And guess what, he's a Christian!" - A "Christian" is defined by action - it is not a self identified label or definition - - someone may call himself a "neurosurgeon" without studying medicine , surgery and neurosurgical technique ....... - but that doesnt make him capable of resecting your meningioma

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" And folks, a 16 year old girl is still a child." According to the law a 16 year old, regardless of gender, is mature enough to make these decisions.

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" An authoritarian leader has abruptly closed America’s borders to people from countries he doesn’t like. " I dont ever recall anything in the US or Canadian Constitutions saying that every citizen in the world has the God given right to enter the United States (or Canada for that matter). Throwing up your hands and protesting that people's human rights are being trampled because you are enforcing the rule of law and restricting border access is completely rediculous. Any country can decide to allow, or disallow, any person, individual, corporate or business entity, transit across their borders on any grounds that they so choose. It could be country of origin (like Trump's order), it could even be based on skin color, IQ, religion, or anything else, up to and including that some guy doesn't like the way that they look. Thats why they call it a border. It is the political division between one nation and another. If you dont like it, go to a different country more to your liking.

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" An Army Sanity Board Evaluation concluded he suffered from schizotypal personality disorder."

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" Also, the idea of religious schools, especially for marginalised and racialised populations is problematic because ultimately the result is further segregation....." ....................perhaps that is a succinct summary . In fact that is exactly what the Islamic students are doing with a separation within a school. But..... religion should be taught as "History" since that is what is really is. People who profess to "know" all of the happenings in the schools and attendant tribunals seem to miss obvious things. The demand for a separate room for Islamic students is the classic example. To the point where people will ask, as they are doing.................................. Is Islam a religion or a cult. ?

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" All of society benefits from a strong public education system." Forgive me for questioning the " strong public education system "... Achievements such as Discovery Math are an intellectual embarassment, never mind grade inflation and " everybody passes " ! Private school parents pay all the usual education taxes - on top of that their private school bills.

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" All four of my children used to attend a full-time Islamic school." Children can not understand metaphors, they don't need "religion education." Just going to religion school does not make someone spiritual. Spirituality is something to work on in their adult life. I don't want my taxes supporting any religions, schools, or even giving religions tax breaks. Children have a right to live in a secular home. The lie is if you follow the rules of one of the three book religions you will be spiritual. This is what we have today in Canada, so many narcissistic adults who think they are more pious than the rest of us.

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" All evidence points towards humanity altering the global climate" In what way ? evidence? How much? Has it all been our fault ? Is all climate change bad? Does the climate change all on it's own ? naturally?

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" A territory needs to be able to produce it's own food in order to remain autonomous, in my opinion." Just so - and at least 4 of the 10 provinces have recognized that with laws.

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" A sphere has no corners. But Isaiah 40:22 speaks of “the circle of the earth”." Actually, "Compass" is the word. The compass was and still is used to draw circles on flat surfaces: one end with a sharp point stuck into the paper, and a second point to scribe an arc. The Bible claims that the gods used a compass to draw a circle on the flat Earth and then put a crystal dome over the circle to keep the celestial water out.

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" A northbound vehicle turned into the southbound lane." If they were heading north they could just pull over at the pipe, not have to move into south bound traffic.

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" A military unit at maximum combat effectiveness is a military unit least likely to suffer casualties. Winning in war is often only a matter of inches, and unnecessary distraction or any dilution of the combat effectiveness puts the mission and lives in jeopardy. Risking the lives of a military unit in combat to provide career opportunities or accommodate the personal desires or interests of an individual, or group of individuals, is more than bad military judgment. It is morally wrong. [emphasis added]" http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/28/6-ridiculous-arguments-favor-transgender-soldiers/ "If race and sex are equivalent, why does the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have rules for transgender athletes but not for black athletes?"

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" A lesbian , a native, and a Rabi are in a life boat ... " Yadda yadda yadda

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" A day Without Women"..................What a bummer. I don't mind making my own sandwiches. I like making my own sandwiches. It provids me with the platform to exhibit my latent creativity, after all, no two sandwiches should look the same. What has me gravely concerned is.................The housework. Who will do the vacuuming and dishes. Then there is the laundry. Usually I'd say all that can wait to be done on the weekend, but this weekend my wife has to paint the house and rake the back yard.

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" A Yemeni would tell you something similar" Really? Where's your proof? In reality they are too busy being bombed and killed by the Saudis. Your comment is nonsensical.

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" 99% of people think that men & women should be allowed to keep their existing rights of equal treatment to use their own restroom." Oh really? Do you have a source for that?

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" 3 white men", that sounds racist ? 33 days !!!

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" ..the idea of the corporate world calling the shots on university research is nightmarish in its broader implications.." I gave you a star for the last two sentences - but the "corporate world" is where the rubber of reality hits the road and produces the goodies of our western life style. Rather than blame corporations I would blame voters - nothing is "free" ... Ontariowe comes to mind. A gaping void in our education philosophy.

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" ..putting money into the preservation of native languages would be a concrete gesture that could produce equally concrete benefits..." Well - the money would be appreciated and spent by the language police - but guaranteed without any permanent benefit to the FN - merely preserving isolation and hopeless life style of frustration. Being multilingual and having been around the globe more often than I wish to count - my experience: - English is the language of busines, technology, logistics, documentation .... No matter whether you are in China, Japan, Europe ..... - Translation beyond the superficial - involving deep cultural context - is tricky, very expensive and of limited availability. Technical translation is not possible for languages that have not evolved in terms of the Industrial; Revolution and its consequences. - For any language group to survive requires a critical mass of speakers and their economic independence. My guess would be a minimum of 100 Million + population.

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" ..The budget forecast projects that the federal debt will shrink slightly as a percentage of GDP, from 31.5 per cent this year to 30.9 per cent in 2021-22..." So we - the electorate - are being promised a 0.6% shrinkage of our debt over a span of 5 years, or 0.1% per annum. All this accomplishes is the semantics of being able to claim a decrease in our debt - good politics but quite meaningless numbers which are too small to measure and prove. Yet voters continue to pretend this is a democratic accomplishment - and both the Libs and Conservatives indulge in such leger-de-main, and we continue to pretend that we have a democratic choice. I will pay attention when a party promises on a stack of Bibles to do absolutely nothing except to reduce our deficit and debt, and actually does it.

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" ..Plug’n Drive’s calculations show that most people spend $2,500 to $3,000 per year on gas. Those who switch to electric spend about $500 to fuel their vehicle. ." Entirely misleading - there is currently no "road tax" and others on electricity. By the time you add the equivalent of taxes on gasoline and diesel to the cost of charging I doubt that there would be much if any difference ! Then there are the subsidies .... Currently all such costs are hidden from the consumer, and one might expect our media to illuminate such realities. I guess our highway infrastructure will be built by the Seven Dwarfs and electric vehicles provided by the Good Fairy - as long a we provide the pumpkins .-)

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" ...which will likely increase mental-health issues such as depression, suicide and addiction among those who participate in the process, says a new editorial in the Canadian Journal of Public Health..." So the money being spent ( wasted ) on this inquiry will cause more mental health problems, which will need more funding, which in turn will cause more mental health problems, which will .... In higher mathematics this is called an infinite series - goes on forever with in this case diminishing returns, but ever increasing cost to tax payers. The perfect sun shine list job security ..... as are the FN Industry unicorns preserved from extinction !

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" ...people who are just born LGBTQ..." Are they?

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" ....how stupid does he think we are? And none of the media brought up the fact .." Answers: - Ref. stupidity - he ( any politician ) is the result of voters - stupid or otherwise. Don't blame the result - that is mere deflection. - Ref. the media bringing up facts - ............. Next .-)

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" ........Let's streamline the permitting with the Feds and build a toll road to Barrow all the way through NPRA from Kuparuk so that more discoveries like this can fill TAPS and help sustain Alaska's economy for 40 more years." ************ So, here's the real, valid conversation which needs to begin.... what does Alaska intend to do after that 40 years? The term "non renewable" will come home to haunt us all if we don't pay attention today, stop squabbling, sit down together and address a long term, sustainable plan. Now. Not 38 years from now.

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" .... stuck a feather in his hat and called it ...."

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" .... only sold under pharmacist supervision ...." Are you kidding? Most pharmacists don't know a thing about marijuana. There are people out there that know plenty about cultivating marijuana, the psychoactive properties and potency of various strains, etc. Yet the Feds seem determined to cut most of these people out of the process.

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" ..., Iran is still the biggest sponsor of Islamic terrorism world wide." . Simply factually wrong. . It isn't Iran that is exporting Sharia. It isn't Iran that is exporting Wahhabism. It wasn't Iran that was the cradle of Al-Queda, or of IS/ISIL/Daesh. It isn't Iran that prevented democratic government from being established in Libya. It wasn't Iran that was behind the counter-revolution in Egypt. It wasn't Iran that crushed popular democratic protest in Bahrain. It isn't Iran that is bombing a popular uprising for self-determiation in Yemen. It isn't Iran that is funding Madrassas and intolerance, esp. in Pakistan. . Saudi Arabia is, by far, the biggest funder and exporter of extremist religious instability. . (True, white American evangelical Christians are probably better funded, but they tend to do most of their worst damage at home: see Election of Trump, Donald; election of Bush, George W. . By contrast, Saudi Arabia is a big exporter of trouble.)

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" ... we are all super fakey 'christians' that vote for the war machine and will stab our neighbors in the back for a buck or bugger boys hooked on crack ... " We all know what 'focus on the family' REALLY means ...

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" ... the government website presents abortion as a routine medical procedure ... You should systematically mistrust sites and hotlines that devote a large part of their contents to maternity and the so-called complications and traumas linked to abortion." Anything other than this is presumably a "lie". There are many deaths indirectly caused by abortion. Women with a history of abortion are 3.5 times more likely to die following abortion and 6 times more likely to commit suicide than are women who give birth. They are more prone to substance abuse and other forms of risky behavior. More than 30 studies have linked abortion to higher rates of mental health problems, including depression, substance abuse, suicidal behavior, and anxiety disorders, including symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. http://www.theunchoice.com/News/colemanresearcharticle.htm Who is really lying? Abortion is big business.

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" ... the form used by ALL Roman Catholics for hundreds of years...." Except when you put that form into the perspective of the total experience of the Church (not just Roman rite), it becomes one among many. The ALL is pushing it.

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" ... the document ... does not show the underlying “raw” intelligence on which the analysis is based." -The Intercept More nothing!

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" ... the Colorado Springs Police Department, which said the woman could face charges of indecent exposure and public defecation if she is caught." === So, yes, they did. It's a public health matter. Not to mention trespassing.

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" ... she said, it is imperative that the government consult with chiefs before going further .. " If consultation there must be, then it should be with the people not with those parasitic antidemocratic chieftains. And what also should be obvious is that Canada needs to lead as many as possible into being responsible productive members of Canadian society. I.E. work at reduction the number that get special treatment not increase it.

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" ... saying that such training may be producing judges who are biased against accused men." . What's the problem with that? Isn't it the whole point of the program?

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" ... putting pretty much all the shops after security clearance will make the Great Hall completely uninviting for people seeing off or welcoming home friends and family ... " === Perhaps Mr. Goldstein has stumbled upon the point he missed. Most of us, upon arrival at the airport, simply want to dump our bags and get through security as fast as possible. Pickups and dropoffs at the curb. It’s likely more business is done near the gates, not in the big building. So perhaps the airport folks actually do want to limit need for nonpassengers to venture inside. Which will be more pleasant for everyone else who is flying.

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" ... one of the sports network’s anchors called [Trump] a 'white supremacist' and 'bigot.'” Why should someone be asked to apologize for speaking the truth?

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" ... on the heels of reports generated by a United Nations investigation and a Guatemalan truth commission that established that the United States had not only propped up a series of brutal military dictators but also had trained many of the military leaders involved in ordering and overseeing horrendous human rights violations..." Even more important was the Catholic Church's own Project to Recover the Historic Memory, which the bishops created after the peace talks established a truth commission with a criminally weak mandate. It wasn't the U.N. which spoke the painful truth about Guatemala's painful past. It was the church.

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" ... motivated by ISIS"? Motivated by Islam.

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" ... it’s time to try something different." Exactly! I say we invade Iraq.

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" ... homelessness will never vanish . . ." Ther was, once upon a time, a mythical dude who made a similar observatioion, can't seem to pull up the nqme right now, but I nevert forget a face . . . white dude in a robe, long brown hair, caucasian features . . . Put out an APB on him.

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" ... diabetes, a growing disease that disproportionately affects Native Hawaiians, Asians and Pacific Islanders." Gosh, I wonder who are the other folks living in Hawaii? "The National Institutes of Health awarded the school $11 million in grants over five years, which will go toward creating a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Diabetes to conduct research ... specific to Hawaii’s high-risk population." So no money to help those other folks living in Hawaii? Hmmm ... Sounds like racial discrimination.

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" ... deplored by and vanquishing any and all establishment factions." Actually he's stuck up to his neck in these "establishment factions" that you speak of. He wanted to drain the swamp and now he's bogged down in it.

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" ... because white writers don’t get out of the way and make space for the multitude of stories to be told by those who aren’t white and middle class.” When it's about who you are, and not about what you do, it's called narcissism. When you take that extra step and decide that who you are defines what other people are supposed to do, you are a narcissist in deep mud, and it will be a tough slug to find, let alone define cultural relevance for others.

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" ... among seniors aged 85 to 99, there were 54 men for every 100 women. Among people aged 100 and up, there were 19 men for every 100 women." For seniors in these age groups, men fought in World War II. How many men died in combat? Did injuries due to the war shorten life expectancy of survivors?

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" ... all the rituals were structured in the same God-centered manner ..." And indeed were all the post-Vatican II reformed rituals. And history show that rituals, while being firmly God-centered, usually remembered that the liturgical assemblies were made up of real human beings. The aberration in ritual is not in remembering the human side of liturgy, but when that side is forgotten. The human-divine relationship in liturgy is rather like the humanity/divinity of Christ. Not only do you need to maintain both, but they need to be in a healthy balance

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" ... a stream of misogynist and dehumanizing invective was directed at all three women." Ding! Ding!

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" ... a public utility ends up being regulated by the local people it serves ... " Not on Bainbridge Island. Nobody regulates the water, sewer, or SSWM utilities that City now operates. "Our Utility Advisory Committee is not here to represent the public's interest" ... UAC Chairman's statement in September 2016, and he is correct. It's an advisory committee to the City Council, and the City Council doesn't have the skill set, time, or interest to regulate the three existing utilities, much less a considerably larger utility. The two COBI water utilities had the highest water rates in Western Washington ... it took a citizen lawsuit to get the City Manager/City staff to cut the employees they were charging into the utility by more than half. Water rates were reduced by 60%. Water ratepayers have forked over an excess of $6 million dollars that the City can't decide what to do with. Sewer rates are the highest of any comparable city in Washington. And SSWM is a financial sinkhole.

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" ... This is extremely sensitive territory, and applies to all human beings who have been through a kind of hell, .." To be up font - I am not into the psycholog of victimhood, never mind the bottomless pit of money it requires, usually without constructive results. Our family - like many millions post WW2 Europe - went trough hell from NAZI, then Communist persecution, at the receiving end of carpet bombing, yet emigrated to Canada to make a new life. You cannot change the past - save your energy to make a better future. The FN are in dire need of a bette future so how about an Inquiry into that ?!

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" ... These rights have been entrenched in international human-rights conventions and are part of international law.." A technicolor dream ! Merely another "rights" diatribe, easy to write but not part of Darwin's mandate. I await an equally sincere but ineffective try at "responsibility". International conventions and law are subject to the whims ad fancies of sovereign states - there is no supranational enforcement agency. And 1.4 billion Chinese are not interested in our whining about jobs or competitive failures. As long a WE line up to buy goods mad in China - or wherever- it is WE wo decide our economic future and related "rights" - nobody else.

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" ... The language gap, and the condescension of health workers from away, have consistently been identified as an impediment to care in Nunavut and other Indigenous communities..." I wished it were as simple as that .... A member of my extended family worked at a northern comunity nursing station for several years - and it was not pretty. Of course TB was imported and the natives had no resistance. Language is also a barrier, as are culturally embedded belief systems and attitudes. Condescension ? Perhaps - but more likely a case ot total frustration at the lack of progress and integration. In this particular case the location was so remote that there was simply no timely access short of an air lift - and resistance to obtain help. Yet the same air lift was quite effective at importing booze, tobacco .... The deeper root cause is the maintnance of remot inaccessible communities and the cultural disconnect they nourish. Who is at fault ? Doesn't really matter - change the future !!

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" ... The Women’s Law Project, along with other sexual violence experts, conduct an annual review of unfounded sexual assault cases, along with a random sampling of open cases, and raise concerns about any cases that may have been handled inadequately. It has proven to be effective in reducing unfounded complaints." That makes no sense. How can a retro-active review add foundation to a weak complaint?

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" ... Secondly, as a signatory to 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees, once refugees arrive on Canadian soil, the government has a number of obligations .." Well - as refugee immigrants to Cananda in 1952 we did not notice any obligations being evident after we arrived - and we did not expect any ! Got off our a** and went to school, worked, paid taxes ... But our initiative resulted in a better life ... no political persecution.

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" ... President Donald Trump’s ham-fisted retreat from soft power and U.S. moral responsibility, coupled tightly with his proposed slashing of USAID and State Department funding,..." Thanks for the cheap shot at Trump ! Why exactly is he responsible ?! Never mind .... " Canada is going to lead " The current fiasco in the region is entirely self inflicted: grotesque overpopulation, tribal and sectarian civil war, resultant desertification of an already marginal ecosystem .... etc. This has been ongoing as long as I can remember - any foreign aid merely sustains a region of cultural dysfunction without clarifying a long term solution ..... This type of article is mere filler in the guilt trip industry.

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" ... Our grandparents/great grandparents suffered from anxiety and depression, they drank to excess, they physically abused each other, they spent time in psychiatric hospitals and they committed suicide.." Well - hate to burst your bubble - but both my sets of grandparents were high level successful professionals, they drank only during social occasions, abusing each other was unheard of, never near a psychiatric hospital, and all died of natural causes in old age. They survived one of the most turbulent eras of European history, WW1, Ww2, Communism ... I know this is a singular anecdotal example ( on the record and by personal experience ) - to counteract your extreme post.

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" ... Love the hypocrisy." I guess you missed the hypocrisy of Christie lolling on a beach he closed to everyone else.

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" ... Innovations in renewable energy and clean technology can be transferred globally, ultimately putting Canada in the role of economic enabler to the world..." Good grief ! We buy our solar panels from China and wind generators from Siemens in Germany ( by way of examples ). We get to dig the foundation holes and pour concrete in typically Canadian manner. And we are going to be an economic enabler ????!!! We will actually go bankrupt ( Ontario ) long before anybody else on this globe notices ! Of course the energy transition will be a long term effort - with rather major economic dislocations which are currently hidden by government subsidies. And by the way - there is no disagreement about the science behind global warming - excess CO2 beyond the usual long term biological cycle - initiated by the burning of coal during the Industrial Revolution. Of course politics being a populist sport any opinion counts .-) At least this article recognises the transition will not be easy !

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" ... Fillon, the centre-right candidate who has spent a life in politics padding his own pockets ..." The writer doesn't seem to know much about the French political situation. This scalding dismissal of Fillon shows nothing but ignorance. Yes he got caught having allowed himself to gather a few personal benefits as used to be the practice (and probably still is) with politicians not only in France but most places that have wardhealer type democracies. Yet his transgressions are miniscule compared to what went on in some recent presidencies. What many French will remember is his competence, dedication to duty and the contrast he offered as Prime Minister to the sleazyness of Sarkozy. The latter would have loved to dismiss him as was nominally in his authority but Fillon's standing among the French people made it impossible. It will be interesting to see how much of that respect will assert itself on the way to the polls. So much more to say about this shallow article!

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" ... Brits are never much use in the heat." Ah, yes. What's that old saw about "Mad dogs and Englishmen"?

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" ... 1950's Catholics most certainly knew what the Bible taught as it was presented to them continually in school an Sunday School." As you yourself like to say, WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THIS ASSERTION? (And if I had made as many typos in a comment as you did in this one, O what mockery would have followed ...)

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" ... when we are no longer forced to watch this unacceptable display." === I can't remember the last time I watched, listened or even noticed the national anthem at a sporting event. I turn the game on TV at the minute it kicks off, or I'm in the kitchen getting snacks, or I'm in line still coming into the stadium. If someone is holding a gun to your head during the national anthem in your own home, that's on you. The complainers are essentially telling black men: "Shut up, be grateful for what you have, and stay in line."

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" ... reversed a declining birth rate ..." Yaaaayyy!!! Muslims are out pacing the rest by HUGE numbers. They don't work, they stay at home and procreate at alarming rates!!!! Soon they will push the infidels out and Germany will become another Sharia state ...

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" .. that all our stories, in whatever form they are told, are expressions of our relationship to our lands and waters and are inseparable from our traditional laws – in the case of my community, the Gitanyow, what we call our Ayookwx. This isn’t happening in art galleries or on the pages of high-minded magazines. This is happening on our lands and in the courts and legislatures, and it has to stop. .." The ultimate futility is to try and stop the progress of history ! By this criterion we might still be swinging stone axes, building pyramids, worshipping Zeus or buying our kitchen help on the local slave market. Athenian democracy would never have reached beyond Athens, and health care would be under the tender mercies of the local witch doctor. We would be burned at the stake for reading the Bible and the world would still be flat .... History is a bit like watching sausages being made - not for the faint of heart but great on the barbeque .-) As for the article .-(

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" .. especially alarming are the high rates of suicide among Indigenous people. Canada’s Mental Health Commission maintains that the system is sorely underfunded, resulting in annual losses of $50-billion in productivity. Individuals with mental disorders are more likely to live on the margins, compounding conditions of illness and disability,." " the system is sorely underfunded " .... Of course it is - so more money is the answer .-( Or NOT ! Never mind the FN and reserve issues which in a sense have nothing to do with mental health fundamentals but are a matter of political intransigence. And there will always be a small segment of the population who for medical or competency reasons cannot look after themselves no matter how much money is expended. And correlation is NOT equivalent to causation. And our penchant for politically correct social engineering may be raising a generation of snowflakes unable to deal with reality, or temporary failure. Try again ......

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" .. You're waiting on the goodwill and the moral conscience of what you see are your oppressors ..." Exactly ! In the good old days of history - before political correctness - the victors got the gold, taxed the loosers to support the occupying army, sent the opposition to the Gulags, and censored anybody foolish enough to complain. Now we pay the loosers .... in the progress of history .-)

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" .. Through the lens of today's morality, Ryerson was surely a "bad" man " Well NO ! Today's lens of morality has been spray painted with a deep layer of ignorance and political correctness, any image distorted out of recognition.

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" .. They could duke it out with other mid-East countries for the next century and it would have zero effect on any of us in Toronto,.." Ah - a Torontonian comment ! Only a Toronto native would be unaware of anything happening beyonde the safety of 905 ....

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" .. South Sudan has been entrenched in civil war since late 2013 that has killed tens of thousands and prevented widespread cultivation of food. In Nigeria and Somalia, extremist groups Boko Haram and al-Shabab have proven stubborn to defeat, and both Islamic organizations still hold territory that complicates aid efforts..." This extract is the essential summary - and forgive me for asking why the emphasis on "humanitarian crisis and Trump's refusal" to further feed this monster of self inflicted overpopulation, resultant desertification of an already marginal ecosystem, and the evident disdain of the locals for their own ....... At this rate 20 years from now the wave of humanity will have flooded Europe and we will read the same story about starvation and civil war in what used to be known as Switzerland ! The refugee wave is already ongoing into the EU regions as I type. Our well meaning humanitarian aid is merely feeding this monster, indirectly aiding the perpetrators. Enough!

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" .. Really, does the Trudeau government think voters are stupid? " Shall I answer that one .-) Yes ....

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" .. RBI, controlled by Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, is quick to adopt its cost-cutting strategies at its acquired targets." It's a strategy that will work when acquiring a company with a lot of accumulated inefficiencies. In the case of Tim Horton's previous management had already squeezed everything they could out of it. Remember the miserable trucked-in frozen doughnuts go back quite a few years as do the ubiquitous TFWs (at least in Toronto and probably the other cities as well). When you start to squeeze such an operation you are leading your trade onto thin ice and it may well break through it and disappear.

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" .. Artificial trans fats – derived from the hydrogen-treated oils used to give margarine its easy-to-spread texture and prolong the shelf life of crackers, cookies, icing and hundreds of other staples in the American diet .." And this begs the question: Why is the shelf life of trans fat containing products extended ?! Answer: Because the usual food spoiling life forms - bacteria, bugs, moulds ... whatever - cannot us the trans fat as nutrition, ergo no spoilage. As all known life forms are ultimately similar biology ( based on DNA ) the implication is that such "foods" are not good for us either !!

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" .. we must fight for our future on our own .." Merkel. Well exactly what Trump has been telling them. The man is negotiator even if some idiots don't realize it.

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" . . . women are the exact same thing, or creation as men, . . ." It may be enough to have you look at your own words in black and white. You're absolutely right: "If [you] start any mathematical equation with an erroneous baseline, all the answers that are derived possible & wise, based on that wrong baseline belief, will be thoroughly flawed." You started with an erroneous baseline.

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" . . . some island states may not survive through the next 100 years." . sea levels have risen in some areas 7 inches over the last century. measurements indicate that sea levels will continue to rise at the same rate for the next century. . gorebull warming hoaxers have learned to use benchmarks that are at least 100 years or more to avoid the inconvenient truths when their ridiculous predictions of disaster and apocalyptic scenarios are proven wrong by direct observations when their benchmarks arrive. . the gorebull warming hoax is central to antidevelopment radicals in their attempts to seize political authority over the world's energy industries to extort money and redistribute wealth from successful nations and industries into their own pockets. . their computer models have been wrong in every attempt to predict temperature and sea levels. . in real science, any error negates your theory. gorebull warming computer models have never been right in any of their predictions.

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" . . . it has to conform to international law and treaty." No, it does not. Canada is a sovereign state, not subject to any "international laws," unless we choose to be so. The Geneva Convention on the Refugee wrote the conventions and protocols currently in use in 1951. A lot has changed since then, but we as Canadians are expected to be handcuffed in our ability to respond? We need to set out made-in-Canada refugee and international transient laws that suit and protect Canada. We owe no duty to anyone or to any other country that takes precedence over our duty to Canada and Canadians.

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" . . . if anything, Clinton has been thoroughly and historically vetted to the nth degree." Isn't that the truth? And after 25 years of scandal-mongering, from Whitewater to Benghazi, here she is the nominee of a major political party and on the verge of being elected the first female President of the United States.

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" . . . grossly immature . . ." an unfortunately apt phrase to describe the Mat Su Borough still apparently intent on building the metropolis to justify the bridge, and the rail to justify the port. Unfortunately with real taxpayer money not paying for real service needs.

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" . . . for hundreds of years . . " Link?

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" . . . far right white-supremacy, anti-Semitic, homophobic, Muslim hating violent bullying . . . " This is what leftists do. Anyone who expresses any thought not aligned with theirs, anyone who promotes fiscal conservatism for example, is tarred with the level of hatred and vitriol expressed by the writer. Think your government should have a balanced budget? Why you're just another far right white-supremacist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, Muslim hating, violent, bullying Conservative. What happens? The person with conservative views just shuts up, withdraws from debate. Why be abused? Until they get into the ballot box. Then they strike back, and they might strike back far too fiercely as we have seen in the US election. Leftists with their extreme bullying and political correctness are their own worst enemies in having their agenda advanced now. They can't tolerate debate; they have no idea how people really feel, because they won't permit it to be said.

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" . . . dooms you to the continue to wallow in the depths of the virulent bilge that keeps sucking the church to the bottom."? Overwrought. And your use of "bilge" shows you've never seen it, never had a boat. Or a Church.

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" . . . a nostalgic trip to the country where Obama lived for several years as a child." . ah, the memories it must bring back: no gay blt rights; gay sex punished by caning; sharia law in aceh. . meanwhile, california's moonbeam prohibits state travel to states that keep men out of little girls' rooms.

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" . . . [as] cultures evolve religions need to engage their adherents where they are, not abandoning foundations but ascertaining what our culture as grown to accept as reasonable." What our culture has grown to accept as reasonable regarding marriage is contrary to the teaching of Christ.

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" . . . REGAIN women their sacred rights to all the same sacraments as men have"? When, between the time of Jesus and the present, did women EVER have the "sacred right" to be priests? Consecration to the priesthood is no one's by "right."

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" . . . Fr. Robert A. Sirico, whose Acton Institute is the horrid love-child of Thomas Aquinas and Ayn Rand." From a still timely piece in Commonweal Magazine: "Morbid Symptoms: The Catholic Right’s False Nostalgia" Gene McCarraher Commonweal Magazine November 5, 2012

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" . . . . . . .the man who ordered the 9/11 attacks on the United States." Really !?

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" ,,far right .." Labels are so cheasp and the media indulge rather than provide a more nuanced context. If your country is overun by refugees from the ME - destitute and of a completely foreign culture, it might be - just might be - a defensive reaction in general. A near 50/50 % split of the vote does not a far right situation make.

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" (Willis later realized Paddock killed himself at the conclusion of his shooting spree, thus was unable to receive a trial and death sentence.)" ROFL!!

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" (The exhausted-looking people walking by the side of the road called to mind the current U.S. administration’s problems with Mexicans, but maybe I was reading too much into it)." US administration problems with Mexicans? Oh, you mean the ones coming into the US illegally? The many criminals and gang members? Those, by any chance?? The US, like Canada, has a right and duty to defend and enforce its borders. Thankfully, under Trump illegal entry is down 70% and plummeting further. Trump is also getting tough on crime, criminals and gangs who have caused so much pain. Thank you President Trump for your bold leadership and courage. Much much better than Obama, who made things so much worse.

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" 'the' Sacrament"... Yes. In the sense all existence is 'sacra-ment' - that is, that all existence in the present (physical/ psychological) is remembered forward from the past. And the dynamism of 'trimorphic resonance', establishing the Godly stability of intentional conscience, the Presence-sense of Godlikeness hallowing Faith/ Hope/ Love. http://www.secondenlightenment.org/trimorphicresonance.pdf

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" 'We know how to fight better than anybody, and we never, ever give up — we are winners — and we are going to fight,' Trump told a conference of conservative evangelicals.. " Trump speaking to evangelicals. When I read tripe like this, I just want to puke. Trump has as much in common with people of any faith as my pet Wolverine does.

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" 'The man is a liar, a bully, a buffoon,' wrote Joseph W. McQuaid, the Union Leader publisher [in New Hampshire], of Mr. Trump in a signed editorial. 'He denigrates any individual or group that displeases him. He has dishonored military veterans and their families, made fun of the physically frail, and changed political views almost as often as he has changed wives.' ” -- NY Times

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