I don't quite understand. There is little thing we use in this republic called the electoral college. If you look at Article II, section 1; and the Twelfth Amendment, you can't miss it. Under these provisions, whomever has the most votes in that tally becomes the next president. According to reports I've seen, Donald Trump won more electoral college votes than Hillary Clinton. I also recall watching Chief Justice Roberts administering Mr. Trump the oath of office a few Fridays back. Even the New York Times reported these occurrences. So, again, I'm not quite following your "he didn't have the votes" mantra. Under your theory, the Buffalo Bills actually won all four of those Super Bowls, the Russian hockey team won the gold medal in 1980, and Napoleon prevailed at Waterloo. BTW, do you seriously doubt that if a true popular vote-count system were employed, that the Trump campaign would not have adjusted their strategy accordingly and still beaten the amoral, pathological liar?


Personally, I just got seven mail bits at the post office, but I noticed that there are no public euphemisms available. Had to make a dash to the library.


Oh? Unlikely?

Abortion and birth control have been forced on a sixth of the world's women by their own government for a quarter-century. The situation has not gone away--it has only been loosened. The policy has been vigorously defended here for reasons of demographic expediency. Those same defenders have also mocked and gibed at the very notion of "human rights".

I'd say its involuntary imposition is nearly inevitable. We'll get the same line we always get, "Think of the children!". Imagine a guarantee that none of your children will have any genetically "non-traditional" sexual tendencies. It'll be promoted as the kindest thing you could do.

Imagine a horror, any horror--it will happen. Someone will do it, maybe illegally. What shall we do with children involuntarily engineered for traits the majority don't approve of?

Super intelligent soldiers with hyper skills and complete loyalty to their owners? Will we kill them because we don't like that sort of being? Who's next?


Rummel was supporting the Constitution. In telling Sebelius to avoid Communion for vetoing an abortion bill on constitutioinal grounds, Burke was subverting it. That is a Vatican appointee committing sedition.


I'm a breed of Native American and we stand TOGETHER!! The only people who were ever truly FREE!


Easy to do when you cap the PFD. ✔


Ya know, the subway cars weren't the items with issues, it was the LRVs, but hey, what do facts count when it comes to rants? There are some points that could be made on BBD *aircraft division*. (Rail is a separate division/company), but yours isn't one.


Neat word!  We have had it for decades here in the United States and I didn't have a word for it!

" state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens"

"a Kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools"


Out of touch is a polite understatement. Many in Congress couldn't find Reality USA with a road map and compass. I suspect most of them consider their constituency to be anyone who can hire a good lobbying office and finance their reelection, and no one else. During the recess, we saw "representatives" fleeing their constituents via the back door, or worse. They don't want to know how angry US citizens are.


Do you know where your oil/gas comes from if you live in Eastern Canada? Would you rather buy oil products from the Saudi regime or Canadian?

I would rather have Energy East pipeline than Keystone to give Canadian pipeline and refining companies the business. As much as the Americans want to protect their interests, so should Canada. Who knows what kind of clauses Trump Inc. may insist on - it may be to the detriment of the other pipeline proposals and therefore eastern Canadian companies and oil/gas consumers.


I am certain the he will fall in line, regardless of how it impacts the "little people". Besides, they don't contribute  to the campaign and will vote for whatever hot button issue he puts forth.


As BO promised in one of the first 2 books he is dubiously credited with authoring, 'he will stand with the muslims' - and THIS stance is antithetical to American & Israeli concepts of Constitutional Republics.


If Jesus can say a man who divorces his wife and marries another or marries a divorced woman commits adultery, how on Earth can you say His followers can't say this?


I'd love to give you a "laugh", Rmiller101, but I gave your comment a "sad," (no "worried" exists, or I would have bestowed your comment with that choice.)  The way the Pres. operates...well, lemme just say this: I sure hope nobody in his "administration" reads this Globe and Mail comment page and spots your post.  Uh-oh.  You never can tell...


I guess I'll cancel my trip to Belgium.  http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canada-belgium


For the MSM, yes.


Cut the drama. I live in Manitoba. The only waist high snow one will encounter is if they choose to walk through a ditch. Otherwise these people are walking on roads. The last 300 yard stretch...maybe they trudge through deep snow but from the sounds of it the path is now well worn.


Or perhaps a teenage Yugoslavian counter-intel bot!


They need to see jail time. That is the only way they will understand the actions they took. They came looking for trouble and shot someone. They should pay all medical and serve a good time in jail. Only way for these types to learn.


it was a joke based on another posters reply.


Well, yeah, but it is always worth pointing out their ideas of common sense.


Unless they are acting out their same sex attractions and that can be proven, one assumes they are in their ministry and happy.

As far as I understand it--the document's interest is in those who cannot live celibate--not those who have a same sex attraction.


Stereotyping individual experiences of 6 billion people based on skin color? Are you God?


I like your idea of using proximity alarms much better than the idea of making car manufacturers install a device in every car.  A better idea would be for the manufacturers of child seats include one in the box with the seat.  That way you directly target the audience who would need the device.


McGuinty and Wynne are the top two contenders for Ontario's worst Premier ever.


Perhaps you should research the subject in greater dept. Until you do, you're just another guy with an opinion.


I am very surprised that there was no head-to-head between MND Sajjan and DefSec Mattis given the significant bilateral issues on the defence file.  I would be curious to see how the Globe explains that a retired Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel is exactly the same as a retired four-star US Marine general.


'
…you're actually lecturing someone else on the topic of insults?

I'm nominating you for membership in Leadership Matters For America Org.
.


You are making the assumption that she had a choice about the school she went to. Further, there is no punishment for any boys who are immoral. It's just that they can hide their immorality. Sort of a double standard, doncha think?

As for your contention that public schools provide a horrible education, it reveals that you know little to nothing about public schools. You might want to check out the International Baccalaureate program, the AP program, the Honors programs and more in your local school district.

I know first hand that Parochial schools are not all purity and light and I suspect the same holds for most "Christian" schools. Judging from the not infrequent stories about pastors being immoral, it's not rare in the upper echelons either.


Actually, the data shows otherwise.  Preventative care has not noticeably improved outcomes.

What it has done is increase over-utilization and more rationing of urgent care for lack of providers tied up with non-essential preventative care.

First rule of basic Economics: There is never enough of anything to provide for everyone's wants and needs.

First rule of Politics:  Ignore the first rule of Economics.


HART has been hiring managers qualified to manage rail operations but not qualified to manage complex rail construction.
Result? Dubious cost estimates and defective materials installed into the structure.
Had HART hired a civil engineer with expertise in construction project management, we would not have the problems we have had and would not be in the dire predicament rail is in now.


Why was this man released from Island County Jail???  What happened to mandatory 24 hour hold on a DUI. Especially if he admitted to smoking meth?  I was in one of the cars he tried to jack in Seattle the next day.  So much damage and chaos could have been avoided?  Who made this decision and why?


NITRO MUST BE CALDWELL IN DRAG


But, there was no Obstruction... That fell through during the Comey testimonial last month... Are you... even trying?

AG Sessions said "Trump is a strong leader and I serve at his pleasure. I accept his criticism and empathize with his position."

Acting like politicians criticizing each other is more important than their direct actions is the reason people call your sources as CNN "FAKE NEWS"


There needs to be a cap on the percentage the Federal Government can own in any state such that they become and remain a minority share-holder in the states. If the majority is owned by the feds then it's federal. Alaska was never meant to be a federal district.


you got common sense, palani.  at $700 a piece,  you get 13  7x 10 garden tool sheds at HomeDepot instead of one like the one shown for $9500.  13 times more people will be sheltered under your idea.


Trump needs to pay for the Mexican border fence somehow. It would be great if he got the cash from the Man in the Moon, but he wants to cut NASA funding so has no way to get any cash back down here.


He’s not unhappy with that unearned $200 million


One is either pro America or anti America. I know what side I'm on. Choose wisely.


Didn't you see the congressional testimony last couple of days? The Russian bots are all apparently feeding pro-Trump disinformation into your Facebook, Twitter and Google feeds.

How does it feel to regurgitate borscht and vodka when you thought it was apple pie and ice cream?


I am not a Liberal, I can assure you. Nor am I an NDPer. Trump is crashing fast and the faster it goes the better it is for the USA/world. You speak of your opponents being willing to believe baseless and nonsensical conspiracy theories. You sound just like that yourself. And there are a lot of people in and around the White House who are starting to get desperate themselves. How do they save their careers and reputations? The longer they wait, the worse it will be.


Sorry, folks, but I vote with the Chief.  This isn't about the police picking on innocent people, it is about having the power to restrict the ability of the police to do their job properly.  I am willing to bet that these complaints originate in areas where the crime is predominately black people harming other black people.  But, what drives me insane is how the media automatically imbues claims by people such as Mr. Levien, who claims that he was stopped by Peel police a decade ago................... and was immediately tackled to the ground when he questioned being checked.  Yet, when the police offer a reasoned and logical response, the media marshals their narrative and ignores it.

The article quotes statistics that show that 20% of checks are on blacks who are 9 % of the population.  However they don't tell us the circumstances of the checks.  If they did so, I am willing to bet the story would change.  I challenge the G&M to actually investigate these 'statistics' for facts.


Totally depends on the believer and their depth of spirituality.


GO RIDERS!


I'm pretty sure it was an emergency.I have a family member, who was not a drug user,who went to the ER.They found she had sepsis and put her on life support for a few days to help with her migraine.The family thought she was being treated for the sepsis.Two days after coming home from the hospital,she died in her sleep.Sorry,I'm very much inclined to believe this family.I also used to take care of the elderly and have seen them treat my clients badly.Not saying it always happens,just that it does.


LysanderSpooner 30

http://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/state-estimates-alaska-s-commercial-marijuana-tax-revenue-2016/2015/07/08/


I wish the Globe could get its story straight, Trump is for free trade and against managed trade. CETA is more managed trade.


You are making things up Wyatt or you are being deceptive, it did not get into the 80s until close to 11AM.  Think how silly the statement is:  Every detail said "heat-related problems" about the temps at 9:30AM, in the 70s.  You are mixing up facts Wyatt.  It was around noon that things started to get a little warmer into the 80s.  Did you even wonder why all of the reports gave temperatures after 11:30 when she left at 9:30.


Mainstream Republic party voter.


Next.


It's not the responsibility of the citizens of this country to support, educate citizens from other country's.  Taxpayer dollars spent.

* The cost of educating illegal aliens children is staggering. From K-12 it costs taxpayers $122,000 for EACH illegal alien. That is not even counting the FREE school lunches every day for 13 years.

*2012 illegal aliens sent home $62 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. This is why Mexico is getting involved in our politics.

*30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Does not include local jails and State Prisons. At 21,000 per year expense per inmate in Federal Prison---do the math.

*$3Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens, I repeat 3 MILLION a DAY to process Illegals in the Criminal justice system.

*$2.2Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as SNAP (food stamps),WIC, & free school lunches for illegal aliens.


And to you....hope all is well with your brother and family!

But do you not think the Commandments are given to us in love to help us?  Not to chastise, but to bring us to a fuller realization of truth and genuine mercy?


Blame yourself and your current fellow "Old Stock" Canadians for not having enough children to sustain the country and that "Old Stock" lifestyle people seem to adore... immigration is the only way to do this.  Of course, that doesn't mean you have to stop being xenophobic.. please.. carry on... people would expect nothing less.


I recall China was listed as a country which could take advantage of some of our $2.65 billion which Jughead tossed out the window to the UN. Of course they support the fool.


You're right, it a news article. I thought that news articles were supposed stay to the facts of the topic of the article, but in this case you reported on complete speculation.
That's where you went wrong!
I know news papers are hard to sell these days, but did you have to stoop to the tatitics of the National Enquirer, to do it ?


Senator Murkowski is on the Senate Transportation Committee, isn' t she?  She and Don Young have had chance after chance to do something about this.  n


I know that Spain has engaged in conquest on oppression for centuries. Look at south and central America, the inquisitions, etc. Spain has a long history of genocide that is ignored because they are part of the EU. Want to know what a successful Nazi conquest would have looked like? Look at the history of Spain. 85% of the American continent speaks Spanish because the their conquest and genocide.


Can we now hold Justin Trudeau to the same moral standard (or lack of it) for recent events in Scarborough?


Which black colleague? There was more than one. And do your own research as I do mine. It's out there for the taking.


Struck is the past tense of strike, which means (1) To hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement, or (2) to occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects.   I think the author of this story was being a bit over-dramatic in describing what happened to Cravalho.  The silk flag may have touched the back of her head, but to report that she was “struck” by the flag is a very long stretch.  It did occur at the Oscars where drama and dramatics are everything, so I guess it is ok.


It is good to see other manufactures selling the diesel, I will look at them to replace my VW as these guys lied and than the US gave it to them to stop diesel growth in America. Two bad really VW/Audie/Porshe had some good Diesel stuff all gone now though including the 3 liter as this is what I have.


it is not a muslim ban period. try to live in facts and reality.  it is what is in the order that counts not some speech, That order is an immigration temporary suspension, based on countries there governments do not function, have been infiltrated by terrorist and thus items like passports and other docs can not be trusted. get over it bud


Remember you don't have a mandate. you lost 6 seats in the house, 2 seats in the senate, and 12,000,000 more voters did not vote for trump than voted for him.


What a vile, reprehensible neo prog you have become, Mr. Doyle. (Or is the only way such a description of you only acceptable on your death?)
Regardless of what you may think of the man, perhaps your vitriol could have waited a day?  Typical of the muck modern journalism insists on dragging everyone down into.


And the Trump is not even a politician!

Stephen J. Remington


Maybe you could get on "Shark Tank" and try to convince Mr. Wonderful that your "curriculum has been so successful".


On target! I think always about hermaphrodites in this kind of debate -- and I think also that it is a "heresy" to admit that God has failed as an "artisan".


Yes, I noticed that too. One would think, if you're going to have somebody ghost-write a letter for you, that you'd at least find somebody with, gee, I don't know, some skill.


oh! you bring up GDP? are you insane? NO. Stop this f*c*king crap of jobs for war!!


A $17.8B deficit today is certainly better than a $17.8B deficit in the early 1990's (let alone the $39.0B deficit we had back then, or the absolutely monstrous $37.2B deficit from Pierre Trudeau's last budget in 1984/85).  I agree that a deficit of a bit shy of 1% of GDP is "largely benign" and had this happened in 2012/13 or 2013/14 I wouldn't see a problem with it.

However in 2012/13 and 2013/14 we were still digging out after a deep recession, in 2016/17 we should be preparing for the NEXT recession, and that means getting our fiscal house in order while it is easy to do so.


We live in our thoughts and believe that we are right until what we foresee is brought into sight.


They are not anti Muslim. They are anti special privileges and rights for Muslims that other people  don;t have, and in many cases were  targeted to forfeit.   The nuance of the difference escapes the Globe

But just wait, they will come for you too, Globe,  and when they do  who will there be to defend your rights to freely publish your thoughts?


Social experiments? I seem to have recalled the same sort of "argument" against gays.


Sher this is a historically relative point. Slavery has existed in many cultures for thousands of years. Europeans brought over 12 million slaves to the americas --as a an aside it shouldn't be called the european colonisation, rather the african forced colonisation as only about 2-3 million european colonists arrived in the same time period--, this is an appalling number and represents an industrialisation of the heinous act. However, what percentage of the world's population was that? Vs.. say entire cultures such as India's caste system which perpetrated a segregated system since the Aryans destroyed the Harrapa/INdus valley cvilisation? How many people were there on the planet then? What percentage of slavery existed in the 2nd cent BCE vs. say the 1700s?

To suggest western racism has been more genocidal is a ridiculous rewrite of history. Ask the polynesian tribes conquered by the Maori or the various civilisations/states oblidterated and subumed by the Han chinese or Mongols!


My cycling commute each day is comfortable and convenient. Took awhile to get the gear sorted, the bike re-fitted, and planning for carrying spare clothes, lunch, and my laptop. It can be done if one is open minded and willing to save money and build fitness.


"...on the front webpages..." Yes, I found the tiny-print headline on the NY Times site. The other link is not on the Washington Post's current webpage- you searched for it and found it elsewhere on their website. (What was that about reading ability?) But my point remains: these organizations are deliberately ignoring this extremely significant news.


Before free trade it was easy for young people to find a good paying job.

We need to give America a big FU if we can't find a reasonable agreement and cancel it.

 They will concede after a short period of hardship on both sides of the border. Business is business.


You should go back and read what I said; one time cash bonus, district absorbed the healthcare premium increase, and the teachers ratified a contract that is responsible for the layoff of up to 200 newly hired teachers; which you negotiated. It's not the senates' fault, not the republicans fault, it's not because the PF isn't restructured or that we don't have an income tax. You negotiated the contract and the teachers ratified it. This rests squarely on you and the teachers, and no one else.


"...Francophone majority wishes to extend it active discrimination against people of minority religions..."
@The G&M monitor= why “censured” (again) this comment ?
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Here's a GOOD ONE for you Narine Shaun=
La Presse/ Montréal le 18 janvier 2016;
Muslim women who do not speak English could be expelled from the United Kingdom, warned Monday the British Prime Minister David Cameron an intended threat, according to him, to combat the sexual segregation.
"Now, we will say: If you do not upgrade your mastery of the language, this could affect your ability to remain in the United Kingdom. ''
British society must be "clearer on what it expected of those who come to live here, says Mr Cameron. And we must never let our 'passive tolerance' we prevent tell the difficult truths.
This will help those men who prevent their partners to understand that there are consequences writes David Cameron in a column published in the Times.
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Got that, eh "la narine" ?


I wonder if you know how many millions of people are completely happy with what he is doing?


Trump has a long history of retweeting accounts which push hateful, white nationalist agendas and he just did it again.


Hmmmm, interesting. Google shows my links as fresh (3 hours), and yours as old news (July 28). I think I better check my browser security settings, maybe Trumpeteers have hacked it.... ;-)


He is only nasty and mean-spirited to those who believe that the governments stash of other people's money is their own personal slush fund.

And rightfully he should be.


It was sad, Chris, when he moved to the USA in 1955, the Liberals were in power.

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


Nobel prizes are given for physical science, matters of material.

When I can see 2 psychologists or psychiatrists agree on anything, or better, when they can PREDICT behavior then - but not til then - will I worry more about being "behind the curve with current psychiatric and psychotherapeutic paradigms.." (whatever those are).

Prediction is the stuff of science...and those professions can't even "describe" well behavior let alone EXPLAIN it parsimoniously or predict it.

When psychologists run into a dead wall...they make up new "paradigms"..it's the most term bloated field there is, except sociology or education.


She speaks for the intelligent people who have not been undermined by the sky fairy.


Yes, indeed, it has been clearly stated that the letter of the law did not require the Fin Min to set up a blind trust, if instead he put his shares into a corporation that he controlled (a form of indirect ownership, I believe).  Please explain to me the actual difference in the two forms of ownership.  Does he not derive a similar benefit in either case?  How does this honour the spirit of the law?  Furthermore, the Ethics Commissioner saw it as a problem and had recommended that "loophole" be closed.  Perhaps Mr Morneau is the Liberal's equivalent to Mike Duffy, think about it...


And I suppose you are in agreement with Canada aborting (murdering) over 80,000 babies each year and that forcing every Canadian taxpayer to be complicit in the murder (we are forced to pay for our socialistic health care system) is a neat way to hypocritically call ourselves a socially conscious people. We, and that includes you, are a bloody sick society. The US on the other hand does not wish to condone the murder of unborn children.


Read point 3 again instead of attacking a claim I didn't make. I write carefully; try to read carefully.


No. The 20% is the average prices across all types of homes. Detached prices have suffered far worse than a 20% decline but it also skewed prices earlier thus year and last year. Condos are not "way" up but they have weathered the storm the best...so far.


Things may not be rationed now, but a lot is nutritionally very sub-par.   Even so-called `healthy food` now isn`t necessarily as good as the same food was, say, a hundred years ago, for various reasons.


If the media is upset then it's the right thing to do.


In the mind of mobile social media user, there exists no time to consider possible repercussions. Two clicks and you reach the global village. Watch what happens with our president as a result.


"Deep diversity."

Translation: Abortion must remain legal.

Incidentally, please give the date, time, and exact words of Trump's defense of neo-Nazis.


Support HAPA, teaching legislatures their responsibility to serve the people. There needs to be conversation about principles and philosophy of Leadership and the wisidom to carry out those principles. There are more sustainable ways then raising taxes.


>>   white supremacists fill comment forums with your waste products? Not sure Civil Comments is working out the way the G&M intended...

Victimhood and labels - that's how the left deals with opposing opinions.


and what a stupid move that was!


Well, most scientists don't have to answer in short little sentences.  Most of my education was spent reading books, listening to experts/teachers lecture, and it also involved a LOT of visual back up aids like videos, computer graphics, animation, all kinds of stuff.  If you were an expert in genetics would I ask you to explain it all in a few sentences?  Without referring to books (and there ARE flat earth books, many of them.  And FE is a visual topic perfect for youtube.  We are simply pointing you to the evidence.   I thought science was all about diagrams, charts, pictures, data analysis, photographs...

Nevertheless, I will try my best.  I have only been studying FE for 7 months. How can earth "stay flat" despite gravitational influence always rounding it off?  lol!!  Gravity is "proven" through correlation of data.  Correlation isn't causation.  So, you question of course assumes gravity is proven and is causal. I know you will dismiss that answer, but that is my answer.


The "prosperity Gospel" preachers may be guilty of committing and promoting venal sin. Cardinal Dolan coyly defends his collaboration to the National Catholic Register:
"I look forward to going to the inauguration. I look forward to a bit of a “springtime,” and I look forward to that; usually in the American genius, once a campaign is over, there seems to be a move to a little bit more common ground. There seems to be a sense of “Let’s make this work.”
Perhaps the Cardinal should remember a song from "The Producers":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw
and it's follow-up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_Jrc-svsM


Thank you for posting the comments. I had read them and her religious discrimination is pretty clear. Of course the media doesn't publish the inflammatory comments.

Rice discriminated.


How about the "Misery Loves Company Pity Place"?


oh please get over it, there is no one man rule anything , trump is using the authorities granted him under law. The Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 has all seven nations that President Trump listed on his order identified. This bill passed Congress 407 to 19 and was signed by President Obama on December 18, 2015. Over 35 additional nations also signed a similar act agreeing that a temporary restriction on travel could be placed on these nations if needed.

you are an agent of ignorance and lies


Thanks Ryan, my sentiments exactly. Well said.


In the suburbs they don't have weekly papers that had to be shamed out of generating revenue from child sex trafficking adds. So there's that


"I'm not the one using motherjones as a primary source. So, I have that going for me."--Translation:  "I can't refute the figures in any of the links, so I'll lazily deflect instead by attacking the source."


Good job, Mr. Verzone.  Kudos to other Alaskan on the reserve Otter.


It'll never get built so might as well forget about it and move on.


For someone to post that words are not "arrows" demonstrates a remarkable lack of knowledge of  either world or domestic history.  Case in point: Falsely yelling "fire" in a crowded theater came from the US Supreme Court decision in 1919 of  Schenck v United States in which The Court in an unanimous decision ruled that the First Amendment, though it protects freedom of expression, does not protect dangerous speech.

It is 2017 and we have someone who believes words are not arrows. Incredible. The phrase, "living in la la land" comes to mind.


See URL for Downtown Solutions Forum Table Notes from LCC downtown forum -150 attended; PDF

 I like the suggestion at end of the 20 pp to ask Zane Kesey to do a worldwide fund raiser to help raise money to catalyze some new creative uses for Kesey Square.

Here's 1: restart Eugene Celebration replete with the beer garden and music stage on BROADWAY.
(Broadway - maybe that is why the City chose NY consulting group!)

https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25784

Also collect $ from local biz, audience  to hire a mgr of the Square to have venues televised for web.
Give the world a taste of EU pie showcasing local talent for venues - song, dance, poetry, talk, rants.

_Flip chart notes from each small group discussion were transcribed and the votes for ideas were ... Park Blocks/Kesey Square – park rules, more regs .... Report out – ideas shared tonight ... Use for former LCC Building – a farmers market? .... Downtown shared spaces make a city vibrant and are fun to go to. _


And your point is?


Go ahead, foment your narrow right-wing vicious vitriolic unbound by any semblance of decency.  If what you profess comes true, then the defeat of fascism has been in vain.  Canadians soldiers spilt their blood in the name of justice. And that's what you want undone.


Hope it doesn't get too nasty otherwise JT will start packing more refugees into downtown Vancouver.


merely telling the truth is now the new ugly and bigoted?


If a discount for ganja can entice service personnel to disobey already given orders well............


Further clarification: Yes, people do die from smoke inhalation. In fact the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) which also writes many of the regulations fire departments follow, lists Smoke Inhalation as the #1 cause of death in a fire.

However, the poisonous gas that Shawn discusses is a component piece of that smoke. The smoke and particles can impair respiration and the fumes and other gases further complicate breathing. Ultimately, the person asphyxiates.


TOTAL MILITARY LANDS IN HAWAII - 177,033 ACRES
TOTAL LANDS - USED BY THE MILITARY - 230,532 ACRES
TOTAL OWNED BY MILITARY - 50,555 ACRES

HOW DID THEY "PURCHASE" THOSE LANDS AND WHEN?
THE AMERICAN - HAWAIIAN KINGDOM RECIPROCITY TREATY
WAS ONLY FOR "EXCLUSIVE USE" OF THE PEARL HARBOR
AND STIPULATED - IT DID NOT DENOTE "SOVEREIGNTY"
AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LAND.

AS SOON AS THE "ORGANIC ACT FOR THE TERRITORY" PASSED U.S. CONGRESS
"BISHOP ESTATE LEASED" -  ALL OF HALAWA - TO THE U.S. NAVY - AS A "TENANT"
DID THEY "BUY IT TO OWN IT" - OR IS A LEASE WITHOUT RENT - "OWNERSHIP".

THERE'S ONE "PROXY" - OF THE U.S. - SINCE THE "BAYONET CONSTITUTUION" - 1887.

CIA OUTPOSTS - NSA IN KUNIA AND THE PMRF - PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY.
WHERE THEY OWN "ZERO OF THE LAND" - BUT MAKE HAWAII "GROUND ZERO" A TARGET.

GIVEN TO THEM BY ANOTHER "PROXY" 0F THE U.S. - KEKAHA SUGAR. - 1921
AFTER SUGAR GOT ALL THE PRIME AG LANDS AND WATER - FROM THE HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD ACT - TO REHABILOTATE A - "DYING RACE".


I don't think she's being sexist but not paying enough attention to women's role in trolling.


Conclusion: I suspect RJ really is human because the more "officious" he tries to sound--i.e. "assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters"--the more I realize I am engaged in a battle of wits with an unarmed man!:)

But whether RJ is really human, or a computerized "bot", it seems as if he has literally been programmed to repeat nearly identical spin-doctored, obsfucated, and misdirected pseudo-answers to my questions in his lame efforts to distract readers from the fact that he cannot HONESTLY answer my questions without finding himself unemployed and in need of a real job--perhaps for the first time in his life and--as a legal flack and/or a PR hack--what skills does he have that would allow him to survive in the real world?

So even though RJ has clearly demonstrated he is fully capable of being a low-life bottom-feeder, I do not want to sink to his level and have his self-destruction on my conscience:)  Et tu RJ?


This proposal by the orange Pillsbury boy to our south is offensive, yes, also so ridiculous as to be unworkable.  How, precisely, is any security screening to determine who is Muslim and who is Christian?  He's not offering refuge to Jews under persecution?  What's with that?  It is not possible to tell if someone is Christian or Muslim by simply looking at them. There are many Lebanese Christians (Danny Thomas and Jamie Farr are two of many examples of Christian Lebanese Americans).  One can't even tell within North America who is a Christian and who is not.  Many sincere Christians do not attend an organized church because they find many to be businesses more interested in securing their financial bottom line than in helping people to connect with God.  Perhaps Trump and some of his fellow Republicans in the Senate and in the House consider themselves to be Christians? Actively seeking to withhold access to quality healthcare based on income is NOT consistent with Jesus' teachings.


Something was done with bipartisan approval?  I am shocked.  But really, can we not come up with something other than sanctions, which have never really worked.  I'm sure Russia is quaking.


Isn't compromise a b***h? Actually it's the "big money" obstructionists in the Senate who will be sorry very soon.


Churches have your ICE by the short hairs.


Because someone protests in a manner that makes you uncomfortable doesn't constitute 'hypocrisy' for not addressing the issue in a manner you find more to your taste.  Nor are others (regardless of skin color) incapable of deciding what to do about it without your playing armchair quarterback.


@ThirdRock:  Don't forget how the Mayor and his appointed cronies systematically dismantled the Honolulu Ethics Commission by basically eliminating its staff and putting in folks that support him instead of having a truly independent body that will root out corruption.


What a lovely thing for W. Hall to have said. You know. Do unto others...


Grasping at imaginary straws again?


Little Tommy Friedman? You mean the jingoist that was hell-bent behind the war against Iraq? The guy who's writing has nothing but good mouth feel and is entirely devoid of calories? A well written piece by Haycox until he springs a toad at the end, completely destroying his argument.


Hope your statistics make you feel better.  How does your comment address this shooting?


Better still, get rid of the "express" lanes and turn them back into regular traffic lanes. Sounds easier.


IT's called epistemic closure. Right wingers have to construct their own reality, because the precious snowflakes can't handle the liberal bias that all facts have.


Thank you, Mr. Cooper.  People of color ARE oppressed, and all the statistics in the US support that statement.  This country was founded in racism, theft, genocide and slavery, every square inch of it.    Emmett Till, a child, wasn't viciously tortured and murdered before The Civil War, it was in my lifetime, a lifetime where the southern states still saw a lynching of some African American person every single week.    Soon after that time, Martin Luther King Jr. led a civil rights movement to end the ongoing post-Civil War economic slavery that continued into the 1960s, as well as the legal segregation that affected and degraded and diminished every part of life for African American people.  He was murdered for doing it, too.

People think that this crap that started the minute that old Christopher Columbus first got here, and continued well into the 1960s, that is for 350 years, just stopped?    The ongoing bigotry toward people of color is well displayed in comments here on ADN.


Well, as other have pointed out, Your Js failed to accomplish any of their goals for re-tooling the team, with the 1 exception of having signed a switch-hitter.  Otherwise, bust.

So, out of options, they are left with having to sign a 1-yr deal with a guy they'd already consigned to the dust heap, he too out of options.  It's an unholy alliance, but circumstances have forced it on both parties.

Rogers properties and personalities, talking heads and all the rest, will all sing from the hymn book, that's already started.  And it's not that Bautista is totally useless, but he's past his best by date, but still, at this point, he's their best option.

There's precious little in the way of prospects, certainly no phenoms.  Couldn't land Fowler, and really who can blame him for signing elsewhere, aging lineup.  They do have a decent starting staff, but absolutely no depth there, in case any of their starters goes on the DL.

They're driving on fumes.


I'm simply asserting (not arguing 😆) that dense housing needs to be built where there is infrastructure to move the people back and forth.  Along an EMX line, next to an I-5 exit, etc., definitely not at the edge of town where there is no mass transit and the existing infrastructure is already stressed.


Thank you for the insightful reply.  I think you are quite right about the great value that an institutional infrastructure can have for the human community that constitutes the Body of Christ.  And, as you suggest, it is important that the institution serves the community and the values of Jesus, not the other way around.
But I sometimes wonder if maybe the Body of Christ includes all individuals who put into practice in their own lives the message of Jesus in Matthew 22:35-40, Matthew 25:31-46, Mark 12:28-31, and Luke 10:25-28.  I realize that ultimately this line of thought leads to Perennialism.


It's a public university.

If anyone feels the need to read a "Sure Milo has his faults, but he's one of us" normalization of the grotesque, here you go:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/cosmostheinlost/2017/02/02/alt-right-bete-noire-milo-yiannopoulos-is-an-aquinas-quoting-catholic/

Give Artur Rosman a kiss from me. He banned me for reasons unknown, just as I was about to make a contribution! Divine intervention.


Because of me LCFM banned the business practice of buy 3 get 1 free sales. Vendors would be thrown off public land for this. They also banned buy direct from the grower and save, and by contract mandated all vendors engage in illegal price fixing-gouging. vendors were prohibited from pricing our stock in accordance with our overhead, and forced to match or beat the highest prices gouged at market. This went on for 14 years with impunity and was only removed from their bylaws after I warned local governments I would file a class action suit. Starting to see why 1 ear of corn costs $1.50 at LCFM when the farm stands on River Road with far greater overhead only charge $1 for 6 ears? It goes on, and on as I have cut to the chase. This is approved of by the city council that demands Citizens United be repealed because corporations should never possess equal rights of citizens (sic) and yet they have granted (to be continued)


Under the law, Comey is required to immediately inform the Department of Justice of any attempt to obstruct justice by any person, even the President of the United States.  Failure to do so would result in criminal charges against Comey.  (18 USC 4 and 28 USC 1361)  He would also, upon sufficient proof, lose his license to practice law.

There is no evidence Comey reported it to DOJ.  Looks like he did report i.e. Leak that info to FakeNews.com.  Question is why? Being the up and up guy that the Fake News makes him out to be, he would have reported to DOJ immediately after his meeting with Trump.  Why not?


Awwww, poor Rusty....  The $60 Million that he is paid for 2017 through 2019 should make a nice greenback poultice.


The point is that Viagra is an unnecessary drug for the combat mission.  If you're interested in saving money in the military, which is supposedly the primary reason they want to eliminate transgendered from the ranks, you can save 10 times that amount by not paying for Viagra.

Eliminate an unnecessary cost.


Thank you for showing us what "a useful and pleasant exchange" looks like, in your opinion.


Why would Assad use his gas in Europe?
He's saving it for his own civilians!


Hard to imagine a BLM supporter waving a Confederate Flag.


And, of course, you are talking about Obama.


He wanted to kill those people because he wanted to kill infidels.  Allah Akbar baby.


There are no cuts to Medicaid.  The feds will spend more money on Medicaid every year.  The thing that changes is the rate of increase - from an unsustainable rate to one slightly less.

Medicaid expansion was a baited hook to entice non-Medicaid eligible people to join O'BamaCare.  Parnell didn't play.  Walker did.  You can't invite an additional 60,000 Alaskans into a system careening into bankruptcy and expect that system to continue to work well.

If congress does this right, they will block grant Medicaid (and Medicare) money to the states and allow the states to write the rules on how those moneys are spent.  Savings comes via not supporting the federal Medicaid bureaucracy.  It is a lot easier to grab hold of a State of Alaska person than a fed.  Cheers -


Yeah, and even higher tax people would have to eat less. That means less obesity. You see, tax is great!


I am pleased to see the G&M highlight this issue, but kind of disappointing that Gary Mason chose to focus on BC politics and the whole outdated 'Wild West' thing. Compared with what has happened in Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, etc over the last couple of years, BC looks like a beacon of integrity.

BC needs to clean up its act for sure. But it's time the high-browed editors Central and Eastern Canada started to put some balance into these articles. BC is not the crazy political and business scene it was 20 years ago.


"Standing for the entire Liturgy is no picnic."

That is true, and to think that in my thirties I used to do it in 4-inch heels too. . .


John may have been drinking the koolaid if he thinks "control" isn't the impetus for the Wild Olympics proposal.  But it's not the loggers and landowners he needs to fear.  Wild Olympics seeks to hand over control of the peninsula to state agencies, with their close ties to environmental groups that just love to strut their stuff with public lands.  Deep down they want less human interaction with "Wild" lands, not more freedom, just look at the Federal lands the environmentalists have gained control over and the litany of weird regs they have imposed on them.  Please John, think this through a bit...  there are already plenty of protections in place, giving more control to government will NOT improve the or save any more of the Olympics than are already protected, what it will do is remove our local control and hand it over to state agencies, and their environmental pals just salivating to put regulation on our good lands.


you're goofier than this opinion writer,if that's possible.


Anyone who isn't on Southey's faves list is alt-right?

Is the right to express an opinion limited only to those with whom Tabby agrees?  I thought we had constitutional rights in Canada that are so iron-clad and inalienable we have to pay $10,500,000 to a terrorist who claims his rights were violated.  Surely those constitutional protections extend to those who have a position that Tabby doesn't agree with, don't they?

The G-20 is having a meeting in Hamburg that's being disrupted by thousands of organised hoodlums and malcontents.  Why doesn't Southey decry their actions?  Counter-demonstrations are only offensive when they are by people with whom Southey disagrees politically?


lol, you're out of it!


The government is claiming equivalence between a small business owner and a non-business owner (an employee).  For most, risk to personal property, up front and ongoing high personal investment (very long working hours), and opportunities to level one's income over one's working years (18 to retirement) are far from equivalent.  The current incentives go a long way to level the playing field.

The current incentives promote our brightest, most creative, hardest working, and most entrepreneurial to build businesses in this country.  Many just leave because its already easier elsewhere.

The gov't want to focus on those who accumulated significant wealth; the most successful of the lot!  Who have the most opportunities awaiting them elsewhere?  Our doctors and tech entrepreneurs; our future.

The changes should be scrapped.  Retaining our brightest and hardest working is worth a little ideological imbalance.  Morneau assumes we will just accept it - he said as much to the Liberal MPs.


The Sacrament of Marriage "Till death do you part", means you are free to Marry again.  The Sacrament of Ordination does not state otherwise.For a Sacramental person, its fully appropriate, to Marry again.


Mr. Kristof evidently couldn't think of any reasons to support his headline?


Yes the Trump hating legal experts at CNN, how predictable.


CPP is a JOKE!
People who work for the government ALL have pensions, very very nice pensions.

People have a right to save for retirement if they do not have a group sponsored pensions.

Stop interfering with our retirement. Already, interest rates have been artificially low for over 10 years. That is 10 years + where even savings accounts suck the big one!

Socialism should not mean that people who are not in a Union or work for the government should be shafted every time.


Israel cites biblical and historical connections to Jerusalem and the West Bank..  I'm sure our First Nations can cite similar connections to all of Turtle Island.


Really?
Did you demand that Trump prove that Obama was a Kenyan Muslim?


This is another example of why we should be working together. We need each other.


"If the gassing of the population didn't have any dramatic effect..."  This precisely the point.  The dramatic effect produced was an attack by Trump on Syrian government forces.  The Syrian government had reasons not to use CW rather than to use them.  If an entire rebel held town had been wiped out, one might concede that government forces would do it to avoid street-to-street fighting, i.e. a military benefit that would save some of its soldier's lives.  That is not what happened.  A small number (in the overall context) of people were apparently killed by chemicals.  Use of CW to cause this small pocket of deaths provided negligible military advantage but did provide dramatic effect, a high probability dramatic effect, of opening direct conflict between the Syrian government and the US.  In the end, Assad cannot survive US involvement; therefore, out of his self interest, he would not use CW.  The rebels win big through their use.


Wind and solar have a zero cost in terms of fuel.
It's cheaper to use their energy first and rely on gas capacity for the rest vs use all gas.

Coal is dead at this point. It's more expensive than gas and much more polluting.


Noel Muraki, lottery in Hawaii has been illegal in Hawaii since King Kalakaua.  And, was an issue when Queen Liliuokalani attempted to legalize lottery in 1893.


So then I guess you know who the Kardashians are.  Sweet.


Good.  Dear Liberals and NDP...Mind your own business regarding the Trump ban. It's their business.  Junior already made his stupid tweet.  He's made it sound like we're willing to take every would be 'refugee' around the world.  This guy is writing too many cheques that Canada can't cash.   Stop burdening tax payers and do something for Canadians for once.


I believe it's called "populism" although I prefer the old fashioned term, "cynicism".

Kenney and Jean are playing to the crowd, energizing old hatreds and doing anything for power.

(Although the latter may not realize most of the history.)


Very classy of Markle to have stayed out of the limelight and not overshadow the bride on her special day.


Kelly Anne Conway is a product of a Catholic Home and School, will she take note of tody's first reading and
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday."

or is she a Catholic Only In Name (COIN).
It is abhorent listening to people promulgating alternative facts otherwise know as lies when I was being taught by Christian Brothers. How can a Catholic in conscience support the Trumpiariat.....
The US has now a Head of State who has all the hallmarks of Hitler in the way the governing of the Federal Government is managed is uncannily like that of Nazi Germany.. Read the history .. It started with words and ended in Belsen...


lol, it's such an obviously irrational strawman to say "THEY yell 'racist' at anyone who disagrees." No, if you deny climate change e.g. you're just ignorant, not a racist. If you deny the existence of systemic racism and think white people are under attack, then you're a racist. It's pretty straightforward and has nothing to do with whether we agree in general.


Bullsh*t


Here's another jgd777 gem:
"Do under how easy it is for the government to manipulate their citizenry when they are in control of the nation's health care system? Banning 32 oz Big Gulps would be no problem at all. Banning smoking wouldn't be that difficult. Just about everything a person does or doesn't do could be determined to be a health care issue. Government run health care/insurance is the Holy Grail for social engineering."

Again, no exceptions for government mandated catastrophic insurance mentioned anywhere.


I couldn't disagree more.

There absolutely a 100% parallel between the 1 glass of wine and a small inhibition.  As with alcohol, how much you consume, etc. is usually based entirely on your setting and what you're doing.

And in small quantities the effect is actually quite similar - mildly relaxing and enjoyable but not intoxicating and wears off quickly.  It's 100% the same.


It is impossible to discuss problems of significance to our country with people who always fall back to abortion. All roads do not lead to abortion.  This country has problems that are equally as heinous.


She did look lovely though as she received her whuppin', didn't she?
Who was she wearing? ..... anyone know?


I hate to mess with the free market, but something has to be done to bring prices down.  modest additional taxes are a good start.  I own 3 properties in Vancouver, but my concern is for the next generation, or those new to the city without family resources.  Shifting tax burden from income to assets is progressive and should put downward pressure on home prices.  Although as noted, it will invariably have some unintended adverse effects.


Une loi honteuse. En tant que Québécois (anglophone), je suis repoussé par cette action.


Will Cathy Giessel request and receive daily per diem during the special session when she actually resides on her own Anchorage home? How about Mia Costello? What about Lisel McGuire? Anna MacKinnon? Bill Stoltz? Bill Wielechowski? Kevin Meyer?


Hawaii Revised Statutes section 26-31. "The governor may remove a single executive from office at any time, except that the removal of the attorney general shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate."


Globe & Mail, CBC and other print, online and television journalists usually start in the trenches reporting on local accidents, weather, shootings, some feel-good stories, etc. Through diligence, hard work and, sometimes, mere longevity they rise up through the hierarchy and become the lead reporters, most promoted columnists, and best-paid news anchors, aided and abetted by their respective editors and producers who are at the top of the hierarchical pyramid by virtue of being appointed by the corporate owners of the media outlet.

Finally, they all end up as part of the elite they are supposed to be criticising, not only interviewing them, but also dining with them, going to glitzy parties with them and probably getting drunk with them once in a while. Then their so-called journalistic integrity and independence is ground away until barely a veneer of the G&M's Junius remains.


Yes Lono, that's why Crabbe has to go.  Then the new CEO can look into what is obviously a corruption mess.  Crabbe's computer and all OHA papers of any kind should be confiscated immediately.  Before Crabbe does the Hillary Clinton thing.


Trump did not say he would eliminate the VA , "The Veterans Administration is a scandal. It's corrupt and what's going on is a disgrace. And believe me, if I win, if I become President, that will end. The Veterans will be treated properly."
It has been such, not a backer of Trump, but a Veteran, I see where he coming from.


The tricky part might be if more subscribers follow your lead, and I'm considering the same approach, would ROgers and Shaw then increase the internet rates to make up for the lost revenue from the TV side.


But the fact is, white supremacists, neo-Nazi's, KKK, whatever they want to call themselves today, have been holding demonstrations for years. Decades. And people either ignored them, (which is the best punishment, IMO), or stared them down silently, or turned their back like you describe. And police made sure nothing got out of hand, & dispersed them when it looked like it might.

Had the anti-Nazi folks peacefully demonstrated, & police kept them apart as is normal, the violence wouldn't have happened.  Someone has to start & respond to violence for violence to take place, & the police have to stand down, which they only do when told to. Why were they told to? Might the mentally deranged man who drove his care into the crowd have done so if it stayed non-violent and the police dispersed both crowds? Possibly.  No one knows.  But violent demonstrations and violent responses to demonstrations are a civil rights/criminal issue, not okay because most hate what one side stands for.


Wishful thinking does not make it so.  Like it or not, Trump is your president.  If Trump goes, you get Pence.  If Pence goes, you get Ryan.  If none of that satisfies you, you need to work to change the U.S. Constitution.


She has her head on straight and true. Wisdom from the mouth of a child.


Another substantial retort, sidestepping every single assertion I made.  neuro-radio-cognitive-anesthesiology was it?


Why it's none of the public's interest! We can do anything we want and DO.


Can you obtain a signed pledge from Murkowski that's all she's after, Gegonos?


"A Cheap holiday in other peoples' misery!"

Johnny Rotten


Short version:  "I dig a good QB controversy, so in spite of what the head coach says, I'm starting one even before the season begins.  A QB controversy gets my juices going, and it's on that very short list of things I can comprehend".


I work two jobs. My daughters who are 17 and 15 have jobs to help pay for the rising cost of living here in Alaska. We count on the PFD to pay off things like student loans and health insurance premiums. I'm sure there are many others in the same boat is I. I find your comment is pretty insulting. I can guarantee that most hard working Alaskans that depend on the PFD have more than one job. Not all of us are sitting at home collecting welfare and complain about not having extra money to spend or so well off that we can say "get a job if you're short on cash". 😑


Not releasing his tax returns did not cause injuries to two BRAVE Men looking for a traitor.
It did not cause the release of five terrorists for a traitor.


How about a racially unified society pursuing
a common goal????  Nah, too simple...


"freedom, democracy, western style." is an illusion.

See how fast your post get deleted when you make comments that don't fit the narrative of the article or the majority.


Those heavy and chubby people sure take up a lot of room, eh?


Of course, maybe we're overreacting.

That Trump didn't get it wrong.

He just lied. . .


Oh, please.


How is being white relevant.


What "dole" are you talking about?


Great opportunity for these young budding scientists!


sky writes:

"but it was not until the end of the 18th century that nationalism began to be a generally recognized sentiment molding public and private life and one of the great, if not the greatest, single determining factors of modern history. "

--

You misinterpret the definition.

Note that it doesn't say that nationalism is a new phenomenon, but that it was first recognized for what it is in the 18th century.

Nationalism has been driving wars, imperialism, jingoism nativism, tribalism etc for millennia.


blessings to you KailuaNative....there are many stories like yours of "secondary victimization".......horrendous, heinous and so very sad...


Yep kindness will work when one of those extremists has a machete to your throat.


If Johnson had the slightest chance at winning, Hillary and Bill would make sure some charges were brought, and the investigations would start.


No big deal. PR is like the Hawaii of the East Coast, but not as good.  More hot and humid; prices high like here but wages even lower; more crime, especially car jacking.  No wonder they're bankrupt and looking for the USA to bail them out.

Just imagine what'll happen to our paradise when the fail rail has their way with us...


Suggest you and everyone constantly blasting the G&M about being too liberal find yourselves another, i.e. right wing, media outlet where you can feel really safe amongst like-minded. It's nothing new that there are left/right whatever leaning media in every country on this planet!


Dam* that is the worst advice I have read in this deteriorating column or in any advice column.  Period.


Sorry but you have your "facts" wrong. None of those IEDs  ever blew up a Canadian soldier. There's a huge amount of misinformation around this whole mess, please don't contribute to it.


Doing nothing is not an option.  This wait and see is not working.  Sanctions do little.  We got the arsenal.  Give em' 24 hours to vacate then blast their missile silos and factories.  The heck with diplomacy.  That isn't working either.


"Promoting and defending religious freedom" while denying women's rights  and LGBTI rights ?  Sorry that doesn't make sense.


I'm sorry, I didn't know about your parents.  I always thought you were an adolescent teen.  Apparently you are just an example of our educational system?  lol


There are some people that just post the same thing over and over again. They add nothing to the conversation.


When Trump deports the people in your imaginary dream world, because he has no legitimate chance of getting elected.

Even if someone did deport all the "illegals" it would hamstring our country to the point of economic collapse. We depend on immigrants for a lot of work and taxes (yes, even undocumented immigrants pay taxes). It might actually be funny to see that happen. But I still oppose it, since immigrants are better neighbors than the average born American.


I congratulate you on looking up the numbers directly from the FBI's source database just as I did. I noted you're not disputing the numbers I posted, glad we agree on one point at least.
Secondly, either you are one of the 30 people in the entire state to get your hands on a CCW permit in the last decade that or you're willing to risk the possibility of getting charged with a serious felony conviction in the event the HPD ever catches you with a concealed weapon or you ever use it in public for self defense. In either of the two latter cases, a prison term for you is imminent even if the weapon was justly used in self defense or saving someone's life. But at least I'm glad you agree that law abiding, good citizens should be able to arm and defend themselves despite our difference in complying with laws, or lack of, as in this case. LOL


Better equipment?
Better training?
No squeamish about killing?


It's obviously none of that.  It's that the Aga Khan is a registered lobbyist of the Canadian government, to the tune of billions of dollars a year in tax money.  Trudeau (and his PMO staff) should have known better than to try and hide this visit.

I'm SURE that Trudeu and Aga Khan didn't discuss ANY business at all over the holidays, right?  Can I be guaranteed that?

And no, I'm not a Con supporter or generally partisan.  I voted Harper OUT to get rid of secrecy, back-room dealings, and all that nonsense.  I guess next time I'll be voting Trudeau out for the same reasons.  Bad news though, I'm not into merry-go-rounds.  Cons:  done.   Libs:  done.    Who gets the next shot?   I wouldn't mind seeing a brand new federal party to be honest with you (and not just made up of Con/Lib leftovers).


Unfortunately, there is no analysis of the reasons people are saying that Sandy Hook was a hoax. There are many reasons including:

* Signs of a drill:
  ** Compliance with specifications of the FEMA schools active shooter preparedness drill template - People wearing ID tags, an illuminated sign saying saying "Check in here", slabs of bottled water, porta-potties.
  ** A child mentioning a drill on Dr Oz

* Not credible grieving by parents. Check videos on youtube and decide for yourself.

* People saying things that don't make sense. The supposed aunt of Emilie Parker talks of Emilie's older sisters when, according to the pictures of the family, her sisters are younger.

I've created a webpage that talks about the hallmarks of events such as Sandy Hook. http://laverite.weebly.com/


I simply can't understand why a tightly run business would hire more people than it needs in the first place--so the argument that one can afford to cut employee hours but can't afford to pay those same employees better just doesn't hold water.

In the long term, raising the minimum wage to be closer to a living wage is part of the economic restructuring that is becoming increasingly necessary as automation and wealth accumulation continue to hollow out the lower and middle classes.


I read that article. Again, even in your article, they still have absolutely no dirt on the Donald. If anything, the Donald is draining the swamp, even in his own party! LOL Some Republican politicians are corrupt and are going down rightfully for hiding accounts overseas and funneling millions into those accounts. What you fail to understand in the witch hunt is the fact that they can't name a single thing the Russians did to coerce the public to vote for the Donald. The FBI nor anyone else can find a single living soul to come forward to claim they were coerced to voting for the Donald because of the Ruskis. You yourself can't find anyone. LOL In the end, no one will be charged for any crime related to your commie friends in Soviet Russia. Maybe you should come forward and visit the FBI Boots? I hear you voted for the Donald when you took the Russian ballot and got confused which Russian characters stood for senile Sanders and you accidentally voted for the Donald! LOL


This reads like wishful thinking more than anything else.
Given what was evidently a huge anti-Muslim presence in Quebec, did newspapers in America editorialize from an attitude of superiority when the largest mass murder of Muslims in north American history occurred a few months ago? Of course not.

It's the difference between the leading country of the past century and a third rate wannabe that stands for nothing more than its own embellishment.


Maybe it was the glass of wine with dinner but this headline made me laugh out loud


what about "how much money can i make "his one and only policy


Losing all communication with Neah Bay doesn't sound like everything worked out well.  It sounds like relying on the cell infrastructure for emergency comm is a failed strategy  --  which shouldn't surprise anyone.  I hope the rest of the County isn't relying on cell service to survive major emergencies.

If first responders / governments in remote areas of the County don't have backup power supplies and a survivable form of communication, the County is not prepared for trouble.


Readers may not be aware that the visit of the Prince of Wales is by invitation of the Government of Canada.


A bunch of mentally ill white guys formed cells and planned attacks? C'mon.


OOPS! Wrong link published above. Here's Muller's mea culpa in the NYT.  Crap, . . . I spelled his name wrong too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/opinion/the-conversion-of-a-climate-change-skeptic.html


"A dateline is a brief piece of text included in news articles that describes where and when the story occurred, or was written or filed,"

I think the magic word here is "or".


SHEESH!  Pulp Fiction!


It is disconcerting (demoralizing even) to remember that there are people who actually vote for the BC Liberals, although not for Christy Clark:  she was bounced in her own constituency in the last general election.


ACA's goal was to make it so costly that Americans would accept Government health care, aka socialized medicine.

Instead, Americans shed as many ACA supporters as possible this past election.

Funny how that worked out.


I guess they forgot that the Klan was an invention of the Democrats to fight back against the Republican's efforts to give freed slaves political and economic opportunities.


Or more likely, anecdotal random observations such as that are highly misleading, while the rigorous and long-standing accumulation of real data is the accurate picture.


What, you can't wait for the next election?


Hang in there RR.  According to the "likes" you're batting above 400, and you're out of the bush-league, ready to be drafted into the majors.  I think I figured out how to deal with CivBot ... I click on "sorta" every third time.


I recommend tylenol for doctors in pain. Politicians too. Especially politicians.


With your interest in the primacy of ethnicity over all other factors, you present yourself as a racist. Is that really who you are? I'd give worlds to know.


Can we start with Dumb Dumb Donald?


You seem only concerned with yourself.  A medication that cost 40 Euros in Germany is priced at 3000% more in America, that is priced at $1300.   Good for you that you have stupid insurers willing to cover your prescription no matter where or for how much.   And for your political assertions, please give us your sources.


In that hall. That's all. No overwhelming consensus in the country in any way, shape or form.
 In fact, nobody was talking about it until last year's election, when the Liberal Party brought it "out of the blue" as one of many, many so-called promises. Well, it's now clear to Justin and his bunch that it is a promise that can't be kept before the next election. And  I fear that it could ruin the next election by being the "only" thing talked about -  rather than  many other more relevant issues.


No, it's not.  Nor does this have anything to do with the discussion.  NFL players, and the people they're protesting for just because they share the same skin color, aren't "vulnerable".


bsdetection>  I guess you believe every lie that is published by one big crooked political agency, huh????  Let's judge today based on what the old lawman has to say about the "trumped up"  charges that he was charged with.  He is suppose to make a public statement or something today about his case and the "railroad job" that the government tried to pull on him.  In our world today,  everybody is a "racist", even you, right????


But, but, but.... Lesil is so entertaining.


History is always written by the victors. Sorry, but you lost. Time to start dealing with it.


So much for "draining the swamp."  I trust that Trumpites now see that this president is the "swamp," represents the "swamp" and hires only from the "swamp."  You've been duped.


Cruelty mascarading as justice rehabilitates no one - it only radicalizes society.


Sir, while I believe you are correct concerning oil taxes; in order to close the deficit, State of Alaska spending must be further reduced.

You speak of losses to students, but this can be fixed by cutting administrative expenses like the 4 districts on Prince of Wales Island; that is just one example. The state foots the bill and this money isn't available for instruction and curriculum: it my view this is not acceptable.

Why look just at oil taxes: we have a net loss of $600,000,000 as we clean up the mess from alcohol. With about $40 million is alcohol tax revenue this is an unmitigated disaster. I have ask the legislature to jointly proclaim alcohol a dangerous drug and advise people to avoid it, and have been met with refusal. The net loss equals the governor's veto of PFD dollars. In short, we are asking Alaskans who don't drink to foot the bill for our alcoholics. And you talk about loss of money for education.

Let's begin using the tools we have to address these problems!


Good article.  I have had several run-ins with bears, but always managed to back away or get the bear to do so.  One thing;  menstruating women can attract bears.  My dog team will pick up the scent of women on a trail a half mile away (no, I don't ask them if they are menstruating).  I assume bears can do the same, and this may have been a contributing factor in the recent attacks.  Just sayin'..


If the US Citizens were able to get the actual news out of the middle east and were able to get to the truth and not the pro Israel propaganda we are force fed on a daily basis then two things would happen:
1) We would immediately cut Israel off from all US Aid
2) We would turn Israel into a parking lot for all of the things they have done to us over the last 60 years. Including 911 and all of the wars they have dragged us into


Nothing, and I repeat nothing can systematically destroy rental housing like rent controls can.  If there is one thing we can count on its that Kathleen Wynne will get it 100% wrong every single time she does anything.

Nice work Kathleen.


Two points.

1) The group we are waring with is not Muslims.
2) We, as a people, have thought long and hard about opening our doors to legal immigrants without imposing a religious test and we chose to do it.


Somebody do something and get us a Real President before this idiot pulls us back into the dark ages. He seems to get rid of every law in the books that Obama signed into law...what the f$&k is wrong with this man? He is taking us down an unpaved road with no light at the end of the tunnel...


The IEC head is a Zuma plant... I would be very suspicious of the 2019 results if the ANC do well!


Different strokes for different folks.  She seems happy and there's not enough in the article to warrant a negative comment on her marriage.  You don't seem to recognize when something is written "tongue in cheek".


Thank you for your constructive criticism. To answer your question, I do not know how anybody with a full time job does a campaign on top of it, so probably not.

You are right, just because a candidate accepts donations they are not crooked. When the legislature authorizes $120K or so to an organization and $40K of that is funneled right back to give free vacations to the legislators, that (in my opinion) is the definition of corruption.

I made the conscience decision to not have one dollar be seen as an influence. Perhaps foolish. But, as mentioned, if the normal ways of doing things results in having people that put us in the financial disaster we now face, I didn't see the point in doing things the "normal" way.

I commend you, and anyone, that has served in office. I can only imagine ;) it is an oft-thankless duty.


Of course it will. Look at Vancouver, kind of was proof what is going on with speculation (40 percent drop in in sales listings). Please act Mr. Tory the country housing market is being led to crisis now with Toronto in the lead. It is already going to end very badly, show leadership.


Inquisition is of a wiener is circumspect,  maybe comey wants to know if its circumcised.... ;)  comey looks closeted like most repubs.   Too clean cut,  like a couple of supremes on the court, alito & our chief justice.


A film crew...
A bunch of rednecks from the lower 48...
A couple of C-130s to fly rednecks in and beef out...
Call it "Game On Alaska" or something equally ridiculous.
I think there is not only a solution, but money to be made here!


As much as the boys in the booth talk up Charlie for NL MVP, how could they not push for Nolan as much if not more.  Charlie's almost deserving, but here's why Nolan should get top billing.  Nolan has 123 rbi's, and is the best 3rd baseman in baseball (maybe ever.)  Charlie is an excellent center fielder, but not the caliber of Nolan at 3rd. (Defense counts.) Either way, we have some excellent baseball players who are coming on the way they started the season.


"Justice too long delayed is justice denied."  Martin Luther King


I am in a position where I am involved in the hiring process for a major employer and I assure you that potential employers are paying serious attention to to the state of current affairs at post secondary institutions.
Are these students considered employable and would you risk hiring them for permanent positions?


A single entrance to a large public facility is a major safety hazard in the event of a fire, earthquake or an active shooter incident. Thanks for the info. I won't be going to Nordstroms second hand resale shop.


One deranged leader calling out another.


Mental health advocates do not need qualifications. They are good citizens and are a crucial and important part of a good-running society.

Good citizens get to choose what they spend their time, energy and resources to improve their community, be it local or global.

It seems that Dorrance Collins and Faith Myers are interested in the mental health system in our society. It’s a known fact that the mental health system of care in the United States needs an overhaul.

Thank goodness Collins and Myers volunteer their precious time on the topic of our mental health system.

When one considers how stigma and ignorance plays into this whole mental health issue - the ways it impacts our neighbors and society as a whole - the courage shown by good citizens like Collins and Meyers is that much more outstanding and that much more appreciated.


Are you kidding me? If you are a foreign national not currently in our country, you do not have any of our constitutional rights, period. You have NO right to come to this country unless you are an American citizen.


Our local City Market just recently completely revised their shelving layout, which had not been changed much in nearly 3 decades. A lot of elderly people shopped there because they knew where everything was in the store, and now they have to hunt to find literally everything. This has discouraged many long-time customers from continuing to shop at our local City Market.


Sad these kids parents are not responsible enough to take care of them - at least other people will - but somehow this doesn't really send the right message Bc now the debts will just grow Bc these same loser parents still won't care and someone else will take care of it. If only we could all live by the same philosophy - ignore my kids needs and let someone else figure it out. Good on the donors but definitely not a sustainable solution if anything g it will just normalize these selfish irresponsible parents behavior.


Even if we agree with your last line...

Isn't it just as accurate that "Catholic hierarchy don't want it; they want Protestants to conform"?

And I ask this very, very seriously: How do you and Mrs. Archer handle it when you disagree,  stipulating that divorce is out of the question? I'll bet there are very, very few "deal breakers" where one of you would say "Get out and don't come back til you agree with me."

I'll bet to you two, unity is more important than uniformity. It better be.


This idiot has been in the Senate how long?  One Congress cannot limit what future Congressescan do.


your an idiot PERIOD


30 years is about half to a third of what the sentence should have been.


Funny thing, is nobody commenting on the fact that the PP has announced her opposition to Zuma taking State of Capture on review.  Am I missing ssomething here?


1) Sports Strategy 101....change a losing game.  Who knows if Herbert is "able to carry the Ducks" but we will not know until we try. Plus one issue is for certain: Prukop is gone after this season and presumably, Herbert will be here next season.

2) No it is not entirely Prukop's fault but in the bigger picture it is the fault of the coaching staff for this consecutive season "strategy" of thinking FCS level quarterbacks can come in and consistently play at FBS levels. The coaching staff either A) Failed to recruit an FBS level QB so that is on them or B) Were unable to coach the players they did recruit to an acceptable playing level...again on them.

This is more of a coaching issue than player issue.


Us people are minimally looking for someone who governs rather than tries to inspire. Speech giving may satisfy the Governor's craving for ego gratification but it doesn't balance the budget, improve schools, diversify the economy or make the bureuacracy transparent and efficient. Better question is what we wouldn't do in his position. Wouldn't go on expense paid junkets to Japan every six months with his wife, wouldn't conduct hackathons, wouldn't wear lame aloha shirts all the time.


in other words they used $6B of contingency money when there is no contingency

that $6 billion should be added to the debt which means the debt numbers are NOT slightly better

why not do like Wynne and sell public assets (Hydro One) to make the debt figures look better

a weasel way of fooling the  taxpayer


You're actively and purposefully trying to "not be able to" say it. Good lord.

Oh, and as an FYI, the United States does not have an official language.


By the way it would only take 15 Bernie supporters to equal a TON (2000 lbs).


For workers who currently receive tips. a reasonable service charge should instead be added to the bill to replace any tips, which then can go to the person's paycheque and be taxed accordingly.  That will be at least one way to start cleaning up the underground economy in the service industry in exchange for more decent overall compensation.


H.L. MENCKEN’S prediction:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the Land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissist moron.”

  -H.L. Mencken
The Baltimore Evening Sun,
July 26, 1920


As it always has, it's come to this - who gets the money.


Waaaa, they did it too Mommy.


You mean the Scandinavian countries that have the least inequality and cap the rate of pay of CEO's at (not sure) around 10x the employee pay.  I'll accept that model.   Otherwise you are comparing apples to oranges.


These people don't care about truth, they just want to be right about something, even if it kills.


And short on fact and reality...


Wow. With some people there is never any accountability and anything goes...as long as it fits your agenda.


Couldn't agree more, a minimum wage is a level playing field. If a business can't survive, then it shouldn't. Poor small business owners being forced to pay a living wage, life is so hard.


Securing the safety of US citizens???? More Americans are harmed by fellow Americans than by foreigners.


Whether the woman with the niqab is free not to wear it is irrelevant.  The question here is whether she, having decided to wear it, is entitled to get onto the bus.  It is not up to the province's bus drivers to mediate the social norms within her ethnic community.or to liberate her from any patriarchy under which she lives.
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The reason BLM is fizzling out and will only remain a footnote in history is because they and you are not specific in what it is you want to accomplish.  It is far easier to simply disrupt others in the community and pout demands at some make-believe injustice.

At the crux or BLM group's problem:  what *specific* cases of "unequal justice" do you see needing correction, here?   You said so, yourself: "*Bias will always play a part in who gets investigated."* But "investigating" is *not* the same thing as locking someone up or charging them with a criminal act.


'
…Trump quotes:

“I think of myself as a young guy, but I’m not so young anymore. And I’ve been around for a long time. And it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans.”

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“I’ve always thought about the issue of nuclear war; it’s a very important element in my thought process. It’s the ultimate, the ultimate catastrophe, the biggest problem this world has, and nobody’s focusing on the nuts and bolts of it. It’s a little like sickness. People don’t believe they’re going to get sick until they do. Nobody wants to talk about it. I believe the greatest of all stupidities is people’s believing it will never happen, because everybody knows how destructive it will be, so nobody uses weapons. What bullshit.”
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“I had some beautiful pictures taken in which I had a big smile on my face. I looked happy, I looked content, I looked like a very nice person, which in theory I am.”

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Plus ça change etc. with the LPC.


Umm, have you been out of the country for like 3-4 decades?   U.S. economic, fiscal and monetary policy has been dictated largely by the GOP since Reagan.  So how long does trickle-down need to take effect?  50 years?  I'll give you the most hilarious example of your "successful" supply side economics.  I recall about ten years ago reading about a trade group of financial advisers espousing the merits of supply-side economics and it's ability to rev up our economy and create jobs.  Do you know where those same advisers were telling their clients to invest at the same time?  Emerging markets.  I.e., "not America."


The question wasn't "talk about yourself and render judgement on what I do with my money".

Not everyone is the same.


Even if its built on time on budget, huge political fall-out for the Justin brand, his seat loss in BC will be difficult to replace.


Stay off the roads after 5 pm


wow! even more pain for hawaii residents!!!


He is an idiot and we are going to pay a big price for a very long time for it.


He is no chess master. Chess does not allow for cheating, chaos and overt bullying. The game is too structured.  Zuma needs chaos to operate. There are no rules. If you want to compare him to a chess master then you need all his pawns to move like queens - and his opponents queen to move like a pawn.


Rather the "obvious question to be asked" might be: Why do Democrats feel so pessimistic about the "surge" in economic confidence.  Why is it "obvious" those feeling good about the economy are wrong?
Krugman is right.  Those who might ultimately be proven wrong are the last to admit it, including himself.  Especially when it runs contrary to their political leanings.


Ever try to prove the obvious? Not as easy as it might initially appear. Most realtors are overpaid for the work they do but have been able to command this over compensation through monopolistic practices.


Agree! We need to start by getting all the Democrats deported to Mexico where they belong and nuke NK and then we'll actually have a peaceful USA, kind of like Japan. You do know the vast majority of the industrial prison population is compromised of Democrats and illegals right boots? Look up the facts of the prison population then do your civil duty as a (D)onkey and move to Mexico ASAP! Go home to your family where your "good hombres" need you! Besides Trump is not your president!


It's obvious it was Trump and the Russians.


People making 20k a year don't have to make choices like food or medicine. Medicaid covers them at 100% without any premiums or co-pays/ co-percentages or pre-authorization. It's the the middle class that worries about budgeting every day. Those working less and earning less are covered at 100% for nothing. Likewise, food stamps cover their food and are similarly paid for by but not available to the working middle class, which is constantly squeezed with bleeding heart stories about how the poor suffer and middle class doesn't pay their own way.


But, the good news is Clinton is still NOT President of the United States.


Theyre the "experts" apparently


You are confusing "news" items with "op ed " items.


[I thought you had no connection to SCF.]
I've already told you I know several SCF employees. Please, try to keep up.
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[Mostly she is travelling and giving speeches to conference worldwide and spending money.]
How do you know this? are you stalking her? You do know that there was this amazing invention called the internet. It allows people to accomplish tasks without being there. smh
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Listen, its been fun but since you have nothing substantial left to submit, I need to catch my [first-class] flight to somewhere exotic on your dime. kthxbye


10 years ago we say bye to our so called advisor, his commissions where @ 1.5%. Or 12k/year, X 10 years savings 120k. Average returned / year since 0.07% net.


Chump said "ACA will implode by its own weight" Lol, it's imploding right in his face like a hot load of GOO barf! Enjoy pootus. Throwing more money at Collins and Murkowski didn't work. GOP actually trying to bribe it's members. Sound about right.


Well put. The differences in a developing brain may help us understand that juveniles are at times more likely to make stupid choices, including the horrible choice to harm another, but those differences don't erase that it is still a choice that they made. They weren't compelled, nor under some "irresistible impulse."

Millions of teenagers in essentially identical personal circumstances don't make such choices, the ones who do need to be held accountable.


What ever happened to "Perp Pics"?


"In other words, a wealthy citizen in Québec pays more tax into the federal system and funds more equalization than a poorer citizen in Alberta"

Except there are a higher proportion of wealthy Albertans than wealthy Quebecers, and a higher proportion of poor Quebecers than poor Albertans, hence the average Federal Taxes paid by Albertans is higher than the average Federal taxes paid by Quebecers.

Net net Alberta pays more in Federal Taxes than it receives n Federal programs and transfers, Quebec receives more in Federal Transfers and Programs than it pays in taxes.

Ain't Canada great!


"not all people have the same desires or abilities. however, through government we can help the needy live a better life, ie healthcare, low-income housing, food stamps, etc."

The needy are not the problem, nobody wants to hurt the needy.  It is the unwilling that are the problem.  The unwilling to work, the unwilling to better themselves.  The unwilling that abuse our social safety nets and turn them into hammocks, where they leach off society's generosity.

The solution is not wealth distribution, the solution is to stop being the victim and take responsibility for your life.

I started with nothing and through hard work have become one of these upper middleclass evil 20 percenters.  WHY SHOULD I NOT ENJOY THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR??


I'll be surprised if he doesn't collapse before the next debate. #sniffles


You need to read up on what it means to be a business of "public accommodation". There are laws that govern denial of service.


You obviously drank the Kool-Aid.


Maaybe he thinks they'll work on it from the south side, where they won't be immigrants.


The Ontario teachers union is one of the most powerful (and RICHEST) unions in Canada. There is NO WAY they can allow a proponent of private schools to infect their domain! --and yes, I know they are big enough (or small enough) to deny my post and it will soon be deleted.


Fluffernutter.  Get off your high horse.  Your a card-carrying member of Leafs Nation who goes around on these threads pretending to so oh so above the fray.  You're a posturer

Even your name is pretentious, Not politically correct.  As if.  Give me a break, emperor.

Your Leafs tanked the past few years like nobody's business, a fact you fervently denied all last season.

Don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm straight up, you're the phoney baloney.


It would appear rather obvious that the American legal system should seek to enable Montano every opportunity to demonstrate that the charges against him were untrue, and indeed that he would wish this himself. This can best be done by his taking part in this trial.


Sir,

The issue is not the lack of a VFR flight plan.  The issue is someone choosing to fly a 172 to its max range in an Alaskan winter only to find himself unable to land and out of options because he is now out of gas and the WX sucks.  The VFR flight plan just gets us to the wreck, maybe.  Why don't the new 406 Mhz ELTs make lost wrecks a thing of the past.  Are pilots who don't pay for instrument ratings also not equipping their aircraft with the 406 Mhz beacon?


Your comment belies your age & inexperience.


Nice to hear from you RTH, for a while I thought you went the way of your father, xbt.  By the way, how is he doing?  Hope you take your meds too, because I believe in genetics; I'm sure the good and bad genes gets passed down from father to son, so you take care now, aloha, lol


Sovereign powers to mineral extraction companies??? Private citizens own the majority of the mineral rights in the DJ Basin, which in turn are leased out to the "mineral extraction companies". In Soviet Russia, on the other hand, the GOVT owns the mineral rights which they lease out to select few oligarchs who are appointed to run the oil and gas companies. Where's the similarity, little buddy?


BS. He's entitled to his opinion as you are entitled to yours.


Sounds like your chef had a moral compass that he couldn't ignore.


Wynne is doing a good job of destroying Ontario, while her "buddy" Justin, works away at destroying Canada!


" Office is upstairs from a pub that Liberal staffers frequent"

That explains a lot with this government....


Moroneau finally said something that makes sense.

It took almost two years, but hey...better late than never.


One of the main reasons HOAs are un-American is they fail to allow legal recourse when they violate the rights of the property owner. If they foreclose on a home as a result of fining homeowners for constitutionally protected activities (i.e. hanging a flag in a window that requires trespassing to view the "violation"), the homeowner doesn't have the ability to hold the HOA accountable for violating their rights. No other government body in the US has the same kind of protections from legal recourse.


As a libertarian (in principle if not party membership), I believe that individual determination regarding drugs is more consistent with the American spirit of individual liberty than control.  Laws pertaining to drug related misbehavior exist and are a different matter.  It will be unfortunate if Sessions undertakes to restrict liberty.  Recall the legitimization of abortion, i.e. a woman has a right to control her own body.  It this is true, then more generally, people have the same right in diverse situations including drug or smoking decisions.


Was she flying United?  With all the grief UA is getting, might as well nail them for that too.  Seriously.....she was not allowed into the country.  Why?  She was deported after 24 hours.  Why?  Was she on a watch list?  Did she have an expired passport or visa?  Did she lie to immigration officials?  Was her boyfriend really her boyfriend or a fake fiancé visa scam.....or was he worse, like maybe her "manager"?  Forget the deaf and sign language and ACLU part.  Why was she not admitted to this country?  There has to be a reason.  There is waaaaay more to this story than has been reported.  Usually if you violate immigration law or lie to any immigration officer, they flip you right out of here.  She's right about one thing.  By opening up this ACLU can of worms, she could be banned for life to enter the US.


Take a look at www.occpaleo.com for interesting information and kits. This is a fun sport.


White Supremacist terrorist groups are the only thing that Trump has made 'great again'..........


that must be why your lawsuit to unseat sen clinton from her new york seat in the us senate was successful o wait nevermind


I endorse your goal to "know a lot of details about the circumstances which led to its [the stalking order] issuance" before making a decision. I think the same approach is warranted for those we see on the street but whom we label as useless parasites without knowing the full background of the story or their circumstances.


My multiple feeders are packed virtually all day long. Our water fountain also is popular, especially during these hot, dry days. Local birders report no noticeable drop offs and we're talking dozens of people who bird every day.
Relax, folks, the sky isn't falling (bird less) quite yet.


They were the only one I knew of (outside of different things like Subway).

It is not an issue for us if someone gets a bag of closed peanuts and opens it in the restaurant. The issue with open air nuts in the kitchen is one of cross contamination. A bag of open nuts 4 rows over isn't going to do anything.


CONVICTED CHILD sex offenders.


Spare us the phony outrage, Bud.

Canadians are all "appalled" out after nearly a decade of "The Harper Government - TM."

Signed,

Not even a Liberal supporter


As a liberal, Dan Bryant is entitled to Fake Opinions.


Friday afternoon prayers
Does God really care whether you pray morning, afternoon, or evening?

Can the students pray after school?

Perhaps instead of the school accommodating the prayers
the religion should accommodate the time when people pray?


The FUND should definitely be protected.  The DIVIDEND represents the worse type of indiscriminate, money for nothing entitlement and should be eliminated.  It should have never been instituted.


The fairy tale candidate is out of office in Nov.  America will be whole once again and not divided by race fantasies blaming the majority for the minorities own lack of morals or ethics,


Do you enjoy making a complete fool of yourself on these forums with your unwavering and misguided support of these criminals or are you really Sophie?


Gee DP, Gardner ran and was elected on repeal of Obamacare. You endorsed him knowingly this. Now you're complaining that he voted to repeal Obamacare as he promised he would.......


Everyone does not pay and it is not working. Why do you keep repeating false talking points from leftist news organizations and other leftist ideologues?
The Heritage Foundation's idea of an individual mandate never tied the IRS to it and it wasn't a legal requirement. IOW, what they thought might be a good idea back during the Hillarycare debate was nothing like Obamacare. They have since changed their mind on an individual mandate. You understand changing one's  mind. Like gay marriage and such, remember how Hillary and her ilk were so against it and now they aren't.
Admit it, Obamacare is a failure and it belongs 100% to the democrats.


No most are Demoncratic party shills


The Church quite rightly stopped following what secular courts say about marriage imo. I am surprised you would suggest such an idea.

With regard to public behavior a public tribunal is best. Annulments are better than the internal forum. But public judgements can be wrong, just as private judgements can be wrong. There are more than enough instances of people wrongly condemned to prison or death to suppose there are never errors in matters of marriage.


Oh, the unintended consequences that would flow from this policy... they would be glorious. For example, a complete dismantling of our media as propaganda apparatus for the Democrat party. Each shared article that is their interpretation of facts, instead of just the facts, could become an act of libel. Plus, I only ever see my triggered liberal friends sharing their Trump hate on Facebook. Everyone else has learned that it is obnoxious to spew politics on there.
Let's do this.


Actually this pesticide has been banned for all homeowner uses by the EPA since 2000.  https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/chlorpyrifos.