Well - guess under "Trumpcare" we won't have to worry about the alleged "death panels" under "Obamacare"...we won't live long enough under "Trumpcare" to see any "death panels". Universal coverage - virtually every other modern country has some form of universal coverage. Those who complain of paying for others' health care - that's how government works - it's not a business. We pay taxes for the benefit of the entire country - not just ourselves. I don't like taxes either but it's the cost of living in a modern nation state. Again - for the partisans of both the Democratic Party and Republican Party - I didn't vote for either of the losers who ran for President. What happened to the concept of the "best and brightest" running for elective office? YMMV


Declining poverty as reported by the World Bank? Really Margaret? This is your source? Good Grief Girl, give your head a shake.
BTW, all that other good stuff was good.


Uncomfortable seats? Yes, Business class seats cost money.


Thanks all you haolesplaining commenters for providing examples of what Keala is telling us.


For the love of flying monkeys,  enough of the climate change BS. This story was a real reach.


Eagles are very good.
Broncos are very bad.
This will probably get ugly...


Typical Russian style of harassment.


Ra'men!


Good reporting would have indicated 36F or 36C. To scientists, °C is preferred. To general US population °F is all they understand.


If garycrum can diagnose mental illness  (over and over and over and over), anyone can!


This is political double-speak.  Pick a high-profile issue, then act publicly like a bulldog on the issue to get reelected (Tammy Wilson); all the while cutting agency budgets and refusing to hear revenue generating legislation (Tammy Wilson).

This agency cannot meet its mandate without adequate funding needed for highly qualified staff.  Incumbents failed to provide adequate funding.  Hopefully, new legislators can come up with new ideas to right the sinking ship of state government.  Tammy Wilson is one of those incumbents.  Maybe the voters in House District 3, North Pole, will see the light.

I'm sure there is room for improvement in this agency.  Perhaps a federal audit will shine a light on the needed corrective actions from an objective point of view since the federal auditors are not up for re-election.  But, continued underfunding of essential state agencies spells failure no matter how good or bad the intention of OCS staff.  Voters, please make a change in District 3.


"The report says the overwhelming burden of intimate-partner violence is borne by women,"
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There are reams of actual research that says the above isn't true. Proper research(*) says one thing, a "panel" imagines something different. I think I'll believe the research. Especially since research has been saying the same thing for decades.
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Isn't it time this paper stopped promoting stereotypes that have repeatedly been proven to be false and nothing more than anti-male propaganda? Male victims, and their children, are kept victims by such propaganda which makes it even more difficult to get help and end such situations.
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(*) For example the recently publicized research done by forensic psychologist Sarah Desmarais, Coordinator of North Carolina State University's Applied Social and Community Psychology Program. Just google "cbc radio domestic violence 180" or "Men are victims of domestic violence more often than you think - CBC".


Your letter appears to be about 100 words long.

Are you then, defined as a wussie?  Or is it the people who read your letter who fit that definition?

Use your other 100 words and help us out, here!


how is the age limit relevant to your initial point?  try to stay focused


Michael, he's the enemy of anyone even remotely sane.


Huh?  You think Monsef and Karina are attractive?  They're ok, but I'd hardly call them hotties, and definitely not as attractive as his existing wife.


Working with an attorney who handles a lot of divorces, one of the things I have noted is that, when a mixed marriage falls apart, suddenly religion becomes an important issue.  We've seen numerous cases where one of the parents suddenly insists they have to have parenting time on such-and-such days because of a religious obligation for Sunday services or Awanas or other events -- while the other parent points out they hadn't gone to mass for two years and oh, why shouldn't they have parenting time then because that's when their religious obligation is.


I blame Mike Harris.......


So disappointing that most fake street media blatantly ignores all negative stories regarding the Left, they have lost all credibility, ought to be ashamed.  Exactly where are the hundreds of million of dollars funneled to Clinton Foundation?  Who does the checks and balances within this organization? Chelsea?  This is unbelievable, CNN to embarrassed to report story, they're so illegitimate.


Toronto, full of Snow Flakes.


To do so is to betray their very profession, and the very concept and principle of a free press. The cornerstone of democracy.

And even his assault on the press wasn't new, it too can be found in every fascist authoritarian who ever lived. Trump spoke of the lying press. Hitler spoke of the Lugenpresse.

And now we have the world's nuclear arsenal under control of a man with no impulse control whatsoever.

When he was elected, I feared world war 3 was upon us. I'm actually rather more optimistic now. I am no less confident in my assessment of Trump as being just another fascist demagogue in the vein of Hitler or Musolini - but I cheered by the fact that, unlike those, he is utterly incompetent.

Hitler was not only willing to attack the checks and balances in the republic, he was not only willing to exploit tragedies to assume greater power: he was actually *good* at it. That's the one thing Trump lacks. He is the perpetual campaigner, because he's terrible at the actual execution.


Manoa-Fisherman, Maybe that's a phrase that is oft quoted by the NRA and its members.  Otherwise, it's largely unknown.  I wonder if you could point out an actual example of the Second Amendment protecting the First Amendment.  You say there were "only" 11,583 murders in 2016 attributable to guns, so the 59 murders in Las Vegas must mean very little to you.


Getting to a sustainable, balanced budget is simple arithmetic.  We need to do "all of the above."  We need to make more cuts (including elimination of oil tax credits), use some permanent fund earnings, and have a broad based tax.  Anyone who tells you different either does not understand the arithmetic or is lying to you.


Nope Mr. Crum, we live in different worlds.  If Trump forcibly raped a woman, I would support his immediate imprisonment.  If Trump was shown to have defrauded people through dishonest schemes and lies, he out for me.  The difference in our worlds is that I simply could not care less about words that create no significant causal damage to anyone.  Your world is the PC world where simply thinking or voicing the wrong thoughts is evil.  Never mind substance.  So yes, we are different.  I have only contempt for your PC standards.


So if this comes to fruition I'll end up paying two extra taxes; I travel the TTC when I go downtown and thus I pay a tax every time I use it. If there are no tolls I'll end up paying for roads I don't use too. Just sayin'


"FBI Seized Crushed Hard Drives From Home Of Wasserman-Schultz' IT Aide"
And the tide turns on the Democrats.


DST changes the time in the summer.  Winter hours of daylight would not change from what they presently are.


There is no law requiring to carry any form of ID. An officer can verify your background instantly by searching by name, license number, date of birth, or Social Security number, and return all matching records including your DMV picture in seconds to verify you are who you claim to be, even if he is on foot without a laptop he/she can call in the request and get results via cell phone or radio.


I'm glad the RG published this idiot's ugly picture.  As heinous of a crime he committed, he needs to be publically punished.  He needs a real spanking before shipping him off, to prison.  What an animal!


Yeah, just like the Palmer jury let the preacher off some years ago after he cold-bloodedly and with proven premeditation shot two men ho were fleeing from to death in the back.  Their bad luck they happened to have records. He's a murderer - but a religious one - so he gets a pass. Same deal with this smug doctor.


The president, chancellors, regents, and other officials are asleep at the switch. One assault is too much. Someone must be held accountable for this travesty.


Most colleges and universities hire adjunct on an as-needed basis. As full time faculty and enrollment needs change adjunct may not be asked back. It is rarely a reflection of the quality of the adjunct. I am sorry Ms Weis lost her position but that is the nature of adjunct work. Adjuncts, who are usually underpaid and overworked, are known as the academic slave class. I shall pray that she can find an adjunct or a full time position if that is her desire.


From the article: "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regards Chapter 19 (the dispute mechanism) as the “red line” that Canada will not cross."

That sounds like a perfectly fine stand to take, so well done there, Justin Trudeau.

But my question is this: Which one of his many competent advisors told him that was the best approach to take? And no, I am not prepared to to believe Trudeau reached that stand through his own analysis of the documents...


A business has to make money to stay in business. Over-booking is a valid revenue generating tool within their current business model.
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Over-booking is a valid revenue generating tool only if ALL overbooked seats are old as such - i.e. once the flight is full, any additional seats sold should be sold as "overbooked" seats for whatever the customer is willing to pay - otherwise the airline is simply dishonest.


If you read the article you would know that less than a year prior to the study there WAS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT for an ID.


I too have been wronged.  I was dragged through the mud when I spelled Gardener accidentally.


Yes, I feel strongly that they're lame, and I'm far from alone in that opinion -- if you ask, you'll hear the same.
The Gateway is a dark hulking shell that doesn't fit on that corner. It's uninviting, drafty, and unused -- very far from a town square. Yes the Farmers Market is there, but it's awkward. Just compare it with other markets.
The Waterfront had a budget to work with, and the result is largely sterile and cookie-cutter.
It's not that either is absolutely horrible or worse than before, it's that they're both fully mediocre. There are details in both that work, for example the inlaid glass on the curving paths. But we deserve more creatively people-centric structures and spaces. That's far from what we got. IMHO.
I really hope the Waterfront Center doesn't become a cramped convention center, but instead a very people-centered inspiring and inviting space. And I hope for a very large, section-able auditorium that can fit the Symphony and bigger shows. What are the chances?


Not to mention the Pakistani commandos who rescued them, whose role seems to be forgotten in the media.


Maybe Bubba' will teach YOU a few things, Mike.

(¬‿¬)


AP "Retracted CNN story a boon for president at war with media"
A more accurate report would have read
" ... president at war with the Main Stream Media (MSM)"


m:  Worked for you, blame Bush and the republicans for Obamas failed leadership.


I have some pills. Meet me at the *&%(#$%!# in the morning, tomorrow at 9


And what about US born terrorists ;  Jim McVeigh, for instance.


Will this be classified as an "alcohol-related accident"?


"He then, called me up extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific"
Huh?  Who speaks like this?  "Extremely nicely"??  The Ravens make more sense than this.


"should I go along with 98% of who the media says will win the election, or Ann Coulter....99% of Leftwing mass media, or Milo Yiannopoulos?""  Gonna be a tough choice.


piano2, If Alaskan leaders could be lower the state's very high cost per barrel of oil by reducing all the harsh and unreasonable agency managers!

If Alaska wants to compete with Kingdoms like Saudi Arabia the the legislature has to be wise and make laws that will stop complicated oil and gas regulations and consistent litigation!

Only then will Alaska's cost per barrel of oil be able to compete with Saudi's very low cost!

Alaska is at risk of shutting down very fast unless the Governor and some legislators stop HB 247 and make Alaska oil regulations better so cost are lower!

If HB 247 is not dropped and cost lowered then Saudi will use this oil glut to own Alaska's oil market!

Lights out Alaska!


As such hardened targets are much more responsive to distance from ground zero than to the magnitude of the blast (i.e. warhead yield as measured in kilotons or megatons).

So if one desires as much damage to hardened underground targets as possible, better to develop an arsenal of small, low yield, but highly accurate delivery systems than, say, the humongous 58 megaton monster the Soviets demonstrated when they showed their contempt for JFK, 8 months after he took office, by unilaterally ending the moratorium with a spectacular month long string of atmospheric test events, one per day, by way of flexing their nuclear muscle.


"Unfortunately, all of that spending did not improve public safety or reduce crime."

Huh? The crime rate in 1996 was 5800 per 100,000 residents. In 2006, it was 4200. It 2014 (the last year with data available) it was 3400. That sounds like an improvement to me.


it would be disorder, not order.  And yes I had the same view when Trudeau visited BC.


I don't agree she made a mistake, but stated the idealism of the principle. Why is education in the modern world free or largely free to all? Because it's perhaps the one great leveler: it facilitates opportunity - the individual must still do the work - so a pauper MAY become a president or professor to benefit society. Nowhere is it said opportunity guarantees outcome and she doesn't imply it. Individual traits, some social or inherited, prevent people achieving satisfactory 'outcomes' (what's that really; you can't apply middle-class aspirations to everyone). Some are limited by personal, eg mental or behavioural, or social, eg gross poverty, limitations that prevents them achieving what society deems 'acceptable'. NB our definition of acceptable is informed by social constructs and prejudices. It's clear Teresa meant innate qualities ('born equal'), NOT those achieved through social and constitutional equal opportunity principles. Do we give up just because it's hard?


Once again I find myself agreeing with Ms. Wente.  The way many Canadians (and especially the media) are reacting, you would think Trump is our new Prime Minister.  By all means Canadians need to look after their own interests.  Yet we did not vote for Donald Trump, he is not our president, and we have no real power or control over his policies or his actions.


Who appointed you?  garycrum?


Different types of cells???


Yes its initials are LPC.


Can you reveal where in Honolulu Hale you work and have time to respond to comments???


Not sure why my comment was censored unless the truth is not allowed on this site. After reading some of the comments that still stand I am quite amazed.  I'll try one more time
Your claim is incorrect. We are not talking about priests that were cloistered away with no access to female victims. Pederasty involves victims that offenders are sexually attracted to, which in this case were post pubescent males. That would suggest the vast majority of offending priests were homosexual in nature.


This was a fun game to watch, however you can't let in 6 goals and expect to win against a team pushing for the playoffs. Buds have to stop backing deep into their defensive zone like this; forwards must play higher, because when you collapse,  like  they have recently, they are not helping their tender --  besides  when they do that the other team simply crowds them in and  then pins them  until there is no tomorrow,  they run out of gas.

The talking heads were foolishly trying to blamed  Andersen for the recent high goals against, but the fault comes from the Buds' general effort to push for  increased offence which has resulted in their decrease  of forechecking and tighter coverage.  Again not a bad game, but they have to bring the goals against down to two or less, to win, from here on in.


He obviously asked for help,  as you've shown.


Trudeau and his government are  dumb and dumber. And, what about all the money Canadians have pumped into Bombardier via Trudeau? Junior  lets them sell off their best product. And Junior abandons Alberta, pipelines, and sucks up transfer payments from AB for His beloved province and Kathy Wynne in ON.


Your headline is not correct Mr. Moran.  No where in the story does it say he admitted anything.  A plea bargain, as you well know is not an admission of true guilt.  Plea bargains happen all the time and occur because the DA levels serious felony charges often with 5+ years mandatory prison for pretty trivial offenses.  Then the DA approaches the accused and says plead guilty to a misdemeanor with only probation and I will drop the felony charges.  The defense lawyer immediately says we can beat them in court but there is always the risk you will be found guilty because many jurors believe guilt on charge regardless of facts.  So the defense, lawyer working on a flat rate fee regardless of how many days he spends on  the case and trials eat up time, says best for you to take the plea bargain.  Guilt has nothing to do with it, it's just how the system works.


Larry Smith, CEO of Catholic Charities of Denver, said in a statement that his organization supports the project and called it “one small way we can make a big impact.”

Why not open your downtown church doors for the homeless to occupy at night? You shelter illegal aliens, so what's the problem with the legal but down on their luck population?


Susan you come from a beautiful State.  I can't figure out if you are a democrat or an anarchist?  You are certainly not a Republican!


Why I Don't Call Myself Gay is an excellent book by  Daniel Mattson who suffers from SSA.
I encourage all to read it who wish to live in Truth.


The choice program is discouraged at the Nashville va I have been referred only to have the main office cancel it for me and did not call me I found out through the vendor.i have been trying to see an ent doctor for 9 weeks.


Any condition that requires drastic medical treatment, i.e. surgery and a lifetime of hormones to cope with, is a terrible disease or disability. Or else, it is just as unnecessary as aesthetic plastic surgery, and should not be covered by the State or insurance.


Please post a reliable source where we have millions of Neo Nazis in the United States.


Both republicans and democrats hide behind these taxes and fees. Ripping off citizens and residents is non- partisan.


the gov't better not "reach out" too far, or it could get its hand chopped off


Indeed, all the courtiers bowing to his every wish. What a nightmare.


The dictionary says that a BOONDOGGLE IS :a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft. The project is a complete boondoggle - over budget, behind schedule and unnecessary.


aiea7 you don't realize you are helping to make my point.  The average homeowner moves every 7 years.  The average car owner owns his car for over 10 years, so the homeowner can pay for his own upgrade when the time comes as you note.  You can do the research yourself on length of ownership.  Also many car owners keep their vehicles for decades and they can also last forever, so your time/longevity argument comparing homes with cars is flawed.

But if you're still not convinced, why don't you support homeowners who have beachfront properties with crumbling seawalls, erosion to their foundations, or rockslides from their upper neighbors, to also have taxpayers pay for their repairs?  Some of them are elderly with fixed incomes too, and some have died from such accidents.  This would also be a public good, a matter of life and death, and would increase public safety, accessibility, and help the environment!  Your arguments fall apart when you have to apply consistency.


So are you one of those people that suggest Canada become a major arms exporter, raise military spending etc? (Sweden’s military exports are nearly 4x Canada’s on a percapita basis)

Why not post THAT and see how popular an idea that is...


They have and it takes two sides (and governor) to reach and agreement.  The legislature is at an impasse.   No legislature does only one action, they actually multi-task like most of us in the  outside world.


You shouldn't have kneeled in the first place.


Just reaffirms US President authority over US border controls. Only US citizens can't be refused entry to US. Everyone else (including Canadians who think otherwise ) have no right to enter.
Best part of this , is with the US Canada Perimeter Border Agreement , US can also deny entry to Canada to any travelers from these countries.


LOL.  You you might want to invest in a calculator.  You can even get one at the dollar store these days.

30% of 5.6M would be 1.68M.  And 1.3M would be 30% of 4.33M.  Easy calculations, especially with a calculator.


I can't imagine any politician today speaking even half as eloquently.  Thanks for posting that.


The Fedlibs have 17 seats in B.C., most of them in the Vancouver area.  They have 4 seats in Alberta.
Political calculus would suggest Trudeau, with a knowing wink to whoever is running B.C., will abandon his constitutional responsibilities and passively allow KMX to be asphyxiated.
The immediate outcome of this will leave Rachel Notley, fresh from fitting Albertans with their carbon tax hair shirts in a naive search for "social licence", looking like a fool and being thrown out of power in 2019.  Other consequences for Alberta, B.C., and Canada will follow.
But time will tell.


'Opponents say soda taxes hit low-income families the hardest.' I'd sympathize with the low-income families if soda wasn't just junk food. If you can afford soda, you can probably afford to drink tap water.


Evidently YOU do, at least to the extent of continuing to post here!


the reason they are fringe candidates is exactly that, they are not competitive, experienced, or intelligent enough.  they also, don't do enough to get themselves noticed and blame others for their faults.  sorry, if there is a will there is a way, don't blame others for your plight.


Meanwhile Ms Grundy the music teacher is shagging  teenager Archie in flagrant pedophilia. Such fun. Milo is forgiven.


Canada can demand what it wants...on Labour Day it is quite immoral that workers be forced to join an union and be forced to pay union dues....the USA will expand the right to work not curb it.

The Ontario Medical Association, an association and not an union got RANDed, all doctors have to pay dues to the OMA  which grew and grew as a bloated bureaucratic organization....since then the membership's fees  have been cut, their rights trampled on as their representative organization slept with the Ontario government.


Isn't it considered fashionable to wait until somebody asks?


Take away your first sentence and your comment has merit.  Try not to be to clever by half, it doesn't work.


I've yet to see you oppose Gianforte's assault. You've done nothing but excuse it.

No surprise there.


The UN, what a pathetic joke,
Their "human rights" council is the worst of all.

But Justin loves it!


Hi Ivo, I'm a Christian, or as I prefer a Christ follower, please allow me to respond to some of your points.A  rational discussion is not impossible between Christians and Atheists, difficult but not impossible. Atheist views do not upset me, I always ask if I can tell my story, after that what you do with it is up to you.  Christians can be extremely irritating, and downright stupid sometimes, but then again so can many non Christians, in all sections of the community you will find idiots, even the Atheist community. I agree with you that one does not have to be a Christian or a religious person to be charitable and generous, in fact many non Christian folk put Christians to shame in this area. You took an extract from Mathew 6 regarding praying in public, nice, try Isaiah 45.7  "I form the light and create the darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster, I, the Lord do all these things" He acknowledges that he is responsible. Your rant at the people is valid, at God ? No sir !


Considering Justins record of lies and broken electoral promises, he is actually in line to break the "Most Broken Election Promises by a Western Democracy." Guinness World Record.

Isn't that something to be proud of Canadians?

Trans Mountain is dead.


Why are there so many unemployed out in Alberta.....oil has stabalized at 50 bucks a barrel.  They say that once the US ramps up production it could drop another 5 to 10 bucks so enjoy these good times everyone.  But I guess the home builders will still be building their inefficient subdivisions and more high rise commercials are going up.   One horse town will turn out like Dawson CIty.

Hopefully the Suncors and the likes are putting away billions of dollars for the eventual cleanup....they are arent they????


Here is an article about the John Jay report.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rns-exclusive-no-easy-answers-to-cause-of-catholic-abuse-scandal/2011/05/17/AF9kM25G_story.html?utm_term=.899a70b7d1ab.  It is worth reading.

The rest of what you wrote is pretty much a diatribe which I will not answer, other than to say that what you write is homophobic.


Diplomatic immunity does protect you from slander. Or from any other law. That is the reason no one is prosecuting the Russian Ambassador in the ongoing scandal.

As for my slanderous statement, here is the evidence:-

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/03/backup-bomber-and-his-sympathizers


Cops & politicians don't like weed and they don't like that voters made it legal. There's nothing remotely close to this enforcement level, which is zero, for exporting booze out of CO into dry counties in OK & KS. That's just fine.


Back in 1989, my gf and I met the team coming back from the win. Barlow Trail was wall to wall jammed. There were no riots, no one looting stores. Maybe if the cops had stepped it may have gotten a bit different. Just saying, if there isn't really a problem, don't start one.. Shari got a high fiver from Lanny though. It was a good fun sort of night.


I think, as a person on the left, I would be in shock if the Donald actually says something that is true.  :-)

Instead we have a clown who lies through his teeth and refuses to live up to his promises.  In other words, a republican.  Just remember we have a minority president who couldn't even get the majority of the populace to support him.  Pretty sad.


The only dummy is you and all your fellow dummies posting similar posts here. You're morons, true idiots and you show it with your petty, simple minded childish posts day after day.


Boyle is lying. The Liberal government is lying. The news coverage is lying. We all know we are being duped.  Omar Khadr and his Islamic Terrorist family, along with this man, and his wife, have the dearest sympathies of Trudeau, and all of them will cheat Canadians  with lavish reparations as if Canada owes them it.


I asked her about changing the 2% target rate of inflation of the Bank of Canada to something lower as advocated by Maxime Bernier when she spoke in Ottawa. She seemed to have the idea that the Finance Minister just signed off on whatever the Bank of Canada wanted to put in the renewal agreement, which was strange since we only ended up with a 2% target rate because Paul Martin as Finance Minister refused to take it down to 1.5% as Governor Crow wanted to do. Anyway she was opposed to a decrease. That's all I know about her economic views.


I didn't say that. No one however can be impeached or tried for a criminal charge unless it gets to a court of law. That's how it works. Really simple concept. People will do things that are wrong in your eyes but not in mine and vice versa. That's called opinion. We all have one. We also all follow a rule of law in our respective countries which is quite different. When a law is broken it goes to court and a verdict is had. That's how I decide when crime is committed.


Anyone who has never been an actual responder to any real emergency situation, whether at the headquarters section level or where the rubber actually meets the road, is too ignorant to do much more than whine about their own personal situation.

We see that regularly nationwide.


God could have picked a better candidate, like Charlie Manson.


State tends to use equipment for a very long time; 'cutting edge technology changes within hours'. Somehow there is a balance.


I think you've got that bit about the "mob" backwards.


And we are worried about terrorist blowing up our ships?  2 down or make that 4 if you count the one terrorist blew up and the other that was grounded on a reef after a major dry dock repair and overhaul.


Physicians are NOT getting paid? ie. they are working for free? pro bono? I highly doubt that.
Physicians in Canada are handsomely compensated when compared to europe. And now, being a GP is more profitable in Canada than even in the US, the dollar withstanding.
The 28000 members of the OMA were calling an increase in the # of licensed doctors a 'pay cut' because there wasn't more funding to ensure they'd pull their mean $354,000

Then there's the control on residency spots and the near impossible odds to enter medical school - more protectionism. Sorry you can't buy another Mercedes S class this year. If you do it on the backs of the taxpayer and anti-trust monopolistic deceit, I have little to no sympathy for you. Please also spare me this 'doctors are super human' canard. We can graduate tens of thousands of doctors like we do with engineers and computer scientists - two very rigorous fields of study. Besides, computers/robots will diagnose and treat people in the future anyway.


Lock the door and throw away the key...!


Is there something wrong with that? I mean, it's not like they've decided to review the latest refrigerator or something, they're still cars.

Well, except for when they review Toyota, then they're verging dangerously close to reviewing appliances.... LOL


Can you  prove your statement of savings? I'll bet that undocumented aliens pay more in taxes than we spend on the services you mention. And, this is on top of the money they send home in Mexico. But, the main point is, who wants a wall anyway?

It may be built to keep us in once Trump takes over.


Your own post proves your point is wrong....we are talking about the state of relations between black and white in America, about the role the police play, about the prison system, and you my friend are keeping it relevant.


"...We are not like any other county, but the greatest country on the globe...."

Lol, we have a long, long way to go before we get there.  The rest of what you say is largely true, though.


Perfect!  OpuHuli, the seeds that you sow is evidence of how deeply rooted your prejudices are.  Unless you are of pure Hawaiian, the conflict within you must be horrific. You need kupuna to "fix" your opu.


the only sad thing is that you appear to be as stupid as Rthur.  If one wants to invoke god as a reason someone gets hit or not hit by a hurricane, then that person deserves to be mocked.  You MAGAphants are truly a deranged lot


So are we to believe there is no connection between this request and the firing? YUP.
The support letter from Sessions, the director of Justice Department that was asked for addition funding, are not connected. Recommending Comey should be fired is just another unconnected event in this ongoing series of events.  At some point there are enough dots that you can see the full picture without having to connect the dots.


WHAT ABOUT THE TORONTO HOUSING MARKET??
WE NEED HELP KATHLEEN FOREIGNERS OUR BUYING OUR SOVEREIGNTY
DO SOMETHING !!!!!!


I think The Drumpster thought he was speaking to his version of Hitler Youth or Mao Pioneers. And he had a captive audience for his insane message.  And he really is certifiable.


My bank has a sign on the wall - please remove sunglasses and hats.


I agree. Calling all democrats liars, thrives, vicious, etc. is anything but civil discourse


As I worked through all of the comments, I think some people missed the point.  Though it does seem unfair to have to pay the health care bills for those who are irresponsible with their diet, most accidents and illnesses are the luck of the draw and it's hard to pinpoint who's to blame.  The guy who shot himself in the head had a health disorder that had nothing to do with his diet, etc.  And the clerk whose wife died of cancer -- who knows what kind of cancer that was??  My point is that we need to begin treating one another as family members and in my family, when one of us stumbles, the rest of us go to their aid.  Maybe we need to concentrate less on who's to blame for people's illnesses and focus instead on trying to love and serve one another.


12th, in addition to that, when mothers have an income stream, the entire family and community benefit--this is applicable specifically to the developing world. Kag is also right about the deplorable state of a wife's rights in some areas where males forbid women to have birth control and won't use it themselves.


InReach performance is head and shoulders above the Spot in many areas of AK, but any device relying on satellites can encounter issues in "canyon-like" conditions (coves, between peaks, etc).


The SSA may still, however tenuous, have power, but brain power - not so much, if any at all, ever.


I have a high degree of confidence in the president of the electoral college....to make all the wrong decisions.


There is the question of the why of morality that is important because it takes you to the what.  If God has an agenda in sexual ethics for some kind of divine holiness, then what the Church says about homosexuals is true.  However, if his agenda is happiness for his creatures - if his yoke is easy and his burden is light - then we need to rethink some things - from gay sex to whether assisted suicide might sometimes be more compassionate.


It seems that the Globe is priming up to endorse the Conservatives during the 2019 election campaign ONLY IF Chong is the leader, and that they may well otherwise endorse Trudeau.  While I think Chong is one of the better CPC candidates, he is still a long shot in the vote this weekend.  Does the Globe really consider a carbon tax as the most important policy issue?  Would they support Trudeau's deficits and spending problem over a moderate leader (e.g. Raitt, O'Toole or Scheer) who do not support a carbon tax?


"The board is members!" ???
You do know that pension boards are fiduciaries of the system and are responsible for what happens to it.


The politically correct terminology is "irregular" (even though they are purposely breaking the law in an attempt to circumvent Canada's immigration rules). We can't call it illegal, because it's 2017.
Also, the term "bank robbing" is offensive; the correct term is "irregular withdrawals." 8,000 migrants crossing illegally with monthly welfare at $640 + free government services, school, etc. The welfare alone is $5 million/month. Trudeau couldn't care less, small businesses can pay for it with their new taxes, it's not like professionals will move their businesses to the US when they can double their income.
Canada's system is a pathetic joke - we reward migrants for breaking the law and we don't expect it will get worse once the rules for Honduras and El Salvador change? Canada should hold all migrants crossing illegally in secured detention facilities until their hearings - the crossings will dry up immediately. As it is, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.


Gee, Russia denies it!  Isn't that special!


The Trump Camp must be fuming after watching that show,,,too bad they give the Cast of SNL  so much stuff to work with,,,enjoyed every  second of it. Maybe in the weeks to come TRump s Team will  grow up and stop looking so stupid.


Have you ever checked out the percentage of Palestinian who are Christian? Of course not.


You didn't miss anything. The elite of Alaska Republican politics simply gathered together to prove that it's possible for elected Republican officials to also be completely clueless, aloof, and stupid when it comes to Donald Frump. Even more, the conservatives who claim to be hawkish on defense and security are showing that heir total cowards and are afraid to call out the slick ass huckster from NY for what he is, an ignorant buffoon, bully, and moron. Hope I summed it up for you.


Fascinating how the GOP griped and complained and groused all through the Obama administration and now, when they have the chance, they can't do squat.  You'd think they'd have had a plan in their hip pockets ready to go.  Guess not.


Jr's meeting is not the impeachable offence and I apologize for not being clearer.  There are three separate probes into Trump's relationship with Russia and Jr lying about a meeting intended to get Democrat dirt is just one more piece of evidence pointing to Trump's inner circle colluding with the Russians to subvert the electoral process.

The odour coming from Russia is far from good, and I truly believe it will hurt Trump badly once Mueller et al uncover the source of the stench.


I would have to agree that allowing shops to see controlled substances does give the appearance that the community accepts them openly.   Does that increase or affect the overall drug problems. Maybe.
However there were drug related crimes well before the laws were changed on marijuana sales and consumption. And I believe the current problems have a level of alcohol related users as well as other drugs.


Expect resistance from the public workers unions, unless these people become dues paying members. Our state and county employee roles are already obscenely bloated and should be reduced, not expanded.


What we have is called representative democracy. It has its strengths and weaknesses, but it's no less a democracy than one where plebiscites are the major tool. Many quasi-dictatorships and one-party systems rely on plebiscites.


I hit a little too close for comfort?


A fairly accurate summary of what has happened. It's beginning to look like the let-down of the Obama administration after the honeymoon, where people slowly came to the realisation that Obama could whip up a crowd with enthusiasm but did not have the political skills to govern effectively.
Trudeau (and the liberals in general) continue to spend all their political capital on issues of very little importance  to the majority of the population. While they pass out cash to every small group with their hands out, the middle class who can't afford a mortgage on a single income are watching their election investment disappear.


None.  In the ideal Nanny State in liberal-progressive utopia, parents have no responsibilities at all - it's all up to the bureaucrats to insure everyone is properly raised up the way the Bureaucracy sees fit ... :-/


Any American who served DURING the Vietnam war received a ribbon indicating such service, even though they were not actually IN Vietnam, especially those who served in the Navy.

You might want to be a touch more thorough.   Donald Twitler claimed he had 'bone spurs', so got a deferral.  What a joke!  He couldn't even say on which foot these mythical bone spurs appeared.


"Federal officials said the government is refusing to sign a planned multibillion-dollar contract for Super Hornets as long as Boeing pursues its complaint against Bombardier at the International Trade Commission in the United States."

Oh the corruption and dirty tactics the Trudeau regime will stoop to:

They'll scuttle their own plans to protect the unfair business subsidies they shower Bombardier with!

Why is the Trudeau regime digging itself into a stinking quagmire of corruption? Because Bombardier is in Quebec, close to Trudeau's own riding in Montreal.

This Trudeau regime is behaving like a corrupt third world dictatorship.

Boeing should take its Bombardier complaint to the International Trade Commission:

Bombardier will lose, and Trudeau will have egg all over his face.

Canada doesn't need obsolete Super Hornets to tide us over until it's time to select the next jet fighter.

Trudeau and DND Min Sajjan know the F-35 is the NATO choice for 5th Gen performance & price.


As an English speaking Safrican. I find Davis' comments about the Afrikaner as overtly racist, bigoted and very offensive.


The classmate of one of my kids was disowned by his mother when he came out in high school. It was awful, and a stark reminder for my kids, about how strong discrimination  can be, that it can even exist within what is supposed to be one of the strongest bonds - mother and child.

Here in conservative Richmond BC, there were no gay/straight alliances or support groups in school. He had a tough time of it, and it was only though the strong support of his father,  that he got through it.

Although to this day his mother has cut off all ties, so how does a child ever get through that.

Yeah, tough call...but schools should not be "outing" kids to their parents.


In your formula you forgot the one who drinks at the party but never brings any beer - out of state workers.  And the one who drinks way too much and barfs on the floor - tourists.  Better find a way to make both of them pay their shares.


Article featuring Michael


How about that he is a man who stands his ground, and can make up his own mind based on available data.  We need more people who are more like Bill Egan, Jay Hammond, and still living, Clem Tillion who are statesmen, not brain dead ideologues.  Thank you Brandon.


"The federal Liberal government is cutting Saskatchewan and Manitoba out of a $1.4-billion federal-provincial, low-carbon economy program unless the premiers sign the pan-Canadian agreement on climate change."

Sign the agreement while articulating your objections, control what, if any, projects are aimed at your province, accept the money and spend it as you like.

Regardless, knowing the Liberals, odds are that nothing meaningful will happen over the current 5-year life span of the agreement.


AK Land Voucher: Ms Epstein has an impeccable history of intelligent, thoughtful and evidence-based arguments for the protection of what's great in Alaska. You, on the other hand, see the word "wilderness" and instead of being relieved that there is still some of it left, you bafookulate like water on a hot griddle.

And, what is the meaning of your name? Its intriguing.


Elderly, Lower-income & Homeless (including many Working Homeless) often don't have an App & $$$ for a fancy phone !  On Windward - many parts of our Bus System does not work well. Often the GPS does not work. Buses can come 5-10 minutes early.  Yes ! People get stuck standing for an hour- in the rain ! At times the Country Bus #55 is only scheduled every 45min-1 hour- then its late.  Kahalu'u #65 Bus comes every hour on weekends, etc. On Windward, transfer points are a problem too: #55 stops a Hygenics Store in Kahaluu at Kam & Kahakilli. But people then walk 1/2 mile down Kahakilli to catch the #65 !!!!   Often people who want to work two Jobs, can't because the Buses are so bad on Windward-North Shore !  Often 3 times late to a Fast Food Job and U R Fired !  Up our Coast U can't walk 3 blocks and get another Bus. A good Transportation System is Key to Reducing Poverty - and Homelessness  !


people are being extremely pessimistic. i think there is room for optimism... but, i do think salt lake is the better investment


PS:  Maybe the all-volunteer boards are tired of their unwanted task of "damage control!"  Especially, since it is not on their agenda.  PLUS testifiers can be real abusive with no basis for targeting these committee members in a civilized open hearing.  People are just angry!


Bring in Popp for GM and have him pick a new coach.


Good point openwater2010 since 9/11 there have been only 30,000 islamic terrorist attacks killing close to 200,000 people (35 people every day). Since more people die accidentally every day I guess, by your reasoning, we should ignore the terrorist threat and just concentrate on the threats that kill more people. Is this some kind of childish numbers competition???


I would suggest you would be better off with a sling shot but I fear you would get that backwards as well and injure yourself, so I won't.


I don't believe in financing cars, under normal circumstances they only depreciate.  Financing just puts you deeper into the hole.   The long amortization periods are a windfall for the financier.  It would be awful to have your car written off due to a collision with these long amortization periods.


What the Left doesn't get is that the definition of racism is now so broad that it covers them as well as everyone else.  Case in Point, Hillary Clinton is a flaming racist by their own standards.

Don't believe it?  Well, she lives in an all-white neighborhood, her mentor was an ex-Klansman, and she called blacks super-predators.  She supported the 1994 Crime Bill, threw Colin Powell under the bus over the e-mail business, her 2008 campaign spread rumors that Obama was a Muslim, and she supported the illegal execution of a black man (Ricky Ray Rector).

Any one of those things is unforgivable by Leftist standards (try to imagine them forgiving anyone they didn't like for them).  All of them together make Hillary Clinton a borderline White Supremacist by her own party's standards. If The Right simply applied the Left's standards to itself, the standard would change overnight, but the Right prefers to ignore the race issue entirely. As long as they ignore it, this will continue.


Why did he scrub his immigration webpage????????????????????????????


You make an interesting point. With health care spending at $165 billion, a large fraction of which is payments to doctors (I don't know how large, but my impression is about half) and the new tax rules expected to bring in an extra $250 million, much of which will come from taxpayers who are not doctors, it sounds like the financial hit per doctor would be negligibly small.

Let's say for the sake of ease of calculation that total payments to doctors are $84 billion a year, and the tax hit to doctors will be $120 million per year. That's one-seventh of one percent of gross revenue. Obviously, these numbers aren't accurate, but it should give an order-of -magnitude feel for the actual molehill that the CMA is trying to make a mountain out of.


Data sources: personal contact, Senate staff contacts, New York State police contact.

Criterion: DSM-5

1 -  Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment from others

2 - Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.

3 - Self-perception of being unique, superior and associated with high-status people and institutions

4- Needing constant admiration from others

5 - Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others

6- Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain

7 - Unwilling to empathize with others' feelings, wishes, or needs

8 - Intensely envious of others and the belief that others are equally envious of them

9 - Pompous and arrogant demeanor

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 particularly


It would have been nice to have Morales, Ediwn and Bautista all in the line up.   It's a sad result, especially for him to go to the Indians who we need to be able to beat.


Really??? Holy cow!!! Oh, you forgot to include your evidence/proof in your accusation. I'm sure that was just an oversight on your part and you'll be providing it momentarily, right?


if Junior gets roughed up in this, is he going to call his Dad to get him out of trouble with the authorities?


Curly Larry and Moe were as diligent  in every job they undertook as are Ralph Marc and Justin.


if verizon buys yahoo i move out of yahoo... verizon is an unscrupulous entity..


Why are no feminist thought leaders agitating to educate men in Muslim majority countries not to beat their wives? So let's say this man didn't meet the Canadian values test and had to stay in his home country. His wife was still getting a beating -- no matter where they lived. Time to step up and shine a light on the real war on women.


Kara Moriarty "If more tax-policy changes are made that hurt the industry, investment levels won't increase when oil prices rise, said Moriarty." Now that is not true! Big oil spokesperson has no problem lying. Said another way; "Big oil will shoot themselves in the foot and injure investors by refusing to produce oil when prices are high just to teach Alaska a lesson."  B.S.  How about we teach them a lesson. Right now. Remove all tax credits and incentives immediately.  Close the Haul road for a month.

You never hear anyone saying the oil left in the ground is like money in the bank. When the price goes up they will produce it and the State will make the money it needs or they will loose their lease. Right now, the best investment the State can make for the long term is to leave the oil in the ground until the price rises. We have enough money in the bank to run State government and this is the best time with the best reasons to reduce State government expenses.


So they can listen to their own echo chamber rather than have the mental fortitude to hear points of view other than their own?  Is that why?


About the same success rate at the scud interceptors in Desert Shield.  You'd think they'd have improved the rate after 27 years.


Hawaii attorney general is wrong. The US constitution is to protect its citizens not foreigners. These are immigrants who want to enter the US. They need to be vetted more accurately.


Roby, Ray, and Marshall were exposed for their lack of talent. Marshall has taken a knee on tackling and pass coverage. Ray is extremely over-rated. Roby just can't cover. Safety play is none existent.


And what exactly does "bate" mean in this context? I think I know why she gets stuck with the weekend shift.


Why? It's obvious. Republicans are the biggest suckers and poorest losers, ever. They are a vindictive, finger-pointing, ignorant, uneducated, racist, bigoted lot of whiners and hypocrites who routinely cheat to win elections. That's why.


Good.  Now that the House and Senate are done high fiving their idiotic legislation, flood Governor Walker's mailboxes with letters of protest.  It aint over until the gov. signs the bill.


May as well continue driving to buffalo.


Not a poorly informed comment at all.  It is Trudeau's 'proposed' tax measure (seems like a done deal if you listen to Trudeau or Morneau defend it) that is ill-informed.


Catherine Walker faces a layoff because she does not have enough seniority.  Under public union rules, school district employees with longer seniority get to keep their jobs over Catherine Walker, even if they are burned-out teachers put in a made-up administrative job.


George Brown must be turning over in his grave watching the type of journalism that this "news outlet" practices. His spinning must be enough to provide the power to keep their presses humming.


It's "inappropriate" when improper architectural facts are publicly displayed.


Gosh. Just look at the comments below. 19 out of 20 comments express serious disagreement with the author.

If that doesn't tell you how disconnected this pompous newspaper is from the average Joe/Pedro/Jane/Muhammad.... just.....wow.


I can't help but think these actions are mostly directed at the largest city and school district in the state. This is one way to slow down their growth in the face of declining revenues and ongoing multimillion dollar deficits.


1. massive clean ups of cold war damage to public and private lands. 2. world tourism to the last natural resource preserve on the planet. Happy new year.


It's a big big deal for us. Caldwell is selling the office of the Mayor, destroying basic democratic values like free speech and civil rights, undermining the Ethics Commission, plundering the city treasury, turning our parks and public projects into "PAY TO PLAY" schemes to name a few.

Also, Kirk Caldwell is continuing Mufi Hannemann's legacy at City Hall. Caldwell has not met a massive development he does not like.

Caldwell is causing irreparable damage to "Keep The Country Country" region. We cannot allow him to continue the path of destruction.


https://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/7/are_obamas_record_arms_sales_to

Looks like arms selling, whatever their goal may be, was supported and encouraged by the Obama administration as well as the new sales being scheduled now.    The article below does mention that the Obama era sales were widely supported by the Republicans in Congress.

As we have both contended before, the pursuit of profit/money is entrenched in both political parties.


Barbara. Alaska much richer when Lesil's Gravy Train comes to an end?

Not very likely with another Lesil clone - Natasha Von Imhof - up at bat to take over that senate district.

While Princess Lesil's self-entitled and lavish lifestyle will soon be paid by the Rasmussen Foundation, if all goes as previously negotiated by their respective families, Princess Natasha's sense of entitlement will dwarf Princess Lesil and her staff's extravagant use of our public funds.


Guess that depends on whether I consistently commit minor crimes.


Rob... it's almost 2017. Justin Trudeau is our PM. Get with the times.


Well, if a conservative is going to willingly open their mouth and let someone pour hot oil down their throat, of course it's good for them, otherwise why would they open their mouth? ...unless you're suggesting conservatives are easily hoodwinked...did someone just burp "Trump"?


Internet sites for the Catholic right, like Catholic Answers, have been having an extended fit over the Spadaro article while proving that the criticisms leveled in it against conservative Catholic are 110% correct.  As for the American Catholic right, I've noticed that it has been veering more and more to the right over the past five years.


Congressman Charles Djou voted to repeal " Don't ask don't tell" discrimination against gays in the military. He did this while serving as an officer in the military. He did this against Republican leadership, and I believe he was the only Republican to do so .
This is non-partisan leadership. I believe he will be just as fair as Mayor and as consistent to his values.
P.S. there are more issues than rail like an out of control police department that our mayor washes his hands of responsibility. And than Carlisle believes we need to crack down on homeless people; because as a former prosecutor he sees evil among the poor and expects them to behave as criminals.


You and your elected officials (whatever Dem or Repub) didn't pay enough. So yeah, you guys created the mess.


And most people don't even remember which president got that done.  We should have cut our losses right then and there.


I do love that "grab onto it like a dog on an ankle" metaphor  .. it could be the be the U's new mission statement in squeezing money from the student population...


While we're at it, can we change Thurston Avenue too?


The leaks are a sign of Obama leftovers in the house not willing to accept defeat of their party, with co-ordinated attacks and platforms supplied by  the Left wing media who have no morals or professionalism left.  To leak conversations between your President (like him or not)and foreign leaders was simply disgusting and dangerous.


MMM tasty.


Trump factor? Fake News. 27% increase in Obamacare is reality. Outrageous!


Which is why increasingly having a government capable of protecting Canada's borders, rather than pleasing the United Nations,  will become a priority.


Huh? "know more about my fellow comrades" to quote you??? Afer you stated I am a Hispanic male?

Well you are barking up the wrong tree (or trees as in plural)  if that is in regards to me.

Bye!


I think you really mean that our city leaders continue to cater to the unions, and that the construction industry and rich and foreign investors are the beneficiaries?


As it should be. Just a matter of time before she hurts someone...if she hasn't already.


Police levels are at the numbers they requested, AO37 was repealed, and pay was increased for APD across the board. If you think SB91 is not to blame for the massive increase in crime then I have a bridge to sell you.


Traditionally people went into the "Civil Service". because they could not survive in the real world. They were paid a lower wage in recognition of the fact that they were being sheltered. Now their wages are off the charts and they are still sheltered. There is nothing that the civil service does that cannot be done by the private sector, better, faster, cheaper.


One must also consider the cost side of delaying.  Business owners and self employed must pay double CPP ($5,100+ in 2017) annually.  Large cost associated with delaying


Ah yes, the wall that Mexico was going to pay for.

Is there anything that Trump said that had any meaning in reality or was it all simply feeding time for his naive "base"?  Hard to argue against the latter.


On the mainland, they called these plans "catastrophic care" plans and that's what we opted to pay for to lower our insurance costs.  Years would go by without any major doctors visits and we enjoyed the benefit of the lower premiums.  If you're an 18-30 yrs old, this saves a LOT of money.  Believe it or not, employers, GOOD employers, would love nothing more than to re-channel the savings back into paying great employees more.  You people can tell yourselves that your "employer paid" insurance is free but, in reality, your pay is being offset by the total overhead of insurance hence Hawaii's ranking of LOW hourly "pay" here - due to the offset.   Thank your legislators for "helping" you.   Wouldn't it be nice to get it back into your pocket?


Good sentence, he should never see life outside the prison again.


Liberal hypocrisy at it's supreme apex again!
All this because Trump won instead of Hillary.
Mueller is a DNC lackey and a of   friend
the pusillanimous terminated Comey. ROMANS 3:4 Let God be found true and every human being false and a liar.
So that you may be justified and showned  to be upright in what you  say and prevail when you are judged
 by sinful people. Amplified Bible


Appallingly ignorant article. not only does it ignore economics , it ignores the science on climate change , which is that without serious and deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions,  we are on track for the end of civilization by 2040 and from other science, human extinction from climate change by 2047 .Printing Hall-Findlay's propaganda is grossly irresponsible


The good news is that you're getting a new canoe shed.


I understand where you are coming from. However, I remain in the Church, despite all its warts, for deeper reasons. I believe that evolution is directed towards some terminal "Omega Point", that humanity stands in the front line of this directed evolution, that the Christian phenomenon--led by the Catholic Church--is in the very vanguard of this directed phenomenon. I cling to the Church, even though I am distressed at its reactionary leadership, because I trust that the Lord is using it as an important vehicle in drawing creation to its intended consummation where "God may be all in all" (1 Cor 15:28). I want to collaborate with that plan of God, albeit in the most modest of ways. Of course, this is all a matter of faith. Hopefully, I am not entirely deluded!


Your post raises the question about the legitimacy of Rosenstein's complicity in this  whole investigation. Mueller was appointed by Rosenstein who was appointed by Sessions, a well known RINO. Sessions then recuses himself. Typical of a RINO who is well versed in Democrat Dirty Deals. Oh, yes, Mueller is also a RINO.


I suppose you said the same thing a few years ago when the lakes were down.


How much has Japan paid after World War II?  "Inquiring minds want to know".


what if the student asked who made up the 6 million? what would  happen.?????


When this country was a predominantly Christian nation then prayers before such assemblies were not only not objected to, but, believe it or not, it aided the mission.   Now, however, there are far too many opponents who despise religion, and too many sue happy people that do not hesitate to appeal to their liberal judges for recourse.    So, too bad, but they have to stop the religious exercises.
The scarier point for me is that there are so many citizens in this nation who could not care less about God, who do not care what happens to them when they die, who do not even have enough concern to look into this in far greater zeal before it is too late.
The evidence for the God of the Bible is all around us and throughout history.   Why would anyone not want to be with their families and those close to them for all eternity?    Why are you worried about your 401K retirement and future but not your eternal future?


No mention of how the Trudeau Liberals quietly reduced the maximum TSFA contribution from $10000 to $5500?
Another way the middle class is going to be hurt, not helped, by the Liberals.
Add to this the elimination of income splitting for couples with children, the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, the Children’s Arts Tax Credit, the Education Tax Credit and the Textbook Tax Credit, and the coming carbon tax...


What's alarming, as the C of C calls this beginning of honest business practices, is the relentless withholding of genuine earnings from workers across the board, and the governments that have chosen to ignore it...for a century. The old threat this coalition makes, that if the subsistence income of $15. per hour becomes a reality business will so suffer losses it will close en masse is an outright lie and nothing but the cheapest kind
 of propaganda.
What it will help to do is make businessmen a little more honest in sharing its profits with the people without whom no business could function.  In fact, the people on this unrewarding treadmill have been subsidizing business forever as commerce decided long ago it could substantially increase profits by denying its staff their rightful income and keeping it. Everyone who is employed has a right to a scaled compensation just as CEOs are rated. No government has ever had the courage to enact it for fear of losing corporate funds. Shame!


RTH: You are again repeating a false storyline regarding Russian influence on the outcome of the election. The intelligence agencies did not, as you insist, say whether or not they believed the Russians affected the outcome. They saw no evidence, but, and this is important, they weren’t looking for evidence the voter tally was compromised. The absence of evidence does not prove a negative.

Here is James Clapper’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on May 8:

KENNEDY: Do you believe that the Russians did in fact influence the outcome of the election? Director?
CLAPPER: In our intelligence community assessment, we made the point that we could not make that call. The intelligence community has neither the authority, the expertise or the resources to make that judgment. The only thing we said was we saw no evidence of influencing voter tallies at any of the 50 states. But we were not in a position to judge whether -- what actual outcome on the election.


Mr Emanuel no doubt of Mexican dissent is the mayor of the murderous hell hole called Chicago.
his hatred for Trump over rides the safety of Chicago's citizens


I don't know any other Walt 'Clyde' Frazier's.


The main thing is to not lie to your husband.

Is the party a must-attend? In that case you may need to leave him home, or lay out rules like one drink per hour. [I wonder how much the multiple-drink situation may be precipitated by party anxiety.] If you show up solo, you can simply say truthfully that he is not the party type.

Is the party optional? In that case, you do have the added option of not going at all. Since this is a busy season, you can also cite that as a reason not to go.


Scorpallian, Are you a home owner or does the mortgage industry and the Municipality of Anchorage actually own your home?


Of course, there was no riot squad involved in all this - the police did an excellent job of preventing that. So your Dylan quote is irrelevant. A recurring theme.


So if Blacks are disproportionately arrested and convicted for pot possession/trafficking, am I being dense or something if I assume then that legalization will be a 'pro-black' measure?

Or is this just another opportunity to use the words "systemic racism"?

Actually, I think if you are poor you are more likely to end up in jail as:

a) You can't afford an expensive lawyer
b) You likely don't have that "nice" family background that earns you brownie points with the judge
c) People with money usually find non-violent ways to steal and 'White Collar' crime isn't taken very seriously in this country
d) And if you can get what you want by legally bribing politicians, why would you need to resort to illegal actions?

And in all of this, I haven't had to invoke 'systemic racism' once.


State of Israel goes after surviving terrorists (financially) and their families when IDF soldiers are killed. They also raze their houses to the ground.


But Fikile, you do spew emptily.
Using big words and, as you do, talking "loud", is no substitute for considered statesmanship and reflective comment.
Milquetoast, solipsism, purveyor, titillated, bloviated, nihilism, obscurantism, mis-characterization and, finally your fall back victimhood statement; "Africans in particular are often referred to as “empty” headed" all point to a deep seated (inferiority) complex.

George Orwell penned 5 rules for good writing, the second is quoted below:

"Long words don’t make you sound intelligent unless used skillfully. In the wrong situation they’ll have the opposite effect, making you sound pretentious and arrogant".

He is right; you prove it every time you spew forth, emptily.


And the Vatican plays right into it.


Wrong.  You are not a landlord.  You don't call the lawyer at all, and you don't wait until the 15th. The tenant is served with a 3-day notice for compliance or possession on the 2nd.  If it's not paid by the 6th, you fax or e-mail a copy of the notice to the lawyer on that day.  On that same day they will file for a court date in 2 or 3 weeks.  The sheriff will then show up in another 2 - 3 weeks if actually needed.


Who stole Palestine and gave it to a complicit belligerent
---
There you go.


When you buy drugs on the street your faith in "Better Living Through Chemistry" sometimes can kill you.

But, since there has been sufficient time for drug testing and the indictment is for "unlawful delivery and unlawful possession of methylenedioxymethamphetamine — also known as Ecstasy"  your diagnosis, no matter how much personal use and empirical experience you may have, is suspect.


As someone who worked in universities for a long time, I welcome the change.  All too often, universities and colleges are more concerned with image than justice.  Most have their own police forces so the point is to keep serious crimes and serious crime reporting to a minimum. While the former is laudable, the second should be criminal.  Treating rape as anything other than a serious crime, for example, is wrong and withholding due process from accused rapists is just as wrong.


Let's listen to Professor Janice explain what is really going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZoDQZR2uJ4


A couple thousand here in Topeka, ten thousand in Kansas City, Oklahoma City ten thousand. and this is the red heartland!!!!  I am so happy.   There all races, colors, creeds, sexual orientations, you name it.  And I waved at all the drones flying over us.   Took lots of photos too, and they are on my Facebook page.


At that age, I was growing up in Alaska.  I would have done the same thing to make some $$ to get ahead.  Instead I made the choice to take a government job.  The only people they could hire were military wives because of the low pay and unemployment.  Husband had a job where they were working him 7 days a week for 6 months (although paying him well) and we finally moved to the Lower 48 to get a similar job with more promotion possibilities for both of us and a family life.    Many people made the choice to make money in Alaska for a short time (think pipeline) and give up a normal 8-5 job with a family life for a few years.  To these kids from Europe, a minimum wage job is 3-4X more than they would make at home if they could even find a job (unemployment for kids in some countries is up to 50%) and, if they have any goals at all at home, can provide the start for a business, family or a home purchase.  This is exactly what many of the lower level employees did when on the pipeline.


Care to expand on "great harm"?


THAT'LL do a lot of good! Tim Loehmann had ALREADY been fired from the Independence, OH PD for "immaturity, emotional instability, ineptitude, propensity to lie and inability to follow instructions", but wise and mighty CLEVELAND hired him after at least THREE previous PD's and one Sheriff's Dept. wanted nothing to do with him, then put a gun in his hand, pinned another badge on his shirt and unleashed him on the community! And then REFUSED to prosecute him for murdering a 12 year-old child playing with a toy any white kid could run around pointing while saying BANG BANG without a second thought!

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood."

(His last words, handed on a note to a guard just before his hanging--Rah'matullahi alayhi)


Comparing smoking to slavery? Good luck. Slavery isn't abhorrent in Africa where it is still in major practice among their own, JS.

An accurate comparison would be to the tune of...alcohol, which is not even compatible as the consumption of alcohol in public is prohibited.


A good leader, or even a partially decent leader, would continually ask about expenditures vs. budget at the very least on a monthly basis.  Formal monthly expenditure reports in spreadsheet form would be required along with a written reports detailing outages and recommendations for action from staff members.  This guy was just purely incompetent and negligent.


Bobbie Slater it has the wrong numbers on rail cost. The projected cost is now about 8 billion. Former director Murthy says that it's really a 7 billion dollar project. The rest is all contingency funding.


Good question. Jalen was on the field occasionally last year but didn't really stand out. Let's hope he keeps progressing and realizes his potential.


Oh, the US edumacation system be lettin' you down.

Without googling and just recently -- Iraq, Nicaragua, Panama, Iran, Chile, Honduras, Libya, Vietnam, Somalia, Lebanon  ...and Donald Trump just bragged about bombing Syria between bites of his beautiful chocolate cake.

 I know it's hard to keep track, but it's illegal to invade other countries, kill their leaders and set up puppet dictators - even one's as useful to the us as the shah of Iran, or Saddam, or Noriega, etc.


Vote Green


That $1000 cap on a dividend will only continue to diminish in value via inflation. If indeed that cap number is even achieved. And to base it on royalties rather than 5 year average of PF earnings is another lose/lose. We need to reboot for what is now, grow alternative economies with different expectations about what is coming, stop trying to keep a moribund Glory Days economy afloat by stealing from the people of this state. Especially those of lower income. Tapping the Dividend is much more recessionary in result than chopping the now-egregious parts of the state budget and still permitting oil tax credits. I don't fear any number of taxes applied judiciously, btw.


"Soviet" counterpart? "Soviet" meddling?  Geez, Michael --  talk about revealing slips. The cold war is over. Russia is not our adversary. Godless communism was. Putin is no worse than Erdogan or China. Russian actions are explained by US/NATO provocations  Check real liberals like Chomsky, vanden Heuval,  Cockburn, and Matt Taibbi, who recently spent years in Moscow. On this issue, Trump is the moral choice. Regime change is not in the catechism.


Ms. Wente, everything has a downside. Where do you stand? Should people be put in jail for smoking marijuana? Everything else is detail.


Ouch. That is a steep hike.
Understood on the cat/keyboard interaction. "your hands are moving but failing to pet me, here let me help".


Military procurement needs to be removed from partisan politics. Australia I understand has been successful in doing this. Liberals aren't doing the Air Force any favours with all posturing garbage.


Imagine how much worse this would be if car makers, oil companies, and their GOP servants had managed to scuttle the anti-pollution standards we do have.


Bob,

Doctors study and are tested on Immunology in medical school, 2nd year curriculum. That covers the science of Immunization, pros and cons, etc. Where did you come up with the idea that MDs are not taught the science behind vaccinations in medical school. That is a 100% easily provable, false statement.


Oh, the power of rhetoric, through which the politicians play the populace. As does Margaret Wente, who can often be found firm in the grasp of established prejudice.  "Would you apologize to Omar Khadr" is a loaded question because it does not state what the apology is to be for.  It can be made to mean anything.  For example, unrepentant apologists know this all to well, using the trick that when called to make a public apology, they will apologize for essentially nothing. In this case, we need to consider carefully what this apology is for.  If the hangman steps on a murderer's toes on the way to the gallows, should he not say "sorry, I stepped on your toes"?  Of course, he should.  I don't care who  our country was complicit in torturing and not suffering due process.  If we have done injury we need to apologize for that injury, regardless of who the person is.  Nice try, Ms. Wente.  I do so dislike when those who can influence opinion leave principle behind and cater to the crowd.


You have to actually be threatened with severe physical injury before the use of lethal force  is justified. Especially when protected by a steel cage you can dive away. If you don't know when  lethal force is justified you do NOT have the Right to use a firearm.

ALL Rights incur responsibilities.


Yes, Kayak, I agree with your summation.      That said, I wish to add to the mix of comments posted.    I feel strongly that to reach ALL Canadians, we
should seriously consider changing our health programs in curriculums across the provinces.  Children need to learn about the science of food and good nutrition from an early age.  We start math and social sciences in grade one, what's the rational for not starting food science in the early grades.
   There is much to be said about blunt and shocking warning labels on all that c ra p py food in the isles in grocery stores.  The severe and shocking warning labels on cigarette packaging has seemed a positive way to send a message......  Why not the same for fats, salts and sugars?


#SenateDoYourJob


you are on to something....we could do a film about all the things that have been done to rectify injustice and show how it hasn't worked. After all that's been done the African American has failed to prosper. Self rule in urban areas has been a mess. see Baltimore , Chicago, DC, New Orleans, and many more. We can do a film on why three out of four black children are fatherless. we can do a film on why 6% of the population is responsible for 50% of the violent crime. We could go on and on and on..........


And you went to all the trouble to come here for a mindless diss. How petty. Certain soi disant intellectuals love to quote Orwell these days, though his dystopian predictions were about as completely wrong as it's possible to be.


These kinds of actions on the part of the clerical elite do not inspire people to look at religious vocation in light of the shortage. Laicizing the deacon is petty and childish. The dumpster fire continues to burn.


ahhh humility.  That often misunderstood quality of being human.  I always regarded humility as a vital characteristic in a leader ... the ability to admit mistakes, the knowledge that we all need each other to get through this  crazy life. The desire to see things from all points of view.  We elected a leader who does not even understand the concept of humility or taking responsibility or compassion.  How did it come to this?


Republicans always say they will "support the nominee" without saying the word "Trump."  The love that dare not speak its name.


as usual we have ignorant hate filled left wing lunatics crying over the coming defeat by insulting, typical of the empty side with no policies that people will vote for,, keep crying loser!!!,, the future of alberta now looks fantastic as it was for decades before the nut job alt left wing ndp!,, but of course you cant see those  facts can you!


Private clubs are a dying breed for many reasons.  The Elks is exhibit #1.  There are many social, demographic, and generational reasons but it is the same bottom line.  It may include the price of oil for the PC, but there are some powerful trends that are at work.


Invisible fences wint stop a dog that wants out. I'm sure this responsible dog owner checked the batteries in the collar first as a test.
It's apparent by most of these angry comments that's animals have more rights than humans, pretty distorted view. Try to
Negotiate with an aggressive animal and let me know how it goes. These are the same people that bitch about bears and moose in the woods that react with their loose and aggressive animals.
Easy to judge from a partial recap of the event and form a vile opinion as so many have done here, sorry irresponsible. It just shows that these people place a higher value in a dog than a person.


I'll tell you where it WAS, when the Dixie Chicks spoke about President Bush they recieved death threats, when Valerie Plame and her husband called Bush on his Yellow cake lies they outed her. You don't remeber how he and every one around him told us we cannot criticize the war, we must all come togther now? Are you unware that several times around the world millions marched to protest the war and Bushes policies. Bush or Cheny never set foot on Broadway that might be why.


That alone shows your intelligence


If the CBC is so worthy of all this praise take away their billon dollars worth of tax money and let them stand on their own two feet.


Have you ever considered between rants that the msm doesn't represent the majority? You should.


No offense, but when economists or politicians refer to entitlements, they are referring to unfunded liabilities owed to current and future generations -  they are not making moral judgements.

I understand what you mean about people working hard and paying taxes, but they are not paying contributions towards these entitlements per se. Social Security in the US is a Pay as you Go (PAYGO) pension scheme that was created in 1935 as part of the New Deal. Pensions to seniors in 1936 we paid for by payroll contributions of workers and employers in 1936, and so it is to this day.

With the senior population having ballooned as it has, the cost of these entitlements are unbearable to a generation of working class, heads of household that are already being "sandwiched" between raising their own children and caring for their parents who are living longer lives.

Everyone likes the idea of taxing someone else to preserve their benefits, but there's only so many times you can go to that well.


"This was something more — much more."  BS!  Provide evidence that shows Bracco and Osborn bullied anyone.  Provide evidence that at least lends credence to your implications that CHS has an environment of bullying that is at least equal to or preferably, more than any other high school in the county.  Provide evidence that Bracco and Osborn where at a minimum ignoring this issue at the school they were responsible for.  "Research based", do some!  The RG obviously has no standards for journalism anymore.


@ Boots
"Well the democrats will strike back when they ge back into power again. "
Maybe 10-15-20 years from now...maybe. Hey Chelsea left the door open for a 2020 pres run...wow!


The OPP already has dedicated Highway patrol units and officers, at least in the GTA they do.


A lot of them okay? A meaningful number.

This is an under-reported story- the fact that a handful of evangelical christians have shaped homeless policy in an undemocratic way by handing out lots of camping supplies.  They reject any criticism and reject any input from neighbors.


maybe instead of a zero class these people are advised on obtaining a skill...  no matter how many times or who is telling the story... knowing history isnt going to get you a job...  it may make you a better person but that is not the role of higher education.. the goal of higher education is to prepare you for a job...  which it sadly fails many... same goes for geography, social sciences, etc.

 if someone doesnt get it after 12 years of daily exposure.. what makes you think they will get it now.. or even want to... another education scam...  skills.. not more debt.. thats what our young adults need..


Portland....... "the snowflake capital of the West."

Gotta love that coming from the RG!


Lots happened of course.  It was largely pastoral in nature, and the new focus was the lay...but this too was two folded..it was telling the clerics to encourage the lay to enter the world, boldly, faithfully...and not to hang out at the parish all the time.

Gaudium et Spes speaks about the autonomy of temporal matters...it's the lay's role to give back to those matters their originally intended purpose using their own freedom.


If you dress up like me, I see no insult.  What's the problem?


I don't care what they say in these phony debates. They all just talk in sound  bites and rehersed speeches. There are plenty of more useful ways to hear what they claim to stand for during the campaign.


In each of the Baltic States, Russia left a large population of Russian people after the east bloc crumbled.  They, themselves, do not regard themselves as Estonians, Lithuanians, or Latvians but they co-exist in mutually beneficial toleration of one another.  Baltic state concern would be that Russia would create ethnic tension and destabilize these states and create a sudetenland scenario.

 It should also be noted that Russian continues to occupy Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) where they maintain a large naval force to remind Scandinavian neighbours of their dominance of the Baltic  Sea and region.  Remember, how the Russian navy was aggressive towards a naval exercise conducted by western forces earlier this year.  This base gives Russia an ice free port and access to the North Atlantic.

All this should be taken into consideration of Russia recently acquiring a naval base in Syria to establish a presence on the Mediterranean/South Atlantic.  Russia's chess playing causes the distrust.


I am not sure that the Liberal government’s public policy objectives are as important as is the goal of working out a deal with our largest trading partner. Of course, I am not sufficiently brain washed to truly understand the true advantages of Justin’s plan to support the NAFTA partner that has a wage scale far below that of Canada and the USA and who is killing   Jobs in both countries and also to fully appreciate his desire to address all of the current wrongs in the world at this time - I intend to watch CBC news every night so that I can appreciate the goals of our negotiating team in taking a stance in support of Mexico and also for his reasoning in introducing all sorts of what you describe as “public policy objectives” into an extremely important negotiation with a country and a President that has no patience to hear Canada’s opinion as to how they conduct themselves.


The Reuters report says only 49% of Canadians trust the media overall.  Why can't you just state the facts Doyle without your MSM spin.


Donald, is that you?


Canadians are highly uneducated (stupid) customers - they just buy everything based on "value" and not quality based on understanding of products. They don't demand quality from their suppliers and only care about low price. They buy junk including homes that are poor quality so they last for very short time and they need to be replaced and.or repaired all the time. They waste fuel, energy, food etc - and don't care about conservation and recycling. We are #1 country of losers and abusers. Low quality costs more so we need more credit cards to buy more junk and waste.


One of the few honest gentlemen in the ANC. Must be hard.


Diocesan seminaries here in NY have gone rogue. Their graduates wear birettas, cassocks, lacy surplices, fancier and fancier vestments. Clearly they are trying to set themselves apart from their congregations a la the old Latin Mass Era of the 50s. Vatican II lasted only a few years and the reign of JP II was decades. Yet the conservative clergy seem to blame everything on Vatican II.  If they think their new behavior will bring people either to the Church or back to the Church, they are sadly mistaken.
I have spoken to many of them and I think their academic education is very lacking. If they are the best and the brightest, I despair for our future.  It is the Bishops' control of the seminaries that scare me most. I think the average Catholic doesn't know or care very much what they say.  I bet if you ask the average Catholic what the letters USCCB mean, they would have no idea. The people, who LOVE Pope Francis, have no idea many in the hierarchy and clergy hold him in low esteem.


We the readers are delighted. We have had a fairly peaceful week on the news front this way. No articles full of journalistic dumpster fare dished up for public consumption.  Give that reporter a tranquilizer. Since when do we have to take a reporter from Playboy seriously anyway? Give us some dull, factual, unopinionated news instead - sort of like eating whole foods instead of fast foods. Much more nutritious and enlightening.


Kearl is union. This happened in2013/2014 during the boom. Like I said it can easily be googled. Next my daughter can work wherever she damn well feels. Could she cut it in a rig, doubtful.  We're referred to as rig pigs because we take shit from no one and love to dish it out. We make loads of cash while yuppies sit in universities hoping to make a life out of a liberal arts or philosophy degree. I had my house and truck both paid off by the time they graduated. Also I can quickly look up
Yearly unemployment figures. I've yet to see Alberta with a zero percent unemployment. Don't say essentially zero because that's simply a lie. Because I figure your not bright enough to google search here you go.
https://www.google.ca/amp/business.financialpost.com/news/energy/oil-sands-workers-foreigners-imperial-2014/amp
http://economicdashboard.alberta.ca/Unemployment


This judge should be removed from the bench immediately, he has no place on the court benches here in Canada  he would not have gotten the job wearing that to the interview


No one is suggesting people imitate others' culture. Express yourself in your own and allow others to do the same.


"The worst mistake of Trump's life" ?
Hopefully, yes.

All conservatives belong in jail and away from normal people

This is an excellent first step.


Can't we keep the immigrants and get rid of the Republicans?


May God be with their souls and families.


I see.  The Hawaiian activists are like radical jihadists and shades of radical murderers, or otherwise "crazies" for racial supremacy and religious zeal.  That the majority of citizens in Hawaii are reasonable and don't so act unreasonably to stir things up.  Boston Tea Party with Paul Revere anyone?


All Canadian universities seem to be in trouble on the question of censorship and free speech. Here they (through their administrators) are kowtowing to the politicians, elsewhere to student minorities with tribal allegiances. The public who pay most of the universities' bills are not yet aware of the seriousness of the situation. When they do, and start cutting funds, the piper will have to be paid.


Mr Dionne neglects the obvious.

Corbyn showed up for nationally televised debates.  May didn't.

Corbyn crafted an appealing manifesto: "For the many, not the few" in which Labour promised free education and numerous other free benefits while increasing taxes on the rich.  May crafted the worst manifesto in electoral history with her: "Dementia tax" which many feared would cost them their homes.

Corbyn said that he would increase police staffing after 3  bloody Islamic terrorist attacks in 3 months.  May was stuck with her record of cutting 20K police, a decision which may have aided the Islamic terrorists.

Corbyn advocated a "soft" Brexit approach which would keep many links with the EU and would not impose immigration controls.  May could not clearly articulate what she really was going to push for in Brexit.

Even so, the Tories still won the election because the voters did not want Corbyn, a pro-terrorist, Marxist, anti-democratic, anti-U.S.,  socialist with a bad education.


TIM,
You suggest a glaring contradiction:
1. American Citizens must be armed with weapons capable of resisting a Totalitarian State.
2. Those weapons should be harmless to the American Citizens they are meant to protect.

I'm not quoting you....but inferring from your words.  Would you mind clarifying your thoughts?


Ouch!  Sorry, but I find Tabatha's prose painful.  Her attempts to be glib come off as sophomoric.

When an author tries to be funny and fails it's a bit sad IMHO.  And while I don't like to be spoon-fed, I do like an opinion columnist to......have an opinion.  That's, like, kinda the point of writing an essay, isn't it?


Well, the Clinton Foundation has an "A" rating from Charitywatch and their financial statements are online (tax returns, Donald?). I like the fact that the Clintons use their wealth to help others instead of buying another gold-plated shoe rack.


Let's get his straight: A felon, a man living here illegally, was hired to enforce the law and the state Attorney General's office says this: "At this time, we have no reason to believe, with what we know so far, that this gentleman, this officer's, good work for APD has in any way been compromised or questioned, Skidmore said."


Not WWII; these were built as part of the DEWLINE system in the 1950s.  The radar sites also had these and used them for comms because they pre-dated satellite telecom.  Most of the radar sites had one or two bowling lanes and they also used the White Alice system to pass on the scores.  A cold war bowling league, if you will.


Hey, rad, I thought "leaders" don't waste their time responding to others' inconsequential comments? You know, they lead the way with astute, well thought out comments. I learned that from you. Ha, ha, ha.


"There was nothing wrong with the river until they put in seven gravel finger dikes in 1986 that backed up the river," Ed Musial said.

I am not even sure what these "seven gravel finger dikes" are??? Or why that will back up the river. This report doesn't go deep enough.


Funeral homes would be more prudent.  Wise investment for the inheritance, maybe get a discount also.


Hmmmm...so similar to the ALT-Left now hijacking the Democratic Party? BLM-"what do we want,dead cops, when do we want them, NOW." I see where you are coming from. It will be interesting to see in the future, when the Dems distance themselves from the alt left, if they will try to distort this in a similar manner.


You're wrong about the legal cost part.  Without legal protection patients have no protection at all.  And legal malpractice rates are so low that most docs don't even know what they pay.


I don't see where he wants to approve your every bedroom encounter. But, as you put it, "sexual choice(s)" is covered by the legislation passed in 2015. What other personal choices should garner one special legal consideration?


Nels: 1000X. For all the teary patriotism that Trump voters wistfully sniffle, the absolute fact is that America's election system is horribly dysfunctional. I say that not cuz I'm a sore loser, but because all Americans would benefit* from the brief outline of solutions you listed.

* except lobbyists.


Based on your previous posts, one assumes that "(t)hese horrible young men" are what used to be called "Catholic priests".

As with the minority who did not adapt "very well to changes post Vatican II", most parishioners will adapt just fine to the swing of the pendulum towards a more centrist polity and practice.


Where do I sign up? I'm pretty sure there's oil in my back yard. But I can't start drilling until the state gives me a bazillion dollars.


Righteous Catholic R & R disdains the notion that women, minorities, the poor and elderly, the homeless, and the marginalized could ever be deprived and worthy of state support. R & R also offers the straw man that the "left" opposes "liberty to pursue happiness and property," because s/he is mired in an anachronistic ideology that confuses liberalism with communism.

Perhaps feudalism is the religion you're looking for.


Turkey's practice of choking off free speech, commentary and journalism is remarkably similar to the attitudes of the Globe and Mail


I don't get too excited about the monthly change.  For one thing the standard error is about 29,000.  That said, there are some interesting things in this survey.  There was a shift from part time to full time, and most of the increase was in the goods producing sector.  The YoY numbers are also interesting.  Also, the trend from part time to full time seems consistent across the country, at least in the larger population provinces.


I have never doubted Trudeau's meanness.  Just look at the way how he dug  his father's grave in the Quebec TV debate in 2015.  Another hint is deliberate pick of rookies into the cabinet in the name of youthfulness but in reality easy control.
Another one is how he staged close rapport with the corrupt Wynne to win GTA support.

Adding to the fact that he admired Gerald Butts, likely the meanest of all.


What does this simplistic scapegoating of the Internet have to do with the "left wing"?
   Some nonsense is so reductionist and ridiculous, it doesn't rise to the level of political analysis. It's beyond left and right,  - it's just wrong.Worse, it's a dangerous distraction from the truth.
   But at least it shows some imagination rather than unloading more trash on Donald Trump.
   It wasn't Donald Trump, for example, who did business with the Nazis in the 1930's; who welcomed Nazis to America in the 1950's, and made one the chief director of NASA in the 1960's.


Please ban this guy.


I have a 34 year old relative that is battling brain cancer.  Although we're all praying for the best, a law like this could help him if he gets to a stage where there is no other choice.


Don't worry Sisters, it looks like this old 70's chestnut will be back in play again maybe even expanded to include new designations since the late, lamented 1998 version bit the dust. Some of the people involved in that one are willing to contribute I feel sure. Good times for printers lie ahead!


......right, exploded growth with deficit spending.  Spend like drunken sailors and skip town when the bill comes due.


President Obama's election and eight years in office WAS polarizing.  It brought the racists in our country out from under their rocks as they spewed their hatred toward a black man who dared to be elected President of the United States.  "Just who the hell does this N$#$%# think he is?"  "Doesn't he know his place?"  We have fellow posters on this site who still spew this same disgusting rhetoric of hatred.  Those racists are now out in the open, having been motivated by, first, the election of "one of them" and, then further encouraged by the hatefilled rhetoric and actions of Donald Trump.

I condemned Hillary Clinton's "broad stroke" use of the term "deplorables."  Not all Trump supporters are deplorable.....we all know that.  However, we also know the ault-right, white supremacist and white nationalist are among the most ardent supporters of Trump and, are indeed, DEPLORABLE. (pardon me for yelling).  It would be nice if DT could muster the courage to repudiate them.  Gary Crum


The tax changes are very complex.  We need to understand the government's proposed changes affect many more situations than just income sprinkling with an adult child.  For example, a business owner who has worked hard their whole life and wants to slow down and hire managers to operate the company for him/her, will now be considered inactive in his company.  Any dividends that he takes from the company that he created will be taxed at the highest personal tax rate.  On his death, the tax for his estate has risen exponentially, therefore harming his family's future.  Furthermore, the proposed rules, make it much better for the business owner to sell his/her business to a non-family member as opposed to a family member.   The government  is proposing changes that affect much more than simply paying a adult child some money.  The Prime Minster and the Finance Minister are playing us as fools by relying on the "wealthy doctor" sound bite.  All businesses will be impacted.


Democrats have a big tent, you'd prefer they have a smaller one.

Like it or not, Bernie and his ideas brought many people into that big tent.  I think the party is stronger as a result.


I used to buy the paper on Saturdays, and less occasionally on weekdays (I can read it at work for free) but now that they cut Tabatha Southey? Not a penny.

:o)