Die before 70 and your estate gets a Max $2500, that's all. Turns out it was just a Tax.


Minors don't enter into contracts. There endeth the lesson.


elizabeth - what a well written piece. you covered bases that aren't often figured into that equation. unfortunately the "homeless" we become aware of are usually the problem people. and that's why we , in general, equate  homeless to be problematic. and the mentally ill get pushed through and aside all the time. if it can't be seen - it doesn't exist.
 i befriended a woman at  the park i take my dogs to - we have a great time visiting. it was a couple months before she told me she was living in her truck.. how her, several other women and a few sympathetic guys park together for safety to sleep at night. where she goes to clean up.. resourceful woman for sure. i admire her, have offered help that she refused. the only help she'll accept is  sharing a lunch i bring to the park. i can't even speak of her as homeless - she bristles.
 this is not an easy thing. i do think st vinnies should be at any meeting regarding affordable housing and involved in it's inception. they have it down.


So you are going to stop your name calling as an example.


I can't afford a new car either so....


In other words, there are a lot of really dumb Americans!


Gee a baby drumpf.


What a crock. This old bat is as crooked as Hillary and even uglier. She should shut her pie hole.


what complete rubbish, here in canada woman have all the same equal rights if not MORE rights than men period


Trump under investigation, Justin under multiple investigations....both running and hiding and ducking accountability...the similarities between these 2 incompetents grows everyday.


"GTA and Vancouver RE markets isn't in purchases made by PR, visa holders, numbered companies, international students and Canadian citizens with contacts outside of the country?"
How could we stop them buying RE? Isn't it illegal to do so. Don't they have the right to buy property? You are mentioning Canadian citizens with contacts outside of the country. How in the world you could prevent a citizen from purchasing a property whether that person has outside contact or not? The fact is any demand accruing legally is the demand for that commodity. If the supply does not meet that demand, prices will keep on rising. The question is how could government the bring back affordability?  15% tax wouldn't do much.


Medicaid is for the poor, many of whom work full time. It also covers the disabled, and sixty percent of nursing home residents. To qualify for long-term care you must burn through almost all your assets.

Medicare is for people 65 and older. Don't kid yourself that the 1.45% Medicare tax (matched by the employer) covers the cost of the program. It only covers Part A, hospitalization. Part B covers doctor visits, lab tests, surgeries and medical devices is paid for by premiums. Most seniors pay $109/month depending on income. But this only pays 25% of the cost, 73% is paid from general revenue.

Both programs are important components of our social safety net.


cannabis + alcohol = more impairment.
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 Not the cannabis but the alcohol is the problem. Someone can legally have 1 beer an hour and still drive. This needs to change, needs to be zero tolerance on drinking and driving. It is a bad habit because it temps someone to have a few drinks and still drive.
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 Considering there is no real test for cannabis, they will drive a little and smoke a little and become much more dangerous on the road. Not that cannabis is dangerous in it self. Someone could smoke all night and drive perfectly fine, especially if they are  regular smoker.


Glad that's not our negotiating strategy.


Chris, are you sure you can't find a Harper connection here? Are you not trying hard enough?

Butts may be taking Sundays off...don't panic, I am sure he will give you a talking point tomorrow morning...

Must be frustrating when there are no answers to your texts, or the phone goes directly to VM...


Looks like the typo was corrected - now 9.59.


I wouldn't trust the polls after Brexit and Trump. Marine Le Pen will win.


I don't understand how Russia can still support Syria's government if they are the one's who used chemical weapons which killed 80 people and it sure looks pretty convincing the are responsible.  I can't stand Trump and hope he is gone asap but I have to agree with the US's quick response.  Syria has truly crossed the line and needs to know it won't be tolerated. But, the US should stay out of it after that.


While they are looking at this flawed system of housing sales, perhaps taking a look at the way real estate agents are paid for a transaction would be useful.  How is the current percentage of sale a reasonable way to recompense an agent?  This further pushes the price of housing as agents set up bidding wars to increase the price of homes and line their pockets!  It's true that the seller benefits to some degree, but the commissions that agents make on sales are obscene!


Unconstitutional? How about criminal?


Can you obtain a signed pledge from Murkowski that's all she's after, Gegonos?  I await breathlessly.


Personally I will not listen to Pro-Abortionist UNLESS they work to change laws that would allow mothers to euthanize children who are born to the poor, inconvenienced and unloving homes.
These are the reasons most (vast majority) give for being Pro-Abortion.  Whether the child is 8 months or 12 months, what's the big difference.
What's good for the goose...............


Criminal laws do not go against human nature, they simply follow natural law, entities that/who violate the societal acceptable standards are punished. The only real societal changes take place at the kitchen table, and the more the government tries to force the issue the worse it gets.
So what you are suggesting with all of these news laws is the blacks can't be trusted to make it on their own without the assistance of central government? This is my question because I know many successful elderly black individuals, being elderly myself, it is the age group I associate with.


Are the prior comments on this article gone? Why can't I access then?


Her personal devices weren't hacked.


Our hierarchy has demonstrated it is incapable of working toward reconciliation.  It only wants to command.


his is old ,very,very old ,
lot like Trump... and old
and allowed to perfectly well...lie.


It doesn't surprise that a Democrat wouldn't understand the math.  You see, if 86 the counties with 83% of the voters have a 53-47% red advantage, but the 2 counties with 17% of the voters vote a 75-25% advantage for Democrats, that 50% of 17%  (8.5%)is more than the slightly more than 3% of 87% (2.67%) needed to swing the state blue.

Bottom line: Denver and Boulder are out of touch with most of the state.  Like everywhere else in the nation, it's an urban vs suburban and rural thing.  C Springs is an exception because it's so heavily influenced by the military, which leans heavily Republican.


I'd go one step further. Maybe it's time for small businesses, farmers and professionals to go on strike.


The institutional Church is still in denial, almost to the point of maintaining a code of silence, about the origins of the problem in different ways in major and minor seminaries.  Minor seminaries are gone and with them part of the problem, but there will always be a need for major seminaries.  Zero tolerance after the fact is not a solution if in some places the Church will ordain pederast priests and put vulnerable young men in environments where they may be steered toward pederasty.

And the topic of pederast clerics looking out for one another and doing what they can to get their fellows promoted or in good assignments is still barely acknowledged.


"This is a way for the city council to fight the insanity of Donald Trump's administration." That fight is far beyond the mandate of any city council.


And then it was the 4th quarter!


ha ha ha Sanford owned again!


Republicans are stunned that anyone with a pulse could actually believe that the Women's march was anything other than a progressive hate event cloaked in the garb of Women's Rights. Knowing that the event had over 400 sponsors, of which 56 were George Soros related groups speaks for itself.  Seriously, knowing that the movement was to give the speaker's platform to Donna Hylton the murderer of a gay man, and to Angela Davis the Back Panther, and Linda Sarsour, the rampant anti-Semite, sent shivers down my spine. The icing on the cake was the collective wisdom of Madonna and Ashley Judd. If Fukumoto and Thielen honestly believed that they were engaged in something noble, then they are either naive, stupid, or bought and paid for. In any case, it is irresponsible, and a betrayal of traditional values to walk in step with a counter culture event which embraced hate, anti-semitism and violence. In my opinion, it would be best for the Hawaii Republican Party if they both left.


Pretty funny. If these millennials calculated what it will actually cost them over the course of their lives, mortgage payments and all, for the privilege of staying in the Lower Rainland, I think they'd move somewhere more affordable. But I bet that very few of them actually figure this stuff out - too hard, and they'd have to give up their beloved urban lifestyles. They'd rather be broke.

 No matter, I make lots of money/ dividends off my Canadian bank shares. Keep those mortgage payments coming!


His sister loves him and supports him, but no one in their family could be bothered to get him the mental help he clearly needed?  Thanks for unleashing him on the rest of us.  Are we getting the stomach to re-instate mental hospitals yet, or are we enjoying what the mentally ill have been visiting on us lately?


Your argument is worn, if you look, more people disagree with you, than agree, especially in Colorado. I personally do not agree with giving ME(who has good employer insurance) more tax breaks, at the expense of those much less fortunate ones who really need more medical care than I do. What choice and freedom does that leave the ones with pre-existing conditions?


Very well said.  I have never seen Ms. Khan express most of the ideas her detractors ascribe to her.  Interestingly, The Guardian hired an outside firm to analyze their readers' comments.  The data indicated that when it came to news and opinion articles, negative comments were disproportionately high for articles written by women, people with brown skin and "non-traditional" names.  Sheema Khan hits all three of those categories!  Often, rather than respond to her content, people pop off with remarks about the evils of Fundamentalist Islam, the terror of Sharia Law, the horrors of multiculturalism, and how "those people" just don't integrate (I recall the same being said of Italians in the 60s.)  I find her columns often insightful and have never once seen her attack Canada; many of the posters are simply tilting at a brown, female, Muslim windmill.

Cue the frowny faces!  :)


This fiasco never should have made it to the ballot.......


Voltaire: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise"


In addition, Clapper is a known liar.
At the Senate hearings on the monitoring of US Citizens:
Wyden: "So, what I wanted to see if you could give me a yes or no answer to the question: Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans?”
Clapper: “No, sir.”


Cutting edge satire. Done quite well.


"Trump will win. Again."
Care to bet on that? I have $500 that says otherwise.


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Washington Post = Fake News

Nothing to see here.
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I think that is more the other ABL Teams' doing rather than Fairbanks'. Goldpanners get the Cold Shoulder treatment.


"Some church leaders get it, and some church leaders don't," Hollins said.
What Baroness Sheila Hollins, a professor psychiatry, meant to say was............."Some church leaders get it, and some church leaders CHOOSE TO DENY the evil, pain and destruction of childhood sexual abuse."

On another topic, who cares if many dicasteries show up for the commission proceedings.......they might as well just change their name to "disasteries"


ya the usa is responsible for ramming drug dealers into mexico, right got it! please focus on facts. the war on drugs may be to expensive etc but a secure border will mean perhaps they will be able to end it


Really? You fought against the British in 1812?


Well, the Trump administration has sure been more accessible to Alaska's governor.  It took Obama 7 years to make it to AK.  Walker paid consultants $50,000 to be coached on how to talk to the great Obama when he came to AK on vacation.  But Obama spent more time talking to British wing nut Bear Grillis than to Walker.  Then after leaving Obama did whatever he could to block Alaskan resource extraction.  Glad Obummer is gone.


OSU has all the PERS and health insurance problems that UO has, yet the state's best school kept tuition increases low.


The last 8 years incomes have been stagnant, or worse for Blacks, while the rich have done extremely well. Wall street supported Obama big time. The economy grew at the worst rate of any modern President. And you believe Trump is going to make things worse!! History will judge the growth rates, etc. of both administrations. Time will tell.


An affair. Sadly there were traumatized children in this incident.


"There’s a long history of British Prime Ministers working closely with U.S. Presidents. President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fought the Cold War together, while President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair led the coalition against Iraq. And while those relationships proved controversial at times, they lasted for years."

I'd say these are rather spurious comparisons.  People might have disliked previous presidents but 45 is a completely different kind of beast.  Of late his own pick for the supreme court has come said his attack on the judiciary arm of the government is 'demoralising' and 'disheartening'; that's putting it mildly.  He has now railing against nordstroms from both his personal and the presidential twitter accounts.   And, who doesn't understand that he is very much involved with the running of his business?  And the arrogance and disdain that oozed from one of his brietbart transplants to the white house on cbc this morning was scary.


The endangered Beluga Whale is why the gas pipeline will never be built through the Cook Inlet.  NMFS rules are very clear, and strict.


Shhhh!!!

Jeezum crow, Gary, put a sock in it, wouldya?

I'm tryin' to have some fun with Sill over here.

Hey, Sil, what's that over there behind that Viagra ad?


Even Houda-Pépin, a Quebec Liberal MP of Muslim faith, is perfectly clear on this point: the nikab, burka or Islamic veil does not appear in the Koran. they are tribal clothes.
those who wear it play on the feelings by accusing those who refuse their choices of racism


I wonder if he'd have made them a Pride cake.


Given the swarm of insects writing below, I once again implore the G&M to let go entirely its readers' comments resource. Their reaction to this exemplary column is proof positive that - at least for now, until the present colonies have died off - it serves only to add to the sickness.


3rd down and 77 yards to go with 4 seconds on the clock..............................there done!


Very shameful, terrorists are laughing at Canada now. That money should go to the widow and family of the poor soldier that he murdered. Check out the smug look on his face.


"that is, close to zero." My money says it isn't even 'close" just ZERO chance! And the much bigger problem is that the elected, particularly in Eugene are no better at running government affairs then if the citizens were to just relay on a cheap Louisiana palm reader for advice.


False. Here's your fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma


Note that the Vision councellor candidate came fifth - Gregor take note.
Looks like Vancouver is finally waking up on where VISION has brought Vancouver after so many years of majority rule............


Go visit a mideaval  cathedral and note the TWO pulpits, one in the facing choir area near the altar for the nobility and clergy and one out in the main area beyond. Otherwise we need someone to yell Cut!, correct the problem and make him/them start over. Mindlessness is not an appropriate excuse.


He is sorry now that there are personal consequences to pay. 65 sounds like a good age to retire anyway..make room on the bench for a more in tune progressive judge for all our sake.


Wow! Extreme ignorance or willful disregard for Jesus' hard spent time on this earth! Jesus most definitely condemned homosexuality. His condemnation was clear to every sinner whom he confronted when he told them that if they chose to repent , they were forgiven...with the stipulation that they go and sin no more. Jesus knows people are not perfect, but that lack of perfection does not in the least justify anyone living a lifestyle of sin. His motto was if you are truly sorry, you have my forgiveness, but I expect you to knock it off. He didn't die on the cross for us to keep sinning! He died on the cross to help those of us who mess up get forgiveness and have a second chance to do right. If your preacher tells you Jesus didn't expect us to shape up, then you are being seriously deceived. And...God is smiling upon any man who is trying to get people to understand and hear this truth.


Sadly, you keep on insisting that the "Church" is the hierarchy/clergy.  They are only less than 4% of the Catholic population.  The Church is made up of all Catholics.  No teaching of the Church can exist WITHOUT the assent of the informed and conscientious faithful to that teaching.  Humanae vite DID NOT have that assent from the informed and conscientious faithful.


Go to see Miller. Walk out on Barr!!!!!


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No...I think it touched $58.50 for about 5 minutes...(Thursday)
Maybe I was having lunch :)
Still sitting on $50K of it ...but my new target is $60 after reflecting on my own comments here about the January MF  exodus:
Retired folk with $ who want a MF alternate............step right up BCE !!


Sure its a business decision but  did they take the players wishes into their consideration?

If they can't take a very small hit every 4 years for the pride of their players and countries then they look pretty selfish indeed. But then the NHL isn't known for making sound decisions. Just look at some of the cities they play in and some they don't. Look at the fiasco in Arizona.

Everywhere you go the NHL teams are trying to bribe civic, provincial, or state  governments for money which cost us taxpayers. So how about they pay the taxpayers back every 4 years. Greedy owners and nothing more.


Ron
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Exactly what is the relevance of an opinion paper written by two Israeli antifluoridationists who sought to espouse their personal opinions against fluoridation under the guise of an “objective” report on media coverage?  This is typical of the “science” antifluoridationists purport to support their position.
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Steven D. Slott, DDS


The sitting Prime Minister should be the first platform for a few add-on modules of artificial intelligence.


Dante,

You are 100% incorrect on this. He cut the HST by 2% and federal budgets were balanced for two years after that. Then came the Great Recession.  So there was literally zero need to keep pulling money out of people's pickets

Or are you saying Harper should have predicted that, two years before?

C.


Interesting how "pussy" and "Trump" used together are now part of the American lexicon.


Gee, what could possibly go wrong with that plan?


Cynic11 - the insurance company would most likely never have been privy to their divorce agreement. It would have been up to the ex-wife to hold up her part of the bargain: verbal or on paper. She didn't for whatever reason, and the ex-husband is well within his rights to go after the proceeds. Very few people consult a lawyer before changing beneficiaries, as it is not a requirement by the issuance company issuing the policy.


no but he wont throw interceptions on every other play.


There's just something about people tampering with mail that pisses me off...important documents, bills, letters or things that I save up for a long time to order and poof..i know you can elect to hold your UPS packages at the hub...but can you do the same with USPS? I'de ask my mailman but he shows up between 9am-10pm, pretty sure he doesn't know what a clock is.


It will never happen.
Liberals won't allow it and the dems will block it.
California is a solid liberal victory in every election.
If the split it up, that means they have to worry about losing part of their strangle hold on the electoral votes.
that ain't happening.


Oh no, Mr Bill   --  there might be something you don't know!

Pet hijacking has been a growing problem for quite some time now.  As is identity hijacking.  Your playing around with making the citizens of Clallam County more vulnerable to both is really not amusing  --  or safe.

We entrust data to government which we would not wish to see published at large on the Internet for any old crazy to use for their own crazy (or venal) purposes.  Just ask Donald Trump about his tax returns  -  which are also public documents and data.

Maybe you could do us all a favor and focus on getting that particular set of useful data into public view, instead of picking on Clallam County pet owners.


The long standing Catholic moral principle of double effect does not presuppose they are. Another way of putting what Ken Briggs is trying to say is that the End does not justify the Means or it is immoral to select an Evil Means to achieve a Good End.

It is sound, traditional Catholic ethics to argue that it would be immoral to choose the means of electing Trump to achieve the Good End of ending abortion, if it is known and predictable in advance that President Trump is likely to, among other evil things, overturn Obamacare which will in turn cause thousands to die before their God-intended time because Trump has taken away their medical coverage.

Not really all that complicated, although very badly stated in this article. Complicated only iifone holds that the life of the unborn is more valuable the the born but sick the Trump's policies are going to cause. Is that what you mean when you say the lives taken are not equal?


To understand Trump is also to understand his appeal as an aspirational brand to the worst people in the United States.
What his intransigent admirers like most about him—the thing they aspire to, in their online cosplay sessions and their desperately thirsty performances for a media they loathe and to which they are so helplessly addicted—is his freedom to be unconcerned with anything but himself.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-president-of-blank-sucking-nullity-roth?utm_content=buffer301b0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


if cannabis continues to be a schedule 1 drug, then it should also be joined by alcohol, tobacco, and e-cigs.
Otherwise, take it of the schedule 1 list.
Just my opinion.
What do you think?


Maybe they should announce a review by a CPA who has recommended financial controls to prevent a occurrence of the same problem.


I've been to the Purex plant. They made the plutonium for the second atomic bomb, not the first. That's why the local high school is "The Bombers." Mushroom cloud decal for your back window! The perimeter fence at the 200 East area has a great sign. It's black and yellow and at the top says "No Trespassing." Below that is the silhouette of an M16 rifle. And below that in smaller print it says "Lethal Force Authorized."


No matter what the agencies involved say, we (the taxpayers) will end up paying the billions for this fiasco.


That's because houses are not selling (sales down 40% year over year), prices are not high (prices down 20% since April) and inventory is high (sales to listing ratio is around 40%).  The problem is you have not look at the latest data and you're still pretending it's March 2017.


This comes from a UAA Justice Center report.

And in Alaska, history shows a parallel state of mind the same as that of the slave days. Each of the eight men executed (in the territory of Alaska) under civil authority between 1900 and 1957 were convicted of murder. Of these, only two of the eight men hanged during this period were white. Three of the executed men were Native, two were African American, and one was a foreigner, an immigrant, of unknown race from Montenegro (a small European nation on the Balkan Peninsula) (Lerman 1996).

In contrast, most murders committed in territorial Alaska were committed by white men.


So what, she has no choice in the matter, what a man wants a man NEEDS!


I bet the people at Transnet were really chuffed to get that awful German software, too! Whoever called it a Shitty Arsed Product just about got it right. At so many levels I hope SAP and their crooked employees get slammed for this. And the Utter Palookas from Uttar Pradesh have to pay back the money before getting thrown in jail, or dealt with in Dubai.


When does he watch 'Land and Sea' ?
Or is it just for people in the Maritimes - Sunday at noon.
So much for Canadians speaking to Canadians; more like Toronto speaking to other Canadians.
The CBC is a disgrace and obsessed with politics (mostly in Ottawa).


This is not one of those cases.


The Oscars and all the other Hollywood self-congratulatory events have a long history of witnessing political acts.  We only need to think back to Marlon Brando sending an aboriginal woman to collect his Oscar to protest treatment of First Nations in the USA.  Streep's speech is nothing new and nothing to get excited about.


I agree with this comment, even though I flatly disagree with what you said and was held to be uncivil -- which it wasn't.


.. or a  mosqueteria in a school.


Sure, sure. If your "facts" don't fit the current conspiracy theory, then just create a bigger conspiracy. Got it.


"So, either you are for religious activities at school or you are a Islamophobe?"

Yup, seems so.


David Cook Martin did not present a single argument on why he claims the Wall with Mexico Won't Work.
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His only argument is the conclusion "No wall can change these facts."  Except those facts have nothing to do with How or Why the Wall with Mexico won't work
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Trump boost border patrol numbers which with the Wall may put a halt to the flow of illigals to the US across the US-Mexico border.
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Martin failed to mention that Trump intends to complete the biometric entry-exit visa tracking system to catch overstaying visa holders to rebut his minimizing the importance of the wall with this claim - as many as half of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. are people who overstay their visas, not border crossers - which is irrelevant to how or why the Wall won't work.
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RRSP contribution limits are based on 18% of earned income in a year to a maximum of $26K today.  If as a small business owner you are drawing little or no salary while you grow your business, your RRSP contribution room is minimal or NIL for those years.  If and when your business is successful and you are receiving a good salary, you only have access to the current years'  contribution room.

Also if your business has a hiccup and you need to put more money into it, taking that money out of an RRSP is expensive from a tax perspective and you do not get to put it back in ever again.

You may or may not have known that, but that is why it "isn't enough".


The Kurds deserve recognition as a self sustaining political entity. It is an honour that Canada had a hand in assisting the Kurds where most required.  The Kurds liberated themselves from terrorism devoted to depravity.  This is where Canada should send support to keep the peace.  These are a people Canadians should rub shoulders with.


It strikes me that Mexico will continue to provide the immigrants needed for the US labour market. They will, however, enter the US legally. Trump is not going to prohibit legitimate immigrants but he is going to control the numbers relative to the needs of the US labour market.


Ding dong, YOU are wrong. Would you like a little cheese to go with your "whine". Grow a pair.


Says the guy who can't spell dummy.


M: "Your party has a logical and factual disconnect in your "Hate Trump; He's a Putin Guy" narrative."

Well, Motley, you might have a factual disconnect if you think that opposition (not hate, opposition) to Trump is based largely on his relationship to Putin.

Personally I am much more troubled by Trump's other relationships. (His relationship to reality comes to mind).


Why so hush-hush CBC ? Got something to hide ?


As a rule of thumb, all newly separated people are broken.  Divorce is emotionally traumatic and the changes are overwhelming.  Relationships fail for a reason, and your first mistake was dating a man who probably had a good hand in killing his marriage based on his immature response to ending your relationship.  If your Mr. Wonderful was really that wonderful, he would still be married.

I worked in family law.  Men are much more likely to move on by finding another relationship than women are, and sometimes we had to legally divorce our clients before their financial or custody issues were resolved so they could remarry.  The fact that he jumped into a relationship isn't surprising.  You filled a need at the time.  You weren't Miss Right. You were Miss Right Now.  It is rare to find back-to-back soul mates.  It is common to want sex and companionship.

Don't waste your energy looking for an answer from this guy.  Dwelling on the past changes nothing.


At that point, Jesus was dead.

Gospel of Matthew says he gave the money to the priests and they bought land, while he hung himself.  The disciples were scattered and in hiding.

Acts says he bought land and his body burst open on it.

Another early Christian writer reported he was crushed to death under chariot wheels.

I don't think the authors really knew Judas's fate.  I doubt the apostles went up to the priests and asked who really bought that land and what happened to the blood money they'd paid.  There were obviously several rumors going around.  But he made a good object lesson.


This government is opening its eyes to the reality that significant pot use will continue with or without legalization. And they will be rewarded with tax dollars.


The US is really good at creating Bogeymen to justify a lot of the spending.


No, you've got that mixed-up.  We don't assess 'reasonable limits' when determining what constitutes a sincere religious belief.  Religion isn't based on reason. Reasonable limits enter into it when considering the application of religious beliefs.

And it doesn't matter if the majority of muslims don't agree; both religion and sincerity are personal things.  As the SCC wrote, it's "irrespective of whether a particular practice or belief is required by official religious dogma or is in conformity with the position of religious officials."

Cross-examination is only required if there are grounds to believe someone's faking it - as was the case with the only legal dedision about "pastafarians" I've been able to find.  The decision said their claims were a mockery and did not qualify as religious beliefs.


More SOCIALIST FAKE NEWS from the Soros ADN! I read Breitbart and I know that my president is never, can never and will never be wrong! Trump says there is nothing to this Russia thing, nothing to see here, time to move on! This is all made up by libs to compensate for the fact that they lost the election (losey losers who lost). Trump must fire the special prosecutor, declare himself emperor for life, outlaw the democratic party and implement tax cuts by fiat before it's too late! Special prosecutor why isn't he focused on the real story which is Hillary Clinton and all her misdeeds. 30 years of feverish talk radio inspired anticipation and she still isn't in jail! What's up with that you guys!
If Trump isn't shown the deference and respect he deserves, he may just take his incredible dealmaking abilities and business acumen back to the private sector. Where would America be then? Won't someone think of the 1% and the massive tax cuts they need to make America great again??


The language has to basically be an immediate incitement to violence. That's a high hurdle. As odious and repugnant as these nazis are, along with Trump and their other enablers, the courts have said their right to assembly stands. But, they have a right to speak, not a right to be heard or respected.


Quite possibly they are all at work.


The range might be a little too wide.  Have there ever been this many candidates, I mean, outside of a country like Italy?  And their campaigns are a mess.  Bernier can't do simple arithmetic, Leitch is about as trustworthy as a late night infomercial shill, and O'Leary excels only as the man we all love to hate.  Chong has some brains and principles, but supporting a carbon tax in a right wing party will kill him deader than a mosquito in January.  Raitt might have some cred but I'd bet most of next week's pay that she won't go the distance.

Leitch's video is a riot.

Anyone with a lick of sense wouldn't have let that thing our of the can, like, ever.  Incredibly enough, she is touting the number of hits as an indication of support.  Kellie, people can't stop looking at car wrecks, either......but that doesn't mean they like them.


Per capita, there are more American Native vets, than from any other group.  I'm a vet, with service related disabilities that prevent me from ever getting a high paying job.  I had to start my own company, just to be able to hope to eventually make a living.  So cry me a river.


The Lying, Deceiving, Hateful Liberals Democrats including the Media are at it again. No kumbaya after the Liberal Democrat tried to assassinate dozens of Rep. Congressman practicing for a ballgame.


I think it's highly suspicious that the Clinton-loving media is so quick to spend large chunks of time covering unsubstantiated accusations against Trump 20 days before the election.  For those who want to expand their knowledge, I recommend Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel at 10 pm daily.  He has the courage to cover the PROJECT VERITAS VIDEOS, WIKILEAKS, etc.  Sirius radio channel 125 the Patriot (Mark Levin, Andrew Willow, Hannity) is highly informative, too.


@ sirencall

Interesting that you single out US/UK.

The origins of Haiti's problem are clearly France.      In 1804 the Haitians basically slaughtered all of the French masters and left the country completely without leadership or organization.  France did not set up any system of governance like the British , Dutch or Spanish.

France has never paid Haiti back the 21 Billion (40B in todays money) that France illegally took (90 million gold francs) to let Haiti declare independence.   Haiti has never recovered from the weight of this debt.

How lucky we in Canada are that we fell under British colonization after the British victory on the plains of Abraham in 1759.

There are no successful French nations that are now prosperous countries and many disasters.   Haiti, Vietnam, Cambodia, most of Africa.

Even in our own country... Quebec  is using French civil law governance rather than British parliamentary system and is forever a have-not province.


Ya know? In many countries around the world? They don't have the luxury of space. And they manage to get along just fine. In fact? It often brings families CLOSER. Perhaps our curmudgeonly ways are getting us in a little trouble in the West?


kuroiwaj, I'm glad you said "Hawaii born."  Not everyone is so reasonable!


After watching Assad kill so many hundreds of thousands and exile more hundreds of thousands of his own people, he is my choice as murderer-in-chief.

He was either incompetent or a liar when he and Putin said that they turned over all his chemical warfare stocks for destruction to Obama.

Obama and Kerry were either incompetent or disingenuous.

Obama,  the wordsmith, said that all "declared" stocks had been destroyed.

The weasel word "declared" is what makes him disingenuous.

Kerry actually said "all stocks" sometimes and "all declared stocks" at other times.


99bandit,

Some of the prices are steep but these are not the least expensive hybrids available. Even the Sonata mentioned in the article is a fairly dolled up car. The more than adequate base model Sonata hybrid comes in at $29,649. If you live in Ontario the province will toss in $8,460 towards your purchase. In city driving in particular your hybrid will save a lot of gas and your brakes will last a lot longer. I think the rebates should be part of a national program and that they should not apply to luxury cars like the Tesla Model X or the BMW i8.


No, I don't, but if my wife say "no", I stop.


If the Bobblehead said it, it's a lie plain and simple or, at the most charitable best, a disingenuous, self-serving diversion.  Count your fingers; check for your watch and wallet.


Motley, don't you understand that sports builds character? Why would the AG's office ever think anything illegitimate was being done? Such things never happen in the sports world...nor in religious institutions, either.


Paulette frivolous request was taken seriously by lawyer jurists who know nothing about construction.

She placed these iwi many more times in jeopardy by unnecessy excavation. The real problem is her unjustified fear that the govt would not do what is mandated by law.


Greenhouse gases hold heat in the atmosphere.  CO2 holds a small fraction of the amount that H2O in its gaseous form holds.  The devil is in how they define how much that small fraction is in terms of heat retention.  That a gas (CO2) that's less than 1% by volume vs H2O could be a bigger influence on warming is absurd.

I repeat, CO2 was chosen to demonize because it allowed spending on the AGW agenda under the Clean Air and Water Act by classifying a clean, harmless gas, CO2, as a "pollutant," when no life on Earth can exist without it.

Billions of dollars in grant money has been doled out for research papers supporting the agenda; nothing for research that doesn't.  Many of those papers are prefaced with statements that basically say, "This is what you're paying me to rationalize, but it's not necessarily what I believe to be true.  You won't pay me for that."


Another device to enable distracted driving aaaand cover your windshield at the same time. Yes, now thats convenience....

When will they make a windshield, suction cup holder for my Surface ?


Trump and his supporters-- like yourself--were happy to hang Clinton high on "allegations"-- and allegations with little substance. Chants of "lock her up" come to mind.


No time. Too busy working to pay increased taxes required to fund his highness's spending of the public purse on useless events.


Albertan with a PhD in resource economics here:
we are paying for the climate-change denial of previous governments and senoior advisers/strategists.

Anyone with an education level higher than grade 6 understood the science behind global warming and should have seen the writing on the wall during the turn of the millenium (=unsustainable oil industry, we should have divested and moved investments to renewable energy like solar, geothermal, biomass).

We (=generation X and older) made poor political choices and now we have to start the painful transition towards a more sustainable economy, a transition that needs CO2 taxes and economic incentives towards more resource-efficient technology.


Well said Lori


What's amazing is the inversion of logic.  Some are shocked and in tears to find that Trump has temporarily closed the border to people who have a history of terror, much like Obama did in 2006.  People who don't understand this as safety measure see Doomsday in this, and they cry and protest  and gnash teeth, but they overlook the REAL threat posed by Iran launching an ICBM, in contravention of the "treaty" Obama just signed with them, and they cheer as Hillary discusses putting up a no-fly zone against Russian jets --- as if those jets won't fly right through them, risking a direct air war between our jets and theirs.  And who knows what comes after THAT.  So eager is the left to cry that the sky is falling that they miss the real Doomsday events happening right under their own noses.  That's amazing.


So why are you promoting celibacy in the priesthood?


All these white supremacists would be in for a great surprise if they all took a DNA test and find out that a lot of them have African blood. Even this Fuentes guy. Bet he has Latino roots. What a bunch of idiots with shallow warped minds.


Why don't you investigate and report back to us.


They squeaked out another one that they should have won in a walk-away.


Up - voting your own post?

Pathetic.


"Why not?"

Because your average 1% doesn't earn enough over a lifetime to bequeath a $10 Million inheritance.

Not sure even the average 0. 1 % would earn enough, especially once you strip out the Hockey or Baseball Players.


If you can't make your point without ad hominem insults, there's something wrong with your point.

And why would anyone want some dentist's "opinion" about the vitamin C content of onions, limes, and oranges? That's a simple question of fact.


Nothing Carl said bespoke White Supremacism.

Yes, when you antifa types say "Punch a Nazi", we've figured out that you mean to punch us, whether we're Nazis or not. GFY.


"Unfortunately, B.C. recently undermined the measure:"...this is a sign of a poorly researched article, written too quickly.  B.C. "undermined" the measure because it was too heavy-handed in the first place: in addition to targeting non-resident buyers, it also caught permanent residents with work permits and local jobs contributing to the local economy paying Canadian taxes.  The intent of the 15% tax was to target non-residents who earned their money elsewhere and parked it in Vancouver (and some surrounding areas) real estate, which contributed to pricing locals out.  But legal permanent residents also ended up being penalized, even though they are employed in the local economy and contribute their fair share like any other Canadian.  Thus, exempting them from the 15% tax is just common sense, that was missing when the legislation was rushed through last summer.  I believe that the legislation was rushed and blunt, but at least it was a step in the right direction.


Nice attempt at distraction.


And retired fishermen..young children,who never caught a fish
..lk Sutherland. Has not seen a fish planted in 5 years....to serve the mystery salmon that may come in maybe 100 years


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/11/obama-to-visit-berlin-and-join-merkel-at-protestant-church-event
Obama's most recent overseas trip did not support Trump.  I suppose you consider law-breaking a high standard of behavior?  See DACA, and spying.


Seems like even through the wild days they managed to raise a pretty good kid.  Good on them and Aric, hope your path is good and your heart is full.


If your friend has 1.5 million to spend, it sounds like it's enough to buy a nice starter home.  You could still buy a very large home in Milton or Hamilton for that price.  They are obviously insisting on the most unaffordable areas of the city, which means centrally located, close to the subway.  Then the author goes on to state that more urban sprawl is the answer to relieve pricing pressure on the core.  But our friends with 1.5 million wouldn't want to live there anyhow. Anyone else catch the logical flaw here?


It's official!!! ADN = CNN . . . Congrats!!!


Thank you Lisa for having the backbone to do what was right. Now lets address the problem of high rates for older Alaskans in the private market (obamacare) with above subsidy income. Rates which would have gone much higher under the Republican plan for an even larger group of older Alaskans.


“We’re going to talk about how to create jobs, how to create wealth in America. We want to support that agenda,” former Boeing Co chief executive ..."

Funny, I thought that was the President's agenda.  Just goes to prove what the Trump team's known all along.  These guys just don't know what's good for them.


What a ridiculous thing to say and do.


If it's the same Stephen Conn that lived up here for many, many years, he knows Alaska and it's issues far better than the average person.   If he now lives of of state it's a recent move.


Hey Sarah!  You are supposed to be taking votes away from Wheeler, not Bailey.  Didn't you get the memo?


Only your inquisitive spirit is "broke".


the liberal party is made up of old has beens whose best before date expired years ago, goodale, easter, mccallum dion, bennett, brison.  Let us not forget the drama queen Trudeau. A very sad bunch to be in charge of this country.


The banality of the Left never ceases to amaze me.


Protect better ,  you think ?


I know a woman who went through this, as well.  However, the doctors urged her to be induced,  but the parish priest told her it was grave, grave sin.  She obeyed the priest, and the dead baby started to decay and caused severe infection.  Her husband demanded that she disobey the priest.  At that point, the only person who could help her was Dr. Tiller, so she traveled to Kansas.  Luckily, she survived the procedure and the infection and was able to conceive and give birth to healthy children. Poor Dr. Tiller, how his reputation was trashed by the ultra pious who had absolutely no idea of the nature of care he provided to desperate women.   To this day, they refuse to do the research, and repeat the same nonsense as Donald Trump.


Great point, maybe right wing media can also better represent the exact percentage of Muslims that are dangerous to America instead of misrepresenting their figures...#MAGA


I have a hard time believing the Liberals would be this stupid. Kill investment at the same time they are using heavy deficit spending on infrastructure to boost the economy? Combine that with competitive tax cuts very likely to occur in the US and I think the Liberals would have to be insane to do this... but then I look at Ontario and the loonie bins running that province and it seems believable.


Yep, that was pretty entertaining too ;-)


Careful Pete, Trump is even threatening Dreamers.


sounds like they are trying to help the residents as best they can.

 I'm curious.  Does anyone have a better plan?


Well, because it would probably generate a nuclear world war, that's WHY.


As long as we can continue towards the republican goal of maximum profit and no accountability, and as long as no oil company ceo has to go without a massive bonus then I am okay with reduced public safety, fewer snow plows, no healthcare, unsafe water, polluted salmon streams..


Wolf - having been there, pretty freaking rare to find an atheist in a fox hole or when someone shows up at your door to tell you a loved one has been murdered.


Your  hatred runs so deep that you may want to see someone about it.


The reason I can question how they spend it is because when (most of them) blow it, they come crying about how they can't live without out, the sky is falling.  How many people below the poverty income level have Apple phones at $800 a pop, how many have gaming consoles and the lasted electronic games, how many have newer cars that they don't really have a need for (a car yes, but that fancy one they're driving).  Then when all of the PFD money is gone they're going to complain even louder when their actions will lead to a State income tax - you and I are going to enjoy that won't we?


Donald Trump's White House is positively toxic. Friday's news alone was a tour de force of the all-encompassing virulence that's now seeping from Trump throughout the entire executive branch and everything it touches.

Trump's days start with a crack-of-dawn phone call about everything Russia that's clearly aimed at distracting him and his thumbs from Twitter. Why his aides aren't just jingling some keys in front of him is a mystery, but the call is nothing but a venting session intended to soothe a sulking and brooding pr*sident.

Trump's entirely self-generated Russia predicament apparently has him miffed at his White House counsel Don McGahn. Somehow, McGahn has failed to stop Trump from engaging in a series of self-defeating, ill-advised, impulsive, and often petulant behaviors that have now made him the central focus of an obstruction probe. And make no mistake, that's McGahn's fault in Trump's view.


I respectfully disagree.. Those rights most certainly ARE NOT on conditions! I invite you to review The Constitution of The United States of America or possibly an easier read.. your Civics book from high school.


The attacker poses no threat because he cut himself with a knife and made up the whole thing. What a genius.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/28/denver-area-arrest-neo-nazi-stabbing/


Good!

Now we'll see if Junior is really made of anything, or whether he just carries the briefcase for the real world leaders. No leftie agendas here. This is hardball with the big boys.


The point is we have had dozens of ice ages over millions of years.... and then it warmed up each time over the millennia.  The questions is, who had "SUV's" that warmed up the planet each time in the last 100,000,000 years?  This is natural, not man-made!  BOTTOM LINE:  don't believe anybody that says "it is YOUR fault, so you owe "us" more taxes, so we can "fix it"!


Come up with a longer list than that and maybe you have a point.  On the other hand, let's take a look at 45, who's been in office, what 70 days; trackers of his compulsive list of tales are already running out of space...his inauguration had the biggest crowd in history, his electoral college was the biggest ever, BO wire-tapped his house, the British spied on him, etc. etc.  Who lies about things that can be so easily disproved.?  The prof who predicted he would win long before anyone else did also predicted he would be impeached...would not at all be surprised by this, especially given the number of conflicts of interest that he's racking up.


What about the Boss? I've had a few Managers that when the word 'Boss' is their title somehow their heads grow 3 times the normal size.


Sadly she (Elaine Chao) does not know she is Asian.  She said the reason Asian Americans do not get ahead is because they do not know how to contact themselves at cocktail parties.  She has not been a role model or kind to the Asian Community.


Why do we need separate hospitals for veterans? The country has lots of good community hospitals, and they would be as convenient for veterans as they are for the rest of us. The VA could just issue to qualified veterans the equivalent of insurance, usable anywhere, with the paper work handled by the VA or Medicare.
   Here in Lincoln the hospitals and doctors are even advertising for patients!


This is a shameful decision by the august Supreme Court of Canada, which must be obeyed. Nothing must impinge on the sacredness of the rule of law.  In the meantime, my sympathy goes to the First Nations, because once again, they've been hit by a bunch of rabid materialists who are intent on instant gratification and can't see down the line to the next seven generations.

"Money makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round.
A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound
A buck or a pound
A buck or a pound
Is all that makes the world go around,
That clinking clanking sound
Can make the world go 'round."


Gerrymandering is accomplished by state legislatures not at the Federal, so it has nothing to do with Obama's "watch." Extreme gerrymandering happened after the 2010 census in states with Republican legislative majorities, states where Democrats could not overturn the re-districting that denied a fair share of the vote to millions on Americans.


Just shut off the water and open drain valve at the manifold. Once you shut off the water, your sprinklers won't operate. I haven't had my sprinklers ever blown out. Shut off early, and they will drain on their own. That's why they aren't glued when installed.


Thanks you for all of your family's service, past and future. You are a fun person to talk to, better than most...your not an ass, duty I can check that out too


The objection I have is the new rule where a second degree relative hunting with me for mountain goat, dall sheep and grizzly and is successful, BOTH of us have to punch our tags.  No real reason for it since the number of animals taken by non-resident "relatives" is extremely small.  It will, of course, prevent me from taking one of those animals on the same hunt without any opportunity to hunt that species the rest of the regulatory year. From what I read, it was pushed through by APHA.  The only people this adversely effects is the resident.
Instead of facts supporting Mr. Turner or the proposals that passed, this rebuttal is nothing more than attacks on Mr. Richards, BHA and RHAK which does absolutely no good for anyone.


So no mention of the 300+ artists from around the country, Sound and Movement stage in BelSquare, BAMboozle stage near the museum, free admission to the Bellevue Arts Museum, with free craft projects for kids. Just a mention is of one of the tag-along fairs?


And in Washington D. C.

He proved himself to be a racist in 1858 during the Lincoln/Douglas Debates.


" completely insane (and I mean it in the literal sense, as in needing to be in a hospital psych ward)"
"frothing at the mouth."
" hauled off to the psych ward"
What an uncivil comment!!! I await its removal by our oversee... errrr guardi... errr friendly community standards keepers. Assuming that incivility in comments also applies to those following the narrative of the left. It does, doesn't it?


It's their 'freedom?' to disrespect our anthem and flag?  Well, Mr. Joseph, tell them this, 'respect our anthem and flag or be gone immediately'  They are Wearing your uniform, Working for the Broncos, they are Not on their 'own time', they are at WORK, representing a NFL team and city,  kneel and BE GONE!


If you want serious debate, you should offer it.

Ask yourself how Planned Parenthood complied with the Hyde Amendment for 40 years. Ask yourself how businesses allocate costs and income to cost centers.

In short, we use accounting.


Bad analogy.  Why do they even print such poorly reasoned letters?  One is a protected class the other isn't.  One is an ideology that one chooses, the other in a innate state of being that a person has no control over.


This American, keeping in mind Canada's past, can't deny that a nation of a tad over 35 million can take those from an adjoining nation of almost 320 million in huge numbers.  The people crossing over are scared.  They may or may not be illegals in the U.S., but they are facing extreme discrimination and more.

I will not condemn Canada for trying to stem this flow.  Your history of humanitarian service to the world's people stands strongly on its own without be lauded by non-Canadians.  However, I do want to commend you in general for all you do.  The refugee problem is not of your making; it is ours.


Paul Reed just tried so hard and failed so miserably.  He seems to have a lot in common with Trump with exception to trying hard.


This is troubling. Is Thomas Friel the same officer who has expertise in terrorist fishing crews, the same person wanting funding to more heavily arm game wardens/enforcement officers?  We be better served if Friel fed new information to our national  intelligence agencies rather than heighten public fear and worry through a press release.

If there are heightened security risks, move the conference to the Big Island where we could use the money.


Irresponsible sexual activity outside a committed relationship is wrong for many of the conservatives.  There, FIFY.  Actually, a lot of liberals think it's wrong as well.


Never buy in a hot market. The corner cutting is your clue that you will get hosed one way or another. Had a friend who bought a place in Toronto - essentially a slapped together slum dwelling - and had to sink vast amounts into shoring it up and upgrading the house. He would have been wiser to tear it down and buy a pre-fab house instead.

Build quality in Toronto is all over the place. Some homes are very solid and Victorian; others are basically tar paper shacks from Toronto's slum days; still others are paper-thin developer's dreams that won't last the mortgage without needing huge repairs and upgrades. Toronto is a nice city but it ain't that nice. Get a job somewhere else where the market is not going crazy: build your wealth and savings and then move into Toronto when it dips or crashes.


The Huskies got those stats playing cupcakes.  They are not as good as last year. Run at them until they are dog tired. Run wide left. Run wide right. Hit them off tackle.  Run your receivers down the field and hit them with short and medium passes. Punish them for last year. Go Ducks. Use all the weapons at your disposal in a lethal and creative manner.


Senseless but ok


And yet there are very many things that are unarguably better than in the "quaint" past—highly important things, too.


No. What we ARE ok with is reducing federal government over reach. Nothing says that the state can't enact stricter rules on state water, or on waters not covered under Waters of the US. So these articles crying gloom and doom are very misleading.


Sloth hardly inspires anger, sunshine, just lukewarm pity. Once again, if the information isn't handed to you at the top of each hour . . . old habits die hard.
Now, back to scolding those elected officials for lacking a law already on the books.


"The cultural appropriation debate is over."

This is an utterly embarrassing statement, and laughably ironic to see coming from the Globe and Mail, which has done its best to present only one side of this debate, over and over (with the exception of one eloquent image by your political cartoonist).

None of the arguments decrying "cultural appropriation" have even approached logical validity: educated critical thinkers, philosophers, constitutional lawyers, high school debate club geeks, all must look at all the blatantly incoherent rhetoric pumped out by your paper and literally cringe.

Some suggest that we liberal-thinking Canadians who value everyone's rights to free expression should just simply back away from these cultural apartheid promoters, ignore their ranting as we would the grumbling of the Westboro Baptist Church, or ISIS, or other such terrifyingly ignorant but motivated groups of censorious cultural conservatives.


I’m of the notion that the denial of Democracy is a conservative meme.

 O.K. I agree, we have a “representative form of government”…BUT…that representation is based upon the foundation of Democracy.  China calls itself a “Republic”, the “R” in USSR stood for “Republics”.  The term “Republic” is meaningless pie-in-the-sky without the word “Democratic” preceding it.  The U.S. is first and foremost a Democracy…except for one GLARING exception:  the way we select a President.  It is time we extend our Democracy to how we select our President, just as we engage Democracy in selecting our local Sheriffs or School Boards.  I’m amazed Americans allow 538 unelected non-representatives choose our President.
“Democratic Republic”, really?  Not when it comes to selecting the ONLY person who actually  “represents” ALL  Americans.


This country is going crazy.


A direct route from the airport to Ala Moana?  Really, what bus, the Who's Magic Bus?
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFNHmUJHe8


How about the taking of Private Property without just compensation.  (LCDC, Kelo, EPA, etc., etc.)


The Good Pastor talked with God. And God told him that:
 "Yes, Don, it is okay for you to collect the $2,750,000 in salary you have coming to you, if you serve out your term."
Divine intervention, what a beautiful thing.


I think the solution to all these issues is clear. The State must forcibly take all children, at birth, away from their parents and raise them in special institutions with highly trained professionals.

This way, each parent can work full time, free of the "burden" of caring for children, and all the care givers will be paid professional wages.

Only then will complete equality in everything that can be measured (like individual incomes) be possible. And, most important, by taking the care of children out of the home and into the marketplace, we will instantly see a huge jump in our gross domestic product and, even better, the government will collect vastly more money in taxes.

What could be better?


We have a lot of other priorities than funding environmental pseudoscience!


Thanks Comrade.
I don't like Justin Trudeau at all, but on this "front" I wish him well. He's having to deal with a newly-minded and seemingly unsteady leader in the U.S.A.. The trade between us and them runs at more than $1 billion per day. More than any two countries in history.  Free Trade in 1988 and NAFTA are keys to our ongoing prosperity - and American businesses themselves know that without Canada, they'd be a crippled nation.


I'm an illegal alien. I'm not required to have auto insurance.


Doesn't the First Amendment give them the right to say things, even scary things?  They're not shouting fire in a crowded theater -- it's protected speech.  Your solution is a police state.  Maybe a re-read (first time read?) of the US Constitution was in order before you posted this comment.


Simple, he is richer than he could ever spend and his kids are well taken care of. His life is on the down side and he has nothing left to prove. So this is his legacy project. To set his place in history as a great Presidenrt like Reagan or Kennendy. That is his goal, so expect major achievements, the last thing he would want would be to go down in history as a major f@#k up.


Was writing on a company authorized discussion forum for employees to discuss company related issues of concern.


Keep on believing this.  Republicans have nothing to worry about.  They are doing so well.  lol

Lets see, Hillary is locked up, ISIS is defeated, A 50 ft wall is being built and Obama care has been finally removed and replaced by something much much better.

Believe this if you want, but republicans have only  continued their record of doing nothing and working for large corporations.  Wait until tax cuts for the rich are passed and the deficit goes through the roof.  Oh, but that is ok as a republican is doing it.  Yes the Donald won, but I think many who voted for this bankrupt party are having regrets.   But enjoy it while you can.   Frankly it is time for republicans to face facts.  They are no longer true republicans.  They don't believe in less government, they don't believe in fiscal responsibility and rights are only reserved for those who accept the republican platform.  No thanks.  I am glad that I am a democrat who believes in freedom.


People don't think they will ever be homeless until they are. So face facts people at any point in life we could all be homeless. Deal with it. The homeless do


Get ready for a new, moronic "Shock and awe" campaign by Il Douche Trump.  Hey, Trumpnuts, what was that you were saying about how Clinton is a hawk and Trump just wants to be bff's with everybody?  Trumpnuts: Bringing Stupidity To A Government Near You.


WTFU - those are facts not TN's opinion.


You don't have to worry about gaming because it is already legal in Hawaii, and even minors are allowed to do it.  Teenagers who are addicted to video games engage in gaming all the time.  Now, if you are talking about gambling, you should call it what it is.


None of what you've said changes the fact that the US took the land from Mexico.

Keep searching, keep cutting and pasting.

At least the cuts and pastes make some sense if someone stumbles upon them and wants to read bits and pieces of unconnected wiki entries.

Better luck next time.


Do it 9pm t0 1am!


Butts and Telford are also counting on the next cycle being another LOTE vote, which is will be.
By them Trumpism will be pretty much shredded by the man himself, so no, not this time around. "Four moar years"


Lives destroyed, turned upside down, many will lose coverage, whatever, but Donny got to sign something in front of the cameras, right ?  Look at me being all Presidential !  Also, its Friday and the weather is beautiful !


All I see, is government mismanagement & overspending.  When the governments (plural), run out of money, they increase the tax laws.  They can not balance a budget.  They know how to create, an ever widening financial black hole.

Voting the "elected ruling elite" out of office, takes a long time.  Not enough voters, exercise protest votes.

The US & State Constitutions, never intended career politicians.  Everyone wants people of experience, to run the governments.  How did that vicious cycle get started?

In NYC, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, was elected 3 times (2 term limit), as the NYC Mayor.  He did a great job, for a man with no political experience.

POTUS Trump, does not have any political experience.  Yet, he is reigning havoc, on all political fronts.  He has kept most of his political promises.  Most career politicians, can't say the same.

Political experience is not needed for the job.


Nice try Joe but trying to deflect the issue by bringing up Trudeau is pretty weak.


Go outside and see for yourself. Do you live in a dark place, because you sure come from one.


Mrs. Kravitz: I'm not sure if you've noticed, but, there are some strange things going on at your neighbor's house.


If you're going to speculate a figure, then yes, it could've cost $40 million. Taking everything into account, the $20 million the plaintiff was asking for was probably a shoe-in. Fortunately, the plaintiff and the state were able to agree to half that amount.

I commend both parties for finding a middle ground. By any reasonable standard, Mr. Khadr has fully paid his debt to society. Now society has paid its debt to him for egregiously abusing his rights along the way.


Proof?


Ontario loves the first Free Trade Agreement with US-the Auto Pact.

No Auto Pact (now part of NAFTA), no Ontario auto industry.

Ontario didn't really carry about how the rest of Canada would benefit from NA Free Trade agreement & then NATA, their major industry already had their US trade agreement.


Yeah, give me that Les Paul studio T guitar, a couple of picks and hmm maybe that AK47 and a thousand rounds.

do you validate parking?


Your stat is a thoroughly discredited one. In any event I am happy if you will protect yourself just provide insurance. You may drive defensively as well but I still expect you to insure. Naturally if you drive badly it costs more and so the insurance cost may make It too costly for people who think they need to sleep with their toys.


ya thats it, boycott industry hurting jobs that include woman, some idea there brainiac


Keeping with that thought of yours here, "pale in comparison to the damage done by right wing terrorists here, like right wing hero Timothy McVeigh of OKC bombing infamy, or the Birmingham church bombers, or the killers of Emmet Till."

Boy you must totally oppose any and all Muslims too then huh! They have the highest number of successful group kill rates of anyone out there, including in the world in fact!


Anybody have any doubts anymore that our bureaucratic overseers basically view the private sector workers as their serfs ... ?   :(


Heehee, my first thought after reading this was that "the board" must be emulating Mr. "Lock-her-up" Trump, or perhaps Kim Jong Un in punishing a citizen for speaking out. However, after reading the ensuing comment, I now know that "the board" is just another bunch of "liberals" run amok.


Perhaps you would like to compare them based upon population density?


If Donald Trump had a grain of leadership in him, his tone now would be conciliatory and welcoming. He would address especially the fears of those who think him personally unfit to lead. He would feel and act humbled by the responsibility he's assumed.

But what do we get instead? Braggadocio, vindictivemess, lies. Reckless attacks on the very intelligence agenies on which he must rely for critical information in times of crisis. Meaningless sideshows about saving a few jobs here or there. Bizarre fawning on a Russian dictator who means no good to this country. Impulsive tweets that call into question fundamental policies and old alliances. Refusal to separate his personal financial interest from his public responsibilites--even to disclose his financial links to foreign nations, especially Russia.

The only thing Trump really cares about is his personal image, his brand. None of this is about his country. It's all about him. Great job, America. You sure picked a winner this time.


Thanks for posting that Randy. Wilson was indeed a progressive democrat racist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/06/25/expunging-woodrow-wilson-from-official-places-of-honor/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-race-princeton-idUSKCN0T91BM20151120


I will be retired before 2019. When I retire I will look closely at the benefits  versus costs of maintaining residency. I have talked to many in my age
group,that tell me there are states that even give tax breaks to seniors just to have them spending  money in those states.  Seniors  usually are low maintenance and contribute  to the medical businesses. We hear about job growth in the medical business here in Alaska, but high taxes will curtail that  I know a few seniors now birds that tell me they get most of their medical work done in the lower 48 because it is a lot less expensive


Thank you very much for your own fair and accurate assessment and reporting on the problems in Waynesville, and in Charlotte.  Your situations are all too common in the US church, and have been for quite some time now.  In spite of the alternative "facts" which the usual suspects posting here desperately want us to believe,  you are helping to document a notable failure on the part of both priest and bishop to understand, or undertake, their spiritual leadership of all the people.  B XVI attempted to further the cause of the Latin Mass "crowds," but they think that B XVI also gave them a mandate to control their parishes, along with an unalienable privilege to "do it all their way."  They are defending and promoting the "young Traddie whippersnappers" because their dioceses would be even more priest-short without them, and parishes would have to be combined or closed.  THANKS! for speaking up!


i know there are limitations the RG must work within, i know the competition for eyes on is fierce.  and  that their scope of reporting is local.  it's just that far too often the reporters are  just re-writing a press release...no questions asked.  period.  i think the writing could easily be improved.  but as i said elsewhere if they are not reporters , but only writers,  i will drop my expectations/hopes of more in depth coverage.  it is like TV news - the anchors often are readers as opposed to reporters.  but i would expect very well written pieces from news writers.


4 down votes, yet not one of the down-voters bothered with a rebuttal.

Maybe because there is no rebuttal.  In 2016, HR consulting group Korn Ferry analyzed gender-based income differences for 8.7 million employees across 33 countries.  What began as a pay gap of 18% narrowed to only 1.6% when people working at the same levels in the same company were compared.

Of course, the study will never be mentioned in the Globe because it doesn't fit the "all men bad" narrative the Globe & Mail has adopted.


Make sure to count this one:

https://honoluluhomelesscrisis.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/honolulu-calcutta-of-the-pacific/


O: "First off, the RG editors cannot read Trump's mind and have no particular insight into his thinking on the EPA."

True. If Trump was opposed to the EPA his words, executive actions, and appointments to head the agency would reflect said state of mind.

Oh wait a minute, they do!


Isn't this the first time an article int the ADN has been run that is potentially critical of Alice Rogoff's pet political prince - Begich 2.0?  That means two things: 1) he has done something that can't be covered up by the ADN and 2) this story will be soon be placed in the back corner of the ADN web site.


But Don we are now the censors. I sotta think vulgarity might well get a pass from us. Vulgarity can in the right context be perfectly civil. ;-}


Come to think of it, I did mention that, above!  I also mentioned that civil annulments and ecclesiastical annulments are "quite different creatures (fictions) of the law."  Again, I would caution the faithful against relying on you less-than-legal "expertise."


3 disagree at this time, yet no answer to my question.


If only you could let NCR go.

Oh wait. You could.


I see a lot of people defending the idea of have a piece of land attached to your house that is mostly used for show (lawns) or parking unused goods on.

At best if you are thinking of relaxing outside, it is done perhaps at most a dozen weekends a year, for a few hours -tops. And that assumes during those dozen weekends it is comfortably warm outside it doesn't rain...


I think I'll disappoint both sides of partisans, Alceste, and add that there are / were mitigating factors for both successive governments.

The previous government, for all that I disagree with most of its policy positions, faced a communications challenge from within its own caucus which it met through a ruthless, comprehensive level of message control (with a much greater level of activity by PCO Comms).  This was seen as a centralization by the PM, when in many ways it was a recognition that there was a short list of Ministers who could be trusted to convey the Government's message correctly and effectively.

For the current government, they've taken some steps that are utterly unprecedented in openness: publishing mandate letters (a laudable step, IMO) and releasing much of the transition advice (yikes!).  But they made a bunch of commitments on ATI without realizing what a fundamental mess the current system is.  They own it now, and have to come up with some kind of a solution.


Sure Doc., and I'd say the same thing if the story was focused on Alberta.  The bottom line however is that if you power a 'green' car by fossil fueled electricity plants all that you end up with is a really long tail-pipe.


All infrastructure projects take funds that could potentially benefit everyone and give it to a portion of the population. By your logic the H-1 rehab ($42 million) should not have occurred because it did not benefit the windward side, or the H-3 freeway ($1.86 billion in today’s dollars) should not have been built because it does not benefit Ewa residents.

All our infrastructure projects directly benefit only a portion of the island, though we all benefit from them, if indirectly. Rail is no different.

What is different is that H-3 was paid for with 90% federal funds and rail is closer to 15% federal funds. The problem is not that funds are being spent that benefit a portion of the island. Rails problems are ballooning costs, mismanagement, and (unpaid) benefits that developers receive. The problem is that we were sold rail that would bridge two major population centers and what we received was a system that starts in the middle of an empty field and ends where no one wants to go.


Of course I support mine with cites, while you support yours with ... declarations of being right.


Neither Barry Bonds nor Roger Clemens ever admitted using performance enhancing drugs.

Bet Lance wishes he could have that night with Oprah back.


This is a non starter, if it was someone else they would spent time in jail, but this American where money and the 1% count. He will walk away with a smile on his face. Fair no, check out the number of Black Americans rotting in prison for lesser crimes (Oh I am white) but I can see a set up here. If your black your either dead, or in prison, but if your pretty boy Trump, nothing yes nothing will happen.


To think that just over a year ago we were a well-managed country with an idea of where we were heading. Maybe we were not exciting and sexy but we were stable. Who has any idea where this crew is leading us? I can't believe any serious person voted for this.


Finally starting to understand Victim. I'm impressed.


disbarred?


Right above the title of the article is a key word.  It says "Opinion."  This isn't an article, it's an opinion piece.  It isn't meant to share both sides of an issue, it's meant to be one person's opinion.


Been doing this for years....must also consider stock price when looking at potential for growth...often National Bank provides the best investment option when it is trading in the low to mid 30s.


Merit?

Skippy?

A lifelong taxpayer funded complainer who has never done anything in the real world. How does he *merit* being finance critic?

As someone said today, Scheer acts and sounds like he is running for Student Council.


IDGI.


I'm hoping that they'll at least beat the teams that they are supposed to beat...though Cal Poly & Irvine are both playing very well right now...


I'm so sick of hearing about Junior and most of the Conservative candidates who are really Liberals in sheep's clothing. Kellie Leitch would have approved all of them and now Canada suffers.


I do not want anyone living in America who burns our flag. It is a slap in the face to the thousands who have died protecting it.


I fear the actual outcome of the Avorio/Regina encounter was sadder than that. In reality, after the shot that killed the skipper, the surviving crew started the scuttling procedures and abandoned the submarine, that was then boarded by a boat from Regina that was unable to prevent it from sinking. 26 men were rescued and taken prisoner by Regina, but another 20 died. Their names (along with those of all Italian submariners who died in the two World Wars) are here: http://regiamarinaitaliana.forumgratis.org/index.php?&showtopic=1429


Why would you investigate something that does not exist?


Glad to see Hugh mention how Ellen Fairclough deracialized our immigration system in the Diefenbaker government. Something most Conservatives today don't seem to know as they rail about Pierre Trudeau.

Next they can learn their history and realize how it was Conservatives (particularly from the Ukrainian-Canadian community like Conservative Senator Paul Yuzyk ) who were a political force instrumental in the development of multiculturalism as official government policy. Indeed, the late senator is often referred to as the 'father of multiculturalism'.  Albeit, the charge was led against Diefenbaker's preferences.


The same day as NS refuses equalization payments.


For someone who works at UAF, it seems to me that the focus has always been Anchorage First. UAF has a renowned engineering department so the legislature provides funds to build an engineering building - at UAA. We get a shell. We have internationally acclaimed scientists at UAF and so UAA is allowed to create science programs that confer Masters and doctoral degrees, both of which were and are already available at UAF. Sixty-five percent of Alaskans live in southcentral and so most of the legislators are from southcentral. The legislature is largely to blame for the excessive money spent on duplication at UA. The idea behind Strategic Pathways, if I understand it correctly, is that each of the three MAUs will have a focus yet all will continue to offer the courses that are required as general education requirements. I agree that the faculty and public should have a significant role in affecting the decisions being made re. the university but I advise against holding your breath.


I agree.  Part of coaching is knowing who you want to be the on field leaders.  Grooming those kids to be leaders on the field was something Helfrich failed at.


no one is getting sued. Paul is a liar.


Sure, trucks are a nuisance unless you have a commercial reason for owning one.


I thought she might  have a bright political future but not by her recent actions.  Meeting with Assad was a bad mistake.  Who does she think she is?


People in Chatham commute to London, people in London commute to Kitchener, people in Kitchener commute to Toronto

Also many jobs allow you to work remotely or only 1 or 2 days per week on site


Hey sukiyucky, still obsessed with Hillary? She's a private citizen that the Trump camp of nut cases what you uneducated idiots to keep focussing on.  And it's working.  The fastest way to find out if someone is a Trump supporter is to check their educational background.  You, I would guess, barely got through high school, never studied, but are one of the masses that kept getting passed from grade to grade because no teacher could deal with you for more than 9 months.  However, you seem dumb enough to have enrolled at Trump University, so maybe you did advance beyond grade 12.  One other point.  Private citizens get passes all the time.  Trump got lots of passes as a bankrupt business guy, but remember, he is our baby-in-chief now, so we get to scrutinize him.  Just like you guys scrutinized Obama.  Please keep posting, you've been awarded the MAGAphant of the week prize.


Well when Huessein the Muslim Racist president came here, way too many times, not everyone welcomed him either....The Democrat Leftist are just try to get pay back...


Wow. So naive. I know houses that were demolished, rebuilt and flipped for more than million dollars profit while the owner never lived in the unit but kept it for two years to avoid the tax all the while living in common law wife's house.


I am not looking for FREE health care. I am looking for affordable health care WITH coverage for my pre-existing conditions. Yes, my insurance premiums were lower before ACA, BUT the insurance didn't cover the care that I needed. As someone who is self-employed and over 50, I just want access to health insurance with the same costs and coverage as is available to someone who works for a large business or corporation.


But you did say Mazie has been untruthful: "I do not believe she has been truthful about her cancer."  That is a direct quote from your posting.  Go eat $het!!!


I think the prosecutors already took her indigenous background and difficult circumstances into account.  This fuss about mandatory minimums is just an attempt to muddy the waters and try to lower the sentence some more.


How are they harming you or anyone else?


He won't get away with it. He doesn't have a loyal base. He won because of the ABC and First Nations vote who are abandoning him in droves.


Unknown, the first paragraph of your comment was superb; the second unnecessary and, by your being unable to resist the lure of partisan politics, undercut the first.


The number of people injured or killed by bikes is nowhere close to the number injured or killed by drivers.


I am an academic clinician-scientist with an MD and a PhD.  So I do both jobs.  I sympathize with your salary and wish you could earn more doing academics.  But doing both I can assure you that the 500K is tough and draining while the academics is what I do for fun.  You have a great job and your life wouldn't be much better with more income and all the sacrifices that come with it.  Doing a PhD is not the same as doing a surgical residency.  Don't compare them as "education" by years.

We docs need to stop complaining about our income - nobody wants to hear it!


There is a mechanism for changing the Constitution. BTW, being Whiny McWhinyface on the internet is not part of that process.


Ran out of room to put in a mention of SB21 or the Tax Credits issue. Thanks Bill!


The court is saying that you may only practice your religion in your home or church.  They do not want you to follow your religion in public.


If those protesters are marching against the abuses of Sharia law, then they should march in protest in those nations where those abuses take place, not in America where those abuses don't take place. That would be logical, as opposed to your pseudo-logic. But no, those demonstrators, according to Muslim leaders cited in this article, are marching in protest of Muslims in general, especially in the United States, where the SPLC concludes those hate groups are activists against Muslims in the US. Your pseudo-logic leads me to conclude that you either didn't read the article, or didn't understand it.

Here's a question for you - when was the last time Muslims threw a homosexual from a high building in the US, or beheaded one? The answer of course, is never. Sharia as practiced in the US is not against our Constitution.


Machete was delicious and reasonably priced.  Give it a try.


Amazing that the mother of the Benghazi victim that said Hillary looked her in the eye and LIED about the video being the cause of her son's death gets NO press coverage.  And she spoke not her husband.  Muslim women aren't allowed to speak but the press is fine with this


G&M editors,

It only seems strange or weird if you start with the premise that he knows what he's doing. Discard that assumption and it all makes perfect sense.

With that in mind, it would be nice if you just stopped reporting on all the banal inanities. Not that I'm going to be holding my breath.


As long as that change is made constitutionally, there's nothing "fundamentally wrong" about it at all. The General Assembly gets it's powers from the people, and we've a right to strip them of duties if we believe that there's a better way.


Between the new 500% age tax and new even lower income cliff cutoff for subsidies of 350% of poverty line, this bill will simply price even more older pre-Medicare Alaskans out of the health insurance market. Older Alaskans with otherwise comfortable incomes, that WANT to buy insurance. Older people that might be perfectly healthy, but that have been around long enough to know how quickly that can change. People that understand that one bad accident or illness can mean losing that retirement nest egg that took a lifetime to build. The Republicans really expect older Alaskans just above the new lower income limit to be able to pay 40% to 60% of their income for insurance? Really? Do they really think the "young invincibles" that benefit from the higher age tax are going to buy insurance once the penalty for not having it is removed?

This bill is an attack on older pre-Medicare Alaskans, pure and simple.


Honolulu's Finest, at it again.  Here in Hawaii, the only difference between a cop and a criminal is one wears a badge and gets free Zip Pacs and a shady parking spot to sleep in.


Well written piece.  I usually scroll through ADN, get disgusted with all the political junk and crime, and move on to something better.  This is the first article that I've read all the way through in months!  And at the end, I was glad I read it.  Well done.  Looking forward to the next one.


Parks are for doing Park activities, not for living in. That is what shelters and transitional units are for.


Not that it matters.


So . . . nobody over the age of 35 is ever in front of Powell's? :P


Jesus taught us that God has infinite love and forgiveness. Unfortunately, many still believe in retributive justice. In Ezekiel 16, we learn God reamed out the people of Israel.  God punishes them by loving them even more. This is called restorative justice. We need to allow God's infinite love and mercy to redefine ours. We need to realize we don't earn forgiveness. It is not "Let's make a Deal".


Definitely wouldn't call legal weed and Jim Crow similar things, but legal weed may end up being incredible for lots of people, both on a medical and on a criminal level. Imagine a future where someone isn't locked for having weed on them? Too many have been imprisoned and had their lives altered over a drug that is likely much less harmful to you than Oxy. I wouldn't diminish the effect we could see as a nation from this.


A bully can never be appeased. Maybe a ban on US diafiltered milk imports would get Orange to shut up. And I totally agree with the commenters who pointed to American subsidies as proof that those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. As far as Maxime Bernier goes, someone should tell him he happens to be on the north side of the border.


Why should the city fund any parades?  If people want to celebrate their history/race/ethnicity/sexual preference or whatever, they should pay for it themselves.


Not to mention paying taxes that they will never be able to get any benefit from.


always the victim huh eric?


NYT? America's version of Pravda.


APD knows a little and that's why FBI is involved. Nobody has any details yet - none at all! By suggesting families and friends know the crimes committed your suggesting it's gang related and not serial which are two entire different kinds of criminals. Two different types of mentalities. You two must be cozy with all the harsh words lol!!
To identify which is which I'm curious to know if crimes were committed on scene or if it was a staged area with homicides taking place at different locations.  I have serious doubts our young activist and street person were involved in gangs. They simply don't fit the bill.


So this is legal according to the scobc.... BClibs cancelled fall sitting to campaign full time . This premier didn't even earn her 195,000$ .This stinks of corruption .


Replying to H.Insider. There are sources, you just have to do a tiny bit of work. Try googling US Virginia senator Richard Black (Republican)  former marine pilot, Vietnam War, former prosecutor with the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, former head of the US ARMY'S CRIMINAL LAW DIVISION AT THE PENTAGON. Not good enough for you? Try independent journalists Eva Bartlett (Canadian), Vanessa Beeley (British), and Robert Fisk who has a life-time of reporting from the mid-east including from front lines of the Iran-Iraq War, Afghanistan during the Russian war there, from Iraq after the US/Brit led Gulf War. These reporters have all had their feet on the ground in Syria and/or Aleppo. Sadly, I doubt that this information will have the slightest impact - there are none so blind as those that, willfully, will not hear, listen, or read widely.


I have not followed the case, and thus am in no position to comment.  I wonder how many of those thousands who are marching are in the same boat as I am, so far as their knowledge of the case.  Ah, but what are facts, anyway?


You guys forgot the MONTHLY INTEREST payment on the 300 BILLION debt -

1 BILLION dollars/month.

No wonder Wynnie has to have fire sales to service this debt. We in Ontar-we-owe are so screwed!


Start working at home with Google! It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go to tech tab for work detail.
+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ http://www.22moneybay.com


You need to be contacting the Aestheticians in town.  This woman has had a LOT of work done. OMG, can you even imagine what she looked like before all the botox, scrape, peels, laser treatment an plastic......Ewwwww.............


The NAFTA renegotiations will probably drag on into the summer of 2018 (the Mexican Federal election) and fall (US midterms).  This will make the political context in all 3 countries increasingly complex as it relates to NAFTA.

Increasingly many progressive Democrats are campaigning on a protectionist platform while centrist anti-Trump Republicans support NAFTA.  Thus, there will be no consensus in either US Party around which NAFTA debate can rise above the simplistic populist level.

Mexicans want a change of government and the NAFTA stance of the US fuels the left wing populist cause making the negotiating options of the current government increasingly narrow.

In the increasingly chaotic negotiating environment just described, our government likewise little room to manoeuvre, especially with a general election scheduled for 2019.

Increasing rhetoric and rigidity on all sides is likely.


People who are angry some corporations offshore jobs to Mexico never have one word to say of Oregon liberal communities granting billions of dollars in property tax relief to foreign corporations offshoring jobs to Oregon. the only ones complaining about that are the far left liberals who want to kill any and all jobs coming to Oregon to stop growth. After the despicable things that were done to Hyundai, and the hostility the Beaverton City Council shows towards INTEL, it's amazing all American corporations are not offshoring.


Crrrrrrunch!


Thanks for the link. The union contract doesn't entirely cover the point being made, however, as it does not say how many people are in each position, what step they are at, and of course does not say anything about non-union employees at all. When taxpayers are footing the bill for government, we should be able to have available all the information necessary to hold our elected representatives accountable. And for those choosing a job working for a public agency, that may mean being willing to endure having the public know how much you make. We should not allow unions or individuals to negotiate a clause of confidentiality, as that defeats accountability.


Sayeth Dumb Dumb:
“I respect the fact that I believe he is starting to respect us,” DD said of Kim at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday evening"

He's got the best words....

Bad (or sick) guy!


Sorry Wente but this is just your normal nonsense. It's great that Singh won the leadership and he will indeed put some pressure on Trudeau but he is not Trudeau's "worst nightmare". This is a positive thing that may wake the current Liberals up to remember their long-term commitment to social affairs which has mostly gone on the back burner as they are practicing very Conservative politics. It's also too soon to know how Singh will handle federal politics and where he will position the NDP. It sounds like Singh is pretty left wing in his support for poor and struggling people but Canada has drifted pretty far to the right these last twenty years and it will be interesting to see if the NDP is saleable - even Jack Layton couldn't quite get them over the hump despite trying to position the party as centrist and conniving with Harper to try to wipe out the LPC.


"Forcing"..."substandard"... such drama. 36 other countries have better healthcare systems than ours, so your continued claim of substandard is pure ignorance.

Again, we are "forced" to do lots of things to live in a civilized society. Except you're not really forced, you choose to live here and you have a vote. Children whine when they don't get everything they want. Adults know better.


The use of state letterhead by Rep Munoz in making a "personal" statement is totally inappropriate and should result in her removal.


WestJet. Ugh. Tiny 17 inch wide seats.

Am looking forward to the new C Series...18 inch wide seats. The new Airbus 350 XWB 18 inch wide seats.


housing for minimum wage earners has to be public built, owned and operated by we the people. anything private will be corrupted and profit oriented. since politicians have shown they can be corrupted, we, the people, need to own it.


Talk of corruption and fraud brings to mind the AHS of Alberta. It is people such as yourself who compound the problem of timely health care with your socialist rhetoric.


Another person who does not know why government got into the social welfare business. It's quite simple: Private charities, most of who do good work, were -- and are -- unable to help everyone who needs it.

Your claim that 73% of welfare goes to overhead. According to the Inspector General of HHS, the actual figure is 6%.


What's funny is the media would have vilified Trump for doing the same thing but it doesn't seem to be as contraversial in this instance.


We spend 53 cents of every tax dollar on our military. Better ways to kill people to protect corporate access to foreign resources are always going to be a big seller here. We sell more weapons than any nation on earth.
Hillary Clinton signed off on a record-setting $200 billion arms sale to the Saudi dictatorship. Moral? We doan need no steenking morals! All the better to destroy Yemen & control the approach to Suez and the Southern hemisphere. One more potential Iran ally down.
This is about building empire. As LBJ's att'y gen'l Ramsey Clark said, "There is only one thing the rich want, & that is everything." Now, if the port can just find ways to make drone bodies from recycled carbon to use those cooling systems.... Locals are salivating over those jobs, no matter who has to die as a result. Love of money feeds all evil.
Arms are the only thing we build better than anyone else in the world, so war is always going to be popular here, no matter how many innocent lives it costs.


Politicians are too afraid to reign them in because they fear their garbage will be made public by the intelligence agencies.


Tom Vilsack ought to be a shoe in when everyone gets the word that he invented the 'SNAP' card. It's also rumored that the Obama phone program was his brain-child.


I suggest you watch the movie "Idiocracy".


One young man found he could spend 50 cents a day for a room and 75 cents for meals, and pocket the remaining $2.25. He said he had never made so much money in his life, and would stay forever, if he could.

I wanna know what happened to this guy.  Did he stay, or no?


President Garbage said this to a reporter from Finland which has been invaded by Russia countless times
Even his ignorant wife was embarrassed


Not really, no.  That message tells Assad that the conventional bombs he has been dropping on schools and hospitals are OK.  And Assad's barrel bombs are also just fine.   They don't use chemical agents or nuclear materials.

Seems like you thought this through as carefully as Mr. Trump did.  Meaning - not at all.


"Whining about Trump won't get a majority back in the House of Representatives.
Whining about Trump won't get a majority in the Senate.
Whining about Trump won't get a viable candidate for 2020.
Whining about Trump won't get back a majority of Governorships in the rest of the United States.
Whining about Trump won't get back all those State Legislatures lost over the past eight years.
You should have figured all that out by looking at the results of Hillary's whining about Trump all last year.
Whining just makes you feel good.
All whining and no substance is not a solution."

I'm gonna assume you feel better now.  (After all this whining.)