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I have the 7D and the 7D Mark II and got the 5D Mark III a couple of months ago. I use the Mark III mostly with prime lenses (300mm and 50mm) and I love it. I don't know that I would love the touch sensitivity on the new Mark IV, but I'd have to play with it to know if that would work for me; howeve...

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I don't think immigration is the issue, although certain politicians want to make it so.

Who the hell needs to buy an AK-47 except someone with the intention of killing humans. I think assault weapons should be banned.

Ultimately it is hate, and rage that we must stand against.

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For me this highlights why perhaps we should be questioning having zoos at all. Sanctuaries would be far better for the animals than zoos. Keeping wild animals in confinement so that we can gawk at them is not recognizing their status as sentient beings. Zoos are prisons. They may be pretty prisons,...

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When John Kennedy Jr started his magazine, George, he gave a speech about politics needing to attract the best and the brightest men and women. This election cycle has really highlighted for me that politics these days isn't attracting the best and the brightest. I do think the veil has been lifted ...

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There is probably a legitimate chance Trump could win the presidency, particularly if the Democrats don't get themselves together and put together a platform of meaningful ideas and ways to fix that which is broken. I think Trump speaks to the frustration so many feel with the political system, he h...

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This is going to be a political battle. The Republicans don't want Obama to be able to put any progressive on the court, in hopes that a Republican wins the white house. The Congress and Senate should be held accountable if we go over a year with no new justice on the court.

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I had no idea about the increasing suicide rates among middle class Americans. Its clear from the article that health care costs are a big contributor. We really need a single-payer system and a much better mental health system.

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One of my young Aussies started showing this intermittent lameness. Exrays showed perfect stifle and hips. Took him to an orthopedic specialist and we did PRP, and he's never had a problem since.

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Honestly I didn't watch the GOP debate this go-round. For me the country of birth of someone who wants to be president is way down the list of topics of importance. And frankly a ban on selling guns to Muslims is ridiculous. Freedom of religion should supersede picking on one religious group and wit...

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Maybe we have this backwards...maybe we need to throw all gun laws out the window. Require, make it mandatory, that every person over the age of 18 must posses a firearm. We can go shopping with our firearm, take it to church, take it out for dinner. And better yet, if someone pisses us off, we can ...

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Wouldn't it be nice if having a few more gun regulations in place could save a few kids or a few adults from killing themselves via firearms.

For me it is not just about murder and mass shootings. Why are we such an unhappy culture that so many of our citizens want to kill themselves?

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I find it interesting that the Paiutes are siding with the sheriff and the Hammonds; after all, the settlers and the US government (with the help of General Crook) took the land from the Paiutes. If any group had a legitimate reason to occupy the wildlife center, it would be the Paiutes and the Shos...

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It's a start but it is not nearly enough. Its the culture we need to fundamentally change: the culture of war and violence. The culture of killing.

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It sure is a mess over there. I don't understand the Sunni and Shiite conflict from a religious perspective. And why Saudi Arabia choose NOW to execute this Shiite cleric, is just beyond me. The Arab countries are supposed to gather the end of January to start working on a peace solution in Syria. W...

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It is a pretty murky situation. And what I make of it is that a rancher (the Hammonds) and his son back burned land which adjoins their ranch that belongs to the federal government. From what I understand one cannot go burn federal lands without permission. They were sentenced as terrorists, but the...

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Humankind has been fighting violence with violence for thousands of years. I'd say we've given that experiment long enough time to see the results: it doesn't work. Violence begets violence. Our culture thinks nothing of how animals raised for food are treated, and yet the horse community goes into ...

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Honestly, Myleetlepony, as long as the US is the biggest manufacturer of arms, there is no keeping weapons IN the country. As long as our defense budget is larger than our health and human services budget, there is no keeping weapons IN the country. I don't "feel" safer when I see LE armed...

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I think the Trump Show highlights just how fractured the Republican party is. I don't think there is one Republican candidate that can win the presidential election because the party itself is coming apart from the inside.

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Hoof'n it, you bring up an excellent point: we have 40 million more guns in this country than citizens. After every mass shooting there is a spike in new gun sales. Then we have police departments who are armed like marines. If we can't change the gun laws, perhaps we can change the consciousness. A...

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I don't think it is an identity problem; many countries have political groups that are conservative, moderate, and left. Extremism in the US either right or left doesn't get elected president. Trump's proposed ban on incoming Muslims, even if they travel here for business, is simply pandering to the...

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The rhetoric may be more violent than discriminatory towards muslims, but there are a whole lot more dead black people lying in the streets, and incarcerated in this country than muslims. America as a culture, as a society does not value all sentient beings because we don't see any sentient beings o...

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The sad truth is, that in a week or two weeks or a month there will be another mass shooting. It may come from ISIS inspired terrorism, or could be home-grown like the Charleston shooter, or the Sandy Hook shooter, or the Planned Parenthood shooter. The point is: the reality of living in the US righ...

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I think it is time for a national referendum. Forget Congress. Put a national referendum on gun control on the ballet for 2016. Let the people speak: not through their elected officials because they are bought and paid for. The referendum should include: ban on assault weapons/30 day mandatory hold ...

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My ancestors are First Nations people on one side, and immigrants on the other. I have been raised seeing both sides of the coin. The US has among the tightest refugee policies in the world. Know how hard it is to get a green card here? It takes years. Case in point: 2 Afghan families, working as tr...

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When I saw what passed in the House yesterday re: Syrian and Iraqi immigrants, I have to admit I was ashamed to be an American. The US has taken in immigrants and refugees for 200 hundred years. This is the country of the "free and the brave". Well the legislation passed in the House is no...

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I own a small company, and humans answer the phone! Customer service is a top priority. Heck, most customers can talk, text, or email the owner (me) 7 days per week. The fundamental problem is that large companies disconnect from their customers, the end users. I don't know if it is a lack of caring...

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I love this idea of supporting this rescue group. I usually do secret santa around town (paying off some lay-aways at places like K mart). Going to add this rescue charity to my list. Thanks Boots for the link!

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If we as a country react to ISIS in fear....by closing our borders, by not allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees in, then ISIS in a way wins. The free world wins when we take in the refugees, show them respect and kindness, and demonstrate that love and compassion always trumps (no pun intended) hate a...

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I agree with you Figgy. The US has its own home-grown terrorists that don't belong to ISIS. Rhiannon, you bring up an excellent point: the arts are another important outlet and expression. So many of those programs cut from schools. Art, music, dance, theatre are just as important as history and mat...

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I think the recent paranoia about Syrian refugees plays right into ISIS's hands. It serves ISIS to have the western countries go into panic and fear about these immigrants, builds a deeper divide between Islam and Christianity; may even increase the numbers of new ISIS recruits. MM, the major of Det...

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WMW: you totally missed my point. The genetics of human kind include a period of high testosterone in men. When we were hunters and gatherers that energy was spent hunting for food and trying to survive. Move forward to the formation of towns, and all that male energy went into protecting the town, ...

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I don't hate Hillary, I just think she is part of the problem with government and big money. Of course this includes Jeb, Rubio, Cruz who are all part of the problem. We can't have real reform unless we have election reform. We can't have real reform unless we get control back to the people. We have...

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It occurred to me last night that the US would probably experience even more violence than we do now from gangs, and mentally unstable youth if we didn't have athletics. I don't watch football except for the Super Bowl. But imagine if we didn't have football or basketball or hockey: where would all ...

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I am afraid for both parties. The democrats may not be as splintered or dysfunctional as the republicans, but the dems also are really lacking in vision.

We have to get money out of politics. Really can't move the country forward when it is controlled by corporate and special interests.

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My first choice is Bernie, but if Hillary is the nominee, I will vote for her mainly because there isn't one Republican currently running that I would vote for.

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The brain doctor recommended the Jenga game for my Dad, and I think it did help his hand-eye co-ordination a bit.

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It's okay to be different. Dance to your own music.
Stop obsessing about being thin enough and comparing yourself with others.
Wear sunscreen!

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Mine free range all day, and then march themselves to the chicken coop before dark. One of their favorite hangouts during the day, after a morning of foraging, is to sit underneath the boxwoods and wait for the little birds to drop seeds from the bird feeders.....then they descend on the spilled see...

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I have four hens and a rooster. One hen is a Rhode Island Red, the other a Hampshire Red, two Dominicans and a Dominican rooster. I refer to them as The Mini Velociraptors :-) We free range them, which provides endless opportunities for them to exhibit their "dino-ness". The two reds are t...

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The brute force of that resource officer is absolutely out of line. Clearly the teacher and the school administration don't know what to do when a stubborn kid says No I Won't.

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Tabby, its good old American political theatre.

Americans by and large don't elect presidents from either extreme (right or left).

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Love the names you have given the wild porcupines! That Button is adorable.

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Just looking at the muck going on in the House over who is going to be Speaker, just amplifies the degrees of internal struggle the Republican party is having. And that is also reflected in their debates so far. And let's face it, with control of the Senate and the House they are still unable to gov...

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My company uses Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We are taking a leap in November to podcasts (Horse Radio Network).

I have not found Linked In useful at all.

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I think of reinventing more as the continual flow of evolving. I hope I am reinventing myself every day, from softening the edges, to listening to my heart.

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Photography, growing vegetables, doing rally and obedience with my Australian shepherds. Love taking long walks through the forest with the dogs and my camera. Restoring the soil and applying permaculture principles to the farm has become a passion. I meditate every day which may not sound like 'fun...

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I was glad to see that issues were discussed not pot-shots at each other. I thought this first Democratic debate had a lot more substance than the first 2 Republican debates.

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I joined UDBB in 2000 as Spiritpaws, so Spiritpaws I remain. I am 62 <ack where did the time go> live on a farm in the piedmont of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I grew up riding pony hunters in Connecticut (ah, those days of riding forward outside courses), after college I switched to eventi...

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I shoot with a Canon D 70 with a 75-200 mm lens, and the Fuji XT-1. My subjects are mostly wildlife, dogs, and show jumpers.

I am thinking of upgrading to the Canon D Mark 11. Anyone shooting with Canon?

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I think mainstream America is afraid of socialism because of propaganda, and the eroding component of the 21st century: critical thinking.

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