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""I am willing to pay more taxes to finance something like the rail"" Why? It's not going to relieve traffic. It's just going to benefit developers, not the traffic weary commuters.

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""First came a state-of-the-art study from Tennessee. It showed that all the benefits of its statewide pre-kindergarten program not only disappeared by third grade, but that students who hadn't gone to preschool were actually doing better in third grade than those who had. Can preschool actually be harmful?"" ""and given other research showing no association between kindergarten retentions and later school performance"" ""Maybe we should figure out how to deliver effective programs before the federal government funds preschool for all."" https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-evidence-raises-doubts-on-obamas-preschool-for-all/

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""Finally, he divides people based on race and religion, instead of bringing people together in equality before the law. That goes against the most fundamental value of a liberal society, which conservatives used to defend."" Typical Liberal slop. He is stopping immigration from Muslim countries because Obummer opened up the borders like Merkel and every dirt-bag terrorist walked in. That isn't racist so stop it. It's called common sense - get some before we are slaves to extremist Muslim ideology. You leftie twits keep stepping on your feet. One more thing - you mention rule of law. When you come from a jungle where there are no laws why would ever abide by some??? You naive children are destroying our country. Now Muslim immigrants want Sharia law taught in our schools. Can any of you look beyond payday for once?

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""Eurocentric forms of art, such as ballet or piano, those who excel in other forms of art, such as South Asian dance or slam poetry" may not do well in admission auditions." I'm not even sure whether their report is well informed. I thought you have to be auditioning for National Ballet or Julliard preparatory division to be considered to be learning some ballet or piano. Schools like Etobicoke or Claude Watson is not a training ground for ballet dancers or pianists. Public schools can teach Fine Arts, Acting, Jazz, Musical Theatre but not the above mentioned Olympic sports of performing arts. Arts high schools are there to support students to spend more time engaged in developing their talents by being flexible in academic curriculum but they do not do a whole lot of arts teaching because people who teach in public school system are not artists.

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""Dope" sparked the dispute, the woman told police," -- But wait a minute, I thought the "legalize pot" people promised this sort of thing would stop if we legalized pot.....Also- we should let all these dirtbags out on bail-- after all- it's their Alaskan Constitutional right to get bail, right?

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""Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on," a campaign press release said. Not confined to six countries" What does that have to do with this article or the E.O. that the Supreme Court is allowing him to enforce? Candidates say all sorts of goofy things to get elected. In 2008 Senator Barack Obama pledged to run "the most transparent administration in history." How'd that work out?

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""Democratic rights can never be overridden." I'm afraid that isn't the case. In fact, our democratic rights are probably the ones with the most limitations."" If you read through the thread, you'll see this was mentioned with respect to the notwithstanding clause. What was meant was that the notwithstanding cannot be used to override democratic rights (sections 3-5 of the Charter), whereas, in contrast, it can be used to override religious rights (section 2 of the Charter).

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""Canada ... is actually on track to become a Muslim majority nation within this century" Fake news. Show us the numbers" Is that so? Well then, try these numbers. Muslim population in 1991 - 0.5%. By 2011 - 3%. Obviously skewed because of the percentage effect of modest increases on a small starting number. BUT: start from the current 9% annual growth rate in the Canadian Muslim population. Decrease that by 0.1 points per year. With a current Muslim population of 1.2 million, that projects a Muslim population of 44 million by 2080. Use your own assumed numbers then. But couple that with the FACT that Muslim Canadian family sizes are almost twice as large as non Muslim Canadians, and also that Stats Can numbers do not include "secularized" Muslims, since those people can, like myself, declare themselves as having no religion. So go ahead, use your own numbers. Realistic numbers. Without secularization on a huge scale, Canada will have a Muslim majority this century. Q.E,D.

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""Can't we just celebrate the hockey sticks?" she asked. Tolu Ilelaboye, a Winnipeg community-development officer of Yoruba heritage, replied, "Yeah, but what's the intention? Like the colonialists giving them blankets, which gave them smallpox?" Seriously, comparing the intent of giving hockey sticks to that of giving smallpox? And this is a "community development officer"? "Inuit make up 85 per cent of the population and so are entitled by law to 85 per cent of Nunavut's jobs, but hold only half the territorial positions and a third of the federal ones. " Those are modern jobs that require modern skills. The dilemma is how to train and educate enough Inuit to fill those jobs without some degree of "assimilation", as traditional culture does not provide those skills. Why not look to those Asian countries which have managed to successfully educate their populations, while conserving some aspects of their culture and adapting others?

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""BC Health Care System" I Stand with Dr. Brian Day & Dr. Amin Javer - my body my right my choice " https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bc-health-care-system-i-stand-dr-brian-day-my-body-right-bernet

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""As a young woman, I am resilient." Nah. You'd be more resilient and respected if you actually had a real relationship that required more gravitas and commitment. Rather than wanting to dote on pretend kids, you'd actually be hard at work with your own husband, chipping away at it on a daily basis, having your own kids, going through life's ups and downs, learning as you go and doing the real thing. The real shit requires you actually TALK about REAL ADULT ISSUES such as money. Having your fun is one thing, but don't make it seem like it's the real deal. It ain't, by a LONG shot. This is kitschy insecurity dressed up as self-empowerment. Give me a break.

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""As a young woman, I am resilient." You're not a young woman. You're nearly 30 by your own admission. Stop deluding yourself. If you're content with this type of relationship, fine. But you make references to marriage and children. The clock is ticking. Time is not your friend.

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""Another reason rodents are used as models in medical testing is that their genetic, biological and behavior characteristics closely resemble those of humans, and many symptoms of human conditions can be replicated in mice and rats. "Rats and mice are mammals that share many processes with humans and are appropriate for use to answer many research questions," said Jenny Haliski, a representative for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare."" True enough, but unless the classic double-blind studies are done on humans, all of this remains "unproved".

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""And we are able to export a huge fraction of the cost to tourists."" If you think 14% is a huge fraction.

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""Alaskans understand that it makes sense for parents to be involved in the lives of their children," he said." Closing the barn door too late....

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""(T)here was a particular kind of Catholicism that was uniquely American. They combined the worst prejudices of the worst Americans with the worst of being Catholic." This author, if that's the word, manages to malign Catholics and Americans in one sentence. And NCR publishes it.

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""'Yes, we can build the pipeline.""" 1970; at UAF pre-FEED meetings for TAPS a bigshot from HumbleOil told me the CRUDEpipe will cost $2billion to build... ...I snickered & growled. Final cost was $8.8billion, it would have been $12billion without the help of the mosquitoes, the bugs made the cheechakos work faster. We built TAPS with slide-rules and old dial telephones. After we build a statewide flexpipe network we will have a trillion dollars worth of realestate to defend from the hustlers... Newsflash: Alaska taxes Texans If Trump want's to do something smart with Texas he should build 1500 miles of greenhouses on the border, after we build the first 10-miles of greenhouse the rest will pay for itself. http://www.jouleunlimited.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTkmTsKLRq0

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"""wow! makes it sound like he scored a goal on a slap shot as opposed to murdered another human being. Yaaa! way to go!""" Murdered!!!!! Yer kidding!!!! Right!!!!!! Lets call it Euthanized just like you would have an angry rabid dog put down. Well done soldier

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"""where people are automatically advantaged, or disadvantaged, by their skin tone, race and (by extension) gender.""" I don't know about this. What extension are we talking about? The "extendable antenna", so to speak? or the fact some people (males) are capable of extending their parts while some other people (females) are incapable of the same? This has nothing to do with whiteness. All people of all races, colour, ethnic origin, or religion are by-and-large capable of extending. Given the right conditions. Except for the females of these groups, of course.

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"""the Liberal Party of Canada rejected the candidacy of her main opponent, long-time municipal politician Alan DeSousa, for unknown reasons.""""" Anther slimeball act by Justin Trudeau to get a female minority in his Cabinet.

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"""listen to a true man of honour Romeo Dollaire who champions the cause of child soldiers..""""" Too bad he did not champion the cause of the 10 Belgian Paratroopers under his command.

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"""fragile gains of the Obama administration""" He is dictator who did nothing for us. Obama is camped in Washington working on a coup de tat (OFA) Obamacare recipients had monthly payment go from $400 to $1200 this year Clinton's took billions from foreigners into their foundation. Trudeau? How much did he get? Soros, Khan control our democracies Immigration touted by politicians for no reason other than having millions of dollars flood their campaigns form billionaire immigrants wanting to overthrow our countries. (asl your MP h much they get from Muslim groups and people) It will shock you. Media completely controlled by interests above and completely untrustworthy. Liers essentially. Pollsters on the same cheque The list goes on and on. Te left is a totalitarian oligarchy We overthrew them for a change But the Oligarchy is working hard on a Kennedy moment I believe. If that happens civil war ensues.

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"""The battle at Normandy required sneaking up on the enemy. Were the bombings of Dresden and Japan also cowardly? And in modern warfare, we rarely see troops face one another. Most war is conducted from a distance.""""" Don't think so. The Germans knew the Allies were coming and were well prepared for them. Just visit the cemeteries in France and count the number of Allied war dead. This was a war that was total devastation to many countries and to win it Germany had to be destroyed as they would not surrender otherwise. As for your opinion on how war is conducted from a distance. WRONG. Still up close and personal for the front line soldiers. Anyhow the man that ran these innocent people over is a COWARD in my opinion and I don't need you telling me how to speak. thanks

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"""Mr. Trudeau will be in Germany from Feb 15-18 on government business.""" Is this with family, nannies and cronies??? $1300.00 a plate on the Aircraft on the way over????? Or, the standard meal that all Aircrew get.

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"""Leave the very few women who wear niqabs alone.""" I agree, however, there needs to be some checks and balances when it comes to Photo ID for driver's licences, Health cards etc....

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"""I am already part of the 61% majority that DID NOT vote for him."" And that 61% should be damn proud.

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"""He was a better version of us""" Wow does that nail it. Thanks to Gord and the band for showing us the way these many years.

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"""Even mothers trying to get custody of their children cannot afford a lawyer and often don't get justice."" Try being a father trying to just get visitation

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"""...There I found Captain J.K. Limerick in command of a company of volunteers. It seems he had been sent there by General Lane after the fight of Battle Creek on account of the murder of some Indians there. Bates and some others had induced a small party of peaceable Indians who belonged in that vincinity to enter to an engagement to remain at peace woth the whites during the war, which was going on at some distance from them. By way of ratification they invited them to partake of a feast in an unoccupied log house just across the road from the Bates House. While the unarmed Indians were partaking of the proffered hospitality, the door was suddenly fastened and they were shot down by their treacherous white hosts. Nearby I was shown a large hole which the bodies of these murdered Indians had been unceremoniously tumbled...""" -- Judge Matthew P Deady

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""""While the Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt operations, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity"""" An example of so called news from the failing adnwashingtonPOSt. So pathetic...... Any proof yet that Russia Duped obama and interfiered with election? NOPE no proof yet!

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""""The newly freed schoolgirls should be quickly released to their families and not be subjected to lengthy government detention, Amnesty International’s Nigeria office said, adding that they don’t deserve to be put through a “publicity stunt” and deserve privacy.""""" More experts that have never seen or spoken to these girls let alone know the utter hell and torture these kids have been through but yet give their opinion. Wonder if they ever think that the Government has the resources, money, trauma experts, psychiatrists to give these poor kids all the assistance they need where more than likely the parents don't have two nickles to rub together. These particular kids are safe now and will get the help they need to maybe help them cope with the trauma they have been through. What help would they get by going directly home to their parents. Sometimes these agencies put mouth in gear before engaging brain.

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""""Polls show Canadians are split over whether Canada should be accepting more or fewer refugees.""" No problem accepting the ones in the refugee camps who have been vetted and determined they are indeed in danger and pose no security risk to Canada. Border jumpers should immediately be put on a bus and driven back to the US customs and immigration. These people are in a safe country and if they are in danger of being sent back to where they came from then there must be a pretty good reason for it. Canada is now the land of the "Free"

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""""Muslim group calls for support of anti-Islamophobia motion""" Not buying it, however, I will support laws against discrimination against ANY person based on their race, creed, colour or religion. Wait a minute, we have that in the Charter of Rights and various laws in Canada. One law that treats ALL Canadians equally and fairly.

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""""I think this article in today's NP sums up the Liberal relationship with China very well: ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/glavin-heres-how-the-prime-minister-is-ramming-china-down-our-throats"""" When the Chinese take over will we have to learn Mandarin or Cantonese.

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""""I don't know if people (both men and women?) should take courses about sexual harassment"""" How about any kind of harassment.

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""""Canada must act to ensure LGBT protections are at the very centre of any new Commonwealth trading regime.""""" Why is Canada pushing this agenda on the rest of the world??

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""""Baseless Predictions"""""???? 2 more rides on the Executive Air Canada 319. Toronto to Washington, Washington to Toronto. That will be the end.. Angus Glenn becons.... First "T".. Ron Wilson, Best B 4 73, Wendell Clark, Auston Matthews

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"""""The people of Scotland should have the right to choose between Brexit, possibly a very hard Brexit, or becoming an independent country able to chart our own course,” Sturgeon said earlier in the chamber."""" Scotland was an independent country a long time ago when they were invaded by a savage English Army who showed no mercy or quarter. Lands were taken away from the rightful owners, many of who were put on ships for the new world and many murdered. The Highland Clearances were a disgrace. For 10 years after Culloden Moore, these English loons raped and pillaged the Highlands. Let's not forget the million Catholics in Ireland they let starve to death. Scotland needs to break away from English control once and for all.

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"""""Ottawa said it would no longer increase the Canada Health Transfer by six per cent annually."""" Well yeah, that money is needed for projects overseas and to give away to foreign Governments. We just can't have that money going back into our badly neglected Health Care System.

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"""""One muslim casualty vs the hundreds and thousands of victims of muslim terrorism this year alone. Darn islamophobia."""" I take it you are not including the hundreds of thousands of Muslims bombed back to the Stoneage in the Middle East.

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"""""Future core players 20-22"""" These are whom? Only possible future core players out there are 18-20 yrs old... Tell me the 20-22 guys. Thanks.

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"""""And why were all these single women having babies?"""" Because they get an extra 5 or 600 a month to supplement their welfare

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"""""""""Leafs sitting pretty"""""""" ?????/ How do the Penguins, Blackhawks, Kings look?

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"""""""""But, no matter what you think of this team, they are not that bad.""""" Glass 1/2 full or 1./2 MT, They are not good... By all means..

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"""" She was probably abused by settlers at a residential school """ You don't know that. All pure speculation and BS.

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""" That men are suffering many injustices as well as women? So, that's precisely what I said.""""" Really Women need to unite with other oppressed groups to demand equal representation in the legal system, and equal justice. You honestly think men get treated fairly in the Justice system.

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""" Taxpayers should help with these programs "" Taxpayers have enough on their plate without funding your kids

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"" Trudeau urged to find common ground with Trump during Washington visit."" Trump will dig a big hole and invite Trudeau to jump in.

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" “No. I am critical of your client for sticking his hand under my skirt and grabbing my bare ass.” No panties, eh, Taylor. Did you really appear dressed like that in front of your mother?

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" “I think we can all agree that curiosity has been satisfied over the last year or so.”" Yup, we have moved to a structural deficit, growth is still mediocre, and there is no improvement in equality, or investment. I suspect the countries that abandoned our policies 30 years ago are feeling vindicated.

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" “I hope they have Scotchgard™ in the carpets.” .. This poorly educated, almost zero work experience man-boy, desperately needs to broaden his education and expand his life and social horizons. Just his simple statement above, shows the depth of his ignorance and the damage it can do. Imagine subjecting his children to the serious poisonous toxins that these fluorocarbon "stain preventives" represent. What kind of aware parent could do such a thing? And if he's that clueless and brainwashed about simple things like this ... But then he doesn't believe in the harmful long term effects of burning fossil fuels either, even in the face of overwhelming evidence. He has "worked" in the Ottawa "bubble" since his early twenties and has little "real life" experience. When are the Conservatives ever going to elect a "real" man or woman to the job of leader? Someone with an education? Wisdom? Experience? Andrew Scheer manages to make Trudeau look like an accomplished Elder Statesman!

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" yet they don't mention anything about the super wealthy who are going to get a gigantic tax cut " Tax CUTS are not an expense. God forbid people are ALLOWED to keep THEIR OWN money.

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" years of complaining alias." Are you saying your real name is active?

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" working class whites", well folks, who do you think pays the bills that keep this country running? Certainly not those you see in the street demanding a free ride. A pox on the lot of them!

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" women, Indigenous students, people with disabilities and new immigrants will be eligible for wage subsidies of up to 70 per cent or $7,000. All other student placements will be eligible for funding of up to 50 per cent of the wage, or $5,000." The Globe and Mail doesn't allow comments that use the words prejudice, discrimination, and the Federal government in the same sentence. This is my 3rd attempt to post a comment on this article. If one wants to grow the economy, one hires the best for the job based on qualifications and experience. That is called 'merit', a word the Federal government is erasing from hiring practices.

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" white jew-god mind", well we know where 3d's head is at. Bigotry and racism. Must be another graduate of the Hawaiian Studies program at the U of H.

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" while demanding everyone else change theirs to meet your goals." Fascinating. And what's your evidence I've "demanded" this?

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" what changed between then and the previous 200 years of U.S. existence? " The lethality and availability of the weaponry? And the acceptance that this coupled with psychosis makes these incidents inevitable?

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" we are letting the Chinese Government pluck us like a chicken." Which explains why I gave you a "funny," robit17.

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" war, health care, infrastructure, gender equality, budget, race relations, crime, immigration, minimum wage, education, student debt, banking regulations, etc." This unapologetic deplorable took all those issues into account very seriously before voting against the "pizza" woman.

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" war on Christmas has been led by Jewish organizations, financed by Jewish financiers, fought in the courts by Jewish lawyers, and lobbied in government, by Jewish influence. " Agirlwhoslosthermind WOW! Fire up the ovens. You go gurrrl!

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" war on Christmas has been led by Jewish organizations, financed by Jewish financiers, fought in the courts by Jewish lawyers, and lobbied in government, by Jewish influence. " You actually said that? Wow.

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" unless you’re eastern European and about 20 yrs old" Yes, it is true that his wife is from one of the poorest and most destitute countries in Eastern Europe. However, she was 28 when she met him. She is only 23 years younger than Trump is. That's all. Mia Farrow was 30 years younger than Frank Sinatra, when she married him.

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" universal background checks, a ban on assault-style weapons, and measures to prevent the mentally ill and those on no-fly watch lists from buying guns." . Which one of these would have prevented Las Vegas shooting?

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" underlying cause of these attacks (and no, it's not gun ownership or access to guns" So we need to have a conversation about guns, but the first thing you do is tell everyone else they are wrong and that you are right. You then go on to say nothing will change. Well no wonder the gun control crowd is just going to ignore you and your small subset of gun fetishist when it discusses reasonable gun control.

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" under-valued human capital we have in our multi-cultural country today to forge new trading relationships with countries other than the U.S" Well I see that Trudeau clearly wants to get most of our new immigrants, TFWs, 10 year visa holders and foreign students from China. So that would mean we'd be forging "new" trading relationships with China. A big "No Thanks!" to that.

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" two lawmakers....... forced to vacate their seats.....had refused to take the official oath of office, substituting wording that could be considered offensive to China" Using profanity (the "F" word) and insults could be considered offensive to any country. Would Canada allow such indiscretions if the PQ did the same when swearing in to the Parliament?

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" trade alliance between England and India"... trade alliance? really???? was slavery in the us a trade alliance between whites and blacks??? the brits were in india by force of arms and exploited india, then leaving after having sucked out all its resources, killed millions of indians, and driven india into the dirt

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" this time of year has been a holiday season long before Christianity came along-" You do realize that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ, Right? And that as such, it would be difficult to have this holiday prior to Christianity? Other than that, I agree with most of what you say.

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" they were trying to make Evangelical beliefs seem backwards, bigoted, and sexist, and yet they were surprised that Evangelicals didn't show up in droves to vote for Hillary." Which, of course, they are; much as the Christian Right hates to admit it.

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" there’s nothing lonelier than living with the wrong person".............................No kidding. Not just lonely, but it can be a tumultuous, depressing, toxic experience that can scar forever. The relationship equivalent of trench warfare. I think if you did a survey of the 40+ crowd you'd find many men & women are now solo because of such experiences. As per being able to afford it, well, that depends as how you define , ' affording'. Financially, it's more expensive but if it's your sanity you cherish, it's worth the cost.

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" there are dozens upon dozens of examples of violence that are actually based on conservative ideology. Like Jerad and Amanda Miller who shot two cops, yelled “The revolution has begun” and draped “Don’t Tread On Me ” flags on their victims. Later, they killed another man. Like Frazier Miller (no relation that I’m aware of), a former Klansman and White Supremacist who shot up a Jewish community center, killing three people. Like Wade Page, a Neo-Nazi who walked into a Sikh temple looking to kill Muslims (Neo-Nazis are not known for their intelligence). 6 people die. Like David Pedersen and his girlfriend, Holly Ann Grigsby who killed 4 people and “were on their way to Sacramento to kill more Jews.” Like Scott Roeder who walked into a church to murder abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. And, of course, we can’t forget Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols who blew up a federal building, killing 168 including 19 children." Phil: Just a few examples for you

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" then it got even worse." As an independent I have to agree. Like myself, you must have read the 20,000 Democrat National Convention e-mails that were released by Wiki Leaks. I not sure the republicans will ever be able to top that train wreck.

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" the upcoming election isn't so much a plebescite on Trump as it is the conflicted makeup of the American public.” They may have said something like that electing Hitler. The German people were the most educated people of Europe at the time. The world has seen what happens when the Church disengages truth from politics in a temper-tantrum approach to reality. The Galileo affair was not as bad consequentially as ignoring the intellectual vacuity of Hitler. The Faithful shall see what happens in the Trump case, all the while The (Pontifical) Catholic University of America administration continues under censorship for unwillingness to listen to professors who think thoughts it does not like.

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" the scientific term is homo or hetero" Homo is a scientific term? I mean other than the broad "Homo" which includes all, i.e. Homogenous, homogenized, homo sapien? Are you attempting to hijack Homo to describe a minority of humans? And as for "gay", I think that the word became associated with homo in 1862, when "Don we now our gay apparel" appeared, meaning "Girl, your outfit is fabulous!".

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" the same guys that tell our government what to do and when to go to war. they write and enact all the laws to benefit themselves. the are same guys that own all the largest corporations, and took seven trillion dollars from us in 2014" And you are telling me that you want the same lot to control that much more of our lives? And by the way, Gary, you know nothing of the conditions my parents, grandparents, etc., came up in...dirt poor but with the ill grace to have been born white. How dare they! And how dare they raise their children to know the value of education and hard work. How dare they raise their children to pay for what they get by working with the sweat of their brow, or to respect the rule of law even if it was enacted by those who would buy votes with freebees for everything for everyone? Oh, and how did they or their children survive to a certain age never having deployed an airbag (or never having one discharge shrapnel into their face and body).

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" the role of Zionists in the Bolshevik/Communist revolutions" Veritas, to be clear, Zionists did not play a major role in the Russian Bolshevik revolution-- they were opposing ideologies, which is what Churchill meant by the struggle for Jewish hearts. Jewish activists had to choose between the Zionist dream of a happy Jewish homeland in Palestine or the Marxist vision of heaven on Earth following a Communist/Socialist/Anarchist revolution in Russia. Indeed, many Russian Jews, particular those of a more secular background, chose Bolshevism. Many others, however, were leaders in more moderate, democratic socialist organizations in Russia, as the Mensheviks. It's ironic that while many of the leading Bolsheviks were Jewish, Stalinist Russia became cruelly anti-Semitic. Additionally, many of the early Zionist settlers in Palestine were also socialist, resulting in the famous kibbutz communities.

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" the natural-resource wealth upon which this country and its social-welfare systems have been built." Has been built. The past. It has done a marvellous job, but as demonstrated in "The Spirit Level" wealth is not a good measure of the qualities of life in a country. All the developed countries have the same characteristic, namely that an increase in wealth will not improve living conditions. A good example is the US. Very wealthy and one of the two worst countries in which to live. By comparison, Japan with mediocre wealth, an economy in tatters and along with Sweden, the best place to live. Something more that countries have in common. Their living conditions correlate with income inequality. (Income of the bottom 20% of population divided by the income of the top 20%.) The lower the inequality the better the living conditions. The US and Portugal with high inequality of income as expected have the poorest living conditions. So Canada would best live with what we have.

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" the main benefits of the bank will be expertise in structuring loan guarantees and moving long-term debt off of government books and onto private partners, in exchange for a negotiated rate of return." Right - they'll move it of the government balance sheets and then, because things will look so rosy, they will increase government debt on other things. Meanwhile we'll be paying to use infrastructure that should be owned by the public. As the old saying goes there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

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" the frequency of that pales compared to the number of times a women has been legitimately assaulted and then not able to find any legal recourse. " Not neccesarily so. The biggest problem with that pseudo-statistic is, ironically, the same one that resulted in mis/underreporting of sexual assault stats for decades... the authorities for a variety of reasons (disbelief, politics, agendas, gender discrimination, legal definitions, etc) don't obtain and/or report vast numbers of incidents. When I have time (on lunch break now) I can fish out a couple of very good reports that validate this statement. (feel free to down thumb my post for political reasons in the meantime lol)

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" the former still colonial, closed, dependent, paternalistic and pretending to be homogeneous, a place whose sleepy streets you’d have to leave if you wanted to make something of yourself; the latter a country of self-invention and iconoclasm, " Oh yeah? well then explain why we still bow and scrape before foreign royals??? and put their names and faces all over the place ????

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" the evidence for AGW is so overwhelming " No it's not, humor me ,provide some.

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" the best people don't even bother applying. The best people (who aren't white males) don't have allies. The best people (who aren't white males) give up and go elsewhere. " So you are saying that the women at our institutions aren't the best and are just second raters? Wow that is pretty insulting to those women.

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" the attack was aimed at the source of the the attacks on Muslim nations. Politicians. Retaliation has been consistent." Uh,Islamic terrorists killed 12 cartoonists at the offices of a satirical weekly paper, innocent families in Nice celebrating a holiday, people merely watching a race in Boston, 89 unarmed concert goers in Paris and many others outside, need I go on?

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" the MOAA piece stated that black units got poor equipment, or none," . Oh JiHad- the historic accounts which were provided to you say the same thing about the MAJORITY of everyone else who worked there. Whoops. . "It stated black soldiers/units received inferior shelters." . ....except historic accounts provided to you say the same thing about the MAJORITY of others working there at that time. Whoops. . Officers of the SAME race had the same, awful conditions as the Enlisted men, and if anyone got tents, they were luckier than most. Again- that the black soldiers went without was not just a product of racism, but was also a product of the same, bad conditions that EVERYone experienced during that time-- if you don't want to read the evidence provided to you, that's fine-- just know that selectively honoring a group you perceive as "victims" isn't founded in logic or history. hakuna matata.

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" that reputable news outlets need to be careful before going to press with unfounded facts." When did they start doing that again? The reputable news agencies of late have been producing their own stories seemingly out of thin progressive air.

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" that offers female, male and transgender victims of sexual assault and harassment up to four hours of free independent legal advice," Wow. And will victims of robbery, threats, physical assault etc. also get this four hours of free legal advice? If not, why not? That's $600-$1200 worth of time at most lawyers.

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" that immigrants need to be screened for Canadian values – which values, we still do not know – " Editorial for starters equality and rights for women and gays inclusiveness diversity (how could G & M miss Justin's favourite value?)

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" that at least at the last stage of pregnancy, elective abortion is murder." This is a straw man. Why do you think "elective abortion" occurs in the last stages of pregnancy when early abortion is legal (at least in the U.S)? Do you think women just forget they are pregnant, or hope it will go away, or fail to notice the swelling uterus until 8 months have gone by and suddenly say, "Oops, I'm pregnant and I don't want to have a baby!"? No. Women who wait that long WANT the baby and only abort when there is a very serious health issue or because something has gone terribly wrong with the pregnancy, maybe even, the fetus has already died in the womb. This is tragedy, not murder.

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" taxi was "not" on the route between where the young woman hailed it and where she lived" Do you know that is the address she gave? Taxi companies usually require the cabbie to radio in destination as soon as the trip starts. Maybe she gave him a different address.

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" targeting countries for their atrocities and boycotting organizations for their wrongdoings" Isn't it illegal in Canada to boycott Israel? Who selects the targets of boycott? The elites of the Peace Council?" It is NOT illegal in Canada to boycott Israel, or any other country, although there are those who wish it were so.

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" starter's job is to win". No, a starter's job is to put the team in position to win, which is exactly what Stroman did, masterfully. And I hate to tell you but judging pitchers by "wins" is useless.

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" squelch comedians who go after Trump" For all practical purposes everyone in the U.S. media goes after Trump. There are almost no defenders of Trump. It is so pervasive that the situation is beyond Trump pressuring anyone. As far as the gays being offended and complaining, it wasn't that they found it in bad taste. It's seen as homophobic by implying that they are less than others. This article is nothing more than a Canadian conspiracy theory with no validity.

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" since there is no other way" Seriously? Just fyi a vitamin A pill on a regular basis would also do the job. I'll assume all your other comments are just as accurate as the above.

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" settlers" had little to no say in matters regardless of their race. This is a promotion of bigotry towards "white settlers" (intolerance and imposing negative opinions towards a group) A better term might be "Crown"....the king and his aristocratic delegates as well as some of wealthier people in England. Treaties were signed by the Crown not the settlers and that is why the Canadian and provincial governments today have a responsibility not the descendants of settlers.

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" season for shark attacks " ? Obviously a sensational headline to hook a reader. As noted , it is the pupping season for sharks , and yes they can get aggressive because the female does not eat before giving birth , so they are hungry and will seek food , they do not purposely seek human for an attack , they are just doing what sharks do.

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" schools are filled with male teachers." Just curious but can you give a stat for that? It doesn't coincide with what I've seen but I'm willing to think my sample may have been biased.

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" satan's angels or demonic spirits at work in the church" Wow! So those opposed to WO are under the influence of demons? If I said that about proponents of WO, I'd be banned. Welcome to Double Standard 101. Whatever happened to agreeing to disagree--agreeably? Whatever happened to assuming the best motive in the other side? This vitriol is not helping the situation at all.

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" said the big time advocate of school vouchers in Anchorage (could mean $$$ for her), religious "liberty" to discriminate based upon subjective measures of who they think is gay or not and one of the loudest voices of telling other people when they must have children. You call people whiners to denigrate and attempt to legitimize their rightful stake in the situation.

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" root causes of terrorism including alienation, interpretations of Islam, Islamophobia, western foreign policy, problems around integration" YOU are the problem Mr. "Professor" of history (horrifying thought). You and your progressive-to-the-point-of-insanity comrades have blood on your hands.

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