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Well, then... what's your number? $50,000 in the bank? $10,000,000? Since ALL childbirths are completely planned with strict economic models. Also, importantly, children born in poverty obviously NEVER make it out, they shouldn't even be born in the first place! How much did your parents have in their accounts when you were born, oh most holy arbiter of omniscient economic creation?

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Yes, lets put political correctness aside and call a spade a spade: Donald Trump is a senile, racist moron, without the slightest sense of decency. Time to stop excusing his ignorant rants and admit that he's completely unfit for office.

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The only over reaction is by dems--you know the ones that decry money in politics--that out spent the repubs (some say 7-1) and still failed. One article said at one point 7000 Californians contributed vs only 900 Georgian's. Talk about collusion and effecting the outcome of elections.

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Trump is a mentally unbalanced buffoon. He's unfit for office. He's the largest threat to our nation's security and Congress should exercise it's responsibility and remove him now. He's a petty con man, a racist supremacist, a sexual predator and a traitor. Worst ever.

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Don't forget religious ideologies.

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The first ones to throw a punch were the Trump supporters. But you're certainly entitled to your alternative "facts" - just know they don't reflect reality. Trump himself promoted the use of violence against anti Trump demonstrators at his rallies. In sharp contrast, Bernie and Clinton did not at their rallies.

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Sloter looked like a guy who understood the offense, Paxton looks lost. That's how it looks in camp as well. We know Paxton is athletically talented but could it be whats above his shoulders holding him back?

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Well it seems to me that any old Jack or Jill or CIA / FBI person posing as an employee could hack into Trumps' or anyone else's twitter account and post fake tweets. Makes you think doesn't it?

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ditto in Denver! about 150,000 people...

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Does 'dead money' include all the grants, subsidies and tax holidays shovelled out of Ottawa to corporations like GM, Caterpillar and others to get them to maintain some temporary presence in Canada with no conditions attached? More dead money goes to supporting politicians and their appointees in places like the Senate. I heard the Prime Minister receives $344,000/year in salary PLUS FREE accommodations at the P.M.'s residence. If the rest of us have to pay mortgages or rent, property taxes, buy groceries, etc, on much smaller incomes, why is the P.M. getting a free pass on 'serving the public'? What is he serving? Bigger debts and deficits. He needs a lesson in how to pay his OWN bills.

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Hopefully when all is said and done, Mexico will stop supporting/encouraging illegal border crossings into the United States. The problem resides with folks in the USA hiring illegal aliens and providing social benefits for illegals on our side of the boarder and the Mexican government's support for the illegal immigration crossings on the other side. The system in place that we have had over the past few decades is a failure.

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Waving magic wands while yelling "Convertus!" only works in children's fantasy novels.

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hey lunatic, , who cares how much any of those own or not, its BUSINESS! ,, progress can be stopped by increasing business costs so fast and above inflattion and faster than competition that ontario will have no progress for years as we try to recover from the job losses and investment that will not come to ontario over this!,, ,, get some help for your pathetic meaningless comparisons, they have no reality on this issue

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so your point is since nothing was burnt or urinated upon it is ok? Furthermore, everyone knows you stand for a national anthem: This is not even arguable. The kneeling was a deliberate slap in the face.

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Once again Trump does a fantastic job picking the right person for the job. I can't wait for this patty cake administration to be gone.They have made this country a laughing stock.

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more bums are coming in from the mainland and other counties everyday. sure they got word by now of all the freeloading possibilities.

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A. Just because everyone else thinks it's a good idea doesn't mean I shouldn't speak my conscience against it? I spoke my mind when the Council took up the light rail alignment through Redmond that would have wiped out dozens of productive businesses in Overlake and yet my preferred alignment was the eventually chosen thanks to a reevaluation of the impacts and benefits. I was on the wrong end of a 6-1 vote, but I didn't capitulate. Standing your ground isn't easy and it isn't the path to popularity but it means that you don't have regrets and sometimes standing firm brings the desired results.

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So many turnovers...

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There is a need for a federal investigation to " follow the money " to hold these crooked politicians accountable for the dishonest and unethical practices of Mayor Cardwell and his associates. They have squandered so much public monies and plan to squander even more money. With no more federal money one the horizon for the rail, these high end thieves will steal even more money fro the Hawaii tax payer. Cardwell's legacy will be one of dishonesty, manipulation and failure. If indeed the rail project is completed sometime in the future it will surely be outdated by then prompting future leaders to try to update it and spend waste even more tax payers money.

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Am thinking you meant a different unit of measure than 5 lbs. per gallon of gasoline (0.5 grams?). A gallon of liquid is a little over 8 lbs., so, a material like sulfur dioxide in the gas would be a tiny amount of that 8+ lbs. Perhaps you can put the correct amount in when you get a chance? Factoid, it's in your wine too! http://www.piwine.com/use-and-measurement-of-sulfur-dioxide-in-wine.html

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Your comment is immature and not relevant to the conversation. Or should I have specified the difference between a house and forced national borders?

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How awkward.

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a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, in its purest form, socialism was a political, social, and economic system meant to empower the working class. In the U.S. today, though, it's often used as shorthand for "the services that government provides and which are paid for by taxes." Depending on who's talking, that idea is either a goal or a target. In truth there are many variations, but no one cares anymore. and the government is not "we the people"

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Only to be met by 10-12 million Chinese troops, not including the ones that were already fighting as NK forces. The US was check-mated in Vietnam by only a 1/2 million or so Chinese troops fighting alongside the VC: yes, your scenario sure would have been "interesting"

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For some reason when I think of the EU, that iconic Apple ad, 1984, comes to mind. Not sure why.

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Can anyone seriously doubt that the thin skinned expert in “community organizing” (and little else) - - now that he is being thoroughly humiliated by PRESDENT Trump’s many accomplishments IN HIS FIRST MONTH in office (contrasted with the previous 8 years of effectively zero accomplishments) - - is behind these sour grapes attempts at disruption of local community meetings? PRESIDENT Trump is wielding the sword of truth and his adversaries are running scared.

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Duterte can go pound salt!

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Protesters chanting - http://imgur.com/a/qtOcD Protester tantrum - http://imgur.com/a/G0y7G Also, if you completely took context out of the picture in the article, what would your assumption be on what the lady in the yellow shirt was doing? Personally, my first two thoughts are she's throwing a tantrum, or she's in pain. Protesting is not something that comes to mind.

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> The reports states that up to 41 per cent of Ontario employers would hire more people, if they only had the right skills. And what percentage of that 41% actually invests in "training" their employees? Yes it is hard to find the right people when you don't want to do any training yourself and simply expect fully qualified people to just show up at the door. Perhaps we're finally getting to the point (which has been predicted for quite a long time) where the pool of qualified unemployed workers is starting to dry up.

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Hey, I know… Let’s put a bunch of ignorant, greasy, corrupt demokrat union goons in charge of $billions of dollars in retirement savings. What could possibly go wrong?

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You don't seriously believe someone should present the opposing side do you?

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I guess the Scouts can strike that line about being "brave" from the Scout Oath. Clearly, it no longer applies.

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Apparently Trump filed suit after people were allowed into early-voting lines in Nevada on Saturday well after those polling places were officially closed. Which is of course against the rules. One can argue that this was an obstructionistic tactic, but are we going to play by the rules, or not?

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Ok, so that won't work, I guess. So tell us, what are your recommendations, briefly please.

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Common acceptable destruction for the Liberal.. The Conservative just doesn't have the time nor the inclination for this type of vandalism.

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Kiszla, yesterday it was CJ and DT whose head you were asking for. Today it's Joseph. Your getting closer! Elway, a new owner, a new city, what's next? The easy answer sells newspapers, but it won't fix the Broncos. The team is losing its mind! There are no physical problems with the Broncos. Attitude, disposition and determination are among the emotions that are escaping this team. You are correct, that's on the coach. However, he was hired to maintain and delegate to a veteran coaching staff. He did his job and now look. Not one quarterback left on the team with confidence, no change in design on offense or defense to account for weaknesses. Imagination is missing. Motivation is missing. Attitude has overcome this team top to bottom and its a bad attitude.

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Something seems really amiss with this governmrnt. Donations included.

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... and yet, as has been pointed out, Cronin continues to serve Jacob Zuma!

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Reporting people loitering? In Eugene?

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How soon the failed Harpercons forget that Harper was the worst PM we ever had. Record deficits. Record debt. The worst fiscal record in 80 years. All Harper accomplished was adding $160 billion to the national debt plus a lot of corruption and electoral fraud. Oliver actually made a joke about having children to pay for Harper's debt.

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So you feel the same applies to pipelines?

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Postscript 2050: "America eventually became the real Planet of the Apes."

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In a court of law, you cannot drag irrelevant material into the process.

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this ?? happened on obamas watch

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It seems many Liberals and socialists in Canada dont really believe in gender equality, human rights, female emancipation, LGBT human rights, and free speech for all people after all. They vehemently denounce any defense of that sort of stuff because Muslims don't want it. If it were Catholics rejecting gay rights that would be an entirely different matter for the left. They want two contradictory moral codes in Canada, where as Conservatives want one. How does Islamic FGM fit into Ontario's OHIP coverage?

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How our schools have changed.

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I'm 76. When I was 8 years old I learned about Columbus in Catholic school and wondered why people thought he was such a hero. His navigation was terrible. He miscalculated the distance from Spain to China and bumped into America by mistake. He enslaved an entire population of a million indians and killed almost 900,000 of them trying to find gold. His king had him shipped back to Spain in chains for the crimes he committed. When he finally tried to get back to Hispaniola, the Governor refused to let him land his ships and he almost died. He was shunned by everyone of his time. Might as well put up a stature of Hitler.

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Hahah.

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Its not free. Somebody has to pay for it.

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“plant-based meats”? Like bacon?

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To all of my friends who are hold-outs for the Clinton dynasty, Where's Bill? Another $20K a plate fundraiser I'd imagine. Our country needs the Sanders not more of the Clintons.

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The article Emmanuel Goldstein posted addresses the many factors, including a lack of planning in building and constructiton without paying heed to the elevation and that the area was a flood plain contributed to the flood. Climate change has been around for as long as the world has exsisted. Deserts that were once gardens became deserts, it eventually will happen again. Remember the Dust Bowl ? Right now parts of the Southwest are into their seventh or eighth year of drought. I have letters from my great-grandfather written in the 1920's describing the sheep and cattle dying and "even the cactus " has turned brown . Wasn't the Ice Age a period of climate change ? If you build something without regard to common sense, as has happened in Houston and New Orleans, sooner or later you pay the piper. The heavy rain received was not expected, but it's funny how things we don't plan for happen. In Ketchikan our average rain fall is 150 inches. As of 08/31/17 we have had 104 inches.

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False.

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The ASH (only viable version))will be damn close to the F-35 price. The F-35 is the correct choice NOW!

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Then why is the price of electircity so high in Ontario. Oh yeah, lies along with massive govt screwups

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Titans know what Marcus can do. Now get him a go-to wide out and continue to build that o-line!

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please keep on, I promise I'll be your friend.

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lescaine, Let's not be simplistic. We're not schoolchildren. We need to be critical thinking, free thinking, responsible citizens so we learn from history and develop better politics, a better economic system and an ethical code that works for all. In my opinion there is much to be proud of in our history but various things to be ashamed of. If we merely say, "Canada is amazing, our history is awesome, we're the best", we turn a blind eye to many things done wrong in our past. One example of what we should be ashamed of is Canada's attitude towards Jews in the 1930's and 40's. Anti-Semitism was rampant. Like the rest of the world, Canada was quite fascistic, in it's mistreatment of Jews, French-Canadians, First Nations, Chinese, gays, etc. The anti-Semitism of many nations was part of what encouraged the Nazis to come to power and perpetrate the Holocaust. Recall what Prime Minister King said in 1938, refusing a shipload of Jews from Germany: "One is too many."

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The lack of respect shown by any hunter is appalling.

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“It was good meeting you, but I don’t think we are a good match"--not the thing to say, but, “You were late and you didn’t even offer to pay for me. And you were on your phone the whole time. I felt really disrespected”--that's good. Easier to deal with something specific than something vague.

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' At this time, the NLRB only requires unions to provide the following procedures to safeguard your right to pay no more than a limited agency fee: the union must inform you that you have the right to be a nonmember; the union must inform you that nonmembers have the right to object to paying for union activities not germane to the union’s duties as bargaining agent and to obtain a reduction in fees for those activities; the union must give you sufficient information to enable you to intelligently decide to object; the union must tell you about its procedures for filing objections; and, if you object, the union must tell you the percentage of the reduction, the basis for the calculation, and that you have the right to challenge these figures.

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Good on China. Sorry big time auto makers the writing has been on the wall for near a decade and your inability or unwillingness to pivot is your issue. I hear Tesla is going to start building there as well. China will start producing vehicles and the big guys will be left behind as they deserve. I love how their ineptitude should come at the cost of the environment.

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Damn right, blame it on us for making it such a great place that everyone wants to be here.

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So you want to pick and choose which illegal aliens will have the law enforced upon them? That sounds discriminatory and would no doubt lead to another challenge in court. If these sanctuary cities want illegals to stay, there's only one right way to do it. Change federal immigration laws.

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he had the opportunity and power to nix the deal and didnt. He ha a perfectly justifiable excuse as well: human rights. The signal to the international community would not have been that Canadian agreements cant be trusted, but rather that Canadians dont do deals with human rights abusers. But that means that we would have to put deals with China on the block as well. Aha!

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Your ass-umptions are hilarious man. I'm laughing at how miserable your existence must be, but I do agree that I couldn't do your job because my head is nowhere near fat enough. You should try more green leafy vegetables in your diet and try to stay away from keyboards, as they seem to only inflame your condition.

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There are varying factors when calculating a possible future profit from a house vs renting. If a house is new (or fairly new), maintenance costs are low. Most costs involve personal touches which could also be done in a rental. I calculated costs in a 2 bedroom condo (which we owned) bought in 2002 @ $190,000. With $40,000, that left a $150,000 mortgage @872/mo. (average rate 5%) plus condo fees $380 & property tax $180. Total $1432. Rentals averaged $1400. Condo fees & property tax went up proportionate to the rent. The condo sold 15 years later for $480,000. Renter gets $32,000 (4% compound int. on $40,000) Conclusion: when comparing similar properties, own vs rent, ownership is a clear winner ($480,000 - ($82,500, 24,000 RE fee, 40,000 deposit) = 333,500 profit vs $32,000 We don't know what the future holds but we do know history usually repeats itself

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How on earth can we know what the world will be like in 50 years time! There may be new forms of income, less income, a sweeping pandemic, we may be populating Mars and the moon, who knows. It is a bit premature to make guesses about retirement income in 50 years.

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Interesting video below. Chinese and South Asian woman, and Indigenous comic all wearing western clothes, working at a multinational corporation, lecturing in English about cultural appropriation. (Robyn Dolittle does make great faces).

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No proof. Sarovskii is just posting Putin hating posts for his requisite 50 cents.

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Obama was a militant pro-abortion, narcissistic, anti-Catholic clown. Thank God we did not elect Hillary for another 4 years of destruction regarding the moral fabric of our society. Respected around the globe? I think not!

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“It’s OK if you print a list of people who made $500,000 each,” the doctor told The Register-Guard. “I feel like I came by this somewhat honestly. But the guys on this board — it’s a lot of money.” "Somewhat honestly".............what's the key word here?

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I remember when Rene Richards was playing tennis on the women's tour. Rene had been a top-rated amateur player as a man and then at age 42 got a sex change operation. As a woman he was soon playing 14 and 15 year old girls. Andrea Jaeger said "She's got a read deep voice and is sort of scary."

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Surely the short answer is that this is a money bill, beyond the scope of Senate amendment

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Why is it offensive for Jews to build on land that the Palestinians want for their state? Only because the Palestinians insist that their state will have no Jews. (Yet over a million Arabs live in Israel as citizens with full civil rights.) Why should the Palestinians be encouraged to create a racist apartheid state in which Jews cannot live? If the Palestinians were to grow up and be peaceful, they could tolerate a Jewish minority living safely in their state just as Israel has no problem with Muslim Arabs living in Israel, and all could be peaceful. Ergo, the problem of the so-called "settlements" is a problem of the Palestinians' creation.

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IRT TigerWarrior, that is the reason homeless is a zero sum game. Hawaii must not allow any homeless person in the State.

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you can force an adult to get help. that's what being involuntarily committed to a psych ward is about.. it's shame that wasn't done. the other residents were certainly entitled to be and feel safe, but she didn't need to die - and sadly, with the help of a few pills maybe, she would be at peace anyway.

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There is no such thing as moderate Islam. The opinion of whoever preaches moderation, the opinion of the Grandest Mufti, is irrelevant from the get go. Islam mandates that all Muslims are bound to follow the moral teachings of only one man, who died centuries ago, and whose morality made him a serial rapist murderer. Qur’an 3:32—Say: Obey Allah and the Apostle; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not love the unbelievers. Qur’an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination. Qur’an 9:5—Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. In other worlds, all Muslims must follow their divine leaders teachings that say: join them or die!

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To all the sanctimonious liberals: By the end of his presidency, Obama had pardoned 1,927 persons convicted of federal crimes. I suffered through it. Now, it's your turn.

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Maybe Santiago is just an evil murderer and his vet status has nothing to do with it.

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"[the loss of the deductions for State and Local taxes is] going to mean a middle class tax increase of such substantial proportion that it won't be offset by the larger exemption offered" That's possible, but there isn't yet nearly enough information to say it definitively. Two big pieces of information we need are: 1) Where will the 25% tax rate start? If it's up near the current 25% levels (e.g. $75,900 for married filing jointly), then people near the middles of the current 15% brackets may well see a tax decrease. If it's down near the current 15% threshold ($18,650 for MFJ), then many in the current 15% brackets will likely see a tax increase. 2) Child Tax Credit (currently $1000 per kid). If it increases significantly (say, to $2000 per kid), people with 2 or more kids will likely see a net tax decrease. Of course, there's also the fact that losing the state/local tax deduction only affects those who itemize - which only about 1/3 of filers actually do.

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I liked the Chretien/Martin approach of three prongs. Equally dividing the surpluses between debt reduction, social program improvement and tax cuts.

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This dude is supposed to be a nobel prize winning economist, but he strikes me as a partisan, very partisan shrill. Hidden in the glowing praise of the democratic party is the following admission: "It’s true that the surge in median income comes after years of disappointment, and even now the typical family’s income, adjusted for inflation, is slightly lower than it was before the financial crisis." So despite the spin, the average family income has decreased under Obama.

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I'm sure it was only the HPD setting off a few dynamite sticks off the coast to destroy all remaining evidence of the chief's missing mailbox. ;-)

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Legal challenges are...legal. How are citizens petitioning their government via legal means "bedeviling" their representatives on the COGCC? I thought it was called participatory government.

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Algore's new movie is a flop. Most people realize he's a scam artist peddling global warming snake oil.

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One of the remaining sources of advertising income for the Denver Post is real estate advertising. Makes sense to make up a neighborhood that won't cause harm to this $ source.

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Ousted! The state can't even afford the employees they got now, 10+ billion in unfunded liabilities already.

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Yea... this would dwarf Hawaii 5-0.

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Smoking bans at business's have shown not to have suffered financial loss in the decades since being implemented. In fact the smoking bans in business's have shown to draw in new customers who are non-smokers. I know when I was smoking I actually preferred non smoking business's. Even in the era prior to smoking bans I flew AK Airlines for my job and was a frequent flyer who even though I was a smoker then did not sit in the smoking section. I could not stand the cloud of smoke, the smell.

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Your loss. Pay more at King Soopers and Safeway if you want to, it's your money. It is entertaining to watch people, though.

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What is Biden taking lessons from PM Selfie? A worthless waste of U.S. tax dollars by a politician who has about six weeks left in office. More about Biden than it is about Canada-U.S. relations.

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Trump promised 100% covered pre-existing conditions, 100% coverage for all Americans, and cheaper insurance (hopefully rates reduced by almost 50%). I am wondering why he is not introducing his plan that he promised. I do not know why he is waiting. He would really shut McCain up if he would just released this plan. I am paying almost $2000 a year for health insurance with $1000 deductible and it's ridiculous.

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I went to basketball games at Lake Oswego's Lakeridge due to a grandkid cheering. Since all those schools recruit from throughout the Metro area, I guess the rest of the State is limited by less mass transit to a much smaller choice of schools which to transfer to, to hone their athletic skills. "Student athlete" today is a joke at the 5A and above levels. Non teaching coaches. 365 days a year in some league or another for your sport or you can't make the team. Parents having to spend thousands so their kid can play high school ball? And tens of thousands if the kid aspires to playing college ball at some level. Don't tell me about travel. Crane is a six man football size school. They travel hundreds of miles to play, and that out of a boarding high school where you don't have a place to stay from friday night until sunday night except home or someone else's home. Kids from a north Nevada ranch playing a friday match at Mitchell. And parents go to the game.

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They run CJ up the middle on first down every game for a two yard loss , every team in the league knows what they are going to do ! Red Zone, CJ up the middle for 2 yard loss ? Mix it up a little ! McCoy was going to use the hurry up , not the slow down !

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If current minimum wage isn't enough - subsidize the workers or give them a tax break instead of penalizing the people who provide them gainful employment. Let everyone share the burden of the Liberals wish to heap upon us.

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I don't know about tiny slugs...but I just killed a ten-incher, after he ate off every leaf of my 12 kohlrabi plants! Maybe I should sell the meat from those things. Forest abalone anyone?

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Paul Martin did a better job balancing the budget than anyone in recent memory - a guy from Montreal under a Quebec PM. Interesting how Tories believe they are more fiscally responsible despite all evidence to the contrary.

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If we get as much warning of the big one in Vancouver and the Island as Texas has had, then I believe most Canadians are smart enough to get the heck outta there. However it seems Houston voters elected a mayor who was so dumb he didn't even suggest a voluntary evacuation - maybe those voters aren't so smart themselves.

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Wexcatly? Lol...

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