I take it you mean 'male' chauvinism. 😉
There is no consensus within Orthodoxy on the nature of the diaconate and in fact there isn't really any absolute definition of the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Catholic Church ether. Do the different degrees of Order mean there are three separate Sacraments or just one Sacrament with 3 different degrees? For example ordination to the episcopate comfers the 'fullness' of the priesthood. In the Tridentine Rite the deacon offers the Chalice together with the priest and says the prayer, 'Offerimus (We offer) tibi' with him. Could this be construed that there may be some degree of 'sacerdotality' belonging to the diaconate?
Before any decision on whether women can receive Orders, the precise nature f each Order needs to be defined.
As for getting used to women in vestments the experience of the Anglican Communion needs to be taken into account. Google Peter North, bishop of Sheffield for the latest twist.


Her own words define the best reason not to read anything pouring forth from this "snarky" woman who just wants to be "one of the boys" in vocabulary and human interaction.


LNG is better than diesel as tanker fuel if:  1) TOTE and PSE can guarantee no LNG / methane leaks (methane is a powerful greenhouse gas), 2) they are fully insured to cover the costs of any earthquake- or terrorist-related explosions,  3) TOTE and PSE agree to pay an escalating carbon tax to fund our required transition to 100% clean energy by 2050, and  4) recognize that future for jobs is clean energy.  http://ourrenewablefuture.org/


Pretty spot on commentary. Clinton lost because of her baggage not her abilities. It didn't help that her husband soiled her reputation. It didn't help that Bernie Sanders diluted her base. And it didn't help that Trump had a better message than Clinton.
Neither candidate was appealing to myself because each had qualities that frankly concerned me. The lesser of two evils was clearly Clinton because my personal values don't align with Trump. Ironically as Trump was campaigning to put Clinton in jail I was thinking that Trump was a better prisoner given his outstanding and pending lawsuits. I still think he's a serial sexual predator. 11 women is pretty convincing to most decent people.
I'm concerned, but not shocked, that reading many comments on the Globe's boards before and since the election that there is this rising group who agree with Trump's values. I'm assuming most men who comment pro Trump aren't married or have daughters.


Pence has such a fake, smarmy smile. Gross.


Maybe the chalet duo thought they would take in a run while they were in the area?


we've seen false accusations in the past and going forward I believe we will see more - I wonder if this isnt the politics of exaggeration cuz she cant have her own way on something - she wants to do politics differently, until we know the source of the woman's discontent we will not know the whole story..... and about the threatened lawsuits.... could the Globe do some investigative work to find what they may or may not be ..... somehow I doubt it though ..........women good men bad


they should make them eat all the spice they were caught with


Of course, you would be distracted by Trump's nonsense.  No surprise there.

Mrs. Clinton lost.


More people need to be like this guy - standing up for what is fair - and companies may start to take notice that they can't boilerplate agreement their way out of everything.  That being said, you can practically fly for free on Sunday evenings in the US, if you have time to spare, this is nothing new.


Did you ask them how much of their tax dollars go to the European Union -Agriculture?   Farmers in the UK get approximately  £2.5 to £3bn a year - varying according to the euro exchange rate - that farmers receive from Brussels.  I don't know how much that works out/farmers or per taxpayer but the point is you pay one way or the other to insure food security.


Don't forget the endless native stories, that only ever give the native perspective as unquestionable truth....and the comments are not allowed on any native story.......blatant social engineering and agenda....that is the CBC.


And loyalty can be taken as this too. Something that is sorely lacking in many career politicians cases btw.

"Loyalty has nothing to do with length of employment and everything to do with actions."
[...]
Who is more loyal: the 20-year veteran employee who does just enough to get by, criticizes you and your company at work and in public, frequently and not so subtly undermines your decisions...or the employee who's been there six months, embraces where you want to go, and works his butt off every day to help you and your company get there? Experience matters, but I'll take the six-month employee every time ...

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/6-qualities-of-remarkably-loyal-employees.html

I will take Trump any day over the McCain's and the Biden's of the government. Trump is loyal.


Follow up question:

If someone uses a form of emulation that has *historically* not been based in admiration, and has *generally* been used for humiliation, what do you guess the instinctual response might be?

Or, more simply,

What is the most likely outcome if I dress up the _exact same_ way I would if I were explicitly trying to humiliate you?


I define colonialism as the invasion of another territory in order to gain resources which are based there. I think that tourism may have initially been used to encourage colonialism (e.g 19th century attempts at getting Britons to settle in Australia), but with imperialism no longer welcome, I don't think tourism is conducted with such an ulterior motive anymore.

I understand worries about tourism reinforcing the stereotyped images of a culture (most worries about "Cultural Appropriation" stem from these), but it's wrong to say that tourism is a means of subjugating a culture, just as I disagree with claims that "Moana" (for all the flaws it will have) is a means of subjugating a culture...


Should be castrated as well!!


Given that there have been only 21 calendar years since its founding in 1776 that the US hasn't been at war, the odds seem a bit tilted in that direction, yes.


You're awfully insecure.


"Hammond had a good idea, that the PF would be used as both a ‘rainy day fund’ .... This is incorrect.
1) read his book "Diapering the Devil " .. It explains the entire history of the Permanent Fund and its intent.
See:   www.cgdev.org/doc/books/GovernorsSolution/Ch2_GovernorsSolution.pdf

2) He wrote the vote "NO" position against the 1999 ballot prop. and the ballot proposition failed by 83%.. 5 to 1 in every single precinct in Alaska including Juneau and the University of Alaska campus.  In many places the opposition was far greater than 5 to 1... See: Ak. State Div. of Elections- ww.elections.alaska.gov/ei_return_1999_SPEC.php

3) There is a recording of him saying it was set up to pay DIVIDENDS not run gov.

Hope this is helpful.... wrong information is a cancer which plagues all of us.


Well said!  This understanding is sadly missing from popular religion in the U.S. and the "Evangelicals" who promote uninformed civil religion rather than Christian discipleship.


Yes, indeed, Donald Trump and Anthony Scaramucci are models of decorum.  Progress?  If you can state that with a straight face, there may be a job available for you when Sarah Huckabee is fired.  BTW: Today's NYT has about half a dozen OpEd columnists' pieces about the Trump Presidency.....ranging from liberal to conservative writers.  They all highlight the incompetence and unfittness of Donald Trump.  You might read a few and broaden your perspective.  regards, Gary Crum


Disgusted with The Globe writes:

"Does anyone believe that the U.S.A. hasn't interfered with other countries internal affairs in the past and will not do so in the future."

---

Incapable of providing a defense for either Putin's attacks on the US democratic process, or for Trump's lapdog response to it, Disgusted pivots to attacking the US on some vague, unrelated, unspecified issue.

Weak.

And tell us, if you are so disgusted with The Globe, why are you constantly reading it and posting on its site, and adding to its revenues?

Please explain.


Right! How dare anyone suggest that we oughtn't get on out knees and swallow whole what Suzuki et all say. How dare anyone suggest there are any grey areas  in this debate.

The Globe and Mail columnists, with the exception of the loathsome Margaret Wente, attempt to suppress any dissenting views, even those sneaky moderate ones, and God love them for it!


This is exactly the reason the Democratic party would be wise to go with Bernie.


And right wingers are amoral.


This is comment is a perfect example of what is in the real world of 2016. The kids don't care if a transgender student uses a restroom or plays on a team, it is not the students would out numbered with a great majority being students who are transgendered because 99.9 % of most students are not LBGT  but the grown-ups are the ones to get all whacked out over the deal including some members of the community who have not been in a public school in over 50 years.   LOL


still no policies, just critiques and redundant nonsense.  Kind of like postings here!  ; )


I think the hardest part about moving is not only finding a place to stay, but finding the time and effort to actually research what type of furniture you are going to purchase for your new home. I know furnishr.com helps with all of that so it makes the moving process super easy! I recommend anyone moving to definitely check them out!


MC, we Americans like killing.  So many of us stand behind cold blooded murder of those we do not like.  I wish we could develop enough empathy to sense the loss on the killing of anyone.  I think that among developed countries, we stand out as uniquely willing to kill whether our own citizens or innocents as collateral damage in drone strikes or other war type scenarios.  It does not have to be this way.  BTW, I thought in sum Nixon was a good President.  Also Obama brags about killing because Americans like to hear about the latest killing done in their name.


Well since Justin loves Cuba so much and everything there is a free Utopia maybe He (Liberals) can send them there for a while until the rest of us Canadians that are poor or unemployed can improve our life here!


Or, could it actually be that the oil companies are pumping out more now because its down to $30 - $40 a barrel, and they are shipping it outside to storage tanks or underground reserves.  As result pays a lower royalty here in Alaska at the lower per barrel rate, and sales it later when oil prices go back up.  Thus avoiding a higher royalty owed in Alaska.!  Make sense? Or, has SB21 become a fortunate scheme to take Alaska's resources without compensation?


diverdave, You seem to imply that immigrants hurt the economy.  However, nothing is farther from the truth.  There are more undocumented immigrants in California than any other state, and the proportion of undocumented immigrants to the entire population of California is one of the highest among all states.  Yet California is doing great economically, and it is pulling the national economy up.  The economy of California is so large that if it were a country it would have the sixth largest economy in the world.  The idea that immigrants bring down the economy is another alternative fact.


it is not the color of the skin that is the problem and you know it. it is the religion of peace that must be stopped.


My deepest ALOHA to his ohana.


there is a legal third hand party murderers and serial killers who is behind the deaths and destruction of innocent people, babies, and children.  sometimes they use fourth party to kill or destroy someone.  men and women are involved.


I find it funny that trump is calling that all fake news.  Now, who said he had the largest crowd at his inauguration? Won by the largest amount of electoral votes in modern history? That Obama was born in Kenya?  All lies and more lies by trump.

He jumped on the unmasking because I now believe that his son in laws name got revealed in the unmasking.  I dare say the most dishonest president in modern history.  And yes, he made an A<<<< on his first over seas trip.


Yeah he would never have used a knife,baseball bat, car or anything else huh? Ban guns and all problems magically disappear right? Wrong! Wake up Dick.


Signing Donaldson to a long-term deal (6 yrs), ludicrous.  He is too old.  While he may still be near the top of his game, he's closer to over-the-hill than he is to spring chicken.  You could, perhaps, sign him to a 3-yr deal and overpay, if he would agree, conceivable he would.  Though becoming a FA @ 35, probably not something he'd like.

This is a very old team, long past its best by date.  The longer management waits to ship out the older guys, the worse it'll be.  You're already stuck with 2 old guys in Martin and Tulowitzki that any respected baseball guy will tell you are both nearing the end.

But, remember, this is an organization that brought back 1 really old guy in Bautista, hoping against all logic we wasn't done when they all knew he was.

Ownership will do what's in its best business interest, not what's best for the baseball team.  L'Affaire Bautista has revealed that.


I don't remember the Globalist and Mail or any other Canadian mainstream media publication showing this much concern about Canada's tens of thousands of homeless people.


I opposed Trump all thru the primaries.  I didn't begin to warm up to him until his nomination acceptance speech and his policy speech a few days later: (1)  lower taxes on business to a level competitive with our global competitors; (2) roll back the 175,000 pages of excessive regulation that are costing our economy $2 TRILLION a year in compliance costs, an 11% drain on GDP, a "hidden tax" that has to be passed on to consumers, but most importantly, hits small business the hardest.  He didn't write those speeches, I know, but it told me he's hired smart advisers.  I agreed with all of that, but the Never Trump Progressive Establishment he beat in the primaries still controls Congress, and doesn't want change, but the GOP voters do.

Our social program costs, 2/3rds of the budget, are growing by 6% a year, an unsustainble rate at 2% growth.  If we don't get back to 4%+ growth, our system will fail within a few years.  Growth can only come from the private sector.


The silly post again Gerald, how predictable.


Yeah but Chachi will be there right?


The UK actually has funded a wall to stop the migrants. End the import program.


Just for spite, I hope some of the developers plant noxious AND invasive weeds on the rooftops!!! Cheat Grass, Canada Thistle, Houndstoungue etc etc etc! Hahahahhaha!


There are good reasons why no state awards their electors proportionally.

The whole number proportional system sharply increases the odds of no candidate getting the majority of electoral votes needed, leading to the selection of the president by the U.S. House of Representatives, regardless of the popular vote anywhere.

It would not accurately reflect the nationwide popular vote;

It would reduce the influence of any state, if not all states adopted.

It would not improve upon the current situation in which four out of five states and four out of five voters in the United States are ignored by presidential campaigns, but instead, would create a very small set of states in which only one electoral vote is in play (while making most states politically irrelevant),

It would not make every vote equal.

It would not guarantee the Presidency to the candidate with the most popular votes in the country.


Oh shut up Rhyner.  You know squat.


Funny, Wynne and McGuinty have been taxing down to this level for over 15 years, I don't remember them making that announcement.

I actually do support this initiative, I'm just not sure have Wynne will mess it up.


Given his level of competence, I am very glad to see that Trump is spending a whole lot of time playing golf.

(And I won't hold him to his now-shattered promises to forego golf and vacations if he was elected president.)


Great article. It's bang on.


The "Rail" issue has caused more problems than ever. Ms. Evans is not the only one to be ousted for voting against the "ole boy" faction. Our legislators are not allowed to have an opinion of their own. Gotta go with the rest. Ms. Evans, you shouldn't have resigned. I have always said give up on the rail. The costs will be never ending.


here's hoping.  and i for one refuse to call pope john paul II either the great or saint.


"get the occasional one that isn't but generally they are accurate. People like you need to get into the real world."

Oh really?

So the most recent elections in Alberta, BC, the Brexit vote, and of course, the US election isn't "the real world"?

You need to follow your own advice....


The R-G headline writers are either minimum wage--or at least minimum-skilled workers.

It  still says "jailed  21 months after allegedly making bogus 911 calls"


Bush presented false information to Congress regarding WMDs that didn't exist. His was an argument that Iraq posed an imminent threat and by misrepresenting  the facts, he duped congress. The fault lies with him.


How about citing evidence to support your claims!  Church historians can demonstrate that what Francis is doing is following exactly WHAT the early church taught.  The church was much more democratic than it was during the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict.  He follows, in our time, the Apostolic Teachings as defined.


In the 50s we had relations so good with Iran that we helped them build a nuclear reactor and supplied Iran with weapon grade uranium to power it.  Check Atoms for peace.  Then we did a illegal coup on Iran because they wanted to nationalize their own oil.  We put the government we wanted in Iran. That led to the student Revolution and the relations we have today.
  So now we have Israel and Sherman saying we need to do more against iran.  Israel is the same country that was caught planting bombs on American buildings in Egypt in a false flag attack trying to blame the muslim brotherhood but wa caught. Check the Lavon affair.
Israel is the same country that attacked the USS Liberty, Trying to sink the ship and machine gunning American sailors in the water.  Our Government ordered the crew of the ship to keep quiet about it.  WE know about it now because of the freedom of information act. Check USS Liberty
  Israel urged us into the war with Iraq,  Hows that working out for America.


Would Tommy Douglas vote for a 1%er?


Outsider,  You are on to something I think. :)


That war is over.  I mean Obama said it would be over soon 8 years ago.  What!?  It's not over!?  You mean Nobel Peace Prize Obama lied to us!  OMG ... I am so shocked!


The responses to the article are as interesting as Hadiya’s account. At a moment in time when it appears as though there are no shared realities and where everything is relative-the comments here seem consistent with that state. Certainly, we all bring our unique past experiences, fears and ambitions with us and yes, they shape our perspectives and inform our interactions but I don’t’ believe that mitigates their value. If we are not willingly to listen to how our organizations make individuals feel then where does the change come from?


But your argument compares apples to oranges here. Joining the army is not providing a public service. It is a contract that an individual enters into with the government on a one on one basis. CO status allows, in certain instances to recuse yourself from being 'forced' into engaging in that contract in time of war and the draft. Engaging in public commerce and providing a public service, on the other hand, does not allow, contrary to the whole "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" signs would have you think, you to not provide service to a group of individuals. That is discrimination - providing service to one group and not another in the public sphere. Question: Why is there not the same uproar and teeth-gnashing about divorce and being "forced" to provide services to divorced and remarried (wedding photography, counseling, etc.) people? That, too, is scripturally prohibited. Why does not qualify as a strongly held religious belief in the same way?


Ohhhhhh sure she is.      She drove her vehicle into another persons vehicle killing the man.  Officer, that was not ME driving that vehicle that killed that man.  I do not know who was driving that vehicle that killed that man.    Officer, you found ME unconscious under this other vehicle.   I do NOT care what this Murderer says, the FACTS and EVIDENCE at the scene say otherwise.............

Read the Sign:  She just  needs to shut up and just go to PRISON Forever................


Anyone who disagreed with this post does not have an ounce of compassion in them, or are completly ignorant of the issues surrounding the medevil and barbaric practices that are still in use in CHina.

I have seen undercover videos of skinned dogs , still alive, slowly dying.  I cried and yelled and went to the mall to berate the people who have no idea what the hell is going on over there.
The Swiss underground team exposed this years ago and it was only this action that has make any significant dent in these sub humans.
I urge everyone to google  CHinese fur farms....then boycott all Chinese products to the best of your ability.

It is only by such actions will the poor and defensless animals stand any chance.


At the TDSB the 2017 salary at A2(where most teachers start) with 2 years experience is roughly $54k so yes she is doing quite well.


No positive outcome here....

...paging king solomon...king solomon if you are in the building...


He's could be studying all the extraordinary current and historical confidential, classified information available to him about the world over the last 100 years. Can you just imagine the stuff?
But no, he vainly tracks news coverage of himself. Perfect symbol--no, perfect living manifestation--of the death of the American mind. Left, right, whatever, all should be sickened by it.


Just install fences, guards, metal detectors, body scans, and frequent patrols by armed guards, etc. and then the parks might be safe and clean but I doubt it.  I like many others will never go near there again.


Kafoury should check with her County HR Director on what directives were given to the Sheriff's Office HR on when overtime can be used during Paid Parental Leave.  Sounds like her "smell tester" was directed at the wrong area of her building.  I thought this was just another non-story Nigel was doing, but maybe it is pointing out that Kafoury doesn't really know what is going on with the people she supervises.  Thanks for bringing this to light Nigel!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUD4Td9hjKw

Doug is one of the losers.


What's a cat dog? Sounds cool. Does it get along with it's self?


Difficult sales job; selling yourself.


I don't think religious fanatics should be given a platform to tell us what the think about internal matters of CSIS. Christian Jew whatever, if you are a true believer who constantly pushes your beliefs upon everyone NO RESPONSIBLE NEWSPAPER would allow this unless they were a Religious Newspaper pushing belief upon everyone.


Carbon realities being exposed, as groupthink is no longer required. Tricked you.

http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/lawrence-solomon-finally-its-safe-for-the-whistleblowers-of-corrupted-climate-science-to-speak-out


Yeah, she should have done her drinking at home.


There was a time when vote-buying pork like this would have been too low for congressmen of ANY party to stoop ...

How low are you willing to stoop to pass this piece of garbage, Graham-Cassidy?


Sexism runs even deeper than racism.  The poison of patriarchal supremacy also must be expelled from the Church.  The ordination of women to the sacramental priesthood would be the way to overcome all forms of literalist fundamentalism and exclusionary integralism, including racism.  It is time to recognize that we are all of the same FLESH, and act accordingly.  The assumption of Mary is a sign of hope!


This is just saving face.
After years of asking NATO members pay more 'America' lowered the boom and said pay up or else there's no more defense umbrella for you.

So now Canada is going to increase its military budget but the reason has nothing to do with being a NATO laggard but it's because Canada doesn't want to become a client state of the U.S. by depending on American military power, freeloading as a human right so to speak.


This is the best solution, every one who wants an assault weapon, joins the state national guard; a well regulated militia. Satisfies the 2nd amendment and provides the armed force necessary to keep the government in line.


And what about the health care needs of the elderly, the sick, and children in the time period between repeal and replacement?
Soylent Green?
The only sane replacement for the ACA is single payer financed through taxation.


So less than 2% of all Americans signed up. Wow. That is amazing . *SARCASM*. 2% in 4 Days = 100% in how many? Never.


Mon dieu. Another wrath-of-god-er on the page.

You  manage,and only in a few paragraphs,  to call an op ed piece inflamatory, outrageous, to call an award winning novelist a fabricator, to refer to the columnist as sickening, etc.

Id call your comments a little less than tolerant. Sanctimonious comes to mind.

Ever see the play The Crucible? Remember the lead prosecutor. Through whom god spoke? You would do well in that part.  But sadly it wouldnt be acting. You would seem perfectly type cast.

God save us all from those who know best. A little tolerance for the views of others would help. You can disagree...but calling someone a fabrictor...calling someones words sickening. Maybe for Mein Kampf, but hardly for the article we both read. Lighten up a bit.


I don't feel badly for Sears.  I just spent a very frustrating chunk of time with both my credit card company and Sears attempting to figure why Sears has charged me for 8 items that I ordered last month, but returned right at the mail order desk because of poor quality.  Each of the charges appeared about a week after I rejected the merchandise right at the in-store parcel pick-up desk and directed it be returned.  An additional 9th charge appeared out of the blue entirely.  Now, Sears insists it will take them 6 - 8 weeks before I am credited with the money they charged me.  I smell a scam, possibly an inventory liquidation prior to bankruptacy later in January, and I fear that I will never see my money?  Please, I know I am not alone in this situation, and I think it merits some investigative reporting.  I know that Sears Canada has recently lost a credit card partner.  It's time for some good reporting here!


Yes. Nations are extended tribes really. What makes a tribe a tribe is of course its shared cultural norms.  And moving beyond 'morality is relative to culture' its pretty easy to see that the morality of a bunch of camel herders in an arid climate is necessarily different to the morality of a bunch of peasant farmers in a harsh c0ld and wet climate.

When Zuma says that 'Corruption is a Western thing' He is precisely right: It is. In his culture and world-view, the absence of socialism and welfare means putting self first, family second, and tribe third.  That is simply survival.

Only a culture that has evolved out of a monumental dependence on trade and business ethics, comes to condemn corruption as 'bad for business'.

In South Africa, we see the conflict between cultures: On the one hand everyone wants the advantages of technological civilisation, but no one wants to pay the ultimate price in adapting their culture to what is necessary for it to function.


Wicked.


That explains two ships crossing, but in a busy place like the Straights, maneuvering and changing speed and direction can cause a chain reaction affecting other ships. Just one of many examples-- assume the McCain was moving at top speed crossing in front of the tanker, but another ship accelerated into the McCain's path beyond the freighter. You need to make quick calculations because as soon as the tanker passes behind The McCain going at top speed, it will need to slow quickly and maneuver to follow rules of the road and avoid a collision with another ship X that imay also be changing course or speed. Iif X is a large ship, it may mean the McCain had to slow and if it did so too soon it could be hit by the tanker. Othe maneuvers were possible for the McCain-- it could have turned to Starboard then accelerated  in the same direction as the tanker. But what if there was another ship Y in front slower than the McCain?


If this would work it would be a miracle. Studies in all countries so far show that despite the most intense rehabilitation and turning around efforts of repeat felons is rarely met with success. The inside rot that has been allowed to grow by wrong thinking for decades in a person can only be overcome by many years of right thinking.


Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia...


Skip, read what I said. The law does not keep legal immigrants in the nation. It simply doesn't automatically strip away an affirmative defense in immigration proceedings. They can still be deported.


What makes you think an AR is any more lethal than any other gun?  Because the "media" told you so?


30 years is a nano second in history. These 61% you note would have graduated (at best) 12 years ago....2005.  Imagine how many brilliant women could have been doctors and lawyers in the years before had the encouragement and biases been different.  If women are dominant in these #s now, it will make sense that they also have similar percentages in the workforce.


"He has repeatedly said he does, repeatedly admitted he murdered, and made it very clear that he does not want to be medicated."
Spot on!
Let him plead "guilty", let him make his little rant, and pack him off to prison.


You most certainly do have a different and varying "point of view."


How about last summer when the goodpasture island location sent out a child around 2 yrs old without shoes or socks on to play on blacktop in the middle of a heatwave with 100+ degree temps and he burnt his feet so badly he had to be taken to the hospital? I believe he sustained 2nd and or 3rd degree burns. The staff sent him outside without shoes in which he arrived to daycare with that day. Contact the River Road second hand store for more details... it was their grandson this happened to!


Ban bump stocks... next go look up lightning links.  Are you going to ban hacksaw blades and small pieces of metal?


A preface to any year of the laity might well be "a year of the person".  One thought that needs honest reflection and definitive admission is that morality, ethics and justice - individual and social -  parallel religion yes, but are distinct.  Religions have co-opted the principles and imperatives, added their spin, elevated them to sectarian doctrine, thus reconstituting them as divisive rather than what unites all persons, adherence rather than responsibility.
Civilization owes a debt of gratitude to the Catholic tradition as custodian, the "laboratory" and teacher, but it is time to re-establish the legitimate distinction between Jesus the teacher and Jesus the redeemer.
As Redeemer Jesus, we believe, has no precedent. As philosopher/teacher though, Jesus is in a direct line in the evolution of civilization.
Unfortunately, the "cooptation" by church is at the point of the ridiculous. Ethics and morality have become tools of clericalism and, sadly, are suffering similar rejection


Definitely not the type of article I want to read first thing in the morning.

This is a terrible idea.

This has to stop.


It's not dormant now, is it? In fact it's the flash point for White Supremacists and their ilk. I say put the statues in museums where what they represent of our history can be clearly explained in context.


One wonders if "militant activism" as witnessed from antifa qualifies under the auteur's definition.  I know this is not a film.  How about those hawai'ians protesting TMT?  Is that militarism, too?  Those guys from Seattle when ADB was here sure looked militaristic to me.  Are they included?


Thanks, Caleb, an excellent reminder. " Being human is a given. But keeping our humanity is a choice." Ali Abid Zaidi


Yes all those goose stepping soldiers and hand raising citizens in the "protest" lines were just a figment.


someone explain to me how this is good for America, what value does this person add?


Oh precious child. Have someone read the article to you and explain the big words.
“Organizers included the Nationalist Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group; the Traditionalist Worker Party, which wants a separate white ethno-state; Anti-Communist Action, a right-wing group that believes America is being threatened by “communists”‘ and Vanguard America, a white supremacist group that believes America is inherently a white nation that must be preserved.”

You could argue your point for some of the organizers and that is precious.
But the National Socialist Movement?
 Really? Wanna try to say they are not white supremacists?

You are either being disingenuous, ignorant or you fall for alt right propaganda like nobody’s business.


I voted for the Liberal candidate in my riding, and was pleased when the Liberal Party of Canada came to power. Then Prime Minister Trudeau backtracked on his promise to begin the reform of our electoral system.

I will not be voting for my Liberal candidate in the next election, and I certainly won't be voting for the Conservative candidate either. The NDP candidate might get my vote, but that remains to be seen. Maybe I'll vote for the Communists, or the Greens, or the Christian Heritage Party, or the Marijuana Party, or the Libertarian Party, or the "Alliance of the North".

When politicians start to mock us, it's time to start mocking them and the electoral system using the most powerful tool at our disposal--our votes.


The IOC doesn't give. They only take.


Well, I'll agree it won't be in your lifetime(nor mine). When guns go away it will only be because they've been replaced with a different weapon of some kind ( phasers? LOL ). As a matter of fact, everytime new gun laws are even broached, gun(and ammo) sales go through the roof. America is becoming more divided, saying it's more liberal doesn't equate with political reality. Your free to cite a legitimate source that says immigrants  don't own firearms. We can bandy this about all day, tough laws or no tough laws, won't materially change anything IMO.


It's the working class, not the "rich", who use private health care in Britain. Coverage is negotiated into every union contract.
Get over your two tier phobia. It will come to Canada when our waiting lists get long enough, whether you like it or not. Every Western country in the world except Canada and Cuba have a two tier system.


Par for the course for Potter.  He got plenty of practice doing just that as editor for that  Leftist rag the Ottawa Citizen


Too bad because he sounds like the kind of guy the Alberta PCs (and federal Conservatives!) badly need. The nastiness and failure to rethink things exhibited in the federal Conservative arena with the exception of guys like Chong, O'Toole and to some degree Bernier is sad. I'm not as familiar with the Alberta PCs but Jason Kenney is somebody who shouldn't be in politics at any level - is he still drawing his MP salary?


Stephen F. Schneck, who "expects Trump to be a disaster for the economy", has zero bona-fides in economics. He is Acting Dean of School of Social Service and his degrees are in Political Science.

There is no clear picture of what the incoming administration's policies will be, but the stock market has exhibited a positive outlook on the future since the election.


I always thought forced residency was just a money grab. The biggest problem in terms of diversity is that their peers are mostly the same age. People that work or live off campus interact with older people more so they are more mature. A family in the same apartment complex is not going to allow certain type of parties by their college student neighbors. Also conversations with older people are better and encourage more critical thought whereas people of the same age encourage group-think more.


Yes, bring back "We do not need a stinking police force," Dan!  Dan is an example of just how "easy" it is to run a city.  Absolutely clueless.


Is corruption ever identified during any govt administration?
Are you going to deny tammeny hall?
How come pena was a middle class average guy before being mayor, and worth a half billion after
Think about it. Or close your eyes and go back to sleep


Proof of absolutely nothing,  liberal proof,  the most proofless of proof is proven.


I didn't know there was a dress code for coaches when it came to dressing up for a game at U.H., it almost seems sexist for a woman to wear a dress when she coaches a team, look at Laura Beeman, why doesn't she wear a dress when she is on the court coaching the Wahine Basketball team.


Good to see that the folks who designed the Cylon Raider from the original Battlestar Galactica are still able to find work. That is one ugly rear end.


So true. There are few airports in the US designed post 9-11. Even if DIA was built from the ground up today, I doubt the main terminal would have been designed as it is.


This is the dumbest editorial I have ever seen, but it helps clarify why these keep right laws are necessary. The left lane is for passing. Period.  Nobody, even if they are going 100 mph, should stay to the left.  Keep right except to pass is one of the most fundamental and universally recognized ways to maximize highway safety.  What is your problem with moving over?  Does it bruise your ego when you get passed?  Are you too lazy to be bothered with lane changes?


I agree, which is why bibles also don’t belong in the classroom.


The UN is saying that Iran is staying in compliance with the deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/iran-nuclear-deal-trump-un


Torts is leading the pak..  Babnuts is 29th in line


Alfred what do you read?...... Oh.. Breitbart of course... (I should have known)


I guess the Ontario liberals and Alberta ndp share stupid ideas.


Nom de Plume,

...as is blather and speculation about a stable Liberal majority (46 or more seats).


Troll job


Meanwhile, with Trudeau practically handing them his signed letter conceding defeat in 2019, what are the Conservatives doing?  Running around handing out autographed Ted Nugent posters.


That's okay, this clown will be out of office in '18 and both houses plus the governor's office will be Republican.  This is the beginning of the end of your climate scam.


So Trump signed the order on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The order was not against Jews, for which Trump would have a close relationship with. So it should be OK. <sad >.


China is in the process of developing its own narrow body aircraft market. They aren't going to be welcoming a Canadian competitor either. It's a shame because the CS 100 is a great airplane.


The ten commandments have no business on City of Denver property in a public park right across the street from the state Capitol. Religious dictatorship using authoritarian myth fiction is exactly what persons like Thomas Jefferson opposed. I hope somebody totals the disgusting theofascist monument in the park.


Seems those Germans and Italians interned were hardly innocent citizens like the Japanese.  Your drawing a false equivalency between fascists and law abiding Canadian citizens.

Most of the German internees were members of German-sponsored organizations or leaders of the Nazi Party in Canada. Hundreds of Germans on Canadian soil were accused of spying and subversion. The camps also served to house captured enemy soldiers, such as over 700 German sailors captured in East Asia and sent to Canada.

After Italy entered the war, a number of prominent Italians and Canadian fascists, notably Adrien Arcand of Montréal, were interned. Approximately 600 Italian men suspected of sympathizing with fascism were placed into three camps: Kananaskis, Alberta; Petawawa, Ontario; and Fredericton, New Brunswick. This last camp also held 517 Jews sent from England by Winston Churchill, who suspected them of being disloyal.


And the PFD is all of ours, not anyone else's.


The Conservatives just held a Convention and chose a new leader. It is expected that any party will get a bounce after all that attention and publicity.


Actually there is a high likelihood that Mr Comey's testimony will prove moot. (look it up if you have to)


Please, no fee increases for US citizens. Raise the fees for foreign visitors to make up the needed funds. Please, no discounts for any tour buses either. The Parks are for the enjoyment of the American People and not for foreigners who pay no income taxes and enjoy our Parks while making the Parks overcrowded for the American People.


When Ms Gingrich testifies in court that she carried on a multi-year affair with a married man, I'd call that sinning blatantly. Wouldn't you?


You apparently can say whatever you want about Mexicans, Hispanics & Black people, but the Republican Party draws the line on white women.


http://www.thinklikeahorse.org/images3/police%20pursuits.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB_fHUHgjAM


Sorry but these are well paying,  above average skills that need to be kept in Canada.     I have lost a bundle taking risk in this company due to reading the specs on this fabulous aircraft (CS-series).    The government has not taken much risk here (the taxpayer) as they also get taxes from all these workers and great status for Canada for high value/high prestige air and rail projects..

The CRJ's were also a good aircraft and the government got lots of return from  that and the rail business.

Finally if you think the family has not lost a lot of money,   you don't understand share prices, investing.

Look on the bright side,  Bombardier for 1/2 of what they asked for.


This can only force the taxi industry toward a more passenger-centric model. Competition is good, but for 40-50 years, taxis have had no real competition because government regulations have created a virtual monopoly. I'm not sure about Anchorage, but here in Fairbanks, there are only about three companies, though the same owners operate differently flagged cabs out of the same business location.

It recently cost me $30 to go four miles from my home to the airport. It took 15 minutes. The taxi driver was creepy. The taxi itself was clean enough, but it smelled like it hadn't been not too long ago.

At the other end of our plane ride, we used Uber. A nice guy picked us up. His car was clean and it smelled of being clean. He hadn't met anyone from Alaska before, so the 20-mile trip was a delightful exchange between him asking us about Alaska and us asking him about the town. He was a teacher. And, it cost us $16 for the 30-40 minute ride.

Free markets do it better.


It's purely a selfish motive.


No. It was criminal but it wasn't hundreds of millions.


weird......for the last 8 years anyone that dared to practice dissent was branded a traitor and a racist.  Obviously for anyone who is a republican, independent, libertarian or non-affiliated voter there are different standards than there are for democrats


So one draft-dodger is dogging another draft-dodger?  Who cares?

No wait, <quick Google search>.

Blumenthal served as a Marine, but exaggerated where he served.  Meanwhile, Trump was fighting his "personal Vietnam" against STDs while dodging the draft.  Guess I'll listen to the one who actually served their country.


P - More insults from you, take some time to figure out a logical and compelling argument rather than throwing insults around like a kindergartner.


I hear President Jackson is steamed about this, and is considering suing President Trump for slander, citing "fake news" as the precedent.


A total waste of Taxpayers dollars.


Actually the ahca would allow purchases across state borders. Bernie supports purchases from international sources, which is ok with you and me both, evidently from your comment.


Obama blamed Bush during his years. Smearing on all sides are getting tiresome.


I believe this was the 'meilleur' décision given the circumstances.....


You're saying your god doesn't believe in abortion? Really? Read the old testament. He orders his minions to kill every man, woman (including pregnant ones) and child (except for the virgin girls!) so many times. He's a psycho. He made homosexuality because to christians he made us all.
In the new testament Jesus does not follow the old rules. Remember an eye for an eye? He changed it to turn the other cheek. Jews stoned people but Jesus didn't. He actually stopped a stoning. Telling them those without sin can continue to stone her.
I'd suggest you read how the bible was put together and when. I did that after Prevo start thumping his bible to keep gay discrimination going. I keep meaning to thank him for helping me become an athiest.


Hahahaha. Not a Canadian if you can't drive on snow. I bet they're glad they have all those bicycles for weather like this.


Hmm, a renowned ex-PM hiring a lackey to put pressure on a federal crown prosecutor when the Liberals were in power.


Guess there are consequences for speaking out.  Our president gets the rants for speaking out everyday.


People.....   Pay attention to the signs.
More importantly use your common sense.
You live in a place with bear.
Bear like salmon (among other things).
Salmon are coming into the streams.
Simple deduction will tell you that bear are near streams this time of year.

So....... stay of those trails


When the NHL is trying so desperately  to appeal to Trump and his supporters, it's well past time to say, "Good bye!"

Was hard enough putting up with the 1975 Flyers and 2011 Bruins touching Lord Stanley's Cup


Blinky
Income splitting is most unfair to single people including widows. Tax the person who makes the income is very fair.


I'm surprised many of the onlookers didn't follow the goat and drown themselves.  Bunch of freaking lemmings.


great, now we will have vouchers, the right will put their kids in schools where in science class they will use the bible. The left will put their kids in schools where in science class they will use science books....I like it.


See reply above.


If I saw great health care and wonderful support for the elderly and challenged, I would feel good about paying my taxes.

But when I don't see any of the above then I wonder just where does all those billions and billions go.

When I hear about fixing the prime minister's house will cost $38 million to repair, I realize that the people in Ottawa are from a different world than I am from and they have no intention of using our taxes to make our lives better, they are only concerned with building their own empires and palaces.


"who asked if he was a neo-Nazi."


ROFLMAO, yeah, that's what's happening. I guess false hope is still hope...


Whitefish is doing an excellent jump rebuilding the transmission lines.  They provide daily updates on their FB page of their progress unlike the Governor or FEMA.  This company has a unique skill set rebuilding lines in mountainous areas using helicopters and line workers that are not afraid of being
suspened a 100ft up in the air.  Whitefish took a huge gamble bidding on the contract along with the risk of not being paid, and Puerto Rico took a chance on them.  It seems to be paying off.  I was very skeptical at first, but results are results.  Data doesn't lie only politicians.


No.

I suspect that many non-Brits are not familiar with the song "The Vicar of Bray". It's about an English clergyman who changes his religious beliefs to match the prevailing political winds: Protestant under Elizabeth, Catholic under Mary, Puritan under Cromwell and so on; in order to keep his job. "And this is will maintain, sir,/That whichever king or queen may reign/Still I'll be the Vicar of Bray, sir.


Hey, DGL46!  Chalk one up for Canadian entrepreneurs!  They actually convinced some Chinese guys to BUY the company rather than "steal" what it produces.

And people say "we" (the Canadian people) are selling ourselves down the river. Whew.  Your view makes ANY sale a victory.


Yes, all rights have limits, I even said it in my post - and told you exactly what the relevant limits in this case are.

Sure, striking isn't ideal- but strikes and protest action is the only means those not-in-power have of asserting their rights against those in power when the latter oversteps their bounds.

There is absolutely no rational analysis that can conclude that hair-style rules are WITHIN  the bounds placed on authority in  the context of schooling.
Hair doesn't affect discipline. It doesn't intrude on other students ability to learn. It is not disruptive to class-room activities.
There's no legitimate reason to HAVE rules about this, so having them is not a justifiable intrusion on student's rights.
Indeed I'm hardly unique in this consideration. Back in the early 2000's then education minister Kader Asmal ordered ALL government schools to scrap ALL hair rules - in this case for intruding on religious freedom rights.
His order was largely ignored.


As I said on Facebook, when someone is NOT from a certain culture (or even married to the culture), they're appropriating it.  And if they ARE, then they're bastardizing.  Yeah, if I opened a HK style diner (cha chaan teng) in a hip part of the city serving, oh, I don't know, ham and macaroni soup au gratin (because the type you'd get at such diners would NOT be au gratin), then I'm bastardizing since my family is from Hong Kong.  However, if a non-HK Canadian friend of mine did so, then he/she would be appropriating.  Can't go either way.


@Jerry Dryer
Re: " Dose  (sic) regulating gun accessories work...From what was learned so far from LV is he had large mags, bump stocks"

He was in a room by himself away from anyone that could subdue him and considering you can swap a magazine in less than 3 seconds the capacity of the magazine would have made no difference. As far as the bumpstocks, you can bumpfire a semi automatic much more accurately and consistently with a rubberband or belt loop. Also if he had used a hunting rifle with a scope and bipod and chose his targets carefully I speculate it would have taken longer in a large, noisy crowd to realize what was happening and he would have killed more people but wounded fewer.


Obviously the innumerable and interminable experiences of hellish suffering aren't sufficient to get Jesus to return. There seems to be a sense that an Adventist level of holiness has to be reached to actuate the Second Advent. Jimbob7, you imply that Adventist failure is purposeful.

Yes, it's that simple, but with a psychological twist. There is a sub-conscious realization that holiness is unachievable so it is a convenient cover up for what can't happen under any circumstance. His non arrival is expected. A false aura of hope necessarily preserves the myth on which Adventism was born, indelibly recorded on the Seventh-day logo, "Adventist."

 "Hope" and "soon," are artful reinterpretations, both of which ignore the fact the Adventist self-anointed role of end time directors was a farce. But Seventh-day and Adventist are Siamese twins, inseparable even by Dr. Carson. On separation one dies, the other, Seventh-dayism,  lives as an unattractive orphan, doomed to gloomy homelessness.


Tax based pensions should never have happened.  The first question that should have been asked is...       'What if future voters decide not to continue funding this retirement', and now they have.


Prepare to be trickled down upon.


I don't know which Leafs fans you are referring to but I doubt whether any of us are making assumptions about making the playoffs given the nature of the opponents that they have to play five times in seven days to finish off the season. They include the three best teams in the Eastern conference and what is likely to be a full strength Tampa side which was good enough to make the cup final last season. That won't be easy.
What relevance does the past have to this though? In case you hadn't noticed, the current ownership and management have not been around for ten seasons. I had misgivings about Bell and Rogers taking ownership of the team but, to date, they have allowed the managers to run the show and agreed to pay big money to deal with the mistakes of previous management. The team has now cleared the deadwood and is way of ahead of where they would be expected to be  at the end of last season. The previous seasons are irrelevant; what matters is how they have played this season.


I'm sure they'll stop the guy holding the "Don't vote for this incumbent! He raised your taxes!"  sign, but let the HGEA guys standing right next to him continue waving their "Caldwell for Governor" signs.


Clinton started out as a Republican, and she remains one to this day.


Wohlforth is right.  Pension bonds are a highly risky strategy, more so than we would expect from our government.  Not many pension funds are making their target yields in recent years, and there is no indication this is going to change in the foreseeable future. Some countries actually have negative interest rates on their bonds, and in recent years stocks aren't much better.  30 year US obligations are at 2.3% and you can get a home loan at 3.5% so why is the State satisfied paying 4%. Oregon has tried this strategy with very mixed results.  Seems like a dumb idea to me.


So many people still acting like cannabis is the most deadly substance known to man. How about you worry about your small, s**thole town's crystal meth problem before you whine about marijuana? I'd rather live in neighborhood surrounded by 100 potheads than in a neighborhood with one crack/methhead. Sit down and shut up.


For many law abiding citizens our parks are a no go. Recently we had a group of friends gather at Alton Baker only to have to fend off homeless men and women - three literally went into our picnic spread to help themselves.  We would have gladly given extras to them, after we were finished feeding our group... but the aggressiveness scares most women who were organizing our group.  The City needs parks security from River Road to Alton Baker.  Instead of the "district" projects getting money can we please have police presence to enjoy the assets we paid for?


Mr. Fleming:  Well, for several weeks I read up, caught up, " re-examined, re-evaluated." The only 'sensible' conclusion is not to wear blackface make-up. Explore for yourself.

https://rampages.us/greggdk/2015/10/26/introduction-to-blackface/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/arts/music/an-otello-without-the-blackface-nods-to-modern-tastes.html?_r=0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dont-wear-blackface-halloween_us_5633b4dde4b06317991244ac
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/28/dear-white-people-blackface-is-not-ok.html


...pssst...just to quibble it's aisle and not isle.


A cabinet that is gender equal and contains a cross section of ethnic groups is great on paper but these are poor  choices and they lack talent and experience  as we have seen and none can stand on their own two feet- meanwhile Trump is choosing hard asses that will eat these Liberal  lambs alive. We need O'Leary now !!


Children should be seen and not heard.


Since the book was released, I know of NO bishop or religious superior in the U.S. endorse it, with the exceptions of the original 5.
Do you have evidence to the contrary?
Please share it.
I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Really!


Claude you need to be careful because atatcking people like whazzie is going to get you banned so take ur mustang and git.


You can't claim to love America and celebrate an armed rebellion against the united states at the same time.


I made it to the third paragraph, a new record for this "author".


Shall we put bike lanes on trails too?


"But it’s not our job to tell our friends and allies what they should do or shouldn’t do. It’s our job to make sure we’re doing what we know that we should do, that we can do in terms of creating opportunities for Canadians, for Canadian companies, but also opportunities for Cuba to continue to develop, to modernize, to improve in the many areas that it’s building success in.”

---

I love this guy, I really do.  Lets all practice our vapid bromides.

"You know as PM of Canada, I've always believed that if we don't work together in a collaborative fashion to accomplish what we came here to do, how can we ever work together in the spirit of friendship if our successes are not mutually focused in a bilateral way."

Thank You.
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Does Justin give out free bobble head dolls of himself, or all access passes to Kim Kardashians website when he attends these events?


Ironic, since YOU'RE the one refusing to go back and look and see that I was talking about "got us into" which you replied to and disagreed with.  Making you incorrect, and looking bad here.

But I'm done wasting my time on it, as this whole exchange has gotten petty and tiresome.  Goodbye.


The peaceful left....


How about a one way Greyhound to California...all kinds of free goodies for the useless!


As only 60% of these migrants have completed high school in their own language and will likely be permanently unemployable, sending them back to their families would be a great way to "reconnect" them.

Win, win....


The Globe needs to get its facts straight
1. Cash for access has not been stopped
2. Backbench MPs can do it behind closed doors. They will simply invite a minister colleague to attend
3. The publication of the events will be found in the Want Ads under the "Business Opportunities" section
4. It's all smoke and mirrors- nothing really changes.


Crazy video - For sure nothing much has changed with Trump - other than he’s now leader of the free world - Gulp.


Most government at all levels can't keep any money in reserve for long.  Our state government is a perfect example of spending themselves in to a hole that they need the money in reserve to fill in some of the hole.  Unfortunately, it the hole is only part way filled and the money is gone.  Then, they start digging the hole again.  There's no end to it.


You know, I wanted to read this column because I too believe that our important policy discussions are fueled far more by anger than by reason.

But then it got right back into the old "false equivalency" game. Yeah, a few people in a couple of places have gone too far. But to paint the entire anti-Trump protests with the broad brush of the worst actions of a few is like equating the Watts Riot with the Edmund Pettis Bridge, then clucking, "See? Both sides are wrong."

Also, if you think that even the worst of what has happened so far has been a "riot", then you don't know what a riot really is.

As far as taking to the streets and standing up for what you believe in? Sounds pretty doggone American to me.


You first


Or, there is this site:

https://www.facebook.com/discoverdowntownspringfield


it's nice that the left can feel good once in a while.
the opposition was quite poor you know.


You forgot to mention DeVos' speech during her confirmation hearings that she would support public schools and Dan Sullivan's quote that he believed her.


LOL... "Dictator ". Anyone with half a brain sees who the dictator is here! Try keeping up with current events and watch Chump act like a normal person..... oh wait, he hasn't.!!! I love how you change gears though and bring up the "choo choo". I'm still not impressed but I guess that's all you got!


Gore did concede the election.

ONLY you think that was Wallace's point. No ONE else.

You asked why Trump didn't employ your reasoning to deflect the question. Because, it's too stupid, even for Trump.


Liberal and libertarian society simply mandates acceptence of their choices and those of their doctors. That doctors can fix them and it works is a good thing. Making it a political issue at all is probably an attempt to play to the masses who like hating people. All of which has nothing to do with ordaining women as deacons, although hopefully we can create a lay deaconate that does not require lifetime celibacy if your spouse dies.

If someone has functional genitalia, whether it functions procreatively or not, is enough for the law to recognize the distinction. Think what you want for yourself, just leave it out of any legislative agenda, as privacy rights (to be left alone by such as you) control, which is not liberal, it is libertarian. Your comments would be cogent if you acknowledged the difference.


Yes, it is wait and see for now.  Alought this is how it should have been in the first place.  Trump did take extreme postions to get into office but as of late he has pulled back on his positions.  I'm sure this doesn't sit well with supporters.


It's the Sepoy Revolt all over again!


I am no fan of unions but increasingly the unrelenting focus on wringing every last cent out of a company in the name of "shareholder value" is sickening.

Companies used to value loyalty, image and the people they existed to serve but now do nothing with any foresight or creativity. The answer to any bad quarter is to "reduce headcount" or relocate to a right to work state or Mexico.

The gutting of the middle class is due to the unrelenting greed of the 1%'ers and it will one day haunt the upper crust like it did in 1917
Russia.


The Tundra is a rust bucket extraordinaire

.http://www.tundraheadquarters.com/blog/toyota-rust-problems/
https://consumerist.com/2016/11/14/toyota-to-pay-3-4-billion-to-fix-trucks-with-corrosion-issues/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-tundra-idUSTRE62854420100310

And it's not just limited to the Tundra, Popular mechanics called this and engineering disaster

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/trucks/a6630/top-automotive-engineering-failures-toyota-truck-rust/

But hey Edwin will ignore this too like he does with all evidence that doesn't suit him and go on to say how great Toyota is and how bad GM and Ford is ... blah blah blah. Too funny


"...seeing the opposite, over, and over again..."  When and where?  No such occurrence exists.


>>they have identity, Canada has identity politics.
.
Pure gold. Should be on the flag.


thumbs up for professional journalists!


That's "wah," stalker.


You mean "7-year-old-girl, and her mother who used the daughter's account to tweet out messages..."

As for the mother, what side does she support in this civil war?  What is the purpose of her tweets?


The Liberal Government of Justin Trudeau signed off on the Saudi deal.  There is absolutely no proof that there would have been penalties.  If there were, these would have been made public.
No arms deal contract is considered binding until the government signs off on it, that is standard procedures.
The only person who made the claim that there would be penalties was "a Liberal insiders talking to the Toronto Star", not exactly a reliable source.


You'd have to be pretty clued in to understand what Don meant by that, George Rekers.


Second is the nature of the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims in Western countries. They're not often perpetrated by Islamic State operatives. More often they're perpetrated by people who are just sympathetic to the IS message. Sometimes the terrorists are life-long citizens of the country they live in, but they sympathize with the injustice being done to Muslims elsewhere. The demise of Islamic State won't deter such attackers. It might even inspire more people to take up the cause.


Central banks do no answer to PMs. At all.  Wake up.


If you look through the UA budget plans (available at the Board of Regents meeting site June 2): you will see that the plan is to continue spending large sums of State appropriations on intercollegiate athletics till 2025.

As citizens-owners of the Alaska State budget: what do we want our University to focus on? Sports entertainment or the creation of knowledge (Research) and education? Let your legislators and University know.

https://www.alaska.edu/bor/agendas/2016/jun-2-3/

click BoardDocs


Don't worry.  Amazon's not coming to Denver.


John!  Now we have a chance to promote the return of Hillary Clinton, and the Clinton Foundation.


Let these homeless folks fend for themselves.  There are storage units located all over the city and the charge is minimal.  'Who' thinks this stuff up?


Wow, surprised to hear that one. Fine by me though.  Polis' money may be able to buy himself to the (D) nomination but he's awfully far left to win a statewide race.  Particularly at a time when purple Colorado is overdue to swing back to an (R) governor.


"That's not much different than bombing a wedding and killing 37 civilians..." is exactly what you typed in response to my example of a terrorist setting off a nail bomb as a teen concert let out.

You are trying to justify a suicide terrorist killing teenagers with a nail bomb.  That's a sick and twisted way to think, you terrorist sympathizer.

Own it.


Meh, Bloomberg spent 10 million towards the sugary drink tax vote in Chicago. He lost, I love it.


I never have given after a brief encounter with a kangaroo court that disrupted my final exam schedule when they tried to force me to be a witness.

My first hand experience with these apparatchiks forever turned me off to donating to VPI.


I have no problem with this.  Make it so.  Loved the many concerts I attended when I was younger.


These are the same clowns that gave Taj Mahawker the go ahead to swindle the $40 million buyout deal with the private owner.  I want to know why the non-partisans and independent voters will continue voting these riffraff back into office.


Unless you're one of the fortunates with a corner office and car service at Wayne Enterprises, downtown is one paycheck away.

Until the city reopens Arkham Asylum, we'll all be walking through streets littered with the criminally ill.


Christianity is about learning to materialize our interior life, learning to be with God in every moment - through the material matter we're dealing with at each and every moment.

Learning how to put more prayer into every thought and action; thousands of glimpses and encounters with Jesus Christ during each day.

That's what Christianity is about it seems to me.

Christianity is a torrid love affair with Jesus Christ.

Our vocation should radiate outward and people should sense a closeness with God even though God may never be mentioned.

He is drawing all things to Him through our loving Yes.

Yes I will give.
Yes I will serve.
Yes I will obey Your will.
Yes I will follow the Commandments - I will make them mine.
Yes I will deny myself, cheerfully out of love of You, for the great good of my bride, that You gave me, for my children.


Yay! The Senate!


People who deny man's effect on the climate think they can effect the climate by shooting their guns at it. You can't write this stuff.


Saddest of all is how casual comments that polarise and divide are defended and accepted with attempts at pushback or being even handed are threatened with being shutdown. One of the things admirable about Nelson Mandela, now vilified in many quarters, is that he made every attempt (in my view) to unite SA and step away from the easy target of blaming and allocating characteristics based on race., even though he may have held very strong feelings on a more personal level  I don't think he's copied much, unfortunately and certainly not by the writer of this piece. But the race card is just too easy.

Secondarily for me is how, like Israel and Palestine, there is no middle ground. Either you support Morake (and Malema, Khumalo et al) and condemn Barnard or vice versa (condemning Chris Hart, Helen Zille et al). So the sad cycle continues. Who will rise above it?


They will be asking for more taxes exactly one day after the next election.


Mr. Bridges makes an important point, "We are all passengers on a big airplane now and Trump is the pilot. If he goes down, we all go down."  Indeed, Mr. Trump, come Jan. 20, will be our President/Pilot.  I find that just a bit frightening.  Every action, every Cabinet appointment, every "tweet", IMO, screams "hey, I'm the pilot, I'm in charge, I'm flying this thing and NO ONE is going to tell me how to do it."  Meanwhile, these actions, those selections and those tweets serve to steepen the dive toward that harsh, unforgiving landing most people call a "crash."

Mr. Bridges suggests we all sit back, have a few drinks (at least those in First Class) and admire the scenery.  Furthermore, he chides the RG for reporting any news which is uncomplimentary toward "our" pilot.  Mr. Bridges: The RG is the "messenger".  The paper "reports" the news,  Mr. Trump, soon to be President Trump, "creates" the news.  If you find that news distasteful, I can understand that.  I do too.  (cont.)


Free stuff for all!


I bet they are in turn equally thrilled about looking at or being with you.


It is your grasp of economics that is easily challenged.
You do not offer any facts or statistics to support your argument.
Mason carefully lays out his argument with an array of interesting and convincing statistics.
You are guilty of exactly the charge you level at Mason.


There is no question who would be an excellent fit for the future of Kent.  Dana Ralph knows the issues and most importantly, has the support if the police, fireman and our teachers


The Liberals are lying. This doctor in the above puff piece infers that small and medium sized businesses don't pay their taxes. Nothing could be further from the truth! It's so insulting to those of us that have paid millions of dollars over the years to be told we aren't contributing our " fair share" .


So you're not an eighth grade dropout. He gave you two other choices.


So I think you're glossing over a great deal of the substance of the article.  Yes, it did point out that there were a couple of folks who appeared to be monopolizing the commenting time provided, and to be honest I am tending to agree that folks who are NOT citizens of Snohomish might not at the very least, have Caps placed on them to insure others have a chance to speak.

HOWEVER, you completely ignore the multitude of comments about WHY Bauman was allowed to continue on as City Administrator, in light of the multitude of SERIOUS mistakes he made, and even given hefty raises.  You and the rest of the Council were elected to represent the concerns of your district.  Even if you had a sterling rapport with Bauman weren't you obligated to both acknowledge their concerns and Investigate their complaints? After all, there's a reason why the term 'managing up' was created.


OR they can not send their money to Quebec, and live the high life that Quebec has been living all these years off of Trudeau 1 guaranteed Transfer payments.


Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be homeless.


Hey Rolfy, I wouldn't count my revenge chicken's before they hatch.


Like you, I am definitely pro-life when it comes to the life of the mother, unlike the bishops, who say, "God will sort that all out," to which I say, "no s/he won't."


So, you have saved over a billion dollars so far! NO? NO?  And you see us spending another what $20 billion for expansions.  Get rid of this guy!


Wow: you could rest a cup of coffee on that man's eye bags.

Trump will do that to you.


The article has been updated to reflect that the transfer station is open seven days a week, and will no longer be closed Wednesdays or Thursdays.


"Headphone jack?" Seriously? I haven't used wired phones for the last four years. Try a bluetooth headphone when you play shuffleboard at the home. It's really liberating.


What does that have to do with school authority?

No one is claiming they were private or that its inadmissible in court or similar.  They are simply questioning the jurisdiction of the school.


I'd prefer to see it ... in PRACTICE.


Then why are you on the attack?


Yes indeed, the real estate sector has replaced manufacturing as the largest sector of our economy. Canada has become dependent on the real estate sector because Canada has difficulty competing with overseas manufacturing where regulations are far less onerous and labour laws are virtually non-existent. We do well at manufacturing houses and condos because they are tied to this land - a unique 'product' that no other country can 'manufacture'. Unfortunately, much of our wealth has been transferred overseas in return for cheap manufactured goods. That wealth is now being used by overseas investors to buy the most valuable and unique product that Canada has to offer - Canadian land. Welcome to the global economy where a couple hundred TV's are traded for an acre of land.


UAA is in the pocket of the NPS and the DNR...their studies will say what ever the people paying for it want it to say


No clue about constitutional history huh?

There's a reason the framers left the generic terms 'arms' in place, instead of getting specific.

They knew they couldn't predict the future, but they wanted the populace to be as well 'armed' as the government. That was the only way they could see that a tyranny of the majority could be avoided.

What would really shock them is that people in 2016 were afraid to stand up and defend themselves, from enemies both without and within.

That they would cower until the police showed up would seem absurd to these men.


The Green Party position that it is perfectly ok to impose electoral reform changes with no referendum on those changes  (their pet preference Proportional Representation) is so utterly undemocratic and reprehensible.  One of their new MLA's actually states "we should try out our new system a few times and see if the voters like it" .  What kind of amateurs think this stuff up? At least It provides clear insight into the the kind of authoritarian mentality the Green Party has. This is a blatant, shameless power grab and they think the voters of BC are dumb enough to let it happen without a referendum. Makes you really understand how these people feel about compromise and collaboration. Their absurd position on electoral reform without a referendum is a warning shot across the bow to everyone.


How is that? Ratzinger silenced! I don't see Francis doing that.


People want the country run like a business with Trump being a deal-maker.  Trump is the biggest shareholder in Trump, Inc.  His interests come first and this is just the beginning of how the US will subsidize his private interests.  Where are the tax returns?  For those questioning tundramoss' comment:  http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/donald-trump-muslim-immigration-ban-conflict/


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" virus of polarization "

He really does give in to the temptation to coin new terms to fit his mercurial mood...a few each week, some he saves and writes rambling books about, some he just stows away for later homilies.

It's become clear he'd rather have been a president or the head of the UN, or maybe the head of a smiling if ineffective NGO.


All knew, the oil cartel on the slope, the Governors and the AOGCC, that it was a bygone conclusion that at some point in time (we are there) "gas exploration development and export" would be more beneficial to the state fiscally than oil for the larger tax base it would allow to flourish, and for continual improvement of our 1950`s infrastructure in measured beneficial and affordable phases..that also has a "value" that is probably more valuable to the state than the taxes we derive from the gas.  If we don`t fight for ourselves with and through a good Governor like Walker, how will we ever stand against graft and conflict in government like that that pervades the majorities on the second floor in our capital?   I`d rather we go down fighting rather than just, in fear that they leave us, let them have our oil and gas for nothing in production taxes... let alone these subsidies the Conoco caucus sold us...  just like they sold us the Taj....


"Reuters said bonds held by retail investors would be bought at face value so they would not suffer losses."

Presumably the Italian government is trying to avoid political fallout, but it might not be able to afford it for more than one bank.


It is about time CNN woke up. I hope they start reporting the truth and stop the Trump Bashing! I may start watching them again!!


“I believe that we have to enforce our immigration laws consistent with our values and consistent with humanity [sic],” he said — as opposed to enforcing our immigration laws in a manner consistent with our immigration laws."

Translation:  "As the head of DHS, I could have forced our law enforcement officers to enforce the law, since they are called enforcement officers, and they get paid by taxpayer funds.  But I just didn't.  I didn't because I wanted a sweet paying gig w/ a lobbyist firm after I was done in govt and then I'd get invited to all the parties that the left throws, but pooh poohs the "other" rich guys about.  And I can go on TV, too.  I like putting on makeup.  Really, I do."

http://www.libertyheadlines.com/obamas-homeland-security-sec-admits-immigration-laws-werent-enforced/?AID=7236


No, we're watching the greatest act(s) of self-destruction in American history. Talking Points Memo reports:

"Donald Trump’s lawyers have repeatedly warned him not to contact his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who resigned in February after revelations that he lied about conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States, and who remains under investigation by congressional committees, the FBI, and a federal grand jury. The attorneys reportedly expressed fears that any contact with Flynn could look like witness tampering or coordination.

"It appears the President did not heed their advice.

Yahoo News reported Thursday that Flynn announced at a dinner in late April: “I just got a message from the president to stay strong.” "


To Alceste
cheap partisan politics at its worst
however to Liberals "at its best"


That of course would exclude you and other anti-Trump intellectual giants  ;)


Sorry Justin - but it's important that Americans understand that the vast majority of Canadians think it's wrong - imagine if they thought Trudeau's decision - regardless of his justification - represented the position of Canadians as a whole? Now THAT would possibly have undermined our relationship with the US. For those that think we should all be quiet and maybe we can sneak it by the Americans - that's naive - no matter how sneakily the Liberals did it - it was going to be big news sooner or later. Although Trudeau wears a bit of egg on his face, Canada is better off with the Americans knowing Canadians don't like what happened.


Obviously, his peers and constituents are not doing enough to silence his obvious inability to keep his mouth shut. I'd be interested to know what he promised to the people that elected him.


What does that mean? Other than that some right wing nut job had do spout?


I hope she appreciates Judge  Nakamoto's mercy and doesn't squander this opportunity.


Fat chance on a refund.


The House of Representatives took the cowardly way out of killing HB 790.  Instead of taking a vote on whether or not to pass the bill, where individuals would have their votes recorded as for or against the bill, a vote recommit the bill was taken, which only requires a voice vote.  Recommitting the bill in effect kills it.  Now nobody knows who voted to kill the bill.  Apparently, the majority wanted to kill the bill, but they are cowards for being unwilling to let their constituents knows about it.


this is rich coming from the disgrace to the human race. Don't forget folks you will have to pay a carbon tax on the amount of gas used in your loved one's cremation, so all you progressives, keep voting liberal.


I'm fully in agreement, just be careful with real estate. Vehicles are guaranteed to go down after they're driven off the lot but even houses can suffer setbacks, though rarely over the long term. Just  make sure you can ride out an economic downturn and pay off the mortgage no matter what happens.


In other words, "TradCath" believes that only those who are well off financially should get healthcare. The poor should just crawl off and die. "TradCath" is pro-death.


I think their work is excellent. Great stuff!

To the awful trolls on this site, do you not have anything better to do than to say negative things to some fellow Canadians who are brave enough to start their own business and do great work? Why don't you focus your energy on trying to be a better person. By the way, I'm a caucasian male and I'm happy as heck for these entrepreneurs. Don't listen to these folks ladies. Keep doing what you're doing!


By comparison with Canada, Mexico has no trouble in attracting foreign investment. Especially "foreign investment" from businesses in Canada who are looking to move their operations to a lower cost country.


Perhaps the main reason Americans have lost respect for democracy is that we don't have it. Political parties now represent a minority of Americans, and they get to choose the candidates. Which are sold to us by the rich people via corporate "news" media. I've read that six major corporations now control 90 percent of the mainstream news media. There are plenty of alternatives on the Internet -- Common Dreams is one of my favorites -- but I think most people still get their news, if they get any, from newspapers and TV. Which mix facts with a lot of interpretation and propaganda.

I find that even so-called educated people with degrees know very little about political or social issues. They seem to focus mainly on their work and family, and don't care much about issues as long as they're comfortable.

Then there is gerrymandering, etc. Politics has become unresponsive, people are frustrated, and pressure is building up. Danger ahead.


What a life!


Kuroiwaj, I am not sure if we will find out tomorrow.  I think Trump is going to release the entire JFK assassination file tomorrow, unredacted and  just before the indictments are released.  The entire world will be so focused on that for the next week or two, the indictments will practically go unnoticed.


Still reading people's minds, John.


But how many hours of sex ed do students need? 1 or 2 hours a year? A class everyday all year? I'm inclined toward the shorter version myself. So specialists would probably be uncalled for in most districts. It is an important subject. But there are so many other equally important ones. Any good teacher can handle it. Just do not overdo it or it will backfire big time.


Real estate speculation isn't innovation.


As the accusations against Trump unravel under our very eyes, the only thing in peril is what's left of the media's credibility.


M-103 is a motion, NOT  a bill. It has NO legal force. Bills are prefixed with  C-

Your freedom of speech, informed or not, remains unimpaired, so it's time  to be  a real journalist.


And of course - your statement is Christian to the core, right?

Oh, my.


eric's  wearing his Dr Jekyll face today


Time to stop beating a dead horse and focus on what the state can do to improve communities around the rail stations. Affordable housing, jobs, quality of life are just a few of the issues which the state can influence if it got off it’s duff. Or we can continue to beat a dead horse and lose opportunities to make real improvements in the urban corridor where up to eighty percent of people and up to seventy percent of Oahu’s jobs will be located.


And how exactly would info about ISIS be used by the Iranians against Israel?


He had no idea that these people destroyed his childhood home. It is a shame. And I guess they're "too busy" to take care of their trash. Who knows, we just saw this article today. Ask Laura and forest, the home owners.


In case you're searching for more than a twin informal lodging for a jumbo resting space, then you surely select a lift up or fly up trundle. Lift up trundle would have collapsible legs for expanded support. https://cheapsupershop.net/cheap-full-size-daybeds-with-trundle/


Saullie: Seriously? You  have to  earned that merit, sport. In fact you've done everything to negate it: be comforted with your glorious "post to post."


Marc Soules, Guns don't kill people, people kill people.  There are more guns in the US, but fewer people own guns because, on average, each gun owner has more guns.  That's why gun homicide rates are lower.  The Second Amendment isn't going to be repealed, but it grants the right to own guns only to those who are members of "a well regulated Militia"  -- members of the Army, Navy, or Air Force.  For everyone else, gun ownership is a privilege that can be strictly regulated.  It's interesting that you mentioned Sandy Hook.  In the US there is an average of one mass shooting every week.  It has been 20 years since Australia enacted its strong gun control law, and since then there has been no mass shooting in that country.


These damn lefties are on a constant search for ways to spend taxpayer money.


Oh thank goodness someone who I can agree with..."as the wind blows"...or as the "tide ebbs and flows".  However, I find Rep. Fukumoto's words "flapping in the wind" ...so please tell us who "...she discovered that there were Democrats also trying to change these things with whom she tried to work with. However, she said Republican partisanship “insisted I stop working with Democrats even when it clearly benefited the community.”  Please full disclosure.


So Obama had to spend more than all of those before him combined. All presidents and wars combined were spent by Obama. By that logic we should have been soaring in his 8 Years.

The excuse factory will never allow you to call Obama the epic failure that he really was.


You would never know from reading this article, but the revenues generated by local private broadcasters have been falling, which is the main reason that Blais reduced their requirements to spend on Canadian content production.  Meanwhile, the Trudeau government is giving the CBC an additional $675 million over five years.  Note that the author has presented no suggestions as to how private broadcasters receiving less revenue can continue to spend the same amount of money on Canadian content and remain in business.  They do not receive cheques from the federal government like the CBC does.


Kealohapu, a personal attack is the best you can do? I cite my comments. Perhaps it is you that has a lack of historical knowledge.😄


Which, of course, misrepresents what President Obama said or acted on. Unlike the current president, Obama never claimed to be the best baseball player in New York ever--then turn around and refuse to pitch a ball.


Stephens was a real nice guy. Just the kind of guy that should be put to sleep


Poor Pifco. You just looove this guy, don't you. Please tell me where you got your pink glasses!


And who determines which of our citizens are behaving properly enough to have rights? You, perhaps? Duterte, maybe? Putin? Xi? Or maybe any self-appointed idiot with a gun who's decided he's divine?

We have a criminal code that is under Canadian control that indicates when somebody's rights may be removed by the State and this code is applied by an independent judiciary - not any two-bit cop who's watched too many exciting John Wayne movies.

Do you understand the concept of civilian control of the police, or would you prefer it the other way 'round?


Let's add Burke, Chaput, Pell, Cordileone, Nienstedt, .... to this list.


That's mean-spirited. Alice has nothing to do with this.


you have it almost right Kc, except one small detail.  The general fund does pay into social security. It pays interest on the $2.9 trillion that the crooked politicians borrowed from SS. The interest on those securities is about $145 billion annually (5% of $2.9T).  So the general income tax is paying that interest. The social security "trust" fund consists almost entirely of these IOUs.  Thank you very much to both parties.  Bottom line, there is nothing trustworthy about the SS "trust" fund.  It's gone unless and until someone pays it back.


The Gin explains it.


Or maybe if he is a Muslim he is just following the Koran: Do not take Infidels as friends.


"It's possible for farmers to pay decent wages and treat their employees well, while still making a profit....and many of them do. "

Give us one example.


America needs to know there is also a price for friendship.   It seems to be one way, we want to be their friends more than they want to be ours.  They have very few friends left.  Time for us to stop responding to their requests for support when they need us politically.

And buy Canadian first.


Not only Catholic Priests, other Christian denominations have their own pedophiles...what happened to those who are "supposed" to follow and teach about the goodness of Jesus Christ? Now Islam in the other hand....is another story.


Are people currently being presented with barriers to participating in sport based on their skin colour?


Its an editorial....not reporting of news.  You may disagree, but it is not "fake news".


Disenfranchised?    Scandal?   Here is where the majority of the House of Representatives are located:

California:  53 Representatives in Congress
New York   27 Representatives in Congress
Illinois         18 Representatives in Congress
Florida         27 Representatives in Congress
Pennsylvania 18 Representatives in Congress
Texas            36 Representatives in Congress

Total:  179 ---  which works out to be 41% of the 435 Representatives in the Congress are provided from these six (6) States.

 Hardly 'Disenfranchised'!

Oregon 5 Representatives in Congress -- Who cares about Oregon?  No one!

If Hillary could have won in Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, she would be President-elect.

30 years of political experience and beaten by an amateur!

She didn't; she isn't.


Let me not agree with your comment. They are not two groups. Islam terror grows in the soil of Islam, not other soil. And Muslims are followers of Islam. Do you mind to count the  radical Islamic organizations and groups in the world - dozens (Hezbolla, Muslim Brotherhood, Boko Haram, Al Qaida, ISIS, HAMAS, As-Shaab, Al-Nusra, Takiban, and so on). Their support in Muslim world is huge, otherwise they would not survive.


The difference between Mullens and Mokrohisky is that Mullens works for Uncle Phil while Mokrohisky works for us. Big difference there.


Send a few Democrats and liberals  to NK as business emissaries. Kim will send their bodies back in bags.


Superficial, narcissistic and born to privilege. There are more similarities between Trudeau and Trump than the liberal media is willing to admit.


Barking at the wrong trees?  Which trees are the correct ones to bark at?  Dogwoods?  Pussywillows?


it is called politics

Justin knows he can build a larger muslim base by bringing in more Syrians, there are not enough Mexicain refugees to provide for a base that can affect the outcome of elections


"took our little Justin"  don't we wish!


Just what guns has Obama taken from you? You don't remember this happening to GW too? A very selective memory you have there.


If your parents talked with you about their field of expertise, then, as the child of linguists, it would seem that you would appreciate the fact that language does not stop developing, as long as there are people who speak the given language.
For the past 40 years, it the US, there has been much conversation about inclusive language, and inclusive language is now considered the norm by many in the US.   (And, by the way, the term refers to an actual phenomenon, so there is no need to put it in quotes.)   To say that "Jesus died for all men" is simply inaccurate; our belief is that Jesus died for all people.
I fail to understand the opposition among some to the evolution of American English.  In the US, it is becoming (and in certain cases has become) generally accepted that "man" refers to male humans, and that "people", or "humanity", or "human beings", or "men and women" are terms that refer to both male and female human beings.


The expression "Be careful what you wish for" comes to mind here. If the U.S had helped Main St. there might not be much of Wall St left and we know how that usually works out.


Wow, I didn't realize the stats on paying back HBP. My husband & I have used the HBP and lifelong learning plan (LLP) and both worked for us. We purposely maxed out RSP's a few years in advance of using both programs, using our line of credit to do so; and the paid off the line of credit in full when we received our tax refund (we did last minute contributions at the deadline and then filed our taxes  early so that we wouldn't have to pay interest). A few years later we pulled out the RSP's via the HBP (we took a risk and invested them in stock and a dividend ETF, and both did well) for our down payment. I did the same for  the LLP So I could get a master's degree. The result was that our house greatly appreciated in price, I received a few promotions due to the degree that tripled my salary, and we gladly pay more than the minimums each year to pay back the LLP/HBP. I have a DB pension (no, I'm not a govt worker) so I don't have much RSP room anyway. Obviously this may not work...


One of my Loony Right Wing Trump and Harper fan relatives tried to tell me that pipeline in Canada have a perfect safety record. I gave him the link showing the red dots where pipelines had spilled 1000s of times in Alberta. They do a really good job of keeping them out of the news. If Alberta wants to peddle the end products of mining tar they should do the upgrading in Alberta.


Again....no facts,  just lefties being lefties.   Only you can spin this gong show of unethical madness.


Actually, it is you who are ignorant about the Mass. And yes, I know and read the Bible.


With thousands upon thousands of Syrian children being barrel bombed and killed with chemical explosives in Syria, who cares about the Kardashians? ADN, shame on you.


Yes I would say Hillary is chuckling a lot more these days.


Is there such a thing as a "DBA"... Doctor of Business Administration or does it top out at MBA? ... jus' askin'.

Opps.... googled it and there is a "DBA"... and you can get one on-line at ... Athabaska University ... $$$WOW$$$


Excellent piece. Here's hoping your research and dissertation may help to repair the toxic culture.


Everyday a new terrorist come up and ask $some milyon from the government and they expect respect for their prehistoric, violent and barbaric believes. I believe in science and if Canadians don’t want wake up one day in the darkness of the religious, autocratic dictatorship, they should stick to the science and logical reasonable philosophy for everbody’s  benefit but not only whatever religious group has the biggest majority. journalist in Canada should look at what is happening the journalist in the religious dictatorship countries and then they should stop supporting religious extremists nested in Canada.


Threatening to take his adopted children away might, though.


Once again an 'off' article from the Indian!


Why doesn't the UN provide some food from the billions recently handed over to the them by Junior on behalf of the taxpayers of Canada ?  Or will it never make it to people and just get re-appropriated on the way down the bureaucratic chain ?  Like any charity, what percentage actually makes it to the people in need ?


not a cent of my taxpayer money for this


Actually, there IS a few in Ottawa that I fear immensely.


What has Russia done that you think is so bad???


CNN thought they were invincible in pushing their 'fake news' agenda. With the alleged firing of reporters on the 'Russian' fantasy - this is just the beginning of their demise. Sponsors will begin pulling their ads.

Instead of reporting factual/responsible news to the American people they have turned to retribution to achieve their irresponsible goals. Over 90% fake news reporting ? Who in their right mind would turn to them to get the facts?


Front and centre (in the headline) should be the fact that she was killed by an illegal. His actions do not represent America's values as he shouldn't have been there in the first place. Of course that contradicts their masters "no boarders no nations" stance, while simultaneously lending credence to the notion that Trump may be right on some things. Yet again, a tragedy like  this is being leveraged by the opportunistic media to sell their narrative.


I'd be curious to know how the stay vs. go stats compare to other places.  My three siblings and I all left our native Missouri after school. We had great childhoods there, but various adventures pulled the boys west to Colorado and Oregon, then California and Alaska. Only I married someone from my destination state (she came back after college Outside); my brother's spouses began their wandering in Oklahoma and Idaho. My sister went east to New York, then really east to the Middle East. Her spouse was born and raised in Russia. We're all where we want to spend the rest of our lives, but only one will end where she started.

Through Facebook I know that some of my school friends stayed near home, while others similarly dispersed. For us, economic opportunity took a back seat to adventure and new experiences.

I smile when my daughter says she always wants to live in Alaska, but I won't hold her to it. I chased my dream here, but she may take a different path.


Michael Bindner,
So are you correcting your stance on orthodoxy or just contradicting yourself?


I know many people who own guns (I do not own one) and they did not get one because they have psychological problems.   There are some who do this, but you cannot claim it as one of the main reasons for a man to own a gun with any legitimate statistics.


Spot on SpenAK; it's so very true that "one man's government waste is another's critical service". That is the very real world dilemma. However, across the board percentage cuts are not an intelligent approach. Such approaches show nothing but a lack of leadership and a total inability or unwillingness to evaluate spending on a program-specific basis and subsequently assign priorities for spending. Across the board cuts reflect cowardice and laziness, taking the easy route out. They do major damage to all programs, including the "good" ones, and give continuing life to programs that should be either eliminated or cut back. Individual citizens will always have different points of view. Is that not why we elect leaders to work through it all and make good decisions for the greater good?