"Team Trump" ?????

It is to laugh.

There is no "team".

There is a madman who is an unstable megalomaniac with no clue and no policies and NO leadership.

Any that surround him now are mere sycophants and toadies.

And America fell.


The $20T debt is why Trump is going to blow a hole in the deficit with his tax cuts and huge budget gap? Math is hard.


.....said Democrats to the American people after they passed Obamacare.


Canada has all the oil it needs. We could be self sufficient. All we need is a pipeline from the oil sands to the refineries in eastern Canada. Should be  a government priority instead selfies.


The Globe's editorialists nailed it perfectly. One speech read from a teleprompter does not make up for months and months of wackiness, bigotry and self-promoting bombast. As they put it, the darkness is still there.


Columbus didnt discover America , the indigenous did and he was a murderer , rapist and worse and only celebrated by red neck low life scum


How so? He's being sarcastic. "As any Catholic can tell you, mercy means brutally condemning miscreants"?


Give it a rest, people!!!  Washington has made it very clear they want no part of light rail or a bridge, and after all the millions wasted on this boondoggle, here it is again.  And TriMet paying for roads?  Don't make me laugh.  They, like the govt, keep making promises to fund roads, but somehow the money just never seems to get there, does it?


Been once.  Good burger, and good fries (I believe they stole upon the Long Branch recipe however).  But $15+ for a burger/fries/drink.....that's just too much.


Many men and women died throughout the history of America to keep that flag flying. The political left is bitter indeed when public disrespect for the nation is called peaceful protest.  Trump is right.  Take your protest off the sport's field.


What hate?  Look at the first two responses to my comment.  Accusations of hate.  Next, gender/sex is as simple as biology.  Just because man feels like a woman, doesnt mean I have to feel like that man is a woman.  By the rationale I see, I should be able to identify as a teenage girl and hang out in the locker room at the local middle school.  Who are YOU to judge?  I firmly believe that all this gender bender nonsense will eventually lead to trans-species experimentation and all of it will, God willing, result in the zombie apocalypse.


A complete waste of time and an ego stroke to boot. Nothing short of the destruction of the North Korean regime will end their nuclear threat to the US and its allies.


"Canada sacrifices NAFTA to save itself. Welcome to the new world order "

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

"Canada dumps NAFTA (and the TPP) to save itself from being crushed by the new world order."

There - fixed it for you...


agree with SA:  please select the very best candidate.  Stay away from the mafia Kealoha bunch


You do realize that stoathair is RMiller, right? The "methinks" gives it away. Busted.


maybe they didn't pay there bill. it wouldn't do any good to use another cell service provider. they all use the same towers.


Wall not fence.
"A Great wall...". "Big beautiful wall". "...a big, fat, beautiful wall". "...an impenetrable, physical, tall, power, beautiful ... wall".


Alceste, if the comments about Tabatha Southey are predictable, it's only because Southey herself is utterly predictable.


I think whatever you saw had it wrong or are outdated - the trade deficit is $48B that is the difference between what we buy and what we sell. We buy $48B more than we sell, so if we are selling $16B then we are buying $64B. In other words - it's worse than you think!


Could you explain your sympathy for a convicted terrorist and murderer?
Under what rational can you support payment for a convicted terrorist?
Can you please advise when the Supreme Court ruled on compensation?
Kangaroo court? Canada recognized the US Law under which Khadr was convicted as Khadr served time for his crimes in a US prison, his retraction was coached from his lawyer.


Well, she does work in charities.  I know that info is elusive, so here, I'll help:

http://bfy.tw/E4nc


The most over used word ever by a president......VERY!!!!!!


I guess some of you have not lost the taste for crow.


go to a animal rights wrong persons house Larry and see all the armchair large photographic books with titles such as "Bears are wonderful humans too", Wolves are cute"," Whales are not ugly blubber" and you will begin to understand the psychosis!


Funny I just heard a (R) senator say the worse thing Trump could do would be to pick "someone like" Sarah Palin as his VP.  His opinion was she was poorly vetted (out of desperation as McCain was losing) and lost him the election.


Sorry but all parties in this awful mess are terrible. Assad is a nasty piece of work, like Saddam and Gadhafi, but leaving him in place is almost certainly better than the chaos and disaster in Iraq and Libya caused by deposing those tyrants. US efforts at imposing democracy have left a trail of devastation.


Ontario's high electricity rates are drastically impacting our competitiveness and affordability.  And there is no end in sight.  Rates are going to continue to rise as the Liberal's have tied the Province's hands to enact any short term fixes.

Of course, what they may do leading up to the election is try to trick us into thinking they have lowered Hydro rates by artificially lowering Hydro Bills using taxpayer dollars.  I am fully expecting this trick, and given Ontario's track-record, I am fully expecting voters to buy it.


I don't think it was a slur - more of a fantasy....


The low dollar may have swung costs slightly in Canada's favour? However on anything like par I believe this is incorrect.


I can't count how many secular left wingers like yourself who in spite of not knowing more than a few verses of the Bible ripped out of context on a left wing website have the keenest knowledge of what "Christ-like" is and magically concluded that being "Christ-like" means reflective of their own leftist social mores.


This unprecedented action by the white house will only make the situation worse for Trump.


The argument that we are what we were born and therefore it is OK is a dangerous one.
What if you were "born" a pedophile, or a serial killer?  You would not want to apply the argument  "they're all fine as they were born just as you are".
*
In any case, your makeup is a product of genes, personal upbringing, culture, and your own decisions.


This is a a first for me.  Agreement with Amber Collins.


When Bozievich first ran for his county commissioner position, he pointed proudly to helping to keep in operation the tiny Elmira post office. He used it as an example of being supportive of the mainly rural area he now represents. I have been wondering where that rural identity, and corresponding support for outlying refuse transfer stations, has evaporated. Perhaps the glitz and glamour of having an office in the urban core has made him myopic. He seems to have turned his fiscal focus toward overpaying pretty good manager Mokrohisky and figuring out a way, along with the lovable but bumbling Eugene city councilors, to finance a new government complex in downtown Eugene. Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Jay.


Thank you!!!!


It’s easy to fall victim to a homogenized and polarized set of beliefs that lead to rationalizing misinformation, at the same time avoiding ideas and information that forces us to challenge our beliefs. Cinthia Ritchie, you are a product of this phenomenon, you resonate the ideas of someone living in an echo chamber. Perhaps, it’s time you reevaluate your flawed concept of diversity by challenging your beliefs and educating yourself in logic.

The color of one’s skin is not an absolute determinate of diversity, so stop treating it like it is.


"Scientists" can't accurately predict the weather next week but many claim to be able to predict the global climate in 20 years. This nonsense has to stop before we let the lefties spend trillions on a hoax, and regulate us to death.


Kate can't control the weather, silly.
She can't stop lightening that has started the fires that are causing the smoke; she can't control wind direction or rain.
You give her too much credit ;-}


let's hope that they will wake-up. I got very slim hope for Ontario. Toronto is getting too big....


Speculation rampant. Cooling off period? Trying to decide if fired or quit? Or something else?


This is about as well put as possible on the issue of bump stocks & automatic weapons.
Thanks, Steve.


Somebody cutting in front of me at Starbucks won't injure or kill me but someone cutting me off on the 401 might have much more serious consequences. That's the difference.


Get it through you numbskull, Chance, we don't want your mentality.  The only people touting "civil war" is coming from people like you.  I'm in favor of locking up the radical ammosexuals like you.  We read your comment Chance and it doesn't belong in the good US of A.


Good idea.

Do you think the white supremacist are motivated to historical significance from our perspective?   Do they respect the person or the racial dominance that person represents?

Just sayin let's not 'tidy up' the supremacist interest in racial dominance as an issue of 'the past'.  It's their dream future.


What makes you sure he loved his wife? Just curious, what in the story would lead you to believe that? certainly not the part that he blew her head off i hope.


I have already posted several times on the Russian purchase of yellowcake mineral right from a rancher in, I believe, Wyoming. Russia and the US have maintained mutual trade in uranium ores for decades. This was a propaganda win for Putin in Russia, but meaningless in context, and Uranium is still a strategic mineral whose trade is overseen by the State Department. Clinton initially approved sale of mineral rights to a Canadian consortium; after that, it was out of her hands. But as you know we buy nuclear triggers from Russia under treaty.

The Clinton Foundation is (or was) active in supporting medical aid to African nations. Their books are open. Feel free to wade through them. Like all other Clinton haters, your arse is sucking swamp water.


We just had an Auditor's General report in Ontario which found 10s (100s?) of millions of dollars blatantly wasted on poor contracts for infrastructure - there IS MONEY, John Tory.

The $125M just given to OPS managers for a raise this year, the projected $8B for cap and trade over the next few years.  The Libs have added $200B to the debt on green energy and raises for the unions.  Please stop telling us our only option is to raise more taxes.


REPORTING ERRORS- The County Seat for Lane County is the city of Eugene, not a property lot. The original Courthouse was built on the Public Square as part of the land donations of the Mulligan and Skinner families. The Skinner Donation Warranty Deed shows Two Agreements with the Lane County Commissioners regarding designation of the County Seat (the city) and County Courthouse (building location). http://www.mudcitypress.com/parkblockshistory.html


And $55 Million to start with ?
Our organization ( www.HawaiianHope.org ) just gave away over 200 computers to kids of Palolo Elementary School. For the kids to take home, not for the school. The project budget was $5,000 - less than $25 per computer. You give us $55 Million and let me show you some real shit that can be accomplished.


Typical Liberal answer to current situation, Weak Liberal as ever. Majority in the Commons, No G!!!!!!


What has that got to do with Ukraine?


...and were decided by voters during the 1988 election.


Kind of curious where you got "not likely to ever happen" when it happened twice in this very article.

It's a concern but as the network expands, that will change.


Nudist resort + children = ..... Oh I guess I can't say it. It just makes no sense to me.


@Layla4:  I'm sorry.  I should have used shorter, simpler sentences.  Of course a diagnosis is necessary and of course it is doctors who are trained to do that.  Duh??  I referred only to pharmacists determining the appropriate pharmaceutical for treatment after the diagnosis has been made.


Like grouse? Like your native songbirds? Small mammals? Feral cats are some of the most destructive creatures you can imagine. They are responsible for the deaths of millions of birds and small animals nationwide, and on a global scale they have contributed to the destruction of numerous species wherever thy have been allowed a stronghold. Every last one of them should be killed. "Indoor cats are wonderful pets, outdoor cats are challenging targets."


http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-how-per-pupil-spending-compares-across-us.html  According to this link 4J spending is more like $11K/student-year.  Likely even this figure does not include all expenses such as capital expenses.


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OR HOW ABOUT when Obama said words to this effect on Letterman "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics or something," (Doh!) maybe you were thinking of when Obama gave to the British Prime Minister a bunch of incorrectly formatted DVD's or when he embarrassed himself and the USA in front of the queen when he gave her his ipod that curiously contained 50 show tunes (go figure) or his apology tour when he apologized for American transgressions around the world, yet failed to ask Muslim states to hold their "extremists" accountable for their global terrorist actions. or remember right after Obama was elected and during just one month he nominated 5 people with serious legal problems and had to be withdrawn...how about his $100,000 "date night " in New York  after just a few months in office...lets not forget what a fool he looked like by his overuse of his teleprompter when among other things he introduces himself... is that what you mean?


Couldn't address the question in my post, Poopeypants ?

Troll elsewhere.


People who live outside the USA should not be telling US citizens how they can and cannot vote.


So, you know how some people could be addicted to opioids, yet you have zero sympathy for those who have not shaken the addiction. Why does that not surprise me.


This is why only White Trash watch hockey... Cause they are simple minded and are only entertained when puck is in net.

I played triple A hockey as a kid. I can tell you with authority, there is no strategy in hockey. There are only two ways to play. Defence, as in clogging centre ice.... and fast...which = dump and chase.

Soccer is sophisticated. That's what Soccer is the #1 sport. Hockey is a fringe sport. Even Rugby has more countries playing than hockey.  Heck, Ping Pong has better TV ratings than hockey.

In soccer, everything....even the nice passing is a beauty to watch. Only thing worth watching in hockey are fights and goals. Everything else in between is boring. Again...I play hockey. So I know. (playing is more fun than watching)


Then I set the wrong tone.    I do believe that checks and balances are working concerning the first Trump decree.    I am not so well versed in immigration law that I know the eventual outcome.     I believe the Bannon administration likes to create chaos and they thrive on it.  I don't mind that part of it.    I'm more concerned that some in the public realm believe them without question about a legal interpretation that hasn't been fully reveiwed.      When  the spokeman says the Presidents orders must be followed, I get a bit nervous.

I hope our legal institutions are solid enough to stand their ground against any administration, including this one.    I am no populist, I have no desire to be under mob rule.     I presume you feel the same way UC.


Holy Father Francis is an orthodox pope.  I don't think he sees the world through your prism.  I have family on Long Island, NY.  Their new bishop appointed by Pope Francis this past Spring is an Opus Dei priest.  This doesn't sound like an unorthodox appointment to me.  I think that you hope that he'll appoint heterodox bishops, but I haven't seen any yet.  Even the Cardinals in Chicago and Newark are orthodox, albeit not fire breathers.  :-)


although I applaud any efforts to assist First Nations to become fuller members of the society we live in
the real issue for change will be to create a framework that creates jobs and opportunity for them, not just lip service and more tax dollars being thrown at the problems, part of that is putting aside stoppages that impede economic growth for all Canadians


Disgusted,

If you want to know what truly bad columnists look like, just wander over to the National Post site.


LW1 - Amy ignored the issue of her parents attempting to control her life via money by changing the focus to her child. Yes that's an important thing but it isn't the problem at hand. Her parents are snobs (wanting her to find someone in their 'league') and overly controlling. She's worried about losing her home because of this.

Perhaps it is too soon for them to move in together, perhaps it's not. But her parents shouldn't be any part of that decision.


DOING NOTHING is a vote to keep ObamaCare.

Rand Paul's VANITY is costing me an extra  $4000 per year.

I will NOT forgive you, Rand for not supporting the first step Senate Bill.


Allaha, You don't have to be an excellent marksman.  Just aim and fire into the crowd.


No, your impressions don't match the reality. I've worked in higher ed and I can tell you that the kids like those in this picture are the ones getting the scholarships and awards, because they work so much harder that the children whose families have been in Canada for two generations or more, and they'll work harder to get the good jobs when they graduate.


ParkPlus in Calgary works well.  Winnipeg also allows one to pay by app (PayByPhone).  To be clear, though, most/all of these allow you to use coins or your credit card.  The apps also require you to add money to your account. For how often I need to pay, I can't be bothered having money on my app account, though they do have the advantage of being able to add time and not having to go feed the meter if you are taking longer than you paid for.


“This great love affair of ETFs that invest in the index is such a joke.”

You're right, it is a joke, when hindsight hands you the answer of what stocks you should've picked. Do me a favour, though, tell me the stocks I should pick without the benefit of hindsight, and then do it 5 years in a row and then I'll give you ALL my money.


If posters had to answer even the most basic of skill-testing or scientific knowledge-testing questions before commenting on this topic, there would be many fewer posts, but much better ones.

Sorry, climate change deniers, but be honest for once: you don't *actually* believe you understand these subjects better than the research scientists that study them, do you?


Sean should have responded to  Ms. Chauhan; How does it feel to make a complete Fool of yourself ? Sean Spicer handled this situation very well. The Dems are resorting to an all time Low of stupidity .  She even calls him Mr. Secretary?  Watch this child  mess up on youtube!
at some point in time.........It will come to a point, where no one will want to associate themselves to the Democratic party. Shameful.......Sore Losers.IMUA!


" ... ad hominid name calling ... "

===

Who's calling great apes names?


The infrastructure is not people friendly. All the signs got to go. By the time people see them they have passed the entrance or exit they need. Looks like it's been under construction for decades. Cones and stuff lying everywhere.


Eugene has no much natural beauty it's been very disturbing to watch it what's happening to it-especially the lack of set-backs in new buildings, too many MUPTEs, Capstone,  City Hall, etc.   We need a new city manager that listens to the residents before any more damage is done.


How old was he?


Stop lying.


There are 3 versions of the Ioniq: Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and fully electric.


From what I have read the immigration policies that made America great were to admit healthy people of good character who wanted to come here and thrive as Americans.
I think this is more important than this point system, which may or may not do this.
As for refugees, we should favor persecuted religious minorities that satisfy the above criteria.


He was the one involved with the Portland prostitute who offered her 3 year old daughter for sex.

http://katu.com/news/local/portland-woman-accused-of-offering-3-year-old-child-for-sex


Fellow gun owner here, and I agree with you. These should be regulated the same as fully automatic firearms.


Yep, everybody had a gun and carried them to school and scouts in pretend 1940s America.


All these liberal snowflakes that are outraged over a Trump retweet are the same liberal snowflakes who thought Kathy Griffin holding up Trump's bloody severed head was hilarious, and claimed it was just "art".

They also claimed Dem Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal's facebook post wishing for Trump's assassination was just a "joke", and the GOP was overreacting.

But a stupid golf ball GIF is the end of the world.

Hypocritcal double standards much?


Sí tú Roobie Doobie:

solo para ti:

"El coño trumpo y su equipo de campaña nuevamente están generando ataques, insultos e intentando revivir difamaciones y falsas acusaciones sobre mi vida. Todo eso con la finalidad de intimidarme, humillarme y desequilibrarme una vez más. Los ataques que han surgido son calumnias y mentiras baratas generadas con malas intenciones, que no tienen fundamento que han sido difundidas por medios amarillistas. Ésta, por supuesto, no es la primera vez que enfrento una situación así. Por medio de su campaña de odio, el candidato republicano insiste en desacreditar y desmoralizar a una mujer, lo que definitivamente es una de sus características más aterradoras. Con esto, busca distraer la atención de sus reales problemas y de su incapacidad para pretender ser el líder de este gran país. Cuando era apenas una jovencita, el ahora candidato, me humilló, me insultó, me irrespetó públicamente, como lo hacía usualmente de forma privada de la forma más cruel.


Ahww cute. Got to love Aussies. Just like our Aussies.


What's this about Andrew Jackson and the civil war?  And now he is saying he would be "honored" to meet with NK dictator Kim Jung Un.  Is the pressure of being president getting to him?  I am worried.


A great game and magnificent play by the Jays. Liriano had a bad night that put them significantly in the hole early in the game.  The relievers came in and completely shut Cleveland down.  In the meantime, the hitters hit- overcoming a problem that has plagued them since opening day.
4 1/2 months to get back into this.  A series win against a finalist in last year's World series.
"It ain't over 'til it's over".


Naaasty Women!


Sorry, can't make it, I'll be at work, earning money to pay taxes to pay your inflated salaries.


To find real journalism try other news sites: there are many nowadays. MSM Canada is hopeless. It is so refreshing to limit exposure to the same old same old tiresome spin of MSM Canada.


So?  The guy does a great job with the Broncos.  What does it matter if he drinks?  There are tons of functional alcoholics out there who actually lead a productive life, love and respect their family, and are great at their work.  As long as they're not drinking and operating motorized equipment, who cares?

That didn't go the way you thought it would, did it?  :-D


Some will take issue, but.... A bunch of sweaty men grunting, pounding their chest,  and jumping off ropes, women in skimpy shorts  and lots of beer breath. Fun????Rather get a tooth pulled!!!!


Could we please comment on whether we should continue to give money to a nation that would best be absorbed by its neighbor and not use it to make childish remarks regarding the PM. I am sure there are many policies he has or will put it place we can agree or disagree with in a mature debate.


Habs choked it away. After the game, Pete Mahovlich apologized for not winning. He had the right idea. Thank goodness, the Flyers got the job done a few days later.


You are using a straw man argument. Only the half-baked would say that giving food waste to people living in poverty will help solve their problems. Still, it's a gesture in the right direction, so why knock it.


Our consitution needs to be revised to make gun ownership a PRIVELAGE, not a right. If you have a criminal record or suffer from some sort of mental illness or depression, you should lose that privelage. The only people who are killing people with guns are criminals and psychos.


Like all the other inmates, you really, really, really were innocent, right?


Interesting that the author is pointing out "Ukrainian" corruption which has actually diminished since Putin's puppet Yanukovych ruled in Ukraine--as though it is the corruption in Ukraine and not the corruption in Putin's Russia which is the real problem!
Ukraine needs to be helped to defend itself from the world's greatest aggressor so that it can then divert more of its energy from self defence towards its simultaneous fight against the corruption which was purposefully installed by the Kremlin both during Soviet and post Soviet times.  The West should be ashamed of their meagre support of Ukraine given the West's abandonment of the Budapest Memorandum. Instead of demanding that Russia--one of the most corrupt countries(actually an empire) stop its aggression in Ukraine (and other parts of the world) the author focuses on the victim's inadequacies rather than dealing with the bully who is continuing to kill, harass, slander and sabotage and economically devastate Ukraine.


NBC"s been around since what? 1922?, and all of sudden, some punk calls"em : "fake news", "cos they hurt his feelings?
OMG... talk about thin skinned...them Americans had NO idea and them are/were smart people.
NBC ain"t "fake news", not hardly...
but Trump is certainly BAD NEWS.


Nope Bernies is a one stop shop, thanks though!


Just what we need:  A business person and a street fighter.  It's come down to fighting in the streets.  Not a good sign for us.


Right on steve. The other day was out hiking and the trash we found shot up was astounding. Somebody dragged a bedframe and dishwasher in there just to shoot. A bedframe? Wth. You weirdos are ruining everything with this trashed out crap you do. Grow up and clean up. I am an avid shooter myself and i will be bringing trash bags back to fill up. Just because you got an AR at cabelas doesnt mean go drag garbage in the woods.


With trump and scott pruitt in charge, I guess the epa now stands for environmental pollution agency.  Along with other things trump has done, potus must now stand for polluter of the united states.  Sad!


Ms. Kealoha knows the rules don't apply to her. She's a local kahuna and she makes her own rules. Wait for the appeal. Next time she'll get a Hawaiian judge.


OS:  My HIGH is LEGAL.  You are in DENIAL that YOUR high is ILLEGAL as per our Government.


Simply no direction from any mayors or provincial premiers on transportation in Toronto for, what, 40 years now?

Meanwhile the city gets more un-livable every day.


But there's still the walking Republican dead amongst us.


President Trump is not a fool but I'm guessing you voted for Junior/Wynne combo???  Just asking.


Or maybe the Liberals are stepping in to help women who are left behind by selfish father's that don't want to contribute. I think you should stop assuming single mother's are in the situation because they chose to be and acknowledge that it takes a man to make a child happen in the huge majority of all cases (except for sperm donations).


City kicking in a third of the money (presumably an interest-free loan? Article doesn't specify) seems more than fair to me. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.


Climate change will cause more and more frequent devastating weather events, like the floods that are stealing lives and destroying properties now, and the increasingly prevalent summer wildfires that have been threatening our cities.  I wonder if Clark had the insight while visiting Cache Creek, or while looking over the raging wildfires in BC with Stephen Harper, to recognize these losses and harms as the inevitable consequences of the fossil fuel industry that she is adamant about advancing in our province.  She should think about the human costs of her fixation on "getting to yes" on pipelines, LNG plants, and tankers, instead of saying yes to solar, wind, tidal, and geothermal industries in BC.  She is snubbing the energy industry of the 21st century to hang onto a dying and damaging sunset industry.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the tens of thousands of dollars her party has accepted from the old boys' energy industry.  I've long since "got to no" on Clark and co.


"...CIA says Russians helped Trump win election according to a US Government Official - on the condition of anonymity.... The CIA had no comment..." Ha !!   Yes, typical Clinton spin, this week it's the Russian's fault last week it was the FBI and Comey. Maybe the Dems should have run a more honest candidate....!!


I am sure that you received feedback from many other leaders in Everett that you agree with.  Also, political signs can't be "lying rotting through out the city" -- the election hasn't even happened yet.  (Who tore them out of the ground anyway and left them "lying rotting" anyway?)

You can't even admit which candidate you support and why.  Personal attacks on someones character seems to be the norm.  I don't believe you, and she is getting my vote.


RG has some great photographers. Favorite picture: upside down American flag with American flag flying over courthouse.
I am not making a political statement about flying the flag upside down. I just think it's a great shot.


What you really need to worry about is Dihydrogen Monoxide... it kills thousands every year.

Get educated.

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html


You should read Shakespeare instead of quoting him out of context.


Maryam Monsef, who herself should be deported, should not be able to comment on this matter.


The bottom line to all your "speculation" about Trumps IRS return does not mean a thing since even if you are an accountant but you have never seen the tax return in question since Trump refuses to release it. I have an accountant and he never even attempts to "speculate" on my tax return and only wants to talk to me when he has seen it. I would say being a professional person myself that my accountant is more ethical than you.


Cold showers to save the planet? Someone needed to be paying attention in his science classes and ignoring Gore's little bit of brain washing. It is sad that some folks have bought into the chicken little stories of the sky falling due to CO2 and now think the end is near but of course that is what the alarmists intended the simple minded to do ... get scared silly and then hand over control of everything to those who claimed to have the answer to saving the planet.
Fortunately economic reality is stopping Red Rachel and Justin from totally screwing up Canada but they are making a mess of things.


Our run blocking has definitely improved over last year. If we can dominate the line with our run game to keep Mack out of the backfield it can only benefit our pass blocking. Watson has had some big whiffs in protection, Garcia as well.
Looking forward to Raiders week!!!


Obama...


All the participants that initiated and gained from the overthrow were white Americans. That fact is unfortunate but true no matter how we try to color it.


Actually, I've had a couple of people "take me in" for a while.  Sorry you didn't "see" it.


No need to read beyond the part where the promoters of this bill are trying to dodge facts by avoiding the scrutiny of the Congressional Budget Office.   This bill is garbage, put forth in bad faith by people who wish to bilk the American people.


Cool down, Beans.

Even in the MOST ACTIVE foreign market, non-Canadians represent less than 10% of the sales.  And we have at least one real estate rep telling us that the buyers search around for homes UNDER a million--just like your kids and mine--and come to parents for down payment assistance.  Doesn't sound much like "rich foreigners" or "greedy speculators" are taking over.

What you might focus on--as I will now--somebody explain the 5%-9.5% discrepancy in data within a short period of time...especially as the government imposed that foreign buyer tax?  Any answers about THAT?


Yes, that is the problem with Aquinas’ argument against ordaining women. If, as Thomas says, women represent subjection, then they should be the preferred candidates for priests. They better represent Jesus who took the form of a slave, accepting even death, death on a cross! Accepting punishment for a capital offense is the ultimate subjugation. But Aquinas thinks Christ cannot represent subjugation because he interprets ordination by “ applying a hermeneutic of power.” That kind of argument just does not work, as you say.
It is also hard to see how the scripture argument works. “Scripture is the soul of theology” as St Jerome said. To say this issue is absent from scripture is a problem whether you want to say that absence excludes women, or that that absence means we can decide.


I sill remember a high government official saying that Shakespeare is only an old white fossil  who has nothing to offer to today's youth.


You're right... it involves 300 million people's wallets.


And if he did he'd scream "Fake News!"


Ethical attorneys don't say that.  Ethical attorneys turn down non-meritorious appeals.  The legislature has an ethical attorney who gave it sound advice.  It ignored that.  The cost of this "flat fee Washington firm" should be borne personally by the legislators who are not acting in the state's best interests by pursuing a frivolous appeal.


Your article cannot be correct.  By definition a "philanthropist" would not be selling the home for $63 million; a philanthropist would be giving away a property worth $63 million.


Finally, the cost of institutional corruption and administrative capture that accompanies Oil.
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Oil has a 140 year history of causing corruption almost everywhere oil is found, except Norway.  No country has ever become a democracy after the discovery of oil.  Oil stunted democracy in Mexico; Venezuela; Iran; Nigeria.  Huge corruption in the US, UK.
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Today's column is basically a complaint that the Liberals ended agency capture at the NEB.
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Agency capture of the Conservative Party by Oil led to the unconscionably foolish 2% cut in the GST = $180 B in lost federal revenue to date = $180 B more federal debt, or less public transit, etc.
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It is why there is no money to solve the 90 min/day congestion tax on everybody's life.
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It is another cost of failure to defend our democratic institutions, and of failure to force internalisation of negative externalities.
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If the true political choice is pipelines or subways, Canada needs public transit way more than it needs pipelines.


I agree with this column to a certain extent, Rob Ford was not the best representation for the city of Toronto and of course, smoking any sort of substance isn’t something a political figure should come close to. But, he was elected fairly into office by Torontonians and if it wasn’t for the scandal, he would’ve been seen as a half decent mayor, doing his job like any other mayor did. If it wasn’t for the hate that was directed towards him and all the media attention, our city of Toronto wouldn’t have been that big of an embarrassment.


Very selective memory.  When it comes to the economy, they try to forget the 8 years of Bush and somehow make it that the 8 years of Obama didn't really happen either.  I don't understand how smart people can just willfully ignore things that are inconvenient to their narrative.


To use a hypothetical situation,  just suppose that a person became a Canadian citizen in 2006.  In 2008 that same person cuts off a guys head on a Greyhound bus. Could he really lose his citizenship over something as trivial as that? That's outrageous. We must open the Constitution at once!


Wonder if that has anything to do with the Icelanders overthrowing their (allegedly crooked) banking system? Rankings groups have a hard time with nations like that...


but that's exactly how societies have shaped themselves for centuries.  It may not be nice but it works.


Aloha Luke, another great column.  We have been having this debate on O‘ahu for a long time and it is one that is often filled with more heat than light.  Many say the solution is to simply stop growing, stop accommodating development.  But the state is growing at a rate of 51 people per day and two thirds of that is “natural growth” – 21 more babies are born here than people die every day.  Even if you could magically close our borders and turn away every potential new resident from the mainland or overseas, our population would still be expected to grow by more than 75,000 in the next decade – throw in the malihini and we’re talking a total of 113,000 new residents.  That’s why DBEDT is saying we need 65,000 new homes, including 22,000 new affordable rentals by 2026.   (more...)


When the UK leaves the EU, it will be in no better or worse position than any other non-EU country, lots of which trade with the EU. EU tariffs are generally low, and British products already conform to EU specifications. Trade across the Channel is not going to magically stop on Exit Day; in fact, I doubt that Brexit will have a measurable effect on trade between the UK and the EU.


What a joke, these people are rich off of making people fat. Of course they don't want people to know how bad their food is for them.

 I am a daily calorie counter, and go out of my way to learn about our food, yet still find the % system confusing. 4 grams and 20% of fat??? what does that even mean? The percentage of fat I need is different than the percentage of fat you may need.


Matthew -  Thanks for the info on GOP endorsements. Yes, Clallam County needs to bring in more high-paying jobs into the area. Colleen certainly has brought that frame of mind to the Port Commission. Yet I agree with Michael Cobb's wish to look harder at the value of recreational boating, whether fishing, crabbing, cruising, or sailing. It shouldn't be neglected, as boating also has a part to play in bringing jobs to our communities. Though sometimes difficult to see the jobs recreational boating brings may include work within the hospitality industry, jobs and sales in local stores, restaurant work, and boating supplies. True, these jobs don't pay as well as we might like, but they still provide wages and provide needed work while our economy transitions. We are not in a position to ignore any contribution to Clallam County's economic well-being.


Are you hoping that he can out-do your other Chinese leader role model?

Mao only murdered 70,000,000 of your relatives and countrymen.

Surely Xi can better that.


Viagra can help biological males who are Transitioning/Gay etc.


Did you even read her article? She said CO2 levels have remained the same for the past 2 years.


It pains me greatly that the Trumpeters are currently not all over this board, claiming all this is fake news.To paraphrase Hannah Arendt in Totalitarianism, the truth changes to whatever the Leader may say on any given day


Thanks for the great article. I always enjoy your writing.


This one feels like spin, so let me offer MY spin in return. Rail got the money, but it has a terrible reputation before even being built. So, the HART P.R. people reach out to a handful of news editor with a sad story about the need to bring the community together again with personal stories. CB bites the bait and gives Neal the thankless job. But, someone forgets to tell Neal that using personal stories is an old marketing gimmick that has become quite transparent over time. And then Neal over-intellectualizes the piece by giving us a story about story-telling, which falls flat and fluffy.
Here's a hint, CB readers yearn for the truth, not stories. How about writing about how HART, C&C and the State are going to remediate traffic gridlock over the next ten year while we wait for the 2% solution or rail to be functional. That would be a worthwhile "story."


Nobody takes The Clown  Prince seriously in terms of his decidedly meager intellect, insights and knowledge.

But regrettably we are stuck with him as PM until at least 2019 which means he gets to inject his idiocies into our political, legal and social systems and can do much damage to our country.  So we have to take him seriously enough to resolve to defeat the Liberals in 2019 and we have to work and educate and organize and vote to that end.

You are correct that The Boy Blunder is not a scholar and his specious, simplistic, shallow slogans range all the way from meaningless to absolutely absurd.

"Diversity is our strength" ranks right up there with his other asinine asides like "Canada is the world's first post-national state", "if we kill our enemy he wins", and "the only prime ministers in the twentieth century who were any good were all from Quebec".

Will he cause more fiscal, economic, disunity and cultural carnage than Papa Pierre?  Probably not if he loses in 2019.


Most of the apologies from bishops that I have seen  apologize collectively for Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, laity) as you point out.  What I would like to see is a separate apology from bishops for the offences of bishops who repeated transferred abusing priests from parish to parish without any notification to the newly assigned parish or pastor about the abusive character of the priest.  As a lay person, I never witnessed or had knowledge of abuse by a priests, so I do not feel that I personally need to apologize.  I am profoundly sympathetic, however, to those who were abused. Bishops criticize the abusive priests, and somehow  make the laity also responsible in their apology, but seldom isolate and criticize, if ever, past bishops who knowingly protected known abusive priests.


You still looking for the "whitey tape", are ya? :D


"The CBA's job is to advocate for things that affect lawyers as lawyers, not to act as a tax lobby group."
This statement makes sense.
"Anything that the federal government does that discourages these professionals from settling in small towns I think is a really bad thing," he said. "Will it have that effect? I don't know, but I think it could."
This statement sounds like fear mongering in rural and small town Canada that typically votes Conservative.


Germans are already ashamed of themselves.  Pick up a high school history book.


We contribute under 2% of the worlds carbon emmission yet junior wants to tax us some more, for what? Get us a few new jobs somewhere Mr Selfie.


Another outraged liberal who knows nothing of history. The events leading the creation of the U.N. occurred in large part because aggressive states were appeased, rather than dealt with, until they became virtually unstoppable. Fiery rhetoric was used to motivate the Allies as well, or has he forgotten the famous "day of infamy" speech by liberal icon FDR?

Liberals. They go for style over substance, every time. That's why they're perpetually shocked, perpetually appalled, perpetually outraged, perpetually discombobulated and in need of Play-Doh, safe spaces, and therapy dogs. They do not understand that they are playing Neville Chamberlain to Trump's Teddy Roosevelt. They look effete and ineffective by comparison, and the contempt they heap on Trump might better be reserved for the mirror.


There are quite a few people who would disagree with you in this regard.  I would not doubt that there will be  more and more civil unrest in Europe, perhaps even civil wars in certain countries.  The real question is this: is Europe better or worse off with the migrant crisis?  I believe the answer to that is the former, no matter which side you look from, and on so many levels.


Get inform Bob we will soon be down to one monopolistic plan provider...what do you think will happen then?>


Obviously you and those who agree with you are not from Dillingham and not exactly knowledgable with that area of rural Alaska. That road is like going to arctic valley and is 20 miles long. If you read carefully the troopers were in pursuit to Aleknagik. Just FYI and clarification for you and those who agreed with our post.


Hey, Keoni got my  2017  Trump/Pence Presidential Inauguration invitation yesterday...too bad it was 48 days too late! It's the thought that counts right?Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I needed that!  Maybe I'll  send a photo copy of it to Boots, maybe he can frame it on his living room wall? Imua! President Trump Imua!


A collection of bumper sticker slogans is not a rational or coherent argument, barney. Try thinking in something more than sound bites.


Hi Dan, The Pesto recipe is now included in the story above. Sorry about that.


Oh, so your point is--that you post fake news. We ALREADY knew that. LOL!

Pray for Sweden...LOL! Fake president...fake news...
Oh, and remember "the Bowling Green Massacre"...mo' fake news...LOL!


What waste of time and taxpayer money.


A malevolent odor pervades the entire Alaskan fiscal scene ... & it is due  to the choke hold held by BigOil Y other BigBusiness on all attempts to straighten things out in Juneau - that & the enduring temptation to pluck the low hanging fruit - the PFD.  Sloppy mismanagement & misplaced sympathies such as Sen.Stevens saying "We don't want to see Mark (Pfeiffer) get hurt" when dealing with the Anchorage LIO fraud - which got lost in the shuffle, but today, still drains public funds.
In years past I often thought the Legislature should be advised: "Don't just do something ... sit there" which seems to be what has taken place for the past 2 years.
But we need action to correct the horrible policies of the recent past - such as SB21, ending mega-project spending, reducing the cost of  welcome baskets to new hires - i.e. Keith Meyer-the new CEO of the LNG Pipe Dream project. And we need to bring state audits of the oil industry up to date - among hundreds of other fiscally sane changes.


Absolutely.  Check out the ownership and rental market in Silicon Valley and San Francisco and tell me again how over-priced Vancouver is and we should, therefore, accommodate tech workers moving from those areas.


What else are the tRumpettes gonna say or do?  DENIAL.


Ok, I hear ya.  But, think of what that lesson cost.  Personally, I'd like to see more ownership for our actions and a proactive approach to avoiding issues instead of a reactive approach once the issue is history.  Should we all adopt that behavior, maybe less lives have to be sacrificed as a tool for education.

I am glad it made an impression on you, even though the cost is immeasurable.  I hope it sticks with you and you avoid what could become a tragedy.


Global W A R N I N G.....


Every time I see the name Kate Brown I see potential disaster in one form or another. Whether it is the Elliot State Forest, defunding the State Hospital in Junction City or anything else for that matter, she is an absolute failure.
This left leaning voter cannot in all honesty ever support let alone vote for her.


BUT HILLARY


I asked no question, Ashpenaz asked it.


So what healthcare function do they provide?


You need some meds...really...the hate i oozing from U.


I think 'deliberate' and 'Trump' are two mutually exclusive words, but I see where you're going with this! Maybe beneath that ridiculous hairstyle, his two remaining brain cells have finally worked out what a lot of us realised the first time we heard him speak - he's absolutely and utterly not qualified to be the POTUS. The sooner he goes the better - despite what Trevor Noah might think, and all the other comedy show hosts and writers who've had a field day with The Chump writing their scripts - but I suppose we have to be careful what we wish for, because Pence his V-P sounds like a neocon religious right freak who could be even worse! With his finger on the nuclear button the Rupture could be closer than we think.....


This free keiki golf proposal is good but the more successful it is with more kids playing for free, it could reduce the number of full paying adults.  On days when school is out like on weekends and on school vacations, paying adults may find it harder to get tee times that they want or tee times to play a full round of 18 holes may be all taken for that particular day.  So hopefully this proposal doesn't reduce the number of full paying adults.


I assume you are a highly educated individual, and by that you should have a good understanding that education comes in different forms, formal and informal.

If you discredit one's opinion based on the level of formal education he/she received, I hope you did not compromise your integrity to become a user of Facebook, Twitter, Apple products, etc.


Going after nuns is not going to enhance his vanity..but rather the reverse....

Unfortunately it may be that the next few years will just be one media/twitter blast after another as a vanity issue....

In a way that might be a good thing...folks will tire of it, and Trump will become an object of derision ...more so than now.

The danger I see is that he may act out very viciously


That's good news. Coumadin isn't much fun.


Walter's erection.


One set of city staff worked for three years to get an application in for this grant while the city planning department made the gas station owner at W 6th & Blair wait almost six months for his permits to replace his leaking underground gas tanks.

If we're going to take brownfield clean-up seriously in Eugene, and we should, then perhaps we can find a way to expedite clean-up efforts on brownfields that aren't abandoned by issuing the permits for such clean-ups without unnecessary delays.

As usual, the only way for such a thing to happen will be to fire Jon Ruiz, the worst city manager in history.


Never stated it wasn't, just simply supplying an answer to your question.


Just let the cops write up the report. They're good at that. You just say you don't remember anything. Not guilty by reason of amnesia. Perp no can contradict you. Dead men tell no tales.


I'm not sure that last sentence was needed, but thanks for the information. It's nice to read a few rational posts on this issue instead of the usual "gun grabber" or "gun nut" rhetoric.


The First Amendment defends individuals' right to express their views regardless of how baseless they might be.  I support both Mr. Pitney's and Who's exercise of such rights.


Ultimately, this article needs more precision. The closest thing to a statistic is "After-tax inequality in Calgary has risen four times more than the national average since 1982". What is Calgary's actual inequality level? What is the national average? The closest thing to a conclusion is "rising inequality is primarily an urban problem". That's not exactly ground-breaking news.


Bronco's run game is just fun to watch now.  With a much stronger O line there's many more opportunities for our RBs to produce good results.  McKenzie is lighting up special teams and there's a connection we've not seen before between siemian and receivers not to mention a better tight end group.  Our defense is still very tight even though I miss TJ and Ware.  And we saw that play out against the cowboys.  And because of that reality along with much better protection for trevor, he now has time to work the play.  Combine that with trevor looking much more comfortable out there, not dropping back 15 yards on the snap, and clearly showing signs of growth as a QB and we have ourselves a team that has the chance to surprise all year long.  I'm up for a good surprise ;)  GO TREVOR!


I'm sorry, I forgot you know it all and have no need to learn anything further.

Onward, Christian soldier.


Still no good if the insurance industry keeps its trough full.


The bear was doing what bears do, the runner was trespassing through the bear's domain, in my opinion, the bear was justified, the runner simply in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Basic natural selection at work.


Par for the course with Wynne. Toss a nice biscuit to the 905 folk to keep their vote, knowing the Libs
have most of Toronto voters on their side. Any chance of fixing hydro charges Kate?


I agree. But criminals like this POS has more rights than his victims and potential victims.


Cassandra, it is not racism to want to see things change at a slower pace so our society can adapt at a friendly and tolerant pace.  White people have beecome the least racist of any culture and have proven to be the only countries that are willing to encourage/allow immigration.  I strongly believe in multiple ethnicity and having a vibrant integration take place, however I also believe that if you allow it to happen en mass than you get communities that are ethnic centric and this is already happening.  We should not be naive to assume people come here to become Canadian, they come solely because of economics.   They want what we have and that is an understandable  part of human nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2nlIfn8tNA
Watch this video of a young British lady in her former neighbourhood  and afterwards realize she is exceptionally tolerant and only seeks to understand people.  She also has a one hour documentary that further explores this.


And the Alaska Republican Party is supporting Gropin' Trump too. Why would they after all the racist and misogynist stuff? Even Lisa Murkowski had enough of Trump and said she's not supporting him.


What would  you expect him to say?  I know Deficits don't matter and we have to protect against imaginary fears?


Anti-Christian?
Get  onto YouTube and enter "Pohřeb prezidenta Václava Havla část 3 - Funeral of President Vaclav Havel - Part 3", and at 2:25 you will see Bill and Hillary Clinton at a Mass.
Now, Marytherese, you need to find us a shot of Donald Trump at Mass.


"Andrea Freeman is an assistant professor in the William S. Richardson School of Law."

Well, okay then.  That explains it.  I'm not going to get all worked up over this.


You think like a true American...thank you.

There is a social contract our founders built this country on...all these selfish navel gazers bleating about entitlements and wealth transfer obviously are not bright enough to understand if everyone has health care we pay less in the long run. (not access, actual health care)

It is blood money.  I personally am in a doughnut hole myself, single dad raising two daughters and paying for health care for all three of us.  Too much income for subsidies, not enough for tax help.

Jefferson stated we have a right for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence,  no access to health care does not allow for any of those three promises.


Human beings are a higher level of creation than animals because we are made in the image of God. "Death with dignity" is tantamount to suicide, which is a sin because it is a desperate act of despair, denying all hope for the future, and killing the godlikeness in man. Palliative care is so advanced now that patients who live in advanced countries like the United States can be spared the pain and suffering that the poor masses of developing countries must endure when they are at death's door.


At the end of the day the most zealot is the god fearing person who actually believes in the deeds he does himself  is catered to the 'almighty' or  man's creation  -.  Therefore, whatever those deeds may be from the believer is a roll of the dice whether it be good  or bad or dare i say an atrocity. So the moral of the story is: Fear the god fearing person.


Lets get serious about one point. Our socialized medical coverage plan is NOT free. That is a huge fallacy. However instead of paying some or none of the medical coverage premiums directly, we pay indirectly via our taxes.


Just round it off to 3 billion.  The rail in Hawaii suppose to be 6 billion but I always said it would be over 10 billion and no one listened.


Uh Granger. I think we are on the same team.  http://dps.alaska.gov/ast/academy/
So quit calling me names.............


Regardless of the merits of the Juneau road project, one fact sticks out.  DOT has consistently underestimated its costs, and has been very slow to update cost projections for construction and maintenance of the road.

First of all, the last DOT cost estimate for the project, which is already obsolete, was $574 million, not the $552 million in the op-ed.  $22 million may be chump change to some, but not to me.

Second, at one time during the project "planning," the cost of ferries dedicated to run between the end of the new road and Haines and Skagway were appropriately included in the project costs.  Then, when the Alaska Class ferry was initially designed to be able to serve the entire AMHS service area, the ferry costs were deleted. Then a re-design occurred, and the new ferries will be Juneau Access day boats only; their costs have never been added back to the project, however.

Bottom line: It is closer to a $1 billion project in today's dollars.


And there's more to governing than boosting the economy. Nor is it even firmly established that Trump's reign will boost the economy. Cutting taxes can boost the economy but not if it leads to massive cuts to spending. Government spending also contributes to growth: the United States' post-war economic boom was supported to a great extent by government spending on infrastructure, for instance.

Then there's the sheer volatility of Trump. As a businessman he showed he could be mercurial to say the least. And he's definitely dictatorial in his management style. Not clear that is going to translate well to democratic government. He may not be able to get anything done.

Then there's all the belligerent rhetoric on international affairs and immigration. He's a bull in  china shop. Chaos as a governing principle is not a productive way to conduct international affairs.

But sure, IF the US economy does well, we MAY enjoy the benefits. Of course, he may also go to trade war with us too.


i would like to see substance abuse treatment, separating the criminals from the medical population. i would like to see an education center- voc ed and degree (high school) completion, basic reading skills, child care, money management. i would like to see transitional living so that people can re-enter and re-contribute to society. we cannot waste so much. we need to do things differently. healthy people work, pay taxes, take care of their families. and if there is any room left, we could put the legislature there while in session.


I heard that if you die in debt you win.  If true that makes saving highly overrated.


I don't know enough about Schillebeeckx but nothing touched me so personally as this, from the article: Laughter, not crying is the deepest purpose that God wills for humanity.


Chin is stating reasons particular to Hawaii and the fact that there are DACA students in Hawaii schools is a good reason. The lawsuit itself will be based on constitutional and legal breaches that will occur if DACA is terminated by the President's order. The issues are based on the legality of termination under the Federal Administrative Practices Act, and whether termination of rights granted under DACA violates due process, equal protection, and rights granted under contract with US (in exchange for promises and information given by DACA participants).


A lot of these problems (bishops  and other clergy out of the loop of contemporary society and  a meaningful relevant church) is due to their enforced celibacy. This will always be so as they remain on the margin of  the practical church and developing society!! Let  them marry and join the restof us; in fact the wives could keep them relevant and in touch.


Where do you get your information from? Even if one woman decides she WANTS to wear a hijab or niqab or a large crucifix, or a wig, why can't you let that one woman live in her "regressive belief system"? (Here's two who wanted to speak out http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/two-women-two-veils-montrealers-speak-of-their-choice-to-wear-niqab?google_editors_picks=true
Paternalism much, ChuckT, MSL? Stop falling victim to tropes that just aren't true. Grow up. And maybe do some INDEPENDENT thinking and reflection.


Bombardier is suing Metrolinx?  Shouldn't it be the other way around?


The Wetlands Act is legislation doing its job.  Protecting wetlands.

The Chinese wish to build their retirement projects on sensitive land?  Approval for development along the Oak Ridges Moraine is easy to exchange  money.  Just a matter of asking there.  Easy approval!

You can bet their plans will move to where there is least resistance.  Just like water.


I guess it could be that, as long as we define "discrimination" as a recognition that straight business owners and Christian schools have no rights, and they must do whatever any individual tells them to do -- or be sued out of existence.


I'm sorry that this happened to this gentle man.  I've seen him many times, walking.  I've attended many concerts at U of A and he was frequently there.  I thought he might be homeless (boy, was I wrong), but educated.   I've  talked with him briefly but now wish I were a more social person as I may have made a friend and been the better for it.


Verifiable?

Most of it came out of Macedonia.

Oh how the alt-right loves to spin lies.


Does this writer secretly work for CNN??


I guess there are no term limits for the Assembly?  He has been there as long as I have lived.


Simpson the quality of this article is scraping bottom. It is merely name calling. Is this what the Globe has become. What a sad level of journalism, the editors should be ashamed.


Where did the bat come from?


trump has effectively pissed on the last embers of the now defunct gop.


"The next president of France will be a brilliant product of that country’s elite....."

"Savour those drops of champagne while you can, because you’ve already drained the glass"

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Good lord, after reading the opening paragraphs, I found the sudden urge to vote for the repugnant Le Pen myself. If the rising trend is "populism", then the status quo is "snobbism" if this writer is any example.


Wow.  Welfare and child neglect or drug use for that matter are not synonomous with each other.  And saying that is completely ignorant.  For god sakes the mom went to work at 6:45 am.  Sometimes people need help.  And while some abuse the situation, not the majority.  The problem is not with good people needing help, the problem is with a system designed to keep you in it.


It was unfortunate for Hillary Clinton to describe some of Trump's supporters as "deplorables,"  but the label fit.  Thanks for great column. GS


Great comment respectfully GEORGE CARLSON, California had to give taxpayers IOU's on money they owed back to taxpayers! One of the biggest expenses and causations? Under-funded public pensions!

In my opinion which is a bit different than yours, time to separate their pensions from the taxpayer's pockets! Let them make choices in setting up their own retirements in the private sector, then have the deductions sent to their choice. It's too costly to taxpayers, the liabilities to great if they fail, let them share the same risks and rewards that private pensioners have.


Then you have not been paying attention...the Cuban dictatorship has been supporting the Venezuelan dictatorship which had been supporting the Cuban dictatorship with its oil which itself is increasingly under Putin's control via Rosneft which has been providing the hard currency required to keep the Venezuelan dictatorship afloat.

Cuban intelligence and military officers have been pouring into Venezuela since the days of Chavez, not to mention the inflow of Cuban doctors and nurses many of whom have been defecting to Colombia and then moving to the USA.


I don't mind that, as long as every pays the same amount no matter one's financial situation. Also having the poor having the same medical attention as the Rich, meaning the Rich not getting more medical attention than the poor.
We all know the Rich can afford it and more because of their wealth and they'll settle on a deal where the middle class would bear the brunt of the premium and where they'll lose more medical services because of paying more to cover the poor.
Socialized Medicine is okay if EVERYONE Rich, middle class, poor receive the exact same medical attention and NO xtra coverage who has the money to do so.


What I don't get is how the exchange rate affects all 50 Canadians that shop at the dollar store.

Everything costs a dollar, right? If the exchange rate changes are they going to change the name of the store? They'll still charge a dollar, right, otherwise what are those 50 people going to do then?


Wallowing in anything is never a good idea;
Wallowing is part of this particular group's culture and has been for over 100years. If taken away some other group  group would have to apologize.


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A “moderate” war crisis, by my definition, would include any regional conflict between the United States and an intermediate power like Iran, or a great power like China, say in the South China Sea.
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By no possible stretch of the imagination could a military conflict between the two countries with the largest economies and armed forces of the world -- and both of them nuclear powers -- be considered a “moderate” crisis.

August 1914 was not a minor escalation of 'politics by other means'.


Young,  Have you any experience in the private sector? There efficiency rules the day.  Efficiency translates the profit. On the other hand, the public sector (government) is concerned most with increasing employment, patronizing labor unions and reelection. If the state ran an oil company employment would increase 3-4 times what it is now. Profit and efficient operation would be non-existent. The cost of production would make it impossible for Alaska to sell oil it extracted. Do you remember; The Healy Clean Coal Power Plant, the Anchorage Seafood Processing Center, Port MacKenzie, Point MacKenzie dairy farms, or Delta Junction barley? All great examples of what happens when government enters what would otherwise be private sector endeavors.  Need more evidence; since the price of oil plummeted the oil companies have shed thousands of jobs. Alaska has a $4 billion deficit but cannot bring itself to do deal with its bloated and inefficient workforce. Why, because somebody else pays.


too funny.  we all know you are a liberal and Chong is a blue Liberal so why not just vote for the real think?


"Trump can't tear up NAFTA "

You underestimate his incompetence and Congresses fecklessness.


"an exercise of free speech or a thinly veiled campaign donation"  Free speech is a Constitutional right, and "Constitutional rights are for natural persons only — not corporations."  This amendment would deny media corporations any and all First Amendment rights.  In fact, it would deny all Constitutional rights to all corporations, would it not?


Is someone flooding this thread?


dude i am just walking to the store ....


Who says they're crazy to want continued health care, clean air and water, free access to the entire internet, guaranteed continuing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as well as a functioning VA, unrestricted access to women's health and reproductive care, and decent public education? Just you, I think.

Refusal by these public servants to serve and inform the public is not acceptable. They need to stand before the public and account for their perfidious plotting. If they can't represent their constituents, they need to resign.


Don't be too hard on him T4D ...what do you expect from a Seattle based left wing nut. He may even have one of those worthless Evergreen College Diplomas ... would not be surprised based upon the way he tries to indict the state of our republic based upon things the democrat party has done to it then try to blame it on Trump... stunning!


Sure, whatever you say, Palatable. I'm sure you said the same thing about MLK and his people. Don't you have a Bible to read or a KKK meeting to attend?


If our politicians follow Maine's idea, it will take 5 to 6 years to pass. As one politician stated "it takes about 5 to 6 years to pass a law", so I can assume that's how long it takes them to realize that this is a pretty good law.


The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. William Shakespeare

Have to call BS on your numbers!


Thank you for a decent editorial, Globe.

It's true Harper did the right thing (really, as in this case, the only thing possible) in compensating Maher Arar.  It's VERY sad that the same government couldn't seem to see past their own prejudice to do the right thing for Khadr.  Instead they milked Khadr for the profitable contributions and votes from their base.  Sad, really.

I doubt anyone, including Khadr, is happy with this case -- but Harperites trying to make it an issue with which to bash the current Liberal government is indeed, odious.

The issues are varied but fundamentally, it is regarding the duty of our federal government to abide by the laws of our own country and to protect our own citizens.


Trump wishes Comey good luck? Why does he need luck he is just being asked to state what was said. It is the investigative committee that will take the statement and combine it with whatever other information they have and then consider whether to impeach or explore other options. As for who's word will be believed, Comey is the more reputable of the two but the Trumphiles have earplugs, blinders and nose plugs on.


some of us climb way higher for a living - I like when he does that


You might get over it from a position of supremacy easily enough but racism is deeply-imbued in the American psyche, especially among "conservatives" who blithely presume to ignore it as being so "yesterday." That's the mote in your eye.


You lost the election Hillary, send your witch coven home.


You need to be more informed. Several articles (even in this media outlet) have indicated the Cook Inlet gas is fuel gas going out to the platforms (I.e. Already produced and taxed). Keep your opinions with the uninformed ignorance down in SC.


I hear he had a brain tumor. That makes it ok. It wasn't his fault, he had a brain tumor.


Palestinians and Arabs are TWO FACED when they say they want TWO STATES

only the naive leftists of the West would fall for this

we know they really want ONE STATE with Israel wiped off the map


Wilbur will likely grant an exemption for wood used in bed frames.

We're still number one for that type of wood.


I've been a Metcalf fan for some time.  But it really is time for a fresh face like Margaret STOCK FOR SENATOR.


This is what JIHAD looks like.


They should probably all be forewarned that they'll work in a former failed mall, overseeing increasingly incompetent and fundamentalist teaching staff and dealing with a public that will demand a pound of their very flesh if they have the temerity to ask for a bond to fix a roof on a school or expect to be paid on a competitive pay scale with things like, you know, raises - what people get in other states after working somewhere for a period of time.


Lynn, don't forget to require that the NRA allow weapons into their meetings. Last year guns weren't allowed. Actions speak louder than words, especially when it comes to wingers. Hypocrites one and all.


You were discussing magnitude and accuracy of reporting.  When that accuracy did not suit your purposes, you wished to turn back to that the article was about India.  Abuse by clergy is world wide.  Wake up and have a cup of coffee.


How so?  You think if Harper was PM they wouldn't be coming?

What a strange partisan comment.


Junior and his student council

Good one Analyser!!!


Explain how does giving away tickets to Alumni who cannot afford the tickets improve student attendance?. Students get to attend free already. Alumni is the public and should pay for the tickets I thought we stopped giving away freebies when we stop giving away free tickets to legislators. As a season ticket holder this upsets me. This practice won't help increase the paying public. Even along time ago we had to pay for our tickets as students.


We still get quite a few immigrants from England and France - in the top 10 countries that immigrate to Canada - but we certainly get many more from Aisa.


1 Cor 6!9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.


Hmm, I love this idea :)


Already been a post-Khadr federal poll or have you not noticed.  72% NOT in favor of the settlement.  This speaks volumes!


Wow! Requiring government issued ID to prove residence is kind of a touchy requirement in Port Townsend isn't it? Isn't this a sanctuary city? Or do Illegals have rights that taxpaying property owners don't have?


It would be good if a picture of the correct telescope, or at least the right mountain/island accompanied the story.


Mairzee doates!


Harper couldn't find a Conservative judge to appoint.

Broken Conservative ideology.


What was that popping sound? Oh the sound of the bursting of the Harper Party leadership campaigns. Alas. Oh well at least they still have their xenophobia and homophobia.


Good point.  Nobody seems to notice that Morneau and Trudeau themselves number among the wealthy to whom  the government is supposedly being unfair. Either they are extremely altruistic or they know from their own experience that the wealthy have nothing to complain about.


With apologies (not being Joe), but while I'm here, I'll insert an answer to that first question. Human activity (primarily fossil fuel use) is responsible for about 100% of the increase in atmospheric CO₂ since preindustrial.


I teach sales at a liberal arts university and have plenty of real world experience to bring to my lectures. I also bring in salespeople who enhance the material in class. I also conduct research on relationship selling and add to the content in text books and practitioner articles. The two worlds are very compatible and research (Heinze, 2008; Fogel, Hoffmeister, Rocco and Strunk, 2012) indicates that when students take just one sales class that.....The learning curve is 50% times faster when going into a selling job, they are 35% less likely to be terminated, tenure with the company is 40% longer than salespersons with no university training, and each hire with a sales education saved the manufacturer $175,000 over a hire without one. We do pretty amazing things in university preparing our students for the real world.


Only in Sarah's dreams ...


“Strength through diversity.” Absolute balderdash from an unabashed globalist. Diversity divides, it does not unite. Look at the racial tension in Europe and in North America caused by the mass inflow of migrants and refugees, along with decades of mass immigration.

And why is the CFL sponsoring the Trudeau government mantra of 'Diversity is Strength'?


I don't hold a lot of hope for this state.


A fine opportunity for the military brass to show their political reliability. All important in todays society and they did an admirable job of it. Lucky for them, their careers depended on it. Since when does peaceably  attending a public park warrant a criminal investigation though? Ah well, I guess it was a good opportunity for a lackey police force to show its political reliability too...


Healthy Environment or healthy Economy? Why cant we have both?


Everything you say is absolutely correct. But they are going to ram this reprehensible, morally repugnant gift to the 1% down our throats, even when it results in many thousands of Americans dying.

This is what Trump voters wanted. Well, let's see how much they like it when grandma and grandpa have no place to go and no way to get the medical care that they need. When children go without necessary medical care.  When pregnancy and post natal care isn't covered.

You can't fix stupid, you can only wait for evolution to take care of the problem. This just might help it along.


Except for the exact number, this is nothing we didn't already know.  But seriously, someone actually counted them and divided the number by day?  May we also know if he made any true statements, and how many of those he made?


Pierre Trudeau wore a german helmet on his motor cycle and drove around Montreal refusing to help with the war effort during the 2nd world war.
Pierre liked to give the "finger" to western Canadians.
Pierre told the west to f... off.
Pierre married the daughter of his old friend Gordon Sinclair who was over 20 years his junior.
Pierre got his good friend Maurice Strong, an Oilman to head up the UN environmental committee. They introduced "Global Warming."
Maurice Strong, George Soros, And Pierre, Created Agenda 21. Which is a call for 1 global government.
Justin is pursung his daddies agenda.


Things change.


Didn't realize protesters had to have your approval. Good to know.


So would you say that doing what is best for the child should replace Incusion ?


Do not forget the Cowboys sorry No vote Trump


So Hillary and the democrats were behind this whole dossier thingy after all.

Wait a few seconds while I put on my surprise face.......there now this is my surprise face.


A real attack from Brett. Coupled with the hit piece from CB last week, I'm really not liking the narrative promoted by CB. CB's owner is a member of the 1% and his and CB interventionist neo-liberal agenda is becoming clear. Too bad.


I have not seen that.


If you are in Hawai'i it is highly advisable to learn Hawaiian.


Making a mountain out of a mole hill! Auwe!


LW1:  You spend a whole lot of energy justifying your POV.  Would have been easier to say to Dad "sorry we argued" and let your daughter keep her grands.  What you are doing is called winning the battle but losing the war.


Duck Softball is awesome again this year. Their batting is incredible, fielding spectacular, and with Hawkins back in form and a great new freshman pitcher they look to be a threat again to win it all this year. Keep it up ladies, and Go Ducks!


Jeff, Harper would have nothing to do with the centrist Mulroney (bringer of GST and noted as the greenest PM), however the centrist Liberals were smart enough to use his services, esp. given his relationship with the American.  Smart move.


We should probably distinguish between talk of "scrapping" that Pres. Trump, in his characteristic bombastic fashion, uses for rhetorical purposes, and what we end up with.  It may well be that upon re-examination, a significant portion of what was originally in it is reinstated, because it works acceptably to all parties.  In a sense, it's like the way we sometimes "fix" computers by turning them off completely (including power), waiting a bit, then turning them back on.


When NAFTA was negotiated Mexico was not controlled by drug cartels and crime bosses. The borderlands near the US are essentially lawless states that export drugs, weapons and criminals to the US, along with some goods covered by NAFTA. That isn't Canada's problem, nor should it be.
Mexico has ceded it's sovereignty to drug lords, until an accountable government can retake control, Mexico should be left out of NAFTA, or at least be treated as a separate entity.


He's a job creator.


Too often Obama thought and acted as if HE was the LAW. Good move by Trump to kick this back to Congress and let them decide what the law should be. If Shatz and friends want to pass a law, let 'em.


Good points, Chuck.  But I believe you're mistaken about the murders and mayhem elsewhere being "often avoided," insinuating there is a nefarious plot of some kind to "hide the ugly truth."

The uglier truths out there are the increasingly violent left and White House weirdness--and here in Canada, the Haitian border jumpers--that have cameras and microphones turning away from ALL SORTS of other stories.

When's the last time we saw a good up-date on the three costly investigations on the President and/or his administration and alleged campaign misdeeds?  How's that review on B.C.'s Site 3 coming along?  What about that murdered-and-missing inquiry?  Given it over to FN, yet?  If not why not?  All sorts of stories...but there's not secret "agenda" at work here, just the usual headline-of-the-moment routine.


Postal workers and job churn, an oxymoron.


I go to that park whenever I want to be very afraid


The Dems wanted evidence, this should make them ecstatic!

We'll finally get to the bottom of this, and the Dems will be proven right once and for all... right?

But seriously, we all know what's actually coming. Mandatory voter ID, the end of voter fraud, and the end of the Democrats.

I can't wait.

(I'm loving how nervous this is making Democrats, when they claimed this is exactly what they wanted)


"Officers on Saturday confiscated ... helmets"

Helmets are protective devices, not offensive weapons.  If someone's helmet was confiscated and they were subsequently assaulted and suffered a head injury, the cops would be hosed in the ensuing civil suit.


Is there an election coming soon,  is someone's popularity plummeting, another effort by Liberals to deceive and hopefully ride it to an election victory.


And he wonders why everyone ( minus the Chumpsters) make fun of him. Instead of just admitting that it was a typo they do another cover up. There is no way that the Chump will be able to manage a major catastrophic event when he is so sensitive with such irrelevant matters.


The officers involved in the operation said he "bloody lied " about his role in it . That clearly goes well beyond just exaggerating .


" The policy of inflation makes it impossible for the common man to plan for his future." ~ Ludwig von Mises.


"Hysterical" seems a bit uncharitable.  I can't imagine what it would be like to escape a war only to flee into a country who president is actively discriminating against you. Can you?


Gun nuts who think they "need" weapons of mass casualty,
Look in the mirror tonight.
This story could just as likely be about you and for some of you - it will be.
Just a step away from cracking with your full arsenal at hand.

Your cute little hobby - has become OUR problem.


So in this short article 2 of these wing nuts actually defend the fact that .25 is going back into the grid
I demand a firing squad !


Thanks for your comments, theairdog. I like how your comments absolutely destroy the notion propounded by Republicans that the job of police officer is so dangerous because of the supposed likelihood of being shot, that there is no end to how much they should be paid and that they are always underpaid (Denver police officer, $80,000/year after just a few years on the job).


Michael, your statement in the third from the bottom paragraph "But, Democrats believe in using government to achieve important societal goals should refer ONLY to the Judiciary. When the Dems cannot get something passed thru the legislative process, they take it to the Courts. Just look at Prop. 8 in CA.

The original intent of the Founders is easily found in the Federalist Papers. Also, the simple text of the Constitution is rather straight forward. When the 2 are paired, the intent becomes much clearer.


Now, now Wente, mustn't let facts get in the way of the hyperbolic screams of the Chicken Little sets, mostly dominated by the lefty loons these days.

1 billion humans pulled from poverty in the past 2 decades.

Unheard of wealth and health for more humans that at any other time in history.

Problems? Sure, but nothing a little common sense, or is it uncommon sense, here and there won't fix.

And a little disruption every now and then, even when led by a neo-orangutan  in a red tie, is not necessarily a bad thing. Especially when most of the disruption will be to nations and ideologies that have been running roughshod over the west for decades.

And to all, a good night.


Do not worry, after this liberal government Canada will no longer need USA anymore.

China will become Canada's largest trade partner. Millions of Canadians will become millionaires selling Chinese junks at Alibaba.

We need to replace NAFTA with CCFTA.


Don T. Care sounds much better than Don Key Care.


Liked to have been a fly on the wall!


Another anti-conservative article by KONRAD YAKABUSKI, whats this, his 197,698 in a row? YAWN


The Jolly
The US HEALTH CARE system is poor because there is little connection between the very good MEDICAL  system and about 13% of Americans. People go to the US for medical treatment because it is so advanced. Obama could have made the HEALTH CARE top notch by, making the connection for example by a Guaranteed Annual Income for the poor, the 13%. Maybe he has. Time will tell.

Like everything in the private sector, cost depends on the option chosen, Cadillac or Chevy, condo in the city or cottage in the country. You mention driven by profit. That is true. Almost everything we own or use except health care is driven by profit. And it works beautifully. Look at countries which tried government run - Communist.

The biggest thing  against private sector health care has been the propaganda against the US system. Always the negative things. One system. And about 87% of Americans can afford it. That is NEVER mentioned. Imagine only 13% need help to access the best medical system!


The Leafs just made the playoffs!!!!


Rick, good job summarizing bear maulings and their circumstances -- a "keeper" to refer to again and again.


It is not clear to me why reducing generous oil and gas tax credits is not part of the budget planning process. The governor can't expect Alaskans to suck it up and give the oil and gas industry a free pass. Residents are being asked to pick their pockets while businesses are taking our resources for a song. That is not acceptable.


why she is not in jail already is the bigger question.


If you really were warned by a refuge officer not to go into Quinhagak, that person probably  never has been in town, and shouldn't be working for the refuge. I've been to Quinhagak many, many times, on business and for pleasure, and have never found anyone there less than open and welcoming. And that comes from someone who has been to all the YK villages, some more friendly than others. The people living there are not overly thrilled by the handful of high-end sportfishing camps on the Kanektok River shipping out the many boxes of salmon, with little concomitant benefit to the community.  That's not surprising, but I haven't seen that translated into hostility.

Quinhagak is one of the higher-functioning communities in Southwest Alaska, and it's too bad that willing workers are being left high and dry by the well-heeled CVRF management. Won't even lease ice-makers and cranes so fish could be shipped out? Really?!

But what else can we expect from yet another corrupt Uncle Ted scheme?


You mouth off, you get a dirt nap..... it's pretty straight forward.
You listening Roddy?.... Roy?.


The majority of Americans favor legalization at this point in time.  Such a president would quite possibly just blackmail themselves into being a one termer.  Both Clinton and Trump are would be Baby Boomer Drug Warriors, so we'll quite possibly get a look at how that plays out.


I buckle up ALL the time and insist anyone riding in my car do also.  I also carry a gun.  What is your point?


I think that's rich for the author to accuse the Democratic party has lost its moderates when we have witnessed a complete meltdown in the Republican party the past 8 years. From the creation to the incoherent tea party movement to whatever this is now from the Trump campaign, I'd say Democrats even the loons look sane in comparison.


We're in the FIRST set of this match.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch!


Not different design, different performance basd on 'defects'. CPUs that test out at higher speeds get one clock rating, those that fail the higher speeds get a diferent one.

Add superior cooling, fiddle with the clocks and system voltages, bump it up yourself.


Our PFDs are stolen and used to fund state employees -- who play partisan politics on our dime? The employee should be fired and so should the manager for covering for the employee.


J-1's are a godsend to the Alaska seasonal job market. My executive housekeeper was actually losing her hair dreading going into the tourist season without enough staff, the J-1's filled our void and made her hair grow back.


Go ahead and talk about it . Name those subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Name ONE.

And don't use nebulous arguments of "eco-subsidies" or the like either.

Name the recipient company, the date the cheque was cut and the amount paid.

Remember now, not taxing an industry to death is not a subsidy.

Be specific. This same challenge has been thrown at multiple anti-oil posters, over multiple forums and not a single actual example ever given. EVER.


I wonder if there truly IS growing resentment against immigrants in this country, or simply the increased likelihood (due to the anonymity of the internet, among other reasons) to say negative things about immigrants. I'm old enough to remember similar things being said about other groups of immigrants to Canada. When I was young, Finns weren't true Canadians because their houses always smelled "funny" ( I heard it was because they cooked to much fish), Italians were all either criminals or in the debt of criminals, the Irish swore too much (my family was immigrants from Scotland who reserved most of their venom towards immigrants from Ireland), Jews couldn't be trusted, and Ukrainians ... well, like the Poles, they couldn't even bother learning English! I have to admit that my Canadian upbringing was a continuing education in which group of immigrants to avoid at all costs.

The more things change ...


Well, in Muslim countries  beheading and burning alive are the usual ways  of dealing with Islamophobia .


Yep, getting back for the Raiders' game is more important. I don't think Buffalo is necessarily going to be an easy game but the team needs to be firing on all cylinders against the Raiders.


Lesbians don't deserve rights anywhere. Why make it an issue in Anchorage?


He probably had a case of Spam. Those things can kill someone if you manage to throw a can of Spam hard enough at the victim. LOL


If this is so neat and tidy, why's the smell lingering?


Because Dale, it's control over the ISP's and content in the guise of "fairness"


Read the 16th Amendment, it says nothing about progressive ... the expression"the Constitution says" is used instead of being knowledgeable.


Those "anonymous sources" have good cause to be anonymous.  "Whistleblowers" are not appreciated by those in the role of "whistleblowees" and reprisals are almost guaranteed.  As you mention, Trump is far more concerned with the public exposure of misdeeds in his Administration than he is with the misdeeds themselves.  I fear your parallel reference to the U of O is all too accurate.  It's one thing to use the Public Records/Public Meetings laws to protect an "accused employee" during a disciplinary process.  It's quite another to use it hide information which, as the statute says, would fall under this exemption to non-disclosure: "unless the public interest requires disclosure in the particular instance:"  Bureaucracies are quick to release information which supports their position and reluctant to release information which weakens it........that's not exactly "breaking news."  regards, "Gary


According to the UN, the population on Africa will quadruple to 4.4 billion by the end of the century.  The solution to the issues in Africa and the Middle East cannot be to empty these areas of their citizens and relocate them to the West.  The solution to every problem cannot be to raise taxes and increase immigration.

I encourage my fellow Canadians to get informed about Motion 103 which will effectively stifle candid discussion about Islam.    The Left likes to talk about Canada and its successful history of accepting immigrants.  One just needs to look at Sweden, Germany, France and the UK with eyes wide open to see that the current immigration of followers of Islam is not the same as the previous migration of Europeans.  It is not racist or Islamophobe to point out the differences .  There are real differences.

Canadians need to wake up, get informed and stop virtual signalling how open minded they are and deal with reality.  The boy King and his band of SJW's need to go.


Please provide a comprehensive list of these generous tax breaks that I am too foolish to take advantage of.  I am facing a six figure income tax bill again this year.


Trump says stuff to keep the media in line; and will spin the story in a few days time.  This is social media, not news.


Kim Rue:  The reason my brother came up here in the first place is to be with me.We only have each other.All our family is dead.I'm 65 & not always in the best health.He's 69 not always in the best health.I don't know if you have kids, a spouse, mom &  dad, siblings to assist you & support you.I haven't had that for years.With my brother here we can support each other.If either of us gets sick or hurt, we are here for each other.

I had the expertise to personally advocate for my brother & spent many hours helping him get services & he now lives in an apt that he can afford. I dealt with a lot of bureaucracy that was at times extremely frustrating.I especially thank Catholic Social Services for their assistance.Also AHFC & Cook Inlet Housing.Personal advocating is something that so many homeless people don't have available.This was the point of my story.Also, that people do find shelter.

I wish you would educate yourself before criticizing others.I think it was very rude of you.


Relax Lynx


As big a fan as I am of Angela Lee, I think it would be a big mistake to put her up against someone with the size, strength and skill of Joanna Jedrzejczyk at this point. Perhaps if JJ moves to 125 and someone else takes over at 115, more serious thought could be given to taking on the new champ. In the meantime, a fight against Invicta's atom weight champ, Ayaka Hamasaki, who just fought at 115, seems much more realistic and competitive. Fights that would be money makers for Lee to make in the UFC and which would be exciting to see include Paige VanZant and/or Michelle Waterson.


i might hurt your feelings and you will flag me.


Mugabe as well.


Environmentalist will always side on business killing restrictions that drive up prices. They never address the root cause of the problem, over population.


America is under attack by armed and dangerous leftist terrorists assassinating American citizens in cold blood and the FBI is busy investigating phoney cases against Trump.


Good post.. Awaiting professional assessment reaction.. If there is any out there !!!!!!


Diabetes, obesity, etc. All the same story..


I'd just stick with Comrade.


I looks like my Nissan Murano will be increase to $400.00 a year or more to pay for the mis-management rail that a mainland rail hui said, "Hawaii was taken."  This would mean the exodus of local Hawaii family to the family continues.  All because we got some greedy Democrats with no compassion for families that are struggling to survive in this State.  The worst Mayor in the history of the city and country of Honolulu, is again reaching for our pocket book for their fail rail mis-management fund.
    You cannot vote these greedy Democrats out of office because the only ones that vote on election day are the Democrats, union supporters and State workers.  Even other loyal Democrats whose families are struggling will vote for this greedy political party out of loyalty and not of their family financial concern.  So there is no other choice but move to the mainland.


Fact remains minorities are thrown into jail far more often than whites.  This is especially true for drugs but I suspect its true for other "crimes" as well.  I generally follow the rules but I will be the first to break the law when I don't think it is right or fair.  Drug laws for example.  Hell, even traffic laws.  Who hasn't exceeded the speed limit especially when the speed limit is like 10 mph below the normal flow of traffic?  Laws should be viewed with a healthy skepticism.

And I didn't insult you.  I just assumed you  had little exposure with the south during the civil rights era or never heard of India.


yeah, it was their fault......we should kick them out anyway


I agree with lucy102. Advisor always lead you to mutual funds.  Especially Investors Group. MERs are high. The advisors are just following what money manager promotes i.e. mutual funds. IG is the worst of the Industry and still many fall in trap, I did for many years. IG top advisors are even worse as their goal is to make their millions (it is true as I have seen their written goals), while they act very caring and genuine. Watch out investors IG should not exists as they are not transparent and their fees are the highest.


Trump didn't inherit 11 billion dollars ...he didn't even inherit 1 billion dollars


Once the rail gets going I'll be dead. So much for that idea. But even if it did the people mover could not handle the volume. As far as VIP, money and who you know talks in Hawaii.
The little people don't go to the games.


When it comes to battery storage - it's all about how many atoms you can cram into the space. Lithium is good because it's atomic number is just 3. The third lightest element in the universe. It's a solid at room temperature, it's a metal and it's chemically active. That makes it just about the perfect thing to make batteries out of.
There are two, even lighter, elements: helium is a gas at room temperature, but worse - it's chemically non-reactive (noble gas) - that makes it completely impossible to use for batteries.
Hydrogen IS chemically active, and the lightest element of all. Trouble is -it's a gas at room temperature, and that's not ideal for batteries (though hydrogen-cells may win out in the end-  they aren't quite 'batteries' though). But:
Metallic hydrogen has the highest energy density of any substance possible.  We can't make it reliably yet, and it will be a nightmare to store.

But if we crack it. We'll build Tessla's with a hundred-thousand kilometer battery range.