John,
But the lawsuit does not allege Chlorpyrifos use or misuse, correct? Why lump that insecticide with the herbicides the lawsuit lists?

I think of it like this... when I am using a miter saw to cut wood at work, I wear safety glasses, gloves, ear protection and have a working knowledge of the saw and how to use it right through training and experience. But I don't complain and file a lawsuit if my boss doesn't train me on an arc welder that I am not using, but it might be used in the next room over in the shop. And I don't file a lawsuit when my boss doesn't give me leather gauntlets and a welding face shield for my miter saw if I am not using the welder or in the vicinity of the welder.

I will be waiting to see the details of the case, not just the allegations! Because these are very serious allegations!


cyber surverillance is common to all national security agencies around the world.  It is just the way it is, just like manual surveillance going back centuries.  However the CIA is focused on evil terrorists and countering the cyber warfare from China and Russia, and they are disallowed by law from surveilling American citizens without a warrant - this is ONLY a good thing.

HOwever, I am hoping that Apple And Google will use this info to plugs holes in their security .. because you darned well know if the CIA can hack your phone so can the evil Putin empire and China too, and they have only nasty intentions.


Spent 25 years in New Jersey, but never at Ft Dix or McGuire AFB, and many summers at the shore. I know what I'm talking about so you better stick to Mililani and the race card. South Jersey is very nice and I agree with your comments on that.


How about IT'S FALSE. And, you and the media know it's false. There were millions of bites without voters in the recent election. It has been widely reported by CBS, NYT, even the Washington Post . It's why they couldn't do "recounts" in most Detroit precincts...37% more votes cast than voters. Do some reading. It IS a very serious charge and I hope people go to prison for this.


I can see that you're not very smart, so I will go easy on you.  First, you obviously don't know how to properly use quotation marks.  But I digress.  Here is a newsflash for you:  Police and fire departments are government agencies.  They are not businesses per se.  "Shareholder value" isn't relevant.  Did I dumb it down enough for you?


This comment and your implication is specific to developed countries, not the entire world, as noted from https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg2/WGIIAR5-Chap10_FINAL.pdf

"...the overall conclusion that the macroeconomic impact of climate change on energy demand is likely to be minimal in developed countries ...The current literature sheds less light on the implications for developing countries and on other climate impacts in the energy sector beyond those related to changes in energy demand. Europe is the focus of most of the literature so far. "

"The limited results indicate that developing countries likely face a greater negative GDP impact with respect to climate change implications for the energy sector than developed countries, largely because of higher expected temperature changes "

In the short term the net global economic impact may be small even though the local economic impact in developing countries may be devastating.  In the long term everyone suffers.


NIMBY at its worst!


It's interesting to speculate whether Bernie would have won the general election. Personally, I doubt it. His ideas were way too expensive to stand up to the light of day. Still, you never know. Trump voters were mostly voting against the establishment, of which Clinton was a prime example, while Bernie was as anti-establishment as Donald.


That's still a cop out. There are plenty of people that get abused and they don't ambush and kill two troopers.  Blaming anyone beside Nathaniel is removing all personal responsibility and making excuses for garbage being garbage.


If you commit a crime-no matter what color you are you are a criminal. Thats how it is every were!


Sure, go tell that to the family who's house blew up in Firestone.


sensible, grounded comment ducksrow. expecting wt to turn oregon around third season (you know, more depth, asst coach moves) and suspect he will skeedaddle end of third.


It's that nation-wide "it's a commodity" thing that they use to justify increases locally ... hey, .01%er's sweet mamas need to plan for Christmas, eh, Mr Mnuchin?


People who don't work, have low income, or depend on others for sustinence, do not view government spending as their money.

It's when one starts working for a living and pays taxes that one starts to view government spending as their money.


"White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, who received $285 million from Goldman Sachs when he left the firm to work with Trump, announced the planned rollback in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "


It is interesting on this site to notice that many of the people who said all those Bundy nuts were guilty of treason and were going to spend the rest of their lives in jail are the same ones making the same predictions about President Trump.

So far our local  legal 'experts' haven't seen anything but misdemeanor-level sentences and a few acquittals out of the Bundy stuff.

As prognosticators of politically motivated criminal verdicts our local liberals are not even as good as an astrologer or a palm reader!

Maybe they should take up alchemy; that hasn't been actually proven to be totally wrong!


Who cares? The woman earning 30% less than a male, that's who. You believe that is reasonable when they build the same widget?


How many people do that? Statistics please.


Everyone knows George A. Custer was last in his class at West Point.
Educated by Sitting Bull, not ever playing in Juneau. When 8th grade math gets confusing, run for a political seat, and look for an indian, with a brain.

Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had a vision in which he saw many soldiers, "as thick as grasshoppers," falling upside down into the Lakota camp, which his people took as a foreshadowing of a major victory in which a large number of soldiers would be killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull


Economies are all houses of cards- can't be avoided as they are necessarily founded on relationships, trust and faith. Trump says different and now we get to see what happens. I predict we will be seeing concrete results within a couple of months and, to understate the obvious, they will not be pretty for anyone. I hope I am wrong.


nigelnigel: "Ahh, so you failed civics, the President does NOT write legislation..."
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nigelnigel: "Yep, President's take the credit or heat for the legislation that they sign. They however do not write it."
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nigelnigel: "Presidents can write it all they want...."
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Before stating something like nigelnigel: "failed civics" you might consider what you are stating in your comment.
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See words matter and snarky words like nigelnigel: "failed civics" when stated incorrectly matter too.
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Many blame deficits on Presidents, "President Reagan's deficit," "President W Bush's deficit," etc. yet Congress is constitutionally responsible for spending.
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Many blame the President for recessions or credit the President when the economy is doing well but the President does not control the economy either.


No I haven't considered "Have you ever considered calling yourself a Whig?" but thank you for your opinion.

You might look at the Democrat platforms before... such as:

Federal income tax. The Democratic Party believes that all unfair corporate and individual tax preferences should be removed...

Direct expenditures by the federal government which can be budgeted are better than tax preferences as the means for achieving public objectives. The lost income of those tax preferences which are deemed desirable should be stated in the annual budget...


Ok, first off: stop riding your bike on this dangeeous road. Stop!


Nazi's where?  I thought they were vanquished in 1945.


Trump will boast to his mindlessly loyal mob, "This is the greatest hurricane ever!" -- until Ivanka reminds him that hurricanes are generally not nice things and might even hurt the poor stiffs who voted for him. Then he will blame the hurricane on Hillary and Obama, on the Democrats and even the Republicans. When the hurricane stops, he will take credit for stopping it. He might even promise to heal the casualties.
And his bedazzled fans will believe his every word, you'll see.


Thanks for opinion, and in the end thats all it is, an opinion, one of many and it carries no more weight than any other.


In limited play, Von Miller was great.  The starting defense played well especially against the pass.  Run defense is a definite concern.  Hopefully, Zach Kerr is not seriously hurt.  But without Wolfe, Crick and now Kerr...the Broncos are definitely shorthanded on the DL.  And teams are going to test the run defense early and often.  I still think Broncos have to scour the waiver wire (or trade option) to pick up a backup defensive lineman.
Todd Davis has to get his emotions under control.  Talib for once did the mature thing by asking Davis to calm down.  And Davis just behaved in a very unprofessional manner.


Bravo to the filmmaker for exposing the cruelty of the dog-sled racing industry. The dogs who are killed in this race die young and painfully, from injuries and conditions directly related to being forced to run more than a thousand miles in biting cold temperatures.


Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is carrying out sanctioned murders reaps the praise of Trump.

Of course, Trump would praise a fascist thug.  Fascist thuggery is on Trump's personal bucket list.


Running into one ignoramus doesn't constitute an issue. Complaining about it in the news and trashing all other Canadians is an issue. All this does is make you look like a whiner. The majority of Canadians who are accepting of others not like our selves, and accept multiculturalism will eventually  turn against you. Crying wolf too often is not a good idea.


Good going Trump


Justin has to be naive because no one could be this out of touch with everyday working people.


Soccer? You've got to be kidding me. Aside from from giving our kids something to do besides playing with their Xbox, it's about as boring as watching paint dry. Nil-Nil! Whoop-de-doo!


Mind your own business.  Go borrow a book or get a hobby instead.


I love this show.. I have my DVR set to record all new episodes so I don't miss any.. I was sad when Matt left the family to go get help but was glad he fessed up and admitted he had a problem and took care of it. And then again I was upset when BAM said he was leaving the family and didn't give a reason or a time when he would be back. I think if he rumors are true that he already had or has a girlfriend that is awesome and it's great because he is old enough to already have his own family and I wonder what it would be like for him to have a wife and have his own family and be out there in Brown Town I mean on the previews for the final episode Noah is talking about his girl moving to Brown Town.. I can't wait to see what happens!!


Wait a minute. Wait—a—darn—minute. Wasn't the goal all along to be able simply to say that there IS a Commission, rather than actually to have the Commission get all uppity and rock boats?


Baden Powell and Ernest Thompson Seton are spinning, I'm well.


It's also important for folks with OCD to touch the door knob twice.


Too very often in Hawaii, arson is revealed.


There was absolutely zero violence. How does this tripe pass for journalism in an educated, first world community?


This simply must be Fake News.  Everyone knows that ordinary citizens cannot carry or discharge firearms in urban areas around Washington DC.  And any Democrat knows that when you have "strict gun control" criminals cannot possibly be armed.  Criminals DO obey all the laws, right?


The Big Kahuna'a company consults on journalism, Native Hawaiian culture, music, and traditions.   Sounds like Apo is working every facet of local culture schtick. He should be teaching at UH Manoa.


"Why take the bus if it's just going to sit in traffic?"
1) You don't have to endure the stress of driving.
2) Taxpayers cover 74% of the cost.
3) It's practical.
Why does mass transportation always have to be "faster and prettier"? A 40-year-old Pinto gets you to the mall just as well as a brand-new Porsche. Considering how much this revised scheme will cost, and the time required for construction, and the associated lengthy traffic delays, tripling the amount of buses on Route 15 can be easily accomplished and reduce wait times to 2-3 minutes.
Los Angeles now has a great system on some of their busiest downtown streets. They have modern coaches which are comfortable and stylish, and using sidewalk cutouts they don't hold up any traffic. If it works for them, we can do it better.


Teaching American History:
The Confederacy
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OmOzrbPIHxI/VYuCk6u4cZI/AAAAAAAAGDU/RAxfrcvkvGM/s1600/Flag%2Bof%2BHatred-1.jpg
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.


Exactly.
"He would scream in my face, tell me I was worthless and no one would ever love me, punish through humiliation..."
This is not parenting. This is abuse, and I would not leave a child unattended with such a person no matter what century they came from.


Enjoying the show O? Hey, I never said that I "want a nuclear war", so stop implying that I did. We are part of NATO and sworn to defend its members. So it's not Clinton who will defend the Baltics, it's the US. Been that way for years.


... check a world IQ map..just the facts mam


Why are the Dubia cardinals so unworthy of encounter, accompaniment and dialogue?


For some odd reason, I don't buy that 300,000 are buying, according to the AP.  And then recalled the last time I trusted AP.  Back in the 80's,  it seems.


Jesus guy! It's because the article is about WILBUR ROSS! The fact that the connection was made through the Paradise Papers is purely a side issue.


Wrong again.

Kaepernick is quoted as stating his reasons for initially kneeling during the anthem was due to Sylville Smith's death by a cop in Milwaukee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/sports/football/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-49ers-stand.html?mcubz=0

The only problem was the cop who shot him was also black, and he was also found innocent of any wrongdoing in the shooting.

So much for your "racist white cops killing innocent black citizens" meme for motivating Kaepernick to kneel.

I bet you believed the bogus "hands up dont shoot" Ferguson meme too.


No. you are wrong. The legislation was passed in 1961 to assist Alberta. The Alberta price of oil was $3.00 while the Saudis delivered up the new St Lawrence Seaway to Chicago for $1.70, occasionally $1.50. The Americans lost interest in Alberta oil. (Sound familiar?)

Two new pipelines were built to supply Canada as far east as Toronto and Montreal. One carried Alberta natural gas (north of Lake Superior) and the other (Enbridge, south of Lake Superior) carries crude oil. All of Canada west of the Ottawa river which includes Ontario were obligated to use Alberta petroleum.

The Arab oil cartel artificially inflated the price of crude in the mid 70s, eventually to $30 from $3, and a world recession ensued. The substitute for the NOP, the new NEP, was intended to partially shield Canadians from the artificially inflated Arab cartel price.  Alberta felt it was it's right to have the cartel equivalent from Canadians, and so today Ontario buys oil on the world market (St Lawrence Seaway).


Is this what you really meant to say?

"The Party is Trump. But Trump is America, just as America is Trump!!!....... Trump!!!!!!! Sieg Heil!"


DSB The issue is - or should be not just public sector benefits, but also public sector wages, pensions, job security, etc. You appear to either blithely or thickly miss the point. The Liberal government is going after a very small minority of offenders - and goring a lot of innocent bystanders - while missing the real source of major inequity in this country. The reason why is obvious - the public sector has been coddled by Liberal governments and so votes overwhelmingly Liberal. The result however will be class warfare.  It has been simmering under the surface for years. PET's Jr and Frankie's Jr in their greedy and incompetent attempt to shift the narrative have now inadvertently lit the fuse. The irony could not be more rich. Two pampered children of wealth trying to cozy up to the Middle Class. And they succeeded - the only people in the Canadian middle class are increasingly public 'servants'. Hah - 'servants'. More irony.


I would encourage you to grow up and accept people for what they say they are. What you call propoganda, most call liberation.


Cory still needs to address his complicit collision with our corrupt health care.   We spend almost $10,000 per capita each year on health care, while the Canadians spend $4,533, the Germans $5,353, the French $4,530, and the British $4,125?
Here is the simple truth: the function of our current healthcare system is not to provide quality, cost-effective care for all. Rather, it is to create a complicated, wasteful and bureaucratic system designed to make many hundreds of billions a year in profits for insurance companies, drug companies and medical equipment suppliers.  Gardner is a major supporter of the illness!


Congresswoman Gabbard has always been fishy. She didn't attend the women's march, didn't boycott the inauguration went to Syria instead to meet with a Russian backed leader. Bernie would never have done this.
We have a constitutional crisis going on in Washington. Syria is the least of our problems right now.


Right. JPII and BXVI enabled and supported clerical sexual abusers, but we are supposed not to hate this behavior.


Agree as soon as they limit selling the commercially caught halibut to Alaskans...


Is this "Science" the Bible of climate ALARMISM that all must read?
Sorry, I am not in the congregation of the Church of Climate Alarmism


If their rally is intended to be peaceful then let them have it. This is cowardice on the part of U of T.


This "American" has to state that he thinks part of the difference is that we had a revolution to "form a more perfect union".  Canada's Confederation was trying for "good government", "order" and remaining close to the "Mother Country".  Here in Sarasota, FL, the winter home of thousands of Canadians, my congregation turned up the volume when a prayer was requested for those in political power this morning.

I am old enough to remember the reaction to being an "Anglo" in Montreal.  When the Francophones saw an American license plate or figured out I wasn't speaking "Ango Canadian" English, the attitude changed.  Canada has been through a lot and has survived.  I hope the U.S. does as well.  Yes, we are in a rough time especially those of us who heard the P.M.'s speech in Ottawa yesterday.  I could hear Barack Obama making much the same speech here, but Trump?  Not in a million years.  "Give us your tired, your poor etc."  Not in 2017 "Trumplandia".


“This was Ottawa in the 50's” you said ?...Ottawa didn’t change at all !
Raciste?...Québécois are Racists, they said ??? Why so much hate then for Québécois since 1775 when you are part of the problem for not consciously recognize the “Québec Act” ?
This is not Canada ...with a bunch of « Loyalists » Orangemen.  There is no place for a bunch of Ku-Ku-Klowns in Canada. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century an English
three Canadians was a member of the white supremacist organization Anglo-Saxon, WASP equivalent to the United States ("White Anglo-Saxon Protestants").
The "deprivation" of the identity of the Québécois Nation Anglo na-na-da is an "expert" in the field. Is it not what the Anglo Canada has done with the "deprivation" of First Nations Cultures?
"Cultural Genocide", said one of them, oui ?


oh lordy...where's the Donald and the Wall when we need them?


and here i was thinkin' that we'd heard the last of trevon "aersotar" allridge.  finally graduated to the big leagues.  proud of ya, buddy.


IRT Dai, I hope they do agree to a meeting.  It will be an excellent start.  Remember the North and South Korea has been working on uniting both Korea's for years.  If President Trump can begin serious talks on repairing both Korea's, it will be great for the entire area, including China.  Imua.


I had thought that my including the word "slimy" might mean I'm not being civil in my comment.  'Cause what's green and smells like bacon is stir fried string beans at a picnic in Ala Moana Park.  Ta da!


Give what a break little Earl.  Can you be specific?  Actually the Donald needs to give us a break from all the winning he has been having.  lol


Meanwhile, Ontario will be pushing for more investment in the automobile industry (conventional).....

And California has the future (electric vehicles)......just what Ontario needs - transfer wealth to California...well, at least Ontario doesn’t have to put up with California’s weather.......oh, wait....


re: rate hike seen delaying recovery

LOL

this is the start of a long unwinding for real estate

a crash

the Globe, what a kidder LOL


and the incessent stuttering is jsut unbearable to listen to


The working poor who don't get MY benefits?  They can have them if they're willing to pay the price that I paid.  I served 3 years in the Army including a year in Vietnam.  Last I heard, the recruiting offices are still open for business.  Your odds in a combat zone are better than  on the streets of Chicago or Saint Louis.

Livable wage, free college, (almost) free health care, free housing, free job training, free clothing, free food ... everything you want is available at your friendly local recruiter.  And chicks dig the uniform.


This article is short on information.

"Built in 1929 by Elmer Balsiger for his Ford dealership, the block-long building was recognized by the New York Metropolitan Museum of art as "one of the finest examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in the Inited States".


cont'd

Krauthammer asks:
"Why did he do it? FBI director James Comey spent 14 minutes laying out an unassailable case for prosecuting Hillary Clinton for the mishandling of classified material. Then at literally the last minute, he recommended against prosecution.
"This is baffling. Under the statute (18 U.S.C. section 793(f)), it’s a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or “through gross negligence.” The evidence, as outlined by Comey, is overwhelming."


Sad... ADN is publishing racial hatred pieces and calling it journalism.


Black's Law Dictionary of course is more prestigious and widely accepted.

http://thelawdictionary.org/libel/
http://thelawdictionary.org/slander/

And I did neither.

Barking your point again and again lowers your credibility more and more.  Have at it.

There is no question that you regularly (as recently as last week) "borrow and embed" the published and copyrighted work of others, presenting them as your own comments without attribution.


I think the word you are searching for is bully, jerk is too kind. In a small, owner controlled company then the CEO sets the tone. Most tech companies these days have taken on outside investment to some extent and in that case it is often the investors who make the decisions and demand results. One thing I can state with absolute certainty is that as long as the CEO is delivering results then he/she could smack down every employee and berate them to kingdom come and the investors would be cheering and demanding more. Now you could argue that over the long term that type of behavior is unsustainable and most would agree, but who cares about the long term when the plan is to exit with an IPO or acquisition in the next 18-24 months? Employees will take the abuse if they feel a windfall is coming their way and recruits will line up for a job despite a bad reputation.


I am looking to see how close modelled calculations come to actual. This would give a sense of "fit".  You can use the same approach for all models used.


GoBroncoMike, perhaps the coaching staff can see, what you can not see. Lynch, is in the same category as OZ, and Siemian. None of them can play a lick of football, and the common thread they share, is that they are Elway's big mistake. Why waste any time with Lynch, he has not shown any desire to play QB, in fact he would be content
knitting little booties with the ladies at the nursing home.


Since we have a housing shortage prices will go higher. The solution is to build more houses.


Grrr. I don't like this one bit.


this place is confusing for someone like me, that is not well edified on the nuances of sherry and has a predilection towards friendly service.

(This is my first ever internet comment! So exciting!)


What's with this deflection?


The two texts you mention contain what I consider to be fundamental Christian beliefs. Note though that there have been some very good Christians, even saintly ones, who did not believe Jesus was the "Word made flesh" during their lives on earth, e.g. Paul and the authors of the gospels according to Mark, Luke, and Matthew. And according to the Orthodox, RCs don't fully and truly "believe" in the Nicene Creed, when they insist on inserting the Filioque.

It looks like quite an imposition on your part, that you demand of me if I "believe" these things. Who are you to ask me that? What do you want that information for? What would you do with it once you have it? Why should I trust you? Are you my judge? I should add here that I challenged you earlier regarding your rhetorical expression "gift of life, God's gift," and you ignored it. So I guess you're the one who counts and gets to ask personal questions, but I don't count and should be expected to answer them. No thanks.


Cabela's doesn't sell full autos.


When anything is kept secret in state government, that almost certainly indicates corruption or, at least, questionable behaviors. At this point, a majority of legislators have determined that protecting the secrets of oil company tax credits outweighs the right of Alaskans to know where our money is going. It isn't a certainty yet, but a number of oil "experts" around the world are saying that oil never again will reach $100. The House compromise bill is absolutely the right step, but doing what is right for Alaska's people, instead of providing welfare for oil companies, isn't what Alaska's bought legislature does best. Only a few stand for principle and good governance.


Well...ostensibly, there's the minority and "rogue" elements in Congress, the Courts and the States.  Throw in any number of organizations that are willing to spend their cash on lawsuits.
 Assuming the looming onslaught of change in 2018 actually happens, there will be that, as well.

If nothing else, the Republicans proved out during the early years of Obama how a party can put checks on Trump.  All the Democrats have to do is figure out how to coalesce and make it happen...which it seems they're struggling to do in a lot of respects.


So how much are you paying into the EU system or are you just planning on taking advantage?


The 'protesters' in Toronto would be better off standing in front of Queen's Park protesting our current provincial government.


Hmm.  A previous Reply evaporated.  I simply pointed out that you omitted the back half of the story; the part where the Clark campaign team began immediately propagating misinformation about Ms. Higgins and then Clark herself attributed words to Ms. Higgins that she never said.

Your comment loses credibility when you leave out salient facts.


2 bikes vandalized and this is a news story?!


Good story.  I have been talking to people in management at Construction and Design firms over the past year and they have been telling me about the downturn.  They have no new projects in the pipeline.  We are heading into a recession.


You didn't shut anyone up.  Who cares what you think or write.  By the way, are you going to change your spots and sign up for the upcoming online subscription?  Can we rational thinkers be so lucky and shake a bunch of you off?


I think you mean, "The media are not public fora..."


Oh, perfect. A guy who just came out in favor of big banks further deregulation as well as CREDIT UNIONS!


The goofiest aspect of the entire Marijuana issue is that it was ever made illegal in the first place.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/how-did-marijuana-become-illegal-first-place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States


She reserved a seat on her original flight. She didn't check in on time, and the split seats were standby on the next flight (and only flight that got her there the same day). There is more information on Global.

If there was a problem, it was her not checking in online, and getting to the airport earlier.


My Marine callsign when I was a weapons company commander...heartbreaker 6.  Fitting.

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I thought you gave up those places for Lent.


Oh I read it!

And again, teach Latin and Greek.

As for this you quote: ->"By middle school, language immersion students often outperform their non-immersion counterparts in all subject areas, including English, on standardized tests" they need to *link to what studies and for how long!*

 We read these great statements a lot and yet, in another decade they learn that no, performance is not what it was anticipated to be. So how many decades of teaching Mandarin and Spanish have they followed into college or adulthood performances?

Example; Head Start (taxpayer paid) Preschool. Once they had enough years under their belts to track the results, this what they learned.
"Head Start Gains Found to Wash Out by 3rd Grade"
www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/01/09/15headstart.h32.html

Snarky comment by you: -> "Spanish screen name "como estas" even though you are not Hispanic" <- for my era had to learn some Spanish starting in Junior High.

So you are Russian Mrs. kak_dela?!  Good to know.


"Spat"?!

Just think of the consequences had the 'social group' had a heated disagreement...


6000 thousand miles away!   Why are we not trading with them now if "they would love to trade with us"


But our military personnel seem like such lovely people when we mindlessly applaud them at sporting events.  Do you really expect me to believe that trained killers get up to some nasty business in their spare time?


The link to the New York Times article goes over some of the details of the bill. Critics are complaining because the law gives the GMO companies the choice in how to label their products. One of the choices is the inclusion of a QR code, which can be on product packaging for a variety of reasons. Mrs. Gabbard's quote shows she voted against the GMO bill because it does not require plain English labeling of GMO based foods.


Dialogue is great.
But the Church's teachings and the Catholic Catechism are clear:
Homosexual behavior is sinful.
When the LGBTQ Catholics accept that teaching, then true dialogue is possible.
The same goes for the fornicators, adulterers, abortionists, thieves, murderers, child molesters, etc.


Very perceptive of you to note that.  They also, you might recall, had their fate in their own good hands playing TB @ home Thursday, and how'd that turn out?

But, to be fair to you, they are playing a team tonight, that like Vos Canadiens last night, have almost no interest in showing up, turning in any sort of decent effort.  Put on your uniform, go for a skate, avoid contact, don't get hurt the main thing.

Be shocked if Your Leafs don't win tonight.


Not entirely true.  Trudeau used the dead kids to get elected.


Apparently, it's the place where they watch people in the bathroom stalls.


Reacting to the Globe's pathetically peurile moral panic reveals the lack of seriousness with which politicians treat this and every issue.


I like Ms. Patkotak's articles as a rule, and I am politically sympathetic with her, but I am older, also. There was nuclear grandstanding, there was the development of MIRV nukes, neutron bombs, of course there was the Cuban missile crisis. As Vietnam heated up there was the international image of a Buddhist monk setting himself on fire, of a young Vietnamese girl running from napalm with all her clothes burned off. On the terrorism front there was the red army faction shooting up airports, the PLO and Black September movement blowing up planes, attacking cruise ships, and killing Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Oh, we had a lot of fun in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
There may well be LESS violence now than in days of yore. The difference being that courtesy of the internet and sites such as youtube we have no time delay and no distance from events that occur anywhere on the planet. We have more exposure and less sense of proportion.
As time goes by we will learn to parse the news.


Hello Paul. I must agree with part of what you said, in fact a large part of our nations citizens do in fact have very narrow vision when it comes to their parties chosen candidate. We see right here how words, being said by someone not in the chosen party are considered worse then actions committed by leaders of the chosen party. Having a discussion is for the most part a waste of time. I am not happy with myself getting drawn into a sidebar yesterday with Eric. My original point was never addressed, so many extreme partisans most just don't see or acknowledge they are not the smartest person in the room. The arrogance has gone beyond boring and I see myself stepping away from this site again.  I will vote for DT not because I like him but because I am so tired of the lies and the expectations of the parties leaders. They expect to be voted for by loyal subjects without question. I will no longer be used, the left still wants to be. DT is an outsider, we do need a change.


Well, I lived in Anchorage for 40 years. I admit I haven't lived there in 17, but I have commuted to work there for years, and have friends who live there. I did run across some crime while I lived there. Still never had a gun, nor felt the need for one. Regardless, I'm hard-pressed to say that crime has increased. More things have been criminalized, yes, but more actual crime? Id need to see some statistics on that.


I'm sure even our friend Boots will agree that too much of anything is a bad idea.  Or maybe not.


Those were manufactured overseas as well.  Trump maniacs doing their part to support foreign manufacturing.  The stuff just writes itself.


Because it costs money that's why.


I suggest that you go to a dictionary and look up "rite". You have, inadvertently I'm sure, suggested that getting stoned all day is a religious activity.


HAHAHA!


Not everyone around a university knows or cares about its traditions.  Remember one of their leading spokesman blurted  out "our tradition is to have no tradition."

One of the UO decisions that angered a lot of faculty some years back was the removal of our Great Seal from faculty stationary and replacing it with the "Autzen O" on the grounds our out of state athletes were confused by the  difference between the athletic department O and our  university motto.  It was a "branding thing" as pioneered by toothpaste ads.
Some saw it as a rejection of tradition and our history, others saw just more "dumbing down." I think the faculty, using their minds to move dull matter, got it back.

Motley, have you thought about the fact that a university has an odd contrast in goals, between supporting both "tradition" and cutting edge scholarship and progressive thought.
I believe  this is one reason we're having trouble dealing with Deady.


Your assignment for today, Doctor:

1. Re-organize thoughts.
2. Clearly state your position.
3. Identify cause-and-affect.
4. State argument within the word-count of ONE comment.
5. Resubmit.


When I watched the Donald speak in his 100-Day rally, he reminds me of someone very famous, equally colorful, just as hubris, with similar 'accomplishments'.

Benito Mussolini

The 'great' Italian fascist dictator masqueraded himself skillfully as the messiah, saver of Italy very considerable mess in the 1920's. His oratory rallies drove the crowd in to a frenzy, convinced Italians that he will make the country great again. It will be the New Roman Empire. And they believed him. Benito even did a 'little' invasion into backward Ethiopia, killed a few thousands, just to show he is a winner like Trump's 59 cruise missiles. Italians followed him for the next 15 years, convinced glory was coming. Then a funny thing happened. They hung him upside down like a pig after installing a couple of bullets in his head.

Put pictures of the two side by side. Don't they look similar?


Summary execution.


Lots of paranoid ppl living in America these days.


Could be time to CUT THE CORD


Excellent article.


You probably missed my post (in the G&M comments) that I haven't visited the Lower 48 or Hawaii since 1999. Yes, I've been to Alaska, but just barely since I'm a railfan.

What I didn't mention in my comment to the "Canada to make skilled-worker permits easier to get in wake of U.S. delays" story ... I used to travel quite a few times to the USA, always on business never for pleasure.
And in most of those instances, with very few exceptions, to get companies out of an expensive "pickle", since there was no qualified personnel in the USA to fix the "pickle".
It may come as a surprise to you, but some immigrants to Canada chose very wisely where to go. And I for one still do.
We also shop according to those "rules", not always convenient or less expensive, but ... we are Canadian!


Patty, I first thought this shooting was the act of a radical extreme Christian Right terrorist.


Helluva job, Nick...but always watch yer six in this town...


Wherever the money comes from, detox facilities need to be opened, and a greater accountability of evidence-based recovery is badly needed.  How many detox facilities does Anchorage have now, one?


His initials are probably JR!?


Ahh.  I'm not "reducing it" to "catechism for adults", only indicating that, for those new to the church, RCIA is the place where one properly receives an explanation that Annie thought necessary for the word being argued.


It will be interesting to see the response from the defendants' lawyers. That will tell us whether the legal kooks, or rational attorneys, are going to be in charge of the defense. If they mention the "enclave clause" of the Constitution in their response we know it is the legal kooks who are calling the shots.


People have discovered that the only thing better than not attending is attending and NOT hearing it.


Every country interferes with every election. How do you think junior got elected?


Latvia is not our friend, stop the scam artistry. Russia is also not our friend and Saudia Arabia certainly isn't as well.


LW2 - Nobody should be addressed as "Doctor", unless they are a real doctor. (Medical doctor, that is.) I'm offended by those that think their PhD diploma entitles them to such a title.

I will now brace for the reactions of the "triggered" ... looking forward to it, actually.


Umm you're comment makes no sense. The authorities needed time out, and the passengers needed a moment to reflect on what could have been.


CNN gave debate questions to Hillary Clinton's campaign team during the election.

They are clearly biased. Just visit their website.


Nope.

Lincoln disregarded Dred Scott, the Constitution, and settled law.

Yank terrorists such as John Brown further inflamed the crisis.

And Southerners fanned the flames instead of trying to work out a compromise -- e.g. Crittendon.

The Fugitive Slave Law was clear and Lincoln enforced it until 1862.

You do not dispute the fact that Grant was a rabid anti-Semite who pursued a strategy of Total War to murder innocent, defenseless Southerners and Plains Indians.

It is a complex story with plenty of blame on both sides.

You are not interested in facts, only pushing your political agenda.


True, and yet Iraq, Iran and Sudan ARE on the list and will all be represented. Go figure.


Trump is playing with Hawaii's survival.  Some of Trump's radical followers actually want nuclear war.  They are such nihilists.


Nincompoop, that's a nice one! I'm partial to silly goose.


in the entitlement culture you are taxed on your gains but don't you dare deduct your losses. We need your money to build roads we don't need in New Brunswick.


Exactly, Roy.  While I have found Jeff's advice almost always useful over the years, I found this article about as relevant as "After years of research, doctors come to shocking conclusion: hunger can be alleviated by eating".


From 12 years ago to today, I've had different jobs, different life partners, births and deaths of family members and friends. Because of those things in simply maturing, I'm a different person now than I was in 2005, and I suspect most of us, including Trump, are different than we were back then, albeit to varying degrees. So I say that 12 years is a long time. And I suspect I've been in more locker rooms than you've been. It's not always pleasant. Sure, I'm guilty of some confirmation bias, but there are seriously far more concerning things about Trump (and I voted for him in the general election) then this remark of 12 years ago.


The issue now is that Alberta is out of service until they throw out the bums in 2019.  Expect the BC welfare rolls to burst.


IDK, Raitt, Chong, and maybe Scheer might have a broader appeal to Canadian voters, but I expect the party is going to go with a more popular but less mature candidate.  (Of course I hope they pick O'Leary for the entertainment value!)  I'm a "progressive" voter, but I'd rather they picked someone who can uphold conservative values and speak to important public issues from the right, because we need better politicians on both sides of the aisle.


Sadly the silver spooned social justice movement , reflecting a snobbish hostility towards the ' petit bourgeoisie' is on the ascendancy in Canada ....the middle class is, in fact, the lifeblood of any economy and it is being strangled by the Federal and Provincial governments in the name of social justice and equity.

President Trump intends to be the champion of the middle class in contrast to our domestic parties who wish to hobble it....no wonder he is hated.


When you think something you use and depend on is bad don't battle those that supply it unless you are willing to take the risk and do the work these Alaskans do to bring you a safe supply unless you want to depend on the Middle East or OPEC!

Let's put Alaskans to work and let Alaskans drill and produce oil so we can keep the oil wealth here and not there!

Give Alaskans the work! Why buy oil from OPEC and put Alaskans out of work and leave the state without oil royalties! Do you choose Alaska over OPEC?


Another competent, successful, dare I say a "winner" in his cabinet.
Great job President elect Trump.
40 days Snowflakes !


The Ottomans are back.
And 'friends' with the Russians.
Isn't Great Britain 'friends' with Turkey too?
United in their dislike of the EU.
What`s somewhat surprising is that London is home to so many Russian Oligarchs.


Why is it that blacks always need help?  At the rate the Obama administration shoveled money at social programs, its no wonder the country is almost broke.  Some words of wisdom fromThomas Sewell are in order here.


I think the strategy of hoping they will go away isn't going to work...it is clear that the last campaign gave legitimacy to extremism and white nationalists, junior KKK, new Nazis, and fomented racism. The little 'd' was at the center of this is also no surprise...he has rested on the fringe for quite a while..."birtherism and some other stupid stuff. It got him attention, and he found that the more stupid things he said, the more press he got...it may never have occured to him that people actually believed this bs. Of course he too brought out from under the rock Stephen Miller and Bannon, among others, who are on the tail-end of the fridge. Did you hear Miller's silly take on the Statue of Liberty? He dismissed the experience of millions! The prince of Orange broke it, he bought it, but he can't fix it because then his polling will be under 10%.


Loretta Lynch said she would abide by the findings of the FBI's investigation into Clinton's e-mails....AFTER she strong armed "J.Edgar Comey"...What were the discussions on the tarmac with Slick Willy  about? Did he assure her she would still have a job if she made the investigations go away after a Hillary victory?  She has a long history with Slick Willy. Slick appointed her in 1999 as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York . She also worked at the law firm Hogan & Hartson,   the Washington law firm that served the Clintons.
Did her heart drop when Hillary lost...knowing an investigation was right around the corner.  If there was any "collusion" and "obstruction" we need look no further than Loretta Lynch. It's no longer the Federal Bureau of Matters, Loretta. It's BACK to being the Federal Bureau of INVESTIGATION.


Did you?
How the part where it says the red states have more violence and the red states receive 300 billion in federal funds over revenue compared to the 30 billion in blue states.  It's the blue states that support the red states.  How can it be more clear?   How about that economics lesson?  Doesn't really jive with rhetoric coming out of Orange Man.


Unjustifiable accusations of racism should result in an immediate poster ban IMHO.


The EU is finished, thanks to Merkel and the euro.


Sajjan does look a little like Medusa, so maybe there is something to the story.


Or a snake??  Go ahead.....say it!!


Monica... I love you. ❤


Anything is possible I suppose, but Trump has a long way to go to do as much damage to the world as George W. Bush did under false pretenses and quite possibly a false flag.


They armed him,  "and this is the thanks I get"!


4% growth should be good for America.  We have not seen that sort of economic expansion in  over a decade.  Even with a doubling of the national debt by the current lame duck administration.


Read the decision. The constitutional right to have a gun applies to your home for your protection. Having a gun elsewhere, in your car, on your person, or for another purpose, is a matter of statutory right. Your bluster does not impress.


Well, now there's a coherent post.  I don't agree with  anything but the 'laughing' part,  but at least it made some  sense.  You must've  put the ole  pipe aside for a bit


Illegal aliens have a real impact on Colorado taxpayers, schools, medical facilities, roadways, prisons, parks etc. Programs such as DACA only further encourage this type of illegal behavior. Was it their fault they were brought to the U.S. illegally as minors, no. However, they are now adults that know better and should take the same steps towards legal immigration as everyone else.


If you mean that someone had to interpret those squiggly marks on paper or papyrus, and from them form in their brain the meaning of the words, and then connect the words into sentences, I am with you 100%.

If you mean that the plain words did not mean what they say, or that the Church lacked the authority to assemble the canon of Scripture and authoritatively interpret it, I have some issues with that.


It is what it is.


More people die from drugs then do from guns. Do you say the same thing about drugs? BTW, all of the gun crime associated with the use, acquisition, manufacture and distribution of drugs gets counted as a gun crime not a drug crime.  Yet drugs still beat guns as a public health crisis.  More people die from bare hands then do from rifles every year.


Right.  I'll just release some of my cherished "pet" piranha in your reservoir or swimming hole so they can live out their lives "naturally".  Don't worry--I'll clip a piece off their gill-covers so you'll think they've been sterilized and will no longer reproduce.  Sound OK to you?


Nom- It was the cesspool the mill made of Sitka's air and water ;itwas the cost to the federal government of heavily subsidizing log and pulp exports to Japan; it was the degradation to spawning grounds; it was the clear-cutting damage;  But it was also the stimulus heeded to get creative and energetic Alaskan entrepreneurs starting value-added small businesses all over the Panhandle!! - Just a dose of reality for the inertia-laden naysayers  for


We are not having babies because we are selfish? Really?

It is usually the other way around. Impoverished countries tend to have larger average family sizes due to the lack of affordable birth control and lack of a social safety net when parents get old (they rely on multi-generational households).

So, like most first world countries we have a negative population growth. Thank god. With the world's population expected to grow to nearly 14 billion in the next 20 years we are going to have a real challenge feeding everyone and avoiding large scale warfare over resources.

The UN expects population to level off at about 14 billion as more people are pulled out of poverty assuming globalization is not reversed by the recent political trends.


An all-party legislative committee does it's job....a rare example of such behaviour....and the Premier decides to do an end run around it?!  Unbelievable.  So much for a new approach to government by the NDP.  Why even bother with MLA's and legislative committees at all?


I find it hard to believe that there are that many people out there wanting to keep the limit on taxi cabs to get enough signatures.  Oh well, let the voters decide.  I think the taxi drivers have lost this one!


Under the Liberals it appears that Canada is destined to be a country made up of the middle class and refugees. The "so called" wealthy will either be leaving the country or moving their assets abroad, the country will learn that trying to "over tax" the "so called "wealthy is a losing game!


Read Hilary talking about Putin's "manspreading" the other day.  Thank GOD she is not president.


IF the USA doesn't lead, there will be no progress on climate change.  It's not just our emissions--though they are considerable, especially per capita--it's our national attitude towards the crisis that causes the trouble.

Since WWII. it's been an article of faith in the American main stream that the US is the world's "one essential nation". If anything, this has been a bedrock conservative view, underpinning, for instance, the "coalition of the willing" in Gulf War I and Bush II's Iraq War.

It's only on climate change that conservatives dismiss this otherwise undeniable American singularity. Why is that?  This is what Krugman want to know. How does this unaccountable thing happen.?


absolutely, removing it was a huge mistake. it stopped the land and stay visitors that make our immigration rules meaningless


Bud Light and "sophisticated" don't belong on the same Web server, never mind in the same headline.
And that's fine, there's a market for that style of beer.
But craft breweries started for a reason, for people who want difference and boldness and originality -- and now SAB Anheuser Miller Busch is snapping them up for profits and homogenization.
Make American beer bland again.


For over fifty years I have listened to local and federal police lie outrageously about pot, in person and in the media.  This reconfirms my observation that Canadian police officers are compulsive liars.  They invented, shamelessly, all kind of garbage about the "dangers" of taking pot (but said nothing about alcohol or tobacco, probably because they consumed them themselves).  Time for these clowns to retire.


Suggesting that DACA contributed to the surge of children crossing our southern border in 2014 is simply a lie.


Take off the tin foil hat and try to deal with facts, bud.  Name me the last terrorist attack committed here by non-American citizens?  9/11?  Any others before or after that?  I know, I know....those pesky facts.  Get you every time.


If you think Goldberg's stats are cherry-picked and 'utterly meaningless', show us the numbers that say otherwise.

Otherwise, your opinion could be construed as no less biased and meaningless as Goldberg's!  :-/


'This old Earth has seen a full share of travesty. Almost every species lives at the expense of other life forms. To live, we compete.'

Calling the very essence of our planet's natural existence a 'travesty' is a dubious premise to build any logical argument upon.  As luck would have it, the author doesn't make an attempt at logical argument, but instead seems to have cobbled together some thoughts around a theme (global population) with political manifesto:

'Population density increases strife that leads to hasty measures like bombing the hell out of them…”them” being those of different origins, lifestyle or creed.'

The part that really made my head shake is in the last paragraph:

'The challenge for quality-of-life-minded generations will be to find more thoughtful, peaceful and voluntary means.'

Voluntary means of thinning the herd?  Really?  Wasn't there an episode of Star Trek about that?


While not having a dog in this fight, I don't live within the city, I have resided locally since the late sixties, and one thing is abundantly clear, Eugene has and by all evidence will continue with a misplaced idea of what constitutes needs versus wants. Not to mention the serious lack of vision on where the money comes from.


No matter how much the media kicks and screams, Trump's ban is consistent with the actions being taking by other nations. Walls are being put up, and it is their right to protect themselves. Countries without borders are no longer countries.


It's easy to blame the worker bees when they have been stuck with implementing something with insufficient funds, planning and schedule. Harper and Clement did this with Phoenix and SSC. You think Phoenix is a big problem - wait until you see how SSC pans out! No, it's not all the fault of the public service - most of this work is being done by private sector contractors.


A man who fears the light attacks it with darkness.

Haters like the dark and they follow blindly.

The best disinfectant is the light. Keep shining the light and ignore the baiting.


To be fair, they didn't analyze any Canadian cities and Toronto meets most of their demands.  It's a long shot, but worth pursuing.


prefer the piece in the Citizen unearthing the fact that Pearson was a racist who prevented black american soldiers from coming to Quebec where their presence might be upsetting to the people
i bet even Southey could do with a little unearthing hey maybe even the founder of this newspaper and its owners


Behind the protests is Pro North Korean activists who also organized mass protests against Canadian/American beef over mad-cow disease concern.   Of course, the concern could not have been far from the truth, and yet they managed to spread false claims, triggering outrage among the general population.   I went to a university over there where 10~20% of the students were communists or North Korean regime followers back then.   Most of them became career activists whose job is to incite mass protests on going basis.   They are also backed by North Korean regime directly and indirectly.  Samsung is always their target.   When things settle, we will find out, as always has been, that there was not much to see in the first place.   The general public will forget and move on.


Any day in the last week, if you look at the Sydney Morning Herald, you will likely see but a single article on Trump.

Compared to the countless ones on the front page of the G&M.

Even the NYT eases up, once you get past the top 1/4 of the front page...

I have not seen it yet, but I am waiting for a food section article "10 dishes to cook now that Trump is US President"...

On the other hand, can you blame the editors? If it generates clicks, why not?


" Even UCP’s acronym, which unleashed a flurry of juvenile jokes"  like manning's "C.R.A.P."   Amateurs.  Idiots.


The idea of paying bonuses to EXs is ridiculous--do they pay fines when targets fail ?  The workers get the job done and are lucky to get a 1.3 % pay raise. This new system is/was and still continues to be a disaster and heads need to roll.


"When civility disappeared, there was no holding back the floodtide of hate speech and assaults on those who could not control or alter what made them easy targets: the color of their skin, their accents, the faith they profess."  ---  The fact they were born female?  Did we forget one?

I love how NCR and many prominent Catholics seem to very often forget sexism is as bad a sin, and as  harmful as racism, and ethnic, and religious discrimination.  I think they don't forget but instead skim over sexism because there is no getting around the fact that we are a sexist church that inspires hatred against women by treating them differently and less than men in our ordination practices and governing practices.

If we were still buying and selling black people would we just skim over racism too?  Probably.

We have made the country and church that we have, and it is up to us, the common citizen and lay person, to change both institutions if we want a peaceful and just and godly world.


You're kidding, right?  Christian prayers are prohibited in public schools.


I take your point on the 23 signatures. But a previous letter to similar effect circulated with 45 names (some of them are on both letters) in late July according to NCR. I leave you to draw your own conclusions on that.

People on here, or all over the internet, can say what they like, and do.

The point I am trying to make relates to this as a public letter, and a letter signed by people presenting themselves as experts. The letter is clearly designed to create the impression of an academic consensus, or a quorum of serious opinion on the matter - that is, the opinion of people who know the topic and should be reckoned with more seriously than, say, my opinion on supply-side economics or your opinion on quantum mechanics. I don't think this is a particularly difficult point.

If the signatories were simply asking the Pope for clarity, there was no need for an open letter. Making it an open letter is designed to draw attention to their request for clarity.


Trudeau is so obstinate and unreasonable that he makes Harper look like Mr. Malleable by comparison.


One of the main reasons I voted for Trump. The SC was the most important issue for me and I knew Hillary would pander to the identity politics crowd. (She was a horrible candidate to boot)


For all you know, people were kneeling in prayer for for other reasons before Jesus of Nazareth was even born.
It's just your way of diverting attention from the issue of racial injustice, or peaceful dissent.


Those weren't crickets. They were head lice.


More cars, than parking stalls, and home owners, have to pay for a parking placard.

Honolulu has become so overcrowded, that it is now penalizing its citizens, for parking stalls.

I predict, that private parking lots, will be a new business venture.  A land owner, can make more money with a private parking lot, than collecting rent, from a residential tenant.


Canada's opposition to BMD is based on it being a 'first strike' enabler strategy.


Be that the case, there's no reason for your persistent ad hominem attacks.

Check this thread of comments.  Analyze your attacks and, perhaps, try to understand your own nastiness and anger.  I've come to expect such attacks from you and it doesn't particularly bother me.  However, it's sad that you have the inner anger which you vent in your posts.  Again, check this thread of comments, I think it clearly demonstrates that venting of anger.  I wish you the best dealing with those inner demons.  If it helps to vent them with ad hominem attacks on me, that's fine.  However, in the long run, you probably should seek help.  best wishes, Gary


I run a rescue that often has to rehabilitate these dogs. They love running because 95% of their life is tied to a short chain. Get over yourself and the bs that any intelligent, social animal *loves* that, and prefers it to being in a comfortable, loving home where it gets affection and mental stimulation daily.
100% of the sled dogs we've rehomed flip their minds if you try to put them back on a tie out.


I believe the earth's climate has changed over the past 50 years but I don't know what's causing it nor am I convinced that doing everything that many people are saying will have a significant impact. I'm also cynical as I believe a lot of what politicians, on both sides, are telling us is more money driven than anything else.


CA is doing great?!?!?   They are billions and billions of $$ in debt!!!  The unions run that government and those politicians, and have driven it into the ground.   Same thing that will happen here.


There should be no making of excuses for this gubbermint that has mortgaged our children.  The generation that elected it will have to hang their heads in shame in the future.


The Troll is strong with this one.


No, EP, that's just typical scapegoating.

...And ample intelligence was not supplied to him beforehand.  Ample information was in multiple places, but there was no one collection of this information, nor the capacity to integrate it in a timely way to develop a real threat assessment.

TLDR: it's easy for us to see in retrospect, since we know an attack happened.  That's backcasting.


franco prairie wrote:

"Trying to deflect what Trump already deflected, is ..."

... pretty durn funny.


Yes, his policies will progressively deliver the few remaining manufacturing jobs to Mexico.

And then we can pay progressively more tax to fund the ever growing Canadian government bureaucracy.


CB even has an investigative media critic.  That's a first in my experience.  Always innovating there at CB.

KHON has it's biases, and problems.  Not that any of them are perfect, but in my experience I no longer expect them to be fair and objective.  Maybe they are fair and balanced enough for Fox News though.  There are certainly good reporters doing good work there, but there is some overarching editorial control that may foster this sort of thing.  I'm guessing here, but maybe its anchor Joe Moore.


Because it's against the law.  Why do liberals feel the law doesn't apply to them?


As someone who is often in urgent need of a toilet, I disagree that we should force businesses to simply open their washroom doors to anyone.  I do believe that setting a 'minimum' and 'maximum' amount for the use of a washroom is reasonable and should offset some of the cost of stocking and cleaning it.

Some businesses in Europe do require a purchase and then your receipt has the code to gain access to the restrooms.  No reason something similar couldn't be implemented here in various stages.

As for the homeless etc etc, time to set up portapotties in easily accessible areas and hire them to keep them clean.


We need more bikes and public transport, and fewer cars.


Trump doing a good job strengthening our ties to Saudi Arabia, our most important ally in the Middle East along with Israel. A lot of people were opposed to the arms deal with Saudi Arabia which started with Obama but was often challenged because of the role of Saudi citizens in 9-11 and the role of the Saudi's in funding terrorist groups. Saudi's  have provided vital air fields for the US as well as intelligence in the region. I recall debating people who objected to ties with Saudi Arabia on this board because of its Islamic fundamentalism and connections to funding terrorists. We are pinning our chances for success in this relationship on young (early 30's) Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud. The Prince favors the westernization of the country and a buildup of its military. We will also support him in the war in Yemen against Houthi proxies of Iran. Republicans are chafing a little on this because they feel these developments are happening without congressional input.


In this case I agree with Palin.  Media and Clinton campaign are hypocrites.  What is different about this comment than what Gore did in his loss?


If that was the case (which it isn't) they must have taken that straight from the Israeli hand book eh Judea?    Special laws, victim card to avoid criticism... it is all there....


.

"Warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition operating over Syrian government-controlled areas west of the Euphrates River will be tracked as potential targets, Russia’s Defence Ministry said Monday, a day after the U.S. military shot down a Syrian air force jet."

--

Is that supposed to be some kind of threat?

Note that Putin says he'll only "track" US warplanes.

That's because he wouldn't dare do anything more.

In a conventional military confrontation with the US military, Russia doesn't stand a chance.

They are out-gunned and out-technologied by the US armed forces in the area, and they know it.

Unless Vlad is willing to go nuclear he can only bluster and bluff because he will be humiliated if he puts his forces up against the US military, to say nothing of the other forces in the coalition.

Notice how carefully the Russian Defence Ministry phrased their response?

"will be tracked as potential targets."

100% bluster.

And what will Assad do?

A big nothing.

.


There has never been a resolution to the conflict, so we are still at war with No. Korea.


and that $130,000.00 will end up as only the down payment from the city.


The Curia is often not open to answers.  That is the tragedy.


He was 57YearBroncoFan for 3-4 years now.

That's like someone saying they are a "former" life long fan but aren't dead yet.


Hawaii 5-0 is not reality TV.  It's like Hawaiian Eye had been.  Token Hawaiians purposed for lining the pockets of Hollywood in exchange for boosting our State's commerce.  If you wan't your Waikiki, a car for everybody in your household, gridlock, a McDonald's at every other block, Costco, your jobs supporting your trips to Vegas and junkfood lifestyle, then...you better root for these three fake Hawaiians hired to fill in this next season.  Be smart...don't get "Lost" in the "Adventures in Paradise."


Why should the military get strapped with the expenses and issues of this new idea that we can change our genders?

These "procedures" require a lot of ongoing medical work, including constant HRT.

The military rules a lot of "groups" out.

You cannot join the military if you have any medical conditions that require constant treatment or excessive accommodation (asthma, diabetes, even minor epileptics, permanent STD's/STI's (like HIV), people with cancer, etc.).

Apart from the more substantial question of how does taking on these folks improve combat effectiveness.

What it will do in one sense is show how much accommodation has been done for women in the military in terms of degraded combat skills, as the Rand study of the Marine Corps experiment showed.


Interested in why absolutely no mention of violence at this event from the other side


wow another hate trump nut job that cant understand reality


Might I ask for supporting facts on the number of evil white pimps as opposed to the number of kind Black pimps and drug pushers?

You are correct, some original colonies and colonists were sent west with grants and titles.   Such as the original Jamestown but just in case you missed it, there was a thing called the revolution where ties with England were severed so I am not sure what 'land grants' you are referring to.

Yes, a part of this Nation's history contains slaves.  Some of them from Africa where African people captured other African people and sold them to White people.  Yes there are many people today with poor living conditions, education etc which tend to segregate into public housing, living on taxpayer money, single parents, gangs, violence, drugs, riots, and violence.  Many are of African descent.

Virtually all of their living conditions are a direct result of liberal 'progressive' Democrat policies.  If the "great society" was so great, why have the gettos grown?


I doubt the APD could figure it out, just like the State Troopers, who have to get the Fed's to do the job of an Alaska State Trooper.

You should move to Alaska someday, and review the Alaska Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of criminals on display.

You'd need the Queen Mary to haul em all. A Pickup isn't big enough.

http://alaskareport.com/news/z49999_corrupt_bastards.htm


It does matter if the occupied land is a disputed territory. The new Arab state has no claims against Israel, it's all UN-driven politics and not the law.

That's why US calls Israeli cities and villages in Judea and Samaria ILLEGITIMATE, but not ILLEGAL.


There always has to be someone to bitch


This is what I cannot understand.  Who cares if this was a crime?  This is clearly so wrong and inappropriate I cannot understand how anyone can defend this.  Russia is America's great enemy.  You do not try to work with your country's largest enemy to defeat your fellow Americans.  WTF


Don't worry about the defence increase - that money will never come and here is why:

1.  No White Paper/Defence Program has been implemented as promised in over 40 years;

2.  The economy would have to rebound spectacularly for those funds to be available;

3.  The Liberals have back-loaded the funds so they can ask for voter forgiveness in 2019; and

4.  The current government's track record on promises to date doesn't suggest a successful implementation for DPR.


"and because of the province’s complicated form of proportional representation,"
Maybe all those anti Trudeau people who can't understand why after a sober second though has decided not to follow through with election reform might look at other governments who are stagnated by proportional representation.


The author of this article displays Stockholm Syndrome.   Pathetic and sad, sad most of all for her children who have been exposed to this disorder.


Obama did that already, and China too.


Insurance companies shouldn't be able to dictate costs.   Eliminate them.  Establish single payer.  These are profit driven corporation, purely.


Every Provence from Ontario west will have a conservative Priemier by 2019. Their will be NO flashing of a dead boy on the beach face down or a " anything but Harper " campaign funded as " union negotiation fees "

One must muse how desperate the  raging left is becoming with the looming presidency of Trump.

Psssst Justin, Trump isn't a globalist - now what little potato?


14 is a minor.  Same age as the man who accused Kevin Spacey. ANYONE who pursues or has sex with a minor is a pedophile.  I guess it's okay for republicans, like Trump and Moore, and it's only a sin if you're a democrat. What a bunch of hypocritical fake-religious creeps.


Wow, thank you Jon, I was schooled today. Something to really think about.


Does anyone know if Honneman was the guy who caught Rollins in a sex-capade and said nothing....Just asking.


Of course, i bow to your expertise. Your comment is a sad commentary on the state of the church. If the synod becomes a fiasco, then indeed more people will simply walk away and become "dones."


Don't you just love how they call it Family Planning when it's nothing more than eugenics.  Maybe if they were honest about it instead of putting it in terms of women's health it would give them a little more credibility. Make no mistake, their priority is to reduce the numbers of black and brown people planet-wide with your hard earned tax dollars.


I did read the article and it does not explain "this".  It provides details of Trump's and the Kremlin's denials, which, in itself, is proof of nothing except of what they said.  The Kremlin's denials mean nothing.  Trumps denials may, but as he's shown so well in the past number of months you can't take him at his word.  Perhaps Kelly Ann Conway will come out later today and tell us what Trump really meant to say.... :)


Macron is such a cuck.


I am starting to weaken and beginning to  think, "maybe you guys are right"... I am so fatigued by these stories of acts of violence  committed the name of Islam,  that I  find myself thinking recently  " why are me letting this primitive ideology take root here in Canada"?  I feel  embarrassed that I am starting to think this way.  Somebody please convince me that  this thinking is wrong because I  am not sure I want to turn into the type of person I used to mock.  Maybe its just a weak moment... I have a pretty bad cold now.


Herz' story is relevant because it shows what seems to be a growing " **** you!" attitude toward average constituents among state politicians, from per diem paid under questionable circumstances to intentionally pushing the state budget so far out of control and accountability that nobody outside of the legislator-lobbyist cabal knows where (or to whom) the money goes.

One expects the situation will change only when "sentiments in Juneau" are provided incentive to change.

Two such incentives may be referenda for moving the capital to Anchorage and conducting an outside, forensic audit of state finaces and management practices.

And maybe a question to the IRS hotline about tax consequences of collecting "per diem" in one's hometown...

It could happen.


Thank you for understanding the point.


Well, the ANC is doing this very well already. Their small and gross skeletons, thugs and trolls are in a veritable grotesque orgiasmic dance.


1) they are too slow on rent, @ $1300 + for a 1 bed its already priced in > increased during 2017 more than 1.5% should be rolled back. 2) The buyers tax and data collection should apply to vacant land, farm land and recreational property as well as residential


Good idea. Why should teachers have to be credited teachers to teach? Lets just let any one that wants to, teach our children their personal beliefs.  Please read the bill.  The main idea for it is to make sure REAL teachers are giving the classes.


For what it's worth, and it's probably not worth much, I remember my Mom telling me about how she and her brother and sister would ride the train from Boulder down to Denver on Thanksgiving Day for the big rivalry football game between CU and DU.  Today, DU no longer plays football, and there is no longer passenger rail service between Boulder and Denver.  Even the Boulder train depot is but a distant memory.


In regards to:
"North Korea’s military today presented leader Kim Jong Un with plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam and “wring the windpipes of the Yankees,” and "foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees"
.
Why isn't everyone (the democrats, the media and the international community) attacking NK for using provocative language ?
If Trump said similar things about NK at this point... all h*ll would fly !!!


What he did was not justice; it was a criminal act, actually several. The men he attacked had committed crimes, were sentenced, served their punishment, and were breaking no laws. Even if they had been breaking laws, we do not have a system of vigilantes. To praise this man for his criminal acts puts you on the same footing as he.


I contributed an idea, you simply don't like it. ODOT is filled with future PERS recipients which will only further the problems. The commercial sector is far more capable to design,  build and maintain our transportation infrastructure.


Trumpet thrives on the rallies he organizes to attract his base of adoring but disillusioned fans. Whenever his massive ego requires refueling, he goes to a place where he can be certain the audience will be only his supporting minority.
If anyone in the crowd makes a negative comment, he yells at them to GET OUT, GET OUT! This resembles the rallies in Germany in the1930's. The resulting disaster including the holocaust must not be tolerated here. We need truth not lies.


Your comments really show how ironic and hypocritical the left is about this man.  The news covers every minute detail about he and his family.  Recall, Barry the Wonderchild didn't get nearly the scrutiny.  It was all roses and coffee cake with Michelle and his daughters.  It was news stories about how great she looked in a dress that could be bought at Target.  But with Trump, it's stories nit picking Melania's choice of shoes.  And you on the left lap it all up and drink it down and use it to condemn him, his family and anyone associated with him.  Then, you have the gall to question someone who points out that he made billions or points out any of his other accomplishments.  And these aren't minute accomplishments.  So funny, the smallest negative news is big to you, and the biggest accomplishments by him are discarded.  I now know why liberals have houses with no mirrors.


Plug it in for about 70 hours at 15 amp 110 volt.


Good reference :
http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2016/12/31/the-noisy-political-attack-on-new-national-monuments-we-have-heard-the-same-now-for-130-years/


Well, I'll tell you: I'd sure like to see his income tax returns. You know, the ones he promised to provide, then decided he wouldn't. I call that lying.


You give zero facts for your claims.   Long before the ACA I saw my companies health plan skyrocketing in cost.  Not only was employee contribution increased the copays were being introduced and increased every year.

I would agree the overall cost of care with a fully insured population is likely to put stress on the entire system, like a boat built for hundred passengers trying to now carry 200, threatening the stability for all.    But the answer isn't in kicking half the people into the water, it's in improving the capacity of the boat.

There are lots of steps we could be taking, first in my own mind is the need for more physicians at every level of care.   The cost of subsiding students educations in medical field will be offset by prices to pay for eduction. The health of more people has value, both morally and financially as well.

We can lower the cost of drugs, simply stop advertising them and paying off doctors to sell big pharm drugs.

You must have others?


I've contacted the public editor directly in cases that were very clear-cut. Action was taken within minutes or an hour at most... in such cases the paper knows such comments have a small but corrosive action on its reputation, and though not likely, could be named as a co-defendant in a libel suit if it persists in keeping defamatory material online after it has been notified.

Also, most staff recognize when something is over the line. They don't like to host it any more than most people like to read it.


For someone claiming "failures," you sure don't delineate what those "failures" are, nor do you propose to fix them, aside electing people from your own political party, which is both sophomoric and laughable.   I propose trimming the fat now:   we reduce all of "Social Work" to only and exclusively "protecting families and children," and you and I are in agreement.  Yes?

....But that's not what's going to happen, is it.  The ever-inflating self-mandate of the social worker grows every day.  They now charge themselves with "helping anyone, anywhere, with every segment of their lives."  Their rice bowl grows and their self-proclaimed "purpose" grows, much like other segments of government-run bureaucracies.  And once imposed- they will never be cut, else cries of victimhood arise and political finger-pointing, as you are now.


Yes, Iv been following that story. Not at the Globe and Mail mind you. They seem pretty intent on suppressing that story for some reason. Yes though, I haven't watched the whole series of videos but I certainly plan on it. The guy is retty smart and knows his stuff. I guess that's why the Globe wants to suppress him so badly


What is your objection to Canada providing lethal training?
Did you have a problem with Canada selling billions of dollars of lethal jeeps to the world's worst human rights violator?

When has Canada practiced its "traditional role of de-fusing tensions and bringing nations together"?
Providing a conference room for the U.S. and Cuba get together doesn't qualify. According to testimony  by Richard Colvin of the detainee scandals, Canada actually made the job of other Western countries more difficult by alienating the Afghan  population.


Don't get out in the world much do you? I think the only hate is with you!

Couple of quotes from someone like you;

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. Hugo Chavez

The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys. Hugo Chavez

How's that working for them?


The denialists all flock together to share their nervous giggles and insecure tittering.


Alaska's judicial system is anything but lenient, which you'd know if you were informed.


Logic of the PC liberal; being an obnoxious jerk, preventing some one from speaking at THEIR event, is free speech.  either this person is incredibly stupid, and has no business being anywhere near an institution of higher education, or they are intellectually bankrupt, shameless dysfunctional liars, who have no business being anywhere near an institution of higher learning.
 What I am finding highly entertaining is watching the PC Puritans eating their own now.


I think you mean fact based journalism.  Here's the 8chan/ thread Trump lifted his Hillary/Star of David meme from: http://archive.is/E0Dto recognize any of your posts there "Joseppi"?


My friend “Papa” Troy Collier, founded Youth Challenge, that works like 85% of the time.  See http://www.youthchallengehope.org  Papa died two years ago, but his ministry continues.  He sends his charges somewhere in Pennsylvania after their initial intake.  His methodology is Christ-based in prayer, which is why it works.  Jesus is the alternative strong enough to take on the opioid crisis.  His ministry is a proven track record of over thirty years.  Based in Newport News, Virginia, t is worth checking out.

“and to send them (Youth Challenge) to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have dedicated their lives to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (Acts 15:25-26).  Recognizing Youth Challenge, “I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord” (Psalm 57:10a).  Always remember, “that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you” (John 15:16).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 289, Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter I.


I think women can play a very vital role in the military but I don't think combat is one of them unless the woman can do the exact same prep and pass it the same.  if she isn't physically strong and big enough she would be a liability.  it may be all "fair" with weapons, but, hand to hand?  if she can't hold her own and prevail......she shouldn't be out in the field endangering other soldiers.  perhaps she should be a pilot....not a ground soldier.  my friends daughter was an MP which was great as a lot of guys , mostly, would stop whatever because they were not going to fight a woman.  however  - she has gotten her bell rung a few times by fellas that felt no reason to treat her differently.


Good one, Komrade!


Not one mention of opioid use.


Only fools play foolish games of life and death, Kim needs a lesson in permanent  humility, and we pray God will remove him in his way shortly, Kim has done enough to set many innocent people into fear for their lives.


That's a beautiful story. Thank you.

Reminds me of when my son would hold my hand. At 12 years old, he won't do it now but I hang onto the memory.


Guess she was getting low on cash again.  Had to come up out the bunker and get some spotlight time.


The Star Advertiser has obviously decided to slant its coverage by using a photo that appears to show the stairs in disrepair.  How about a photo showing the amazing views from the top of the stairs?  Then maybe some of the lazy lackwits who want to tear it down will understand why so many others, who appreciate the outdoors and the beauty of Hawaii, want to keep it open.  And to all those people complaining that it is dangerous: more people have died on Mt. Olomana and at Hanauma Bay in the last five years than on the Haiku Stairs.  So should we shut those down?  What about the H-1 Freeway?  A LOT more people get killed there.  It would take unbelievable stupidity to tear down such a unique structure and deny so many a wonderful hiking experience.  But this is the same town that got suckered into rail so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.


Actually, it doesn't. He seems legitimately chagrined and embarrassed.  I don't think he'd fold that easily if he did, he probably shouldn't be teaching. Stand by your convictions or admit when you've failed. Sounds like he did the latter and that is commendable. Whether or not he should have stepped down is another thing. I think it was a missed opportunity for McGill and Potter for a larger dialogue.


FS28:  Read Flyguy's comment.  I couldn't say it better myself.  PS:  I don't know where you live, nor care. You were the one that said you are not a resident.


Guess that'll overlook the loonies easily enough.


Stop feeding the troll. Let him drink himself to death if it makes him feel better.


"And if she disobeys bash her head in with a rock"


I'm not voting for either Clinton or Trump, but you can't be serious thinking Kaine won that debate.

It was once again more like a reality show than a real debate, and Kaine was out of control with the interruptions.

That's what I thought anyway and I agree with Larry Davis.  The Washington Post did a very accurate analysis that is worth the read.


A small percentage of Christians wear a cross as jewellery.  What does that lead you to think?  Cultural, political or religious symbol?


The Clinton Foundation is criminally based in what way? Non-profit foundations are well regulated.  And there is no "same difference," as any contributions that go to the Foundation can be used only for the charitable purposes of it, and do not go to the party who started the foundation.  Money given directly to a candidate or campaign may be used for whatever purposes the election laws allow.


Newton did as he was told and moves to a new position September 1 2017.


My dearest friend, a twice-retired VII priest, currently working in the San Bernardino area, reports extraordinary success with the Alpha program, as does my co-grandmother in a San Jose parish.  "Sufficiently Catholic" may be an unwanted criterium in light of the enthusiasm and renewal the program has engendered.  I'd love for NCR to profile the program in depth (unless I've missed an article or two on it).


"Build it and they will come." Saying from Field of Dreams. I'm talking about the homeless. Plus the 40plus mil will probably be about 20mil plus to get rid of all the contamination under those piles as everyone knows.


I can't help but notice that you ignored the more difficult substantive questions to offer a throwaway response to the rhetorical one that I posed. Please do continue..


However, a spokesperson for the California Secretary of State countered that while state law prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing AB 60 applicant information with the public and most state agencies, including the Secretary of State’s office,

However no one has right to see if that law was obeyed or not. Not the public, most state agencies including the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State isn't allow to see who received an AB 60 application, is it their job to make the election process is legal and legitimate. Guess this way there won't be an evidence of voter fraud.

BTW I understand why you would prefer CNN and MSNBC


In BC in addition to the oversight of lawyers by the Law Society of BC in respect of systemic billing abuses as a matter of professional conduct, each client has the right to bring each and every legal bill before an independent arbiter.

Under the BC Legal Profession Act clients have the right to have a lawyer’s bill reviewed by a BC Supreme Court Registrar. A fee review is a formal process similar to a court hearing. It is administered by the BC Supreme Court and not by the Law Society.

There is also the  Law Society Fee Mediation Program is which a free, informal service to help lawyers and clients resolve fee disputes quickly without having to go to court.

Only once have I had client review a bill and the Master (now Registrar) concluded the account was fair and noted that I had already given the client a substantial discount despite the long hours of research and argument needed to deal with a novel and very complex point of law... on which I had succeeded.


"Oregon has seen a 50% increase in annual roadway deaths since 2013"

B.C's statistic of the week!

Bend Bulletin:

After fewer people died in 2013 on Oregon roads than at any time since World War II, the state saw an increase in 2014 and is on track in 2015 for another year of more road deaths than in recent years."

According to BikewPortland.org
January 13,  2015

"Traffic-related fatalities statewide rose 9 percent in 2014, to 352. That’s up from 313 in 2013. It’s the highest number since 2009.
56 people died walking, up from 52 in 2013

Six people died bicycling, up from three"

B. Carfree,   Don't post  'statistics' that are 'erroneous' 'bogus' or 'invented'  Even if your argument is unpersuasive without those fabrications.  Bogus statistics don't improve your arguments.


Thank you Marty -

They are just proving my theory about the pack or gang mentality here.  They wait until one of them makes an attack....then they join in, not brave enough to do it on their own.

Sad, really.....


Well “Civil” societies anyways


Not_formally._Orthodoxy (from Greek ὀρθοδοξία, orthodoxia – "right opinion") is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. In the Christian sense the term means "conforming to the Christian faith as represented in the creeds of the early Church".


I don't understand. What's good for Kosovo should be good for everyone else? I think we should send troops there on peacekeeping missions.


Brazile may be gone from CNN, but she'll still be a Democrat strategist star on MSNBC and other Democrat venues.


Fr. Martin is a voice of reason in a sea of culture war "intrinsically disordered, don't ask don't tell" Catholics.

I particularly liked an essay fr. Martin wrote a couple years ago in America about how cruel and unrealistic it is to expect gay men to become faithful Catholics (google "what should a gay catholic do" to find it).


Medicaid is the social safety net if one cannot afford insurance. Be lower income, and one can get hospitals, and doctors, to write off part or all of the bill.  But it does take proven income records. Tax returns is the top record they seek.


LOL.  I point out that the system now is a bureaucratic mess that is far from pastoral when it is brought up.  And it is.  But of course people who think the Church is "perfect" and never wrong don't want to hear this.


Many news outlets are reporting that revenue streams for mainstream media are under existential threat from the "6th estate, citizen media, social media, blogging"whatever you want to call it. The true avant grade has turned its back on MSM about 5 years ago, today the mainstream public is just getting there. Thats bad for the news industry of old, however they reap what they have sown,  it became stagnant when the the super concentration of ownership occurred.   There is a stubborn unwillingness to decamp form the ivory towers of massaged news on the part of post-modernist sympathizers.   Ending the siege of POMO simply means returning to a culture which places emphasis on humanism, individuation,  aestheitics, truth and beauty. There is a moral intelligence to modernity that postmodernity has trend to criticize, instead favouring the immoral and the degenerate. Recall that postmodern art has more to do Mao and the cultural revolution than it does with western values.


No Democrat ever went that far.


The Sept 1st Globa/Nanos poll showed 80% of Canadians did not want more immigration, but the government increased it anyhow! So that's baloney to start with. Consumer spending is the biggest component of GDP growth, and employment income is the biggest source for spending, and immigration and foreign labor has the biggest negative impact on improving the workforce employment rate. Immigration causes homelessness and kills Canadians, ruins Canadian families, increases in country inequality, suppresses the birth rate etc etc. etc etc So it's safe say government policy is broken, and the media is broken, since it doesn't stick up for Canadians it does the exact opposite, it discriminates against Canadians and makes things worse, by spreading misinformation further compounding problems. "Pessimistic leaders" this authors says, this author doesn't know anything, I thought fellow Canadians were smarter and more honest. It's called tight labor supply, like the 1950s-60s. Only way forward!


Sorry but a car budget of $2000 means use public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis because you can't afford a car. There's licencing, maintenance, operating costs, and the huge one of insurance for new drivers.  Operating expenses, tickets, parking, e-tests, ....  And the main unknown is repairs -- assuming you can find a mechanic willing to work on a junker.  If you owned a good, reliable car that you could get only $2000 for, wouldn't you keep driving it, or let a friend or relative in on such a bargain?


Alceste doesn't do facts!


What I said is still correct. Living in the real world, the Liberals and  the CPC benefit from FPTP and do not want it changed. FPTP does not let everyone's vote count.


Mark, guilty of what exactly?


Why give $300M to TCHC when it is already spending over $17,000 each year on every single one of its 58,000 units, but failing to repair them?

Idiotic government, a passive public and a sleeping media watchdog are to blame. This is NOT the role of gov. It's role is to ensure housing exists, not to build and then manage it in the most incompetent expensive way possible.

All TCHC residents and indeed all Toronto residents  who want into the housing market could get in with what the City wastes on inept management of TCHC units. We need to get gov. out of this business. It is in over its head.

We need a full public inquiry to investigate and lay out all of the wrong-headed thinking here and prevent it from ever happening again, anywhere in the country.

Bottom line: Most landlords spend about $3,000 per unit per year on taxes, water, hot water heat, management, cleaning common areas and repairs.

TCHC spends over $17,000 /unit/ year for the same thing. Further, repair  $ is wasted.


> He said trade deals need to offer a “win-win situation.”

Yes, that means the U.S. shouldn't be running around trying to impose 'hidden' tariffs in the name of import/export taxes/rebates and screwing the rest of the world.

Nor should it be attempting to force U.S. companies from using items sourced from elsewhere to build its products.


Thank you, Lindsey.  Having read that, I was admittedly shocked.

While the fact that many students have been ill prepared for college has been known, one might think supporting the community college rather than abolishing it would have been sensible.  But that's retrospect.

It's bad enough the DeVrys and Phoenixes sucked up most of the financial aid, but these not-remedial courses come at regular tuition rates. In my distress I failed to notice whether students even get college credits for them.

Zero level indeed.  It looks like they can't even adequately hide the business model of education anymore.


The Chinese were very late in the game when it came to going to Space. NASA landed on the moon in the freakin 60's, and Russia's been in space for over 50 years. Its easy to have 100% zero risk going to Space when its already been done before.

It was a HUGE risk for the Russian and American's. For China...the risk was minimal.


You cannot be prepared for everything and some situations don't call for being armed. Sure firearms are best and spray is better than nothing, but these guides did their job like they were supposed to and couldn't possibly have been much more prepared for such a small percentage encounter as this without having to carry around protection for every other conceivable threat as well (many of which are more likely to occur and pose a more serious threat statistically).


When the automobiles started to replace horses & carriages, former coachmen or others with no driving experience learned to work with the new modes of transportation. If they persisted in wishing to return to the old ways, they were out of work... Smart ones got the message fairly quickly!!


Dr Wolk comes from the for profit, private prison 'industry'....where he looked at his 'patients' as criminals....an industry that needs the 80 WAR on cannabis to continue.


Rep Gabbard has the outlier, anomaly viewpoint here.  Shame on her for defending a dictator that uses chemical weapons on children.  Let this be the vivid event in the memory of voters in the next election.  This maverick does not have a clue.


So Israel is not stealing land?  They do not restrict the movement of other people's?  Answer those two questions and then we can begin an honest conversation?  Are they not strategically taking the land that has the most resource worth?  You don't always need to deflect from the truth.


I've seen both "types" as well -

Also, let's not forget that one of the major changes is that government employee contributions will increase - that's not exactly money from the non-government employee taxpayer's income.

I commented somewhere else in this section about the ERS being a Ponzi-Scheme.  I believe I share your bad-day cynicism on a more frequent basis.


You laugh at nearly everybody.


Go back to North Dakota Pocahontas!