We're not talking about almost every school, and a former UO president coined the term entertainment division for his athletic department. It would help if you could point specifically to what subsidy from the general fund is being made to support athletics at Oregon and, in particular, coaches' salaries. It's common knowledge that one individual greases the university's skids on both sides of the river, or did you miss the $500 huge that he dropped on that proposed sciency thingee recently? But tell us more about the checks the academic side has been writing for athletics, when it isn't busy propping up the sorry excuse for a law school, that is.


So much money for jetting around.  But never enough - so your children's piggy bank is endangered.  Ask yourself if that feels "right".


Please try to pay better attention.
This story/your comment were published 10-27.
On 10-24, if you'd been paying attention you would have read:
Clinton campaign, DNC tied to Russian dossier
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-research-russia-dossier/
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Does Putin have you posting in too many places for you to keep up?


Wow. Houseguests from HELL. Who the f^#% has an armed stand off in someone else's home?


And your idea of erotic literature is the Wall Street Journal?


Reports he had over 700 hrs as PIC.  I am a private pilot and that is an impressivre record for someone who has recently taken up the sport. It is expensive however we are talking about multi millionaries spending their money on toys.  Please no negative remarks here......in addition reports coming out he was possibly showboating...diving and dipsydoodling around....not smart under any circumstances.  Flying in not pitching a stupid baseball.  I shall be following this carefully.  If it is indeed pilot error, then it will confirm my suspicion about pro athletes in general.


You believe within the Government, muckamuck, and that is fine, because that is your own choice.

I believe within the individual, and what each of us can accomplish without Governmental meddling.

Empathy and altruism come not from the Government, muckamuck, but from the individual.

I have no problem paying taxes to support the basic tenets of government.

I do have a problem paying taxes unto an entity that divides individuals into demographics so as to go beyond said basic tenets.

And why the use of 'we'?

Do you represent others, or does that word somehow give you strength or self-confidence?

Who, muckamuck, is 'we'?


Charles Blow, by the very nature of your profession, you have neither morals nor ethics. I wonder if you would be saying the same if the other liar, thief, and self serving egotistical maniac had won.


~ WE USE HYDRO IDIOT. YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD 20 TIMES NOW.


While what you say is obvious, it is also true that for whatever reason many women don't accept that responsibility or don't have the discipline to take a pill every day or won't stop in the heat of the moment to take care of contraception. I don't know why.  But it is true.

So, if we want to deal with reality and reduce abortions, then the $19 dollar a month pills or relying on the condom that doesn't get used - are not the entire answer. Some studies have shown that long-acting contraceptives, such as iud or implant forms of contraceptive are more effective in reducing unplanned pregnancies. In my own case, my own contraceptives in my younger years were much more expensive because I medically couldn't take the cheapies.

I don't understand why some folks don't act responsibly.  But some don't. So, if reducing abortions is so terrible important, then we have to be willing to look for effective solutions. Or, forget trying to stop abortions.

And, educate our young to be responsible.


Too bad the painting is of an ATLANTIC salmon, not a Pacific salmon. The article overstates, in my view, the fate of Pacific salmon in BC at least in the medium term. BC is a huge area with very diverse rivers and salmon populations and to generalize is to devalue the potential for that variation to sustain salmon long into the future. Continuing declines of some species in the Fraser River are likely and climate change is just one of the contributing factors to that sad story.


We Canadians routinely single out minority groups for special treatment around human rights. Look at the protection offered Jews after WW2, or the LGTBQX community.

Sure we have existing laws in place to protect Canadians of all types from human rights abuses. So technically it is not necessary to cater to special interest groups. However what is wrong with a symbolic gesture like this?

It certainly will not do any harm, and will go a long way to bolster Muslim immigrants to Canada.

I fully support it.


There's never been a study as to whether new arrivals create any jobs for anyone other than those in their own "community" either. You don't want a study that begs the questions as to whether there is ANY real connection between new arrivals and contributing to the tax base WITHOUT taking a job from some citizen who is ALREADY HERE.


"...there needs to be other ways to think of God."
Perhaps there need to be other ways to think of "Father", "Lord", or "Master"; like the ways characterized in Scriptural accounts.
In which Christian culture is the title "Father" unacceptable for God?
I agree that there are a number of theologies available; all give analogs for God as no one can pretend to understand Him fully.  We have only what we can derive by reason or what is given in public revelation.  The first, however, cannot contradict the second.


I would think that the BC residents have enough on their plate. The WAC Bennett Dam was completed in 1968. It must have taken a good number of years to build. At this point in time the environmental movement was just getting off the ground and going back to that period many of us were just beginning to realize that our modern society had so many flaws. Just a quick look on the internet mentions that this dam is being impacted by the Site C dam which the people of BC have been fighting. Dams are not generally considered environmentally friendly. I did not look at it's impact on Alberta but if that is the case as you say, then maybe Albert should start looking at forming a strong environmental movement. My impression is that Albertans are more than willing to plow the environment under for short term economic gain, one example of this their desire to export beef which requires a lot of water.
BC residents have every right to protect their coasts and they have some very dangerous waters.


No deaths indirectly or directly caused by pot? Wow you win the award for the broadest generalization of the year.

Imagine that, something that changes your cognition and yet it has no affect. Its a miracle.

A miracle that will vanish now that real data is being collected.


Please post the pledge that Harper made to explicitly prevent selling access for cash.  Otherwise the comparison is meaningless.

Also, please point out a single maximum donor to the Liberals that is not a business leader who attended an event with an MP directly related to their industry.  All we need is reasonable doubt.


You both forgot about Russia.


Perhaps SkeptiCat 'learned' math in an Oregon school?

Even some of the high school 'graduates' today find themselves taking remedial math at LCC!


what in the name of all that's right is wrong with these people? Are they kidding—new oil and gas exploration at this point in the the sordid history of the Earth?


It is time for the good senator to knuckle under, eat some humble pie, and back off of her high horse. If she does not, and this impasse remains, nobody will like the outcome which will be very very big bucks to stop work......stopping work on this hummer will not be free, and should it be restarted you can kiss an extra billion goodbye. It is best to finish this monstrosity, see how it goes, and if we don't like it we can tear it down, and as somebody said, used the rubble for shoreline protection against sea level rise.


Gattis got dumped at least in part because she thinks our senior citizens should leave the state, as she considers them to be a financial burden. These same senior citizens that made this state what it is today. A lot of them have been here since before statehood. Now Munoz wants leniency for some of the worst of the worst, those that sexually abuse children. Munoz only back tracked because she "got caught".  It's now up to the voters in her district to show her the same one way door that Gattis saw. Our seniors and children deserve better.


Art isn't what this town needs.  What we need is a viable waterfront and downtown district!  Go to Coupeville on any given day in the Summer and it is packed!  On any of those same days Oak Harbor is dead!
City Beach is a haven for homeless and shady characters and we are improving it with a sewage treatment plant?!
There are very few good restaurants in OH and none of those have a water view!  Alfy's doesn't count!  Some of the good restaurants are having a difficult time to survive simply because no one comes to OH to spend any time.  It is a drive-thru town to get to where you want to go!
Those in the military don't want to live here for one, because it's pretty dead.  They are choosing to commute from Anacortes and Mount Vernon, and for another reason...no one wants to go out to a bar and have a few drinks because they might run face to face with their C.O.
Art isn't what this town needs.  What it needs is a real plan to revitalize the water front and the isolated downtown strip.


Of course Obama made the same remark. (I expect you missed it). The Americans have noticed that not all of us are paying our share.


Wow obviously you don't follow current events very much.
All the violence is coming from the left. All the attempts to frustrate free speech are coming from the left. All the hysteria is coming from the left. Google will tell you as much and youtube will show it to you.


Traffic from the Waianae coast will not be relieved by this project.  This is where a huge working class population lives.  Why did the planners start the rail project in empty farmland miles from working people?


This movement to rethink our monuments has a lot to do with our information age.  We have a lot more information about historical figures than ever before.  All their virtues and sins are now exposed to the world.

When I was a child, we got our information from textbooks and newspapers and perhaps a biography from the library now and then.  It turns out that all those sources were sanitized or the writers didn't have full knowledge about their subjects.  For example most people had heard that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves but there are a lot of other interesting narratives that were not general knowledge.

Personally, I favour change over clinging to an idea of the past that was a bit of a facade anyway.  Those folks are gone now, dead and buried. Let's not condemn them; they were products of their time.  But let's move on and make our public spaces welcoming for the people living right now.


I had 5" reflector as a kid and it had a screw-on eyepiece filter that allowed me see sunspots. I never tracked the Sun so the total length of time with sunlight on the two mirrors would have only been minutes. No harm ever came to the scope. A sealed  8" SCT would burn up if it tracked the Sun, as you pointed out.


Irish Episcopal power is illustrated in an example dredged from the Web "Noël Browne, the Health Minister, attempted to introduce a limited free health programme for children and pregnant women, the Mother and Child Scheme (1950s). This provoked outrage from the bishops and the church-run medical establishment. As Browne describes in his autobiography Against the Tide, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid “considered the health scheme an encroachment by the state on the church’s role, which he considered to be, among much else, ‘to determine and to control the social attitudes of the family in the Republic, especially in the delicate matters of maternity and sexuality’.” Within months the church crushed the scheme and Browne was hounded out of the government. Labour Party leader William Norton scandalously sided with the church against Noël Browne and the Mother and Child Scheme. The Irish Trades Union Congress initially supported the Scheme but retreated once the bishops denounced it."


Hey everybody, did I miss anything?

....... Barack Obama


Meh.  We should all vote for Hillary because she has two X chromosomes?   How silly.

The USA is very late to the show in regards to having a female chief executive.  Look at all the countries that have preceded us:  Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, India, Israel, Brazil, Australia, the Philippines ... maybe a few more, if we parsed the "minor countries" of the world.  :-/

A few of those women provided their nations with great leadership (the real issue).  Others demonstrated that a woman leader can be just as mediocre (if not downright incompetent) or as greedy and corrupt, as any man.


Your congressional delegation is made up of republicans who do not care about anything, but making money for themselves and the corporations that support them.


Reading this article and the comments section, it would be difficult to see that: 1. small business owners get significant tax breaks and 2. these tax breaks had a rationale - namely support jobs and offset risk. The government is saying that policy rationale is not working in  some instances and they are looking to claw it back where it is not. 3. Tax breaks for some means the rest of us have to pay higher taxes to cover health care, defence, education, roads and all that. I don't mind that but it better be in support of policies that are working. If the policy isn't working then they should phase it out over a reasonable time period - say 5 years. Harper, by the way, got rid of plenty of corporate tax breaks during his time in office.


Dark people have earned bias against them. I do not like people who cannot tolerate LGBTQ, infidels etc. Most dark people are prejudice.  Most dark people are narcissistic, most dark people complain all the time etc. These are annoying traits and I do not like them or people who display them.


Veronica Gail Worth owns the gingerbread house in Kahala where she runs a lucrative vacation rental.  I guess if she has a fallout with Kawananakoa she'll always have her gingerbread money.


Ironically, Trump's grandfather would have been excluded. Similarly, my ancestors would likewise not have made the cut. How many people in this country trace their ancestry to immigration? Greater than 50% is my guess. The lottery system curtails the numbers which some believe is necessary in order to not flood our cities with immigrants and there is a strong argument for limiting numbers. However, the discrimination expressed in this bill will favor whites over people of color and don't expect exceptions for technologically savvy south Asians. Their skin color will be a barrier. Only when large corporations take control of this and argue that immigration is needed to keep our economy growing will anyone in Congress pay attention. Right now they are catering to their base which is comprised of those who are afraid of anyone different from themselves and want those 'others' excluded. Insofar as 'foreigners' taking American's jobs too many Americans have no desire to learn new skills.


Stephen Joynt - Experts have been wrong before ... a lot. There were these experts once that thought the sun revolved around the earth and anyone who said otherwise was a heretic. They were the scientific experts of their day and they deemed the new theory to be wrong. We all know how that turned out.

Turns out eggs don't cause cholesterol, salt doesn't cause high blood pressure, second-hand smoke doesn't give you cancer, and flossing doesn't improve gum disease.  I know, the experts said ... but now it's been proven .... Or not.

Experts are only as good as the data they're willing to believe.


...and please don't blind me with your camera flashes during totality. Rude.


"This election season was very revealing."

Well that's one thing on which we can finally agree.


"Mr. Trump’s arrival in office will hand the Justin Trudeau government its greatest challenge yet . . . ."

Oh Yay!  The USA has a protectionist blowhard bully at its helm and Canada will stand up to him with  . . . Justin Trudeau?  Kinda like Mother Theresa going a few rounds with Mike Tyson.

This will not end well.  For all you who voted for Trudeau and his merry band of unicorn-herders, don't say we didn't warn you.


That would violate the 14th Amendment of the constitution, the equal protection clause.


Sad commentary when America's veterans get a couple of column INCHES and violent criminals, dedicated to tearing down all of that for which our heroes fought get giant headlines and columnFEET.


Coming from Haiti they better be given an AIDS test before anything else.


Great.  More newcomers to complain about the trains.


Actually, no. Colorado does not enforce federal marijuana laws, either, nor should they.


A joke? Who's laughing?


"Worldwide opinion is just recovering from the shock of this vacillating and appeasing PM's comment."

Golly, you wouldn't be passing off an opinion as fact, would you? As for your opinion rating the Khadr case "much worse" than the appeasement of Hitler prior to WWII, it's hysterical.


It sounds like the victim doesn't wish to participate in the case…


Thanks GL.

The NOAA >1880 chart showing greater numbers of severe storms before and after the IR/fossil fuel boom is still hard to ignore.

And due to the lack of recorded data before the late 19th century, sediment data appears to be the best method in determining the frequency and severity of storms <1880.

On a side note- I found it interesting how back in 2002 that NYT's story actually treated the sediment study's findings- which would go against today's GW narrative- with respect.

Ah the good old days...


I am not a compulsive spell checker and will not usually see these things for a few days. I could say that two rams(Aries) have only about 1/7th the methane output of a cow but the number of sheep and goats is greater than the number of cattle so they have a larger methane impact but in reality it is just my typing and spell checking.


Thank you Governor Walker for the incredible courage this action took.


And the best leader in Canada in 2017.


""I'm proud to stand with Every Voice to empower the voices of voters by getting big money out of politics. I've worked on that in the legislature and will continue to do so in the Secretary of State's office."   Val Hoyle, Facebook.


"The only evidence is some pictures" Given that "one picture is worth a thousand words", SOME pictures is a lot of evidence; I would say that the pictures are not merely evidence, but proof.


How many times must commenters write in to say that Canada is Not a Colony? We have been our own country, our own home, for eight decades, and this was confirmed in the 1950s, as has been well-stated above. Petulant (and uninformed) people who want to rock the boat for their own advantage, or out of sheer mischief, had better think twice. Canada is one of the last solid democracies in the world at the moment -- despite what  eccentric commenters like Rochedale and julejim say.
If it works, don't fix it. Smoke up, dream on. You tinker at your own peril.


I'd suggest that this kind of scare tactic campaign harms tourism far more than the actual experience of being/living in Coupeville.

Thousands in Coupeville (barely thousands, but that is a horse of a different color) still live in Coupeville and have no plans to move.


Everything you said is perfectly true, now what?? I've emailed Seattle's Mayor many times. His idea of affordable housing is out of reach for gethe majority of our homeless. Now I read that contractors can pay a fee and avoid holding a percentage of units for low income.
We at Lake City Christian have been sheltering three families living in their RVs and have received complaints because it looks messy which it does. Life is messy especially when living in a confined space. Basically many want them to go away so we don't have to look. Go where??? On the street they are forced to move every couple of days. God change people's hearts. Become real Christians as in following our Lord.
Malinda ewis


We shouldn't have to feel thrilled when we are let off the hook from getting ripped off.


Joanna you have to spend some money if your going to make money.  It`s reasonable to show that this project is backed by the Alaskan people.. and it certainly is if you go by past votes and the intent of several pieces of recent and past legislation.  This is good PR to let potential investors/customers to see the "community" of Alaska as well as the slope production facilities and the TAPS example of how we have already built a pipeline here and there is room for a gasline as well...and a pretty good haul road beside it most of the way already. Not so much expensive "pioneering" when you use an existing ROW.  And at least the money is staying in Alaska and being used for a popular event that brings worldwide attention to Alaska. It`s good PR for our gas and our future capacity as a supplier.


Why is it a silly argument? If I was a baker and some christian guy wanted me to write something on a cake that was derogatory towards gays, I would refuse to do so. Are you saying I should be sued for standing up for homosexuals? Should I be sued because I won't tolerate bigotry?
The Little Guy


So you agree that the criticism that NCR gave to the Correction letter regarding low numbers was baseless, the act of a small mind?  Yes?

I just don't remember seeing you make that point in comments, defending small numbers, that is...which is now more than 250.

And I don't see that many women?   What's that about?  Did you make that criticism?


One of the roles of any Supreme Court is to get the gov't to recognize the limits of its own power. When the gov't tries to bend the rules or refuses to follow the rules and puts the environment at risk, ideally the Supremes are supposed to step in and right that wrong. Here in Hawaii we have one of the best activist courts that is not afraid to tell any agency of the gov't when they are not doing their job. In this case telling the DLNR to follow their mandate to protect the state's natural resources rather than sell it out. In this matter the yellow tang won and the DLNR got their hand slapped and were shown to be the lazy agency that we all knew they were. The Hawaii Supreme Court is not perfect...but they try to be.


And privatizing it would help how?  Do you not think they would still apply for rate increases the same as private hydro or gas companies do, the way our big Telco's do?  So it goes I guess, here in Ontario Wynne takes $8-12/mth off your hydro bill and for thousands of young this will eat most of that up....who is in line to take the rest...


The response was a disappointment, said the petition signers.
"He overlooked it [celibacy] and put his own issues first," said Kuta.

Of course he did.  Dud bishops like Barres are the reason the church is floundering.


"Well, well, I just stumbled across..."

Typical of a GSA Grade Six.  Obviously the good gentleman is oblivious to the fact that replies to posts on Civil Beat automatically generate a message to the email address of record.  Perhaps the NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE frowns upon employees using agency resources and time to post to non-governmental web sites and blocks such messages.

"And, once again, he phrases (sic) his responses as if only he possesses more than a beginner’s understanding of political, economic, and legal “realities.”

Add grammar and composition to the list of "beginner’s understanding".


he has more money in his pocket than you have in investments,


But you immigrated from Tahiti and are not tribal or indigenous.  Mandans lived on the Great Plains for 11,000 years.


Auwe!


It's a long time and far away.  But I remember.


No, Canada and Mexico should not walk away from negotiations.

That hands RC an easy victory if his intent is to drive Canada and Mexico away from negotiations.

RC intends to end NAFTA one way or another. Why give him an easy victory? Make him fight for it.

If we do not walk away he cannot claim that negotiations have failed, only that they will take a lot longer than expected. There are a lot of legislators who do not want to lose NAFTA, particularly because of the actions of an idiot. RC needs a win. He wins if we walk.

DO NOT GIVE IT TO HIM!!!!!!!!

Your approach is defeatist. I hope our negotiators can come up with something better. I have a novel idea if those peons want to hear it.


African Americans with blond hair denouncing  white teenagers for appropriating hip hop is just plain strange.


He says its so easy,  ....  to make 5-15% a month which is really 60-180% a year.    Easy in a raging market perhaps and what so called gurus predict to suck people in. (they disappear during bear market)      AND his 4 mentioned are sooo risky,  APPL too as it is priced to perfection.    12% is fairly easy per annum but 6% more likely if you want to invest successfully.   This is not attractive to the get rich quick crowd though.


Illegal aliens  are only 'imaginary' because we do not know how many are here and what their actual identities are.

Now if this reporter is speaking of immigrants, well, that is a different subject entirely...and they have no need to hide their husbands, their children, themselves- duh!


Only in Leaf land is losing a blessing in disguise.  They sure have had a lot of "blessings".  You gotta give them that.


"Capacity is ABSOLUTELY being cut for drivers."

Yes, for drivers...but overall capacity of the street is increasing...for people...since buses have far more capacity per sqft of road than cars.

Also, last I checked, it's still possible to transfer buses (or to rail, or to a bike, or walk) to get to a destination that's not directly on Colfax.


May I share some thoughts as someone involved with Pick Click Give? First of all, thank you for your donations to nonprofits! Regarding the 7% fee - When you use a credit card, write a check or use cash to donate directly to a nonprofit, you might not see the costs associated with the items listed above (advertising, printing, website, staff, etc,) but the nonprofit is paying them, usually at a much higher rate.

The 7% fee goes towards the support of statewide marketing program, web site maintenance, donor correspondence lists, and technical training for nonprofits. It also goes towards tangible promotional items like banners and rack cards. Ask the nonprofit you give to why they participate in the Pick.Click.Give. program. The return on investment they receive on the 7% fee is incredible.


So you won't be staying at Trump hotels.


Bill Clinton is not running for President.

Also, Bill's sex was with consent. Trump is literally discussing sexually assaulting women he thinks are hot.

It is so bad even Tic Tacs has called him out on his rude behavior.


Not sure how those links could reaffirm your point(s), Tim. Could you please clarify based on what I provided to you? ... You wondered when traditional media had seriously (and recently) addressed police violence and corporate-sponsored environmental damage; I gave you dozens – maybe hundreds – of links from just one source (The New York Times) that met your request. I could do the same for numerous other "traditional" media sources. So would you consider that the criticism of "traditional" media might not be completely fair, as part of the scapegoating for a public that declines to hold its community leaders (politicians, policy makers, departmental officers, business execs, etc.) responsible for their actions? ...


Burn any flags lately?


Xandoli
My reply simply disappeared after longer than usual pauses on the three questions.
There are more than 2 billion Muslims that could be offended by the actions of the west against Muslims in the Middle East area. Their extremist actions would lead to more people not liking Muslims.


No, Patriot, the voters won't hold the Republican majority's feet to the fire.  That opportunity was lost when the same voters supported BS21.  Now it's time for the BS21 voters to pay their Republican Pipers.  What the Republican majority is doing, they're so-called plan is to turn neighbor against neighbor by handing down property tax increases, forced municipal takeover of public employees' pension payments, soon to come sales taxes, income taxes, one cent fuel tax for Big Oil spill cleanups, a $100-$500 education head tax depending on one's income.....


Yeah, that's all they did. Sure.


Todd, If Cedric is technically not a member of the party, yet both party Rules and State law require he be one in order to appear on the ballot as a Democrat, why would it be wrong that "the idea of preventing Gates from being allowed to run was at least considered by him, the Party or both"?

Should Tim NOT have "considered" taking some sort of action? Within the local Party, I have been one of the strongest advocates for leaving these sorts of decisions up to the voters rather than to party officers. Even when we are "well-intended" (which is not always the case), it gets very complicated to try to figure out the most just solution, especially when our Rules are kinda scrambled. I supported leaving Thielen's election to the Democratic voters of the Senate district rather than to party insiders, many of whom had obvious conflicts of interest. I pushed through the elimination of the six month membership requirement for candidates.

I think Tim is striking the right balance here.


"the past eight years have been the golden age of multilateralism"

which was a complete and abject failure.

Yet another worthless column from Saunders, how did he get away with it?


It's not polite to use words like - "pay to play".

Mayor Caldwell is so corrupt in so many ways! I hope the public knows about his bad record and not give him 4 more years.


Trump the draft-dodger, p-grabber
let stupidity ring


What is behind the Episcopalians' demise since they do everything you say the Catholic Church needs to do to survive?


You said in one paragraph what I was thinking in essay form.  Thanks for letting me off the hook. I was thinking of the many times my friends and I have been invited to leave the church (as heretics) when we questioned uniformity.  Fr. Weinandy gets taken out of the topmost American theological position, and that slight leads him to question the papacy.  He is among many who differentiate holiness from reality, not a sin until you start silencing voices or kicking people out of the family.


The US is committing itself to mediocrity with increased trade barriers to protect their inefficient industries.  In particular the US automobile industry should up its game and design and produce better cars that people actually want if they expect to compete against superior German and Japanese cars.  Setting up trade barriers will only ensure that US automobile consumers end up with overpriced obsolete vehicles.  About the only industry where the US excels at domestic manufacturing is in the military equipment market which for obvious reasons can not be outsourced.  This fact may explain why Trump is pushing for other countries to immediately up their military spending so that they will have to buy US made military hardware and thereby increase US manufacturing employment.  Almost looks and sounds like a protection racket.


What is the cost when they get out and kill again? Ask the victims family what they think of the cost.


Alberta is just Quebec west without the beautiful cities, cultural vitality, and french language.  Alberta is never satisfied, hates the federal government, is always complaining about how everything is unfair, has a small secessionist movement, and blames everyone but themselves for their fiscal mismanagement.  Parallels abound.


..hee..hee..


Yes - Ducky's answer to everything is the government...Take a look at recent natural phenomena (disasters) and see how many people to government helped during those ? Ducky will be on his roof screaming for Lucy Vinnis to send a personal chopper to pick him up.


Go to many Habs games then? Thanks for the info, I wasn't too confident that there wasn't government investment in Bombadier considering the new tendency for bail outs. But that $1 billion can get you 10% of a company with $16 billion in revenue shows that Bombadier must be sick. It's overheads must be huge,

I still stand by the crux of my argument. It's the responsibility of the government and citizens of the country where the crime is committed to demand justice. Not the country where a person or company is domiciled.

From an ex-Canadian living in Cape Town!


You're absolutely right, years ago this type of competition didn't exist but now sporting and other events compete with video games, Netflix etc. More and more people are staying home and binge watching shows or playing video games rather than going to basketball games.


Well, Obama could actually read ...


Everyone knows that The Donald is a man of his word, unlike the feckless Kenyan... so standby.


Hardly a pastoral approach, that, but all things being equal, I don's see that much of a point is being made here.  It seems more an attempt to buttress opinion with questionable cites (I hardly think USA Today's pop psychology is science) and air personal grievances under the guise of a legitimate discussion of religious beliefs.  Perhaps it would benefit all to resist the urge to accuse others of being trolls, and avoid labels like "bullying."  I understand you are only trying to be humorous, and accountants do seem to have a hard time with humor, don't they, but perhaps it is time to move on?  Not all here will appreciate your wit with the same relish as I.  *lol*


What in the hell is a "womanist"?


Debt dynamics aren't your strong point.

He inherited debt of 42% of GDP, and left a level of 66%

When you inherit an economy that has had as much debt thrown at it as Canada had,  and the deficits are exploding, just wrestling those deficits from disastrous to merely bad is a major achievement. Our modern understanding of debt vulnerability is that it is the speed of accumulation that is the biggest problem, and PET's runaway deficits of his last 3 years in power put the economy into ER surrounded by crash carts.

Mulroney turned a 2.7% Primary deficit into a 1.8% surplus, and cut PET's 8.1% Deficit into only 4.4% within 5 years - that is hard stuff outside an IMF program, and only slightly behind Irelands adjustment between 2011 and 2013 .

Could he have got that down to 4 - 3.5%? Possibly, but that degree of adjustment, when unemployment was so high, and real wages falling would have been brutal. He would have been better admitting defeat and restructuring the debt.


Our Queen's representative ??  More like a Queen's U sorority Queen.  Like Justin - full of hubris and lacking humility.

How did they pull her name out of a hat?  I wouldn't be surprised if she belches in public and thinks nothing of it.


Black Lives Matter.  But no more than White lives.


Thank you.
Like the deeply flawed ruling from that idiot judge in Seattle, this will not stand.
From the piece " Trump's plan will likely evolve during congressional negotiations before it becomes law."


Your rhetoric ran out last year.


re "Donnie Dump couldn't get elected either if it weren't for white supremacists, eighth grade dropouts , and gun nuts" and this?  "Because it's the truth? You have to admit, the Trumpeteers have not acquitted themselves well." [Joe end quote]

Not gonna argue, just request a definition of what a 'Gun Nut' is (Theater shooter? Columbine? CC permitted citizens? NRA members? Or?)

2nd, percentage of eighth grade dropouts that voted for Trump please. May well be the majority! Just show us.

3rd, percentage of actual declared white supremacist's who voted for Trump. Again, may well be the majority. I have no idea but I am interested in the data actually.


They removed the tolls off the Coq as the cumulative tolls collected had paid for the initial construction costs.


And not one word about Rupert Murdoch?


Herschel, as a real VOTER having voted every year in Alaska for the past 37 years, Don Young will most certainly get my  vote again ! Keep up the good work, Don ! Not so sure about Sen. Lisa Murkowski though .


You are wrong again Hugh and this is a big one ...you may want to rethink this one


Thank you mike-from-enderby!


Yes, on sleeping bag. Alaskans freeze to death all the time, especially in the mountains in April. Bring a jacket. Bring a first aid kit. Bring an ice axe if you are climbing  a mountain because people save their lives every day with ice axes. There are a hundred ways to get hurt in the bush that are more common than bear attacks. Your pack would weigh a thousand pounds if you planned for every contingency. Bear attacks make morbid news but they actually are very rare.  It doesn't make the news when somebody has a sleeping bag and comes home safe. It doesn't make the news when somebody saves themselves with an ice axe. Yet, it happens every day. This rarely makes the news but it's a fact that every mountain climber understands.

You can blame the bear if you want but that is the point of my first post. To feel safe it helps to blame  someone or something, whether it's a bear or the victim.


Wow.  Dumass of the day!!


So what.  That is just one style of investing which you want to give preference to.


Inapplicable when you issue your own currency.  The federal government cannot run out of Canadian dollars and just because it pays interest on its debt (it needn't and it shouldn't) doesn't mean there's less room for other spending priorities.  These are political choices not economic.


Since all the juvenile records are secret and then sealed, Recidivism rates will be impossible to verify.   The 'results' will depend upon who tabulates and reports the data and what they are attempting to prove.


Boots, trust me, you wouldn't make dog catcher.


There's just 5000 too many of your union brethren working. It's ok.  Real cuts are a comin'.


Or you could, like Andrew Scheer and the Harper family, send your money to the Rebel supported site and that way you could support both  the Speer family and Ezra Levant  and crew.

http://frankmag.ca/2016/05/ezra-derangement-syndrome-74/


But they had so much more finesse about doing it.


@ Hanabata Days
Would POTUS Trump...or anyone leave their SNN on the document? "The conclusion is obvious."...how idiotic is that...oh wait!


I will still call the city Barrow - just lie everybody else


senile dude...he needs to step down


The Ku'e petitions. Really? I will let the readers determine how credible they were. Here is the link.  Check out everybody the Kauai woman's petition.  All the signatures are in the same handwriting, last names and no first, children under the age of 18, no addresses.  Hardly genuine.  Just some woman's club.
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/petition.html


John Adams was a complete heretic by Catholic standards. A Congregationalist by birth, he would eventually abandon belief in the Trinity and the divinity of Christ. Though a "church-going animal" Adams famously exclaimed in a letter to Thomas Jefferson:

"Twenty times, in the course of my late Reading, have I been upon the point of breaking out, ’This would be the best of all possible Worlds, if there were no Religion in it.'"

He would later backtrack that “without Religion this World would be Something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell."

It appears he was ambivalent.


Guest: " I just don't like how CVT's drive"
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Then, you should said the same thing about GM Volt.


What people are not doing is facing facts.  Obamacare isn't working.  What the Republicans have proposed probably isn't much different.  What the Republicans have talked about but didn't propose is needed - like opening it up for insurance carries to cross state lines.  If Americans would stop and ponder the long-term issues of government controlling health insurance.  Helping those who cannot afford insurance should be covered and those who can afford - even if they need to work two jobs need to pay part or all of their health care.  Not sure what has happened to this country but it used to be take care of yourself - not any more people are looking for handouts.  Our country has lost that drive to achieve on their own.


Icon didn't say it, I did. Try and pay attention. I know it's tough.

Are you seriously claiming there's a pardon without criminal guilt? You are a special kind of trumpster, aren't you? Totally adverse to facts.


Try cracking down on all the Chinese money laundering. Focus osfi. Where the heck is the cra?


scary


Well, fine. A worthy idea; maybe it will work, maybe it won't.

My question is how will they measure and determine success? When and how will they decide if the programme should be expanded or discontinued?


Justice Scalia''s statements don't support what we have in Alaska because the Republican Primary allows participation by nonparty voters.  This is from the opinion you quoted: " "A single election in which the party nominee is selected by nonparty members could be enough to destroy the party."

Well, many participants in the Alaska Republican primary are nonparty members who are poised to "destroy the party" according to Justice Scalia;  therefore, this decision doesn't seem to fit our situation.


Not sure when it was that Progressives defended Russia, but I guess it helped out the flow of your post to pretend that.


Interesting Green Jeans.
Your comment asked people to " stick with the program" but you are using another "program" from JD Power to argue with a "program" about survival rates.


I've seen a few but not the worst.  The ones I've seen are enough to make the argument.   Not enough for you?  Read the stats on domestic violence, suicide rates and drug addiction for first nations on reserves or in urban communities.   Strictly a third world performance by Canada over decades.  We have no right to tell other countries what human rights are.

It is like us lecturing the world on carbon emission reductions when we have very close to the worst record in the developed world.   I'll say it again - all done for the cameras to influence the gullible.

Cheers,
John Meyer


Air Canada doesn't get it.  Rouge is the reason I stopped flying Air Canada


There are plenty of dossiers on Barack and Michelle Obama.  Let's publish them too.


How does someone before they are mayor get $50,000 on the Territorial Savings Board and then when Kirk became Mayor in 2012 he got a raise up to $299,000 and Kirk doesn't even consider that work.  I'm gettting mixed feelings now Kirky boy.  You don't even take me out on dates any more.


No one knows how many dog/trap incidences there are in Alaska in a given season. No one is keeping track, at least officially. Some cases are reported to Ak Safe Trails, check their website, and there is a Biologist at ADFG Palmer who was keeping a list of ones reported to him, but again not an official one. Anyone out there have any statistics they can share?


Who let the Dogs, errr, Trolls out?


"Tougher election law needed to guard against foreign influence: senators"

And also inappropriate third parties.

However, regardless of any tougher election law, we all know that someone, somewhere will find a way to get around the new law.


So if my investments decline is Morneau going to let me deduct the loss against my employment income?   Why take any risk if Morneau wants to extort the profits?


Just do your friggin' job! If you feel the need for a higher powers assistance, get another one that you are capable of without taxing us with your weak needs.


A 410 shotgun is the final solution


Thanks for the correction, perfesser!


Purple IS traditionally the color of royalty, you know.


After all of the lies that Obama and Hillary spewed out over the past 4 years, can you blame Comey for having trust issues with those in power?


This is how the governement treats Canadians and how they treat degenerate queue jumpers who are here to scam the system. Welcome scammers.


Benny? Comparable case? No.

First terms. Natural rights are rights with which we are endowed simply by being. Canon Law is positive law, laws which are made by legislation. Different things.

Second, process. In 2006 Morris released a pastoral letter that called for discussion of the ordination of married men and the ordination of women and also suggested that the Catholic Church consider recognising "Anglican, Lutheran, and Uniting Church orders".

Vatican officials then attempted to reconcile Morris with the Church's teachings.

On May 1, the Apostolic Nuncio announced that the Pope had "removed [Morris] from pastoral care" of his diocese.

On May 13, 2011, the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference (ACBC) issued a statement, stating that they supported Pope Benedict’s decision to remove Morris due to “problems of doctrine and discipline”.

The Holy Father gave Bishop Morris five years to conform. There was zero question Bishop Morris was in conflict with the Church.


In Aerospace industry cost is never a concern - not in US, not in EU, why Canada?

Capitalist Aerospace industry is Military Industrial Complex driven. Bombardier will fail not because of Canadian support, but because it is not part of MIC. Our demands are satisfied by US/UK.


The Democrats are the ones who have shot Scalise, Murdered Vegas American's and threatened our national security by threatening and slandering our President Trump! When will the FBI start protecting America's President and supporters. Comey was the most corrupt swamp monster, along with Mueller, McCabe, Weismann and others who have been set on ruining our government and protecting their friends. Antifa/Dems/MSM/Soro's are all intent on dividing our people, ruining our culture and selling out to foreigners and illegal voters. Thank God DC didn't get to put another American hating President in office. We have lots to do, but must not allow the divisive race baiting Democrats to succeed. This coming from an embarrassed to say, former reformed Democrat myself.  How Blind I was before I watched D'Souza's Hillary's America. This movie was stunning to understand just how bad the Dem/KKK sham is.


Why does it matter if a homeless person is a veteran or not?
I would think that those homeless that are mentally ill, and without any support system would take priority over someone's employment resume.
Veteran homelessness should be a Pentagon issue. Are they having exit interviews with those leaving the service. If so, are they making sure they have a job to go to, and a place to live.


I guess that makes me a right-wing extremist then. I liked the author of the Harper biography. The Ibbitson who suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome almost seems like a different person. When is he going to write something about Justin "Get the f--k out of my way" Trudeau telling his shameless lie to Bloomberg about the Conservatives campaigning in 2015 on a headscarf ban?


Strongly agree Julie. Sadly VAC is missing on a few things and one of them is care for PTSD veterans. The charities, especially WWC are filling gaps in the available care and giving a chance at rehab to veterans who, very understandably, lack the ability and emotional resources to battle VAC. These people are suffering debilitating injuries suffered as a result of a tremendously difficult workplace. How is it possible that VAC isn't covering them adequately? And I agree with you, it's great to see at least some of them doing great work AND being responsible with the donation $$


Bad debate for hillary:( i still support her though!


He's a 54 year old pirate, cut him some slack.


was that doctor one you trust ...and thinks / votes like you do?


If it works, yes, that's a good solution.  However, people who are truly transgender cannot be made to "feel comfortable" in their assigned gender.  Making such people go through puberty is extremely cruel as they are very distressed by the completely wrong changes their body undergoes.  It's much harder physically to transition post-puberty than pre-puberty.  The most humane thing to do is to delay puberty (which is not irreversible) until the person can make a mature informed decision.


Imagine, Rogers Cup giving a free pass with the view to increasing ratings for other Rogers properties. Yes, K. Hale she has done her time for being a cheat.  Now let her earn he way back into contention.


But when Fife was talking Senate scandal it was eh Chas?  The wine is a little sour these days and WHINE a whole lot louder from the lefty peanut gallery.


The Colorado State budget can be found here.  https://leg.colorado.gov/publications/fy-2017-18-budget-package-and-long-bill-narrative


I wish Oahu people could vote outer island representatives O U T


This is so funny ... :() ... L'arroseuse arrosée ......, hilarious.


"Consubstantial god as father of self" -- Isn't that the Sabellian or Huiopaterist heresy-- that the Father is himself his own Son?


do don't grow pot in a cold pine forest on top of a mountain,  the most dangerous thing at crater Lake is probably a raccoon


Given that the story of Adam and Eve is mythology and that, while there obviously had to be "first" man and a "first" woman, it does not follow that both evolved at the same time and the same place nor that they are humanity's "first" parents.  The theology of Original Sin is without foundation, ergo, so too is the Immaculate Conception.  If we accept that God is both creator and ultimate author of Scripture, then our theology must never fail to respect the authority of both science and scripture/tradition if it is to be viable.
Furthermore, how valid is it to suggest that anyone can be guilty because of another's sin.  Yes, I can cause another to sin, but I will never believe my personal guilt can be passed on to another.


He opened the door for Reagan, but he also condemned the people like Trump and his minions.  I knew the Senator from my time on the Hill.  Fate often put us on the same Capital Subway car.  Both he and Kennedy always had a smile for me.  Interesting that such an act of personal humility comes from two men who already ran for POTUS and thus had nothing to prove.  Jesse Helms, on the other hand, was a horse's you know what.


Denver Post, you endorsed this heartless person over Mark Udall... your hands are dirty in this.
When are you going to publicly admit your mistake?


I would say something but I am afraid to be slapped down by my regulatory College.


maybe some of these diehard Canadian Tennis  (Bouchard) fans can direct some of their enthusiastic support for some other rising Canadian talent.   20 year old Francois Abanda was able to qualify for Wimbledon main draw where she lost in the second round to 13 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 in the third, and she is up to #120 in the rankings!   18 year old Denis Shapovalov is up to #120 in the world.     17 year old Bianca Andreescu was also able to qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon and is up to #163 in the rankings,  and 16 year old Felix Auger-Aliassime is up to #224.    Rather than debate Bouchard's merits,  perhaps some deserved attention can be given to these very exciting young talents!


As has been astutely pointed out on this subject in the past, charging "bad" drivers higher premiums is tantamount to issuing them a licence (albeit an expensive one) to continue being a bad driver.

The higher premium should be accompanied by a requirement to complete successfully and accredited safe/defensive driving course within a specified time frame (say 6 months), failing which the licence is suspended for an initial terms of 6 months (with increasing terms thereafter).  Couple that with a mandatory 30 day jail term if convicted of driving while suspended.


Agreed.  Give them the drugs, one way or the other, and cut out all the middlemen and expense.


So the suggestion that the son was abused, in your opinion, changes his actions just how?  He 'intentionally', with forethought, stood hiding with a loaded weapon and when opportunity arose, fired intentionally.  Three men struggling, seven shots rapidly fired, and only two men hit and murdered.  Certainly not an easy task for someone who is overcome with emotion and mentally unstable because shot placement like that requires clarity of thought.

If nothing else, any paternal abuse should have inclined him to shoot all three and then his 'abuse' problems would be over.  Unless you are suggesting a "stockholm syndrome" possibility.  Then there is the attention to other details like drawing and staging the troopers guns and removing the pot, which of course has nothing to do with the story because it's use is strictly benign.

Yes you are correct, some of us will disagree with your opinion that he should have been treated differently but I doubt that will make any difference to the Dead!


nothing for hawaii again?


USPS is not a taxpayer-funded entity...not since the 1970's. It relies solely on the revenue received from the sales of postage and products to operate. Do your homework before printing falsehoods...


"...many with criminal records and some pedophiles...".  Really? And you know this how? You must stop listening to The Rebel for your news.


Yes.  State employees are overpaid and there are too many of them.  An independent thing from the oil tax when you have a $4 billion budget deficit.  Are you willing to give up your PFD to fund state workers? Yes, if you are a state worker


We are an export nation. So what's your plan to increase our exports? Keep killing trade deals?

You mention a lot of lofty notions, but not one concrete idea of how to help our exporters reach new markets.


The drunk driver at 1:02 was like "oh thank god".


The vast majority of human traffic is comprised of travelers - who need to get to terminals/gates through three (but going to be two when the A terminal walkover bridge closes) choke points. It's the TSA security theater/cluster contributing to the delays. Get people into the terminals, and if you really want to whiz away money on a construction project, build some walkways/escalators to let people travel between terminals outside of the train system. People don't have time to dink around outside of the terminals at DIA, that is just stupid to think otherwise, obvious to the casual observer when viewing the Disneyland-like lines on Sunday mornings. Some other airports have more dining options on the outside, but that's mainly due to the lack of options in the gate area. I would never, ever plan on eating outside the terminal area at DIA due to the high variability in screening time, even with pre-check status.


Possibly, you are young enough to see the yield of the present trajectory we are on. Your petty analogy of living without fossil fuel does not account for life 167 years ago - a mere 167. But, either we change or your future is dim. If you are older, your kids or grandkids will bite the bullet. This is a closed system, planet earth, your space ship. And you promote the destruction of the life support. Truly ignorant of YOUR dependence.


of course I don't agree with what happened here, however; this is an indication of how frustrated and angry people are. Job losses, carbon taxes, raising minimum wages and possibly destroying a number of small businesses, the list goes on. People have been unsettled, their voices have been ignored for the most part.....this is a marker for the government to step up and start doing what the people need, not what the government wants.


who cares?  Series tend to be better with  greater character development, and better plots.


Right, because left to their own devices large multi-national companies have never been guilty of collusion in order to set prices higher. You really think the price of gas today is the fair market value? Or airline tickets? Oh and look up Planned Obsolescence since you still seem to have unwavering faith in the honesty and goodness of corporations. (Note I'm referring to large companies because I know the smaller mom and pop shops don't participate in these tactics to the same degree)


Not yet, but there's no reason why there can't be once the market develops.


Rohr 3

The Wisdom section of the Hebrew Scriptures includes the books of Job, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, and many of the Psalms. Wisdom literature reveals an ability to be patient with mystery and contradictions—and the soul itself. Wise people have always passed through a major death to their egocentricity. This is the core meaning of transformation.
We have to go through interior deaths to reach the third stage of wisdom. Only here does contemplation and nondual thinking become possible; we can begin to learn to live with mystery and paradox and to develop true compassion. If stage one is order and stage two is disorder, then stage three is the final goal of reorder. There is no way around stage two! It is what Paul calls “the folly of the cross” (1 Corinthians 1:18). Conservatives tend to stop at stage one, liberals tend to get trapped in stage two, but only stage three is the full risen life of Christ.


The criticism of Ms. Ambrose for not completing her term is just nonsensical. She served in Commons for 13 years and did so largely with grace and honour. She deserves our gratitude and not criticism. I have no idea why anyone would run for public office these days when everything you do and say is so subject to public vilification. You have no private life, you have to live in two cities, you don't get paid a whole lot considering the responsibility, and now you are not allowed to choose to walk away after 13 years?

I am not a Conservative and never voted for the CPC, but I do respect CPC members like Ms. Ambrose, Ms. Raitt,  and Mr. Chong and appreciate their service. Too bad I am in such a clear minority.


Didn't support the narrative, Man: bad, Woman: victim

Also, I was warned too many times for my leniency to what I felt were civil comments (no insults albeit some heated rhetoric on a sensitive topic), so now I am forced to just say every comment is not civil or risk being banned. Too many people of a similar ideological bent "brigading" the vote will "silence" inconvenient facts and opinions that certain people just don't want to read, or don't want others to read. Me? Sunlight is the best disinfectant, let's see everyone's opinion, no matter how "batsh** Crazy"


That "dmg123" is pretty odd............almost like he is following me around.

I am way too Scotch to pay another $30/month for Mr/Ms dmg.


Hahaha Wow, thanks for publishing a Financial Facelift of an incredibly wealthy couple that have nothing at all to worry about. These are the kind of people that Trudeau and Morneau need to go after for 'tax fairness'. "Would $70k in after tax spending be reasonable?" Seriously, why are your printing this?


Yes - there is a stone monument there to commemorate.


I'm feeling cheerful and optimistic, like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. It's glorious...


This is getting scary as eventually these "tests" will trigger a reaction. No one other than NK knows where these missiles are headed or if they're armed or not. Can/do we wait until an armed missile lands on us or an ally?


A moot survey.  There are as many definitions for "Christian" as there are humans in the galaxy.  Even Barack Hussein claimed to be a Christian while slaughtering Afghans, Pakistanis, Syrians and various other innocent beings.  And don't forget Fast & Furious gun running to MX that got an American border patrol officer murdered.

According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 70.6% of the adult population identified themselves as Christians, so a big DOH to "70% of women who had an abortion ID as Christians."

Sheesh


Our teaching on worthy reception of the Eucharist is the same as yours. However, we leave it up to each person's conscience to decide worthiness. That's not our job. I believe Cardinal Cupich of Chicago takes exactly the same position.  Your premises, even if valid, would present very substantial practical difficulties. Do you want those who distribute communion to interrogate everyone who approaches? Of course not! To do so would be extremely time consuming when communicating a large congregation and, more important, would be an assault on the dignity of the communicant by way of public embarrassment. That said, I am always available to hear confessions by appointment. Finally, the Roman Church teaches that Old Catholic Holy Orders are "valid but irregular." I am quite happy to be "irregular," as "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," whoever said that.


"It's pretty clear that Loretta Lynch and Barack Obama set up Don, Jr."

And there, folks, is the dimmest post of the day.  Incredible that ANYONE would blame Don Jr.'s huge mistakes on Obama.  Now, THAT is a perfect example of right-wing extremist deflection!!  One for the textbooks.


Trump offered to pay the legal expenses of anyone assaulting a protester during one of his rallies.


Former communications director of a former PM, both of whom are no longer involved with the Conservative party.

What's your point?


All of the horrible, depressing statistics on poverty, incarceration, and injury to black people that you are familiar with are even worse for natives.


Yeah--I thought he patched things up with the CIA the day after his inauguration,  you know, when he blamed the press for lying and creating false news that Trump had a problem with US intelligence agencies.


What a complete moron.


I thought I already did that. Furthermore I’m for fixing streets but for the rest of it forget it.  Oregon just lost 4000 jobs in the property owner is pinched to the maximum if you want pedestrian and bike lanes then those people could cut the checks


If you use insurance of *any kind* you are being subsidized by other premium payers.

People should especially remember that when their insurance covers accidents that require hundreds-of-thousands of dollars to save their lives, and if their lucky restore them to functioning health again. People should remember that when unhappily suffering a life-threatening disease that requires very expensive treatments to save them. When we create catastrophic medical bills that are largely covered by insurance, we have been subsidized by those who didn't suffer the same sort of disasters, *yet*.

Everyone will suffer a catastrophic accident or illness eventually, and we all need to remember that sad fact. Except for the very wealthy, if we want to survive, or we want a loved one to survive, we will need to be subsidized or we will be denied.


Isn't it obvious?

 ISIS is a creation of the USA and benefitted from  the flow of arms from Libya to the Middle East after American destroyed that country. Power abhors a vacuum.

The next steps will be  the strengthening  of american bases in Syria  and the  gradual disintegration of the Syrian state. Syria is now three territories with the Kurds occupying one part, the US another and Assad/Russia the third.

Much like Iraq in the early 90s the US will seek out a pretext for establishing full control of airspace in order to eliminate any threat posed by Assad.

The long term objective is the removal of Assad and along with it  Russian bases in the region. The Kurds want a state too.

Don't kid yourselves- the USA will do everything and anything to maintain hegemony even if it means using false flags,  bombing innocents and destroying countries.

This isn't about democracy - it is about american military supremacy. Is and always has been
Expect Junior to come along for the ride.


Can't say I'm as impressed with Scheer as is Mr. Ibbitson.

With his handling of the Khadr settlement non-issue, Scheer has shown that he continues to prefer useless grandstanding to thoughtful policy.


If rather give discounts for Alaska vegetables and reindeer meet and health clubs and skiing/ice skating than for pot!! And I feel the same about military booze discounts - these guys jobs are weapons-bearing assertiveness - I doubt pots F booze help the mission.


That was fast. They should develop it a bit more with food and beer stands and more shade areas. Heck, maybe some trees around the place! Get crazy! Also needs promotion as I have never seen an event there advertised. How much to get in? When are events? Why go?


Your 'logic' is absurd. The rest of the world won't reduce their carbon emissions if we propose to be 'free riders'. The same argument can be used to justify not paying YOUR taxes but accepting the fruit of other peoples taxes.


My first job out of High School was at St Paul and over the next 5 years Iearned so very much. Seeing the hospital torn down tears a small piece of my heart out. The Daughters of Charity and the doctors and staff of St Paul Hospital will always be with me.

---------------->> http://www.cash-spot.com


So what?  We have nothing to fear from Russia.  If they want another cold war we'll give them one.  They are far diminished and we are far more powerful than the old days.


Hawaii, specifically has been under Democratic control for a long time. So how can you blame the Republicans in Hawaii State government. The "D" s can pass any law they want. Tonto would say "You talk with fork tongue white man"!


It's so telling to see Alaska republicans and especially our congressional delegation rally around the ludicrous candidacy of Donald Trump. They squint real hard so they can visualize a creditor-cheating trust-fund baby as a savvy entrepreneur, a misogynistic serial adulterer as an advocate for women, and a pathological liar and braggart as a straight-shooter.

Ask yourself again why Alaska is heading into dark days.


… Stray cats have been listed as “vermin” since the early 1900’s. This is why it is even legal to use any and all vermin-poisons on them. For an even more species-specific vermin poison check into the toxicity of “Lilium” species of flowers too. Be certain the plant contains the word “Lilium” in the scientific-name (other plants with the word “Lily” in the common-name may be toxic to other species besides cats). Common N. American “Day Lilies” (Hemerocallis graminea) also work, they are the one exception to the rule that the name “Lilium” needs to be in the scientific name. Lilium species of flowers are 100% fatal to cats ONLY, even a bit of pollen on their fur that they lick-off will do. If they even drink a bit of water in which a bunch of Lilium flowers have been kept – that too is fatal, but totally harmless to all other species of animals (including dogs).

(continued …)


If only we could get thinking here too.


Words don't matter. Action is what we should be judged on.


Lots of right wing posters are doing that lately.


I'm not religious at all but I would just hope that both sides can simmer down here. I can see the arguments for and against abortion, now that I have a child. I used to be pro-choice all the way, until we found out it was so difficult for us to have children (we have one child now). Again, I can see both sides of the argument here. Please, let's have some respect for everyone's opinions. What this Minister says is vitriol and vile and really demeans people.


Twyla's documentary called Salmon Confidential......clips were used from that in Silver Donald Cameron's documentary called Salmon Wars. It is based on facts.


Stay . away from a used Subie, far away. Look at a Suzuki Vitara with the I4, I know they left Canada but the parts are readily available. We have had two of them , both 4drs and they are great vehicles, had each of them for near a decade.


The article is misleading by suggesting the profession of the victim which has absolutely nothing to do with the case. This is clearly a case of love gone insane and violent. Now if tge victim were murdered in the "line of duty" say at the courthouse prosecuting a case, that would indeed call for an enhanced sentence. But this "new man in town" the subject of "lover's rage"? based on sentencing of other similar cases, he could receive a sentence as low as 20 years plus. However, the media bias shown here, this defendant is more likely to receive 99 years with no years suspended. Don't think I am partial to the defendant, because I'm a firm believer in the death penalty for murder.


Carbon tax and cap and trade must be the right strategy. Witness the last  by- election  Liberal victory in Ottawa. More accurate than any Nanos poll.


Rolf I'm with ya man. Once those statues of the losers are taken down in Richmond and Atlanta they need to be recast in the images of Generals Grant and Sherman. You know the winners. So much winning it will make you tired just thinking about it.


What's your definition of essential? Microwaves, air conditioning, cellphones, computer and TV are not essential in my thinking. My parents did not have any of these when I was growing up...I guess its amazing that my siblings and myself made it through such a below subsistent upbringing.


Gotta love our Congress.  It sure has the best interests of the people at heart.


please explain


Opinions cannot be debunked.  For example, if the state department does not have documentation as to where $6 billion went, in my opinion they lost it.  Government is all about documentation.  If there is no documentation as to where the money went in detail, then Trump was correct is criticizing the operation and it is reasonable to say the money was lost if records regarding its disposition where lost.

Trump's comment on Putin is correct in my opinion.  The two men have probably shared at most a few words in formal situations.  I think it is likely that Trump does not know Putin in any personal sense.  This is my opinion and past Trump comments regarding Putin's public face do not mean to me that Trump knows him.

The undocumented labor claim actually pisses me off.  Trump is a developer not a contractor.  He hired a contractor who may or may not have used undocumented workers.  But bottom line, the developer does not micromanage a contractor.

All opinions.


So the headline is for the uninformed and not for the critical thinker. How many people suffer from transgender issues? How many males may have issues with their plumbing?

So the military has about 700k active males give or take. That does not include those who have served and are covered under the VA system. Several million men.

How many hundred or thousands of people are looking for transgender services? They are a fraction of a percent of the population. Yes less than one percent but spend how much? No wonder they spend 5 times on Viagra. If you even attempt to cling to this article to justify the transgender experiment you are not capable of critical thinking.

There are how many more thousands of individuals who may need Viagra than who need transgender treatments. As a portion of the population the transgender people are consuming more resources.

This is not an apples to apples comparison, but rather a headline trying to sway the easily fooled.


He's worth it,
Lets tax the savings of mom and pop small business corporations to pay for it.


The value is a combination of real and perceived value. Used auto buyers are pretty shrewd and would buy something that would require fewer repairs and cheaper repairs. Notice the great number of dodge caravans for sale for instance. Would a shrewd used auto buyer acquire one of these?


That's what I want from a Community Centre, corners of shag carpet coated with lice, scabies, ticks, fleas, dried urine sediment and drool, plus, bonus, the odd splatter of cheap liquor, and the chance to get yelled at by groups of disheveled persons off their meds.

Yum yum, brilliant idea there, Parks Board.

Please return sanity, and have Community Centers stop being the sleep-nannies of society's street people.

I am all for providing housing for them, through my tax money, but no, not in Community Centers where six year old kids play...


Just like Wynne eh Chris.


Seems to me its teh leftists Clinton supporters who are using Nazi style  brown shirt tactics to engage in their own Kristallnacht


I haven't found the one I spoke of, but still looking. However, I did come across this one:
Thomas McGuire1 day ago
In August of 1969 I was hitchhiking in the rain by Paxson. A Land Rover appeared and picked me up. The driver was a girl named Pixie Loomis who was a student at Wellesley college. She had driven to Alaska with two college friends plus a young man named Mike from Boston College. Pixie said that her two friends were working at a cannery in Valdex while she was heading to a job in Fairbanks. She mentioned that one of her friends had just given the commencement address at Wellesley I rode with Pixie all the way to Fairbanks where I found also found work. I visited Pixie before she left and very briefly met her friends. One was Hillary Rodham, headed for Yale and beyond. I stayed in Alaska, live now on the banks of the Chilkoot River and would not trade places with Hillary for all of Donald Trump's money. I will be voting for her next month and not because I briefly met her.


Mr. Paliwoda, the Republican-led Congress has, in fact, passed lots of meaningful legislation in the two years since they've been in control.  According to www.govtrack.us, they've worked together to pass 219 bills that have become law.  Examples include bills to address the heroin/opioid epidemic, repeal No Child Left Behind, a long-term highway bill to give certainty to transportation infrastructure projects (and jobs), an FAA bill, a veteran suicide prevention bill, a permanent fix of the Medicare doctor reimbursement formula, an overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act to let EPA regulate more dangerous products like asbestos, made it harder for potential terrorists to get visas, and a lot more that you can find at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/#bystatus.

I know it's more fun for the press to advertise doom, disaster, and ineffectiveness, so you may not have heard about these accomplishments.  It just takes a little digging.


Finally a comment that considers the plight of this young man that brought him to this place.  There are too many like him that start life out in the negative digits.   Some people that start life way below others do make it in life & don't become murderers, but I don't think this is the norm. I read about two boys that were black (which was already a strike against them) that were in prison.  Both their IQs were really low. Doesn't mean that their IQ was that low to begin with. There is something disturbing when you hear that one young man was passed around for sex to his buddies by his step-father. The other boy's mom sat him on a hot burner on the stove to punish him for being a bad boy. I guess this taught him to not behave! Yeah, right. It doesn't mean that they should go free, but I guess I can feel some compassion for people like this due to their circumstances. Also, statements like "I was treated badly and I turned out okay." You weren't born with his basic traits.


I notice you don't cite a single source for all this breathless conspiracy material. We're off and running on Benghaaazi, part 10. Will this desperate distraction save Turnip? Probably not.


I believe Leisha


Who needs to brush up on their reading comprehension skills?  Nor did I say that tRump didn't destroy Hillary's career.  LOL


Lots of people never understood Hillary Clinton.  Here's the secret:  Every decision she makes has its roots in the question "What's good for Hillary Clinton?" - including getting newspapers all over the country to publicize this book.  Think deeply about it and you will find it true...


I hope y0our son will receive encouragement from the words of Pope Francis.  He brought me back to the Church after 40 years.


6'1" gurl on the basketball team, she should wear Flats to the prom, not high heels


I assume you feel the same about Beltrami's intent to run for elected office, no?


The TDS-addled seem to always enjoy having their affliction echoed back to them...


Well said


Just Republicans doing what they do best.


Sir, non profits do make profits.  Otherwise they would not be in business.  How do you think a non profit survives..... buy making money.  Non profits are given grants from the government, collect donations from the public, or raise money by selling items or doing various activities.  Money for a non profit does not come only from donations.  Also, people that wok for non profits need to feed their families and pay bills.


lllol


tD:  Glad to hear it. Yes.  So what (kinda like the PFD, unearned)?  What does that have to do with those who work, earn and invest?


Here's a few facts about the Kansas debacle...
The sales tax was increased....including taxes on food.
State spending INCREASED in all years except one (2013).
Instead of eliminating tax loopholes and broadening the tax base, the most common elements of tax reform, the state created a huge loophole by eliminating the tax on pass through entities. This caused a huge movement by businesses and individuals to restructure to take advantage of this 0% tax rate. Bill Self, the Kansas basketball coach, took advantage of this to avoid taxes.
The Kansas tax plan demonstrates that humanity  behavior is heavily influenced by economic incentives.


Thanks, Jason, for intelligently voicing and standing for the need for HC to create the unity and earn Berners votes. Your statements here are very reasonable and carry the same important message of Nina Turner's comments and requests. Thanks for having the courage to stand for us all and be a part of the voice calling Democratic Party towards accountability. Protest is an adult and vital part of democracy. I know that you and your allies have been dialoguing proactively with Hillary supporters and working to open real possibilities for unity within the party. Thanks for all you have done to help promote unity while also calling for accountability. I hope to see Hillary's campaign and supporters answering that call both here in this thread, and broadly through the nation.


Let the whole KPMG clientele leave. The boards of companies should fire KPMG as their auditors. The JSE should be involved, it might mean the filing that Oakbay was making was a lie. Odinary stockholders in the companies that employed KPMG as auditors should put pressure on their boards. That's the end of Oakbay


I think if former PM Stephen Harper truly has something authentic and real to contribute or offer to the success of Canada's NAFTA renegotiation efforts, then instead of hiding behind the writing of critical non-constructive memos, I would suggest in the strongest possible terms that he follow the lead of former PM Brian Mulroney and become a member of our country's "team", thereby constructively adding his voice/expertise, so as to ensure the greatest possible success/benefit IS achieved from these NAFTA renegotiations for our country and its people period!!  Otherwise Harper, I say shut your pie-hole and/or piss-off please!!!


Yes because their is a shortage of Trump criticism.
He won presidency,  the house and the senate. HE  doesn't need to lower himself to further criticism,
Its time the  snow flakes came to grip with reality,


CMD:  The details of this case are readily available.  The Court's findings are readily available.  The Bakery was found to have discriminated in violation of Statutes regarding protected class status and refusal of accomodations/services.  The case will likely go clear to the Supreme Court regarding the Bakers' contention that their First Amendment Rights include the right to refuse service to a gay couple, based on their religious beliefs trumping the anti-discrimination law.

I have absolutely no knowledge of what kind of Christian your Grandmother was.  However, I do criticize Christians who use their religion as a tool to justify discriminating against LGBT individuals.  I feel we should allow others to live their own lives w/o our interference so long as they aren't hurting anyone else.  IMO, individuals in consensual gay relationships are hurting no one.  Indeed, I will continue to criticize discrimination against such couples.  I make no apologies for that.  Gary Crum


"Who else in the US gets to mess around, getting both fat salaries, benefits and other premium gov't benefits and not do any actual work? Certainly no one I know (or want to know)."

Answer: The Kardashians.


More of the damage perpetrated by the traitorous and treasonous Trump regime.

Impeach Trump.

Indict Tillerson.


Oil analyst Rusty Braziel gives a good explanation here of increased rig production and reduced declines in shale oil, and how that is making them viable in a lower price market.
He's the first speaker and lays it out nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4bkwfEHmE


don't blame Kerry

he is just the lap dog of Obama

blame the dog owner


It was the Russians that were under surveillance .... not Trump.  Unless the Russians set up shop at Trump Tower ... is that your point?


ASD doesn't care so long as it isn't on the premises and no one comes to work under the influence. It's legal for adults 21 and older, and would be handled the same way alcohol would be. Someone who get into trouble if they came to work drunk or stoned, or had any product on them or in their desk, but consumption off campus in off hours is no business or interest.

That being said, one would hope those who choose to partake would have some discretion.


Thanks Alex Alex Alex. More refugees and fewer Cons. In fact, I think we both agree, that our wonderful and handsome PM Mr Pierre Trudeau should simply enact a law that outlaws the Conservatives and for that matter, all other political parties. Once that is done we can welcome any number of worthy and important refugees from where ever they come from and give them homes and money and bus fare. We can all work for them and keep them happy and some day they might even become Canadians.

More refugees and no more Cons. Or NDP or that other party from Greenland. Or Quebec too, I think.


When you live in a palace all is obscured


Who else do I want to accuse to bring to trial?  All San Francisco city officials who allowed this criminal illegal immigrant to be freed by prohibiting law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.


Allie you cannot be making negative, asinine blanket statements about geographic areas you know nothing about like you always do, especially your statement regarding "crazed and high" Punahou students.  What a condescending statement for all the students of Punahou.  I know you think you are the most perfect organism on the planet, but your usual off the wall statements verifies the opposite.  You need to apologize to the student body of  Punahou.  No, I attended Wai`anae and yes, we had to defend our student body from people like you hurling hurtful statements to the innocent.


These Colorado towns have a right to be fed up.

Drilling and fracking are heavy industrial activities and should be subject to strict zoning determined at the local level with resident input.  Nothing less.


This is typical.  The Obama SUBSTANTIALLY increases Medicaid spending to unsustainable levels and then the trrump admin wants to roll them back for prudence and of course, you get the usual "what about the children!!??" crowd crowing about it.  Why don't these "medical leaders" provide their services to these children for free then.  Problem solved!

This country reeks of entitlement.


Couldnt agree more!  People get consumed with the online world and forget there is a real world out there.


No, Scott  it is your firmly closed mind that absolutely refuses to grasp & acccept what I have explained to you MANY times.

The language for buyers & sellers does NOT have to be identical, AND they have different responsibilities.  Consumers must PAY the tax & RECEIVE a receipt while sellers are responsible only to COLLECT and REMIT the tax.

Sec 101(d) can be ENFORCED by STAA. They can require buyers to PROVE they PAID the tax & RECEIVED a receipt, but asking them to PRODUCE those receipts (and to conduct buyer audits - see my Pre-audit Questionnaire).

While some of today's S/L sales taxes may legally permit such audits, they are not conducted, for among other reasons, that they are a relatively small portion of States' revenues and relatively low tax rates. BUT FAIRtax would be about 80% of all fed taxes and its added 30% rate (total combined rates 30-45%) would generate ENORMOUS evasion. THAT's why BUYERS MUST BE AUDITED.


This article belongs in the general news section, not the business section...this is, essentially and importantly, a political story.


It's ok - I think your points are fair. The schools and kids are suffering. It's not all on PERS - it's at least partly because corporations used to pay a lot more in taxes in this state (effective tax rate) than they do now, and partly from a reduced timber revenue amount that the Feds used to kick back to us.

I think corporations need to kick more money into our coffers - closer to the levels they used to 20 years ago, although a gross sales method doesn't seem ideal for those companies that operate with large volume but thin margins.


Nah, he's quite familiar with it. His underwear is made of it. Seems his pants are continually spontaneously combusting.....


I wounder if hitler said that.  Not all ideologies are good ones and neither are their leaders


"When a reporter at the German government news conference asked whether it was a double standard that Berlin tolerated U.S. spying while trying to root out such activity by Russians, one of the government spokesmen said Berlin had good reason to suspect Moscow of seeking to influence Germany’s election."

Of course, because NOBODY would ever believe that our Amerikan buds at the CIA/NSA would ever, ever spy on their allies like our leader Merkel or try to influence an election.   Haaaahaaaahaaaa!


Shut them down.  The Crusades are over.


good practice for when he'll have to pardon his family members; also, good to know that if he pardons Manafort, the former campaign manager won't rat him out


For some reason softwood lumber isn't covered by NAFTA.  And every time the US has slapped tarrifs on our lumber the world trade organizations have ruled in Canada's favour.


...and all those GOP stalwarts are silent on the issue...Just imagine if Obama had tried a stunt like this.


"Why doesn't the Lifestyles issue represent our whole community ? ............ Visuals are very powerful."
The answer, dear Ag, is that most folks hereabouts are used to just seeing white faces and find that normal.  Except on the campus you can go all afternoon and not see a black face. That's our history and it won't change quickly--  but don't give up, we are making progress--I remember a couple decades ago a black person in Eugene was so uncommon they were often asked (though in a friendly way) "What are you doing here?"

Now that many goodhearted people really do want to know how African-Americans here see Eugene, lets' ask the local NAACP to hold a representative panel discussion on "How local black people actually feel living in the Eugene-Springfield area."


Well, I guess then you take your own advice and not use it!  :-)


If you want to express a non-progressive/liberal view CBC talk shows don't allow you past the screeners.


these numbers show me that 1) we need housing - especially low to low middle class and 2) - "they" are coming...160,000+ people here now-OY.   3) springfield is ripe and overdue for more housing.  it struck me when the people got displaced in that fire over"Jims" landing how hard it was to find them housing.  I sing the praises of st vinnies every chance as I get as I  think they really impact the people in this community in many significant ways. they are  the most humane organization I've seen.    they have done such a good job integrating people in need with the community,  that perhaps a permanent chair for them at the table of any development meetings.  and with the equal say as  the money people.  glenwood is going to go through a big change and might as well build in the solutions to some of our problems.  high rise low income residential doesn't sound like it would be out of place from some of the plans I've seen and heard.  I just think ST Vinnies  has insight to offer


Jim Martin is not using Facebook as a personal site.  He's walking a shrewd, deceptive line that allows him to suggest that he is uncontroversial, authoritative, and aligned with Catholic teaching.  With that authority he censors those who disagree with him, and he protects those in the Church who agree with his anti-Church perspective from having to speak out against him.


The coaches need to do a better job. When they say they are going to "fix" stuff like our O-line problem of the past 2 years, you don't just hand out T-shirts with mottos on them and consider it "fixed". Every person on that line was the same, same position, same hole, same wimpy result. Elway got suckered if he thought he was getting innovative coaches who were supposed to be aggressive in their style of play. They're team gets trounced for a half and they do nothing to change it during the halftime. They get a bye week to fix things that should have been fixed in the off-season and TC and all VJ can come up with is to tell us how much everyone enjoyed relaxing over the bye - including himself! Stop sucking your lips and start sucking up those guts... fans aren't very happy with the NFL right now and putting out shabby products is NOT going to help.


"There's this false assumption that more supply will mean more affordability. But that hasn't panned out in Toronto or Vancouver. We do need lots more supply, but if we don't tie that to rents that connect to income, we'll just be behind the eight-ball."

How could you not have known about this before? Seriously we're smarter than this.


Arrogance may not be against the law, but you don't want to display a lot of it when you are standing in front of a Judge who can sentence you on a range between 90 months and 70 years depending on whether you get the maximum or the minimum and whether those sentences are added together or not.

This guy didn't kill four people.  He only hit one of them.  Anyone who takes on armed police officers is too dangerous to be in public.


a few of them actually call the dispatch and demand comments be removed and accounts banned. how's that for open minded discussions on the issues. ?? not that these people are mental cases or anything. in real life they have nothing so they try be somebody on a keyboard. pathetic at best.


POTUS remaining neutral and calm is a signal that all will be well. Nothing to see here folks.


Yes..."disservice" is a much too polite understatement for the criminal blackmail Krookwell has been pushing


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2017/08/03/obamacare-premium-hikes-for-next-year-are-coming-n2364015?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Possible 20% increase in premiums next year?  That seems a little conservative.  It'll be more due to demographics.


Sorry, but most of us will never show respect to Nazis, fascists or racists. Our ancestors fought against them, not so they would be respected, but so they would be put down forever.


Maybe we should convict on the bell curve?


A "conservative reading"? Yup, heard enough of them and they failed badly


Securitas could not do a complete background check because the are not law enforcement when they are off,  or when they leave the airport complex. Military Police or DOD are not obligated to disclose why he left DOD. Not making an excuse just pointing out a fact and a vulnerability when you go with private security doing law enforcement work. By what was published he was doing his job and was authorized, why Chin is not pursing.


Funny how a single loon killing Muslims speaks for all of Canada, but a large group of Jihadis slaughtering Westerners don't speak for Islam.


they also need to lighten up.  Having sex is no obstacle to holiness.  That is what this is really about, including the belief that women tempt men into sex that they do not want - a belief that celibates are incapable of seeing as ridiculous.


and another failed month under liberals in ontario!


Lol you don't think that already happened because of nafta. Manufacturing and auto basically sh&& the bed. You also realize that if nafta was repealed we would revert back to the canada USA free trade agreement of 1989 right. It has never been repealed. Quit thinking it's the end of the world. Nafta shafted us Canadians hard with little benefit to our economy in the long run. Half a million jobs lost from 94-01 alone. Also thanks to nafta chapter 11 we became the most sued  country in free trade. You'd have to basically be brain dead to think nafta in the long run has done us any benefit. Doesn't help when you have poor negotiators here looking out for us taxpayers best interest which is our money. Getting creamed will maybe open some eyes. No gains without pains is investing 101.


wakempe>  Are you in favor of Hawaii becoming a "Sanctuary State?"  if, you answered "YES!" then you should take the responsibility of welcoming and supporting these immigrants and or refugees!  Same goes for anyone in that same frame of mind.  It is as I said before "RIDICULOUS" for Hawaii to be a SS, what for?  WHY?  What are the benefits that the people of this state will get from it?  None to nothing!!  Wise up and get your head out of the sand, look around and see all the other relevant problems we have here.  Why take on more problems than we can handle???  AG Chin does not work on the behalf of the people of Hawaii, he works for himself, IGE, Caldwell, etc.  Surely, not for us.


Lee did quite a bit of dithering before resigning his commission.


We don't even have free trade in our own country!  How can we talk free trade with other countries!?


Why would "knowing them" change truth about the goodness or badness of their behavior.

What sort of  strange morality is that?


The last sentence is illogical (as is usual with Wohlforth articles).  It's not that "competition doesn't work in this market", it's that there is not competition all across the market.  More competition in certain health care sectors would help.  Specialists that have a monopoly force the costs up for everyone, including general practitioners.  Competition would, in theory, make the costs specialists charge fall to earthly levels.  But with few people in the state that buy insurance and with corrupt state medical boards ... nothing good will happen to health care in AK for generations to come.  Our best option would be to have interstate insurance pools, instead of state-based.  But I believe this is a law that would have to change on the federal level.


You're free to post whatever utter nonsense you like....

What happened to ALL of those ex-Warsaw Pact countries?

"Free to die of starvation and uncontrolled civil wars like Iraq and Libya."?

Who started the civil war in Libya?

Iraq ASKED for Western assistance in fighting ISIS...

You're free to move to Russia...


"Dialogue is not a dirty word; it's our word"
As a public servant, I recall vividly being followed in a large group presentation by a wise man. He began his with these words: "Beware of well-intentioned bureaucrats."  He was right of course. A "light"...even a dim, itty-bitty one... in a field of darkness is as much or more a warning of what lies unseen, in opposite, in opposition, as it is a beacon.
Let's be real. "Dialogue" is not the mantra of the Roman Catholic Church. It may be rampant in its diplomatic corp for mutual institutional advantage, or with justice systems, with its people as pawns. It is certainly not the "word", "spirit" or mantra of successive Popes since John XXIII, of hierarchy.
Absolutism, infallibility, legitimate teaching authority, compliance and submission are more properly "our words". Ask anyone.
Agreeing with Cupich is a radical shift. Following him - and Pope Francis - a trepidatious pilgrimage about which we have little understanding or standing.
I'm in.


We've needed this public transport strategy for a along time. Busses that run once per hour are completely useless.

We should absolutely focus on the highest use routes with 15-20 min frequency and use small vehicles as short range shuttle feeders.

Uber and Lyft would be a great supplement to this transportation strategy


I take it, Trump read this unity stuff off a prompter.


If you can't abide by Variously Socialized Systems of Government, you must look for a new country that will accept you as a Citizen. Are you a Canadian commenting here? Welcome to Socialized Healthcare! Now, do you have a problem with that? Yes or no, here's a follow up: guy climbs ladder, falls, compound fracture, $120 000 hospital bill... what do you say to that? Fantastical-Free-Market got your answer? No insurance so you're going to let him die? Here's another one (flashback query): What do you think about the Japanese dumping TVs into our market priced at below the cost to make them? What do you think about Japanese housewives in mass protests because it costs more for them to buy a Japanese TV than it cost an American 6000 miles away? What do you think about Antitrust Monopoly busting? What do you think of this Phantasy Phrase Phloating around the Armchair-Economic-Expert set: Phree Market?  It's not free, it never was, it never should be. $15 MINIMUM WAGE IS TOO LOW.


Accident:
1. an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury:
2. an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause

This definition seems appropriate in this and in most cases I see in the newspaper.  You are either implying that car drivers are intentionally running into each other and others or that they are not 'responsible' for accidents.

Drivers remain 'responsible' even when the collision is due to negligence; you seem to be denying that.

Police are taught not to use 'accident' in their reporting because that is a legal term which will be ultimately decided in a court type proceeding.   They are required to use objective language when at all possible.


Isn't that what your government is planning to do again?
Looking for a war to send our Peacekeepers to, all for a UN seat.