The reason that Mr Morneau was silent on the capital funds argument is because the so called discussion paper (there is no draft legislation on the passive income proposals yet because the Finance Department has no idea how to codify a really convoluted set of proposals) leaves the use of business reserves up in the air.  He couldn't answer the question on Power and Politics today either.

This is illustrative of the real problem --- these proposals are unduly complex and subjective and are laced with unintended cinsequences.  Mr Morneau needs to climb down and start over.


The fruits of multiculturalism being experienced in Australia. The religious passion fruit is particularly tasty isn't it?


We're a long way from racists buring crosses and lynching people. Today's racists are just people with private thoughts and opinions. They have a magazine, a website? So what?

The colleges are filled with social justice warriors who, having abandoned the hard issues with major consequences have been squandering their energy on easy issues of minor consequence. Expect them to double down on that, pursuing an agenda of opposing thought crimes and policing free speech. They've become completely unmoored from logic, reason, and real issues of consequence. They don't even bother to teach logic or reason to children anymore. By adulthood these kids don't know how to think. Unsurprisingly the public at large, also unable to reason or use logic, can't understand why such a thing might be important.

So putting the issue of Bannon in the White  House in perspective: Here's a guy with a bunch of counterfactual opinions. A perfect representation of much of the country, an intellectual vacuum.


I support opening ANWR's Coastal Plain to oil and gas development.  I am pretty sure a vast majority of Alaskans support it as well.


The problem with the editorial and your comment is that it is myopic.  There is much more enterprise in the local economy than just software.  Even in software, there has been activity for decades with game companies and educational software employing up to hundreds back to the early nineties.  But beyond the tiny software industry tens of thousands are employed in other lines of work and new companies are starting all the time but without incubators or fan fare.  Software jockey's tend to think highly of themselves, but those of use who have started high tech manufacturing companies and such see the focus to be a bit misplaced.  The overall health of the local economy is dependent on a broad spectrum of activity far beyond software.  Software is a small and competitive industry.  Local focus should support the broader spectrum of new business including manufacturing, timber, medical, etc.


Just think of it as six one-hundredths of 1% of Canada' current health care outlays.

In a world where governments spend more of our money than we can begin to comprehend, this $138 million is not a decision variable whatsoever.  That's not only because it is so miniscule, but also because the assumptions made to dream up the number are so limiting as to make the number completely meaningless. Remember the gun registry?


Funny how we have "detailed accounts" of the patently "good guy" behaviors but accounts of everything else that day are fuzzy, were altered after the fact, or don't exist/are redacted...

Call me a conspiracy theorist but that doesn't smell fishy?  really??


Andre,  you don't need a hospital to facilitate assisted death. It can be done almost anywhere including the comfort of your own home by anyone willing and legally able to do it.  Your disrespect for doctors, institutions and your fellow citizens with moral objections is beyond arrogant.


"What on Earth is the matter with this country? Seriously, what is wrong with Canada?"

The non-whites are standing up for themselves and challenging white privilege, and you are reacting strongly to it because you are unused to having your privilege challenged.  I understand how upset you are because many who are used to having the world act in a certain way -what you consider as "normal"- and this is what is leading to your hand-wringing and whining.


Four people carpooling - of course that is cheaper. Cut that down to just two people and the price difference would be much closer and each couple would need to do their own math. My point was that those parking lots that John Riecke dislikes so much are what gets the cars off the highways. People leave the cars out in the suburbs instead of bringing them into the urban center. Cost savings or not for the commuter, that is the whole point of mass transit.


(I take it you've never heard Bach's "Air on the G String" from the Orchestral Suite #3.)


You are a sick sociopathic and possibly psychopathic individual.  These particular mental health markers are often determined by the murderous urges that one voices and then in extreme circumstances acts out upon other living creatures. Murderers tend to start with innocent animals and then progress to their own kind.

You seem rather ignorant yet you seem to believe that as human being your life is somehow worth more than a cat.  I seriously doubt that given your negative attitude and likely mental illness, that you bring even a fraction of happiness to those around you that a feline or other companion animals do, in fact, if you have mated and then bred, I can pretty much guarantee that your wife hates and fears you and she and your children have zero respect for you, but hey, carry on with your cat-killing ways, I just hope for our species that you don't progress along the path that it seems certain you will.  Your family and your neighbors should fear for their lives.


I guess the Dutch and Germans should start celebrating Thanks Giving and cook  Turkey


Did Flynn "go rogue" or was he instructed by one faction in the White House to make these illicit communications without the knowledge of others? We need investigations. Congress must do its job. Appointment of a special prosecutor should be contemplated. The American people must be able to have confidence that Trump's administration is not compromised by links with the Russian government. Nothing we have heard or seen since the inception of his campaign gives that assurance.


How Pharisaic.


agree with Gary.  It was a "no class" act for Koller to profit off of the misery of others.  Typical Lingle profiteering at others expense.  Terrible person along with her sidekick Koller.


Broadband to home prices seem reasonable to me, but your provider may vary. When we first got BC Tel (pre TELUS) ADSL back in the 1990s neighbours with RogerShaw asked us if it slowed down when kids got out of school, like cable internet. (no, it stayed at 2 mbps downstream all the time).

Mobile prices are a different story. Never thought it was worth paying, particularly since I live in a mobile reception black hole.


They should be working for the citizen and not their constituents.


Your the same dufus who wants to spend $500 billion on power from the 1800s. If things go right when the Norks  launch the miss will be on the bullet coming for you.


Forgot to take your meds?


Oh, but if he made the announcement via presstitute media like ABC, CNN, etc, then it would be legitimate, right?  Welcome to the 21st Century and social media.  Deal with it.


Michael - Everyone knows a tax on income discourages work and Alaskans need to work to build a better Alaska, thus a state income tax destroys Alaska's future.


Have you always been this bigoted and ignorant?


Don't you think we should wait for the specials counsel's opinion before we decide there is something there there. I see some stupidity and some naivety but I have yet to see any proof of any laws being broken. I may think that my neighbor's profanity with his children is wrong but that does not mean it is illegal.


"People have no real idea how Canada was designed" he said
This is not Canada ...with a bunch of « Loyalists » Orangemen.
There is no place for a bunch of Ku-Ku-Klowns in Canada.
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century an English
three Canadians was a member of the white supremacist organization Anglo-Saxon, WASP equivalent to the United States
("White Anglo-Saxon Protestants").
Four members have been Prime Ministers of Canada;
Sir John A. Macdonald (father of « Canadian Federation » of 1867
but not « Father of Canada » which is Sir Samuel de Champlain in 1608 ),
Sir John Abbott,
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (a past « Grand Master » (?)),
and John Diefenbaker.
In 1927 the “Orange” movement gave birth to a more intolerant and racist group, the Canadian Ku Klux Klan, which had its deepest roots in small towns in Saskatchewan because of the "yellow peril", but also because of the blacks...Jews...Catholics...
(more to come)


Believe me, I am not one of the wealthy elite. And, I parented 2 children through a local school system. Despite the condition of our education system, I refuse to show approval of an ill-advised tax that has no guaranteed ear mark. Perhaps some school district employees and management could loosen their purse strings some. As a property owner, I am tired of loosening mine. And aren't school district employees and management part of the PERS system?


this stinks as much as any U's doings.  why are there no consequences for this guy?  what he did was egregious - he didn't make  mistake.


The flames already dropped dead, didn't they?


WE will!


My morning smile, thanks to RSouthward's pun.  "These politicians ... just can't help themselves."  I get your drift - but the problem is that all politicians have been HELPING THEMSELVES - FIRST - for up to 150 years ... .


Let me replay my broken record.

arm you self. do it now


Oh no, this cannot be. I was just at a city-sponsored meeting where I was assured that all our homeless people are nonviolent and home-grown. No, those two homeless people who tried to bike-jack my son and wife don't exist. No the homeless person who tried to rob my son and his friend isn't here. No, the homeless couple who assaulted my wife and I are imaginary. And that homeless woman who threatened to kill my son and I and then proceeded to try to run us down with her car? No, couldn't have happened.

By the way, that's all in the past two months. Granted, I am out and about without a car much more than other folks so my exposure is greater, but it is really getting out of hand locally.


They're called (D)errorists in pidgin as most are devout (D)emocrats ;-) LOL


How about you provide a citation of just how many firearms are stolen from locked vehicles?

Hopefully we end the draconian magazine ban with our next Governor and can actually look at the people and not the tools.


Because in both cases the individual has little control over his sexuality or ethicity.  A person has about as much chance of switching from being gay to heterosexual as a blackman of becoming white.


My deepest ALOHA to her ohana.


Yawnnnnnnnnn!!!!!


Now, now, happy daze, time for a selfie - that'll make everything better.


Bicycles, hikers and horses can and do get along if people choose to want to get along. In 1966 the Forest Service defined a mechanical device as something that is powered by a none living thing (a motor). Bicycles are powered by people as are hiking boots, saddles, skis, oars and more. The trails would receive hundreds of free maintenance hours with clearing logs, brushing trails as bicyclists are organized and get involved on trail days. So hikers and equestrians would benefit from bicyclists use of wilderness trails. Having more trails open would spur more tourism dollars so the local economy would benefit. Most importantly in my mind however is that the quality of lives of thousands of people would be improved. I personally have biked every trail around Lane County probably 100s of times now. I've also helped maintain these trails many times over the years. Myself and many other tax paying citizens would love to have more trails locally to go play on. These lands are "OUR" lands.


with Hawaii's minimum wage who can afford anything here in Hawaii anymore. Unless your a politician taking money from tax payers and continuously robbing from hard working folks


Funny, I thought the goal of the Catholic church was to get as many illegal aliens into the country as possible because the priest pedophile scandal has left the pews empty. At least that's what Steve Bannon told me...


Canadian politicians are making the same mistake as their political counterparts did concerning Brexit and the US Elections. A big backlash is coming to all sitting governments who ignore the wishes of the majority. Canadians have had enough of the tail wagging the dog.


Maybe this will work for anyone who is wondering:

http://www.fairandimpartialcourtsalaska.org/be-an-informed-voter.html


I looked forward to you weighing in with a voice of reason, W w.


Trump should put Bubba from the trailer park ,West Virginia in a Surgeon General. Luckily  Hannibal the Cannibal isn't available.


I don't accept that. Something is REALLY wrong with this picture - no question this will be the end of at least one career, perhaps a few. These are among the most sophisticated warships in the world. Container ships don't exactly sneak up on them. Someone, somewhere, wasn't keeping watch as they should.


It's the economy stupid .....

But not the traditional analysis

We are living with taxation saturation

By any reasonable standard, taxation on individuals on over half of what they earn is outrageous

You can talk the middle class talk all you want , but the greatest  source of expenditure is taxation , not the mortgage or car payment

People have figured this out , and they are furious :  the difference in your life style is actually your government's reaching into your pocket and undermining your ability to take care of your family :   To save and to plan for retirement, to reduce consumer debt , all in the name of the greater good ?

Don't we all have bills to pay , children to educate and concerns about our economic future ?

Do we actually see the RRSP and TFSA limits as adequate to the task ?

And CPP at a $1000/ month ?

Absent a pension, no wonder there is anger and anxiety about these proposals

And by the way, how is the market treating you lately?

Yea... I thought so


How about the FEC require Republicans to be Republicans...you know, actually implement the Republican Party platform.

How about the FEC push notify us when a politician doesn't do what he/she promised the voters to do.

How about the FEC regulate what a "fact checker" is and require them to have no ties to a political party in their ownership.

How about the FEC eliminate and expose American influence in foriegn elections before exasperating to us how the "Russians" are simply taking legal ads out on social media that people are idiots to get their news from in the first place.

How about the FEC force all media, the FBI and the Deep State Destroy Trump At All Cost intelligence agencies to admit that the FBI has not examined the DNC server from the 2016 election period and therefore CANNOT verify the RUSSIANS had anything to do with the WikiLeaks that exposed the truth about the Democrat party and its collusion with mainstream media.

How about the FEC do something tangible.


"...CIA says Russia helped Trump win election.... According to a US Government Official - CIA will not comment..." Ha ! More Clinton campaign spin, now it's the Russians not the FBI and Comey... Hillary might have had a chance if she wasn't  So Damn Corrupt.....!!  Anyone else would have won......


It isn't a matter of whether a public entity can recognize a high-level manager's value; it is a matter of whether they dare compensate them competitively because of the politics of public sector pay, particularly in managerial and highly specialized positions.

In jobs that are only done in government skillful people can be retained because they're place-bound or held by the golden handcuffs of attractive benefits.   For jobs done in both the public and private sectors and for which there is no, or at least not much, partisan political vetting, they only thing that allows you to recruit and retain an employee is money and conditions.


Wait until it happens to the Puffs...I'm sure the sentiment will still remain.


Do DeFazio and Sanders also propose proportional payouts to these high earners?


Attaboy, Nick/Luke/Rex/Retiree, you counter with the science from that great source of truth: YouTube. Whucka whucka whucka.


Natives hired in these contracts? What percent? Don't apply for the contract if shareholders won't be hired!  Sick of our corporation making every excuse to not hire shareholders.  President of NDC has to go! We have too many foll0wing the popular on the board.  Don't need to uuNGa to anybody.....


", it hasn't been shown that they aren't (studies are still under way). "
Studies? all they have to do is count them every year and record.
"However there is in fact evidence that hurricanes, on average, are getting more intense."
No there isn't.
Did you miss this quote from NOAA in Marg's piece.
"But for now, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "it is premature to conclude that human activities – and particularly greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming – have already had a detectable impact on Atlantic hurricane or global tropical cyclone activity."


A lot of ink getting spilled yet no one seems to be able to tell us what "extreme vetting" is compared to "ordinary vetting".

Just what does "any cause for concern means rejection" mean, exactly? What is considered a "cause for concern"? Asking people if they intend to blow people up and they say yes?

Experience has shown that the danger lies in young people who feel "alienated" from society because it is not Muslim and does not follow shariah law.

We have two options - change our society so it follows shariah law, or  refrain from accepting as immigrants people who believe our society should be run by shariah law, and teach their children that.


Hey Chuck, what's the crime? Doesn't there first have to be a crime before anyone would get pardoned?


A strident anti pipeline/anti-Alberta entrenchment by the federal NDP would be a glittering gift to the Federal Liberals.


Nonsense.... the test will still be standardized.    It just won't test the new standard.


The coordinated public attacks by Harper and former Conservative minister James Moore yesterday have nothing to do with improving Canada's negotiating position; they're about undermining the Liberals. Period.

Harper/Moore know perfectly well that our government would be negotiating from weakness if it followed their strategy. Unfortunately, it's no longer shocking that the Conservatives are publicly supporting a foreign country's demands for a win/lose/lose outcome. If the Trudeau government suddenly caved in because of what Harper/Moore are doing, then the US would walk all over us. Not only that, the majority of Canadians would be rightly furious with the government for letting them down.

This is an out-and-out betrayal of Canada's interests by Conservatives for party political gain. Rather than letting them create false alarm about NAFTA, Canadian should simply remember why we threw them out in 2015.


I eat everything,believe me...(except seal meat and Pizza Pizza,as you know)
......and am all for farmed Bison.....though it is limited (imo) by its leanness...
Wagyu it is not
(Remember.....it was  decided diet,butter,etc has no role in cholesterol etc etc)
.
The Red River colonists subsisted on Bison for almost the first 50 years of lousy wheat crops...
I feel an empathy/sympathy for the beasts  and rarely buy it when I see it :)
I would never shoot anything....and toss bugs out the window.


Four take-aways for me from this article regarding Koul:  she’s uniformed, immature,  self-important and racist.


Somewhere along the line Trump might realize he was not elected King, although some of his Base wish he was.  The US President position is packaged with too much pomp for an elected official.


He should have at least mentioned them. I wonder who actually wrote that statement.


What is driving Boeing down the tube is poor management decisions. The 777 cost approximately 14 billion to develop, the 787 cost somewhere between $32 -$50 billion. The airplane was 3 years late to delivery and cost billions more in late delivery fees. The company decided it needed a new computer system that ended up costing hundreds of millions more for a system that was a disaster. It was the Corporate Big Whigs who not only sent the build but also the design of parts all over the world, vendors could not only keep up with production and many of the designs were out of specification.  These are the same Big Whigs who received millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for delay after delay.

In the past few months have you heard of a single person in management being laid off?  Don't you think there should be a correlation between the number of rank and file to management. Yet, not a single word of anyone in management being let go.


We all know they are a pair of turkeys.  That's not the issue.  It's which turkey do you want to be president.  If you spoil your ballot, you are helping elect the turkey with the hair.  Can't you please do something better?  Please.


These guys are not doing this to help people. That piece of property will have so much noise from the yard and any ground water there is contaminated.
It's nice to build housing for all, but build it where the surroundings are at least somewhat healthy.


Even though interest rates are going up , I still do not see any signs that the prices are going down in Victoria or Toronto where inventory is really low.  Low inventory means people are not moving and that is key to this whole housing conundrum.   As long as the government ignores the impact of foreign buyers on the RE market, the more it will worsen.  Foreign buyers have changed the RE ball game entirely as can be seen in Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto.   Tax foreign buyers to death or limit or prohibit their ability to buy in Canada period !


Republicans don't care about disabled people at all.  You saw how Mr. Trump mocked that disabled reporter, and his supporters thought it was hilarious..!  They really are indecent people.  I am glad it has finally come out into the open.


Is it not just a bit early to start campaigning for his next term? There is more to this than meets the eye.

It looks like the Russian Candidate is trying to change the narrative from his possible impeachment to his possible second term. This will likely appeal to his base and may intimidate his critics.

On the other hand, the next presidential election will likely be very expensive. It takes time to accumulate that kind of money.

On balance I think RC is trying to change the narrative.


Those opposed to this "payoff" are entitled to a voice, in Canada.


Please tell us all, Behemoth, what's the "Muddy frack"?  ...Give us some further details.


Wait a minute. Are the business owners using all of those social services that are costing so much? Additionally, people seem to be forgetting how very hard small business owners work...averaging 80 hours a week and employing people and donating money to needy programs. It goes on and on. If we have to pay...everyone should pay.


Pretty sure "covfefe" was a simple typo that libs find very important.


I am glad that there are companies willing to look for smaller deposits of natural gas.
I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and we have methane at just 30 or 40 feet deep.
In the 1950's using technology of the day they found possible large oil and gas deposits.
N.W. Natural was drilling just 3 miles from my farm and when they hit gas at Mist they were gone in less than a day.


No. Ibbitson is a conservative, however, he's not down with bigotry.


wrong, lots of court cases based on violence in the 1970s
Dan Maloney is one and i know of others from the WHL


Few of the guys moved out of traditional manufacturing etc will be going to law school, medical school or IT. And you seem to ignore that many of these professions are similarly threatened by creative automation.

As well, you need to make a distinction between the service class and the creative class.

http://martinprosperity.org/media/pdfs/Service_Class_Prosperity-ACervenan.pdf

"Representing over 40% of the labour force, and a fast growing segment of employment, Ontario’s service class is characterized as a feminized (over 60% female), significantly part-time (29%), low-human capital (10% university attainment) workforce, which otherwise has similar composition of immigrants and visible minority groups to the larger Ontario labour force. The average earnings for service class workers is $37,700, which is less than 60% of the average
creative class income."


Piggies at the trough. Oink oink oink. Liberal piggies are no better or worse than Conservative piggies. I hope after the next election we have a minority government, so the non-piggies can have the balance of power and keep the piggies penned up in their sty.


"Oh good...."

Most feminists writing about the tech industry suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect, which has two parts. Succinctly put, the first and more relevant part here states that the clueless generally don't realise how clueless they are.

I find that the only thing that feminists struggle with more than logic is statistics. Technology isn't really compatible with make-believe. Sorry.

Your thinking is so incoherent that it is clear already that you could never work in a tech field. I hope there is something else that you are good at.

I don't design bridges and probably, hopefully don't live in your neighbourhood.


The battle lines are drawn.

deadbeats / .gov dependent types / .gov employees

vs.

 everyone else

Alaska's government has plenty of money and has  squandered most of it.
Regardless of how much money ak.gov "extracts" from oil companies / the PFD / hard-working Alaskans,
remember one thing:  IT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH!


Ruthy Hebard, Alaska strong and will never back down.


You republicans made your bed, now sleep in (with?) it.  You can't change horses mid-stream, or you'll lose your wagon.  The republican party has not been the party of Lincoln for a long, long time.  Did you miss the transition?  It's now the party of Trump; for better or worse.  Guess which it is?  I'll give you a hint.

And Pence did not even run for President.  Besides, the voters did not choose him, the "reprehensible" trump did.  You all are stuck with him.


That's your "theory?"  Where did you get it? Breitbart? Town Hall? Ann Coulter? Rep. Stephen King?  Straight out of some unmentionable (here) place?

Spare us.


I very much doubt that this crime was committed by a woman either.   Probably just a guy who can talk and sound feminine over the phone.

The photos he download were probably stolen off of someone's Facebook page.


.
She could always apologize in such a backhanded way as one of my conservative neighbors did to me after saying he thought I was gay, to others of his ilk, because I failed to embrace his advances; the apology was along this line:
.
"I'm sorry if you felt badly after I told everyone in (name of larger town next to mine) that you s__k d__s. "
.
And I'm almost quite certain most of those conservatives otherwise offended would go back to business &/or pleasure as usual. Most of that haters-ilk like to believe they have God in their pocket; when more often they have a bundle of sticks and coal as gift to their graven plastic hayzus.
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When a public official offends the sensibilities of an entire region, why can't everyone evict them from office? ;)


I don't think that's their job........is it?


News flash!  Those who believe in fiscal prudence aren't by definition "alt-right."

Enough name calling . . . let's stick to policy and performance.  And by any measure Mr. Harper got it right on both, while Trudeau has us circling the bowl, ready to get flushed down the hole with the next economic downturn.


For those voters that are satisfied with a $1,000 PFD reduction, while the oil industry continues with both cash and tax liability credits, replacing moderates might make sense.

Seaton was the lone R in the House Resource Committee that tackled oil tax credit reform. Without his selfless effort, I’m doubtful HB247 would have moved forward and passed in the House.


If so few Muslims must make a huge impression to cause such emotions.
And by the way, these are not post-truth times.  For some yes, but for most of us
not so.  As to basing one's decisions on emotions psychological research claims ,
as of latest findings, that we in the end base our decisions on emotions and intuitions.
That rational thinking is a forerunner happening in our sleep, but in the end it's our
feelings that speak loud and clear.
We do always need as much factual basis as possible.  But facts are often not just simple
facts but someone else's opinion of what they are. We are all different in the end.


Is morality 'founded on reason and logic'? Only partly.
Christians (and others) have other foundations too, as you must know.
And your 'reason and logic' are not mine.


Here is the really sad thing...and it applies to Democrats, Republicans, and everybody in between.  Supporting your candidate should not be like loving your wife...who may be cheating on you...who may be lying to you about the reason why the plumber is over so often...Or loving your husband, who calls to say that he needs to stay late at the office, but "The Office" is the name of a hostess bar, and you find the receipt for the bar in his pants...along with a selfie of your husband with Billie Kenoi, and you realize that "Miyako" isn't the name of a restaurant but the girl sitting in the middle of them...BUT YOU LOVE THIS PERSON SO MUCH YOU ARE BLINDED.  So much that you don't even mind being in a passive aggressive relationship because after the yelling and hitting comes the loving...that is what politics is like now in this country.  It is our duty to call BS when there is BS...no matter who is in office.


Thats IT!!! I've had enough "WINNING"!!! OMG...Trump must be impeached!!!


“Boston is home. I moved down here in '92 and had my kids here." - Kevin O'Leary


The russian connections to this white house may prove to be the worst political scandal in american history.  Going after the leakers is  part of the cover up, just like the Nixon administration although the crime they are seeking to hide is far worse and may constitute treason.


I was talking about the Feds they gave "nothing" and Notley's plan is too late should have been out 2 years ago now things are picking up as usual the NDP clueless.


The difference between you and me Frederick Minshall is that what I'm doing is legal and what you are doing is illegal.  Thank you for the comment.  It has been shared with the proper authorities.  In case many of you do not know, harming feral cats, free roaming cats can incur a fine up to $1000 and a 30 day stint in jail, per cat.  So how many did you SBB Frederick?  And are you in Hawaii?  POS - Piece of S--T


Kinda hard when chinas already threatening if where all dead then how do you make a place better again and if you truly think trump is the answer you need help and seek it as soon as possible


You're a visible minority my friend


Leftists and drug lovers have spent trillions of dollars fighting a fruitless war on drugs? I know it's silly for me to ask, but do you have any proof of that?
I ask because leftists have been asking to try treating drug addition as a medical issue for decades, but conservatives find it ever so much more profitable to treat it as law enforcement issue.


Classic Alaska


Oh, you mean Burke!  Because the view that really should matter to the conservatives is that of the Pope.  Isn't that what they all prated about when JPII and BXVI were sitting in Peters chair?

Yeah - Pope Francis is really soft on calling out heretics.


Within family law pre trial screening/settlement makes a lot of sense, not to talk about the competence of family lawyers ( e.g. so called best interest of the client, aka keep dragging the case on etc.). I see on a daily basis how much the courts are clogged with this kind of stuff...costing the tax payer lots, the clients lots...and the lawyers are the winners...subsidized by Joe and Jill.
Review of the court system is highly recommended, but not only done by the legal profession, the industry has a lot at stake....I guess that is why they only keep track of limited statistics...and if so, most of them are not correct....

As for criminal law I do not much about, but imagine just freeing up so much capacity if family law would be done in a more fair and efficient way.....then there would also be sufficient legal counsels freed up to change their careers in criminal law...


What does this have anything to do with Obama? Try and stay focused little buddy.


How pathetic when someone has to hire a pro to formulate something that should come genuinely from the person themselves.

It's as sad and ridiculous as those who stage their marital question in a crowded arena on the big screen. It needs to be a big deal to be valued. I feel for the poor person being asked.

This is ALWAYS about the one doing the asking.

How selfish.


You like tax payer money though.


Bennett gets a lot of campaign contributions from insurance companies, big pharma and other entities that make mad money from the current corrupt system. So of course he is not going to back single payer.


And, to be fair, Catholics have gone beyond fundamentals to argue--and knowingly divide--about things like sexuality and liturgy.

But the question is how do you two handle the disagreements about non-fundamentals. "Get out"? "I'm outta here"?


Another baloney "uncivil" rating for something that (might be crude but) is not uncivil by any definition of the word.
Caption of the picture should be something like:

"Grab her by the puXXy. Grab her by the puXXy. All I hear these days is grab her by the puXXy. I'll show you grab her by the puXXy!"


THIS got censored by the CivilGestapo:  Only a fool would choose to believe campaign promises like in 2008's "If elected I promise to end the war in Iraq."  Also to get RE-elected in 2012 "You can keep your provider/doctor".  WORD for WORD this was censored by the CivilGestapo.  No foul lanquage. No personal attacks and no violations of the posting guidelines yet it was STILL censored.  This tells anybody with any REASONABLE amount of intelligence what is going on behind the scenes of this communist run forum.  The minority runs this forum.  This is proof.


Remember Canada you voted this inept government in.

You get what you deserve.


Hilarious! Pallister adds up his supposed 60 hour weeks to rationalize his 8 weeks of holiday in costa rica. Uh huh, Brian, you deserve it. What an insult to hard working Manitobans.

On top of that, fiscal tough guy Pallister recently voted himself and his buddies a pay raise. At the same time, he wants to roll back other civil servants salaries.

Laying the stuff out on his desk is such a lame stunt...truly cringeworthy.

And he wont use that newfangled contraption, email. Leading Manitoba into the future? Or the past!


I have no idea how one defines themselves as a conservative.

I compared the 4 poor leaders put forth by the liberals, against the myriad of poor leaders put forth by the cons.

With Justins terrible performance, we may see one of the cons poor choices actually retain leadership.

Everyone saw Justin as a poor choice and bad leader, but the timing was right for him, nothing more.


Why do I also equate Bell-Potties with Iraq?  I have a memory of their interference there - and look what happened to Iraq. Bush plus Blair plus Bell-Potties: How much blood is on their hands? I guess Bell-Potties figured that if they can help destroy Iraq, they could do an even better job in a shaky South Africa. Apologies if my memory serves me incorrectly but I am infuriated and disgusted that the British (some of them) continue to wreak havoc in third-world countries which they debased years ago while gathering piles of money.


Agree or not, the Governor is the only one with a plan.  It doesn't raise near enough revenue but it is a start.  More cuts and a two year temporary phase out of the PFD plus new statewide tax (preferably sales) are needed.


I'm overjoyed to hear that our beloved Tories are in capable hands.

You make a good point about the endangering NAFTA argument the Liberals put out. It commits the fallacy of irrelevance.

But you agree that the Liberals had no choice but to pay Khadr, so where's the Tory beef?


What are you talking about?   Where do you get this stuff ......oh that's right CNN/MSNBC they hate Trump so therefore they hate Secretary DeVos !
STEM.....Science Technology Engineering Math that's Mrs. DeVos new education plan for ALL students in the US.   Should be ours also.


UNDRIP is directed at indigenous people earning a few dollars a day, no healthcare, no dental care, no schools, buildings their own homes, and living a traditional way of life unlike Chiefs earning tax-free salaries and expenses, free housing, free healthcare, free dental care, and more rights than non-indigenous Canadians.


Re the headline: which “Catalan” is looking forward to unilateral independence declaration?  Hey, Globe editors: you must mean “Catalans” or “Catalonia (Catalunya)”.


There is no plan against nuclear missiles.  We are all dead if it happens here.  Monopoly party is useless with or without the missiles landing.


California law is already 100 feet of defensible space on all sides of a residence. (Side note: nowhere in CO will pass a defensible space law--people like their forest views more than the safety of firefighters protecting those views.)

Wildfires create their own weather within weather. Unfortunately Mother Nature is stronger than people can be.


Why would it be ready for cyclists then (legalized in some places in Canada)? Cyclists sometimes don't even have knowledge of the driving code (no licence)? On the contrary, I think lane splitting should be authorized for motorcycles, so that car drivers be more cautious with both cyclists and motorcycles.


Seems like the entire vocabulary of far left kooks is nothing but buzz words. Here just might be a million dollar idea. Create a non-stop energizer sex toy on steroids that spits out liberal buzz words. With the patent claim that it's 100% guaranteed to drive it's user nuts.


Which is the best delivery system for fossil fuels?.....  Pipelines or Railways? Well that is a lot like asking..... which is a better delivery system for drugs? Snorting, smoking, ingesting, suppositories, or mainlining? This question is a smokescreen to prevent us from looking at the overall major devastations caused by fossil fuels.
Trudeau,Notley,Clark and ilk are trying to brand pipelines as more green than railways. This is a desperate attempt to hoodwink British Columbians and other Canadians to accept the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Be aware!


Guess it's time for him to keep his room a little cleaner (odor attractant)   :-)   Glad everyone is okay.


Its called collective bargaining and it is the reason you enjoy all the things at work that you do. 40 hour week, 1/12 for overtime, paid holidays.


You mean the $1 he is paying himself yearly while in office? Lol, ok. I just mailed it to the White House. I took care of that, no longer your tax burden.


http://www.hpha.apply4housing.com/ doent work just a FYI.


Wow, you  people are whacked. Defending this guy for shooting a dog? Bunch of psychopaths. Why don't you move to Korea, you can torture dogs all you want to there, with no repercussions. Good God almighty.


Why some people don't want Muslim?

http://debatepost.com/2017/04/04/death-toll-rises-to-14-in-st-petersburg-officials-suspect-muslim-suicide-attack/


mmm'aybe grandfathers? OMG!!!


What’s the honorable aspect?

Either he’s retiring to nip his relationship with the disgraced former chief in the bud to protect his retirement or he was just scheduled to retire anyway, which I don’t think was the case as he would have stayed on had Kealoha not been CAUGHT OUT.

He’s obviously got some sort of baggage if he can’t continue to work with the new chief in a productive manner.


Fair enough. But why import any oil at all? Why not support our own oil producers? And by the way, wasn't it volatile Bakken crude from North Dakota that was in the rail tanker cars that exploded in Lac Megantic, killing dozens of people? And how do you think US shippers are getting their crude oil to Cdn markets today? By rail, perhaps? Through towns like Lac Megantic? If so, why is there a news blackout on reporting this? I can't imagine any other country stabbing itself in the back the way Canada does. It's just bizarre.


Surely you are not going to leave us?


How did Randall get the keys to the Audi?
I offer this as a Public Service Announcemnt just in case: Do not leave your vehicle unattended with the keys in it.


Paul: It's difficult to really know what NK will do since we know so little about them.  A woman born in SK, an American, wrote a book about her experience teaching in NK.  The fact she didn't get caught is simply amazing.  She's done several interviews as well as having written a book about her time in NK, 2011.  I've posted a link above but if you search her name, Suki Kim, several will come up and you can pick and choose.  It's really incredible reading.  L2g


Don't you read the papers or follow the news?  Mrs. Trump and their son will join Mr. Trump in the White House after the boy finishes this school year.  No sense yanking the child out of school mid-year just because his father was elected POTUS.

Would you want your child yanked out of school mid year?  I know I wouldn't if it could be avoided.


The CBO says it will reduce the deficit by $119 billion and lower premiums.

That's a win - win for contributing members of our society.

Next on the chopping block : Earned Income Tax Credit.


And it sure doesn't compare to partial birth abortion and selling baby parts.


I am extremely pleased to see that our local politicians are not climbing the body pile to get five minutes of free air time, like in some other states.  Disgusting.  Oddly, while I hear a lot of talk about gun restrictions, I am not hearing any interest in curtailing the propaganda this young man saw on YouTube, which spurred him on to such violence.


"Cruise ship kill at least one whale a year and no one gets to eat any of it. Cruise ship arrived in Ketchikan this morning with a humpback impaled on the bow. Second time here in at least five years. Last year a cruise ship arrived in Seward with one. These are only the ones that are not covered up by the cruise ship companies. So, how is that for "illegal" hunting or death of a protected whale ?"

If you believe a cruise ship running over a whale is the same as a bunch of guys jumping into a boat and shooting hunting rifles at one I don't know what to tell you, but it's disingenuous at best.

If the captain saw the whale and then changed course and ran it over on purpose, then prosecute him.  Having said that the cruise companies should be fined heavily every time they accidentally run over a whale. If they protest, tough, they have enough money at their disposal to figure out a way to prevent it from happening any more.


Of course you did, Duke. You often do do. Your dour attitude and denigration of something as basic as human joy puts you far closer to the Islamists than to the rest of us. You deserve pity.


the Mooch and I would have a really good time.....He would have been a challenge to be sure.....but it would have been fun....I'm retired, but if you see him, tell him there's still hope and I'm still available.  I've tweeted the same offer to The Donald, but haven't heard back yet.   Cheers, Gary Crum


Good for Mr. Kelly there's no top 100 sports columnists.


Continued:

The theological and prophetical rationale was stillborn in a cornfield one hundred forty five years ago. Adventism  has nothing particularly helpful to offer the world. And it is embarrassingly padlocked to a virtually  illiterate nineteenth century lady whose imagined connection to God cloaks anti-intellectualism in the costume of righteous fervor.

Yes, I understand nostalgia, an important component of cultural heritage. But I don’t understand the intellectual compromise one must adopt to pretend to be a member in good standing. Smart people normally want to be on the leading edge of thought, unshackled  by vacuous shibboleths. And yet wise and smart people remain.

So, someone, enlighten me! Could it be the value of established power bases are the real dirty little magnet operating out of sight, the real attraction? Speculation only, of course?


He had his best statistical year per minute last year.  And did I mention $2.5 million/year?  If they signed him, I'd bet you he has more ppg than they guy they just got from Utah.  Don't get me wrong, you can't overpay, but the Nuggets are always beggars. (By the way, a Washington Post article today had him as a free agent steal.)


They didn't any of that. There's only a few people who can be blamed for the Russians snooping around, and Trump isn't one of them.

People should probably turn their anger towards those who dropped the ball and allowed some peoples faith in the voting system to be smashed, again, that wasn't the GOP or Trump. But, hey? Why deal with the truth when you can blame the Orange guy, right?


Miller. Is. Not. A #$%#ing libertarian.
Until he's willing to recant his anti-liberty stances on immigration, the drug war, press freedom, sex education, victim's rights, LGBT rights, and many others he is merely an authoritarian mouthpiece for disgruntled religious republicans.  He's as feckless, dishonest, uninformed, irresponsible, and embarrassing as the empty shirt the GOP nominated for POTUS and that he's planning on voting for.  Shame on the AK Libertarians for putting on this sideshow.


Lloyd, it was the "spoiled generation" that popularized it.


Are North Korean commies now welcome in the USA?


This guy has more lives than a cat.  I don't believe he's actually fired.  He'll figure out some way to keep collecting a VA paycheck.


Finding the protests to be misguided and misdirected does not make one a Trump supporter.


Bring it, Pizzagate.  You know deep down even you don't trust our intelligence agencies because your "news" said so.  The NSA and CIA and fifteen other agencies would stoop just to make your guy look bad?  You buy that lock stock and barrel?  Now think about that.


This guy has been lambasted in the past week on what he had said.   Now he goes limping to his "base" to get some of his ego back into place.


Otherhand, I like how you fulminate against our President presumably for his "both sides" remark, as well his abnegation and unwillingness to directly name the alt-right,(he later did) yet in your own missive you do the same. You used three specific names for the right's hate groups(essentially all the same) but only refer to the left's as "fringe groups". Your bias is lucid and transparent.
Words are important and when you fail to use them all you do is give credence to those who should be disemboweled, such as Antifa, BLM and the Islamic society of North America.
Moreover, your notion the President's right to free speech is no longer a appurtenance provided to him will only serve as the stepping stone to strip all citizens of free speech. So until he takes the right of free press away from those he calls liars, there's no accreditation for your call to "[defend] the free press" since words don't prevent anyone from freely reporting. Once again, your biasness has betrayed you.


Again, further evidence that virtually no one, on either side of the political spectrum has any faith or trust in the establishment and its leadership or its institutions. Electors venturing further and further to the political fringes for representation is not a good sign, its a sign of desperation, its a hail Mary play. Things will get a lot more chaotic, and violent if the establishment continues to ignore or worse insult all of us deplorables. As much as I detest the establishment and its corrupt leadership, the alternative is far worse.


When the kids, don't take over the family business, it usually dies.

Anyone remember Arakawas ?


not a peep from Trudie?  he is doing the same across Canada with his "carbon tax" agenda.  wonder what Butts is thinking to do right now.  Butts was the brains behind the Ontario disaster and now he is charge of Justin Trudeau - yes, justin reports to Gerald. Don't be fooled.


This is what happens when Democrats see a dismal political future for themselves as more and more Americans start voting against them.  So, Democrats seek new voters, albeit illegal aliens and legal resident aliens, hoping they would continue their reign of political terror.  Democrats do not care for the United States.  Democrats only care for power and money.  Time to vote for PRO AMERICAN candidates for office.  Even GOP elites are our enemy!  Time to buck the corrupt system and replace the elites with hard core pro-Americans!!!


a worthless punk causing problems. surprise!!


Guess what, he won't admit to a mistake either.
What's left in the Liberal Democrat arsenal? none other than the ... . "smh"


I would risk it and never buy studded tires again.


"In Red We Trust".  RIP Mr Miller and thanks for the great memories!


Ok, so black market weed is and always will be $10/gram.

The report today was fair balanced and took a mature approach. The current pnishme t is not just. What is just? To treat it somewhere between alochol and tabacco. There could be small pointers here and there, but overall its more just than the current situation.


Check out Lisa Raitt's platform.  A new taxpayer protection act to protect us from future Trudeau like governments.


So if Trump is saying a lot of vets can't handle their combat trauma, then I wonder WTF kind of solution he is offering. A blanket statement with a lot of fluff, to be polite.

From this vet.


That's my point exactly. They want to get rid of the freeloaders, and give them a reason to go somewhere else.

Btw, 1and1.com is even cheaper for hosting...


Once it is processed all you need to do is keep the tag someplace where you can provide it if asked. If you give the meat to someone you fill out a donor card to make it legal. If you bother reading the regulations this is all spelled out.


So after reading some comments I wonder since they are a sovereign nation and 'immune' to US laws does that mean that they can start hunting animals regardless of gender, age or even species killing indiscriminately in large numbers and with no regulations?  Does the fact that they are located within the Yukon Delta Federal Wildlife Refuge make any impact or does their independence from US law mean that it doesn't matter in the long run?


It's not just an impression. We are being invaded.


Media hog.  MO is yesterday's news.  Please go away.


VECTUM: LOL!!!!!!


He wasn't a King, Queen or Rook but still I think your comment is giving Castro too much of a free pass. If he had managed his country better then he wouldn't have been dependent on the USSR for support. If he hadn't been dependent on the USSR he could have told them "no nukes".


The fact is, we don't have any idea when oil consumption will peak and we certainly don't know how the price of oil will change over the next few decades. Here's what we do know:

1) The cost of open-pit bitumen mining will continue to come down with technological advances.
2) The major sources of lighter, cleaner oil are politically scary and getting more so
3)  Shale oil is expensive to extract and environmentally problematic.

Given all this, it makes no sense for Canada to engage in its penchant for pious and gratuitous moralism.  Our only moral responsibility is to meet the targets we've set ourselves.  Closing down our oil industry will achieve nothing except to channel money into foreign pockets. It certainly won't lessen reliance on oil internationally. Professor Harrison would make more sense if she pitched her argument as a warning to the oil and pipeline companies, but frankly, they know they are taking a risk. It doesn't seem to bother them, and one can easily see why.


I'm trying to figure out the same thing. Uh, they are in prison.


What is wrong with the media? Every person in the comments section of every article on this story expresses horror that parents would voluntarily expose their children to rape, murder and torture in a war zone in Afghanistan, yet not a single journalist challenges their narrative. At the very least they are incompetent parents who have willingly put their children in mortal danger. At worst they are fundamentalist traitors who have spun a story in  a failed attempt to extort millions of dollars in ransom from the West.
Let's have some critical journalism here. Please.


So many brain dead cyclists in Toronto, who takes their young kids out on roads in live lanes with traffic? Even dumber are the ones who tow their kids in trailers behind the bike. All it takes is a car to pull out of a parking spot that doesn't see the trailer and smush. They might have the right to be there but that doesn't mean that you are not subjecting your kids to unneeded risk. I have seen so many bumps, close calls and even a few bad collisions to know that the danger is real.


And that is the whole truth


They were shocked when a Republican actually won the Presidency and they were given control of all three branches of government.  It exposes them as liars. These RINO's are politicians who make used car dealers and ambulance chasing lawyers seem upper-class.


perhaps your employer is one of these small businesses that may have to downsize because it will be too expensive for them to keep their businesses running as usual. Small businesses already pay a lot in taxes. How would you like it as an employee to be having to pay twice the CPP you pay into and only received it once like everyone else. You seem rather resentful of these professionals. Don't forget your Canadian farmer is going to be impacted by this too.


La Raza has been around longer than many of these white hate groups, and they've yet to blow up a building, or gun people down in their driveway because they belong to a different race or religion.


Wellll...Liberals.
We saw the same thing with Obama and his administration's inability to utter: "Muslim Terrorists", and time after time his inability to actually Do something about it, even after a hollow threat  : remember "The Red Line"?


Could we not make the same case for all advertising?

Ads target every segment of society and it can be argued that whatever segment an ad targets, a harm can result. The harm caused by ads goes far beyond just targeted advertising. The shear volume of ads coupled with the repetitiveness of individual ads cause stresses we are largely unaware of.

TV advertising was causing me a great deal of harm (anxiety) back in 2007. So much so I cancelled my television subscription and have gone without TV ever since. I was luck that I was able to recognize that TV ads were causing me anxiety, most people can't make the connection.


What Obama failed to do in 8 years Representative Gabbard accomplish in the first 8 days of the Trump administration, open a dialogue with the Syrian government.  .
.
Somewhere John Kerry is terrified that Representative Gabbard will get the Nobel Peace Prize he wants so desperately.


A thousand $ here, a thousand $ there, soon adds up.
The amount of political donations contributed between 1998 and 2004 by the top seven VECO executives to AK lawmakers with their legislative position listed: source (Alaska Public Office commission as detailed by Wikipedia)
Sen. Lyda Green $28,000
Sen. Cowdery $24,550
Rep. Pete Kott $21,300
Rep. Norman Rokeberg $18,000
Rep. Vic Kohring $14,708
Rep. Kevin Meyer $12,300
Rep. Mike Chenault $12,000
Rep. Lesil McGuire $12,000
Sen. Con Bunde $11,500
Rep. Mike Hawker $8,050
Rep. Tom Anderson $8,000


Back the anti-immigration Bill or lose your job in a Primary.

Think we're kidding?

Just ask the pundits who said Donald Trump would NEVER, EVER be President of the United States.

America needs to put American citizens FIRST.

Why is that concept so difficult for people who are elected to REPRESENT AMERICAN CITIZENS?


Please let's not conflate Third World overpopulation and slums with First World progress and cleaner environment than ever..


Yeah, Terhune, a deranged psychopath with a gun.  A gun that killed and innocent woman.  If the psychopath had tried killing the woman with his bare hands, the woman's brother would've kicked his butt to the curb, but the loaded gun did the job.


Laugher - unfortunately you can only speak for yourself.  What majority do you speak of - the +/-60% of Canadians that didn't vote Liberal?


Just tax a simple percentage on each barrel and pick a benchmark to calculate it on. AND THEN LEAVE IT ALONE. SET IT IN STONE. No windfall tax and just learn to live on the proceeds. Don't make it so it takes an army on their side and we got no one that can figure it out on our side. The devil is in the details so keep the details to a minimum. NEVER PLAY ANOTHER MANS GAME. They spend untold hours on coming up with ways to make money and our guys spend untold hours trying to get elected.


that's funny.   my boss just bought one.


Learn how to spell "Chief" Big Cheif.  LOL


Looting, slavery, genocide etc usually aren't racially motivated.  Greed and the desire for ultimate power come to mind easily, however.


And don't you forget it, RJ!  You don't have to be crazy, to know crazy!


Everyone has the same right to express views.

I don't need lessons on the Constitution from a racist.


Full disclosure: I am a scientist, so if any readers have a bias against scientists, so be it.

According to John Ibbitson (article author), Liberals are science based and Conservatives are largely faith based (paraphrasing I know and the author would say that distributions overlap - fair enough).  My point is that our society enjoys a separation of church and state, and from my perspective, that is the way it should be.

Government representatives (either elected or appointed or employed) have a duty to support our science based regulatory system.  That is simply what the GG is doing.  If she does so enthusiastically, then more power to her - it is long overdue.  I don't have much patience for those who strongly defend opinions that can't be supported by evidence.


Sadly, because they're becoming relevant.  Hopefully, by talking about this NOW, we can head off a time when they actually ARE relevant.  We can start to look at what the heck went wrong with raising kids in this country that we can turn out otherwise functional adults who are this damn ignorant.

And figure out how to change it.


Ref to Guilbert de Corbeil:

"Stalin was an ally of the US..."

From about 1941 - 45 that's true.

From 1945 until his death Stalin was not an ally of the US.

The clearest examples of this is Stalin giving the green light to Kim IL sung to invade SK in 1950 as well as the blockade of Berlin which accelerated the Cold War.

Who killed more people, Stalin or Hitler?

Hitler killed about 7 million Jews, gays gypsies, and political prisoners in his concentration camps, about 5 million Allied soldiers, about 1 million Allied civilians and at least 21 million Soviet civilians (probably more).

Stalin killed about 5 million fascist soldiers, about 500,000 German civilians, about 10,000 Polish officers, and about 10 million Soviets he deemed as undesirables.

Both were totalitarian monsters.

But Hitler certainly killed millions more people than Stalin did.


A 17 year old mother !    Children having and taking care of children.  Very sad, indeed.


POTUS Trump, is still learning, how to become a politician.  He is behaving, as a businessman.

He does not respond well, to harsh criticism and will find political ways, of getting even,

Everyone should have chosen diplomatic insults.


I do not see any mention of the US paying the international price for Canada oil instead of the 50 cents on a dollar made up in the US price. So we export 3 million barrels a day to the US and the price will now be up 30 bucks a barrel. This means the US will pay Canada 90 000 000$ that is 90 million Dollars a day, or 560 million a week. This is the same for Canada Natural Gas where we currently get 25 cents on the international price and Canada is the second largest exporter on Natural gas in the world. Why are we not putting these stakes in the ground instead of selling s few cars of better worker rights in Mexico, These actions will enrich Canada, have no carbon impact and drive work to Canada that is currently done in the US.


Joseph said it again... "We had a great week of practice".  🙄  Unbelievable!  This guy is COMPLETELY in denial  and disconnected! Elway  will also not admit this and other mistakes. He has not said a single word!


What is with the headline and no article.
Not even false news.
AC16-6 goes ........
Or is some new social site jive?


Even if KPMG license is saved, their credibility is lost among the public. No one will believe their fake audit reports manufactured under Gordhan's thumb.


There is not doubt that Trump is an A1 AH, SOB, economically clueless scumbag, but, unlike Obama, he didn't stab Canada in the back.


I agree with Trump.  People don't watch sports to be told how to think and feel.  They watch it to get away from everything and have a good time.

The more the MSM praises BLM violent protest and universities decide students are too stupid to determine what white supremacy is a flawed ideology by stripping away the 1st amendment, the more you'll hear "lowlife" Trump run his mouth.

I'm looking forward to the players causing their own demise, lol.


Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but it would be much more persuasive if you researched the issue and based it upon facts.

UN and international law are unequivocally clear about who is right in this matter.  Numerous UN resolutions have been passed forbidding NK to test nukes and missiles; NK has ignored all of them

The UN also has clearly identified NK as a fascist criminal nation which systemically oppresses its own people by not only denying them basic human rights, but placing hundreds of thousands of them in concentration camps.
The UN has been particularly critical of NK's criminal persecution of children.

Matters are now coming to a head because Trump is not going allow a criminally-insane fascist, Kim, to have thermonuclear ICBMs to destroy the US and it s allies.

Just as it was impossible to engage in meaningful diplomacy with fascists like Hitler & Tojo, it is certainly not possible to resolve this crisis with fascists like Kim who do not even want to talk.


Notice how "could in 8 years" turned in to "cost" in the link..
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And even if it did, 'little potato' is already 20 Bn ahead of him.


This is the harvest SA gets for suppressing blacks and their education within SA. It's not a matter of migrants working for less money, they are just better qualified for almost any position.


and it just keeps being taken away, love the bowling alleys were do the kids and we all  go now ?


Ow! I have looked at her record, she has one, and I see vision and success for children. he who will not be named is a twit and tweets. It's' sad as it is really data, metrics and science....they we bring about the rumination of all we love 'cause they believe to meme...really sad day but I will do everything to listen to what they have to offer, and if the answer makes sense, use this too. Thinking conservatives will vote for Hillary.


You make some reasonable points, but I think you over play the US's hand.

China files more international patents than any other nation, including the US (though often of dubious standard)

IF China and the US get into a trade war, it will drive the US into an economic crisis (China too).

The US won't be able to fund their deficit - which means Trump either slashes spending or prints money, killing the economy. Exports to the rest of the world  will dry up as trade financing evaporates, destroying the profitability of US corporations.

To say nothing of China expropriating American owned assets in China - without it's Chinese operations GM is dead (again).

With the US economy returning to the GFC lows, Trump would be toast.

China would probably be able to marshal its citizens against the external threat and portray it as an other deliberate plan to subjugate and humiliate China, like the Boxer Rebellion.

So the US would have the worst problems


Interesting.

At today's Mass the first reading (Exodus, Moses fulfilling the exact will of God, then being given by God (along with the people as a result of Moses's desire to do the will of God) a marvelous sense of God's presence) the idea of the presence of God began to deepen my prayer during the homily.

The will of God...the grace of God...the presence of God...the passion of Jesus Christ.

These all are so related.

Do we live in the presence of God?
Do we respond ever more faithfully to the will of God?
Are we aware of the graces that God is offering us at every moment of our life?
Do we - as St Paul did - do our daily duties "carrying on" in our body the Passion of Jesus Christ (a charism of the Passionists for example).

Rock show, or changing dirty diapers, or making a family meal = presence and effect of God in our hourly life, including His Passion, death, and Resurrection.


No I;ll  just stay here and change my nation.


ridiculous statement. Period. Many people have significant concerns other than the economy. Your statement only makes sense if BC were in a recession or depression. Period.


Trump is just cleaning up the mess Obama left behind. Maybe he came back to reassure you that if you like you doctor and your plan, you can keep them?


You're still wrong, and you're changing your story. You said "you cannot break into your own property." This is false. And if you call your "corporate lawyer" advisers, they'll tell you that a landlord can most certainly be charged and found guilt of theft and burglary if they do not follow legal procedures in claiming property.


It seemed to me that your response indicated that Walker is specifically NOT thinking.  He's just going along with whatever Whitaker suggests.  That Walker has no inkling of the political fallout from the actions of putting his name on this veto.


You exemplify the stupidity and ignorance of the Western left.   First of all, the USA is almost energy independent thanks to its own tight shale oil development.  In fact, the USA will soon overtake Saudi Arabia in oil production, and is effectively oil independent with oil from Canada and Mexico.   The US no longer needs ME oil, or Venezuelan oil.  The economic collapse in Venezuela has nothing to do with the US, but everything to do with its failed socialist ideology.  Venezuelan socialism is the only reason why that country is experiencing food shortages, dire poverty and very soon famine.  That is why it's own people are rebelling.  If you read  the comments from Venezuela's two largest newspapers Ultimas Noticias and El Nacional , you can see that 95% of everyday Venezuelans blame their economic crisis on their socialist government, and not on the USA.


Watch out! Red on red causalities!


"Saved" You mean it was picked up for pennies on the dollar at a bankruptcy sale.

                  The right always tries to justify it's hypocrisy, it's what they do.
Not everyone is so gullible as to fall for their scam.


Yes, but its my duty to defend OLF


Please try again ......... they love the poorly educated down there


Well and truthfully said.


What if Dave decides he wants to stay home until the children are in kindergarten?


I bet that's not all they'll discuss.


Wait what, excuse my ignorance, but how many engineers are there? If all of them are getting a raise I count 13, and there is 5 engineering supervisors? I've worked at the same company for 8 years, 3 years as a maintenance tech, and 5 years as a engineer, work 50-60 hour weeks and make a little over 100k, pay $200+ a month for health insurance for a family of 4(and that's pretty good, I got that)... I guess I need to work for the state!

I mean don't get me wrong, I think they should get a raise but this seems a little crazy, plus they used belvue in the calculations, but I guess auburn is in there too.


A fool and his money. Without such a huge ego, this man could have done amazing things. He is a genius. But running as a Republican in Oregon? He needs to move to Orange County, ca. Even there, he'd not fit in. It's a pity he throws money away campaigning. College youth could use help.


Its interesting how the teachers can decide to only work what they are required to do and that makes it unsafe for children to be at school.
Teachers are only required to work about 7 hours a day five days a week for 39 weeks of the year.  So a teacher with 10 years experience makes 92000 a year working 7 hours a day for 39 weeks of the year.    That's around $67 per hour.  Good teachers work a lot more then the required hours.  I understand that so please no comments about how many hours extra they work, I know...But lets make the required hours a teacher has to contractually  work enough to make schools function well.
Please negotiate a contract with the teachers that requires them to work the number of hours needed to ensure kids are "safe" at school so that when teachers decide to "work to rule"  Schools should function as normal.


Protecting OUR President, whether you voted for him or not, is our duty - PERIOD !!!


In BC 2005, 58 % said yes, but the arbitrary 60 % threshold was imposed by the govt. How would "none of the above" work if the same result was repeated?

Perhaps it's time to revisit the ancient Greek idea of random selection since any election system will be hijacked by the monied interests, the oligarchs.


Pray for all of Houston and probably Louisiana. Can't believe how much rain is coming down.


I would like to finf out how i can get a second chance drivers license


No, over two years, Harper used Stimulus suggested by the Opposition.   He was dragged kicking and screaming towards "saving the economy".
Worse - he abused stimulus and used it like a slush fund.


The ends always justify the means with them


The whole point of a trial is to examine evidence, and that's my point.  Impeachment is not conviction.


Y'all DONT know war the fuck y'all are talking about. CLEARLY the guy that he was all of a sudden staying with knows the guys that found my brother.... Hmm if u read the prior posts & then look on fb..... That's all I'm gonna say .


So, basically liberals want a liberal police state.


Nah, they are locking them up in private prisons to await deportation on our dime.  Eventually after the taxpayers have housed them for a year or two or three they will possibly get deported.


Aaww, ain't they cute? Good luck St George.


Are you aware that all of the core innovations we depend on were publicly funded? The Internet to begin with. The current machine learning wave comes in large part from government funded work at UoT and the University of Montreal.


I have repeatedly said and stand by neither Clinton or Trump are good for the future of America. Both are very , very poor choices and should never be president but for very different reasons. My reasoning is based upon factually known proven historical events.  While I also at times view “fact checking” websites, realize they provide a limited over view, they are also mingled with individual opinion [ sometimes even biased] and error.  An objective weighting of the factual history of  events over the last 25 or 30 years and Clinton [s] lose by a landside to Trump in the truthfulness  category.

Secondly this is a subjective if not down right dishonest statement. " Ms Clinton won the Democratic nomination ". Thanks to Wikileaks  based upon factually known proven historical events there simply is no debate. Ms. Clinton received her coronation from the DNC, one can claim fixed, rigged, but certainly not a democracy in action.


So there are unhappy posters over at Breitbart. Frankly, allowing the media to air "The Running Man" episodes every night was out of the question.
The spilled milk needs to be walled off quickly. It is a legitamit issue with multiple concerns.


trump is doing a better job then Hillary would, so Schatz you and all your democrats sewer rats should just go back to the sewer where you and the SA and others belong your just another sewer rat that does not know a single thing that would be good for this country.


Great point. There are also many examples in US Universities of failures in due process resulting in male students having their lives ruined based on false accusations - which end in multi-million dollar settlements.


STOP THIS NONSENSE!Because of climate change this life style will be gone with in 50 years. Even if we get a handle on climate change it will still take time to reverse the effects. The reality is that at best the change can be slowed and it's impact lessened. But much of today's shoreline will be gone in 20 years. The permanent sea ice cap will shrink if not vanish. No matter what we do.Grass will grow almost year round. Ships will cruise the northern passage on a daily basis most ,if not all year long. Where does a "Traditional" lifestyle enter in. At this rate we might as well hand over the Arctic to the Chinese and Russians.


The smoking gun.


Jr: Gerry, What? Travel ban? What is that? Who is Chryssie?
Power behind the thrown: Justy, don't worry, just a little wrinkle. Chryssie is that girl you met yesterday, at the big ceremony thingy? You looked deeply into her eyes as you hugged her for what seemed about five minutes. You remember her now? Really short, glasses, messy hair? Justy? Justy? Hey, pay attention!!
Jr: Stop shouting, it makes me cry. Pokey man. Pokey man pokey mannnnnn
Power behind the thrown: Put it down, time for your nap.


Speaking of heckling team....


When the law was strictly enforced, the problem was just as bad as it is now. Enforcement does NOT help.


It's the big version of these industries that give them all a bad rap.


Oh I see, "non-binary."


Well, Zoolander and company are busy tending to all of the new citizens their bringing into the country.  Why would they have time to tend to the ails for the part of the current citizenship?  I mean think of the splendid multicultural mix - A new influx of refugee (sarc) groups with immediate specializations in advanced treatment of women (sarc) to help out a demographic already suffering through horrible outcomes of misogyny.  What could go wrong?


Not sure where you got your % from. By looking  at both Stats Can tables for population and public service, the relative % of public service in provincial populations is close to each other. Ontario is about 9 %, (Lowest), while Quebec is about 11 % (highest). Point is, the size of government is increasing and is a significant factor, especially when you think about Ontario salaries.


Brexit begins: The latest in Brian Gable's series of political cartoons featuring the Quebec and Canadian beavers. An absolutely brilliant concept in political cartooning. The expression on the Quebec beaver's face says it all.


I like the home button. Why??? Why did you have to kill it???!!!!!


This is the appropriate end to this egregious decision by the Honeywells and their hired help to ignore State and County shoreline protection laws. This fine and conclusion should cause other wealthy, arrogant "trophy home" builders to pay closer attention to established public law and policy in site development.

It is unfortunate that so many County and DOE staff hours were paid for by taxpayers to respond to the Honeywells disingenuous arguments and appeals based upon their willingness to spend far more on attorney fees than the fines themselves.

Based upon the confrontational way they have dealt with this issue we should all be concerned with their other grandiose plans for that property. Especially the proposed 240 foot dock in False Bay for summer time recreational boating...what a travesty of common sense and ignorance of living within the larger community of life around us.

Just imagine....they own up to the mistake, pay a small fine, apologize, restore the shoreline.  Done.


You just got done claiming Gifford's murderer was a Repub.

Make up your mind.


Sure SusanEwart, let's just ban everything we don't agree with.  You don't value free speech?


Those who believe in the free lunch will think that money rains from the sky or otherwise appears miraculously to finance the increased payroll burden.  But, unfortunately, they are wrong.  We the people will pay for the raises through increased prices.  The government loves it because increased payroll means increased tax harvest while we the people receive no tax break for increased prices.


He said that the mission would be dictated by facts on the ground.  He said the mission was to kill terrorists.  The author seems not to understand that when the facts on the ground say that there are no more organized terrorist groups to eradicate, the mission is over.  The mission is to give the Afghan government relief from terrorism long enough to build an effective military and stable government of their own choosing.  How much clearer can he be?


Nothing like some centrist 'common sense' for a chuckle.  They think the neoliberal engine will stop sputtering with just another tweak or two- tweaks which always will be felt by the people who do the work.  Mélenchon should be a reminder that ideas don't die, they're beaten back and hibernate. But while he seems unlikely to come out on top this election (although polls certainly cannot be taken for granted in 2017) the appeal of a more equitable society, paired with the knowledge that things were in fact once better won't disappear so easily.  The mention of the French Revolution is prescient for reasons other than the author's.  It should remind us that in a historical moment a paradigm, a way of organizing society, can melt away like butter.  You can be sure that when one of those moments shakes politics from its current limited imagination, that power-awed journalists and smug observers will be left with the sort of taste in their mouth that the First Estate once knew quite well.


Some facts are emerging.  First, this will be great for stimulating the economy.  I like the 10% tax on cash being kept off shore.  A great incentive for companies to move money back to this country.

One thing I don't like though is the possible elimination of so many deductions, state taxes, medical costs, property taxes and also doing away with the personal exemption.  Even with the charitable giving and mortgage interest kept, and even with the doubling of the standard deduction, it will hurt many of itemize deduction (like me).  For those who do not itemize deductions, this plan greatly benefits them.


Be careful what you say.  The U.S. helped France, Great Britain, and Israel develop their respective arsenals.


Scary indeed!


North Korea's ability to attack the US all came from China. Without China's providing the tech, resources and supplies, North Korea couldn't launch a kite. If North Korea do launch, they do so with China's permission. There will never be a war with North Korea and the United States. Never. Not in a billion years. But there might be a war between China/North Korea and the United States. That may yet happen. It happened once already so the possibility is always there.


or are VERY frustrated!


Its so cool to hear from the articulately deranged! Trump's a disaster for sure, no question, but the worst part is people like you who support him! Your cancer will last far beyond Trump. And here you are. Thanks for giving me a glimpse into your mind.


I think you're under a misconception about the end result of the project.  The Great Hall project will actually move the area on the 5th level of the main terminal behind security, and turn it into a shopping and dining hall.

Having said that, I believe the whole concept is stupid.  With all of that space that's currently used for the overcrowded security checkpoints and the overcrowded ticket counters the idea of compressing those two things into a smaller space on the 6th floor is ridiculous.  Plus, one of the nice things about DIA vs. other airports I have used is that there are some decent choices for restaurants outside of security in the Great Hall.  This allows friends and family members to spend some time with their loved ones before they leave on flights.

I agree with the DIA management that there needs to be a way to address the lack of good post security concessions, but this isn't the way.


I don't know that language is necessarily a barrier to success, as there are large communities that speak a language other than English or French, and one could operate within that community.  In fact there are some areas where malls and strip malls have business signage only in non-official languages.  So I don't think not knowing one of the official languages is necessarily an economic hurdle, but it would certainly prevent newcomers from integrating on the whole.   Shouldn't a goal of immigrants be to integrate?


Not an argument.
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But i'll give you some more examples:
In the east women are not taken seriously by courts and in the west men are not taken seriously. In Canada female circumcision is abhorrent but male circumcision is 'healthy.'  The West is Christian and the East is Muslim, similar religions a with a staunch 'book of rules.'


keith_moon: "look whose worse on the list "

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Let's discuss the original "subject" about Ford bottom rating in JD Power challenged by Jack's comment about Toyota recall. Your link clearly shows Toyota better than Ford, proving Jack wrong.

Interesting


64% of America says these players should stand.

We all know precisely what the kneeling signifies, and to whom.   Oh, it's about racism all right.

Unfortunately, this craze is tied to many of these kneelers thinking that "hands up don't shoot" isn't a myth, but reality.

Nothing much can be done. I stopped watching this brutal game years ago, so it hardly matters to me. But I feel sad that so many are misinformed. But I cheer this president who isn't afraid to speak truth.


Well that's odd.
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The country from which the majority of the 9/11 attackers came is not on the list. And that very same country has, for decades, exported one of the most radicalized and violent forms of Islam (Wahhabism) to various areas in the Middle East. Yet they're not on the list.
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Very strange...
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/(Not really, though. This is just more red meat distraction for Palin-Americans. Keep an eye on your pocketbook, folks.)


As much as I hate to defend Sarah Palin, she requested per diem at the STATE rate when she was doing business in South-central and staying at her own home- instead of renting a hotel room or apartment.

This meant that she got $60 per day for meals, not $200-300.  Her defense was she was saving the state money.  The legislators are getting thousand s of dollars in excess of expenses.  She didn't.


Quit wetting your knickers over this man. He so predictably opposes every progressive measure that comes his way. In other words, he's dogmatic.


Really?

I have a lot of friends in Seattle who are looking for cheap apartments. Many of them have been forced out by either insane rent increases or by their buildings being bought by developers to make high-end condominiums. Some of them have simply given up and moved away.


This may be a case of to-may-to vs. to-mah-to, but I thought it was less what Mr. Shea and Ms. Fischer said (because I don't think that changed that much) as how they said the things they said, FWIW.  YMMV.


The sad part is these are the same folks (at least the Governor is) that is in charge of our $10BILLION train mess.  If they can be this wrong about a 9-0 decision, no wonder the train is such a disaster!  The fact that the decision went 9-0 with those radical leftists on the Bench says everything.  Again Trump wins....and the left goes deeper into the abyss.  The dems will probably blame the Russians for this!!  lol!


The measure would not have passed without conservative votes. If you want an insufficient health care you should rather look at the veterans adm.


i think we all believe global warming is real. I believe it is real. However, what i don't believe is that there is much that we, in BC or Canada can do about it.  We as a province and a country produce such a small percentage of the offending gases. If ALL of the Canadian contribution disappeared tomorrow it would not even move the dial.  All of the worlds biggest contributors talk big but continue to increase their carbon contributions. So are we supposed to lower our standard of living and eliminate jobs in BC and Canada?  Lots of places in the world will say thank you very much for the job. Don't even get me started about the hypocrisy.   Not much talk about eliminating the auto industry in Ontario or the aviation industry in Quebec. And lets not talk about the real base cause of global warming - too many people on the planet.


"Just a thought"?
Not much of a one really. Equality of persons was never based upon being identical. Maybe that is the fundamental "defect" in the thinking of exclusionists?


Mahalo Kirstin.  Another great piece!


There are plenty of opportunities to help people, places, and other things, help where you can.... every person counts!!!


Grisham, why the heck are you lying about Santa!  There is a Santa Claus and this I know because Jesus told me so.


The city needs to bill the liberal protesters who caused the police-fire departments to put in overtime.


Guess what --- POTUS has more facts than NPR.  NPR has become a branch of the Democratic Party and works vigorously to distort news to discredit Trump.  The US has proof and as the other news sources will show as the day goes by, the planes did come from the airfield that was hit.


4x4 is worth it.  The other stuff not so much.


Trapping is a luxury pursuit for jeremiah johnson wannabes, theres little money in it, and the toys required to get out to your line (unless you prefer to trap in urban areas) are expensive up front and on maintenance. The bush is different, move out to big boy country if your truly serious.


Gosh, the IRA. Those troublemakers. Britain really needs to crack down on them.


EuGreen city  government does NOT want to learn ANYTHING from ANYBODY when it comes to SAVING MONEY.......EuGreen would rather spend $7.5 MILLION on a downtown ROCK LOT...............


You guys: journalists, cartoonists, artists... have a platform from which to observe and comment.
Very few of us out here actually have any means to communicate our views in public and with any effect.
You are our voice. Thank you for your brave choice of occupation; 'tis a grave responsibility you carry.
However, at this point in our history, is there anyone with any power at all to fix this "monumental ship wreck", that is listening and doing anything?


Fish need all the breaks they can get, with the Japanese dumping billions of pounds of Fukushima rad-waste into the ocean  (& no end to thatin sight); ocean acidification from uncontrolled carbon emissions, which creates carbolic acid to the detriment of crustacean shells and the base of the salmon pyramid, krill, and increasing harvests by offshore fisheries, which intercept fish before they ever reach the Elwha.
Continued use of coal for power means all fish has mercury in it, and the farther up the chain, the more it concentrates, so sardines are healthier to eat than salmon (but beware of BPA from the lining of cans they're cooked in.) At least salmon aren't bottom-feeders like halibut, but are any fish safe to eat anymore? Gov't response is simply to raise allowable limits of radioactivity and pollutants in our food. Eat lots of cilantro and garlic to detox, and enjoy what time we have left.
http://www.globalpossibilities.org/earths-sixth-mass-extinction-already-underway/


You're a strange bird RD... you know CC sends you an email when someone replies to "your" comment, right?

For what it's worth, I swear on a stack of bibles I did not "return" here until I got your poorly formed, cryptic question... unlike yourself, evidently, I don't rely upon combox banter to stroke my ego.


Just can't stop drinking that Kool-Aid, can you Jason20%.


they could just say they are renaming the airport after justin and save the signage fees.


Really, James? Is that a serious question or merely a platform from which to launch your tired rant? I will presume the former for the sake of discussion. Women and men protested around the world (Paris, London, Sydney, Barcelona, Antarctica, oh and the United States) on Saturday because the newly elected President is a serial sexual abuser. It is being touted as the largest protest EVER, and they all came out against Donald Trump, your candidate-what do you think of that? There are nearly twenty women accusing Mr. Trump of sexual assault and or harassment, I will assume that you either a) did not see the video where he talks "grab em by the..." or b) you are someone who either doesn't see that as a big deal, or you choose to not believe it happened, even with video present. What is your personal failure James? Could it be that you do not recognize the rights and the fears of women?
I could go on, but I want to hear from you before doing so-I don't want to waste too much time on you.


This time they called themselves “elevate”, last time it was “reform”, before that it was “choice.”  Their goal is to fund Christian schools with taxpayer money.  Their worst action was to undermine our public schools in the hope of getting taxpayer’s support for Christian education.
Yes, the teacher’s union is on one side, but so are educators, scientists, non-religious and taxpayers.
The last time they “snuck up” on us.  We have to remain vigilant.  The DP endorsed the pro-voucher crowd, either through ignorance or they really do believe in religion over science.


You are right Warbirds and ignore that twisted and demented leftist.


Praying for the Rygaard family. May God comfort their broken hearts and bring them strength and peace through this devastating  tragedy, as only God can. I am so sorry.


the PC's died with Joe Who.  Do try and keep up


It seems Quebeckers do have the capacity for smarts. Make life just a little more uncomfortable for these Islamists so they want to leave Quebec for other Canadian jurisdictions with a softer touch.


So, you count infants, toddlers, preschoolers in your "hundreds of millions." I guess they are as mentally qualified at that age as many Trump sycophants.


Ultimatum - You are out! Go work for Mufi!


Hope WT's doing some recruiting while he's out there. Come home with a certain Bama coach, if nothing else.


LOL - Strada and Michael Albertson agree they disagree with my proposal. Now I know my compromise is a good one!


The constitutionalists must not be very strong on the constitution if they want to violate it and do an end around around it.  If the founders had wanted us to have direct elections, they would have put it in the constitution.


Surely this is not news to anyone.  I'm a native and I could have said the same thing, at a much cheaper rate!  But I guess it always takes someone from outside the problem to really drive the point home.


I do too.  My new saying is "just say yes!"


"persecuted"
Because you are ignorant and of course wrong. I'm fine with you people getting a ration because of a stance such as this.

Why is this even in the paper and so long a piece. Or maybe the paper agrees there is some substance here.


They don't put the inmates in tents or make them wear pink underwear, do they?


PapNoff
You my friend are exactly right, incredibly bad plate discipline...how many times have we seen Nolan popup to second base because he is dipping his shoulder and hitting under the ball? How many base running blunders by major league players is acceptable? Not tagging up from second on a deep fly to right center so you can advance to third? Come on man...high school fundamentals not big league, getting picked off of first oh that grinds at our soul....Consistent finesse pitching instead of going right after a hitter on 0-2 counts. No consistency regarding batting order...Story not hitting, Gonzales struggling,Desmond a 70 million dollar bust. Think about the order...you basically have four batters trying to carry the load and with the way the other five are interspersed you aren't going to see any rallies, the hitting can't be sustained by four and if any of them have an off night, talking about Blackmon, Nolan, Reynolds,DJ and every other game wolters,not a winning formula.


That's just a bunch of baloney.  Ralph Klein gave Alberta's money away to the richest 10 people just to stay elected.  He let education, hospitals and roads rot while getting publicly drunk and embarrassing himself.  Get real.


Analysts in the healthcare field predict the demise of the ACA will cost 1.5 million jobs.


I agree that women should not be barred from  ordination.  there is simply no good reason for not doing it and many, many good and important reasons for doing so.
I understand that you believe that the change for ordaining women should come before the change in the celibacy rule.  I disagree with you.  I think that both ought to be done at the same time.  I see the celibacy rule as being extremely counterproductive and unjust.  I see no reason why this cannot be done simultaneously.  Why would one want to limit women's ordination to unmarried women only?  To me, that makes absolutely no sense at all.


Hmm, the problem with that story is that many international independent tribunals have determined that the Americans have no case.


Congrats Angela. You looking good fighting as well.


You know what they are saying if they are even looking in their mirrors? "I am going the speed limit! They can go around!" As my Dad taught me, you can't control other drivers and get the heck out of their way.


I'm a left wing socialist - but I really don't like government involvement in rental & public housing.

Let the market decided.   Yes, life isn't the fairest, but supply and demand has done us well.

Public housing is a failure, and why should any other government fix to rental market work??


Turf this government out on it's ear.
There are many people that are hostile with this decision.


I feel like maybe a therapist might be more helpful if you need something like this or are offering something like this...


Brilliant idea Pediatric society of endorsing and advocating for hundreds of thousands of refugees to come to Canada. Just what the already overwhelmed and overburdened Canadian hospital ER's, specialty wait lists and bankrupt Canadian health system needs. Brilliant! keep adding hundreds of thousands of more non tax payers to the imploding system! Trudeau already has said is won't provide any extra money to the budget over the next 5 years. Only choice is to ration the care even more.


How many times is the Globe going to recycle this opinion piece? Nobody cares except for the minuscule percentage of the population that watch but are unwilling to pay for the CBC. My vote is for Bill O'Reilly, he is available and would help the CBC's rating.


I guess whether it is a sell signal or not is kind of a moot point.  Anybody who has held the stock for a while and is still holding it has my deepest sympathy.  I know we don't have to have a tag day for Bill, but losing close to $4B on one stock has to hurt even him (at least a little).


Yea! Your missing something!  There was never a business crises,they always made a good profit, but there was a confidence crises that caused a run on the bank.


Exactly. Start with Filipinos and mokes. Then check out the statistics on Hispanics. Should do this scientifically rather than ban Muslims en mass from middle Eastern countries just because of a few. Start collecting data for the State and National records so intelligent bans can be implemented.


No, it won't "come out in due time", dying is not a trend in the "Clinton machine", and Sanders and Lynch didn't fear for their lives. I read the link, it's poisonous conservative speculation and lies designed to repeat until other news outlets pick it up and it "becomes" an issue.

When you have little credibility to begin with, it's always a good idea to start and end with the truth and suppress the desire to lie. The FBI was your idea, not the truth. The article clearly demonstrated that.


Don’t stand in the way of a good rant, Caleb.


But how then will Quebec be able to afford its $7 a day daycare system. Think of the children.  Pensez des  enfants!!   Quebec gets only $11 billion of the $15 billion Ottawa   spends on transfers.


I would approve of Chris's report if he would stop using his broad brush strokes on the activities of NGO's in Haiti.   He ought to mention more than CRS because there are others that have a permanent presence and which involve the people themselves.  One example is Partners in Health.


Don't tell me what to do you Canadian! The CIA has never been wrong ( the whole Iraq WMD thing aside) so this article must be true. By the way, what is the definition of sheep?


funny Riel Canadian but I thought you must be the troll as I noticed you laughed at every comment no matter how much factual information was provided.   All to follow up with this child like retort.   Anti-climactic to say the least but I am not surprised.    And by the nature of your beliefs (that I am left to infer) you know nothing about Louis Riel so you should change your name.  He also was a victim of propaganda from those in power; considering you are a follower and believer in MSM and Washington perhaps you can change your name...