I don't need to volunteer, I LIVE it. I have two kids whom have special needs.  They both have various behavioral issues, my oldest having more aggressive behaviors...though he's made great improvement in this area. I can't possibly explain to you in the comments section WHY he has these behaviors. NO, he's NOT a student at Mt. I. I can tell you that he certainly DOES have the right to an inclusive education. My husband and I pay the same tax dollars that you do, presumably. Not to mention that little thing called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. I didn't mean that inclusion is only beneficial to the special needs child, it is. But, it could also be beneficial to your children AND their families. With the Autism rates only getting higher (1 in every 42 boys now), some of whom (not all) will experience these behaviors. So, it's likely that it isn't ONLY in the classroom that your child will be exposed to other kids with behavioral issues.


Maybe not a hero in Bengal - but in his own country, yes - without question.

p.s. how was he responsible for feeding Bengal when Britain was practically at last gasp in a world war?


tis the season for republican tax reform. Oh no you didn't vote for democrats! Oh what will paul ryan do now? maintain that smirk on his face until trump gets impeached?


Legislation banning advertising directed at children is largely useless, since children today use Internet connected devices.

Quebecs advertising ban only works for television, radio and print. Anyone connected to the Internet can still see children targeted advertising because those ads originate from outside Canada which we can't control.

There is a solution, require all Internet enabled devices sold in Canada to have open access to the Root locked "Host file". And a pre-configured ad blocking Host file added.

I use a pre-configured Host file and never see advertising while surfing the Internet on any of my devices. The only hard part is rooting your device (smart phones and tablets) so you have access to the Host file. The Host file is easily to edit on laptops and PCs.


Puiwa vowed to escape again, saying you can not hold me and sticking his tongue out.


While you're counting that, it shouldn't be too hard to tally up Mormons, too, right, there on those documents?


congress needs to go on 'tour' more often, america would be better of if congress never convened........


I would say more: "CC's" are a source of constant self-censorship and the three questions about the weather in Mars or the funny heavy rain in the desert infuriating. BUT, PLEASE, DON'T GO AWAY! I beg, also: NEKO, please, stay!


For millennials it's all about celebrity.  They like the superficial, avoid depth, so Harper's days were over once Liberals chose the pot-smoking dude with the magic last name.  Says a lot more about Canadians of today than it does about Justin.


"I bet you wouldn't make that comment during one of your appearances where you would be laughed off the set."

Why would he be laughed off the set, it has been shown to be true?


Your point that growing income inequality as an issue worthy of more focus  is not a bad one.  But its really technology that is driving the problem.  It will only get worse as robots replace workers and even many professionals (consider robots doing surgery and software writing contracts).  The internet will become a source of atoms and algorithms enabling us to manufacture a car in our own garage.

This turns the theories of Karl Marx on their head-- capital rather than labour will become the source of all value.  We are  starting  to see the impact of this now.  So, I am not very persuaded by your pseudo Marxist focus on the 1% which smacks of an anachronism in the face of our current direction.    I suppose profit maximization is driving the technological revolution, and capitalism is the engine of that since it unleashes the creativity of humanity, but surely you are not a Luddite.

But I agree that we must find a way to pay out the technological social dividend fairly.


I never thought I would say this but here it goes, as a non Democrat I would vote for Senator Tokuda. At least she had the B@##S to stand up for the hard working Tax Payer and hold these incompetent elected officials accountable unfortunately she was outnumbered and it is business as usual.  It is time for a Federal Investigation into the corruption that runs rampant in this one party State.


What about the massive tax free gains due to the principal residence exempton on residential real estate in Toronto and Vancouver? So, it is ok for these residents to use this exemption to shelter their gains tax free, while business owners can't accumulate retained earnings for potential expansion of their business, smoothing business earnings or saving for retirement?  Small business owners support local economies across the country by employing people, buying local goods and services, and building capital to expand and start other businesses.  Meanwhile, our friends in hot real estate markets who have not done ANYTHING  to earn their wonderful tax free gain on their principal residence can move to a less economically buoyant area with their 1 million tax free, and retire smugly.  The small business owners in the rest of the country will continue to toil without this massive tax free infusion of cash.


Hey Sanders, a free people and a free press don't bow down to titles like 'general.' Where do you think you live, China, Russia? Read some of the history of your own country. Trump said  that awful thing, Wilson did not take credit for a building, you are all wrong, they are right, and proto-fascistic sabre-rattling doesn't magically change facts nor change the fact you've hooked your star to a disgrace and earned yourself a grim spot in the history books. Good luck with your legacy projects.


Once apon a time the Concert Association  brought new and innovative acts to Anchorage. I was particularly a fan of the former Discover Dance Program. What happened? They now focas on old tired established acts and rarely present anything that interests me.


Don't believe it.


Reasonable accommodations? - does that include retro fitting a room in a Catholic high school into a muslim prayer room for 24 students? (approx student population 1400).

BTW, there is no chapel in the school for the Catholic students, so how exactly do the 2 dozen muslims think they are owed a room?


Underground nuclear tests are completely different from actual use of thermonuclear devices in war.

Advocating the use of such weapons is prima facie evidence of your embracing the culture of death. So stop pretending you are "pro-life". You aren't.


Do you truly believe with Kelly in charge of the senate and the rest of the senate that did nothing last year that things will be different? Myers stepped aside but there is truly no change. Keep voting "R" and then bitch when they screw us again and you know they will.


Two thumbs up. Your on a roll...


Actually I've read Marx and Lenin and Mao and The Black book and a number of others, have you? That's the problem with most Democrats, they don't know they are communists or at least Socialists but then that's a distinction with little difference.


John, once again you might see why I never comment on this persons writings because they are composed of partial truths attempting to show something far different than a search of truth would take you.  HE/She is a great provider of FACTOIDS that are only an attempt to divide people by using less than truthful observations...


I guess that's why she was voted the most admired woman in the world for many years.


And they'll keep coming as long as we let them stay. They entered the USA, a safe country that is home to the world's largest immigrant/ refugee population; 68 million.  It is a place millions have run to not a place people run away from . Send 'em back


Smoke from a bunch of lightning caused fires and even most climatologists agreeing that a particular storm can not be attributed to climate change.


Odd that, …coming from one who has never 'gotten it'.


He sure did.  The TSX is the only market around the globe that's non performing.  What's the next move?  Raise interests rates some more?  These clowns at the helm ate some piece of work... gawd.  Meanwhile, as someone else pointed out in another post, the billionnaires keep getting richer at our expense.  Bye, bye middle class.


Apparently you missed the article the ADN put up about the "sixteen years" of trying to pass legislation where both the Democrats AND Republicans used dreamers are bargaining chips for broader/tighter/other legislation.  Let me try and find it for you.
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/09/05/after-16-futile-years-congress-will-try-again-to-legalize-dreamers/
"Democrats had a hand in the legislation's historical futility. For years, they used the DREAM Act as a bargaining chip to push for broader immigration legislation."
I hope I don't need to cite recent attempts at passing the DREAM act under Obama with a Republican led Congress?
I stand by what I wrote.  Politicians on both sides of the aisle have used dreamers as a legislative bargaining chip and now Trump has hypocritically done the same thing.


Look at the costs of supporting Zionism.

The 1917 Balfour Declaration promised Palestine to global Zionists in exchange for bringing the US into WW1, extending the Great War by two years and coating millions of lives.

The recognition of the betrayal leading to a democratically elected Nasi government in Germany in 1932. Between 1933 and 1939 global Zionist boycotts drove Germany to invade Poland. Millions more lives lost in WW2.

The declaration of the state of Israel in 1948 cost the last 69 years of Middle East conflict and millions of lives.

Why does the west support them? For what reason other than conspiracy is the evidence of science and history censored under threat of imprisonment?


Trump needed to pay attention to this matter long before now.

Lifting the Jones Act now is okay as far as that goes, but what Puerto Rico needs is a full mobilization of our relief efforts, the works.

Probably the most dire need is for heavy lift helicopters, why haven't our full efforts already been mobilized?

Trump was too busy working up his racist fellows to worry about more brown people, even if they were Americans.

Trump has got to be removed from office.  His actions are indefensible.

Plus, as has been pointed out by others here, he's a traitor about to be indicted.

Hurry up, Mueller, people are dying and Trump shouldn't be allowed to be the cause of any more death.


Your point has nothing to do with my article.

However, the woman did have a valid point-you don't leave valuables or property of value inside your car in a visible state. I avoid this if I leave something in someone's car myself.
As for her comment, I can see why she reacted to you the way she did.


In no way did Mr. Kristof justify terrorism, as you plainly say. Nor did Mr. Kristof say that Islamic terrorism is OK. You said that. In fact, Mr. Kristof didn't even say that guns are bad, you said that; nor did he say guns are "OK for Islamic terrorists to use ." Again, those are your words.

What Mr. Kristof did was to put the threat of Islamic terrorism into perspective among all the other threats we face in the US, and it turns out that Islamic terrorism is a minor threat indeed, compared to what US citizens themselves do to each other.


Good column!  Better than her average, which I always enjoy.  And I quite agree, this legislature's behavior is FAR beyond disgusting - one runs out of words to describe reaction to the foolish, disassociated, and self-centered conduct.  Sweep them out, and think 2xs before electing their like again


When the Conservatives come to power, the first item on the agenda should be to cancel all exorbitant green energy contracts. Governments have the power to introduce legislation to cancel contracts that are not in the best interests of the public, for those who think they can't. next up is to commit if needed to buying relatively cheap hydro power from Quebec. These two acts alone will help to bring down prices, with the goal of never ever entering into ridiculous contracts that produce little power and as it turns out is not even needed.


Doucet is not a spymaster. He is the one who runs the agency that makes sure our spies are not overstepping their powers.
Putting someone in charge of reining in spies who thinks spies can do no wrong seems a particular Harperian/Trumpian choice. Like putting a climate change denier in charge of the EPA.


Right. And I remember 25 cent a gallon gasoline and a brand new car was $3000. Apart from consumer electronics, virtually nothing costs less than it did "back when". Schools cost more to run and people keep moving in. Infrastructure not only needs repair but also needs to be maintained. Police and fire protection must grow and oddly, they will actually want occasional pay increases. Taxes are how we pay for things we all benefit from, even if indirectly.


As 2 kilos go by unnoticed because a celebrity had a vial with residue in it. Lol idiots.


Clinton said it ain't so? And what is that, like evidence or something? Nothing she says can be accepted as truth, NOTHING!


Biggest rebounds in school history? ...just may be depending on what happens tonight!


This is the best example of the 'pretzel effect' Saunders. You twist your narrative in myriad knots to mask the realities of the horrors in Iraq, Libya,  Afghanistan, Abu Graib,  the dead an dying, the refugees and displaced, and the hubris of the so-called coalition of the willing.


Relax Richard, I just turned down South Korea. You still have a shot.


Yup, John Belushi's maniacal ex girlfriend.


"More people equals more traffic."

Absolutely correct Brian.

So to help control the population I propose that in addition to repealing all growth subsides, the city should also provide free birth control.  And for those opposed to free birth control the city should provide mandatory sterilization.


Ah yes, the best defence is a good offence.  After Gary Mason came out with a scathing revelation of Liberal hacking of all of the big NDP platform policies the Liberals come out with an allegation of their own.  The Liberals are not to be trusted and should be turfed this May.  They have lost their credibility so many times.


polls rely on responses from individuals so you can lie when asked.  There is also something called the margin of error, which needs to be known so that you know how likely the result is.  Since most US polls do not include a margin of error, it is easy to get mislead.  Also in the US, the polls were right about the popular vote.  The electoral college is a different matter.  The smaller the poll (by state) the wider the margin of error.  Given how close the votes were in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, someone without an agenda like you would see that the polls were not terribly far off,


Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses all say TrumpDon'tCareAct no good.

The associations opposing the bill—who collectively represent thousands of religious, private, and public hospitals across the country—warn that Walden's bill, the TrumpDon'tCareAct, will create "tremendous instability" in the health care sector and "is likely to result in a substantial reduction in the number of Americans able to
buy affordable health insurance or maintain coverage."


I don't understand that whole idea of playing national anthems before sports events. They are, after all, just grown men playing children's games.


We? You admitted yourself that you live in Canada. You have no right to vote and whoever is President is so for the U.S. of A. If you love Trump so much and feel so connected to what the land of the free has become, then why not pack your bags and head south? Can't get a green card? Perhaps considered an undesirable? FYI, the U.S. went down the toilet under the Bush regime and now things are only going to get much, much worse. Not for Trump or his cabal of miscreants, but for the average Joe.


Good post. But attacking and insulting are antidotes to ennui.


New Memo of Understanding between Wheeler and Carlo (later author of Cell Phones:Invisible Hazards, quoted here):

_According to the limitations of the agreement, a number of important research efforts already under way had to be scrapped for lack of funds.

_Among them: 5 major epidemiological studies, a program to develop methods to certify the amount of radiation from phones, a program to evaluate the impact of cellular phone base stations...studies to examine the health impact of phones on implanted cardiac defibrillators, studies assessing the impact of wireless phone usage WHILE DRIVING, and 90-day exposure studies to assess the impact of wireless phone radiation on laboratory animals._ p138

But every time Carlo pressed Wheeler to fund these human health-effect studies, the CTIA president replied that the industry had committed to provide $25 million for research – and that was it.__ p139

Carlo wrote Wheeler: _It looks like we have some genetic damage to deal with._ p160


The same old tired rhetoric disguised as a fresh post from Harry. Time for a better hobby son.


Oh my aching head! What an opaque tangle the Hawaii Sheriff's Division is. As StoptheMadness notes, there is not likely more than one deputy in each of the roles at issue, but I challenge him/her to identify those individuals from resources available to the public. It's a challenge. Using the current DPS roster, lists of state employees & their salaries, and google, I may have identified one of those individuals. It seems the highest ranking/highest paid deputy sheriffs are sheriff deputies IV.  Presumably, these are the veterans who have worked their way through the system into command positions. Darryl Oku was a deputy III in July 2015 & now heads state capitol dispatch. His Linkedin profile lists his experience as "Executive Protection" & indicates he has been with DPS since September 1985.  He could easily be the "deputy sheriff who oversees sheriffs’ patrols at the state Capitol" or the "deputy sheriff in charge of the governor's security detail."


Sorry, that should be $500.000 thousand.  Inadvertently for got a zero. Now that I think about it, Why not just make the appropriation $1 million dollars and just forget about those pesky zero's.


JHC, Hank.  Paul has been a shill for Big Oil for decades.  Any project like this starts with a MOU.  Is this project more competitive that the projects from the Gulf Of Mexico?  You bet.  We have conventional, wet gas.  They have limited shale gas.  They have the Panama Canal to deal with- and the extortion that must be paid to the Government of Panama.  They have very hot conditions, we have much colder weather- ideal for making LNG more competitively.  We have shorter sailing distances.  Can a Gulf Coast project offer any of that?  Hell no.

Alaska's problem are the cheap, Republican politicians that do everything in their power to screw Alaskans and make sure our resources are controlled by Multi-national corporations.


I'm still waiting for Officer Damon Jackson to be arrested and charged for theft, false arrest, lying to a judge, and kidnapping. It's been over six months.... to be continued, I guess.


This whole "Russia influencing the election" story is utter nonsense... It didn't happen...
It was WikiLeaks who dumped the embarrassing John Podesta and Hillary Clinton e-mails.... and WikiLeaks didn't get their information from Russia.


And I hope that the rumor that you are a priest is untrue.

I don't think I have ever seen you post ONE thing that was not derogatory or dismissive of the Church, Catholicism, or faith.

Wow.


I suspect they forgot to include the "Read full story @ Dailynews.com" link


A good recommendation.  The committee should also expel those guilty of the egregious misuse of the people's money.


So you think that society is totally fair and unbiased between blacks and whites?


How can an obese person have good intentions when sitting on a child?


yawn


Hawaii loves to be first in the nation for this & that. Now there's one more on the list. Honolulu is the first major U.S. city without a Chief of Police for 6 months. Why don't they just pick one of the Deputy Chiefs to fill the position? You don't really need two of them.


Is there any way to find the names of who were rescued? Did the captain make it off?


Crust, of course.


If judges feel they are overworked, abused, have improper work conditions, they should change jobs! There is not one single reason for this CRIMINAL situation to occur!


The word Christian means "Little Christ's" and I don't really know who are Christians, but those who go to Church's that refuse to preach and teach Biblical truths would be highly suspect, like the Unitarian Church that gets all the local news coverage and several others that basically teach everybody goes to Heaven, that is not Biblical, nor is it true. I have no problem with them claiming they are a church, but they are not a Christian Church. You seem to believe everybody is right and nobody is wrong, I don't get it. It is very weird. I have a job where I deal with non-believing people all day long without preaching to them, you might be surprised.

Here are some names of people I follow, what are they ?

John Macarthur
Albert Mohler
RC Sproul
Alistair Begg
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitfield
John Wesley (Yes - Hark the Herald Angels Sing)
Augustus Toplady
Isaac Watts


In a sign some drugmakers might be worried about marijuana's impact, the company behind the powerful painkiller fentanyl recently poured half a million dollars into the campaign opposing full marijuana legalization in Arizona, one of the biggest-ever single donations to an anti-legalization cause.
You sure know what they care about. It isn't peoples lives. It's the bottom line.


Liberals = NDP


IRT Entrkn, as on Kauai and now the mainland and Puerto Rico with all the roofs blown off.  How would solar and battery storage work?


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S.Banks apologizes:

"Sorry, and you know it."

--

Well, now that you've said that you're sorry, I'll accept your apology.

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I'd be happier too....think they exacerbate the problems....and appeal to white supremicisist folks....

In this case..."less is definitely more".


I am sympathetic to the billions of people living in sub-par conditions all over the world, including Haitians, but that doesn't mean we can just absorb all of those who wish to improve their condition by coming here. I make substantial financial contributions to UNHCR and other international aid agencies, and am all for increasing foreign aid as long as it for effective programs.

And I don't blame them for trying to improve their lot, just the smuggling industry for exploiting them, and our policies encouraging them to do so by coming here.


Still trying to convince and brainwash us into believing this project is $$$,$$$ well spent. Hogwash!!!


Harry,
Medicare for All is the same as Medicare for those over 65.  It's a single-payer system eliminating the "middlemen"-the profiteering private insurance companies.  It's like the Canadian and Australian single-payer systems.  The doctors and hospitals are still private sector.  Whereas in the British healthcare system, the doctors and hospitals are public sector like our V.A. medical care system.
Now compare Medicare with "Trumpcare".  Even Mitch McConnell gave up on that "loser".  All those poorly educated voters that believed in Trump would have lost their free Medicaid they have now.
Trump was born with a silver spoon and knows nothing about the real world.  He does know how to use creditors' money to make more money, exploiting the bankruptcy and tax laws.
Everyone knows Obamacare was only a first step, a "foot in the door" to achieve a single-payer system.


I do not favor this law but only  question why papa would consider it stupid.  He is against marijuana, so I would kinda expect him to support it as tobacco is the real gateway drug and he professed a concern about kids in the past.  :-)


I could not determine percentages for Alaska plans on taxing cannabis at $50/ounce; yet, I noticed the lower 48 sales tax rates are referenced at the following web link:
www.tax-rates.org/taxtables/sales-tax-by-state
Salute.


Esteban Santiago spent 10 years serving his country in the National Guard. Its more likely he had undiagnosed PTSD and other mental health issues going on in his head then some random Muslim connection you spoke of.

But hey, I could be wrong. Where can I ready more about this Muslim connection you speak of?


By robots.


You wrote:

<<Neko's confrontational attitude with several other posters?>>

Right. Men aren't taken to task for combativeness. Boys will be boys.


So the choice is minimum wage at $11.40 per hour MINUS transportation costs or a guaranteed income at $8.17 per hour PLUS free dental and prescription, etc.? How is this not a disincentive to work?


For quite a while after 9/11, stories were that the terrorists came from Canada. Even John McCain said so.


Perfervid


Not a fan of the Ont govt but I am a fan of this program and while we are at it institute some type of minimum income program.  Ontario (according all all economic numbers) is booming but despite this boom most are not seeing any economic benefit particularly in the are of wage increases where private sector wages have been flat for some time.  People need a raise.


Most white people who attacks me are all about white power. And that is you. Which is why research says, most white men who travel to Asia, Latin America, and the other Third World countries for sex with children are all about power over girls and women and to engender and enhance their perceived power over minorities in this country. I rest well by the way. I talk like this face to face with anyone.


Now I wonder if this comment will be deleted for pointing out an error, as a few others have been. Whose responsibility was it to publish these "damned statistics," or in modern parlance, "fake news"? Does Ibbitson really have such a poor understanding of the issue, the numbers? Does anyone take responsibility for effectively lying to Globe readers?


So rather than work hard like others and pay their fair share of taxes the would rather kick back at home...And these are the righteous paragons of society that only wish to help the rest of us plebes.


The pathetic editorialists at the G&M must be foaming at the mouth in anger at this sudden turn of events. After their craven support of Housing Bubble Christy at the expense of housing affordability in BC (and by extension, Canada), the G&M has essentially declared itself an enemy of the Canadian middle class. Let's hope the housing bubble will pop now that Crooked Christy will be cast off to ignominious exile in the hinterlands of Canadian politics.

You lost, G&M Thompson stooges! And yes, that's millions of us mocking you yet again (see previous G&M editorial supporting "Cons sans Harper" in fall 2015). #fail #legacymediaisdying


If the twitter President knows something and has the proof, then he should reveal it.
Put up or shut up is standard operating procedure.


Let me guess...
Re: Weinstein?  "Trump bad!"
Re: decades-old remarks by Trump?  "Trump unbelievably bad!!"
Re: Bill's peccadilloes (to be kind)?  "At this point, what difference does it make?!"


With several locations in Anchorage and Fairbanks, this business does not fit your hypothetical of a owner self-employee being necessary to keep the business open. Even the owner/employee of a one location business must be able to delegate to the staff, in order to take a day off, or a vacation once in awhile.


I was disappointed to see the Legislature do so little this year to close the fiscal gap. I am glad to see the governor taking reasonable actions to address the issue, however unpopular those actions may be. The PFD dividend is a privilege, not a right. Personally, I'm thankful to be getting anything. If you look at the big picture of the state's fiscal gap, the only thing that could possibly close it, without taking the economy into a severe recession or depression, was tapping the PFD earnings. Hoping for higher oil prices or some other unnamed solution is not a strategy.


Lawyers and doctors both do this. Review boards but no real legal penalties. They think losing the right to practice is a horrible price to pay. They are too arrogant and are better then us.


or in the real world....he proved once again to be s self possessed fool...with his admiration of mass murderer uncle fidel


This isn't about the Clintons, hon.

Do try to focus.


And now he had kicked off his 2020 reelection campaign. No doubt his long, long list of legislative accomplishments will be front and center.


SFD1 you are wrong.  Access to the small business deduction begins to be taken away once taxable capital reaches $10 million and is not available once taxable capital reaches $15 million.  Taxable income does not impact the ability to claim the small business deduction


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He should have became a Janitor for OPG.


I agree with this idea, John, as outlined in one of my previous columns: http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/08/reader-rep-the-real-research-on-anonymity-in-online-comments/


ok que the hypocrite lunatic left wingers who will say, meeting with SA is horribe etc, but when obama talked with iran etc, that was fantastic! , aa the left, no clue on reality


Do your research please!  And not what the man has to say about himself..VERY capable when it comes to tooting his own horn.  Unfortunately..the ONLY job he is interested in is his own.  His record speaks for itself!


Are you 6 years old?  And I recommend you stick to one subject so you don't get confused.


Actually, if you ever talk with economists, they will tell you that growth is not necessary for a healthy economy. We already have a healthy economy, low unemployment, high home prices, limited water, TABOR, over stretched infrastructure, inadequate transportation, crumbling roads and you say adding 50K or more people will benefit us? They cost. It is not an unmitigated benefit by any means to add all these people.  In fact, few benefit and most of us pay to subsidize growth, including loss of quality of life.  Developers don't pay for all the infrastructure needs, the water needs, roads needs, transportation needs, schools for new growth.  NO - we who live here now pay and other people benefit.  So, you clearly don't know what you are talking about.  Your comment was not just ill informed, it was rude too.  So perhaps you are the one stuck with your head in the dark, smelly place.


There's nothing that China makes that they can't sell here now. China's desire for a free-trade agreement with Canada is to buy up our natural resources. Wait and see if one of the clauses in the agreement specifically addresses that. Then Canada can kiss its future goodbye.


I am living in Ontario and you are right. My natural gas  bill is about the same as my as my public utility bill which includes electricity and water.


How convenient these lies are. Judge Moore has been in higher office for decades and won a primary runoff and a month before the election and after all the recent hollyweird pedophile crap anyone with a brain can see this smear campaign for what it is, a vile demonrat and rino smear tactic.


Trump University is a non-issue, those that willfully attended Trump University practically have the same chances of getting a job as those that majored in Libtard Politics at UH and both likely work as bottom feeders at Wal-Mart or the Honolulu ACLU today. LOL


It's called defensive driving. Sorry to slow you down for two seconds, but I'd say 75% of people will turn into the far lane (aka my lane) or maybe not even turn at all!


Since there doesn't seem to be a site that tracks women's teams, does somebody have a preview of tomorrows game?   I wanted to see why Maite Cazorla is not going to be available to play.  Does anybody know if Sabrina Ionescu is scheduled to return yet?


Before too long, Twitter Inferno will be changing from orange to purple, then midnight blue.  Hey baby can you throw me a lifeline?


How are things in texas?


It balances out
Boomers leave a million dollar house to the children
But also leave them a federal debt of $660 Billion and Ontario debt of over $300 billion
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if not fair then there is always assisted suicide, euthanasia ...to balance things


Singapore has the #1 best public education in the world year after year. Their competent teachers carry a 40 student per classroom load. The problem with Oregon public schools is most of our teachers cannot remotely teach at this level. I was pulled from Oregon public schools, a pathetic joke when I attended, and was sent to England to get an education. They manage to graduate students at 16 years old and with our freshman college aptitude. I attended large class sizes as England prepared me for college where you will find 100-150 students per class. If our schools graduated students at 16 the taxpayers save 2 years in education costs per student, and your funding problem is solved. You can now afford to hire competent teachers who can handle a 30-40 student classroom workload and teach at this level.


Why is Canada freaking out about this. The USA''s immigration policy is no business of Canada. If the USA wants to protect their country that is their prerogative by whatever means they wish. Period. Canada especially Ontario has plenty of it's own problems to worry about.


it is was real, then CHina would be required to STOP GROWING EMISSIONS NOW.


IMHO there will be no deal made on this matter. Why?  Because everything is focused for the good of NK, China and Russia.  The only deal that will work is for NK to scrap their entire nuclear and missile programs.  They also would have to allow for unrestricted access and monitoring to ensure compliance of any terms agreed upon.  If an agreement cannot be reached, then it may end up being WW III.  Hope not.  Folks the "Grim Reaper" awaits patiently.


I'll give you this much; you're a legend in your own mind.


Spring, Let's hope the illegal has also been paying into your daughter's social security all this time!  She will need to monitor this closely to ensure her benefits are not being paid to the illegal.


Espero is a Japan transplant who is always trying to get media attention.  I trust him about as much as I trust that Sean Hannity fake news guy...


“every US bearing license plate would go to secondary for a search.. EVERY ONE OF THEM”

Naïve, puerile, expensive, and unworkable ideas have long been the signature of the anti-gun USA-hating Left.

Border wait time issues aside, do you seriously believe that the US wouldn’t retaliate?

I guess you'd be OK with the inevitable quid pro quo when the US border authorities check all Canadians for pot after Junior legalizes it next year?


Dump the Trump, because he is just a Big Oil flunky. He will be worse then Bush and Parnell put together.


And Germany continues to build new coal plants as their wind and solar experiment can't meet demand.  High electricity prices has driven industry to lower priced jurisdictions. Starting to, perhaps, sound familiar, Ontario?


Horrible placement of the washroom. This is the sort of dumb floor plan that makes me move on to the next property on realtor.ca

Leave the wall.


The only thing better than marrying a rich man is to divorce him.


aa TIBET , try again pal


Has any ship  hit either bridge in the last 50 years ?


Doctors shouldn't be in the business of pushing anything. Both medications have a place in our pharmacopoeia. They have risks and benefits that need to be carefully evaluated in consultation with the patient.

What we really need is a revolution in how we treat chronic pain. Other practices are remarkably more effective and far less invasive or risky. We are sadly behind in these treatments.


"You could move to a farm in northern Yukon, where there are no immigrants or a commute."
~ ` ~
And you could bring an opinion about the above article to light in this commenting thread instead of insulting another G & M reader. . . everybody is laying down their monthly cash here, pal... and it is certainly not for the pleasure of petulant cretins to personally insult them..
. . .


You are going to be missed Ed.


So says a professional homeless advocate.

Sometimes I wonder why a city the size of Eugene needs a Human Rights Commission.


Amazing how people will line up for stuff they dont like.


OutThere:  There are no shortages of demagogues.  History, especially the history of warfare, is rich with them playing "star" roles.  We have nations around the world controlled by them.some are considered "leftists", some are simply self-serving despots who don't even pretend to care for the public welfare.  However, they all amass the power to control the nation,   Max Weber, famous German sociologist, wrote of traditional, legal-rational and charismatic leaders.  Demagogues usually build their base on charisma, then either through a coup or an election, gain and solidify their control.  Once in place, it takes radical action to dislodge them.

Trump has a charisma which appeals to millions of disillusioned Americans and gives him a very real chance of being elected President.  He's clearly completely unqualified to be President, but, that doesn't mean he can't be elected and morph from "charismatic" to "legal-rational and, therewith, become the most powerful person in the world.


HEY!. . . . I agree with that. . .


Making it simpler the rail leg alone will take over 40 min. but the REAL problem is all the W Oahu residents simultaneously converging on the Hoopili station via feeder bus or car  & many thousands of people trying to board the train all at the same time.  Getting to the Hoopili station and/or finding a parking for those who want to park & ride AND queue to get to the train platform and board the 4 car train could easily take 40 minutes or longer.  It is more like 30 min. to get picked up by a feeder bus to the Hoopili station in the morning, at least 30 min. to queue up and finally board the train, 40 minutes for the entire rail leg to Ala Moana and at least 30 minutes to catch a feeder bus and Ala Moana and reach places like UH, Waikiki or the private schools near UH.  That total is more like 2 hours 10 minutes & that would be AVERAGE.  Toni Robinson is complaining about his 1 hour commute from Ewa Beach to Kaimuki when the bus/train/bus commuter solution will be over TWICE as long?


Oh, the outrage that he's been treated exactly the way he treated Clinton - except Clinton hasn't been all over the news urging more of the same and cracking humiliating jokes about Putrumpski. And this is just one instance. How many times was Clinton subjected to this kind of thing? Only in her case, it was fake news. In Putrumpski's it's not.

Putrumpski the bully can dish it out, but he can't take it. Weak.


Republicans would rather destroy the nation than tax a billionaire.


In an effort to stay on topic, unlike you who had to bring other leaders into the conversation, the problem I have with Justin is that he has put some of our military technology and secrets in the hands of the Chinese. Please try to stay on topic.


I almost rear ended someone south of cooper landing (in the 55mph area) awhile back because they saw a bear in the river.  Rather than find a pull off (there was one literally 100 feet further up the road) and getting their pictures, they stopped IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, got out of the car, and started taking pictures.  I yelled at them to pull over (because I didn't want to get rear ended myself) and they FLIPPED ME OFF.  wow.


Well I agree that there should be more opportunities for young people to learn trades. Ideally, we wouldn't be so rigid in segregating educational opportunities. An electrician might find that a women's studies class expands their perspective and engages them in thoughtful dialog. Conversely, a political science major might find that a plumbing apprenticeship develops their visual-spatial abilities and teaches them to manage project logistics effectively. Just be careful when you start believing the stereotype of college students perpetuated by the media / pop culture. I think if you spent any appreciable ammount of time on a college campus, especially in AK, you'd realize that the vast majority of students are extremely hardworking and engaged. Maybe if both side had more of an opportunity to interact professionally, we could foster a better understanding of the value of both paths and encourage a mutual respect between the trades and the cheese pimps.


Trudeau was caught breaking his own ethical guidelines. Legal? Maybe. Sleazy? Yes. And I'll save you the trouble..''Harper did it, too!'''


Congratulations Ms Francis! Well done! Go Ducks!


Moyane to jail,the better way to resolve this. Parliament is a lame duck.


Sure you were! Very dominant position, and pigs fly too.


This strikes me as quite odd. Since when do supreme court justices get to join the paid speakers circuit? I mean we all know Hillary does it and Bill Does it but when did serving Supreme Court Justices start?


This is sooooooo off the mark. Makes it sound like Alaskans are spoiled, and we lack the skills to manage startups.

Sorry, Mr. Wohlforth, but here's my diagnosis for private sector's illness: TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT!

Have you tried to start a business lately? Sure, a business license is easy. Then try to hire a "temporary" or "day labor", Maybe piecework? Dept of Labor says "Can't do!" Against the law. Then try getting worker's comp insurance with no track record, or paying the premiums for same. Then a credit card processor with no credit history?. Maybe a bank loan without three layers of overlapping credit and personal guarantees. Thank Dodd-Frank for that. Then basic liability insurance. Oh, once you have these things, you get to complete against government's high wages and benefits; then against their subsidies of various enterprises; or maybe compete directly--if you're UBER, or a business seeking to compete with a government licensed enterprise.

Just not worth it anymore!


Overruled, Mr. Breiner.  Ms. Musubi Girl has pictures.


Biden is an internet meme joke, and a bit creepy
Justin Trudeau is no joke, it is quite sad he is Prime Minister of Canada


"and whereas “Trump referred to United States Senator Elizabeth Warren as ‘Pocahontas’ ”"

Eh, that would be a compliment.


Someone who knows the truth.
These people think there's a savings account with SS funds. They've been had, yet can't and refuse to understand the money isn't saved. It's spent every year. It's on the backs of their grandchildren... and they just might not pay.


6.  They don't post comments on the G&M website


Thank you Jamie for speaking out on this heartbreaking tragedy. Too often, the family of a suicide victim will not disclose siicide as the cause of death. I agree that a response is necessary - I doubt that anyone really believes deep down that their son, daughter, friend, co-worker, is really going to commit suicide.
If you suspect someone even might be thinking of suicide, do something. It will require more than just taking he gun away or saying "it'll get better". Get professional help. It won't stop every suicide, but it might stop just one.


The tidal wave is growing.  First victims will be republicans in congress, like Young and Sullivan.  21 months.


You'll be back.


Perhaps, though I think many of those categories were expansions of the original program.  In any case, the changes will not pass, even though the latest is an amendment to ObamaCare.  That means the current program, including the expansion of Medicaid to healthy, middle income earners, will continue.  "Coverage" with no actual care.  Brilliant.


Tell yourself anything.  Your initial observations consisted of an attempted 'disconnect' between what I criticized and what I WAS criticizing in order to place my criticisms in a 'rhetorical vacuum' where you'd be free to shriek and flail about the TONE of my criticisms; combined with an anti-Muslim stereotype as a 'parting shot'.  And I'm supposed to take this seriously because...?

But the strategy of holding someone accountable for the damage they inflict on others is as old as human society.  Clearly damage can be inflicted by WORDS.  Example: at the beginning of the tuna processing industry those marketing this new product promulgated a deceptive ad stating that tuna didn't turn pink in the can like salmon did.  EXTREMELY damaging to salmon canneries at the time, as customers who never thought twice about salmon's color were led to believe there was something wrong with it on the basis of a single (implied) lie.

Dumbitchski's "implied lie" is called SLANDER.  It's actionable.


This report, the non-action by the church, and even the self serving comment in yesterday's NCR by the Pope are indications that the days of the "ontologically different" clergy are coming -- albeit slowly -- to an end. The clergy will continue to prey on the laity. Some future iteration of Catholic Christianity will be one without clergy. The current structure just doesn't work.


More policy-free horse-race blather. Yes, billionaires will get a multihundred billion dollar tax cut. Yes, average Americans will get far worse, far more expensive health insurance. Yes, everything Trump promised with regard to health care was a lie (just like his super secret plan to crush ISIS). But he's winning! MAGA!


Quite the opposite.   Check out who is on the editorial team.   This paper has a reputation for macho locker room mentality.

I'm not sure what gives on all these articles.   Fun and games?   It's better just to treat people as equally as you can.


Ha ha.  Putin/Obama glare event...just like NFL players, helmet-to-helmet after a play.

Of course Un would not commit suicide.  He's playing the odds that we back down.  The Ayatollahs told him that they were in his favor.

Would you blame him?


Geoff, rather save some nausea for our government - don't sweat a few swear words


The only "easy" answer is whats been done? Mr. Gara, what planet are you from? Humbly, I must ask. I have lived here since the fall of 1964, I went through growing, the pipeline, the fall in the '80s, gains and losses, the stupid government plans, farming, ports and we could go on, that were only a way for people, politicians to line their pockets, along with special interests, not for the people, that would be "us" I apologize and do not wish to offend you, or any other "Career Politicians" yet that is what you folks are. The system that was established, folks in your position were a volunteer, quit their income jobs and did not stay over a few years and then someone else replaced them, it is not, a CAREER. You, along with many others, in my, again, humble opinion have been there too long. You folks, between perks, per-diums and associated, give up nothing, sorry, can't and won't put up with your rhetoric. Go Retire, Please. Of the People, for the People, by the People, US.


"We are no longer weak."

Beats chest, waves Stars & Bars, watches Top Gun, takes nap.


God bless her, she hit the nail on the head with that one.


I like O'Leary and his TV program is the best. But he doesn't support decreasing immigration labor supply, so is of little value to Canadians. Decreasing the immigration labor supply will increase GDP growth because the workforce utilization rate will improve and thus improves consumer spending, the biggest component of GDP growth but conservatives aren't good at growing the middle-class by helping Canadian employees make more money, neither are the Liberals under Trudeau, because of the terrible economic advisory committee lead by Dominic Barton, a committee created by the Conservatives it seems. Trudeau's best chance to win the next election is throwing out the first and worst committee recommendation of growing immigration, thank goodness this committee is almost done it's work. A disservice to Canada and Canadians, horrible. The Liberals are supposed to be focused on Demand side economic polices, increasing the Labor supply is a supply side economic policy. Terrible our government!


You're a reliable source of comedy. Translation: Devin Nunes and other stars of the Clown Circus are raking over old news in a partisan stunt in hopes of distracting from a credible bipartisan investigation by a respected special counsel into the Turnip family's many possible illegal acts.


It's sad to read that the strings that count on the Toronto Stock Exchange are those pulled by Donald Trump.


And Obama's legacy lives on. Shameful


My son earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering but has been working at Best Buy for the past year despite graduating at the top of his class and applying for more than 100 jobs in the last 12 months. Fortunately, he has been offered a full scholarship to Colorado School of Mines where he will earn his graduate degree. He will be 29 when he graduates - then he will start sending out resumes again. It's a cold, cruel world out there, even for college graduates who are willing to work hard. And it's pretty daunting for an 18-year-old fresh out of high school to face another 6+ years of school before anyone will even consider hiring them for a decent job.


Agree wholeheartedly with your last paragraph. There were two previous attempts at new pay system developments - one in the 70's and the other in the 90's. They  failed and were abandoned  before implementation - both under Liberal governments. Phoenix was developed under the Cons and implemented by the Liberals. In all three instances the political masters and senior management ignored the advice and experience of long time Compensation advisors and experts - relying instead on consultants and contractors who profited greatly from all of these initiatives.


Why is this even in the news?


I don't even know what instagram is. I don't twitter, I don't facebook, and I'm not anit-theist or  vegan. So, no, it's not me. Interesting that someone else chose the moniker, however. I'm in my mid-60s and I have no interest whatsoever in sharing my life on the web or on cell phones, or texting for any reason. In fact, all that stuff bores me.

I don't hate people, either. I just don't think they're as smart or as good as most of them think they are, although sometimes I am humbled by the goodness of people. I believe in Milgram, and I concur with studies that provide evidence that personality disorders constitute  between 10% and 15% of the population.

My leftist spin on history. Do tell. Obviously a history you've never looked into in the slightest.  Instead you look up instagram. Good grief. American history that is taught in schools is the revisionist history, unless Benjamin Franklin was lying about the many poor people in the colonies in 1770, but I know he wasn't.


It may be for the "silent" rail crossings.  This type of deception is a common practice by the city manager.  If Lucy Vinis is elected as Eugene's next mayor, this nonsense will only continue.


I listen to him and actually wonder whether he would put in the same effort if this had been a Christian church. Sorry folks, but it seems like a contrived response to me.


So interesting.  At the same time, Choon commented on a different chain: "It's harmful to continue to stereo-type and pigeon-hole people into little boxes filled with hatred and presumptions. It's toxic and divisive and does not contribute to intelligent and robust dialogue."  Hmmm.


rule no. 1

 if  you are a creature of the swamp being drained your op eds will be critical of the president

this op ed is a case in point

members of the elite with long time connections to the establishment inside the belt way

ho hum so predictable
so lacking in insight


"The official answer has been for almost five hundred years that the faithful learn the will of Christ from the Magisterium of the Church."

Sorry but did you actually say that with a straight face?


Kukui Plaza ground level shops--the. best. Spam. musubi. EVVVVER!
They have a sign outside the store about being the best Spam musubi. It really is!


President Trump said exactly what was needed to be said! He hit it right on the nose! The only people that got hurt were people that really deserved it! I for one am pleased that the Swamp is just starting to get drained! You will see, the Government will no longer be paying $78.00 for a $15.00 hammer or $180.00 for toilet seats bought by the gross. And the only one that will hurt is the crooked politician putting the extra in his pocket! Yes, it may have been alright for Hillary's crooked ass but no longer. Get over it! Get used to it!


I think Colorado Mills is far better than the Park Meadows one, but I've only been to the Park Meadows one once. Could have been the size of the party that went and the timing but it took forever to get seated and to get food at PM one. Still, food was good once we got it and the staff were fine at PM, too.


This message brought to you by the sociopathy of the NRA. The National Rifle Association: we will fight to the death to carve out of flesh and lives some new liberty for our cult to kill: the right to shoot anyone without cause and inject violence and madness into a peaceful civilized modern world like an anachronistic highly-contagious viral memetic outbreak. It's step 4 of our 6-step plan to seize this county and its liberal democracy by militant force and violent overthrow. Our sworn ideological enemies don't own guns, are they not so very hapless? They'll never see our bullets coming, and as we have demonstrated, the government will not shield them from us. This sucker's already in the bag, it's just a matter of applying our absolute solutions with or without consent.


*couldn't * care less.
Run on sentence...
... bilingual. If.
Learn English.
D-


Why not take a look at the way Habit for Humanity manages the building of their houses. Every single homeowner, no exceptions, has to help build their own home. A requirement for renters could carry the same stipulation. Homeless people have lost all pride and have no reason for hope. By assisting in the building of their dwellings, they would potentially recover hope and pride.

A point to consider is that whenever a person has a vested interest in a project like this, they historically take much better care of their property and the surrounding neighborhood.


Because in football hitting someone and not tackling them is failure?


We cannot talk about the one issue without talking about the other. We are a State that's dependent on sales of natural resources. Nearly all businesses and households are, in some way, funded by natural resource extraction. As an aside, I know of this business owner (Alaskan saloon/bar) who is being muscled by an assembly over tax issues related to his business. His business has slowed down as a result of job losses. So, seems that to raise taxes on his establishment makes little sense. The subject of taxation is all encompassing. It is not a caged MMA-style, ring-side economic issue. It is a street brawl with kids at parent's feet.

The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Z8H-lxNiA


A little young to endorse censorship, but that's just my opinion.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Catcher in the Rye offended too many people and were once banned.
Do you want to erase Snoopy and Linus and Peppermint Party too?
There are lessons to be learned from Peanuts - whether it's compassion for Lucy or for Charlie, or to see how to or how not to behave.
I seriously doubt that reading Peanuts has a significantly negative impact on the psyche of America's readers.


Well, you can't refute what was said resort to insults.


With all the negative stuff going on in this country, we need more happy stories like this! 😊


Elimination or reduction of capital gains exclusion or eligible dividend tax credits will be a sucker punch to a large population of recent and soon-to-be retirees who, after decades of investing, are about to rely on their retirement accounts, including many non-registered ones.

If Trudeau tinkers much more with principal residence exemption even the most recalcitrant liberal voter will turn and run


If people want to really get blown away by flawless play writing and  acting which is equal to it I highly recommend the film "The Taming of the Shrew" featuring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Few modern actors can hold a candle to these two interpreting this 400 year old play.


Fred
Re living in the US. The US is tied with Portugal as the poorest developed country in which to live.


Don't forget that government finances your Senior Citizen property tax exemption on the Kenai Peninsula.  That will be going away soon and income taxes are coming.  Will we then see the house up for sale you back to Oklahoma?  Or perhaps back to Florida where you'd fit right in.  Florida loves them some crazy.


He's pissed  because he had  to try to deflect & cover for trump - yet again.


Well that was a really stupid thing to do.


"Life without parole is not available in juvenile court. It could only be applied in adult court."
.
Greetings Steve,
I wanted to point out that all of the defendants are on trial as adults in the adult court system. They are also being housed in the adult system.


Nice to see this article. Although I disagree that an omnivorous diet is capable of being as healthy as a whole food plant-based diet. There are many studies that demonstrate that even the smallest amount of animal protein has ill-effects on the body.


I totally got played by that scam. Lost a lot. Still losing a lot, actually. Got a call from him, even saw him on TV. Very persuasive. I wanted to do what he thought was best.

I wish to hell I hadn't voted for him; Donald Trump.


Well, I'm certainly not a "leftie", and I think President Trump is an A-1 whackjob with a few marbles loose in his head.
It's clear he understands how to use fake news (propaganda) to further his political and personal agenda, and he doesn't care who he hurts in the process.
That is classic sociopathic behavior.


Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of bad hombres coming from the south because the wall hasn't been built, ha, ha, ha. Can't understand why the US hasn't crumbled completely in the past couple of months.


"We already have a large population of illegals on South Whidbey" How do you know they are undocumented? How do you know they are not citizens?

Thank God for common sense? You don't sound very godly.


Excellent point. We do have historical data and based on that we can make reasonable future predictions and then adjust accordingly. e.g. we should have have powerplants or water pumping stations within flood inundation zones.


Some say they are Christian, many say they are but behave like savages toward those who aren't "true believers" or righteous ultra conservatives.

Then there are people like you, a loco version of little donnieT, who spew hatred, cultivate racism, misogyny, and snake handling, all under the name of "Christianity", a "safe place" to condemn heathens and political opposites.


I have spent 31 years accumulating that so called "dead money" - using it to survive, to grow my businesses and ideally I hope to use it one day to retire.

I find it extremely insulting for Bill Morneau to discount a lifetime of effort as not worthy of respect and to materially negatively impact my ability to save for my retirement - for what? To extort ever more tax for the Liberals' out of control spending.

Repugnant.


That was Ige's buddy, the CEO of HART.


William Noel,

Correct me if I misunderstand you.   What you are saying is if I disagree with you I am disagreeing with the Holy Spirit.   He has been showing you He puts women in any position He wants.

The dispute is not about the authority of  scripture,  it is about the authority of the Holy Spirit. That is why it is worse than worthless to argue about it.   One could reason it might be blaspheming the Holy Spirit to contradict Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit can't be telling us different things.  So we settle tbe dispute by me listening more intently to the holy spirit,  until I hear him telling me the same thing he is telling you.

Is that a fair summation of your thinking?


You thought wrong.


Imagine yourself on the receiving end of unfounded fear and paranoia, accused by a fellow traveler/airline of suspicious  character because you speak English and you're from America. You're OK with others claiming you are dangerous based on your looks and writing habits?


The union dues, which many teachers do not want to pay but must to keep their jobs, is not the issue, Alaska Jim. We are talking health insurance and the accountability of taxpayers' funds. Pay attention. And the health insurance is NOT in lieu of pay. It is an ADDITION to pay.


Some over reaction here by the ski area owner.  Not enough management by the forest circus.  Too bad for both users.  In the end, the snowmobiles will get the short end of the stick.


I would like to say you are straight up a fool but that would be unkind.  But at the same time you say it is not the time to make a statement on the man, so you decry negative statements and then add pitiful positive statements.  Can you imagine the improvement in healthcare anywhere over a 55 year period?  It is time to call out a murdering dictator.


why is not okay for her to make inflammatory statements when trumpy makes them all the time and the rnc does not say anything?  hypocrisy?  you repubs have only yourself to blame, you allow mentally unstable people to run for the presidency and allow criminals to run for office at the state level.  the repubs have surely demised into something else.  Lincoln would be ashamed of what you guys are doing today.


I've been in the workforce for 50 years.  Last half of 'em at the same job.  Five'll getcha ten I pay more taxes than you.

You were saying?


If all you have is some cannabis why do you care if they search?


You can only take tax reductions so far before the infrastructure that powers productivity starts to crumble.
Taxes have gone way below the level to needed to provide even the most basic maintenance level and this could be held up as the greatest achievement by the forces on the Right. The Right Wing power base, through their institutes, funding and donations, have captured the services of the best and the brightest and the not so bright.
The average person is now at the breaking point and can not afford more "fiscal downloading" or user pay tolls, so it is no surprise to see a Conservative government having to finally throw in the towel and raise taxes. Still directed mostly towards the average person unfortunately.


More slow-balls pitched to the fascist wannabe's...

Lemme see, what's more threatening to this "liberal democracy" of yours---Out-and-out corporate stooges wielding government like a howdy-doody puppet while they ruthlessly bomb the hell out of third world countries---Or supposed "liberal" democrats acting like the good guys while doing basically the same thing?

Politics, like religion, has debased itself to being merely a set of lies for people to hide behind.

Our problem is that we're too comfortable with being lied to, as long as the liars are "keeping us safe" or "working to provide jobs"---We've been taught over the last few generations not to hold our government accountable for its actions in our name, and not to inquire too closely about WHAT those actions really are:  We're at war, you know, and those are state secrets.

That's where our "liberal democracy" went---Straight into the coffers of weapons dealers.  It exists now as a bedtime story democrats tell their children.


It's the number of people arrested over their lifetime--its between a quarter and a third of the population, and about half of all black men.  About one in three black men in America is a felon.  Google it if you don't believe it.


"I saw a President AND HIS WIFE who were genuinely concerned with what was happening and a President who was working very hard to coordinate and provide Texas whatever assistance it needed from the Federal government."
Like Pence?...didn't see trump working hard but did see him make speeches.


Apparently, Shelley Moore Capito has got the message in WV, Rob Portman in Ohio, Heller in Nevada - there are others in the Senate.  The Washington Post is reporting that McConnell could only be sure of the votes of five of the Repugnant conference, so he pulled the tax-cut bill from consideration - for now.

None of this would have happened without intense pressure from constituents who have paraded their family members' health emergencies in front of the public.  Of course, the evil and corrupt McConnell will try to bring this p.o.s. tax-cut bill back, but it is up to us, the People, to make sure we hang this albatross around the necks of every Repugnant running for re-election.

You want to put a dagger through the heart of this attack upon the healthcare of millions of Americans: VOTE!  Don't look for heroes to rescue us: VOTE!


Last year I made No Room In Paradise, a documentary about the homeless.  Last week, one of the protagonists in the film, a meth addict, reached out to me to ask for help getting into a drug rehab program.  I asked her what was her motivation.   She said it was the sit/lie bans and the sweeps. She knows her camp near H1 is about to get swept.   She's fed-up being shunted around and has decided it's better to try to get clean and put her life back together.  In the two years I spent making the film I encountered many such individuals.  There are many homeless who are, as Kimo Carvalho says, "service resistant."  To the extent that sit/lie bans and sweeps can motivate these people to try to get off the streets, they are useful.  However there are simply not enough drug counselling, detox and rehab programs in the state, not enough mental health care and nowhere near enough case workers.  A carrot and stick policy is justifiable -necessary, even- but only when you have enough carrots.


Wow! Very well said.  Quite a long list of missteps given the short time Trudeau has been in power.

BTW You forgot his budget-deficit promise which he promptly violated. The Trudeau budget was chock full of expenditures for the Liberal party's pet projects & constituencies. (while at the same time the budge contains several substantial tax increases - by all means let's exploit the public's financial ignorance!)


You could say that about oil too.


Cullen is a member of a Union marxist party and his view on C-27 should be ignored


So in other words, a couple of guys playing $3,000 guitars into $4,000 amps and a drummer with a $4,000 kit are griping about the cost of a permit going up by $100.

Forgive me, but I'm having a hard time summoning the tears.


Standard bearer Republicanism has always been about only 2 things.  Profit and Sales.
Standard bearer Progressivism has always been about 2 things.  Cowardice disguised as anti-war and Hatred of American values.


Maybe they confused when they calculated that the universe is flat.


Yep.  You're right on all counts.


It has been that way for a long time.

I remember "Computing Canada" publishing a story marvelling at the full IT employment and  shortage of IT professionals during the worst of the RayGun / Lying Brian depression. The article noted that Toronto was the only city in Canada with any unemployed IT geeks, suggesting that those folks must either be posers who didn't really have the required skills or that they were unable to move to another Canadian City because they had negative equity in their GTA homes and were unable to sell and move in the bottomed out home market.

When times are tough process improvement and automation are more important than ever.

My wife and I bought a home with a bargain 16% fully assumable mortgage in 1982 March, one of just 3 homes that changed ownership that month in Greater Victoria BC. Paid it off in 5 years and 9 months, having 2 children and buying a new minivan without a loan along the way. That was 4% advantage over the going rate of 20% at the time.


@duali You have never worked designing and supporting online applications, have you?


Extremely unfortunate.  Council members pushing some of these changes were promoting fear, uncertainty and doubt to get this passed.  I wish they would focus on _helping_ and lifting people's income up instead of pushing people's income down and _hurting_ city residents. Completely the wrong focus which will depress the community (tourism, income, etc), not help it.


I capitalized the word black & you are Deflecting from your error that Black slaves were not people.  An error on your parti


But "both sides" have never been presented; that's the point. And this one-sided story has persisted so long that many Americans still consider it the norm, the truth, even though the actual historical record shows that it is partial and biased.

The pre-Columbian Americas were no utopia, but unless we can look right at the historical record of contact and colonization present generations will never know who they are and where the nation is going.


Right, but you have to type in a voter's name first. Not practical for what this commission is demanding.


Next stop.... civil war...

Let's all get some popcorn.


I disagree and see many exiting an already high cost of living State.  If there has to be any kind of tax it should be a sales tax to gain from tourists and other visitors that use iur infrastructure.  It needs to reach people like criminals who do not report their income but put a large drain on our State including many of them being on welfare yet they make thousands selling drugs and stolen goods.  Most still have to buy things at some point when they cant get away with stealing.


I remember one idea that never got traction. The idea was to pay out all the oil money yearly directly to the people. The main argument against doing that was that the State and Federal taxes would have taken maybe 50% or some fairly large percentage. But now looking back it may not have been such a bad idea. The State may have actually stayed with in a budget. And back then residents would have been receiving large checks in 1978 dollars. Maybe about as high as $12,000/ year after taxes. If it had been taken one step further and required the money to go to a retirement account until age 50 or so; younger individuals may have been a lot better off. Then individuals could have put their retirement investment to work on what ever projects they supported. What I took from this article reminded me of all the experts testifying before the legislators about SB21. Every single one was wrong. Every single one missed the possibility of $50/barrel. The assumed was actually un-assumable


Actually Zinke is working in the interests of the American taxpayer (that would be anyone who works for a living). The federal government has 2.5 million employees! That's TOO MUCH and that's just the FEDERAL employees - not state and local government employees. All levels of government need to become more lean and productive with less money. The job shedding can be done by not replacing certain employees after they voluntarily resign via retirement or otherwise.

Thank God we finally have a president who has the balls and assertiveness to trim down the federal government and make it work FOR THE PEOPLE - not the other way around.


Donald Trump was committing adultery in both of his first marriages.  You are trying to compare Hillary Clinton to that?  She's the candidate, not Bill.  Donald Trump is the candidate and has committed the same offenses you're complaining about.  Apples meet oranges, hypocrisy.


Until you openly criticize Trump and his caustic followers in the same manner you do to "libbers" your credibility will continue to be dilluted and you will be aligned with right wingers, contributing to that fringe element.  You are far from being liberal, but I am encouraged by your willingness to consider it someday.  Thanks for your comment.


there has been and never is any zero sum anything, rising jobs etc means a growing economy which creates more wealth over all. the border tax goals are to change americans from buying foreign stuff to usa made stuff which would be less expensive.


Twitter is nonsense.  I remember reading in Carlyle once, 'forgive me, I haven't the time to be brief'.  This was at the start of a letter to a friend that ran twenty or so pages.  No wonder instant gratification isn't fast enough these days.


If you know teachers, they are far from the cream of the crop high achievers in society, despite their excessive pay, benefits and joke hours. Toss in their entitled attitude and how poorly they do their jobs shows what union extortion gets you if you don't reign it in. It gets out of control  and we pay 100K a year each for someone who isn't helping our kids at all. Wonderful isn't it? Teaching is an avg to low end job which is full of lazy people who want a free ride on the taxpayers dime. Does it surprise you our kids don't have a chance unless you help teach them yourselves?


You mean cut them by less than 1%-- That's what the legislature is proposing with school funding according to this article.


Question: Is Canada ready...?
Ans: No.  And I sympathize.  Who could have predicted?   Playing "catch-up" is legitimate, too, because "twitter" means events move much faster than ever before.

Canada will probably meet this challenge...but there's going to be (1) fear (2) screaming and shouting (3) confusion and possibly, (4) relief in eventually "meeting the challenge."  Because, eventually, this crisis, too, will pass, likely with the passing of the most bombastic/agenda-driven US President since James Polk and the most divisive Pres. ever. (No, Lincoln doesn't qualify; he wasn't the cause of the Civil War. Many Americans accepted Polk's Manifest Destiny as America's..well, destiny. Half the population didn't know what was happening and many didn't care.  Not today!  Everybody "knows" everything, and, even better, has the ability to tell almost everybody in the western world what they think.  Back in the 1840s, telling "everybody" was limited to family and friends.


When you do it during the national anthem it is a sign of great disrespect for the country.   As I have said before, if you hate the country so much that you can not show respect during the national anthem than maybe you should move on.


"Trump knows how to build on time and under budget. Not like the local yokels."....You really are clueless aren't you?


The article above needs proofreading and fact-checking.  For instance, it's Eternal Word Television, not Eternal World Television, and if Trump described the Little Sisters of the Poor case in such simplistic terms, he doesn't grasp the details.


Hilarious and sad that you can comfort yourself with such a stew of ignorance, red herrings, false dichotomies and self-serving interpretations of history.


Teachers are paid for 9 months and can choose to have that amount spread out over 12 months.  There are kids graduating from college with degrees in computers whose starting salary is more than a 20 yr teacher makes.  Teachers make squat.  New teachers start at $30k. if they're lucky.  Go volunteer at your nearest elementary school, not only will you be making a difference but you will see what is involved in managing a classroom of 30 children... some who haven't been properly fed or clothed, others who are homeless, still others who aren't safe in their own homes.  It will change your world to volunteer in a school.  Do it.


Well said.  You've articulated the problem.  PERA recipients are all about give, give, give, but only from others. You need to suck it up and take a 25-30% reduction.  I know that does not sound good, but it is the medicine that is needed.  Not taxpayers getting scalped to fix a broken system, that is unsustainable.


Yes, Steve Phillips on TSN is calling for the Jays to win the division. You read it here first.


Was not Soros/Clinton/Obama/CIA also involved along with the EU in that ovethrow of Ukraine government since it was open to Russia and then they put in the anti-Russian puppet ?


The response to the letter is silly.  It doesn't get to the root of the problem.

The woman  has needs and the man has other priorities. This will not change. The woman needs to ask herself if she can live with the way things are or not. If not, move on.


The Chinese haven't don't puppy poo for the last 60 years. The chicoms will not assist us. Unless president trump tells the chicoms he's going to destroy them. Then they will pretend to help. We've been dealing with these crazies for 70 years. Time to end it!!


I have not called you a liar.  I don't like the word and I don't use it because it is ugly and harsh. You, on the other hand, are constantly calling people and posters you disagree with "liars"- in this case it's HRC. Most of the time your characterization is a gross exaggeration and uncalled for. This is slander and it is serious because it maligns the reputation of decent people.  I will also remind you that one of our commandments is not to bear false witness. Please choose your words with more care.


So it is my understanding that the Toronto library would have no problem hosting Roosh Valizadeh from Return of Kings then?............lol.......


And Junior could plunge the loonie even further if he diddles with capital gains or dividend taxes.  Lower dollar - higher cost of living.  Sounds like the middle class will be thanking Justin alright in 2019!


I'm loving me some deadsmoke.


When we learn what has changed in our society today, compared to even 20 years ago, then we will have the answer to why this addiction now.


" The most effective way to resolve a situation with emotionally distraught armed people is to shoot them". Xavier_Malcom

I'm not surprised you'd pen something as vile as this. Say one of your family members was suicidal and armed. Just where would shoot them? In the leg? Lower torso left and right sides? Where would you want to be shot?


I'm sure the State tested the new software before going live. Sure doesn't look like it. Sure hope someone is spending 24/7 trying to get it back online again. Or are they having drinks and pupu's?


Thanks, but I don't care what you think unless you provide evidence.


To clarify...unlawful presence in the country is not a crime. It is a violation of federal immigration law to remain in the country without legal authorization and is punishable by civil penalties, not criminal. Under federal criminal law, improper entry is a misdemeanor.


When's the Run for Men? Men account for 97% of combat deaths, 93% of industrial accident deaths, 76% of homicide victims, and 80% of suicide deaths...male privilege I guess.


u know so much..  40 million people across the United States have monumental student debt... in total, a staggering $1.2 trillion is bleeding students dry... grip that smart ass..


Your Leafs fan?  And you love what Vos Canadiens are doing, mocking them?

Your Leafs lost last night, again, to a team you are chiding.

Yep, you are a Your Leafs fan, no doubt 'bout it.


Some public schools are OK, but they are controlled by the left wing and teach propaganda rather than real education. They do not teach the constitution or the bill of rights.


Multiple bankruptcies is not the definition of success.


"they don't have to recuse themselves when voting on tax bills that affect thier company"
That's not entirely accurate, Mucky.  They do have to recuse themselves, and IIRC they did, but there is little accountability to who disputes a recusal _and_ the current system requires unanimous consent for a recusal so that it never has a chance to last.  With two employees in either chamber all it takes is for one to anonymously dispute a recusal of the other for it fail.  That's one of the reasons why I hope to see Grenn's bill to change the procedure gain some traction this session.


Which explains why AltaGas pulled out of their LNG construction project in BC last year. NDP? Well how do you account for AltGas announcing yesterday that they intend to go ahead with the  Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal, a liquefied propane gas facility at Prince Rupert BC. NDP?


Trump's blunders will unravel slowly. Yes Mexico will suffer but so will USA. There will be a shortage of cheap labor. Company profits will dip due to hiring more expensive work force thus causing economic slow down. All the dumbos cheering Trump will get a sticker shock when they buy clothes, iphones and cars once currency and trade wars are started.They have no clue how economy works. When you remove 11 million people from the economy there will be major slowdown. USA is not immune to recessions. Just wait and watch.


They can launder their dirty money somewhere else for all I care.

I own my own home here in Vancouver but the neighborhood has changed for the worse. Sure I'm house rich but any resident young family will suffer debt peonage for the rest of their lives if they buy into this market. I care about that so I voted Green as they promised a 30% tax on offshore purchases of local housing.

Fifty years ago kids playing outside our windows and we knew our neighbors. Now homes are flipped as commodities and community is defined on the internet.  Pay $10,000 to the city after illegally removing a tree - value of your hse sale goes up $30,000 in China.

Just behind me they're proposing 3 new towers - 25, 25 and 26 stories. They weaved a "Ma and Pa" fairy tale - "the old folks bought their homes 50 years ago and want to downsize so aren't we wonderful!". However,  the pre sale condo market is getting flipped on assigned contracts offshore - illegal here and the 15% non residen tax does not apply


Were they voting for Ms Clinton because she was the best candidate available or did they vote for her because of her gender?

Lots of women voted for Mr Trump.  Apparently enough that he won the election.


There's that "liberal" word again supposed to justify all lies and deceit in the Alt-Right world.


Officials: 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque
Police found remains Sunday thought to be those of a missing Virginia teenager who they say was assaulted and disappeared overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling area, and a 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the case.
The mosque, the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, and relatives identified the girl as 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen of Reston.
Fairfax County police identified the man charged with murder in her death as Darwin Martinez Torres of Sterling.
According to accounts from police and a mosque official, a group of four or five teens were walking back from breakfast at IHOP early Sunday when they were confronted by a motorist. All but one of the teens ran to the mosque, where the group reported that the girl had been left behind, according to Deputy Aleksandra Kowalski, a spokeswoman for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.


Silly lawsuit.


Frank, Check your facts. Begich did not get a majority as recent gerrymandering of Anchorage voting law no longer required majority. Begich got ALL the big government tax and spend votes. None of the free market less regulation small government votes would have gone to Begich not one. If not Wuerch then Mystrom, but definitely not BIG GOVERNMENT BEGICH. The Mystrom votes were not anti-Wuerch, they were anti-Begich. The good for Anchorage voters spit.


I can imagine you right now in a corner of your house rocking back and forth, clutching your pearls, holding yourself and chanting, "racists, bigots, flame throwers, sexists..." Anyone who doesn't love the homeless and want to cuddle them like human teddy bears is obviously just scum!


I defend a thrice accused rapist? Where? I've never defended Fornicator Clinton who paid off victim Paula Jones. $800,000.00
You're as disgusting as her highnASS, HRC.


From what I have seen CII-CIV  prescriptions are not exactly handed out like how they are on the Continent.  The islands are locked in by the Pacific Ocean.  There is also a rather low ratio of doctors to DEA/FBI agents compared to the rest of the US.  I do not know how one highly advertised men's anti aging clinic operates.  They prescribe something more demonized than pain medication.


Doesn't Moby Dick fit into in this fable somewhere?


Cites to the law, please.


This is all coming out of our darned POCKETS, and I am NOT confident!


I find it appalling that if a U.S. Senator is convicted of a felony, he is not required to relinquish his seat.  Felons are typically not allowed to vote, so why in the hell would one be allowed hold office in the Senate?  That needs to be changed immediately.  Bet you a dollar this will be the first time the general public has really been made aware of this.


What a crock of bull meadow muffins.
We all know it's just pixie dust in the little
gremlins eyes.


It's easy for bitter people to be haters and small minded and cry "Loans" and "Taxes" and not have the insight to see or understand that the taxes we pay actually go to good things here in the U.S.


Gary,  Maybe the county seat can be moved to JC and the building use for county government/courts?  :)


Now-a-days people are dreaming to loss their weight in faster and faster time. But its normal not good for health by doing these type of activities. Before 2 years even i tried to weight loss with many method but nothing suit me except food diet. I have started eating many type of foods. It works and i loss weight upto 22lbs in a short time. I have mentioned the recipe for the people look to loss their weight in short time with good health. Link:http://tinyurl.com/y74u42s4


these two are poisoned with hate beyond redemption. I'm sure they are also getting well paid for their hate mongering. Shame this is the nature of Progressive Democrats: make money through hate speech.


The question arose, was there a compelling state interest for everything from regulating contraception to abortion to denying gays the right to marry. The Court concluded that these issues were private and that moral scorn, even by the majority, was not a compelling interest. It was the equivalent of yelling fire in a theater, not religious freedom. It was rather an attempt at religious power and therefore not protected or a counter-balancne against the liberty of others, most of whom were neither elite nor powerful, they just wanted the same dignity that others have. If supporting that dignity makes me an elitist, I wear the term proudly. Trump says he stands up for decency, but that is a very hard sell from the epitome of the New York elite.


And so explain where exactly any laws broken?  We are waiting....dumbocrats = the party of hate.


I would argue that the purpose of press is to bring attention to the public anything and everything government is doing regardless of the outcome of knowing such things.   Its one of many mechanisms enumerated within the US constitution that helps to keeps government in check.


Cataracts?  More twisted logic on your end.  You probably thought the reference to cataracts and "clouding of the lens of the eye" was funny.  Maybe you actually thought cataracts are a type of eye glasses.  More than likely the latter.


Nothing will happen if NK get lots of nuclear weapons except that we won't invade them or maybe even put sanctions on them. You have to be completely and certifiably insane with no regard for your own life to lob a nuclear missile at the US. That would be a death sentence for their entire country and they know it. As long we don't invade they won't fire missiles because Kim like all dictators wants to live and run his country.  A worse problem is if Kim gets desperate for cash and decides to sell nuclear tech to governments or even non government groups who are certifiably insane enough to sneak a nuke into the US and set it off.


Sometimes,  privileged people should realise they don't actually understand those without privilege and talk about something else.

Rule of thumb - if you haven't lived it, don't assume you know anything.


Dumb idea.  If I want to buy something, I want to buy it then, not wait for it to be delivered.  If I want to order something online, I'll order online.


Trump = Scrub


They probably try to fix the latest Apache Struts vulnerability exploit and screw things up with no proper backout plan. Google it if you want to find out.
www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/09/apache_under_attack_patch_for_zero_day_available/


Americans have been our friends and biggest trading partners for a long time.  Trump is an over reaction to the lame Obama years.  He barks a lot but he's not going to do anything stupid on trade.  I believe China is only interest in self promotion and until they correct their human rights situation, I'm doubtful they will ever have the worlds largest economy.,  I can't even imagine what it would be like to have a  police state leading the world.  A few years ago everyone wanted a trading relationship with China and now it's the other way around.  Canada should be wary.


where do you live?  If it's Vancouver itself, you must be one of the 1%


It would be interesting if Question period was not televised for acouple of months duri ng the period when Parliament sits.  Or remove the immunity protection from members of what they say. There would probably be a lot more decorum and Adults debating. Maybe we could get more done.
Right now, too many Journalists make a living reporting negatively on our political process.


Tweeter-elect Trump gives satirists and stand-up comics much "unpresidented" ammunition to cover himself with ridicule.  http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/17/trump-faces-unpresidented-moment-on-twitter.html


Republicans failed to pass their healthcare legislation because they failed to to understand the dangers of taking health care away from those who need it.
Now Trump's response is to let Obamacare fail and take healthcare away from those who need it. Such brilliant leadership! He's demonstrating the same "never my fault" attitude that led him to take multiple business ventures into bankruptcy, while destroying his creditors. This time the losses will be counted in human lives instead of money.


Well, this article was published before that one was so...


All true.   That's today.   The culture of "assisted dying' seems poised to spread and that culture seems poised to support greater profit from the apparatus of death.   That culture will push for expansion of existing law.  This is one basis of the "slippery slope" and this is my objection.

I also object to the lack of sincerity around issues as serious as treating pain.   There are ways to reduce pain for a lot of people and avoid it completely that are not on the medical guidelines map in Canada, but are in other countries.  This isn't voodoo;  there are metabolic processes that have been outlined in biochemistry textbooks for decades.   Perhaps if all the knowledge in those textbooks were truly utilized, people had less pain, the need for assisted death would decrease.


Well there we go it's on the internet.  "It has to be true or it wouldn't be on the internet."  Yikes.


So the investment firm buys up the Ottawa hinterlands, builds the rail line, then sells the land at a sufficiently inflated price to pay for the rail line with plenty of money left over.  Other connected Chinese investors no doubt leverage the scheme by purchasing additional properties and selling them for a big profit.  Trudeau gets bragging rights for an infrastructure project that the government did not pay for.  So who pays?  Future generations of Canadians looking to buy a home at inflated prices.  Future consumers looking to buy locally produced food with a reduced agricultural base.  Neither of whom are voting in the next election.  Sounds like a deal, I would guess.


Ha. Ha. MB got $6.6 and ON only got $1.8............oh, that's $1.8 billion


yep...where the hell is Muhamed Ali when you need him?


My tipping point is i should play by the same rules many other canadians who cant afford to incorporate do. Moreover, if you are a physician making < 300 000 and not income splitting with adult children i invite you to do the math on these schemes...they save relatively little money. It is high-income specialists e.g. Radiologists with private clinics on the side who are especially benefiting. Most pcps would do little worse unincorporated.


Why separate women? are they not considered equal to men?


Portugal is held up as the gold standard for "decriminalizing" drugs and not "judging" the addict. Their programs has some success due to wrap-around services and is mandatory. Drug dealing is still illegal and dealt with harshly. Other EU countries tried to emulate the program. With the 2008 recession, their budgets were slashed for the addicts in program and caused overdoses, increased crime, and increased disease transmission, increased homelessness. Can you see us having an Injections Site AND wrap-around services? I don't believe there will be funding for both. Why not use any proposed funding and increase needed detox/rehab facilities and sober living environments along with all the needed physical/mental health and social services. The way I see it, Injections Sites are prolonging the suffering and misery of the addict with the usual end result of death. Which would be more compassionate?


No fault of the mayor. It is frivolous law suits that have delayed rail and increased costs....


Thanks Margaret. Mindfulness/meditation/prayer etc. has been forgotten in western culture for a long time.
Human nature being what it is, some will doubtlessly try to commodify it in some cheesy way.  However someone in our house stopped taking anti-anxiety medication over a year ago after discovering mindfulness so I am  generally in favor.


Laudable effort by the councilman to insure that doobies are made from local weed.  Everyone talks about stimulating local agriculture and finally someone is actually doing it, literally.  It's high time that other politicians emulate Council Chairman Derek Kawakami.
.
Mayor Caldwell could start a Cook Pine plantation to provide ties for his beloved Rail.  Da Guv could hold hackathons to hack down noxious weeds growing on with myriad of aspirational agendas.


eric - Why did Debbie Wasserman-Schultz suddenly resign as chair of the DNC following the DNC email leak, and immediately get hired by the Billary campaign????

(I can't wait to hear this)


If you actually read any of those, you'd find that they disprove TNR as a plausible solution. That's what you get for just respewing articles from cat-lickers' sites, where even they haven't read them in entirety or only cherry-picked comments that support their psychotic views of the real world.


The fact remains, we the taxpayer got the shaft once again.  $20 trillion and counting........


This is a disgrace after the Liberals lambasted the Cons on this issue--now it is worse and Trudeau is willing to send out troops to die and suffer in Africa so he gets a Security Council seat and his name in the papers.


If you had gone to the link you could have read the following:

"Odilon Jimenez-Ramos, 48, was taken to Marion County jail and initially held on $10.8 million bail — $50,000 per violation. His bail was later reduced to $50,000."


Feel free to boycott the USA.  Anything that reduces the congestion for those of us who will happily continue to vacation there is most welcome.  And I can assure you, our American friends won't miss having to navigate their way around Canadians travelling 20-30 MPH below the flow of traffic on their interstates.  It drives them crazy.


"Judge not lest ye shall be judged."
Antifa spreads the most virulent forms of hatred and violence.
Even the far left Nancy Pelosi condemned them for that.


If you have an open mind, Boodrow, read these stats:

https://www.propublica.org/article/deadly-force-in-black-and-white


That's the standard MO of Trump. Trump flies in and has his little campaign speech, completely ignoring the matter at hand, grandstands until his ego is satiated, and then flies away. Then they send Pence in to mop up and pretend they care.


Clientele? Rich Coleman, serving the homeless since never.


Don't know why you'd ay this. Dismantling Dodd-Frank sounds like a very risky undertaking, one that can only destabilize the global economy. Have you forgotten 2007/2008?


... if so, we should have 'em all pony up to be hooked up with gray water ASAP so the rest of us can continue to enjoy delicious clean water ... we could have 'em all buy rainbarrels and just drink asphalt laden water that way.  Would be really easy and very effective to shut off all those who like dirty water ...


Actually, by law people can be forced to get mental health help.  Whether they can force anyone to accept it is the question.


I can only say that as a practicing Catholic for 61+ years, the USCCB's actions over the course of the last 10 years disgusts me. As a group, in my opinion, they have become political old men who do not inspire the Catholic faithful and who don't know WWJD!


Little Potato needs no help in that department. he does all by his lonesome.

My worry is that US and international contempt for our PM could harm our country.


Do you mean that you actually counted the number of mass shootings by gun type and I was right and you were wrong, so you have to resort to baseless rhetoric?

Math not lie.


"He's not a war hero.  He was a war hero because he was captured.  I like people who weren't captured."

- Draft dodger who skated on his daddy's money


LOL. You should speak to my ex-husband. He could teach you a few tricks.


She was stopped because she was brown

That’s it

What a wonderful country

Founded on genocide
Enrichened thru slavery
Morally bankrupt

AMERIKKKA


Once the trees are 15+ feet tall, they shade out the invasive species.  Plantation style forests are not so bad as many make them out to be.  Its just the usual back to nature irrational thinking.  In the midwest, a 1000 acre plot might be given over to corn or soybeans or whatever.  One rarely hears carping about plantation corn.  Trees are a resource like corn (except to environmentalists who live in the city).  To fight global warming we need maximum tree production and sequestration of the wood produced.


Oh, I thought it was about politicians who lie should go to jail...


@the last truthbender said; "...remember your comment when you drive UNDER a bridge..."

and I say; "...remember your comment when you park on Shopping Centre in Ontario..."
got it "l'enfoiré" ?