I wonder Colkoch about the range of "political considerations" that Francis is dealing with relative to abuse in the undeveloped world....and the impact of really tough sanctions on hierarchical abusers (who cover up, stonewall, pass on predators, actually molest, et al.. ) in this part of the world?

Is he afraid of schism? Is that why this "effort" lacks accountability and "teeth"?

Or is it that he doesn't see child abuse as a serious matter compared to other matters he deals with?

Or is he just so old school that he doesn't want to upset the clerical "niceties" ?

Or does he simply want a gradual synodal process to deal with these issues over an extensive period of time bringing  recalcitrant hierarchy along.... regardless of damage to kids in the interim?

I am truly at a loss to figure it out?


the military has declared their intent to honor all treaty obligations, so their NATO membership isn't in question.  However, their status as a prospective member in the EU likely will go away.  They've been in negotiations for quite a while, but were still a long way from meeting the EU membership requirements.  Now.....  the chance of them becoming an EU Member state is pretty much gone


You are the man who, in the "Francis creates Vatican commission to investigate Knights of Malta" thread, told us that the Knights'  Grand Chancellor, Albrecht Boeselager, was going to hell for being involved in distributing condoms to African sex slaves to prevent AIDS.

My statement stands.


The term "illegal", as in "illegal practitioner" or "illegal alien" is aptly used to describe someone who does something illegally.  No one seriously suggests that the person himself, rather than his action, is "illegal."  Furthermore, "illegal alien" is the term used by the U.S. Code.   That fact probably explains why the term is used.  People shorten expressions or terms in informal speech, and therefore use the shortened term "illegal" as a noun rather than an adjective to modify the noun "alien."  Big deal.


Enough globalization! Glad this failed.


Those of us in the 21st century just want you to grow up.  Same goes for any of the other 2 middle east religions.  Judaists in large part have, but Christians are a few hundred years behind, and Muslims even farther behind that.

Additionally, the whole concept of "Believe and be forgiven" is flawed at its core.  Adopting something more like what the Buddhists believe is much, much more productive.


Do you mean the one everyone hits yes, yes, yes every time we need to post?


this city is so violent - becoming more like Chicago with all of these senseless killings. Let me guess.... booze, guns and gangs...


Keep making things up - talk about twisting words to fit your statement.  You make up a conspiracy or story around *documents that mattered* - really?  You are trying to read MSW's mind and put words in his mouth to fit your imagined scenario.


No, just a huge uptick in hate crimes. So much better.  Amirite?


I don't think anyone likes this health care bill, it stinks for everyone.  50 years and older are going to get hammered with higher premiums.  People with preexisting conditions will also see their premiums go through the roof.  Eventually no one will be able to afford it.  They're still not addressing the reason and the solution.  Prescription drugs.  Why are Americans paying 2 to 3 times higher for prescription drugs than Canadians are?  They should sit down with Democrats and fix it not play musical chairs with our health care.  Here is the add that AARP put out, and it has a fact check at the end.  It's worth watching.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/aarp-ad-says-house-gop-health-care-bill-would-boost-insurance-rates-for-older-americans


Yep big time slacker who could care less about governing. Why should he? His conflicts of interest is making him richer by the day while the gutless republican majority of congress do jacksh🤐😵 about it.


Oh, Jaded ... you're so vain!!  >:(


Don't try to take credit for what many, many people pointed out. I wonder what the former U.S. Attorney for Hawaii had been doing.  This was her job.


"Alternative heading:"

Where did you read that?
I don;t see it.


If you're going to make such lambasting accusations you need to back up With facts. Plus what you're saying doesn't even make sense. Typical if a Trump hater.


Again, this means nothing.  This stat only reflects the number of people LOOKING for a job.  We want to know our labor participation rate which would disclose how many people are just sitting at home collecting entitlement checks.


what script would that be = the one  written for him by the CIA ,  or  the Pentagon?

in Canada we call that a coup


we dont subsidize anything you ignorant loser,,, stosk options, dividends are offset from cash to allow investment to happen that that creates more taxes in jobs etc than the amount they could tax from such ,, get educated into economics and business before you spew the left wing ignorance.


One problem with decentralisation is that quite a few prelates are more Roman than the Romans. George Pell, Raymond Burke and probably Cdl Arinze come to mind.
I know that these three are in Rome now, but they have considerable influence back home.
Besides, there are plenty of  other prelates who regard Rome as Head Office and behave as if they are merely  messenger boys passing on decisions made by the Roman Curia. Yes men, all.

Still, at least decentralisation is being discussed. This is in contrast to 2011 with BXVI imposing that awful Olde/new English Mass translation in the name of uniformity across the Church. (It was also the Curia giving the one-fingered salute to the English speaking churches).
The Roman Curia no doubt fears the English speaking democracies, with their transparency, tolerance (usually), democratic processes, gender equality, and freedom of expression. These are all counter to the current practices in the Church.


Iggy = how many years ago? Scheer = now.
Your point is, h4? That we should keep looking backwards? Nope - that's just cpc policies, and yours. Try to keep up.


More silly chicken little views of Trump......color me surprised.


Good on them! They've got my vote next election. The only 'strong message' sent here was a bunch of spoiled members of the Corrupt Bastards Club voting to keep those who put their constituents and principles above their party from playing in the Republican Reindeer Games. Nice Holiday Spirit there, CBC members! May a super-sized lump of coal be lodged right up the 'ol coal chute by the Jolly Fat Man, right where you need to be lit up!


But athletes using sports to create division is acceptable?
.
Only you can speak?
Only you can have an opinion?
Sorry, you are in fact welcome to your opinion, and other athletes as well, but the President and your fellow countryman have one as well, and in this case it differs from yours.


The state has its acreages "identified" mostly. The merry band at DNR has chosen now is not the time to proceed with proceeding for this Alaskan land selection upon which commonality is to dwell.  However, the DNR "leadership" are switching hats and are running therefore somewhat around in circles.  Clasping at straws as they go.  Let's see their last one was (I was really warmed up on this in the last session) they were trying to make BLM say history didn't happen.  Withdrawals for homesteading land boundaries etc.  Never happened according to the boys at DNR.  Except they did happen.  The US Surveys happened.  It is illegal as well as unscrupulous, cowboyesque and an unprofessional practice of surveying to summarily obliterate the US Surveys upon which we rely to for instance design highways.  My God.  Talk about crazy.    Well, for starters.  Shall I go on?   etc.


Funny how all this activity just kinda fell by the wayside when "local" investigations were done.


Canadians need self preservation from all the smugglers to Canada and all the immigration scams. We should no longer be paying any legal fees for any illegal immigrant, nor their translation fees. It should be known world-wide that you have to be able to speak the language here and apply through the proper channels and pay that department to enter Canada, not random smugglers and then come here to get "free" this and that.


The remedy is equal protection under the law for all citizens. It will take some of you white people to make that happen. Black folks have provided more than enough martyrs for our contribution to the effort. It is time for the majority of white folks to step up, if we want justice for all. Given the election of Trump, I doubt the majority of white folks are up to the task today. Equality may  be a social demotion for many of them. Being judged just  on merit may be their enemy. That would be a scary and new experience for most of them. Many of them seem to think they are victims of minorities. I guess they can't follow the money. Their bias appears to blind them to facts. However long it takes, we should not give up on equality for all.


Why should there be a plea deal for murder? Kema Sr. has already had his life sentence reduced by 20 years in remaining free since 1997.


Ok, new topic- Elmore, who do you support?

I don't know why I'm asking, you'll just dodge the question. You can't even acknowledge that Obama doubled national debt and that FORBES acknowledged how much Obamacare has caused the debt.

And I didn't "act like a tough guy" until you started in with ad hominem attacks.


@ Squiggy
NO MO KOOLADE FOR YOU!


Apparently, it seems the righteous Mr. E. is not taking calls right now... you know how it is after 'payday'... so much to do.

/..


He lost no credibility and the feelings of Trump V Obama are directly comparable but polar opposites. You lost all credibility to make an open minded statement when you picked your moniker. And while you claim to be against violence you certainly seem to think it is the only resolution toy your dislike to the current POTUS.


This is oh so tiresome. First, no one cares about what Trudeau said about Castro, outside of a few rabid conservatives and the various leadership candidates of the CPC who think they can appeal to that rabid base. The really interesting question here is why these people are so lost in the past that they are fighting and evoking tropes from the Cold War. Don't they know that is over? Second, discussing Castro outside of the historical context is ludicrous. Castro is controversial precisely because he did  a lot of good along with the bad. As far as Latin American dictators go, Castro was one of the better ones  - a man who really did improve life for the great majority of his country's citizens, even as he resisted brutal American oppression. Through the 1960-1980s, Cuba was one of the best places in the region to live - much better than the American-backed vicious right wing dictatorships that slaughtered  their own people. That is what the rest of the world -and Trudeau -remembers.


I laud the human spirit and to each his or her own way of living life I guess as long as no harm is done or laws broken.
But I question the immigration system that has allowed this to happen and is this what we wanted as a country  with folks who want to come and live here ?


She disagrees with the bishop and no longer wants to call herself a practicing Catholic.


I suspect the lions share comes from OUTSIDE Toronto.

Because the Toronto Star is by far the most read paper in Toronto, so it's pretty much impossible for G&M readers to come primarily from there.


Many the people who insist on the 90 day limit then complain that there is not enough public hearings on every bill they oppose.  Even worse are people are those who complain about the "cost" of the decision makers spending a few thousand dollars to further discuss how to spend billions of dollars.


I remember his father and John Turner running up huge deficits in their day.
Like father like son.
They seem incapable of understand that bills need to be paid.
Their pan will be to raise the inflation rate, drop the value of the Loonie and pay off the debt that they created with devalued dollars.


And would that be R____T ?


@TryNot2Get2Technical:  If your assertion was true, James O'Keefe would still be an unknown.  But the opposite is true: he found an eager audience for his deceptively edited videos, and he got rich and famous.  The relatively small amount he was forced to pay when sued by his victims pales next to what he makes selling lies.  The trick to this business is a fan base that fervently believes that the content represents truth; any deception involved in the actual filming is irrelevant.

Credibility is not a requirement here; profit is all that matters.


At least Mbete is more used to wearing a wig and stockings than the British Speaker!


There are 5 families involved in this murder. Why are we not hearing about any of the other one's? They are not innocent either.


Truly let them allllll stay at home, we are hearing on a daily basis about manufacturing jobs  returning to the USA. Yes GM just announced. Parts manufacturing for the F150 are returning to Detroit!!!!!

Yes NO poverty or  jobs need their, not even in office and Trump has done more for American than Obuma.
Is anybody  surprise the Democrats are freaking out.

All the Republicans need is 25 percent of the black vote and it's over for the democrats, jobs is a good start.


Well next tome vote for someone who's smarter than a 3rd grader if you want to actually accomplish change.

Duh.


So you're saying the alt-right needs a safe space from the left? Oh my.


"CN's innovative new solution for shipping oil safely"!
Too late for Lac Megantic.


I agree VA should be shut down they are worse than useless they are obstructionist.

Than said the Military are not covered under the Canada Health Act or subject to Health and Safety for obvious reasons.  That must be dealt with first


70,000 Alaskans earn over 100K a year.  We would get 85 MILLION from out-of-state oil workers with a modest state income tax like we USED to have.  That clawed-back revenue ALONE will fund a lot of cops teachers and bridge and dock maintenance, year, after year, after year..


The point is moot, as soon as you type "if he becomes the next PM".
His chances were always around zilch, but comments like that put him well into negative territory. Maybe he should stop digging?


Can you ever post a comment that addresses an issue rather than calling someone a name?


If that 90% figure is even close to accurate we will have no choice but to completely annihilate North Korea.  I blame Obama...NK reached this technology in 2013, and that is when we should have taken them out.  Now this is a much more difficult task, that will have unthinkable consequences.  Obama is the worst president in our history.


ten stars for your comment, more


It does to those who want to shut down the conversation.  It is their low effort way to drown out the criticism and it is very sad.


"Toronto's housing bubble: Despite complaints of a land shortage, thousands of sites sit shovel-ready".

This advertisement headline brought to you by vested interests, those who, for reasons either of a mercantile nature (desire to earn money through property sales or construction services or ad revenue from noted industries) or else of a sociopolitical nature (the desire that the public spotlight be kept away from high immigration rates and investor immigrants)...

...wish to proselytize with the loud propagandist message that INCREASING SUPPLY, SUPPLY, SUPPLY can somehow bring house prices back to affordability for local workers...

... though even real estate industrialists are occasionally letting it slip out in interviews, the fact you cannot get back to affordability using the supply side of the equation because the demand side is virtually limitless, magnitudes higher than any other time in Canadian history, the explanation for house prices hitting dozen of times local incomes.


Wow, offering survival strategies for the criminals. The sharply dressed corporate criminals get this while the common are deprived of their welfare and livelihoods on the former's account. Interesting.


It's also supposed to use "gravity and flotation." Even if it was downhill from AK to CA, the Gulf of Alaska and SF Bay are both 0 feet above sea level.


Wow,

You actually believe that people who speak English only come from three countries?


If you and the people who erected those monuments to bigotry are so concerned about preserving our history, you should put up statues of the victims - enslaved human beings. Instead, you glorify those who were willing to kill their fellow American citizens in defense of slavery.


Yup.


Huh? Says who? The eminent journalists over at 4chan and Breitbart?

LOL!


Jimbo, the vaccine industry that formerly existed changed dramatically in the mid 1980's when accountability for their products was removed.  The entire industry monitors itself while developing, and owning vaccine patents for profits - adding more vaccines for our children with zero oversight for long term testing or safety.  How many businesses do you know that have free reign, with zero accountability, to inject infants, children and adults with products that are not properly tested?  For good reason some countries are now demanding studies on the health of vaccinated vs unvaccinated children.  Hence the now rabid, aggressive demands by vaccine companies to have their products mandated.  Currently there are some 200+ additional vaccines waiting in the wings for you and your children.  Count me and my family out of this insane  industry.  We have one vaccine disabled family member and we will not risk anymore.


It never ceases to amaze me the bias of leftist media.  Does nobody see how terrible this is for Canada?  Trudeau is a Marxist like his father and Mr. Singh is an outright Communist.  The NDP wants to overhaul or end Capitalism in Canada.  Mr. Singh if elected wants immediate income redistribution.  Business would come to a standstill and very quickly we will be right there with the Socialist benefits that the population of Venezuela is experiencing right now.


Q: How is it OK for Kurdistan to break away from Iraq but not OK for Crimea to separate from Ukraine?


The John Birch Society is a wonderful organization (run by among others very good Catholics like President John F. McManus and Editor Gary Benoit).  Buckley on the other hand was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society, the globalist Council on Foreign Relations, etc. Buckley also said white supremacy should continue in the south because blacks were too uncivilized for rights. Sorry, but Michael Sean Winters has it exactly backwards here.


The hypocrisy of the  Democrats on full display.


Closing comments for certain topics amounts to censorship by the G&M.


So why shouldn't I be concerned about my own self interests?.....just like everyone else...or is it only PERS recipients who are expected to do the altruistic thing?  PERS has been reformed several times since I have been working and every time it reduces the potential benefit.  Two thirds of the unfunded liability is for those already retired and there is nothing you can legally do about that....so the answer is more revenue, fewer services, and PERS reform going forward from the date it is enacted.  That unfunded liability will still be there......and has to be paid.


Tinfoil hat time.


Strange seeing as how the City has spent more on roads in the past four years than it did before rail was approved. Now if you want to talk about the State raiding the highway fund I'm with you.


When did the constitution start applying to muslims who have not set foot in this country? These judges are politically motivated and do not serve the interest of the American people which is the safety and security of this country.


Karma is a rabid dog.


Bannon probably told him they were globalist cucks.


The papers naming Ted Cruz's dad as the real killer?


The current situation is unacceptable.  My daughter recently started a semestered high school and gym is only offered for half of the year.  My son, still in elementary school, only has phys ed 3 times a week.  I am told the QC side has an hour a day, which, in my mind, is the right target.


Not necessarily so, Candace. Most governments don't have lawyers with specialized expertise on staff permanently and hire members of the private bar to work on complicated cases. This is much cheaper than keeping them on the payroll since you only pay as needed.


Yup, and that was a biggie.  Nonetheless, I agree with you -- job well done.


Didn't they hold Lois Lerner in contempt for trying something similar?  It was something like her making a statement, then claiming the 5th Amendment protections.


You can bump fire an AR-15 with your hand and a belt loop on your pants.  How are you going to ban that?


You know what this is don't you? It's a last ditch effort by the Washington corrupt to steal the election from Trump at the elector level. They are trying to steal it from all of us............it was a fair election.......probably the most scrutinized election in history and the Washington corrupt LOST. Their dynasty is DONE. WE the people SPOKE LOUD AND CLEAR.........WE don't WANT their corruption any longer.  GET OUT.


If we legalize and tax meth, then we won't hear any negative stories anymore, only positives about tax revenue.


Go ahead and rethink some technologies for a sad failed religion.  We will watch.


My fishing fees did not go up? News to me. Since the fees are based on value of the lisence My fees where over 2000$ to the state... how much have you payed the state for your sport licenses?.....


DeVos= $43,000 in contributions to Senator Murkowski.

AK School Teachers=Hundreds of calls to Senator Murkowski.

End result? My money is on DeVos getting confirmation from Senator Murkowski.


DGL46 -
Putin's level of personal support in Russia is not a measure of how effective sanctions are in reigning him in or encouraging to change his ways.

He has control of the media in Russia and most Russians get whatever message he wants them to have.

I support negotiating with Russia, never have I said Putin shouldn't be negotiated with.

Not talking to someone means you have zero influence with them.

But negotiating with them from a position of strength (more, heavier sanctions) when they are in a position of weakness (weak economy and lack of funds for military) is where you want to be.

I'm fine with "negotiate with his regime to convince them to back down on some of his aggressive maneuvers in return for easing of sanctions" and that has been the point behind sanctions all along,, but we're still waiting for him to "back down on some of his aggressive maneuvers" so more, tougher, longer sanctions are called for to get the desired response.

Sanctions are a negotiation method.


That is a terrible case indeed.  Thanks for calling it out.  I do not think that incident is a cause for broad judgements about cops in general nor a cause for a national movement.  It is a tragedy and bad things happen.  Kneeling my will not be able to change that anymore than it could prevent any other rare, random unfortunate event.


SO COOL!!! WOW!

does anyone know where they have a map of all the bike stations?  I want to be able to plan out my routes.


another civil post deleted by liberal censors, repost.  Globe your system is a failure.
It was for Mike Harris and Harris was a teacher


And with his own party wanting similar action our new "Commander in Tweet" now finds himself in a bit of a political bind.


Just a question.  Do you believe there should be a right for labor to organize under any circumstance?


governments shouldnt be picking any winners! its not thier job, they need to develop policy that supports growth overall and let the market demand decide.


Please tell, what is a 'real Canadian'? As for the rest of your diatribe, he only true reflection is that Obama is the first black President. I take it that anyone who disagrees with your interpretation of said article are ' the dregs, the finger pointers, the malcontent and above all the pitiful, malignant, murderous racists", your comment, not mine.


Canada should be cautious. It can't set an example that can be used b Quebec separatists.


Great advice, Matt! Too many men marry only for looks, and then end up paying the price.


Aren't we all trying to get away from nuclear threats? Particularly now that atomic weapons have gone missing and who knows who might have them. Nobody wants to destroy the Earth because of an intelligence error. Or do they? Heck, Trump is 70. He's lived a good life. Why shouldn't he take the world out with him.


Why would anyone wish to do this?  For the ultimate party nerd?


This Ontario Liberal government is like deja vu.

When McGuinty announced his green energy scheme a decade ago, I posted in this forum that it would end in disaster.

People in the forum called me crazy, con-bot, non-believer in science, you name it.

I was right...it HAS ended in disaster,

Now I am pointing out the absurdity of increasing the minimum wage, and people are calling me names again.


Maybe in your mind, but in the mind of most Canadians that's simply not the case. Dodge alone sold 51,513 Grand Caravans last year while Ford sold 3729 Expeditions.

As a matter of statement, the  large SUV sector which includes the Expedition, Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, Sequoia, and Armada sold a whopping total of 15,823 units, so basically the whole segment only sold 1/3 of what Dodge sold in Minivan totals. And we haven't even gotten to Toyota and Honda Minivans. All total over 90,000 Minivans rolled off the dealer lots last year.

Many Minivans come with AWD so therefore have great traction and as far as ground clearance, most drivers could care less.  It's not a factor in the cities as demonstrated by the millions of cars with even less ground clearance that navigate the city streets every single day.

You don't make sense, and frankly most Canadians seem to agree.


It seems to me that Trudeau's job involves going to talk to idiots like the Russian Candidate, going to Europe to personally insure that the EU signs CETA, meeting with our NATO allies to insure they understand what we are up to, going to other countries where we want to do business and glad handing their leaders. They cannot all come to us and many would rather not have the Russian Candidate come here.

He is away from his family and eat lots of rubber chicken, must choke back words and bite his tonge sometimes when presented with idiotic ideas.

It is a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Would you like this job?


Yes, Greece, Italy, Spain and the USSR come to mind.


"Obama never pardoned somebody as despicable as Arpaio..."
LOL. Says??? Canadians? How many of the 1,927 Obama releases did you review? That's what I thought.


how comes no one challenges incumbants?


I can only speak for myself and am not trying to be snarky. Assault Rifle = AK47, M16... this is what the dictionary says: a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use.


The nation is founded on the people's right to overthrow a corrupt government "cough cough" how we became a nation. That is not treason if there is enough to overturn it.

Treason/rebellion is different than removing a goverment infiltrated by tryanny.

However, all societies and goverments fail. No one system will last. We are merely 240yrs in. All other countries went through thousands of years of changes. We had a independence and civil war. A change will come. When...i don't know. Why? Don't care. But I will survive it if it's in my time....which I think is likely.


Sexual orientation isn't an addiction or a crime. Your resort to a patently ridiculous distortion is junk.


Alright, a lot to unpack with this article. Let's get started. In a single paragraph Rep Creagan throws out these three statements:
1 - Steel on steel "is 19th-century technology and is obviously very expensive"
2 - "The planned capacity of the line is low with no express train lane" and
3 -  "The number of riders is likely way overrepresented"
Rebuttle:
1) First of all, steel on steel is not so much a technology as it is a choice of material interface between the vehicles and the right of way, just like rubber on asphalt (both of which also come from the 19th century BTW - with rubber tires being invented in 1888 and asphalt paving in 1870). Secondly, it is not the choice of steel over rubber and asphalt (or concrete) that makes the rail project expensive. The vast majority of the cost of the rail is in the construction of the guideway and stations, along with all of the work required to move underground utilities, buy parcels of land, planning, engineering, etc.


Please Comrade, show me the light. Show me a successful Communist country.


That's why I demoted him to corporal.


Bernie said it best:

 The  model the Democrats have followed for the last 10 to 20 years has been an ultimate failure. That’s just the objective evidence. We are taking on a right-wing extremist party whose agenda is opposed time after time,  issue after issue by the vast majority of the American people. Yet we have lost the White House, the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, almost two-thirds of the governors’ chairs and close to 900 legislative seats all over this country. How can anyone not conclude that the Democratic agenda and approach has been a failure?”


Of all the Federal taxes that are taken from me very, very little goes to the needy. A huge amount goes to those who choose not to work and support their own. I dont mind helping the sick and lame but should not have to support the LAZY. But you feel free to donate all you can to the LAZY if it makes you feel good. If you do work I want to thank you sir for supporting any and all grants for the bush. I am making a killing off of it. Its like I get a huge return on my taxes....oh and yours to (if you work), but I have to put my time in to get it back. Please keep promoting more wasteful spending in the bush as it is not all wasted, some of it pays for my vacation home in Hawaii, my early retirement, my new side by side, dinner and drinks with the wifey at top shelf restaurants, my new pickup every two years, my newer snowmachines, trips abroad to foreign Countries........work more OT so I can get even more grant money....did I say thanks?


Please..


Racist POS.


Speaking as a victim of a pedophile school teacher/YMCA counselor, I didn't come forward to reveal my abuser because I was deeply ashamed. Fear can also be a reason, both physical from a more powerful individual, and what it would mean to one's reputation. Ask yourself what these individuals have to gain by coming forward at this time.


Why on earth would there be an unstable, short-lived, teeter-totter minority government led by Clark when the ndp and greens could form a majority coalition that would share power for a full 4 years and provide stable governance?

The preferred option seems rather obvious.


Now the lies start. It is my understanding these Indians were removed from their homes because of Indian abuse on their children. What an insult to the kind Canadians who took these Indian children in ,fed them ,educated them and looked after them, something that Indians were incapable of to this day.


Sounds like the typical leftist deflection to me. The priority here is to get honest debate out, not find out who is saying it. What does that really matter. I could give you a hundred examples of how a person can be harmed in their personal and professional relationships by simply stating their opinions in a mass media environment. I'm sure you can conjure up a few, yourself if you try.
"Comments tend to be less civil, carry less weight, and are less worthy of dialogue." According to who; you? I certainly draw my share of responses from your side and way too often those responses are nothing more than a bunch of childish name calling, stereotypes and, oh yes projection. But it gives us all a window into the liberal mind. So I say get yourself a handle and go for it.
Do you want to know what people are actually thinking or do you want to make them the issue so you can label them then attempt to marginalize them; as liberals are prone to do?


That article literally has nothing at all to do with either climate change or my article.


Haha, its always funny to me that people will believe whatever a politician wants them to.

Trump claims he carries a gun everywhere but has never actually been seen with one and when asked couldn't recall any details about the make or model.

He claims he's an avid hunter (with his sons) but there is no evidence he has ever actually been hunting. Unlike his sons who post many photos of their trophy hunts, Trump never appears on those trips.

Sorry you got played by a slick NYC politico...


Indeed, it became a war of attrition.


It's almost inconceivable the Democrats may be considering Hillary Clinton for their Presidential candidate in 2020.

https://medium.com/@trentlapinski/dear-democrats-read-this-if-you-do-not-understand-why-trump-won-5a0cdb13c597

But, of course, this book tour certainly does have the flavour of one who is still campaigning.


It did not exist when I went to school there, which was when it was the best system in the nation.  Its not quality that leads to home schooling but people who believe Darwin is a hypothesis rather than a field theory.  Of course, the Catholic schools all teach Darwin.


The pantloads emanating from todays 'journlists' at the Globe just keep on coming.  This man needs help and the subscribers and readers deserve better, much much better.


As a Classified (Non-teaching) employee of Eugene School District 4j for over 30 years, the PROMISE of a decent PERS retirement was the only thing that kept me there.  I was a full-time, 12 month employee there, and the LOUSY wages, were off-set somewhat by the benefits.  After 30+ years of service, I currently get less than $3,000.00 a month in retirement income (and I matched the school district's contribution dollar for dollar, so without me matching those funds, I would be receiving less than $1,500.00 per month.  If anyone thinks that my retirement is "VERY Generous", I'd urge you to "think again".  Yes, the "Certified" staff  and "Administrators" receive what I'd call "generous" retirement benefits (at least DOUBLE what I get), but they had the time and expense of college to make those wages, so in retrospect, I feel that they've "earned" those benefits too.


You still eating that Colonial white bread James?


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"What was the entrance requirement?"
 You had to have a Wedding garment.
I was about twelve years old when I first recollected hearing this parable, but could not understand how not having a wedding garment could result in such harsh dealings with the individual concerned, which caused me a great deal of distress and anxiety at the time, as I took the parable given by Jesus at face value, thinking possible he had no way of providing himself with one and so I could not understand this cruelty.
About fifty years later I read somewhere on the internet, of the Jewish custom at the beginning of the first century AD, of the Father of the groom providing wedding garments free of charge for the invited guests, so I now realize that those who original heard this parable would have known instantly that the custom of the day was that the wedding garment was provided ‘free’ of charge, and had to be worn no matter how well one’s own apparel may be, dignitaries etc; would......
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At least hes not on courtview


Juneau readers: Juneau World Affairs Council does a great job, even taping its sessions for statewide distribution on 360North. JWAC Worldliest (only fundraiser of the year) is Feb. 3.


Of course the NRA opposes this sensible legislation. They will do all they can do do to help Americans quickly murder large numbers of their fellow citizens. The NRA is aiding and abetting mass murder by opposing no-nonsense legislation like this.


I crash every night.


Actually, the big advantage was, in their mid twenties and just starting jobs, neither would have a decent down payment or qualified for the required mortgage on the properties purchased.
Also, all their payments are being invested in their names.


No it's not, most don't wait until he/she is sick to give up the throne. It's called being swell- head.


... super fakey 'christians' = modern day Republicans

All talk no substance!


Actually the m4 m16 is the longest running service rifle and the best in the world.  Nothing against the old classics that you like however.


Just a point about relocation. It has been found both in the Banff and Jasper Park areas that relocation often doesn't work, and is very costly. Bears that are tranquilized have been taken 20 , 30 , and 40 miles away and collared and released. The distance often determines just how long it takes for the animal to return to the townsite. This process is not repeated over and over , but instead after returning two to three times the animal is euthanized to avoid any problem encounters with humans.


Fox much?
The purveyor of fake news.
Try looking around and verifying those numbers.  It's in the low 30's at BEST.


If he's so opposed to raising taxes,  he should not mention it.   Every time he does,  he's just using it as a threat so he can get his way.


Is our government's imagination only limited to taxes (for the Liberal government, the answer is probably yes)?  How about doing something to make healthy food less expensive for a change?


Get over it Clinton Cheerleaders.  Hillary Clinton and husband  Bill are never going to be President and a Shadow President.  On January 20th, 2017 Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. President Obama will resume his community organizing as a race hustler to keep Black people fearful, angry, resentful, and even hostile to white people in order to keep them in the Democrat Party a dependency class. And he will go on the speaking circuit internationally getting filthy rich badmouthing his own country and advocating one world government under the United Nations in order to save the planet from GLO-BULL warming,

Oh by the way, the Democrat norms have created a $20 trillion dollar national debt, an $800 billion dollar trade imbalance, less that a 2% economic growth over the last years, 46 million Americans on welfare, 93 million out of the workforce,  a real unemployment of 10%+ not the 6% reported by the GAO, and the disaster called Obamacare.


" I long for a church and theology that is pushing the limits, calling us to think, challenging us. "
You're a day late and a dollar short.
That boat left the dock and sank by the ever increasing weight of its irrelevance.
Fortunately, the millennials will bury you.


Any smoke you inhale is bad for your health.


"I also teach them how to honor the ladies they are attracted to by respecting them enough not to want to violate them physically and waiting until they are ready to make a lifelong commitment."
So once you and your "lady" made a lifelong commitment did you physically violate her? Now I see why evangelical Christians like you AlwaysThere, have so wholeheartedly embraced Trump--you have similar values--you wait to "physically violate" until after marriage while Trump doesn't.
"Grab ’em by the p***y. You can do anything." Donald Trump


This story actually highlights people dissatisfaction with open borders and do nothing elite globalist governments.


and the Wynne's and Trudeau's.


Gosh, I've felt that way on many a (potentially risky) occasion.  I'm male, last time I looked.  Lemme look again.  Yup!  So, maybe what you cite here is...gender neutral in this dangerous age?


I'm guessing you formed your opinion without reading the judge's 64-page decision written after a two-month trial.  Perhaps a bit hasty to call him a 'moron', hmm?


I would presume that is the case.

Read up a bit more on male development.


He'll be replaced by a Democrat. It's a wave sweeping the nation, thankfully! Thank you Donald, for turning the tables in our country.


Yet another supremely flawed article from the Washington Post. Most Christians have a conservative ideology and conservatives believe in self determination as opposed to the liberal viewpoint that poverty is always someone else's fault. The Post makes a classic error to say the Christianity is the reason for belief in self-determination whereas it is actually a conservative trait. I guess I would expect nothing less from such a poor media source as the Washington Post and its little parrot the Denver Post.


Homosexual_men_having_sex_with_women_is_depraved,_with_men_it_is_natural.


For me the big potential problem is "income sprinkling". Will the goverment tell me what the value of my wife's and daughter's work is in my business? That would be like communism.


Robin Hood, you say "Reward effective classroom teachers with bonus pay." The teachers I know don't want more money, just more time in the day to teach the kids.


UCSF study examines link between childhood adversities, homelessness

http://www.sfexaminer.com/ucsf-study-examines-link-childhood-adversities-homelessness/


Sounds like fake news to me, spinning information. As for drivers there has been a HUGE drop in quality of them! Drivers who sit in the left lane and drive slower there then the right lane because they are turning right 15 miles ahead! What? If you find driving challenging stay off of the road! . I know how I would change drivers qualifying for driving. The old adage you must have got your license out of a Cracker Jack box is more ...... today then years ago.


There might even be some academic side-benefits for male students and faculty.
      Pre-castration, Abelard was a junior faculty member, more interested in sex than study.
      Post-castration, he was able to concentrate on his research and went on to become a famous philosopher.


All u haters out there I hope it stays on til.all the kids get married just to spite u idiots .it is a tv show plus they already paid the fine old news..I enjoy watching what ever they are gonna do next .I think most of u are just trolls who hate everythong. If u don't like DON'T WATCH.


"East Polynesia colonized faster and more recently than previously thought"
January 4, 2011
"The study was based on an analysis of the validity of more than 1,400 radiocarbon dates from 47 islands in the region collected from their own and other researchers' published studies.
Polynesian ancestors settled in Samoa around 800 B.C., then much later moved to colonize the region in two distinct phases—earliest in the central Society Islands between A.D. 1025 and 1120, four centuries later than previously assumed. Then, between 70 and 265 years later, dispersal continued in one major ‘pulse’ to all remaining islands including New Zealand, Hawai`i and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) between A.D. 1190 and 1290. The timing and sequence of this remarkable event has been highly debated and poorly resolved, precluding the understanding of cultural and ecological change that followed".

https://phys.org/news/2011-01-east-polynesia-colonized-faster-previously.html


“It is a little bit frustrating for me to come in, sit down, look forward to hearing from you, talking with you, and seeing a room full of people who are standing in a way that shows they’re not listening,” he said.

"If you don't behave yourselves, I'll send you down to the Principal's office", said Little Potato before he realized he was no longer their drama teacher.


Its okay though for tourist boats to park near them? Sounds to me someone with an agenda against PWC (personal water craft) exaggerated things a bit. For accuracy of story those are not jet skis. Jet ski is a registered trademark of Kawasaki and a vehicle you stand or kneel upon to ride. Get your facts straight Mr. DeMarban!


Are you willing to die to stop evil, saving innocent others from that evil ?????


FYI folks this also applies to Canada's Northwest Passage

The so-called freedom of navigation operation, which is sure to anger China, comes as Trump is seeking Beijing’s cooperation to rein in ally North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.

Territorial waters are generally defined by UN convention as extending at most 12 nautical miles from a state’s coastline.


It will be a long time before Hamas and the Palestinians are as concerned about improving their own  lives and living condition  as they are about killing Jews.  They are willing to eat dirt and live in slums for all eternity if there is still a Jew alive to run over.


Marvelous instructions and quiet teaching.

Our death should draw out supernatural effects, a family or wider network of friends coming together to bury us, perhaps some sacrifice, perhaps a lot of effort, and very often if we bury our loved ones well, reconciliation, re-union.

How good our Church is to give us such thoughtful criteria and teaching.


Alberta under new management

"If the government of Alberta were a company its annual revenue of $44 billion would be $10 billion more than that of the biggest Canadian corporation, which is the Royal Bank."

"Imagine a $100-million company whose top management is the new NDP cabinet"

Excerpts from: Alberta’s NDP leaders will be like kids running the candy store - Morris W. Dorosh - Financial Post, National Post -  May 7, 2015 - online


Oh man, it must be another very slow news day.
With a huckster like Trump it's easier to just stick to the guano that he scatters by Twitter everyday. There's so much to shovel, that should keep the press busy and if things get too boring just follow the proceedings of the different committees.


I don't let my personal friends take advantage of me either.


See that is just total nonsense! There is no evidence, what so ever that ties the Trump administration to Russia's interference in our election. NONE! ZERO! Liberals and Democrats who continue using that false narrative are not being honest, but than again a honest liberal is a classic example of an oxymoron.


For a year it's been said that "Russian collusion in the election" has not been settled due to obstruction of information.  But with voter fraud / collusion claims and evidence, these election officials will not help resolve this real issue?  What are they hiding?


That doesn't preclude sanctions when another state gets caught doing it. Politicians in general present political machinations as moral positions and Obama has done nothing unusual or wrong.


Maybe these ladies should schedule their next conference in Saudi Arabia. As long as they wear a burka, are accompanied by a male family member and don't try to drive, they'll have a wonderful time!


For the amount of money that has been squandered studying Susitna Dam the state could have built a high voltage DC line from the North Slope to Fairbanks and use the natural gas being burned off on the North Slope to generate megawatts of electricity.
The necessary parts to build the system could be installed in 2 years! Because the "Plug and play" components are standard off-the-shelf industrial parts made by several different companies.

Look up   HVDC power line on the net for additional information.


You mean the president that most countries trusted to do the right thing far, far more than they trust Trump. Nope, the countries surveyed, and my friends in other countries have shown me media that proves you very wrong. Then again, Russia and Israel trust Trump to do the right thing (for them?) -- wonder why.


Are you quelling dissent in general? Did you just not like the message? Did you not like who said it? Or are you arguing with repeated proof of the things trump has said?
I'm not really sure what you are doing other than attacking the messenger, not the message. Cuz, you know, the message was spot on.


Hi Richard, that did come up in conversation with one of my interviewees who referred to Massachusetts as a state with the vast majority of Democrat senators and also a high voter turnout rate.


I'm waiting to see if they are going to take a stand against HRC, liar, thief, foul-mouthed, sexual predator enabler and dishonorable leftist twit.


Totally agree.  SA is in denial mode to the taxpayers struggling to make ends meet yet they advocate for the developers consistently all the time.  This project was sold on lies from the beginning (go to UH) and cost $3.5B yet accountability (as you stated) is not mentioned at all.  Terrible mindset they have.


we might be better off if  one American President couldn't sign :)


Chin's lawsuit puts us all at risk of terrorist attack.  Shame on Chin!


That’s not what I said. I asked an honest question.  Thanks that was great.


The U.S. subsidizes their farmers via another method as compared to our supply management system. The U.S. tax payers pay U.S. farmers huge subsidies and they overproduce. Now he wants to use Canada as a dumping ground and put our farmers out of business. They almost destroyed our meat industry with country of origin labelling but the WTO ruled against them. Now they want to do away with the WTO dispute mechanism as they generally loose when all the facts come out. The next industry to go under his attack is lumber. We have to have trading partners that play by the rules. If they don't win then they attack the entire system.


A video form 2005?  PLEASEEEE. As for Murkowski & Sullivan they are afraid Trump will upset their MONEY CARTS. Trump will have to learn as he goes; but he will get things done and get rid of the DEAL MAKERS. It's about time


AS always, the excuse to build baby build is for affordable housing.  Building more and more homes does not keep the price down.  Housing will always be expensive in desirable places. Look what happened with the rampant development and housing costs in California.  Housing costs are in the stratosphere, it is overcrowded and lost charm.
We, who live here now, get to subsidize all this new housing for growth in order to protect the developers profit margins. Those who benefit from growth should pay for it. No matter what happens with this growth limiting initiative, developers and real estate agents should pay development impact fees to cover the costs of housing and schools and infrastructure needed for these new developments.  Currently WE pay for this and subsidize people moving here. If the new housing reflected true costs of development then that would serve to limit growth. Build designated affordable housing for those here now that need/qualify for it.


Our government wants to protect and defend our secular, liberal democracy?
Simple.....lets bring in thousands more people whose core values fundamentally conflict with this objective.


Clearly Christie has given up being a responsible politician. This nonsense works for Trump but who else can pull this off?  As George Costanza used to say, "when you wear grey sweatpants, you've given up". Chris Christie has given up his governship of New Jersey. Where's Tony Soprano when you need him?


How does operating a bus with one or two passengers in it be sustainable in context of GHGs?


How will this be enforced? HR departments are useless, they only exist to serve the employer and try to convince the employee that 'there is no problem here'. Would the person go to Human Rights office?


Can't disagree with that.


I posted here few hours ago with unacceptable words, sorry. But I think you (Tom Rogan and others) are worthy of these words. "Brutality or violence " are the attributes Washington's policy. It is you who stick your nose with your interests, and your interests are everywhere in the world, but if there are anybody with own interests then he have  ask permission in Washington. BUT THIS TIMES ARE ENDED, it's very sad news for you, but it's REAL.  We are very loving you so much, and will be love next !!!!


LW doesn't want guns in his home or around his children.  That is his right. Of course he cannot tell BIL what to do in BIL's home, but he can certainly refrain from taking his children there. BIL getting "upset" because LW is making rules for his own home is childish and not indicative of the kind of judgement I would want someone carrying a fire arm to display around my home or family.


Self-mortification is very important, if skipping a meal or not taking an aspirin for a headache is not enough to help one avoid the many realities that seem natural.  I suspect for some fragile men this is just a way to convince themselves they are not fragile.  For others it is merely an indulgence in masochism.  The important thing, as ever, is to claim the aberrant behavior is sanctified.  Perhaps things would be different if some of those who engage in this would find some men who work on cars and go to sporting events who they could hang around with and see what a masculine lifestyle is like.  Indeed.


Perhaps it's because he's nothing more than an average to below average QB and creates nothing to talk about. Unless he manages to lead the Broncos to at least 1 playoff win I believe most of the media understands Denver has no intention of having Siemian as their long term solution.


Just had a scan through about ten recent threads, interesting observation:

On threads where Marty E has dozens of posts, utilitas has a grand total of 0.
On threads where utilitas has dozens of posts, Marty E has a grand total of 0.


While not a Leafs fan (right hand in the shape of an L on my forehead ) I have to give them some respect. Most of the Washington series were overtime games and they didn't poo the bed. The world however unfolded like the Hockey Gods planned it. Go Oilers!


this post has a background flavor of blaming the victim - children are conditioned from childhood to see God in the person wearing the cloth - contrary experience that breaches trust is shocking! which requires time to process. Too many victims lack grounding to ever recover from the shock.


UMMMM who illegally killed the endangered whale, left the meat to rot and admitted it? Asians? Nope.... White man? Nope ...African American?  Nope.... Pacific Islander? Nope.. Alaskan native? BINGO!!! Nothing racist about it. The only thing racist is due to their race they were allowed to walk, what other reason can you think off? If a village of Black Americans murdered an endangered whale and left the meat to rot do you think they would have walked away free?
And yet again your name calling does nothing to help your racist remark. Why do you insist they did not do wrong? Let me guess, you are one of them from Toksook Bay?


Hey Jesse,

My brother worked in inner city Portland for 30+ years for Kaiser. He is retired now, and is currently a volunteer dentist for low income kids in Portland.  He goes every year to either Mexico or Guatemela with Dentists Without Borders.  He does not need money nor is he on any payroll. He does this pro work because he believes strongly in the positive effects of FL especially in low income areas.   It is fine that you disagree with FL, but please do not say he is "here to get paid" .  My brother has a heart of GOLD and gives his time and knowledge to ALL people all over the World.  Thank you


The first "shift to the left" the democrats have had since LBJ was Bernie Sanders's influence on the platform last year - and even if Bernie had won the democrat platform would STILL be to the right, economically, of where it was under Wilson or FDR - that was the party of  The Trustbusters.

That party is long gone. In the past 40 years through 3 democrat presidents only ONE company was ever prosecuted for antitrust violations and they got off with a slap on the wrist. Clinton wrote a welfare reform act that singlehandledly increased extreme poverty in the USA by 30%. The democrats were a lot of things in the past 30 years -but they weren't leftwing, not even slightly.

They were rightwing, just SANE rightwing- while the republicans responded by going to CRAZY rightwing.
It's only now, in 2017 that, for the first time in decades, the progressive voters of the democratic party has actual policy influence.


"Philippines and Canada are both Christian states."

--

I'm not sure about the official status of Christianity in the Phillipines but Canada is a secular state, "God keep our land, glorious and free" aside.


Drunk drivers are mostly male.  Distracted drivers are almost evenly split between gender.   Maybe that has something to do with it.


Back in the late 60's early seventies an outstanding family named the Zimmermans living in Eagle River, built a cement boat over a period of about 10 years or so, and sailed off to Washington where he and his wife Ester lived out their life's. Another example of people who followed their dreams.


I am a bit surprised that people (such as MisterAL), for whom the logging issue is a very urgent one, aren't coming out in full-throated denunciation of tree spiking.

They should be. I would prefer the denunciation happen because people see that such violence is plainly despicable and evil.

But failing that, you'd think they'd denounce it for purely political reasons. Things like spiking do great harm to their own cause. When something like this happens, it drives away people who would ordinarily be sympathetic and changes the conversation away from logging practices.


It was Delta that took away full credit on their flights. They even did this to their own SkyMiles frequent flyer program.


Catch the perp, tie um to the ama and paddle along the shoreline.  As OK if get scrapes from the reef.


The headline ought to be "58 missing and presumed dead".


Not sure how you get that I have range anxiety? Also - what am I surrendering exactly? Lower cost, convenient commuter car is what I need and what I have. Soon, folks that need longer range 385 km per charge will get their car.
My point is that it is already a viable and affordable option today. With range and cost improvements, it will surpass ICE in most cases in very short time
Oh.... and it is a better ride and more efficient too.


How much higher is the cost of living in Portland? Or don't you know.


Maybe he can play right tackle or left guard.


Fred, nice try.  But given that Bill Morneau has already turned his back on your and his former joint support for an age 67 Old Age Security pension - for crass political reasons, how can we expect any less hypocrisy concerning the PSPP?  Especially now that 1%-er Bill Morneau is a Public Servant, earning the PSPP as he goes ...


Don't hold your breath waiting for "additional flow", with the decline rate any new oil will just replace the decline.    If Micciche and the other oil company employees in the legislature can't make the state budget work with todays income,  I don't see much changing in the future.


Face the people you have been elected to represent.  Democracy 101.


All very nice I’m sure but what if one does not subscribe to Nexflix in the first place? The last attempt to give us “choice” was a complete joke. Global and CTV are doing the minimum possible for CanCon, how about lighting a small fire under them to do their share rather than contracting out offshore at additional cost to the consumer?


The brutal military dictatorship of China would have beat him to it and already built and constructed bases all over.


Start by repealing Hart-Cellar. Then we can talk.


I was just debating this myself.  Wolters is struggling offensively and is very average on Defense, but he is a lefty and has decent speed.  But Hanigan is the veteran that calls a better game.


"Why would they be, if they are systematically treated (and even spoken of) as inferiors? Because that context gives meaning to their lives. That, after all, is what we all want more than anything: meaning."

I would say it has more to do with the environment in which they were raised.  It is what they have learned as their normal…a kind of brainwashing.


Right!  We could keep our current doctor and benefits, prices would go down for insurance, blah, blah, blah.  Mark was nothing more than a lapdog for Obama, and that's why Alaskans fired his hynnie.


what can be a better thing than to give someone a hand?  I do know of  local surgeons who do  willingly and upfront "forgive" their patients the surgeon's cost ..peace health has the bridge program.   volunteers in medicine and the McKenzie surgery center can be counted as a valuable and true resource also.  what these folks are capable of is nothing short of magic and can have a huge impact on someone's life.  what was a gift, to the community, of 12 hours spent in changing people with their skills, the rest of other people's lives are markedly better.  +++I would advise any low income person needing surgery to ask if the surgeon has any policies about financial aid, including free donated time, in a most courteous way.


freetruth is spot on about how the DNC not only dropped the ball, but then ran it in the wrong direction. But so did the RNC - we got a joke instead of a republican. We were all failed by the the political machinery.


Holding a referendum that imposes the will of the majority on a particular minority is a flawed endeavor. Minority rights are enshrined in our Charter and should never be put to a vote wherein the majority can limit those rights.


Part 1
What is just as bad, is the Church's teaching on Mary, the Mother of God.  In the Gospels, Mary says very little.  After the Wedding of Cana, when she tells the servers to "do whatever he [Jesus] tells you," she is not recorded as saying anything else.

This gave the official church the opening to CREATE the complete personality of Mary.  Mary is the opposite of all women, because she and she alone is the perfect women [because they created her to be so].  She is called "ever Virgin' [to refute Eve for 'tempting?' Adam into having sex].  Mary, a young girl, was not barren due to old age, but conceived a child completely through the Power of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus was set as the most exceptional child in the entire human race.  But even after Jesus' birth, Mary and Joseph had no sexual contact [hard to believe given the Jewish culture].


"The whole-of-government approach means asbestos and asbestos-containing products will be banned by 2018."

How exactly do you "ban asbestos"?

Asbestos is a naturally occurring substance, like granite and quartz.

You might as well ban oak trees or ban icicles.

Don't get me wrong - I am all for eliminating asbestos from industrial applications where everyday human exposure occurs (ironing boards, brakes, building insulation, etc. etc. etc.).

But I have a sneaking suspicion we should probably allow inorganic chemistry professors and geologists and cancer researchers to have access to small amounts for research purposes. Seems a bit odd to have a blanket ban on a naturally occurring substance including research...


I don't think it matters which political party is in power since the voters will continue to be screwed by the politicians. Politicians simply buy our vote with tax money that of course came from us, the voters.


never worked  with them -  i read and paid attention to various stories over the years, saw their business practices.  their cut is 17% off the top.  the ceo, as of 2012 was paid $1,200,000.00 a year.  it's a non- profit.  their fundraising is lavish dinners, paying high price entertainers and lobbying other CEO's to give a $10,000.00 donation, but mainly to have the company pressure their workforce to sign up for those auto pays.  you don't really chose where your money goes - they can divert it.
  ** don't care for goodwill either - same reasons.  and hey  - grinding that ax and just doing my part.
**kudos on the use of the caps....


Trump divulged classified info? What info?  About ISIS using laptop bombs?  Trump's meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister was on May 10.  April 1 CNN, Fox News, NY Times already published articles on the laptop bombs.  Big secret.  Plus the President has the right to declassify any information so by definition he cannot "divulge classified info."


Can see it already - a $500 tax break that you will need to pay an accountant $600 to get and reduces the cost of a typical $2M starter home by $200 bucks - which you have to pay back in 5 years or get a penalty of $40K.
All managed by friends and family of the reigning liberal politburo with a CEO starting salary of $600K.
Sound about right?


Amen to that. This article is ridiculous. Maybe next they could find the guy that writes all the stuff on bathroom walls and run a breaking news story....


How many lives do firefighters(  as just one example) save? Maybe we should change the salary scale to be 'lives saved times X' ( where X is whatever anyone writing the checks deems it should be ). And so what if we don't attract that particular level of talent and he goes to private enterprise or wherever? There are these things called airplanes that people use to fly virtually anywhere in the country in five hours or less.  If they need this particular guy's services and he isn't in Oregon,  that is what they can do, fly. Plenty of great neurosurgeons in Cali, with an hour or two's flight to get there. We're not living in the days of horse and buggy.
OHSU also get's hundreds of millions from the federal govt in the form of grants, which are of course taxpayer funded.
 Look, we're not going to agree. You think it's wonderful and just that the doc get's the big bucks while Oregon taxpayers get to pick up the tab for his lavish retirement lifestyle. I don't. Nothing more for me to add.


The two month old didn't even have a chance at life.  An horrific loss of life for all involved.


Judging by the 80 or so comments , it appears only six support saving the U of A sports program.  Twenty nine say cut it all .  43 have mixed thoughts .  If that's any indication , put a fork in U of A sports . It's done like dinner.


So why don't you welcome and advocate for the tens of millions of impoverished superstitious fundamentalists from these countries in North Africa, Persian and the Arab lands to go to 'diversity is our strength ' Canada? Canada is as guilty as Europe and the US of exploiting these people. Canada's big industrial corporations like Bombardier, SNC Lavalin, Imperial Oil, Magna, Irving , Petro Canada, Colt Canada, GM Canada and their share holders  have been profiting handsomely from the chaos in the region for decades. In fact $12 billion in Canadian military vehicles are suppressing and persecuting minorities in Saudi. Why don't YOU CANADIANS do something?? You can accommodate them by getting rid of the Canadian holidays of Christmas and Easter.


The feds will shut it down.


All Trump voters may not be racists. However, they are all collaborators with the white racists to elect Trump. At best, they are Quislings. True conservatives need a new party. The last election has shown that the GOP is merely a white identity party. Just ask David Duke. He loves the election of Trump. BTW, I don't think the pro life movement is pro life. They are merely pro fetus. They can all justify killing folks once they can breath on their own. Their support of the death penalty and the killing of unarmed people by the police show they are not pro life. Heck, there have been hundreds of folks on death row that were innocent. They don't shed a tear for those deaths.


@Catou1403 take a quick peek at your atlas, Manitoba does have tidewater.


I'll have the 'nothingburger'....and 'two documents locked in a safe'....


Here we go again....garycrum's definition of  "troll" is anyone who disagrees with his thin-skinned, far left narrative.

A recent study out of Oxford shows that Strong Republicans have almost a five and a half point IQ advantage over strong Democrats, and even moderate Republicans have nearly 3 and a half points more IQ than their moderate Democrat counterparts.  A researcher at Yale recently startled himself by discovering Tea Partiers know more about science than the general public, and the New York Times, a former newspaper, nearly choked reporting that Tea Party supporters are more educated overall.

http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/andrew-klavan-republicans-are-smarter-democrats-and-more-liberal-too


Are the "untouchables" in India Liberals?


How has he done that? He took $10k to start his software business, and ended up walking away with $10ish million. That's pretty good by any measure.

Yeah, he was a terrible asset manager, as are most.

I'm not a Kevin fan or supporter. But these kind of articles just make me laugh. Mid-income journalist heckles the business success of a guy that's hit a few home runs, and a few strike outs.

If it was a more successful businessman talking trash, I could buy it. But it's not. End of story: Kevin is a self-made multi-millionaire. That's an accomplishment.


A free and self-governing society should be capable of enforcing on its elected leaders the responsibility for maintaining decent public schools
it's not the schools' failure - it's the failure of society to prioritize education over thrills

high schools are awarded by parents for a good football season, not for the SAT scores or the numbers of students who complete AP courses


The SR&ED program along with NRC's IRAP are the best incentive programs in North America.  It was sickening that the previous federal government decreased SR&ED funding so drastically. Most of our government, government funded organizations and so many venture funds completely lack understanding of the creative process, innovation and entrepreneurship. We can compete in any area that Silicon Valley innovates in. Unfortunately financing institutions, Canadian venture capital and our core society are ultra conservative ; we are not a country of people that take risks and people are not willing to work around the clock intensely, sacrificing having a life "balance". Every day I keep finding that too many people are closed minded, don't care about excellence and are simply protective of their jobs.  Thankfully other people I do meet who share a passion for excellence, creativity, innovation and excellence compensate for those who don't.
renepardo dot com; Rene at Renes dot com


It is disgusting some of you think this person's violent and destructive actions are justified. Take a moment to think about the employees who were in danger by this. If they were your family or friends, would you say they were asking for it by their choice of employer? This is disgraceful, please think about the victims.


"...make history"! What history was made?
Let's deal with the real issue, the guy is deadly dangerous to EVERYBODY!


There is one basic principle in how to kill a snake. You don't start by chopping off its tail and slowly work your way up the length. You should start with the head and then the job will be done in one chop.


Are we meant to be impressed by these long working hours?


“As an ex-Navy guy, I decided to show him support and let him know that there are real Americans, real patriots here, who support him,” said Edward Odquina.

The real patriots are those who stand up against bigotry, those who believe in the promises of the Constitution.


As a Saskatchewan resident I am appalled at this Federal intrusion. I am fine with these private MRI's since they reduce waiting lists and are essentially allowing private citizens and organizations to voluntarily pay which allows more people in the public system to have procedures done in a more timely manner. This since the law requires these private providers to perform 2 "free" MRIs in the public system for every 1 private procedure. The private MRIs are essentially subsidizing the public system and injecting more cash. Tommy Douglas pioneered the Canadian system we have now which started in Sask by doing something innovative. Brad Wall is trying to do the same but is being "blocked" by the communist Castro lovers in Ottawa. How does Trudeau and Company think we are going to improve the healthcare system in Canada? The feds are not giving more money so let the provinces innovate and if we in Sask don't like it, we can vote Brad Wall out.


So the Bovine Scatology resumes in full foul odious presentation!


Political correctness was designed for people who are unable to think on there own.
Not a Liberal gulag to suppress opposing view points.
Simply put comrad, 2019 can't come fast enogh !!!


If your house is broken into or vandalized, forget that police will ever catch the perpetrator.
Happens all the time.
 Even if caught, sentences are much too light, leaving a bad after taste in the mouth of the victim.

Gang and  violent drug crimes are proliferating because the Police are too scared to intercept.

Just another example of our broken society


It has been mentioned somewhere that Russell Martin threw out a runner trying to steal 2nd.  Congratulations.  At last.  As this was a strike-him-out-throw-him-out double play, and not a straight steal, well, not sure you can actually say Martin gets the credit, but we'll let it slide this time.

See where Bautista came to the plate in the 2nd inning, bases loaded, 1 out, and he drove in a run.  I mean, it was on a weak grounder to 3rd, and he was out @ 1st, but still, this is why that wily old git John Gibbons has him batting lead-off--cuz you want you better hitters coming to the plate more frequently.

Or at least, this is what certain posters have maintained for the past few years, that batting order matters, load up the top of your order with your better hitters, like Bautista.  They get more ABs.

And Bautista, with his .215 or so BA, he definitely deserves to bat high in the order, right?


Depends. If people in the service of their country lost their lives due to Snowden, why wouldn't capital punishment apply?


Just because something is firmly entrenched doesn't make it immortal.

And the campaigns wouldn't focus on battleground states because if the winner of the popular vote received the electoral votes, then there are no battleground states.

Instead, campaigns would focus on their likely voters, regardless of the state they lived in.  Politicians would be forced to campaign for all our votes, not just those in the toss-up states.


I so look forward to when Ukraine is officially known as The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic again.


I think it's unfair for the Oregon coaches to single out players this way in the media. Why say anything at this point, given how badly the coaches have performed? I mean, the defense was on the field for so many plays against Cal, much of that due to the Ducks defensive line being sub-par and couldn't disrupt Webb, the Cal quarterback, and couldn't stop the run, which wasn't supposed to be Cal's offensive strength. That made the defensive backs' work more difficult.

I can imagine Springs, Umadi, and Schooler were simply worn out, given this season's struggles. No, this loss, again, is on the coaching staff. The inability to adequately recruit talented defensive linemen, like Armstead and Buckner, and linebackers like Alonso, is the reason the Ducks defense is the worst in the nation. If you only have three or four legitimate FBS talent on defense, how can the coaches honestly complain when their scheme and game plan aren't working? Come on! Well, coaching changes are coming.


Our Government is spending billions on Super Hornets and possibly F35 jet fighters, supposedly to "protect" our borders! In the meantime they are developing an "open door" policy in Manitoba and Quebec for refugees and economic migrants. It appears that the millions we spend on our immigration department is no longer necessary since we are about to depend on Manitoba and Quebec borders to supply our population growth! The one fact that is overlooked is that there are currently 60 million refugees and IDP's worldwide and that number if growing daily!


Be careful Coloradocaveman, it seems there are some folks on here who will quit hugging that tree just long enough to smash fellow humans with it lol.


Here are some dietary recommendations:

The U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) updated Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for molybdenum in 2000. If there is not sufficient information to establish EARs and RDAs, an estimate designated Adequate Intake (AI) is used instead. The current EAR for molybdenum for people ages 19 and up is 34 μg/day. The RDA is 45 μg/day. RDAs are higher than EARs so as to identify amounts that will cover people with higher than average requirements. RDA for pregnancy is 50 μg/day. RDA for lactation is 50 μg/day. For children ages 1–18 years the RDA increases with age from 17 to 43 μg/day. As for safety, the IOM sets Tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) for vitamins and minerals when evidence is sufficient. In the case of molygdenum the UL is 2000 μg/day. Collectively the EARs, RDAs, AIs and ULs are referred to as Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).[97]


The Denver Post misprinted the headline, it should have read.....I want a Colorado for everybody who thinks just like me.


How about a new TV series "The Bachelors of Nome" that would certainly ensure that the next ship was loaded with eligible women.


Except, it was the Republicans who lost both Senate and House seats in 2016.


Please post proof of your conspiracy theory and not from a fringe right wing site. If Don hadn't been bragging  rally after rally about "his" book I would never have said anything.  The ghost writer regrets ever doing it.


No Trump isn't TRUTHFUL about everything, Parnell. Quit being brain dead.  Why did he settle his $25 million fraud Trump University case?  Didn't want to be dragged kicking and screaming after faking his oath of office in January.


You have only 13 favorable reactions out of 100.  Maybe it's time for you to start listening to your fellow Americans. Murkowski is right to vote no on a bill that she doesn't know what's in it. The rest of them voting on something they have no idea of the contents doesn't speak well for their independent thinking skills but rather demonstrates a sheep mentality.  Neither Republicans or Democrats are served well by sheep.


If he had this 'mental' problem 'stirring' for over 30 years, it certainly didn't keep him from being a Class II Firearms dealer and thus have possession of the AK-47 he shot the deputy with.

He shot and hit a deputy sheriff responding to his illegal shooting at/near his business partner.

He is by conviction by  a jury of his peers a 'low life who target[ed] that [law enforcement] officer.


In practice you get too many political appointees rather than independent, capable managers.


Oh, please!


Maybe the GOP thinks they can outsource the wall.
China seems to be their first choice in outsourcing. Oddly enough a majority of products now come from Mexico. Hey! Let's hire the illegals...if they go back to Mexico. They already know where the tunnels are and have experienc working below minimum wage from working for trump


Aga Khan is nothing but a charlatan


There are many examples of companies that failed because they made a conscious decision NOT to embrace change...
Blockbuster, whose CEO called online streaming "a very small niche business".
Kodak, who invented the digital camera but held off producing consumer models to boost film sales.
Blackberry, who dragged their feet in producing touch-screen phones despite the iPhone's growing success.
Yahoo, who passed up offers to buy Google and Facebook.
Xerox, who invented the mouse and a Windows-style operating system, but didn't commercialize them.
Meanwhile, most of the largest and fasted growing companies are those that embrace change. Apple changed from making computers to selling music to making phones. Amazon changed from selling books to selling everything to selling cloud services. Google changed from internet search to mobile operating systems to AI services.


Trump is an honourary Jewish President

3 kids
2 married Jewish
1 married half Jewish

Goodbye Obama's anti-Israel - not very subtle


Glad she's not my girlfriend....lol


Senate President not wanting to cooperate and release more funds for the investigation.  His wife, Elaine Chao, is in Trump's cabinet.  We need to find out the truth on Russia's meddling.  The Republicans should put our country first.


you will always have civilian casualties when fighting terrorist groups who uses women and children as shields just so the terrorist will get world sympathy about how we are killing their women and children.


probably another sock puppet of one of them.  they always sound alike.


Jesus was also a Jew.


Just what we need on our streets, more entryists and SWPL liberals who think riding in the street and being a public nuisance is a God given right. Bikes are toys folks, and they belong on the sidewalk!


There's a reason for separation of church and state.

Pretty typical, hypocrite. Bark about the Constitution and what "The founders intended".

"The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

Let's build a wall and let Texas pay for it.


Cleary, you don't know any actual Muslims. I do, and you couldn't be more wrong.


All I have to say is, your as dumb as a rock! lol


I would argue that those who do get inheritance (at least from people my age that have inherited) have squandered the money in no time and are back as working stiffs.

I would also argue that some of the absolute most hard working persons I have ever encountered in any country are immigrants.  They work hard, save hard, are good kind religious people, help their families, help their neighbors, and are sitting on nest eggs like you can't believe.  And good on them!


Or something to do with entire condo projects sold first overseas in presales, apparently where demand is "unlimited".

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/vancouvers-presale-condo-market-reaches-fever-pitch/article34771425/

A big shout out to the Federal government, both the present day Liberals and past Conservatives, for not placing any restrictions on the sale of our residential real estate overseas.  Unlike many other countries who do have limits.

And an extra big shout out to the BC Liberals, for not lobbying the Feds for restrictions. And of course for their first time buyers plan, which has no doubt just helped escalate price thus making even more homebuyers unable to qualify, despite the loan.

Well done gang.


Fake news or hyped up news as I like to call it has always been around while serving overseas in hot spots like Viet Nam, Iraq etc etc etc I always told family and friends back home don't believe the news you hear as over half of what's reported is not true and it stills hold true even today.


I think the word important does not mean what you think it means lol


Meanwhile, the UN sits by while Russia "annexes" the Crimea and occupies Ukraine. Sure - go ahead and pick on the only democracy in the Middle East - the country where 20% of the population is Arab - Arabs who enjoy the most individual freedom of any in that God foresaken region.


It's simpler than that...just go find the proof, and you'll prove me wrong.  Very easy.

But instead you continue your way.


Instrument siting must adhere to standards. The GHCN and other sources of station data started out as weather stations run by volunteers. They had no agenda. The automated stations have no agenda. Again, those who maintain the temperature records are paid regardless of what the trends are. Read this carefully: There is no "financial incentive to show it's getting warmer". And nothing nefarious happens with the data analysis. The raw and adjusted data from the providers all show warming...actually the global raw data show greater trends than the adjusted.

No, you can't count SH temperature stations on your fingers and toes. As an exercise in reality, look back at the map of stations in the UHIE paper and count the dots in the SH. Now count your fingers and toes. Compare.

In addition to a the thousands of surface stations, we also have MSUs (satellites) with greater spacial coverage, radiosondes, and thousands of ocean buoys and ship measurements. Guess what? All of them show warming.


Yes I did predict that with the Donald the stock market will soon crash.  I still stand by this.  I have liquidated some stock but not all of it.  Soon is a relative term but I suspect the market will take a dive sometime later part of this year or beginning of next year.

As for the Donald being so much better what do you like most about him?

That he is Buddies with Putin?
That he is buiding his wall?
Thathe has locked up sweet Hillary?
That he has fired the person that is doing an investigaton of him?
Just curious have you ever read 1984?  Just curious but who do you the heros were in the book?

I frankly don't see how you can come to the conclusion that the Donald is better than Hillary.


Oh yes - the popular vote, no the Russians, No wait, Comey.....This is getting old.

NOW HEAR THIS - We will never allow 5 population centers to dictate who our President is, that is the law and always will be, the EC will never be abolished.

How about demanding the next Democratic candidate to:

a) avoid federal investigation
b) be in touch with the people that live in this nation
c) quit making excuses


Thanks, 48557 - good point, and said with a grin😄😅


APD needs to focus resources on keeping citizens safe Instead of busting pot clubs and wasting time on marijuana.


Come on Paul, how were the actions treasonous. No attempt to overthrow or sell/trade government secrets to the enemy occurred during Trumps remark.
I have no idea why everyone is so upset over this if those missing emails were so insignificant.


Only in 'Merika do we have for profit prisons. We all know there is no rehab involved. When we freedom ringers who put our trust in god continue to punish humans after they've completed their time with questions on job applications asking if you've ever been convicted of a crime, things will remain the same for the multi billion dollar prison system.

You seriously cannot expect someone to become productive after doing their time while not having the ability to find suitable employment, housing, education, etc., due to a previous conviction. Of course other countries like Canada and Great Britian don't allow this rationalized backwards mentality.

It costs at least 25k to 30k to house a prisoner. Think about that! Imagine giving a convict a check every month for 2000 dollars and telling them, hey, we want to stop paying you so get a job but we will prevent you from getting a job by holding you down but keep trying. And we are jumping up and down about paying for health care. Lol


Author sounds very judgmental. And the husband needs some patience.


Well he didn't castrate a "woman", he castrated a MAN. Women don't have the correct parts to be castrated. Science deniers.... what are you we going to do with you all? Next thing you know the earth will be flat and gravity is a hoax. And castrating a man doesn't turn him into a woman, it turns him into a eunuch. Doesn't anyone watch Game of Thrones around here?


Upset Outsider -- when you and your friends graduate from your junior high mentality, perhaps you will enjoy being an adult.


And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: "This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
 — Zechariah 7:8-10
The Democratic party favors policies that reduce income inequality whereas Republicans do not since reducing taxes on the wealthy (the most favored policy approach of Republicans), according to the CBO research, is less effective than policies that directly help the poor and unemployed.
"Three-quarters of Democrats favor raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations to expand programs for the poor as the better approach to lessen poverty. Republicans, by about two-to-one (59% to 29%), believe the government could do more to reduce poverty by lowering taxes on the wealthy and corporations in order to encourage more investment and economic growth."
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42574


I'd be interested in knowing how many homes were built in the 8 years of the Obama administration, or Bush and Clinton?
The author shows a picture from 2 years ago, he indicates that this has been going on for 50-60 years, and then
blames the Trump administration? Okay, I get it, its very popular to blame Trump for everything wrong in the world,
god knows he's earned(most) of it. But to be fair, these poor people have been getting screwed for a long time.
Andrew, its time to patch the holes in your suit, your liberal bias is showing through.


That was my first thought, too!

LMAO


If "all the best jobs and education options are in English" you might take a minute to learn how to spell in English.  The word is spelled "dying".


Instead of kicking a politician who's already down and on his way out, CB should watch for those hands are still in the cookie jar and abusing their positions as we speak. There's nothing new Billy Kenoi was caught doing that wasn't already done by other politicians before. This state has a history of corrupt politicians using their positions for personal gain, just Billy was caught this time. He's not the first nor will he be the last!


The NFL League Office was tax exempt until 2015. That is no longer the case. The billions of dollars made by the individual teams is all taxable income for the corporate entities that own the teams.


Agreed.    Per diem should be by receipts only, up to the monthly max, for starters.   There is absolutely no reason that Juneau and/or Anchorage legislators should receive the same per diem as say, someone from Bethel.    All salaried and hourly state employees (including legies) should have their pay cut 10% before they cut the non-state people's income.   There needs to be an out-of-state travel ban, except for emergencies.   We are in a recession, and protecting state workers comes at the price of job loss and income loss in the private economy.   That should not happen.   Do we want to have private citizens demonstrating and pointing at the state workers and saying, "YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF OUR POVERTY?"


Our prayers are with you NIC,  and your family, God Bless YOU.


First, OFSI's measures are not arbitrary. They are just ensuring those who buy homes are not overextending themselves. This also will apply to HELOCs. Canadians are over their heads in debt, much of this debt is from lines of credit from people using their primary residence as leverage to renovate or speculate. Those who have bought homes as a primary residence to fund their retirement are not the problem. They have not caused this bubble. Yet many of them have used their property gains over the last few years to redo their home interiors, speculate and purchase luxury goods. (I'm not accusing you.) Historically mortgage rates fall around 5~6%. OSFI's measures will brace us for the inevitable end to the cheap money binge around the corner. Yes, some home buyers will be pushed out of the market.........as they should be. Skip the Starbucks, etc., live modestly like mommy and daddy did and come back when you have ponied up enough for a down payment.


Exactly, might even find a lifer to drop a heavy dumbbell on their head.


Slow day at the SA today. We had high tides like this years ago anytime we had a good swell and higher than normal tides due to moon positions. More lazy non news coverage.


Grain of Salt & a Couple Midol. Wash it down with your coffee before you Blow or did you already....


Wow, the comment board here actually questioned whether my "civil" vote was really civil. "Are you sure" it admonished me, on a big black page. Jeez, is this 1984, or what?


They have to enforce every day! If they had been proactive and hired security and acted sooner it would have been a lot less expensive and the homeless would not have this territorial attitude.  There are beds in shelters and we should not lose our parks and streets to the druggies, mentally ill and drunks.  Get those children in schools.


Not all of the citizens. Just militias, right wing hate groups, trump enthusiasts, etc. a republican in Oregon already suggested employing the Oath Keepers to perform security for RNC events.


You misunderstood my association to the Russian meddling. Both this effort and the Russian meddling investigation are concerned with voter fraud. Plain and simple..so it is under the same umbrella of concern.
Would not a commission to study the vote expose voter suppression, voter fraud, and voter meddling....the only ones who should be against this effort are those who have something to hide...which according to you are the RWM..but they seem to be backing this effort...
Its the more liberal states that seem to be opposed..what are they hiding? ..After all its public records...the same records the big money voter groups use to determine who to call incessantly during the election...i'm not seeing the reason to oppose...it appears to me to be a chicken little scenario


Kinda like how the "baby boomers" funded the "Lost Generation" (my grandparents, who were only asked to pay a  few years into CPP before retirement at age 80, the "Silent Generation", "Greatest Generation" - My Dads generation although he himself paid his own way many times over after surviving 5 years wartime duty in the air force and finally retiring at age 83; and the "silent generation" which would include my Mom. Although she too loved to work, retired at 65 for 2 months and was asked back to work by her boss & finally retired at age 76.  I myself a boomer started working at age 12 (family business) and have willingly afforded my own way. Not sure about the saving habits of my peers or the millennials.


I don't think that is really possible.  It is insulting to worship with people who treat your priests less than their own.  This will get more tiresome over time - not less.  We must change and the laity must unite to make that happen.


0bama isn't President anymore.  Zero inconvenienced Kailua for weeks on end and I didn't hear you piping up then.


Do they plan on taking showers at the  cathedral?  I remember the installation and concern for the otherwise shelteredless.  In an odd way, Cardinal Burke is also seeking shelter.  From criticism


Every week as I stand in line at the supermarket I shake my head when I see what is being bought by so many families.  I doubt 1 out of eight of these customers are using food stamps as I can easily watch the cashiers and the customers transactions.  Most of what I notice is fast food items and not individual ingredients. It is more like standing in line at a McDonald's when you see  the microwaveable breakfast and no plain old groceries to make a breakfast.  Stacks of potato-chips and cases of pop  outnumber  other items parents are loading on the belts.

It a great result of the volume of TV ads showing how dad can toss in a pop tart for the kids and be done in 30 seconds with feeding the kids.  In the evening just head some hamburger helper in a few minutes and that satisfies the entire family.

Unfortunately when it comes to the food stamp buyers it is  easy to find items meeting the list of acceptable items in the quick fix ready to eat isles. Besides who teaches kids to cook?


"To be armed at all times."

I'm betting this nimrod these days is wishing that he wasn't.


What!!!! Russian puppet? Trump has been anything but a Russian Puppet. You're watching too much MSNBC.


What do I know I don't grow it but year's back I tried


Seems like Shopify wanted a bit of self promotion.  As far as I can tell, the writer agreed with Ms. Wente.  However, the Globe and Mail wouldn't have published a one line response saying, "yes, correct".

The writer concedes that not everyone will code, but that shouldn't treat computers as a black box, and that computer literacy is important.  That's exactly what she said.  The writer's comment about not teaching is also silly, since Ms. Wente has spoke out about silly fads in teaching math too.

The writer basically says he doesn't code daily, but uses the logical thought process to solve complex issues.  How is that skill specific to coding.


You can't just throw money at it irresponsibly. You have to rewire the entire sector.As California and Vermont have shown that single-payer costs as much as the entirety of their current state budgets, it will only work if you do everything Britain (and to a lesser extent the US military) do to make it happen. Big Pharma and health care provider (hospitals and physicians) profits and salaries will have to be heavily regulated, along with tort reform (lawyers), rationing, Charlie Gard death panels et al. And in 50 years the result will be Third-World health outcomes, just like Britain and the VA are experiencing today, as well as loss of all the free-market medical innovations that are the reason our border hospital parking lots are clogged with Canadian license plates. If that's the consensus, then enjoy.


Do you have her bra?  I think she lost it.


As you know your claim about McManus has already been thoroughly debunked. It was a case of NYT cherry picking quotes. Here is the response to this from Jewish JBS leaders: https://www.jbs.org/more-press-room-articles/item/3255-jewish-members-of-the-john-birch-society-clear-record-of-anti-semitism-charge-of-society%E2%80%99s-president-in-the-new-york-times  Funny you mention Zionism. While I consider myself pro-Israel I know many of the most violent opponents of Zionism are actually Orthodox Jews. Will you be insinuating that they are anti-Semitic next? I dare you to try.


I couldn't agree more.
Catholics (regardless of the time they have spent as Catholic) are free to level well-founded criticisms at the pope, whoever he is.  It seems that MSW wants it to be that only American Cradle Catholics can level criticism about the Petrine Office, in the person of the pope, and that only against a more conservative pope or on very specific issues.  Do converts have no conscience to obey, as well?  And if those well-founded criticisms are echoed by many Catholics who have been so from their infancy?  I guess Hizhoner Spadaro already addressed that dilemma.
All that aside, I do appreciate the humility evinced in the final three-or-so paragraphs.


I would welcome the day when 'faith based' hospitals do not exist.  It should be the patient who decides their own care within the limits of our law, not within the limits of the hospital staff's superstitions and beliefs. If you have religious beliefs, let those dictate what you do to your own body when you are ill, not other people's. What if the patient has no access to other hospitals or care?


What's out of bounds is decided by each of us when we rate a post.  And YES, I will be (and already have) said No to the childish names/spellings for POTUS (any POTUS).  I hope others do as well.