HaHa,  Well this isn't Burger King and you can't have it your way any more than anyone else.  Your blatant bigotry and intolerance of others who aren't like you is very evident.

Why don't you call out Old Soul, icon66, Dejain and all the other anonymous liberals to use their real name?  Huh?  Huh?

"fear free speech"?   You gotta be kidding me.  How about some "fear free speech" from all the trumphobes in this country?


More and more Europeans see the writing on the wall and are fleeing the oncoming armies of (redacted)


Thank you for confirming my own point regarding naming things after men, in particular, saying something.   Places don't have their own reality apart from humans, is the belief such naming creates in people.  It reinforces the perception and the ongoing cultural bias that humans in general, but men particular are the real power in the world.   It reinforces in the minds of the people the "greatness" of men.

Then, we have all the other names, like "Newton's law of gravity," that equates the man with the natural law of the universe.  It's not "Newton's law," it's the universe's law.  This, also, reinforces the power of males in the culture.   Anyone who thinks it doesn't matter should consider that no one has ever heard of "Curie's law of radioactivity."  We know of her work; she received two Nobel prizes (another white guy).  But her "greatness" isn't repeated every time we talk about x-rays.


Aside from the electoral college, you should understand that internally, all decisions in Sacramento are made by a legislature that is dominated by democrats - despite the interior regions being purple or red (or deep red).  This represents a form of oppression in and of itself.


Can not wait to drop a 1000 on something that did not exist 10 years ago.


Thank you Dick. The conflation of religion and politics does from all directions, but as Alan pointed out above, Judaism is more than a religion. It is an ethnic and cultural identity. That doesn't necessarily mean any connection to Israel, though, and while Lingle is Jewish, her support for Israel has as much (if not more) to do with her party's platform as her Judaism. I, like many other Jews, stridently disagree with her politics. Like any cultural group, there's no unanimity of opinion (get ten Jews together and you'll get ten different answers to a yes or no question). What Patricia did was to conflate a cultural identity with a nation's policy; she would probably say she's not anti-Semitic without quite grasping the implicit bigotry of her post (to give her benefit of the doubt). This is also not the first time she's used CB as a platform to inveigh against Israel, and it's unfortunate she chose a story about Jews in local government as another stone on which to grind that axe.


Yes of course they're members of an identifiable group. And if you promote hatred against any of them.them in a way that could incite violence, you're guilty of hate speech under the Criminal Code of Canada.


The problem with you and Kizla's reasoning is that in a large part its the news, sports writers and media in this town that hype the Broncos and disregard the Rockies. Turn on any local news and they will do 20 seconds on the Rockies win and 10 minutes of Broncos Von Millers hangnail problem. It is complete BS. Denver is a one sport town because the media makes it this way.


The media are grinning. Stunning.

If it were our flag I'd point out The Maple Leaf is flanked.

That means all encompassing-everything within. I'd have to polish up what the stars and stripes represent but I'm quite sure it also means everything.

Erase certains parts of it then.


I'll guess its Manafort getting arrested. Ive talked to dems that thinks is Melania <Russian Spy, ive talk Rep that think it will be  a dem arrested.


In a free press in a free society - both concepts you and the communist government of China clearly disdain - newspapers run obituaries about high profile criminals and ex-criminals all the time if such individuals are considered newsworthy.

It is all about the public's right to know which is a Canadian value just as the public's right to be kept in the dark, controlled and manipulated starting with a rigidly controlled and censored press and internet is a communist government of China value.

Annoyingly, you try to use our democratic values and freedoms against us by posting the most obviously bogus propaganda about your communist government and then accusing us of racism, China bashing, being mean spirited, yadda, yadda, yadda when we call you to account for your blather.

Nobody here not on the take or under coercion by the communist government of China takes you seriously nor should they.   (I suppose that is why you feel compelled to give yourself a "like" in the reaction space.)


"The University of Alaska Justice Center will evaluate "common factors of unsubmitted sexual assault kits, and those results will inform training," Price said.
Let's make sure these results will also be made public, dear University of Alaska Justice Center.Federally funded research, etc.


declining to procreate
and that is why the West has no future
even poor countries with poor kids have more future than the West


Demiwolf probably reacted with a "funny" icon because it seems you just like to get emotional and start arguing with everybody.


will i get credit or SOMETHING while we are are split up? by anyone? (YOU will!)  lllol.   yeah - sometimes the end packs quite the surprise. i saw the situation as more aggressive and urgent i think. i wonder how many teens were in this "crowd"  4 or 5 teens and a healthy solid adult 52 yr old man...i would have still been telling the older guy to move on and make sure he was on his way before leaving. i guess it doesn't sound, as described, that they secured the scene.  it is part of their process. more info would help.
 EDIT_ OMG i just scrolled down.  YOU ARE WICKED! AND OLD SOUL IS FEELIN LIKE KICKIN SOME. OLD PEOPLE RULE!!!


Yeh NCR staff!  Am writing a similar "commentary" for the little Benedictine magazine for which I am an occasional columnist (as I am able ... they wanted me to do something each issue or at least each month).  American Religious Liberty lawyer Mr. Nussbaum (a council for the Supreme Council) tried to have my little column cancelled and really went after the editor who is both a K of C as well as abbot!

What I have since learned is that Canada's ambassador to the Vatican was one of those highly paid members of the Supreme Council ... Deputy Supreme Knight (Dennis Savoie) ... and was named by our former Prime Minister ... a Koch funded Conservative government.

However - please stop falsely equating "partisan" and "political.

AND keep up the great work.


Disgusting piece of shit. I hope you rot in prison.


No, what you are really trying to say is that humans have had no impact on our planet. And THAT is as ludicrous as the flat earth BS. We have been and are crapping our nest to the point of non-viability while you hum your little denial song.


I was going to make exactly the same comment but you beat me to it! It ok to bash those perceived to be or actually are wealthy...
What about a retired couple who asset rich (house) but cash poor? Why should they pay more for the same services?


That is my absolute worst fear in life. Mine are just hitting the age when kids turn to drugs and destroy their lives. They go to public school, so I know it's all around them every day. I'm not out of the woods for a long time.


FBI CHIEF VIOLATES HATCH ACT AND BREAKS THE LAW

" ‘It’s a firing offense:’ Why James Comey broke the law with Clinton emails"

"In the past 24 hours, two high-profile figures from opposite sides of the political spectrum have accused FBI Director James B. Comey of illegally influencing the presidential election."

COMEY SHOULD BE IN JAIL.


Java is indeed the perfect language for acquiring CTS. Not many languages make you type so much for achieving so little -- it is incredibly bureaucratic. To wit - printing a message to the screen goes like this:

public class HelloWorld {
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
        System.exit( 0 ); //success
    }
}

For comparison, the same effect in the Python language:

print "Hello World!"

Now I know some of Java's bureaucratic inclinations are there to support the design of large systems, but still - there's got to be a better way.


Let's start small, and not have 75% of stories coming from the NYT and WaPo-- could we at least start there, Foster?  There's some semblance of middle ground, waaaaay out there. Can we at least try to get there?


This article is about blind faith in an ignorant religion called Environmental Evangelism. Climate Change Theory like Socialism is for the ignorant, the stupid and the grossly uninformed.


Without mom and dad`s Ohio money he wouldn`t have beaten Begich,  perhaps wouldn`t have spent some time as an ineffective commissioner of natural resources trying, along with Cathy Giessel,  to wrest sovereignty and any veto rights from coastal Alaskan communities when it came to development off their coasts (HB44 or HB77--during his hitch as commissioner).
When money like that seeks influence..it can buy lies.
Remember without thirty million in oil-money-bought media lies about "a million barrels a day", the referendum to "toss and replace" SB21 would have succeeded.  You see a common thread?....the corporate money?


Exactly correct and very well said.  Thank you Ms. Petri


I work with the wife of my Liberal MP. The betting among at least some Lib MP's is that Scheer will win. He was speaker of the house for four years, so he has a profile. Said to be a very nice guy, but he is very socially conservative and that will rule him out for many of us.


Sorry,  I disagree .  As as long as he alone has the nuclear codes to ignite armageddon, Trump is very dangerous all by himself.


Be a minority and the SAT, the ACT and even the MCats(Med) are allowed on a much much lower score. The latter one is worrisome.  I prefer my doctors to have studied the medical stuff, and understand the medical stuff before doing procedures on me.


The biggest problem is not money, it's the tens of millions that Band leaders and Boards are skimming off the top each year. They syphon money off and buy properties in the US and pay themselves, friends and family members huge salaries and benefits! We have seen reports on that many times but nothing is ever done by our craven Federal Goverments. That is the real disgrace here!


Like the color of someone's skin?


Your comment is not relevant to my comment. I clearly laid out my 'asks' to the other poster. Since you are commenting on 'dirty money', according to one of your cited articles, "Of about 100,000 realtors operating across Canada, Fintrac has fined only seven realtors, for about $10,000 in each case, an official confirmed.", seven cases of suspicious cash transaction resulting in confirmed guilty findings is way off base from the inference you are making.

Citation please on the RCMP being given official stand down orders.

You are aware that the US is the leader in global money laundering regardless of what their and our MSM parrot? Their onshore banking secrecy laws in the States of Delaware, Wisconsin, Nevada and others are way more airtight than disclosure requirements in places like the BVI, Panama etc.

It is way more challenging to attempt to launder funds through the Chinese banking system than it is through the US Banking system.


Since you read the article, are we to assume that you are also a "... CBC know nothing... " "... contributing to the populist anger in this country"?


Hey PHanboy, he gets the use of a 5 bedroom house. Your rent comment is moot


She's not using it anyway.


You mean like the 'Canadians' responsible for the Air India 747 bombing in 1980's? Centuries old hatreds have only been relocated to Canada thanks to multiculturalism


You still don't get it. You think love is gooshiness. Love is all those things you mention, including crosses born, OF COURSE. You shrink LOVE to a piece of it, when it is the whole of it.

It's language you are fighting with everyone about, setting up straw-man arguments.


jdj,

Actually the DP is right wing media. That's why I cancelled my subscription a couple of years ago.

Best,

RTD


Of course you do not hear of this...just go to a construction site. My business deals with international clients, and pricing in Alberta is considerable higher than in other 'high" wage countries they tell me. So why bother coming here then? We do not like to hear it, but I can even see it in housing construction, in alberta our costs is about 30% higher than for example Sweden. I can't pinpoint it exactly, but I see a lot more middlemen in the chain here than there, as well as greed. In the end it is not my problem, as I can compete always on the world stage, and pay my employees livable wages, take care of their families when they have issues etc. My turnover has been quite low in personnel over the years. And again, not waking up is not my problem, only thing I can remind people on that.


Sounds like he's got too many investments.  The only real advice probably needed is to cut the number of funds down a bit.  With a little study it is relatively easy to pick the low volatility, low risk, good performers.


Maybe, maybe not; the problem is the law makers want BOTH!  Greedy scum.


Trump, like Harvey Weinstein, is not a "real man". Trump may be "red blooded", but so are rats and weasels. "Real men" don't use their power and wealth to humiliate and sexually abuse their underlings, people who depend on them for a paycheck. Real men don't turn their backs on 3 million human beings whose lives have been destroyed by a hurricane, when it is the clear duty of that fat-arsed petulant weakling to deliver at least water, food and shelter to them. Real men don't take food, shelter and medical care from children to reward wealthy and powerful men and women, including our billionaire president himself. Real men don't divide our nation's people against each other for political purposes. And Steve Johnson of Florence, Real Men think with their brains, not with their gonads.


Agreed!

This Piece Of $**t programming  sucks big-time.  I've gotten multiple (7 for 1 persons reply) notifications of likes/replies for at least 2 days now.  Today my posts disappear while I'm checking the asinine approval boxes ( the whole "rate comment" box disappeared several times), and may or may not reappear.

Not all replies to a post are labeled with a "in reply to" making some conversations exceedingly difficult to follow.  And the "in reply to" should reference the author of the comment ahead of the snippet of comment.

There's probably more, but I feel a little better now.


Why should the countdown timers be removed?  They tell you how much time is left.  I kinda like them.


You really do misunderstand.


Shouldn't bump anyone. If you buy the ticket and hold up your end of the deal, the airline should hold up theirs too.


Well, marital infidelity by Presidents and presidential candidates is an equal opportunity political trait.

Don't forget FDR and Eisenhower during the same century.

I still liked the bumper sticker back then, too.  "Ted Kenney's Car has killed more people than my gun!"


Sounds like how the Palestinians teaches their young ones the hate of Israeli's from a young age. Kids aren't born with hate, you know. And with that a Peace settlement won't come anytime soon or for that matter scores of years if the Palestinians stopped teaching Hate today, It take generations to teach peace but there still be Racial hate


Great the donkeys are fighting the donkeys and you know what nobody wins.


I agree.  To call Trump a 'moron' is to insult all those decent people.  Although his actions may seem random and incomprehensible, they are purposeful.   If he is not a sociopath, he is certainly exhibiting all the signs, and his vision for the future of America is terrifying.


Go President Trump. America stands with you!! We need common sense EPA rules and regulations. With 'common sense' being the operative phrase here.
Obama had an agenda to destroy the very fabric of America and he used every tool even if he had to go around our duly elected congress to accomplish that agenda! #POTUS  #MAGA


Really?
How about a credible link...


We are called to care for our own souls and the souls of others. Scripture also teaches us that we should do what we can to call others out of sinful behaviors. That is authentic love. Not affirming others in their sins. And we are called to do this, knowing that we ourselves are not perfect and are sinners too.


Nice history revision.  The first Bush, read my lips, signed a luxury tax into law that sent a sound economy into recession, and cost him re-election after he had the highest approval rating of any president in our history. Next came Bill Clinton, who apologized for having taxes raised too much and tanking the economy, and where we get the quote: "it's the economy, stupid." Before Bush W took office the dow jones tanked sending America into recession, and was further tanked after 9-11. The tax cuts that came went to everyone, not just the rich as your history revision claims. Now, for those of us who do our homework, every time America has had outrageous tax rates it has stalled the economy causing recessions, and why JFK addressed this issue when he called for tax cuts to stimulate the economy, something Reagan reminded Ted Kennedy. As for trickle down, that's liberal propaganda as Reaganomics begins with trickle up socioeconomics-economics 101. It brilliantly lifted the poor.


Saying Trump is more honest than Clinton is a bit like saying Hitler was more honest than Chamberlain (British PM before WW2 started) or Stalin.

The statement, if true, but not necessarily a good reason to vote for him.


If globalization of capital is so good, why not allow workers and people in general to move wherever they choose. Then millions of Mexicans and Chinese can come to Canada to do our jobs for less wages. Why is that a bad idea if globalization is a good idea?


I understand what you're saying, and I understand the feeling that the Law is the Law and should be respected and enforced.  Unfortunately, some laws are outdated, unjust or unwise.  It is easy to say "change the law!" but awfully hard to do so in practice.  So law enforcement and justice officials have to use good judgment.   Jeff Sessions is ignoring voluminous research and the advice of experienced people in the Justice department and law enforcement throughout the country.  If the goal is a healthy, safe, productive society, his policies are not  aimed in that direction.


Not sure if having a "trained professional" as a curator would eliminate personal taste which is inherent in selecting, buying, and exhibiting art. I do think that having a curator trained in business would help. A good example is the man who ran the Honolulu Academy of Arts who recently left to take another position. He did an excellent job of using business acumen to make programs at the museum more efficient, eliminated programs that were not popular and too expensive, and improved the Museum and its exhbits while also running an efficient business.


Hitler appealed to emotions too, because the Left back then ignored them.

History repeats itself.....


If an individual sends a letter outlining her negative opinion about you to where you're smashed apart by all her negative needling, seems the best thing to do is to phone her up -- tell her what a jerk she is for not being decent & respectful & honest; wish her no ill will, but to just pls buzz off. Send back all her tinny mementos c/w a note indicating she can bestow her trinkets on like-minded 'cruel' ones & get on with your own life.

All this drama is a complete waste of your own life's time; good-hearted people don't string 'old friends' along. Physically go out & find a few good friends who are not going to allow you to feel sorry for yourself because of a 'jerk'.

Get up -- brush off rejection & get moving on being whole & happy & tell sweetie, the head-game player, she can simply kiss-off.

There are good humans who deserve the joy of a kind-heart, such as yours;

. . now come on -- get moving on 'kicking this cruel head-game & sad situation' to the cornfield; get rid of it..!


Don't confuse those who don't support the democrats as trump supporters.   You reap what you sow and the left have sown a field of self destruction.


Where do you get those numbers? According to the US census Bureau, in 2016 US GDP was about 18.5 trillion. The trade deficit with the rest of the world was just over $730 billion. Two-way trade with Canada was about $540 billion, will an 11 billion deficit (2%), most in oil and gas. With Mexico, the numbers were about $520 billion, $63 billion deficit (12%). With China just under $500 billion and about a $350 billion deficit (over 70%).

While you are close on GDP, your other numbers seem to be wildly inaccurate.

Source: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/index.html#C


President Twitter is now gonna GO NUCLEAR on these sanctuary cities, methinks.


As I said:
 "LOL LOL LOL you can't deal with a few facts eh Alceste so now you try to deflect and distract. I expected as much. "
and you haven't disappointed - again - LOL.
But ahhhh, the sign of the truly beaten, your ad hominem attack - thank you for conceding your defeat in such an obvious and satisfying manner Alceste. So predictable it's hardly even sporting.


allie is simply showing her jealous streak. She knows on her best day she will NEVER be half the athlete that Michelle Wie is.


Clark may have a federal liberal membership card, but never call her a 'liberal' in BC. Now 'opportunist' - that will go down well.


Attention Walmart shoppers ................ your prices will be going up much more that 20%


No, that would be Trump whose social and economic policies, and especially his efforts to strop healthcare from as many people as possible, promote sickness and death, and encourage abortion.  Moreover, your reference to race in this context is inept (at best.)


It's the Albuquerque paper that should be quoting Trevor Story anyway about why he strikes out every key at bat he gets.


Oh, please...please don't make it so expensive that only the evil wealthy of Vail, Beaver Creek, Telluride, Boulder and Aspen will be the only deep pockets able to afford paying to see Hanging Lake. Oh, woe is us proletariat!


"Cleanup" needs to "Lighten up". I swear I picture Dana Carvey as the "Church Lady" on SNL with every post CleanupEugene does.


1.. BC Liberal Executive currently under investigation by Ontario Police for the Ontario gas plant scandal

2.. The Ethnic outreach scandal - resignation of Minister John Yap and Deputy Chief of Staff for Premier Christy Clark

3.. The triple delete emails Scandal - ministry

4. Christy Clark's private 'allowance' of 50,000

6. Christy Clark gave $150,000 to a Haida Gwaii chief in business with her brother

5. The British Columbia registrar of lobbyists has fined a key aide to Premier Christy Clark for failing to comply with the province's lobbying law. (Ben Chin)

6.. BC Rail Scandal or Railgate raids on offices of senior political aides in the legislature connected to everything from marijuana grow-ops to allegations of influence peddling and money laundering = fraud conviction

7. Christy Clark named former lobbyist chief of staff (Ken Boessenkool)

8. Christy Clark was partnered with her ex-husband in a lobbyist company RCI Capital Group and promote them on trade missions.


It is time for the MSM to adopt a little professionalism.


And does Granny Smith officiate at weddings?


Not so much fun when the shoe is on the other foot, is it Dan?  I hope the Democrats stand in the way of putting a climate change denier at the head of the EPA.  It's like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.  If you cared about Alaska, you'd be concerned with the way climate change is affecting our environment, fisheries and wildlife.  Wake up Dan!  You're supposed to be representing us!


Sorry for your loss.


"Hope you find some respect in your world." -- EugeneRider

Thankfully no shortage. That would be because I do actually pay attention to facts and _knowledgeable_ professionals.

You seem to have a problem with that. Good luck!

-- Paul


According to section 91 part 24 of the Canadian constitution, the Canadian federal government is responsible for "Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians".

So why is the Ontario provincial government providing tax money for mental health workers and health-care on Indian reserves in Ontario? Why isn't the Canadian federal government paying for it all?


She is asking a legitimate question.  Did they receive the money under false pretenses?


I'm reading this as I'm waiting on line at the DMV waiting to renew my license.  Wish I can be like the illegals and just cut in front of the line.  But then again, I would probably be asked to go to the back of the line and wait my turn like the rest of the legal residents and immigrants.


So Bell is unhappy that the CRTC wants to allow US commercials during the Super bowl.  I thought that Bell would be happy with this decision, since it may actually draw more viewers to the game.  I guess making lots of money isn't as good as making lots of money while subjecting your viewers to crappy commercials.  Way to go Bell!!  Not sure who this opinion piece was geared towards but  count me among the many who don't care that Bell takes issue with the CRTC on this one.  I'll be looking forward to seeing the American ads on Feb 5th along with everyone else who watches TV for entertainment.


Was the request for more money post marked Los Angeles? Just sayin'.


That truly insults Nixon, who among other things established the EPA, implemented the first nuclear non-proliferation treaty, ended the war in Vietnam (not well, i'd admit), opened up relations with China and a lot of other things.  And would never have acted the way that POS is doing now.


This reporting is worthless fear mongering. Marijuana doesn't impair people the way alcohol does. Also, there is no scientific evidence to support the legal limit for nanograms of THC. We also don't know if marijuana caused these crashes, or if the number of drivers testing positive is any different than the population as a whole who would test positive at any given time.


It's hilarious that Trumpkin supports think he's gaining in the polls.    There's no digging stupid out of his political grave.  Whoot!  Whoot!


Your wording suggests you may not be as COLOR BLIND as you claim. When you are with your many educated black friends, do you refer to individual ones as "a black?" What if "a black" does not get educated or talk like everyone else, what then?


Check out how this group of Republican women will vote: Wasilla, Colleen Leonard; Wasilla, Kathy Tilton; Eagle River, Lora Reinbold; Anchorage, Jennifer Johnston; Anchorage, Charisse Millett.... when it comes voting on Native issues, look for their names.... North Pole, TAMMY WILSON!


Funny, that's the same "BothSiderist balderdash" argument you used after the unhinged liberal James T. Hodgkinson tried to assassinate nine Repubs on a DC baseball field.


Negotiations mean "give and take"!  I can't imagine Trump being willing to "give" anything!


Sounds tragic. At least the family has closure. RIP Chad Adams.


I just returned from Kiev after my third visit in two years..... heading back again in July.
You might consider a visit at some point to take the opportunity to speak with folks with first-hand knowledge. Russian aggression is very real, particularly to those who have lost relatives in the conflict over the past few years. The debris of a Dutch jetliner still lies in the field, felled by a Russian missile. This is not debatable.


I think you kind of answered it yourself.   If your portfolio generates sufficient income and/or you can avoid dividend cuts you're fine.  The subject in the article seemingly generates more than enough income with his core pension and dividends supplementing.  But if you're yielding just enough cash flow for your spend and your dividends are cut and it may force you to pull from your capital.  If you don't have a large enough bond mix or cash and you're needing to pull from your equity side that just dropped 30%, you risk potential ruin during from sequence of returns early in your retirement.


Nice pictures.  I like the large head costumed protestors.  Well done.  If you look at the picture a very conservative estimate (or only those you see in the one picture where they are speaking to the crowd) I would say at a minimum there are 450 attendees.  On this hot Wednesday.  Good job!


Why do these people have such a problem with living in Mexico? Seems to me it's very nice. Great food, great music, nice people, great climate.


Hey, at least they didn't beat her to get her off her seat! But seriously though, air services are the worst because they have all the profit incentive of a business but none of the culpability like a government service.  All I can do is not pick the worst offenders and fly as little as possible


To some psychiatrists, if you state that you feel "normal" it is indicative that you have become addicted. This was the response given to an individual who was using opioids to control pain rather than enduring it for the two year wait time for knee surgery. I am conservative but I fear to call myself normal as the liberals in our society may use it as an excuse to cart me away.


Is this not the same "columnist" who wrote the "dads are not snowflakes" piece a while ago. Really counter productive as we work to encourage men to be more genuinely involved in their children's lives. Or is this just a ham-keyboarded attempt to attract readers and responses?


How stupid!

What law says you can't dissolve a company during an investigation??


the headline was taken from the Mexican president, but I'm sure there are a great many who believe the headline to be accurate...it is not.

Donald Trump did for the wrong reasons, what should have been done for reasons he doesn't understand. He essentially based the US withdrawal on a limited view of American economic interests. That was foolish, global warming will seriously affect America''s interests. The problem with Paris, was not that it didn't specifically protect US economic interests, it was that the Paris accord was never going to achieve its objectives of preventing global temperature rise from exceeding specified targets.

The Paris accord is a political document that should have been a technical one... carbon markets and 100 billion Green Climate Funds , increasing by design would have failed without question in a world which moves by the election cycle and non democratic fiat...a world wide technology  treaty to address global warming had a chance...the world blew it.


Don't worry, Sans.  Folks like you will never be asked to serve.


Exactly. I have a coffee cup that says "world's best father".


Probably a true test of one’s blackness would be how well that person can speak jive.


I heard the Brown's were the end result of the mayor's homeless relocation program?  or was that for Bears?


Doesn't matter.  Trudeau and Liberals are the only ones who get it - young people and women run this society, those are his only targets with every move he makes.  His popularity has been very high ever since he came on the scene.


Who is Trump going to steal the $50 Mill to fund this government waste program?  Women, the elderly, disabled and children?


"Certainly any health care system is excessively burdened by unhealthy people,"
.
NO- it's not "excessively burdened."  A pool of policy holders does carry risk of unhealthy people-- when it's me and the pool of other policy holders.  -- but with 'Community Rating, 'mandatory coverage,' and Obamacare, it is now the ENTIRE population in the SAME pool and you and I-- that makes your policy sky-rocket because there ARE "excessive" amounts of unhealthy population-- namely, the ENTIRE population.
.
"I would argue that we shouldn't "let them" retain their unhealthy lifestyles." -- I don't follow: does that mean you want to "make them" lead a healthy lifestyle?  What- MORE laws and MORE government?
.
Never before have people had access to resources to learn how to lead healthy lives-- they choose this-- they either prioritize a healthy life, or they don't.  If they don't, we shouldn't have to pay for it.


Since I was in the DA's office at the time, LCSO conducted my CCW training, along with a couple other guys in the office, and LCSO had a deal with the National Guard for the shooting phase.  Only time I ever fired there.


Also, little hands got 5 deferments.


Yes, unfortunately there are too many places where this is what priests live on. Sad too.


A poster identified as "Greenleaf 2" keeps posting a tautology: namely:  "Trump response to NK is bad because Trump is intrinsically bad."

Greenleaf refuses to give any specific examples to support his position.

Greenleaf has not been able to refute a single point provided to show why President Trump has not handled the NK issue well.

Greenleaf is basically a broken dogmatic record which keeps playing the same unconvincing theme over and over and over again.

Can a poster like Greenleaf reasonably be called a troll;  should trolls be given the dignity of a reply?


The psychopaths do tend to advance within command and control hierarchical organizations
And you forgot to mention organized religion.


...53% of a a tiny population that does not even register on the political radar?


I don't get the reference. Stolen wheels and Trump? Or do you mean Trump hires idiots?


Good thing only the tourists bother with Waikīkī.


Liberal thinking? A Liberal refrains from thinking outside the box. While a Conservative would be damned to do so. But, a Socialist...that's what they do. They think outside the box. Let's say we cut the budget to the extreme. We essentially take a pound of flesh from the system. We would still be in a position of exhausting our State's savings. In no time, the savings will be gone. Why? Because the proverbial "shit happens" and we can not predict when it will happen. Wildly unpredictable things may become more usual than we dare to face. That's the conservative logic that oozes from my pores. With no money left in savings, how do we fund the essentials? Answer: Taxes. So, what has been suggested by folks on all sides is that we take a preemptive strategic position to cut and tax...simultaneously. Negotiate to make it so. We see three options.

"Hit the one in the middle." -Paulie, quote from Rock IV


Yep, they fully endorse the MUPTE tax exempention.


You're scraping the bottom of the barrel there, Father. 😎


Get the Golf R and save some dough.


Found the guy that's still hung up on Hilary e-mails.  Do you always live in the past?


I don't understand the backlash either. Colonial cuisine is an actual thing. Why WWeek this into a controversy?


Julie perhaps you need to check on the level of your Med's today and try to rest a bit....


Moreten writes:

"Furthermore, the east germans vote with the left (SPD) which is more anti-american than CDU ..."

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Ask them if they wish to be reunited with their old Moscow bosses..........


I dont think this type of stunt is new, these types of things have been going on for at least 100 years.


Hurrah! It only took the Liberals 50 years to come to this conclusion.


That’s football.  Players can get hurt any time on any play.  Teams have to go with the next man up mentality.  The Ducks will be tested big time from here on out.


I would rather see a death by a firing squad. Allow the family members of the murder victim's to be the shooters. Heroin addicts have a junkie mentality. When there are dope killing people they try to hunt it down.  Someone might commit a mass murder to get that ultimate last high.


This is getting hilarious watching The Establishment' so called journalists keep up.  Even the simplest things are taking days for them to spin their way.  Journalism skills they sorely lack after 8 years of just reprinting whatever handouts were coming from the UN, EU and Obama admin.


Kaui - You make a good point!


Assault weapon is a political term.

See, even the FBI doesn't have an "assault weapon" category: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls

Josh Sugarman, a notorious anti gun zealot coined the term assault weapon with intent to dupe, confuse and manipulate the anti 2A crowd:  http://www.quotes.net/quote/17826

Much has been noted of the Mini 14; a semi auto rifle that has been around for about 45 years.  Traditionally, it was sold with a wooden stock and a 5 round magazine.  It looks like a hunting rifle.  Numerous companies make aftermarket stocks, magazines and other accessories and it's been noted by adding a folding stock, larger magazine, flash hider it is suddenly an "assault weapon"  Such nonsense.

Assault: Verb, an action. To attack someone.
Weapon: Object used to cause physical harm.

If you need to insult, that means you are losing the argument and talk about civil conversation....


You choose whether your tax dollars should support the public or Catholic board. If a Muslim doesn't want to support the Catholic Board then he/she can choose to support the public Board.


And the libs lie on their websites just like the Cons do. You must be some kind of stupid


Guam should be evacuated secretly.  USA government should arrange for their evacuation and resettle them in a safe area.  If North Korea bombs the empty island, that will obliterate all the brown snakes.


Open challenge to Mr. Walter Ritte.  Sir, you are a leader and champion of native Hawaiian causes.  For that you have earned my respect and admiration.  But the indigenous Hawaiian still suffers from unemployment and homelessness.  Bill Aila had a chance to make some headway into solving some of these problems while he was the Director of the DLNR.  A job given to Mr. Aila as a appeasement for his failed bid to become governor of Hawaii.  Aila failed so he was made deputy director at Hawaiian Homes. I would ask that you look into the fact that there are no, zero, native Hawaiians that work as fishermen in the commercial long line industry.  Hundreds of jobs catching Hawaiian fish are being taken by person unlawfully fishing.  These are jobs that can get Hawaiian back to work immediately.  Not a lot of training required and if paid properly can be a living wage.  Look into this situation and if appropriate speak this this issue.  You voice is clearly heard and respect by many.  Thanks.


hes doing the robbing , like giving the clinton foundations $600 millions dollars how much kickback did the trudeau foundations get back   hes nut its just not his ratings dropping , his iQ  is too


What will happen in the next 25 years is the total break up of Canada and the USA.


This on the liberal federal scene, is starting to remind one of provincial liberals miss-handling of all the files they have screwed up. Not surprising really with two of Dalton`s former star advisers now guiding Justin.


Hughe...just how is a john supposed to determine whether the prostitute, of any age or gender, is being trafficked or is choosing that line of work by free will?


Why would any sane 'Israeli Jew' want to go to any of those places ?


But your departure point is a wild and unproven assumption. A bit of propaganda, had it not been for Apartheid well then South Africa would be a prosperous, racially integrated society and there would be no inequality everything would be good.  If that is your departure point - then that "conversation" starts off with a lie. There is no reason whatsover that  South Africa could not have seen a racial civil war and perhaps even much worse off had things gone the other way.


You are calling the widow of a man killed in action defending America a liar?
Why should I believe you?

You support Trump who is a draft dodging coward, so you must not k ow what you are talking about, right?


Bye-bye.  And quit whining.


Thanks Christine! People who know how to get or grow their own food are truly the most human among us. They understand in the most literal way the connection we have with earth.


As a democrat abroad onlooker I knew in 2008 , 2012 and 2016 that she may have tough times.


Animals include endanger wildlife and mammals; deserve life and a voice, Sad day for all now we need to expose the other two "killers".


Well said.


-the prevailing assumption is that men and women have virtually identical intellectual profiles

-this simply not the case...many more women than men have intellects that lie in the normal range
[historically, there are very sound biological reasons why]

-the intellectual profile for men has more variability, showing that  many more men have above average intellects; and the ratio favouring men increases dramatically  with higher values

-adding to that,  brighter women [and there are many]are generally not  so interested in STEM careers

-as dictated by the politics of our time, there has been a general 'dumbing down' of our society...a post graduate degree is no longer  necessarily a true  indicator of 'superior' intellectual prowess
    -'equality of opportunity' has been  replaced by 'equality of outcome'


There is only just one of me, oh no.

And how do you know that Meggsy is a "she"? Isn't that labelling?

Anyway...

I enjoy trading posts with "special snowflakes"  like you & Meggsy - you're always SO entertainingly  dramatic. Everybody who disagrees with you is always "threatening", or "racist" or " sexist", or...

You've been crying yourself to sleep every night since Trump won the election, haven't you?

Good...


while working on roots, please provide transitional housing


Chief, take it.  That's actually a compliment for Trump.


What I do know is the USA is not the America it claims to be.
When people flee America because they have no chance of a better life.
That's a very sad state of affairs.


Trump has told us why Comey was fired. Kellayanne Conway gave us an explanation that contradicted what Trump said. Ms Huckabee presented an explanation that contradicted both Trump and Conway. When asked about Comey's firing Sean Spicer hid behind some bushes. Nothing unusual here. Just move along folks..


A few thoughts:  If Darryl Freeman had a gun immediately at his disposal in his van and saw this outraged guy coming at him with intent to possibly harm him, wouldn't showing the weapon in advance be a deterrent to Pahio from trying to beat up Freeman?  Unless Freeman waited for the right opportunity to really finish the job.  Also, if Freeman did not intend to kill, wouldn't he have aimed at a less vulnerable part of Pahio's body in order to only disable and not kill Pahio?  Finally, running over someone who he just shot tells me that there was no remorse for what he just did, but rather a reaffirmation that he really wanted to kill Pahio.  The initial shooting may have been in self defense, but driving over the victim's body tells me that it was cold hearted murder.


And Trumpy the Clown is equal parts Lester Maddox, "Gorgeous" George Wagner and Jimmy Swaggart.


Trudeau and the Liberals were in power at the start of the 1984/85 fiscal year and wrote the budget for the year.  Mulroney won the election and took office right at the very end of that fiscal year.

Yes, I know the CBC incorrectly attributes this to Mulroney, but you really need to look at who wrote the budget to determine who is most responsible for the deficit, and in the case of the 1984/85 fiscal year that was Pierre Trudeau and the Liberals.

I specifically mention that year because it is the largest post-WWII deficit in Canadian history in terms of percent of GDP at 8.1%.  By contrast the $55.6B deficit for the 2009/10 fiscal year, while the largest in nominal dollars, was only 3.5% of GDP.


I like it but there are a lot of dirty tricks that swing elections and I'd prefer to work on those.

I really like your suggestion that we don't give either party complete control.  IA Republicans announced the wrong winner in the Presidentisl primary 2 cycles ago, taking an early win from Santorum


"Current federal immigration policy would deport a woman with no criminal record who has been working in the US for many years, even though she is a mother of..."— John Kawamoto
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Not true, John.
Current federal immigration policy does not and will not target for deportation any man or woman with no criminal record.
The only people and the only people targeted for deportation are those listed in the EO on Immigration Enforcement which excludes innocent undocumented residents. (https://www.mixedtimes.com/politics/text-of-trumps-executive-order-on-interior-immigration-enforcement)
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That is why Sanctuary Çities , a necessity under Obama, is meaningless and has no purpose at all under Trump.


I despise Sanders.  Cocky asshole!  Good riddance!


It is not the psychiatrists who figure out a potential for violence. It is instead staff who spend time with the patient, watch their behavior and document it. It is generally psychologists who do the report writing after participating in a group of mental health professionals of different types giving input. The symptoms Santiago displayed to the FBI are not indicative of PTSD. They would indicate a psychosis, most likely Schizophrenia. Of course any trauma would exacerbate the development and expression of it. New research shows mental illness is most likely secondary to childhood trauma in most cases. We have no mental health information, the state is protecting the facility which let Santiago go after four days. They will protect the APD, probably hiring their exonerator Greg Russell to write a report. I do agree that psych meds are health harming, in most cases the patient should not have to take them. A tiny percentage are a danger to others. Meds vs prison, which is worse.


Apparently not.


Yes.  Darling I hate to tell you this but even under Humane Vitae condoms are allowed for prostitutes.  A prostitute does not incur an additional sin by using a condom when having sex with her clients.  In fact a sex slave like the woman being helped is not in mortal sin.  She has been forced there and has no recourse.  These women may not be willing to accept help at first but may accept free condoms.  That may be the first step in helping these women.


Your FYI is waaaay off the mark.  Best do some research before making wild statements.....there are quite a few married women who are canonized...quite a few mothers.

As for the rest of it - your statement about Doctors of the Church is wrong, also - I can think of at least four without much effort.  The rest of your claim is equally suspect.  Where did you get your numbers from?


As a CIRI shareholder descendant who just turned 40, I find this commentary to echo my own experience.  My older cousin is an Doyon shareholder and original enrollee.  After he had gained a little experience working, they put him through AVTEC and he went on to have a very successful career working for Doyon Drilling for 20 years, after which he went on to have an even more successful career working for one of the big three.

I approached my (mother's) native corporation when I was 19 years old and was directed to Alaska's People, as CIRI had no in-house avenues for employment with CIRI subsidiaries.  Alaska's People told me I had a very nice resume prepared but they didn't really have any connections and wished me the best of luck.  CIRI owned 50% of Peak Oilfield Services at that time and just purchased Alaska Interstate Construction from John Ellsworth.  These two companies alone employed hundreds every winter.

I can't even attend the informational meetings without my mother.


Yes tRumpity dUmpity is a sexual predator.  Just ask his 3-4 wives and ask Melina why she refuses to move into the White House like all other former first ladies did.  Rumor has it that tRump informed Melina that Ivanka was going to be his First Lady.  Just ask Bill Maher about his tRump/Ivanka theory.


What a joke.  Would Trustin ever target CHINA? I think not. What about all those ipods or womens fashion that produced by little people in Asia, no problem there right?


Two wrongs don't make a right.
If the US was a genuine democracy (social democracy, not "corporate democracy"), if Democrats were democratic, if Hillary cared less about power more about people, Bernie Sanders would now be the president of the US.
  Hillary showed her true feelings, the real policies of Democrats, their egregious neglect of struggling Americans for decades, when she called 60 million working class folks "a basket of deplorables".


Trump fires the people who are good and bad. At least he is bold enough to take some action including nafta stirring and making some profit for americans. Trudeau does not fire anybody....Everybody is guaranteed the job security whatever they lie like Sajjan. No one is fired here...You do job or not...no problem under Trudeau's regime. Just enjoy! Tax payers will pick up the bill...Dont worry...


Same thing should have happened with DeVos.  Trump is PACKED largely by inexperienced at best, incompetent at worst, people in his inner circle....AND bigots and racists, NOT to mention multi multi millionaires and billionaires.  So, he thinks those people are going to help the "little people"....dial bank Dodd-Frank, after he excoriated Hillary Clinton for being too cozy with Wall Street, and he "could stand up to Wall Street".  This whole Presidency is full of lies, deception, bigotry, and silver spoons, being led by a narcissistic megalomaniac; not to mention just plain "dumb".  Although, he did say, and I quote " I can comprehend better than ANYONE".....I would like to introduce him to Stephen Hawking.....maybe he will assist Mr. Hawking in comprehending the Universe..cause Mr. Trump is definitely "out of this world".


The media is complicit in the fraud to protect them  and Islam from well deserved criticism.


I'm not convinced this is the product of a health insurance system. I do however, see the hospital as the obstacle. If the hospital and the doctors agreed to let US doctors treat the child, would he still be barred from US treatment?
I see this as a doctor/hospital decision and not an insurance coverage issue.


Moosep's post is clear; the better off pay less in proportion to their income than lesser earners.

Even Adam Smith, no socialist he, felt that the wealthy should pay more in proportion than others.


Right but last year was 2016 and this year is 2017 so, you know, move along, nothing to see here.


Hard to keep such an incredible story straight.

In 08/09 you were more or less fully invested and lost 40% of your portfolio.  In 2009 working with 60% of your pre melt down value you went more than 50% cash. In essence you now only have 30% of your 2008 portfolio value invested in equities and managed to earn a whopping 78% return.  Or more directly you would have had to have earned over 150% return on your stocks in 2009 to make that 78% return.

Even more astounding is that you pulled it all off with GE being the big winner.  Odd because GE would have only got you a little over halfway to 150% - assuming you sold at the high..

Nice to hear about the winners - care to share the performance of those that didn't do so well? After all you don't sit on stocks so I assume you sell your losers rather than wait them out.


I think that by saying " we will give preference to Christians" it has become in effect a Muslim ban and that will be how it is seen overseas. The quote " the vetting process for the vetting of Refugees was not vetted" is probably how this administration will continue to work. Now 90% of the world is upset at us which will not be positive in the long run. We are a nation of emigrants and of imports, running the nation is not the same as running a scripted TV show. Now the stock market has also lost faith, so what's left of my 401 will slide over the cliff.


The stakes are high and Obama needs Hillary to cover his a…zz for the last eight years. So Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton no real surprise there. Just one narcissistic liar supporting a narcissistic sociopathic liar Hillary.


You conveniently forgot about the methamphetamine the driver was on and a criminal record longer than a witch's dream.  Why is that?


I feel for ya bro.  It must be hard to be you. Permanent victim status puts you on the moral high ground though, doesn't it?  It's amazing how you can be such a victim and be  as arrogant as you are.  Don't waste my time anymore, I know you don't love America and won't blame slavery on Africa. And won't accept racial responsibility  for being a member of the 3.5%of Americas population that commits 52% of the Homicides.  Not Fake News, like you listen to, look it up.  And you're welcome for my race freeing your race. Something you don't get in Africa.


So the theory here is I must be speaking out because I get parking tickets and am upset at the prospect of settling them? Sorry, friend, I'm standing over here, behind you. You were saying?


I agree - why buy a GM piece of junk corvette when you can buy a real car for half the price - in addition to all the GM junk you listed is any chrysler fiat you care to list - they're all garbage


No. This does gets to pass civility standards after many attempts? He gets to call me a Nazi supporter, attempt to twist my words, and I don't get to reply? I am reposting my response.
Wow...this FINALLY got published????
Hard to believe.....
Your accusations are despicable, wrong (as usual), and beneath contempt. They are also flagged.
You should be ashamed of yourself...but I no longer think you have that decency in you.


Ask your carer to explain to you about google.


I have read the " offending document " and came here to hear your side of the argument. Instead all you can offer is ad hominin attacks. Why don't you and those who agree with you start dealing with the arguments in  the document. Or is it that you cannot do so ?


Were these preventable errors all due to unnecessary surgery?


The time has come to call a spade, a spade.

Canadians who openly support Trump desire to see Canada's economy diminished, and can therefore be called traitors.


The State income tax deduction is a de facto Federal subsidy to high tax states.  If your state has a sales tax,  and no income tax,  you get zero benefit for subsidizing CA and NY.  Or Oregon.

The under represented tax by the Feds is SSI.  It applies to first $127,200 in wages.  7.65% by employer and 7.65% by employee.  After that limit,  there is only Medicare tax to pay which is 1.45% by employer and 1.45% by employee.  $200,000 and over of salary and wages,  and the Medicare by employer stays the same and employee is raised to 2.35%.   All of which says the big public employee earners are getting a pay raise when their overtime and/or salaries exceed $127,200.  Their taxes  go down by 6.2%.  Yet the poorest who earn an hour of minimum wage have to pay the SSI and Medicare taxes on their first dollar and all after to $127K.   Zero forgiveness. That is regressive.  Even though they will most likely collect more than they pay by a huge margin,  if they live long enough to collect


Really?
Did Alberta cause the crash in the price of oil?


Worst Ontario Government ever. Worst, no other leader or party has ever damaged Ontario so severely and for such a long time as the Ontario Liberal Party has. I actual don't think Ontario can be saved without declaring bankruptcy.


Interesting that you recognized that nations planting flags where others already lived AND CONTROLLED would be considered rude (to say the least).
Yet, you think that Mexico owned this area when in all of the area that is today's US, they never had a population CLOSE to what the native Americans were.
Texas came about because they somewhat controlled it ( while they were still minority controllers, they had the most land of any place that they would ever control ), they brought Americans in to stop the Indians from raiding them (basically, they were setting Americans up as cannon fodder; this is why Americans rebelled there ).

So, no, we did NOT acquire southwestern US from Mexico by military means. We did prevent THEM from acquiring control though.
America actually gained the southwest by being part of the American Indian Wars, which lasted some 400 years.


Actually, your point doesn't follow.

Who knows more about self-gift than a celibate?

And by the same argument, and perhaps to a far greater degree, why should the Church listen to a man or a woman who has had multiple partners before or even after marriage?

Not exactly good people to listen to with respect to intimate and whole and exclusive self-gift.

The difference between a celibate and a person living married life _properly_ is exactly N = 1.

A person who couldn't hold out for marriage...or a person who has more than one partner has no credibility.

I suspect if you could find a representative sample...the people who were virgins before they were married and remained monogomous agree far more with Church teaching than not.


Charles, why don't we just celebrate.  Dance. Sing. Celebrate.


Pop quiz:  Which political party routinely shouts down conservative speakers on college campuses?  Ding!  That would be the democrat party.  Which political party invented free speech stifling political correctness?  Ding! That would be the democrat party.  Which political party seeks to prevent the free exercise of religion?  Ding!  That would be the democrat party.  Which political party labels thoughts they do not agree with as hate and or racism in order to stop debate?  Ding!  That would be the democrat party.

Yes, the perpetually angry, busy-body, totalitarian, democrat progressive is the greatest enemy of free speech the human race has to offer.


Why are you classifying this as an OSU basketball news story?  The  NCAA tournament rules say a host institution’s team is not permitted to play at the site where the institution is hosting.  In the past when Oregon was hosting the NCAA tournament at the Moda Center the Ducks were ineligible to play a tourney game there.  While the host school gets a little additional revenue for the effort, the Ducks were better off letting OSU, PSU or UP pick-up the hosting duties in Portland.  In recent years the Ducks have played Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Kansas in Kansas City, so it sure would be nice for Oregon to get a high seed and play in Portland.  This is great news for Oregon basketball.


My doctor, of twenty years, told me at least 10 years ago, once I go on Medicare, he won't see me anymore.


What a deceptive survey!  The questions elicit the response the Liberals want or are misleading or elicit ambiguous results that they can manipulate.
Monsef claimed in the House of Commons that it would be anonymous which is NOT TRUE.  If you don't fill out the 'OPTIONAL' Profile, your results are not counted (see Privacy).  If you fill it out, you have to give your postal code, year of birth, and gender.  Those 3 things identify you.
Respondents submit the survey several times, so how does that not skew the results.
I refuse to do it, but my MP will get a letter criticizing the Liberals deceitful ploy.


This is feeling like Dot com all over again.....with real estate wrapped in too.

"Shut up Catou........getting 1.5%/week every week, forever....that's the way we like it !!"


It's pretty easy for a Trump to lie to voters.  This scenario has happened over and over again.  The question is why the voters continue to fall for his lies, and why many of them continue their support for this flawed leader who does not even have the integrity to be truthful!  As much as they complained about Hillary being a liar, we surely do not hear those accusations against the male leader who actually is lying and has done do repeatedly!  Hmmm......


It would be considered uncivilized in any decent minded, respectful place.

And if that's how you're measuring, the poster missed the fact that Downie got a major article in the New York Times.

The ignorance of the Right is extensive and unfathomable.


There are no fascists on the ballot in either France or Germany.


You call people like that cowards!


$650,000 / $1000 pfd check = 650 fraudulent applications... out of a population of  736,732 as of 2014 estimate that works out to 0.09% of possible applications...

If it took you several times and you some how ended up with 25% of applications (which is off the mark by a multiple of 312) then we have bigger fish to fry in this state.


You should immediately discard any item in your possession "Made in China" , Thailand, South Viet Nam, Mexico, Bangladesh, Egypt etc etc etc. if you want to 'walk the walk' and not just talk the talk.

That includes you Mexican VW, your Thailand Pendleton shirt or blanket, your 400 thread count sheets, and your Levi's (pick one of three up there in my list.)


McMaster: "At no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed. And the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known."
The Washington Post did not report that Trump discussed “sources or methods.”
The Washington Post actually said: "Trump disclosed information to Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador about the Islamic State, jeopardizing a critical source of intelligence on ISIS."
Trump revealed “code-word information” and “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our allies,” said the Post.
It's not fake news because you disagree with it. It's fake news when it's deliberately meant to mislead you.


What other similarities are there?


With the smarts, experience and talent we have today a sales tax could be written to address pretty much all the issues.  Sunset clauses, limits, financial conditions, you name it.  Only thing that cannot be practically addressed is the entitlement syndrome.  That we have to man up for.


The so-called Fair Tax is a rich man's scam the wealthy would love to pull off on everyday Americans.
A national sales tax is extremely regressive and would decrease taxes paid by the wealthiest among us.
They would love to have you fall for the scam.
They dreamt it up,
...they pay millions to have unaware ditto heads misrepresent it and lobby for it's passage.
You have be to some kind of gullible drone to even imagine for a moment it's in your own best interests to have it ever become law.
There are many things wrong with a consumption tax,
...but the real off-putting effect of the Fair Tax plan on wage earners that no booster will tell you about is it results in employers across the board lowering wages by 20%.
So you're going to pay a tax of 30% on the dollar and your wages are cut
The 'Fair Tax' plan is not fair and, unless you're filthy rich, it's not in your best interests in any way shape or form.


'
…should have questioned that before voting, eh?
.


You're a cousin. You get to sit where they put you. I was the mother of the groom. We got seated in the back, just like you. We were told it would be open seating for anyone not immediate family, but some of the bride's cousins took our table. I could have made a big fuss about it, but I didn't want to make a scene. We stayed seated in the back.


If anyone took the time to Google the authors, you will find that there is much, much research to support what they are saying in the article.  As a matter of fact they are both two of the most respected researchers in the area.


don't say that the US GG will do just fine!


How else are you going to get votes for a party whose main goal is to reduce taxes on the top 1%.  Kind of hard to tell that voter you want to get rid of social supports and lower the minimum wage and still get them to vote Republican.  You convince them Obama really did take their guns and Hillary gave 20% of our uranium to Putin and they vote for your nonsense.  Now lets get back to Robert Mueller please.


Unless they can get the 12 republicans who voted under SB128 to take $1,000 of our PFD to flip their votes, there will be no override


Joan, I was surprised that DiNardo took any action to address what Weinandy did.   Maybe not fair to him, but he seems to be the culture warrior type and hasn't really shown any leadership in forwarding the pastoral approach Pope Francis is promoting.

Has DiNardo had some change of heart?  I don't know.  It would help if bishops would stop attending signing ceremonies with Trump, and actually address from the pulpit the failures of the Trump administration in seeing to the needs of poor people.  I would think the mess Trump is making and has made of access to health care would get equal volume of recrimination from bishops as abortion does - it is such a critical issue.

But so are Trumps lies, what he says about Hispanic people, and Muslims, his bullying of leaders in other nations that could lead to disintegration of international cooperation and even war.   If they could condemn Clinton, they need to condemn Trump just as much, just as loudly.   Will they?  I don't think so.


Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, majority Muslim nations took hundreds of thousands of Christian Syrians together with Yazidis and others. What Trump has done is racist and obviously to cater to his racist Christian conservative republican base.  You clearly fit that mold well.


If ti were a populist movement  on the left to enshrine Marxist socialist orthodoxy like Castro's  in Cuba, it would be all so very wonderful.


As a parent of one of the protesting students, I will share that my son (who hasn't missed a day of school all year apart from the snow/ice days, and who is a hard-working student) is respectful of all adults, but is learning to think critically and historically about what is asserted in the public sphere.  Initially, he was dubious about the value of the protest (which we parents were unaware of), so when he asked his father and me to sign the permission slip (which explicitly stated that the school didn't support it), we asked what had changed.  He said simply that he felt that the EarthGuardians were right that we need to think seriously about Climate Change and how we can work to improve our impact.  I told him that if his academic or attendance record were not sufficient, I would not support his choice, but they are solid, so I signed.   I agree with my son that we need to work harder to SEE the problems around us, and incrementally change our ways, and I am proud of him.


Excellent article/rebuttal.   My assessment, based on the fact that I didn't 'need' the CPP money and would therefore just want to reinvest it..   CPP untaken is guaranteed, somewhat inflation indexed, and tax deferred.  What is the best return one can get on a guaranteed 'investmment'..   maybe 2.5%  as a GIC , BEFORE TAXES!    Even my most conservative assumptions as to 5yr shorter life expectancy from age 70, and  net present value of future cash flows, indicated that in this artificially suppressed interest rate environment,  delayed CPP was a a better deal by far..


Tara's next question - What's the harm in letting kids have a few beers?


Perhaps they can't see it because it's not true.


Its this mentality that makes Hawaii look like idiots.


IRT "Tourists welcome in Kailua Town"
What is there not to agree with here?  What reasonable human could ever turn away a sincere, behaved visitor?  I agree.  Keep Waikiki and North Shore out of Kailua.


First, most people don’t realize that Burka, veil or any such practice is not part of authentic “Islamic Faith”. Unfortunately, it is just a cultural custom in certain societies where Muslims, the so called followers of Islam, happen to be in majority. Very few percentage of females in those societies are subjected to this practice, either voluntarily or by pressures. And when they migrate to other societies, some of them stick with this custom. Nothing less, nothing more to that. It would be unjust and ignorant to actually accept this notion that it is the Islam’s teaching. Islam, in its holy scriptures and the practice examples of Prophet Muhammad, suggest to dress and live modestly according to the place and time.


Wait, so now they're worried they *over pandered* to the conservative base while passing the buck on the budget?  ADN needs to add a face palm emoji to the comments section just for Legislature stories.


Tom Fox: Nobody does it better. A Giant in the world of journalism, not just Catholic journalism. God bless you, Tom, and big CONGRATS!


In the greater Anchorage area how many dogs are killed on the roadway as the roam free?  A dog killed in a trap is hardly a significant issue when dogs are abandoned by their owners buy the hundreds.


"Well - guess what - NO new records have been set since 2000 (South Caroline and South Dakota TIED older records). "

Please stop lying to us. We don't care if you lie to yourself, but please don't waste our time.


Good for the Developer. Bureaucratic  nonsense like this should be met with exactly this response.  The developer will simply sell the units and take the money out of Ontario to invest elsewhere. Money is fluid like water. It will flow around the obstacles you put in front of it. So stupidity is measured by how many obstacles you put in front of it.  Socialists and their governments do not understand this. Their response is militancy, to force it to flow in a direction they desire. The result is it simply drys up and disappears. So in desperation they change laws, and eventually become violent, seizing the money. It never works long term and it permanently damages. Ask Maduro in Venezuela how it is working there.


So, why don't you like white Christians?


Very appropriate.


It is important to distinguish between influenza and "other" respiratory infections.  Influenza is the only serious respiratory infection that remains in general circulation in North America.  Get it and you may never be the same.  Although it is usually no big deal, I had it when I was 21, and I got pneumonia as a result.  I could bench 260 lbs before the illness and run miles in under 6 minutes.  I never fully recovered.  I get flu shots every year now.  They are safe and effective, and I sure wish I had had one before that pneumonia.  I thought I was nearly invincible back then though.


How did he do that?!


Federal budget vows $100-million for strategy on gender-based violence after Globe 'unfounded' investigation
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does this include transgendered and gay violence?
can the PM office clarify ?


I hope Butts has a bonus for you in your next pay cheque for all the deflecting you are doing.


This editorial would suggest that anyone who built a successful company is not fit to be in office unless they sell everything off. The US founding fathers were all entrepreneurs , not unemployed drama teachers.


Build over priced cars of questionable design (I think ugly but it is subjective) and limited practicality and then wonder why folks don't buy them? Hmm ...  are the bosses at BMW really so thick?
Manufacturers were forced into this electric car nonsense and it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
-20C this morning and so perfect weather for electric cars with ineffectual heaters and reduced range in the cold!


When your children bring/brought friends home was there a "screening" of their religious adherence as a condition of admittance?  I think that this exhibit is a great step forward.


I got in similar but less severe trouble at a gathering recently when I indicated that female drivers tend to tailgate when driving at a much higher rate than men. It was based on my observations that when you look in the mirror and someone is driving too close behind you that 9 times out of 10 it will be a young female. Wow - didn't get a good reaction from some. Sorry - just an observation. Now I'm a social outcast. (Maybe always was.)


Minor correction: some people in Vancouver THINK the city is a supermodel. People who have spent any amount of time away from the place and with actual supermodels think Vancouver is a pretty place, but quite deluded.

I love Vancouver, but I also love rain. It is worth remembering that the most attractive aspect of this place internationally in many cases - the factor that would entice people to actually buy here - is the ease with which you can attain property AND citizenship (and its benefits). Sure, there are other nice factors. But those first ones are the prize.


You have no idea what you're talking about.  The insurance company will pay even if the fire was intentionally started.  Your ignorance should be embarrassing to you.


Citation for what?  You mean to say you're completely unaware of the riots by unhinged left-wingers that have taken place around the country?


Need a citation.


Lots of people getting excited about nothing.  The fact that there are 72 documents probably means there are 71 too many.


Actually, this is such good news that I think I can take a break from posting and go for a long walk in the country and get some fresh air.
    One can feel very demoralized reading the results on the NCRonline. My comments were intended to be read by NCR staff as well, in the hope they might learn something from what others including everyone here, think.
    The psychologist giving the test said I should have gotten a higher score but I was not concentrating. However, fudging the facts a la Trump is not my style. This is an example of the difference between a fidelity to truth for its own sake and the preference for lies that support vanity and illusion.
     I owe Cassie-O and apology for going on about OCD Catholics.
     This is it. I am on vacation.


Judge Trader is going to order that Oki pay restitution however on release from prison, it is likely
he will end up paying back just a very small fraction of what he stole.  In the event he elects to serve out his
entire 10 year sentence, he will not have to pay any of the restitution.  Sweet yeah.
Unfortunately, unless his former partners initiate civil action  to seize all of his assets, they are going to
get bumpkus.  Our laws regarding paying restitution in criminal cases are a joke and totally favor the
offender.  The victims get the shaft big time.


Mueller has NOT allowed dogs for years.  This was a trial run.  It failed.  Down the road at Cheyenne Mountain, it worked.  Reading is fundamental.

Yes, the dog poop is a problem.  But do you have the same outrage for the people who toss their water bottles and orange peels on the side of the trail?


Yep, focus on that family hate. Embrace the serial adulterer and pu$$¥-grabbing buffoon in the WH while casting out your own family member.

Many of these "christians" are really quite disgusting people.


If the federal government had a policy to look after our own children, and make it affordable to have their own children and own a house, we wouldn't have to be importing all these people with strange cultures into our country, and run up a huge deficit supporting them and their large families, and giving them free education and health care.
We do nothing for our own.....sick


Very tender and touching story. Thank you.


Does a person who imprudently leaves the door unlocked 'approve' of being robbed at night?

Trump is arguing against imprudence in matters of mass immigration, open borders, 'we are the world, let's hug and hold hands more..and smile too'.

We need more effective controls, targeted using data and probabilities.

Prudence, smart uses of available means.


Let her walk? What did she do that he had to let her "walk"?

Also, why did Trump fire Comey to get the Russia thing out of the news? Sure, he was too stupid to realize the investigation into his crimes would only INTENSIFY after doing something so stupid, but that's not an excuse for the act.

And just how on EARTH is obstruction of justice a "non-issue"?


Sorry, Looking at that Picture of the Pig, I LOST my appetite for the other White Meat.   I will cook up some steamed veggies and wild rice..............


Well, why do you think they are tested? Common Core has defined things students should know. The tests are to gauge whether the students are learning what the Common Core has defined as important.

Icon, take look at the Springfield School District's curriculum and tell me what year the 8 parts of speech are taught? Tell me what year students are taught that there are 3 branches of government. Do some digging; make some phone calls. See if you can find out when even the most obvious and essential knowledge and skills are taught. Guess what? You won't ever find it. It's simply up to each teacher to decide what he or she wants to teach. I'll bet half the teaching force of Springfield couldn't even name the 3 branches of government or the 8 parts of speech. Common Core and the related testing are trying to change this unfortunate fact!


Greedy, selfish narcissists costing the rest of us massive amounts of money squabbling like spoiled children over 20 cents.


WesternPatriot asserted Khadr's father hated Western Democracy...

So I ask, Really?

And you know this how?


"Evil is always unsupervised?" What about Hitler? Was he unsupervised? How about ISIS? Putin? Kim Jong Il and more?


I just take Trump at his word. Or is he just a liar?


When it comes to cherry-picking, a lot of people seem to want to cherry-pick one Seattle study that supports their prejudices, while ignoring hundreds of studies that say they're wrong, including the other Seattle study.


Ford is unelectable in 2018 and the notion that he somehow is out to fight for the interests of the taxpayer is ridiculous. This man pushes his own brand to serve his own interests perpetuating himself or members of his family in public office but really what has ANY Ford ever accomplished in office?  Seems that to some cutting taxes is the be-all and end-all but how is that realistic in a growing city that has serious revenue problems in being able to cope with need for improved infrastructure?  This clown promised to build ten billion dollars worth of subways and really had no plan to pay for it beyond going to Ottawa or Queen's Park for the funding to do so.  Or how about his asinine proposal to build a Ferris wheel and sail-in hotel on the waterfront?
The real problem Toronto has with its politics today is a dearth of solid candidates willing to come forward to run for council or Mayor and when a Ford is presented as a 'sensible' alternative you know you've hit rock bottom.


You mean the Trump who is in denial that it even happened, or the one who knows damn well it happened and is--surprise surprise--lying about it? That Trump?


It is well established in American law that religious bodies can set their own rules about who is to be married in their churches.

No, it is saying that if you want to fire an employee because you find his or her civil gay marriage offensive to your religious sensibilities, the former employee cannot sue you for wrongful termination. This is something which American bishops do far too often.


Tell that to the NATO countries on its borders.


the ignorant part are lunatics like you jan and koth who have no clue in the reality of trump and his supporters who are standing up for the usa


This appears to be a story to drive page clicks for the DP. Too bad that has become one the criteria that editors are using when deciding to run a story. In the era of printed newspapers, they wouldn't waste the ink.


Yeah, remembered right as I went to hit the post button. Oops!


Agreed.  His singing voice is very, shall we say, distinctive.  That doesn't stop him though.  He's like the bee who doesn't know she can't fly because her wings are too small and flies anyway.

The YouTube link to Rockin' in the Free World doesn't include the last verse but those lyrics include some direct shots at H.W.  Here they are:

We got a thousand points of light [a reference to an H.W. speech]
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people [H.W.], says keep hope alive [another H.W. speech reference]
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/42356/


Text messages regarding students sent from one school employee to another during a school event they are attending in the context of their employment are public records by definition, and therefore not private thoughts. The notion that disciplining these yahoos invades their privacy is ridiculous.


The EU is merely an extension of Germany; a country now hammering down on "fake news". Germany and its EU sock puppet are the threat to the west. The EU is no monolithic entity and is on life support.


OK, gotcha loud and clear; you don't live here and never been within a thousand miles of the bush.


Good - some common sense may come to the American oil scene. Buying oil from the Saudis, and backing their insane regime, is absolutely unnecessary. I would seriously love some of the econuts to try to defend their positions on this.

Why not have a solely North American oil and gas market?  Think of all the power that can be taken away from the Middle East!  Canada, Mexico and the US - with our current technology, we now have plenty of oil and gas. I guess this makes too much sense for the Dems or Libs. Let's keep fighting for those Saudis and their human rights!


I'm surprised commentators didn't pick up on the implications of his speech. He was putting Washington on notice that he fully intends to carry out his campaign promises - all of them. He was speaking both to his supporters who put their faith in him, and Washington insiders, most of whom didn't. He is unwilling to  let anyone off the hook with some kind of Can't We All Be Friends approach.  He boldly set the dividing line, either you're with us, or against us. And he expects everyone to get to work now.


So was CJ Mogoeng Mogoeng.


John, the state is not willing to forgive you yet and the investigation is still ongoing so why should we. You clearly do not yet understand the extent of the damage you and your girlfriend have done. You need to stay in retirement and out of the public eye. If you are being advised by someone to do this you are getting very bad information.


left wing acedemics are intolerant racists. Look in Ontario if you criticize the sex ed cirriculum our Premier is on record as saying you are a homophobe.....which can be punishable under the human rights commisssions.Our good PM has stated that if you oppose the Syrian immigration policies you are xenophobe...please give me some canadian examples of a leader on the right who has said anything similar


The auditor general does all govt audits, not KMPG


All of the Globe's defenses of the Khadr settlement ignore the historical context.

First, the events occurred in the near aftermath to a certain event in New York City in which Al Qaeda played a significant role. Anyone on the Globe editorial staff remember 9/11 and the more than three thousand innocent people who died in it?

Do you think that in the aftermath of that horror all western governments may have  been worried about further attacks and determined to glean whatever information they could about Al Qaeda operatives when and however they could?

In addition, Canada had troops on the ground in Afghanistan when Mr. Khadr was arrested. Given that he had experience in building IEDs and knew many members of Al Qaeda there was a pressing security rationale for interrogating him. Indeed, one could say that Canada's duty to its troops on the ground, many of whom were either killed or grievously wounded by IED's, made it imperative to interrogate him.


Maybe the new Kakaako trend may start leaning towards affordable home ownership and rental projects ? The high-end consumer seems to be in hibernation ?


And Trump, of course, is totally innocent...


Constructive comment, thank you.  Not really easy to look up such numbers and interpret them.  Have you tried?


The logic they use at the Denver Post is just amazing.  If housing prices are already through the roof, as they are here in Denver, then even small increases in prices does NOT lead to a buyer's market.  It was overpriced before and the overpricing is increasing at a smaller pace.  That's all you can conclude from that.


I am amazed that Breitbart was ever given as a reference ....


As a loyal Liberal I blame this all on Stephen Harper.


Sirencall, I don't think you are paying attention.

The indictments of Manafort (and the other guy; can't think of his name) are surely crimes, but nothing in the indictment indicates it has anything to do with the so-called "Russian Probe."

Bloomberg news did a story on the indictments this morning and reporter covering it said, allegations of crime, yes, allegations or Russian interference with the election, no.

The Mueller probe will find something - some crime.  But it will not find anything with the Russians and the 2016 election, because there is nothing.

Just more fake news.  (Sorry G&M - as I know you will delete my comment because I refer to what you report as Fake News.)


I moved to Alaska in June of 1992. The main story was how the School district needed more money.  I read about how they would have to lay off teachers.  The usual stories printed about how this teacher will be affected, how this school will not do well etc. School year came, no big changes that I could see.  Next year, the dance began again.  This dance has been going on every year since then.
And yes, we had children in the school district.
What has changed?


Thank you for your informed view of Wayne Easter, his character and competence.

I only lived a year on PEI in my grade 12 year in Summerside (my dad was a pilot at the air base that used to be there) and it was a great year for me including being the rock DJ on CJRB (now The Spud FM).

But my mom was born and raised in Charlottetown, my great uncle was an MP for 22 years in the Queens riding and was succeeded by Angus McLean later premier of PEI and I was privileged to know Angus.

And I spent a couple of summers on my other uncle's farm as a kid and have visited several other times (mostly in summer, LOL).

All of which is a long winded way of saying I know The Island a bit and like it and also know that Islanders are often special and real people as Wayne Easter seems to be.

P.S.  If I'm still above ground next summer, I intend to visit PEI once again.


As you can tell I am on the rhetorical side of the spectrum, I am a salesman at heart, what can I say, I have no excuse. I do like facts tho. Another reason I jumped to the conclusion they were under union protection is that putting stuff like this in writing or taking a picture of a guy flipping the camera off  and keeping a record of it is a very stupid thing to do. I manage people and could not imagine putting something like this in writing anywhere even if I did think it.


Dealing with road rage is a multi-step process with escalating responses commensurate with the misdeed . It begins with a few chosen words under ones breath, escalating to extreme vocalizations and hand expressions.  And culminates with a 9mm Glock.


When these types of articles talk about an 'equal' chance, they are of course talking about favoritism, usually at the expense of ordinary Canadians.  Most Canadians know what an equal chance means in Canada.  They want to get on Justin's rainbow list of favored causes.


Point made, and Pence good step in if Trump indicted.  I was being a little loose with words, focusing on 2020.

But the key point stands.  The tired elites of Bush and Clinton hijacked the election and made Trump.


While I understand it and have in the past supported it, I'm not so keen on it now for the very reason you suggest. It marginalizes many voters. If you're in a strongly blue or red state and you're of the opposite party, there's no point in your participation. That leads to apathy among voters.


Galen weston and millions of customers lol


It is that children's rights do not equate in regard to the extension of the intellect and maturity of an adult. I am so glad to see that we can agree that a child is a child regardless if that person is in the womb or outside of the womb. It appears we both agree all children have the right to life.


The city auditor just said that HART's "internal controls were so weak, they wouldn't have found fraud if it were occurring."  Fraud may be going on right now, and the only way to find out is via a forensic audit.


Ummmm....what?


Thunders ?  My goodness, is Mr. Trump eating too much Mexican food ?


LOL - like all it takes are 18 hour work days for magic to materialize from Congress.  I assure you, members of Congress work more hours than most of us, and enjoy far less free time than the typical American worker.  Even their recesses back in their districts are spent working, doing town hall forums, meeting with constituencies, helping district members navigate the federal government, discussing proposals with impacted parties, and of course all the pomp and circumstance that they're forced to attend by virtue of their position.  I do laugh that you're so willing to defend Trump's golfing, when you probably were behind him and his rants about Obama's golfing, though Trump is on the course far more often.  Partisan much?


Well of course I was responding to the simple statement of the letter writer that Trump lies more or less constantly, about things both big and small. For instance he lied about Hillary's big win of the popular vote, inventing a story that the three million votes were fraudulent. That was a lie and an unnessary one, showing Trump has very thin skin. The same with his insistence, despite photographic evidence, that his inaugural crowd was the biggest ever. Why? More serious is his accusation that Obama wiretapped his campaign offices. So yes, Trump cares very much what people think and say about him.

What the polls say is that a huge majority of Americans think Trump is doing a bad job. If Trump doesn't score some successes (getting Gorsuch approved would be one, but how many Americans even know what the Supremes do?) then he will be judged a dud. AHCA was an awful bill. Ryan tax reform and the Ryan budget will hurt a lot of average people. Let's see what Trump gets from Xi this week.


Yep, long time.  Packed water, craped in a hole/bucket most of my life.  Done it sanitary, too.  Never left my crap on the side of the road, or uncovered, or near a lake/river....     It is not hard, it just takes a little bit of steady work.


Dude don't bring logic to a gun argument......jeez.


I spent five days at the Mount Sinai, for a sarcoma cancer surgery this past May, and I found the health care  there top notch. From the chief surgeon down to the room cleaner,  everybody excelled at their work. --David Murrell (Phd), Economics, UNB at Fredericton


If a dog got into it, then a child could have gotten into it.

Think about that for a minute. You set traps where the animal you want to trap lives. A trap set in the city will catch whatever a city has to offer.


Have Christian Gutierrez and his fellow culprits do community service time 5 days a week at the DLNR during the summer and have their parents do as well on the weekends.  The lack of response from the parents is especially disturbing.


So they caved in to the "screamers?"   How sad.  And what a bunch of gutless wonders in the university's leadership.


The reality is, on problem pregnancies, the bishops are afraid of realistic solutions because they fear loss of states, like when a child will never be born but the abortion is condemned anyway, even though ending the pregnancy would be in the best interest of the mother.  Medicine says one thing and clergy act because they are afraid of playing God.  Their God is an ogre.


You make some excellent points Dermot Cole but the hope you present being carried out by the Legislature or the press to make him see sense is perhaps naive.  Trump has made every effort to insulate himself from any disagreement.  Evidence ranges from his preference to use Twitter to release information, to ditching the press corp, to holding the rare press conference, to his once a week intelligence report all demonstrates that Trump has no interest in conflicting information to his belief system.  That he will rely on or fabricate "alternate facts."  Even worse that he will actively work to not just deny but discredit anyone who questions or disagrees through the use of his "beautiful" Twitter account.

I almost feel sorry for Conway and Spicer.  Being a part of the closed microcosm of even a transparent administration is demanding enough without being caught between a boss who cannot or will not accept disagreement and a world functioning upon objectively verifiable facts.


@bob adamson:  I would agree with your concluding statement but for the fact that the federal and BC partners to which you allude simply don't exist.  I think it will require a principled, trustworthy pragmatist like Premier Notley to get things done.

I would add to your points (c) that we also need a progressive, determined stand to stop the giveaway of our resources and infrastructure to private capital - i.e. the incremental but definite movement toward public ownership of all core assets and infrastructure (which may well be developed and operated in partnership with the private sector - hybrid socialism, if you will).


Many of the writer's suggestions are valid and should certainly be explored. If Canada is expending funds that are not appropriately assigned as defence spending they should be re-assigned correctly.

Some people, (good people ? :-) ), are suggesting that Canada can argue that it does not need to increase defence spending to the 2%  because we are active in NATO and do the "difficult" jobs. This argument is fine until the next "Iraq" comes along. It would be difficult, after making such an argument, to decline involvement in the way that Cretien did.  Far better to retain our full independence in decision-making and pony up our "fair" share. This poses financial problems of course, since our PM has already racked up the deficit to $30 billion.


Loonie slumps??

Excellent I say!!


Always like reading Richard's articles. I do not always like the progressive/alt left/socialist slant where "neo-liberals" are to blame for anything. KPMG, BP, SAP and the other businesses that continue to benefit are symptoms, not the malaise. The root of our problems are the transformation agenda as government currently pursues it. BEE is nothing but legislated corruption. Is Cyril Ramaphosa's wealth due to his own industry, intellect or hard work or is it the result of his political status ? As long as we have a legislated economic system that requires a portion of profits to go to individuals that adds nothing to the production process we will have corruption. Businesses operating in SA have little choice but to take part in this process or run the risk of losing business or be outed as racist scum. I predict that foreign businesses will quietly start to exit, as the reputational risk  of partaking in this sham has become to great.


Having a safety device and not activating it for survival? I hope their story isn’t made into a movie . “ naked and afraid “ is more lifelike but I still believe that show is rigged! Lol!!!


It's not a fact.

You implied the current UK GOVERNMENT was unelected in response to someone who posted re the unelected EU hierarchy. Now  you change it to the PM being unelected - she was elected as an MP in her constituency and then elected as leader, de facto PM, by her party's elected MPs. It does nothing to delegitimise her status.

The EU is undemocratic and has increasingly intruded into everyday aspects of the lives of Europeans by a process of gradually taking away rights of individual states; even when citizens of those states have voted against those changes. It is becoming increasingly unpopular as Merkel issues diktats, without consultation, that detrimentally affect other states.

The UK will not be the only country to leave as the euro fiasco continues to ruin the lives of people in southern Europe to the enrichment of Germany.


Another sky is falling article that has no basis in reality.  In six months the Republicans haven't changed anything meaningful concerning the ACA and likely never will.  Your experience should tell you that entitlement programs NEVER get walked back, regardless of campaign promises or the potential for budget busting.


Judges do not make law. They interpret it and are supposed to do so based on the constitution. Not their personal feelings. The President has the legal authority to restrict immigration.


So if North Korea 'pushes the button' and their nuclear-tipped submarine -launched ICBM, aimed at Seattle, (their missiles are notoriously inaccurate) will arrive in 12 minutes, and the Congress is on Easter Recess, we let it land and kill  hundreds of thousands, with downwind hazard to thousands more, and call Congress into session before the President is permitted to wipe North Korea off the face of the earth?

Do we have to wait until the fallout reaches Portland or until it reaches Eugene before we have the vote?


Tory reaction to the motion on Islamophobia.  Pure and simple.


When one has education their health does improve.  Protecting the aina also improves health.  Economic self-sufficiency (rated as a middle priority) and related opportunities also relates to education.  In protecting the aina it is also a resource for sustaining our people.


OK, Kearon, you asked for it.  Aren't you the one that always bashes low-income, people on public assistance, support forcing the elderly out of Alaska because they can't afford their service cuts, and your overall low life distain for anyone that you think is a threat to the government handouts that you receive?  And you want readers to believe that you give diddly squat about a fetus or an abandoned infant?  You make me sick.  Get outta here.


Maureen Dowd's mind is like a witches cauldron with magical things floating in the bubbling brew - you can pull out a sprig of truth, but you have to be careful of the poison toad floating along side it.

Her final sentence is Delphic cypher.  I say balderdash to her cooked frogs!


You have just shown that you have no understanding of science.  This new finding is consistent with the science of human origin and simply moves the dates back and widens the location.  Science is based on theory and evidence and, of course, scientists re-evaluate every time new evidence is presented.  That's how scientific knowledge grows and becomes more accurate.