"Congress appropriated funding to buy Bibles for public schools.....and not many people gave that any thought. It was as natural back then as almost anything else Congress did. There were no protests. "
The majority often doesn't give thought to the minority.
How condescending of you.
There were very few Jews in the country at that time, but they either didn't complain or they taught their kids at home or through the synagogue.
There were very few Roman Catholics at that time, and they knew not to complain.


The price of oil is on the rise; which is what we all wanted. Its an excuse to push the prices up.


Can't wait for Bible Sheer's reaction,
Say Bye Bye Boeing and the far right lunatic fringe Bombardier detractors.................
Have fun. Today is a great day for Bombardier and Canada but obviously a bad day for Reformers who hate Canada.


To continue: Michael Soltman's actions give permission for others to do the same thing.
To quote Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes this year when talking about bullying, "It filters down into everyone's life because it gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose."
Hilary Emmer


Why isn't anyone discussing banning studded tires? Why does that discussion only surface in the summer months? LOL


If our Senators and Representatives in Congress sincerely believe in the project, they should request  that the Full Funding Agreement be amended to increase the Federal funding from 1.5 billion to 3.0 billion because the cost of the project has more than doubled.  Oahu has already covered over half of the increase the Feds should cover the other half.  The Feds should share some of the responsibility for its negligence in approving the project and approving the City's error-filled estimated costs.

Why is it the responsible of the State Legislature to bail out the City's project?


There is a fine line between freedom and anarchy. We have the freedom to choose how to live, but HOW we choose to live can have dire consequences. It's already happening before us. Political correctness is the enemy of our time and therefore, the anarchy of our time because it's the exception to the rule, to everything really. You demonstrated it perfectly in your post by implying that not all Americans are Christians - which is true - and that we should allow all prayers, but in doing so, we've also welcomed Islam and muslim refugees who pose a threat to our nation. We disregard their attacks the world over. We've become blind by putting our faith in p.c., thus continuing to let them into our country because "no muslim could ever be a threat to our nation." We apologize to them and let it be known that "we're not like THOSE OTHER people who have hate in their hearts," waiting for that pat on our heads, God forbid we step on their toes. We're now nothing but frightened little s**ts.


Well there you go.
It should be noted that neither of the two are fluent in the English language.


Wally Reaume:  Unfortunately, I agree completely with your sentiment.  Very sad.


"A girl and a woman, for that matter, loses a right over her own body once another person is inside her."

No.  Just, no.


Awesome kids! They will be wonderful adults, full of compassion. Kudos kids!💖


“An analysis of ‘single offender victimization figures’ from the FBI for 2007 finds blacks committed 433,934 crimes against whites, eight times the 55,685 whites committed against blacks. Interracial rape is almost exclusively black on white — with 14,000 assaults on white women by African Americans in 2007. Not one case of a white sexual assault on a black female was found in the FBI study.”

Though blacks are outnumbered 5-to-1 in the population by whites, they commit eight times as many crimes against whites as the reverse. By those 2007 numbers, a black male was 40 times as likely to assault a white person as the reverse.

If interracial crime is the ugliest manifestation of racism, what does this tell us about where racism really resides — in America?


I think I'm older than you.  Think Maui Wowee!


O.K. I'm convinced. Tomorrow I'm going to purchase the materials to clad my house in bullet proof siding and replace the windows and doors with hardened, 1" armor that has little slits through which I can see and shoot. I'll be ready for those notorious Idaho militia guys when they come to Eugene. Probably going to take over Kesey Square first, then the rest of the town.
The militia is coming! (The militia are coming?)


Funny how much people, such as yourself, hate rural people until THEY get hungry and eat.


Also, USIC and GOP led congressional investigations.


"...some of us have already seen more than enough...."
Agreed, but not enough "of us" stood when there was time.
What will come first: the disaster which will be the opportunity for him to "snatch" more power of megalomania or  the disclosure of an impropriety that will call for action?
Then is the real test.


Patricia like all sanctimonious, condescending snobs believes that she has a direct line of communication to the Divine. In reality she is the pawn of the Antichrist.


I appreciate you taking responsibility for your cats' waste like that. Even if your cat is an indoor cat, Tg-infected rats may try to penetrate into your house following the smell of your cat. I've had cats in the distant past and even miss them, but I'm not getting another one until the outdoor problem is cleaned up.


You don't have to sell.  The market value of the equity is calculated as necessary and you transfer a near dollar amount.  The withholding tax, if used, has to be in cash.  Any small dollar value over the stock value is also in cash.  Example: transfer $6,500- market value of ETFs and $26- cash plus cash for withholding.


RickSlosher:"There has never been an official plebiscite or referendum on this subject"
60% of BCers voted for 2 parties that openly opposed the expanded pipeline.  Is that clear enough for you Rick


Should the man's race have anything to do with this story? Maybe not - unless the members of law enforcement have a history of being more patient (and figuring out as they did in previous calls for this man how NOT to resort to using their guns)  with mentally ill who are white (and closer to middle class than homeless - and there have been articles about how homeless who are mentally ill are treated - and it's not good). If that is the case, then race (and economic status) may play into it.

The real story is the treatment of the mentally ill - and it's a nationwide issue. I don't know what the answer is; however, it appears that at least Parker, CO is going to try something new. See "Mental illness calls on the rise in Parker, police start different approach to fight the problem" on Channel 7's site. I wish them well with the new approach and hope it can be a template for other law enforcement departments if it does.


No, I mean that in a positive way. You don't get to be competent in the outdoors by reading magazines. You have to get out there and do it.


Mr. Wright--- You are so wrong, if you let the TAX Camel get his nose under the tent, get ready to move out of the tent. No mater what you Socialists  call it, a school TAX or an Income TAX, it's still a TAX. Keep your damn hands out of my pocket. The solution is to spend the money we have in the Permanent Fund. It's what most people call a rainy day account, and let it do what what we designed it to do. Better days ahead if you Liberals stop obstructing !


Thank you for reminding us that election time is coming up!


I've seen the pictures of the mess left by the 'planned' event for marijuana at Civic Center Park.  But now, the DP 'editorial board' wants more 'anything goes' on a serene golf course in South Denver.  Can you imagine the damage these people will do there?  The DP can't.


Another day, just another broken promise. I wonder if those that ushered in this government are starting to see a trend? Can it get any worse, with three years left to go.
I can hear Mr Harper laughing.


Sure, state capture is bad. What is worse is that we will ellect to keep these guys in control. At some point we must take responsibility for  our choices. It is said that,  through democracy, a country gets the government it deserves.


Good question. When a mainland Chinese development company started pulling down houses and building luxury condos in my neighborhood in Pasadena, California (next door to me, in fact) they brought in labor from central America, specifically Guatemala and El Salvador.  I went next door and asked them, since  I speak (some) Spanish. Their foreman was brought in from Mexico. They didn't even pay the work crew that demo'd the houses, they were paid with the value of the reclaimed wood. And they weren't given equipment - they dropped the houses with their bare hands, not even gloves were provided. They literally spent two days ripping it down by grabbing the walls and tearing and kicking. It was amazing how cheap these developers were going. I've never seen anything like it.


I spent 22yrs in the United States Army including Vietnam in 1968. Lost a lot of close friends both Black and White. I will not watch another NFL game as long as this ignorant behavior continues.


"Khan was threatened with sanctions over a profane social media post that criticized white fragility "
That statement implies that the Globe thinks there is such a thing as "white fragility" which is absurd. A version that would have been more accurate would be:
"Khan was threatened with sanctions over a profane social media post that criticized what she claimed was 'white fragility' "


In the mid-70's I was making $18. 50/hr setting chokers. Five years later I was making $22/hr driving trucks. My how things have changed.


The Legislature will pass anything!


The truth is that the establishment would never allow real electoral reform in Canada.

How many other countries do you know of where the richest person in that country is a Media Baron ?

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/profile/david-thomson/&refURL=https://www.google.ca/&referrer=https://www.google.ca/


To the "the brain is still developing, we need to make the age 25" group:  why stop at pot legalization?  Make it the same with alcohol.  And while we're at it how about other decisions that should require a fully mature brain: military service - disregarding that the rashness of youth is why the age is 18 because by 25 it is far less likely they would voluntarily sign up.  And then on to contracts, especially those student loans.
Or we could recognize that almost all the propaganda about pot has been from the US and it's full intention was to discredit Hispanic people, Black people and anti war protesters and was never at any time based on health.  Pot has been available to me my whole life, 50+ years, however I've never used it.  I agree that education needs to be ramped up to inform on possible long term health impacts but then I also believe that should be done for a variety of other legal drugs: alcohol, caffeine, OTC drugs (ex. Tylenol - kills more than pot yearly).


I am judging him not on what he says (or his intent -which you guys won't quit obsessing about) but what he does. I am not looking for the right person, I am looking for a person who does the right things. Every person is going to let us down in one way or another, last I checked the last perfect person who walked the earth was hung on a cross 2000 years ago, and his since been resurrected (I had to take the opportunity to slide some of that irrational Christianity in there :))


Mr Trudeau is a feminist, and now we've all been educated to believe that military action is just primitive masculine testosterone-excess in action, that the only way to sort things out is via dialogue and accommodation.  So I believe he has zero intention of ever involving Canada in any military activity of any kind, even in defense of the nation, so I predict he'll continue to defer and foot-drag until we all forget about this.


So you think that God would have preferred that Angelo Roncalli not save all those Jewish people from being slaughtered?  You want to go with God preferring that these human being were murdered in a senseless genocide because Roncalli had to use deception to save them.  Again, this is where we are.


LOL! Military-industrial complex! LOL! Defense of the country is one of the most important responsibility of the central government. Passing out money to pay people not to work should be one of the last thing our tax money is used for.


Harper was unafraid of constitutional challenges.

Trump is unaware that there is a constitution.

See the difference?


Since they are the only cable company available to me, how is that not a monopoly.  ACS doesn't cover this area.


When I visit Scandinavia, I wonder why Alaska is such a sad, pathetic dumpster in comparison - and then I read about citizens like Timothy Dooley, Bill Satterberg and your former Governor Palin.....and it makes complete sense.


And Trump is laughable.


For now all I see are malicious bots roaming the internet, written and controlled by malicious humans. Remove the humans and life would be peachy.


I honestly think that some of this stems from when he and the other folks that were part of the USFL's lawsuit against the NFL were only awarded $1.

Given that he seems to hold grudges........


"And let’s not ignore data to advance a political agenda."

If Kevin wants to present some data that would be great, but for now were just comparing anecdotes, and I can go right this second and watch thousands of videos of police officers behaving like entitled hyper-aggressive jerks, openly violating the professed tenet of serving and protecting and repeatedly making bad situations worse.

Get your own house in order before you start lecturing the rest of us.


There's quite a bit of research that suggests your assertion is wildly incorrect. Here's one summary: "Recent research demonstrates that most suicides are not attempted impulsively, and in fact involve a plan." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597102/


Just as we laugh at you, you are in good company. We will have nothing to do with your historical revisionism on this blog, Gary,  but nice try though.


Both of your statements, unfortunately, are completely false. Unemployment coming out of the brief six-month recession of 1980 was steadily falling. The Reagan recession was a separate thing, a year later, and lasted 16 months, during which time the decline in the unemployment rate reversed, and jobless rate peaked at 10.8 percent. It took Reagan until mid-1984 to bring unemployment down to the rate that Jimmy Carter handed him.

The labor force participation rate is a fairly meaningless number but here again, you state a falsehood. The rate was nowhere near "historic lows" during the Obama administration. Obama handed Trump a rate that was just 2.8 percentage points less than what Bush handed Obama eight years earlier, at 62.9 percent. The historic high for the LPR came under the Clinton Administration at 67.3 percent. The historic low for the LPR came during the height of America's economic expansion in the 1950s, at 58.1 percent in 1954, showing how meaningless the statistic is.


Sunnybrook hospital supports doctors writing illegal, unilateral Do Not Resuscitate orders on patients without consent in order to keep patients out of their ICU! I know because they did this to my father. After writing the illegal order reversing the consented order for Full Code, they refused my father breathing support pushing him into cardiac arrest. The Ministry of Health is refusing to do a full investigation of patient deaths at Sunnybrook. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario also refused to hold a public Hearing thereby protecting the doctors.
Unlike Elizabeth Wettlaufer, the nurse that killed nursing home patients, Sunnybrook and the doctors working there, are not going to confess......


Hmmm we are constantly told that women only make up a small minority of STEM field positions. How is it then that this small minority is going to get 38% of the research chairs?
.
If only 10% of advanced research positions in physics are occupied by women then giving them 38% of the Canada Research Chairs means some of the very brightest people are not getting the chairs and some of the chairs are going to people who don't deserve them..
.
I wonder how top male researchers will respond to this country giving them the brush-off? Perhaps some will go to a country that would appreciate my talents and not judge me on my genitals.


Thanks for that good info. Oftentimes the readers know more than the newspaper. But can you explain why the headline says Hartung "buys" the Hawaii arm of Syngenta, but in the fourth paragraph it says "Syngenta...will hire Hartung for contract work in Hawaii."?


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It's America and people are free to write books and sell them. You are free not to buy them or buy them. Why should you care if they make money? I don't like Glenn beck or bill oreilly but bought their books to read while camping. Politicos who write books are egomaniacs, you already know this. Don't worry over these things, they are irrelevant.


I believe he fired Comey because he refused to say publicly what he had told the president privately, "you are not under investigation"
Trump wants the made up Russian collusion cloud lift from his administration, Comey could have done that by just telling the truth to the media. He refused and got fired.


If the RG had taken 10 minutes to speak with a multi-family housing developer, they would know the answer to this.

1. Construction costs are rising double digits per year.
2. Restrictive UGBs make land expensive, if you can find land that is zoned for high density development (R4). Medium density (R2/R3) doesn't work for apartments.
3. Rents in most markets, while they have risen, are still too low to justify the cost of new construction.
4. City permit fees and SDC charges can add up to 20% to the cost of any project.
5. Lenders have backed off financing of new multi-family projects. Those that will lend do so at low loan-to-cost ratios requiring the developer and/or investors to inject larger sums of cash into a new project. More cash for same return means a lower rate of return on capital.

Developers need to earn that evil "P" word for them to be incentivized to launch a new project and right now those projects are hard to find. Same can be said for single-family homes.


‘Finally, I don't want to be rude, but I do know a lot more than you about the Middle East or Islam. I have lived in that region for 14 years, can speak some Arabic and have spent time reading books like History of the Arabs by Phillip Hitti, A History of the Arab People by Albert Hourani, and the Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross.’

Clearly the books were poorly digested.

I don’t want to pull rank with you but I was born, raised and educated in the Middle East and I speak Arabic.


Pity the ridiculous headline doesn't match the fine piece beneath it.


Here in lies the dilemma.  I can understand owners not wanting to, or in many cases not being able to pay for a sprinkler system, but how to do put a price on something like this, and what are the alternatives?  If the reports are correct, none of the fatalities occurred in the unit where the fire started.  That means, all three died minding their own business thinking they were safe in their own homes.  At some point, a decision has to be made that is in the best interest of everyone involved.
On a side note, I have not heard anything regarding whether or not the building had/has a functioning fire alarm system.  While a fire alarm system will not  prevent or stop a fire, it should give residents ample time to egress the building.  I know that all transient accommodations here have to have both sprinkler and fire alarm systems, but I am not sure about residential units.


Something is wrong. Virtually all our goods and services are provided by the private sector. Lots of choice, over a great range of cost. The one example of health care in the private sector shows high cost. Why? And poor results. The high cost In the US can be explained by many people with money and lots of high tech equipment. The poor results are due in part to about 15% of Americans not having health insurance.

The typical American would not experience the high cost per person of the complete system. They will have selected the care they could afford.


I thought Uncle Al was the best?


Some are uneasy with Justin Trudeau at the helm for reasons that become clear in considering his father, Pierre.

Yes, lots of Canadians held it against Pierre that he was cozy with Castro, the leftist of Cuba, and that he seemed softer and less philosophically uptight about Brezhnev's Soviet Union than was, say, the US State Department, Pierre seeming to view the USSR's communism as a valid government model that, who knows, might just win the cold war.

But when it came to trade, to cold dollars, look, when Pierre wanted Canadian wheat and corn products shipped and sold to the Soviet Union, everybody saw Trudeau as looking our for Canadian workers, looking our for the Canadian farmer, looking out for the little guy working in Canada.

Justin Trudeau fumbles with trade, his optics are a mess. With China, many see him as not looking out for everyday Canadians, instead seeming to march with an eye on some grand global audience or tied to some faraway, not-straightforward agenda...


"Missed" the aphids. No,     BTW, Since you seem to have political fixations , If I vote for Trump,  it's because Clinton is a crazy old corrupt idiot with more of the same lies.  She's nothing but another established political creep.
It doesn't matter who wins............it's choosing the less destructive of two destructive parties.    And Trump is the less destructive.


More reason to say bye bye to rail.   Cut our losses.  Only gonna get more costly and costs will be recurring!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/orlando-shooting-religion_us_575d76d5e4b0e39a28add69f?u4ejflhhu8nkx1or

Orlando Gunman’s Father Says Son Was Upset By Gay Kiss, Not Motivated By Religion
“We’re apologizing for the whole incident,” his father said.

These are the headlines that broke about 7 minutes ago.   Seems the father of the killer says religion had nothing to do w/the murders.  The killer was homophobic.    My God.  l2g


Politics is quickly turning into something akin to petty, juvenile school yard squabbling only, instead of getting detention, you lose your job and professional standing, apparently relegated to the bread line if you're on the wrong side of the squabble. While our government watches on, seemingly in agreement with that given their silence on these issues. A silly topic if it weren't so serious. After all, that writer is now out of work and in todays political and social climate, he'll no doubt have a hard time finding an employer in that line of work. The story of humanity is one of advancement through appropriation and adaptation. It should be celebrated, not nitpicked to death.


Making advisers fiduciaries should be be on the table.  Makes a lot of sense.
Why are these trailer fees referred to as "hidden"..aren't they part of the MER that the customer sees?  And it is laid out pretty clear in the prospectus and the fund facts(?) no?


"rabid base of racists" .... its funny to see haters label others "racist" when they disagree with you.

Wonder when will Trump haters start to call these people illegals, and whoever enters illegally, criminals. because that's what they are, not "dreamers",  illegals. C'mon say after me I L L E G A L !. Did it hurt ? lol

You know it is a crime to enter illegally ...... don't you ? Not trying to deflate your sanctimonious attitude but .... really, not everyone is as ignorant or brainwashed as you.


Gary, Another view on how much just the federal government spends on welfare:

"(T)he Senate Budget Committee requested from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) an overview of cumulative means-tested federal welfare spending in the United States in the most recent year for which data is available (fiscal year 2011).  The results are staggering. CRS identified 83 overlapping federal welfare programs that together represented the single largest budget item in 2011—more than the nation spends on Social Security, Medicare, or national defense. The total amount spent on these 80-plus federal welfare programs amounts to roughly $1.03 trillion."

https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CRS%20Report%20-%20Welfare%20Spending%20The%20Largest%20Item%20In%20The%20Federal%20Budget.pdf


Are there any great looking QBs coming out in the draft next year? Cause looks like the broncos will be picking from the top 3 if they keep playing this way. Sad Bronco fan :(


It makes sense that  Sharon O'Toole, a rancher would write such a biased article about America's wild horses.  As others have indicated, equines are no exotic species, they are a re-introduced species having evolved on the North American Continent 3 to 4 million years ago. Yes there were several extinctions with the last about 10K years ago from overhunting by native peoples. However, these animals belong here and are part of the native Fauna of America. They graze only the tops of grasses allowing for new growth, whereas the  true exotic species, namely cattle, tear up the entire grass, leaving bear ground. Horses are migratory in that they graze, move on, allowing the area to regenerate.
Please do not be fooled by this very biased article. Do your own research.( read awionline.org,' Wild Horses as Native American Wildlife', only one reference of many)  Much of the negative information about wild horses is dispersed by the Cattle industry,their lobbyists and misinformed media.


Watching the local schools including high schools it is interesting that a high % of those violating the 30K law are Mom's(usually) taking kids to school.    To give the kids their due there are also very large numbers walking in groups and taking the bus.


The point of this case is that there was a public highway right of way (trail) through there from as far back as 1920s. When the federal government surveyed and patented the homestead, they made an error and didn't show the existing trail on the homestead survey. Tons of homestead surveys from that time frame (1950's) had the existing trails/roads in them with a reservation of valid existing right of ways. Incompetence on part of the BLM is the root cause of this long litigation.


RUDE !  How do you know she is a foreigner? She can very much be a citizen and it was not the mothers fault the airline switched two children they were responsible for. The airline is at fault. How would you feel if that was YOUR child?


I would much prefer it if we did away with the SABC entirely.


They are coming out of the woodwork my friend. The Leafs must be doing something right!


Stunning comment, THatcher.

As an MP, I'd say Mr.; Saganash is "helping" every day--not only his own people, but lots of others, too.  In SPITE of it all.  Given his residential school background, I'm not sure I could accomplish as much. How about you?


Mike Harris has been gone for a long, long time. I think the Liberal governments of McGuinty and Wynne are to blame. Nice try though.


The grounds of the citation are suspect, now that it was dismissed by Eugene’s Municipal Court.  I hope she gets a fair hearing.  Sometimes I wonder about the arrogant anti-car people like BEST.

And, as mentioned below, Senator Floyd Prozanski has introduced a bill which will make it a felon if a biker or pedestrian is injured by a car.  This bill will only increase the resentment toward bikers and walkers.

http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/2016/SB1553/

In fact, I am installing an air horn in my car, so these people know I am approaching.  Especially the ones wearing ear buds, texting, or just not paying attention.


Shhhh!  Let it keep liking it's own comments that way anyone in here that actually has a functioning brain knows not to take it seriously.  Let it keep being it's own worst enemy.


At least fix the hole in the fence.....

Not sure if a person starting their citizenship process by breaking the law bodes very well for their future.  Or for ours.


Doesn't your parish have a Finance Committee comprised of your Pastor and several lay members of the Parish???


Nice trolling; Nazi Germany would be proud. Adults do not abuse children, regardless of their mental abilities. This child was nonverbal. She was an adult paid to assist children with disabilities. Give me a break.


Left Wing - Synonyms: GOP, Tea Party, Evangelical, Right Wing, Sky Is Falling,  No Honor, Me-Me-Me, Money Money Money, Poor Losers, Hypocrites, Cowards, Liars, Cheats, Thieves.

The fact is that the world needs a little bit of that to keep the

Right Wing - Synonyms: Who Gives-A-Shit, Me-Me-Me, Money Money Money Hypocrites, Take My Wife Please, Liars, Cheats and Thieves.

So us GDI's can enjoy life here on earth without being denied our rights by either of these EXTREMIST.

The problem is we have too many Left Wing in government and not enough Right Wingers.

Solution:  Vote for a more balanced Government.


The Ontario Teachers' Union appear to be sheep. Are there any history teachers in that union? Who leads it, the Pied Piper?


They aren't raising rates so that they have higher margins.  They are raising rates for transmission projects, like transporting all the wind energy from BFE into Denver; grid reliability projects to prevent permanent outages caused by tree branches and squirrels; raise O&M funds so they can maintain aging assets and prevent unplanned outages so that all of you can use your television at night and keep your phones charged.


you send a public opinion message to ALL reps via the Legislative Information Office listed in the phone book and they will write it and send it for you, or you can go online and type one through the state web-site. but too often the news goes away and we go back to our own lives.


Alberta could help wean the US off Saudi blood oil.  Trump mentioned during the election he wants America energy independent, and Canadian oil and gas were part of the scenario. But our natives, Liberals and enviro socialists ensure  blood flows in the ME along with Saudi oil.


So are Democrats/Liberals/Biased Media, never heard any one of these described apologize for the FAKE NEWS. Take your medicine as it's fair play in my mind.


Peace, respect for fellow man, and earnest diplomacy for a better and more equal and sustainable world are the only best protections against incoming ICBMs.


The answers by this candidate are very disappointing. They lack any real, concrete actions. Also, how do you run for office and not have positions on actual issues? Direct quotes..."we look forward to introducing those new ideas via a press release shortly." "Currently I am drafting a policy paper..." Shouldn't you have answers to basic questions, especially when one of them is what the candidate stated is the most pressing issue?  I also checked her website and there is nothing there either. Very disappointing.


I don't know about that, Chris, but in Toronto the police stood curiously to one side while the Black Bloc rampaged (and burnt vehicles), then carried out the largest mass arrest in Canadian history  - of legitimate protesters.


wow the left wing usual deflection attempt, hey pal this is about the cbc


It's so cute how you pick one thing Trump says while ignoring everything else that's all over the map.
Regan's trickle down economics redux will be just as bad as the original.
Just being authentic.


"We" didn't "convert" anyone. Again, Sudan was a Coptic Christian area since the Second Century. Aside from Animism, the "native religion" in East Africa is effectively Christianity, a Christianity that predates Lutheranism or any other European variety.

The only people who have "converted" anyone in East Africa were the Islamists who waged, and continue to wage, a centuries long campaign of religious imperialism and extermination against pagans and Christians in the region.


It may be worth noting that the incident in question occurred nearly 2 years ago.  I wonder why it took Mr. Brewer so long to file this suit if, indeed, it is justified, giving me the feeling that Mssrs Brewer and West (or perhaps, more accurately,  West and Brewer) may well have concocted something which took a while to hatch. It certainly wouldn't a first for such shenanigans.


Solve the problem deport Ryan. Aloha


Yeah, I was afraid that's what all of these delays would lead to watering down medical marijuana.
I've taken CBD oils a while back and discontinued because for me it had no effect.
And the bottom line is what I believe from reading about marijuana and by speaking directly with people in the business, when the THC part is interrupted, the potency become degraded.
Now that Canada has officially allowing both medical and recreational marijuana nation wide, I'd like to see how it turns out?


Consumerism maybe, but definitely not capitalism
Go take a look at he most impoverished & violent cities and countries in the world


He's a horrible man with his hate propaganda against homosexuals and his association with that portable toilet, the Poo Tin.


A)Quebec could use the notwithstanding clause of the charter
B) no ones religious freedom is being impinged upon, you can believe what you want wherever!

C) only during certain requests for public services must you show your face. A reasonable request in a society of humans where we both engage with people visually and also demand confirmation for identify for certain services and at certain times.

Religion is only a belief, it is not based on any reasoned objectively verifiable sets of data or even universally reproducible theories. It is faith based belief in the supernatural. Thus, although allowed in our society and is not repressed in any way, some of its more silly 'sincerely held beliefs' can be curtailed at certain times for the benefit of the secular public space, so as not to disadvantage or advantage one group over another. A secular government is important to avoid favouritism of any creed,as is availing oneself of certain services.

Believe what you want in your own time


Probably because the real OC during his first stint was PFM! I hope people are right about Chad Kelly. Then I keep thinking back to Bob Greise's son...


Nothing is more damaging to an inflated ego than to be ignored by the one person who can tell to you take a flying leap off of a short pier but who chooses just to ignore you.


Nice hair though...


How did this become about Hillary? Really???  He supporting BERNIE SANDERS! Is the Register  guard getting kickbacks for including Hillary in the news about Bernie too?


It is being appealed. The victim is a known drug trafficker, and has been found guilty in federal court. He made the story up to get her to move out.


It's a question that must be asked after reading this article. If there is such a culture of hate toward Muslims in this country, what possible reason could there be for Muslims to try to get to this country, either as refugees or immigrants ?


Sadly I would have to agree with you on this. Far to many examples that back you up on the assessment.


“At the very least, the revelation is likely to distract the administration from passage of key legislation, and undermine Congressional support required to do so. "

In the end, I suspect, THAT gridlock, more than anything, will hasten Trump's downfall--whatever form it takes (he just might resign...)


Seeing as the author likes listing and numbering;
Can someone out there please state clearly list and number the biggest most obvious crime or crimes Trump committed and is being investigated for, (for example rape, treason, espionage, blackmail, are obvious crimes) and the absolute best top 5 or 10 pieces of evidence from NAMED, REAL, ON THE RECORD sources that exist clearly purporting to show or testify he committed these crimes. I've believed this story at first, but after this many months I'm wondering if this is just McCarthyism and propaganda.
A court of law won't accept "unnamed, anonymous sources/ officials/ aides" so after half a year please show me there's more to it, otherwise why should we even believe any of this?
For example, the Acting Director of The FBI just testified under oath just 2 days after Comey was fired. Why not report (or list and number if you prefer) what he actually stated on the record?


"Saffron Colonial" is not an "overt expresson of racism" anymore than the "Victorian" homes that dot the neighborhood are overt expressions of sexual repression.  It's a word that denotes a time and a place, nothing more.


If Siemian is as smart as everyone claims he is then why not put the onus on him to read the defense and then call an audible to the correct play? They way you put it Siemian is only capable of running the play he is given and cannot read and react to the defense.


I believe the G&M first broke out this story....I thank you.


Wait... would we still be the "northernmost, westernmost and easternmost state"?
That was kind of fun to point out to people.


Dealing with your knee jerked and insane comments and replies is frustrating too. I seriously question the intelligence of people like you who have some artificial need to make themselves into attention seekers.

The only attention you seem to get is negative and now readers view you as an irritant, certainly not as a source of any informative piece of information. I guess if that's what you aspire to then you have succeeded in your own simple way, but to the readers you are nothing more than a pariah that they have to deal with, Hope you are proud of that.


"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"."

What?


Canadian banks got a 114 billion dollar backstop (bail out if you like) when the federal government took mortgage debt to this tune off of the banks and on to CMHC where the taxpayer holds the risk.

The Canadian real estate market did not crash so there were no real losses however with increasing Canadian debt levels and real estate bubbles in both Vancouver and Toronto this could change quickly.


The church can still be useful to God at least on some level. The early church changed the day of worship, but that did not negate the fact that God still used this church community that was degenerating into apostasy.

Here in the USA, at least, the church is more interested in itself than the message God intended to be proclaimed by this instrumentality. "Truth is fallen in the street" while the church pontificates its policies and church members are "wondering after the beast".

The fact is, the church is far more political than spiritual. And in this, the SDA church emulates the Jewish nation at the first coming of Christ. Obviously, some organization is a necessity. But spiritual issues are put in the back ground and the leaders "kick the can" down the road to some future time and the church continues to degenerate spiritually into oblivion until it is useless as God's instrumentality to finish His work.


Ask Limbaugh. I’m certain he has a list.


My understanding was that this meeting was only open to Liberals?  If the taxpayers got the bill for this, isn't that illegal?  From a prior news release, the liberal party was gathering to discuss the tax reform.  I can't recall the location, but I assume it is the same.  This sounds to me like party business.


Good point...
And don't forget that Champ Bailey had the same fate.
But...the big difference is he handled the situation with class!!


[By Tuesday afternoon, Trump's staff sensed the culmination of a familiar cycle: The president was about to revert to his initial, more defiant stance.]
Just in case anyone forgot.  This is what Trump consider's "Modern Day Presidential."  That's right.  Not being diplomatic, not being a statesman, not being humble enough to entertain the notion that his response on Saturday was in any way deficient is Trump's idea of "Modern Day Presidential."
That's about as analogous to "presidential" as calling a proven, unapologetic murderer a "pacifist."


Dallaire was exposed to the outer limits of human endurance as so many were murdered within his proximity.  He was a witness right in the middle of genocide having seen, heard, and smelled murder as it was taking place, and then travelling through the horror beyond description aftermath.  I am willing to bet that this man is one of the unfortunate very few to witness what defines base human behaviour.

I have nothing but respect and empathy for this fine Officer.  He is a national treasure.  What he says is important.  Too bad the Liberal party cut this Senator adrift, again.  Just as well, he is an impartial statesman with the courage to talk about such a subject.  I hope that you agree with me about him.  If not, that's democracy, something that Dallaire fought for, on your behalf and civilization.

Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, war vets need to be heard.  No doubt about that.  Dallaire could tell them a tale or two of the dark.


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The OMB is responsible for many things, including the national debt and the debt ceiling calculations.

Mulvaney has no idea of the significance of the debt ceiling, as reported in 2011 when he and his fellow conservative idiots in the Congress brought us to the brink of ruin.
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When pressed on whether he understood what would happen if the debt ceiling wasn't raised, Mulvaney answered, "Well, I don’t know. I’ve asked that question, I’ve asked that question a lot.".
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He continued, "I’ve heard Goolsbee on Sunday say it’d be catastrophic, I’ve heard others say that.

I’ve asked the question what does that mean?

What does catastrophic mean?

No one seems to have the answer to that.

I did some research last night from CRS, they don’t even know what that means.

I think they’re guessing."
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I think you can see where this is going.

Trump himself said he would be fine with a debt ceiling default and "debt renegotiation"
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continued below:
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So this post " Fifty-nine individuals killed in Vegas and it's big deal, 39 individuals killed in Chicago in a weekend, not so much"  stepped on your toes?

Truth does that quite often.


Kid Rock is Ted Nugent's illegitimate love child.


And now Trump wants to tear up the 9th District Court and pack it with conservatives that would do his bidding.


You make some good points but I to am curious about how this issue will turn out. I've heard from residents and some other people in the complex about other lawsuits from the company that owns the units.


You must live a very sheltered life. There are many families that size in the bowl. Combine several families living together in a double wide in east Anchorage along with all of the support services readily available it can happen easily.


No agenda? Not even to change the laws to "benefit" climate changes conclusions?


My wife and I, were married at a sweat lodge ceremony by our Spiritual leader and teacher. Of course we weren't married in the eyes of American government because our vows were only made to God and to each other. We finally paid our $25 and got married, so it's okay now! God only means something if you can attach him to some religion. We've been taught for many years that the only thing that will be waiting for you when you cross over, is that which you have given away in your life. I wonder just how much the Vatican is worth, or how much a priest gets annually for his vow of poverty?


Congratulations Starr.

Anchorage voters need to know that in the April 5 article by Tegan Hanlon, Tegan falsely stated that I told her that I ran to promote my book. FALSE!!! I have demanded of her immediate supervisors that the ADN provide me a phone transcript of the interview which I plan to use in a defamation suit. As a result of Tegan’s patently false statement I have received the absolutely predictable defamation insults from the public. I made manifestly clear to Tegan – both in the phone interview and in previous emails to her – that the ONLY reason I ran is to inform the ASD parent population of the 4 issues already recent well disseminated in print and over the air. Because of the disgusting deprivation upon children by treasonously negligent administrators, school board members and politicians continuing now after 25 yrs. I will be spending the bulk of my effort overseas. One day the children of today will look back in absolute disgust at the trashing of their champion.


In a religious sense, truth is closed, because it derives from its eternal Source.  We may always search for truth but we must do so honestly, without convoluted logic or new philosophies that replace the eternal source with His insufficient creation (as object and subject of religion) in worship.


^^ Snowflake ^^


Rome lasted 300 years  ( plus or minus ). History repeats itself. Over and over and over ........  We are pretty close in oh so many ways to old Rome.  Mother earth will abort us, no matter how hard we try to abort her first.


Actually, Mr. Arpaio did not arbitrarily round up people, but when other issues caused police to stop the alleged offenders they were asked about their immigration status. The sheriff's department then handed them over to ICE.  A number of investigations by the Obama Justice Department cleared Mr. Arpaio, but there were always new accusastions. Very, very few individuals would pass such scrutiny by an agency with unlimited resources.  In this case Mr. Trump did the right thing.


Bravo, a much better article than your writing in the sports section


Who is that clown? "Trying to coax girls into STEM, with some notable exceptions, is like trying to coax them into men's professional football."

If the best spokesman you can come up with is a raving doofus men's rights activist, you might want to rethink your position, or at least your strategy.


He ate to much pastagetti


I'm still wondering what benefit is seen by the very people that are supposed to be receiving mental health services. I have to pay for all my services and get no help from anyone.  Is API the only investment they have made to help mentally ill individuals? If that's the case, I'd say they failed miserably.


He's right, you know, about Hillary.


My guess is you've never had a loaded weapon pointed at you with intent to harm. One's reaction is much,  much different.


Dominus tecum, Tridentine.


Maxine Waters


Tell that to Mayor Caldwell and his social engineering with the Biki program.  HPD were sent memos not to ticket the Biki bikeshare cycles even though they were not registered before being rolled out on Honolulu streets, yet private businesses and citizens didn't get this favored break.


Commentator, I have to agree with you here, Charles is a regular


Khaaaaaaan!


Indeed, buildings about 5-foot-8 tall should be the norm.


Every political leader is now forced to attend gay parades?


Long, hot summer. Yessiree.


TOB is about the love affair that God designed for humankind.

God desires unity with us, not just after we die.

He designed a marvelous "way" for this unity to come about.

Actual unity is demanding.  It requires self-gift, giving up our selfishness for the great good of others.

As JPII has said (probably a bad paraphrase, but sufficient): "by ourselves man doesn't make sense to himself!"

Our body's design points to a unity not completed.   Marriage and marital intimacy is a grand step toward the unity intended by God.

Our marriage should make it easier for God to draw us both nearer to Him!  It simplifies God's work!

And by quick extension, having children and raising them again simplifies and progresses God's work, in a very quiet and natural way.


First you would have to understand what a Socialist is.   If you think the Liberals are anywhere near Socialists when they are in bed with Finance Capital and off-shore evaders you are clearly mistaken.


You're beginning to Scare me Allie! Such animosity! Get some professional help before it's too late. I say that because I care about you....."Scary". Get help.


Oh boy, I wouldn't want to be him!


Or the lack of coverage might be because Patrick Brown is about interesting as a paper bag?


Gee, society is really falling off the deep end.  It is now societies job to raise everyone's kids?  Perhaps then, society should have some say on who can have kids as well.  I got a funny feeling all this socialistic fervor is not going to end well.


The US does have a problem, we have high incarceration rates.  But the people in jail mostly deserve to be there.  Many are violent animals that can't be fixed.  The question is why does the US have such a violent culture and can something be done with the lower end of our society that can't seem to control themselves.  Letting people out of prison makes no sense.  It would be like saying we can't get kids to graduate high school so we'll just give a diploma to everyone which fixes the problem.


No, YOUR intolerance reminds ME of the Taliban.


True...if you are analytical in the right way. We can analyze our way into believing wrong is right.


Been having the same problem tom.  I really think he's a Russia bot.

Nothing else makes sense.


Great article and event!  Thank you to our active duty and veteran military members for serving our country and for calling Kitsap your home!


Natural gas - yes. Renewables, not as much, but it depends on the scale. The implication that fossil fuels are immune to "government interference" is inaccurate.


Need to fix the short kickoffs and make those field goals!


Mo, good thoughts. But, OTOH, I am familiar with the parishes they were in years back, and I can understand their distaste  for the church. What they experienced was not all that pleasant. While this might be indicative of a trend, it might also just be a rejection of what they grew up with church-wise.


Businesses aren't that much help. They will only allow "customers" to use their toilets, which means you have to buy something from them or else pee your pants. I suppose it's a good sales tactic.


Well then, Trump's NSF cuts will put a kink in your rope, hey? Maybe you'll have to lay off a few people. Or maybe, as you professed yesterday, you can peddle your weathered old body for a couple million?

You show a great deal of ignorance. Most of the protesters know that Trump's cuts are to basic research, not teaching creation theory to high school freshmen. You should know that, too. It seems you are both socially and academically isolated, if you can't recognize the target and significance of proposed cuts.

Speaking of cuts, Bush II led Trump in defunding climate satellites crucial to hurricane prediction. Republicans in Congress cut Obama's budget for replacement climate monitoring satellites because "there is no global warming", a delusion shared by nearly all Republicans. Trump wants to eliminate the 1.9 billion per years NASA climate budget. This is basic science, and Republicans hate it with a truly insane passion.

Correction: current order for 90 F-35's, 990 billion.


DACA ... another political wedge issue.  Democrats are betting that supporting DACA is a net benefit for them.  However, maybe the Democrats will have to re-calculate after the next economic downturn whether jobs should go to citizens of foreign countries who are here illegally.

BTW, I predict more and more Democratic politicians and activists will become open-borders advocates.  First, is a subtle way, then overtly.


Trump will understand pretty soon that tariffs will not work. The cost of production and tariffs from other countries will shrink the demand for made in the US cars  very quickly.


Justin lied to get to office and has broken alllll his key campaign pledges.
Perhaps he should apologize to Canadians for deliberately  misleading them !!!
Yes who could forger :
"Partnership and consent vs consult with First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation, a full review of laws, policies and operational practices" OOOOPS.
Truly how foolish does this PM think we are ??
Words have consequences and he is going to need more than selfies  and life size cut outs in 2019.
NO PIPELINE, NO CARBON TAX.


Good ol' "Both Ways Conway!"


When I renew my mortgage, I always set the amortization to as long as possible that lets me finish paying the mortgage in the time frame I want, but leaves me enough leeway to lower in case something bad happens.  This is also what the article states.

I can't be the only one that does this, or am I??


50 cent?...   Nathanial Kangas?...
     Quinton Tarentino?..


Such a shame! The 4 year college track isn't for everyone. Our schools need to teach kids that it really ok to go into the trades. Glad mine decided the trades were the way to go. Everyone needs a plumber, electrician, dirt guy, roofer or a framer sometime in their lives.


Also the only "developed" country applying the death sentence, the only "developed" country out of the Paris climate agreement, only developed country with such laxist laws on firearms, and on and on.... Perhaps what we mean by "developed" applies less and less to the USA of now. They stop "developing" in anything but technology 40-50 years ago, while the rest of the western countries moved forward.


Unfit? She is a victim of domestic abuse and fled with her puppy to protect him from further abuse at the hands of her abuser. The puppy also became a victim, at least that is how I read the story. Severe domestic abuse cases are heart breaking.


You are making that up about Paris voters, with not one iota of evidence to back it up,  Not one.

They massively rejected Le Pen during the first round, too - when they had many choices.  Of the city's 20 arrondissements, Macron won 13, Fillon 5, and Mélenchon 2. Le Pen won 0, and came in fifth overall - with 7,51% of the vote.

In the second round, the highest vote she got in any of the 20 arrondissments - which vary widely in class, income, ethnic background - was 12%.

Perhaps the most obvious conclusion is the best one - as people who had faced the most terrorist activity, they had a very good opinion opinions on whose approach was the best to deal with it.  They've known Le Pen for some time, and it definitely wasn't her.


"Rep. Frederica Wilson said that Trump told the widow that Johnson “knew what he signed up for.”
From what I read, Wilson is leaving out an important part of what said.  What I read was
"He knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens, it hurts anyway," (Vox)
I think this is very different.


What a misuse of the Homily.

Homily as politics.   It's just an instrument to the former bishop.

The Gospels from this week's Masses are a marvelous reinforcer to discipleship.

On the vine.
Pruning.
God's demand for fruit.
"abide in me".

If we are not struggling to be ever more on the vine....we won't bear the fruit that God asks for us in the Gospels.

Pruning should be expected, welcomed, "celebrated".


Where does all this bitterness come from, Ms. Renzetti?  I read Christy Blatchford's piece about the the Halifax "confrontation", saw the video and heard the sound.  It sounds to me like much ado about nothing.  But keep banging the drum.


This is the reality of Obama's new liberal democrat economy.


I didn't imagine that you would consider drag queens to be "freakie" at all.


Put your name on this. Aquarium collecting is not fishing. It's trafficking in reef wildlife for the pet trade--with more dispensations to destroy for money than any form of fishing in Hawaii. Fishermen want the aquarium trade gone. Aquarium collecting is NOT 50 guys fighting tooth 'n nail to feed their families at $40k annual each. But even at 10 times that, it's not worth killing the billion dollar reef tourism industry that thousands of families depend on. Thank you, Kaniela Ing, for doing the heavy lifting and showing leaderhip where so many others cowed. The people of Hawaii are mad as hell and don't have to take this anymore. Hawaii reefs are NOT private game preserves for the pet trade or the low-totem works who mine them.


Easy answer.  My son and grandson have every reason to be afraid of white men.  The reverse is NOT true.


The list of mass murderers is unfortunately long and includes believers in a wide range of faiths.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_murder

Your attempt to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Muslims is un-American.  Please stop hating on Muslims.


Big words.  Is that like your statement that the only constant thing is change?  God is the only constant.  Everything else goes through a cycle of life and death so why should a God-centered liturgy change except organically when our understanding of God deepens.  That's how the Latin mass developed over 1,600 years until Vatican II when a committee of 6 protestants, a freemason (Bugnini) and the token Catholic changed the theology of the liturgy and protestantized it by turning it into a Man-centered liturgy, always pandering to the crowd, with priests acting like carnival barkers.


It is inappropriate; if you are in contact with average middle-class Americans you would be aware how our insurance went up--either directly or indirectly because of this forced-on-us program. It would have been simpler to fix the medical systems outlandish prices and provided health care for poor persons who had none with one payer similar to medicare. And this needed to be accompanied with nutrition and health education.


Yes I do disagree.  If the ATF would not have attacked the compound the situation might have turned out differently, don't you think? Your attitude fits right in with the "attack the religious" or those that don't fall in step with the governments demand.  Some day you may very well wish you were aligned with the well armed citizens of this country. You displayed a lot of hate in your last comment and how much of a coward you are.


Kevin Deleon is a foreign insurgent and a racist with communist tendencies. He would be much more dangerous to the country than DiFi.


This rule was published pursuant to the Clean Air Act which gives the EPA broad authority to set pollutant levels. These regulations were not promulgated on a whim. It's the actions of the president that seem to be on a whim.   Federal rules and executive branch actions are routinely challenged in court. Maybe you want to check how many times Pruitt has sued the EPA. You MAGAphant comment clearly reflects yours and Trumps lack of understanding of the three branches of govt.


They are not always ditching free speech, sometimes they even encourage discriminatory speech in the name of freedom of speech, how else can you explain Bonnie Burstow's virulent attack on psychiatry at OISE..


Mom is as legal as you are. Sorry to disappoint.


Lac Megantic was not caused by a pipeline....you are right.... it was conceived and set in motion and orchestrated  by the big oil mafia so they could sell their pipeline agenda  don't fool yourself to the lengths these greed filled , morally bankrupt criminals will go...and one day it will be exposed


No Alaska Natives around to talk about how they make traditional Alaska Native garments I see.


Thoughts and prayers are the only solution. Oh, and condolences. Lots of condolences. MAGA!!!!


You, along with many others, are oversimplifying this. "Little Johnny" doesn't actually make anything from income sprinkling. For a child to be eligible to receive a dividend, they have to the age of majority (ie. able to legally work). Furthermore, the benefit of sprinkling the money out starts to decrease as it increases in amount. Also, this is a relatively small piece of the pie, as there is generally a limited window where it makes sense for the adult child to accept this type of dividend (as soon as the child is independent, they would be paying more tax to help defer tax for their parents - ie, they wouldn't do this).

Also, the whole concept of doing away with prof corps is ignoring everything that goes into being a dentist or doctor. I graduated from dental school after 9 years of post-secondary education and with $150,000 in student debt (I was on the low end, by about $100,000 because I worked my but off at summer jobs). Thus, we assume massive financial risk, and stress.


me>you, if ever I decide to pose nude for photographs, I'll contact you. (You would probably need some eye bleach afterwards.) The problem is that not all holders of the photo files are as morally straight and ethical as you have been. A case in point being the young woman's photos that precipitated the article to which I responded in my letter. Therefore, there are risks involved with having oneself photographed nude. People should be aware of the risks before they decide or consent to have themselves photographed in the nude.


I usually set up a tarp to eat under, but eating in the car would have probably been pretty safe, because she could have honked the horn, or moved the car if the bear came at her. When I'm backpacking in an area that has alot of bear problems, alot of times I'll stop a little early and make dinner and then keep traveling to my campsite so that my site won't have cooking smells to attract animals.


Funny? It seemed a serious statement to me, not a funny one. I have lived and worked in every region of the US, and though Oregon has considerable racial diversity, it has few black people compared to almost everywhere except Alaska. I also agree that housing is too expensive in Oregon, and in that regard California is worse.

But the point I was making is that the West and East Coasts export a surplus of money, and that the South and the flyover states get that surplus, thus are welfare states overall. Considering that, it would be painfully ironic if the federal government refused to return funds that originated primarily in the productive states that subsidize the rest of the country.

Good post, thanks.


I'm SURE there are natural predators of sea lice hat can be used in order to avoid pesticides !!!


Sounds like somebody owe a drug debt.


Won't be buying Volvo anytime soon.


Yep what and ugly sob.


To accommodate all is to accommodate none. No that is not what Canadians want. We want our values, our social norms and our system of governance preserved.


the whole season is tainted now. even if they win the superbowl. it's not the same anymore.


Uh, no.

Executive Orders, like everything else the US government does, must comply with the Constitution.  That was true for President Washington.  It was true for President Obama.  It is true now.


The headline is a lie.  It is not "Trumps  call"  it is Trump responds to a call from,...."  And so what,  Did China ask us internationally when it devalued its currency on its own and placed high tariffs on American imports? NO!  Did they consult the international community when it built large military bases in international waters? NO!
A little history. Prior to 1972, the United States had no diplomatic with The Peoples Republic of China.   In 1971 President Nixon wanted to leave his mark on history so badly, he complied with every demand China asked so he instructed his Secretary of State to make the "Shanghai Gesture" which had the United States state public that Taiwan  was not a sovereign nation but belonged solely to the The Peoples Republic of China. A treaty violation.  Less than a month later in 1971 President Nixon also instructed the United States Ambassador to the UN not exercise a US Security Council veto for the expulsion of the then sovereign nation of Taiwan.


All these cleanup efforts are wasting time.  Put them all in tent prisons - i.e. fenced area with tents, lighting, water, toilets, and armed security guards.  Force the churches and charities to bring their food and supplies to these prisons instead of the parks, sidewalks, and public areas.  These homeless people are all knowingly violating laws and making a mockery of Hawaii.


"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself." Abraham Lincoln


It does work to a certain extent, but the problem is that this also blocks all comments downstream -- even when the topic and conversation shift and nothing has anything to do with the comments of the one who is muted.  Disqus was able to merely block the posts of the one being blocked, without closing off all subsequent conversation.


Speaking of free trade... according to the other national newspaper Trudeau is planning on deciding on a free trade deal with China and a revamped TPP, both THIS FALL. The public was never consulted about this (so much for open and transparent government) and for some reason the media don't seem to want to pay much attention to it, preferring instead to just focus on NAFTA or simply on yet another pointless anti-Trump article. There is no better example of bread and circuses than NAFTA/Trump being used to distract Canadians while their country is sold out from under them.


Division of Forestry says please be careful with sparks. Really that’s it, please be careful??

How about saying no fires and no fireworks.  At some point taking  a slacker dude attitude makes you a key instigator of the problem.


Alt-right conspiracy theories!  Great that the airlines don't discriminate against the mentally ill!


Speak of hate?? Read these horrifying comments from the Liberal base. Really shows their character, their morality and their distain. They are raising children to think and react in the same manner and then we wonder why America is in the state that it is in? There is no compassion, no logic but there is complete support for violence and hate and worse of all they don't even see it. Can't wait to read some of their reactions to this.


The Times describes Obama’s status as America’s biggest warmonger president as “an improbable legacy” because he ran as an anti-war candidate back in 2008 and promised to end the wars Bush started after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/16/nobel-peace-prize-winning-obama-has-been-at-war-longer-than-any-other-american-president/#ixzz4PtOJTDpV


As Dalton McGuinty said, "We need that money!"


Justin is in way over his head


The president of Syria is about as valid of a source as Donald Trump, which is to say, he has no validity at all.  Perhaps you can link to a source that can actually be trusted.


Thank you Hans Kung. Since Vatican II you have kept the hope of progressive Catholics alive. Repentance and reconciliation are exactly what Jesus would do. It's time for Catholics and Protestants to unite as the Christians we all are.


"Every worker deserves a living wage, and that starts somewhere around $15 per hour"
Well Joshua, if you're going to force employers to pay these kind of starting wages, then all of us who have been in the workforce for years and who have paid our dues working our way up deserve an immediate large raise. It's not right that we be punished by being left out and only making a few more dollars an hour than these starting jobs.
Once we do get our large raises, the cost of living will jump to compensate and then we will all be right back where we started from.


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The government in Moscow is currently treating Ukrainians much as they did during the 1932 "Holodomar" genocide..

They're killing them.

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There is a wonderful song, somewhat ahead of its time, in the Broadway musical SOUTH PACIFIC, titled 'YOU HAVE TO BE TAUGHT". As a teenager growing up and loving that musical , this song made a deep and lasting impression on me. It is such a beautiful song and so true.


real shame about that engine.. ha ha


1/2
re christological cosmology: I am intrigued by the ideas you associate with George van Kooten (previously unknown to me). Do you have a reference or two that would take me to his list of scriptural texts associated with Greek cosmology and his reading of same?

Re Gould's two magisteria: I disagree, based above all on my acceptance of the epistemology of Bernard Lonergan ("Insight: A study of human understanding") and his "Method in Theology."

From that perspective, I see both science and theology as generated by the one and same functioning of the human mind; with science being the method for dealing with "the data of sense" versus "the data of consciousness." Again from that perspective, I see "the magisteria of science" as 100% normative for religion, in the sense that the products of science trump absolutely any contrary suggestions that might arise from theology, but theology goes beyond science in as much it is not self-limited to the data of sense.


Kon man:
HB 115 would raise an estimated $700 million a year.
https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2017/04/15/alaska-house-votes-to-levy-statewide-income-tax-sending-measure-to-a-hostile-senate/

Here is the most recent version of it. It's got all the details you could possibly want.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/30/Bills/HB0115D.PDF

Now how much will your sales tax bring in?


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"But Mr. Trudeau then added a dig at Mr. Trump, .  .  . "
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The temptation to virtue signal is strong in all of us and certainly it looks like Clinton is cruising to a big win.  So Justin just couldn't help himself I suppose.

However there is zero upside for Canada in Trudeau's statement of the obvious.  Clinton doesn't care and Trump, should the unexpected occur and he enters the Whitehouse, may remember this little shot during some future trade negotiation with the Americans.


Good old Newt is linking Machado to Benghazi.  And if this isn't enough to lead one to the conclusion that these guys are suffering from early onset dementia, I don't know what would.  And maybe his supporters are ok with that.  Yeah, I want a guy who spends his early morning hours tweeting about "fat chicks" etc to be the CinC.


Why would we do this, we have people dying of overdoses, we have poor kids with no food, JT and his liberal takers are getting to me. DO not waste anymore of our tax money, and if you must then at least  help the people in Canada already.


SA (aka SF):  it's going to take more than just changing your name.  Your tone and attitude is well recognized regardless of what you call yourself.  Expect more spam flaggings.


It's always fun to hear from Gropey Joe.


Oh cry me a river! There is little uncertainty about anything anymore. OPEC will generate sufficient output to keep the fracking plays from re-engaging in the mid-fifties, so the price will oscillate around the low fifties for the foreseeable future. And the carbon tax is a sure thing. Like it or not, it's here and we had better get used to it. There's not even that much uncertainty about coping. For most families that don't get a total or excess rebate, the effects will be little more than a dinner out a year, or a couple of tank-fulls of diesel in their rig-rockets. Nothing the better part of a day's pay won't remedy in a hurry.

I like our new government's approach, and the fact that they are not about to start panicking as soon as a few players start shuffling off to the exits. They can go and sulk, but they'll be back soon enough.


Police presence should not be a budget agenda item. Police, fire, teachers, and medical are the core of any community and when you short change them the community suffers.


you mean borrowed money


Making them military slaves would not be much of an improvement. I spent 4 years in the Navy, fortunately in peacetime. Now we have perpetual war so you're risking your life if you join the military.

Those you see downtown are only a small percentage of the local homeless, who come in all ages, including old. I'm told by someone who knows these kids downtown that many of them are not homeless. Of those who are, most did not choose to be. Downtown has always been a gathering place for the young. You do not have the right to tell anyone how to live, nor the knowledge to have an informed opinion on homelessness.


is there a seed/cloning co-op?


I see you can't point to ONE verse where Jesus promotes government programs for the poor.  I'm sorry, but much of what YOU believe is NOT based on scripture.


Nothing unnatural period.  There is nothing natural about a LGBT... nothing.  There is no way to creat a generation of gays unless they twist the mind of a innocent child into believing they can reproduce with two identical sexual organs.


Only if he is an illegal immigrant.


GOF:  My radical neo conservative parents said that all professors are commies.  This is too funny.  No name calling today for me!


"Republican Majority will chair the committee so your fear is just a bogus talking point."
Care to explain how you came to that conclusion?  I'm as hopeful as anyone that the normal committees won't fall victim to partisanship but I'm not foolish enough to believe it isn't going to happen.


One more racist comment against AK Natives deemed civil for publication joining the long last of such from the same source.


It is the "Fascist" segment of voters in Quebec who resent the women covering up there faces. Very interesting that Quebec passed this legislation to appease their Fascist support. France did the same thing. French for the French. Australia is even tougher on Muslims.


Ask Peter Apo, he knows who ran the ads. He should he works for them.


State's Rights.  Most of the State's have tried to reign in the slaughter.  New York unfortunately is the abortion capital of America.  Not everyone can make it there,  particularly the innocent not fully developed vulnerable children.  One abortion for each birth.  It's a true Solomon's choice State.  Soon they will have the dubious honor of having more abortions then births.  It's a killing field of discarded human beings.


It's because they understand nothing other than authoritarianism.


The U.S., South Korea, and Japan are afraid that North Korea will hit them with a nuclear missile.  So, the U.S. is going to nuke North Korea first??  Does that seem logical?

If anything, the U.S. might launch non-nuclear cruise missiles at some North Korean military base like they did in Syria.  That would be a mistake also since North Korea might read that as an invasion and retaliate with all their forces, meaning devastation of South Korea and some parts of Japan.

Any preemptive strike by the U.S. will be a huge mistake.


And anyone following an old Subaru Legacy at the speed limit
could be behind me, when driving Ms Daisy in her car (near 90 y/o mom)
with various health issues, out on the roadways. Every bump or
jarring sensation is cause for an on-going driver report.

I'm a defensive driver but do have other thoughts during trying times. :)


[Mr. Spiker is a former police officer, alcoholic, and recovering addict. (his words) He has been very eloquent in his writings about his battle with substance abuse and the consequences for more than a decade while he's been incarcerated. If his example can help even one person, save a life and a family, it will be a worthy victory.]


You probably meant to compliment Clayton, who has been admirably citing peer-reviewed research to support his assertions. Kudos to you too.

Drug policy is multidisciplinary.  Getting advice on how to regulate cannabis from mental health experts is like getting mental health advice from economists and criminologists. We can't craft optimal cannabis policies by looking at MRI scans.

Yes, the parliamentary debates have been depressing. It's clear that the CPC MPs have not read C-45, or the task force report, or the report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, or the Le Dain report, all of which should be required reading for legislators crafting cannabis regulations. #toasterbud


Wifi vs Cellular, XKCD 1865:  https://xkcd.com/1865/


We understand our planet by understanding its formation and possible collapse - we do that by looking outward.


There is a new book on Trump's personality deficiency . . .

"The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President"

I haven't read it yet, but their highly qualified and professional armchair conclusions is that our POTUS is has a "Malignant" personality, a "Narcissist", a narcissistic personality with paranoia.  Fits him to a "T".


What a tragedy. At least he didn't know he was about to die before he did.


Justin, I would also recommend that you assure Canadians that perpetrators of such violence will be met with the force of the law.


Elected officials are supposed to represent "the will of the people" Agreed... but who's supposed to determine what that will is? Comments accusing the gov. of sowing division/dissention are silly... there will never be a government (or business for that matter)proposal that pleases everyone so controversy is a given. As "one of the people" i support these tax changes if they promote fairness..


The Heritage Foundation...   That is the think tank that developed a health insurance program that Mitt Romney used successfully when he was Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 - 2007.  That health insurance program worked well.  President Obama observed that and applied the Heritage Foundation health insurance program nationally, with the potential that it would work just as well.   It would have, but for the ill will directed to its implementation and use by the Republican Senate and House.  By solving systemic problems such as out of control insurance companies applying untoward rate increases and fragmented and uneven application between states, it could be fixed so that its promise would be fulfilled and function just as well as it did in Massachusetts under Mitt Romney.  Let's consult the Heritage Foundation and take it from them about how to fix the application of their health insurance program so that it will work nationally.  Why scrap a good Republican program.


For the record, she was NOT "caught in another lie" she was just slandered, once again, by you.


If that's true why do Ontario schools score so much better than American schools on international comparators?


our best friend's half sister makes 70 each hour at home.. she has been without work for four months, the previous month her payment was 18152 just working on the laptop a couple of hours a day.
check this page
http://tinyurl.com/online-job-tipes381


It's irresponsible to call this election "disputed." Trump won by a landslide of 57% to 43% in the electoral college. No credible recount, or pressure on electors, offered anything to counter that. We should reserve certain terms for cases where they actually apply. 2000? Ok. 2016? Not so much. Wishing something doesn't make it so. These people should spend less time hissing, screaming and beating someone up in the vague name of "love," and more time trying to understand why they lost. Trump is our President now. Let's work with what we have.


As the good doctor said, suicide has never been a crime.  Who is there to prosecute?


Gregsask: Nor does the article say taxpayers didn't pay.  Hence, my question.


slow down please!


Need a citation.


Great! Now save the Alzheimer's patients!

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Muslims.


You are correct. Not all Germans wear black clothes, listen to really bad music, sport really bad black makeup jobs, and quote Nietzche.


in the Emolument Clause, Art. I, § 9, cl. 8; in the Electors provisions, Art. II, § 1, cl. 2, and the superseded cl. 3; in the provision outlining qualifications for the office of President, Art. II, § 1, cl. 5; in the Extradition provisions, Art. IV, § 2, cl. 2, and the superseded Fugitive Slave Clause 3; and in the Fifth, Twelfth, and Twenty-second Amendments, as well as in §§ 2 and 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. But in nearly all these instances, the use of the word is such that it has application only post-natally. None indicates, with any assurance, that it has any possible pre-natal application.


Two dumb comments. You may not like Trump or Trudeau but they are probably better informed, have been following the issues longer, and are better advised than any of us. Trump has been opposed to trade deals for decades. Trudeau has a much deeper understanding of international trade issues than did Harper. This is going to be difficult and the failure of NAFTA, which is a real possibility, will hurt both countries. That does not mean NAFTA at all costs though.


Amazon dropped opposition because it changed plans to include physical presence everywhere so they would have to collect anyway,

But this is a completely ludicrous and overbearing government overreach.   The only way to make it otherwise would be to limit sales tax authority to the state and only the state level.


Yes.


How lomg has the NY Times been your sole source of news and information?


Aloha Jim, great job!  You should be very proud of everything Punahou!
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Except of course the ridiculous alumni band....


Last time out, Adrian Dix and the NDP handed the win to Christy Clark and the Liberals (who couldn't even win her own riding).  This time around, voters have had four more years of choking on Clark and the Liberals; John Horgan is much more dynamic than Dix and hasn't been involved in back-dating exculpatory memos.

Let's hope that when he becomes Premier, Horgan remembers that not all the little, forgotten people he claims to look out for are members of the unions that financed his win.


GC: This does not surprise me coming from you as YOU being a LOSING Democrat. You post time after time about how bad Trump is and how great the Democrats are. Obama was a TERRORIST and you help vote him in, whats that make you. Thank God the conservative Republicans  have taken  over. There are many on this site that do NOT LIKE YOU, and I just added my name to that list. How does it feel to be a Democrat LOSER?????

If ANYONE needs to eat a piece of HUMBLE PIE..............its YOU..............


Obama listened to Trump?  Regarding Syria in 2013?  Boots - I don't think so.


It's too bad there are so many copy-cat ETF's (think Dividends) or poorly weighted ETF's, either by Sector (too much Financials) or by Cap Weighting  (like XIT).  I would love to see an ETF that tracked the Venture Exchange excluding Resources (either Capped or Equal Weighted).  There are a lot of Healthcare and Tech start-up companies on the Venture exchange that would benefit from their own index or ETF.


what are you one this morning?


Wouldn't that technically be:
"Gender equality is unAbrahamic"
Just saying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions


Amy Wilkins will probably find it to be great news though...


Saw him at that grocery store once checking out the produce from under a pulled-tight non-baseball hat and thought "Wow!" before moving along. Summer trips to Seattle for Mariners games offer similar opportunities to star gaze around lunch time at Pike Place Market where visiting players sometimes go to kill time before a night game. Look, look again (OK, maybe a third time), but leave 'em alone.
I really enjoy Mr. Elliott's work -- he is "The Ranch" -- and respect even more that he works so hard at this stage of his life doing what he loves. Hope he never quits.


Some years ago I read what I thought was a very funny Robert Service poem at a village "open mike night".

Now I kinda wish I hadn't.....

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bread-knife-ballad/


Read his Facebook page. If you can decipher. Both the killed and the killers family are throwing insults. Everyone one of them ignorant and breeding more criminals.

Children's Services needs to start making visits immediately.


it is much cheaper to drive electrics than to drive ICE cars. As to the costs of MS/MX, they are both cheaper than their direct competitors. In fact, there is a real reason why the new Model 3 has now pre-sold over 600,000 model 3s just in America and Europe. This is more than what BMW 3 series sells world wide.


Hey, columnist, instead of trumpeting a cute-sy quote that you find amusing, in the area of Toronto's increasingly toxic and prohibitively expensive housing market...

... how about troubling yourself to write up an article diving into the mechanism through which a flood of overseas money is destroying the long-standing Canadian cultural tradition of having local workers buy houses in which to raise their families?

You realize, right, that is what is happening? That we are witnessing the death of a long-standing Canadian cultural tradition? And that the tradition is being killed by a flood of billions of dollars from overseas, first killing the tradition in Vancouver, and then Richmond, and then South Surrey, and then White Rock, and then North Vancouver, and then Burnaby, and now off to Toronto?

I mean, is that funny hah-hah to you?

I assure you it is not funny hah-hah to young Canadian families with local jobs.


During the press conference, he was repeatedly given the opportunity to walk back his statement. He did not. Instead, he doubled down. This was not just a single, tongue-in-cheek remark.


The questionnaire was perfectly acceptable. To say otherwise is just blowing smoke.


Let's see - Israel voluntarily withdrew from the Gaza Strip and we have the Palestinians (Hamas in reality) in control..... It would be very ill-advised for Israel to withdraw from the either the West Bank or east Jerusalem.......


His supporters saw something else. They were not the only ones, a couple  surprisingly objective reporters on Sky News last night also saw exactly the same thing. A president speaking directly to the people who elected him. I actually think he has more support now than when he was elected. So keep banging on with your biased reports G&M you actually may be widening his base of support.


Trump won the election. His campaign promises were very clear. Now he's trying his best to keep his campaign promises... literally the reasons the people elected him... and he's stymied at every possible turn.  I think this "stop everything Trump" program is going to backfire on the Democrats.


So we have people coming out in droves to stop me from having a latte at Fred Mayer in the south hills (three year old vacant lot and counting)...

But, not a peep from these same anti business people, when it comes to commercializing pristine river front acreage...

They should change the name of Eugene to Bizarro....


"They argued that the death of their son deprived them of financial support through his future potential wages."  Gee, I never thought of that angle.  I need to tell my kids they're required to provide me with financial support.


More military bloat. The military industrial complex is alive and well.


And located in one of the most interesting areas of Roseburg, the Mill Pine Historic District, first working-class railroad  historic district  in Oregon.  (check it out!)  And the cows have lovely green valleys to graze in.
But their chocolate ice cream is just too good for my self-control!


So why doesn't this money come out of the Billions we give them already?


Sounds like something that women would be free to accept or reject.

As Mrs. Roth (and Mrs. Facie, for that matter) illustrates, women are capable of doing either.


I don't like Oregon's law that sells the voter's list to anyone for $500.

All that does is increase the junk mail and political robo-calls and push-polls that I receive.  (Although the latter have been seriously reduced since I quit having a land-line!)

Fortunately, they also sell the information that shows when I actually submit my ballot and that stops all of that political stuff dead in its tracks until the next election.


You are right.  $3,000 can do a lot of things.  It sounds like homeless issues are important to you so I encourage you to use your time, talents, passion, and money to support those issues.  I hope others are respectful of the time and passion you'll pour into those issues that touch your heart.  Reverend Lucas chose to direct his passion and talents to this issue (among many others), one that many others also care about.

Also, I'm not sure I understand the connection between "tuna noodle casserole" and "rainbow rifles".  But I can tell you that filling otherwise empty bellies isn't a bad way to "stop breeding hate."


Political correctness is the new fascism.
All views can no longer be tolerated by those too weak to defend their views against challenge.
Tolerance - ie the willingness to accept and tolerate views and people very different from yourself - has been thrown out the window and destroyed by the new fascists, who claim they're opposed to Nazism.
It's hilarious but also dangerous and sad.


I'm curious why you say "fake news"? I expect what is being reported is factually correct, there is indeed such a jury decision, right?


I think that real diplomatic help starts at the "statue of your father" level.


Cancel all outstanding orders with Boeing immediately and tell the moron we will buy our planes elsewhere. Even Russia. That might register with his minimal mind. Maybe!


Exactly... in fact trying to make a comment here seems to be difficult & is becoming somewhat strange..

As a Paid-up Subscriber, this Globe Reader questions how this system is 'Civil'? In reading the Submission Rules -- there seem to be many who are manipulating or gaming the system... The moderating company is ICUC -- ICUC also moderates for CBC -- this company certainly seems to have a lot of weight in the Canadian Sphere of Commenting by the Canadian People...

Therefore, it just might help the 'fairness cause' for you and other subscribers to present your feelings to 'the-powers-that-be' located at the Globe & Mail HQ's..

Cheers Canadian..

/..


it's business as usual


You have absolutely no proof to back up your claims, ie. immigrants don't pay into the school public school system or immigrants are responsible for crime stats.  Actually quite the opposite is true in case of the Vietnam immigrants after the war.  We caused the instability in Iraq, we have a moral obligation to do something about the refugees we created in this war zone.  Germany did not destabilize these region yet they have taken in 1/2 of the refugees we helped create.  We have a moral obligation now, just as we had a moral obligation after the end of the Vietnam war.


Don't be so quick to judge.  (You ate a very-judgmental person.)  Borrowing is the only way some can get a college education.  The problem is in expecting loan forgiveness.  If you borrow money, plan on paying it back.  That's the responsible thing to do.


"particularly in the Portland metro area"

This innocuous phrase is what it's all about. That area has its own city and county taxes as well as the Metro taxing district. They built a bridge over the Willamette that sits empty much of the time because it carries only mass transit. So now they, along with LTD, want a payroll tax on people in Heppner and Bandon to subsidize their mass transit. They want to tax kids' bicycles to put in more stuff like the path along I-5 and bridge to the Gateway Mall. What a quiet, scenic ride that is! Such paths are also for pedestrians, so I'm surprised they don't tax shoes.


Yes BUT with all that said, what in h*ll were they supposed to do?  Any significant cuts in government spending would run the very real risk of worsening the current situation and possibly triggering a dip into recession.  You can't pull a big chunk of spending out of the economy overnight without some consequences ensuing.


Premiums paid under COBRA are what the employer was paying to the insurer, including the employee's contribution. For most, of course, that will be much more than what you saw deducted from your paycheck each month. There's also a small (2%) service charge.

For example, when I became self-employed in 2006, I started paying $1349 per month for my family's coverage: $1339 for the policy plus a $10 service charge. Before that, I saw $232 deducted from my pay each month for exactly the same policy. My employer was paying the remaining $1107 every month.

Today, we have coverage through my wife's employer. For "family" (employee + spouse + children) coverage, the total monthly premium is $1926. Our contribution is $850 and the employer pays $1076. The employer's benefits summary lists a "COBRA Rate" of $1965 for that policy. The $1926 premium plus a 2% service charge.

For the same plan, employee, only, the COBRA rate is $680. Frosty's $720 sounds reasonable.


Sounds like the paens to Stalin from Pravda. With the same level of credibility.


I have always suspected drugs and/or alcohol were involved in these late night tweets.


"It means confronting our history ..."

And when your term is done we'll be confronting your history too.


How long before Froome breaks his silence and tests positive?


Much ado about nothing.  Protest in sports has been around for most of my life time.  I respected Muhamed Alii for his protests and so I respect these players for protesting cops violance against blacks.  The national football league would be making a big mistake if they tried to stop this.


Ahhh no... sorry bub. Computers/Robots WILL be taking most of those jobs. And by the way, wait till you get a load of the fake brains coming down the pike that can beat the recycling bin out of your average journalist/reporter/columnist/news dude. I mean yeah it's all well and good - keep selling the dream, right mate? As long as Mary and Joe bank card stand in line down at the walmart, it's all good, right? Yeah, those walmart lines that lead straight to the automated checkout kiosk. Live the dream baby! Kai-Fu Lee's got some wisdom for ya. Checkmate.


Neil, your efforts to elevate the level of political discussion are inspiring, as usual.


But you - just look at you... now that's smart,  a$$hohole.

Do you see any misspelled words in my post?


Tear down the Gardiner.  Tear down the DVP.  Impose user fees on anyone getting off the GO train at Union Station.  Let's make the suburban swine squeal in pain.


Says a lot about Trumpet when "making America great again" means pumping more steroids into the baddest-ass bully on the block. Conventional military might for national defense is a given, but its effectiveness in controlling the rest of the world is long past. We should've learned from Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- and even our own Revolutionary War -- that might doesn't make right, and all the firepower in the world is useless against determined homegrown rebels fighting on their own terms on their own turf. It makes sense to cut federal spending on questionable programs with huge overheads (primarily for bureaucracy). Funding must be based on the biggest bang for the buck, and Trumpet's proposed cuts may be a move toward greater fiscal responsibility -- as long as we don't end up pouring the savings into the gaping hole that's the military-industrial complex or programs that have been broken for decades but continue to receive funding as entitlement.


We are a lot closer to Socialism than I thought!


you cant produce any facts or examples of jones lying, just shilling the alt left wing hate of the messenger who exposes your bs


"We need to have the conversation about how to stop gun violence," Ahh, completely true, based off of a "wrong" agenda of focusing on a "tool!" That "conversation" has to start with WHY. Why has there been such a catastrophic "moral decay" in America? Every statistical American cultural norm, from birth to death, are in the toilet! Want to "never let a crisis go to waste?" Think that 59 dead with 527 injured is some WILD occurrence? Consider ONE lonely cultural stat: On the same day that 59 died violently, 2,488 (two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight) abortions were performed, just in this country! That happens EVERY DAY of the year!!! A portrait of America's scary decline: Positive responses are at record highs for moral acceptability of divorce, out-of-wedlock births, homosexual relations, sex between the unmarried, abortion, and pornography! How laughable is the concern for having some "conversation about how to stop gun violence?" My concern is for my grandchildren's future!


Most people I know that can't find a job move to a place where there is work. If you can' make it on your own I shouldn't  have to pay federal taxes to support anyone that is physically capable of working. The same goes for subsidized water and sewer. If they want it they can sell bonds and tax themselves to pay them off.


It's not saying taxpayers HAVE TO fund schools that also teach religion.  It's saying they can't EXCLUDE such schools just because they teach religion.  That would be religious discrimination.

There's still the issue of whether to issue vouchers at all in any particular district, of course.  They have to decide that for themselves.  But IF you offer vouchers, and as long as a school meets all the academic and other requirements of other schools that qualify, then you can't DISQUALIFY a school just because they add a religious layer.

Think of it like food stamps.  If the government is handing out food stamps to people based on economic need, it would be illegal for them to deny them to a person that meets the standard economic need but also happens to be religious.


This government is creating class war fare - all for an apparent gain of $250 Million.


The same courts that were used to tie up Obama's progress in climate change will be used to tie up Trump's regressive moves. With any luck it will be status quo until 2020 and then a change can be made.  Better yet  a sea change could occur in Congress in the 2018 mid-terms and Trump can fight Congress just like Obama had to.


As quality of life in the rest of the world crumbles, cost of housing in havens like Canada will inexorably rise. The rest of the world wants to move here, especially Ontario's GTA and Golden Triangle: jobs, educational institutions, top-tier health care facilities, good transportation infrastructure, and safety from crime and violence. Trump makes Canada even more attractive for the rest of the world's mobile population.

How high will prices go? I see no limit for places like Toronto; it's essentially the NYC of Canada. My parents grew up in an Irish working-class neighborhood on New York City's lower west side: Hell's Kitchen. Their five story brownstone walk-up had two bedroom apartments. My parents lived there on a mechanic's wage, while saving enough for a starter home in New Jersey. Today, the price of a one bedroom apartment in my old neighborhood: +$3,500 US @ month. Houses in that suburb they bought their first home in are now worth millions.


Because he is pro-life on the abortion question?