"Mr. Obama leaves office as one of the most popular presidents in years"
Margaret Wente

so popular that the people did not want his legacy continued by Hilary Clinton
but chose an anti-Obama in the person of Trump

oh so popular indeed


the scary part is will we be able to believe any of the statistics produced by any government departments or will it be like the reports on the achievements of each Soviet 5 yr plan?


We have already established that and right now we are arguing over price.


Force US & Mexican manufacturing labour rates to be as non-competitive as ours? Won't happen, these folks also trade into other markets.


...dude, I'm talking about "winning" as not even getting involve in social media. No idea where you got the rest of those grievances and what they have to do with twitter. Twitter is stopping you from having your own accountant?


Trudeau is rewarding migrants for breaking the law and effectively penalizing prospective refugees and immigrants trying to enter legally. The Manitoba crossers successfully jumped the cue. If the bar is set at Sun Sea smugglers, what's the worst that could happen? Even the smugglers got off free of charge. The only thing that's surprising (apart from the shameless naivety of Liberals and their supporters) is that more migrants aren't crossing illegally - they have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain. Enter illegally by sea or by land - the worst thing that could happen is that you are sent home after 3-5 years of living on taxpayer-funded support. It's ok though, it's not like Canada has existing issues of homelessness and affordability and "they" can pay for it, you know, the Doctors and small businesses about to have their taxes increased. Trudeau couldn't care less, his trust-fund is safe and he will never have to worry about paying rent or putting food on the table.


The health care system in the U.S. is broken. Obamacare was no fix and anything that Republicans come up with will make it much worse.

At some point, people will realize that we really have to toss out the entire pile of trash and start over, with a single payer system.

Stephen J. Remington


UAS (University of Alaska Juneau)
and
APU (Alaska Pacific University) are great Universities with high student moral with no intercollegiate sport teams-They got rid of intercollegiate sport teams ~20 years ago because they could see the economics on the black board-this was before Alaska Universities started to eliminate Degrees in Economics.

"The HuffPost/Chronicle analysis found that subsidization rates tend to be highest at colleges where ticket sales and other revenue is the lowest — meaning that students who have the least interest in their college’s sports teams are often required to pay the most to support them."

http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/ncaa/sports-at-any-cost

Maybe we are missing something. Intercollegiate sports, with huge expenditures per student athlete, appears to be more important to our legislators and Board of Regents than funding education-I just wish they would tell us why?


Have a look at who pays the bulk of the taxes here in BC. You may be surprised. Those in the higher salaries are paying more than their fair share. The problem with those on the left is they believe someone else should pay.
Just wait till the coalition of clowns hikes taxes on everyone.


"Whether Trump himself will be a target of an investigation in the future - much less if he is found to have done anything improper - is mere speculation on your part."

You accuse me of speculation, meanwhile...

"The special probe by Mueller just began and frankly, there's not much there that the FBI hasn't already looked into."

Speculation on your part. Unless you have some inside information, please share!

"We haven't seen it because as of right now it doesn't exist."

Speculation on your part. You have know idea what they have. It's interesting how Trumpsters have a special knack for being unaware of their own internal inconsistencies. You write those inconsistencies in one post, and you don't even realize it.

" I think it's laughable that you act as if there's already evidence someone's hiding somewhere."

Hiding? No, there's an ongoing investigation. Odd that you don't seem to be able to comprehend that and what it means.


If insurance is going to be mandated by th government it shouldn't be so overloaded with mandated benefits that a young people choose to pay a penalty rather than over paying for benefits that they will never need.


When Scheer does anti-conservative things like forcing his Conservative Party to vote for motions that support the Paris Agreement, I have no doubt that I'm not the only conservative who will refuse to contribute monies to the Conservative Party while he's their leader. He better start changing his tune and act like a real conservative moving forward or his career as conservative leader will be short lived.


There is a good, scientific reason for so very many of the comments posted here by the compassionless right folks!   Poor dears and bless their hearts.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/study-finds-link-between-brain-damage-and-religious-fundamentalism/


Dianne Feinstein ... said Gorsuch’s answers during two days of questioning before the committee were “diluted with ambiguity.”

Any nominee, liberal or conservative, would be an idiot to specifically answer questions from the opposition party as those questions are meant to trap the nominee. Feinstein and her colleges already knew they were not going to confirm Gorsuch even before their questioning began. Gorsuch has enough votes (a simple majority) to be confirmed under historical precedent but the democrats want to raise the bar to 60 votes. IMO they are the ones being unreasonable.


It's a good thing that coalition bombs and missiles never kill babies or Donnie Tinyhands statement would be a fairly blatant hypocrisy, wouldn't it?


puts her own interests ahead of the public's

awful leader


No checks and balances huh? I guess I missed something? Did we lose our Republican House and Senate? Our democratic Prez? Our balanced Supreme Court? We've checked and balanced ourselves into gridlock for eight years in case you haven't been following along. The world laughing at how soft we've become? You mean following our treaties, international agreements and laws? The world will truly be laughing at us if we elect Trump and mark our national decline into idiocy.


Maya87, if you read my post again you will see that I didn't say a word about what was the largest reason for the increased longevity.  My comment is not incorrect at all.


Blondie Good for you1 You win some, and you lose some.


I should have said that we can't get immediate free access to our own credit records. If you're having a credit problem or suspect your identity has been compromised, should you really have to wait to get free access to your own information? There was a good critique of the inadequacy of current consumer protections in this area - which is the relevant area of law intended to address our rights and interests vis-à-vis credit rating agencies -  in a recent Toronto Star article, which I've referenced below.

https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/09/15/equifaxs-data-debacle-shows-need-to-rein-in-credit-agencies-wells.html


Strange case.  The officer was acquitted but the city paid 3 million to his family and indicated the officer will not be an officer in their department anymore.


I looked at the watch that previously mentioned $6026, I settle for that my mammy relative had been realie accepting trade out their extra time from their portable PC phone.. there mothers best frend has done this for under eleven months and as of late bought the home loan on their lodging and got an astounding new McLaren F1. we tend to looked here......

Go to this connection ....>> www.earn-yelp.com


Beautiful telling and extremely personal. I have been experiencing a similar journey with my own variations. Thank you for this!


Once again, Communism and Fascism differ in their goals but they are both on the same end of the political spectrum. Why do you think Communism is considered a form of  "Socialism," i.e., the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), where as Fascism is referred to as "National Socialism?" Two sides of the same coin (statist, authoritarian ideologies with no indivdual rights), the main difference being in their economic structure and the idea of nationalism.


So Hancock wants to set up a defense fund for illegal aliens using my tax dollars? Ridiculous.


There's nothing "safety related" about cat-calling or lacking perspective.  They blew this so out of proportion.


Sorry about the multiple movings-on. I think we had a couple of simultaneous conversations going on, which makes for a bit of confusion.

Trust me, diocesan priests already know full well that they are employees. They've long been responsible for their own savings and retirements and, in some dioceses, they are now having to deal with bishops raiding their pension funds to pay off abuse lawsuits. They aren't starry-eyed about thinking of their bishops as "fathers." Of that, have no doubt.

I do agree that SNAP is being inconsistent and said as much in one of my posts. Personally, I think  they are now demanding something they know is legally impossible just to pile on.

Moving on for real this time. Peace and all good!


Obama and Obama care was a mistake failing under its on weight. You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.


m. As I said, wrong again.  Sullivan is not an Ohio Senator but keep trolling.


Pennies thrown at lowest paid workers will always be "the death of American business."  This goes clear back to when slavery was abolished.

Besides, nursing home and care home CEOs are all millionaires.  That's right, ALL are millionaires.  Check it out.


I'm sure there are many 'options' with something as sophisticated as a military jet. Perhaps the government is still investigating exactly what we need in that regard and, as such, cannot name a price just yet?


Gives you a sense of the power that the education industry wields in state government...

Wonder what might happen if voters had similar power...


So if you agree to go on a cruise, and then you find out your ship has been patched with Silly Putty, you are obligated to go on the cruise anyway? The GOP doesn't have the slightest clue what they are doing. They had seven years to come up with something, plus Donald said he was like a smart person with all the answers. Donald is just a racist, and his main objective is to undo everything the previous colored POTUS did.


LW1 - I feel your frustration, but know that it doesn’t reflect on you. It reflects on him. If people confront you about it, you can say “I wish he wouldn’t do that”. I know you care about his career, but at this point pushing will only cause him to dig in his heels.

LW3 - How can it be “reasoned or logical” to offend your coworkers? These are people you have to see and work with every day. Are you trying to make life hard for yourself?

People who are upset about “PC Halloween” in general: you have the legal right to dress up as whatever you want, which means you will not be arrested, fined, or thrown in jail. However you do not have the right to be shielded from social consequences. Other people have the right to feel offended and treat you worse as a result.


There have been previous media reports that shooting down an ICBM is extremely difficult because of the speed. If it has multiple warheads, then one of those will hit the USA.


I'm ready for some UH Round Ball! GO WARRIORS!


Yeah! He obviously wants it, and I want it for him. Can't remember the last time  I've seen a guy so about Football, no wonder why Von loves him. Got a soft spot in my heart for linemen.


oh my ..... it was just a matter of time that the Palestinians would be burdened with the Christian crime of the Holocaust ...to put their thumbs on the scales of justice. .... No one is voting against Jews living in Israel ...this was a vote about Israelis living in Palestinian occupied territory....!!


Trump wouldn't understand the healthcare issue if you made it into a Sesame Street episode.

He and Mitch "Kermit" McConnell would probably be too busy deporting Handyman Louis, Maria, Gabi and Rosita to learn anything.


Yes... it's Canada's contribution to global GHGs.... along with the manufacture of gaz guzzling SUVs (Stupid Useless Vehicles) and F-150 pickup trucks.

Perhaps we should ban these GHG machines to save the planet.... even if it means 50,000 more unemployed Canadians in the dinosaur car industry.


bad news for Canada and mexico


Meanwhile the self proclaimed 'Friends of Syria' south of the border,are more interested in funding terrorism,bombing,mercenaries in the region, as long as our local little potato keeps taking in the problems they continue to create.


The party of crazy has sold its soul to the Donald.  Leonard Pitts is right on.  Nuke it.  May it rebuild itself in the light of sanity on a new and future day.


'And it is slated to go into effect March 16, rather than immediately.'
Didn't Trump justify the immediate implementation of the last travel ban by 'not giving time for all those terrorists rushing in before the deadline'?  Now Trump gives a very generous 10 days for the 'bad guys' coming into US, what happen to that rationale?  His supporters should deplore this capitulation to the left and feel betrayed by their president!


Non sequitur.

(Also incomprehensible.)


Keep it in your hand and you will stay pure.


when the government bureaucracy is pushing this insanity it will take some time for the sillyness to pass


Whoops, autospell error? I think the clown-beast meant to say "total indictment." And no, it isn't about Russia. It's about a criminal conspiracy to subvert democracy itself with the domestic deployment of PsyOps and other military techniques to secure dark and illegitimate ends, and of which Robert Mercer and Steve Bannon appear to also be integral parts.

see also: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy


more like stupid


Yup, people in mobs will occasionally do stupid things. There's only one national movement for which it's a constant hallmark though, which is the same movement that lionizes criminals who are killed during the course of criminal activity.

I won't give the example you cited a pass, can you say the same?


It is ok.  Worse things than this article are part of the mandated opinions required in the Hawaiin "Studies" Dept. at the UH.


Roger
Blue ticket, out of Seward?


Warts and all, the congressional Senate approved Flynn's appointment and now's not the time to hang him out to dry.  The person that the media should be hammering is Mr. Twit who chose Flynn in the first place.  One other person that Congress should be worried about is the Oswald-like advisor, Miller.  Miller sounds like a shadow KKK militia member dressed in a suit and tie.


The City of Richmond is not short of bi-lingual staff to assist in property use inspections. Nor were they hesitant to hire on the basis of language skills as they did recently with their sign language bylaw inspector. What a bogus excuse to use  language difficulties in not investigating bylaw infractures. The only difficulty Richmond has is in finding their spine to investigate and charge.   Perhaps their next travel outing should be to the City of Coquitlam to see how they do it.

What am I saying. They couldn't  even find their way to Delta to learn how they managed to restrict the size of residences on ALR land.

City of Richmond staff and politicians should not be allowed to travel on one more out of province  trade mission or one more out of province fact finding mission until they learn how to navigate to other metro Vancouver cities and get a handle on how to implement and enforce bylaws in Richmond.


Even if NY was stolen, the Clintons have been getting away with corrupt dealings for decades upon decades. Bernie should fight all the way and continue to expose the corruption. Jane and Bernie's baggage is like a carry on compared to the Clinton's oversized jumbo bag that may cause the plane to crash.


Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face

What a show they putting on for the Feds. It ain't $10 billion no more, it ain't 9 billion no more, it ain't 8 billion no more, it's not even 7 billion no more - it's all contingency. In fact, it's probably all paid for. The rest is free. More problems? What? Me worry? Ain't gonna have no more problems with the most difficult section to construct. It's all good brother. Drink the Kool Aid. Da kupuna going take care us - wind and sun going power rail. The BS keeps getting deeper and deeper. Welcome to rail my friends.


Hale to the chief.


And these "Proud" Boys didn't stop for a second to consider how ridiculous they look. No wonder they're in the military, no one else would employ them.


RIP Alan--life goes by too fast and Allan is a reminder of this. Playing hockey with his son was a sad way to go- but better this than on some TV set.  A loss for Canada and to his family.


Departments are funded, and it is the departments which decide where to spend the money allotted. Only the Dems reach the conclusion that not raising (flat) the  budget means a cut. As with most of Trump's budget, more money is provided once the internal waste is removed. As far as no money to patrol the National Monument.  Maybe that is not high on the priority list. Interesting that  a political party and State which are rebelling against the President want him to give their projects more money.  And since now the Dems are arguing for State rights on nearly all matters, by this standard isn't some of the rescue aspects the State responsibility?


And I didn't say the Crown had to lay charges within a year I said the alleged victim must ask for charges to be laid within a year. I see no problem with that. The only, and rare, circumstance where longer than a year would be where there was reasonable grounds for the alleged victim to fear for their safety if they came forward within that first year.


Another reminder of the "bravery" of the draft-dodging, coward occupying the nation's executive office.  Outrageous, traitorous rhetoric devoid of any real knowledge of the facts of the situation.  Condemning one who actually served in a horrendous area of the world by a proven coward protected by a phalanx of armed, government agents and private security prior to his election.  How does it feel America to have this coward occupying our White House?  Time for a Revolution.


It's a most touching article, beautifuly written.
 I, too, grew up on a homestead near Chistochina and Mentasta. I knew your family since way back in the 60s. I know how much pride the people must have that you are such a talented writer. Never stop.
Cheenan  (Tsinaen)


With respect to the land developer, the route of the pipeline has been known for some time. They must have been asleep at the controls not to have seen this coming. I wager they may be inflating their case in order to justify higher compensation.

As to the others, complaints look minor and mitigation easy. I get the impression that some complainants are expresing concerns over non issues. For example, once the pipeline is built there should be no problem with cattle grazing on the right of way. They have been doing it since the first pipeline was built over 60 years ago.


Great! 20 more parking spots that won't ever get parked in. The next time I see a vehicle actually parked in an EV charging station will be the first.


All the members of the Council are elected officials - either city or county council members, mayors, or the three county executives. It is also not regulatory. It is certainly a planning agency and everything it does is approved by the Council itself after public review and comment.

The four counties are inextricably linked by their transportation system, their economies and businesses, utilities, their education system, and their geography. The PSRC is the one place all four counties can come together to discuss and plan for matters of mutual interest.


Sorry disagree, like the national post better then the Globe.


I get the Church's reasoning.  You aren't telling me anything I don't know.  What you aren't getting is that in David's time your finely parsed sense of sin was not in operation.  To give you some perspective, try reading Graham Greene's the "Heart of the Matter".  It might help you understand how Catholic concepts of sin can lead scrupulous Catholics to think they are unforgivable.  I won't spoil the book too much, but the main protagonist is a heterosexual.


Interesting comment. Doesn't she seem to be the only normal one out there among the Conservative bunch? The party is going nowhere fast.


Mr Chin either has a lack of real work to do or is looking for publicity by doing this. Do we really have a significant number of folks impacted by this, i cannot imagine how many come from these six nations. This is being done for national security.
Also the Trump folks will remember Hawaii when we go begging for federal monies. Be smart and stop wasting taxpayer monies pursuing this.


app,
Nope, but I am quite knowledgeable in the area of ideology and belief and if one thing is for certain, all ideological frameworks and belief systems, including my own, have discriminatory practices and tend to be exclusive in one way or another.  Since I included my own ideology and beliefs into this point, I'm not really sure why this point makes you feel like you or others need to bow to me, but I don't want to exclude you from things that you enjoy, so feel free.


Except at tax time.


Maybe you should be educated on how the PF gains money (hint: it's mostly NON-oil money)

The PF today is basically a hedge fund and it gains the majority of its profits each year from good investments made by its management.

The fund will never go away and the dividend will not depend on oil much anymore. It's all about how they invest the fund.

As for this veto, it is illegal and furthermore does NOTHING to help. All Walker did was tell the PF Division to keep about $1200 of each person's money. He cannot allocate that money elsewhere, so it does nothing to help our budget deficit.

Walker claims he did it to save the PF, but in reality he did it because he thinks he can get his hands on the PF and he wants more in there for that possibility. He also did it as a political stunt to try to twist the arms of the legislature into passing his restructuring of the fund.

Walker is greedy, lazy, uncreative, and unilaterally decided his plans overrruled all of our voices. He needs to go.


If they were Chinese immigrants they would all be working, and opening a business wouldn't be news. . But we don;t hear about Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean  immigrants and how well they fit into Canadian society, without making unheard of demands that we  tear our own society apart to suit them.


Outsider77,  I believe that your continued DISLIKE for Chief Kerns goes back in time, BEFORE this latest INCIDENT.

Again, What do you not understand about, INTEGRITY, CHARACTER, HONESTY, Oh, and BREAKING THE LAW......................


And Donald Trump!


We produce less than 2% of world's GHGs.
The goal is world reduction. That is the only thing that might slow global warming.
Our contribution is insignificant.


"In what’s shaping up to be a highly unusual post-presidency, Obama isn’t just staying behind in Washington. He’s working behind the scenes to set up what will effectively be a shadow government to not only protect his threatened legacy, but to sabotage the incoming administration and its popular “America First” agenda.

He’s doing it through a network of leftist nonprofits led by Organizing for Action. Normally you’d expect an organization set up to support a politician and his agenda to close up shop after that candidate leaves office, but not Obama’s OFA. Rather, it’s gearing up for battle, with a growing war chest and more than 250 offices across the country."

I thought there was a well-organized, well funded, politically savvy Democratic group trying to undermine the presidency.  Looks like I was right.


That's true. It actually takes quite a bit of proof to get a dog classified. Which is only fair.


All that the public protector did was pass comment on something outside of the question she was asked to answer, provide no justification for the action (the whole argument is two paragraphs; making it irrational), and ask for an unconstitutional action to take place (taking the power of parliament). If this is castigation then there something extremely remiss.

If the ANC western cape wishes to change the mandate of the reserve bank then fine and well, but dont pretend that a legitimate process has been followed, go to the correct parliamentary oversight committee and get that ball rolling. Or amend the constitution through a bill.

Anyway the other points are OK, communication over their roll in oversight would be appreciated given the various agendas flying around, but I imagine it that it is impossible for them to discuss changes the mandate as they have to implement it (the critical difference between civil and political servants).


Remind me.  Why were those guys there?  Couldn't they have caught a flight home in the last 100 days?


Years?  Unless she has multiple priors it'll probably be months, if that. Another reason I wish death upon lowlifes like this. Hopefully she gets run over by a bus soon.


Aloha Max Well, I put your question to Jeff Dunster, president of the non-profit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (HLRI).  Dunster says HLRI has a standing offer to buy the property on which 400,000 native trees have been planted in behalf of donors at Kukaiau Ranch on the Big Island. He says upon purchase, HLRI would put a conservation easement in place to protect the forest. He says it has always been the intent of landowner Kuakaiau Ranch to protect the reforested land in perpetuity. But for now, everything is at a standstill concerning HLRI offer with one of the ranch owners gravely ill and the other recently deceased. HLRI has a 60 year lease on the property.  He says 60 years is a long time for more and more trees to be donated by individuals or as memorials or as events to honor families. Dunster says,"With the public support we have already seen for this forest and vesting, the blowback if  anyone (legally or otherwise) tried to cut the forest would be insurmountable."


Based on the priests that I have known in my lifetime, I would say that the vast majority of those who were unmarried were NOT gay -- 80% (and I am being generous on the side of not overstating), at the very least.


The residents of BC will soon start to appreciate the true flavor of deep ecology koolaide.  That will be fun to watch.


Justin Trudeau a dictator? Not like his dad was back in October, 1970.


Yes, I'm pretty certain the implication was the DeVos was only appointed because her family has donated so much money to the party. If you don't find that problematic, well, then I'm not sure what to say. The fact that she's "not the only one" who's been appointed because of monetary influence doesn't make me feel any better about it, nor should it.

As for your obsession with a lawsuit: 1) this is a letter to the editor, not a news piece. Perhaps you weren't aware. Defamation is not a criminal offense. If speaking out against public officials becomes criminal, then we're all screwed. 2) Betsy DeVos bringing a lawsuit against the Register-Guard would probably be the worst PR move in history.


Wouldn't they have a better legal case if they went after the vendor or the manufacturer rather than Amazon? Or is this an instance of targeting the party perceived as having the deepest pockets? Just curious ...


But..but...but...Illegal is illegal!  What don't you get about illegal? :-)

Seriously, it is a bit more than simple tax evasion.  It is tax evasion while being paid by Kremlin controlled entities for doing "consulting" work.


The updated story by Hawaii News Now is the wife of the family that owned the dog had her baby in one hand and the leash of her dog in the other and was in the grassy area of HNL so the dog could P.  Then allegedly the leash "broke" and the dog lunged at the security officer who then shot the dog between the eyes which stopped the dog.   I have never heard of a modern leash that you buy at any pet store "break" especially the nylon strap type.  I have known and seen on a neighborhood street a big strong dog pull the leash out of an owners hand and then attack another dog that is on a leash.   I am an animal lover but often it is NOT the animal that is at fault but the owner and based on information from HNN, I don't see fault with the HNL security officer.


But I like the thought of silent protest!


And thus the rot sets in !


The story was written by Reuters and picked up from the wire service.


DCie: if that works for ya, go for it, sport.


"no compelling reason for the Prime Minister to be bilingual".

 Would that mean you think it would be okay to have a Prime Minister who could not speak English, or are you saying that not speaking the language of Quebec doesnt seem important to you?

I suspect the latter. I apologize if Im wrong.

 But dont those 23 percent of Canadians who are of francophone heritage have the right to expect their national leader to speak to them in the language they know, and be able to hear what they say and undersstand, read what they write.


Think we could have had taco trucks on every corner and instead we get this.


—Dan Stockman reporting on comments about the Charlottesville debacle as of midday August 18 . . . none from Raymond Arroyo, EWTN, or the USCCB . . . or from religious orders primarily in the Black Apostolate.  “Remember us, O Lord, as you favor your people” (Psalm 106:4a) who really know how to mess things up.  “But when the judge died, they would relapse and do worse than their ancestors, following other gods in service and worship, relinquishing none of their evil practices or stubborn conduct” (Judges 2:19).  “When the young man heard this statement (about giving up White privilege), he went way sad, for he had many possessions” (Matthew 19:22).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 419, Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time I.


Democrats..the party of let's keep doing the same thing over and over again, with the same old age home leaders, and expect better results.


Do like Germany and other European Nations do, don't pay any required fees in the Pact.
Glad Trump most certainly be PC about that, why do the play the US as fools paying all that


Donal Trump seems to have missed a couple of important facts. It's very unwise to go to war with the press and with intelligence agencies, the two groups who can do you the most harm.
Obviously this guy is not nearly as smart as he likes to think he is.


Well there is a first in all this. I can't recall when we had a foreign minister who was banned from a country. Freeland is banned from Russia. I wonder what signal that sends.


True this is a Catholic publication...and since this nation is an enlightened culturally diverse nation respecting all;   its values exceed reputed Christian values with civil values which are humane, decent, accepted and respected and known as universal values of good will directed to universal care health, fitness, financial relief, housing, safety, education and so forth.
When the church directs its activities to charities, housing, hospitals,  nursing homes it is to be applauded.  When the church invades the political spectrum filing suits contrary to the benefits bestowed upon citizens by ACA, civil unions, medical research eg. stem cell research, labeling its faithful as disordered, one issue voting, denial of its sacrament to divorced and remarried,  it is not doing so well.
Finally, a number of bishops have found a silent voice and have come forth loudly in support of immigration...what is needed are more 'profiles in courage'..specifically regarding the corporal works of mercy


Coconut oil is to be put in one's hair, it is inedible.

Never heard of anyone cooking with it.


Walking, talking example of Ron White's epic line from a comedy routine, "you can't fix stupid! stupid runs clean to the bone."


This whole qb handling just seems based on ego and stupidity. If you feel Brock is salvageable, then put Lynch on IR or cut him and then you could have kept Sloter on the 53 active.


Good job judge and jury. I like the no-contact order as well, very smart.

In response to another commenter, I too would like to ensure the surviving spouses and immediate family have benefits in place.


There is a rarely mentioned coincidence of interests here between economic conservatives and multicultural progressives. The former love the fact that additional immigration increases the number of unemployed, boosts the supply of  labour, keeping wages relatively low or even reducing them, thus bolstering the bottom line. "Progressives," on the other hand, not only get to increase the "diversity" that is the ultimate goal of their multicultural fantasy religion, they also get an appreciative bloc of voters, jobs for immigration lawyers, human rights advocates, social service workers, civil servants, and a whole slew of other well paid jobs that keep them all working. None of this is altruism people. It's cynical self interest masquerading as humanitarianism.


Except for Chris Beckford - Tseu.  He should have never made it.  He was supposed to be a rising star who as I recall never reached his potential .  He couldn't make it at the upper levels and didn't do much for the Aces . Underhill on the other hand was great .


The only reason these past Presidents come out of the closet is that they are so afraid that President Trump will succeed on his campaign promises, something that they could not accomplish.  The past Presidents had their time in office and they failed, they should sit back keep their mouths shut and allow President Trump to clean up the mess that he inherited, and get this country back on track.


Paul, There have been lots of real fraud cases.  None to change an election but fraud is fraud.  If we can standardize the rules and make elections closer to fraud free, what's the problem?


Oh my goodness!  Our senator has been twittered!!

Murkowski isn't up for reelection for another 5-1/2 years.  Trump will be long gone by then.  She can afford to stand up to him.  I haven't voted for a republican in quite awhile, but if she continues to demonstrate courage against our orange Napoleon, not only will I vote for her, but I'll register as a republican so I can vote for her in the primary.

But she needs to prove herself - one vote won't do it.  Something tells me there will be more opportunities for republicans to take courageous votes soon.


Glad to see that Wente is still trying out for the Sun with this utter nonsense.  Why is she still employed with this rubbish?


You got it wrong, as usual, Kearon.  Leave the state out of your adversarial relationship with business.  Rather, it's an adversarial relationship between the Republican Party and business; excluding Big Oil.  No other business is getting special treatment.


Not sure how I feel about this.  Sure, Trump has ended the convention of politics stopping at the water's edge to the detriment of our nation, not sure that makes it acceptable for others to stoop to his level.


"Recovers as an effective governing force"? Was Trump ever an effective governing force or did I miss something? Trump is an effective looter and his party represents the looting class--the super rich. I confess, it's nice to see the Republicans spreading their hate-filled, dysfunctional political agenda around to more segments of society than just women and people of color. Now everyone with a functioning brain can see the Republican party for what it has really always stood for--greed, war, misogyny, violence, religious fanaticism, racism and naked stupidity. Trump and the Republicans will put Americans' gag reflex to the test. Then again, maybe Americans will finally figure their situation out before it's too late and Republicans murder their democracy. Or they won't. Democracy will survive in other more enlightened societies which is good to know.


St. Michael was mentioned in the Confitior and several other prayers. No longer. As for Constantinople, when the Emperor moved the Imperial capital, the See of Peter moved as well. What was left in Rome was an Aryan backwater. Until the Ecumenical Patriarch is acknowledged as ”Peter” the Protestants will continue to be correct about Roman overreach.


From middle school to college, blacks today are doing a pretty good job of segregating themselves.
And I bet very few black kids today could name even one of these brave Nine who risked so much for them.


Lindzen was also one of the paid hacks who cast doubt on the harm in tobacco smoke. Check out all the dissemblers in Robert Kenner's doc, Merchants of Doubt. Talk about gullible.


Why the killings are happening in congress ruled states? Law and order is province responsibility. Why are state governments are not questioned? Why killings of hindus in communist ruled kerala is not getting media attention


The only way our wonderful State of Alaska will not become another broke state like so many in the lower 48, is to replace 75% of whom we have in office now. Let's quit voting for the losers that have the most money, the ones who have the biggest donaters , they are the ones who are owned by the donaters.   Time is running out, If we don't elect the correct ones into office soon, time will run out. This is reality people. If there is one who is for Alaska, I don't care if it's a republican or democrat, I'm voting for them.


Didn't get enough stars at school this year so you gave yourself one.....cute.


The west has heard of contraception and abortion even
it has no future
you cannot have a future if you cannot even replace your dying population
Mother Nature has her revenge for unnatural deeds
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the poor non-West has a future
poverty but still a future
many children


Maybe there is a reason why the priest blogger, who goes by the first initial of his last name, refers to NCR as "fishwrap. I think that many of the writers and readers of NCR are on to him.


Make it $10.5 million...there's something magical about that number that Liberals don't question.


There is nobody who'd like to see the loathsome Trump out of the White House more than me, but being an incompetent, narcissistic bigot isn't a "high crime or misdemeanor."

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump has indeed committed impeachable offenses, and if so I hope they come to light sooner rather than later. (When the Russia investigation is finally concluded, I expect there to plenty of "there" there.) But, until that happens, we have to wait.

Removing people from office because they're offensive is a very slippery slope and would be a disastrous precedent for the nation. Sorry, Mario. I agree that Trump's "lack of moral leadership and his own racism and hatred disqualify him from being president." Sadly, that isn't a sound Constitutional argument for impeachment.


Yes, the middle east culture is somewhat confusing.
But the Liberals welcome it in Canada.


and weed sales in the capital region have skyrocketed


Yes, it's pretty terrible that Liberals are pulling this stunt. But to everyone mentioning Harper and complaining about "The Left" or fascism or whatever, the Conservatives did the exact same thing in 2009.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-to-shut-down-parliament/article4300862/
If you're a fan of one leader over the other, you have to reconcile how it's good for one to do shut down government but bad for the other.
It's more likely that politics is hard and these leaders are fallible humans who don't know how else to get their bills through.


My preference would be for leaders to be chosen by MPs in caucus. That gets rid of people like O'Leary who don't want to bother running in an election and having to chat with real people. (I like O'Leary as a media commentator though.)
My second choice is for the old style delegated convention where each riding sends a specific number of delegates. But my preference is that all of the delegates be the executive of the local associations, the people who actually do the work and know the candidates best. I never liked that winner-take-all delegate system where an entire slate could be elected that was unrepresentative of the local association volunteers.
The worst way to elect party leaders is one-member-one-vote, which usually results in a leader who doesn't know where 90% of the country is.


Hefner was very in tune with what was happening regarding the changing attitudes towards sex.    But thank him?     These changes would have happened with or without Hefner.    You could make an argument that maybe he sped up the process.    He certainly profited from it.    But change was not solely because of Hefner.


Not a real problem for the financial elite of the country.


....and Douchebag Donald's only accomplishments are being born rich and bragging about it.


The trains are electric...they just carry their generators with them.


The big Asian car makers had figured out all those components a long time ago and by now these last for 20 years easily.
In theory an EV has less components in it but it will take Tesla another 15 years to build the expertise on how to make a reliable car. I would rather buy an EV from an automaker that is making cars for 50 years (or longer).


Why is it 'idiotic' to put your own nations interest first?  If it benefits America it actually ends up  benefiting the world.  Putting America under some European 'accord'  is a return to the days when America was a  one of many European colonies.  I for one do not want the benevolent dictatorship "old" Europe has to offer. We've all seen in the last century where that all leads. Fascism seems tailor made for Europe, not America!


Why stop there?  Let's remove the utterly useless Ministry of Democratic Institutions and save ourselves a few bucks in the bargain.


John LeRoux is too optimistic about the Paris Accord. The Senate would not have approved it and it would be considered dead like the TPP and the TTIP.

Obama relied on having Clinton elected president to carry forth the Paris Accord. It's a shame that country did not elect her.


wow,  some one from the liberal front suggested self censorship.  Who would have thought?

"Everyone is equal.  Some are more equal than others"


Eratosthenes has been thoroughly debunked by the FE Awakening. His calculation also works if the sun is local at about 3K miles away. He also did not take into account refraction or atmospheric lensing. Also there was no way for him to prove that he was in the same latitude or time since there was no instant communication between the two cities. https://www.youtube.com/results?q=eratosthenes+was+wrong+debunked


Gorka was a pompous ass who never hesitated treating other people like crap. Karma's a bitch.


Headline is misleading.  It implies the fine was levied for the entrance sign that simply reads "International Market Place" as shown in the accompanying picture.


Does anyone feel they should take responsibility for their actions? If we always blame the other guy we will keep on making mistakes. Very rarely will someone plead guilty. Do like God.


Rest well aunty and dance to your heart's content.  We will miss you. Aloha O'e.


No legal means of annulling the present administration comes to mind. I don't think one exists. Other possibilities include a revolt by the screaming memes of the left. That would likely result in a counter revolt by the screaming memes of the right. Then we'd have a civil war on our hands. (The left would lose because the right has more guns.)
So until the election of 2020, just hunker down, organize, strategize, campaign, fatten your coffers, and give priority above all else to finding a really suitable candidate rather than the scum sucking, bottom feeders who ran last time.


More fake news from loony left Bezos anti-Trump WaPo.

Shocker!

Cue all the foaming at the mouth rabid Trump haters with their unhinged posts in 3...2...1...


Canada should  follow the lead and cancel all foreign aid  . We don't need to give more maternal aid to impoverished countries. They need birth control. Look after our own native peoples. After all we did steal their land


You are completely brainwashed  or are on the take.    We are posting huge deficits.


Alaska public finance rests on a three-legged stool - The PFD program (our incomplete and fragile version of a sovereign wealth fund); a budget that meets our immediate and long-term Statewide needs and responsibilities; revenues and revenues to sustain the first two. This commentary addresses the PFD leg quite well and sensibly - and that is what it is intended to do. Thank you gentlemen!


About 15-20% if all pregnancies in the US end in miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) and are defined as a loss of the pregnancy before the 20th week. There are about  4.4 million confirmed pregnancies in the US every year. About 500,000 end in miscarriage, 26,000 end in still birth, 19,000 end in death after the first month of life and 39,000 die in the first year of life. 1 in 4  ( some stats show 1 in 3) pregnancies end in miscarriage and estimates that over 40% of  pregnancies end in loss. Why do you leave this "gauntlet" out of pregnancy that show clearly that at least a million pregnancies a year in the US will never make it to term and some that do the baby dies shortly after birth or in the first year of life. I had 3 miscarriages myself in the early months. I wanted my zygotes and nature ( God) wiped them out of the only home they had ever known inside my body, so why is that?  Childbirth is a natural occurrence but also childbirth often ends without a child.


Well put Dr.Hanson.
I urge all Americans to look into the ETHICS RULES of their own state Legislature - the Ak Legislatures's sham rules are offensive to anyone who becomes aware of them. Legislative bodies i.e. Senate, House, are closed societies trusted to appropriately self-regulate, but as per human nature their "regulating" has overwhelmingly been to avoid rules of common sense decency, to make what for others would be criminal acts-legal for members of their "elite Aristocracy" of lawmakers.


“Amazing how it falls under ‘academic freedom’ when a black (woman) spews this extreme bigotry yet everyone knows if a straight white male said anything close to that they would be rightfully fired.”  There are many who would agree with this statement. I wonder if perhaps some individuals with a PhD go into other fields that earn more money. Perhaps that is why the statistics are what they are. Maybe it's also partially a result of the preponderance of older Caucasians living in the U.S. and in a generation, the census mix and make-up of professors will be different. Totally agree with Keala's comment that there would be more value in looking at character and not skin color.


The House coalition needs to restore public safety money back into the budget and take from the Legislature's over bloated budget.  The Legislature's budget has tripled since Big Oil moved in.  No community should lose public safety funding.


Yes, because they are women they are failing because they are women.  Iron tight logic.

And the previous cabinet of fumblebums "death by a 1,000 cold cuts" were successful, by definition because they were men.

Your sexism seems hidden from you.

Have you even considered commenting on the actual issue rather than the Scheer talking points?


Bob didn't mention that the Peshtigo fire was started by logging operations and burned hot and heavy, like Oregon's great Tillamook fire, through thousands of cutover acres filled with logging slash. I've viewed dozens of wildfire burns and seen lots of clearcuts filled with slash, brush, and densely planted reprod that burned faster and hotter than adjacent unlogged forests . The problem is that clearcuts don't stay bare soil very long!

When I first went to work in the forests, old timers I worked around had a saying: "If you want to put a fire out, run it up into the woods" My cabin in Southern Oregon resisted the huge Biscuit blaze because I maintained a bare soil perimeter and kept the interior acres brush and sapling free, shaded by big overhead trees that nearly all survived.

In North California, shaded and maintained fuel breaks along logging roads and highways have often been successful except in fire storms. When forest fires become fire storms, all organics are consumed!


You would then stay wth he current batting order?


The dubia are a logical mess. Those 4 apparently really were confused by AL. As a result of those confusions, they are visually impossible to answer.


It would be nice to see the government take responsibility ... like they re supposed to do instead of ducking the issue.  Mr. Cox provides an excellent service.  It's unfortunate this paper does not treat him with the respect he deserves.


Wow, there is such a cool history and culture behind the summer solstice - great to see so many people participating in such a beautiful celebration! One of my favorite memories is from three summers ago when I traveled to Iceland and celebrated the summer solstice at the Midnight Sun Music Festival - I will cherish those moments forever. I'm looking to go again this year, and I found a great article that describes some of the best summer solstice festivals around the world. Here's the link if you want to check it out!
http://www.stridetravel.com/blogs/6-summer-solstice-festivals-around-the-world.html


Again, education is helpful.

You cannot present "scientific evidence" because that would require applying the scientific method, which involves testing and experimentation.

How can you test anything (Earth) that there is only one of?

Critical thought (hint) : What are you comparing Earth against?  Uninhabited Earth #2?

Your logic falls down before you even begin typing.


No trust to China, period. It is a Communist country where the ideology has ruled and will always rule over the democracy and human rights. We must not put Canada under any risk in this matter.


What a joke!  So we should blame the not so "poor" Indians for this rip off of America and not the pharmaceutical companies - the major financial gainers in this scheme.  Give us a break!


hahahahaha, oh, they have no idea what's coming their way.


Chain gang 'em and then throw away the key.


Oh, indeed.... please "spare us."


1. Learn the definition of the word 'fake.'
2. Go back to Infowars (www.i'm gullible.com) and get a head start on tomorrow's talking points about the ACA remaining in place.

This may not be super civil, but I don't really care.


Government, by definition, is an inefficient entity.  BOTH Demorats and Repubs are wasteful spenders.


Because PATRIARCHY


I don't recall him commenting on those sets of lies...*shocker*.


All government officials involved should be prosecuted under the "RICO Act" as the largest government municipality racketeering scam in US recent history against the public!
1. http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/30/us/us-officials-see-sweeping-effort-to-combat-municipal-corruption.html?pagewanted=all
2. https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-109-rico-charges


One interesting "actual fact", IJHB: in many residential schools, the death rate among "students" (or inmates, or victims, if you prefer) was as high as 50%.
Sez who?
Dr. Peter Bryce, Medical Inspector, Dept. of the Interior and Indian Affairs. He made a special inspection of 35 schools in the prairie provinces in 1907. The experience shocked him.  Newspaper articles appeared.  In 1922, Bryce retired and wrote a book: The Story of a National Crime; Being a Record of the Health Conditions of the Indians of Canada from 1904 to 1921.

Many of the deaths were due to TB.  Bryce found on more than one occasion, that infected kids were mingled with uninfected, healthy kids. Many survivors (which means, of school life in the 1940s-1970s, told of experiences similar to what Bryce had found, decades before. Many of the healthy kids were scared to death--they felt it was a DELIBERATE strategy.  Said one: "they wanted us dead."

Read more on Kevin Annett's website.  Annett's word: Genocide.


thank you Mr Anon.,
Great tip for the next time it happens.
A healthy and contented 2017 to you and yours.


Kaveny’s talk of Jesus “disfavoring adultery” turns the Commandments of God into something like really nice suggestions.


This was not a murder conviction as understood anywhere except the bizarre and twisted US military commission tribunal in Guantanamo.

It was years later the US invented a crime that did not exist heretofore and exists nowhere else in civil criminal, military or international law .  We have laws prohibiting convictions  'ex post facto' crimes - see the Charter at S. 11(g) as does the US (clause 3 of Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution) and it is the basis under which a number of Gitmo convictions have already been overturned.  Khadr's appeal has yet to be heard as the US is using every preocedural delay.

After the Military Commissions Act of 2006 was signed in October 2006, new charges were sworn against Khadr on February 2, 2007. He was charged with Murder in Violation of the Law of War - a wholly US invented crime that did not exist before 2006 and is not recognized anywhere else in the world.  A clear violation of the prohibition on 'ex post facto' crimes.


There are many who start the race. There are far less who finish it.


Why would there be a fight if Trump fired Cordray?

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled that the section of the authorizing legislation that held that the Director of the CPFB could only be fired by Congress was unconstitutional.

The court held that the CPFB is a board under the aegis of the Executive Branch, and the President has the absolute right to fire or request the resignation of any Executive Branch employee that requires Senate confirmation.

Cordray is no different than Comey...He serves at the pleasure of the President.


That's not a problem, just take the CMHC out of insuring loans and you'll have the open and unregulated market you're looking for.  Of course, interest rates may go up to 10% and your $3 million home in Vancouver will go down to $500k but hey, you're looking for a free market, right?


Another very good post my dear. Remember being a victim and being portrayed as such by the left wing media puts that group into a power position and they have the ear of the politicians when ever they want it.


Does that include America???


Couldn't happen to a nicer crook. Now can taxpayers have that half a million back ? What did he accomplish with that money ? NOTHING.


Thank you for your wonderful article, Laureli. I appreciate you being able to share with others that the rest of us see every day living here. I've had several Ivanoffs come through my class, and they were smart, focused, and fun students to work with. And, yes, we are not impoverished. :)


Yeah, like the world really cares what Nutsy Freeland has to say.


The "Bernie supporter" committed an act of terrorism and murder.

What part of "no right to murder" do you not understand?

Your whataboutism doesn't work.   Let he who is without sin?   Are you actually suggesting it was a sin to support Bernie Sanders for President in 2016?   It's not a sin according to the Constitution.  Seriously, WTF?

You think somehow the extremists and violent protesters in Charlottesville should get a free pass because someone who voted for Bernie Sanders committed an act of terrorism?

Seriously?   You're really going to hang your hat on that?

Let me repeat myself.

There IS NO RIGHT TO MURDER OR ATTACK PEOPLE.


Thanks Cynthia. I follow your thinking as I was raised and served for years in the culture of having "a zeal to share" one's insights into faith. But in the context of this exchange I am trying to reflect on OUR failures as Xtians, rather than commentating on the responses of folk who are not Xtians. We need to humble ourselves even if they choose to walk all over us. I think thats what Jesus intended, altho no doubt there are those who interpret his words differently.


We need to do something abut the human population on earth. There's over 7 billion of us right now (emitting millions of tons of CO2 each year) and, according to the UN, by the end of this century there will probably be 12 billion of us (almost certainly collectively emitting more CO2 than we are right now).

It's unfortunate that global population very rarely features in the debate about man-made global warming.


This contraceptive rollback is all about the church having the say, not at all about preventive medicine (covered by most insurance plans, i.e. mamogram, colonoscopy, dental exams...) for women.  Advocate for the separation of church and state and for preventing religion from dictating women's health care options.  Krista you totally miss the point and yeah, certainly don't get it!


It's extremely vital that there are restaurants and food manufacturers that have nut free foods prepared and packaged in a nut free environment.
They are the only products that people with nut allergies can count on, especially children.
By having nut free foods, McDonald's provided some confidence in parents that their children could safely eat there.  Now that is gone.
Maybe they are better off in the long run.  Food prepared at home is much healthier than McDonald's anyway.


The answer is yes! Not only is the job easier when buyers are lining up, but input costs and time spent on each listing is way down.  In a market where an average house is $1.4 million, offers held back due to demand and the deal is done inside of a week, agents would take much lower selling fees if vendors were on the ball.


'cause momma needs those new pair of shoes for the public sector no matter the cost


We live in Ottawa as well and that was exactly my thought.  I am often surprised at the low cost of taxes in these articles.


Using this logic, Canada should distance itself from Russia, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Morocco, Ethiopia, Armenia... Technically, you being in Canada is a war crime using your interpretation. Plan on moving soon?


"Even Ronald Reagan is considered too liberal for the true Right Wing."

The "true Right Wing." How very revealing of you.


First of all, the death rate of patients is 100%, they all die eventually. Despite the best intervention of any MD, people will smoke , drink eat the wrong stuff and pursue dangerous activities. There is no regulation on how the people run their lives.
Number of investigations ordered? A double edged sword as I find we are cancelling surgeries as bloodwork has been avoided and things are out of control when they get here and are cancelled.
Adverse events? Is poor compliance part of that or plain luck, we have more people taking more complex medications for more complex disease that ever before, and yes there are adverse effects but death is being delayed and people are choosing to live with the effects.
So everywhere they have gone to salaried or rostering, performance has fallen. FFS is a motivator but rather than throwing out the baby with the bathwater consider a blended system. If you offered me a salary, benefits , decent pension and most of all a union , I'm in.


Do you want to know what's truly useful?

A full line of products with no metal hardware for those with autoimmune and neurodegenerative conditions involving sensitivity to EMFs.

For examples:
i) beds without metal bedsprings.   Also, no latex as lots of people have problems with it.  (Sorry, Casper doesn't work -- lots of plastic and latex involved)
ii) Shoes without buckles and metal grommets.
iii)  Non-metal zippers that are both functional and non-clunky.

There are no underwire bras around made of non-metal wires.   This causes lots of problem for women in airports and those who are allergic to the toxic EMF smog that engulfs us in modern life.   Wonderbra was invented in Canada, so why not come up with a non-metal wired version to continue the tradition of innovation!

For people with EMF sensitivity, a metal shoe grommet/eyelet can leave a "burn".   Nike has some shoes without any metal -- I have to wonder if they have caught on to this.


I can hear Don Ho singing, "Tiny Bubbles."


The truth really bothers you! Not every one supports your liberal agenda and it cracks me up how upset you get! Its rather obvious if the majority of the  comments are against the article and then ADN takes the comments off its because they do not want people to see how the majority of people really feel. Typical liberal agenda.


This man ran Alaskans and smaller oil and gas companies out of business for the majors by increasing the minimum bid ( 150%) and rentals 1,000% -over 8,000%)  in annual DNR oil and gas lease sales, he has hurt Alaskans more then anyone I known in government since statehood. The current leadership still has not undone his price Alaskans out of the oil business tactic, why! How can anyone make Alaska more productive with the state leaders selling the people of Alaska out?


I don't think you know alot of plumbers. You make that money you are gone 6 -7 months a year. Also there are tons of people on the out of work list at the union halls and non union as well. They're aren't many plumbers making 150K a year.


Why would the city of Anchorage raise a tax to assist with a "state" maintained road, seems pretty dumb...


This shows the mindless bigotry of many Christians. That's better described as reinforcement rather than revelation.


you are nuts! there are plenty of unemployed skilled poeple with no work to go to,  in 10 of 15 years if things turn around great bring them in , such in the mean time NO! , the economy and jobs have been decimated by the scams of ontaro liberals for one thing! Carbon taxes hurt everyone and for no dam good reason. it is not necessary, get educated. , the activist say so not scientist. the usa now with the gop and trump will ignore them completely over this nonsense while we push ahead and make ourselves less competitive and hurt our consumers. in 4 years the usa will be soaring and enough people will wake up to the complete disaster of a direction the likes of wynne and trudeau are taking us. as for your arrogant finish, with the enjoy comment, yet proving again why the left are corrupt arrogant trash


Oh brother. I don't think anybody disagrees that man has had some influence on climate change. The issue is whether man is entirely to blame. And apparently anybody that doesn't think that man is entirely to blame is stupid. And anybody that doesn't think we need a $50 per ton carbon tax is stupid. So okay I'm stupid and this idiot is looking forward to somebody reigning in the completely out of control EPA.


Saullie: aren't you cute, which means what, you missed me and created  a few more handles for yourself. I haven't missed your inanities, looks like you still think  too much of your holy cows.


"Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it."
--Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786.


B,  I think you missed the point of my reply to DC.


They have to thread carefully with the political correctness before somebody points out that they have all white male players, coaches and staff. It could backfire.


Thank you for your response.
Quote the article:

"One-half of the dream is coming true. In the first two states to go legal, arrests for marijuana possession have dropped dramatically—by 98 percent in Washington and 95 percent in Colorado as of last year—and high taxes in both states are generating tens of millions of dollars a year for education and public health. At the same time, legal markets in Washington and Colorado along with loosening medical-marijuana laws around the country have together exerted enough downward pressure on street prices that Central American cartels have reportedly begun to shift production away from marijuana, toward more profitable drugs like heroin."

Legalize heroin, shut them down.

I used to feel as you do, over the years I've come to feel that Saudi Arabia outlawing alcohol and us outlawing heroin are the same limitations of freedom.
Please check out the book, it was a week long punch in the gut for me.

Regards.
Milo


Don't blame the media, JetRx, blame tRump. tRump puts himself out there every day 24/7.  It's what narcissist do.  They don't sleep.  They're like a bat that hangs upside down long enough to recharge their brain with blood and then take flight to fight. Always looking for a target to dump on.


It's not news at all, it's satire. Here's your sign and a couple more for the two who liked your post.


Wow, this article could be a sign of a market top. My favorite is the "lack of bonds" comment. Did the author miss the recent Fed announcement? I am making no prediction on the direction of equity markets over the next 12 months, but these arguments are weak.


1/2
I've become convinced that the "universality" of catholic, is the universality of Jesus, of redemption and message within humankind- past, to come and now, entwined. If that's a "wishful dream" that God hates, then I pray for personal mercy and enlightenment.
For 10 years after retirement, I lived in a rural parish that encompassed the geographical "village"; community council; the "jurisdiction" of the volunteer fire department; the former school district; the former single general store, gas station, etc. The relative isolation, the sole church, and general good will meant that Protestants attended mass. See where I'm going? Real community is a multi-dimensional interlace of interactive dependencies that is willingly accepted and enjoined.
Institutionally, it seems the RC has in fact created a single level dependency, "ontologically" distinct based on willing submission. Showings of wider "community" seem to be futile play-acting: the wishful dream that God, um...doesn't like.


"lived experiences"  ... as opposed to the experiences of the dead?


Amy- please, don't let facts get in the way of a good ramble, tho, right?  Have you seen the mushers when their dogs die? I have. It's horrible. They don't go out of their way to kill their dogs. No wonder people don't take PETA or you seriously.


I don't think it would be fair for the Neighbor Islands to have to pay into this debacle. Saying that all Islands pay for airports, harbors and highways is not a fair comparison. We all use them. Now why would anybody from another island want to use the rail? Additionally, most people on Oahu will not even be able to make practical use of the rail. The whole thing is a mess created by Mufi and Caldwell, and they should be held accountable for it. If a few people ended up in jail for mismanaging the project, then the public may be more willing to throw more money into it.


Very similar to serial killers, and just one step away from killing their victim if he or she puts up too much of a struggle.


Forbes rate Calgary as the cleanest city in the world. So the air in Ottawa is more polluted. Those emissions from politicians are a lot more noxious than anything Alberta produces.


It's one reason (and the 72 cent dollar) that I'm staying away from the US right now. I can't see myself going to the US while that buffoon resides in the White House.


The lady doth protest too much


Butts, via Kate and the kid, has an extemely skewed idea of what "paying it foreward" really means.


I was at a US Walmart a couple of weeks ago where the cashier who rung up my purchase was a sprightly 81 years old.

He was very happy to be working and, as he said, teaching the younger employees how to get the job done.


Trade War is ON!
www.ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/mexico


You see this  as a record setting applause prop. I see it as giving homage where homage is due.
What information do you have that a majority of voters knew that President Trump failed as CIC?
Your post, in my opinion, is just another example of your progressive screeching.


Bernier is an elite. The Beauce has been owned by the Bernier family for a long time, as Central Nova was owned by the MacKay's.


Good for Trump. The EU is an oligarchy of childless bureaucrats who have no concern about the lives and thoughts of the citizens who supposedly elected them in power,  in fact caring more about the corporations who line their pockets.


Deck chairs!


Our political culture values and rewards, peace, order and good government.  This government has failed to deliver the latter and shows little capacity to administer its finances and processes to the highest standards.


Anyone playing the “Chip Kelly and NCAA sanctions” cards as a way to rationalize the rapid decline in Oregon football is simply in denial and making a bunch of excuses. How did Oregon get to the National Championship Game in Helfrich’s second year as head coach and then two-years later plummet to LAST PLACE in the division? Sorry but the sanctions are not that bad. Helfrich is in his 4th year as head coach…these are HIS recruits; his coaching hires(promoting Lubick to OC when has never been an OC…hiring Hoke as DC when he has never been a DC); he chose the strategy of pursuing one and done graduate transfers for the QB position rather than develop the players HE and his staff recruited…it is his coaching style which allows players to decide whether to go for 1 or 2 points after a TD…the list goes on and on. When you have been at your job for 4-years and have taken a championship caliber team from elite to a “disaster”…YOU are the problem and far more so than "disappearing" veterans.


"But that’s Trump Jr.’s story and he’s sticking to it."  Well, I'm not so sure on that one.  He's already changed that story twice....after being caught in a lie...twice.  Perhaps when he's caught in a third lie, the story will change again...Sounds like Jr. is a lot like Senior....lie when necessary, then when caught, lie again or try to find a way to weasel out of the mess.  Already Trump has distanced himself from Jr.'s meeting.."didn't know anything about it"...   Looks like The Donald is quite willing to feed #1 Son to the wolves.  Such a nice family.  Gary Crum


"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound." William Shakespeare


No, I said right to work state.  You don't need  to belong to a union.


Yeah, those lousy employees.  Wanting to eat and have a place for their family to sleep.  Why can't they think of the poor shareholder before their own interests.


Who’s “we”?

The KKK is a TERRORIST organization

Period.


Oh yes... Demboski would have called in manna from heaven by now and we'd all be saved.


BS. Cry me a river.


Canada has not the expertise or resources to manage an infinite number of infrastructure projects, nor does it have the ability to optimize them for costs (look at the "Nord" road in quebec for example).
Your view of ominpotence of the government I don't think matches the reality.


"And I never mind being proven wrong." Well in a world where most people don't want to be proven wrong (politicians and my 15 yr old son particularly) you are a breath of fresh air. How reasonable!!


Wherever you look, Trump’s policies are upside down and backwards.

While he adopts policies that make life harder for vulnerable populations – and does so for absolutely no good reason – he’s worsening every one of the really big problems the nation faces.

He’s been at it for less than eight months.

We will be paying the price for years to come.


Koh Samui


Trump must be one of them liars Amylou speaks of since today he actually said, "Clinton WANTS to allow Radical Islamic terrorists to pour into our country".

Here is his entire "speech". There are so many falsehoods and outright lies in this trash talk, one would have an easier time finding water in the Atacama Desert than they would find any facts in this dribble.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-addresses-terrorism-immigration-and-national-security

She "WANTS ", really? I mean really?  No, really? Are you sure DT? What makes you so sure? I mean seriously, really?  No Donald, you want the uneducated voter to simply FOLLOW every FALSE word you utter. This is outright DISGUSTING, SICK and PERVERTED.

I've seen and heard tRump say a lot of stupid things, but this has got to be right up there in the top 10.


Bangladesh suffers from grotesque over population and life is cheap. Corruption is merely a means to survival. "We" support this industry by purchasing its inexpensive products. If we don't then there is no work in Bangladesh - with the usual consequences ....
Also let it be said that the ( old / 1960s ) Canadian garment industry was not exactly innocent of abuse. The Toronto district, by way of example, was noted for little sweat shops employing immigrant women on piece work stuffed into spaces between fabric bales with barely enough room to breathe. It is a cut throat business under the best of circumstances.


Canada has become Fortress America's continental reserve.
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-largest-oil-reserves-by-country.html
Time to remember how much permission was given for The Alaskan Highway.


For scoring a goal from behind the net as a teenager in the QJMHL back in 2003, methinks.

Great players have always been targeted by lesser lights for creative displays of originality; it goes with the territory.


"This is what winning looks like!" DJT


I hope Trudeau is not expecting another $500k state dinner at U.S. taxpayer expense. Sorry Justin - time to spend your own nickle - or that of Canadian taxpayers.


I hear you whimpering Freddy-boy.


*whole is missing between 'my' and 'life'. My apologies.


Why aren't Republicans doing anything to change the situation with blacks trapped in the inner cities? If what you say is true, Republicans could easily take the black vote by improving the lives of those, white or black, trapped in impoverished ghettos. But they don't, and everyone knows it. It is people like you who keep black people down. You are a bigot, big time, Phil. An ignorant bigot, to boot, but what other kind is there. I have lived in poor inner city black neighborhoods, Phil, and I have never encountered the degree of racism that you display. You, like all Republicans, are the problem, and you have NO ZERO NADA solutions. That's because you like racism, it's your style.


So..."El Duque 2"...how much of the popular vote did minority-elect President Trump win?

Hmm?


Every post by Ms. Cunningham is a cry for help.

Sickening how she takes such pleasure in killing stuff for no good reason.

Someone hurt her really badly.


Excellent pointing out the hypocrisy of Obamas resolution while he ignores the military assult on Hawaii, OKINAWA, JeJu, other Islands mentioned. Right now the Sioux of North Dakota are trying to protect their land from an invasive pipeline that could threaten their water. All over the nation indigenous are trying to protect from mining toxics that pollute., protect the Salmon, etc. Fortunately my Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has recognized the danger of this pipeline by posting a petition in opposition on line. So where are BRian and Mazie's voice? Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein, was recently a presence at Standing Rock objecting. Now that is a Presidential Candidate. She proposes greatly cutting the military presence in the world. She appears to have a better grasp on the issues than any other candidate.


spot on - the image used was intentional.


You do not appear to be Indigenous.  Unless you can answer these questions to establish Indigenous identity, your comment is nothing more than happy cookies for the settlers reading the Globe and Mail.  The discussions on Joseph Boyden's fraudulent use of Indigenous identity is a discussion for  Indigenous  only.

What is your Nation?
What is your community?
Who is your family?
What is your clan?
Are we related?

These are the same questions asked of Boyden.  He cannot answer them because he is a pretendian.


Lame.  Utterly lame (and arrogant).


THE BREIVIK REACTION TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF MULTICULTURALISM ON THE CITIZENRY BY A MARXIST TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT.


Every kid has something worthwhile to do in life, Karan, but the misfits choose not to investigate and discover what that worthwhile something is.


The Cheetos-in-Chief is a bit dim and doesn't understand that NATO is a military alliance set up and led by the U.S. in large part to defend its own interests.

Last year Merkel stated German military spending will increase. In light of the newly-demonstrated unreliability of U.S. leadership this can only accelerate... Who would ever have thought that a U.S. president would effusively praise the likes of Vladimir Putin while undermining democratic leadership in France, Germany, Australia and the UK?

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Merkel told representatives from her Christian Democratic Union's youth organizations that Germany would be increasing its military spending to 2 percent of GDP, in line with an agreement that NATO states reached in 2014. The country currently spends around 1.2 percent of GDP on the Bundeswehr.
"In the 21st century, we won't be getting as much help as we got in the 20th. We need to greatly increase the Bundeswehr budget to get from 1.2 to 2 percent."
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http://dw.com/p/2RHMS


Maybe when a child, maybe your child steps in that trap you will change your mind.


Wouldn't the high point be Spencer's Butte?  Can't anyone get anything right?


Typical strawman. The $84 million for erectile dysfunction drugs (which work for PTSD...the erectile part was a happy side effect of the drug), was divided between hundreds of thousands of active, retired military and their dependents. Like the rail, the initial costs of a transgender surgery are extremely high in cost, but is dwarfed by the constant and life long maintenance and upkeep treatments necessary for the patient.
Or, as is typical with SJWs, are you going to cut off their aid after you've used them and they aren't needed by you guys anymore?


Where are the fines? The state need money. Fine each business $10,000.00! We have to make up 3 billion dollar.


Did the Republicans, like Jesus, Jefferson, Martin Luter, Lincoln, not get explained by MLK(R)? Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Democrats inbreeding, have been a problem for thousands of years.

"In our own nation, the Boston Tea Party represented a massive act of civil disobedience...And Abraham Lincoln: "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." And Thomas Jefferson: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal . . ." So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime--the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment?"

https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html


Impeachment? LOL

President: "I hope you can let this go."
FBI Director: "I think {Flynn] is a good guy."

Was there an order to end the investigation? No. Was there an obstruction of an investigation? No. Neither did the president ask that the investigation be halted, nor was Comey pressured to do so. All that happened was what happens in Washington 1000 times a day: you help me, I'll help you.

Trump's haters should know that it's foolish to underestimate your enemy.


Joe please don't encourage Justin


Perhaps the PM should be cleared of the alleged conflict of interest with KPMG. If he is found to be guilty there how on earth can we trust him with oversight of a bank with private interests.?


It would be useful if we knew what we were looking for, or some details.


T. Robson .. so, who and what should we bomb in this case?


Super delegates were petulant by not following the wishes of their constituents and voting for Sanders.  The DNC was petulant for conspiring with Clinton for press and finances, and voter suppression.  Far more egregious and outrageous actions than Chelsea.  They will have to worry more about their re-elections now.  This is politics.  Chelsea was rightfully angry, and those who are wise would take her display and act positively to reach out to many, many voters who feel exactly the same way...second class citizens in their own democracy, not completely dissimilar from Rosa Parks.


might be unlawful, but i never heard of a cop doing anything about that. plus dat, you move the cones, park there and walk away you and/or your car getting some cracks.


Why do there numbers keep growing?  It's because our mayor throws money at them.  Stop throwing money and they'll stop moving/staying here.  Go do the loop in mid-town, C to Northern Lights to Minnesota and back to C.  Take a hard look at who you see, they can't be saved.  I would rather spend the money on the foster care system, they still have a chance.  Basic triage.


allie, something to ponder:  Buildings 1 and 2 were struck by aircraft at different angles of attack and at different levels, yet they both imploded into their footprints in identical fashion.  Buildings 3 and 4 burned for hours, yet their superstructures remained intact.  Building 7, which was not struck by aircraft, and which had small fires burning on two floors only, which the NYFD was preparing to extinguish, imploded into its own footprint.  How is any of this to be explained, and why has no attempt been made?


And Trump has made a lot of empty threats toward North Korea. They don't take him seriously. No one in the world does. Today he threatened to totally destroy North Korea. Normally that kind of talk would send the stock market into a free fall. It didn't register at all.


Mostly wrong.
GMOs have already saved billions in the third world. Asian rice benefited, and without that the deaths from famine (or insufficient production volume otherwise) would have killed so many.
Also, if supposedly poor cannot afford mono culture industro ag, then how in the heck could they afford small-farmer products? Esp organic? You try to compare prices from a cheap mono culture producer to a small farmer. The small farmer will over charge you all the time. Logically that doesn't make sense that one who could not afford big mono culture could somehow magically afford small-farming, or organic.


it was, but at least insurance was affordable. $1,600 per month, !3,500 deductible, 16,500 OOP for a family of 3. Obama did nothing but make things worse for any American not getting a government handout. Pre-existing? Covered under Colorado Care in the old days. ACA needs to die, a quick death.


The military could reschedule, but I am very thankful that they don't.  Compromising their schedule for a couple lost-in-the woods lobbyists and their lies is not something I want my military doing. Unlike the media, liberal politicians, and low-IQ Alaskans, the US military does not waste its time and effort basing strategic decisions on emotion and baseless rumors.  They focus on homeland defense.  It's not cheap, it's not always convenient, and it is absolutely necessary.


Cory Gardner is going to be in Colorado? Of course it is not to meet with or answer questions from the people who elected him.

and...I'm still chuckling at "thought leaders" and "conservative Christians" in the same article.


Outstanding.  Dr. Hecnar is, of course, correct.  We need to protect gems like this, and to see the Nature Conservancy step up and purchase the land is wonderful.  Also congrats to the federal government for doing its part, and to the gracious US donors.


Interesting. How many of the 19 FTE pro tem got the letter?


It will get paid by lowering taxes, reducing regulation, re-writing bad trade deals, ehancing energy resources, and re-vitalized manufacturing!


Excellent article - loved it!  Had me both laughing and pondering the historical aspects in comparison to today's situation.  Follows on nicely form the letter-to-the-editor this week about the historical success of walls!


The 'Russian hacking' claim is a propaganda scandal, and circus show of clowns that is all coming down on the heads of the DNC and CIA. For one thing, Craig Murray, the former British diplomat who met the source of the DNC leaks, has publicly announced that the leaker is not Russian, but is a DNC-insider:
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/cias-absence-conviction/

Also, the overseer of the 17 different USA spy agencies has said that the "CIA assessment" is not endorsed by their office, and that "(It was) a thin reed upon which to base an analytical judgment."

Further, the "CIA assessment" source did not even claim to conclude what WaPo claimed, but instead said "Intelligence agencies did not have specific intelligence showing the Kremlin directed the individuals to pass the hacked emails to WikiLeaks," and also “A senior U.S. official said there remained minor disagreements among intelligence officials about the assessment because some questions are unanswered.”


Happy to tell you.  I voted for roughly $200 million in operating budget cuts this year - but voted to reverse - in that budget - cuts to seniors, kids, people with disabilities and schools.  I do think there's a difference between cutting waste, which I've voted to do, and cutting dignity for seniors and opportunity for kids.  In the past 2 years I've voted for budget that have cut over $1 billion from state spending.  I have voted against both new legislative office building purchases, the $6 billion Susitna Dam, and the $2 billion Knik Arm bridge.


"I am in hopes that at a minimum, the labeling of the POTUS with all sorts of childish names and adjectives will come to a halt."

May we quote Trump, even if such language would get us commenters banned?

And are we only to characterize Trump kindly and sympathetically?


Just in case you yahoo's think that Canada is going to follow in the footsteps of the failed American experiment by electing Trump Lite in Canada, I'm here to tell you that you can forget it. America, Canada, and the rest of the world are in this situation because first Mulroney (conservative) and then Harper (conservative) told us that we 'had to have a deal'. So, it turns out that the deal absolutely gutted our economy and left an entire generation with very few options.

I do not support Bill Morneau's idea of running 35 years of deficits and accumulating another 1.5 Trillion in debt, HOWEVER, that does not mean that I intend to let the cons elect another ranting, raving, fiscal lunatic business failure to run the country either.

Let's just wait and see, shall we. I have already figured out how Trump will fund his spending plans without increasing their deficit, and I believe Canada stands to benefit from his actions.


Justin is good with the dramatic gestures...whether they're warranted or not. He was probably an excellent drama teacher. PM....? Not in my books.


"What about the Lib senators who have stunk up the senate chambers for quite some time...Brazeau is an example..."

Brazeau is/was a CPC Senator appointed by Harper himself.


Red snapper from the Bering Sea;delicious soup.


An eye for eye is no way to govern.  Grow up.


Care to point out what "facts" watcher used Rex old boy?


How can people be so small as to demean the message of this remarkable young women by making partisan remarks about the PM?
The message she gives to the world is inspiring.
Her courage and perseverance in the face of incredible opposition is a role model for us all.


Please explain how a bankruptcy court assigns taxpayer money to reorganize a corporate debt.


Says someone who is in the white house leaking stuff? Or just some windbag farting.


My partner partakes and I don't, and I don't really care for the smell.  She can sit next to me on the couch with the vaporizer and there is NO SMELL.  Smoke is smoke, and weed smoke is not magical.  It will get into things, whether as heavily as tobacco I can't say as neither of us smoke cigarettes and the vaporizer removes any basis for comparison anyway.  The other points remain: No smell, so no problem with neighbors;  No smoke means no smoke effect on your lungs.    Why Crazy Eddie didn't suggest this baffles me.  Oh well, I have agreed with him only once in many months so no surprise.


Cindy is correct. "... a process to decide a new name" implies that there will be a new name, and that's not true. As I understand it, they're looking at whether it is worth wasting millions of rands in order to lose one of the few remaining SA brands which are still respected globally.


The Democrat party aided and abetted by it's MSM flunkies are perpetrating acts of SEDITION against the duly elected government of the USA... and there can be no doubt about that now.

All these "demonstrations" are intended to overthrow the Trump presidency, and it will soon be met with extreme prejudice.  The extremist terrorists are rallying their people and sucking in naive malcontents out into the streets.  The "demonstrators" are just a basket of deplorables who must be crushed and condemned.

Let the pus pour out and true and loyal American citizens will see and understand the traitorous intent of the leftist feminist liberal Democrats and their muslim allies.  The battle lines are now drawn and Trump will win like he won the election.... in spite of the MSM goebbelian propaganda efforts.


"Populism"  is simply democracy.   "Fake News"  and  "Spin"  is simply the rabid alt-left denigrating  EVERYBODY  who disagrees with them as uninformed,  fearful, and racist.  And people are getting tired of it;  evidenced by the surging right-wing in this election...


Pop Quiz LarsLoser:  Try all of them.  The government wouldn't have functioned without passing a budget.  More obfuscation devoid of fact or common sense.


Mahalo a nui, a pololei hoʻi kāu kākau ʻana. Our awareness of a looming food/health crisis here in Hawaiʻi nei, is being heightened on a daily basis. Whether it's bringing the communal poi bowl back to the dinner table or worrying about when I'll see a steamed uhu served up on my dinner plate to accompany my poi. Auē!


When the facts get in the way of the narrative, the media will omit them.


I agree, but further. both entrenched Dems and Repubs are the power elite they actually are just interested in themselves(that is why they exempted themselves from obamacare). The current Repubs are part of the swamp. But they are deluded in thinking that they can just do nothing or be anti-Trump a be re-elected. 2018 will be a wake-up call for all of them!


Potency is what makes marijuana either, effective or more effective. It isn't an opioid.


Taking a slight turn from the conversation here. I am becoming concerned about Trudeau and the possibilities that marijuana will/won't be legalized. Trump has already slammed Trudeau twice and he isn't even in office yet. Once on the F-18 saga and once on the funeral of Castro (I am assuming that Justin's reluctance to attend has much more to do with the Trump Administration than anything that was brought up in the Canadian press). Since Trump is showing himself to be much more concerned for the status quo than anyone imagined, I wouldn't doubt it if he put a lot of pressure on to rescind the move to legalization.

On top of that they have fudged their support for proportional representation, refused to cancel Bill C-51, signed the CETA agreement and will try to pursue their own version of the TPP without the US.

All of these things are cause for concern, but not enough for me to ever consider voting for a conservative, ever again in my lifetime.


I am certainly ungrateful for American TV, Music and movies. I enjoy the NBA but I couldn't care less for the rest of American sports. Some branch plants are good but how many are left as they keep moving the jobs to depressed areas of the States and low cost labour markets abroad?


Actually,  I'd keep the JeffersonDavies statues too, even if they were erected in the 1950'sand 1960's.   For that too is part of history, and  it is certainly insightful knowing that many Americans in the South during the 1950's and 1960's still supported a slavery state.  Knowing this helps  to explain Donald Trump and the alt-right today--even if I find both most repugnant.


The Hillary effect: Shush the woman, then watch her kvetch.


I guess if you call the Star-Advertiser questionable. Here is the link to the original article. Have a blessed day.  http://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/09/29/hawaii-news/mainland-cash-fuels-the-fight/


Eric,   Posit?? I'm amazed YOU could make an error. And thanks for agreeing that wages have not "went up" for years that's what I said, maybe with a new tax plan they will.  And I never said I agree with the removal of the federal deduction of state and local taxes but I'm sure that will cost me much more than a lot of people, and being in the group of people the estate tax effects , most likely means you are a hard working person, not one of the 45 % of mutts that pay nothing.


Agreed.

unfortunately, holding someone against their will in a clinical setting is tricky.


Wrong....I have a whole safe full of guns that have never killed anyone and some of them have been around a looooong time. Stupid little gangsta wannabes kill people to emulate the lifestyle and mindset of their heroes.


Tesla and Dyson will be niche players at best. Many major car manufacturers will have EV's on the market within 3 years that will blow away Tesla and their inefficient charging technology. There are over 100 new EV models currently in development.


I was under the impression that Pride activities and protests in Toronto largely came about due to the bathhouse raids in the 80's and 90's.


Deficit reduction plan fails, because it increased the Government economy at expense of private economy.
Recession is unavoidable.
Time to bring Government spending under control.


And indeed it is an opinion of the Trinity.  Problem is, there's a divide between the Catholic and secular views of divorce.  The Church teaches Christ's own words; Cupich sides with the seculars.  To espouse Christianity while hewing to the secular view of marriage and divorce is to speak like a child.


How's the koolaid these days?


False equivalence. You ignored M. Binders' comment about HIV underscoring the need for fidelity within relationships and now you are equating my committed, monogamous gay relationship with non-monogamous relationships. Perhaps it's actually homophobia that's driving your thinking.


I can't hardly believe it, Art. You didn't lie. You didn't rant about commies under your bed. You didn't insult other posters. You told the truth. I'm concerned. Are you feeling well?


Being based at the world's most diverse city, whose citizens have deep ties to the four corners of the world, it is indeed surprising that not a single book of note has been written by UofT social scientists of the past couple of decades on salient issues of our time.  Nowhere is this lack of ambition and complacency on greater display than in international affairs. When was the last time a quotable book and readable book was written at UofT on important countries such as the U.S., China, Germany, the EU, West Asia (Iran, Turkey, etc.)? Having examined the intellectual output of UofT social scientists, it's safe to say that salient issues are precisely the ones that are avoided. How about condition of international institutions such as the UN, World Bank, NATO, etc.? What a waste of potential.


Allahu Akbar! the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans have parted. Don't tell, the US won't ask! Allahu Akbar!


And yet even with a few extra turns you will still pay less than a cab. Again, you get what you pay for. Want better service? Pay up.


Your denomination was probably not in the condition that any male who can walk AND chew gum is a likely candidate for ordination.


me too , I keep getting hurt by men who are married want to cheat on their wives and wants to have sex with me and he is my neighbor


Hi! yjin
Thank you for contacting me, I did not doubt your commitment
I did fast, we all pray differently; generally I only say the “Our Father” and contemplate on the Truth/Mercy/Love of His teachings and life within the Gospels especially in relation to my own fallen nature, apart from when I go to mass on Sunday that is.
If anyone else joins in our commitment of pray/fasting each Friday I will contact you through this link to our posts and make a comment to you, perhaps you will do the same.

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/spiritual-reflections/forgiven-forgivers#civil-comments
yjin you shall be in my thoughts and prays every Friday.
kevin your brother
In Christ


If that was your attempt at humor it missed the mark.


Did you read my post where I explain why I'm against these lists?  Maybe there is vigilante activity.  But even if there isn't, the lists need to go.  They are broad sweeping and probably don't differentiate between rape and improper touch.  They also imply that one can't be rehabilitated.


The slogan should be:

 "Vote Yes on Proposition XXX, Better Schools With No New Taxes"


The Guardian ? Really? LOL


Well, although the first accident may be  related to mechanical causes based on comments by the pilot of engine failure, it could be as  simple as fuel starvation due to water in the system.  I would not jump to any conclusions as to the cause, but  there is probably a correlation to the age of any aircraft and higher maintenance needs.  The commentary by the FAA is a little indifferent and bureaucratic in saying no need to observe a plane that was probably still on radar, due to absence of a flight plan. The rules may be the rules, but where is the humanity?  Why is the computer software in this day and age not sophisticated enough to indicate an aircraft unexpectedly disappearing off the display when it probably should still be indicating a within range return, despite not being in positive control?