Firstly, whatever Bishop Williamson's views were re: the Holocaust, he was a validly albeit illicitly ordained bishop when he made them public. His views only became public long after his ordination and there is no precedent for the absolute revocation of Holy Orders, a bishop is Sacerdos in æternum.
If I wish to deny the holocaust then am I not entitled to my belief?  Austria and Germany have sinister legislation which can gaol you for what you think. If I believe the world is flat or that the sun revolves around the earth is that sinful?
Four bishops were consecrated validly but illicitly and therefore incurred excommunication because their ordinations were not sanctioned by the Pope. Benedict decided to lift the excommunications and even had he known that Williamson denied the holocaust he could not have left him out as he was not excommunicated on account of his views on the holocaust.


lisa murkowski should consider running for president.  Her campaign slogan could be 'a real republican from Alaska who makes sense.' Republicans need to desperately field a credible nominee in 2020.  The track record of failed republican president wanna be's is getting ridiculous.


Ummm, you do realize that was Obama's last executive order, don't you?

Glad to hear you and Trump are supporting Chelsea. Rather (and surprisingly) large-hearted of you.


And shouldn't try to be


Honestly, just raise interest rates and this housing mess will sort itself out. Landlords do not need to be treated well by any means. They've treated their tenants like crap for years. Before this housing boom landlords use to be mostly good and in it long-term with reasonable expectations. Today your landlord could be an American or a realtor and ready to toss it up on the market every year. Get rid of these landlords. Who cares what happens to supply. Lower supply - stop lying to people that Toronto is a good place to live. It's horrible if you don't own a home. Stay out of this place - trust me if you are looking around the world, this is not the place to be.


Translation: let's soak taxpayers to keep Obamacare going, and continue to force the young and healthy to pay for the old and sick.


Vancouver has become a center for cheap wages in high tech due to the TFW and various immigration programs so I think the author does not know his facts.

A programmer in Vancouver makes about 50k Cdn verses a programmer in Seattle who will make 100k US according to the BCTIA.

Perhaps a research article on this would be of interest?


The Reform Party just guaranteed JT's re-election in 2019. Congrats to Harper Lite on his new position. If you listen closely you can hear the champagne flowing at Sussex Drive.


So it is your imaginary friend that is “claiming something as being indisputable provable fact”? Strawman.
Do you think two people colluded and lied?

Do you think that based on the past behaviors of Trump that this is more than plausible?


You can't handle the truth, but you can censor it.


Paul Scott: Gun ownership is NOT a disease and I don't think the CDC has or would make such an assertion.  The use of guns as a violent reaction to disagreements, the use of guns to express hatred, the accidental use of guns by children and, yes, adults too, the use of guns in suicides, and the use of guns in crimes, account for some 33,000 deaths per year in the US.  If the "causes" of such violence were studied I think we would be addressing the very significant issues you raise.  regards, Gary


False. I reviewed the 2007, 2008, and 2009 actuals for the budget and I found extraordinary increases across the board. Inflation since 2007 - 10 years has been nil.  No need for increases.  Some are necessary. However in 2007 the legislature had a budget of $40M...this year $70M and no real reason why. There are other examples but I urge you to do actual research in the place of grand statements.


I agree with you totally.  I've found myself in the same boat regardless of my experience and education where instead of Canadian employers valuing my assets, they're creating excuses to push my wage through the floor.  It's all about leverage, our governments are giving Canadian businesses all the leverage they could dream of.

The result will be the best and brightest moving elsewhere.  I find myself in this position as I have experience with tech in both hardware and software along with involvement in half a dozen startups from my ideas.  If employers want international experience, they should be competing with international wages.


The first two big upfront benefits of Trump is canceling the TPP and educating our Canadian government administration through example, on what nationalism is about, because this Liberal administration desperately needs education when it comes to policies on employment, trade tariffs, Canadian families, and immigration.


For a damning critique of the how chasing the U.S. News ranking has harmed economic diversity and low-income students' access to higher education, with some UO data, follow this link to the Politico report:
http://uomatters.com/2017/09/uo-is-failing-on-economic-diversity-wheres-the-diversity-action-plan.html


Are you also ashamed at the people rioting in the streets shutting down free speech?


I wonder if he'll let them ask about salvage logging or sustainable logging here in the Northwest?


Dear port commissioners & city council
-  kill all the fish, strip log the land not sustainable, FYI.  Arguing inanely fishermen won't recognize bad weather & put themselves and others at risk suggests very mental deficiencies that depleted natural resources to begin with.  time to turn this economic train wreck of a county/city/port around.  Definition of insanity is doing same thing, expecting different result.  Port, when are you going to clean up that $100 million dollar estimated liability (harbor) you sitting on?  Where tenant for Rayonnier?  Paper mill?  Stop pandering to local nothingness..." I want to kill a fish".  They're gone.  Do your job.


And of course, no one is arguing for broad generalizations across an entire gender.  You even quote Damore as saying that.

He's arguing that maybe in a world free from bias, the applicant pool for Google engineers wouldn't be 50/50.  It might be 40% women.  In which case, that should be the long-term goal: not 50/50.

The goal should be to treat everyone as an individual and look at their accomplishments and credentials.  We should also have a goal of treating people similarly through school and childhood so that people's natural interests are encouraged - even if they break typical gender stereotypes.

The 69-77% doesn't sound impressive at an individual level.  And it isn't.  But it is suggestive that if we treat everyone exactly the same, we can easily have more men or more women attracted to certain activities, hobbies or careers.


"US election's very essence was indecency"


The biggest single tax avoidance issue is builders who either build or renovate a property and then live in it just long enough to claim it as a personal residence and pay no tax. The solution is to allow only one tax free transaction every 10 years.
The second biggest issue is with non resident investors who simply do not file any tax paperwork at all even when they invest in pre-sale condos and then flip the  assignments at a profit - the solution is to get proper control over foreign property ownership and to implement a system where sales by foreigners are subject to CRA approval prior to the release of funds.
The third problem is with those that cheat the system by investing through relatives or who simply do not report profits from the sales of investment and second homes.
All three issues should be the focus of the CRA who spend far too much time chasing unimportant  issues and not enough focus on this problem which costs the country billions of dollars each year.


In addition, Homer is a dumba$$ like you.  You guys related? If not, you should be.


And somehow that justifies targeting innocent police officers making a routine traffic stop?

Your argument would be more meaningful if you considered both sides of the issue....


Christy and her cronies are eating steak and throwing scraps on the floor for the disabled.Totally unconscionable.You have lost my vote.But,keep smiling


hahahahaha


Many of the nones have been brought up by the children of the parents who were raised by THEIR Catholic parents to fear and loathe their natural humanity and to categorize mortal and venial sins before they could name any plants. I believe there has been a generational laying to waste of the notion of original sin as people have simply backed off the concept that human beings are inherently sinful. It lines up with no acceptable theory of cognitive development, nor any effective philosophy of child discipline. No wonder the nones are spiritual yet freed from fear. Just another example of science exerting a greater influence than the church when it comes to human nature.


Not to worry, the Globe is a conservative organization. Print is down and they are forced to compete with the like of the Red Star and the Ottawa Citizen.
We already see the Liberals sinking behind Sheer in the poll and Republicans smashing Dems in State elections.
2019 will see NO Liberal Premiers West of Quebec and a desperate Justin begging the NDPee for support.
Should make for great media, pay back is going to be a b.


if individually they too fit the unappetizing term, ugly American, then why not?


The Lee's should be admired for their very long love story, which I personally  commend.


Ms. White, you questioned whether Senator Murkowski is taking action to address healthy environments, economies and climate change.  First, Title III, Subtitle A of her Energy Policy Modernization Act is all about renewables, including support for more hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, wind, hydrokinetic and biomass energy.  http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=A96A1CF7-21E6-4E6C-9836-13B1D0E16F5F.  You might also be interested in her NY Times article about how better hydropower policies can address both climate change and jobs.  She also brought Energy Secretary Moniz and 5 Senators to Alaska for a field hearing on renewable energy potential. http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2016/2/sen-murkowski-highlights-energy-innovation-in-rural-alaska.  And she's provided funding to rural communities to address safe water and wastewater projects.


When I read this book in the '80s, I thought it was a silly, unrealistic dystopian fantasy that could only really appeal to hardline feminists. None of the characters, including the abused women, inclined you to root for them.  I still think the same way. The storyline seemed to be the projection of some sort of puritanical Christian sect sprung several centuries into the future, and I saw nothing around me at the time that made me think that this was where I or my female descendants would end up.  And even in terms of societies repressive towards women historically, this novel made no sense.

As for anything to do with Trump as president of America? I see no connection whatsoever, just as I didn't with 1984.  People should read a bit more history, actually read the novels they're talking about (in context of their times), before spouting this tripe.

In any event, I have no interest in watching this particular series.


No, they're not new.  But the sheer number, ability to generate and mimic legitimate news sites and the speed and scope at which they are disseminated, circulated, recirculed, injected into internet sites--thus magnifying not only the number of fake stories, but the impact of them in real time--is.


Nonsense. This is happening because the sitting president cannot control his emotions, words or actions. He's inflaming a situation he doesn't need to, forcing a confrontation. If war starts it's his fault more than NK's.


People are quick to blame these deaths on reckless speeding.  What evidence is there that they were recklessly speeding?  Look at the crash wreckage of the Kia,  the driver's side door frame remains in its original outline, the front wheel axle with brake rotor showing it retained it spacing from its wheel well and the passenger compartment.  Yes looks like the engine was somewhat pushed in to the passenger compartment but that might be a weakness of the Kia design & materials to allow such penetration, even at lower speeds.  Compare previous pictures of truly high speed crashes & the end result looks like the car was compressed into an unrecognizable solid body or ripped apart.  Those extremely large pillars & installing a curb that close to a highway is NOT standard practice in the US or most 1st world countries for good reason.  Unfortunately there will be more of these type of accidents/deaths along Farrington highway & you cannot automatically blame it on reckless speeding.


Fun fact: the supposed "success" of the FCA of 2000 is weird considering it only came into effect in 2004, but the downward trend started 5 years prior to that. It's pure coincidence.


You never quite hit the nail on the head, do you?

The city of Charlottesville wanted to allow the rally at a bigger park outside the downtown core where police would be better able to manage the crowd.  The nazis objected, and a judge ruled it should go ahead at the statue.  Now the nazis are blaming police.  Nice.


I like Maafala but she had two service errors.  Granato had her share.  Overall, service errors were less than usual.  Their superior blocking did not materialize tonight.


Pearl, your Native corporations have lawyers, use one of them.


Lacking even a close popular vote trump and his brown shirts have no standing to ask for anything regarding the vote.

A man who acted to criminally avoid serving his country had best whisper. He even bragged about it.

Potus, really?  A draft dodger should be called DodgUS to his face.


Silver, You must be an airline employee, perhaps even a United one. Your support for United flies in the face of logic. Did you notice how CEO Munoz changed course from initially blaming the passenger to accepting responsibility for what was 100 percent wrong by United. Funny how a financial threat and public opinion changes ones opinion. Very disingenuous indeed!  This will be remembered a long time. Offering a free RT to anywhere United flies to volunteers would have been many millions cheaper than what the airline chose to do. Munoz needs to be sacked! That will serve as a deterrent to similar actions by carriers in the future. The passenger will be richly compensated for the abuse he suffered. Deservingly so!
Can you imagine how the Chicago security police came up with accusing the passenger with falling which caused his injuries. That will play well before a jury, no? You can be assured that this will cost United dearly in China. As it should!


Classic Soros shill methods, there Ekk.  Handbook chapter 6, isn't it?


Good news for Ontario. Good news for Ford. I run a company in B.C. How do I get my hands on $102 million from the provincial and federal governments? My solution - end corporate welfare.


Do you think that Brooks' piece was uncivil? I don't.


This comment looks pretty funny 22 days later with Trump Jr caught red-handed.


The following letters have been brought to you by FOX NOISE NEWS. All talk,
no relevant citations, just more bar stool babble.


Why do some people , like yourself , feel that mis-spelling a person's name makes their point even larger ?   Intentionally showing child like disrespect make the writer seem weak and immature  .


What did you wind up calling Bill Clinton?


What terrorists?


Even farm animals are smart enough not to bite the hand that feeds them.


Justin Trudeau is not a saint and is not perfect.  He is much better than mr. Harper.


Why would they not pursue someone that tried to run over a chip? Littleton needs a policy review.


all I want is equality,  an equal say, equal taxation, equal hunting and fishing rights, equal opportunity for higher education and tax free smokes


I used to live in Cold Bay in the early 70's. There are trails & tank roads all over Izembek Refuge land. All of that land at one time was the Traditional unfettered hunting, fishing & gathering domain of the resident Native Aleuts whos descendants are now residing at King Cove. These Native Landowners should & do have the right to reclaim the Cold Bay Airport & support facilities & surrounding land area for their survival.... This acquisition would then allow the resident Natives to be financial self-sufficient.They then would have the option of relocating & living in Cold Bay, & still be able to build their road when & where they wished...


Thank you for another great article Mr. Lowenfels. 🙂


Sorry, I didn't make clear I was responding to the snark about toppling statues of Lincoln.

But...Lincoln's ostensibly racist comments didn't necessarily reflect his views. I'd be curious to hear what you think of this article by James McPherson, "What Did He Really Think About Race?":

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2007/03/29/what-did-he-really-think-about-race/

At any rate, it's simply false to insist that Lincoln was "as racist as anyone."


Brilliant analysis. More money gets you out of poverty. I see some sort of award in the authors future.


Pretty sure he's still alive.


Ut extra sic intra..


I don't know what's up with ADN lately.  Editorials, articles, etc.  without the ability to comment? Why?


You don't even need it.   The infrastructure exists for people who have a lot of power.


And Hillary and the demoncratic party have any honor ? If they did they would run as far away from their candidate also.


Right back at you.


Most return troop returning to Alaska arrive at JBER not Ted Stevens International.
Plus there have been many stories on the tele showing returning troops being met at the civilian airport.


Trump would rather burn down this country than control his ego, he has gotten his way all his life and will say he lost to a rigged system.  Family members are already lining up a media show so he can continue to collect money from his base, it worked for Palin, Huckabee, Santorum, etc.  Paul Newman said to Tom Cruise in the movie, The Color of Money, that you don't make the money on the main table, all the action is on the side tables.


The "wow' was the result of a contact high due to being hotboxed on Civil Beat.  Something akin to a low budget Maui Wowie buzz.
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If you're serious about needing a Birkin bag I would recommend the Diamond-encrusted Hermes Birkin.  Just the accessory for a nite out on Lewers.


Mr. Spindle, through the influences of his father, William Spindle, who is a Vice Chancellor at UAA, has used the justice system as a turnstile over the past 15 years.  I have been able to casually follow his criminal career since he left a man near dead on the side of the road in 2004 and received but a couple years of prison time for that crime.  His father has been able to influence the system and enable his son to live a life that perpetuates anti social behaviour and endanger people through violence to young women and complete strangers.  The “justice system” turns a blind eye as Mr. Spindle leaves a wake of destruction in his path.  Thank you William Spindle and all the judges who cannot hold him accountable.


“but the pool serves all of us and it deserves our support.”

100% false.  The pool serves a small percentage of our community.  Period.  It needs to be self-sustaining or it needs to go away.

It is outrageous that this levy keeps rearing its head.  How many times do the voters have to say ‘no’ before it sticks.


Oh yes.  If you are voting G.O.P. ,  please write in Pence.


Thank you Bob, for being the man you were; the friend you always said you would be, and that strong and loyal Canadian when we working people needed you. Marilyne, Todd, Shawn, Robin - may you all find peace and cherish many wonderful memories of a life well lived.


The Prime Minister, along with another MP and the president of the Liberal Party, took an all expenses paid vacation (other than the first commercial flight) by a registered lobbyist of the federal government.

The author can not seriously pretend that if it had been Prime Minister Harper accepting a lobbyist's gift, he would have been so generous.  The fact that the author likes the current PM's politics and dislike the former's, shouldn't be a determining factor in whether conduct is ethical or not.  It just instead suggest's he's a partisan shill that will say anything to justify his "team's" position.


The decision to use bear spray seems to have reduced injury, as the bear ran off after being sprayed. Would a firearm have prevailed better? Probably depends on size of bear, caliber of gun, distance of shot, how clean was shot and accuracy of shooter. I wonder if, in hind site, prevention was the solution, if all precautions where taken: Were the guides expecting  bear in bear country? Looking for sign, making noise and taking the safest trail possible? Maybe. I hope the lady recovers.


Do you think adn panders to hillary and the liberal point of view?


You mean like the Dispatch did on the injured fireman story ?   They wanted to wait until the next week when the fire department was ready to say what happened .  And our sneaky fire department---they wouldn't even tell which fire station it happened at.  We had to hear from a fellow  commenter on the what and where .   The Dispatch is sinking fast.  Poor / lack of information is adding to reasons people are dropping the Dispatch. That and they are agenda driven instead of news driven .


Thanks, Monica.  I met O'Toole a few times "back in the day." He was the archivist for the Archdiocese of Boston when he undertook the biography of O'Connell as his doctoral dissertation. Before he began, O'Toole said he asked Cardinal Law if he would have unimpeded access to the material he needed, and freedom to write candidly. Law assured him that he would, asking only that he tell the story truthfully. Law kept his word, and so did O'Toole.
If you haven't read Slawson, I recommend his book. It focuses more specifically on O'Connell's defects, but it is well-sourced and provides important insights, I think, about the depth and breadth of the corruption in the Archdiocese.
So, Law thought he inherited a problem ...??
There's a tradition for that, too. O'Connell directed the authors of a three-volume history of the Archdiocese to portray his predecessor, John Williams, as bumbling and incompetent (he wasn't) and O'Connell as the savior of the diocese (he definitely wasn't!)


I find it amusing that you think the President being a lying, egomaniacal imbecile has anything to do with left vs. right.


Seems Whyne has learned a lot from the potentates of Indonesia who perfected the practice of vexatious litigation to silence politial opponents.  I suppose it is taxpayers who are compelled to fund this exercise.


"...that includes Alaska's U.S. senators, Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, who may disagree with each other, but both tout Wing-Heier's expertise."

Murkowski likely values Wing-Heier's expertise and may even base her actions in the senate on info she gets from her. But for all the difference Wing-Heier wisdom makes with our junior senator, Dan Sullivan might as well get his healthcare information from the 1st graders at Baxter elementary.

Dan Sullivan is a reliable vote for whichever abomination of a bill his party vomits up as well as an enthusiastic supporter of virtually everything the incompetent, know-nothing blowhard in White House does so lets not pretend for a second that anything Wing-Heier tells him is going to make a damn bit of difference.


Eugene:  The Chamber of Commerce people ALL SMOOZE the Politicians.  WHY?   Because they know the Politicians can SWING money their way for whatever.   The Chamber of Commerce does some insider trading.  Ask a Chamber member  about their weekly "HOT SHEET" which lists information about business's and people, which is  NOT available to the public.

As  far as business, I owned and operated  a Extremely successful business  here in EuGreen for 30 years.  I saw all of the A * &   K * ^ $ # @ ! Hooey going on.  I did not have to  belong to such a outfit.  Ask them about their weekly Hot Sheet that contains confidential,  personnel information on business's and people and it is not released to the public.


That was the first site I looked at, and I still don't see it...care to provide a link?

Also, it's irrelevant whether Mr. Ballot was at fault (you have no information about this, of course). Hitting someone and  failure to render aid is a far bigger crime than jaywalking.


Agreed.  It's easier for me to remember to abstain on Friday than to try to think of and alternate penance.  I suspect that, because of this loosening of the rule, many don't even remember that it's mandatory in Lent.


You mean, It will be an invasion of self-centered, entitled, over-educated hipsters looking to have someone else pay their college debts.

There, fixed it for you!


Eugene / Springfield aren't the bedroom communities they were 20 years ago.
Gangs, graffiti, and the people that come with it are now the norm...locals keeping their head in the sand notwithstanding...
You probably should of looked at the crime statistics before moving here...


And explosives should only be set off in designated areas by people who are licensed to use them.  Designated areas would be void of homes, trees etc and these areas would be equipped to handle problems such as fire or injury.


Reading the comments does not sound like Alaskans feel lucky.  Maybe you feel that way, but not the majority according to every article I read about Walker.


If I am not mistaken, The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared was there with Stalin when this dynasty was established long ago. Part of the novel unfolds in Korea ... right?

That 100 year old man in the novel appeared here and there with some of the powerful men who presided over some of the grim history of the 20th Century. Perhaps, if he is still alive, he can return to some of these places which, again, if I am not mistaken, includes both Washington and Pyongyang.

Did he not also help develop "The Bomb" or am I getting novels mixed up?


Thank you, Mr. Chowkwanyun
My wife was home from work one day, and doodling around on the home computer. Our cat Rocky, a tabby shelter cat, was sitting next to her on a cat platform. Then Rocky sat up and yawned, had a slight shudder -- and toppled off the platform. My wife brought him to our bedroom where we placed him on a pad on our bed. He looked at me and I literally watched the life leave his eyes.
My wife and I were just devastated.
Yes, he was "just a cat", but he was also our companion. He loved sitting on my wife's lap, and lying next to me while I slept. He was playful and loving in his own way, and I'm not at all ashamed to be anthropomorphic. He was never judgemental, never a scold (unless we were late to give him his dry food).
One moment he was alive, the next he was not. Life is so painfully short.
If reincarnation is real, I've thought for a long time that I couldn't think of a better existence than returning as a cat in a loving home.


Exactly.  And when another financial crisis hits, or healthcare costs balloon, or we run out of young people to fund all of our public sector entitlements then what?  We've blown all our money living the high life and we have not prepared for the (inevitable) rainy day.


Thank you, Governor Walker.


Kevin,

I take issue with many of things you wrote but I'll just comment on the worst of the lot. When you say "businesses should be businesses and pensions should be pensions" what gives you or the government the right to determine how a business owner should manage their affairs? How do you differentiate cash to be invested in case of lean times vs assets left in the business once the business closes? These proposals make it impossible for the former so even if you think the latter is bad (I don't) don't you think that would be very destructive to business for the sake of a subjective interpretation of fairness?

What really angers me is deliberate misleading statements like these: "...with the use of tax-planning techniques so heavily concentrated among high earner...". So where would you expect legal tax minimization strategies to be concentrated? Amongst minimum wage workers, welfare recipients, full time students? That doesn't make us tax cheats.


I think a problem with this hard, and, I think, simplistic, definition (rape is power and control/sex is not), from the perspective of the person who is deciding whether they are raping or having sex,* is that if they ask themselves whether they are exerting power and control over someone or pursuing sexual pleasure, and if they conclude that they are simply pursuing pleasure, they may feel they can't therefore be raping someone, which is not true.
*Pro tip: if you're asking yourself this question, you need to stop whatever you're doing.


huh?


I'm sure glad it's been raining like crazy for a week


where you live is not necessarily tied to the RE you own


At what point does frivolous lawmaking start to infringe on the freedom our constitution allows? Besides, shouldn't the law therein by penalizing you if you DO get into an incident if that is the concern? You can't keep making laws to prevent people from being stupid.


Subsistence hunters are more danger to Beluga whales than fracking will ever be.


People made the same argument in Australia.  Oddly enough, there hasn't been a mass shooting there since they banned guns.  It's almost like relying on bumper sticker slogans to set policy is a bad idea.

Zero mass shootings is an achievable goal, sadly you and your ilk would rather see children being murdered than take any action.  You can deflect and insult all you want, but at the end of the day your politics shares in the responsibility for these crimes.


I find it somewhat disingenious that an article about tax exemptions focuses on a minor element (health plans) rather than tackling much more important ones, such as the capital gains tax rate, which cost the government considerably more. The Fraser Institute seems to be only interested in reducing exemptions that middle class employees get rather than going after the ones the wealthy receive. Our tax code needs a major revision but it should include all aspects, not just ones here or there.


Hate to echo Ford, but what's needed are more subway lines in the core.  Toronto downtown streets (spadina etc excepted) are not typically wide enough to support a dedicated lane: even if King works, what about College etc.?


I haven't paid close attention, has Clinton been accused of anything new since his impeachment?  He did pay for his misdeeds before and if he has continued would be just as bad as currently accused men but I haven't heard of any new accusations.  People do have the right to learn from their past and become better people.


I am sure it won't lead only to liberals....

But I don't begrudge someone just for using the loopholes.  What boils my blood is when liberal politicians and the people who fundraise and get them elected act like they care about equality and making the rich pay more ... when their goal is really to protect themselves and their friends and only go after other peoples money


Aug 1 is the first day back to school for public schools - will try to make it. It is important. Standing by for ways to submit written testimony.


I did read the article.   I have also read some postings from environmental nut jobs on how they could do to oil and gas workers what they did to loggers back in the day.   Back then they 'spiked' tree trunks in ways that could cause injury or death to loggers cutting down trees.   A little tampering with equipment on an oil well could cause a fire or explosion and kill oil and gas workers.   The anti oil and gas activists have done everything else to try and stop this legal activity from occurring so taking it a step further wouldn't surprise me either.   You certainly can't say the environmental nuts you've supported in posts haven't advocated violence.


Read.  Read about what is happening and you will get the answer (hint: increased warming leads to increased ice breakup).


Tow it to California. They need the water.


Redbeard great reply. Thanks for the chuckle.


Congratulations Mitch, your lust for a 45 min "party" in the Rose garden will not only prematurely kill millions, many in what have been solid GOP controlled states, it will be the base for the 2018 and beyond elections. Just as Alaskans took action in 2016 on state concerns the trend will continue on the federal level.


I was looking for a better explanation.  What products aren't traded between nations!!??


Trump is very much "beholden to the Constitution." That's what the Inauguration is about - swearing to uphold the Constitution.

If he fails to act in accordance with the highest law of the land (as determined by the Courts, not him) that's ample grounds for impeachment.


I think it was in poor taste to paint those signs because on the service it's written to look like a racist white person wrote it.  I mean, thinking a colored or mixed race person painted it was the farthest thing from my mind.  And then the house for sale sign too?  What's really going on man?  Are you trying to stir shit up in our community?  What was your point?  You do know that the black lives matter movement was classified as a terrorist organization after the shit that went down in Dallas?


l2g - Slick Willy Clinton bombed the hell out of Iraq two years before Boosh sat down in the Oval Office.  The reason?  WMD's.


I used boarding kennels for a while. I quit many years ago, even the best ones are little more than prisons. My dogs are now happier and experience less anxiety in their own lair with pet sitters they know. Do as you wish, my dogs will always stay at home. To make allowing your niece to watch your dog illegal is jack boot thuggery.


Turkey is part of the Middle East, but is also partly in Europe. Egypt is generally considered part of the Middle East but lies mostly in Africa. However, if the dead guy is from Lebanon or Syria or Iran or Iraq or Afghanistan, to name but a few countries in the region, he is in fact Asian.


GC:  the weakly is no good.  They shake down MJ shops for ad revenue.  Also give too much space to lib-tard editorials like Tony C.


"Create a refuge"  ???   Lehua has been a refuge, a bird sanctuary, for decades.  Where have you been?  Zzzz....


Meeting Jesus in others everyday would have more impact!


Wouldn't surprise me if he did abandon the accord. Scientific theory and research is not something he cares about. He's dismantled most everything so far and will keep going till he's deconstructed government. Mr. Bannon's goals for the nation and WH. The man is not a critical thinker.


Every comment of yours is delusional, relying on hoary old anecdotes from 60 years ago.

I bet you've never been in Europe seeing the hordes of beggars and pickpockets.


Thanks for jumping out of the "safe zone" with this article Mr. Campbell....I don't think Kevin O'Leary has much to offer Canadians as leader--he'd be best to stick to the successful life he wishes to tell us about.  His self- admiration is too much like that of Pres. Trump.....we don't need anyone even a little like that man....even if he's in oppositon.  I don't think he'd be happy to be an MP anyway....he's in it for the power.

I admire Michael Chong for standing on his own against PM Harper...I believe he's the only one to do that while the Conservatives were in power.  He seems like a very honourable MP.


I don't think Trump lied about this. As AlwaysThere says, to lie is to deliberately say something you know is untrue.

Trump, amazingly enough, seemed to have turned an off-the-cuff anecdote from a German golfer about brown people submitting ballots into a multi-million priority of his Presidency. A lie is one thing, but setting policy based on lame reasons because of his insecurity seems to be equally as bad. A liar or an insecure naif? No good option here.


...so what was the score?


Unprincipled legalese and total Garbage. The current system is an complete outrage! How dare you defend it? How is it that the rest of Canada gets it but not the BC Liberals? It undermines a citizens vote for unaccountable money. It sells out the public good for private corporate and possibly foreign  interests ( like real estate). Its crony ineffective capitalism undermining a functional democracy.

Democracy should be a competition of ideas about the way to forward the public good. Not how to screw the taxpayer and citizen for a few bucks. The current system completely undermines this idea. Good ideas that are hampered or killed because the wealthy company bribed the right government is not progress. It fascism.

If you honestly think bribes and corruption are good for the citizens of BC then by all means you have an argument. Most will strongly disagree.


That's 14 successful test in a row. 100% success rate for THAD... so its a little more then a concept. The ground based mid-course it the one with a lower success rate, 55%.


could try to get out in front of US on taxes. Big cut.


Sure, no doctors were killed, no clinics shot up.

Your wholly imaginary false reality won't save you.

And your failed defense of Nazis is disgusting.


Hey Blackie, get yourself to a shelter, get cleaned up, find a job as a carpenter. Our construction economy is booming and unemployment is at a record low. Oh wait, you mean that's not the real story?


No. Some ppl are too uneducated to read it and too lazy to run translate, so they would rather deny your freedoms/rights instead.

U were good.


A gathering of over 1100 Police.... think of the cost of airfares to listen to a concentration of waffle!!


Bots, earth calling, come in!


In what why does an electoral victory confer correctness on an opinion? It merely says that more people (well, not even that) hold that opinion. This is really the crux of the comments on here--they believe that an election means they are right on certain issues. That is not correct. They are still just opinions.


She suggests that women should strike.
It’s an idea that some people might like.
She wants women to move
Of that I approve,
If it means that she’ll take a hike.


Wow, I was thinking how you must really feel betrayed. Imagine we had an industrial plant further up the Willamette River, and the owners could pocket more money by cutting back or eliminating pollution control. As a kid, where I grew up  I remember a river running red below a Keds sneaker factory. Thanks to 45, that can now happen here! This is just one example of the reversal of civilization he is propagating as we speak. Certainly myself and the majority of Americans do not believe we should return to our polluted past. But we really feel for the betrayal you must feel, after all we live in this wondrous State of Oregon where we respect Nature.


And fill it with more Trumpsters? No thank you.


You typically can't discharge in bankruptcy judgments which resulted from an intentional tort.


I wonder if they will get their model 3s before or after the solar roof arrives?


Why is it that Republicans would rather slash their own wrists before saying "health insurance" and "affordable" in the same sentence? - Because "affordable" is the opposite of "corporate profitability" and this is the only thing they really actually care about. They don't care if you are sick or injured, only how much money they can make off of your medical problems.


Russian interference and gullible people who took the bait hook, line and sinker. However in our country it's never too late. Only a matter of time before the good overcomes the evil. Right now the Chump is doing a hell of a job crashing his own plane.


"Consciousness to the fact that they are going to have to hurt or kill a lot of people if they want to maintain societal dominance."
~ ~ ~
How blatantly silly..

/..


This is meaningless as the culprits will just keep throwing money at it, Gottstein's heroic effort aside.


Is this Backbone cracking?


I wouldn't be surprised this has the making for a congressional review hearing. And you are absolutely right "This one will never, ever, go away;".


It's now 2017. In 20 days Donald Trump becomes president of the United States. Some 60 million Americans voted him into office. Partisans from both sides will argue past each other over his suitability, but there is no denying it, Trump as president is a momentous event in world history. The U.S. has been the dominant nation in world events for the last 70 years. They have the largest military, the largest economy and the greatest global influence. All of that now falls into the hands of a brash reality television star who was born into great wealth and won the votes of poorly educated whites across suburban and rural America. He has filled his cabinet with fellow billionaires and people hostile to the very agencies they are set to lead. He will assume the reins of power already at odds with the entire security apparatus of the country, after refusing to attend daily briefings and denying their contention that Russia intervened on his behalf in the election.  Let's hope for a 2018.


Fifteen years from now the Iran agreement will be in the hands of another, different, administration and Congress. Obama's accomplishment is striking, but vulnerable to future repeal that could never have been in his control.

If Putin decides to cross into Poland with 30 thousand troops and heavy armor, then NATO needs to be there. Putin at the border is the provocation, not Poland. Neither Poland nor NATO wants to cross into Russia. And you want to blame something that hasn't happened and most probably never will on Obama! You here have justified Putin's invasion of Poland!

If, If, If. Now you want to blame Obama in advance for everything bad that happens in the future. Also, you want to blame me!

So Motley, do you still post without reviewing the posts of others, as you have claimed? That puts an added burden on me, and allows you to plaster your endless petty arguments all over the forum at high speed. Tell us Motley, do you review, and if so, do you review conscientiously?


The Globe article refers to donations of $1500, not to donations from $1101 to $1499, therefore you are incorrect.


True, but he has been collecting this welfare for 22 years.....................


That is an interesting opinion Gov. I wonder if you have any prove for your assertions. There is plenty of prove to negate your view point. Opinions tend to be founded in feelings rather than real evidence.


Something will get done?

Try this for "something":

1.  $4.1TRILLION made in the stock market since Nov 9, 2016
2.  The USA is now ENERGY DOMINANT, not just energy independent.  We control oil, pricing, etc.  Compare that to Jimmy Carter and the "peak oil" fools of the past.  The USA has more oil than anyone on the planet.  Thanks to Trump for getting the oil out of the ground.  Check your gas prices....going down fast from the high's of a year or two ago. This has been spectacular.
3.  Trump negotiated new deals with the middle east, met with 57 leaders there just recently.
4.  Trump has destroyed the main stream media and the democrats.  They are the laughing stock of the world now.
5.  Trump is putting in hudreds of Judges and has taken over 1,060 seats all over the country.
6.  Hillary is done forever.  That is the best part of all of this.
7.  ISIS is almost eradicated all over the planet.
8.  The border is undeR full control now.  This saves us hundreds of $Billions!

#MAGA!


Absolutely.
 Almost everything I've seen, heard, felt, read, and experienced these last 50 years dealing with Canadian doctors, lawyers, landlords, politicians, and other professionals are all the facts I need.
  Far from being jaded, these 50 years I've tried to fight the fires of greed and corruption with truth and compassion.
 I've failed big time. I hope you'll forgive me.


Wait a minute.  Mazie evaluating a SEAL team's actions?  You have got to be kidding.


This blog does not present the time, the place nor the venue for a Bible lesson to someone who doubts that there is a Divine Creator.
Bill O'Reilly is not active in the Republican party politics. Dennis Hastert is serving his time for his decisions he made ten years ago. Bill and Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein are all present day active Democrats.
Christians are not hypocrites. They are weak people just like everybody else. All will fall short. Keep in mind that Christians have put themselves in the position to be attacked and tempted by the principalities more than their secular counterparts.  Why attack a person who's already on the team?


I guess there can only be one profane person in the white house at a time, and trump, the narcissist, can't stand playing second fiddle.


i stopped going to young's, got crappier


Examples? Like, from bona fide sources?


Why would the sick feel the impact of the surcharge? Maybe the poor, because it's slightly regressive. However, the regressivity of the surcharge is minimal. Why complain about half a percent and ignore the 4% that is the rest of the GET? Who rides public transportation? It's not the affluent, as you can see if you ever take the bus. So, if low- and fix-income people are complaining about the impact, they should consider they belong to the groups that benefit the most from public transit, like the rail. In their case, it's much close to a user fee than an excise. Thus far, however, it's only been rail opponents, not the poor, complaining about the surcharge.


The Dalton is a road to resources.  The state has been pouring money into the Dalton for maintenance.  It really needs to be a toll road.  Tolls to equal maintenance costs.  Cathy Giessel wants to tax our tires.  Why can't the state tax the users of this road to resources?


Sadly, there are some who might seek to deny the social benefits of diversity and the economic rewards that accrue to businesses and asset values from voluminous immigration programs.  Vehicle attacks that kill and maim may at first blush seem like something bad, but let's be honest, you don't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.  More people die from heart disease, so there is no point in taking any steps to stop vehicle attacks.  In fact, it's a bit racist to try.


And so all for of you erstwhile Kimo Sabes ain't got a chance when you challenge me philosophically and/or intellectually, for it is that Yale University (yes this Native lad walked the hallowed halls) looms against the backdrop of your bigoted lunacy. And it was that my mentor and friend to this day, Howard Weaver, did see my talent and gave me a chance and for that I am forever grateful.


<According to the article Fr Weinandy resigned his position after he made public the fact that he had written to the Holy Father. That is hardly ‘hoist with his own petard’, is it?>
I'm not sure how you think Fr. Weinandy's  preening arrogance and his cynical manipulation of his position with the bishops' conference to advance his personal agenda invalidates the idiom I chose, but I'm not sufficiently invested in it to argue about it.
As for the criticism of this pope: apart from the screeching noise created in the far right corner of the church, this pope is by every measure the most popular, respected and well-loved pope since John XXIII.  History will remember Pope John Paul for his malfeasance and non-feasance in responding the the clergy sex abuse crisis. No pope in the modern era has done more damage to the church than did John Paul II.


'Who knew that 'precedentin' could be so complicated, huh?


Sophie...


So-called church/religious apologies against an attempt to take down one's culture and traditions should never be forgiven.  Take responsibility and pay back those that have been harmed.


Total death and injury are about 125,000 a year. Deaths about 30K, two thirds of which are suicide, the vast majority by middle-aged white male gun owners (which no realistic gun control could impact). Of the 9K or so firearm homicides, about 80% per the CDC and FBI are criminals killing criminals, usually involving gang affiliation, the majority of the rest involve domestic disputes involving ongoing, escalating violence. Accidental deaths are about 600 per year. Of the injuries, the CDC doesn't track by severity, so a critical injury counts the same as a minor wound, but there too the majority involve criminals assaulting criminals.

The US does not have a "gun problem," the US has a sub-culture of violence problem, mostly located in a few urban areas, within those areas mostly between very small groups of criminals and their associates known to police. Control for that and the US "gun violence" problem becomes barely distinguishable from the cherry-picked "developed world."


Police should always be transparent with us, unless they have an excellent reason.

I look forward to hearing what their excellent reason for being secretive about this event is.

It could be justified, I suppose. But it's going to inconvenience a lot of people.


You forgot the Vietnam War. Some disagreement who "started it", but LBJ has to take the most blame, since he brought in massive troops, & conned Congresss into an infamous "resolution" that sounded like a brief police action, but ended up a full scale big war within months, drafting all our young men, and committing massive troops for about 10 awful years.

Thing is,  we had the Colin "Powell doctrine" afterwards, committing the least troups needed in the shortest time, with a "well defined mission & exit strategy". This doctrine was followed by Reagan, Bush#1, and Clinton. GWB threw the Powell doctrine into the trash, and changed to a Neocon policy, advocating invasion of middle East countries,for oil & strategic dominance, & comtinual, endless war, so the R Party could dominate in a new American Century. We all know how that ended, with disasters like a Great Global Recession. Obama restored the primacy of peace & diplomacy, & military war as a Powell doctrine style last option.


Trailer towing and manual transmissions don't mix well. Most manufacturers make an automatic transmission a mandatory part of their heavy towing package, even on vehicles on which a manual is available. The reason for that is that getting started with a heavy load, especially uphill, is murder on the clutch. To modify a vehicle for heavy trailer towing, the factory has to either give it a heavy-duty clutch or an automatic transmission with a good transmission cooler. Few manufacturers follow the "heavy duty clutch" route.


I have to be careful with my posts, but what you say makes perfect sense...


The fact that your beliefs are such that two people from the far ends of political thought can so easily unite against you in common cause would make a rational person consider re-evaluation of those beliefs.

But, I speak of a 'rational person' to someone who shows little sign of rationality, at least on this subject.


That is a bit rich coming from someone who routinely disagrees with all my comments, even when the comment is just giving verifiable facts or quoting from a  source like the CBC.

Clearly you are not one to lecture on responding emotionally.


I  believe that you meant to write that God had gotten out of ''''THEIR'' box again. ?no?


Poor kids don't go to Harvard and drop out. All these guys came from wealth and all had a propensity toward education. They also had a certain amount of capital available to them and the ability to make financial mistakes and recover. They're an anomaly of an anomaly of an anomaly. 10 out of 318.9 million Americans does not prove the case you are trying to make that getting an education is a waste of time. My thought is you're wrong and too ignorant to know what you're talking about. It reminds me of when you talk about abortion. You know nothing. You're a know-nothing.


"It is absolutely clear the majority of Canadians want our borders protected and our laws enforced now." I really hope so that Canadians agree with this, because if not we are facing an ugly future.


Hooray!
Taxi's are toast!


Well put. There may be times when a single parent heroically raises a child alone due to death or desertion, but intentionally creating a child knowing full well they will be raised in a situation deprived of one of their natural parents is selfish.


You are probably right.  However, I'd say failing to take advantage of K-12 education and learn a trade, whether by working or getting advanced training, runs a close second in the list of bad choices.


Fake news? Have no clue on why they were detained, just said that. Smoke bombs perhaps?


$6 million on a budget the size of U o O's is  peanuts.  Where I work we are cutting $6 million out of a budget of $120 million.


Yes there are still NAZI and NAZI like people in Europe, however the attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions in France, Belgium, Germany etc have all come from Radical Muslims. Do not know if that is the case here but would not be surprised.


Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that efforts toward social change are futile. I believe quite the opposite to be true. But i also believe that those who go about challenging the status quo and pushing for (or demanding) change, tend to receive the backlash of those who feel threatened by those efforts. So, for instance, when Indigenous Canadians challenge the Canada 150 narrative by reminding everyone that, for them, this was the beginning of a terrible chapter in their peoples' lives, in which they were dispossessed of their land, brutalized and de-humanized as matter of public policy, white Canadians take that as an affront, instead of a fact with which to be reconciled.


The Russian Collusion story is right back in the headlines after it has been reported that Trump personally dictated misleading statements regarding his son's meeting with the Russian lawyers. Really, what are you actually trying to defend?


"agreed to a peace bond in a subsequent case which is an admission of wrongdoing"
No it isn't. It could easily be that that was the easiest way to put it all behind him. Given the atmosphere at the time of the Crown thought they had a strong case they would have pressed it and not offered the alternative.


It isn't the economics they like.
It is the political impossibility of fixing Harper's egregious error.  Ask Brian Mulroney.


Taiwan is part of China and so is Hong Kong and Macau. Get that through your head and you can continue to educate people on the charlatanism of Li Hongzhi.


As hunting technology evolved from early man they used whatever newest technology was available from a rock to an at latl to a bow and so on. There's a reason we are on top of the food chain and it is a fair fight. They use their brain we use ours. End of story.


Maybe the reason they're reluctant to prescribe marijuana is because they can't get kickbacks from marijuana dispensaries like they can pharmaceutical companies. What's the essence of the Hippocratic Oath? Do no harm? How is withholding treatment from those suffering excruciating, incurable, terminal illnesses living up to that oath?


His own interview where he stated WW II in Hungary was the best time of his life. So if he said it he must believe it. Several sources on web sites. Pissed me off so bad I sent a message to the War Crimes unit in DOJ. Their claim is he was only 14 and didn't know any better. I bet at 14 you had a pretty good idea what your actions were.


It is heartwarming to see the PUC standing up to HECO on the behalf of electrical consumers.

For too long HECO has been stuck in it's corporate rent seeking business plan allocating profits into dividends and lateral investments instead of improving grid infrastructure. Technology is now forcing corporate reticence to modernize.

Many tech companies, like Stem, are competing to profit from opportunities presented by new technologies.

Gabbard and Rudderman have introduced a Community-based renewable energy program SB 1050, which HECO is fighting.

I encourage anyone who uses electricity daily and wants to keep up on the fast moving tech changes and politics to visit this informative site:

http://www.ililani.media


Good Lord No!


Carson said Trump's words were abominable.  The editors did not have to also include a reference to Carson not endorsing Trump's words.  That is self evident.

And I don't see where the problem is with focusing the article on Carson's take on Trump and his words.  If the context of everything is to be included, we would be in for some very long reading sessions.


Jocelyn

If you read this bills section 4, which covers the General Terms of the lease HRS171-35, you see:
171-35 Lease provisions; generally. Every lease issued by the board of land and natural resources shall contain:
(1) The specific use or uses to which the land is to be employed;
(2) The exact commencement and termination dates for the lease, and the term and type of notice required to exercise any renewal option, if applicable

(1) should lay to rest concerns about lack of supervision of a lease by the board
and
(2) clearly states that there are no "perpetual leases" as a current PR campaign is trying to popularize as a rallying point.  The "term and type of notice required to exercise any renewal option" means that the  board, at the inception of the lease, must approve a specific formula for any future renewal of the lease.  Meaning the board controls the terms.  At some point we have to allow for government officials to have the ability to make decisions.


No no he status quo have successfully accessed the Canadian credit card.
Who could forget Harper mocking Juniors modest stimulus plan during the election ???
" just a weeeeee debt " Harper mocked, he new the entitlement he was facing gave the Liberals/establishment   the moral permission to lie to Canadians.
Shame to see Harpers  hard work go down the tubes during non recession times.
Is there anything this student council can can accomplish with out looking like complete hacks ???
Other than vote getting, taxing ,  spending our tax dollars like drunks  and desperately trying  to get our kids legally stoned.
Truly it's much worse than any of us initially thought.
2019 can't  come fast engough !!!!


And there you go...calling names and assigning intent. Don't dare call me a bigot. That is untrue and unfair...you simply don't listen.

Making assumptions is a dangerous thing. It would be like me saying the only thing that interests you is the economic benefits resulting from marriage. See how unfair that is? But it could be assumed from what you wrote.

And who said the only reason SSN is opposed is due to economics? Another wrong assumption...

Just because someone opposes SSM does NOT make one homophobic. But I know it is so much easier to believe that than discuss the reasons.

Btw - you do know of course, those economic benefits came with civil unions, too, right?


Nice to see an agency demonstrating some honesty, at least for a little while.


You want to kills yourself.  I'll give you the bullet.  But damn.  Wife. Kids.   Family. Why?????     Off yourself.  Ok.  But leave the kids alone.  I just can't imagine.

Oh. Before any of you anti gun pussies chime in.  I know. I could be liable if I gave him the bullet.   But if I did.   And the wife and kids live.  Am I now a hero.   Sad. Sad sad.


No, which is why is has to be repealed FIRST.  Only then will both parties be leveraged into working together to try to come up with a bipartisan plan.

This repeal+replace in one step was doomed from the very start.  I never understood why they even went down that path.  We all know that ZERO Dem yes votes would be available as long as Obamacare remained intact.  Given that reality, giving Dems even more chances to demagogue it was counterproductive.  But again, I think repeal+replace in a single step was an impossible task to begin with.  Hopefully now they've realized that (and perhaps that's why they went through this exercise - to get people to realize it).

The ONLY chance of substantial reform is to lock in the pending repeal of Obamacare FIRST.  Once that's locked in, only then does the leverage increase for both side to come up with something new.


Ah, BLF also opening troll accounts on the Daily Maverick? :D
I hope you guys are getting paid overtime.
You will be out of a job in a few weeks!


Looks like Pitino will have more time to hang out after hours at his favorite local restaurant.

Jurich went from CSU to Louisville and seemed to do a great job in building the athletic program. Should have fired Pitino long ago and maybe he wouldn't be dealing with another round of embarrassment for the school. Though I doubt the school cared about much other than winning given they were willing to give Petrino another shot.


Hi, EN:  Thanks for your remarks.

I think some would say this is a somewhat dated view of "capital" versus "labor" (rather 19th C., even) - although for a fact I don't entirely disagree with your points.  Experience shows, for example, that a smartly-managed company takes good care of its staff - because happy employees are much more productive and engaged than dissatisfied ones.

Some of the relations that you describe are definitely starting to break down.  It was technology in the last quarter of the 20th C. that greatly increased productivity - not, say, more unionization or longer vacations for "labor".  Modern economists (particularly those hewing to some flavor of Keynesianism) would probably assert that your discussion is missing the "Third Leg" of the triad - government.  (Some of these economists might even assert that government is the most important leg.)

As has been noted elsewhere, with the rise of robotics, AI, and the digital age, big chunks of the traditional ...


Please check your facts and history a little better. Ward 1 has the City's _only_ special area zones that provide solid standards for infill compatibility, while allow increased density, including a sensible standard for alley-access-only lots.

We have a relatively safe and pleasant Monroe Park, thanks to hard work by the residents and heavy-lifting by Bonny Bettman.

We saved the Kaufman House, and it now has a thriving OSU Extension Program operating out of it.

With George Brown's help, we stopped EmX from ruining the livability on W. 11th & 13th Aves.

With Bonny's help we blocked expansion of MUPTE west from the city center into the historic residential area. Note that this was pushed by Richie Weinman, now one of Lucy Vinis's advisers.

We have been blessed with strong, sensible councilors; and Emily Semple would be a worthy successor. She's strongly endorsed by both Bonny and George.

You may have lives in Eugene for awhile, but you haven't got a clue about the JWN.

-- Paul


This is an excellent post. Economics MUST be the rationale, not "it's free billion dollars", "it's investment." If all we want is jobs and "investment," give a thousand people shovels and have them digging ditches and filling them back up again. Even more jobs and "investment": let them use spoons. No, it must be economical; provide a return greater than the amount invested.
A very large part of the LRT plan is track and ground work for the heavy trains, and to do that, upgrading the sewer and water lines beforehand (because it "needs to get done anyway"). What exactly needs to be done and when exactly given that it is functional today should be the consideration, but it isn't when everything is reasoned backwards from the "free billion dollars."


The mental health of Clallam County is suffering and needs a solution.  Derek Kilmer and Maria Cantwell are in a place where they can bring attention to THIS issue.


'
…really going to pretend not to know why people do that?

.
…and you want to be taken seriously?
.
Fail


Let's bring more of these into Canada.
Diversity makes us STRONG!


Celebrate Bolshevism! Eh, Charles?


Randy, you said "fluoridation opponents dishonestly claim fluoridation is a form of medication without providing a shred of proof."  The following is my proof, and rebuttal.  Follow the logic...

1) According to Websters dictionary Medicine is "the science and art of dealing with the maintenance of health and the Prevention, Alleviation, or Cure of Disease." Medication prevents disease

2) According to the same source Medication is "the act or process of medicating".  Or, administering medicine.

3)According to the ADA statement on fluoride found here: http://www.ada.org/en/public-programs/advocating-for-the-public/fluoride-and-fluoridation/5-reasons-why-fluoride-in-water-is-good-for-communitiesfluoridation

"Fluoride in water is the most efficient way to prevent one of the most common childhood diseases – tooth decay."  The ADA called tooth decay a disease.

4)Therefore fluoride is considered a medication since it is used to prevent the disease tooth decay (according to the ADA).


Self-determination? Democracy? Forget it, and no one in Europe lifts a finger as they did for Kosovo?
European's "principle" is just not for themselves, you got to know it.


Canada has been a housing market experiment for years....sell passports to the highest bidder etc.


Good article - but:
"...The Manchester Arena bomber may be an anomaly in many ways,.."

I will suggest he is not an anomaly but representative of Islamic culture.

My experience as a teen age immigrant - your family's culture emigrates with you and all immigrants seek to live in association and/or near others of similar experience. Thus we have " Little Italy ", " China Town ", Germans, Ukrainians, Swedes ... living together and trying to maintain their culture, language, food .... religion, staying within their confort zone.

Religion does play a significant part ... and it is a question of what the religion values. Eastern beliefs tend to be philosophical, less theocratic. Christianity separates Church and State, whereas Islam is specific about the state and Islam being one, under Sharia law. There are of course many sectarian variations - but Islam is an unstable mix of petro-dollars,  madrassa education and Wahabbism by way of an extreme example,

What could possibly go wrong  !


Sounds like a nutcase.


You are correct "muckamuck"...here in Texas we do have a "sales tax", but we do not have an income tax. Our state has a "rainy day fund" in the billions and people are moving to Texas to the tune of over a thousand a day. With that kind of population growth I can't see Texas instituting an income tax any time soon. "Grandma and Grandpas" social security, investments, etc., will only be subject to Federal taxes and not to state taxes, unlike Montana who taxes every type of income....so if you are willing to lose your "retired citizens" then we are willing to take them. Thank you.....


....while using not a single, fact, figure, number, or dollar amount to do so.  Correct.

Newsflash: Family, churches, hospitals, and friends are the ones who call social workers in the FIRST place to voice concerns of abuse.  It's why both political parties attempt to bolster those segments of society to augment any implemented government programs.  They might be inept; but they're smart enough to agree on this fact.


I'm not going to add to the United is stupid commentary. I concur with all of it. What could they have done to correct the situation at the start? 1) The attendants are supposed to go down the aisles to check for unoccupied seats before calling in standbys. If they had done that, they would have noticed that the son was sitting in his seat and corrected the seating chart. 2) Once they (should have) realized that there had been a mistake in seating the standby person, they should have asked the standby to go back to the gate, or reassign him a seat, instead of forcing the kid out of his. 3) The standby person should have realized the situation and left the seat rather than be selfish and take the seat away from the kid. He's not mentioned by name, but I think he owns some responsibility for the situation. Think about it. Would you take away the kid's seat? Selfish jerk.


May heaven protect the people of Venezuela. If heaven doesn't, this terrible situation will end badly for everyone involved.


If you look at the historical weather patterns most US Gulf locations average a hit once every 30+ years..(that is an average, they may get hit twice in a decade, then nothing for 60 years)

On the other hand, there are places in Eastern Canada that get hit every single year with a ice storm, like clockwork.

They lose power for 3 days, a week sometimes even two weeks.

1. Why are they not better prepared for it?

2. Why do they live there, and not move to a place with more reliable utilities?


"Identify what the secret meetings were about".... Not too smart are ya?


They should get help from Pelosi or Obama then !


It's from Quick Draw McGraw as El Kabong... now our age is showing.  :)


So protesting isn't patriotic, and police brutality isn't an issue?


The market is currently at an all time high.  You only lose when you sell.  Those same investments must be going gang busters right now.  Their Kakaako  property is worth $200 million alone.  They have been getting ready to illegally transfer the money to the sovereignty activists for their Nation Building dreams instead of immediately passing it along to the beneficiaries. Absolutely criminal!


Our residential real estate didn't used to be a stock play.
 Of Note? New Zealand's new government will be banning foreign ownership....something about the right of New Zealander's is to own their own home. How novel.....Justin Trudeau.


Funny, no one on the left complained when President Obama spent $10 Trillion on the debt while he was in office.  Now, all you lefties are soooo concerned about the deficit.  LOL


Cities should never be in the stadium-building business.  That cost should be borne by team owners, not the taxpayers.  Glendale's city government is the most irresponsible I've seen when it comes to spending tax dollars.


Shouldn't we be asking why WE want the government to spend more of our money, when they barely measure performance or value for the programs we already pay for?  It's completely unsustainable.


The link between Bt and various illnesses and diseases has been shown in recent years.  That's why you had to go back 12 years to find an assertion that it is safe.  Furthermore, that assertion is an opinion, not a conclusion of a scientific study.  I stand by my statement that no scientific study has proven that any Bt crop is safe for humans to consume on a long term basis.


Perhaps they plan on passing a similar motion monthly just to keep us on our toes.


"It was a lot of talking past each other," Reuben Loewens said. "There were lectures about smallpox. There were bigger issues for some of these people."

  Sorry the legacy of colonization of Alaska was hard for you to hear about, but it sounds like MAYBE, the folks you were talking to--I mean, being 'lectured' by--have a history of being trampled on by colonists, and they are pointing out how now might be a good time to make that right.


My goodness, these suits reek of arrogance.  Once upon a time, this business made every Canadian proud.  No more .....


I've been waiting and hoping the Republicans would come up with rational candidate.    I liked Kacich but clearly he's just not a big enough personality for Republican voters in this decade.     He has a long history of public service and gotten pretty good results.  I  do like the person.  Trump has zero experience in public policy of any kind that I know of.   Why that appeals to anybody is beyond me.    I know he has an in your face machismo that we haven't seen in a long time.   I think many people like the aire' of confidence he shows even if it's a half truth or a personal insult.

Hillary doesn't appeal to me either.   I think questions of her lying is stupid and childish to anyone who has even a vague idea of what it means to be a public person, where every expression or utterance of public figure can be distorted.    Has she lied, of course she has, so have you, so have I.    I'm pessimistic she deal with political corruption, but no more than a Repubilican Pres.


As women bearing witness... Sr. Colleen Gibson, I would like you to meet State Rep. Beth Fukumoto from Hawaii. I thought of her when I saw the Please Be Brave photo you took at the march.  This from NPR...

"State Rep. Beth Fukumoto is exploring a possible switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party in Hawaii, after her stance against President Trump prompted her colleagues to vote her out as their minority leader, a post she had held since her election in 2012."
"They told me they would keep me in this position if I would commit to not disagreeing with our president for the remainder of his term. Mr. Speaker, I'm being removed because I refused to make that commitment, because I believe it's our job as Americans and as leaders in this body to criticize power when power is wrong."

Last summer she was booed and insulted for refusing to endorse Donald Trump's candidacy because she "thought his remarks were racist and sexist,"... she is still... bearing witness.


Ann, they were raped by their own parents. Their parents were the worst danger. Are you saying that it's "not the legislator's fault" because the parents are too blame?


You wrote:

<<The sin is exploitation, humans as tools.>>

Great God Almighty, I actually agree with one thing you'e said.

I'm not going to excerpt chunks of Noonan's "A Church That Can and Cannot Change" on the subject of the church's history with slavery. Off-topic.


Well, we've managed to survive together for the last 55 years on this 160 acre patch of woods beside the Copper River. "We" meaning my family, 3 wolves who like to watch me burn garbage and who watch the bulldog with mild interest, a very old silvertip who passes through once a year on his way to the river, six foxes that bark at the cats but won't cross the 'cat boundary', several black bears who look in the windows, poke around in the garage and one cub that likes to take the shop-vac out in the yard because it's red and he likes anything red, some moose who attack the garage door at whim and then snuggle up under the living room windows when the wolves make them nervous, a smattering of confused caribou, a colony of little bats, quite a few snowshoe hare, the lynx family, a pair of old gray owls who like the garage roof and the flowerbed next to the house, several ermine, a couple of beaver by the pond and flocks of all kinds of birds from eagles to sparrows. We seem to be doing ok.


Funny, nothing about the antics protesters that were arrested for carrying weapons.  Typical liberal reporting.


The realizable path is to hike residential property tax. Everything else requires data and no precise numbers are available on (a) foreign owners; (b) vacant properties; (c) residences used a airbnb rentals.


And they could really use a vowel or two in there so that the acronym can be spoken rather than spelled out.


Lock them UP!!   =D


If she can't handle simple minded Trump how on earth would she handle a guy like Putin? She wants to be POTUS she needs to be a lot tougher.

Margret Thatcher would have put Trump in his place.

People with glass ceilings shouldn't throw stones.


Those arrested were trying to earn their "Street Cred" in the protest community.  Now they can be recognized as  a "cultural protester" by the media. BFD!


BUT THE EMAILS...(WHINE)...


bavius: Increasingly, what we call 'liberal democracy' has in fact been replaced by an all-encompassing corporatocracy. There is often little real interest on the part of our politicians in the issues facing and views held by ordinary citizens. In the U.S., politicians won't impose even minor gun control laws despite polling indicating massive public support for such laws. In Canada, the government, beholden to corporations that want to undermine wages (if truth be told), refuses to campaign on, seek public input into or obtain social license for our controversial immigration and foreign worker  programs. We in the West can hardly complain when voters elsewhere turn their backs on liberal democracy when our own leaders are mainly interested in manipulating the system to obtain outcomes desired by the political and corporate classes. We've largely given up on democracy as well.


absolute decadence on needless defence spending for the sole purpose of playing up the fight against perceived enemies (yesterday the terrorist, today the immigrant, tomorrow you) and paying tribute to dumb old chumps daddy, the military industrial establishment.


Fake news!
I believe everything the Donald tweets!
Of course - I also believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and, most importantly, the Great Pumpkin.


If anyone cares, (and I don't know why anyone would) I much prefer this format for reading letters to the editor.


The feeling you get when people smarter, wiser, holier, older, harder working, more accomplished, more worthy, some of whom actually are fathers, call you by an honorific title, is not humility.  It's pride.  No doubt you value the title, but you do not deserve it any more than the protector of abusers deserves the title "saint."  No doubt JPII would be happy the belief that clerics are special and elevated makes you and other priests feel good.


They were always grifters, now we see how craven they really are.


Nah they just stab each other to death. Pick your pain.


"You’re not perfect and just for today [Father's Day] we won’t blame you for it."
Monday morning though, it's all salads and tofu.


Read into it what you want, but this “What I’m not willing to do is to share confidential information that I think ought to be protected in an open hearing.” says that there is something there that they DO NOT want public.  Not that there is nothing at all there.  Remember it took years of investigations to turn up the email server of Hillary's.


Sample size of experience vs. "research". Read William James much?


Dear NCR and CIVIL operatives. It seems to me that civility cannot be defined solely by vocabulary, phrases and/or single posts. We seem to be experiencing a significant increase in seemingly concerted hijacking by coteries of disrupters, and individuals of persistent evidence of either ill will or obdurate attempts to exclude legitimate discussion. Many of the posts themselves might warrant a "sort of" by those of us who are sort of tolerant and, be given the benefit of the doubt as "civil" individually. Taken in their successive, persistent and even strategic context they are an attempt to further an agenda that seems clearly antithetical to minimum standards of civil discourse. Something more is required.


If TBS is an anachronism, then the LCBO is a museum piece. But the revenue both produce for this province is needed and if we privatise that direct revenue becomes private too, subject of course to tax, most of which goes straight to the Federal Government. So from a government point of view leaving things pretty much the way they are and throwing the consumer a bone (grocery stores) makes sense. But from the consumer point of view its a disaster.  Nationally craft brewers have 10 per cent of the market, internationally they have that or slightly higher and in the US they are aiming and going to get 15 percent. In Ontario the craft beers, half of which are now owned by the conglomerates, are less than six per cent of the total market. But don't let's kid ourselves this isn't about service to the consumer this is about market share and shelf space allotment and its big business. In California  last year a craft brewer sold lock, stock and barrel for one billion dollars. Big Business.


Since I came to Canada, and on the very rare occasions when I wear my kilt (never when expecting to be receiving public services) I always wear underwear, since I realised that going commando is not acceptable in this country - of course it is also quite cold in this country which is an added inducement. Nor do I continue the ancient Scottish practice of carrying a dirk (traditional Scottish dagger) in my sock - I realise that in these days it would be a concern to others and to the security folks in particular. Lastly, I seldom practice the bagpipes, since some of the neighbours may not appreciate the magical sound that they make.
Is it not time that immigrants from other backgrounds should make similar adjustments to fit in with modern Canadian society - if for no other reason than to show respect to our First Nations citizens who are probably the only ones who have the right to flaunt their traditions and who do so only on ceremonial occasions.
Pease make an effort to fit in.


Another true American Hero risking life and limb to bring truth to the nation from the bowels of the national "security" agencies.  Agencies more concerned with protecting politicians and corporate oligarchs at the expense of democracy and freedom.  Revealing the greatest conspiracy against this nation and the world in hitory.  As many suspected, the entire election system was compromised and rigged courtesy of Russia and the Republican party.  All traitors to the same democracy and freedom.  The collusion between them all from Citizens United Scalia traitorous legislative act to Trump working in concert with Putin's Russian Criminal Oligarchy puts all human freedoms at risk.  Time for a Revolution to remove all Republicans from any governing position in this nation.  The party as a whole is seditious and traitorous to all.


Angela Merkel has made Germany unsafe for Germans. She should be charged as an accessory to this heinous crime.


You are really not a very nice person.   It was not determined yet about any BAC.   So you really shouldn't jump to any conclusions.   A person died, and a child was ejected.  5 others were hurt.   Be nice and have some positive thoughts.


Let's see how the left finds a way to make this a negative story...


B7 is right, it's a democracy AND a republic.
We are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy.


So much for fiscal conservatism.


Article V provides that “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress.”

The 2nd amendment provides for the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.  However, the founding fathers could not have envisioned an America in the year 2017.

It’s beyond disgusting that many in Washington, from both parties, including the President, keep offering their condolences and say “later, we’ll talk about it later.”  So, a good start might be an interpretation, or guidance, by the Supreme Court.


If they met on Tuesdays in south Arapahoe County  I'd be there. On Sunday's I paint my house or rebuild a truck v-8 or something like that.  If the organization grows they might be in Arapahoe  County  but they should can the Sunday thing and try Tuesday evenings when I get home from work.    Thursday evening is pretty busy but I could make it every other week.  Friday, Monday Saturday and Sunday are out.  Just too busy then  to not engage in worship.


AhiPoke, mahalo for raising this issue. I agree that having food to eat is better than starving, but I can't help but wonder if slavery is the only alternative. There must be better ways to ensure that people can feed themselves and still remain free. What's missing is an effective business model. Free enterprise could create jobs, but it would require start-up loans and savvy. Hopefully the US, under Trump's business-minded leadership, could bring the world's economic powers together to create business and job opportunities where needed. Healthy economies will also benefit the free world because demagogues thrive on poverty. In the end, poverty, no matter where it exists, impacts all of us.


Have you tried psychotherapy


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Funny. I'm quite sure if I applied myself I could become a world class bowler, eg.
Caber-tossing? doubt it.


Stop body shaming!  This is misogynist and body-phobic language!


Buy her a new jacket.


i'd kind a like punch of equivalent force  per punch of equivalent force proportionate to their size and weight. so like earl weighing in at maybe 20 lbs and this jerk as pictured looks healthy, well fed....i'll go with 165, not knowing his height. so earl gets hit with what force this guy generates ...has got to equal this guy getting bounced around by the heavyweight boxing champ of the world? with roid rage and a mandatory 5 rounds - no mercy?    as I recollect , this would be instant karma.


"Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk/; Russian: Спутник-1 [ˈsputnʲɪk] "Satellite-1", or ПС-1 ["PS-1", i.e., Russian: Простейший Спутник-1 "Elementary Satellite 1"])[3] was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957"

I was alive at the time and in High School and heard its little beeps.  It was followed by the USSR launch of the dog Laika in Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957.

You are wrong.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

"Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome)."

The signals continued for 21 days until the transmitter batteries ran out on 26 October 1957.[8] Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958, as it fell from orbit upon reentering Earth's atmosphere,

I was maligning the J-school graduates who can barely spell science.  But your historical knowledge on this subject is clearly deficient.


U G B.


Yes, patriotism means to stand by your country, and you have our gratitude for your service.  Patriotism also means choosing able leaders who will lead wisely.  Giving power to one such as Trump, who admires V. Putin, is to abandon your country to a self-serving demagogue.  Voting for a third-party candidate will take votes away from Hillary Clinton, who has the ability to fill the office of President, and allow Trump to win.


cann ny times, wash post, msnbc etc and plenty of other "news" outlets spewing fake news have  been the left wing weapon against everything that is not left wing for decades,,

TRY TO KEEP UP


When you degenerate to the level of the school yard insults Ms. Campbell, your"serious" opinions are not worth much. Your presence in negotiating anything with the subject of your abuse is, frankly, counterproductive, to say the least.


'
….in the case of this fraudulent 'election',
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…unredeemable total idiocy is the consequence.
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Lunch break is over, back to the streets.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/us/day-without-immigrants-vignettes/

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-events-planned-nationwide-friday-s-general-strike-n721941
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Resist Trump.
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Resist Trump's agenda.
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Ms. Cataluna always brings light to the issues she raises.  I fear, though, that some of the commenters want to deny the truth of the proverb: "The brighter the light, the darker the shadows".


Although there is indeed a science to choosing an unbiased sample, and polls that employ this science have a much better chance of yielding accurate results. This is just more elite college people telling someone like me who doesn't have fancy book learning very smart how to calculate mean values, ranges, and standard deviations. I don’t have time to double-check all them nerd facts.


Wasn't there an issue with lame county in last year or so, where it was revealed that all the available jail money was not being spent for some reason?


Trump probably followed the tax code, don't know for sure as he hasn't released his taxes. If he followed it and rightfully owed nothing then he has not done anything wrong in regards to his tax payments. The US IRS code favors the wealthy and corporate world in today's world. If should be rectified but I don't see it happening in the new future. Whether Obama put the CEO on "President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness"  it had nothing to do with their tax burden.


A very gifted local entertainer!


Back when we were a tribe, a newspaper man would work tirelessly to weave a fabric strong enough to hammock even a down and out but happy street drunk after a celebratory night. The fabric held with prudent checks and tolerant balances. The outcasts in the tribe were given equal rights, a testament to accommodation. But the the tribe's majority wish was what kept this place with a curious name strong. For one hundred years, people would read George Brown as it affected their lives. But alas I cannot wish this place with a curious name a Happy Birthday for if indeed the newspaper man's sentiment is still about plotting a course, I must admit the first 5 pages of the newspaper man's offering on this day has nothing to do with this tribesman's life. Don't reflect too much Brown's children on the past glory of solidarity with it's evil's because your own story is near the end and your defunct tartan has no cheer. But I'm sure in your minds you've done the right thing today.


Captain Ahab is nothing compared to our Governor.


The broken bone must be re-set if healing is to be true to its meaning.


Not really semantics as I see it. You are overlooking the actual words to attribute a different meaning to the speaker.  You may be right, but I've seen people on quests to "not find" something, and given that everyone wants to have success, it CAN influence behavior. That kind of search can subconsciously be a very different quest from being rewarded for finding something.

I'm simply taking a common human desire for success or a good outcome and tying that directly to the words to determine meaning. Maybe those were just sloppy words, but sloppy words often reveal sloppy thinking which causes sloppy behavior.


I agree. It's time started seeing CEO's, CFO's etc. on the news in handcuffs with 5 years in federal prison ahead of them. When that starts happening regularly, the rest will suddenly get very smart about figuring out who they can hire legally.


The AG is pandering to the Trump base that has no idea what the First Amendment is or what it does.  Free speech does not mean that anyone can say what they want without others reacting or counter protesting.  It only means that in most cases, the speaker cannot be arrested.  The restraint provided only applies to the government - not any individual or group of individuals.

Republicans have been relentless at dumbing down their constituents, and this is one of the results.  They criticize and discourage higher education by lying that it's some kind of "liberal" (whatever that means in their small minds) indoctrination.


mam1967:

A lot of my comments and responses to comments fail to ever appear.  When I check, the comments were voted uncivil even though they are factual, never contain personal attacks or call people names, and don't contain profanity.  Posts by others are allowed even though they contain personal attacks and are definitely not polite.

The system is rigged.


It has been common knowledge among those that have common sense that we plan for the future and try to look at least 5- 10 years in advance. The following link has expressed my views better that I can. I wish everyone good luck in their life's journey and can only pray that good overcomes evil and ignorance.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future/transcript?language=en


"In our time, migration is growing worldwide."

Welcome to the Future!

Migration is the inevitable consequence in regions with  growing populations where the availability of local resources can't keep up with demand.  Scarcity of water, food, housing, and jobs drives the demand for changing the status quo, either back to "the good old days" or to a new form of governance.

The global migration phenomena will accelerate as the average temperature of our planet continues to increase over the decades ahead.   The synergy of rising temperatures, growing populations, and diminishing resources will increase migration northward to a scale that will make today's migrations seem insignificant by comparison.

Mankind's only available levers to reduce the magnitude of this impending disaster are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and control global population growth.


Zhu is one of about 4,000 recruits

well according to another article on the front page
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/07/fact-check-obama-daca-citizenship-back-door/

At most, 3,000 DACA recipients, or 0.375 percent, may have used the advance-parole program to obtain a green card. Whether such a small percentage, given the uncertainty of the numbers, constitutes a violation of Obama’s claim that DACA was not a path to citizenship gets us into the realm of opinion. Thus, we will not do a Pinocchio rating on Obama’s statement.

The 4,000 recruits is an insignificant number of people so we shouldn't care.


"you simply don't listen."

Pot, meet kettle.


Wow.


your "argument" would have much more relevance if it was based on actual fact rather than fantasy.


@Alceste - how much more would you like on the remedy?  There is plenty of material posted that speaks to your comments.

Is it your view that once the SCC ruled on the initial Charter breaches that Khadr should have been let off scot-free?  Without due regard for all of the other parameters in the situation?  Your posts certainly suggest that.

Further, those other parameters would be considered as offsets in any damages claim.

As to not bringing him back immediately, given the totality of the circumstances, I already posted this:

quote:
"e.g. would there have been an ability to bring him back to Canada and restrict him consistent with the Youth Justice Act while the Courts worked through the Charter questions.

Up to a certain point in time, he was in a bed of his own making, but holding someone indefinitely to establish a Charter test case isn't (in my opinion) the right answer either."

unquote

Where, exactly, is my alleged endorsement for keeping K in GITMO?


Dr. Grasett, long unrecognized for his heroic deeds, may be Canada's first documented victim.  He may be the elusive 'victim 0' that paved the way for an entire society to follow.


would be interesting to see a comparison between birds killed by night lights and birds killed by wind farms.


I think it is going to be "Campaign 2.0, vendettas  just under the surface are going to be erupting into a never ending circus, given 538 personalities plus the WH menagerie.  Political squabble salad from a land where no principles are given the time of day and everything is negotiable.  Wonderful.


Hi Joan. OK, simply delete the words "no longer." Still, the point remains that, "although he was in the form (essence) of God he did not regard equality with God as something to be prized, but emptied himself, taking on the form (essence) of a slave, being found in the likeness of humans . . . , even to death on a cross." The constant problem is that the passage does not fit into the substance theology of the Fathers, so they mostly ignored it. My contention (see The Empty Christ of Philippians: Mahāyāna Meditations) is that emptying self is the main idea. The mind of Christ empties selfhood, which is why we are to take on this mind. The ancient and medieval substance theologies were skillful in their times, but today hardly anyone embraces their categories as live options for us. So many theologians are attempting to rethink the mind (and nature) of Christ "from below," i.e, from a phenomenally sensitive approach. Start with the gospel Jesus, not with Greek ontology.


It's so challenging  to do Yoga on paddleboard but it is effective too. I think this type of Yoga will be very beneficial for surfers. It will improve balance, flexibility as well as concentration and focus.

Nadia
http://www.anamayaresort.com


Erdrogan, Putin and Assad - war criminals.  Easy to get to a cease fire after you've killed so many innocent people.  There is no honour here.


they would not.  That's the way how the get votes both from the unions and big corporations.  Big corporations benefits from the Liberals driving out smaller corporations.


Stokey didn't want this information made public "during the race".  The race is now over.


Yup!


I could not agree more with Sheryl8!


Chatsie- Be patient. He's thinking. Might be some serious lag time on this response.


"part of the rise may be people "disclosing" now that they partake, where as before they did the same thing - just kept mum." My thoughts, too.


We should be doing everything possible to close our boarders to everything and anything that is Chinese.  They do not operate at all as a true partner when it comes to trade, they are bent on trying to control and overpower our interests and they cannot be trusted.  Building bonds and ties with other countries and cooling things down with China is exactly what we need to do.  Try telling that to our political leaders in Canada though.  Their too busy feeding at the trough to listen.


Yes, Kate Brown wants  community based housing, but state has cut that budget by 60%.  The homes available now are closing because they are losing money and can't afford to stay open. Ronald Reagan tried this and the plan still haunts his record as a Gov. Homes are becoming places for Seniors. 300,000 mentally ill have been displaced because homes are changing who they take care of.
Open the hospital to more people in need. The jails and the hospitals can only do so much.


Annie 982 it appears from what you said that " it's not in the budget" is just an excuse. They waste money on roads like Boone Road which really needs no improvement because they don't want their budget to be cut for the following year but they can't spend money eliminating a nuisance in your neighborhood.