BS,
The elites in Canada are about to be hit by a tidal wave of anti-establishment sentiment. The country is ripe for a populist uprising.
People are losing faith in a government that lied to get to office. Their trust in media is at an all time low. Even non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are taking a hit in the public’s eye.
If the elites don’t get their act in order, ordinary folks will see to it that they’re toast at the next available opportunity.Canada can no longer count itself immune from the global trend of populism that is sinking institutional trust. Broken promises, high debt, unsustainable government, unattainable housing prices do to foreign ownership, soaring energy cost, immigration that doesn't reflect our values and massive job loss to 3rd world countries!!!!!
Yes change will come if those in the Media and government continue to live in their Ivory towers while the rest of languish.
FYI,
JUSTIN/KATHLEEN - HOUSING COST IN TORONTO, DO SOMETHING, HELLOOO!!!!!


This analysis is flawed. Severely flawed. "GoBankingRates used the average price of tuition and fees at publicly funded four-year institutions," as if everybody pays the same amount, and compared that to average incomes. However, the actual price paid at most schools is highly correlated with family income.


Vote them out. They don't give a rip about the citizens. just the unions. And their bribe money, of course.


And China doesn't have an 'illegal Mexican problem'!

See? Walls 'work'!

;{O)


The public schools have been trying to accomplish that feat of inculcation for 20 years!

How's it working out!

I support parents teaching their children as many virtues as possible:  prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, cheerfulness, industriousness, generosity, solidarity, studiosity, etc.

"Tolerance" is something else altogether, and it's misunderstood and "mistaught" by the left.

Better to teach prudence, temperance, justice, use of good judgement...then to have the left brain-implant one with their understanding of "tolerance".

Sweden, France, and the UK seems to have taken "toleration" a bit too far.


A thorough study of the development of our jury system might surprise you.

Today, we bend over backwards to ensure a juror knows nothing about a case before being selected to be a juror.

"Medieval juries were self-informing, in that individuals were chosen as jurors because they either knew the parties and the facts, or they had the duty to discover them. This spared the government the cost of fact-finding.  Over time, English juries became less self-informing and relied more on the trial itself for information on the case. Jurors remained free to investigate cases on their own until the 17th century."


In that case they should add a road usage fee since they don't pay gasoline tax and pay for parking like everyone else.


No one is silencing you. Your rights are not being violated.


My only concern is that we do not discourage small oil and gas operators from finding new oil as we find ways to lower our tax credit exposure.


You are just confirming what I said, ie that the court took the exceptional move to over ride the decision of their own Supreme Court justice and issue a press release in response to a social media mob lynching.

Dangerous precedent.


Always good to see you commenting, Elizabeth. At least if you're commenting we know that for that moment, you're not doing meth, abusing children or shoplifting.


упс!


Cal's practices and policies died a few years ago but has been reincarnated as a documentary - The Walking Dead.


You're a lovely man, Ed, but I'm afraid your party is in La La Land right now and is unlikely to win an Oscar unless there's some mistake.

The leadership candidates so far are impressive, much more so than the Tory candidates. I can see the NDP getting back opposition status if the Tories choose a weak leader, but Trudeau stole the left because of that disastrous campaign by Mulcair.


Trump has no authority to call anyone else's words "inappropriate". This Justice is simply stating the truth, her words cannot be reasonably denied.


Not just lifers. Relative newcomer Mary Margaret McMahon was among the new crop of councillors who also voted in favour of TTC cuts in the last budget. Ironically, her predecessor, Sandra Bussin, who did more than anyone to drastically reduce short turns on the eastern Queen line, got turfed by voters.


One more globalist Marxist who craves the destruction of white culture and the genocide of our culture.
We are not white racists
We are white people defending our way of life from people like you who want to destroy us.
Expect civil war
Cause we are done taking crap from anyone
Pity the politician who forgets this
The Trudeau Foundation is receiving millions from muslim billionaires to open up our country


Great.  You're a 'blame the victim' person.  So what, the guy screamed.  I may have too if I was being manhandled like that.  I don't see where it's OK on ANY level to do business like that.  IT'S NOT OK!


In the old days, we let in the mobsters. Yet we managed to survive them, without resorting to blanket bans, etc.


Kauai boy is enthusiastic and high energy.  Anyone but Espero the Waipahu media hound!!!


Alright - so which veteran QB would you bring in as a BACK-UP until Lynch is ready?

Kaepernick? Who else?

Osweiler is just a temporary back-up for NOW. And yes, he is familiar with the system and dirt cheap.

It just makes sense.


Hi Geoff, I think, in fact, that the correct phrase is 'mealy-mouthed'.

And no, I'm not actually pedantic - I'm just a writer, so phrases and words are my tools of the trade.  :-)


HaHaHaHa--now that is a new one.  Where did you graduate Medical School?  You need a full refund!!  Let's see a picture, date, link, to your conspiracy that "two men had to hold her up" during a speech.
Have you ever fell down and had a concussion?  At least Clinton recovered--did you?


I like your spelling of Red-gister Guard, I always call it The Cash Register Fraud.


heard the pro-life gals were not allowed to play.


Stop the shows and tell everybody IT'S ALL THE STATE'S FAULT because it is.


..the biggest threat to women’s rights is the toxic capitalist system itself. “
Of course, it is.
A ******** embryo could tell you that.
Even The Work Farce can tell you that.
In fact, he did. Almost fifty years ago.
Dystopia? The Work Farce has been a stranger in a strange dystopia since the era of patchouli oil.

Stop censoring my posts. Someone is sucking all the humour and fun out of this comments page.


The hard-core Trump base.


Perhaps you should actually read and try to inform yourself.  No - she did not "destroy"  all the evidence. And wouldn't you think that since the GOP vultures have been so wildly over the top about Clinton's emails that they would seek to not make that mistake?  But of course, you give Kushner a pass even though he should have known better and is not above the rules that the Clinton investigation brought to light and you and yours cry bloody murder about. No - of course they think they don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us and are above the law.  I also find that the hypocrisy surrounding the emails to tRump junior, Kushner, Manafort, Flynn and meeting with the Russians is really really funny...and highly disturbing in context with tRump at his rallies calling Hillary crooked and calling for her to be locked up when it is tRump and his associates that don't adhere to the law, convention, rules or truth.


Two blocks from South Eugene High School and 5 blocks from the U of O Campus Music School.


OMG, this is too freaking funny.


The crash was one of three early in McCain's aviation career in which his flying skills and judgment were faulted or questioned by Navy officials. The inferno on the Forrestal that killed 134 people, wounded many more and nearly wrecked the aircraft carrier, haunted him more than getting blown out of the sky.  "To be honest with you, the Forrestal fire seems to be a more impactful date I remember more than that of when I was shot down," McCain said at the time.  Three months later he was shot down and a POW.  Can someone tell me where is the record of him actually engaging the enemy and killing them other than all the reports of him destroying our men and equipment?


Do not let bear spray/gel freeze.


"The repayment — $51,887.31, according to Price's office — covered only the secretary's seat.

Price did not address the overall cost of the flights, which could amount to several hundred thousand dollars and is under investigation."

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Trump has stocked the Washington swamp with a particularly vile species of pigs.

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"debunked"? More fantasy, I will stand by the truth that the Clintons have been proven to be both thieves and liars. “I feel 99 percent certain that everything that’s been returned to us is government property,” McDaniel a National Park Service spokesman was quoted as saying in an Associated Press story." FactCheck.

Anyone who would continue to allow Hillary in their support of her to make daily FOOLS of them is beyond logical reasoning. You and I can disagree as to who is worse Trump or Hillary. However, I have to correct you. Only partisan party puppets believe Americas "choice is between these two candidates".  A voter always has the choice to write in a candidates name or in most cases select from another listed. I choose to maintain my good character and principles before I will ever support Hillary who is has been proven over and over to be a thief and sociopathic  liar.


Now, who didn't see this coming? Chenault has no answers? Oilies haven't given you any ideas, Mikey? You are the worst Speaker we have ever had. You are clueless! And any oily tax legislation is a conflict-of-interest to many of you.


Premier Q T Pie and her illiberal Liberals must go.


Always remember Trumps words "I like the stupid people"... He collected $82 million from suckers and stupid people just like you. Your next Dictator in Chief.


No idea, G.Will.standonguard, but here's a question - why would whatever one woman wrote make you question 'granting' the vote to half the population?

I repeated it here to put some of your comment above in perspective, like "a ladylike figure like Merkle" and "as we covet the weaker sex." What in god's name is that about?  And all this as comment to an article about misogynism.


dome: Ya, and what about LANE County where you work? You as a "PROFESSIONAL RACIAL PLAINTIFF'. You can not respect them, how can anyone respect you??? Knowing your history, they do not. Have you spent that $250,000.00 you got from the state of Washington yet????


I wonder what drives people so hard to give everything they have to billionaires, Oligarchs, and CEOs...???
Never mind, I just answered my own question...they are on the Oligarch's dole...


I wouldn't say anything for Trump. You confuse distaste for Clinton with support for Trump. I don't know exactly who I will vote for yet, but it will very definitely NOT be The Donald.


I have personally heard more than a few native guys explicitly deny being Canadian. There is a narrative that I am quite sure is common among FN folks that holds FN culture distinct from being Canadian, which is  after all, according to that narrative, a culture built by, of and for white colonialists. That means the choice of not being Canadian is their declaration. It may be racist and ignorant but that sits on those making the declaration, not the Senator who has the temerity to simply repeat what she/we have been repeatedly told by them.


My next door neighbor has two of these and definitely did not cost him $100K.


How is the Dept of Health handling the rat problems in downtown Honolulu?


So proud to have marched today with my husband, many of my friends, male and female.  A wonderfully diverse and inclusive crowd.


I am not seeing the humour in insulting the visually impaired who can describe an elephant.


"By stirring up the anger of the US populace, he distracted them long enough to get their votes."

Oh brother. Pretending issues such as illegal immigration and dissatisfaction with Obamacare are new issues needing a Renaissance provided by Trump is bogus. You people crack me up.


Whoops, I meant Warren's points. Changes the content a bit...


Harper was no economist. He cut the GST against the advice of almost all economists.


I'm wearing my tinfoil hat!


"the lack of available funds for essential procurement projects into the next decade"
What do you mean "unavailable"???? Trudeau bumped his deficit from $10B/yr to $30B/yr and there still isn't money for the military? The Trudeau liberals have given billions to other countries but we can't afford to properly equip our armed forces? The Globe runs a series of one sided articles and within weeks Trudeau is throwing $100M at the activists responsible, but we can't afford to equip our military properly?
No the funds are available Trudeau just doesn't want the military to have them and doesn't have the courage to come out and say that.


I said at the time, and I'll say again, ConocoPhillips has dumped an environmental cleanup nightmare on the Canadian taxpayer.  All those activists with all the time in the World on their hands should have been marching in the streets against this deal.


I'm too poor to go


can't say this is one of the, but i've noticed big rigs hauling right along on the freeways...riding people's bumpers...being very aggressive drivers. dangerous drivers. if the truck couldn't stop at the exit there of the bridge - probably going too fast.


They're referred to as the haves and have-mores.


Sad, really.


True. My understanding is the data collection is not complete. They want a full year.  Since traffic accidents were only 2x a month average, they need some time for this too.
I think we can judge the success, but not completely. Numerical equivalents are just part of the way we get info. Like looking from one's business and deciding the bike numbers have not increased. People use all sorts of data sources.


My grandparents immigrated from Mexico when my mother was 10. They did it "The Right Way"; piles of forms, probationary period, citizenship classes and tests, and then the swearing in type ceremony. My grandmother has told me many times that it was her proudest moment in life. I was dead-set against the Trumpser ending the DACA program because I have several family members who are enrolled. When my grandmother announced that she was "glad it's ending" I was totally speechless. Until she explained. She told me that she had earned her citizenship. She worked for it, studied her butt off in her classes, and aced the final test. She worked for it. She compared it to a kid who studies hard, does his assignments, and gives up her playtime so she can get an A. Then the teacher just gifts an A to another kid who did nothing to earn it because it's not "fair". She feels like DACA is a slap in the face to every immigrant who did it right and earned their citizenship.


How is “ right-wing governments that will give deference to the hierarchs and grant them some influence” different from “a theocratic type of state”?
Encyclopedia Brittanica gives us “Theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.” Giving deference and influence to hierarchs, presumably because they are guided by God, means that they have a role to play in legislating. That is what theocracy is.
In any event, Spadaro is saying the meeting is over shared objectives, ie for a political purpose related to the themes. The politicization of the themes, and consequent partisanship, is part of what defines the ecumenism of conflict. It is possible to agree on the themes, while disagreeing over the objectives, ie agree abortion is evil but disagree with outlawing it. Polarization, that says we must outlaw abortion if we believe it is evil, is another of the features that define the ecumenism of conflict. Saying “certainly not” doesnt change that.


"Tell me again why BSA enrollment has significantly declined since 2013?"
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Maybe the forced allegiance to the invisible sky monkey?


the problem is that clark lied about the encounter afterwards. even though it's on video. classic clark


However, the communion in the hand is no more sanitary than on the tongue.  A handshake / hug with multiple adults and children during the Sign of Peace, especially in a country to which one has not yet developed local immunities, create a situation where you are "receiving" the host not merely from the hand of the priest and yourself, but from the many with whom you have just interacted.   If one kneels while receiving and extends the tongue, the chance of the priest actually touching the tongue (provided he knows how to hold the host) is negligible.
I admit to not having completed a Clarivate search but the CDC has no information about any diseases passed via communion on the tongue.  During the 1917 pandemic, communion was never identified as a vector for infection.


Timie: ignore Saullie, he just loves to make things up; that's my point Orr indeed won the cup in 70  & 72.  He also won 8 Norris awards in a row.


Thank you, Ted Moore. What they are attempting to do here is despicable as there is not enough courage in the Legislature's Majority to even take responsibility for their own actions, let alone cut their pet mega-projects and get that stain of the the TajmaHawker out of our hair. No, they think we're going to forget and forgive, they're counting on it. Then they put their most reviled-by-the-public retiring legislators up to carry their PFD raid attempts because a lamb that's not there is no sacrifice at all.
As for the Governor's proposal, it is about the cheapest shot of all, tying our dividends to an ever-diminishing  resource base as opposed to sharing in our investment wealth, the wealth many of us have waited since the late 70s to see amount to something. All this to protect the status quo, the already wealthy who have made their fortunes on state oil money. They not only have the Governor's ear, they have him hijacked.
A typical assault by the Usual Suspects, SB 21's big shots.


Wow -Trump is really, really bad!


I never post sources?

LOL!!

Just like your hero Trump, you deny, deflect, project and lie. Really Larry, you're becoming a joke!


They should have let Warren read Kennedys statement than perhaps reviewed some reports on the Chappaquiddick incident. That would have put reprehensible in perspective.


Still working the Big Lie, eh Gerson? Yes, 9/11 was a tragedy and quite possibly avoidable if your then boss had been paying attention, but it was in no way a Pearl Harbor. It was a golden opportunity for you neo-cons to have the war you'd wanted since the first Gulf war, and to get it you lied. You lied and got your war and then bungled and mis-mismanaged the occupation and so set the stage for ISIS. You lied and hundreds of thousands of people have died, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee for their lives. And here you are again, still with the lie that this was somehow all justified because 11 young men carried out a suicide attack, and again, tragic as that was, there was no follow up attack. There was no grand strategy other than provoking the US into a stupid war to unite muslims in a jihadist war against America. And you and your cohort of war criminals, let them get exactly what they wanted. Do us all a favor Michael, have some sense of shame and just shut up.


Hmmm, guess numerous statements by the likes of N. Korea (and Iran) that they intend to wipe us and Israel off the face of the earth are polite and cordial comments...


You have Trump, Putin, Bibi, Erdogan and Justin on a desert island together.
Trump would be walking and talking that he's the smartest and the greatest deal breaker.
Nobody can beat his marks at school his grade average was 99.9%. Putin would be walking around the beach with no shirt on showing off his body and flexing his muscles.
Bibi would be accusing everyone of anti-semitism. Erdogan would shouting that Turks discovered America, invented the Jet engine and that he's the new Sultan of Turkey.
Justin taking selfies of himself and others and explaining the beauty of diversity.
Justin would offer a rolling course at 4:20 in his hut.


Thanks for this reminder, Doug.


Craig Oliver is legally blind.  Are you going for the Donald Trump make fun of the disabled award?


Thanks for walking along with me part of the way.  I would have appreciated it more if you had recognized that in my many posts I have said the ancients did their best with what they had at the time.  My fault is the trads, who claim dogma is static and fixed, big difference...unwilling to change and grow in learning and discovery.


Fall of The Ivory Tower, by Roche is a must read.


What crimes? You need to be punished severely for your crimes.


Patchwork of drug plans?  Which drug plans?  I'm a retired senior; my "drug plan" consists of pay for it yourself.


"It's an honor to be with you," Trump said to Putin. And he meant it. Nobody worked harder, or did more to get the incompetent, narcissistic, blowhard elected than the Russians, and it's already paying off for them. Bigly.


Semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines have been readily available to the general public for over 100 years.  Not only that, but prior to 1968, national gun laws were much less strict than what we have today.

So if these scary rifles and lax gun laws are the problem, why weren't people running amok with these rifles 50 or 75 or 100 years ago?


Wow praise for Pres Trump's administration from Leon Panetta. Who'd a thunk it. (it sure won't be coming from Obozo)
But I think there's one thing he overlooked and it has nothing to do with 'lessons learned' from Katrina & Sandy: It's Pres Trump's  years of experience as a Developer & Owner of HUGE Buildings and their  Construction Schedules, CPM Schedules to be exact. No building of any magnitude gets built today without a CPM Schedule (CPM = Critical Path Method, google it).
What I've seen from Pres Trump's admin with Harvey and now Irma, from pre-staging to implementation, reminds me a lot of how a CPM is used for a building. There's a time for every Trade's work; You do this on day 'X' & have 'Y' days to complete it. You will NOT start before 'X' and you will NOT finish after 'Y'. There are float days for 'oopses'.
This excellent scheduling of entities couldn't come from a politician but only a builder of Big Things. (as an owner he'd be at Const Meetings to review schedule)


These aren't refugees, they are migrants that are avoiding official channels to circumvent the safe 3rd country act and should be deported immediately, or failing that, detained indefinitely until they can face an expedited deportation hearing. Canadian citizenship is not a right, entering Canada illegally is not a universal right. Nothing is stopping them from going to an official border crossing location but they are being coached by career activists to break the law. If they need a hearing, they should be held in a secure detention facility indefinitely until such a hearing can take place. The current system is an incentive to break the law, if illegal migrant end up in jail instead of fee in the general public, crossings will drop off immediately.


Second hand smoke is a problem in enclosed areas not outdoors in the open air! It is defiantly not near as dangerous as the bleeding heart whiners that keep whittling away at our freedoms! The fair lost out on $3-400 from me and the Ms. and more from our friends. but who cares, more people than you think!


But both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have functioning governments. Part of the issue is document security, document reliability and access, etc. and in states where there isn't that central body, you have no reasonably assurance documents are accurate. There's a reason ISIS is using refugees as cover in Europe.


Drugs are far and away the greatest scourge on society.


Tomorrow their will be a contradictory headline to this.  Has been going on for months. Your wonder who makes up  all these headlines. People with a stake in the game I guess.


Slap yourself on the wrist!  You should know by now that "Hawaii Island" is the current politically correct term for the largest island of the Hawaiian Archipelago.


Good for our leader to speak up. I cannot imagine this tax happening as Trump wants to rid the market place of red tape, tax and any added expenses. This is just mindless talk.


Brison is a joke, has been and still is, probably Liberal doctrine where they think they are above reproach. Trudeau better get his act together, the pail has so many holes in it now that it will take a miracle to keep it going


The word governance is McElwee's word inserted behind his first quote from Sosa in the article. The problematic quote from Sosa I am addressing doesn't mention governance:

"But if we are honest, we acknowledge that the fullness of women's participation in the church has not yet arrived."

Obviously the quote references governance and women's involvement in the hierarchical structures. Still, equating "participation in the church" with "governance" in a significant way is already touching the heart of the matter. In a democratic , civil institution, sure, I will grant that participation in the state  is directly correlated with having an active say in governance through vote, representation, advocacy and leadership.

The Church isn't a democratic civil institution though. Real participation in the Church has nothing to do with governing its temporal affairs. It has everything to do with drawing near to Christ who made it clear that worldly power isn't effective to that end.


Entitled presumptuous woman steals into our country, steals another person's identity, gets caught, and still produces children. She only cares about herself. Send her back NOW. She can take her children with her.

She was breaking the law the whole time she's been here. Her children should not be considered American citizens. Need a supreme court case now!


Marty E, what is wrong with the Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe?


I don't know if it will be an end game scenario.  It may be that Catholicism evolves into something less mega corporate and centralized.  Nothing inherently wrong with that.  It forces an organization to get real with what is essential and to promote and protect those essentials.  In Catholicism one of the major questions which has to be answered is what is more essential in regards to the Mass---the person who presides at Mass, or the actual availability of Mass for Catholics.  The answer will result in very different solutions.


Yeah, Nick, thank them by voting them outta office.


Drugs medicate pain. Life does have pain. Learning to live in consciousness in complex world takes practice. Humans aren't born with knowledge of how to navigate our own thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Self medicating pain works for while but the brain becomes dependent and no matter what the ending of any obsessive and compulsive dependency is painful for the addict and those around them. There are no shortcuts.
 People who are involved with addicts who don't use but want to control the addicts behavior will eventually go crazy themselves as they lurch from one crisis to the next with the addicts downward spiral.
Addiction is here to stay unless there is a shift in social psychology but that isn't going to happen anytime soon. It won't be pretty going forward.


Some articles are carefully crafted as to take the media readers attention away from the real issues. Trolling and hate, favorite word, xenophobia, will cause some readers no to express their concerns for what they're are seeing is happening in Canada. We need to remain vigilant.


SA since you took my first comment off I will change it and say, Tuff if you don't like the travel ban too bad.


That would require a congressional act. Unless you guys want to make up laws in the White House. Wait weren't you all just complaining about the last guy doing this?


The PERS problem is largely artificial and exaggerated. The recent jump in the liability is due entirely to a reduction in the assumed rate of return on PERS investments over the next 20 years. Nothing has changed in the actual PERS investment fund, except it has gone up sharply with the actual, real world stock market boom. Only a fool would  claim to really know what the markets will do over the next 20 years.

I am somewhat optimistic myself. But if need be, paying off the PERS legacy costs can be stretched out. There are ways to reduce management costs, see my post below. There is no need to savage public services or raid reserve funds, or do dumb things like combine the small state colleges.


Yeah, those Congressmen should hear pitches on how to impeach Trump.

Do your jobs, Congressmen.

You traitorous Nazi enablers.


Your suggestions may be workable, but, it will never happen.


No mention of what the film is about until paragraph five. I think that's a  record.


The Church bans funerals for members of the Mafia.
Pope Francis created that ban.
According to Winters and Martin's rationale, that, too, is wrong because no one truly knows if that Mafia member has repented before death.
Is it their belief that everyone should receive sacred rites and be buried in hallowed ground?
Just asking.


Women drivers....... sheesh


Are you on SNAP? Ever been on SNAP?


Where was the head of the Royal Bank, all banks, CMHC, and our politicians when we, here in Vancouver, were calling for taxation - anything - to curb foreign speculation in our market?

Oh right - they were all telling us that the foreign buyer demographic was so miniscule that taxing them could not possibly affect price and demand. It was all buyers from Alberta driving up price, millennials with boomer down payments, and all the high paid tech workers!

The long term  effectiveness of the 15% tax is debatable,  especially now that the BC Liberals have just come up with exemptions like  foreign students who can now buy multi million dollar mansions and handfuls of condos (and really - what was up with that?  Why couldn't "students" be restricted to the purchase of one housing unit like a condo to live in,  like Australia does?

But hey - nice to know the big banks have learned something...maybe. Because we didn't hear a peep out of them in Vancouver for the longest time.


Its a good thing the dispatch owner is not a billionaire. Just think of the ridicule she would have coming from all the social warriors here. Oh wait...


Anyone that doesn't want to work in a closed union shop have every right to do so.  I hear Target, Walmart, and McDonald's welcomes anti-union workers.  As for me and my house, I'd support organized labor any day of the week.  If it's constitutional for one to bear arms, why isn't it equally important to constitutionally protect peoples right to earn a fair and equal livable wage with bennies?  Isn't this what tRump is railing against, to make it possible for welfare to work class to earn a fair, livable wage?


Enough already with Americans screaming at Canadians about Donald Trump.  It's pretty rich this writer talking about demagogues, forgetting history.  You have Obama to blame for that and the revisionism that Democrats have been feverishly undertaking the past eight years.  The best one yet: President Abraham Lincoln - Democrat, a plaque that an Illinois University put up.  Yeah right.


I am a 53 year old woman and last year my mother gave me a coupon for $2 off adult diapers. She dislikes me intensely and this gift said it all!


I foresee no problems with a government-run healthcare system, in light of this article.

Grandma's got a busted hip? She's still required to do her exercise. Little Johnny on the autism scale? Still needs to run his 10 miles this week...


If trump wins the two major parties will die.


TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS of the ADN not having a SINGLE mention of Hillary Clinton on their front pages.  Not a SINGLE one.  The agenda is clear- The Leftist ADN and Washington Post are out to protect their queen, no matter the volumes of criminal activity Wikileaks and #DNCLeaks reveals.  If they can keep attacking Trump, and make no mention of Hillary- they will have won.


The U.S. is a nation of laws.  We have authorized law enforcement officers to, as the name implies, enforce those laws.  We have a judicial system to, as the name implies, "judge" the guilt or innocence of those accused of crimes.  Those systems are now functioning to adjudicate the allegations filed against the Bundys and their militia friends.

It's not the role of citizens to, on their own, intercede in this process.  Your suggestion that anyone who disapproved of the Bundys' actions should have travelled to the Malheur Reserve and confronted them about it is ludricrous.

Law enforcement officers did meet with Ammon Bundy and Finicum in an effort to convince them to surrender peacefully.  The Bundys chose not to.  Only when they were stopped on the highway and "forced" to surrender did they do so.  At that time Finicum still refused to surrender, refused to follow the orders from law enforcement officers, shouted "you're going to have to shoot me" and reach for his pistol...


Lady you are a real hoot. Keep on posting.


Peter Armstrong interviewed the American who signaled serious problems at Home Capital literally years ago. To me he was a very credible individual with a good track record and he felt regulators here really dropped the ball and the entire company board should be turfed. Mickey Mouse enforcement is so Canadian. Conrad Black gets caught on camera defying an Ontario Court Order and the only court that calls him to account on it is in the US - as evidence supporting the credibility of other charges on which he was convicted.


She didn't censor, she questioned whether the question was appropriate without any facts.

That's what an accountant would do.


Thanks AFN  for bringing this serious problem into the open.  It will need to be addressed with extreme sensitivity at the grass routes level. Another tragic consequence of Residential Schools where students were taught they were inferior and we're physically, emotionally, and sexually abused.


Will our monk seals be protected?


RG:  "Eugene police said the homeowner on Wednesday found the front door unlocked, and a stranger sleeping in a bedroom."
 apparently i failed to convey irony and sarcasm in my comment - the whole lets switch places and look at it thing.....    no?  ok
    we had a house down the block tied up in court stuff and sat empty for over a year.  on a regular basis a neighbor would notice someone slowly go down the drive to the house and around the back.  then there would be stealth like coming and going until the cops rousted them out. a handyman would come and fix whatever was broken to gain entry, again. i don't know that they were addicts.  the first 2 people who squatted there where there for over a week - neighbor didn't know who they were and finally  her suspicions had her call the cops .  the intruders had gotten sleeping bags, what looked like a food box, and candles and were getting pretty comfy.
  so, yeah, i'm in agreement with this being not a good thing.


And you, like many of your ilk, seem to think that the First Amendment gives you the right to condemn every-other religion, and even atheism, instead of just freely practicing your own religion.  Christianity is not superior (or inferior) to any-other faith, just different.


Let's put that to the test

CPC can run Leitch or O'Leary in 2019, and we'll see what happens

Let's do it!


And, as a result of a lawsuit filed by a neighboring retirement home who really didn't want this to happen, the organization had to pay for the widening of the Goodpasture Island Road overpass to Delta Highway to even get to build their complex.  This one was a win-win for taxpayers and residents.  And somehow I think someone still made money on this $43.1 million sale.  Eugene City Hall doesn't have to believe in BOHICA to encourage development; they just like it.


what nonsense! these complainers want to bend the rules on who qualifies. here come the ACLU! only 17 local applicants, why is that?


Hey! You submitted an entire comment that, while still way off topic, did not mention Trump a single time! Good job! Are you starting to grow up?


The high efficiency units have a pressure switch that prevents operation if the intake or exhaust vent are blocked.


No one is entitled to a living wage. If you want a certain lifestyle , get the level job it takes to support it.


WA:The NYT has a well-documented article on Trump in Atlantic City and an editorial by Peter Werner.  Here's a paragraph from the OpEd piece.  Both articles are well worth reading.  "Mr. Trump knows his target audience, which explains why, beginning the morning of the Indiana primary on May 3 (the day he became the de facto nominee), he has — among other in-the-gutter moments — implied that Senator Ted Cruz’s father was implicated in the assassination of President Kennedy; insinuated that Vince Foster, a friend of the Clintons who was White House deputy counsel, was murdered (five official investigations determined that Mr. Foster committed suicide); engaged in a racially tinged attack on Gonzalo Curiel, a district court judge presiding over a fraud lawsuit against Trump University; and expressed doubt that a Muslim judge could remain neutral in the case. This is conspiratorial craziness and rank racism — and all of it has happened after we were told Mr. Trump would raise his game."


Oh really?

When it comes to corruption, there 's nothing that the McWynnety regime can learn from the US or anyone else fro that matter....


Actually the deportations via border turn away rate were in the millions. People saying Obama did any more or less than the status quo at the border are fooling themselves and others. Under Trump, illegal border crossing are down by 60%


Is this suppose to be a bad thing?


We all know it  will cost the equivalent of an entire. house anywhere else to just install smoke detectors on a reserve. .  One chief said" Its not like we have a Canadian Tire up here and we can just run out and buy a new sink if we need one" The idea of stock piling home repair items like paint, dry wall, nails, shingles  and tools for use on reserves simply  eludes natives and sadly even the Carolyn Bennett.  Can Tire would gladly donate everything they need too, but we all know it would all simply  disappear.  That is the discussion we should be having, not white man's duty to them.


Give VJ a tour of the "Pit of Misery!"  Dilly! Dilly! :D


I respectfully ask you to stop referring to Krook Crapwell as "Capt Kirk" in the future, fiveo.

"Capt Kirk" implies LEADERSHIP...of which Crapwell has ZERO. Thanks.


"May be extended" means just what it says. And so it was extended, under the approval of subsequent liturgical commissions and thousands of local ordinaries the world over. All was done by the book.

Also, we still utilize Latin in an appropriate, limited context.


wrong


Oh no. Not that "losing an hour of sleep" nonsense again. That's why the time change is done on Saturday night. You won't lose sleep unless you're foolish enough to use an alarm clock on a Sunday morning. (Apologies to those who must work Sundays.)

I know there are studies saying that the change messes people up. How much of that is because thousands of people reading articles like this expect a bad day on Monday? It's only a one-hour change. In ordinary life, it is not unusual for bedtime to vary by an hour because of things we must do in work or social life, or even because there's something good on TV.

The worst part of Daylight Savings Time is changing all of your clocks. I'd be happy to keep DST year-round.


I think they should be kept in...our prisons. Resigning and leaving should not be the end of it.


"Sullivan's attempts now to justify his vote are worthless."

As is Senator Koch of Ohio.


Yeah, only country music or church music should be allowed, right?  Because we all know that those two genres of music have nooooo violent undertones or language suggestive of harming anybody.  Get real.  I think there might be a couple of songs in the religious arena about nailing that Jesus fellow up on a giant cross.  But oh, that's not violence, that's religion.  And I know Miranda Lambert for certain has quite a few songs about harming cheatin' wife beatin' men.  So does Carrie Underwood.  That's just a couple of country stars, but there's just too many to list.  The point is that even if this doesn't scream of racism as some people have suggested, it screams of personal bias against a particular type of music, and this woman does not promote only her likes, she's supposed to promote for the general masses.  If people don't want their kids exposed to "violence," then they might consider not going to a rap concert, maybe turn off their TV and take away all video games.


Anti-White Satanists are looking to their next move.


'
…how quaint.   …and naive.

The rule of law is something Trump has plans to subvert.

Republicans hold a majority and show little or no responsibility to tamp down even the worst of Trump's fascist impulses.

I know exactly what fascism is.

You, however, might not see it until it's too late for you revise your firm belief that 'it can't happen here'.

...good luck with that.
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Me, I'm going to speak up now, and keep standing against even the barest hint from those who would bring total fascism to fruition if given the chance.

Make no mistake, Trump styles himself as a glorified, (in his eyes), tin pot dictator.

And his white nationalist neoNazi minder has worse plans in store.

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I took you up on your dare and checked the website you cited. Nothing in the story indicates that the three young men, aged 16-19 had anything in mind other than burglary. The weapons you describe were never used. Instead three stupid teenagers were killed by another young man with a semi-automatic rifle.

I dare you to look the families of those dumb kids in the eye and tell them that their sons deserved to die for an attempted burglary.


Trump is way fatter than Hillary, borderline obese according to his latest Doctor statement, so I guess this is another of his many many personal flaws, and another reason to vote for Hillary. Attacking a beauty contestant from nearly a decade ago, further demonstrates his extreme thin skin, lack of toughness, lack of self control and inability to stay on message.


Yup, the UK should continue fighting Napoleon and Kaiser Wilhelm. In fact, why not have a re-do of the William of Normandy thing while you're there?


So I take that as a subsequent "yes", and you realize that you were mistaken regarding the alleged unrealistically small area affected.

Obviously, the relative significance that each of us assigns to that development/disturbance is a matter of personal values. Regardless, no one appreciates their values being characterized as "ridiculous".


Long overdue, in the US and Canada we need to do the same. ASAP. In addition to further limiting all skilled TFWs and others that want to come to Canada for work. What also needs to happen is most skilled TFWs need to be required by employers and by law, to transfer their skills to Canadians over the course of their year long visa, and then they go back. This frees up housing supply for Canadians, gets Canadians employed, helps solve training problems. etc. Unfortunately Bains approved more access to TFW as recently as a month ago, based on the biased special interest laden committee study announced by McCallum at the end of last summer. Canadians need to be getting the good paying jobs, so they can grow families, and have the resources to take care of themselves. But our government has gone in the opposite direction, terrible economic and social policy vision. Email Prime Minister and representatives about our excessive foreign worker and immigration problems we have in Canada.


I suspect that the cost of asbestos abatement is a significant factor in the value or future usage of this vessel.


Many, many left to go, but it will end with Mr.  'Bones'  Obama.


This bill has nothing to do with "public sentiment", but was enacted on the request of the superintendent of the Oregon State Police.


The difference:  UW steamrolled their cupcakes while CU struggled against their cupcakes.  If Northern Colorado can put up 21 on the Buffs, it is hard to see UW putting up less than twice that.


From my reading for the Month of May...

There is the Gift of Years by Joan Chittister... that talks very clearly about the aging population and the changing 'face' of America. This is from the US census...

Between 2010 and 2050, the U.S. population
is projected to grow from 310 million
to 439 million, an increase of 42 percent.
The nation will also become more racially
and ethnically diverse, with the aggregate
minority population projected to become
the majority in 2042.* The population is
also expected to become much older, with
nearly one in five U.S. residents aged 65
and older in 2030.

and to that... I'm also reading  an oral history of Cloistered Nuns. Dedicated to God by Abbie Reese published by Oxford Press. Why? the reality is! there are a whole lot of us 'aging' into a monastic/contemplative/cloistered vocation.  This is not the vocational call envisioned by those worried by the same statistics applied to their own foundations.

What if we were to  count it ALL good??


Nope. Lots of those extra votes came from 19 States she won other than Calif.  6 others were close. Trump carried more States to be sure but, um, many votes came in for Clinton from those States too, totalling a decisive win in terms of the popular vote.

But hey, don't let facts get in the way of a drive-by, Breitbart-style, inaccurate comment. Obama would have wiped the floor with Trump. Compare Obama's outgoing popularity with Trump's in four years. Those numbers, my friend, will be in the history books.  Just like the reality of who voted for whom in 2016 will be.


Hmmm yah, dreamboat, that’s what he is.


So if they refuse to dance for a black official or a gay official, you are just as approving?


Christians and especially muslims have that problem.


The hypocrisy is beyond overwhelming while the silence of so many elite leftist celebrities and politcians is deafening.


Teaching creationism in all of its miserable guises, including "intelligent design," as science is indeed an egregious abuse of authority.

As a matter of fact, it's illegal.


He will have much luck., if the instructions were not lawful orders, there is no requirement to obey requests.


This is as stupid as the 50 times the Republicans votes to repeal Obamacare.


Why does the Globe waste time and space on these scientists?

When I need an answer to complex science, I turn to Maggie Wente. She knows everything.

When Maggie isn't around, I turn to my neighbour who ran a successful emergency drain service for decades. And unlike these hoity-toity PhD types who never had to deal with the life reality of clearing a blocked drain in their lives, my neighbour also shovels my sidewalk when I am away.

He says pesticides are A-okay and so does Maggie so lets stop with all this radical propaganda.


They're called Trump chumps...you're Exhibit A...


Trumps' business "leadership" is as an abuser of workers, contractors and other people's money and managing to stay out of jail.  Nice!
I'd like all the courteous, patient, etc in public discourse but I don't hold my breath and I'm not even sure it's useful when confronted with willful arrogant ignorance.
After all the decades trying to follow politics I quit worrying about politicians ethics, morals, what have you.  Most didn't have too many to start with or lose them along the way through compromises and the necessity of getting cash to campaign with.  There's nothing new about it and gods can't fix it.  It's been the norm from the beginning.
The best I can hope for is to vote for someone who professes to and even acts on the ideals I consider important to my family, my nation, my world.
And people, as hard as it may be to put my trust in Clinton I find it as easy as splashing down a water slide naked and gleeful in the hot sun to dismiss Trump as a dangerously insane buffoon.


Anything to offset its public union base, regardless of cost to future generations.
Truly he is Kathleen but at the federal level.


Albertans are paying for it, same as we're paying for you to sit around and criticize us.


The Liberals are now basing their hope for re-election on class warfare.  Divide the country.  Rich versus the middle-class through taxes.  Race politics with M-103.  Rule of law versus feel-good optics.

Trudeau and Butts are not that different from Trump and Bannon in their methods.  They just target different groups.


Pittsburgh, lighten up! It's a metaphor. It could have been Palookaville, for all anyone cared. The point is the alliterative value, not the place. I'm sure the writers understood this, but given the opportunity to bash the president was too appealing. The "soot choked" city that no longer exists is the result of sound environmental policies brought on by the city and state, not some far-flung, non-binding, trillion dollar boondoggle. The president favors good environmental policies, not empty promises that are uniformly unfair to the US, whether it's trade or climate. Regarding the Paris accord, it has been pointed out that, regarding the Paris agreement, "Obama did an end-run around the two-thirds Senate vote required to ratify any treaty . . . .", instead choosing to legislate by executive order. Why? Because Obama understood the vote would fail in the Senate.


Access to abortion?  Trump is wielding his popularity like the clumsy buffoon that he is---He's been trying to throw the election for months, but his base won't let him.  We ARE seeing something unique, in this twisted world of manipulated politics, but we're not quite sure what we're looking at, and we wouldn't believe it even if we were sure.

We don't have to pay attention to the sideshow---We have the tools at our disposal to step outside of the puppet show and actually vote for someone NOT backed by the people who think they rule the world---We can support people who are qualified to represent us who are NOT wealthy enough to afford the multi-billion dollars necessary to gain the media's attention, and I'm not talking about Bernie Sanders.

We can vote outside the hype, the slogans, the wedge politics, the bigotry, and the division, and decide for ourselves as adult members of a mature republic WHO we really want to represent us---And we've given the ultrawealthy plenty of chances


If you are in Hong Kong why are you posting in Honolulu?  How can you possibly have any insight into our affairs?


Voter fraud is real. In person voter fraud exists also. Why do you think progressives don't like voter id laws. They want non citizens to vote in elections. And they do vote, albeit not all. http://www.empowertexans.com/around-texas/largest-voter-fraud-investigation-in-texas-history-underway-in-tarrant-county/ and http://fox59.com/2016/10/04/police-raid-indiana-voter-registration-project-reports-of-fraud-expand-to-multiple-counties/


...oh boy is that going to be a giant sucking sound.


Hi Kelly !  Long time no talk !  Hope all is well with you...


I think any article that lists top to bottom front to back any critical comment on Trudeau's eulogy, as well as contrasting it with other notables NOT praising Castro, and offering ZERO supporting comments, is not exactly neutral in what it is trying to say.

And yes, the filler words between the referenced comments does editorialize - again, to the negative.


They're determined, but otnay ootay ightbray.


The Seward airport has two strips and a tarmac with hangars and tie ups. The tarmac is public property - people are legally allowed to use it to walk and walk their dogs there. The strips however are off limits.

This isn't wilderness. Its not a trail. Its not habitat. The good man who tussled with the bear could reasonably expect the chances of a bear encounter were very slim.


You're comparing apples to oranges. Ancient and prehistoric wildfires--some set by native hunters--may have happened more frequently, but they happened when the human population North America was probably less than 5% of what it is now.

Those fires, also, were  among the major sources of greenhouse gasses from natural sources. Now, human contributions to the carbon cycle--in part from industrial logging and agriculture--have thrown off the balance in which ancient wildfires were normal.  There are fewer acres of intact, biodiverse forest and grassland--only about 5% of old growth forest remains--to absorb and store greenhouse gasses.

Your claim about ancient fires is akin to what climate change deniers say about ancient climates: that those climates were much hotter and harsher than today's and that "the planet was just fine".  This is true, but what it leaves out is human civilization. Human civilization will not be "just fine" if the climate regime changes radically


"According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, employees who work with managers who practise this kind of inclusion are 87 per cent more likely to feel free to express their opinions. They are also 1.3 times more likely to feel their innovative potential is being unlocked."

because, lord knows, every highly competitive company needs the snowflake, newbie grads to "feel more likely to express themselves" and to "feel that their potential is being unlocked."  I think i should sue my new employer. She told me to get coffee rather than focussing on unlocking my potential.

 i would also venture to guess that ice-cream parties might also make new hires more likely to "feel" that they can talk and express themselves more.

btw, that harvard business review article provides no evidence and is written by people trying to sell their own survey products. "harvard" in the title doesnt necessarily mean its good.


"Sexually violent predators" and "paroled" shouldn't be in the same sentence.
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Why focus on the "sexual" part? Are you OK with simply violent predators in your neighborhood?


Spot on - I would NEVER date a Trump supporter.


a year ago


Fire and Fury ... shock and awe .... Americans think pretty high of themselves don't they.


I understand that forced assimilation hurt Native tribes centuries and even decades ago, but in rural Alaska Native students enroll in the Sitka Mt. Edgecumbe School and love attending that school.  I've talked with several Native students about the school and all of them indicated that it's their home away from home.  Obviously something positive changed over the decades or these kids wouldn't have fond affections toward the school.  The generation of Native students that were most affected by forced assimilation is a generation that's already passed away.  It's time for Alaska Natives and American Indian tribes to move on and keep fighting the good fight that forced assimilation can't hurt future generations.


they want more $$$, CIBC  should cancel the acquisition, as it is one major factor in the increase SP.


Thank you.  Well Said.  Will jobs come back if they leave?  Why would companies move here?
Who needs an education when there are no jobs to be found when you graduate?  Especially
in a shrinking economy.


I find it UNBELIEVABLE that Father George Ratzinger knew nothing about the situation while he was in charge for 30 years.


If you're going to post dramatic opinions maybe you should post with your real name.


Key word: Respect. Mutual respect.

Let this thing play itself out.


Poloz is the weakest leader of the Bank of Canada that I have ever seen. He will sit on his hands, leaving interest rates at emergency lows until the debt-fueled asset bubbles (not just housing) begin to threaten the economy. This is just my personal opinion but I think  these record-breaking low rates have already damaged the country deeply. I doubt we will see normal interest rates again for a very long time. Raising them to where they should be historically would bankrupt many people and would cripple some governments (Ontario) with huge interest payments. It won't happen.


impractical.  Many if not most doctors, even family docs, are involved at least part time in research,  unpaid.  Much of this research is funded or even performed by pharmaceutical companies. Not to mention the scientists doing the research work for said companies full time are also physicians themselves.  and further, the pharma companies themselves get important feedback from physicians regularly.  Instead there exists rules about disclosure of said connections in any continuing ed presentation, and in any peer reviewed articles about who works for whom, and which company provided funding, so any biased interest is transparently visible.  Remember that the pharmaceutical industry is of vital importance to the health care system, to the health of the citizens.


Israel's right? That land was gifted by the British and the French to appease the Jews after such poor treatment of Jewish refugees immediately following world war two. That land has been controlled by non Jews for millennia prior to the formation of Israel. They have no right to that land, they need to negotiate for it.


No, he was just de facto president during Bush's reign and would have been president had Bush been incapacitated for any reason. So you're right, he wasn't running for president he was already there actually putting the country at risk, and lying about it.


[The President has absolute authority to declassify any information, and share it. ]
I am aware that he has authority to declassify information developed by the US.  However, I am uncertain if the true applies to information developed by allied/treaty nations.


"...You can't design everything for the worst imaginable disaster. It's just cost prohibitive...."

You have any idea how much it's going to cost to rebuild this place?  And how long?   And how much business will be lost in the interim?  And how this will affect not only our gas prices but economy?  I'd like to see that costed out and compared to what it would cost to improve the water removal systems.  Then we can address the statement you made with the information necessary to determine whether what you say is true.  Just saying it doesn't make it true, especially since the total cost to rebuild is likely well beyond the billions.


It's extremely odd that the Obama Administration would do so little when they first learned about Russian interference. Seems like they were hedging their bets that Hillary would win and then they wouldn't have to deal with the issue. But she lost, and now we have a giant anti-Trump witch hunt.


Both. Lock em up..


There once was a troll named Sara

Who would join ISIS in the Sahara

A broke millennial that whines

On top ramen she dines

A trump win will ruin her mascara


I think you have to get Parra in the starting lineup. I never thought I would write such a thing, but he's earned it. Either sit Cargo, or Desmond, with an occasional off day for Reynolds. Charlie Blackmon is a funny guy


If you're looking for engaged leadership, you're probably going to have to look harder than Chris Birch.  The guy barely attended community council meetings when he was on the Assembly and did the bare minimum to get by.  And he won't have Bill Starr to actually do the worm required to understand issues and then explain things to him.  And I looked on his website...what new ideas does he have?  This is just another guy who wants to go soak up a nice salary out of the public eye down in Juneau.


You can't blame gravity when  you roof caves in if  you knew all along you had termites.

Don't blame Trump for how Obama allowed this situation to fester and erode the basis of America's immigration  and border security system.  Obama was shirking his Constitutional duties for  8 years , but the white guy gets the blame.  All Trump is doing is getting rid of some of the termites.


If you think...probably the biggest difference would be reaction time.  If you were there at the front of the store, the guy with gun walks in and shoots you..then you reach for your gun...hmm.


All water in Canada is treated with chlorine. but  many natives don't want chlorine in their water. It is a poison and not fit for human water in any amount. . Chlorine is for laundry.  Many pump  stations have been demolished to stop chlorination.  If we want to poison ourselves that is our business. The fact that water around the world is chlorinated is irrelevant.  They want snow pure spring water out of the taps.


Put it to a free vote and then let all M.P."s decide. Wasn't there something in the campaign about more power to the individual M.P.'s who are supposed to be the voice of the people ? This would be a good place to start.


So skyrocketing premiums are gonna be fixed by...shrinking the insurance pool and only offering barebones plans that only nominally qualify as "insurance"?


Good post and thank you for educating us Poog. There is a poster on this forum that attempts to represent himself as a lawyer (Alceste) and says really dumb and incorrect things. You always write very well on the law, keep it up.


He has been at the U of O 8 years, therefore he is not the Bellotti Syndrome PERS.  He is OPSERP, a much leaner pension, and has to work 30 years and be 65 to receive full retirement benefits from OR PERS.


This writer talks about why this family is popular but I watch a few dozen of their shows and thought it was great way before I even new about Jewel's relationship with the family. The father who started the Homestead in the 1930's and then the population in Homer was between 200 and 240 so it wasn't like it was such a hugh city and even now it's what maybe 5000 people. The city of Homer was established just in 1964 I think so what's the different if the family is 15 miles or 250 miles away. Try getting there in the middle of winter when you have a life or death sickness. The family is doing just fine and I hope that show is on for years to come. Otto is a genius and his so Eiven is brilliant. The ladies are great as well and you half to give them a lot of credit for not only working so hard but to pick up the slack when the men are away hunting for food or building another cabin miles away for days. These folks are more intelligent than most people and I enjoy watching.


Simple violation of the Constitution isn't enough for impeachment.  Presidents "violate" their duties under the Constitution all the time.  Bush's refusal to enforce through the EPA the Clean Air Act comes readily to mind. The Constitution is rather specific in what can be used for impeachment as, " for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
While the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" are a bit of a gray area SCOTUS long ago determined that the President (and Congress) must be provided some wiggle room to operate and this sometimes means violating the law, including the Constitution, if only because of competing duty to govern with and within the duty of "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution."
This doesn't mean that the President is above the law.  Perhaps to put it too simply, Congress and SCOTUS will look favorably on excusable errors that violate the law.


Whats with the nane calling and labeling.  Good Grief


The Rasmussen report, cited in this very article, says "a third of the nation said that it would be less inclined to watch games because of the protests." Do you not find that troubling? Who cares what short term ratings look like?


Out coached in this game as the USA team had better system. Also who the heck picked the players for the final shootout? Strome and Barzal and Cirrelli did nothing the entire game. Hello Joseph, Chabot, Stephens!


But it IS shared by much of the Church.


On Wednesday, December 21, a 17 year old girl died in Victoria from a Fentanyl overdose.  Last year she was on her school's honour role.  How she got from one place to the other in less than a year is mind-boggling.  But not as mind-boggling as your attitude, Mike.  How do you write off a 17 year old who went down a bad  path for a few months as a "waste of being"?


So here is a history update for you. Magna Carta wasn't the first document where a king's powers were constrained. Hammurabi's code, written three thousand years before Magna Carta, were the first.

But in the west, most of history was written in the 19th and early 20th centuries, during the colonial era. One of the fundamental principles was to underplay non western achievements. For example, most kids who graduate from a university in Canada cannot name an ancient Chinese, Egyptian, Mesopotamian or Indian scientist. They can name Greek scientists, authors, philosophers, etc. Either the other cultures produced nothing of value (can you name a single ancient Chinese or Indian classic?), or the western schooling system has chosen to ignore it. What do you think?


What would have happened if they just let them prance around doing their march?  You know what...absolutely nothing.

Letting them march does NOT equal you condone what they stand for.  So asinine.  Racism has been as long as humans have.


No, Kathy is not supporting Hillary, & her flying monkeys !


BANNON OUT!


A couple of points:  1. The CIA collects spyware from other countries such as Russia and China in order to put false "finger prints" on CIA spyware to make CIA spyware look like it came from Russia or some other foreign source.  (Tell that to the Democratic National Committee who claimed that Russia hacked their computers when in fact, the CIA might have done it ).

2. The CIA did not protect their most important spyware.  It did not "classify" that spyware.  (The CIA did not want to breach government rules for using "classified" documents and processes, so the spy tools were not classified.)  That means that the hacker community could also use those tools.  In fact, the government often employs hackers to develop its tools.  So there is a high probability that some of those tools have already been copied by hackers.  In fact, employees of the U.S. government itself have been increasingly charged with collecting information for unauthorized purposes.


What do you want, Chuck? Someone else to pay your way, so you can sit on your can and collect a participation trophy? Healthcare is a commodity. Get a job and pay for your own.


PS: one would think HSUS, which pocketed such huge amounts of its "charitable" donations from gullible folks that the Feds took notice and dragged 'em into court for violating the RICO anti-racketeering act two years ago could have used some of that stolen dough to at least pay some to FAKE some data data for 'em.  Levi's not smart enough to pull that off, but might be a good source of income for Frankie G.  You oughtta ask 'em, Frank!


“Well, at least Trump has finally accomplished something.”

Finally?

So winning the election despite relentless attacks by the MSM for almost two years and giving the Left permanent PTSD since November isn’t enough of an accomplishment?


I doubt it


You left out a word: do whatever it takes to stop a gay man's right to HATE speech.


Is Chucky Adler one of those paranoid  AM radio guys?


Right, meaning your degree from Columbia doesn't mean a whole lot if you're racked and stacked against a guy from UAA with relevant work experience, which was my point.  And in your second scenario you'd look for best personality fit within the organization, scenario-based interviews, etc., which again goes well
Beyond and separate from the degree.


The only correction I would make is that trump did not LOSE his moral compass.  He never had any.  He grew up as a spoiled brat and became the narcissistic, vindictive buffoon we see today.  Even in this situation, with so many people suffering, he cannot resist being his usual blustering, bullying self.  Sad and pathetic!


It was great watching him beat le Clos.  If le Clos utterly dominates the field for the next 12 years and 3 Olympics, only then can he even be mentioned seriously in the same sentence as Phelps.  Right now he's a footnote.


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"Like the two versions before it, President Trump's latest travel ban is still a Muslim ban at its core.

And like the two before it, this one is going down to defeat in the courts," said ACLU lawyer Omar Jadwat."

--

Another FAIL for the Moron-In-Chief.

Are the Trumpenproletariat "sick and tired of winning" yet?


From what I read it was known ahead of time that there would be no air support in the area to assist.
The chain of command is interesting to me because I'm curious who the military contractors took their engagement orders from.
If there was no air support in the area and there were no other teams working for the administration in the area than what could have been done differently?


One of the worst mass shootings in UK was carried out by a liberal armed with
a 2-shot break barrel bird gun and a 5-shot bolt action .22 rifle.


Maybe time to spend less time in coffee shops where unbusy people sit around and complain and gossip all day.  I would not consider that to be much of an indication about how Canadians feel - just the ones you seem to talk to.


Why can't I just get this at a pharmacy?

Government should not be in the narcotic sales business... This is a very shady decision.


Along with the announcement of the Special Session on Monday, one could also say that all of the main players that may become standing candidates for main offices in this city and state were also on stage as a kinda "introduction to the people" if you will. It should come as no surprise that the resulting legislation that is passed out of the Special Session will dictate the terms of the upcoming 2018 and 2020 election cycles - who is in play and what the main issues will be.

In other words, pay close attention - because this whole thing has a lot more moving parts than figuring out how to get $3 billion dollars.


No coincidence that announcement was made to coincide with 4th July celebrations in the US. The group never hesistates to play the passive aggressive card with our closest neighbor and greatest ally.


DUII usually results in a ticket, followed by release with a court date a couple weeks away for arraignment.

Sometimes a ticket is delayed if the police/prosecutor thinks a more serious charge may be warranted.  Like Assault, for example.

In the meantime, someone who has been to the jail, taken the breathalyzer,  fingerprinted, and had their mug shot taken is not usually kept in jail from December 18, 2016 until January 4, 2017.

In Eugene, those accused of felonies aren't likely to be in pre-trial custody that long!  At least not until they have three or four prior convictions.


Republican administrations have an 89 to 1 lead in convictions in administration officials and they are not letting that lead slip, they're piling it on!


The shooting occurred in Virginia, not DC!  Once again, facts have very little meaning to those of you who insist on your delusions.  NOBODY can defend themselves against an assault rifle with a hand gun!  These weapons do not belong on our streets!


So word out of Russia is that if Hillary is elected, she will be the last president of the USA. Maybe Trudeau and Valls should look beyond the left wing media who just dwell on Trump's faults and learn more about the trail of bodies, lies and corruption in Hillary's resume' before WWWIII erupts.


if Pride insists on pushing Police officers away from the parade and an act of violence is perpetrated against the community or the parade who will be to blame? the haters who shoved away the Police presence or the Police themselves because the attack wasn't prevented by the homophobic police in retaliation for banning them - here we go, this is going to get good - and I hope the TPS marches with their brethren in NYC, if they arent welcome in their own hometown without conditions maybe the exodus continues as officers seek more welcoming environments where they just might have a smidge of public support rather than being hated on by the left-wing and progs everywhere in Tdot massive - I know, I know u can be 'pro' police and still criticize them and call for reform and make them into social workers cuz ur social policies are an epic failure and somebody has to be the scapegoat now dont they -


Your statement about Powell's e-mail account being secured is NOT TRUE whatsoever.  I read the OIG report, and it basically received no more vetting than Clinton's.  Also, unlike Clinton, who turned over thousands of e-mails for archiving, Powell didn't turn over any of his e-mails - they had all been deleted.  I presume Trey Gowdy is going to get right on that.


Business is business and like the Heinz ketchup fiasco last year there will be consequences. The unfortunate part is that not only are the executives apparently obnoxious twerps who the late Tim Horton would have levelled if he met them but they are apparently above the law by not complying with their promises when they acquired the company.


I voted fine-as is because if you give the task to the Sherriff's or HPD, you'll end up with the same thing you have now.  A place for out-of-shape old-timers to take it easy.  When you give dinosaurs a cushy job like airport detail, they don't want to retire and make room for the next generation.


And you would of done what ?  Suicidal person menacing other people, you would just say hope he figures it out ?  People with all the answers and don't understand the questions.


Now it seems that the car driver has been outed as being both by vetteable sources. In any case he is a maniac.


Very interesting.  Up until now I had been in favour of increasing minimum wage (because this is what economists tend to support), but I guess I need to take another look.


I am reading that while Arctic sea ice is shrinking in area, Antarctic sea ice (shelf ice) is increasing in area. I think you're right, that the "mass loss process" for Antarctic shelf ice is iceberg calving (same for Greenland shelf ice, a huge such event sank the Titanic), some no doubt is also due to melting. Another question is whether expanding shelf ice in the Antarctic is owing to faster movement of continental glaciers. This could in turn be owing to any of several factors.

Regarding what precisely will happen with global warming, it seems we won't know until it happens, and then, we likely won't know precisely why. For instance, with the melting of montane glaciers nearly worldwide, is that because of lower precipitation or higher temperatures above 3000 meters, or is it about soot blackening the surface of that ice? Disclaimer: I am an amateur.


Its the start of the end.


Trump: 100 Days......your such a blind liberal Moron. You do realize, every time you open your mouth, you do remove all doubt. I'm sure you heard that quote before? That's you, for sure.


Exactly how-many times have they drained this swamp, now?


we have a huge problem with self appointed holier than thou armchair quarterbacks like you. but hey keep on preaching, it is quite amusing in a pathetic way.


...parents wouldn't buy their children smartphones until after high school.


An informative link.


We need another crossing, but 8 billion dollars alone in financing, plus the estimated 3.5 billion (plus) to build?

http://www.news1130.com/2017/05/05/documents-show-financing-massey-tunnel-replacement-will-cost-8-billion/

Saner heads need to prevail.

We also need an open and honest conversation about the ALR land on both sides of the bridge. And Port Metro Vancouver's involvement in all of this.


GMTA?
I find it hard to believe no one conducted a head count.


The Lake Vostok data showed repeated cycles of global warming and cooling over a 420,000 year period closely correlated with fluctuating CO2 levels, however the 420,000 years of Vostok data showed that the natural fluctuations of CO2 never exceeded 300 parts per million.  Today, the atmospheric CO2 level is 402 ppm.  In the 1830s the atmospheric CO2 levels were 280ppm, so they have increased by 122 ppm in less than 2 centuries, a faster rate of rise (by orders of magnitude) than natural fluctuations ever caused.  Almost all climate scientists believe that the excess CO2 in our atmosphere is anthropogenic, and that that excess CO2 is causing climate change (a very complex process in which the vast majority of excess heat is actually changing ocean temperatures more than air temperatures).  Climate change is happening whether you or Beckster or Trump believe in it or not.


This, 'Reaction times, motor skills, and the general perception of speed, time and distance are all impaired by marijuana use' of course makes sense-just as being a drowsy driver has similar negative affects.

With that said, being around a stoned person vs a drunk, give me the stoned one any day of the week. But not on the road behind the wheel for either one of them.

Dangerous enough when driving cold stone sober and wide-awake.


He's bad, no doubt about that, but so is Hillary, Bernie, Comey, and most of the other creatures infesting Washington, they all work for the same people and just put on a little pageant for the rest of us. Darrell Castle should be our president right now, but there is just no way the powers that (shouldn't) be would allow that.


Perfect example of why these idiots need to stay in protective custody.  Accurate terminology.  That guy would not even continue to breath without the protection of the prison system.


Trump's Presidency and Administration is imploding from all the dishonesty, lies, incompetence, collusion with Putin and the Russians, money laundering of Russian oligarchs, right wing racist and fascist white Christian Nationalists and Supremacist jockeying for power at the expense of our civil liberties and our Democracy


That is sad, very sad. It's like  a runaway train and little is being done to stop it.


the only action a university should take when someone is accused of sexual assault is to call the police then react to the facts as they are discovered.


“ … enshrined in the anti-establishment clause of the First Amendment … “

===

There is no “anti-establishment clause.” There is an establishment clause.

It’s arguable that an education that fully conforms with state curriculum requirements but takes place in a school operated by a given church would in any way resemble establishing or "supporting" an official state religion.


Yes, but there are no R candidates worth spit to vote for or at least thus far.
When you come down to this upcoming election, your choice will be to vote for Mr. Dynamic (Ige)
or a Hillary clone (Hanabusa).  Given such I choice, I will likely vote for Mr. Dynamic rather than
vote for a person who is very ethically challenged like Hanabusa.


It's going to be a LONG fours years as we see the Rise and Fall of this Regime.


how about charging people who calls 911 more than once a month. Seriously if you call 911 frequently obvously something is wrong with you


They SAY that they're moving production to Mexico.

I suspect not.

These jobs will move to the US.

By the time ON has an opportunity to vote Wynne and the Liberals out, there won't be any manufacturing industry left.

But Ontario will be SO-O-O green...


And it will continue to be a mess in perpetuity.  Which is why they need to act now stop putting any new hires on PERA and put them on SS + 401(k) instead.  It'll still take half a century to phase out those grandfathered into PERA, but at least it will finally be fixed.


McMasters quit stressing out over N.K.  World War III is not coming!


Way too much attention given to squeaky Leitch.


Very good points.   The NRA needs to be outlawed and disbanded.   They, and all of the gun owners that support the NRA, have blood on their hands for the death of John Mills.   They are his true murderers.

At the very least, their political wing needs to be outlawed, and prevented from contributing money to political campaigns.   That would be a big step forward in destroying the NRA's influence.   If we can get another liberal added to the US Supreme Court, I believe that we will then have enough votes to overturn both the Citizens United case allow big politician contributions by corporations and special interests, and also overturn Columbia vs Heller, and correctly rule that no individual right to own a firearm exists in the USA.

As Christians, we must come to realize that guns are totally contrary to the teachings of Jesus Christ.   Christ taught us to turn the other cheek.   Not pull out a a gun and blast someone with it!


Let's see, selling a half a million barrels of oil per day cost the State over $700 million last year (that's 3/4 of a billion out of the State Treasury) due to the current corporate welfare program. So it seems that pot has generated something in the neighborhood of over $800 million more in the first two months than oil did last year. Not only has it replaced oil, it has exceeded it.

Not that pot is generating a great deal of revenue, but we're losing our asses selling $10 billion worth of oil every year.

Therein lies the problem.


Since the state currently funds the majority of exploration and getting oil into the pipeline and then allows little to zero production tax why wouldn’t it be in our best interests to take over the oil fields ourselves and cut out the middleman? After all, it simply is too much for them to operate without $100 per barrel oil and hiring Alaskans is a joke to most of the oil and gas corporations. Increase our production taxes on both oil and gas and buy out those that want out. Of course, with oil at such low prices we should get a great deal for our money.


Interesting points.


That pesky Constitution is an expensive pain in the behind, isn't it?  Better to throw that puppy out the door and let the strongest rule, eh, Rambo?
Anarchy uber alles!


Yeah, not being able to get a solid 8 hours sleep a night without a few interruptions must have given him PTSD for life.


This is straigtup SJW bullllshit!!!! :(


R.D. has zero proof, of course.  He just likes to blame problems on minority groups he doesn't like.


enough of this crap. Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing along with all ACLU staff, list all your home address and or business address and lets bring every single stinkin homeless to your home and or office and you help take care of them and YOU find a way to rid them of your home and or your office.  put up or shut up!! sick of the homeless and these good for nothing lawyers.


I just love when the Globe brings us these heartwarming and encouraging life stories of unearned privilege.


My co-panelist Stan Evans retorted that my invocation of Richard Nixon was inappropriate because Nixon had never been a genuine conservative. He added: “I didn’t like Nixon until Watergate.” I responded: “Thanks for making my point.”

Rick Perlstein in 2005 speaking with Stan Evans, the co-editor of the National Review with William F. Buckley


Feds take 50% of all taxes and provinces 40%.  Not that much diff.


"Hurricanes strengthen when they hover over warm water. The warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane will get. This is not in doubt. Nor is there any doubt that the oceans are warming as a result of human activity. The crucible in which the Caribbean finds itself was only partly made by nature. Nature got a helping hand from the addiction of the wealthy countries of the North to fossil fuels."

97% of all climate experts would agree with every one of these words.

If you, Trump, and Scott Pruitt want to ignore facts and reality - please go elsewhere.
You live in *Fantasyland* - you might want to purchase that current bestseller book and read about yourself and others who live in the alternative fake news bubble.


there's a reason that nobody goes there.  Aniakchak has horrendously bad weather, and with the caldera being 10 km wide, it generates its own weather.  a third of the people that visited in 2011 had to be rescued by USCG.  the best time to go is in august, when the storms aren't as bad.  bring a whitewater boat and ride down the Aniakchak river to the bay.  you can then follow the coastline to chignik and fly out.  if you rely on aircraft picking you up inside the caldera, and the weather socks in, you may be stranded for weeks.


By definition, economic activity is the movement of money in a free flowin economy.  Flipping houses keeps an army of people employed and brings in billions to the governernment in all sorts of revenues.

From the renovators, plumbers, architecks, landscapers, roofers, interior designers, tile showrooms...the list goes on and on and on...once this cycle breaks down your going to see a
recession that could last a little while....or until the govt recinds their policy and opens the floodgate to the CHinese....there are 10s of millions wanting to move to Vancouver.   10;s of millions.

Have a nice evening.............tens of millions


I wouldn't do it, however, I totally agree with ElKeith


In the long run, the PMs comments will be proved correct, either because at some point the oil sands will be exhausted, or other sources come on line that make them economically infeasible.  Already we are seeing drops in the prices of energy produced from other sources such as sun, wind, or geothermal.  This is to say nothing of conventional oil that costs a fraction of the price of oil sands output to extract.

Entrepreneurship, government support and technological change will ensure this pattern will be sustained.

I know some people have construed the PMs comments as a lack of support of oil sand development here and now, but he has already explained that this was not what he meant, and I think most people get the bigger picture as I do.


True Solomon.  IMHO the single largest problem in healthcare today is skyrocketing costs.  Congress could pass legislation implementing maximum costs for procedures, hospital stays, pharmaceuticals, etc. to end this price gouging, but they don't have the courage to take on the all powerful healthcare/hospital/pharma lobby.  Congress is the problem, not the solution unfortunately.


No matter to me. Still better then the large scale Condo's in Kakaako.


"Trump returns from overseas to hefty challenges" - so does Trudeau but it doesn't become a headline. from the Ministry of Truth.


By the way, Latinos are not a race. They are also "white."


"A State Department report on the pipeline that was issued under the Obama administration found that there would be 3,900 direct construction jobs if it was built over one year, or 1,950 if the work was spread over two years."

JOBS ONCE COMPLETE...
"Once the pipeline opens it would require only 35 full-time permanent jobs to run it, and 15 full-time temporary jobs, according to the state department report. TransCanada, the company seeking to build the pipeline, does not dispute those numbers."

? hmmm I "bet" the entertainment centers have more than 35 full time employees.

I'm just sayin'
      A loving water prayer... choose a beautiful bowl
       fill it with water
        vow to keep it full with daily attendance
A prayer of praise and thanksgiving for the gift of water
The Gift our Baptism, And the Water and Blood that flowed
from the side of Jesus Christ.      Amen


147 comments, and not one of them supports the CBC. Looks like a straw poll on the future of the Mother Corp.


Those are some high falutin principles, ironically all about science.   There has been plenty of scientific understanding of the consequences of human actions that have led to anthropogenic climate disruption and the melting of the Arctic.   Frank Capra made a movie in the late 50s about CO2 as a greenhouse gas and its warming effects.   No one cared.   The fact that burning fossil fuels would warm the planet was known in the 1850s.   They thought it would be a good thing.   It was discussed in scientific and political circles in the 1890s, as well.

Our point of no return occurred decades ago.  The extreme floods, fires and storms, the collapsing economy, the dying oceans, and the exploding number of people leaving drought stricken regions and other environmentally and war devastated parts of the world is the new normal.  It's not going away, but the future will be worse.


Dr Giefers article states "I just learned last week that I was not offered a position with the new UW Medicine clinic and my current contract with Island Hospital will be ending at the end of this month."   This is very different than your statement of, "we never anticipated, nor did UW medicine, that Dr Giefer would decide to retire on June 30! ". There can only be one truth.

Who will be the primary physician between June 30 and when University of Washington medicine takes over? If Dr Giefer was not hired as the physician, who was?   Will we be provided with one primary care physician or will there be an ongoing rotation of residents?   These questions are not being asked to be difficult, but are asked to assist in making  the best informed decision for my family (and likely others will need the same information).

To that end - I wish Dr Giefer nothing but the best in his retirement. He deserves it!!!!!!


I do not believe they do. They only need to appoint a president after the election, but it is usual for parties to announce who their appointee will be before an election. Though, not having a list or presidential nominee prior to an election would certainly cost such a party dearly where public votes are concerned. I am sure you are aware that, other than the USA for instance, our system means we vote for a party who, after and if they win, appoint the president.


How on earth did you manage to type all that without choking and passing out.


You talk like weed just showed up on the scene. Oh and chances are the privately owned plow company drivers and the people in City Hall are high already and have been doing so for years. It's not unheard of for the city "officials and judges" to have a few drinks with their lunch or dinner then decide to take a drive. But nobody blows the whistle on them, do they? Know why? Because there is no other way to catch them other than in the act, there is no residual trace unless they kill or injury some innocent in the process. And just in case you didn't know better, just because the trace of consumption can be found in the body for many many days afterwards doesn't mean the person is still under the influence. Just FYI.


GOOD ! Flakes name fits him well !


With a student base of 55,000, his salary is appropriate!


Very few even know what Natural Law refers to. Gravity, for example, is part of the Natural Law, part of the very nature of the created order. To deny gravity would seem to most people as regressive and anti-science.


It actually makes sense for a married man to lie about having extramarital relations.

For Trump to make up these outrageous lies---that could and WILL easily be proven incorrect---makes no sense.  It is bizarre.  How many more of these fake "phone calls" or Swedish terrorism" or "1.5 million at my inauguration" statements do you need to consider that your hero might have a mental condition?  Or have you already started wondering?

If you truly care about Donald, don't change the subject and "move on."  Think of what's going on with him, think of what would be the best way of removing him from an office he's not suited to run.


She remains consistent in her desperate attempts to stay relevant, all the while reminding all Alaskans of her ignorance. I doubt you'll ever hear her say "Sean Parnell is a much a politician as I am."


Is there some evidence that women post revenge porn?


I  wonder  where  this  proposal  came  from  that  Canada  Post  provide  internet  service?  Is  the  intention  that  Canada  Post  charge  85  cents  for  each  email  to  help  pay  for  door  delivery  of  hardcopy?


Trump preparing to unveil new Cuba policy, sources say.
Everyone in Congress will get a Cuban cigar, Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will get two each.


I just think we can do better as a country.  Why denigrate others.  There's enough money for everybody, merely an issue of allocation and priorities.  There's enough room for everybody.  We've become angry and self=protective.  What's currently lacking is inspired leadership.  Why do we have to make it so difficult to allow people to come to America?  I believe the Mayflower people were fleeing injustice.


Jeff,
I'm concerned, did you OD, or just pass out?


Sean is like a police officer and is always on duty.   Yes he has a hard job, speaking for the Donald, but he accepted it so don't be surpriaed when it gets a bit difficult.  I have no sympathy for him.   He might try and get the Donad to be a bit more truthful instead of lying all the time.


Your names reflects the value of your content.


On the other hand, there are about 400 people in Canada who have been murdered by people who already murdered once, then completed their sentence and were released.

If you can't bear the thought of an innocent person being executed,  surely you shouldn't be able to bear the thought of an innocent person being killed by a murderer released into society. In other words, life in prison should mean life.


ECATS is the program used in Oregon for tracking phone stats. If they have Vesta phones, ECATS is provided by the State of Oregon. Get those stats, and compare. They should be reporting accurate information.


Hi Shopoholic. Please see my response to HAJAA1 above: "I brought up the fact that men are 10 times more likely to kill than women to ridicule Allaha's implied conclusion that we ought to fear all Black men. Using his logic, we should stay away from ALL men, regardless of color. I guess that would include ourselves if we're male."


Lisa, you are a bright light in the darkness!  Thank you for working across the aisle and for voting with consciousness!


So, wrter, what should  we do? let Le Pen win? Or should the 'elites' (whatever that means to anybody) not have their say?  Should nobody denounce  Le Pen?


The Bettman shoot-out gimmick is just for the regular season, even the NHL knows that.  Why a championship is decided by a shoot-out is beyond me, unless it's that millennials don't have the attention span or they're too busy for overtime.


In the order of St John of God, who dealt with handicapped children, over 40% were found to be pedofiles. (The Tablet)


A serious rationalization of graduate degree programs offered across this country is required.  We have too many schools offering essentially the same programs and, in some cases, to a small cadre of students.  Moreover, a number of these graduate degree programs have been "sliced and diced" to the point where the degree is utterly meaningless.

An M.A. in Sociology isn't exactly a ticket to the executive suite, but seriously:  what does one do with a degree in Film  or Women's Studies?  Specialization is one thing, but producing degrees with marginal value and limited utility is almost asking for a front row ticket to the EI line-up.


"As a Latina, she said she has seen firsthand the unfair treatment of people of color by police officers."

So if she was white, she wouldn't have seen that (alleged) treatment firsthand? What does her being a Latina have to do with anything? Perhaps she just wants to portray herself as a victim so that we shed a tear for her. Not happening. I say deport her.


Your cultural misappropriation of the term "snowflake" is most unfunny.  So are the bulk of your hateful, pointless, unproductive, detrimental-to-the-left, and negative comments.
Why bother bro?

Do you realize what the "basket of deplorables" did for Hill?  Why keep at it?  It's unhelpful to your cause, even though I'm sure it gives you PERSONAL gratification (but nothing more).


Since, according to Genesis, God is both male and female, it seems quite normal, natural, and reasonable, that some of those created in His image will have both male and female attributes.  It then makes sense that they should find and use the identity in which they are most comfortable and functional.


I'm not sure counter protests against racist demonstrations are the best way of shutting them down. They crave attention. Counter protests fuel their hatred. Violence begets more violence unless we refuse to fuel the violence. Gandhi said to fight hate with love. We need more love for all people in our everyday lives.
   I'm inclined to believe ignoring hate demonstrations but being very aware they are happening is the best approach.
  Look what happens when folks demonstrate against war. Nothing happens. People ignore them and their cause. What happens when social justice groups demonstrate for higher minimum wage, affordable housing, higher welfare rates, help for the homeless, help to end child poverty? Essentially nothing. People have no time for them and no care. So they go home, come out again six months or a year later, and nothing happens.
   Willful informed ignorance is the way most cope with injustice, hatred, and suffering. That must change on an everyday marketplace level.


Wook, do you feel you have converted anybody with your post?  Just curious.


Lets not forget that Gloria ridiculed young women for daring to criticize Wall Street Hillary.


Nothing surprising here.  For two hundred and fifty years, especially after liquor and disease wiped out First Nations people, immigrants have comprised "a growing share of Canada's population" especially during the 1800s and early 1900s.  Three of my four grandparents were among those who came from the UK (1909, 1911, 1920.)

Moving to the present, I understand that caucasian residents of Metropolitan Vancouver will reach minority status around 2030, around 48-49%, I believe.

That's all OK, because--as always--Canada needs the people to be prosperous, and we are well within our rights--in fact, it is our responsibility--to bring who we want from where we want to keep our country the way we want.

But...exactly who do we want?  From Where?  Why?  As long was the Canadian people are given the opportunity to decide...no big deal.  Bring 'em on.


You know I did look it up but I think your picture was right beside it! Wow!