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“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”- Molly Ivins I couldn't agree more. Our nation has never been perfect. If we are to continue our uneven progress towards our ideals, we simply must protest our failings, as we have done for generations - Civil War, unionization/worker rights, women's suffrage, civil rights, Stonewall/gay rights, free speech movement, anti-war movements, environmental movements and, lately, black lives matter. Sadly, most of these movements and protests are repeats of attempts to rectify our American Original Sin of slavery and racism. We're slowly, unevenly moving forward, but only because of people like these fine SEHS students. Bravo, and excellent response from the principal.

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“I pray for them all daily.....But especially for myself that I continue to have faith in the message of+ Jesus Christ.” I envy your siblings for they have you to pray for them. However, I believe if one was Catholic, they are Catholic the rest of their lives whether they know it or not. We have not lost Catholic faith, just having problem with corrupt clergies. We will figure out a way to worship God as a community without the corrupt clergies. Meanwhile, 'Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.'. (1 Peter 4:9) Love God always, love unites and you are always united with God in your love!

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“I offer the board an immediate diversification in terms of cultural representation,” she said. Is it ok for a person of color to use their color itself as a qualification? She's basically just saying, "vote for me I'm Mexican." That fact doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to improve education for our youth–for Hispanic, poor, or any other youth.

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“I love the folks at the CBO, they work really hard, they do, but sometimes we ask them to do stuff they’re not capable of doing, and estimating the impact of a bill of this size probably isn’t the - isn’t the best use of their time,” OK, Mick. Who do you suggest might be better qualified? The insurance companies? Obamacare was a cruddy compromise, but the best they could do with all the partisan wrangling. As lousy as it was, 20M people who had no insurance got it. According to the article, Standard and Poor are estimating as many as 10M people will lose it under the new plan -- so I guess the next announcement will be that they, too, are incapable of the job and it isn't a good use of their time.

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” (James Baldwin) 45 loves America but wouldnt fight for it - how many deferrals did he get again. On the other hand black men and women throughout the history of U.S. has gone off to war to fight for freedoms they did/do not have in the country they were fighting for - not unlike FNs. Ali lost his licence to box, was stripped of his titles, and stood out the best years of this boxing career when he said “My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me ni**r, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. … Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.” 45 spent his deferrals playing tennis.

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“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” -Mahatma Gandhi

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“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens' Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice […] who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action.’” -- Martin Luther King Jr, from the Birmingham jail, 1963

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“I had the great pleasure of addressing some of the concerns of inmates and individuals with mental health in my former life" does Lalonde believe in reincarnation ?

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“I found … that the game of golf with one of those electric go-carts was about the best way to have an international conference, because you are getting off the go-cart quite frequently for only a couple of minutes, but for time enough to reflect on what has been said up to that moment and what is going to be said when you get back on the seat of the go-cart.” So golf is responsible for the advent of politics by 30 second sound bites. Watching golf is a lot like watching an election campaign. The golfers spend thirty seconds to address and hit the ball, followed by 15 minutes of walking, measuring distances, consulting with the caddy judging weather conditions, while the commentators talk on and on about irrelevant trivialities. An election is very similar. Thirty second sound bites of seemingly important policy followed by an interminable length of time spent on trivialities.

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“I fight back...with really mean words!” Says the guy who’s gonna make Mexico pay for his wall.

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“I felt my spirit inundated by a mystery of light that is God and in Him I saw and heard: the point of a lance like a flame that is detached, touches the axis of the earth, and it trembles: mountains, cities, towns and villages with their inhabitants are buried. The sea, the rivers, the clouds, exceed their boundaries, inundating and dragging with them, in a vortex, houses and people in a number that cannot be counted. It is the purification of the world from the sin in which it is immersed. Hatred, ambition, provoke the destructive war. After I felt my racing heart, in my spirit a soft voice said: ‘In time, one faith, one baptism, one Church, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic. In eternity, Heaven!’ This word ‘Heaven’ filled my heart with peace and happiness in such a way that, almost without being aware of it, I kept repeating to myself for a long time: Heaven, Heaven.” Sister Lucia of Fatima, before writing the 3rd Secret. In time, 1 faith, 1 baptism, 1 Church, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic

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“I fear these cancellations may be based on misinformation, grown out of fear, intolerance, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny,” Oh please. Why are these people who push these agendae so incapable of tolerating other people's perspectives. I would say that this person is the intolerant and fearful one.

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“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history” Cardinal George This elections season will be the ultimate test of our resolve to defend our religion. We are beset with conspiracies, dangerous forces move in the shadows, systems are rigged!

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“I don’t think the Founding Fathers wanted the right to bear arms to become the right to build an arsenal in your home.” Well, obviously the founding fathers did not anticipate an American gunning down fellow Americans for sport. How pathetic of the government not to fix this obvious flaw in the law. How long till the next gun disaster? Well hopefully the next one can be by a Muslim terrorist so that then the Donald may be able to get his wall built. American people though will be just as exposed.

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“I don’t think that’s just some nebulous promise,” Bozievich said at the time. “We’re making this in public, to a lot of people. so it’s pretty hard for us to back away from it.” But at a meeting one month later, the board postponed the creation of that task force until at least one outdoor recreational marijuana growing season had passed. “The county did say they were going to revisit this,” attorney Peters said. “And then at the next meeting, they said ‘We’re not doing it.’ I just think they lied.” Commissioners, honor your word, follow thru, respect the rights of the people on this issue. Be authentic, transparent. Do what you said you were going to do. Be trustworthy. This RR Rec ban can be corrected, can be altered, can be put right with your actions. Not all properties that are zoned RR are inappropriate to have rec marijuana grows on them. You know this, yet you choose to do nothing. That inaction is altering entire lives and livelihoods of families. Follow thru.

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“I don’t like the optics”, Really? Since when has Trump been concerned about optics? Does Trump not understand that his subordinates will follow his example and the way he leads? It's kind of like when you tell your kids 'you shouldn't smoke' as you light up a ciggy.

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“I don’t know if that’s common practice — maybe some of the legislators do,” he said. Another gem is this one, Chenault said he didn’t know who bought his tickets and didn’t ask. And my favorite, “We could pay for our own way,” he said. “I’m just trying to think how that would work.” You can't make this stuff up.

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“I don’t ever want to call a court biased,” Trump told a few hundred police chiefs and sheriffs from major cities at a meeting in Washington. “So I won’t call it biased.." Which, using Trump's favourite rhetorical device, means "I say the courts are biased".

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“I don't need to source our common sense.” Great, then you can just lie and say the most stupid things that you can come up with and no repercussions. Or, you could debate and give some sort of source to back up your contentions. How many churches are being used to shield illegal immigrants from arrest right now? A dozen? A million? How exactly is a church (which should be taxed) causing “economic consequences”? What are the consequences? Seems like you are making things up and you do not want to prove that you are not lying. What minimal effect are you whining about? Can you offer some evidence? If not it is all smoke and mirrors. You are right about taxing churches. They have been getting away with this nonprofit garbage for too long.

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“I do not think you should get rid of your sin until you have learned what it has to teach you.” ― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life “Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.” ― Richard Rohr

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“I could see this coming so I went to city hall to try to get a permit to hold a pro-straight event but was turned down,” he (Johnny Gallego) said. “Mostly I went down there to see what my rights were.” Must have missed the anti-lgbt part. Think he wanted to find out his rights and guess he found out. If I went there and found out it was a lgbt bar, my basic choice would be to leave and not return or to accept and stay. Would I take to FB or Yelp to tell the world not to go there? I think not. Time people accepted where the best beer was or was not and move on.

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“I commit to you that we will be partners together and we will move forward in meaningful ways to reduce violence against women, not just on university campuses but throughout our country and eventually, one hopes, our world.” Justin Trudeau Violence against women - bad. Violence against men - let's just say we'll sweep this nasty little issue under the carpet, shall we? I thought Trudeau promised a more inclusive government.

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“I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.” "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person..." "That's just how white folks will do you." "I can no more disown Jeremiah Wright than I can disown the black community." "Trayvon Martin could have been my son."

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“I cannot imagine that Congress would dare to leave Washington without a beautiful new HealthCare bill fully approved and ready to go!” Trump has considerably more faith in Congress than the rest of us do.

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“I believe it is a contrived plan” ---------------------------------------------- Possible, but surely a rational person could come up with a more credible distraction; one which doesn’t make us question her sanity.

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“I apologize,” Clemons said. “I apologize.” District Judge Ann Aiken complimented the Eugene woman for extending “one of the most thoughtful apologies I’ve heard in this courtroom.” Well, I think I've heard better!

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“I am not saying that transgender people are predators. Not by a long shot. What I am saying is that there are countless deviant men in this world who will pretend to be transgender as a means of gaining access to the people they want to exploit, namely women and children.” Deviant men and, to a lesser extent, women may be in drag, but that is not the same as being transgender. The former is a tool, a lark, a foolishness - transgender is a life.

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“I am disappointed and now I will have to leave the country, I’ll have to return to Peru,” Peru is a nice stable country.

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“I am a passionate defender of democracy...." so why haven't you spoken against Trudeau's attack on Canadian democracy: trying to rig electoral reform to ranked ballot, trying to take away opposition powers 3x times through changes in parliamentary proceedings, taking away Public Budget Officer's ability to obtain information, lack of transparency by limiting Access to Information of PMO, etc, etc, etc

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“I always tell the boys, ‘You’re going to have a turn’ — and I’m like, ‘Yeah, when hell freezes over’ in my head,” Because nothing says equality like gender discrimination. "So the boys will just have to wait their turn." You mean wait till hell freezes over?

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“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” ― Margaret Thatcher

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“I actually wrote letters individually to the soldiers we’re talking about, and they’re going to be going out either today or tomorrow,” he said, meaning he wrote to the families of the fallen soldiers. He did not explain why letters had not been sent yet, more than a week after the attack. Garbage. Human refuse.

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“How Russia Created the Most Popular Texas Secession Page on Facebook.” https://medium.com/@cjcmichel/how-russia-created-the-most-popular-texas-secession-page-on-facebook-fd4dfd05ee5c

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“Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000.” This statistic is from 2014 and is badly outdated. The most recent report “shows median annual household income in June was $57,206, slightly below the income of $57,826 in January 2000, in 2016 dollars.” So Trump’s statistic is off by $3,400.

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“Holy negative heel on your sandal Batman! That walk down Bay Street wasn’t like we planned” “ Just like a sandy beach Robin , just like walking on the beach”

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“History informs anti-black racism and racial stereotypes that are so deeply entrenched in institutions, policies and practices, that its institutional and systemic forms are either functionally normalized or rendered invisible, especially to the dominant group,” the UN officials wrote. . https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/09/24/un-report-on-canada-to-address-anti-black-racism.html

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“His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University,” the GOP establishment’s messenger-of-choice in its campaign to dump Trump charged during his speech exhorting fellow Republicans to shun the real estate mogul-turned-reality TV star. “He’s playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.” "Trump is a greedy, misogynistic bully whose third-grade theatrics disqualify him for the White House...“mocked a disabled reporter, attributed a reporter’s question to her menstrual cycle, bragged about marital affairs and laced public speech with vulgarity... That is a twisted example of evil ‘Trumping’ good,” Thus spake Romney... now bowing to the Temptation to serve at the pleasure of a demagogue as his Secretary of State. Ordered to implement policies abhorrent to Romney do you think he would resign first? Having drunk the kool aid, and eaten the steak, Romney would stay the course of a demagogue leader.

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“His bail was set at a total of $20,000, with a court-approved third-party custodian required for his release”, really..... His bail should have been set higher as this person could be a flight risk if he had no regards for safety (DUI).

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“His Twitter feed is similarly replete with expletive-filled diatribes against Muslims, “social justice warriors,” and feminists.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There’s a fine line between free speech and hate speech, and Johnston is dangerously close to crossing it. The seven Conservative leadership candidates can be excused, IF they knew nothing of his racist, white supremacist opinions. But unless they denounce his intolerant diatribes, it will come back to bite them.

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“Here’s what I’m going to recommend. He’s intoxicated. We don’t have probable cause for arrest. We don’t have enough for a police officer hold ... He’s been drinking, so he shouldn’t be driving away from here.” What a bunch of crooked assholes. I have no respect for any law enforcement in this state. No doubt that any of us civilians would have been locked up and paying thousands in fines and hearing some lame crooked cop tell us about how we could have killed somebody by driving drunk. OSP is bunch of unprofessional assholes.

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“He was one of Hawaii’s most prolific musicians of traditional Hawaiian music and dance and was widely known as one of Hawaii’s most notable falsetto voices.” Hawaii U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa I'll go a step further and say he was THE best falsetto. Ever.

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“He said that "before I make a statement, I like to know the facts." HAHAHAHAAHA…..The examples of DDD shooting from the lip are endless. "He said there is "blame on both sides." The Alt-Right are *NAZIS*. Fighting against NAZIS isn’t the same as being a NAZI. DDD is defending NAZIS. "This week, it is Robert E. Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson. Is it George Washington next?“ As imperfect as the Founding Fathers were they were trying to create America. Robert E. Lee and the rest of the Confederate TRAITORS were trying to destroy America in order to preserve the owning, selling, breeding, raping, and, subjugation of human beings. So, no, DDD, you NAZI defender, George Washington isn’t the same as Jefferson Davis and the rest of the TRAITORS that the NAZIS and KKK embrace.

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“He just can’t forget his election trouncing,” Yep, that's how Lindsey Graham became Senator, by being trounced in an election. Trump's narcissism can't admit fault, so he lashes out at critics and can't take constructive advice in 140 characters or less, such as: "Mr. President: Stop Tweeting and stop excusing Nazi or white supremacist cretins!"

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“Has a candidate's embarrassing lack of knowledge surrounding basic facts about the world challenged us to better educate ourselves?" YES! But I have to say that as soon as this election is over I’m going to limit myself to one hour per day of watching/reading news. I don’t need any more than that to keep me informed. Too much news breeds angst. There’s got to be a happy medium between the ostrich with its head in the sand and the Chicken Little with her eyes fixed on a sky that (probably) isn’t falling.

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“Has Jared Kushner flown too close to the RAGING DUMPSTER FIRE?” There, fixed it!

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“Harassment persists in RCMP, outgoing Commissioner Paulson says” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That’s quite an admission from the commissioner, who had five and a half years to fix the problem and failed to make any significant progress. Perhaps it’s time to carve up the cumbersome RCMP behemoth into two separate organizations: one to carry out regular policing duties, and a new elite force, similar to the FBI, to address major inter-provincial crimes and national security issues.

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“Gun free zones” have a long history in Alaskan culture. Ever see an old saloon sign that says, “Leave your firearm at the door”? Like at the Yukon Bar in Seward or old Pioneer Bar in Ketchikan?

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“God, this is going to make me sound pathetic, but it feels a little bit like getting dumped by your girlfriend. It feels a little like that.” That’s “alt-right” (white supremacist like Trump) leader Richard Spencer describing the experience of getting jilted by Trump when he went all Goldman Sachs and went low energy on mass deportation.

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“Go get cake elsewhere” is not a consideration in the case. You,want to say they are jerks for suing for their rights? Super. That is not a consideration. All you are doing is whining. How is the baker participating in the wedding? No baker participated in my wedding. What if only one of the gays showed up and orderedthe wedding cake? What if the guy who showed up was marrying a man named Kim. The gay man orders an elaborate, custom wedding cake that has says on it, “Congratulations on your Wedding, John and Kim.” The baker would not refuse to do that because he would not know it was for a gay wedding. Is the baker going to go to hell? The problem is the baker is a really bad Christian and has weird beliefs. Religion religion is not an excuse to discriminate.

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“GOT’S NUTHIN” Mueller had NUTHIN when he opened his “Investigation”. Now, with his and Comey’s and Rosenstein’s connections to URANIUM ONE? He’s got even less. Unless you count the charges that he’s staring at, for his work at the FBI during the whole TREASONOUS Uranium One Deal.

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“Forty thousand people were objecting to something they didn’t realize was a lie.” It may not have been forty thousand, but most were objecting to what was a big lie promoted by counter-protest organizers who falsely claimed that the Free Speech Rally was organized by or in support of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, the KKK and other right-wing hate groups.

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“For whatever reason, the White House staff evidently believes that they are protected from the law the same way the president and vice-president are,” This sums up the problem with Donald Trump and his entire administration - they simply believe they are above the law.

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“For those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names. We will make points to respond to that accordingly.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More intimidation and veiled threats from the new administration in Washington. Trump and his gang are acting more like thugs than statesmen and diplomats. If Trump continues browbeat and insult everyone who doesn’t agree with him unconditionally, the US is going to alienate the few friends and allies it still has.

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“For the Kremlin, it’s now harder to define the enemy". Yup, with trump in place, I can understand that. It's maybe too obvious to state, but I'll do it anyway: Everybody in the world outside his immediate family, can become trump's enemy and then his friend again, in the space of a day or 2 tweets, whichever come first. I wouldn't mind Putin being confused by trump, but when trump himself does 180s, 360s on every subject every day so he seriously confuses himself - major problem. The only positive side I can see right now is that he'll decide tomorrow that he never said anything about banning transgenders from the military. Since it's taken 30 seconds to type this, he may already have done so.

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“For some reason, right-wing extremism is almost always seen as an atomized, individualistic threat that is difficult to monitor and is somehow different [from Islamic extremism]." Um...you then go on to describe exactly why. "Exact membership figures are unknown, as new groups have cropped up and then splintered or dissolved in recent years...Canada’s far-right is very fragmented... Right-wing extremism has not been as significant a problem in Canada in recent years. Those who hold such extremist views have tended to be isolated and ineffective figures....these groups have few members and that the members often change groups or belong to several groups at the same time” .. posters and pamphlets and "incidents"... vs. a very well organized, international group that has committed dozens of mass murders... And gimme a break..."welfare chauvinism – the idea that the state should provide social welfare to its own citizens rather than foreigners" is now an extremist idea?

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“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9) “God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24) St. Thomas Aquinas “Prince of Scholastics and Doctor of the Church” likened his work to straw. CI (Catholic Institution) clergies are in PhDs, intellectual, spirituality. In spiritual realm, understanding God in intellectual way is a beginner. That is lot to do with it's insistence on men only clergies. They see they are man, yet have not seen God's spirit in them or others yet! All I can say is: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

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“For many years we have shown an amazing patience. We have sometimes given our white brothers the feeling that we liked the way we were being treated. But we come here tonight to be saved from that patience that makes us patient with anything less than freedom and justice." Martin Luther King What King warned against was a patience that leads to complacency. Patience as persistence is something very different.

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“Football and politics, it doesn’t mix." Ya think? So why did the NFL pay Beyonce to put on a tribute to the Black Panthers at Super Bowl 50 halftime? Tim Tebow took a knee to pray, and the NFL attacked him for doing it. Now the NFL thinks it's swell to take a knee during the national anthem. Christians are fair game but millionaire athletes are protected? Rights for some, not for all? Who makes these decisions at the NFL? Since NFL players have no 1st Amendment Rights to protest on private stadium property, this means the protests are condoned by the owners. Yes, players have a right to take a knee. Your employer has a right to praise you or fire you. Your boss can fire you if you piss off customers at work, and so can the NFL. You want to support your teammates? Start by supporting your country.

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“Fires and vandalism blamed on growing numbers of homeless people camping along the waterfront” ; so, between the first tent till now, you didn’t know it was growing until we get to $500k in damages!

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“Few people have the type of experience you describe so it cannot be depended on as an antidote to people leaving formal religion.. “ You seem to think what people do is the primary reason for formal religion’s existence, do you? It is God’s immanent/omnipresence makes people to seek God. Catholic Church is just one of the religions who supposedly help people seek God. “Wherever man wakes to consciousness and knows himself in his basic intuitive consciousness as open to the transcendent mystery of existence, the power of the Spirit is in him, drawing him to eternal life.” The Marriage of East and West I would recommend people to stay away from the religion that allow clergies to rape children. People could give up seeking God all together. It is far more important for people to desire to seek and have loving relationship with living God whether they become a Catholic or not.

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“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Master Yoda, Jedi Training 101

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“Fault”? Fault for what? Women are capable of determining their needs and figuring out how to fill them. Sounds like empowerment to me.

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“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” ― Benito Mussolini Where he uses the term "corporate" to refer to constituted organizations (not just for profit corporations) as contrasted with individual power.

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“Failed liberal policies, not racism, are mostly responsible for the condition in which poor African-Americans find themselves.” You do understand that it wasn’t until 1964 that segregation was deemed unjust in the United States of America. Did you know that the educational development of many Afro Americans was prevented by policies of the United States Government? Did you know that 52 years ago the Government finally decided to give all of its citizens legal rights? Did you know that even though the laws were passed there were still many states refusing to adhere to the new laws? The claim that you make is absolutely ridiculous. Do liberal policies have a negative impact on the Afro American community? Yes, they do, but your assertion that they have had a worse effect than racism is preposterous. It is because of racism that the liberal policies were enacted. Racism is the catalyst for those policies.

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“Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“Everything we’ve come to expect from you and less.” Are you Pope F. in disguise with pseudo screen name? You at least are a royal clergy, right? You talk for CI (Catholic Institution), I noticed. CI is beyond defensible organization. Find yourself some employable skill before it is too late.

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“Everybody said Mr. Naval was using very crude language … which I am not going to repeat,” Dombrowski said. Nobody said the two young women (or the baby) were using vile language -- you made that part up. If you say to me, "[crude, vile & unprintable]," and I say to you, "How dare you, sir!" that is a conversation. And my part of it is not vulgar -- just yours.

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“Everybody benefits from economic activity and value creation.” Ah, and here I thought wages had been stagnant since 1988. I (and nearly every economist) must have gotten that wrong. Thanks. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/files/2014/04/RealWagesChart-590x457.png

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“Everett is not unique in facing challenges on our streets......." Read, "but mom, everyone else is doing it too".

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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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“Even with November’s gains, export volumes were down 0.3 per cent for the first 11 months of 2016.” This may not be an error, but it is certainly not clear what comparison Dave is making. StatCan favours their misnamed chained 2007 dollars estimates, actually just chain Fisher volume estimates with a 2007 reference year. There was a 0.6% increase in the January-November average for merchandise exports in 2016 as compared to the same 11 months of 2015 based on these chain Fisher estimates, and a 2.3% decline if one makes the comparison with December 2015. If one looks instead at the unadjusted Laspeyres volume estimates, one gets a 1.3% increase instead of a 0.6% increase; comparisons with the December 2015 value make no sense since one is dealing with unadjusted estimates.

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“Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Civil disobedience is part of our democracy and progress, yet you think that it is wrong and complain when it is not your "side". I am sure you were probably cheering the tea bag party when it was engaging in civil disobedience. Hypocrisy much?

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“Even Though the Whole World is Burning,” The refined sensitivity and articulation of vast landscapes of the human experience in a few revealing words that enables connection and feelings of merging with others and the world is what this world desperately needs. Less Politicians and more Poets!

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“Europe’s political climate is more hostile to Jews now than at any time since the second intifada,” he wrote. But he concluded that it wasn’t Muslim anti-Semitism leading the trend; rather, it was the far larger populations of Christians. ----------- hey Doug Saunders Not convincing at all We see through your agenda We hear your dog whistle

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“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won,” was President Obama’s response. Quote from the Washington Post January 23, 2009 And so does the finger!

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“Election night was one of the greatest nights of my life because we took our country back,” said Ms. Bunting, who lives in Rehoboth Beach, Del. “We were on the brink of demise.”" Here is where I will admit my not understanding what drives Americans like Robin Bunting. Rehoboth Beach compared to the carnie crash commercialism of much of the US Atlantic Shore is a lovely relatively laid back beach community in sales tax free Delaware. The G&M character count does not permit me to get into the history of Delaware and its abandonment by the Dupont Company now merged with Dow and in over 90 countries world wide. I'm certain President The Donald's soon to be introduced strict new environmental regulations will immediately reverse the erosion of all of the Delaware sand dunes and beaches that attract much of the $500 million annual tourism to the State, not to mention returning most if not all of the old Dupont industrial production and jobs to Delaware...as for her healthcare?

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“E.J. is a star in this league,” receiver Cordarrelle Patterson said Tuesday. “He’s played for a long time and got drafted high in the first round for a reason. . ." hahahaha . . . ya he is.

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“During the primary season, Democrat Bernie Sanders got a lot of mileage out of attacking the TPP and free trade; by the time the election rolled around, Ms. Clinton had also distanced herself.” This is surely disingenuous as a description of Clinton’s policy reversal. The Washington Times wrote on August 11: “Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to kill the Pacific trade deal that she helped push just a few years ago as President Obama’s top diplomat”. Vowing to kill a deal goes a little beyond distancing yourself from it. It is true that Clinton seemed to leave herself a tiny bit of wiggle room so she could change her mind later on, but that’s her style. The presidential election is over. No need for the Globe editorial team to be a communications branch for the DNC anymore.

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“Draining human sewage into the vicinity of an ancient fishpond by Andy Anderson was not an accident; it was the inevitable result of ignoring the law,” This is a classic case of arrogance ruling over better judgement. Perhaps shutting the restaurant down long enough to impact his ego will ensure Anderson complies.

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“Doofuses in the conservative movement say it’s only censorship if the government does it,” said Richard Spencer, an influential white nationalist." - I guess only doofuses understand the Constitution only pertains to the Government. "I believe one has a right to a Google profile, a Twitter profile, an accurate search . . . We should start conceiving of these thing as utilities and not in terms of private companies.” - Nationalizing private companies...a hallmark of fascism. "Lee Rowland, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberty Union’s Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, cautioned consumers against being so quick to condemn companies..." - While I think Hate Speech is as censor-able as Snuff Porn, Child Porn, or any other dialog that advocates criminal activity, I will give the ACLU credit for staying true to their logic.

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“Donald Trump’s psychopathy has been on full display on the national political stage for over a year,” he said. “I want folks to know that Trump is a child rapist and that he is currently being sued in a civil action in NY federal courts for raping, slapping an 13-year-old girl at a Jeffrey Epstein party in 1994. Trump also threatened to murder the girl, now age 35 and a Jane Doe plaintiff, and also murder her family if she ever told how he [Trump] sexually abused her.” ..."Trump was also accused of assaulting his ex-wife Ivana, who later backtracked on the statement she gave under oath, where she described the presidential hopeful violently attacking her, pulling out her hair, and raping her while they were married."...In 1997, a woman accused Trump of touching her intimately and attempting to rape her on numerous occasions. She withdrew her case after her husband settled his own case against Trump, but stated she stands by the allegations in 2016."...rt.com; snopes.com

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“Donald Trump, a man whose own reputation for volatility matches that of North Korea’s Mr. Kim.” While I don’t think Mr Trump always thinks before he speaks (tweets), the comparison goes a little too far. The Dear Leader has no compunction whatsoever in cutting off his nose to spite his face, while the Donald merely shoots himself in the foot once in while. Neither of these men inspire restful sleep when I consider that each has the nuclear codes…..but comparing Trump to Kim goes a bit far IMHO. The best solution here would be for China to keep diplomatic pressure up. Even Kim must be aware that without Chinese support the days of his regime would be limited.

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“Doctrine” entered English in the late 14 century from Old French “doctrine” and directly from Latin “doctrina” - "teaching, body of teachings, learning". It is comprised of the "the act of teaching" and "the knowledge imparted by teaching", and “doctrina” is often used in the New Testament, especially in the Pastoral Epistles, in the Vulgate. In general, doctrine is all Church teaching in matters of faith and morals. Dogma is more narrowly defined as that part of doctrine which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed. The revelation exposited at the Council in 325 AD did not come into existence then, it was part of the revelation which ended with the death of the last Apostle. Compassion has not a whit to do with it.

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“Do you want some grits?” This comment has absolutely NOTHING to do with anyone's race. The woman who reported this is completely mistaken in assuming that it is a comment which has any reflection whatsoever on one's race. Grits are standard fare in the southern parts of the USA. Grits are NOT eaten, as she seems to assume, only by African-Americans. Grits are eaten by EVERYBODY. To judge that a comment about grits is a racist comment is nothing less than profoundly a ignorant judgment. To judge that speaking a phrase or a sentence with a 'southern accent' is a racist act is also nothing less than a profoundly ignorant judgment.

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“Do you still love Jesus?” Do you? ‘I assure you, as often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me.’ (Mat 25:40) Do you know that God is immanent as well as omnipresent in this universe? I know from Jesus talk to me many times on my thought and one time he asked me to join him from inner most dark room in me. Do you realize these sick devilish clergies are raping Jesus in children? And Pope F. is in no hurry to stop his clergies from raping Jesus in children!!!! So you don’t blame Pope F. You must hate Jesus then!

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“Do you know what the room rate is in Las Vegas, what the room rate tax is in Las Vegas?” asked Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, D, Kapalama, Alewa, Kalihi Valley. . “No, I don’t, senator,” Szigeti replied. . “Okay, and that’s my point. Most people don’t know what the rate is,” Kim said. “Most people don’t. When they go somewhere, they don’t know what the room tax rate is. In fact, Las Vegas just raised their rate about one percent in March 2017. It didn’t stop any local residents from going there.” . According to Szigeti, the average hotel room in Hawaii costs $254 a night. . So if the TAT went up one percent, tourists would have to pay three dollars more a night. http://khon2.com/2017/08/28/lawmakers-convene-for-rail-special-session-hear-public-testimony-on-funding-proposal/

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“Do you have no respect? Why do you go to a Catholic Mass? Archaic language! What Rite do you belong to? I belong to the Latin Rite.” Thanks to Petrus for giving me some idignant words to use. Most of us do go along with Francis, but we do not need to form our own club. Our “club” was called together when Jesus called his disciples and sent them his Holy Spirit. We were charged by the Lord to go to all nations, not to fight all nations or stay away from them. We were told our neighbor is not another member of our group, but the wounded person who needs our help, no matter what religion he professes.

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“Do you have blacks, too?” ~ George W. Bush

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“Do not underestimate us,” Trump said, addressing North Korea. I think it is much more likely that we will, and have, underestimated them.

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“Discernment” stands out so clearly. I am reminded of how the LCWR took on the brden of their investigation durring BXVI’s term. Many women were angry, frustrated and insulted but knew the way forward was to listen, talk and discern. How brave they were. The men’s leaders will do well to heed the Pope’s advise and follow the example of the LCWR.

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“Didn't mean to hurt very visible heterophobic feelings FJS” What hurt is that fact is losing 3 friends fighting in Iraq, 3 men that I trained side by side, deployed with many times, 3 good men who truly gave their lives for this country and the rights for all, including a you GBA, a person that hides behind a Trump moniker and spout out homophobic slurs and racial ignorance. Free speech is wonderful when you didn’t have to pay any price. Your childish ignorance shines through on each of your post. Get out of your parent’s basement (even if it just in your mind) and take in the world, there are a lot of great people out there, just be prepared that they may not have the same beliefs as yours. Otherwise, stop, just stop.

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“Dialogue in the key of Francis”—now that’s a funny concept. Isn’t it Francis who refuses to answer any questions about his Jesuitical masterpiece, Amoris Laeititia? A very discordant key indeed. I agree that the church needs to dialogue (is that a verb?) with the world,though unlike Cupich, I don’t see homosexuals as a single block or identity group. A key part of that dialogue would invole the church patiently speaking the truth in the midst of a sinful, decadent, declining society, as Benedict XVI was wont to do. But that applies to all of us, not just the hierarchy. And to do that with any credibility, the hierarchy really needs to get its own house in order, and do something about the rampant sexual disorders in its own ranks.

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“Despite these changes, the history of public statements continues to provide a convincing case that the purpose of the Second Executive Order remains the realization of the long-envisioned Muslim ban,” Chuang said. I don't care about public statements and that they present a "convincing case" that this is a hidden Muslim ban. That does not change the language of the executive order. Mr. Chuang, take your personal feelings out of your judgement. Does the executive order AS IT IS WRITTEN discriminant against Muslims? As a judge it is your job to look at it from an impartial viewpoint. If you cannot do that and are swayed by public opinion or personal comments then you have no business being a federal judge.

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“Desmarais purchased 2.8 million shares, about 2.1 million class A common shares and 700,000 second preferred shares. He said he bought all the Power shares held by the Caisse de Depot du Quebec, amounting to 2,001,300 common shares and 333,000 preferred, with the rest coming from Peter Nesbitt Thomson, deputy chairman of Power and ‘other persons associated with him.’ The shares were bought by an unspecified private holding company belonging to Desmarais.” Anonymous, “Power Corp. Chairman Increases Control With $31 Million Buy,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1977, 17.

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“Denver has been discovered, but we should (feel) lucky,” said Nicolais, who lives in Denver. “A lot of cities are cheap to live in, but it’s cheap to live in because no one wants to live there.” Stupid remark. By flocking here all your doing is fueling local political egos and making out-of-state developers rich beyond belief. You need to ask yourself why no one wants to live in these "cheap" cities the author speaks about. The answer is they are really more expensive than Denver to live in because of the quagmire of social costs strangling their local economies. Denver is evolving the same way with its current political crony capitalist management. At some point in time, the market will correct here and real estate sales will go begging.

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“Demonstrators shouted slogans such as ‘black lives matter’” BALDERDASH! If black lives were not dirt cheap - - if black lives REALLY mattered to the blacks themselves - - two things not true now WOULD be true: [1] young women would demand the fathers of their children marry them and remain faithful BEFORE the arrival of the children [2] they would demand that Planned Parenthood - - which deliberately locates its for profit abortion mills in high density black communities to kill as many black babies as possible - - be de-funded and abolished.

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“Democrats demand Sessions resign after report of Russia contacts” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A resignation would let him off too lightly. He should be charged with perjury, since he lied to Congress about his contact with the Russians. Franken: "If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government, in the course of this campaign, what will you do?" Sessions: "I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.

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“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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“DOC is the one that has the answers. They’re the ones responsible for housing our mentally ill, for taking care of them" Here is the problem again, same perspective that the other parents with the dead daughter had. We have a terrible mental health system and a growing mentally ill population, by default they end up in DOC's care, but this is not the role of DOC.

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“Corporate sin” is a contradiction in terms. The Church is the kingdom of Christ. As all the members of the human body, though they are many, form one body, so also are the faithful in Christ. In order to shepherd the People of God and to increase its numbers without cease, Christ the Lord set up in his Church a variety of offices which aim at the good of the whole body. The holders of office, who are invested with a sacred power, are dedicated to promoting the interests of their brethren, so that all who belong to the People of God, and are consequently endowed with true Christian dignity, may, through their free and well ordered efforts towards a common goal, attain to salvation. As good shepherds, those with sacred power can only reiterate Christ’s divine command that marriage is indissoluble. Thinking with the Church means that if we love God, we will keep his commandments.

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