Voting is a right AND a privilege. If you can't be bothered to vote more often than once every five years, then by all means you should be marked inactive.


Read this: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/04/03/tenants-at-two-west-end-condos-see-rent-double.html


Just wait for the howls of outrage if Canada ever legalizes marijuana and the US denies entry to those who have partaken.

See INA § 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) and 8 U.S. Code § 1182

Under INA §212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II), aliens are inadmissible to the USA who admit to having committed, or who admit to committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a  violation or conspiracy to violate any law or regulation of the United States relating to a controlled substance as defined in   21 USC § 802 (includes marijuana).  And there is no 30 grams or less dispensation under this section.


Mueller should have resigned After Comey revealed that he corruptly leaked FBI documents to get Mueller appointed.


It is a National Security issue to privatize any of Canada's energy sector to foreign ownership and to foreign control.


I still fail to understand the right's obsession with shutting down the CBC. Firstly, it's not going to happen. The out-sized opposition to such a proposal would be impassable. Do you think Harper would have kept that viper's nest of progressives and statists around if he could reasonably have shut it down? (I'm assuming that's what he thinks of the institution anyway.) Secondly, the arguments against the institution range from the idea of free market culture in the face of that cultural behemoth at our doorstep to the idea that if the private market didn't have to compete it would be able to survive the current mediascape disruptions. That's a fine bit of hypocrisy from CTV and National Post private enterprise free marketers - moaning about how they can't compete. I like the idea of the CBC going ad-free. It would free it to tell our stories and push the envelope instead of trying to be everything to everyone a la lowest common denominator services. Be bold and daring CBC!


lol, where am I gerating the actions of the president?  I was just asking simple questions.  I have read the constitution.  Have you?


Hope she gets those answers from the new Commissioner of DOC - who is all about transparency.


The attempt to ratchet up that comment into anything remotely similar to Trump's collusion with Putin and the Russians is intellectually dishonest. While Obama was trying to impose (relatively mild) sanctions on the Russians, Trump and Flynn were busily assuring the Russians that the sanctions would go away.


Also good on McCain to call out this cowardly lunatic.


I assume that Mr. Pedersen is NOT a big fan of the Constitution, or the Separation of Powers it provides.  So, when Trump, agreeing with a federal court that obama's back alley payments to insurance companies was illegal and UNconstitutional, Pedersen's response is "screw the law AND the Constitution" the end justifies the means.  ANY republican politician who is OK with unconstitutional acts by ANY of the 3 branches of government needs to be tossed out of office on his a$$.  WE have Congress passing laws that are NOT within their enumerated powers...we have (had) and executive branch writing laws (obama's DACA in example), and a federal court system that legislates from the bench.  ALL 3 branches have far exceeded their Constitutional enumerated powers and authority.  It's time we hold them to the Constitution.  You want more power & authority?  Then follow Article V.  Until then, every unconstitutional act by the federal government in the past 2 decades needs to be undone.


What cynical election move... not that it's a surprise being Christy Clark and the BC Liberals - who encouraged the problem to develop in the first place.
And elsewhere in the globe another puff piece by Frances Bula claiming that millennials aren't leaving Vancouver  despite insane prices for homes.


“Then you meet the person and find that she/he is really quite a decent, intelligent, compassionate and dedicated human being…” who has declared her intent–repeatedly–to immolate 70 million men, women and children with tactical nuclear weapons if “Israel” tells her to.

They almost certainly will; after all, they deliberately subjected 100,000 Sephardic JEWISH children to radiation poisoning in 1950 just to see what it would do–the ~94,000 who survived are dying from leukemia and cancer today.

Anyone who thinks the Israelis will refrain from precipitating a nuclear holocaust, or that Hillary will hesitate to enable them to do so for one second is deluding him/herself.


I am not sure I understand this.  German cars already cost more, there is likely a reason people want to pay more.  Lets say that American made cars are inferior - increasing tariffs will ensure Americans will buy more inferior cars.  This ultimately should cross over into all goods.  Ultimately Americans will have to buy inferior over quality - does this not diminish the American standard of living and burnish what it is to be American.  Rich people will continue to buy quality, the working class will need to find satisfaction a little deeper in the abyss.


History and anthropology tells us that North and South America did not originated any human life form. That means that all humans in this hemisphere came from else where. This includes the Natives, Europeans, Blacks, Hispanics and finally last but not the least, Asians like myself. But just because I am last, don't make me feel like I am inferior nor do I considered the natives who were here first, to be my superior.  Other people also discovered the western hemisphere, like the Nordic people or Chinese long before Columbus, maybe even going back to ancient Romans or Africans!! But it was Columbus who announced it to the Europeans and direct result of that was the founding of our nation.  History is often grossly politically incorrect since it does offend people. But changing holidays will not change nothing of what happened in the past nor will it make it better. It window dressing at worst. It time to move on, accept what Columbus did and not feel the guilt of being here.


Finally the Globe's favors to the Liberal Party of Canada pay off!  How much rent are we paying you?


Another one of those "This is MY Country, my ancestors stole it fair and square'  groups trying to intimidate people of color....I hope those arrests showed you some people 'push back' when you tread on their rights.......... Losers.......


Gregor Robertson is largely to blame for this mess.He is addicted to the revenues he directly and indirectly receives from developers.


Will this fossil ever die ?

Pay back the money that you stole from Canadian taxpayers, thief.


Funny how some people measure failure and success..

Tens of millions of people with access to preventative care.  Tens of millions of people with access to healthcare in general.   So much failure.

Six months in office and multiple scandals.  Six months in office and not legislation passed.  Six months in office and already a revolving door of senior advisors and cabinet members.  Six months in office and historically low approval ratings.  So much winning...


What, no grand planning by a bunch of political climateers meeting to save the world? "Oh boy!"


Interestingly Ms. Clark noted she would fight in the opposition benches on behalf of all British Columbians, as the party leader then she resigns, anyone whom has followed her career as premier knows she would benefit from counselling, I don't why people do it but Ms. Clark pathologically about everything lies, exaggerates or doesn't provide the whole picture.   As well I question anyone's mental health whom actively endorses any form of trophy hunting which is not hunting rather killing animals for fun/sport a dead head or rug on a wall which is creepy whom puts dead heads on their wall!    I have high hopes for the NDP/Green alliance but to ensure politicians are honest and competent people must actively involved holding their MLA's and other MLA's accountable, especially when they ignore you as they are generally trying to avoid responsibility in these incidents.


Another Washington Democrat telling us how to run the state, Obama and his cronies are still running around.


You are really mixing a  number of issues together into quite a murky soup here, gewaite.  The Latin rite (Roman Catholic) is a far larger and a separate church than the Maronite or Byzantine rites, and has been totally resistant (for very poor and questionable reasons) to following its Eastern brothers (I'll leave it at the all-male doorstep for now), so to raise it in relation to this report isn't very useful.  In addition, the Orthodox are in need of a good deal of renewal as well, otherwise they will face a decline unknown to date.  What we Romans need to do is to have a very careful theological discussion about the totality of priesthood, and not equally influenced by culture or tradition.


Yes, it's a cumbersome system that I found acceptable within limits, but this latest device was a bridge too far.

Cheers!


Bounties? Quotas?


Those weren't Clinton's emails.  Did you bother to read Dionne's column?  Obviously you prefer innuendo to any careful reading of actual text.  Dionne is trying to help you out.  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, if the horse has come to prefer RNC propaganda Kool-Ade.


Sphere:  I saw that you already posted elsewhere on this thread that the driver was Polish.

As if....


Hmmm...may just try this one. Of course, I'll tweak. I'll be putting some grated carrot in there for sweetness and color. Sorry, Chef! (And maybe a batch with Ginger? I can't stop!)


It sounds like they never found the helicopter.  How deep is it in that area?


Like your post very much, but more inclined to say Criminal Behavior seems to be the norm, politics be dammed.


"People from around the world have the right...."  The "right" you say.  Where does this "right" come from?  They have no right.  They were not born here,  Do  you have the right to go to Saudi Arabia and go to Mecca?  No you don't .  You are misinformed.  Let's make Terrorism the crime of the century!  Let's make Taqiyya the crime of the century.  Let's speak plainly and candidly.  Islam is not compatible with Western values.


If the boat was depending on pumps to stay afloat, it was already an emergency that should have required a vigorous response at that point. Planning to take it to a boatyard to get it fixed is NOT an adequate response. Just simple negligence.

Pumps ultimately fail. Always. Leaks don't. Ever.


I thought that he moral relativist position had been long discredited. Maybe you didn't get the memo.


Probably suits McQueary fine, he can pack the party chair again...for what the third time now?..or fourth?


The Democrats are great firearms sales people:
 Americans are buying guns in record numbers. And if history is any guide, Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando will spur even more firearm sales.
According to FBI data, 2016 is on pace to set the record for the most firearm background checks in a year.  http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/12/news/companies/fbi-gun-background-checks-orlando-shooting/


That's so true.


Maybe they'll spend our PFD on the buildings they are buying in anchorage because their castles in Juneau are a little pricy to visit. Alaska government style! Mic drop!


Anyone who can't comprehend why words like simile, metaphor, analogy, allegory, or other equivalent words were invented and often used; is either very uneducated or, more likely, suffering from brain-damage due to a protein deficiency caused by most vegans' diets.


Great news. Bring on that tax revenue!


I suspect the "discrimination" can be overlooked due to the fact that those being singled out are committing felony every time they do business.


Do you really believe there is no controversy over oil taxes in North Dakota?  A sixth grader can do the math if the sixth grader has the information. However, if you do the math on one set of numbers and find out there are errors in those numbers you have the wrong answer to the actual problem.

Here is a link to a company specializing in auditing oil company royalty reports: http://www.gelbercorp.com/royalty-auditing/    They would not be in business if they were not finding oil company's using creative reporting.


Six percent is a typical commission. Assuming both transactions (totaling $600,000) were shared with one other agent Boyst earned around $18,000. It appears to me Lange deliberately influenced Boyst's judgment (a subordinate paying a board member0 and Boyst should have recognized the set-up: Pay to Play


Meanwhile Trump is now having another hissy fit over Saturday Night Live.  We've elected an emotional six-year-old.  It's going to be a long four years.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/20/media/donald-trump-snl-equal-time/index.html


Something doesn't make sense. How can they require 49 years of work, and retire by 65.

That would require everyone to start working at age 16. Is that a typo ?


Legalized Marijuana has Nothing to Do with Crime, in Fact, It Does have ALOT to Do with Getting the Homeless Off the Streets and Out of the Woods and Trails and Giving Them Hope along with Many Other Very Needed and Useful income for many other Projects. Please Do your Research before Talking Ignorance and Stupidity. Demon Alcohol and other Hard Substances NEED to Be Dealt with Prior to Picking on a Harmless Medicinal Plant and it`s Users.


"I smell a rat."


Thanks Third Rock.  I always appreciate your comments.  Aloha.


If Sir John A MacDonald were alive today, you probably would like him, because his views would be different.


As long as your billboards are honest and state that the Port Angeles water has been augmented with additional fluoride for the purpose of preventing dental decay in the entire population, then a billboard sounds like an outstanding idea, and a real plus for tourism.  With 74.5% of the US fluoridated, obviously, tourists will understand the importance of fluoridation and will commend the city leaders for their diligence and concern for the health and well-being of their citizenry.

Putting up billboards with the usual array of misinformation from antifluoridationists, however, will convey to tourists an atmosphere of dishonesty and backwardness within the community.......something no community should want to convey.

Steven D. Slott, DDS


Why do you feel it needs to be mentioned?


Because of the difficulties concentrating on a Catholic catechism in a pew when meditating on the historical fact of the Catholic Church harboring serial sexual predators, or even the fallibility of Popes if one studies their history, denial and administrative cover-ups will continue to protect the flock from reality.


Yup... no need for Morlocks once you have enough automation. We'll be gone and machines will be the new Morlocks... but then they won't just be snacking on the elites... they'll just find them unnecessary and dangerous...


Outsider, I'm amazed at how effectively the authors of our constitution understood, so long ago, that it would take division of powers and three branches to make a government effective. The court was not put into the constitution do deal with "factual constitutional content." That's easy. No, the court was brilliantly conceived to interpret the text to keep up with changes. And we could never have lasted more than 200 years without a court to interpret.

Think about it. When it started, the constitution allowed slavery and only male property holders could vote. The changes – liberal, conservative, those you or I like and those we don't – are a vital part of a brilliant constitution. You can complain about them – we all have that right, and I hate some of the recent ones too – but let's not forget that our system needs courts, and interpretation, to survive.

Hate specific decisions, yes. So do I (Citizens United, for example). But respect the constitution.


Seatac is the most infuriating airport hub I've ever had to suffer. The security staff there are lethargic. Last time I was there it took over an hour to get through security due to their total incompetence. If you want to make a difference at Seatac then hire staff that don't act like slugs.


No, he's a read-and -complain "contributor".  It's a habit that's hard to kick.


Montreal's municipal politics has been "corrupt" for decades. Far more than anywhere else in the country. Money talks in Montreal.


Silence by the gutless republican majority is just empowering the lunatic to continue to destroy the credibility of our country. It is the ultimate embarrassment to have a f-----g moron for president. To me he is president in title only. Corker is wrong about one thing. The White House is a child care center. It is a disgrace to responsible adults to be compared with the Chumps childish behavior.


2000 years of arguments and the "TRUTH" still is a matter of 'faith' and 'belief'.

Those centuries ago Church councils have as much authority as you and I do discussing the same issue today.

First Nicea, Second Nicea, First Constantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon,  Second  Constantinople, Third  Constantinople.  That gets us from 325 AD to 787 AD.

Just a bunch of ecclesiastical politicians with their own axes to grind each time.

And each of those were declared "Infallible"!  Right!

And that's before we get into the modern Councils.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_council


Bring on the snow!!!


You mean 2019?  Can't approach fast enough.  That's when Trudeau will really feel the blow-back.


The United Church is no longer a church. They teach no real Christian history to their young; they're too fearful to make a pronouncement about culture, ritual, or morality. My parents were United Church. Most are such cloistered wasps with a guilt complex, you could blow them over with a gust of wind.

I had the opportunity to visit an evangelical church (filled with kids) for a secular meeting. In the basement, I saw lessons on the wall for kids about Christians being the most persecuted religion on earth. Finally, here I see a sense of community.

Why not turn all the churches into Bingo halls? Jesus would love that one.


No matter what he says or does, nothing will placate the crowds baying for his demise and the Resurrection of St. Hilary.


Gerry's assessment of Cuba is correct but the Cons' over the top crybaby reaction to Justin Trudeau's statement is really what has become the issue.  Are we not capable of disagreeing anymore without it being turned into vile personal attacks going on for days.  Check out Michael Harris, In Praise of  a little nuance for commentary on the real issue.   ipolitics.ca/2016/11/27/in-praise-of-a-little-nuance/


No where in the article doe it say he's a MPP or elected official.
He has a contract.
If the Liberals are not re-elected you can bet his contract will be broken by the new government.
Don't see the error - inaccurate - misleading?


Different case. The case Olal Lao is talking about end with Ghomeshi being found not guily and his accusers shamed by the judges comments.


Trump has certainly proved that he is not fit to be President. Trump is not much of a man.


easier to blame the other.


Yes, I use the term to describe yours and Sylvia Wyss's attitude towards women who want a hormone treatment for more than simply sex with unintended consequences.  Regardless of the reasons that women and doctors choose to use the hormones, it is none or yours or my business.
btw - Healthy people in the 21st century can and should enjoy themselves in consensual adult relationships without the worry of unintended pregnancies.  Also none of your or my business.
I say that as a paying member of Kaiser. My payment does not give me leverage to comment or judge other peoples' choices.


On the matter of the University of Winnipeg's compulsory policy: As a student who graduated high school prior to the implementation of the provincial curriculum update (Ontario's Indigenous Education Strategy) that requires Ontario elementary and secondary schools to teach students about residential schools, treaties, and more, I had no knowledge of reconciliation before university.

If my university were to adopt a compulsory policy like the University of Winnipeg, students like myself, who missed out on any formal education about Indigenous culture and history, would benefit greatly by developing empathy and a better understanding of Canada's diversity. Students would also simply be educated on our country's history. That said, I'm curious as to why this article seems to easily deem the Winnipeg university's "too far"?


Genius College Degrees, Law Degrees, And MD Degrees do not MEAN one is intelligent: See Baby Bush, Crazy Nutty Nuts Scalito Mafiosos SCJs, Crazy as Hell Cruz and lying Conald-Patho in Chief w/2-6 Degrees from Wharton depending on which lie n volte-face at the time. In Pre Socratics Philosophy Aristotle said there is a DIFFERENCE between having knowledge and knowing how to use it. Get educated, sounds like you gradiated(sic) from Texas A&M like doubled-Degrees Rick 00Ps Perry. More dumb MFers w/ Degrees in WH. You have my sympathy BUT TRUMP prescribes Trump KY made in China before you bendover for his insertion—Dupe & Ovine🤙🏼


apples and oranges. halloween costumes are FREELY worn and not a dark-ages religious symbol of the oppression of females.


How do you spot an anti-tax moron? They want everyone to pay for their free ride.


"""keep the pressure up in the reservoirs so they can produce more oil"""  ?????????

That was true before the 1950's.

The Petroleum Theologists in AOGCC are reading from ancient texts written on Texas goat hides.

HYDROCARBON MANAGEMENT REQUIRES ADULT SUPERVISION

CARBON is a handy carrier of HYDROGEN

OXYGEN is a handy carrier of HYDROGEN

SILICON is a handy carrier of HYDROGEN

BORON is a handy carrier of HYDROGEN

NITROGEN is a handy carrier of HYDROGEN

goog: silane fuel

If Alaska's hydrocarbons was treated like a modern garbage dump it would be a huge improvement over how BigOil is managing our state resources as "producers".

Waste Management Inc. is America's largest garbage company, and they use plasma gasifiers to immolate the trash to produce a big profit from SYNGAS. The syngas is made into LNG for fleet fuels for garbage trucks, and the surplus gas is sold off to the power-grid.

BigOil is upsidedown in the tarsands of Alberta,
wasting mega$$$ separating oil from sand.


I agree immigration should be cut off, its affecting our environment through urban sprawl and mass traffic congestion. Territorial restrictions should be put in place to  ensure our major urban areas have minimal carbon foot prints  and  aren't used a money lounging trash cans for speculators.
Yaaaa not going to happen !!!!
The liberals have created a mess  that is putting family's in horrific debt for life. People are opting to borrow their down payments and live out of their houses in  a hope that prices will continue to clime. Why ???? because their is NO work outside Toronto !!!!
Open up development to meet demand and do what ever in necessary to stop speculators of all walks of life from stealing our sovereignty away from us.


Is there an option to forfeit the bins?  Maybe you don't want to use these bins or don't have enough to fill these bins.


Taqiyya is the Islamic art of deception. It is one of the 5 pillars of  Islam. Read your Koran. I am tired of trying to teach it to you.


No worries...You only get beat up for flipping off certain liberals.


US appears to be creating a level playing field with Russia and China by doing same. Perhaps it is time for Canada to follow suit.


" I am impressed with 'makersbot' technology's ability to attract kids attention, especially girls."
Agreed. Now if we can get the chiefs to stop diddling them.


And we should give Canada back to the First Nations.


Moochers every one of them, gambling with the public purse.

Heads I win - Tails you lose.


If I were to fire up a chicken grill in Kakaako, I'm bettin' a bunch of hungry people might start gathering/circling.  I can EXPECT that because it's human nature.  How far can people go with EXPECTING that human nature doesn't exist?   Outright denial of the human condition here?    KNOW what you KNOW and act accordingly.


In neither answer was the matter of how the individual obtained information on someone else's pay addressed.   This is significant as there may be a privacy violation. It is certainly appropriate for an employee to inquire about his or her pay, but it is absolutely inappropriate to reference the pay of a specific individual unless this information is in the public domain.    Further, length of experience is only one consideration in determining salary.  What about education and performance?  Two people can do the same job and one just happens to perform better.  With respect to market research around pay, companies typically do this and measure themselves against an appropriate peer group of comparable organizations.  Often this is conducted through a third party.  Certainly, an individual can do some checking but the data is only as reliable as the source.
G & M, it would probably be a good idea to vet information provided in the answers in this column sometimes.


Bad leadership will usually lead to plenty of penalties.


sounds corrupt.

but there are different types of corruption.   there is a big difference between overpaying $300 million dollars and getting the lights back on in Puerto Rico by Xmas and paying $300 million dollars and getting nothing.


They are both salesmen, of course, because they're both politicians and at least half of being a politician is being a salesman. Trump's primary business, though, has been that of the salesman for pretty much his entire career. Sales is almost exclusively what he does.


Proof:

"A quick Google of 'natural law' with, sequentially, trains, airplanes, and anesthesia turns up zero references supporting Mr. Shea."

Have a very nice day.


By and large I agree with what Mr. Moreno says, but his statement that ". . .  he has shown once again how elitism has overtaken liberal thought.", is such a broad brush statement as to simply not be true. I could pick out any number of letters from the other side of the political spectrum and use them to bolster an argument that conservative thought has been taken over by defeatist and reactionaries, but that would not be true either.
It's easy to fall into the trap of labeling and pigeonholing a whole group of people based upon on what just some of the more extreme people of that group may say or do, but that just plays into hands of those politicians and power brokers who benefit from the "us against them" mentality in this country, and want to keep it going for their own personal reasons.
There are a lot of people in this world (e.g. N. Korea, ISIS, Russia, etc.) who would like nothing better than to see this country collapse from within. Let's not let it happen.


JP II and Benedict were reactionaries.  They believed that the Church should be composed of the same kind of people that existed in the earlier, agricultural societies.  Francis did not come from the little provincial towns that they came from---Kracow [still surrounded by a medieval wall] and Bavaria---rural and rustic.


This will never close


No, it is behavior that, for some reason -- I will not speculate on what it may be -- offends you.


Said the rabbit to the fox.


most of the retired teachers I know are out traveling the world while many of us sit here in Colorado working our assets off and anticipating doing so until we are unable to.


Of course, as I raise my arm to ward off your blow, I am guilty of violence.  Thanks for the clarification.


Mythman, my bad.  I didn't realize the Hawaii Theater was a public setting.  I guess because the audience is buying a ticket, then they "want" to be controlled.  Your stream of thought is enlightening.  Speaking of enlightening, since you are an art teacher, you should know how artists like Da Vinci and Michelangelo involved politics of their time into their works.  And you calling a kumu hula and his interpretive performance critical analysis is not critical nor an analysis.  It's nothing but your opinion.


Bob & weave ...
Bob $ weave.


I often agree with you but the caste system and a woman burning herself to death when her husband dies is not civilized.


Um, no.  While Chretien and Martin should have done something too, Harper spent over $5 million fighting against Khadr's constitutional rights.


Federal government travel regulations may preclude flying in business class for its employees and contractors. The General Accounting Office will not approve business class fares that do not conform to these guidelines. The main exceptions are for trips that exceed 14 hours travel time and accommodation of persons with disabilities.


"Pay their fair share" ... straight out of the Bernie Sanders/Socialist hymnal.


they are burning the american flag, being violent and breaking the law. most of the insults and disparaging remarks have come from liberals, most of the violence at republican rallies has been from liberal protesters and the media is giving them attention for bad behavior.


Just how little has changed was driven home for me on Friday when I heard that Trump again referred to Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” in his speech to the NRA. I understand that he’s afraid of Warren; he always has been. I also understand that he thinks her claim to have a Native American heritage presents a political opportunity for her opponents -- but his use of the name of a Native American hero as a slur demeans him and the presidency. During the election, I sometimes referred to Trump as “Dirty Donald”, imitating his proclivity for naming his political foes (Little Marco, Lyin’ Ted, Crooked Hillary, etc.); it seemed appropriate shorthand for a man who has lived a filthy life personally, professionally and politically. I discontinued the reference on November 9, not because I suddenly acquired respect for him, but because I do respect the office to which he was elected. It’s too bad he doesn’t respect it. What a despicable, filthy, cowardly, petty little man this president is.


Thank you so much for sharing. Now "we" have to respond. Government. The people of Hawaii. Our ohana.


"Democrats pointed out that McConnell didn’t object when Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called him a liar in a 2015 dustup."
By your actions shall ye be known.
Now is the time for all good women and men to come to the aid of their country ...


akmk 847 Are you suggesting by mentioning Planned Parenthood as a support for healthy families that non "normal" children should've been aborted? There is not a more honest and true loving person than a special needs child that hugs you or says I love you. They are people too and deserve to have a life.


You'd rather have them burning coal?


How about the saudi born woman who memorized the Quran from childhood, was abused, left the religion and angrily criticizes it. Is she also an uninformed nazi who should shut up?


Nothing to do with subject - so part of his supporters are loons. wow kill everyone because of them, right? Earth to brainwashed people who likely still watch tv on a tv with a cable/sat box: Obama voters switch to Trump - were they all really just rabid evangelicals who voted for the black dude twice then abandoned him because HILARY stole the nomination? She and the DNC are to blame for all the Dems problems but it has all been deflected upon Trump. Get rid of Donna Brazile, the whole exec needs to go.
Their friends in media are playing this game to help the DNC a they were also HRC supporters.


As soon as the next Wikileaks article and leaked DNC scandal of lying, cheating, and criminal activity surfaces, she'll be down again.  What's your point, here?


Really? I see the opposite: open-minded liberals in Oregon have seen Trump's agenda and are organizing to counter the effects.


What is a pioneer license?  I found no mention of a pioneer license in the fish and game regs.  A permanent senior license -yes; pioneer license - no.


And some day, will probably shoot someone, and we will all feign surprise and shock..


Nice story.  So many ways to take lemons and make lemonade.


From looking at the maps, the buffer to any of the Wallace Falls park trails is quite generous. I have zero recreational concerns about this sale. Stop wasting effort here and look for matters of actual concern.

"They want to void the sale, force the state to perform a full environmental impact statement *and recoup any legal expenses.*"

By which they mean: bill above actual rates for Equal Access to Justice Act reimbursements.

When a law was proposed to limit legal reimbursements for EAJA claims to no more than $200 per hour, it was environmental groups who sunk the bill, because it hurt their business model of paying recent grads and a paralegals normal wages to produce mountains of paperwork more than the state lawyers have the time to disprove, win a suit based not on its merits but on uncontested claims, and file for reimbursements at the rates they claim as their standard, not necessarily what they actually paid, with the difference funding perks for their principals.


What does Fern Ridge have to do with sneaker waves, which, by the way, most assuredly do exist?  Growing up in Oregon and being very familiar with the ocean, I know that I don't want to be on the beach in the winter with a storm approaching, and I also have grown up with the mantra "never turn you back on the ocean".  I know people that have been caught in these waves and luckily lived to tell about it.  What a sad, sad event for this family.......


Got anything to say based on facts and logic?


I am sure the families will be surprised by their behavior. They were star athletes, volunteered at the community center and had scholarships in Art and Music I heard, but choose to pursue other interests.


Somehow we have to change our moral stance on the treatment of animals.


Cheer up. At least when the human species goes extinct there will be no more abortion.


Motley, one doesn't have to be "in academia" to understand the relationship between compensation and worker morale and motivation. Well-run companies understand this relationship and its effect on retention of skilled employees and an improved bottom line.


How about paving over the Greenland to build homes for the foreign buyers to park their money in.


You said you don't distinguish between infallible doctrine and dogma but are all doctrines infallible?
I guess I was surprised by the one teacher as I think science should be taught by science teachers etc. Did you mean moral, or religious teaching not all other teaching?
About things like slavery and usury-do you not define those as doctrines and therefore change in them is acceptable?
I'm in the US, a former primary teacher, way over 70! And most of my religious training after childhood came from various courses I've taken in church history-shocked to find all seven sacraments were not defined as dogma/ doctrine untill Trent! and sacraments including the history thereof, some spirituality-though much of that was too non logical/literal for me!, Never thought before this about what Jesus probably thought of the word priest. Had a hard time studying scripture as I'm very literal and the Jews were not Greeks! In other words they used metaphorical language which floored me for years!


In the several articles that I've read about Barrow's name change, no one has mentioned if other locations in the Barrow area that use "Barrow" in their name, will also be changed. Will Point Barrow become Point Utqiaġvik, etc.?


Actually your opinion summary is pretty near identical in rhetoric to the unhinged fringe left.


This demonstrates how DESPERATE the City is for rail money.  Soon the City will be holding garage sales, bake sales, car washes, selling chocolates and cookies door to door, and even have their employees begging on the street.

What they should be doing is to start firing all their useless employees that don't do any work and those that keep making mistakes that other employees have to fix for them.


To para-phrase the late Will Rodgers - "everyone talks about the blob but nobody does anything about it."


Chapter 8 in "Amoris Laetitia" is a deeply confused and troublesome section riddled with ambiguity about conscience, objective sin and subjective culpability, and is open to heterodox interpretations. It is disingenuous of Cardinal Wuerl to claim otherwise, especially in the light of the recent theoretically private correspondence between the Pope and the bishops of Argentina.

The doctrine and discipline of the Church is that marriages contracted by Catholics after divorce and without annulment of the first marriage, are adulterous, objectively gravely sinful and constitute a bar to reception of the Eucharist. A position reaffirmed vigorously by Pope Saint John Paul.

Francis has set forth an ambiguous compromise which speaks of re-integrating these Catholics, without saying how, and contains two footnotes giving a nudge and a wink to those wanting to overturn Church teaching.


PattyJane - You are woefully short on facts and obnoxiously assumptive! Do some real research and find out how much land Israel LEGALLY purchased at exorbitant rates. Do some research and find out how much land Palestine purchased. I can save you time on Palestinian investments...NONE. If you dare to compare the situation in that section of the Middle East, it is more like the homeless issue here in Hawaii. 🤔


"Once again the folks vote for the party who least serves their interests..."
That's why so many voted DNC!


Other than the company's right to appeal this decision, if they choose to.


No Israeli thinks their country's legitimacy is owed to some organization set up by countries which did not even almost exist yet when they first lived in that country (over 3,000 years ago). Even after being conquered more than a thousand years after being established, by the early Europeans (the Greeks and then the Romans), after their country was destroyed mercilessly by those early Europeans, 2,000 years ago and most of the  Jews dispersed to Europe, nevertheless many Jews remained there, and in fact no other country was established by any other nation there in the absence of a Jewish state. Of course the ArabMoslem invaded 1,500 years ago in their jihad, and now they have a large presence in the land, but even they never set up a country there during this 1,500 years, it was a part of some remote province. And in any case, they lost it just as they got it, in war. It is the Jewish country, the Jewish homeland, now, as it was 3,000 years before the UN was invented.


Exactly.  See what a helicopter ride can get you.


... and food stamp recipients are up 42% since 2008, and the national debt is up by 116%. I suppose you think that was all due to Trump.


you are only a real jew  if your mother was jewish. the jewish bloodline is maternal. conversion doesn't really count.


Not a chance!  Pitino is one of the NCAA's "sacred cows" and can do no wrong.

What a shame, and a sham, this whole business is turning into!


People exposed to more "diversity" tend to be less involved in their communities. Thanks to the efforts of the multiculti "do-gooders", young people may be more used to being around minorities, but at the expense of our communities and ultimately our civilization. As a young person exposed to plenty of "diversity", I'm tired of it - when the rise in crime rates and welfare dependency can also be tied to the increase in diversity, I have to wonder what the hell older generations were thinking. The backlash will be ugly.

http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/1/54.full.pdf+html
http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/


When will that start?


"Cutting funds that alleviate hunger for the poorest Americans, at a time when major tax breaks are being proposed for the wealthiest, is unconscionable."

What decent and compassionate people see as unconscionable is simply standard operating procedure for modern conservatives.  Anybody that has been paying attention to the morally bankrupt Republican Party should not be surprised one bit by this deplorable behavior.


I look forward to seeing it implemented.


Political correctness at its finest.  Can't call fat people fat, can't call lazy people lazy, can't call a short person short, can't call a radical muslim terrorist a radical muslim terrorist, can't call a liar to the FBI a liar to the FBI, can't call a womanizing sexual assaulting ex president a womanizing sexual assaulting ex president, can't call a pant suit wearing woman bashing hypocrite a pant suit wearing woman bashing hypocrite, can't call a woman a woman or a man a man and the list goes on and on an on.  However, if you are a liberal you can call people anything, say whatever you want, lie whenever you want because you feel you are right and therefore are.  Heaven forbid we offend a 400 pound Russian computer hacker.  If liberals are left in charge too much longer you can bet there will be a tax on your fat ___.


But, does Obama take credit for the 4.3 million jobs lost in his 1st  13 months in office. If he doesn't , then he only created 10.7 million jobs.  Does he take credit for the current  62.8% labor participation rate, lowest since the Carter Administration?. Does he take credit for doubling the National Debt? Does he take credit for 1 in 6 people drawing a welfare benefit?


Never enough money for these goons. Next thing you will read PM Selfie is flying off somewhere next week to pledge a billion dollars of Canadian aid to someone.


The wavering glow from the burning of gas emanating out of the clown beast's rear orifice casts an dark illumination that confuses and misleads. You want to lower our tax burden, and the deplorably wrongful excesses, abuses, and affronts of the military-industrial complex and systemic electoral corruption? You're not credible. You were never credible, and you reputation is not salvageable. Giving a man water to distract them while poisoning the well itself is a longhand form of piracy. It's not legitimate. You're not legitimate. Your ideology isn't legitimate now, and it was not legitimate in 1917. Your day is over. Your cause is lost. Stop making things harder for yourself and everyone. This emperor wears no clothes!


It is good to hear the Holy Spirit is alive in the Church today.  That is what Jesus wanted when He said "Father into your hands I commend my Spirit.  As Catholics we believe in a triune God, we must cease from searching for the historical Jesus and look for the ngood the Holy Spirit is doing in the world.  We must join those who are acting out the work of the Holy Spirit and embrace and rejoice at there witness.  Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father.  He is watching how we respond to the Holy Spirit who wants the Catholic Church to lead us to "Renew the face of the Earth.  Deacon'82 Environmental and Social Justice.


According to Wikipedia the number is up to 27 now who have claimed sexual misconduct by Trump.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations


Spot on Frank... Excellent article!


And for all of you ecoNazis, what that really means is that this will be a huge warehouse dispatching thousands and thousands of things (primarily made in China) onto trucks for delivery throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The items will be brought in from China (or Indonesia, or Vietnam, or India or Egypt or Bangladesh) in cargo ships using bunker fuel and then trucked or sent by train to this new warehouse using diesel fuel and sent out using more fossil fuel (diesel or gasoline) to the consumers.   Some by USPS, some by UPS and some by Fed Ex.

These 3,500 jobs are going to exist as long as you keep buying things from Amazon.

And until you get your electric battery-powered trucks and trains going, those fossil fuels are going to be consumed as well.  We won't even talk about the ships going electric!


He’s always claiming to be a victim. Through three platforms he is always a victim. Good for calling it out. But it won’t change a thing.


Good point. Maybe the parents are incompetent, in one way or another, and we should get them into an improvement program. Maybe every poor neighborhood should have a breakfast cafeteria before school. Maybe underfed kids should have a social worker visit every morning with a bowl of cereal. Maybe the parents should be jailed, given electroconvulsive therapy, or whipped until they get jobs and start feeding and clothing their children.

A great place to feed school children is where you have them all together. That would be at school. Probably that would be the cheapest solution. Kids can be very picky, so feed them whatever crap they will eat, it's better than nothing. Underperforming children may become underperforming adults who would cost the rest of us money for the rest of their lives, so feeding kids seems like a good investment.

Would the Libertarian position be, to keep govt out of it and let them starve? That's liberty?


No need to panic, the Titanic is unsinkable!


hmmmm.   what would it take for people to stay away for a couple of weeks .....moose don't usually do that unless they have been stalked or had bad encounters with people.  People are the problems...not the moose.  It was their home first.


Yes, it is a choice.  A lot of people, particularly young people, experiment with many things.  Often thinking that once or twice won't be a problem.  I'm talking drugs, alcohol, dangerous stunts.... you name it.   Even with the information out there, they still do it.   We were all young and reckless to some extent - I know I was.


Nothing to do with it?  Now you know why Hillary lost; because you think everyone thinks like you do, slicing and dicing policy and social convention.  Few analyze that way.  Here's the "analysis:"  Merry Christmas is no longer allowed; homosexual "marriage" is the law.  Time to change the President.  Yes, it's that simple, and the connection is actually quite clear: Both views are anti-Catholic/Evangelical.

Wake up, man.  You are out of touch with the non-Liberal world and how they think.  You live in an academic bubble.


you left wing nut jobs continue to live in this fantasy about big oil wow it really is old and exposes your stupidity pal, try something new just for once and this time in reality


Thatnk God we don't have that here! Look what happened to Kory Teneycke and SUN TV News when they couldn't force the carriers to include their junk in basic cable - there was not enough viewer interest to support it and it died a natural death in the free market.


Only the modernists/relativists would employ a phrase such as "set the Church back". The Church, insofar as She carries the deposit of faith, can not be "set back" or--contrary to the Vatican II cult, "updated". St. Pius X, unlike the last six Vicars of Christ, actually put this truth into practice.


The headline suggests the hate groups are sponsored by the state of Colorado rather than individuals.  Way to spin DP.


"Another NYT leftwing elitist who feels everyone who disagrees with his bigoted world view is ignorant." Unlike the commenter who posted that. Have you heard the phrase "ad-hominem argument?" It's a cop-out, not an argument. And yeah, pots and kettles.


Poloz more and more just pretends to pay attention to the inflation target, which he has in any case increased by 0.2 percentage points in the 2016 renewal agreement as the background material released openly acknowledges.


Here you go subscribers of SA:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-stockley-not-guilty-verdict-protest-police-st-louis-live-updates/


@Pono Keali'i:  While you may be working with the current US and it's military forces from the Hawaiian Islands, sadly that will all change once Trump becomes President which will reset any progress that you may have made on this issue.  With Trump's promise to expand the Navy throughout the world and the number of active duty ships, it's almost impossible for the U.S. Navy to leave Hawaii because it's 1 of only 4 U.S. ports that are equipped to fully repair a U.S. Navy ship and the Pacific Theater is going to play an even larger role due to China's ramp up of it's military forces in the Pacific.  Besides, as I stated before, the Republicans have been totally against any Hawaiian Kingdom in any way, shape, or form from being created and that includes the Akaka Bill which would have created a nation within a nation.  Any hope of any form of Hawaiian self governance has been lost for at least the next four years, and if you think otherwise, then prepare to be disappointed.


trump will try any trick in the book to boost his miserable approval rating.
next up, a tractor pull on the WH lawn.


With just a little research, the following will be made apparent to you. Bush did not cause the 9/11 attacks, Iraq was approved by almost every democrat, including Hillary, The surplus was going away due to the dot.com bubble bursting before Bush was sworn in, causing a small recession. 9/11 impacted the economy much greater than we knew at the time. After the tax cuts, annual deficits fell to 161 billion in 2006. After democrats took control of the house and Bush misplaced his veto authority, the deficit ballooned to 450 billion in 2007. The market meltdown actually had little to do with either democrats or republicans. It was caused by a large number of very large investment companies investing heavily in garbage mortgages and then having them crash. The country had robust growth, falling unemployment, rising wages and greatly increased receipts to the government from 2003 to the end of 2007.


"A majority approve of Chinese investment in Canada if it comes from private companies..."  I don't think there are any private companies, as we understand them, in China.  One is ALWAYS dealing with the Chinese government even if you think it's a private company.   Nor do I think - outside the Chinese community - that there is a groundswell of support for even more trade and accommodation with China.  On the contrary.

 So yes, Trudeau - unless he's really just a paid shill for China - really needs to be a bit more careful about how he approaches all this.


He also doesn't know the difference between to and too...as per his first post.


Why is tipping based on a percentage of the meal rather than a fixed charge for different levels of service?  Say the wage is $12 per hour and a living wage is $25 per hour, then there is another $13 per hour to cover.  If the person is busy 50% of the time, that is $26 to make up.  That works out to 43 cents per minutes round up to 50 cents per minutes.  Figure out how much actual time the server spent on you in minutes and divide by two to get the tip.  If the salary is higher the tip should be lower.


And expensive. Lord is that place expensive. I'll stick with Pho Lena, but thanks.


I also understand that although she is touted as "speaking six languages" her French is not too good. I'm sure the Russians are shivering in their shoes. What is Canada's reaction to US interference in Ukraine's elections or are we only outraged in a partisan way?


I have yet to see anything positive from you.  You must be very sad


You're absolutely correct. The only point to my comment is that information critical of the pope and his men is usually omitted here.


The whole notion of civility, as expressed here, is rather bogus. Does it mean merely polite? A politely phrased lie is hardly "civil." It's a tech geek's notion of civil.


Sounds like some third world country where run-off elections are held until the desired result is achieved!


So the cretin who rammed his car into a crown killing one woman and injuring 20 or so other people was just dancing the tango with them? The left went "ballistic" when this murder happened. It took the Orange Groper two days to say something resembling a presidential condemnation, and this came two days after his own party demanded he do so.


Thank you, Darrell Lum, for pointing out that people think of pidgin as the language of the stupid.  My dad lived his life using "Chinglish" (Chinese accented English) and you could read faces that thought he was stupid.  Actually,he was quite a brilliant man, and some never gave him credit for it becauseof his accent and use of pidgin.  Sad.  But for schools?  Yes, standard English, please.  Most public school kids don't get enough practice, and are intimidated when faced with a well-versed English speaker.  Practice, practice, practice makes perfect.


You've got to be incredibly blind and delusional to have not noticed that every single pick of Trump's is from the 1 %, and they're lining their pockets at the expense of the average American.


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Burnt cinder orbiting our sun.

Yep,   Pretty important.

Who could have ever guessed?


I would hate to be the one who had to read those letters. Prayers for all those children that had suffered & lost their lives from the hands of those psychopathic brothers & to their families, my heart goes out to all of them. It is a OUTRAGE & needs to be punished by a server slow death.


Canadian kids are taking up pot as a cool thing.

Meanwhile half-way around the world, kids in China and Japan are learning linear algebra and advanced calculus in high school. That's cool over there.

Priorities, children, priorities.


every Canadian will be paying dearly for Alberta to extract its tar


Who paid the attorneys to write the proposal?


Trump is stocking the swamp with the fat-cats and the rabid right.


This isn't a blunder, it's good politics .  The public are already convinced  that Wynne and her government are dishonest so this will just add to it and give Brown the benefit of the doubt even if he loses in court.


I drive on Broadway quite frequently and I have never once seen a bike in the bike lane.  I'm sure it is a good idea, but someone should tell the bike riders that it is.


They can't use that word, or they'll be cast out from Liberal circles for *GASP* telling the truth!


If the pill comes out, I suggest the name "Toot Sweet".


Would you car Sir, for the even more generous offer that Olmert gave Abbas 7 years ago, and was rejected out of hand.

The Palestinians don't want peace with Israel, period.


Sort of what Augusta Golf Club had to do a few years back.


Then offer all 35 million of us a free latte. Much better use of the money than some of this idiocy.


It's called corruption.


We need to revive trades education to give options to those who aren't cut out for university. And tighten regulations to force companies to use certified tradespeople instead of a revolving door of the low-paid and untrained who can gain no career traction as they are hired and laid off continually. Raw market forces will always prefer a pool of near-slave labour but we shouldn't want the less privileged to become a permanent underclass.


Funniest statement I have seen!!


Seriously?  What world are you living in?  There was no jihad in America when Skinner walked the streets.  We live under the same Second Amendment as he did.


If you go on the South side of the Kenai please be aware that you need to walk while in the water. If you want to just stand and hold your net go to the North side. Don't be the jerk that makes people walk over you when the drift line is going.


(2 )Once a young man or woman begins to live a duplicitous life, it is not unusual that the "bad" self begins to yield to a self-fulfilling prophecy which begins to take more self-indulgent liberties.  And from there the spiral of behavior is downward with the person caught in a double secret life.  If you can connect the dots you can see that this is classic behavior in clergy sexual abuse cases.  This is just one of the situations in which Church teachings on sexuality inadvertently becomes one of the causes of abhorrent sexual behavior.  All of this is based on a 2000-year-old concept that each sperm contains a tiny human being that is waiting to be planted in a female who acts only as a garden in which the already complete human seed can take root.  Any deposit of this seed outside the female “garden” is gravely evil.  Now through science, we know better and the resulting shame and guilt in perpetuating such teachings is just plain wrong headed and can lead to disastrous results.


Now was that a polite comment about a human being..   Blue Rhetoric.


Dairy farmers will need to adapt to the fact that they are producing a product that nobody actually needs and really should be avoided.   Milk is baby cow food - plain and simple.  Why would you feed it to your human child?  How do we subsidize an industry whose main product is animal fat in a glass.   Milk consumption has been declining in both CAN and the USA since 2010 - consumers get it and so do dairy farmers.


So you speak for these 32 players? Are you their agents, maybe part of their family?


I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1958. STILL BLOW THEIR ASSES OUT OF THE SKY. You probably not old enough to remember when they got all the way to Fairbanks before being detected.


Oh yeah, Sarah what's her name... More vitriol like thus: "Mr. Trump’s policies are explicitly aimed at hurting vulnerable people..." and as usual, front row center on the G&M site.
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In other, more REAL NEWS: The Bermuda Monetary Authority levied a $2 million fine against SunLife Financial for 5 breaches of money laundering laws, just this Monday passed.
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How'd you like them apples Sarah? Any comments? Opinions? Vitriol?


What's criminal is letting those companies dump vast amounts of cancer causing chemicals into the ground that ends up leaking into the groundwater table polluting the environment. And forcing legal land owners to let these companies drill on their land is unacceptable. I hope this bill never becomes law.


Thoughtful, well written and wonderful story. Thanks.


McKenna has deliberately stated that the money will be returned to the Provinces. She has not stated that the money will be returned to the Province it was collected in.

She has left the door wide open for wealth distribution which is a key feature of all of the national level programs around the world.


The commentors here and elsewhere who dwell on Matthew 19 do not seem to even be aware of John's Gospel story of the woman caught in adultery.  Yes, of course there are standing problems with the authenticity of the text -- which is hardly a surprise in any event.  However, that story is soooo like the Jesus who heals, and loves the sinner, and offered his life as a ransom!  "Neither do I condemn thee; now go thy way and sin no more."  (Once I heard a judge sitting in his courtroom dispatch a case using those very words!  And I'm proud to say of him that he was once a student of mine.)  How interesting that these commentors do not want to elevate this teaching from John to the level of law, as they do with Matthew 19!


Blame only yourself for lack of self discipline.


Why do you guys always go with the 'drama teacher' thing?
He taught a bunch of subjects, from math to drama.
If you want to get people onside, you've got to give up the silly falsehoods and repetitious whinges about his parentage etc.
There is getting to be PLENTY of substantive things to critique about this government.  Are they beyond you?


Too many abuses in foster homes. Maybe we could start cleaning those up and making them safer. Too many times at the end of stories it is stated the kids were put into foster care like that is a happy ending and no more needs to be said. But I have found a lot of times it is the start of another bad tale.


Runners everywhere will mourn the loss of the Shuffle...light and compact, much better than a clunky smart phone.


I'm well aware of Sunni/Shia issues.  The post that I was responding to blamed today's attacks on Islam as a "twisted ideology".  Obviously Islam had NOTHING to do with this attack, and given that the Islamic holy texts came generations before the Sunni/Shia split, there is obviously no endorsement for such attacks in any Islamic scripture.


A blue ticket is simply foisting our problem onto another community.. This person needs to be institutionalized and receive psychiatric treatment.


Foreigners race to serve northern Alaska! I wonder whatever happened to the good old Alaskan engineering + construction industry. Signed.. UAF engineering grad, '81, '85. See: giant oil subsidies have made us fat (heads).


And the SJW industry takes another one in the junk.

More to follow....


So am I.


I don't know, John. I wonder if the fact that NCR takes money to report good things about "Global Sisters" has anything to do with their decision to under-report this story. When the stories from Ireland are about offending clergy, they seem to put them on the front page.


Sounds to me like Green Peace is trying to find a cause to keep themselves busy now that seal clubbing and whale hunting are on the decline. Got to keep those donations flowing in.


I never suggested that state oversight was a good thing, I was responding to all the outcries of why there isn't more oversight, on the other hand, they would have at least had an education and some skills to be able to move forward in life instead of needing to start at a 5th grade level and grow from there.  The amount of remedial learning that will be necessary is abundant.  It's likely that you will see further stories of them in the future, so at what point is socialization a factor here?


Your statements are just as flawed as Huckabee's. The fact is a much higher % of black men commit felonies and violent crimes than white men. Because of that, any cope whether white or black will find themselves in potential shooting situations at a much higher rate (compared to % of population) with a black man than a white man.
It isn't the total population but the % of violent criminals that matters.


Don't be so hasty with your veiled accusation.   Someday, one of "dudes", as you put it, may save your life.


It's all just street theater to distract the proles from their
diminishing prospects under the failed government in the
failing economy of a failing country.

STOOR


"all the facts coming out of this are unrelated to the campaign"??  True enough, but an unregistered agent of a foreign government was campaign chairman for the fellow that got elected President of the United States of America.  Is there seriously nothing wrong with that?


Thank you! Finally some common sense.


OK, you convinced me to let up just a little tiny bit. :)

Btw I think Melania had that convo with Lauer before the convention.


Full automatic weapons are not legal you say, ?

Immediately followed by you saying they are.

And guess what, they are legal and there are around 193,000 pre-cutoff machine guns in legal ownership nationwide.

That's not indicative of 'very few' collectors.

You don't have to be a collector at all, most citizens qualify if they simply fill out the forms and pay the money.

http://www.nfatca.org/pubs/MG_Count_FOIA_2016.pdf

Death to the NRA.  It's a terrorist organization.


Isn't it funny to see how easy it is to rile up the "turn the other cheek" crowd?  Now that's what I call predictable.


Political officials are fired or "retired" for all sorts of reasons that are not about breaking the law. So what law do you claim was broken in this case?


A new term for verifying voters and eliminating voter fraud. "Voter suppression" otherwise known as vote early, vote often, vote dead, vote illegally. Brilliant!


I'm curious what you'd do to determine if a snorkler is snorkling or drowning?  Obviously no easy solution.  How about limit the number of bodies in the ocean at Hanauma?  Accidents happen and although sometimes preventable, we can never account for the ability of those venturing in to the water.  Many at Hanauma really just need to STAND UP!  Instead they panic...


Off task. Stay on topic please.


dome:  You, and OS,  Fish,  keep confusing "hate" with "dislike".  I do not hate, but there are many things I "DISLIKE".  Get your words correct......


Biggest whiner in the NHL.


Was that because of expertise not available in Canada or because when you have a lot of money you can skip any line in the US?


What Spicer did is what's referred to as "moving the goal posts." The prez used the word "wiretap." That has a specific meaning. You can't come in and say "Just because he said 'wiretap' doesn't mean he actually meant the word 'wiretap.'"


Your Himmler anecdote is ironic because his actions against Jews indicate that he would have killed the person that saved him and therefore would not have been saved.
Where is the irony regarding the Scalise situation? Are you implying that Scalise's opposition to the LGBT rights agenda indicates that he wishes the death of all LGBT persons, or even the refusal to allow them to work as police officers? Could this woman not have been a police officer if she was unable to enter a gay marriage? Otherwise, even if his views had been complied with, what would have prevented her from being there?
Or is it the other way around and all LGBT people desire the death of those that oppose their agenda, so she should not have been expected to act to save republicans?
No, there's no irony here.


"The issue of the church's ministry to divorced and remarried people is addressed in the exhortation, which calls for pastoral accompaniment of such persons and a recognition that priests can no longer make blanket moral determinations about so-called "irregular" situations."
So the situation is that a young pregnant women feels she can't bring a child into the world and so chooses an abortion. Is this an irregular situation about which a priest cannot make a moral determination?


Is the fix in?


I saw the interview.  I understand the reporter gave him a pass, but I also watched the press conference.


Yet another example of county zoning and permitting regulations killing economic development for the public - the public they are alleged to serve.


No.  There's nothing wrong with that.

Please try to learn something this week about the First Amendment and how it works.


I think the psychologists have already begun.


garycrum - Satoshi Kanazawa is a low IQ leftwing nutjob and racist.  That fully explains why you suckered for his biased research, thereby quantifying my hypothesis regarding Democrats.

Your man Satoshi also publicly proclaimed that Black women are the least attractive group among all humans.    As a result, the largest student organization in London (representing 120,000 students) unanimously called for Kanazawa's dismissal from your London school.  His work has been roundly criticized and soundly debunked by his peers.

You got any rooms available for him to board at your place?  -  regards, 420.

http://www.blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-data-are-in-regarding-satoshi-kanazawa/


Lets have a Drinking game paleface, Town Square Park tomorrow, ill be sitting under the tree by Kobuk.

I have a bottle of Listerine Gold Label, shot for shot bruh lets go!

You hate my boy Trump cause I am yellower due to the Jaundice, boy I still drink you under the tree and into the dirt.

If im asleep please wake me up!


allie, what's with the "We" stuff. Speak for yourself.


You talking about people inside or people outside. Either way yer talking stink.


Of course we do not want any use of nuke weapons.  But use of same is your interpretation of Trump's words.  There may be benefit to letting NK  know that they have much to fear if they actually attack the US.


The same business has had benzene leaks or fumes that affected the neighboring building as well.


Actually, think about it - native Hawaiians, fish ponds, poi fields, fresh water, surfing, fishing, sweet potatoes, Haole conservationists - the Environmental Protection Act gave presumptive standing to them to sue to "protect" the environment, which meant the environment they relate to. You do not understand the matter.


Apples and papayas...
Statutory rape with regards to  legal consent between teenagers, is not the same issue as serial ARSON, with the distinct possibility of loss of life, as well as huge property loss.


Jut head out to Calgary and work with him but watch your back and don't stand too close to the kerb.


Because Obama what?


So true.  Just as he never specifically denounced eating lobster nor did He mention killing witches.  He said nothing because He obeyed all the laws of the OT, and expects us to do the same.  Otherwise we are merely picking and choosing, like God's commands are a cafeteria menu.


I'd be in favor of that if voters also had to pass a citizenship test, much like drivers take a written/driving test.


Let's do this without the debt and bond. Let's deal with the failed CO congress and restore those funds stolen through wrongful acts of subterfuge and/or fraud in public service. Why would we want to service a financial debt when we are prosperous enough to pay ourselves? What would a worthy fiduciary advise the public to do here for the most optimal and enlightened collective self-interest outcome?


See that is the issue with liberals. You have been so focused on digging for dirt on Russia you have missed all that he has done. He has dismantled Obama's legacy. Almost everything he stood for will be erased year 1. He has a good chance of selecting a second Supreme Court justice.

Trump will have a longer legacy than Obama ever dreamed of.


It is a start, but the cuts need to go up a couple of million barrels for oil to be back over 100 in the next 12 months. Watch the Saudies and US oil (very greedy people as well) make it happen, Russia lines up, blow up an Iraq pipeline, Iran pumps as much as it can and  Saudi Arabia will agree to deeper cuts and the fracking will not start as fast as the analysis think. If you bough some oil yesterday, buy more today, the stocks are going up and they may just be canadas run next year. Buy US if you want another 5 percent, but be prepared to get out early next year as the CDN Dollar will recover as fast as the oil goes up...


When are you running for office?


Says Kelly, the other money changer. QUIT WASTING TIME ON THE FLOOR!!


That's for sure !


This comment is typical of environmental extremists.

First, it is overly disingenuous for you to bring up the Larsen ice shelf - five minutes on google will educate you that no reputable scientist has said there are any climate change causes of that event.  It had natural causes and even such huge calving events are a normal and healthy part of the ice shelf lifecycle.  Of course, most hyped up media and comments such as yourself immediately screamed "climate change!!".  This is what causes skepticism against the alarm you try to raise, but you conveniently try to preempt any reasonable discussion by labeling others "deniers".

Good job hurting your own cause.


Delicious future spectacle: Christy Clark in opposition voting against everything she proposed in a throne speech she stole from the NDP-Greens.  I sincerely look forward to her condemning her own proposals.  Well, we know Clark won't hang around, she'll fly off to greener pastures as a lobbyist for realtors or an asbestos manufacturer (she takes anything that pays well); but the rest of that lame duck Liberal (fake liberal) bunch deserve to go down in flames.


on Nov 18 UN was working on resolution to stop fascism and their supporters from spreading and put a legal end to it. US and Ukraine ( the only country in the world with nazi brigade freely roaming the streets) both voted against it - two countries in the whole world! Blame Obama for it, nothing to do with Trump. It is a darkest era in your head if you did not know about it and blame Trump for it. The hate Obama has to Israel and Jews is just crazy. His supporters will spray swastikas and blame Trump for it...


I agree.  I just prefer to be called the gay community, and I am technically bi, but just prefer being with men.


You still around Krauthammer?


Just watch - those Liberal MPs speaking out about this plan will not be supported by Mr. Trudeau, Mr. Butts or Ms. Telford when nomination time comes around.

Poor Cabinet members - no smiling faces in that photo.


socks with birk sandals?  This whole 'ugly is beautiful' irony trend is completely out of control.


I'm arguing about the COST of the permits before the Assembly allows another 100 permits on the streets at what $2000 a pop?  How is that fair to the original permit holders?  How do you know the courts will not intervene?  The taxi owners need to try the court route.


Tremendously tremendous humility.


Awful guy. Harper on steroids.


Trump tactics: go ballistic when found at fault. Exampled at the top, justifies mimicry. Gomes is out of order, especially when claiming he's picking up trash.


Can't wait to see what kind of click bait BS article titles you come up with!


This Is exactly what is wrong with modern Christianity.  Seems to me that Jesus himself was killed for being a subversive to the Emperor.. !!!!!    Yeah, go ahead and 'splain  that one away.


"Interesting that the MP's are going to learn "How to manage that strong reaction"

Well, it's hard to gauge just how "strong" (meaning, pervasive or wide-spread) a negative reaction is these days.  Certainly you can't do it from reading these pages...although we're tempted.
Kadhr settlement: wow--strong reaction.
PM tweet: welcome to Canada: yikes, very strong reaction.
Think the comment from Billy112 says it: the Liberals have calculated in their tolerance level on rejection.  So, in the Kadhr case, likely weighed the potential and went ahead.

An uninformed, indifferent, distracted populace means governments are fairly safe. Witness Trump steamroller ability. It's even EASIER than it was, say, half a century ago, because we are no longer as homogeneous a population.  We're all "splinter groups" differing on what we think/fear/want.

It'll take more than one issue or even two to reach a "tipping point."  FN+Kadhr+tweet+tax+ + +.

It also takes something else: a viable alternative.


Whazzie:

Habs did lose, if they keep these losses up, it won't be good for anyone, sport!


I don't understand why accessible parking permit holders are allowed to park on streets rather than the empty parking lots, which often have designated spots.


Hmmm, quite an interesting thought.


It is fortunate that in the end we will be judged by God and not one another.


That may be true, but the danger lies with people who spout vitriol like yours.


Curt,
In your post, are you saying that the Native leaders who negotiated the ANCSA need to make reparations to the Native people or are you saying that the Native leaders at the time "sold out" the Native people and the Native leaders today need to "revise" the ANCSA ?
What sources, books, historical documents do you recommend they read to educate themselves ?
 I would venture to guess that all the reparations or most of them anyway have already been made. I do know that recently the communities/tribes that came out of the ANCSA landless are about to receive both land and money from the Federal government.
It has take forty or so years for this to happen but it is happening.


Chris, Mark is well liked by many R's. not so much


The Marijuana Control Board is strictly for regulation. It has nothing to do with promoting the industry.
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/AboutUs.aspx


I speak to the "victims of poverty" every day and a number of them are working under the table and not reporting their income. Also, if you choose not to work and live on a limited government income until you get a government pension, surely that is your choice.


The Sheriff's Airport Division has never enjoyed a good reputation. Slackers at their jobs and just plain lazy. Maybe that's why the State  DOT dumped them from the airport.


It was reported long  before the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center that the FBI received relevant information and chose to table the reports.  What's the use of having the FBI if all they're going to do is sweep terrorist information under their rug?  People have died and continue to die at the hands of ISIS linked terrorist; even home grown.


Hi, TPII:

"... Bern is not for a Venezuelan-style approach ..."  Maybe not consciously or on purpose, but gee - giving away 'free' this and 'free' that, all funded (of course) by confiscatory taxation leveled on the (carefully undefined) "rich" - Sen. Sanders' approach certainly *sounds* Venezuelan, whether he cares to admit it, or not.  :-/

I merely pointed out how that approach was working out.  ;-)

By the way, Denmark is a mixed economy under a constitutional monarchy - not (strictly speaking) a socialist government (although it is a very generous welfare state).  Interesting facts on Wikipedia:  There is no federally-mandated minimum wage in Denmark.  73% of the population approves of international trade and 'globalization'.  They are quite careful about who they let into the country - even seizing personal effects (including wedding rings) from refugees, to pay for the social costs.

Bernie support all that??  :D   (Just wondering ...)


I'd like to thank the man who sat next to Donna. --Paul


I do think there is something strange about our system. If someone has money, perhaps through a lifetime of saving, hard work, studying late into the night at university, foregoing expensive vacations or expensive cars and all that, why should they not have the right to pay for some type of superior (perhaps one might say "more expedient") health care? Why should it be "illegal" to provide it to them or take their money? It would seem to be a rights issue -- rights being, the protection of individuals from the whims of government, which seems to be the case here.


Wente is the "Scourge of the Left" and "progressives" of the left

as Oliver Twist said "Please sir, can i have more?"


I fully expect that governments will start confiscating some of what they need, by some measure and at some point.  It has happened a number of times, even over fairly recent history.


National news is reporting that tRump is planning to jet to Mexico and meet with Mexico's president; then tRump will jet back to the US and conduct a breathless Arizona rally featuring his flip-flopping stand on immigration.  There's no news on where tRump stands on immigration.   tRump  can't change his bigot/racist spots any more than a leopard can change its spots or a zebra can change its stripes, or David Duke's inability to turn in his KKK pointy hat and mad hatter cap.


The okole yodeling contest is over ?


To Martha and all of the Wallin Family, I am so sorry to hear of Gary's passing.  He was such a kind and compassionate man.  I feel privileged to have known him.  He has touched so many families and was always there to comfort us when our loved ones died.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.  May God bless you and keep you.  -Barb Pasek Manson & Family.


SO  Illegal is Illegal >  How hard is that??  And now you will not follow Federal laws??  Oh wait that is what the 1st civil war was about   >  States Rights >  But these liberals only want dependent people brought in,  so they can swell the ranks of Dependent on Government assistance VOTERS - >>>>>>>> BUY THE VOTE much???


Guess that well just dryed up.


Amazon is not even considering Canada.

Different laws, different postal system, long distances and so on.

Not a chance.


No mention of how much % of profit is made by these private insurers that are allowed to do business in Alaska. Out of every dollar they take in what is the actual % out of that dollar that is used on direct services to the insured? Out of every dollar that they take in from the insured what % is used for administrative costs by the insurance company's? How much of every dollar taken in from the insured is the % of profit for the insurance company's? Inquiring minds want to know.


I was stationed at Elmendorf from 71-73 and we had more personnel then than now with 3 gates.  There are now 4 and Muldoon has replaced Post Rd and Gov't Hill as the most used.    Tikatnu is not the issue. VA Clinic and Elm access is.


"...tragic Oso landslide as “freak” events." The implication is that Oso was caused by global warming? Nobody agrees with that. Geologists point to the geology of the hillside as the cause, noting the town should not have been built in the path of the potential landslide.

The fact that he tries to link climate change to an event that literally nobody who knows about the event says is valid indicates how unscientific his arguments are.


Please see above...here I'll quote it for you.

"The norm now is to label anyone opposed to the left wing agenda as racist and hate speech in an attempt to censor and shut down dissenting opinions."

Your attacks on free speech will not be tolerated comrade.


Continued. damn character limit.....

5. Islamic State. By 2008 the volatile Middle East region had quieted significantly. The Obama administration abandoned a long standing U.S. policy regarding foreign dictators and goons (He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch) and threw Mubarak under the bus. The President then signed off on an ill-advised plan to overthrow Khadafy. Mr. Obama drew a red line for Assad and failed to back up his tough talk. These destabilizing acts turned the “Arab Spring” into a bloody nightmare of anarchy
6. Trump. Heads we lose, tails we lose.


[Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the manager of the GOP team, said there were "dozens if not hundreds of shots fired."]

Any Republican knows that assault rifles and high capacity magazines have nothing whatsoever to do with any mass shootings, like at elementary schools.  If only every legislator had an assault rifle along with a bandoleer of high capacity magazines then these type of things couldn't happen.

Please do not shoot the messenger, do not blame the gun.  Remember, guns do not wound, maim or kill politicians....like Gabrielle Giffords, John Kennedy or Robert Kennedy.  People like Martin L. King or people like George Wallace.

I am not anti-gun.  I do not advocate taking away the guns.  I do advocate responsible ownership, reasonable restrictions, universal background checks and waiting periods.   Lets not be coy about gun freeze zones.  I do not like reading about guns and violence in our country, be it at a church in the south or a baseball game for members of Congress.


Transubstantiation was not where near fully developed until the middle of the 13th century.


No problem Warriors....got the tourney coming up. Rest up, heal up and IMUA!


Story is a pleasant relief from the regular chaos.


So true.  The main law disregarded is that if there are 5 vehicles following you, pull over.  It's really quite simple.  So frustrating to be caught behind someone who doesn't even know how to pull a trailer and does it seldom - only to go fishing once a year - and they're too scared to go the speed limit.  Oh - and they haven't properly hooked up their lighting so no brake lights visible, and since they're breaking so many laws, they decide to ensure no one can see their license plate. The problem isn't the speed limit.  It's people who aren't going the speed limit and who won't pull off when they want to drive 20 miles under the speed limit.  If people can't drive their RVs at the speed limit, leave it at home.  Buy your fish from Costco and save a few lives.


Why are we following the US and UK? Why not follow the South Korean or Chinese example? Don't innovate just  copy and steal with government supported loans. Western companies are giving this high tech stuff away in China for market share they will never see. So much for Canadian jobs.


SNOWFLAKES :)


Corruption controls Alaska politics! Pretty simple!


Political calculation and social media, nice to see someone able to clearly define the hysteria behind the re-writing of history by the left.


All sounds good but me thinks this is nothing more than a "feel good" article.
Let's see some numbers instead. Because the last time I read an article on the subject in the AJC, it had said that in order for project to break even, the gas prices would have to increase about 2 &1/2 times what it is now. And this is with 3rd party investors expecting a lower ROR.

Show us some real numbers, otherwise this is just cheerleading noise. But I guess this is what the author is paid 800k to do..


"Trudeau must protect Canadian jobs ......."  He'll do that on his next visit to Canada.  right now he is on a vacation at an "undisclosed location".


is Aloun farms leaving the farming business?
Ewa farm - turning into Hoopili - thanks to landlord DR Horton.
Waipio farm - turning to Koa Ridge - thanks to landlord Castle & Cooke.
Helemano farm being sold in parcels - thanks to Aloun farms.

Only time will tell.


by pirates from India


And yet, according to an article in today's New York Times,

 "On a range of issues, Mr. Trump seems to be taking a page from the Sanders playbook, expressing a willingness to increase the minimum wage, suggesting that the wealthy may pay higher taxes than under his original proposal, attacking Mrs. Clinton from the left on national security and Wall Street, and making clear that his opposition to free trade will be a centerpiece of his general election campaign.

As Mr. Trump lays the groundwork for his likely showdown with Mrs. Clinton, he is staking out a series of populist positions that could help him woo working-class Democrats in November. But in doing so, he is exacerbating the trepidation some Republicans already feel about his candidacy at a moment when the party typically rallies to its nominee."

Can he out-politician Hillary?


The bottom-line fact is that there are straightforward methods to bypass encryption by obtaining direct access to outgoing messages before they are encrypted and incoming messages after they are decrypted (or, better yet, to simply obtain the encryption password) -- planted spyware, hidden shoulder-surf cams, collecting and interpreting electromagnetic noise, and probably other secret tricks.
These all work just fine -- for monitoring *specific targets*. They're too resource-intensive for *mass surveillance*. For mass surveillance, politicians need backdoors. Ergo, the obvious conclusion is that demands for backdoors are driven by a government desire for illegal mass surveillance, not legitimate investigation of suspicious characters.


The Sisters project along Hiway 22 is a long term public and private endeavor using corrections clients for cheap  labor.  The Fremont project is a stewardship contractor,  with cash outlay by the USFS.  But,  if the litigating public wants to have yellow belly pines a hundred years from now,  the myriad regulations created by men of good will actually work hard to prevent that from happening.  EPA will be the leader,  and the ESA will be next in line.  The old McNamara reasoning that you have to destroy the village to save the village is alive and well in Federal land management principles today.


Did she not get busted for plagiarism twice?  She most certainly did.  Why do you hate free speech Layla?  I know, you're still upset that you got caught with several user names.  Yeah, you did!


After Obama went to the UK before the vote and said the UK would be at the back of the line.  Bad Obama, bad Obama!


I suggest you ponder the meaning of capitalism, and the number one global proponent of capitalist ideology.


I think that someone needs to tell the coal miners that Big Coal is not coming back and someone needs to tell you that not only Liberals are enrolled in the ACA. ( and yes millions of Liberal have guns, are in the military, love America ad drink beer).   LOL


Crooked Hillary should be in jail - with Comey - as a room mate.
2 peas in a pod, for 20-years, together forever.
THAT would be justice.


Frankly, Trump acts before he thinks. It would make more sense for Trump to sign an order to not grant any more visas, rather than simply deny entry. That would have eliminated all this chaos.

Not that I agree with Trump's ban, but as head of the Executive Branch, he could have executed his policy better.


Habs give up 45 shots to the Sabres - Wow! They will finish bottom 3rd with that lack of team discipline! The Leafs are licking their chops!!!


Oh, bless your deceitful heart. Of course the wealthy "aren't taxes enough."  It's you who introduced the false "citizens" biz.

Republicans run up the debt and then pretend its the Democrats fault.  SMILE! You just got caught with your hand in the cookie jar.


I knew this wouldn't happen, as liberals need this lie
to get elected. Cretin, and others have used this lie to
obtain power befor and it won't happen.
Never allow legal dope. And to stop drug dealers, just kill
them. They'll get the drift, no work, no live.


I am born and raised in  Kotzebue, I know I heard the name "Geoff Kennedy" somewhere! I'm sure you heard this more than once, but 'do a book'! I would love to hear more anecdotes from around Alaska. I had some good laughs and chuckles reading your short stories.


Like "red lines"?


Hopefully all of Mr. Freemans criminal activity was after he left or retired  from the Fire Department not before or while serving our community. This guy should be devastated
and distraught, if convicted bad, things are going to happen to this former fire fighter who has multiple gun violations.


Read a bit about this.  Michael Eisner was head of Disney when his company bought Weinstein's.  A few years later, Disney fired the guy. Eisner's recall: Weinstein was an "unmitigated bully."

We don't hear a lot about what might be called, "boardroom bashing," because to complain or protest is, well, unmanly.


Hahaha a medical degree is subsidized. But the doctor has sacrificed a large part of his life, and is subject to the whims of beurocrats. The public servant/union salaries/benefits/ age 55 retirement is HUGELY subsidized by the public.


It's a bit rich, shall we say, to omit mention of the millions the BCLibs have pulled in corporate funding AFTER the May 9 election.


The idea was to stop the mad rush to end the use of coal. Coal is still a necessary tool for filling our energy needs. Coal still supplies around 36% of the nation's electricity.


Wow, she's a mess.


Yes, but the planet is warming much faster now, with our "help." The industrial revolution came about in the late 1700s. Humans had been around thousands of years before that, and we did minimal damage. Now, 250 years after industrialization, we've managed to pollute the planet to near the point of collapse. Good job! (sarcasm)


"The vote count/Electoral College is just a memory to Americans at this point, it's effect if any, long past."

Tell that to all the people who keep protesting Trump.

And SirJohn can certainly be taken to task. The irony of him calling out the MSM as fake news when he provides his own spin is rich indeed.


If one maps the spread of early Christianity, it overlays very faithfully to the Roman lines of communication.   Makes sense.

God also "used" the Roman and Greek ethos for logic, laws, order (and hierarchical decision makeing) to develop the Church and its teaching.


Fire investigators are not the brightest crayons in the box.


Port Orchard is known for issues in permitting but we have Cookies and Pet Town.  Food prices are comparable or cheaper than Petco.


Janet Zuccarini’s original comments were unnecessary, so is the debate in this article.


It does make sense but that means you're relying on one firebreak. More firebreaks would facilitate both access to a fire, and help to prevent a fire from spreading.

I wonder if we have indigenous fire resistant plants? These are used for so-called green firebreaks, but they are also vegetation so they could prevent wind from spreading embers too.


Brett has found an interesting place from which to pursue his specialties with the sheer volulme of garbage pouring forth from the mouths of TV journalists.  We don't even watch the TV news anymore.  Those jokers can't even use the English language correctly and ignore or have forgotten the legacy of real reporters like Cronkite and Murrow.


http://tinyurl.com/ksndtnn

"A lot of people could die unless Donald Trump leaves this to the grown-ups," he continued. "I would much rather have Mcmaster and Mattis and even Rex Tillerson handling this right now than this verbally incontinent man-child who feels like he is moving little toy soldiers around the board."


Just what we need:  Another media outlet to agitate Americans!


Good article with a lot of truth. More and more, people talk past each other, and not to each other. The moment either side says something the other side doesn't like, the name-calling and labeling starts. This is America, and opposing viewpoints should be allowed and expressed in a civil manner, not taken as an opportunity to try stifling the rights of others to hold viewpoints or beliefs different from the 'perceived' politically-correct version of group-think. Chanting in mobs that one group of people matter more than others, or gerrymandering election districts to disenfranchise the citizens of their votes, are just two examples of extreme positions, where one side is trying to marginalize the other. Unfortunately, the shouting and anger from all sides just keeps ratcheting up. Throwing rocks and bottles and attacking demonstrators or protestors is wrong on both sides, regardless of how one might feel 'provoked'. There needs to be room for everyone to speak, and be heard.


Hey thanks Jay Ramras for shortening the session-- bad idea. You are just another republican with bad ideas. Our legislature needs adequate time to do its work. Jay Ramras should have stayed home in the first place and stayed out of public office so he could have minded his own business without abrading the rest of Alaska. We need 120 day legislative sessions. We need zero day sessions with Jay Ramras.


The voters are going to repudiate the GOP and the DNC by electing Trump.  He is the anti establishment candidate and anti establishment is in.  The BS from the run of the mill journalists duels the anti vote.


Very true. The income tax proponents are now admitting, even bragging, that many if not most would pay nothing. As if that helps sell this as a "fair" tax.


the villagers don't want the jobs anyway, they might miss a days work in da village.


like the turks when they invaded europe in 1354 to expand the ottoman empire and spread islam?


No real difference, except with all these deals, UN, NATO, etc, we get stuck paying the bill.  China, India, and the other major polluters will do as they and their economy requires....since there are no consequences for those who don't meet targets.  That being said, we should still make our own plan and continue to advance against global warning.


Gardner long ago ran for cover, collaborating with the Kochs while hiding from the people he was elected to serve -- nearing 500 (about 489 days) without a single town hall meeting.

And Trump is more determined than ever to ignore the will and the well-being of the Americans a president is charged with serving; and instead catering to his minority followers by pulling every trick to kill the ACA.

Sabotage is not leadership, but more proof that if this coward doesn't get his way, he'll abuse his power to get what he wants, which is to destroy everything Obama, most likely out of envy.


For the latter, my apologies; I misunderstood you (and retract!).

For the former, my assertion has nothing to do with my "beliefs." I never said the data "assumes" all Trump voters are racist or uneducated. I said it suggests level of education and racial views are strong indicators of support for Trump.


By that logic, Harper should have had about three million new voters but, in fact, he lost support.


So you want the owner to get this precious dog back...what happens the next time Jordan lands in jail? Another Meth head going to "take care" of him? He needs a stable home where he is not in danger. All anyone needs to know about the story...is that he will never be safe where he was.


Education is resource management. And in many district headsheds, resource mismanagement. Out of touch, overpaid, and misinformed, our district leaders are bumbling in their attempt to manage a precious resource.


More FAKE posturing from Trump apparently.  A good thing in this case! It should remain. Of course if Udall was still Senator I wonder what would have happened.


Every move Donald Trump has made so far, including the refugee ban, has been primarily a symbolic gesture of political payback for the Republican base - that 33.33% of the electorate who reliably vote Republican every single time no matter what. There is no consideration given to the remaining 66.66% of Americans who do not comprise the Republican base, and there is a cavalier disregard for the utter chaos that might ensue from the hasty roll-out of ill-conceived, ill-timed executive orders. Donald Trump is clearly making it up as he goes along, and all the people with whom he has surrounded himself are having to go behind him cleaning up his mess like pet owners observing the pooper-scooper law. Actually, that metaphor gives Team Trump entirely too much credit. Unlike responsible pet owners, Trump's people are leaving the mess right where he dumps it so everyone can step in it and let its fetid aroma permeate the atmosphere. Enjoy the stench, folks, it's only just begun.


Little d also shamed women about weight...add to the list of stupid.  Imagine if they were caught doing this while on the job and then denied it! Imagine it was your daughter being belittled, bullied by a man in authority.


I had a subscription for over 40 years and cancelled it because of their radical swing far left and political correctness.


Funny, the "right" used to pay lip service to supporting the military. Now the Republican Party is about to nominate and Poor Paul is about to vote for a guy who says POWs, "I like people who don't surrender."

Why, Paul? Why? Why do you hate America's Armed forces? Why


Maybe we could encourage Obama or Hillary to be ambassadors there?!
Susan Rice? Lois Lerner? Eric Holder?...


Barton is a vicious Conservative hating Liberal sucking it up on the public purse without any accountability to the tax payers of Canada. Never ever will I watch her !


this has been the case for many years.  But how do you expect the MNR to actually go to each site given the staff cuts in this  area?  It has been easy to cut this Ministry as it has the least impact on people's daily life.


Wavey:  You should be thankful that we did not go ahead with the project in 2002.  Just think where the state would be financially if we had!  It would make the current 4 billion deficit look like pocket change.