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Aging Punk Not Sure How to Stop Buying Skate Shoes
PHILADELPHIA — Local 33-year-old Seth Bourne is completely unable and unwilling to buy any shoes that are not specifically designed for skateboarding, according to concerned family members.
“Seth got promoted from shipping to sales, and now he has to dress business-casual. It’s really freaking him out,” said Beth Bourne-Radler, his wife of four years. “I tried to bring him to find some Oxfords or something, but after five minutes in the store, he started muttering about how he’s a ‘sell out’ and a ‘poser,’ and that ‘slip-ons are business-casual enough.’”
Bourne, who has reportedly worn skate shoes ever since buying his first pair of Duffs in 1996, claimed he doesn’t feel comfortable in anything else.
“I’ve gone through all the phases, man. Kostons, Nike SBs — all of ‘em, except DC. They never really vibed with me,” said Bourne. “When I was 17, my mother made me wear loafers to my grandfather’s funeral. I know everyone was thinking how dumb my feet looked the entire time.”
The shoe alternatives Bourne has found have only heightened his frustrations.
“Right now, it seems like everyone I meet is wearing these weird-ass leather elf boots. I feel like a fraud when my Skyrim character wears that shit, so those are out of the question for me,” said Bourne, applying a thick layer of Shoe Goo to his well-worn pair of Vans. “I don’t eat food on my lunch break — I go to the skatepark for 45 minutes. Do these people really expect me to skate in wingtips? It ain’t gonna happen.”
Adding to the stress, the Bournes are reportedly expecting their first child in two months.
“While I want to provide food and shelter for my child, I need my baby to respect me — and I can’t tre flip in docksiders, let alone hit something as simple as a five stair. I’m not bringing much else to the table, dad-wise,” said Bourne. “The kid is going to look super-cute in baby Emerica shoes, though.”
As of press time, Bourne found a temporary solution to the dress code by painting laces on his checkered socks.
Photo by Shelby Kettrick @ShelbyShootsStuff. | 1 | en |
Her term is done, after the election it'
s a new ball game. | 0 | en |
IRT - Rev. Dr. Eric Hafner - If you were a reverend, the judgemental pejoratives about our sitting president would be offensive. If you were a doctor, the flippant psychological diagnosis would be obnoxious. Knowing you are a separatist, the conclusion is laughable... | 0 | en |
John, virtually anything, moral or immoral, can be made illegal. When one comes to issues like this, the subject becomes moral, not legal. For instance, is it remotely moral to economically exploit undocumented immigrants without providing them some path to citizenship? | 0 | en |
The Globe oozes estrogen and yet you weep you are so hard done by. If the Globe were to be more female representative, you would have to banish all men for the paper. | 0 | en |
I do not think I miss Harper, but belive we are on a journey from frying pen to fire with these clowns at the helm. | 0 | en |
Big surprise. Everyone's in charge but Trump. Not that he should be, but the people really should know who is, don't you think? | 0 | en |
Lie? Seth Rich was the insider and Assange has his portable hard drive to prove it....... | 0 | en |
walkyrie's post: more evidence of the blatant double standards in censorship within the Globe comments section... | 0 | en |
And you found this where? | 0 | en |
Itiraf ediyorum dişleri güzel insanları çok kıskanıyorum 😁 | 0 | tr |
What really baffles me is will the tobacco smoke really to harm a child? What happens when they are at home in the living room and mom or dad lights up a cigarette? Will the city have someone come and check to see if you're smoking while your children are present? Are they going to strap HPD with the responsibility to insure parent don't smoke in the home too? The city is overstepping their area of responsibility. | 0 | en |
The notion that by bringing in more immigrants is somehow going to effect pollution is just plain silly but the carbon tax could benefit them and other welfare recipients. | 0 | en |
The Phillies have invited eight alumni to participate in spring training as guest instructors, the club announced today. The group consists of members of the 1980 and 2008 World Champion teams, along with the 1993 National League champs.
Manager Gabe Kapler and his coaching staff will intermittently be assisted by Bobby Abreu, Chad Durbin, Jim Eisenreich, Dan Plesac, Jimmy Rollins and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt. Current Phillies front office executives Larry Bowa and Charlie Manuel will also be in uniform for the entirety of spring training.
Bowa and Manuel both work on the Phillies' baseball operations staff as senior advisors to General Manager Matt Klentak, while Schmidt has been a member of the broadcast team for the past five seasons. All three are enshrined on the Phillies Wall of Fame.
For Plesac, a 10-year veteran of MLB Network, the 2019 spring will mark his third as an instructor with the team (2015 and 2018). Abreu returns for his second consecutive spring. A member of the 1993 NL champions, Eisenreich will take part in his first spring with the club since his four-year stint as a player from 1993-96. A .324 hitter with the Phillies with a .381 on-base percentage, Eisenreich remains one of the more popular players of the Phillies' recent past.
Rollins will make his coaching debut with the team after recently being named a special advisor to the club. He played 15 years (2000-14) with the Phillies and is the franchise's all-time leader in hits (2,306), doubles (479) and at-bats (8,628) and ranks second in games (2,090), extra-base hits (806), total bases (3,655) and stolen bases (453). He was the 2007 National League Most Valuable Player, a three-time NL All-Star (2001-02, 2005), won four NL Gold Gloves at shortstop (2007-09, 2012) and one Silver Slugger (2007).
The remaining members of the spring training instructional staff are the major league coaching staff of Bobby Dickerson (infield), Paco Figueroa (first base/outfield), Jim Gott (bullpen), Pedro Guerrero (assistant hitting), Dave Lundquist (assistant pitching), John Mallee (hitting), Rob Thomson (bench), Dusty Wathan (third base), Chris Young (pitching), Craig Driver (bullpen catcher/receiving) and Bob Stumpo (bullpen catcher/catching); the triple-A staff of Gary Jones (manager), Darryl Robinson (hitting coach), Greg Legg (coach) and Steve Schrenk (pitching coach); minor league coordinators Andy Abad (outfield), Carlos Arroyo (roving pitching), Juan Castro (infield), Rafael Chaves (director, pitching development), Rob Ducey (bunting/baserunning), Jason Ochart (hitting), Russ Steinhorn (assistant hitting), Chris Truby (infield), Ben Werthan (information) and Ernie Whitt (catching); double-A manager Shawn Williams; and baseball operations staff members Mike Calitri and Sam Fuld.
The first workout for pitchers and catchers at the Phillies' spring training complex in Clearwater, Fla., is scheduled for February 13 with full-squad workouts slated to begin on February 18.
Read more: Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | en |
No ticks Don? My brother told me that fable when we moved here. The dog proved to be test strip for that theory, and the claim has failed. We've picked up numerous ticks in the valley. Still, they are dense and I've yet to pick up a tick, which was not unusual thing to happened looking for morels in the Iowa spring. Mosquitoes attack at dusk, but are overbearing like some area.
As Don points out no area is perfect and each has its character. I do love the Oregon landscape, and it's life enforcing every time I look at our beautiful vista's. I hope it's a blessings for the next 1000 years. | 0 | en |
I do not think that Gantz Racist but Oku Hiroya may dislike afroamericans or americans at all. US deffinatly not the best friend of the japan. After someone blast few Nukes on you you can not fell much sympaty for him even afer 60 years. I newer saw anime where americans were good and main heroes. Just watch read or die and see main line of japanise people to the US.
Lol Gantz isnt racist and the Gantz creator isnt racist either, nor he dislikes American people. Theres only one reason why american and in general non-Japaneese people dont have much time in Gantz, its the same reason why there isnt a black guy in any other manga out there. Theres not many black people in Japan, Japan is not as diverse as the U.S, if you go in Japan you will see only Japaneese people, except of a few tourists, so the manga is created for the Japaneese audience and not for U.S audience or an international audience.
Why should they live in a Japanese manga??? Thats a messed up thing to say. They shouldn't have been included in the story in the first place. They were so out of place, but they were there nontheless. Oku Hiroya's not stupid, he knew exactly what he was doing. I overlooked Izumi's little stunt, but seriously, the Japanese need to chill on their gaijin stereotypes. Its like they have an inferiority complex or something, always making foreigners appear weaker or incompetent when compared to them.
And Chocolove??? WTF!!!
At least the Hajime no Ippo manga put black people in a positive light. notably poor Mike Tyson. | 1 | en |
Ever heard of the sequester? It cut the DOD by 10%. Who signed it? Obama. Who have promised to end it? Trump, McConnell, & Ryan. Trump wants to waste money on hundreds of new nukes that would allow us to destroy the world 5 times over versus just 4 times over. Nukes the DOD doesn't want. In the mean time T, Mc, & R want to cut subsidies to people who can't afford health insurance and Mc & R have already cut back food stamps to people living on the minimum wage. Eisenhower warned us and turned out to be very prescient. | 0 | en |
Fighting traffic congestion by adding more lanes is like fighting obesity by adding more holes to your belt. Adding lanes only leads to increased traffic counts, not reduced congestion. I-75 in downtown Atlanta is now up to 23 lanes wide, and it's as congested as ever. Portland would be wise to use smarter solutions. | 0 | en |
I believe you are referring to the post by Dylan Jones 368. I doubt that is Mr. 368's real last name, but it is sufficiently different from mine that you should be able tell the two apart. I did think his post mocking your over-simplification of the job of the ATF agents was amusing, but, in line with the "civility rules" of this site, I have discussed the unbelievable, unsupported and untrue things you have posted, rather than discussing you (for I would have no basis for believing anything you say about yourself, "PNolan"). | 0 | en |
Wait...Why are we still talking about "The Wall"? It's clearly a steaming pile of BS that is never going to happen. It doesn't makes sense politically, financially, or practically. | 0 | en |
unions and democrats are an addiction / cancer that has ruined Hawaii.. | 1 | en |
"Like others have said, investing involves using dollars you have already been taxed on to get an opportunity at a return over time." Not really. Maybe for those of us who actually use money made from working a job to invest but once you're drawing an income strictly from returns on investments at that point you're just making money off of money and drawing the benefits of a society you're no longer contributing dollars to in the same way as someone who is working for a living does. I'm talking hedge fund managers, high frequency traders, and the like here. | 0 | en |
I know quite a lot being raised in an evangelical household by ordained ministers on both sides of my family. Yes, I do.
Again, you chose to divert instead of rebutting anything I say.
I think it's safe for me to assume you don't know why you believe the things you do. I bring up statements with plenty of examples and logical reasoning to my conclusions. How do you respond? By simply ignoring and diverting. You haven't backed up a single thing you claim, rebutted anything I've said, or shown me why you hold any of the opinions you do. I don't think you have good reasons for why you came to the conclusions you have apart from "because they said it's that way".
I have no issue with faith. Wether it's faith in Jesus that lets you be a better person to your neighbors or faith in the goodwill of mankind. I do have an issue with blind faith – belief without questioning.
I'll leave you with a quote: "If we're not allowed to ask skeptical questions, then we're up for grabs."
Good luck. | 0 | en |
Stay in the middle. You belong there. | 0 | en |
But at least in this case it is more than important to recall and understand the formal teachings of the Church regarding papal authority. How you or I or others want it to be is, for right now, inconsequential. This is an issue of what has been doctrinally taught for centuries, and what some ultra traditionalists have purposely distorted it to be. It is about their own hypocrisy and sinfully selective use of sentences and partial quotes to support a view of Pope Francis based in hate. We see this almost daily right here in these comments by a select few rabid trads who invent theology to give support to their pressing need to maintain a fantasy version of the Church based in their feelings and on nothing else. These are the same folks who refuse to accept Vatican II and post selective parts of sentences from the council documents as if they are authorities on them and know more then the council Fathers. It is all the same:it is THEIR arguments re: +Francis that are the offenses. | 0 | en |
"::::Please read WP:NOR so you know what ""original research"" means. Also read WP:NPOV. And you know nothing of me, I don't hate Paris. If you would hate people saying them about your daughter, perhaps you should raise your daughter not to be a vapid slut.
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The detection of recombinant, tuber necrosing isolates of Potato virus Y (PVY(NTN)) using a three-primer PCR based in the coat protein gene.
A simple and reliable procedure for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection and strain differentiation of Potato virus Y (PVY) was developed. Three primers were designed within the coat protein (CP) and nuclear inclusion protein b (NIb) region, exploiting a single base polymorphism identified as being present in all the recombinant PVY(NTN) isolates published. Samples infected with PVY produce a single band of 569 bp, while isolates belonging to PVY(NTN) strain give an additional band of 334 bp. The technique was tested on a collection of well-characterised isolates of PVY from a range of strains and was found to detect all of the isolates reported as belonging to the PVY(NTN) strain. All of the isolates detected possess a recombination event within the coat protein. Further sequence analysis revealed that all the recombinant PVY(NTN) isolates reported thus far would be detected using this assay, whilst isolates thought to be PVY(NTN) that do not possess the coat protein recombination event would not be detected. | 0 | en |
William T. Anderson in Grayson County, Texas
Ancestry.com subscribers can view additional information, and sources are listed, about William T. Anderson and his siblings at http://person.ancestry.com/tree/72258479/person/48257080135/facts
There are four stories of interest about William T. Anderson and Grayson County.
1. Bill Anderson married Bush Smith. That story is true. A Grayson County marriage license Grayson County courthouse shows that Lieut William T. Anderson and MIss Bush Smith were married 3 March 1864.
2. Jim Anderson brought his surviving sisters, Mollie and Mattie, to Sherman, Grayson County, after Bill's death 26 October 1864. That story is true. A Grayson County marriage license Grayson County courthouse shows that A. V. Doak and Mollie E. Anderson were married 28 June 1865. A Grayson County marriage license Grayson County courthouse shows that E. G. Douglass and Mattie G. Anderson were married 20 February 1867. A Grayson County marriage license Grayson County courthouse shows that James Anderson and Mary Erwin were married 21 October 1868.
3. Jim Anderson is said to have married Bill's widow. Bill Anderson married Bush Smith. Bush Smith has not been found in census records. Jim Anderson married Mary Erwin. Mary Lucy Erwin, the daughter of William Hugh Erwin and Lucy Moore, was born 27 March 1852 in Missouri. 1900 census of Grayson County, microfilm page 92, line 85, where Mary Lucy has married B. P. [Burrell Perry] Smith after Jim's death, and is listed as M. L.) (http://www.aprilheatherart.com/my-great-great-grandmother-was-married-to-an-outlaw/, information from the family Bible of Jim Anderson's sister-in-law). Mary Erwin was 11 years, 11 months, and 7 days old when Bill Anderson married Bush Smith. No census or cemetery record for Bush Smith Anderson has been found. No Grayson County marriage license has been found for Jim Anderson and Bush Smith Anderson.
If Jim Anderson married Bill's widow, this theory is a possibility:
There is no conclusive proof identifying the parents or siblings of Bush Smith, or even hinting at her fate. However, an argument can be made that she was Malinda Smith, born about February 1850 1850 Texas census, Red River County, microfilm page 223, line 16 in Red River County, Texas, to Burrell Perry Smith Sr. and Sarah Henderson. Burrell P. Smith moved his family to Grayson County about 1851 (according to his obit, and later became mayor of Sherman before he died in 1859)http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln;=smith&GSfn;=burrell&GSbyrel;=all&GSdyrel;=all&GSst;=46&GScntry;=4&GSob;=n&GRid;=81429712&df;=all&. Malinda Smith would have been a Sherman resident in 1864. She would have been 14 years old at the time of William T. Anderson's marriage. There is no doubt that this Smith family was in Sherman when William T. Anderson was married. The widow Sarah Henderson Smith married the widower William Hugh Erwin about a year before his murder, and became the stepmother of the Erwin children. There were other females named Bush in this Smith family. Malinda Smith had a first cousin, Bush Smith (1870-1896), daughter of Robert Meek Smith. After the death of Jim Anderson, his widow, Mary Lucy Erwin Anderson married Burrell Perry Smith Jr. They named their first child, Virginia Bush Smith.
One other record of interest. There is a Grayson County, Texas, marriage license for J. M. Anderson and Malinda Anderson, married 22 August 1866. I have speculated that this might be James Monroe Anderson, brother of William T. Anderson, and Malinda, the widow of Bill Anderson. That would support the story that Jim married Bill's widow. It is a fact that in Grayson County at that time, when widows remarried, their late husband's surname was usually on the marriage license rather than the widow's maiden name. There is no doubt that James Anderson married Mary Erwin 21 October 1868, which raises the question, if Jim Anderson did marry William T. Anderson's widow, (Malinda) Bush Smith Anderson, what was the fate of Bush Smith Anderson? There is yet another marriage license in Grayson County where a Malinda Anderson married Andrew Ross 2 January 1870. If Bush Smith Anderson died in Grayson County, no cemetery marker has been found. If Jim and Malinda divorced, or separated, and Malinda Bush Smith Anderson married Andrew Ross, no cemetery or census record has been found for either of them.
4. The story that Bill Anderson built a house for Bush Smith has not been confirmed.
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Just because he manages almost "nothing" in the money management world (and the amount he manages is just that) does not necessarily mean he is stupid. I think maybe the point you were making, and one that I totally agree with, is why on earth would you be seeking out comments like this from a very average stockbroker. To call this guy a "fund manager" is a bit over the top for me. | 0 | en |
Sorry Bhai..But I never share your videos because the knowledge u give is
precious.. | 0 | en |
If you want to know why liberals will not remain in power come next federal election; here is one of the reasons.
Stay tuned, there are more adventures of "Justin" the Great Pretender, Canadian version... sort off. | 0 | en |
Treating housing like other investment income would involve adding capital gains while allowing mortgage interest to be deducted (you can deduct interest paid for other investments, including rental properties, just not your primary residence).
This would essentially be copying what the U.S. rules on housing are, and some have speculated that those rules helped create problems in that country back in the 2002 to 2008 time frame.
A *MUCH* bigger source of government impediment to free market principles for housing is the existence of the CMHC. If we want to have even the faintest notion of a free market for housing we need to eliminate or privatize the CMHC and all government backing of private sector lending for mortgages. | 0 | en |
The only foreign aid we should provide is education and birth control.
The more rice you feed the poor, the more babies the poor have, and the more rice they need.
Just a thought: Can we categorize the money we spent welcoming refugees as 'foreign aid'? After all, these are foreigners that we are paying for. | 0 | en |
here's one but there are many:
Guideline No. 33: Working In Extreme Temperature Conditions | Safety Guidelines for the Film and Television Industry in Ontario | 0 | en |
Oh my. ADN removed a very civil reply to my comment. Well, these guys you write so kindly about stalked me at my home in Anchorage. They intimidated me and served me to show up in a court case I had nothing to do with. They are bullies and thieves and they are exploiting the native communities. Shame on you ADN, do your homework on these guys. | 0 | en |
That's a comment completely without merit. | 0 | en |
":I have not spoken to the user, Sennen goroshi here, but told to the owner of the page for seeking help how to deal with this wikistalking. I do not believe that the user's citation is proper because it it still missing ""DEEP IN SHIT"" and more importantly the content is unnecessary and unhelpful to the article. In my understanding, the user has not supported me at all on the offensive user name, but just followed me in order to impress the admin with seemingly the condescending attitude. The user's mention of ""fucking idiot"" and ""tanderm"" on his talk page is to show why we do not believe deception in appearance. I think the user is completely making my time wasted and me challenged as to how far people can test our patience.
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Thank you! Your voice is one of the few reasonable and knowledgable ones on the issue of rail. We citizens are left in the dark, especially since HART has not allowed an audit. | 0 | en |
ا لسيسينياهو صفته تشبه الانسان ولكن قلبه قلب شيطان ولسانه لسان ثعبان | 1 | ar |
Good kid with right mindset and attitude and eagerness to learn, to improve. Not wasting time posting clips of team practices on snapchat like a certain immature, girlfriend-abusing person. | 0 | en |
oh lawdz, is dis sum Vanity Page? | 0 | en |
Jane Zhang
I'm adding some more comments now. Monoxide | 0 | en |
Richard, I apologize for not ending my comment with "Turn Sarcasm Off". Sorry to get you riled up over nothing. I was just using their words to express what was depicted in the photo. | 0 | en |
All this crazy anti-Trump twist every word he says and go to any length to protect Hillary Clinton will backfire in the end....American's are fed up with the press and its dishonest reporting...in the end the voters will speak and Trump will win this election going away..!!!The Clintons have stolen the Democrat party from the good democrats and everyone I know is sick of what their party is offering them... | 0 | en |
Gov Schwarzenegger was a complete failure, cave to the liberals at every venture. So I hope Trump is no Gov Schwarzenegger! | 0 | en |
and you get in the bush there can be more names. Along the Alaska Peninsula some locals know Emperor Geese as Beach Geese. When emperors were closed to hunting it took a while to get locals to understand that Beach Geese are Emperors. | 0 | en |
Divisiveness is anything that disagrees with the SJW globalist narrative. So shut it and let them do their thing or be labeled a racist. | 0 | en |
HRC tried to make memes out of the dossier and was upset that the usual mouthpieces in the MSM wouldn't quote it. Not that the MSM hasn't PRETENDED it's true to keep their ratings up. It should give most pause when considering that no-one would own up to this dreck. Ignorance masquerading as concern to justify intolerance. | 0 | en |
People are looking for jobs, businesses are moving south, people are trying to pay their hydro bills, children that need surgery are denied. But that stuff is not important. What is important to our spineless Liberals?? Spending time doing what they do best - trying to garner more votes so the can stay in power. Disgusting!! | 0 | en |
I have no problem with taking this person out of the gene pool! If he is found insane he will cost us about a half of a million dollars a year.
This is at least the third time he will be convicted for sex crimes. I pray to all and every god that he will not ever be able do this again!
Peace V | 0 | en |
Only a tip, you might want to think of starting a page like , which would be meant only for posts by mentor and mentored. | 0 | en |
I applaud the "up from the boot straps" success that Sen. Mazie Hirono's life represents. I feel however that she enjoys the spotlight of an issue, an issue hitchhiker, who feeds on the momentum of a high tide rather than being a change agent from an issue's inception. I asked for the senator's assistance relative to healthcare issues at the Matsunaga VA. Three letters and several months later I received a copy of a form letter addressed to the VA asking for action. Media face time may keep Senator Hirono's name in the public consciousness, however, its the senator's day to day interventions for the vet who seeks assistance that are the true measure of the senator's interest in health care. | 0 | en |
OK, I apologize. After you came out with that line "she's a KENNEDY, that alone qualifies her", I realize you are being sarcastic. | 0 | en |
Junction citizen
No to Hanomansing. | 0 | en |
Ms. Wente is right on the money with this column. Canada is considered an easy mark for those who want to ignore the law and enter our country illegally. And with the judiciary apparently on side, the trickle will become a flood and, eventually, a tsunami. Welcome to the Peaceable Kingdom! | 0 | en |
My country is France. | 0 | en |
@USER Απλά στα Γιαννιτσά ζουν σλαβόφωνοι Μακεδόνες. | 0 | el |
DID CHRISTIANS INVENT SATAN. The idea that Christians invented Satan is lies, propogated by some adherents of WICCA and other pagan believers, we see that the Holy Scriptures that came from Judaism has a book called JOB, so why blame the christians!, rather The Scriptures reveals in Genesis how EVE was tempted by the Serpent, who had refused to worship adam, also later we see that David is tricked into taking a census by SATAN (Old Testament 2 Samuel) later on further we see that Jesus himsels is accused of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebul (Satan) by Pharisees, Jesus refutes the accusations of the Pharisees. In the NT we hear that I saw Satan cast out of Heaven as lightning striketh from the east to the West. So also In Revelations we hear that there was WAR IN HEAVEN and St. Michael and all the Loyal Angels to GOD fought against the followers of Satan and the Battle was won by the GOOD ANGELS, revelation also reveals, woe unto man for the Devil has come down to earth, being fierce and wrathful and know his time to be short! Also elsewhere we hear that Satan is likened to a lion on the prowl going to and fro throughout the earth to see whom he can devour. Christ was tempted by the Shaitan 3 times after his Baptism in the desert. So to say that We Christians invented something which was already revealed in Judaism and OT is silly and obnoxious. The Devil had pride, then disobedience, then Jealousy, then slander, then much later we learn that Jesus called the Satan a liar, murderer and thief. Why dont the WICCANS look to Zoroastriaism or other DUALISTIC Religions and see the concept of GOOD VERSUS EVIL in those religions? Why, so that the Christians get the blame for something that actually EXISTS. Even the Muslim believe in a the serpent called Iblis, and even buddhists had a concept for the Evil One called MARA, who was a TEMPTER. Jesus even spoke to St. Peter and said that the Devil had been given permission to sift St. Peter like wheat, whereby Jesus siad that he had prayed for CEPHAS such that he would not enter into temptation. The truth seems to be that the devil was an Arc Angel in Heaven, who became too full of himself, later whe GOD created MAN in HIS OWN IMAGE, GOD requests all the Angels to BOW to ADAM, all do except for ONE ANGEL (later called LUCIFER). He refuses based on himself being made of fire and that Adam is made of clay, however, GOD allows the satan to act as an adversary to mankind as can be seen in JOB, some mention that in ISAIAH: O Lucifer sun of the morning how thou art fallen from the Heavenn is a direct reference to the DEVIL, but I also consider it to BABYLOON, as in revelation, fallen, fallen is BABYLON the GREAT etc. Revelations has many warnings and prophesies concerning those who worship the evil one etc and their name are not written in the book of life. GOD has talks with the SATAN, so SATAN can not be inferred thence to be a non-entity, as GOD does not talk to non-entities. Also some people believe that the DARK SIDE of human nature to be some impersonal evil, others realise that this is negative non-sense. I know that people were possessed by demons, fallen spirits and that Jesus cast some of them out and they came out screaming 'Ha, Jesus you Nazorean, what hast thou to do with us, hast thou come before the alotted time to torture us!', Jesus then would tell the demon/s to shut up or be quiet! So far as I concerned the truth is in the Holy Bible, some truth is also in the Quran. There are some truths to be found also in other religious books, but the whole truth is Christ and the books of OT and NT are inspired by the Holy Spirit. Have a read of Revelation and read it aloud to someone and you will get a blessing from GOD! Enough of this rubbish about Christian inventions of spirits. Pagans invented their gods, and invented strange myths concerning their false gods. Jews and Christians had the opposite, GOD revealed to them the TRUTH and THE WAY, AND THE LIFE. Thanks email: [email protected] The next seion is not written by me (James Hernon) | 0 | en |
debate will never end.}} | 0 | nl |
PART 1:
Gary, I'm disappointed that such a seasoned writer would completely miss the point. I'm also disappointed that your only goal from this article seems to be to spur on additional divisiveness in this country, rather than bridging view points, and offering insightful or accurate perspectives.
Let me try to help.
In Alberta, the main thing we care about is our unemployed friends and former colleagues. Just in Southern Alberta, we have well over 100,000 more unemployed than we had a few years ago. The official employment statistics (poor as they are) are quite misleading because a large percentage of workers were (and are) independent contractors, and they do not count in the statistics, regardless of whether they have no contract at the moment. (Or if they have a 4 hour per month contract.) Your article completely ignores all of this.
Refer to PART 2... | 0 | en |
I've tinkered a little with the linguists, I dont think the use of 'Dutch' contributes to the article if anything it could confuse why a is Dutch linguist being quoted for an Ancient Arabian script. The map looks a lot better. | 0 | en |
To whoever smacked this buttwipe...Thanks | 0 | en |
They are doing just fine with their "other product" lineups of beverages too. So even if people aren't buying pop, they're buying one of their other beverages too unfortunately. It will be hard to ween these companies from our lives. | 0 | en |
I totally agree with this article. I am in the business of handling audits and other tax issues. This article has nailed the situation on the head. | 0 | en |
No, its called feeding those with an alcohol need that many more hours. | 0 | en |
ya le he cogido hasta asco a los gifs porno en blanco y negro | 0 | es |
sure sounds like a good starting point... USA wants complete and unfettered access to Cdn & Mexican economies and then they can completely shut us out of the USA market.
Sounds like a great deal .Where do I sign up?? | 0 | en |
The DNC pays people to write letters to editors and troll message boards (and riot at Trump rallies). The incessant partisan spewing from garycrum can be explained by the fact that he's paid. But perhaps it's you. | 0 | en |
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Your bizarre fascination with me is disturbing. Please stop posting about me. Thank you. So long as this nonsense is here, my response will be as well.- Sinneed " | 0 | en |
"Hello." "Richard, hey." "Hey." "You look different." "Did you just get a haircut?" "No, I just lost my brush." "Wait." "How do you know...?" "Oh, got to go." "My ex-wife's here." "Call you later." "What are you doing here?" "I'm picking up Ritchie." "Hey, what are you guys doing here?" "Oh, my God, we have got to find you that brush." "Today is my day to pick up Ritchie." "I thought it was my day." "No, you were yesterday." "I wasn't yesterday." " I wasn't yesterday." " I wasn't yesterday." "Wait a minute." "Did I even see Ritchie yesterday?" "What are you jackasses doing here?" "This is my week to pick up Ritchie." "No, it's not." "Come on!" "Why do I even bother calling everybody with the schedule if no one pays attention to it?" "Sometimes, when I hear it's you, I just delete." " That's why I call back." " It's still you." "You know, you could buy a new brush." "Hello, Christine... and oddly extended Campbell family." "So I see you brought the whole gang today." "Well, there was a little mix up." "Only one of us was supposed to come, but here we are." "Usually, we're much more organized than this." "Now what's going on with your hair?" "Hello." "Can I help you with something?" "I'm with them." "Hope my Range Rover's okay in the parking lot." "Look at us." "We can't even get it together to pick up one small child?" "We need a better system." "We could e-mail." "That would be better than all the phone messages." "You ramble." "So at the start of each week," "Christine will write one e-mail and CC the rest of us." "Stop." "I don't think my computer has that." "CC?" "It has it." " Matthew?" " I'll show you." "And we could also IM." "Stop." " Matthew?" " I'll show you." "Okay, fine." "Then I'll e-mail everyone a new list tonight." "I like this." "It's very organized." "Meeting adjourned." "The next time I drive all the way up here, somebody's paying me for gas." "It's a Range Rover, for crying out loud!" "Okay." "Check your computers, all right?" "No more mix-ups." "Roger that." "Ri..." " Ritchie?" " Hey, Mom." "Hi, sweetheart." "Go get your stuff together, okay?" "Okay." "Christine." "I didn't see you standing there." "I didn't see you either for not that long." "I'm just picking up Ritchie." "Yeah, he doesn't usually join us for after-school study." "Oh, well, I forgot to tell you." "I-I told Ritchie, though, that I was coming late, so he's fine." "I'm a good mom." "What happened?" "I didn't know you were going to be late." "Yes, you did." "I'm a good mom." "But I thought I saw your car driving away before." "No, you didn't, honey." "Lots of people drive Priuses now, you know, 'cause of global warming." "It's so scary." "It's not scary, it's different, hotter." "It's scary." "Okay, sweetheart, go get your lunchbox, okay?" "Go." "So how have you been?" "Good!" "Sorry, I'm having volume- modulation problems all day." "But I'm good." "I'm good, yeah." "We just figured out a whole new system with the e-mail so everybody knows where to go and when and hopefully nobody will forget to pick up, uh..." " Ritchie?" " Ritchie." "Ah, yikes!" " E-mail, that's a good idea." " Yeah." "My ex-wife just leaves rambling messages on my machine." "Rambling?" "Oh, that's got to be annoying." "Say what you've got to say and then stop." "Don't say the same thing five different ways." "Be succinct, pithy." "Be done with it." "Stop talking." "Be quiet." "Now I'm just talking to myself." "Actually, rambling's cute..." "on some people." "I should go!" "I-I should get going, so I'll see you." " I'll see you." " Okay." " Uh, Christine?" " Yeah?" " Ritchie?" " Ritchie?" " Ritchie." " Oh, Ritchie!" "Ritchie, Ritchie." "What are you doing?" "And if I'm going, you go with me." "Don't let me just walk off without you." "Maybe I could wear the leash again." "Honey, that was a bad experiment." "Christine!" "Christine!" "We were just noticing that you haven't bought your tickets to the Gala yet." "And why are you so red?" "Yeah, you're all flushed." "Oh, my God, she's having a heart attack." "Do you have health insurance?" "Of course not." "She's not married." "No, I'm fine." "I was just talking to Mr. Harris..." "Oh, that explains the heart attack." "Just tell me what you're selling so I can buy it and go home." "We're selling tickets to the Gala." " What gala?" " The Gala." "It's our biggest fundraiser of the year." "But didn't we just have a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago?" "That was to raise money for the Gala." "It's gonna be fun." "We're gonna have Night Under The Stars with great food and cocktails." " Hey, Mom, you like cockta..." " Great food, yes." "I like great food." "Why don't you go and work" " on your homework, sweetie, okay?" " Okay." "Mr. Harris will be there." "What?" "Who?" "What?" "Oh, she's getting flushed again." "I think someone's got a little crushy on Mr. Harris." "I do not!" "I told you..." "Oh, Christine, yeah." "Yeah, someone's got a little crushy on Mr. Harris." "I have a huge crushy on Mr. Harris." "Is that why your fly is open?" "For God's sakes!" "Uh, I know it's wrong and he's Ritchie's teacher." "I mean, nothing's going to happen, but I can't think of anything else." "Oh, can I have some of that?" "You don't even know what it is." "Since when do I care?" "Just give it." "Ooh, good soup." "I honestly don't know what to do." "Well, how about acting like an adult and controlling yourself?" "Whoa, hot, hot!" "I mean, just because you have a feeling, doesn't mean you have to act on it." "You could, uh, show a little restraint." "You know, be mindful." "Maybe you should just stay away from him altogether." "Do you think you can do that?" "Okay, now remember, nobody leave me alone with Mr. Harris tonight, okay?" "And Barb, I'm gonna need you to keep track of my drink count." "Okay, you had two at the house." "No, I didn't." "I only had one." "Okay, then one." "Barb, you're off the job." "I had two." "The first rule about counting my drinks is that you don't take my word for it because I lie." "Matthew, you're on drink duty." " Three." " Good job." "Now tickets." "What?" "Why do you have tickets?" "Because you sent me an e-mail saying, "Buy tickets."" "You also sent me one." "Me, too." "No, I sent myself an e-mail as a reminder." "Well, you CC'd the rest of us." "Yeah, I also got an e-mail about rescheduling your lip-waxing appointment." "Matthew, I don't get my lip waxed." "Well, they can squeeze you in Thursday at 4:00." "Oh, thank God." "Oh, crap, Mr. Harris is taking the tickets." "Wait." "That's Mr. Harris?" " Your Mr. Harris?" " Yeah." "You know you mentioned that he was handsome and tall." "I think you left something out." "What?" "That he's black?" "Please, come on." "You know me." "I don't see color, my God!" "People are just people to me, all right?" "Now come one." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Be cool!" "Christine, you made it." "You look beautiful." "Oh... thank you, Mr. Black." "Um, this is my, this is my handsome friend, Harris..." "Uh, Black!" "Uh, no, Barb, black Barb." "Black!" "I can't stop." "I can't stop." "Help me." "Oh, yeah, this is worth buying 12 extra tickets." "You know what?" "Maybe it wasn't so bad." "Maybe it was just one of those things that seems worse looking back on it, than it actually was at the time." "No, it was really bad." "You called him "Black,"" "you called me "Black"... and then you just went off..." ""Black, black, black."" "Okay, okay." "You had a black attack." "All right, okay?" "I was there." "It's enough." "I figured you could use this." "Here, drink up." "We'll call it four." "Ooh, chocolate fountain." "I'm gonna go over there before it starts to taste like fingers." "Welcome, Westbridge parents to a Night Under The Stars Gala." "Tonight is our most important fundraiser, because it kicks off our season of fundraisers." "Barb, you don't want to wait until after you eat your dinner before you eat all that?" "I got dinner." "One of these things is a chicken leg." "And later tonight we will be holding the very popular teacher raffle, which is your chance to win a playdate for your child with his or her teacher, so give generously tonight because if you don't, your children will pay the price." "Since you can't see color, you might not be able to tell that Mr. Harris is headed this way." "Oh!" "I don't want him to come over here." "What are we gonna do?" "Yeah, keep talking to me." "Okay?" "No, start a fight with me." "No, no, no, kiss me!" "I..." "I..." "I'm sorry, I..." "I panicked." "We don't have to talk about it." "So what do you have planned for the playdate?" "Last year Mrs. Belt took the winner to the world premiere of Over The Hedge and then on a VIP tour of the zoo where they helped birth a giraffe." "Oh, wow." "I don't know," "I thought we'd go to a park or maybe the library." "The... the library?" "With all the homeless people?" "There's Mr. Harris." "Should we go?" "But I'm so close to the chocolate." "No, I can do this, okay?" "Just, please don't leave me alone with him, okay?" " You got it." " Yeah." "Hey, Mr. Harris." "I'm going over there." " Hi." " Hi." "He's an ass." "And yet it seems you spend almost every minute of every day together." "I know." "I'm an ass, too." "Hey, I wanted to ask you-- have you been to that new ice cream place on Washington?" "No." "Is it good?" "Well, sounds great." "I read about it in the food section." "All the ice cream is handmade right there, so you get to tell them what ingredients to put in, so basically you make up your own flavor." "How does that sound?" "W ell..." "I'm very flattered, but I don't know, it feels like it might be crossing a line." "You know, I mean, maybe if we took separate cars and then we pretended it was like an accident." "You know, kind of like "Oh, hey, what are you doing here?"" "You know, that kind of a..." "I'm talking about the playdate for the kids." "What are you talking about?" "The playdate for the kids." "You thought I was asking you on a date." "No, no, no, no, no, no." "I-I-I-I thought on the playdate for the kids you should pretend it was an accident and then go, "Oh, hey, what are you doing here?" kind of thing." "Christine, I'm sorry." "But there's actually a policy that strictly prohibits parent-teacher dating." "I could get fired." "Oh, well, and it's a good policy, I'll tell you that." "Okay, well, I'm going to go over there, if you'll excuse me, and think about new schools for Ritchie." "Have you gentlemen bought your tickets for the teacher playdate raffle?" "Oh, yeah, let me ask you about that." "If we win the teacher, can we do anything we want with them?" "Like what?" "Oh, nothing dirty." "Unless it can be something dirty." "I'm such an ass." "Hey, there's another guy selling tickets." "Let's do it to him." "And the winner of the playdate with our third grade teacher Mrs. Hustwick is..." "Melissa Long." "Congratulations to little Melissa." "And the winner of the fourth grade teacher playdate with Mr. Harris is..." "Christine Campbell." "What?" "No, no, no." "I didn't..." "I didn't even buy a ticket." "You're welcome." "Ass!" "Hey, do you like this?" "It's kind of girly." "Where'd you get it?" "From the chocolate fountain at the gala." "By the end of the night, that thing was like the bottom of a public pool." " Hey." " Hey." "Ritchie ready yet?" "Oh, you're taking him on the playdate?" "Did I send you an e-mail?" "No, I sent you an e-mail." "The Clippers game, remember?" "Courtside seats." "Oh, no, no, no, no." "This afternoon is Ritchie's playdate with Mr. Harris." "But you scheduled it on the same day as the Clippers game." "I've had these seats for months." "One of us is going to have to reschedule." "Yeah, okay, I'll call the Clippers." "But we're supposed to be there in ten minutes." "I mean, Mr. Harris is probably already there." "Oh!" "He already thinks I want to date him." "Now he's going to think I rigged the raffle and orchestrated this whole thing." "No, don't worry-- if he knows you at all he's going to know you're not smart enough to rig a raffle." "I hope you're right." "Fly." "Oh, good Lord." " Oh, Mr. Harris." " Christine." "Hi, Mr. Daniel Harris." "Um... there's been a little mix-up and Ritchie's not going to be able to make it." "So, I'm so sorry." "Bye." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down." "Is Ritchie okay?" "Oh, yeah, he's fine." "It's just that his father bought these tickets to a Clippers game and apparently they're really locked into their schedule or something." "So... anyway, I'm really sorry you had to come down here." "So, bye-bye." "Christine, please, don't go." "I already attracted some attention-- a single guy hanging out in an ice cream parlor and then when I told them I was waiting for my playdate... they put that guy on me." "Well, you can take him." "Bye." "Christine." "Come on." "Sit down for a second." "Okay." "Can I ask you something?" "Sure." "Are you mad at me?" "What?" "Oh, no." "No." "Okay." "It's just you've been kind of avoiding me all week." "And I thought maybe you were offended by our misunderstanding at the gala." "You remember when you thought I was asking you out and I was really talking about the playdate?" "I-I... yeah, I think I remember something about..." "Oh, my God, of course I remember." "It was the most humiliating experience of my life." "I don't know what's wrong with me, you know?" " Oh, can I have some of this?" " Sure." "You know, I'm not myself when I'm around you." "I'm usually so self-possessed and dignified, and..." "Ew, raisins." "You should know, if I could ask you out..." "I would." "You-you would what?" "Ask you out, on a date." "I would ask you to go out." "With who?" "Me." "Me and you on a date." "I like you." "You do?" "Well, um, if you could ask me out and would, then I would say yes." "But you probably already knew that, considering I already did say yes." "So we both would..." "if we could." "Yeah." "So that's good." "She's a lot of work." "Christine?" "And now I'm in the ladies' room." "My picture is definitely going up behind the cash register." "Shh!" "What's going on?" "Marly and Lindsay are here with their kids." "If they see us, it's going to be all over the school." "My God, you could lose your job." "Yeah, and I've probably blown my chance to work here." "Come with me." "I am not doing this in front of people." "Oh, crap." "Here comes Lindsay." "Get in the thing." "Put your feet up." "Put your feet..." "You embarrassed me and I deserve an apology." "But you did steal that lipstick." "I told you I just forgot to pay for it." "You forget things, too." "Now I want an apology." "No." "Dr. Berg told me to set boundaries." "So we are not going anywhere until you apologize." "Fine." "Fine." "Oh, I can't feel my legs." "Those are my legs." "What are you, a runner?" "Long-distance." "Birthday party's almost over." "Fine, I'm sorry." "Hey, let's not tell Dr. Berg about this, though, okay?" "Well, I just want you to know that that is the first time" "I have ever shared a bathroom stall with a man." "Oh, wait, that's not true." "Well, I guess the party's over, so it's probably safe to go out, huh?" "Yeah, yeah." "Well, I really enjoyed Ritchie's playdate with you." "Yeah, me, too." "It's too bad about that policy." "Yeah." "Is it a good policy?" "I guess, uh... we should go out separately." "You want to go first?" "Um, actually, I have to use the..." "Oh, gotcha." "So I'll see you at school, Mrs. Campbell." "See you at school, Mr. Harris." "Seriously, can you leave?" "'Cause I..." | 1 | en |
Reddit’s community dedicated to disseminating vicious invective about black people may be safe, but (at least one of) its jew-hating communities has finally gotten the boot. Yes, r/GasTheKikes is finally dead. And not an hour later, r/KikeTown popped right up to take its place.
At the very least, this means that Reddit’s administrators are finally making good on their word to ban “anything that incites harm or violence against an individual or group of people.” Which is nice but ultimatel meaningless gesture. Because as Reddit’s tenacious coterie of biggots has already shown us—they’re not giving up that easy.
And because the new r/KikeTown doesn’t explicitly call for the extermination of the Jews (much like the eternally protected r/CoonTown), odds are its not going anywhere.
So congratulations, Reddit. Your wholly performative harassment policy is working perfectly. | 1 | en |
Amin Ecmain abim Hayırlı huzurlu akşamlarınız olsun | 0 | tr |
Adding a holiday is obviously a red line to cross, or too difficult. I suspect any percentage of Jews in the early 20th century would not have made any western country adopt their holidays as western holidays. After all, you will admit that anti-semitism was rife in North America in the early 20th century. It is a primary reason Jewish refugees were not allowed into Canada/USA before and during WW2.
So that is why I had suggested removing all religious holidays. I don't care about any religious holiday. But there are people who do, and they forced to adapt. I have a Sikh friend, and her kids (she and they were born in Canada) know more about Christianity than Sikhism. My friend isn't religious, and doesn't care. But plenty of people who are non Christian will hold tighter to their religion and culture. Does that explain radicalism among some of the first and second generation immigrant? As I pointed out earlier, that is the reason for the large number of ISIS members from the west. | 0 | en |
It's pretty well-known Sid was a surgeon, and, what he's written about that is interesting at times.
But, what Sid is now doing is something different, something for which I have to think he has another dimension to, since his articles to date simply involve his abnormal hate for those who voted for Trump, as well as his hate for Trump.
Clearly what he's fallen into is a repetitive pattern of the same story over and over again. It's very difficult to be original when hate is all you write of.
Except for his amateur status he isn't any different than the other writers of hate "gracing" the pages of The Herald with their unoriginal and repetitive spew.
I'll hope for him that he sees possibility of rebirth into something that challenges him, since articles like the above are clearly meant to meet deadline pressure with bad connotations, bad jokes, and bad comparisons.
I wouldn't suggest it if I didn't think him capable of a good article. | 0 | en |
As a Sanders supporter, I had some reservations about Tim Kaine. But after hearing his speech today when he was introduced by Hillary, I am very impressed and think he will be a great asset to the ticket. I look forward to the Democratic Convention this coming week. | 0 | en |
10 Activities to Spend with Your Family on Mother’s Day
Mother’s day is just around the corner, and whether you are a mom yourself or are celebrating the fabulous women in your life, it is a day worth honoring. Check out our ideas for great ways to pay homage to the day, either with your mom or your own children.
1. Family Game Night
Your mom will surely appreciate a day that honors her by integrating the whole family, so grab everyone, pick teams, and break out the game chest!
2. Have a picnic
If the spring sunshine decides to greet us this year, hope in the car and take the family to the local park with a picnic basket packed full of sweets and treats. All you will need are some goodies, some games, and your family. It is a great, relaxing idea to be able to just enjoy each other’s company and laughter in a cheap and laid back atmosphere.
3. Watch Family Videos
Take this holiday to reminisce and pull out the old family pictures and videos that gather dust. Though wallowing in nostalgia is never ideal, we do encourage gathering with your friends and family and laughing over shared fond memories.
4. Go for a Walk
Instead of driving your car to brunch, pick a restaurant nearby and walk there. It gives the family extra time to chat and saves on gas. If you find this form of transportation worthwhile, integrate it into your lifestyles beyond just special occasions. Instead of grabbing for the keys, grab your walking shoes. It creates time for some great talking time and is good for your heart. Who knows? Perhaps in a few months you will prefer this method of transportation so much, you’ll decide to donate your car, junk or not!
5. Go Shopping
Shopping does not have to be about just the commerce, it is also a great way to take time out of a busy afternoon to spend with your mother and get to know her better. You will not only get to see her preferences, but shopping is a great time for conversing.
6. Pick Some Flowers
Instead of buying them from a store, find a flower patch and pick them alone or with your mom, children, and family. It will be a lot more meaningful to your mother knowing that it is handpicked versus coming from a store.
7. Get Pictures Taken
A great gift and activity is to take your mom to get pictures taken. You will have a gift that you not only get to treasure forever, but great shared memories of the photo shoot as well!
8. Help your Mom with her Spring cleaning
Jump in and help your mom with her cleaning. It may not make for the most glamorous day in the world, but your mom will appreciate it. You get to help her mark off the dreaded chore, and you get to spend good, quality time with her. Make sure to donate anything that can be reused.
9. Go Bowling
Another fun activity with either just mom or the whole family is hitting the lanes for a couple of rounds of bowling. It is a fun sport that allows for some great interaction and friendly competition!
10. Visit a Market
In many cities, the first few weeks of May also mean the opening of several of the local markets. Find one and head out- experience fresh local produce and other hand-made crafts often featured at such markets.
All of our suggestions are not only great ways to create new memories, but are affordable too. A special day with or to honor your mom and family does not have to break your budget.
Do you have any ideas that you did not see mentioned on the list? Make sure to leave a comment below or visit our Facebook page. We always love hearing your suggestions!
Give Back This Mothers Day
If you would like to help kids that are battling life threating illnesses we have a perfect way for you to help. If you have an unused vehicle you can donate it to Wheels For Wishes benefiting Make A Wish Wisconsin. All you have to do is call us at 1-877-431-9474 or fill out our online donation form. It’s as easy as that!
CDF's mission is to help these benefitting charities fulfill their missions with proceeds from CDF's car donation programs. CDF and all benefitting charities are separate and unaffiliated 501c organizations. | 0 | en |
Get thee to a dietician! Pronto! Improve the quality of your life and thought! | 0 | en |
No,you're being a dolt. | 1 | en |
Err... I didn't attack another contributor, I simply stated that Bernard Hopkins made a well publicised racist statement. | 0 | en |
Thanks, oldstonebuddha. | 0 | da |
And then the new tax will not get any money out of Wal-Mart. | 0 | en |
Actually the UBC report is more nuanced. It generally shows Harcourt and Campbell governments did well while both Clark (Glen Clark and Christy Clark) not as much. In addition it points out most job growth under the NDP was in the public sector while BC Liberals in the private sector. Also the BC Business council one shows relative to the rest of Canada BC generally outperformed under the BC Liberals while underperformed under the NDP. The 90s for pretty much every jurisdiction in the developed world was better than the last decade regardless of government so its how you stack up on relative not absolute issues. | 0 | en |
Seems appropriate somehow to see the sexually confused in La-La land. | 0 | en |
I'm reposting this for fourth time, since some Trumpeteer must have repeatedly flagged my previous posts to be deleted. I guess they find easier to silence any opposition to their views than having a civil debate. Not sure on where my post was not civil, though....
When the SCOTUS overturns decisions made by several lower courts, that tells me that justice is not blind. And when Trump declares Qatar a terrorist country and a few days later sells them $12 billion in weapons, that tells me that his ban is NOT about terrorism either, but rather about something way more politically incorrect.
Oh, and let's not forget that Mexicans are rapists and bad hombres, your idol Trump said so. They will be the next ones he will be picking on. | 0 | en |
"Senator Murkowski would never stifle anyone's input into any decision-making process," Murkowski press aide Karina Petersen said late Friday.
It's a little late for that lie.
As always with Lisa, watch her actions, not her words.
She says one thing and does the opposite. | 0 | en |
I too am an immigrant. My siblings and I never became fluent in our parents' mother tongue or our home country's official language. But I'm glad we became highly proficient in English instead. I would have liked to be fluent in French too but living in the GTA there is very little opportunity. My view is that, while cultural differences enrich us as a civilization, speaking different languages is actually a barrier. If you can't clearly understand what others are saying, how can you possibly bridge the divide between people…even people of the SAME culture. It's only when you can communicate that you can share ideas, philosophies, and reach understanding. Canada is one of the most diverse and tolerant nations in the world. But we need to insist that all citizens learn to speak at least one of the official languages. Otherwise we will create even more separate solitudes that divide and damage us as a country. | 0 | en |
Warwick Smith (curler)
Warwick B. Smith (born 11 June 1971 in Perth) is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.
Career
Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team. His debut was fairly successful, as the team would win the silver medal, losing to Canada's Jeff Stoughton in the final.
At the 1998 Championships, Warwick would play third for David Smith and the team finished in 4th place. The following year Warwick played third for Hammy McMillan and won gold, this time beating Jeff Stoughton's team in the final.
Smith was a member of the Great Britain 2002 Winter Olympics curling team. He played third for McMillan, but the team finished a disappointing 7th place. At that year's World Championship, Warwick skipped the Scotland team to a bronze medal. The following year, he skipped a team to a 7th-place finish. In 2004, he played third for Ewan MacDonald and finished 5th.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Smith played second for David Murdoch and finished 4th, but Smith had the highest accuracy of any curler in the men's competition round robin. The team then went on to win the World Championship.
For the next season, Smith built a new team with Ross Hepburn as lead, David Smith (no relation) as second, and Craig Wilson as third. After winning the Scottish Championship, they represented Scotland at the 2007 World Championship, with Ewan MacDonald being the alternate player. The team did not fare well there, compiling a 4-7 record and finishing 9th.
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As the trade war between Washington and Beijing escalates, China is using economic leverage to exert pressure on the U.S. political system. Tactics already deployed include pressuring U.S. companies trying to do business with China and punishing U.S. exporters, especially in locations where President Trump’s political base resides.
Trump, taking this activity personally, tweeted this week that China is “actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me.” Trump threatened unspecified retaliation and escalated the trade dispute by announcing additional tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
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While the trade war rages in public, behind the scenes the U.S. government is preparing for the possibility that the Chinese government will decide to weaponize the influence network inside the United States that it has been building for years. Although Beijing has not yet employed Russian-style “active measures,” it has these capabilities at the ready.
“We’ve seen a lot of preparatory work by the Chinese, and we understand what the realm of possibilities would be,” an administration official told me. “Our position now is to make folks aware of the danger that exists. These Chinese activities are all about influencing our democratic processes.”
The Chinese government denies all accusations of political interference abroad and typically paints such reporting as anti-Chinese, Cold War thinking. The Chinese government complained after national security adviser John Bolton listed China as one of four countries that interfere in our political processes on ABC News on Aug. 19. The Trump administration responded to the complaints by asking Beijing to confirm that it does not engage in such activities. The Chinese government changed the subject.
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Economic coercion is only one Chinese interference tactic. Another is propaganda through media manipulation. This week, the Justice Department ordered two Chinese state-owned media outlets operating in Washington to register as foreign agents. This recalls action taken against Russian state-owned media outlets after the U.S. intelligence community reported that Moscow used them in its 2016 interference campaign.
The Chinese Communist Party and its allies have also bought up several Chinese-language media outlets inside the United States as part of an effort to influence overseas Chinese. That effort includes government officials building relationships with Chinese Students and Scholars Associations to help snuff out criticism of China on campuses.
Finally, Beijing interferes through co-opting American elites and persuading them to push Chinese Communist Party messages. Under President Xi Jinping, the party has been ramping up its comprehensive foreign influence operations strategy, known as “united front” work. Still described in Maoist terms — to mobilize the party’s friends to strike at the party’s enemies — the system is overseen by the party’s United Front Work Department.
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“The UFWD directs ‘overseas Chinese work,’ which seeks to co-opt ethnic Chinese individuals and communities living outside China, while a number of other key affiliated organizations guided by China’s broader United Front strategy conduct influence operations targeting foreign actors and states,” says a report released last month by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
The report reveals the internal structure of Beijing’s foreign influence machine, the web of foreign organizations tied to the united front system and their extensive financial relationships with U.S. organizations, academic institutions and think tanks.
In March, the United Front Work Department largely absorbed three other Communist Party departments, including the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. That synergy allows the party to seamlessly repress Uighurs inside China while threatening their family members abroad. For Beijing, it’s all one strategy.
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Add to that China’s traditional espionage and hacking, which FBI Director Christopher A. Wray called the “broadest, most pervasive, most threatening challenge” our country faces in counterintelligence. The potential for Beijing to disrupt American politics is far beyond what we are prepared to deal with.
Looking at Russia’s situation, Beijing may calculate that the costs of a massive, obvious political interference campaign are too high. But as tensions continue to rise, Beijing’s cost-benefit analysis may change. Meanwhile, the ongoing, quieter Chinese interference continues largely unaddressed.
The U.S. government should communicate clearly to Beijing that political interference won’t be tolerated, while raising the costs higher, inoculating our systems and preparing countermeasures. China must be compelled to operate inside our borders in a transparent manner consistent with U.S. laws and values.
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The lesson of the 2016 election is that we must confront foreign interference in American politics before it becomes a full-blown crisis. China’s growing capabilities to undermine our democratic systems can no longer be ignored. | 0 | en |
So prog do our companies benefit from our universal health coverage or do American companies benefit that have to pay the insurance on top of the salaries. You really hate government workers eh? I believe Trump is now one as well. | 0 | en |
This stinks....
....of Patrick Brown. | 1 | en |
::::::::You're starting to act like you're a huge know-it-all. There is not even a section, any info on poetry, just links. And a tiny paragraph on Photography. If those are so notable, why isn't there more information on those? | 0 | en |
` But you ``don't think this is personal``? ` | 0 | en |
+Meriem la. كس امك يا بنت القحبه العدد عن مصر يا شرموطه | 1 | ar |
حكم جاء من تلافيف وليس من نطام السيسي هو ليس بيده شيئ | 1 | ar |
Kindly disregard my response to your prior post. I read as serious what you intended as facetious. | 0 | en |
Art, you consistently post comments that amount to sympathy for pig-headed terrorist cowards. There is no rational thought or legitimacy behind Islamist terrorists. They rape and torture women and children and mow down innocent civilians - there is no equivalency to their evil - they are a disgrace to humanity. Anyone who sympathizes with ISIS and their related ilk is a coward. | 1 | en |
Trouble is though he does not give a hoot for anything west of Ontario and he does not even know that there is a province called Alberta. | 0 | en |
Merhaba, halihazırda zararlı değişiklikleri geri al butonuna basarak sayfalardan çıkarıyorsunuz. Devriye olursanız, ek olarak Revizyonu kabul et ve değişiklikleri hızlı bir şekilde geri alabilmeniz için 1-2 buton gelecek. Şuan yaptığınızdan çok farklı değil. Olumlu değişiklik ise onayla, değilse reddet. Bilmediğin konuysa, bırak başka devriye ilgilensin. Bu kadar basit. Bence tekrar düşünün. Üçüncü Adam (mesaj) | 0 | tr |
@intheKCmix Pau pissed me off like Boozer pissed off Bulls fan... 2 soft faggots | 1 | en |
Larry, No rational person would argue the "system" is not in need of improving. Being outright delusional is not a good way to approach that. | 0 | en |
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