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Andy Pudzer has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position of Labor Secretary. Pudzer is, of course, a fast-food baron who has devoted many years to the cause of finding ways to further rip off the depressed and demoralized people who staff his restaurants. However, the job was certainly his if he wanted it. Aside from a decades-old spousal abuse complaint that was recanted by his ex-wife, there was nothing standing in his way. I have to think that he looked at the current state of the Trump administration and decided "there's no way I'm hitching my wagon to this flame-broiled disaster." -k

You are assuming I watch Press TV. You know what happens when you ASSume.

I believe this is called 'self-projection'. the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself, or to regard external reality as embodying such feelings, thoughts, etc., in some way. Just my opinion.

Yes, quite familiar. It's nice to see women tackling this issue in a respectful way.

If Israel has nuclear weapons, it's supposedly had them for ~50 years. Despite being attacked multiple times in that time period, it has never used them or even threatened to use them. If Israel has nukes, it has demonstrated that it can be trusted with them no less than any other country.

Yes...we certainly do. Except when it is an inconvenient truth for some.

What makes you think it's a matter of comfort? Don't we point out to, or use precedents for comparisons in studies? In law? Why shouldn't previous turmoils be exempt from being pointed out, especially when it's meant to remind, or educate others about them?

At the joint press conference with EU in Strasbourg, France......when someone commented about his "gymnastics" this week regarding his meeting with Trump, and now his meeting with EU........Trudeau was very, very careful with his answer. He didn't dare deliver any potshots at Trump.

It's rather a complex situation with different stakeholders having different agenda in Syria. Saudi Arabia is widely supported by the US financially and militarily. They have supported ISIS in fight against Assad in Syria and so did Turkey although they shift the blame on Kurd's intrusion into Turkey....Russians and Iranians are fighting the rebels and militias supported by Sunni Saudi Arabia to protect President Assad... These policies are multi dimensional and need to be looked at objectives. Bottom line a stable Syria with a proper constitution serves nothing for these stakeholders. You could argue that at least Russians, Iranians and Turks are clearer in their objectives evident in their meetings in Kazakhstan....It's regrettable but it seems the West mainly US arming the ISIS and Russians protecting Assad is only gonna create chaos and mayhem and prolong the war.... Remember project fear?

It looks like they're going to do what all politicians do.......sell the future to fund the present. Reduction in the infrastructure financing portion of your bill meaning they will let the grid rot again. Also moving the poor rebate from you power bill to your tax bill. Shell games.....politicians first love.

It seems perhaps it was Trump's clueless responses that has fascinated others for much longer.

So I gather it's your position that the problem isn't that Trump's staff keep doing stupid things, it's that the media keeps reporting on it. They can go "get" Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton didn't make Michael Flynn phone the Russians. Hillary Clinton didn't make Michael Flynn lie to Vice President Pence. Hillary Clinton didn't make Trump hold a meeting about national security issues in plain view of visitors at his Mar-a-Lago club's restaurant. Hillary Clinton didn't let visitors at the Mar-a-Lago club take selfies with the Nuclear Launch Briefcase. Hillary Clinton didn't botch the implementation of the Muslim travel ban. Hillary Clinton didn't throw the Muslim travel ban out of court. Hillary Clinton didn't tell Kellyanne to go on TV and tell people to buy Ivanka's products. Hillary Clinton didn't tell Kellyanne to go on TV and invent a fake massacre. But hey, if they go "get" Hillary Clinton, it might distract suckers from the sheer, utter incompetence of the Trump administration for a while. That's probably the best they can hope for at this point. -k

The big issue with Hydro rates is the added charges put onto them, not the actual price of the Hydro. If you live in an Urban or Suburban part of the province, your delivery charges aren't a big deal, but when you live in buttbleep nowhere they really hit you hard with delivery charges. All those lines going all the way up North for a negligible population. Regardless, Wynne and Co. are panicking and will move to help people in parts of the province that probably won't vote for her anyway. https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/02/15/relief-package-coming-for-northern-rural-hydro-users-kathleen-wynne-says.html It looks like the province will have to subsidize rural hydro customers. If that results in an increase in urban/suburban prices or increased taxes elsewhere, Watch Out!

Aside from being legendary for their lack of truthfulness, the Enquirer is also published by one of Trump's close friends. It's no accident that the National Enquirer was doing hit-pieces on Trump's opponents during the Republican primaries and on Hillary Clinton throughout the election campaign. Also, it wasn't Barack Obama that put Michael Flynn on the phone with the Russians. It wasn't Barack Obama that picked Paul Manafort to run Trump's campaign. Also, I thought George Soros was the go-to bogeyman for Republicans. Also, what if it's Bat-Boy who is masterminding the plot to unseat Trump? -k

Very disrespectful and belittling to women everywhere if he did. Women should be able to stand right next to men in photo ops. Next time....make Trudeau sit down.

Getting the physics right for even a wet thermonuclear device is a heck of a lot more complex than a simple fission device. Any moderately bright physics grad student can figure out how to make a gun-type fission bomb, given they have the right amount of plutonium or enriched uranium available. On the other hand, the information necessary to get the thermonuclear device to work is not readily available and would take a lot of science and experimentation to get it right.

And certai9nly not by anyone who understands the language(s) well, and knows anything about body language. Our boy stole the show, but he was nice about it.

Your opinion only, not shared by anyone who actually is not extremely biased.

Lot's of lovers of Israel here, and haters of Canada. Time to move.

Regardless of font size or color, it still makes no sense. It seems you love the man who may well drag the country you love through the mud. But hey, that's your choice.

Is the "because I love Israel" part supposed to make a difference somehow?

Brain drain is a very interesting topic no one addresses. It would make a good new thread. You are dead on. If we drain third and fourth world countries of the little intelligentsia they have we condemn them to never I mproving and remaining third and fourth world. Here's a discussion of it when looking at health professionals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1275994/ .

Most nonproliferation experts would say Iran certainly defied the spirit of the U.N. resolution, but technically didn't violate it — because it contains no prohibition against such testing, as one of its predecessors, passed in 2010, specifically did. Here's what the two resolutions say on the subject, with highlighting added: U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929, from 2010, says the Security Council "decides that Iran shall not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology, and that States shall take all necessary measures to prevent the transfer of technology or technical assistance to Iran related to such activities." http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/03/513229839/did-irans-ballistic-missile-test-violate-a-u-n-resolution

It does and is not in violation of nuclear agreement as you indicated...

Let's be clear that the recent missile test by Iran is NOT ICBM as has been suggested....

You would find that the testing of those medium range missiles are calculated to send a message to Washington that Iran is ready to DEFEND itself when Trump puts the citizens of that country on ban and is very unpredictable about his intentions on Iran....I don't think anyone would have a problem to use those missiles to defend their country...

Clearly you have misread what I have written and I have no time to explain it to you again....

If one reads the various daily combat reports from various US Divisions during WW2, you'd swear the Germans were winning.

Once again Trump and co. can't keep their stories straight. Yesterday Spicer was saying how Trump had asked for Flynn's resignation because he had lied to the Trump organization. Today Trump at his press briefing said what a wonderful man Flynn is and how his downfall was created by the "fake media". I wonder if Trump will visit him in jail if he gets prosecuted for lying also to the FBI.

Iran has not tested an ICBM. It has tested medium range missiles. The latest Shahab-3 has a maximum range of 1200 miles. The launches are not a violation of the nuclear deal but may be a violation of UN Security Council resolution. The North Korean connection is disturbing.

Agreed!t Britain along with other countries are happy with this controversial agreement. Theresa May in her visit to US has also expressed that Iran has fulfilled the nuclear agreement. It is only the US under the pressure from Bibi that is forcing for US to take this action unilaterally....No other country holds the same view.

Unless other countries see Iran as violating the terms of the nuclear agreement, the US will likely be on its own in taking any action against Iran.

The statement has no basis as the nuclear watchdog has confirmed there is no nuclear threat from Iran since P+5 agreement and Iran has complied. I agree with that doctrine as I have not seen any evidence that suggests otherwise...

Israel has initiated and attacked more countries and territories in the region and has killed, displaced more innocent people than any country in the region, including Iran. They have illegal nuclear weapons. But you're okay with that dangerous and unstable 'regime' having nukes and unleashing their military every few years. However, you can't sleep at night thinking about Iran wanting to possess any sort of power to oppose the thug and bully of the region. There are three types of people when it comes to these discussions: 1) Fanboys who practice hypocrisy. (Example: It's okay for one country to have nukes, destabilize and bully the region, but if another country stands up for themselves, OMG!!!1) 2) Ignorant people who know very little but love to give their superficial opinions 3) People who are willing to express the truth We all have a choice.

It's the support for eroding a principle that goes back to the Peace of Westphalia that should be at issue and especially the grotesque means by which it's being eroded.

If that's the case the mods should present us with the MLW approved version of history so we can proceed from there. Otherwise they should follow or stay out of the way.

No one said Mossadegh was a saint, what was said however is that the Anglo-American overthrow of a democratically elected government and installation of a monsterous dictatorship instead was an act of depravity that should be dealt with as a crime against humanity. Puppet dictators make WMD's look like a reasonable alternative.

You shove Mufti down our throats and try to tell us what the deal is and yet you won't check out someone else's info? Lame.

No he wasn't and so was Christianity.

Have you ever considered the possibility that constantly trying to bury or ignore such an important root cause only causes people to constantly keep digging it up and point it out?

Dictatorship (and extremism) problem created.

So Iran is bad because everyone else tried to make Iran it's bitch?

Well what's the context of the Crisis you speak of , oh knowledgeable one?

The link doesn't work, and even going on the unwatch.org site and searching for the story doesn't work.

Exactly. Most presidents have had to do some bombing and military actions, and it looks like Trump will have to as well.

Yeah. This was the first time I've heard Cruz speak that I wasn't repulsed by him.

Democrats might try to impeach him if they happen to retake Congress in 2018. Until then, I don't think there's anything he could do that would make the Republicans try to impeach him. I think he could literally kill a child with his bare hands on video and not be impeached.

Don't know about Iran, but at least one has fled to Russia!

I would disagree only in that it understates. Bear in mind the child being sexualized in the photo is not representative of how we treat girls that age, and that the photo in question caused an uproar. Even for the girl in the picture being dressed and made up like that was a one-time event. The girl on the right shrouded in a black robe, however, will be required to endure it in all manner of heat for the rest of her life. She will never be permitted to personalize her wardrobe or make any kind of statement about herself as a person, for indeed, the purpose of the robe is to de-personalize her and make her anonymous and invisible. It is part and parcel of cultures which give women few, if any rights, and legislates their inferiority.

You're saying we shouldn't blame doctors because doctors say it's not their fault. Of course they are. They don't want to take accountability for getting people unnecessarily hooked on opioids. People who get hooked on legal heroin will then turn to illegal heroin to feed their dependency, which for heroin is strong and painful physical withdrawals. Even the CDC says, "We now know that overdoses from prescription opioid pain relievers are a driving factor in the 15-year increase in opioid overdose deaths" (CDC). The also note that deaths from prescribed pain killers have quadrupled. This is the case because doctors are much quicker to give out prescriptions for narcotics these days and that's pushed by the pharmaceutical industry, who give doctors kickbacks for prescribing their products. People who wouldn't go seeking out hard narcotics from gangs in the streets are getting hooked on legal prescription medications and it's killing them. Doctors must carry at the very least some of that burden.