Rokos Basilisk, You might consider the First Law of Holes:  When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.  If Civil Beat deleted your comment, it would have been replaced by "< this comment did not meet civility standards >".  But yours says, "< user deleted >".  Everyone can see that you are the one who deleted your comment.  If you see something else, you are believing your own efforts to delude others.


Weekend articles are not proofread.


“Bob Mueller did a great job as FBI director. I don’t question his integrity at all, but he has to be careful not to create the impression of partiality.”
Looks like we now have a new definition of partiality: "going after guilty parties."


Yikes!

You should be careful admiting to that kind of behavior. Your surperior degree and all......


ethical liberals an oxymoron


YA !!! SHAME--- NOW--MOVE TO my village and cure all of our corporate ills also---we got seals too--don't brutally club em tho--only brutally shoot and harpoon em---yay !!!


I have bad news for you, the world changes.


Assuming that all homeless are mentally ill or that the mentally ill can't be helped is a great way to obsolve your community (and yourself) for failing to act. Fear makes it easier to marginalize entire populations. Adequate support of those with mental health issues is also something Eugene is sorely lacking. Perhaps we could try to do better on both issues. It isn't impossible. It isn't even all that hard, but we need to start now.  Just because solutions aren't pretty doesn't mean they aren't viable.


It is always helpful if you state facts, when raising such questions, whether you are a visible minority or not.  First of all, a Canadian citizen's child,  born outside of Canada, is not a Canadian Citizen unless their parents were themselves born in Canada or who were first immigrants. So they can't just move back. I was born in Canada.  If I have a child born outside of Canada, their children (my grandchildren!)  born outside of Canada are not citizens.
Second, after immigration to Canada, a person must stay in Canada for two years out of five, or they lose status.  To get citizenship, you now need to be in Canada for three years out of five.  There is no escaping the rules anymore, now that the eTA system is in place.
Finally, there is no evidence existing anywhere that the 3.0 million Canadians living outside of Canada are coming back - in fact, the numbers keep growing. There are a lot of facts that explain why - you should check them out before assuming the worst.


This is just a devastating story.  I hope Ms Zorawski's son is satisfied with himself.  He basically lured dirtbags to his house to murder his mom.  Choices have consequences.


Washington’s blueberry growers launched the www.superblues.net website for consumers to locate family friendly U-pick farms and farm stands statewide for farm fresh blueberries.


My reaction would have been, "Wow, there is some actual proof."


So much hatred from those trying to defend their indoctrination!  Don't know what ignited in me, but I'm so happy to not be a brainwashed moran.

Love to all.


typical lies and ignorance. see it before


That Big Book O' Quotes is really coming in handy!


Unless the trade deal is with China, then it's all somehow okay.  BTW when are the Liberals going to stop allowing oil purchases from Saudi, the most sexist country on earth?  Isn't that also a trade deal?


So you are still hanging on to the idea that it wasn't Clinton's personal email server use that was a problem?  It was the fault of hackers.

She has no point.  She should be in jail.


Wente barely touches the tip of the iceberg, the issues in the Netherlands started about 15 years ago with the assassination of Pim Fortuyn (an open homosexual who rejected the far right but was vocal in his concerns about political Islam and integration). Then there was Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who was assassinated in 2004 while riding his bike by Islamist terrorists who objected to his documentary "Submission" (written by the secular activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali). No, these issues are not new but the mainstream media has ignored the societal regression in western Europe over the last 15 years out of a misguided duty to political correctness and this has only made the situation worse. Political correctness has real impacts, just google the depressing story on Rotherham in the UK. Western Europe needs to have an honest discussion about integration if they want to stop the trend of societal regression because no-go zones are not a rightwing conspiracy theory, they are very real.


Because someone offers a different position on an issue than you---you tell them to take pills ?  How classless.


You're a tourist with money.   Many of the immigrants are either extremely poor, or fear for their lives in corrupt nations.   I don't see any equivalency at all between the two.
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I don't want to bring terrorist here anymore than you do.    Why in heaven's name would think otherwise?

Do you think I haven't considered how I'd feel if one of my children was killed by terrorist?

But REALITY tells me I should be worried about their driving on American highways far more than worrying about a terrorist bombing.
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You blanket fear of Muslims is exactly the result the terrorist were seeking.   They want you fearful, they want you angry, they want you to give them higher status.

I've got no fear at all of my national sovereignty being threatened by thugs brainwashed by religious hogwash.     *Nor do I trust Christians who turn quickly to violence to solve conflict then claim God is on their side.

Stay Calm, Carry On


Yeah, calling racists, misogynists and homophobes "deplorable" is entirely the wrong thing to do. We should embrace all those things and hate our neighbors.


You're just parroting a socialist economic paradigm that exists strictly to justify poor political leadership and weak fiscal discipline. Outside of a pronounced economic downturn there is no excuse for structural deficits.


A man may have been suspected of stealing a car years ago, should that suspicion be allowed as inference of his guilt he stole the car he is accused of today? No, he should be tried solely on the facts presented on the case today, not suspicions of what people think he may have did years ago, with no proof having been tried on the merits thereof, then today offered as if it being true today of an unrelated event due to time lapsed, it's just a suspicion!

 When does  suspicion cross over to become a fact to draw inference of guilt in an event years later, without even a trial of those suspicions and their truth established?

Just my thoughts as a layman.


An error.
He didn't mean to; just one day there they were on in the payroll!


Disfiguring uncovered women is just a part of Islam. It isn't a "terrorist" attack in that sense, because it's just part of being a regular Muslim.

These are the moderates we hear so much about.


Trump got more Electoral College Seats, but Clinton got 3 million more votes. That reflects an unhealthy state of democracy in the USA. Time for them to learn from France about voting for Presidents.


This is not the time to enforce the law; this is the time to change the law so that the system can cope with the volume.

Doctors must be permitted to extra  bill at market rates after satisfying a minimum number of medicare billable  hours--- say 25 hours per week over 45 weeks per year.

And hospitals must meet a number of medicare hours per year too, determined by the budget allocation they get from the government.  Thereafter, they can charge doctors for services... such as OR use... this will enable them to create business plans to expand services based on anticipated extra billings.  The additional expansion will  come from private fees and add to the government funded hospital services.


Screw the phantoms of Ontario's PC's.


Okay. I respectfully disagree.


Actually, there is a quite adequate supply of good old "MARKIN" trolls!


I'm not sure what conditions must be met to elevate the top tax level to 92% that experts and accountants are arguing with their worst case scenario, but paying taxes between 70% to over 90% on anything is outright robbery.

Your company essentially becomes the host for this parasitic government that drains you dry. On top of the excessive taxation the Liberals still leave the burden of you having to pay the annual accountant and lawyer fees to keep the company living for them if you have anything left after they get done with you. The only thing that can be done is leave the money sit idle until a far better Conservative government gets elected.

Why motivate yourself trying to get ahead in Canada when you know the Liberals suffocate your business until there's nothing left?


Rmiller101,
lol
Just like the odds of Trump winning the presidency were  80% against the man.
By 5pm Eastern ,The British gambling Ladbrokes will say, Fake News!


I love how the "Valley" comes down for a weekend and doesn't catch their limit then it has to be the poor fool just trying to make a living fault. Guess they will all starve to death..... the dip net fishery is they worst case of gluttony I have ever witnessed.


This is an extremely difficult scenario for the US and coalition forces to deal with. It is the equivalent of a mass-scale hostage situation. The ISIS forces need to be forced out without killing thousands of civilians but how? You need well-trained ground forces to methodically go through. Air strikes can never be "surgical" in Mosul with ISIS mixing themselves together with civilians. Tragically, civilian casualties will happen no matter what. This needs to be a primarily Iraqi army operation to avoid political blow-back for the West.


Not in Canada, that I'm aware.

The union has a collective agreement until the end of 2019, I believe.  Its members cannot just start bargaining with the City, nor can city managers join with them to bargain with the city.  That's against the law.


Has Tuckerman Babcock ever held a real job?


I guess you don't mind other human beings not having any rights...Cuba is a destroyed country...I would assume it is one of the few places in the world where you can feel important...


Sounds like Layla is either anti-science or is unable to make an effective counter argument.


My first, ever, comment in the Dispatch. This looks so awesome! Just had to say it.


Another criminal off the streets.....for now.


That is exactly my point.  He ministered to Mary Magdalene, a prostitute.  And, if He's in the basket of deplorables as you claim, he's no doubt ministering to the prostitutes contained therein (e.g. you and Richard Spencer).  Less attractive prostitutes no doubt, but prostitutes nonetheless.  A true testament to His infinite grace and unending love.  Amen.


This is all rather interesting.  In my opinion, Incentives may entice those on the who are on the cusp to purchase into the aforementioned projects.  However, personally I don't find value in using these incentive(s) to purchase a "home" (not to be confused with investment).   Per the, "...offers to pay for the sale commission expense of a homeowner who sells their home and buys a Ward Village condo. Pisetsky said there are some limits on the commission amount in case the condo buyer sells a home worth far more than the condo they purchase."....is this the full sales commission?  Keep it simple...I remember back in the mid-70's we (the Buyer) were offered a $5,000 credit that you could book against your taxes owed or use it to offset the sales price.  Perhaps price reduction is something developers should consider and sell it as part being part of the "Buy American and / or new "Tax Break" policy to minimize and backlash from earlier buyers. Just saying...


Totally agree !


Not likely.  You can hear an echo of all the promises made by the oil industry before the Exxon Valdez incident.  Promises can be very hollow, as many who lived here found out.


Audit the foundations
It will tell all you need to know


A mistake for the Republican Party.  At least require registration with the Party six months before the Primary.


Too soon, too young.  2016 has been dreadful in terms of so many things, including the passing of greats! RIP.


Clinton was wrong.  The people who voted for Trump were not "deplorables" it is the people he appointed who are.

One promise he did make was to get rid of lobbyists.  Tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, deregulation, more money for the military/industrial complex, reduced spending on social programs, charter schools, increased border security, regressive social legislation, combined with arch conservative supreme court appointments will make much of the current lobbying agenda redundant.


Cut the dementia BS. My mother died of it and your intended insult streak has long worn out.
Anyone who disagrees with you gets labeled demented, which is 99% of the forum.


I think porn has been with us from, at least, the beginnings of recorded history.  I'm not sure, but I'd guess there may be cave drawings of pornographic acts.  Here's a link to an interesting article regarding pornography "://books.google.com/books?id=wfNBQP2UaMEC&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=what+leads+to+enjoying+pornography&source=bl&ots=sX9IjyWlb4&sig=UqeWUh4_of3maIhtSvzPHAdmxLU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAt4j_nZHXAhXowFQKHUf4BqEQ6AEIRzAF#v=onepage&q=what leads to enjoying pornography&f=false"  As the article notes, pornography demeans and objectifies women....they're "tools" for men's enjoyment...feeding the ego and the libido.

From all my interation with Christian Right-wingers, they tend to be sexist and misogynistic....(note those qualifiers, I'm sure there are some CR individuals who treat women very well).  (cont)


Right on the money this time John! Agreed with many of your picks, especially Mansbridge, Wesley, Trudeau (so sad!), O'Leary, Can Tire's Gary. Won't make much difference however; too many big egos involved . . .


Math correction re. UCP vote:

Kenney    35,623
Jean          18,336
Schweitzer 4,273
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TOTAL of 58,232 votes cast out of possible 100,000 members

58,232 or even 100,000 UCP members out of 2.5 million voter pool doesn't guarantee a majority vote in the next election for the UCP. The reality is 42% of the members didn't cast ballots in the UCP election, some former PC MLA's won't support Kenney, and progressives in the party may have second thoughts about the amalgamation and go elsewhere.


Stop pretending the protests are about the flag or the military or whatever you feel more comfortable steaming about.
Start talking about how to address the continuing problems of institutionalized bigotry.


Scrutinize it to see if there are any more "donations" to the Trudeau foundation... What a joke this Liberal government is turning into.

When people give you money, they arent doing you a favour - they are expecting a favour.


You have to keep track of the conjunctives in legal statutes.

ORS 163.684 has TWO different ways to get you to jail.

The first way is (a)(A)

(1)A person commits the crime of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree if the person:
(a)(A) Knowingly develops, duplicates, publishes, prints, disseminates, exchanges, displays, finances, attempts to finance or sells a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child or knowingly possesses, accesses or views such a visual recording with the intent to develop, duplicate, publish, print, disseminate, exchange, display or sell it;

OR  THE OTHER POSSIBILITY:

(B) Knowingly brings into this state, or causes to be brought or sent into this state, for sale or distribution, a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child;

AND(b)
Knows or is aware of and consciously disregards the fact that creation of the visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involved child abuse.

EITHER way sends you to jail


They can give a drug addict  20 days or 20years the chance of them achiving long term soberity and actually changing they're life style is very unlikely although not impossible if they don't get drug or alcohol treatment


You get that this parable was not a historical event, right?


"dusty old cow town."  Great writing Kiz, for the 1st time I remember reading that line was 30 years ago.  Woody coined it I think.  You should ask a millennial what they think of Denver today.


I fought through Fallujah..I worked with and ran with real heroes.  1stSgt Brad Kasal.  Capt Brian Chontosh.  You don't know what heroism demands.   Soft and trendy criteria.

Your first comment was " What you know about Turing isn't worth knowing"....and that's certainly true.


The columnist writes about Washington DC: "So what happens to the self-styled boardroom Lotharios who are still at the height of their professional powers? Well, look no further than the Oval Office, where a chief executive who has been caught on tape admitting that he used his position as a television celebrity to assault women can apparently just ignore a string of similar accusations because he's the dude who got himself elected to the presidency."

Wow, what a BIZARRELY PARTISAN choice of selection for harassment in the White House!

Hello, columnist, Mr. Trump's talking about his actions occurred on a bus in Hollywood many years before he ran for office.

Compare that to the historical fact that Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy both coerced female underlings to perform sex acts IN the White House WHILE working there!

Drop your partisanship, columnist, and pick the two shoes (as in heels) that really best fit your argument.


How can anyone disagree?  It would be like saying oxygen is bad for humans.


So nothing happened to the credits they earned right? Why can they not transfer those credits to another university and act as a transfer student?

If they chose a school that was not accredited and the credits do not transfer seems to me they are at fault as well for picking such a bad school.

I fail to see how the tax payer is on the hook for this.


The biggest threat to Canadian's sovereignty and our security is the deep ties of the Asia Pacific Foundation and how it is embedded directly with MPs.


" Alaska is extremely financially and educationally generous to the Native population."  Really?  I mean really?  Explain to the rest of us uninformed readers why a handful of rural Native villages sued the Alaska Legislature for discriminating against them over underfunding their education formula funding which is protected under the state's constitution.  The villages that sued the Legislature won their lawsuit.  And let's not forget that even though rural Alaska is essentially responsible for providing the rest of the state with oil/PFDs, rural Alaska is still way behind in connecting to basic Internet services and computers.  Now tell us again, Tesa Ann, how generous Alaska is when it comes to equally funding rural Alaska schools, or providing sewer and water systems that urban Alaska appears to enjoy.


One of the better ways to keep America safe is to keep Trump out of the White House.  Yeah baby.


No, its not a "blow" to President Trump.  As usual, the Fake News that predicted an easy  election win for Clinton is wrong.  This is a huge win for Trump and his agenda of change.

Obama took over 20 months to get Obamacare done.  This is long, complex process.  And unlike Obama, Trump has to fight past the establishment elites, the obstructionist Democrats, the swamp and the Fake News who are all trying desperately to stop his agenda.

This is a game of high stakes chess. And Trump is playing 8D chess while his opponents are playing checkers and the Fake News is still looking for the checkerboard.


The lady knows of what she speaks. If only the U.S. was led by such a rational, responsible leader. So Putin sees his fondest wish come true: a split between Europe and the United States, and who'd have thunk it, courtesy of the American President...
As Trump's northern fans cheer him on from a safe distance, from a land of relative peace and national health care, like frat-boys cheering on their favourite hockey goon from the safety of their rec room.


If you're not anti-fascism you're not a good and decent American human being.


(cont.)  Just as YOU have the right to criticize me and other  people I have the right to say:  I Do not like Young and Old H*^^@!^.


Why do we NOT have a few smaller and faster passenger-only ferries??  Get us off this DOT treadmill of dullards and dimwits.


Like Glen Clark hijacking the BC Knowledge Network to try and convince us that the Fast Ferries were a good idea. His "We Did It" line was unintentionally funny.


"Why should I be paying a subscription for that malicious non-sense"

The Globe has become a negative paper that has no useful place in the lives of normal, sensible, positive Canadians.

The Globe is barking like a deranged junkyard dog because the political class it serves is afraid, with the cracks and decay showing in Canada's derelict English colonial institutions, piled like wrecks awaiting the crusher. Because the owners of the ailing Globe and the political class are failure-oriented, they fear change and are unable to embrace it positively.

And to answer your question, you don't have to pay for a subscription unless you want the so-called "unlimited" content. Just set your browser to accept cookies only until it closes, and use a free browser add-on such as BetterPrivacy to delete the large and invasive LSO super-cookies sites such as this like to hide on your computer (unless you delete them yourself with a script).


Why do you think he's increased immigration?


But South Africans have already re-invented Socialism, using the Gupta model.


Regardless of, or, rather because of, when we see any person however personally/ genetically determined, we can in truth say, 'there by the grace of God go i', for it is the openness of genetic accommodation that accounts in making every person unique and special!


CONGRATULATIONS  CRESWELL,  on voting DOWN the POT HEADS.  I said this before the election that if the Creswell voters kept the POT HEADS out of town that I would move there.   The voters have spoken and plans are in the works for me to  move there.  I am SICK of POT HEAD EUGENE.

What do YOU Mike Arnold, NOT Understand about the fact that  the FINE Folks of CRESWELL, do NOT want YOU or YOUR FELON  business in our town????

And yet another reason that I think shot down OneGrow is, Why would ANYBODY of Sane Mind want a business in their WONDERFUL  Town that is run by FELONS and a MURDERER......It  appears Mr. Arnold is NOT so smart after all.

WAY TO GO CRESWELL,   I am PROUD of you FOLKS....................


The majority of states chose Trump.  That is our government, a Constitutional Republic.  To the best of my knowledge the majority of the free world does not choose their President, Prime Minister, etc.... by popular vote.  Those leaders are chosen by the party that controls their legislature or parliament.

The President is the head of our 50 United States (not regions) and responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by the congressional representatives and senators from each of those 50 states.

It's been a couple weeks since I looked at the numbers, but at the end of November, if you take away California, Trump wins the popular vote.  Mr. Hansen has a point that with a popular vote the west coast (and northeast) would decide elections. In essence the other states wouldn't need to vote because they know what is best for all.  That is mob rule.


I like that she tells it the way it is in a straight forward way and that she stands up for herself, the President, the administration and what is best for the middle class, which is the majority of the country.


I know what her problem was. I have 21 cats, kind of an informal rescue service. More keep showing up. I leave my idiot magnet on. She should turn hers off when she leaves the house.


"A federal grand jury has approved the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and members of the Trump presidential campaign, with indictments to be announced as early as Monday, according to multiple news agencies.

The charges being filed was reported first by CNN, which said anyone charged will be taken into custody Monday. However, the charges have been sealed by a federal judge. So whoever is charged and whether the charges are criminal remains unclear."  from FoxNews

Actually, Bill, I don't think anyone has ever called Mr. Mueller a "crooked prosecutor"....By all accounts he's one of the most honorable men in government. Gary Crum


Much of London follows the moon cult so no surprise in those numbers!


The problems with Cruz are that he is pathologically cruel, that the people who work with him (even in his own Party) detest him, and that he puts his extremist ideology above everything else, including his duty to serve his country. Of all the candidates, he would be the worst for the country, and I am including Trump, who would be a disaster.


So many excuses, so little time and society is adversely affected, one is dead, the other one will answer for it and all the families and friends of the two strangers will forever be changed as humans. Sorry there in no excuse for this event.


Outsider, has pay risen over the years?
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_211.60.asp

This gives salaries (in current dollars) since the late 1960s (roughly once per decade plus the past few years).

54,006	48,474	56,191	57,856	58,948	58,302	58,758

The change in salary can't possibly be the reason for the shortfall, can it? Maybe more people being paid but fewer interacting with students could do it. Personnel costs others than salary could do it (health insurance, retirement, PERS charges). But salary doesn't seem to be the driver.


The problem with your argument is that much of the country's population and economic growth is occurring in the very urban regions where housing and rent inflation is the most problematic.  Eventually, this will choke off innovation and stifle the possibility of real economic growth.


In Calgary, property taxes almost doubled in the last four years. Plus, the province levied a carbon tax. Everything is increasing but wages: labour oversupply keeps them low. Measured unemployment hit 10% (actual over 20%). This Committee was made up of pro-Olympic supporters - of course they were going to find it feasible. With an election in the fall, of course they were going to say more study needed. Municipal councillors are getting contacted daily to say no to this insanity - they are too scared to hold a public vote. Hope the whole city council is replaced with regular folks who stop the crazy spending.


This is what rankles the most. Many canadians, professionals work in jobs on behalf of canada and at the high level are underpaid compared to private industry counterparts. (Note: federal bureauocrats are generally overpaid at the low to mid skill/position level (aka paper  pushers) but severly underpaid at the top professional level,which is why so many bail to private industry taking their know-how with them....).  So why should this dude get a better salary? Hoe about freeze wages of all feds at low/mid end and raise them at top and tie it to performance at top?!


Wow, great editorial!!   Is the G&M experiencing a split personality crisis?


Thanks Miriam.
Yes there those of us white women who try to be aware and write of other cultures, other races,other genders.
Sometimes it works,sometimes not.
I think it requires responsibility and true and strong insight of your own perspectives
That being said-I would talk to your prof about the syllabus.It needs to be way more inclusive like maybe belle hooks - Fath Ringold - John Witmer - Wesley Lowry
One needs to see writing from both sides other and same.
When I write if my own culture, I inherently want to self censure
and am always afraid of spilling the bones. Philip Roth and Chaim Potok had similar issues to my own.
Also many works are out of print for various reasons. Gwendolyn Brooks had a sonnet cycle about African American WWI soldiers coming home.
It's easier for me to do research on other groups not my own - if I do mine I get caught in cultural shoulds and shouldn'ts.
Good luck on your own research and work. Dig deep and hard.


Oh ya folks, don't forget what a pay raise like this does for their retirement pay when that comes around in a few years. The pay of "X" years for computation of retirement pay. You wonder why the city is in the crapper & why credit ratings for governments is being downgraded!! Take a hard look. Anchorage needs a leadership that has no political agenda & is in the position to better your city rather then their pocket books. Greedy individuals


Politics, like religion, bring out the worst in people sometimes.


Is he implying that Clinton and Obama are Jews ? They are both globalists.


I'm all for safety and security, but this would be absolute chaos for the reasons stated in the article.  Nearly every seat on aircraft flying international routes, US carriers and foreign, are wired with USB ports and electrical plug ins.  They cater to both the business and leisure traveler who has a laptop, tablet, DVD player or some other non phone electronic device.  Also a lot of travelers are carry on only who don't check bags in order to make tight international connections and speed through customs and immigration.  Forcing passengers to check their luggage with laptops, tablets etc., will add to the already time consuming, stressful airport experience.  How about a compromise......remove your laptop battery and check it and use the in seat power access to use you computer?  Problem solved right?  No battery in cabin but passenger can still use laptop.  Wait, that solution is too easy.  It'll never work.


You mean the Germans are making bank on the EU and are enjoying their place of power within the structure. Germany always did believe it should be the center of European command and control and the EU allows it that prestige.

But the German people may get tired of paying high taxes to bail out countries like Greece. That's coming, but it will take time for the German people to get rid of the elites who are enjoying the power and prestige of EU leadership.


hio


There is no question that the internet has become a necessity for daily living in such areas as web surfing, banking, information gathering, payments etc. However these activities require only a simple broadband link at much lower speeds. The speeds now mandated by the CRTC are only required for such bandwidth intensive activities as video streaming/heavy downloading. To call these types of activities a necessity is an abuse of the word itself. What the CRTC has really done is to declare Netflix to be a basic right of all Canadians rather than discretionary entertainment while imposing a new "tax" on the suppliers that you can be sure will be passed on to the consumers.


SA staff and interns may get ostracized by the bruddahs. :)


ACH:  I know what you mean.  Kind of like the Democrats labeling everyone who disagreed with them as "the deplorables", don't you think?


Agree.  No more income for the bloated nanny state.  It will only be spent on things like $550 ,000 salaries for AGDC execs working on fantasy projects to Nowhere.


What kind of tips do you make as a bellman at the Outrigger and how much do you have to report to the IRS?


Do crackheads normally own cars nice enough that other people will pay to ride in them?  They'd have to be very patient crackheads to drive long enough sober to get enough money for a fix.


I'm sure this guy isn't the only one suffering such paranoid delusions. Seems like a kind of mass hysteria has been brewing on the right, and this terrorist occupation is how it's manifesting. I'd laugh, but it's just pathetic at this point.


3 cities out of almost 20,000 cities in the U.S.?
Chin, stop wasting the tax payer's money!


"According to National Farm Worker Ministry most farmworkers lack workers' compensation, health insurance and disability coverage, the right to overtime pay and the right to form unions and collective bargaining. Furthermore, they are often paid low wages and exposed to dangerous pesticides."

How many of the people who want to deport millions of  Latin Americans, both documented and undocumented, would be the first to complain about the higher grocery prices after corporate farms would no longer get to exploit their labor?


Just out:  Zero Hedge

Tony Podesta Resigns As Head Of Podesta Group Amid Mueller Probe

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by Tyler Durden
Oct 30, 2017 1:22 PM

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As the left and the media ramp up their Manafort-ian mania against Trump, it appears the trail of destruction from special counsel Mueller's probe has spread to Democratic power-lobbyist Tony Podesta.

As we explained in Aug 2016, Paul Manafort - now under indictment on 12 charges - and his deputy Rick gates previously worked with the Podesta Group, run by Tony Podesta, the brother of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta."

Told ya so.
Hillary is toast...they will sacrifice everybody like they did Seth Rich to protect this witch.


Riddle me this.  What does a woman live on when she has to file for support money from an illegal immigrant.  Answer:  OUR tax dollars.  Ask his ex-wife about that.
WHY does Andres use another alias of Andres R Alves Cramer to this very day?
DO you think that if he excuses his own actions, he'd be above hiring others who are also undocumented?
2001Charged for driving without insurance, bench warrant involved.  No expense to taxpayers, right?
Same Year Charged FRAUD USE VEH PLATES,EMBL,DECL - So dodging everyday vehicle TAXES?  Submitted to collection agency in 2008.  STOPPER on license.  SINCE 2008!!
2007 charged with driving without valid drivers lic
2014 Criminal contempt of court disobey or resist court mandate- Lengthy court appearances - bail bond involved.  Free, right?
2016 criminal citation involving bench warrant -  Also free for taxpayers?
And YES, liens from Hawaii's State taxation department.  So guess what?
Man is a walking illegal liability that shouldn't BE.


Not such a crazy idea.   But at my age, I don't like the idea of throwing away 4 years on a empty chair.


the lame duck Obama is  having his last quack and making the last few steps of his lame duck walk
breathing his last anti Israel venom
instead of acting like a true lame duck
it's lame duck hunting season


Extreme jealousy duly noted.


Cops do not want to hurt people and cops do not want to be hurt.


It is a shame to see people today constantly talking about entitlements.  Clearly another appeal to the welfare state.


Keep in mind many accounts will waive fees if a minimum balance is maintained. In many cases the fees waived would exceed what would be earned in savings account paying up to 2% interest.

Example, $5,000 @ 2% annual interest is a little over $100/year, so if fees waived are $8.50/month or more you are further ahead to maintain the minimum balance needed to waive the fees vs keeping the money in a savings account earning very little interest.


Allahu Akbar! Why would people cry of the ousted Sheriffs? There's no security risks at the Honolulu Intern'l Airport as we welcome ALL migrants, ISIS, Taliban, MS13, "illegal" migrants, etc.. Hawaii is the State of Aloha, Hawaii does not ask so don't tell! Hawaii does you no harm, Don't harm Hawaii. Allahu Akbar!
Liberal Democrats are more afraid of Securitas than terrorists! Allah says Mahalo! Allahu Akbar


how about we give every set of parents $11,400 per child to allow them to determine where they want to send their kids to school. The public system or the Catholic system or any private system they want as long as it meets provincial standards.

we'll see then whether the real issue is about how archaic the whole thing is or how protected the whole thing has been...


Dude:  That is the badge that all Lane County Sheriff Deputies wear.    And the Sheriff's Department runs the County Jail.   So that is why it is on all inmate photos.


A lie is not true no matter how many times it's repeated. Fetuses aren't babies.


Where did I say anything about polls? Joe seems to think that letters to the editor are a scientific poll.

If you look at my posts on this subject you will find I've consistently said that Congress needs to resolve the matter of the Dreamers and that the resolution should not punish them for what their parents did, and should come up with a fair way for them to get permanent residency.


Let's see; a corrupt mayor's office with a lying mayor; corruption at the highest level in the police department; corruption in the prosecutors office; corruption in the "Ethics Commission"; a City Council and a State's legislature unable to create jobs or reduce crime; a corrupt rail system, graffiti elevated to an acceptable form of art; "Metro" designs of condos and buildings the "new idea"; a 28% increase in homelessness.  CONGRATULATIONS democrats!!  In one generation you have squandered the Aloha of Hawaii and turned us into Chicago on an island.  What's next; a race war?


President Donald Trump is a great American and doing a great job. Sheriff Joe did his job and truly deserves the pardon. The snowflakes just took another hit. Will their losing ever stop? The 63 million that support President Trump got it right.


Wait, I'm confused. I thought we determined with the Film tax credit program that these type of incentives were a bad thing.


Floyd,
You should be writing more, or perhaps you are, and I haven't seen it.  I have taught creative writing........So share your talent, and keep going forward.  You write well!
Patricia


Nobody has "apprehended" these kids.
That website talks about unaccompanied minors entering the country illegally.
These Burundi teens are here legally. What part of "legal" don't you understand?
Hottubjoe was wondering what happens in the event teens here legally claim asylum.


Good news for sask


Potentially great news for Alaska! Naysayers a dime a dozen. Considerable work needs to be done but this looks promising. Walkers plan to incentivize Independants might payoff bigtime.


And what say you about the anti-White-male bigots who voted for Hillary because she is a woman, Obama because he is Black and homosexual "marriage-" evolved.

The hypocrisy is astounding.


The other factor here at play is that most of the American talent pool has been a part of the US National Team Development program for teenagers, or played in the World Juniors, so they are well known to the USA Hockey brass.  Canada does not have a standing national team development program for 16, 17 and 18 year olds, as they have the far larger CHL/Major junior programs to do that level of development for them, so it's not surprising that their management needs the extra tourneys in Europe to evaluate talent that the USA might not need....


Chuck, your post is ideological, tribal ranting demonstrating that you are incurious about those who you perceive as different than you.


Thanks for the community volunteering!  We live in the neighborhood and our boys play at this park often!


The problem isn't with praying...but there is a separation of church and state for a reason. We need to respect that and this article shows clearly why.


Preacher, maybe heal thyself by following your own advice.


So we're down to talking symantics, right?

If your private sector job is worth a lick, my guess is your 'merit' increase far exceeds the public sectors 'cola+merit' increase.

What it's called at the end of the day is sorta irrelevant.

Or did I miss something?


Trump is a paper tiger. All bluster and threats. No action.
If he actually punishes Alaska maybe our spineless senator, Ohio Dan, will finally stand up for us and withhold his support for other legislation Trump wants passed. That's how it works.


So WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING?  Without a proposal such posts are meaningless.


Have you seen the statistics for concussions sustained in soccer and hockey in comparison to football ?

While the number ranks higher in football the number of concussions sustained in soccer & hockey aren’t drastically off.


Why stop at older "deniers", Bill?


Rod,when my mother-in-law went blind, CBC Radio was her link to the world. She even heard stories that involved her son and son-in-law.

CBC is responsible in part for her keeping up with current events.

So, thanks for supporting public broadcasting.


This is great if you are 75 years old and set your thermostat at 24C in the winter and 20C in the summer or the finance companies that will make plenty of interest off this.  But if you are young or less luxurious with your thermal comforts, you lose.


Here's your own prediction, two days ago, for today's March:-
"Predictions? 30K?"


All of those companies employ Canadians


Stories get moved around. You also have to look in the right place. This is the second story under nation and world news.

Quit being such a crybaby.


You can' rent a nice well maintained apartment in Toronto for under $1500.


Are you guys organized, or what? Suddenly today there is post after post about influence in Canada's elections. Do you get an email in the morning with your talking points? Try not to look so coordinated.


They probably were not allowed to bring one in.


You're commenting on the wrong article, perhaps?


These libs are really taking Holy Father Francis' appeals to mercy seriously.  NOT!  :-)


"Truth" uncovered by the NYT is "good"... "Truth" uncovered by Wikileaks is "Bad" - simply hypocritically comical!!!


Lazy urban Democrats will stay home again,  giving  rural and suburban Republicans little competition.  Those urban Democrats keep complaining its all unfair but then do nothing.


. I don't want to see Canadian scientists muzzled again.
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that was a tempest in a tea cup
merely Liberals at the bottom of the barrel groveling for Anti Harper scraps


The operative phrase throughout this thread is that the thieves "just don't care". They don't care if they are identified or caught; they don't care about the people whose possessions they steal, or the hardships they inflect on others. Burning vehicles on public lands is a felony (maybe that is why they chose a church parking lot to torch one of their prizes), but jail time seems of no concern. Here in Butte, they are blatant and very quick; that said, I believe homeowners and the public at large need to be vigilant in watching for suspicious activity and prepared to defend their family and property, within the bounds of the law; which brings us full circle. If someone "who doesn't care" has forced their way in and are now standing in your home and you are sitting there, Taser in one hand and shotgun in the other, what may you do, what can you do, what will you do, if you care? I would hope you have prepared yourself for this moment. I have; first, dial 911 and turn on "handsfree".


If Alaska went to Gary Johnson, you can bet the candidates would not ignore her next time around.  I don't think either of the establishment, insider, candidates can even imagine what our lives are like, anywhere in the country outside the small bubbles of privilege they live in.  I would so love to see a higher vote total for smaller, more local government.  More freedom, less slavery.


A friend's daughter was on that Ukraine training mission for 3 months. They just cut the grass at the base and drove visiting dignitaries around. To train them effectively we would need to first be trained on their equipment and know their language.

Back in the 50s and 60s we could either stay out of other people's conflicts or act as an honest peace broker, but not anymore. There are Ukrianian-Canadian voters to be pandered to and we are now perceived globally as just another US vassal state.


Shades of Manitowok County


I thought that you were talking about other bells.
Reality check -- most of the time, the Divine Liturgy is celebrated by one priest, with maybe one or two altar boys.  Few parishes have deacons. Altar boys can be scarce, as well.  It all depends on the parish.
Re a procession around the nave -- I am not sure what you are talking about.  The Small Entrance is a procession with the gospel around the altar, out of the side door and back into the main door of the iconostasis.  The Great Entrance is from the table of the proskomydyya, out the side door and back through the main door of the iconostasis.  There is no procession around the nave of the church during the Liturgy.
I think that, at least in the Ukrainian Church, there might have been many more changes, had not the Ukrainian Church been in preservation mode, because of its banning by the Soviets.  But that's another conversation....


Meanwhile, the winless 49ers, among the laughing stocks of the league, have 29th ranked quarterback Brian Hoyer at the helm, who is sure to strike terror in the hearts of their opponents.  Able Colin Kaepernick, cut by them, continues to be blackballed by the league to the point where even a desperate team will put a Matt Cassel out there on the field instead.


Canadians also voted for pot and other useless things, all the while pretty boy sells this country down the toilet to the Chinese.


His name is Trump and some seem to feel this is negative?  Canadians could learn something here as how many regulations are really needed?


I agree, the organization is as the organization does. What is concerning to me is that the leaders of the Church are teaching through example that granting privilege, policy, and favor to someone with a lot of money is the proper and moral thing to do.


HERE is a more balanced news story - gives both sides of the story - c'mon G&M, get on the story -- http://www.cknw.com/2016/12/30/former-potential-political-candidate-and-campaign-manager-at-odds-over-harassment-allegations/


Are you implying one of those may be you, Schmelter?

Because -- no.


You won't get an honest answer from the repubs to that question in this case.

But your point is well-taken.


Stay classy dems 😅


The only conceivable way Democrats could make a deal with Trump is if he were open to fixing, rather than repealing, the law, which he isn’t."

So the only thing Trump’s threat is doing is driving up premiums.

So much winning.


Actually, IUCN lists 100 such species, based on the following research report:

Lowe, Sarah, Browne, Michael, Boudjelas, Souyad and De Poorter, D.--"100 of the Worst Invasive Alien Species: a Selection from the Global Invasive Species Database, Invasive Species Specialist Group, IUCN, Aukland, New Zealand

Wrong again.


Did you have the same concerns when tea party thugs were doing the screaming? How about when Joe Wilson yelled "you lie"?


Ladies and gentleman of Canada.  While it SEEMS we have a Parliamentary democracy: we have a plutocracy.  Justin Trudeau can do whatever he wants.  Live with it.  THAT IS:  until you make your Next stupid decision maybe, choose a guy with sex appeal, wants to make everybody happy, and the whole world will just become a happy place ...
"I represent the Party that will just make Canada a better place ... "
Does that sound like sound External and Defence policy?  Not sure ...


Since inaugeration......

NOT a single proof on anything tangible affecting a single thing from the Democrats.    Nothing.   They are trying to create hysteria and the biased media and schills are lapping it up.


That's great. You know he's just aching to have a few of those! Sieg heil, Kim Jong Drumpf.


You must have read a different article than I, for the last sentence in the article I read is "Trump is scheduled to visit New York City on Thursday."  There's a subliminal message there?  It seems more a factual statement about upcoming events.  If this is the "bias" people see in mass media, then I can see why there is so much hysteria - people can find conspiracies everywhere.


I can't agree. What Canadian products are going to be sold into China? Food maybe but they want that and aren't going to stop it being sold there. What else do we have that they want - just raw materials. There isn't much that we are going to be selling to China but that $46B annual trade deficit is what is going to be used to buy up Canadian companies until there are no more Canadian companies.


I tried to find Brian Weaver's excellent letter-posted physically in the RG on
January 3, 2017, City Ignores Traffic Impact (referring to the proposed building of too
large housing facilities in various parts of Eugene) and neighborhoods being very
concerned...but its not listed online.   John Quilter refers to the article in Letter
to the Editor.


How's that working out for you, Ridgefield?


That is some great spin doctoring by Trudope's handlers. See how the worked in the idea that Canadians are troubled by the little Omar affair? Oh, yes, and the settlement. The guys is out of touch.

Canadians are troubled by the settlement, period.


It only takes 4 justices to add a case to the docket.  It is possible that the justices saw this as an opportunity to resolve ambiguities among the Circuits.  The four strong conservatives might want to end the advance of "gay legal rights".  Maybe Kennedy decided he would postpone his retirement until after the case is resolved.


Seems funny the GOP can't figure out that Russia is why NK has nukes and rockets.  Who do you think was ramping up North Korea in the 50s?  Russia again, Russia isn't our friend and the GOP should catch up on international politics.  Cory should be the one asking for impeachment but I think he may have taken Russian money and is over a barrel.  Dark money ruined our democracy this time.


So NJP, you do not dispute the 3000 new hire figure, but still think they are doing the right thing?

BTW it's pretty pathetic agreeing with your own post! It will probably be the only star your comment will get so........


Oh come now, we all know you didn't read anything beyond the headline.   Conservatives by and large suck at humour so I certainly wouldn't want you picking out anything for the Globe.


we must be fair. The Rep.'s failed just as well as the Liberals dishing out the money till Donald used his EO power as it may be
just saying there's a SWAMP in Washington. They live in fear of losing their jobs everyday, how can one honestly work "for" the people li dat? Be a man of Conviction aka theDonald


I think you spend all your time and energy looking for a hand out from Alaska to pay for your investments.  I suggest you find some real investors that agree with you and develop your investments without getting the state of Alaska to pay for them.  You can always walk away, which is much easier in your case, being so far away from Alaska.


The provincial and municipal governments should leave the business of operating electrical utilities to the private sector and confine their role to regulation.
There are several different businesses.  I have had experience with electrical co-operatives, municipal utilities and private operators.  The service is similar.  The likelihood is that the private operator will use economic resources more efficiently than the municipal government.
The transmission grid requires a larger view than either a municipal or provincial government can provide.  Neither provincial nor municipal borders were set out with a view to the optimal size of the electric grid.
As for production, we have seen immense grief from poor production choices.


So now you're making as much as Port Townsend teachers? Because you said it was UNFAIR that you didn't. More money to the teacher's union, you might as well build Russia another aircraft carrier.


"Okay, it's decided. No one has heard him belch loudly in people's faces since the start of school. Out he goes."


According to the testimony of Kristin Anderson, Trump put his finger into her vagina of in a Manhattan nightclub in the 1990's.
So if a man stuck his finger into your rectum Outsider, you know, penetrated you, you're not going to "make a big deal about it"? If your answer is that you would just "let it slide" well, more power to you, I admire the equanimity with which you approach unlawful penetration of your person. Perhaps you are a role model for some.
Me, I don't let that slide. Anybody penetrates me without my consent is going to suffer permanent damage. I favor the soft tissues above and on either side of the nose. I wonder how often the vision-impaired commit sexual assault?


Spot on, Ms.Willis.  Thanks for the grim (and important) reminder.


The location may be great, but Mr. Cohen makes a good case for why the building is unsuitable.

A new one built for the purpose seems more appropriate.


You're an idiot and a racist...and part of the problem!  STFU!


Just more special-interest pleading from London. Beyond the mandatory movement of regulated functions, there is no reason why London can't (at least try to keep) most of the deal-making functions there.

From the print edition: Carl Mortished is a Canadian financial writer based in London.


I'm tempted to reply, "then become a nurse partitioner' but I won't insult you with typically flippant right wing business snark.
It's impossible to have a realistic back and forth in this forum.
I must admit though that my personal experience with the medical profession has left me frustrated with the lack of accountability (and candour) from the profession.
On more than one occasion I've had to present material from PubMED and a suggestion to involve a lawyer in order to even get my rights from someone protecting their business interests.


@ Tempmanoa
"According to a new poll, two out of three Americans believe the Democratic Party is out of touch with average Americans.
The ABC News/Washington Post poll showed that 67 percent of respondents labeled Democrats as out of touch."
Obviously POTUS Trump is doing good for AMERICANS.


I do know it's a motion, not a law. And read it too. Thank you for your contribution.

"weed out uncivil comments."

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Even you don't believe that.
Here is your uncivil: The OP said he thought the first name of the driver was of certain origin (he listed three names).

This is a peer moderated board. Many people will reject posts that contradict their views/agenda/narrative. Civility has (almost) nothing to do with it.


Religion, race, blah,blah, blah. Same thing over and over.


Are you saying that accepting discrimination, humiliation, being treated as inferiors are all things that should not get in the way of our ultimate goal to live with God in heaven for Eternity? Women are not sheep who should accept the fate you believe this male dominated version of Christianity is the ultimate truth. If you listened to Pope Francis's speeches and kept up with the media reporting on extremists reaction to his liberal views, like that Fundamentalism is the evil that should be deleted from religion, you know that he received death threats for his public declarations. He does not cond emn women who have had abortions. He has been called an Anti-pope, a sinner for befriending the devilish Jews, for supporting inclusion of all religions and genders. He is afraid now of  stating his support for equality for women and not be able to continue ridding Christianity of its cruel , evil and controlling political Fundamentalism.


No one from the City has explained why they need to extend the tax another 10 years instead of maybe 4-5 years based on the current projected costs of $10 Billion.  At $1.2 Billion for the 2 year extension, if you add another 8 years to that total, it brings the requested amount from the City up to $6 Billion.  Why do they need the extra $3 Billion on top of what they say that they need now?  What are they hiding?  That's the entire problem with the Mayor and HART.  They are either grossly incompetent or lying about the final amount that they need to finish the project!  I say force them to raise property taxes by the amounts that they are asking for and see if they get re-elected during the next election cycle.  The Mayor doesn't care because he's done after this term, so of course he's going to ask for whatever he can get.  Remember that he originally wanted to have the tax forever, then 20 years, and now 10 years.  He and HART need to start telling the truth!


Your reasons are valid.  They've all been "political" wars that didn't have the full backing of the American people.  They do love their wars, though, just like they love their guns and violence.


AND she is voting for Hillerie...


??Sandys, how does this travel ban judgement "help the whole island"?


Hmmm. The 2% of AFD "fire" calls crossing into another shift are causing millions in overtime? Not very likely. Too many AFD employees allowed to take vacation in the summer is the problem.


lol with every passing second this man embarrasses himself more. He is like an idiot twin brother who replaces his smart twin in the White House, or like 15 going on 50, where a normal man accidentally morphs into a kid, but still looks the same.


Different person, different school bus


I wish the Globe editors would stop dictating to the cartoonists.  Gable used to be funny, but marching in lockstep with the agenda is squelching his humour.


Meh. Reviews are just busywork. Call me when he's actually doing something. As for the government contracts, won't this just reduce competition and thus drive up government spending? Not that I have a problem with this, but it seems to be the opposite of a certain brand of fiscal policies.

Also waiting for Trump's own products to be American made. Never going to happen though.


Out of interest, would you include the Smuts statues and the Huguenot monument in your purge?


The negativity in these comments is astounding. Someone had to learn to walk again after an accident and finds comfort in the companionship of a six-pound animal. It's an adorable story of a flightless duck accompanying someone on board what sounds like a 45 minute flight, and people still find a way to be insulting.

Grow up.


Considering that all previous HART estimates were dubious, it is most likely that the current HART estimate is also dubious. Meaning that the GET surcharge may be able to cover only the cost of rail to the Airport station - not the Middle Street station.  Really.  The thing here is that if HART were a private corporation, the HART CEO would have been fired long ago.  And what is really ludicrous is that HART even paid the CEO a bonus for job well done.  Really.  A change in HART management is drastically needed to restore integrity and competence.


Oh......I'll bet the NRA is going to tear a corner off his NRA Tote-n-Shoot card!         (<-Sarcasm)


If climate change is real then Trump's action will have little effect. We have to assume that sanity is still the default option for most people. Most adults know how to deal with a wayward child, who does something stupid just to gain attention.


Ha Ha That's what she said.


Trump wanted one thing when he met Putin, the photos of him being naughty when he was in Russia. What else could hold his attention for two hours with Putin?


Unfortunately, as a society we have legitimized feelings so that they are equated with actual consequence.  Not liking something is a feeling.  Those at the UO would argue that the feeling is the reality.  They see the feelings of some as the harm suffered.  It will be difficult to convince them otherwise.  The equating of feelings with reality is evident in many aspects of current affairs in USA.  How often have we heard "I felt afraid" as a justification for action even murder.


it's costly nonsensical Stalin-esque 'solutions' like you've proposed that has us where we are today both here and the madland, when the real answer is more understanding, compassion, and simply providing basic homes for those afflicted with street life.


Lol, no. No they don't. The Pearl is a sad, soulless place.


Well...lets see...
you were wrong about Trump...
And to your surprise,  his win made you an (unexpected) 5%
Now (admitting your already wrong twice) you feel the market  is still a "safe" place to be.
Go Sens Go :):)


Mindless? What was mindless about that post? You think the clown-in-chief cares about policy? Let me reiterate: He thinks health insurance costs $12 PER YEAR.


I don't are which Dan Sullivan this is I know that I don't want what he's selling! If it's ex-mayor you have already cost me enough! If it's Ohio Dan in 22 month's ex-mayor will run against you and will take both of you out. YEA!


The first thing they need to record is why they think a part time admin job merits $200K per year.


Wah!


This isn't about the article, but the preamble!


Beware of bankers that tell you not to worry.  English translation is "we haven't a clue, but its probably gonna get bad".    And    "we're not worried because we are to big to fail"
Watch "The Big Short"


In fact, I welcome the higher rates, hoping that they will lead to higher int. rates on savings accounts and GICs. Also, higher bank loan rates   might lead to bigger bank profits and then, probably, higher dividends. For those of us who have saved, it's a plus.


Too bad we can not move the stuff, Vancouver Harbor Authority has about 5B of new infrastructure plans so they can improve/ increase the capacity to exports overseas. At every turn they are hauled into court, protested against etc. Canada today- BANANA ( Built Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything).


Do you really think such nonsense? Or is that what the Kremlin told to to post?


This is not about illegal immigration.  This is about legal visa and green card holders who have been vetted and refugees who are vetted very thoroughly.


Far out.


John Tory is just whinging again because his Blow Jays and Laffs both stink, methinks.

Losers
Even
After
Fifty
Seasons


I agree. Sentence fragments abound.


Yes, WP, Russia literally did not annex Crimea.
Crimea's democratically-elected government organized a lawful referendum on the status of Crimea, in keeping with the UN charter's enshrinement of the right to self-determination of people, specifically including their political and cultural identities. following said referendum, Crimea's government formally applied to Russia for legal accession, which Russia's government made reality by signing.
An annexation is the unilateral taking of a territory by force, whereas an accession is the mutually agreed-to adding of one territory to another. What occurred with Crimea's reunification with Russia was not an instance of annexation, but of a lawful accession.
You could, however, say that West Ukraine annexed West Ukraine from Ukraine proper, since it was taken via violent coup, and by the overruling former Ukraine's constitution - which left East Ukraine and Crimea as abandoned regions.


I think we need to go back to the basics which worked well before.
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and teach them cursive handwriting as well


If we're going to take down statues of and remove the names of famous Canadians we should head the work list with parliament hill's statue of the "famous five" whose members promoted eugenics programs. I mean we're against eugenics, right?
In fact if we are going on beliefs we'd have to remove the names of almost anyone dating from before the 20th Century and a good chunk of those from the 20th century too. Is that where we are going with this?


Hillary has a proven track record of lies since the late 80's. She's lied so much pinnochio's nose is a distant second. I'd measure it miles and miles.


Poorly designed pseudo-scientific studies that draw dubious conclusions are bad for your health. Articles written in support of those dubious studies are bad for your  health and yes, long hours are bad for your health. Long hours are bad for you health, if you are always working long hours, if you are sacrificing your mental and physical fitness, your family, friends and your community outside of work, and if your long hours are unproductive. So in other words, long hours are bad for your health.


Andree: The focus of my writing is how to make the most of every dollar. This article was intended to get people to think critically about their needs vs. their wants.

Ultimately it's your money. You can spend it all on pull tabs and Snickers bars if that's what you want. Just make sure it's what YOU want, rather than having it be the result of marketing and/or peer pressure.

Yet I do hope people won't go hog-wild without first taking care of business (debt paydown, emergency fund, needed repairs). I've interviewed lots of people who told me that no one ever taught them how to think beyond the moment. Thus they spent every dollar they earned and then some, running up massive debt for fleeting pleasures.

Heck, some couldn't even say exactly how they'd spent their money. They knew only that it was gone and that their current realities were grim.

Hoping to encourage Alaskans to think through the essentials vs. immediately indulging all their impulses. Ant vs. grasshopper.


Time to arm law enforcement with fully automatic weapons and declare open season on all looters.


Your compass needle swings wildly and needs re-calibration.


Trying to survive?

Perhaps the Washington Post wouldn't have been so shocked by President Trump's victory if they didn't constantly delude themselves. Flynn will be the National Security Advisor a week from now, a month from now and a year from now.


This is precisely the attitude that holds the sales profession back in Canada.


I'm not feeling smug about our health care system.  It's in a pretty sorry state with all the critical operation waiting lines, the lack of doctors, and the backups at the emergency rooms.  I find it pretty scary over the past few years.  We need to fix our own system before we start criticizing others.


Landslide? No. As ElRey4 pointed out, Trump did not receive a majority of the votes. What's so hard for the Trumpists to understand about that?


I don't understand why sports writers continue to state that there were high expectations going into the 2017 Major League Baseball season for the Toronto Blue Jays. The 2016 squad already showed deficiencies from the 2015 team which came up short in the American League Championships Series. We had lost Dickey, Saunders and Enarncion. No serious baseball fan thought that Bautista would return to career high stats. We knew that Travis was questionable. Tulowitzki was fragile. And left field was practically vacant going into the season. You couldn't seriously believe that the starting rotation would repeat their success from 2016. Stroman continues to be marketed as an ace pitcher, but still behaves like a child on the mound. That's not to say that he lacks talent or ambition. He clearly has both. But he isn't Halladay, Stieb or Clemens. Maybe one day. But right now he is far from it. I suspected a down season. I didn't go into the season with high expectations. Hope for sure.


We think this brutal mother did an excellent mother job of training her kids. My wife and were just as brutal. We had our kids travel from the north shore to Kitsilano for sailing lessons. We trained them on the bus before being on their own. They have grown up with a great independent attitude. We think helicoptering them is like babying them.


Agreed. My favourite claim is that Ivanka Trump is distancing herself from the Ivanka Trump brand. How on earth can she do that?


Ah, The Art of the Deflection


Everyone thinks they know more than the locals and the experts.
The Vuntut Gwichin have done an admirable job of managing the Porcupine Caribou herd over many hundreds of years, in the face of many recent challenges. The herd is a major local food source. They know what they are talking about.
The herd's calving grounds deserve protection and this is a major reason for both the wildlife refuge and Canada's adjacent national parks.
Although seismic cut lines are not an issue in this tundra region, there are two other critical considerations.  First is that exploration and development creates access to any idiot in a pickup truck and a quad. This has always been the most important consideration, based on extensive experience with both the Dalton and Dempster highways. Also, even a small spill in this ecologically sensitive permafrost area would cause long term damage.
The 1002 area is known to contain oil & gas but the risks of development are too serious to ignore.


Yeah, because their treatment of him prior to this was just classy.  Another kool-aid liberal.  MAGA.  Get used to it.


Nicky, you can't handle the truth. Both Harper and Harris were completely useless scumbags. One was the worst PM we will ever have, and the other is the worst Ontario Premier we will ever have. You can sling all the sing-song baloney you want, they were the worst.


Someone who couldn't get a long-accepted scientific fact correct is also claiming the vast majority of climate scientists are badly wrong about their field of expertise?
No, got that, thanks.


Perhaps Mbalula should read his Amilcar Cabral notes, again...

"We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may never more be exploited by imperialists not only by people with white skin, because we do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men's skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people".
Amilcar Cabral


The Indians are finding new ways to get money from a court case.   .Indians  have never been charged  for lying in these court cases .If  .proven wrong the Indians should have to pay the costs AND EXTRA TO EVERY POLICE OFFICER.


" entitled wolf haters". i would hope you could add some more drama than that.


A careful read of the Committee Report provides a lot of background to the many ways ranked ballots work, pro and con, and how they compare to what we currently use.  It's a good report in that it provides a lot of depth to the various alternatives.  It should be mandatory reading before commenting.


Despite the ducking, dodging, and obfuscation, the oil wealth continues to flow South as the peons fight over the pennies left in the state.  Walker was, is, and always will be a Republican Oil Idolator devoted to the needs of the richest people on the planet at the expense of those who actually do the work needed to maintain a functional state and populace.


I assure YOU that you DID miss a GREAT concert, all BECAUSE of your SET_IN_STONE DISLIKE of GAYS and 70 YEAR old MEN.

I fail to see the connection between enjoying the Elton John show and supporting panhandling - something I rant against regularly here.


At times the Norwegian Grid runs entirely on wind power, with the surplus being used to pump up hydro dams. Energy companies in Colorado had such a positive experience with Wind Power that they are going beyond the minimum levels mandated by Government.

Why do the Kock bros feel so threatened by solar power that they pull funding from any Tea Party Group that wants to do away with regulations restricting home owners from generating their own power?

https://climatecrocks.com/2013/08/12/the-koch-brothers-worst-nightmare-a-green-tea-coalition/

http://treealerts.org/region/north-america/2013/08/green-tea-coalition-shows-green-energy-can-trump-partisan-politics/

https://safeenergy.org/2014/04/30/koch-brothers-take-on-renewables/


It's the same old world, it's just that the radical left are trying to tear it apart.


In short, Mr. Saunders argues Canada before 1967 - yucky.  Post 1967 - perfects.  Given the shibboleths he attests in all his articles, I find his conclusions doubtful.  Certainly, it's fine certain things changed (i.e. racism, and Canadians were undergoing a sea-change in many attitudes in the fifties, I may point out) - but Canada wasn't a wasteland before.

He also exaggerates to make his points.  Race/country of origin restrictions on immigration were dropped in 1962, by Diefenbaker (whom he paints as a primeval boogeyman) and Ellen Fairclough, the Immigration Minister (first woman to be a cabinet minister).

On divorce he's on stronger grounds, Parliament never passed a Divorce Act, leaving divorce to be different by province according to whatever English law was at the time it was "received" in the area.  In Quebec and Newfoundland, divorce literally required an Act of Parliament.  Trudeau the Elder, IMHO, wisely, in effect, adapted the Nova Scotia divorce laws countrywide.


Rioting leftist antifa thugs are morally superior to right wing thugs.

No wonder these idiots lost.


"If you think sports followers are intelligensia then you are wrong".

Hmmm, interesting comment considering you repeatedly post here.


Why are you comparing the overall issue to the needs of a specific population? Across the entire country, Seattle currently has the least amount of total housing stock available. Second lowest available housing stock? Eugene. This drives up home & rental prices for everybody in the area, and it hits those with the fewest resources the hardest.


It is my pleasure to help you further your education of American constitutional history.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on
 Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788


Keep digging and you shall get your just rewards ...


Should have been $19,500,000,000,000.00 debt.  The deficit for this year is only $544,000,000,000.00 in a year when the economy is doing okay.


Is there a plausible reason why two of the four anchors are to be located in Toronto? One of the problems of the current National is that examples of phenomena that occur throughout the country are disproportionately Torontonian. There are brilliant surgeons,
disappointed athletes, ambitious politicians, insensitive social workers, etc., in many places. Why not have Ms. Arsenault keep flying until she gets to Halifax or St. John's?


Don't stop there!  Please enlighten us as to what "the real solutions are".


Are you a trained lawyer? Have you spent time on a senior Bench in Canada? Mr Rowe meets the requirements.


There is no requirement for "a license and register the weapon" in the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.   None whatsoever.  Please note the "must issue a license" language from the US Supreme Court.

District of Columbia vs. Heller "The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense."

 "Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home."

Chicago v McDonald
"A City ordinance provides that “[n]o person shall . . . possess . . . any firearm unless such person is the
holder of a valid registration certificate for such firearm.” The Code then prohibits registration of most handguns, thus effectively banning handgun possession by almost all private citizens who reside in the City."

This was found unconstitutional.


Comet!


Perhaps those that bought his books were not Trump supporters and yet they have to "pay" as it were for his beliefs. There are a great many in the States as well as Canada who never read a book, so they as they say, could care less. The problem with a so-called principled stand is your net is so wide,,  you catch people who are actually on your side, which makes your stand meaningless. By the way we are still waiting for all those American celebrities who were moving to Canada if Trump won.


There is a difference between free market/freedoms, and chaos.  Trudeau stupidly supported legalization for the sole goal of garnering votes amongst the young.  He has done nothing except delay for further study since being elected.  He is throwing out the bone once again to make it an issue for the next election, as it will not happen in his present mandate.  He is getting the message that there is roadblocks with this issue. Brain growth impairment, being one of them, is not hysterics as it is medically proven and backed by solid science Liberals, and you, appear to espouse when convenient.


The opening paragraph of this letter is interesting. The letter writer opens by making a claim to special status due to age and state residency then makes an obviously false claim that "there is no difference among people of different races, genders and religions,"--the very statement is a contradiction. I would hope Mr. Granas was trying to say that despite differences among people everyone should be equal before the law. But that's not what he said. Worse yet, he makes the ridiculous claim that every person could choose to be themselves (untrue, ask any gay person over the age of 65) and then implies that someone has "shoved something in his face" although he doesn't say who or what. "We all got along fine" he claims which I translate as we all got along fine so long as minorities stayed in their place. Your tranquility is going to be disturbed Mr. Granas because the youth aren't going to stay in their racially designated places any longer.


This could definitely backfire. Congratulations Donald, you got elected against all odds. Now, don't touch anything.


...."It's people choosing irresponsible  behavior".... Ha! Got you!  Of course pot is inanimate. But, once you have chosen to consume the inanimate object, even with INTENTION OF USING RESPONSIBLY....eg. I am going to smoke a couple puffs and then I'll stop. That is a choice of using responsibly.  HOWEVER  once having consumed your mind IS alterd. Period. Losing all inhibitions you no longer have a responsible mind. You choose to forgot your previous responsible choice and therefore act irresponsible SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE DRUG. So in essence it is the drugs fault. Of course that only applies to the addict, eh ?  And never pot ?  I've known of girls sold for an ounce of weed.


Way to make it about the poor, persecuted christians. You're the REAL hero, Skip.


Definitely, before this December ramaphosa need to exit from ANC and Dlamini Zuma should take charge of the party.


There are many mysteries surrounding OHA and their misuse of public money.


I'll bet legislation to set-up a single payer system in California will get some attention from politicians in Washington.


Dermot Cole, why panic?  The state has over $8 Billion in savings, this money is in place to save the day, should Alaska panic or use the savings?

Many feel the state should use part of the $ 8 Billion in the constitutional Budget Reserve and leave the Permanent Fund alone and stop all these knee jerk reactions to this market manipulation by Saudi Arabia!

The oil companies gave this money to the state as a rainy day fund, it is raining!!

The Saudis  plan of attack is working, just look at this foolish HB 247!!

The staged panic will cause bad decisions, that is what they count on!  Saudi Arabia wants everyone and Alaska to shut down or slow oil production!

This is why the young Saudi Prince Salman flooded the oil markets with a glut to gut Alaska and other foolish producers that fall prey to a old trick!

HB 247 will devastate the state!


Isn't that what I said 5 hours ago?


"the answer: meaningful reform of democratic institutions, etc"
I agree, but just who is going to do that? None of the traditional parties , nor the MSM, have been paying attention to what has been brewing over the last decade. Their answer to all this is more lecturing, and more articles telling everyone how they should think. The answer to populism is to be aware of the discontent and develop policies to answer it. And neither the mainstream parties nor the mainstream media are willing to do what is, after all, their job.
Trump is awful. He may well be fascist.  But history is not repeating itself because  the people are stupid, or xenophobic, or uneducated, or male, or white. It is repeating itself because the politicians and the media are not responding to the needs and concerns of the people.


This owner came to the U.S. undocumented. built his American Dream and lives a lavish live him and his family  by cheating the ones that help him built his dream. he really thinks that he is some kind of big shot than can avoid rules and break laws and treat employees as his slaves while he keeps buying properties. Show them the door.


Were it only true!


The U.S national debt is 19 trillion + dollars.  That translates into about $165,00.00 per taxpayer.   The U.S. can't afford to continue this.  It sound like Germany has finally realized the reality of the situation,  as other would do well to do.


Exactly.  Solar cannot provide enough heat to run the device.  It depends on nuclear decay.


I would love to see more train service in Colorado. I just like trains.

Use whatever excuse necessary


Of course alcohol isn’t responsible for rape. Rapists are responsible for rape, just as muggers are responsible for mugging you if you walk down a dark alley in a dicey part of town at 4 a.m. But if you could do something to reduce the risk of getting mugged, wouldn’t you?

This powerful, and easily understood analysis should be taped on the mirror of everybody to read as they check their face before heading out for a night of drinking.


WTF????????????????


Bingo.


Better than a snow board instructor who 's mind is stuck in the land of unicorns ad rinbows


Food stamps and unemployment are the Progressive way.  Trump is America's and our last chance to save liberal western democracies.  One party leftist dictatorship is the goal of Progessives everywhere.


And this:
http://68.media.tumblr.com/84828d40c225f7f942e1a333ad0130ae/tumblr_opxl3qNJZd1w2bdzmo4_500.gif


Fixed income is simply a investment classification based primarily on how you earn a return.

Seniority and placement on the balance sheet of debt and equity issues from an accounting or bankruptcy point of view is an entirely different matter.

Preferred shares are often considered to be fixed income or a proxy for fixed income for the simple reason that up until the last 5 - 10 years most issues paid a fixed dividend.  Further, historically most issues were cumulative and had relatively firm terms as to when the issue would be redeemed.  i.e. very bond like.

In my opinion most new preferred issues have given up the bond like qualities that made them attractive in the first place.


Suggest you move to the US - ASAP. Your hero will happily welcome one more of the poorly educated he loves to death!


Fine and dandy, we all agree we are a nation of immigrants. Bottom line is in today's world, refugee seekers need to be thoroughly vetted refugees! Anything less is pure stupidity.
The executive order is TEMPORARY so that vetting process can be set, which has been NONEXISTENT with the Obama regime over the past 8 years. Pres Trump is now correcting the stupidity of the last administration! You protesters need to get a life and learn how to ski, or something else to get your head out of the darkness!


I keep wondering why this column exists, myself!


Oh nooooo!  The GOP is retiring?  Take the "clown-car" with you!


You are twisting not only what I wrote about Sacred Church teaching, or you are pretending to be obtuse. Not sure which. Your own theology is so muddled by the influence of  arrogant "theologians" who have in all likelihood lost their own faith and  write tons of books that everyone laps up because of their credentials, and their rot just spreads further and further.

It is obvious from your comment above that you have no clue that having a road map- authority and guidance (what you call certainty) and faith go together. You disparage Christ by thinking he would have been a "divine mind reader with an automatic feed" in order to do anything?   What arrogant terminology!
YES, He had divine power while on earth! Why is that so hard to believe? When was the last time you read the Gospels and not some dissenting  critique of them?


They are a weird bunch. Years ago I was pulled over by two officers going to Dorval (now PET) airport because I crossed a single solid line trying to avoid a stopped car on the shoulder. One officer spoke to me at the driver's side and the other stood at the rear passenger side window with her hands on her hips ready to draw her gun if any trouble. I was driving a rental car and wearing a tie and from Ontario. I rec'd a $200 ticket but went to court and it was dismissed after I explained the issue. Judge kinda' rolled his eyes and also asked if I wanted the case to be in English or French. I was impressed w him but not the two yahoo officers.


Because the article is about a 'prison gang'? Are you seeing Nazis and klansmen behind every tree?


Just so we're all on the same page, Richard W. Browne was regurgitating a right-wing joke in that article. It's easily found online. All his version does is add a second use of "his college records" in a typo that's on both Mr. Browne and whoever actually confirms Opinion pieces are ready to be published.


Would you like to clarify your veiled innuendo?


"Let me guess. You're a baby boomer."

Let me set you straight; I'm not.


Can anyone confirm for me whether the PM still has a picture of Mauril Belanger on his desk at the PMO?  He had a selfie taken of him with this picture in his office shortly after Belanger's death.  The memory fades for most Canadians of the guy who tinkered with the National Anthem.  The Liberals would change passages of the Bible had they the opportunity.  Anyway, getting back to the picture, I strongly suspect this was a propaganda shoot by his personal photographer.  Was this photoshoot paid for by the taxpayer?


Give it up DUFFY! You knew from day one what you thought you could get away with, hide, embellish, and just screw the ultimate taxpayer for your gross expenses. You were guilty then , your are guilty now and will always be a damn crook!!


From another source:
"the man was removed a second time — in a stretcher."


I appreciate the sentiment of a new and conscientious legislative body ; however , until the lobbyists are removed completely the peddling will continue . Legislators are hired by the people for the people .


Plenty of spin, lots of hope, no substance. Trump continues to defy conventional logic, but that doesn't mean he's not going down like the Titanic. Face it, he won't be President by the time the 2018 elections roll around.


Lots of ETF companies and discount brokerages advertise on here.  There is your real conflict of interest.  I have heard does take money from such firms to write about them on his personal site.  Speaking of fee disclosure, he should disclose all of those arrangements.


Even in New Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Toronto.


Since once again kids are used as political props, we should see some coverage of kids in Alaska who can tell us what they will not be getting as their money is set aside for oil tax credits, bloated salaries and pensions and other perks created back when Alaska was oil rich. Those kids also have something to say.


proof please


I walked through it about a month ago, yes the tree is still there, but all the character of the place, tacky or not, is gone. Now it's just another concrete mall with a tree in the middle. But don't go by me, I'm not a fan of Waikiki.


No conceal carry, eh?


I don't get it - why point/wave a fake gun at cops?  What is the purpose of it - do they actually think the cops are going to put their guns down and back off and let them escape?  Or is it a method of committing/instigating 'suicide by cop' because they don't want to go to/return to prison?

Or - {a hypothesis just to pi** off the cop embracers} - perhaps because pellet guns are untraceable as to who bought them, they are an easy plant after a shooting?  8^}

Gotta say, though - quick research shows that this particular pellet gun does look realistic and threatening ... and they are sold at Walmart.  Was this what he shoplifted?


Blue tarps. They’re cheap. Anchor points could be the pineapple on a stick, that guy holding a book and the food carts. Use sticks (free) to prop it up. Problem solved!


Manifort was hired to navigate the Republican nomination process. When Manifort's personal business dealings with a Russian supported very corrupt Ukranian regime became known and the presidential campaign was down 17% in the national polls, he was asked to resign. It will be interesting to see what Mueller has on Manifort and Kelly. I suspect it will be for failure to register as an agent of a foreign power and money laundering. Once the charges are filed and he has something to show for the tens of millions spent I expect that Mueller will conclude his special investigation.


https://youtu.be/cKUaqFzZLxU  -says the ever piquant George Carlin.

A future for humanity -depends- on the elite's failure, or else it's https://youtu.be/u2ycDWywGls    , and back to the Dark Ages...

The world is in insane hands right now... Hope for a soft landing.


You mean Like Disraeli of the U.K. In the 1800's ?


“This is absolute proof that SNAP will smear whomever they feel like at any time they feel like it.”
It is not necessary for anyone to try to smear anyone in CI (Catholic Institution) clergies.
Start from Pope F. all CI clergies already proofed that they hide and condone clergy raping children all over the world and they still promote and stand by the clergy rapist.
People are giving up on CI clergies now.  It used to have a few hundred posts on the Accountability articles.
To think CI clergies rape Christ immanent in children!!!
CI should have some shame on the state of criminal & d*vilish immoral corrupt sex abuse culture!


Let's start the change with Alaska's congressional delegation and wipe the R slate clean.  Democrats and Independents get out there and fight for our state.  The time is ripe.


The words "Hillary" and "Qualified" are oxymorons.  Only morons use those words in the same sentence.


You're welcome.  I figured right-wingers here weren't bright enough to find it on their own. ;-)


So if a restaurant owner puts up a sign saying "No Blacks Allowed", you're a-ok with that? Because that is the logical end of what you're saying.


Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand,  Denmark and Switzerland may have earned the right to lecture others about democracy.

The editorial board of "Canada's National newspaper" certainly haven't.


We Independents watch through different colored glasses, which are neither Red nor Blue.  We have different biases.  And much more varied ones.


The Liberals have no issue with paying $10.5 million tax free to someone (and their lawyers) who has fought for the enemy and has done things likely to have caused the death and injury of our own and allied soldiers while using Canada as a base. But they have a real issue with someone who distributes dividends (from a company he/she built) to family members all the while employing other Canadians in meaningful work. My god!!! What is the world coming to???? Canada just can not stand for these fair share hogging types. It is just not Canadian. That money belongs to the government so they can dole it out to their friends not the idiot who made it.


I legally immigrated in 93' i am a U.S. citizen. I am a welding inspector here in Washington State. I'm on and off the peninsula quite often doing inspections for the state and private industry from the coast through Port Angeles to Port Townsend, and call Seattle my home. I'm no troll, and I am genuine.


"Several New York archdiocesen priests contacted by NCR deferred from commenting on the letter or the possible chancery move, citing a desire to respect the archdiocese's decision-making process."

that's a very positive sign.  Newspaper like NCR going through its roladex looking for dissenting voicies....get's turned down. I like it.


Spot on Jack...."Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”


Just so everyone knows what they are talking about, there are two components to what businesses in Portland pay.  The city business license fee and the county's business income tax.  They are a percentage on GROSS sales, so they are, in effect a gross receipts tax.  They put Portland at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to opening businesses when compared with Clackamas and Washington counties.  We successfully lobbied for a reduction in the city's portion of that a decade ago when I was serving on the Small Business Advisory Council.

I am pretty sure Wheeler negotiated in reduction in the county's portion when he was chair.


Blame the NDP for the rough economy because of the oil prices? you should be holding your anger against the former Conservative government that squandered hundreds of billions of dollars when pil was $150.00 a barrel. Where did all that money go? thise are the ones that should be feeling the wrath of the public but hey lets blame the party that has been in power for two years and inherited the current oil price and the recession. how manynyears were the torries in power by the way?


keep overwhelming Canadian society with large numbers of conservative muslims and other minorities that are expect and demand power at every level of society upon their arrival and you have a recipe for social unrest


What the Globalist and Bankers desire is more consumers, more debt and more chaos. Doug every week has written instructions writing about the beauty of Islam, massive immigration or the benefits of free trade. Odd time he will write about the enemies of the Globalist (Putin) Hungary and lately Poland.
This paper is turning into a modern version of Pravda.


I wonder what other secrets are hiding under her big Texas hair?


I still believe you should change your moniker to "The Stalker" or better yet, "Moe Rahn"


"The Russian collusion is conspiracy nonsense. If their was REAL evidence of it...it would have leaked by now."

Any US intelligence agency with sound evidence that the president is compromised by a foreign power, is duty-bound to make that information known to all America's elected representatives, and in turn the public. (And if the agency doesn't do it, then leaky lips will do it for them.)

At the moment, the rumours of Trump's Russian ties are no more credible than the rumours that Barrack Obama wasn't born in the USA.


Today on TV I watched a program called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" which sought to provide backdrop for his rise to power. The piece used archival footage of people who were young at the time and one particularly articulate woman stated that she voted for Hitler because she had seen such pitiful poverty in the slums of Berlin during the early years of the Depression and she thought Hitler was the only person to bring them out of their economic malaise. I was struck by that.

I was also struck by how mild Hitler's language was compared to Trump's even during his rantings at the Nuremburg rallies. He talked about the importance of the German people finding their inner strength to pull themselves up. Who wouldn't warm to that kind of talk? Trump is in another league altogether. Hitler may have not have told Germans he planned to round up Jews but Trump is already telling us he'll round up Mexicans and prevent Muslims from entry. And people are still behind him! We were warned.


Gary, that's not your problem.

The point is that the single mom has a choice.  If her kid can attend Iolani, I'm sure she'll find a way.  Iolani can probably help her there.


These announcements are very well timed it seems. As if they were waiting to see where this legislative session was going in terms of oil tax credits and all the other hullamara that the house and the governor have splayed. I give Tammie Wilson credit for doing her homework and exposing the outrageous Alaskan govt sucking noise that is still at the door. It seems like there is no money they will not consider spending. It's completely unreal to believe that anything they do or say will have any impact at all on fighting for the states economic future. It's truly sad.


regardless America is still the strongest nation in the whole world, other nations look to America for leadership and direction and we because what we are because of capitalism, not socialism.  sure there are some socialistic countries but they are small and do not have any leadership in the global world.  the live in their own world and not worry or care about the welfare of all countries.  the reason for this - socialism, the people become complacent, lazy, no incentive to excel beyond what they have, they are not world leaders, trade leaders, etc.  we want  a country where people are energized to be great, to achieve and show leadership.  can't have people ask, where is my $100 allotment so I can buy food?  a capitalistic society spurs people to greatness, make progress in science, medicine and technology, hence making our lives better.  sorry but I don't like lazy people who only want everything given to them.  my parents taught me otherwise.


From what I'm told by an insider the Toronto developers run the city  and use John Tory as a puppet


"Canadians" have nothing to do with the costs or conditions associated with KXL.

That concern belongs with TransCanada.

Unless you are a shareholder, it is no concern of yours.


what about the root cause?


Well, we're doing a little stay-cation at HHV and we had three beautiful days of sun and ocean.


That's the problem right there; your dictionary tells you that patriarchy is about men keeping women down while experience and research tell some of us that patriarchy is a social system that benefits heterosexual men in the main. Our cultures, religions, family norms etc. are all steeped in patriarchy; and I am sure that you will agree with me that both men and women participate in these institutions that form the foundation of patriarchy. The reason I am concerned with your line of argument is because it is no different from the spurious notion that every white person under the sun contributes to the subjugation of black people and is therefore a racist. We can acknowledge patriarchy without painting (all) men as monsters just as we can acknowledge racism without labelling (all) white people as racist.


My thoughts.  Raise the hotel tax by 2%, not 1%.  No extension of the GET.  Plenty of well off visitors to Hawaii who won't complain a bit.  Only visitors that might are ones coming here on a shoestring but those visitors don't contribute much to our economy. Everyone here complains of how overcrowded Waikiki is.  This will cull out the spenders from the non-spenders.   Cater to the well off as other countries do.


Gutmacher more or less bears this out.


They are not legalizing weed, they are legalizing Liberal crony corporate weed.


Way too many holding penalties and failures on third down. If that keeps up, it's gonna be a very long season for the Broncos, no matter who ends up starting at QB.


But the Donald has expanded the swamp ten fold.  lol