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China has badly polluted air from burning dirty coal. That filth even makes its way far from China. Some of that toxic air pollution gets deposited in Alaska after being carried here by the jet stream. Helping China switch to clean natural gas is a positive step. There will be less mercury, lead, thorium, strontium, and other highly toxic metals being dumped into our atmosphere from coal combustion. Alaska gas should be part of this effort given our proximity to China, and our need to monetize our vast gas resource. Gov. Walker deserves credit for advancing the project to this point.

One of Nenshi's strengths (this may come as a surprise to some) was that he stayed away from identity group politics. This, as we know, changed during the last election campaign after he was behind in some polls and unknown people made some offensive posts on social media. AFTER winning the election he now runs to a Vancouver based journalist working for a Toronto media outlet and makes himself the basis of an article that slurs an entire city (that just elected him) as a bunch of knuckle dragging racists. I have always thought Nenshi's biggest weakness is his inability to control his mouth. This is just one more example.

So the more languages a person speaks, the dumber they are? Okay. And this would also explain why your education stopped in 8th grade, so you could stay ahead of the pack.

Will these stories ever end? Probably the "Predators" at the present are all cowering from their history preying on their victims. Sadly, some may have transformed and become a better person. Nonetheless, the public will relentlessly crucified them.

It could be argued that many long-term recreational drug users ARE addicted--it's implicit (to use your term) in the phrase "long term." I could be a long-term recreational smoker, too. "Yeah, I could quit anytime, no problem. But I don't. Because I choose not to." Sure. But you're right: the people you describe successfully sidestep the law and kept themselves "safe" their buddies, neighbours and the friendly dealer down the street. "Hey there, Joe..." Well, today, thanks to proliferation of drugs, these kind of people ARE found on the floors: the floor of their bedrooms, their parents' rec rooms, all kinds of middle and upper-class floors. "Okay!" you'll say. "So let's set up safe-sites." No problem with that, as long as somebody else's money sets them up and keeps them running. Not MY money. That means individual and corporate donations. Go for it. Legalize ALL drugs. I don't use, therefore I don't pay. At least directly. No escaping the indirect costs, I suspect...

What's done is done and all that, but remember, one of the Wild goals was into the empty net. It's a reasonable guess that had the score been 2 apiece, the Habs net would not have been empty.

The house should be part of Rand's settlement.

Take away alcohol, and the chance of a physical altercation starting in the first place decreases. Funny how you anti-gunners give alcohol a free pass. Far more people die each year from alcohol related causes than from firearm related causes.

Sorry but Arenado is not close to Schmidt or Brett by any stretch of the imagination. Arenado is currently the best fielding 3B in baseball. HOF consideration requires 10 years of service. Hence my noting he needs another half-decade to determine his career trajectory. MLB is littered with really good players who weren't HOFers. Eric Chavez won 6 GG. Another GG and Arenado is his equal. Schmidt won 10 GG. The current and previous PED eras eviscerated offensive production benchmarks. Schmidt led the NL in HR for 8 years. He was a 3-time MVP and completed his career with 1,595 RBI and 548 HR. Bonds, A-Rod, Sosa, McGwire, and on and on all "juiced" their way to gaudy stats. Hank Aaron never had a 50-HR season but look how many players benefitted from PEDs. Blackmon is just another exhibit. Altuve's 24 HR exceeded his HR production of his first 4 full years combined. 6-8 HR to 24? It's a wink-and-a-nod in MLB. Just like Olympic sports, NFL, etc. State of the game.

You can install as many crosswalks as you want, if pedestrians are too lazy to use them it won't make any difference. Many of the pedestrian deaths lately are from jaywalking and dangerous pedestrian habits. Sure this law wouldn't help that but don't only blame cars for pedestrians getting killed. If the pedestrians obeyed the law and took a minute to cross where it was legal many would still be alive.

And hire all female doctors! That would go a long way to preventing this. Also, teaching young women what is and is not appropriate in a physical exam by a physician and providing anonymous reporting options. This is heart-breaking.

Soil doesn't absorb moisture? Huh? WTH are you talking about? Rainfall will be infiltrated into the media, filtering it and reducing runoff, thus reducing flooding and taxpayer funded infrastructure improvements. Pretty much everything you said here is based on emotion, and incorrect.

The only health care system that is failing is the one in the United States since it is not universal. All other developed Nation have a universal system and life expectancy is 3 to4 years longer in Canada and the rest of the developed nation. Stop lying and tell the truth. Trump is the biggest fool in the world you cannot believe those Republicans as they are in the pocket of the wealthy and don’t care about the middle or working class people.

Calling Israel an apartheid state is conceding that they actually own the West Bank, Gaza strip, and Golan heights. But 20% of Israeli citizens are Arabs, and they have full mobility within the country like any other citizen so it's a nonsense label anyway.

Should have given her a rose and told him thank you and left..

Who in the world would want to partner with the city???? Only a fool & most developers are not fools.

Nowadays. there sure seem to be a lot of credible accusations of sexual assault and harassment against powerful men aren't there? They're not anonymous or lacking in specifics and the accusers have NOTHING to gain by them. Women making such accusations seldom do. Victims of sexual assault and harassment are more likely to feel powerless, that the authorities will not believe them. Leigh Corfman has little to gain by subjecting her story to scrutiny and herself to infamy. It's not just one woman who's saying Roy Moore assaulted or harassed her either. There are several and their stories of his MO tend to confirm each other. Why didn't they "report" Judge Moore? In Alabama in the 1970's? Right. Why WOULD they? There's smoke here, a lot of it. You don't need to be "clairvoyant" to think there's a strong chance of fire.

Sad, just sad...

I'm guessing your response to me in my mailbox hasn't been reviewed yet. Show me in my text where I prescribed any action for your aunt. That's your style, not mine. Projection and transference.

Could be. Let's see.

<cont> the problem is our liberal courts have ruled that children with low IQ' and severe emotional problems have the right to an education, and have given them the right to disrupt schools assuring your kid isn't getting the education they have the right to. This is now one of the most expensive babysitting in America for disabled kids who will grow up to be disabled adults being babysat through the welfare state. These dysfunctional children need to be removed from Oregon public schools. They need to be put in with Alternative Education campuses. That's what AE is for.

Re a Costco generates 159 million dollars a year... And how much of that is pure profit after overhead costs?

Thanks for this. Hadn't thought of Michel Halbouty for years.

Wearing a poppy is not a glorification of war, it is a remembrance of all the lost and changed lives; the service and sacrifice, and the hope that we will never see a war of that magnitude every again. Lest We Forget

Dr. Seymour Fettle once theorized it stems from a progressive upbringing in which internal fluid dispensing provides assurance to self worth and recognition.

Wrong, UKnow. Rahm Emanuel is the first Chicago mayor in more than 100 years to preside over a Cubs World Series Championship. Chicago WAS a mess, but he brought it and the Cubs out of the doldrums. Who better to give out advice than someone who has made Chicago great again? Best, RTD

Trump's insistence on America exceptionalism is certainly throwing a spanner into the works. What is unclear is how it will in any way benefit or bring jobs back to the US. (If it does, Ivanka and Trump's clothing line will become more expensive for US consumers.) And in the meantime, Chinese President Xi is clearly the short term winner and eager to take the role the US is abandoning. Canada caught in the middle. Still, best to show up - wonder what really happened here. (Least Trudeau didn't hide in the biffy like Harper did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/stephen-harper-locks-himself-in-brazilian-ministers-bathroom-until-he-gets-his-way/2011/08/09/gIQAjzr84I_blog.html?utm_term=.d54e242a5c9b)

Indeed. In his July 2016 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Mike Pence famously declared "I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order." Does anyone see anything missing in that list? And we can be sure Pence isn't alone.

You've posted this same lie under many different accounts over the years. But if you have to post a lie to feebly deflect away from this, you've said all we need to know about how bad Justin has conducted himself and embarrassed Canada.

cleanup: am beginning to think you and motley troll are same i.d.

Thanks Globe, for standing up for what's right.

You don’t need to be a person of faith to believe that children, and all people, deserve access to health care. You do need to be a morally bankrupt monster to believe that some deserve it more than others. Free market solutions to healthcare necessarily leave major sections of the population sick, impoverished, and dead. The ethical opposition to universal healthcare is nonexistent. If you are worried about how it will be paid for, your god is mammon. If you are worried about how it will affect your standard of living, your god is yourself. A socioeconomic system of resource distribution which incentivizes accumulation via exploitation will never serve humanity in a meaningful way. It is time to re-think our place among our fellow humans. We have the power to take care of one another, take control of our own lives, and take power from the hands of oligarchs and the career politicians they own. Stand up for yourselves and your fellow humans. Demand universal healthcare now.

Vanessa: Those students who are "acting out" at Edison need our support and assistance, not our condemnation. Those who call for stronger "discipline" and greater punishment simply don't understand the issues these kids, their parents and everyone around them face every day. You are quite right. Virtually all these disturbed kids have some significant trauma(s) in their background. They need counseling and, usually therapy to deal with these issues. Meanwhile, they need support systems to help them survive during their difficult and often long healing process. The role of the school in this process is involved and, to be sure, difficult. Proper placement and support is necessary....."mainstreaming" is usually inappropriate and these students need to only slowly and gradually integrate into the regular classroom. It's difficult and it's expensive. I wish these students and their families and the Edison staff working with them the best. Gary Crum

And you conclude from that?

Thats up to the Casino. They can choose their clientele. Personally, I don't like that Casino, but I have friends and relatives, who are people of color, that like it and they are treated good.

I'm still trying to work out what the new flow pattern was supposed to deliver, because it hasn't made getting in, out, around, or through Redmond any easier. There are now a couple of junctions (in the single lane sections) where a car turning left can logjam the whole system waiting for a good samaritan to let them through, whereas before there was enough lanes to accommodate traffic waiting to turn. Getting in and out of the shopping areas on the 'islands' between Remond and Cleveland Streets has now become a risky proposition exacerbated by poor visibility and signage. The only winners appear to be the construction companies, which makes me wonder why this was done, especially when the North/South corridors are where we really need work to accommodate rising housing density (but again, the council just does as the developers ask and permits construction with no thought to infrastructure).

Private enterprise is part of the societal contract. Entrepeneurial talent is something to cherish, behold - and be aware of as well ... That said, private enterprise - essentially - has a nasty, antisocial bent anytime that anything rocks the boat of endless profit. It challenges not just the government and the societal body. It demands everything in exchange for a pîttance of - attention to find out a way of considering societal awareness and needs ....There is a terrible, inflated sense of entitlement, let's say righteouness. Perhaps the people seems expendable ... Quite feudal actually.

Good schools are commie training camps? Well that explains why you're a cretin.

She would be better off in India, where a bribe will go a long way to fixing bureaucratic holdups. It would be better for us as well.

Exit polls show that the win was about Healthcare. It seems that Obamacare has its spokesman after all. It is all of us. The GOP attack on it transformed from a policy fight (which is silly because it was a Republican concept) to one over Obama and his race. The obstructionism of McConnell and Birtherism of Trump sealed the deal on that perception, as did the embrace by Trump of Alt Right racism. When Paul Ryan and his delusions of Randian Federalism showed up trying to upend Medicaid the process was complete. People saw that their own futures were at stake, even if they had no need for coverage under the ACA and never would and the outrage practically begged DNC Chair Tom Perez to run an almost full slate. The rest is history.

What is lost in the do-gooding of so many self-important humanitarians like you is a disregard for anything not human. Dogs are such wonderful and loving creatures that I literally consider them saints on this earth. Yet muslim culture generally regards them as low, dirty and treats them horribly. That, and the vicious cruelty of halal slaughter is why I regard muslim culture negatively. Perhaps you "humanitarians" should consider the larger picture of life before automatically putting anything with two legs on a pedestal. Isaac Bashevis Singer once wrote: "To an animal, all humans are Nazis." You and your ilk are Nazis to me.

This is a rather unfair comment. Well less than half that number are remarks made by FC - the rest are responses to him, and he graciously answered them. The fact that you disagree with I believe to be his correct assessment of abortion does not mean he should be silenced.

Well, you probably think tap water is safe to drink too.

Hard to believe there are people who fall for this scam.

"I’m also quite sure that the other partners knew very well through back channels he wouldn’t show up." They were all sitting around waiting for him to show up following his meeting with Abe; Abe turned up. The leaders of 10 Pacific nations have better things to do than wait around on JT. The feedback from the foreign press is that they were all caught unawares.

I'm actually, to use the words of someone else here, posting another 'historical narrative"! It is largely downplayed and ignored by the "Nobel Savage" adherents. They also ignore the wars between the Nobel Savages or the cruelty of many of their "First Peoples" in their enthusiasm for white guilt. And many of the blacks in this country were the famed "Buffalo Soldiers" post Civil War who were killing the plains "Indians" as part of their jobs to ensure the land takeover, so perhaps there could also be some "Black Guilt" tossed into the 'historical narrative' as well!

"And he did it with an AR-15; the most vilified firearm for which anti-gunners claim there is absolutely no use." Now THAT'S fake news, folks!

I'll bet disgrace is still solidly ahead in the polls. Besides, Moore already is putridly tainted by his putting forward a religious test for public office, and twice failing to obey the orders of higher courts. He's breached his oath to uphold the Constitution. Colin Kaepernick is a far more honorable man and patriot than Moore has ever been.

Will this kill tax reform? No. Pointing out that the reform is simply a cut for the Executive Class might, although some Trumpsters believe the prosperity gospel and worship the Executive Class as minor dieties. What will work is to let Trump be Trump. Ultimately his personal courseness is what is bringing the GOP down, even as Speaker Ryan goes on national news and states that they are all Trumpists now. Big mistake. Either Pelosi or Clinton will be President before 2019 is out, unless Trump resigns before the midterms.

"This is an insult to Asian leaders..." Maybe. I dunno. I'm not an Asian leader, so...

Where's that million barrels per day oil you SB21 people promised? Because last I heard, 500 thousand barrels isn't anywhere close to 1 million.

Trump is an idiot. Trudeau is vacuous. North America will benefit from two new, competent leaders in just a few short years.

Well, he didn't pull a Freeland and run out of the room crying, so I guess no-showing is a step up. BTW, you've posted this same lie many times about Harper and it is still a lie. Try again?

I don't know if it's irony or hypocrisy but I do find it sad that a minority population in Canada is trying to curb another (if not smaller) minority population's right to assert its culture. Something wrong here. If they move forward with this, the rest of Canada should now have a precedent to shutdown Quebec's special status - road signs in English too!!! In other news people are starting to wear balaclavas and scarves over their faces now that it's cold in Ontario. The madness must end!

I have no confidence in "the books will balance themselves" trust fund heir and crooked finance minister.

Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, I tend to not be so tolerant of people who demonize me, spread lies, and overpopulate the world. I suppose you're one of those people who are oh so tolerant of white supremecists and nazis.

Freeland should have been there they just signed an agreement on core elements about 60 minutes ago not a negotiator

Let me give you an example. If 50% of lawyers have Anglo-Saxon names, but 90% of those disciplined have non-Anglo=Saxon names, and only 10% of those facing complaints have Anglo-Saxon names, what would you conclude?

The increase in cost of higher education far above the rate of "core inflation" is a nationwide phenomenon and is in no way restricted to UA. While I have my own ideas why this has happened (note that the student to faculty ratio has remained relatively constant, as have faculty salaries, for many decades), it is a complex issue. We should at least give UA some faint praise here that their costs have not increased as fast as the regional average.

Really? Apparently, a huge mistake. Ya can't win em all.

there were others. too bad they escaped without accounting for their misconduct. as for fenton? punishment not severe enough for orchestrating the most flagrant violations of peaceful demonstrators' charter of rights in canadian history.

I went to Manzanar in 1972 to find the Japanese Garden. Could not find it. Nobody knew where it was located. Google Earth has a stunning photo of the camp. I found Tule Lake camp by mistake. Part of my "national genocide site" near Lavabeds National Monument. Gila, Gila Bend, and Gila River were a mystery to me. I think I have visited all three sites and found nothing. Apparently, additional space was needed for Arizona internees so a camp was set up on the Gila River Indian Reservation. A very horrible place. Until they got a casino and the land became part of greater Phoenix metro area. My family comes from Livingston, California. Home of Foster Farms chicken. 95% of US sweet potatos were grown there by Japanese Americans. And then the growers were sent to the Turlock (home of Swanson turkey TV dinners) "assembly center" horse stalls. These Americans lost every thing. I am haole.

FBI is already doing the needful. Coming soon to a government forfeiture auction near you, a real genuine Kealoha mailbox with a uncashed check still in it! Get ready for the next Aloha special episode of "Storage Wars"! LOL http://www.aetv.com/shows/storage-wars

Sorry, ACLU., TS has every right to defend herself. The fact that you do not agree with her is irrelevant.

Natural gas Cook Inlet. For starters.

Better to kick them out.

"Surprise! Even Plants Can Contribute to Global Warming" - Live Science https://www.livescience.com/6429-surprise-plants-contribute-global-warming.html

Any revision of Federal Law should ensure that colleges must give first amendment rights to everyone including conservatives, and that their disciplinary rules must use due process including the right to counsel and other established constitutional rights.

OMG are you saying Justin is trying to play chess? JUSTIN TRUDEAU...Really? Really?

Very similar to my grandfather who fought at Vimy in December 1916 (yes there was more than one Vimy battle). He too was shell shocked and wounded, suffered trench foot and from lice. He was rendered unfit for duty and missed the final battle. He returned whom embittered and that effected my grandmother and my uncle and aunt. I am sure that effected them as they grew up and how they raised their families. My father and uncle both served in WWII (although Dad never made it overseas). I echo others that say thank you for sharing.

Joseph, not Jesus.

Just more of your silly neoliberal semantics ! Anyone else seen this ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Miller)_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Exiting_the_European_Union Today's final score : RMiller 101 - Censorship lovin', anti-Democratic EU shills 0

Did anyone else notice apparently only rich guys ( ie: sueable )are up to no good ?

Jesus Christ on-a-crutch!

Look. It's turtles all the way down. I agree with you. The problem is when we didn't find a literal turtle holding up the earth you're making all sorts of special pleading as to why you still think that's literally the way it is. The bible does not say "The earth started at this time, and then this many days have passed since then, and we know that because of this and that". You deduce numbers that contradict our observations. Your answer to that contradiction is "God made it that way". Which is a total logical fallacy. We're like "woah the earth isn't held up on the back of a turtle, who knew! There's actually other suns, and other planets out there. We're just on one of them!" and you're like "Nope, it's still on a turtle. You're a LIAR and SCUM!"

In original TPP Canada will gain from US but lose to others (especially Japan). Of course without America Canada will avoid TPP. You don't negotiate from a loser's position.

One last thought respectfully EIDOLON as CIVIL limits replies. Mr. Trump spoke directly to the issue of respect amongst the nation's for each nation's intellectual properties. He spoke to open and free shipping lanes, ones where commerce among the nations flowed freely and uninhibited in direct point to the South China Sea, where China seeks to dominate the Asian- Pacific rim of shipping lanes. Did you watch the speech EIDOLON respectfully? It was lengthy at over30 minutes, but Mr. Trump hit many issues in the area of trade to issues of North Korea. He didn't shy away from anyone there, he was very well received by the nations there, and hopefully will follow through. Although we hold many differing opinions, I always enjoy your comments and replies; how boring would these threads be if we all agreed. I deeply appreciate the civility you have shown to me, and I hope I always return that same respect to you in my replies. You have a wonderful Friday respectfully EIDOLON!

Sadly, there's the post of the day, folks.

You've posted this same lie under many different accounts over the years. But if you have to post a lie to feebly deflect away from this, you've said all we need to know about how bad Justin has conducted himself and embarrassed Canada.

The City needs to slow down and take a breath. We already are strapped with ab over budgeted Rail system. It would be foolish to start another project that, more than likely, will go over budget. Its time to form more partnerships with private industry if they want this project. C'mon, election year is coming up, plenty money to skim!

Molesting children is NOT approved of in the Bible nor in our own society. In fact in the old days we all know what they would have done to a man who molested a child.

Agree..4th class constable for 5 yrs should be his sentence.

Sorry, but the chance of Southwest flying inter island is slim to none. Those fancy aircraft they fly would be not make it flying low level short hops. The engines would destroy themselves.

Who has the board seats, hater?

That is patently absurd. But it is the only refuge for those who claim to be liberal and supportive of life. True pro-life people do argue for all life - not just the life that is politically correct.

Here's the thing...progressives are not talking about a New Church in your terms. What we are talking about is the world-wide, ecumenical, doctrinal and pastoral Second Vatican Council which as Catholics we are obliged to accept. Popes JPII and B XVI spent thirty-five years back-peddling as fast as they could to bring back the pre-Vatican II church. I could spend a ton of time quoting from Council documents to point out what direction the Church is obliged to take (it's called FORWARD) (sadly, so few Catholics have actually read and understood those documents)...no "new doctrine", no rejection of core Catholic beliefs, but there's a nasty underpinning which has nearly mortally wounded us as Church that allows some Catholics to reject these Church teachings they don't like AND struggle mightily to reclaim 1953. NO,NO and NO. If there's is a schism in our future, I am certain it will come from those who reject Vatican II and despise Pope Francis- us Vatican II folks are going nowhere.

With the effort Trudeau is putting into an all party trade negotiating team to deal with NAFTA and a very difficult US President - it's just foolish to say the current PM "doesn't believe in free trade". Did I say foolish; might as well have said "conservative". Shame the Cons are rallying behind Raitt and Scheer rather than a sometimes sensible person like Ambrose. Sad, really.

Correction, Jesus' earthly father Joseph. But yea, same distinction.

I think you will find that faculty are not at all in agreement about spending on NCAA-affiliated sports over academic programs. (Note that there is broad consensus that athletics in general are an important part of a well rounded liberal arts education.) However, despite lip service from UA Statewide Administration and by the Alaska Board of Regents, the faculty really have no power or authority over the management of the university, particularly in regard to the drivers of ever-increasing costs.

From the article it should be clear to all the naysayers that a vegan diet is appropriate, suitable and even better for people of all ages.

There's going to be a lot more frostbite cases in Canada if we can't wear a scarf or balaclava in the wind. Try again Patriot.

he didn't just date her...

Actually I can tell you a lot of business-minded folks are leaving CO. Unfortunately, that means their tax dollars walk with them. But oh well. Colorado always has marijuana revenue :P

Dear Disturbed: I agree with Amy that Halloween is a kid’s holiday, and silly costumes have no place in the office. I stopped dressing up in costume for school in Grade 3. When I worked in a large group of people, I had to look into the face of a rubber Witch mask every year, and the woman still posts with it on her Facebook page. Leave the silly costumes for the kid trick or treaters!

Why so bitter?

It's a domino effect. Trust me, they shake out the small fry first and offer plea deal to rat out on the big boss. Clodwell and the rail racketeering syndicate will get their round soon!

Wow, if this turns out to be true.

I agree that Ms. Payette was out of line, particularly for a GG, to make a public statement denouncing religion. I trust Mr. Trudeau has had a conversation with her about keeping those opinions to herself. I keep hoping science people and religious people can come to some kind of truce, where each is allowed to think what they want to think without the other side trying to brow beat them into change.

You sound only a little jealous or resentful of Trump's wealth. It taints your perspective. Instead of, as usual, labeling Trump based on a trait that you don't like and then attaching everything he does to that trait, why not accept the fact that the guy is rich (and doesn't need more money or to please his already rich friends) and listen to his reasons for his policies.

Better work that out with the Legislature.