The muzzling of scientists appears to be a uniquely liberal desire...

 If Stephen Harper muzzled federal government scientists, then Justin Trudeau has failed to lift the muzzle, a federal public sector union says in a memo obtained by Postmedia Network.

Mind you, data quietly tabled in the House of Commons earlier this summer suggests that Harper's "muzzle" appeared to be ineffective. That data shows that federal government scientists gave nearly 1,500 media interviews in the 12 months prior to last October's election.

Nonetheless, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) -- the union that represents tens of thousands of federal government scientists -- says the Trudeau government is continuing a Harper government communications policy that prevents scientists from participating in conferences. - canoe


..at least the dog was not asked to give up his 'cage' because they were over booked.


thank you Christian...since you are here and speaking of clarifying a story by adding to it when it launches - the story last week  on the Ruby Ave house in santa clara was terrible.  it was misleading from the very beginning and it shocked me that after all the additional comments that would have likely led a reporter to some people directly involved in the story to clarify and define the story...it was left as is.  it was truly awful that another, accurate story  wasn't run.


All professions require constant education to remain proficient. The licensing requirements you list are union created barriers to entry and have nothing to do with outcomes. For proof look at the dismal performance of teachers locally and nationally as compared to other countries.


"They can bloody well clean it up when i am gone"? Nice, unselfish attitude. That said, I'm sorry for your loss.


Trudeau, Trump, Kim....Curly Larry and Moe.


[I also think that everything General Kelly said, from the VERY beginning to the end when he left the podium is something people should hear, in its entirety, before criticizing Kelly or Trump.]
I agree with you that it is something people need to hear but I have to disagree that it is something that people need to hear before criticizing Trump.  In true Trump fashion he jumped on a political landmine with both feet and attacked a gold star mother rather than simply admitted that he misspoke.  This was a golden presidential moment but Trump had to go and screw it up by making it political (Obama never did this) and verbally attacking a grieving mother.  I'd even argue that if Trump had just come out and said he was trying to follow Kelly's advice and script but misspoke the media would have actually been ON HIS SIDE just because of how sacred Americans hold gold star families.


So right. This city has been in a downward spiral for at least 15 years. Finally the tipping point has been reached and even the privileged and wealthy folks can't ignore it.


Fueled by media publicity.


Yup, you think spending the rest of your life in jail made him kill himself.  Don't need a concussion to blame for that.  What a coward.


Fairy tale article. In todays world nuclear weapons act as a deterrent against aggression. Just ask Israel.
And that is why Canada will not stigmatize countries for having nuclear weapons.


Well, as Descartes said, "Cogito ergo sum" as being  only thing that can actually be known with certainty to any individual.  But the lack of proof positive doesn't make it false either.  At least in this case the sources are identified as members of Trump's New Jersey Gold Club, not just "unnamed sources".  And I do seem to recall Trump on the campaign trail saying he wouldn't live in the White House if elected, so the alleged comment would sort of follow.  But again, pretty trivial story.


Flynn was an idiot to put his boss in a compromised position, much less having conversations with the Russians as described. That said, Trump gathered all the evidence and fired Flynn. He did what he should have and I am not one to quibble about a few weeks. It's more important to make the right decision and he did that in firing Flynn.


Blast some tear gas into the church and drag this criminal out in shackles.  What are they waiting for?


there's a special place in hell for people like him, right next to Peter Boy's parents.


Fat chance  doing away with pork barrel public education, even though it is the most expensive form of baby sitting. Opportunity is here. You can choose to take advantage or not. It is quite apparent that many do not. Life is all about choices. The prisons and welfare roles are littered with bad decision makers. If you have a solution to bad decision making, we'd all like to hear it.


"What difference does it make now?"  Hillary Rodham Clinton.

(Named after Sir Edmund Hillary according to one of her less egregious lies.)


"The Liberal party has been milking this for all it's worth". Nope, they haven't. But if they had, it would be because the great majority of people believe Beyak is wrong and an idjit to boot. And she so obviously is.
Why did it take the CPC so long to boot her off the committee? And why are some of the CPC defending Meredith, too?


The biggest limitation to me is that you are stuck in your little corner of the continent.


This team continues to spin its wheels, stuck in the mud. Nothing here.


I would like APD to answer this also.


since when does that mean they should ignore possible crimes like this against people?


Feinstein: Trump Jr. To Publicly Appear Before Senate Judiciary Panel
Just wait til Al Franken gets ahold of Junior.
It's gonna be epic.


cont....GBA:  "here's the summation of that "least restrictive appropriate educational environment" law:

 Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) is the requirement in federal law that
students with disabilities receive their education, to the maximum extent
appropriate, with nondisabled peers and that special education students are not
removed from regular classes unless, even with supplemental aids and services,
education in regular classes cannot be achieved satisfactorily.  [20 United States
Code (U.S.C.) Sec. 1412(a)(5)(A); 34 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Sec.
300.114.]

regards, Gary Crum


Trump used to be pro-choice until it was no longer politically expedient.

 I absolutely would not call that unwavering.   Pence must be using a different definition then the one in my dictionary.  We used to have alternative facts, now we have alternative definitions.  This administration is teaching me so much


Yep the left wing loon media is working overtime to try to get Clinton elected.
It's really not that they think Trump is as bad as they try to make him out to be   ..........it's that Clinton is THAT bad.Trump has plans to get started on  correcting the things that everyone knows that's wrong in this country.  Clinton is only going to make everything worse and continue with the uberfailed policies of the past.


just get used to the fact that the ACA is here to stay. Yes, you are forced to buy GOOD insurance. What is wrong with that? It is nice to have when you need it, cause' even the healthiest person can easily be hospitalized.

Yes there are a few freeloaders. I don't mind though, knowing that my taxes are helping those that need it. Then again I get more joy helping others than helping myself.


It was Hillary!


The Indians are getting resource money. It is just that they want everything for free and will not spend any of their own money


Ah, so you disparage a wife who stood by her husband and forgave him his transgressions. You don't approve of the sanctity of marriage?


I really think we should start up a pool to see how long before WestJet jacks their prices back up to match Air Canada or Porter.

This "idea" will go the way of all cost cutting measures with more demand for profit. Just about the only cut rate airline that is actually a cut rate airline is Ryan Air. Yes, they are cheap and yes, you receive nothing unless you want to pay for it. But and this is an important but, the average North American passenger keeps thinking that they should receive absolutely stellar service with all the bells and whistles and if not, the media will happily post their whining and cringing.

You get what you pay for, if you're lucky.


Nice try...

I didn't ask you whether or not I was entitled to my opinion.

I asked you whether or not you would rebuke me, judge me and not love me if I held those positions.

So....

If I am a racist and believe that we should build walls to keep out the brown people, if I go around telling people that there is no need to care for the poor, if I campaign for the death penalty and want it to be used more,  would you not rebuke me?  Would you not form a judgement about me?  Would you love me?


let's then drop tax free status


LOL  You are hauling an EV!  It has an inverter/charger and you have to plug it in. The RV post is the EV charger.  Anywhere you parked, an EV could recharge. Unless you stayed for less than 3 hours at each park.


Nice description of tactics the left use against republicans/conservatives. Kathleen Parker is 100% correct, about democrats.


as if there aren't enough real problems in this country that need fixing.  two more years of this, we are so screwed


Another "travel junket" review? These are impossible to take at face value.


Great response.
Well stated.


ummmm.............no thanks....i'll pass.


When the product should not be used ACCORDING TO HEALTH CANADA - AND THAT INCLUDES FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES

Cannabis should not be used if you:

are under the age of 25
are allergic to any cannabinoid or to smoke
have serious liver, kidney, heart or lung disease
have a personal or family history of serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, or bipolar disorder
are pregnant, are planning to get pregnant, or are breast-feeding
are a man who wishes to start a family
have a history of alcohol or drug abuse or substance dependence
Talk to your health care practitioner if you have any of these conditions. There may be other conditions where this product should not be used, but which are unknown due to limited scientific information.

NO MAN SHOULD USE MARIJUANA IF HE WISHES TO START A FAMILY DUE TO THE RISK OF TESTICULAR CANCER, DNA DAMAGE, SPERM MORPHOLOGY, AND STERILITY AND THESE SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT - WHO ALSO WANT TO LEGALIZE


The NDP stated this in their election platform,

'Most of BC’s natural gas is produced using hydraulic fracturing, a process
that has been used in north eastern BC for decades. With the potential
of a significant expansion of gas production in the years ahead, we will
appoint a scientific panel to review the practice to ensure that gas is
produced safely, and that our environment is protected'

Page 62

https://action.bcndp.ca/page/-/bcndp/docs/BC-NDP-Platform-2017.pdf

As someone who works in the industry, I can tell you that hydraulic fracturing and LNG are mutually inclusive.  You cannot have one without the other.

So NDP, are you for or against the natural gas industry?  You can't sit on the fence forever.  The voters in BC have a right to know, so when we go back to the polls we know who to (or not to) vote for.  You need to be open and honest with the voters on this issue.


Free speech takes another hit from the Liberals.
My taxes pay for women to kill their babies. I am in disagreement with this, and I now have no choice to free speech because they are easily triggered.

Step one- go to an abortion clinic and protest the suppression of free speech.
Step 2- get arrested for violation of foreign feminist policy.
Step3-  Have case thrown out in court.
Step 4- Protest abortion in front of abortion clinic

The law can not enforce this, unless they intend to violate your rights as a citizen to accommodate feminism.


if you live in anywhere in Canada, and have a son(s) you really need to  have a serious talk with them about not hooking up, making out or having sex with girls who've been dinking alcohol...in any amount whatsoever and you must teach them to attempt to record their sexual interaction with them, via video or audio.  Their very lives and futures are at stake. One vindictive girl is all it will take to destroy your sons entire future prospects. We are quickly moving towards criminal code implementation of the University/College based models of adjudicating Sexual assaults.  Sober = Consent, and retroactive consent. It will fundamentally change relations between men and women. It will weaponize false claims of assault. When the accusation process itself becomes the punishment, (job loss, being named in the press (google is forever), public shaming) ..and the Govt (judiciary) leans towards default belief of an accusation, we are in big, big trouble. Civility will go out the window.


If you went after the over-representation by males then you would also have tackled the over-representation of FN people.


Violence is far more likely to happen to you if you are a male. That is a statistical fact. So I would say that women are not alone in that fear.


Although I'm not religious, Ms. DuBois, I echo your sentiments. It costs us nothing but a little time to care for--even love--our elderly, very young,  poor, disabled and otherwise needy.


Dead on commentary. I can't wait to vote for whoever is his opponent.
My goal is to ensure Sullivan is a one term Senator.


The task of pastors is to lead their flock away from darkness to light, from sin to justification.  Guidance for them to do that comes from scripture, tradition and the magisterium.  Many things are unclear.  For two thousand years it was crystal clear (from scripture, tradition and the magisterium) that those in a state of mortal sin - for example, but not only adulterers - should not receive Holy Communion.  The bishops of Poland nowadays uphold that teaching.  The bishops of Germany do not.  There is a dispute. From apostolic times the Pope has resolved disputed questions - which enable pastors to be good pastors.  Why is it suddenly so outrageous to even ask the Pope to resolve, with clarity, a dispute>  It's one of the primary functions of the papacy to do this.


Congratulations to Port Angeles for removing the toxic chemical, fluoride, from the drinking water. Those who want to take it can still do so --- as much as they wish.

The truth is spreading and people everywhere are learning that fluoride in drinking water is ineffective for teeth and dangerous to health.

Consider this:
In the US, 74 % fluoridated (more than the rest of the world combined).
In Europe, only 3%.
In the world, only 5%.
In Canada, now 37% --- down from 45% in six years.
Over 200 communities have voted it out in the last five years.


I hope this welcome ruling will not be appealed by the government .

The vast majority who  lost citizenship  were just ordinary Canadians who lived, worked, and contributed to Canada.  My family learned ours was stripped in late 2003, after 58 years in Canada with no notice, hearing or way to appeal.  Some groups lost for being a War Bride , child of a War Bride,  out of the country more than 5 years prior to 1947 (my father, with the Royal Canadian Artillery in WWII),  born prior to marriage(common in WWII due to military orders) failing to reaffirm citizenship before  28th birthday(who knew?) etc.

It may be too late for my brother and I to  get our citizenship back(nothing worked so far) Our  children, all good citizens of Canada, are entitled to British citizenship due to having a parent born in WWII Britain and grandparents serving in Canadian  forces. Due to Bill C-24 they are Second Class,, vulnerable to revocation. At least they will get a judicial process before it is taken.


I just love reading and comments. I feel so much better about myself after I read them!


People talking about the parenting here, when this isn't even applicable in the situation. I am from Prince of Wales Island, and what you people don't realize is this place is REALLY small. The authorities would have found out about this and come a knockin' whether the dad called it in or not. The father probably had a lot to lose if this came down on him. On POW Island, we have a different sort of respect for our land. We call in bears killed out of self defense, we trap legally, we report the animals killed because that is how we manage our rainforest ecosystem. It has less to do with parenting and much more to do with our way of life. This title is as sensationalist as it comes.


Dr. Strangelove, aka one D. Trump, has a grade four level of English, which is plain to see. He's lied about his academic standing at Wharton probably because his term-papers were too difficult to write, so obviously Twitter is just perfect. It is the perfect match for the man and the moment. He has no idea how the Chinese have set him up in order to make him look foolish, which of course, he is. "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." - The Art of War = Sunzi.


Agree with you about service errors.  Even though only had 9, that's FREE points.  Castillo should serve UNDERHAND already.  Several games, including last night she had 3 service errors in 3 sets.   I saw on the screen last night she had 13 aces and 39 service errors during the season.  Just put the ball into the opponent's court and let them EARN their points.  Not GIVE it to them.  Hope serving is better tonight.  Let's Go, Na Wahine...


Yes, well, it's only taken the House Majority 3 months to plan the demise of the state's fiscal health.


Too bad Ambrose couldn't/didn't run for leadership.  Raitt is probably the closest to her in terms of leadership style and policy views.


Mr.Trudeau is showing up.
That is the thing to do.


Brenda

Bad move to like your own post, looks too much like Trump's way, but perhaps that's what you're looking for.
As far as busts go; so far no conclusion on the Russian collusion, as much as the Trumpeteers wish it were so.
Thorough investigations take time, Robert Mueller has plenty of experience and patience, unlike the "Zero Experience Guy" who likes to talk and tweet a lot.


Canada needs a strong opposition.    The current CPC aren't it.


Springfield is not the first, and won't be the last, municipality in Oregon to adopt such an ordinance. Others have passed similar laws and withstood legal challenges. Read up on Medford Code 6.360 (6). Others have passed them and then withered. Read up on Ashland's history dealing with panhandling; the problems there, as well as the political persuasion, mirror Eugene's. Hardly a coincidence.

Also, read up on what homeless advocates in Portland, which has genuinely serious problems, say about handing out money here:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland-homeless/panhandle.html

Then, read up on OAR 734-058 concerning permits to use state highways, such as Oregon 126 that is also known as Main Street in Springfield, for fundraising purposes here:

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_700/oar_734/734_058.html

In short, read. Do some homework for once. Fight off that pontification reflex. Raising laziness to an art form is not working.


The CBR fund is being used for what it was meant to be used for.  There is no need for new taxes, cutting the PFD, and cutting government until the CBR is exhausted.


All of the Chaldeans I have read about being deported have criminal histories, usually extensive one.  I suspect very few people decrying this deportation are familiar with the Chaldean Mafia.
   It is easy to fall prey to the "poor Chaldean Christians" being "persecuted" by deportation mentality, but the U.S. have a population of over 300,000 Chaldeans, the vast majority of whom are peaceful and law abiding and who, consequently, have no concerns about deportation.
   However, the predators who are NEITHER peaceful NOR law abiding SHOULD be deported.   Furthermore, these Chaldean criminals tend to victimize Chaldean communities.
   Defending such criminals because they are "Christian" or "Catholic" is akin to defending the KKK because its members are "Christian".  Unfortunately, the KKK are American citizens so we can't deport them.


She told the Fairbanks  News Miner in May that she supported Trump. You need to stop denying what anyone can see on "the tunes."

Fairbanks News Miner, May 4

Alaska congressional delegation offers reluctant support of Trump


Reading comprehension is clearly not one of your gifts. Continue on friend, there's no story here. At least not one that you are willing to consider or discuss with respect for dissenting views. Again, what does this topic have to do with Christianity? You are like a broken record, using every chance you can to bash Christians or Christian influenced thought with insult laden comments, but you are the only one bringing the bible or Christians into the discussion. If your hatred defines you, then I am sorry for you.


To follow on on from point 2 I wonder what the number of people hacked to death with panga's is in SA? I agree that the two scenario's that are compared are hardly comparable when you get down to the essentials. Of course the gun made the Phillipi killings much easier for the murderer(s) but I wonder whether some sharp objects would simply not have been used if no guns were available?

On enforcement of the FCA I think there are two sides to the story. It depends on who you are dealing with. Some SAPS members are obviously hell bent on enforcement while others take a more realistic approach. The current court process around the validity of the FCA renewal provisions shows up the poor drafting of the Act . It stems from the not so well hidden aim of the Act to deprive owners of their property if they haven't complied with the letter of the law, leaving no room for condonation. Lets see what the Con Court says...


An accident is, by its very definition, an event that was niether intended nor predictable, therefore it is random.
This does not deride the skill, knowledge, or judgement of any victim, Andy my intent was certainly not to upset you.


Your point is inherently contradictory though; you cant hear someone who's silent, can you?  Therefore the 'silent majority' would need to speak up, noh?


I don’t understand any of this drivel. This is a bunch of what if’s instead of articulatable facts, do you even have a point?   I understand that you post nonsense but this is beyond comprehension


How dare those Democrats defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

The author wants Democrats to adopt Trumpism and screw over the average American so they can give tax breaks to the wealthy and serve the interests of the corporations.

The author is like Trump, he wants to screw over the average American to give more money to military contractors.

What the author is pining for is one party Trumpism, better known as totalitarianism.

This is surely another fine example of the liberal slant of the ADN.

LIke this 'liberal' statement:

"The standard Washington narrative blames Republicans for the budget stalemate because they reject higher taxes."

The author attempts to wash that away by claiming it's a half-truth.  That's no half truth, it's a whole truth.

It's standard Republican mantra for decades, this author thinks he can obviate reality at a whim?

That 'Republicans reject tax higher taxes' is standard narrative because it reflects reality.

He's as phony as Trump is.


It's not that hard to avoid getting hit, just skate with your head up rather than focussed on the puck.
.
Guys put their heads down knowing the risks are there.  But just like ped's, they don't care about the risk because they are chasing fame and fortune.  Then they look for someone else to blame when they could have kept their head up and avoided the hits in the first place.


Historical facts  are fun...the Japanese / Chinese were made " honourary Aryans" for politicians cal reasons...but the Nuremberg Race Laws did not allow the "honourary" Aryans to marry and reproduce with true Aryans.

The Iranians were no limited by the Nuremberg Race Laws and could marry German Aryans...Iranians, being racially pure , were allowed to join the SS...there were no Chinese or Japanese in the SS.


Buy the dumb voters with massive debts for their children. (Worked great for Greece.) Saddle taxpayers with $1 billion in penalties shutting down gas plant contracts to buy two election seats. Pay wind and solar electrical producers to not produce, more than doubling off peak consumer hydro costs since 2006. Then artificially reduce consumer hydro bills by substituting even more debt to hide the cost of the green power fiasco and build radio commercials around this ponzi scheme pretending the government has done voters some kind of favor. That these buffoons could be re-elected speaks to the lameness of the Ontario PCs as well as the low mental bar set by Ontario voters.


The most concerning thing about this article to me is what Mr. Gallagher's ideas reveal about academic rigor at Catholic University.  If this is the level of reasoning and writing going on in a doctoral theology program, that is troubling.  But I also think that whatever article he wrote doesn't deserve as much attention as NCR is giving it today.
It is a fact of life that language changes and evolves over time, usually in response to new discoveries about the world and human nature.  I am in a book group that is studying the women Doctors of the Church and we sometimes have to step back and investigate how the meaning of words in the documents have changed over the centuries, and how to ascertain the writer's original intent.  Our most amusing example is that for Teresa of Avila, "gay intercourse with friends" meant an encouraging and lively verbal exchange of spiritual ideas with like minded souls.  In today's language it would mean something quite different!


You are simply spewing fake news.   None of the figures you have quoted are taken from, you know, reality.

By the way, nationally, from 2013 to 2016, the Immigration Review Board had an average annual release rate of 18 per cent.  People appearing for detention review hearings at the IRB are non-Canadians who have been arrested by the CBSA for an immigration matter.  When taken into custody for an immigration infraction, CBSA can detain non-citizens pending a decision on whether they are allowed to remain in Canada.


Funny we pleaded when they occupied Caledonia and it never made front page news.


stop being such a bore.


It would have been interesting if Michael Spiker had said what he was addicted to.  Obviously he wasn't talking about marijuana but was it Chrystal meth?  Heroin, or perhaps perscription drugs?  Also is prison the best solution to his addiction?  I frankly don't think so.


Not really surprised, Canadians generally like to think of themselves this way.  More than anything those are very broad values that people from any party can support.  Wedge issues tend to play to people's darker sides which Canadians are not immune to although I think having seen the damage they cause elsewhere that probably makes them a huge turnoff at the moment at least.


Hey, Thad, welcome to the PDN!

Are you the famous brother who lived briefly in PA and thus gave Kurt the eternal right to tell us what to do?


I remember getting a sex ed class from Planned Parenthood.  It was really weird.  They said we should discourage the term STD's because it was too stigmatizing and  instead say sexual transmitted infections (STIs).  That was an attempt to indoctrinate rather than educate.

However, they did actually provide some actual value to abstinence education.  They talked about the different levels of intimate contact and a stopping point well short of "petting" so that things didn't get out of control.  That was actually solid advice to provide a different stopping point so that kids don't get to the "can I just put in the tip" thinking that can't result in STDs or pregnancy.


Seems like being from the former Soviet Union would be a pretty legit education on communism. Do you know "literally everyone" from the former Soviet Union? Hard to lend any credence to your argument.


sometimes I like to poke the bear, boy are they touchy!


If the federal lieberals are anything like the provincial version here in Ontar-we-owe, where they were willing to spend over a billion dollars to save two seats, we are in dire straits.

The slide down the slippery slope has begun!


You clearly didn't read the article... The explanation and a completely reasonable one is ALL THE OTHER COMPANIES WANTED MONEY UP FRONT.  Only one company was foolish enough to make a contract and not demand a significant amount of the contract payment up front.


I am amazed that you were able to identify ALL the "black civilians" who work for, with or support Senator Sessions. How many exactly was that?

FYI, all those "voting block" civilians are "real people" who support those "black" politicians you mention.

Now I do not know if Jeff Sessions is a bigot. I do not know if he is a racist.
I do know that he thinks certain people are beneath him.....

I'll let you make that call, y'all.


Yeah, you missed that part because Trump had to keep his mouth shut due to his own history of betraying his marriage vows (which was my point).

Hillary has not betrayed her vows.


It ain't like hand picking coffee beans. Not everyone signs up to be a "swabby"...
;-)


All in all, it sounds like the folks in Nome where a heck of lot my civil and friendly then some of the committers on this article.


PS - A third request: if you have never read Ayn Rand, please don't because I think it will only increase the likelihood of #2 above.


No wonder their stuff tastes so good!


Very sorry to see you go.  Thank you for your contributions to the important discussions in our state.


Capitol Hill police details and secret service personnel no doubt stopped what would have been a massacre-- Isn't it great that these elected officials had armed details to protect them?  The same ones protecting Nancy Pelsoi, Michael Bloomburg, and state Democrats seeking to strip away gun rights for the rest of us law abiding citizens.  Now is the time to oppose knee-jerk reactions by Congressional Democrats and those who would exploit this event to further their anti-2nd Amendment zealotry.


I will certainly miss Mad Dog in the house.

"...as a former teacher, what grade would the prime minister give his government's performance on access to information?"


This project is vital to the economy of BC and must proceed ,it will produce affordable energy at a fraction of the price of alternatives and is sustainable into the foreseeable future.
The WAC Bennett dams serve as an excellent example of what a boon a little foresight can bring.
As for the First Nations be assured they will get their share of profits and benefits.
Enough of the tree huggers and green supporters .


I find it comforting to know that there are still places where humans are not the apex species and are subject to another species rule. The Arctic and the ocean are two such places. Not so long ago it was the entire planet. Hang in there polar bears the smelly bearded people will soon go home.


Thank you so much!  The lack of historical education re the 14th Amendment is appalling.

Education is obviously sorely needed on this subject, after  reading through some of these comments.

All Trump has to do for now is a Executive Action.


Wrong. The old USSR fell apart because it got mired in the middle east, Afghanistan in particular, and bankrupted itself. It was too busy fighting the cold war, and pushing for control over its oil supply, instead of using its considerable ability to find renewable resources and implement them.
They were out of touch, but it was with the reality of science, not with its own people, just like our previous government.


Suffer the little children... for their parents spending their grant money on booze and tik. Suffer the child headed households whose elder kids have to prostitute themselves to feed the younger ones. Suffer the babies left alone all day and fed once a day because older sibling has to work in some way or form to get food. We need food stamps, not more grant money.


Maybe, but as massive unemployment and poverty (and environmental collapse) spread, they'll have to kill off anything even resembling democratic elections to stop it from happening.


Will never happen - "evaluating the viability and acceptability of potential regional-road use charging alternatives for motor vehicles."   - It would be political suicide worse than the screw up on BC's HST mess up.


Excellent! A hefty promotion and pay raise for failure. Only in (Liberal) government. Your tax dollars and mine.


Good point.

Indeed, if City Hall bought all the properties in the six mile by six mile square of land between twelfth and fifty seventh that is between Dunbar and Victoria, and turned it in to a big park, the density of Vancouver would drop a lot and there would be more park space available.

Maybe Burnaby and Surrey and Delta and Richmond could replicate that in their neighbourhoods. Think of it as the wise Trout Lake move on a larger scale. A wise idea indeed.

Sarcasm off.


Don't both seeking my sympathy for all those people dying of drug overdoses out west when the government is so happily setting up this easy entree into the world of drugs. And later on, the street side addicts will complain about the smart ones who ignore all this drug stuff and apply themselves to making successes of their lives. It's so much easier to get ahead when the competition is half stoned.


Lets pray Bozo doesn't have an eruption.
Given the amount of debt Toronto home owners have and the largest sub sovereign debt in the world the slightest trade war would spell  disaster.for Ontario.
We have No wiggle room left to stand on our own 2 feet, its been financed away!!!


This does sound a bit like Censorship, am I wrong?


So a "conservative" estimate is that at least 85% of the calls support the Affordable Care Act and not confirming Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education?


Yes, it looks like Indivisible Hawaii is just another vehicle that Hillary Clinton supporters are using to try to tear down Tulsi. Tulsi is doing so much for Hawaii and has real aloha. These kind of smear tactics is what caused us to end up with Trump. Let’s uplift the leaders with integrity and aloha, like Tulsi, instead of tearing them down.


"A technology-enabled, AI-smart public service could not only be more efficient and provide better services"
Thank you for my morning laugh!  The deadwood that comprise 90% of the redundant paper-shufflers can be made "more efficient" with today's technology - but there is no appetite for this.  Why would government, and their public sector union masters, want to apply anything that might affect the bloated headcount?


@G&M monitor and your exaggeration of “censured” this comment;
Islamophobia ???...NO!
“...The problem was the inadequate approach to the Islamic Center, who wanted to have his cemetery without the consent of the population. I assure you that the inhabitants of Saint-Apollinaire are not against a Muslim cemetery, them.
They wanted to share the ground, because they also need this field”
Le Devoir


Good job, Turkish police. Now hang these criminals and move on.


It's not a money problem. We over-fund medicare already, and it leads to endless malaise.


Haha then maybe it will be hillary grouping men in the white house instead of bill. Let's not forget our fellow Americans that died because her stupid a$$ denied them help, went home and slept through the presidential briefing! Yeah, let's put a lazy, pathological liar in office! She lied about being under fire in Bosnia, lied about benghazi, lied about being "dead broke", lied about.. you get the point, the list goes on and on and on! She can't tell the truth to save her life! I wonder if Hillary is even her name. She could fix the economy with her wonderful money management skills! She was "dead broke" when bill left the white house, then they went and bought not one but two multimillion dollar homes! Hillary is a joke! And a bad one at that! Just what did she actually accomplish as Secretary of State? (Crickets) Her and Bill can run around calling names all they want, we all know what they are! You can shine a turd all you want but at the end of the day it's still a piece of s|-|¡T


You obviously are not a home owner. Otherwise, you would be more concerned with your home and protecting it from thieves.


Eric Norstog, please. I am the only Eric Norstog in the world. There are no Norsteds  in the world, and I have met and know every single Norstog and Nordstog, both from a farm in Bo, Norway near the Arctic circle who all emigrated to the US in the 1880's. I am 70 and Gary is older; I speak for myself when I say I will never box again. Gary is a big guy and he can make that choice for himself. I prefer reasonable discussion. Best wishes, Eric Norstog.


Where does it say in the Constitution he cannot pardon himself? Hmmmm.......It doesn't, does it?


Those who take the drug long enough will get addicted, period. The old drug company propaganda that there are addictive personalities, that people in pain don't get addicted, that prescribed narcs don't cause addiction but instead people just develop a tolerance were always BS and I spent years arguing with doctors and others about that.


Maybe $230, or $2300?  I guess the point is that those books should be open, at least to credible investigation on the public behalf.  At the very least we now know that Adam Andrzejewski is the founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, which claims to be the largest private database of government spending.  So is this letter basically an advertising flyer?


"Abomination" is an approximation of the Hebrew "To'aiva". In fact homosexual relations are twice called a To’aiva.

Usually the Rabbis do not explain the meaning of Torah words. And the meaning of abomination seems reasonably clear - it is abhorrent to God. But in this case, the Talmud does offer a specific explanation. Based on a play on the Hebrew words, the Talmud says that in the act of homosexuality, the person is straying.

The commentaries on the Talmud say that by abandoning heterosexual sexual relations, the person is straying from one of his prime goals in life - to procreate and populate the earth. Although the rabbis did not use the term "natural law", this is precisely what they are describing.

In fact orthodox Judaism and Catholicism see the matter identically.

Attempting to gloss this with supposed reference to the Canaanites to feign some sort of moral basis for the acceptability homosexual behavior is totally Western and 20th century phenomenon. Period.


What evidence will it take for you to believe that Trump colluded with the Russians?  His kid certainly tried, it appears that wasn't enough, so what will be enough evidence?


Gee Larry, where are the citations? 97%? There must be at least one.


You're probably right about most people.   I can't speak for most people.   I do have other sites that I visit, I also like going off to research a topic that comes up.   But this site is the only local one that I know about.   If you have others, let me know.


"This administration runs like a highly-tuned engine"
----
 He put his thumb and forefinger together when he said this, so it must be the truth.


Exactly!  If there were two or three brave guys like him it may not have happened at all, or far less.
Nice post xbt.  By the way, I own several guns, but have never used them.  I will use them for defense only.  I dont even hunt with them, and refuse to glamorize them.  They are there for one reason only.


It strikes me that GM is jumping from the fire into the frying pan by moving this operation to Mexico given the possibility of Trump's border access tax.


Let's see...Denmark declared it was a summerless year...first time in 38 years...Finland summer was one of coolness...Early freeze. Russia in July....lhttps://www.iceagenow.info/rare-early-freeze-russia/....cold records set in NoVA Scotia in July......I could go on...ýet no mention of theses...only when it is warm...better then cold..is it ever mentioned


"How many fake names have you sent comments in under, Joe?"

OK who is Scott10?


In the short term, Putin's POTUS will lift company profits. But history shows that private sector job growth is better under democratic adminstrations.
http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2016/6/the-economy-under-democratic-vs-republican-presidents

This is because republicans concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, while democrats provide for the many, and the purchasing power of the many is what drives the economy forward.


Coded?  Conspiracy theorist?  How you got white supremists out of Jerry L.'s post is EXACTLY the problem with the left.  Someone disagrees with you and they are racist.  What exactly is racist in the post?


Says the blind man.


Basically there are 3 groups of PERA stakeholders - employers, employees and retirees.  The PERA trust fund is in trouble for 3 main reasons - PERA members are living longer, economic stagnation as far as the eye can see, and legislative meddling and mismanagement.  There is a matter of fairness here, as I'll try to explain.  It is fair that employees pay more to make up for demographic change, or increased life spans.  It is fair that retirees give back some of their COLA to make up for a changing, slower growing economy.  It is also fair that employers (i.e., taxpayers) contribute more to help mitigate legislative mismanagement.  I and many others who have charted PERA's course over the years can cite many examples of mismanagement.

So, as I have outlined above, fairness dictates that all three parties contribute towards funding PERA's unfunded liability.  Employees should contribute more due to demographic change, retirees due to economic change, and employers due to mismanagement.


A truly appropriate (or accurate?) public manifestation and representation of the current administration.
The now "head" messenger of the GOP.
American leadership making "America Great Again".
What an unmitigated embarassment.
Everything we THOUGHT the Fonz actually was when he wasn't with the Cunninghams is now the person that speaks for the US government.


This service animal scam is out of control and claiming PTSD is out of control. Used to be you had to fake a back injury to milk Uncle Sugar. Now you just say you saw a dead guy once and you're on the gravy train for life. Let's just make all parking spaces handicapped parking, allow all animals everyplace, and give every veteran lifetime full disability benefits. That way we save money by cutting out the lawyers.


As sad as the eastern teams are, the race to the top is tightening up.


Alaskans pretend to be conservatives but this PFD welfare program proves we're all closet socialist.


Are you for  real?


Why go through an FOI if it is so transparent?


I agree that our airport is in poor condition.  But, we don't need another "new airport authority" to fix it.  What we need is for our State DOT to do the job they are paid to do.


"Sheep" is a kind way of putting it when one considers the social programs in jeopardy, the immigration/deportation disaster, the health care "repeal and replace" debacle, the proposed tax "reform" changes that promise bigly breaks to the richest citizens and corporations -- all of which Mr. Trump campaigned on (although he may not have mentioned the tax breaks -- surprise!).


Trump campaigned everyday at several events.
Hillary took  days off and ignored the low paid/unemployed Democrats. She ran a lousy campaign and that is why she lost. Her gender did not cause her defeat.
At the start of the campaign cycle I fully expected her to win.


If only the murderer had a gun, he could shoot all the other shoppers.  Then the police could eliminate all the dead people as suspects very efficiently and the paperwork could all be correctly filled out in record time.


Which is more likely:
(1) Several thousand scientists colluded to falsify climate research and get more grant money
Or...
(2) Oil and gas multinationals funded a disinformation campaign about climate research to protect hundreds of billions in profit


Apparently the Wynne government likes the Venezuelan economic model.


24 of the 27 smallest pop states now ignored, could not be MORE ignored.

2016, 94% of the campaign events were in just 12 states (containing only 30% of the country's population).
2012, more than 99% of presidential campaign attention (ad spending and visits) was invested on voters in just 10 states.
2008, candidates concentrated over 2/3rds of their campaign events and ad money in 6 states, and 98% in 15.
2004, candidates concentrated over 2/3rds of their money and campaign visits in 5 states; over 80% in 9 states; and over 99% of their money in 16.

There is no evidence to support your beliefs.  In the 4 battleground states that got 2/3rds (176 of 253) of the 2012 general-election campaign events, and a similar fraction of campaign expenditures, campaigns were proportional-to-population in various parts of the states.

TV, costs much more per impression in big cities than in smaller towns and rural area. Candidates get more bang for the buck in smaller towns and rural areas.


Same for the government-mandated supply management system regulating chicken, egg and turkey production. As in dairy, supply-management significantly increases costs which makes it virtually impossible for food processors to use these farm products  to make foodstuffs that can be sold outside of Canada.


I find the specific analogy of Trinity/obedience disconcerting. Maybe it's just beyond me. But I think I get the concept. I would call the "obedience" of the Three more as "in sync" - utter mutuality of understanding of source, objective and process and erupting in synco-patious concensus judgment.
I also like the "lamentation" but would suggest it more like the "groaning" of  birthing, seedling emerging, the leg pains of an adolescent, all expressed in different ways from the "joy"/pain of birth, evolution, to the suffering in poverty, injustice, illness, anger, angst, despair....
And I get it that Jesus was not "obedient" in the sense of doing what he was told, or fulfilling an agreement/mission that he wished he hadn't entered into.  It was the obedience of ineffible discernment, a sort of consultation among the Three wherein Jesus the man was fully in scyn with/as the Christ but as Jesus the man confronting the lamentation of such pain.
Trying to grasp God is sorta challenging.


You have to suspect a raging case of TDS- Trump Derangement Symptom- in this author's case. Consider his astonishing statement:

"The United States is closer to a war – perhaps more than one – than any time since 2003."

Really? The United States went to war against Yugoslavia in 1999, under Clinton. Then it went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 under Bush, where they're still at it.. America went into Iraq in 2003, then Obama launched his 100,000 soldier "surge" into Afghanistan shortly after winning the election in 2008. Obama went on make war against Libya (2011) and then armed and trained the terrorists that drove the Syrian Civil War (2012- )

The USA is currently making war in Iraq and Syria, ostensibly against Islamic State. Then there were numerous drone attacks over the entire period in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Then add in the threats of war that the US made repeatedly against Iran.

If he gets his own war, Trump will merely be carrying on an American tradition.


So the shooting was fake?


Black people in the USA had to fight for inclusion in sports. Movies have been made about that. Today the numbers are the way they are based on hard won battles. In SA, if resistance to transformation goes away, cricket ad rugby might actually remain white dominated and that will be accepted because there would be no barriers to any one  participating.


Where all the Chump supporters (RadirD, como_estas, JSB1, who else?) for me to congratulate on so much winning? They are bigly absent.


It wasn't the man, it was the physical evidence!


You're repugnant.


We have a lot of homeless, maybe put them on Kahoolawe and start the test.


At the meeting of the House Committee on Transportation, a number of people (including me) testified in support of Senate Bill 1183, SD2 as written, meaning that there would be no extension of the rail surcharge past 2027 but the state’s ten percent cut of the surcharge would be eliminated. The mayor, HART interim CEO, contractors, and unions all supported the bill; however, they wanted a surcharge extension. The mayor, of course, again raised the threat of increasing property taxes without an extension. Following all of the testimony, Chair Aquino brought up House Draft 1, leaving the ending date for the surcharge open; a vote was quickly taken and the bill passed with HD1. That draft is still not even on the Legislature’s Web site but it was obviously just sitting on the desk in front of Aquino and all of the testimony was meaningless. I hope that Finance Chair Luke will kill HD1 and force the city to make some real decisions on how to complete rail with the estimated $6.8 billion.


If they're illegals don't they have criminal records by definition?  That means rounding up 11 million and deporting them, right?


Not doing anything ? Really ?
Are you actually claiming to know what foreign leaders "feel" ??? And you expect us to take this type of analysis seriously ?


I'll_go_with_a_public_option._It_will_eventually_expand_to_single_payer,_as_will_the_current_plan_which_now_no_longer_has_a_mandate._Bankruptcy_will_lead_to_defacto_single_payer.


The key to any disaster is to BE PREPARED, not be UNPREPARED, the Cascadia Subsuduction is more than 300 years overdue of a Major or Great Quake. It's better to prepare and practice now, than having to do and worry about it when the SHTF and more as it will create a chaotic atmosphere where most will now know what to do and what they have stored in their preparedness or disaster kits.

Those that are injured, panicked and the lawless will however be taken cared for at one time or another, it'll take some time to get national guard units into those hard hit areas to supplement to the law enforcement efforts and more.

Remember prepare yourself, family, neighbors than worry about helping your neighborhood and more after those priorities are met and done with, than help where you can, they'll need all the help after the big one jerks loose.


I don't care what the Yes voters say, they will never get my vote in the future, ever!  And I will encourage my family and friends to do the same.


If someone can explain why the above keeps dropping, I would appreciate it.  It is certainly civil.  Compared to a lot of what is allowed to stand, it is downright polite.


Is it better to live in fear as the N Korean people do everyday as they have no choice. We have a choice as grim as it is, I feel we can do a better job with peace by removing or men from S. Korea and stopping war games totally useless to be there. Maybe its time to include them in the world and not isolate them as they are forced to live in crappy conditions. All in exchange for reducing Nukes . We need a peace agreement to end the war with N. Korea.


Based upon his conduct, Trump is male, but not a man.

I am however not surprised that you use the word "snowflake" to describe Trump, it tells us everything we need to know about you.


"Mainstream christians" are no different than"mainstream muslims", both seek peace. Your current idol, Donnie T, wants to torture muslims.
I suppose you do as well. Am I right?


Plenty of blame on both sides for this shameful incident.

This was not a case of refusing boarding, it was a case of removing passengers who had already boarded. It was not a case of overbooking, but of expecting employees to be given priority over passengers, at the very last minute. What kind of planning is that?

United should have other ways of getting its employees to their work other than bumping paying passengers. As others have pointed out, they could have gotten there by car in not much longer.

But that said, the consumer culture of "the client is King" has gotten out of hand when even a mature adult, a professional, thinks it is perfectly reasonable to react in this histrionic way to life's inevitable setbacks. What if the plane had been delayed for mechanical reasons or weather reasons, would he also have had a fit? He sounds like a diva. Is this how he deals with conflicts at his hospital? Is this now the accepted way of dealing with consumer disputes?


SJSJ5

What was it? a three Martini lunch? Gotta watch that, you could be charged with Posting Under the Influence (PUI).

OK here are the facts from Politifact
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/mar/28/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-about-hillary-c/

Now we wait for PETROWS or some other Clan member to tell us that Politifact is beholden to the Clintons, Obamas or whoever comes to mind.
LOL


Thank you Senator Murkowski for standing strong on health care position and doing what is right for all Alaskans.  You and Senator Collins should be on committee to improve the Affordable Care Act --- take time to get it right vs. fast track to nowhere.


Japanese cosmetic company must have some bucks. 5 barges of fireworks going off is big time. And only in 15 minutes. Skies will be bright.


You sbould talk after the remarks youve made about south asian people.


Don't get me started on the Civil War youngster ... I was there!  :)


The report appears to be at a sufficient high level that it is difficult to pinpoint causes and solution. If government austerity is affecting minorities more, is that because minorities tend to be poorer, and austerity tends to hit the poor the hardest?

Also, the Canadian experience has people wondering about length of abode in the country. Are the minorities recent immigrants, or are they descendants of immigrants from the 1950s, when Britain allowed people from its former empire to immigrate? If the problem persists into the 3rd generation, that is a bigger problem than for recent immigrants. But then what is the class mobility in Britain? If it is low, maybe it is just that immigrants who start at the bottom don't see their children move up, like the native lower classes.


It is just such a big scam in the making......


Another racist comment. What if someone during President Obama's administration said, "Sorry, White Anglo saxons cannot accept him. Do you ever listen to yourself?


In the picture accompanying this article the lunatic tRUMP is holding a rainbow flag upside down that has been written on with a magic marker and a stupid smirk on his face. Why didn't he just wipe his but with the flag a be done with it. He has no intention of protecting any LGBT rights in this country


Emotional truths is just another for "faith" which has very to do with factual truths.


Perhaps you can explain why that matters. If a woman kills another woman, would you ignore it because they are "authoring their own demise"?


The term "settler", as used in this context, certainly comes across as pejorative. If it's descriptive, it is often inaccurate; in what manner is someone who was born here, with mixed aboriginal and European ancestry, a settler? Where did such a person come from in order to settle here? No, in this context, the term is used to deny the legitimacy of occupancy to some but not others.


yes trump and Flynn were sleeper agents

anything else to add?


Good point!

I believe that, other than in the gay community, there isn't as much tax money to be made for our budgets, but I certainly think equality of financial opportunity and equality of taxation is the way to go!

Group gropes; whatever!  Have fun, pay for your fun and support the 'childrun' with your taxes!


In another commentary utterly lacking in understanding the situation at hand, President Trump succeeded in both missing the point of his visit to Puerto Rico and managed to be dismissive to the plight of his hosts. Comparing two disasters, Hurricane Katrina and Maria, with each other and their impacts upon their respective victims was a so not disguised backhand to the people of Puerto Rico. Then bringing up the F-35 fighter plane in his remarks, which had nothing to do with why he was there, left everyone listening doubting his ability to stay on topic. Exhibiting sensitivity and generosity may not have been in evidence on the reality show he once fronted but they are necessary attributes of a president attempting to comfort fellow US citizens in their time of need.


Ferguson Issues:
1) The Ferguson report stated that over 90% of the arrests made in that town were of blacks, which make up about 67% of the population. That stat isn't indicative of a crime problem; it means that whites are arrested at a much lower rate.
2) Between 2012 and 2014, there were 14 people whose single offense listed in the report was "resisting arrest". All 14 were black.
3) Use of racial epithets by police towards blacks.
4) E-mails among police and court staff that stereotype racial minorities as criminals....including jokes about abortions as a method for crime control. Distasteful in a run of the mill office setting....flat out wrong and disgusting to be done by city and police personnel.
5) Black male accused of being a pedophile for sitting in his car after playing basketball because there were kids at the park.....then cited for giving a false name (used Mike instead of Michael when asked his name).  Man was ordered out of his car and patted down with no cause.


After two generations of progressive education starting with Daddy Trudeau in Canada, it appears that most Canadians are indoctrinates of the left and incapable of linear thinking and the ability to apply valid epistemology criteria to determine what is factual and what is opinion.  Now mind you,  all of you are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts.  Now some facts.

The Congressional Oversight Committee demanded two days ago that the CIA and other agencies who claim that the Russians cyber-interfered in the Presidential election brief them on the validity and proof of this allegation.  The CIA and the other agencies refused saying the White House told them not to.  The FBI alone stated there is zero evidence of anyone, the Russians, the Chinese, or Joe the Geek in his pajamas cyber- interfering with the Presidential election.  No single incident is offered as proof nor a source named.  One must conclude this is leftist propaganda to legitimize President Elect Trump.


After all these resignations, Trump is going to hold a Florida rally to "Soothe His Bruised Ego"


So, her son in law is a Haole.  No beeg thig!  He's not a buddah head.


There's no story because it didn't happen. Deal.


You never know when life is going to bite you in the rear.


Huh?  That doesn't make sense.


Public spaces are to be used for the public, not monopolized, camped on, defecated in, urinated on, littered on etc etc etc. I pay $4500 a year for the privilege to live in this city. The people you mention are subsidized by that, and the TAXPAYERS do have a say in how Eugene is governed, which includes how our public spaces are used.


"97% Consensus Lie"

That is another one of many lies from you.  There is not enough space here to explain it in detail, but every attempted rebuttal of Cook (2013) has been based on egregious errors in math and logic by the alleged "debunkers."
1) They define consenusus incorrectly as the number of papers with quantitative evidence for AGW.  Nope.  Consensus means general agreement among experts that AGW is valid.  That is the way Cook defined it.
2) They incorrectly include papers that are irrelevant to the question in the denominator, making the fraction arbitrarily small.  Cook correctly culled out "no position" papers.
3) They ignore a theorem that the sum of probabilities of all outcomes in sample space must = 1.  Cook satisfied that theorem.

Besides, you have the fact that not a single science organization or society in the world disagrees with AGW, which affirms the seven published papers on this subject.

PopTech is a disinformation site.


Yes, we do differ on that assessment.  Every party has a fringe lunatic portion of its membership.  i.e. the fringe are obsessive about a certain policy.
And Thank You for a reasonable response.


Shirlene Ostrof.... It's time for real leadership.


Enough with the b/s. There is no "change" to SS other than the Baby Boom.

By law, from day one, any surplus is invested in U.S. gov't bonds.

If they invested the surplus in stocks (which would mean SS would soon own ALL stocks) you'd be complaining about socialism in America.

If you're "no longer collecting enough revenue to support the payment of benefits" then you collect more revenue. It's not difficult unless you (or more accurately, the 1%ers) want it to be so.

Learned Helplessness isn't cute in children; it's even less cute from you.


If you have an employee and you fire them solely because they're a minority, I believe you will have run afoul of the wall.


Sanford:

"Obama squanders his post-election mandate by not crushing the Wall Street thieves who crashed the economy."

 The same Wall Street thieves that Hillary is so indebted too? She has taken millions from both investment and credit banks and is enjoying a lot of support from most of Wall Street.

"The ACA is failing because corporate insurance is at the heart of it."

 So perhaps signing it before both reading it and having the proper oversight in place might not have been such a smart idea, and who should one place the blame for both the ACA and Oregon's lackluster opening of coverage, Democrats crafted or were in charge of both plans and for the oversight for seeing them implemented.

 While both parties like to take the credit when things go as planned, which is far too seldom, they are both far too quick to blame the other party, when taking the blame for their shortcomings.


More of Hussein Obama's " Change you can believe in".
23 days.
It's the most wonderful time in 8 years !!!


where did I state that Pol Pot " was in the same league as Castro"
-
focus old man , focus


Bull, it is Liberal Privilege. There is a couple in Oregon that lost a lot of money and their bakery because they refused to go against their beliefs.That was ok but you can withhold services if the election does not go your way? Double standard.


Why would anyone leave a goat country for a non-goat country?

It makes no sense.


I agree that the West made serious errors and naive assumptions about Syria but that scarcely means that Assad is some sort of wonderful leader. This is a man who committed numerous war crimes, who tortured and murdered children, used poison gas against his own people and bombed civilians.

The West's foolishness doesn't excuse Assad's appalling behaviour.


Carolyn Coller,
A free country where the person who gets the least votes wins the election? The Electoral College is undemocratic and undermines the doctrine of one man one vote, by giving small states a greater voice in determining the president than large states.

For example, Wyoming has a population of 586,107 and 3 electoral votes. That's one EV for every 195,369 people. Neighboring Colorado has a population of 5,456,574, and 9 EVs. That's one EV for every 606,286 people. Why should Wyoming votes count three times more than Colorado?

Maybe we should adopt this for statewide elections in Alaska. Make Bush Alaska votes count three times more than urban Alaska. Would that be fair? Otherwise urban areas dominate and rural communities simply do not have a vote that counts, according to your logic.


Your right ...the crazy Mormons in Utah get into a lot of cover up stuff just because of their insane beliefs.


And it never came to pass that  Barry Obama wouldn't give Justin a ticker tape parade down Pennsylvania Ave. Oh, this hurts!


It sounds fine but I believe that any "plan" needs to address subsistence harvests first, both fishing and hunting.  Subsistence should always be the priority.


Where did you read "everything" in the original comment?


Pretty sure that comment could be made of most countries including the Dutch.  In fact, not mentioned much is that the Dutch were here when the French and British were during colonization and they were raping a killing First Nations.  In fact according to the FN it was only the French that acted with a modicum of civility.   More recently American raping and pillaging in Vietnam.   Lots of bad to go around and war always turns people into less compassionate people.


make america great again!!

pebble mine will be good for alaska!!

MAGA


ontario to make that legal???????  ha ha not in a million years, besides i ride a bike and after
seeing splitting in action in california, there is no way ontario motorists would abide by
that rule....might as well commit suicide at home rather than try that here


They are trying to keep up with Donald Trump who continues to pull people in including his haters.

However the real story that Senator Hirono should be tweeting is that the five-year survival rate for Stage IV kidney cancer is 8%. This could help raise awareness for this deadly disease. I hope she takes really good care of herself. My Aloha to her and her family.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/kidney-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html


After 10+ years of doing nothing, Europe is facing severe issues of cultural segregation, religious fundamentalism, and broad societal regression- Rotherham child sex assaults, Denmark, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Cologne.  Europe is on the verge of massive civil unrest (lawless rioting is already common in France). Jews are leaving western Europe by the thousands because they are tired of police with assault rifles guarding their children's elementary schools, they are tired of being spat on and harassed, they are tired of the societal decay, crime, and drugs infecting their neighborhoods. Whether the Globe admits it or not doesn't change the reality that no-go zones are real and ignoring issues stemming from cultural segregation only empowers leaders like Trump. Canada is more open than Europe but we aren't immune to the ethnic cultural segregation that breeds extremism and division.  Accommodations such as demands of gender segregation are a threat to Canada's pluralism.


"By deliberately denigrating people, President Donald Trump reveals the self-serving bias of a pompous and mendacious tyrant. How can he expect honor, respect and trust when he lacks integrity? His chronic and unceasing offensive and defensive actions and words are without forethought,"

Hey, you don't have to convince me what a great guy he is,  I already voted for him.  The other way...wasn't working out so well.

See: Welfare Participation Rates


considering that I saw a lot of pizza with char marks in Italy, I would say them.


Hickenlooper betrayed Coloradans with the formation of the Oil and Gas Commission whose only purpose was to placate the submission of the fracking ballot initiative. This was followed by the Constitutional amendment making it almost impossible to put any initiative on the ballot including any type of fracking regulation. It is clearly evident that Hickenlooper sold out to oil and gas. Shameless.


You are suggesting that you are laughing at deleted comments of Jimmee & Green Jeans.
It's funny since you are Green Jeans.


Most of the "socialist" benefits go to the rich hon.  Wake up.  Medicaid has been well used her as it is a lifeline for thousands of low-income residents.  Thank God for Medicaid.  Naturally an ideologue like Johnson prefers the poor die than be helped.  Disgusting dude and a real Trumpist.


many ppl proud of what Trump said. most of the peeps that are boycotting agree. Whats your point?


What is it about "popular vote" and "one person, one vote" that is so difficult to understand?  The person who gets the most votes wins, end of.


Here is a large body that totally disagrees with transitioning children:
GENDER IDEOLOGY HARMS CHILDREN
Here is their statement & link to their website.

The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex.

https://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/gender-ideology-harms-children


I've encountered bright UO undergrads, most happen to be studying Computer Science, Accounting, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math, etc. The honors college has an incoming SAT range comparable to top 50 national schools. Yes, many mediocre and unmotivated students attend UO as well. As far as the instructors, professors, and PhD teaching fellows I've encountered, they are for the most part high-quality, well-published, competent, and ranging from decent to brilliant at actual teaching. Academia is competitive enough and the Northwest as pleasant enough locale that even the 100th best national Uni can hire top talent.


A comment crystallizing the view of an extremist as in I am absolutely right and the other side is absolutely wrong.  Perhaps you are an opinion racist.


That shows how long its been since I was a regular Hi-way user. My speedometer ALWAYS reads exactly 5 mph. faster than I'm actually going. I try not to ever let it read 65 or more, (I'm chicken and cheap). haha


This story's photo of Mr. Khan's outrage seems especially silly now,  given the 2 major Muslim terrorist attacks today and Trump's electoral victory confirmation.


So what!

She is guaranteed a job with Canadian National, care of Ontario taxpayers..

http://sirf-online.org/2016/12/12/canadian-national-railway-the-great-ralroad-construction-robbery/


By the time this appeal is resolved the State will be broke and 100% of PF earnings will be needed and used to fund State government. And that's even if we make much needed cuts to current bloated State spending.


I'm a "northerner ".  When I was 21 I moved to Virginia to teach school and was astounded to learn that the War Between the States was anything but over !
Just about every battle fought spilled blood all over the South  .  Both southern and northern blood to be sure  .  However it was for each side a rich man's War but a poor boys ' Fight .   Moreso for the Confederacy  .
I say this not to excuse horrendous behavior  .  Rather to stress the depth of the evil which continues to engulf our entire country .
Unscrupulous individuals use this repeatedly for their own purposes .
Treason ?  In an age of States ' Rights ?  150 years ago ?  And why , right now have we seen this same disrespect for the Central Government  ?  And dare not call it Treason ?
We don't have the luxury to live in the past .
Failure of Education , Decent housing , Proper nutrition , Job Opportunity,  Safe streets is destroying all of us .  We will only put an end to Racism by addressing its roots .


Only people who dislike Mr. Trump are suggesting he meant anything veiled or dangerous by his comment. Mr. Trump himself says that was not his intention. You choose not to believe him and instead continue to spread what you say is a dangerous idea while blaming Mr. Trump for what are in fact the words of yourself and others! It is only Mr. Trump's opponents who are ringing any bell, and if there is any danger it is from what they falsely attribute to Mr. Trump. What Mr. Trump said requires an outrageous interpretation of his actual words to arrive at what he is being accused of, and would then require an outrageous action to be taken by a truly sick individual to constitute an actual danger, and you want to blame Mr. Trump for all of that. You need to get a grip, Gary, and recognize this nonsense for what it is: a bald faced attempt to defame Mr. Trump for political benefit. It stems from a deep fear of some that he is striking a chord with many voters and may win the presidency.


Said the amateur who missed out on 25% YOY return on RBC.  You're not even close little whazzy....


Mr. Williams makes a good point.   I fear those "neo-liberals" screaming for Ms. Shurtz's resignation/dismissal fail to see the irony in their actions.  I also fear many of them might not even know who Senator Tail-gunner Joe McCarthy was.  Sad indeed...........Gary Crum


mendacious, obscurantist, dissembling, .... Borrowed from the NASA Inspector General Report on Dubbya Appointee interference with NASA's Statutory Obligation to report NASA Scientific and Technical findings about Global Warming quickly and fully.


People certainly do lose their faith. You're demonstrating one of the problems that run rampant especially through higher education that contributes to lose of faith...that all religions and faiths are equal and all truth is what you make yourself. Denying objective truth and "evolving" your beliefs to your individual liking is nothing more than making God into your own image.
That may satisfy your feelings, but its new age thinking and not Christian


What's with your obsession with alcohol? I don't have a problem, it must be you, troll. Buzz off. I wasn't talking about engineering schools, I was talking about educated, moral, sophisticated and cosmopolitan people. People in no way like you.


complete nonsense....if systemic racism is to be attributed as the essential element leading Muslim residents and citizens to engage in the slaughter of fellow citizens and strangers at random, then the list of those sub-groupings in western societies who might rightly be expected to claim a priority right to engage in such actions over their Muslim neighbours, would be long .

It is interesting that while desperately seeking some means to understand why so many young Muslims are willing to carry out acts of extreme violence upon their fellow citizens writers like the author ignore why so many other disadvantaged sub groups are unwilling to do so...


Even more interesting is the fact that my comment pointed that out - and was deemed "uncivil"


@SeaMonkey

That is a reflection mostly of the lack of of experience with electric cars - how well do they perform as they age.  Personally, my concern, especially for pure electrics, would be the battery life.  They do wear out or at least hold less charge as they age.  Replacement, if possible (I don't know if that is possible) would be expensive.  It is less of a concern with hybrids since they can still function, though with degraded performance, with a failing battery.  Gas and diesel powered cars don't have this problem - generally the engine is not what is worn out on a car being junked.


I didn't read this full article because it's written by a girl and girls are not smart.

Is that how we play this gender game?


Paul Krugman "Could ignorance, incompetence be the silver lining?" Actually as it turns out Krugman and other liberals ignorance and incompetence is the silver lining that helped to elect Trump.

The better question is what "lessons reasonably rational citizens " learn from a liberal, Krugman type of meltdown?

From one of the latest mainline news conferences Rep. [D] Maxine Waters claims President Trump is currently supplying bombs & bombing Aleppo, Syria. Waters also claims Trumps, Putin/Russia is currently invading Korea. While Maxine Waters wants the-Impeachment of Trump, Rep. [D] Nancy Pelosi believes Bush is still the current President and that she can't work with Bush. At the news conferences both Pelosi and Waters claim Trump is ‘Incoherent,’ ‘Incompetent,’ ‘Reckless’.  Really? Hilarious in light of Kruggy questioning if "ignorance, incompetence be the silver lining?".

I'd say yes as liberals continue to provide more evidence Liberalism is a mental illness.


But looks do  matter in this case when the candidate is wearing religious attire.


When life evolves slowly and naturally, there is ample time for all the species to adapt.  This is a far cry from dumping a bunch of cows in a place they would never get to on their own.  The only high expense to remedying this problem, would be the preservation of the meat, which couldn't be put on the market anyhow.


From their website, "The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) is an independent, public corporation of the State of Alaska." Which I believe is a fancy way of saying it is a public entity that is supposed to represent or serve the citizens of the State of Alaska. Please correct me with facts and sources if I am incorrect.

Given this, if I am correct, their refusal to provide a copy of the agreement they signed in our name because it is not a "public document" is bloody obscene. Yet more evidence that Alaska has become little more than a corrupt banana republic run by dishonest oil companies through their chosen lackeys (who we are dumb enough to keep electing on the "God, guns, and gynecology" ticket instead of actual meaningful issues - which would of course require we pay attention).

Honestly, if a deal is good enough to sign in our name (which is who the State is supposed to represent), it should be good enough to hold up to public scrutiny. If it can't, don't sign.


Nobody wants to talk about how Mr.Yoqoob was prosecuted for assaulting his own father? Why would we elect someone to hold criminals accountable when he is a violent criminal himself? Mr. Kaneshiro had the decency not to bring this up in their last debate so as not to completely ruin Mr. Yaqooob's career.


A lot of the millenials I know were maxing out their TFSA by priotizing their spending and/or appreciative of the extra space and hoped to fill it soon.  These were I guess of the less entitled lot of millenials who work hard and save.  But I see nothing but truth in Ryan's overall post that Trudeau's policies will hurt millenials the most in the long run given the points made.  That is undeniable even if the TFSA reduction may not be that big of a deal.


because the lifestyle is abnormal, chosen, and pushed in our faces as being ok.


Awww, wavey! Oh wait... **BRAWK!***


Sorry, 4:20, but I can only describe the contents of your response as amazing.  You represent that the very "unusual" (how's that for a PC euphemism) statements, comments and positions he continues to present aren't really Mr. Trump's positons.  Instead, you say they represent efforts to elicit political support.  You suggest he's not those things he represents himself to be.  He's not sexist, he's not racist, he's not xenophobic, he's not homophobic, he's not elitist, he's not a megalomaniac,  He's not the man he's shown himself to be over his entire life.  "He'll turn 180 degrees if elected".  Essentially, you're saying the man lies and has no integrity.

You present the most bizarre endorsement of a political candidate I've ever seen.


It's interesting to hear about other denominations and their worldviews. I applaud forward-thinking churches that are open to new light from the Holy Spirit. As Jesus told his disciples, he would send the spirit to lead them into all truth. Perhaps Dr. Geldbach most closely aligns with that view. Do Adventists not belong to this group?


The government really needs to move into the modern era. Taking years to get things done is no longer acceptable. The whole marijuana legalization thing should have been in place a year and a half ago.


The "civility standard" that the "community" who are definitively NOT my peers finds that I violate is my saying something truthful that lefties don't like.   You'll probably censor this too, but at least some of you will have to endure reading it before you run off to your safe space.


Yes and yes, but putting an end to the UN does not put an end to many of the conventions that Canada has entered into with other nations.  Further, some of those conventions have more substance, merit and value to the country than anything we have seen from the PMO over the past 17 months.  Let's put an end to that overpaid elitist political bureaucracy first.


I'm not too sure about that.


We have laws against the kinds of things we don't want people doing in this country. We have a justice system to enforce those laws. If we missed a law or two, then let's pass a couple more. Meanwhile, asking people who are desperate to come to Canada "values" questions and expecting anything but the correct answer is just foolish. It's, as they say, dog-whistle politics and nothing more IMHO.


So will you be calling her  a "Social Fascist"? Or, since Canada has a New Democratic Party rather a Social Democratic Party, a "New Fascist"?


jellison is a real predatory POS. having to register a sex offender is not a surprise. robbing a blind man, specifically by USING HIS BLINDNESS AGAINST HIM. have i mentioned the term POS? hope bubba has a soft spot for the blind and welcomes jellison with open arms...


Liberals in Canada have the arrogant idea that we can reverse global climate while the rest of the world including  China, India, USA, and Brazil, are doing absolutely bobcus.
This is NOTHING but a money grab by the Liberals to spend on their pet projects.
Thanks for helping destroy the Canadian economy more than all the damage you have done in the last few years.


Exactly what would you want Trudeau to do? Especially something that would be effective?


You didn't hear it from me... but the Park Hill Golf Course is the preferred site in the city's bid


You mean like she was when she worked at that store ?


On the 4th line of Bradford this summer a cyclist was killed by a pickup truck. No charges were laid. The driver remained at the scene. No charges because the sun was in the driver's eyes. The HTA says you must give cyclists 1m. The HTA says you must drive according to conditions.
Also this summer, a cyclist was killed on Dupont (I think) and the police did not initially lay charges. Only after protests were charges laid.
I contacted Wynne and the MTO about my own experiences and the MTO says it is not their problem. I would have to contact Corrections (in charge of police) and the Attorney General's office.


We got to get everyone to keep on puffing!   My kid's school needs a few more teachers, full time library and PE!  Seriously with any luck, this could make an positive impact (in time).   Come on stoners, get to it!


Nope. Sloots are on their own now. Strong and independent, right? Women need men like fish need a bicycle. Blah blah blah


First it was a handout to Slumlords who got a property tax freeze (Liberal Economic Statement) in the hopes that tenants would not complain about rent increases in 2018, followed by Teachers next, followed By Doctors and OPSEU and then Wynne is set for re-election in 2018 (she wishes!). The hydro and property taxes on homeowners and farmers will sink her


Agree.  It's her life.


If you think it's disgusting to follow a president who lies, how did you live with yourself for the past eight years?


He has the right to sit.  I have the right to buy or NOT to buy tickets to watch him perform.  Just as you have the right to watch or not watch any of the televised games in which he appears.  You also have the right to be honest with the rating company pollsters when they ask what you're watching.


"Stand your ground"  It could be carrying.


B... b....b....b.... but we just had a Socalist POTUS here....

I am so scared by your latest prophecy that I just wet myself !!!

- Progressive IV

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Bwhahahahahahahaha !

In the Socialist Brotherhood, Obozo was a lightweight.

Wait 'til you get a load of me !!!

The inevitable swing to the left has begun !  Petrofascism is soon yesterday's newspapers.

BOOK IT !!!!


Country after country is waking up to reality.  Better wake up too professor.  You and your ilk have sold us out.  The people aren't standing for it anymore.


An old saying is that the reason politics at universities are so cutthroat is that there is so little at stake.


Stan,
How can you sound so reasonable and non parochial when Elson has told you we are War Criminals. Have some remorse or you may never be forgiven and as far as the opinion of those outside Hawaii; Rocky says sacred lands are more important than science so why does the opinion of Non-Hawaiians Matter.


Competitive patriotism idiots who wrap themselves in the flag are loathsome and despicable. I would personally prefer that the national anthem was left completely alone, but the bell can't be unrung- so here we are. FIRE NFL players who kneel, stay in the locker room, or lock arms? I'm with the players on this one. And yes, jerks, I'll be happy to back it up. Leave your gun at home and take your thrashing like the real man you pretend to be. IN the 425 area code.


Dogma equates with Divinely revealed truth, nothing more. If a dogma happens to mesh with a certain political perspective, so be it. Divine truth does not require a political imprimatur. As an aside, the dogma v. infanticide is NOT based on the resolution of the question as to when life begins.


Uber and Lyft are obvious solutions. When I travel I use both, never had a problem anywhere. Track their progress to you, estimated fair is within a $1, newer cars, nice drivers who normally offer a water and actually get out to load your luggage, don't have useless conversations nor willing to offend passengers because you rate each ride and driver. Last two times we have been picked up at our house here taxi drivers in Anchorage arrive 30 minutes early, call you and tell you they are waiting outside and don't get out to help load luggage.

Nothing terrible but I prefer good, reasonable and reliable service.  Ask tourists in Anchorage what they think of public transportation and taxi companies. Someone in this town has blinders on and ear protection in to avoid the complaints and not see long waits and 10 year old Fords that are let's be nice and say well worn.  Would there be another reason we are one of only a few hold out states?  Don't like Uber don't use it but offer it at least


Stars and Dogs is the highlight of the Saturday Globe. Always makes me laugh.


According to the rules, these kids did not qualify for graduation. The answer was...change the rules.


Instead of this sneaky stunt Wall and his gang should hold a referendum. But they don't have the nerve to do that because they would lose. They don't like fair fights. They'd rather pick on weak opponents like people who ride STC or low income people.

Selling 49% means that 49% of all paid out profits have to be paid to whatever company owns them.

That means 49% of every nickel of profit could end up in Hong Kong, in Shanghai, or in New York City.

It also gives a ton of leverage to whomever owns those shares to exert influence over SaskTel's decision-making, for the benefit of that shareholder, of course. This could be completely the opposite of what is in the best interest of Saskatchewanians.

Selling 49% is a sneaky stealthy thing that only a slippery politician like Wall could have dreamed up.

Why didn't Wall and his gang put this to the voters in the last election? Cowards.


That's because there never was a bank bailout.  The government bought good quality assets from banks at a discount.  When you buy groceries, do you consider that a bailout or a purchase/sale of an asset?


didn't get your real name!


Trump's a hero to his base.  But the rest of us know Trump's new BFF was the source of missiles, guns and bullets that killed 52,000 guys in Viet Nam. We know and remember who put Kim's grandfather up to invading S. Korea, supplying the guns and tanks that killed Korean's civilians and GI's, and it was not Chinese. We remember who shot up and killed Hungarians when they rebelled against puppet communism in 1956.  Some of us have looked down the Fulda Gap or across the Berlin wall in Germany and seen Russian tanks from 50's to 90's. Some can even remember who joined up with the Nazis to destroy Poland in '39.  Trump's followers better get a grip on who Trump's BFF really is, he already invaded Crimea and has a new base in Syria.  These are the same ole KGB thugs who've poisoned and shot anyone who disagrees with them, anywhere.  Trump, a natural born con man and is learning from a master KGB thug the art of deflection.  While watching one hand, he's stealing your wallet with the other.


As the years go by the liberals get dumber and more desperate..


Another fearful cop hits the panic button.


So, you now disagree with all the bad mouthing Hillary did about your many sexual assault victims? Hypocrisy much?


Sounds like you hang around blue collar white guys in bars and generalize about them, and prefer the "educated" liberal guys, about whom you also generalize.  You can change bars if you want, but I'm just talking about a specific man, Trump, versus a specific man, Clinton, who not only talked about grabbing pyssy, but did it --- to the point of sexual harassment.

You say it's kag1982.  Sure it's not keg1982?


Those are charges; this is a conviction and sentencing.


Why is terrorist attack in quotes in your headline?


"Sterling said the captains of Washington State Ferries do their best to avoid crab pots, but at night there is only so much they can do to avoid the small buoys that mark the pots. Those setting crab pots are encouraged to note the ferry routes and set pots out of the way of the ferries to avoid losing their gear and potentially damaging vessels."

Really? Tens of thousands in damages? Hundreds? And a piddly polite "Pretty-please don't cost taxpayers / ferry riders increased fares and inconvenience because of your stupidity / carelessness"?

Mr. Sterling and the bright lights in Olympia (or wherever the WSF brass dusts their potted plants) oughta put their heads together and come up with a more effective solution better than...nothing - which is what we have now. Is there technology that tracks pots to avoid these recurring, super-costly collisions? Bigger, brighter buoys? Hello?

Or what, do we wait for it to inevitably happen again? And again? Where does the buck stop, Mr. Sterling?


Nothing wrong with a mandatory minimum here. She was a willing drug mule. End of story


Are you a moron? He's not kneeling because of econonomic injustice in inner cities. Nothing about his peaceful protest has anything to do with his upper class upbringing or his wealth. It is about the systemic injustice that black people in America face every day. Every black person I know has been afraid of getting pulled over for no reason, except they are black. The shooting of black people by the police are incomparable to shootings of white people pm e by police. Forget black on black or white people, this is about oppression. The fact that you have no understanding of this means you're clearly white, privileged, and ignorant. Or just stupid. You have no business writing anything about this situation. So stfu and go back to writing on your lap top in Starbucks and safely driving home without a worry in the world.


United Healthcare is my insurer.

I get a free visit from an RN every year who goes over all my lifestyle, exercise, medications, etc. to try  and make sure I'm aware and that I know what I should be doing if I'm not.    In fact, they gave me a $50 Wal-Mart debit card and a free water bottle this year because I participated.

This is in addition to the free visit they cover with my Primary Care Physician--with no co-pay.

I think the are operating on the "keep 'em healthy" concept instead of the "pay a bunch to fix them" concept.

If they are covering an old guy like me that way, pulling out of Obama's program must be because it's a different ballgame for them.


No I didn't see that . Please provide a link to YouTube.


Right -- Tillerson supposedly knew the cause of climate change and failed to tell anyone.  Well the deceived investors must all be Republicans because Democrats have all known about climate change since Al Gore told them.


"A Week-end in John Day"
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/johnday.htm


Me for one!


Since God is merciful, He/She can make an exception for you.


I want to know who made that quiz???? Whoever did should be fired! No questions asked!! It's this type of incitement of violence that is harming our children and our country. Stop it!


Uh, first you present polling data to show the québécois are significantly different from other Canadians in their views on accommodating non-Western cultures.  Then you admonish us to not single out the québécois, which you just did.  Were I a Muslim immigrant, I'd accept the fact that the vast majority of Quebec's population constitute a nation with a strong sense of their continually embattled identity.  As a result, the québécois behave as pretty much all of the rest of the world does, as a people with a homeland and a collective identity. .  If Muslim immigrants want to live in a place without the ability to assert the primacy of its own culture and values, they should move to Ontario.


Stiff, How about a two tier system. Soup line single payer for the indigent who want something for nothing, just get in the government sponsored line where doctors except Medicare Medicaid and treat people who can't or don't want to pay. Then we have the no line, get right in for the finest world class medical treatment, cutting edge, newest best, latest greatest, for the folks who expect to pay and support American exceptionalism.


Too many guns.


Top level I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny, a troll or just being sarcastic but there are things that just aren't funny no matter how hard you try.  Your post is a failure.


Sessions is dirty.  No surpise there.  This may be the most corrupt administration in USA history.  Just so sad.


How much of the 573 million dollars of spending power is staying in the state? How much is getting sent back home? How many family members do they bring over that could potentially drain states social services and schools budget? What is the cost of crime for their wonderful youth we see in the paper? My guess is they will not offset the 1600 high paying jobs leaving the state.


They are equal to  the  K*K for race hatred and malice.   Obama has legitimized their violent revenge on the rest of society.


High tax rates on corporations and the rich in the 1950's built the middle class and helped millions up out of poverty, just as the Scandinavian nations have done for 60 or 70 years.

  FDR warned that corporate takeover of government was the essence of fascism. Mahatma Gandhi said in the 40's that Western governments were diluted fascism.

  Republican Eisenhower built modern America with high tax rates. But he knew the forces of fascism were too powerful for progressive prosperity to last. When he left in 1960, he warned against the corporate backlash, saying, Beware of giving unwarranted power to the military-industrial complex.

  All the best ideals and admonishments of all the best statesmen were no match for the onslaught of global corporatism. Thus the world again slides down the muddy slope of economic fascism.


The scavengers are eating it right now.


Butts is that you?


You cannot be taken seriously unless mentioning the near depression of late 2008 caused by the collapse of the financial houses of New York.  Canada was well managed during this crisis.  It required prime the pump of $50 billion which was paid down in subsequent years resulting in a surplus in Harper's final year as PM.  Chretien and Martin faced no situation of this magnitude.


What a wind bag talk about an empty barrel nanny babe is the biggest of them all, maybe she can borrow a few of the "I want to be a cow girl" hats and then they can be twins.  Amazing how big a jerk she can be.


I agree and understand the distinction in the scenarios you sketch. I discussed this very issue with one of the lawyers involved on behalf of the respondents this morning. The question in my mind is to what extent this will lead to an abuse of the phrase and the "justification" of its use in some peoples minds.


State and County taxpayers will cover his criminal defense all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States if he is indigent.

The only involvement by Mexico (if he is, indeed, a Mexican citizen) is to file the customary protest if the death penalty is sought by the prosecution and complain if his jail does not meet the appropriate Consul's satisfaction.


Only if you let others success bother you.


I have been driving the 401 for 200 miles everyday for 32 years. The biggest problem is the Transport Trucks sitting in the middle  lane and refuse to move over. This creates a one lane highway instead of three. The invention of "just in time parts" or "lean manufacturing" has put 1000 of trucks on the roads as rolling warehouses. Our infrastructure has not kept up with the transport industry.


Nick it makes me truly sad that facts make you cry. If you were here I could pull you on the sled or push you not eh swing like I do for my grandkids when they are sad or in a bad mood.


Why aren't you a catechist for the rcia? You seem knowledgeable enough, and willing to exalt humility, as important a part of the rcia as anything.


Hold this up in court; and use the money to expand I-25 to six lanes up North!!!


US coal travels across the border via open car rail and into Canada, gets loaded onto barges at Fraser Surrey port, barged to Texada island, and then shipped to Asia.

Because none of the ports in Washington or Oregon want it.

And up until this election, Premier Clark has not expressed any environmental concerns about this, and nor has she lobbied the Port or the Feds over this issue. Not has she shown support for any of the numerous groups and associations like VTACC, or the Dogwood Initiative, EcoJustice, Metro Vancouver Regional Council et al,  that have been campaigning for years to stop this.

And rest assured, if she is re-elected, she will not follow-up on her "call on Ottawa".


"My momma always taught me it is the height of ignorance to accuse others of it. Perhaps a lesson you may want to think about....."

Obviously, you didn't take your momma's advice.


I identify as a woman but I just can't get pregnant. What's going on?

I identify as a young man, but I just can't do 20 pull-ups any more? What's going on?

Why don't my wants change reality?


They're getting together to make sure they tell the same lies.


Are you sure? When a comment is removed, you usually see a sign that it was there prior to being removed... I can't remember the exact words, but it is something about not meeting civility standards.


I still call my high school football coach from 35 years ago, Coach and I'm still going to Obama, President Obama, but I am going to refer to Trump as "President" Trump using air-quotes every time I say his name.


I think maybe we have upper middle class. Houses in the $400-$600k range - who buys those?