Thanks Tony, I got it wrong REITS pay taxes only via their share holders if they distribute 90% of the profit as dividends., Nothing unfair with that because the owner/shareholder still pays the tax. Except with REITS only small shareholders should get the benefit of lower dividend taxes.


There is no "improving relations" with a tyrant who disrespects sovereign borders in Europe, sews dissent and murders reporters and political rivals, and has visions of becoming the dominant new czar over old soviet Eastern Europe.   Some highly educated leaders once appeased a country-grabbing Hitler too, just before he systematically murdered six million Jews, as well as cost the lives of tens of millions in a desperately fought world war that the appeasement led to.   When Putin leaves illegally occupied Crimea, Georgia and Ukraine, then one might have reason to be hopeful the current sanctions have worked.  For now, the author had better take off his rose colored glasses and get real. You cannot appease a tyrant or a bully. Putin has proven to be both.


Step by step, muslims incorporate their views/laws into Canadian laws.

2008 - the Pakistani woman, living in Mississauga, won the right to totally cover herself up when giving her citizenship oath. She went to court to force Canadians to accept her form of 'religious' dress.

2017 - the push is on to forbid 'Islamophobia'. This will effectively eliminate any criticism about islam and mohammed.

“We are a community under siege,” said Samer Majzoub, the forum’s president. He said the Conservatives’ reaction has, directly or indirectly, “created waves of Islamophobia all over the country.”

Same Majzoub, your culture has created these "waves of islamophobia" all by yourselves.


I am not assuming that she is lying or that she is telling the truth.  A photo shows a hand behind her it does not show it on her ass and it certainly doesn't show it on her bare ass... In fact it shows the opposite as the skirt would most definitely look different than it does if the back of it were being lifted AND he would have to be a freaking contortionist to touch a bare ass from that 'position' of his arm without lifting the skirt.  So I find Swifts claim of grabbing her 'bare ass' to be not only not credible but ludicrous.  And since 100% of the testimony wasn't that anyone else saw it but that Taylor Swift 'SAID' that it happened, well thats not enough evidence to do anything.  Now if she said that he grabbed her ass and not insisted that he grabbed her bare ass.. well then she has a more credible story at that point. IF that were the claim then I think she has at least a 50/50 chance of winning as it is she has 0.  Neither of these two deserve anything special.


If you're crossing on a yellow light or a split second after the light goes green, you're making a terrible mistake.


Hard to imagine, yet this is the second time in three months.


And with that...maybe its time for gold to start crawling back up.
This hike is now  already priced into the bond market and $US


Word has already gotten out around the world.


Seriously is anyone surprised, we have people accepting per diem living at home, we have others who ship four air compressors and what not. The level of dishonestly and corruption in our legislature is second to none.


If a Republican legislator is arrested for taking bribes, he has due process rights.  Due process is not connected to property ownership.


The term "white privilege" is racist.  I am no more privileged by the color of my skin than someone who is underprivileged because he/she isn't white.  It's a term invented by radical leftist social justice warriors to deliegitimize personal responsibility. Forge ahead, or backwards as the case may be, with your losing agenda of identity politics: the mid-terms will be upon us soon enough and this nonsense is one of the major reasons liberals have lost so many seats, state legislatures, and governorships.


After a secretive 20 minute meeting with Slick Willy Clinton aboard her private jet, AG Loretta Lynch declined to probe the email connection.  Slick Willy, as you know, has extensive experience dealing with women and probes.


They are entering illegally, but no problem for Trudeau as he is likely unaware or doesn't care. But he cares about bailing out Bombardier again. I mean refugees are right up his alley. You'd think he'd show an interest and do what is right for Canada. Enforce the law for ALL Canadians. Don't bend it for your special interests.


Maybe more a sign of dead wood being cast aside.  Look for more heads to roll.


The US has been hacked so many times during the last 8 years, but only when the DNC gets exposed for corruption does he do anything?


If this is all there is to the legislation I feel it falls well short of what is needed. Let's hope there is more to it and we will see more in tomorrow's edition.


When the church behaves badly in the persons of the ordained ministers of the Gospel the message of "thy kingdom come" is contradicted and truly we are living "as though [ the church ]
consists of a foreign country ".
Gotta hand it to ya , Marty E ,  that is a phrase which really nails it !


And please tell me why we have to wait to be hit first, and then only have a defense in place.


You are naming one single event. My comment applies to dozens over the years, including 9/11 where plenty of Canadian elites focused on the "blowback" narrative, on the "had it coming" narrative.


It appears you have the rare gift of judging who is a "smarter" person from afar, without knowing virtually anything about them.

I guess that would be classified per-judgement, or prejudice.


"... our country’s lowest point since the Civil War"? Sounds like Debbie is been smoking the ganja with the 90-year-old who writes another letter today. We're about to make America great again; are you on the bus or off the bus?


Clearly, Uber hasn't been keeping up with their political contributions.


How about we further increase the share paid by the people buying luxury condos (especial investors) instead of grandmothers, working stiffs and highschool kids? Regressive taxation of the poor and middle class while housing takes up of 50% of most people's income has no aloha.


Just another useless crook that the voters keep voting for.


I was referring to Duck U, the wanabee  "Berkeley North"!

Hence the adjective "North"?  A reading comprehension failure on your part, perhaps?

They have all the attitude with none of the substance of the real thing.


Bet you, Mr. President, the witch will be found and burned in front of the Capitol!


Really ?


This is an extremely weak and illogical opinion piece. Senator Harris said she believes Joe Arpaio doesn't deserve to be pardoned, she did NOT say she thinks pardons should NEVER be granted. The author makes a huge and unfounded leap, in an attempt to smear Senator Harris. Might want to get someone who can form cogent arguments to write your opinion pieces.


my aunt in seattle was part of the 'trap the feral, neuter the feral cat program'. she says that due to much higher rates of people spaying/neutering their OWN cats, there are far fewer 'strays'. she took in 3, that lived outside on her property. they are succumbing to old age, save one that was killed by a neighbor dog. ridiculous to suggest that all cats be locked in the house. still more ridiculous that trigger happy killers take potshots at the neighborhood felines. as far as the birds are concerned, perhaps we should be alarmed at the suggestion of killing off all the mosquitoes. what will the birds eat?


I'm seeing a trend now where conservatives seem to be relying on the Liberals defeating themselves in 2019, and figuring they don't need to do anything but wait.

History has proven over and over and over again that's a failing strategy - especially for a relatively young govt

Time and time again (Ontario is a good example), an incumbunt party that should have lost didn't precisely because the opposition didn't offer a viable alternative or vision.  You can't win simply by being "not the other guy".  You have to have your own ideas and platform and offer your own vision.  CPC needs to take note and fast.


This is a bad move.  There are thousands of ways to cut and in order to keep food inspectors.  We need smarter people in Juneau.


Trump needs to say it himself. On camera. And admit he was wrong for trying to delegitimize the country's first African American President


The planning commission decision was on whether this particular mega-development should move forward and basically consume all of the county's planning time and resources for the next 3-5 years. The commission rightly said no. The vote was NOT about authorizing studies; it was about authorizing the process that would lead to this mega-development's approval.
Now, you can look at the offer by the developers to pay for the studies needed to permit their development in several ways:
1. Nonsensical. These sorts of studies must be performed; of course the developers should pay for them. They benefit no one else.
2. A clever attempt by the developers, once they saw the massive public opposition and read the writing on the wall, to change the subject.
3. A clever attempt to hijack the County's planning process. This is a common ploy by large developers. They pay (at least partially) for the studies. The consultants must be acceptable to the developers. He who pays the piper calls the tune.


This is kind of a pointless test article. Just reject anything that defends Star Trek and you're golden. Besides, they'd just try to argue your computer into destroying itself along with the entire society because it's dumb and Kirk knows better.


You can suspect it, but I suspect you are wrong.

Why don't we run the next election on that issue.  Canadians can choose if they want a government that prioritizes safety, prosperity though bringing in educated immigrants,  and social stability in Canada, or one which panders to the UN by transfering billions of taxpayer dollars to unaccountable NGOs,  takes in anyone without checking their background, and thinks that affirmative action is a good way to promote scientific success.

Game on.


Monkey - maybe if you had finished grade school, you could converse where people can understand what you are saying.    Better go finish cleaning off the tables and mopping the floor.


You, sir, are a bigot. I can attest, as a very proud graduate of the University of California, that it is the encouragement of dialogue, debate, and, yes, even protest, that provides its graduates with the critical thinking ability that augurs well for a professional future. I think the number of Nobel laureates among its graduates (4th in the world, only behind Harvard, Columbia and Cambridge) confirms that.


This has been investigated.  Repeatedly.


Actually most small businesses nationally fail within two years, due to poor management and lack of a coherent business plan.  If you can't afford the rent, move.


And in no way served by the Democratic governments of the last 20 some years. "Triangulation" is not amusing.


Bravo Zulu, home run.


The GOP may indeed have low approval numbers.  However, there's one thing that the writer of this piece tap-danced around and neglected to say; the Dems have even lower approval numbers!


Why should he listen to you and stay out of the wilderness? He obviously did the right thing and survived. Maybe YOU are the one that should stay in the city.


Crazy old man vs someone looking for a fight.  I do not blame the gun.  Hawaii is actually scary because of the lack of guns.  People think they can put their hands on others without consequence.  Try punching someone in their car in Florida, Georgia, or Texas. See what happens.  An armed society is a polite society.


Funny that there is little mention of the fact the Ontario Liberals are in fact paying for today's ( well OK pre-election) rate breaks with borrowed money.  Your children and grand children will end up paying for the power you will use now.  I guess that makes sense in Ontario.


name the other national news agencies that have been snookered by such an obvious and easily discovered pretender.


Why do you say people are damned?  Atheists would say man created God to fill that void that you mentioned,


I worry about the Olympic Medical Center perched on a cliff.  The building itself is very old and I doubt very stable.


That would be the first item on the list - defining your goals.


A lot more criticism needs to be made of education studies. Too many people just accept the feel good results and never look deeper.


Wow Rosie, there may be hope for you after all. Your comment suggests that you'd favor a Benghazi-type investigation of Flynn and the Putrumski administration. Maybe we can agree on at least one thing. Thanks for being so open-minded. There is a difference however. The Flynngate scandal is occurring in the present and must be thoroughly investigated in the present.


cont.
... Back in The Day, we would have been bounced out of our research programs so fast, we might have ignited from atmospheric friction on the way out the door.  :-/

I would humbly submit that the practice of Science is definitely changing in recent years.  'Model talk' used to be a pejorative, but not any more.   I think that any reasonable citizen, whatever his/her politics, ought to be a little uncomfortable at any group claiming a monopoly on scientific truth, and (in effect), demanding to be treated as an inviolable priesthood.


It may still end up with some sort of a litigation, if  the culprit would  produce credible evidence that the was not at fault. In other words, a court case. He/she can only be punished if found guilty. As any court case, this might take a long time, not to mention an appeal. Suppose it succeeds, so what would be the likely punishment? In case of losing the mandate, someone else must be  elected, which is also a lengthy and expensive process. Who would pay?
I don't see how it would be different from the present system.


Yes, there's nothing as bad as "speeches filled with hate and fear." Oh, maybe comments filled with hate and fear.


Why don't the police shoot at the legs to disable an armed person?  Is it necessary to kill?


The problem with the Iraq comparison is that the US was hell bent on attacking Iraq and was looking to manufacture a pretext. That's not the case here.

Perhaps more dangerously, the US strike shows the unpredictability of the Trump administration; a week ago, senior administration officials, and the President himself, were essentially saying that Assad wasn't their problem and that it was up to the Syrian people to work out what happens (yeah right!). Understandably, the Assad regime understood those comments to mean that they had a free hand to do what they would. That's why the gas attack happened.

I'm sure nobody was as surprised as Assad by the about face and, even though the attack was largely theatre, the Assad regime and the Russians must be wondering what's next. I expect the message from the attack is meant to communicate to the Assad regime that it is free to exterminate Syrians using conventional means but that it must refrain from using chemical weapons.


You'll still be a male if we remove your testicles, so what are we waiting for, Christmas?


"Wait, a corporate robber baron and environmental rapist doing actual good deeds? How can that be?"
They were having an off day -- or they got their latest tax due quarterly notice from the IRS.


Aloha, Anthony - We don't mean to suggest that rent control, rent leveling or rent stabilization are the only responses to the homelessness crisis and dramatic affordable housing shortfall, only that our circumstances are so difficult, those options ought to be looked at to see whether any variety of them could be helpful for Honolulu. And they should be analyzed as we move forward aggressively to expand housing stock. While Krugman and other economists are largely in agreement on the downside of rent control, there's also no doubt that rent control has been beneficial in some markets, as we note here. Why not explore their approaches and others? We don't have to implement them, but we ought to know whether any of them hold potential benefit in a housing market where supply is so short of demand, it's hard to imagine a point at which we reach even. Dismissing those options out of hand seems shortsighted.


there should be a comma in like, Vancouver


There was nothing divine about how the Jews were written about in the Gospels. They were clearly cast as the bad guys in the narrative and the author felt justified because Jerusalem was already destroyed. The truth is in Acts, both in how the-early Jesus movement considered itself part of Judaism and in how it was persecuted by the priests (not the people). When you translate the Bible it becomes real and can be analyzed using scriptural scholarship, which is why the Church resisted translating so that everyone could read it. Knowledge is power, and the power shifted when everyone owns the story. This issue was dealt with in L.G. It is the height of being a reactionary to oppose her on this. Between Vatican II and the Pope and your sad band of reactionaries, I will go with the Holy Father.


BC is floundering in debt. Our debt load is currently at 84% of the government revenue, and will be 93.4 by 2020. What the hell is so good about that. BC Hydro has $176 billion in debt and will be the cause of our AAA credit rating to plummet. Vote #ABC4BC [anyone but Clark for BC] and let's move on. 16 years of blatant corruption is 16 years too many.


If Burke were an honourable man, he would tell the truth ... but Burke has refrained from speaking out ... why? Does he have something to hide?

I see absolutely no reason to doubt the word of the interim leader of the KoM. Why would he lie? Surely he has been informed by direct witnesses of the unfoldings ... why else would he speak with such clarity, certainty and authority?


Answer to the headline question:  Maybe because lil' ol' Fidel and Che told the Kennedy's mob buddies, United Fruit and Uncle Sam to take a hike and gave them the middle finger salute as they left with their tails between their legs?


The Alaska LNG pipeline was already dead long before this, despite Gov Talker's best intentions, because neither the producers nor the market have any interest in it. As for the oil pipeline, its problem is a lack of product flowing through it and not the pipe itself. Hopefully that will be corrected soon thanks to recent discoveries and an Alaskan oil friendly president in the white house.


Be careful Golden Rules. Mom's long term care insurance did not cover rest homes - only in home care capped at $100/day. My understanding is these policies typically do not cover rest home costs.


This Skidmore guy needs to be slapped up side of the head, metaphorically speaking.

With the exception of some conservatives, the same people who keep promoting policies that are unqualified failures, most thinking Alaskans are sick and tired of wasting resources on the failed drug war. But some people are still stuck in the "just say no", zero tolerance 1980s. drug wars. Enough is enough.


I recall seeing a news item on "diversity" where a black fellow who was a systems analyst was able to 'solve the problem'. Hooray and all that.

The only problem was that as I listened to 'the problem', it was the sort of thing any competent systems analyst (regardless of colour, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) would have been able to solve.

See, there are some IT problems that simply involve understanding what the problem is (often it is something like, "We need to track the number of service calls our service reps make each week."), knowing where the data is and then coming up with a way to get the data to where you want it to be.

Sure, go ahead and advocate for 'diversity' (and certainly hire based on a person's ability). But recognize that 'reserving X number of seats for THIS group' because of 'unconscious bias' may mean you aren't hiring the best qualified people.

btw, I wonder if the author runs an 'Equity Consulting' business?


Yep. Two more perps from the Jamish Mafia. First they were communist agitators. Now morphed into rapists. Stay tuned. There will be more revelations.


You would lose both bets. Not wise to bet against someone you do not know. I have unfortunately seen the middle east first hand and it IS the armpit of the world and a haven for all the mythological nonsense that causes war. I have children in three provinces that I visit frequently. How much were you willing to bet on your assessment?


Bullseye


The article doesn't say anything about replacing the bus riders . . .


My non-white friends criticize white people with impunity while if I make a critical comment on their cultural background I'm called a bigot and a racist.Free speech,tolerance and bigotry are 2-way streets but white liberals and so-called 'visible minorities' often fail to see that.If you need examples just check out the ramblings,in this newspaper alone, of Elizabeth Renzetti,Doug Saunders,John Ibbitson and Denise Balkissoon.Real tired of the Left's acceptance of anti-white bigotry.You can't have it both ways.


Ontario's plan is not groundbreaking, it's not really a basic income either; it's more like an increase in social assistance rates.

As Reguly points out, by clawing back 50 per cent of all earnings, the plan removes incentives to work and stunts peoples' entrepreneurial and aspirational instincts to work to gain a stake in the economy. As ever, the Wynn government specializes in half measures — the minimum necessary to get the photo op. If the government was truly interested in the plan's success, income would not be clawed back until it exceeded about $30,000.

Reguly is probably also correct that the adoption of a basic income scheme offers a lifeline to neoliberalism and would be taken as giving carte blanche to capitalists and governments to create larger and more formalized economic ghettos than we have now.

The problem is that capitalism is no longer capable of building an economy that generates inclusive growth. Those days are over. Like it or not the next stop is revolution.


I've been to the emergency room at McKenzie Willamette a time or two. I don't consider
myself racist or bigoted or anything like that. I was surprised at the number of (mostly) women with kids in tow, waiting to see a doctor. No blood or broken bones, just kids with runny noses. What struck me was the number of them who are very over weight and by the volume and content of conversation, under-educated. And the number of times they would step outside for a cigarette. None were Hispanic.
Kids who need medical care need medical care. It's no fault of their own that their parents are welfare parasites or hardworking immigrants.


As the article points out, the sector of French society with the highest percentage of anti-semitism is Le Pen supporters. Unless I'm mistaken, that demographic includes you, Martel.


There is no way this article can be true. Alaskans know how evil the Federal govt. is and would never let the Evil Empire pour money into the state. The people of Alaska know, deep down, that if they took Federal money they would be hypocrites. Alaskans hate the President of the United States and everything he stands for. His money is tainted, filthy and most of all his money is unAmerican money because he is not a true American. I know the Governor of Alaska will contact Washington in a few days and declare that Alaska Wants to be free of corrupt money from The Government, eh.


I am confused as the meaning of the new name Utqiagvik. Anyway owl? Edible root? I think changing the name for cultural reasons are great, I just am interested in the meaning of the Word


2019 cannot come fast enough as the liberals are now adopting all the ways of an authoritarian regime - but we need a new party that does not accept the status quo, will stop wasting taxpayers money and move to pro-slow immigration policies, reduce TFW programs, and cap the foreign student frenzy.

Under the Liberals the taxpayer is funding the entire world to come here and live on benefits: from the Vancouver Sun someone is finally daring to publish what the refugees make - why would they ever get off welfare: Syrian families...can get about $50,000 a year in various taxpayer-funded social service benefits. In addition to receiving more than $12,000 per year for an adult, the families are eligible for $6400 per year for children under 6 and $5400 per year for children over six plus they get tax rebates.

This is over $4,000 per month. Taxpayers cannot foot the bill any longer.

(from Douglas Todd's column)


Most people don't realize that you can have too much money in an RRSP and end up, due government mandated withdrawals, paying much more taxes than you originally saved.

The house (government) always wins!

Better to have a balance between RRSPs, TFSAs and after tax investments.


You don't want to know.


Inclusion and tolerance for Muslims only happens when they win. If everybody in Canada  converts to Islam they will have their  inclusive society.  Learn to shahada: "There is on god. Allah is God. Mohammad is the prophet of god. " That is all the  stands between your hateful  Islamophobia and your acceptance as an equal.


Ignoring the pregnant woman in favour of a zygot that may or may not become an actual person is harsher still Jack.


When is the next plane to Cairo?


I have never seen so many short-sighted and ignorant comments.  Be critical of the plan (which is not even really outlined here in detail) if you wish but when you attack those that might benefit from something, anything to assist them with daily living you do nothing but make yourself look like a selfish and entitled societal pig.  Try living on $17K/year and you will soon change your tune.  Sure there are people that take advantage of any systems and their benefits but that is an enforcement issue.  We need to assist those that are marginalized whether it be due to health issues, cognitive ability, economic circumstances, or otherwise.


Very well posted PC....  But one has to realize the mentality of the original poster..


“One of the things I’ve been debating ... was whether I’ll continue to spend any time engaging with any of the news institutions who have been part of this dialogue and who I feel have taken positions that are deeply offensive,” he said in the interview, after agreeing to speak."

Interesting...Mr Mills, has a Law degree from the U of T, an LLM from Yale as a Fulbright scholar,    and is both a Vanier Canada Scholar and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. I would posit that one doesn't require anywhere near that level of education or academic recognition to debate either with oneself or exclusively with those approved to nod agreeingly at all the right moments.


@Billd74 You're only lucky if you sell high and move to a lower cost area, otherwise you will just be servicing your debt, "not feeling well off." In fact, in most cases, if you had bought at the same time elsewhere, you'd be even further ahead and better invested strategically. All of your savings in your house is not always the best. You'd spend less servicing your debt on more affordable home, use the surplus to invest in market investments that typically outperform real-estate, are liquid and pay dividends; all the while, many markets have increased similarly to the large markets on a relative basis. So, if you'd bought a home in Kelowna, or Victoria, your home would cost you less in every respect, it would be paid off sooner and you'd have a healthier portfolio and more money in your pocket.


Oh oh people are waking up to the fact that this Inquiry is nothing more than a Liberal sham that got Junior some favorable media play.  Repeat after me, sunny days, sunny days everything will be sunny days.

I swear the people of this country must never have seen how a Liberal government operates.  It's promise promise promise and then do nothing.  Then again what am I saying "ohhhh look how pretty Junior is for the cameras".  That's what is important right?


The eye scheme pushed by the public employees unions and politicians all of who will take it home either in a pay check or pers payments. Explain how with the business tax being higher a generation ago as a percentage of the budget Oregon had embarrassing graduation levels. A generation later after throwing billions upon billions of dollars at the problem we are worse off than back 25 years plus now we also have an obligation of over 20 billion dollars to pers. And not only do public employees unions and politicians want more money, they want to add another couple of billions to the PERS debt by hiring thousands of new public employees not even considering wages and insurance. Then of course they need new and more buildings for all the new employees. Explain how it this is going to improve the grad rate when it has not helped at all for the last generation. Oregon schools don't have a money problem. It's time to stop experimenting on Oregon,s kids and do their jobs.
Teach.


And cranky old white men won't get any respect until they acknowledge their deep seated racism, act as if they really cared about the issue, and help to stop the killing of unarmed black men.


Power to the people used to mean something to the left.


Deflectors on stun!©


I'm one of those younger fans who lives on the Mainland, West Coast.  The problems and interest in Hawaii fade away for many of the young folks who moved away as they assimilate.  There are some folks like me who read the SA everyday, and despite not having anymore immediate family in HI, I think my career success should be applied to giving back one day, either from faraway or as a returning resident.  A lot of folks including my Hawaii raised wife think that the magic ran out that what we think of Old Hawaii is lost.  I hope enough people buck the trend and support institutions such as UH and athletics even if they live elsewhere.  UH athletics is one of the few things based in Hawaii that compete with the rest of the country.  Have some pride.  Please live stream the games. Go Warriors!


Windborne is clearly going senile.  He was once fairly lucid though left of center.  Now he makes the loony lefties look sane and even moderate.


Newfoundland found a way to change it.


Canada has been receiving immigrants for 400 years. Germany has been receiving them for 40 years. Which country would you prefer to live in?


So, the only infrastructure or programs that are public good are those that you use personally?  If that isn't what you're suggesting, then I'd appreciate a better explanation.

The food you eat, the clothes you were, the cell phone you use, the hockey stick you play with were all brought in on the roads.  The free and easy movement of goods is part of what makes our economy so successful.  Tolls, or anything else that limits that are just bad policy.


Wow such stupid voters in this county! NO more frigging dems elected!
we need roth or Rygaard, NOT Ron Richards and Randy Johnson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That's right, Trudeau will do for the rest of Canada what Madam Wynne has done for Ontario....   Kill it...   But at least we can all feel good about the planet.


Chalk one up for the little man.  About time Eugene admitted guilt that their cops are crooked .  Dumb ass.  Now when you ask me how I want my burger cooked I want you to say sir with that, you got that Sharlow?


Let's just follow the 2nd amendment and make sure all gun owners are part of a "well regulated Militia." Don't have to take anybody's guns away, just follow the law.


I went for exciting defense and not for the 3 yards and a cloud of duh.


Canadians have developed a taste for luxurious goods despite economic uncertainties, Samara said. They’ve been helped by sustained low-interest, long-term financing availability that offers relatively manageable monthly payments for higher-priced vehicles, and relatively low fuel prices that don’t penalize heavier SUVs as much.

Don't forget the magical housing equity which seems to increase every year and can be tapped with lines of credit. I'm guessing more than a few cars are bought as a result of the new found wealth.


Not really. Most of what we develop and sale to the US is not covered by NAFTA.


The 4 Assist. Chiefs were adults that knew the rules about Internal Affairs Investigations. Perhaps those are confidential?
O'Dea is certainly not the first PPO to have been involved in a difficult situation off duty in another state or a different part of the state.
The Internal Affairs Asst. Chief most certainly bears most of the blame on the silence unless it was considered confidential, don't you think?
Hales saying he "thought" the standard investigation was underway.
So, no e-mails or phone calls to suggest how O'Dea or Hales or the City Attorney was advised of the situation?
City council members clueless citing no info given out on "personnel issues."
Is that typical or atypical for the circumstances?
Who broke the story to you in the first place?
Inquiring minds want to know?


I was going to say something about how quickly the wheels have come off Trump's Presidency, but then I realized it never had wheels to start with.


It ain't over. If the KPB insists on allowing allow only religious invocations before Assembly meetings, they will get sued--and lose.


The 'r' word again. Eye roll emoji.


Eucharist is Universal Sacrament - the miracle that serves real people-need.
Eucharist is mindfulness; it is the intentional exercise of ‘Prevision/ Provision, the Joseph Dream’ (googlesearch). It’s the Jesus Way – “as I have done, you also should do.” http://www.secondenlightenment.org/JOSEPH'S%20DREAM,%20Global%20Awakening%20in%20Real%20Time.pdf
Eucharist is what priesthood and parenting are both about, being intentionally present, soul and body to each other’s needs. Priesthood and parenting serve the mutual oneness of soul/ body, of Sacred Remembrance, inclusive in other-interest.
Politics, like religion, should be intentionally Eucharistic, outreaching in prevision and provision. If the miracle of Eucharist is to have its effect, it’s up to us to make it happen! Love trumps everything. Let religion show politics the way – it’s for the people to do – to hold politics accountable.


Snowflake much?


It's quite avant-garde of the Globe, week after week, to publish Saunder's jejune comedies right there on the serious commentary page.  I wonder what lucky UCC dropout will replace him in the eventual future.


Aramaic?


"gang loyalists" please stop with the PC BS ADN. FFS.


I love the freedom of thought and action. It is amazing how men cannot help themselves and find a breast, especially bare,  riveting.


Right. Watch her cancel a day or two before just like every other big name performer in the last few years, Kristin Chenoweth most recently. Or DMX for that matter, but I don't really consider him a "big name." I don't know why promoters even bother booking them at this point.


An interesting question.  Doesn't the G&M simply pick them up off some wire and pay royalties to the author or the original source?

Your further point is quite telling.  We do eat this stuff up, I think because it has resonance in Canada.  This topic in particular is very current in Canada with the efforts to have buildings re-named and so on.


Road splits are every bit as useless for Rockies hitters as home splits are. Luckily many of the players you mention have played for other teams too, making it quite easy to disarm your claims that no Colorado hitter couldn't hit .300 elsewhere.

Matt Holliday hit .319 with the Rockies from age 24-28. After leaving Colorado, age 29-34, he hit .313, .312, .296, .295, and .300.

Gallaraga had more .300 seasons away from CO than he did with the Rockies.

Morneau's 2 best years for average (and his 5 best years for SLG% and OPS) were with the Twins, not the Rockies.

Cuddyer did get a big late-career boost from Coors Field, but he's the only one on your list that actually supports your argument. It is very likely that if elite players such as Helton, Blackmon, and Gonzalez had switched teams in their primes, their splits would have normalized after leaving the Rockies and they would have hit just fine elsewhere.


plant more trees.... our boreal forests absorb 4-6x's what we emit - problem solved - we dont need and regs or a bloated bureaucracy to take care of our emissions -


Exactly!  The coalition behind Trump couldn't handle that a man African ancestry was president.  That's why they rallied behind Trump's racist and bogus birth certificate demand.


I wouldn't go near anyone like you. Some of your recommendations are flat out junk science. In Canadian terms we call it naturopathic voodoo. The employees in Cuba are experiencing hearing loss/ impairment because the Cubans are sabotaging their working spaces with a sonic device that cannot be detected by the human ear. In a society like Cuba people like you would be very welcome. Until they figure you out and realize you're pedalling junk.


I have read more than one conservative write, in this very blog, that government should get out of social welfare , essentially because it does not make the giver feel good.


Current societal doctrines foster a victim mentality.  Propagated by governments, schools, neighbourhood 'lionesses', etc.  Grit and fundamental self-care are not encouraged.  Whining and attention-seeking are encouraged.
Mental health is important and is a serious topic and need.  Yes, population densities, lack of personal-environment control, information overload, and the pace of life are all increasing.
However, personal responsibility and fostering grit have been abandoned.  If you won't, or can't, look after yourself then you will feel over-anxious.


It's quite startling how the oil industry in North America has been allowed to gut democracy, suppress dissenting opinions, buy media coverage and bully legislation favorable to their industry (unfavorable to the World) through to the point that a former CEO of Mobil Exxon now sits in the office of the US Secretary of State and most Americans somehow think this is normal.


Where do you learn to read minds like that?


No. Near the trade deadline the Rockies picked up Jonathan Lucroy and Pat Neshek, both of whom have been valuable contributors down the stretch.


He's charged w/assault.  How about theft and possession of alcohol in a dry village?


Here are the words from the story you missed:

"The Seward Highway will be closed for about half an hour Friday night at Beluga Point, between Anchorage and Girdwood, for "an event," Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers said."


What a cute picture of Sen. Marble dressing down an 11 year old!  She doesn't need a Halloween costume, she could go as herself.  Scary!


Another concrete example of [legal] immigration at its best-- correct.


Oh, Justin, Justin, what can we do? Who will save us now? Won't you hold us in your arms and make everything ok, like last year when the sun was shining and you our guiding light? You gave us hope. You filled our hearts with song though you were emptying the country's bank account, sending and spending money we don't have and may never have again.  But what's money, what does financial security and a prosperous future mean without your love?

Oh, Justin, where shall we turn, where shall we march, how can we recapture the Liberal dream of remaking Canada in the image of the new golden statue of your father your Chinese communist friends paid for?  Tell us we'll survive even if that bully down south decides he doesn't want to buy our stuff anymore or makes us pay our own way in defending our own borders?  Can you not just whip out your CF-18 and wiggle it in his face, tell his we don't need his stinking money.  We have Cuba. Look how well they've done without America in their corner.


huh. from what i heard and assume it's true that Democrat led Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the Country. It is a complete opposite from what you posted. btw, it's the Democrats who don't care what happens to their family members when in the wrong place at the wrong time, lol. Guns have nothing to do with gun violence but being a gun, it's the people behind the gun of choice. I'm confused or are you mocking us conservatives, republicans/democrats or not republicans/democrats alike.


Remember yesterday when the protesters were claiming they were "Fighting Fascism" were dressed all in black and smashing windows and assaulting random people and police?

This protest is a step up from that for sure!!  Although it's confusing. If Hillary had won and become President then Bill Clinton would be in the White House who many accuse of being a sexual predator in his younger years. Hillary also went after the women who accused him of sexual assault in the 90's.

yet I bet these same women out protesting Trump today would turn a blind eye to Bill's accusations and this march would NOT be happening if Hillary had won.


This type of response is common whether we are talking about child sexual abuse, rape of an adult or any type of sex crime.  Sex offenses are so violating to the soul and the sense of integrity, that many people go into a state of denial just thinking about it.  The responses: "this was a post-pubertal teenager, not a child, this is a gay issue, not an abuse issue," "She was probably 17 and he thought she was 18 because she seemed mature," "She was asking for it by getting drunk and wearing a mini-skirt," and on and on and on.  The ideas all come down to an inability to internalize the gross horror of these crimes for the victims.  I've worked with victims of child sexual abuse and adult sexual violence and I know that empathy ends up feeling horrible: sleepless nights, nausea, spiritual doubts, gnawing anger.  But the human thing to do is imagine, really internalize, how awful it must be for the victims, instead of psychologically protecting oneself through these denial mechanisms.


That is definitely disturbing: that he ordered her appetizer without first asking. The fact that she allowed him to do this is also disturbing. This is how abusive men "screen" potential girlfriends. They test the waters with seemingly innocuous acts of control. When they succeed, they escalate, all the while hooking her under their so-called charm. This dynamic has played out a million times over. I would have intercepted: "I don't want that for my appetizer. I'm going to have the stuffed mushrooms." I'd then wait for his response. If this offends him, I just identified an abuser. If he's okay with that, I just identified some nervous poor judgment on his part.


Sad news, indeed.

And coming at a time when Republicans like Donald Trump can say with a straight face "Most people would have taken that meeting."

No Donald, only con-men and grifters would have taken that meeting.

Only people who have forgotten the Cold War and who have forgotten how Russia has become the world's leading corrupt kleptocracy led by a murderous crime boss, Vladimir Putin.


Your proof that Christians are murdering in the name of their God is Robert Lewis Dear?

The delusional whackadoodle declared mentally unfit to stand trial? The crazy (literal crazy) dude who believes the FBI cuts holes in his clothes and leaves feathers in his apartment?

That's your "Christian?"

Nice.


Do we sound similar? Different people I'm afraid.


O77, desperately grasping for straws, while busily rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Stephen J. Remington


He did speak as a uniter, you just didn't see it because your hate clogged your ears.


While there is three years to go, I expect a major run on Aeroplan points and Air Canada seat availability. Smoke 'em while you've got 'em.


So say all Trump Chumps.


That's true now because a dirty little secret is coming out about male orgasm.  Men can experience orgasm without an erection.  You need to think about this TomZ and how this relates to gay men as well as older couples.


Maybe their life circumstances changed since the kids were born. :)


FYI: Canadian national parks have wardens, not rangers.


A lucky FOOL!!


Are you so sure he didn't kill the birds? Hmmmmmmm!


Personally, I would prefer that Mr. Trump resolve the problem by resigning the Presidency. The Presidency is much too important to be run by this man.


Let's put a face to H1B visas and  other high school graduates regarding illegal immigration and the invasion.  Can it be your  18-year-old who will  never be hired or 55-year-old who's working at Somatic will lose their job  because of visas ?


The "L" in PLP stands for "limited liability".  They know about the ring of fire and know earthen dams have failed all over the world without volcanic and seismic impact.  They just do not care.  If something happens, they'll scatter like cockroaches, and the corporations will no longer exist.

It is "interesting" however that 39 percent of tailing pond dam failures happen in the US.

https://news.vice.com/article/tailings-ponds-are-the-biggest-environmental


Clinton supporters are probably busy voting early.  Like I already did.


Sympathizing with terrorists, par for the course from Alceste. The Taliban are a group of rabid dogs, oh which Khadr was a willing participant. Khadr and his family are a national disgrace and a stain on Canada - the same can be said for his sympathizers.


Reading the story I had to laugh out loud, Glenn described it in an interview as a "cowardly attack ad," "third-grade-level smear tactics" and a "scare tactic."
So what’s a un needed and a very ill-timed income tax called?  A recession is not the appropriate time to impose any new tax,  period.  Reduction of State spending no matter how difficult, painful, depressing, and unfair or whatever you want to call it, is exceedingly necessary.
The House's election of utilizing a tax, while at the same time paying the same people you are taxing makes absolutely zero sense.  Everybody in Alaska benefits one way or another from government services and everybody should feel the pain of the State’s current situation.    Too many Alaskan’s are cushioned either by location or by Union contracts negotiated when the State was flush with easy cash.
Take the entire PDF if needed. But only after actual substantial reductions to State Government have been outlined and obtained.


Absolutely agreed, people really want to avoid your "reality" that has grave risks for world changing nuclear warfare.  Do you really think we can surgically remove NK from the map without doing damage to friends, neighbors and ourselves?

That said, please define when it was that "America was Great" so I can know what "again" you want to return to.  In the mean time, yeah, I will "spit" on the vague hyper-patriotic mindless of that phase as being nothing more than an meaningless MEME.


Deport him.

Go "fix" your own country.


Actually rail transit is already moving to a far more economical hybrid of virtual tracks- meaning all of the benefits rail promises with no track construction because it uses 21st Century technology rather than 19th Century technology.
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Virtual track rail could be implemented on the existing rail guideway and provide bus like pickup at bus stations in local communities, join up onto rail guideways as a train, then go back to be smaller passenger units dropping people off at local bus stops. A SINGLE SEAT and LOW COST solution.
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Virtual track rail (meaning no tracks required) is going in all over China and the companies providing it have factories already in the US and the systems are FTA approved. Absolutely nothing stopping this brilliant, low cost 21st century solution except for rail crooks wanting $300 million a mile construction profits and kickbacks.
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The future of transit is here now and going worldwide, but not in crooked, corrupt Honolulu.


Lets see if they do the knee when the play Hawaii Pono e


Comparing Durkin and Clinton to "anyone with a job" is truly laughable. Durkin is taking tons of money from the developers and Amazon just as Clinton was bought lock, stock and barrel by Wall St.

So spare me your phony "realism."

Not to mention that anyone putting Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the same basket is either a total ignoramus or a liar. Trump is swimming in the swamp - he's placed the wealthiest administration in American history - only there to drive this country further and further into feudalism. He's hired racists, sexists and semites, he's violating the Emoluments Clause, and he's known up and down the eastern seaboard as mobster. He took advantage of working class voters who didn't know any better. Just as you do, with your damn lies smearing Bernie.

Bernie's record speaks for itself. He doesn't take the money that Clinton and Durkin take. His record and ethics are outstanding. How dare you make up this garbage.


Yeah, Divest, and it makes perfect sense to elect a president that has $1 billion in private business losses, and hasn't paid taxes in 18 or more years, and even tried to convince one of his female Apprentices (Summer) to bankrupt her home loan during the same time he was trying to sack her while he is married to his current wife.  Puke.


Works for me.


....Did you type something Welland?


How did it feel to read the transcript of your guy GROVELING to the Mexican President?


Let's talk substance on CETA, enough with the tears or tactics. Understand that our drug prices estimated to rise by 10% because of this deal and that this costs us 1 Billion more per year. Too many other problems to document here, but very concerning that the impacts on Canada are not openly discussed or debated. Liberals and Conservative governments are complicit in what is a bad deal for Canadians. Too many have drunk the KoolAid.


Foreign capital is the biggest driver of the real estate bubble in Toronto and Vancouver.  Read Josh Gordon for details.


Is there anyone who thinks this boondoggle is only going to cost $10 billion? If the original $4 billion price tag was a complete fantasy, the current $10 billion estimate is a "polite fiction" at best.  Once they add in all the financing costs, utility impacts and escalating construction overruns, we will be lucky to see it all done for less than $20 billion. And the worst part is that the knuckleheads who green-lit the project knew that from the start. But they also knew the average voter was too gullible to notice.


Oh, there are successful and talented male writers out there....they've been shut out by the politically correct cabal.


CPP ,RRSPand TFSA are good enough for small buissness owner that takes risks with no benefits and vacation, but a federal employee with benefits and vacation  needs a defined pension plan with income splitting??? This is fairness in Trudeau dictionary?? Or is it playing to your voter base


Now, now little fella, we in Canada now live in the 21st century enjoying the fruits of the 1000 year struggle of our ancestors to give us to our liberal western democracy of today.

In order to return the best modern facsimile of  12th century laws  and repressions, you would have to travel to any modern Muslim majority nation ( except perhaps Turkey, but they're working on it).

Or to some Muslim neighborhoods in Britain or France.


Why?  This bill is just another P.O.S. that leaves the door wide open for increasing costs while pulling benefits from those who could use the help.  Why not come up with a real plan that controls health costs while providing for the citizens?  Cut into your big money medical profit margin too much?

Curious why the right is so in a hurry to pull money from helping people here, but so OK with pouring money into bombing the middle east?  Do you guys just hate humans?


Buffoon - Democratic Party's new agenda - looking up your people who you do not agree with?  Is it not enough you are trying to overturn the election?


I'm absolutely positive about that.  Stephen Harper had the opportunity to come to power and lasted for 10 years solely because the LPC was consumed with internecine warfare.  As soon as that resolved with the election of someone who had the backing of virtually the entire party, Stephen Harper was gone.

Those circumstances will not pertain in 2019.  PM Trudeau may well alienate enough supporters to lose in 2019: Bernier can't win otherwise.


Ummm. You think the only court costs are for lawyers? How about judges, stenographers, bailiffs, etc.,etc. An hour of court time at this level is probably worth about 20 grand, and oh yeah, those lawyers are probably billing out at twice what you think.


JT is doing fine all on his own in bankrupting the country.  Wait until the housing market hits a recession then you'll see just how deep the hole he has dug is.


The Canadian TV news programs are no better.  Global for instance is always a couple of days behind the internet on many stories and half the time is spent on "feel good" items instead of world news.  Waste of time.


I won't be letting this story go without getting the full information about who put this on the quiz. Anyone who wrote this and allowed this should be fired ASAP. We deserve to know who was involved.


Please post a video or a sound clip of him telling America that the amazing deal he just negotiated will prevent NK from acquiring a nuclear weapon and I will add him to the list.

I can do that for both Clinton and Obama.


Definitely agree with your last line. The ACA had too many politicians involved. I agree with all stated regarding big Pharma. My concern was the smaller medical device companies that do not have a lobby. The tax on medical devices was based on GROSS sales, not net profits. It was an irrational and destructive tax causing the loss of many jobs, plus the expenses would be passed on regardless. The loss of business however, would translate as less sales and less income tax to the feds. I would like to know the motive of whoever thought up the ill-advised tax. It is interesting to note that 79 of 100 Senators were in favor of repealing the tax prior to the midterm elections. Now I wonder where all the Dems who were opposed to the tax. It's very convenient to oppose something right before an election. Overall, it's a very complex issue and I believe the answer is to keep it simple, not 2700 pages like the ACA. I just wish the current Republican leadership in Congress were much stronger.


How did the Church ever control your body?


This comment is nothing more than an attack on the poster to whom it is responding.  Hopefully someone will flag it and the CC will take steps to restrict this kind of behavior.  I fear this is really an attempt to hijack this discussion so a particular poster can get some attention.   Sigh.


If UH's defense doesn't have their best game of the season, the only question is who will have a Heisman type of game for SDS?   Will it be a TE/WR or Penny?


Have been  exclusively a VW driver since my first Beetle ('62), back in 1969.   Not being a gearhead, I did only the minor stuff, plus replacing torn CV joint boots on my '81 Vanagon which was my van-camping vehicle in the late '90s. That was done on the beaches of Baja California. Have had three new Jettas since 1982 but have done little wrenching since DIY oil changes became awkward on my TDI. I only do maintenance on my snowblower these days.


NOTICE ALL OF THE PURPLE IN THE PHOTO?
The teachers union- not about kids at all.... it's about keeping jobs through collective bargaining.


It because you are quoting meaningless stats. Numbers you are quoting has no merit because when the laws are applied in areas where it is needed the most, it does not work. See Neil, all you are saying is that most of Illinois is doing well under gun control and totally ignoring where most of the killings are taking place, in Chicago where gun control isn't working at all.  And if Chicago is where most of the killing are taking place, all the stats are doing is spreading out the ratio by numbers, diluting the real truth that despite of the gun control laws, it doesn't work one iota where it counts, in a high crime sections of the state of Illinois. And people who hide behind that, is probably the reason why, killing goes on and on because you think that 8.2 per cap spread out through out the population is a better number then murder spree that goes on


Yay for the Coast Guard...again!!!


Yep.  Not even Mueller is willing to risk his position to openly defy Pope Francis.


Well, it's also how Patrick Brown came from literally nowhere and managed to surpass Christine Elliot for the leadership of the OPC, thus turning the OPC into a social conservative mess.    So this "open" process can be abused by any political view, not just "the left".


@ squiggy
Vector?
Any EVIDENCE yet?!
Any LEAKS yet?
Any Comey MEMOS yet?!
Keep holding your breath!!!
#MAGA #PMPK


Trudeau's BFF the Chinese Ruling Party would not discriminate against an ethnic class, just ask Shark Fin Soup McCallum.

Fake news.


Good point.  I agree with you and stand corrected.

I was referring to the Constitutional right to freedom of speech in a larger sense, but I agree with what you are saying here.  You are right, they are in the workplace and have to abide by the rules of the employer as long as it is legal.  That is why at Disneyland they are told how to dress and act by the employer/owners.  It makes sense.  The NFL is going to change the rules on this or they will be losing $Billions of dollars in multiple ways.  You are 100% right.

I will not watch them anymore if this continues.  I have had it with these ungrateful people.  I prefer the NBA anyway, and it is about to get going soon, ....I hope that they don't start doing this crap too.


Chris, Of course you can't see the relevance. It doesn't fit in with what you believe. Omar was/is a criminal. Harper didn't offer assistance because he didn't warrant it. Sometimes morality trumps law. Sometimes majorities trump law. He was a Canadian citizen in name only. I generally accept what is morally correct. This isn't one of those times.....never.


You say you have no kids, then go on to talk about your son. Is your son not your kid?

There's something seriously wrong with your "reasoning skills."

And Medicare/Medicaid does have much lower overhead costs than insurance. And countries with socialized medicine pay half or less, per capita, to take care of their citizens than we do. Your opinions are all wrong.


Interesting but I wish Bethel, Nome, Kotzeube, Barrow and McGrath were included in the study.


dr demento literalist par excellence

 don't change doc we need the laughs


Wente, you are misinformed. Foreigner purchases account for way more than 4-5% of all purchases. If you go to open houses in Markham, you will only Asian faces.

Do not listen to the realtor association. They will lie, cheat and steal to get their commissions, to get the boom going. Before Vancouver imposed their version of the foreign buyer tax, the realtor association says that foreigner purchases accounted for only 6% of all purchases. Then, why did the number of transactions plummet more than 50% after the tax was announced?


"Too much sometimes..."

Exactly.  Don't turn away from your gluttony or excuse it with hackneyed phrases.


bwahahahahahahaha. The mentally ill cannot change their way of thinking, and above all else, liberalism is a mental illness.


Just fix the damn culvert's. We should not be blocking the salmon. It costs what it cost.  No need to screw around .if the salmon used to be able to spawn and are now blocked, pony up the money and fix it.


All good sermons should fit into TED Talk parameters and Francis gives good sermons.  Of course, TED is about your one best shot.  Francis could talk about the Gospel for each day of all three cycles and have it always seem fresh.

Assange gets air because he often says things that other people don't want said.

The San Francisco ruling should hold up.  The precedent is the right of states to not get expanded Medicaid and still get Medicaid funds.  The GOP insisted on this principle now it is being used to hang them.

Glazek takes a cheap shot.  The attack ads were against Clinton when she was in her forties too.  No reason to give up.  Clinton lost because she did not know her base well enough to put Booker on the ticket.


It was such an honor to see Nadia interacting with these families and to write this story. I am inspired by her example!


The Harper party is just working the rubes ...... to keep the cash coming in


An absolutely terrific group, and the harmonies are brilliant. They do gospel, country, The Mills Brothers, but also obscure covers of the Fifth Dimension and the Free Design. So glad they're playing at Sam Bond's.


"Manafort's notes could provide information about what, exactly, was said at the meeting and how participants responded."

Really.  And he would supply unedited notes because...?  These guys lie shamelessly.  Why would they stop now?


The Ramos family will, more than likely, be able to open a pit bull breeding facility and more after their monetary settlement for damages and suffering from Securitas Security due to negative reaction of their trigger-happy LEO.  Governor Ige and his top, inept Airports Division officials just got "burned" trying to "cover up" for Securitas Security.


Do you mean the pilot's rescue of the hapless woman, or stupidly (if not suicidally) going out onto the Cook Inlet mud flats at low tide?  Or both?


Ad hominen.


We will continue to put our tree up a week before Christmas.  There is no time on Christmas Eve to put up a tree because we celebrate the Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes.  Besides, trees are a lot more fun before Christmas.  I'll make a donation to Planned Parenthood instead.


Careful with that, the truth can be dangerous. It seems like people only want to believe news that suites their world view. There is more refusal to accept opposing views than I've ever seen and compromise is out the window. This and a lack of fact checking is why "fake news" is out of control.

While the D's are fishing for excuses atm, had the opposite happened the R's would be doing the whining and the D's would be cocky. For proof look at postings from either Obama election. It's ridiculous imo.

On election night, I watched on CNN as the events unfolded. On several occasions they spoke of a scenario where Clinton won the electoral vote but Trump won the popular vote. They reminded viewers that the popular vote was meaningless and that the electoral vote was necessary to win. Late in the evening when it started to become clear what was happening, these reminders stopped.

I didn't vote for Trump but he won. I will see what he DOES and fight back based on the issues, not the man.


Sorry sunny. Enforcing the rules and kicking terror punks in the ass is not racism!  That'll learn ya!!


Based on the Department of Revenues latest reports Big Oil is losing money before taxes based on an expenditure versus revenue comparison.  In the long run, if a business continues to lose money they exit the market.  Changing tax incentives for the worse in a business that is losing money signals to a firm to plan an exit plan out of the market.  If that happens, this budget problem became much, much worse.


I hear of this group Black Live Matters, do they operate as an organization in a building that can reach out and bring about change to black families/youths in their own black communities ? Can a troubled black family go to a Black Life Matter building in its own community for support (not talking about a rally) ? What positive changes are they making in their black communities on a day to day basis ? We seem to hear of them only when a white person takes a life of a black person for racial intentions. Their website is vague.


Welcome to the alternate reality, where rational, reasonable people live.

The 45 presidency reminds me of the Matrix - our world as we know it, where we live in ignorance of our true condition.


This event might precipitate a "Sudden Departure".


This is going to be a slaughter. Maybe we will get lucky and get a field goal off a long kick-off return. They will be kicking off to us a lot.


He broke the law by making the Obamacare payments and setting up DACA.   He also paid off terrorists among other things.  So, I  guess you could say that he stole taxpayer money.


It sounds as if every single charge against this man could potentially be the product of a conspiracy to make false statement to authority. How is this a speedy trial if he's still awaiting it a year after the allegations allegedly occurred? Are people who maintain contact with their families now also public enemies?


What do you mean "you"?  Are you American?  Seems to be alot of Americans defending Trump on these boards lately


Great Article!


Did you miss a turn??


O'Leary is a free trader and loves immigrants.

How is he a Trump wannabe?

Sounds more like Liberal propaganda.


WaPo is the Denver Posts favorite to rerun anti-conservative articles from I (and others) have noticed of late.

CNN is better middle of the road choice. LA Times is a better middle of the road choice.
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Your word
(Rowman - 39 minutes ago -"The point was and is that he does waiver.")
*Waiver: an act or instance of waiving a right or claim.
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My word:
* Change: to give a different position, course, or direction to

(It is legal to change ones opinion.)


Another strike this week for the City of Anchorage again.   APD has been ruined by one administration after another and one Police Chief after another.   The City of Anchorage is on top of every LGBT emergency and APD will create a opening for a reporter.    How about the city and the police put public safety  as their number one priority. Prayers for the family of this terrible accident.   Another great lawsuit against city of Anchorage.
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no, they actually think she is mentally ill. but of course they are being nice and just calling her a dummy. nobody fears the nasty hag, guaranteed.


SECULARISM, RACISM AND RELIGION
According to the sociology of religion, the several religions are a byproduct of ethnic and racial groups, as well as of political empires. The Jewish society produced the Jewish religion, the Byzantine Empire produced Christianity and the Ottoman Empire produced Islam.  And the disintegration of these empires, led to the several sub-divisions within Christianity and Islam (mainly Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox in Christianity, and mainly Sunni and Shiite in Islam.)  Now, in a globalized world, we do not only need to heal ethnic and racial divisions, but we also need to heal religious divisions.  And the way to heal the religious divisions is not by promoting...“freedom of religion,” but by creating a new globalized religion – and that religion is, in my opinion…SECULARISM, which is based on knowledge and science and not on beliefs, prophesies and... miracles. Thank you.  A. C.


Summary:  If you're rich & old and don't care about future generations, Trump's agenda should serve you well.  If you're not... not so much.


Incorrect.  Science supports bias being a greater factor than biology.

https://medium.com/@adljksbvkj/heres-your-point-by-point-refutation-of-the-google-memo-b7201d0cca04


Sheesh, I gave my engagement ring back to my ex-husband after we parted ways after 2 years of marriage.  Why would you want to keep it?  They are not worth what they were paid for as soon as you buy it..and why would you wear it?


Ironically some people go nuts over an inanimate object instead of over senseless murders and rapes. Rapes that occur every day by those who abuse their power. Some by women. Some by men who outmass and outpower us.

Yet they are "offended" when we use guns to protect and defend ourselves with guns so that we are not raped. In some cases so that we are not raped again.


Touché...  you make an excellent point about the concrete steel pinwheels and windmills and such that folks like Ms Atwood are advocating to be placed all over the countryside... seemingly oblivious to how it might negatively affect those living nearby.

It's a fact that progress necessitates change, and since folks like Ms Atwood have been pushing for certain types of changes in other towns and neighbourhoods across this country, then it's extremely hypocritical for them to be standing in the way of progress when the type of changes they've been pushing for suddenly start to pop up in their beloved neighbourhoods.


You're not even intelligent enough to know that Alaska levies no individual income tax. You're just trying to taint these Native Alaskan women and their achievements. Sounds like someone definitely needs a counseling session.


Visited these places and took lots of pictures a few years back. The Condon Center is a must see. Exquisite presentations. Met a lot friendly and pleasant local folk along the way.  Will definitely visit again. Eastern OR is beautiful, serene and magnificent country. Makes me proud to be a resident of this great state.


integrity


Let's ask our fellow citizens a serious question, instead. Do you support a trade war with America even if it means your job? Go ahead Nanos, ask that question. I double dare ya.


Fmr. Sen. John Danforth R. today,  "... our party has been corrupted by this hateful man, and it is now in peril." I agree it does no good for people to bitterly lash out when having opposing views, but some people need to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask themselves to what extent they are willing to back this individual. I have no  problem with an opposing party voicing their opinions and stating long term goals, but Trump has neither the tolerance nor open mindedness when it comes to being an example for us all. You had to realize at some point there were going to be some negative reactions, but did you really think you were making it any easier having a cardboard cutout of Trump at the booth? Divisiveness will get us nowhere, but the poster child is sowing it at an alarming rate.


She was drunk again.

Same as at the World Trade Center....where she magically healed in a day from an aliment we were told was going on for months....that no one knew about until her staff needed to come up with a story.

The woman is a lush.


Inviting politicians to speak and provide different viewpoints makes sense as long as that politician is mainstream.  I thought that the Boehner and Biden joint address at Notre Dame last year was good.  The issue is that Trump is so outside the mainstream notions of politics that they cannot in good conscience do so.


Yet the Dunce lost the actual vote by almost 3 million ballots so how was this democratic?


All Americans enjoy violence. I wouldn't limit your fun to any one political ideology or group. Two wrongs often make a right. Depends on who wins the fight.


Yes, the Sleaze Bag Fired the "unprofessional"....... A disgruntled ex-employee......  Ha !


Hackers will find this device extremely useful, especially if it sells in large numbers.


"Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid".  Democrat President Obama's Supported (U.S. Citizens Funded) "Islamic Democracy Movements", "Arab Spring", as the Overthrow of U.S. Allies "Established Governments" aka "Regime Change", they changed their names to Islamic State Egypt, Islamic State Sinai, Islamic State Libya, Islamic State Tunisia, Islamic State Niger, Islamic State Yemen, Islamic State Mali, Islamic State Algeria, few more Islamic States as formerly named Obama's Supported "Islamic Democracy Movements".  Obama Supported Al Quada's Ansar Al Shariah Not Libyan "Obama Libyan Rebels"  to Overthrow U.S. Ally President Gaddaffi of Libya a U.S. Ally since 2006.  Obama Supported the 30 Million Kurdistanis aka "Kurds" of Al Quada's Ansar Al Islam Not Syrian "Obama Syrian Rebels" attempted Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Assad of Syria a U.S. Ally since 1990..  Obama Attempted Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Zardari of Pakistan.  Obama Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Ben Ali of Tunisia.


My concern is that in this "post-national state" where there is "no core identity [and] no mainstream" (um, who said those things?) the writer's argument is rather superfluous. Clearly, the broader implications of the massacre in Quebec City can be interpreted completely differently depending on one's circumstances and point of view. We're united only by being part of nothing bigger than our own identity communities. It's kind of ironic, isn't it? It seems like a rather lonely and sterile destiny.


Generally, I believe you are correct.  Yet, there is much more to distinguish concerning constitutional law here that affects this issue concerning the rabble of natives intending to make Mauna Kea their wounded knee.


Agree. This show is not just for us Locals to watch. Hollywood must appeal to all the viewers for this show to succeed with the best minority actors.


Agreed. It was way down there though. Kinda reminded me of that blowout loss at home to the Raiders in frigid game in 2010 where the longest pass we threw was maybe 8 yards. The score in that was far worse, but the feeling of helplessness was similar.

Usually at home we always feel like we have a chance to come back when down early.  But like that 2010 Raider loss, this one just felt over at halftime. Just had no confidence we'd be able to turn it on offensively.


Agree Mr. Conover but not 16 years of age as the lady's comment illustration suggests.


Hey Peter (aka Boots), and President Reagan ended the Cold War.  What did President Clinton and Hawaii born ex-president Obama do during their 16 years?  Oh yes, "don't ask, don't tell" and "Obamacare".  Auwe.


There have been a lot of news articles here on the Globe and Mail website saying that governments in Canada need to pour more money into technology companies. But there's some geographical confusion on the part of the Ontario government.  Those articles meant that more money should go to CANADIAN technology companies.


In a nutshell the problem we have is that in Canada we do not have free speech. Do not for one minute think that you have the same right to free speech that our American neighbours have protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Oh, what is this you say? We have Freedom of Expression Guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. NO you do not and why not? Well...

Trudeau senior was very cagey when he crafted that Charter. Sure section 2(b) of the Charter says "Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression..." but the old curmudgeon stuck in a clause that could take it away. That's right, the infamous weasel clause or section 1. Believe me the Americans never would have stood for that but we had that bamboozled right by us.  Section 1 lets the courts take your freedoms away and as long as the 9 Santa Suites in Ottawa says it is for the good of a free & democratic society "POOF" your rights disappear. Bye bye free speech.


though David Johnson was pretty un-staid, and his immediate two predecessors too.

It is nice to have a professional scientist speak her mind on what any scientist of any calibre would recognize as indisputable. Too bad if she had to censor common scientific sense so as not to rub a few creationists the wrong way.


Nothing says "I'm not a racist" like wearing a T-shirt that features the CSA flag and glorifies the Confederacy.


Christianity, like almost every other religion / cult of superstition is all about a phoney After Life Insurance Scam.

Denial of Death is at the heart of most cults of belief in supernatural beings, supernatural powers and "spirits".

When doctors were trying to get me psyched up to stick with their anticancer program for me when my haemoglobin was just 43 (1/3 normal) one of them asked "what about Religion and Spirituality".  I just laughed at her and she went on to the next item in her check list.

The reality is that the 10s of thousands of no longer believing Christian Clergy often say that learning the futility of prayer was one of the major factors in them realising that it is all a myth.

https://www.thinkingchristian.net/posts/2012/06/why-i-support-the-atheist-clergy-project/

"I could see that prayers weren’t healing people, despite preaching on wealth the only people getting rich were the pastor."


DT:  Spoken like the true moron you are.


I guess the government is forcing the consequence of these moochers having chosen to be born disabled.
</sarcasm>


“Hillary would not be under investigation so quickly.”

Nice try, Skippy, but no sale.

The very thing that holed her campaign at the waterline - - her blasé attitude toward national security lapses for which the Rosenbergs were transferred to Sing Sing so they could ride old sparky - - would have been investigated to a fare thee well, the evidence of which would have provided the House to the wherewithal to pass articles of impeachment and the Senate the grounds for conviction.

It has long been thought that “God takes care of fools, drunks and the United States of America.” Never more so than on 8 November last year. Trump’s unlikely triumph is evidence that the hand of Providence is at work.

Alleluia !
Alleluia !
Alleluia !

Amen


Maika'i!  Calling it out.  Quality of life diminution ... Exceeded carrying capacity  ...  Planning with out funding ... Priorities [whose priorities?//not mine] ... Out of touch/out of control ... Scary future with out accountability ... Hong Kong here we come ... When is more is not more?  It is a small world after all with rising ocean and less potable water and more and more people [note to self: must be politically correct and not to tread on anyone's beliefs/dogma].


The current majority party shouldn't criticize each other? That attitude, sir, is one of the major problems with the modern republican party...lockstep extremism and a "we'll tell you how to vote and what to say" approach to governing. That lockstep extremism has republicans in the Senate refusing to even consider a 9th supreme court nominee. The party lockstep, do as your party leaders tell you attitude is how we end up with crappy government. This attitude is sometimes present on the democratic side of the aisle but it's a set in stone rule on the republican side and a much, much bigger problem with conservatives.


Hand-raised to be a Russophobe from the cradle, Freeland has more personal baggage than an airport, and she's so out of her depth it's depressing. Diplomacy is an art, but in the west it has never been so judgmental, shrill and crass, all of which makes Freeland's appointment entirely understandable, if ultimately ludicrous and counter-productive. The PM needs to understand that he was voted in largely to purge the mean-spirited and blinkered Harper, and now that he's gone, the same immediacy to vote Trudeau is considerably diminished, especially with the very lackadaisical approach of this government so far.


"Why should Eskom allow...?" - Because government has told it to.
And because government - from the President through to Parliament - decided to make the procurement and it is a good investment for the development of the national electricity system.
Government allowing a state-owned monopoly to defy formally promulgated policy and fiduciary commitments, thus blocking at least R58.8 billion of investment in waiting, is not good for our economy. Think of it as 1 - 1 = 0.
The impact of procurement from the plants mentioned in this article, and even of the full REIPPPP commitment of 6 400 MW, on total Eskom costs remains fairly marginal, even if only assessing for the short term.
The Department of Energy has published comprehensive accounts of who is benefiting from the new power  plants (may one assume that you don't count the DoE as handlangers of foreigners?) - see for example the IPPPP Overview March 2017 available via their website
But do share a wild story if you actually have one


so many on the street have mental, behavioral, social problems. everyone knows that or should know that anyway. animals to street people are family members and companions. it's possible this man somehow saw this as one of his family members being taken from him to "if I can't keep Cletus with me you can't take him" is just evident of his troubles.
these dogs were probably the only "property" this man had.
this makes me so sad
what about Cletus and the other dog? doesn't anyone know about Cletus? was he hurt bad?


Good point.


It's difficult for a local to empathize with an absentee wealthy foreigner's Kahala home and status vehicle troubles.  Presumably, that unfortunate owner can soon take the rail, then the bus, then the Biki bke to get to his Kahala home from the airport....just like the locals.


so after MONTHS of negative articles about Trump, he reaches across the aisle and strikes a deal with democrats to fund both hurricane relief and raise the debt ceiling (without the usual brinksmanship) and ........ crickets ....
.
this is a major move and there is no mention let alone analysis .... G&M you are giving credence to those who accuse you of having TDS


Could you please quote or point to ANY statement, platform, or even a hint that Soros "advocates slavery to the government".  The thoughts (or voices) in your head do not count as a verifiable sources.


Mark, your note wishing death to people you don't agree with is hate speech.


I have said from the begining he should recuse himself. They have known each other for a long time.He also helped him with his testimony,wrong but he did! I pray there are tapes,the truth will come out he lied 2 firedabout meetings with Obama.look at the tape again,He's a lier.everyone wanted him fired, Not just President Trump,so when he did it, they go ballistic!


"Annie O's Moral Theology 101, or, Scholasticism is Highly Overrated".


Good bye.


Meh.  Just wait until GTA price catches up to metro Vancouver for this scenario:

Working families can no longer afford to purchase a house, or a townhouse, or a condo large enough for their family. Then they become renters and push the vacancy rate to less than 1%, so now you get bidding wars and key money for anything decent.

Meanwhile Federal policy of more overseas students, more refugees, more immigrants, more provincial sponsored overseas worker programs continues. The RE industry keeps lobbying to pave over your agricultural land (or green belt).

Meanwhile surveys reveal that there are tens of thousands of sold and empty housing units due to the commodification of housing and it's attractiveness as a safety deposit box for offshore money. And then you learn that in 2016, despite all the thousands more newly built condos the population of the City of Vancouver actually decreased.

GTA - you are welcome to it.


Careful with the math, 54% of the actual budget goes to teachers (the budget is published online). 349.5 million is for wages, of which 47 million goes to administration (that is 1/7). 159 million on benefits with 21 million going to administration (that is 1/8th). That totals 440 million for teacher pay and benefits out of the 817 million TOTAL FUNDS budget. Sadly (if the article is correct) 100% of the cuts will go towards reducing the teacher pool...


I think it was the promise of legalized pot that got you to vote for Justin?


. . . or if all local, state and federal laws were complied with by the driver and his employer.


Exactly; spell U.S. Supreme Court. Vote, Drive and Breed Drunk; "Witnesses testified that before the Valdez left port on the night of the disaster, Hazelwood downed at least five double vodkas in the waterfront bars of Valdez, an intake of about 15 ounces of 80-proof alcohol, enough “that a non-alcoholic would have passed out.” 270 F. 3d, at 1236. At 11:20 p.m., Hazelwood took active control and...radioed the Coast Guard for permission to move east across the inbound lane...Coast Guard cleared the Valdez to cross the inbound lane. The tanker accordingly steered east toward clearer waters, but the move put it in the path of an underwater reef off Bligh Island, thus requiring a turn back west into the shipping lane around Busby Light, north of the reef. Two minutes before the required turn, however, Hazelwood left the bridge and went down to his cabin in order, he said, to mix more Vodka. This decision was inexplicable...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-219.ZO.html


https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/two-stars-alaskan-bush-people-plead-guilty-pfd-fraud/2015/11/19/

Court documents?  Like those involving two "Alaska Bush People" pleading guilty to lying about their Alaska residency on applications for the Permanent Fund dividend.

"Billy Brown, the 62-year-old patriarch of the family, and his second-oldest son, 31-year-old Joshua "Bam Bam" Brown, each pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree unsworn falsification in the case that has called into question how long the Brown family actually lived in Alaska between 2009 and 2012."

Fraud, just like the rest of the show.


He's corrupt, not sure why he thinks he can argue his way out if it. Thanks for publishing the story.


The time for diplomacy is running out, soon the US will have no choice but to remove the threat. Kim thinks his nuclear weapons keep him safe. In reality, it's exactly what will bring him down. Hopefully China will come to their senses and allow NK to fall. Any war on the Korean peninsula has the potential to bring down China's communist government as well.


Exactly! I'm sick and tired of reading ill informed, negative comments from people who bash state workers. They didn't create this mess and people want to punish them. If they think it is so great and wonderful to work for the state with pers tier 4 retirement than apply and get a state job! It's not a private club, anyone can apply for jobs for the state. I know the cuts are real. These same bashers complaining about state employee wages and benefits are the same ones complaining that their highways aren't plowed quick enough. Kinda hard to do a good job when your man power has been reduced along with your budgets.


I like the idea of creating wetland areas for drainage, I've seen where a lot of these storm drains enter the creeks and there is a lot of sediment, oil/fuel and trash going right into salmon streams, and that's just the stuff you can see. I hope this discussion at least reminds people that the storm drains are not sewers and anything they wash down there ends up in our creeks.


I have a1998 Toyota 4runner that was made in JAPAN & still going . I was going to buy another one till I found out that they are now manufactured in the USA & I think the Toyota Tacoma are also made in the USA. That's why they have all these problems. JAPAN makes better cars.


I think the best part of the website was their motto: "We don't rape ALL your children, so stop complaining."


Bono? South Park was right about him.


Life's a party for the legislators, on the tax payers dime.  Then they cry that they can't get anything accomplished in the given amount of time & must have "special sessions" in order to pay themselves even more.  Lets not forget the newly ordered Italian furniture for the new year, even though the states going broke.  And if we're going broke, how can we be the richest state in the union?  After all Walker would love to pocket ALL of the permanent fund.Then what?


I'd suggest that this writer, this particular man, has not and never will experience police treatment that so many black queer people do in Toronto. It's one thing to praise police in a tolerant state, but another to presume knowledge about un-lived experiences of others. Toronto police will no doubt earn their place at Pride. They haven't done that yet.


Oh? Then what’s YOUR definition of fascism, Petey?  Ought to be good for a laugh.


So, a bully is worse than an incompetent and irresponsible pathological liar or a guy who's economic sensibility wouldn't fit a thimble?


"The Trump administration may tear up the North American free-trade agreement and negotiate separate deals with Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump’s point-man on the file is warning."

A separate deal with Canada already exists. It's called the FTA, which preceded the NAFTA. I wonder if Trump's crowd is aware of this?


Where are the Feds? Did I miss something here?


The only way I ever see the Earth abolishing nuclear weapons is to either A) form a single world government (which is a scary idea in of itself); B) create a new weapon that has greater utility and destructive capability rendering nuclear weapons obsolete.  Even with joint monitoring and thorough protocols for their elimination, their is simply not enough trust in the world for nations to agree to such a prohibition.  Even if they were abolished, the fear would remain that someone hid some away in a remote location, or that one nation is better equipped than others to produce a new nuclear weapon more quickly. And we have yet to even consider the widely supported view that nuclear weapons may have actually prevented WWIII by their mere existence.  Prohibition summits are an act in futility.


Except for the fact that their rise above 'ordinariness' comes at the expense of other students via forced athletics fees and the elimination of academic programs.


By that standard - we only pay for what we approve of morally, then people can choose not to have to pay taxes for wars on moral grounds.  This results in a governmental collapse not religious freedom.

For democracy to stand and uphold everyone's right to worship as they wish, we all must compromise on things we don't want to pay for but the majority believes is necessary to pay for in order to uphold equality and keep the peace.

The rest of your post consist of mere ultra conservative opinion about Vat II.  and so I completely disagree with all of it.


That's funny, I've never ended up in a situation like that.


There are plenty of circumstances where professional attire can be a little revealing if a person is leaning in a particular way, and creeps position themselves to catch a glimpse. The only way to stop this is to "cover up" in a way more reminiscent of Riyadh than Eugene. Or teach lechers simple rules about what is considered normal behavior.

On the other hand, maybe she wore a plunging neckline. In that case, it may be hard not to casually glance... after all, people notice things in their field of view! But to stare would be creepy.

Taking a picture of someone without consent is rude in many situation... a picture of cleavage is even worse as it makes it clear the picture was for sexual purposes (despite the lame disclaimer of a necklace).


The Donald is such a joke.  He is a liar, a cry baby and a coward.  Not worth listening to.  Perhaps if he releases his tax returns I will pay attention to him but until then will just consider him like professional wrestling, good entertainment but not to be taken seriously.


Apparentally employers get to decide what constitutes a meaningful life---because autistic people have  a very,very hard time getting a job.Why?"They are odd." "They do not(socially) fit in with the dept. or co-workers."---not because they  cannot do the job.Yes, it is that bad.And employers always get away with this, although its illegal. So, if you can't get a job,and make a living, you get to be a very unhappy, frustrated autistic person. You would be, too. We don't really need these facts over-looked in favor of a "Disney uplift.", EVERYONE wants to work and make a living!  --even autistic people.I wish Disney would make a film about that.


How is Trump prepared, and how was Puerto Rico unprepared? I guess Houston was unprepared. Same with New Orleans. And same with the folks who suffered under Sandy. How about L.A. during that Earthquake?


I'm trying to understand, here....

He didn't want to use Telefilm money....

...But then, he applied for, and got Telefilm money....

...And the film got made.

So, yeah, I guess it says we have risk-averse producers / investors in the mainstream Canadian film industry.  News flash:  we seem to have those in every other mainstream Canadian industry.  I guess that's why we have Telefilm.


Israeli women are among the most liberated in the world.  You seem to prefer its Islamic enemies, the countries where women are still treated as they were in the West hundreds of years ago.  Women's march to liberation has been the most important advance in all of human history, and you oppose a people which are a beacon of that liberation.


When I read the article, I knew there would be regular items on / in my 'mental' calendar, different from writing down something to coordinate with other family members so we don't double - book, or miss an appointment, or show up someplace when there isn't anything scheduled. Time was, a few decades ago, when I could keep all these things in my mental notebook, but it's too true when you retire - you wonder how you managed to fit everything in when you were working. As an academic, for me, there were meetings (sometimes impromptu in the hallways), lunches, deadlines in addition to writing; Phyllis' echelon is one more degree than I have, so I believe her world is very real, and appreciate her insight. Judy


No, not an isolated incident. You need to read about the violence in Berkeley and elsewhere, where Leftist think their political opinions give them the right to use violence. You need to check out what Kathy Griffin did in the name of "comedy." and the reports of death threats against Trump and those who support his party.

the above comment was rated uncivil.   This is what I mean by the fingers in the ears reaction of the progressive Catholic.

Well, I posted it again anyway.   Trigger warning!


If you really feel that way, then support Planned Parenthood and the ruling in Roe vs Wade.  A woman should have the right to control her body and it should be her choice to bring a life into the world.  Or not.


<< But on matters like abortion, gay marriage, etc., he has essentially conned the social conservatives.>>
He has.  But they, in turn, have co-opted him. There is no evidence that Trump is even remotely interested in the issues that matter to so-called social conservatives, but he is surrounded by people who do care about them. Mike Pence is an unrepentant, prolific gay basher, and Sessions is a reliable "social conservative" who will pursue policies designed to constrict or reverse the advances in civil, political and human rights of various minorities.


So far so good. I like it.


I don't know how you would take a little funny aside as "your [sic] defending her perversion". I was just trying to get Alexander's apparently fuzzy understanding of "Bi" to match his joke. Anyway, I don't think of her as perverted. She's happily married, for quite some time, but admitting to feelings of attraction to both men and women makes her "perverted"! That is laughable! Perverted is evangelical Christian Pastor Jim Bakker, who attacked Jessica Hahn and repeatedly told her during the assault: 'By helping the shepherd, you're helping the sheep.'


According to the statement the FDA is investigating them.


The BIG ISLAND NEEDS A CARDIAC CARE UNIT! Please talk to politicians!  People cannot recover fully from a heart attack or stroke if they don't get help within 2 hours. If you have a heart attack or stroke on the Big Island you have to be airlifted to Oahu or Maui. To see a full report go to: https://debbiehecht.com/2016/07/26/137/


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Those things can happen right here in America. We are not immune of such tragedies


Couldn't agree more! Moe's used to be good before they went corporate chain style.

Try the Ragin' Hog in Berkeley for some real local BBQ. But order early! The brisket is first come first serve and they always sell out on Bronco game days...


The economy (AKA, stock market) tripled during the Obama presidency. I'll be impressed after the same happens during the Trump regime, not before.


Geesh...they were loaded and in trouble before the folks even got home from dropping them off. Getting falling down, urinating in the street drunk within a handful of hours of arrival - doesn't bode well for the investment. Sorry for all the parents who now have the burden of what to do with this kid ....no worries, let his grades determine enrollment, it will naturally sort itself out. He could be continuing in school...or back home living in the basement.


Don't you have any actual information to post other than to attack her personally?


He should have used a condom anyway, as protection against STDs. What a poor example for a Health Care Professional.

Failing to do so is irresponsible and just plain stupid or lazy.

Why are you so keen to make excuses for someone who sought an easy out to his personal and social responsibilities when having sex in what he viewed as a casual relationship?


If your kid has 2 hours of homework every day it is because they are not paying attention in class, screwing off, or just plain dumb. As with my 3 kids I raised, my 3 grandkids never have homework because they have it done long before they come home. On occasion they do have school projects they do at home but this never cuts into their many activities outside of school. Now, if this critter thinks she has a ton of homework to do now, wait till she gets into college and discovers what real homework is about.


So if you are so worried about foreign money, or China money, then why are yo advocating NOT signing an extradition treaty? Don't you want all the Chinese, and "Asian-Canadians" deported?

The consequence is that there would be no economy left in Vancouver, but I guess as an Economist, thats not a bad thing. Vancouver was never suppose to be an economic driver...its nothing more than a shipping route. Toronto, Montreal, Calgary are the real markets if it wasn't for immigration.


Also known as Five Points.