Very well stated - unfortunately very few people are recognizing your (and many other small business) situations, including being ineligible for employment insurance, having to pay for your own health insurance and disability insurance (at very high rates because the business is too small to qualify for discounted insurance rates), no company pension plans ... what typically is left in a small business (passive investment) quite often covers periods where there is no income / when work is not available or having to be off sick ... the income sprinkling may be an issue with the very high end businesses - it is not something that is abused by small businesses typically as they follow the rules ... the people with the most money are more likely to be the ones who abuse the rules ...


With these types of mats in a smaller vehicle, be careful not to jam your pedals if wearing pack boots in winter.


Comprehension isn't your strong point...
Still single, or have you been divorced a few times?


Having had extensive experience with barking dogs and Animal Control, Animal Control is worthless.  The dog's owner is the one at fault for allowing the dog to bark in the first place.  Lucky the man did not go postal.


Well spoken.  Drain The Swamp.


GCI must be floundering. Perhaps it's only a matter of time before they get swallowed up by Verizon or AT&T.


Patrick Eames is a stud


Tommy - you're such a comedian.


Obama didn't shut down H1 for multiple round trips through our most trafficked corridor during rush hour during the same day.  Very foolish.


Conservatives to win anything? Who formed the Federal Government for the past 10 years, I will give you a hint, it was not the Liberals or the NDP. Talking about moving on with silly comments, too funny!


So you're trying to say 50 Shades of Grey was about committing sexual assault, and bragging about it?

That's weird, I didn't get that at all. Maybe you saw a different 50 Shades of Grey than I did?


Great that's all we need.  Another over paid mainland transplant...


These observations are not new. You don't get it. Trump support has nothing to do with any of his rhetoric. The Trump followers  are all just sick of being told what to think . Perhaps it's time you stop and reflect and try to see another perspective.  It's not about Trump nor his words nor his behaviour; it's about wanting
change. That's the message. Trump is a symbol. That's why he can say and act in any way ...... stop focusing on the behaviour.


Are the four years over yet?


Another gun tragedy in a nation plagued by gun tragedies. When will we finally say Enough!


The war in Vietnam killed far more than 1.5 million people. And, yes, at the current rate we are at risk of a nuclear holocaust that will kill millions more.


The  BLM, NFL division, is raising exactly that!


"To him everyone is our enemy and we would send in the military if he had his way."

That's increasingly looking like Trump's attitude to me.


"But military installations are prized possessions in states and lawmakers refused to go along."
I wonder which ones were selected for closing? Perhaps they're in red states which voted for Trump on his pledge to close them, "but not our states."


Countries have borders and elections have consequences.


Transit is overpriced and unreliable.  I would never take public transit.  As for people with their cell phones and walking, unfortunately you cannot legislate stupidity!


Stop deflecting to the past.  You and everybody else with eyes know who now coddles and makes concessions to the KKK, neo-nazis and white supremacists.  Not every republican is a white supremacist, but every white supremacist is a republican!


It's already started. Look at TDionne Banks new rates, even before the BoC has done anything. US Federal just raised theirs, that'll affect the fixed rates.


Sounds pretty close to the catou system...:)
Value,waiting for recent lows and reversion to the mean
Interesting comment on dividend investing;

"Dividends allow me to be......... longer "

(runs and hides)


Hello, Danno - I am always saddened to see an article like this knowing what it does to you.  I hope that you do not really give +Dolan the power to "emotionally destroy" you.  Seems to me that you have developed other strengths in view of the damage done to you by parts of the Church.  That is why I an confidently call you "a survivor."  I keep you in my prayers, always.


The ultra-conservative Republicans want no health care plan.  They operate on the idea that if you can not pay you die. Of course that is from the same politicians who have probably the finest health care coverage of any American pain for by Americans.


So we wonder... one criminal 'religious' nutbar in the UK kills 4 innocent people. Another strike from the US kills dozens of innocents. And what does this tell us? Maybe there is a connection.


You can't.  But if you know that they were there or tried to be for the purpose of joining an entity that has declared war on the UK, you should be able to hold them in captivity until such time as the war ends or you are convinced that they pose no threat .


He certainly pushed the PM off the front page, who was on it for over three years.


Democratic states voted Democratic, yes not great but to be expected.
Kind of like Montreal voting Liberal, not ideal but to be expected.
The Republicans  have been cleaning the floor with the Democrats
since Obuma loss in the midterms.
The majority of Democrats  seats that are coming up are in Republican held states.
8 years Trump people.


My Dad was a patriot, a farmer, an activist and a democrat. He used to say : "When smelling for B.S. make sure to sniff to both the right and the left because the stink will come from both directions." Words of wisdom and in the meantime, the swamp just keeps getting deeper.


FYI.. list of 10 Sen. up for election this Nov. and how they voted on Raiding the PF SB128 You could confirm the information via the legislative information office.  They can give you the list and they can tell you exactly who voted for SB128

..Stoltz [D Chugiak NO on SB128]
..Wielechowski [D NO on SB128]
..Ellis [D NO on SB128 Retiring?]
..Coghill [R North pole YES on SB128]
..Giessel [R Anchorage YES on SB128]
..McGuire [R North pole YES on SB128]
..Stedman [R Sitka YES on SB128]
..Stevens [R Kodiak YES on SB128]
..Huggins [R Wasilla unk was ill  SB128]

If you wanted dividend check you must make sure these people are fired for failing to follow written orders-do not use earnings of the Permanent Fund to run state government--
The 2nd reason they have double crossed 83% of the voting population prima facie proof they cannot be trusted with the power of appropriation and taxation.
3red, if they are reelected-they will see reelection as approval of what they did!


Even if a few names are changed, the "institution of slavery" Mr. Dennis bemoans will continue at the University of Oregon in the form of debt slavery, aka "student loans". Perhaps he and other anti-slavery crusaders should turn their talents toward solving the current problem of debt slavery some U of O students will struggle to be free of for decades to come.

And there are newer halls named for modern industrial masters whose slaves still toil in 21st century sweatshops. What about renaming them?


If my granddaughter takes the same course and even if she doesn't, it will be my fault as well, and rightly so. Seems I read somewhere that it is in the Grandpa job description to spoil our grandchildren? I could be wrong but don't think so. Sons and daughters always know the word NO from us but the grandchildren, never do.


Do you have a better understanding than  Ayaan Hirsi Ali she lived in Muslim countries too.

Going back to your previous comment "The more interesting book to read is the one that Muslims respect.", which books would those be?  I'd be interested in reading those books as well, I'm looking to broaden my knowledge in this area and I'm looking for your input.


Not a typo, I wish it were.


A "stakeholder" is the person in a casino who holds the "stakes" of the bettors

"Citizen" is a much better word.

We're gambling the illusion of democracy means something.


My Uncle Lucas recently got an awesome six-month old Mercedes S-Class S65 AMG only from working online
 +_+_+_+_+_   http://www.factoryofincome.com


Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
"The potentially far-reaching case asks what should win when the conscience rights of small-business owners who object to same-sex marriage clash with civil rights protections for the LGBT community."

This is a case of "two wrongs do not make a right."

The Cakeshop people have about as much "Christianity" in them as the man in the moon.  Why?  Didn't Jesus give His second Commandment as:  "Love your neighbor as you do yourself."  Did Jesus put any conditions or legal exceptions in that Command?  No, He did not.  These Cakeshop people are operating out of a position of hatred for those folks who are different.  These people are small "c", claim to be Christians, but their actions put a lie to that claim.

((CONTINUED))


IF she's lucky enough to live that long.   What she did implies a lot of stupidity.   Darwin may intervene.


The rank and file in both parties were sick and tired of the elitists in both parties lying year after year.

They relied on what they believed was an unending supply of gullibles, bread, and circuses.

The supply ran out.


There is never a shortage of ethics provided there be a steady supply of money.  Ethics has been commoditized. Only distinguishable and unique by the amount of money needed to establish a value for the exchange. When I went to college (university) there were two course that were required in my field of study.  One was ethics and the other was logic.  Both were entry level courses. That was a long time ago.  Just a little while after the dinosaurs and even a short time after Diogenes and other notable philosophers roamed this planet.  Today, what I hear as a popular phrase is, "it's all good".  Well, I vaguely remember a time when things were not characterized by being totally or all good.  There was ambiguity, self examination and a small thing located between you heart and you head called a conscience. I personally do not like committee work... to complicated.


Cael, Francis is probably capable of meeting them head on in the pedantry, given his resources, however, I'm guessing that as a former priest, Bishop, Cardinal and human being of a South American country, he will know exactly the consequences of shutting down two medical centres. For a group of Catholics to then decide that shutting down the third and last centre is the answer to the problem, must absolutely disgust him. He knows the consequences of this deplorable decision.

He will not let this drop. Heads will roll. A group of men claiming catholicity while overtly attacking the poor? Not in Francis' name.


Just exactly what the xenophobes of the 1840's said about the Irish.
Just what the xenophobes of the 18880's said about the Italians.
Just what the xenophobes of the early 20th Century said about the Eastern Europeans.
The more things change...


"...crashed into a concrete support pillar for the rail guideway"

THAT'S what I thought.


Unfortunately, there are far too many  teachers who don't 'meet the standards' to be teachers when it comes to actual sexual conduct with their students.

Their arrests come frequently, both locally and around the nation, even though administrators still 'pass the trash' and otherwise try to conceal their often felonious conduct.

A quick perusal of those in Oregon who are forbidden to teach anymore confirms an ongoing problem.


It's not just you, Teddy.  Trudeau 2.0's anorexic qualifications do not undermine his power to inflict significant social and fiscal damage to Canada. This despite a Liberal base that really needs no further pandering, an opposition to the right that could not be much angrier, and the middle of the spectrum that he risks frustrating and losing.


[Better solution. Don't make Ottawa, which is currently liveable, grow into another megalopolis like Toronto.] Bit late.
So no highways and roads for the region then?


Tyler is Laotian not Vietnamese.


OK.....and you know that all of those remittances are from illegals?  You do know that there are millions of Mexicans here legally that also send money back, right?  How are you going to differentiate the two?  I'm pretty sure that issuing a penalty on ALL money sent to Mexico would be ruled unconstitutional.....unless you support issuing a financial penalty simply based on ethnicity.......


From 6 to 31!  What a growth story????


When a government puts on what is essentially a show trial to misdirect blame, this result should be no surprise.


Fact is that nobody wants your koolaide.,


Lynn.... I've voted in 12 presidential elections and had to hold my nose and grit my teeth and just pick the lesser of two evils on a few occasions.  This election may be the nastiest in my memory, but America has survived some pretty awful Presidents and we're still going.  We've had a peaceful turnover of power for 240 years and that's something to be proud of.


Well that explains it right? Surface brain power makes me pity fools like you...but aren't all racists belittling professionals? Smh who pissed in your cornflakes surely not a First Nation individual you have never met or even considered when your ancestors came and took all free land that WE agreed by accepting $5/head in perpetuity????


Polls show that is not the case. People are upset about the cost, and that is understandable, but again, point that finger at Rene. We would be debating extensions to Millilani at this point if she was a honorable legislator.


PFD fraud is extremely difficult to detect. When a good case comes along it should be pursued by the district attorney's office and if there is a conviction the sentence should be widely publicized. It should serve as a deterrent to those who might be tempted to break the law.
A very good case might be the one against the Governor's friend, Roland Maw from Kenai, who was indicted on 12 felony counts of perjury stemming from several years of PFD fraud. But the problem is that he had not yet been brought to trial. After almost a year since charges were first brought. Why is that?  Is the prosecution being told to hold off? Does the fact that Maw contributed and held fundraising events for the Governor in Kenai have anything to do with this lack of prosecution? While applying for a PFD, Maw was receiving non resident hunting and fishing privileges in Montana. For which he was prosecuted and found guilty, by the way. So how is it that he can scare away  from Alaska charges?


Einstein believed in the God of Spinoza, and as such was a pantheist.  My issue in the above is the repetitive using 'fact' instead of the correct word belief.  Marty and others do this constantly.  Once a mistake is used it is compounded.  When you write 'if' you have delved into the subjunctive mood. :)


Superb column.  Thank you, Mr Aguilar.


Sweet.


It could be OK as long as he premier, the ministry of education, and the teachers have nothing to do with it.  (But this might be rather difficult.)

What they really need to focus on first is teaching kids basic arithmetic, because after all, money is just a bunch of numbers...


Remind me never to use your company. I like my employees to be able to speak English. My customers do too.  We should not even be allowing immigration unless the potential immigrant learns one of our official languages sufficiently to be easily understood here.


Libertarians will scrap the bottom of the barrel to get political recognition.  Now they have Piller.


Trump gets credit for the record highs too?


Just like there are good and bad people in the world it is no different with people running a business. Every law passed regulating businesses makes it harder for the small business owner to be profitable and with less businesses competing against each other we end up with less choices and less probability for having a good honest person running a good honest business.

Also if you don't like how certain businesses pay or treat there employees, don't spend your money there! Sadly we are slowly regulating small businesses out of existence, so we really don't have too many options available.

If the government cares so much about the employees why not offer a tax break to businesses paying a "living wage" to their employees. Reward good behavior or acknowledge it.

Please don't bother commenting if you're internet shilling.


I remember the partial we had here on O`ahu many years ago.


You have a point.  Although Congress mandated in 1992 that the files be released to the public within 25 years, the President does have the authority to refuse or restrict such release on national security concerns.  The press always slants the story in a way that makes the President look bad.  He could jump in the water to save a drowning child and the story would be:  "The President Puts Himself and the Country at Risk Trying to Save Child."  What a bunch of dimwits.


Absolutely correct Chris; its seems idiotic to tax while simultaneously sending out dividend checks. The PFD needs to be gone before taxes are instituted. Unfortunately for anyone who works for a living it makes sense as yet another income redistribution scheme, already popular at the federal level through many mechanisms including the earned income tax credit.


Why did the Globe try to pass this off as "News|National" when it's obviously an opinion?


Thank you for digging that up. When are we all going to wake up that our politicians work for themselves first and count on our dumbness. That is why they cut education first and foremost in every budget cycle. Now we have DeVos!


Third rate? Niklas Backstrom? Really?


She gets 12 years - "the max" - for killing a man while driving drunk???  But Rene Lima-Marin got 98 years for armed robbery where no one was shot? Our justice system is seriously whacked.


This request is not excessive and is perfectly in linebwith constitutional guarantees for reasonable accommodation.


I better go.

Our left wing posters are deeply unhappy with my non-left wing point of view and are in full censorship mode.

So many sad faces on the snowflakes today.


And this is important to you because of all of his many accomplishments.?  Or would you say America is 'Great Again'..really..??  Or has lost complete leadership globally..??  And this makes you happy...


Gov'nr Ben! Yowza! You the best! Tell it as it is.


If you really are 100% sure that threats were made, it's your duty to report that to the secret service. Be as specific as you can, they investigate a lot of threats so any details you have will be a big help.


Great point.


Oh well. That settles it. He's guilty. Who needs evidence?


The price of such a fare would be helpful. It does matter. After all, not all of us readers have change to just toss around.


LOL. You're an a hole


Sheesh.  Talk about a maintenance backlog.

Trump them - cut their budget and then triple the entrance fees.


I appreciate the response. I honestly had not considered that Russia's actions might be purely defensive in nature. I tend to regard Russia as a politically ambitious and aggressive state with dubious motives aplenty. Either way I think it should be concerning that they were actively trying to influence the election, and that the Trumps welcomed the help, legally or not.


When we live on the 'path of Christ' we are on the correct path.
Some say it is hard and narrow. To me that path is neither hard nor narrow it is the easy path to live. It's the only one that makes sense to me. It is a loving path, one that gives to and for others. Never taking from others. Like Pope Francis, that is how the church is supposed to be.


Gary, Not mistaken at all.  We have the letter from the SSA.


Actually, once the passage of The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was passed, all Constitutional references to "Indians" vanished...they are now U.S./State citizens entitled to no more and no less than every other non-Indian U.S/State citizen.  You are being duped by politicians and Indian advocates


About 25 miles give or take. What does that question have to do with anything? Or do you just like asking random questions?


You are probably correct about the tax haven issue. Probably most are legal.
However Trudeau ran on the issue of "tax fairness", what ever that is. He even foolishly raised the tax rate on people making over $200,000 in a meaningless gesture to "help" the middle class. How chasing entrepreneurs out of the country helps the country is beyond me. And the Liberals admitted right after the election that this was going to be a money loser.

Then they go after small business.
Then they threaten to tax employee discounts.

All they have done so far is raise the debt and collect more taxes.


It is time to stop idolizing the PM.  He is neck deep in this scandal.  You may have to consider he might not make it through his first term of governance.


You forgot to mention things such as retirement homes for bishops. Cappa magnas, that sort of thing.


The Libertarians have been stopped! This is a victory for Canadians.


Strange. This is not what my friends and family who actually live in Germany tell me. I guess they must all be lying.


" like a giant wave that will sweep away the oppressor and restore Hawai'i."  Kamehameha "The Great Thief" is already dead.  And, the Great Wave of Freedom has already arrived.
The road to the truth ends at a thing called a library Jonnie!


This is keeping with the long list of phony Faux News scandals that the GOP has been pushing for the last eight years, like Solyndra, Fast and Furious, and the IRS. None ever got any traction, and neither will this. There's no there, there.


Kirk you really need to divest yourself of any involvement with this side gig at TSB.    As one of our most prominent elected public services, you are either "all in" or you are not.   Just because you found a lawyer who would tell you that what you are doing is not illegal, there is legal, and there is pono.  What you are doing maybe technically legal but it is not pono.   Kind of like the historic housing property tax exemption.....


Thank you, sir. I hope this will go a long way to open the eyes of our beloved locals as to the need for tolerance. There is also need for more grassroots education of our fellow black South Africans that immigrants do not contest identity with them; they should just allow us the little breathing space afforded by the legal stay we have obtained. Reason is that this brash and unpleasant display of unfriendliness by the black locals towards immigrants at hospitals and some other government agencies is unfortunate. Imagine a hospital where they make you feel less human just because you are an immigrant even with ID? You are even scared to submit yourself to some nurses when you perceive their hostile attitude towards you just because you are an immigrant. They openly discriminate against you because you are one nonentity from God-knows-where and should not be treated with dignity. This is an experience one would think should never raise its ugly head in the new South Africa. Tragedy!


So nothing here...let's move on to the next liberal snowflake fantasy problem.


For their own safety and the safety of motorists, bicyclists should be using the Discovery Trail, a half mile to the south of Old Olympic Highway, instead of dangerously traversing the narrow bridge.


It must be hard for the little fat kid to try and fill his good old dad's shoes.  I bet he is always medicated.


In 2015 in Lane County, the average annual wage in tech was $74,368 compared with $40,824 for all industries.  Reference data: https://www.qualityinfo.org/-/lane-county-s-tech-sector-employment-flat-in-2015-but-future-growth-is-expected


How could preserving and teaching 60 languages that no one speaks be a benefit to anyone??Teaching young people to speak these languages to"overcome their alienation"",give me a break!!What better way to alienate a young person then to teach them a language no one understands.More wisdom from the Globe,from people that have probably never met an aboriginal person in their life!


This is not about handshaking between equals, or any mutual-consent touching, or even brushing a leaf from someone's hair.  Again, there is nothing wrong with one human being touching another.   It is the unwanted, repeated one-way attention at issue here, and why do you not stick to the point? I can only assume you just like to argue.


Hope he does it will add nicely to his zero legacy and public support will be zero for this loser.


You know that's not true.  Lisa has been criticizing Trump for months.  But for once I agree with you - about Trump.


Scully does need to gain some respect and I think 90 days will give him plenty of time to do some soul searching, I'm not a big fan of filling up prison/jail space for non-violent criminals. If Scully would have been pushing heroin out of his kiosk then I surely would have wanted max sentencing. Judge should of slapped on another couple weeks for Scully cursing and calling the ruling a 'joke'.


Well sign of the 'times' so to speak. Time will tell on how the store products will change. Hope the breakfast deli still stays the same. Not great but good enough for me.


No it is not deflection. The main focus is on Lee, slave ownership and the taking down any monument of him when the very Union that was supposedly against slavery had slave states within its ranks.

So Delaware...Sorry but you were a slave state...We need to now take you away and give you to Pennsylvania so the snowflakes will not be reminded of your painful past as a slave owning state.


The NDP think that visible minorities will vote for Singh simply because he is a  visible minority
is this not a form of racism and racial supremacy?
-


It appears it's time for Woods' to swap one driver for another.


I can proudly say I disliked her from the start and didn't vote for her. I was kind of surprised when we got a year in and there were no scandals. Then BOOOOOMMMM they all started hitting, over and over.  I just can't get over Alaska voters' poor judgment.


And it wasn't enough for him. Just how much do these guys need to make?


Yes, I am nuts about seeing turnarounds first and not in the rear-view mirror.


Freeloader? And what do you do for a living? Liberal voter?

You do realize that the top 10% of income earners pay over 50% of the taxes, while using less than 10% of government services. And the bottom 50% of income earners pay virtually no income tax - so the top 10% effectively support the bottom 50%

So let's tax to death the geese who lay the golden eggs (ie. pay the bulk of the taxes, create the private sector jobs, etc.). Who needs doctors, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, etc.

Why should a doctor make more (or get to keep more income) than a postal clerk anyway? It's not fair.

So let's crush the "rich" professional class and the private sector. We'll take their money and use it to create jobs - good government bureaucrat jobs.

And when the cost of the bloated public sector and debt cause the economy to collapse, and the private sector can no longer create jobs and pay taxes, and we can't find a family doctor, etc.

Then we'll .....


Yeah, Republicans have been inherently dishonest about this bill from the beginning. Gardner is on record complaining about the ACA (which helped get him elected). His biggest complaints? The process wasn't 'open', people would supposedly have their (cut rate) plans cancelled, and there was no bi-partisan support.

He sat on the committee that wrote this travesty of a bill; yet, he's ambivalent about voting for it? He wanted transparency but the drafting process thus far has been more opaque than any major legislation in our modern history. He called for hearings, we've had none. Now, the plan slashes medicaid and abandons rural districts, the elderly, and the poor to the tune of 770 billion in cuts and 22 million plans cancelled. 115% projected increase in premiums for the elderly.

All the while, he won't answer his phones or speak with constituents. All the while, he meets with donors and lobbyists. He should just be honest and let his voters know he's intentionally screwing them.


Trump shows once again he's a cheap one trick pony. Mueller's hounds have picked up his scent and his horses have their bits in their teeth. He won't be thrown off by Trump's little diversions. Now it's only a matter of time. Tally ho!


Unfortunately, the study is very flawed.  For instance, there are several models of 7-day supply/demand balances.  In one, there is no drop in demand on Saturday and Sunday; in another, there is such a drop in three days out of seven.  In all, the morning peak in demand is often higher than the late afternoon peak, something rarely seen in South Africa.  They hope to balance things out with combined cycle gas turbines [CCGT] by 2020, but it is nearly 2018 and there is no sign of any gas, let alone any CCGT stations. Although the authors are German, they take no account of the German experience, which is having to build 19 new coal-fired power stations to balance their grid even though they have extensive interconnections to the rest of Europe.  We have no such level of connectedness. And Germany nearly lost control last winter when there was no wind for two weeks, and only great efforts by their neighbours saved them.  Beware the Germans bearing gifts!


"Oh twaddle!
There is no evidence whatsoever that Trump can't be trusted."
Please google "fact checking in the days of Trump" and see what comes up....also there's this small issue of Russian interference and the last US election.
..There's lots of "twaddle" to consider.


Yes. And it was designed to be 5 years so that it would fall into a new government term thereby giving the new government the choice as to whether to renew it.


Who is committing the murders and violent crimes with guns in this country?   We all know who it is but none of the "pass a law/ban" people ever want to address the issue.

I dare you, I double dare you to identify what sector of society is doing these crimes. It's not people with 40 gun collections, it's Not law abiding citizens, it's not Mormon Missionaries, it's not the Amish.

Think real hard.


Having worked in the North Sea, I can attest that the seas can be very rough indeed. I think much rougher seas than the sheltered BC waters that this tanker is traversing. Nevertheless the Norwegians and the UK have laid thousands of kilometres of pipelines on the sea-bed, have built hundreds of oil-platforms, oil storage facilities, on-shore and off-shore terminals receiving massive oil-tankers to distribute their oil and gas around the world. Meanwhile, as far as I know, there's never been a serious spill. The north-sea fishing stocks are at record highs, and the Norwegian fjords are as pristine and wonderful as they've always been. Furthermore, Norway has issued licences to allow oil-companies to drill in the Norwegian Arctic waters. Of course Norway is also one of the most advanced countries in terms of renewables and tackling climate change, proving that you can be environmentally responsible, tackle climate change, and promote your oil & gas industry, all at the same time.


Humans have been migrating from place to place throughout history and will continue to do so. "Germans" like the vast majority of humanity are a mix of many different groups and new arrivals in Germany will just complement the existing mix.


Exactly and something I have tried to explain a few times.


Gestapo's.


The Liberals have kicked any additional military funding down the road more than 10 years from now, but they still want to get that UN seat at the cost of our soldiers.  This is delusional at best, criminal otherwise.  2019 - gone!


So why don't you report this to the police?


"That motion-passing by the student union is a thousand times worse than her coarse poems."

Definitely nailed it outta the park there, Doc.

http://prospect.org/article/remedy-more-speech

"...the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race..."

- John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Chapter 2, Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion

You may get a lot of silly emojis, but doubt that you get any reasonable counterarguments from the usual suspects.


yes because being GG is embarrassing enough


Wow.   Im hoping you do realize that Comey reported to  Loretta Lynch.    You at least know this basic peace of information right?


FINALLY, BUSTED!!!


@Reality101 Here, let me help you with some facts:  Unemployment rate over the last 10 years.  Thanks Obama!http://www.richspath.com


I don't see the problem. Unverified allegations that the Russians interfered in the US election are receiving wide publicity. In criminal cases, allegations against accused but not convicted people are routinely published. How is the Buzzfeed story different?

I would also note that "fake news" is stories that the publisher of them knows are false. There is a difference between "unverified" and "fake".


Earth First. We'll drill the other planets later.


Years ago I was hit by some illegal immigrants, a drunken hit&run. But I got enough info for the police to pick them up as they left another bar. Their illegal status became a "get out of jail free" card as ICE shipped them off the next day.
Is it a good idea for illegals to be tested and have the proper insurance? Yes. But why are we making it easier for them to stay here?  I wonder, are their DMV records subject to FOIA requests from ICE?


In all my years, I have seen the Canadian government shop for all sorts of foolish things, but I have never seen them shop so hard for a dangerous place to put our armed force for no particular reason.  All this just to live in the mystical world of the 1970s (I lived through them, and they weren't so great - soaring deficits and debts, soaring interest rates, rising unemployment).  And this is based on a really dumb, among others, of off-the-cuff remark by our now PM to bring back peace keeping.
May god help our soldiers.


My parish priest used to be boring and superficial in his homilies.  It was uninspiring and annoying.   Then after Pope Francis came on the scene, he seemed to find his spiritual stride.  He mentions Pope Francis often and is showing a real depth of understanding of Pope Francis' words and of spirituality.
Most of his homilies now are very good and sometimes he's just on fire!

How do I know it was Pope Francis?  Well the rumor is that he is gay and that famous, "Who am I to judge?" comment really hit home.  He seems very spiritually balanced now and dedicated to the Lord first and  is faithfully serving with the church.


The Texans seem to have grit which is certainly lacking these days among those who would prefer to see them all suffering. The fact that the Federal folks were well organized and working well with the state and local folks must be driving those of you who want this to be more of a disaster so you can pin it on Trump. People should be marveling as I am at how all those folks are reaching out to help one another no matter skin color, flags, or political bent.
I can't get over the people who want to see this turn into a worse disaster then it is just so they can crow about Texas getting what it deserved or how Tump failed. So far, people are co no together and helping each other.


Typical Liberal doublespeak - we only wasted twice as much of your money as we thought we could.

Sort of like when Charles Sousa trumped Ontario's new AA credit rating,, as it fell from AAA.


Blame 'Accenture' the consultant firm that spearheaded 'Presto' and the province for shoving it down on the TTC !


Again, since you are too blind to see it, the article was about Rep. Scalise.


The Government of BC gave so-called "sacred land" at our BC resort back to the aboriginals and they promptly turned it into a pay parking lot.

Nobody uses it area now and it's turned into an overgrown weedy mess...

Useless BC government...


I go with option number one.  Those of us living in Ontario see the economic damage done by the Provincial Liberals and know that Gerald Butts and a few others were the architects of many of these poor policies.  These policies are now hamstringing Ontario's businesses and so it only makes sense that he wants to continue these policies throughout Canada.
Disappointed in Morneau though.  I thought he actually knew something about finances and business and what helps and what hurts.  I guess this backs up theory number 2 and the incompetence  of the current batch of Liberals.


J.K. -- you are correct. It's on the policy side that the Liberals can be beaten -- sitting on the sidelines taking cheap pot shots at Trudeau won't get the PC's anywhere.

The PC's need to come out with a strong policy driven program, attack the liberals on their policy shortcomings, and ignore all of the "selfies/hair/other stuff which has absolutely nothing to do with running the country".  The PC's need to come across as serious stewards of the future of the country, leaders, with the ability to rise above petty politics and personal attacks.

If all the PC party can do is whine, complain, make personal attacks -- and not offer Canadians a solid vision and platform for the future of the country, they'll get demolished in the next election.


Written by a Liberal spin doctor.


This new law will have no effect in Eugene for two reasons:
1) EPD rarely enforces traffic laws anymore. Maybe they just don't have the personnel to do it, but whatever the reason, they just don't.
2) When EPD does enforce traffic law(s), they only enforce one traffic law. We all know which law that is. Just look at the statistics EPD themselves publishes after each one of the large-scale temporary traffic enforcement operations they've done. In one, they watched traffic on Beltline all day long and didn't manage to see even ONE PERSON make an incorrect lane change.

When traffic enforcement is anemic and always consists entirely of pointing a radar gun, there's no reason at all to expect that they'll suddenly start pulling over distracted drivers.


Nothing wrong about imported milk except the cost.  If locally obtained milk becomes more cheaper than imported milk, then Omidyar may have a case.  But since feed must be imported, I highly doubt that would be the case.  Nothing pleasant about living near a dairy farm where the smell of manure and presence of flies permeate the area.  Mililani once had a dairy farm in the Kipapa gulch near Kam highway but thankfully closed up shop.


Clinton fired FBI Director Sessions AFTER a thorough investigation by the DOJ found Sessions was guilty of engaging in a sham transaction to avoid paying taxes and also many other things. You and the other Trumpkins need to stop getting all your info from Fox News because they only give you part of the info that supports their narrative....


You aren't wealthy enough to be a Republican.


Please come back to some semblance of reality!
Hollywood stories are "fiction -  untruth, falsehood, fantasy, nonsense".


Nope no restraining order.


I understand the purpose of the protest but question the value. Besides providing a sense of accomplishment to organizers and lots of 'feel good' by attendees, was anything achieved?
Do you think that anyone's views were changed because of the protest marches? We're any commitments made by anyone in power? Were there any financial or political targets set so that results could be measured?
Or was it all just a big global Koom-By-Yah by the campfire with a group hug afterwards?
Either way, congrats to the women for getting all of those people arching in the same direction. Too bad they couldn't pull it together during the election.


A tough courageous guy. A real leader. No backing down to politically correct bs there. Bravo!


It used to be that America's dependence on coal and fossil fuels made it a strong nation...
Now, a US President just surrendered America's global leadership in a multi-national accord..We surrendered..!!
I wonder if the workers in the coal and fossil fuel industries are proud of this..holding back American strength and leadership.  I know they have to feed their families, but they should be somewhat humble about what they have done to America's reputation..going forward.


Which brings us back to the fakeness of the question.


There are PLENTY of native born Americans who feel the same way. Guess it only matters if you're if you're a member of a certain group of people


If true, the offer to resign by AG Jeff Sessions would be another crack in the wall of asserted infallibility for this administration. With the dismissal of FBI Director Comey, the resignation of Security Advisor Mike Flynn, and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly a person of interest in the Russia influence scandal the list of non-tweetable news grows ever longer. It would appear the only "fake" news around now is that coming out after midnight from a certain head-of-state on social media.


How about expulsion.  What are you saying, pot smoking in school is OK?  No wonder our kids are so screwed up...the adults in their lives don't know (or care) what is right or wrong.  What is the message are you giving them...it is OK to be bad?


I see that you are quoting from the book of Alternate Facts.


It's called freedom.  God put the wheels in motion and things happen.  He didn't make them happen, He allowed them to happen.  If your brother stole your pet rock don't blame God just because He gave your brother free will.


The biggest problem with Islam is not the teachings in the Quran, though it is steeped in narrow-minded Old Testament values. It is the confusion of brutal, racist, backwards Arabic culture with the true teachings of Islam. Arabic culture is the main problem, both in the US muslim community and Islamic countries worldwide.

Islam needs reform to purge itself of Arabic culture.  It could start by promoting translations of the Quran, prayer and scholarship into non-Arabic language, and rejection of Imams from Arabic countries. African-American muslims could take the lead on this.

And Muslims might want to learn more about Christ's teachings in the Gospel.


This may be difficult for you to believe, but for some people - especially those with families - there are other considerations than tax rates.


Hay gary, you remember this little slip from Putin's kemosabe?

Open Mic - "Tell Vlad I'll have more flexibility after my election"  -  Barack Hussein Obama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFR8DbSRQE


Should it be named for Ken  Kesey or Timothy Leary?

Dr. Timothy Leary, a lecturer in psychology at Harvard University, was the most prominent pro-LSD researcher. Leary claimed that using LSD with the right dosage, set (what one brings to the experience), and setting, preferably with the guidance of professionals, could alter behavior in dramatic and beneficial ways.

At Stanford in 1959, Kesey volunteered to take part in a CIA-financed study named Project MKULTRA.  The project studied the effects on the patients of psychoactive drugs, particularly LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, cocaine, AMT, and DMT.  Kesey wrote many detailed accounts of his experiences with these drugs, both during the Project MKULTRA study and in the years of private experimentation that followed. Kesey's role as a medical guinea pig inspired him to write One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1962.

In the summer of 1964, Kesey's Merry Pranksters customized a bus and set out on a tour to propagate LSD use.


A Guide On How to Survive in the U.S. Illegally

Step 1.  Cross the border without invitation or proper documentation. You are now a criminal guilty of a misdemeanor.
Step 2.  Pretend Step 1 didn’t happen or is irrelevant
Step 3. Protest at every opportunity and demand YOUR right to stay in the U.S. illegally.
Step 4. If deported, immediately cross the border once again, now guilty of a felony.
Step 5.  Repeat Steps 2 and 3.


I would say, we have 2 tight ends with 6 different names.  Put them in a bag, and shake it until the talents wind up in the top 2.


Have you, by chance, ever read The Great Sacrilege?


I will pray for you, too.  How's Thomas, btw?  Is he still inside?


[This self proclaimed 'neighbor' has no clue how his own government works.]
What are the chances he's a partisan Trumpologist functioning under the same "alternate facts" his hero is?


Congratulations on wasting your pathetic life because of your vile racist beliefs.


People don't seem to understand the power Donald Trump will soon have at his discretion. A single executive order can move the 7th fleet down into the South China Sea to challenge China. Another order could have 2,000 nuclear warheads launched in under an hour. According to experts, the process is designed so that nobody could stop him. He can order any city or country to be destroyed.

The signature Obama military move is the drone strike to kill people. Now Trump can order anybody around the world to be killed. For national security reasons, he could order people including Americans to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.


Finally!, evidence of collusion!.


It's a whole new pipeline!! making up words "twinning" is total Bullshiat - 20% that you want to even go WAY OFF COURSE involves protected lands in the lower mainland. The corruption is unreal!


i.e. you don't have a response to what I said?


The Iditarod is totally cruel to dogs.
FACTS: http://helpsleddogs.org


That's what all governing parties think until they lose.  The last election was the Conservatives to lose.  They should not have lost, but did.   Too bad they lost to a group far worse at governing than they were. In BC, the "Liberals" had no business losing, but they did.   Canada deserves better, but will not get it because now the voters want pictures, not policy that creates a better environment for regular people to succeed.  Regular people don't matter.  I believe Trudeau et al have shown, in a very short time period what they are, and many who didn't vote for them believed they were.  Opportunists, who use government for themselves, not the people.


So you don't feel that Trump's enemies should stop trying to claim his presidency isn't legitimate. Did you have the same response when the "Birther Movement" was questioning Obama's legitimacy?

When you deny the legitimacy of an election (on the eve of the inauguration, no less) you are indicting the whole political process. It was an unworthy tactic when the Republicans used it, and it's no more worthy when the Democrats do the same.

Your bias against Trump is understandable, but it appears to make you say false things. Trump did not offer a personal or political insult. Nor did Trump say anything about Lewis' record on helping blacks in America. He said only that Lewis should pay more attention to the needs of his own constituency.

If Trump comported himself as you would like to see, he wouldn't be president today.


The problem of fringe parties gaining parliamentary leverage is easily solved in a carefully crafted PR model.  Mr. Trudeau expresses a very narrow, limited view of what a PR model is.  PR is not necessarily one model.  There are many PR models available for consideration - it would be the job of parliamentarians and constitutional experts to analyse and recommend the best one.  The common reference to PR implementations in other countries is interesting, but I believe that Canada should design its own PR model rather than adopt another existing model and then try to shoehorn it into the Canadian culture.  Surely Canadians are smart enough to create a Made In Canada system of government.


I'd like to see the evidence before passing judgment.


Can you get a dictionary to adopt that meaning? If not then I guess the answer to your question is no.
But let's suppose you were successful. Then, as LSJM notes above, we would no longer have a word that precisely means "the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."
so you would have reduced our ability to speak precisely and concisely. That makes speech more ambiguous and I don't see how that is beneficial to anyone but politicians.


Mark Shore's comment was satire.  Sheep #5491 is one of yours.


Seems like a SF Workplace shooting today...American???...Muslim???...Illegal???...Legal???...Democrat???...Republican???...Whose team is he from???....she from???...#MAGA


I want to know if Justice is only for regular Americans. These people need to be investigated, and if guilty, go to prison. Someone commented that Hillary is to old for prison and that's total BS. I have little faith that any of these people will be prosecuted. I'm counting on our President to do what he said he would do. Put people who willingly broke the law into prison.


The amount of uneducated soapbox politics on this comment section is astounding. I am an EMT, I am in paramedic school, and I have felt and seen first hand what these drugs are doing to this country. Yes, the "classic" junkie that sucks off the government teat is still alive (for now) and well.

HOWEVER!!!! Your neighbor, doctor, lawyer, police officer, soccer mom, home and business owner, successful members of society: THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SKEWING THE STATISTICS OF THIS TERRIBLE OPIOID EPIDEMIC!

These people get injured and are prescribed an opioid by a doctor. These drugs, even in the most constricted environment are EXTREMELY, UNANIMOUSLY, DANGEROUSLY ADDICTIVE! So, 6 months after injury, said doctor cuts the soccer mom off the drug. This doctor created an addict...where is she going to get her fix now? Cold turkey? Fun fact: quitting opioids is harder than quitting tobacco.

Her brain has been rewired. The streets is the next stop. I see it everyday. Learn the facts please.


FU


I'm usually a fast but pretty mellow driver.   What drives me nuts on Alaska roads is the rubber-necker or 80 year-old in a 40 foot motorhome who drives 35-40 mph in the 2-lane zones but when the road widens out with the passing lanes speeds up to 70; I've had that happen a bazillion times on the Seward and Sterling.   I don't know what you do about that, we haven't perfected IQ transplants and it isn't polite to shoot them, but beyond the crazy punks in pickups issue, that's the one I think causes the most problems; these people hold up traffic for miles and then when the road widens, they go like a bat out of Hell, so you either can't legally pass them or you just say "Hell with it" and go  80 to get around them and hope you don't meet the AST.


Back in 2008 I had a severe reaction to a new medication that left me barely responsive. A very rare side effect of this drug was an almost mental psychosis off rapid onset that left me barely responsive. . The doctors in the ER did not believe me. They thought I was a drug addict, substance abuser since I had the symptoms of one. Totally for decades no such abuses and I do not drink or take drugs at all. However, I was lucky, a sharp intern looked up the drug ( it was amoxicillin, an antibiotic) and he told me on internet he found a site that had almost 1800 patients on it who reported the same strange side effect with amoxicillin that I was having). The intern gave me valium to relax me and told me to go to sleep and in 24 hrs that side effect would wear it self off and do not take that drug eve again. It is a matter off luck unfortunately too often you go to the ER with strange symptoms and get actual medical help.


Yay Stars! The Best of The Best!


The Holocaust is a cautionary tale about social engineering based on race. In a multicultural society care should be taken to not elevate or denigrate based on race. Where possible we should correct mistakes but emphasis today and tomorrow ought to be on equality and opportunity. If we see ourselves as JFK said "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." To focus on the "struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself."


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Now you've done it, Roy.

Now you've hurt Fail Kabob's fee fees.
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Watch out, you might get a disgruntled emoji.
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Chest waders are not only "not suited" for wearing on rapid waters...when a person goes overboard and is submerged the waders immediately catch the current, fill with water and drag one down. I'm guessing this is probably why the victim got jammed up...and likely why he couldn't be hauled free with a rope. Too much weight added by chest waders filled with water.


TRUMP: “Former Homeland Security Advisor Jeh Johnson is latest top intelligence official to state there was no grand scheme between Trump & Russia.” — tweet Thursday.

THE FACTS: Johnson did not state that conclusion.


I thought this was from The Onion!


You're being ignorant. He was sharing his PAST experience to voice his frustration with a "news" outlet and how they handled a PAST situation, very much like they are handling this current situation. He was trying to let people know that this is something he (and others) find to be a consistent problem. The "news" outlet just has to play it safe so THEY don't get sued. They don't have concern for other's potential problems, unless they can right a story about it, safely, from the comfort of their office, without getting sued or looking stupid. I get it, but I don't agree with it. It's just a job, right ADN? What's the worst that could happen if you don't share relevant and accurate information about a known criminal that is actively evading arrest?! I mean, it's not like this is a news outlet...oh wait....


It gets traffic, which helps revenue. Capitalism and NY value....


Nice work agent, better luck next time.


Not sure what the writer is scared about.  Does he mean he is afraid of universal healthcare, universal education through community college, and a three pronged retirement system that actually allows people to retire gracefully at age 60 to enjoy one's senior years? Seems that Canada and Europe already have all of this.

We have a system of extreme capitalism that works for five percent of the American population and large corporations to support a vast military empire that fights war after war after war while the homeland decays from within.  Yeah Socialism of the European style seems pretty horrible.  They get a 32 hour work week, six weeks vacation, and a health care system that works.  All of this made possible by sharing of their taxes.

Russian communism was extreme...and American capitalism is extreme as well. There has to be a better way of life offered by a more benevalent system.


But spiritual cookies make us feel so good!


".... the only foreign leader who might be able to force Mr. al-Assad to accept a negotiated end to the conflict. "

That's a ridiculous remark.  Assad has shown undinting willingness to negotiate.  He's just not willing to accept the foregone conclusion of a theocratic Syria with his own and other minorities wiped out.


I have come to have very little respect for all of those priests who are willing to have "great dialogue" in private, but refuse to do so in public.  They are the ones who are telling us that we are supposed to stand up for what we believe is true.  Yet, they choose not to do so themselves.


There is a difference between

Training

and

Education.

Both have their place, but education is what makes informed citizens who can think for themselves, the foundation of sustainable democracy.


Elvin
Got any of those genes lying around


Dave, beautiful piece on the power of the online medium. Steve Anthony has it right. No one should underestimate the power of this tsunami. It's transforming the way we communicate, and unless we're on top of it, we're going to drown. Nowhere is this more true than in sports. As Anthony says, ESPN and all the other networks have to keep their eye on the ball. It's no longer where it was a few years ago. It's moved -- to the web. I hope Everett continues to have a successful career at ESPN, but when he decides to leave on his own terms, I also hope he returns home to Hawaii.


"I'm proud to stand with Every Voice to empower the voices of voters by getting big money out of politics. I've worked on that in the legislature and will continue to do so in the Secretary of State's office."
Val Hoyle's Facebook page.

In other words, it's not corrupt as long as the Democrat is doing it. As an independent voter, I'm f--king sick of Democrats invoking Kenya and "CONservatives" every time one of their own is caught telling an outrageous, hypocritical lie.

Every goddamned time.


This time place him in an all-the-way house.   No bond    No parole


They're richer than you think.


E.J. Dionne Jr. Is obviously most concerned about his own power and influence as part of the “inside the beltway” elite establishment.  E.J. Dionne Jr. thinks he represents the American people since all his friends think just like him, but he fails to realize most of the real America is outside the Washington Beltway.  Democracy means listening to all people, not just to people who will parrot your elitist opinion.


Corporations can't go to jail, suffer the death penalty, experience human loss, etc. My "Citizen" vote is an extension of unique consequential realities resultant from my status as a human being. My vote is an embodiment of my mortality, and is sacred. Corporations with the  "right" to participate in funding of election campaigns, etc., directly diminishes my right to free speech and the vote. Corporations inherently function through human citizens, who already have a vote. With "Citizens United" my vote is diminished, because other voters now use the corporation to use public assets, goods and services, to harness an economic engine, to in turn, influence elections with false information, alternative facts, etc., diminishing my right. My vote is also diminished because corporations do not become physically ill, and do not die, and do not suffer jail or torture, or have feelings, or experience conscious reality. Corporations are inhuman sociopathic machines,  not "Citizens United


Nice place but at some point you gotta say, 'Enough!'


If your spouse maxes your credit cards on clothes and jewelry, do you give them more credit cards or do you require them to be fiscally responsible and accountable before giving them more?


We'll have "access to abundant education" but not to "Amply fund education."

Sounds like education for those that can afford it.


"Atmospheric levels of CO2 are now at about 410 ppm. Within 4 years at current rates w will have surpassed a 50% increase from the 280 ppm that existed at the start of the industrial revolution."  Steve Erickson aka Chicken Little

So what?

 "In less than a decade after that we will have surpassed the remaining "buffer" that would keep warming under the agreed on 2 degree Celsius. Impacts of climate change are already being widely seen and felt. The longer we wait to act the more severe our actions will have to be."  Steve Erickson, aka Chicken Little

Oh really?

"Despite record increases in CO2 concentration, there has been no global warming for almost 13 years (mean of GISS, HadCRUT4, NCDC, RSS, & UAH temperature data: Fig. 5), or, by satellite measurements, for more than 17 years (RSS, 2013: Fig. 6), and no warming distinguishable from the combined measurement, coverage, and bias uncertainties for 18 years (HadCRUT4, 2013: Fig. 7)."


The Russians or Syrians who comment here in defense of the Assad regime's crimes should relax and chill out. Since international justice is dead, neither Presidents Putin nor Assad have anything to worry about. Since they will never be brought to justice, defending them seems to nothing more than an odd public relations exercise.


Or just wait until the rural Republicans need another subsidy for their lifestyles and tell them sorry, but what comes around goes around.


I think our PM did a credible job in representing Canada's interests  while not offending his host.  It was civil and useful.  What would Ms MacLaren have preferred ?  Perhaps a rousing chant of ' Hey, hey, ho,ho....  X Y and Z have got to go!'   This column's slogan slinging and name calling are more suitable to elementary school playgrounds than to serious political analysis.


You are much more influenced by corporate media than me, and thank you for exemplifying my point.


Unless of course he's clever and does the unthinkable and changes clothes.


Have fun with that.


Doesn't say how long it takes.  It is far better to just have a charger at home so you do it at the end of the day.


Being fearful of open minds tends to do that, alrighty.
Thanks for the condensed platform manifesto.


It seems to me that both Simien and Lynch are playing not to lose.  Half of their completions were  for 5 yards on third and long and the defense was giving it to them, Kyle was the only QB that made a play down field when it mattered . Third string or not it was a big time play.  I can't recall simeon doing that once last year.  If the Bronco's concede every third and long this year with dink passes, we are going to find them 8 and 8 or worse.


It put the lotion in the basket


It has been a long time since I last heard somebody speaking Pure, Concentrated Nonsense. Glenn has made up for that.

So the insurance industry will bear this cost? When they suffer losses, that loss is tax deductible so 40% is borne by the taxpayers directly anyway. Additionally, if the insurance industry makes a profit, they will pay big fat bonuses to directors but if they suffer losses, they raise premiums hitting the government and taxpayers anyway. Government (indirectly taxpayers) pay 100% premium plus net tax losses.

Insurance is a net profit game or they would be out of Business. They either make profit, or if they suffer a loss anytime, they raise premiums and then recover losses and make More Profit !!

Glenn, not sure how you got to where you are?


As the NP said weeks back, its' just a newer, better looking package.

To repeat, the Conservatives should draft Ryan Reynolds for leader... he would win in a landslide, he is actor good-looking (as opposed to being good looking in the land of politicians - not fat, and grey - although have you met any 46 year old men with not a single grey hair? Me neither..) can read his lines well, world-wide popular, and has an absolutely stunning wife..

Can't loose..

I would even forgive him the not living in Canada for years thingy that dragged down Ignatief, and will kill O'Leary..


Interesting view but false.


We have the highest corporate tax on the planet.  Even most democrats support lowering it.  Hillary wants to RAISE income taxes to pay for her spending binge, and keep flooding business with regulations.


It isn't an allegation, it's a criminal conviction. Anyone that stomps an animal should not be near children. It's a proven fact that those who abuse animals seldom stop there.


Nanos is a Liberal pollster. What a lying sham. How much did do the Lieberals pay them ?


The Neocats are a very big part of this story.  It is amazing to me that NCR has missed this entirely.  One of the Coadjutators first moves was to take the diocesan seminary financial control back from the Neocats.  There is much more to this story than has been covered in NCR.  This is not to take away from the legitimate concerns of the abuse victims, but to point out Apuron has been out of control the entire time he was in the priesthood and got worse as a bishop.


“We need an independent media to hold people like me to account,”

Absolutely.
But, unfortunately, that didn't happen in Bush's eight years in power.
And it didn't happen in Obama's eight years in power. It gave Bush a free pass after his illegal War on Iraq. It said nothing critical of Obama for eight years.
 Clearly, the media isn't independent of the government. It isn't a watchdog on the government as it was only a few decades ago. As a billionaires club, it has its own global economy corporate agenda. It no longer cares about democracy or the common working people. (This is the case in Canada as well).
   That's why, with its war agenda,refugee and  immigrant agenda, free trade, international corporate profit priority, it's unwillingness to properly inform the people or provide a check on government and corporations, it's refusal to cover working people's issues., its clear Trump is correct - the media is the enemy of the people.


Yup.  This site says $80 per gram, which is closer to $40,000 per pound.

https://www.crystalmethaddiction.org/Crystal_Meth_Prices.htm


The British press is calling the attacker an "Asian."

I wonder if he shouted Aloha Akbar before being shot dead.


Speaking as an Anglican here this is pretty saddening. Kmowing the Popes point of view he has seemed willing to work with those who don't always agree with him.

So even though he doesn't agree with female ordination to the priesthood he was willing to work with and even have a joint liturgy with Anglicans that included female deacons as well as priests.

Ultimately I don't expect him to change Catholic dogma on women in the priesthood though it does seem changes are likely in the area of the Catholic deacons


With every stupid, ill considered, insulting joke parsed for racism, it makes real racism easier to dismiss and ignore.


Welcome to the 1920's and the anti League of Nations crowd. Maybe you should just stay in your little pea patch and let those who understand how the world works represent America in it.


771, you are two screws short of a tight fastening.


Yawn...


Republican_state_policies_have_more_control.


I remember this rumor from 1972.... :)


Most people barely understand the idea of "representation by population" which is how Canadian democracy works, let alone more elaborate approaches. The Swiss have a very direct democracy where for a given issue the vote is from the citizenry. In Canada it goes through many layers before it's implemented. One is fast and prone to volatility, the other is stable but slow to move. I do remember reading how it can be proven mathematically that in the US with it's electoral college is a necessary part of the US system. Without it, smaller states would have almost no voice, and would be subject to a kind of electoral tyranny because of their smaller populations. So you see, things are more complex than they appear.


So swamp dwellers like the Trump clan can scam taxpayers.


What a silly decision practically speaking. If citizenship is a right then so Canada has a right that applicants for such citizenship tell the truth in their applications.


With the demographic that can afford to pay half a million to three quarters of a million dollars for their residence, I suspect that the Montessori and similar schools are a more likely educational choice for many of those who have elementary-age children.


As a survivor of sexual assault that, mercifully, didn't make it all the way to rape, (but was nonetheless horrible and traumatizing), Trump makes me almost physically ill. His words unsettle me to the point of stirring up awful memories and the very idea of having to deal with him in power for even four years is sickening. His victory would be a signal to a lot of very, very bad people that they now have a mandate for their ugly behavior, their bigotry, and misogyny, their homophobia, and Islamophobia. It wouldn't surprise me at all that, if he won, rates of violence against women and minority groups would soar.


Buzzfeed didn't fabricate the report, or embellish the allegations. They never really commented on them or gave them any credibility. All they did was give us a copy.

They obviously felt, as Rumsfeld did, that proof was and is over-rated. Of course, we know that's not true, but if you accept Rumsfeld's statement as a premise for action, and far too many Americans did, then you have no grounds to complain about the absence of compelling proof in this case.

QED


I pray that the truth comes out, and that justice is served.


Point noted and I will continue to do my best to deliver informative and helpful reports to our readers. Thanks for your support and feedback, TNorton!


In a recent month we took 17 million barrels of crude from Alaska, worth about $850 million dollars. In 12 months that value would be about $10 billion, 200 million US dollars ($50 dollar average price per barrel).

Our top people fly on private jets.  We live lavish lifestyles.  We write off many of these expenses under Alaska's net profits system where we can co-mingle global expenses under your system where these write offs are kept secret from you.

Key legislators in the Senate work directly for us.  They voted to give away your oil, and we gave them bonuses.  The dimmer members of your "leadership" have not a clue- and do what our lobbyists tell them to do over very expensive dinners.

Our power is vast, and we will gain more control over your elected officials when Democrats who voted for an income tax are destroyed in the next round of elections.  They got rolled, and are too dumb to know it.

The holy grail is at hand.  Your Permanent fund will subsidize our theft of your oil.


8000 gun deaths a year works out to 22 every day or about one an hour in the United States of America.  So it is a typical day for many.

Hard to say what legislation would have prevented this single event, but there are thousand of gun deaths each year that could be stopped with some simple laws. Certainly not into taking guns away, but there are come common sense approaches to gun deaths in our great country, and it's not more guns.


Yeah, slap yourself on the back and thank yourself for condoning mass murder across our nation and arming the criminals with your so-called 2nd amendment, ammosexual rights.


We should have more bureaucracy helping the scientific community. Look what it did in the US helping Bill Gates start Microsoft and Steve Jobs start Apple.

Oh wait a minute..........


But I'm sure they're much nicer in real life, right?
Mark Shore
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and the bleeding hearts for Sudan are not so nice in real life
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they use government money for Sudan
no personal sacrifice, no personal DONATIONS to Sudan charities
the heart bleeds only with OTHER people's money
not so nice in real life


Watch for the next provincial election with some very strong activity for the Liberal candidates to being fully funded and supported by the federal gov't.  I would also suggest that the province will be the beneficiary of a disproportionate  amount of infra structure investment.


I did the google search. I found no government subsidy programs for the oil and gas industry.  It's an urban legend among left wing North Americans...the legendary subsidies for oil companies that are never specifically identified.


Micah is correct.  Hawaii is a remote archipelago with limited resources, but is one of the most desirable places in the world to live in.  Contiguous resources and scale economies do not exist for Hawaii that is ocean locked and severely limited in land area, and where population migration eternally increases.  Locals have no where else to lean away from migration's consequences of diseases, invasive species, $$fat foreign investors, nonresident carpetbaggers, tourist hordes, military handholds, and escalating taxes, except for falling into the ocean (Vegas, etc.) and/or being disenfrancished "in the water."  The flip side of the Continental U.S. Constitution and continental free markets is the Pandora's Box of the Hawaiian Islands.


Today from Crdl Muller “  We are very distant from a correction and I say that is a loss to the Church to discuss these things publicly. ‘Amoris laetitia’ is very clear in its doctrine and we can interpret the whole teaching of Jesus on matrimony, the whole teaching of the Church in 2000 years of history.” He concluded, Pope Francis, “asks to discern the situation of these people who are living in unions that are not regular, that is, not in accord with the teaching of the Church on matrimony, and asks to help these persons to find a path for a new integration in the Church according to the conditions of the sacraments, of the Christian message on matrimony."


Winning doesn't make you right.


Would have been even worse to run--that REALLY makes you look like prey, and big brownie can't help but give chase.  That was the most terrifying part of the encounter.  My hind-brain screaming at me to "RUN!" for over a half-hour while my conscious mind insisted (rightly) that to do so would be suicide.

Even modern theoretical psychiatrists--as useless a cadre of effeminate, whiny weeble-wobbles as ever congregated at Starbucks to frantically gesticulate while sipping lattes--are recognizing the mental and emotional harm children sustain precisely by being alienated from the natural world.  Captivity isn't good for most creatures, even when it's self-inflicted.


Pay back for being thrown under the bus.  Not too bad a deal.


This is why are business family left Canada and moved to favorable jurisdictions who appreciate wealth creators. We have found numerous jurisdictions which invite us to create jobs and wealth in their communities.

Busines were the job creators now its' the Governments who believe they are the engines of growth.

We've noticed as business family for 40 years the slow decent into Marxism Leninism in Canada.
After successive 5-30 billion dollar deficits from all parties and a intra-level debt that now collectively in Canada is in the trillions we know the last place to rape was small business.

Thus we made plans and executed them. We are no longer citizens of Canada after 10 generations....

Sad, but, our ideas and hard work and the wealth that it created are our own. They are not yours.

This is the sign that capitalism is dead in Canada. Prepare accordingly for your family's sake. Becuase the Liberals are not stopping. They will destroy jobs in the millions with this tax law.


Maybe he didn't do/say anything publicly or you did not know/hear what was said about it publicly. In 2011 (the time Mbalula wept over the Guptas) the ANC NEC, of which Trevor was part, actually deliberated on the memorandum (which included a draft resolution for the NEC to call for a special conference to discuss and effect the recall of President Zuma) presented by 25 senior commanders and commissars of Mkhonto Wesizwe claiming amongst others, the hold the Gupta family had on the President, his Cabinet and state owned enterprises (what we now know as state capture). Perhaps it is best to get the facts straight.


So what you are saying is that it is not a matter of treaties after all , its what is in the treaties plus case law that FN have title to the land.  Then why do commentators always talk about treaties not being followed?


".... A leftish zeitgeist was the outcome of the survey I'm guessing, ..."
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Actually, no. It was the meeting of the extremist Hard Right Association of Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology professors.

Both members agreed to study it further and present their findings at next years meeting.....


Yes, the reason they are kneeling is that it is too tiring to stand for 90 seconds. Are you simple?


Gardner is extremely naive and usually ill-informed.  Plus, he's a lapdog for President Orange Face.  Perhaps he's being set up as the fall guy when the Republicans implode in 2018.


Which government is repressive?
The one that wants to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms?  The one that insists on nanny laws such as seat belt and helmet laws?


Sorry for my typos!!


While visiting Alaska about six years ago I learned mosquitoes were horrible. Use lots of OFF Deep Woods repellent and be safe. Where I live we also treat our lawns during summer months.


If you're talking about the brown house just east of 2nd & Vine, it was reportedly closed because of a failed sewer system. That's what I've read in the PDN at least.


CNN has lost all credibility period , when a jihad is committed and murder is committed while screaming religious chants - its terrorism!!!
No confusion, no excuse and completely preventable.
Only a  feeble minded leftie who doesn't stands for a thing  other than vote getting and taxes cant understand that - hence Justin slide to the bottom and the rise of Andrew Sheer.
The  bodies are still warm and  left just can't help themselves but  chant the same old blather - truly a pathetic lot indeed.


Clinton's ability to stay vertical, engaged and energetic might bear a little watching too eh?


Surprise me


Yep...he just wanted to see what the "...unspecified piece of equipment..." looked like in natural light.


Good idea localguy and I agree with you. But it shouldn't be a blanket voucher to ALL families sending their kids to private school. There are many families who send their children to private institutions who are well to do and do not need assistance. I think it should be based on income and the number of children  attending private education in the household...


The EPA cannot even function in things it is supposed to be able to do.
See Gold King and Flint, Michigan water.

Let alone the asbestos disaster they worsened with idiotic demands of removal instead of encapsulation.

Or the requirement to reduce Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in drinking water that then made it aggressive against copper supply lines.  Orthophosphates are now added to limit copper pipe damage.
It also caused a spike in lead contamination.


My evidence is that mankind is still here after nearly 100 years of climate scientists and their catastrophic predictions based on their "sciencee" models  being catastrophically wrong. Seems to me, their big brained science, over priced education and "hard work" hasn't made them right.

I feel great thanks. I've survived having to wear a gas mask and drastically reduced sunlight, starvation, being over run with climate refugees, burning up, an ice age, running out of fossil fuels, rising sea levels, etc, etc.

As a simple man, my life is good.


deplorable but not deportable.


Interesting concept. Some people cause self harm and know they should not take drugs but seem compelled to do it anyway. It does take responsibility away from the doer but at least the blame is erased also. It would as the Dr. says, funnel money toward help instead of enforcement and prison. How is this working ion Holland and other more open countries?


This was very sad to read.    The fact that some groups have such power is bad enough, but that the "University" would actually respond to this kind of activity is the sad part.  I have read many articles by Father Martin and have always been impressed by his clarity, insights, and caring for the Church.


Hillary said she "tried" not to lie. Problem is, she didn't "try" very hard. Is it a family thing? Depends on what the definition of is, is....Bill tried not to lie too, but we all know that didn't work out so good. It wasn't his fault. It was "that woman"  Not Hillary, the other one. The bad one.  Hillary called all those women accusing Bill back then, "Bimbo eruptions"  Or liars   She wasn't trying very hard  even  back then "not to lie"  We all remember it all too well. It is what it "is"


So the Canadians deported illegals?


Well we knew that......sigh


What an absolute mess thanks to all of you dolts that voted Liberal. I hope you are proud of yourselves.

Not unlike the Americans you should register you political affiliation, but here it should be mandatory. Then when something like this blows up you people that are registered liberals pay for it with increased taxes.


Credits should defray, but never eliminate the tax liability to the State.   They should reduce by a maximum of 50% any tax liability.   That's a fair compromise which preserves the benefit to the oil companies but still protects the State from the very situation we have now.   Oil production projects are long-term ventures which provide a suitably long period for the credits to be used during the production phase.


There aren't enough foster families available, separating families is a bad idea, abuse would be a problem.

IMO, the solution is more appropriate detention facilities and quicker resolution of cases.


Take a look at Chase Field's left field fence.   (Diamondbacks)


"Anybody who can kiss that many asses, that quickly, is so primed for success in the American workplace that they don't need your crappy restaurant job."

^This.

Also, having been both the chatty person and the languishing-in-line-behind-the-chatty-person person, I think the best thing to do is smile and get over it.


Oh here we go again...

Restricting someones freedom of speech. This time another harmless YouTube video. How sad.


Riel_Canadian:

"Canadian Prime Minister Locks Himself In Brazilian Bathroom Until He Gets His Way
 Business Insider
Ricky Kreitner
 Aug. 9, 2011, 6:01 PM 	142,532
On a visit to Brazil yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper locked himself in one of the foreign minister's bathrooms, protesting the Brazilian president's decision that toasts and speeches take place after her lunch with Harper, and not during the lunch, as Harper wanted. The prime minister refused to leave the bathroom until the Brazilian president gave in to his demands, the Washington Post reports."

Se also:
http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/08/pmo-denies-brazilian-bathroom-holdout.html
and, in Protugeuse:


mike is a quality human being ... unfortunately  Roadhogbc is not smart enough  to understand that


1. It's not a government bill - its a private members bill
2. because of the quebec massacre

That's why this motion was raised for the 2nd time (it passed unanimously about 6 months ago) - to show solidarity after the attacks


Funny how I don't recall much of anything being made about 'Hillary Clinton being a woman' in the election campaign. And I think the only time Donald Trump's campaign was seriously knocked off the rails was when the video came out with him making gross & disgusting habits about groping women because he was rich and famous.

And, in fact, the only one who seemed to be making an issue about Hillary 'being a woman' was Hillary herself ('I'm with Her').

I'm sure it reassures Feminists to believe that there is this dark, ethereal cloud of 'Misogyny' floating about.

But sorry, Hillary didn't run a very inspiring campaign and was probably ill-served by her advisers as it turned out there was just barely enough voters who were more interested in what she could do for them rather than that 'she was a woman'.


Not sure how Fox becoming mainstream relates to the rise of the Samizdat in the Soviet Union.  In any event Breitbart, like Fox has exhausted the cesspool as source of funding and readership.  One can only wonder where its former readers have gone.
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Breitbart News seems to be cleaning house after readers and advertisers drift away
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/is-breitbart-news-veering-away-from-the-farthest-far-right/2017/06/06/35f91160-4ad1-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html?utm_term=.567bf68364d7&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1


After reading through some of these comments, I'm grateful that people care enough to respond. However, there's been several comments about human safety that are very important. In addition to the complete cowardice this man showed (you definitely missed your calling as a special ops soldier) you could have easily harmed another person! Even your own son that you claim to have been protecting. Multiple shots? Really? You have a lethal weapon and you needed more than one shot to take down an old dog? Go to the shooting range and learn how to use your weapon! Obviously, this an irresponsible use of a lethal weapon. It's people like this individual that give responsible gun owners a bad rap. It's exactly these kinds of unstable behaviors that strip decent citizens of the right to bear arms. I pray you stay out of our neighborhood, we don't want you.


Are they using a front end loader to move the product around????


Something tells me Gorsuch will do the will of the corporate oligarchy that controls the Republican Party.  There can be no higher fear.


Thinking about this, the Republicans are going to try and cut the capital gains rate as long as they hold power. The next potential shift in power is the 2018 mid-terms. Unless the Democrats win big there, I don't see how Ottawa will get the political cover it would need to bump rates. And even many/most Democrats would not bump it so maybe the threat that our rates go up is being overstated. Just a thought.


Initiative's cannot discriminate.


Now you get it!


Trump is making 50 billion dollars of cuts to non-defense programs and increasing the military budget by 50 billion.

If Canada would pay its agreed upon fair share for NATO  that would equal nearly half of the U.S. defense budget increase.

What Trump is saying is that Americans are disappointed watching countries like Canada sticking the U.S. with its bill, 20 billion every year for Canada alone. Then diverting that money to your domestic programs while Americans divert from their domestic programs to pay for military.

"When the check arrives Canadians are nowhere to be seen" is a well worn cliche. Leaving a cheap tip in restaurants seems to be a badge of honor. Refusing to pay the NATO bill in the form of  a larger defense budget is more of the same.


Moral of the story? Cities are cesspools of frustration, confusion and longing in a dirty man-made dog-eat-dog environment.

Get out into the woods, the lakes, the mountains to find out who you are and what is important.


What a great article!


He tore us up last year.


This is a NO Brainer:  Marijuana aka Devils Salad Grow............ Last month, .My wife and I made a $250,000.00 Dollar Full offer on a 5 acre   property, flat clear hay ground with a 1960's house on it that needed approx. $30,000.00 in repairs.  The realtor called us back the next day and said someone had made a $300,000.00 offer.   .  We said they can have it.  The realtor called us back and said the new owner will grow Marijuana on the property.   Just another reason why I do not like POT Heads........


To my family, MacDonald's has always been a poisonous example of just how bad fast food can be. Sad to see that it is still an opiate for the masses who think that it could possibly be wholesome and healthy to eat there.


Most people waive their right to a speedy trial voluntarily.

And it has nothing to do with WHO he contacted, but HOW he did it.


Hilo is the worst. Please don't come here. "It's rainy, you wouldn't like it." Being from Kona that's what I heard my entire life. Then when I moved here in 2004 to go to UHH I found that really for me Hilo is heaven on earth. I will never live anywhere else. I love traveling and will continue to do so, but there really is no where better to live. But seriously, you wouldn't like it. Please don't come here.


He isn't Secretary of State, so stay tuned on the China file.
Tillerson understands China is a corrupt Kleptocratic dictatorship.
He won't allow China to control the South China sea.


There are many things that we still do not know: I've seen nothing about fire alarms, for instance.

But the fire was clearly not contained in the apartment of fire origin (apparently the fridge was near the window) and the fire spread quickly outside the building. Europe has been very warm and many residents may have left their windows open. Or the heat may have broken windows as the fire ascended.

Also, there are reports that the Celotex product contains polyisocyanurate which can produce hydrogen cyanide gas among other things, none of which would be helpful to residents trying to escape (and especially problematic for those who had decided to "shelter in place").


POTUS TRUMP will get'er done!
#MAGA


SB91 does not cover this crime.  It covers all the smaller crimes someone does on the way to a bigger crime.


I abhor the viciousness and incivility that has become commonplace among the comments section. But is our society more likely to renew it's esteem for the virtue of restraint if we pretend that we can mandate a series of bubbles that don't require any tradeoffs? No.

When someone personally attacks me in the comments section, it's up to me to respond without personal attacks. Succeeding there has two benefits, it undercuts what I hope our society will broadly agree is an ugly tactic that shouldn't be accepted... and it increases my character (you have to *practice* things like patience, remember?).

Making those choices billions of times over is the only chance we have to disagree with each other kindly, and without the continued (and unsustainable) strains to our country's unity.


There you have it.  Vote no on these bonds that want more money.  I do every year and every year almost all pass.  It is because renters want more stuff and think it is free yet they gripe about how high their rent has become.  Just vote no on all bonds asking for more money.


Can you imagine Trump going away quietly? He can and will rally his supporters to challenge any Senator or Congressman who defies him. Senators like McCain, at the beginning of their terms or ends of their political career, may weather that storm, but most will bend or break. At the same time individual Republicans have been reluctant to break the party line. Just who do you see having the courage to bell the cat?


The victims of the Alexandria shooting have my prayers and sympathy. So does Rep. Tenney, who represents my district, as she deals with hostile and unacceptable communications.
The people likely to be harmed by Rep. Tenney's preferred policies of refugee exclusion, environmental and financial deregulation, and the slashing of health care subsidies also have my prayers and sympathy. I have contacted Rep. Tenney regularly to express my concerns for those people. I intend to keep doing that, civilly as always.
 I hope that at some point Rep. Tenney will practice civility to the point of not blaming all Democrats for the horrible actions of a small number of unbalanced people. Some folks have told me that they hope I will be raped and/or beheaded because they dislike my positive attitude toward immigrants and Muslims, but I don't think this means all Republicans are hateful and hostile.
May we all stop scapegoating and start treating each other like real people whose lives matter.


As far as my cousin goes he wasn't a "few". Following the registry you can find plenty of people who have offenses over varying years.  That means reoffending.  They weren't a 1 & done type of offender.  I used the registry to avoid certain areas & to see who was in my area a few times.  Once I found out 4 lived in the same apartment bldg that kind of worried me since it was a 4plex.  2 had multiple offenses spanning years the other 2 only had 1 offense. Responsible people use the reg to decide where to raise their kiddos; but effective parenting means also keeping an eye out for friends and the creepy uncle. Growing up in AK 1 in 4 women have been raped, Sex assaulted or molested.  The rate of rape is the highest in the nation.  Obviously a low sentence wasn't deterring anyone from trying. The groomers r the worst convincing the child that they love them.  This twisted many women/children as they wanted them to get help but didn't want them to get in trouble.  Love was a key factor


Yup! The Republicans had seven years to come up with a plan and dropped the ball, there I admit it. But! Now it's time for the democrats to come to the realization that people can't afford $1200 month payments ,they haven't in seven yrs,. They stiiiilll own obamacare and the high UNaffordable payments..


I've been more embarrassed by our president elect's antics than anything President Obama ever did.


Bookmark that, AFTER the Trump investigation, hopefully they investigate that...But for now, its Trumps turn...#MAGA


empty suit, lap dog and hack are pretty much interchangeable descriptors.


I haven't figured out where the market for POT is.  Virtually every business that I've been around has a drug/alcohol
program.  As does every Govt. job, and I can't imagine any professional service that doesn't.  So where is the
market?


That is too easy.
What you fail to understand that being a member of a protected class does not grant you special rights.
If you are gay, that does not mean you can demand a political or terrorist type cake can be made for you. It just means that you have the same rights as everyone else.

Every person is a member of a protected class, think about it.
Here are some protected classes in Colorado:
Race, Color, Disability, Sex, Sexual Orientation (including Transgender Status), National Origin/ Ancestry, Creed, Marital Status,

Every person is a member of at least one of those. That does not grant a person any special rights.

So, your gay KKK guy does not have some special right that grants him the ability to force anyone to make political or as you call it, ‘terrorist’ type,  pastries or baked items.


Amusing.


Already cancelled Amazon "Prime". Wasn't worth the premium and Netflix has a MUCH better variety of higher quality videos to stream, if you're into that sort of stuff.


The tax base won't be covered by the developers either, as the Council has given them a nice 8 year tax break.


Keep eating yourself to death watching TV.  Been here 42 years and spend at least a chunk of every day in the woods.  I'll take my chances.  Leave the name calling to the playground.


you are the liar Rexy


Here's an idea--replace 'recovering' with 'flaming', and spell 'hemorrhoid' correctly.  I believe in 'truth in labeling'.


because male nurses remain less than 25% of the profession.
In addition, it most likely WAS females or a mix of them.


Professional evaluations necessary; otherwise public safety must take a precedent too long a 'loophole' has been exploited.,


He did do good.  Read this article.  He sometimes, especially by people that hate Europeans, gets a bad rap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/world/europe/germany-merkel-refugees.html?mtrref=www.drudgereport.com&gwh=2C7E1C22B11C549338CE6E9CF5533C6A&gwt=pay


Election results get contested all the time. Relax. If Hillary wins he will accept it. if Donald wins, she will have to also. Stick to the issues and don't take the bait. I swear I think most people get the news off Facebook. If you watch too much news it's easy to think Hillary's main qualification for office is she doesn't like Trump. These are 2 of the nastiest people I have seen in a long time. One will say anything to win and the other will say anything to lose.


Don, we are currently paying roughly $1 per gallon more than in the Midwest US.


I think Pope Francis would send the right message by relieving the many bishops who have been complicit in covering up abuse and offering them the opportunity to spend the rest of their lives in monasteries. But I'm not sure that would be fair to the monks.


Sorry to break it to you Lynn Porter but you still didn't escape the choosing the lesser of two evils because when you threw away your vote by voting for a candidate with literally no chance of winning you simply opted out, abdicated the little power you do have.
Bruno is being melodramatic and I venture to say would not make the same statements about President Obama who is not all that different as a candidate and politician than Obama is policy wise. In fact, she's more to the left than Obama is. The obsession with personality is a mark of political immaturity. It's understandable in a high school kid but less so in adults who have been around for decades and is an indication of a misunderstanding of both US history and politics.


According to the jury instructions provided in every case, absolutely not.  If you actually believe that juries operate in some sort of vacuum you are also likely to be enamored of the Easter Bunny.


Gardner's in the hot seat. The trajectory of the politics is obvious. A "no" vote loses him plutocratic underwriting but possibly preserves his career as an old-school moderate Colorado Republican. A "yes" vote means free money for his next campaign, along with the Trump brand stuck to his heel for the rest of his public life.

Your move, Cory.


The leg has been on the warpath against the judiciary for several years now, in retaliation for a few cases the Supreme Court decided that went against the leg. You would think that some of the officials who are also lawyers, and will someday return to private practice presumably, would be a little more careful.


Thanks for the spelling lesson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times#Reputation
The Times has developed a national and international "reputation for thoroughness" over time.[259] Among journalists, the paper is held in high regard; a 1999 survey of newspaper editors conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review found that the Times was the "best" American paper, ahead of the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times.[260] The Times also was ranked #1 in a 2011 "quality" ranking of U.S. newspapers by Daniel de Vise of the Washington Post; the objective ranking took into account the number of recent Pulitzer Prizes won, circulation, and perceived Web site quality.[260] A 2012 report in WNYC called the Times "the most respected newspaper in the world."[261]

"Oops".


Since Annie's rude comment was deleted, I will repost while deleting my reference to that comment....

I expected more from you.
And of course, what you are now saying is not what your original post said. You are certainly not about to rearrange Truth. Truth is....despite how much you would like to reinterpret it.


A gonif on his way to being a Momser.


You're misinformed about how much of your tax dollars go to welfare programs. Far more goes to military spending. Also, you would be paying less in taxes if multi-billion-dollar corporations were not allowed to dodge taxes by moving their headquarters overseas and by making use of loopholes that aren't available to middle-class folks. I don't believe that most people who get government benefits do so because they "do not feel the need to work". Sure, there are some who abuse the system; but most use the benefits for a limited time, and need it. You can keep on bleating the right-wing shibboleths of "takers", "free stuff", and "handouts", but it's not actually a valid argument against fiscal reform.

You can't argue with logic - but so far, you haven't demonstrated any.


If you'd shut it, you wouldn't need an abortion


Keala hows the ethics findings going on Caldwell and his so called stock options .. oh yeah it has no value because he doesnt exercise them .. what a great pr lie.. its the option which is unethical


Taqiyya-in-Chief speaks again.