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All I hear is 50,000 extra BLUE voters!!!! Boom!

What do these idiots think, health care is not abortions. Abortions are a choice, one that if proper planning or behavior was first done there would be not need for.

If we are going to spend money at this rate during economic good times see:http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canadas-new-budget-numbers-show-booming-economic-growth-and-booming-spending What are we going to spend in a economic down turn or a recession? It's during the good times you balance the books , in anticipation of a coming reversal , and it's coming ,they always do. Or is it that budgets just magically balance themselves? There are no Paul Martins in this gang, there roots are from Ontario, and we all know how they loved to spend....lol.

"*if* they really want to educate students for a business world-the language is English. But that is *if* they really want to educate students to become informed citizens and voters. If..." Maybe you didn't read this part: "By middle school, language immersion students often outperform their non-immersion counterparts in all subject areas, including English, on standardized tests." Also, I would be remiss if I failed to mention that you oppose these students learning Mandarin or Spanish first, but you choose a Spanish screen name "como estas" even though you are not Hispanic. Very strange, Mrs. Estas! I am thinking you are an enigma wrapped in a riddle! Oh, well, these kids will be smarter than anyone here so they will have the last laugh!

Seen enough of this same old, same old neoliberal crap to last a lifetime. Time to drain Ottawa's Stony Swamp.

I guess because some folks don't mind being scratched or living with dumpster furniture for the sake of a cat. Seriously, though, if people truly believed declawing was so egregious, then they would recommend euthanasia for a cat who, after all efforts to train, continued to claw at stuff & people. The fact is that cats are insanely independent creatures who may or may not learn what you want them to learn. It is absolutely true that many loving cat owners don't realize the little critter needs a scratching post until they've made one of the $4200 leather sofa in the living room. If this anti-declawing campaign truly wants to save cats, they'll start spreading word far and wide on how to train cats not to scratch valuable stuff like that sofa & grandma with the thinning skin. Brochures at vets, shelters, discussion at the shelters with adopters, information on nail caps, etc. would do far more to minimize the chance a cat will be declawed than scolding LTE's & ordinances.

I missed where it stated there were clauses on indigenous peoples, climate and gender equality and wages.

The fact that people hold the opinion that working people making $100,000 per year are well off is a testament to the mind warp the truly wealthy have put on the population of this nation. Almost no one who actually works for a living fits the profile of wealthy in this country, and certainly not someone making $100,000 per year. If $100,000 per year is well off, what is $1,000,000 per year? $10,000,000? What is $1,000,000,000.00 per year?

If it was angering and upsetting me from start to finish, then yeah, I probably would leave, and not just sit there complaining as I get more and more angry and unhappy.

The left stretching to make something out of nothing.

Waiting for their Go Fund Me page.

Four stages of Republican denial...

Science. Gutology to be precise. The study of "whatever muh gut tells me".

I don't think nine different accusers are going to come with weaksauce stories like being grabbed by the elbow. Something unacceptable was going on.

"...So all your arm waving and deflecting is for naught." The news article to which this comment section is associated is about a US Senate candidate who has been accused of pedophilia. The only one who is arm waving and deflecting is the one who is posting comments completely unrelated to the story.

Globalist being Globalist.. Drive the wages down

If she's such a supporter of women's rights and standing up for victims, why was she so worried about her own reputation and hesitated to come forward? Step up and protect lady. Or was the timing more convenient now you're in a hot senate race?

Expect the next tax shortfall to be R150-200 billion short as the wiser amongst us move their investments to safer destinations.

Hey Bumby, if that happens, it's TRUMP's FAULT!! He failed to make good on his promise to give everyone great insurance at an affordable price. He's a loser failure for miserably failing to do that. What a LOSER, FAILURE, LIAR. How could America elect someone who lied so openly and constantly about this insurance stuff, and then failed so miserably to cover his loser lie? Trump is an idiot first, But, most openly, a Loser, Failure, Liar.

Michael, I think your analysis is far too simple and you are falling into a trap. Do you honestly think that the labels The Right uses do not divide? For too many the argument really is: If we don't agree with you, it is not divisive, but if you don't agree with us, it is; If we criticize or hate the elected leaders from your party, it is not divisive, but if you criticize and hate the elected leaders from our party, it is. When you single out groups to deny rights or call them "special privileges", that too divides.

Spell much? And you do know you’re defending a pedophile, right? Oh, wait - you voted for a man who bragged about walking unannounced into teenage girls dressing rooms, while they were undressed, for President. Never mind.

Wonder if we can do this in Hawaii. Keep out convicted FELONS/Ex-cons by banning them from hotels, bars, stores, parks, and from renting apartments or buying homes. This might be a way around racial discrimination to keep out criminals of all races from around the world from coming into our home State. This needs to be investigated if this is legally challengeable before it can become State law. A very interesting possible solution to our overpopulation on a group of islands so limited in real estate.

Charters are not allowed to cherry-pick students; this is a persistent myth. DPS runs Charters' lotter for them--no entrance exams are allowed.

Maya87: The public servants need places to holiday. Most of those without job security and benefits have to get by without such luxuries.

Yeh...because every preeminent economist knows that 50,000 high paying jobs is detrimental to any community. Hahahahah! Pull your head out son.

Clark, chretien are up there But like bobby and Brett Hull we probably have our first father - son hall of fame members on our hands...

THERE IS NO SUCH A THING CALLED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. ARMENIANS REBELLED AGAINST THE OTTOMAN ARMY AND MANY OF THEM GOT NEUTRALIZED. END OF STORY. YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON, NOT SURE HOW YOUR LITTLE BRAIN WILL CAPTURE THE TRUTH BUT WHATEVER, GOOD LUCK. BYE.

As if I need to spell it out? It's obviously hypocritical to justify name-calling against one president because of the color of their skin but then cry "racism!!!" outrage over the other. Your silly justification over whether part of the skin tone is a result of a tan or make-up is meaningless. It's STILL juvenile name-calling based on the color of their skin. If anyone did that to Obama you guys would be having a hissy-fit. The hypocrisy couldn't be any more obvious.

That's Third Lady Melania Trump dumped his first two wives. An example of Trump 'family values'.

Hearsay.

We sent our child to DCIS (old Baker Middle School). It was a charter at that time. She got a great education, learned Mandarin, and got accepted to a very good college. So, you are wrong. You can look up DCIS on your own time.

And u live where? Because they do not deflect/diffuse, but you are trying to.

Couldn’t agree more....it’s a shambolic mess. A late night news show should be a summing up of the day’s top news events, not whatever this is supposed to be. Bring back the Pastor.

Who will succeed him. Sheer, Singh or unknown?

Rik . 1. I don’t refuse to accept the results of any election. It is of no concern to me how a small percentage of registered voters in your community chose to vote. I simply present facts and evidence to counter the mounds of unsubstantiated claims, misinformation and outright lies posted by you and other such unscrupulous antifluoridationists. . 2. When an an uninformed antifluoridationist such as you, whose lies and void of integrity are clearly visible all over this page, has “respect” for me, that’s when I will begin to worry. . 3. I don’t “snipe” and I don’t live in Colorado. I present facts and evidence to counter the mounds of misinformation and outright lies posted by unscrupulous antifluoridationists such as you. . 4. Your anecdotes about what you claim to know from your “personal experience” are obviously meaningless and irrelevant. . 5. Your unsubstantiated claims about Dr. Kennedy and “some good doctors at OMC” border on malicious libel. . Steven D. Slott. DDS

Sounds like he needs to change his party affiliation to republican, and all will be well.

North Korea called for help from Communist China and Comrade Stalin in 1950. Americans got pushed back by the communist Chinese. Long story short, General Douglas Mac wanted to nuke China, Truman said no. General Douglas Mac fired by Truman and borders is what you have today. Technically the Chinese pushed them back and defeated the Americans.

Mayor Ethan Berkowitz is in the pocket of the public union bosses and governs accordingly. Anchorage can do much better.

Yes know one should have to put up with that behaviour..

Because it matters

The increase has been continuous and roughly linear from the earliest days of testing to the present. On broad-spectrum tests such as the WISC and the WAIS, Americans have gained about 3 IQ points per decade, or 15 points over a 50-year period. It is interesting to compare this total with the much-discussed gap between the mean test scores of Caucasian and African Americans, which is also about 15 points (one standard deviation of the IQ distribution)

"Resident of Englewood", "resident of Littleton", "resident of Arapahoe County" - they all work just fine.

Do you think saying "you liberals..." or telling someone to "get over it" does not contribute to divisions? If we decry division, let's start with looking at ourselves and the language we use.

Where was Romney, Lee, and the rest of the Mormon senators when polygamist were Marrying girls as young as twelve and the men sending young men out of the communes on their own. Did they speak out. The polygamists are still there although their leader is in prison. The law states that you are innocent until proven guilty. I thought they are lawyers. Shame on the bunch of them. Where is the constitution in this. It’s bad when you agree with people like Smith, CNN and the rest of the fakenews.

The "Little 'can't fix health insurance' (or keep his promises) man" is off trying salvage his international image in Asia, assuage his narcissistic insecurities, and he hasn't taken care of business here at home. The least he could've done before spending millions of dollars carting him and his wife around to accomplish absolutely NOTHING except to sit on the sidelines while the rest of the Asia Pacific countries divvy up the trade pie (and the US looks on worried and longiingly), is make good on the promise he LIED about. Where's the GREAT, cheap health insurance Trump promised on the first day of his administration? Congress doesn't respect him. That's why he can't get the GREAT healthcare he promised but hasn't and can't deliver.

Only in America is speaking ONE language a point of pride. Ridiculous. I think our schools have VERY much deprioritized language instruction--I didn't become bilingual until college and it was really difficult. Speaking multiple languages is beneficial on so many levels. I am not surprised there is such demand by good parents for such a program--maybe they should expand.

He's trying to incite a race war. Last year angry BLM put bullets in the heads of 6 cops in Dallas. This is no laughing matter.

He's filthy rich but not on account of anything he's done but by the fortune inherited from his father. He's never built anything, managed anything or run anything except run for office. He got there not on education, smarts or accomplishments like his father did, but instead by riding his father's coattails and having pulled the lucky number for good looks in the family. He'll never have to worry about buying milk for the kids or repairing the family van or paying for a new roof or tuition. His biggest challenge of the day is a choice of socks. He's no more like the "Ordinary Canadian" he painfully professes love for and dedicates to protecting while hobnobbing in mansions of Chinese Billionaires than a milk-horse is anything like his priceless antique Mercedes Benz hidden from view since he got elected. That's Justin Trudeau.

Eugene needs UBER! Eugene City Taxi service doesn’t want UBER, but in a college town where bars are abundant, UBER (and/or LYFT) can only help the number of potential DUI’s (and worse) in our area. Let’s bring our community into the FUTURE. Look around; “Progressive” is The heart of Eugene. Make car services a part of that progression. Please. For our “kids’” sake!

I do believe that the Church has a “treasury of merit” that can be used to loose people from the effects of their sin. Don’t you? There are many edifices built on that treasury, eg indulgences, purgatory, the meaning of suffering. If I wanted to be vexatious I would have asked if Jesus had his fngers crossed when he said “whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Repentance is the preferred path to a holy life, but sometimes it is the love of others that guides people on the path to Christ. Sometimes it is the love of the Church, reaching out with forgiving mercy, that starts someone on the path to repentence.

The same old excuse " It wasn't my fault, I was only following orders" rather than as the senior and most experienced officer on the ground having the guts to deal with the situation as he thought best and be willing to defend his decision.

It shows you how low the swamp will go.Wow after 30 years these women now come out just before the election ?The left and the RINOS are truly empty vessels.Real putrid stuff.

See how it's done, Republicans? That's what talking about morals, then actually acting on them, looks like.

Holy crap. How can anyone be dumb enough that they don't understand the difference between someone's genetic traits, and what essentially amounts to a fashion choice? It's unbelievable. Not to mention - you people have spent the last 20 years denying gays rights because it's supposedly a "choice". So your little hissy fit reveals one thing - that you're the real hypocrite here. But you are a republican, so it's required for party membership. I won't hold it against you.

"They have numbered companies, pricey lawyers....nothing illegal about that" We don't know if its illegal, that's the whole point.I understood that moves to hide money that seem to have no other motivation other than to avoid tax automatically meant that the moves would be ignored and the amounts would be taxed as if earned in Canada. What reasons do these people mentioned have to shelter money in these secrecy locations other than to avoid tax? And why do the big 4 accounting firms have such an over representation of offices in these locations to facilitate the convoluted schemes that are emerging? Accountants, lawyers and bankers are members of self regulation professions that are supposed to act ethically and in the public interest. These are the facilitators of these tax avoiding/evading schemes, most of the actual beneficiaries are not smart enough to figure out the loopholes themselves. A crack down is needed.

Not news, and certainly not someone who is fit to comment on much of anything.

Heading the ball has nowhere near the same impact force as the standard collisions in the NFL. There are the occasional unintended headbutts when to players go for the same header and that could be an issue. Again though, these are few and far between compared to the every down collisions that occur in the NFL. Don't get me wrong, I've been an NFL fan for 45 of the 50 years I've been on the planet and I'm hoping the NFL spends some serious dough on collision research to design helmets to mitigate the CTE risk.

Agreed.but your GOP continues to back Putin/Russia, while the Dems & Republicans fight against what u are up to.

in reply to: "The ethical opposition to universal healthcare is nonexistent". The ethical opposition is that we should not judge our nation by how well we treat our poor. It should be judged by how few poor we have. The late Wally Hickel made a profound statement. He said that humans have developed the technology to eliminate poverty from the face of the earth. The only question is how we do that. I do not know if government is the solution. I'm sure it's part of the solution. But I also look at the fact that our capitalist economy has made us one of the wealthiest (and luckiest) bunch of people on the earth. I do not think that gives us the moral upper ground. We still have plenty of poor in our country. But still our nation gives more to poor nations than any other. Our capitalism has allowed us that privilege. But our compassion has inspired us to do so. So that is my moral argument. I am a capitalist for the sole reason that I believe it is most practical solution to end poverty.

Real mercy is recieved after acknowledging your sin, having firm purpose of amendment, and doing penance. Fake mercy is telling someone they are too stupid/weak to achieve holiness so just carry on in your sin.

Yes, Republicans must be rooted out of every corner in order to clean things up.

You speak of cretins. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.” It takes, I think, a special kind of delusion, a mind boggling one, to bring that union into the discussion defending Moore's activities.

In terms of securing short term shelter for Eugene's homeless people, costs becomes a major factor. New York City and Eugene are not similar in terms of taxes or wages. NYC collects far more tax revenue per capita through a hefty city sales tax, a city wide personal income tax, and far higher property taxes per dollar value than Eugene. Also, NYC enjoys an average per capita income of over twice ours. In retrospect, it's too bad the city of Eugene didn't direct some of the $100,000,000 squandered on the nearly useless EMX toward homeless shelter. Or some of the $5,000,000 spent on a city hall that has yet to show. Of course increased free shelter will, along with the famous hot meals and medical care we already provide, simply draw more homeless people.

Well fortunately there are plenty of things to scold strangers about, like voting, just in case you don't have strong feelings about cat declawing.

Illegal immigrant praised by anti immigrant conservatives. Kinda like anti-abortion conservatives electing people who urge their mistress to get an abortion. Kind of like 'family values' conservatives electing sexual predators. Nothing to see here, it's only a problem if you're not a conservative. There's no contradiction a conservative can't ignore.

I don't know whether you're trying to label me as a single issue voter, but if you are, then you couldn't be more inaccurate in your assessment. My only point is that if the Democrats are interested in wooing persuadable moderate conservative voters, then running candidates whose positions are not dictated by the more extreme elements of the Democratic Party like NARAL is essential. And running such candidates is a sure fire way to reinforce single issue voters on both sides of that issue (and, yes, that the opposite holds true for the more extreme elements of the Republican Party who oppose pro-choice GOP candidates in places like CT, etc.).

Thank you Mr.Rosenberg for this wise communication. We live in special times.

Sounds to me like they could use a new sate auditor.

Interesting! I like the intent!

Yet you will take your scarf or balaclava off when asked to do so ... won't you?

It's communist??? Trump failed to fix a communist thing right here in the US?? And he's jauting all over Asia telling currency manipulators that he "doesn't blame them" for currency maipulating? Hey!! Is China financing one of his sons' projects? Or his son-in-law's family's project(s)?? Which one is it? Gotta be one, the other or both, huh? Otherwise, he wouldn't compliment China, "with the whole world watching", on predatory trade practices and currency manipulation. . . . . Maybe that's why Trump hasn't made good on his promise for GREAT health insurance at an affordable price. . . HE LIKES COMMUNISTS!!!

Read again... and I'll put it in very simple terms. Shallow soil dries out faster than deeper soil. It is less able to retain that moisture in the soil base. Shallow soil doesn't prevent flooding or all runoff, even if there is a slight reduction.

California....you mean the world's 8th largest economy? THE HORROR!

There is a line that can be crossed where the 'protections' take the prosperity out of any deal. Trudeau and Company do NOT know where that line is. Mr. Harper would have done much better ... he is an economist, not a substitute drama teacher and part-time snowboard​ instructor.

The city does have a program for cleaning up snow. It's called the sun. Takes a week to 10 days, but we get there eventually.

In other words Democrats

"There is neither legal authority nor commission support for such a brazen intervention to favor politically preferred sources in the electricity marketplace" This coming from a representative of the renewables industry! Also, a complaint about "picking winners" from the oil and gas industry. The level of hypocrisy in these statements is literally stunning. Do they really think that the public is that stupid? Apparently, yes. Renewable energy is the ultimate example of a favored, politically preferred source of energy. They have always received massive subsidies and (more importantly) outright mandates for their use (regardless of cost), in most states. Those policies don't merely affect market competition, they call off the competition entirely and declare renewables the winner. That is, they are the ultimate example of winner picking.

Congrats, you win the ja of the day contest!

Although obviously He was without sin, the Immaculate Conception does not refer to Jesus but rather his earthly mother the Virgin Mary, who according to the doctrine (held by Catholics) was uniquely free from original sin from the moment of her conception.

Hater? Try realist, neither one of these groups has done anything but put their hand out... this will be no different and the hydro user will pay dearly. The truth is not hate!

Trump is a communist lover. And an idiot.

Uh, it was a Democrat that did the harassment and if by acting on morals, you mean waiting a year and a half, and only doing so after other women came forward, then sure, that's what it looks like.

Most roofs will grow solar panels as that is an option and most buildings will probably go with that option

SINCE AMERICANS ELECTED A FASCIST PRESIDENT WITH THEIR "BASE" TO LEAD A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS, I THINK USA HAS NO PURPOSE LEFT IN THIS WORLD. IT IS BASICALLY A FAKE OLIGARCHIC KINGDOM. IF USA GETS COMPLETELY DESTROYED TODAY IT WOULD NOT MATTER TO TURKISH PEOPLE AT ALL.

Our military and their families love our First Lady: she's poised, intelligent, beautiful; she spoke Italian with orphan children while they attended events in Rome this spring, staying behind with them as the rest of the dignitaries continued with the day's agenda. An immigrant who speaks 5 languages and believes in freedom and that women aren't a bunch of victims. She is proud- every day - to be an American. It is such a refreshing change from the last First Lady.

Probably because this isn't a government mandate? It's a citizen mandate. Initiated by the citizens. But I'll give you a pass, because if you can't tell the difference between spray on tanner and someone's inborn skin color, you're sure as hell not going to be able to tell the difference here.

Yes. Thank God that trump/GOP have put forward bills to push e-verify, drop h1Bs, deal with old visa issues. Oh wait. Even though they have majority, they have done NOTHING except push a way to.throw away a trillion $ and solve NOTHING. However, the real question is, why are you deflecting from trump/Russia story?

So Democrats are infallible? Riiiiiight.

A committee designed by a horse smoking a camel.

"Every gun that is made … signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” The divine answer to evil is mercy and love. There is nothing the church can say or do that balances Jesus’ message of non-violence. Nuclear arms are the epitome of evil. Their only purpose is mass destruction of our sisters and brothers and our Mother Earth. The “fundamental reappraisal” must be made in the light of the current state of our human family and condition of our common home. The Beatitudes and nuclear arms are incompatible. BTW, In the United States alone, the DOE states there are "millions of gallons of radioactive waste" as well as "thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel and material" and also "huge quantities of contaminated soil and water.” The time frame in question when dealing with radioactive waste ranges from 10,000 to 1,000,000 years. And then there are accidents and illegal dumping.

Ron Burgundy, the legendary troll.

However, when Trudeau aired our dirty laundry to the UN, you howled with anger at his doing so. You seem generally angry, and terminally upset. Fortunately, for me, I find this amusing. Keep up the angry old man schtick, it makes me laugh every time!

Madoff must be laughing his head of.

Only a 3% raise so almost double inflation. I guess that's controlling costs for a government entity.

Well-said. It's code for "Carry on being absolutely scared to criticize anything or anyone multicultural or multi-religious." What we are burdened with is the dictatorship of the multinational corporate empire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71GESFZUKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRU6Z-y27I

Let's leave church out of this. This article is about education.

Well, he won four terms as Governor of Arkansas and two as POTUS. Just sayin....

The difference is that his financial backers and employers are holding them to account because of the threat of boycott. Their financial interests are at stake. Unfortunately, the general public is willing to look past the admissions of sexual assault perpetrated by Donald Trump against women who are in a business relationship with him. The power imbalance is huge and obvious. Had those same assaults been committed by a stage hand, that individual would have been reported and charged because that person has no real power. The Donald on the other has all the power... Society is the problem. It only took one man to call out and ruin Kevin Spacey's career. Where it takes many women to make an accusation and to take down a predator like Weinstein because "women are not believable". The best example is Jian Gomeshi....

Very good one. Takes a college grad to understand this joke. :)