Many of these kids removed from abusive, neglectful,  addicted "homes" are deeply traumatized and CPS cannot find an extended family member any where in the community that can pass a basic background check for suitability.  Also,  removing children from an abusive neglectful home to the house next door or a few houses away provides no protection from continued abuse.  Many of these abusive parents invade and disrupt every household in the Village.  Save the kids.  Relocate them out.  Set them free.  Open their World View.  Their healthcare,  including physical therapy, psychological therapy,  tutoring,  medical treatment, dental, eye exams and hearing exams, evaluations are only available in the developed urban areas of the State. Political correctness and agendas can be destructive and another form of abuse.


Irving was never a heavy oil refinery.

The Come-by-Chance refinery in Newfoundland used to refine Venezuelan many, many years ago.  It's now 90% under contract to BP to refine their oil for export markets, and it's not licensed to sell refined products in Canada except about 10% in Newfoundland (about 10,000 bbl/day) for which they have been buying Newfoundland oil since that has been economical.

The main thing I've learned from the debate over Energy East is westerners don't know much about refining, markets, or the O&G industry in eastern Canada.


A coup is a:"a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government."

Use of the 25th Amendment would be legal, therefore not a coup.


I agree Anne ~~ And kudos to Suzanne LaFrance too!


Well that is about the dumbest post I have read in ages.  There goal of the ignorant anti-capitalists is not dialogue but violence and they only represent a tiny minority of the population.  Otherwise their politicians would be in power, not the current government.
This is not an opportunity to put those claims to the test, it is an opportunity to let the radical and violent leftist destroy the meeting.
Use some sense.


Since you're jumping to conclusions based on no actual evidence at all, can I play too? I'll infer that since you didn't actually address the article and are trying to change the topic that you support these Proud Boy idiots and their white supremacist agenda.

How did I do? This is actually really easy, there's no thinking involved at all.


OPSEU is timing this strike to take advantage of the fact that an election is approaching in Ontario, and the Liberal government will give in to their demands in order to retain support of their members.
Sadly, that's exactly what will happen, with Ontario taxpayers footing the bill.


Cupich? An extraordinarily good and exemplary man and cleric.  Perfectly such?  Well, no. But he is a sign of hope, whatever his theological shortcomings.


Interesting Stuff: 1- The world's top expert on cyberattacks is Kaspersky Labs a Russian firm which always detects and provides data on major cyberattacks anywhere in the world, including the US. Kaspersky provides free antivirus programs online and comes loaded on many computers for free. It is the top recommended antivirus program by experts-- including Hawaiiantelcom and Oceanic Time Warner Cable which provided it for free. Kaspersky provides the virus detection "engine" for Zone Alarm another antivirus program. 2- The Shadow Brokers is the Alt Right hacking group that hacked and posted the US NSA hacking tools, one or more of which were used in the current worldwide ransomware attack. They are also suspected in some involvement in this and the French election attacks. Wikileaks and Snowden have cited them. They claim they are anti globalist, Trump supporters disappointed in Trump-- https://medium.com/@shadowbrokerss/dont-forget-your-base-867d304a94b1


Trudeau will not risk angering his pals in China.


As always, they will blame PERS and many will buy the lie.  For the real reason for shortfall, look at the increase in administrative and tenured faculty salaries over the years shown in the table.   Far far far above what the government tells us inflation is.  Swallow the PERS lie, or push back and make them talk about much higher than inflation salary growth.


Thank you Mr. Darwin...


The proposed income tax will take the rest of my family's pfd; we won't be able to pick click give because there will be nothing left. Fix the oil tax mess, stop the gimmicks!


Thank you, Neal for your article.  The state (the country as well) is in political distress; from Chelsea Kent's bird, to barbs between political candidates Trump and Clinton

It's often been pointed out that to make change in the social determinants of health (jobs, housing, education, health) one needs to vote. Voting is seen as an important measure of civic engagement for communities.  When people are disenfranchised they may not vote but chose to make a difference in the communities they live in through helping each other.  Neighborhood action committees and organizations often start and provide meaningful change in their communities.  It is fluid and responsive in ways that the structure and static nature of government prevent.


>> “If one presumes that the voter is duty bound [sic] to the public, and
>> not beholden to his own personal beliefs and interests, there should
>> be no problem in this vote being conducted in public.”

The above quote sums up the average ANC cadre’s schizophrenic relationship with reality and truth.  On the one hand, Molewa wants its MPs to toe the party line (in order to protect both a faux image of unity and a sorely corrupt leadership), while on the other hand pretending that it’s the voter’s duty to be altruistic in defending the public interest.  The fly in the ointment, dear minister, is that your organisation has consistently failed the public interest and you have done nothing concrete to address this failure.  All you’ve done is to trumpet hollow promises, vacuous evasions and transparent deflections.


Fox is great for passing on spurious rumors about Clinton, and I think Hannity is a particularly egregious shill.  A Google search on this particular lie suggests Jones as the source.  I've found that most of the lies and conspiracy theories about the Clintons originate in or emanate from Breitbart, the de facto public relations arm of the white supremacist movement, and until recently the home office of Steve Bannon, the CEO of Trump's campaign.


It sounds like there may be more to this story than we have been told.


Hillary is so far removed from the Real World.  She is still living in the past.  I would never DARE to tell my magnificent wife HOW to vote or WHO to vote for any office.  Geez, Hillary just because you married Bill and put up with his indiscretions (to keep moving up the political ladder) tells a lot of ladies, that you are not too bright.   I mean, I do not know any woman in her right mind who would put up with his crap.  So no respect for you.


I agree on the possible benefits of fixing our systems. I personally believe that we should fix those things in any case.

Marketing boards inflate the price of staples like milk, cheese, eggs, and chicken. This is a regressive tax on poorer Canadians who spend a greater percentage of their incomes on food. They have to go.

With respect to lumber, we always seem to say that the US has it wrong and we don't understand why they think that we provide unfair subsidies. The answer is that we might. An auction for logging rights would be far more preferable for this as you could ensure the public is getting the best price for these rights instead of them being negotiated in some back room with a minister.


Justine Trudeau is a loser


Mr. T 89 - Today must be a really hard day for you.  Just continue to nitpick.  TS cannot adapt when the play breaks down.  He almost broke Bosa's ankle last week adapting on a broken play.  Threw a TD to Fowler on the run on a broken play.
Trevor threw 4 TDs and beat America's Team 42-17.  Now, go back under the rock.  I am sure Trevor is bound to have one bad game and you will be here to glow and pat yourself on the back.  But this week is just darkness and gloom for you.


Doesn't have to be artificial....


The show had both sponsors and listeners. No need to denigrate the man's show.


He won't.  He would never lower himself to bother with Trump.  Obama's attitude is simply to pretend that Trump doesn't exist, which will enrage Trump far more than any lawsuite would do.


Odd how your "Lard *** tRump" comment doesn't get deleted by NCR, but this comment will be deleted (or at least it was earlier).

It's a beautiful thing going on, isn't it?

The left seems totally fixated on Trump (above you're making comments about his weight!!) .....yet they've paid no attention to what the Republican Congress has done in the last 3 months, burning through and getting signed one law after another law.  Let me guess..would a "cankles comment" stand here?

It's perhaps the most productive session in 4 decades.

Love it.

Keep your eyes focused over on Trump.


My first thought was to not vote for a guy with turban. However, I realized that that is racism - to judge a person based on ethnic or religious background. It is not fair for him to be judged by someone just because of his religious or ethnic origins. He is much more than just a guy with turban.

That being said, I will not vote for him because I don't agree with his policies regarding decriminalizing all drugs as well as $15/hr min wage.


The boyos are telling Francis to "butt out":


Maybe not with the same point guard and coach


So you want certain political correctness, Republic party style, for all judicial appointments, eh? Remember when McConnell said that, if Clinton were elected, he'd try to keep the seat open for 4 or 8 years? Disgusting Republic party chicanery.
We're so fortunate to live in Colorado with its merit selection/retention system. We could use that in the federal system.


Good point.


Sorry Mr. Martin but I really don't think Canada needs anything from that family. The nepotism issue is quite troubling.


Define "guy" please ...


And this weekend in an interview, Charles Koch said he would rather Clinton win then Trump or Cruz. And he also compared Trump to Hitler. The times, they are a changing. Not saying for better or worse.


Of course there was not pressure from Trudeau on Brookfield to backtrack on their original version of requiring receipts and pigs fly.


1. "the Pahala option would only be exercised when that wood wasn’t available, as when soggy conditions made logging nearby unwise." Soggy conditions persist at least two seasons per year. Given the 200"-300" of often flooding annual rains here on the Hamakua coast, Ka'u and Hilo will also need to brace for continual noise, exhaust, traffic congestion and wear on roads. Will Hu Honua pay for the high cost of additional road maintenance, or will island residents pay via increased taxes? Are traffic calming measures being planned by the county? Who will pay?

2. Given those flooding rains and sloping nature of these forests, how will soil erosion and stream sediment be mitigated during the interim between replanting and early crop maturity? Does a forest management plan exist, and who will be responsible for implementing it? Who will pay?


I pray for the day when such a gathering would elicit the same interest and comments as if it were a gathering of  the Croatian American Club. Some day please, when we call people of any stripe a man or a woman and not with some added qualifier. Please.


Vietnam


He keeps right on digging the hole deeper. Trump puts the twit in Twitter.


Are you opposed to mail-in-ballots?


One reason comes to mind, "some people are not worth screwing with."

President Donald Trump was warned:

May 16, 2017, 1:47 AM - Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrumpThe real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy. Very un-American!3:13 PM - 15 Feb 2017.  Donald J. Trump ✔   😏 John Schindler ✔ @20committeeNow we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."https://twitter.com/JWal077/status/831871381570781184 …4:27 PM - 15 Feb 2017

The State Department, CIA is making good on their promise.


Odds are that in 2028, Trump will still be sitting behind bars (made of 100 percent US steel)


A couple of weeks ago there was a study released showing that there is a higher percentage of Americans making less than $10k per year then Canadians.  It also showed that there was a higher percentage of Canadians making more than $100k per year than Americans.  Canada does not have as many extremely wealthy people such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. whose incomes and wealth fool Americans into thinking they are wealthier since they pull up the average.  However, when you look at the segmentation of wealth the everyday Canadian is richer than the everyday American and we have a universal health care reducing our day to day anxiety to levels most Americans can only dream of.  I suggest you stop watching Fox and consider yourself lucky to be a Canadian.


Remember that much vegatation provides nutrition for cows but not people.


Actually, toddlers shoot someone more like weekly. http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/30/toddler-shootings-guns/


They walked away with 85 million.  They paid 464 million in taxes an royalties.  That means they got an 18.7% return on their investment.  Do the math. All of the huge oil companies made out like bandits in Alaska,


Full of Trump supporters I see.You poor little babies.As if Trump makes any sense.Move on babies they’re not in the White House anymore.Waaaaaaa


You know more than the former FBI director?  I hope you call your information in!


Given the heat and humidity, black mold and rot will take over most of the homes that were submerged. It also seems like poor people always get hit the hardest, because they live in flood prone areas, very sad.


Gavrilo Prinzip?


Unbelievable! The Obama Administration should be held accountable!

Back when I was a pup, fires respected limits placed on when they could burn. It's called "fire season" for a reason, people!! This kind of un-American behavior is just further proof of the total erosion of traditional family values. What's next, allowing a man to lay with a man!!??

 Wake up, liberals, and see what you've done to our once-great nation!


When did I ever say that? Citations, please. I think you're confusing me with someone else.:)


Ali is among the best along with Joe Louis.


Why is there no picture again? Can ADN NOT find the facts related to the case? He has multiple offenses in MOA that can be found in a couple minutes, and there is NO picture? Lets see what the criminals look like, eh? The 6'1" white blond guy with a 'failure to appear' had a full-face mug shot yesterday, but a cop/civilian attempted murder and another attempted murder here have NO picture?


So glad the administrator didn't press charges. I'd hate to see our young scholars learn that choices and actions have consequences.


Maybe Doug Chin could simply call up the Presi.....never mind.


Medicare is a single payer system and most of the people on it like it just fine. Try messing with it and see what happens.

Canada, the UK, Germany, Italy, France, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan have somehow manage to provide universal health care to their citizens. Some are single payer, some are mixed systems, but all have better health outcomes and longer life expectancy than the US.


So what is your best guess as to what kind of measures this committee will recommend?


Chad,  It would be better to have a fuller presentation that a simple regurgitation of a Kiplinger press release?  The article:
1.  Overlooks effectiveness of taxes.  Denmark, Germany, Sweden, etc., use their taxes more effectively than the US, but would probably be rated as not friendly tax regimes by Kiplinger.
2. Overlooks regressiveness of Hawaii's tax regime.  It lets the rich off with lower taxes: Sales tax is not charged on the things that the rich spend most of their money on:  Stocks, bonds, legal fees, real estate, etc.  And Hawaii's property taxes could double and still be in the bottom 50% nationwide.


wait for it...wait for it...wait...for...it...


... so they rewrite the article 2 hours later.


Head up Allie, keep running, Alaska is proud of you!


1998 was an extremely warm year due to El Nino.  Hence there appears to be a hiatus on surface temperatures since 1998 to 2016.

On the other hand, the extraordinary growth of temperatures up till 1998 was often used to make alarming claims on 4C or similarly exaggerated claims.

The most significant greenhouse gas by far is H2O, not CO2, but some people conveniently ignore that.

A lot of people who use settled science as a weapon to bludgeon skeptics into submission often don't even understand basic Physics, this is the world we live in today, just accept that its all corrupted by politics and vote accordingly to keep the world a sane place.


Fascism is an ideology. It is based on big government, big business and big labour working together.  Much like the NDP. Lets not forget that Mussolini started out as a socialist.
An important difference is that the Italian fascism was NOT anti-Semitic.  Jews served in the Fascist party and Mussolini's mistress and prominent Fascist was herself Jewish.
The Nazis were ethno-racist NOT white supremacist. Hitler  made up some story about the Germans and Nordic people as a distinct race, which of course they are not. Southern and Eastern Europeans were not considered "Aryans" by Hitler even though they are.

I think you need to do more research.
.


The world is mad.


As codified in many, many Security Council resolutions, the international  legal  standing of these lands from day one (i.e., following the 1967 war) has been that they are 'Occupied Territories'. As such, the settlements are a violation of international law.

The present resolution simply restates previous resolutions of the  Council.  The International Court of Justice in The Hague also reiterated that the settlements are illegal under international law in its ruling of 2004 ("Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory")


And why is it so difficult to stop what is clearly a form of insanity, lazee? Instead of attacking me, offer us some of your wisdom. Or do you think these regular eruptions of mass killing are somehow a normal part of civic life?


Well, the US has global security responsibilities America's self-assessed moral superiors cannot fathom and sometimes realpolitik results in unfortunate situations. It would be so much easier to simply point fingers like other nations tend to do.


Hello. Anybody home?  You're in the wrong story genius.


Let's hope BC's NDP runs a better campaign this time.


Yes, they do. Remember, these are people who voted for Trump. I rest my case.


Opihi is so ono but it's one of the riskiest food to get. That's why when I get a chance to eat it I savor it. RIP bruddah.


That is patently false. Encyclicals are dogmatic where the Holy Father specifically invokes the charism of infallibility. That is reallyTheology 101 stuff.


To uproot all the chances of Zuma government to win and ensure the winning of WMC puppets in elections, the white monopoly capitalist are continuously playing their shrewd cards. Deserving Zuma will surely win!


Yes, it is so sad that (y)our president hates anyone with brown or black skin, anyone who is not his preferred religion, anyone who happens to want to access health care, anyone who abhors sexual predators, anyone who wants a clean environment, anyone who wants to maintain diplomatic channels with other countries, anyone who feels that all US citizens should be treated the same when it comes to natural disasters, anyone who wants to tell organized sports owners who to fire, anyone who cares about equitable tax laws.......should I go on?


We need cars to get to work, drive our children, buy groceries, and for recreation.
We need to be offended by the leftist politicians who are intent on interfering with our lives.
Vote these people out.


I don't believe Clinton's losing any ground with the Mexicans, Hispanics, or Latinos.  There's too much as stake for this population to not support anyone but tRump.


Flake will be up in 2018, so he must be primaried first, McCain is next up in 2020. He will retire if he believes he will lose his primary, which God willing he will. Both "men" should be removed by the people of Arizona.


The concern for "how the Liberal government will ensure its bills, which must pass in both the House and the Senate, will become law without the traditional party system in the Red Chamber" is just silly. Throughout Canadian history the governing party has changed from time to time, and the new governing party has often found itself dealing with a Senate dominated by the outgoing party. The only time this has ever caused a problem was when Liberal senators decided they didn't like Mulroney's GST.

Likewise, the Conservative complaint that  the government is trying to “destroy the Senate opposition” " is, while factually accurate, silly. The aim of an independent Senate is to have Senators who are neither government nor opposition; naturally, this requires abolition not just of the opposition in the Senate but of the very concept of "the opposition in the Senate".


Maybe, but a South African civil case would not achieve the same objectives as a successful criminal case.  I would see the Afriforum PVT prosecution having two prime objectives. Firstly, to remove all speculation that the NPA are incompetent in deciding which cases to pursue, and secondly, to have at least one family member of the political elite held personally and directly accountable for their irresponsible and/or criminal actions. A final, albeit a minor objective for greater society, would be to pave the way for adequate financial compensation for the affected family directly from the accused rather than from the taxpayer and it is this objective that would have to be undertaken through a civil case, which would be much easier to justify if a criminal conviction is already achieved.


The highest carbon dioxide levels observed in the warmest interglacial peaks was about 300ppm. The pre-industrial levels of 285 were pretty typical of the warmest part of the natural glacial cycle.

Ozone is considered a pollutant as well, even though stratospheric ozone is quite important to our well-being. Yes, plants use it to grow, but that doesn't mean more is better. (for that logic, someone whose house is flooded should be thrilled, since water is similarly essential for plant growth!)


I am assuming you did not go on Wikileaks and actually read the emails. If you had done so you would find a bunch of innocuous memos and emails that had no real security information in them at all. In fact 74% of them were personal. The big complaint was Hilary using a private server...NOT the contents. The Russians were very actively hacking into voting machines during the elections and in the pre vote days. They did that to favour Trump. They knew full well any scandal they could fabricate about Clinton would aid Trump. He promised to do big business in Russia in return and lift some sanctions. You really need to find the FOIA page and also the Wikileaks site and get your facts straight. Your sounding like a trump redneck.


Where?


ScottMc37...well, to be fair to me, I was being a bit sarcastic ;)


actually the article doesn't specify what the money knight has donated to others was earmarked for...


OK, in a nutshell here is why I think this new comment system we are using is stupid. A comment with 4 likes just vanished. My guess is it was in the "pre-approved" stage, and someone with opposite political views said it was not civil. It was civil. Comments in this system are deleted by random chance (who happens to review them and their political views and/or tolerance) instead of by a real moderator. Just awful.


I  have a suggestion: Get rid of Tabitha Southey and replace her with a columnist


If I were to fear any foreign government or country it would be China. China is the puppet master of North Korea and if China wants North Korea to stop with the missiles then it will happen.


Mass attendance declined after Humanae Vitae.


And do you know anybody who came into a church, announced this from the ambo [using the microphone] at a week-end Mass?  NOBODY!!!!


My heart goes out to Britain, but they have shown us all the guts to withstand such attacks over the decades.  It is difficult to deal with attackers who are home grown, like in this case.  Such was the case with other homegrown attackers like Bissonette, most recently in this country, and Breivik and McVeigh.  It is impossible to know when such a social time bomb will go off.  We must all be vigilant.


AhiPoke, and your basic observation is why good, strong administrators are needed and necessary.

Maybe it's about setting solid groundrules ahead of time.  Or zero tolerance rules regarding heatedly approaching coaches, or some sort of strictly adhered to mechanism for dispute resolution.

This situation is one where there didn't seem to be any sort of rules enforced, nor mechanism in place.  For it to get that far out of hand meant there was a breakdown on the administrative end.

And, here's why it's needed in football and other college scholarship sports:  They involve $80.000-$300,000 propositions.

Maybe kids of misbehaving parents should have been either heard and if right, problems addressed, or invited to have their child removed from the team, either volunatrily or involuntarily based on their future conduct.

I don't know how cancelling the season made things safer for the Coach or the students, if in fact, the problem is a or more than one parent with anger problems.


You are just a lefty cry baby, this w.p. is B. S.


There are two, that one is the more respectable one, is used more in France than Quebec, and it isn't used in the same way as the English F word for insults, etc.

There is another F word used in Quebec, a French one, fo*tre, which is more vulgar and used in a way similar to the English F word..."Va the faire fo*tre" would be the equivalent of FU...
"Tout fouter en l'air"  would be something like to "mess everything up" but is not at all considered swearing.


It is always a special challenge to support anything that West Pac and Kitty Simmons want to do.  The sharks are not always in the ocean.


Comparing John Hollands' position pre- and post-acquisition is irrelevant. The concern is do we, as a democratic and market economy, want government owned companies taking over more of our economy? Is it principled to let state-financed companies use their enormous resources to compete against our private sector with less resources? I think it's unfair and unprincipled.

If the Chinese company was totally private, it would be a different question. I have no issues with Alibaba or Tencent expanding internationally, but state-owned companies are unquestionably politically-motivated.

Would we let the Bank of China buy CIBC or National Bank? I would hope not. But you never know under the sinophile Trudeau.


I'm shocked, shocked, I say, that anyone would tear down another person's sign. But really, it's not newsworthy. Sign swapping, it's what some would call a political sporting event around here, fun for the whole family.


Maybe if someone pays him $50,000, he'll show up for the next debate.


The 30-year Treasury yield rates are running more than 2.5% these days so at a 2% rate of inflation, the investor still comes out ahead.  Details at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield .

Saving cash in your mattress, which is what you seem to be proposing, is indeed a sucker's game, so don't do it.  With more risk of a loss, e.g. the stock market, you can conceivably do much better than 2%.

Deficit spending, Keynes' answer to the Great Depression and Obama's to the Great Recession, gets money back into circulation, pumping up the economy.  The idea is to eliminate deficits only when serious inflation looms.  Here in the US, with cast iron national credit (barring Republican shenanigans), we can finance our deficit cheaply.

For a contrary view, with a static money supply, see Britain's fixation on the gold standard in the 1920's, leading to their own Great Depression several years before the rest of the world.


Absolutely agree.  I think many minor parties (and this one may fall in that category) are more vanity parties for someone who wants to be president or governor, rather than legitimate parties interested in growing and creating a substantive third party.  The fact that the "party's chairman of the state and national organizations" is running for Colorado governor would seem to support that the Unity Party falls in the former category rather than the latter.  You don't see the chairmen of the DNC and the RNC putting themselves up for the presidential nomination (for which we can be truly thankful, IMHO).  People who actually understand politics realize that running a political party is an entirely different job than running a state or country.


Case closed, book it Danno.


Hey Bill - got anything in your house made in China?


Poor man! He is struggling to stay in the game.


The Crusades continue.


Call me a skeptic but anyone who more or less implies that the lessons of Black Monday armed them with the tools to profit from the Tech Bubble and the Financial Crisis without even so much as a vague reference to examples of stocks traded should be taken with a grain of salt.

To his credit he at least acknowledges that his attempt at timing the market was far to early.

Without attempt to quantify his story with annualized returns and examples of stocks and  the reader might as well put his money on red for insight provided.


The obvious developer connection in Kapolei was one thing.  Now the EXTENT of this travesty comes out:  The plan related to the development in Kakaako and supposedly "affordable" housing.  What a slight-of-hand, what a total "let's pull the wool over the eyes of Oahu's citizens long enough and then it will be too late" bunch of baloney.  If we, the citizens of Oahu who can plainly see through this sham permit it to continue then all that can be said is that we got what we deserved.  The fraud perpetrated on us may not be a crime, but it should be.  Those in the big square building perform their magic by hook and by crook and all while those they are bilking are working sometimes two or three jobs just to make ends meet now so aren't able to get a paid day off to come demonstrate.   The corruption at the highest (or lowest, depending on your view) places must stop.  Vote them out for people who actually put the will of the citizens first.


“Slavery and the slave trade, upon which Western Europe and the United States developed their economic superiority, were said to be positive for Africans, whose innate inferiority meant they had no capacity to run their own lives.”

Nobody believes that since the 1900's Gerald. Many African slaves were captured by other African tribes in intertribal warfare. These slaves formally sold to the Arabs were now sold to the better paying Europeans.

You put all the blame on western powers but completely ignore the impact of African corruption. You also ignore the fact that a lot of these African leaders were trained ibyBritish socialist on how to run a country.

They didn't do too well until the adopted more market oriented economies.


The AP and the Democrats shouldn't (but they will), keep comparing any Republican proposal to the failing ACA.  It's a big problem when Dems give something to the public then portray the Republicans as "taking it away".  Maybe Schumer will start crying again on camera.


Too little, to late. You cut seniors, you cut children, you supposedly cut, cut cut, but you gave, gave to yourself and cronies! Failure to do your job for all of us. You are fired.


I have seen pictures as well .So all of that oily looking stuff in the water is diesel fuel?


It was a dangerous argument for the USA to accept following the September 11, 2001 Trade Center towers attack. But now, it's convention.


You can find nattokinase in the form of Japanese natto at a few restaurants and Japanese grocers.   The form in natto is vitamin k2 (mk-7).

Another way to get k2 is to eat grass-fed beef and eggs from chickens raised on varied diets including seeds, grubs and grasses.  In fact a woman in France who died at the age of 116 (earlier this year?) attributed her longevity in part to eating two raw farm-fresh eggs daily.


The US electoral college is not PR.  It is the result of 50 separate FPTP elections (maybe 48, there are 2 states that do things differently) to elect a slate of "electors" in each state.  The number of electors is roughly proportional to population but is biased to giving more votes to states with smaller populations.  That way, you have a national election, not just a contest run in 7 or so really populous states which is what would happen if the number of electors per state was purely by population.  It is why Hilary, who ran up huge majorities in New York and California, lost overall.


peter, the 15th is the right to vote. not the right to representation you'll notice. the rich have bought the past three elections by gerrymandering districts, making it harder for minorities to vote, and instilling a sense of apathy in voters so we get mayors, governors, congressmen and presidents elected by 7%, in los angeles, to 27%, trump, of the eligible voters. this is not democracy by any stretch. do not expect politicians to ever consider representation voting, where everyone is represented because that would mean that the top two vote getters in the district represent the district and most of the people in that district. mandatory voting might help.


The EU has been reporting for years that money given to DRC is a waste. Simply a waste. Billions of dollars spent and it just goes to enriching and entrenching corrupt government and army officials.  The more money we give to countries with high corruption the more we hurt the people we think we are helping, because we make the real problem - the callous officials in charge - stronger


Thank the good lord


Not more important? How'd you get your groceries today?


It is indeed the proper role of the Opposition to oppose. However, Canada's opposition should do its opposing IN CANADA.


Sometime in the 1980's a prestigious consulting firm were asked by the US telecom company AT&T how many mobile phones they could expect to sell in the year 2000. Having duly consulted they came up with 100,000 and AT&T neglegted the market to their shareholders detriment. The actual amount was around 2 million. I'm uncertain what the consultants charged for their services back then.
In 2017 a SOE collapsing under the weight of decades of bad planning and crippling corruption asked a prestigious consulting firm how to avoid further power cuts, which were anyway a non event due to a serious down turn of the economy (we won't go there) and a fact confirmed in advance by their ailing clients. Having duly consulted etc. they said nothing to worry about and that'll be R2.8 billion please.
Guess who were consulting?


Clinton's self-pity tour continues. At least Trump's contrary positions are all public whereas Clinton has a public position and a separate private position for her Wall Street cronies.


Psychotherapy, ECT treatments and anti-psychotic drugs are your friends, Rmiller101.


Good for you, I retired from my alpine career. My crampons, axes and rope are put away.  After dozens of terrifying close calls, I ask as any older climber must, has my luck run out?

When I do go high, I depend on ski patrol to be there, otherwise I'm going about in the woods where mountains are not nearly as deadly.

I hope your family never knows the feeling climbers experience when it goes bad.


Thanks for bringing the concepts of "epikeia" and "courts of chancery"  into the discussion.  The new words sent me to a search, which is helping me understand the mindset of the cardinals who are having so much trouble with Amoris Laetitia and the mindset of those who really do like the recognition in AL's teaching that all situation are not reducible to a set of rules.  Life really is messy.

EPIKEIA:  "A term derived from the Greek ἐπιείκεια, meaning reasonableness, has undergone a development in moral theology. According to most manuals of theology epikeia is a restrictive interpretation of positive law based on the benign will of the legislator who would not want to bind his subjects in certain circumstances. Recently, theologians have referred to the Thomistic notion of the virtue of epikeia. In a concrete situation the individual invoking a higher law acts against the letter of an imperfect positive law."  http://www.encyclopedia.com


What about all the other examples Renzetti cites? Did Jo Cox deserve to die because she was a woman? You are the problem, buddy.


I like the brisk and happy appearing walk, and holding hands, and all that giggly stuff.
She looks happy to be home. Who wouldn't be tense where they were.
This, because of the fools who went after Trump for the "hand-hold" incident.
Kinda puts 'em in their place, ya know?


No, they are people that chose teaching as a career. They have good days and bad days just like the rest of us.There are good teachers and bad teachers such as you will find in any occupation.  Heroes no, but they are very much appreciated for what they do.


Are you really that clueless?  When you pay $20+ million for a condo, you don't give a crap about measley maintenance fees.  They're inconsequential.  Even if the maintenance fees are $10K a month, the owners won't bat an eye.  We're talking about folks who will frequently spend over $2K on a dinner, even more if it's a high-priced benefit dinner.  The extremely wealthy, the 0.1%, don't get "Buyers (sic) remorse".


Folks, i have been noticing this trend for sometime now and really disgusted. In short, my faith journey into the Catholic Faith started with EWTN as a great influence, even though at that time, my jesuit-based theology mentors had warned that EWTN was not a moral authority. Only later I realized the wisdom in many of the things my mentors said..i had been having the 'immaculate heart..' sticker for more than a decade only to tear it out recently as i just could not stand the radio very subtly tilting towards the republican candidate...much as to do with ignorance..also has to do with a base...very much has to do with the heart of our faith...this whole confusion i would say is about pro-choice (pro-life mostly likes to call it pro-abortion, which does not make sense at all) vs pro-life..such a tragedy...very very painful to see all sincerely faithful being utterly misled.even the way cardinal ended the al smith dinner was not quite right...mr. trump is a stalwart for pro-life? common!


If a corporation emits toxic pollution into an intermittent waterway and subsequent rains move that pollution into a river which eventually drains into another state, then interstate commerce is clearly affected, since downstream water quality, health, and economic vitality are clearly impacted in the downstream state. Pretty much every waterway and and river system eventually crosses state lines. Drainage of pollutants from intermittent waterways is not hypothetical but an everyday occurrence all across the US because water soluble pollutants move with rainwater drainage. There are many examples, like the PCBs at Love Canal,etc. The "constitutionality" is just a red herring to rationalize business decisions that care more about private profit than public health.


Bill, I believe Clinton has a 100% rating from both PP and NARAL. Nothing else can be inferred from that. We have sex ed out the wazoo at our government schools. Folks cannot claim ignorance, but they will claim convenience in order to justify aborting a life.

We on the Conservative spectrum don't believe government has most of the answers. In fact, we believe they have very few. Yes, it is necessary to help those who CAN"T help themselves, but not those who WON"T help themselves. All the things you enumerate are not the purview of our Federal Government. It's not a checkered record - It's a different way how we expect people to act to do as much for themselves as possible and not depending on a crutch from BIG GOV"T.


Ever heard of clean coal or does that go against your 100% man made climate change chicken little, the sky is falling and we are all doomed narrative? You do realize that climate change has been happening for billions of years and will continue for billions more.


In many mainland municipalities there would be discussions about recall, impeachment of a mayor that has so poorly managed a project the size of our rail.  The other thing to consider is the management of the city as a whole...IMO it is below average and getting worse.   We need a hero to push for accountability and better management and leadership.


OMG! Another leak. Trump better get to tweetin' about those leakers.


Except no.  Since they are for-profit, they pay taxes on income.  So, like every other for profit business, they use public resources and pay into the tax collection system as well.


Has the PM (or his office) even had a chance to reply to this before you start name calling?


Hard to say who is using whom. Narcissists think themselves smarter than everyone else and that describes not only Trump but also these "preachers" of the "prosperity gospel" who enriched themselves, not their flock. Trump likes to bamboozle his customers and I think he sees these "religious" as a customer base who are all too willing to buy his nonsense. They made a Faustian bargain and more and more people are seeing through this. This might play to the base of the credulous but mainstream Americans know these folks just want to satiate their lust for power and couldn't care less abut any of Christ's teachings.


I agree with you Boozer its funny to me you rip into a guy for ripping into people.....is that not the definition of hypocrite?


The Julia Kae was ready for seining. This hurts my heart. I'm assuming all had insurance; can't work without it, but still!  Sending radar sympathy, boys. (As if that'll make your season...)


Advice to the Raptor brain trust for the off season.  Resign Ibaka and Tucker.  Good additions.  Take a long hard look at Lowry.  Heart of the team and you have to love the guy but he is at an age where he could start to lose a step.  Not sure I would do a 4-5 year max contract.

And dont lose heart, every year LeBron is getting older - he will soon be beatable.


WesternPatriot = Liberal shill


Maybe the bears don't have rights, but I have the right to not have some moron neighbor create a bait station in the neighborhood with their trash, unsecured chickens, etc. You think the habituated bears should be "managed as a resource".  I think the people who habituate the bears with their carelessness should be managed as public nuisances.


As I've said before, the Globe and Mail needs to institute drug testing of their columnists.


You couldn't even sell it cheap at a yard sale or flea market.....


Because they have something to hide.

(I know you know this, but I wanted to say it)


"I have the memories , but have not been able to pull up the memory."
Whatever that means.  SSDI is mentioned in the DP forums on a regular basis.  Most people, including you, know what it is.
McCain wouldn't survive a year of stress?  Because of his age?  Yet you would vote for Hillary, Biden or Bernie, who are in the same age group McCain was in 2008.  What you're saying is, for Hillary, Biden and Bernie, ignorance is bliss for them.  Plus, they would always have the media on their side.  McCain survived two terms of Obama.  McCain's mom is still alive, at 105.


FAIRBANKS August 3, 2017 — Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield, the only insurer in Alaska's individual health insurance market, announced Tuesday it had filed for a rate decrease of more than 20 percent for the year 2018.
The state Division of Insurance still has to approve the request. However, if approved, it would be the first time the average rate has decreased under the current federal health care law in Alaska. ((Daily News_ Miner)  This is the main reason Murkowski chose the path of protecting all Alaskans and their access to health care.  Measures in Alaska taken to get citizens on the ACA and with medicaide expansion have reduced the price of premiums to all in this state. Putting the state back to the way it was for decades and many citizens having no way to pay for heath care makes the cost of health care a financial burden on the rest of us who have health insurance. And of course, Planned Parenthood offers low costs reproductive heath care to women.


Well, I guess men can avoid paying alimony for 1 day as well since there aren't any women.  Oh, and I guess I will only have to make supper for 1 tonight.
:-)


I believe returning California to Mexico as restitution for the unequal treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago and unjust Mexican American war is in order- that is if Mexico was willing to take it.


Trudeau and his government have no shame.

Betraying vets, to a greater extent than the previous government.

Lied about electoral reform.

Is as of yesterday using omnibus bills after swearing they would not.

Trudeau is sucking up to Trump and his supporters are silent on it.

Is keeping mairijuana illegal for however long it takes for connected liberals to acquire the govt approved licenses and make investments in businesses with licences approved by a govt that lobbied itself.

Trudeau and his govt have, before being elected and since, lied with every word they have spoken on indigenous affairs.

Is threatening to privatize Air Canada.

Never intended to bring back door to door Canada Post service, not even for seniors.

Is attempting to change the rules of Parliament to avoid having Trudeau in the HoC to be held to account.

Has kept and will keep C-51 intact and will use it.

Has kept Harper's climate change goals, but will not be able to achieve them.

They are Corrupt. Entirely


The assailant died shortly after the attacks... i dont see the point of the US sending in black helicopters now...

And if we had voted the other direction, we would have a wide open border that would allow more attacks such as this in our country.


So Mr. Sessions lied during his confirmation hearings.  Under oath.  He fits right in with Mr. Trump!

Sessions must resign.  His word is worthless now.  It's hard to have a proven liar as AG.

The Trump administration is totally failed.


If the same level of judicial scrutiny is put upon this injunction request like was put on the injunction on the President's immigration ban, than I am thinking Mrs. Kealoha does not have a stool to stand on...because her comments and actions leading up to this filing will prove detrimental to her request.


Trump ran as a populist. He suckerrd all those white working class voters into supporting him.
Now his family is getting richer and they are losing their health care.


What a joke.


This is a scare tactic that big businesses have put in their ads to get people to vote no.  Do not be fooled!  The only way to do this is to tax gross sales as there are so many tax loopholes allowed if net is taxed.  Most products that will go up in price are not necessities, which means you don't have to purchase them.  Less consumption is good and taxing the wealthy businesses is good.   This is a much better alternative to clear cutting our forests for the schools and other needs.  Look at who has given money to fight this....logging, out of state corporations, etc.  Follow the money and find the truth!


"How, exactly, did the FBI Director's statement that he has no evidence to support Trump's claim provide a "strong foundation" for it to be true?"

That's not the part I'm referring to.
I'm talking about the testimony around how warrantless tapping of foreign parties captures Americans' communications.


Rolf I have not read a word of your friends in the KKK, the neo-Nazis or any other group of haters you favor showing up and rescuing a single person in Texas.  I guess they were all too busy protecting a statue some place else.


Au contraire, Trump reminds me of Mike Tyson, feared and unbeatable, that is, till Buster Douglas knocked him out, then everyone wanted to take him on, the health bill debacle reveals Trump has a glass jaw, nobody is scared of this bluff anymore, the only thing he'll get passed is a bill to outlaw cancer.


After the past couple of weeks, I think UAL needs to hire a PR firm like HPD did. Or, they could treat passengers like valued customers without whom they would not have record profits. That would work too.


hahaha. Try Hillary & DWS.


Miller is still worried Trump is going to buy NS and turn it into a giant golf course.


And you're sure the people you want to replace them with are truthful, or do they just tell lies you're OK with hearing?


Emily, do us men a favor and stfu and get in the kitchen. Shouldn't you be at home making dinner and cleaning the house, instead of making opinions?

Women should be seen, not heard.


Ranger MC... you are definitely drinking BIA's cool aide. :) Sad.


"70 years since the 'Nazis' were a thing"
Have you been out of it for that long?
We had an election this past November
which seems to have energized that whole
Nazi thing again.


I don't expect my services for free, but I take issue with defined benefit public sector pensions, police and fire personnel often on The Sunshine List, cap and trade plans which are a likely allowing a few consultants to retire...


That's the problem with street running Light Rail. Having stops every 500 yards slow down transit times.


This all such bs and propaganda I hardly have the energy.

Abortion doesn't "not matter" to the left, so your question is moot. There's a variety of opinion on abortion on the left but (obviously) agreement that abortion should remain legal.

Catholic social teaching should matter to Christians on the right because it's a foundation of the gospel. Sometimes I wonder if you guys even read the gospel. It's radical. It's stinging in its criticism of exploitation and hypocrisy, particularly by the powerful. There's a reason for this: the peasantry was getting crushed by the Romans and their Hasmonean collaborators. The Jesus movement arose among the poor and was highly concerned with justice for the poor. It's a prominent feature of the gospel. If you don't like it, maybe Christianity isn't the religion for you.

And by the way, nobody is forcing you into a gay marriage. I'm amazed by the  hostility toward a tiny minority who merely demand the same rights as every other citizen. Move on!


Hey all you fiscal conservatives - how is the expense justified?  These millions are going towards only two miles of highway, in which there have been two fatalities in the last twenty years. And neither of these was due to road conditions.

The idea of a safer road is a sound one, but why can't we use readily available data to identify problem areas and address them in a fiscally appropriate manner?

For the record, I don't really care about the quarries.  But only someone that didn't read the article could argue that this will save lives.  Or, I guess, someone that thinks they'll be hired for the project.


They have been misunderstood by bad proof texters.


When your party is calling for the starvation and mistreatment of large groups of people,

...it’s reasonable to describe you in less than flattering terms.


When was it ever *not* an apartheid state?


Technology is creating a lot of displacement of workers, killing old job skills in large numbers.   A small number of bright, hard working tech engineers are capable of effecting millions of workers in a targeted industry.

By numbers I think your right, there are going to be fewer people working, and more people requiring support .

There will not be a shortage of money.  Wealth will still be created in ever increasing amounts world wide, but the return(money) on growth will be heavy skewed to preferred investors.   *While professionals will certainly have good wages, they will have elite wealth through investment by virtue of having large amounts of discretionary money.

The challenge seems to be in keeping wage earners current with new technologies.  The irony is that new technologies are often designed in ways that reduce the role of an employed human being!    There will be idle people

Ownership and financial services are the big winners.


First lower taxes and starve government and then offer to take those pesky public amenities off the governments hands.. for cheap of course! The public should hold on to every asset it can because a) it makes money for us, and b) if the private sector gets their mitts on it they need to make a profit so not only will the public lose the revenue but will end up paying higher prices for a potentially worse service. If the private sector then screws up the ownership then it will be necessary for the public to come in and bail it out... there just is no downside for the private sector.. who by the way are supposed to be out there being entrpreneurial, innovative and risk taking ! What happened?


He has already won and those like you, know it.  He is valued around the world for his Nation state stands on foreign Invaders!


Like you own 20,000 shares ? That much cash in one stock ?


Chuckie....:)


Sad to say for the teachers there is no more money for any pay raises. All sucked up to pay for rail, the ongoing pension crisis, infrastructure, and rebuilding our schools.


Why not?


Slavery ended in this country over 150 years ago.  Just like slavery in ancient Egypt, there's no one alive today who experienced it.  So I'd say they're about equal in relevance.


Who knows?  But it is, or should be, understood by voters that elected officials and even governments come and go.  What has been done in the present can be undone in the future.


The Netherlands government should have followed the German government lead and kept its cool. Had they followed the German lead it would have been much easier to deal with this obviously volatile Turkish president. Germany had all the more reason to be upset because Erdogan had first used the ‘nazi’ slur against them.

But Germany did not lose its cool. It wanted to de-escalate without losing face - though some Turkish meetings in Germany were banned.

The statement by the President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert this week regarding this issue spoke of "turbulent times or even hysterical times" was a masterstroke of wit, intransigence and practical realism.


Also forward-learning (albeit unsuccessfully) on humane immigration reform.  It was personal to him.


he said he probably had, perhaps you were looking for a reason to be outathere


Where did we kill Bin Laden?  NOT THERE NOT IRAQ... and now that he is dead why the %%%% r we still fighting in those places.

KEEP EM HOME BRING EM ALL HOME... put em on the Mexican border wall DONE ...

I Love the USA and I love our troops let's use the tip of the speer when we really need to not just cause we can ...

665 BILLION in Defense spending in 2018 ... too much we can't afford it  to be so wasteful.

May All these soldiers come home safe and come home soon.


Despite Russia's alleged cyber attack which undoubtedly cost a lot of rubles neither they or Trump will get a return on their investment. You backed the wrong horse Komrades. Wildly assuming the guy you leaked to loses the winner will not be your ally for the next Four Year Planski. Brilliant economic plan there Vlad.


"A person familiar with the production of the show who asked for anonymity to speak publicly about the incident ..."

Why was anonymity accorded?  Just because they asked?

Lugenpresse.


At the very bottom of this discussion is the question of defining the "public's" role in providing public education...specifically, education beyond K-12.  As a State we can't even decide if K-12 is worth the investment; some contend it badly underfunded; others that the system is inefficient, wasteful and not worth of support....compounded by a non-uncommon resentment of public employees.

College/university education is expensive and someone has to "carry the freight" of that expense.  The University already recruits out-of-state/out of country students as a "profit center."  The State taxpayers are reluctant to support the universities with significant public monies and, presto, this all leaves the in-state students as the obvious target for tuition increases.  Many working/middle class students are getting "priced-out" of a college education.  At some point we, as citizens and taxpayers, need to openly decide if this is OK with us, then, perhaps do something about it.  Gary Crum


The Bytown shills and lapdogs must have taken the day off.


No. It's the lack of tactness and the uppity slant of the writing that seems to put people off.


Why are the DB pension funds allowed to be underfunded?  Isn't that the problem here?


I don't blame them. I would, too.


Edna, start polishing your CV. You have 8 months. Hope that is enough time for you to organise a fake certificate or two.


The Mad King is becoming Maduro Lite.


Yes, and  he did his 3 month tour in his pick up truck as he was still collecting his MP salary.


There has been a concerted effort by a handful, identified by Civil Comments, to use the civility evaluations to censor posters and positions. This is the third time it has happened.

I take being one of the targets as a badge of honor.


Pope Francis' September endorsement of the Buenos Aires Bishops policy regarding communion for the remarried in certain instances constitutes his "yes" to my second question:

https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2016/09/12/pope-okays-argentine-doc-communion-divorced-remarried/

In reality though, Ch 8 and footnote 351 of AL is the real "yes" answer to my second question.


You, Michael Bindner, must know by now that I do not support government funding of any religious charter schools, more specifically those Fundamentalist schools. Having Jay Sekulov fight for those charter schools, makes me very nervous because he could succeed and that would be bad for the rest of us who do no want our tax money to support government funding of Fundamentalist religious schools. Sorry!


Please post your approximate PERS annual pension amount and whether it's just for your life or for the longer-lived of you and a spouse -- then we'll know whether to sympathize.

My former Tier 1 friends all whined about how much they could have made if they worked in the private sector.

That's utter B.S. for Tier 1 members because if you work back the present value of the GUARANTEED Tier 1 PERS pension to annual amounts, there are very few cases where the private sector provided a better true income.

Also, a person funding a 401K must accept either a very low return to minimize risk or accumulate a very large "cushion" as protection against a market collapse. Tier 1 retirees have no such worry at all because their annual pensions are guaranteed by the private taxpayer.

-- Paul


Last cup 1967 and this is ahead of schedule?  Squeaking into the playoffs is better than missing it but we cannot expect too much from here can we?


This was never about the environment. This was just another step in circumventing the 2nd Amendment. Once the left gets lead ammo banned "to save the animals and the children," their next step is to declare that all non-lead ammo is armor piercing, and armor piercing ammo is illegal, so no ammo at all for gun owners. Game over. Tyranny wins.


And where oh where are our brave posting liberal warriors, all of a sudden no longer concerned about government transparency....you guessed it...after the election?

Trump tweeted something of critical importance.  He likes ketchup on his steak.

So much to discuss that's far more important then financial transparency and withholding information from auditors.

Are you now convinced that the only thing important to the average liberal, is power and nothing more?


Bill:  I'm guessing you're referring to the teaching of Evolution when you state "almost all public schools in the US are required to teach that there is no Creator."  Teaching Evolution does NOT mean teaching that there is no Creator.  There are tens or hundreds of millions of Christians and believers in other religions who accept the undeniable (except by hard-core zealots) evidence that Evolution indeed occured over millions of years AND AT THE SAME TIME, believe that, at the "core" of that process, there is a GOD.  Those two beliefs are not mutually exclusive.  A "day of creation" doesn't have to be 24 hours long...except for hard-core fundamentalist Christians who insist on a literal reading of both the old and new testiments.  (cont)


I can't wait until you are bankrupt, since you clearly have no social skills, intelligence nor abilities that are worthy. Stop scamming Canadians.


This is a crudely transparent re-election ploy.  But what else would you expect from a woman who stated publicly on a radio program that she considered it a compliment to be referred to by a crude, vulgar acronym for a woman with children who is considered to be desirable in a carnal way?


I see, it is quite legal to wander back and forth without documents into and out o the U.S.  Who are those people who are referred to as "illegals" then? I take it that the word 'illegal' means the same in American as it does in English.
You ask why I am active on this site. Have you ever stumbled on something which absolutely shocked you? Well, when I first came across NCReporter I couldn't believe what I was reading, I couldn't believe that the writers and the commenters were actually Catholics. I was hooked and found the experience compulsive and irresistible. When I see Cdl Burke or your President is the subject of an article, I can't contain my glee in anticipation of the inordinate loathing, hate, and vitriol which is about to be served up in the comments.
My antipathy towards the U.S. stems mainly from the importation of its brash culture into W. Europe but also because I would never visit a country which has the death penalty or whose judicial system is suspect.


Remember the Chevy Nova? No va means 'does not go' in Spanish.


She wasn't the one who colluded with the Russians to cheat and get "elected". Perhaps you get your "news" from alt-right propaganda sites?


Not from me you didn't.  And this isn't merely 'grammar'.  It relates to the meaning of the sentence.  Getting in backwards means the writer was saying the opposite of what he intended.  Here ended the lesson.  Now go away.


Well of course, slaves couldn't end slavery, they had no political power. It could only be those with political power who could end slavery. I would point out that Dr. Sowell was not a slave when he wrote his theses.
Alas, Dr Sowell won't appear on this forum, nor will William Wilberforce, nor will Lincoln. We have to make do with what we have. But with Wilberforce and Lincoln both, the competition of slave labor with the economic interests of common laborers was a powerful motivation to end the slave economies :>)


Excellent comment!


The CBC stopped allowing comments on indigenous issues stories because no one agreed with the slant continuously applied by the CBC writers.

So why would you expect any difference in the comments from the Canadian public responding to the same grievances but reported from a different news media publisher?


Mariam, if you want to know why Hillary Clinton lost the election, the answers are out there.  People did not trust her, believing her to be corrupt.  The majority of Catholic voters decided that they could not support a candidate who supports abortion on demand, whose emails reveal her to be anti-Catholic, who supports requiring churches, religious organizations, and private companies, with religious and moral objections, to nonetheless fund activities, namely abortion and birth control, that they find morally repugnant.  Millions could not vote for someone who seeks to push the country, the society, far to the political left, who seeks to impose upon Americans of all stripes a social liberalism that recognizes all forms of behaviors and attitudes that they believe to be objectively immoral.

This election was a direct response to a liberal agenda that has been imposed upon the nation, without bothering to try to persuade the people.


I think that the problem is that Zukie and the like expect too much leverage over the amount of money they provide. True, 100 mil sound like a lot - until you start comparing the amount to the actual annual local budgets. Things start looking even worse when you take the amount of time the changes are supposed to happen over, or if you look at outstanding debt.

 Effectively, Zukie tries to buy influence in matters typically resolved through local elections (or shareholder vote, if you like) as a consolidated minority shareholder. Sounds like some bad practices from the 80es to me.


As I said, they need to pull up their britches and get a job.


Thanks for your entirely uninformed post.  Even if what you said is true - which it is not - we could still be seeing an impact due to AGW.  What if a higher percentage of today's hurricanes reach "major" status (> cat 3)?  That alone could be significant.

But if you look back at the records of the strongest storms (in terms of max sustained winds, 1 min. avg) the data show a disproportionate number of them occurred in the more recent decades (my first quick look at Atlantic hurricanes showed 6 of the top 7 occurring since 1980, for instance.)

Feel free to go ahead and continue spouting lies while ignoring what the data says to further your head-in-the-sand agenda.

Simple physics states that warmer water carries more energy, warmer air can cold more moisture.  Observations conclude the air has warmed, the oceans have warmed, and the seas have risen in the last 100 years.  How could these NOT affect what hurricanes do?


Good article. Perhaps missing is the matter of patient experience. No blood transfusion, less time on the table under anaesthesia, better surgical precision, and almost immediate patient recovery. Been there done that. A good friend underwent the traditional retro-pubic open procedure, took 4 Hr and his post-op recovery was traumatic, then 1 week in hospital. No thanks. The extra $4K is a non-issue for such patients, if I want to pay with my after tax dollars whose concern is it ?!
PLESASE spare me our "free" health care bureaucracy - it is not the best as per propaganda !


He may have been mildly left once. So what?  When he took his gun, he murdered for and in the name of Trump, Le Pen, and the sewer of right-wing degenerates that supports them.


It shows that you do not need the Honolulu rail to have a TOD model.


In one sentence, the writer lays it bare.  In declaring that no government would have the audacity to enact the kinds of cuts necessary to balance the budget, volumes are spoken.  Those of us who actually pay taxes would rejoice, yet it isn't we the government fears.  It's the public sector unions and other rent-seekers that the government fears most.  How is that even possible?  Why would any government fear the people on its payroll, and the recipients of government largesse far more than it fears the slim and shrinking majority who pay for it all?  There is something seriously wrong with that.
I'm not the first, nor the last, to remind that the unionization of government employees ultimately pits the government, and the inherent power of confiscation (taxation) against the interests of the broader society.  This writer illustrates that exactly.  Maybe we on the right need to get out ahead of the left and be the ones who show up to riot.


Clickbait, nothing more nothing less.


Someone finally turned on the lights, and the cockroaches are scurrying.

Huge win for the students, parents (who actual have kids in DougCo "PUBLIC" schools) and the teachers of DougCo "PUBLIC" schools.

You all deserve it!


That was Harper!


simple question: did trump both spew nonsense and exercise very poor, "unpresidential" judgement in tweeting that he "really won" the pop vote because, ahem,  millions of illegals voted for clinton?


"... (indigenous) residents gave an introductory lesson in "home," as they welcomed newcomers – Europeans – to their land, and helped them learn how to survive."

Ah yes, the sugar and spice and everything nice approach to native history.

That is, the infantilization of history to advance a partisan political ideology.

Sorry, madam, it's is not so simple as "Natives do good things, white people do bad things", as much as that derailed narrative may suit your efforts to push towards your wanted political destinations.

Unless, that is, the following incidents somehow fit your definition (!) of welcoming newcomers:

- Comanche tribe attacks on white settlers routinely included lethal torture of white men and gang-rapes of white women.
- Wampanoag warriors tortured and killed dozens of white east coast townspeople.
- In the Okanagan, The Nlaka'pamux tribe leader tried to incite his assembled warriors to wipe out all the white men in the region, after decapitating several of them.


50 years from today the question will be asked how did the USA allow the Muslims to take over their country. That question is being asked today in France and Germany.


Please tell me which countries have laws that state that if one of their citizens gives birth outside the country, the baby will not have the citizenship of its mother but can only have the citizenship of the country it was born in.


So it does seem familiar! I wan't a participant  so I thank you for your insight.


OMG. I just did the math.

3 million dollars a week is 1.25 billion dollars over 8 years. 200 million dollars a year times 8 years is 1.6 billion dollars.

That's about 2.85 BILLION dollars that minority-elect President Trump is forcing American taxpayers to cough up so he can run away and hide out with his rich buddies.


He moved from Mesquite Texas to Mesquite Nevada (not directly, apparently - he lived in some other places in between).  Maybe he really likes mesquite.


Very scary to snowflakes I am sure. The Dems need to make up their minds. First they hate the guy because he caused Hillary to lose the election. Now they love the guy and believe it is all part of a Presidential cover up. Their anxiety closet knows no bounds.


It looks like a Citroën concept car.


Why isn't HitLIARy running for president in Kenya against her Kenyan opponent? Ohh yeah, I forgot, she lost against a Kenyan here in the US a few years back. LOL


This is just a small sampling. Many, many more get away with it.  As far as an ignore user option, I choose to ignore you more often than not. Your greater than thou and know it all attitude is hilarious.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/17/no-voter-fraud-isnt-myth-10-cases-where-its-all-to/


Everything about the Trump Presidency is laid back blase BS. There is one of 3 possibilities I personally see by playing the Presidency fast and loose like this:

1. Something will bite trump in the ass that will highly embarrass him, and he will sober up to the fact that he needs to take this job serious. (That is the best case scenario.)

2. Something will bite Trump in the ass and result in something hurting the US on an international level, and result in fallout on the international level. Take your pick what this is? NK invading SK for some reason. Trump pulling out of NATO resulting in Russia invading someone somewhere due to the chaos that ensues, etc.

3. Something that trump does in the US will cause a cascade effect at home. I can't claim to know what that would be, because its far too early in his presidency. Economy, race relations, etc. Its too soon to feel the fallout of climate change. Who knows.

But I can guarantee you one of those things is going to happen.


Ah yes, the academic sitting in a big cozy chair, with an obscene salary and pension drafting policy for the real world...


If there were any efficacy to "thoughts and prayers" it would be apparent by now.


Sniktaw, I would have absolutely no issue with having a fiduciary duty to my clients. It would not change anything I do currently.
And yes, I do discuss all fees including TER's. I agree that CRM2 is weak in that area.
You are entitled to your opinion about how you think I service clients. However, you don't know me or anything about my level of service.
The reason I know that smaller clients would kicked to the curb in the fee for service model is that all clients would be charged by the hour and clients with smaller assets will simply choose not to pay the price.
I a not sure what you have experienced to cause you to be so bitter.
You seem to be a good candidate for opening up a do it yourself broker account. You obviously are not working with an advisor and paying embedded fees.
Why are you so intent on taking away an option for someone else?


Well said Stephanie. I'm also mystified by two major issues. How does another human feel comfortable telling someone else what to put in their body, bathe in cook in and water our vegetables and fruits with. Secondly why are the fluoride proponents totally unwilling to study current science that indicates without question there are a multitude of dangers. There are many very current studies by well qualified and respected experts. Please do your own due diligence and make up your own mind. Vote NO FLUORIDE.


This has been going on for eons.  I've noticed lots of missing testimony from the State Archives.  More recently there is also testimony that is sent in electronically but never shows up - that's mostly due to the technology not being user friendly, but some I don't think were technical glitches.


"A church without an authoritative, informed, influential feminine presence simply can't speak clearly to all God's children."

Replace "church" with "family" and you end up with what at least some husbands have already worked out.

Chucking half of humanity into the OUT basket makes no sense, especially when (like many nuns) they are active, intelligent people.


A criminal, in any financial status, is still a criminal.

Stealing copper wiring, that still has an electrical current, might have severe consequences, for any thief.


I’ll listen to your economic and performance-related arguments, but not to your emotional arguments.  Your write, "The rail would mortally disfigure our city and ruin our waterfront." I don't agree - I like the look of elevated rail, I think it looks sleek and modern, and would improve the look of the landscape. ”The overhead noise of trains passing in each direction would be really annoying." Based on what experience? I lived in Vancouver, where they have a similar system, and it was virtually silent - I loved taking it, and was not annoying to hear it pass by at all. Stick to hashing numbers, but leave your imaginative predictions out of it, if you want to stop broadcasting your bias.


No pumpkin.  Obama's eight-year disaster was the longest stretch in history that the GDP did not hit 3%.  What a legacy!


Ahhhh .....The media hates me ....waaaah......the media hates me mommy , Im going to build something it will make me feel better ...waaaahhh


UOPD


How did we "end up here" with a crappy senator from Arizona? Wait, make that "two."


I thought self-driving vehicles still have to have a human in the driver's seat.  If so, how does this eliminate human interaction?

And how-many pizzas are in the warmer?  What's to stop someone from taking more than one?


You mean having foreign real estate billionaires openly bribing our provincial government in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis is a bad thing?  Who would have thought?


Explain why 3D chess brilliantly executed is just stupidity to everyone else.


This is all just getting too much! We need focus and perspective, to be able to monitor results.
Could this be in the form of a

CRIME LIST, the
AMOUNT OF MONEY involved an
ACTION COLUMN

PLEASE do this, for the benefit of the populace a SIMPLE register - regularly updated - of who is stealing, the total amounts THE PUBLIC have lost and how the thieves are punished. Otherwise most of these crimes will just be forgotten?


The Raps are by far the best pro team in the city.  It is a shame so few follow them closely. But I suspect it is more about basketball and less about consistency.


Ryan's claim that "he has abandoned Rand for Aquinas" is preposterous.  He has maintained over the years that his political career was inspired by Ayn Rand and that his political ideas, philosophy and policies are rooted in her thinking.  Rand's politics are conspicuously rooted in the atheistic materialism of Ayn Rand, as we see in the latest version of his effort to take health care away from many Americans in order to transfer money (in the form of tax breaks) to the wealthiest Americans. Ryan's attempt to cloak this despicable policy in the mantle of Catholic social teaching or to cite Aquinas to defend it is simply dishonest.
Here are two questions for Ryan: Can you name one policy position you have abandoned, changed or adopted as a result of your putative conversion from Rand to Aquinas?  Can you trace the evolution of that "conversion"?


Here, here.


Well said, Teddy, maybe we could get RBI to offer JT a job and help Canada out!


It's not something, Just take a look on that picture both acting nothing happened Vladimir is so pleased with Trump for the job he's been done so far and continue with Putin's plans.
He s the one in control the problem for us this Country is already compromised at any way, look at the U.S. Agencies no body can't do anything.


You haven't been listening to Lynn.  The 'posturing Republicans' are just taking their turn from the 'posturing Democrats'.

Money talks.  It has for centuries, if not for millennia.


No, I am not aware of Wagner’s work.  But books by Jordan, Carrasco, Hallicser and Leibreich about bygone days point to some prodigious sexual activity on the part of priests particularly in the Inquisition years when records are available. I don’t know how you could compare those days with the sexual revolution given the mountain of information we have now and the molehill for then. Thank you again for correcting my summary.


Rusin was great and he is mostly the Rockies' long guy.  If you bring him into the 8th instead of the 9th, you probably get to McGee in extra innings and I'm not sure you get a different result.  Bringing Qualls in was the real death knell, but you're playing Russian roulette with the bullpen once you get past the 10th inning on the road anyway.


Judging by ALL the Terrorist attacks in America, I think America should be added to that list of known terrorist countries...#MAGA


legal alien?


Canada's problem (same as many Western nations) is that it is caught in a debt trap. It is unable to raise interest rates because of the catastrophic harm it would do to the economy and government sovereign debt.

This vulnerable position, in the current context of financialization and rapid-fire capital flows across borders, exposes Canada to speculators and 'vultures' looking to place bets on where the economy will go. It is a dicey situation because the country becomes a plaything for the markets and loses control of its destiny, until one day it has an epic crisis and the IMF steps in (think Iceland etc.).


And in their never ending ratings push, CNN desperately grasps at ever thinner threads.

Trump is a crumb, a spoiled brat, a blowhard.

But he is also President, and will be until at least 2020.

And, if the US economy picks up, and military spending and tax cuts always provide a boost, it will be 2024.

Trump haters are dashing their brains out against some pretty hard rocks. Maybe it's time to start worrying how to get the voters out in upcoming elections.

Teeth gnashing time is over.


Not to be a Scrooge but perhaps these Santas showed to escape the sky high regular ticket prices which I understand are now a $70 per day? OUCH!!! With marginal ski conditions and no additional ski acreage as promised with the new ownership several years back maybe it's time to just call Alyeska what it is.. just another Alaskan monopoly that wouldn't survive at half those prices in a truly competitive environment. I'll bust out some miles and head south before I invade those slopes again. At least at Sun Valley or Park City you get what you pay for.


Um, what?  Innocent people don't behave this way.  The Flynn investigation scares him.


Love his three rules for living life.


If they show up for trial (unlikely) they will be found in violation by the Judge, possibly with a fine, which will not be paid.

Heck, it takes 20 convictions to get thief or a misdemeanor assaulter in jail here in Lane County, and then they are on the street before the Jail Transport Deputy!

After several of these events, they will decide that Portland (or San Francisco or Seattle) might be nice this time of the year.


You are admitting you supported him?   Well there you go.


As do DPRK apologists apparently...


And just imagine how low health care costs in the nation would be if we didn't have to work at least one job to pay for the roof over our head, the food on our table, the day care our kids went too etc. and we had extra time and money to devote ourselves to physical fitness.


In my experience it's drivers that feel they're more important.  Pedestrians and cyclists are treated like second-class citizens for simply daring to exist on the same roads.  Look around, most of our infrastructure is designed to prioritize drivers above all else.


Mr. Baker and others......The thing about the Russians hacking was it was by their military. That's what sets this hacking apart. He used his military power to disrupt our election. This is way different had he just made some disparaging public remarks or a few well placed political contributions. Putin used the power of his military to do this.  So it was not just any hack, it was a military operation by the Russion Military.  They attacked us pure and simple.

Today's issue is Putin has stuff on Trump, gained by his military, not some rogue hacker passing info to the Russians. This will continue to haunt the legitimacy of the election.This is way different and all Americans should be alarmed that Russia has the power to control and or embarass Trump at a time of their choosing

Because of this, and as a veteran, I do not and will not recognize Trump as President, which is really hard to do. The Russia military used a cyber-attack to determine the outcome plain and simple.


The real question though is why should this even matter.  How is it OK to investigate for anti-Asian bias and not OK to investigate for anti-white bias?  Isn’t the goal of equality to be equal?  That some discrimination is socially acceptable while some other is not is the very thing civil rights is against.  Hypocrisy anyone?


About time don took a little time off even if he's slumming, don't want to come off like that last slacker,  wonder if he'll have time for a little golf or have to spend it all with his lawyers


As an Ontarion,  I know all too well that democracy is not perfect...it has given us Rob Ford  and Kathleen  Wynne.


continued....

Water fluoridation, on the other hand, keeps a low concentration of fluoride in the mouth all during the day.  This fluoride incorporates into the saliva, and constantly bathes the teeth, therefore providing a very effective means of decay prevention.  Incorporation into saliva occurs systemically.

Fluoridation costs less than $1 per person, per year.

3.  The optimal level of fluoride is not a dose, nor is it relative.  It is that concentration of fluoride in water at which maximum dental infection prevention will occur in the population served by that water, with no adverse effects.  The optimal is 0.7 mg/L and us the official recommendation if the US Department of Health and Human Services.

4. Your opinion on the effectiveness of fluoridation is obviously unqualified, and of no relevance.

Steven D. Slott, DDS


Well then this really is evolving to become a Stasi-like set-up.

All I know is that I can't take a drink of water without someone hearing about it.   Literally - open door, turn on tap, water runs, sounds of gulping water, open dishwasher,...etc.   And if I add food colouring to the water as one example, the EMS services screech by in full flight within 20 seconds.


Ah so you resort to condescension and name calling.  I will no longer entreat with you since you want to bring it down to schoolyard bullying.  Have a crappy day.


Death to all pumpkin spice!


Agree. It seems to me God is a life force obscurely active in human affairs. I shaded to religion because of ecstatic religious experience, but maybe it was just crazytown!


It has an app that will build you an island, and then it transforms into a @%$#ing jet and flies you there.


God has spoken and it shall be done.  And like so many of Donald Trump's other pronouncements it will be reversed. Just business as normal with the new administration. They seem to have very little idea of how to govern.  They may learn. But then, they may not. Time will tell.


I have always understood that impaired driving offences fall under provincial jurisdiction. What is described in this article suggests that Federal intrusions into this provincial space are contemplated. I cannot imagine provinces agreeing to such intrusions.


As usual Trump supporters keep getting it wrong. The mental aberration initialzed as TDS is really called Trump Defender Syndrome, an irrational Faith Based belief that Trump is the cure for everything, despite daily reminders that Trump is a Big Fat Liar.


Except that the right whingers go on and on (and on and on) about the gravy train whenever a politician or civil servant goes to these places to investigate and glean expertise.

(Funny how it's not the gravy train if it's a Con politician going to promote "business".)


Access to health insurance is exactly like a head cold?

Well OK then.


If the criminal illegal aliens were not here (as immigration law mandates and Denver just overrode) these illegal aliens would not be here to initiate, nor be victims of, any crime here.

 *They would/should not be here!

Denver is to notify only - giving more than 30 minutes notice like they did this year.

 It is up to ICE to take it from there.


Seems like if anything it would be the prosecution bringing up Nevada. How can it possibly help Ammon Bundy?


Like most things green once the subsidy is gone so is the initiative.


Coupled with the reports from the White House that Trump is unstable, hates everyone there, and is suffering dark moods, as I watched his speech to the truckers with the sound off, I was struck by his odd and animated gesturing, which appeared one step removed from nervous tics and an eventual public tirade, which once uttered cannot be retracted and will cause all to stop in their tracks and have to consider if "he has gone round the bend".  Trump does not have a "poker face", in that he has always gotten his way as the boss of his business and his mental fragility is beginning to frighteningly  show.  As someone said today in the media, I hope Kelly and Mattis are there to tackle Trump when he goes for the nuclear football!


The answer to your question is "No."


Why don't they invite Putin too, they could all trade tips on how to become a dictator...


That reminds me of TV's "Modern Family."  Of the gay couple, Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), Stonestreet is actually NOT gay, but he does a great job of acting, at times, even more convincing than Ferguson.  Almost my favorite show next to Big Bang Theory which, BTW, the Sheldon character (Jim Parsons) is gay in real life but has to play a straight guy with a girlfriend in the show.


I prefer this Vegter with his invisible friend over the one that believes that climate change is a Chinese hoax.


Promote the beauty of this state, Promote all you can do in the outdoors, BUT it will COST!  Your going to be able to get a fee from each and everyone who puts a canoe, kayak, etc., how you going to collect, and please the HONOR SYSTEM, Good Luck.   Taxes ever time you turn around, now this.  Quit thinking of more ways to finance your retirement, another words this is not Your state, it is not anyone state,  we who live here, make it our home, that who state it is and enough about fees to enjoy this home of ours.


I'm no big fan of McCain, but I will really enjoy watching him rip Ron Johnson's face off and feed it to a Capitol police dog


Tis a privilege to live in Colorado.  Here we have differences of opinion that actually lead to better overall solutions.  In many states there are simply obstructionists who wanted Obama care to fail and didn't care who they hurt in their political games.  In those states many of the citizens who were most harmed voted for those who harmed them.


What's a "gun grabber"??? The only well known "grabber" is your very own trump.


Their defense attorney is stupid. These kids deserve severe punishment and should stay in juvenile hall until they are 18.


I don't like the protests either but I respect the freedom to do it. Folks that pay $300 of their good money for tickets aren't going to just walk out of a ball game. He has some strange things to affix himself to. He comes out of left field with rants about what makes him mad


That's actually a pretty big percentage. So let's see, 3 out of 200,000 - so that means we should expect roughly 1,200 acts of terror from the 80 million people in Germany?


Regular trips to the food bank?

Yes, referring to last week's FF, I can understand one person eating on $250 per month.  But two?  And with "dining, entertaining and eating out" only eating up $300 per month, they aren't keeping the grocery bill down by hanging out at restaurants.


I dunno about all the negative comments and everyone must be disappointed with the outcome.  That QB threw for 22 out 25.  Yes, our defensive backs and safeties need to improve but he was on the money in much of his passes.  Anyhow, I maybe the only one but I refuse to put this team down.   In fact, I wish we should be giving encouragement instead.  Come on Hawaii, support this team.  Go Warriors!


You missed the point of people needing to cover, so working lots of extra hours, which in turn creates more turnover, which is expensive in its own right.  Bottom line is that government isn't anywhere as nimble as the private sector, and changing how retirement is handled will make things worse, not better.  You want to make government agencies not work, this is the way to do it.


Now that is solid progress.


Senator Kennedy was never on the "no fly list" Someone name T. Kennedy (probably an IRA terrorist) was on a list, and Ted Kennedy was flagged for extra screening at the airport.  He was never denied boarding - and there is no reason he would have been denied buying a gun.


CONveniently leaving out the real criminals sitting atop the Corporate Pyramids of Greed led by CEO's raking in multi-millions in salary and benefits including golden retirement packages.  The minimal union fees for protection against the Corporate Greed Merchants are a drop in the ocean of benefits of union membeship.  The coal industry is the perfect example of the fascist tyranny of Corporate Amerika ruled by terrorists willing to kill with hired thugs to keep their slaves in line.  Another Rhyner fantasy tale dedicated to Republican ideological purity over human rights.


That needs to stop, how disgraceful


The presumption of innocence is one of the most important and ancient rights embodied in criminal justice systems around the world.  In In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the presumption of innocence is a constitutional principle which is binding on the states, saying that “the Due Process clause protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime charged.”


According to Usaspending.gov between FY2008 and FY2017 the FAA awarded 78,000 contracts worth over $36 billion to maintain
telecommunications and data processing,  provide training,  etc. Most federal agencies depend heavily on government contractors for their telecommunications and information technology infrastructure needs and maintenance. Many use high tech equipment made in China and other foreign countries. So in a way much of the work of the federal government has been "privitized" or depends on private contractors to function properly.


Do those people really want to be taken in by urban and suburban families?

There is nothing at all stopping rural people from moving to the cities. Nothing.


I must apologize, the following comment was deemed uncivil and not meant for consumption in a diverse Canada...

"When we have political leaders fully engaged in divisive identity politics and enamored with virtue-signalling, Trump types thrive."

Is there an LPC reeducation camp I must attend now for not thinking correctly?


There is a small group of very wealthy families that really run Canada. We were all taught about the "Family Compact" in Canadian history class. It still exists and the idea that the voter has any say in anything of any import here is a mirage. This is just more proof that it exists and has only its own interests at heart.


From Tim Eyman
For those interested, here is link to an update that provides important background information on this story:
http://conta.cc/2glwG59


Great comment


Maybe picking bags for valuables or maybe he's an overzealous Homeland Security employee.
The guy is OK so it says so why does he need a lawyer?


I wish I shared your optimism.  My gut tells me you're right.  After watching less than a year of Trump, how could this country vote for more?  And yet, I didn't give him a snowball's chance in 2016, but there he is, a sociopathic narcissist running the country.  And if you've watched Republicans being interviewed across the country, but particularly in the South, they're standing with him as if in some sort of Stockholm Syndrome.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 2018 and 2020. There may still be time to save the country from any long term effects.


sharp and blunt force trauma to the head? Punish them in the same spirit. Forget complicated drug cocktails to hard to administer into a tiny blood vessel or hard to buy.


Yup, it's time time for the Dems to face facts, fold up the tent , dissolve party.


"Ms. Clark also said the new premier will inherit an excellent fiscal situation. “He is inheriting the best balanced books in the country... I hope he finds a way to preserve that.”

Well gee Ms. Clark, wasn't it you and your government who, in the past week, promised to abolish tolls on bridges, provide free daycare, eliminate medical service premiums, and and raise welfare rates?

It will be very interesting to see, when the NDP/Green coalition introduce bills that involve any of the above, how your party can possibly cry out that this is fiscally reckless.


I also voted for Sanders, not Hillary as I've stated many times over.


Antifa wasn't armed with assault rifles or chanting "Jews will not replace us" or waving torches in broad daylight. The neo-Nazis didn't come in peace. And what are neo-Nazis from other states doing protesting the removal of a Charlottesville statue? What is it to them? The Charlottesville city council was elected by the people of Charlolttesville. If yahoos from out of state want to override democracy, I say Lock Them Up.


It is one of his proper titles--actually the most ancient one.


You are actually more concerned about a presidential candidate's tax returns over the overall health of the candidate?  Are your priorities inspired by the Alaska state legislature?


I'm so sorry to hear that, Art. It must be putting a real dent in your sex life.


Since when have the Obama's "gone high" on anything? He started his term telling the 60% of the people who did not want his health care tyranny to sit down, shut up because elections have consequences. That's not going high. That's sounding very much like a dictator.

He and his wife has spent his entire two terms of office denigrating people who don't qualify as a racial minority. That is not going high. That's sounds a great deal like racism.

Then your darling Hillary promises to continue the same politics of divisiveness and segregation. Just read her books and you'll see there is no high-mindedness there. She's a dictator in waiting.

Democratic manipulation of the GOP primary process gave us Donald Trump, who is just about the only GOP candidate Hillary had a chance against. Yes, I saw a lot of Dems in that primary line and some of them have admitted to me why they were there.

So, high-mindedness, no. Which is not to say Trump is any better.

Vote 3rd party.


I have problems recalling what I read in a particular newspaper a year ago - longer than that???  Simply because YOU have no recollection does not make it so.

Given that the murder of Kriss Donald by a British born Pakistani street gang occurred over a decade ago (March 15th 2004) whether or not the Globe and Mail covered it would require a search of G&M newspaper archives.


Why not?


Agreed. It takes hard work to build something. Any toddler can wreak a lot havoc, and that's what President Manbaby and his rabid sycophants want to do with anything related to Obama, just out of pure spite and/or racism.

No matter how much harm it causes to America.


Bob, I don't know whether to call this a hasty generalization, a fallacy of insufficient sample, a generalization from the particular, a hasty induction, or leaping to a conclusion. You cannot simply argue that your singular experience negates 35 years worth of experiences by hundreds of people.


Where is the Minister for Status of Men, the statistics don't lie - men's issues are treated as a joke in this country even though the statistics speak for themselves in terms of mental health and suicides. Another puff appointment by Prime Minister sunny ways. Budgets balance themselves... good for you Canada.


That's probably the best summary I've seen:)


why not bailout Nortel then?  It has a huge percentage of TSX at that time.


What process of "taking over" has  happened without violence?
.
Your straining in minimizing, distorting , cherry picking  facts and misrepresenting  historical events only highlights your true colors.

Now - tell us again how Churchill starved 4 mil Indians (but jut hush-hush the Indian part in the process).