Dear Gary, re your comment that no party would have the audacity to make the kind of deep cuts required to bring the budget in balance quicker than the NDP - this is total garbage and shame on you for such a shallow analysis.  Klein made the deepest cuts in history and won three elections.

I worked in the SK government during the difficult Romanow years.  There was a hiring freeze, whether it was announced or not.  Alberta's deeply ideological NDP gov't is entirely different.  Even a hiring freeze is publically sneered at.

Dear Gary, it may surprise you, but there are many in AB that call for everything, including a sales tax, to be on the table.  However, no one except the AB NDP and it's public sector union supporters think more taxes are the answer before expenditure cuts, even though AB continues to spend more per capita than any other province


Indeed.
When the Consistory discussed the Kasper proposal Cardinal Ruini says that at least 85% were against it. Obviously the four Cardinals are just the tip of the iceberg.


Nice parting gift for energy workers at the end of Parliamentary session.

Have a nice summer in your taxpayer funded Porsche, Carbon Barbie

And have a nice time galavanting around the world with the highest carbon footprint of any Canadian, Junior.


Or a truck.


He insists he in no way colluded with Russia or any foreign government,

 ...and then, in the same breath, describes a clear attempt to collude with the Russia government.

It’s insult to our collective intelligence.

But that’s the entire Trump era. What’s new?


In the world yet not of the world.

Did not Our Lord tell us He has overcome the world?


Why do we need ocean fish farming? Because there are too many people on the planet depleting fish in the wild. Overpopulation ruins everything and the fools who keep overpopulating don't see it and always censor this type of comment.


Just a baggie of weed for personal use.


I disagree.  My children, nephews and nieces, and many of their friends either could not find employment in Canada commiserate with their degrees (but have found suitable employment in the US) or are underemployed, or were underemployed for the first few working years.  Look around and ask, how many of the recent graduates that touch your life are employed in jobs that pay them enough.  I am tired of the recently retired, or in one case, someone I know has been retired for twelve years and is still doing their old job under contract in a municipal government position.  Retire already.Consult if you want. or better still, give of your time and talents and volunteer.  Give back.


First, "Henry Gibson" Sesssions says he was "not criticizing the judge or the island." Now, he admits it was "dig" at both, saying "no one has a sense of humor." Too late, Henry, we knew what you meant the first time. Easily, Trump's worst appointee.


Ron, maybe I should be more specific.  What were her major accomplishments as SecState and NY Senator?

Many supporters claim she's the most qualified presidential candidate in history.  If so, you should be able to list them right off the top of your head.

Instead, you seem to go in defense mode and attack theEssen get or questioner, on my case.

Tell me.  What deals did she negotiate with Russia, with her reset button?

How did she try to save our guys at Bengazi?  I mean she was SecState, and had the authority to give the "go" sign to our military.  F-16s and Spectre gunships in Italy were ready to go.

Of course,  the whole know about her accomplishments with her servers.


It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Andrew Jackson

Clinton along with Trump, , but I will take trump before clinton!


"Based on...."
Well their secrecy would be a good start.


A rare victory for Righteousness against prevailing powers that be.


You have spoken like a true drug addict, WesternPatriot


And still you haven't even mentioned Russia.

trump is bad for our national health and sanity.


Trump may be the catylist but the Republicans began to implode years ago.  The Dems aren't too far behind.  The two party system is in its death throes.


"Character slamming someone who claims harassment is beyond inappropriate."

It's actually a significant part of our rules of evidence, in both civil and criminal proceedings.  In a trial, character evidence may be offered to impeach or strengthen the credibility of a witness, subject to certain limitations.

In the context of harassment, sexual assault, etc., you can't introduce character evidence about past sexual conduct (i.e., she slept around so she couldn't have been harassed) - that would certainly be beyond inappropriate, but that is not what is happening here.  You are very much allowed to introduce character evidence that is relevant to evaluating whether a witness is generally honest.


The Capuchins still have hermitages, in Italy at least, maybe he should spend some time in one of those, bound under Holy Obedience to make no public statements or appearances.


But you saw the Broncos win the Super Bowl under Obama. He must have had it rigged or the Broncos played extra special for him, while their opponent threw the game to make it look like Obama helped the Broncos win. Ya know, ever since I planted that tree in my backyard, the stock market has been doing well. What does that tell ya? I'll tell you what it tells ya; it tells ya that trees and stock markets are like this ____.


Fossil fuels are going to be around as long as the politicians in the state are making money from them. When you have scenario's that allow the principles of the state's largest coal mine buying a power plant in Fairbanks, and then signing long term contracts with itself there is political interest in profiting from a blatant conflict of interest. Yet the technology for cleaner burning natural gas has been intentionally ignored for the past 40+ years as profits, and hypocrisy  fill the halls of our Capital.


Just wait until all those cheap goods at Wal-Mart suddenly surge in price as China retaliates with an economic one-two punch of its own. When that happens you can rest assured all those "working-class" Trump voters won't be so enamored with Trump's shift in trade policy, but by then it will be too late.


Like going to a madrasa?


"April 28, 2017 – There is a 50-60% chance of an El Niño event forming in middle to late 2017, according to a new Update from the World Meteorological Organization."

"Many of the climate models surveyed indicate that basin-wide neutral conditions will persist through to June 2017. The subsequent development of an El Niño during the second half of 2017 is more likely than the continuation of neutral conditions."

If there is a 50-60% chance of rain tomorrow in Eugene, do you take sunscreen or buy an umbrella?

The prediction came from a computer based on the latest science and observations.   Should  that make a difference in your decision?


Hmm, make Mexico a poorer country, which leads to more people wanting to escape its poverty.  Smart.  Not to mention the children fleeing Central American gangs.


Isn't that the whole point of checks and balances? They are intended to provide 'sober second thought' or to check if the direction to be taken is constitutional and legal.


Surprisingly, the meeting went off without much of a hitch.  He forgot to comb his hair.  The PM did not blather which always gets him in trouble.  He kept the eye on the prize- the economy.  It would have been nice to hear more substantive news of the meeting but overall Trudeau did well.  I think he was more fearful of Canadians breathing down his back expecting him to be mistake prone.  A 100% better effort than his conduct in dealing with Chinese leadership a few months ago.


Cicular reasoning at its finest. What about the other to De FIDE pronouncements on the matter, not to mention the Ordinary and Universal teaching re EENS.


The lady that runs tafy isnt feeding the homeless,the sick, a few drug addicts, and heaven forbid the hungry because she wants to draw in a bad crowd. Her heart is right and she will end up getting shut down because of a few people that complain that its drawing a bad crowd in the neighborhood. Even Mike Hunt knows that. These homeless are being bullied in this town by people that could be in their place in a minute. A heart attack, stroke, run over by a car, whatever. Anyone of us could be homeless overnight.


Who learns to speak Russian?


Thanks Robert - have a great day !


Have you read their new contracts? 0/0/0 raises for next 3 years. Yeah, huge raises they got!


You need an education in social movements sir.  In the meantime, I'd just suggest that you restrain your prejudgment of large categories of people.  Your assumptions about protestors are a logical fallacy.


Many people pay no taxes at all and the middle class do pay taxes, yes.  It takes money to make money, but that is not the fault of the rich. In this country, everyone should work and pay their fair share. Nothing more or less.


I like McElroys piece....to that end I am joining folks today at a local library later this am to write letters to legislators....relative to the needs of the poor immigrants, the sick et al....there's an Indivisible group near just about everyone....all you need to do is google Indivisible and give them your zip code....

THATs an organization that is disrupting on behalf of our democracy...and it is a national effort!


Richard, good comment, but what does Congress have to correct?  The law clearly prohibits discrimination based on sex, of which there are only two, male and female.  There is nothing to correct.


You want to see someone who abused the rule of law, just look at your boy Obama!!!


Alaska's had a belly full of "conservative" speak and mob rule in our capital.  No conservative speak thank you.


What it says is that redistricting and voter suppression have hemmed in the three million voters who didn't want this pack of sociopaths.


Which is why Karl Marx said "religion is an opiate for the masses."


"Brushing off Trump" has not been a path to victory in the last many months.

Israel should remember Hosea 8:7 and change the cruel, criminal course they are on.


California has all sorts of locked up natural resources and millions that think like you do.

Shouldn't you be migrating to your utopia?


It's those deplorables again Hillary. Can't trust them to do anything right.


Hooray for the entitled of the world!! Someone to look down on us all and ignore the problems of inequality while simultaneously benefiting from it!

#wheresmyhossenfeffer!!!???!!!


i'm a lousy shot, wouldn't look for arrowheads and used to drive an old willy's truck named "tater"with big, fat, low air tires on 40 acres of dunes owned by friends.   we stayed on the "road" as it were so as not to damage what little struggles to grow, but the 'road" was just a marked path in the dunes so it was like a tilt o wheel.  great fun - young and stupid.. all kinds of ways to die there...


BLOTUS MUST GO!
www.needtoimpeach.com


RE: How does Chin get so much attention?  Does anyone think it is a coincidence that Obama is in town (or just left) every time puppet Chin files a court motion?


How is the new dicktator working out for you?


So they've been able to hid huge chunks of their six-figure, taxpayer provided incomes? And now we're supposed to cry because they can't?
I'm so tired of hearing about all the rich and powerful and important people who are going to leave if we increase their taxes. If they're so rich but can't stand to pay an extra dollar to their nation, their community, their neighbours, their fellow citizens, then they should get lost.


The data base must comport with existing laws on retention of firearm records like the ones the FBI must destroy after 24 hours from the national instant firearm check system. So what does the governor think this will do for them since any firearms records must be destroyed within 24 hours by the FBI in  accordance with the law? Yes, the 2nd amendment does prevent the registering of guns or gun owners if they have not committed any crime. That is classified as infringement.


What's next? Looks like criminal charges for the owner for Scheme to Defraud. He knew too well along with Hawker that the lease was a scam job before he ever signed his name on it. Hawker should be charged as well for Aiding and Abetting in a Scheme to Defraud.


If you're a person of color, a toy gun can get you shot. Or your wallet to show ID. :(


oh dear, I think the orange cheeseball is melting or else it's getting ready to implode


The posting of certain signs has been mandatory for a long time.


I think this article misses a few more salient facts.
US mid-west farmers are living a boom in exports of soya beans and corn to.....CHINA....
Farmers were aghast when Trump wanted to end China trade.
Subsidies already destroyed the Mexican corn farmer; that's from whence those illegals come.
During one election phase, Paul Ryan, (R),(brought up a bill to thwart outsourcing of manufacturing (which had gone to China), he aced off against Beohner (speaker and fellow republican), whose riding represented farmers. So, it gets complicated.
Ryan's Bill never got anywhere.


Blah, Blah, Blah, so many things to apologize for, it never ends, jf gets tiring


Without Free Trade we would be less prosperous. Prosperity is what convinces people the value of economic policies. When the first Free Trade agreement with the U.S.A. was the "dominant" election issue in 1988, Liberals and New Democrats declared that it would "ruin" the country and make us simply a puppet for the U.S.A.. Lots of them even had tears in their eyes as they predicted American troops would be coming across the border because of Free Trade. They thought Canada would be too economically tempting for the U.S.A.. to resist. Well, Liberals love free trade nowadays and if the NDP had won  the last election, they wouldn't have touched things.
Oh and I'm a middle-class fellow myself.


Part of the discussion that never seems to get raised is what quality and quantity of healthcare is a "human right."  I would think most compassionate people would agree that any person in an acute emergency or with a chronic severely painful ailment deserves medical care to preserve their life and reduce suffering.  But what about non-critical care?  Are all persons "entitled" to the very best and technologically advanced treatment available regardless of cost? Most everyone expects that when they show up at an ER or get an appointment at the doctors office.  At the time of receiving treatment, no one requests the "mid-grade" or "economy" level of treatment.  Everyone expects the best and if that is not delivered, medical malpractice attorneys are at their beckon call.  We need to have a discussion about how much and what level of subsidized care is a "right."  Politicians will not touch that..no matter the length of the pole.


I am not sure about Tesla, but Amazon's strategy has always been rational and effective. Now that they are the dominant vendor of Platform as a Service they are building the foundation for 100X growth. On Tesla, I do not think there is any chance of the traditional manufacturers competing. These cars are fundamentally different and that people on this thread, Mr. Reguly and Mr. Marchionne fail to understand that plays to Tesla's advantage. But there are many things that could go wrong. General cultural and economic trends do not favour the private car no matter how it is powered. The number of private cars will likely be 50% lower in Canada in 50 years. Will some of those cars be from Tesla? Maybe. Will Tesla open other businesses? Maybe. Doesn't matter to me though as I do not invest in public companies.


It's ok for 1 party, but not the other?  "But in a speech on the Senate floor in June 1992, Mr. Biden, then the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said there should be a different standard for a Supreme Court vacancy “that would occur in the full throes of an election year.” The president should follow the example of “a majority of his predecessors” and delay naming a replacement, Mr. Biden said. If he goes forward before then, the Senate should wait to consider the nomination


"As part of the first phase, the federal government signed agreements with every province and territory, which included B.C.’s $460-million transit funding deal. Ontario’s was the most lucrative, including $1.486-billion for transit."
Let's see Ontario has twice the population of BC but got more than 3 times the money for transportation that BC got. Yeah spectacular job there BC Liberals... you should campaign on that! LOL


Science is overrated.  Most scientists of the day ridiculed and mocked Einstein and his theories.  Most "scientists" are wrong about everything.  Just because they have lab coats and fancy degrees from overhyped elite playpens like Harvard doesn't mean anything.

Thinking for yourself is the best science.


Springfield, get ready to get bent over as this project is rammed where the sun don't shine


http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/cpt30/cpt30-16e.pdf

Take a look at the form eligibility section. It seems that if you are not receiving CPP or QPP you can't fill out the form (ex. you're deferring until age 70).


Outsider:  please read the two posts responding to your comments.   You consistently defend male perpetrators of sexual violence.  I'm not sure exactly why. To my knowledge no one is suggest a sexual offender has "no human value."  I and many others have devoted years of our lives to help offenders rebuild their lives.  I, at the same time, recognize the monumental damage their actions have done to their victims and accept that registration systems are in place to help protect possible future victims.  I feel NO guilt for such concern and feelings.  Perhaps you should visit with the victims of sexual abuse sometime and gain a better understanding of the consequences of such abuse.  Gary Crum


Aaron's posts are almost poetry. Too bad he seems like he really needs some help and society is just going to let him stay homeless and out of his mind.


An intelligent decision.


To be fair, most peope that talk like that are imbeciles, so there is a rationale to it. It keeps you from shooting your own feet off to stop a runny nose.


Maybe someone can help me. I've seen all this back and forth, and people saying that we're running out of money. But on the PFD website, it seems to say that we're making money. So... what's going on?


............ even when he contradicts himself in the same sentence


Yup. The regressives will put up Joe Miller or someone like him.


What a load.  You could say the same about slaves in the old south.
You can't fix stupid. And greedy. And bloodthirsty. And selfish. And uncaring...


Much of the money spent on medicare and medicaid is wasted because doctors spend limited time with clients, and, perhaps afraid of being sued, follow a practice of "a pill for an ill," rather than exploring diet and lifestyle for remedy of some common problems, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, etc.
Use of artificial intelligence and a database of experiences would be more productive.


The 1960's aren't coming back, adapt or suffer the consequnces.


Trump should publicly tell the RINO leaders:  If you send me a bill without border wall funding,  I will not sign it;  if you don't want to be blamed on shutting down the government, get busy and do it right!


And yet strangely enough hundreds of tankers sail into ports on the east coast from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and other oil producing countries. Not much damage if  any has happened there. .


Some people just like unique firearms.  I have a friend who bought a device that makes his .22 caliber rifle 'automatic.'

You can write your name with it because of the speed, accuracy and lack of recoil!

And it's a LOT cheaper ammunition, too!


When they told people to move to their assigned seat, couldn't she have just shown her boarding pass to prove she was already in her assigned seat?


What about the fact that the big indexes like the S&P 500 and the DOW miss the really huge gains as tiny companies grow but are too small for the index.  Also the professor here did not argue against index investing did he?


Pruitt didn't finish his thought: “I do not believe climate change is a hoax, and I do not believe I will stand up against Trump when he says it's hoax.”


.

"The federal Liberals do not want to see Jason Kenney and a united right taking over power in Alberta and will be doing everything in their power to ensure that doesn’t happen."

Probably the right/correct deduction, but;

With oil revenues sinking like a rock and staying at the bottom not only for years but rather the future, Alberta far right Cons will be rendered "speechless", swimming in debt/budget deficits  being screamed at by their own base that has  become accustomed to be "cared for" by government oil revenue rather than paying taxes. Thus/so.............

Those Gents on the "united"  far-right will be the impotent cry babies of tomorrow........
.


"Saying he was speaking "on behalf of our country and the children whose lives are at stake," Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York Sept. 29 urged members of the U.S. House to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act."

If the bishops want to be the defenders of our children, then they should work just as hard protecting our children from priestly sex abusers.


if this is awareness month then a big discussion about the gaping lack of help for the mentally ill or those with other hidden disabilities needs work, desperately. it's much easier dealing with a physical handicap.. help with a prosthesis, wheelchair, cane, etc.  but that one person who is kind of a pain to be around, that is different or weird  - that alienates people due to whatever..how do you help them? how do you prevent john and jane doe from disrespecting the disabled person with intentional slights, snide remarks.etc?  my sister has a personality disorder and anxiety. being in public -  very agitated, it's very stressful for her - we  try to get her to engage with  people -. i've watched her work up her nerve to try to converse with someone out and about and the reactions she gets are amazing - they would never literally turn their back on , or ignore a blind person who stumbles.
 the fix must be education...it's won't be easy. not cut and dried and that's the real problem.


Why should there be a "legal way for 11 million immigrants who entered illegally and/or have expired visas to report and achieve legal status."?  If those illegal immigrants wanted to get legal status, they can leave and then apply for legal immigration just as many others have done.


It's amusing to watch Republican Congressional members pretend they didn't know Trump is crazy. The rest of us have known it for a good thirty years...


The endless Trump bashing by the same old crowd is getting tiresome.  Clearly it does not take a lot to amuse John Doyle.


Oh, and Trudeau is just warming up.   His higher payroll taxes and carbon taxes have barely kicked in.  And better hope you don't have a small corporation, because he's probably coming after your retained earnings and dividends too.  Sickening.


Re: #3, Jeff Sessions doesn't like diversity because he is from genetically homogeneous Alabama, where everyone is related to each other.  There's a joke that in Alabama a family reunion is viewed as an opportunity to get dates.

Re: #4, Jeff Sessions is still steamed that Hawaii has produced a US President.  Alabama still hasn't produced a President even though it has had a 140 year head start on Hawaii in becoming a state.


Technically, Eric, it's likely that fish belongs to the people of the state of Alaska,.

You know, commonly owned resources and all, right?

...so let's talk about the other 98% of that fish's value, eh?

You giving up 2 cents on the dollar is about as bad a deal as we get from mineral extraction corporations.

Not a good deal for the State or it's residents.

(…and that fish will be worth five times what you sold it for soon, so our 2 cents is more like 2 cents on five dollars or more of value.)


This was not a police officer.  I believe he was airport security, not trained or paid to a high level.   Obviously not the best and the brightest this one.


BLOTUS must GO


Someone needs to explain the difference between socialism and democracy to Wynne.  Ontario will either be like Greece or Venezuela within 10 years.  Thanks Liberals.


Ruth Hall quoted by Greg Nicolson: that white farmers fear entry of black commercial farmers “into this space”. Really? With 90% of black run farms failing, what is there to fear? Both Ruth Hall and Greg Nicolson display some astounding ignorance in this context. And the taunts that white farmers fear expiration without compensation? Wait till your businesses assets are threatened with expropriation without compensation and then let’s see how commentators (like Ruth Hall) feel? Not that she runs a for-profit enterprise. As for Greg Nicolson who is ultimately funded by the Oppenheimer family, good luck when the sentiments presented here start to undermine your employers’ actual business interests.


For a moment, I was hoping the Wonder Blunder promoter got convicted.


Good point.  After all we are THE University of Colorado.  But I don't like the unis.


I'm sure you know this already, but the term "murder" is defined as "the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought".  Unless you're referring to trapping human beings, your argument is an 'appeal to emotion', and therefore is classified as a poor debate response.


The same purpose as jacking up trucks, building race cars, offroad vehicles, supping up import cars, collecting stamps, collecting garden gnomes, cross stitching, scrap booking, having horses, etc.

You have a very closed mind if you can't think of a reason why.


Supernova, you should know by now, it's not about providing real solutions, it's about "winning", as blind an ideology as that, this is what we're stuck with.


I didn't run for office and didn't lie to the general public.  Shame you don't see this basic difference.  Are you defending The Donald's lies?  The new republican platform?  Just lie?


Recent experience informs me that it is you who likes to use the flagging option - and rather frequently.


There are a number of problems that have faced EPD over the past few decades. Some are long term problems such as a police culture whereby some officers see themselves as elite enforcers instead of public servants. They often come from military backgrounds and have conservative and authoritarian political and social views. Many don't even live in Eugene.
Another problem is poor training which encourages such perspectives and urges the use of force for self-protection even when there is no threat to the officer.
A powerful police union and poorly-written contracts by administrators make it difficult for the command structure to create any meaningful changes and often lead the city administration to lose cases of arbitration with the rank and file when disciplinary action is taken.
A new chief will need to be aware of all these issues and still figure out a way to reform the department. It's not an easy task.


So let's review:
*  The Americans have pretty much dropped a crate of anvils on Bombardier's subsidized airplanes.
* Justin Trudeau is continuing taking action to "phase out" (his words) Canada's oil and gas industry.
* Trudeau and Morneau are gearing up for their tax vendetta on small business while leaving family trusts untouched.
(It's hard to know who is left to generate value.  Selfie sessions, real estate bubbles, and endless payouts and apologies to aggrieved groups are poor wealth generating activities.)


The Shanaplan doesn't include bringing in mercenaries looking to add to their bank account - the Shanaplan is all about growing your own food! Now if there's a Komorov out there for a mid round pick or if there's a fine young player out there who has star potential you do the deal. You have to think a team like the Ducks are extremely interested in JVR - but they are in a death stare match on what they are willing to give up - glad Lou is doing the staring for us!


Volcanic eruptions contribute largely to cooling of the planet, not warming.   You may want to educate yourself on   history of past eruptions and the dramatic shor term effect they've had on climate, particularly the massive eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815.   The following year was considered "the year with no summer" and crops failed around the globe.   Fossil fuel emissions have the opposite effect, C02 and methane gasses trapping heat rather than reflecting sunlight.


I have long said we should build a wall of our own --  then flood the USA with all of our excess water.

But seriously, maybe we want to get on the ball, and create programs that work to integrate these new immigrants into our country.  With appropriate vetting, of course.

Most will prove to be hard working people aspiring to create a better life for their family.  Most of us see that everyday where we shop.

Give them support (language skills, etc....) and we will be the better for it. As we have always been from doing a good job of accepting immigrants and making them a part of the Canadian fabric.


We could start with the political affiliation that supports the NRA and flooding our country with millions of guns which are then used in gun violence that cost America billions annually dealing with it.


Barbra and Mike your morals are exactly that "your morals".  You can't expect to impose your morals on anyone else.  You both sound like very fearful parents and fearful people.  Your children are not going catch this by hearing the announcement on the loudspeaker.  LGBTQ is not catching and it is here to stay.  They are born this way.  I hope neither of you have an LGBTQ child as neither of you have the heart or love to accept them.    You might want to see this on National Geographic if you dare.  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/gender-revolution-a-journey-with-katie-couric/.  Be clear this is not a choice.


It changes nothing. It hardly reveals anything new at all. Marching orders from GOP pundits came down, though,  so now they're pretending like it's something new.


Good to see this lakefront attraction being re-opened. If well managed the joys of an earlier generation can be experienced by todays. I look forward to visiting and although not a fan of war films this could be good to see.


"Are you seriously comparing BLM to white supremacists?"

Oh, heck yeah.  Both groups, along with La Raza, are disgusting racists groups.


Interesting that University of Montreal rankings have plummeted ever since the 2015 student strike.


Well, you're wrong in thinking that I only post on Russia-related articles, though I do enjoy countering and debunking the range of BS that the G&M and various puppet accounts spew on this subject. It's also important to do so, because this propaganda of the G&M and the puppet accounts is not passive, but has non-justified and harmful influences on people, policies, and the futures of countries and their relationships.

And if you pay a bit more attention to the posts of mine which contain similar information, you'll see that they're rarely direct copy & pastes.


Health care Jobs won't be a bright spot after the Republicans repeal Obamacare.


'Chickenskin' indeed.


Lame deal for Dems, you mean?

No one was gonna deport the DACA illegals brought here as kids anyway.  If Trump can extract any significant movement from Dems on stronger border security to slow down illegals in exchange for nothing, then I say good for Trump.  I like that deal.


JT a throwback to the 60's and 70's
great intentions on the wrong issues and incompetence to wrap it in


and_I_had_a_marriage_so_neither_should_mine.


oh good grief. maybe mommy n daddy can put away their stash and get a job.


On a different topic, should the ratings section be extended to the articles themselves? And if so, could we get emojis for ‘eye rolling’, ‘you’ve got to be kidding’, and ‘oh brother’?

Just a suggestion....


Yes.  Civil Comments is a joke and a partisan popularity contest.

You will never be penalized for disapproving a comment but can be restricted, just as you describe, for being "too lenient" and approving posts too often.

Also, flagging clearly uncivil posts has utterly no effect.  The "moderators" either don't notice or don't care.


Conrad Black isn't saying anything that thousands of commenters to FN stories have been saying for the past 2-3 years.


Exactly!

Perhaps our two trust fund twins Trudeau and More Dough Morneau who have never had to rein in personal costs in their entire lives might wish to take a walk on the wild side by doing us all a favour and tackling the critical challenges of excessive, wasteful growth in the size and of excessive total compensation of the greater public sector monopoly union employees.

The pay, perks and pensions of these folks now devours over 20% of federal, 50% of provincial and 60% of municipal budgets and it is both excessive compared with compensation of market sector employees in comparable jobs and wasteful in terms of unnecessary positions and dismal productivity levels in public vs private organizations.

Respect for taxpayers and their money instead of contempt for taxpayers and extravagance with their money needs to start from the premise of getting governments into fiscal shape before any further raids on the public's wallets.


Who cares!? Make them leave our country already!


They're just christian conservative perverts. Time to out them for what they are.


My prayers to Sen. McCain and family and making a speedy recovery to rejoin the Senate soon
my opinion is that Sen. Mc will work to the very end.


"independent research" and naturopathy are incompatible concepts.  naturopaths are faith healers.  For actual independent research read the National Academy reports.  There is nothing unique about GE foods, i.e. different from conventional breeding methods, that can affect human physiology.


The Supreme Court of Canada deemed that the Canadian government hadn't upheld Khadr's human rights in 2010. They didn't recommend any settlement for this failure but left the matter up to the government. In a recent Angus Reid poll 71% of Canadians thought that the "Trudeau government did the wrong thing - it should have fought the case and left it to the courts to decide whether Khadr was wrongfully imprisoned." You're the one who doesn't know the facts.


Will Trump apply the same standards and respect freedom of religion when imams criticize him and his divisive, exclusionary policies?

The division between church and state is an important one. Not that Trump would consider that, if he is even aware of it. If it sounds good in his little mind he might as well spout it off! No time to think about forests when you're so busy whittling down trees.


Then why do Trump, Priebus, etc., all agree that there was hacking activity, most likely Russia??


Possibly. But there does appear to be some connection to the Podesta Group in this. As others have said, this is just the start. I'd wait to see how things unfold.


But the Church demands that we accept the Creed to maintain membership in the Ecclesial Body. If you like to characterize that as "Creedal absolutism", so be it. The reasonable man simply refers to it as Catholicism.


"He didn't come back for you." ;-)


Looked on courtview...
4 felony assault charges and 14 misdemeanor assaults. Now a logical person would think that the chickaloony is now just a looney and wont be in chickaloon for a few years. I bet not tho.


You don't sound like a Nazi to me. You also don't sound well-informed.


To be a liar who puts party and agenda ahead of constitution and country is the primary prerequisite for being a liberal/democrat.


Why doesn't UAA work on solutions to problems for people that actually want to better themselves, instead of wasting time and more money on people who are just waiting for the next best handout...


easy to say when your family doesnt rely on the dividend each year for things they will not be able to afford.. like food,, medicine, clothing..


So I guess those 228 law enforcement officers are just sitting around twiddling their thumbs right now. And why is crime in the country worse than crime in the city? And what is the point of a crackdown when the real problems are poverty, gangs, drugs, alcohol and unemployment? And overall the incidence of crime is declining. Why go gonzo on crime at the expense of other priorities when there is actually no need for it?

The truth is: this is all about the Wall government giving a big gift to SARM and its rural base to try to shore up bandage up its hemorrhaging support.

Wall doesnt care whether there is a real problem or not. This, like everything Wall has ever done, is all politics.


In the absence of evidence good people assume the best about other people. Your refusal to do so is proof you are not a good person. It's just the golden rule.


I've never understood where Trump got the reputation or idea that he was a good negotiator. Trump's idea of negotiation seems to be to promise the sky and the moon when he needs your co-operation then stiff you once the deal is done. If he doesn't need your co-operation then he tries to strong-arm you. What's worse, Trump thinks of negotiations as zero-sum contests where only he can win. The best negotiations are where everyone leaves happy but Trump only participates in negotiations where he leaves happy.

After getting rid of Obama's negotiations nobody will negotiate with Trump in good faith, because they know any agreement with the USA will only good until the next president comes in. Don't expect any big trade deals while Trump is in power, and even if he does succeed in one don't expect it to go well for the USA.


Look how well giving farm away did Jindal. Tax credits and perks ran his state, Kansas and South Carolina into hole for Republicans. All these citizens united controled States are going to end up blue due to give aways to corporations. S.C. state workers now have to pay $16+ billion underfunded pension. Haley like Meyer says it would hurt. Really? After Republicans gives welfare to richest Corp in nation and world? I had rather Democrats  give welfare to the people of state and nation. It's cheaper and Local!


Today's "National" page has two, count em, two stories about the same Calgary restaurant.
Remember to renew your Unlimited subscription. LoL.


That graph in the other article was the same as the one here until they changed it out (without adding a notice to the article about the error). Pretty egregious errors, supporting the Globe's/globalists' position, of course.


My 17 year old son started suffering from SEVERE acne. We tried EVERYTHING under the sun. I felt so bad for him being in highschool and having acne. I even took him to a dermatologist. I was talking to my sister about it and she told me about Dermalmd blemish serum. She gave him what she had left and within a week you could see a noticeable difference. After 3 weeks his face was cleared up completely and I am AMAZED. He was a little hesitant at first because it is tinted so I asked him to give it a week. He uses it daily and it has definitely changed both of our lives. I hated to see my only son suffer but he isnt anymore. He is the Handsome young man I always saw!


i can't help but think that the '4 reasons' title when five are listed is some sort of meta-comment meant to point out the general craziness of the postulate, but i can't quite line my brain up with it.


Well we all can't inherit money from our parents like some do.


PR:  Just because you can't think or analyse critically is not my fault.  Your ad hominem comments are nothing but childish.  Grow up or let your kid reply.


Deep ecologists are pretty goofy.


#MAGA#


How mature of the Dems's. Don't give me the "yeah, but they did it first" bs unless you buy into two wrongs make a right.  The R's were wrong to oppose Obama's nominee, the Dems are equally wrong in filibustering Gorsuch.  The whole lot need to either grow up or be replaced.


Bravo!  As are the New York Times and the broadcasts of CBS, NBC, ABC, NPR, and CNN.

That's the post of the day, folks.


Does this end the weaponization of climate against real scientists and tax pay payers?
Will free speech about climate science now be allowed at universities?


Colorado wasn't a state until well after the Civil War and didn't play a role. What a silly school theme to select.


You're probably the center of attention at the holier-than-thou parties


If I were one of the "unskilled" lineman (according to SJ Green), I would give him the opportunity to line up and face all the "unskilled" players on the other side...you know, the ones that are going to grind him into hamburger.

The ability to run fast and catch-the-ball is a skill, most definitely.  However, the ability to take the brute force of 300+ pounds of energy, and deflect it out of the way of aforementioned skilled players, is also a skill, one that so-called highly skilled receivers ought to recognize.


The only ones who look weak and confused are the Trumpsters..


I hope that lynching won't become popular entertainment again. That was family entertainment for white folks in the good old days. Trump's Supreme Court could bring back race based slavery. We know the GOP base hates black people being considered equals. It is not like we don't have precedents for such policy decisions.


Vigilance and intense scrutiny....even of this piddling "little stuff" is necessary once in a while. Keeps these *ahem* public servants on their toes as to accountability and ethical obligations.


Match normally sides with the rednecks. Surprise ruling!

Red's skin will soon make durable, lustrous leather.


"Priebus celebrated Trump's administration as "the best Cabinet in the history of Cabinets," and Bannon said that many nominees "were selected for a reason, and that is deconstruction."
 Well, duh.  Thanks for heads up numb nuts, but we aren't Trumpanzees, we figured that out all by our little selves.


Pair this with the close to $750,000 pregnancy tests (tests + study to study tests)........Senator Kelly's is quite the money pit poster child.  If you want to waste money and have nothing to show for it - swing for the Mulder Kelly love connection.


Skewed facts.
Preseason does not count.
Aaron Rodgers played two meaningless series and Green Bay exploited one Trevor Siemian interception with a two-yard drive.
Ty Sambrailo hasn't done anything that counts in the regular season except look nervous and inept at the tackle position.
Denver's defense can't and won't live on its reputation but it will surely miss the presence of Wade Phillips.
Who is Deion Hollins?
Yes, Shelby Harris, "The Big Push," played great against Green Bay and played great against San Francisco. Three sacks, two fumble recoveries, and a lot of pushing and grabbing, everything you want in a defensive lineman: a rude/crude, belching/farting ingrate who just won't leave the party and wants to grope everyone until he finds the chosen one, the one chosen to fall.
YEEHA!
Devontae Booker disappointed/fell flat as a rookie. So what do statistics count for if you're not on the field?
Jamaal Charles carries the dreams of BroncoLand on both of his surgically-saved knees.


The govt. is finally seeing the rationality and practicality of useful services like Lyft and Uber. The taxi mafia with it's half assed service has seen it's hay day. If they would have provided good service - or if they will - they might be able to stick around.


Why would anyone want to fit in to such a stunted branch of the legal profession?


how many fence sitters made up their mind when the head of the FBI came out with their "new" revelations while early voting was in progress?  How many of them were swayed by the e-mails?  And now we're stuck with Comrade Trump.


Any news on what it costs to move two households from Toronto to Ottawa?  Bigger dollars but this seems to lack any coverage!


Total nonsense.  Saying it, does not make what you say any closer to reality.


That can be said for anyone...state reps, judges, etc.  It's all about being transparent.  I agree with you that their protection is important.  What I would be interested in rather than salary is how much each officer made in overtime....


1/2
"I am not one who thinks a democratic church is the answer".
First, thank you NCR for this series and this profound round-up - and hopefully a further wake-up call for more action.
"Democratic" is a pretty wide concept. The iconic Athens democracy was not. Some take umbrage to calling the USofA a democracy; it's a republic?  So, no resistance to your point. Further, evil, sickness are sadly, intrinsic to humanity; as "institution" is to community. The question for church should be: what are the conditions which most effectively lead towards Mission, wholeness, goodness and which best limit hurt, harm, evil. The absolute minimum, to me, are:
-clarity of mission
-representation
-transparency
-accountability
-discernment, correction, redirection (like the laws of robatics integrates each and all).
Administration/organization is the fluid underpinning, necessary but subservient.


I always expect this kind of schedule manipulation analysis from fans but not a journalist! Nebraska was NOT RANKED when Oregon played them so the Ducks did not lose to a Top 10 ranked team....they lost to an UNRANKED team in both the AP and Coaches Poll...Oregon was the ranked team. To now suggest Oregon lost to a Top 10 team is typical rah rah small town journalism. The Ducks have played against ONE ranked team this season...UW. Oregon could also go through the season with only ONE game(UW) against a ranked team on their schedule...at the time Oregon played them. Nebraska, Colorado and WSU were not ranked when they played Oregon. Also a quick check shows Nebraska with still Wisconsin and Ohio State on their schedule in back to back weeks ON THE ROAD. If you are going to play "let's look at the schedule" and make silly projections in October, then to be fair look at scheduleS for all the teams in Oregon's picture.


I think probably the idea of inviting the presidential candidates to the Al Smith Dinner is no longer appropriate.  Cardinal Dolan found himself in the unenviable position of literally (and apparently reflexively) turning his back on Trump.  I wouldn't think he'd want to set up that scenario again any time soon.

I would not invite one candidate and not the other; but if you're going to exclude on the basis of "attacking virtually every Christian value ..." surely you would also exclude, although you do not say so, the racist, fascist, misogynist, serial adulterer who is the nominee of the Republican party.


So what they are really saying is, good luck to ever trying to build any large infrastructure resource projects in Canada unless they are government sponsored, inefficient and can be taxed for years. ABL 2019.


I thought it said banana hammock wearing suspects 😁


If you are "fighting" in a war, you are a soldier.
Which side are they on?


I can't wait to see it. Denis is a much better director than Ridley Scott. Incendies blew my mind. Wow!
I think perhaps Dune is one of those unfilmable books-Lynch tried and failed, but if he wants to try, hey;  go for it, dude.


This is completely wrong. In fact robots and automation will create far more jobs than they replace. Immigration is orthogonal to population growth and demographics. Global population will peak in the lifetime of my children (in their 30s) and be on the way down globally, even for Africa, in the life of my grandchildren (oldest is five). Eventually Canada will have to learn how to manage an economy with its own population steady state and most of the rest of the world shrinking. Shrinking population economics is poorly understood (check out the book by that title on Amazon) but is upon us already in Japan and soon China. Germany allowed in 1 million immigrants in a Hail Mary pass to jig its own demographics (won't work though).


More important that the military have more weaponry to end the lives of non-Americans than to provide adequate health care to citizens


Now that this columnist is more mature why don't we retire her? She was once kind of cute but now she is disturbing. I pity her kids exposure to her fears.


Hooey.

The world cheers at his remarks about not imposing their way of life!


Hello Neil
Tolls from  future Infrastructure players may be excessive. How do you know?  Many Provinces , municipalities and States say they  have reduced their blue and white collar forces to save money as  internal government costs are  much higher than outside contractors.
As to their future profits will they go to hedge funds? Our finance minister said that
Sovereign and Pension funds will be the main actors


Too bad the Senate couldn't come up with anything.


I don't see why you have to call George Laraque a "goon," Mr. Boisvert. What license do you have to attach such demeaning labels to people who have achieved more than you? Your own rant is a form of goonery, as evidenced by the fact that you're unaware of the fact that during his "humanistic" quest, Champlain had to resort to using firearms to, as he saw it, "civilize" those around him.


the reason why the FORT MAC exploded everywhere AND WATER WAS EVEN BURNING is because of all the toxic & flammable materials that forests/plants have been sucking up through the toxic lakes were NEVER CLEANED UP.

That fire has been continuing for months all the way to Saskatchewan IN DECEMBER that's how toxic Alberta is. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-beast-is-alive-how-the-fire-that-tried-to-destroy-fort-mcmurray-is-still-burning-near-the-albertasaskatchewan-border


It's the reporter that said the things you are choosing to believe, not GM.


Then its very very confusing why they would charge him with penetration - twice.... and hes actually admitting to touching her, so if at very least you're implying that's ok...

Just cause you think he's your friend cause you bought a few dogs off him doesn't change the fact he raped a girl or that he committed suicide to avoid the embarrassment of trial. And hes also a repeat offender. "Dredge" up information... its common knowledge and half the reason you read through the article

THE GUY WAS GOING ON TRAIL FOR RAPING AN 18 YR OLD EMPLOYEE>>> HE KILLED HIMSELF TO NOT GO THROUGH THE EMBARRASSMENT AND JAIL.... oh and he sold hotdogs and talked to you while he took your money.. whats inappropriate is the actions he took....and it did happen.

If your relative was this 18 yr old girl you'd be singing a different tune and looking back on your free conversations and $9 hotdog a different way; have some respect for the victims and dont put him on a pedestal and ignore the whole rape thing


You've answered your own question, indeed it is income based, not asset based. As stated he keeps his income low so he can qualify for the Child benefit. For example say you've had a 500k a year job for 10 years and managed to save a million or two of it and then you're "made redundant". You now have zero employment income and as long as your savings aren't earning a ton of interest or dividends, or are in registered accounts where it doesn't matter what they make, you can go on EI, and qualify for a whole whack of benefits despite having a war chest of cash. Justly so I might add, you've likely paid 1.5-2.5 million in taxes and source deductions over that 10 year period, why shouldn't you get some benefit from all the taxes you've paid.


Naw...you've got it wrong...Steinem turned the lens to sand and melted the shutter.


Another oil criminal's, cowardly final escape from full criminal exposure and long term punishment for all of the damage done to the environment and human victims.


These marches baffle me.  Trump has been a liberal Democrat most of his life.  He's by far the most liberal Republican President I can think of.  I can understand why people residing in the USA illegally are afraid of him, but I can't understand why women and homosexuals are.  There's nothing in his agenda or rhetoric that has ever threatened those groups.


PM Harper is a respected world statesman among the western liberal democracies and nowhere more highly than in Israel where he was the only Canadian PM and one of the only foreign leaders ever to be asked to address the Knesset and why he has received other high honours from the state of Israel.

He has founded a consulting form that aims to provide strategic and other advice to governments and major corporations that share the former PM`s values and goals.

So it makes sense that the former PM may very well have lined up a series of high level meetings to discuss possible consulting engagements with Israeli government and business leaders.

This, if it is the case, would require PM Harper to make his own travel arrangements according to his own schedule of meetings.

And travelling alone would provide the added and not inconsiderable benefit of not having to politely listen to hours of tedious and simplistic twaddle from the chap who replaced him as PM.

A real win-win situation!


Okay, so if it was a woman...a young woman,  your daughter perhaps. And some guy starts verbally disrespecting her while she's pumping gas, and she rolls her eyes and looks away and the guy gets out of  his vehicle and starts towards her saying, "Who are you rolling your eyes at, beech?"....so you're saying she should assume he won't hurt her until he's got his hands around her throat and she's helpless and THEN she can try to defend herself?


He injured it trying to catch Janoris Jenkins on that pick 6 he threw against NY. He came back after halftime but looked terrible. Post game Joseph confirmed it was a strained AC joint, non-throwing shoulder. Same one that was surgically repaired. He's seemed skittish since then. Quick to scramble and unwilling to stand tall and deliver the ball then take the hit like the good ones do.


This is way over the heads of the brain trust we know as the OSC.
They are still trying to figure out if BRE-X was a scam.


Your comment is nonsense. Do you know that the editorial page is different than the news pages? A.P. "liberal"? (Yep, I have written strings for A.P. in the past.)
You don't grasp what objective, fact-based news journalism is. Go watch Fox Noise.


thos and Andrew1. . . sitting in a tree. . .

Ask a democrat today, and they will tell you that slavery is wrong, bad, and evil.

Ask a Republican, it appears that 70% may well say it's ok and desirable.

So, the party labels are just coincidental.  And, what is important is what certain people are doing NOW.  NOW, it is Trump, the GOP and their respective bases that are acting in racist fashion.

Healthcare models?  Tax structures?  Immigration and Naturalization?  Public pronouncements?  All those coming from Trump and the GOP have racist under AND OVER tones.

But, your points have relevance, to the extent they demonstrate the extent to which the Democratic Party as EVOLVED, and the GOP has DEVOLVED.

Oooops.  Sorry, don't want to impose evolution concepts upon  you guys.  I know it makes your heads exploed.  Let's see.  Let me put it in terms that will make sense to you. . .  God made the GOP evil. . . maybe to test the will of man. . . .


"and more knowledgeable citizens"

Well you must not be a regular reader of the G&M. Just two days ago as part of the lead up to the Canada day celebration their was a fascinating piece here informing Canadians who hadn't heard that evidently Americans now think it's cool to be stupid.
In the excitement leading up to a celebration somewhat similar to America's 4th of July, Canada's national newspaper ran on it's 'front page' , top center, that your only neighbors think it's cool to be stupid.


Deeply creepy guy


Christy's desire to start a trade war reeks of desperation in the final week of her re-election campaign, hoping to strike home with the less educated BCers.  BC, as an exporter of raw resources, would find a trade war more disastrous than our opponents.  On one hand, Christy says that she is all about jobs, yet a trade war will hit 10,000 to 20,000 BC jobs within weeks, and close to 100,000 within months.  When you are a net exporter, those are the facts.

On being elected, I'm sure that the foreign corporations that control Christy and the BC Liberals will squash that last independent notion out of her head faster than she can say " that, like the HST,  was not on the radar".

If you value BC jobs, then don't let this maiden throw them all away due to her oversized ego.


It would be inhumane of me to put the cop in that position because I was acting like a jerk.

But you, as a convict, may not appreciate that criminals have some say in their fate.


Maybe you should consider checking out this awesome little blog https://eduessayhelper.org/


Hell no... whatever happens to the CNN type of journalist brought onto themselves. Tough titty Journalist!


1.  The SCC itself emphasized his youth, when determining whether his Charter rights had been violated.

2. "His guilt as a killer" was not determined by American courts.  He is challenging this guilty plea (after a decade in jail) on the basis of duress.  Wherever that appeal will go, the basis of the settlement was Canada's violations, not his supposed 'guilt.'

3.  Correct that no Canadian court ordered a financial payout, but the basis for that compensation (Canada's liability for the Charter violations) was confirmed in 2010.

4.  Parties to litigation should settle - as the Supreme Court itself says:
". . . the courts consistently favour the settlement of lawsuits in general. To put it another way, there is an overriding public interest in favour of settlement. This policy promotes the interests of litigants generally by saving them the expense of trial of disputed issues, and it reduces the strain upon an already overburdened provincial court system."


That's more than double the profit BP just announced in Alaska for 2016. And on billions in investment.


only left wingers who love terrorist found such comments distastefull


I was hoping you would respond to my comments. You are normally very fact oriented and a logical thinker. Can you answer this question how could any person vote for HRC or Trump after knowing everything we know? My belief is we need some other person than the democrats or the republican can offer. Love to hear your response.


It's cover your own *ss time. Ozawa is in up to his eyeballs in this taxpayer ripoff and he knows it. Don't pretend you don't know where the money is going, you all have known from day one which special interests were getting the money. It's the same folks that own you and control your vote.
Honolulu voters are stupid to continue re-electing the same corrupt politicians time after time.


When are CNN and the Washington Post going to give up this flimsy snore-fest of a fake investigation into the Russians and Trump? It's getting so bad and so pathetic in its credibility it's turned into this hysterical cultish thing. Flip through the news channels and everyone is carrying news stories that one would expect to see, but come upon CNN and it's Russians-Trump-Russians-Trump-Russians-Trump . . . .

The only entertaining part of CNN right now is when they juxtapose their Darth-Vadar voice ad in the middle of it all: "CNN-the-most-trusted-name-in-news" - one can't help but laugh. Even liberal co-workers I know don't watch CNN anymore - it's boring.

The big questions is this - are we not actually witnessing media suicide before our very eyes? When one includes the recent firing of CNN staffers, Hillary being fed the debate questions by CNN, etc. -  isn't CNN's media suicide the real story here?


Right.  As our economic, social and moral fabric continues to unravel, more folks will need to self-medicate in order to remain oblivious to it.  And of course some will profit from that.  Is this an example of that cloud/silver-lining dichotomy we keep hearing about?


I'm for both - an income tax and a seasonal sales tax.  That lets us capture revenue from both categories of visitors to our state.  And a sales tax would mean that everyone pays while an income tax would pull in funding from where the money is - with the high earners.  I'd even be OK with a flat income tax with zero exemptions.


Pay more get less.   Loveley.   Note our Parliament convened at the end of January while the US Was at work Jan 5th.     And yes reported on a Friday to fool Canadians in the media cycle.   What a bunch of free loaders.


My Amazon experience (all good prices):
Men's T- not as pictured
Men's sweatpants- poor material, shrunk despite cool wash, hang dry
Push pins for bedskirt - so cheap the plastic tops separated from the coil
Second order for different design push pin- worked well
Room essential oil lamp/diffuser- piece of junk
Shoes for gift- Arrived in box stating size 10 (as ordered), but were 10 1/2, but by time given and tried on, could not return.
Outdoor lantern- arrived in pieces.

I could go on, but Amazon is not the place to buy clothes, nor shoes IMO. I continue to use if very straight forward item like garbage pail.


My point is that I'm commenting in a comments section about a particular article in the DP, and the points presented in said article, biased as it may be. I'm not pretending to be on a jury, where just facts are to be presented and then I make a judgement. Or that I've read about the incident from 3 other sources including the police report.


More of those "unruly" dindus, by golly.
Bet they dindu nuffin...just ask 'em.


MA:  Don't  forget to add that it was those same white guys that saved the whales, sea otters and walrus from extinction.


The Iranian leadership laughed at Obama. Today I laugh at this article!! Bennett, you are silly and lost at best!!


Thanks,
I must point out that your examples are but small potatoes compared to sending swarms of MIRVs down upon a nation because POTUS didn't like their Tweet.


Motley, I believe this is because  Will is still a conservative while Trump is a radical who shares "some" conservative goals.


$6400 is one year of rep hockey.


That really got stuck in your craw. I get your bitterness.  I would be bitter also to have to live a compromised lifestyle like that.


Just maybe he is Bi.


The issue though is the bias in "is it in the public interest" - for example, the recent exposure that sexual assaults are primarily dismissed, often by taking a patriarchal view (the harm to her that was already done was less than the harm that would be done to him if pursued).

There is argument that if the numbers of lawyers is expanded (currently limited by law schools) then the cost will go down (resources). This addresses the triage area of the process and supports the arguments for expanding the law school numbers that will result in lower cost for more.


The job he was appointed to do or the job Trump asked him to do? You know, "He's a good guy. I hope you can let this go," wink, wink.

Here's where the right will say "See! He didn't tell him to drop the investigation!"
That is correct. He didn't say that. But anyone with common sense knows what Trump was saying.
And if you Trumpies claim this wouldn't seal the deal for you if it was Hillary or Obama, I'd have a real hard time believing you.


The stands are still filling.  Not one person has asked for a refund of their season pass for the Broncos.  There are plenty to fill the few shoes that walk out.

Oh, if you truly respect that flag, demand it be taken off the helmets and also that big flag they roll out during the anthem is in direct violation of the U.S. Code for respect of the flag. Throw in flags used in commercials...that's showing disrespect for the flag. Take issue with all of those abuses, because they're in direct violation of written law.


So you are saying that an addict can become functioning members of society by getting a job and a home? A job doing what? A baby sitter, a banker, an operator of machinery, a taxi driver? Would you want an addict taking care of your kids? You have been lied to, an addict only cares about their next fix. It is a complete and total waste of tax payers money to fund any program which enables addicts to abuse drugs. Want to save money, don't treat them when they over dose, in short let them die. If their lives are so miserable that they need to abuse drugs as an escape, then leaving them to die is a merciful solution. The war on drugs can be won once all the addicts are dead.


All employers should be fair and treat people with dignity, male, female, that just does not bother me in the slightest, never has.


It isn't amazing.

Perpetual outrage and whine.

So easy to see the Gospel in their hysteria.

It's in fact great charity to not listen to them any longer.


Is that what they teach you in your farm school? Inbreeding good, foreigner bad?


I hope there will be a way to block it. I don't want my 'phone clogged with government crap.


**crickets**


Way to keep pushing you're agenda DP.  I think these people have gotten more attention than merited.


Don't the paleoclimate guys tell us that CO2 content was at ca. 400 ppm during the end-Pliocene time, PS (about 3 million years ago?)

Was that an unnatural cycle of some kind?  ;-)


"Gotcha. Right wing funding bad, left wing funding good lol."
You missed the point.
Right wing funding is bad when it is labelled "non partisan"  to mislead the viewer or reader into thinking the writer has no agenda, as done in the video. The Fraser Institute being called "no-partisan" in the video is a blatant misrepresentation.
The left-wing writer here openly identifies her association with the PET foundation, allowing the reader to take that into consideration any bias that may imply.
So it could rephrased as:
Right wing deception bad,  left wing transparency good. LOL.


Our corrupt media at its finest.  And the Waheapost is one of the best at being completely one-sided and corrupt.


I hiked a section of this about 50 years ago.  There was an abandoned geared locomotive on one of the sidings.  Wonder what ever happened to it?


I thought Jesus Christ was a fairy tale in your mind?


Bozo the Clown, had a free speech right. He wore Red, White and Blue. This is what happens to Football Heads, who flunked 8th grade civics.

Join the Democratic Party! When you too stupid to breed in Africa, ask ye cousin's, why they shipped you out of Nigeria?

".I see one--grandson of a hard rider of the Revolution and bearer of his historic name--who was with us at Fair Oaks, and afterwards for five days and nights in front of the enemy the only sleep that he would take was what he could snatch sitting erect in his uniform and resting his back against a hut. He fell at Gettysburg. [Web note: Col. Paul Revere, Jr., 20th Mass.].

His brother , a surgeon, [Web note: Edward H.R. Revere] who rode, as our surgeons so often did, wherever the troops would go, I saw kneeling in ministration to a wounded man just in rear of our line at Antietam, his horse's bridle round his arm--the next moment his ministrations were ended....
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mmd5f/memorial.htm


It has been said that Robert Stanfield was the best Pime Minister that Canada never had. Hugh Segal again shows me that he also deserves a similar accolade.


Time for traveling up to Deception Pass ...


Read “Anatomy of a fake scandal, ginned up by right-wing media and Trump” in the Washington Post, which begins “President Trump started off this morning as he often does, by settling in to watch the festival of nincompoopery that is “Fox & Friends.” On the show, he saw something that he believes vindicates the bizarre and false charge he made that Barack Obama was tapping his phones during the presidential campaign.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/03/anatomy-of-a-fake-scandal-ginned-up-by-right-wing-media-and-trump/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.53fcf8c3c49a


GoneBack, you are partially correct --- I DO assume that the AFN supports Hillary just so they can get federal handouts.  Of COURSE that is their goal!  It also just happens to be the goal of a large minority, if not the majority, of Americans, which is why this country is going down the toilet at an accelerating rate.  What I chastise the AFN for I also chastise many other Americans for as well: trying to live off other people's money.  The AFN, or Alaskan Natives as a whole, are hardly the only guilty party in the parasite parade.  My criticism has little or nothing to do with the AFN as a group, but with the demonstrated and decades-long political advocacy of increased federal spending in their favor at the expense of the American taxpayer in general.

Now, try to spin that into racism and bigotry, if you dare.


"We owe the Kurds justice"
NEWSFLASH
"We" owe the Kurds  nothing.
Maybe the Turks, Iraqis, Iranians and Syrians do, but we don't. Maybe an article should be written on just how important a Kurdish country in that area is to Israel.


Sessions is in  terrible spot.  He gave up an extremely safe Senate seat to be AG.  Then Trump repeatedly humiliates him before the entire world.  That's typical Trump behavior.  ....let's remember what he did to Mitt Romney.  Bullying and assertion of superiority is often accomplished by such humiliation....Trump's adept at it.  It would take really huge stones to tell someone who has such power over you to "kiss my $%#$".  In Session's place, that's what I would have done.   But, obviously, I'm not in Session's place.

Looking forward to lunch and a visit.....your old $##$%% liberal friend, Gary Crum


Are you saying those two statements aren't true? It certainly worked for 1930's Germany. It seems to be working for 2016 America.


C'mon Inslee, hurry up and do nothing,between this and education funding nothing's what you do best.


I prefer state control for all that is not specified for the federal government in the Constitution. I don't see this commission as exerting control so much as shining daylight on a problem, as they have no authority to control the states in this regard as far as I know. Are the states capable or willing to root out flaws and corruption in their own elections systems? In Democrat run states, the only flaws they see are in Republican states, and probably vice versa.

Now, how about you answer your own question for our edification?


Don't look now, Michael, but the article said that Treadway has a history of criminal behavior.  A slap on the wrist is certainly a platform for bad behavior.


I hunt small game with my dog. He can't hunt while on a leash. Additionally, the dog can't get proper exercise, especially in the winter, while on a leash, because I can't run fast enough to keep up with him.


Of course any rate increases have to be within current law. You and I both know that the insurance companies will use any reason to raise rates. But his premise that rate increases have to follow the current law is totally true!


Fine ... so what's the big deal in my expressing my views? Do they disturb you?


The American 'sisterhood' had its chance to save NAFTA and many other beneficial institutions such as the EPA and the State Department but instead voted against one of it's own to install in the White House a mentally ill, illiterate fascist. There is no case here to imply the girls are any smarter than the boys.


Except for their employment contracts, especially in agriculture and construction. Place the blame on the importer of the labour, not the labour itself.


In the Canadian post nation state you are not permitted to adopt the art of third world cultures. You will be labeled a racist.


When Rail starts in 2025.....who will be our new Mayor?......I live where Rail will never come......yet I grit my teeth and pay my taxes grudgetly


The interesting thing about the Church is that we don't make distinctions between the nouveau baptized and the ancien regime. Converts have the same rights as cradle Catholics, including the right to defend their own views, which we so vigorously espouse at NCR.


I think it's good for a journalist to begin each task by asking "What is it I have to add to the conversation about this subject?" If the answer is "nothing," I suggest a nap.


Actually my favorite is the murder of unborn babies.    yes, I realize that.  Some of the illegals are also heading north.   I did not realize norstog was anglo-saxon or that you were a useless old man. ;-)


They have not yet learned the life lesson. Overpopulation by poor people who cannot even feed themselves let alone 8 plus kids does NOT create a peaceful environment. It is toxic for the environment and the universe at large. Common sense is dead in the whole world. SAD


Trudeau is "the Establishment" personified. I expect the Canadian Diplomatic corps was delighted by his election.


So the bank can repo the building. Did they loan more then the collateral was worth? Did the bank value it at more then it was worth? Inflating the "BOOK" is an old bank trick.


This is unfortunate and unsettling!  But comforting to know that Alaska Airlines will investigate and take all necessary precautions to ensure this does not happen again and treat their employees and passengers properly throughout this ordeal.  I've always been impressed with Alaska's operations.  First class airline.


I see the Denver Post has found yet another continuing source of letters.
Ms. Klein, my wife and I have never declawed our cats. But at the same time, we have never had a cat who "somehow got out". It's called being responsible.
The answer is simple: Advocates can educate the public on why they feel  declawing cats is wrong, but banning it is overkill.


I volunteer to put them on a bus to Seattle


Reminder: Clinton got the popular vote by millions of votes. So populism is not exactly the "Zeitgeist".

And even if the Zeitgeist is against globalization, it is not owned by Trump; nor is it even populist, in the sense of politics which panders to popular beliefs, no matter how stupid.

Bernie Sanders achieved massive popularity by voicing concerns with globalization from a progressive point of view.

And even if the Zeitgeist is "populist" in the dumb-and-proud sense, that doesn't mean Davos is not necessary.

And even if Davos is "elitist" in the sense expressed by the trailer park crowd, then so what?

This type of writing smacks of celebrity style fluff.


I cannot find the. link on the CRA website that refers to this matter however I was able to find newspaper reports summarizing the information.

The summarie indicate that it applies to the top 10%, hardly the wealthy, and yet even they have means if modest to reduce their tax bills.

The real problem lies with the wealthy, top 1 or .1%, who can use aggressive tax strategies not available to others to substantially reduce their overall tax bill.


No, he's not kidding.   ...and Yes, tenant gets a 3-day notice, plus a late charge assessed on the 2nd.
Tenant also receives notice that tenant will be held responsible for Landlord's eviction and court cost from that date forward.  Landlords usually expect all hell to break loose at that point, so landlords take precaution by putting law enforcement on notice, in case of any property damage.  Law officer serves tenant with "Summons and Complaint" after day 3, which tells the Tenant when his court date is--but by that time, it's too late. Landlord will ask court for Judgement of possession, plus financial costs.  ...Court drafts a Writ of Restitution (ordering removal of tenants belongings), ...Sheriff shows up while Landlord puts Tenants' stuff on the curb and changes the locks.  It all happens faster than you might think!


DID "YOU AGREE" - "TO SIGN AWAY YOUR PENSION"?
"FOLLOW THE MONEY" - TO GOLDMAN SACHS - AND THE "GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 2008". THE STATE RETIREMENT FUND - AND KSBE AND OHA AND OTHERS ARE IN - "GOLDMAN SACHS" - DURING THIS "NATIONAL RETIREMENT FUND CRISIS OF 2016".

THE ESTATE AND THE STATE - HAVE BEEN "STRANGE BEDFELLOWS" - AND U.S. - ALL ALONG. PAUAHI WAS NOT - "THE LAST KAMEHAMEHA". ALL KANAKAMAOLI - ARE HER COUSINS - AND ARE  THE "LIVING HEIRS OF KING KAMEHAMEHA" - AND "WE DID NOT AGREE - TO THE "STEALING OF OUR NATION" - AND THEIR - "QUIETING OUR EXISTENCE".

ALL VICTIMS OF THE SNAGGING OF YOUR PENSION AND OUR NATIONAL TREASURY - SHOULD - BAND TOGETHER - AND - "PROTEST UNDER DURESS" - THEIR CRIMES.

I MUA HAWAI`I - RISE TOGETHER.


Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.  I sincerely hope the widow of the brave soldier who gave his life defending OUR freedoms, the one Mr. Khadr and his fine father murdered, will slap a pair of handcuffs on every dollar before this fine young Canadian and his lawyers have a chance to spend one nickel of it.  Q.  Is Justin planning on handing over the loot in a selfie moment?


As a devout hippie boots, it's your civil duty to pass out doobies to all the police officers at the HPD station. Maybe invite the Donald to your house in November and let him hit the giant bong with you? Spread  the peace brah!


Bwahaha! This is satire right? This guy is as big a numbskull as Ted Nugent!....


S:  No, it doesn't.  Winning requires holding what is dear to a country (center of gravity) at risk.  People can bring pressure to bear upon their leaders to sue for peace but that is all.  Oftentimes the political objectives of a war are not militarily achievable.  At that point politicians should opt to disengage but their ego's get in the way so they blame the military for the failure and many buy that.  War is started and ended by politicians - period.


Pacquiao can now have his name joined to that of Penn at all the local UFC gyms and the membership will triple, at least, knowing that the his ethnic group makes up the biggest minority in Hawaii. Heck, they can have a special match here pitting him against Penn, touting it as the match for the aged. I watched the whole fight, and for an old man, he was game and put out a good effort but for the most part, it was all about missed punches, groping and grabbing, and obvious lack of power and diminished skills.


Chain them to the box and cover them in honey. Let the bees and bears get them.


"When will President Trump respond to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine?"

And no matter how he respond, the MSM (including the G&M) will criticize him for his response.  The elites and self proclaimed experts in the media will pretend to know better and tell him what he should have done.


Basically what the AG is stating is that he wants to layer Even More new state laws on top of already existing Federal laws which will do nothing at all. Already, that is what the State's background system is. When you buy a hand gun in Washington, you have to fill out a Federal ATF 4473 paperwork and pass a (NICS) FBI BackGround check. Then as soon as you do that, you fill out what is basically the same paperwork for the State that does the same background check. Yes its that stupid!
You can regulate guns all you want but it will do nothing to curb the mental health issues in Washington State.
Such a fake concern by Ferguson and Inslee. State mental hospitals alone have been in panic crisis mode ever since Inslee was elected and he's done very little to nothing to address something he could actually affect. You cannot legislate away suicide, and its not a gun issue.


"The simps in the leftist media are still eager to make our democratically elected president look as bad as possible ..."
1 - He does that quite well on his own.
2 - The Dems learned their bad behavior from 8 years of Republican bad behavior.
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Am I wrong about him already holding re-election campaign rallies?


Gay rights is not just about being nice or nudging gays toward a celibate life in the priesthood, it needs to be updated to deal with the fact that gay men do not chose their sexuality, it is innate.  That being so, there is a right to use one's sexual gifts appropriately (although how that is in the hetro-world is changing as well - few wait for marriage).  Many Catholics, if not a majority, accept gay marriage as right and just and even sacramental.  It is time for the hierarchy to catch up.

The John Birch Society never went away and I have the racist e-mails from Birchers from 2008 to prove it.  If the Kochs fund it, its neo-Bircher, from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to the Tea Party (the most of the Knights).

Rural areas who don't quickly create a single-payer plan before something happens to Obamacare deserve the Republican governments that probably refuse to do so.

The question is who told Trump to put into his remarks of that day the fact that dirt was coming on Hillary?


That laughably ignorant comment by Mr. Borguno of SleazyPark just showcases how greedy and clueless he and his cohorts really are.  We may have gotten rid of the old and much-hated Anchorage Parking Authority years ago, but clearly the parking Nazis are still with us and very much in charge.


Bears do not play by human rules.  There is no way to say for certain what set off this attack, but the possibility of either the bear being surprised or the possible presence of a cub are near the top of the list.  It could also be this bear was simply having a bad day and took it out on a human intruder.  I have had friends who were mauled by bear and suffered severe injuries.  None expressed any wish for revenge on the bear that attacked.  Even at established wildlife viewing areas where humans and bears may regularly interact with rare acts of aggression it must be remembered that bears are always basically wild animals and must be treated with respect and caution.


Healthcare spending in this country is what is unsustainable.  We would be doing ourselves a favor by moving to a completely free single payer system like virtually every other wealthy country has.  Better results at half the cost.


Your 'be respectful' simplistic comment is just what neo-fascists like to hear - that's how you stifle dissent, curb citizen involvement and turn democracy into a soviet-style authoritarian regime. Guess that why Trump says he likes the uneducated. Congrats.


The health care system needs to stop administering opioids as pain relief is a start.


We ARE the Church! The deep doctrinal reexam requires a searching together as sensus laicorum, theologians & hierarchical teaching office for the sensus fidelium. All are presumed to engage in this reexam.

Perhaps you misconceive "the Church," overidentifying it with the hierarchy? That would explain your confusion. At the same time, anyone with the slightest acquaintance of the concrete lived experiences of the faithful, sociologically, and current moral methodologies of the theologians, anthropologically, would justifiably anticipate changes, magisterially, as the teaching office passes on what it has learned!

For some moral realities, different opinions, variously probable, could well coexist within the Church. So, there would be no justification for imagining that all disagreements are necessarily rooted in invincible ignorance, poor formation or sinful refusals. They are often just a reflection of human finitude, which does the best it can as it remains epistemically fallible.


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…tough guy, ….probably pounded those keys really hard, eh?

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Impressive.  …not.


When will we learn mercy is given freely? It is like grace. we don't earn it.


Gavin DeBecker makes that point in his excellent book "The Gift of Fear". Everyone should read that book.


Acosta needs an official WH pacifier. He whines more than a toddler.


Weird article. it tells us businesswomen have children but completely fails to outline how the tax changes affect that. Maybe because they don't.


He's spinning the story in the hopes that Federal charges are not filed. A politically motivated attack can lead to a conviction on federal charges and severe punishment.  My guess is the lawyer knows the truth and is hoping misdirect the investigation.


Prime salmon feeding areas of Cook Inlet - in the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm. Of course that area has the largest concentrations of salmon in the Inlet.

If you exclude the middle part of the Inlet, where the Kenai and Kasilof rivers are home to huge returns of salmon.

Funny how the National Marine Fisheries Services pardons 125,000 fathoms of gillnets spread across the Inlet as no obstacle to Belugas health and well-being. 750,000 feet of gillnet, close to 150 miles in the center part of the Inlet, of course can't be contributing to a decline in Beluga. Access to their primary food source could never impact these whales.

When the commercial fishing fleet is out in full force, of course it doesn't disrupt the number of salmon entering the rivers. Just ask any Anchorage or Mat-Su dipper who rides home from the Kenai with an empty cooler when the commercial nets are out. No connection whatsoever.


There is an old joke that the difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist is that at least the taxidermist saves the hide.

The Trudeau 2.0 Liberals seem bent on making this joke a reality.

The problem for them is that nobody who has had to make his or her way in the real world and its competitive marketplace is buying and even Liberal and NDP politicians are now joining the opposition to this amateur night policy.

Unless sanity and a review of this cynical political ploy prevail, we shall see a tax policy that promotes class warfare and further divides Canadians and the government revenues from which will actually be significantly less than the cost of compliance and audits and the loss of revenue that comes with the partial destruction of the small business economy that contributes some 70% of the jobs and 50% of the GDP in this country.

This policy is an economic disaster and won't even be a political winner in the mid to long term.


It seems to me that the policy was changed at the last minute of the OBAMA administration and set to take effect 2 years later should be by far the weaker position than a 50+ year policy that stood unchallenged for decades.


Although I think it would be more productive for you to figure that out by yourself, I will give it a spin. As Elie  Wiesel put it, "It is better to help others than to speak about God". Or as a friend told me, "Don't be an armchair Bodhisattva". Find a way to participate positively with your communities, personal, local and global. It may be inconvenient, but it  is possible. As Obama said, "Democracy is hard". Well so it practicing wisdom and compassion.


There is NO way any sane person could watch Trumps performance and conclude ANYTHING but that Trump is bat shite crazy.


Agreed.  It's not bread made the traditional way that's the big problem, it's industrialized bread that's the villain.

The thing I would add to this column is it that the chemicals added to industrialized bread also cause digestive and metabolic problems and make people sick -- whether in bread or in other foods.   I figured out there was something wrong here in North America when I lived abroad for a period of time and ate REAL bread (sourdough rye) without any issues at all.   I was also slowly losing weight without trying while eating it and didn't feel "addicted" to the bread.    I returned to Canada, and all the old issues came back when I wasn't able to check the ingredients of the bread carefully.

Do yourself a favour and buy bread from places that use traditional techniques for milling, sourdough yeast and very simple recipes.


There are at least thirty statements on video that would have disqualified any other candidate. And the hate of Hillary was created largely through the millions spent by Rupert Murdock and Fox News.  When you look at her fibs versus his outright lies, again you have to wonder. When you have so called conservative Christians who have thrown in the towel as they will need to have quite a conversation with St. Peter when they are asked about their commitment to their values. And the leadership of the GoP has been exposed as they are only concerned about power, not the United States, not their constituents, not really to anything but raw desire for power.


Ms Brown, it might "behoove you" to install security cameras outside your business as well. The safety and security of your business is technically your responsibility. It's not the responsibility of the city to protect merchants' assets, even though it may be a nice thing to do. Also, it may be beneficial to bring in the outside items when you close for the evening, in order to protect your assets. It's truly sad that we cannot trust strangers anymore to do the right thing. Even small towns are no longer safe from thieves. Sorry this happened to you.


The same women are supporting Islamic misogyny, they're a bunch of hypocrats. They are trying to overturn the results of a democratic election. Won't work. Identity politics is dead, get used to it!


Daniel, your comical diatribe aside, the Constitution states:

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Personally, I don't think bombast quite reaches that threshold.


The Big One will make Portland shitty again.  And the sooner the better.


You've had more than a year-and-a-half to get over your Harper Derangement Syndrome. It's sad that you're still clinging to it.

And Trudeau has already done a lot to try to dismantle democracy. Or maybe since it's the Liberals, you don't mind that they keep trying to introduce anti-democratic legislation so that they can control any and all debate in the House of Commons...


You calling them facts does not make them facts. Maybe fake facts. But not facts.


... the Berkeley students dragged em down ;)


PART 2

1) Quoted in "Pope : The Church Is Not an NGO and the IOR Is Needed UP to a Certain Point" [English translation] AsiaNews, 24 April 2013, http://www.asianews.it.

2) Istitulo Opere de Religione, "Rapporto annual 2013.

3) A. Tornielli, "Vatican Prelate Arreted as Part of IOR Inquiry," "La Stampa," 28 June 2013, http:www.lastampa.it and http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it.

4) "Francis Issues Moto Proprio on Vatican Financial Information Authority," "Vatican Insider, 18 November 2013, http://vaticaninsider,lastampa.it.

5) MONEYVAL., "The Holy See: Progress Report" [9 December 2013].

Betty, again, you are making suppositions about monetary issues that you know NOTHING about.  Nor do you have any connections to the Vatican or International Financial Intelligence Units.


My neighbors car blew a motor because his timing chain let go. You are just fooling yourself if you think it can't happen to you.


agree...too much irresponsible stuff going on out here


The good news, life will eventually regenerate on this planet regardless of man.  Out of curiosity, what is the other 87% of the federal budget spent on?  Can any of it be spared for NASA also?


It's similar to the truly old joke that is reputed to have circulated among Vatican hierarchs that, for example, the ordination of married men to the presbyterate would not happen in their lifetimes but perhaps in the lifetime of their children!


No.  It is not, nor are the comments about the article.


The "Bigly" Chicken has been a hot seller in China , there's even a shopping mall that has a solid 20ft version in front , they find it amusing.


Mike Pence needs to be held to account for the same odious views that most Repubs hold about women and other minorities.  Pence is only the more cleaned-up corporate version of Trump.

And if Trump would prevail, Pence would be in a position more powerful than Dick Cheney was because Trump has demonstrated that he has no talent or interest in governing - Trump will just go around the country mouthing "Make America great again."  Pence needs to be exposed for the dangerous politician that he is.


"Force-selling credit to you for the purpose of putting you in debt for life?" Come on, that's away over the top. The agent was selling in order to hike his commission or fulfill a target, not to "put you in debt for life."

Consent is a central question here, as it is in other areas nearly as sensitive as cash. If the salesperson felt unable to to reach the assigned target, then "no" would have been the right answer -- not "force-selling" or (worse still) raising credit limits or moving customers to pricier accounts on the sly. These are the illegal actions of individual employees.  I doubt very much that TD promotes and condones institutionalized fraud.

Customers are responsible for consent too. Rather than being passively conned and sheared like sheep, the simple word "no" works wonders. Do try it.

The angry and alienated are always with us. It seems the CBC turned over some rocks and found a few. I guess they had targets to fulfill too. Shame on them for their muck-raking.


Maybe they should write about a lodge owner who constantly complains about problems but never offers solutions?  It could have a catchy title like" Whiner 49er".


A walk off home run to complete a series sweep.  This is what fans of MLB would regard as pretty fine play of the game.  The boo jays would find fault with the Jays getting themselves out of the cellar and approaching the middle teams.  From a terrible start to back into contention.  Four and a half months to go to get back into this.  Sadly another injury to a starter- Pearce.  He was hitting very well.  The Jays injury bug continues.  The good news is the talented replacements.  Pillar's home run was a sight to behold, timely and convenient for the GO Train fans.


Where's "D", "Forecast is incorrect"?


Are you sure about that?    There will always be the good doctors who will work as long as needed even under a salaried scheme.     Then there will be the bad doctors (in it for the wrong reasons) who will have to clock in more than they are currently.     Then there will be the doctors who will huff and puff about going to the U.S. to hang their shingle.    I say:  good riddance (and also "you'll be back...)

So the net effect may be far less drastic than you assume.


"....then we should know..."

Why?  I'm guessing you are not an American citizen, not sure the fixation on another country's political process.

There are plenty of underhanded and political expedient matters within our own borders, perhaps Canadians might choose to focus on those.  Runaway debts both provincially and federally along with OPP investigations that appeared to be stalled in Ontario for examples.


He should have been there.


Same old tripe lacking context. Hint: there's no new covenant in  Islam.


And I love the fact you don't know that Barney doesn't hit lefties any better than he does righties, nor any better than Goins does.

It's a real laugh...er, you get the drift, eh?


You make a valid point and I am no expert on this subject not even close. Just a layman looking at it from a very base level. But having said that, I been living in Anchorage since 1985 and read and seen it all. No matter how much money we put in, the "children are still failing". That is punch line that goes back that far. Obviously the system needs to be fix. Maybe you are too close and I am too far to correct this. But it clear that money is NOT the real issue here. That is the problem with this article, when the author start to use children as a human shield to get funding, it get old and tiresome because everyone uses the kids as a metaphoric force shield since days of Flintstones. And nothing is improve. What we really need is food for thought on this problem. Any ideas??


Attitudes:
On gun laws = no
On democracy = no
On human rights = no
On war = no
On religion = no.
Canada is heads above the USA.


Not sure who is condemning other citizens to that mythical abode but currently the federal government is spending 67% ($2.5 trillion) the $3.9 trillion annual federal budget on entitlement programs.
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$2.5 trillion would seem to prove that American society is providing vast resources for the direct benefit of citizens.
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You might feel that even more should be done and you may certainly be correct but it is beyond argument that American society does provide for the well-being of the community.


Time for a shake up of the tired old Laurentian elite and O'Leary seems to be the guy- French in the job  description"  is a nice to have" . Quebecers now need to realize their power has slipped and at 22 % French speakers are approaching nonessential in the election scheme of things. Go Kevin Go- because it 2017 !


"Aegis missiles"

AEGIS is a complete combat weapons tracking and deployment system, not a type of missile. It is the backbone of all Arleigh Burke class DDG's like the John S. McCain.


You do realize that the short form of Richard is Dick, Mr. Head?
Appropriate...


During the time Lee had the Pig War Museum on Tucker & put her play on there, a couple of tourists came in to the store where I work in town. They had wandered into the museum & were aghast to find themselves locked in & unable to leave. Lee had locked the door behind them & refused to unlock it until they'd watched her play.


"After a series of attacks by Muslim militants last month, security forces and allied mobs retaliated by burning down thousands of Rohingya homes in the predominantly Buddhist nation."
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Muslim militants who may have represented a minority in the Muslim community.....instigated a series of attacks.....that so outraged a nation of "normally peaceful" Buddhists......that the Muslims are being driven out of the country.
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Whether one feels that the Buddhists responded with over-kill is besides the point. If the Muslims have a complaint, they can take it up with the Muslim militants in their midst.


um, Reagan was giving his inaugural speech the moment the Iranian hostages were released.


". . . there is the possibility of issuing long-term bonds paid for by some of these same revenue sources . . ."  Is this where the proposed revenue bonds come in (from the HART charter amendment)?


I really hope you're wrong.......however, this could happen.


So we voted for this person? She knows what’s best for the city? I’m so glad we have people that are in office that tackle the big issues like declawing your cat

Who cares about the little things like education, crime, taxes