Ah, you'll get used to it.  Samuel L. Jackson plays Nick Fury in the Marvel superhero movies, but in the comics he was white.  Jackson fits the role better.  And without question the coin version is way better looking than the statue.


Lawmakers:. When can we see a tax write off for renters?! When can we see a cap on rental cost ?!


So sick of this "my way or the highway" mentality. Hey, Assembly members - Respect has to be earned, so why don't you all work on that.


Is there one set of laws for the elite and another for the people in South Africa?

Are not all people equal under the law?

Will justice be done in South Africa?  The world watches.


Try Google:
"Donald Trump wrong that media is not reporting on terrorism any more":
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-media-not-reporting-terrorism-a/

"Trump Said To Fact Check, So We Did…He Just Told 2 Insane Lies":
http://www.bluedotdaily.com/trump-said-to-fact-check-so-we-did-he-just-told-2-insane-lies/


You're not honest, you've already been caught out in your lies.

Stay out of Alaska, we don't need more of your dishonesty.


Archbishop Chaput also has an article in CatholicPhilly strongly against the government immigration attempts. It really does seem there is something of a united front.


A lot.of photo ops of Donald signing pieces of paper for the cameras. Nothing has actually happened. That will require real skill and diplomacy, neither of which is much in supply in the White House any more.


Face palm while using a computer criticizing others for using a computer.


I live in a beachfront property. My hobby is living life "large "- a word often used to create a wide range or scope.


Every time I have had my dogs on Tramadol, that drug sedates them.  It is not a drug that any of us would choose to give our dogs during a race even if it were not against race rules.  There are other better pain medications to give a dog during a race if you were to do that.  So whether there is some truth in what the veterinarians are saying in this article, Tramadol still would not be a drug of choice we would choose for our dogs during any competitive race. And from what I understand Mitch Seavey is saying, it would make no sense to drug your dogs hours before a scheduled drug test.  I think someone who has no comprehension about dog sled racing and who wants to end the Iditarod drugged Dallas' dogs. And I wish he would race - because I would hate to see whoever did this win this thing.  If he and the other mushers boycott this race - in my mind - is like giving in when someone is being held hostage -- it just encourages more acts of sabotage.  That could end the Iditarod.


If Trumpcare passes, or if they just repeal O-care, the blame will fall on the Dems.  Trump, the Republican politicians, and the right wing scream machine will all be screaming the same story.  The story they will tell is one where the Democrats destroyed the insurance industry, and that Trump and the Republicans just couldn't fix it in time to prevent a collapse.  It won't matter that their story is a complete lie, their supporters will believe it, and that is all that matters.


Yes, can someone convince me what is wrong with the idea of merit-based hiring practices?


You're a liar.


What a thief always wants is another score  AKA the "Sting"...the fix is not in until the Alaska Supreme Court rules! The fix will only last if Alaskans don't wake up to the Government's CON JOB but will Alaskans see through it, that's yet to be seen....WAKE UP ALASKA theft of property over $300.00 is a felony no matter who commits it!!!


Whining about whining.  Many Alaskans simply prefer Denali.


ADN,  I expect you to show respect for the new President of the United States. It's time for you to think of the good of the country over your liberal agenda.


"I’m looking for a BMW 528i xDrive. My budget is around $30,000. I’m a luxury wine rep and want a car that looks great and fits the part. But I also want something decent to drive. Any other German cars I should consider? – Henri, Vancouver"

I think Henri tried to sell me a bottle of previously enjoyed luxury wine on a Gastown street corner...the cork wasn't quite seated in the bottle!


I just want to send you some love!


Thank you, dennism


Yes he was alone on the top of a truck but as I came closer he jumped down and came right over to me. I fed him kibbles in a cupcake which he snarfed right down. The other two kits peered suspiciously out the cat door until a barking down scattered them throughout the house. I left my name and phone # on a note that said call me and I'll bring cat food to you so you can feed them.

I am concerned about him being outside with the loose dogs in the streets. He does seem to have some street smarts so that is good. If Animal Control doesn't feel ok with them being there they  may want to move them to the ASPCA shelter until Mr Nelson makes it home again.

ACAT will be checking in on the kits daily. Thanks for your concern for Mr. Nelson's cats. You are very kind!


Does Israel have legitimate title to those sites?


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http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/21/trump-goes-to-cia-to-attack-media-lie-about-crowd-size-and-suggest-stealing-iraqs-oil/
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What ad naseum said.  Supply and demand.  Econ101


There has been a serious outbreak of humour deficiency on this forum. There are no less than four perfectly serious responses to a comment that is unmistakable snark.


Hi motley, how are you?


The report, compiled by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, showed that mainlanders and foreign citizens gravitated toward higher-end purchases.

The average sale price of homes sold to foreign buyers from 2008 to 2015 was $785,604, and the average sales price for mainlanders was $630,390.

By comparison, the average sale price of homes sold to local buyers over the same period was $478,189.

The report showed that some 38 percent of U.S. Mainland buyers were from California, 10.5 percent were from Texas, and 8.5 percent were from Washington State.

Among international buyers, 44 percent were Canadian and 38 percent were from Japan.

Meanwhile, buyers from Hong Kong had the highest average home price – at $1 million, followed by buyers from China, whose average home price was $936,000.

The report comes as the state grapples with a housing shortage that’s pricing out many Hawaii families.


Does that cover pictures as well? That would be the solutions to what I am asking to protect EVERYONE and not just gays. No words or images are required. When the skinhead comes into the black baker's shop the black baker would obviously have to make the cake but nothing offensive can be placed on it. If that's true...then OK.
The Little Guy


Thanks, I too get tired of people standing deep in their ideological poo. Pointing fingers and making things more divided and more partisan.

Not everyone has the depth of character to see past their own ignorance.


Cardinal Kasper has a lot to say on the issue yet he has no flock, or pastoral responsibilities either.


Why do you ask?


Faith Myers and Dorrance Collins, if you were in a public restroom and a transgender woman came in, you might not even know it, because they would presumably be trying to "pass" as the woman they feel themselves to be. However, if a transgender man -- presumably dressed and acting like a man -- came into the women's restroom as required by this law, would you feel more comfortable?


You have no credibility here after I exposed your fake facts.


Agreed but until the "other way" is found we will need police and jails.
Who knows, if the guy survives maybe he will have a real "get Jesus " moment and get help. But he still has to answer for his actions and choices. That too is part of healing !


I don't agree with this article because as we all know "whites" are vilified and threatened with dispossesion and massacre,  this comes from senior  African nationalist leaders  - almost every day.  This is the context of farm murders that is being blatantly ignored and/or denied. It is therefore not just "more crime" - no there is a clear  defined political motive and there is  such an abundance of evidence for incitement to violence that denying/ignoring it becomes the actual crime.


Don't confuse her with relevant facts.


Wow, Anchorage is getting terrible. Seems like things happen more often late at night/early morning.


No doubt, thank god McCain/Palin went down in flames.


Maybe there is a continuing story here of public interest.  Guess the Chief saw enough on the cameras to close the case.


You are missing something.  In the morning when West Oahu commuters are leaving to go to work/school(actually besides students, many workers work at a school) in the Manoa/Makiki/Waikiki areas & they are all trying to catch the train at the same time, the Hoopili rail station will be a major bottleneck.  You can only load one train at a time and having a couple thousand people all trying to board simultaneously can easily cause an additional 1/2 hour or longer delay at the Hoopili station.   Also, unlike City buses on the road that can travel one behind the other, for safety the trains must be spaced apart probably at least mile which is the distance from one Oahu train stop to the next.  If there is a delay of one train at a stop, that will delay ALL trains behind the stopped train.  The train might have mechanical or electrical problems or if you have seen YouTube train suicides, if someone commits suicide on the Oahu train,  HPD will shut down the entire Oahu rail for many HOURS.


Go smoke your meth and shut the shit up dumb ass . You have to have a mind to know it


How many kids & dependents do you support?


Thanks Mike! I was using the ABA...it's a good article....here's the link:

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/intelprop/magazine/LandslideJan2010_Hofer.authcheckdam.pdf


"The price for detached houses sold in Greater Vancouver averaged $1.68-million last month, down 5 per cent since July but a 1.8-per-cent gain compared with December, 2015."

My assessment this year shows a 49% increase in value.  Slump? I think the market can handle that.


Takes me for ever to get my recurve strung. The bad guy would be saying "You going to finish with that anytime soon?"


Well Jeff - as you know, those appointments were made by Trudeau and handed a stinking pile to John Turner.   Trudeau did not like Turner (eg:  did not campaign for Turner in the 1984 election) - that is well known and basically sabotaged Turner with these appointments.    Turner, did not have the guts to reverse the appointments - leading to Mulroney's famous "You had an option, sir" in the election debates which relegated Turner to also ran status.

In other words - those 1984 appointments were not made as "business as usual".   They were made with malicious intent and they worked.      You're also forgetting that Trudeau did this while handing the Govt to Turner who had just won the Leadership convention.     It was done before the 1984 election was called.      Harper did his appointment spree AFTER losing an election for FUTURE appointments (after the Liberals took power), not to fill current spots.


You do realize trump loves the National Enquirer & they paid a woman for her affair story with trump so they could kill the story?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2017/07/03/national-enquirer-paid-kill-trump-affair-story/?ref_widget=trending&ref_blog=friendlyatheist&ref_post=josh-duggar-playing-the-victim-card-joins-lawsuit-filed-by-his-sisters


More migrants on the way. The slow death of France continues.


The city was mandated by voters in 2006 to make Honolulu a pedestrian-friendly city.  In 2012, the council unanimously supported a complete streets policy.  Bulb-outs fulfill those mandates.  Some bulb-outs may need to be revised, but to remove all of them would be a disservice to pedestrians.


It was a 14-0 vote: it cannot get more democratic than this , especially that all of Israel's European allies voted for the resolution . Israel does not understand democracy - thus explaining its sour-grape response and apartheid policies


I'm here reading the usual garbage posts from the usual right wing suspects.


Motley: enjoy yourself with AT.......it's gotten way too weird for me........good cheer...Gary Crum


Anybody but Tancredo.


No one believes in pure, unregulated capitalism.  For example, who doesn't believe that the FDA shouldn't regulate the pharmaceutical industry, and what executive of a pharma company is going to take the pills of a new drug that has not gone through the US drug approval process?

So my only point is that no one is arguing for the total absence of government regulation.  No one.


Did the pro #RAILFAIL demonstrators outside get sick time/comp time/over time from their shop stewards to go shill for this mismanaged fiasco project?? Could any of them actually READ the banners they were displaying??

Wonder if Crookwell the pretend mayor went scurrying like a rat for the one dollar bills Choon James flung out to the floor?! Nothing is EVER enough for him...


"Hebda said that he believed the archdiocese's plan "provides a fair and just resolution" and cautioned that the longer the legal process continues, the more attorneys' fees and other related costs will eat into the settlement funds ultimately available to survivors."

Hebda, like his predecessor Nienstedt, doesn't get it.  After decades of abuse and neglect, he believes only he can decide what is fair.


Jacob McDaniels, Your statements are misleading. First, you claim that the article uses "metric numbers" and "pounds," but it does not. Instead, it uses percentages to show increases or decreases in yield or herbicide use. Second, you claim that "today there are tens of million more acres in production then (sic) there was twenty years ago." However, according to data from the USDA, the number of acres in production has been stable in the US for the past 20 years. In 1995 it was 318,289,000 acres; in 2005 it was 317,640,000 acres; and in 2015 it was 318,512,000 acres. (continued)


And an Awesome Scout Leader!


"independent outside parties" lol.


Just within the last 30 days Trump has cut/harmed various agreements or programs and kicked them to Congress to fix. In each of these cases he's been either an antagonist or, at best, hands off supporting rather than taking a more proactive part.  The most glaring is perhaps ending the DACA program.  He claims he as them "in his heart" and "they'll be fine" but then treats them like a political bargaining chip for tougher immigration reforms.  Perhaps the best example is with this part of the ACA (not the other EOs such as the one which creates a loophole for insurance companies to "band" healthy/lower risk accounts) which he supported, then backed off on.  But the worst has got to be de-certifying the Iran deal when Iran is holding up their end of the deal.  He passed the buck to Congress in a deliberate play to his political base.


Why is anyone surprised that Puerto Rico, which has been economically destroyed by their leftist politicians prior to any hurricanes, is in trouble now?  These local politicians, similar to their political brothers in New Orleans, do not know how to make things but only take things.  When your hand is constantly outstretched, even in good times, why should they suddenly be expected to care for themselves when emergencies hit?

The media would love to blame this on Trump just like they blamed Katrina on Bush. Bush wasn’t responsible for the money that should have been spent on dike maintenance for years in New Orleans, ending up in local politicians pockets. Trump isn’t responsible for the locals living in a hurricane zone and not being better prepared. The Democrats are crippling Trumps efforts of setting up his government by an unprecedented delay of his appointments.

Any mayor who is crying and whining to the world, is certainly not instilling confidence. Let’s blame Trump.


what a  load  of  horse  manure  from  a  crybaby  loser


Excerpted from "935 LIES: The Future Of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity"
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2017/02/sunday-morning-party-line_13.html
In other words, it was eight years during which the media (which was now rotten from top to bottom with former Bush Administration speech writers, toadies and water boys) let the Right get away with more and more brazen lies and openly treasonous behaviors while ever more aggressively marginalizing the dirty Liberals who were warning (just as they had in 1994 and 2000 and 2004) that letting Republicans lie with impunity about the disasters they were creating and the conspiracies they were concocting and the scapegoats and straw-men they were inventing would lead to disaster.
Which bring us back to the here-and-now:
Just read the whole thing.


Thanks for speaking up. I have always felt that encouragement of the good is just as important as flagging and denouncing evil.


Jerry are you volunteering to lead us by example??


Not any cake, a wedding cake. Again, let's not create "facts" from thin air.


Do a little reading about Cambridge Analytica and what the did for the Trump campaign and the vote makes more sense.


I ride up and down Benson daily, and every day this happens at almost every cross road when I am west bound( against flow of traffic, sidewalks are bi directional) Drivers roll forward or turn right with heads turned to left. I shout or whistle until I have eye contact, the majority realize they were not looking for anyone on sidewalk or are in the crosswalk when crosswalk user has right of way. If no eye contact or tinted windows I stop whether I have right of way or not. This guy was upset because every single day someone who does not obey the LAW and look both ways tries to kill him, the frustration is real. Do you know what it is like to have people try to kill you through ignorance every day?
 I used to do this same stupid thing as a driver. Ride a bike and you will never see driving or city planning in the same way. the bright point of your story is you will always look now...


Sorry you are incorrect, they don't use suitcases, they use black bags,


We have an electoral college because only land owners were allowed to vote, the Northern States had small farms, and cities meaning more male land owners eligible to vote while the Southern states had large plantations meaning fewer male land owners eligible to vote. It was a compromise to get the Southern States to agree to the new constitution of the United States where the federal government had more authority than they had under the Articles of Confederation. The system is what we have, and Trump has been elected. The system needs to change as the country has moved to allow any citizen 18 years and older to vote.
As for your mandate numbers they are flawed.

Trump only has a press conference scheduled, we will see if he really has a plan.

Breitbart often published white nationalists articles. Many people looked at the site, including liberals. It always wise to see what all people are thinking, even if you disagree with them.


"Basic economics tells us that wages do not rise because of unions, but rather because people have become more productive..."

On the contrary, our history tells a different tale.  Incomes increased steadily through the post war era through the 60s into the 70s along with productivity.  This was also the time of the greatest density of Unionized workforce.  As the attacks on Unionization increased and were more successful in decreasing Union density wages stagnated and even fell (after adjusted for inflation) even though productivity increased.


I see your point but weather can play a contributing factor.


Victor, word of advice:  Stay off your own side.


Price gouging is evil.  Market forces that are supposed to regulate costs are so distorted in the U.S. by the third party medical insurance system that they are virtually non-existent.


This article is poorly written, poorly researched, offensive, and completely out of touch with any kind of reality. As a millenial graduate student and state government employee, you're saying I can get what I need in housing, which is apparently turned down for 3 auto loans and living with 4 other people in a poorly maintained house in a poor black neighborhood, displacing folks who have lived here for generations and are less well off than I, commuting by bike and bus because I can't afford a car? Really?

Interesting how the comments on this article have to be civil, but the article doesn't. Thanks for being insulting and for your classist, ageist, wealthy old white guy perspective. Must have been nice being able to afford a house before you hit 30.


Exactly.  This is hardly an isolated incident for Aurora police, either.


Lock them up.


BC had to choose: left, far left, extremist left. Who knew the far left would be the centralist party?


This awesome how many people have bought many of these devices only to use them once and then what? They should all be loaners in my mind.


An unfortunate reality; better service requires additional expense.


The women who marched on Saturday did vote !


That' a pretty succinct summation of the results of the media's policy of false equivalency, the policy which pretends that the same tactics are used to the same degree by Democrats and Republicans. This false premise has indeed fostered "division, hatred and fear".

I appreciate that the author correctly writes "the media ARE". Too many people think the media "IS" a monolithic singularity. This absurd belief generates paranoia and alienation from facts.


Then you should divert your posts into another article.


don't forget fluoridated water and Illuminati


In voting for their anti-abortion hero, Catholics, beginning with many bishops, made a deal with the devil. By voting for this man, they are part-owners of whatever harm he does.


My company taught managers that we were non union NOT anti union.   We acknowledged that unions were necessary in abusive situations.

I'd like to see fair negotiation for wages and benefits and let managers manage.   It absurd to have an adversary relationship if you want a high performance team


Donald Trump's Presidential Job Approval Ratings
Approval rating	Dates
%
Most recent weekly average	38	Oct 2-8, 2017
Term average to date	        39  	Jan 20, 2017-present
High point, weekly average	45	Jan 20-29, 2017
Low point, weekly average	35	Aug 21-27, 2017
High point, three-day average	46	twice; last on Jan 23-25, 2017
Low point, three-day average	34	six times; last on Aug 30-Sep 1, 2017
GALLUP

Trump has only reached your "45.6%" right after inauguration.
As to your statement "the majority disagree with this".  The majority have never approved of Trump in any sector of the government.
But much like the person you voted for, don't let facts get in your way.


Here's a hint as to why this is happening:  Greenspace doesn't make the developers rich and doesn't pay any taxes.  (So politicians see no gain from their perspective.)


there is no traffic light at Brayton and 74th.
FYI. in Anchorage pedestrian is just another word for drunk


No,  I've had my business on that street for almost 25 years. It's a bunch of low life scumbag drug dealers and addicts moving in.
One less to deal with now. The crap that goes on there after hours has gotten out of hand. Thank  our legislature and mayor for loosening punishment for these derelicts. The cops can't do much and they're frustrated too.
With all the lights today, Christmas came early on 74th


You can get a battery backup and Costco (Caterpillar I think) that has USB ports that will probably charge your phone 50 times for less than $100, that will get you through. Generators are a pain to maintain, especially when you don't use them for a few years (I know first hand). You can get by a week on a couple propane bottles and a BBQ if you can survive the cold.


The victims are the employees and shareholders of a great Canadian company. Who is speaking for them? The media needs to take a deeper dive. How does a solid company with solid loans get to today? hint: Is the OSC more concerned with protecting their agenda? or with protecting Canadians and their jobs and their investments?
Its time for the Globe to step up and get the real story. Twitter is not a source. Facts and hard work will point you to the real victims of this Crisis? No one is looking out for them


Uh huh, I am in accordance with Diverdave's post, and at times, I do not see "eye to eye" with his views; but on this occassion, being as I am of Hawaiian ancestry, I agree with his assesment of the situaiton.  As I really do not find anything to be in agreement with those protestors, calling themselves "avengers, protectors or anything like that" in their proclamations about Mauna Kea.

Their "pov" seems to be about turning back the clock and moving "backwards" instead of forwards, into the future.  As the Hawaiian Kingdom had it's day and now is part of history; why try to resurrect it, when it does not fit into today's societal concepts?

Yet, that seems to be the eventual goal of "Sovereignty groups" and those protesting the building of the TMT on Mauna Kea. Why try to separate Hawaiians, from being American's where we have been assimilated and have a brighter future ahead for our children?


Or why they don't block pipelines in Iran or Saudi Arabia... oh wait, because they would be shot on sight.

— Hambone678
___________________________________________________

Saudi Arabia and Iran is how you envision to change BC, for oil?

Are you threatening that people should be shot for an american-owned company known as Enron in the USA operating as Kinder Morgan here, lobbying to transport sludge to a foreign country known as China ...and shoot Canadians opposed for stealing our lands for treason?


Loser. Nuff said.


We owe less than forcast so according to liberal math we should go on a spending spree. Maybe start by bringing in more newcomers ,in particular the ones who have huge families as they can benefit from the bigger baby bonuses.


So the freedom to associate and act in concert with similarly minded people will now be over-ridden by the definition of "corporation" by whoever is in power or controls the courts? Great.


Are you trying to be ironic?


gee why shouldn't fuel be more expensive for in Alaska   sure Alaska has lots of CRUDE oil but no refineries......  have to ship the oil down to the lower 48 then ship the fuel back to Alaska and then get it out to the gas stations   what a shock


Okay, let's just focus on point #1 to start:
Obama's team net worth was 2.75 billion with over 90% of it coming from one cabinet member. Trump's team is worth 14 billion, at last count - which would be 5 times higher. So ... Um.. Not certain where you are getting your alternative facts, but my numbers come from CBS, Washington Post and Forbes.


Unless China cuts off N. Korea....which they won't, AND in the short run would likely make no difference......N. Korea will continue, and the US will likely call their bluff.....its gonna be ugly if that happens, but sooner or later it has to come to a head...and it may as well be sooner....think if the world had stopped Nazi Germany in 1936 as it "armed up"....N. Korea is a danger now and much more dangerous "later" ....so I hope it comes to a head.


This is such a garbage article.
Most min-wage workers live with their parents or spouse in a multi-income household.
Others are using the min-wage job as a stepping stone job while getting through college.
For those who are trying to support a family singlehandedly with a min-wage job, there are already plenty of government programs to help them out.

If you raise the minimum wage you kill the incentive for the min-wage worker to ever improve his/her skills and get a better job.


Liberals are just useful idiots and aren't even fun to play with.   The serious apparatchiks are a bit of a challenge and there is some sport in that.


Is anybody listening????  Hello Governor and Mayor and elected officials.  We lost affordable housing money cause they're obssessed with the darn rail.  WAKE UP & listen to the voters.  VOTERS, wake up & see  what's going on.


Waiting for their parents to get out of the bars.


Here's the problem in my humble opinion...  The team decided not look for a trade or to sign a free agent offensive linemen during the bye week when it was obvious that this is the one glaring weakness towards making the playoffs and possibly a superbowl.  This sends the message to the players that we are not really trying to win this year.  So the players are just mailing it in this year like the front office already has.  This decision has affected everything else.  Shoot even the defense is playing less than their best.  Saw some try from Peko an a few others, but as a whole most of the team lacks effort.  hope I am wrong, but it sure seems this way.


I think part of the problem is especially, new start-up companies buying up rental properties in Eugene and other parts of the state and promising unrealistically high returns to their investors.


Just like all this other economies with Social Democratic governments have crashed.? I really wish we could get beyond this simple groupthink of alt right and alt left.  It serves no purpose.  Canada has not and never has had a truly left wing or socialist party.  This constant refrain that the NDP will crash the economy is akin to an article of faith, it is a belief system. It is merely the mirror image of the belief that somehow Conservatives are the only ones who can make the finances work.  The result of this Manichaean view is the Liberals slithering up the middle to win, and please, don't tell me the LPC is a left wing party.  In any political system outside of the US Liberalism, that is, private enterprise under the rule of law , is firmly centre right.
Too bad that any NDP governments have usually come in to office faced with a huge mess to clean up.  Gordon Campbell inherited a large surplus when he came in to office - where is it now?


Chumps message should change from "Making America Great Again" to "Making America Enemies With The World"!


"Hillary Clinton had a cough – a nasty, recurring cough that she could not kick after a week of trying."  Seems like group that wrote this article is trying to spin this a recent issue.  Hillary has been hiding her illness for months if not years:
http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/14747-why-does-hillary-clinton-keep-coughing


50 years ago, Canadian Culture was a non-existent.  My family was all British.  The began coming here in the 50's.  British food sucked.  British service sucked. British-based Canadian TV entertainment sucked. Fun didn't exist. What has made Canada interesting and worth remaining in comes from the other the cultures that came flooding in. Think I'm wrong?  When was the last time you ordered fish and chips?  How many songs of bagpipers are on your playlist? I'll trade all that for Tapas or Calamari or Curry or Dim Sum.  I'd rather celebrate Oktoberfest than St. George's day - but keep St. Paddy's day - and listen to Reggae.


How can our broke State afford the most expensive building in town?!  Totally irresponsible!


They are so disrespectful to try and force a lable on a group of people. They are forever trying to indoctrinate Coloured people to forsake their heritage. I am not black and I am proud of it because I know my heritage. I am Coloured and proud of it :)


Well now, ItsMe, I recently attended a high school graduation and those students and teachers were well within their right to celebrate.  Over two dozen of the graduation class were leaving with a 4.0+ GPA, and another dozen also graduated with honors.  If I had an educated guess, I'd say that anti-ASD naysayers need to take the plank out of their eye so that they can really see what's happening in the public school system.  What about all the students that are homeschooled, charter schooled, or religious private schooled that wind up obtaining poor grades.  We, the public, never hear about those students.  Why is that?  Please look in your crystal ball and get back to us.  Oh yeah,  the honor students, in all of ASD, are well on their way to a prestigious university.  Haha


Understatement of the year.  The Browns should be thankful that they are too stupid to file in time to make a deadline.  They were offering a 2 and 3 for McCarron.  Apparently they forgot that they are 0-8 for the year and have no hope, so trading for McCarron for this year made no sense.  They are going to be in position to grab one of the top QBs in the draft instead.  They can get a QB in the first then use that 2 and 3 for weapons, protection or defense.


No coherent response to a direct question, TDM?

What a surprise.

"Wow" indeed...

Thanks for coming out, and wasting everyone's time - as usual.


Don't worry--we'll never be able to say that about you.


Agreed. This is just an attempt for attention.
While hunting as a young man in northern BC it was not uncommon to hear wolves or even come across a black bear. As long as you did not come face to face where they felt threatened they would hi-tale it outta there. Even came across a few grizzlies and that was a little nerve racking but same thing, they wanted nothing to do with me.
with the manualy smeared mud on her face, this is nothing but ... hooey.


We have always allowed foreign goods into the country. The problem is the loss of manufacturing because of globalisation.


same swamp, different critters


Postal Votes! Take picture of ballot, delete any markings that would identify ballot then post on line....simples.
Voting is by secret ballot, the secret part is that others  can not know how you voted if you wish it so. If you want people to know, it is your constitutional right to let them know!


The "Us versus Them mentality" is quite Trumpian.  And it doesn't seem to be working for him on the world stage.


They are using tactics to get attention. If they don't make a 'ruckus' they have no voice.
It's the same as celebrities going to the tar sands. You have all the oil companies, the Canadian government and Chinese government at least, and most of the population of Canada having no problems with the tar sands. An old lady with a hippie past takes a look and makes a negative statement and that requires and editorial response from the G&M about her 'foolery'.  It gets an opposing view in the Canadian media that would never be heard otherwise.

And it's as if in Canada an opposing view rather than marching in lockstep is treasonous.


To anyone reading this, the post, in this link, is showing as Most Reactions, in the Sort by Box above, where in reality it is not, as my post commencing with

Pius XII put the writings of Sr. Faustina on the Index of Prohibited Books, Why?
Sr Faustina's writings would still be gathering dust in a Vatican Archive, where Pope John XXIII sent them if she were not Polish.
The Divine Mercy Image that the Church displays today is an affront to God, instigated by nationalistic pride and those who would pacify the powerful it has nothing to do with humility.
The true Divine Mercy Image is an Image of Broken Man …......

Is the one with most reactions, this can only be found by repressing/reinstating it (Most reactions) and ensuring that it is initialized.

Even on extended comments my Post is not shown, I realize that my post is contentious to some, nevertheless I believe it bears witness to the Truth.
24/04/17.

kevin your brother
In Christ


I'm not sure it's going to take much effort for most Republicans to seperate themselves.     The assumption that Republicans are all for one and one for all is clearly not the case.     I don't think the country has any trouble seperating the Presidential candidate from the state politicians.

If some candidates are tied to Trump, great, it mean we remove an obsticle to BOTH parties for those who would like good working relationships to make smart national policy.     And if a R -candidate sounds more like Joe Biden  but still supports Trump as his party's candidate, he/she  may do fine.


Would those "sources" be cable news and talk radio ?


What a meaningless statistic. You have to look at pay by category e.g. lawyer, nurse and work effort full-time, part-time. I'm sure you wouldn't find much difference if any by category. The reality is some types of work is worth more, all people should try to obtain those jobs. I'm sure the army of bureaucrats we are forced to employ will continue to dine out at our expense.


Only 5 countries pay fair share: United States 3.61%, Greece 2.38%, Britain 2.21%; Estonia 2.16%; Poland 2%.
Is this fair? Can other countries be trusted? Can Canada and Germany be trusted?


The Huge carbon footprint belongs to the 7 billion people overpopulating our planet.


But we are not.  We are pilfering from the country of their citizenship (where they would have to return), as they do not have status in the US.


OMG - it took a 'study' to determine this  fact??  Hello Captain Obvious !


It's part of the culture that they haven't put past them yet.


It is wrong that Snohomish county is using an official platform to endorse her. This is "good 'ol boy politics" and a perfect example of why we should not elect Franklin as mayor.


You use words and it doesn't work very well for you.


The government isn't the solution it is the problem


That what Trump said. Are you disagreeing with your President?


Hmm.  Who to believe on this one - NASA Climate Change or lukecanada.............

NASA or luke - how to decide?


You appear to be cast in the same mould


Then don't get me started on how wildly inaccurate calling Republicans conservative is.


Agreeing again?? This could become a habit!
You'll be surprised (I think) to know that I vote for Republicans occasionally.  I did so as recently as the 2104 midterm elections.
I hope Sec. Clinton takes my advice (she hasn't asked for it, of course) and resists her impulse to re-litigate the election in real-time. A sober, thoughtful, well-researched book would be a useful contribution.


So, is it misogyny when Hillary Clinton called her husband's rape victims sluts, tramps and whores? Or when she threatened them to keep silent? Or when she accused a 12 year old rape victim of being a nymphomaniac and seeking out her rapist? Or just when Donald Trump says some nasty things about some nasty people?


Why do you post stuff like this, Layla4?     You know that the backlash against Kent, Rempel, and Scheer (for trying to justify it) was for scurrying south just for the purpose of undermining their own Govt.    It wasn't about appearing in the U.S. press - it was about seeking U.S. media to attempt to create a backlash.     That was the clear intent and if you are trying to deny that that was the purpose then you fool nobody.


The only problem with you was in your childhood.  As Churchhill aptly said:  "When one is in their 20's if not a liberal they have no heart.  If one in their 40's is still a liberal, they have no brain"  Did you fall on your head as a child?  Many libs were abused and think that the whole world was abused!  Not quite up to the standard of a Trump, my friend?  Become a capitalist fool!  lolol


I would agree. We are in a transition phase from the economic impact of Harper's policies to the impact of Trudeau's.

Certainly economic performance to date has has been largely the result of Conservative policy. We are transitioning into seeing the effects of Liberal policy. I would say that 18 months from now we will be living fully within the Liberal economic reality.....just in time for the election.


So EN .... this whole thread is really just about you and motley then??  =:-o

Here I was actually leaning toward agreement with the original letter writer, hoping we're not seeing a rehash of 1933 again, either.  :(

We are indeed living in those "interesting times" as threatened in that Chinese curse.


After the Dodgers relieved themselves in the D-backs pool when they won the West a few years a ago, they proved they are they are the most classless, arrogant thugs in baseball.  Any day they lose is a great day.


Hey Tilly......the world declares there is NO role for Donald Trump nor any sycophants of his to remain in power......please leave.......


I'm also forced to pay for maintenance and upkeep of the street on which you live.  How can I get my taxpayer dollars to stop going down the toilet?


Well...I always thought being in the police force was service. Heck, even got my nose broken while handcuffing a guy fleeing from an armed robbery. But as for being "sweet fat temp. positions" Well, being a volunteer fireman is, as the job title implies, volunteer work, and it is unpaid. I was a reserve police officer during my college years as I could fit the shifts in between classes and on weekends to help pay for college...it didn't pay much at all, but I needed a flexible job! Sorry you're down on the police force, it's a tough job and the thanks are few and far between. Still have a lot of friends there, good folks doing a needed service.


Heck yeah.  And don't get me started on all that disabled parking.  It just bugs me that sum people get special things I don't get.  Special this and special that.  Rub sum dirt on it and get back in the game. Sheesh.


work faster


"Qatar, one of the worst actors in the Middle East (having financially supported the Islamic State, for example), offered $1 million as a "birthday" gift to Bill Clinton in return for five minutes of his time."

I don't care how much of an incompetent idiot Trump is, this corruption is unacceptable.

We should not have to accept either of these candidates.


Couldn't she keep her knees together for the photo, at least?


A Yellow Nissan Xterra??

You almost deserve it.

Take your insurance money and get something NOT YELLOW


You're correct to hold Congressman Young's feet to the fire for this colossal waste of money, but I would hope you'd pen a more extensive piece about the other insulting wastes of taxpayer money, such as the Ambler mine road, the Juneau Road extension, the Susitna Hydroelectric Project, the OTHER bridge (to nowhere), and the Mat-Su ferry catastrophe.


Right.  It's the "ready, fire, aim" school of management.


Not surprising.  An offense which can literally only affect men was not only struck down but struck down without a hearing.

Meanwhile, I would bet that if the situation were reversed and a man lied about wearing a condom (let's assume he was a virgin and/or had recent testing to prove he was disease free) he would not only be found guilty of multiple criminal charges but that it would be all over the news before it ever saw a day in court (as opposed to the quiet whimper after a failed appeal like this case).

What's that line from Animal Farm?  "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others".


The low income with the exception of seniors and the disabled have never had it so good. The income group living here would be considered "rich" in Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba or other heaven-on-earth progressive socialist societies. Big screen TV's with free cable, free public school, Obamaphones, rent and food subsidies with abortion on demand. No wonder the borders are flooded with illegal and legal immigrants. This will continue until politicians run out of other people's money confiscated by high taxation and then redistributed in exchange for votes. Better enjoy it while you can.


<I wouldn't at all be surprised if bishops and religious superiors complained about Fr. Martin's presentation, also.>
I would be surprised if they didn't complain; that's why it's so important to complain to them, not just to the rector who, when all is said and done, is merely a functionary who dances to the tune the bishops and superiors play.
These seminarians are being trained to be cowards.


The Liberals have been lining up their buddies on this since the day after they won the election. Id bet they've been waiting til the Natives get themselves sorted out on this


no effect because when we come a sanctuary state trump already said he will cut federal aid to all sanctuary states sorry Ben your a little to late sending your letter to the POTUS Trump.


Jealous much? Tens of thousands still turn out to Trump's rallies. Hillary must still be envious.


You keep missing the point.  McConnel controls who gets to participate.  The Ds could certainly try, but unless McConnell allows it, they are out in the cold.  He controls the whole show.  If you can't see that, you haven't been paying attention.  13 Republican Senators worked on the repeal/replace plan, not 1D in the lot, not because they didn't want to be included but because they were shut out of the whole process.  I can't believe you truly can't see how this has gone down.  He shut out members of his own party, remember the who Rand Paul hunt for the replacement bill?


Doesn't have a good chance to pass if non-snack / non-restaurant food items are not on the exempt list. But basic cable and internet service would be exempt?  Better go back and tweek the list.


He reminds me of a cabbage patch doll.


It seems that we have a water main break practically every other day.  Is this common or do we have a maintenance problem?


Is protesting the basis for "bullying"? Is it a sign of how to get "your" way?  How many of those football players and coaches have served in the military protecting the FREEDOM to have football games? To be respectful of the National Anthem is to be respectful of "your" country. I hope went the Olympics come around and the United States wins metals, that there is no National Anthem played and the Athlete take a knee. I think that would that get the message to the world that our country is falling apart? Thomas Jefferson said "Democracy Never Last Forever". Oh I forgot... we shouldn't quote him because he had slaves....


A nice but phony attempt at appearing reasonable. Many tell-tales. To start, Ms Khalid was anything but eloquent, and has never directly addressed any of the many legitimate, compelling and non-threatening responses she has received to her motion. On the charge that Islam suppresses womens' rights, the author is happy to concede that “Such a critical view is understandable, given discriminatory gender practices in some Muslim cultures”. But she carefully avoids the actual and undeniable criticism that the basis for gender inequality is the Quran not culture. Similarly, she offers that "Questions and criticism about Islam are not Islamophobia. In fact, Muslims themselves engage in robust debates about modernity and Islamic practice. The cruel irony is that such debates are banned in countries that need it most.” Well.. no!  The truly cruel irony is that Islamists and their apologist enablers tar each and every serious and courageous reformer as ...wait for it ... Islamophobes.


"Profit" does not exist in a non-profit organization---by IRS definition.

You must be a salaried, cash-basis taxpayer to be that ignorant.

Or maybe you don't have to pay taxes at all.


Thank you Bree Kessler for taking the time to research the issue of homelessness in Anchorage. We are fortunate that some people look beyond the stereotype presented in the media.

Unfortunately, Anchorage has a ways to go. Irrespective of the mayor's attention on this issue, some veteran reporters and editors in the media continue to use disparaging terms like 'drunks' when they highlight the problem of homelessness and one public official even dehumanized the issue by disparagingly describing homelessness as a 'cancer' on Downtown Anchorage.

With that kind of cultural thinking, we need more reasoned and rational voices to address the underlying factors that lead to homelessness. These considerations include lack of housing and resources. The organizations whose missions are to address the physiological components of homelessness, such as mental health issues and substance abuse, need to be supported and their programs held to account with oversight for many dollars spent.


I don't think the Conservatives have much to recommend them on the economic front. Growth was very slow during Harper years, he over-depended on oil and vets, aboriginals, seniors were underserved. Under Trudeau, the increased child benefit went out to families last summer. The economy has added 350,000 jobs since then, of which the majority, 250,000, are fulltime.  Canada's growth is the fastest among the G7, leading the world at a 3.7 annual rate in 2017. Economists have identified the enhanced child benefit policy as one of the drivers. It turns Outputting money into the hands of people who spend their money in our communities while taxing the rich a little more really does grow the economy.

Other policy drivers include the emphasis on bringing in young, educated immigrants, support for research and innovation and a larger pool of capital for start-ups. Jobs in Toronto and indeed Canada are up across a number of sectors, including tech,, finance, industrials and manufacturing.


My comment is awaiting unbiased review.
@ Allie
KaBoom!


Vos Canadiens have been top 10 for most of the season, closer to 10th than 1st.

They've been top 10 in any # of team categories, goal diff, e.g..

Only big mouths contend le tricolour ain't a decent team., but that's hardly the point.

They aren't good enough to win it all, unless there's divine intervention.


No one needs that-many guns.  I would definitely stay away from that person.  We have people in this country today that possess arsenals that exceed those of some small countries.  This is a big problem.


I'm not sure it's 'wisdom' but it is certainly self-evident!


Lot's of experts in these comments. So isn't smoke from Bbq's carcinogenic? So all the fumes from the rides, all the smoke coming from the grills, the eating of burnt foods, the whole fair reeks of alcohol and IS promoted, and the abuse of animals is ok but pen up the few smokers and call it progress and go into an amazing amount of comments of how "we're" protecting Amurica? Now we've gone on tangents about the neighbor's smoking outside and the stink is ruining my furniture? Please-ridiculous


That's the best you got?  Really?  And people vote that rubbish up?  So consecutive conservative governments collect less in royalties over 40 years than it will cost them to clean up the mess.......cons just not that bright when it comes to long term finances.   Sell the land to the Koch brothers, make them billionaires all over again and let the tax payers clean up after them.....con logic.


"all conclude that yes, a hike in minimum wages has been shown to be healthy for economies."

The article also points out that one generation ago the prevailing belief (also by economists and also backed by decades of research) showed different results.

The article also uses the term "moderate increases" repeatedly... a 30+% increase in 18 months is not exactly "moderate".  If your family food bill increased from $400/month to $525/month, I doubt you'd be so dismissive of a "moderate" increase; same if gas went from $1.00 to $1.31. I remember that last one happening and doomsaying was the result along with definable shifts in spending and a ripple effect of increased costs... but this time when businesses costs to do business increase, it will be different, eh?  Why?


I resent the use of the lawyer-coined term "Sixties Scoop".  It trivializes the real pain of many of the people involved and but also generalizes the entire program to imply that every single placement was harmful.  I can guarantee there were exceptions.


Mr Morneau should allow others to participate in the same plan that his & some other public companies use. Turn regular income & dividends into the lowest taxed capital gains. Fact! Using DSUs, directors can even 'transfer' DSUs to others & vest them immediately should the Board so decide....and get this....all without shareholder approval!!! Are we being duped? Morneau said in 2015 he'd change that but everyone is going down other rabbit holes...Billy & Co. are still protected. Fact. Do the file their T1's in Alberta at a 20.3% tax rate?


When I moved to Vancouver Island from Ontario, I was disappointed to find that bagged milk is not available here.  It stays fresh much longer than the cartons.  I would open one bag and pop the other two in the freezer.  The washed bags can be used for many things.
The lack of availability should not surprise me as the grocery stores do not know the difference between Yams (which are fibrous and have no sugar content) and Sweet Potatoes (which can be orange or yellow and are delicious.  They originate in two different continents.  The produce managers should all be required to take a basic course in botany.


All polling is suspect and biased.  The results are often based on a question being asked in such a way that the results are pleasing to the paying client.  As we have witnessed in past provincial elections, Brexit, and the recent US elections, pollsters were enormously wrong over and over again, proving what a roll of the dice polling is, and not an advanced science at all.


Sorry.  But the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii does not exist in the real world.


I wish they would all go.  Mr. Session evaded a simple question, trump got that correct.  Russia, Russia everywhere.  Session is a racist like his boss.


The bottom line is the legacy of poor leadership by Lane County...going back to Steve and his manipulation of planning and permits as a profit center. And the current so-called conservatives have ignored this to their political benefit.


hey lib troll why is it that canada ONLy produces 1.6% of all the worlds carbon emmissions being about the cleanest of all! , , save the per capita bs, this is about our entire country, and we dont do squat compared to the others,,

now tell me if we hit the 30% goal reduction that is .5% of the worlds carbon so tell me how much cooler the world climate will be as we tax billions out of our economy !!


No mention at all about the fact he took fellow Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan as well as Liberal Party President Anna Gainey and their spouses, who are not old friends of the Aga Khan, on his family vacation with the Aga Khan as well?  Or the fact that the three of them not only broke conflict of interest rules, but flagrantly broke Trudeau's own Liberal "code of ethics" he had put together and proudly touted as an example of how his government was going to be open and ethical.


For any American harboring the delusion that intelligent patriotic people populate our government, I offer exhibit A. This sack still scratches his right ear with his left hand.


So, 9/11, the war mongering and driving the United States to the edge of the economic cliff escaped your notice?


Don't get your hopes up. The "PROSECUTOR" attorneys  are asking charges be dropped....Yes you read that right...This is all a scam...


Joni Kamiya, Regarding the logical process of collecting data that you talk about, I am the one who is citing peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals.  Your are the one citing blogs.

Here is another peer-reviewed article published in a journal.  It descriibes a study that found pesticides associated with GMO foods in maternal, fetal, and nonpregnant women's blood.
http://www.uclm.es/Actividades/repositorio/pdf/doc_3721_4666.pdf


What do you expect from the Republic party - the leaders of the non-compassionate hard core right?


As clearly stated in the article, Ige stressed that he had played no DIRECT role in the new superintendent's selection or in the decision not to renew Matayoshi's contract.  Of course he played an INDIRECT role of appointing school board members who made these decisions.  Is LesterP contending that decisions like these should be made by the sitting governor rather than by the appointed board of education?  What exactly are you criticizing Ige for doing, or not doing, with respect to the replacement of Matayoshi with Kishimoto?


As many have pointed out, why does the government protect the diary and egg producers and not the pork or beef producers. Everytime we go into trade negotiations this comes up, and dairy is protected and the other agricultural sectors pay the price. Consumers pay the price for the protection of an industry that is predominant in Quebec, and as a result the poor are most affected, as the high dairy prices are in effect a regressive tax. How long do we have to put with a system that is so outdated ?


I support the players. But he's too young/new to get involved in this stuff especially in this market.


We must fight the "Environmental Apocalypse".

I’ve seen the Earth spirits. I pray to them and have had them help me carry out successful attacks against the Earth's enemies. "Mother Earth First"


Thank you Nick for your tireless efforts to keep the public informed regarding this case.

I have followed your reports and have noticed the that many others have commented each time you post an article.

To those that continue to express your support of Sheehan I want to encourage all of you to write or call the Ehics Commission in support is keeping Sheehan on the Police Commission.

It is time for the public to respond to to this mess and we can do that by reaching out to the Ethics Commission. I personally do not want to watch Sheehan get "bullied" out of her position on the Police Commission.

Write or call the Ethics Commission in support of Sheehan. Our VOICES count!


That is a good answer for Bill Clinton and rapes but is not an answer for the harassment by Hillary Clinton and her actions in relation to the harassment.


Soros , Buffet ,  Gates , to name a few are part and parcel of the Illuminati.


That is a total distraction. The military spends 10 times more on Viagra for the military than it does on gender reassignment surgery.


I agree Trudeau shares the values of Merkle. They both firmly believe in irresponsible immigration policies and place their importance well over the well being of the people of their respective countries. They both believe in suckling from the  teat of socialism and support the evil UN.

Yes this will be a disgusting display of the left wing King and Queen pronouncing their moral superiority to the world. Maybe Sophie and Margaret can do a duet for the good Chancellor. ....perhaps Springtime in Germany?


Trump: making old anti-fascist reels great again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=23X14HS4gLk

Seriously, this has gone viral after #fakepresident's belly flop.


The UGB is supporting hundreds of city, county and State employees around Oregon.

Not to mention a fairly large herd of attorneys who get paid to fight on both sides of these issues!

An attorney assures his clients “Any proposal for the City of Springfield to expand its (urban growth boundary) for employment land purposes that does not include the Seavey Loop area is unlikely to survive appellate review,”

And only charges a few hundred dollars per hour to see if that is actually the case.  when it gets to LUBA or the Oregon Court of Appeals.

No guarantees; that's why attorneys use words such as "unlikely".

There are always a winner and a loser in a lawsuit.  An attorney represents each side.....one of them will be proven to be wrong.


Yes I meant to state exactly that. We have a lot of IT jobs but not enough people to fill those jobs. As a result, most of those jobs at Amazon will be filled with people moving to the state to work for Amazon. If those jobs were being filled locally I would be on board with the move since it would help the metro area.


Send what message?   The travel ban was first instigated by the last president, who had a Muslim upbringing.

The hallucinations and false info that persist on the president's views on Muslims amazes me.    But that is how politics is often played:  make up a story and rally round it.


I quoted you verbatim. It's your problem if you are utterly unable to express your thoughts accurately in the English language. You are a troll and a rather foolish one at that.  Just delete your account and all the posts you made. Please, do not visit this site again. You are only here to cause trouble.


I do think America has become too dependent on our presidents to resolve racial issues and give speeches where everyone shakes hands.  It was never going to be that easy, Trump has forced each of us to have the discussion in our own world and show our own hearts, express our own ideology and philosophy to racial conciliation, and that is where the solution was always going to be found.


That comment was one of the milder parts of his hate speech trial.  Read the decision if you have a strong stomach.

I don't censor his comments.  One of his extreme homophobic attacks against me (under the name Mary Schultz) remained up for half a day yesterday.


He writes: "We all sense at some level that things are out of control, but nobody knows what to do. Hey, how about lashing out against those shadowy “foreign buyers,” even before we have the evidence to know they are to blame?".

Actually, plenty of people know what to do. But you, sir, are part of the problem, invoking as you do the ridiculous phrase "shadowy foreign buyers".

No, it is not "foreign buyers" high on the list for people who pay attention to Toronto and Vancouver.

What IS high on the list are Canada's immigration policies. You see, sir, rich new immigrants are not "foreign buyers". You raise straw-man nonsense with your words.

The Quebec investor immigrant program is creating the better part of ten thousand new ultra-rich immigrants a year, who then buy in Vancouver and Toronto. Prior to it, the federal program created hundreds of thousands.

You want evidence how fast they can shoot tiny bungalows up to cost two million a pop? Visit Vancouver.

Ever been there, sir?


Interesting concept.. perhaps the best we can hope for is an uber ultraconservative successor pope who will send Rome's twisted brand of Christianity further down the path of total irrelevance.

Let the Roman hierarchy become a church unto itself and see how they fare on their own.


We need qualified voting, else it's just going to be more high school popularity contests.


that's because you have a nasty case of liberal dementia if that were the case, Junior, I'd be damn proud of you, one of the most incompetent ignorant posters on CC.


So you say.


RE: LTE by Jim Fredrickson

The only ones being played for fools are readers who believe articles about the Walker administration and legislators are true and correct.

This publication exists solely to serve the publisher's political agenda, journalistic integrity be damned.


More like she can have freedom of speech but I cannot not.


The problem in the Senate was and probably still is that there were no clear rules to enforce, therefore any attempts to prosecute Senators were bound to fail. Both the Commons and the Senate make their own rules so this is almost guaranteed to be the result. I firmly believe that an audit of MPs expenses would make the Senate look like a church choir!


Unless autobiography, historians merely print hearsay.  Except for the descendant having received his ancestor's autobiography through unbroken chain of custody, publication is only a historian's educated guess.   The ruling "sovereign" always promotes history serving itself.   Kam School had never taught the Kingdom's full history, and kept its skeletons in the closet.  Kam was a US military institution intent on preparing kids for US wars abroad.  Who in Hawaii studied the Bishop-Damon run at the Kingdom a la Thurston, W.O. Smith, and Dole?  The vicious hatreds between Emma, Kalakaua, Keelikolani, Kapuaiwa and more?  The conniving of Cooke and Castle against Liliha?  The immaturities of Liholiho. Kauikeaouli, and Lot Alexander?   The sordid indiscretions of Paao and the sex rampages and assassinations among the Kanaloakua'ana royal house?  And more.  Nah, we studied the Revolution and Civil Wars.


Yes the media needs to start calling these people economic migrants and not refugees.


Did you want to add something to the discussion or just take pot shots (that's a scientific term).


Agreed.  There's a Eucharistic Prayer which says (not verbatim), "When we had strayed far from Him He loved us all the more".  I am humbled and reassured every time I hear it


You wrote this, which sounds to me as though you understand the Bible to be in the first place a complete authoritative book of instructions on how human beings should live if they wish to please God: "We have the manual and all the help we need is available to us to follow Christ and His commands as He Himself Wills." And "to follow commands" is to submit to them and to obey them.

If that's not what you mean, please forgive me for misunderstanding you.


The rules for offshore tax havens today are more stringent but people can still get their money out of the country and suck the GIS even if they're a millionaire several times over. This would only relate to people who don't have a work record in Canada upon retirement.


Specific to Medical Facilities, Patients Medical Records, Doctor's Visits and notes, that allow Patients to access their Records On Line, this only opened up that Medical Facility to a Computer Server Attack.   As nobody can guarantee that the Computer used by the Patient is 100 percent free of Viruses, Spyware, Malware, Trojan Horses, Ransomware, Rootkit attacks, Redirect Programs, DNS attacks, and lots more, that then infect the Medical Facilities Computers, including all online Diagnostics, Elevators, Critical Life Saving Medical Equipment, Electricity, Heating and Air Conditioning, PBX System, Medical Records, Imaging, Fire Extinguishing System,  and most of the entire Medical Facility, before you even think that they cannot find out that that infection came from YOUR computer, you are WRONG.


Of course the left continues to ignore Raheel Raza and Farzana Hassan who warn against the silencing nature of M-103 as liberal Muslims. Oh well, countries governed by Islamic law are beacons of Liberal freedom, whether it's a 14 year girl pummeled by morality police in Iran for wearing ripped jeans or rabid mobs of zealots hacking secular poets to death in Bangladesh - but we can't talk about issues of religious zealotry staring everyone in the face, it's "Islamaphobic"...


I beg to differ.  It is a well known fact that both houses of Congress strenuously debated the impact of the commandeering of the Kingdom of Hawaii on the supply of Pineapple Mojitos.
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The slogan of the Commandeering Congressmen was:  "If We No Go We Got No Mo Mojito"


Dunlop is a liar. The system is broken. Obviously L. Marchant participated. The victims can testify to what extent she was involved.  She administered and obtained the drugs according to the agreement. This went on for years and L. Marchant could have prevented further damage to these poor children. She is as perverted and sick as the husband she supported and enabled. Giving her a free pass is horrible. Probably no criminal record or sexual predator registration either.  Shame on the state prosecutor and its minions for this failure.


Without governments to enforce a set of rules governing wealth, your savings could be worthless. Although we might think in Canada we are immune to social disorder or even revolution, without the support of the majority of people a society eventually becomes unstable. Who will protect your assets if we no longer have a functioning court system and police force. This is why it is important that those who find themselves in fortunate financial circumstances, be restrained in their attachment to their disproportionate level of wealth and that in order to maintain their affluence they need to realize that it takes the vast majority of people working together and contributing to the collective whole. If a tiny percentage of individuals keep taking most of the surplus wealth then sooner or later people will react.


If anything has been debunked it's the apartheid claim. Let's examine the integrity of the apartheid claim. Seventeen Israeli Arabs are currently elected to serve in the Knesset. Arabs from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza have access to Israeli hospitals. Arab doctors and nurses treat Jewish and Arab patients in Israeli hospitals. When Palestinians, including West Bank Palestinians claim that their rights have been abrogated in the course of an Israeli action, they are entitled to file suit in Israel. The valedictorian of a recent graduating class at the Technion was a Muslim woman. More than one Arab commands an Israeli infantry brigade. Salim Joubran is an Israeli Arab judge on the Supreme Court of Israel. Apartheid in Israel? Hardly.


Tim: you are making a lot of unsupported assumptions. You do not anything about me yet you suggest I am not being honest. I have owned the home for many years and make no apology for its current value. I am on a limited retirement benefit and the real property tax is quite burdensome. While I receive the PFD there are no others in my house to receive it. I do not know what you are inferring about me enjoying a prospective ride on a gravy train. But it sounds a bit insulting. The cost of living in Alaska is about to go up with taxes and a reduction in the PFD. With cut backs it is likely that home values will go down. And you might not be aware that the tax code will not tax me for the gain in my house so that is a factor in deciding to move and not , as you claim, a reason for staying. All of these factors have led me to conclude that it has finally got to the point that I can no longer afford to live in Alaska. Why would you insult a senior for making such a decision?


lets not forget its become see & be seen/party scene that only stars & a small group of connected people.  I used to take 2 weeks off work, see movies, meeting people in line talking film ... its lost that ... it's become elitist.


Typical "I know you are but what am I" response stemming from an emotionally arrested and functionally childish intellectual state.


Sounds as if you know very little, when it comes to understanding republicans. Most lefties only caricature created by the left.

"I draw the line at teaching beliefs vs teaching science. You are the one that is muddling beliefs INTO science - not me"  Then you should favor this law.   A majority of Republicans are opposed to teaching sexuality, which is beliefs not science. Teaching the biology of sex, a majority don't have an issue with. But the school just can't help themselves and stop there.  However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with parents that are opposed to the public school teaching the biology of sex. That is their right as a parent. You don't like it, too bad.

You'd also be wrong about republicans opposing supporting a single mom. We'd only differ on the level of support. We prefer helping hands to hand outs. one gets someone back on their feet, the other makes enables them.


However, they did get waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more votes than the orange-glazed man-child.  The truth?  The truth?  He can't HANDLE the truth


Right on, Den Post Editorial Board!  This bill has nothing to do with health care beyond taking it away from over 20 million Americans.  It is actually a "wealth redistribution bill", giving the ultra-rich even more than they have now.  Warren Buffet says he will receive over $600,000 more in tax breaks if Trump's bill passes.  It's a bad bill that will hurt our state and our country.  Please contact Sen Gardner's office and tell him you agree with the DP Editorial Board, vote NO!  No more to the1%, they don't need more wealth.


Exactly, careful consideration and nuanced thought has nothing to do with journalism (well at least not if it's produced by billionaires)


Why allow this studied ignorance to continue? HPD has some serious problems. It's well past time for the Commission to shine a flashlight into some VERY dark corners there.


Mr. Fogel, congratulations on an excellent column and good luck with your inspiring campaign.


Thank you for your words and for sharing your truth with us. I'm sorry there is such backlash on articles like these and I hope very much that you're able to step away and take care on this difficult, insulting day. My friends and family and I will continue to educate ourselves and support the Indigenous people around us in the hopes of building a better future. Love and solidarity from this white settler.


My patriotism is shown in the form of working to create "a more perfect union." I wonder where I got that idea? Standing and reciting something we learned to chant before we learned what the words meant has to be the absolute lowest demonstration of patriotism there is.


Lynn Gattis. 1st of all, thank you for standing up against Walker, especially on LNG. His project has a well documented record of failure throughout the world, LNG would be no success but an extreme debt and failure for Alaskans. One thing however, I do not agree on is your view of taxation, while I agree increasing industry tax will only move that to the customer, income and sales tax are viable options. Not as a whole (like Walkers insanely high proposal that failed) but merely a piece of the pie. State wide 4% sales tax, cap food/general tax at $50 per sale statewide. Raise landtax 1%. Avoid fuel/oil taxation. Income tax of 3% (no cap) for individuals grossing over $80k (non-refundable period of 5 yrs.) Then take alaska dealerships to the cleaners, fine them $5000 for every $1000 over msrp for each vehicle sold. As a veteran who has traveled, i have never seen such ridiculous prices which hurt every class of Alaskans. Public use of marijuana is not allowed, but sell and tax.


It wouldn't. The Good Samaritan was being  used as a parable to emphasize the point of how to evangelize even your enemies. The Sanctuary City situation involves harboring criminals, which is blatantly unbiblical.


Wow. Thanks for enlightening us all to the fact that the women quoted in the article aren't really speaking their opinions. Please feel free to share more of your impressive insights into how repressive Islamic culture is. 2 billion people who you have complete disregard for. If only we had more people like you!


Kellie Leitch is an embarrassment to pushy bone heads everywhere.


I propose a name change for Vancouver. Clarksville.


"what is it that gives humankind existence and on which humanity depends? totally?"
I would have replied, "God."


How would you go about punishing a robbery?


Times are tough in the state, send them the bill.


How about we get rid of Martin Kent (&2) for abusing the comment board?


There are a lot of honest "smart" people.


Sweeney Todd writes:

"Sometimes it's warm for a while.
Sometimes it's cold for a while."

-

Hey, can't argue with that kind of hard evidence can one?

The world's climatologists are coming around to "Sweeney's Theory Of Climate":

"Sometimes it's warm for a while.
Sometimes it's cold for a while."

Going to tackle Dark Matter next, Sweeney?

Your thoughts on String Theory?


White mass murders can't be ignored or glossed over. As far as your FBI stats goes let's just be real the prison industry in America is huge so if you want to keep your jobs and keep creating jobs for your kids then you must keep a certain population in the dark and keep crime going. Those numbers make people like you feel like incarcerating and killing blacks is okay. But like I said you are the product of people who hung,  hunted, and hated blacks so why would you care. You just show up to hate.


Can you imagine how the economy would do if O&G was not targeted by the progressives.


“The country’s not.”

The country is just fine, give me a break. Maybe they can write a book about this whole horrible experience, maybe plug their show a few more times as well.


Not cool with corruption, as I've written many times (about many issues, http://www.civilbeat.org/author/brett-oppegaard/) ... The argument here isn't about who is more corrupt. This president is in charge now; judge him solely on his actions, not in comparison to some ever-lingering boogeyman. If you like what he's doing so much, I suggest using your real name here and standing by his actions. Then, history will judge you accordingly. If you are right, you can use this post as evidence of your marvelous insights; if you are wrong, remember that your great-great-grandchildren will be reading this ...


A leader is only as good as the people he leads, when it's all about the leader, the workers lose their desire to support.
First past the post, might actually bite Junior in the butt!


Trump thinks he is God with his stolen money and cheating ways.  I find him silly and unattractive. And so very weak.


You don't think he was at all motivated by past shootings?  He's been living in a cave and just came up with this idea all by himself?


Never before has a bill of this magnitude (1/6 of U.S. economy) been rammed through in such secrecy or pushed to a vote in such haste (before the American public understands what it contains).

Time text of bill available for review:
BCRA  – 1 week
ACA – 35 weeks

Hours of open debate:
BCRA – 20? (scheduled)
ACA – 169 over 25 days

Amendments accepted from the other party:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 160

Bipartisan roundtables:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 14

Bipartisan hearings:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 13

Finance Committee meetings and negotiations:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 53


A subsidiary ... hardly

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/Ford-sells-remaining-stake-in-Mazda


Build a wall!


"Seeking answers" is doublespeak for seeking lawsuit material.

They should watch the video clip where he runs the officer's head into a brick wall so they're reminded why they stopped having him around their lives......


Uhh Mr President
Why is Mr Jones actually out kneeling with his team? He has NEVER done this. But last night he actually came down to the field and knelt with his team. Why is that?

That's right! Because of YOU!


Why should I pay for fire protection when I've never had a fire? Why should I pay for police when they've never provided a needed service?


The Cardinals are now 2 games back. The Rockies have a long history of being losers, the Cardinals have a much longer history being winners, so as far as who gets the wildcard, I would guess that the winners will win, and the losers will lose.


How many grocery stores in BC are even selling wine?  As of November - a grand total of what, 12 in the province?

And none in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby.

Not easy to get a license, or buy an existing one.


Violent crime has increased by about 200% in Toronto in the last year, which is deeply disturbing.

That doesn't mean, of course, that major U.S. cities also don't have significant violent crime rates.

And to be fair, my anecdote reported tragic events that happened to a small town Ontario doctor and his wife about ten years ago, as I stated in my original post.


I said that only because of state-by-state winner-take-all laws, not mentioned, much less endorsed, in the Constitution, is it possible that 11 states will determine the Presidency with less than 22% of the nation's votes!

I was shooting down YOUR argument that state-by-state winner-take-all laws are buffers to allowing the most populous states to dominate the election.


This is proof that religions will not hesitate to pass off on the gullible faithful something whose validity or veracity they have no idea of.


These awards are meaningless. Previous winners include the Audi A3, Volkswagen Golf, and Mazda 2... all decent cars but none particularly revolutionary.


If the populace became too educated, they'd eject the likes of Kelly, Micciche, Meyer, and the rest and impose  oil taxes in line with what the rest of the world charges (except a few banana republics like Alaska).


I doubt Mr. Trump will be weeping too profoundly about losing New York (as was expected) as he wins the overall presidential race tonight, however.


So, all you politically correct and enlightened chefs (who were carefully selected by this "reporter," I suspect), you'd have no problem with a baker whose father died in Auschwitz making a cake honoring a Nazi? You latent totalitarians sure do enjoy making others grovel and submit to the prevailing dogmas sweeping the land, don't you? How about telling the offended customer to go find a gay baker down the street? Surely one of the PC chefs would be delighted to bake his cake. But no, you want total and absolute control over what other people do and think. So much for being a tolerant liberal.


Oh SB 50? 24-10, that’s it? Wasn’t that the score? 24-10???

I prefer this one much better, SB 24, 49ers vs Broncos? What was the score again? Oh I remember now, 55-10. It sure beats 24-10 by miles.

Here’s another one, SB 22, Redskins vs Broncos? The score 42-10? Sure beat up the stellar Broncos defense.


Am I the only one wanting to throw up reading this?
"but we're a young famileeeee! "
" I've gone back to schooooool! "
" won't someone think of our child?  Our poor poor child? "
" in my opinion he doesn't need a dime! "

Plus the entirety of Edward's response.  Hopefully his mom cuts him out for publicly  speculating about how she will distribute her wealth.

Give the money back.


spying for their own information is one thing ... Trump says they spied FOR Obama .... similar to the way the Russians helped him win.  To borrow from Trump .... WRONG!
.
But Trump just makes it up as he goes so nothing new here


The answer should be it is both. Until there is a willingness to admit that background checks are an ineffective tool and admit that there is a more complex problem that will not be quickly solved by simplistic generalizations we will continue to see these kinds of problems.


They use fryers for nearly half of their product, it's not inconceivable that one could have been left on over night and caught fire...


Trump should talk up the NASCAR patriotism going on at the races.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d900726e6dcafc904bae9cc8c1b866924d2f15dc56280b2d763c88e93430a492.jpg NASCAR
...treason on a stick


Don't trust their votes.....

The Republican's know it only takes 3 Senate votes to stop any legislation. They have the 2 crazy women, so they only need one more. Last time it was McCain. To kill tax reform maybe Corker will step up. That allows another 10-12-15-20 RINO's to cast a vote for legislation they don't want to become law. McConnell oversees it all. The legislation gets killed, The anti-American Chamber of Commerce and Unions join with other lobbyists in rewarding all the incumbents with contributions for the next election, jobs for their family, friends and relatives, and can't-lose  investment tips. They all come to Congress with some money, and leave filthy rich. They work for the donors, not for the citizens they are supposed to represent. DC has always been bad, but nowhere near this corrupt.

Blood bath coming in 2018......starting with the Republican primary's. Americans know that President Trump is on our side. Those in it for others are dead meat.


"They cannot be tracked separately. "
I beg to differ...they can and they are.
see: /www.drought.gov/gdm/current-conditions     Global drought information system
see:    oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/      NRT Global Flood Mapping
"Liz agrees with me,"   lol . from your post.
 "Changes in extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves and droughts, are the primary way that most people experience climate change"
" Human-induced climate change has already increased the number and strength of some of these extreme events. "
from Liz Muller ,"but much of what is reported as ‘climate change’ is exaggerated. Headlines that claim storms, droughts, floods, and temperature variability are increasing, are not based on normal scientific standards. "
What part of this statement do you not understand?
And she ends with ""It is certainly true that the impacts of global warming are still too subtle for most people to notice in their everyday lives.”
This is too easy..lol.


Avoids nothing. Mr Pence's bobble-headed and uncompromising support of the Pres. Trump agenda along with his accompanying "conversion therapy" homophobia, not to mention the appearance of moral "rectitudinal" justification and righteousness simply imply that Notre Dame lacks the moral courage that should be expressed as outrage rather than complicity.


Shoulda got a Volvo


Whoa, Bill, the article you cite from the New York Post isn't Obama supporting the murder of cops, it's a a Fox News columnist named John R. Lott saying he does. That's Lott's opinion, nothing more. And, even though it clearly matches your opinion, it's anything but evidence. It's as biased as your comments are. I'm sure you can separate opinion from fact, right? You just cited a smear as evidence to support your smear.


Holy Cow.  Merkley bloviated for something like five or six thousand words.  How can he expect anyone to read through or listen to all that?  The Oregonian told me six hundred words, no more, or you would lose the readers.  I don't think the Senator even got to the subject in the first six hundred words.  How many speech writers is he paying, with our money?


Dogs also get terribly painful frostbite. Care about the dogs!


There is nothing surprising about this story.  This is common practice.  This is the tip of the iceberg of state waste.  This is the result of employee unions owning too many politicians.  Walker, and Walker-parrots like Cole and Wohlforth, say: "We've cut to the bone!  We need an income tax!"  But stories like this show just how far from the truth their "logic" is.  The state has not restructured, has not cut any agencies, has not reduced headcount by 20-30%, has not cut state employee wages, has not cut pension payouts, has not gone union-free, has not cut medical benefits, has not cut pointless bloat (like what is mentioned in this article).  The state is still operating as if oil is $100 a barrel and hasn't begun to downsize yet.  All Walker has done is hide his head in the sand of his fantasy gas line project and ignore the fiscal reality of Alaska, hoping the problems will go away.  If Walker was engaged, stuff like this would have stopped 2 1/2 years ago.


What a coincidence.....that's exactly what Venezuela said about their energy policy.  And see how well that turned out?!


Uhn.  So all the anti-abortion laws in Republican run states, the invasion medical procedures, the requirements that doctors withhold information or outright lie to women, the Hyde amendment, the banning of family planning to third-world nations whenever there's a Republican president, going back to Reagan is (apparently retroactively) the results of Democrats trying to fix healthcare in the country with the ACA?  Who knew?


How nice of them. I would have thought they would charge for the change as well gouge the price fares. It's usually all about them filling up their pockets.


I would be happy to suggest that we turn all of our swords into plowshares, just as soon as you convince North Korea, Iran, Syria, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boka Haram, Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Sayyaf, etc. . . to turn their swords into plowshares as well.  I'll wait, and just let me know when that happens so that we can then all sit around the campfire, holding hands and sing Kumbaya.

What a bunch of foolishness and naivete.


Well, it's the same thing.  But different.
http://people.com/politics/trump-vacation-golf-obama/


They seem to forget most ETFs are not just index ETFS but smart beta as well - Value ETFS ,momentum ETFs, Fundamental ETFs etc. All move differently than the index.


And leftists who also take advantage of the US tax code. Just ask the Clinton's how they live off their so called charitable foundation.


I hope Dahl gets in there soon.  I think he could be really good in time.  Also hope he doesn't fizzle like Story. By the way what's the chances of seeing Brandon Rodgers at Coors this year?


Even Harper never knee-capped the public with a vicious scam like this.


Divide and Conquer has been a corner stone of the British empire. Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited. Victoria Geoghegen reminds me of Lords' Milner and Kitchener (death of 28000 woman and children during Anglo-Boer war in exchange for gold) as well as Tony Blair. Tony disregarded the Lancaster agreement and decided not to pay for land in Zimbabwe and cost thousands of people their livelihoods? He also cooked up a story about Irak having weapons of mass destruction? [Darren Murphy ? (Tony Blair’s political adviser) and part of Bell Pottinger]. Was Bell Pottinger behind this as well? From the British came the first salvos against Apartheid (good) and now against our democracy (bad); back to my statement of "Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited" Thanks for the article.


Go to one of the NO-GO zones that used to be your home...

Then you'll understand.....


It is quite interesting that the democrats who are supposed to care about the underdogs, resist reigning in government spending and instead push large increases in highly regressive taxes like the general sales tax disguised as a corporate tax, the transportation bill which would impose regressive tariffs on gas and such, and the medical tax which would be regressively passed on to patients.  The dems are happy to puff and huff about Trump as being bad, bad, bad, but when it comes to concrete decisions affecting the supposed core democratic constituency,  the dems step on the poor and disadvantaged.


Yeeeew.


Mongolia is switching to a system of describing every location in the country with 3 words, and having an app tell you where it is. So your house would be "blue duck cheese". A little bizarre but makes sense for a sparsely populated country with a semi-nomadic people and little road infrastructure.


Liberals = Conservatives

"The Conservatives can hardly be called anti-immigrant: the quota for next year has been raised from 250,000 to 280,000. The world's most generous immigration program will become more generous still."

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-conservatives-changed-the-nature-of-canadian-immigration/article22101709/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&


Not a bad idea to avoid fluoridation if you also eschew vaccination.  That way something quick will finish you off before the pain of rotten teeth gets you down.


Just let it die (won't take long now), and leave the blame where it belongs - with the geniuses and socialists that designed it.


Defense programs are political footballs. Nice to see Trudeau's new, shiny approach to transparency on display.


I am sure some are not happy after all.  Media (along with the Republicans and Democrats) really hate him-so finding article after article is not a shock to hear!  Remember when the media turned on Obama?  I do. Was hard to forget. Trump has alaways been there on the Bad List-no one turns down main media debates (Fox News), or refuses dinners. But Trump does and good for him.

Fair enough post by you and equally fair articles as well. (With links--thank you!)

Overall, Trump is doing what Trump said he would do. I am delighted but not surprised.


So many rhetorical questions, so little time. Those of us unhappy with the Democratic party have explained our objections many times. You persist in not getting it, so I see no need to explain it all again.


I think we just found him!

Seriously, there will be gaps in any record that stretches back for millions of years, but evolution is pretty well established.  The fables of the old testament are not history.


Regrettably, I plan to be out of town this Friday night.

Otherwise, I would be unhappily carrying a huge placard to protest the hijacking of the Party of Lincoln, T.R., Ike and Reagan by this bullying billionaire-but-two-bit con man, Liberal-Democrat from New York ....and his rabid followers.

I'd probably be hunting down an orange wig to wear.

Rest assured I'd be protesting Hillary just as unhappily.

But it would be even more fun wearing an orange jumpsuit.


Yes, Roundup  is  a milder version of the herbicide, Agent Orange that was used in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnamese are still trying to get the US to pay for all the terrible birth defects and illnesses
linked to Agent Orange.   Agent Orange was in fact developed and tested here in Hawaii and UH
researchers were instrumental in its development.  UH  at the time was a big recipient of defense
contracts and  the place at the time was lousy with FBI, CIA, Army, and Navy intelligence agents spying on UH facility and the anti war and commie protest groups who were very active on campus
and in the community.


When did not paying for your own birth control become a right?


Defining terrorism is a contentious issue. Of course, you can point to obvious examples such as 9/11, but that doesn't define terrorism.

You need necessary conditions in order to define and those conditions are not forthcoming in the case of terrorism.

For example, if you include as a necessary condition that terrorism is carried out by non-state entities, then you leave out the very real presence of state terrorism.


Yes, Paul, I even voted for him.


...and just who will pay for this beautiful tax cut, Mexico?


Although my husband is not an Eastern Rite Catholic, where this is a common practice at baptism (and it is called "Chrismation" not confirmation), it was common in the country in which he was born and grew up.  You will find a wide range of ages for most sacraments among the world's nations.

It is unfortunate that there is no real agreed upon idea of what confirmation is supposed to be...that leads to a wide variation of ages of reception/administration and required preparation (if any).


2022 World Cup Soccer looks better and better. Thanks FIFA


and us "poh folks" don't pay no taxes...hang on, if dem rich folks getting all the tax breaks/shelters, then who da heck paying all dat tax monies?..time to wake up...


Of course. You're absolutely right.


Obscene...


Hey, Bob, you must know that your views are outliers in all this. The scientific consensus seems to be that there's been a notable increase in the number of large wildfires over the period discussed, and that the fire season is as much as three months longer than it was in the mid-20th century.  And science probably knows more about AGW than it does about gravity, since AGW is strictly a geophysical phenomenon.

Rather than take exception to your specific claims, though, let me ask you something. You think that the AGW consensus is enforced by granting agencies and by a kind of modern-day academic Lysenkoism, like in the USSR, right? And that this conspiracy-like formation is tied together by economic self interest and some unified cultural, social and political agenda. AGW research itself is actually quite flimsy.

So why haven't oil and coal billionaires, like the Kochs, funded rigorous research that debunks AGW? There'd be no granting agencies, no government enforced uniformity.


Eliminating your competition by erecting "barriers to entry" through special-interest supported legislation.

How very American.


AG Chin wants him here in Hawaii-Nei.


No, we have a very rational fear of lightning, and take precautions against it, even if has always been an unlikely cause of death, which explains why it is an even less likely cause of death in developed countries today.

We go to great lengths to prevent negative events of all kinds, with laws and regulations, as in the debates about "free-range children" for example, or consumer protection laws, health inspections,  airline crash investigations, etc.  You could call all of those "irrational fears" based on the small likelihood of any of those events happening.

In fact, the hysteria over "islamophobia" based on one fringe character going off the rails in Quebec City is a good candidate for "irrational fear reaction." The chances of such an event being repeated are infinitesimal, and yet Parliament is overreacting in an irrational manner to it.


Considering you have the name of the CBC reporter wrong (it's JONATHAN Kay), one would automatically have to question everything else in your post. The elder Khadr was really a money man arranging funding for al-Qaeda (not the Taliban, for Tormaine's edification), described as "not a man of fighting." In fact, he had been badly injured in a 1992 bomb blast -- hard to be a "terrorist commander" when you can hardly walk. He deserves no credit for taking his family into a battle zone, nor for directing Omar into combat training and bomb construction, but Khadr expended considerable effort to keep Omar out of fighting. He was irate after Omar's capture that the boy had been placed directly in harm's way.

To correct Richard Roskell, Ahmed Khadr was killed in a 2003 air raid, 14 months following Omar's capture.

Never hurts to check multiple sources . . .


Rail is an investment in the futures of our children and grandchildren that will pay for itself in the long run. But we should also invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For them it's a basic need. And for us it's an investment in their futures that they cannot afford. Studies show that even at ages 27 and 40 they lose out and are on the bottom of the heap.

"...significantly higher earnings, rates of home ownership, and levels of schooling, as well as significantly fewer arrests and social service interventions, than a control group of non-preschool participants. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that, over the lifetimes of the participants, the preschool program returned to the public an estimated $7.16 for every dollar spent."


Is that why it was the top post?


No, Jay, I am, and I do live in Southcentral Alaska.  I am just tired of all this vague and sloppy "The Valley" talk.  Maybe you haven't noticed, but just in Southcentral Alaska there is far more than ONE single valley!  Girdwood Valley, Eagle River Valley (actually vallies, North Fork and South Fork), Portage Valley, Eklutna Valley, etc. etc.  Please be specific.

Oh, and by the way, not to be pedantic but there is no such place as "The Mat-Su Valley" (although there is a Matsu Valley in Japan), because there is no such thing as the Mat-Su River.  There is the Matanuska Valley, and there is the entirely separate Susitna Valley.  So again, please be specific.


Agreed, but the NDP and Greens were PR or bust while the Tories figure moving to such system would tear their party apart as they can appeal to 40% by being moderate enough to appeal to swing voters while right wing enough to keep their base happy.  They cannot appeal to 50% while simultaneously keeping their base happy.  Now perhaps ranked ballots would lead to another split the moderate party of the split might win on second choices, but certainly the Conservatives in their current form couldn't.


If they stood their ground- somebody would be hurt. I would call it wise, not a wuss-