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I can get on board with that Yeah its really optics but its not a bad strategy and it does play to the basic sense of most Canadians. There would be no consequences for violating it but future governments would have to repeal the law if they intend to raise taxes. So in essence what the NDP in Manitoba did. Its an extra step of a government having to change laws so they can raise taxes.

Yes I agree with most of that too. And I hope the DA takes into consideration the high profile nature. They should do all due diligence but they should also be expeditious when they can be. Here's a good summary (which also lends credence to the leak that the DNA testing came back with no DNA from Kane): Presiding over what Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III described as a "dog and pony show," the multitude of press conferences this week have everyone's head spinning with information overload. Here are five things you need to know after Sedita publicly addressed Patrick Kane's case for the first time on Friday morning: 1. Kane is still under active investigation. As Erie County's chief prosecutor, Sedita has not made a decision whether or not to charge Kane with a crime. Kane is still being investigated for an alleged sexual assault which may have occurred at his Hamburg, N.Y., home on Aug. 2. In other words, Kane remains in the same situation now as when he arrived at Blackhawks training camp last week. Kane, 26, has not been charged with any crime, but he has not been cleared from any wrongdoing. 2. The purported discovery of a brown paper evidence bag was an "elaborate hoax." Sedita held the press conference to re-instill public confidence in the judicial system, displaying video and photos to demonstrate the chain of custody of the evidence collected from the rape kit performed on the accuser on Aug. 2. Sedita said that the kit was collected in a box and not a brown paper bag, and that the contents are in their original packaging in possession of Erie County Central Police Services. Sedita revealed the accuser's mother accompanied her daughter to Erie County Medical Center to be examined. The accuser's mother was handed a brown paper bag by a nurse, which was to be taken home, so a shirt the accuser wore on the night in question could be included as evidence. The accuser's mother never returned the brown paper bag with the top, according to Sedita, then purportedly took the bag to the accuser's lawyer and said it had been left in the doorway of her home anonymously. "We believe the complainant's mother has engaged in an elaborate hoax," Sedita said. "The bag was never left in the door." Sedita said he knew from the moment the accuser's lawyer held a press conference detailing the bag, it was a "red herring," or something intended to be misleading. Sedita could not speak to the accuser's mother's motivation as to why she would purport the bag to be anonymously left in her doorway. Sedita also said the lawyer for the accuser, Thomas J. Eoannou, who withdrew from the case on Thursday night after learning the truth about the bag, "recklessly" held a press conference before consulting with the District Attorney about the bag. 3. A decision whether to send this case to grand jury still looms. Last month, reports indicated Kane's investigation was set to go to an Erie County grand jury, where 23 citizens would decide whether or not the investigation had enough merit to warrant charges. That is not guaranteed to happen. Now that Sedita established Friday that the evidence has not been tampered with, he must decide whether to seek the counsel of a grand jury, and how much of an impact the brown bag "hoax" has on the case. "The question in my mind is not when this case will go to a grand jury, it's if this case will go to a grand jury," Sedita said. "Now I have to figure out where to go from here." The investigation could continue for any length of time, from days to weeks to months to years, before that decision is made, according to Sedita. Sedita said he wants to consider and investigate the impact of the "elaborate hoax" on the case. Sedita also said the timeliness of the decision also depends on the evidence, whether more evidence needs to be gathered or tested, and the cooperation of witnesses. 4. Sedita confirmed that initial results from DNA tests were delivered to counsel for both sides. Citing a historical precedent, "Brady vs. Maryland," Sedita said he had an obligation to notify both Kane's attorney and the accuser's attorney of results of the DNA tests from the evidence in the rape kit. Sedita said the "ethical obligation" exists if the results of the test "may exonerate" or be favorable for the accused, or in this case, Kane. Sedita would not answer further questions about the results of the testing, citing New York State law. He also chided the sources of leaks to the media about details relating to the evidence. "This office is not responsible for this circus," Sedita said, referring to press conferences from Kane's and the accuser's lawyers, which stoked the flames this week. "I am fully confident that we have complied with all of the ethical obligations of this office … We tried to not turn this into a three-ring circus." 5. The brown paper bag "hoax" may have zero impact in the investigation. "Sins of a mother or father are usually not transferable to a daughter or son," Sedita responded, when asked whether the accuser's claims will be discounted because of the actions of her mother to fabricate the appearance of the brown bag. While Sedita said he still needed to conduct an investigation to see what role, if any, the accuser played in the "bizarre hoax," Sedita said the woman's claims from Aug. 2 will still be thoroughly examined. The accuser's mother is also unlikely to be charged with a crime since she did not give false statements about the bag under oath, but only to the family's lawyer. "There will be one of two actions taken by this office: either this case will be administratively closed, or this case will be presented to the grand jury," Sedita said. Frank Seravalli can be reached at frank.seravalli@bellmedia.ca.

The Conservatives are promising a four-year "tax lock" law if re-elected on Oct. 19. Speaking in Rivière-du-Loup, Que., Conservative Leader Stephen Harper revealed the plan to prohibit increases to federal income tax, sales tax and what he calls "discretionary payroll taxes," such as employment insura

@avelshi: CBC: Liberal candidate says Facebook posts questioning 9/11 were her 'truth' at the time http://t.co/TE2oyjfhYt http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/canada-election-2015-liberal-facebook-candidate-1.3243888

Yes I agree. I think Lawless is taking the position because he, for one, felt Kane should be at camp and play while others, including Hustler disagree. And I maintain an allegation this serious is worth having the player take a time off from the team. If we're talking a year to resolve, then its tough but the Grand Jury is assembling shortly and will either return an indictment or not and given the circumstances of this case, the DA might even cancel the Grand Jury. So odds are, how this case proceeds will be learned sooner rather than later and Kane should have stepped away. Allegations are too serious. If in two weeks the DA doesnt proceed, then Kane comes back. And all that was lost was camp and maybe a handful of games. I know that isnt minor but you err on the side of caution and good sense and good optics. As of now, if the Grand Jury returns an indictment, you essentially have a charged and pending trial for rape of a guy who's been playing hockey and thats bad optics at best.

Well... Water on Mars exists today almost exclusively as ice, with a small amount present in the atmosphere as vapor.[1] The only place where water ice is visible at the surface is at the north polar ice cap.[2] Abundant water ice is also present beneath the permanent carbon dioxide ice cap at the Martian south pole and in the shallow subsurface at more temperate latitudes.[3][4][5][6] More than five million cubic kilometers of ice have been identified at or near the surface of modern Mars, enough to cover the whole planet to a depth of 35 meters.[7] Even more ice is likely to be locked away in the deep subsurface. So we know there is water on mars. This would be astounding because it would be actual flowing water along the surface of Mars. And flowing water is a great place for life. I heard about this a couple of years ago and I guess its taken this long to fully research it. They really do need boots on the ground. I love the idea that Mars was once as lush as Earth. Just mind boggling to think about. There are those that think NASA (and by extension the government) has been inching closer to "disclosure" of life in the universe. Even the Vatican came out awhile back and said if science proves life exists elsewhere in the universe, it doesnt preclude God or religion. The big take away if they can find even microbial life on Mars is, if TWO planets in the same Solar System have life, then it essentially means the universe is likely teeming with life at various stages of development. Unless...you believe in panspermia: The leading theory on how life begun is abiogenesis — that life spontaneously formed from organic compounds, which themselves spontaneously formed. What we don’t know is whether abiogenesis occurred here on Earth, or whether it occurred elsewhere in the universe and then was deposited here via a meteorite According to new research presented at the annual Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Florence, there is compelling evidence that life on Earth was kick-started by a meteorite from Mars bearing simple, RNA-based organisms. Furthermore, the same research also indicates that the ancient, primordial surface of Earth would’ve been inhospitable to the formation of the building blocks of life (RNA, DNA, and proteins) — therefore, the only way that life could’ve begun more than three billion years ago is if it arrived here from Mars. ISO - I agree. When I think about dying of old age one day, one of the "regrets" or whatever I think about is, will I live to see the day man walks on Mars? That would be unbelievable.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/theres-growing-speculation-nasa-is-about-to-announce-it-discovered-flowing-water-on-mars-2015-9 NASA today made a very brief announcement that it’s preparing to share details of a “major science finding” early next week. The space agency gave out a list of participants who will speak, and notice of a “brief question-and-answer session”, so there’s not a lot to go on. But a couple of names on the list have journalists and bloggers speculating that NASA is about announce it has found evidence of water on Mars. Possibly even flowing water. Lujendra Ojha is a grad student and PhD candidate in planetary science at Georgia Tech. But it was as an undergrad at the University of Arizona where Ohja made a lot of headlines in 2011. At 21, the science fiction fan and Nepal native co-authored a study that suggested liquid water flowed during the warmer months on Mars. “It was a lucky accident,” he told CNN at the time. Ohja had noticed irregular features in images taken for another study of gullies in Mars craters by UA researcher Colin Dundas. As the images had been taken over time, they varied due to a range of distortions, such as shadows. Ohja one day decided to start removing the distortions using a computer algorithm, just to see if any changes could be noticed over time. “Finger-like” features materialised over time, and they weren’t related to the gullies Dundas was interested in. “When I first saw them, I had no idea what it was,” he told CNN. “I just thought it was a streak made by dust or something similar.” Where the water was coming from was still up for debate. As Ohja said at the time: “There’s going to be years of research put into this to even prove that this is definitely a proof of water.” And obviously, where there’s water, there’s always the prospect of life. On Tuesday, September 29, at 1pm (AEST), we may find out. ***I'm a space buff and I love this news (or speculation). Its truly astounding if true.

Refoooooooorrrrrrmmmmmmmmm!!!! he's not awful but any party that has separatism as an official policy should be disqualified. And they should also F off.

After the Civic election i dont quite trust polls as much.Well the polls thus far have said it's pretty much a 3 way tie so anything can happen. I'd trust that to be honest. Chances are between now and election day there is going to be one thing that is the tipping point giving a party the win. The 2011 majority was not predicted by the polls Polls swung pretty widely in the month leading up to election day with Cons swinging between 33 and 40+. The day before the election several polls were different. EKOS was the least accurate. NANOS was the most accurate but still under-predicted the Conservative majority (although within their margin of error)

Where's the WAG's section?

Paul Wiecek ✔ @PaulWiecek Interesting that many of the same people who wanted #Kane strung up immediately are now urging that no one rush to judgment on his accuser. I dont find this sentiment comfortable. Were there people who assumed he did it? Sure. But have those people changed their minds? I doubt it. But I think people still see the chance of something happened here. Just because the accuser's mom is an issue doesnt make the accuser a liar. And we should err on the side of being sensitive to the victim. What, we should string her up now? This is why victim's are often reluctant to come forward

Or she's a misguided mom helping her daughter (or thinking she's helping when in reality she's hurting). Also, if she was given the bag to bag a specific piece of evidence for them (the top?), she must not have done it if she still had the bag...

gary lawless ✔ @garylawless we shouldn't have rushed to judgement on Kane's guilt, we shouldn't now rush to judgement on innocence. too much discourse is agenda driven Gary is right ofcourse. But quite frankly, if Andrew Ladd was under the same investigation, I would want the Jets to send him home. And I'd want the police and the crown to act accordingly under these circumstances. ie. If the accusation is ridiculous, swiftly deem it as such. And I wouldnt have a problem if Mark Chipman privately told Ladd the team stood behind until the outcome. But I think you have to err on the side of being very careful in cases like this. Part of the problem is the DA postponing the Grand Jury. This isnt swift. Get it done and either charge him or announce there will be no charges and everyone moves on. If there is not enough evidence to proceed criminally, the accuser is able to seek a civil remedy. if there is enough evidence, charge him so we can stop beating around the bush. Grand Jury's usually return indictments. So to me, thats a sign the DA is willing to proceed. The fact they postponed it is confusing and raises questions. I doubt we will hear more until the next Grand Jury date which is in October I believe. Either they proceed and this gets more serious or the DA will have to make a decision about cancelling the Grand Jury.

Consider the source but its fun to speculate (Eklund) Rumors continue to swirl that the Bruins are investigating a possible HUGE deal with the Jets to land Dustin Byfuglien...All this comes on the heals of injuries to Seidenberg and most recently Chara. What would the Bruins have that we'd want?

Its the CBC so Im immediately suspicious. lol

Yeah I get that same impression. We cant be sure. This is all speculation but it makes little sense for the woman to have targeted Kane for a payday. Especially with the information that she didnt know him and wanted to leave. Something happened. Its possible Kane interprets it completely different. Its possible he was so drunk he barely remembers. Who knows.

True but is the implication the mother orchestrated a shake down? Im not sure she had the time.

Let's try to piece this together, if for no other reason than it's rather unwieldy at present. Some new information today though Kane approached accuser at bar (important distinction). She didnt know him (allgedly) Kane says the party continues at his place. Accuser and friend go to Kane's home. No party. Accuser wants to leave (apparently repeatedly texted this to her friend). Friend did not want to leave. Kane and accuser end up alone and accuser says he forced himself on her. Accuser immediately calls...someone, I cant recall if it was said who she called. Accuser goes home. Changes top. Time line is not clear. Accuser then goes to hospital for rape kit. Police investigate and hand off to DA. DA assembles Grand Jury. DA postpones Grand Jury for no given reason. Speculation is Kane and accuser are negotiating settlement. Settlement talks allegedly break down. Kane attends training camp, claims innocence. DNA results leak indicating no DNA from Kane found, but DNA from "multiple males" found. Accuser's lawyer announced evidence bag found on mother's door step, indicative of tampering, says not seeking settlement Accuser lawyer resigns from case, says mother lied, but evidence bag is legit. Accuser lawyer maintains he believes the accuser DA says bag was not from rape kit. Was given to mother by nurse, presumably to bag the top. DA says case ongoing. Source leaks that friend is reluctant to testify because she's underage (weird reason and she can be compelled so doesnt make sense). What else? And what does this tell us? Not much

That's what law enforcement and the court system are for. There's a girl who went straight to the hospital after the alleged attack vs a guy with a history a being a drunken asshat. It's not surprising the public isn't fully on board with believing in his innocence. Apparently not. The story keeps changing. Julie DiCaro ✔ @JulieDiCaro Sedita: Accuser changed her top at mother's home before she went to hospital for rape kit. Yeah true. Maybe splitting hairs a bit. I think they said rape kit was 11:30 am. So she went home, changed her top, went to hospital. Its not like she waited five days. It was within the aftermath of whatever happened. The more actual detail that comes out, the more I think, it supports the woman's credibility. But the mother is shot. She needs to throw herself on the sword. She cant even testify. She's tainted. She has to remove herself and not taint her daughter.

I think you can collectively bargain around certain laws. Such as anti trust etc. I would think this would be one of those too No you can't. The only American sports league to be exempt from anti-trust laws is MLB. Rich was right about American labour laws being the reason the American teams didn't have to deal with the ratio. Then how does the NHL work? Or any sport that employs Canadian citizens. The players have to be demonstrated as better than an American. It's recognized Canadian hockey players are. Football is different. You mean CFL is different? Cause NFL would probably have to work the same way. A hockey player isnt better because he's Canadian. There a many American hockey players better than many Canadian hockey players. I think sports leagues get a "pass"

There's a great book out, cant remember the name, about the US expansion. I recommend it (if I could remember the name lol). There was talk that attendance was not bad in some placed...until the fall when High School and College ball started and the CFL didnt realise how important those were to the small market fans. Had they played their games on "open" nights, they might have done better.

I cant comment on the debate because I didnt watch. I did see some people very upset with Mulcair for allegedly straight out lying though. Might see the Liberals and NDP go after each other more viciously to try and woo the undecided. If the Cons can continue to creep up (this over night poll notwithstanding), they will begin to talk about a majority being good for the country. Mulcair might have hurt himself by essentially being agreeable to a coalition especially with Trudeau not being interested.

@frank_seravalli: Erie County district attorney Frank A. Sedita III set to address Patrick Kane investigation now. @frank_seravalli: Sedita says the Kane investigation is ongoing. @bruce_arthur: DA Frank Sedita says the Kane case is "ongoing." This press conference is about re-establishing the integrity of the investigation process. @ByTimGraham: Sedita says the bag in question is not a rape-kit evidence bag. He now shows to the media a rape kit box that "doesn't require a bag." @frank_seravalli: DA Frank Sedita says rape kits in Erie County are "not placed in bags," and the "rape kit in question was not placed in a bag." @frank_seravalli: DA Sedita walking through chain of custody for evidence with use of video, showing detectives sealing and storing the boxed raped kit. @frank_seravalli: As to the brown paper bag: DA says nurse provided it to the mother of accuser for collection of another piece of clothing. @SportsCentre: Erie County D.A. Sedita: "The rape kit bag (in question) did not come from Hamburg Police Department." @SportsCentre: Erie County D.A. Sedita: "The rape kit was never in any kind of bag...and has never left the custody of the lab." @frank_seravalli: DA says as it stands, the accuser's mother did not break law by making false statement to a private individual, since it wasn't under oath. @JulieDiCaro: Sedita: Mother's statement that she found bag on front doorstep is untrue. @frank_seravalli: "We believe the complainant's mother has engaged in an elaborate hoax," Erie County DA Frank Sedita. @JulieDiCaro: DA Sedita: Investigation into rape allegations is on-going. He will have no comment on that case. @JulieDiCaro: Sedita: Rape kit was taken by SANE nurst at 11:39. Now going through chain of custody of all times kit was sealed and unsealed for testing @JulieDiCaro: Accuser's texts show she repeatedly wanted to leave Kane's residence even before alleged rape. Friend didn't want to leave -- source @JulieDiCaro: Source also says Kane approached accuser at bar (she didn't know who he was) and told her party was at his house. No party when she arrived. @JulieDiCaro: Source says rape kit exam of Kane accuser was cut short because of problems with equipment. Could explain lack of DNA. @JulieDiCaro: "Friend" reluctant to testify in Kane investigation has always been reluctant to testify. She's 19 & wasn't supposed to be in bar - Source @JulieDiCaro: Sedita says he doesn't know anything about witness being reluctant to testify in Kane investigation. @JulieDiCaro: I do know that accuser's mother offered to take a polygraph by Sedita declined. @JulieDiCaro: Sedita: Not normal practice to give evidence bag to the civilians. Police showed up to collect bag and didn't need brown hospital bag. @frank_seravalli: DA Sedita says is not allowed to comment on the results of the examination of tests. @janesports: Question: So why on earth would a mother potentially undermine her own daughter's criminal investigation with this apparent misdirection?

Realistically, you're right. Let the people decide. They arent really resignations. They are firings dressed up like resignations. The problem is, if you force your candidate to quit over stupid remarks, the discussion ends. if you let him/her continue, you can be dogged with those remarks and the idea that they represent the ideology of the party. For example, Mulcair was asked about Pat Martin and he joked about it. That might not matter to most of Canada but it will play here and people will question the NDP to a degree. Its a character and maturity and behavior issue. On one hand we can say 'well gee we were all young and stupid once, so what if someone said something goofy on twitter six years ago'. On the other hand, if a candidate isnt smart enough to cleanse their social media, its a measurement of smarts and/or judgement on their part. And it really goes to the greater issue of young people who treat social media like its a private conversation between friends. Facebook hurts my brain many days reading everything from racist posts to just barely intelligible ramblings and excessive F bombs etc, people have Albums called "Random Drunk Pictures". Just stupid stuff. The first thing a lot of companies do when they hire is look at your Facebook. Running for office is no different.

I think Summer got the gig because she could be made to sort of look like Lana and it was more of a non-working role. If you have the Network I highly recommend Legends with JBL - guest Eric Bischoff. Caught the second part last night and its tremendous. I have a feeling something is up with WWE and EB.