They are trying to keep up with Donald Trump who continues to pull people in including his haters.

However the real story that Senator Hirono should be tweeting is that the five-year survival rate for Stage IV kidney cancer is 8%. This could help raise awareness for this deadly disease. I hope she takes really good care of herself. My Aloha to her and her family.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/kidney-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html


After 10+ years of doing nothing, Europe is facing severe issues of cultural segregation, religious fundamentalism, and broad societal regression- Rotherham child sex assaults, Denmark, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Cologne.  Europe is on the verge of massive civil unrest (lawless rioting is already common in France). Jews are leaving western Europe by the thousands because they are tired of police with assault rifles guarding their children's elementary schools, they are tired of being spat on and harassed, they are tired of the societal decay, crime, and drugs infecting their neighborhoods. Whether the Globe admits it or not doesn't change the reality that no-go zones are real and ignoring issues stemming from cultural segregation only empowers leaders like Trump. Canada is more open than Europe but we aren't immune to the ethnic cultural segregation that breeds extremism and division.  Accommodations such as demands of gender segregation are a threat to Canada's pluralism.


"By deliberately denigrating people, President Donald Trump reveals the self-serving bias of a pompous and mendacious tyrant. How can he expect honor, respect and trust when he lacks integrity? His chronic and unceasing offensive and defensive actions and words are without forethought,"

Hey, you don't have to convince me what a great guy he is,  I already voted for him.  The other way...wasn't working out so well.

See: Welfare Participation Rates


considering that I saw a lot of pizza with char marks in Italy, I would say them.


Hickenlooper betrayed Coloradans with the formation of the Oil and Gas Commission whose only purpose was to placate the submission of the fracking ballot initiative. This was followed by the Constitutional amendment making it almost impossible to put any initiative on the ballot including any type of fracking regulation. It is clearly evident that Hickenlooper sold out to oil and gas. Shameless.


You are suggesting that you are laughing at deleted comments of Jimmee & Green Jeans.
It's funny since you are Green Jeans.


Most of the "socialist" benefits go to the rich hon.  Wake up.  Medicaid has been well used her as it is a lifeline for thousands of low-income residents.  Thank God for Medicaid.  Naturally an ideologue like Johnson prefers the poor die than be helped.  Disgusting dude and a real Trumpist.


many ppl proud of what Trump said. most of the peeps that are boycotting agree. Whats your point?


What is it about "popular vote" and "one person, one vote" that is so difficult to understand?  The person who gets the most votes wins, end of.


Here is a large body that totally disagrees with transitioning children:
GENDER IDEOLOGY HARMS CHILDREN
Here is their statement & link to their website.

The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex.

https://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/gender-ideology-harms-children


I've encountered bright UO undergrads, most happen to be studying Computer Science, Accounting, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math, etc. The honors college has an incoming SAT range comparable to top 50 national schools. Yes, many mediocre and unmotivated students attend UO as well. As far as the instructors, professors, and PhD teaching fellows I've encountered, they are for the most part high-quality, well-published, competent, and ranging from decent to brilliant at actual teaching. Academia is competitive enough and the Northwest as pleasant enough locale that even the 100th best national Uni can hire top talent.


A comment crystallizing the view of an extremist as in I am absolutely right and the other side is absolutely wrong.  Perhaps you are an opinion racist.


That shows how long its been since I was a regular Hi-way user. My speedometer ALWAYS reads exactly 5 mph. faster than I'm actually going. I try not to ever let it read 65 or more, (I'm chicken and cheap). haha


So what!

She is guaranteed a job with Canadian National, care of Ontario taxpayers..

http://sirf-online.org/2016/12/12/canadian-national-railway-the-great-ralroad-construction-robbery/


By the time this appeal is resolved the State will be broke and 100% of PF earnings will be needed and used to fund State government. And that's even if we make much needed cuts to current bloated State spending.


I'm a "northerner ".  When I was 21 I moved to Virginia to teach school and was astounded to learn that the War Between the States was anything but over !
Just about every battle fought spilled blood all over the South  .  Both southern and northern blood to be sure  .  However it was for each side a rich man's War but a poor boys ' Fight .   Moreso for the Confederacy  .
I say this not to excuse horrendous behavior  .  Rather to stress the depth of the evil which continues to engulf our entire country .
Unscrupulous individuals use this repeatedly for their own purposes .
Treason ?  In an age of States ' Rights ?  150 years ago ?  And why , right now have we seen this same disrespect for the Central Government  ?  And dare not call it Treason ?
We don't have the luxury to live in the past .
Failure of Education , Decent housing , Proper nutrition , Job Opportunity,  Safe streets is destroying all of us .  We will only put an end to Racism by addressing its roots .


Only people who dislike Mr. Trump are suggesting he meant anything veiled or dangerous by his comment. Mr. Trump himself says that was not his intention. You choose not to believe him and instead continue to spread what you say is a dangerous idea while blaming Mr. Trump for what are in fact the words of yourself and others! It is only Mr. Trump's opponents who are ringing any bell, and if there is any danger it is from what they falsely attribute to Mr. Trump. What Mr. Trump said requires an outrageous interpretation of his actual words to arrive at what he is being accused of, and would then require an outrageous action to be taken by a truly sick individual to constitute an actual danger, and you want to blame Mr. Trump for all of that. You need to get a grip, Gary, and recognize this nonsense for what it is: a bald faced attempt to defame Mr. Trump for political benefit. It stems from a deep fear of some that he is striking a chord with many voters and may win the presidency.


Said the amateur who missed out on 25% YOY return on RBC.  You're not even close little whazzy....


Mr. Williams makes a good point.   I fear those "neo-liberals" screaming for Ms. Shurtz's resignation/dismissal fail to see the irony in their actions.  I also fear many of them might not even know who Senator Tail-gunner Joe McCarthy was.  Sad indeed...........Gary Crum


mendacious, obscurantist, dissembling, .... Borrowed from the NASA Inspector General Report on Dubbya Appointee interference with NASA's Statutory Obligation to report NASA Scientific and Technical findings about Global Warming quickly and fully.


People certainly do lose their faith. You're demonstrating one of the problems that run rampant especially through higher education that contributes to lose of faith...that all religions and faiths are equal and all truth is what you make yourself. Denying objective truth and "evolving" your beliefs to your individual liking is nothing more than making God into your own image.
That may satisfy your feelings, but its new age thinking and not Christian


What's with your obsession with alcohol? I don't have a problem, it must be you, troll. Buzz off. I wasn't talking about engineering schools, I was talking about educated, moral, sophisticated and cosmopolitan people. People in no way like you.


complete nonsense....if systemic racism is to be attributed as the essential element leading Muslim residents and citizens to engage in the slaughter of fellow citizens and strangers at random, then the list of those sub-groupings in western societies who might rightly be expected to claim a priority right to engage in such actions over their Muslim neighbours, would be long .

It is interesting that while desperately seeking some means to understand why so many young Muslims are willing to carry out acts of extreme violence upon their fellow citizens writers like the author ignore why so many other disadvantaged sub groups are unwilling to do so...


Even more interesting is the fact that my comment pointed that out - and was deemed "uncivil"


@SeaMonkey

That is a reflection mostly of the lack of of experience with electric cars - how well do they perform as they age.  Personally, my concern, especially for pure electrics, would be the battery life.  They do wear out or at least hold less charge as they age.  Replacement, if possible (I don't know if that is possible) would be expensive.  It is less of a concern with hybrids since they can still function, though with degraded performance, with a failing battery.  Gas and diesel powered cars don't have this problem - generally the engine is not what is worn out on a car being junked.


I didn't read this full article because it's written by a girl and girls are not smart.

Is that how we play this gender game?


Paul Krugman "Could ignorance, incompetence be the silver lining?" Actually as it turns out Krugman and other liberals ignorance and incompetence is the silver lining that helped to elect Trump.

The better question is what "lessons reasonably rational citizens " learn from a liberal, Krugman type of meltdown?

From one of the latest mainline news conferences Rep. [D] Maxine Waters claims President Trump is currently supplying bombs & bombing Aleppo, Syria. Waters also claims Trumps, Putin/Russia is currently invading Korea. While Maxine Waters wants the-Impeachment of Trump, Rep. [D] Nancy Pelosi believes Bush is still the current President and that she can't work with Bush. At the news conferences both Pelosi and Waters claim Trump is ‘Incoherent,’ ‘Incompetent,’ ‘Reckless’.  Really? Hilarious in light of Kruggy questioning if "ignorance, incompetence be the silver lining?".

I'd say yes as liberals continue to provide more evidence Liberalism is a mental illness.


But looks do  matter in this case when the candidate is wearing religious attire.


When life evolves slowly and naturally, there is ample time for all the species to adapt.  This is a far cry from dumping a bunch of cows in a place they would never get to on their own.  The only high expense to remedying this problem, would be the preservation of the meat, which couldn't be put on the market anyhow.


From their website, "The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) is an independent, public corporation of the State of Alaska." Which I believe is a fancy way of saying it is a public entity that is supposed to represent or serve the citizens of the State of Alaska. Please correct me with facts and sources if I am incorrect.

Given this, if I am correct, their refusal to provide a copy of the agreement they signed in our name because it is not a "public document" is bloody obscene. Yet more evidence that Alaska has become little more than a corrupt banana republic run by dishonest oil companies through their chosen lackeys (who we are dumb enough to keep electing on the "God, guns, and gynecology" ticket instead of actual meaningful issues - which would of course require we pay attention).

Honestly, if a deal is good enough to sign in our name (which is who the State is supposed to represent), it should be good enough to hold up to public scrutiny. If it can't, don't sign.


Nobody wants to talk about how Mr.Yoqoob was prosecuted for assaulting his own father? Why would we elect someone to hold criminals accountable when he is a violent criminal himself? Mr. Kaneshiro had the decency not to bring this up in their last debate so as not to completely ruin Mr. Yaqooob's career.


A lot of the millenials I know were maxing out their TFSA by priotizing their spending and/or appreciative of the extra space and hoped to fill it soon.  These were I guess of the less entitled lot of millenials who work hard and save.  But I see nothing but truth in Ryan's overall post that Trudeau's policies will hurt millenials the most in the long run given the points made.  That is undeniable even if the TFSA reduction may not be that big of a deal.


because the lifestyle is abnormal, chosen, and pushed in our faces as being ok.


Awww, wavey! Oh wait... **BRAWK!***


Sorry, 4:20, but I can only describe the contents of your response as amazing.  You represent that the very "unusual" (how's that for a PC euphemism) statements, comments and positions he continues to present aren't really Mr. Trump's positons.  Instead, you say they represent efforts to elicit political support.  You suggest he's not those things he represents himself to be.  He's not sexist, he's not racist, he's not xenophobic, he's not homophobic, he's not elitist, he's not a megalomaniac,  He's not the man he's shown himself to be over his entire life.  "He'll turn 180 degrees if elected".  Essentially, you're saying the man lies and has no integrity.

You present the most bizarre endorsement of a political candidate I've ever seen.


It's interesting to hear about other denominations and their worldviews. I applaud forward-thinking churches that are open to new light from the Holy Spirit. As Jesus told his disciples, he would send the spirit to lead them into all truth. Perhaps Dr. Geldbach most closely aligns with that view. Do Adventists not belong to this group?


The government really needs to move into the modern era. Taking years to get things done is no longer acceptable. The whole marijuana legalization thing should have been in place a year and a half ago.


The "civility standard" that the "community" who are definitively NOT my peers finds that I violate is my saying something truthful that lefties don't like.   You'll probably censor this too, but at least some of you will have to endure reading it before you run off to your safe space.


Yes and yes, but putting an end to the UN does not put an end to many of the conventions that Canada has entered into with other nations.  Further, some of those conventions have more substance, merit and value to the country than anything we have seen from the PMO over the past 17 months.  Let's put an end to that overpaid elitist political bureaucracy first.


I'm not too sure about that.


We have laws against the kinds of things we don't want people doing in this country. We have a justice system to enforce those laws. If we missed a law or two, then let's pass a couple more. Meanwhile, asking people who are desperate to come to Canada "values" questions and expecting anything but the correct answer is just foolish. It's, as they say, dog-whistle politics and nothing more IMHO.


So will you be calling her  a "Social Fascist"? Or, since Canada has a New Democratic Party rather a Social Democratic Party, a "New Fascist"?


jellison is a real predatory POS. having to register a sex offender is not a surprise. robbing a blind man, specifically by USING HIS BLINDNESS AGAINST HIM. have i mentioned the term POS? hope bubba has a soft spot for the blind and welcomes jellison with open arms...


Liberals in Canada have the arrogant idea that we can reverse global climate while the rest of the world including  China, India, USA, and Brazil, are doing absolutely bobcus.
This is NOTHING but a money grab by the Liberals to spend on their pet projects.
Thanks for helping destroy the Canadian economy more than all the damage you have done in the last few years.


Exactly what would you want Trudeau to do? Especially something that would be effective?


You didn't hear it from me... but the Park Hill Golf Course is the preferred site in the city's bid


You mean like she was when she worked at that store ?


On the 4th line of Bradford this summer a cyclist was killed by a pickup truck. No charges were laid. The driver remained at the scene. No charges because the sun was in the driver's eyes. The HTA says you must give cyclists 1m. The HTA says you must drive according to conditions.
Also this summer, a cyclist was killed on Dupont (I think) and the police did not initially lay charges. Only after protests were charges laid.
I contacted Wynne and the MTO about my own experiences and the MTO says it is not their problem. I would have to contact Corrections (in charge of police) and the Attorney General's office.


We got to get everyone to keep on puffing!   My kid's school needs a few more teachers, full time library and PE!  Seriously with any luck, this could make an positive impact (in time).   Come on stoners, get to it!


Nope. Sloots are on their own now. Strong and independent, right? Women need men like fish need a bicycle. Blah blah blah


First it was a handout to Slumlords who got a property tax freeze (Liberal Economic Statement) in the hopes that tenants would not complain about rent increases in 2018, followed by Teachers next, followed By Doctors and OPSEU and then Wynne is set for re-election in 2018 (she wishes!). The hydro and property taxes on homeowners and farmers will sink her


Agree.  It's her life.


If you think it's disgusting to follow a president who lies, how did you live with yourself for the past eight years?


He has the right to sit.  I have the right to buy or NOT to buy tickets to watch him perform.  Just as you have the right to watch or not watch any of the televised games in which he appears.  You also have the right to be honest with the rating company pollsters when they ask what you're watching.


"Stand your ground"  It could be carrying.


B... b....b....b.... but we just had a Socalist POTUS here....

I am so scared by your latest prophecy that I just wet myself !!!

- Progressive IV

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bwhahahahahahahaha !

In the Socialist Brotherhood, Obozo was a lightweight.

Wait 'til you get a load of me !!!

The inevitable swing to the left has begun !  Petrofascism is soon yesterday's newspapers.

BOOK IT !!!!


Country after country is waking up to reality.  Better wake up too professor.  You and your ilk have sold us out.  The people aren't standing for it anymore.


An old saying is that the reason politics at universities are so cutthroat is that there is so little at stake.


Stan,
How can you sound so reasonable and non parochial when Elson has told you we are War Criminals. Have some remorse or you may never be forgiven and as far as the opinion of those outside Hawaii; Rocky says sacred lands are more important than science so why does the opinion of Non-Hawaiians Matter.


Competitive patriotism idiots who wrap themselves in the flag are loathsome and despicable. I would personally prefer that the national anthem was left completely alone, but the bell can't be unrung- so here we are. FIRE NFL players who kneel, stay in the locker room, or lock arms? I'm with the players on this one. And yes, jerks, I'll be happy to back it up. Leave your gun at home and take your thrashing like the real man you pretend to be. IN the 425 area code.


Dogma equates with Divinely revealed truth, nothing more. If a dogma happens to mesh with a certain political perspective, so be it. Divine truth does not require a political imprimatur. As an aside, the dogma v. infanticide is NOT based on the resolution of the question as to when life begins.


Uber and Lyft are obvious solutions. When I travel I use both, never had a problem anywhere. Track their progress to you, estimated fair is within a $1, newer cars, nice drivers who normally offer a water and actually get out to load your luggage, don't have useless conversations nor willing to offend passengers because you rate each ride and driver. Last two times we have been picked up at our house here taxi drivers in Anchorage arrive 30 minutes early, call you and tell you they are waiting outside and don't get out to help load luggage.

Nothing terrible but I prefer good, reasonable and reliable service.  Ask tourists in Anchorage what they think of public transportation and taxi companies. Someone in this town has blinders on and ear protection in to avoid the complaints and not see long waits and 10 year old Fords that are let's be nice and say well worn.  Would there be another reason we are one of only a few hold out states?  Don't like Uber don't use it but offer it at least


Stars and Dogs is the highlight of the Saturday Globe. Always makes me laugh.


According to the rules, these kids did not qualify for graduation. The answer was...change the rules.


Instead of this sneaky stunt Wall and his gang should hold a referendum. But they don't have the nerve to do that because they would lose. They don't like fair fights. They'd rather pick on weak opponents like people who ride STC or low income people.

Selling 49% means that 49% of all paid out profits have to be paid to whatever company owns them.

That means 49% of every nickel of profit could end up in Hong Kong, in Shanghai, or in New York City.

It also gives a ton of leverage to whomever owns those shares to exert influence over SaskTel's decision-making, for the benefit of that shareholder, of course. This could be completely the opposite of what is in the best interest of Saskatchewanians.

Selling 49% is a sneaky stealthy thing that only a slippery politician like Wall could have dreamed up.

Why didn't Wall and his gang put this to the voters in the last election? Cowards.


That's because there never was a bank bailout.  The government bought good quality assets from banks at a discount.  When you buy groceries, do you consider that a bailout or a purchase/sale of an asset?


didn't get your real name!


Trump's a hero to his base.  But the rest of us know Trump's new BFF was the source of missiles, guns and bullets that killed 52,000 guys in Viet Nam. We know and remember who put Kim's grandfather up to invading S. Korea, supplying the guns and tanks that killed Korean's civilians and GI's, and it was not Chinese. We remember who shot up and killed Hungarians when they rebelled against puppet communism in 1956.  Some of us have looked down the Fulda Gap or across the Berlin wall in Germany and seen Russian tanks from 50's to 90's. Some can even remember who joined up with the Nazis to destroy Poland in '39.  Trump's followers better get a grip on who Trump's BFF really is, he already invaded Crimea and has a new base in Syria.  These are the same ole KGB thugs who've poisoned and shot anyone who disagrees with them, anywhere.  Trump, a natural born con man and is learning from a master KGB thug the art of deflection.  While watching one hand, he's stealing your wallet with the other.


As the years go by the liberals get dumber and more desperate..


Another fearful cop hits the panic button.


So, you now disagree with all the bad mouthing Hillary did about your many sexual assault victims? Hypocrisy much?


Sounds like you hang around blue collar white guys in bars and generalize about them, and prefer the "educated" liberal guys, about whom you also generalize.  You can change bars if you want, but I'm just talking about a specific man, Trump, versus a specific man, Clinton, who not only talked about grabbing pyssy, but did it --- to the point of sexual harassment.

You say it's kag1982.  Sure it's not keg1982?


Those are charges; this is a conviction and sentencing.


Why is terrorist attack in quotes in your headline?


"Sterling said the captains of Washington State Ferries do their best to avoid crab pots, but at night there is only so much they can do to avoid the small buoys that mark the pots. Those setting crab pots are encouraged to note the ferry routes and set pots out of the way of the ferries to avoid losing their gear and potentially damaging vessels."

Really? Tens of thousands in damages? Hundreds? And a piddly polite "Pretty-please don't cost taxpayers / ferry riders increased fares and inconvenience because of your stupidity / carelessness"?

Mr. Sterling and the bright lights in Olympia (or wherever the WSF brass dusts their potted plants) oughta put their heads together and come up with a more effective solution better than...nothing - which is what we have now. Is there technology that tracks pots to avoid these recurring, super-costly collisions? Bigger, brighter buoys? Hello?

Or what, do we wait for it to inevitably happen again? And again? Where does the buck stop, Mr. Sterling?


Nothing wrong with a mandatory minimum here. She was a willing drug mule. End of story


Are you a moron? He's not kneeling because of econonomic injustice in inner cities. Nothing about his peaceful protest has anything to do with his upper class upbringing or his wealth. It is about the systemic injustice that black people in America face every day. Every black person I know has been afraid of getting pulled over for no reason, except they are black. The shooting of black people by the police are incomparable to shootings of white people pm e by police. Forget black on black or white people, this is about oppression. The fact that you have no understanding of this means you're clearly white, privileged, and ignorant. Or just stupid. You have no business writing anything about this situation. So stfu and go back to writing on your lap top in Starbucks and safely driving home without a worry in the world.


United Healthcare is my insurer.

I get a free visit from an RN every year who goes over all my lifestyle, exercise, medications, etc. to try  and make sure I'm aware and that I know what I should be doing if I'm not.    In fact, they gave me a $50 Wal-Mart debit card and a free water bottle this year because I participated.

This is in addition to the free visit they cover with my Primary Care Physician--with no co-pay.

I think the are operating on the "keep 'em healthy" concept instead of the "pay a bunch to fix them" concept.

If they are covering an old guy like me that way, pulling out of Obama's program must be because it's a different ballgame for them.


No I didn't see that . Please provide a link to YouTube.


Right -- Tillerson supposedly knew the cause of climate change and failed to tell anyone.  Well the deceived investors must all be Republicans because Democrats have all known about climate change since Al Gore told them.


"A Week-end in John Day"
www.efn.org/~hkrieger/johnday.htm


Me for one!


Since God is merciful, He/She can make an exception for you.


Uh, first you present polling data to show the québécois are significantly different from other Canadians in their views on accommodating non-Western cultures.  Then you admonish us to not single out the québécois, which you just did.  Were I a Muslim immigrant, I'd accept the fact that the vast majority of Quebec's population constitute a nation with a strong sense of their continually embattled identity.  As a result, the québécois behave as pretty much all of the rest of the world does, as a people with a homeland and a collective identity. .  If Muslim immigrants want to live in a place without the ability to assert the primacy of its own culture and values, they should move to Ontario.


Stiff, How about a two tier system. Soup line single payer for the indigent who want something for nothing, just get in the government sponsored line where doctors except Medicare Medicaid and treat people who can't or don't want to pay. Then we have the no line, get right in for the finest world class medical treatment, cutting edge, newest best, latest greatest, for the folks who expect to pay and support American exceptionalism.


Too many guns.


Top level I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny, a troll or just being sarcastic but there are things that just aren't funny no matter how hard you try.  Your post is a failure.


Sessions is dirty.  No surpise there.  This may be the most corrupt administration in USA history.  Just so sad.


How much of the 573 million dollars of spending power is staying in the state? How much is getting sent back home? How many family members do they bring over that could potentially drain states social services and schools budget? What is the cost of crime for their wonderful youth we see in the paper? My guess is they will not offset the 1600 high paying jobs leaving the state.


They are equal to  the  K*K for race hatred and malice.   Obama has legitimized their violent revenge on the rest of society.


High tax rates on corporations and the rich in the 1950's built the middle class and helped millions up out of poverty, just as the Scandinavian nations have done for 60 or 70 years.

  FDR warned that corporate takeover of government was the essence of fascism. Mahatma Gandhi said in the 40's that Western governments were diluted fascism.

  Republican Eisenhower built modern America with high tax rates. But he knew the forces of fascism were too powerful for progressive prosperity to last. When he left in 1960, he warned against the corporate backlash, saying, Beware of giving unwarranted power to the military-industrial complex.

  All the best ideals and admonishments of all the best statesmen were no match for the onslaught of global corporatism. Thus the world again slides down the muddy slope of economic fascism.


The scavengers are eating it right now.


Butts is that you?


You cannot be taken seriously unless mentioning the near depression of late 2008 caused by the collapse of the financial houses of New York.  Canada was well managed during this crisis.  It required prime the pump of $50 billion which was paid down in subsequent years resulting in a surplus in Harper's final year as PM.  Chretien and Martin faced no situation of this magnitude.


I agree and understand the distinction in the scenarios you sketch. I discussed this very issue with one of the lawyers involved on behalf of the respondents this morning. The question in my mind is to what extent this will lead to an abuse of the phrase and the "justification" of its use in some peoples minds.


State and County taxpayers will cover his criminal defense all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States if he is indigent.

The only involvement by Mexico (if he is, indeed, a Mexican citizen) is to file the customary protest if the death penalty is sought by the prosecution and complain if his jail does not meet the appropriate Consul's satisfaction.


Only if you let others success bother you.


I have been driving the 401 for 200 miles everyday for 32 years. The biggest problem is the Transport Trucks sitting in the middle  lane and refuse to move over. This creates a one lane highway instead of three. The invention of "just in time parts" or "lean manufacturing" has put 1000 of trucks on the roads as rolling warehouses. Our infrastructure has not kept up with the transport industry.


Nick it makes me truly sad that facts make you cry. If you were here I could pull you on the sled or push you not eh swing like I do for my grandkids when they are sad or in a bad mood.


Why aren't you a catechist for the rcia? You seem knowledgeable enough, and willing to exalt humility, as important a part of the rcia as anything.


Hold this up in court; and use the money to expand I-25 to six lanes up North!!!


US coal travels across the border via open car rail and into Canada, gets loaded onto barges at Fraser Surrey port, barged to Texada island, and then shipped to Asia.

Because none of the ports in Washington or Oregon want it.

And up until this election, Premier Clark has not expressed any environmental concerns about this, and nor has she lobbied the Port or the Feds over this issue. Not has she shown support for any of the numerous groups and associations like VTACC, or the Dogwood Initiative, EcoJustice, Metro Vancouver Regional Council et al,  that have been campaigning for years to stop this.

And rest assured, if she is re-elected, she will not follow-up on her "call on Ottawa".


"My momma always taught me it is the height of ignorance to accuse others of it. Perhaps a lesson you may want to think about....."

Obviously, you didn't take your momma's advice.


I identify as a woman but I just can't get pregnant. What's going on?

I identify as a young man, but I just can't do 20 pull-ups any more? What's going on?

Why don't my wants change reality?


They're getting together to make sure they tell the same lies.


I still call my high school football coach from 35 years ago, Coach and I'm still going to Obama, President Obama, but I am going to refer to Trump as "President" Trump using air-quotes every time I say his name.


I think maybe we have upper middle class. Houses in the $400-$600k range - who buys those?


No, and you're still deflecting because you can't define it, try again.  It's a blanket term used by people like yourself who have zero clue on what they are talking about.

Any gun can be turned into an "assault" weapon.


his money comes from the likes of soros


Mr. Pitts has, in my opinion, misapplied a viable concept.  When "unbiased" is defined as giving equal coverage to falsehood and truth, objectivity itself has at least been violated, if not outright obviated and rendered meaningless.  And for the sake of illusory "partisanship" to advocate for Clinton as if she were any less a nightmare than Trump is to perpetrate a similar crime against truth by elevating party politics over reality.  Sad to say I'm pretty sure Mr. Pitts knows better.  We've just been shown the depths of our powerlessness.  No point in continuing to pretend that either of the evils our rulers proffered was the lesser.


Jeebus.

Attempting a postmodern update on Pascal's Wager.


214bMONTREAL
That is a load of crap - and everyone knows it.  Trump is the biggest liar in the entire world - in fact - in our solar system.  He never stops lying - and that is blatntly obvious.


Outsider:  Would you like to make the case that those statues are NOT the product of the celebration of the racism of the Jim Crow Era? I'd be interested in reading it.  Thanks, Gary Crum


One BILLION dollars has been sent to the Green Climate Fund  ( tax payers money) thanks to Obama. What approval process did he go through?  Thankfully, the other 2 BILLION he committed isn't going to the fund.
http://www.greenclimate.fund/how-we-work/resource-mobilization


What game were you watching? Not to mention you just contradicted yourself saying this is all on the coaches, but then said this GROUP Bartlett. Which means you shifted your focused back to the players. The Coach should be able to question the flags and apparently in Alaska you can't. This game was the worst officiated game I've seen in my life. It was as if they were trying to hand Dimond the game. Not to mention the staff that were there stooped to a childish level telling the players we're getting all your numbers and names and reporting you because you briefly stood on the track. I suggest the school make signs to bring awareness to their track rule.  I also saw another staff arguing with a Bartlett family. And to think she is a teacher and a coach. It seemed as though everyone was mad at this game. I see why Bartlett would be mad during the game. But Dimond, I don't see it. Sorry but Bartlett was far from classless, they deserved this win and played their heart out for it.


All of the protesters in Gardner's office are employed and took time from their jobs to protest.


The article didn't mention his religion. Why are you assuming he's Christian? The left is quick to label and attack unless it's someone who shoots up a gay nightclub in the name of ISIS and Islam....then even when his own admission states his allegiance to Islam y'all claim he's just "mentally" ill and doesn't represent Muslims...LOL. Threatening to blow people up is crazy but the left I this country takes the cake on hypocrisy and crazy


She clearly doesn't want to talk to you. Maybe she is just tired of you consistently misinterpreting her. I hope you realize nobody is buying what you're selling.


Yes, I know that you'd rather that I would say things for YOUR agenda but that ain't gonna happen.


Trudeau's comments simply proves that he is a typical well-heeled - on Daddy's money - self-centered elitist who can not fathom anyone with a political perspective other than his own becoming Prime Minister.  What he rails against in Lietch are her desires to verify that people coming to Canada are open to Canadian values, such as equality of women, non-discrimination based on race and sexual orientation, and freedom of religion, which are the values the Liberals also hold.
Of course what Trudeau really wants is an electoral system that guarantees Liberal governments into perpetuity.
He disgusts me.


And at the other end. Comments that have been up for a day with 80 or more likes and 1 or 2 dislikes and suddenly they are gone.


Interesting conflict.  Religious rights vs. human rights.  I vote for human rights.  Since when did the dominant religious culture in America need protecting?  Don't they run everything and attempt to generate political influence, all without having to pay taxes.  Interesting conflict, indeed.


No. Owning a home is nice for raising a family. I would like to start a family but we both work in Toronto and cannot fathom how to afford a home. The apartment we rent is nice but not child friendly. Adding immigrants, most of whom will settle in Toronto, will only make housing more unaffordable. There's no future in Canada for us!


I'm sure you stand by your comment.  No amount of reasoning and research will sway a zealot.

What "I want" is immaterial.  I actually have plenty of isolated areas available to me to safely target practice.  I wear hearing protection when I do, and different "levels" of it based on the calibers I'm shooting.  Don't really worry about it when plinking with my little .22 LR, but got the big muffs on for the .300 WinMag.

I just would like this issue to be about science and reason, rather than an emotional knee-jerk reaction.  I do realize that's a lot to ask, these days.


And, the single payer would be the government? No thanks. They have no money of their own, and must rob from you and me for everything.


Our revulsion stems from the thought of the Clinton's inhabiting the White House ever again. In a head to head competition of morals and personal integrity the Clintons are bring a knife to a gun fight


My question was directed at Owsley. Must you hound dog others business and answer their questions for them? If I wanted your lopsided, extremist opinion, I'd ask you directly. I've talked to laborers at local nursery's and their families. Maybe you could too. You could learn something directly from the people affected most instead of quoting the latest ultra-conservative search engine findings.


You know perfectly well this will apply to employees who are given matching share contributions up to a set amount in ESOP plans.

If you want to go after stock options, go after them.    There's no comparison between someone getting, say, 2% of their salary in a matching contribution and someone getting a huge stock option grant.

And there is much less applicability to people getting dinky breaks that save them a few dollars at a time.


I've known Elizabeth Haynsworth for a long time. I'll be the first to say this was not her most shining hour. I will say that I feel fortunate to have experienced many  other shining hours in her presence.


Eastern block had a lot of jobs in public sector.  See where it got them.


If high interest rates discourage borrowing, that's a good thing.  We should not be borrowing more.  We already have highest public debt per citizen of any state (by far).


Your right as rain Boots... those evil republicans want to poison the water, pollute the air, push grandmas wheelchair over a cliff, don't care about the future of even their own children, are against "FREE" college education, take away our social security, cancel our medicare, feed dog food to the elderly, etc. etc. etc.   ( Note: According to my HS English teacher,"etc" means... and more useless, insignificant things I can't think of at the moment)  LOL.  LOL.  LOL. :)


Pope Francis. Embodying his name sake St Francis of Assisi in the quest for peace and nonviolence in the world. And embodying the life and teachings of Christ in the Sermon of the Mount when he says "blessed are the peacemakers" and to "turn the other cheek". People also said Jesus himself and his teachings were unrealistic and yet he preached what he preached anyways. And as Vicar of  Christ for Roman Catholics it makes sense for Francis to embody the pacifism of Christianity's founder.


They had to wait until he left the country, brave bunch these scientists that all rely on government money to guess what the weather might do.


$500 million to support a new road across NPRA would yield substantially greater benefit to Alaskans and choices must be made


The owner WAS a responsible individual.  The dog was in HIS yard, within HIS fenced area (even if the fencing was invisible).  A dog that defends his/her territory is doing what he/she should be doing.  The shooting of this dog was a knee-jerk reaction based upon faulty "assumptions".


Immigration doesn't add to the burden.  It is either slightly positive or net neutral on the economy, depending on which researchers you listen to.  But even researchers who say it doesn't increase the economy say "there is also no evidence of dire consequences from immigration".

Source:  http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2016/how-does-increasing-immigration-affect-economy/


Actually....I think the "credulous" have some clear responsibility, too.

Turning over your adult decision making to a group of hierarchy is simply not a very adult thing to do.

One can consider their opinion if one wishes or feels so inclined, but making serious personal decisions...and a presidential vote is surely one....is the responsibility, ultimately, of the "decider".

What I suspect is that we have a number of "credulous" and very "unadult" members who have never truly grown up to real dependent adulthood, in a developmental sense,....hence "the bishop says" model.

I'd assess it at about 15 years old and that may not be fair to teenagers.


In my opinion, the Hawaii political leadership made a foolish decision to publicly antagonize the current president.  They did not need to do that.
And the Hawaii state government has NEVER done a decent job of helping native Hawaiians end the cycle of poor education, poor job opportunities, inadequate business assistance, and terrible housing.
You have pointed the finger at the wrong “slippery slope”.
This looks like Fake News™.


Remember Canada, you voted these imbeciles into power.

It's YOUR fault.


Dion did the decent thing and apologized but he should have realized at the time that his 'thumbs down' could have been willfully misconstrued.


I'm not a religious man but I can't help but notice how Bannon's Breitbart and other alt right websites are the false prophets of today. The works that they publish are a mixture of truth and completely ridiculous B.S. and everything in between. Sadly their unsophisticated subscribers most often fail to differentiate between the real and the made up. The false prophets designed it that way.

Now take a look at The Donald. He is in every conceivable way the exact opposite of what the Christian religions have told us about Jesus. Polar opposites. It wouldn't be a stretch to say Trump is the antichrist; in every single way the opposite of Jesus Christ.

If I was religious I'd be very afraid, but I'm not, so I'm just the normal amount of afraid.


Source? Books!


Well as I have said before, if we need money for our Social systems we just rape the land to pay for it, no wonder we are so nice to the rest of the world when our resources provide us with such a good society.  Now too bad the Libs didn't spend that money on creating innovative technologies or companies to create new jobs for the next century, jobs that compete with the world.....no guess not, we prefer old technologies.


Of course that would be good. The self serving Libs need a boogyman though.  Preferably a caucasian boogyman. Add to that the fact that Putin has made them look inept, weak and stupid at every. I mean criminy sakes, who hands a world leader a prop from an American TV commercial. Only this administration  could be that shallow minded.


This ban is the right thing to do.  There are weaknesses in their screening process and until such time as it is fixed, in makes absolute sense to suspend entry of citizens from parts of the world that are at odds with the USA.  If anything, the program needs to be expanded to countries like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.  Too bad this program isn't rolled out in Canada and other countries as well.  Good work President Trump.  Long overdue.


It seems fans that don't want to pay attention to the game they paid to see should sit somewhere they don't have to pay attention. Upper deck or behind the current netting?

Netting down the lines prevents watching a spectacular grab into the stands by a player like Arenado. My first MLB game I saw in person was in 1979. The netting extended around the backstop but not to the dugouts and not over fans behind home plate.


How frustrating it is to hear of someone abusing the system with flat out lies, when my own mother is going through a terrible medical ordeal and needs 100% care and we are having the hardest time receiving home health care. She has hit brick wall after brick wall.


BD - I think you are missing the point, the First Amendment is about free speech, if you agree with it or not.  Without the First Amendment, the government could pass a law prohibiting "sheep farmers", or other specific groups from speaking.  Is that the America you want?


Agreed.

And since it's entirely likely that a lot of well heeled toes need to be stepped on -- it would be nice if the politicians could form a united front on an issue like this and get done the work of reforming the tax code and reigning in tax cheats.

(I also want a puppy!)


If the State of Hawaii sufficiently expanded West Oahu College, there would and should be no reason for the rail to go to the University in Manoa.


All methods of reducing dental decay should be employed - It's something to consider.

Explain how, when water containing 0.7 mg/l fluoride ions has never been considered a medication, fluoridation opponents can claim the water treatment method is forced medication.  It would be like me claiming disinfection is forced poisoning and demanding that it be stopped.  Chlorine gas is a known chemical weapon, bleach is a strong poison that no one would want to drink, and studies on disinfection byproducts have shown they are poisonous at high exposure levels - would you want to drink a glass of chloroform?

Fluoridation opponents invent definitions to fit their agenda when there is absolutely no support for those claims.


I want to hear your comments always...I want to be able to respond to them. This "civil" discourse that mitigates both of our comments does nothing to further an honest dialogue


SEIU 503 also needs money so their members can pay their union dues, too!


Andrew Coyne is a cousin of the lady that boinked Pierre and sired a daughter. Half sister to the present P.M.

Do tell Cassandra, how much did Justin inherit this last Christmas with the third tranche of Pierre's estate?


Another candidate for one of those jobs at CNN as a fake news natterer!
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2012/08/22/canada-doesnt-want-khadr-back-poll


Latimer Road is the stop -- I know it quite well as I have had regular lessons in Hammersmith that required me to take the tube lines that run through the spot.   I'm fairly certain I know the Grenfell building as the tube is usually  above ground for that stretch of that line and there aren't a lot of tall buildings around.

Latimer Road is not on one of the "key" lines (such as Piccadilly or Central), but closure will cause a number of ordinary people a big headache to get to and from work.    They will probably have to go to Notting Hill Gate.

They had presto card tube passes in London (the Oyster Card) starting about 15 years ago or more.   It's funny -- all the electronic records for the trips taken in 2010 up until end of May have probably just been deleted as it is just 7 years' past now.   I left in April of that year.


David Mueller should run for president. Republicans reward guys with the presidency who feel entitled engage in unsolicited non-consensual p- sy  grabbing and general groping. Though they might only do that for candidates who also felt entitled by owning the Miss Teen America pageant to enter the dressing room to ogle naked 14 and 15 year old girls and candidates who felt entitled to commit repeated acts of illegal anti-black housing discrimination.


It appears the Jean Valjean of the Internet Grammar Directorate has nabbed his quarry!


Really Richard? Are you still trying to sell that debunked tale about a quid pro quo uranium deal with the Clinton Foundation.
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/


Paul Ryan.


...paid as much as Clinton accusers were/are being paid.  Come on, these women didn't show their aging mugs for nothing.  They ran out of Bill Clinton money.  Now they're kissing Trump's boots.


Was at a wedding in California last night when a lady I grew up with asked me if I knew the Troost family from xxxx. She said they had just buried their son yesterday morning who happens to be within a months in age of my own son. She, I, and the Troost family grew up in a the same religious and cultural "clan" which has a presense in many parts of the U.S. I do not personally know the family.

 It was relayed that this gentleman was having some difficulties with life and that he was in Alaska by friends to help in what every healing process he was in need of. Supposedly a gun was found near his body which would point out why the troopers had ruled out foul play.

Sadly it looks like he ended his own life putting two and two together. I'm not sure if this has been confirmed by AST yet or not.

It is my prayer that Gods grace cover this family as I'm sure they are in a time of immense grief as would we all if we were in the same situation.

Gods blessing on the Troost family.


SKL,
I pray shamelessly every day for God's help in saving us from the evil words and deeds emanating from the Trumpet regime.


He had a lot of people's votes until Palin happened.


2 years.


If the God of Republicans, Reagan, hadn't closed all the mental hospitals, maybe this kid would have gotten the help he needed in residence. A lot of homelessness and lost souls would lessen, too.


The majority of vehicles in my small town are pickup trucks. The majority of those trucks will never be scratched. They are status symbols/ego boosters for the guys and not practical for the rest of the family.


As long as Klastri, HitLIARy, wiliki, boots, allie and nana-kool-aid aren't permitted to show up topless as all of them have the same sized sagging boobs. Seeing those might traumatize little children and leave them with mental scars to only confuse them to ponder which gender they should grow up as in the future. LOL


Funny you don't mention the increase in the national debt, the devaluation of the dollar, his wife starving school children by mandating nutritionally invalid meal for their school lunch, and the decreasing respect for the US. Plus all the Syrians he policies have gotten killed.


On the practical side, if you live in an apartment, or anywhere else without a safe backstop, you need to build a "loading and unloading" station.

A cardboard box full of a couple feet of old books would suffice for most handguns (pointing down into it, not level at the wall of course), or a 5 gallon bucket full of sand (not rocks obviously), or even a bullet-resistant panel, there are commercial ones sold for just that purpose.

In a detached home, where you know the location of the occupants, it's your carpet, have at it. In most ranches the crawlspace dirt will stop anything that penetrates the floor anyway.

The Four Rules absolutely prevent injury as long as any single one is followed, even if three others are broken. The only one that demands something external to the gun owner is the safe backstop and it is their responsibility to ensure one is available.


I think we have to look at this a year or two out. Rox were smart not to mortgage guys like Dahl, Tapia, McMahon, Rodgers or any of the young arms currently on the roster for a potential one and done. This team is going to have every chance to be legit contenders in another year or two as the young talent matures and is supported by veterans currently on the roster and potential veteran free agents.

Personally, I think the Rox are built and building to be contenders for a period of several seasons. It will all depend on how the young talent matures at the Major League level but this organization is in it's best position ever to be competitive on a consistent basis in my opinion.


The sad thing is in current Catholic teaching extending terminal life is the official 'ethical' thing to do.  This has only gotten worse after the Sainted JPII. The problem I have is it's not the moral, compassionate, or more importantly, the spiritual thing to do.  When the Church starts substituting their version of ethical for humane compassion, it is off the rails.


Dave, I live outside Chicago. Was a news report that 14,000 more people voted for president in Chicago in 2016 --- then were registered to vote. Hmmmm..... wonder how that happened? Oh, that's right..... Russian vote tampering! LOL


It was light industrial (warehouses along the rail line), not heavy industrial (steel foundry etc.), so a lot of roads and low-rise.
Now there are only high towers added now.  And nowhere for the people above to go.
Besides the streets fronts are "ethnic" not what the rich white anglos in the towers want to mingle with.
Gil Kelley hasn't really left white-Portland yet.
Where is the sub-contract with Hong Kong's Development Agency?

The new bunch of towers along the Boundary Road edge have all their tiny windows open because they are not ready for the heat, (nor extreme cold in winter) this summer.

And what development lets their "grass fields" go brown like that.  A fire hazard and an example of a powerful lack of thought.


compared to all the liberal loser brain washed sheep in canada, the alberta right wing are geniuses..


Doubtful, there's no way he could sustain such a prolific practice without a cadre of competent and dedicated assistants.  He more than likely pays and treats them well.  If he didn't, he'd eventually slip up, his practice would deteriorate and client base would move on.  Then perhaps over time his pent up resentment of his betters coupled with his poor social skills would lead him to fill his days trolling the comments section of civil beat where he'd try to pass off his smugness and bigotry as cleverness like our dear friend Richard does ;)


There is plenty of fraud and we all know it. Here's a list of a few hundred examples

https://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/pdf/VoterFraudCases-8-7-15-Merged.pdf


“We were looking forward to well-paying jobs for a lot of people,” Piercy said. “That’s very discouraging, and I look forward to finding out why it occurred.”

Maybe, and maybe not. Perhaps when Broadcom and their management team learned that Oregon Public Schools are ranked third from the bottom nationally,  Broadcom was faced with a revolt on their hands from management refusing to reside in Eugene whereby subjecting their children to such a pitiful level of education.


But...but...but...football players taking a knee is disrespectful of the military! Which is it, brah? If you're going to wrap yourself in the star spangled piece of cloth, you'd best be consistent.


There's a dam holding back the water levels of Lake Ontario ... all winter levels were higher than normal ... someone feel asleep at the switch?  and now its too late to let water thru the dam cause everyone downstream in Montreal are already dealing with high water levels.

Sorry ... not buying this "more precipitation" BS story ... sounds more like someone didn't pay attention to their math numbers during the winter at the dam.


Quite true. The census debacle was an unprincipled attempt by Harpo to eliminate the inconvenient facts that would demonstrate that his right wing ideological plans were totally unsupported by reality and instead were designed to help his financial backers and screw average Canadians.

Trudeau's decision was forced on him by a decade of CON venal incompetence. It was courageous, principled and designed to save many, many millions of dollars.

As far as the Americans wanting their slice, ask them why they didn't go after the SS after WWII? There were thousands of possible cases to file, none involving children indoctrinated since age 7..


Who knew coming up with a national budget could be so complicated?


The Liberals are in bed with the companies hiring these cheap labor. The IT industry is infested with this scam. Soon Canada will be more corrupt than India


"...will allow more affordable housing and affordable rentals to be built along the guide way and around the 21 metro stations"

Yeah right !mici!e! The last thing we need is more housing. The more housing that springs up along the route the more congestion and traffic.


If they are indeed non-essential positions, fine, but I hope this doesn't compromise the care of our veterans.


Really? If a mere 79,000 votes had gone the other way in three states Trump would not be where he is. Ditto for the 3 million votes that voted for the other ticket so no matter how you want to interpret it, the imperfections of the electoral college resulted in this fiasco. Not the poor campaign of Clinton, despite her imperfections as well.


Any policy should be covering the possibility that no matter what Canada does the seas may rise anyway.  As well as reducing the output of greenhouse gases you have to work on mitigation.  One thing to consider is to block all developments along coastal areas that are below 100 meters of sea level. This would give time for the economic value of buildings lying in the flood risk zones to be extracted in a more orderly way.


Get government out of it!


Former CIA agent Clint Watts explains how sites like ZeroHedge are tools, witting or unwitting, of Russian propaganda.
For example: Putin > RT.com > ZeroHedge> trolls > G&M comment section


He didn't condemn the racists.  They committed a terrorist attack on US soil and he didn't condemn them.  I hope the guard comes in a locks all these terrorists up.  We have no leader.


I meant - in Alaska, the IHS provides little to no direct services.  All of the IHS money (about $800 million per year) is now given to the ANTHC and they divvy it up.  This is called the "Alaska Compact."  This all happened in the mid 1990's.  In the lower forty-eight, there are still Public Health service doctors and nurses who are federal employees.  However, up here, all of the medical providers are employed by and paid through the big non profit Native entities - with the federal money.


goodness even Socialists
with houses are secretly salivating that
Capitalism has bestowed profit beyond socialist imagination on them

Down with capitalist pigs ?


"and now is the time for the ANC to have a female deputy president." This statement puzzles me. The only time to have a female president, is "anytime", not necessarily "now". What makes the present, i.e. right now so important in your view? If, at anytime in the past, the present, and/or the near future, a suitable "person" is considered to be presidential material, so be it, male or female. Unfortunately for us, the SA cupboard is very "old mother Hubbard" right now, (of any gender).


One lady I know has a business hauling tourists along Alaskan trails with dogs. She reports finding wolf traps on one of the trails. She brings in good money to the economy. The hobby trapper who set the trap does not. The Board of Game ignores the needs of the 85% of Alaskans that really bring in the money. Therefore legislative activity is necessary.


And if any casually informed Canadian looked at CBCs website they would never know a budget was passed yesterday.    Nowhere to be found.   This is how Canadians get rooked.


In addition, the pastors offer a lot of verbiage that amounts to resentment that LGBTs enjoy equal protection. Well, tough. Every time the circle of sympathy enlarges and civil rights are formally recognized for a previously marginalized group conservatives moan. What else is new under the sun?


Most of the influx isn't Mexican but central American!


Crimea had been a part of Russia since the time of Catherine the Great after Russia took it from the Ottoman Turks. It was an accident of history that Crimea wound up in Ukraine when Khrushchev granted the Ukrainian Republic. Go back and check maps of Europe dating back 2000 years and no country by the name of Ukraine exists. It was only in 1991 following the fall of the Soviet Union that a republic of Ukraine finally existed. Oh there were Ukrainians for sure but they were always a part of some else's empire - Poland, Lithuania, the Austrian Hungarian and Russia .At one time the capital of Russia was Kiev. Not even after ww1 or ww2 did a country by the name of Ukraine even exist. There was ancient Galicja which was the basis of the Ukraine.But as noted Galicja became a part of everyone else's empire through the centuries from at least 1400 onward. Today Galicja is a part of the Ukraine. The Ukraine should exist but it is the western part only. Eastern Ukraine is primarily Russian.


Survival of the fittest comes to mind. So be it... it is said .. let it be done!!!


Not an argument.


Why is Kim being irrational?
According to Global Research, the U.S. has directly, or by proxy, killed more than 20 million people in 37 'victim nations' since WWII, including Iraq,Afghanistan, Vietnam,Korea, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sudan -- and others.
Kim believes his nuclear card has kept U.S. from messing with his country.
He is probably right.
The one thing the North Koreans  want -- in order to drop their nuclear program -- is an assurance that the U.S. will not invade their country like they have done around the world in so many other locales.
Odd, the Uncle Sam isn't willing to offer a non-aggression treaty that could possibly end the NK nuclear weapons escalation.
Makes you think they are baiting Kim to take the first punch.


And yet if you look at the structure of Canada's Finance industry, it looks remarkably similar to the deregulated US one. Can you honestly say we don't have universal banks?

Remember too that one of the most reckless financial institutions in Canada at that time was Government run (the Cause de Depot)


"The acknowledging of white privilege is a simple, intellectual acknowledgement of the cultural and structural barriers that people of colour sometimes face. It's child's play to understand the point. My adopted black son gets approached by police more often than white kids. "

Hello Toulouse.

There is an American book called "Fundamentals of Criminal Justice: A Sociological View", and on Page 69 of that book it is pointed out that 90.1 Percent of black murder victims were killed by black offenders (even though black folks make up only about 13 percent of the US population).

Got that, Toulouse? In the dangerous streets out there that you mention, a black person is about ten times more likely to be killed by a black killer than by a white killer.

Would you like to run by us one more time how "white privilege" makes the mean streets a dangerous place for black folks?


Security cameras for your property and for the road to record who drives by greatly helps to solve and deter crime.  Fred Meyers was selling a system for $200 to $300, 1080P.


His son was probably un-insurable prior to the ACA, but nice try.


Careful what you wish for. While there is no law against third parties they rarely last for long in America. RIP; Whigs, Mugwumps, Bull Moose, Moral Majority, Tea Party and the Trump Party. Countries with multiple parties are generally much more politically chaotic and unable to reach a consensus that ones with a couple of choices.


You are scary, rochdale. If I may suggest one thing, it is to improve on your spelling/ writing skills. But again, fans of agent orange are known not to do too well in most anything, except foul language.


So Conoco bought it? Well then she has no claim at all.


i'd hate to see the heavy handed janet reno approach. many children died in that hot mess of chaos - i don't think anyone alive knows the whole story of waco...
.  this pipeline is strongly opposed by the local native american tribes who have rights to the land.  that were pushed onto to it after being pushed out of a different land deemed worthless by the whites. in a previous uprooting. as soon as the land became significant for what ever reasons - push those native settlers out again. i think they have a point.
    care needs to be taken, and err on the side of wait them out passively.   to stop what looks to be ugly - i say lay siege - 100% tight. jam cell phones and stop all internet connectivity. cut off supplies. allow no one across the line unless it's someone coming out- not like the so called border around the occupiers at malhuer - cut it all off. make voluntary surrender the only option -no aggression from the feds or anyone else.


Why does the country need saving from Trump?   It is being revived after the disaster of Obama, Democrats, and establishment Republicans.


clearly the majority did not want it changed, nice to see him finally listening over his usual lecturing


Right. The entire country is just cruising along without a budget. Yes, that's exactly how it works. No budget at all! /s


And may our Christian God and the one and only Jesus Christ look after all those who might be affected by this tragic accident. Amen.


What? All of a sudden you're not a Breitbart reader? You know, the Breitbart that Bannon ran - you know, the guy that hired the pedophile apologist and  supporter Milo Yiannopoulos?


The honeymoon hasn't even ended and you want to see the babies?


In a perfect world, Price steals the next game as I expect the Rangers will be coming full tilt.


Keep making things up.  Reducing the amount you can put into your 401k is basically a tax increase.  Currently, I max mine out.  That means my taxable income is reduced by $18,000 a year.  If they go through with this, then my taxable income will go up by $15,600 a year.  Tell me again how that isn't a de facto tax increase?  Who is pushing for this?  Hint, it isn't the Democrats.  As for taxing Roth proceeds, that will be the next thing the Republicans change in order to pay for their tax cuts for the wealthy.  But, by all means, keep blaming the Democrats for what the Republicans are doing.


Your just a member of the maker upper sovereignty fringe who just make stuff up.  You guys can never prove anything.  You think if you repeat something false enough times it will magically come true.  That's why you will never succeed because anything started on a lie will not be successful.


They should be "bullied" Barbara.  Mitch showed NO leadership over the Health Care replacement bill.  He had 7 years to have a good plan ready, and he completely dropped the ball.  When Congress comes back into session the Republicans in the House and the Senate better have it together and get something done.  They have been very disappointing to a Republican leaner like myself.


So he's from Tunisia. Wasn't Ressam, from Montreal, the millennium bomber, who crossed the border from Canada into the US with a trunkful of explosives also from Tunisia? Yes, that Montreal man, right under the nose of the timid Canadians and Chretien. Ressam, the Montreal man, also had multiple aliases, Canadian passports and travelled multiple times into and out of Canada while undergoing terror training in Afghanistan.


Here in Canada we have government sponsored asset seizures for disagreeing on principle with "gender science" so we shouldn't be going around pointing fingers at other nations. Oppression is oppression, even here in Canada


Seriously  Canadians need another tools to pump more of their hard earned money into  a bankrupt public sector that is equally flaky? I think Justin promise us  something better than   than this type of shill game.


May God bless and comfort his family helping through this very difficult time. I salute and thank you Sgt. Allen Brandt for your bravery, dedication, sacrifice and for risking it all to protect and serve others.  God bless you sir.


So 40-20, and Bill, what, does that settle the issue? (That, by the way, is from a statement by his lawyer, who declined to add any additional information (as reported by an Atlanta newspaper. But let's say it's true ... ) so all his outrageous attacks on women, the dog stuff, the piece of ass stuff, the one today when he said women who have abortions should be punished, what is that then, what? Is he hiding his real feelings to appeal to people who approve of that kind of talk? Is he lying? Is he fair to women in actual life, but demeaning in public? What exactly do you say that statement disproves?


Something is being done about it. Read the comments pro, con and neutral. What else do you suggest?


I'm not drunk enough to read/watch Cruz's questioning, but part of what makes this whole ordeal a bit of a head scratch-er is the detail that a healthy chunk of Amy Coney Barrett's scholarship either asserts or assumes that Catholic judges may not be involved in death penalty cases.  That's not exactly a part of Catholic identity +Chaput and self-claimed "orthodox" Catholics are particularly protective or sensitive of; rather they're completely comfortable, even proud of embracing that facet of the culture of death.


Bologna.


"I think that instead of threatening North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with destruction and sanctions, we should, along with other nations, offer to feed North Korea’s starving poor. Then we can all be heroes and maybe make the world a better place. Might also cheaper, too."

Great.  Let North Korea invest even MORE of THEIR money into their military while WE feed their poor.  What makes you think that this wouldn't be a PERPETUAL/never ending/GROWING funding process?  I don't think you've thought this through.


Referencing this statement: "She is American though and through by this point" ...

She is most decidedly NOT American.

She lived illegally IN America but she is not American in any sense of the word.

Illegal Mexican citizen illegally residing in America is an acceptable description.

 Darn shame she and her mom were not deported immediately upon arrival.


you forgot to mention that the president has control over who becomes a supreme court justice.  isn't there 5 justices that could be "assigned" by the next pres.?  this election is more important than most people realize.


Yes, I do think that if you know your neighbors and they know you, we can avoid these events. If your neighbor starts yelling about killing them all and you notice he comes home with a brand new rifle and has a whole bunch of propane tanks all of a sudden, you might want to call someone.


I've found the complete opposite of what you are saying. Not sure what posts you are reading but the hate talk Ive seen coming out of the left camp since election is stunning. I had a couple of friends on Facebook simply say everyone need to calm down and get along and work on the future - to get dozens of horrifically graphic and threatening posts from Hilary supporters. These aren't anonymous posters. these are from "friends" that will run into these people. I can't even repeat here as an example what was being said as its so violent and abusive.

It made me pull my own benign remark about everyone repairing relationships. My comments were not pro-Trump or pro-right. People accused me of being a deplorable for trying to be positive and inclusive. The reactions from lefties was so outrageously rude and scary....it did two things: One: Pushed me from slightly left to Very right, and Two: Pushed my opinion underground to show up as a "shock" to all the lefties in our next election


Your comment suggests that our schools have already suffered due to the lack of immigration enforcement. (I agree with you btw).    So my question is, just how much should our schools have to suffer bef0re its okay to enforce the rule of law?  But more importantly, why should our schools ever have to suffer at all because of this very fixable infliction?


The good thing about Obamacare is that it covers the pre-existing conditions.  Even Trump agreed with that.

The bad things about it are that the cost of insurance went up.

Honestly, I don't think the Republicans are going to really be able to decrease premium costs without going the route of universal healthcare.


Fair enough. It's gone now.


Can a Muslim like Rushdie be an Islamophobe ?


Yes, where is the tipping point?  When will laws be put in place to protect men from women who choose to manipulate them with sexual suggestions or actions for personal gain?  Men are violated every day in this way.  It leaves one feeling ashamed and "dirty" once the reality of this violation sets in.  Many husbands endure this cruel behavior before and after they say their vows.  Men in workplaces and on the street are subjected to a daily rash of manipulation from self-serving women who play on men's instincts to:  get their seat on a bus, have them pay for lunch, lift that heavy thing, walk them to their car in the dark lot.....the list goes on.  So tell me, where is the tipping point??  When will the courts finally recognize the crime spree perpetrated against most men by the women of this society?


DOL does random audits, yes.


Red logging trucks on Oil City Road better slow down.

Drug test all of them.


This is a wonderful opportunity for Canada's diverse communities to come together and engage in a tit-for-tat exchange and celebration of learning!

Boo to the naysayers! Go watch Fox News! Move to the US!

If children discover needles, it is a great time for them to learn about different medical practices/strategies and wellness philosophies. It's never too early!


So you think what Japan did to the Chamorro people is morally equivalent to a coup d'etat?


"Mercy", yea; love Pope Francis, yes. However there are element of "rightness", "wisdom," "time" that seem to escape this man: women.
Curious that Winters begins this reflection on International Women's Day.
There is nothing  wrong with a genuinely conservative church that respects a tried past, the vagaries of precipitous change,  a discerning venture into evolution.
When the work of evolving thought, rightness, testing consequences, and discerning wisdom has already been done, that is when resistance to change is more rightly "intransigence"; when the exclusion and diminution of women is really "misogyny" and not tradition and scriptural justification.
The Vatican and hierarchy has not only been absent from but in utter opposition to the secular evolution of sane, rational evolution of women in society. Of course many "societies" have also resisted, been slow to evolve but being in that company is no forgiveness.
"History" shows no mercy; it has consequences.
We are at that point.


So called conservatives! What did you think you were getting when you got together and voted in this little imp? Yes she was a little wacky but our city would be in much better financial shape had we ignored the cheap political assasination executed against Amy and done the right thing. Hope you establishment hypocrites are happy!


Dysphoria is "a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life." You are ignorant. Most people experience dysphoria at one time or another. The military accepts a lot of people who have one mental problem or another, such as a desire to kill people. The desire to kill people you don't know is inculcated into military men in their earliest training. I went through it, but it didn't work on me, I enlisted for a noncombatant MOS that I got based on my test scores. I didn't want to get into any firefights, that seemed pathetically stupid and evil to me. And I know I'm not the only one. The military is intrinsically mentally ill.


If something separates us at such a high level, does it not make sense to revisit it and all of the nuances related to it?  i would think so.  What separates all this: humility or pride?  People are confused, prelates of the Church sound confused, and yet the Pope does not heed their concern.  Could they all be wrong?  I pray and hope that our Holy Father sees the situation and helps to clarify it further as we need not controversy in our Church.


They haven't even released the shooter's name yet and you've come to this conclusion.


when health insurance will cover Viagra but not female contraception - that makes a lot of sense. Not!


This is not the first time this pedophile has done this.  Thank god this will never happen again. Did Louise know what you did a long time ago? Poor kids too young to defend themselves from you.   I am not talking about your kids which you also molested. Think on it if you get the chance to read this.


Barbara Bachmeier, take your grudge match somewhere else. A strong majority of veterans are very pleased with the Alaska VA.


Trump won because Clinton's VP was too white and because of last minute stupidity by the FBI chief. The polls reflected it. Trump also spoke the Bishops’ line on abortion enough for them to edge four states he should not have won. Sadly, Hillary should have taken the Obama line that the Pro-life movement is an electoral scheme, giving many Catholics cover. She was winning the pro-choice vote anyway. If she had done what I told her in 2007 we would not have an idiot in the White House.


And the Republicans got it all figured out.


You’re weak, nance


I still maintain that DJT is a much more effective President than GWB.
It took the policies of Bush and his cronies almost 8 years to trash the economy.
I'm betting that Trump will be able to do it in half that time - all by himself.


The CBO is not non-partisan, the next time they give accurate number will be the first. If Premiums doubled under Obamacare they would necessarily be cut in half by repealing it. If Choices disappeared under Obummercare they would necessarily reappear with a repeal. Let's keep our eyes on the ball. Obamacare was a complete lie from the start and our healthcare was the envy of the world now it's a disaster, we don't want Obummercare replaced we need it repealed and get politics out completely


That's humanity.  People have been fighting over land and resources since the beginning.  Alaskan natives and native Americans are no exception.  Lots of nasty deeds committed by some of those tribes against each other.  I don't see how skin color makes one persons bad deeds any worse than anothers.


Such humor (or is  it cynicism?) may well be appropriate.  However it's pretty clear that a radical shakeup at the U of O was long overdue IF the institution is to flourish.  Phil Knight did much to facilitate such change on the sports side (though let's not ignore  his generous contributions to the library and law school which balance things out a bit).  And President Schill (BlackFaces aside) has initiated  extraordinary changes (starting with rather  visionary aspirations and infusions of promising new leadership) on the academic/research fronts, the results of which are just starting to manifest.  Seriously reorienting a complex institutional organism is somewhat akin to shifting the course of a gigantic sea vessel heading toward a fatal crash.  It requires time, enormous smart effort, and can only occur incrementally.  From Ms Dietz's account, it would appear that  Provost-to-be Banavar could be another significant step in a positive re-orientation and, if so, worth every penny


I remember the centennial trail when I was  a kid in Spokane was barren along the river out past where I lived. 10-20 years later cookie cutter style development along that trail connects all the way to cuer'd'alene Idaho. So forgive me if I do not entirely take your word for it. But yeah I'll give you this; the water of the spokane river is still there and is good.


This is nothing but 5 minutes of fame for OSFI head Jeremy Rudin. This move is overreaching and overkill.  The high profile strength of the Vancouver and Toronto area housing markets have garnered interest from all levels of government. A number of steps have already been taken to try to tamp down home prices in these two markets, but this regulatory move by OSFI is not isolated to Toronto and Vancouver. People in towns across the country will be impacted by this move including those in already depressed housing markets. It is not OSFI's mandate to influence housing prices. There mandate is to manage the risks within the financial system. If this was about that, then why did OSFI not make a move in 2009 at the height of the financial crisis when institutions were at their most vulnerable? Financial Institutions have never been stronger. This move does nothing to accomplish its raison d'etre and only layers on another policy aimed at slowing two housing markets. But at what cost?


Because laughing at people's heads exploding is what evangelical/Pentecostal Catholics do for fun?


The one where Madonna said she wanted to blow up the White House ?


Chinese didn't get anything during Obama's 1st term, both played "G2" phrases back and forth.

But after he declared "the pivot to Asia", Chinese grew 7 islands in SCS almost over night which could park bombers.


Only risky if you don't do them properly.  There are lots of people over 60 at my gym doing those movements safely.  And if you think about it...what movement do you use to sit on the toilet?  Squat.  How do you pick up a grocery bag off the ground?  A deadlift.  These are essential movements.


Could it be that Corker will have the last laugh in that he and other Republicans bailing on Trump in Congress will come back to bite the orange moron on the okole by forming up and running against him for President in 2020, so he won't even be a candidate and we can just ignore the phony ranting and raving from then to the end of time?


Trade Miller and a 2nd rounder for Luck.


Trump entourage gong show Day 2:
Melania slaps away Donald Trump's tiny hand

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/melania-trump-slaps-away-donald-trumps-hand-upon-arriving-israel/


This, so much. I know people like to talk about people following their dreams but this is a borderline circus. The guy was 3-44 in August, at high A? I don't dislike him as a person at all but I dislike when people don't live in reality.


How can she go from "she allegedly rammed a van with five kids inside" in the same article to "Troopers said Stewart had been driving the van with five children who weren't wearing seatbelts when she slammed into the house." So it isn't "allegedly".


I suspect that most of the illegals in Florida would be Cubans.


Hey Hulali.  Those species you listed don't "infectiously spread" toxoplasma.  If they are infected, the parasite will either asexually multiply, cause disease and kill them or encyst in tissue and not result in disease symptoms.  If, and only if, they are eaten by something else (and not cooked) can they spread toxo and it would only be to the individual that consumed the cyst.  The cysts or protozoa die quickly when they are exposed to the environment when the animal dies and rots.  So for most larger mammals and animal in the Hawaii toxo runs into a dead end if it infects them.  Cats, who collectively shed billions of oocysts (eggs) into the environment can infect any bird or mammal that consumes it and each animal is differently susceptible to the disease.  Toxo may enter the marine ecosystem when there are sewage spills but that will depend on the level of treatment and if infected cat litter was flushed.  Humans don't shed toxo oocysts, so it doesn't matter if there is human poo


A third person claiming one of your organs--- say your liver ---  is not remotely comparable to a fetus, whose entire body and life reside within the mother, claiming nothing more than its own right to live.  And the mother who denies the baby's right by killing it does something vastly different from denying the stranger her liver.  Indeed, there is a closer comparison between you actively killing the stranger with a gunshot and you killing a fetus --- in both cases, you have killed a human being.  The one thing that saves you from a murder charge in the latter case is your own ignorance.
*****
"People own their bodies. If you do not believe that women own theirs, then you do not believe women are people, human beings with rights, who can move and feel pain just like you claim the unborn can."

That people own their own bodies does not mean that they have a right to kill other people, who also own their own bodies.

*******
cont'd


That place!!!


Our thoughts are with you all. Light and Life will return. Stay strong and help each other.


Christopher, Now that has to be on the city employees themselves. That is unprofessional incompetence and poor work ethic. I have seen exceptional snow plowing in the past but lately I have been seeing really sorry workmanship. The kind of sorry workmanship that would get private workers fired. But if you don't pay for this poor quality work (taxes) or in most of town not plowing at all or sorry plowing weeks late. If you don't pay your property taxes on time you are charged huge penalties and interest and SERVICE fees or they just take your house. You must pay the lords and masters and they will decide if and what caliber of service you get.


Don't be too surprised if the pitcher that's on the outside looking in ends up being Oberg rather than Lyles. Lyles has actually pitched a bit better lately than Oberg, and you really have to be pitching pretty bad to be worse than Lyles. Either way, the bullpen should be a lot stronger at the beginning of next week than it was at the beginning of this week.


Sorry you don't have the intelligence to understand the article. Your jealous is showing


I hope "upscale" doesn't mean higher prices. If you cut out the little guy, you lose a lot of business. Eugene is not known for high rollers. We're mostly working people who live hand to mouth.


It certainly IS fraud, and it is sick, abhorrent, disgusting and severly wrong that you argue with me in my own country for foreign immigration scams that have affect us DIRECTLY.

we have a homeless crisis from the imported scams,  the OAS is sold in China as well as student-fast tracking for $ laundering our estates and to import elderly to welfare.  WE ARE PAYING FOR IT AND BECOMING HOMELESS FOR IT. ENOUGH!!

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/hundreds-may-lose-canadian-citizenship-resident-status-because-of-one-deceitful-immigration-consultant


This is really it in a nutshell. When it comes to the environment the difference between republicans and democrats (meaning leadership long entrenched in power, not individuals who identify one way or the other) is that democrats pay lip service to the issue while republicans largely don't. In all Obama's delays and roadblocks of pipelines, not once did he take real steps to guarantee that the opportunity wasn't there for the next president to restart and finish things. Indeed, for both Keystone and Dakota Access only the final stretches and tie-ins remained for Trump to authorize. The vast lion's share of the work had been done already. And nothing substantial has been done about ocean trash.

We can debate environmental policy, but surely we can all agree that neither party has actually done a whole lot to effect real change. As AKJeff64 alludes to, there are lots of democratic billionaires out there. Neither party is ultimately going to upset the apple cart that feeds them.


Let's name all of the Canadian expansion teams that went to the cup final once, never won a cup, but their fans act like they did while the rest of Canada was rooting against them (Hint: its a short list)...Now THAT'S embarrassing. (Go Rangers!!)


I'm sure we'll be reading about cops who feared for their lives, as they shot an unarmed man. Maybe they'll blame it on PTSD or the victim. They'll say the smelled marijuana. That's the number one pretext to get around the Fourth Amendment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/03/31/the-drug-war-exception-to-the-fourth-amendment/?utm_term=.9b05b88dd3d7#comments


Democracy requires much from it's citizens.
Engagement, community values, moral values, and the commitment to be informed.
(Editor's Note: Community and moral values are not the same as 'religious values' or the temptation to control your neighbour's behaviour.)
Propaganda and disinformation have become the norm both by 'us' and 'them' to the point where not only don't we know who or what to believe, we've also fed uncertainty to the point of frustration.
It's hard to manage a military empire so America has it's work cut out for it.
Supporting a self serving egomaniac because of your personal self interest is ultimately disastrous.But bad citizens will always.look to blame someone else.


I'm hoping that is sarcasm; Reince was head of the RNC and selected by Trump, he was not an Obama appointee, I guess making facts up is the new norm, no matter who it damages, friend or foe.


Next year they will use the pfd and taxes to buy the building on 4th.  Taking the pfd and adding taxes is the lazy budget fix, its time to go line by line dime by dime and ask how would the constituents feel about this spending. Its easier to pit rich v poor against each other when you call for taxes than to actually represent the people. Rich and poor will agree buying a bank building is wasted state money, we should not give tax credits for oil companies losses out of state, the super projects need to end and we should not be cutting the legislative budgets their travel budgets and end the perdiem. That's just the start. Call them tell them override the pfd veto take taxes off the table and hire a group of forensic account's  to publish every dime and yes every oil tax credit or they are fired. Its time to actually represent the people


Yeowzah! Trump apologists out in force. This is the death knell for the Trump "Presidency," as the Watergate investigation was for Tricky Dick. Face it.


You mean science that says gay and trans people exist? And that they should be treated equally and with the same compassion and respect as all people should be?

Nice try andy but your fear mongering and hyperbole are absurd. No one is trying to "steer innocent and confused children and adolescents towards irreversible gender re-assignment surgery".

Your characterization of science's "deafening silence" is ridiculous. In fact it's the research on sex and gender that has helped us better understand LGBT people and tear down prejudice against them. The cure you need is for bigotry and prejudice.

The real objective truth and natural law is that homosexuality exists, human sexuality is a spectrum, and that teens will have sex just as they have been doing for millennia. Denying that and vilifying people who don't fit your narrow world view is simply no longer acceptable.

The irony of you suggesting that I be open to those concepts while displaying your own closed attitude is rich indeed.


Land doesn't vote, chief.  All of the votes he received in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana still total under 1 million votes.


Can you trust what brown can do for you?


So, Proudpatriot, are you staunchly opposed to the King Cove / Cold Bay road proposal for the same reason?


Finally... a ray of sanity shines through at UofO.


I don't want Kaepernick but it is because he holds the ball too long just like Lynch and relies on his feet instead of being a QB.


Not really.  Pot is federally illegal no matter what you state says.  FFLs are federally licensed to sell firearms so they must follow federal laws.  The NRA would be more vilified than it already is if they so much as hinted people who break federal laws should be able to buy firearms


I find it interesting that every time statements with racial overtones comes out from the Kealoha's, the reaction is not one of defending the Kealoha's positions, but for the large "they" reading this to shake their collective heads and state that it's better for them to shut up than to continue to protest.

And that is the funny thing about the Kealoha's. I am now convinced that they are only advising themselves on actions and letters like this. They must think their weather vain of where public popularity is with them to be calibrated and accurate. This most recent example just piles on the proof that they are tone deaf to how they are perceived.

Might want to bring in a engineer to adjust the weather vain there Mr. & Mrs Kealoha.


Maybe mateaki can let us know what sort of illness results in people loving high taxes, hate their country, and want to riot and burn everything. Liberals have all these issues


Don't even try to tell anyone what I think.

In another era, the US House wouldn't have seated Gianforte.

That's not to say what you imply.

I make no claim that racism began with Trump.

Nor will it end with Trump.

But Trump does promote hate.  He's an avowed white supremacist.

And he espouses hate and promotes hate within his supporters.

He's lower than pond scum.

He's a traitor to this nation.


They come here because Father Z and those like him encourage his/readers to come here and troll. However, you would never get by with saying anything there, like they do here.


That must be sarcasm.


So did you actually read the story or just go with the headline? He wasn't accused of loosing his gun. He was accused of not telling anyone about it. Look back at the police reports the RG published. He even told the state police he didn't know where it was yet it turns up in his office. Perhaps he should be the one to apologize?


Daniel,  We are not all fossil fuel hatters although many of us believe we need to continue to work toward more sustainable energy resources that reduce our carbon footprint.  I for one would not be apposed to leaving some credits in place for smaller players in the industry as long as they are reasonable and have strict environmental and local hire provisions in them. It just doesn't make sense to me to be giving credits to the majors whose worth are hundreds of times that of Alaska and in turn have the ability to weather the down turn in prices without hundreds of millions of dollars in credits from the state.  Exxon Mobil alone has reserves worth $1.4 trillion at $50.00 oil and $5 billion in cash and short term investments on hand and they say they need State credits in order to survive this period of lower prices? I  don't think so.


"Trudeau's plan requires that, by 2026, women hold one of every four jobs in the Armed Forces."

So wonderful. Such a policy has done wonders for the RCMP. It'll be so wonderful for the future CF to look like the RCMP now: low morale, huge numbers bitter and vindictive, half the members lawyered up filing religious accommodation , sexual harassment and disability lawsuits. The remaining members overworked having to pick up the slack for the ones not showing up for work. However the ones paying the ultimate price , as usual , will be the ones who didn't get any accommodation or special treatment and are the ones who are descended from those who have loved Canada for generations.


Your generalization is pretty broad and seems to fall more into the realm of anecdotal opinion than anything else. I've also noticed that "frequently" the assertion was, in fact, backed up by facts or decent investigative journalism. It also depends on what "media" you're talking about, something you don't specify here.


Those who are willing to do anything to gain power are capable of using anything, including religion, as a pretext for brutality. History is filled with examples of people claiming to be faithful followers of various religions, including Christianity, doing horrible things in the name of their faith.

Today the perpetrators are radicalized Muslims, but Islam itself is not the issue. Until we understand that we'll never understand the real problem, which is the social and political situation in the Middle East, of which Islam is one -- but by no means the only -- factor.

When that kind of instability exists, those who would exploit it for their own political ends take advantage of the situation. It's been that way throughout history and it's no different today.


I think they should change the name of the  University of Oregon to, the University of Rotten Tomatoes..............


MSW says that the Bishop's decree is "so completely at odds with the direction Pope Francis is trying to take the church" -
Can anyone tell me when Pope Francis changed Church teaching?

All persons in a state of sin - including those that Fr. Martin delineates- are supposed to refrain from presenting themselves for Communion...UNLESS they have sought reconciliation.  That has NOT changed, has it?  And that was mentioned by the Bishop - despite MSW's inference to the contrary.


A vote for Hillary is a vote for president Kaine 2017


Uh, no.  The Liberals have been raising money holding $10,000 a plate dinners to sit with Madame Marie Christianette.


Agreed. But:
Tell the above to those newcomers into Canada, who want to live in enclaves continuing their old country squabbles, customs, religions, politics and so on.
Tell them and find out if they are listening.
.


100,000 is a good start. Let's assimilate the immigrants we have now. If an American citizen would like to experience another countries culture get on an airplane.


Apologies cost nothing Amy. You should supply them more freely when asked.


Nice try G&M but no cigar. Not even close to Liberal entitlements. Tory moving 9 years - $325,000 Vs Liberal's 9 months $1.1 milliion.


The Pope himself urged against invading Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein,  America still went ahead because of faulty intelligence.