Syndergaard has not delivered the Mets to the promised land and now he's hurt his elbow. Norris has not even arrived yet. Graveman. never heard of him. What's your next smart a$$ comment. This happens all the time in baseball and is not exclusive to the Jays who, by the way, have had more success than said Mets since the trade.


Face it Canada, it matters not which party
governs Canada. They are all in bed together
and just want their six years in to collect their
gold plated pensions. Mulroney has always
worked for USA and always will. Canada will
become a part of the USA. That in itself may not
be a bad thing, as the only way to beat that ME
scourge is to fight as one. With trudeau in power
it won't happen. But if the Us takes over, we can
and will defeat them. We will just all be Americans
though and Canada as we know it will cease to be.
   Now for you globe, point out where what I have
posted is uncivil, like with so many other posts.


Kindness takes place every day in a multitude of ways in our communities.  One wonders why the Herald Editorial Board feels the need to lecture those same communities on the very subject.


Sorry we are importing many foreign doctors in Canada.

Should we pay those countries for taking their doctors?


Thanks for the latitude. I'll make this as simple for you as I can. McCain has always been a proponent of regular order. In his speech, he asked that regular order be followed for this bill. He then voted to continue a process that does not follow regular order.

If that isn't sufficiently clear from the excerpt cited above, try this passage from his speech:

“Let’s trust each other. Let’s return to regular order. We’ve been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. That’s an approach that’s been employed by both sides, mandating legislation from the top down, without any support from the other side, with all the parliamentary maneuvers that requires."

Or this:

“Why don’t we try the old way of legislating in the Senate, the way our rules and customs encourage us to act. If this process ends in failure, which seem likely, then let’s return to regular order."


Wrong there! I supported Putin and Assad against ISIS (the US surrogate) from 2015! The enemy of the west is now Merkel's Germany.


U.S. Department of Justice,
Fact: I Told Geico (many moons ago),
“if y’all really want to save lots and lots of lives and money then
1) install speed cameras on all parkways and all expressways so accidents don’t happen
2) set speed-limiters in all (new + old) motor vehicles to 75 mph
3) start pulling the data from all motor vehicles’ black boxes when accidents do happen
4(e!) install breathalyzers! in all (new + old) motor vehicles”


Wasn't it the USA that pulled their fat out of the fire in 1945? WE also rebuilt that continent. It was because of the economic might of our sovereign nation, lighted by freedom, that caused good to triumph over evil.


This is about as silly as banning horse-and-buggy transportation.

Who still uses asbestos nowadays?


5m/day Art? so over 1.5 billion alone for the exec branch per year? I think you have some figures mixed up.


The highest congratulations Matt! You are a up there with the legends, and we couldn't be prouder <3


GOOD! The sensible citizens beat back the know nothing Prohibes.


What is the big deal it's just yoga lessons and the daughters wedding plans. I mean Chelsea is too old for for the former Congressman.


Does this mean that Ms. Kidd can no longer disrupt a public meeting through unilaterally adjourning a meeting without a full vote of the council like she did in the past?

I guess we'll just have to wait and observe her behavior and watch for another total meltdown because she disagrees with a member of the public who doesn't make nicey face.


Not surprising our PM is an idiot.


oldgit
I can't think of anything much lower than a government committing fraud to denigrate its employees That is what happened in 1980 and has continued ever since. No downward spiral - it has nowhere to go. Revenue was not declining in 1980.


Trump is not yet president, try a different deflection.


If you want to see whining, just read what you wrote out loud while looking in a mirror.


Parayko, stepped up his game. Looked a little like Pronger.


China could lead for 20 years and still be far behind where the US is now. The "BS" in this matter is in China and India.  Trump was correct to withdraw from a totally lopsided agreement that punishes the US economy, our workers and (thanks to sheep like you) our reputation.  The damages were done by Obama, not Trump.


And your point is?
Who is it in Canada now that you think lacks equality under the law?
Or are you just looking for yet another reason to whine and complain, and imagine unfairness where none exists?
Because you are promoting precisely the same type of division and hatred and contempt that you claim to oppose.
That, my friend, is the politics of hate, and it's game you're playing most deceitfully.
It's a game that will lead to a very destructive outcome, to the point that already we are seeing the benefits of the community that the Ukrainians and others worked so hard to build now being eroded.
Adult children who have NO IDEA how fortunate and spoiled they are, are so busy having tantrums about imagined unfairnesses they are completely unprepared for the real dangers of an increasingly unstable world.
So enjoy the whining while you can, because if you keep it up for much longer, you'll look back in 10 years with profound regret at what you've lost, through stupidity and infantilism.


Didn't see your post before adding my comment above. Good read isn't it?


You say to calm down yet you continue to speak like a Democratic Spin-Maestro so I'd suggest you think outside the talking points box and really ask the tough questions about how society has created people with so little regard for human life rather than blaming an object.  You'll find that much of this is in fact a result of the leftist / socialist policies I'm guessing you support (maybe not) along with the "me"-generations' attitude as a whole.


Well said.  Virtually all of our liberal posters have  them as 'criminals' even as they sit awaiting trial.


You're falling for Trump's lies, gofast...but you always do. Go read up on all the reasons PR is "broke" as you put it, then try to not parrot what Fox News just told you.


I'm glad you heard it but if the picture painted is correct it seemed it was going to take a lot more than some therapy; I didn't hear any solution proposed.  Current crime rates etc in SA seem to support the view that whatever is being done is not working at all.

As regards "whites" I really personally think any thought, policy, philosophy that still insists on skin colour as a defining characteristic is doomed to fail; being just plain wrong in principle. SA is typical; does anyone seriously believe that in a country where the "black", 80% or more, majority have been in complete power (putting in place legislation etc that is used limit the power of other race groups) for more than 20 years that "whites" control anything significant?  It is a red herring distraction.

My take on Biko is that he advocated thinking people avoid being defined by anyone's skin colour. But I could easily be wrong which will be sad as I think skin colour should not define character or legal rights.


Yes, as a catechist, if you are asked about a question of fact by a child, you should give a straightforward answer. But these are adults, asking "what should I do?", which is something else entirely.


Thank you, Sylvia. It’s nice to hear a voice of reason in this emotionally charged atmosphere, even if it is from a “dumb haole.” You can count me as one, too. The TMT would greatly benefit ALL the people of Hawaii but, more importantly, the entire human race.


Swing voters from the NDP maybe but not from the Conservative camp - it was adamantly opposed to electoral reform because FPTP is the only way the current CPC can get re-elected.


Yes, let's spend a bunch of money on new employees, computers and software, offices, etc.  This is the proposed State solution for all problems and NEVER WORKS.  Ok, then we will hire consultants.  LOL.


Corruption 101.. The easiest way to destroy a country is to allow the Washington and Juneau fatcats to continue to wallow around in the state and federal treasury troughs, slinging what is left to their corporate masters


Senators don't really have the horses to play at the SidPens' level, but made a gallant effort in this series.

One more Penguins' win and then it's onto the Cup Finals.

Mark Streit and Ron Hainsey have done a tremendous job playing on a decimated defence.

Murray is a money goaltender.

Haven't seen Uncle Fester's predictions here for some time..... strange.


How about you go live in Mexico since you're such a fan of the Mexican president and there'll be no need to trade presidents? I'm sure there are millions in Mexico who gladly trade citizenship with you and presidents for that matter.


No they proudly Open-Carry, Left-wing Anti-fa wears masks, carry concealed weapons(concrete water bottles, feces water balloons, clubs) and prefer to operate in the dark and set fires.(The video is widely available.)


If Freeland represented some other country I would find her childish machinations hilarious. But as a Canadian she is just embarrassing.

Maybe we could have the maturity as a country to wait for the investigation results before falling into lockstep with the Trump regime.


...and you earned that PFD.
You're name is most certainly appropriate.


Yes.  Add this to the list of things botched by DLNR under Suzanne Case's administration.  How many BLNR decisions have been overturned by the courts during Case's tenure?   This is the person most environmentalists supported to be the head of DLNR because she headed  the Nature Comservancy...and yet she can't even get her Dept to comply with the State's most basic environmental laws.


Venezuelans who 5 years ago were cheering Chavez because he showered them with free everything, now expect the same from Canada. And they're not migrants - they're illegal aliens.


suspect this mediation is a good outcome for many reasons. certainly ms donahue had ample time behind bars for  reflection. might add, i reflected as well. owned farm land south of eugene many decades ago and probably towed my kids on snow saucers behind quad atv many winters. it was dangerous; no helmets and what have you. mate would tow me as well; goofy, and irresponsible.  behavior wasn't on  traveled street, but still not the best idea.


Where is the bias?  I have never been divorced.  I have been married 39 years to the same person.


Michael you most be on drugs!!!


What happened to resourcefulness?


Intercept what?


At ONE time the unions served a REAL purpose. NOW all they care about is themselves and how much money they can extort from the companies AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE. It's ll about them, the rest of the people can 'stuff it' as far as they are concerned. My POINT was that the corruption in the 'unions' in Hawaii are adding to the corruption that keeps us at the level of a 3rd world country choking in poverty and homeless people.. Great job huh?


I suppose you should give up driving a car or flying in an airplane or avoid bananas and avocados at all costs - because using oil is Satan's work? Families in Alberta are struggling and the US-funded career activists are trying to circumvent the rule of law by opposing a pipeline under federal jurisdiction because pipelines don't have a "social license" - undefinable puffery that changes constantly. I suppose we can let Venezuela take up the slack, they are known for environmental stewardship, just google environmental issues of Lake Maracaibo. Oilsands development and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive. Lose the smug tone and get over yourself.


Tax cuts for corporations may or may not trickle down, depending on who really pays the tax. If it really comes at the expense of workers than it should be expanded to a full-on value added tax or net business receipts tax and be paid by all employers, not just corporations, with most families no longer filing taxes, with the Child Tax Credit paid through employers and added to every paycheck. In this case, investments can be deducted when made rather than amortized, as is usual, but they don’t have to be (at some point OECD rules come into play). As for repatriation, if we raise dividend and capital taxes to the normal income rate (cutting all deductions except for sales to-a qualified ESOP) and have only the top 10-20% of families pay it (with graduated increases), then bring all the money back to the US tax free, making sure Steve Forbes pays at a 28% rate when he gets his dividend check (take it off the top).


they will buy them or find away around it and get LR card  w.o much fuss or another way ! They always do . We fail to understand who we are dealing with these days ..... Too bad for our kids or the next generation. The politicians and/or the bleeding hearts have canned for them ! Ironic


my goodness, is Saunders weak on foreign affairs esp military issues; the oldest and most reliable maxim for avoiding war is, Si vis pacem , para bellum ; if you want peace, prepare for war. That thought is taboo in polite circles. but in truth weakness brings on aggression, as France found with the Saarland and later on its own territory.


Those condoms are pretty expensive?

Or is it the high cost of birth control pills?

I thought Planned Parenthood gave all those out for free!


Good point.

The best example of this is Germany.  Merkel has outlawed nuclear power and utility rates have sky-rocketed.

Reid was a completely corrupt, incompetent disaster.


I know it hard to understand this, but Jaded, you have no idea what my world view is.  Maybe you should ask.  But frankly you and the others here demonstrate clearly that citizens do not think.  They react.  I cannot change human nature and knee jerk judgment is just as much a part of human nature as obsessive behavior and stalking.  I always look at situations in terms of long term making society better rather than casting blame which is basically worthless.  I believe adverse effects can be reduced through careful analysis of situations and, which is unpalatable to many, ascribe some responsibility on all people to make things better.  The perp and victim model only gets us to where we are - no further.  Ever heard of no-fault auto insurance.  Drivers in each accident are assigned a percentage of fault.  Good system because it motivates all drivers to do everything the can to avoid crashes.  Anyway, Jaded, it is amazing how people with similar objectives can tar one another.


But, we have no income tax in this State, remember? We, as residents, don't pay for this fiasco! That said, if we did have some kind of tax, say an income tax, or sales tax, then we would have skin in the game. I suspect the elections would have more voters if that was the case.


No worry Govenor Walker has another special session going so he and his Democrat friends have another crack at raising taxes and maybe taking what is left of the  PFD to further expend Government....For those of us now used to tightening our Belts and finding ways of doing more wit less another challenge....


Sprawl, Gridlock. Conspicuous consumption.

Who calls this 'good' for society?


As a brakeman on the BNSF Railroad, I worked the Maltby Turn that ran from Renton, all the way to Snohomish.  Along the shores of Lake Washington over the bridge at Bellevue, up to Maltby.  Was one scenic ride, and many memories to cherish...


The Liberal Left like to throw around the accusation of those with different views as being Nazis and Fascist. Yet if one bothers to research the actions of the Nazi  Sturmabteilung (SA) or "Brown Shirts" you will take notice of the striking similarities in the behaviors and tactics of the self-appointed "Anti-Fascist" groups across America. As Winston Churchill predicted, the next fascist will come disguised as anti-fascist!


Fifteen years of Hillary Clinton’s tax returns are available online:

http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/web/presidentialtaxreturns

Previously, Trump blamed an ongoing audit for his failure to release returns, an excuse that was questioned by tax experts. As recently as Sunday, Trump pledged to release the returns “as fast as the auditors finish.”  Now, Trump says that he’s not planning to release them because “there’s nothing to learn from them” and voters aren’t interested in the information.

Whatever is hiding in Trump's taxes must be REALLY bad!


Do you use your personal email and server instead?


Way to read only the headline you dope.


"Perhaps I missed it, but I never referred to Longmont as any type of utopia."--I didn't say you did, that was the OP.  Pointing out that the mayor of this supposedly "conservative utopia," as the goofball up above did, is a Democrat is hardly out of bounds.

"I try to judge politicians by their merits, instead of their party."--You and the OP might try doing the same with communities.


Probably not, as the overwhelming majority of folks in the military will not have their lives shortened from that experience, but the overwhelming majority of tobacco users will.


It's one thing to preach pacifism, another to live it.

Take MLK (whose real name was Michael King Jr. and he never had his name changed legally) for instance.   Adultery is a form of violence against one's spouse.  And he was an adulterer.


That's correct.  In fact per ARRC policy,  smoking is prohibited,  though if the Ak cannabis industry were to get the proper approval and licensing, edible products could be offered.  Several confrontations have in the past occurred as a result of drunk patrons on the beer trains. That's a less likely occurrence with stoned patrons. Look at this as another revenue opportunity for the railroad,  not a for or against pot argument forum.


The psychology of wanting to go straight to the gate as quickly as possible is 100% undeniable, foreseeable, and unchangeable.  Anyone with common sense knows this.  Ignoring human nature in order to press a different agenda (such as making already-harried passengers walk at least double the current distance to force them past retail shops) will predictably result in furious passengers and reduced satisfaction with the airport as a whole.  Even more concerning is the fact that the plan involves several radical changes to the terminal structure that will forever preclude returning to anything resembling the current traffic flow if the new version fails.


It will be admirable if the League's effort to end gerrymandering in our state prevails and I hope it does as it would place Colorado in the forefront of this sorely needed reform. That practice has debased our representative system to an extent that it serves the few instead of the many. Both parties and the special interest groups who fund them will assail this effort tooth-and-nail; getting politics out of the redistricting system is like denying the alcoholic the next round.


Another nice rant!

While it is impossible to extinguish a  preference for greed over ethics I wouldn't lay this at the feet of the educational system.  Business schools are trade schools, nothing more, and have no place in university curricula.  And, yes, not unlike prison they are a good training ground for those students with psychopathic tendencies.

If you actually paid attention during your studies of Shakespeare you would have seen the whole panoply of human behaviour on display both good and bad, honourable and dishonourable.  It is a shame that the humanities have been dismissed as a waste of time because they encourage critical thinking a commodity that is in short supply.

If you want to conflate rights and personal responsibility it is a two edged sword applicable to all levels of society and this includes the responsibility of the wealthy to the poor.

Okay, another rant, but there you have it.


I've always enjoyed your historical perspectives and look forward to reading your book which I just ordered.Thanks Doug.


True to toaddum...yes I have read the constitution, and your non-sequitur suggested you are bating. So I'll bite...my wife is free to do as she pleases and if she were to convert I would chat with her and, because I love and respect her, I would support her. That said, we fought a civil war over the interpretation of the constitution, we fought two world wars to protect it...and little d represents a real and disgusting danger to it. I do not preach...I'll leave that you. Because as a thinking human given, with rights and a free will, I choose to think, listen, observe and learn...it's mind-blowing what happens! There are many conservatives I admire because their actions are consistent with their values...and they make our community a better place. We might vote differently but their choices and vision inform mine because I listen...Mark, Vic, Bob all had important contributions to Oregon. But what I can't stomach is the marketing of vitriol and misinformation as it feeds hate.


Let us not forget $650,000 of that is for a single individual for ONE YEAR. http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/anchorage-assembly-approves-k-sap-project-manager-contract/article_2123d47e-e64f-11e5-891f-0f77b39ab155.html


Hatred is exclusively the purview of the right that's clear to all Americans and the entire planet - It's exclusively the right who continues to bring up hate - the morons declaring this are merely projecting, it's that simple. Come back with a new noun and a new group to blame - we blame the likes of you for this crisis in America simple huh? Notice you're not hated, simply not worthy.


The blurring between media and politics continues.  Seamus O'Regan being considered for a cabinet post too.  Adrienne Clarkson as GG, Peter Kent, Christy Clark, etc.  It used to be enough for media personalities to report the news.  Now they have to make the news.


And that's how our children and grandchildren, along with fifty years' worth of priests and religious and religion teachers, would optimally have been catechized, and have become a part of what they celebrate!


Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests. 								       George William Norris


Where do you get your info, may I ask?


Walker is obsessed!
Obviously Walker enjoys gambling and spending other peoples money!


Since banks are virtually a protected monopoly in Canada with high barriers to entry for competition, it would seem a "no brainer" that the gov't who gives such a one sided advantage to the banks should side with the consumers in an attempt  to level the play field just a bit.  While we are at it, bank deposit insurance should be reviewed too.


"This is where the popular culture of that country shows itself to be far more sophisticated than its Commander in Chief, for this kind of cool is beyond him."

And with that statement, Russel proves beyond any doubt he is an irredeemable twit.


The gig economy, no benefits, no house, no family, no saving for pension.


We had trouble with opium in the late 60's!  Many Vietnam Veterans would be discharged from continued use.  It made you feel too good!  Half a century later and the up-turn in stupidity has raised it's ugly head!


It's called "supply and demand".


I would  take Trump over suffer dude any day of the week !!!!
Funny how all your Reactions are negative, must feel lonely at the bottom.


How will destroying the Canadian economy improve the environment??


Shadow Ridge Middle School is being used as a search HQ, I saw 5 local police agencies, the Red Cross, and the FBI there. A helicopter has come and gone a few times. The school is right on the creek that was being searched in the article pictures.


Definitely corporate welfare to Bombardier by the Trudeau Liberals and past governments, I am sure this is a forgivable loan by us tax payers.


So no mention of a Ford Taurus or Chev Impala. At least they are sedans with a fair size trunk.


You got something there. I don't know if 7 million is too much, but a booth may be the right thing!


I saw the article mentioned EMS-- it seems like the shortage there is not so much because of unpaid leave, but because of actual shortages in hiring.
Two questions: what happened to the city program started under Carlisle that targeted the top 10% of repeat calls and was a big success. In 2016, when asked, Kirk Caldwell's administration said it ended but they weren't sure why. Did they ever reinstate it? If not, why?
On a second note, what is the city doing to try to hire more EMS? The article didn't mention that we actually had to shut down EMS services on part of the island due to staff shortages (I believe everyone maxed out on overtime).
There have been great suggestions, like articulation programs for military medics. Has anything like this been started?


Very interesting article. My European friends were always in awe of the SA history knowledge of my generation, 60+.  They explained that after World War II, the young people in Europe just did not want to know anything about their history.  Maybe the reason why our young people do not know their struggle leaders might be for a similar reason.  I am very positive that our grandchildren will  know about our long and interesting history and know all the names of their struggle leaders. Not because of a curriculum in school but because they WANT to know.


It seems very few people recognized the threat of ISIS at the conclusion of most of the fighting in Iraq?  For any President to 'stay the course' with a policy that no longer is working, is worse than making a correction.     It seems ISIS has stalled at the moment and losing some ground.   If that happened at least partially with the help of US armed forces, I'm glad that early results have been mostly positive.

Bush won the war, Obama won the war.   Nobody has been able to build a foundation of peace using the Western solutions that we are accustomed to.


This is driven by Soros-backed idiots. Their trying to take them down, one at a time.


Sure it will.

There are hundreds of thousands of Americans pining to pick fruits and vegetables in the Salinas valley, since the wages and working conditions are outstanding.  Still more want to work as chambermaids in cut-rate motels and toil for below minimum wage keeping the lawns and gardens of the Bay area neat and tidy.

The fly-by-night contractors who need day labourers to work in unsafe conditions will see a groundswell of applications from Americans who have been cheated of their birthright by those lousy illegals.  And let's not forget the hot, greasy kitchens that offer such generous wages and benefits.

Yup, those jobs have the potential to end the vicious cycle of underemployment and poverty that plagues America's working class.


Or a true Irish brogue. My parents understood the Vietnamese priest who celebrated their 25th Anniversary Mass more than the Irish priest who married them in 1950


Instead of spreading your brand of Aloha, mo, why don't you do something to help others.

http://reliefweb.int/report/nepal/nepal-flood-2017-office-resident-coordinator-situation-report-no-3-18-august-2017

But if spreading invective infections for others to read is your thing, great.  As for me, I'm getting on a plane in 20 min.  I'll see you there.  Or not.


You did not, or can not, read my comment.  So how about having a literate friend read it to you?

Despite what Sean Hannity said, the investigation staff is still being hired, so it's idiotic to already expect results.

None of the investigations underway have released any kind of report.  Nothing.  So you might consider rethinking your confidence that nothing will be found.


Mason, I've graced those trashy towns too. All of them. Gulfport, MS., was the worst…..almost got lynched there for walking down the sidewalk. Nineteen and '72 that was. Boy howdy Mason ya'll.


Sorry, but those ideas are only for those who really don't know Church history.  First of all Vatican II is a real bona-fide ecumenical council.  It has more authority than any pope alone.  This is because the bishops of the world---who are the successors to the apostles VOTE on documents proposed there.  NO pope has a right to repudiate any ecumenical council.  But JP II and Benedict XVI did their best to circumnavigate the V II.  That's not fake-history.  Pope Francis is bringing back many of the Constitutions and Decrees of Vatican II which were 'side-stepped'.

It's a good thing that there is a written history of not only the documents passed at Vatican II but also copies of all the debate and discussion on the floor of the council---that gives 'flesh' to what was passed.


from a stone age culture that hadn't  developed a wheel yet


Good point on coal jobs.  They are unlikely to come back.  My reference point are the words of Sen Mitch McConnell (R - KY), “Whether that immediately brings business back is hard to tell because it’s a private sector activity.”  http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article114197923.html

If you are really interested in bringing back the coal jobs, the most straightforward solution is to ban all fracking immediately.  This will drive up the price of natural gas and could make coal economically feasible.


People, instead of arguing and bashing each other, how about bashing MAZIE, HIRONO and SCHATZ ! ..... during B.O.'s reign CONGRESS opposed enacting ANY LAW that even resembled DACA. B.O. himself spoke out AGAINST illegal immigration ! AGAINST bypassing the rules of CONGRESS to decide whether or not the UNITED SATES would allow the illegal immigrants a free pass through enacting a LAW. B.O. himself stated that it was CONGRESS' job to act on it. So what dos he do? you already know, TRUMP's move has put he ball into CONGRESS's court, so to speak, and it's THEIR job (mazie, hirono, schatz! ) to get your (donkeys) together and make a DECISION ! DO SOMETHING instead of grandstanding !


It wasn't a big secret where Mike worked.  He worked there under his real name.  His articles weren't about DOC in the past, so why should his employment matter?  When he finally addressed corrections, he stated his affiliation.


Problem is, "carbon pricing" is mostly being done at the provincial level, except in Sask.  The directive to implement it is coming from above, but removing that imperative will not make the provinces immediately revoke it.

In fact, a lot of provinces were talking about implementing a carbon tax (in the case of BC, did implement one) while Harper was still PM.


The beauty of keeping your trees correctly maintained and pruned periodically, is that when an ice storm does occur, there is much less damage.  I've seen some trees that have been neglected, resulting in the breaking huge and major branches due to the excess weight of the ice on much smaller branches that should have been pruned perhaps years ago.


Will any of the new Chin sponsored refugees from Somalia, Iran, Syria, etc. be invited to the special session? I think they should give it a good traditional "Aloha Akbar" blessing to ensure the project is a success! LOL
https://youtu.be/OO7mAEeNRoo


Ah, the useless, do-nothing Legislative Majority wants to tighten its grip on Alaskan's throats.


What a childish statement - as if the author "hates all Albertans".  And you think these people "rightfully" want the Premier locked up - for the crime of doing something legal that they politically disagree with? Wow, maybe you would be more comfortable living in Trump's America.  Or Putin's Russia.


Thanks for the correction.  So he's a 1-team man and not a 2-team or 3-team man.  BTW I noticed he's thrown the ball more times (1,033 attempts) and has the 2nd lowest percentage (58.0%) of passes completed which I hope he improves on.  If his passing completed percentage were higher, he might be higher on the all-time career list.  But I know he will go higher and maybe even No. 1.


Why don't you quit with the affectation? "Within Hillary" 🙄


I'm reminded of that landmark paper: _The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity_ by Carlo M. Cipolla, Former Professor of Economics at University UC Berkeley.

-First Law: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
-Second Law: The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
-Third (and Golden) Law: A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
-Fourth Law: Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at -all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.
-Fifth Law: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.
-Corollary to the 5th Law: A stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.

Paul


it's about time ol' lucifer got some recognition.  and at a very prestigious forum, no less.


Part #1:  The way the city manages the tax money it collects is really quite maddening.  First, remember past tax increase initiatives.

The city INCOME tax initiative several years ago was suppositively for the schools.  It was defeated in a landslide.
The city service FEE measure, suppositively for services (pools, libraries, Choots, etc.)  was also defeated in a landslide.  This was after the city threatened deep service cuts if it didn't pass.  The threatened cuts never happened.

Then, after the latest shellacking at the ballot box, the city held several budget meetings, and swore up-and-down that the city would find a way to fund all the services.  This never happened.

The library hours were cut, park maintenance was deferred, and some of the fulltime park employees were moved to the storm water fee, which was increased.  These cuts were made because the city manager felt depleting the general fund, and relabeling these funds as "one time" dollars for the city hall...


Good info, thanks.  Kaiser needs to step aside.

Can it be willed?


Never mind the "factual accounts".
1. Mums tend to know the genders of their children; the black child is a girl.
2. View the video. She's TINY, little more than a toddler. And much much MUCH smaller than the white girl she allegedly assaulted.

Is "black" an acronym for "license to economy with the truth", perhaps?


"The news portion of the site is written by a group of editors who collectively write under the pseudonym"Tyler Durden" (a character from the novel and film Fight Club)...
Zero Hedge's content has been classified as anti-establishment, and economically pessimistic,[3] and has been criticized for presenting extreme and sometimes pro-Russian views.[1][4]...Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman describes Zero Hedge as a scaremongering outlet that promotes fears of hyperinflation and an "obviously ridiculous" form of "monetary permahawkery."[17] Dr. Craig Pirrong, professor at the Bauer College of Business writes that "I have frequently written that Zero Hedge has the MO of a Soviet agitprop operation, that it reliably peddles Russian propaganda: my first post on this, almost exactly three years ago, noted the parallels between Zero Hedge and Russia Today."

Seems very credible.


Hopefully the US will tell Canada to take its "Right to work" abolition demands and inject them solidly up their socialist butts. What this has to do with trade is beyond imagination. It is a political message sent by the lefties. IMHO The US should respond with demands that Canada must have Universal "Right to work"  in order for it to consider Canada a trading partner under the deal. Canada would be a better place to live with a greater ability to support its indulgent social agenda if the Unions did not have such an unfair stranglehold on our society.


If it was Colorado.........


Soon we won't have to even leave the house.


How many people complaining here are in fact making minimum wage?


Landlords price rent according to what the market will bear, not according to how much the taxes are on a piece of property.


He had no problems feeding from the tax trough mind you. Your comment is nothing more than garbage.


Better check your facts the ratings for Sunday night were 10 points lower than last week. The NFL is making a big mistake by pissing off the paying customers! Money talks bullsh*t walks.


George, your mid east policies and needless wars are the legacy of your failed presidency. You need to just play golf and shut up.


Looks like you, and Marc are saying is correct.  Home Capital is DOA.


Businesses need to be able to run on their own or not BE in business.


this is a really valid issue that  needs addressing. i personeally feel that there is enough wealth in this country to support reasonable health care to all. with one really big, ugly, tough to take caveat.  we cannot spend an inordinate amount on certain populations. first are the prisoners. they deserve the same healthcare as others...but when did gender reassignment become a necessary health care covered in prison.infamous killer richard speck was transitioning to women to the point he had fairly large breasts - courtesy of our taxpayers. i don't want to pay for pedophiles and other heinous sex offenders who are going to live out the rest of their natural life in prison, getting old. why? our goal is to never have them on the streets again? so why not skip "B" and go right to "C"?
 2 are people who are not going to come out of a coma. heartbreaking, my sister's grandson is in a vegetative state and it tears up the family - there is no closure and it's expensive to the taxpayer. cont


He's sitting pretty and you're writing petty. G&M is a joke.


Just a mystery why there has been such over the top positive press for Ambrose. She had a number of cabinet posts, from Environment through Status of Women, Health and on to Interim Opposition Leader. She underwhelmed in all, never seemed to know what many were about, did Harper's bidding (in closing Women's advocate offices without any reason for e.g.) and even abused her position to try and get doctors to speak out against marijuana to try and hurt Trudeau.
Petty, partisan and smug- she was a Harperite through and through.

As for the "train judges" Just Act - well, she and Kenney were responsible to vet judges and let "knees together" Camp reach federal level.  And Camp as the judge who "inspired" the law also referred to the complainant as the accused - he needed far more training that "only" on sexual assault law.


Northern industrialists needed a justifiable system that could still be seen as congruent with American ideals but could still allow cheap or next to free labor. Slavery was an embarrassment and the trade of goods being manufactured in the North would run into problems if it was being done within a slave system of which the rest of the world correctly had already banned and saw as the savage system that it was. Capitalist liberalism is self serving - "tolerance" of immigrants and newly freed slaves as migrants, for example, provided a source of cheap exploitable labor. There were two sacrifices needed to save capitalism - Republican abolition and later the Keynesian Democratic New Deal. Both worked to the political benefit of each of the two parties in the end by maintaining economic capitalism with the veneer of political democracy...


Essentially the issue is one of morality and philosophy.... Most of the ANC Leadership have a moral philosophy akin to Attila the Hun..... rape and pillage the country for personal gain!


Left or right , all the wealthy elite who own the banks, insurance companies , oil companies , mining companies , real estate and construction , drug companies , food production and distribution , media , etc., etc., these are the super rich who financially support both political parties and always have , and expect tax breaks in return . To go against them is like biting the hand that feeds you . Good luck Prime Minister , be you Tory or Liberal . But go after that money that belongs to all Canadians , the people are behind you.


Is this giving up or reneging?


The city was trying to pressure Mansato to sell to a developer. People are to easy to fool.


You were right.  Look what we have to look forward to.  Happy now?


22,000 people in Alberta instantly lost their welfare cheques in 1993  - announced by the Premier Klein for political reasons -  whom btw admitted to being a drunk after he left office... and sent them to BC because of political hate for NPD parties and no thought about the people living in BC or the people of his own province. He kicked out anyone that would not vote for him. It was political.

that also does not include the ones sent from Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

that fact you deny it, while the evidence is clear, in records and in the DTES themselves (if they didn't die from overdose yet) is the actual problem. You have to recognize the problem to solve it.


Maybe they were walking briskly and he was out of breath. Noticing she wasn't, he makes the comment, "You're in such good shape." Could be a 100 different reasons.  Give it a rest!!!😀


It's the reasoning behind AL's eight chapter that is the issue. Apply these premises more broadly and there is no authoritative moral doctrine that one to strive in one's life, with grace, to follow, or discipline concerning the sacraments. One can accept the  position that there is a difference between objective sin and personal culpability and also that the annulment process will make errors. However, AL goes way, way beyond this.


Hillary is not even close as mis-guided as the media bosses and the Democratic leadership. It is difficult to understand how someone so misguided can continue to reap the unearned spoils accumulated during her tenure as SOS. Consider the mentality and intellect of the millions of minions that continue to love and support her.


Fifty dollars per Kilo - are you dreaming?  Knowing  how the Canadian government operates, they'll be looking to charge $50 for a single gram.


Nice try Megan. Gardner deserves everything he got at this meeting. He is a Trump supporter and a coward who is working to gut health care for millions of people. He is a party first ideologue who rarely supports his constituents, unless those constituents have deep pockets and write BIG checks to Cory.


Ann Wright, If you were BLACK & A CRIMINAL then Obama would likely stop and give you hugs and praise! He has failed his duty from the beginning and no wonder, who in their right mind would believe 'a community organizer' that never had a real job could con his way into our highest office. His major accomplishment was to DIVIDE our country and set race relations back DECADES! iF Obama's presidency has proven anything, it's that ELECTING A PRESIDENT BASED ON GENDER OR COLOR is NOT the right way to get the job done..


Democrats are organized crime.  There is no difference in stealing and voting for a fellow Democrat to steal for you en masse.


CUT. THE. BUDGET.


RBC and BMO are issuing mortgage backed securities to offset their risk.


Texting or on the phone?


The environmental rhetoric is based on a myth.


I'm wondering if you even read Soh's article.


Housecats have been with us as domesticated animals for a long time, but "domesticated" implies that humans must care for them. This includes regular visits to the vet and protection from cruelty, environmental mayhem, and the pain of disease. None of that is possible under TNR. A feral cat's life expectancy is a fraction of that of a cat sheltered and cared for in a home. Why?

TNR does nothing more than replace responsible pet stewardship with the law of the jungle. Some people want to be around cats but cannot muster the courage to end a cat's suffering, so they let Mother Nature take care of it--out of sight and out of mind. We don't do this to stray dogs, so why do these people think it's acceptable to do it to cats? TNR is animal cruelty painted over with a self-satisfied smiley face.

MOA Animal Control offers traps that can be used to capture feral cats. Show kindness to such cats by getting them to a shelter where they have a chance of adoption into a caring home.


Agreed Paul. Good job on this piece.


I empathize with your experience. As a male, can I explain from my (I certainly can't speak for any other male) perspective? We were faced with a most difficult choice, complete radical hysterectomy or not? Her Mother had recently died of uterine cancer and her older sister has endometrial cancer. Lynch syndrome was suspected but ironically, the Ontario Government would not approve testing to confirm. I fully understood the probable impact on our sex life but weighed against a possible/probable cancer diagnosis in the near future, for me, the decision was easy. Sex vs death. I supported her decision without reservation, whatever she decided. Post surgery, our sex life is dormant and I have no regrets. We will grow old together and love and laugh together, that is far more important to me.


"The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest"

Thank you so much for representing the people of this state.


OK, so that's $100 million they give to their friends. But the budget doesn't specify what % comes back to the Liberal Party in political donations.


Addendum to above: If it is determined that a professional facilitator should explore the "health" of the communication at Page as regards this issue...the bullying "ring leader(s)" would highly likely be identifiable - if "bullying" has in fact been taking place. Anyone who has worked within a group where this kind of toxic aggressive or passive-aggressive behavior is inflicted on others knows the frustration and paranoia it brings to the workplace. Can toxic folk be shut down from within, very hard to do as they quietly create a network of supporters which makes it harder to trust - anyone. Work is challenging enough without a toxic environment to contend with.


Chrystia Freeland is no longer chair of Cabinet Committee on Canada-US Relations. New chair is Marc Garneau and Ralph Goodale is vice chair and she is a member.. Her mandate letter is almost identical to that of Stephan Dion and Francois-Philippe Champagne's mandate letter is virtually identical to that of his predecessor. They will be part of a stronger team and I wish them all the best.


This bill is bad. How about by starting out with which homeless citizens are really in dire need of help, weed out those who are just wanting to live that way, find where their immediate family are and ask if there could be a way they could help the family member to get back on their feet. this homeless issue needs to stop and people need to held accountable for their actions not cradled. that area in Waianae needs to be removed and cleared out. Mayor and Governor your jobs are on the line, take action and please stop throwing money at this with no clear action plan, please stop. Aloha.


You hit the nail directly on the head with your comment Gonzo. Not only are you working hard to support your self and your family but money is taken from what you earn to support so many who refuse to work. There are many people here in Alaska that receive race based lifetime welfare and never have to work ever for their entire life. The Taxpayer is forced to provide everything they need. The only responsibility they have is to go to the Post Office and pick up their welfare check that the Working People provides them with. Not much stress at all living like that. You are working hard to provide free health care for so many who just plain refuse to work becausecof pure laziness alone yet you have to deplete your savings for your own health care. The military is always hiring and if eligable people should have to join or they get no free health care.


Everyone loves Marineland..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP-WVMCTR_U


The Liberals spent double the amount in relocation kick backs to Gerald Butts...I think we'd all prefer to stop wasting money chasing down a $90K payment...


Amazing.  You and 7 others here actually believe that 9/11 and the Boston bombing was purely the fault of Donald Trump, because these terrorists were "radicalized" by something he and his advisors did to them.

That might be the most astounding comment in the history of NCR.


Well, you got what you voted for.


You have no foundation on which to make such a statement other than your own prejudice.


Another, in a long line of,  messes Anchorage taxpayers are on the hook for...because of this bloated inbred government.

Remember taxpayer millions Begich paid out to Patricia Godfrey...because Glen Godfrey couldn't keep his zipper closed?  Resulted in his psycho concubine (Karen Brand) who was vice president of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and a former staff person with the state Legislature, deciding to blast them both with a .44mag.  Paid out unchallenged  "settlement" because "first responders" couldn't find the former Alaska Commissioner of Public Safety - Godfrey's  house.  Another load of BS and tax money fritted away on public misdeeds.


Off topic but I felt this is an interesting line from the G&Ms Civil Comments FAQs:
"We’re strong believers in freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but"...

As a rule of thumb, any time you see a "but"  after a statement of principle it means the preceding statement is a lie. Ie
"I am not a racist, but...."
I believe in helping the poor, but...
I believe in gender equality, but ...
So if somebody says "I believe in free speech , but...

You get the idea.

Please mark all comments, even the rude ones you don't like, as civil, or the G@M censors will win.


However, the Penny Sparrow case is not quite analagous to Jordaan's: there was no dispute that Sparrow said what she said - the question was whether what she said was illegal. In Jordaan's case (and I'm not necessarily defending him, I'm only demonstrating the difference between the two cases) whether the act itself occured is under dispute.


OK, how was he a failure, and more to the point, how is Trump succeeding?  Don't bother to use the SCOTUS seat, McConnell owns that, not Trump.


I live in Nathan Cullen's riding and attended one of the meetings.
It was clear that Nathan Cullen's preference was for some form of proportional representation which would give the NDP greater influence.
My personal preference would be to bring in Initiative and Referendum and then let the proponents of reform sell their proposals to be decided on by a yes or no referendum.


Uh no, the government decided, and I hope this is a good lesson why separation of healthcare and state should be the law.


A firing squad is generally the prescribed treatment for high treason.

Should Doucet have just chanted "lock him up"?

Are the delicate snow flakes covering thier ears and headed for their safe spaces?


"or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." <--What about this, since you brought it up and posted it.

Nice to see how the right has hanged their hat on calling Americans they disagree with ill with "Trump Derangement Syndrome".  Getting a bit old about as fast as Trump supporters are getting worried.

Assuming he is, in fact, guilty of helping the Russian Oligarchs launder money, colluding with Russia to get elected, etc. would you then decide to throw your support behind somebody else and give up on him or will you go down with the proverbial ship?


Someone let the curmudgeons out their cages! I think it's great that the United States Army does high-altitude training on Denali! It is a rare opportunity for those soldiers and it brings positive press to the Army, Alaska, NPS, and Denali. It makes me happy to see my tax dollars being spent exactly like this!


Im thinking this is not covered in Freedom of speech,   Im glad I don't have to clean up after that.


"I for one am getting sick and tired about hearing about some biker..." - recovering hemorrhoid
Sick: I can recommend some fine physicians.
Tired: Naps can do wonders.
Hearing: Tuck those earbuds in and crank up the rock-n-roll.  No more hearing about anything.
Problems solved.  You're welcome.  Glad to help.


Schools are the last place where superstition should be encouraged. Religion is just superstition dressed up for going to Temple. Belief in supernatural beings and powers is superstition, plain and simple.


Funny, comments open on this terrorist attack but the 2 recent Islam ones were closed. Why is that globe?


Unfortunately the best candidate is not running for the CPC leadership - interim leader Rona Ambrose.

She has the experience in Parliament - with past Cabinet posts as Minister of Health, vice-chair of the Treasury Board cabinet committee, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Labour, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, and Minister for Status of Women.

No other candidate even comes close to that record of achievement.  And her feminism credentials far surpass those of Justin Trudeau.   Ambrose's community service included involvement with organizations working to end violence against women; including the Status of Women Action Group, the Victoria Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre, and the Edmonton Women’s Shelter.

She is a libertarian and economic conservative - not tax and spend.


Nap, that is just fundamentally incorrect. what we do know is that the state government currently spends upwards of $13000/person, yet the national average for state spending is about $5400/person. their budget is for what, about 9 billion? they only have 5 and want the other 4 and intend to come after it through taxation before considering the cuts necessary to remain solvent. until the state can reduce their spending to where it is more in line with the national average, don't come ask me to reduce my standard of living.


This is so wonderful! A movie premier, a newspaper article, and a brief visit with your mom! Doesn't get much better than that


You have no idea? She used the N-word to publicly refer to a black woman who complained about racial abuse at the school board .  She also  verbally attacked an oriental trustee on the board for not having English as her mother tongue. But this is all manna from heaven for racists who like to post in the Globe and Mail. The racists will never win because the majority of Canadians will make sure that never happens.


Yes, Pope Francis is the strawberries on the last two pope's cake.


Worked then it sure fits you today!


It is OK.  I won't bother posting.


You and your nations reps need to drop the cognitive dissonance. The evidence is staring you in the face. The vast bulk of terrorists in the ME are sunni not shia.  Iran is the sane player. Thats why the rest of the planet are swinging in behind it and not the Saudi /Israeli axis. The next year or two and probably sooner will be a steady humiliation for your lot as you realise no one gives a damn anymore for Washingtons decrees.


The alt left, neo-liberal hate is at work. If you perform you may get shot. Not much of a choice. California has legalized child prostitution. Hollywood is well known for its cover up of pedophilia. Meryl Streep giving a standing ovation to a pedophile. The US president is better to distance himself from celebrities.


While people may characterize these non-verbal cues as trivial the fact is that as the President of the United States your actions (verbal and non-verbal) are constantly being looked at, dissected and evaluated.  Trump has always been a me first person and it is directly reflected in the way he speaks, carries himself and treats others.


I dont see a problem... this can be seen as a business investment for DHHL - an endowment for example. To provide funding for 1/2 blood homes.

Hawaiians today mostly prefer to work in air conditioned offices. Few want to farm or ranch the homestead land. Why try to do that? I think small residential villages would make more sense.


The question I always had, " Why is a non-elected employee making policy and spending decisions that are the responsibility of elected trustees ?" Hopefully an audit will bring out the facts on how the Trust is run.


The state needs to quit pussy-footing around and shut the company down until they remove the debris from the water.


Once Ambrose started speaking for herself and not Harper, I was actually impressed (and figured a party under her might have a shot at beating Trudeau).

But now we have a cover band of Harper's greatest hits, where everybody in the band outsings the lead singer (okay, terrible metaphor - but Scheer seems to be making [or just letting] everybody else do his dirty work - it's likely coordinated, but it sure doesn't appear that way).

And the Conservatives have brought up the will of the people in Charter issues before (remember when gay marriage wasn't legal nationwide and they wore "It's the stupid Charter" buttons to counter Liberals'  buttons that said "It's the Charter, stupid")? Rights shouldn't be a popularity contest.

The trouble is that Liberals (and the media) haven't done a good job of explaining the background -under the law, it doesn't matter what he did or didn't do before he got to Guantanamo, it mattered what we did after that - and the Supreme Court has spoken on this


Couldn't agree more. Fear mongering and outright lying to a knee jerk public. That's what got us the moron in the White House, whose behavior,by the way, is probably the real source of the feelings of fear and stress that is stupidly being projected onto to SB91.  Get rid of Trump and put someone competent and thoughtful in his place and I guarantee those chaotic feelings of helplessness and anger will substantially subside.


Satire ?

https://www.nap.edu/read/21834/chapter/1?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6XAZKXonjHpfsX56uQpXqGzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DScpiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTbfBMbNo1bgPWRk%3D


You really don't understand the term "white supremacist"? Or are you just being coy and intellectually dishonest, which is the typical M.O. for right wing commenters?


Right.  They just happened to be camping and tripping out on acid in Veneta Oregon 4 days before the OCF.  Yah I believe that one.  [wink]

Poor kid.   Gonna have flashbacks for the rest of his life.


Bicycle paths and other fitness related endevours for public usage is exactly where this money should be spent.


As was Michelle Rempel.


Micciche is dishonest scum.


Wake up 'sheeple'...we are being sold out to Communist China by BOTH major political parties. This started in earnest under the muffin man's ten year reign of ineptitude in the lost decade. His legacy....lots of nice panda boy photo-ops. The shiny pony and little potato crowd are finishing the job on this blatant foreign invasion of drugs,money laundering,real estate 'rigging' and destroying our democratic way of life.  Why no reporting, from the mainstream media in Canada, on China's connection to all the current drug overdoses sweeping the country?


Not to take away from your comments at all, but you can also run into trouble on a day hike on a safe trail, if you're not careful.  And sometimes even when you are both careful and knowledgeable.  Some of the best days of my life have been those spent hiking in the mountains.  How tragic for the family and all concerned.


Stop posting then and get to work and earn some money


I liked what's his name from CNN, and whats her name..Rachel something.

Much better take than MSW.


Give it a rest, dufus. She was 100% cleared after over 10 investigations.


Really??? I've never seen the value of 'naming rights'. Seeing some brand on some public building has never -- I repeat, NEVER -- motivated me to go out and buy whatever that company was selling. I guess if we want to start calling the Ellie Caulkins Opera House "The MacDonalds Ellie", and get a few million more on top of the millions that Ellie put in, this town will just go and do that.

Kind of reminds me when I lived in Milwaukee and they opened the "War Memorial Performing Arts Center" and there was no observance anywhere in the building of wars or soldiers who died in those wars, but there were chairs, bricks, plaques and all manner of places that commemorated the rich folks who ponied up to build the place.

Oh well, if it keeps these places open . . .


Well, she's gotta give Bill something to do to keep him out of the way of her presidency.


Crossing the border is against the law.


So this article, liberally slanted as all of them are here, was under the “Politics” section.  So what I want to know is if the editors plan to include in their Politics any story about the collusion between the Clinton campaign, the DNC, and the Russians?  All this nonsense in the “Trump dossier” was not only false, but bought and paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.  So where is your unbridled fairness NCR staff?  You talk about social justice all the time, so why not do your part to actually set the record straight, especially since you’ve had a hand in disseminating all those feathers in the wind.  Admit it; the Trump dossier was a complete fabrication, brought about via collusion, and if jail and impeachment were a good idea for team Trump had any of that nonsense been true, then why shouldn’t team Clinton face the same Justice?  Or is this just going to be another victim of the leftist double standard?


We have already seen enough with the Trudeau government. Let's start with the upcoming by-elections and get them out.


What do the formal Stats Can Chief have in common with this gentleman?
Partisan appointments to replace valuable Civil Servants.


Gen. Flynn "retroactively" registered as an agent of a foreign country , is like a shoplifter getting caught outside the store, but tells security that he now wants to pay for what he took. Anyway he was in total violation his restriction to become an agent of any foreign country, because of his previous security position. At least he was fair, he took money from both sides.


I was enthusiastic about this car's release, I really was. It looked great when I saw one in a parking lot overseas. But I can't get the autonomous braking feature, nor the related safety features, in a manual transmission model in the top trim. Those features really should be standard equipment in 2017.  Regrettably, the curious way Hyundai has defined the option packages, is pushing me towards the class benchmark GTI or Golf R.


C'mon brother...You know that cops and Government don't condone crime of any kind.

"Seattle where the local government officials promote the riots either directly, or by not enforcing the existing laws."

They do not promote and do enforce. Who or what are you referencing?


Fair point, but seeing as the sky may be falling (with nukes), some of us simply seek solace in the humour of a domestic partisan attack first thing in the morning.


Maybe she got covered in Honolulu Civil Beat because she represents Hawaii. Not sure how she is stealing the limelight.


The cause of gender dysphoria is psychological or psychiatric in origin and not physiological. One isn't "assigned" a sex at birth. Apart from exceptionally rare medical conditions, we are born male or female regardless of what we might "feel" about this as we grow older.

One's sex - male or female - is a natural fact of life, not a social construction or matter of personal choice.
There is a Catholic teaching on this. Briefly stated:

•each of us is made in God’s image as man or woman;
•gender identity is determined at conception, genetically, anatomically and chromosomally;
•a person must accept that objective identity.

Catholic teaching is clear on the need to accept the objective truth of the reality of our bodies in this condition, and therapy should have that aim as its goal.


The problem posters such as yourself face is that the average Canadian over the age of 45 has direct experience with the health care system, either personally or through the experience of our dear parents.  We take our direct experience and compare it to statements such as yours and they simply do not line up - as demonstrated by openwater above.

It is true, however, that results vary from Province to Province.  Recent Ipsos polling shows Ontario as the most improved healthcare system over past five years for ease of access and patient experience, followed by the Prairies (Manitoba/Saskatchewan) not far behind, with Alberta and Quebec tied in the middle, Atlantic Canada much further back and British Columbia well back at the bottom.  Yet. BC is getting good marks from openwater.

Canada can and should improve its healthcare system and I agree with the prescription recommended in this editorial for an expansion.


Canada's growth is due to excessive consumer spending due to low interest rates. Any economist will tell you that this is not good. Consumer debt is at record levels and any slight increase in the interest rate will bring down the economy like a sack of rocks. The rest of the economy not dependent on consumer debt is due to the US.


Hope his fellow inmates get together and buy him a shiv as a wedding gift.


Gordon I agree with you in that it doesn't matter what the reason behind GE's advertising it a good thing to see a spotlight on women who have made great impacts in/on the sciences. Too often they were regulated to hidden tasks while the men took credit. There are many young women and men who need to see that women have long been an asset in science. As for the push for the STEM academys, push for everyone to enter the STEM fields, if everyone does it then the market will be flooded with engineers, etc. I encourage all young men and women find a passion you are interested in that can earn you a living and provide for you and your family. Doing a job you hate to make a living for long periods of time because you are stuck there is a horrible life.


John Glen, at 77, when he returned to NASA for another flight to the moon.  Can't keep good men down.


Not quite...our work is in the world, but that work should ALWAYS have a supernatural intention.

Our job is to "give back" to the world, it's original supernatural intention which is to bring every soul closer to God now and in the hereafter.

We don't simply have hands and feets to do mere temporal work.

Changing diapers can have salvific effects if we learn how.


yeah... so would the 100 or so hooking, tripping, clutching, holding. etc etc  plays that have been perpetrated on McDavid but HAVE NOT been called on San Jose


"These Oilbertan creeps all voted Conservative, we owe them nothing"

Since then, you, Oilbertan creeps, burnt your own Province down too.

What a bunch of redneck Dumba$$ deniers, you are !


Looks like the problem is pretty evident.  We have two parties that are in bed with corporations who are in it to make money not serve people.  I will be voting for the party that breaks with corporations and starts supporting labor.  Corporations have two parties against single payer now.


Spence was born in England and raised/schooled here.  So the argument wouldn't apply in this case.

Moreover, the syllabi of the various universities have long spelled out what are considered scholastic offenses.


"The only ones with big comments are ones that give an opportunity to slag Obama or Trudeau."

Oh? Finding it tough to find anti-Trump comments, eh? Come on - REALLY?


Yep.  Excellent article.  Activists, in general, paint themselves as wanting to make the world a "better place".  In reality, as Charlotte points out in this case specifically, it's much more about making the world conform to what they want (which does not necessarily make the world a better place) and that will never, ever stop.


m:  Yes I can and quite easily.  There is no other tax that you can groom as easily as a sales taxes.  You can exempt essentials, you can control the amount you pay by judicious spending.  What's not to like about it except that everyone has to pay unlike an income tax where only some (estimated to be less than 50%) have to pay.  A sales tax doesn't lend itself so easily to your favored redistribution of wealth ploy but it is by far the fairest and even you should understand that.


Is there not a reduction in the monthly payment to the CPP recipient if they choose to have an amount allocated to a survivor?  That would be the premium paid by the recipient


"Render unto Ceasar" rings a bell somewhere in the Bible.  Matthew 22:21 maybe?


My deepest ALOHA to her ohana.  Lived a long life.


The Constitution was anything but "common sense" for the time in which it was written. It was a unique and very uncommon document.


Pot meet Kettle.


Some uninformed folks like Leonard Pitts want guns taken away from honest gun owners, while on an even wilder side, people like President O bama desire to release felons from prison just because he can.  Go figure?


That is all you have is a spelling correction ? and a "Might" ? Hardly enough to lose sleep over.


The leadership of America does not reflect the majority populace. The right wing has used gerrymandering and other political tactics  to keep themselves in elected office, and the spineless Liberals do nothing but sing Kumbaya and hold hands.

As a result of gerrymandering, 70% of elected officials in the US are Republicans, and have  been for three decades now.


Both Kirill and Putin must be quite pleased with themselves.


This is an interesting article also one sided as usual. Stop thinking about yourselves and being so selfish and arrogant for once . Mauna Kea does not belong to you. I don't know why astronomers, the University of Hawaii and TMT supporters keep on believing that Mauna Kea belongs to them. The University of Hawaii is leasing Mauna Kea from the state and has the audacity to think they can sublease it to TMT. So with that being said, way can't TMT build the telescope in Japan, India, China, the Canary Islands or any other place in the world just not on Mauna Kea.


While Seavey exhibits very little credibility, and a typical Armstrong denial/picking on me mentality, how can the ITC disqualify a musher for an iPod, and not a musher for doping his dogs?
Seriously, intent must be proven first? Is the ITC the only one one the planet that hasn’t figured out the intent for cheating in a sporting event?
Well, one thing is certain, and we know why the ITC is in denial. This little good old boy club ranks right up there with Sheffields impeachment proceedings, the LIO building, and VECO’s purchase of our legislature and Ted Stevens.
The ITC and Seavey have caused the Iditarod serious and irreparable harm.


HAHAHAHAHAHAAH ur funny


Is there ever anything other tha turmoil, divisiveness, chaos, and incompetence from Trump?

The man even managed to bankrupt his own casino, for Pete's sake! How do you bankrupt a casino!? They practically have a license to print money!

He's a pathetic, vile embarrassment.


"Papal diplomacy in Syria has helped Russia and Assad...In September 2013 [Pope Francis] led the moral charge against a proposed Western military intervention in Syria following charges that Bashar al-Assad had deployed chemical weapons against opposition-controlled areas around Damascus. Francis launched an all-out diplomatic push against widening the conflict, and was later credited by Russian President Vladimir Putin with being decisive in halting the momentum with the G8 towards supporting the initiative." (cruxnow.com)


Excellent.  Trump pardons a law enforcement officer while BO pardoned thugs and criminals.


Really glad to see all of the Hillary lovers are out today,  I would much rather vote for an business person who can create jobs, one thing the article didn't mention is the thousands of people who made a lot of money off Trump's entrepreneur's acumen,  bankruptcy's laws are created for people who make mistakes or their timing is off or misjudgements in business,  most of the time who gets burned is greedy people looking for a big payoff,  not the small investors,  the fact remains he is still standing and still creating jobs and moving forward,  now Hillary makes bad judgements with people's lives and government money and continues to lie, cheat, steal and she is still standing,  so who do you vote for,  that is the question.


IRT AirSumo, Mitt Romney?  You jest.  What part of ACA was Mitt Romney's?  And, why there were not one vote from a Republican in the House and Senate if Mitt Romney had a part of ACA.  No make sense.  On State control, Hawaii is one of the best States for patients with pre-existing conditions, such as you have.  The State of Hawaii is controlled by the Democrats and they will fight to the death to protect supporters as you and others with catastrophic ailments.  I believe it's a huge advantage for Hawaii citizens in your kind of situation to have the State control your healthcare, as was prior to ACA.


Meanwhile the roads are crumbling infrastructure is falling apart. This city and state has the most incompetent donkeys I've ever seen in my life good grief


Some are not even that, "representatives" of We the People.


I pray to the heavens that this twisted co-opted turn of the republican party ends in the utter destruction of the insurgents. The Alaska I fell in love with as a lad more resembles an asylum each and every passing day.


More like Cuba, which hasn't changed since the 1950's. Viva Fidel Caldwell LOL


Trespassing is not free speech.  It's trespassing.


Keonimay, I believe your comment about our soldiers being sent into Laos, Cambodia and China is fiction stranger than fact.  There is no question about the U.S. bombing the hell out of supply routes in Laos and Cambodia and there was a South Vietnamese incursion into Cambodia, but there were no ground operations involving U.S. troops.  If you know otherwise, please cite your source.


Yeah, he just forgot you can see Mauna Kea from just about anywhere on the Big Island.


Tweeting by the president gets the truth out to the people and by passes so called "gate keepers".


Its already been reported that the ambassadors phone was how they caught flynn.


....and when our Enemies overpower us and make us slaves......we'll look back (if we aren't all nuked to death) with 20/20 vision of what we shoulda done?

Come on Hawaii leaders.......show leadership.........not eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.


I grant you that Trump spent less domestically than Clinton yet won.  I did not support either of them. That said, how much in dollars was the Wikileaks revelation effort worth to the Trump campaign and who paid for that effort let alone orchestrated it?

I believe you can have all the  political influence you can afford. If not then why "K Street"  in Washington D.C. and why does Juneau fill with lobbyists?  What do you suppose motivated those legislators (other than money)  who went to prison after dealing with Bill Allen and why did he invite only those who had influence over the legislative process as committee chairs allowed by the current caucus system to veto legislation by simply refusing to hold hearings?  I think we agree that the current paradigm has failed the people of Alaska. I simply am not going to support the assumption that those who created this disaster have an inkling of how to solve the problem.


according to an officer in Mesquite they did not know the man and he hadn't even had a driving infraction.


Nope, it's the nurture versus nature debate and the last time I checked scientists said the effect was was 50-50.


Then how about this argument? Comcast (and other big companies) add this tax directly to your bill. It can be found on your invoice under the line item "Oregon tax pyramiding". As Tapogna explained at the debate it will be more than 2.5%.


Hopefully he won’t get paid for the missed workday and will be disciplined for being insubordinate just like other Canadian employees... Did he forget that he was hired by the taxpayers to work for the taxpayers?


He said it was the DoJ.


So UH doesn't have enough players to write about? With start of the season less than a month away, is it too much to ask that UH football be highlighted?


Wasn't aware that there was such an interview but thanks; I found both on yahoo. The 2015 interview was almost unbelievable. When someone mentioned that a poll showed a fifth of the people in Indonesia, rightly considered one of the more moderate Muslim countries, favoured honour killings, she started talking about how Americans are so dumb. Far be it from her to attack people who believe in honour killings. But you can see why she would be sympatico with Justin "Get the f--k out of my way" Trudeau. The first time in the House of Commons he drew attention to himself was when as Liberal citizenship and immigration critic  he strenuously objected to honour killings and female genital mutilation being described in the new citizenship guide as barbaric cultural practices.


Everything you've ever read from a liberal poster here at the G&M during HArpers tenure, was never anything more then a hyper-partisan temper tantrum that had ZERO to do with Canada or Canadians, just power aspirations for liberals and liberalism.

That's why they now hide out in articles about Trump, Scheer or Levant.  Such brave warriors these left wing posters are.


The voters failed? Perhaps they didn't fail but refused... it was a vote...


Actually some nurses can prescribe. As well as pharmacists (in certain provinces), podiatrists and naturopaths.


Wow!  Not a very smart move by the doctor.  Incredible that he moved so much $ through Mexico and Central America without being robbed.  Repatriating the money was a dumb move.  He should have moved to Costa Rica.


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"But Republicans on Wednesday voted to suspend the rule that had required at least one Democrat to be present for business to be conducted."

That's funny...............

I really love our so called "democracies". A governing party can at anytime suspend rules with a stroke of a pen, and THAT somehow is all right in our democratic system(s)

Kind of makes you wonder why the Americans spent decades "exporting" democracy when they can't get it right at home.
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This chief EXCHANGED suggestive texts with a female police officer from another detachment who was also married at the same time to an officer who worked for this Chief in Victoria.

The female police officer had NO discipline of any kind.
This Chief is being bullied into an early retirement.

Something more to this whole situation...


joe miller is like "the guy who wasn't invited" but showed up anyways.  smell what i'm cookin'?  that one dude who everybody kind of tolerated, but never wanted to be associated with because he was a major league tool.  the kind of guy who was probably a booger eater, and would just assume sniffle constantly rather than blow his nose.  he constantly needed a ride to places, and would never offer any gas money.  he'd pinch your bag, drink your beer, and try to makeout with your sister.  and then lie about everything.


I've heard of fake news but now you are supplying fake history!

China 1900 - Boxer Rebellion
For two months the Boxers occupied the capital and besieged the foreign legation district, where the foreign community and a large group of Chinese Christians barricaded themselves within the legations. The foreigners managed to resist repeated Boxer attacks until a multinational force finally fought its way in from the coast and reached Beijing, lifting the siege. U.S. marines played a key role in defending the legations during the siege and also joined the multinational force that crushed the Boxers.
That's your "invasion"???

 Korean War
US and/or the UN force fighting the N. Koreans and the Chinese, who "attacked them" to back the N. Koreans, but 'never' crossed into China.
(Maybe your "epic bloody battle along the border" was a video game you once played.)

Vietnam.
US was invited into Vietnam.


Hard to afford because Alaskas reps including Lisa chose to not embrace the ACA. This ultimately kept subsidies from helping Alaskans to afford the health insurance company that does offer healthcare in Alaska and provide a field of companies to compete. Many 'red' States have this issue like Ohio (hello Dan) and Lisa is not far separated fro Sullivan on this issue but at least those with no monetary income in Alaska have access to healthcare through the medicaid expansion that Alaska finally followed. Now if the politicians in Alaska could to terms with the truth about affordable healthcare instead of blindly following the Republican agenda at any cost and lives true healthcare might someday become the reality. Until then or a malignant brain tumor it will be harder to pay for.


Populism is a political movement that supports ordinary people against the establishment elites in government, business, universities and the media. Canada has a long history of very successful populist politicians: Mitch Hepburn, Premier of Ontario; Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec; Camillien Houde, Mayor of Montreal; William Aberhart, Premier of Alberta; and Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto. Populism is neither right nor left, it is only against establishment elites. Populism is often a reaction against the condescending and patronizing attitude toward ordinary people by the establishment elites such as Globe editors and columnists.


The Harper government was best known for having a shallow bench and ran a one-man show. What changed?


Conservatives agree it's a cruel bill with no reason for being other than to provide a whopper of a tax cut on investments and to stick it to Obama.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/the-gop-rejects-conservatism.html


Just look at the comments of the leftists
Hatred of another idea
Hatred of another opinion
Hatred of another perspective
Hatred of another truth
You believe you are invincible
You are not.  You are just stupid pawns like you have always been.
Stalin, Goebbels, Hitler, Marx,  Lenin all told you that you were equal until you weren't.

In fact I dare say many of you will regret your stance when Muslims take over this country and put you into youtube videos and make death camps out of you.....

The only violence I see is this radical violent left hell bent on the destruction of democracy where all opinions are valid.

This is why I am taking my family away form the country of my forefathers
This is not Canada
It is Neo Marxist Soviet Canada where you tow the line or else.
Next Trudeau will bring in camps
Soros and Khan have completely destroyed our democracy


Progressives don't believe that a religion can promote hate even if it is clear in the text; even if suicide bombings happen daily. If you believe the earth is flat then the earth is flat, notwithstanding overwhelming evidence to the contrary.


Another successful day for our PM.  It seems that the sky is not falling as the Cons would have you believe and we're not even getting "attacked" by terrorists every day.  I guess the Cons have nothing to offer anymore.


tigerwarrior,

Newsflash for you:  the overriding reason the Assault Weapons Ban was allowed to sunset after ten years was because there was no persuasive evidence that it worked.

Quite simply (from Wikipedia.org) :

"The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, an independent, non-federal task force, examined an assortment of firearms laws, including the AWB, and found 'insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws reviewed for preventing violence'."

It goes without saying this is very old news.

Now granted, if by reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban your intent is to keep bureaucrats employed and to support the passage or continuation laws that don't work, that's one thing, but by all means be explicit about it.  Just don't claim your intent is to prevent violent crime.  That would be disingenuous, if not an outright falsehood.

Now, care to try again?


Who do you think the Zionists are.....Ewoks?? They are Jews, Freddie...Zionists are Jews. The reason why I wrote about all Jews committed war crimes is because you insisted you haven't commit one when I stated that our nation has done so in the past. You individualized it, implying that individualizing Jews as well. You wrote it, not me. With all your "statements", you have yet to offer any solution to this problem. What is your solution, Mr. Minshall.....do you have one? Or all you got is extreme exaggerations to spread around?  What is YOUR solution to the problem in the Holy Lands?? Do you have some ideas right? Some thoughts?


Wow, you're not exactly strengthening your position by comparing Canada to a settler state like Zimbabwe where 80% of the land was owned by 10,000 white farmers at independence. How do you think they got that land?
HINT: they didn't buy it from willing sellers.


Not all people are peace-loving.  That's what we need to deal with.  In my opinion, and I'm a registered Democrat, President Trump is attempting to change Washington, DC.  We are creatures of habit and it takes a massive load to cause anyone to change.


Kill two bird with one stone. Neuter them. That procedure should sent fear into the homeless community around the world not to come here. Also helps prevent them from multiplying and perpetuating their craziness. They are the real life zombies that scare us in the movies.


Bill I agree with you. It is very ironic that so many people are defending ignorant behavior from a law professor. I thought universities were built to promote knowledge not ignorance. Are my taxes suppose to promote ignorance at the UO?


Why isn't the Police Benevolent Association the American Heart Association? Why aren't you taking your message and a sausage or two into a dark closet somewhere?


OMG you are so funny!!!!!
But yes you are one of the liberials I was taking about, if one has a different opion then you, they must be wrong, or worst!


After looking at the coverage of this situation and the incident in April, it appears that United Airlines has a problem with racial discrimination against Asian-Americans.  I was wondering if the JACL would look at this issue as with other similar organizations.


Being hypocrites is not a compliment. Somebody really needs to tell these far left Dems that.

As for slanted news sites, they are only slanted if they do not  write what the Left mandates they write.

 The good news  for Americans is, try as the Dems might, they cannot change facts and rewrite history.


And Alaska pays out the highest oil and gas tax credits in the nation, has the highest prices for gasoline and fuel oil in the nation and receives the lowest revenue on production taxes in the nation.


Trudeau screwed up this option as well. when he limited the amount that can be contributed to the TFSA.  He was worried foregone government revenue in the future, not worried about how we will fund our retirement


The no to everything group might have more credibility if they ever proposed a viable alternative once in a while .


The awful, braindead drivers of this town can't even steal a car correctly.


I would amend that to "practice law first" and then it would be good.  If the law/constitution doesn't match how "Alaska" - however you are defining Alaska - does things, then do the correct legal thing.


How can a leftist be in favor of liberty, since every proposal I have heard from the left requires the government to FORCE participation/ funding ?
Government force is the opposite of liberty.
37 days !!!!


exact same things were said in 1990... and yet we crashed and took 14 years for prices to recover.


You've been listening to too much trump. Beware - it's bad for the brain.


"how many trace back to Nigeria and Yemen?"

More and more. Perhaps you should think about moving.


"The Trump administration is advising beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to "prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States," ABC News reported Tuesday."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/06/trump-administration-to-daca-recipients-you-might-want-to-pack-your-bags-n2377629?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

“DACA recipients, whose average age is in their 20s, were not an enforcement priority before and they certainly won’t become a priority now,” Sanders said at a press briefing Tuesday. “The priorities remain the same: criminals, security threats, and those who repeatedly violate our immigration laws. The main effect of today’s announcement is that work permits and other government benefits are being gradually phased out.”


100% true and freedom is the main key


The author seems very confident in dismissing Iran's stated reason for launching a satellite into space, but he does not use facts to justify his conclusion that the most recent launch is part of a nuclear-tipped ICBM program.  Contrary to his assertion, launching satellites is not a "perfect way to learn" all of the necessary precursors to an effective ICBM capability.  Most  conspicuously, it does nothing to assist in developing a warhead that can successfully re-enter the atmosphere.  It should also be incumbent on the author to explain why Iran's considerable missile development efforts in recent years have been focused on improving the survivability and accuracy of its short- and medium-range missiles -- not extending their range.


The mass shooting rate in the US is the same as the European Union.

The average incident rate for the 28 EU countries is 0.0602 with a 95% confidence Interval of .0257 to .09477. The US rate is 0.078 is higher than the EU rate, but US and the average for EU countries are not statistically different. The average fatality rate for the 28 EU countries is 0.114 with a 95% confidence Interval of -.0244 to .253. The US rate is 0.089 is lower than the EU rate, but they are again not statistically significantly different.

There were 27% more casualties per capita from mass public shootings in EU than US from 2009-15

https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2016-04-05-at-Tuesday-April-5-1.06-AM.png


Nonsense.  350 humans die from toxoplasmosis each year, more than from any other food borne illness except salmonella.  Your state bird is dying from toxoplasmosis, a disease that didn't exist here until feral ha'oles introduced invasive felines.  Toxoplasmosis kills all mammals, including humans, and probably all birds.


Good choice for a pen name Pepe.  The skunk stench really rolls off you.  There a reason you are treated like a chump, rube, patsy, and moron.


The only reason the NDP got 54 seats was because of vote-splitting on the right between WR and Conservatives.  The NDP got 40% of the votes; the Conservatives and WR together got 52%.

No vote splitting, no majority for the NDP.


I was just in the store today. For Alaska grown new yorks the price is $23.99 per pound, not $40-$41


If Creswell schools are to improve, a base of parents and students who insist on administrators respecting their students is vital. I don't blame you for wanting the best possible educational environment for your children but hope you will consider helping to create it in Creswell instead of seeking it elsewhere.


The NYC/NJ attacks were from a disgruntled home-grown terrorist who had previous conflicts with local authorities. That the NYC police department and the FBI had this man in custody within 24 hours is a credit to Obama, the FBI, DeBlasio, and NYC police department.


Wavemaker, that's where they play the Satannnnnuh card.


This is a step in the right direction. Big Pharma needs to PAY for preying on America.


Stewart: I think what critics are calling for is the 'truth' and that is why they want a Special Prosecutor to look into the allegations.  If the truth is what everyone wants why are the GOP and White House vehemently opposing an investigation?  If they have nothing to hide one would think they would embrace an investigation.


LOL.   Only to the blind and the deaf.   Those of us that have ears to hear and eyes to see understand him perfectly.   Give you a perfect example.   The blind and the deaf accuse Trump of wanting the Russians to hack Hillary to find her 30000 missing emails.   The ones with ears to hear and eyes to see, know it was a joke and that he was referring to a hack that had already taken place, not asking them to hack again.


Unfortunately with over 50 per cent failure rate in the last EQAO grade 6 basic math testing in Ontario, this problem will not be resolved.  Apparently there are over 3000 high tech jobs available in the greater GTA which are requiring companies to bring in workers on a foreign visa as we do not have the qualified labour pool to fill these vacancies. It starts with basic math in education to fill these positions and Ontario is failing!!!   We are in a digital revolution and basic computer science skills are not required to graduate high school.


Not that I want to give the communist party of China any ideas, but when will it learn that silencing sources of dissent can only be accomplished by removing the senses, disabling speech, the ability to write, to see, to be mobile, to think.  mao all ready tried to convert populations in China to human forms of machinery when he worked and starved so many to death with the policy of the great leap forward. A policy that wanted to change people's names to numbers.  What did China fail to learn from the stalinist policies such as The Holodomor and the soviet political pogroms of the 30's.  What part of, intimidation does not work, is the ccp failing to grasp?

Here is a novel concept.  The issue is the inability of communism to separate itself from the horror of totalitarianism to hold onto power. Their incompetence is governing a population by intimidation to enforce compliance.  The problem is communism. History has shown that a controlled people can turn on a controlling government.


and kim jung il shot 16 holes in one in a single game! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA , ya right you little fat nut job


Did he assign fault ? I did not see that. This discussion seems to be void of practical wisdom from many engaging in it. We all know, right or wrong, that women who dress in certain ways are going to attract more attention, right or wrong, that is the way it is.

A woman who wants to avoid UNWANTED attention could dress differently if she chose to, to avoid unwanted it. Attention can be a good thing or a bad thing, some women use attention in business to gain an upper hand, much the same way a person uses a "power tie". Any of us who are married probably have wives who do NOT want attention and probably dress in a way as to discourage it.

You said you take pics of naked women - Which are obviously meant for someone to look at , and those pictures are going to illicit certain responses from different people. Some will react a certain way, some will react another way, but you cannot deny those reactions would be different had they taken pictures with clothes on.


Fine piece but it conflates politics with legislation and governing.  The latter two require empathy, the first not so much.
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As Mr. Dooley said, "Sure, politics ain't bean-bag. 'Tis a man's game, an' women, childer, cripples an' prohybitionists 'd do well to keep out iv it.”


Heck, I don't even watch his movies. They are so sheet.


Me thinks you have very little idea what Marxism is? Of course, it is non-uncommon for those of the right to seen anything left of centre in extreme terms.


What FREE Trade?


I didn't intend to lead anyone to believe that I "got it".  I just thought it should be quantified so maybe someone else could explain the significance of it to are just wandering aimlessly looking for guidance from an enlightened capitalist like Eldo.

As for harems, well - what's not to like?


How's that "pig smooching" working for you today, Paul?


Please show us the  homes that have an assessed value above market value. It a simple process to appear before the Board of Equalization and show the them comparable properties in your neighborhood that are selling for less than your property. Of course that requires you can actually show those sales and not simple pretend they exist.  The actions of the BOE for last year are available. See how many claims there were about overvalued homes and how many owners were not able to show the assessment was wrong.


What is with this constant reference to finishing last a season ago?  Hey, Your Leafs were trying to not win.  They were doing everything possible to lose games.  Remember?


" Canada will become a part of the USA"

You know what Nostradamus ? Why don't you just sit this one out ?


If Trump did it, it has to be bad.


So AS you somehow seek to discredit Christie's speech by quoting a general comment from Goebbels (which is correct by the way)?


The only ‘joke’ is this article. A biased opinion piece, written specifically to bring out the crazies on both sides. Here’s another stat for you, vacancy rates in downtown Calgary are 30% and rising. Does that sound healthy to anyone? Calgary is the economic heart of Western Canada and the city with the 2nd most head offices in the country (behind Toronto). The frustration that Alberta has with a few provinces has little to do with transfer payments. The frustration is with the lack of understanding around the massive amount of taxes and jobs created country wide by exporting its oil & gas. Energy East is the biggest no-brainer infrastructure project in the country as it would end the import of foreign oil into our largest refineries in the east and eliminate our trade deficit overnight as our exports to the US would drop by a like amount. It would increase royalties and taxes as we would no longer sell our product at a discount to the US. But it will never happen, now that’s a joke!


Nope, his supporters could't bare the thought of one particular Women being President. And what makes you think he won't keep his promises? It's going to be a beautiful wall!!


Legality can be an objective fact, but sinfulness is not. You clearly were not present in Catholic school when loopholes were taught.


As the crusades were a response to the violence of Islam, so is the right’s rage toward the progressive left who initiated the violence toward conservatives. As usual, it’s the children of the left that first lower themselves to violence. This time, though, the right is starting to fight back and the left doesn’t like it, and it damned well will not like the end result.