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Wow, you couldn't even be bothered to read the rest of my sentence? Water MAINS, Steve -- we all know that fluoridated water affects the pipes that transport it quite differently from unfluoridated, and that working out the buffering during the transition takes some experimentation. Ask a water-system manager, like your Mr Fierstien.

What an enchanting essay! I hope you'll write a follow-up if you find out more about Had and Dody.

Admired is right, but don't let the facts bother you. Sheriff deputies in Denver are not POST-certified.

Are you Russian? They're not. That would be one difference. You wouldn't know a troll if he was up in you.

Why does Trudeau want NAFTA negotiated first? It is just a stalling tactic, and yes the libertarians know all about this. Adding ignorant insults clearly demonstrates your argument is without substance.

Modern Conservatism has become a cult, very much given to conspiracy when confronted with inconvenient facts. Liberal policies were supposed to cause hyperinflation, so low inflation must reflect statistical fraud; the threat of climate change implies the need for public action, so global warming must be a hoax. The faithful must avoid “lamestream media” and listen to only “approved” news sources. Those news sources stoke the fires of rage against unbelievers who attack core beliefs with their statements of fact. Then they disseminate “studies” by “experts” to reassure the faithful because you can't have facts and science infecting the belief system. Don't worry true believers, the Fraser Institute will tell you how to think correctly.

I am sure any working man or woman would not only feel wealthy but also feel RICH if (s)he were to change places with this poor snowflake.

Wrong again. The sin is in the spilling of seed to no procreative purpose. It's no different than masturbation. Besides the penis itself is involved in waste extraction and God apparently had no problem with that.

What I always notice, is that EVERY liberal comment, is laced with name calling. They can't seem to make their point without it. It makes them what they are, ignorant.

Green roofing can also withstand hail storms even the one the poked holes through my asphalt this last spring ... :)

Aren't the Republican party leaders doing that? "and an immediate backlash from party leaders who demanded he quit the race if the accusations prove true" "On Thursday, senior Republicans swiftly called for Moore to step aside from the Senate race if the allegations are shown to be true." As I understand it, the party cannot actually remove a candidate (though they can pull all party support and funding).

When you look at Christianity from the perspective of a recovering Christian atheist (and with Jews as family), you see it very differently. The right wing Christians and Evangelicals co-opt the Jews and their history. Mary was a Jew and came from a sect that pronounced unmarried pregnant women virgins. Joseph was also a practicing, devout Jew and Jesus was a rabbi who had his Passover meal before the Romans killed him. The wine of Passover was turned into blood and the unleavened bread was turned into flesh. Ugh. Perhaps context of history is in order here instead of the made up revisionist history of these right wing Christians that makes it OK for a man in his 30s to make advances to 14 year old girls. To dismiss Roy Moore's transgressions 2000 years later when we prosecute men for making sexual advances on underage children just shows how absolutely corrupt and corrupted Christians and Christianity has become. Does Kevin Spacey get a pass too?

tell that to your president and Congress.

The problem that no one seems to talk about is the rail bed. It is poorly built and runs across muskeg. It has always been incapable of carrying the type of loads at the speed at which normal railways operate. When you fly over this area in a light plane and see all the small lakes it seems that there is more water than land. The "land" that rises above the water is frequently swamp and not really land. It would cost an extremely large amount of money to build a proper road bed in this area.

" Mr. Drumpf's speech before the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation yesterday, was one of powerful, articulated excellence, and long overdue. It showed great strength, something that past administrations have long lacked, especially Mr. Obama who was very weak on the concerns raised in that speech, and it was well received." How odd. I also saw that speech and was appalled that such an ignorant dilettante represents our country on the world stage. I guess we just have different ideas about what America could/should be.

"Electronic devices in the hands of walkers were a factor in just 25 of 23,240 pedestrian deaths from 2010 through 2014." I get that this may be the most relevant recent data available, but I am not so sure its completely reliable. A lot has changed in mobile phone technology and usage since these numbers were collected. More devices in people's hands, wider and cheaper network coverage , further integration into people's daily lives...etc. I'd like to see some more recent numbers and see how they compare.

Sociologists have no issue with the pope circular ramblings. It's the philosophers, logicians, theologians, scientists that have an issue with the pope's suspension of the law of non-contradiction. Sociologists, even amateur ones like yourself, have no issue.

He could become a member of the Bill Clinton Sex Club! Anthony Weiner, Treasurer.

Wow, someone still suffering from CDS. And when did Bill assault an underage girl? Even back in the 90s, I didn't hear that one coming out of the conspiracy theory fever swamp. Do tell.

Donald is not our prime minister. Why should we gripe about him not showing up. In fact, it may be a benefit to Canada.

I know Scott Kennedy, Steve, and he's woefully ignorant of how to heal degenerative disks, which his hospital diagnosed in me in '91 and told me the only solution was to fuse vertebrae. I learned from an old German woman to use horsetail tea and have been pain-free in that area since. I wrote a letter to Scott and hand-delivered it to him, but he never replied or apologized. I thought he was better than that. But he's not, and when you claim he knows what he's talking about I know first hand that he doesn't.

And what difference would nationalization make ?! Umpteen millions of $$ required to repair it, not enough traffic to justify future costs .... I just LOVE paying taxes .... NOT .-(

“But rail volumes plunged after the 2012 dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board, which was a major customer. The grain-buying group was privatized and purchased by a U.S.-Saudi partnership” So this is what happens when you let NeoCons like the Harper Conservatives run (ruin?) your country. We’ve sold a crown corporation to foreign interests and now look- Canadians are getting screwed! Well done! Then we got rid of the Canadian Wheat Board because . . . ??? Canada should buy back this rail line and maximize trade possibilities out of the Northwest Passage.

"Anyone with basic reality skills knows that the top 20% of earners pay 84% of income tax." And, when laid against the amount of the nartion's money and wealth they control, it's nowhere near enough. Time for a wealth tax to supplement their paltry income taxes.

“they learn negative behaviors from one another”. With no meaningful punishment or consequences, what else do you expect?

Alabama has many things to be proud of; Roy Moore isn't one of them.

remove the helmets and pads, so players have to properly tackle. it works for rugby and Aussie rules football.

Oh boy, you got that right. Just look how they dropped the ball on the Comet Ping Pong scandal.

A medieval view of the natural law is really a heresy promoted as dogma,as well as the views on stem cells. Doctrine of the Mystical and Physical Body of Christ should be applied,and the biology of Aqinnas relegated to a footnote.

Clinton lost. Deal with it.

A plausible conclusion one might draw from all of this is that traditional-minded Catholics and clerics would rather have certainty about ill-conceived doctrine as opposed to engaging in a lifelong quest to seek and find God through prayer, dialogue and reflection.

What if you have an income of $20K and $5 million in the bank? Wealth and income are NOT the same thing.

Keep squirming: eventually, I have faith that you'll find a way to make this about HRC too.

* trudeau is dangerous for canada, but scheer will have a hard time fighting against trudeau's populist polices. * trudeau practices identity politics, elevating certain groups, including the islamic community, while alienating others. * trudeau also believes in equality of outcome, and arbitrarily taxes success and redirects cash to his voting groups. this populist approach will diminish innovation, and encourage those with desired skill-sets to leave canada (why stay when the top marginal tax rate exceeds 50%, plus you are not provided with other benefits.. like child care subsidies, etc). *history has taught us that these policies are dangerous.. but any politician that attempts to take the punch bowl away will be punished..

Isn't that the argument they use against Islam? Don't some of these good Christian folks say that Mohamed was a pedophile, yet now that is their defense of this joker?

It's not that simple though. There is no such thing as a neutral action. There is a conscious effort for instance to not publish too much on specific suicides because research on this subject show a clear correlation between media attention and suicide rates. Furthermore, "freedom" used as an argument in this way is somewhat bogus. We are free to do whatever we want, even those who live in oppressive authoritarian countries; However, all actions have consequences and it is absurd to suggest anyone should be able to do anything without consequences. We can and should argue about the consequences.

Who would go see this kind of tripe in the first place? Talk about a waste of time, talent and money.

... we get it profit trumps humans and living things in the Republican world. When is Cheetolini going to fix the deficit??!!

Our good American president, Donald J Trump, is the best president that America has had for decades! It's only liberalism that thinks not. The wapo, who cares, they have never supported anything our president has done or said, along with nyt's, cnn, or the DP. Even those who think 'imagined' clean air is worth making Al Gore a billionaire, should be on to them by now.

My leaves will be picked up while 3/4 of them are still on the tree 👍🏻👍🏻

Ah, the lame old "Just move to .....!!!" retort. 💩

India and China need to get a handle on their chronic pollution instead of focusing on breakneck economic growth. Does not help when you are dead.

Yes, HJohn, the Political Correctness Code does indeed have primacy over such trifles as free speech, fair comment, truth, reason, the dictionary, honest mistakes and lack of malice . We must all do our part to live by the Political Correctness Code and thereby ensure that The Globe and Mail is a "safe area" at all times against any chance of hurt feelings or bruised egos or unintended interpretations of language or dissenting opinions. And the Political Correctness Code Constabulary never sleeps! For example, I submitted a rebuttal to this latest insanity some 14 hours ago and it was quickly approved for publication. If I do say so, it was one of my more cogent arguments and all seven of the reactors to it clicked on "like". But over 10 hours later it was apprehended and banned by the Political Correctness Code Constabulary as not being "civil" enough for Globe standards. So be warned - the Globe's Political Correctness Code Constabulary never sleeps!

The west is the bullies in this matter, those who do not see only want to follow Western propaganda

You're still not addressing the problem we set out to solve. Namely, the problem of mass killings in America. And, by definition, mass killings means lots of rounds fired. I've tried to offer a solution that would still allow gun owners to have as many as rounds as they want but you don't like that. OK fine. Then this will do the job with regular ammo without doing anything to stop your fetish with shooting. The guy shot 450 rounds. You say mass killers make their own ammo (I disagree). I can't buy 450 Sudafed to make meth so why should they be able to buy large quantities to make bullets? (Law says not more than 7.5 grams in 30 days) So that solves the "make your own" problem. You say target shooters need to shoot more. I say make them buy and use all their ammo at the shooting range. And put a limit on the number of rounds one can buy in a month, just like Sudafed is limited. And to keep them from hoarding, must turn in spent casings to get more. 1 for 1 exchange.

He has his preferred crowd. That's why he incardinated Fr Z in his diocese.

In fairness to the actual (not imaginary) offender, he is just an ignorant child whose behavior is no worse than that of many other children three times his age. Now that the kid has admitted to the offense, he deserves another chance to straighten up and fly right---if not at this school, perhaps by enlisting in one of the services. (As semi-literate liberal theologians cannot seem to quit saying, " Let he who is innocent cast the first stone.") I do not tell lies, deface property or write vulgar hateful stuff, yet would be half tempted to pull a stunt like this to provoke reactions by those who are too impulsive and immature for their posts of authority, such as that three-star general. When people yapping off about "society's" "racism" get exposed for the idiots whom they are behaving like, that gives them reason to govern their emotions and catch up on maturity.

On October 5, 2014 The Washingtonian published their 15th biennial "Best & Worst of Congress" list. Rep. Johnson was voted "Worst Speaker" and "Most Clueless" by congressional staffers. Democrats demand death penalty for cops who commit assault, murder... if you demand the death penalty for cops then you must demand it for any person who commits assault or murder. What do you have to say about that, Mr. Johnson? By the way, Mr. Johnson, Guam still has not tipped over!

This little girl didn't speak up for the same reason that 50 women didn't speak up about Weinstein's predator, or the 80 women predated by Tobeck. Are you suggesting those Hollywood types are innocent since they'd made numerous movies and won many awards but no one had spoken up so they must be innocent? Come on, man, use your head for something besides a hat rack.

Multiculturalism, large waves of immigration from Asia, new important influences of various religions, has produced a big change in Canada. Together with the global economy and sell off of hundreds of Canadian corporations to foreigners, endless wars and jihadi terrorism, new wave of refugees from war-torn countries, lack of affordable housing, hard economic times, stagnant wages... Huge changes these last 35 years, particularly since 9/11. Huge changes always have an inevitable push back from those who aren't benefiting from the changes. Surprising the push back has not happened years ago. In my opinion, Calgarians and Canadians in general have been very generous about accepting 10 million immigrants these last 40 years. We've been very generous about treating Muslims as equals. I was very surprised when Calgarians elected Nenshi seven years ago. They had become more cosmopolitan and generous than I knew. But there's an inevitable limit to tolerance and generosity.

Very Christian of him.

It's a close copy of your profile - nothing has been "hijacked". Why do you keep saying that?

Don’t give up! It’s only been a month or so. Go stand in the Bi-Mart parking lot and wait.

And now Louis C.K.? Tell me if this doesn't make you skeptical: "Schachner (a fellow comedienne) claims she heard C.K. masturbating on the phone in 2003." Never mind that, hey, come on AP editors. It's OVER the phone, ok? Ewww! Seriously, long distance is about the only way a guy can fake an orgasm. I say we drop the charges on this allegation.

Only in the Born Again and Evangelical World.

From Crooked.com: "Short of taking proactive steps to deny Moore the Senate seat, the unmistakable message will be that only sexual predators who can’t win are persona non grata in GOP politics." That about sums it up. Moral rot, no leadership.

Wait... what? Amazon was probably always going to have a flat roof, due to cost-effectiveness and space efficiency? Having a green roof will ultimately reduce their administrative overhead, and also provide another benefit for employees. Anything that lowers costs is something that Amazon will support.

News flash, Steve. Fluoride lost -- the people of PA voted NOT to re-fluoridate their water. Looks like Allisa's opinions get plenty of "credibility and respect" where it counts.

Roy, says, no problem, before preying on the little girl he checked the Alabama's White Farmers Almanac: Recommended breeding age; Pigs; 6 months Cattle; 2 years Horses; 3 years Little White Girls; 13 years Little Black Girls; Whenever you like

I don't disagree that they are intended for pedestrians but my driving instructor taught me to use the counts to predict light changes. I do like the idea of having an accurate countdown on the lights. When the roads are slippery I find the countdown pretty useful.

Why do you say "even Pelosi"?

Then you have the worst financial adviser in the world. This is not reality. If you have $5m in the bank and the absolutely most conservative investments, you would still generate 3% or $150,000. More realistically is a blended rate around 8% or $400,000.

Yeah... there's nothing wrong with Weld County.

Also lame. 💩

The pulling down of the pants and bending over by all the proposals is downright vomit inducing.

Flavio Volpe thread... “Japanese automakers are an integral part of the Canadian auto sector and their investments are exactly the reason we survived the 2009/10 carpocalypse. The future of CDN auto is dependent on them but the viability of their CDN supply chain must also be part of the #TPP calculus.” “Freer trade with #Japan, among others, is and should be a serious goal of #Canada. The terms must however be accretive to both countries in order to build on the important and deep relations we have enjoyed since in recent decades. #TPP can achieve this, but we must work for it.” “#TPP terms as they now exist are not positive to Canadian-based auto parts manufacturing. 100k people that work for 100s of CDN firms will be happy to read today that their government has chosen to do the difficult work of negotiating in their interests instead of against them.”

Heck, it can be tough watching from the West Slope! TNT blacked out the game over here...and I just read it was officially a sellout so what was up with that??

This quote from the Australian Broadcasting Corp: "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has infuriated leaders of 10 other Asia-Pacific countries by pulling a sudden "no show" for the signing of a lucrative trade deal." They waited patiently for him to arrive, but it was the Japanese Prime Minister who announced he was a no-show. The word "screwed" was being used by those present. Back home I think words like "embarrassed" and "ashamed" would be appropriate in describing the reaction to our Prime Minister's behaviour in front of 10 major allies and trading partners. Justin Trudeau has yet to learn what leadership and diplomacy mean, for he possesses neither of these attributes.

Kealoha agreed in writing to repay the $250,000 "bonus" he received for retiring early if convicted. From where will that money come?

Any other unrelated scandals, ridiculous comparisons, strange hypothetical scenarios, or tu quoque fallacies you'd care to hoist, in defense of the child predator running with your party's endorsement? I think you ran the gamut, but there just might be a few more left.

From 2000 to 2015, Alberta’s share of the immigrant population more than doubled from 6.8 to 14.2 per cent. You should visit the province before assuming the population isn't diversified.

Making a mountain out of a molehill. Its just tit for tat, normal geo-politics. But don't underestimate Russia, they have oil and military power, even though they are in fact a bankrupt gangster nation.

I would amend that to: Thank you for your many services, Rabbi.

How obvious you don't understand the difference between Canada and Russia. Consider making your career in Moscow or Novosibirsk.

Pretty amazing how you could be wrong with every single thing you said in the entire post. That's hard to do.

Two time super bowl champion huh?

What article(s) of the UCMJ would you charge him with violating? To me, the disgrace he has brought on himself (twice now) and his idiot followers will suffice. Instead of being outraged we ought to laugh at them all.

Headline did it's job; grabbed eyeballs. You had to read further, wondering, "Ahh, S***, what's Trudeau done now?" But, reading into the story (and I mean ALL of it), here's the more appropriate headline might be, TPP: Canada won't Be Rushed; PM Gives Meeting A Pass. I like it.

Sounds just like Debbie Wasserman Schultz parading those women with suspect stories right before the the election! Donald Trump showed them up!

If people are too "stressed" to follow the laws, including coming to a stop at stop signs and obeying speed limits in areas where people live, they're not of sound enough mind to be driving two-ton cars with the capability to kill. Extra-wide roads just encourage higher speeds that result in more collisions to which those emergency services have to respond.

Because she would have been too old to fit the description of the female in the hebrew prophecy. What part about that is confusing? And you can go on about Mary and Joseph not having sexual relations. I fail to see how that matters in the case of Roy Moore who fondled a 14 year old girl and had a 14 old girl touch his own genitals. If anything, that would not make this like Mary and Joseph at all.

...it makes sense eh🤔!!...

"If proven true" is a convenient qualifier. There's no physical evidence, just a lot of strong circumstantial evidence and testimony. Moore denies it. Seems to me the message is that he didn't do it so long as he wins. A cowardly position for a party of supposed family values.

Yes the author's definitely over the top. But make no mistake, Putin is a KGB pathological murderer. He sees the West as his enemy, when the real threat to Russia is China - they need Russia's land and they will take it.

Education funding should be a top priority for the legislature. A healthy state economy requires college educated residents. A healthy society requires educated citizens from all economic strata. This is becoming a problem in some of the elite public universities across the country, where high percentages of students come from the wealthiest 1 percent, and the poorest 40 percent of the population is represented as a small campus minority. Let's keep education available to all!

Jesus brings God's commandments to fulfilment, particularly the commandment of love of neighbour, by interiorizing their demands and by bringing out their fullest meaning. Love of neighbour springs from a loving heart which, precisely because it loves, is ready to live out the loftiest challenges. Jesus shows that the commandments must not be understood as a minimum limit not to be gone beyond, but rather as a path involving a moral and spiritual journey towards perfection, at the heart of which is love. JP2 Veritatis Splendor 15 This is how JP2 described it in his encyclical on morality.

"God telling us what to do is wholly different from people telling us what to do." Last I checked Cupich qualified as "people," not God, and he certainly likes to tell other people what to do in a most condescending, supercilious manner. Being talked down to and sneered at by him hardly challenges me to examine my beliefs.

Think of where anchorage would be if all liquor stores and smoke shops were moved outside city limits. New quantity stores would take over like Costco and sams and the industries would be much easier to regulate. Heavy fines associated with in town sales would follow. The problem now isn’t spread out all over town and now becomes much easier to manage. Inebriates would now be panhandling in close proximity to their drug outlets thus , clearly spelling out to their enablers just what they’re begging for. This would not be an attempt to end the problem, but rather establish some control and maybe even clear out the neighborhood homeless camps. 20 years back alcohol was a 500 million dollar problem. And today? Well today they’re stealing us blind and settling up camp in close proximity to their source of income. Do nothing and watch how the cancer grows. It’s tome for chemo!

The coal burning plants in Alberta are located to the west & east of Edmonton. Not sure where the coal related problem would originate in the Calgary area.

At the height of the Ottoman Empire, the Hapsburgs and Balkan countries were the European bulwark against an Islamic onslaught. Who’s performing that task here? I would wager that it’s not the Liberals.

...kind of makes you wonder who’s partaking eh😉...

Exactly! I voted for him in the past but this time, there were too many issues (the online Uber video filled with lies, friends at city hall speaking of his arrogance in inability to listen, the "my way or the highway approach to leadership, the Flames fiasco, etc.). He lacks the ability for self-reflection and instead blames others.

Well, a Senate hearing that found the women's claims believable might trigger a vote for expulsion. Needs 2/3rds but all the Republicans are saying he should step down. I don't know. Just know I despise the man.

Teach them how to "Fish" and not give them "Fish".

They are interesting and reasonable options within the GIC investment space. But people do need to read the small print to fully understand what they are getting. For example a 5 year GIC will usually quote a maximum return of 25% but that 25% is cumulative over the 5 year period. Also your return is still 100% interest income and will be taxed as such. Most also allow the investor to pick from around 5 different index that their GIC will be linked to. I use them for my kids RESP provincial grant money that unfortunately the brokerages wouldn't manage alongside the regular federal program. So I was forced to find a regular bank product. So far have averaged about 3.5% annual return.

Does Science say anything about 10, 000 year radioactive waste being buried under the Great Lakes in Ontario? Does the evidence show that's a good idea? It's beautiful here in Ontario, so this should be okay right?

Highly processed foods should be labelled as such. Instead of focusing on micro- and macro-nutrients (especially since we can't quite seem to make up our minds about which ones are good or bad for us, and in what quantities), should we not just use a traffic-light system to indicate the degree to which a product has been processed? No one doubts that more processed = less healthy. It's simple, straightforward, and if all it took was a green light vs. a red light to tell the difference between a yogurt that's just milk and bacterial cultures, and one that also contains sugar, fruit syrups and food colouring, then count me in. One less thing for Canadians shoppers to stress about.

LW1 - Two things. Make one last attempt to shove some common sense into your husband by asking if he would shout those same things while standing in a crowd of his friends and remind him that everything he says is out there forever. The second thing is to unfollow him. You'll still show as his friend but you won't see anything he posts. Then let the fallout happen as it will.

What makes it apples and oranges is that while maybe Joseph didn't touch Mary, Roy Moore did touch the 14 year old girl.

Naked app: You see what I see and we seem to be the only ones. Smartphones are commodities so hardware tech companies are trying to force autonomous to be their next big thing, and everybody has a cartoon view both of the weight and inertia of cars and trucks at speed as well as cartoon people that cannot die. Software revisions tend to be rapid and without life or death consequence - that thinking is ingrained. No one asked for autonomous but if the industry insists, it should look to medical equipment electronics as its responsibility model.