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so what . slick willy got 500 thousand for speaking in Russia ..... as well as 150 MILLION " donated to he and Hillarys "foundation" ... in return for Hillary approving of Russia getting TWENTY PERCENT of Americas Uranium | 0 | not toxic |
"Maybe the 'Trump bump' has turned into the 'Trump slump'."
A down day in the stock market? What a novelty! Thanks for the tip. TSX down too? How long before Trudeau gets the ax? | 0 | not toxic |
Gotta love the way Roddenberry addressed serious issues and was still entertaining. | 0 | not toxic |
Name-calling persuades some, but what of the point raised by Mokantz, namely, that although you may not want to hear it, Trump's saber-rattling caused Kim Jung Un to back down. If you don't accept that as a cause, to what do you attribute Kim's retreat? | 0 | not toxic |
PR benefits the loser parties who don't have mass support. The NDP for example. | 0 | not toxic |
Once again, "Allie" gave your post a "like" star.
You must have much in common, sharing many of the same views.
It's nice to have friends that share a common belief system.
Take care of each other. | 0 | not toxic |
Absolute agreement justcurious. | 0 | not toxic |
Martha.....l am saddened to hear of Gary's passing. You and Gary were so kind and thoughtful when mom and recently dad passed away. My sympathy, prayers and thoughts are with you and your family. | 0 | not toxic |
LOL, now there's a post that screams 'send more meds'. | 0 | not toxic |
What do you mean?
These annual global temperature anomalies are calculated from daily mean temperatures at thousands of land-based stations around the world as well as millions of point measurements taken at sea.
An annual temperature maximum is only definable at individual meteorological stations and would have to be looked at in the national or subnational databases. | 0 | not toxic |
well than thats 52% ignorant people since a booming usa economy is great for us given 40% of our total gdp is trade with the usa | 0 | not toxic |
Most peeps are happy the first 90 days of ownership. | 0 | not toxic |
An anonymous source and former employee who has impeccable contacts told me this is what Trump said to Comey."
Hey bud you know as well a I do that you are working on this case to fulfill your obligations to the Democratic party vendetta and after 10 months of investigation you have nothing to show for it; no evidence, and now you want more money because it might help you find something to embarrass me .
Why don't you just drop the charade Comey and save yourself the embarrassment of achieving nothing on the taxpayer's dime.
And by the way how is that Seth Rich investigation going."
This is when Comey began to choke on the most beautiful chocolate cake you ever saw that they were sharing and requiring Trump to perform the Heimlick maneuver.
Shortly after this another anonymous leak appeared in the WP about obstruction of justice but because it was from third or forth hand accounts and from unreliable sources there was confusion about what "obstruction" meant. | 0 | not toxic |
What a shame that a bit of silent protest ruins the brain damage you paid to see. | 0 | not toxic |
I always speak to the point.... the epic hypocrisy of liberalism. | 1 | toxic |
Justice has been served.....
The jury looked at All the facts of the case and couldn't come to an agreement to prosecute, much more to the case than a 6 second Video...
Time to move on. | 0 | not toxic |
No, it's the price of tyranny. | 0 | not toxic |
Then why worry about it... Really. | 0 | not toxic |
And due to WC limit I could not add this -New Mexico is stunning and lovely. And a great place to live. Colorado taxing people to death for sure. I knwo a lot who are leaving now, or plnning to leave within a year. Too costly here anymore. | 0 | not toxic |
Larsy,
Only when Trump tries to take credit for other's good deeds.
You might want to work on your own "blind partisanship and bitterness," before instructing others. | 0 | not toxic |
Are you kidding me ? The assembly has clearly over stepped it's bounds telling doctors they must give estimates . It's baloney regulations like this that drive up the cost of medical care. The city is short on money yet they give one union pay raises for the next three years ? Now one can see why unions got they're vote out in electing Berkowitz. | 0 | not toxic |
"The right wing- just want the entitlements they think they are entitled to."
Yeah, those right wing nut jobs. Imagine Coulter thinking she was "entitled" to a paid upgrade seat? How ridiculous! ONLY lefties are entitled to receive what they pay for! | 1 | toxic |
Stewart Yerton is reporting accurately. He said that "HART expects [rail] to cost $8.165 billion in total." It's not his number. Any criticism of that number should be lodged against HART. | 0 | not toxic |
We have a wall. It's called the USA. That's why they have about 11 million illegal aliens and we have mostly a few by plane or ship. | 0 | not toxic |
My grand parents all lived to between 79 and 86 years of age, the last died in 2004. They were from a very different generation as are my parents and myself.
There are marked differences in each of the three generations. My grand parents generation typically lived full active lives right up until their deaths at home. Far fewer of my parents generation die at home from natural causes. Many end up in extended care facilities with multiple health problems. My generation (boomers) are going to see an even larger number in extended care facilities and at an earlier age, its already happening.
Life expectancy is declining in Canada and most western countries.
My grand parents life expectancy was 59 male, 61 female, yet they lived 20 plus years longer. My parents 63 male, 66 female, living less than 20 years longer. My generation 67 male, 73 female and we live closer to 10 years past expectancy. | 0 | not toxic |
I like the guy, he's great in volleyball but another article featuring a 4th string QB, if that? Tsai just can't get over the easy, lazy way out of getting "local native" crowd all buzzed. Jeez... why won't you take some pride in your work? | 0 | not toxic |
Re: snitch - don't talk to anybody at the company - yet.
Talk to a lawyer first to get advice - and what constitutes legal evidence in a case of corporate malfeasance. | 0 | not toxic |
They will hire three 747's and fly the Liberal party to paris to vote | 0 | not toxic |
Michelle Obama went to Saudi Arabia without the headcover. You think she didn't have a problem with it what? Forgot it at the hotel?
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Many women go without a headcover ... as they should. It's not respectful to allow someone else to disrespect you. | 0 | not toxic |
"For God's sake, get rid of this jackel before it's too late!"
How? Be specific. | 1 | toxic |
Yes but engineering is an undergrad program, it still doesn't eliminate the undergrad requirement for medical school. A lot of medical schools have opened the doors to allowing various programs to apply ie students who did geography, engineering, arts, music etc.. I do agree it's a lot of wasted time but ultimately you have to scrap the entire Canadian education system and start from the ground up. No government will do this. | 0 | not toxic |
Easy enough to figure out. But the school is an investment and we need to use it. There should be more general policy related to this.
A better investment would be to invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For them it's a basic need. And for us it's an investment in their futures that they cannot afford. Studies show that even at ages 27 and 40 they lose out and are on the bottom of the heap.
"...significantly higher earnings, rates of home ownership, and levels of schooling, as well as significantly fewer arrests and social service interventions, than a control group of non-preschool participants. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that, over the lifetimes of the participants, the preschool program returned to the public an estimated $7.16 for every dollar spent." | 0 | not toxic |
That's funny, just another one of those that want all of handouts for free huh? If the PFD ends, will you leave the State? | 0 | not toxic |
I really wonder sometimes why Trump ever ran for office. Did he really think this stuff wasn't going to be investigated? Was it originally a publicity stunt, and when he gained traction he was then blackmailed? Why would he put himself and his family through this?
Or is he such a narcissist, he thought he could use his power and bully his was through it?
The movies that will be made on this will be fascinating. I vote for Brandon Gleason to play Trump. | 0 | not toxic |
Canadian business travellers are often advised to register with either the British or US consular offices at their destination country rather than that of Canada. Canadian consular services are reputedly next to useless in "hot" countries, the Iranian office under Ken Taylor being the obvious exception. | 0 | not toxic |
He has been getting breaks from jail for years in Williamsburg, Virginia and will now go there permanently. His class status and that of his parents have always given him special treatment denied to most others charged with violent crimes. | 0 | not toxic |
Yes. That's what happens when there's a viable alternative that people want to vote for (e.g., Corbyn, BC NDP and Greens) instead of neoliberal centrists (like Trudeau and Clinton) who put a smiling Liberal face on neocon policies. | 0 | not toxic |
I have a few business competitors I hope will take advantage ;-) | 0 | not toxic |
Beauty by Hoffman. 4 in a row! -Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Season's Greetngs...! | 0 | not toxic |
And they have the lowest taxes in the developed world..because of those despicable Republicans. Frankly, I don't see a difference between Democrats and Republicans. They are all Americans and they all live off borrowing from the rest of the world. Spoiled babies. | 0 | not toxic |
"Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire " ? The University of Alberta has a "professor of wildland fire". Fascinating. How does one get to be a professor of wildland fire? Is there a department of wildland fire? Does it award degrees in wildland fire? Bill Graveland, please tell us more. | 0 | not toxic |
Uber has all that data and analytics assessing traffic flow patterns. They are sharing it with the City of Sydney, Australia. Vancouver has no Uber and no data. | 0 | not toxic |
Well, Mr. Milbank, if Mrs. Clinton had been able to do what EVERYONE expected her to do and beat Trump, the Trump team wouldn't have taken the field. But that wasn't part of her tiny skillset so we're stuck with the Trump team. Thanks Mrs. Clinton!!! Go clean renewables!! | 0 | not toxic |
Thank you for info. Rather stuns you with amount of mass that moved. | 0 | not toxic |
Good judgement in action. Gen. Matis did the right thing! | 0 | not toxic |
Why do racists always bring up "black on black" crime to excuse black people being killed by police? | 1 | toxic |
Like funneling taxpayers' money to their party. We've never seen that before have we? It's just a matter of time, given their general attitude that you very succinctly characterize. | 0 | not toxic |
Of course it is! They are self-serving and have little regard for egalitarianism. | 0 | not toxic |
Val,
I agree that Canada needs to give high priority to developing markets for our goods and services in East and South Asia and in the EU countries (including the UK).
I also agree that there need to be limits to the concessions that we are prepared to make (and there need to be compensating concessions Canada needs to demand in return) and, to that end, we need to be prepared to end negotiation if the US is unreasonable and refuses to abide with these limits.
Where I differ with you is that I expect that termination of free trade with the US would be painful and that the especially painful period of transition would be lengthy. Even so, we need to be resolute during the negotiations and prepared to endure such pain rather that submit to an inequitable treaty. | 0 | not toxic |
"but the conversations are not recorded." Yeah, right. The feds lied about firing at Finnicum, I'm not a fan of their takeover, but I'm not about to believe they can trust the feds or anyone investigating to keep this promise. | 0 | not toxic |
Israel will not comply with the resolution just as the Palestinians have not complied with the UN resolution calling for land in exchange for peace. Give Israel peace, the Palestinians get land. And not before. | 0 | not toxic |
Blackmailed is the title of his new book. Although he probably would get blackmailed more for the things he's done past and present, hehe. Besides why do you think most of the Republicans are still at his side, they can't be that stupid. | 1 | toxic |
Consumer choice? Price competition? Entrepreneurship over near monopoly control? | 0 | not toxic |
They might as well quit printing this stuff. The less one reads, the better one feels about the day. The whole paper is turning into a crime rag. | 0 | not toxic |
Didn't he get "promoted" after this hit the fan?
So, not qualified for his job (ignorance of the law is no excuse).
Then promoted?
There's a much bigger story here apparently. | 0 | not toxic |
JJ - Ur such a sweetheart. No wonder you can't attract a good man like me. | 0 | not toxic |
What about those Catholics who publicly defy the Church's teachings on abortion, same sex marriage, contraception, etc. ? They are not in union with the pope and by your argument not Catholic either. | 0 | not toxic |
Snap! Only here it's the blasted Tories (Trump fans) who are relentlessly whittling National Health Service funding.
Come the revolution...😎 | 1 | toxic |
The faster it is, the more useful it is.
Most people need to drive an hour to get to the airport and you need to be there a recommended hour ahead of time for the security theatre, a possible half hour wait for you checked bags, and another hour to your hotel in most locations. That's three and a half more hours on top of how long your flight takes!
So that flight from Toronto to Montreal, even though the air time is only a little over an hour, home-to-hotel is actually more like 5 hours.
At HSR speeds it is less than 2 hours travel time and the train stations are in town rather than an hour outside so home→station and station→hotel is 15 minutes, 30 at most on a bus from the edge of town? So three hours at the most. And no damnable security theatre lines like at the airport!
Hyperloop (when it's finally possible) speeds would cut that trip to 90 minutes max. Imagine living in Montreal and commuting to Toronto for work. | 0 | not toxic |
How is something poorly thought out that hasn't been thought out yet? | 0 | not toxic |
That's a generalization that is not backed up by actual facts, Art. There are tens of millions of households with teens with access and so few accidents in the home as to be statistical anomalies.
Meanwhile, there are also a number of anomalies where teenagers and younger were able to access guns to defend themselves. Every family needs to make an individual, carefully considered, decision for themselves. One size does not fit all.
Toddlers and actual children under 12 (I find lumping all ages under 18 as "children" as over-broad and usually, not in this case, done for emotional effect), I'd in general agree with you. Gun is holstered on your person, under your direct control (not in a purse or off-body), or secured. | 0 | not toxic |
Gotcha; unfortunately, it's one or the other, unless you just go to where the thread is, below the article with all of the other comments. We did experiment with not darkening the background when showing a single comment's thread, but since you still have to click out of the thread to read the story, it was more confusing than helpful. For now, there's not really a way we can show a single comment thread *and* give access to the story at the same time. Sorry about that! | 0 | not toxic |
I recently saw a case resolved in the state criminal justice system for 18 months with 18 months suspended. A probation only sentence. The defendant put a gun to the victim's temple and pleaded as charged, to Assault in the Third degree. He had multiple prior misdemeanor charges, but no felonies. Since it was a class C felony, SB91 strictly forbid jail time. The probationary sentence was the only thing the judge could impose. The victim of the crime is terrified, and her family is outraged. I hope we don't find her dead in her home, as her attacker is only required to check in with probation once a month. This is the "criminal class" you think doesn't hurt anyone, and that SB91 was necessary to protect. Decriminalizing simple drug possession is one thing. Doing away with jail for violent offenders is another. SB91 was poorly thought out - and painted with way too broad of strokes. | 0 | not toxic |
Great letter Beverly you echoed my sentiments exactly. Thank you. | 0 | not toxic |
You forgot to mention the all you can eat nothing burger buffet that was served at this secret undisclosed formal dinner. | 0 | not toxic |
watch the Liberal media and their usual tactics.
fyi, it doesn't woik | 0 | not toxic |
Will you get an education so the rest of us don't have to see the idiocy you spout every day? Thanks. | 1 | toxic |
This shows you can be pissed off and angry without tearing up your community. Thank you, my fellow citizens. This was good to see today. | 0 | not toxic |
You do not seem to want that either; for when I post a comment you do not like, your comments are far from rational compromise. | 0 | not toxic |
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting received $445 million in federal funding during 2016. This equaled .012 percent of the federal budget and cost each person about $1.35 per year. The same year, privately held U.S. corporations received $92 billion in federal subsidies. This equaled 205 times the amount allocated to the CPB and cost each person roughly $275 per year.
Perhaps there are better ways to address excessive federal spending than by reducing or eliminating funds for valuable public resources such as the CPB, PBS, and NPR. | 0 | not toxic |
In Kevin's mind, yes. But a more self-centred man in Canada would be hard to find. It's true that most people underestimated his Southern counterpart, but I sincerely doubt the portly bald fellow will be able to garner more than a few dozen votes in la Belle province, meaning he hasn't got a snowball's chance in an Ottawa summer of carrying the election.....and that's only if the Conservative party is deluded enough to nominate him. | 0 | not toxic |
Trudeau's real problem:
The giant L tattooed on his forehead? | 0 | not toxic |
Your rhetorical approach (off topic questions stopping just shy of straw man accusations) is weak. And latching on to flimsy "that's not precisely what I said" rebuttals is at least as bad.
As for the part which approaches a reply, no. I don't approve of men who boast about **being able to grab women by the crotch if they wanted to**. But what's this about boasting about ACTUALLY grabbing women by the crotch? Who said that? You might want to go back and listen to the actual leaked audio... Trump never actually said what you are accusing him of saying. I believe what you are peddling is "alternative facts". | 0 | not toxic |
A big part of the problem is the secrecy surrounding what was done or said. Other than some vague statements, we don't know exactly what happened, and why it would have had an effect on Halls's ability to run the festival or UOs ability to support him. Someone says a joke was told and that another person "reported" it. UO states that this is "incorrect." Well, what DID actually happen then? While the actions between an employer and employee are often protected by privacy concerns, Halls is in the public eye and requires public trust to do his job while the University is a public institution partially funded with tax dollars. Donors, students, and the tax-paying public have the right to know what happened. If UO is attempting to conceal information, they are violating the public trust. | 0 | not toxic |
For some time the U.S. has been a sinking ship.
Many people didn't really notice until the Trump came along, and it started going down a lot faster.
Stephen J. Remington | 0 | not toxic |
Yes, he has made a great impression on the population of Quebec by not participating in French language debates. | 0 | not toxic |
Yeah, via Jared Kushner who has ZERO foreign policy experience. :-( | 0 | not toxic |
You took that out of context. Here's the full text: "The remaining 14 percent are working, but for less than 30 hours a week — not necessarily by choice — are registered for work but haven’t been able to find a job or are otherwise unemployed."
You cheated in order to lie. | 0 | not toxic |
Super-racist? | 0 | not toxic |
You have never mentioned that to me at any time. You've never said that "some government control was OK"...which is what you are basically stating when you say that you have no problem with a government-mandated requirement for people to carry catastrophic insurance. To me, on these forums, your stance has ALWAYS been that government was evil and they had no place in dictating whether or not people had insurance, and that ANY such action by the government was a slippery slope. Heck....you've said as much on this very thread, and now here you are contradicting yourself because it has dawned on you that "freedom" will potentially create "takers" of the kind Nigel mentioned.
Again.....you were in a bind with Nigel, so now you're backpedaling.
I was wondering.....where is that magic point in your logic where "some" government control turns into "too much" government? Let me guess.....you need to see if an R or a D follows the name of the person that recommends a specific policy. | 0 | not toxic |
Thank you, for your fearless and consistent ministry. | 0 | not toxic |
We are afraid to hold people to account, it's a lefty thing
Really. Hey the left has no problem holding big companies responsible for cleaning up a mess they create in the environment. It's the right who have been notoriously lean on that matter as noted by the recent article on the hidden costs of abandoned oil wells. And it's the left that usually want to strengthen the banking and finance laws while the right is all loosie goosie about them ... just ask Harper who wanted to make our banking laws like the Americans.
To me those two alone are of a vested importance to most Canadians and they show accountability to the public at larger. | 0 | not toxic |
Don't be daft, motley, there need not be actual charges of treason brought against Trump and the Republican party since the public's perception of disloyalty to the United States and collusion with a foreign dictator would be sufficient to disgust a majority of American voters in future elections, be they congressional or presidential. Putin is a dictator, something that might be attractive to Republicans, but to the majority of Americans is repugnant. Americans are aware of the Russian doping scandal at the Sochi Olympics and of whistleblowers having to escape, strange deaths such as founding chairperson of Russia’s state-led anti-doping agency — who resigned in disgrace after the official report came out but who died unexpectedly. Less than two weeks later, a former director for the agency also died. Americans aren't interested in their country being modeled after the likes of Putin's Russia however much the Republicans might like to see our country go in that direction. | 0 | not toxic |
I read something recently on this subject. The writer, whom I unfortunately cannot remember, reminded us that Jesus said his kingdom was not of this world. If that is the case then what do we care what the government, or retail stores, or society at large says or doesn't say about Christmas. It's irrelevant that the society at large does not acknowledge Advent because we do. It's irrelevant that retail store have Christmas merchandise out after Halloween, or that they greet us with "Happy Holidays." They are in the business of sales, that's what they do. We do not need them or the government or those who for whom Christmas is a secular holiday to affirm our celebration of Christmas. We are more than capable of celebrating it on our own. The War on Christmas just makes us look pathetic, and lacking in faith. | 1 | toxic |
What most people forget is our sewers were not properly maintained for forty years prior to the Hannemann administration. The roads were not properly maintained for ten years prior to the Hannemann administration. The parks, the homeless we could go on. And let us not forget Mufi Hannemann inherited a one billion dollar deficit which nearly bankrupted the city. Blaming everything on Hannemann, Carlisle and Caldwell for everything wrong with the city is like blaming President Obama for Iraq and the Bush Great Recession. | 0 | not toxic |
I am just astounded that all the posters here call the CBC a "conservative" station. HAHAHAHAHAHA, thanks for a great belly laugh this morning. | 0 | not toxic |
Same here. | 0 | not toxic |
Hey Star Advertiser, this wouldn't be news if it was about a "current" Fox News host. Is your hatred of Fox News causing your tabloid journalists to lose whatever objectivity they have left? News article about a FORMER Fox News Host...reaching deep down into the barrel huh? | 0 | not toxic |
I fail to see how the two enforcement decisions have any relation. Would you like to see the Baltimore Police Department banned from making arrests simply because they have a history of racism? Because that would be the end result of your argument.
I should point out that every EPA rule has to prove, as in its the burden of the government, that it has a net beneficial economic impact. Indeed, the overall net result of EPA regulation has been a huge creation of jobs and reduction in long-term health harms. I trust this EPA lawsuit meets a similar burden, and if not, it will be thrown out by the court. Either way, this is up for the judicial branch to decide and the legislature interfering without legislation is unconstitutional. | 0 | not toxic |
he's just like gabarge, got to bring religion into it, who cares what you are shetz | 1 | toxic |
Nope! | 0 | not toxic |
Quite honestly, I think they do. We should never forget what can happen if we do not remain vigilant. For example, In many ways, ISIS is following the Nazi playbook in trying to exterminate jews (and Christians for that matter). But yet, many here still believe that it can't happen on a large scale...Maybe something along the lines of them being a J.V. | 0 | not toxic |
I'm on his side! We have the highest pedophile rate in the nation! We should be trying them as murders (hey judge how would you like sex forced on you at I don't know 7 if your a guy probably in the bum!) they kill the spirt of the child and change the soul! | 1 | toxic |
File charges against criminal cops, NK. | 0 | not toxic |
They already have Radio Canada, their own tax payer funded network and their own shows. Now they want in on the anglo CBC as well. | 0 | not toxic |
Lowest bidder? Too bad it can't be done in-house or by the University. Or a local vendor. | 0 | not toxic |
I mock you privately (and sometimes publically) but since no one has squealed on me I get to keep my job. | 0 | not toxic |
See, you keep on avoiding the whole motivation thing, you have no idea how it works, it's beyond you. Maybe you think you played, but if you can't understand how motivation works in sports, you sucked, no doubt about it. Bet you don't get that either.
Carry that Kool Aid. | 0 | not toxic |
"I sympathize with your situation and understand your frustration." What a joke. You don't have a clue. Need to be more "creative" in your response. | 0 | not toxic |
@Prouder Patriot, thank you. I feel honored to know that you keep track of my replies. xoxoxo | 0 | not toxic |
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