On the contrary.  I think Republicans who don't think capitalism is evil would create jobs so that ordinary people could aspire to become part of the top 10%.  The wealthy among us were not always wealthy.  My husband and I started with very little and, by getting ourselves educated and not behaving stupidly, we have moved up the economic ladder.  The richest guy I know started out on a farm in Kansas with no running water and an outhouse.  If the able-bodied homeless had jobs, we could deal with the homeless mentally ill.  Of course, that would mean standing up to the ACLU who will defend the rights of crazy people to run amuck in society unless they are willing to be committed to an institution. Your last sentence is so vile it doesn't deserve further attention.   BTW:  I was a Hawaii public school educator for over 40 years.  Some schools need AC (heat, noise); some only need ceiling fans and only for part of the year.  AC for everyone doesn't make sense financially or otherwise.


Thank you Mr. Blair.  As I read, I could see the antics & hang looseness vibe of the panel & it would've all been part of the Persona of hawai'i as a chop sui state.  But I was also glad to read of Ben's comments & the title of your piece which was the reason I am here commenting.  I am heartened to know that our Voices of hawai'i nei continue to be spoken & heard in places where one would not expect, but timed Spiritually Correct *   alo ha   akua sabe'


When you loose the humanity with in yourself, there really is no use to have people like you either.


Pot ......meet Kettle.


This I definitely a different way of looking at a story of acceptance and "not judging a book by it's cover"...

I would much rather look at B&B as a story of love, acceptance and hope rather than the picture Kate is describing. It's Sad that in our society we encourage people to focus more on what could potentially be awful than what is so apparently good.


This is just a plot by the liberal scientists to take our guns away.


There was an interesting little bit for information in the NP.
"The issue pitted skeptical neurologists against hopeful patients and then opposition Liberal politicians, including current Science Minister Kirsty Duncan."
I wonder if she will now disavow her support for treatment.


depending on a single attorney general's opinion on whether or not bump stocks (b/s) is legal or not in hawaii may not be best. a future attorney general might reverse the current opinion.
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to remove all doubt, the legislature will have to pass a law specifically banning b/s.
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a.t.f. allowed the sale of bump stocks after determining that b/s are not firearms in themselves, but merely a part that does not alter the internal firing mechanism. the agency ruled they only have jurisdiction over firearms not parts so the b/s were allowed into the market as a part.
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obama was president when the a.t.f. decided they had no jurisdiction over the b/s part. but, you can bet obama would have issued an executive order banning the b/s if he knew about it or saw it in action.
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a.t.f., alone, owns this b/s decision.
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a.t.f. should issue a ban on the b/s immediately. otherwise, obama's 57 u.s. state legislatures will have to wait until their next legislative sessions to ban the b/s.
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I have no use for Trump, but assuming that his followers are "pathological" is a neat way of ignoring the working-class discontent that is fueling his campaign, and was a big part of the force behind the Sanders campaign. It's a wonder how the liberals manage to avoid getting the message. I guess they're too wrapped up in their comfortable middle-class lives to see the writing on the wall.


This appears to be about John McCain's feelings and not about what's right for Americans.


Illegals pack up and go back to the garbage dump.


i doubt you can fix the selection with Sheehan and Levinson on the commission.  And when a retired judge and former US Attorney says Aiu had some baggage from the past, why take a chance on the guy when you have others to choose from?  Sounds more like sour grapes from you.  Give it a rest and find out why Naeole is no longer on the coaching staff.  That seems like a fix if you ask me.


What you are forgetting is that the 110 emails were only .04% of the emails she received or sent. That is a very small percentage to try to remember. The question of recognizing them was not the issue presented. It was whether or not she lied or made a mistake. I had a clearance also in the military back then, but all of the messages came through a single source...not emails and very few people had their own teletype machines. Plus, the ones I received were stamped with a red stamp indicating the degree of classification, not just an initial. You missed my point about received emails. How was she supposed to control the emails she received. I suspect you are unable to control the ones you receive.


And while the news of Anbang's current purchase is being reported in the Globe and Mail, what is going viral on people's Facebook feeds?  A photo of the PM's "bubble butt"... Seriously, you cannot make this stuff up.


Well thats when you can starting accessing my pfd too!!!!  If you expect the low income people to give up their pfd's then you better get your wallet out too!  This is Hogwash and the people arent going to be baffled into thinking this is some kind of a compromise on our legislators part!!!  Keep Rowing!!!!!!


Livin' the vida loca!!!


Holy Hell what a story! Glad everyone lived to tell it, and it's an important one. Thanks for sharing it.


Uhhhh Chump owns many "corporations " cupcake! Maybe you should learn to read, or better yet learn to understand what the implications are once this clown changes the laws! Keep drinking that Kool Aid Chumpty is feeding you dragonbreath!!!!


I would say the right to life is about as fundamental of a human right as it gets.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is in jeopardy when we have to cower in fear in our houses or walk about armed to the teeth as if we lived in Yemen.
Why do you think that anyone who tries to have a rational discussion on how to reduce gun violence is out to take your guns away? That you believe this - is proof of the effectiveness of propaganda of one of the most powerful special interest lobbying groups in our nations history.


They lived in China for 30 years. There are few foreigners in Dandong, apart from Koreans. Their activities may have been innocent, but they would be beyond naive to think they would not arose attention.


Your argument is like saying "I will buy only certified organic food, even though the health benefits are infinitesimal and I will bankrupt myself in the process".


They haven't agreed to be interviewed.  Anonymous sources are claiming they will be interviewed.  Big difference.  The Dems and the Swamp don't care about the country or the law, this is politically motivated.


There are times, when the political words, are no longer respected.

This is the classical, pen versus sword moment.

The prior POTUS, did not take the same position, as the current POTUS.

POTUS Trump, strategically bombed the airports.  He did not hunt down, any specific people.

Right now, there is only saber rattling going on.

It is political chess time.


Only a fool read Trump Tweets.
Unlike you, his enemies aren't fools...


We were not


This just in; brick hits Trump on top of head, grudgingly admits there might be something to this gravity thing after all......  High school physics teachers to brief president elect at a later date.


Blah, blah, blah. True "peace" will come only when Russia is properly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart. In the meantime, instead of some nonsensical, interfaith "dialogue" on "race" or "poverty", why don't we discuss the Four Last Things, rampant heresy, and /or ever declining Mass attendance? Our shepherds should be following their primary duty to sanctify, edify, and govern their flocks, and praying and working toward the conversion of all non Catholics to the one, true faith.


Based upon the vitriol and bombast emanating from the swelling ranks of the self-identified "patriots", their blood will undoubtedly in the near future become pudding and sausages.
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"A l'exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants"


So you're argument is that poorly run businesses can't afford it.  Oh, what a pity!


Heavy lift aircraft where all bought under Harper as well as various armored personnel carriers and piles of other equipment (such as the latest night-vision goggles).  As for the tanks, they were made available to Canadian Troops in Afghanistan but I don't know when they were bought (maybe not paid for yet?)
Hillier's books is a good reference, even if it is poorly written.


True, people could, if there was room, move to the left lane. However, if that lane was occupied, as it often was during rush hour, the person had to wait for the right turn vehicle ahead of them. But even if there was an opening in the left lane, the motorist had to look left and back (usually stopped) to check for clearance, then enter the lane. Sometimes this was a quick tight risky maneuver if a vehicle was coming.
I assume you've had a chance to see what is happening now. First, the bike lane offers a wider radius turn, which allows motorists to not slow so much when turning while they are still in their lane. Second, motorist upon seeing this brief obstruction are taking a few feet of the center lane and going around. They are doing this for buses too. No stopping means less brake wear and better mileage.
Of course there will be very rare limits to this option if the center turn lane is occupied, but I never saw it in 3 hrs of observation at different times (mostly rush-hour).


Agreed,diversification is something that should have been done years ago.Thanks to Politicians that has not happened


You won't until it comes out in the trial.


It is quite an accomplishment!  Trudeau is collecting more corruption scandals in 1 year in the office than Harper managed over 10+ years!


Notably missing from the current outrage is Obama himself, how's that work?  Oh that's right, the ones really suffering are the middle class that his party never really have cared about.  Please don't try to spin this as caused by Republicans, they were dismissively ignored in the process leading up to the vote.  Recall petulant Obama when Paul Ryan sat across the table explaining the $ concerns of the R's; the D's attitude was our way or the highway-including NO provisions for tort reform or competitive plans across state lines.  Then they vote on it Xmas Eve after Teddy died fearful of losing their Senate supermajority.  Or Begich reading it all in one weekend (uh-huh) and Pelosi blathering about how we have to pass it first to know what's in it?  And finally, they had to abuse the budget reconciliation process tthe following spring after Scott Brown was elected Mass Senator.  No, the Dems  & Obama own this entirely predictable train wreck all the way.


"Don't give in to the bullies"? Would those 'bullies' be the other Liberal/left/progressives you voted for in the last federal election? "Our World is now counting on you." Would that be the planet earth you are referring to? If so, I would be taking my crusade to China rather than BC if  I wanted to get emissions 'to zero' within this century.


umm, what does "tweak" mean?
Let's not lose our load before we understand what actions are going to be taken by Trump in relation to NAFTA that could negatively impact us.


Says Morneau with a gold plated pension waiting for him.


Speaking of conspiracy theories, it turns out that Donald J. Trump, who also telephones and tweets as John Barron, also posts online as Thomas Laird Twyford II! I know it's true because I heard it on Mark Levin's talk radio program. "The Truth and Nothing But!" Then Breitbart News picked it up, what more do you need! The Prez in disguise in the R-G!


"are these rental units furnished with fridge and stove?"

Hard to access, but the virtual tours of "typical" Social Housing flats show them unfurnished, so probably not.


Which is why air freight typically doesn't go on passenger flights.


In summary.
The ANC alliance never adapted to being a political party in a constitutional democracy.  They continued their battle, against apartheid, whites, capital and the "west". Their deployed cadres were not skilled and could not manage their portfolios. Service delivery failed. The looters gained control.  This must stop. We need a new government.


We assume, mjm, that you intended to discredit "cross thinking" by associating it with "cross dressing".  As a member of the RCC, one ought be very careful about mentioning "cross dressing" in a derogatory way, as it may well include men dressing in capes, albs, and cassocks.

As for Cardinal Kasper and your interpretation of him as "{the friendly modernist}" with his use of the term "cross-thinking"...you might want to know that Cross-Thinking is not derided in business circles where innovation is valued AS rooted in both business tradition and its planning for the future.

Surely the Catholic Church is interested in the adaptation and development of doctrine and practice as both rooted in tradition and future planning?


The distraction of which I spoke is the intentional distraction and wordsmithing by the media. I'm more than capable and happy to assess for myself what a candidate from either party means by analyzing their complete statement in context. Much the same as you would like to be treated for any comment you make I'm sure.

Give me the whole statement in context, don't parse it for me because
a) You think I'm too stupid to understand what's being said or
b) What's being said, in context, doesn't serve your purpose.


Step 1: repeal. Step 2: apologize that it took so long. Step 3: refrain from adding any new dependency creation programs.


Hope all you lefties see your social policies up close like this.  This mess is completely on you.


The reality is that these "town halls" are nothing of the sort.  They are one part "political plants" from each party demanding that Bennett or Gardner vote their way or ELSE.  The remainder are people frustrated with a problem that effects them personally and want the Senators to fix it for them.  A reasonable healthcare system or a fix of Obamacare would be good for the vast majority of citizens.....and is certainly doable.  But both parties have made campaign promises and are pointing to the next election.  Actually doing the job they were elected to do is the farthest thing from their minds.


"Death could whack any of us at any time. Are you ready? P.S. I have water, food and medical supplies on hand. A portable emergency kit that includes a solar power/wind-up short wave radio, flint, lighters, antibiotics, pain meds, and many other useful items. Flashlights that don't require batteries. The means to purify water. Down and other sleeping bags and winter clothing. Guns. Knives. A portable camp stove." Nick Ransom

Forgive me if I'm wrong, Ransom, but if death whacks you, I'm fairly certain you won't need the shortwave radio, flint, lighters, antibiotics, pain meds, flashlights, water purifier, sleeping bags, winter clothing, guns, knives, or your portable camp stove.


Well.. This was kind of expected no? The Liberals have never had to govern with this much oversight in play before. The CPC changed the rules while they were power so they were the only party to ever have to deal with it ... till now.  On top of that the Conservatives had to behave themselves (for the most part) as they are always under a lot more scrutiny than their liberal counterparts.  Add to that, Stephen Harper never had a honeymoon with media or the electorate. Good as he was .. he was never well liked so couldn't get away with much as that target on his back was always in play.


"From Europe to the United States and, yes, Canada too, the institutions that perpetuate our way of life are being rubbished by populists, racists and autocrats who would like nothing more than to see the end of a governing system that stands between them and unfettered power."

So true!

Erdogan staged a fake coup to aggregate more power.

Obama continued extrajudicial killing at a unparalleled rate.

Clinton supporters cheated in the primaries to prevent a free choice.

Harper, whose party had, for instance, published a manual on subverting Parliament, was fortunately gone, but his successor maintained Bill C-51.

The entire west stayed in bed with the misogynist oppressors ruling Saudi Arabia.

The list goes on.


Gone  are  the  days  when  a  politician  could  say  something  in  one  part  of  the  country  with  a  reasonable  likelihood  that  it  would  never  be  heard  about  in  another  part  of  the  country.

It  makes  life  more  complicated  for  politicians  but  voters  either  get  a  more  consistent  message  or  get  to  ask  why  it  isn't  consistent.


Actually, the more important factor to establish citizenship was the valid United States passports they both carried.

CBP failed terribly in this case.  In one month, Bannon and Trump have started the Fourth Reich.  It's a national disgrace.


Dailykos?  You need to wash your eyes with bleach if you read that bacterium.


Air Canada - Just a little bit behind the times.


"Heidi Jeanne Hess’ re-appointment to the commission was rejected May 5 in a party-line Senate vote, a move that stemmed from tension over legislation that passed several years ago. Republican lawmakers’ rationale was that Hess advocates for employees suing business owners."

Once again, Hickenlooper doesn't like how people voted and is complaining about it. The Republican state senators voted and gave their rationale for why they made they the decision. They followed the process and operated within the rules. Case Closed.


Greetings.. the Church hierarchy will do whatever it takes to protect it's image.  Coercion is nothing new...that's one of the first things learned in the seminary!  When the Holy Father was a cardinal he had to deal with the coercive Curia!  There is so much  yet he has to deal with even now.......keep cleaning out the stables of the Curia Holy Father Francis😇


We also have a melting pot of people that most countries don't have and parents that don't parent and birth rates that shouldn't be. You have to face it that if you want to have a birth place for crime this country is it, rich to steal from, poor and uneducated and people that feel pitied  and to lazy to work, poor worth ethic and money buys anything. People more worried about treatment than stopping drugs, people in High places condoning drug pushing and a lot more, we have it all and especially Alaska.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/09/why-were-republicans-silent-when-reagans-benghazi-killed-241-american-servicemen/

Those Marines had been ordered into Lebanon by President Ronald Reagan as a part of an international peacekeeping force following the June 1982 Israeli invasion of that country and the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal.

Making an already-dangerous situation even more hazardous, the Marines were under strict presidential orders not to load their weapons — this, so that they would appear as peacekeepers and not as armed belligerents in the conflict and despite the fact that they were moving into a war zone.

Realistically, they had become “sitting ducks” from the moment they entered Beirut. And as a result of their absurd orders, when the explosives-laden truck sped toward their doomed barracks, the two unarmed guards had no way of stopping it.


Here's the 2017 data set a friend of mine put together using data science analysis. Gives you a better idea on car types and cities where vehicle was registered. https://ak-fail-plates.herokuapp.com


Tick-Tock-Flip-Flop...

Set your clock by him.


"Trump will walk."
Not if he can take a golf cart.


Whataboutism is a disease. Chelsea Manning served real time.  Trump didn't even consider DOJ recs.  Much worse than Rich.


Oh Barry, still plagiarizing USMCSniper I see. (https://disqus.com/by/USMCSniper/)Can't formulate your own ideas, you have to copy the words of some racist troll? Yeah I looked at some of USMCSniper's other posts. Pretty blatantly racist stuff you admire. Here's a tasty rascist nugget:

"Blacks are better off under Obama. Where else in the world can a single Black woman gave six children from six different "Baby Daddies" and collect $60,000 in cash cards and housing benefits, free medical care for her family, pay no taxes, doesn't even have to look for work let alone work, and when her children are in school they get two or three free meals a day, and even in some states during summer vacation. And the "Baby Daddies" don't have to pay child support. Life is good in the hood."

Why don't you plagiarize that Barry?


Steve is right.  I like to see the "stuff."  I can get anecdotal stories and background biography from Google.  My interest is to see and examine historical artifacts and to imagine their use.  I was looking forward to the new exhibits.  Now I'm not.  Hiring a foreign company across the continent to tell Alaskans about Alaska?  Dumb.


Yet when the Conservatives take their message to the US Media they are "Traitors" according to the Liberal cheerleaders???

yet here is Trudeau on the cover of an American Magazine that glorified the Boston Marathon Bomber?!?  Hypocritical of the Liberals. You can't have it both ways Trudeau!


You mean that the Republicans paid for first, correct?  And there’s zero evidence that Clinton even knew about the research.


no it SHOULD NOT. Its simply not news. Just because you hate her doesn't make it relevant.


' . . . do not count as a real Catholic, baptism and confirmation notwithstanding [ . . .] (a)s for you, I have no such assurance."

Wait a second.  Mr. Helfman, why is Pandora not entitled to the same consideration you give to yourself, that is, a baptized and confirmed Catholic is a Catholic?

 BTW, I think you are right, if one is baptized Catholic, you are Catholic from then on.   I can't stand the "you're not a real Catholic" line of argumentation.


actually, if they would push out over the admin building, it would be ideal for putting the security there.
BUT, that is not the case.


"Some bad conduct discharges come with a felony upon discharge, but not all."
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You have absolutely no idea what you're taking about- a service member gets an OTH and in this case a bad conduct discharge BECAUSE they have been convicted of a Court Marshall offense, which would have been tantamount to felony assault- especially if he had instead been dishonorably discharged for domestic abuse.  If the system had that information, the Lautenberg Amendment would have stopped him from buying.  He lied on his background check and omitted his OTH.


Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?


Hey, hey there! You're talking about Trump's bestie. Plus Kelly has come out publically to tell us all how normal it is to have a secret back channel about which you lied. See? Normal.


Hey Jenn - immigration issue is personal to us all.  I'm a little tired of AG Chin and the HSA campaign to make him or savior.  Just do your job Doug, really.

This entire 'ban on immigration' was a freeze (both times), and in the eyes of most Americans, it's blown up in AG's face.  For me, people like AG Chin (sanctuary cities - the whole lot) - all credibility is gone.  POLITICAL PANDERING.  Again - placing the desires of the few before the needs of the many.


Yes, indeed, we do have heavy debt half of which is from Republicans (Bush years) and the other half from Democrats.  Equal opportunity idiocy from both sides of the aisle.


"The majority of white college-educated citizens, too, did not determine that Trump’s misogynistic, xenophobic, demagogic rhetoric disqualified him from the presidency."

They're a privileged elite, comfortable with the idea of cutting taxes for the rich they serve. They're also highly specialized professionals who don't seem to know much of anything outside of their professions. Maybe they don't have time. I have a BA in sociology and have been an activist for decades, with very little money. Looking at my contemporaries from the 1960s, I don't see much evidence that a college education helped them to understand social and political issues.


Give me a link to a medical, genetic or other scientific research paper that identifies a 'gay' gene.  It's also possible for heterosexual males to have 'female' genetic markers.  In fact all of us do.  We got 'em from our mothers.  So until you can show me some quantitative data confirming the presence of a 'gay' gene and its actual LOCATION in the human genome, you're in the same boat as the Christians concerning their various squabbles about what Jesus (alayhis-Salaam) said and did, and what he meant by it all.  In short, you BELIEVE in the existence of a gay gene, and that's all you got.  Prove me wrong.


Author of article here. I appreciate this fact-check, but 1977 can't be right, because John Williams was born in 1977: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B

How could he have composed the music if he wasn't born yet? At age 5 or 6 though, it would definitely be possible (look at Mozart, for example).


[the property that our sailors live on doesn't belong to the county it's federal land and not subject to local taxes,]

Newsflash:  80% of housing that the Navy personnel use is private sector.  Additional, Navy pays impact aid for schools that is FAR MORE than the property tax value of the remaining 20%.  That is why Oak Harbor did not have local school levies for a long time AND Island County has one of the LOWEST overall tax rates.

Nice try.


80c per litre???? Check your facts mate. that would translate to R 800 per kilolitre. Go check your water bill and multiply the kilolitres by R 800. Nobody will buy water at that price. I can get it from the water shop for 90c per litre. You misread somewhere or someone lied to you. Or maybe you will just twisted the facts to suit your story. Next time make it realistic, like 8c a litre.


As a true Leaf historian and fan - I have to ask you - isn't this an incredible team?!! They just keep getting better - Conner Brown is showing the way - I mean Naz has 18 goals in a shutdown role!!! It's just crazy!!!!!


Iran in all likelihood.


Thanks for the clarification.  I agree with you.  However, I might classify it as a loss with a silver lining.


Great move there if you like the welfare state of that exist there!!


hahahahaha false equivalence again???? Does the Kremlin pay you by word or post?


I embrace many ideals of the Libertarian party however they are so wrong on things like abortion, illegal aliens and defense of our borders that we will never be in perfect sync.


"It’s hard to believe that a Lihue court would even grant bail, and such a low figure, especially to someone with prior prison time for theft."

THIS is what happens when you have judges that are appointed instead of being elected by the people they are supposed to represent/PROTECT.   In Vegas, for example, judges GET elected by PROMISING  to be "tough of crime" and the  like.  No performance promises need be made here.


No OS, I am an equalist.  The presumption here is that the man is bad and the woman is good.  I treat male and female the same in every case with no gender based presumptions.  The story presents no evidence to support the truthfulness of either party.  Until that should happen I view them as both innocent and do not believe the man should be killed to prove how powerful the police are.


tRump knows diddly about domestic or foreign policies.  How could there have been sparing?  I hope when and if tRump debates Hillary he'll again repeat that he knows more about ISIS than our military generals.  tRump arrogantly makes this comment based on his disdain for President Obama and Hillary's experience as secretary of state.  tRump's comment is laughable especially given the fact that the world knows that it was President Obama that gave the order to kill Bin Ladin and has since killed many of ISIS leaders and troops.


Whatever your field of study was, it apparently did not include logic, rhetoric and argument as important components. If you had, you would not have made the faulty extrapolation about my views on student debt. Part of my argument about the erroneous focus our educational system has on athletics over academics includes the moral crimes our legislature has committed in allowing and encouraging the unrestrained growth of tuition and fees and the for-profit colleges. It's the school equivalent of payday loans. Morally indefensible.
I worked three jobs and received Federal Pell grants and scholarships in my education and had no debt whatsoever. But that was my choice and yours - well that is yours.


Good job state/county, open them just in time to receive the ones swept out of the H-1 viaduct.  Is the govt putting up three separate "Welcome Back!" banners, or just one big one?


"Hopefully common-sense will return to political discourse soon."

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Right after impeachment.


Of course you do now, that's because it's a story that wont go away and they probably had to strap a carbide lamp onto an intern and send them down into the mine to dig it back out!


"that it apologize for slavery"? "anti-black racism "lies at the core" of many Canadian institutions". What?!

This is ridiculous. Get a sense of proportion. There are so many problems in the world, and the UN comes up with this?


President Obama left North Korea as a problem to be dealt with.

He also sent an Armored  Brigade to Poland by way of Germany to threaten Putin's future ambitions in Eastern Europe arriving about on Inauguration Day which Trump also must acknowledge and deal with.

Obama had little to no choice on either of those unless he chose to act himself in either location which didn't happen in Syria (remember the 'line' he said not to cross?--it was crossed) or against the Russians or in North Korea during his administration.  A couple of Executive Orders about Russian oligarchs' finances or forbidding them entry to the US as aliens by Obama in the last days of his reign didn't accomplish much.

Should Trump bomb North Korea or Russia or both? Simultaneously or one before the other to convince the other that he is serious?


I disagree with your stmt,... identifying ... accessing .. public service ... basic.  If you don't normally need to identify yourself getting on a bus, going to the library, etc then the person must be allowed to continue wearing the niqab.  However, if you are getting on a plane, renewing your drives licence, testifying in court then the person must remove the niqab so that they can be identified.  My understanding, the niqab is removed in Pakistan courts.


There are only 130 FBS teams.


"Colonial rule by European powers wreaked havoc on countries in Africa and the Middle East, where poverty and conflict now seem like permanent conditions."
Please elaborate where and how colonial rule wreaked havoc. When did this havoc occur and why they seem now to be permanent conditions.


And It was under your 'watchful eye' that millions and millions were wasted on this project.....


Agree with both of you.  Face it - his mind blowing video comments from 2005 basically underlined the hypocrisy of this letter.  Yawn


Reminds me of the line used during the Vietnamese War....We had to destroy the village to save it.


Y'all never heard of the Watergate plumbers? G Gordon Liddy went to jail defending his president. No doubt many would do the same for Barack Hussein Obama.


"And just out of curiosity, are you big into conspiracy theories?"

Just the conspiracy of public sector unions vs. taxpayers. Don't kid yourself.  The prime budget buster has been outlandish wage and benefits packages of public employees. Alaska has the highest per capita public sector pension shortfall in the U.S. Wages & bennies untouchable --even during economic slowdowns. Public-employee unions have so successfully used their political muscle that whereas public-sector compensation once lagged the private sector, now the reverse is true. The average state and local government employee now collects 46 percent more in total compensation (salary plus benefits) than the average private-sector employee (even more in Alaska) Ref: Employee Benefit Research Institute.

It will NEVER be enough.  Look at union sponsored ads to toss Cathy Giessel and elect Beltrami  -- fox in charge of the hen house.  Public sector unions should be outlawed.  Contract APD records section out post haste.


Thank you to Ned Rozell for taking us along on his amazing adventure ! I am a huge fan of his stories and articles.  This has to become a book so I can give friends and family this awesome adventure !


Traitor? For what. Opposing the War in Vietnam.  For having the courage of her convictions to oppose a war that historians generally conclude was a tragic mistake.  Criticizing the policies of ones government is protected by the American constitution. You might not be aware that attempts were made to have Ms.Fonda charged with treason, and they were all thrown out by the courts.


The idea of a universal court is terrifying. The idea that everyone else should be coerced into being like us is fundamentally self-grandiose and arrogant and is just the latest Western attempt to dominate every corner of the globe.

We have no problem embracing the importance of diversity when it comes to race and sex, but apparently ideological diversity with regard to what it means to be human is something to be eradicated. We now look back at hundreds of years of Western imperialism with disdain, but today we send 'human rights NGOs' to 'developing countries' instead of 'Christian missionaries' to 'pagans' -- nothing has changed; we still think we know best and we still demand submission to our vision.

I am glad to live in a Western society, but there are billions who are glad they do not live in a Western society. It is time that we stop trying to bully them into submitting to our 'leadership', and shaming those societies for opting out of the ICC is completely unacceptable.


Who's going to feed the livestock while they are in Texas for 9 months of the year?


"never be used for illegal purposes or political purposes" - yes Minister, and pigs fly.


The Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 has all seven nations that President Trump listed on his order identified. This bill passed Congress 407 to 19 and was signed by President Obama on December 18, 2015. Over 35 additional nations also signed a similar act agreeing that a temporary restriction on travel could be placed on these nations if needed.

Now lefty of hate, care to tell us how trump is making law when it already is law from congress?


I watch the show but I have a good feeling it's all made up. No way that anyone can live like that year round!!!  Got tired of it so I turned my tellie off.( TV )


He's running a business just like a pawn shop. Yes, pawn shop deal with stolen items all the time.


Mr. Selland has also mislead the public regarding Sound Transit. It shows that he has zero understanding of the purpose of the annual strategic summit. It's a time for creative and strategic discussion. Many ideas are raised by staff, council, and even the general public that may have attended. Many of these proposed ideas however, never make it to an agenda for discussion. Two things have been constant in the 20 years Covington has been a city, leadership's staunch opposition to levying a B&O tax, and joining Sound Transit. Mr. Selland is playing to the emotions of the voters and omitting key facts in an effort to mislead the voting public. If Mr.Selland cannot be honest with us now, how can we ever expect him to be honest with us if elected.


From what I hear he did not care very much for the Canadian Taxpayer by flying first class between Ottawa and Toronto when there was much cheaper forms of transportation available, such as the train.  Least not forget the insistence on everyone calling him doctor.  I for one say keep up the investigation.


I think I see where this might be headed.

Trudeau pledges taxpayer funds to fund international abortions - Trump will ask why those funds weren't directed to the CDN military as per NATO guidelines. Then we have some 'splaining to do....

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/news/nato-spending-countries/


Current state before JET
- Widespread income sprinkling, shifting of income to capital gains, and deferral  of income at low rates, benefitting top 10% of Canadian income earners (almost exclusively), but funded by everyone
- No Netflix taxes and no Netflix production in Canada
- Extensive criminal enterprise in marijuana
But hey, leave it to Margaret to complain year ago that the Liberals were doing nothing, and now point out all the bad things about trying to do things better.


I find it pretty disgusting that more of this article is about Brad's UNRELATED criminal history than his MURDER.


I have said that voting for the Donald is like going to the town's butcher for brain surgery.  Chopping for the sake of chopping is not conservative in my book.  Will just lead to more serious prolblems.  Cutting NORA for example.  Good luck when those Tornados hit and there is no warniing because the satelights have been directed outward.

Defense and border security are largely wasteful government spending.  Stop treating them as sacred cows.  Also cutting the state department of its long time employees and budget doesn't sound wise in my opinion.


Generally speaking DB plans provide an estimate of you pay out based on your continued contributions to retirement. It would probably be on the low end, as it is based on your current earnings.


Very true back then.  But nowadays even if you had a working landline, most of the people you'd be trying to call are people with cells.


If power decided to take your guns, or everybody's guns, they would have them. You have to know this. Armed private citizens pose absolutely no threat to national power. NONE.

It's a simple question of how much firepower and how many fighters could be mustered at the point of contact.

It's dangerous to think of gun owning as a political act, as an assertion of political power. The days are long gone when rude farmers could fire shots heard around the world with smoothbore muskets.


Looks kinda boring, especially for the back seat passengers.


McEnroe was out of line, making a comment like that that forced her to respond (although her calling the statement 'factually incorrect' was obviously wrong). Unnecessary, even with so many people's current down-is-up mindset.

If one really needs to compare athletic accomplishment across genders, in my view the only way to do so is with relative depth of field as the foremost consideration. As opposed to absolute strength, which is dumb. People who do that must also consider every single player in their local midget hockey league better than almost every single player in the peewee league.


Grandparents concerned for the kids' future do tend to be somewhat more open to discussion about the long-term prospects for food, etc.


FAKE NEWS... i think the Globe is 1 step away from reporting fake news. Yes, this is factual, but what about a counterpoint article. Editors, feel free to contact me.


She worked hard and did good.


thanks for your clarification of the issue.... I did not know that they were being used to break up a pork rib BBQ.

I hope the Shia leaders in Iran would stop their followers from the breaking of  Sharia law banning pork and alcohol.    They might declare a  jihad against the Shia apostates living in Saudi Arabia.


hello my name is Raymond. Attig am 25 native male i live in moose jaw sk
and i wrote something i hope the hole world can read. yes it has probably been said many times. but its what i believe and what i feel is right ...I wish that everyone in the very very big world can come together accept one another for who they are as human beings no matter skin,belief,sex,relationship,ect i use to look at only one piece of the picture i use to judge alot and not just myself but one day i started looking at the hole picture and i stopped judging myself and others watching the world and people not just the bad not just the good. i realized that we are one and if all 7 billion of us can move on from the past can move on from our mistakes can move on from our hate. then this world would be a nicer place. this is what i think this is what i feel and i dont care who has a problem with it cuz i.....i know its right in my mind. have a wonderful day or night my friends and family and my world :)


Tita Girl I agree! Continue to speak the Truth - 'Deceptive' is too big of word for them yet their Muslim Obama was DECEPTIVE. God Bless you


Good to hear Lynch had a good day. The competition has a long ways to go before a starter is named but gotta love having 2 good QBs in the mix and another ready to join in whenever he gets healthy.


"Denmark . . . has a homogenous population who . . . have a good work ethic."

I'm guessing we're getting to the heart of how you'd fix America, Ubersturmbannfurher Stevenson.

That said, your argument betrays a childlike ignorance.  American worker productivity has increased dramatically over the last four or five decades while wages have been stagnant.  Compensation for Danish workers is about a robust union system the is integrated with, rather than trodden on, by management (and by extension, the hallmark of a functional democracy rather than the oligarchy we have in the US).  Your argument, outside the creepy racist overtones you're betraying, is simply incorrect, however much it may warm the cockles of your three sizes too small heart when you hear it playing in your echo chamber on Fox News.


"The Senate supports wise use of our savings"

The Senate supports taking our PFDs to give to oil companies for tax credits.

The Senate supports taking our PFDs to spend $3.5 million to fix up the new LIO they didn't need

$4 million to fix up the Permanent Fund office

 $400,000 for new computers for the legislature

continued funding for boondoggle road projects...the list goes on....

The Senate leadership are delusional hypocrites who think we are morons.

The loss of jobs was made worse by the legislature's cut to our permanent fund dividends.  A removal of 700 million from our economy affects local purchases, local businesses, local jobs.

In the oil industry however, even as thousands of Alaskans were fired, employment from out of state has increased.

Number of nonresidents working in Alaska oil industry again up slightly
https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2017/02/07/nonresidents-in-oil-and-gas-industry-rose-slightly-in-2015-for-6th-year-straight/


That's ok, Trump said he will ask Congress to pay for it, and "believe me" he will get Mexico to pay it back.....I am sure when he goes into business deals he handles it the same way......sheesh.


"Schumer and Democrats are promoting a historic level of gridlock."

Actually no.  Stonewalling Merrick Garland, not even giving him a hearing, was "historic gridlock".  The republicans change the rules at their own peril.  The senate will change hands again, and possibly very soon.


I'm more of an "eye-for-an-eye" kind of guy.

He should be stabbed 22 times in the precise places and manner he killed his victim and die without any family or friends in attendance.

Victims of vehicular homicides should experience death precisely as their victims died as well.

You don't want to experience what I want as a punishment for rapists!


And, the difference is?

I can only repeat "The great virtue of American health care is that it treats the rich and poor equally: the poor through neglect; the rich through plenty.  Both methods are likely to cause harm."


Spenard nailed it....


While the price of flying has hit rock bottom, so has the quality.  After recent consolidation, the airline industry has come full circle to its days under regulation, minus the customer service and assurances that regulation provided.


Sore knee maybe?


You meet the nicest people a Conservative function. I surprised you are surprised.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xu2ZHM8Xo

Watch as wife of Polish President humiliates Trump !!

Priceless after all the gamesmanship Trump puts into handshakes.


Yank, thank you for a lovely demonstration as to how unhinged the left has become.  Someone wants to put a colloquial abbreviation in the voter's pamphlet and, in your mind, that necessitates a "mental health assessment"?  That really scares me.


Matt, first of all Our Lord in that instance was not replying to the Scribes and Pharisees, he was preaching. The Fathers, St Thomas and the Church do not interpret Him as expecting no one to call anyone Father but God. The NT has numerous examples of people being called father, St Paul himself claims to be a spiritual father so neither did the apostles or the early Christians accept your assertion. He also said, "if thine eye offend thee pluck it out, etc." There is no record of the majority of early Christians being blind amputees.
Christ's words to the Pharisees questions on matrimony were specific and direct and it is impossible to interpret them any other way than rejecting the Mosaic indulgence.
Basing your speculation upon the culture of the time as to what Jesus would say today is imposing your opinion upon Christ, 'what would Jesus do were he here today'. All who argue thus are in reality saying what they themselves would do, not Christ.
Continued...


So once again JT fails to fulfill another campaign promise that he easily could have.
And once again the Globe editorial board shows they are hypocrites.
When the blowhard Trump is talking about NATO countries not spending their promised 2% on defense, he is not talking about a country funding a military and peacekeepers playing their games on their own soil.  The Blowhard is talking about putting resources on the front lines.  And it must be a joke when France is asking for Canada's help.


Well, it's certainly obvious that you know a LOT about Porto Rico (sic.)

Except that you don't even know how to spell Puerto Rico.  And you also cannot spell Hispanic.

Yes .... it's clear that you're definitely a subject matter expert.


I had no idea that the pension provisions enjoyed by Canadian public sector workers was based upon the Brazilian model.


For you 92 km leash.


My daughter had a similar situation and lost her 2 year old son after taking him to a hospital ER (in another state) 3 times with breathing difficulties, high temps, lethargy, diarrhea, etc.  They refused to admit him, we think probably because she didn't have insurance.  Unfortunately, he passed away the 3rd time she brought him in.  It was determined if he had been admitted and had been given oxygen, he would still be alive today.  Doctors have to make a lot of decisions but it's always better to err on the side of safety.  If they treated patients how they would treat their own family I think there would be a lot better care given.


Actually I am told you can budget to withdraw 5% of your RRSP safely.  This translates to $50,000.00 per year for every $1,000,000.00 saved


Try basing what you write on evidence.   You made up a definition of trafficking, and you made up the actual causes of why women engage in prostitution.

Anyway, funny that the law has always held women accountable.    Oh those men!


Terrible way to go. So sorry to hear this.


When you seen how easily it is to get free services like mocanic has you just can not put the who did pay for it together with the free part.


"... place of primarily professing progressive policies ..."

Wow. That's some serious alliteration on Rev. Jones' part. Was it perchance premeditated?


Two small (nothing to do with physicality) men in expensive suits having a stupid squabble at the level their intelligence dictates.
Aah, such statesmen they are!


NYC, San Francisco, Boston, Portland, Toronto, Vancouver, Japan you know, all the major rail system in the world.


The usual buzz words in defense of the Oil Monopoly and their elected sycophants destroying land, water, and resources.  The only welfare state is the current and past one dedicated solely to the care and sustenance of the Oil Barons not even living in Alaska.  "The smaller the government, the bigger the Corporate Citizen."


Audience gives it 79%, I dont care what some critics say. Best is to go and watch yourself, dont you think? Wait, but you are some troll supporting Kremlin denial. What a useful idiot!


...what's more, parents need to engage in their child(ren) life.  I enrolled my child in school and community activities.  There were times that he protested, but I made a deal with him that if he tried out a new activity for a year and didn't want to continue after that first year, he could drop out of that activity.  More times than not he enjoyed the activities.  Not only did he participate in school and community activities, I attended and supported his activities.  My son knew he was loved and I reminded him often of that fact.  The greatest gift he gave me was after he graduated from high school, he told me that if I hadn't enforced house rules or insisted on childhood activities, he'd have likely turned out a problem child.  My son works two jobs, has money in the bank, and recently treated himself to a wonderful trip to Europe that was paid for in advance.  Give a kid a solid foundation and he/she will honor you with respect, love and gratitude for raising them with love.


Palmer is on the take and has been for some considerable time.


If M. Levesque had succeeded in taking Quebec out of Canada, I would agree he was a great Canadian.  Unfortunately he failed.  Had he succeeded, the rest of the country would not have to squander billions on bilingualism, and sending billions to a place which has not yet learned to stand on it's own two feet.  Even better we would not have placed control of the federal government in Tater Tot's fumbling fingers.  We can thank Quebec for that.


When you are Sec of State and expected to make difficult choices that at times include lives,
drop us a line and give us a body count, or you could just "assume" we understand you.


Oh, yet another one of those ever so politically correct items! Not forgotten should be the fact that this is mostly about "marketing" where her "handlers" made a big business out of her misfortune and are cashing in handily. As worthwhile a cause I certainly would not support this type of "charity".


But Big Glenn,
"A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian "
Unless you are living in Justin's Liberal Montreal !!!
My suggestion, move to  Alberta - your rights will be repected.
The hypocrisy of the Liberals  is truly epic.


So your alternative is to let American citizens starve?  Obviously, you have not read the New Testament.


In other news little Barry just scored another $4000,000 payday speaking to very wealthy, very white 1%'rs.  Most of us won't make that much in a lifetime.  Sad to say that minority wealth was stagnant during his 8 years.


To avoid the mistake that Obama made about the Cambridge incident, blaming the police, Trump probably wanted to wait for an investigation by the Charlottesville police.  Except for a since-retracted New York Times report, nobody has identified the counter-demonstration group(s).


I get a sense from reading your article that you are the type of person who will take your experience and skills and  use them to benefit of  your community.


Thanks, Margaret, for, as always, a thought-provoking article.    Your voice is one of the few thought-provoking   opinions still published in the Globe: a number of the other opinion pieces, no names mentioned, are a complete waste of space.


Trudeau has lowered taxes not raised them

Are you once again conflating provincial & federal parties?


You're the one hiding, not me.


Straight people have NEVER had to worry about being denied or fired from a job, turned away from a business, kicked out of a rental property, or denied the right to marry the person they love because of THEIR sexual orientation. Is it really asking that much that LGBT people ought not to have to worry about these things, either?


Actually only 28% 0f the electorate voted for him.


How about citing some references to prove your point.  I believe that your understanding that 'the earth's climate has been changing for 4.5 Billion years, without the help of humans' is completely wrong.  With the appearance of humanity, whole species of animals have disappeared, forests [trees which we need for oxygen] have been destroyed.  Since the Industrial Revolution, the climate is warming badly.  Here are a few of my references which counter your points.
-------------------------------
Bill McKibben, THE END OF NATURE [New York: Random House, 2006].
Bill McKibben, EAARTH, [New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2011].
James Nash, LOVING NATURE, [Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991].
Jared Diamond, COLLAPSE [New York: Penguin Press, 2005].
David Loy, "The Religion of the Market," in Coward and Maguire, VISIONS OF A NEW
                       EARTH, p.15-28.

See www.iuch.org [International Union for Conservation of Nature] to keep track of lists of extinct and endangered species.


The context, again, was that such conduct is a result of not living in a theocracy.  Be fair to Paul, he thought the world was ending soon (it did not), relied on Leviticus coming from Moses (it didn't) and though homosexuality was a choice (it isn't and science can prove it with epigenetics).


It's harmful to continue to stereo-type and pigeon-hole people into little boxes filled with hatred and presumptions. It's toxic and divisive and does not contribute to intelligent and robust dialogue.

I admire Justice Levinson for his long history of professionalism and advocacy for the public.


Bubbles,
Ha, ha, ha....oh, that's so precious.  You should  be careful of that bucket of water...oops!.... too late,  Dorothy doused you to save the 'straw man' arguments you attempted to use  and now ....your  logic is    m=e=l=t=I=n=g.....so is your argument doc.


The word “invidious” comes to mind. As does the word “odious.”


Peter Schiffs comments +1.


The prospect of him imploding from his warring ego and thin skinned pettiness is too good to miss.


Changing a law is not the same thing as fixing a wording mistake in a law to what it was always supposed to be.


We wonder why we are broke?  We fly for free to all basketball games, sports and medical.


Elizabeth Warren puts the brakes on Trump's pick of lobbyist for top anti-trust job


Dude, if  you are this butt ugly on the outside too then I can see why you wouldn't get it.


Great background, Stephen. Scurvy is paying back, as usual, the Zuma/PIC gift of the not-Independent Group.  While back in Zumaland, while all this filthy smearing is going on, Gibberjabba is firing honest people from the Treasury and capture continues.


I will agree with you on the point about the land being taken but all of the tribes agreed to the Treaty of 1868 and the reservation boundaries as they were set up. That means the land was not stolen, just obtained under duress. Those were different times and not nice times either. The Standing Rock reservation's northern boundary was at the 46th parallel and the Missouri River, which was a few miles south of the Cannon Ball River. In 1873, there was an executive order that extended the northern border to the Cannon Ball River, which is where the boundary is today. Still a bit south of the pipeline. The only land that the Sioux Tribes officially say is stolen, and they are right, was the Black Hills in the Treaty of 1877. That was done in direct violation of section 2 of the Treaty of 1868, requiring the approval of a good sized majority of the Sioux. The Sioux never approved the annexation. That is not rewriting history, that is reciting factual history.


Either way, you pay.


Exactly. And the leading terrorist organization? The NRA.


Good lord, get over it. After hundreds of articles dealing with Trump in the most vile of language, the attacks here are just repeating themselves. We get it. Canada being Canada, you're obligated to hold a crucifix in Front of Trump to ward off his evilness multiple times a day, month after month with no end in sight.

He's not your president. He's not even Canadian. This coverage must be among the most bizarre in American political history. At some point I would have thought you would have stopped with the "Trump is a racist"  and actually create articles that had a bit of intelligence to them. It's mind boggling that you are unable to see how foolish this coverage has become.


I completely understand why you failed to source that pablum. LOL!


The 1st amendment does not give one the right to assault people that don't share Antifas skewed world view. They are nothing more than basement dwelling criminals and crybabies. They should be put down with extreme prejudice, and if they pull their hate filled crap here they will be.


I think you meant to write "YUGE".


I'm going to have to come up with another word Lynn, cuz the comedic value wore off on me a long time ago!


Does Ted have a funding source for his "plan" yet? I don't recall hearing what he's going to stop spending our tax dollars on in order to give more of it to the non tax payers.

That makes him no different than any other candidate.


No doubt.  Our tap water is pretty good here, but I still filter it.  There is a lot of pipe between our house and the water treatment plant.


Extreme paranoia is categorized as mental illness, lucky for you Obamacare covers that.


You aggressively charge an armed law enforcement officer with a weapon of any kind, you take your chances. These troopers did what they had to do given the circumstances. Condolences to the family and friends of Joshua Smith.


Understanding here lies in understanding the difference.  Thus far there is no evidence that russians hacked into, lets say computers that count ballots.  There is evidence that they attempted to influence the election by hacking the DNC/Clinton campaign and allegedly giving that data to wikileaks to release in a drip, drip.

The FBI deals with domestic intelligence and *law enforcement*; the CIA is deals in foreign affairs (espionage) and operations; they are not about law enforcement - the FBI has to have evidence they can take into court.


Incarcerating and caring for incarcerated prisoners is a government function, and it comes as a cost, not a profit. Our criminal justice system is more corrupt than the so-called criminals it processes.


Decriminalize and let the junkies buy their goods in a legal marketplace subject to law.


Well, I don't believe everything Obama says, but I remember his speech in San Francisco which leaked out where he talked about Pennsylvanians "clinging to their guns and Bibles'.

Sometimes the truth still leaks out.  Why do you think Hillary wanted to control all her e-mails?  And have HER attorneys destroy the "Personal" ones?  Same thing with Romney's 'private' speech that leaked out.


I don't care what my post sounds like.    There are plenty of unethical and irresponsible neurologists around too.   Very irresponsible

I know that you and others on this forum waste my time, steal my ideas and plagiarize and you have been doing it for a long time in both "real life" and on-line.   Being an informant makes someone essentially equivalent to a member of the Stasi.

And then you have the nerve to "send" people to have dinner with me and say bizarre crap like "you're a secret weapon" and "if you want to be employed, your life is going to be very psychological".


"Meanwhile, a majority of Americans have developed a favourable opinion of Obamacare:"

The "majority" of Americans aren't covered under Obamacare making it quite reasonable to think otherwise.


Probably the best course of action John Coghill...Kudos.


Prove it.  lol  The coward in chief is too afraid to release his tax returns like sweet Hillary, and all past presidents and challenges have done for decades.  Face it we have a corrupt coward as president.


I, for one, have never sexually harassed or assaulted a woman before. But the problem isn't if myself or some other individuals have. It's the epidemic of this behavior among a society that is sickening. It's also a type of learned/taught behavior. Hopefully, as a society we can reeducate, and learn new ways of life to end this barbaric behavior and treatment toward others...


Evidently, ANCSA wasn't a "settlement" after all.  Fine. Alaska's first people deserve their share.  But, please don't squander any windfall coming your way.  Invest in STEM and other educational programs for the next generation.  Invest in more businesses.  Cut your reliance on government.


saves no one.  the cost of solar is currently more than oil, so it only raises the price


Wrongo!  "Plural" means more than one.  Here we have one or fewer (not "less," BTW); so, sorry.


Where has this guy been who wrote this article- the middle east has been a been a quagmire for many, many years!!!


Sad! Hopefully this is as far as the project will get. There are many holes in the existing wall/fence along the Rio Grande so that American farmers can get their stock to the water and those will stay so the whole thing is an enormously expensive boondoggle. Why doesn't the US instead work more with Mexico to improve conditions in that country?


She tolerates you infidel only as much as her job requires. She is probably really helpful to other Muslims and thus seems to be doing a great job.  Management  knows they will be sued for MILLIONS if they fire her for any reason just short of outright criminal behavior.  The same happened to me at Pearson when I asked a Muslima information clerk how to get to the discount parking garage.
" Just read the signs"
"I did. I don't see the discount parking lots listed anywhere "
 "Well what do you want me to do about that?"
" Tell me how to get to it?"
"It is not on Pearson airport property. It is not my responsibility"
" But there is a shuttle to it.  Which shuttle do i take?"
" That is not my responsibility".


why do you post the usual bs lies lib? see harris took the 10 bill deficits from rae and turned them to surpluses for years, saving us BILLIONS!, now how much have the liberals cost us so far?,, mm 165 billion more and counting,, you are the con job


I'm not concerned about the amount, per se, although it seems excessive.  What upsets me is that the examples provided are all a complete waste of money. It's one thing to spend half a billion, another to spend half a billion and get nothing for it.


Well obviously both are heavily subsidized by the public generally. Cars have much, much higher negative externalities borne by all of us in terms of asthma, climate change, aesthetics, property values, less money to spend on things other than car insurance, etc. etc. etc.

I have a car which I love. I just really wished I didn't have to use it everyday in a super stressful way and could save it (and my money) for fun trips. Sadly, I don't have that viable alternative which this plan aims to change.


"Low pay … at Ivanka Trump plant. Really? Her plant? And what are the chances that story sees the light of day without a Trump in it?" -- Jon Pitt
Meh.
If a manufacturing plant makes Apple or Samsung phones, it's called an Apple or Samsung plant. And there have been numerous stories about low pay concerning both electronics manufacturers.
Donald Trump touts himself as wanting high-paid American jobs. During the campaign, Trump routinely badmouthed China. So, if Ivanka Trump is using a plant with poor worker conditions in China to make her brand of shoes, it's news. And it wasn't the only news story of the day.
Bias is found everywhere. Including right-wing outlets.
Or, ...
Is it "fake news" only when you disagree with it, like our own president has said?


And now that the country’s leader has moved on to taking care of the rest of the world, Hawaii’s leaders can get back to doing what they do best, going home and cooking rice.


Seems to me for the greater part he has hired qualified people he knows of and trusts.  If I were Governor I would do the same. So would you JZ. Stay real.


The only thing these people need is a bus ticket home.


You're adding up all these individual events into the idea that someone is "against Alberta".  Meanwhile, oil production in Alberta is higher than it has ever been.  Albertans have the highest income and GDP of any province by far. And you still have no sales tax.   Sure, these are problems but you've lost sight of the big picture, and are focusing purely on negatives.


I heard the Constitution was a living document. I mean black people, for example, are no longer a fraction of person, right?


Rarely are there homeless success stories.  Take a look at the people living on the streets in any city in the US.  Millions are well over middle age and no longer labor marketable, others are seriously mentally ill, chronic drug or alcoholics or both.


The GATT would protect us almost as well, but the US doesn't respect GATT rulings either. But it might give us a route into other countries.


That those who are once deported (those criminal aliens) should face prison and then deportation if they reenter the country illegally.
That if they repeat that offense (those criminal aliens) they should face even longer in prison before being deported again.
That efforts to enforce the border (including visa overstays) should not stop at the border but should include efforts like e-verify to stop employment of illegal workers - depressing the wages of legal workers.
THAT THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE REST OF THE 11 MILLION WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY WILL ONLY BE ADDRESSED WHEN ALL OF THE ABOVE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
THAT THE DECISION MADE THEN WILL BE FAIR.

Now it is absolutely true that many Trump supporters did not hear his position as I have just described it.  Some of them are racist to the core.  They think he said he wants to deport the 11 million immediately.
They were not listening.
Ultimately, they will not be happy.


While we're at it, we should also watch episodes of The X-Files for the real story on the FBI.


Looks like they'll need Cat 6 ratings now.....Puerto Rico be safe as you can.


Why does the National Catholic Reporter call millions of Americans "evil" for voting for the current president?

Michael Sean Winters should be fired, TODAY.


This man is disgusting...he has milked his military service for 30 years and lived off the gov teat...retire and just pass away in peace.  He has never gotten over getting a$$ kicked by obama


If more guns was truly the answer, then why is it that other Western nations, who don't allow everyone to own guns, have such low rates of gun homicide compared to us? Even the crazy brawl anywhere, any time Australians manage it, and the Japanese have a gun homicide rate that is 0.3% of ours.


It has been this way in this European-based culture, a religious patriarchy, for well over a thousand years.   It is not this way in all cultures at all.   There were many matriarchal, matrilineal societies among indigenous people around the world where women owned the houses and the fields and had as much social power as the men.   I grew up in a family that was dominated by a matriarchal  history, and I could tell by the time I was ten years old that this society is misogynistic and treats women very badly.  It wasn't that long ago that women couldn't vote in this country, and that their husbands could beat them legally, dispose of them in mental institutions and elsewhere because they were now 35 or something. etc.  When I was a child there were three professions/jobs that women could enter - nursing, teaching, and secretarial.  Oops, also waitress.

Deeply ingrained ways of seeing reality - about 3,000 years worth of patriarchy - haven't gone away.


Bears are just pigs with fur. What part of my comment was incorrect? The numbers of bears in some areas is out of control which is why there are no moose left on the peninsula. Get out of your yard and see for yourself.


More honestly, you just run with what you are told the Church says.


And in other news there is an opening for someone on the President's Advisory board.  Next story.


Motion to dissolve parliament will fail. Block resignations won't work (as per Prof de Vos). The DA's approach is as useless as it is annoying.


So Bill - did the WNT come up with that 47% number or was that the number provided by the Navy?

I could care less how many planes are on the ground Bill - you are stuck on semantics and not the issues.

The issue is how many times those planes on average will fly over the top of my house.  Since I've been here since 2006 and know how much they do now - I am definitely not in favor of a 47% increase.  I do not live by OLF.  I live on the north end of Duguella Bay.


I don't agree with it but maybe it is because they are tired of arresting them just to see them released again within a day or two.  Seems to be a rotating door and there are no real consequences for their crimes.


just to continue, since I couldn't edit my comments,   I meant the episcopacy throughout the world, not just USA<


Limits on third-party spending during election campaigns are absolutely essential to preserve the integrity of campaign spending and donation limits on parties and candidates. The alternative is a free-for-all for millionaires and well-heeled interest groups to spend as they please and thereby gain a disproportionate influence over the democratic process. Such is the case today in the US.

Incidentally, when Harper was head of the inaptly named National Citizens' Coalition, he launched a constitutional challenge to the third-party spending limits under the Canada Elections Act. It was rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada, which said spending limits are constitutionally permissible as long as the ceilings are reasonable.


The California legislature is full of democrats.


So you think it's the more religious, moderate,conservative Democrats (Hillary supporters) who have it right?

People see her as dishonest and untrustworthy only partly because of right-wing propaganda.  Mostly it's because she has acted in an inauthentic dishonest untrustworthy manner.  Did you hear about the time she was under sniper fire or that Bernie Sanders was going to destroy our healthcare system?  Do you not care that she won't tell you what she says to the Banksters behind closed doors? Do you not care that she has used a noise canceling machine to drown out what she says to wealthy donors?  Your being bamboozled and it's like you don't even care.


Pebble will create more than a ripple.


And how many Cups and Olympic Gold Medals does MacInnis and Smith have?  Lots of points means little...just ask Ovie or Marcel Dionne.


if the oil companies don't like the regulatory environment in the arctic, they are free to drill and spill somewhere else. the whole point of requiring a second drilling rig was a response to the deepwater horizon disaster in 2010.

industry only has themselves and an overly lax regulatory environment to blame for the increased federal oversight.


Yawn.
Is my $ really going towards this?!


Less than $10B per year.  Wild howls over it, but it's OK with you folks that the DOD spends more than that much every week?  If we can find the money for "stealth" aircraft carriers, then maybe we could find the money to help people rather than kill them.


Also pro-homophobic, pro-traitors-to-America, pro-NO HEALTHCARE, pro-misogyny, pro-fascist dictators ...


PART 4 (final)

3) all highways and streets are already tolled.  Through gas tax.  License plate tax.  All sorts of tax.  I am speechless that Mr. Gee says the $2 toll on the DVP would be cheaper than a subway ride – Mr. Gee, is this the very first article that you have ever written?  Surely you must know that being on the DVP without this toll already costs $5-7 in gas and wear and tear.  Surely you can’t see the world that plainly.

The car is here to stay, and I don’t know why a war is declared against it rather than trying to work with it.  This is not a black-and-white situation.  There are serveral solutions, many of which do not cost a lot of money (i.e. let traffic flow through side streets rather than forcing them onto main streets between 7-9 and 4-6) but they need understanding, selflessness (including no finger-pointing or name calling!), creativity and especially collaboration.


My husband and I saw this play last night (Saturday 8/27), and enjoyed it thoroughly. It's thoughtful, wistful, and very funny. Hearing the rant on picnics alone is worth the price of admission!
P.S. We sat in the back, but had no trouble seeing the stage because the seats are well-spaced.


They going to vote for it today.  Typical GOP stupidity, greatly enhanced by the dumbass in the White House, taking orders from Bannon.


You sound like a Russian bot created on a troll farm in order to spout fake news comments.


Another of endless examples of shoddy government programs under our current "Weak Link" governor who will not serve another term. They are toast, need to go away, retire.
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Willing to bet there are more shoddy government programs just like this. Tip of the iceberg.
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Just another day in the backward, little 7th world of Hawaii Nei.


Smart self driving cars along with Drones & pods for transport will make the more obsolete than it already is. Wonder why they made the decisions hey did- EASY-- MONEY


The one glimmering moment when I thought HNL actually had a chance at fighting against the head-banging-against-wall stupidity of everything government here: NOT allowing mayor or city council an EXTRA four year term! (woo hoo!)

And then they voted to CREATE yet ANOTHER useless, money drain city department.


All also-rans after Brauchler, IMO.


Protesting injustice is the highest form of respect to American ideals.  BTW did you know that America has been in some sort of military conflict since it's beginnings.  War is fought to protect the interests of business.  Always has and unfortunately it looks like it always will.  America has built it's empire through exploitation and genocide, like other nations have.  America is not alone in this.  War is very good for big business. I happen to think that there are more loftier ideals to promote than big business.  I feel terribly sorry for the soldiers who have been duped into giving up their lives to promote American business ventures.  We have lost our way.  Deterring meaningful protests is an example of promoting American extremism.  Yes, you have that right.  I think it very wrong.


After thirteen rounds of voting, it's clear that no candidate had anything like decent support. Cheer seems to have got the gig by being least offensive to the most members.


Sounds like a couple hundred more jobs going to Alaskans. I certainly don't consider that a bad thing.


Does this NDP leader have dual citizenship too?


Where I live library cards don't have pictures, so what good does it do to show your face to the librarian? "For example, a woman is required to show her face when signing out library books at the circulation desk "


You obviously haven't read Hillary's new book.


"The company faces other pressures to its bottom line. At the same time, company leaders have promised to significantly boost profits and cash for shareholders."

...and that is that.  Conquered and divided many times over the last 5 decades. So much so, that this cult calls companies a person. "Companies are people too" Why are we giving more taxpayer cash to those that don't need or want for anything. They just hoard assets on the backs of whomever they please.

Think for a second, that increasing military spending and tax cuts for the wealthy at the cost of actual Americans who actually need relief is a great reason to vote Drumpf? Really?

Nobody should be working harder if there's buyer's remorse, then a Drumpf/T-Pub, Freedom caucus people in congress, you need to knock on doors. Make calls. Vote. Hold up signs at a rally for an hour. (I recommend not blocking the freeway.) These buyers remorsers are the key to Democracy. Then all Left of center vote, all of them. Every one.


Jesus asked His Father for what on the eve of His Crucifixion?

"...that they may be one, as You Father and I are one."

Elsewhere in Scripture we are told: "A kingdom divided against itself will be destroyed."

the "sword" and unpeace that Jesus referred to is the interior struggle that must go in inside of each of us to become ever holier, closer to God and His will for us.

The saying Yes to God when we want to do our own thing, make our own commandments.  That's where the battle goes on, daily.

And the Sacraments give us the energy to be cheerful children strugglers with Our Lord at our side, in each step we take.


And so they should be sued. So unamerican.


me too..they made this poor woman bear the repercussions while the pussy bosses enjoy somewhere.


I would like Representative Coffman to do two things:  First, Colorado has had tort reform with a strict  limit on medical malpractice awards for over 25 years.  If there is not a study on how that has impacted medical costs, Coffman should arrange for an independent study to see if that is a partial solution to reduce medical costs.  The other "innovation" that Colorado pioneered was a "high risk pool" for those with pre-existing conditions.  My recollection was that the premiums were so high as to make the solution unworkable.  Howeve, I could be wrong.  We need an independent evaluation of how Colorado's high risk pool worked.

Both of these "reforms" are being considered by Republicans to go nationawide.  Coffeman has an excellent opportunity to perform a service by seeing how they worked in Colorado.


are you saying that older people should not participate , that their message is diminished by their attire. That is downright mean spirited and attacks their physical appearance rather than the message.


The Liberals start selling Canadians down river. That didn't take long.


Mr Grimarc,  It is pretty difficult to play in a community band on-line.  And as a person who has played in the UAA Wind Ensemble almost every semester since 1986, I am viewing the current financial turmoil and intellectual chaos at UA with trepidation and sadness -- this is OUR state university?


Guess ya better stick with the SEA Times, then. Editing someone's quote is not to quote them.


This kind of thing is why I never pursued a military career.  You place yourself in a position of dependence and trust to the command, but at the end of the day that's just a soulless bureaucracy hiding under the flag.


Look at who they elected to lead them.  They've allowed their anger and resentment to overtake them and they've given up on any ideal of respect or patriotism or honor.  At least I don't have to listen to anymore sanctimonious BS about their ethics or morality.


I've heard some of those charges, not others.   I suppose I've accepted lower expectations when it comes to foriegn policy.   The need for power internationally leads to compromised values.   Pres Carter is the last president to let his values guide policy to any great extent.   We know that shortened his time of service.   Thanks for the reminder


"What seems to be happening now is far faster."... really. And whose numbers are you swallowing. AGW is a criminal hoax. Changes in climate occur and are happening but the evidence (and not from "all" the 97000 scientists who never signed an agreement) points to many natural causes and, if read without political motivation, even indicates at least the same probability of a cooling trend.


He is the elite.  And he is likely not going to discover the cure for cancer.  He has a difficult time reading if you watch him read the Executive Orders that he "wrote".


Winners never quit and quitters never win.


Strategy:  Send home the Somalis.  Their culture is violence, chewing khat, and warlords, with no respect or knowledge of civil law.  Is this racist?  Don't ask me, ask the police.


Trump is either incapable of understanding what he is doing, or completely ignores the boundaries of his position.
It's probably both in most cases.
He's just begging for impeachment.
For the good of America, the sooner, the better.


I never mentioned terrorism - I discussed Islamism (although the two aren't mutually exclusive and often overlap). The Organization of Islamic cooperation at the UN (OIC) is one of the most powerful voting blocs in the UN, they have an Islamist agenda and recently came out with their own declaration on human rights (Cairo Declaration) because the current defintion was too "western". Look at every country in the world (without exception) governed by Islamic law - no free expression and no gender equality, that's not a function of "diversity". Why should Canada accommodate cultural beliefs that are only common in countries where our core values are treated with violent contempt?


For some reason (though I saw it in my inbox) your 1 of 2 didn't show up (yet).
Just for the record, I'm not asking for guns to be turned in, not sure I'd want to fire a 3D printed gun though -- kinda scary in that it might make it through metal detectors, but sure wouldn't want to pull the trigger on one.

Try re-sending (which probably means retyping) 1 of 2?


So why does he keep tweeting and telling Obama how to vote in the UN?  You're not very bright are you?


This guy is a total phony who has made millions on the gullible. Nice to see him exposed for what he is.


Pro-Brexit voters were primarily older generations -- his compadres.   Younger people were primarily anti-Brexit, however, a good percentage didn't bother voting.


Job application forms are allowed to discrimination while bragging  its  nondiscrimination. to self identify.  Are you a member of a visible minority?  Are you male, female or transgender?  Are you handicapped?  Are you native or aboriginal? It  is the death of your application and any chance of getting a job  if  you identify as white male.  .


Jane, I generally agree with your observations--at least to the extent they were valid in the past, but only partially true in the present (IMO), and--unfortunately--which may not continue to hold "true" in ALL of the wider range of plausible future scenarios I described elsewhere in response to other comments about this idea.

I don't have the energy to elaborate again here and now, but suffice it to say I think Universal Basic Income--along with more democratized widespread ownership of income-producing assets--form the basis of what I think already is, and increasingly will be, the need to rethink, reform, and even completely reinvent our legacy 20th century social safety net programs--as well as our increasingly antiquated concept of the "social contract"--IF we want them to be more resilient, adaptable, and effective regardless of what future scenarios our children, grandchildren, and future generations beyond them might encounter during the rest of the 21st century--and beyond.


I miss Bella so much it's not the same without her here it hurts to know I couldn't have been there to stop her I love her and her is always going to be important to me


Trump calling someone else a showboat?  Hahahahahahahaha.


...and YOU are...?


"The Mackinder Heartland Theory, which became Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard, which became the Wolfowitz Doctrine under Bush..."

Ugh, the so-called "geographical pivot". So from a historical perspective, you know that those theories are not only complete nonsense, but the cause of much suffering and death? Not only did the 19th century Heartland theory lead to several pointless and very bloody wars in Asia, but it later became part of the strategic basis of Nazi Germany's eastward push.

This pivot idea has been around a long time and has zero demonstrated merit. Given the historical costs, we should be extremely wary of any world leader who appears to subscribe to it.


Well then please explain the point.  You admit that a party is the ideals which it advances but what ideals have republicans advanced?  Lower taxes?  lol, primarily for the rich.  How about less government?  lol, no, they have generally been for more government.  So what ideals have republicans pushed for that Beth hasn't?  I wait for your response.

Rather than complaining about me, you should be complaining about a republican party that no longer stands for anything.  Come on republicans stand up for something gutsy.  You can start by pushing for the complete legalization of marijuana.  Then you can continue with dropping all opposition to abortion and same sex marriage and start standing for individual rights.

How about it republicans?


One game doesn't make a season but the Leafs withstood three Jets power plays in the first period thanks to the stellar Anderson. Jets have issues mostly due to Steve Mason. It's noble for Maurice to defend Mason but goaltending is an issue again, in Winnipeg .
Leafs are clearly very talented and well coached and very good at the counter attack. It also helps that the Leafs can finish at will.
I'm looking forward to the Leafs playing better teams like an Edmonton. And Pittsburgh.
Without shame I'm a born , bred, brainwashed and yearning for the Cup, Leaf fan. Go Leafs go. And may Johnny Bower live to see the Cup again.


Umm, no.  All governments were engaged in violating Khadr's rights, the Harper government by leaving him in Guantanamo.  And not incidentally, while Chretien and Martin had to deal with Bush - Harper had Obama who WANTED our nation to repatriate our citizen.

The unanimous 2010 SC ruling  stated Khadr's rights were being violated on an ongoing basis - right up tho the time then that he was repatriated. And while a lower court ruling stipulated that the government (then Harper) should repatriate Khadr, the Supreme Court was more careful - but also indicated the would step in on repatriation if the federal government did not act.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/supreme-court-wont-force-khadr-repatriation/article4303500/?page=all


So all you righties don’t give a toss whether the products you buy are made by slave or child labour in unsafe conditions provided you get a great price, right?

The generalizations are inaccurate and unfair.  If I know for sure a product is made by someone who has been coerced or abused I don’t buy it.  I know right leaning people who feel exactly the same way.

Vote with your dollars when you can.  It is an effective way to change things.


More FAKE NEWS - every respectable expert has studied and declared that the PPACA is not collapsing or failing.
Unfortunately, it has not been *untouched*.  ACA is built on essential legs:
a) all must purchase insurance or pay a fine (Trump/Repubs want to end the fine)
b) plans must include best practice coverage which covers pre-existing, maternal, substance abuse/mental health, etc.  (Cruz wants
c)  to cover the expected annual costs (esp. since many folks had put off health/medical care for years), US would provide subsidies up to 140% of poverty, etc.
d) states could expand Medicaid (which consists of 49% children; 38% elderly; 20% disabled, etc.) & federal covers 90%
e) at risk corridors - various methods that provide re-insurance coverage, etc. since insurance companies had no idea of risk initially and congress wanted to provide coverage for losses by some companies
f) set up exchanges (individual market is only 6% of market; 80% are employer covered; Medicaid remaining market)


"...consequences are never a negative thing."
Surely ye jest.  The consequence of 63 million rubes getting suckered by a con man is an ongoing disaster.


This guy had all the ammo he needed.

NRA Employee Accidentally Shoots Himself At Association Headquarters


So much winning. Winning, winning, winning.

I can't wait to see how Trump spins this as a win.


I think you're confused about the distinction between "rational" and "rationalize." There's nothing civil  about posting self-serving claptrap in a public forum, and whining about name calling when you get justly ripped for it just compounds the offense.


Clean and sober houses run by professionals have people use drugs, drink and overdose. The people renting the rooms are doing good. This was a result of unfortunate decisions made by two people. It is actually pretty common for people to share prescribed narcotics. The best thing to do is store your narcotics in a safe place others do not have access to, don't tell them you take the meds, if they find out about them and try to get some the answer is always no.


But yet they still had the elephant size testicles to blow through another $12m for the purchase of the Wells Fargo building, at the same time taking $1000 from every resident of the State. Not to kick Walker while he's down, but he signed off on the purchase of the WF building. You truly can't make this stuff up. Why are they not individually and personally held accountable? Starting with Hawker and Stevens. I hope I live long enough to see at least these two clowns go down for this.


After Richard Nixon lost his bids for President in 1960 and then for Governor of California in 1962, the mainstream media labeled him a sore loser for his bitterness in defeat. Hillary Clinton has just taken over as the quintessential sore loser of American politics.  She should just shut up and fade away.


One has to ask serious questions about the lack of ethical, moral, and integrity areas these lawsuit filers have. Giving the excuse the ban to these 6 countries could damage the Nei's economy, result in lost jobs, reduce tourism, on and on and on. Really? My shibai meter went off when I read these false claims.

Yes, some days the Snowflakes are legends in their own minds. All about taking care of #1, grandstanding in front of the camera. So laughable. So sad.

We would do well to automatically fire anyone in the legal field who actually believes all these false claims. Clearly their tinfoil hat is too tight, cutting off circulation to their brains.


Yes it can end like this.  It is impossible to find a needle in a million haystacks.  No sense spending more time and money on it.


This is what us citizens are paying hundreds of billions of dollars for? Has everyone gone brain dead in government? Are we being scammed completely on this DNC Russian hack story?
The FBI never pulled in the DNC IT team to question about the "hack." A third party Russian hating  tech firm who donates to Hillary's campaign supplies the ONLY report that "the Russians did it". No corroboration, no subpoenas, no nothing except Comey's word - a guy that let Hillary walk when he had her dead to rights.
Nah, they aren't brain dead, but they sure think WE are..
Way to be on top of things, Schiff. Jeesh.


And if someone characterized your actions as 'hate'? Then what would you do?


In a word, NO.  In two words, NO.  NO.  God has her ways, you know!


I'm actually starting to wonder who's financing the G&M and/or its editors for writing this trash. I guess enough money will always win over personal pride and reputation.
You've heard of 'fake' news.... This is 'real' propaganda.
'If you repeat a lie often enough, the people will start to believe it'.... J. Goebbels.


Just wanted to say hi to my newest stalker, who is silent, Tony Bones.
Hi Tony!


"great now CNN has something to talk about for the next 5 days" Yes Smiling Don Lemon will say the Russians made Trump drop the bomb in Afghanistan to blow up and hide the evidence  the chemical weapon stores they used in Syria to blame on Assad that Trump tomahawked the shat out off before asking Putin if he could, who is friends with Little fatazz kimmy of North Korea.


Scheer asked Trudeau in QP this week if he might even show some semblance or interest in balancing the budget.  And it was the same canned response.  "help out the middle class by increasing taxes on the 1%"   The drama teacher can memorize a couple of lines, and that's about it.


A  national disgrace and tragedy.  This is an organization which needs to be taken back to the bricks and rebuilt - with new leaders from the outside accountable to its many constituencies.  Canadians and the rank and file will have to be patient.


The people who responded allow for a state declaration of emergency, which allows for a presidential declaration of emergency.  Both of these things will allow for funds to be released to help those affected.  It may seem like closing the barn door after the horses ran off, but it's more like fixing the barn so they don't run off next time.


Not probably but for sure!!!


And sure enough, my "Don't go against the narrative" post, insult free by the way, has completely vanished into the ether.... Not just a "removed because uncivil" message, gone completely, as was my "Women bully and harass other women, also".

So... don't go against the narrative, *and* don't reveal how the rules really work


The future of the Democratic party is in its name. It needs to become the party of "brown America," and everybody knows it. That's the only way to save the country.


If the world was really sick of this then we would all bring everything we have to bear and wipe out ISIS, the Taliban, al Qaeda, and every terrorist loving country would feel the wrath of the entire world!  But, we love continuous war and the riches that brings to the select few.


I don't know of all of the evaluation systems throughout the state, but what I said is certainly the case locally and I'm sure in Portland. So Gladys, you think I am just a disgruntled public school teacher who wasn't granted tenure? I've got news for you; there is no such thing! There are the young, energetic teachers who have been teaching for a short time who are laid off. And then there are the tenured dinosaurs who are shuttled around the district failing their way to a great pension and retirement plan.

The whole idea of tenure for a K-12 teacher is absurd, totally indefensible. It was originally instituted in universities. How it made it's way into K-12 education is a sordid tale indeed.


You understand that people will likely die as a result of this storm, correct?


Pretending the electoral college is just an annoyance or the election deserves an"asterisk" similar to that applied to baseball stats for clarification doesn't change a thing. By the way, if Clinton had won she would also have been elected by a "minority" of Americans.


Time to vote this self-promoting fraud out of office.  Anyone who knows Tulsi and is familiar with her political maneuvering knows exactly what she's after:  She thinks she deserves to be the first female POTUS.  That's why she backed Bernie, that's why she was so quick to slam Obama and then Hillary, and that's why she will do ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING to get herself on national television.

She's not a democrat, nor a republican, nor an independent, nor a real legislator.  She's an ambitious little girl with dreams that far surpass her IQ and experience and yet another victim of the true legacy and paradigm that Obama created:  If Barack Hussein Obama, a radical instigator academic with zero leadership experience, can make it to the White House, ANY-F'ING-BODY can make it to the White House.

We don't need a repeat of the Obama Era (Error).  Vote her out now.


Harpocrite !!!


Hi Kevin, I read the entire link you shared with us. Thank you. It is very interesting. As a Catholic that has sinned terribly against purity, my experience is that once I went to Jesus in the Sacrament of Confession and confessed that I had not glorified God in my body and how embarrassed and sad I was that I had let God down the way I did, knowing that He has always been at my side, the Priest said to me, "It is good that you have confessed these sins (impurity involving men and a woman) and as your penance, I would like you to pray 5 decades of the Rosary here in Church now". He went on to further tell me that "The Rosary is a good weapon to protect us from our own sinful nature and especially the sins of impurity." I knew Jesus was talking to me personally. I did remain in the Chapel that afternoon and prayed the Rosary, and the Priest even came back to the Chapel about an hour later and said he was happy I remained to pray the Rosary. It is in the Sacrament of Confession and TBC


"The government education industry led by teachers unions has risked and lost 30 to 40 years of generational kids."
Source?  I'm a middle aged product of Alaska's public education system.  A graduated from UAA and went on to attain a doctoral degree (though I won't narrow the field saying it was at least a T2 school).  My personal experience and those of some of my friends indicates to the otherwise.

"Competition is the only thing that will change our K12 ed system."
Source?  Public education doesn't seem to be an issue in Asian cultures where teachers are respected, education is given great deference and parents are typically an active part of their child's education (though not always to the better regarding China's norm for cheating).

"Check out how many prison inmates"
Because prison inmates are in any way representative of the normal child's experience in public education, ie. you are trying to support your case with radical/outlier examples?


Fixed it again

Canada is slowly turning in to a medieval theocratic state, with active support from the LEFTIST POLITICALLY CORRECT progressive leadership across the land.


You can know someone is involved in something and not have enough evidence-- or not necessarily want-- to report them to the police. Bottom line, though, is that I would keep my kids away from anyone I didn't think was safe.


Maybe I'm just being cynical, and a crusty curmudgeon as well, but I'm thinking that Encarnacion going to Cleveland was all a set up by Shapirio and his former buddies in Cleveland.


A: This is not a reply to my point about the "unique" founding of the US.
B: So who threatened the President's life? I simply want the SOB locked up.


nice story with happy ending


given the alternative i hope you are right Charlie Bussell.  but, we live in a country that was stupid enough to elect Obama and then re-elect him.  i hope we are smarter, but i doubt it.


last great american:  I totally disagree.  Apparently, you never heard of OJ Simpson.


Bernie did not stand a chance.  The very word socialist would have scared off even left leaning folks.  Way too many people stil hear that word and automatically start seeing gulags, concentration camps and starving North Koreans.  Trump would have won the popular vote by a wide margin.  The USA could use a good dose of socialism, but will have to be in small doses at a time and heavily sugar coated at first.