I'm totally cool with an exhaustive study and audit of the 2016 vote.  I'm particularly interested in the electronic voting machines that seemed to favor the GOP.  Reality Winner said the Russians were hacking voting directly.  She was put in jail for exposing state secrets, not lying.


.
Nope.

...mashing the 'like' button on uncivil comments is a feature here,
…not a bug.


I see it differently.  Boy Scouts have always been boys (Yes, there are programs designed to include older teenage girls, but they aren't called "Boy Scouts").  Thus, if a "Boy Scout" is now a girl, which makes no sense to many of us, then maybe north is now south,  a knife is a canteen, a bunny is a turtle, etc.  The point of the cartoon is that none of this makes sense.  Does the writer mean to imply that girls will think a turtle is a thing that hops around with long ears?  I don't quite see how it's "dumbing down" to show objects with names that don't describe them.  Like "Boy Scouts" doesn't logically describe a girl.  Dumbing down would be showing a shoe with the word "shoe" under it.

It's not an affront to "all" women.  Some actually understand what the cartoonist was getting at.


I don't believe for one minute she was trying to help her kid.  I don't believe for one minute her husband didn't know about it (if I went on lavish vacations and came home with fancy clothes, my husband would notice).  I do believe this judge needs to be relieved of her duties.  If this had been a white male she would have thrown him to the wolves and made him pay twice the amount.  Not fair, not justice, and I'm amazed that this slap on the wrist is the punishment.


Incompetence, YES, just like a couple of years ago when the Downtown Athletic Club hired this new supposed  high profile General Manager.    He had a resume that listed some other prestigious clubs, degrees in this and that etc.  From the get go, none of the other employees liked this guy.  The other employees said his management style was not coming from a athletic club scenario, something is extremely wrong here.  1 year later, Someone there started checking on his proclaimed references etc., and low and behold, this guy was a FAKE, a impersonator, nothing on his resume was true.  The Bennett  family suffered two black eyes on that one.  I do not know if the person who hired this imposter was terminated.

Like Muhammad Ali stated, "I have  7 CPA accountants from different firms,  taking care of my Zillions of Dollars, one CPA checks on the other, and that one checks on the other one right on down the line".

Everything, and Everybody, HAS to be correctly VERIFIED.................


How does this have anything to do with Trump? I am sure that he did not approve these exemptions and credits himself. Maybe you should look into the people who did approve them.


Let's sell the entire City of Portland to the State of Washington. Along with it goes the right to tax its mostly liberal Democrat inhabitants in perpetuity, all for the bargain price of $22B. The State of Oregon would likely be able to then elect Republicans, who would keep the rest of us from going down the liberal Democrat tax and spend toilet. Plus, the bridge would then be entirely Washington's problem.

Yeah, I know, but it's a nice dream.


Science is not an ideology, it is simply the rational analysis of facts - quite the opposite of ideology.


"'everything that surrounds that area — they’re all supportive of it.'"

Except the communities that would be impacted by it. They're all universally against it.


But Trump won and this was one of his political issues.

As Obama said "Elections have consequences."

Trump, and the Republican Congress, will develop their own definition of 'infrastructure' and fund that.   They may even throw some money out for Trump's Wall just to help their election chances in two years.

 Cut a few billion out of Health and Human Services to fund it?  Cut out a few millions from Federal Grants for Social Research at Duck U and similar institutions and from all the government agencies who fund those universities?

I'm betting that they fund infrastructure primarily in the Red States, however.  Texas and  Arizona would be good Republican places to put in Wall foundations, for example.

Blue California and Blue new York will get their money, of course.  Too big to ignore.

 Blue Oregon?  They'll get the crumbs.


Oh, that explains everything, you clearly are much more knowledgeable than me.

While the Hyde Amendment actually does not generally allow for the payment for abortions with federal money there are exceptions (for in the cases of life threatening situations, rape and incest) -- contrary to your blanket assertion.  Further, many states use local money to provide funding.  However, my point is the law needs to be changed, as was the call in the Democratic Platform for 2016.


Boots; everything you say is all based on your own assumptions with no substance to back it up. No sense in rebuttal because you don't make sense and you based it on your emotions like all the agitators that protest against Trump. That's what you remind me of. I'll stop here so you can vent again like you always do. You need to do some research and find the facts, to open your eyes. You'll find it very different from what you think. You have a good day Boots. lol


Which "onerous government regulations" are you talking about? A conservative friend of mine made that same claim but was unable to name a single regulation that supported his case.

I did hear one example from one of the North Carolina senators. He was claiming that the EPA was now monitoring the runoff from manure piles! Stupid!!!!!

So I looked into the "manure piles"...

They're really limited to five acres and consist of liquid pig feces. The EPA requires they be lined and monitored for leaks. One did leak a few years ago and dumped 12 million gallons of this manure into the local river, killing all wildlife in a 12-mile stretch of the river.

That's an example of the "onerous government regulations" they're eliminating. If you wonder why your morning coffee tastes odd you might be downstream. Bon Appetit!


I'm not convinced that this is a serious problem with Canadian commercial aviation.  Now in Russia and some Eastern European countries .......


The only society capable of putting man on the moon is the U.S. and they did that 5 years after the embargo was enacted.    Kind of like the 50 year old plus cars which Cubans have been forced to drive and fix with all sorts of homemade parts - again because importing new cars into Cuba is extremely difficult.     Oh, and there are factories to make things like sanitary products but they're not very efficient and use very old equipment - yeah, the embargo includes manufacturing equipment too.


Has Trump suddenly realized that, as President, when he tweets, talks, stamps his feet and mocks he is no longer in the comfy zone of an election rally? When you are under the constant scrutiny of the public at large, there are reverberations that come with his style of doing business. The socially and politically aware will understand his motivations and respond in the best ways they can; so far it looks like his opposition is the one who has been winning. On the other hand, his 35% support base will inevitably give him an +A.  As will the many corporations that stand to gain by the latest militarization of America. Trump knows this and will always play to his base. As his popularity wanes, including amongst some of this who voted for him, he will continue to do so.


A Judge,s role is to interpret the law not create it . The federal government creates laws.


Feel free to conduct a citizens arrest - but in the meantime, stop speaking Spanish.


Biden must be talking about North Korea.


Good for the Seavey family. I love to see the four legged athletes. Wish the lower 48 would cover this great event. I watched  for the first time the midnight run in Marquette michigan


You think that Ontario is solvent?


Actually I'm still stunned at Trudeau's victory. Trump I saw coming.


So maybe your friends were not so educated after all and they should have done a bit more homework before voting for Mr. Trump? Because let's face it, Mr. Trump has a track record going many years back. Here is an example.

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

I'd bet that many of your educated friends must be now kicking themselves in their butts because of their naivete.


trump probably used the letter for number 2 , trump's whole focus is to erase all of Obama's legislation , in retaliation for the mocking at a formal banquet.


They will not care if they are benched however if the anti defamation clause of their contracts were enforced and they were fined, suspended or fired without pay for breach of contract then they might take notice.


You're right.

while this point is easy for people to remember, most Church historians don't teach that this issue is all that big a deal or insurmountable, as you point out.

Papal authority, yes.  And also the Orthodox's roots of their own authority involved an "Emperor's" approval..and since there aren't such Emperors in place still today, there's no canonical way for them to move to reunion.


I believe MANY people did not want Trump. As for the nepotism thing,  it just makes you sound ignorant . She won reelection to include a write in campaign . Let it go!


It is the height of irony that the title of this article lectures The Left about the need to "renew the common good?" Since when has The Right ever been concerned about the common good?  This article may be a post-mortem about recent Democratic losses, which is all well and good, but Democrats have never forgotten about the common good. Working toward the common good has always been at the center of Democratic initiatives in government. Republicans, on the other hand, believe in the supremacy of the individual (usually at the expense of the common good) and write legislation that reflects that philosophy. While Democrats may have lost this one particular election cycle, Republicans have lost their soul by electing Donald Trump as their champion. Perhaps MSW will grace us with a post-mortem about that.


It was the mining companies who "walked away" and left the mess, not the EPA. Add in the tourist business interests in the area who didn't want Superfund designation as responsible as well.


And that is the saddest part of it for our Canada.  Neither the Conservatives nor the NDP have a credible answer.


I signed up for one of their bundle plans, landline phone, internet and cable TV.Hardly use the landline, now use Consumer Cellular with text talk and data,it's pretty cheap and convenient. Have several friends who live remote and use satellite internet. I had DISH, wasn't too bad, DIRECT TV is another option. Saving money is secondary to a quality service.


Calling someone who has been disbarred twice and thrown off of the Alabama Supreme Court a judge is a stretch. Hard to take anyone who hides behind a pseudonym very seriously.


The ccp can be assured that Chinese shipping will not be subjected to piracy and will continue to be welcomed to ports of call and conduct business.  Chinese shipping will also continue to receive first response services in the event a ship is in distress and needing help, a service that China provides as well.  Part of their service is to not seize and control what it does not own, which is what happened here.

The big issue is who was involved in the decision making to seize the drone.  Was it a political, military, or naval decision, to violate international law concerning freedom of the seas, laws that protect the livelihood of most of the world's population and allow civilization to thrive?  I am thinking it was a ccp decision made by a hot head.  The Chinese Navy is also suspect.

Unnecessary provocation by China.


Inspirational story. It reminds us that we cannot turn a blind eye to those who poke fun at those with disabilities. We need to stand up and speak out. Even to those who have a high position like our president who poked fun at someone who has a disability. It is NEVER okay to make fun of those who have a disability. Those who do so lack empathy and need to reminded that such hurtful action is not acceptable.


Well, the NDP acted as the unofficial arm of the Soviet Union in Canada during the Cold War. Perhaps they have rekindled their relationship with Putin's Russia?


There is a growing demand for long, very long,  spoons in the Zupta universe...


Actually, I managed a cat shelter with a major veterinary component, for a decade, and before that I observed feral cat colonies all over the world.  It's a universal pattern of people freaking out over cats, trying to make themselves feel better by killing a bunch of them, and then the population springs right back with a vengeance a few months later, until people try TNR and it works.  And my ecology is much deeper than yours for sure.  So, I feel confident that you are mistaken in your analysis of Hawaii's feral cat population.  I think you might be misinterpreting your anecdotal experiences.

There is no cat epedemic.  There is a humans freaking out epidemic, produced by humans failing to support and implement TNR, and major institutional players doing their darnedest to undermine it all along the way.


Gosh, Castle looked awful! Porous defense and ineffective offense.  The one bright spot was their FG kicking.  Heller, Kim, please don't spotlight their kicking coach  on TV, he moved his sons from school to school; kailua, farrington, kahuku, made a mockery of the transfer/GE process.
 Leilehua looked good, tenacious defense and QB making nice plays in commmanding their offense.  Their WR is impressive!
Hopefully Castle can rebound against their rival Kailua next week.  Last years game was a spectator's delight as previous Coach Maeda led the Black Knights to a win against a Kailua team that had just beaten Mililani who was ranked 8th in the state.  Good Luck to Castle and Leilehua in their games next week.


How easily it is to forget Walker and most every politician claim the are in the game for the public good.  Then they brag about cutting a salary they say they do not need.


Agree.  The government should not provide monetary gifts and competitive advantages to select businesses.   Sanctioned corruption.


And another appropriate Voltaire quote:

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”


Othering your political opponents is as old as Ancient Greece.


Our prayers are with Steve and his family.


Don, Alaska is meeting it's obligations under the Tax Credit Incentive Program.  We are paying the minimum under the agreement.  What you and "Frank the bank" don't understand is that when you are in a cash flow bind, you pay the minimum until you weather the economic storm. Trouble is that the oil companies are used to Alaska paying it forward by paying off all oil credits immediately.  The agreements allow an annual minimum payment and that's what we are doing.


Or vice versa...


What makes you think that Mexico would want or take them?
You are right about the Black Forest and it's continuing problems that need police action. Perhaps a letter to the OLCC would be in order.


Pretty basic idea here.  A criminal is someone who commits a crime.  A crime is violation of a specific criminal statute.  There are requirements imposed by law that are not criminal.

Failure to register your vehicle is actually a civil requirement.  In Colorado, failure to register can result in a late fee of up to $100.  Operating a vehicle with expired registration is an infraction, not a crime.  You can't be jailed for driving with expired tags.


Trump's never been in the presidential race for the American people, he's been in the race and licking his jowls for the past ten years hoping for a chance to set up his bankrupt empire via the White House.  Millions like me won't give Trump that chance.  I can't wait to kick him to the curb.


Plenty of proof the NSA and the CIA bugged Trump Towers during the election, pity the people at the Globalist and Malware can't or won't read it, it's in the public domain after all.


Do you think future generation will call on Junior to give advice?


One sickening aspect of this situation is the price of naloxone.  a decade and a half ago a vial of it cost $1.10.  As opiate use took off over the past decade or so, drug manufacturers have responded by deciding to "cash-in", and have jacked up prices by about 1,000 percent.  An auto-injector 2 pack that might be prescribed to a family member wanting to save a loved ones life now costs over $4,500.  It's disgusting and sickening that pharmaceutical manufacturers, legislators and we, as a society, allow that kind of profiteering, and then sit and wonder why medical costs are skyrocketing.  Especially when the current administration's response to high health care costs is to bump 20 million people off of the insurance rolls.


There is another aspect to this discussion that few talk about and that is that people are concerned with burkas because of its connection to the radical ideology of Islam as taught in Islamic religious schools or Madrassas run by the Wahhabis, the sect of Islam supported by the Saudis and the guardians of Mecca. It is this ideology that requires that women wear Burkas. Hillary Clinton recognized this as she said in her speech after the Orlando massacres;

"For starters, it is long past time for the Saudis, the Qataris and the Kuwaitis and others to stop their citizens from funding extremist organizations. And they should stop supporting radical schools and mosques around the world that have set too many young people on a path towards extremism"

Accordingly, another reason Canadians may be against Burkas is the link of Burkas to the radical ideology of the Wahhabis, which according to a Wahhabi Imam, is similar to that of ISIS, per a recent article.


To which four letters do you refer? BS is only two letters an are only initial that can mean something other than the vulgar colloquialism you might think they stand for.


Absolutely you want to resort to violence, assaults, mayhem, anarchy, and insurrection. Those are clearly successful moral platitudes. Of course, people marching to empty streets to no audience just doesn't possess the morality of violence?  So much for "militant non-violence".


You do know that BofA endorses and supports the same (D)onkey party you cherish don't you Boots? LOL You calling BofA execs a bunch of jack-a$$es Boots? LOL
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michelle-malkin/bank-democratic-party-america


You essentially confirm what I said: People now should expect Turnip to be a liar, but somehow NBC is expected to hold to a higher standard than the SCROTUS. And you're doing it, too. He threatened to pull the broadcast license for a network, not "shut them up." "Everyone" does not know that that's BS. Sad.


Wavemaker said:  "Why give all of our income tax to the federal government when we can invest some of it into state government?"
 What makes you think  you'll pay less federal income tax?   Walker wants to take over $4000 from a family of four (which they pay federal taxes on) and also institute a state income tax? (deductible, maybe)   How could we possibly come out ahead on this?


What you left out here was, there have been times the fireworks stands have *voluntarily* suspended their sales due to extreme fire danger.

I like to buy mine and put them up for winter festivities, myself. Pooch stays home then.


Sins are forgiven. Was restitution made? What would that be?  What is her experience in diplomacy? How does she stand on the poor?  Never mind sexual morality or lack thereof. At least there are no pictures of her sans clothes. Will she express conflict with Francis' emphasis on the poor?  My view is that after confession and repentance we are all as good as any human can hope to be. Let me be clear that I do not agree with the philosophy espoused by either Callista or Newt, but fair is fair.  We either believe in the Gospels and try to live them or we don't.


People are gonna keep messing around and end up living the 1860s.


Using that logic, the dramatic rise in the stock market this month was due to President Obama.


Longtime readers of FRANK are well acquainted with the Hon. Doctor Senator Governor Professor.  It's time he was charged and booted from the Red Chamber.  An institution is only as good as the people in it.  (Another outstanding Harper appointee, may I add.)


Good or the PM. Now, where's this specific apology from the churches who ran these places, it was their men and women who were guilty of the hands-on brutality that took place in the corridors, classrooms and dormitories of those hell-holes.

Ahh, yes, I know: they've all apologized before (United Church did it formally 3 times, I believe) just as our government has.  The atonement appears unending...


The "N" word will be meaningless once we have equal rights under the law for all Americans. We have never achieved this goal. This country was created as a white racist nation. It will take correcting that original sin, not to mention the racist abuses to this day, to make the "N" word irrelevant. In the mean time, be careful how you use the "N" word.


And in none of those treaties did the tribes concede land. We have a number of laws and treaties that date back further, should we be allowed to ignore them at our leisure?

As for Alaska, I am all for giving the indigenous population all governmental controlled land back to them. All the rest can be negotiated.


Whatever one's feeling about the content of this column, I think at least everyone can recognize that it is very poorly written.


three wrongs don't make a right


Can you at least understand that 10.5 is a rediculous sum for a terrorist?  10.5 wasn't inevitable.   It's a joke.


he will pay a higher price if it doesn't get built.


The manufacturers can readily produce small turbo diesel engines powering electric motors that get over 100 MPG, and provide racing performance. They just wont build them. We can readily switch to hydrogen today but that's not going to happen either.


Scheer is a bible thumping clown and should not be a leader of any party. We are currently under a religious regime run by a high power catholic and its time to get religion out of the government altogether. We need a leader who does not believe in mythology and fiction.


the last time i've seen this many Liberals posting was in support of a BDS article.


Reminds me of "Gang Mom" Mary Thompson who talked her kid (Beau Floyd) into committing cold-bloodied murder, while she portrayed herself as an "anti-gang crusader".


Simple answer from our resident Reza Aslan.... This is not an issue of liking/not liking. It is an issue of respect for Canada and its' favourability as a place to build a life on this planet. I welcome all legal immigrants to Canada, but I didn't ask them to come here - something makes it attractive to them (as it was to my grandparents). If you want the greener grass, then one should be prepared to make some sacrifices - specifically in the realm of assimilation. Those sacrifices may come in the religious/cultural realm, in the public sphere (no one cares what you believe or your practices in your home, as long as they don't harm anyone). Unfortunately, people (who aren't in a position to) want to have their cake and eat it too. Our out of touch politicians accommodate it. We wonder why nationalism is on the rise, meanwhile delusional people like you reduce it to racism and xenophobia.


"Indigenous philosophies, which embrace complexity as central to how human beings embrace their differences and their relationships "

This is about their own people and not about newcomers that took over their lands.
Do not mix and confuse.Nobody believes you, nor Canadians, nor the Indigenous people.

"This involves concepts of how humans relate to place, concepts that take us off our controlling pedestal and make us part of the place, with responsibilities rather than ownership as the key factor. "?
Did you read yourself ?How can a Sub Saharian can relate to those Alps or streets of Malmo, or France's cultural monuments...so on..
Didn't you hear about Barcelona's attacks  that were intending to blow up to pieces Sagrada Familia's medieval church...built with so many sacrifices and such a long time...a monument of culture more than religion...; or the intent to blow up Louvre, or ...all other monuments meant to keep cultural inheritance of those nations you so ,much dislike...


wow you need serious help with your hate harper stupidity


What a remarkable contradiction implied within your comments!

You recognise the authority of Pius V and Trent to promulgate a Missal authoritatively, but despite the nice words, you actually deny the same for the authority of Paul VI and Vatican II.

The key here is "authoritatively".

The rest of the comment is sprinkled with similar inconsistencies, too tiresome to point them all out,

But I will say here is THANK YOU for confirming my earlier comment about your prejudice against Vatican II.


"Yellen says challenges for women in workplace must be tackled"
Yes.
Gender and ethnic equal representation regardless of skills, merit, mental capacity, is doing just fine in the Canadian government, just look at all the Trudeau's accomplishments, zero so far.


I really miss Mark...too bad the Brit's got him


Say what you want, but I strongly agree with Ibbitson on the Syrian refugee thing being a major miss by the Harper Conservatives, along with a half dozen other major issues. In defense of my comment I point out that the Conservatives were tossed out in the last election.


angry crackers?  Racist much...


Are there church facilities in Hilo that they can use for minimal fees...?


There is hardly a press conference held by First Nations that doesn't include them stating sovereign nation and that they want to be treated as such. Fair enough , then would somebody explain why a sovereign nation expects another nation, to pay for its roads, its schools, its healthcare, its housing, its income, and everything else you can think of which now includes its languages. Before someone replies with the treaties, these things weren't in the treaties, and no one expected that there would be no end to the payments, and that everything would continue to increase.


My thought too. It's too obvious.


Notice that both these threats came from Republicans?


He has a basis for making this claim, or alternative fact (Kelly-Anne must have been tired) - there is know way of knowing how many people watched it on mobile devices either live or recorded. I would bet dollars to doughnuts more people in some fashion did see this event. Spicer was stupid for entering this discussion, no doubt, but he does have a point.


Bill, the Notley government has been quite deliberately running a deficit, in order to kick-start a provincial economy that's in recession.

And even if you got to a $70 B debt in 2020 (speculative, because the economy could recover), it would still leave plenty of fiscal room if measured vs. Alberta's GDP.


Indeed, he has earned it.


First thing first:  Children cannot receive money from shares they own in a corporation where their parents own >50% of the corporation's shares.  Harper closed this over a decade ago.  Much angst was wrought.

Second thing: If you insist on keeping the money instead of putting it into a trust, it's taxed at YOUR rate, not the kid's.


we already know the Liberals don't govern truthfully, so it's time for Horgan to have his chance to, too.


"with help from China and Russia."

LOL!

The DPRK had lots of help from China and Russia during the Korean war and they still almost lost, so you really think that it would be different this time, but more importantly, why would they want to help today?

BTW, how's the weather in Pyongyang today?


The women I respect are paying attention to what Trump can or cannot do for America not what he has said in passing.  Trump is different and many have trouble with his differences.  He speaks glibly.  One day he says one thing, the next something else.   I don't care if the dude is a blabber mouth.  As long as positions he states as true are honored in actions, I respect the person.   Trump has said he greatly values women.  I suggest that you stop looking for reasons to hate Trump and focus on what he signs into law.  Support the things you like and oppose the things you don't.  We can make progress based on objective metrics, but not based on BS useless words.


Still 21 games to go, but if they play like this instead of the way they've played the previous 20 games, they'll be there for sure.


As a lapsed fan, I think it has potential to transition the public away from the game, especially at the college level.  College, high school and Pop Warner football programs are staring into the abyss.  Law suits will commence in three, two, ...


"The senator then went on to note her family is a multicultural one." Included in the senator's statement:"....and some Irish, lousy Irish." A racist and ignorant remark, that had it been made concerning people of color, would have had her drummed out of the senate the next day. I take offense to this comment and am appalled that any adult,let alone a public figure, can say that to a group of children without any reaction.  She at the least should offer a public apology immediately. The best hope is that she will not be seen in any elected office ever again.  And, that she publicly admits her lies and apologizes to those children---and to all of Colorado.


The priest in question, Rev. Ernesto Cardenal, disobeyed the Pope who asked him to resign his government post in the Sandinista government...any sympathy for him having the Pope wag his finger at him is misplaced.


baryton1:
"Attorney General Jeff Session’s impassioned denial that he was colluding with Russia during the 2016 campaign was the most memorable quote from Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing."

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Was it?

I don't recall.


Let me guess: he's related somehow to former state senator Bobby Bunda??? On the pro rail fail payroll??


Pick a Democrat.


Yes, alas. They truly are doing *JUST* that.


In her 2009 book, The Abuses and Uses of History, noted Canadian author and historian Margaret MacMillan talks about the perversion of history for political expedience. Her examples of history hijacked are typically more stark and insidious than CBC's erroneous representation of the seminal events that molded present day Canada. But it would have been a useful primer for story editors to guard against the very ethno and geo centricities that have thus far tilted this Story of Some of Us.


And you have confidence in Seimian???


"Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the public affairs committee of the bishops' conference, said he is not discounting politics as the reason for the failure of the franchise renewal, especially because Catholic Church leaders have been vocal in criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte."

Fascism has come back to the Philippines.


Not sure why we are even discussing this person, the cops should have just drowned him in the river on the way back to the station. Oh well...


I'm talking specifically of people that are out fraternizing and up to no good; addicts looking for a drug deal, robbers, burglars, home invaders.  Even if I worked a job and getting off after midnight, I'd be leary as hell peddling a bike or walking home.


Bannon is just trying to "embolden the enemy" ...............
................. its an old Republican strategy


R & R,

It is clear to many of us that you also suffer from being confused!  God's mercy and love are everlasting.  Jesus came for sinners---not with punishment, but with love.  Pope Francis is trying to show both hierarchy and the laity that this is true.


A rather stupid piece ...


I was writing comments and came across this, and I would have sworn it was garycrum. Nevertheless I flagged it because this identification behavior is juvenile. Go into the little girls room (you can now) and change your pull-up diaper.


Cliff Mass is not a global warming denier. By the same token, he doesn't equate every major weather event that we see with global warming.
It's pretty hard to present "The whole scientific truth" (as if there is such a thing) in a one hour lecture. Regular reading of Mr. Mass's weather blog will show that he takes anthropogenic global warming very seriously.


Yea Sure, like the National Marine Fisheries Service & ADF&G? You need to get off the Brew.
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/09/21/14-35928.pdf


Kind of runs against the Globe asking one to remove their Ad Blocker to support quality journalism, doesn't it.


Back in the 50's and 60's in the Midwest, these types of traveling folks were called "Gypsies".  They traveled town to town.   The BIG difference  between them was,  Gypsies traveled by horse and carriage.  They  picked up their horse poop, never left Bio-Hazards, (empty drug syringes, needles etc.), never left garbage, AND, they would WORK for food for them and their families  and their horses............Rainbow travelers, Nah, and  you will be seeing some of them here at the Country Fear, as they will drift in.  And then some  of them will remain here  after the Country Fear because of the haven at the Broadway Plaza and of course, the Infamous Whitaker area.  Read the Sign Rainbow Travelers.   GO AWAY..........


Actually the article says she paid 'taxes' - that could mean anything.
Everybody pays some kind of tax - sales tax being ubiquitous in most jurisdictions.


I couldn't care less what Piers Morgan has to say. I've heard with my very own ears Hillary accept ultimate responsibility for her loss. That is a fact.


LePen is actually supported by around 20% of the French population. Not exactly an overwhelming endorsement.


I'm surprised no one else commented on the irony contained in this editorial.  The Editorial Board spent most of their time and efforts bemoaning the sad state of gun availability, carping about how easy it is for guns to fall into the wrong hands, and advocating tighter controls... and then they "take heart in the courage exhibited by church neighbors who wounded Kelley in a shootout and chased him down to his death" and also pay homage to Jean Assam, the volunteer civilian security guard who killed a mass shooter at a Colorado Springs church, commenting that "such bravery and ability likely saved lives."  These were PRIVATE GUN OWNERS, too... in this case, "good guys with guns."  C'mon guys and gals, you can't have it both ways.


God watch over our brothers and sisters in France!


Is Jones on Fox?   Limbaugh was only a radio guy when I heard him one night coming down the freeway.  Is he on Fox now, too?


Congressional Democrats and the leftist mainstream media, whose "journalism" agenda includes a 93% negative attack agenda against the President, according to recent Harvard studies; are not interested in progress, and are hell-bent to simply make the next four years about investigations, suspicion, and fake news loaded with unproven innuendo.  It's been 7 months with not a shred of evidence about Russians working with Trump on anything-- what should be the cut-off for Democrats to stop trying to scrounge what dying remains they have, and help us to get our country back on track?


Instantly disparaging those you disagree with.


Our system is a JOKE!! Disgusting!!


It costs hundreds of millions just to bring a mine through the permitting process and extraction.  If the Natives don't own the sub-surface rights, then jobs are about the only available recourse for the villagers.  They can also buy stock in the company.  Besides, there is an abundance of gold and other minerals in the immediate area, so jobs will probably be available for a few hundred years.


Thanks for giving us a catalog of Faux News fake scandals.
The right-wing media is spinning furiously, trying to deflect the focus away from Trump.


Ha haa ha at this Geriatric!  "and if she freaks out it's only because she's a cat." Uh yeah! We have a cat too-kinda a "dog-cat" he rather fancies himself. Old fella now, but like yours, he is inside. Swims, like baths and riding in the car too. Obedient, comes quickly when called. Loves the vets office.  Oh, and he demands attention as well. Stranger in the house, whoever. Doesn't matter. After all,  he is The Cat. If a dog or two is in the way (even visiting strange dogs) or in their own dog bed, no biggie. He either sits on top of them, or give them a punch or two. He doesn't care, he is The Cat.

I do wonder what he, and our dogs reactions will be. I am thinking probably not too dramatic of a response ("Much Ado About Nothing?!")  but please do let me know what your cat does.


How lowly of you to say something like this about a professional?  Very petty.


Several times each.


Weird. Why would they do that? Personally, I think such a Bill should fail in any Parliament, federal or provincial.


Yet another nail in Justin Trudeau's political coffin, right next to nails for funding for abortions in African countries, carbon taxes, and invitations to illegal immigrants to break the law. The lid on Justin's political coffin should be pretty tight by the next election.


mountain dweller, I wish I could 'star' your pithy comment ten times. That insight can also make way for some compassion for the man, tho in his 'tour' in the last diocese, he had no mercy for the elderly devout whom he had no time for, nor for any other than his cohort who either depended on him for a job, or genuflected to him. It ever appeared he was trying to be noticed by the Vat through the prior two popes, both of whom were disgraces regarding sexual intrusion on children by priests and hearing and hearing of it in letters from parents of children and adults who were intruded upon as children-- and yet purposely ignoring the innocent. Yet, those were the ones Chaput was courting.

SOmetimes I wonder if there is anything to the old wives' tale re 'napoleanic complexes. Chaput is a very short man. Very. On the other hand, I've seen the look of some strange grinning ecstacy on his face when he thinks he's recruiting young men for 'a vocation.' His response is eerie imo.


I agree that carbon tax has to go - in BC it should be removed and the bank capital tax brought back - now THAT is revenue neutral.


Aaaah, these celebs don't know jack!  (Jack Herer, that is.)


First, MSW is hardly a Clinton surrogate. If you were familiar with his columns you'd know that. Secondly, just what has Julian Assange done to suggest to anybody that he is anything more than a common criminal? Why should anybody accept at face value anything the man says or does?


Wow, 6 months in and the Democrats still dont realize they lost because of their message. This is great, 7 1/2 more years!


Thank you Melonia; a class lady indeed. Very nice words.


Agreed. If they do all to help fight state capture they might regain some credibility but I fear not even that might save them. Every KPMG report will now be questioned. Minster of Energy has just done so. Submitting it as evidence will become a nightmare. I believe KPMG is shot.


"but there is always a first time for everything.", and most folks get it done right the first time.


There are lots of drugs that will put the end to a person. Tell me, if one of the prescribed drugs is missing, and some drug (i.e., synthetic heroin), is used to kill the guy, is the dead guy alive, or is he dead? Shrodinger or Heisenberg? Is his brief resurrection Laserus-like (after umpteen tries, I still can't spell Las...?), or is it just, as I suspect, a dead cat bounce?


Are you offering to pay all those subsurface property owners for their property that you are trying to steal?  I didn't think so and that is a KEY component of eminent domain.  But the courts and ANYONE with common sense at all knows that a ban on extractions and restrictions that prevent any extraction are the same exact thing no matter what you call them.

And no the Courts have ruled repeatedly that cities and counties and municipalities DO NOT have the right to regulate this area and they have done it with other areas as well.


I'm all for that, are you?


I am totally calm, "it is you Brutus that protest too much".


You should have read your own link. "Evangelicalism did not take recognizable form until the 18th century."

And if someone wants to follow all the rules in the Old Testament, it isn't me who would deny them that right, it's the DA.


Al Gore credits. And he told us C02 was bad.  Now we read above that it is what plants breath.  Oh, and what do they expel? 02, also known as oxygen.  You know the stuff people breath.  Maybe that is why crop yields are at an all time high! Lots of CO2 for the plants to breath.  NOT a bad thing.


Strange, none of the CPA's I know agree with you. But then again they appreciate the difference of being a small business owner or an employee.


Well, Trump does not like it when someone tells him that he can't do something.  So he's creating a fuss.  He wants things his way, on his timeline.
But to your real question:  once an appeal is brought to an appellate court and the court has jurisdiction, that court must respond.
To me, this is all like a giant temper tantrum.  Unfortunately, the one having the tantrum is no a 3-yr-old, playing with toys and flailing his arms at his parents who have refused him something, but the President of the US, who is wasting precious taxpayer money on nonsense, and not letting DOJ lawyers work on something productive.


I'm sorry but I find it hard to believe a two year old knows what inappropriate touching is. They have had every part of their body cleaned and wiped by both parents. They would not think it was wrong as that is all they know.

Mom put this in her daughter's head and she's the one that the daughter should be suing for emotional distress!


Currently I am involved in the task of updating the instructions for my family if I  become  a casualty  during my current deployment.

What is not condemned, but should be, is the callous actions of too many members of the media calling Goldstar families to ask whether they received a phone call from Pres. Trump or from Pres. Obama.

What is really horrible here is the media and their intrusion into grieving families.

Anything for headline. Anything for a story. Especially if they can weave in a negative angle to a Pres. Trump

I have instructed my wife to ignore everything she sees on television or reads in our newspaper

For years as a close observer I have discovered that the media is not interested in truth or accuracy. In every event I have knowledge of there are three stories. One that is far worse than what occurred. One that is far better than what occurred.And  the third is my direct observation of what occurred …which is very different from either of the other two stories


'International' unions aren't multinational.  For the most part, they are American unions with some Canadian locals and varying degrees of Canadian autonomy.  Other than having more members, there isn't much benefit for Canadians to belong to an 'international' union.


Who cares who produced the material?


Here's a math question: If home prices went up 25% from April 2016 to April 2017, what percentage drop would it take to get  prices back to April 2016 levels? If you answered 25% you are incorrect. The answer is 20%.


Your question is how do we fix all gun problems in one fell swoop? If we fail at that you want us to do nothing.

We cannot solve rape and murder. So why have laws. That is the same logical fallacy you are using.

You are attempting to put it as all or nothing. We can have sensible gun control. We want to have a conversation about this, however your side is too busy telling us we don't know enough to comment on it, or too busy talking about how awesome they are.

I mean look here is one of those guys doing it now...

"Please, you all seem to be so informed and intelligent on the matter, enlighten me. Once you prove you can accomplish this, I will gladly surrender all of my guns!"(mocking people that want gut common sense gun control)

""Paranoia of a tyrannical government, is a mental illness." You make a good point, but seeing as that I work for the government, have both Military and Law Enforcement experience, I'm confident that i do not fall into that category.""(Catch-22)


Methinks our hospitals need some industrial engineering expertise ...  most factories I have seen seem better organised and cost effective. Certainly cleaner ....


It would be good to know how many people contributing to these excited discussions, including the author of the article, know how the immigration system actually works. Nothing in the article indicates that the author knows anything about the steps that prospective immigrant currently go through before they get the visa. If we are going to have this discussion, let's base it on facts.


I wonder how many people commenting actually hunt. I've seen several moose out while hunting elk and, although it's not excusable, I can see how someone would make this mistake. Bottom line is for anyone who spends a lot of years hunting, something is going to wrong at some point.
Good on the hunter for taking responsibility for his actions and doing the right thing. Meat from accidental shootings gets donated to disabled people, so it won't go to waste.


For all the good she did with that vote to keep the ACA from being destroyed she loses credibility when she knowingly lies about the ACA being totally put together by Democrats. There are over 100 Republican amendments included as the ACA went through years long creation. Just because no Republicans voted for it out of pure partisan pig headedness once the final bill was presented to the House and Senate for confirmation does not mean they were excluded from the intensive process that created the bill. Come on Lisa you're still doing the one step forward, two steps back samba and it is not very becoming of you. Tell the truth. Just tell the damned truth and putting together your bi-partisan fixes for the ACA will be much, much easier.


"As these and other cases show, the pope's position consists not in saying who is right and who is wrong, for at the root of all conflict is a fight for power or regional dominance, or what the pope calls a "vain pretext." "
Yes, yes, yes! One only read a few hyperbolic arguments in these comments to see the truth in the statement.
Having said that, thank you Michael, for laying out and explaining one of the facets of PF's papacy that had me baffled. Well written.


Good luck with that squirrel, cons. Mueller is ready to start taking people into custody as early as Monday. :)


Amen.


So when are the buses leaving from EVERY diocese on the East Coast to head to Washington for a "Right to Life March?" (oh, right that name is taken).  No?  Trump is, in part, the pointy hats' creation and deep down, like Winston Smith, the USCCB loves him.


Mr. Carberry,
The folks blaming the mayor for events which he has absolutely no control over are the uneducated rednecks among us. They are more than likely trump supporters.
They almost always vote against their own self interest.


Dead thread when everyone knows it was a Muslim. Nothing to white-bash or Christian-bash about, nothing to worldwide-white-supremacy conspiracy theory about. Nothing to "white cis male privilege" about. Nothing to "NRA" about.

Just... Crickets.


Hey, Pride Organizers...grow a pair and reverse this decision!  Time to stand up to these disgraceful BLMers and their absurdist demands.


I applaud you and your family. All the more that you, and I strongly suggest your spouse and children as well, are thinking serving rather than rote subservient Catholics. Blessings!


Secrecy breeds contempt?  Speak for yourself, oh dense one.  Stop being a busybody and let the police and troopers do their jobs.


You just have to stand in awe of the religion of Peace and Love.
Our world is such a beautiful place within it's glow

Modern day medievalism


and unusual.


Kudos to you Mr. Halverson.


Don't tell Justin that TFSA contributions are down.  He'll go ahead and further annual contribution limit again, on top of the hike in capital gains and dividend taxes that he's plotting for non-registered investments.


Thank you for alerting us to what Honda and Volkswagen are doing so that we can avoid buying their cars. Wind power is one of the most environmentally destructive methods of generating electricity.


When a person complains about "outsiders" moving here, they only have to look so far to find part of the problem. When traveling, we noticed billboards paid for by the State of Colorado, in both the Chicago area (I294) and Milwaukee (Hwy 43), encouraging people to move to Colorado.


I don't think Pruitt understands the name of the agency he heads. He seems to have confused it for the Chamber of Commerce...but then that seems to be true for all of the Trump administration.


"U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists.
"I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!," Trump wrote on Twitter."

It will just be the  WHCA and their sycophants from Hollywood having a 'roast' of the President while he is golfing in Florida.  I wonder who will get stuck being the 'pool reporters' in Florida?


typical trump.....dumb and no class!


There's currently something floating around that Kuwait has banned the same countries Trump did, as well as Pakistan.  It looks fishy, as only Indian news agencies seem to be covering i,t and of course lacks a proper source.  The Pakistani ambassador has also claimed it is fake.

Still didn't stop Trump sharing it on his Facebook page to 20m people.


But these are economic migrants who have spent ten of thousands of dollars to get to the US and live there and now think they can get a free ride in Canada. If they have been refused citizenship in the US there usually is a good reason why. The US accepts thousands of people every year and these ones have been refused. Think about that for a second.


It must feel liberating to have Trump running things.


Kleenex is on sale somewhere this week, I'm sure of it.


Being a member of any political party is fine. Many people dislike and have lost respect for Trump. A life size cut out of Trump is a in your face statement that offends many because he has some serious issues, some of which are mental. Still no excuse to harass your booth. I agree that Trump is an extremist and an apologist for racists and bigots. Very unfortunate for a president to behave this way.


That would be "we", not "they", Charles.


Whiteman should repair the land before they return it.


Check the PCV for sure. That's an easy one. Buddy didn't say if it is burning oil or leaking oil? Check for gasket leaks (oil pan, rear main seal, head). Also check for oil in the coolant. If you don't find anything, then get a compression check done. That'll tell you if the rings or valves are shot. Good luck.


"I think there's an opportunity to have a more inclusive name,"

How about the Edmonton All Eskimos? Can't be any more inclusive than that.


Thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to stick with non-fiction for now though.


Good grief!!!!  We have been playing Russian Roulette with only one chamber loaded and nothing happened, so let's load two.

What you're saying, in effect, is that we'll know when we have pushed things beyond the limit when we have an actual maritime catastrophe to deal with, for which the existing cleanup and remediation technology is either non-existent or woefully inadequate.


Yes Mr Tichy, we see the attempts and self justifications from you and others constantly.  Why?

Are you so much more capable than we, that we need your defense?  Do we need you to save us?  Are your ideologies so much more important than ours, that we need your wisdom?  Or is your demanded insertion just the epiphany of why GOD provided us such great protections to begin with?

We see the many that are commanded to Love us as CHRIST and watch over us.  We see the many sacrifices, surety and peace of those works.  We have those to stand for us if needed.  We do not see you anywhere in that picture, so please understand our reluctance in seeing anything you or others have to offer us in this.


Not disagreeing that he said he wouldn' support him, but that does not make Trump unfit as president. It is like saying someone does support the previous President's agenda (I was one of those) but never would I say that president was unfit to BE the president. That's the difference.

This btw is Gardner's quote
“I will not vote for Donald Trump,” said Gardner in a statement, reversing his decision in August to back the business mogul...
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/08/political-fallout-continues-trump-vulgar-comments-women/


I believe you are mistaken as a point of law in most countries. A terrorist act depends on intent. Buying bombs and weapons with intent can count as terrorist acts. Whether someone succeeds in killing people is another question.


How much people did they poll? It is portrayed  as if the entire country was polled. Lol.  These polls are about as accurate as the ones that claimed Hillary by a landslide. SMH


"We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They don't care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes."


Laura:  I am a extremely happy person.    I am not taking it out on others.  It is strictly my comment.  That is what this site is for.  Whether you agree or disagree does not matter, its ones comment.  You like the Sluggies, Great, I do not, Great.........


Well, I suppose that barely qualifies as an article.

Woooooooh... it's the spectre of what-ifs.


If the shoe fits ....


So what is your stance on racist hateful white Canadians that were born here. Do they represent Canadian values? If not, why only screen immigrants. If our goal is to have a country where all its citizens perpetrate Canadian values then you MUST screen all Canadians. So when you come across a racist Canadian like Jason Kenney what do you do. He clearly would fail a screening test. What is the course of action for those Canadians that fail the test?


Looks like they've decided to go from copying Toyota, to Audi. That's how they get their costs down. Wait for someone else to do the "heavy lifting" of R&D, see how popular it becomes, then copy it.


Jesus didn't start a Church. He was Jewish and started a movement (Jewish sect) based on the Kingdom of God.  "Authentic Catholicism" can't seem to understand this historical fact. Paul later started communities in area of modern day Greece and Turkey.


One of those "Second Amendment people"?


Must be the same for Republicans ........but then I wouldn't know because I am a No Party.
I once was a Democrat, even attended as a delegate the state convention. But leave it to Bill and Hillary, their blatant hypocrisy and greed, I decided never again to trust a "party".
The sooner there is an end to the two party system the better !


Trump is nuts


There's a lot of nonsense in this article.  I would be dead (about five years ago) if I had followed this advice.  And this hysterical stuff about incontinence - from about one month after the operation I never had a problem.


She should have gotten way longer in the first place. Is it any surprise she goes back to taking advantage of kids again once she already realizes that she can get away with it?


This is such BS.  Cut out trailer fees and you will pay the same 1% (or likely more) in advice fees.  So fed up with these mis-informed articles.  Fees do matter.  However, most investors will not stay the course and trade horribly, research bears that out.  An advisors job is not to beat the market, it's to help you avoid unperforming by a huge margin.  The cost is somewhat irrelevant.


Anybody with over ~135% of poverty line income on "Obamacare" is in the private system. Maybe they get a subsidy, maybe they don't. It depends on their income. Other than abortion, the government doesn't say what the insurance companies can't do. It does say some things which must be covered. If you're being denied for a new hip, it isn't the government doing it, it's the insurance company.


I never advocated an all or nothing approach to medicine. Pharmaceuticals have their place as natural medicine has also. People should have a choice and be free to take whatever works for them. I am objecting to strong arm tactics used by Big Pharma to force their products on everyone and destroy all competition by any means available. In other words, monopoly stinks. And for taxpayers having to pay 3 billion dollars for pharmaceutical harm is an abomination. Good science is not the personal property of their industry.


That’s why I think the state should start construction of underpasses and overpasses on major roads and highways. Studies have shown that underpasses and overpasses have significantly reduced the amount of wildlife collisions.


Maybe the kid was the child of a criminal who broke the law and entered OUR Country illegally, maybe with the boy in tow. By all rights he should get taken away and not allowed to come back. Might have been this young mans first lesson  that breaking the law has consequences. All of those that broke the law and entered OUR Country illegally and got away with it is another reason we voted in Trump. The boy that told him this might end up being a great immigration enforcement officer. It very well could have been his first experience in dealing with a illegal immigrant. I would enjoy telling a criminal they are about to be caught and deported.


Name them.


The ability of doctors to cure, relieve suffering, and impede death is overrated.  I say this as a doctor.  Many suffer more than is necessary because of false hope that the medical system can save them, when it cannot.  We in health care are only human beings with a few more tools and knowledge resources than other human beings.  That is all.


Anyway you look at it, Omar Khadr's case is precedent setting.  And for this reason alone, it should have been allowed to play out in our courts.  (Omar Khadr was one month short of 16 years of age when this all happened and he should well have been treated as an adult for such an offence.)

If Justin Trudeau is so concerned about the treatment of Canadians under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I expect he and his Liberal government may well face many more lawsuits in the future.  How about the Phoenix Pay System?  It really astounds me that not one person has come forward in order to initiate a class action suit against the government.  There is also the question of our veterans and their bad treatment by this government.


BAM!  Good Fathers Matter.


They "should be provided free of charge" by whom?


More guns = more safety
More guns sold under Obama at any point in history = the safest our nation has ever been
Was that the point you were trying to make? How many guns did Obama take from the public? No, you're too busy swallowing whatever paranoia the NRA is feeding you. This coming from somebody who is "conservative" in my gun rights. She acted selfishly and put others at risk. She had a choice, reach for her phone or reach for her gun. Sounds to me she went looking for her truck with a gun intending to shoot IF they didn't just hand over the keys nicely. She had better choose her legal representation carefully.. she's going to need it.


Just like East and West Germany eventually became one so do the two Koreas desire unification. All it needs is for USA to stand back and let it happen. The fact that North Korea is aggressively working on
development of nuclear weapons is caused by USA policy in the region. Americans through their fear of communism could not let go of Korea. Perhaps now is a good time. If they can tolerate a communist China they should be able to accept the free expression of the 2 Koreas whatever form that would take.
Russia was big enough to let go of Germany.


Thanks Tom.


If my choice is allegiance to a rigid dogmatism that refuses to acknowledges societal evolution, or allegiance to a conscientious Magisterium that seeks, however imperfectly, to understand the Gospels in light of accumulated knowledge, I'll take the latter.

By the way, the word is 'assent,' not 'ascent.' To ascend is to climb, as in seeking a higher plain from which to view reality. You know, like the higher plain provided by Vatican II. ☺


Dear Mr.  Harper

You were correct.


Well, obvious that you suck up to corporate America.  LOL


So what?! In my case, I never did shut up about the sexual abuse I received even though very few believed me or thought I deserved it. When I finally convinced others to speak out we were able to throw the guy in jail. I'm not saying it was easy but speaking out is really the only way to deal with this.


Hey far-lefties, did you know that Tommy Clement Douglas was a, you know, the P word, "Populist?" His predecessors, farmers who organized agricultural unions, were also, "Populists."


Smearing Kekistanis as "far right" shows the author's bias.

 Rational people were getting fed-up with unreasonable demands to cater to the whims of obscure minority groups. They've created a hierarchy of oppressors and victims, the more boxes you tick, the higher you score in the Oppression Olympics. Straight white healthy men are the ultimate oppressors who must continually apologise for their existence. If you're a disabled black transgendered lesbian then you're the ultimate victim, and anyone that doesn't bow at your feet must be a Nazi. This pecking order is enforced with crybully tactics. Anyone that dares to speak out of turn is deemed "violent" and subject to whatever punishment can be brought to bear.

Then someone realised that in SJW ideology, identity is entirely self-defined and must be respected. So we invented our own group identity based on worshipping a frog, and demanded the recognition we are due. That's all Kekistan is, a satire of identity politics.

Praise Kek.


Mr Wolf- This a very strange question.  What are you getting at ? Are you trying to tell me in a roundabout way that people in the oil industry ( All? Some? Most?  A couple? ) wouldn't/couldn't/won't damage air and water because they too must drink and breathe?


If I am not mistaken, that poster was banned from Disqus. He has not changed.


localguy,    if you've never been to Maui or Big Island,  or even trek around homeless and had a conversation with them,  and you always got up each day and gone to work,  then home and lived your life that way.  You haven't missed a thing.  However,  if you've trekked around even Hilo,  lots of people who not failed to plan but live each day and take live as its handed to them.  If you've even had a conversation with these women who were rescued watch yourself as not to dwell to long around them or you'll become a drifter like them.  lol.


This entire story is about less oil revenue being redistributed to rural Alaska. Pebble would provide good paying jobs in SW Alaska. Pebble would provide a future for scores of villages that are currently dying. Try visiting Illiamna or Newhalen. Or Anywhere around the Donlin prospect.


hhhh


I am just reading Gwyn's excellent book on Ottawa "back in the day",including pre 1867... when Ontario  and Quebec alternated capitals every 5 years.
This article should run even weekly......history is a great perspective point.


Why not charge HST like most other products and services for sale?


When you are driving GM, there is only one place to go ...junkyard earlier than other brands.


Deflectors on stun!©


Naloxone use is only effective if you reach the person within the first 60 seconds after breathing stops. Afterwards if you manage to revive them the victim will be permanently brain damaged thereby taxing the health care system further with burdensome costs for the full life of that addict.

Unfortunately, this dirty secret is overlooked by the MSM and the bleeding hearts is that we now have escalating cases of permanent brain damaged addicts requiring extensive health care.

The Poverty Support Industry is massive. Absolutely massive. The billions of dollars being pumped into the system have poor outcomes on the untreatable, the treatment resistant folks. It is in this industry self interest to perpetuate the myths and the financial gravy train.

Now we are going to have an army of brain damaged zombie drug addicts roaming the health care corridors forever.

Need to let nature take its course for these treatment resistant addicts.


He wasn't Antifa you gullible Trumptard.


In this case it's not just blind, it's insane.


More like ...
Washington marches to the thump of Trump's (Twitter) thumbs.
Notice the new Conservative way as premiered by Stephen Harper and practiced by The Donald.
- attack news organizations as "a problem". Lie and slander for effect.
- avoid unwanted questions by never holding open news briefings
- channel one sided 'interviews' with select partisan organizations
- use social media to target followers
Partisan motivated culture wars to disenfranchise citizens to grasp the levers of democracy.


That's exactly why I wanted those stadium arson fire boys to be tried as adults, not freakin' hand-holding and Kumbaya


The deep state is the problem and it's inflicting Progressive disease on society. Ontario is the prime example. The government is only focused on increasing taxes to feed the deep state, services are cut, and the remaining services are expensive. Sadly, the only solution seems to be bankruptcy. In the meantime, the political parties continue to offer inexperienced and unaccomplished people as leaders (Trudeau being the prime example, but most others fall into the same category). They continue to feed the machine and things get worse. Like Trump or not, at least he has a clue as to how to get the focus back on taxpayers but he needs to fight against the state, the press and the likes of George Soros. Let's hope he is successful.


In most countries, the actions of President Zuma and the Guptas would be regarded as treason, undermining the state and misappropriation of state funds.


even if you disagree with McCain, why would anyone pick a fight with him?


The author of this editorial must have been bought a good lunch by the Liberals, or else he is immersed in the " sunny ways " of the current government.   Sure, the annual deficit - to - GDP ratio may be reducing (and I say ' may be ', because politicians, with the aid of their bureaucrats, always have ways of manipulating the liabilities as it gets towards public reporting disclosure time ).    The real issue, however, is that the overall debt level of the nation keeps rising, as the government continues to spend money and continue the annual deficit by extra spending on a whole variety of issues that it hopes will make it look good, especially at the next election.   As a result, the annual deficit adds to the national debt that is building up for future generations to deal with.   We have seen what happened  about ten years ago, when economies around the world tanked and what happened to Greece, Italy and Ireland.  It could happen again and Canada could be on the short end.


Hard to tell how many more like him because family and friends not saying


The best thing about the new phone is that last years phone just got a lot cheaper!  There is more computing power in an iPhone 6 than I could ever dream of needing.


...Arkansas ;-)


Cal Thomas
Columnist
John Calvin "Cal" Thomas is an American syndicated columnist, pundit, author and radio commentator. Thomas was born in 1942 in Washington, D.C. He attended the American University for his undergraduate education. During the 1960s and early 1970s he worked as a reporter at NBC News. His program on CNBC was nominated for a CableACE Award in 1995. His column, which began in 1984, is syndicated by Tribune Media Services. Thomas joined Fox News as a political contributor in 1997. He was a panelist on Fox News Watch, a Fox News Channel program criticizing the media, and until September 2005 hosted After Hours with Cal Thomas on the same network. He also gives a daily radio commentary, which is heard on more than 300 stations.
Joined Fox News in 1997, need I say more??


Cities are addicted to the revenue from DC's.   Rates have increased exponentially in virtually all cities with no change in the services provided by the city


IRT Jon Shimamoto, we as a country will never be able to solve our problems if are not able to come together as one. Our national motto is E Pluribus Unum.  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said recently, we have the Pluribus but we do not have the Unum.  Anyone who does not understand that should hand in their American citizenship.


What is the normal life of an animal that has been bred for racing and captivity?

What do you think these huskies would do if you just cut the chains?

People talk about how these animals are not living lives they like.

I grew up next to George Atla. It was after he stopped racing but he still had dogs. They lived outside. they were happy as pigs in s***. He treated them all with respect and those high energy, outside, snow loving dogs would flip out the minute they saw a dog sled.

They loved to run and loved to pull. That is what they loved to do.

There is always someone willing to try and throw out the baby with the bathwater. Perhaps the problem with this documentary is it attempts to paint all mushers as horrible. It is not attempting to solve a problem just cause an uproar.

Show both sides and be honest. That will actually sell your point.


I've actually found myself agreeing with you a time or two lately. One of us may need therapy. 😊


Taxes change people's choices. People's choice's change the weather. Therefore, taxes change the weather.  QED.

You're welcome


Guest: "all these minivans have been a proverbial pain in the rear for all these manufactures"
.
Consistent bottom rating of Chrysler not caused by more pain in just Caravans.
Too many pains in GM & Ford minivans to make it give up in the minivan market?


Let's be clear.  Biden doesn't speak for the US.   The US may not start producing additional GHG emissions, but they sure as heck can continue producing the same amount for years to come.  That puts Canada at an obvious disadvantage.     The other piece to consider is that Wynne, is absolutely crazy and does not have the support of Ontarians.  It's interesting that Manitoba is fine with introducing a carbon price but realistically they have next to 0 contribution to Canada.  A big city in Ontario contributes to the Canadian economy more than most of the smaller provinces.


Everyone needs to relax here.

Apparently no politicians were hurt, just plebs, so all is well.

The poor downtrodden islamophobia victim just got confused and ran in the wrong direction with his knife of love after crashing his vehicle of peace.

Phew…sure glad it wasn't workplace violence or anything.


LIO- is monumental proof of bribery. Knik bridge lady took bribe,you bet to hold out info, port Sheffield, dam, mine road, on and on and on and on. Parnell got sweet lobby company. Course he was one of attorneys on Exxon Valdez that sunk fishing, Sullivan got Sen job bribed by money from parents and kocks. Any more proof. Open SESAME!


You obviously don't understand the dogma of Infallibility. There are many more dogmas and doctrines than the two Marian ones you are referring to. The infallible dogma of Infallibility itself was a decree of the First Vatican Council.
The pope didn't suddenly become infallible in 1870, he always had been from Peter onwards. Dogmatic Decrees of General Councils on matters of Faith and Morals become infallible when ratified by the pope. The Mass and the Sacraments come under the category of Faith.


Really 5-0? "Cannot imagine what life must be like...", so their rich, so what. Why does it bother you people? I'm not rich, yet, so what. You can't BUY happiness. Both my wife and I work, we don't have the best jobs but, we're alright. Put the kids thru school(private) and college. We own our home, yet we're NOT rich. We plan, set goals and sacrificed when we needed to. Sure we would like to be rich, but we're not, yet again, so what. So for you rich haters, instead of  *itchin on the rich, go make yourself rich. After all this is America, the land of opportunity.


We're not a Christian state Boots, we're moving now to a Muslim state. Don't dare to insult Aloha Akbar and his beliefs! Chin, Obama and Obama's twin Muslim brother in Obama's homeland in Indonesia don't like the word "Christian" or Christian beliefs. https://youtu.be/nWYj0LsEiqc Why aren't you wearing your Muslin attire to support the Democrats you cherish?


Feminists are appalled at this womens position.


Prematurely speaking, about what a person will do in the future, especially since that person has not hinted what they will decide, is not a fair reporting of an event.


I probably shouldn't even respond but I will.  If you do not like how a company treats its employees then don't buy the product or service, or invest in the company in your RRSP but then you are probably a civil servant with benefits, indexed pension etc.  which most people do not have with the small companies they work for.
btw Where was your computer, TV, or cell phone made?    Hypocrite!!!!!!!!


So your reason for voting for the Trumpster even though he's inarguably a morally deficient, pathological liar, who bragged about sexually assaulting women is because you think Bill Clinton was as well?

That is absolutely the most unintelligent line of reasoning I've heard of for voting for the Trumpster. Unfortunately it seems to be a popular one for some voters.


If Trump actually wins the presidency, historians will record Trump as the greatest con artist in recorded history, and perhaps so even if he doesn't win.

So, the real question is why so many seemingly intelligent people are oblivious to Trump's steady stream of lies, deep personal failings and complete lack of qualifications for the job.

Stephen J. Remington


How are people protesting ILLEGAL migrants, racist?

How are the violent, racist, hate filled antifa, the heroes?

Just another lying left wing propaganda piece!


If the forest service upgrades the boxes, the fees for camping will go up!  I paid $15 at Eagle River in 1993 for my tent and bicycle! I shudder to think what they would charge me today!


Most of the elected in congress are "big government" and their main goal is re-election.  A good many republicians are RINOS.  worthless POS.


Yes, because women don't need it because they can just go get abortions. Not like they can keep their legs closed or anything


It appears that part of the entertainment was the crowd dodging lightning bolts.


Now that the deep ecologists are out of the whitless house maybe we can get back to vehicles that people will bee proud to won.


Goodale is a veteran in Cabinet positions and he has never sought out the limelight. The closest he came to that was when he was falsely accused by the NDP of leaking Budget information - an accusation dutifully passed on by the RCMP to the Press and being a partial contributor to the installation of Harper.


You know, listening to you reminds me of how my yo-yo sounded when I was a kid.


Fine, rid all evidence of Christianity from Canada. Just remember, this must result in all religions being expunged from the public school system. No more prayer rooms for certain members of society.


So what?


In "other" news you'll NEVER find in the ADN:  Congresswoman from MO has offered her "take":

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/chappelle-nadal-posts-deletes-facebook-post-hoping-for-trump-s/article_406059d6-1aa4-52fc-89ee-2a6a69baaf2e.html


We also need to discuss the side effects.


Socialism is simply taking from what the capitalist system has produced, without giving anything in return. It is a zero sum game. Wake up please!


The mayor is correct on both counts. By delaying rail with frivolous law suits we did indeed have much increased costs. He is right on that score. And now that costs are so high it will cost even more to demo rail than complete it. He's right on that score too. And no study has shown that rail will not affect traffic congestion. You continue to make that lie with no citation.


"Off you go," is something one might say to someone embarking on a quest.
The Argentine bishops asked the Pope if their interpretation of AL, that in certain circumstances the divorced and remarried could be admitted to Communion, was the correct one. Francis replied that it was and there was no other interpretation.
St John Paul in Familiaris Consortio said that under no circumstances unless an annulment was obtained, could the divorced and remarried be admitted to the Sacraments.
In view of this I cannot understand how you can say that Francis did not contradict St John Paul.


She is just another lying lefty.


I just returned from England and Ireland where I was very ill. everyone there told me, " Do not go to National Health, go to the private doctors" National Heath is terrible . They will make you wait 6 to 7 hours to see anyone and then you will get terrible treatment". I went to a private facility and in 4 hours I was was treated with both a blood test and a urinalysis and given medication and sent on my way. Everyone over there hates National Health. I was raised on it and you do not want it. If Bernie had ever had it he would hate it too.


This Canadian is getting really sick of reading about Pierre Trudeau on every article about out current PM. Can we please stop the constant comparisons! He is his own person (good or bad). We would all hate to be compared to our fathers every time we make a decision.


WWIII, let's roll ....


Murkowski has lost her relevance.  When she joined the Dems against Pres elect Trump, she surrendered her influence.  Let us just hope Pres. Trump remembers that Alaska voted for him in spite of Murkowski.


The pyramid at the Louvre is like a pimple on their museum, the crystal is like an ugly tumor busting out of the side of the ROM. Might as well lease it out to McDonalds or Taco Bell.


Where is the memo or is this another dream of the the Times and ADN.


Failure?    You celebrated this deal as an accomplishment of the Harper Govt while they were still in power.

You mean all that celebration was about a non-existent "accomplishment"?


That HOPE program is really an abject failure as well as the courts as so many of our felons are granted probation and many are in the HOPE program but fail to live up to its expectations not to mention the liberal retards of our judges that think they are doing good by granting practically every individual arrested that appears in court probationary status.  Really ridiculous that they allow these suspects freedom so they don't overcrowd our courts......hey, if they belong in prison, then they should be in prison....why do they deserve any rights......just sick of the system allowing so many of the suspects freedom and on probation where they get to commit another felony.  JUST RIDICULOUS!!


First, let's clean up the swamp in Washington. They are hurting us more than any foreign country. The opposition to Trump and what he represents, the people of this country, has shown us every double dealing side of both Democrat and Republican politicians. They are snarky, mean and out of touch, in love with power, and forgetting their public trust. Oh, by the way Republicans, repeal Obama care. Entirely. You won't lose by doing that but you will lose keeping it or something similar.


Where is the evidence?


Not sure if your "concessionaires making a killing" is correct.  It true, then yes, I would look to increase their license fees/rents to operate within the park (rather like airport concessionaires pay).

But I'm not sure that that's not already happening.


On the subject of doing it yourself, last year I repainted the furnace room floor.  It cost me under $40.00 and I still have paint left over.

I enjoy painting, and I am prepared to do a good job, so the effort pays off.


Maybe Willie might want to keep his home in Florida........Buckle up Willy, its gonna be a Bumpy Ride....................


Haha, in the photo, it looks like he has a pretty good tan.


Yeah, what's up with that? Surely they can rig the mikes with a mute button to cut off speakers who have gone over their allotted time or who insist on speaking over the moderator.


Richard
All Brits should have been appalled at their country invading a country which had not abused Britain in any way.
Further even if Britain was justified in attacking Iraq, which it certainly was not, it should expect to be attacked. What do you think that Iraqis and people of principle should have done when Britain attacked Iraq?


Religious groups should be included.


A couple of points, first I love hearing the waiting list argument because in essence you are saying that if everyone got to see a doctor when they needed to, there would be wait times. So your preference is that huge numbers of tge population be kept from seeing the doctor so that wait times are shorter. Don't you hear how weak that argument sounds?
Secondly the the vast number of people in the US who look at the two choices 1. our current system where they will never see a doctor or 2. Socialized medicine where they will see a doctor a few months from now (by your estimate) which do you tgink they prefer?
My last point is that your claim that health INSURANCE companies are the driver of innovative new drugs is laughable and patently false. If you want to make the 'profit =innovation' argument (which I wouldn't agree with) then it would be the drug companies who need the freedom, not health insurance companies. Last I checked insurance giants are not the innovators of new medicines.


Layla4: You raise a good point. Also, over the past several days proponents of Trudeau's settlement have argued that it sets the standard in protecting our rights. But how can this be if the settlement and even details of the apology are secret? If our rights are so important, surely it would have been worth the expense of having the courts decide the Khadr matter out in the open. We would have known how far the government must go to protect our rights. And we would have known how far national security interests can be asserted as a justification for violating our Charter rights. Instead, this case accomplishes nothing in particular to delineate the rights of Canadians nor the limits applicable to the violation of those rights by the state. The secrecy makes it more likely that circumstances similar to those in the Khadr case will emerge in the future.


Why wont PM Trudeau get off the fence and declare Constitutional superiority and end this debate.  He says it's approved, now prove it.


right. cuz hilly told obooba what to do. LOL


The right could start by coming up with something that is academically credible....seems that the run of the mill righty is  deficient in their understanding of science and the scientific method, political science, sociology, psychology, and just about any other disciple you could mention, but wouldn't admit it for a million bucks.......If they could come up with something worth knowing, rather than conspiracy theories, hyperbole,  and willful ignorance  they might be onto something.  Misinformation and ignorance doesn't equal knowledge...


Thank you Hawaii for the  hilarious  but serious "LEI" funny! Hawaii is truly the Best! All I know is that one should not mess around when the FEDS get involved, for sure!  Aloha!


If the Kremlin is "celebrating" anything, they
sure have a funny way of showing it.

Ever heard of "Sarmat"?  Look it up.
They start fielding these next year...
and I'm pretty sure they weren't built
with Canada in mind!


Sure.  But why does every transaction that trump makes result in a connection to Russia?


"Anthropologist David Graeber says our capitalist society has managed to create “bullshit jobs.” These are areas of industry that have little to no value other than to provide work for people to do – like a symptom of Soviet socialism.

"Middle managers who file inconsequential reports no-one will read. Unnecessary administrators who orchestrate meetings. Or take telemarketers. If all these were to go away, no one would miss them. This is what Graeber defines as a “bullshit job.”

“It seems to be this idea that work is a value in itself,” Graeber said in an interview.

"What we need to realize is there’s also value in leisure from a health and environmental standpoint. Leisure is time to create, invent, educate, care for our family, and more."

http://bigthink.com/videos/andrew-taggart-can-universal-basic-income-end-our-cultural-obsession-with-work?  Summary follows below.


Why not join one of any number other churches that would be more than happy to ordain you? I don't understand. Why do you want so badly to be ordained in the Catholic church, especially when you think it is so sexist and discriminatory? Should they also drop celibacy vows? How about including married people? Why discriminate against them when marriage is a sacrament? Point is, if tradition and orthodoxy don't matter a wit to you, then why not join a church that has your same beliefs? It's not just that you want something, it's that you want someone else to stop being who they are so that you can have what you want. I love the Catholic church precisely because it is unique in tradition, orthodoxy, and historicity. If it loses those I would no longer have any desire to be Catholic, I would just find a church that makes me feel the best about what I believe. If I want to be part of the Catholic church it is me that should conform, not the church. That's the whole point after all.


Again, a waste of time to read a stream of consciousness - no effort to document; to analyze; gather actual data.  Just a reaction and shooting from the hip.
Her point is not even accurate.


Do you just make things up and then post it?


Trump should be investigated

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/12/reporting-on-trumps-conflicts-of-interest


We all must answer that question for ourselves.


Both Colorado and out of state poachers are going to drive their ORVs farther into the forests to poach their game.


Judge Roy Bean; I agree with you on being negative on the GW crowd, but you are spouting BS on gas cars using 4x the fuel of a diesel.
  FYI smaller displacement gas cars have become very efficient  in the last several years.  After renting a VW Passat 1.8L gas engined car for a few weeks and experiencing the same (90% highway) mileage as I've experienced with diesels, I decided diesels cars were now history.
 But this VW cheating has turned me off VW for any car.


That’s what Meuller is doing! Ha!


and low-income neighborhoods and military personnel.

I always love how people like you defend businesses whose entire business model is inducing people into making poor financial decisions.

On the other side of the socio-economic spectrum, it is amazing the laws we have protecting investors from being hoodwinked.


I don't care if Trump murders his own grandmother as Trump is the only answer to the worst American president in history.  Barry Sorento!  A totally unprepared leftist community and country disorganizer who has never in his life been for Majority America.  By God, he can't even throw a baseball!


My condolences to the family and friends that are hurting. I am sorry for your loss.


It was on it's way to being said blowout, the crappy blown INT against the Chargers flipped the script


Smart young fellow.


Over the years, I have changed my opinion on bonds from being stock market buffers to simply being wealth preservation vehicles.  An argument that barely holds water when bonds are barely breaking even, but nonetheless still effective if you have enough money to retire on and want to reduce your risk exposure.


"Shrinkage... a significant shrinkage".

The Liberal's Shrinkage is only second to George Costanza's.


Yes our family's favorite special occasion restaurant when I was a kid - many fond memories of the place and Hans & Jerri who owned & operated it.


Buh bye.


How did she rig it?


Oh you mean the Chump! Got it! At least you recognize who is the violent psychotic!


I completely agree.  Health insurance should be separate from employment.


That may be fine and good for you, but there are tens of thousands that don't have passports. and i don't know if you can remember, but obtaining a passport is a hassle in of itself. whats the fee nowadays? $60 or something like that and a wait time of what? 6 months or so. not to mention, with the rush to obtain a passport, the state department will become overworked and the delays will likely be even greater than normal as a result. this will effect air travel as well, the TSA will not accept the state ID card either as a viable identification. But i'm, sure it won't be required to vote, just impede your right to travel freely amongst  the states. this is a blatant violation of the states rights and an overreach of the feds on those rights.


I'd like to visit Cuba on my own dime as a tourist, but likely I can't in the rest of my life, without a US federally approved excuse or a basket of money. The reason? Under pressure from Marco Rubio and other Florida Cuban legislators, Trump is clamping down on ordinary visas to visit Cuba. Those Miami exiles will never forgive and forget the loss of their properties under Castro, no matter how feudal and corrupt their ownership was.

But one thing in Cuba's favor is its great climate which allows cheap housing and tropical agriculture, so that low wages still allow education and health care for all. Our own housing regulation prices many out of decent housing, or housing of any kind. This means our teachers and health care workers are far more expensive. In the meantime we warehouse impoverished people in 19th century ghettos with minimal financing for schools that might give their children opportunity to advance. We have problems that Cuba seems to have solved.


Except that it was admitted as part of an interview that the real motivation for Comey's dismissal was his accelerating leadership of the probe into collusion with the Russians to hack the 2016 election.


Sean Hannity is a lightweight foolish commentator on Fox News.  He is in over his head in trying to act tough with the big boys.


NAFTA was a lousy deal. RayGun's negotiator's kept stringing LBs reps along until Mulroney had invested all his political capital. Then the USA legislature wanted it made even more unbalanced in favor of the USA. Look at the Softwood Lumber chronic headache. We can't even ban cancerous fuel additives such as MTBE that are banned in the USA without threats of being taken to court under NAFTA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE_controversy


...likely supported by philanthropists...

I wonder if George Soros might be the deep pockets on this one?


Name one actual occurrence in which Hillary was caught in a lie.


The chart showing 2% for roadways is from the operating budget, so that includes things like maintenance.  The other chart that’s important to look at is the capital projects.  It includes 7% for roadways.  The city budgeted about $100 million for major roadway work for at least the last three years.

You make a good point about debt service.  We need to keep a close watch on that.  It’s directly driven by the capital budget and projects that are put in place.  (Sometimes the council adds projects that don’t get implemented.)


"Refugee advocates are urging Canada to keep its borders open to the world’s most vulnerable people...".
Yes, more terrorists invited to keep refugee advocates incomes up - how humane!


This makes sense - get those pesky sick, poor people out the insurance system and premiums will go down for the rest of us. No need for those Death Panels, either - we can get rid of the panels and just keep the death part for the uninsured. Problem solved! Now let's get onto tax reform so we can redistribute more of that wealth to where it's really needed - the uber-wealthy!


This is the kind of research that should constantly be done.  Why problems and new ideas are not checked out with other cities and countries is so foolish. Why do it all yourself when others have probably done it already?  You may have to modify their plan, to suit your needs,  but so what?


Shotzy,  what the Chinese people are doing,  is exactly what President Trump did with his now 5th European born wife.  Chinese are doing it legally but it is a burden on taxpayers unless the Chinese pay for their own hospital bills.  Trump is attempting to ban all immigrants who can't support themselves for the first 5 years  in American.  Trump says no immigrants can come to America and go on 'public assistance'.  Trump is attempting to make this law.


Well, they were predicting a market crash "after" Trump was elected.  The markets since December have rose more than expected, but many of the prognosticators were predicting a "bump" followed by poor market performance.  Give it time, we'll see.  They may well be right.


Money is the key driving force, for why the performers sleep on the floor of a gym, rather than an expensive or cheap hotel.

Many local people, have to work at 2 or 3 jobs, just to survive.

If their daughter or son wants to compete, at the yearly Merrie Monarch, everyone makes sacrifices.

Parents spend all of their disposable income, for the child to compete.  The kids don't mind the temporary floor accommodations.

Not everyone, can sell enough food, goods, and services to live in an expensive or cheap hotel.


If everyone is so concerned about this give up your dividend to build a gas line and get rid of those noxious wood stoves and oil furnaces. Where I live wood and oil serve me just fine.


Here are a couple of  links that might help.

http://uwire.com/2014/07/11/lawsuit-against-uopd-reveals-an-office-bowl-of-dicks-list/

http://coed.com/2014/07/18/university-of-oregon-campus-cops-made-a-bowl-of-dck-list/


John seems to pretend that he can read hearts and minds. But he has a poor record on this front, and, in general, is a person who likes to make harsh and sarcastic judgments of others.

He should work first on that issue, and then maybe on another that undercuts his credibility on a well-known matter before he engages in internet psychoanalysis.

Dispensing tissues is a bad proxy measure of either sympathy or empathy, notions which he seems to not understand the distinctions.


I know that in the past (2015), BC teacher pension was indexed but not fully and not guaranteed, whatever that means.


A little token resistance, from the State of Hawaii, would be nice.

After all, "we the people" can only "shelter in place".

I am sure that the "elected ruling elite", will have a "shelter in place" plan, that will have a lot of poured reinforced concrete.

I can imagine that the US Navy, at Pearl Harbor/Hickam, will have big ship drag racing to get out to sea.

I can imagine that the US Air Force, at Pearl Harbor/Hickam, will have multi-aircraft drag racing, to take to the skies.

The rest of the US Military, will probably have a lot of secret bunkers to hide inside.

And there will always be civilians, taking selfies of those moments, to post on the Internet.


Putting Lynch to face Belichick would be equal to forfeit the game right now, which is probably something we should do, so that we don't get cut to pieces by Brady and Gronk. This game also proved that Browns cut Brocketship because he sucks, not because they didn't want him in the first place. He should hold VJ hands while they walk out of the door on Monday.


Whatever.


Elizabeth Anderson and others are ignoring the very history they purport to support. Those statues (which Lee himself opposed the idea of) do not honor Lee the man or his earlier actions; they explicitly glorify his conspicuous acts of treason in support of institutional racism. Depicting him (and his fellow traitors) in Confederate uniforms makes that clear. So does the fact that the vast majority of them were erected in the early 20th century, during a time when the KKK and racist sentiment were ascendent in parts of the USA.
.
The issue of who did or didn't own slaves is a complete and obvious straw man. The issue is honoring traitors for their violent, deadly acts of treason against the USA in the name of a philosophy which was ascendent at the time of the treason and the time the monuments were erected but is now considered morally repugnant. And whether such monuments should occupy civic locations like public parks, courthouse grounds, and the like.


We got a lot of classroom slaughter going on in Colorado, do we?

I must have missed the many articles in the last few months.......

But even trained professional law officers have a difficult time using a weapon effectively in these situations.  Not many grade school teachers have the psychological make-up to perform as well as a trained lawman.

Very few teachers should even take the training, let alone think that they could outgun some nutcase on some given day.

Too many Rambo movies give young men silly ideas about the real world.........


"Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's commitment to abstract libertarian ideology, so pronounced in the health care debate, disqualifies him from any comparison with the Whigs, who specifically, and repeatedly, distanced themselves from the sweeping ideological liberations celebrated by the Jacksonians."

There is nothing abstract about Paul Ryan's "libertarianism."  He has openly expressed devotion to the economic libertarianism of Ayn Rand.  Rand's materialistic atheism is also known as greed.


I find it interesting that if two people get into a fist fight, they can each be cited for assault, and potentially arrested, but when two persons decide to duel it out with 4000 plus lb vehicles on the highway along with dozens of other inocent drivers,  its only considered negligent driving?  I'll try to remember that the next time I get angry with someone.  I'll just attack them with my car..  sigh.