You can't judge moronism by a persons IQ. There are low IQ morons and high IQ morons. Smart people can be as evil or more so than a person of lower intelligence. The moronic, narcissistic, ignoramus in the White House is a perfect example.
The man-child has probably taken the grade-school version of the IQ test in the past.


How many selfie sticks are being purchased?


Alceste writes: "Every news organization is selective about what it reports. This is not new; it's a big world."

Well, it is not really relevant that the phenomenon of selective reporting is "not new". Whether an entity is new or longstanding is of little matter in determining whether it is good or bad, whether it is helpful or maladaptive.

And selectivity in reporting has nothing to do with the world being big!

Selectivity in reporting is all about the agenda, the sociopolitical agenda held by editors and publishers.

Which is to say that you could have a one-page weekly newspaper that is far less biased, in its selections, than a newspaper that publishes daily with thirty pages. At issue is not the volume of world news events happening, rather it is the picking and choosing based upon wanted narratives, wanted messages, wanted perceptions, wanted destinations.


Here's a lot of self-centered ness.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/02/21/border-patrol-agents-arrest-5th-sex-offender-california/


Reports suggest that two types of cladding were added.  One was to make the building more energy efficient.  The other was to make the building look  nice, so that rich neighbors were not offended by the sight of council housing from their property.   Reports suggest that their was a gap of possibly 30 cms between the two, creating a potential chimney for fire to spread.  It is also stated that the outer, sham, cladding was flammable and had been banned, variously in the US, Europe and possibly in UK, over a certain height on buildings.  Some 120 buildings around the country are now said to be covered in this cladding.
      The comments above have been qualified because at this stage of the tragedy nothing can be stated with certainty;  other than the sorrowful figures of people dead and missing presumed dead.


Was Della Au Belatti smirking when she said this had nothing to do with the rail vote?  Just a coincidence that the two kicked out voted no the last time and the two newbies voted yes?

Stories like this make me sick.


Next on the Chinese lists of assets to buy will be the taxpayer owned airports.


biggest difference is bleeding while alive.  surprised that wasn't mentioned.  its a way farmed fish improve their quality because they can control the harvest, also no net scars, etc.  there are ways to do this with wild harvest but most have been rejected due to not wanting to give up fishing "lifestyle".


Hopefully never.


That is an extremely oversimplistic statement.
Supply and demand are each influenced by multiple factors including tax policies, interest rates, immigration policies, possibly anti-money laundering policies (or lack thereof), social benefit policies, land development policies, transportation options, jobs, incomes, technology (i.e., airbnb, work from home options), trends (i.e. everyone's belief that RE will continue to increase or FOMO), etc. Many of those factors are currently and/or could be influenced by government policies.


In future elections, Catholics need to distance themselves as quickly as possible from the "Breitbart" base of the Republican party that gave us Trump as a candidate. They are toxic. Trump's supporters are so vile that the only thing they accomplished is to guarantee that Hillary Clinton will be our next president. That is what happens when you make a bargain with the devil. Evangelicals who continue to support Trump have no moral integrity. Mike Pence is an absolute hypocrite. Thank goodness for Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush and other principled Republicans. Elections don't have to be this way. Bernie Sanders is a great example of how a respected rival can push a candidate to moderate her position on specific issues. Catholics need to pray for social justice candidates who can have the same impact. That means either an Eisenhower Republican or a Pro-life Democrat. https://goo.gl/KNAc7A


B.lack B.ears M.atter!


I'm not from here. So how do the local schools rank nationally?


Michele Obama says she can't stop thinking about Donald trump bragging about sexually assaulting women...

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article108304112.html


I've been following some of the doing of No Labels for about 6 years.    I have been more active in Independent Voting, but the objectives are similar and No Label's as the advantage of working within the current power structure, something independents struggle with.

https://www.nolabels.org

I would encourge people to NOT pick a side, but create a common ground.


Are you talking about "lefties" that are politicians? Who are these people? If anything, the Democratic Party has increasingly become Republican-lite, and does a very poor job of representing the progressive majority in this country.

A perfect example of the problem:

1. ACA IS the compromise. In fact, it's essentially the Heritage Foundation's plan and what the Republicans used to be behind.

2. Democrats work to pass it, constantly asking for input from the Republicans. Except for some amendments, the Republicans refuse to play any part out of.....well, spite? If not racism.

3. Republicans work almost in lockstep to try to roll back .... their own plan, because it is now associated with a black Democrat? And kick millions off of healthcare? And they worked very hard to write their "replacement" in secret. They didn't work very hard at the crafting of it, they worked very hard to keep it secret. And then used very unusual procedures to try to pass it.


Does he have to be standing?


I love Kubiak but I think he is safely retired and with his family and purposely avoiding the health issues he has had as head coach.


Hey Buddy
Take a breath
It must be very difficult to think straight with your head shoved up tRump’s @$$


Hurry up and wait.


You're joking right?


And drug that is developed with taxpayers money, or based off military drug research should not be more than 5  times what it cost to manufacture. Taxpayer funded should make it public property and the public should benefit from that


My covfefe hurts.


You've just described what many DEMS do as well.
You may want to reconsider what makes or does not make a person DEM or CONS.
I think you will find most people want the same thing, and, you will find the people that you are arguing with and fighting about are the same people that the CONS are concerned about.
Remember the line (DEM-----------------------------------------CON) is very long and there is really a small percentage that fall on the extremes of this line.
I think 90% of the whole country could fall within the agreeable area of needs and wants, but you tend to group the whole population into 2 groups and label them.
Again, I'm very middle of the road, but, the media will not tell you this. They have brainwashed you into thinking only left or right.
We need media to be OBJECTIVE.


Post what law, the immigration laws have the punishment for entering and remaining in the US illegally, read them your self.


Geographically , historically, or by invader fiat?


This is why women should always wear veils and be covered from head to toe when outside the home.  The Muslims are onto something.


The last thing anyone wants is the Liberals screwing with the markets. If history has shown anything, it's that this crew mess up every single thing they touch.


Alas, diversity of the sexual sort is still sadly lacking. In the Catholic Church it's still all about straight men only (or at least those who can pull off pretending to be straight.) All others take a back seat or step outside the door, please.


Hi Kevin,
How was your day of 'pray & fast'?
I remembered to fast today!
I did rosary & Centering prayer for our intention.
God bless!


http://www.iisd.org/faq/unpacking-canadas-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
As of 2015.


"Lord, why do You allow such disrespect toward Your Church in this person?"
"Father God, how can you expect me to tolerate such snotty disrespect for Your Real Presence in the Eucharist?"
"My Dear Lord, how much longer will You tolerate such corrupt use of your gifts of sexuality and fecundity....give me grace to see Your patient plan...

Why are you writing to God on these posts?  You know he doesn't read NCR.


There is little relationship between what happens in religious rituals, and real life, and the latter is what matters.

Many religions separate the genders for services simply so that the focus is on the ritual rather than the social aspects.

In the case of Islam, there is another, practical consideration, that Muslims prey by prostrating themselves, and no woman wants to pray with her bum in a man's face...being in the back or separate is quite practical.

The downside is that means they are often given shabbier quarters far from the action, and are treated as an afterthought...

What is more concerning is when the gender separation becomes a principle in everyday life, but that is not all versions of Islam.


Humala only left office last year. It will take Kuczynski a while to clean up that schism


The distractions are designed to take the heat off of other things likeSessions lying at his confirmation hearings, Russian hacking int the DNc, Trump surrogates meeting with the Russians, Wilbur Ross's connections to the Russian oligarchs, Russiona oligarchs investing $100 million in Trump properties, etc, etc. What's Ivanka Trump doing in an international meeting with Merkel?


Maybe. Maybe not. And I agree we need to move away from coal. And other fossil fuels for that matter. But that is a long journey-not a one time happening and we simply need to use good judgement as we move forward. However, I see irony in the fact that Hillary was lauded by so many for saying "We are going to put a lot of coal miners out of work" during her campaign, then later saying Trump will never bring it back (create an environment when it comes back).


Thats SB91 for you!


My faith in the denver post has never been lower.  Having armed citizens in the store more than likely caused the shooter to run away like the coward he is.  Those citizens most likely saved many lives.  The cops showed up AFTER the shooting was over.  Slowing down the investigation after the danger has been averted is irrelevant.


Welcome to the political big league Ms. Pinto.


Why does ADN have comments enabled for WaPo stories about Obama, but disabled for WaPo stories about Trump?  Just wondering?


Call your local legislator and ask for a solution!


Cultural appropriation is a ridiculous notion.  Sane people should all agree to pay no attention.


It's the future of work unless we all start voting for different kinds of politicians and policies. There are some choices out there but we keep going back to the same types. We are well trained.


John, he is a rich village idiot too.


"but saving the auto industry"

Not a Bush fan at all, but he had put the "wheels in motion" for the auto bailout prior to Obama taking office.


Excellent and correct post!


MEH! back in my day we played with sharpened sticks and BB guns; AND WE LIKED IT!


one of those shape-shifting bookguns.  not to be confused with the turkeysandwichgun.


discussing Lee needs to be separated from the meaning of monuments to his memory in the South.

If Lee is to be purged from public view due to his racism then Washington's and Jefferson's  even larger racism would preclude their public display as well.....Lee was born into a slave owning family , yet spent his entire life in military service, the great majority in service to the United States rather than the South.  Washington and Jefferson personally owned slaves for their entire lives.  Lincoln offered Lee command of the Army of Virginia prior to Virginia's decision to secede...so Lincoln clearly did not view Lee disparagingly

That does not mean that a monument to Lee shouldn't be removed in New Orleans, where the original purpose was and is likely more to preserve the notion of Southern secessionist pride and racial hierarchy, it simply means that Lee needs to be properly contextualized to avoid today's tendency towards simplistic narrative caricature


Doesn't matter who benefits.  Bin Laden is the one who succeeded in getting us there in fine style.


Or- as an alternative we could teach the definition of 'irony' ; barring that just context, inherent bias and the understanding of intent, that is, critical thinking and reasoning, the pillars of enlightenment, at universities again. -

Just a thought.

Y'know maybe more paperwork and rules and regulations and committees and panels and tribunals and indoctrination seminars and , well, stuff is the right approach. -if anything it will help employ more admin and HR personnel....clearly our society could do with more 'jobsworths', pfft, who needs enlightement anyway!


Two short months ago- who would have thought Holland as a liability? Wow.


1. The Consortium News item was not an "article" it was a verbatim letter from a group of former CIA/NSA staff to President Trump. They have sent letters to past presidents as well challenging obviously "political" intel (like the Iraq WMDs)
2, The DNC insider leak was a likely an unhappy Bernie supporter. The most probable name is Seth Rich whose murder shortly after the leak has not been solved.
3. The Trump Jr. meeting was set up by a DNC contractor, Fusion GPS, through a media contact in the UK who knew Trump Jr from Ms Universe in Moscow.
4. Putin has no connections to the Russian lawyer.
Now ask youself the 2 hard questions: Why would a Russian lawyer pretend to have dirt on Clinton when she did not? If that was not the real purpose of the meeting, then what was? (Hint, it wasn't Russia's response to the Magnitsky Act either)


Check and double check. I've been at a place for years that suffers from exactly that. Oscillates between this or that organizing principle, each time touted as 'this is for keeps'. Eventually, managers roll their eyes and ignore.


Fair enough, you feel he's fed a false version of reality to his followers, but look at a map of the U.S., over half the geographic area of the country have been persuaded by him.
I don't think the people who voted for him are embarrassed that he exaggerates and is prepared to fail the fact checking in order to persuade people, and I feel he's been amazingly successful with this.
Feeding a false version of reality would be a con to the people who voted for him, like saying he's not going to cut immigration, and then cutting it anyway after elected. But he's clearly trying to carry out the promises he made to those who elected him, the "problem" for many people, is they can't accept the promises he made and that he is actually following through on as much of it as he can.
There is a huge difference of opinion over the vision of the country, and when people can't accept differences of opinion, they resort to character assassination and moral arguments.
So half the country is immoral?


Let's just keep changing tax policy on them.


No, it wouldn't. Again, he didn't want to bake a cake for a gay wedding. The issue wasn't serving them at all.


Yes! Only True Bronco Fans(TM) should write about them. Nothing negative should be said about Our Broncos. It gives us True Believers(TM) a sad. /sar/


All that is saving him (and perhaps us) from a disaster is that before inauguration day, those mines aren't as powerful or meaningful as those he is about to face.  Unfortunately these new mines are the kind that you cannot choose to avoid, let alone "gleefully jump on them.

I see General Mattis (Trump's choice for Secretary of Defense) as the "canary in the coal mine"  who might just not long put up with what Charles Krauthammer (a long time conservative commentator) describes as an Administration guided by "silly randomness" .


"the left-controlled mainstream media..."
Most of the "mainstream" media is now owned, operated and directed by massive profit-driven international conglomerates.
They're not leftists.


My post implied no such thing, Pete.

But thanks for predictably (and feebly) trying to play the race card yet again...

... yawn...


How are leftists supposed to coin original new avant garde buzzwords if they cant rip them from Hollywood??


You didn't get an invitation? Me neither.


I would imagine an arsonist wouldn't carry insurance, or own any property for that matter.  And just like most criminals, the  law means nothing to them, so jail is where they go. My insurance would go after him/her or their insurance IF they had any.

Obama took the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and prolonged and worsened both. Then his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, took on the "cause" of student rebellion in Syria, Libya and Egypt without any plan of backing them up. Turned most of Syria into total destruction.  Googling "images" of Syrian war will say it all. Almost half a million lives lost later and we are no closer to an end.  It is Trump's war now.  From January 20th 2017 all responsibility is his. We are finally destroying ISIS and unlike  the dithering we saw with Obama, Trump hits the Syrians when they do evil.

Simple math?  2 + 2 =4.  See, simple!  You can do it,  I know you can.


On the other hand, no prorogations so far.


I predicted 6 months before the first bomb or missile fell into someone else's business....he was guilty of premature evacuation.  Now he is playing the "god" card. His statement was "no child of god should die this way".....what god  is he making reference to exactly? Since there is in fact no real god he was sparking interest and support from all the bible belt rednecks now ready to jump on his already crowded redneck hay wagon. Somebody please summon the guys with three names.


I have had two comments gassed this evening because they referred to some of the contents of the main prayer book from which the Muslim students will be praying on Fridays in Peel schools.  Why?


Mr. Guthrie has gotten it wrong.  The Mexican study measured the fluoride in pregnant women's urine which is an accurate way to measure fluoride intake from all sources - food, water, medicines, dental products, air pollution, etc.  What's important to know is the the level of fluoride found in Mexican pregnant women's urine is linked to their offsprings' lower ingelligence. What's very important to understand is that the pregnant women's fluoride urine levels are the same as that reported in US adults who live in fluoridated areas.

And it's not just one study.  There are over 300 studies linking fluoride to neurological effects - 51 of them human.

When fluoridation began, there was no thought that fluoride would enter the brain. That fact alone should be the end of fluoridation.  Put fluoride on your teeth if you want but don't put it in children's brains.


No, handguns are the most common firearm used in mass shootings. You can't just make up your own data.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/#


What a hypocritical horse's arse. The hysterical and pathetic part is he is signing these executive actions with his party controlling both houses. Master of the Deal more like master of nothing.

Things he said about Obama and executive actions:

"Why is @BarackObama constantly issuing executive orders that are major power grabs of authority?"

"I don't think he even tries anymore," Trump said of President Barack Obama in December 2015. "I think he just signs executive actions."

This one is the best...

"You know, it's supposed to be negotiated," Trump told CNN in January 2016. "You're supposed to cajole, get people in a room, you have Republicans, Democrats, you're supposed to get together and pass a law. (Obama) doesn't want to do that because it's too much work. So he doesn't want to work too hard. He wants to go back and play golf."


Just so we are clear, students have been sent home before because of misbehaviour, so it is not a new thing. I will agree that it will depend on age. Parents have also been called to pick up their son or daughter. You can also put a person on a bus or train.


Mackenzie wanted to be a police officer. Growing up in Oshawa, she'd had a tumultuous childhood and decided that she wanted to give back to her community.[..]
Moving back with parents is not likely to happen. I appears her parents have not helped financially. Many kids get a lot of parental assistance.
He initial career plan did not pan out. It happens. She is looking at other career options, possibilities. She is young and has time. I commend her for her attitude and perseverance.
I don't know what the job prospects are out there but it is important to be aware that some college/university courses do not lead to jobs in the field that you might  like or want.


Please focus here; I'm not trying to defend bad hires by The NY Times (who also brought us Jayson Blair), or consistently bad actors at The WaPO, or anonymous sources (http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/05/reader-rep-we-need-to-know-where-information-is-coming-from/). Glenn Thrush, though, from what I read, did not allow the Clinton campaign to "edit" the story. He gave the campaign a section to view before publication (as a way to fact-check), which is ethically questionable but sometimes OK (when approved by an editor beforehand), especially when trying to capsulize a technical topic in a short space. In that respect, this incident seems to have been significantly misinterpreted by critics of the MSM. Read the part of the column above about doctors and serial killers, though, and I think that helps to clarify my stance: Judge journalists by the best of them, not the worst. ... Greenwald does good work, but so do many, many (thousands of) other journalists working in the MSM.


It is about time. Could never figure out what the school boards deal with, as 85% of the budget is wages to teachers, which they do not deal with.  It just provides politicians somewhere to direct angry parents to when things get ugly


Trudeau has had some bumps in the road.

But would you want the Trumpet and his bunch running this country???

The very thought gives me the shakes....


They used to call me "Buster". I joined the Army, and now they call me "Fudge Buster".


Yes, I have read those comments.  I don't think they really explain much of anything, hence my question.


Tell that to the families of junkies. Read up on spice, molly and bath salts. Anyway prescription opioids pushed by big pharma destroys more lives than guns.


I am certainly not a fan of these no-bid contracts but as far as the numbers go,
Alaska has a population of over 700,000 residents. That is, at least, 700,000 PFD applications each year. $650,000 over a two year period to check 1,400,000 applications (over 2 years) comes out to less than 50cents per application. I do not see a cheaper way to accomplish verifying applications unless we decide simply not to care to check unless a fraudulent happens to blatantly appear. It really depends upon how many fraudulent applications are really out there. I am more concerned about personnel information being handed out to yet another potential hacking target more so than I am concerned about my 50 cents. (Just offering my 2 cents worth).


This says it all “Among the greatest costs of rail, we can now add the severe degradation of the democratic process. By that I mean this bill was crafted behind closed doors and presented to us with the instructions that there will be no changes before we ever heard from the public,” said Sen. Russell Ruderman (D, Puna-Kau), who voted against SB 4. “We have a major new tax being enacted and we never heard from the public before we wrote the bill.” along with Representatives Choy and Tokioka getting booted from the Finance Committee?

Try and put a "spin" on that all you pro-railers.


yeah, but during the honoring of our flag and anthem.

But, he got all kinds of cr p for doing it for the right reason.


Someone living at Trump Tower was wiretapped at one point yes - but not Trump himself or the campaign

That supporters are using this to validate Trumps statements are laughable.  Trump meant that HE (or his campaign at least) was being wire-tapped which has been proven false.


RJ is still avoiding perhaps the most important question of all: What--if anything--did Hawaiian Electric's predecessor pay, in the late 19th century, to acquire the "right" to be the sole source of electricity in Hawaii (other than on Kauai) from which ALL electricity consumers in Hawaii must buy their electricity?

And why, if Hawaiian Electric customers have effectively paid for ALL current Hawaiian Electric "assets", i.e. infrastructure, why is that the government-guaranteed profits HE collects from its customers are primarily used to pay unearned dividends to HEI shareholders, as well as the exorbitant salaries of HEI executives?

I'm really hoping RJ will consider these questions to also be "too stupid" to answer and, in turn, will finally TRULY answer them for a change.  But if past is prologue, I suspect RJ will once again use obsfucation and misdirection to try to convince other readers that my questions don't even deserve a straight answer.  Stay tuned:)


Just to be clear: Employer (that means taxpayer) contributions go to 22.15% of payroll, with an automatic increase to 24.15% if PERA's optimistic investment return assumptions turn out to be wrong.

This means either cuts to other education programming that benefits our kids - sports, activities, AP classes, social/emotional supports, etc. -- or higher taxes via Mill Levy Overrides, since more state funding for K12 is unlikely to be forthcoming (due to competing needs for more infrastructure spending and rapidly rising social safety net costs).

This additional taxpayer money will go to teachers who, thanks to TECDA, can't be fired, no matter how poorly they perform (if they are in a union school), in a state where chronic teacher absenteeism is rampant, where we are told that more than 95% of Colorado's teachers are effective or highly effective, but where less than a third of our kids graduate college and career ready, in a system on which taxpayers already spend billions.


If Violette is looking for “an unidentified primate”, just head on down to Kesey Square.


Victimitis: It's not so much racism as racialism, which in the latter case is the tendency to reduce complex issues to matters of race and racial privilege. There are an awful lot of white people in the U.S., and in Canada for that matter, who don't meet any reasonable definition of privilege. As for the stain of colonialism, the author takes liberties with history, thus rendering her argument overblown. European colonial powers didn't send invading armies into China and India. They sent naval ships, which established outposts, and they co-opted local governance structures in order to insinuate (and eventually impose) mercantile regimes. Actual military power and force was later used to sustain British suzerainty in India when the locals started to rebel against the British-imposed system but by that point the invaders had long been inside the gate, so to speak. It would help the author's argument were she to be a little more objective in her approach.


Been there, done that.


Fake News by Trudeau. Trump had/has no intention of visiting Canada. Trudeau was telling lies  about 'security issues if Trump' visits. Trump has a major festering  grudge against Wynne, Mulcair and Trudeau. One of them called Trump a fascist and another actively campaigned against Trump in NY state and Washington . Trump's looking for regime change in Canada


One may choose to be a hero out of necessity.  A heroic act is a matter of choice and not required.


See, I think that's where you miss the point: if you value the tone of an argument over it's content there's not much point in reasoning with you.  You value your sensitive FEEEEELINGS over objective facts, which is PRECISELY why dialogue of pretty much ANY KIND is steadily breaking down to the point where our society will eventually fly apart from its internal contradictions.  I simply don't CARE about your feeling 'offended' when confronted with truths you'd prefer to ignore.  Readjusting those big-boy depens should help with that, if you're capable of embracing logic over emotion.  But when a so-called 'political leader' falsely accuses a neighbor, and engages in hate-mongering which could incite some idiot to act against people who have DONE NO HARM to anyone here and have been charged with NO CRIME, I DO care about that.


As per her usual practice, Ms. Balkissoon meanders all over the place in this article.  Apparently, we cannot read a book on historical fiction unless we fact check first (seems backwards in order, even if a reader is so inclined).  Surely, a reader can realize the book they picked up is historical f-i-c-t-i-o-n and not a history text.  Are the 'facts' referenced in the title related to Mr. Boyden's research and story telling or are they are they related to the controversy over his (vague) native heritage?  It is a complicated issue, created by Boyden himself, but for our journalist complicates the matter by comparing her ancestors to a work of historical fiction and neglects to be explicit that the author of those works is of the same race of the characters that he created in his story.  Therefore, are we to draw the conclusion that to write a story about a particular group of people that you have to be a member of their racial cohort? Helpful, but not mandatory.


Exactly. Whether you agree with someone's opinion or not shouldn't preclude them from the right to express it. They are trying to silence any dissenting opinion. "Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength". Welcome to 1984, funded by the Rothchilds and put into motion by their henchman George Soros.


I do not wonder. I think most people with warrants out for their arrest are smarter than to try to kill a cop.

Do you think I am overestimating the 'smarts' of the majority of the criminal population?


I live the effects of this bill everyday.


I have a great campaign song for the O'Leary push.

'Hold the line' by the band Toto.

Go with it !


Never was an aesthetic term so well chosen! If "brutalism" disappears from the face of earth, who — besides the odd, nostalgic architect — will miss it?


<"We can't know who Jesus was.">

Not by unaided human inquiry, no. Down through the millennia we are all asked by Jesus of Nazareth: “Who do you say I am?”

Mohammed certainly arrived at some creative answers to this "tantalizing question" after due deliberation. Saint Peter, on the other hand, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to answer: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

It's not a "tantalizing question" answerable through human effort, reason, intellect or study - alone. Faith is an unmerited gift of God, received by accepting and using God's grace to deepen one's understanding.


There are none so disappointed as those who have enjoyed 8 years of taxpayer-funded world travels. See: The free ride is over.


President Abraham Lincoln said he didn't start the Civil war over slavery, his image needs to banned for being racist.


RT.com and sputnik.com are Russian propaganda sites. I'm sure the Kremlin is happy with your free plug for their services.


Another person with an alias.  Thanks for the D+.


You should check your stats.  The average home price in Vancouver is $1.4 million, vs. $700k for Seattle.  How exactly is that comparable?  Plus, as noted by SunnSideUp2, incomes are significantly greater in Seattle than Vancouver.

This is a bubble with prices that can not be justified, no matter how much you try to deny or spin it.


Gawd just needs to help you at this point, that would probably wear him out though.


Wait ’till Pres. know-nothing arrives in London.


When's the last time you heard of a male politician receiving a rape threat, Mike?


The current escort vessels were custom built and designed to be used in PWS for this specific application. If there are oreads issues being seen with the replacement easels, that's not a good thing.


There are now those who want to "distance" themselves from the dems. who are rioting, saying just because some of them act up it does not represent the dem. party. These are the same folks who say since there was a small minority of DT supporters who are raciest then all DT supporters are raciest.  I say that there is a larger part of the dem. party that has no idea of what our Constitution really says.  They were okay with BHO signing executive orders but now have a problem with them.They just cannot stand that they lost an election. For those who want to continue down the road to violence, we are a Nation of laws, we are a Nation that should stand together, and violence will be meet with laws, your only hope is to cease and desist or face prison or a mental institution, having such hate will never end well.  Please give change a chance, the status quo has been a huge failure, unless there are those who want to keep so many of our citizens down rather then admit their party failed.


He has made a pact with the devil.
How many will sicken and die without insurance.
There is no plan other to end Obama care.
How many men women and  children will go to bed hungry? Or have no home?
No plans except to cut taxes on businesses and the wealthy. See the state of Kansas to see how that is working out.
Untold misery, damaging families with mass deportation.
And what are the plans for all the babies from all those unwanted pregnancies?
Trump, a disaster waiting to happen, brought to you in part, by the white men of the Catholic church.
And how will the Catholic Church members feel when the Pope shakes the man that said "grab them... ".


From the video:

"...his daughter who was there with me..uh,uh,...us...."

Does his ego know no bounds?


No, just the mole hill.


Good for this lowlife.  The world's a better and safer place now that this parasite is no longer breathing my air.


As for that low "child molester" remark?  That really was not necessary to get your point across.


"Colorado Republican Elite votes to keep 2018 primaries open to unaffiliated voters"
There DP. Fixed your headline for ya!


The DA really need to stick to running munis and learning how to run the country. The ANC is sinking itself. They do not need help. Pathetic marches are just losing them support. This coming from a once staunch DA supporter... Now just a supporter.


tell our daughters about these great inspiring women. Hillary is not a role model for any decent mother to use as an example. Hillary is a terrible female period.
.
Megyn Kelly
Kellyanne Conway
Michele Bachmann
Diane Black
Marsha Blackburn
Jan Brewer
Bay Buchanan
Liz Cheney
S.E. Cupp
Joni Ernst
Carly Fiorina
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Nikki Haley
Laura Ingraham
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Mia Love
Michelle Malkin
Susana Martinez
Kristi Noem
Peggy Noonan
Condoleezza Rice
Cathy McMorris Rodgers


Does the DP think that the continual bashing of anything 'Trump' goes unnoticed?  It doesn't.


Ok let me give you guys some history but kirks paid trolls will delete it.

When the state skim was first mentioned kirk was their with mufi and he was asked
Is 10 percent to much he told them no! Kirk was the one cockly said 10 percent is ok!!!  Secondly why is joe souki the only one helping amd doing fundraiser for kirk ? Well because he is part of the scam.. His son worked with mitch imanaka kirks money guy who lobbys all the big projects.. but guess what when nobody was looking he got pulled in to work TOD section of hart dealing with developmet and $$$ .. look it up Soukis son works their..  This is so dirty why are we investigating trumps dealings when we have our own banker kirk caldwell conflicts and dishonesty!!!


Kirkland needs a weed fest.


“I think all Canadians know that Canadian climate policy will be set by Canadians, not by whomever happens to the president of the United States,” the Prime Minister said.

It will be interesting to see what the C$ does after that comment.


Persactly, Ak_Flyer.
The meat of the matter as they try to roll right over the facts of the heist they are trying to pull off.


"help me obi wan kenobi

you are my only hope"

and thus launched a career that would span several decades a lot of drugs and a great comeback in  the force awakens


100 percent of the money taken from our dividends will be paid directly to big oil in oil tax credits.  Every last nickel.  Thank Micciche, Meyer and Chenault.  Big win for big oil.  This is beyond stupid it is completely insane.


Exactly.


Because, if you are not a greedy sponge, you can pay taxes like I do......


Actually I can agree with that statement, it would take a massive bite out of their businesss the cartels would be but a shadow of what they once were. But we would definitely need to legalize it states and then Canada would follow.


Right, I think, but not absolutely. Your juxtaposition of "revolution" with humility is curiously inviting. Revolution seems 'defending' and 'overthrowing' at the same time, adamant.
A novel idea needs protection, it needs time to contemplate, to become itself, to challenge and be challenged. But like so much of science a particular methodology that has led to significant discovery inevitably hits a wall of its own inadequacy to solve questions that its very progress poses. It needs the "leap" to a new configuration a new new that incorporates maybe even has to reconfigure, redefine its old terms to fit the new reality. Resistance?
Or,independent, even competitive movements might become "elements" catalyzed into a new compound that may or may not resemble the composing bits. Pragmatically, that might be the beauty and limitation of the very USofA?
We are so attached to ideological "identity", so immature, so faithless, afraid, that we can't see its inadequacy before God. Resistance?


Trump needs to be bringing people together, ASAP. Instead, he's bringing them together N.S.D.A.P.


Similar issues in Vancouver, where families of developers get the first crack at super low prices; or, the suites are marketed in China before they go on sale in Vancouver.   How do ordinary people compete?    They don't.


Are you suggesting political affiliation is a protected class like race or religion or sexual orientation is?  Is white nationalism a religion now?


I hate to say it but, who would be stupid enough to take their plane out during heavy winds? Sheesh


"Stakeholders" Are you kidding?
Campaign donors is more accurate!
Who and I mean Who would run there family household into financial ruins?
Stop the idiocy now....Honolulu cannot sustain this Train!


He is truly our country's village idiot and this brain dead POS is actualy running our country we are so screwed.


Great choice with Ms Payette!
 Surprised it wasn't Mansbridge, because of his CBC roots & being a privileged white dude like the last guy.


Yes. And the situation in former Ukraine only exists because the USA worked to create it, that they might steal Ukraine into NATO along with the Crimean naval base, and corner Russia. In the eyes of the USA and western news media, it was good chaos, death, and violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity... until everything didn't go as they hoped. Then, suddenly, Russia was supposedly to blame.
This G&M article is totally brainwashed propaganda.


FYI: India has to send the jet engines from there SU-35's to Russia every thousand hours to be overhauled.


Premiums increasing is a problem with the middleman...the insurance company, who's CEO's make tens of millions of dollars...and contribute nothing to actual patient care. Hundreds of millions going to CEO profit (out of Alaskan's pockets)...and not one mention?

Yes, they charge more bc of exorbitant fees...but they also charge more to pay their CEO's tens of millions of dollars.


Statistics show one-third of the meagre Canadian GDP growth in 2016 was generated by real estate activity. It will be interesting to see where the GDP numbers land next year.


Actually,  it's an editorial not a letter...


Pretty good deal for a company that had a book value north of $23 and free cash flow of $115M last quarter. Too bad about shareholders (and depositers)  that fell victim to the fiction that short sellers were peddling.


Bull hockey.


Good point, utilitas.  Don, your reply lacks a subject and predicate.


Nice.


good bear is a dead bear? C'mon dude that's ridiculous. Bears live in Alaska just as much as you and I do. Losing the dog certainly sucks but having a witch hunt for the bear just is insane. Bears come with the land, for the better and worse.


The ACHA does not have flaws that can be fixed; it's a piece of garbage that must be trashed, and will be. To the extent that the bishops bought into the notion that "pro-life" reduces to anti-abortion, to that extent they share responsibility for the bill they are now criticizing. Trump and the House Republicans are relentless, militantly anti-life and pro-sickness, pro-death.
The ACHA is not a health care bill at all; it's a tax cut bill, part of the larger Trump project, the only one that really matters to him, to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans and to pay for them (to the extent that he pays for them at all) by taking health care away from millions of Americans.
Donald Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he doesn't know anything about health care and that he doesn't care about it -- or about the millions of people he will hurt in order to reduce his own taxes.


In the mean time many a small car just dodge out of your way because they can ... unlike you who can't.


Maybe to you but not to most sentient beings. An independent would not agree to disrespecting elderly women, blacks, and progressives on a regular basis. Pious and condescending, consider letting go of your self-centered-ness and join others in making this a better world for the following generations.


I'm asking about "practically" rather than ethically. Say you are carrying (concealed) and a mugger pulls out a knife at 3 feet. Do you raise your shirt to show you are armed, skip that and move to operate the gun, or are either of those actions unsafe unless you think the mugger isn't prepared to plunge a knife into you?


Mome.


That's all you've got JJP? These are well known Krugman quotes that google can direct you to in less than a second.... much easier to throw up a BS smoke screen hoping that no one reading this has an IQ over 60 or has ever read a newspaper


We will have equality when FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME is made the disgusting  criminal act that it is.


That is his stock-in-trade. He only posts here to skit and mock the Catholic Church that is why very few here challenge him.


Certainly not Trump, he sexually assaults them.

You're under the illusion that attending a mosque as a guest is the same as assaulting someone.


lol police chief r bacon you just can't make that stuff up.


This Bankorp story has nothing to with paying back the money and all about showing SA that the same "rules " should apply to white corporate SA as well as Jacob Zuma. The articles suggested technical defences sound like Jacob Zuma defending Nkandla maybe thats the point of the Public protector report to show the bias to the irrespective of the merits.


The whole question of women wearing the Burqa, abbaya or the niquab has concerned me and yet I couldn't put my finger on exactly why. But when I read this article by a Muslim woman, it became clearer. One of her lines is , "It's a sign, I think not, of being assertive Islam, but of what happens when Islamists are tolerated by a western culture that's absurdly anxious to avoid offence."
written by Qanta Ahmed
www.spectator.co.uk/2017/03

There are reasons for everything, in my opinion.


Thankyou for this article. I am grateful that Pope Francis is focusing more on how we are alike than on how we are different. Where does division get us? I wonder what Jesus would say about how we are treating one another and splitting hairs about issues that in the end are a mystery?


Why would I even think about trying to impress anyone? Especially one who hasn't the character to use his (it's) real name.


What does that have to do with this story? The fact that no President before Trump had to continually offer clarifications because a segment of the population was continually waiting to pounce on every word and phrase trying to make them say something that was not intended!  Oh. Wait.  They all have.


If he is so stupid and the media is so smart, why was he so successful at playing the media to get free publicity hundreds of times during the past year?

Which is preferable, a 5  second Twitter by the person who is actually making the decisions, or a 10 second sound byte selected and authorized by Corporate media moguls in support of their particular biases?

I prefer a Trump Twitter as a source rather than selective reporting by CNN. Breitbart, OPB, or Fox.

It's all too easy to cherry pick a phrase out of context.  As can be seen by several posters here on this very R-G site.


Just thought about why they are forcing these land owners to sell their land many years before the rail project can even begin to start in the area because the true expense & delays will be to relocate electrical, water, sewage and gas lines all along the rail corridor as this infrastructure was laid down many, many decades ago, with no accurate underground mapping.  HOWEVER no matter if the rail project fails or not, the City will have amassed these prime properties that can then be turned over to connected developers to build major luxury condos or retail spaces.  This Kakaako woodworker will never pay taxes to the City in the amount compared to a 50 story million dollar luxury condos on the same & adjacent properties.   Also HECO will make a killing in the increased electricity use of a mega luxury condos compared to these mom and pop small businesses & make $ from taxpayers to relocate all electrical utilities along the rail line.  Greed & bought politicians pure & simple


Here we go again; again and again and again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country


that 70 bucks a barrel is older than the estimate of the amount of oil there -


Why? See Oppegaard's latest on Civil Beat.


Keep in mind, folks, the NDP government in Alberta introduced 'Electoral Reform' which involved government subsidies to political parties, but ONLY if they achieved more than 10% of the overall vote.

Why 10%? Well, seems in Alberta there are also the Green and Liberal parties that competed (more or less) for the same sort of voters that the NDP wants. So--Presto!--you suddenly have erected a barrier against any minor parties cutting into the status-quo.

As for B.C., I wonder if the NDP, as the current 2nd-placed party, will be all that interested in 'Electoral Reform' unless it can frame it to benefit itself.

Moral: Political parties, despite all the spin to the contrary, don't do things for altruistic reasons.


Clintons infidelity is not in doubt at this point.  But just like Republicans overlook Trumps lying, incivility and the clear emotional imbalance, the Democrats do the same thing with Bill Clinton and his sexual exploits and Hillary's role in the cover up.    The same things happen in private lives every single day.

Is is right for us to expect politicians to be 'better' than the rest of us?

Both parties cover up/attack because of high levels of partisanship and campaign financial sources that don't want their image soiled.   Elections aren't so different from sporting events, but most sports have clear rules of play and consequences on the field.

If you don't win elections you lose power.   Image is important to winning elections.    We should all be skeptical of what we see/hear.


This makes my heart sick.


Could you imagine listening to this. He gets going at about the 4 minute mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luzajJDsGOY


Major companies that have previously filed for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) usually weren't able to resolve the underlying problems that caused their financial messes in the first place. For Eaton's, their problems had roots going back to the 1920s and there wasn't enough time under the CCAA to solve them, so they ended up in full bankruptcy proceedings within a little over two years.  The CCAA also didn't save Dylex (Tip Top, Fairweather) from collapse.

In Sears' case, the problems also go back a number of years, starting with the ill-fated decision in 1999 to buy up most of the Eaton's leases and the Eaton name.  But, the onslaught of the e-commerce era in the past 20 years is a challenge that Sears and most other department stores will simply not be able to withstand. Even if Sears does emerge from under the CCAA by the end of this year or in early 2018, it will almost certainly go bankrupt within a year or so after that.


Engineers tend to be Right of Centre, compared to Scientists, who tend to be Left of Centre.


Have mindfulness and meditation been oversold?


I admit, you got me on that one, allie. Spanish speaking countries are total failures all over the world. The populace pays their life savings and risk their lives  to get  the hell out.  No groundbreaking science being led by Spanish Latin America.  Just drugs and counterfeit money.  Do you know how stupid you just made yourself look?!


…that's Richard wishing he gets to see Ted Nugent.

…you know, …'top entertainment'.


Liberal Party values = Canadian values = Quebec Subsidies


Malamute Matt, thank you for taking on the task of untangling the web of misconceptions and lies told about society, socialism, and capitalism (not to mention the skewed interpretations of liberalism and conservatism).  Words and their meanings really do matter, and these days we hear people speaking different languages.


I have (he chose Case). Maybe he can grow a bit here, since only a complicit idiot could fail to notice that the court  decision was a complete rebuke of dlnr


There is nothing in Article II (or elsewhere in the Constitution) that prevents states from making the decision now that winning the national popular vote is required to win the presidency.


https://www.yelp.com/biz/denver-deep-dish-denver-3

i've heard good things about this place linked above  ... but I'll always LOVE this place linked below, Chicago treated me RIGHT, I love Denver too, but Chicago is where I got my start in life :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_KkgPRo4wA

May Illinois FINALLY legalize 420, it ain't right the great people of Chicago have to suffer like this ...


But I guess you would have to agree that, if the 1990s were so crippling, it must have been because of the fiscally inept Progressive Conservatives in Alberta?


Civil rights movement?  That is a sick joke.  It is a hate group that encourages the murder of police officers.  Disgusting.


Landeaux, are you missing something?  No you are not.  Said another away, several generations ago a person could make a living, support a family without speaking English or without an education because they had a strong back.  As well they were responsible for their own health care, housing, and educating their children did not cost much.   As well Canada was a developing nation with untapped rural and natural resources.   That world no longer exists and Ibbitson's statements do not reflect the financial burden on the country today.  Ibbitson is implying the Country will grow economically as it did in the early part of the last century with immigration.   But that is false.


It is tiresome and insulting to be constantly told to "respect" religious beliefs. I can respect your right - your right - to believe anything under the sun, but, I cannot respect beliefs incumbent in that right that defy nature and common sense. Winged horses, virgin births, facial hair mandated by your god... sorry, not different from fairies and unicorns.


So when you say you "tried" the food, don't you mean you called and asked what the chowder tasted like and if no one would talk to you, you said you would just write whatever you wanted?


I don’t disagree that there are falsehoods and self-interest on both sides.  But if I were forced to choose between the lesser of two evils, I do not believe I would side with Trump.


Seeing the outcomes in the elections of 2000 and 2016, those expectations no longer fit our time in history. Better to respect the Framers for what they accomplished in their time, and  continue to follow the country's arc toward greater democracy as I illustrated above.


20 years ago this was a well known fact. My parents taught my sisters to scream as loud as you can, no matter what, and just scream and kick.  I pity the fool who would try anything on them. My issue is, why is this still news worthy? This should be common sense, taught by parents to their children.


lol


As I understand it (and I may be wrong here but this is what I read elsewhere), the problem with proposed shield is that it works a little like the F-35 - i.e., not at all and won't be working anytime soon.


Missouri prisons are state-operated and non-profit. So in Missouri profit isn't a reason, though it may be elsewhere.


True Alaskans would be shocked to find out how many of our politicians come from the Biggest Oil States! and when their done screwing over our state they go home to their real home state.


A lot of spices can be problematic because of contaminants, such as heavy metals and even things like mouse droppings.   If irradiated, the metals carry the radiation and can cause problems.


Predictions:
.
Assuming the US democracy survives until 2020, ...
.
Donald Trump's legacy:
Making even Republicans admit how truly outstanding President Obama was.
.
Donald's next greatest achievement will be to answer the question:
Is it possible to be a worse president than George W. Bush?


On the topic of rental supply, please consider this. We want more supply. We want to encourage it, not discourage it. Then consider, among the huge, *already-existing* pre-1991 housing stock (in Toronto and elsewhere), the many owners who would like to earn income by letting self-contained units in their houses, or even a second house. Were it possible for them to do so easily, there would be NO ten-year wait for renters to occupy these already-existing spaces. They could be on the market almost immediately. Why aren't they? Look no further than the oppressive rent controls that prevent potential landlords from becoming actual landlords. For one thing, they can't raise their rents by more than the cost of living without cutting through miles of red tape. For another, prohibitions against ending a lease for any but the extremest of reasons makes them quake in their boots.

If rent controls on ALL properties, both post- AND pre-1991, were abolished, the shortage of supply would vanish.


Other than an ad hominem attack on his character do you have a single counterpoint to what he's said, consistently, since 2010? Or are you another hypocrite that hated Obama but wants to vote for the EXACT same thing? Face it. People like you are the reason we're $20 TRILLION in debt. You pal. Just vote for Sanders next time. You'll be more honest. OR let the free market work.


The key point is that the Saudis
used an armoured vehicle against its own people.
Where the vehicle is made is immaterial!!!
The pretty well could have used one from Tim-Bock-3!!!


Not every tragedy is an invitation to wave your flag or declare yourself a victim.


To bad the officer didn't rid society of this dirt bag. It would have been a justified shooting.


Yes, let's protect foreign invaders at all costs.  The fact that many commit more crimes, pay no taxes, and take opportunities meant for legal residents and US citizens is somehow irrelevant.  I think it's criminal when any public official makes protecting illegal aliens a priority - I'm sure that doing so is not in their job description.


A noble sentiment to be sure.  I understand the ferry hasn't run on time reliably since the Tokitae entered service.  I understand all the excuses WSF made have fallen by the wayside, leaving only the obvious - someone bought a ferry with too much capacity for the Mukilteo-Clinton run.  I understand both Port Townsend ferries were allowed to deteriorate the point they were unsafe and had to be pulled out of service immediately, with apparently no one the wiser.  So what deeper truth am I not understanding?


'
…the dog whistle still needs work.
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Now available to the general public on iPhone X!


Absolutely not, if the Liberals break their promise that's completely on them; just like every promise that every party has made and broken has been solely their responsibility.  The previous government is at fault for pulling this crap to begin with.  Harper literally violated the constitution by trying to push this through behind closed doors.  He literally tried to throw OUR tax dollars at the USA in what can only be thought of as the rawest defence procurement deal in history.  The Liberals are now on the hook for getting us out of Harper's mess.  They've promised to do so, if they don't follow-through on that promise, in my book they're as guilty as the Conservatives.


Too bad Alli didn't mention Arctic Cycles! It's a family run business in Anchorage that is the original guide and rental of winter and fat bikes for over 20 years! Waaaay before anybody else did this! They have the Evolution of the Fat Bike museum & also rent with studded tires. ArcticCycles.com


I'm not sure which article is a worse example of the shallowness of Catholic thought on the left, MSW's or Tom Reece's most recent entry.

Weathervane tendencies. Reveals a lot.


Last week Obama canceled a meeting with the president of the Philippines, who had called him something "uncivil." Poor Obama. But Obama had tried to tell the Philippines that they can't kill drug dealers. Arrogant and misguided on Obama's part.


RD, I know that you, and people like you, just want to pretend that all race problems were solved decades ago, but if last year's presidential election proved anything it is that the oldest chronic poison in the American system is still with us.  Indeed, the poison is back with renewed strength.  If you want to just ignore the problem, as you clearly do, don't expect us to follow your "lead."


Are employees at private companies allowed to take cash from suppliers or customers?


Maui, Kauai and Big Island Visitors Bureau gotta be loving this Rail project.  Even more so if this Rail ever has a train on it...


No need, the SCOTUS has done a good job of defending both the 2A and the 4A as of late. I misunderstand nothing, the SCOTUS and I and more importantly the BoR are all pretty much on the same page when it comes to this issue.


If we were talking about baseball teams, you might have a point,  but since we are talking about kids' educations, the paradigm is completely different.


As President & CEO at CARNIVAL CORP, Arnold W. Donald ONLY made $9,881,820 in total compensation last year.

<sarcasm on>  I doubt he can afford to kick in anything.  <sarcasm off>


Better to take our medicine and go through hard times. We did it before under Ralph and we came out much the better for it. Debt is a millstone around your neck. The lefties might not like the taste of the medicine but they better cowboy up and swallow or put on a life jacket and hope the NDP can continue to borrow their way out of debt.  They taken us from AAA down to A+ making interest payments high and in a climate where they are already rising.


"Trouble is, we’ve gone down that road about as far as we can. We already have a highly redistributive tax system."

Since Wente doesn't bother to differentiate between Canada, the U.S., or the rest of the world, perhaps she could explain why the top 1% of the U.S. collectively owns more wealth than the bottom 90%.


as a corollary,  a high tax regime always tax the 99% heavily.  Look at the Nordic countries.


I think it is you that needs to come out of your bubble.  Shame you no longer believe in state rights but only in the power of the federal government.  Of course this will probably change if democrats get in?

I think I have been fairly consistant over the years. I am against big government telling me what I can and cannot do.  You republicans don't seem to mind as long as the president is republican.

And I don't care if republicans won so many elections.  I know this will soon change like when GW's budget actually comes out or the deficit after his first year in office. If the republicans succeed in giving tax cuts to the rich, no way the deficit is coming down.  Enjoy the red ink Papa.  lol


Mortons's fork, between Scylla and Charybdis, a rock and a hard place.
The state is not helping anyone in the long run.


This might result in a Canadian, rather than an international, union. Does it not seem strange that as business becomes more multinational unions become less?


Because in a rent control situation landlords are not permitted to raise their prices to match the market increases arising from dwindling supply.  Market prices of space go up generally, but rental space does not.


Putin's puppet will continue these treasonous attacks on the U.S.republic,people and institutions until he's done catastrophic damage to the fabric of our nation.


Oh my god, yes!  But marriage does the same thing. So does allowing men in night clubs, or for that matter, anywhere.  Because, you know men = rape.


"Canada can only deport to country of origin, the US."

These refugees aren't American.  We can't FORCE the US to accept non-Americans.  I don't know where you got the idea that was possible.  The US is well within their rights to refuse to take these refugee claimants back.
The ONLY place we could reasonably deport them to is their country of origin, which is NOT the US.  They are refugee claimants in the US, but it is NOT their origin.  Attempting to insult me won't alter the reality that Canada cannot send these people back to the US if the US refuses to take them.

Do you even know WHY they are coming across illegally?  Have you looked up the relevant law?  It's amazing how many people are horribly informed about what's happening.  I'll count you among them.


Go home.


As expected, big words by Washington Compost:
"a dramatic defeat for President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan"

In fact it may not be defeat at all, much less a dramatic one. Let Obama Care die its own death, as it inevitably will, over time, for time is on GOP side.


OMG elksheriff6, you one heartless buggah


Do you not understand how much your Black Rifles frighten and terrify people?    There is no legitimate reason for owning such a gun.   They are not used in target shooting, or hunting either.   They are just designed to commit mass murder.

You have no legal right to own your rifles.   They are only meant to be used by the military and law enforcement.


Slogans like, be an adult  may seem just talk but I can assure you they are not. I know some things about change but certainly not all there is to know in regards to overcoming life challenges and especially those that accompany pathology. But, after 45 years in the mental health profession and several dozen clients who were court ordered or opted for therapy to seek a reduced sentence, it's this basic level of adult expectations and self responsibility that provides a beginning foundation for change.  Anger, disappointment, rage, depression, hate for self and others...and blame. Initially visiting any and all of those elements until reaching some degree of understanding and insight of ownership. And then the therapy for change and acceptance of responsible behavior begins. Long for some but with a no excuse model, a shorter time for others. But rest assured, taking ownership and doing the right thing independently is a powerful thing to see. All on their own - no blaming or excuse.


Why so repugnant? Check your facts and try again.

"...and will to the best of my ability, which is terrific ability, by the way. Everyone agrees, I have terrific ability. So there's no problem with my ability, believe me, the likes of which the world has never seen before..."
-Agent Orange


I don't know if LW3 lives near new MIL.  But, if she does maybe she should sit down face to face and talk to the woman.  Clear the air about this whole thing.


This article completely misses the point: MJ use, when balanced levels of THC/CBD are consumed, is a voluntary method to calibrate the endocannabinoid system, one of the most important medical discoveries of the 21st century. Yet it is easy to see why The Globe would wish to disparage MJ use, as it poses a grave threat to Big Pharma, and to scientific orthodoxy by revelaing the brain and body have natural repair kits, built-in mechanisms of protection and regeneration which can (and do!) ease pain, mend damaged nerves and brain cells.

Ironically, U.S. and CDN governments' unending search for harmful proerties of MJ have yielded astonishing scientific insights that serve only to validate the herb's therapeutic  utility. By stimulating Cb-1 & Cb-2 receptor signaling, MJ functions as a substitute "retrograde messenger" that mimics the way our bodies try to maintain balance (214, Smoke Signals, by Martin A. Lee).


This vote had nothing to do with the 9/11 families seeking more money that the same Congress gave them soon after losing their family members to the tune of $1.8 million each.  It's an election year and shame on the 9/11 activists.  If this bill had come up on an off election year, it'd likely have failed.  President Obama and other congressional members that are concerned about future implications have a right to be concerned.  Why?  Because it's our taxpaying middle class that'll be expected to shoulder the potential financial lawsuits coming from other nations harmed by US bombings.


Don't know why you first posting was deleted but I'll add from the FBI stats: "Males were convicted of the vast majority of homicides in the United States, representing 90.5% of the total number of offenders." So no matter what you think of a person's position, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that 'men have issues' and safe to say, I think, it revolves around the inability to handle anger.


He has denigrated them for PLAYING HIS OWN WORDS, then says that he didn't say that.  Unfortunately most of the serious Trump supporters can't see him for the lying gasbag that he really is.


Only about 30 years too late...and now they want $149.50 per ticket. Give me a break. Maybe if you cared about local fans when you were big, but now, you don't deserve that kind of money.


The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour.  If trump had done what any responsible person in his position would do and paid attention to briefings he would have known he was breaking protocol and set everyone in a frenzy.  One can only imagine what his ignorance will spawn in the next four years.  On another note, what's with china telling the U.S. who they can and cannot speak to?


"Well I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music, they say the ladies are insane...."


I guess we’re all supposed to be grateful that the new price merely triples the cost, rather than 6 times the amount. Speculation is that this action is a preemptive strike against a competing generic.


The trauma never goes away it stays with the victim. In Alaska rather than get some healing Instead of help Native people got more trauma and were denied the services promised to them, they still are. How many agencies in Alaska are trauma-aware? I know Brother Francis Shelter is not, they are trauma causing and so is the city.


Trump still seems to think he is running his own Company, where he is surrounded by lapdogs who must enact every one of his "brilliant" whims.


Good. And why do they need TWO law firms to represent them? Paying one is not enough? I'm tired of these yahoos playing fast and loose with the People's money, while crying We're Broke! like plates at a second hand store! As long as this sort of spending is going on, coupled with oily subsidies, the People are never going to believe it. Chicken Little is governing Alaska!


Kim Jong Un isn't posting on these boards.....


So if Gary Johnson had been on the debate stage tonight, would he stick his tongue out again?


Yes it is a tax deferral - but my point was that given her current income level she there is a good probability that her tax rate in her earning years will be equal to or higher than when she starts RRIF withdrawals.  Compared to say someone in their 40s who is earning $50K and is unlikely to see a lower tax rate in retirement.


from dc? doesn't much surprise me.


Don't expect others to do your research for you.
You're the one making the claim. The burden of proof is on you.


Think what you want about their demands, but that statue was a brilliant move. Iconic.


I, for one, stand as a proud Canadian once again.

Why let pesky things like the truth stand in the way of our illustrious heritage?

Ms Beyak, we salute you.  We look forward to the day when you reveal the luxurious conditions in Japanese internment camps, the philanthropy of the CPR in hiring Chinese to build our railroads, and the remarkable advantages offered those in indentured servitude in the early days of Upper Canada.


Pew often lists pentecostal churches within evangelical churches and so gives an erroneous statistic when it does.

The Southern Baptists Churches -are Evangelical and have fallen a lot over the last decade.

Many Pentecostal churches on and off of TV have female pastors - there are several in Massachusetts.  You are simply incorrect on this figure.


You are talking to a highly educated person from a highly educated family, Freeheels. It is a fact, that we are human in and out of the womb. Too many uneducated people who don't want the guilt of murder say it is not so.


I rented downtown, too. No need for a car, but I had to sleep with a pillow over my head! Tradeoffs can be a bit ch.


Hi AAJ.  I don't recall addressing the issues you raise in your reply, so you have me a bit confused here.  But if I venture a guess, I would only say that I always appreciate even small efforts made to do what is right and long overdue.  I fully expect now that our bishops will do more of this.  A letter is better then nothing, yes?


Now they can all go back


I occasionally overhear people jokingly talk about how much the hockey team sucks. Which is not a joke.

Why does UAA choose to support a program that "sucks" at what they do, sucks $1.3 million of their budget, while eliminating their best student-athletes, on a FAR smaller budget?


Give it up, Mr. Brena, the only people in your corner don't appear to know much about business either.


I answered the substance of this in response to another post above, so I'll keep this short. If this is the case, then there is no need for political parties, and they should be banned. I know, above, you stated that you think banning them would be more extreme than necessary, but if things actually work the way you think they do, there is no need for them. They muddy the waters, and confuse issues where confusion is not necessary. They should not be permitted.

My personal view is that the actual operation of politics in this country, the way in which our politicians behave within their parties, is far more nuanced than this, and that our system should more accurately reflect the way people intend their vote to be counted. However, if we're not prepared to do this then the Elections Act should state that people running for office must have no party affiliation.


I remembered when the city of Honolulu had an overwhelming homeless problem where city parks were taken over by the homeless, major stretch of sidewalks were overtaken by the homeless, beaches were overtaken by homeless. It got to the points where kids were walking on roads because sidewalks got tents, can't play in the playgrounds due to huge amount of feces all over and finally, a liberal city of Honolulu run by liberal Democrats, ran out of patience with their enabling and began to make life very uncomfortable for the homeless, to a point where homeless actually began to seek help, aids and going to homeless shelters because HPD (Honolulu Police Dept) was running them out consistency. ACLU protested weakly because they are the natural allies of city and state governments of Hawaii and this was one battle, they really didn't want to get involved. Key lesson? Don't make homeless comfortable since that will only enabled them be homeless.


First off, the totality time indicated in the RG map is misleading. The totality is of about 2 minutes duration, not 12 minutes. There will be many, many people in the path of totality, coming from out-of-state, even out-of-country and there will be a large concentration of them in the Madras area. It is already too late to obtain lodging in motels, hotels or campgrounds in the totality path. There may be a few, but price gouging has already began, even in towns outside of the path. I say this based upon many phone calls months ago. Your best approach would be staying overnight on the 20/21 with a friend or relative located in the path of totality, so that you can view it that morning. The totality experience is completely different to a partial experience, so it is worth your trouble, but the traffic will definitely be a problem that morning. Get solar eclipse viewing glasses, which are available from reliable sources online.


Did the school you go to emphasize the comma much?


Wrong.  There will be gangs of liberal's with weapons who will kill and rape conservatives for their food to survive.   This is what will happen


"...nitrate in the water in 2016. It was not there in 2010. Usually this is the result of pesticides..."

Actually nitrites occur naturally in ground water and are not the result of pesticide application.

When nitrogen fertilizers are used to enrich soils, nitrates may be carried by rain, irrigation and other surface waters through the soil into ground water. Human and animal wastes can also contribute to nitrate contamination of ground water.

Perhaps the locals should be a bit more discriminating about where they relieve themselves.  What's that old Army saying?  Don't defecate in your own mess kit...


I drove by the accident early this morning.  It actually happened closer to 3:30 than 4:30.  I have no idea about the specifics of this accident but I can tell you that when driving southbound about an hour earlier the construction zone created a very dangerous environment.  There were signs funneling 3 lanes into one shortly before E-470 but no signs stating it was a work zone, to adjust speed, etc.  On top of that, about 1/4 of the cones that were put out were laying in the active lane and workers were walking along the very edges of the lane.  I don't disagree with anything said above in the comments but question if the blame is entirely on the driver(s) in this case.


I will be okay because as a former Nordic Warrior I pray to Thor on a regular basis. I just have to remember to hold on to the sword


At least he was still in office.  Trump will for sure be gone in 2026.


in continuance: perhaps an example would make this more clear: If you have a female receptionist being refused to speak during board meeting, this is clearly not sexist, because the receptionist, regardless of gender, is not a member of the board and has no right to speak during the meeting. However, if a female board-member is not allowed to voice her opinion during the board meeting and is constantly interrupted by her male colleagues and, if her male colleagues are not treated similarly, one could plausibly claim sexism.

If you are to be taken seriously as a writer, you must learn to distinguish between like and unlike scenarios. It may be profitable to try and push a "liberal hypocrisy" narrative, but at least make some attempt at intellectual honesty while doing so.


I hope anyone left with two brain cells to rub together can see just how destructive partisan media has become.

I would argue a full 90% of the idiocy that passes for 'news' or public opinion these days is total garbage. "Muslim compounds in Alaska", "Government FEMA concentration camps".

Mark my words. When we can't even agree on the same set of facts, the wheels are about to come off.


So...the ones who don't move away from the traditional understandings of the faith to embrace your novelties are the divisive ones. Got it.


Well said Richard!  I've come up with a moniker for our new Main Street   ---- "The Cleveland Crawl."   Crawling along, it's obvious why Mr. Schutz removed his campaign signs there.


Hope and pray that whatever the facts are the truth comes out and justice is served.


Anything British combined with electrical/electronic is ... well ... I won't go there  .-)


Forgive me for pointing out the obvious Mathias (a German name, of all things), but genocide is genocide, mein herr.

Oh, and they accounted for a minimum of 6000 dead according to the TRC.  Possibly more, but they can only account for 6000 for certain.  I would like to include all those who died after leaving school -to misadventure and suicide- which would tie in to their experieince at the school, but that would be a wild guess.


Regarding: "Some_employers_deliberately_hire_undocumented_workers_so_they_can_pay_them_less,_ignore_overtime_rules_and_report_those_who_make_trouble."
- Yes, these are the employers that need to be remanded to the justice department and other law enforcement agencies.


Oh tell me more! Go on....you seem to know the real answers. Please share!


Sit, watch and listen - Trump is making great progress in turning the country around from the past, abysmal, eight + years. He has been in office less than 30 days and all the whiners are out in force, because they can't handle losing. Well, did you see those who lost in 2008 and 2012 whining in the press, demonstrating and terrorizing the streets? No. Maybe when the Lib Dems actually take a look at how irresponsibly foolish they act, they may begin to reconstruct their party. Until then, the R's will gladly add to their overwhelming local, state and federal leads.


May the Lord help us!
Indeed!
The hierarchy won't!


Reminds me of the old saying where even a blind pig eventually finds an acorn. Blind Democrats are still looking.


Well said.

We can expect that message metadata will be ( or, is) captured and analyzed by governments to identify specific targets for further ... action. Taking that as a given, we can expect motivated parties to build their own comms networks to protect message metadata. It's possible now in dense urban catchment areas, with advances in wireless tech (and the coming price decline in launching your own satellite) wider area private comms becomes more possible. Pretty soon only the dispossessed  will be easily mass surveilled; just another brick in the divide.


I'm sure there's many that will gloat over the embarrassment this is causing Trump. But everyone should think about the implications. Obviously, someone in US intelligence agencies is leaking confidential information to the media. Is it just a rogue agent, or a plot by a group to discredit the president? Either way, the public should be alarmed. It's a bad sign when members of a security force attempt to act politically,

When you're given confidential security information, the question you must always, always, ALWAYS ask is: what aren't they telling you? For example, do US intelligence agencies have equally embarrassing phone records on Hillary Clinton? You'll never know because they're secret, just like Trump's records were supposed to be secret. By selectively leaking only the information they want you to have, intelligence agencies can shape public opinion. That's a very serious matter.


Having spent twenty years in uniform and even having associated with both field grade and flag rank officers, I find your belief in the eagerness of any of them to risk a charge of treason by disobeying a lawful order by the President of the United States, naïve at best and ludicrous at worst.

A properly encrypted authenticated order from the "National Military Command Center" is not subject to debate (or delay) by subordinates.

Those with the launch codes  are actually psychologically evaluated to make sure that they will launch if ordered to do so.

The OPLAN 8010-12 "Strategic Deterrence and Force Employment". put in by Obama is basically a menu of options depending on targets.

 "The base plan (OPLAN 8010) is thought to be directed against six potential adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and WMD attacks by non-state actors."

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2013/04/oplan8010-12/

If the President orders a launch, there will be a launch.


The cost of a referendum would likely be higher than the carbon tax in its first year or two. The carbon tax BC brought forward years ago has not harmed the economy; rather BC has the strongest economy in Canada.  The amount that gas goes up and down at the pumps completely obscures whether there's a carbon tax or not, at least for consumers.  The price just jumped about 9 cents a litre this week where I live.  Pure profit motive for gas retailers.  Why don't you ask for a referendum on that?

Referenda don't guarantee any application of intelligence or knowledge, but just strong opinions, many uninformed.  Why do we want government to rule by uninformed popularity contests that reflect our most selfish instincts?  I think we elect people to try to get at the best plan.

What the world needs of us is actually a higher carbon tax, sooner, and no expansion of fossil fuel extraction.  Maybe you should count your blessings that Trudeau lacks the courage to do what's needed.


These kind of people have totally missed the point of bird watching.  They've made it into an ego-driven pissing contest.  These clowns ruin bird watching.  They are just trust fund rich kids with too much time on their hands. It costs a lot of money to travel to the far ends of the earth to bird watch, so only the rich can afford to do it.  Therefore, it is an accomplishment of money, NOT talent.  It's just a bunch of Napoleon complexes running around saying "look at me! look at me!."  # Narcissism.


Actually the first known inhabitants on the North Slope were the Dorset people who are now extinct. And no. Recent genetic studies have conclusively shown that there was no mixing between the Dorset and any other people who've lived there since. Oh, and the Dorset did not rely on marine mammals to the degree today's residents in the American Arctic do.  Here's an interesting blurb from Wikipedia:
 "Inuit legends recount them driving away people they called the Tuniit (singular Tuniq) or Sivullirmiut (First Inhabitants). According to legend, the First Inhabitants were "giants", people who were taller and stronger than the Inuit, but who were easily scared off. Scholars now believe the Dorset and the later Thule people were the peoples encountered by the Norse who visited the area.", and "There appears to be no genetic connection between the Dorset and the Thule who replaced them, indicating a lack of intermarriage.".

Readers digest version?  Genocide of the Dorset people.


That's the way how the Ontario Liberals do things.  Nothing to see here.


Sorry Piper, for the past several years the GOP has controlled the Congress, The State houses, and the Supreme Court. Now you know the truth about why we are screwed up. Quit whining and man up.


Dear Mr. Mitchell,

Were you in the court during the entire trial? If not then at least please take the time to check all your facts before publishing negative and harmful information about an individual, as I am sure you would not appreciate it if someone else published harmful information about you that were based on lies. My attorney sent you a letter with all the facts in this matter in electronic as well as mail, may I ask why you did not publish that?


Then Canada broke that protocol by sending the architect of Ontariowe’s fiscal train wreck and defacto PM Gerald Butts…….


Donald Trump claims he is trying to "Make America Safe Again". Actually you are more likely to commit a crime, it's a fact. Of the 4,367 shootings in Chicago in 2016 how many were committed by undocumented immigrants? Of all the mass killings in the past 2 decades how many were committed by undocumented immigrants? Even those involved in 911 all were legally here in the USA. It isn't undocumented immigrants who are laying in the streets, breaking into your homes or autos those are US Citizens.

Mean spirited? When children, US Citizens, come home from school to find there mother and father are not home but have been arrested, that is Mean Spirited. When a family has lived in the US for decades, paying taxes, committed no crimes, but when the wife comes home to find her husband has been arrested, that is Mean Spirited.

The majority of undocumented people want to stay under the radar, they don't make waves, they want exactly what you want, a home and a safe place to raise their kids.


I dunno about that. There are more than enough Kadr supporters prepared to give him a free ride, on top of his $10.5 m, for preparing IED's targeting Canadian/Allied troops.


I am wondering why this article of more then two months old, is still being posted by ADN??


Mark Kelly may know a lot about space---but that's it.  He and his wife are clueless when it comes to guns .  No law written on paper can stop these incidents .  Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in American and ten times as many that died in Las Vegas die there every year .  Criminals won't obey any gun laws, and will always have guns . The only thing gun control laws will do is keep law abiding people from buying guns .  The night of the shooting in Vegas over 150 million American gun owners hurt no one .  So far , from what we can tell , the Vegas shooter would have passed any back ground check that would have been given to him.  People snap---no gun background check can stop that. That's why Kelly and his wife are clueless on the issue .  What has been the latest killing tool of the crazy and terrorists ?  Cars and trucks . Does Kelly and his wife want background checks for them as well ?  Good luck with that . How does he plan to stop millions of motorists ?


To be fair, Walker clearly needs a great deal of assistance, and I'd imagine the typical 26 year old has more sense than him.


I like this guy..Great ideas.


Seems like Constructive Termination.


Let's please not get started on the futile climate change debate.

I think the real issue that we should be concerned about is the huge amount of hype that preceded this storm before it even hit Florida mainland and still ongoing today.   Mainstream media (MSM), led by CNN, had everyone believe that Irma was going to be a  catastrophic "nuclear" event of epic proportions.

Truth be told, what happened in Florida  has nothing to do with the real devastation that took place in several Caribean islands such as St. Martins and Barbuda.  THAT'S the REAL story.  And yet, all eyes are turned to the Sunshine State where things are not really as bad as expected, let's be honest... not even close in fact.

In the aftermath of Irma, one needs to ask questions about what really happened.  Which stories are true and which ones are gross exaggerations?    Enough with drama queen news reporters literally blowing in the wind to get everyone's attention, seriously. Fake news.


Jesus did not celebrate the Last Supper [a Passover Meal] in Latin or Hebrew.  He spoke in Aramaic----the vernacular language of the Jewish people.  In the early Christian house churches [1st century to the very early 4th century], the people used THEIR vernacular language to celebrate THE MEAL which was the First Name for the Liturgy.

There were no churches before Constantine.


NAFTA is a key to our prosperity - and theirs too. Throwing political sand in the face of our most important trading partner and "best friend" doesn't make much sense to me. We haven't done it for decades. Why now? For a political show? Stability and prosperity should be more important than political shows.


Lets face it any kind of religion is not conducive to learning.  If you want your kids to pray, which personally I would never inflict on a young mind, then have them go to a Mosque or a Church.  Schools and the tax payer dollars are allocated for learning and should be used for that, not praying.

Honestly this is out of hand now.  Time to shut down this foolishness.


Richard,,,,there are only a handful of scientist, not thousands.  Actually it works out to 1%. This is the same proportion of scientist who deny evolution.  These handful of scientist are pretty smart, but they are restricted by their adherence to a particular religion, typically Christian, mainly "born-againers" or have politcal leanings.   Actually the consensus is pretty overwhelming.


Democrats embrace Clinton,  is this news?

Only news until the Dems decide to take the ear plugs and blinders off~NOT

Don't hold your breath as I would rather have you vote than die~as conservatives actually have to be breathing to vote.


I think it depends on the personality type.  I, like the author, am easily bothered by injustice and frequently have to rein my ego in from frantically solving everyone's problems all the time.  For me, the article was very meditative and centering, reminding me that God, not I, am the Source of all good and justice.  However, there are other personality types that are much more laid back, avoidant of conflict and not bothered easily enough, for whom an article like this is a poison pill.  We must apply the correct remedy to the correct diagnosis and your meditation is better for the latter group.


Hilarious that Trump (unproven multi-billionaire) won't even pay the legal bills for the idiots his corruption got him into. Trump ruins everything he touches. Karma.


As major banks in America stopped lending him money following his many bankruptcies, the Trump organization was forced to seek financing from non-traditional institutions. Several had direct ties to Russian financial interests in ways that have raised eyebrows. What’s more, several of Trump’s senior advisors have business ties to Russia or its satellite politicians. “The Trump-Russia links beneath the surface are even more extensive,” Max Boot wrote in the Los Angeles Times. “Trump has sought and received funding from Russian investors for his business ventures, especially after most American banks stopped lending to him following his multiple bankruptcies.”
"Three of Trump’s top advisors all have extensive financial and business ties to Russian financiers," wrote Boot, the former editor of the Op Ed page of the Wall Street Journal and now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Asked about his fondness for Putin, Trump tweeted, “I have ZERO investments in Russia,”


Many people believe the right of a woman to chose what she does with her body is fundamental.  Even more important than any rights of an unborn child within her.   For these people, they would want to elect highly obstructionist politicians to prevent laws being passed invading.this right of choice.  For many of these people, there is no room for negotiation.  To not obstruct such laws is political failure.

 Many people believe that if the government is ordered to stand down or doesn't have the resources or ability to assist in the protection of life and property, then people will be left to fend for themselves.   For these people, the right of self defense is fundamental.  These people want the proper tools and training to meet their adversary.  Confiscation will never be acceptable.  For many of these people, there is no room for negotiation.  To not obstruct such laws is political failure.

In the examples above, obstructionists are working diligently for their causes.


I thought that whine seemed familiar.


So you're saying why lock your doors because a bandit will find a way around it?


Yet another sad story of how our elected leaders have failed us.  First we have a anti-business climate in general and even worse for medical business practitioners.   New doctors do not want their own clinic or to take over one, they want a hospital job because the barriers to run a business are "onerous".  Second our State Insurance Commission has failed to monitor large health care insurance companies such as HMSA.  The general theme there are numerous insurance companies with different rules and processes but their common theme is they try to find ways not to pay.


It's not the Electoral College I object to here, it's the author's use of the word "mandate". Simply put, more voters wanted Clinton to be president than Trump. That in no way represents any sort of groundswell to break our system.


# Not my Congressman". or Congresswoman.

 In the future, watch how these two shameless politicians act when,they are gonna want something from this administration.Like maybe more money for The Rail? And Not get it ?
 What comes next is obvious,these two will again blame Trump for their failures in Washington,to get anything done for Hawaii.Listen up Mazie and Brian, you're NOT HELPING GUYS!

Who's to blame?
Well you can thank yourselves, the Democrat voters,for getting nothing done, you own these two candidates.  You elected these two buffoons into office, and you can bet your life,the (D) voters of Hawaii will Again vote for them . Can you spell insane?
 Just a last shout out to both Mazie and Brian. "YOU ARE NOT HELPING'! Not helping at all! ............Funny though,when it comes to doing their jobs? Is the complete opposite,it's more like  getting paid for NOT doing your job. IMUA!


Here are the facts: the majority of retail and institutional investors over the long term will do better in stock investments by using index investing consistently (assuming you invest in the major indices) rather than by trying to be stock pickers or worse yet, trying to figure out which active money managers will be the best performers. So says Stuart Lucas, the heir to the Carnation fortune in his book "Wealth, Grow It, Protect It, Spend It and Share It".  Even if active money managers could beat the market, you still have the drag of costs of management subtracted from their performance plus any capital gains taxes attracted by trading.
It is true that an active money manager may in certain times do better than the market but there's no way to consistently identify who those money managers will be.


I'm so happy everything worked out fine! I myself gave birth to #4 at home not  planned that way 😬 we were right around the corner from Providence!! He's 31 now but yep when it time it's time!! Congratulations!!


Any inclusion of Native American Nations (Arapaho, Cheyenne, Ute, etc.)?  Any inclusion of French fur trappers?  Any inclusion of the buffalo, who by the thousands once roamed the Plains?  Any inclusion of cattle ranchers?  Any inclusion of dry-land farmers and the soddies which they built on the High Plains?  Prospecting for gold was only one part of the West.


Terrorists, and those who laud them, don't like the "Five Eyes" one bit.


You said that a whole lot better!!


Having trouble with the truth that you burned your own house down?


I sincerely hope they have something good. Americans buying Health Insurance desperately need some relief while allowing us all to keep our plans, and our doctors.


This is to those modern idealists thinking in so many words that the Western World deserves these attacks because of what they've done... whenever: The argument is that we ought first and foremost to publicly acknowledge our 'misdeeds.' Well, I for one agree with the premise insofar as theoretical exercises are concerned. Although the great challenge - insurmountable in my humble estimation - would be the scope to which one would retroactively involve the analysis, i.e., human history and pre-history is rife with one clan, gang, tribe, kingdom, land, state, nation... DESTROYING some other group of equal or lesser or greater population. Would descendants of the Visigoths need to make reparations to modern day Italians? The fallacy seems clear. Is my English sister a worthy target because her great great uncle twice removed once stuck a bayonet in some guy's liver? What say you...


How did you get a picture of Roy and Trump together? That's brilliant.


Check closely and I'll bet a disgruntled NDP member leaked half backed claims to the police and press. More Trump style alternative facts and it's going to cost all tax payers in BC while making lawyers wealthy yet again.


IRT ready2go: Take it easy on Trump; he is simply acting on the orders of Steve Bannon.


If you think this meeting was about orphans, consider this:

Veselnitskaya, the Kremlin lawyer who met with Kushner has also represented a Kremlin-backed, Cyprus-based Russian holding company, Prevezon, which reached a settlement in a case involving laundering $230 million that passed through Cyprus before being invested in New York real estate. Preet Bharara originally led the case against Prevezon, before he was forced to resign by Trump. Trump's Treasury Secretary, Wilbur Ross, was Vice-Chair of Bank of Cyprus as well as being one of its largest investors;  the other Vice-Chair was a former KGB official and Putin ally. The largest investor in corrupt Bank of Cyprus was Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian who bought a Florida mansion from Trump for $50 million more than Trump paid for it four years earlier. The Treasury Dept's FinCEN arm fined Trump's Taj Mahal $10 million for money laundering. Trump owes Deutsche Bank $300M; Deutsche Bank laundered billions through Cyprus.


Equally distressing, as quoted in the article the Ethics Commissioner bent over backwards, almost apologized, for finding him guilty.  She might as well have come right out and said "I tried every which way to find a way out of this but the evidence was so black and white that I had no choice".