Disgusting pay for play Liberal aristocrats , whose only concern is for Red aristocrats. What about the 1000s of innocent political prisoners in China who didn't spend decades using connections to steal from the poor like despicable Mr Xiao?  Let's lock up Trudeau and his croneys asap! Instead Canada is trading whatever leverage it has so Mulroney can get paid.


a 200 year old whale how dare they believe that hunting such an old creature is accepted as good. they should be ashamed of their behaviour. we all have to change in this world.


Thank you, Senator McCain, for your service to this country and for your concern for its people.


You're right Riel. That was a pretty low blow comment and Ill retract it


1) Religion is run by people.
2) Maybe God gave different revelation to different people. Maybe God isn't one size fits all. But then I think God is more akin to the Star Wars "Force", and isn't some anthropomorphic super man. Too many people want to create God in their own image.


Ba dum kshh!

I hope your impression was correct. My impression was that he was more likely to create a major conflict (yes, even compared to hawkish Clinton). Time will tell, and I'm crossing my fingers.


Alaska taxes far less than any other state or country...our politicians left money on the table for years


Excellent article from an honest man. These legislators are criminals, and their conduct merits prison.


why present a list of proposals when the US has not given the 90 day notice?  Why show your hand before the game is played?  Glad others are in charge.  And PS, what is your fixation with Butts?


When is it going to end with this guy?
He's embarrassing Canada.


"Better than a dope fiend infested hotel."
Yeah, keep repeating that and maybe somebody else will believe it.


Unions aren't the problem.  It's uneducated citizens who don't bother to attend board meetings but would rather sit back on their fat butt and Monday morning quarterback.


The British will have no choice but live in fear for a long time to come. It would have been a lot easier to restrict taking in refugees, like the bomber's parents with questionable background.


Nothing really changed with Dahl - the Rockies just moved him because they needed his 40-man roster spot. The move is retroactive, so Dahl can still be reactivated whenever he's ready. Not that this will be anytime soon, but he won't have to sit out any longer than he would if he was still on the 10-day DL.


Wolfe:  Still haven't got over always being picked last in athletic contests have you?


The American love affair with guns, it never ceases to amaze.


what you need to know is that the rapid increase in severity and frequency of storms is entirely due to human-induced climate change and it is just the beginning unless we take action. First step is to force governments and politicians to stop playing games and denying and give us the medicine we need to fix this whether it is carbon pricing or whatever else.


I'm guessing the motive was robbery considering the location. Scary that someone would value life so little that they would gun down 3 people just to get away with it though. And extremely tragic for the families of the victims. Criminals in this town have been so emboldened by the lack of penalties for their crimes (IF they are even caught) that they just roam the city doing whatever they want, to whomever, whenever they want. It's ridiculous. It's so bad they're doing it in broad daylight now. The police have their hands tied and the system is just a revolving door for felons and dirtbags who are caught and then released repeatedly.  What we're doing isn't working (SB91) and we need to change it. Citizens are getting fed up with all the crime that has been occurring in our city & state and it's getting worse by the day. How many more victims do we need to have before something is done to fix the problem?


If you're a civil servant, where does the money come from to pay your salary?


"But Murkowski said she's taking the slight in stride."  (though she has seniority she was left off the committee, of thirteen men.)

Sounds like excuses, for not knowing what the heck your doing, is what it sounds like to this old Alaskan voter.
Here`s a way for "Ohio Dan" and Lisa and Don to "unvex" their little minds over a health care plan.
Just apply to the rest of us the same basic access to health care as well as insurance premium affordability that YOU receive, Lisa Don and Danno, considering your "servants of the people" and all.
Then work from there to make insurance affordable and as affective as it is for you all currently.
Sounds more than fair to me.
That shouldn`t be so "vexing" for the three of you, with all your staffing and resources available to you.
Ted Stevens wouldn`t have been "vexed".
It`s your job to write laws, so write some and be fair.
We`re all watching and can`t wait.. literally, to see your work product, and how it affects all us Alaskans.


Good, when the public schools start falling down voters like you will have to dig deeper into your pockets and retirement to pay for your  short sightedness.


This is how things start.  A road for medical needs in a remote location. Then it becomes the new standard for every other location.  Every isolated community will have similar needs and expect equal treatment.


History would say otherwise.

Most economic systems including capitalism and communism are perfectly workable in theory. The predatory instinct in humans prevents them from doing so.


Trumpelthinskin has no idea where Alaska is......
You can expect Russia to be invading Alaska on JAN 21 2017........
Trumpelthinskin IS A RUSSIAN SPY......
GOP is too old, uneducated, Lazy to pay attention!!!


*9 of the 12 Pac-12 teams are in or right next to big cities(I am counting Tucson in that 9)...the other three are relatively small...Eugene, Pullman and Corvallis. Hence as per this column, you are recruiting a kid to come to Corvallis so there needs to be some value for that choice. Which is why I believe OSU needs to hire someone "quirky"(WSU hiring Mike Leach). I thought Andersen was doomed from the start with his offensive style...may work in the Big Ten but not the Pac-12.

*I get when you have a losing program any victory or victories appear to be "momentum" but OSU beating Arizona and Oregon at the end of last season was way overrated.  Arizona finished in last place in the South Division; Oregon by losing the Civil War finished in last place in the North Division and OSU had a losing record too! So OSU was? The third worst team in the Pac-12? That was momentum? When you embrace illusion over reality then ultimately it leads to what happened today.


There won't be life in prison if these thugs bust into my house.  They'll be dead.


Was Jesus a patriotic citizen? He loved Jews, Romans, Samaritans, among others. Wise men from the East came to give him gifts. He was a Citizen of the World.
When patriotism is translated to mean we care for ourselves first we have moved away from God.
You are asking the question, "Am I my brother's or sister's keeper?" Does a patriot say no if they are a brother and sister from Syria?


Freedom of speech and freedom of conscience are cornerstones of both science and democratic government.
.
Both require decision-making based on rational assessment of facts in the marketplace of ideas.
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Neither is safe when the marketplace of ideas is (a) fact-free or (b) truth-optional.
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One of the great ironies is that the future of decision-making based on reason, whether in science or in democratic government, is critically endangered not by our inability to teach math and science, ...
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... but rather by our failure to teach history and literature.


Thanks for digging that up that definition.

(c) A chemical extraction process using the hydrocarbon-based solvent carbon dioxide, provided that the process does not involve the use of high heat or pressure

I don't use heat or high pressure. Never had to and never will. Next question?


They crack me up! lol.
Too bad they only have one string on their ukuleles.


Check out some of the people who helped Trump get elected. National Policy Institute--OR--white supremacist "evangelism"--you make the call. Either way they're racist kooks.
https://youtu.be/1o6-bi3jlxk


No-one owns culture. The next person  to complain about appropriation should be sued for defamation by the victim.


Weird my diploma doesn't say CU hater it says CU graduate.


Paulie,
Maybe we should start by cutting your wife's state job position.


You do your own research but don't read it?
1. That report is from 2011 it might help if you used current information
2. It usually helps if you use useful sources like .gov or .edu sites
3. Based on the site you produced you proved that minorities do not commit the majority of crimes in the United States at least from the standpoint of 2011.
Whites are not a minority they are the majority & they committed the majority of crimes.  Mainly in theft no less.  Which btw is usually again "poverty" driven.

If you're going to insult someone at least attempt to do so intelligently without making yourself look like an incompetent fool.

Only 1 of us here does there own research of course the key point there being the result of reading said research & also from multiple "current" sources.

Please just stop replying as you may stupify other readers & at this point I'll just ignore you.  As my mom used to say "you can't teach common sense" its like trying to converse with a brick wall


Ouch, taking the PFD and a sales tax. The two most regressive tacts hitting low income alaskans the most. That's what I'd say if I didn't live here.


Not really - this province is being destroyed by disinterested fiscally illiterate revenue tools - OOPS, sorry - voters.


From reading the other comments I can see that most of the writers have not had much experience with government regulated industries.  I am deeply involved with one that brings over $300 million to the state from outside sources and we are VERY heavily regulated.  The legalizing of marijuana has cost the state a LOT of money the last two years and will continue to for years to come.  1) Government does not do things efficiently so the state operating costs will be high.  2) Pot dealers are used to breaking the law and will not do a good job with complying to regulations (as we can see from this case) which will cost the state even more money from investigations.  To curb that and try to save money down the road we should set an example of this guy and not issue his license.  The State has huge budget issues right now and the last thing we need to do is spend money on a controversial industry like this that will only cause laziness and crime in our city.  Fine & No License!


M. A. Kuentzel-
PS: Two questions for you (but I won't hold my breath):

1. (This one is a simple yes/no question): With the right scientific data is it possible that you could be convinced that climate change is (a) occurring and (b) largely human caused?

2. If your answer to #1 is "no" then you do not believe in the scientific process and as such are a completely irrational person because no evidence of any kind can convince you of anything.  If your answer to #1 is "yes," then here's the follow up: What kind of evidence would it take to convince you that climate change is (a) occurring and (b) largely human caused?

I'll patiently await your answers...


This tip would apply to those not on city water.


Or whip up some meatballs  lol


Most people think of a sociopath as a criminal charge not a pattern of behavior.

You might try something less technical    You could try Jerk, Bully, Creepy, Lech,  or other descriptive terms Gary.     'Sociopath' has the ring of intellectual jargon, that appeals to you as a person.   If you want your message heard, you might try figuring out what Trump supporters, neutrals, are more likely to respond to.

Sociopath works technically but the man isn't an ax murderer either.


This was a Green Party Platform plank in 2006.


That was in 1969, I believe. What was new then is no longer new today.


The ministry should be going after all parents that drive their kids anywhere! Driving ia the single moat dangerous thing we do, whether through direct momentum transfer in accidents or the sedentary lifestyle it promotes. Any child driven by a car should be taken away from their parents and sent to a car -less foster parent...the risks are too great!

Seriously though all these parents worried about dangers and then they drive, eising a bike sans helmet is significantly safer....


Xbt don't hate the Chump just want a caring and compassionate president which he is totally incapable being. You on the other hand spew stupid and ignorant comments that is more evil than hate. Lack of empathy for human beings of all races is despicable. One day you will find yourself in a situation where you will be the minority and I hope that God will have mercy on your sorry s.


The Buttercups didn't get all churned up because of Milo's "gayness," whatever that actually is, and you know it.


Having applied for and received every PFD check, I appreciate the program; however, I cannot understand how you see this payment as a right. As Senator Wielechowski has been told by the courts (so far) it is an appropriation by the legislature subject to line item veto by the Governor and not a constitutional right.  This "mineral rights" argument makes no sense unless the minerals are associated with land you own.  You and I already get royalty and tax payments from the resources beneath state land to be used for the common good of Alaskans and that  "common good" is subject to definition by the government. There was no such thing as a PFD payment until after the Permanent Fund was established.The government gave you and I the PFD , or whatever we want to call it, and they can (and will) take it away.    And finally, for the foreseeable future, where do plan to come with the money and, please be very specific because the legislature cannot.


If I remember correctly, Oregon had a big problem in the late 70s or early 80s with galvanized pipes imported from Taiwan, that were leaching lead. A lot was put into houses, and probably into commercial and public buildings also. I think only some of the pipes were able to be tracked and replaced. Maybe Page Elementary got some of the bad pipes.


“Mr. Jean laid out his plan to create a single party on Alberta’s right . . . Mr. Jean wants the PCs to wind up their party and join the Wildrose.”

“Mr. Kenney’s plan . . . calls for the elimination of both parties, with the creation of a brand-new unified one.”

What’s in a name?  Once the right is united under one banner, the resulting party will be different in substance than either from which it is formed, regardless of the name. This is an opportunity for Jason Kenny, for whom I have a great deal of respect, to show whether he is serious about rescuing the province from the socialists, or serious only about being a party leader, regardless of that party’s standing in the legislature.

Time to put egos aside and act in the best interests of Alberta and ensure the socialists are punted far down the road.


Eh, no worries, I going build one nice playground Ala Moana park, not going fix the road or bike paths, no need, look good. Rail? no worry the choo choo going come hea, Wat? no worry about the money, talk to Ige already, going get special session, but no going be too long, cause we almos' pau work it out in the back, wat? no I neva say dat.


Garans the S-A won't tell you how. They're in too deep with the corrupt, part-time mayor Krookwell...


When there were demonstrations over at the Federal Building a few years back.  State Court of Appeals – not once, but twice – ruled that ticketing motorists for honking in support of war protesters or simply expressing your frustration at the jerk who cut you off on I-5 violated every Oregonian's constitutional right to "free expression of opinion."  The State of Washington has also ruled that way.   (See Pilot, the ACLU was thinking about you!)


we did not build up gretzky.  he built himself up, thanks to protection by semenko.


Where are all the bicycles that were supposed to materialize on south Willamette St?


Those European countries practically begged the Americans to send the Armoured Brigade "running across countryside "


Same issue for every crime. The point the judge made is the re-offense rates for sex offenders is less than other crimes. And the successful treatment rates for sex offenders under 21 is exceptionally high. In my opinion, the judge would not have ruled as he did if there was any correlation between sex offender regulations and the facts. There has to be some rationale behind them, which in this case, the judge found was lacking.


Ad hominoms won't stop the ascent of rational behavior in the face of the self loathing and guilt of the Left.

The danger or threat to our democratic institutions comes not from the Right but from the entitled, arrogant Left, for whom any action that advances their agenda is permissible and for whom reasonable dissent is intolerable.


And on top of that, those mortgages were at interest rates that were far higher than they are now.


Muslims have been doing this to each other since the founder of islam died, and it will continue.  Canada has no business protecting the cult from itself. The government's only concerning should be protecting Canadians from the cult.


It's an admission of sexual assault.

And I'm a woman.


Funny, may people would say the same thing about those who voted for Hillary Clinton. They would be just as wrong as you.


No, it was the city who failed miserable in S. Willamette by presenting a lousy plan (which would have impacted livability, and affordability) and who pursued a EXclusive process.  The "NIMBY" is a cope-out, a rationalization.

Yeah, I'll braced for all the "wonderful" things the city will dream-up.  But so far, their not doing so good in that department.


I think that the author should be cautious about using terms like "unthinkable" - this carries with it an air of arrogance, a suggestion that only foolish people could possibly think such a position is a good idea.   Well, people are turned off by this arrogance, and may turn to such candidates in response.


More like global oil prices.  You don't sound like you know much about economics.


Some healing can begin. Thank you.


Training would certainly help but training alone will not keep guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people.


There are countless actors who have battled doping in pro cycling.  I'm not interested in your attempts to move the goalposts.  You obviously have a hard on for Tygart even though he just did the job he was hired to do, so good luck with that.


Steele would have made $millions selling to it Hollywood instead of a few hundred grand.


Yea. That extra 1000 a year will put you in a mansion.


Yeah, lets buy Russian jets?  Prop up a corrupt oligarchy that invades Ukraine.  Hey, we could even get Bombardier to broker the deal and engineer some kickbacks while we are at it.

Because at the end of the day we should betray the country that contributes more to our GDP than any other.  Where our cousins, brothers/sisters, mothers/fathers, sons/daughters, and friends work and live.

Lets advocate diplomacy with a lunatic North Korean dicator, but abandon it with a foreign democracy that has been our best friend and ally for nearly two centuriesso we can favour a corrupt welfare corporation.

Are you even Canadian?


I agree Sue..in the film, there is no hint of potential violence or unwanted attention....flirtation, which when accomplished with certain skill leaves both parties feeling appreciated, does not automatically lead to sex by design....in today's literalist and often oppressive culture, that pleasant aspect between the sexes seems to have been lost to a cruder form of sexualized expectation.


Hey welcome back, Pocho wannnabeawhiteguy.  "God bless the Donald?!!!" WTF? Is that the best you can do.  So interesting you keep blaming the dems, when the incompetent GOP has controlled ALL legislative agenda in the House since 2010 and the Senate since 2014.  But we don't expect less from a willfully ignorant and poorly educated lapdog.  But please don't go away for so long this time.  We know that the country is on a downward spiral every time you, sparkleboy, Ronindotard, and the who pack of MAGAphants put fingers to keyboard.


Talk about misplaced emphasis.

I guess emiseration and oppression of women all over the third world, lack of clean water, extrajudicial bombings, cruelty to animals, global warming, the removal of Obamacare health coverage, immigration driving down wages, mass death of the ocean biosphere, the ongoing occupation of Palestine, etc. etc. can all take a back seat to the political program being constructed off Charlottesville.

Regular folks are sure lucky to have the Blue Church looking out for them.


Join the Liberal Party and be active....the merit marks he will earn will be very valuable for the rest of his life.  Doesn't mean he has to vote Liberal !


Aren't the next 3 years supposed to be some of the highest, then afterwards lowest based on prior 5 years? Basically they are just taxing us without "taxing" us. Nice to see that they would rather tax your kids than give up their oil kickbacks!


There is a Russian in your closet, ready to come out.


Apparently the only person who doesn't get the distinction between recommended and highly recommended is Wilson-Raybould. This comes as no surprise however, as there hasn't been a government in recent memory, who has promised so much and delivered so little. It's almost like they are goinf out of their way to do the opposite of what they promised.


That's why it is overdue for Canada to have both "recall legislation" and "term limits" for all elected officials.


Who can afford these mortgages !!!!!!!
A sample mortgage of $600.000 at 3.70% pa. amortized over 300 months requires annual payments of $36,712.00 or $ 3,059.00 pm. Banks would look for an annual income of at least $100,000.00 to meet their mortgage servicing ratio. Instead of analyzing home prices,
We need  to take a  closer look at average salaries of folks living in Canada's large cities could be more meaningful. (I also wonder how banks would confirm income of foreign buyers?)
Who can afford such monthly payments if they don't earn $140,000.0 annually and with good job security.
Yes the largest sub sovereign debt in the world and a unsustainable mortgage market, what could wrong.


"The current consensus seems to be that the Democratic party has no plan, vision or agenda, other than being an anti-Trump party. My contention is that the anti-Trump agenda is in fact, at least partially, a positive agenda."

I'd say the anti-Trump agenda is a thoroughly positive one, considering the very real stress Trump is placing on the longstanding institutions of our democracy. But unlike Republicans, who had no legislative plan when Mitch McConnell vowed to make President Obama a one-term president the day after he was elected, I am confidant Democrats will not be quite so flat-footed and empty-handed should the tables turn next year during the midterms. And unlike Trump, they will be ready to roll out their legislative agenda on Day One, unlike Trump's "easy" solution to Obamacare and his elusive wall on the southern border, which he promised but has yet to deliver. As for a Democratic standard-bearer, one will emerge when the time comes. I have no concern about that.


Not quite.
Here is a summary of that same study
//www.autismspeaks.org/node/10901

To quote (not the first sentence):
"In other words, we now have strong evidence that, on top of genetic heritability, a shared prenatal environment may have a greater than previously realized role in the development of autism in twins."

It is true that the study found evidence for some environmental connections, but the evidence is not conclusive.  Also, studies since then (in the last 5-10 years) are zeroing in closer on an apparent strong connection to genes and physical development of brain tissue.


Alaska Natives suffer from colon cancer at rates much higher than many other populations. I suggest that you take a look at present day Natives and their health status.


You should care. He's 49 years old and right of Genghis Khan. He's appointed for life. 35-40 years of setting the tone of debates that may unravel the the very fabric United States of America.


Yes, Dermot. Thanks for the nice story and the joke. Good one.


In addiction to the (severely outdated) rules for our society, The founders wrote rules for owning slaves. Don't let their occasional brilliance obscure their ignorance.


Carol, excellent comment!!! Spot on.


It's a Charter only for Liberals? So you have no rights and freedoms, as a KKKon? Wow. Sign me up.


I keep forgetting that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Those who admire a bombastic, sociopathic liar like Trump will emulate him.


The thought of Justin and Trump trying to negotiate a deal of this magnitude and complexity is utterly bone-chilling. . One thin-skinned and obsessed with tweeting, the other thin skinned and obsessed with popularity, celebrity and selfies.

Both grossly incompetent for the positions they currently hold and neither could lead their countries out of a wet paper bag.


Did you notice how quickly the Trump/Russia narrative dried up?


Good points, the smug patronizing arrogance from Trudeau is insulting to Canadians. We aren't blind, our border controls are a joke and the Liberals are trying to paint anyone who opposes illegal migration as the right wing fringe - are they serious? It's not that hard to understand, migrants are willfully breaking law and are being rewarded with a bunch of free stuff. The latest response has been to "educate"/ask migrants not to cross illegally - but admitting that if they do cross, they will be welcomed with open arms immediately. Suppose they try to enter through official channels? They will be refused entry. This started happening in January and the Liberals say the summer crossings were impossible to predict? After the thousands of success stories from breaking the law, it's surprising more migrants aren't coming to Canada illegally -they have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain, including citizenship. Trudeau doesn't care, his new taxes will pay for it...


Yes, our first concern ought to be the immigrants. But let's be sure to broaden that to include the Middle East. For me, MSW's most striking words in this article are:

"Those refugees coming from the Middle East are fleeing violence that has been made much worse by the U.S. invasion of Iraq and all that followed from that. In justice, we owe these immigrants and refugees a welcome and a helping hand."

Refusing Muslim refugee from the Middle East is not an act of refusing to be charitable; it is a act of refusing to bind the wound one has caused. Sort of like Trump refusing to pay his debts.


Does the IOC pay golfers or tennis players to attend?


You have to hand it to those Nazis. They always did paperwork well. And of COURSE, that's what's important here. @_@


What makes you think that changing a person's 'welfare' to 'guaranteed income' will change their proclivity for anti-social behaviour?

The expectation that all people will manage their guaranteed income wisely rather than blowing it on drugs and booze within the first week of the month, and ten letting the kids shoplift for themselves for the other 3 weeks, is one of the many unrealistic rosy visions surrounding this entire scheme.

To clarify, I do think that a guaranteed income (if we could afford it) would work well for some people, but it won't magically stop crime, prostitution, addiction, mental illness etc., nor would it protect the kids in the care of adults afflicted by these 'demons'.


She's also more of a man...


How about "BUCKS FOR LOLOs!", but in an affectionate, non-threatening, nurturing sort of tone.

Or maybe, "Puff, puff, pass man!  Follow the rules!"


What is the world coming to when Mini Trump Mooch can't stick around. What a complete mess. Thanks 'Merica! Y'all done us proud. :-\


Move it? Move it where?


Interesting interpretation. Meaning of comments should not be affected by the sequence.


Like trump would do anything about that.  He can't file chapter 11 and start over.


D. Trump said once that home foreclosures were a good thing for people with enough money to snap up some bargains, as he did.  Why would  want to throw the world into turmoil, unless to give 'someone' a chance to snap up a few countries?


There is no black market. People are allowed up to six plants


Just as mad as loving one.


Geez, maybe Sasamura should step down if the job is too difficult for him to analyze & correct.


Ambulance chaser, you are. As we lawyers say, the closest you have ever been to a lawyer is when you passed by a Jacoby and Myers office. What a laugh


"Debates about minimum wages are most relevant to those closest to poverty. "

True.  A minimum wage REMOVES freedom from the laborer.  They are no long allowed to "bid" for work. If she or he wants the work they can be undercut by some pompous bureaucrat or clean finger nailed clergy member.

Low level, first rung positions...where work virtues are learned....get cut.

As the (laid off) restaurant employees on the left coast are finding out....a 15 dollar minimum wage priced them out of work...just pushed them on to welfare, at taxpayer expense.   But the clergy can feel high and mighty.


The benefit here is to Government employees and politicians who have their benefits topped up by the Government. Now they can get up to 18 months fully paid leave. Everyone else however gets stuck with the bill.


Never said that, ever.

Why do you feel the need to lie?


Liberal crooks trying to steal from Canadians to pay their crooked media bosses.


Insane. You buy a ticket and then at random are forced to give it up and waste a day for another flight?! There was a simple solution: if $400 or $800 is not enough, offer $1200, $1600, $2000... eventually it's worth it for someone. Or don't overbook!!


Great point that you make.

Indeed, it is shameful that they could run a story about Trudeau's appearance with Kelly and Ryan, while ignoring the Normandy landing.


The current cult like nature of the Conservative movement is taking us down roads that are dangerously unknowable. When opinion, facts and nonsense are conflated to have equal value
and outright lies are justified by labeling them as ‘post truth,’ we are entering a period of societal devolution.

When Conservative true believers are unable to make a distinction between facts, evidence and fake news we are witnessing the breakdown of democracy because democracy cannot exist without an informed citizenry. We are living in a period of civic illiteracy caused by the so called truth tellers in Conservative media.


I agree with you on how the number of publications is not important... it was just a first look at her productivity compared to others. Streisinger (of UO zebrafish fame) went years without a publication, I'm told. Embarrassingly, I don't recognize any of the Medal of Science winners. Richmond has been awarded nearly every possible honor, though, so she has convinced nearly everyone of the significance of her work.


Dan, don't be stingy with the details.


My comment was meant as sarcastic humor...We are still dealing with the same problem of society supporting irresponsible adults, (Hippies, druggies, alcoholics, predators & repeat offenders) making babies that taxpayers have to support until the Nth generation & always will. We need to use our tax $ to support the massive influx of illegal aliens that we either support now & will have to support in the future. At least they want, for the most part, to work & raise a family & survive on their own efforts.


Still seems the Denver City council and the DP have trouble knowing the difference between an immigrant and an illegal alien.


I sure wish I had known about the Rat Lungworm Disease before it happened to me.  It changed my life for the worse, forever!  I am now partially disabled. Not funding research and publicizing this more is penny-wise and pound-foolish.  More people will contract it in the future and it happens to more  tourists, it will negatively impact tourism in the future.


I agree with Marie Collins completely -- Card Pell should never have been allowed to 'hide out in the Vatican' (with an influential post, no less) -- reminiscent of Boston's Card Law. Is Vatican City the place where old / well-connected pedophiles go to die?


That deal is great. I like the part where the 3 most indebted regions are all trying to swindle each other into playing them money.

It's like watching a comedy. An expensive comedy.


reasonforlogic writes:

"The swamp I'm talking about is the corporate media and the entrenched partisan (and leaky) anonymous D.C. "officials", who all have strong links to previous administration."

--

"the corporate media", like FoxNews.

You can't get much more "corporate" than 21st Century Fox, can you?

As for "leaks" coming out on Trump. most of them are coming out of the White House itself, from Trump's own people, the ones he chose and he appointed who are now so appalled by the corruption and incompetence of the Trump presidency that they're blowing the whistle on him.

Hey, other than that, great post, reasonforlogic!


Democracy is incapable of dealing with alcoholics


@Imams
Why not set your Religious Internal Problems* (RIP) between you Imams Association of Canada or Muslim Association of Canada ?(...and no interference from outside Islam countries)
* Religious Internal Problems (RIP !) such as;
prohibition of Women together with Men at prayer time +
prohibition of laughter with bursts +
prohibition of the gaze of the other (for Women) +
the hate of desire and pleasure +
the condemnation of the flesh +
the contempt for the body +
fitting the male absolute, misogyny +
refusing to shake the hand of female +
ban smoking + drinking alcohol (no beer!, no wine! no champagne!)
prohibition of dancing + prohibition mixed swimming pools +
ban school enrolment among girls +
prohibition of sex between persons of the same sex +
prohibition of union between persons of the same sex +
restriction of the freedom of press (telecommunications electronic and others, including especially the Cinema) +restriction of freedoms individual


Top two times in history when the Democrats have frothed about their mouths because of Republicans...

1.  When Republicans freed all the slaves owned by Democrats.

2.  When Big Orange defeated Crooked Hillary for POTUS.


A Trump supporter was killed by a Muslim this week at a house party.

You know why you didn't hear about it? Because the roles weren't reversed. Otherwise it would be front page nationwide news.


Would agree but you ignore the reality that the Freedom Caucus has pushed extremism to the point that *moderation* is still too far to the right - it is no centrism - and why Democrats have difficulties doing what you call for.  Suggestion - we need adults; not partisan teenagers.


And you left the Church to become a Protestant, right?  Here's a clue:  marriage is the union of a man and a woman.  "Same-sex marriage" is a contradiction in terms.  Why wouldn't you support the Knights for supporting Church teaching?


I love it when people like their own posts. It's almost like creating some kind of virtual clapping app!


Shame Travis Jonsen didn't stay, he could have helped save the season.  Or Morgan Mahalak for that matter.  Half the issue here are the QB's who thought Herbert was too solid and decided to play elsewhere.


I'm not protecting anybody's right to get rich, I'm only interested in slowing the loss of aerable land to development. Your the one who made the claim that is was costless to eliminate the UGB or to expand it and I countered that claim, effectively IMO. When the day comes there isn't enough food for all of your housed millions who will come if we open the land spigots(your idea of "Utopia") and they will come, as climate and economic refugees. Then what brilliant idea will you have? Nothing more for me to add here.


If the majority of  Canadians wanted to jump of a bridge, doesn't mean it's a good idea, and we should do it.


Really interesting link, I've got it bookmarked as a future reference.  Thanks Hugh


Sorry, I blame the crappy "civil comments" posting format.  It sucks!


Really? It's crazy that she's trying to get aid for her country and her city! What is she thinking? They have water to drink from the EPA cleanup site. And 20% of them have electricity. It's only been six weeks. Give Trump some time.


everything he says and does is a   lie


DACA is a lot more than a "policy" matter.

It is an enumerated power of Congress to "To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization."

The only power the executive has in this is to veto or accept the law Congress passes.

Laws grant the Executive the ability to control who enters the USA.
Entry (border control)  is a separate issue than naturalization.


My springboard Hesse book as an adolescent was Demian - and then I read all the rest too.

At the time, my mother told me that my father would have loved those books too when he was young (it wasn't quite her thing), and at the time I thought I'd still love them at his age.  However, she had a point - years later, I re-read Demian which had so enraptured me as a teen, but that same sense of magical epiphany was no longer there.

A great writer though, and an unabashed seeker after spiritual truth.


Gerald Ford pardoning Nixon would seem to be the exception to your explanation of the Constitution.

Arizona v. United States confirmed the Supreme Court history of support for the Executive branch's prosecutorial discretion through the allocation of resources. When Trump decides not to enforce provisions of the ACA or EPA laws, he is exercising the same discretion. Put simply, Congress can tell the President what not to do; it can't tell him what he has to do.


I vehemently disagree with Mr Trump's executive order...I think it's unfair, simplistically wrong-headed, dangerous from a geo-political relations standpoint, not based on actual experience or evidence, and quite possibly unlawful, at least in part

none of that however, in the light of the order not having been fully assessed across all it's parts from a constitutional perspective, in relation to the expectations which cover the duties of the US Attorney General,  would allow Ms Yates to instruct Justice Department lawyers to refrain from even attempting to draw up legal defenses for the order as part of their duties as forming the government's legal councel

I support Ms Yates's discomfort with the executive order, but what she did was voice a political opinion, not a legal opinion, on the order's constitutionality. Ms Yates should have resigned to show her opposition to the order, not forced a firing to allow herself to become a political victim of it.


One item the article missed is the fact that the moon is slowly moving away from the earth and will eventually be lost.
So it is a lucky happenstance that in today's age of science, the moon is in the Goldilocks zone where it can just cover the face of the sun.
Must be intelligent design ...


Take away the abortion part, and look at what these pregnancy centers actually do on a daily basis.

If a group opened a Cancer Center, but no licensed medical personnel worked there, and they never told people with cancer who came there about chemotherapy or radiation, would that be okay?


I want to own a huge casino.  But I can't afford one and I don't know how to build or run a casino.  Should I hire a $700,000 consultant to help me design a casino that I can't afford and will never build?

Now switch the word "casino" with "LNG gas line".


da "Filipino guy" - "ABAM"?  sorry could not pass it up, LOL!


CANDU reactors in Ontario have generated approximately 2,762 TWh since Douglas Point connected to the grid in 1967.
The Porter Commission (reported in 1980) demonstrates the decision for supply was between coal and nuclear through the period Ontario Hydro committed to CANDU (Darlington was approved by cabinet around 1975 - so we're 40+ years from the last decision to building new nuclear power plants).
So, for each of those TWh we could assume coal generation was displaced, or about 1 Mt of CO2e for each TWh.
Approximately 2,762 MT of CO2e emissions were avoided, using these assumptions.
This is equivalent to the past 15 years of emissions from all Ontario sectors.


Excellent Job Mr. Trump. You are making obamma, hillary and her followers look so foolish.


Don't forget 10 years ago r's had Boy George and both houses.  Two years later it all went D.  Don't be so naive.  Those that can't admit Trump is a wreck have their eyes and ears closed.


(Your handle is apropos, Winston)

I don’t think the 1984 parallels have much to do with surveillance, though.  The similarity between Trump and 1984 isn’t the telescreen or the Thought Police, it’s doublethink and revisionist history.

Big Brother is Watching You is telling for Google or Facebook.

2+2=5 and we have always been at war with Eastasia are evocative of Sean Spicer’s alternative facts and Donald’s assertions about massive voter fraud.


I'm a Canadian and I'm not fearful of Middle Eastern immigrants so you don't speak for me, anyway.  Who are you speaking for anyway?  And what gives you the confidence to do so, exactly?


Wow were we watching the same thing?


How will the G&M (and the NP) maintain their "free and independent" status while begging for and being dependent on corporate welfare (oops, I mean media cultural grants) from the federal government?

How critical of Minister Joly can they be when they require her as their champion at the cabinet table?


Why is it the Liberals never seem to act on anything - other than lining their own poclets - until someone pressures them into doing so?


The way you ramble and not finish a sentence are you sure you're not Dorie? Is there something shiny that keeps reflecting a light near your computer.
The hunt and operation to find Bin Laded started Sept 12 2001. Operations of that nature are fluid and take time.
As far as relative stability in Iraq, 3 car bombs a day, is relative stability.


'enforcement backup'

Which means we Springfield and all Lane County taxpayers still get to cover the basic patrol costs for the LCSO.  Two deputies and a Sergeant to the knifing for a few hours adds up fairly quickly.

And when there are trials, Eugene isn't paying for their overtime, I will be.

That isn't covered by your 'fraction of $89,000'.  It has to come from somewhere else.  Where exactly is that pot of gold that you've found?


No sorry Charles that was the Democrats.  And have no doubt about it the ACA is a complete and utter failure.  The only minor benefit is it is such a complete and utter failure even DEMOCRATS have said that it is a failure.


Waiting for enough evidence that can used in a court of law. I've seen no cases filed and probably never will. Also to answer good men where in my statement or any for that matter do I mention I  live in America to be a republican. I care for neither side and the same can be said about my Canadian politics. You are right though I don't care, you know why, because nothing has been presented to a court an no charges filed to warrant enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Did you forget how law works? I am always me and my family first though, just not American. I have provided an awesome life for us anyone honestly care less about butthurt republicans, democrats, liberals, conservatives, or dippers. I did this with little government help besides whatever my tax dollars have provided. Have taken zero and expect zero handouts. I do however exploit every single tax break I'm given because you'd be a fool not to. Anything else you'd like to assume about me? You need my tax returns next?


Hard to believe departed four star qb recruits Travis Jonsen and Terry Wilson, Jr were not able to surpass the play of Burmeister and Alie.


If the Church could simply die off because of its teaching isn't in line with what people want, then it was never an institution worth a damn in the first place. This is what I don't understand about a lot of NCR readers. If I viewed the church as just a mere human institution run by patriarchs, I would not bother with it for a second. Why exert so much effort getting ordained in such an institution?


1 gb is a big lie. Best you can get is about 500mb speed but GCI makes us pay for 1 gb speed


A:  Why should the NRA fund it?  That is not their expertise.


I had assumed that "Hymen" was a reference to Kadri.  It's certainly an appropriate nickname for a player who's been a bust.  But I suppose it could have been intended to be a reference to Hyman.


Well... now girls can join the cub scouts while boys are still prohibited from joining girl guides. Maybe this will help things later on down the road... eh Elizabeth?


"the NRA has taken a dark turn of late"
W. LaPierre leading the NRA adopted the vicious Tom Delay approach some time ago.
Still Lifetime NRA, still donate, but it would be good to see and hear less of WLP.
I remember how much I looked forward to The Rifleman Magazine when I was a kid.
It was right up there with the smell of Hoppe's and spent Winchester powder from 16 gauge shells,
and sign of game in the snow. How many boys get that now?
Hunting and fishing are the best ways to learn self-control, and that's what these killers lack most.
Good read JG


This makes the difference as he was told to stop and it verifies that the guy knew it was police.


Start reading.  It is all there for you to educate yourself about the wrong notions that you are espousing.


I'm guessing that Tesla will still have high overall customer satisfaction.   The problem is - when your volumes go up, the small percentage of problems starts to add up to a large number of cars needing work.    Tesla doesn't have the service infrastructure to handle this eventuality - at least not at the moment and the Model 3 is an "entry level" Tesla - so won't have the build quality of the higher end models.


You can't move any further away from Anchorage or any other city for that matter than I have.  The best thing about not having neighbors is knowing I could be next door to someone like yourself.  No thanks.  You are what you eat.


Remove the layer of bureaurocracy smothering hospitals, halving productivity, and doubling expenses.


He / she lies on here constantly.  All day, every day.  Aren't you used to that yet?


"The Globe is one of Canada's largest newspapers. I am not sure what Trump might think of the Globe (and Canada) with these inflammatory headlines."
Probably the same thing that Canadians might think abut his inflammatory tweets and statements. What goes around comes around.


…and delusional commenting to boot.


So Trump doesnt have  a man  crush on Vladimir?    Golden showers and all? Come on: it's so obvious.


Anybody want to guess where they're gonna move to after the sweep on Sunday?  Just like the guys on the side of the road with their blowers,  blowing leaves from one place to the other, and then the wind blows it back.  Mean da job security!


ABUSE of Alaska's world known and respected Natives by the entire republican party...is in Trump insane line of "pretending" and back stabbing.


The CONSTITUTION is typical liberal nonsense?  I though Jesus was one of the co-authors.  Especially when it comes to the right to bear arms.
I consider someone who comes along and disagrees with me in such a disagreeably racist way to be beneath my contempt.


"What caused the impact is not known."
Alright all you Sherlock`s out there..what could have been the "impact" that the crew said they felt at 11:20am?
Some come to mind;
One might first think ice.  Were large chunks still surging in and out with the tide?  Was the tide running at that time?
Could a structural cross-member beam have finally rusted through and broken loose, or been struck by something damaging the leaking oil pipe attached to it?  It sounds like some critical infrastructure on the bottom of Cook Inlet is reaching it`s designed end of life and beyond.  Do we just keep patching that tenuous infrastructure because nobody wants to get the bill, like musical chairs only musical failing pipelines under Cook Inlet?  That doesn`t sound like a wise policy to this Alaskan. Who assures the integrity of all those lines under the Inlet? Is there an agency who can or does regulate them for engineered structural soundness on behalf of the people of Alaska? Or is it hodge-podge..


Leave it to the reactionary Trump to make an unfounded claim, followed by at total absence of a plan to fix anything.      Leadership at what level?  Does he have any life experience to understand the black community, or for that matter, ever worked closely with a police agency anywhere, let alone taking ZERO time to understand the tension in Baton Rouge?   Judgement without facts.  Judgement without empathy,   Judgement without knowledge or experience.  Judgement with no concern for the people he targets.

Worse, no personal self examination that would lead Trump to change a thing in his' shoot from the hip' opinions.   He is what he will always be, a borderline sociopath.   (You may sociopaths in the mental hospital, the boardroom,  the family.    It's seeking personal power without regard to the consequences to others.)   If you want a life free of guilt/conscience, here's your man.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sociopath


Read the message, Troll.


Paul Jenkins regurgitates his own claptrap every week:  blah blah blah [put anything anti-Obama here], blah blah blah [put anything anti-Walker here].  Week after week, month after month, year after year.


"Michelle Obama's staff consisted of 18 employees who got paid nearly $1.5 million in salary in 2010, according to the administration's Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff."  So a 'First Husband's' staff should be of equal size.  At those salaries, he might be able to have access to quite a few 'interns' to meet his needs.


And what if she smuggles some Fentanyl next time and it kills a dozen Native teenagers.?


Continued: This new 'Civil' forum drives me nuts.
ECI an interesting name to look at although yield slightly below 5%. Telcos fine, e.g BCE.
'Green' energy also - e.g. RNW, AQN.

But don't overlook U.S. dividend payers (unless they are  MLPs!). One way I boost my overall average yield is via U.S. BDCs (business development companies), e.g. MAIN (take a look at their investor presentation to learn a bit more if you're not familiar with these entities). Also ARCC and GSBD (join the big guys). Be aware though that I have a moderately high risk tolerance - and also have a somewhat atypical portfolio - 44 stocks but no Canadian banks..

I own all of the stocks mentioned.

Hope that that has provided some room for thought.


I think your penalty should also apply to Ontario politicians - and loss of their seat.


The "award-winning" PBS Newshour completely humiliated itself, constantly demeaning nearly everything Trump did.  In particular, Gwen Ifill, Mark Shields, and David Brooks stated emphatically that Trump could never win, on numerous occasions.  These three proved themselves to be deeply ignorant and obviously uninformed.


Director Pruitt, as an old retired cop whose been fighting for the protection of America's most innocent from the vehicular NOISE bullies destroying our quality of life and unnecessarily endangering the health and welfare of the American citizen...I certainly could use your help with this: https://rickeyholtsclaw.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/the-truth-about-loud-motorcycles-the-police-wont-or-cant-tell-you/


err....that's  Bull Currier, Chair of the ORGOP, not Bill Post.


This article makes me feel disgusted to be a woman. Really, it gives the the heebie jeebies just reading it. Please, please do not lump me in with the type of opinion that writes articles like these. I appreciate the hard science, and honestly the whole "war on sexism" in fully developed countries needs to stop. Concerning individual facets of our world and our biology, the sexes are not equal. Sometimes men have the advantage, and sometimes the shoe goes on the other foot.


[So, are we worried about the Constitutional rights of illegal aliens here, or what?]
No, we are worried about the rule of law.  Even more so when it involves someone who was invested with the power of authority and the use of violence to enforce that authority.
A civil society functions on either a general acceptance of abiding by the rules or else by threat of the fall of the sword.  In other words we either follow the rule of law or fall into lawlessness.


Smokey approves!


Any coup attempt with tens of thousands of plotters that wasn't detected in advance says more about the incompetence of the current government than anything else.


"Leave the gun, take the cannoli"


Exactly, Denny's has cameras. Care to bet on the demographics?


Krookwell better get the clowns at HART to factor THIS into their so called projections, regardless of how "trivial" or small this amount is.

Krookwell. Rail Fail. Lies. Deception. Corruption.


Cuckoo...Rambling and grasping at straws...#MAGA


"Sohi defended the government’s plan, saying federal money going to the bank is a fraction of the overall spending infrastructure plan. He also said that cities, provinces and territories will have the option of using the bank."

So instead of giving the provinces low interest loans backed by the Federal Government you will force them, sorry,  "give them the option" to borrow from this "Privately" funded infrastructure "bank" that will funnel profits to private investors and keep the debt off of the Federal Government's books.

20 years from now the amount of money spent on AG reports, lawyes and scandals associated with this stupidity will be legendary.


Fair point, and the fact is we may never the answer. I just want to be careful not to rush to simplistic judgments about what happened in November. This weird election bears close and complex analysis and there is nothing to be gained by jumping to conclusions about what the voters are telling us.


now on the Nation's level check out all the haoles of the Republicans and Democrats party doing all the criminals stuff.  So haoles on the nation's level are organized crime too?  what you say to that?


He was interviewed on CNN. Check there.


Lorie Farrell has already shown your claim regarding "large Quantities" to be false. Time to quit repeating it. In order for the impeccable record to fall. There would have to be an issue specific to GE farming. Lorsban use is not specific to GE farming. Your studies and conflation attempt are not allowed.


Its a scam while public sector workers retire like kings at 57 with full pensions.    Fix your own back yard before snooping in mine for money.     The private sector has taken enough of a beating.   And while you are at it restore my TFSA limits !     Sheesh.


Who taught who?  Did the Feds learn from the Alaska Government that blind party and/or caucus loyalty coupled with deciding issues behind closed doors is a recipe for disaster.


My brother, sister and I were raised in poverty by a single mother earning minimum wage as a hotel maid because she did want to be on welfare but wanted to teach us that strong work ethic is the key to success. We worked hard in school, did our family chores at home, kept up our grades, and worked our part-time minimum wage jobs while at school full-time.

Now that all three of us graduated from university with honours, paid back our student loans, and work in our professional fields od study, I don’t feel one gram of “white privilege” guilt but you certainly can if you want.


I'm not worried- there is a UN resolution that says they at not to do this.


Hard to believe I voted for this idiot. While I still would, to get rid of the 'little dictator' from the lost decade, it seems we ended up with a Mr. Selfie and clued out shiny pony entourage. Mr.Trudeau,with all due respect,I didn't vote for you to continue Harper's sellout to Communist China and TFW slave labor programs here! I didn't vote for flooding the country with Muslim radicals! I didn't vote for the utter hypocrisy of foisting bogus carbon taxes while you continue to pollute the country on behalf of big American oil interests and China! At least with Harper,he was the fool you knew,not the idiot selling out his country to the lowest bidders and going in the opposite direction of our neighbours to the south.


Nonsense. Why do you invent stuff to support your position?


Sir, you and I have very different ideas about leadership.  For one, it is not about angry bombastic rhetoric that serves to inflame.  Secondly, if you really think that Trump is not about self-interest then you are grossly mistaken.  He is the "swamp."


Texting/using/looking at your phone - basically anything that takes your eyes off the road -  whilst driving is so sooooooo extremely dangerous.  If someone can come up with a way to effectively put an end to this idiotic behavior, they would be doing a great public service.


One Eugene neighborhood had a two or three-hour outage yesterday morning but EWEB never explained why.


This person (who is one of the people) is not interested in the House getting "that ruling".


I like it!


not when you can make up your own as you've done here.


Trudeau and McCallum will cave to their Chinese overlords.  The only question is whether Justin will personally gift wrap the people we return to China to face show trials, torture, execution, etc.

Of course, having lived in Vancouver a few years ago, I'm not necessarily opposed to extradition.  We might even want to extradite a few hundred thousand of our own initiative whether or not China wants them back.


Naughty, Naughty, Mr, Big Mouth and Hot Air Liar Schumer. But, not to worry, since your Party will be extinct before long and then you can just go ahead and play golf everyday. (If you don't already play, you can just take some lessons).


"...and to minimize discussion and criticism of the measure this week."

And there you have it.  Lockstep or out.


Excellent! This will give Trump a chance to thank Putin.


illegals, pack up and get out, you are all criminals!
Protest at Forks Library to get these people out of our area   at 1:00 pm Sat.


Uhhh no. I prefer imported freeloaders taking it every year.


Hurricane Allen(1980) peak wind speed was 190 mph
see :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Allen

see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_intense_tropical_cyclones#cite_note-HURDAT-3
whats hurricanes during hurricane season got to do with climate change?


Bear researchers have said it's not true that menstruating women attract bears.  I've done lots of trips in bear country while menstruating, and have never had a problem.


And you go back to one of your default  positions; anyone who disagrees with you should quit commenting, go to another State or go to another country.

Since there are so many more of them and only one of you, the simplest 'solution' would be for you to self-deport.

Your problem is not his 'groveling'; it is that he is right and you are wrong!


Just itching for a war to deflect his troubles at home. Craziness, just plain craziness. Thankfully only congress can approve the war option.


You wish!  Kalihi will never be Kakaako II; there is no ocean view, boat harbor, shopping center, nor sandy beach park.  And no, Kapalama Canal and Kapalama/Kam. Shopping Center don't count.  Also too far away from Waikiki.


Who cares! All the issues we have here in Canada that need to be dealt with and all these comments about other countries. Maybe if we put some of this energy into Resolving our own issue might be of better use of your time!


An absurd bill to pass, considering there isn't a teenager alive who cannot get tobacco, regardless of their age now.  In other words, what would be the point?


They killed a lot of people within the same ethnic group. Like a lot of terrorism, the largest number of deaths are within that group. For example, ISIS kills a lot more Muslims than Christians or anybody else.


FBI INVESTIGATION NOW!!!  Bring those signs to the meeting people!


I give it a 50-50 chance I will be disappointed with President Elect Trump; after all, I have been disappointed in the past with Bush41, Bush 43 and then with the wannabes that lost, McCain and Romney.
I gave it a 100% probablity I would be disappointed in a President Hillary Clinton.   Just like I was with the first (and hopefully only) President Clinton and then with President Obama.

I went with the odds.


Sorry  to sound like Napoleon (the chap next to me thinks he is George III) but how many divisions has the church got?
Or more specifically, in the South African context, what are the churches going to do now?
It is not as if we are here for the first time.
During the apartheid years, churches knew things were wrong but went along with the whole render to Cesar what is Cesar's thing and prayed in separate buildings with separate priests.  Some built up charitable networks where whites gave to poor blacks and some did not.
And even after Archbishop Tutu was appointed, not every established church opened its services to everyone.
I do not see and would not want to see the church storming the barricades, stone in one hand and firebomb in the other, but neither do I see it uniting in peaceful mass action to take the captured state head on, especially when it knows that will result in brutal repression.


I hope Trump speeds these deportations along. I want these people's illegal fingers off of the fruit and vegetables that I eat, I want their illegal feet off of the manicured lawns that I drive by, I don't want to sleep in a hotel bed that has had sheets changed by one of these despicable criminals.
I hope the Trump is successful in rounding up every brown-skinned laborer - I mean criminal - from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador - every country south of the border - and I hope it's at a record breaking speed.
Those illegals can rot in detention centers while America's harvest rots in the field.
Make America Great Again!!


Walked in once when they first opened up, and walked back out. Got in there about 20 feet. Their merchandise doesn't even remotely reflect the lifestyle here.


You filthy leftist are running scared and soon
will be dying of starvation. No more slaves
for you to control. Time the right put you
down.


I'm pretty sure that people don't regularly donate blood because it's a fairly unpleasant process that most people don't want to subject themselves to if they don't feel it's necessary.


This is a complete violation of the rights of the horses, and shows our complete disregard for anyone who is not human ( and often for other humans ) in our society. We don't just get to murder anyone who becomes a problem for us, especially when we created the problem. The horses are just trying to live their lives.


I wish this Maverick mother f**cker would shut the f*** up and go away and take Hillary and Hussein with him


You are certainly describing the reality for many corporate structures.   *There are very different types of corporations, some with only a handful of shareholders, some with millions of shareholders.

Most shareholders are passive owners of  shares that represent their financial investment.  That does not make them owners in the same sense as an owner operator.    I am not owner of any of the hundreds of corporations where I am a shareholder.  I have zero 'investment' in the day to day operation of the company.    I am not unusual at all, the average investor has hired a manager to make their investment decisions, including me who has used mutual funds for investments.   If I had a pension, I would be hiring a manager who will hire managers who hire managers to direct the operation of the business.

You are absolutely right about the need to pay attention to profit/loss.   I'm would hope the companies I have invested in have that same concern.   I just have no pretense about my roll.


for those who do not wish to smoke marijuana.....same as those who do not wish to drink alcohol...or many other vices offered in a free land........legalizing something does not make it compulsory........Your in your small corner........and I ..in mine


Interesting concept but he will need a rear view mirror to see where he is going.


Jimmy Carter predicted terrorists being tied to Big Oil, pushed forward with renewables, put Solar panels on the White House ... which that rat b@st@rd Reagan pulled off when he took office IN SUPPORT of the terrorist supporting Big Oil fat cats.  Carter got BLAMED for THAT ... he was proactively working on the issue, HE WAS TOTALLY CORRECT IN HIS PREDICTIONS.


Black_voters_stay_home_instead,_this_time_in_enough_numbers_to_give_Trump_victories_in_the_rust_belt_and_electoral_college


Punk and a thug? No way. He's certainly had some character issues...but nothing huge.

I understand teams staying away from him because of the distraction...even though he'd be one of the better back-up QB's in the NFL at this point.


That would add 100 one-way miles from where the Chinese and other foreign-made products are unloaded from the Portland docks.


Is Notley on board?


People who see what their end-game is care.


The Wynne government is totally clueless on this file and many more.


one less fool to deal with.


Quebec reminds me of the adult child who threatens to move out of his parents basement if they don't give him everything he wants.


How will anyone know if Trump puts money from "foreign governments" that arise from his businesses into the treasury?  All we know is that the kids will look after the wealth and Trump won't ask them about business dealings.  Scouts honour he won't.

AFAIK no PM of Canada has ever been invited to an inauguration and certainly none have ever attended.  The Kellyanne Conway visiting Alberta story is more involved: Someone's playing you.


Trump's notoriety in intimidating his business opponents are well documented. He had an enormous war chest that usually overwhelmed his enemies. He steamrolled all of them the past 30 years. Not anymore. Trump has now run into a brick wall. It's called the FBI and the entire IC (Intelligence Community) who he mistakenly declared open warfare a few days into his presidency. Trump is now paying the price. After the ill-advised firing of FBI Director Comey, you can bet there are hundreds, maybe thousands, within the 26,000 strong FBI, now hell bent on bringing down the Trump House and his Mafia like family at ALL cost. These G Men are loyal to J Edgar Hoover's creation - the FBI. Not to mention the several intelligence agencies Trump has continuously disparaged at every opportunity. Add to this formidable mix, is Special Prosecutor Mueller and his 15 seasoned prosecutors sifting through all the evidence they can uncover. Trump and his consiglieris are in deep quicksand of trouble.


I can see myself purchasing one.

What I find unconscionable, however, is that the Ontario Government is willing to subsidize my purchase with borrowed money. I believe most that would be willing to spend $32K on a new car would be able to spend $44K . Sure, I'll take the subsidy, as a one person protest wouldn't change a thing.

That said, the $12K per car subsidy would best be spent on helping Ontario families with their sky high electricity bills.


That _was_ the 3rd version. The first one was that there was no contact whatsoever between the campaign and Russia.


It is best to get one’s news from several different sources these days as all have their own biases and agendas.

Unfortunately, shock jock antics still draw the most eye balls in Murka.

Canada has also fallen out of the top twenty in terms of media freedom according to Reporters Without Borders so not sure that anyone should be tooting that horn too loudly


That's the first thing that occurred to me as well.  If he was in direct physical contact with the child when he made a death threat that would justify a shooting (defense of a third person).  No jury in Lane County would ever convict the mother of a crime and I doubt the DA would even charge the mother with an offense.


@Kelcy Cole Before stating that something is bogus perhaps it would be wise to learn the facts.
.
In 2016, total federal government spending was $3.9 trillion, this includes all Social Security, Medicare and all other fed. gov. spending. $585 billion in deficit spending added to the national debt.
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In 2016, total federal revenues were $3.3 trillion, this includes all FICA taxes, personal and corporate income taxes and all revenue from all other sources.
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About 67% ($2.6 trillion) was spent on entitlement programs, about 16% ($605 billion) on defense, about 6% ($240 billion) interest on the debt leaving 11% ($429 billion) for all other federal departments combined. https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
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This is total federal spending and revenue, your attempt to separate FICA from general revenues is invalid in this case.
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The general fund (income taxes) pays for more than 40% of Medicare spending.www.pgpf.org/budget-basics


Didn't the PCs roll out these sorts of scare tactics in the last Alberta election?


WOW !!! How many times do these ignorant people have to grab the spotlight before they go home and take the time educate themselves on WHAT THE BAN actually is !!!!!!!!!! Over 4000 people come into the US everyday of those ONLY 196 were held and only 1 or 2 were held were held for more than 5 hours and than 5 hours and than ALL WERE RELEASED !!!!!!!!!!! WHA IS WRONG WITH MAKING AMERICA SAFE!!!! THIS IS NOT A BAN AGAINST ANY ONE PEOPLE !!!!! Go educate yourselves on what the ban truly is and stop your stupid protesting just for something to do !!!!! IF YOU CAN'T BACK YOUR PRESIDENT WHO TRYING TO KEEP THE TERRORISTS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY GO LIVE IN THE 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES WHERE THEY COME FROM AND MAYBE THAN YOU'LL GET THE POINT !!!!!! You are all a mass of sheep who are Ungrateful and I have NO Respect for any of you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Justin likes him. Is that cause for alarm?


They're protesting in front of the Peel district office building, not the school.


It is truly sad and says something about the motivations of the bloggers when the highest rated post does not meet civility standards. These blogging sites are not representative of the general population and will attract and large number of extremists and "trolls".


Teacher shortage, especially in SPED is a huge problem.  But the band aid fix is subs and 89 day temporary hires taking their place regardless of if they are properly qualified.   I agree housing and finances is an issue but some times things that hsta fights for isn't just money, it's for more time to do the paper work or for PD, or for better funding for resources.   But the reality is that people do not go into the field because it is lucrative, they go into to it because it is a calling or a passion.  So the idea that money/housing dominates things is both a reality but also not necessarily what it's all about from the standpoint of teachers.  The other is that when the doe messes up then they put more on the plates of teachers to "correct the problem".  Better leadership, management and accountability up top might help also.


The Middle Class and the Working Class are different groups of people, especially with the virtual death of the union movement.


How does one get information on these home? I want to buy one.


You didn't specify to whom your comment was directed.  Since I wrote the article, I concluded you'd addressed it to me.  If my conclusion was in error, you have my apology.  To answer you last question, how is REQUESTING a meaningful contribution not contribute, or at least encourage contribution?  Don't see what's so hard about this...


Punk. Lyerla is and has been (is a has-been?) an embarrassment to the Mighty Ducks.


I want to copy/paste your comment!! I agree wholeheartedly. I hope this is the start of a snowball effect to get this line built it would be an economic revolution for our state.


Good article, kids need to play as many sports as they can, the select/specialization aspect is about money and parents hiring private coaches who tell the parent
there kid is the next big superstar so that the parents will keep writing checks.  Recruiting is a huge issue, I believe Wiaa rules are very specific about the fact that you can't recruit for athletic purposes, yet I see 6ft 3 inch 240 lb freshman linebacker at east side Catholic and many other 250 lb plus freshman and sophomores on their roster, it's a joke and creates a very uneven/unsafe playing field.  A separate private school league should be put in place, then let these teams have their own recruiting wars and beat up on each other.  What happened to the good old days where on Friday night you and your buddies from you neighborhood played they kids from another near by neighborhood, there were great games and rivalries.


Just wanted to point out here that both Orlando Centeno in this murder/suicide case, and A.J. Nelson in the Gutierrez capital murder case, are W-Bush era military veterans. While it's important to respect the sacrifices  and value the lives of our service members, it's dangerous to form cults of personality around military identities generally, and it's absolutely inexcuseable how this country flippantly abuses its veterans, and scrimps them on healthcare and benefits they earned in our service when they return home.


Since the start of the current era in international relations (in other words since the end of the Cold War – no point now in re-litigating our Cold War military posture) the US has pursued a policy of achieving its strategic objectives through military might.   In the region where this policy has been most directly focused, the Middle East, the policy has been an abject failure.  It has wrought destabilization, brought us failed regimes and bitter enemies that fight asymmetrical wars in the names of organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS.  The estimates for the costs of just the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (once lifetime health care for the many vets whose bodies and psyches have been destroyed is included) go as high as $6 trillion, see here: goo.gl/0tXsja      And this estimate doesn't even begin to take account of the cost in homeland security (the billions on covert security, the vast apparatus of domestic surveillance, the invasion of our privacy  (More...)


Let's note, trees are not a one-time resource.  On our public lands now, their main use is in wildfire production.

Meanwhile, wood products are still used by all of us. Every. Single. Day.


Before Obamacare you could have gotten a MUCH better policy. Obamacare simply screwed young people.  That is what they get for voting for Obama


Didn't know they eat fish.  As usual, Scott's articles are always informative and pleasant to read.
Yeah, those mynahs and other birds will swoop down on tid bits leaving nothing for the Kolea.  Mahalo for the article.


And, if they have, will you then agree that those loopholes should be closed?


My deepest condolences to the familys.


I was born in New Jersey in 1962, since that time, I have never seen the press go after a President like they have Trump. Some of it has been deserved, as he has been ostentatious. Most of this hate is because the press had their hearts set on a Clinton II presidency. Now that Comey has had his day in the Senate hearing and much of the Russian collusion rumors have been dispelled, I doubt that this will end the conflict. Everyone has picked sides. Lets remember that the Democrats have had eight years.


The Burmese authorities know what is best for Burma.

Why do Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock meddle in the affairs of Burma? Who gave them the right to do so? The era of gunboat diplomacy was over years ago. Meddling by westerners only aggravate problems and create new problems, e.g. Libya, Iraq,

Would Canadian politicians and the putative ‘elite’ appreciate Burmese (or Chinese) authorities reprimand Canada for its abysmal treatment of Indigenous people?


This is why everyone know Indians are liars. By what India is a "superpower"? Let alone "never attack" any country?
Just ridiculous liars.


So, "yardman," who'd you vote for?

That should provide a pretty good idea of who the real "fool" is.


Fr. Reese, with all due respect I disagree.  Donald Trump is and will always be a divisive person.  He has used disparaging names for anyone he disagrees with, he has offered to pay the legal bill for anyone who wants to use violence.  He wants to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it, he wants to ban Muslims from this country and the Catholic Church said President Obama was violating Religious freedom?  He abuses women because in his own words on audio tape he has the power to do so.  And you are saying we should all get together and work with this person and his cabinet for the better of our country?  How do you see that happening?  He wants to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations and yet somehow find the funds to rebuild our infrastructure.  The church was very muted on all of the atrocious comments he made on the campaign trail and now you suggest we work with him.  I'm sorry I don't see how that is possible.


An Open Letter to Pope Francis
by John Finnis and Germain Grisez
12 . 9 . 16
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/12/an-open-letter-to-pope-francis

John Finnis is emeritus professor of law and legal philosophy at the University of Oxford and Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

Germain Grisez is emeritus professor of Christian ethics at Mount St. Mary’s University.


fact bud fact


Long on Trump
Wall Streeters like Anthony Scaramucci bet heavy on the would-be president back when that seemed like a pretty dumb investment.

Now Scaramucci and Wall Street thinks it's Bonus time!

Making America Goldman (Sachs) Again.


Personally I'm amazed anyone and especially Liberal/Democrats would even bring up "Approval Ratings" these days. The past 7 days I believe I have read well over a dozen polls, some of those included ABC, L.A. Times, Seattle Times, Bloomberg etc. which by in large with little variations.....
Trump 41%
Hillary 38%
O.J. Simpson 38%
Congress 20%
Democrat Party 19%

I can't remember for sure which liberal media poll it was, but they made a point out of Hillary and O.J. Simpson having the same approval ratings. Kinda tells a rather revealing picture of those who voted for Hillary I'd say.


Since 3 days, Morocco have also ban the niquab and the burqua...!


For expanded revelations of the corruption of similar connectors to the worldwide tax avoidance/scofflaw schemes of the Alaska-connected, Republican government haters, and financial manipulators go to McClatcheydc.com to read the "The Secret Shell Game"of offshore criminality.


I think the outcry would be about the quality of your retort.


This is unfortunate.  He had a chance to deliver the Tax Payer Relief shot to the mugger and didn't take it.


It was never the policy of the ANC to slaughter innocent civilians in their struggle or to wipe out the Whites.Can the Palestinians stop their terror & talk peace. No negotiations with terror.


Ford pardoned Nixon.  There is a Presidential precedent.


Not sure if automotive or any other manufacturing fully fits into the current gov't plans for the future of the province.

The rules and regulations they are looking to implement, for the most part, mirror the collective agreements that they have with their own employees who operate in a completely different setting when it comes to be efficient with time and resources, and to compete with other same industry companies.

Not sure the changes will encourage people to start new or expand existing operations, but again, this current gov't really doesn't have much in the way of private sector business experience.


1. Limit immigration to the number of people required to maintain the current population.
2. Add an IQ test to the immigration process.
3. Give the most consideration to those potential immigrants who did the best on the IQ test, especially to families where both the mother and father did well.


"Peterborough genre enthusiasts" What the hell is that? You make is sound like a publication of the local Star Trek club, not one of Canada's most progressive and successful small presses. Chizine isn't just a press, the national community of writers they have developed and published has evolved into a  movement, a 'school' if you will, that is revolutionizing genre fiction AND CanLit.  As evidenced by the appearance of one of their books on the longlist.  Note, for example, that CZP sponsors an award-winning multi-city national program of readings that is one of the most dynamic literary forums going. If "Peterborough genre enthusiasts" is the best description you can come up with, you haven't been paying enough attention to what's actually going on in the Canadian literary scene.


Pandora, I stand amazed by your integrity and virtue.


Art, did you just advocate hiring more employees? In this environment? Are you crazy? We should be cutting employees and privatizing!
Just kidding. I totally agree with you. You get the attention to that you pay for. Since the incarcerated are the enemy it's doubtful those with the added duties care about the attn to detail. I'm sure they have the same attitude as many posters here.


Pretty simple.  Growing trees consume carbon, dying trees release carbon, and forest products (lumber, plywood, CLT, tables, chairs, guitars, etc. etc. etc.) store carbon for the life of the product.


Do we really need a new jail??? What are we doing for the inmates we have to insure that when they are released they will not return. Are we educating them?? Training them for a job? Giving them the mental health and social services they need?  Helping them kick their addictions?  Treating them as human beings who can rejoin society? Feeding them food that will nourish their bodies and their minds instead of just filling their stomachs? There are countries in the world that have managed to NOT have a prison population through proper rehabilitation and support instead of just locking up everyone who is homeless or mentally ill or who steals bc he cannot find a job and wants to feed his family. These are social issues that must be addressed first. So let's give them the help they need instead of locking them up and forever stigmatizing them as a criminal. Look to see how other countries have accomplished this--then let's talk about the need for another jail.


Well, of course, we have to come up with the money for Big Oil some where; erily similar to a piece on Reuters about how in Oklahoma they are doing the same thing, cutting schools to the bone mena while practically giving away their resources. Folks they are at FOUR days a week school, that is a disgrace and no child in the 21st century can get adequate education in four days a week. If you look at all of the states that are doing the worst on everything they all have one thing in common guess what that is....


Oh, now I do remember catching my finger in the chain.  And yet, I'm still here. . . with all-10 fingers.  Maybe we were just hardier back then.  I stepped on nails and a broken Coke bottle.  Oh, yeah, did I mention we used to run around barefoot or with thongs?  (That's what they were called back then.)  We used to eat earthworms and dirt pies.  How did we ever survive?  I'm not being facetious, either.  We also never got food-borne illnesses from lettuce or fruit.


Wow. You must be telepathetic. These ARE my numbers. They just went up in January which is why I dropped it. You're a little old to flunk the Sally Ann test aren't you?


Wow, Denver Post shilling for their agenda...really makes you think


Pleasure.

Can you believe the trolls?

They have nothing to say.  They just want to be nasty.

Sad.

Hope that you are well, Risque.


The post of the day.


One interesting question that Saunders touched on is at what point can you stop subdividing a country?  In a British context London voted against BREXIT, can they become independent of Britain and remain in the EU?  If so can a smaller portion of London then choose to go the other way?

As traditional nations become less significant within the EU this question becomes more relevant.  That might become the big political question to be sorted out over the next twenty years.


The arguments being put forward on trade now are comical. In just about every other context large debt is seen as bad and unsustainable. Certainly, I agree there is a point it becomes too much, though I do not think itors easy to clearly define what that level is. But it is very clear to me that conservatives and those that think government can do NO good, always think that level is lower than it is likely to be. Now these same people argue a trade deficit is accompanied bb offsetting nvestment surplus: all is good with the world, let trade continue exactly as is, it's fine because it balances. But investment is just another word for debt. A massive trade imbalance means you are borrowing, becoming indebted to finance consumption. And yes the numbers balance, but that is simply accounting, not a measure of a healthy economy. The books of failing companies balance in a similar way because accounting is always supposed to balance  by definition, not because things are good or bad.


It was intentional.

In any event, it is beyond pathetic that Leafs fans and the Toronto sports media are celebrating a team that barely scraped its way into the playoffs and was then ousted in the first round.  This reminds me a bit of how excited the right wing media gets when Donald Trump manages to read a speech (like the State of the Union address) without interjecting racist comments.  Do you people not have any standards?  Sens fans won't get excited about their team unless and until it reaches the Conference finals.


kay_cee:  They buy the rights to U.S programs because those programs get larger audiences (& hence higher ad revenues) and cost less than Cdn. programs.


Ah Donald, "To thine own self be true."

Why even appear to care about minority issues at this late date?


Perhaps we will not be able to eliminate rape until after we have eliminated the really diabolical things...like yoga and the Girl Scouts.


Justin has succeeded in a relatively short period of time......in making me miss Mr. Harper. Is it just me? What has most impressed me about Justin is how balancing the budget has become a moving target. At first it was supposed to be 2020. Now? 2045. That's impressive.


Gotta admit, it is absolutely fascination to watch the Purple Supremacists and their MSM praise a group  that killed 5 cops in one day as heroes. Maybe America is finally headed for a real Civil War and not just a War Between the States.


This spectacle is more exciting than the thrilla in Manila. RNC in freefall and no bottom in sight.


POLITICAL problems like the BARROW shake-up IS amplified in the smaller 2nd class cities--PEOPLE DONT EVEN VOTE anymore--so whoever is left in office--APPOINTS their faves--relatives--nobody wins--and LAWS continue to be broken and flouted---


this sounds to me to be a ruse to increase membership and accrue better revenue because they invested pension funds of workers and pocketed the interest without the knowledge of workers.they should stay-out of politics and concentrate on crime which affect workers daily.


If it's such a great idea maybe Axel can bank roll the $35B and take all the risk instead of the taxpayer.


Yeah, go outside and play, who needs to bother saving for retirement?  We all get our public sector defined benefit pension for that, don't we?
</sarcasm>


No, both are misogynist


Sssssssighed the Ssssnake. Soros' toady. Enemy of the People.


Well, the ADN has said the candidate's views are not theirs, good news indeed!  He criticizes the increase of government 'revenue generation' without substantial reductions.  Look for smaller government upon his election. He has successfully run, and retired from, a school district in this state as superintendent.  His calm and quiet demeanor is not something from which we should run.  Attacking him without knowing him is not productive.


I'd certainly be in favor of it - which counts for absolutely nothing :)Interesting possibility - we'll see how it plays out. Remember, though, that the defense in the Holmes trial offered that plea to Brauchler, and Brauchler still took it to the box - where he lost. It took all those millions of dollars for the jury to convict him, and then promptly send him to prison for life. Ultimately, Brauchler's game of chicken cost everyone a ton of money, time, and forced the victims' families to re-live the horror for many years. Here, the defense - via the family, is already planting the same seeds regarding his mental health. I wonder if Dave Young will be a better pragmatist than Brauchler.


Maybe Babcock should record the Flames' games and play them for the Leafs!


I hope you never accuse someone of nit picking.


Membership in Satanic churches is soaring in Trumpland.

http://www.therooster.com/blog/membership-satanic-churches-soars-trumps-america

Who knew ?


So the only big number is $127 million to Westridge Marine, a private company. The others: $7M + $23 M + $6M = $36M total for BC.  Maybe add $25M that Christy has 'negotiated' from KM, for a grand total of $61 M.  Anyone taking bets that a large spill would be under $1 billion in cleanup costs? Not that it can ever really be cleaned up.  The BC sales tax alone brings our government $6.3 billion annually, or to put it another way, over 100 times what we will get from the pipe.  Huge risk on our part for peanuts of a return.


Yes I agree it has been the same old Song and Dance since Carey arrived in Montreal..lots of Hype and vanishing in playoffs...!


I don't mean to say that the author's feelings have no basis in reality because they do. There can be no doubt that Native Alaskans face racial discrimination in their own land just like my ancestors faced the same in Ireland. The view too many people have of Alaska Natives is a view of a people whose culture has been all but destroyed, and any people whose culture *is* destroyed are a lost people. It's helpful to remember that for millennia before Northern Europe could be populated, Native Alaskans were making a living and prospering all over Alaska.


Did you feel that way in the Arar case?  Or is this just selective fake outrage?


I can imagine that.


Brady won a SB in his first full season as a starter.


There is a huge difference between raising and killing a large animal domestically for food, leather and bi-products and traveling a long distance to kill an animal for the fun of it and a trophy, while leaving the meat to rot and for scavengers. In short, killing for food is one thing, killing for fun is inexcusable in my opinion. Personally, I eat meat about 2-3 times per month, either fish or chicken and I never eat red meat. If you can't see the difference between that and trophy hunting, I really wonder about you.


Well written.  Canadian banks have far too much power and fearless arrogance.  They are practically a shadow government and judiciary.

Complexities aside, I was treated like filth by BNS (with whom I'd banked for decades when I was healthy), abused verbally and taunted by their customer service department over a minor complaint at how their "wealth management" people consistently mismanaged my portfolio at King and Bay.  Clearly, instead of trying to work with me to resolve the issue, they closed my account and sent a sarcastic goon to my front door with a cheque.  I was too sick to answer the door, so the goon left a nasty, taunting phone message.

The bank ignored my disabilities and continued to mock me.  When I spoke with BNS again to say I would complaint to the OBSI, they laughed saying, "good luck with that".  BNS abuses disabled people.  The OBSI is a sham.


Westbank is a community, part of West Kelowna. How about we focus on the content of the article and not some inane assumption.


And, finally ... you really should deal with the final sentence:

"Don't get me started on how common assault sees virtually identical clearance rates to sexual assault, but only sexual assault has a conviction rate problem."

The percentage of complaints that make it to court is virtually the same between common assault and sexual assault. The percentage that hit court that result in a guilty verdict is roughly the same between the two, as well.

Leaving aside the fact that people looking at general statistics have decided the conviction rate isn't "high enough" (What's the minimum acceptable quota for guilty verdicts, anyway?), why is the rate for sexual assault problematic but the rate for common assault, which sees MANY times the complainants ... is not?  No campaigns, no articles in major newspapers ... nada.  We couldn't be applying different standards to the two crimes, could we?

Naaaaaaaah.


Boom and Bust. What's New in Alaska. Still attempting to pave, the same old bumpy road! Katalla was at the center of the now-abandoned Katalla oil field. This was the first discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Alaska (1902).   The town's population continued to depend on the small oil field for income until December 25, 1933 when fire damaged its refinery and operations ceased. Finally in 1943, the feds closed the Post Office.
Merry X-Mas, from Katalla. Christmas in Alaska!


Nor does it comment on the judicial clown, or the press clown who missed this story.

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/04/10/two-men-facing-drug-weapons-charges


If they're American why the heck are  these scumbags going to Canada.


There you go assuming.....


I don't know, but I'll ask.


ISpy1: Well said.  If you live in Ontario and don't recognize these basic facts you are either a green ideologue or you work for the Ontario government and vote for the Liberals because they are the most generous of employers, or perhaps you are even both.


Centrists and leftists see it too. Lordy, historically in Canada, where on the political spectrum do you think most support for laid off workers has come from? PCs fight worker friendly initiatives all the time, to protect corporate profits and ways. Center and left parties in Canada are historically not the like the Dems are today, whatever Trudeau's current failings may be.


that what i'm saying.  this story is screaming "see me!" i'd rather see surveillance video as he did the deed.


You can't be a political leader in Hawaii and ignore the demands of the special interest Masters. They fund the Democratic party and they expect to get what they want in return. In this case 2.4 billion.
Didn't anyone tell the neighbor island legislators this is how business is done at the legislature? If Saiki doesn't remove her, he could be the one getting ousted from the leadership.


As we lose jobs by the thousands the ASD wants to spend money like drunken sailors .  Throwing more money at the broken ASD is blown money.   This town is headed in the wrong direction thanks to liberal thinking . Most of that thinking starts in the ASD and how they are brain washing our kids.


I like that news. After reading this article https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/latest-trends-in-android-application-development-in-2017 I realized that  AI is trend of 2017. It's useful and popular and  Canada have to continue to lead in artificial intelligence development, of course


I enjoyed your marvelous satiric shtick on the neo-fascist intolerance of the lunatic left wing fringe until I realized that it also describes what passes for "Civil Comment" in these discussion forums.

"Civil Comment" here is limited to comments that adhere to current left wing dogma and causes and aberrant comments seen to support conservative points of view or leaders are usually deleted as not meeting the community's civility standards.

For example, posters are welcome to tell any lies they like about Trump as long as they are negative and vituperative but discouraged from telling any truths about Trudeau if said truths are insufficiently worshipful.  (Hilariously, I have had posts deleted as uncivil when they have centered on and cited actual embarrassing quotes by Justin himself. )

Kudos to Margaret Wente, the University of Chicago and all writers and institutions that support free speech in media and on campus.

Lets hope its not too little, too late against the SJ mob.


Obama would have done more to oppose Putin if he hadn't been busy trying to hack the Brexit vote.


As to No. 2, the San Francisco 49ers employ Katie Sowers as an assistant receivers coach and the Buffalo Bills have Kathryn Smith as their quality control coach.


But Margaret, how many papers would the G&M sell if the headline read "Nothing horrible happened today?"


I tend to agree with the ferret. In my case I retired at 59, have not taken my CPP and do not intend to til 65 by which time I will have reduced my RRSP by 30% and paid the taxes but put as much as possible in my TFSA. Taking my CPP at 65 along with OAS and having my bridge drop off my pension payment I should have an income in the 50K bracket and not pay too much tax until 71 when the RRIF starts. Reducing my RRSP without a huge tax penalty is a goal as dying with a big RRSP and no spouse means the estate gets hammered with  a 50% income tax bill in the year of my demise. Anybody know when that will be? Me either.


wasn't there supposed to be a prison out in JC?  maybe 10 yrs ago or so?


We have an idiot in chief who calls global warming a hoax and an 86 year old woman who has never seen floodwaters that high in the 40 years that she has lived there. Who would you tend to believe that global warming is real. The state of Texas is a republican stronghold and as much as I pray for our fellow Americans I can't help but feel that there is a divine connection.