But, four years into this papacy, the election of a very different kind of leader to the presidency of the United States has enkindled in me a newfound appreciation for our spiritual leader.—Heidi Schlumpf  No, no, no.  The lack of respect President trump has for truth was first reflected in the lack of respect for truth the sexual cover-up Popes had for truth.

Nobody is saying that you should do nothing about terrorism.—Janhoi Mccallum  But somebody is saying “Blessed are they who hope in the Lord” (Psalm 40:5a).  Jeremiah 17 9 reminds the Faithful, after all, “More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it?”  Then Abraham said, `If they will not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead’ (Luke 8:15).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 233, Thursday of the Second Week of Lent, Year I  One looks in vain to find hope in the Lord through this Schlumpf blog.


the head of government appoints the head of state.
Thats not a check and balance.
That's an affront to democracy.

Canada still acts like a colony..


"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_past_GDP_(PPP)"

HAHAHA! Are you for real? Try the per capita list that accounts for the sheer volume of the population.  At best, these are vague estimates because no financial data was every collected back then, but even so, you can't just pretend that India and China didn't have significantly more people than anyone else, which would boost raw GDP data, severely:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_past_GDP_(PPP)

Adjust for that population, and it tells a different picture, doesn't it?


Rape is rape. It's not more or less heinous. Time and again the story is the same: Alcohol, rape. Alcohol, rape.


Hope they don't just let him you in Oahu. He' be another crazy homeless person. What made them think in LA this guy should get on another plane. That was as crazy as the person.


If any of this group of current legislators were present at the Alaska Constitutional Convention back in the '50s they'd have been laughed out of the room. Maybe they'd have been just banned from the building from the get go.
I think the people gathered in that convention would've seen these people for what they are and realized they haven't got the least bit of concern for the future of Ak.
I truly hope the voting public will finally get off their lazy asses and send these incumbents home. Doesn't matter which party you're a part of. Both sides have brought us here.
But the oil subsidy stands with the majority planning to pay for it with the PFD?
I don't rely on my dividend as income but to use that money to pay for the oil subsidy is just insanity.
I'm a registered independent but have always leaned towards the Republican mindset. Never again though will I cast a vote for a member of the Alaska Republican Party.
I hope the anger of the voters surfaces in November.


Drink lots of water, it's going to be hot!


Merrick Garland had his chance while Sec. Clinton was running. The American people chose another candidate, and left it up to the winner to be the one to nominate a replacement for the great justice, Antonin Scalia.

Clinton would have nominated him when she ascended to the Presidency, but she can't because she didn't.

Election have consequences. They always will.


LTD did not spend $100 million.  The project was paid for nearly in its entirety by Federal and State grants.  Would you explain to us how you determined that EmX is less efficient than before EmX?


This professor cannot have missed that wearing blackface is hurtful to many people and doing so makes you look ignorant at best, like a bigot at worst.  Yes, of course it's a free country and you can dress however you want.  The university is also free to decide this prof damages their brand. Or perhaps they even care about not alienating students of color, who knows. I wouldn't waste a minute feeling sorry for this person; they made a conscious choice to do something ridiculous and racist (yeah, it's racist), and they're facing the consequences. On the grand scale of things, it's a petty, stupid act. I'm sure this prof isn't burning any crosses. But those little racist acts speak volumes about character, and I still think character matters. Why is being a jerk so lauded lately? Why not try to be just a little bit kind and thoughtful of others? Is it so difficult?


People are arrested all the time, look it up. It's called desecration of the flag. Read U.S flag code, title 4, chapter 1.


I agree with everything what you wrote about Hotel Dana. I visited this place 3 months ago and I am still impressed how beautiful place it is :) I think that in next year or even later in 2017 I will go there again with my whole family :)


While I don't entirely disagree, I can't help but wonder why Dan Sullivan seems to be getting a pass.  He actually told me it would be better for Alaska, which it clearly won't.  He'll say anything, thinking we are all fools who will believe it.  Has he ever voted against the Republican majority?


But the EU is an economic mess. Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece are all finaincial basket cases. Italy's banks are a disaster, worse than the US in the Depression. Greece is so in debt its life expectancy is dropping to third world levels. Portugal is not far behind with cuts to health care and a diaspora of the educated. And Spain's youth have a 30% unemployment rate, surrounded by empty homes, but horribly crowded in their living arrangements. Europe is ripe for an explosion.


I do think Mary Dawson would be advising on the rules as they are written today. Need to talk to JT about changing the rules.
CanadaRob 3
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Mary Dawson has no time
She is still investigating Trudeau's Bahamas vacation New Year 2017
on the Aga Khan's island
Is she hoping we forget about it?


The Conservatives who aired Canada's dirty laundry and falsely represented and/or omitted facts regarding the case, should apologize to Canadians for the damage they have caused to the Canada/US relationship, then resign in shame.  They let partisanship and personal prejudice get in the way of their duty to serve as ambassadors to Canada and to promote Canadian interests abroad. Now, they have given Trump a bargaining chip to use against Canada during NAFTA negotiations. Great job Conservatives, you've really outdone yourselves this time.


I agree. Half my bill is "delivery charge", and I have no idea how it is calculated.


Using the same arguments used with Ukraine, everyone associated with AIPAC should face the same criminal charges.


The unemployment rate went from almost 9% to just over 4%. The stock market reached historical highs. There were no major terrorist attacks on US soil. Twenty million Americans have health care for the first time. America is out of foreign wars. America committed to reduce GHGs. Let's see what Dear Dealmaker can do to compare.


The two to three million  Hispanics who became citizens because of that 'meaningless compromise' might tend to disagree with you.

How many of them do you know?  I personally know four people who became citizens because of that 'meaningless' law; two field grade Army Officers and one Master Sergeant and one civilian.

Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).  "At the time, the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that about four million illegal immigrants would apply for legal status through the act and that roughly half of them would be eligible."

"One study finds that the legalization of three million immigrants reduced crime by 3-5%, primarily property crime.  The author finds that this is due to greater job market opportunities for the immigrants."


The Trudeau government is based upon the socialist ideology of the left. They think it better to lose business people than poets, manufacturing than musicians, doctors than drug addicts. They want to appeal to the people that want other peoples money, not the creators of wealth. These are people who do not know how or care how the world works. Only to be able to say that their debts and future misery was worth lowering the standard of living for all. Please reason will not appeal to their logic.


Aloha, Bart - From Tim Vandeveer's letter, it's clear that the idea of preventing Gates from being allowed to run was at least considered by him, the Party or both: "This re-reenrollment was not caught in a timely manner, which prevented any action through the Office of Elections..."  I don't think I'm the only one who finds it ironic that Gates showed up in March and became a Democrat at the same preference poll that saw Sanders and his supporters — many of them also new Democrats as of that day — score a big win. That same-day registration was good enough for many of the voters who made Sanders (not a Democrat) the choice of Hawaii Democrats, but not good enough to annoint Gates a Democrat in the eyes of Vandeveer and party rules does not compute. Not saying Vandeveer wrote the rules, of course, and I'm sure you read that I note he's new in the role.


The Port Bellingham is a government agency ... It is not a corporation.


But these issues are usually much more nuanced and complex for us to parse as non-members in the group. I'm curious what role people think government, or even a university, should have in regulating the internal divides of any ethnic group?

As long as it's non-violent and entirely voluntary, I don't really care if two Indians don't want to be in the same group as another one. If they were attacking him over it, that's an entirely different question. But is some foreign government's "liberal" policy of interfering in some students ethnic biases solve the problem of Indian caste system? I highly doubt it.

Sure, take a personal stand against racism. But I don't see what that has to due with Mr Singh. Unless of course he plans to make it a government policy to support some random terrorist, or uses his position to speak out in support of them, which I highly doubt. It would be political suicide (same w/ Trump). I'm more interested in what his tangible policies are, related to Canada...


That is me and my family in the above story... :-)


Proud of Yancy but he has to tone it down with the pimp jive little bit.  Hawaii athletes are traditional strong but humble and understated.  That can intimidate opponents.  Was probably the post fight adrenaline he was riding but I didn't find that borderline cocky act a good representation for Hawaii.


That would be .1%


"For the more enlightened Wildrose members"    if they were enlightened they wouldn't be Wildrose members


Why doesn't the News report the race of the people that caused this huge vicious crime and are still out there threatening the public?????

Everyone knows that they would report it if the gangsters were anything but privileged criminal races.


Will Trump require the use of Russian made steel pipe?


Wow so much work with multiple authors, and it's all about a non-issue, a problem Trump all ready took care of...a long time ago.


They already are. They're required to buy their health insurance on the exchanges.


So I see some posters are bringing up the "Fraser Institute"

Why?

Did they make phone calls to influence votes?
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Perhaps they organized demonstrations?
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Maybe they did some third-party advertising?
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Bus in professional organizers to work in ridings?
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If any of this is true, please provide details, and if so, I didn't real the Fraser Institute was a Public Service Union...


I agree, me saying it doesn't make it so, the obvious flaws (which your comments are highlighting) make it so.

"Your logic basically invalidates every survey of any kind, because there's ALWAYS going to be differences between what was sampled and what wasn't."

Not including corporate-owned multi-sites is not mere "sampling" variance that would be included in a margin of error. It is exclusion of an entire category of data. If they had included statistically valid estimates of how many jobs were added or lost at those businesses, their study might be credible. Instead, it is bunk.


yes J trudeau is our version of Quisling..


Jesse Farmer - Remarkable!  This is a perfect demonstration of the fact that fluoridation opponents care absolutely nothing about the truth or facts.  They simply invent lies because the real facts don't support their self-inflicted, unwarranted paranoia.  If anyone is paying me, then they forgot to let me know or send me any pay checks.


I am a physician and I absolutely believe this action by the SRNA is wrong in so many ways... I hope Ms. Strom sues the SRNA.

So...a layperson can make the same complaints without consequence from the SRNA. And I also presume a nurse can make the same complaint without consequence if the nurse was NOT a member of the SRNA (let's say Ms. Strom was a nurse in BC). So Ms. Strom is being penalized for speaking up for her grandfather JUST because she a member of the SRNA?!?! And the SRNA supposedly even wanted to charge her with breach of confidentiality? This is simply preposterous beyond belief! How can one breach confidentiality when one is complaining about care received by your own family member?

We should all encourage people to speak up when they see substandard work being performed. That is how things improve. Look at the example with the police and the "code of silence". This is how problems are perpetuated and the "bad apples" are allowed to create rot in the whole bunch...


The author of this piece, and we know what a piece of ---- it is, is one very scary and twisted individual. What is scarier still though is the fact that she is teaching our young adults, that is what truly is scary.

This left-wing-ologist makes a living by pumping out nonsense like this and receives money from a university that is publicly funded, yes that is right tax payers dollars - the same tax payers that she is now advocating pay the terrorist. If you ever wanted to know why government is continually  running deficits and has accumulated debt to the point that the carrying charges on that debt are a major expenditure it is people like her.

The majority of Canadians have reacted properly to what Trudeau and his henchmen are doing on this file and rightly want Khadr out of Canada. Kahdr is a very scary person but you know something, the author is far more frightening then 10 Khadr's combined.


The only people calling Trump crazy is the wacked left media and their useful idiots!


I did NOT flag you. Whoever did should save it for that guy that spams with his political junk, over and over.
You did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings, I just too your bait so I could post another comment since Civil Bot has me in time out for the next 23 days for something I honestly did not intentionally do. But late and night I tend to hit thst "yes" button without always reading and sometimes I swear, the Civil Bot "tests" me by refusing to advance me to the next question, just keeps giving me the same one.......so thinking like Pavlov's dog, I hit the no button three times and it advances me. Wake up to find I am banned for 30 days from posting on such controversial subjects as printing presses and other mundane subjects.


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…looking around this room, one might say book learning could be in short supply.

I highly recommend it for everyone.  It's never too late.

(voters especially, ...though it's a little late, so sorry, this go round)


Sam missed 17 days this past Legislative Session.  Pretty important when you consider they only have 60 days to get work done.


High fees are definitely still a problem, but it's not true to say that the legal profession has done nothing about it.  Strides have been taken to allow trained paralegals to practice in areas where a broader range of knowledge is not required.  Many companies operate with non-lawyer in-house employees for various kinds of litigation.


So.Brandon what exactly are you protesting. What is it that you want?


Let's get real. There will be no peace until (at least) Israel stops taking over Palestinian land.


That's because these type of games are few and far between in the NFL.


yikes, you are like elementary school on Saturday...


Elvin-  You should feel sorry for Julio as his face is permanently contorted (see above pic) due to the weight of the diamond in his ear.  Now wearing a $100k diamond is not exactly brilliant but remember this is an NFL player and they were not put on the earth to solve world hunger!


Obviously you didn't go to Rumph Facebook page and see the slew of racist commentary from the very happy to post their picture white folks who said everything from

"Eugenics worked to hopefully the blacks eradicate themselves" and everything in between.  My favorite had to be from Wendy Johnson who said she couldn't understand what Rumph said because she "doesn't speak niggerese".  Like how freaking special do you have to be? Or how blind rather to think that racism isn't a huge issue here in Alaska? Hell scanning the comments a woman named Darvana Tressler said "most natives are drunk violent and homeless n Ak is a crap hole".
I could go on all day long of you can go check those comments out for yourself it's a public page sweetie.

Karen Pharr I think her name is worked in the ASD until she commented on that post with a racially ignorant comment and a bunch of angry parents complained.  Can you blame them? Job over just like that.


Why don't you take a look at what your "change" guy is actually doing? He's putting people in his cabinet that strongly support TTP; he's putting Wall Street bankers in his cabinet, along with long-entrenched right wing politicians in his cabinet, including those who want to destroy social security and Medicare ( remember he said he wouldn't touch it?).  None of these people give 2 cents about you. Check for yourself, you voted for him, you should keep up with what he's doing.

 As for your other statements:  There is zero evidence Clinton took bribes anywhere but in your conspiracy-theory rotted mind.  Grow up and accept responsibility for the man YOU chose to support for President; the man YOU voted for.  Trump is no one's fault but yours. Quit trying to blame everyone else.


Hillary made that same mistake.


I do not comment out of context or after reading only a headline, so I know he had a prior conviction.  You seem to have entirely misunderstood the concept that he is not AT THIS TIME guilty of ANY OTHER offense.  It is reasonable to SUSPECT he MAY be guilty of additional charges, but not to ACT on such suspicions BEFORE he is convicted.  I wrote a balanced comment STARTING with lamenting he was not charged with more serious felony charges IF the facts of the later allegations are as ALLEGED (but not yet proven) in the article.  Never confuse one or several allegations with legally established facts.  Note I also advocated taking the time to sort out the matter DURING WHICH the former 'partners' should be separated, either by court order or by jail (if 'danger to others' is established before a Superior Court judge).  The only way I differ from you is that I would do the SAME thing regardless of the sex of the offender - I believe in absolute equality before the law.


One must not think secularism does not come with its own ideals, indoctrination etc. It, too, has become a philosophy and a worldview.


Interesting.  Something tells me you are omitting some nuances.  For example, the first law applies only to nursing homes where someone repeatedly and knowingly refers to a resident in a manner contrary to what he or she wants.  Yes, that is stupid enough, but it is couched as a form of harrassment of helpless people.  It is not about just referring some random person encountered on the street or a store or wherever the wrong pronoun.


It's about time a Canadian politician had the guts to call a spade a spade.  And it's so typical of Islamic apologists to refer to one instance to dispute Couillard's statement and shift the dialogue. Islam is broken. It has a disproportionate number of radicalized adherents that cause massive death and destruction throughout the world.  Just look up the death toll during Ramadan alone!  Sadly, the only ones that can fix Islam are Muslims and they don't seem to want to do it. This forces thinking people to draw conclusions that are now becoming illegal as we slip into the Trudeaupean "hate" crime era where one's very thoughts and opinions can result in jail time. Ironically there are no such penalties for Islamic aggressions.

We live in interesting times, I just hope we can survive them.


We publish allegations all the time. All we have to do suspend belief until further evidence comes along. And this is not a proposition from Wittgenstein.


You have a fanciful imagination and you are a purveyor of FAKE NEWS.
LOL!!!


Have you alway been this bitter?  Maybe a reaction to Begich not getting re-elected?  Maybe the realization that the majority of Alaskans disagree with you?  Whatever, take a deep breath and chill.


Who wouldn't love to live next to the railroad tracks overlooking ship creek and the port? Everything is so convenient, the nearest grocery is Gambell Carr's or the Red Apple. You'll get a great view of the homeless living in the woods near you as well. Should be well worth the high cost.


Those ratings are mostly meaningless. And corporations can say about anything they want in their brochures. It's called marketing. I'm sure Trumps marketing says he is an angel too.

The R's made her set up a basement server to avoid public disclosure? And then they made her lie repeatedly about it to the American people? There is a pattern of this type of behavior that has followed her her entire public life. Yes, the R's have been whiny jerks (what else is new), but at some point, one has to stop saying "it's all the R's fault." Just to head you off here, I'm about as far from being a R (or paying attention to their histrionics and madness) as one can get. I've taken to calling them the insane party. I'm not much of a D either. They have pretty much become the R party I didn't like, but could at least tolorate and respect.

I don't think HRC cares about us or the truth as long as she gets what she feels she is entitled to. She simply isn't a good choice for president in my opinion.


yikes!


goog:   unfnrailco.com

Shipping Alberta bitumen to Alaska in railroad tanker cars is a STUPID IDEA for many reasons...

goog:   cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bitumen-railway-van-horne-institute

Bitumen rail-tankers cannot haul anything back to Alberta.
If bitumen is to be hauled to Alaska it should be hauled as solid block bitumen on flatcars so we can use the flatcars to haul back intermodal container freight to L48.

BigOil in Canada is just as stupid as it's goofy operations in AK-NSloppy & worldwide CRUDE behavior, causing wars and terrorism endlessly.
BigOil wastes mega-energy trying to separate the sand from the bitumen.
A plasma-gasifier can efficiently process the raw tarsands to produce two feedstock product streams;  hydrocarbon alkanes & silicon silanes.

Why are SILANES more valuable than hydrocarbons ??
goog: silane fuel

AOGCC is stupid
plasma-gasification renders BungledPlumbing's CGF-Prudhoe obsolete.
We had the technology in 1970 to gasify all of Alaska's hydrocarbon


Kealoha could always depend on his actions being covered by the yahoo good old boyz on the commission.  Sheehan is asking the tough questions the public needs answers to.  Finally, a public servant we can believe in.


The practices used to obtain meat are as horrifying as those used to obtain most fur. Suggest you read "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer.


Is that your way of apologizing for misrepresenting Cardinal Bernardin?

In any event, thanks again for posting Mr. Shea's article.


Dear Bernie supporters, read the following and see if you agree:
"We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions."   These words were spoken by Adolph HITLER in 1927 to a foreign reporter.  Glad I'm not a socialist.


"Other examples of passive-aggressive behavior might include avoiding direct or clear communication, evading problems, fear of intimacy or competition, making excuses, blaming others, obstructionism, playing the victim, feigning compliance with requests, sarcasm, backhanded compliments, and hiding anger."  Seems pretty accurate to me.  How'd you like those citations?


Breaking News: Christians demand subservience and submission to authority.


Yeah, I've done the same thing when trying to rent when I was a young parent.  My wife would apply at a rental property and be told there were no vacancies.  I'd later apply at the SAME rental and be shown several vacancies--in the inimitable words of Gomer Pyle, "surprise, surprise".  The different reception was because she's black, and I'm not.  Got to the point where I couldn't bring my wife and kids with me to look for a place to rent.  Trumpy the KKKlown is by no means the only rental property owner guilty of this.  And they pretty much get away with it, just like he did.


"... up between 20 per cent and 80 per cent compared to last year, an informal survey conducted by The Globe and Mail shows...."

Do not be fooled, kids.

Canada barely even qualifies as a real country anymore when these sorts of misleading statistics from unnamed sources are unquestionably passed off as news in "Canada's National newspaper."


Fierce Trump haters as yourself don't realize he IS the POTUS, entitled to his opinions as you. Sorry.
BTW - he didn't arbitrarily come up with "heel spurs" as an excuse. He was medically disqualified by military medical examiners. You don't have an option to check an imaginary "choose your aliment for self disqualification" box. Not too familiar with U.S. military med protocol, I take it?


As a North Shore advocate, your comments are surprising.  Caldwell has done a lot - and been criticized for it - to develop a stronger urban core with denser vertical growth.  I would think you would have a keen understanding of how avoiding massive urban sprawl helps to #KeepTheCountryCountry.  Also, just curious, do you think Djou and his #NoTaxesEver would have released the funds that Caldwell did to help secure the conservation easement at Turtle Bay?


I'm sure Justin is speaking from his vast international financial experience.


The U.S. already knows that fighting will simply lead to more fighting, but that's precisely the point. They want a prolonged conflict in order to justify expenses for war and the pursuit other objectives. The whole thing about getting others to embrace "western values" is just how they market it to people to make it more palatable.


62% Valleys, Eagle River like Trumps transition toward the White House....and they will get their bucks as usual for roads, infrastructure, cheep fuel plus experienced from oil/gas/mining.
Anchorage is not that bad after all!!!


Get back in your little house Corey, you know Donnie doesn't like you straying.....


There may have been some good points that came out of this conference...lost all of them when the talk veered to BLM.

"Lack of support" for a movement that flat out lies and distorts truth? Yes. The dignity and worth of all people matters.  But BLM is not the benign group it pretends to be.

You actually had to publish this on the anniversary of the cold-blooded murder of police officers in Dallas?  Without a mention of that kind of violence?  How about a thought for their dignity?  Or perhaps a thought for Officer Miosotis Familia today as her family prepares for her funeral?


Debt hogs? Canadians living beyond their means?

And you can prove this by the rate of mortgage arrears hitting their lowest level in over ten years?  Canadian Bankers Association stats say 0.25% - one quarter of one percent of mortgages are in arrears.  Does that indicate Canadians are living beyond their means?


You have an amazing talent of bringing memories of our childhood to the front of my mind like it was yesterday. Very proud you.


I support Tim Goss. He is a person showing integrity. That alone is unusual these days. Thank you Tim.


Racism IS deplorable.

Sexism IS deplorable.

Xenophobia IS deplorable.

Islamophobia IS deplorable.

Homophobia IS deplorable.

The only thing Clinton got wrong was saying "half of his supporters", when polls at the time showed that 61% of T-rump's supporters shared his views on those topics.

P.S. 54% of the voters voted for someone OTHER than Trumplethinskin.

(You can look stuff up, you  know.)


G4:  You make an excellent point.  It's almost embarrassing that a University Administration would consider a discussion of free speech vis a vis individual "protections" from such activity to be a "distraction" to students in a Law School.  In today's social/political climate that discussion, IMO, is one of the most relevant and important topics Law students could address.
Thank you for making that point......it seems to have escaped University leaders.  regards, Gary


With a wind shear like that i think the Airport might reconsider taking some precautions, it was back in 1980 the day before April fools day up here in Alaska that we had an inland hurricane, forecasters were calling for winds up to 40mph...that night around 11:15 Pm it started blowing so hard it blew a brick fireplace chimney off the apartment i was living in...winds were clocked at 143 mph at Birchwood Airport in Chugiak and did major damage throughout the Anchorage Bowl.  Things like this do happen up here unexpectedly sometimes .  The safety of of airline customers should come first before unwanted schedule interruptions.


Trudeau is an expert in all things WWI because he played the role of a soldier in the 2007 CBC docudrama "The Great War"


It'll save $70 million over the life of the deal.  That'll stall the ever-increasing provincial debt count for about 3 days.  And I love her new phrase, "I get it".  Of course, it's not true, or maybe in an abstract "other people are suffering" way because I'm pretty sure the monthly electricity bill is not a big concern in the Wynne household.


One could argue that those religions pointed to Jesus as well. Lending credence to God being the God of ALL people groups.


As long as your willing to pay a lot more for products you buy, then fine.
But you better not be going to Costco and Walmart to buy stuff because it's cheaper.
If so, we get to call you a hypocritical wanker.


There are many who have questioned its constitutional basis. But I now challenge you to show me the courts have agreed it's unconstitutional, because even libertarian tax advisors say it's something that will be struck down in court, because it's been challenged countless times before without a winning prescident.


Has anyone else noticed that some of the comments they were asked to rate today were absolutely wacky and clearly a test of out rating ability?

I know the writing style of most people here and whether I agree with them or not, there is a level of sophistication not seen in those wackoid test comments.

I would suggest that the moderators at least try to make the test comments look real.


This whole affair is pilau. From the top down! from the police chief right down to the commission that approved his hiring and his retirement package. He and She might be eligible for Social Security and that is ALL they should get. NO hefty financial package from the corrupt police commission. You cannot claim law and order when the participants are corrupt.


It was a very wrong decision and extremely appalling to do. The trust of the government to make ethical and rational decisions is also lost.


The worst that Nature can offer is Trump.

There is no preparedness for that continual unfolding disaster.


Good move, Debbie Wasserman Dummy Schultz.


The medical system is due for some serious investigation, at least here in BC. Short story. Dentist noticed problem on tongue which might be cancer. Sends me to surgeon for biopsy. The initial interview with exam is not covered by BC medical, the actual surgery done at a different time is not covered by BC medical because it is done outside a hospital, but the analysis of the sample is covered. Who thinks up systems like that?


The government better be careful how they tread. A lot of GDP in this country comes from developments on "traditional territories". Consent over consult could prove to be a very bad idea. Professor Newman is clearly a benefiting member of the Aboriginal Industry.


Keep on telling yourself that.


I think you meant our money spent on defense for the benefit of the entire world.


I think for anyone to think Zuma and his harem of Guptas will face any type of justice is a hopeless romantic.  The ANC will ensure Zuma is allowed to fade into the Dubai sunset.  ANC politics is first and foremost about money and enrichment and Zuma has been a demi-god  in this arena.


This editorial was an obvious and badly failed attempt to interject Marxist teachings from a liberal institution (I know it because I experienced it as a poli-sci undergrad at UCD in the early 80's) to today's much more diverse population. It is convenient and popular (and tremendously hypocritical) among the left to denigrate those they disagree with as being inferior classes, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The mix of education, income, etc. is actually pretty equal between the right and left. Both sides have their government beneficiaries. And while race diversity is the more trumpeted attribute on the left, there are plenty of minority citizens who disagree with mob rule. That is really the discussion to be had- in the battle between right and left in this country, do laws actually mean anything any more? At what point does bad behavior dictate to society?


Uh, excuse me - interest rates have lept north (you might want to catch up on the economic relationship between interest rates and currency values) and rates of ethnic and racial attacks increased.  If you want to quote statistics you might want to get your facts straight and include both sides - but of course that won't served your narrow interests at all.


As of 6PM this evening, Hillary had a 1.6 million vote edge in the popular vote, not 2.7 million. That is on CNN so must be taken with a grain of salt since CNN is and was obviously part of the Clinton Campaign.


Wow! Trump really is as dumb as he looks. Putin is probably loving every second of this fiasco! What a dangerous game to play.... If that idiot does get elected than this country deserves what it's going to get. I can see all the commie voters now with their camouflage and Mickey Mouse t-shirts chanting "Make America Great Again."
Dang, why didnt Warren Buffet make a serious run at it? How disappointing.


There are about 36,000 rapes per year in the USA, and far less that cause a pregnancy. And yes, John, enough couples who would be happy to adopt them.

In response to your service as a rape counselor, I would have thought that's your job to explain to the women raped that carrying the child to term isn't a punishment of them at all. That God still has a purpose for them and their child in life, regardless of what a criminal has done to them.  In God's eyes, they are still pure and untouched. In such circumstances, killing the child isn't going to make the rape go away. Instead, bringing the child to term is a chance to bring a new and perfect life into the world from a violent assault.

A baby is everything that is good about the world, whereas rape is everything that's evil. To associate the former with the latter is to mislead the rape victim. Our culture has permitted abortion since 1970, makes it seem as if a baby is a burden, an expense and an inconvenience in life.


I hope everyone enjoys tonight's reenactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn,
also known as "Siemian's Last Stand."     Put the kids to bed, it's gonna' be ugly.


That wasn't praise, but I agree that Putin is a strong leader. Much stronger and more powerful than our current leader. Aleppo wasn't my. Favorite Marx Brother, I liked Groucho and Harpo best.


When I was young, it was more of a children should be seen and not heard scenario.  Why?  Because otherwise young people assume they know it all and storm over everybody else, not learning a thing and continuing to be ignorant.  Back then, we actually knew it too because, upon being quiet, we learned a tremendous amount from the experience and wisdom of our elders.  These days most young people never learn hardly anything.  Too concentrated on dominating the discussion every second of the day with their clueless garble.  Those of us who are older who try to talk with them usually give up quickly because it's too frustrating fighting every single second of the conversation to get a word in and actually complete an intelligent thought!  So, while the clueless young fans will mouth off loudly and every second of the day about Boyle and Fehr being useless, people like myself and Babcock know the obvious opposite ;)


We are done even if NAFTA survives...because of this one decision from USA. "Mr. Ross said the Trump administration plans to cut corporate tax and business regulations to lure more foreign companies to the United States."


"Liberalism" has always stopped at the water's edge. So-called conservatives and liberals have always agreed on war. It used to be called our "bipartisan foreign policy". When the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were being financed by supplemental appropriations, outside of the defense budget, I followed Oregon's senators' and representatives' votes on the supplementals. More often than not, Rep. Peter Defazio voted for the supplementals, and he is supposedly a "liberal".

Both Democrats and Republicans are responsible for our wars, as is most of the public, which just ignores them. The middle class ignores the wars because it isn't their kids who are fighting in them, it's mostly working-class kids for which the US now has no economic function, so they're expendable. Not enough people care to stop the wars, so they go on, killing people and wasting trillions of our tax dollars.


..."Still, the least-affordable place to purchase a home remains the Vancouver area, where affordability worsened after two straight quarters of improvement"...

That is because price for sf detached dipped after implementation of the 15% foreign buyers tax.

The BC Liberals then softened the tax, the market found ways around it, or accepted it as a cost of doing business, and prices have since gone back up.

Meanwhile anything affordable, like townhouses or condos, continue on a double digit price trajectory, with some areas seeing yearly gains of almost 40%.

Overseas pre-sales (and sell outs) of entire projects continue. The rental vacancy rate is less than 1%, not only for the CoV, but for surrounding cities..

The commodification of housing continues.  Housing units in Richmond's downtown core are almost 50% sold and empty, and new build condos on major transit in Vancouver, like Marine and Cambie, are 30% sold and vacant.

Who are we building housing for?


Do you know Syria's history ? Do you know how it was created and how it has been ruled ? Save your outrage  for real facts,. The hundreds of thousands that have been either  displaced or killed by a brutal regime is just fine with you ,I guess.


Apparently they can't count which is why their system is outdated and Trump won.


the first child is a learning curve.
Here in the U.S. a normal delivery usually allows the mother 48 hours in the hospital, then it is wheelchair to the car, and then home. Back when it finished nursing in the 1960's it was the 5-day "vacation". One physician I know who delivers in a rural county in his "office", has the women stay 24 hours just to monitor for any problems. Mid-wives here can deliver at the home -- so no "vacation" time.
the First child brings a lot of anxiety, a lot of adjusting to the new-born and needs. Sleepless nights if breast feeding. That is why mothers need the "maternity leaves". And as you found, age 8 to 12 weeks can make a huge difference.
A doctor friend of mine, after having a single, had twin girls. She had friends who allowed her to continue her job as Emergency Room Doctor. But it took 4 of them at a time to care for the twins and the cooking, and care for the house, and the older 2 year old child.
The Second Child is "Old Hat", so gets "express" care


It's only hypocritical when the actions contradict the rhetoric.

Jeepers, Leah!


Might try just going for the week end to test all the gear.


the Libs will promise anything it's getting them to cough up the cash is the problem.


The worst part about this is not that Wayne Long was disciplined by the Party Whip, kicked out of a few committees, and threatened to be kicked out of caucus if he did it again.  Nothing new here (not that it's right).

It's the fact that Trudeau campaigned on a promise of practicing the opposite.

Does anyone see a pattern here?


The honeymoon period is with the voters, not the media or the establishment.  His approval numbers are the lowest in history for a newly elected President, and those numbers come from Main Street America, not the New York Times.

But that's the kind of honeymoon you can expect after a shotgun marriage.......


I wish I had more confidence in the degree of knowledge,and understanding behind any action taken these days by Washington.  The hope is that Xi will handle whatever needs to be done, because that way it is far more likely to be done knowingly of all the circumstances and repercussions.


I never voted for Harper and the main reason was that he was "alleged" to be under influence of a religion I did not even have fact, only rumour. I will certainly not vote for someone who "wear" his religion in public. Any religion whichever it is, don't belong in politics. regardless of the quality of the person, itself. If you do it for one, you do it for all. In this case, it's a pretty inclusive religion. What about the next one? Muslim, whit sharia? Catholic whit a return of school that refuse other religion? Christian, that wants crusade?
Personally, I will not give one inch of space for religion to take place in public space they always tend to stretch it to mile's once taken. And unfortunately, Mr Singh represent that, the chance for a religion to take back space in public space, that we as a society took away from them.  Sorry, Mr Singh, I admire your involvement, you are qualified and of value, but what you represent is again's my public beleif.


The full mast stupid was directed at GW Bush, if he actually believed in what he was saying.  I don't believe he did. I believe he knew full well they were going in there for other reasons, and the terrorism/WMD's/global threat was a bunch of bull.

You said Hussein's Iraq was not to have been thought to have terrorist ties.  Claims were being made to the contrary by our government, which is what I posted.  It didn't mean I believed it (I didn't).

Our government has vilified many other countries to justify our use of force on them.  We make out N. Korea to be some huge violator of human rights.  Considering how many wars we've started in the name of some flag-waving garbage, which turned out to be nothing to begin with, I'd say our dropping of bombs killing hundreds of thousands in the process doesn't give us much of a right to point the "humane" finger at others.


This is why they disobeyed the bishops who asked them to stop presenting this publication as Catholic...were they not to self-identify as Catholic and appropriate the label Catholic they would not reach as many people with their agenda.  So they benefit from identifying with the institution they disparage. (Although Church Militant, who obeyed when asked by the bishop to stop calling themselves RealCatholic.tv or whatever they called themselves seem to do fine without using the moniker Catholic as a crutch.)


You still believe in polls? I hope so.


Doctors who are already paid more than their counterparts in WA and OR trying to make sure the gravy train keeps coming.  Imagine that.

I will be voting no on this.


The usual Trump haters, follow him around as you can see in their comments.
The NY Times could very well publish Trump walked over the Mediterranean Sea on his way to Israel, that the usual culprits will actually ignore the miracle itself and attack him for wearing shoes as he walked over sacred waters.


A bit of that, and a bit of self-interest.  Many (most?) households in the province have someone or a relative elsewhere in the public sector or somehow getting a non-private sector paycheque, and they usually don't vote Conservative.


It's always interesting to me when I see someone defend socialism by first denying that something isn't really socialist.  But if it WERE socialism, then it's still ok.  Socialism as with communism has historically taken on many forms and flavors depending on the country and the time period.  On top of that, Sanders has not provided detailed information about how he plans to pay for the things he's promising.  He doesn't seem to be uncomfortable with the socialist label  so I say call him a socialist!


I don't donate to any charity that has a high overhead - i.e. United Way.


You'd be the poster child for cognitive bias, lazee.


So all of your black friends through sports, military, college, and business stayed in school, got a job, improved their skills, and didn't have kids out of wedlock or commit crimes (because 94% of black people don't do any of those things, right, which is why they vote Democratic? LOL) but were still on welfare (and paid by the welfare system to vote Democratic LOL) because the system penalized black people (but not white people, I guess LOL) for getting married? Laugh Out Loud.

Keep digging. So self-unaware, you have no idea how how patronizing and predicable your 'splaining is. You're not doing yourself or your Southern Strategy GOP party any favors when you keep doubling down on your "welfare queen" propaganda. And you wonder why black Americans don't want to align with you politically. I would never align with you and your broad sweeping stereotypes.


As one venerable law professor stated:
"Yes, the President has the power but he does not have the right to abuse that power."

ergo: The firing of an official in order to obstruct or terminate an investigation in which you or your administration is implicated is an abuse of that power.


Something is funny here. i thought intelligence is David Mahlobo's job and hawks is for corruption? are the hawks trying to let us know that they have finally woken up from their slumber? i am sure this guy just wants extra cash after the downgrade to junk status and know the security will be increased on all officials. they are creating jobs. clever


We sell oil to the Americans and below cost - $1 billion a month below cost due to Quebec and the blockage of pipelines and the Quebecers worry about an assault on the Quebec economy worth a total investment of $1 billion in Bombardier. Canada is selling both oil and air planes at below cost because of these people. And the Fed's solution to all this waste is tax the doctors. Wonderful.


Just a thought but might it be a good idea for the University system to become self insured and handle the health issues themselves. It's a fact that insurance companies make a profit, so is it possible that the University can pay those premiums to itself and pay the medical bills for their employees? I ask this question out of ignorance perhaps, but I do know that being self insured is possible rather than going through an insurance company. I believe that vehicle insurance for the state of Alaska, is a self insured issue already. We can do things smarter maybe!


Nice trading partner Justin.


Crowley must pay to have his tedious and  predictable screeds placed in the Globe-or any where or that matter.


Actually, Pell arrived in Sydney yesterday.


Place into protective custody all those of whatever stripe who arrive with helmets, hard hats, masks, clubs, weaponry of any kind etc., evidence that they intend to rumble....those that damage public or private property should be immediately arrested.


Nice to hear for the very first time in over 20 years that Oliver wants to manage for the benefit of recreational  fishers. These words were never uttered while working for the NPFMC. Ever! He was always favoring the commercial fisheries at the expense of the vast majority of Alaskans.


Would you not agree that both Montague, Cramer and both of their works are of a recognized stature?

You might read a comment from July 20, where I express hope that artists and building owners will have more open conversation now, not be deterred from creating public art.


I'm all for ridiculous then. That comment was it, no more. Hillary is a liar, cannot be trusted, and refuses, still, to take responsibility for her mistakes. I cannot vote for her. Trump is a blowhard, but he's not outright lying with all his pie-in-the-sky, Build-a-wall BS. He's trolling for cheers from the yokels, and getting them.

 So be it. We'll see who gets the hotseat in November.

I'll be putting in a write-in for Sanders, the guy who should have been on stage today, accepting the nomination for president. Had the DNC not put their thumb on the scale for Hillary, he'd be playing rope-a-dope with Trump, and he'd have his suitcase packed for the White House by the end of the month.

A pox on Trump AND Hillary.


Hope this doesn't frighten, but you've been in a minefield of buzzed drivers for 40 years.


Turkey baster.


I must say.  This article concerns ONLY the 50%+ native Hawaiians versus everybody else (including the 49.99%- Native Hawaiians).  Congressional intent set in motion eventual alienation of all the reserved lands from all ancestral aboriginal Hawaiians.  Federal law  quantified blood and then eliminated the 49.99%- class of ancestral Hawaiians, foreseeing the 50%+ class diluting into inevitable nonexistence.  The excluded class of Native Hawaiians are forever prohibited from their 'Aina unless the federal Act is repealed.  There is a big KAPU sign against Natives posted.  The leaning of genocide is clear in the 20th century's Hawaiian Homestead Act.  So, this matter is NOT one of politics owing to an aboriginal people, but clearly instead, one of colonial racism extending from the Constitution's Bill of Rights, whereby political gerrymandering of blood is prohibited.


"And yet here you are....."
.
.....not refuting what I said.


And Arafat's and Carter's. A meaningless award for meaningless people.


The outsiders are going to fish the salmon  extinct.


Governor Walker deserves to be graded on a curve – Alaska presented a lot more challenges in 2016 than it did in 2006.

That said, Walker is undoubtedly the worst governor in the history of the state. Fortunately, he'll leave office in about 16 months.


Looks like Dribble Boy Trudeau went to the Clinton Cash training school for crooked politicians.


Dogs: Ms Moultry is clearly a very angry person and it's reflected in her Op Ed piece.  Were I Black likely I'd be angry too.  However, I'd hope I'd still retain enough understand, compassion and forgiveness in my character to accept Ms. Shurtz's apology and move forward with an effort to work toward a greater community understanding of both race and freedom of expression.  It's very difficult to have that conversation with someone who is so angry that they focus chiefly on revenge.   regards, Gary


OK, people, worry less about $$ and more about your body and your mind. After a certain point, enough $$ is enough (and it's less than you think): a roof, decent food, friends, family, maybe a trip every year or so. Chances are you've already bought almost everything you could ever use. Get a library card. And focus on enjoying the world in ways that keep you healthy and mobile and alert. There's enough walking/reading/biking/whatever, music, and sharing simple meals with friends to take up a few lifetimes, without ever requiring a million bucks. Don't let the retirement industry trick you into over-saving and over-waiting.


How about Zelma Lake in Yukon?


The first sentence of the article in conjunction with NASA (see link) tells you everything you need to know about the Paris Agreement:  It's all politics based on selective doomsday reporting, i.e., fake news.

The ice mass is actually increasing in Antarctica:

www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-mass-gains-of-antarctic-ice-sheet-greater-than-losses


Burn out their black hearts.  Wonderful news.


Amen to that!


Well you clueless tool. what it means is that most of us really, really, don't like a millionaire Jock shoving their politics up our nose!  You be so damned alienate because yo homies be bein dis by the popo?  Sho, foo, I not be buy'in that no mo.
If you don't like my speaking in the vernacular, don't give me an example to follow.
I got mo than a clue, foo!


Francis doesn’t say anything about those who disagree with him, according to the linked account of the homily. Of course, it also doesn’t say anything about “the hard hearted” except in the headline.
Maybe the Italian is different?


Paul Ryan is a pu😘😘y so all the Chump needs to do is touch him.


May her memory be eternal.


Gawd but the headline writers and editors at the G&M are so pathetically sophomoric.  When it gets extremely cold or the going otherwise gets tough, we don't "buckle" down we "HUNKER" down.


That's cause They're Grrrrreat!


The Church already has the third rite of reconciliation.  This shouldn't be a major issue.


You are correct in that Trudeau opposed Harper's omnibus bills, but you have to remember, Harper and the Conservatives were never, ever, suppose to govern, only the Liberals were and, therefore, as the natural governing party, everything they do is holy and correct.
Just maybe Justin should have spent a little time looking at the consequences of his promises, but there was an election to be won and campaign promises have nothing to do with governing.
I am just loving the hypocrisy of the Liberals, but I am also amazed at how their apologists can't see the hypocrisy.  It is like they have blinders on.  I even have a friend who is member of the LPO who still thinks Wynne is doing a good job.  He is just blind to the damage she has done to Ontario.


C. Dolan wants to prevent that Catholics will not donate money in fear that donation will be used to pay for the clergy sex abuse victims compensations.  He is spinning his little brain.
You would think a Cardinal would be a men of God, pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance instead spinning his little brain.
In light of C. D's tract record, who will trust this clergy 'conmen'?


Perhaps any one of the homeless or desperate would step up to help themselves??? Unthinkable? Un-Christian?

Seriously, do any of the "advocates for the homeless" stop to ask those without homes what they want? If not, perhaps you should start there before all of your do-gooding.


Fools they are.....this is hardly the biggest lie, why all the outcry now?


The Ministry of Truth – on Petersburg’s troll factory
TOMASZ ZAWISKO · 28 March 2015

http://liberalculture.org/putins-parade-the-ministry-of-truth-on-petersburgs-troll-factory/

Laying the groundwork of troll farming inside Russia and exporting it's methods abroad.

If you want to know how the troll farms work, the actual process employed by the Russian sock puppets and bots, read the link.

You'll know what it looks like when you see it next in these pages and other social media sites.

You should know your enemy, and know how your enemy presents himself to you.

You should also know who your enemy colludes with and how.


I'm very dissapointed in Premier Wynne's choice not to allow Toronto to put tolls on the roadwork. Her comment of waiting for alternate ways for transit is not well thought out. It is a knee jerk reaction looking for the populist vote and more and more seems the way that ALL POLITICIANS react when their is confrontation to less popular ideas. Tory  had taken the high road. Looking for a long term solution that yes many people would not like. After a while these unpopular ideas that were brought up for the greater good of all fosters better transit ideas.
Wynne's comments of waiting for other options to come up will never take hold because there would be no urgency to work towards balanced solutions. Only use ALL ONTARIO TAXPAYERS MONEY to fund her solution that will only lead to more confrontations about the issue.
It's about time that we as taxpayers start paying attention to what solutions are needed long term and for politicians stopping making short term fixes that waste our money


The DA can find no crime here? A 3 am meeting in a parking lot, where by "coincidence" two men show up to meet the same woman? One a convicted felon drug dealer in possession of a firearm kills the other? I'd be asking Cathey a lot of questions. It sounds to me like she set up a ripoff of a drug dealer - or one of the men to be killed (not necessarily the one who did get killed). I hope at the very least the police confiscated Anderson's weapon(s). Weld County is a bit of Appalachia in Colorado - you can hear banjos as soon as you cross the County Line.


There are people here who actually believe what you said, word for word.  4:20 for instance.  Sarcasm might suit you and Mr. Trump, it also feeds the bigots.


Scandals - yes
Treason - no
DT Jr would sell the nuclear codes for a shot at killing any endangered species


I intend to have my say at the next Assembly meeting, and express my opinion right into Amy's pinched little face.  And she can shriek and flail and make leaky helium-balloon sounds to my back as I walk away.


You just want to jack up Carbon Tax`s, a foolish move.


Isn't it always great to see this amazing invention, the internet, being used for such productive pursuits? Nothing more energizing than hurling insults and snark at total strangers for the endless and pointless partisan stalemate in which we all find ourselves immersed.


What a dreadful thing to accuse the Blessed Mother of being incestuous.  What proof do you have of this?  What studies have you done?


Well spoken, simply put, Mr. Gara. Now get the PFD confiscation measure stopped - or at least sun seated after 3 years or less. Insist that the current method of calculation of the PFD comes back after the seizure is sunsetted.


Relax, you guys!

The money was appropriated at the behest of one of the esteemed members of our Republican majority. I'm sure it's totes on the up and up.


Article: " ...  some of whom say they are embarrassed by the griping of colleagues who are much better off than the patients they treat.. "
A typical social engineering equality comment !
Perhaps the doctor is a highly educated dedicated professional and the typical patient not quite on the same career path ?! Spare me the "equality " propaganda argument.


Lame analogy, but par for your clueless course.


So what will those poor oppressed wealthy folk do when their huge piles of cash are ever higher?
The conservative stalwarts who sympathize with people who write a check to solve a problem while they struggle to pay their orthodontist bills is why Trump is POTUS.


I'd rather see the economy working for everybody.
President Obama inherited an economic and financial debacle created by Republican economic policies. The collapse of the housing industry, the near collapse of the banks, and the other disasters that we experienced or narrowly avoided were the direct, predictable and predicted result of economic malfeasance and nonfeasance (irresponsible deregulation) by President Bush and the Republican congress. President Obama led us out of that mess; President Trump and his Goldman Sachs cabal are about to lead us back into it, unless someone or something stops them. They have begun a similar attack on the economy and on the lower and middle classes. The only thing that remains to be seen is how much damage they will do, how much pain they will inflict, and how quickly they will do it. This is government of the very rich, by the very rich, and for the very rich.


And never once did she mention the dignity of all life...born and unborn.

And regardless of what she THINKS she was marching for - she was used.  And she allowed herself to be used - by radical feminists and a manipulative media that twist to suit their agenda...groups who pervert and silence opposing points of view.

Tell me, justmaybe or Sr. Colleen.  What rights do you feel women do not have in this country that drove her (you) to march? It is the opening sentence in her (your) 11th paragraph.  Let's start there.....


Ice Worm.
or
Snow Snake.


I think there were two at exactly the same time. One at Talkeetna and one at Illiamna. I felt shaking, anyway.


Do you think he would appreciate the comments about what is considered to be insipid "new" Mass music - when he composed much of it?


Example please.  You have made a claim as fact.  No matter how much you believe it, some of us would appreciate some actual facts before passing judgement.


A new Presidential trend?

Kinda depends on who runs in four years from now, doesn't it?

Are you planning on reprising Hillary for the Democratic ticket?

How about Debbie Wasserman-Schultz?  She has all that DNC experience!


I love how they manage to squeak in a little victim blaming every single time.


Reminds me of Roosevelt's comment.  I have been in war and I have been in Eleanor ..... I prefer war


The ban literally makes no sense unless the people against Transgenders being in the military are admitting that they are more fragile and sensitive to these issues than places like Canada, the UK, and Israel (along with 17 other countries)...all of which allow transgenders to serve in their military's.

The ban has nothing to do with costs, as it has been shown medical costs for other things (like Viagra) cost much more per year than the cost of things like dealing with an officer who is transgender.  We also spend ungodly amounts of money on things like defense and the military in general - more than any other country in the world by A LOT.

If anyone that is for this ban can explain to me why nearly 2 dozen other countries (all of whom we consider to be good allies with) can accept transgenders into their ranks, but we as the "world leader" are unable to, I would love to hear it.


I did too, no brighter than when the sun is normally.  I can't believe this story was written.


Nobody wants your koolaide.


They alread do. They tell me I must wear clothes in public. Our society does tend to ban the extremes.


Of course not all Trump voters are bigots, or ignorant, or morally corrupt.  I get that many Americans felt desperate to try something new, and Trump looked like that something.  I truly hope he can find his balance and stop running the WH like a reality show with competing contestants.


So again, no one will answer my question. Call me names. Blah blah liberal blah blah. You have no creditability. You say I talk uncivil but you are giving your approval to the words "Religious Right". You know what they say about the Baptist Ministers Daughters? Hahah. I knew a few.


The Bible permits multiple wives. There are Christians in this country who use the bible to justify polygamy. Should we be worried about the Assembly of God church secretly plotting their polygamist agenda?


It's the government. Probably double time on Sunday.


Sorry fraser that trump has ruined your life in one week


Thanks for the post, I think I will buy some Air Canada shares today :)


Really, R.D.?  The cover-up of the sex abuse crisis was not just a personal decision.  It was a collective and systematic decision made within a corrupt clerical culture.  Again, you have missed the harbor as well as the boat.


I guess that the Tridentine Mass is not Traditional as it is not 1000 years or more old but was codified and standardised by S Pius V in the 16th century.


Um, because most countries don't participate in free-market policies.


I got as far as "lofty ideals" and "the Mbekis" used in the same sentence.


This was released by the CPC, not the Liberals.     As always, the CPC assume that the person reading their release will just accept it without thinking.    The figure ($4K) is only one part of the expense - but they are trying to spin it as a contrast to Butts and Telford.    In reality, the costs are not only higher (at least 7 times), the motivations for Ambrose to move into Stornaway early (forcing an lease termination penalty) are all about entitlement.   So instead of contrasting behaviour, the CPC have managed to show similarities.

Personally, it wouldn't be such a big deal except for the CPC's faux outrage at PMO expenses (after running the largest, most expensive PMO in Canadian history).


These parents and their kids are narcissistic freaks.


These students are a mess if every time a tragedy happens they have to go to counseling.  There will be sad events during their lives.  Are they going to counseling each time?


The Tyrant is here and we are its Slaves.  Where is the negotiation our society promised?


If only everyone at the party was armed.....


I'm seeing another majority for Christy.


Did anybody hear Rep. Wilson, even as a sidebar,  call for an investigation into the LIO scandal or to close her $20,000/month exclusive legislative  lounge?  Also, since FY 2016 is the base year why wasn't she and her bunch calling for these cuts last year when they controlled the process?


@Toronto-big-mouth said; "Québec receiving 10$Billion..."
but forget to say Québec is sending 50$Billion to Ottawa
got it "la grande gueule", eh ?


Why then doesn't he say so?


There is an estimated 800,000 DACA recipients in the US. That is 800,000 jobs American Citizens don't have or will be in competition for.  The MSM and Democrats would have us believe that all 800 thousand DACA and TPS are not taking jobs Americans want (we've heard that lie for many years now.) This is another falsehood told to the American people. there not all picking strawberries they take great Jobs. Good enough jobs to buy homes put their kids through college.Why must the citizens of our country have competition for jobs, education in their own country from foreign nationals? Now Democrats and illegal alien activists admit DACA recipients have great jobs,are buying homes, paying taxes. Its NOT just 800 THOUSAND. DACA wants their families also so add an additional 1-2 million. So we again reward sending the same message that got us 800,000 DACA illegals in the first place.


Uh, no, there are by-laws, silly. Plus there are those with health issues and growing children who don't need to be subject to drugs. Citizens have rights, you know?


I am happy about this change; however, I found the raise a bit steep. I do not mind paying the increased price as long as it goes toward maintenance.As much as I would love to see the attendance to drop a little bit, I highly doubt the price hike will effect it significantly. It won`t brake the budget of those who can afford a road trip and visit the parks. Not to mention, that the annual federal land pass price would not change. For those who cry about low income families - please! Like the parks were full with struggling families. Nope.Regardless, if it is hard to cough up the entrance fee be smart. There are loopholes for this problem.  The real question is whether price hike will be able to cover the budget cuts.


"The Catholic Church and other Christian bodies are "hemorrhaging its children," who no longer are involved in religious groups that say that God created men and women, with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people marginalized, she said."

Millennials see these ostracized groups as natural variations.  The traditional Christian teaching that these people are "intrinsically disordered" is leading to the growth of the "none" population.


(cont) I understand, accept and support providing NEEDED assistance to the homeless.  I always have and always will.  That is no issue for me.  As a liberal I have always support communities helping citizens in need.  I'd love to see my tax dollars going to help needy persons rather than foreign military adventurism....Please don't tell me I don't want to spend my tax dollars to help others; that is simply not the case.
" And then you complain because your privileged world is crumbling around you. You deserve it."  I won't get sidetracked by this little trolling comment.  I will say.....my wife and I are "comfortable" in our retirement.  I wouldn't use the term "privileged." I appreciate my life and the many people and factors which combined to help me live (and continue to live) it.

I strive to, as part of my life, do my small part to help others have a better life as well.  I may do that differently than you, but please don't attempt to "shame" me for being who and what I am.


You just destroyed your own argument.


can't we put abusers/users in the old sutton jail and put the bad guys down at goose/hiland? keep the pops separated? and let's do away with the half-way houses privately run by private companies.


Yes, the crossings are unsafe and place a burden on local resources, but so what? Danger! These people are escaping marauding bands and barrel bombs, crossing seas on dinghies!

It only means we have to step up as a nation and make sure nobody freezes or gets seriously injured, and transfer some resources, funds and supports to the affected regions.

I have my receipt for charitable donations to the Winnipeg Welcome Place, do you?

Thank you fellow Canadians for showing the world that desperate families can still find shelter and refuge at the end of a long an dangerous journey.


You do realize that 'liberal democracy' is a generic term for modern representative democracy and the associated institutions that make it work, right? It has nothing to do with the political party or the pejorative term favoured by the dim right wing.


Is a $50 million asset acquired for a small fraction of that amount a wise acquisition only if you sell it?  I suspect its value gives the museum leverage in other ways too.  This is a bit moot.  I was responding to a comment that claimed the spending of $1.7 million wasted the money.  The money wasn't wasted. The museum has a very valuable asset for which it paid a comparatively small sum.


"...the alt right...should be considered terrorist organization..."

Just like former AG's Janet Reno, Eric Holder, and Loretta Lynch considered any American Veteran or LEO who didn't share the aforementioned politics to be Domestic Terrorists.


Good to see your standard defence for Trudeau is deflecting back to the Conservative, that must be stock Butts answers.


Have you fixed all those social and economic problems down their where you live Donkel?   Quit shilling for the companies in Alaska and get some more sun...


Our roads, bridges and other infrastructure are in dire need of repair.  Everyone who uses it should pay, preferably by some sort of weight and distance measures.  What we don't need to do is use this as a means to reward the self-loving and self-righteous who think they are special for driving high-MPG vehicles.   Your fuel savings is your reward.


How is Khan on Trudeau Island this morning?


I'll jump in ahead of the nativists and ask what his immigration status is.


Yest some socialism works quite well in Europe, Canada, and **gasp** the USA. Social Democracy works well. Pure socialism under a dictator, not so much.


Only in Trumps world would someone losing close to a billion dollars be considered a genius.


and again, when called out to explain his stance you back down and go to the default of "it's the liberal's fault". Your posts are nothing but echoes from talk radio and Fox news. It's like hearing reruns from the morning shows. Well this is one conservative that says no to DeVos. The only thing she'll fix is her bank account.


I hope they remain life long friends. Two class act girls. Now, that could be a teachable act in kindness & the true meaning of sportsman like conduct. Bravo girls.... bravo!


Really, Alberta was the middle class dream.  People from all over Canada came and improved their standard of living, putting up with cold winters and less access to major centres to work hard and prosper.  I wish we had a government that cared about the middle class.


It is evidence of the character of the two people described in the anecdote.


Harper Lee voted for Trump. Hell, Atticus Finch voted for Trump.  Bob Ewell was a Rand Paul man.  Scout went to law school and later prosecuted Boo Radley for sexually abusing her.  Sheriff Tate was elected governor of Alabama on the Rainbow Power ticket. Dill grew up to be Truman Capote.


[FM: Just trying to help you with perspective]
Baloney.  You want to go outside the scope of discussion.  If you want to talk about something outside the scope that's fine.  But when you accuse others of "cherry-picking" because they don't is just rude.  Enjoy mourning the loss of all those soldiers during the Revolutionary war while the rest of us celebrate the Independence day.


"Left without the ability to pay for a locker, the Saabyes said they set their bag in front of the lockers like roughly a dozen other people had done."
That's why airports don't allow unattended bags, that looks like a terrorist's dream.


It's now back to the level under Harper 2 years ago.  You're right, you should blame the Lieberals.


ORS,
If you don't think our Washington state US senators are smart, wait until you see Roy Moore in action.  He doesn't believe in evolution or even science.  He really believes in all that Southern Baptist religious dogma.  "God caused 911 because America is wicked".  Even NYC Trump couldn't handle that nonsense and supported Strange.  Bannon and the alt-right white supremacists are taking a victory lap in Alabama.  ONLY IN AMERICA!


I know a lot of people are sensitive about Trump and want to defend him. I don't understand it, but I realize you actually believe what you are saying, and worse, what he is saying.

But despite your criticisms that the Globe should just ignore what Trump has done, responsible editors and managers in the media, the legitimate media, need to cover this story. It is unprecedented and outrageous, and has profound implications for the US, Canada, and the world. This is the presidency, and the president, and if he has effectively "gone rogue", as his tweets seem to suggest, this is very major news indeed.

We need to follow up. Sorry if your icon falls and your dreams are shattered, but we only have one precious planet and quite frankly Donald Trump seems to be a menace. Like they did with King Kong scaling the Empire State Building, the media has to keep the spotlight on him.


Doctors have VERY little chance of having their business fail. Moreover, those who work in hospitals carry no overhead. To say that a tech worker (or ay worker for that matter) "simply looks for another job" is ridiculous and doesn't recognize the pressures of the current job market.


Say what you want, and I'm no fan of, nor will I defend, Trump, but...and this is of supreme importance so I'll say it slowly and clearly........are you ready for this???

At least Hillary Clinton is NOT the president. THAT is what I wanted.


Learn to read clown. Trump inherited this mess, he's working on the problem!
Read the article again!


Typical Trudeau, trying to insert rainbows and unicorns into the TPP...Good luck.


Truly, this man is the greatest narcissist to ever lead (term used loosely) Canada.  Professes to be concerned about climate change yet jets around the world recklessly. Who does he think he is, De Caprio???

Fours year of this nonsense cannot come soon enough...


The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.     --- Edmund Burke


Some call it treason; some call it whistleblowing.


I bet all your buddies at the Klavern agree with you...


Trump is the only leader showing leadership. Media continued drive to displace elected officials and run the world their way and voter apathy/ignorance are destroying democracy. The average Canadian doesn't even realize that 1) our forest fires generate the same magnitude of ghg emissions as our oil and gas industry, 2) Canada's forest area and oceanic area consume more ghgs than we emit and 3) global oxygen levels are declining at a faster rate than CO2 is increasing , 4) eliminating the CO2 increase will cause massive starvation and 5) the scientific community are divided on whether climate change is anything other than mother nature expected cycles . Paris accord etal ignores 98.6% of the carbon flux flows in the 2015 state of the art  UN FAO Carbon Flux Model Model!!!


I'm embarrassed to be called an American with this buffoon leading the country.


Kathleen Wynne is the most corrupt leader in Canadian political history.  She must be stopped.  Her failed economic policies will bankrupt this once great province it they haven't already.  Under her and her predecessor Ontario now has the largest sovereign debt of any non-sovereign jurisdiction in the world.  I repeat THE MOST DEBT OF ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD.  $318,000,000,000 and climbing.

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/why-ontarios-balanced-budget-is-no-cause-for-celebration/

She deserves to be charged for multiple counts of criminal behavior for the handful of coverups and scandals that she personally has created.

 Re-electing her would be a provincial and likely federal tragedy.


What a simplistic, if utterly naive, statement.  I suppose you think you have a "right" to live in your parents basement indefinitely, don't you?


Neither do Notices which are placed in the Big Island, when that notice is Kaua'i related. These people think they are fooling We the colorful people and that pink will prevail. Not anymore. We win Pink Loses


Since it has been announced locally that all that glass recycling is a waste of time because there is too little market for the glass and it just gets crushed and into the landfill for roadways, 'recycling' bottles at all needs to be re-evaluated.

November 26, 2013 Register-Guard  CHRISTIAN WIHTOL,

"So instead, all bottles collected curbside by Sanipac and Lane Apex in Eugene and Springfield head to a landfill, typically Coffin Butte,"

" We send 250 to 300 tons a month of mixed glass (from Eugene-Springfield) to Coffin Butte,”


Roy, If the public school ups there game and starts getting the job done, my voucher money will definitely go to the public school. I just want excellence for the kids that I love. I don't care union non union public private, I am just looking for excellence.


It's great to see he Right eating their own. Maybe if the Democrats run a real candidate in the 5th CD instead of a joke candidate like they did last year they could have a chance.


SA why only the Big Q question is about sugary drinks what about wine, beer and liquor, I guess the baby boomers would not like a tax on there wine.


"will cause problems" is the understatement of the year.


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"An anti-abortion congressman asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

 A Jan. 25 text message from Edwards said the congressman had "zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options.

A text message from Murphy's number in response said the staff was responsible for his anti-abortion messages"

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Gotta love this guy.

First he provides us with a shoe-in for The Years Best Example Of Bald Hypocrisy Award.

And then he blames it on his staff.

There's no hypocrite like a conservative Republican hypocrite.

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And yet STILL he was the superior choice in the last election.


There is no difference. Harper was equally as incompetent. Trudeau is now running 30 billion dollar defecits. This over 8 years is 240 billion to our national debt. This 30billion average I assure you will not go down. If you think Trudeau fiscally will be any better then you will be sadly mistaken. If you still think government cuts anything without making up for it elsewhere than  you will simply never learn how the government operates. Some of us are just slower learners.


...don't forget that rural Alaska Native corporations received Billions in contracts.  I'd like to know where that money went and in whose pockets.  It sure doesn't appear it trickled down to the subsistence rural families.


The main goal of the leadership is to protect businesses from the presence of the homeless. If the homeless migrate and stay in our neighborhoods, their main problem is solved.


I believe the TSX Venture Exchange should split their index between the Resource and Non Resource sectors.  I think that there are a lot of investors who would be interested in investing in an ETF that followed the non resource sector but who will not invest in the current Venture Exchange index due to its overweighting in the resource sector.  Such an ETF would allow money to flow to young start-up Technology and Health Care sector companies.


As long as the idiot in chief continues his tantrum.


ericnorstog:  And what about JJ's  soul.   Lest-bian Honest..................


That's pretty funny. At first I was annoyed, but then I realized your comment must be comedy. "land razed over to accommodate the neverending stream of immigrants". Good one!


“He told me he was running late to PT (physical training),” Benavides said after giving the Fort Carson soldier a warning for speeding, a mercy since the man wasn’t driving erratically and traffic was light. “Did he earn a ticket? Yes. But there are more egregious drivers out here today.”

Reading Comprehension is everything.

Plus 81/65 - 16 over.  You can set your target speed at 20 or more over, and still do nothing but write tickets all day.


Hello BMracek,

You write: "Perhaps the reason Kalenjins are better runners is because they just run more than anyone else and have therefore developed their ability to a higher level than anyone else."

So using your favoured hypothesis, that would be another reason to STOP using affirmative action in society, yes, as when Trudeau selected his initial Cabinet? In other words, if we accept your view, if some groups are better at certain activities because they simply gravitate towards doing those activities more than other groups...

... is that not a strong argument in favour of dismantling and ENDING the kind of affirmative action embraced by Trudeau?


Finally some leadership in this country.   Its good to see Premieres standing up for the family businesses.


Please stop your mumbo jumbo, just pay for the services yourself or do without. It's a simple as that.


I think is  a much larger base for Trump in particular.   I don't think it's the base of the 'other' Republican party.      It's clearly a part of both.

Many (most?) white men are not concerned about getting a 'raw deal', nor do we carry a sense of victimhood.  But that group absolutely exist in American culture, including Eugene.

*Hmm, and is this the 'forgotten America' that Dems want to bring back into the fold?   (at least some do).

Problem is that most of us are a mixed bag of good and bad, depending on who you ask.   I've always found racism particularly vile.  But the more suttle unconscious  bias of a narrow life experience, is an insidious obstacle to racial equality and that can be found among liberals as well.  (Easy to be liberal in a 95% white community).

Rest assured, there is a lot of good people working to defeat racial discrimination.   Those should be the folks in the headlines, not just the angry mob.   But we know which type 'sells'.


Within two years, they plan to get married and go on a honeymoon: cost $25,000. In two or three years, they hope to have their first child, followed by a second one later. “We would like for one of us to be able to raise the kids, with one of us possibly taking time off,” Ken writes. “Do you have any financial suggestions on how to manage this?”

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I love how they write it as if it's so easy to have a child. In 2-3 years, the wife will be 35. That is the age where things start to go wrong and it starts to become harder to have kids. They might need to budget in IVF if they can't have children. They need to see whether they have any maternity/paternity benefits from their place of employment. No FA will tell you that.


Wasserman-Schultz fired as the head of the DNC and promptly hired by Clinton as part of her campaign team.  Yeah, that sounds about right for a Democrat.  You've got to be kidding me, right?  At least this time the Dems didn't blame Bush.  They blame the big, bad, Russians without any proof.  But it must be true because Hillary said so and we know she is always truthful, right?


TDM, unlike yourself, I don't try to hide comments behind multiple fake personas. I only used an alternate account because I had issues with this one, which are now sorted out. Hence, I made sure my screen name was clear. You, on the other hand, are Thomas Darcy McGee, WesternPatriot, Riel_Canadian, and others. Maybe you're also Alceste. It's likely that you're one of the paid USA propagandists that are on this site, and others:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/17/us-internet-morals-clumsy-spammer
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-intelligence-commentary-idUSKCN10F1H5
http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5

PS - I'm Canadian. And I expect that you're a USA citizen.


Vote them out.


Why on earth would anyone rally around the extinction of a political party? I moved to Alberta in 2000 to take a job that I was offered, and for ten years I a decade, it seemed, we had governance in which the opposition was basically extinct.  In other words, there was no one to hold the government to account> I remember observing that the only entity that stood up to the government in those days was the teachers' union. Then, of course, the conservatives split, creating an opposition.

If posters are right in saying this spells the extinction of the NDP, then the right will split again, because we cannot have good governance without strong, effective opposition.


"Congratulations" in "con-land" means the opposite.


I dislike Kenney intensely and it's sad that he's now UCP leader but it has nothing to do with him being a white man! Where do you get this stuff about anti-white bias in education? It's ahrd to disagree that white men have caused a lot of carnage around the world, particularly in the 19th Century though.


When Ms. Imhof stated she had "zero conversations" and was not involved in any way, shape or form, I thought about Lisle MGuire "not knowing" about her then-husband, convicted felon Tom Anderson's cash he had in the house.  When Carl Marrs was named, a red-I'm-friends-with-Bill-Allen-flag went up.  Gee, I thought the CBC was gone with the wind.  Looks like someone forgot to drive a stake through the heart of the corruption monster.  I wonder how much dividends were for the Native shareholders....in light of Ms. Imhof's income.......just asking.


Unfortunately we are so tied into this strangled monetary/political hierarchial
system! It's been this back and forth struggle forever between the dominant economic model and social/environmental degradation, just to get slam dunked time and time again and then rewarded with some skimpy scraps of "success". I know without our constant fight to hold onto any sliver of wilderness, it would have been over alot sooner. Anyway, always questioning what the hell makes any sense.

Just have to vent, it's just extremely discouraging that we have so much history, lessons and potential yet most politicians are so oblivious to the greater whole.


Hmmm, I can see people going with just 2 studded tires. One on the left front and one on right back.   Just to be able afford 2 vs 4.


Colin WAS a good quarterback, time ago.  Above all, professional sports loves winners.  They'll put up with all kinds of inconvenience if their teams wins.  When he started losing, his playing time decreased.  When his extracurricular/political antics became a distraction, nobody wanted to sign him.

jjfoxy's commentary is just as legitimate as your own.  Calling the person "cowardly" was entirely inappropriate.  If you can't bother to be civil, then shut up.


Actually, it is easy to do using the existing system to check up on those who overstay the six month term. I won't give you the answer.

I want you to think about it. Let's see the competency of your cognitive abilities if you are able to come up with an elegant solution.


Gays can get "married" civilly, but not in the Catholic Church.

Our nature and our body tell us things:  We were made for both union & procreation; integrated self-gift

The Chuch looks at us as wholes - integral development and gift, whereas you look at us as parts, a buffet line of dis-integrable parts.

Marriage represents the union of Christ & the Church; total self gift, one for the other.  No picking parts.

How can there be a union of an X and X?  Where's the complementarity/union of that?

Where's the fruit of that mimicked union?

You believe that
- sex can be separated from marriage,
- marriage can be separated from children,
- sex can be separated from its natural effects,
- love can be separated from sex (and vice versa),
- sex can be separated from responsibility

Division, diablo.

You believe love is a feeling, not the willing sacrifice of one toward the other's good.

You believe all these things, whether you've actually articulated them or not to yourself.


Voters have had many direct inputs into rails future. Pro-rail City Councilmembers have consistently beat anti-rail Councilmembers. Voters approved the formation of HART and the most direct input voters has was the 2012 mayoral race. Even today the polls for the mayoral race shows the sum of the pro-rail candidates beats the anti-rail candidate. Voters will once again have another direct input into the future of rail next month.


The tenor and commenters of NCR don't really support a substantial discussion of true 'theological' matters.  It's too light intellectually and too opinionated.   Too filled with people who want to have the last word on things.  There are a few amateurs here who play pretend too often and noisily.

Maybe 'First Things' would be a better place for slightly theological discussions.  It's not here.  Or better:  Logos, Biblica, Communio, etc.

And, besides, theology needs to "serve the soul" or it becomes just a sad exercise in oneupmanship.


BINGO!!!  Show me a rural area, I'll show you one FILTHY with AG subsidies, inclusive of road, irrigation/dams, power grids, etc ALL built SOCIALLY by us ALL ... you did it on your own??!!  BULLPUCKY!!!


Just don't feed the animals.


I'm suggesting that an inexplicable event or series of events is served just as poorly when given the trappings of science as it is when it is declared miraculous.
There are areas of modern scientific inquiry replete with their own set of genies, shamans, and sprites, with cosmological philosophies not meeting strict scientific standards due to unfalsifiability or irrepeatability.  Adherents of this "faith" still profess a belief because these are disguised as science and promoted with evangelical fervor by its preachers, despite lack of any evidence or, in some cases,  forcing observations to fit pet theories and calling it "evidence".


To your rhetorical question:

"Can Fetuses Feel Pain?"

<<The neuroanatomical system for pain can be considered complete by 26 weeks' gestation

A developed neuroanatomical system is necessary but not sufficient for pain experience

Pain experience requires development of the brain but also requires development of the mind to accommodate the subjectivity of pain

Development of the mind occurs outside the womb through the actions of the infant and mutual adjustment with primary caregivers

The absence of pain in the fetus does not resolve the morality of abortion but does argue against legal and clinical efforts to prevent such pain during an abortion>>

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1440624/


I would not want a President who would quit after six months of adversity.

And he is still playing to his base.

His latest:  NAFTA negotiations, as promised, are underway.

Everything he can do without the Congress that he promised to do he has started.  And he keeps jabbing both parties in Congress with a stick to fix or replace Pelosicare.

Except 'locking up' Hillary.

That he seems to have dropped.  All the right wing publications keep trying to resurrect that one, but Trump doesn't seem interested.


I think the calendar should be reset too. It will be called the Justinian calendar, and we'll forget all history since they were all racists.


I trust JT will have the US ambassador present Trump a bill for all the time spent by our political class to talk up NATFA, study it or just talk it up, should be in the millions. It is a terrible deal for Canada as it makes our political class lazy and moves our resources to the US at a discount, buck up and tell Trump it is a great idea and start charging the US the real price for everything it imports.


Love the timing.  Did Walker call S&P yesterday to get them to issue a scary downgrade statement, to help him push his "broad based taxes" agenda?  Walker is likely leveraging the downgrade and working the budget panic to play into his socialist vision of big government, Scandinavian-level income taxes and using a big chunk of the Permanent Fund to finance his gas line to nowhere.


Prodigal son.  With a caption like that,  you thing the writer would elaborate a little bit in order to provide context and or some clarification.

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I personally know he was not on any drugs were not prescribed to him. He was only cleaning the gutters he never got off the ladder he was afraid heights I was on the roof cleaning moss off he was good person


Captain Wynne to the rescue.   Another fiasco in the making.

Counting down the days until she's gone.  for good.


Finally, you recognize the obvious--life is not a meritocracy. That however does not prevent work from being a meritocracy.


You ever notice how when the alleged perpetrator is white Trump talks about a "mental health problem" but when the shooter is a POC or Muslim he calls them "terrorists" and "animals?"


@Art - I was going more for an aphorism, I knew someone else would clear up the details. Thank you.


I mean, at least they didn't spend a quarter of a million dollars in tax payer money for a PR stunt in order to be "perma-offended". Let's focus on the government officers who practice this philosophy before going to private citizens.


oh please everything has risks,, get over it, progress is what canada needs not nymbism,,, as for uneconomical, thats for the buyers to decide not you. if they feel its a good deal they will purchase, if not, you have nothing to complain about then


The emails from wiki-leaks are a dump of data…  Imagine for a moment attempting to modify 30,000 emails..   50 – 60 email responses per day are difficult now do the math to actually read, digest and manipulate then make them appear authentic…. 30 thousand….  It’s simply not possible in the time frame given.

The modification of the emails is a smoke screen put up by the Clinton administration.  The e-mails are all real and none of them are Russian acquired.   We already know that one of the American players (Seth Rich) who supposedly assisted in the acquisition of the e-mails has been murdered.


The real question is will Catholics be there for him? In light of today's disgusting revelations I want the names of those who do. "Come out, come out, wherever you are" Catholic Trump supporters. Now's the time to stand by your man and be counted.


Voris correctly called out an apostate welfare queen who has attacked the Catholic faith.

If I wanted to join a Church led by a female Al Sharpton, I would have.


Agree 100%.  The ANC is just going through the motions of this vote - convenient delay procedure and almost convincing theatre for  the benefit of those offended by Zuma's actions.  But at the end of the day, the constitution and processes of Parliament give allowances to erring parties to side-step any serious attempts at an affront.   The "real" exit strategy has been arranged within the ANC structures to allow for the graceful and profitable exit by Zuma , with minimal collateral damage to the ANC.


For whatever reasons, and I think the primary two are that Trump is perceived as very weak (so weak) domestically, internationally, and most of all within the WH,  Russia and North Korea never moved in the manner they have against the US while Obama was President.

Trump's accommodation of and refusal to engage AGAINST Russia defies any logic.  (Why?)

The upping of ante came with Trump.

He's screws up and show such poor judgment on so many issues so big and so small (hand sized small).

Why?  Because Trump is Trump, and America;s enemies have Trump's number.  That is and can be the only conclusion.


Helping keep the status quo will rob the state of all of its remaining non-renewable resources and continue to support policies that export Alaska's renewable wealth. Not good.


Agree.  Overpaying coaches to play a very minor league schedule makes no sense.  WE need to cancel football at the least and use money for academics.  Entertainment is not part of our mission at the UH.  Please get these embarrassing programs off campus.


You wobbled & meandered so much you fell off the limb you said you were on.


They don't "fact check" so they assume that no one else does.


How many people died?


Oh my God, really?? Excuse me they call it a security....same damn thing as bail. You still pay money to get out and you are still allowed to get out pre-trail, which is really what the heart of the first comment and my reply gets to. Funny how you only quoted the first part of that government document, not the part about paying a "fee", security or bail or whatever it's called. Same thing🙄


Wente's fake populism insults the "Tim Horton's" crowd she tries to pit against Trudeau. As if one can  just wildly generalize about the social and political values of all suburbanites, whom it appears she is trying to describe here. Says a lot more about Wente's values than Trudeau's, in fact. So condescending.


Yes some are American but some are not either way thats my opinion for both