The Art of the Deal!
The conservatives had their chance, either they crawl on their knees begging Trump for a 2nd chance accepting what the moderates offered or they and their constituents will have ObamaCare on steriods!


Ok, that is pretty funny and kinda "cute".

The Supreme Court's ruling on the Slants.  Yes, I know.  The KKK and White Nationalists marching in the streets is not the same thing no matter much the Supreme Court wants to say that.

I know.  It is so easy for Conservatives to hide behind the Supreme Court.  They love it that way.  The law of the land.  Well the law is wrong.  It has been wrong in the past, and it is wrong today in regards to the KKK and hate groups.  The slippery slope argument is incorrect in comparing these two examples.

The Slants are using a name,  but what if they are singing about "love"?  Then what?  In other words, it is the intent that matters more then the "commercial name".

Nice try, but I disagree.


"What kind of people are you?" Actress Lee Grant as Mrs. Colbert in the film In the Heat of the Night.  IMHO Mr. Levant is alike those people.


Let's Rock the L's and G's and the B's and the T's! And the other letters as well!


Still haven't gotten over it huh?


It might be useful to reflect on the origin of the idea of a sin offering and justice.

We didn't make up the idea of justice, of offering, or of redemption.

It was nascent and imperfect.

God implanted it in us. Jesus perfected it.

In the same way with love or even with ideas such as "the good".  We had an idea of love before Jesus came into the world.  We were attracted to it...because it came from God!

But Jesus perfected it, and He showed us how to love.

Jesus brought all these imperfect ideas of justice, redemption, mercy, and love into the highest perfection and completed unity on the Cross and in the Resurrection.

If we don't love (as He loved and died) we will die, and we won't be resurrected with Him.


Abrahams will never be thought otherwise than these last few years, a miserable and corrupt person .....there is no redemption for his sort!


Kelly Leitch. Go away. Just go away. We do not need you here. You are one of the elites.


I turn my phone sideways so things change to landscape mode and become bigger. Hopefully that helps!


Trump is a faithless negotiator. Plain and simple.


Sam writes:

"What's it to you?"

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Brilliant repartee!

Captain of the debate team at university?


Thank you Ben.


Taqiyya is the Islamic practice of pious deception. It can take the form of concealing the full truth (omission) or telling non-believers only what they want to hear (concealment). Taqiyya is as basic to Islam as the Ten Commandments are to Christianity. Taqiyya is the "Fifth Column of the Islam", to protect Allah, Muhammad and the Koran from skeptics and critics. It is anathema to all other religions. It is hard for non-Muslims to understand that it actually exists and is used regularly to demonize us.   Even the Globe's picture  portrays her as the woebegotten victim.


Moody's:  Define "enough."


Glad to read that our youth teams are doing well on the mainland.  What a great experience for them.


Person with deep unresolved trauma problems here. In one way it's brave of her to stand up, but I feel like part of her message is completely off.

Yes, some people working in the health care field are greedy and rude. That comes in nearly all areas people work in. It's hard to avoid and people love money. Sadly, the health system is really broken and when it comes to mental health, the stigma is still going strong.

Really, though? The root is that there are very few REAL programs out there for people. Most people can't afford treatment, don't know where to look or get lost in the system for years, sometimes I believe on purpose. Some parts of the system are corporations who look at people as bodies = paycheques = more money. They're legal mafia. Will it change?

Not in our lifetime... so find doctors you can trust, if you can, or die trying.


There is an estimated 800 THOUSAND DACA recipients in the US. That is 800 THOUSAND jobs American Citizens DON'T have. The MSM and Democrats would have you believe that all 800 thousand are not taking jobs Americans want (we've heard that speech for years).
Wrong.They're not all picking strawberries they take good Jobs. DACA recipients are buying homes, paying taxes, etc The GOAL (Democrats just haven't figured this out yet) is for the AMERICAN CITIZENS to be employed, trained, buying homes and paying taxes. It's not the responsibility of the citizens of this country to support, pay for training, educate citizens
from other country's.

http://www.foxnews.com/.../dreamer-accused-brutally...

http://www.foxnews.com/.../portlands-sanctuary-policies...

http://www.wnd.com/.../illegal-alien-charged-with-raping.../

http://www.illegalaliencrimereport.com/


How's bout we try this, when your municipal tax bill comes along, you can have the option of checking a box that says you support a sanctuary in your city and are prepared to pay extra property tax to support the claimants receiving these services.  If you DO NOT support the sanctuary city than you have the option of checking the box not in favour.   How is that for democracy at work and responsible spending of tax dollars.   Those who support pay, those who do not, don't.

The LAST THING these cities should be doing is going cap in hand to the province or the feds for money based on their local policies.

And until we start telling these people from these countries to slow down on the procreation levels, guess what box I will check.


I am shocked at how little discussion there has been about the erosion of the Geneva Convention and its rules around the treatment of POW's.  The biggest slap in the face to our our soldiers is  the lack of respect for this international law.  Our soldiers are in jeopardy in future wars when there can be arbitrary opt outs of a war.  The act that Khadr was accused of was in a battle in a war.  Calling it anything other than that is Orwellian.

All those calling for being able to sue individual soldiers in acts of war might come to regret that in a big way.   There might be a long line of Vietnamese people wanting to launch a lawsuit...Iraqi's....Libyans...etc....  the whole concept is ridiculous and the Canadian court should summarily dismiss the case.  Where is the lawsuit against the drone pilot who mistakenly killed all the civilians at the wedding in  xyz country?


I hope they choose education  outside of Canada. They can play ninja elsewhere for all I care.


As the Republican leader who got his GOP colleagues to unanimously vote for Hawaii's disastrous (and now shuttered) Obamacare Exchange Connector, we're still waiting for Gene Ward to reimburse taxpayers with the hundreds of millions of dollars he wasted and actually owes us.


The Denver Post is just plain evil.
Racism this, racism that.
Just bizarre.


You can tell with one photograph?  You must have very finely tuned gaydar.  Have you been out long?


Another way to think about all of this is that our congressmen and women are not team players.  They have a team of maybe 10% of the US.  The other 90% are the enemy.  One way to get rid of your enemy is to make life so difficult that they die earlier, poorer and more bitter.
We're starting more and more to resemble a banana republic, or czarist Russia.


Right.....no spell checker!!


100% false.  Climate models are merely tools to help understand what possible futures might exist.  That continuing to pump CO2 into the atmosphere will lead to catastrophic climate change is fact.  It was fact at least 30 years ago.


Never did like those school rankings. Obviously some schools will always be on the bottom end because of their location. Certain districts have it hard. Some kids barely survive yet alone trying to accomplish classroom assignments. Those schools deserve more attention then others. Meaning support.


So i can get a moose there. Duh


A third episode may be the worst. Price accepted a special offer from an Australian drug company to buy discounted shares, as The Wall Street Journal and Kaiser Health News reported.

He told the Senate that the offer was open to all investors, although fewer than 20 Americans actually received an invitation to buy at the discounted price. The stock has since jumped in value, and Price underreported the worth of his investment in his nomination filings.

Price has devoted much of his political career opposing expansion of health insurance. His preferred replacement of Obamacare would reduce health care benefits for sicker, poorer and older Americans.


Uh, Holder had played college ball so he offered a challenge.  Obama's buddy?
1988, Ronald Reagan appointed Holder to serve as a judge of the Superior Court.   Sounds like he was just a good legal mind  for both parties until modern 'hate everything associated with obama', became the right wingers mantra.


The question asked here is a real one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7JD5DP5FQ

Migration is a global inclusive word from butterflies, to birds, to families to corporate types to day laborers... migration is woven into the very fabric and rhythm of life. Migration is vital to the continuance of life. Look into your heart. Ask how many times have you 'moved'? Would you dare to put one of those "hello, my name is MIGRANT" on your chest in honest acknowledgement of a fact, an action that none of us really can live without?
In using the word MIGRANT and abandoning the "othering" word immigrant... we bring our hearts closer to "do this, and you shall LIVE". Carrying out in word and deed what is pleasing to Our Lord...
http://www.saintjohnsabbey.org/videos Source and Summit of Our Faith...
repeat ... as often as needed... 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time...


Is Hoyers' mouth moving? He's lying!


And typical phony conservative response that things can be accomplished for free.  It is easy to say get rid of the dead weight but the fact remains that the public schools probably cost less than half the good private schools and it is stupid to ignore this difference.


I'm on the same page as former BC NDP Premier Mike Harcourt, who has said he now regrets the BC NDP gov'r did not reform electoral financing laws when they were in power. It was a topic discussed in the 1990s, but sadly the NDP gov't opted for the status quo. Like Mike, I too am regretful.


there is no "past" when it comes to nat resources and oil, oil demand is increasing in the world , ,  and as usual a left wing lunatic thinks we should just take what we have accomplished but no more, the death spiral of defeatism,, no thanks lunatic,


Agreed.  But, ironically that would be a failing of his father (and mother)...


My garbage service does not provide cans.I use the standard rubbermaid garbage cans with a tightly fitting lids like most everyone else in the country uses. I keep my garbage cans in the garage until pick up day then take them to the street that morning. I'm doing everything a normal, reasonable person would be  expected to do.

A 55 gallon drum is not an option as it would be too heavy to pick up and dump and the garbage men are certainly not going to loosen a bolt on the lock ring to dump the barrel. I'm assuming you are using that as an example of how to store your trash outside which is a good idea if you don't have a garage.

The real problem is there are too many bears in residential areas period. It's getting to the point where now people are criticized for their audacity to expect to have their trash picked up curbside because bears get into it. If it is hard for people to throw their trash away curbside the trash will then spills out into the vacant lots and woods.

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Never mind beef. Pee Wee Drive In, best mahi burgers on the planet.  Fries too. Auwe!


The liberal media will never give Trump a fair shake no matter how good of a job he does including this paper. The count of anti Trump opinions in this paper is about 8 to one. The paper might be smart to realize that Trump won this county. I believe the first time a republican presidential candidate won since 1926 in this county. Times are changing, maybe the Daily World should get out more.


The derivation of the 50 per cent is 20 per cent when you earn the income and 30 per cent when you pay the dividend to take the cash personally.  Before the changes you could use a section 84.1 "pipeline" to eliminate the dividend and instead pay 25 per cent capital gains tax on the shares over the CGD limit.  This is being eliminated, pushing the overall tax rate to over 70 per cent.   As a kicker, life insurance proceeds for the first time become taxable, which is another double whammy because the premiums were never deductible.

Get up to speed:

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/draft-tax-changes-put-families-partners-of-deceased-business-owners-in-legal-limbo-experts/article36139857/


McCain didn't vote for the clown.  He decided against it after the Access Hollywood tape.


Ari can tell which side of his bread is buttered.


You can't have jury tampering without a jury. You do not understand the term.


there is a lot of discussion about that very matter!  LOL


“The worst is that new neighbors in the house behind me smoke all the time, and it wafts into my yard and bedroom like a frightened skunk,” says Jessica Lee...
Why not have a nice, polite chat with them?


You showed the example in the article you linked to:

"Some people in social media even thinks that because of what Trump said, there have been a terror attack in Sweden."

Where did people get this idea? Trump's fake news. That's where.


The_whole_Real_Pressence_thing_is_a_huge_difference.


Maybe the "many" on the left who you had discussion with are just sick of you still bringing up Clinton? It's a pretty stale conversation, honestly.


Part time hiring is better than foreign worker hiring. Considering part time hiring means hiring Canadians...


No I didn't . I don't flag anyone's free speech .  You and I have written back and forth enough that you should know my straighten up comment was light hearted.   Same with the guy claiming Trump is like Hitler.   As for Trump , I included cash for return postage to get the books back . Both times he signed the books , returned my cash , and paid for the return postage.   As for O' Reilly , I have a number of his books signed too.  I met him last September in Denver and will meet him again in Tacoma this March . I've even shaken hands with LBJ ,  along with many other famous people.  For being one of the "haves " you sure complain a lot about what others have.


Nelson Mandela was not all loolpops and ice cream as everyone would have us believe.


How about reversing the unconstitutional resident requirement of having to be a PFD applicant it soundly violates  my wife's  and my 14 th amendments rights  besides there is no qualifier in the initiative or legislative bill or "COLE Memorandum" other than 21 years of age!   This board has conflicts of interest among themselves yet still exist as evidence of the last two meetings with numerous recusal's from action .  Our US Constitutional rights  out way this Boards denial to let us engage in commerce in our own State.  This will be tested in the US Courts if they don't change it .  ED & Kathy Martin


Looks like we need a Measure 5 Part II - Revenge of the Taxpayers.  These greedy (D) bureaucrats need to have their tail feathers clipped.


I suppose the better question is how much do the top 10% earn as a percent of GDP. The bottom 20% should not pay income tax as they are J.A.M.S.. If we have an inequality problem then the wealthier will have to pay more. If not then no worries. Once levels of inequality reach a certain point we know that things can go pear shape. It is not helpful for the ruling class to respond with a policy of  'let (the deplorables) eat cake' .


keep calling me a bimbo - it just makes you look more insane for not knowing how to even read a dictionary.


whether your watching this or not, be sure to check out that replay back flip standing off the shoulder pads of duck defender in end zone by ucla running back bolo olorunfunmi. don't think i've ever seen someting like that resulting in touchdown. should make highlight reels for all time.


Similar to our current PM.


I guess it depends on who you talk to.  I've watched Alberta oil company executives interviewed & most think carbon taxes are not good for the economy.


Not at all.  It will be entertaining to drive by the depleted electrobuggies my F-350 thumbing my nose all of the way.


Sorry BuckSaver you are reading too  much into this - I just don't like her columns.  Some do, and that's fine by me, but if there are some of us that don't, then we are free to express our opinions - that has nothing to do with bullying.


President Trump also lays out another potential path in his Executive Order:
"The head of each executive department and agency shall identify and quantify all sources of direct and indirect Federal aid or assistance to the Government of Mexico on an annual basis over the past five years, including all bilateral and multilateral development aid, economic assistance, humanitarian aid, and military aid.”
It goes on to submit that list to the secretary of state within 30 days. The order then gives the State Department another 60 days to “submit to the President a consolidated report reflecting the levels of such aid and assistance that has been provided annually, over each of the past five years.”
The Mexican government and military received nearly $420 million in assistance in 2013, with most of the money going to economic development.  If President Trump is in power for 8 years, eliminating $420M p.a. is approx. $3.5B which is a good down payment on the wall. Art of the deal, anyone?


"President Trump’s statements on Twitter in recent days lead to a chilling conclusion: The man is out of control."

Why, he can actually say  things and the media gets no advance warning!

He just Tweets what he wants and when he wants and there is no way for an 'expert' media person can be there to 'explain' or refute or 'clarify' what it really means!

There is no time for staff to research a topic so I don't look like an ignorant idiot!

His words can't be 'adjusted' or taken out of context!

And he says bad things about important media people who have been around forever and are supposed to be genuflected towards!

And he does it a three o'clock in the morning!

 By the time a news person is out of bed and properly dressed and coiffed and has his makeup on, millions of people already have made up their own minds instead of waiting for the media!


As an addendum: even had these units be under rent control, a rise in condo fees would be a justification for raising rents.


Apparently our President does not understand the constitution.  Freedom of expression is what helps make this a great country.  Another example of how Trump says one thing and does another and the core supporters don't have any problem with it because Trump has the one quality that they admire the most: he is not a member of the Democratic party.


It was a cowardice act by a man carrying a gun.


Part 3

You think this is all fantasy?  Just read about the fake "Saddam killing babies in incubators", Gulf of Tonkin, bombing of the USS Maine, Iraq WMD, Tiananmen massacre fake news stories - all manufactured and planted by the Anglo-American cabal and their corporate media mouthpieces.


"Some People Push Back": On the Justice of Roosting Chickens

By Ward Churchill.

The day after 9/11.

Ring a bell?


Frank you just do not understand that in a democracy citizens are allowed to  work towards implementing changes.  Elections only put individuals in a position to be your representative not your ruler.


and they will have $$$$$$$$$$$.00


Oh, you might be surprised at how many of them hang around here. You can usually spot them not only by their off-the-wall ecclesiology, but also by their lack of a sense of humor.


I am not one to dwell a lot on skin colour/ethinicity, I think in the long term, the nature of the discussions, these days, will be wholly counterproductive.

Also, the "hiding them" comment is more a vehicle to note the comparable lack of substance Trudeau has rather than a sincere suggestion he is doing anything on purpose. Do you really think he actively tries to keep them out of the spotlight?


Oh yeah? Wait until Bavius shows up :)


I think your idea of a Island may have merit. Except I would not suggest dropping all the drugs in the middle of the island. You would end up with dead people from over dosing or killing each other for the drugs.
My suggestion would be to have all of them get put on Suboxone (for opioid addicts) and have them start on it before they get to the island. I have no idea if it works for meth or other drugs, it might because what it does is to block the part of the brain where the cravings are. I think a community away from everything except the basic necessities of life where they have to build, grow, fish, and gather would work for those who have seriously decided they want to live. My opinion is that most addicts are committing a slow suicide and as they do, they put their loved ones through hell as well as others in the communities. They have to decide that they want to live and that means getting off the drugs and alcohol. I am sorry for sister, she is very lucky to have you!


Five years ago I bought a 1999 Taurus from a co-worker (got it checked out by a local mechanic first, who gave it a clean bill of health) for about $1,800. Three years ago, when my son turned 17, I gave it to him; he'd done most of his learner driving on it, liked it, and found it plenty roomy (at 6' 7", this is an issue). He had fun installing a great new sound system in it, and had to replace a couple of minor things (he bought the parts used and did the work himself), but other than the usual ongoing things (oil, fluids) it's running fine.

When I gave my son the Taurus I bought a 2004 Sorrento from a friend (got it checked out; again, fine) for $2,000. Had to buy new summer tires this year, but again, apart from the usual ongoing things it's been great.

I chose to buy used for these prices not because I'm poor, but because I'd rather spend my money on other things. If the vehicle is sound and gets me safely from A to B, that's good enough for me.


Port Townsend - Soup Kitchen!


The Clinton's have fallen out of favor in their circle of friends in the new world order elitists just for that very reason.Pay backs a bitch and that's why I think this scandal is going to stick and not just bounce off like all the others.


YAY!  You got one right!!!  Oh, there will be removal, because you cannot get a visa here, you'll have to return to your OWN country to get one.  BUT, it gets even better!  Depending on how long you were here illegally, you will be banned for 3 years, 10 years, or permanently from coming back!  Personally, I'd make the penalties the same as for illegal border crossing, but then, I'm not an open borders, destroy the country kind of guy.  Nope, that's true, they're not subject to penalties...however, one who commits crimes is a "criminal".  One who commits felonies is a felon.  Even unindicted...ask hitlery!


There's really no story here. A US Congressperson meets with the head of a state that the USG has been warring on for six years and lying about the war. She's communicating with Assad using words. Obama was communicating using violence. The differences, and preferences, should be obvious to those who favor peace and the end of the USG manufacture of refugees. The only military the US population needs is a Coast Guard and a Border Patrol. The Obama/Clinton intervention made a poor situation bad, or a bad situation worse. The War Criminals are those who begin, or extend, wars.


Boots, what's with the tax returns all the time, day in and day out. Figure it out man, for God's sake. If he hasn't filed his taxes he'd be in jail. Some people's children.


The coddled cost us $billions by enabling domestic terrorism.


Exactly! I'm deeply worried about a post-Zille DA. It's not looking good.


KABOOM! The NHL belongs to the Leafs!


most of the dodgy individuals I know are politicians and disproportionately liberals


The CPC is the party Canadian supporters of Donald Trump vote for.

That is all the definition the CPC will ever have.


Or a gun attack as opposed to a truck attack brought about by climate change.


"Is there any reason...". Yes, I can think of one.  Vancouver's foreign buyers are mostly Asian.  Toronto is over 3,300 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean.  Now that Toronto real estate purchases have foreign taxes attached there is NO benefit that makes up for the added inconvenience and cost of another day's travel. Relax, people TO is safe--especially when immigrant totals tell us that US newcomers (including those from nearby big eastern cities) are waayyy down in 7th place (2015) on the place-of-origin rankings.  In any case, the 2015 immigration stats show 23% of newcomers came from the Philippines and Iran--and it's hard to believe all those nannies and taxi drivers Were responsible for many sales of homes over $900,000!


Next to fishing, Molokai's main industry is unemployment benefits.  They don't have an unemployment office, you don't have to see anyone or report to get benefits.  Everyone knows you ain't looking for a job so no need to ask.  Just take the money from the other islands residents and then beat em up when they come to Molokai to fish.


This story has nothing to do with Donald, but your comment is a prime example of what they mean by a biased, "fake" media feeding and perpetuating this type of thinking.


Don't expect anything even remotely resembling journalism coming from this fish wrap. The bulk of the nonsense here is just regurgitated WaPo or AP news feeds and none of the crack staff down in the news room would know what the 5-W's were if they bit them in the face.

I wonder how come the DP still hasn't printed a peep about Schultz's IT guy being arrested and the mound of destroyed hard drives found in his possession. Uh, actually no... I don't wonder.


Very impressive.  Would have been nice to read a bit about Ms. Strgar's past and education to understand how she could succeed like this.  And thanks to the RG for highlighting local business innovation and success outside of the self-promoting software industry.


This is just cruel.

Once again, some "news" is leaked by the Fake News that raises the impeachment hopes of the Fake News and the anti-Trump establishment, and once again, these hopes are going to be crushed into the dirt.

When will they ever learn to respect the Teflon Don?


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China is a threat to our global dominance, it’s rising and that can’t be tolerated. The US will risk everything, including  nuclear obliteration, to maintain that dominance. Human nature and nuclear weapons simply do not mix. China ( and to a lesser degree Russia ) will not cowtow to US hegemony, and that is what will lead to a final showdown. The US could back down and allow China and Russia their own spheres of influence, but it will not. That is why I contend that the US is the most dangerous country in the world. No other country has a stated policy of global dominance that matches the US one. The US will continue to use it’s influence with it’s proxys to attempt to box in Russia and China, until something gives. It isn’t a matter of right and wrong( those precepts are anachronistic here), but simple survival.  You can’t save the world by blowing it to hell.


Being close to Nature is life changing.  Laying/floating/swimming in water changed this man.  It would change anyone.  Thanks for telling the story.


I was taught in school that a vacuous argument is invalid.
I would suggest you rely on statistics and not your perception.


You're overstating the case Beegor, and that's not helping people see the reality. Of course the Syrian conflict is a civil war. It's the poster child for such conflicts. But like many civil wars, it has a strong international element to its genesis. This one more than most.

The most powerful nation in the world, backed up by its regional allies, sought the destruction of the Syrian government. They used political disquiet in Syria for that purpose. What began as teenage graffiti on walls in Damascus metastasized into a massive armed conflict in months. That can only happen when outside forces are feeding the cancer.

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Alaska needs more oil and gas activity by smaller competitors and the state can make this happen without tax credits by being more supportive at the DNR DOG and AOGCC! Alaska has a bright future if we all work together to make Alaska more productive, safe and pure!


And if I would have had five more numbers right, I'd be a millionaire.


My vrsion and version of the Gospel square with:  1) what Jesus told the Apostles regarding their arming themselves;  2) what Augustine and Aquinas taught regarding just war; 3) what the Catechism teaches reagrding the right of self-defense; and 4) what human nature tells you regarding your right to live.  As for your claim that we're supposed to be building a kingdom here, Jesus said otherwise.

Go ply your false and fraudulent moralizing to those silly enough to believe you.  Don;t forget to thank a soldier for your freedoms.


I am disgusted that the two candidates (one declared; one not) who are being perceived as the most 'Trump like' (for different reasons) are getting the vast majority of media attention.  Haven't we learned anything?

Kellie Leitch is a painful public speaker and a hypocrite (railing against elites). Kevin O'Leary defines 'just visiting'. If the CPC wants to appeal to voters like me, the choice of either of these people won't do it.


Self declared feminist Trudeau:
"What women wear in public is not government business"

Roksana Nazneen, a Muslim from Bangladesh (according to Wente's column) : " sees the growing embrace of the niqab in Quebec and elsewhere as an enormously regressive trend. "It fights integration," she says. She argues that guilt-ridden feminists just don't get it."


Are we absolutely certain Paddock wasn't framed for this crime? What motive could a successful businessman have for pulling off such an atrocious act?


The People will NEVER GET IT BACK AGAIN!!!


It would nonetheless be refreshing for Trudeau to describe it as a team effort with his advisors, rather than, as he does so often, mugging the cameras to give a histrionic, dramatic display of acting the big leader man.

I suspect that you (very understandably and reasonably) favor President Obama over Trump.

Terrific, and Obama is a case in point of what I am getting at: Obama had no need or compulsion to give histrionic, dramatic displays of acting the big leader man and, indeed, he frequently acknowledged in his speeches the contributions and sacrifices by others, and in leaving office Obama even thanked the American people for making him 'a better man'.

When a scientist gives a speech about the lab's directions and accomplishments, she or he typically names each contributor and their ideas. For a prime minister who says he salutes evidence based, scientific approaches and those who take them, he falls short in the expected and appropriate protocol. Always the drama teacher.


Since the decision isn't to cancel the prayers on school time as it should have been this is meaningless.  Where are all the good liberals shouting NO PRAYER in PUBLIC SCHOOLS!  Oh, right, these are muslims not Christians.  Different rules for people who threaten to hack your head off if you draw a cartoon.


Nooooooo, Kearon.  You lie.  It's the majority of ethical, rational, and responsible American elected officials and government leaders that are demanding a denunciation of tRump.  You can't find any more adjectives to describe the Republican Party and their wannabe presidential candidate?  Lots of fricking, fricking laughs.


Wente sees things pretty clearly ... we really do need a national paper and
she is about the only G & M voice that can pull that off


Silly, silly, silly.

It is just silly to argue that Vancouver is somehow facing the problems of a high density city, given the news headlines in Vancouver, this year, in 2017:

"Vancouver has the highest proportion of empty, underused homes in 35 years"
"Number of empty homes in Vancouver hits record high"
"Data shows 98% increase in empty homes since 2001"
"New census counts 25,502 unoccupied homes in Vancouver, for 15 per cent jump over 2011"

And do you know what, editors?

This silliness in your newspaper today is what you get when you avoid the elephant in the room, which is the impact of the billions and billions of dollars of overseas money flooding in.

See, if instead you started your editorial decision-making with that key, central mechanism front and center, you would not be left with egg on your face for publishing silliness such as Vancouver facing a high-density problem (roll eyes).

Vancouver faces an overseas-billions-flooding-in problem. All else is secondary to it.


Yes, that's exactly what needs to be done.  And its not complicated at all.

Sadly it'll never happen, because the people at the top want their goodies and their lavish salaries and bonuses while doing nothing to earn them.  Nothings going to change until the politicians and the current bunch of transit executives are banished from transit planning and operations.


"The Islands Aren’t Safe From What’s Going On In DC" - Brett Oppegaard.
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You began by insulting "the president who shall not be named" (don't have the courage to name the person you say "habitually lies"?
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So, what exactly is it that makes this island not safe from what is going on in DC?
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You see, Brett Oppegaard,  the media demonized Trump for months and months.
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Your "habitually lies" is but a tiny portion of the entire kitchen sink of insults hurled at Trump including the many insults on why and how Trump is not fit to be president .
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But Trump was elected president in spite of those insults.
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Here's what Steve Bannon says about the media: “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president.
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Until now all anti-Trump journalist do not seem to understand why Donald Trump is the president.
Do you?


He did, and it was hilarious. Someone inside the TrumpTrain spent months looking for something... ANYthing... that would seem remotely favorable. They finally found one page (out of thousands) that would make it appear as if Trump wasn't a scam artist. The Trumpies have been jumping for joy over this bit of misinformation, as they do with all of the misinformation that spews out of this administration, because they love the ability to say,  "nieener nieener told you so!" whenever they can, even though they've had to invent facts out of thin air every time they've been able to do so.


Foundation of democracy is fear. Fear of those on the top of those at the bottom-like in Europe.


Sums up the political tenure of the Ontario and Federal Liberals.


So--you don't think a prospective buyer looking at a condo in the Marco Polo is going to factor the absence of sprinklers into the offer he or she would make? This may well not have been a factor in the past, but a smart buyer should certainly think about it in the future. Just as he or she should think about possible litigation risk as a result of defective non-judicial foreclosure actions taken in the past by a condo board. A year ago these may have been unforeseen problems, but they're quite foreseeable now.


It is all about saving face. The guy has spent his whole life trying to make up for some early humiliation. What people do to children have consequences.


Amy dropped the ball on LW1. She doesn't owe her mom any explanation. Pay her back for the cost of treatment. This mother is living in the dark ages if she thinks she can hold her daughter hostage over her own body.


He's just being a good Vatican II Catholic:

"For it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help toward salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the People of God."

Can you name which V2 document this appears in?


If a business or individual pays quarterly or monthly taxes in to the federal government totaling $10,000.00 and claims enough deductions at the end of year not to send anymore money to the federal government DOES NOT mean they didn't pay taxes! They already paid $10,000.00!!!!


The same parts of the Philippines that Trump has praised?


Congress forces every company to report their liabilities and fund them however only Congress gets to fund the liabilities with IOU's to itself.  (see Social Security).


It is a failing that is common among deep ecologists.


You're right, the English Bulldog in not known as being particularly aggressive.  I can only imagine the abuse the dog has taken in his life.   Hopefully he can still be rehabilitated and not need to be euthanized.

https://www.dogbreedinfo.com/bulldog.htm


Pity you missed the full name "Saurabh Aggarwal"...go to google and use his name with "Sahara" and there he is as per the piece in LinkedIn showing his employment history, and twitter handle Saurabhindia1


False equivocation....it's SPENDING that's the problem. Leave people's money alone and let them use it in the market and set low corporate taxes along with very limited smart regulations for a level playing field to encourage growth and hiring. Government thinking it can best allocate resources is what happened to Venezuela. If you don't know what's happening there Google it and you'll see what America would have looked like in 5 years if Bernie would've won. The $19T debt bomb may still lead to it.


If we are to have peace in Canada, we have to give Muslims special consideration and every effort made not to offend them.


Legal or not, this is extremely insensitive and an sheer exhibition of selfishness. The only purpose that I can see is for personal gain.


Home Run Shannyn, thanks.


actually he could have challenged goaltender interference....


The worst kind of wannabe...


Usually corporate employers prohibit their  employees from being armed while working and the consequences is usually immediate termination of employment so it will be interesting to see if the employees are terminated for being armed while on the job...


Canadian niceness is a myth, a polite euphemism.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/canadian-companies-are-chicken/?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=cb_daily


The same thing happened in the summer of 2013 in Anchorage Jail. That person was a business owner and mother of two young girls. She will always be missed.

The risk of dying in jail is significant; skilled management of severe illness must be part of the solution.  This must stop.


How much longer will Trump's sycophants in Congress put up with this mental eunuch of a sociopath before they've had enough and put a stop to it?


Thanks for the recap, and analysis.
Whatever would we do without you, howler?


You've explained Waterfront's point very well.


The top three are teachings and Jesus also lived them.


Tokuda and Luke don't have the authority to raise property taxes.  And Kirk wouldn't have to if he managed the rail responsibly.


Yeah - let's throw out nearly 250 years of history because the unindicted felon lost the election. Brilliant!


Thank God they weren't around when Truman made the decision to drop the bomb on Japan, we would be speaking Japanese. Congress can't even do their jobs and they want to micro manage the President. We gave great military leaders who are call the shots, let it be.


You can both read a few biographies on Kissenger and Nixon to find out how LBJ tried to end the war in Vietnam but Nixon was working behind the scenes to prolong it for political gain. As for Iraq, many will tell you that Cheney and Rumsfeld were the the main proponents of the invasion, going as far as falsifying intelligence reports, thanks largely to a clueless Bush.


Blocked first round by uncivil comments.
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"If you literally threaten to take away American citizens rights."
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This is the antifa groups mantra. Look at Berkeley. There are videos of them (antifa) smashing store windows, looting and rioting. Racism is an excuse to assemble and wreak havoc in an area, they don't even limit themselves to JUST racists. These groups are deciding for themselves who is allowed to speak. They have also threatened to break any devices they catch recording them, including the media.
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"If you slap someone in the face, do you really expect not to be slapped back?"
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What do you think these racist hate groups will do? Stupid groups like this will always exist. When you oppress them, you make them grow. I believe the best way to handle them is to deny them the thing they want most... attention.
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When they break the law, they should go to jail regardless.
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-condemns-antifa-after-berkeley-clashes/ar-AAqXs5l?li=BBnbcA1


John - this isn't an SB 21 problem. Anytime you have a net profit tax (which we sort of have), you lose on the downside, but gain on the upside. There are tradeoffs.  And the tradeoff under ACES was even more pronounced. We would be killed at these prices if ACES was still on the books. SB 21 isn't as bad at low prices as ACES but isn't as good at high prices. Again trade-offs.  The real issue is which system is attracting investment, new companies, and ultimately more production.

Anyway, if we had a gross system in place from 2007 to today we wouldn't have any money in the CBR. It just doesn't generate much at high prices. And it does nothing to incentivize investment.  You can thank the net profit system and high oil prices for the billions in savings.


Sorry I don't fit your narrow view. Farm fields, cows and horses are my neighbours-hours away from Toronto.
Let the  lady wear her fur -she will just have to put up with being a social pariah.


Ban asbestos now!


was Harper's daughter a paid lobbyist? A big difference ...sorry to poop all over your apology.


That is all in your head.


He must do something, I mean the number of drunks and sexual improprieties coming from the liberal members must be taking a toll.


You must have missed when Hillary For America was recorded talking about how they hired homeless people to go to Trump rallies and harass people using vile insults until they were attacked, which was filmed by another paid bystander?
Or when Hillary For America admitted to busing in and instigating people in the Chicago riots, where homeless people were attacked and three police officers seriously injured???
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/18/activist-who-took-credit-for-violent-chicago-protests-was-on-hillarys-payroll/


I think she has a "vested" interest: I believe she is a retired Long Island, NY public sector employee.


I am all for harmony in international relations...however I am not pleased at this summit...myself and millions in Asia feel Japan has not fully come to terms with their cruel and evil legacy in the second world war...beyond that, the Japanese Yakuza are directly responsible for Hawaii;s methamphetamine epidemic...which is the worst in the nation....and who will be held accountable for this ?


Homer, why do you disagree? I'm very curious. Thx.


What an opportunity for the US to have the best health care and social assistance in the world. It already has  the best medical system - people travel from all over the world for treatment in the US.  Assistance for the poor is variably poor. So all the US needs is to tie their medical system to the poor. . Ideally this would be done  with a Guaranteed Annual Income for the poor.

That would do away with all the varied support programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Further the poor would not have to live in government run housing, they could select housing the same way that we all do, namely, in a neighborhood that we could afford.

The cost? Probably no more than what all the social programs which would be replaced. In any event the US would be a better country. The best health care. The best social assistance.


Cops are not trained at clown college, they are processed


There are teens convicted of rape by age, this is still considered a violent offense.  This is what the world doesn't get, there is a difference in what occured but is still defined as rape, there is no distinguishing.


It was like the TEA party rallies where everything was allowed as long as it was anti Obama.


Women don't like free speech because it hurts their feelings. Women are genetically programmed to be mothers, wives and home makers. Women traditionally have spent their lives in the family villages, in a communal village. No harsh words in the family circle because it upset the kids. You don't want to traumatize anyone.
Men on the other hand are genetically programmed for heavier lifting. Imagine if all you had to do is call someone names and they would run away?  Humans would have died out long ago.
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We need to stop teaching women the cult of feminism is the first step.
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https://youtu.be/qRgORR8vqns


I went through there around 9pm and the freeway was still closed.


Let's face it and be realistic, thanks to the great pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Canada can play an important role in AI but not seriously monopolize the AI industry which is already well installed in USA.

First, nothing can rival GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Micro$oft) the 5 most powerful American technology companies since data is the fuel of AI and data are already monopolized by those web giants businesses.

Second, there are other strong research groups outside Canada at Stanford University,  MIT and CMU. Other pioneers like Yann LeCun, a French, works for Facebook, and NYU. Jurgen Schmidhuber is working in Swiss and Andrew Ng was working for Baidu and is prof at Stanford University.


Any pope who strives to remake this church into the image and likeness of God deserves our prayers, encouragement and undying gratitude.  Too bad doing so has to be something to be identified as a difference from the actions of some other popes.


So for the older folks watch your premiums carefully. Those who are funded by private corporation, the question is at what point do they cut off coverage? Even if premiums become affordable, there's still  a very good possibility that to increase the bottom line, corporations will cut or discontinue retiree healthcare. Senior healthcare is the largest expense generating program....i.e. Medicare, Medicaid.
"It would instead provide tax credits based largely on recipients’ ages, let insurers charge more for older people and boost premiums for those who let coverage lapse." So us seniors will be spending more...but it will be "accessible"...just got to have the money to pay for it.


Get rid of all UAA sports except hockey.


We can and definitely should be anti immigration, just look at Europe. A total fiasco and they thought they could handle it.


Agreed. Communism was evil. On the upside, 85 percent of the German casualties were on the Eastern Front. Without the communists, you and I would be communicating in German today.


Ahhhhh............DON'T GO to the movie?


Had Clinton won, would you have written that post?


Opportunities to repost these keep cropping up regularly anymore:

Selections, taken from the book “Tim Unsworth”, a collection of his articles in NCR between 1982 and 2007, published by Acta Publications in 2008:

"Bishops (and, sez I,  Red Birds)  break out in shingles in the face of ambiguity; laity live with it each day in their homes, jobs and social life.

Chancery offices constantly view the faithful as so befuddled that, without unctuous instruction, they would confuse the holy water fountain with a birdbath."


Sorry, John.  Data do not support your view.


Harry,
You have just added a new term to "alternate facts" :  "ALTERNATE HISTORY".


incompetence !


And you can see the appropriate reaction below!


Kala mai,

Do you think the Native Hawaiian community was advanced when OHA had kanaka maoli arrested outside of the country club during the failed attempt to create a fake tribe?

How about when DLNR officers armed with machine guns were arresting kanaka maoli on Mauna Kea? Was that the type of Native Hawaiian advancement you are referring too?

How about the C&C of Honolulu's sit-lie bill, which is the antithesis of ke kanawai mamalahoe, has OHA taken an official position on that?

I also thoroughly enjoyed your new twist on the Republican southern strategy of days past, when you suggest Mr. Akina's work is the result of him being used by outside "political forces". Maybe, just maybe, he cares about all of the residents of the island, not just a handful of self-appointed political elites who enrich themselves at the expense of those they should be protecting?

Just say what you mean: He cant be trusted because he is working with whitey.

Auwe.


Sen. Hirono please confine yourself to your office and stop making a fool of yourself. It's okay if you truly speak on behalf of all Hawaii, but you're not, you're speaking on behalf of the Democratic Party and party politics not the people


Nick, this bond has nothing to do with the NEA. This is a physical plant bond to repair the facilities themselves.

Typical physical plant budgeting for maintenance, renovation & construction is typically 3% of structure value. ASD is funded at just over 1% of physical plant value. This causes a significant portion of repairs (Approx. $160 million) to be deferred until such time as money is available.

Think of your own home...3 things go bad at the same time, your budget allows you to fix one. The other 2 are deferred until you have the money. Those 2 now cost more, because they have resulted in ancillary damage. (Leaking roof has now damaged a light fixture and wall paint).


Richard, perhaps you can use your political contacts to pass a bill that would allow Anchorage to ban those that you feel are not meeting your moral standards.


OH. COME. ON. Get real. No one suggested Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe or Jackson divest themselves of their "property". Nor did the chatterati of the day insist J. Q. Adams stop selling guns and booze to Native Americans*. And JFK! Anyone propose he give up his string of bimbos? That FDR stand on his own two feet? That Reagan pass a literacy exam? That B-43 prove he was on the wagon when he fainted after "choking on a pretzel"? Let DT be DT. (Fastest way to get rid of him.)

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*Just made that one up. How long ya think before it's in Quincy's Wikipedia bio?


Having moved to Springfield, I no longer have a dog in this fight, but I still don't see the connection between paying an auditor and staff $600,000 per year to just document the stupid decisions of the City Council and City Staff and preventing those stupid decisions.

We all know that millions have been wasted on the gravel lot that used to be City Hall.  We know that more money was wasted on the South Eugene planning debacle.

We get news reports of other waste right here in the R-G.

The voters keep electing and re-electing those in charge, anyway.  And those people keep increasing the City Managers salary, anyway.

This 'auditor' will have no power to overrule either Ruiz or the Council; all they would be able to do is 'view with alarm' or wring their hands and 'point out' similar stuff in the future.

A total waste of money and effort if the voters don't care.


"but lets not let our imaginations overrule the facts!"

And yet that is exactly what you did.

Obama did't impose economic sanctions, he applied sanctions aimed at specific individuals.

Banks don't deal with Venezuela  because they don't get paid. Multiple companies have pulled out because they are losing billions of dollars on overdue payments- Ford, GM, American Airlines, Air Canada, Colgate,..

Meanwhile Venezuelans are starving whilst Maduro's cronies loot the treasury and dine of Fois Gras, Caviar, - and buying mansions in Miami - until Obama put the sanctions on them.


It is fiction to say that Oahu taxes suppliment Maui Island. While those of us on Maui send our taxes, GET, TAT and income to Oahu. If accounted for correctly, it will reveal that Maui has been paying more than it gets back for years. But when we are talking about funding for State projects, that is OK because we are ONE State. But the rail is not a State project. It was never debated at a State level. It is a project that the City and County decided was good for a small segment of that island. And it should remain a project funded 100% by the City and County of Honolulu.


Biggest lesson many kids are learning, Rich Mole, is that

too many requests for accommodations leads to a backlash

How come Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, evangelical Christians don't ask for religious accommodation


More Fake News: The President doesn't deport illegal aliens, the Federal Courts do.


Hardly "quibbling", Ambrose99.  Ottawa Poog responded to an article written by the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, on the assumption that she was the head of an entirely different organization.  If a person doesn't even know even that much, it's reasonable to doubt that their opinions about either organization are rooted in fact.

As to your own comment, you might (or might not) be interested in knowing that neither the Commission nor the Tribunal fines people.  You also might want to know that the Ontario Human Rights Code does not have a provision against hate speech.


The 'reputation' of these two was revealed by someone with a grudge.

Their 'reputation' and their actual conduct in public view was created by the two of them, not the person with the grudge.

You can't excuse their stupidity and actual malice towards the two girls because they were also so stupid as to let it be known in public.


POLE SMORTUM is supposedly the omega delinquency on the major scale in which defiantly reflects upon the auto-synthetic domain of tarnished foolishness. The off-key regions of all fondling genres will vomit amongst themselves and limit the amount of fluids and creams that squeeze through the cracks of the almighty triplet germaphobic scope. You may poke fun at the idea but in all honesty it will compensate a grotesque rascal that is unable to decipher the volumes of shapes that hover behind you. what would jesus do?


The Feds should have prosecuted this thug for excessive force and sent him to prison.  This guy is a thug and finally was caught.  Videos dont lie and I dont think his appeal will unless the court is corrupt.


Gays can serve but not trans gendered folks...  that's the definition of discrimination and hypocrisy.


Thank you for saying so. You felt that way then because the media told you so. Canadians please become informed and independent voters before the next election.


Implicit acts of racism can be likened to a virus which infects the population regardless of race. A conversation about this virus will be the first step to vaccinating all our people against this horrendous disease. Refiloe makes a good point.


Pot didn't cause the shooting, I guess, if that's the story we're to believe. I have kids. My kids are old enough to know better than 1. to smoke the stuff and 2. to walk around with it. The aunt says he was a good kid who stayed out of trouble. If it was one of my kids I would be raising holy heck to keep them away from the stuff. Pot changes the way the user interacts with his/her environment. It was criminalized for a reason for 100 years. Too late now for the kid who got shot but I think that the reasoning is wrong. The kid out in Palmer got shot over pot, and this kid got shot over pot. Tell me that there's not a problem with it.


I suspect the G&M is not part of the group of news organizations that have access to the files.

Here's the link to the main site:
https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/paradise-papers-exposes-donald-trump-russia-links-and-piggy-banks-of-the-wealthiest-1-percent/

I hope the G&M gets access. The more organizations that have access, the better.


Oh come on now, he's a hypocritical lib.  Only his viewpoints matter.  It's the lib game plan that they are open minded to all points of view, up until those points of view are diametrically opposed to theirs.  Remember, these are the people who incite riots when they don't get their way.


You really think Rona had no say? At the time she was a minister... even if she wasnt what is to stop her form giving a friendly hint? How naive!


Reservations in Alaska...is such a bad idea in rural Alaska ...the Feds are not going to provide near as much funding, teachers, law enforcement or any of the other day to day support the state has....most rural village ....if left to their own devices would decline and crumble in a matter of months ....for the sake of the kids I hope this never happens where I live...


One part of the problem is the very concept of "State's Rights. It's convenient shorthand, but states don't have "Rights," only individuals (including acting voluntarily, in concert, in private capacities) do. Governments have *Powers*.

The whole point of having a Federal Constitution was to define and enumerate the limited powers of the Federal government vis-a-vis the reserved powers of the sovereign States. In the narrow area of criminal law, given the Constitution as drafted, insofar as a state's laws do not infringe on individual rights enshrined in the Constitution, the Feds really have no place getting involved. The limited situations where inter-state cooperation was needed for public safety let the camel's nose in under the tent, often via the Commerce Clause and we have been paying the price of a steadily expanding Executive branch and bloated, redundant corpus of Federal criminal statutes ever since, to the detriment of individual rights and the sovereignty of the States.


When i moved up there with my young family in '94, I was shocked at how many parents were stoners.  My kids were rarely allowed to go to anyone's house - everyone had to come to ours.  It seems there are still some child-raising challenged people up there if the teens are turning out like this.  What a sad statement about young people today.  I agree with capital punishment - some people's lives aren't worth saving.


" Impossible to comment further on your post  ..."

Good!


Gee, what a surprise! You couldn't see that coming from 10 miles away...so glad that Orange has now decided to be more reasonable...


Only in Ontario could smoke ever become a billions dollar boondoggle that loses money  and then will have to be sold off to private investors, who just coinicnetnetly are friends of the the Liberal Party of Ontario.


There are 17-18 K employees in the Executive Branch.   About 15K are union, including all the State's supervisors and confidentials, and even including the State's labor negotiators.   So, 2-3K exempt, partially-exempt and elected/appointed who are non-union.   Last I looked there were a couple hundred division directors or similar positions, a C step director is about $110K.   There are several hundred non-union AAGs in State Ranges 20 - 24 or so, $80 - $100K, and there are also lots of clerks and technicians who for one reason or another are non-union, mostly because of who they report to.

The quasi-governmentals have some union employees, e.g., AHFC, but most are non-union and most have salaries set by a board or commission.   Some in the quasis cut a really fat hog.   All are exempt from the State Pay Plan but some have adopted it.   The 24K employees number that gets bandied around includes the Legislature and the Judiciary as well as the  partially union University.


And we wonder why some boys are screwed up now? Boys are being feminized on all fronts in public and private. It's truly shameful behavior by parents.


You voted for Trump because Clinton was going to be in Wall Street's pocket. Trump wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and elimnate the Fiduciary Rule, letting Wall Street return to its pre-2008 ways.

You voted for Trump because of Clinton's emails. The Trump administration is running its own private email server.

You voted for Trump because you thought the Clinton Foundation was "pay for play". Trump has refused to wall off his businesses from his administration, and personally profits from payments from foreign governments.

You voted for Trump because of Clinton's role in Benghazi. Trump ordered the Yemen raid without adequate intel, and tweeted about "FAKE NEWS" whil Americans died as a result of his carelessness.

You voted for Trump because Clinton didn't care about the "little guy". Trump's cabinet is bull of billionaires, and he took away your health insurance so he could give them a multi-million-dollar tax break.


Our founding fathers made sure race would be in every national issue when they built the country on race based slavery and ethnic cleansing of the locals. We have yet to achieve equal rights for all Americans. Racial profiling is unconstitutional. It negates the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Those are facts. What do you have against facts? Ignoring the role of race in this country is a white privilege. The rest of us better pay attention or die young.


Another great article! Thank you Rick


The root cause may not be too hard to figure out as the Saudis are currently in an overt anti-Shi'ite mode, not only decimating Shi'ites in Yemen but in their own country and in Bahrain. Now they have picked on Qatar because that state was getting to uppity and actually dared speak to Iran. Now ISIS is inspired by Saudi Wahhabism and, like al Qaeda and other Sunni terrorist groups, is funded by Saudi Arabia.


Naw Trump is a breath of fresh air compared to the career politicans that seem to hang around!

"My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent."        Ulysses S. Grant


To be legally clear: Legality is binary.  Something is either legal or not.  What you meant to say is that it's only prosecutable if you're caught, and that's true.

Some of my sets have game cameras.
Just sayin'..........


Took the words out of my mouth!


The leafs have no business being top seven moving to six in the conference. 11 rookies good gawd, what happened?


"The Best and Brightest" I think not.  (yes I know where this comes from, but fits).


That's what democracy is TLT.


Say what you will, but I trust Kim Jong-un with nuclear weapons only slightly less than I trust Donald J. Trump with them. Both so-called leaders are cut from the same cloth; born rich, self entitled, narcissistic, and they're both batsh*t crazy.


Ideally, the treasonous tools who yelled 'lock her up' .................... will be locked up.


Tyler Nice is a man of the highest integrity and character in a teacher I have ever seen. The man is a leader in this community. The parent who made these comments should be ashamed.


Alceste, you keep focusing on the legal aspects, but there is more to social and political life than the law.

This incident reflects a political climate in which students have incredible power to victimise respected academics for peccadilloes, and no one will defend them because they  cower in terror at being the next victims themselves if they do.

Thank goodness in this case the academic was safely retired and his livelihood was not at stake, so he could just walk away.


The GET tax is an excellent way to fund rail construction. People just do not feel the extra tax. In fact a number of economists favor a similar value added tax, or VAT, to replace the income tax at the federal level.

And we really should be taxing vacation rentals. Everyone should pay their fair share.

Corruption IIRC has a bigger effect on nonpayment of taxes. Corruption is so bad in India that the govt recently failed to stop tax dodgers who use cash in all transactions to hide their income. The govt tried to recover taxes by issuing new currency. But corruption allowed the wealthy to game the system.

China just executes anyone that they find corrupt and Xi Jing Ping has followed the money to the top most levels of govt. I hope he is successful and succeeds in bringing the Chinese economy into the 21st Century. Looks like he may need another term in office if he cannot find anyone as experienced, sharp, and dedicated as he is.


I'm not sure I buy this argument of 'lazy' balance sheets.  A better term would be conservative.  Let's cherry pick a not so conservative balance sheet in Kinder Morgan, rated BBB-.  The stock has been a disaster, declining over 40% in 18 months.

The true results of all these acquisitions will not be know for 5 to 10 years, and history is not on the Canadian utilities side as higher interest rates, poor deal integration and culture issues, a more challenged regulatory environment and the future difficulty to access to the public market, could cause these deals to be not so rewarding to shareholders.


Wrong....Domestic violence assault are mandatory arrest by statue.
Solution......Hire more VPSO's for those villages in need of law enforcement


What do you mean?  The guy was born in the UK.  How is he not European?

Serious question


They should make them build a rickety bridge over the Grand Canyon and force you to cross it in an overweight tractor trailer.


Which credible policies were those?

Electoral reform?

The $10 billion deficit?

Openness and accountability?


"The Clinton Foundation was exhaustively investigated by Hillary Clinton was never found to have committed any wrongdoing" - An investigation by Hillary Clinton on her own family foundation convinces you? interesting, I'm not so easily persuaded. As for the others, a citation is more than you venting, give me some CREDIBLE links, such as those Pandora provided you and I'll read them...as opposed to your close minded policy.

I think one of the differences between Trump and Clinton supporters is that Trump supporters tend to acknowledge that he has his flaws, but saw him as the better of the two options, while Clinton supporters tend to deny any wrongdoing at all, which is what you seem to have demonstrated.


I am going to ask you the same question you pose to everyone else when you reply to their comment.  Where is your evidence?


Four years later Halsey muffed his last chance for a decisive victory when he allowed his main carrier battle force to be lured northward by Japan, leaving behind only a tiny force to protect our amphibious landing in the Philippines against an IJN battle group including battleships with EIGHTEEN INCH guns. The guts of American sailors on destroyer escorts (with five inch guns) and jeep carriers - - and the divine hand of Providence - - kept our forces ashore from being shredded.

Nimitz decided not to turn Halsey over to a general court martial (which he deserved) because Bull Halsey had such a good press on the home front and because he did not want to inject a discordant note on our way to VJ day.


I'd be OK with a mileage tax -- vehicle weight maybe, too, if we're talking about how much road wear any particular vehicle is responsible for. Of course, this means you'd have some kinda device in your car tracking your travels. I can see a lot people having issues with that.


The abuse of men by women is becoming a major problem.


Braddah, you good as caught already.  Turn yourself in.  I no like see your mugshot on Crimestoppers.


Congratulations for all the hard work, kids. Thank you and well done ASD for not letting these kids fall through the cracks; 3 of the 4 were certainly at risk. It takes perseverance from the kids and school district to make this happen.


Ya kinda sorta have to admit — Melania rocks like no Flotus since Jackie. As Walter would say, that's just the way it is.


Willing to bet an illegal camp is at the source of this fire.


All the more  interesting, all the more important in a self governed nation of inherited freedoms regifted  so often that those freedoms are now viewed by too many as a right of passage not a valued gift of inheritance. The opinion/comment section of a community newspaper is a window into the soul the community it serves. An opinion not expressed is wasted in silence, aids only the folks that choose not to hear.


Should that be ankle not alcohol monitoring bracelet?


So why isn't there a neutering program for natives?
If you can't parent them you shouldn't be pregnant.
Or is the the purpose of this article to say white folks are the cause of foster care???

I'm sure of the answer but I'd like to hear the left and the natives slobber on this one...

In Nova Scotia the FEDS are paying immigrants $10,000 PER MONTH to settle. My daughter is a real esate agent and all teh houses being built in Bedford West a new subdivision are being bought by immigrants ont hsi 10K a month program. They have no English, no jobs, BMWs and use the FED's money as their source of income.

Of course any logical person knows that these taxpayer dollars are turned into BMWs, Spec houses, etc.

I'd like to let all white taxpaying folks know that not only are you paying for natives, you now pay for immigrants to speculate on housing....

Then of course we can talk about the white folks being extinct in 20-30 years as these groups have 10 kids.....


Agreed, and if he had been suspended for the series an appeal would mean he would continue playing until the appeal was heard, which would, in effect, be the same thing.
Obviously Cuban born players aren't as sensitive, to these hurtful malicious gestures(sarcasm).
I remember growing up here in the 60's everyone got teased about their race. Haole boy, chink, flip, jap, moke whatever...Times have changed.


They actually started using photo targets with small children, women, and elderly people a few years back to help desensitize them, because anyone can be a threat.


Lukey bye, you're the only one holding Lukey back.


Seaweed for lunch?  When we were kids that's all we did was plot destruction. Trapdoors,pits,guilotteens,stonings,deadfalls,etc,etc. If and when we got too carried away our parents would paddle our asses and restrict us. It didn't make the front page of the newspaper, jeez peep's get a life!


One of the things that seasoned administrators do is to delegate. President Trump is a seasoned administrator so rather than to hands on a problem, he delegates it to someone that knows how to handle the problem and report back to the administrator.

Some of the complaints that I have read regarding President  Trump is that all the people that were appointed to positions in his administration were business billionaires. News flash folks, most business billionaires are seasoned administrators and "know" how to solve a problem and report back to the administrator. The problem is with the press is that they are allowed to inject their opinion into a story and the senior editors are too lazy to do their follow up research to find out if the reporter is screwing the pooch.

I like the policy that the President of the United States calls the family of a fallen hero to help them through the troubling time of the loss of a loved one.

Don't hold President Trump to the standards of heritage.


I found this comment one of the funnier ones
Exactly how big a market do you think Mexico is for our goods and services??


If you aren't a lawyer, you can't be a DA.  You can't be a lawyer without passing the Bar Exam.

There is no 'conspiracy'!

 It's just too expensive to run for an office no one really cares about that the incumbent usually wins.

Most attorneys make more money in private practice than either the DA's office or as a  Judge.  A lot of them start in the DA's office for the trial experience and then join law firms.

Most Judges are appointed by a Governor most often because of political favors.


Just make certain legit medical users aren't forced to pay recreational prices.


The argument "it costs all of us money" isn't particularly convincing. Why on earth are "we" paying for the easily foreseeable and well-known costs of other people's chosen addictions in the first place?

The simplest and best solution is to quit forcing insurance companies to offer things not based on an individual's risks.  Which is how insurance, by definition, is supposed to work.


Living beyond her means and stealing from children, great resume for a candidate looking for a slot in a legislative body.


Folks told you to get them through high school.


They are illegal aliens.
Immigration laws have orderly procedures to apply and become a US
citizen. The illegal alien parents of the DACA violated immigration
laws. According to some, the DACAs were not responsible and must jump
ahead of the other legal immigrants that followed the rules. Rep. Nancy
Pelosi idolizes them, which is the 800,000 as being far above and
better than US children. DACAs must be given special treatment. This
mind set encourages more illegal aliens. The DACAs can take their
education back to their homeland. They need them there.
The news media has hyped the illegal alien DACAs that have gone to
education after high school. This amnesty and citizenship bill is for
more than 3 million illegal aliens of all education levels. Just alone
with the DACAs from federal information, 160,000 have dropped out of high school and another 160,000 have a high school diploma or a GED and no plans to go to
college.


Trump won't stay long, all the golf courses are under water.  Trump has already taken more vacations days than Obama did in eight years.


Well I have to say: WHO CARES? If you make the decision to try or do ANY drugs, prescription or otherwise, you run the risk of injury or death. Unless it was forced upon you, YOU are responsible for your actions, which may or may not include death.

I really could not care less about people dying in the streets because of overdoses. It is Darwinism at work. I, personally, will NOT die that way... ever. Why? Simply because I don't do stupid things for a few minutes of an altered state.

Let the drugs flow... let the idiots die... and STOP using tax dollars to fix this "problem!?


Like what, flat taxes so the rich can prosper while we make up the difference. Selling off our airports - what else would he sell. He'd privatize and deregulate his own family if he could.

I would go out of my way to work for any party that would successfully oppose him, He would be bad for the average Canadian and even worse for the poor. Only the top would get anything from his promises. He's as bad as Trump.


Very sad news, but I'm also very glad they've been able to find his body and perhaps make a positive ID.  No matter how hard to know and lose the hope, it's so, so very much easier than never knowing.


I just don't believe that nature and the cosmos needed a guiding hand - happenstance and accident are far more likely the reason we are here (and that's without getting into the multiverse concept expounded in Quantum Theory) than some all powerful being that created a universe so vast we can't envision how truly big it is, yet he personally cares for me, to the extent that he observes my sex life and will cast me into a lake of fire for doing things wrong, according to him. It just makes no logical sense to me.

As for morals, you don't need religion to have morals - those too are concepts that any rational intelligence could mostly agree on.

You say I will meet god one day - well that's great, I'll ask him the same question Stephen Fry said he would ask, if confronted by god: "Bone cancer in children - what's that about?"

But hey, each to his own - I know many religious people who are truly wonderful human beings, apart from that weird quirk of believing in a magical sky fairy.


Manner of death will be declared a homicide, no matter whether we consider the guy a 'victim' or not.  Same as when cops gun people down - righteously, justifiably, or inexcusably because they are afraid (the recent Larimer County shooting of an unarmed young man) .. the deaths are considered caused by a homicide.


Hmmn is the County absolutely sure it can't afford or make use of the old forest jail work camp on Siuslaw River Road? Seems guys like this would be appropriate "guests"!


Seems like Hickenlooper is unable to establish his own identity.  He often changes his opinions and tries to attract support based on the stance of other, more popular candidates.  He is not doing enough to fix the problem. His proposal will continue driving increases in premiums , and will continue costing middle class America.


That's a little presumptuous, but even if it were true, many women use birth control pills for reasons other than preventing conceptions. I was one.
In any event, unwanted children cause all kinds of problems for society. We should be handing out birth control on the streets for free, along with condoms.


If that's the case, why do you participate?


harper one year raised income taxes on a few .5%. otherwise he cut more taxes across the board for net less taxes for everyone


just go 10-6!  no problem except difficult division and the most difficult projected schedule in the league...  maybe i'm an optimistic fan, but i think the Broncos can win 10 games, and that 10 wins will likely win the AFC west.  All AFC west teams have difficult schedules and obviously play each other twice.  national sports media is underestimating a solid roster that will likely win 2-3 games on big special teams plays (FG kicker, punter, returns, and forced turnovers) - again that is optimistic.  Another 3-4 wins by flat outmatching opponents, that leaves 3-5 games they need to win by a single possession or just flat outperform teams with top 10 QB's.  If an AFC west team like the Raiders wins 12+ games, probably not a playoff year for the Broncos


Mr. Palcic is absolutely right.  The GOP Convention should have been covered.  But the SA being the newsletter for the Democrat Party was AWOL.  Not surprising.  Their editorial says we need a two party system.  How rich...


They're not protesting the military.


The author seems to imply that Canadian immigration rates are too low compared with places like the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc., but doesn't bother mentioning the fact that mass immigration has been a catastrophe for Europe and the UK. He (and anyone else interested in the subject) would do well to read The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray. Personally, if we as a society feel that it is important to grow our population (a highly debatable claim, to say the least), I would prefer we create incentives within our own society to encourage productive citizens to have more children rather than bring in hundreds of thousands of people whose culture and values may be incompatible with life in a liberal democracy. As for refugees, we should be working harder to ensure as many of them as possible can seek refuge closer to their homes, rather than transplanting them to the other side of the world, into a society whose rules of conduct are alien to them.


Obamacare is a train wreck that cost Oregon taxpayers $300M with the epic fail of CoverOregon..

Expand Medicare and Medicaid instead.


funny how it is always after the fact.............


I was told that a bunch of dicks surf out there and are territorial.  They tell you to leave and not come back.


Your reasoning is, "people who are hated by some bigots shouldn't be allowed to serve"? Seriously?


The issue is self defense, not just carrying a firearm.  Reps should not compromise allowing non-residents with CCP to carry in DC. Sen. Rubio also has a bill that would make DC "shall issue" for residents and full reciprocity with 50 states.  Reps in Senate and House should make a full court press to pass these bills.  Screw the Dems if they object.


No one will be charged with American Flag burning.  But, see what happens if a group gets together and burn Mexican Flags on Cinco de Mayo.  I would bet tickets get issued and the left would be incensed.


Another racist Democratic pig calling everyone else racist. This woman epitomizes the Democratic party.


Idiot!!!


Comparing state tax cuts like that of Kansas with Federal tax cuts is comparing apples to oranges.


The city is is just side stepping and walking softly around the problem.  It's a people problem.  I'll still stay away.  What their doing won't keep the problems from going away.


... I always feel better about myself when I read the news ... ;)


Perhaps you should read your own article. She didn't tell her people to attack anyone. If we believe your link and it's contents, she sent people to Trump rallies in Duck costumes thinking TRUMP supporters would get violent.

She didn't direct her people to get violent. Keep digging lol


And the Conservatives have not yet taken the responsible, logical step to remove conservative partisanship in the Senate....


Perhaps those environmental terrorists read history, how well did compromise work out for the native Americans that trusted the government? History tells us that compromise by the governed, rarely has a positive outcome for the little guy.


I didn't like it any better under Clinton.  Your assumptions are fallacious.


Don't recall these fires under the last two Mayors.


Agree with the premise but the legal entanglements and processes needed to do this would in themselves take a year to figure out and create more confusion. We have the legislation and it seems fairly progressive for the Western world, can't folks just wait?


Of course everything looks greedy.


muckamuck

BOMBSHELL: New York Times Reports WMDs WERE Found in Iraq!

Read more: http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/bombshell-new-york-times-reports-wmds-found-iraq/#ixzz4Dcq0Hng2


je me souviens darling, you must check yourself. You come to this article to criticize the reporter? It must be easy for you to hide behind a computer screen and be so condescending.


Going with Krauthammer, huh? Ya know how Krauthammer characterized Trump's most recent statement? "What Trump did today was a moral disgrace.”

To quote you: "Krauthammer is spot on!"


many countries nefariously meddle into our affairs, but nobody since Reagan has gone out of it's way multitudes of times to make it seem as tho they warmly embrace collusion with the enemy. in just 3 months this toxic bunch have already made history in the worst ways, just as they've always dreamed, and they've only started their destruction.


Cardinal Dolan seems to be enjoying himself in the photo, yukking it up with the candidates.


The first time I saw Portlandia I figured that the idea of Portlandia's days were numbered.


Leave me out of your "we".  I have not voted for that clown for a lot of years.


Can you provide a link to the NOAA data that you allege contradicts the rather straightforward bits that I posted?

The IPCC never projected present GMST to be "5 degrees higher" than what is observed. The IPCC's SLR projections have routinely been characterized by many in the scientific community as being conservative, largely (if I remember correctly) due to ice sheet consideration.

https://static.skepticalscience.com/images/SLR_models_obs.gif


My previous post explained the two known possibilities for the source of truth. Which one do you believe, or do you have another? Without defining the source of truth you speak about, you cannot begin to discuss what you believe to be supported by truth.

We had two poor choices for president. I chose the least poor choice, as did many Christians and others. Despite his many flaws, his particular skill set may produce some good results for our country.

As Abe Lincoln commented and I agree, I do not ask God to be on my side, but to help me be on His. Presuming the creator of the universe needs to choose any human viewpoint on anything exposes a basic lack of understanding of God's nature.


"Better a public pension fund that supports us rather than a tech or oil company that ***** us."

Unfortunately, since they avoided saying specifically WHICH public pension fund(s), we can assume it isn't CPP because that would be amazing PR which they would trumpet to the highest peaks.  No, instead it is very likely public sector employee pensions which means that everyone (rich, poor and in between) will pay to enrich the lives of people on the higher end of the spectrum.  In my opinion, forcing people who make 25,000/year to pay more so that people who make 100,000/year can be even better off is "******* us".


I fear this bunch we have in Ottawa will get chewed up and spit out and we will be left wondering what happened.   We elected kids with stars in their eyes into a man's real world.
Probably not good for us.


The globe just hates when you post the truth.
They call that uncivil.  Notley and her partner
trudeadlio are one hit wonders.
   Canada needs a MAN as PM.  One day
the globe will be begging for no censoring
and people will remember.


The same tired voices who filed to explain market behaviour in the past, are at it again. Why should we pay any attention? Because they have influence with decision makers? Perish the thought!
Those who say 'money from China'.. I have one thought for you: all transactions are done in Canadian dollars. It's OUR money 100%,even if they are in foreigner's hands. Now ponder the implications.


Someone reps 690 in the squat five times at age 22 and no one reasonably thinks PEDs?


They give them a cheese sandwich.  The "We will feed every kid, every day" is what they've been doing, whether there was money to do it or not.  Maybe you need to talk to parents who haven't applied for the federal school lunch program and thus presumably have money to feed their kids, but choose to let the school give them a free cheese sandwich.  Maybe THEY need to cut spending.

The school isn't "cutting spending" - cafeterias are not funded by education dollars.  They are like a restaurant - the money that comes in from the federal government for the lunch program for the poor, and from parents from the not-so-poor, funds the materials and labor to produce lunches.  Far from cutting spending, they are borrowing from somewhere to cover the cost that parents refuse to pay.


What is happening today was predicted back in the 1970's. Eventually, your kids and theirs will see the I25 corridor from Fort Collins to Pueblo as congested with development as Colorado Boulevard today. Welcome to smart growth.


You think it has peaked, just wait for another bloody terrorist massacre, or public gang rape, the immigration tidal wave that is causing the hate is not slowing down.


It'd be hard for him to do stand-up again after having fallen-down so badly.


I'd be curious to see a poll on DP that asks if people are "happy/unhappy/Dont care never post" with the comment system change. I feel it would be overwhelming in one direction, but it would be nice to see how people feel about them.


Trudeau never stood on the fence; he said all during the election he would honour the deal Harper negotiated with the Saudis.

I don't like the deal but it's not hypocrisy.

And we are not now and never have been the powerful and unscrupulous nation the US has been in buying, killing and training dictators in the ME- not to mention how the US manipulates sides like backing Iraq against Iran in an open and hot war.  For years.


So Trump is right 100% of the time and Kerry/Obama wrong 100% of the time?

I'm not sure its possible to find 2 people who are right or wrong about everything.


trouble is looming


He's the best at spending like a rich kid with Momma's money except now he's blowing our tax dollars on anything but Canada.


The existing system was designed to accommodate two groups, but also to accommodate a society where there was students in abundance, and there was always more children than parents. The inherent duplication of effort that happens in any parallel system always has higher costs, but as long as the system keeps growing every year, no one cares.  Now, it's not, it's shrinking, and quite frankly, it's never going to stop shrinking.

Right now, there's a board here and a board there where Catholic schools are out soliciting for public students to pad up their totals. Fast forward 20 years and every Catholic board in the country will be in this situation, and most Catholic boards will be on the edge of closure.

All this ruling does is speed up the inevitable, or more accurately, stop the Catholic boards from engaging in a long, slow, costly rear guard action as they fade from public life.


Greenpeace can be a bit overzealous at times, but a "menace to the world"? I hardly think so. I happen to think that large corporations that destroy land and drain resources, while building their business models around poverty wages are the real menace to the world. Money, greed and exploitation seem to be the prevailing themes among most companies these days. I am actually happy we have organizations like Greenpeace to hold these monsters accountable.


Bill: Abortion/choice is one of those topics upon which you and I will likely never agree.  I understand your position and the depth of feeling which accompanies that view and respect your beliefs.  I disagree and also understand that, because of the nature of your belief, there's no way you can respect my position.  Long story short....there's literally no way we can have a rational conversation on this topic.  Gary Crum


[But Republicans, with their penchant for parading their patriotism, damned well ought to be leading the effort to uncover the full extent of Russian involvement in our last election and Vladimir Putin’s influence today. To do otherwise is not only hypocritical, but complicit.]
It is increasingly obvious that Republicans only claim to be patriotic as they continue to put party above country.  This morning's article about McConnell supporting appointing Garland as Director of the FBI is damning evidence as he wouldn't give Garland a hearing as an apolitical Supreme Court Justice which is even more important than as an apolitical Director of the FBI.


If a fighter jet flies low overhead, I'm sure looking up. And I bet Kiszla would too.


Because they are much too expensive. Neither Algoma nor CSL undertook any fleet renewal until the 25% duty on imported ships was repealed.


Western white liberal/conservative nations with a Christian heritage are better for women than any other system you can identify. Women and gays under Islam ? There are  feminist and LGBT who actually think that's preferable despite all the bloodshed proving them wrong.


Russo is exploring the road towards a Uniformed Basic Income, or UBI.  It might work if no one had to to work, but there will always be people who do.  I prefer UCO, or universal cooperative ownership - with multiple cooperatives and everyone having the right to join the cooperative of their choice, be trained, be an owner and do most of their purchasing through the cooperative.  It is the antidote to consumerism.

The ICE spate of arrests is what happens when an agency is allowed to give license to its darkest desires.  I suspect quotas are involved and low hanging fruit is allowed to be picked.

The Trump base is figuring out that it has been had.  The pro-life movement is trying to put on a good face, but they have to know what is happening.

I won't waste my time on a Burke interview.  Let him fade away.


Egad - cry me a  river  Based on their  pictures I would rather meet  Adam in a back alley then Wong.  Adam has done a lot for the community.   Alice Wong who???    Too hot in the kitchen?  Leave..


small kid playground talk "i no goin be your friend" has graduated to the internet


You should definetley have a gun with you for a last resort if your bear spray doesn't work you always need a backup plan for if thing get too crazy


I didn't know that 'cooks' are dangerous.....well, learn something every day....


I am rather curious why he doesn't acknowledge Chris Birch challenging Bob Lynn.  As I haven't been to Anchorage lately, I dunno exactly what's going on there.  I've known Chris for decades (*sarcasm on*) and have been curious as to why he's being such a meanie and trying to deny Lynn the distinction of being the oldest-ever member of the legislature. (*sarcasm off*)

I'm equally puzzled as to why he mentioned Coghill.  Just like Murky tried to do in 2004 when he was recruiting sycophants to pack the legislature with, I view the candidacy of (use the force) Luke Hopkins as a sockpuppet for Walker's gas line agenda.  It's not strictly that, as electing him will further strengthen the Guttenberg / Kawasaki union-backed mafia, just like Beltrami would do likewise on his level.


People need to live where they can afford to live. Start off renting, in a low rent small apartment.  Save money. Put money down on a old and small fixer upper house in 5 years. Fix that house up, upgrade, as they can save the money to do it. In ten years, roll that house equity into a 3 bedroom family house and tadah, the American Dream.

That is how it works if anyone wants to get ahead.

People don't get the wealthy lifestyle right out the gate. Takes work, takes saving, takes NEVER pulling equity out of a existing property just to buy "fun stuff" with.


I think the regressives intruding into decisions made in the bedroom AND in the doctor's office set the precedent.
People deserve privacy and the freedom to love and marry whomever they want.
Women deserve to be the decision makers (on their own!!!!) regarding family planning.
They do not deserve to be regarded as breeding machines and be forced to give birth every time they
become pregnant.


Mthembu holds the key to an ambush and a quick end of Zuma.  Yes, threaten dissenting MP's with disciplinary action and expulsion if they vote against Zuma in the no confidence debate, but in the background organise to vote for the motion.  And get Ramaphosa and Mantashe to address the ANC caucus just before the vote (Zuma will also address them ). Turn the no confidence debate into a me or him vote.  All the opposition members plus 20 (SACP) MP's and you only need 30 ANC MP's.  But I bet that once those MP's see which side of the bread is buttered and what that holds for them only the most deeply enmeshed in state capture will support Zuma.

QED


No, sorry I was unclear. What I meant to say is that EWEB made a business decision to sell off a couple of renewable resource assets. Maybe they were older wind technology, I don't know. But that action doesn't have to do with what you asserted that wind/solar projects will never make money. That I do not agree with. Cheers.


Lots of people have underestimated the depth of his intellect and then bore the brunt of his coherent strategies to get even with his 'enemies'.  It may turn out that he colluded with Russian intelligence specifically to get the presidency and that would indicate a coherent strategy.  What his personal agenda would be for the presidency is an altogether different question.  It's not to 'make america great again'.  That would be a secondary effect if it happened at all.


Anchorage people being forced to pay for troopers/VPSO in small towns is not the answer either, they can pay for their own police force like us.  The troopers should only provide free coverage in areas between towns and boroughs.  Same for roads and schools.  No more free rides, we need to share the pain equally.  The state can't afford so many tiny towns with 200 people.


Canaada's poorest city doesn't want any suggestions thanks. Wonky billion dollar spending for a single subway stop, 12 weeks' holidays and $37 hourly wages can't go on with too many people watching., let alone making suggestions  as Doug Ford did.

But we the people need alternative voices such as that of Mr. Ford because local mismanagement must end if we re to ever get good transit and to get off of the backs of the poor and let them live beyond the bonds of Toronto's soul-dstroying TCHC.

I hope the rules are clarified for Mr. Ford and others and that the outrgeous city mends its ways.


LOL, a MoCA test might be in order.


If you really need it explained to you, you'd never understand the answer.


For the same reason good people can't run for office--- $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Sad truth.


We are talking about the 21st century not history.
And funny how you ignored my question about banks requiring people to show their faces.


ditto re: customer service. Were I live here in Texas, on more than one occassion, I've walked into a Sears store looking for specific products; try finding an available sales representative is another matter. After approaching a sales clerk and asking about what I'm looking for, all I got was "pointing a finger" to a general area of the store. Well after going to the general area and not finding what I'm looking for, I decided to look else where in another store. The employees seem more interested in chit chatting with each other.


You got it Neko.  Trump more than any other candidate in memory bases his opinions on their own feelings of omniscience and not on clear facts.  This is what makes him and those that use such factoids pathological.


How do we know HAARP is not controlling Yereth Rosen's mind in order to convince us "it doesn't control minds"???????


Stoner neighbours? Wrong neighbourhood.


I'm so glad I don't have a child heading to an institution for higher learning these days.


"Silly me imagined that we'd made some progress now that we are in the 21st century"

The only thing "silly" is your refusal to accept the fact these people are LAW BREAKERS. That IS the point - everything else is pure baloney. Pretending illegals have the RIGHT to cross into the U.S. in any fashion and officials should welcome them with open arms is naive and foolish. The U.S. isn't Canada and has no desire to be so.


well...practice makes perfect


I know a woman who said she has EWTN on in her house, broadcasting all day into every room. I had a very uncharitable thought: Sounds like the Catholic version of waterboarding.


that's truly a gift you have that you can figure out how people vote based just on their looks. amazing!


Paul:  I have NEVER liked nor  supported the Unions.  UNIONS=INFLATION.  The Union leaders are laughing all the way to the Bank..........


Yeah, execute them, and...totalitarian ideologues posing as village idiots.


The short answer; "No, they will not".


The funding mechanism for rail self-destructed when it was extended and had no noticeable effect, as rail went way over budget again.  Rail advocates who say they are looking for a funding mechanism to get rail to Ala Moana Center apparently don't mind that they look ridiculous.


I have an image of them sitting down together after a Trump tweet-lashing and saying "Lord, help us"....