Wideleft

One of those thousands of great acts no one's heard of.

Saw him and Lyle Lovett a few months ago. Their between song banter was almost as impressive as their songs. Fabulous show.

Sometimes the spirit of an agreement is more important than the details and that is why the Paris Agreement in hindsight was so important. 195 countries officially agreed that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed - that was not a small accomplishment. The markets are changing, but without government aid (which was far smaller than what the petroleum industry was receiving) we would not have seen the acceleration towards green technology that is so evident now.

Such an amazing guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Simply not true when it comes to actual journalism which I highly recommend. It is those on the right who prefer to lump refugees, expired visa holders, immigrants, blacks, mexicans, etc into one big bag of "others". If the word has lost all meaning to you, your sources of information probably can't tell the difference either.

You would get vetted if you tried to claim refugee status in the U.S. Let's keep comparing apples to apples here.

Totally agree.

I'll answer your rhetorical question with a rhetorical question: "What is the cost to taxpayers of doing nothing?" You don't think that shutting down a refugee program would actually stop refugees from arriving, do you?

Men do it all the time. One quarter of single parent families have the dad as the primary caregiver. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/07/02/the-rise-of-single-fathers/

Since it's government, expect it to be a lengthy process. I have no idea at this point what the stats are at this point.

Obviously, this is never a simple issue, but China has taken measures to prohibit sex-selective abortions which is impossible to enforce effectively. Also know that murders and abandonment of female babies stemming from the one child policy was also a significant issue, so prohibiting abortions leads to other problems which are obviously not insignificant. The larger picture to consider is why abort and kill female fetuses and babies? A large reason is that you have a 5000 year old patriarchal civilization where carrying on a family name is more important than raising a daughter. I can simplify that by saying men sticking their noses into women's reproductive rights.

That is not what they're doing. They still have to report to authorities, but under the Safe Third Country Agreement, they must cross the border first and then report. Vetting/interviewing/consulting still happens - it's how they enter the building that is different.

I believe it is a mother's right to choose whether she is capable of carrying a baby to term or raising a child in a healthy, safe environment. A mother who would abort based on the unlikely scenarios you describe probably shouldn't be a parent anyway.

Abortion is not a decision to be taken lightly by anyone and with the exception of Republican (Pro-life) Congressman Scott Desjarlais (and a few others) it is the hardest decision many women have to make. The argument you make is so cynical (and I am a cynic) about human nature that I would suggest these babies would be better off not being born in the first place. If you want to reduce abortions, do your best to make sure society takes care of kids when they are born. Vote for parties that encourage planned parenthood, universal daycare, school meal programs etc. Arguing about stopping abortions when kids are born into poverty, danger, addiction etc. and not first condemning political parties that abdicate responsibility or aid to these kids is disingenuous.

I don't think I'm missing the point. This is a reach and a justification to deny women the right to control their own body. The challenge to liberals was laughable as progressives have been the leaders of the human rights movement for decades. As mentioned, we have already seen selective abortions and murder in countries (like China (one child policy)) based on sex. Why do you think mother's have ultrasounds? We don't need half-ass scientific predictions to justify the "Pro-life" movement. And you can bet that it won't be liberals struggling with the gay gene dilemna - it will be the conservatives.

Wow! That's a similar argument made when gay marriage was proposed. Conservatives said it would lead to people marrying their dogs.

49% of Trump's followers are fake/bots.

I agree about the explicitly biased wording and was hesitant to share for that reason, but a little research would back up the claims based on everything else I've read. He's also ever had one "real" job in his life - selling insurance for 6 months. And the Conservatives complained about a drama teacher....

You're going to have to define "danger" before stating whether or not the majority is safe. Safe from what? Rape? Starvation? Persecution? Murder? Drowning? Robbery? All the above?

I did not create this. Feel free to challenge.

Pretty sure TSN doesn't have any full-time cameramen on the payroll. No reason that the same professional freelancers couldn't have been brought in to shoot. That being said, if you don't have a crew (and a director/switcher) calling for different angles at the appropriate times, you get out of frame shots because you have one guy trying to capture an entire sequence from a poor vantage point. That's hard, no matter how good a cameraman you are.

As someone who grew up on a farm (and has followed food production with interest), I can tell you this much: The nature of agricultural production and food supply pits various ag sectors against each other. When grain prices are high, that hurts ranchers and other livestock/milk/egg production. Grain price spikes usually occur in times of global shortages (usually weather-related), so as long as you're in a part of Canada that had good growing (and harvest) conditions, you might have a very good year. If you are a buyer of feed grain, you'll still feel the pinch. Every sector seems to hate dairy farmers because they have a sustainable program that manages supply (and therefore guarantees reasonable income). It's a system that has worked, but has also shown that if marketing boards are taken over by the biggest farmers, they can make the small ones go away (the same thing happened when Filmon removed the single desk sales mechanism for hog production, but to a greater extent-there are no small hog farmers anymore). The Trump team has already said they will be going after Canada to end Supply Management (as most American governments have). Anyway, since farmers are divided by natural market forces, the have seemingly lost their ability to cooperate and form any kind of unified voice to advocate for themselves. All the successful lobbying in the Ag sector is done by the processors now and producers are left on their own. This forced independence has reinforced an almost Libertarian viewpoint (and I know there are exceptions). Farmers really hate taxes, even though they have some of the most generous tax breaks available. Since most farmers are now over 50, they are also very set in whatever ideology they have already had. So to make a long story short, the ones in favour of disbanding the Wheat Board will tell you it was a great move regardless of how it has actually effected them (another farmer trait). They won't mention that they are happy paying for private companies operating expenses as well as their profit margins instead of only covering the CWB's operating expenses. The farmers against the disbanding of the CWB are either fighting for a return or have likely moved on to other crops and are saying "I told you so" (another farmer trait). It's hard to find published statistics on wheat production since 2012 (Wikipedia can get you up to 2014), it's also really hard to say how prices (more importantly, income) have been effected, because it's now up to individual farmers to market their crop. Wheat prices are a commodity, so the prices are set. How it grades at the elevator and what each farmer has negotiated in his contract is a whole other unquantifiable (at least based on the info I have tried to find) answer. Don't think I even came close to answering the question...

There were only 2 reasons to watch Night Court and they were Markie Post.

Dances With Wolves.....

The now 94 year old inventor of the Lithium-Ion battery is now working on a glass-based battery which he estimates will hold a charge for 600 miles, recharges in minutes and is not as negatively effected by cold (until -20 C). Punch John B. Goodenough into your google news machine for more info.