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369,029 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The borough didn't build it, they bought it from the military. | 4 | The reality of political pet projects is far stranger, and more asinine than the financial forethought my 7 years old imparts on me.
Let me get this straight... the borough applied for, and received, a $12,000,000 grant. They built a ship, that subsequently they decided to sell for $1,750,000. But in order to sell it, they had to spend $3,000,000. Now they still have to repay the $12,000,000 grant money. So the borough just donated $12,000,000 to a shipwright and paid to refurbish someone else's boat for them.
If they would have just scuttled the damn thing they would have saved $1,250,000. Seriously, a million dollars would have been made by just blowing up the boat. They could have done it this coming Monday as part of the valley's version of a fireworks display - allowing, of course, people to shoot at it while it burns for funsies.
What ever happened to that 4:20 song they used to play on the radio "Ooout in Wasilla!"? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45184889, 45588938, 45599360, 45447221, 45454500] |
369,170 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | When oil runs out, and it's close to that already, what resource revenue do you suggest our state government replace it with, Keith? Alaskans voted in 2002 to build the gas line, but the Republican majority and Big Oil have been blocking it. What now brown cow? | 4 | Veto the gas line money or I will never believe you on anything governor! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45312025, 45606103, 45602066, 45535968] |
369,532 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | It's not name calling when it is true.
He just stole one thousand dollars from every man, woman and child in this state.
The fact that he did it to the children also makes Bill Walker a child molester. | 6 | I don't understand the name-calling of the Governor as a thief - what did any of us do to earn the PFD - simply breathing Alaska air for a few years doesn't seem like "earning" activity to me. I'm sorry that capping the fund at $1000 is going to have a greater impact on the poor than on the more fortunate but high PFD amounts were/are not sustainable. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45256178, 45500804, 45404169, 45598834] |
369,606 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | This is $1.3 billion closer to being sustainable than what passed the Legislature. | 4 | Then where is that sustainable budget? Because I'm not seeing it. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45536973, 45525557, 45498710, 45645228] |
369,723 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Actually, my age is showing here, I was referring to the 1901 novel by Frank Norris...but yours will do as well. | 4 | I think the correct term is "vampire squid." ;-p
"Great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stones | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45426626, 45597947, 45224788, 45476019] |
369,974 | [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0] | I did not comment on the bizarre event of him driving along during the day with a body in his car. I just can't fathom how stupid people can be...even criminals. I'm glad he had not dumped her body yet or else he wouldn't have been caught. I just wonder what they are going to do with the money! Maybe the powers that be could divvy it out to substance abuse treatment or some group that works with prostitutes. They could give it to some child feeding program. | 10 | $125K doesn't qualify you for a public defender, but cruising around town with a bound dead body in the backseat with a plastic bag over her head and a mortal gun wound qualifies you for an Extreme Emotional Distress defense. Even if he prevails he still faces 15 yrs w/o parole. | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45445192, 45397769, 45451297, 45599851, 45597373] |
370,022 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I know where you're coming from, and I used to think this way myself, however, you need to research more on the legal system that was established beyond the Kapu system of old, before the overthrow. It is actually incredibly progressive. | 4 | I agree with more your sentiments. However, if find in this article (and in many others that take issue with the current powers that be in Hawaii) that there is a glossing over of many of the harsh realities of the ancient hawaiian way of life.
If we take the rosey lens off, I think we see a society that had its own ills--throwing babies into the woods to die and also a kapu system with harsh penalties, like, perhaps, death for eating a royal banana or looking into the eyes of the one true king who the gods bestowed with the right to kill people who looked at him funny. Huh, if "Colonialism" is swapped with "Democracy," does that change your narrative?
You mentioned. Pu’uhonua as being restorative and having a place in our modern society. This is interesting and it'd be interesting also to know all the aspects of ancient hawaii's "justice" system that we would like to leave in the past. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45404154, 45588938, 45404259, 45494674, 45385682] |
370,025 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1] | To translate for KK: I'm not going to get free money and most likely my taxes will go up to pay for the services that were subsidized by the awful State of Alaska who can no longer afford them. I stupidly bought a house here after moving from the 'outside' thinking that I was on a gravy train. I get free money (just for living here!) and an incredible discount to me, a senior, who produces nothing, on my property taxes! How could this go so wrong? | 10 | These actions will throw the Alaska economy into immediate recession. Retailers, wholesalers, healthcare, home improvement, recreation, small business, have just received notice that there will be six hundred thousand consumers spending $1 thousand dollars each less, this upcoming fall season. The private sector has been dealt sudden shock and awe. | [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45450604, 45191524, 45635376, 45603153] |
370,051 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Boo hoo | 6 | Ridgefield, I think you have probably never learned any lessons... | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45404169, 45432844, 45408370, 45571030] |
370,119 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Wavemacker: I am really wondering where you get your information from? After Frank Murkowski tried taking the PFD and failed. The largest lake of oil on the planet was found offshore from ANWR. President Obama approved drilling as long as it is onshore directional. That is because of the big oil spill in the gulf. So I dont think you are quite correct in your statement we are out of oil in Alaska. Once OPEC quits flooding the market Im sure the oil companies are drooling to get at it once it is proffitable again. | 4 | When oil runs out, and it's close to that already, what resource revenue do you suggest our state government replace it with, Keith? Alaskans voted in 2002 to build the gas line, but the Republican majority and Big Oil have been blocking it. What now brown cow? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537276, 45418782, 45598353, 45589137, 45394434] |
370,325 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I'm not -nor do I pretend to be - an expert in this, so you should consult the BATFE regulations and the regulations/statutes of any states involved.
You should ask the shippers about who they will ship to. I'm not sure what a "non-FFL dealer" is. I would think that any gun dealer would have an FFL or curio permit. I've been told that there is an exception to this if the dealer only does business within the state and makes no more than $25 per sale, but I don't know if that's true.
You can mail long guns to yourself from out of state. That I do know. And I suppose that you can mail long guns from Alaska to another state if that state permits it. You can ship long guns to an FFL without shipping from an FFL, but I think that some FFLs won't receive from individuals. I state all this from experience, but the best thing is to find a really competent FFL holder and question him or her. But read up on the BATFE site first. Hope this helps. | 4 | Can you tell me if any of the shippers will ship to a non FFL dealer? I do know that if a firearm is shipped legally, it must be shipped to a certified FFL dealer, who then requires the buyer to fill out the appropriate paperwork and pass the background check. I am curious, If I want to ship a long gun to someone in the lower 48, don't I need to ship from an FFL dealer or can I just ship it myself to a certified FFL dealer. I would also need a copy of the FFL license of the receiving dealer, wouldn't I? Not being a dealer, I was going by information gleaned from a friend who is an FFL dealer but only uses UPS for all shipping. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45397769, 45397010, 45513204, 45327007, 45536013] |
370,434 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The Saudis are/were losing money. That was widely reported.
Just google that phrase and you;'ll find several stories about the Saudis working off their cash reserves to withstand that oil glut. They are certainly not making "big profits" But you are right their overhead is lower than the frackers, North Slope? I don't know. Probably.
However this wasn't my greater point. My point was that they caused the collapse of the oil price and hence the lose of tax revenue to the state. It wasn't SB 21 | 4 | They are not losing money, they just dont want to lose market share! Their production costs are a fraction of ours, they are making big profits while north american producers are still pumping money into the ground. Low oil prices do effect their spending levels though, and they have to spend to keep their people passified. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445022, 45491654, 45586742, 45191524, 45541073] |
370,731 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The farmer's market in Yachats is much more expensive that store bought produce. In fact, its a rip-off! | 4 | This is very interesting. Here is a program giving low income folks additional funds to buy in the local farmers' market. Sounds great if you have never shopped in that market and are unaware that many, if not most, fruits and vegetables are substantially more expensive at the farmers' market than if purchased in local grocery stores. I don't mind paying a bit of a premium to buy from local farmers but that premium has grown so large that I no longer buy there.
This program looks like a social sop to me. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45571747, 45399474, 45435454, 45184889, 45579457] |
370,808 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Mr. Saylor:
Your points are well taken. Many people question the effectiveness of our education system in Alaska. It does not produce stellar performance by many measures when looking at money spent. Despite that, the past administrations and legislatures have underfunded education budgets which has not helped to produce the kind of students you and I want. The suggested fix: An Education Czar who oversees all of the school districts to ensure that all districts are receiving equitable funding regardless of where they are; setting performance guidelines that must be achieved to avoid having their school system taken over by the Education Czar; ensure that all teachers are qualified in the area that they are teaching; ensure that all schools lower their turnover rates; set measurable acceptable guidelines for reducing dropouts; and produce students that are college or voc/tech ready. | 4 | Your comment is true, Nels, if real education was the entire emphasis of our education system but I don't think it is at this point. K-12 is way too top heavy and is a completely broken system, in my opinion. Why can't we graduate Students that can go directly into college level courses? Why isn't our University working with our K-12 school system and offering college level courses that offer duplicate credits for academic work as well as Vocational?technical classes? I believe that educators look more at their personal interests and less at actually producing a great product in graduates. Maybe that's just me? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45599028, 45404259, 45537276, 45447221, 45553691] |
370,835 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Which table? | 4 | I offered to put a $1,000 on the table for naysayers to prove my Alaska residency, but no surprise that none of them have taken me up on the offer. LOL | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45314593, 45553691, 45184889, 45188628] |
370,882 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Please tell me where you have seen rutted asphalt roads in places where studded tires are NOT used. I have rarely, if ever, seen rutted asphalt roads in non-stud using states, including Michigan and Minnesota. | 4 | When roads are built with insufficient base and are paved with soft asphalt it's only natural to see ruts develop with or without studs. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45571747, 45418782, 45598353, 45491609, 45327007] |
371,008 | [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1] | Good, flagged again for more harassment. Hope you're butt is 86 from this site. Good riddence. | 10 | Please note that any criticism of Wavemaker, aka Puddlejumper, will be removed by the leftist ADN cabal and leftist sympathizes. Remember the left motto: "Free speech.....for some!" | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45184889, 45448191, 45584933, 45463531, 45351233] |
371,065 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | My father campaigned for city council in Anchorage on that very platform - institute a sales tax so that property owners aren't on the hook for the whole bill. That and remove 98% of the redundantly MASSIVE ASD administrative staff that take up an entire mall on Boniface. NOTE: He was not elected lol | 4 | The smartest thing to do would be to amend the States constitution in order to take schools off of the State budget. Then each district can be funded by a sales tax. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45397769, 45404154, 45598378, 45598339, 45366913] |
371,187 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Actually look at it like this. The oil industry is in a slump in Alaska. They say give us everything we want or else. And if you do we will be right back when things get better. So we rob our savings account (including dividends) create what we are thinking is a temporary income tax and wait. And things get better but hey the oil industry has never lived to us. (Right) So like Detroit and other cities and states they never come to save the day. Difference is Detroit waited too long. Could not recover. Just kept taxing. Industries don't like runaway taxes. So they don't want to open their doors there. Other places learned and realized they needed to diversify their economy create opportunities. Don't create stop gap methods. | 4 | Alaska will never look like Detroit. Anchorage, maybe, Juneau, sure. But Alaska, never. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45599028, 45447087, 45445022, 45447221] |
371,273 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Exactly, its cultural... and you might like to note that most of the European cultures are also being preyed upon when defenseless . They depend on the police now and have really no other means of protection until somebody with a uniform doesn't arrive in time. Though, too, if "less" guns are the answer why is it that we didn't have this problem decades ago, when automatic weapons were still legal? Clearly something has changed culturally for us, and for our world. Easy answers are probably not going to solve this, and I'm not in favor of limiting rights to promote one particular nanny state narrative of social safety as removing all the sharp objects from the drawer. Actually I favor a stronger enforcement of personal liberty as safety for the "free State" mentioned in the Constitutional amendment. It's funny I had a discussion with an Australian about this online and he insisted that the "King" was going to protect you and that's all he needed. That's not one of our options. | 4 | If more guns was truly the answer, then why is it that other Western nations, who don't allow everyone to own guns, have such low rates of gun homicide compared to us? Even the crazy brawl anywhere, any time Australians manage it, and the Japanese have a gun homicide rate that is 0.3% of ours. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45445022, 45598378, 45351233, 45408370] |
371,703 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | It's like the basic rule , the speed limit may be 50mph but they can still ticket you for speeding at 40mph if conditions are such that 50mph is unsafe. You can blow .04 but the police still get to take you in if you can't drive in a straight line or pass the sobriety tests. Everyone's metabolism is different. | 4 | And the individual boating with a BAC of 0.04% was impaired how, precisely? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537487, 45534988, 45438681, 45372515, 45454705] |
372,138 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Let's be honest here, BOTH Trump and Hillary would be a disaster for Alaska, as well as for the nation as a whole. Nice Hobson's choice the two-party duopoly has inflicted on us (once again). | 4 | Are you kidding me ? Do you have any idea how bad Clinton would be for Alaska ? She would continue Obama's policies of locking up Alaska . She would allow people from other countries to flood into America---of which many would end up in Alaska. Trump's plan to rebuild our military alone would have a direct positive effect on our economy , as all military spending does. I don't know where you live , but if your an Alaskan I'd ask who's side are you on? Clinton would be a disaster for Alaska---and America for that matter . The emergency King Cove road gets opened under Trump--and remains closed under Clinton. Don't saving human lives matter to you ? And in other news---it's beyond an outrage that the AG would meet with Bill Clinton for a half hour at the airport in AZ. as his wife is under investigation . If the fix wasn't in before , in true Clinton form , it is now. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45574915, 45366683, 45314593, 45500804] |
372,541 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I just see why it is the State of Alaska job to support seniors. | 4 | And by the by, Billy Walker, you've hit the Seniors twice! Anybody else get hit twice? And it's really three times this year because the Feds gave us no cost-of-living increase. Are we having fun yet? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45537352, 45635376, 45537841, 45405070] |
372,666 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | You sure are a special one-trick pony. | 10 | More neato guns owners doing neato gun owner things without regard for everyone else's freedom and liberty which they trample by persistently yammering about their own freedom and liberty and guns and sky daddies. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45456658, 45432844, 45597947, 45541073] |
372,730 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Why? If the knife that you lost in the woods shows up at a crime scene, does that imply that you are the criminal? If a gun shows up at a crime scene, the same procedures used for any other evidence applies. The gun is not the problem, the identification of the criminal is the issue not the "things" that the criminal brought with them. If the criminal killed with a baseball bat but had a gun with him, is it the gun's fault? And just for the sake of discussion, bats/clubs, knives or fists/feet kill more people every year than long guns, like AR-15 and AK-47 | 4 | I'm not saying all are traceable back to the original owners. But, if a gun tracking system and UBC were in place, people report stolen or gifted firearms, then we'd know exactly where a gun was, or at least supposed to be. So, if one is used in a crime and joe smiley is the owner and asked why his gun was at a bank robbery he won't be just waffling it saying he sold it a while ago. He needs to ensure he sold it to one of those law abiding citizens we all claim to be. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45458735, 45332074, 45397010, 45366683, 45363536] |
372,827 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | This is nonsense - I doubt one can invent a more nebulous and relative way of "scoring". | 4 | Hi Motleycrew,
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Again, we hope to see you here in the comments in the future. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45397010, 45385682, 45525588, 45397769] |
372,832 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | According to the 2015 National Building Cost manual, the average cost to build new office building space in 2015 in Eugene was $974/sq ft (3% below the national average). | 4 | Comments on this article raise two questions for me that may prove useful: 1) Cost: how does $1K (not 3) per square foot compare with similar sized buildings downtown erected in an economic climate like today's? If, as I suspect, it's significantly higher, I too would urge that the plan be shelved until our policy makers devise a practical, competitive plan. 2) possible partnership: have the city and county seriously considered a joint project that combines their operations? - say a distinguished 250k square foot structure on the former city hall lot to house all their respective operations. "City-County Halls", while not common, do exist (e.g., in Minneapolis) and have proven to be both cost-effective and architecturally attractive. OK, so we wait another 5-10 years. Smart, visionary ideas with popular appeal often take time to hatch - but when realized can be highly worthwhile. Eugene needs more of such creative, collaborative thinking. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45385682, 45445022, 45588938, 45597021] |
373,654 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | How can you assume that the person from florida is not educated just because they don't agree with your pov? | 4 | Knee jerk reactions to someone's comment without using some logic seems to be the norm for some responses. If you actually read the comments, you would realize that Wyatt was responding to a comment by Florida Reader. It was meant to be sarcastic about someone who is obviously not educated about the behavior of Brown bears in Alaska. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505732, 45537487, 45312025, 45599184, 45598762] |
373,918 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Questioned about predictions of an impending housing collapse, Mr. Trump in a 2006 interview is credited with saying, "I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy." So if there is another housing collapse, we can all sleep peacefully at night knowing that Donald Trump will be alright. | 4 | Especially if Donald Trump becomes president. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45418782, 45598353, 45465124, 45397010, 45394434] |
373,943 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Yes, I did. | 4 | Did you mean for that to sound the way that it did? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45184889, 45405070, 45203823, 45316619] |
374,068 | [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Agreed, the fact that the child molester Walker has refused to defend out constitution shows that he has unfit for office. But then again that was obvious when he and bigot Mallott formed their ticket a couple of years ago. | 10 | Governor, in your piece you have entirely ignored the fact Alaska is giving away our oil- nearly ten billion per year. You took an oath to uphold the Alaska Constitution with utmost sincerity. Real leadership is not about taking money from Alaskan families- but about getting the most we can for our finite oil resource BEFORE we harm Alaskan families.
Your vetoes of the corporate welfare "credits" is NOT a true veto. The money that you are taking from Alaskans dividends will be given to Exxon, ConocoPhillips and BP either next year or the year after because of the corrupt SB-21. Those corporate welfare "credits" still must be paid, even if they are temporarily vetoed this year.
Of course this is all on the Senate. They demonstrated absolute contempt for the future of Alaska by their actions this year. The Senate does not deserve any credit- they deserve to be sent to prison for the damage they are doing to our state. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45537352, 45505732, 45514417, 45438416] |
374,357 | [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | No, kinda like just looking at crime committed as a % by race in the US national crime statistics.... But i'm sure the fact that the US government collects these statistics is racist in itself right? | 10 | Yeah, kinda like those New York Italian and Irish gangs in the nineteen hundreds. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45445192, 45224788, 45501738, 45446974] |
374,396 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | thats what you get when you vote democrat/socialist | 4 | Gonna get worse. Walker did not given residents warning the PFD would be drastically cut. Many calculated PFD's into their annual budget. As have charities. All those lost millions to families will cause terrible crimes. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45535369, 45506032, 45388025, 45313149, 45525588] |
374,555 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Nope. But the first sentence does make an implication. | 4 | That post went right over your head didn't it. smh | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45491654, 45404259, 45630512, 45537841] |
374,896 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | I share your opinion on this, Roy. Poor people are denied bail or stuck in halfway houses at the mercy of a profiteering corporation that makes a great deal of money for holding them. It pays staff so little, that people who shouldn't be trusted with flipping burgers are put in charge of people's lives. Most, if not all the halfway houses are entirely owned by GEO Group, which I believe is as larcenous as any thief sitting in prison. They are the direct and cultural heirs of Bill Weimar and Frank Prewitt, who created this enormous scam in Alaska, propelled by illegal campaign contributions and outright bribes. If they those charged demanded the speedy trials to which they are constitutionally entitled, it would put an end to jail overcrowding, but public defenders urge them to waive time, which allows many to be kept for years, awaiting trial, until even the innocent are sometimes willing to plead guilty in order to just get out with time served. | 6 | I personally think every person charged with a crime should insist on a speedy trial. Of course, the court system couldn't handle the load, so a lot of people would be set free, guilty or not. It's amazing how uninformed people are. Just think about how many judges we have, not to mention facilities, and then do the numbers. It's not rocket science. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45440506, 45465124, 45505732, 45448191] |
374,965 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Ha ha. | 10 | Perhaps the person did not realize this was a real trooper. Trump has been saying that the six sided jewish star that he took from the neo- nazi site was really a police star. I notice the trooper is wearing a pentagram instead. Perhaps the person was as clueless as Trump and thought the cop was actually a devil worshipper impersonating an officer. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45498012, 45448560, 45590159, 45438681, 45379964] |
375,061 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1] | We voted to not go back to ACES based on erroneous false and misleading propaganda.. something about "a million barrels a day" I think..more oil, more revenue etc.. or did you conveniently forget THAT part of that vote process?..
..and the 17 million bucks that cartel spent on local TV radio and print media ads to spread the baloney?..
...forgot all that BS have you barn? Apparently.
.. so has the majority on the second floor in Juneau. | 10 | And the Majority of voting Alaska voters also voted for SB21, we (Alaska voters) voted for SB21 , | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45434367, 45388025, 45571747, 45596860, 45514417] |
375,104 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Cont from above:
Why would Walker have kept Rutherford & Feige on after the violations became a matter of record?
One still heads the Oil & Gas Division for Walker and is up to her old tricks.
After she pocketed nearly $185,000/yr, the other just 'retired' to go sit on the Alaska Permanent Fund Board.
How can Walker believe these people can be trusted to be good public stewards with these violations under their belts?
How can Walker keep Feigi as head of DNR's Oil & Gas division when she was found to have violated laws while she headed Linc Energy?
Why does Walker appoint someone to the PF board to oversee and set policy for $55 billion of our public dollars after her time at Linc Energy resulted in violations meted out by the AOGCC?
Alaskans cannot trust Gov. Walker because he lacks good judgment and compromises our public trust and billions of our dollars.
Yet, just another example of the Walker/Mallott administration's mismanagement, incompetence and lack of accountability. | 10 | Linc Energy goes under & who does Gov Walker appoint to DNR's top slot in the commissioner's off & head of Oil & Gas Division? None other than the people responsible for that colossal & very expensive failure! Marty Rutherford & Corri Feigi.
The AK Oil & Gas Conservation Commission fined Linc Energy for violations when Marty Rutherford and Feigi were in charge at Linc.
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/state-agency-fines-explorer-linc-energy-well-violations/2015/12/02/
“Either they didn’t know what they were doing or they were lying to us… Whichever it was, it was a bad thing, and so there’s a need to deter.”
“Many of the actions associated with the violations occurred with Corri Feige serving as general manager for Linc Energy in Alaska, a position she held for almost five years before she left the company in November 2014, …
Feige established the “company presence in Alaska” and led Linc Energy’s technical team that worked on the gasification project and other efforts… | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45402464, 45498710, 45404169, 45438070, 45397010] |
375,885 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] | Would you prefer this:
"In late April 2016, rumors began to circulate online holding that Republican presidential Donald Trump had either been sued over, or arrested for, raping a teenaged girl. One of the earliest versions of the rumor was published on 2 May 2016 by the Winning Democrats web site, which reported that Trump had been targeted by a $100 million lawsuit, along with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, for sexually abusing a 13-year-old at a series of "sex parties" hosted by Epstein back in 1994"
Snopes.com have the court filing that is proceeding. Check Huffpo/WP/Ruetners/Inqui/NY Daily | 10 | True, just what we need as the White House occupant. Keep the tradition going for god sake. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45500804, 45458735, 45606103, 45335202, 45602036] |
375,902 | [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | If this is true, then that makes two rapes that are now being talked about; the 13-year-old and Ivana. | 10 | Would you prefer this:
"In late April 2016, rumors began to circulate online holding that Republican presidential Donald Trump had either been sued over, or arrested for, raping a teenaged girl. One of the earliest versions of the rumor was published on 2 May 2016 by the Winning Democrats web site, which reported that Trump had been targeted by a $100 million lawsuit, along with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, for sexually abusing a 13-year-old at a series of "sex parties" hosted by Epstein back in 1994"
Snopes.com have the court filing that is proceeding. Check Huffpo/WP/Ruetners/Inqui/NY Daily | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45505902, 45635376, 45351233, 45513204] |
375,959 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | You can bet it's going to happen if he starts messing with people's income like that. | 4 | Great. Waste more resources on legal battles. Walker is brilliant. Not. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388025, 45571747, 45596860, 45514417, 45215844] |
376,086 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Name one President that has produced "college transcripts"---just one! | 4 | Stored next to Obama college transcripts | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45184889, 45525557, 45566568, 45394434, 45447091] |
376,143 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | "Necessary" was defined in a series of secret, closed-door meetings in the backrooms of Walker's gov's office.
The group discussed ongoing spending cuts and how much to reduce from state government.
Jim Jansen, Lynden Transportation
Ron Duncan, GCI
Alice Rogoff, Publisher of ADN
Janet Weiss, BP Alaska
Ed Rasmuson, Rasmuson Foundation
John Hendrix, Apache Corporation
Deantha Crockett, AK Miners Assoc
Hugh Ashlock, Dimond Center
Aaron Schutt, Doyon
Betsy Lawer, 1st Nat’l Bank of AK
Gail Schubert Bering Straits Native Corp
Marc Langland Northrim Bank
Peter Grunwaldt, Premier Alaska Tours
Dave Cruz, Cruz Construction
John Lee New Horizons Tele
David Gottstein Dynamic Capital Management
Robin Brena Brena, Bell, and Clarkson
Carl Brady, AK Permanent Fund Corp
Dana Pruhs CEO of Pruhs Corp
Bernie Karl Chena Hot Springs Resort
Butch Lincoln Arctic Slope Regional Corp
Art Hackney Hackney Communications
https://gov.alaska.gov/Walker/press-room/full-press-releasead8e.html?pr=7273 | 6 | It is the definition of " necessary" that is the issue. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45422083, 45596860, 45451297, 45630512, 45599851] |
376,920 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Just stick to participating in your rainbow pride parade and mind your business.... Anybody get ran over this year? | 4 | Who is entertained by watching such a thing? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535393, 45388080, 45445192, 45448191, 45188628] |
377,688 | [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] | Well stated, Bob Atkinson, well stated. However, I recommend letting the Hillary and Bill Clinton haters swallow their tongue and their head spin like a top. Haha | 10 | There has been a "heavy cloud" around the Clinton's ever since the young Governor of Arkansas came out of nowhere and beat the head of the Bush dynasty for POTUS. The slanderous assaults started then and will continue in perpetuity because they have disrupted the GOP's plans to rule rather than govern this great nation. No family or individuals have been so investigated yet so exonerated in our history as the Clinton's have been. When you look into it Hillary Clinton has never even been convicted of a traffic violation as far as I can find yet the incessant 30 year campaign to vilify her has taken hold based on nothing but malicious, vicious rumor mongering. Can any of the Clinton detractors on this comments thread point out even one criminal or civil violation that the soon to be POTUS Hillary Clinton has been convicted of ? Remember that here in America we are innocent until proven guilty. Unless the media needs to continue the assault on Clinton's character for false equivalency. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388025, 45256178, 45653549, 45449332, 45401799] |
377,809 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | The world is full of stories. Doesn't mean that it's all true. | 4 | Anybody but Clinton: you are just wrong about people not getting arrested unless they break the law - troopers in Mat Su are notorious for locking people up who easily get off with a lawyer | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45505732, 45447221, 45450746, 45454500] |
377,941 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | You say, "That's President Trump!" I say, "Hrumph!" | 4 | That's President Trump! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45314593, 45535372, 45525557, 45188628, 45602036] |
377,988 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Wow, Earl.
Think you could have worked any more fear, simplistice black & white "thinking" and hyper-nationalism into that post? | 4 | Entrapment or not Mohamed's intentions were clear, he wanted to murder innocent people and families. You either want to murder people or you don't, someone who does not want to be a terrorist and kill innocent people would not fall into entrapment. In my opinion Mohamed is missing a chromosome, he flirted with the idea of becoming a jihad before this so-called entrapment, obviously the idea of being with Allah was far more appealing than living free in the greatest Country on Earth. Put him in the slammer, put him in the ground or ship him back to Somalia. | [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45476019, 45635376, 45588938, 45653549, 45454500] |
378,027 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Read up. Hydrocarbons levels are abundant in Mat-Su rivers and lakes.
http://www.aksalmonalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/UCIDA-Mat-Su-Report-Final.pdf | 4 | Yep I bet there is a direct correlation to jumping cars off a cliff to salmon runs... Why all the negativity, so you all commenting don't like it do we really care? Let me think ... nope. Have a great day! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45598378, 45535372, 45366683, 45486432] |
378,909 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | There is actually no comparison here because Clinton was under a criminal investigation. Bush simply reported what the CIA believed at the time and Clinton voted for his actions. If you want to get into speculation, why not go for Fast and Furious/Obama? It is much more documented and provable. | 6 | Yeah, 8wop, that makes sense especially after Dubya lied to the world and said there were WMDs. When it was proven that there weren't any WMDs, Dubya and Chaney continued to look into the camera and lie. What Hillary did pales compared to what Dubya did. It was proven that the CIA sent Dubya and Chaney hot information that Bin Ladin was planning an attack on the US via highjacking and they chose to poo, poo the reports. That information came from then Secretary Rice congressional testimony. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45537352, 45385682, 45224788, 45438681, 45388025] |
379,026 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Nobody wins but the people at the top who get the money. Readers lose; communities lose; states lose; longtime journalists lose as their skills and community relationships are no longer valued. Sadly, the websites Advance is pushing over print are horrible and nearly impossible to use. | 6 | That does it. For the last few years, I’ve been one of their last remaining print subscribers, but as a former copy editor, I'm calling it quits on the Oregonian. Bye to their tiny news hole, shitty website and regressive editorial page. I'm only sorry for the good reporters who remain, and there are more than a few. I wonder how long they'll be there. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45408870, 45588938, 45450656, 45549646, 45256575] |
379,460 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Welcome to ADN. A true bastion of free speech... | 4 | Wow.... I've been censored with a few comments in less than ten minutes.
Here's the communist reply
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379,785 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | No kidding. Which mall? | 4 | Wrong. The officer had no idea if the mans intent was civil or criminal. You have a firearm on your person and notify law enforcement at contact you are instructed to keep your hands away from said firearm. To make a move towards said firearm is to be taken as aggression. And yes Kate. I am a law officer since you had no clue what a LEO was. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45458735, 45476019, 45590457, 44826677, 45256274] |
379,884 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Spoil chuck is a terrible invention. | 5 | The question was how many people will die questioning the use of drugs ?.
This is the reason the Federal Government aloud this ?. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45397769, 45323236, 45186593, 45589831] |
380,312 | [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0] | The question is whether the additional affordable units constructed, preserved, etc., from the bond measure money will put enough downward pressure on rent prices to negate the associated increase represented by the additional property taxes. There's also the factor of less money ultimately spent on policing, social services, etc., when you reduce the likelihood of homelessness for people at the economic margins. It could be an ultimate net benefit, a waste of money, or a wash at the end of the day, but it seems a bit too complicated for you to definitively predict a result one way or another. | 6 | Oh those funsters at City Hall. One the one hand they vote to allow building without parking spaces to help decrease the cost of housing. On the other, and that's a VERY BIG other, they place a $258,000,000 bond for Public Housing* on the November ballot which will most certainly RAISE PROPERTY TAXES and simultaneously DECREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY in every Portland neighborhood.
Perhaps these folks are looking for a gig on Comedy Central.
And so it goes.
Richard Ellmyer
North Portland
Author of more stories on the politics, players and policies of Public Housing and its euphemisms, Affordable/ Regulated Affordable/ Publicly Subsidized Affordable and Low-Income Housing in Multnomah County over the last fourteen years than all other journalists and elected officials combined. The Ellmyer Report http://macsolve.org/lists/?p=subscribe
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PUBLIC HOUSING is a class of housing defined as, Means Test (less than or=80%MFI) + Government Subsidy (any government any type) + rental agreement. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535369, 45434367, 45447087, 45314593, 45445022] |
380,380 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] | Not heartless, realistic. Some people do not want to be saved. She was on the streets by her own choice, and died because of that choice. | 10 | Wow. You sound very heartless.......and yes she did have friends and people knew her. Its a good thing you didn't hang out with her because she didn't need selfish people in her life. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45476019, 45447087, 45494674, 45596860, 45567747] |
380,451 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Satterfield, few here are interested in facts such as you report, they just want blood. | 4 | There's is no stated requirement in either 14CFR part 91 or NTSB part 830 that requires a pilot to be personally interviewed immediately following an accident or incident. She is certainly within her rights as a citizen and pilot to have a lawyer to speak for her. Based on what has reported she has done nothing that is unlawful. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45525557, 45597947, 45438681, 45582425] |
380,452 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Actually, the airline IS and should be responsible for providing a safe environment for passengers under the law.
If people sat back and thought about why that is for a moment- including what the ramificiations would be for everyone if that were not the law, rather than reacting off the cuff and engaging in hyperbole, we'd all be better off. | 4 | Ridiculous money grab. The airline is under no obligation to provide bodyguard services to passengers. If this were a requirement, they could provide a locked compartment for each passenger and have armed guards accompany passengers to the toilet when needed. Of course then no one could afford to fly. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45535372, 45256178, 45535393, 45312025, 45645228] |
381,409 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1] | The war on drugs is fueling the violence, and most of the targeted arrests are minorities. Statistically, all races except Asian Americans use these illegal substances at the same rate; however, the vast majority of drug prisoners, and victims of violence are African Americans and Latinos, yet, they make up a fraction of the population. Why?
We have a long way to go to untangle this mess: end the war on drugs, which is a war on minorities now! | 10 | Time for statistic: a black man in the USA is EIGHTEEN times more likely to murder a policeman than a policeman is to kill a black man for any reason. It looks like cops lives matter should be the mantra. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45597947, 45397769, 45323236, 45186593, 45589831] |
381,667 | [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | If cooler heads denounce bigotry and racism, surely we'll all prevail. The bigots and racists know who they are. The healthy part of communities across the state need to practice every day to beat back bigotry and racism. That starts by properly rearing children to have respect for themselves, their family, and community. Previous generations were raised this way; why stop now? | 6 | Ditto. People are shaken and stirred and angry. And at times it makes me wonder if cooler heads will prevail. | [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45432844, 45426626, 45456658, 45256208, 45465124] |
382,137 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Let's just do a hypothetical then. A quick look through staff directories suggests that by consolidating functions, half the admin staff in two of the four districts could be eliminated. Looks like that would total maybe 20 people island-wide depending on how you define administration (are facility maintenance people 'administration'?).
Let's estimate that each body costs $100K with benefits (probably high, some are part time most likely). That comes to $2M. The total state POW budget is around $16M. So that saves 12.5%. Not bad, though it does leave 20 people unemployed on the island, which is a pretty big hit.
So how do we get to the remaining 37.5% reduction? Starts getting a lot harder, doesn't it? Time to start shutting down schools and eliminating teachers. Shut down the school and you pretty much shut down the town. | 4 | I don't know as I haven't tabulated the expenses. Common sense tells us that 4 administrations for about 1,000 students is excessive. Mr. Cole admits it is jobs he wants to protect. I'm a supporter of education as a valuable and necessary state function; however, the argument that students would be harmed by structural changes doesn't hold water. The money spent on administration such as this takes money from instruction.
If we fail to act, these same students will be greatly harmed as they will enter a bad economy upon graduation.
In this regard, the Democrats are as bad as Ms. Gattis-just at the end of the spectrum. The fight is over who gets to loot the treasury! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45485526, 45366683, 45451297, 45582203] |
382,161 | [1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] | bullshit... anybody who is anybody.. so the suit makes the man .. not his character.. gotcha artcha... belivin' la vida loca... | 80 | Anybody who is anybody - unless you own the business. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45385682, 45438681, 45256208, 45224788] |
382,251 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Hey Ryan - calm down, nobody is going to force you to buy a BB gun let alone an AR15. | 5 | And 65 of homes do not have guns so it makes the 300 million really scary...also the NRA is only about 2% of Americans. So the fringe is pulling the purse strings of each of use at the behest of Arms dealers | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45491654, 45598378, 45574915, 45438648, 45599184] |
382,429 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Where did all the money that was wasted come from? Every year they run at a loss, whose money did they use to keep running at a loss? Did the local native corps cover it ? Nope, the taxpayer did. The reason I complain about the bush is it is where I live most of the time and I see the huge waste. | 4 | I never saw any reference to grants in the article Bill. Trolls. Who needs them? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388080, 45385682, 45599028, 45589137, 45486432] |
382,518 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | "These two cuts will eliminate the need for an income tax and save the state millions in future retirement obligations."
Really? How many people is that, and many millions? And that includes all departments such as State Troopers and prison guards? | 4 | Sure, lay off all employees with 6 or less years of service; and 16% of all employees hired since 2008. My thinking behind the latter deals with the increase in new hires do to one time federal stimulus. These two cuts will eliminate the need for an income tax and save the state millions in future retirement obligations. Now, your turn. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45184889, 45485526, 45498710, 45404154, 45589137] |
382,932 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | shelly, i envy where you live except for maybe several days a year.... the OCF can only deal with what is theirs. if a neighbor of yours is renting camping space and those campers are not respecting your property..that's not on the OCF...it's your neighbors. determining who is creating the problem is the only way to deal with it. any trash in your yard may wind up being your problem but you have to find who the culprits are and whose responsible for them being there? i would keep trying to work with who ever is responsible for the mess. | 4 | Anyone without a compass would leave almost anything. These issues have been addressed with the OCF board and the people at the campground (who we assume are the main perpetrators) numerous times. However, the problems remain. Regardless of whose responsibility it is, it becomes our problem.
Once again, the area is just not suitable for an event this large and as long as they are allowed to expand, they will. That is the problem. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438070, 45535393, 45388025, 45494674, 45630512] |
382,969 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | Many bleeding hearts complain on here about being concerned where MY money is wasted so I feel we should spend as much that is needed and then some to rebuild everything we can for the helpless villages. Me and many non locals will benefit with hundreds of thousands of YOUR hard earned dollars by rebuilding everything for them. I can always use YOUR money to work on my own seasonal home ( when not working in the villages) in Hawaii. Please continue to support all grants, welfare and donations to the bush. Early retirement is looking good and the Gov paying to move the villages will definatly get me there. Thank You Taxpayer! | 6 | THINK OF THE JOBS?
THINK OF THE PLANNING?
THINK OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EIS WORK NEEDED FOR EACH APPROVED MOVE?
In the past ADN news staff have reported that approximately 156 impoverished rural slum threatened villages will need to be moved. Each site will be a new location of welfare dependency. These costs will be bourne by the State of Alaska and federal welfare transfer programs: e.g., special village government jobs, village police, village schools, village air strips, village power plants and power cost equalization payments, village communications hubs, etc. From a financial perspective, if each village move costs about $150,000,000 to accomplish, then the cost to the State of Alaska to save important Alaskan BUSH village culture is only about $23.4 billion.
THINK OF THE JOBS?
THINK OF THE PLANNING?
THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PUBLIC INTEREST LAWSUITS (e.g., PEBBLE MINE interests were stopped when the project development hurt the local environment)? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45426626, 45536973, 45494674, 45505902, 45630512] |
383,117 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | AKfox: While you are surely entitled to your opinion, I believe you have misinterpreted the law. The 1998 vote was advisory: not a law. It is unfortunate that the voters allowed state spending to get out of control, but it is what it is. Things simply can't remain as they have been as the numbers don't add up. Don't misunderstand me; I'm a libertarian and disapprove of all this spending, however historically, the voters have supported all this government to the point that people are going to get hurt one way or another.
If the veto decision does nothing else, it inspires a debate which is long overdue!
For what it is worth, I voted with a majority of other Alaskans in 1976 to establish this fund to support state spending when oil revenues ran dry; there was no dividend program at that time.
This is the political season: please exercise your rights and use the process to forward your views. | 4 | Gov.: What is the penalty for violation of a written public policy "order" established by the voters in 1999 when 83% of us said don't use the earnings of the PF to run state government?
Gov: Have you ever fired an employee for violating a written order or taking money for the till?
Do you reminder, you campaigned for "Rejecting the notion that Juneau politicians need to look at stealing money from your PFD or instituting a state income or sales tax in order to pay for their growing appetite to spend money we don’t have."
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Political comment: if all 60 legislators fail to overturn your PFD veto - those who those legislators who vote "NO" will summarily be punished in Nov.
Those voting "YES" to overturn will be come heroes and campaign for your impeachment.
In my opinion: Sir, you have earned being fired... (A)For the THREATENING 644,000 of us with a $4,000 dollar PFD tax [per house of 4] and/or (B) for IMPOSING a $4,000 PFD tax without a vote of the people. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45366683, 45405070, 45501738, 45553691, 45593869] |
383,127 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Please read your Alaska history book, Birmon. Alaska natives outside of southeast/west area were mostly nomadic people. Don't they teach Alaska history in schools anymore?? | 6 | Source?? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438681, 45385682, 45451297, 45327007, 45188628] |
383,397 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Jeremy Sand : Beautifully expressed! Thank You. | 4 | All historical incidents of mass genocide are relevant and will always remain relevant. From Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot they are all relevant. To believe otherwise is to except them as acceptable and Unpreventable. An unarmed society is one that is subject, without question, to any whim of the Government. And I call into question "the vast majority of police" statement. I have many friends who are LEO and everyone of them believes that the citizens should be armed and ready to defend themselves from not only criminals but also their government. That goes for the military as well. We are not subjects and we are not subject to illegal and unconstitutional laws. What you seem to forget is that unlike these pompous welfare politicians that attempt to subvert the Constitution, these police and soldiers take pride in their oath to defend this country from enemies both foreign and domestic. You can choose to live on your knees, I for one would rather die on my feet. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45364217, 45332074, 45633254, 45194903, 45542080] |
383,467 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I don't believe there is a degree of racism. You cannot be more or less racist, you simply are or aren't. | 4 | Very true. Those police officers in Baton Rouge and Minnesota are much bigger racists than this fellow is. They deserve life in prison.
This fellow deserves to go to prison as well. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438879, 45535393, 45363536, 45451297, 45408370] |
383,526 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | How could we possibly trace any illness back to GMO if we have no idea what, when, where or how much we consumed. If I follow your logic then since autism, autoimmune and countless other major health issues have increased in the last 30 years and we have all eaten GMO since then they could be the problem. Labeling gives people a choice and researchers the ability to at least research and measure. | 4 | do the low-income and rural and elderly people that are truly against gmo products and want labeling or you folks who only believe that gmo products are unsafe, but have not been proven to be scientifically unsafe? it is likely than many of you anti-gmo have consumed gmo products for over 30 years, did you or anyone else developed a serious illness that can be traced to the consumption of gmo products? you need to speak for yourselves and not others. anti's always like to impose their will on others. gmo foods are produced and consumed worldwide, where are the results that they cause serious illness to people? further, if one is not sure what is in the product, it is also their right to not buy it. so if you antis want more results in labeling by the big companies or even little companies, just don't buy the food or product. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45598378, 45589137, 45465124, 45333173, 45404473] |
384,425 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Education is not expensive. It costs nothing to learn, and next to nothing to teach children. Our huge education expenses in this state (about a billion dollars) support a massive bureaucracy and do very little real education relative to the expense. Our schools are so bad that about 10 percent of parents incur the burden of homeschool their kids rather than send them to be chewed up by that huge bureaucracy.
Perhaps it was that poor schooling that leads one to say foolish things like 1/3 live in poverty (about 10% live in poverty in AK), and that 1/3 of households make over 100K. | 6 | One fourth of the pfd's go to residents under the age of 18, at a time when public education goes begging. (How many kids do you have, Joe Miller ? Gotta hurt, huh Joe?) Children's pfd's should be used to support their education.
One third of the pfd's go to households making over $100k per year, while one third of Alaskan households struggle below the poverty level. Perhaps some pfd redistribution is in order. Use the money from the upper third to support programs for the bottom third.
My income is in the middle third. Use mine to help keep things running. It was good while it lasted. I am not angry. | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45506032, 45438681, 45597947, 45525588, 45454484] |
384,799 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Didn't mean to hurt ur feelings sister. | 4 | The Analytical Economist is a freelance economics and politics writer. His work has appeared in a diverse series of publications including the National Review, Foundation for Economic Education, Federalist Papers, Headline Politics, and many others. HAHAHAHAHA Oh man. I highly recommend all go to 420's link. It's a doozy! Is that a Tea Party rag? OMG Who ARE you? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45590159, 45573511, 45349172, 45410004, 45525588] |
384,821 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] | Perhaps you could explain, counselor, in simple layperson's terms the important legal distinction for your careful use of the word "prior" to describe criminal convictions or felons. Based on your "prior" experience as a prosecutor dealing with incompetent reporters, could you elaborate on what a "future" conviction or felon looks like without benefit of a verdict? Take your time, please, so as not to distract from your self-congratulatory efforts in lieu of considering your own linguistic deficiencies that may have exacerbated any of your "prior" professional interactions with the media. | 6 | I find it interesting that Chelsea Gorrow looked up and published the prior criminal convictions of the defendant in this case.
Usually, if I want to discover that information, I have to go online and then post it as a comment to one of her stories.
Is there a special R-G policy which defines which prior felons have their criminal records posted with their arrest story and which do not? Or is this a Chelsea Gorrow reporting style only?
The defendant is only charged with a Class A Misdemeanor. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45312025, 45394200, 45586742, 45597021] |
384,868 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | I suggest that you explore census data, as I did. It will cost you nothing to learn. | 4 | Education is not expensive. It costs nothing to learn, and next to nothing to teach children. Our huge education expenses in this state (about a billion dollars) support a massive bureaucracy and do very little real education relative to the expense. Our schools are so bad that about 10 percent of parents incur the burden of homeschool their kids rather than send them to be chewed up by that huge bureaucracy.
Perhaps it was that poor schooling that leads one to say foolish things like 1/3 live in poverty (about 10% live in poverty in AK), and that 1/3 of households make over 100K. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45525557, 45506032, 45448191, 45571030, 45597995] |
385,027 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Chase, you link a wiki article as evidence that WUWT is not an appropriate evidence source? Dude, WUWT?
News flash, promoting climate change denial is not a bad thing if it is accurate. It's not even a bad thing if it is inaccurate if it asks questions that need to be answered.
Nother news flash, the governing rules for WIKI are not journalism. They write whatever they want and have their buddies join in the fun. What you offer as evidence that WUWT is not to be trusted is in fact evidence that you stoop to any depth to silence the opposition. | 6 | WUWT is not a climate science website. It is the leading climate conspiracy blog which goes out of it's way to be labeled anything but that. Heck Anthony even tried to have his followers try to edit WUWT's wiki entry because it is rightly labeled as "promoting climate change denial".
Go read the talk page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Watts_Up_With_That%3F | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45438070, 45434367, 45448160, 45313149, 45408370] |
385,650 | [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1] | who the heck wants to work more any more? obamacare took care of that. | 10 | Progressive state income taxes, like Walker has proposed tied to federal income taxes, punish ambition and hard work and reward the freeloaders. A small percentage of Alaskans would pay for everyone else. A sales tax gets everyone's skin in the game, as it should be. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45553691, 45495146, 45451297, 45418655] |
385,829 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Richard, Either I need to readjust my "sarcasm meter" or you have been vacationing off planet since Y2k! This has been nothing but standard operational procedure for Frau Lesil | 4 | It seems odd she'd pull something like this after an aid of hers sort of got in trouble last year for attending a junket in Seattle . It's too bad as well because after her years of service she'd leave voters with a questionable opinion of her . | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45456658, 45397769, 45416745, 45599570, 45563398] |
386,557 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | If there are flames, Lynn will fan them. | 4 | _"The murder of the five Dallas police officers allows the state to deify its blue-uniformed enforcers, demonize those who protest police killings and justify greater measures of oppression, often in the name of reform.”_ -- As quoted by Lynn Porter from http://www.commondreams.org
This is a reprehensible and disgusting attempt to exploit a tragedy to promote a bankrupt political agenda.
Get a grip Lynn -- you are bordering on psycho to be shoveling this garbage.
-- Paul | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45440506, 45553691, 45394434, 45440910, 45476019] |
386,778 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Is comparing these two really apples-to-apples? The U of O program "brings-in" money, while the county does not, it only spends tax dollars. Are you really going to such a questionable argument/comparison to rationalization a whooping pay rise?? | 4 | No, that's not true. Mullens is a public employee just like Mokrohisky, and his contract has to be approved by the university's board of trustees. The interim president advocated for his salary increase before that board, which approved it without cocking an eyebrow. Mullens is directly accountable to the current president, who answers to the board. Meanwhile, Mokrohisky works for the board of commissioners, not for you. Market forces determine salaries in each case, and it's been determined that Mullens's bean-counting ability is more valuable than Mokrohisky's despite the inverse proportionality of the scope of their budgets and responsibilities. Jay Bozievich, as usual, is more worried about perception. The reality is that Mokrohisky is worth the investment, despite what the all-knowing cranky corps routinely spews here. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45366683, 45397010, 45653549, 45598834, 45599928] |
386,957 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | even if he voted no, the bill would has passed. so you are bringing up irrelevant info. | 4 | In the 2008 vote on rail, every voting precinct in Council District 4 (Stanley's district), voted against rail. Stanley, decided he knew better than his constituents and support rail 100%. He has some explaining to do. He does not represent the people that elected him. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [45505902, 45402464, 45404154, 45635376, 45597947] |
387,116 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | As you have pointed out many times before, that's how 90-95% of all convictions occur in this country.
It is easy enough to go online and see his original arrests and even discover his original charges.
Mr. Ratliff is a convicted pimp of multiple underage girls. Perhaps when he is next convicted he will get a life sentence available then.
Works for me. | 4 | I don't see anywhere in the story that the guilty plea was part of a plea bargain, but I would be very much surprised if it was not. A plea bargain means that he was charged with a laundry list of crimes that would have kept him in jail pretty much his whole life and then offered a chance to plead "guilty" to a lessor crime. We should always be told what they were originally charged with and what they pleaded down to. The plea bargain system makes a mockery of the term guilty because an innocent person would have to be crazy to risk life imprisonment to prove a point. The power of the DA's controlling charges and deals is pretty much absolute. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45505732, 45438681, 45450604, 45590457, 45582203] |
387,390 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0] | No need to wonder, Earl.
These weapons (including the assault rifles used in several recent mass shootings) are readily available -with little regulation in nearby states.
Until the US decides as Australia did, that they've had enough- an institutes common reforms nationwide, you will continue shooting your own kids- or having your own kids shoot you at levels unheard of in any other western nation- or even most third world nations. | 5 | Do your research, a small percentage of all weapon related deaths were used with a rifles, this includes hunting rifles and all ' assault style' weaponry. Fear is the disease that infects the minds of many people, not to mention nearly two-thirds of all gun related deaths are suicides.
The majority of gun related deaths (not suicides) occur in Urban areas of the United States with the most stringent gun control measures, gee I wonder why. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45535372, 45506032, 45501738, 45224788, 45450802] |
387,512 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Yes, the police would have needed a warrant to do a blood draw. What makes you think the police weren't aware of that and didn't get one? | 4 | Not to defend this guy or his actions by any means.
Given the recent Supreme Court decision where a warrant is needed for a blood test, was one legally obtained?
This recent decision gutted the 4th ammendment and gives the police more power with less accountability.
Again, I'm not defending or justifying this. But, we as citizens need to be aware and informed as to our rights and now mire rights being taken away. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45491654, 45505732, 45203823, 45438416, 45602467] |
387,652 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1] | Why on earth would you need a warning about the next Hitler? Oh, that's right, you don't need it, the rest of us do since Hitler was a product of a left wing ideology, as is Fascism. | 10 | Professor and now Justice Ginsberg puts her reputation on the line before she dies of cancer by warning America about the absolute danger of the next Hitler. God bless her and may her memory be a blessing. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445192, 45438681, 45397769, 45404154, 45447221] |
387,706 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | He said 300 million "FIREARMS". | 4 | There is nothing remotely like 300 million AR-15 rifles. It is more like 5 to 6 million.
And the government should not offer any money for them, nor any tax credits for them either, as some Congressmen have recently proposed.
Anyone reckless enough to own an AR-15 deserves to be given nothing for their rifle. Being irresponsible should not be rewarded. People should simply be required to turn them in, or face time in prison. Heavy fines is not enough punishment for failing to turn your gun in.
People who own AR-15 rifles are a clear danger to our society. We must deal with these people and neutralize the threat that they pose. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45537352, 45485526, 45491654, 45590457] |
387,760 | [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Premise: Boots is accountable to the city.
Crticism:
Boots is not publicly funded; we are accountable to the community we serve, not the NIMBYs...
*Not In My Back Yard
And, it's a moral obligation, helping the poor and indigent, not a popularity contest.
Do we care that you are mad? Only somewhat: at the end of the day, you can go in your home and close the door. Our houseless neighbors are still out on the trail, being hated for their socioeconomic status, of all things.. | 6 | Pretty sure the vast majority of the populace is pissed at the mayor and Boots on the Ground; not for the reasons you state, but for letting this situation get out of hand and spreading the false narrative that most "campers" are recently employed locals with kids whose rent increase in inner SE/NE forced them onto the streets. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45402464, 45537352, 45447087, 45404154, 45598834] |
388,078 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Aloha, I just uploaded the city's May status report and posted it below the story if you want to take a closer look at the numbers. The city is working in conjunction with nonprofits, HUD and the VA — it's a joint effort with both federal and local funding. | 4 | Is it really true that "the City and County of Honolulu reported housing 747 veterans?"
And if that's what the city and county reported, is it true?
Does it mean that 747 were housed IN the city and county or BY the city and county?
Is it really the case that 747 veterans were housed in the city and county of Honolulu, some of them by the city and county, some by the state, and some by other entities?
It just doesn't seem plausible that the city and county housed 747 veterans.
That number has also appeared in ambiguously worded political advertisements. The ambiguity seems deliberate.
How many were really housed by the city and county? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45498710, 45598378, 45541171, 45505732, 45571030] |
388,870 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Thanks; we're headed that way in 2 weeks. Am already looking forward to being home from that trip! | 4 | Be careful coming down Peninsula right after Kasilof. Summer road construction has vehicles backed up only 2 car lengths after first hill. I mean come over and STOP!!!! Three more hold ups within 12 miles thereafter too. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45445022, 45313149, 45448191, 45630512, 45401799] |
389,076 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | what does PSA mean? | 4 | Save the county some money: this man is a few bricks short, has one oar in the water, is a few cards short of a deck, isn't firing on all cylinders. When ever you meet someone who asks "will you fire some nails into my head?" the appropriate response is "Let's call CAHOOTS" or just dialing 911. That's my PSA for today. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45388025, 45590457, 45653549, 45333173, 45541206] |
389,577 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Eric, You seem to see everything in money terms so let’s look at some figures. The average cost of raising a child born in 2013 up until age 18 for a middle family in the U.S. is approximately $245K. Average cost of imprisonment in Hawaii $43.070 a year, times 18 years, $775K, this does not include all the police, court and other fees. The annual cost of, permanent housing, ranges from $13K to $25K per person, $360K over 18 years at $20K/year. In Hawaii, on an annual salary of $30K, federal and state taxes are about $6500 per year until 65, that’s about $300K, not to mention sales, vat and others. the cost of raising the mother and child to 18 is $605K, subtract the taxes he will pay over a 40-year work span and the total outlay is $305K. Doing nothing can cost much more in incarceration, lost taxes and the probability that he, or she, will create more dysfunctional kids, perpetuating this problem. the cost is at least twice as much by not fixing it up front. | 4 | You seem to be advocating a cradle-to-grave socialist utopia which 'relocates' and teaches sexually active women how to be mothers to their children from the moment of conception. Does this require these incipient moms to register with a new government agency tasked with relocating and training these women? Gosh, that sounds pretty expensive. Using mental arithmetic, I'm sensing that once you add the cost of providing Obama phones to "every poor person, muslim and non muslim under 34 on the planet" we are probably looking at QUADRUPLING taxes. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45418782, 45571747, 45445192, 45314593, 45602036] |
389,584 | [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] | Wake up Jimmy. I am guessing not many people "realize" your nonsense.
Name one mass shooting (4+ dead) in the past 10 years that was based solely on the teachings within the Christian bible. Over the past WEEK jihadists have killed 615 worldwide. If you were paying attention over the last week you would have known better than to pronounce such fiction, with such condescension, that your comments lose all credibility.
You are right about one thing: education [knowledge] is power. Get some. | 10 | > God bless our
You do realize he did this *because* of god, right? This happens in the "free" and "non-free" world *because* people are full of religion. Some Christians used to terrorize(some still do), some Mormons did it, some Muslims do it.
Religion is a form of education, and education is power, but with great power comes great responsibility. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45256178, 45418782, 45458735, 45363536, 45645228] |
389,903 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Sorry Dennis.. You lost us. Care to rephrase? | 4 | 6 1/2 months Juneau was able allow Dave and Busters patrons to play games of chance.
I'd call it a productive legislative year. Top notch results from some of the brightest minds in Alaska. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45536973, 45541171, 45438070, 45598378, 45449731] |
390,066 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Fleece Johnson needs help. Nowhere can I find any substantiation to his "facts???" | 4 | Fleece Johnson says : "Statistically, lesbian couples are the most violent towards each other". Would this person please cite his or her sources. Not saying he/she is wrong, but statements such as that need to be substantiated, in my opinion. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45385682, 45454484, 45498710, 45582203, 45588938] |
390,164 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | Back when I was a kid Dad would take a small piece of meat, bacon or anything, and tie it on a piece of brush or whatever wayyy off away from the house. Then he's set a coffee can full of water directly under it. The "meat bees" would crawl all over the meat gorging themselves on it. They actually can take tiny bites. They'd get so full they couldn't fly and would fall in the water and drown. Problem solved. | 4 | WD-40 is the liquid equivalent of duct tape .... it can fix most anything!! | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [45385682, 45525557, 45366683, 45454484, 45602467] |
390,277 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | It's probably a wise decision. Since 'false' Trump supporters have already gotten
into his rallies, the danger of One pretending to be a Trump (and 2ed Amendment ) supporter, and carrying a gun, is an unacceptable risk.
But Whom are these "angry people" of which you speak? That would be the Trump Protesters, not the (true) Trump Supporters. IIRC, there were only two incidences when a Trump Supporter was 'inappropriately physical' in interacting with a Protester, yet innumerable incidents of angry, violent Protesters. | 4 | M3, that wording would be fine with me. Wouldn't it be great to see how police officers would answer that? However, your dismissal of police chiefs' views in questionable.
There is a subtle difference here in the wording of our different questions, as many people, I believe, totally support the 2nd Amendment, have no problem with gun owners who generally keep their secured guns at home except when hunting, etc. Our concern is the proliferation of guns in public spaces. And actually, I doubt the cops want to walk in to an armed home in the middle of a domestic dispute.
And the Republicans convention rules seem to prove what we all suspected-- deep down, nobody really wants to be in a situation with a lot of angry people packing guns. M3, how do you feel about this Republican rule banning guns in their convention? | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45385682, 45454484, 45498710, 45582203, 45501738] |
390,363 | [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0] | As a firearm user/owner since I was about 5, most of these proposals make sense. And in fact most firearm owners (definitely not all) I talk to are all for universal background checks. Very few people with average common sense want convicted felons to be able to walk into gun shows and purchase firearms with zero background check required. Which is the case right now. I've seen some really shady characters at gun shows, people that if I knew they lived in my neighborhood, I definitely wouldn't want owning firearms. That said, trying to ban semi-automatic weapons is what scares most in the firearm community, and politicians/citizens who are uneducated about firearms need to realize this: semi-automatic firearms encompass a huge variety of weapons, many used for hunting and sport. Trying to ban them is ridiculous. Stop with that rhetoric, and instead focus solely on common sense things like universal background checks, and we might make progress on this. | 6 | The comments by Kevin Starrett seem out of touch with reality. Regarding high capacity magazines, is he saying that not having to change clips is not a factor in these mass killings? He seems to suggest that if people at the night club were armed, that is the correct solution. Great, let's mix alcohol and guns in a late night setting as a policy to prevent mass violence! I wonder how that will work out? Also, his comments (if quoted correctly) seem harsh and insulting; it would be nice if we can keep the dialog civil. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45458735, 45536973, 45573511, 45582632, 45360811] |
390,496 | [1, 1, 1, 1] | 14 Ak Senators with good cause have earned being fired.
Because they can't count, double crossed 644,000 PFD recipients,
and are too dumb to understand the meaning of the word No.
They must, therefore, lean the meaning of the 5 letter word F-i-r-e-d.
Starting with Sen. Majority leader John Coghill.
Flush John is has real meaning and keeps the bathroom from stinking. | 4 | You can fire a Congressman or Senator every four or six years - with or without cause. | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45491654, 45366683, 45602036, 45599480, 45536013] |
390,899 | [0, 0, 0, 0] | But I thought Hillary was a Democrat. Oh my mistake you were going on about Trump but it appeared to me that you were actually describing Bill and Hillary Clinton. Because they have done all that stuff.
Hugs & Kisses | 4 | Megalomaniac + Pathological liar. The world has seen enough of these insane despots bringing death, destruction, and financial ruin to humanity. All aided and abetted by financial manipulators working the system they created for maximum personal wealth without ever getting their own hands dirty. This is the best and brightest offered by the Republican Party? The Party is imploding from the same ideological insanity as their proffered candidate(s). | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [45438070, 45447087, 45599480, 45513204, 45405070] |
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