You seem to be somewhat dyslexic!

You got US mixed up with Putin's "Mafia State" and western with eastern European.


Actually, I think "grifter" is the word we are looking for here.


Derpety derpety derp.


Sounds to me like you would support E-verify, much harsher anti-drug laws and sentencing, and possible military action to root the cancer of drugs out at its sources.
There are solutions to these problems; no one has the guts to make them happen.


That may be true....
The city subsidizes TheBus to the tune of $200 million per year. People that do not ride the Bus may just as well say, get rid of the Bus.


No idea why you posted that reply to my comment Prog as it's completely unrelated. Of course making logical connections has often been an issue for you hasn't it?


The other mayor's are hoping the surcharge is made permanent and extended statewide so they can get their piece of the pie for their transit needs. They all know the GE tax surcharge will not be allowed to sunset in 2027. Once a tax has been imposed, it never goes away, it only goes up.


active: "Numerous follower/imitate IDs are created to run around and reply to comments"

So?

Again due to < user deleted >. What's your point?


Can someone explain whether the Americans have a case or not? We harvest most of our wood from government land, paying a stumpage fee that the US claims is below market. This arguably provides government subsidies to Canadian foresters, and therefore an unfair advantage in the true sense of free trade. I know that the US had lost this argument in the courts 4 times but they also claim that the process is biased because we get to elect 3 of the 5 decision makers. Is this correct?  I would like to see answers to these questions before we get all indignant about unfair treatment.


How could we ever allow one province to pose significant loss of life and environmental destruction upon another peoples? On another note I want BC to demand that all aircraft coming from Alberta be banned from flying over BC airspace. BC takes all the risk and AB get the benefit. Planes crash, that is a fact. AB planes are fuelled by the dirtiest oil on the planet, oil that makes a Cessna spew out the same CO2 as a Jumbo Jet.


Awesome suggestion.   Villanueva's service, love of nation, and respect for our flag touched me.  May God bless him and his family.


Looking, what is proper..?  Well, I don't claim to be an authority and I know there are many shades of opinion on this...so anything I say will likely be rebuked by someone.
Regarding looking a t cleavage, we understand that is sort of subjective.  Some of the lovely young tellers at my bank sometimes display quite a bit of cleavage, which most guys would find attractive.  But if I'm standing there where I can look down at her cleavage while she's counting my money,  is it wrong to sneak a peak?  And if she glances up and catches me, should I be embarrassed?
But as far as  my taking a photo, without her permission, that would be utterly disgusting whether "legal" or not.  We can agree on that, right?
And for a cop t do that to a fellow officer then carry the photo around on his phone is unprofessional to say the least.  Yet I have a question-- do policewoman officers really show that much cleavage in uniforms? And  how did he take that photo without her knowing?


@ Cellodad
You ran out of substance? Not you educated one! :)


I guess we have to keep disagreeing on minimum wages. As long as there are better paying jobs available, people will be motivated to do what they need to get those jobs. They shouldn't be forced to live in poverty until they are lucky enough to get one of those jobs. Many people already have the qualifications to work at non minimum wage jobs, but the wages for those jobs are kept unnaturally low because of the low minimum.


Deflect? I don't think you know the meaning of the word. The original poster stated that past immigration had never brought as much crime as present immigration. That is an outright lie - and easily proven by statistics.

There were around 15,000 homicides in the US last year. How many do you think were done by Muslim immigrants?


It is ridiculous that people would even consider letting Nestle use our beautiful state for their own corporate interests.  We must preserve our finite resources for preserving the health and happiness of our state's residents, not sell them off for meager economic gains!  Not to mention that bottled water contributes to poisoning people with harsh BPA checmicals, and most bottled end up in the landfill, perpetuating an already sickening waste problem.  Not everything is about money!  With a looming energy and resource crisis on the horizon, the world will soon see that the primary focus of society should be to sustain life, not to expand economy!


But according to the article he clearly wasn't targeted because he was in the service industry. He was targeted because of opportunity. Also, I know many many people within the service industry and none have been robbed. Further, almost all of them have bank accounts as they don't want to be walking around with wads of singles.


Zero emission vehicles?  Anyone wonder where the electricity comes from?  Nuclear? Natural gas? Coal?   Notice how many European countries (and China) are once again opening up to coal-fired generating plants!
This is just another farce like Kyoto, Paris etc.


Spent many days in West Africa, lived in South Africa, travelled in South America. I took Mefloquin while on a trip to Kruger Park in sA with  bus full of Canadian geologists. At least three of us had horrifying nightmares of the deaths of close family members including children and stopped taking it.

I now use liberal quantities of Deet laden repellants in these areas and leave it at that. I'm counting on anti-malarial drugs to save me in the event of infection. I had full blown malaria once after a trip in Sierra Leone and took the week long cure.

I will never again use Mefloquin, no matter what.  The anguish caused by the visions it created is still  vivid memory today, 23 years later.


"But now that he has allowed the media to turn him into the Amazing Kreskin of science, I find it hard to take him seriously."

"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know
anything about the subject."
			Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 121-180 AD

This has been going on a very long time.


WHERE'S COLUMBO AND CLOUSEAU WHEN YOU NEED THEM???


lol. probably when he saw the money kadr got, it got him thinking, hey i want some too.. why not. just add it to our tax bill..


Honoring General Lee, who waged war against the United States of America, is the moral equivalent of honoring General Rommel.


Underwrought, I hope for your kids sake, she is not adopting your victimhood view of the world.  If so, she will struggle to find a job.  Employers are getting pretty good at spotting candidates who will cry the victim all the time.


Hmmm.......Charles Kopp.....Charles Kopp........why does that name have a Palin-esque ring to it?


Trudeau made a big deal of going to the UN and railing against the politics of division.

Yet here at home, he is trying to pit francophones against anglophones for his own partisan purposes, at a time when the linguistic wars in Quebec were dormant.


Amela:  If Trump was to be the Host or return as the Host on Celebrity Apprentice, there is no question that ratings would skyrocket.....DEFINITELY SKYROCKET compared to Arnold's boring character and personage on the show.


Drivers should not be making any turns into Hotel Street. The bulbouts should be kept there.

On the other hand, other intersections, since they are one way streets, can be adjusted to make one way turns easily.

No more parking in Chinatown. But there should be loading zone everywhere so that commerce can still go on.


When it becomes too late to do anything about it.


swamp scum will just pardon the creep!


And who will police the parade?   The police will be there as they are at every major event.
It takes courage to build bridges and while there may be more work to do, excluding is not helping the cause.
You're also forgetting there are LGBTQ people who work at Toronto Police.
Allowing people to attend without their uniform is the same as sticking your head in the sand.


i think a bullet in the back of the head would be more humane. If the guy did the crime, and it was depraved, the jury is right to sentence death. Is caging someone for life humane? I agree with the author that it is a matter of retribution, since incarceration would render him harmless to society. Is death a just penalty for this crime? I wasn't on the jury, but they thought so.


.....well at least he didn't wipe out a high powered rifle and start shooting .You know like the Bernie Sanders guy!


Cry me an river, Victim_Malcolm.


We also have news that is skewed to the Liberal slant !
MSM and Fake News is alive and well in Canada !


Her mom is abusive. So if I were her, I’d want to leave without telling my whereabouts, too.


Agree on the Markov-Streit 2-step, and submit you could say the same for the Radulov-Hemsky switch.

There are a # of teams better in the East this season, and just relying on your very good goalie to get it done, probably not gonna get it done this season.


Reince Priebus was the shortest-serving White House chief of staff in American history


"are gonna think"?
"is gonna": us country bumpkins is gonna...
and you left out chickens.


Have an opinion on rail?  Call your elected State Representatives and Senators.  Writing your comments here,  mean - nothing!  Call and let them knowD


folks been selling for 20 years before the crash, guess what still selling but for mo money


500 beds/(people)....62 Million a year? Pretty sure that a good administrator could make that work. Is this supposed to be a non profit, lol? Usual bs, incompetence, graft and corruption. Happy to take a look at your P&L for you


Looks like the pandering....the moon eyes, selfies and hugs on the "blue collar tour" was rather transparent....unlike
his promise of government transparency.


Agreed, it deftly exposes the farce that is GOP opposition to Romneycare. Admirable!


My FAVORITE part about this discussion thread is how two people who are trying to explain their reasons for mistrusting the mainstream media have two separate reasons that directly contradict each other based on the facts. Jennifer Rubin is a liberal. No she's a neocon.

And with that, I'm leaving this toxic discussion behind. Although, Bronson, I'm on pins and needles on whether you're going to share one of your same old links and talk about the "Pulitzer Prize winning" so and so while bringing up examples of what opinion columnists write about as "news."

You are wildly unpredictable buddy. Always remember: The Truth is Out There.


Seems like you reading, into the words of Jesus, what you would imagine, not what He said.


Funny - I grew up near Chicago - non-existent voter fraud?
It's a lot harder to prove voter fraud exists when dems shut down any attempt to find it.


You are playing with the facts. My point is that the economic class is very broad and meaningless.
Yes you are half right that they recently eliminated the live-in caregiver economic immigrant but then they replaced it with two new pathways to permanent residence for caregivers "Caring for children and caring for people with high medical needs"   See this link  -  http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/econ/lcp/index.asp
This is the way the government "fixes" things?


I wonder how much the recently passed minimum wage hikes played a role in closing the Oregon location.  Too bad the reporter did not follow up on this important question.  When major companies make citing decisions, they likely pay close attention to labor laws and business tax conditions.  The proposed business sales tax likely did not factor positively in their decision to leave either.


Maybe you should drink the Kool-Aid too because it is a lot more refreshing than drinking the poison that the Hillary brought to the table.


Are you saying that the Globe is making this up ? If you are in Ottawa then you would know that information leaks out all the time, which is why papers have Ottawa bureaus. In your previous posts you gloss over the fact that past Liberal governments have either raised taxes, downloaded services to the provinces or made substantial cuts to existing services. There is no magic here, money has to come from somewhere, and since their election, various groups have looked at the Liberals promises and expenditures and have all arrived at the same conclusions. All the cheerleading in the world and all the delving into the past to deflect away from the present, won't change the fact that governments eventually raise money through taxation to cover excesssive spending. The fact that it is happening so soon in their mandate is a little unusual.


.... I know .... I was there when they wrote the requirement.  1998... several $billion dollars ago.

You forgot the: waiver.  -- the hold harmless provisions and most of all: reality.

You'd have better luck passing a requirement in the Funding formula to stop the next: high tide.

It's crazy to support 50+ school districts with a population the size of a suburb of Seattle.

.... if the State doesn't replace the current formula, then student and school scores will remain in the lower end of the spectrum.

  Keep doing the same thing and expecting different results - isn't much of a strategy for: improvement.


Some major failures in security and procedures were necessary for this to happen and go undetected for so long.


Democrats and Liberals seem to have more love , tolerance and understanding for terrorists than they do for their own legally elected POTUS.


They got it all wrong.  Pie are round, Cake are squared.


indubitable, nice conspiracy theory source.


Most Portland restaurants already include include back-of-house employees in tip pools, or require front-of-house to give a percentage of food sales to the kitchen. A recent change in the law has made tip-pooling and tip sharing illegal. Which makes this a great time to move towards a gratuity-free system.

We're taking here about small, independent restaurants trying to pay a steady, fair wage to industry professionals. Hardly a corporate ploy.


RK:  They will search long and hard for a pension benefit, even in other states.  It has proven to be too cumbersome and expensive for state's or businesses to afford.  But the military still offers a pension if you are up to it.  A 401 with an employer match is a good deal.  Spreads the risks and rewards of investing to all who invest just not to the employer or taxpayer (public sector employees I.e., teachers).


"Stick around" - The Ahnold, Predator

"I let him go." - The Ahnold, Commando

"SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPP!" - The Ahnold, Kindergarten Kop

"Talk to the hand." - The Ahnold, T3: Rise of the Machines

"What is best in life?  Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!" - The Ahnold, Conan the Barbarian (1982! Yikes!)


Why would I care what she looked like 20 years ago?  Obviously you must have googled her in the past.  May I ask why?  Do you think you can get a lesbian to fall for you?


Now that Trump "apologized" (LOL) for his offensive, crude remarks in 2005 (and what about since then?), that means that he is one up on the bishops.


In the words of a revered Republican, just say "NO" to the Trump agenda!! I urge you to fight for the truth, human rights, the rights of women and children in the United States.  Do not help him install a cabinet of unethical, unqualified and racist billionaires!


Sorry about your friend.
But by far, most violence is committed by locals, people renting or owning homes.
It simply isn't fair to take your frustration out on the thousands of people who have nothing and no one. One criminal assaulted your friend. Take it out on him, at least verbally. I strongly suspect any solution you come up with in your anger will commit a great deal of like violence on your fellow humans. There indeed are individuals who need strong action, including detention for long periods.
If a community refuses to have a public shelter system, and Lane County does not have one, and if that community allows businesses to run off with jobs that pay the rent, then there will be thousands without shelter. If you have a solution that has any chance to help, make that known. All city centers have a devolving problem with poverty.
You take the City of  Eugene to task and I would remind you Springfield has similar or worse problems, as does Portland.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene


San Diego has the San Pasqual Academy. I wish we had such a place here. If I had known about the open bids, maybe I'd have tried. If the Civic folks can raise millions for a sports complex, one would think that millions could be raised for an educational facility for foster children. Check it out:
http://www.sanpasqualacademy.org/


It will be interesting to see if the Broncos stand united with Americans or continue to divide us.


Knowing that he will not win a federal election, and will therefore be tossed under the bus, allows him to say anything he wishes.


Most ignorant post of the season. "Worst Offenses in Baseball"  really why is it they rank 6th in offense for entire MLB? and 4th in the NL.  You pick out one pitcher that has the Rockies number, happens to every team, one pitcher seems to pitch and match up well against a team. Means nothing.  Every team goes through a hitting slump, you look at past years performance and you know this team can hit.  It is the pitching that is questionable for the entire season, Rookies and facing batters multiple times is the issue, you think you know more than Bud Black? Please, its well established, hitters facing pitchers more times read them better and do better.


When the election process begins and Chin has his eyes set on some office, I will be right there sign-waving against The Chinster.
Do I have any volunteers to stand beside me and wave signs?
ANYBODY BUT CHIN!


Nurnie: however Pitt plays a very strong two-way game, no sundance and, plenty of aggressive forechecking in their attack, sport.


Yeah, That's definitely equivalent.

(On second thought, candidate Trump is still on the campaign trail so I maybe I should reconsider)


If Gerry hasn't punted Morneau by now, it's safe to say the other current and former Ministers won't have to face the music, either.


Jesse, you don't have to read her stuff, no one is forcing it on you. She has every right to post on this site as anyone else. God know some of these people are complete a waste but why would you deny someone an opinion? That certainly isn't the American way, it's bad enough we have some of the more radical people (ADN Liberal Posters) on here assaulting and harassing honest opinions of others who's opinion they don't like. Then they gang up and ban their posts. Unreal! Simply  pass on reading it if you don't like it!  :)


The same people that insist we can't win a drug war, will campaign for a war on guns in the same breath. What can you do...


Yeah it's a shame when people only see what they want to see, isn't it? On that note, are 90+ losses still a rock-solid certainty this season?


Nice post Steve.    You've got the right 'search dog' attitude, follow the small of money when it comes to politics.

Only the US allows public advertising of prescription drugs.    It's incredibly expensive, is often deceitful propaganda (Viagra is sold by sex and the ad appeal is obvious).     No other developed nation has authorized drug pushing by modern marketing involving billions of dollars and both conscious and unconscious methods of persuasion — all of which is built into the cost of the drugs Americans purchase.

If the Republicans made only one tweak to the ACA it should be to ban public advertising and they'd make a positive move away from excessive spending and drug addiction in this country.

Follow the money, this is America.


I used to point out to my colleagues who were definitely of a leftist bent, the incongruity of their class arguments (I would have said hypocrisy, oops!  just said it) by asking them, "Why do you work again?"  Of course the usual sputtering and backup beeping would occur, then they would not talk to me again.  I just didn't understand, das why.


Care to explain what appears to be a distinction without a difference?


As long as the media continues to fawn over Trudeau, the coverage of other political leaders will amount to zilch!


What "ifs" are you talking about? My point is that she proved over the course of the whole season that she's not capable of "carrying" the team like Taylor.  She took like 70 swings to get her kills in a game they barely pulled out in 5 against a team playing three straight nights at way past their bedtime. That night, the best player was on Arizona side, a local girl named Mau ( sorry if I got the name wrong). Her stats were far superior to Granato's. Wanna engage in "ifs"? Only if you're capable of engaging in factual basis.


A non-Fascist one.


Is there an emoji for sarcasm?


HAHAHAHA. Destroyed fishing! Yeah, it destroyed fishing for all those fisherman who wanted Exxon bailouts instead of working. That's why 30 years later they were still trying to sue Exxon.


De-friend conservatives on social media! Don't go to their social events! Don't buy from them! Don't capitulate economically !!! If you work as a procurement specialist, or own a business, don't do business with a conservative unless you have to. Go to the Division of Elections, and ask to see how someone is registered. Talk with people and find out who they support and then boycott them for their Conservative views, and for God's sake don't tell them you are doing It. . Conservatives have made this a hallmark of their social pressure system for centuries, and with social media, it's time for them to get a taste of their own medicine. Make your time and your money go to good use as a tool to modify their behavior. It's time for the overwhelming majority to take off the gloves and use social media to expose Conservatives, and boycott them financially, and socially. !!!!!   Do the most powerful thing you can.........Steer money away from them en masse !!!!!!


Folks may have noticed, Justin never uses the term, "working class". The G & M, as well, never uses the term, "working class". It use to be grounds for dismissal for columnists at the G & M  to use the term, "working class".
   And many wonder why the working class feels neglected. LOL.

Contrarily, Justin is always talking about reviving prosperity for the middle class, The large amorphous middle class and those in the working class who wannabe middle class, makes it the big big target for re-election.

Sorry but Justin and the Liberals are part of the problem, not part of the solution.


While no fan of demagogic populism, xenophobic rightwing or its neo-syndicalist leftwing form, I've waiting to hear what Preston Manning would have to say in reaction to Trump, Brexit, et al.

Two interesting implicit trends emerged in his past writings:
1. Strong endorsement of the need for a wise, brave and ethical leader (his Dad being his model) to give tone, form and substance to both the movement and its Political Party because, otherwise, the movement and Party would descend onto toxic paths or the leadership would cease to channel the legitimate populist desires creatively.
2. A personal openness to issues like climate change that are beyond the usual scope of social conservatives.

Under pressure, however, Manning has been as ready to stoke reactionary passions for partisan advantage and, in particular, to jettison openness on issues that might challenge the biases of his target audience.  This article is a disappointingly timid reflection of that tendency.


“He has a bombastic style that often falls short of action.”

That may be the understatement of the century.

It will be a tough negotiation and undoubtedly Trump will blame everyone on the planet if they don't achieve what he wants (because the spray-tanned, ranting baboon is never wrong), but in the end he will end up alienating Congress and the Senate even more because they will do what is best for Americans, not what the ignorant deplorables want to see happen.


Great point, Mike Murdoch!
Across the US we will see an epidemic of women carrying mattresses, and Rolling Stone Magazine will be issuing daily reports on campus tragedies.


The Amish and Doukhobors do not infringe other people's rights to know who they are interacting with by hiding their faces when they do.

They want the services, but without interacting normally with those providing them.


Finally this guy realized his own mistakes and bought the house, when  thousands didn't read his writings, bought houses and saved money.  Most people who advice never experienced the ups and downs.  Who who experienced never give foolish advice.


I used her as you admire the society she comes from. I would have used Ayaan Hirsi Ali but she does have a university degree.


Does the world need/want another North Korea to deal with ?


This editorial seems to ignore the past 13 years of debt, scandal, lies, and incompetence.  This government balances ONE budget (primarily on one-time money), and it's all rainbows and unicorns according to the Globe Editorial board.

We still have the largest non-sovereign debt in the world.  Now is the time to have been paying down the debt so that we are in better shape for the next economic slowdown (which we are overdue for).  Instead, we have brand new massive spending programs to buy votes.


President-elect Donald Trump is filled with Hate, especially at the Obama's and the Clinton's.  I feel he needs professional help, and others who hate like he does. "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law." James Baldwin  So we will see .


Colorado really needs to join Miss, W. VA., and Cal in no exceptions EXCEPT for medical reasons.


A very loaded and politically incorrect question - but needs to be asked:

Once such a drug victim has been hooked and on fentanyl - is there any hope whatever of recovery to a normal responsible life style ?? And if not .....

And where is the prosecution of dealers ????!!
Come on G&M - belaboring the street victims is the easy part.


You do know there's the other side of the equation, right? Business wouldn't be so lucrative if we didn't have Americans demanding drugs and guns.


I got a free tree through the smart ash program. It took a while,  but the city finally planted a nice zelkova in my front yard.


"some honest work", whats your definition of  honest work?. "workers from China who really know how to do a honest day's work.", sorry we seen the videos, we'll pass.


One they the chickens will come home to roost ...


Yes, I'd apologize.  We have processes in Canada to follow, and these processes were deliberately eschewed.   If Al Queda operatives stormed a house with soldiers in it, how much condemnation would there be if a soldier managed to injure or kill one of the attackers and survive the attack?


Solution for quick spending:  Assign the Rail management to oversee these federal funds.


Pull a Reagan and fire them all and re-hire them at minimum wage. They're MORE than replaceable.


You guys on the left crack me up ... now DU30 is Hitler? .... smh


The government didn't force such changes on us, the insurance companies did and are, in an attempt to continue fleecing us and to turn us against the ACA and the movement toward national healthcare.


"What I think of Civil Comments would definitely get me restricted."

Amen.


Well, I don't disagree with you (completely), but (a) those scandals don't represent all of our politicians, even the ones in Washington! and (b) they were discovered because at least some people still had enough of a moral compass to believe that those actions were in fact a problem (both legally and morally); (c) we should have higher standards, as opposed to tolerating what some people do, whatever the reason for said toleration; (d) neither candidate may have had the moral high ground, but that doesn't mean then that either one of them should get a free pass on bad behavior; (e) even if one were inclined to dismiss what DT Jr. had done "in the heat of an election," his subsequent waffling post-election, as well as JK's lying about it on his security clearance paperwork is still a problem - a big problem, in my eyes.

As for the superfund, well, yes, I would agree with you, though despite my moral outrage, I don't think character is the main issue. I think the problem is money.


Bob Jones was right, Denby. The contents of this report shoild have been made public weeks ago. Why aren't reporters on top of this story?


Frederica Wilson is FL's version of CA's Maxine Waters or CO's 'Rapsheet' Rhonda Fields.  All 3  are cheerleaders in the Anti-Trump Faction and all 3 are known for their habitual willingness to distort the truth.


I lived at the Mission during the early 80's and am still in awe of its work and those who do the work. I am not a Christian, but view the Mission as a great example of what quiet devotion to one's principles can do. And there were many stories of men who not only got food and shelter, but companionship that gave them the will to keep on keeping on.
Sure, I wish the Mission would find a way to cooperate with Lane County to act as the official emergency shelter, seeing as how Lane County has none, but the Christian community that supports the Mission can be proud of what their dollars are doing. Some of the finest men I ever met lived at the Mission, slept in its beds and worked on the trucks gathering newspaper for recycling. Some struggled with major demons, but with the help of the Mission they were able to keep breathing and have a sense of dignity.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene


Your quote from the article really describes Arab Spring.  The end results were not good.  Many, many bodies on the line.

Contrary to popular belief, dying for a cause isn't enough.  It often isn't even smart.  See my comment.


What happened while I was sleeping? Did a "real" person get elected to high office? Thank you, Mike, for giving a damn about the people who put you in office. Till now, I was afraid it would be "business as usual"; for BIG business, I mean. You are among a breed of politician that recognizes lobbyists are NOT VOTERS. WOW! I hope you will show this to your compadres so they too can recognize the truth. It is high time that the MANY speak loudly (with words) and the FEW get slapped for being GREEDY. May I further recommend that those GREEDY politicians among you wake up to reality; before they get sent home to seek other employment. We are their BOSS, NOT LOBBYISTS! James Colter, Port Angeles, WA


What a horrible looking car, and what is with the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car!  I hope to god this is not allowed in Canada like that!   These must be imported from Japan as they drive their cars that way.


If he could raise it all privately that would be amazing.


Gee, didn't you write how he was SHOT ? You did that to rally your gun haters. Now you have to tell the truth. I thought journalist checked facts and then reported them. It appears that stirring up anger is more important to you.


The perfect storm. Landlords that are not practicing responsible policies, i.e., maintaining a “fair and reasonable” profit margin and using the more greedy what the market will bear policy. Run that lack of maintaining a fair profit with abandoned social responsibility up against the homeless who may not be particularly flexible nor motivated and you have the perfect storm.  (You don’t see many “hispanic or asian” individuals, the two largest groups of illegal’s  according to statistics, among the homeless). Why is it that illegal’s who have little or no support on arrival seem to find a way to survive? ...., and many resident citizens are unable to. Does that mean the homeless are drug  and or alcohol addicted, mentally ill or unmotivated and inflexible?
The solution will need to be beyond housing.


The worry, obviously, is that once the wealthy have no interest in public health care, the  system it will go down hill even faster. Maybe having a small, designated OHIP fund subsidized by general revenues, as we do now, is a bad idea. If we paid enough OHIP fees to fund a proper health care system, that would cut into the province's general revenues  as income tax would have to come down, and we could be assured that health care would have priority over, say, the PanAm games or the innovation building. Put another way, OHIP should not be funded by general revenues. And any income the OHIP fund earned would be retained in the fund. At the same time we could put caps on the pay of any administrator working in the health system.


I have a different memory of the Singletary Timber Sale events of last winter.  Sam did make an attempt to work with the DNR but when the board turned down his request, he folded his hand.  It was Sullivan, Ryan and Wright that actually worked out the existing conditions.  I never felt that Sam's heart was into the issue.


Trump has ordered more hats to sell during his photo op tour he's planning.


Pence doesn't get you  excited? I don't think anybody does...or would want to.


Any attempts at raising oil prices through supply restriction will be mitigated by the American shale industry. Prices rise to a certain point and those boys jump back into the market and advances in extraction methods have lowered the costs to the point where it can be hauled to market, by rail, at competitive prices.


Kindly identify anything in her opinion piece that constitutes an exhortation to engage in deadly force. And I have to ask: what (if anything at all) do you know about Mr. Hodgkinson's motivations?


What is it about this site that it won't let supporting links to be published?  Do we have to go back to the old ways .....

https://cruxnow(.)com/global-church/2016/12/24/knights-malta-pope-stay-internal-affairs/


Most of them were in fact NOT Christians, You can find thousands of Strawmen to beat up on this issue, but if you look hard enough (past the Register Guard website), you can find some Christians educating other Christians on this subject. Gregg Frazer is a Professor at Masters University and gave a few lectures on this subject a few years back debunking David Barton, you can listen to it here. Now I am sure a staunch Civil Rights advocate and crusader for justice such like yourself would be willing to give it a listen and let everyone know your findings, wouldn't you Chuck ? That would be the right/fair/just thing to do, wouldn't it, Chuck ?

https://www.gracechurch.org/sermons/12300


He's a master gardener, and his place is a good ways out of Fairbanks. And like anyone up here, if it doesn't turn out for him, then he's already got some ground ready for more food, and a tax write-off.
The guy in Salcha is the one who would need to worry about getting raided.


Ah, that is what the flight attendant claims. I have not read the victim's version yet. You accept this story  as fact. I do not. Without video or audio it is hard to say. If you ever took testimony from two conflicting parties the versions are frequently different.  In a corporate ruled society with a corporate owned press you get the corporate version of events which was properly delivered to you, the reader.


His recent call to Pakistan was just a taste of the bizarro world to come. "Hey, great country you got there!" without worrying about Pakistan harboring and supporting the terrorists that he considers one of his top priorities.


Analogous to this article would be that Canadian governments need to install safety fencing at every remote cliff because some stupid self indulgent Canadian might lean over too far and fall off. The Boyle's were the sole authors of their misfortune.  If they had been holidaying on a beach in Oregon, I would agree with the author however they were extremely recklessly endangering themselves.   If we truly expect the Canadian government to be held responsible in these situations, then travellers will need to file "flight" plans and have them approved prior and then not stray from those plans.


How about our very own Pono Choices…teaches kids that buttholes are sex organs.  They’re not.


Agreed. Seems like it's the liberal way or the highway these days. I thought liberals were such loving people. Now I see they use love as a cloak to bring in lawlessness.


Personally, all I see is a lot of contorted logic, anger, and weird excuses for holding what is a totally unnecessary and vindictive recall. The people who won the inclusivity vote are now the victims of those who were defeated at the city council meeting? That is downright bizarre. Persecution because of political differences is all it is. Now we get to see if Homer residents are the type to live and let live or if they have become a knot of self righteous silliness."Cover ups" are you talking about my Grundens?


Good for Don standing up for freedom and the VAST majority of Alaskans...


And this is exactly the issue. What a waste of infrastructure. I'm not even in the burbs, but outside the Toronto core with a bunch of one-way streets and virtually empty sidewalks during the summer and from 9 to 3 on school days. I was ticketed $105 a few years ago for riding (very safely, up against the curb) the wrong way on a one way residential street, and the cop told me he wouldn't have ticketed me if I was on the sidewalk. And even if I was ticketed, it seems to be a cheaper ticket.

Note: it's actually safer to bike the wrong way on a one-way street. You can see the cars coming at you, rather than some super-quiet Prius sneaking up from behind.


Tory is correct. Plans change.

I would also note that we are in this mess because we didn't build more subways 40 years ago when we should have. We will be further behind if we delay. We have low interest rates and a stagnant economy - now is the best time to build for the future.

Chicago, a city that Toronto just recently surpassed in population, has twice as many subway track miles and stations than Toronto. We are also way behind world class cities such as New York, London, Hong Kong, and Paris.

It takes years for developers to build new condos, and offices along a transit corridor  (e.g. Sheppard line). Build new subways and we will see new development along these corridors and relieve pressure from highways and suburban sprawl.

Let's get on with it and end the debate.


Do you think they (terrorists) would not jump at the chance to murder yours?


I am still scratching my head about people like her that think the answer is more drilling. Really at $50 a barrel or less do we really need $50 a barrel? She criticizes Al Gore, well does she have a science degree laying around? Lets be honest can you think of one honestly that she is for that is good for americans? Drilling on native land? Dirty water?


Ryanism is "killed" and what has replaced it is a toxic mix of racism and anger that is worse than Ryanism.  Rob Portman isn't going to be POTUS, Donald Trump is.  (And Portman is a Heritage/ balanced budget guy/ establishment type BTW.)  The hatred he unleashed is really bad.  Please don't say that Trump's appeal is based on "economic populism."  A large portion of it is hatred of the "Other," especially those with different ethnicities, religions, and races.  This is a bad thing for both the GOP and those who believe in reform conservatism, which Frum does.  It is going to be really hard to start a genuine reform con movement now that it is wrapped up in racial grievances and associated with Trump.


Apparently, this was not thought out before implementation by school officials. Often at times people react based on emotion rather than consequences.

A female who's taking testosterone to become a male definitely has a physical advantage over a female.

Isn't this what the hype was all about in Olympic competition ? Performance enhancing drugs......


That woman never existed so she could not be killed. Psy-op false flag.


Regarding: "In authorizing regular use of the older Mass, now referred to as the "extraordinary form," now-retired Pope Benedict XVI was "magnanimous" toward those attached to the old liturgy, he said. "But it is an exception.""
- Now the societies and congregations of clerics who dedicate themselves to saying the mass in Latin according to the Tridentine missal of John xxiii or to the Latin missal of John Paul II need to think about the charism of their communities. That is, is the educating of clerics in the use of these missals, that is, spending an inordinate amount of resources, detracting these communities from the customary and normal work that the Church needs done?


No forget those wind sprints and suck up that air up there. Over and over again. Sea level back in Honolulu, (17 feet). Laramie, (7,167 feet).  Good luck Warriors.


I would assert that no "grown up" would agree to work with/for/under Drumph, so John Kelly is just a more useful idiot than the Mooch.


Government should not be subsidizing for-profit corporations - particularly ones where the owners use their control to advance their ideological viewpoints for or against the government.

Money should only be available for non-profit media that are essentially owned or controlled by the subscribers and/or employees


Not mentioned here is widespread voter disenfranchisement by gerrymandering, which is the drawing of voting district boundaries in such a way that minorities and their preferred parties are segregated geographically, in effect removing those votes from important elections where in fact those voters have a real interest in the outcome.  The solution to the gerrymandering fraud is to take the drawing of district boundaries out of the hands of political operatives.  For at least a decade, computer applications have existed that can draw district boundaries in a politically impartial way.  The reason we don't do that now is that neither party wants to lose that powerful political tool.


I'm glad too , I love it here. Marijuana helped destroy my marriage of 23 years that's how it impacted my life. Oh ,and I don't miss seeing all the homeless under the influence falling all over the sidewalks on Austin Bluffs or getting hit up for money on every single corner or getting my tires slashed and the police being too busy to help. My ex and you would get along well , he loves Colorado and I now know why , it wasn't for his career after all. bye.


If only. The sad truth is that Trump and his supporters can count on no less than 30% of the population no matter how crappy he gets. It should be less than 10%, but it won't be. Too many people want to see the pain Trump is bringing to Americans they don't like.


Filipino newspaper. Made for illiterates.


Then he should not have signed the article as Director of McGill's Institute for the Study of Canada. If he had not done so he wold not have had to resign. He could have just signed the piece as Andrew Potter, Professor of . . . . .or just Andrew Potter.  If you are going to write a piece as a representative of an academic institution you better know what you are writing about or you risk discrediting the institution, which is what he did. Any first year university student could have written a more credible piece than that!


Ever the more reason to get it out there in a public forum.  I have no knowledge of this matter one way or another and read it as a classic case of the unhappily fired employee.  Mr. Wilson has insider knowledge and does not see it that way.  Binswanger, et al ought to be even more interested in getting the matter out to uninformed public.


They also knew what the alternative was, which was a "yyyyuge" factor, LOL


How about "hands up don't shoot?"


I was playing the other side, showing how some believe we should pay for healthcare with office fundraisers and crowd sourcing.
That seems to be their preferring approach over a socialized system where we all contribute. Though I helped the people at work, it always seemed a drop in the bucket for what they needed, which was tens of thousands.


Adding to that, "Honolulu" MEANT something to outsiders - an obscure, to mainlanders, Senator's name just adds confusion.  But confusion is what we do best here.


I don't know, where are they? Seek them out. Tell us what you find.


There's often a "move in - move out" checklist that can be used at the time of signing. Note every little thing. Photographs can be helpful. Some small things can and should be attributed to "wear and tear" such as a scuff and can't be charged to the tenant, but it doesn't hurt to document. It also doesn't hurt to leave the apartment every bit as clean as when you moved in.


I'm a Unitarian, Nathan, and we welcome those from a variety of beliefs and religious backgrounds--and also value human interaction highly, as we do acceptance and avoidance of (Old Testament) negative labeling.
So while I disagree with your church's positions, I really appreciate your reaching out and attempting to expand the dialogue.
Quite often, over a beer, people are able to find common (interpersonal) ground.  Unfortunately that doesn't change the devastating multi-century effects of official religious institutions' positions on women and (all types of minorities).
As Dr. King believed, the "Arc of history inevitably bends toward justice" (especially for women and all minorities).  You may be a decent guy.  Your church has some doctrines that aren't, and finding out--over a beer--that you're a decent guy won't change that.


Both of your views on the Christian church have truth.    There is no doubt that religious affiliation has been used for very human objectives of great, power, wealth, even pathological anti-social behavior.    It's also true that Christians have supported programs for the poor where none existed, worked hard for women's suffrage (and used against it as well), no doubt supported the equality of the races while at the same time was used to justify slavery.

My hope would be that readers do not jump to conclusions about those who are Christian, or Muslim, agnostic, atheist.     We might very well share many moral/ethical values with ourselves,  so creating barriers to understanding weakens a potential alliance.

Leave the Johnson ammendment alone.   It does nothing to inhibit the choice of faith practices.


I'm under the impression they can do exactly that.

The issue is some hospitals are refusing to give referrals or transfer the patient somewhere who will do it.  That's what the recent news articles on this topic were about at least.


"A little bit of humanity goes a long way, especially for those already feeling left out of life. "
And so you deal with feeling "left out of life" by shoving a complete stranger ? So if you don't acknowledge every panhandler that gets in your face asking for money you risk being assaulted?


Why the constant emphasis on skin colour in articles like these? There is one "white" historical fact such articles tend to ignore. Those who fought and died for this country have been overwhelmingly "white".


I will always stack my personal experiences up against anyone else's biases.


So the parasitic whores in the real estate business want to be seen as "champions of the people".  Exactly what do they do for the typical 6% commision (and price mark-up) on home sales at ANY price?


"The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is seeking permission for a $100 million mortgage on "some" of its Manhattan property to finance its compensation program for people sexually abused by priests, according to multiple news reports." for starters. Or how about nearly 800 bodies of children found in sewer in Ireland? How about clown masses? Or the stripping of beauty and solemnity from the churches and moving the Tabernacle off to the side? How about birth control? (Not abortion) Most everyone practices birth control in an ever more crowded  and expensive world. What has the Catholic Church to offer in the face of real time information? A one way ticket to secularism it seems. These are reason why our three kids have left. Painful issues must be answered.


There better be some rifts or it was a wasted election!


Notre Dame is a target for destruction. Last year three Muslim women, in full burqas tried to blow up Notre Dame Cathedral with a car bomb filled with propane tanks. They were stopped only because they were driving the wrong way on a one-way street to get to the cathedral.


How is the exact same thing?  IN any way shape or form?

You seem to be having a conversation with yourself here...


I kinda thought this had already happened in the Trillian event.


The governor asked what should be cut, and the people overwhelming said "administrative positions".  Then he ignored us and went on to hire even more overpaid executives for his gas pipeline and two gas marketing offices in Texas and Japan.


These same representatives vote 200 a month in food stamp benefits for seniors on social security (which is paid in advance from payroll deductions) as being excessive


For one thing, you don't KNOW the answer to #1 (I am glad you used the term "likely"), and even if it were true, by your definition, the "fetuses" would grow into person, you cannot deny this (and you have never interviewed a dead fetus and do not know anyway).

#2 - BOY, Heil Hitler again ! because someone contemplates or attempts to commit suicide that makes their life without any value ? Yavolt Her Comandant, anything for the motherland.

SCARY.


Joanna777, "Obviously it was worth more than ...."

Do you just sit in your parents basement and make stuff up like this?


When these swimming pools open on the weekends,  does the City pay these employees any type of pay differential ( over- time ) ?


I can hears TAPS playing the background for ADN!


Ms. MacKay,

Ask a Canadian resident if they would rather pay to Ottawa a 2% yearly income tax rate or if instead they would prefer to pay a 20% yearly income tax rate. You'll get the same answer every time: They would prefer to pay the 2% income tax rate.

To which any reasonable observer would say "so what"? The fact of the matter is that Ottawa sets policies with larger concerns in mind than merely trying to align with the average Joe's mercantile wishes. And so the federal tax rate is much nearer 20% than 2%.

You speak of loopholes. Are you kidding me? Our present system's loopholes are why the most expensive parts of Vancouver, houses 4 million a pop, are owned in large part by POVERTY-LEVEL income (roll eyes) housewives and university students. Guess where the money comes from.

You claim my proposed property-tax approach would merely benefit lawyers and fail. Sorry, you have ZERO data and ZERO evidence to prove your claim because the approach has NEVER been tried here.


Are you talking about World War 2? I agree, no immigrants from UK, France, Germany, Belgium or any of the countries that fought WW2 should be allowed into Canada. Otherwise they will start fighting here too.


Being ranked #103 in the U.S. News publication doesn't make the UO elite, there's no debate about that. But if you're a "glass half full" person, I guess you could make the case that the UO is technically "above average" in the entire list of schools ranked by the U.S. News.

The fact that the UO shares #103 with U of Alabama, most well-known for its football program, U of Tennessee, known for its football and women's basketball programs, and Illinois Institute of Technology, known for... well, I don't know what it's known for, should be of rather alarming concern to the UO administration.

The UO has cited its ranking in the Princeton Review and its membership in the Association of American Universities as indications of its elite status, however, there are other more substantive and meaningful indications of a school's elite status, such as the number of Nobel Prizes and Laureates, Rhode Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Oscar and Emmy winners from your school.


Good comment.  Perhaps the coaching staff knows how to get them to the next level (Charles and excepted as they already played at a high level)  Perhaps they just needed to surrounding cast.  With Miller, Gotsis, Wolfe, etc... they can't concentrate on Peko or Harris. But I think playing to their strengths and coaching are the biggest factors.


Your comment is in such poor taste it's ridiculous. This woman was using a story of a friend to make a point and you condemn her. Your analogy isn't any more a solution as it's just another "symptom" as you stated!


Look, there are some sites that make it clear that they will tolerate no dissent (e.g., Church Militant, DailyKos), and I don't have a problem with that.  But Jim Martin is a Catholic Priest who is promoting ostensibly (and I believe actual), if implicitly, anti-Catholic rhetoric.  If Martin wants to hold himself out as the new Martin Luther, as opposed to legitimate Catholic priest, then I am ok with his censoring other people.

NCR is awesome for allowing civil discussion on important matters.


Most of us posting here are Canadians, interested in Canada.


And how much property do you have in Richmond??


Agreed, bad officers need to be removed-- like a rotten apple before spoiling the whole barrel.  The City of Everett did that when the police chief fired officer Troy Meade after he shot a drunk driver in the back eight times.
Requiring officers to wear video cameras is a good way to provide evidence.
Then there is the controversial pardon of former sheriff Joe Arpaio.  In today's Herald, there is a letter by Phil Beardsley of Lake Stevens "Can't violate rights of a non-citizen".
He falsely assumes non-citizens have no constitutional rights.  Mr. Beardsley apparently never read the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which clearly states any "person" is entitled to equal protection of the laws and is entitled to "due process" just like a citizen is.
Joe Arpaio was a "bad apple" who needed to be removed.


Biden would've been 10 times better then obummer but i think his time has past for prez 😁


What a load. You Republicans just cannot accept responsibility for your own behavior, can you?  You voted for the moron in the White House - that automatically means you have zero credibility, judgement or anything intelligent to say.


It's time to wake up to reality and seriously consider creating revenue sources from a flat tax on salaries and wages so that people making more can pay their fair share in taxes.


That sign is so ugly. At least change the font. Good grief.


"Why did the writer chose the offensive adjectives "neuroticism" and "agreeableness" to make her point? "

Because those are the the scientific terms used in psychology.

"Neuroticism is one of the Big Five higher-order personality traits in the study of psychology. Individuals who score high on neuroticism are more likely than average to be moody and to experience such feelings as anxiety, worry, fear, anger, frustration, envy, jealousy, guilt, depressed mood, and loneliness."

"Agreeableness is a personality trait manifesting itself in individual behavioral characteristics that are perceived as kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, and considerate."


If this youth and his friends had been graduates of a public high school and he was unable to attend NYU, would they have received the same lenience they may receive?  Have they truly accepted responsibility for what they did?  It must have taken a long time to kill 15 rare albatrosses, destroy nests and steal/destroy equipment.  Sad!


1) Trump is the one who keeps conflating them. He sees the very mention of that issue as a denigration of his sincere belief that America wanted him to be president (America did not, deep down he knows that and he cannot stand it).


Sounds like she would be a great fit for Portland City hall then. Since all they do is planning without any action.


Spare me the lectures on accuracy and spin. You haven't a leg to stand on, Pandora.

I deny the bishops have foregrounded social teaching and the environment as determining factors in political contests. Follow the money: where have the bishops lavished resources? Fighting against LGBT equality and abortion. Oh, and lawyering up to contend with victims of clerical sex abuse.


Sad, sick, round table for dictators -  hold your noses and gag on your vomit reflex.  How everyone could sit there and keep a straight face is absolutely pathetic.

Thank you once again for making the United States look like a North Korean assembly for losers.  The POTUS agreed to do this?  Even the potted plants were embarrassed and looking for someplace to hide.


"Maybe as a consolation prize, Ovechkin should get a load of tissue."

===========================

Ovechkin plays with his heart on his sleeve, but it seems you don't have one


Maybe he can only do his research as he stands in line at the check out counter.


Well, your links indicate some 400 plus were arrested, which is still far less than "thousands" but admittedly, much more than the few score I cited. We were both guilty of poor estimates. Still, millions have protested Trump since his inauguration and you should admit that is a tiny fraction of the protesters.And, there is violence against property and there is violence against individuals. Both are deplorable, but don't forget this article is about a White supremacist who attacked three men and killed two who were doing nothing more than the decent thing in protecting two young girls.Surely you don't condone that!


In The Canadian Oxford Dictionary the preferred spelling is "Quebecers", while in the Gage Canadian Dictionary the preferred spelling is"Quebeckers".  Both list the alternate spelling.


Do you honestly think a guy like Naeole who was raised in Kaaawa, attended public school at Kahuku, went to college at Colorado and worked his tail off  to play 10 plus seasons in the NFL where only 2% of all college players make it is a quitter?   Brah don't be stupid and naive.  Naeole hasn't walked away from any challenge let alone anything in his life.  You gotta suspect something much deeper and stink is going on with the football program.  This feel good Rolo type coaching can only lead to a complete lack of control.   I hope we are not already there or headed in the same direction as Louisville and that pile of stink with the players having done all kind of crazy stuff with Pitino allegedly turning a blind eye to it all and now you got the FBI arresting people.  This is serious $het!  I think Rolo and Matlin owe us all an explanation instead of hiding in silence and giving the taxpayers who pay their salaries the typical "we wish him well" BS.


It's out in the sticks.


Rona Ambrose has no skeletons in the closet, but being in the spotlight as Conservative PM in waiting would surely upset her increasingly successful  and balanced life. Her reluctance to run for party leader now  makes perfect sense.


This is not a laughing matter.
Did you seriously compare the Liberal Parties to Trump's blatant caveman bigotry???

Also, FYI the BC Liberal Party is even more right-wing than Liberal Party Of Canada and the home of Conservatives


1- though in a bawdy way, it's funny. 2- Trump was a democrat then. 3- it was 1999. I'm not the same person I was in 1999. Are you? 4- that is NOT the rumor I was referring to.


Heaven forbid it follow evidence and context!


Golfing with you during his disgraceful twitter storm, Peyton?

You should have found something better to do.


The author correctly explains the problem inherent in following your passion when you do not yet know yourself. However, following passion to guide your career is a terrible idea regardless of your age or how well you know yourself. There is never a good time to do this. Attaching passion, something so integral to your sense of self, to the task of paid employment binds your self-worth to a set of economic relationships that do not exist for your benefit and can dispose of you at any time. Having a calling is essential to leading a good life. But attempting to develop that sense of calling in relation to what you do for money puts a big part of your identity in the hands of people who do not care about you, have no loyalty to you, and do not have your interests at heart. It is much better to do work that accords with your conscience and to spend the rest of your time becoming the kind of person you want to be, rather than trying to square the circle of passion and worldly imperative.


It is basically that we are tired of politicians promising something, then not trying to do it after getting elected.  Think McCain:  "repeal and replace Obamacare", then not doing it. He actually torpedoed it.  We don't want or need 2 Democrat parties, we would like to have the Republican party back.


You're kidding of course.


As well as leaks where the glass seams were designed to join one to another.   An impracticable, ugly mess.


I know you don't speak for all women because plenty of women do support Trumpster/Pence.  Hillary's history of defending sexual abusers of women (rapist client and her husband) does not make her the poster child for women.  Trumpster is not my role model and if I was a women Hillary would not be my role model either.   Which would you rather have, a hemorrhoid or a headache?  Those are the choices for President.  I'll let you pick which candidate is which.  Oh, I forgot a choice, a burning case of the shingles if you want to go 3rd party.


Sounds like Turkey needs some strict gun laws


which is why O/NASA kept the new space items, esp SX,  alive, even though the GOP have been working to kill it off.
As it was, it was the GOP that cut funding to SNC for their HSF, and NASA/O that restored it by changing it into a 'cargo' vessel.


Where there are no campgrounds and people stay one night that's great.


Only part of the equation is oversight. The critical component to get rid of is design build contract structures.


Just 8 posts - wow - any wonder the Sens don't sell out. Move this team to Quebec City pronto. Leafs own the Sens marketplace now!


There are a few too many "possible"s and "if"s to say that "fraud is a fair description".


Extreme people take advantage of whatever pretexts they can find to rationalize bad behavior, religious or otherwise. Thus has it ever been.

Ideologies are theoretical. They are only actualized and made dangerous by the will of those who adopt them.


You are confusing him with Hillary I do believe-that was sad to watch, I do agree.


Bob,
When I was a kid,  I was a klutz when it came to the "ball sports."  I was the last pick when it came to baseball, football or basketball.  But I excelled at swimming and competed from junior high through college.

And I still swim.  I credit a regular workout in the pool with helping me endure the long work days and challenges I faced as a TV News Photographer at KEZI and KVAL.  If the corporate owner of two of our three local network affiliates hadn't "downsized" my position, I feel that I have easy done my job well into my 70s with the energizing benefits I have reaped from routine swimming.

Now that you've worked up to a mile, you should seek out someone who could provide you with a few pointers about technique.  Improving even a slight alteration in how you position your head (when turning to breathe), arms, hands and legs as you move through the water can really enhance your endurance and enjoyment while swimming laps.  I have a contact for someone who could help.


I do not understand the mantra of "choice" among US conservatives when it comes to health care and education. Build a good public education system like the other OECD countries and respect and pay teachers accordingly. Within a public education system there ought to be room to tailor learning to specific communities.


You don't understand how the Humane Societies work then.  I worked at one for a decade.  They cannot get involved in local issues like this.  They can advise, but can't step in.  Now that it has gotten to this point, they probably can step in, as they're an organization that works with legislations in their state to stop things like these dogs being debarked.


Oh pocho, you mean how Kim is using strategy to work up the orange orangutan? Lol. Poor us is easy.


yeah, sounds familiar,   Geev' em  the shiv, donald.  I love your art of the deal, lol


abused for months and no one helped this boy...  when is this community going to start paying attention and caring about child abuse? people think they can get away with anything in the name of discipline here and everyone looks the other way.


Do not lie Dermont, or deceive.
Your statement..

"One-third of that amount would go to dividends"

Is simply untrue. Did you  not read section 4. or you deceiving the readers?

Seaton's bill in section 4 includes the anguage The Legislature  MAY  transfer the funds, this is significant because the language was The Corporation shalltransfer.
Ask any lawmaker, Shall is a command, May is subjrct to the whim of.


Well, why are you repeating a false talking point from the right, then?


The Islamic states will never allow the Palestinians to have a state - period.  The Palestinians are more useful as proxy terrorists.   The Palestinians are also governed by Hamas, a terrorist organization trained, armed, and funded by Iran,  The stated goals publicly time and time again of the Palestinians, and  by Iran publicly is the total destruction of Israel and to kill every Jewish man, woman, and child.  The Palestinians even  strap munitions on their own  women and children and send them into public markets and places to kill innocent Jewish civilians.  For that the family get $25,000 EU and the  public praise of Hamas and Iran.


Not the point. It's what trump is saying NOW in response to direct questions from
a well respected editorial board. Trump has no "experience" in foreign policies and President Obama has worked out quite well. But I'm sure you could do better.


Most of these guys don't set a very good example.


But that makes sense-even if rent increases are not covering the actual costs, it does come down to what the market will bear. A Bird in the hand is worth two in a bush thinking. Better to have part of something than 100% of nothing? So tenants who pay less than actuals rather than empty zero paying places?


I know. Very creepy.


hope we find a leader that chops size of government by a least 20%. Harper did not do that; size now going up 20%. Time to try again.


Please - try some education and nuance.  You may believe that life begins at conception but most catholics, using reason and current medical science, see a development before we pronounce *life*.  Guess what, even the Church held that position for centuries and most significant denominations and religions do not have such a black and white life at conception cut off e.g. Protestants, Jews, Eastern Orthodox, etc.

Compare slavery and abortion - really - guess you know from experience about which is worse?


Famous Liberal Line:     " While the measures are costly, “the costs of inaction on climate change are much greater,” Ms. McKenna said".

Show us the data and associated costs Katherine!       There is never any data to support your statements.  .


Several serial murderers have issues with killing animals and animal abuse before they kill actual people. This guy is scary because he obviously has several offenses against animals...if police don't keep an eye on him, he could be choking a person next!


Our CIA created, trained and armed ISIL and Al Qaeda. It's not what you own, but what you control. Our policy of creating chaos denies others control of lands we consider strategic, either for location or resources. After enough chaos and suffering the people will accept whatever strongman we back, e.g. Egypt. It's all part of Brzezinki's "Great Game." You and I and all those millions of people left dead or in refugee camps are merely pawns for the elite, to be used or sacrificed for strategic gain. The aim of the advocates of a "New World Order" is total control and power. The road to Moscow runs through Damascus. We have over 1000 bases around the world, encircling Russia and China, our only two obstacles to hegemony. As Ramsey Clark said, "There is only one thing the rich want, and that is every thing."


The government has created panic and instability.


A 27-year-old has sex with a 16-year-old and gets only 10 days in jail, likely to be served as weekend litter patrol. We all know that if the perpetrator was male that the charges and sentence would have been much more severe. Our laws don't allow for this kind of unequal protection. If we want to change them in light of some evidence that sex prior to the age of consent does differential harm depending on the gender of the minor, let's have that discussion openly and change the law legislatively. However, for prosecutors and judges to just apply the law differently depending on gender is medieval.


I what my children around everybody regardless of race and I judge people by their attitudes and actions. It is being a good parent.


This is wonderful!  I love to see businesses supporting our hard working non-profits with substantial donations.  Bravo Kaiser Permanente!


This is very interesting as I had not known of the depth of this controversy.  This must be very painful for you and yours, as  well as "Chendersonr." and you have my sympathy..  Certainly the public has  the  right to know, both the facts of your side as well as that of Wiper's.  I urge this reporter  Elon Glucklich to write a more thorough follow-up, clarifying exactly what the plans are in relation to existing graves or gravesites, as well as discussing current conditions at the cemetery.

Now,  I do see some folks here are very supportive of this plan as well, mainly because of the need for low income housing.
I am puzzled that  you wrote "Families are having to move their loved ones...".   Other than you feeling forced  to move your grandmother, are there other cases of families actually forced to move their loved one?


I've looked at pictures of both rallies and to be honest, can't see much difference between the Donald supporters and the Juggalos.

Juggalos do their makeup better than Donald though, he could pick up some tips...


Excellent and timely discussion of the ALA issue.
I seem to recall expressing a similar opinion at the time,and being told I was an idiot;

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/altagas-to-buy-wgl-holdings-for-45-billion-in-major-us-push/article33766030/comments/


Very true but she had high approval rating before her nomination in Sept 2008. In fact, if I remembered correctly, it was one of the highest ever recorded. Like 80% approval rating......?  And by the time she resigned in July of 2009, she had one of the lowest...in the 20s wasn't it?. The fact that she couldn't even finished her term reflects on how far she has fallen. That nomination was a first class disaster for her because she could not adjust and adapt back to who she was prior. Decline and fall of Sarah Palin took years as she was reduced to joke material on just about every comedy and late night shows on the planet. In the final insult, even Trump ignored and dumped her. And you would think both got a lot in common, eh? But hey, she isn't that old yet....maybe she can reinvent herself once more..........in Arizona!!!


With the way the state is right now, the voter in this upcoming primary for Governor is being set up to make some (possibly) very bad choices. As mentioned in a post earlier, the low-informed voter is the one that seems right now to be making the most noise about who they like and don't like. It might be high time now for the Hawaii voter to really sit down and look at all potential candidates for governor to become that better informed voter that we really need on election day.

Otherwise, and again restating, the lack of information by the voter is setting up everyone to possibly make some very bad choices in this town. That is how important this vote is.


I guess it's a matter of personal preference. We recently flew to JFK on the Hawaiian Airbus. (I always sit in aisle seats, having rather long legs) We got the extra room seating, not wanting to get first class this time as a week in Manhattan was already pretty expensive.

We found the seating to be comfortable, the service excellent, and they even feed you on Hawaiian. I prefer the newer Airbus to some of the aging Boeings flown by other carriers. We'll be flying that route again in May on Hawaiian on our way to London via New York.


Enough about the Gentiles, I want to know about the Jewish ones, too.


BTW, the ad to my right currently is for an international aid organisation...


I have to laugh. Alaskans can do anything and all I see and hear is people moaning about how hard it is. If Colorado and Washington state can figure this out, send a few government folks down and find out how they did things and use it as an example to get it done; add an Alaskan twist and call it good.


"The only time it was legal was under the British Rule."

How is that at all relevant?

Hindus had been practicing the caste system for hundreds of years before the British even arrived.  They were doing it when the Timurid Dynasty invaded from Asia, practiced it through the entire length of the Mughul Empire, and were still practicing it when the Raj was founded in the 18th century.  All the British did was codify what was already there. The Muslims of the Mughul Empire prior didn't like the caste system, and argued against it near constantly, which just made the Hindus more stringent in their application, for the most part. The fact it wasn't popular certainly didn't stop it from happening.

Google the Islamic books "Akbranama', by Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak. It's a three volume history of Akbar's reign, but Fazl partly wrote that book for his fellow Muslims, hoping to put the Hindu caste system into words and concepts his fellow Muslims would understand and tolerate.


Wow!!!!  $10.00 for a blanket.
Kinda reminds me of all the new nickel and dime fees (Taxes) we are to expect in the near future! Lucky live Hawaii? Bye bye Hawaiian Air....


It is very unfortunate that Ms. Liebovitz & the Nova Scotia Art Gallery...and the public...were dragged into this....scheme! Was it really an altruistic 'gift' or....


Drug Lord's what?
You are very confused on this issue.
What you describe would never happen, that is fiction.


Okay, I haven't seen in any of these comments where anyone has suggested that the kids were stalking the cubs.  This isn't an exercise in victim blaming; just many of us saying that people need to be vigilant.  And the incident happened on the trails; the kids accessed the trails through the neighborhood, as the article states.  Look, I hear that you're very concerned, and there's nothing wrong with that.  Let's not blow this out of proportion.  It also sounds like this may have happened near you, which might help us understand your response.  I get that.  But it's a pretty big stretch to go from kids stumbling upon a sow with cubs--for WHATEVER reason--to talking about bears that attack humans.  She was behaving defensively.  Peace, Veritas, we don't need to argue.  Thank you for sharing your worries and creating an opportunity for us to have a civil discussion about the situation.


…because wearing your Nazi paraphernalia while waving your Confederate flag really does demonstrate that Confederate flag does not represent any defense of racism and bigotry.

...


OK confuse me with fact. Just how much did the wind farm cost to save $11,000.00 per year on power, and it took more design and costs  to create a way to interconnect the systems so they would not burn up expensive parts?? But with US Fish & Wildlife allowing lower 48 wind farms to slaughter  hundreds of thousands of birds including up to 2,000 more protected Eagles what is their trade off?

But one little duck in an oil fired generation power station cost that company $2,000,000.00 in fines.

I'm not getting the "green" connection unless it is to bolster the hundreds of billions  Obama  blew on green energy that has still failed to reduce costs save birds, and reduce costs for consumers.

Oh darn it I forgot it is the same savings and better service we get from Obamacare!


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of Toronto, including the Mayor's office. The Mayor's office indicated no concern whatsoever.
Nor did the Chief Planner when asked to explain the discrepancy between what the City is approving and the public safety directives of the PPS which require that "sensitive uses" (eg. facilities that would be slow to evacuate) be kept away from "human-made hazards."
Nor did the City's lead solicitor when asked the same question accompanied by the point that (as will probably be the case at Grenfell) we have "a lawsuit waiting to happen" because City residents would never expect their municipal officials to knowingly place them in danger, a danger that is entirely avoidable.

As with the situation at Grenfell, it appears that residents will only learn of the danger after the damage is done, God forbid.


In all fairness to Jed Clampett he never did take up golf.
Jethro maybe...

That was a show that used humor to deal with a lot of other inequality issues  and stereotyping back in its day.
I am not minimizing the authors concerns here at all...but I miss that kind of kinder gentler awareness raising.


On what planet is North Korea going to kill 25 million Americans?


Something people, especially progressive, don't seem to understand about the bishops:

The bishops do not have political or government policy solutions to what ails America.  They are simply offering broad moral advice for the public and lawmakers.

The bishops don't have policy solutions to offer.   They don't have a precise solution for healthcare, for immigration, for national defense, for many things else.

In other words, it's not like they have precise solutions, but are afraid to state them.


I pay that tax.   Tickets on Alaska Airlines.


Amazing news!


You show hypocrisy by condemning democratic-socialism when you support "public roads, armies, infrastructure." Congress approved the first public road in 1806 funded with taxes: a form of socialism. Not all taxpayers used the road, but their money funded it. Strict capitalists would have refused and relied on privately owned roads. The Military is funded with taxes, even if a taxpayer in Alaskan wilderness never uses it: a form of socialism. Strict capitalists would refuse and rely on private armies. A state builds a dam to power a city using taxes from people who never visit that city--a form of socialism. Strict capitalists would rely on private generators. Any reasonable person can't denounce democratic-socialist programs as radical and also claim they are inherent to and necessary for our society. Twist your words as much as you wish, but the redistribution of taxes into public programs regardless if the individual taxpayer uses them is by definition a form of democratic-socialism.


It's clear from the comments so far (22), that a sizeable chunk of people have jumped to the (possibly correct) conclusion that this is yet another ISIS-inspired attack. However, the other possibility (copycat psychopath) remains.


Two other things that renters miss out on, and effectively subsidize:
CMHC insured mortgages for home owners, and:
Capital gains tax exemptions for a principal residence.


don't worry my friend she is enough capable of handle this company.


For greater clarity (as the Criminal Code of Canada often says) here is Canada's legal restriction on prosecuting people who have committed gross human rights abuses in other countries:

"No proceedings for an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of this Act... may be commenced without the personal consent in writing of the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General of Canada, and those proceedings may be conducted only by the Attorney General of Canada or counsel acting on their behalf." - Criminal Code of Canada

Canada's version of the Magnitsky Act is structured the same way. After all you don't want ordinary people, via Canada's justice system, bringing complaints against foreign human rights abusers with whom Canada is friendly.


gadabout
Funny how it's said but I agree.


If you have it on video turn it in and report other known violations.


Demboski smells a lawsuit or a recall coming her way.  Demboski is a boldface liar about her divorce from her first husband and who the father was of her first  child.  Demboski applied for Medicaid and public assistance in-between husbands and now attempts to deny Medicaid to low-income or homeless people.  Demboski tried to lie about Mayor Berkowitz supporting incest during her pathetic campaign.  I for one don't believe a word Demboski spews out of her rabid mouth.  Recall Demboski and be done with it.  Public service isn't her calling.


"[R]egarding whatever area of cooperation between Iran and Syria, my position is that if their cooperation in whichever field does not violate the basic provisions of international law, it should not be cause for question.

If the world operated under this premise, we would have a much more peaceful world


Do you have a problem with what I posted?

I disagree with your irrelevant comment.
Are you saying we could not have civilization with out taxes?


You suggest that loyalty should be to the party, not the people. The content of legislation matters regardless of political party.


You also seem to be a Harper con defending the actual Chinese banks that both set up in Beijing - why?


Do NOT add a dislike or disagree: why do you think Facebook removed dont like after adding it for a short time? Negativity adds nothing to the conversation, fuels dissension and in this town there are lists that have biased people on them who like to bully others for multifarious reasons. _They_ contact their big gun lists when they want to target or intimidate people publicly or try to manipulate public policy. Dont make that mistake pls. Also, in multiple online platforms I have seen men gang up on women, maybe not so much as in the 90s but it occurs a lot. Wonder why more women do not participate? Gang stalking takes many forms. Could it be that women in general are more civil! If you did an experiment and required real names for a period, you may find more women participating.


That was the case with the Priest we had, he cared about himself, loved to preen in his Traditional vestments, and cassock. Yet he had a boy's holiday on a Party island for his birthday. He never showed up for things, always had excuses. Because of him, our Parish Priest could not take a break for a year.


Lazeelink writes:

"Thanks for agreeing the only platform and item on the Dem agenda is to get rid of Trump"

--

Didn't say that, though it should certainly be their top priority considering the risk that he brings to his country and the world.

"Common Sense 101"?

And you're advocating that a political party  release a platform a year and a half before the election?

"Political Suicide 101".

Which, based on his current death spiral, appears to have been Donald Milhous Trump's major.


"Democrats are in danger of moving from complacency to panic." I'd say the Democrats are already on life support and with the reelection of Pelosi they are well beyond any point of complacency or panic time. About the only thing left is to put the old jacka$$ out of it's misery and ship it to the glue factory.


I enjoyed our conversation. I am reeling from these words: "I see your point." Not used to that one at all, at all.

Later...:-)


Uh, again, you are total full of it and have NOTHING to back up ANYTHING that you are saying.
As it is, a FULLY EQUIPPED MODEL 3 with performance, etc is going to be less than 60k. The ones that Tesla have been configuring and selling to spacex/tesla employees AND current owners (like me), is under 50K.
And I doubt that ANY of these ppl have dropped their vehicles since they knew EXACTLY what they were getting into.

So, since you making wild claims, I ask that you back them up.
Give me PROOF that the BASE price for the model 3 is NOT 35K.
Likewise, give me PROOF that employees/owners are dropping model 3 sales.
Give me proof about ANY of the BS that you come up with.


On a second note, if Governor Walker really wants to improve road access to the capitol, lets move it to somewhere on the main Alaska highway system. Take your pick. Fairbanks, Willow, Wasilla, Palmer, Homer, Soldotna, Eagle River, Birchwood, you have a pile of places. Then most of the people in the state could drive right to a meeting and give'm all hell over everything they come up with to pillage the People.

Oh, wait. Sorry. Used Logic there. Why would the legislators in Juneau want the People to have access to them? That could cause them to miss out on all those special interest Lobbyist meetings. Might even expose some shady dealings or a conflict of interest. Who knows, they might even have to (gasp) listen to their Constituents!


Not sure what percentage of Alaskans would be exempt from an income tax. 50% seems high. As for fairness, every income tax I've ever paid is based on income minus deductions. The more you make, the more you pay. That's fair. You don't get aggrieved thinking about how the bus boy pays less in Federal taxes than you do, right? Here's the deal, we need an "all of the above" solution to the fiscal mess that our super majority has handed us. Smart use of PF, cut the fat (not the muscle) and a return of the Alaska state income tax. We are the least taxed people in America now, and we will remain so after we bring back the income tax.


That bumper sticker saying has never been true anywhere.


We live in an earthquake zone.  We have earthquake insurance for that reason.  Same with flooding.  People need to have flood insurance if they live in a vulnerable area.


This sounds more than a little self serving on the part of the industry. Why don't they provide figures as to their investment in research during the last decade when drug prices have increased dramatically? In addition the cost of promotion should be reported as such, not as a cost of research.


You merely pointed out your bias, which is your prerogative.

The MSM, no less, like the CBC and Global, have already reported on savings exceeding $10 million and fewer complaints which would seem to confirm my folks satisfaction with private collection.


So what shall happen to the services when the RP1 must go in for routine services.  Considering it will be the sole cross sound boat soon for a good long time, what is the back up plan during maintenance?


Steve, your must be too young to remember past NDP governments.  Careful what you wish for.  Unless of course you want to join the have not provinces


This would be great and is the direction the city needs to go in but I'll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile other cities, like Mexico City are doing truly revolutionary things like real BRT, removing parking minimums and implementing parking maximums.


Health and Education are provincial constitutional responsibilities. And we elect governments to make hard decisions. The old where would you cut response is a cop-out and used to paralyze the discussion because they don't want to make any decisions.


And I care why? If you think that makes me feel sad and therefore I will stop exposing the Alt Left for what they are, you be thinking wrong!

Desperation is readily apparent! Really, Hillary backers should just give up. Trump won.

Have a great night! I am :)


Rogers' abbreviated bio omits reference to his stint with Pravda, where he fine-tuned his 'reporting and messaging' skills.:)


I don't think the author of this article is a practicing Catholic!   Instead of announcing the resignation of the Bishop due to his arthritis he spent 3/4 of the article rehashing why he doesn't like Bishop Henry.    3/4 of it is fake news.


Why is the left so enamored of Islam and islamo-fascism?.  After all, Islam unambiguously rejects most of what liberals like Timothy Ash CLAIM to defend: (freedom of religion, womens rights, gay rights, etc)
History can be most illuminating.  It is an undeniable historical fact that progressives lionized and looked  kindly on fascist movements in Germany and Italy in  the 1930's and in fact had no problem when Joseph Stalin made his famous alliance with Hitler in 1939 (Molotov-Ribbentropp pact). Why were progressives attracted to fascism? Because they both had the same enemy - capitalism and Western democracy.

Today we see the same: progressives defending "one of the most retrograde forces in history" - to quote Churchill - because they see immigration of muslims into the heart of Europe as a useful stalking horse in their interminable battle with capitalism.

That's why we have twits like Timothy Ash asking: Can the center hold?


Hiatt must have been losing the fight.


plus a couple of stars...


No I pointed you in the direction,  you are to lazy to do your own digging,  so remain ignorant.


Makes sense to be armed and ready!


If I got a quarter for every one of these:

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Then I could vacation in Hawaii every month


But Mr. Crosby could have if he stepped up to the plate and that is Mr. Kelly's point.


Yes, two questions. Why do you think that Ottmar Edenhofer is "Head of the UN IPCC"? Why would you think that an economist specializing in climate policy would not comment about the economics of climate policy?


No frikkin kidding! Wow, what a revelation! Didn't want 'em here in the 1st place so no surprise other than to the bleeding heart Liberal dummies! Sunny Daze indeed!


That was the whole plan. Create publicity for herself  knowing she was about to jump ship and promote her new book.
The whole thing was a PR scam to promote her brand and profit from it.


Not joking. The plan was , if it passed, would be to work with Dems on the details, through "normal order" as McCain wanted. Of course, if Repubs voted as a "block", as do the Democrats, they could have forced a bill through with no Dem votes, the same way the Dems passed the ACA. It will be interesting to see if your strategy works and the Dems gain seats during the midterm elections. I'll acknowledge that you're prediction was correct on this site.


If all the ladies would start using their personal tasers or pepper spray whenever this happens, it might stop.


RANJENI MUNUSAMY  – How do you get this good stuff across to the masses to help provide knowledge on which to make sensible decisions?  SABC captured solidly by the ANC, ANN7, New Age, Independent Group 'captured' by the twisted mind of Iqbal Survè (especially in Western Cape) leaving only eNCA, Radio 702, Cape Talk, Times Media Group as only independent news and opinion forming sources and not broad enough footprint.


That would largely depend on where his local school district and school is.  Some districts (and areas within districts) have public schools that are exactly as he as described while others have schools that are like what you describe.


Apollogies not accepted. Go on with your parochial dream of the "church". I'll keep the universal dream.


THE STATE OF JEFFERSON!  Works for me


You are back Mr. Minshall. I've missed your commenting. I have stopped commenting as much.  I actually thought of you the other day and wondered how you are doing.  I inadvertantly lost track of the last response you gave me and was disappointed too.

I agree with what you have said about the right not knowing what the left is doing. One argument against that practice is sometimes by announcing that someone has donated may encourage someone else to do the same. I have had that experience telling someone I donate toilet paper to Bean's and so they now donate toilet paper. I do disagree with your last comment to amylou though. People need to be careful of making black and white statement.  Saying that white people don't turn in theirs is a false statement.  Some do and some don't.  I didn't get the sense that she was being self-righteous.


Blah blah blah.. more whining from people unable to cope with a different style of leadership.

I had sympathy for H. Clinton after reading into the email affair and seeing just how stupid the right was for attacking her for that.  Now after reading into the Russia garbage, etc., Trump deserves more sympathy.  I love seeing folks like the editors here worked up into fits over nothing at all.


Well put Karen.


Yes, and you COMPOUND your responsibility if you trap feral and stray cats, vaccinate them for rabies (which will only be good for one year) and sterilize them before re-abandoning them to continue torturing and destroying native wildlife and spreading zoonotic disease.

Let's quantify the horiffic cat-inflicted carnage you advocate:  in 1999 K. R. Crooks and M. E. Soule conducted a study in San Diego Co., CA and found that 35 WELL-FED, free-roaming PET cats tortured and destroyed 840 mammals, 525 birds and 595 reptiles EACH YEAR.  Only 33% of the mammals and 5% of the birds were invasive "pest" species--the rest (and ALL of the reptiles) were harmless and/or beneficial NATIVE species.  And they warned this was an UNDER-COUNT.

In 2013 K. T. Loyd, S. M. Hernandez found this was a SIGNIFICANT under-count.  They used "kitty-cams" to demonstrate that free-roaming cats in Athens-Clarke Co., GA brought home as little as 25% of their kills (mostly harmless reptiles).

(CONTINUED BELOW)


You can't show off your $100,000 car if you're riding the train.


"Western countries say Assad’s harsh war tactics feed the anger that allowed Islamic State to grow."...lol this is just pathetic. The growth of ISIS occurs within Saudis and Qatar with signiicant help from US and UK. Without elimination those two radical Islamic states ISIS will never stop growing. Step one, eliminating Hilary , Saudi's supporter , from getting into the power had been achieved. In few weeks the war will shift into Saudis state. There will be huge benefits to US and Russian oil producers. That would be a step two.


" ... With the government forecasting annual nominal GDP growth of more than 4 per cent between 2017 and 2019, it’s possible ..."
A 4% annual economic growth forecast ??!!  ROFL  .-)
Ontario's manufacturing sector is not growing, our "Green Energy" job creation a joke, the public sector  sun sine list expanding to buy votes ......

Government economic growth forecasts have a blatant conflict of interest built in - and anyone who believes them also believes in pink elephants, the tooth fairy, pixie dust and "green energy" ......


'Siren scream No denying' I'll bite. In a truly free society, a rationally argued, civilly presented right of centre view is just as acceptable as a poorly argued, trendy, emotive Lefty perspective lacking either accurate historic context or a moral anchor deeper than current social fashion. The lack of civility demonstrated by Lefties shouting down and shutting down dialogue whether on university campuses or in the media results in the polarized environment currently manifest. Trump is not the cause. He is not even the end reality. He is merely a symptom. Having shut down the channels of dialogue, Lefties now feign surprise that people see their movement as the cause - a bunch of brainless, whining victimitis' who state, "Everything non-White, non-European Western, non-Male is good. Everything White, European-Centric or Male is BAD" News Flash: That is racist, sexist hate speech emanating from the Left and it is aggressive and violent in intent. Reap the whirlwind indeed.


Now, starts the pre-election displacement of responsibility dance.  Perhaps a little self-reflection on the part of Hawker et.al. is in order.   They charged ahead with  this half-baked AKLNG scheme  in 2014 with SB 138 strictly for political gain prior to a statewide election.  They had already spent $540 million on their last half-baked  scheme  (AGIA) which had  become unviable; however, they were obligated to bring along TransCanada on AKLNG or risk paying them "treble damages" because they couldn't clarify when the project was unviable (they wound up paying Transcanada $67 million hush money last fall anyway).  Amazingly both AGIA and AKLNG were  funded even though they didn't have state approval from the AOGCC to sell that volume of gas from the Slope.   Please understand didn't get that conditional authorization from the AOGCC to have access to the gas until October 2015.  You know a good reason to stop hitting yourself on the head is that it feels so good when you stop.


Yep, and guys like Milke love to proclaim nonsense about corporate tax cuts spurring jobs and investment when the reality of the Harper corporate tax cuts was record hoarding of capital by corporations.


Dude, please take the caps lock off. Responses in all caps equate to yelling. Most people don't respond well to yelling. Thanks.


a mother that purposely takes her infant male child out n pink bloomers is trying to make a point...I suspect time will sort out the child, not so sure about the mother


Well being the our city counsel doesn't want to cut down the necessary trees around the airport so we can get basic emergency flights in and out, we better have a lot of float planes available!


All those things this fellow said in the first paragraph are true. (then he asks if they are true.)
Humans love sugar, fat, and salt. Almost everything we eat is loaded with it. Taxing it won't help; it'll just be more expensive for the poor.


Want a tissue?


Grenade throwing is not established?  I guess you don't know what a confession is.


Meanwhile, the City is pushing ODOT to spend hundreds of millions on highway expansions ...

www.peaktraffic.org/beltline.html


Read the piece, Angelo...no govt funding involved.


So there were only 24 applicants and the 4 finalists lack "diversity"? What is the diversity makeup of the other 20 applicants? What's most important? Qualification or diversity ...or "old boy/local network?