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On the one hand, the teachers' union does abuse their power. On the other hand, they HAVE power. The only way for people to regain power is to join and stick together. An organized body doesn't have to call itself a union, but attacks on unions favor only the right.	00	not toxic
Pity you missed the full name "Saurabh Aggarwal"...go to google and use his name with "Sahara" and there he is as per the piece in LinkedIn showing his employment history, and twitter handle Saurabhindia1	00	not toxic
By whose analysis? The FBIs? Yours? (and you question me about authority - other shoe, meet Trident's foot).	00	not toxic
More capable than most...by far.	00	not toxic
Works for me	00	not toxic
Feel free to send him your life savings...	00	not toxic
Yeah, this may very well "blow people away", but not necessarily as intended.	00	not toxic
Thank you. A voice of reason, compared to the many commenters on this service who are so enamored of the ability to kill their fellow man that they resist even the most minimal steps to reduce access to guns. If there were no semi-automatic weapons except in the hands of police and military, there would be no guns to steal for killers to get. Yes! I am an anti-gun nut. and proud of it. A former hunter who gave up my weapons rather than be at risk for spreading them to criminals. A person who sees no need for a private citizen to own a semi-automatic or automatic weapon; a person who respects the rights of hunters to take animals for food,without having to cut out the mass of lead that fills the carcass after an AR-15. AK-47, or the like has cut it into hamburger.	00	not toxic
I think Liberal voters should apologize for voting in Junior and his sidekick Butts who are running up debt and taxing Canadians into poverty.	00	not toxic
And how did the Islamic State manage to create that major tunnel system? lots of shovels	00	not toxic
What has yet to be done is to have a statute of Pre at Hayward field, not a picture, but a statute. Bowerman is at Hayward and Pre also should be. On the base of the statute should be his quote; To Give less than your best.......". This is long overdue.	00	not toxic
I didn't see anything in the article to support the conjecture that Lamborn bought his stock as a result of insider knowledge, only that he is one of 495 representatives in Congress and he happened to buy stock in the company. Pretty thin gruel.	00	not toxic
One can only hope! All these "healthcare" jobs are drain on the economy.	00	not toxic
except trump didn't announce it.	00	not toxic
Exactly, what happened to "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?"	00	not toxic
brad12> You're a typical (D)onkey dyslexic/hypocrite! You voted (D)onkey and here you are confused and complaining about the jack-a$$es you voted in! LOL	11	toxic
Let me simplify it. Cats indoors have toxo and because of the kind of wastewater treatment we have here it will flourish, and then be flushed directly into the sea. More adverse to Sea Lions than any land based run off, because toxo will be concentrated. Ergo, the house cat, under your line of argumentation would need to be rounded up and killed first.	00	not toxic
The Russians or Syrians who comment here in defense of the Assad regime's crimes should relax and chill out. Since international justice is dead, neither Presidents Putin nor Assad have anything to worry about. Since they will never be brought to justice, defending them seems to nothing more than an odd public relations exercise.	00	not toxic
I thought the headline in particular was of the nudge-nudge, wink-wink double-entendre variety, after seeing the photo of the partners... "I'd like to introduce my wife with a PHD (and also looks amazing in a bikini)"...what are you really saying?	00	not toxic
The mining of domestic coal, the mining of foreign coal, and the consumption of coal for business purposes, are are all separate issues. For those states, that still use coal and could not obtain domestic coal, they had to import foreign coal. Whether the coal was foreign or domestic, there are many businesses, that still rely on coal. Forcing the domestic coal industry, to go out of business, didn't really solve the problem, for the many businesses, that have used coal for decades, or a century or more. It is easy for people, to tell businesses, on how to run their businesses.	00	not toxic
I'm a lifelong Alaskan who lived in Vegas for a few years and I can tell you, our Child Protective Services are ruthless up here. Vegas is nothing like it. Nothing!	00	not toxic
" Don't underestimate a man who overestimates himself". Kevin will make an interesting leader of the opposition.	00	not toxic
It absolutely is, but colleges don't need to sponsor it, for the most part that hateful and derogatory speech has pretty much zero redeeming value. Folks like Milo Y and Ann Coulter are pretty much just angry people who do their best to spread hate. They are free to say whatever they want, but college students should have some say in what their tuition dollars go to sponsor. That being said, the rioting in Berlkey was just stupid.	11	toxic
Just like we eliminated slavery and are trying to eliminate all discrimination, continued effort needs to be made to eliminate killing weapons. As long as we desire having killing weapons, the will be no end to our violence.	00	not toxic
Your statement that the Tongass has 17 million acres may be true, but is not accurate if intended to imply that much land is available for timber harvest. The 17 million acres includes all the mountaintops and glaciers in the Tongass. The potentially suitable lowest land is 2+ million acres. If you eliminate the acreage of forest land located within land use designations (LUDs) that do not allow timber harvest, etc, you get to an existing timber base- including second growth, I believe- of approximately 600,000 acres. A far cry from 17,000,000 acres comprising the total forest. http://www.merid.org/en/TongassAdvisoryCommittee/~/media/Files/Projects/tongass/Ecological/Working%20Forest%20Group%20Old%20Growth%20Land%20Base%20Analysis.pdf	00	not toxic
Leading with the vacant Sajjan? Man, sending in Eddie the Eagle as our first stringer will certainly set a tempo. I guess we should hope they send Gomer Pyle as a fill in. Gol-ly.	00	not toxic
Why do we have a fragmented medical system? Why do patients in different provinces receive different levels of care or have different drugs covered? Time for one excellent national system; get rid of the fiefdoms!	00	not toxic
For heavens sakes, why should this pill be free. Condoms are not free. People, take some personal responsibility for your personal situations and actions.	00	not toxic
If you think you're ALREADY paying too much, then what do you think will happen under single-payer? Do you think healthcare will become free? Do you think the pharmaceutical and medical technology companies will stop driving up the price.....no way Jose	00	not toxic
Most_money_for_the_rich_is_dividends_and_capital_gains,_taxed_at-a_special_rate.	00	not toxic
Actually the writer has never seen the documentary on Trump and his plane and some trips he took. We can tell Trump is demanding of perfection and spends very little time with trivia. He is well liked by his employees and schedules things to a tee. Air Force One will see a whole new level of detail.	00	not toxic
So the disruptive passenger goes so says the FAA and federal law backs up the Flight Attendant. The only one who backs up immature man who cannot control himself during a FAA required safety check is his mom and dad.	00	not toxic
Adding people to an area who are not in cars is the opposite of being like Texas. If Lee Darling had ever lived in Texas, he would know that. I am more than a bit appalled that so many people prioritize the speed of cars over the lives of people. It appears that Mr. Darling and many others are worried that adding more people to the area around the UO campus, which just happens to be the destination that draws the largest number of people per day hereabouts, might cause traffic to slow down to the speed limit. Oh the horror. If such folks stepped back just a bit, they might realize that most of the people who will live in this building will be traveling to the UO most days. Do you want them driving in from ten miles away? Will that relieve your traffic concerns, or would you then complain all the more about traffic?	00	not toxic
By wealth, I assume you mean borrowed money and the overtaxed working people?	00	not toxic
First off, I wonder exactly what insights Joe Biden can provide about "what to expect from the Trump administration". I don't think he even knows what's going on in the Obama Administration. Second is Mckenna's comment about the cost of Canada's carbon reduction plan.... "While the measures are costly, "the cost of inaction on climate change are much greater"." What exactly are the costs of inaction and, in the alternative, are there cheaper alternatives that involve less money, less government and less regulation?	00	not toxic
Agree. No more income for the bloated nanny state. It will only be spent on things like $550 ,000 salaries for AGDC execs working on fantasy projects to Nowhere.	00	not toxic
When Trudeau was asked why this appointment was made, "ahhh because it is 2017"	00	not toxic
The location may be great, but Mr. Cohen makes a good case for why the building is unsuitable. A new one built for the purpose seems more appropriate.	00	not toxic
Some uninformed folks like Leonard Pitts want guns taken away from honest gun owners, while on an even wilder side, people like President O bama desire to release felons from prison just because he can. Go figure?	00	not toxic
100,000 of those books were bought by Obama for his new library in Chicago.	00	not toxic
Coal had to be phased out as ON had up to 50 smog days any given year Now we are down to 10-12 days	00	not toxic
The United Nations has publicly stated its goal is not to ‘solve’ climate change, but to seek to redistribute wealth and expand its authority through more central planning. UN official Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III, admitted what’s behind the climate issue: “One must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy … One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.” Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Dr. Ivar Giaever: ‘Global warming is a non-problem’ – ‘I say this to Obama: Excuse me, Mr. President, but you’re wrong. Dead wrong.’ Plenty of real "sciencee" people below that disagree with you David, probably dismiss them too. http://www.climatedepot.com/2016/11/15/skeptics-deliver-2016-state-of-the-climate-report-to-un-summit-everything-you-been-told-about-global-warming-is-wrong/	00	not toxic
Thank you. I appreciate the clarification. I see I have a few grammatical errors in my earlier post. Not sure if it is from my auto corrections or just me. Probably just me.	00	not toxic
Codswallop, K. Yes, back-up catchers are back-ups for a reason--they aren't much good, especially with the stick. But, c'mon, everybody knew how old Russell Martin was, and that there was a pretty good chance he'd need lots of time off or would be on the DL for long stretches, it just goes with the territory. So management's responsibility was to have a back-up ready, and they whiffed on that 1, eh, by a mile... As you left out how Your Js back-up catchers fared, here it is: BA .152, OPS .470. Pretty obvious why you left those #s out, for while your point 'bout back-up catchers is correct in broad terms, even allowing for that, Your Js back-ups had a season for the ages. Your cavalcade of stats on other back-up catchers, obfuscation. Irrelevant. Totally meaningless and specious comparisons designed only to muddy the waters.	00	not toxic
There have been tragedies around the country and around the world," Saltzman says. "I wasn't going to have a tragedy on my watch when I had the authority to do something." Saltzman still doesn't understand--he doesn't have the authority to do what he did. Makes me wonder if he's been on the Commssion too long--he believes he makes the rules regardless of purview or legal jurisdiction. Tomorrow he'll be changing zoning law to facilitate a project he likes.	00	not toxic
Sounding very much like someone who has never played goaltender in a Beer League, sport. Guessing from your comment that you have also never once played hockey or are the dreaded "red helmet guy" whom just about every Beer League goaltender loathes, goatie.	11	toxic
Then why are you on the attack?	00	not toxic
Here we go. Some lawyer with a vested interest trying to heap guilt on an entire country just because of the actions of one psychotic individual. The sad thing is that the government will probably bend over backwards to accommodate his views.	00	not toxic
Well, whether Jerry69 is worried about bias or not (he might want to try looking in a mirror), the gist of the article is not how did we get here, but "how do we go forward without a war and the deaths of thousands of innocents?" The cooler heads in our military and the one or two sane people surrounding the president need to clamp down on his uninformed solipsistic foolishness, de-activate his twitter-finger, and preferably lock him in a closet in the White House basement and forget where they put the key. Then they need to go about a process of de-escalation that specifically takes "regime change" off the table, but tells North Korean that while we aren't about to de-throne the Kim Dynasty, if KJU doesn't "cool it," we are prepared to respond in kind.	00	not toxic
The anti-nepotism law came in after the Kennedy presidency was over..	00	not toxic
"Unquestionable"? Look at the official Catholic encyclopedia, and read what it says about the origins of the rosary. It completely dismisses that hagiography of St. Dominic. It dismisses other fables as well.	00	not toxic
"Not to be lost in the pomp and circumstance of Pope Francis’ first visit to Washington is the reality that the Catholic Church he oversees has become one of the largest recipients of federal largesse in America." Also: http://www.ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/catholic-social-teachings-call-dignity-creation "We also note that the majority of the undocumented are Roman Catholics who would formally join their parishes and help support them with their just wages."	00	not toxic
Not one credible reference link to back up your shibai post. Your standard.	00	not toxic
With 97% of the world's top scientists not on the Carbon-Tax payroll saying were headed into a coronal minima, shouldn't we be planning for global cooling?	00	not toxic
Heil bavius!	00	not toxic
If the batteries only last two weeks, how do they get recharged? Did he have to get close enough every two weeks to change the batteries?	00	not toxic
Thank you for the enlightment.	00	not toxic
Dear Tax and Spend Lawmakers of Oregon, I think the tax payers of this state have made it clear, we do not believe you when you constantly yell "FIRE!" It's time to live within your means like the rest of us do. If the average taxpayer has an unexpected expense, they find something they can do without. We DO NOT want, nor will we put up with an additional $1.3B per year in additional taxes, fees, surcharges, or whatever fancy name you put on it. If you can't find a way to do it, we will elect someone that can!	00	not toxic
Best to use a naturopath. They both prescribe and sell their "medicines" with no conflict of interest recognized from their college or the government.	00	not toxic
Cat: " Genetic Disorder". Whohhhh CAT, pull in the reins, she's headed for the Buckwheat field. The LGBTA+X crowd will be protesting outside YOUR residence................	00	not toxic
Nailed it Clem! It ought to be clear that the legislature must raise revenue to ensure that the Permanent Fund stays permanent. Otherwise the fund will be treated like a line of credit never to be repaid--which is what some people wanted since the day the fund was created.	00	not toxic
The CBC web-based services are efficient and cheap. They basically are re-using content produced for TV and radio at very little additional cost. Fundamentally, CBC.ca is a menu for their core broadcasting services. It allows people who weren't able to tune in when programs are broadcast to see what they missed and access it. But I think most importantly, CBC.ca allows people to access local news from across Canada in a way that no other "national" media has done.. I read the G&M and other sources for national stories, but I depend on CBC for their mandate of informing us about each other where we live.	00	not toxic
Hillary's server.	00	not toxic
While I partly agree with you, the UPX is going to have interesting by-products. Weston is turning into a bedroom community with a spur of townhouse development surrounding Weston station. The St.Clair and Liberty Village stops that are part of Tory's Smart Track plan will most likely be serviced by UP. It's underused currently but has the potential to be highly used commuter rail. Amusingly, that would make getting to the airport more hassle than it's worth	00	not toxic
But there has also been an unwritten code that says premiers don’t make direct attempts to steal business away from another province. How about Ontario's sabotage of interprovincial free trade for 150 years? Maybe not direct theft but much more effective than Mr Wall's effort	00	not toxic
Pretty slimy but typical. Hackers unable to attack Trump attack innocent victims. Disgusting. Perhaps they would be better off using their skills to do something useful - like trace the money that made the Clintons worth more than $100M, like figure out who and what the leaders of the large foundations controlling about 1/7th of the US economy are doing to manipulate and control the US political system (any hackers with the stones to tackle the Soros foundations?). But doing that would require skill. Attacking hotel guests does not demand skill.	00	not toxic
Fact is that nobody wants your koolaide.,	00	not toxic
It's a bad review of a very good movie.	00	not toxic
No jobs provided, they import their construction workers.	00	not toxic
Hey, honey, pretty tough when it strikes close to home, isn't it? The world needs tolerance for ALL. Try speaking up earlier next time.	00	not toxic
Last I checked, it was the liberal left burning police cars at anti-Trump rallies, assaulting people with bike locks, shooting up Congressman at softball practice, ignoring federal law in sanctuary cities and encouraging violence against police. Seems like you're confused.	00	not toxic
Warren Keogh....you forgot to mention a moron as well. Get your facts completely in order or you'll be called a liberal shill.	11	toxic
I love stories like this. The Free Market, the free market everyone yells, until it's personal. Now it's all about making sure the big bad corporation doesn't screw me. And for the record I think this is a long needed reform and I have never been a free market advocate...	00	not toxic
It is amazing that anyone would vote for a person with absolutely no political experience. Why would anyone think anyone could come in with zero experience in politics and be successful is beyond me. The Donald is truly an embarrasement. We will probably lose our leadership role in the world to China and perhaps Russia. Sad. I was not a Hillary supporter but I voted for her as at least she knows what she is doing. The Donald acts like he has no clue most of the time. What an embarrasement. A real shame that republicans have no leaders like Eisenhower. Hell even Nixon and Dole have been rejected. Pathetic.	11	toxic
Really? An embarrassment to humanity ... if you said that about Hitler, Jeffery Dalmers, Charles Manson that would make sense. One thing that both sides tend to have are the drama queens. How long has the investigation been going on? What exactly has been found? How many times has it been said on the major news outlets "here is the proof". Manifort might be guilty of something and Trump canned him quickly. But we do know Clintons received moneys and nothing is said.	00	not toxic
common sense..? +++RG: "While LTD staff waited for an officer to arrive, according to the search warrant affidavit, Johnson allegedly arrived at the Glenwood headquarters, pleading with the dispatch supervisor to get the cellphone back. .....told Johnson he had to file a lost and found report at the LTD customer service office on Willamette Street in downtown Eugene because the supervisor “suspected the cellphone contained evidence of at least one criminal act..... The next morning, Johnson allegedly did go to the customer service office and told an employee that it was important that he get his phone back.... "I guess he didn't cross paths with the cop in LTD's dispatch room.++++but the prostitute/money/girl scout money story beats this hands down....lol	00	not toxic
"Attack, pause, mourn, carry on: The cycle of terror has become routine". No, that is not how it goes. In the Globe and Mail it goes like this: Attack, pause, put "comments closed" labels on all the first news reports, get a set of Muslim writers to write the first opinion columns, eventually open up the boards to comments, hope that the prominent posts are along the lines of "all religions are evil and dangerous, but let me list out and emphasize the awful things Christians have done", censor away posts that go beyond that pan-religion all-religions-are-evil line, draw attention to the need for better mental health care in society, find and publicize some reports of anti-Muslim hate attacks in Canada, the West, anywhere, print a couple more article about "The Handmaid's Tale" with imagery of Trump leading a fundamentalist Christian war on women, mourn, carry on.	00	not toxic
Sessions is in terrible spot. He gave up an extremely safe Senate seat to be AG. Then Trump repeatedly humiliates him before the entire world. That's typical Trump behavior. ....let's remember what he did to Mitt Romney. Bullying and assertion of superiority is often accomplished by such humiliation....Trump's adept at it. It would take really huge stones to tell someone who has such power over you to "kiss my $%#$". In Session's place, that's what I would have done. But, obviously, I'm not in Session's place. Looking forward to lunch and a visit.....your old $##$%% liberal friend, Gary Crum	11	toxic
Just logged on to the Post to see what nonsense the players were up to today because I absolutely will not watch the NFL. I know no one will miss me, but it will be interesting in the coming weeks to see if those like me will be missed collectively.	00	not toxic
Every country in the world including the USA gives subsidies to major companies. Does anyone remember the millions of dollars in bailout money the US government gave to Chrysler to keep it viable. Perhaps we need subsidies and maybe we don't I do not know for sure. However business is business and as it stands we need to support those who support us, the USA does not however we do have agreements in place with Mexico and Europe, we need to focus on those markets and reduce the amount of focus on the USA.	00	not toxic
.....except laws that are deemed or on their face to be unconstitutional and do not coincide with what our Founding Fathers intended, correct.	00	not toxic
Thanks, Ivo -- the most villified group of all is the freethinkers and liberals, and the centre is the target of both the left and the right.	00	not toxic
Explain to the nice people, Kathleen, how this media release is a calculated attack on the Irish community because you are trying to block our local fire chief from preventing illegal, highly toxic burning in the area that could cause strokes, miscarriages and cancer. Tell everyone about your antisemitism agenda while you are at it.	00	not toxic
"...make history"! What history was made? Let's deal with the real issue, the guy is deadly dangerous to EVERYBODY!	00	not toxic
Why pick on Facebook? Fake news is now a staple of the major news outlets.	00	not toxic
It wasn't. The police stopped it. The suspect was still out and about for a bit of time this morning.	00	not toxic
If I cared about what you thought, Gary, I'd certainly consider your suggestion. Unfortunately for you, I am not in a position where you wield any sort of power over me. You don't get to grade my writing. Mr. Massengill's original post was (IN MY OPINION) a pompous, and false appeal to his own authority. By setting himself up as a legitimate authority on history and politics, he declared himself a speaker of truth, not opinion. Science was invoked to back up his claim to truth. Rather than waste time pointing out his fallacy, I chose to let the air out of his screed by pointing out an error he made not once, but twice. It gave truth to his lie of superiority. I enjoy ruthlessly pricking the odd gonfalon bubble, Gary. And, f I can do it with wit, and an economy of words, I'll continue to do so. Try to get out more. Read something new today. Throw a ball for your dog. Google Dave Berry's year in review. Tickle a baby. A life with no laughter is not one worth living. Lighten up	00	not toxic
Whatever happened to simply eating before you got on the flight? For that matter, based on what I see every time I'm at an airport, many people wouldn't be hurt in the slightest if they missed a meal or two...	00	not toxic
You don't know that, and taking the word of media-with-an-agenda isn't too bright. If I was confronted with a citizen "waving a gun and sidestepping like a crab", I'd run too. The CCW Cowboys MAY have saved lives -- but perhaps we'll never know.	00	not toxic
Sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴏᴍᴇ! Gʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴊᴏʙ ғᴏʀ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs, sᴛᴀʏ-ᴀᴛ-ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏᴍs ᴏʀ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ... Yᴏᴜ ᴏɴʟʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʀᴇʟɪᴀʙʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ... Mᴀᴋᴇ $90 ʜᴏᴜʀʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ $12000 ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ʙʏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʟɪɴᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛᴛᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ sɪɢɴɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴇᴇᴋ... +++++++++http://www.cashapp24.com/	00	not toxic
I couldn't care less about sport. So I don't see Nadal's achievements as any more impressive than a wheelchair-rider's. The problem is, you are up against people who do. Sports fans. They can't explain it or defend it, but to them there's something fundamentally "better" about Federer as compared to a legless person with a racket strapped to his wrist. Sportists defend the male-female segregation of sport as necessary for fairness, and lament doping for the same reason. They are preoccupied with "purity" at a very deep, psychological level. It's all very stupid, and regressive, and patriarchal. It's all very Germany c. 1936. It's all very religious. So they don't care about wheelchair tennis champs, and neither do I. There is nobody who gives a damn. And so, there's no money or prestige in it. The bigger question is why we give any money in the first place to people who's only contribution is to smack balls around.	00	not toxic
did not originate from them	00	not toxic
I prefer the Supreme Court's decisions as to what is legal in this country. Don't worry, when I want to get your opinion on what is or is not legal, I will be in touch. Wait to hear back from me. I promise to write.	00	not toxic
Any time you regulate an industry, you are converting that industry into a never ending source of campaign donations, as the incumbents will use the political process to create regulations that limit or eliminate competition and new entries into the industry. Think of it as the functional equivalent of a protection racket. An extreme example would be Chicago, a one party operation for over a century. With this regulation, we travel down that path a bit. Cheers -	00	not toxic
Divide and Conquer has been a corner stone of the British empire. Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited. Victoria Geoghegen reminds me of Lords' Milner and Kitchener (death of 28000 woman and children during Anglo-Boer war in exchange for gold) as well as Tony Blair. Tony disregarded the Lancaster agreement and decided not to pay for land in Zimbabwe and cost thousands of people their livelihoods? He also cooked up a story about Irak having weapons of mass destruction? [Darren Murphy ? (Tony Blair’s political adviser) and part of Bell Pottinger]. Was Bell Pottinger behind this as well? From the British came the first salvos against Apartheid (good) and now against our democracy (bad); back to my statement of "Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited" Thanks for the article.	00	not toxic
Really great that fans are staying away from something so serious. Taylor shouldn't be overwhelmed with worrying about her fans at a time like this, and the fans understand that.	00	not toxic
Trudeau is just another Cadillac communist. He admires the head of a regime that put any vocal opposition people in jail. They still do. He admires the head of a regime that confiscated the property of not only Americans and Canadians but also Cubans. Trudeau is likely an admirer of Joseph Stalin and Idi Amin as well although it is unlikely he would eat his critics if he could, he would only imprison them.	00	not toxic
Actually, it is the federal government that is the gouger, charging exorbitant "rent".	00	not toxic
Is it any more distrubing than the Ontario Premier taking her macro economics theories to a local grade one class recently.	00	not toxic
Sure you can write all you want but primary actions should be to get rid of the credit cards and pay by cash or debit.	00	not toxic

On the one hand, the teachers' union does abuse their power. On the other hand, they HAVE power. The only way for people to regain power is to join and stick together. An organized body doesn't have to call itself a union, but attacks on unions favor only the right.

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Pity you missed the full name "Saurabh Aggarwal"...go to google and use his name with "Sahara" and there he is as per the piece in LinkedIn showing his employment history, and twitter handle Saurabhindia1

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By whose analysis? The FBIs? Yours? (and you question me about authority - other shoe, meet Trident's foot).

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More capable than most...by far.

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Works for me

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Feel free to send him your life savings...

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Yeah, this may very well "blow people away", but not necessarily as intended.

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Thank you. A voice of reason, compared to the many commenters on this service who are so enamored of the ability to kill their fellow man that they resist even the most minimal steps to reduce access to guns. If there were no semi-automatic weapons except in the hands of police and military, there would be no guns to steal for killers to get. Yes! I am an anti-gun nut. and proud of it. A former hunter who gave up my weapons rather than be at risk for spreading them to criminals. A person who sees no need for a private citizen to own a semi-automatic or automatic weapon; a person who respects the rights of hunters to take animals for food,without having to cut out the mass of lead that fills the carcass after an AR-15. AK-47, or the like has cut it into hamburger.

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I think Liberal voters should apologize for voting in Junior and his sidekick Butts who are running up debt and taxing Canadians into poverty.

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And how did the Islamic State manage to create that major tunnel system? lots of shovels

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What has yet to be done is to have a statute of Pre at Hayward field, not a picture, but a statute. Bowerman is at Hayward and Pre also should be. On the base of the statute should be his quote; To Give less than your best.......". This is long overdue.

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I didn't see anything in the article to support the conjecture that Lamborn bought his stock as a result of insider knowledge, only that he is one of 495 representatives in Congress and he happened to buy stock in the company. Pretty thin gruel.

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One can only hope! All these "healthcare" jobs are drain on the economy.

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except trump didn't announce it.

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Exactly, what happened to "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?"

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brad12> You're a typical (D)onkey dyslexic/hypocrite! You voted (D)onkey and here you are confused and complaining about the jack-a$$es you voted in! LOL

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Let me simplify it. Cats indoors have toxo and because of the kind of wastewater treatment we have here it will flourish, and then be flushed directly into the sea. More adverse to Sea Lions than any land based run off, because toxo will be concentrated. Ergo, the house cat, under your line of argumentation would need to be rounded up and killed first.

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The Russians or Syrians who comment here in defense of the Assad regime's crimes should relax and chill out. Since international justice is dead, neither Presidents Putin nor Assad have anything to worry about. Since they will never be brought to justice, defending them seems to nothing more than an odd public relations exercise.

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I thought the headline in particular was of the nudge-nudge, wink-wink double-entendre variety, after seeing the photo of the partners... "I'd like to introduce my wife with a PHD (and also looks amazing in a bikini)"...what are you really saying?

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The mining of domestic coal, the mining of foreign coal, and the consumption of coal for business purposes, are are all separate issues. For those states, that still use coal and could not obtain domestic coal, they had to import foreign coal. Whether the coal was foreign or domestic, there are many businesses, that still rely on coal. Forcing the domestic coal industry, to go out of business, didn't really solve the problem, for the many businesses, that have used coal for decades, or a century or more. It is easy for people, to tell businesses, on how to run their businesses.

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I'm a lifelong Alaskan who lived in Vegas for a few years and I can tell you, our Child Protective Services are ruthless up here. Vegas is nothing like it. Nothing!

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" Don't underestimate a man who overestimates himself". Kevin will make an interesting leader of the opposition.

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It absolutely is, but colleges don't need to sponsor it, for the most part that hateful and derogatory speech has pretty much zero redeeming value. Folks like Milo Y and Ann Coulter are pretty much just angry people who do their best to spread hate. They are free to say whatever they want, but college students should have some say in what their tuition dollars go to sponsor. That being said, the rioting in Berlkey was just stupid.

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Just like we eliminated slavery and are trying to eliminate all discrimination, continued effort needs to be made to eliminate killing weapons. As long as we desire having killing weapons, the will be no end to our violence.

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Your statement that the Tongass has 17 million acres may be true, but is not accurate if intended to imply that much land is available for timber harvest. The 17 million acres includes all the mountaintops and glaciers in the Tongass. The potentially suitable lowest land is 2+ million acres. If you eliminate the acreage of forest land located within land use designations (LUDs) that do not allow timber harvest, etc, you get to an existing timber base- including second growth, I believe- of approximately 600,000 acres. A far cry from 17,000,000 acres comprising the total forest. http://www.merid.org/en/TongassAdvisoryCommittee/~/media/Files/Projects/tongass/Ecological/Working%20Forest%20Group%20Old%20Growth%20Land%20Base%20Analysis.pdf

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Leading with the vacant Sajjan? Man, sending in Eddie the Eagle as our first stringer will certainly set a tempo. I guess we should hope they send Gomer Pyle as a fill in. Gol-ly.

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Why do we have a fragmented medical system? Why do patients in different provinces receive different levels of care or have different drugs covered? Time for one excellent national system; get rid of the fiefdoms!

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For heavens sakes, why should this pill be free. Condoms are not free. People, take some personal responsibility for your personal situations and actions.

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If you think you're ALREADY paying too much, then what do you think will happen under single-payer? Do you think healthcare will become free? Do you think the pharmaceutical and medical technology companies will stop driving up the price.....no way Jose

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Most_money_for_the_rich_is_dividends_and_capital_gains,_taxed_at-a_special_rate.

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Actually the writer has never seen the documentary on Trump and his plane and some trips he took. We can tell Trump is demanding of perfection and spends very little time with trivia. He is well liked by his employees and schedules things to a tee. Air Force One will see a whole new level of detail.

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So the disruptive passenger goes so says the FAA and federal law backs up the Flight Attendant. The only one who backs up immature man who cannot control himself during a FAA required safety check is his mom and dad.

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Adding people to an area who are not in cars is the opposite of being like Texas. If Lee Darling had ever lived in Texas, he would know that. I am more than a bit appalled that so many people prioritize the speed of cars over the lives of people. It appears that Mr. Darling and many others are worried that adding more people to the area around the UO campus, which just happens to be the destination that draws the largest number of people per day hereabouts, might cause traffic to slow down to the speed limit. Oh the horror. If such folks stepped back just a bit, they might realize that most of the people who will live in this building will be traveling to the UO most days. Do you want them driving in from ten miles away? Will that relieve your traffic concerns, or would you then complain all the more about traffic?

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By wealth, I assume you mean borrowed money and the overtaxed working people?

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First off, I wonder exactly what insights Joe Biden can provide about "what to expect from the Trump administration". I don't think he even knows what's going on in the Obama Administration. Second is Mckenna's comment about the cost of Canada's carbon reduction plan.... "While the measures are costly, "the cost of inaction on climate change are much greater"." What exactly are the costs of inaction and, in the alternative, are there cheaper alternatives that involve less money, less government and less regulation?

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Agree. No more income for the bloated nanny state. It will only be spent on things like $550 ,000 salaries for AGDC execs working on fantasy projects to Nowhere.

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When Trudeau was asked why this appointment was made, "ahhh because it is 2017"

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The location may be great, but Mr. Cohen makes a good case for why the building is unsuitable. A new one built for the purpose seems more appropriate.

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Some uninformed folks like Leonard Pitts want guns taken away from honest gun owners, while on an even wilder side, people like President O bama desire to release felons from prison just because he can. Go figure?

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100,000 of those books were bought by Obama for his new library in Chicago.

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Coal had to be phased out as ON had up to 50 smog days any given year Now we are down to 10-12 days

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The United Nations has publicly stated its goal is not to ‘solve’ climate change, but to seek to redistribute wealth and expand its authority through more central planning. UN official Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III, admitted what’s behind the climate issue: “One must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy … One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.” Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Dr. Ivar Giaever: ‘Global warming is a non-problem’ – ‘I say this to Obama: Excuse me, Mr. President, but you’re wrong. Dead wrong.’ Plenty of real "sciencee" people below that disagree with you David, probably dismiss them too. http://www.climatedepot.com/2016/11/15/skeptics-deliver-2016-state-of-the-climate-report-to-un-summit-everything-you-been-told-about-global-warming-is-wrong/

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Thank you. I appreciate the clarification. I see I have a few grammatical errors in my earlier post. Not sure if it is from my auto corrections or just me. Probably just me.

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Codswallop, K. Yes, back-up catchers are back-ups for a reason--they aren't much good, especially with the stick. But, c'mon, everybody knew how old Russell Martin was, and that there was a pretty good chance he'd need lots of time off or would be on the DL for long stretches, it just goes with the territory. So management's responsibility was to have a back-up ready, and they whiffed on that 1, eh, by a mile... As you left out how Your Js back-up catchers fared, here it is: BA .152, OPS .470. Pretty obvious why you left those #s out, for while your point 'bout back-up catchers is correct in broad terms, even allowing for that, Your Js back-ups had a season for the ages. Your cavalcade of stats on other back-up catchers, obfuscation. Irrelevant. Totally meaningless and specious comparisons designed only to muddy the waters.

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There have been tragedies around the country and around the world," Saltzman says. "I wasn't going to have a tragedy on my watch when I had the authority to do something." Saltzman still doesn't understand--he doesn't have the authority to do what he did. Makes me wonder if he's been on the Commssion too long--he believes he makes the rules regardless of purview or legal jurisdiction. Tomorrow he'll be changing zoning law to facilitate a project he likes.

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Sounding very much like someone who has never played goaltender in a Beer League, sport. Guessing from your comment that you have also never once played hockey or are the dreaded "red helmet guy" whom just about every Beer League goaltender loathes, goatie.

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Then why are you on the attack?

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Here we go. Some lawyer with a vested interest trying to heap guilt on an entire country just because of the actions of one psychotic individual. The sad thing is that the government will probably bend over backwards to accommodate his views.

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Well, whether Jerry69 is worried about bias or not (he might want to try looking in a mirror), the gist of the article is not how did we get here, but "how do we go forward without a war and the deaths of thousands of innocents?" The cooler heads in our military and the one or two sane people surrounding the president need to clamp down on his uninformed solipsistic foolishness, de-activate his twitter-finger, and preferably lock him in a closet in the White House basement and forget where they put the key. Then they need to go about a process of de-escalation that specifically takes "regime change" off the table, but tells North Korean that while we aren't about to de-throne the Kim Dynasty, if KJU doesn't "cool it," we are prepared to respond in kind.

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The anti-nepotism law came in after the Kennedy presidency was over..

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"Unquestionable"? Look at the official Catholic encyclopedia, and read what it says about the origins of the rosary. It completely dismisses that hagiography of St. Dominic. It dismisses other fables as well.

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"Not to be lost in the pomp and circumstance of Pope Francis’ first visit to Washington is the reality that the Catholic Church he oversees has become one of the largest recipients of federal largesse in America." Also: http://www.ncronline.org/news/peace-justice/catholic-social-teachings-call-dignity-creation "We also note that the majority of the undocumented are Roman Catholics who would formally join their parishes and help support them with their just wages."

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Not one credible reference link to back up your shibai post. Your standard.

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With 97% of the world's top scientists not on the Carbon-Tax payroll saying were headed into a coronal minima, shouldn't we be planning for global cooling?

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Heil bavius!

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If the batteries only last two weeks, how do they get recharged? Did he have to get close enough every two weeks to change the batteries?

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Thank you for the enlightment.

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Dear Tax and Spend Lawmakers of Oregon, I think the tax payers of this state have made it clear, we do not believe you when you constantly yell "FIRE!" It's time to live within your means like the rest of us do. If the average taxpayer has an unexpected expense, they find something they can do without. We DO NOT want, nor will we put up with an additional $1.3B per year in additional taxes, fees, surcharges, or whatever fancy name you put on it. If you can't find a way to do it, we will elect someone that can!

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Best to use a naturopath. They both prescribe and sell their "medicines" with no conflict of interest recognized from their college or the government.

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Cat: " Genetic Disorder". Whohhhh CAT, pull in the reins, she's headed for the Buckwheat field. The LGBTA+X crowd will be protesting outside YOUR residence................

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Nailed it Clem! It ought to be clear that the legislature must raise revenue to ensure that the Permanent Fund stays permanent. Otherwise the fund will be treated like a line of credit never to be repaid--which is what some people wanted since the day the fund was created.

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The CBC web-based services are efficient and cheap. They basically are re-using content produced for TV and radio at very little additional cost. Fundamentally, CBC.ca is a menu for their core broadcasting services. It allows people who weren't able to tune in when programs are broadcast to see what they missed and access it. But I think most importantly, CBC.ca allows people to access local news from across Canada in a way that no other "national" media has done.. I read the G&M and other sources for national stories, but I depend on CBC for their mandate of informing us about each other where we live.

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Hillary's server.

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While I partly agree with you, the UPX is going to have interesting by-products. Weston is turning into a bedroom community with a spur of townhouse development surrounding Weston station. The St.Clair and Liberty Village stops that are part of Tory's Smart Track plan will most likely be serviced by UP. It's underused currently but has the potential to be highly used commuter rail. Amusingly, that would make getting to the airport more hassle than it's worth

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But there has also been an unwritten code that says premiers don’t make direct attempts to steal business away from another province. How about Ontario's sabotage of interprovincial free trade for 150 years? Maybe not direct theft but much more effective than Mr Wall's effort

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Pretty slimy but typical. Hackers unable to attack Trump attack innocent victims. Disgusting. Perhaps they would be better off using their skills to do something useful - like trace the money that made the Clintons worth more than $100M, like figure out who and what the leaders of the large foundations controlling about 1/7th of the US economy are doing to manipulate and control the US political system (any hackers with the stones to tackle the Soros foundations?). But doing that would require skill. Attacking hotel guests does not demand skill.

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Fact is that nobody wants your koolaide.,

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It's a bad review of a very good movie.

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No jobs provided, they import their construction workers.

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Hey, honey, pretty tough when it strikes close to home, isn't it? The world needs tolerance for ALL. Try speaking up earlier next time.

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Last I checked, it was the liberal left burning police cars at anti-Trump rallies, assaulting people with bike locks, shooting up Congressman at softball practice, ignoring federal law in sanctuary cities and encouraging violence against police. Seems like you're confused.

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Warren Keogh....you forgot to mention a moron as well. Get your facts completely in order or you'll be called a liberal shill.

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I love stories like this. The Free Market, the free market everyone yells, until it's personal. Now it's all about making sure the big bad corporation doesn't screw me. And for the record I think this is a long needed reform and I have never been a free market advocate...

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It is amazing that anyone would vote for a person with absolutely no political experience. Why would anyone think anyone could come in with zero experience in politics and be successful is beyond me. The Donald is truly an embarrasement. We will probably lose our leadership role in the world to China and perhaps Russia. Sad. I was not a Hillary supporter but I voted for her as at least she knows what she is doing. The Donald acts like he has no clue most of the time. What an embarrasement. A real shame that republicans have no leaders like Eisenhower. Hell even Nixon and Dole have been rejected. Pathetic.

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Really? An embarrassment to humanity ... if you said that about Hitler, Jeffery Dalmers, Charles Manson that would make sense. One thing that both sides tend to have are the drama queens. How long has the investigation been going on? What exactly has been found? How many times has it been said on the major news outlets "here is the proof". Manifort might be guilty of something and Trump canned him quickly. But we do know Clintons received moneys and nothing is said.

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common sense..? +++RG: "While LTD staff waited for an officer to arrive, according to the search warrant affidavit, Johnson allegedly arrived at the Glenwood headquarters, pleading with the dispatch supervisor to get the cellphone back. .....told Johnson he had to file a lost and found report at the LTD customer service office on Willamette Street in downtown Eugene because the supervisor “suspected the cellphone contained evidence of at least one criminal act..... The next morning, Johnson allegedly did go to the customer service office and told an employee that it was important that he get his phone back.... "I guess he didn't cross paths with the cop in LTD's dispatch room.++++but the prostitute/money/girl scout money story beats this hands down....lol

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"Attack, pause, mourn, carry on: The cycle of terror has become routine". No, that is not how it goes. In the Globe and Mail it goes like this: Attack, pause, put "comments closed" labels on all the first news reports, get a set of Muslim writers to write the first opinion columns, eventually open up the boards to comments, hope that the prominent posts are along the lines of "all religions are evil and dangerous, but let me list out and emphasize the awful things Christians have done", censor away posts that go beyond that pan-religion all-religions-are-evil line, draw attention to the need for better mental health care in society, find and publicize some reports of anti-Muslim hate attacks in Canada, the West, anywhere, print a couple more article about "The Handmaid's Tale" with imagery of Trump leading a fundamentalist Christian war on women, mourn, carry on.

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Sessions is in terrible spot. He gave up an extremely safe Senate seat to be AG. Then Trump repeatedly humiliates him before the entire world. That's typical Trump behavior. ....let's remember what he did to Mitt Romney. Bullying and assertion of superiority is often accomplished by such humiliation....Trump's adept at it. It would take really huge stones to tell someone who has such power over you to "kiss my $%#$". In Session's place, that's what I would have done. But, obviously, I'm not in Session's place. Looking forward to lunch and a visit.....your old $##$%% liberal friend, Gary Crum

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Just logged on to the Post to see what nonsense the players were up to today because I absolutely will not watch the NFL. I know no one will miss me, but it will be interesting in the coming weeks to see if those like me will be missed collectively.

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Every country in the world including the USA gives subsidies to major companies. Does anyone remember the millions of dollars in bailout money the US government gave to Chrysler to keep it viable. Perhaps we need subsidies and maybe we don't I do not know for sure. However business is business and as it stands we need to support those who support us, the USA does not however we do have agreements in place with Mexico and Europe, we need to focus on those markets and reduce the amount of focus on the USA.

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.....except laws that are deemed or on their face to be unconstitutional and do not coincide with what our Founding Fathers intended, correct.

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Thanks, Ivo -- the most villified group of all is the freethinkers and liberals, and the centre is the target of both the left and the right.

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Explain to the nice people, Kathleen, how this media release is a calculated attack on the Irish community because you are trying to block our local fire chief from preventing illegal, highly toxic burning in the area that could cause strokes, miscarriages and cancer. Tell everyone about your antisemitism agenda while you are at it.

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"...make history"! What history was made? Let's deal with the real issue, the guy is deadly dangerous to EVERYBODY!

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Why pick on Facebook? Fake news is now a staple of the major news outlets.

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It wasn't. The police stopped it. The suspect was still out and about for a bit of time this morning.

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If I cared about what you thought, Gary, I'd certainly consider your suggestion. Unfortunately for you, I am not in a position where you wield any sort of power over me. You don't get to grade my writing. Mr. Massengill's original post was (IN MY OPINION) a pompous, and false appeal to his own authority. By setting himself up as a legitimate authority on history and politics, he declared himself a speaker of truth, not opinion. Science was invoked to back up his claim to truth. Rather than waste time pointing out his fallacy, I chose to let the air out of his screed by pointing out an error he made not once, but twice. It gave truth to his lie of superiority. I enjoy ruthlessly pricking the odd gonfalon bubble, Gary. And, f I can do it with wit, and an economy of words, I'll continue to do so. Try to get out more. Read something new today. Throw a ball for your dog. Google Dave Berry's year in review. Tickle a baby. A life with no laughter is not one worth living. Lighten up

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Whatever happened to simply eating before you got on the flight? For that matter, based on what I see every time I'm at an airport, many people wouldn't be hurt in the slightest if they missed a meal or two...

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You don't know that, and taking the word of media-with-an-agenda isn't too bright. If I was confronted with a citizen "waving a gun and sidestepping like a crab", I'd run too. The CCW Cowboys MAY have saved lives -- but perhaps we'll never know.

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I couldn't care less about sport. So I don't see Nadal's achievements as any more impressive than a wheelchair-rider's. The problem is, you are up against people who do. Sports fans. They can't explain it or defend it, but to them there's something fundamentally "better" about Federer as compared to a legless person with a racket strapped to his wrist. Sportists defend the male-female segregation of sport as necessary for fairness, and lament doping for the same reason. They are preoccupied with "purity" at a very deep, psychological level. It's all very stupid, and regressive, and patriarchal. It's all very Germany c. 1936. It's all very religious. So they don't care about wheelchair tennis champs, and neither do I. There is nobody who gives a damn. And so, there's no money or prestige in it. The bigger question is why we give any money in the first place to people who's only contribution is to smack balls around.

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did not originate from them

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I prefer the Supreme Court's decisions as to what is legal in this country. Don't worry, when I want to get your opinion on what is or is not legal, I will be in touch. Wait to hear back from me. I promise to write.

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Any time you regulate an industry, you are converting that industry into a never ending source of campaign donations, as the incumbents will use the political process to create regulations that limit or eliminate competition and new entries into the industry. Think of it as the functional equivalent of a protection racket. An extreme example would be Chicago, a one party operation for over a century. With this regulation, we travel down that path a bit. Cheers -

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Divide and Conquer has been a corner stone of the British empire. Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited. Victoria Geoghegen reminds me of Lords' Milner and Kitchener (death of 28000 woman and children during Anglo-Boer war in exchange for gold) as well as Tony Blair. Tony disregarded the Lancaster agreement and decided not to pay for land in Zimbabwe and cost thousands of people their livelihoods? He also cooked up a story about Irak having weapons of mass destruction? [Darren Murphy ? (Tony Blair’s political adviser) and part of Bell Pottinger]. Was Bell Pottinger behind this as well? From the British came the first salvos against Apartheid (good) and now against our democracy (bad); back to my statement of "Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited" Thanks for the article.

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Really great that fans are staying away from something so serious. Taylor shouldn't be overwhelmed with worrying about her fans at a time like this, and the fans understand that.

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Trudeau is just another Cadillac communist. He admires the head of a regime that put any vocal opposition people in jail. They still do. He admires the head of a regime that confiscated the property of not only Americans and Canadians but also Cubans. Trudeau is likely an admirer of Joseph Stalin and Idi Amin as well although it is unlikely he would eat his critics if he could, he would only imprison them.

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Actually, it is the federal government that is the gouger, charging exorbitant "rent".

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Is it any more distrubing than the Ontario Premier taking her macro economics theories to a local grade one class recently.

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Sure you can write all you want but primary actions should be to get rid of the credit cards and pay by cash or debit.

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