while I generally agree with you and Zuglo there have been a number of recent cases where political correctness has paralysed authorities from doing anything when "minorities" are involved.   Rotherham is a big example.  So is our issue in Caledonia Ontario where citizens were harassed by Natives and the gov't/police did nothing.   Society does not always make the best choices and is susceptible to political correctness taken too far.


If Trudeau tried to visit me he would be in the hospital.....besides I hope he apologised for his weak immigration policy.


The number of approvals here is scary.


I agree with this proposal of having drop boxes for un-used medications. Unfortunately and quite often the un-used med's are left over Opiate pain med's and these are highly sought after to either be consumed or sold or both.

I think the public needs more information explaining these programs of harm reduction, which medication boxes and needle exchange programs are primary candidates. Recently, there have been articles written and appearing in the PDN which reflect sentiment towards the current Opiate crisis, this is a good start but there needs to be more of these articles.

If we as a community really want to get serious about dealing with the epidemic, we need to splash news regarding various aspects of Opiate Abuse in print and radio as much and as often as we can. KONP has interviewed law enforcement, medical professionals as well as private counselors regarding Opiate Use Disorder in an effort to shed light on these issues.

Time to Power up on this.
Richard Schwartz


Not many NFL players get paid big contracts and then up their games.  The same holds true in baseball.
Time to make plans to move on from DT.  He could be used as bait in a trade to bring the Broncos some better offensive players, starting with QB.  Belichick says goodbye to many good players before they get to the big $$ stage of their careers.


I merely invited individuals to view the video and draw their own conclusions.
Have you ever read the book "The Sociopath Next Door"?


Would never have guessed that they'd name the team after ME!! OK, there might be other southpaws out there. But I think the name is inspired! That is, inspired by our location: The Upper Left of the U.S.A.  And it's "original". So I vote "yes".


Actually, that's not true. The Tories keep trying to call Trudeau a neophyte, but they ignore the facts. Trudeau grew up surrounded by political debate. He was active in high school. He debated at McGill. He chaired a committee on youth renewal in the party in 2006. He was elected to Parliament in 2008. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 2012. By comparison, Trudeau has had years of political experience to O'Leary's 15 minutes.


You are right, but the likelihood of that happening is so small that the investment in a major investigation is ill advised.

Is anyone else reminded of Captain Queeq trying to find out what happened to the strawberries?


This Allison dude is dumber than a box of rocks


You would love it if all the evidence were destroyed, I'm sure.


The direct result of just to many stupid coming to Alaska, even a goat isn't safe. Sad sad story and for no other reason than people with no consideration any more. I imagine if it was a bear you would find the same dumb people pushing the limit. Makes one sick.


A better analogy would be forcing a whole community to go to the same dentist. The dentist just happens to be over-charging the community and botching many of the dental procedures, but he/she gets paid more every year and can't be fired. Occasionally a much younger dentist shows up who the clients like much more, but he quickly gets laid off or transferred because even though he is much preferred to the older dentist he hasn't been there as long. Get it?

I agree wholeheartedly with all of the other waste you cite.


"Streets with poor lighting and no sidewalks are not conducive to walking or jogging."
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A yes, the Hawaiian version of The Field of Dreams...Build It and They Will Come.
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Perhaps that is why one sees crowds of Hawaiian jogging around the tracks and ball fields on the well lit grounds of local high schools and colleges.


Having meetings is an indication otherwise


Expected a weather story but just a picture?
Must be a ex-yahoo news writer.
Still sun is a nice change form last few weeks.


Already seeing homes that normally would be sold in less than a month sitting going on 6 months now in my neighborhood.


My feeling is what's Bono got to do with Canada?  I know Stompin' Tom is no longer here..........but Bono??


live tv http://livetvy.com


Dog owners, we have a leash law. Walkers run into these loose pets  far too frequently. Sometimes an owner will yell "he won't bite" and give  you a dirty look if you display anger because his dog  is barking or charging at you  . The victim did what he had to do , this man did nothing wrong. Glad his child was not attacked. Owner, take responsibility.


Okay homeowners as I have stated before: Bend way over and spread your rear end wide, and receive a never ending, escalating gift from your councilmen/women forever.


He didn't have 2000 years of ritual, canon law, theology, dogma, doctrine, tradition, and rites to guide Him, so He accepted a lot of people that we now know should be rejected.


"GROPER IN CHIEF"

ABUSER OF WOMEN


if you have nothing to hide, then you would not mind allowing some macho law enforcement gastapo thugs to ransack your home just to make sure you're not hiding anything?


These guys represent sexism in our church and no one should support them.

The knights have been asked repeatedly to accept women as Knights and they won't.  They refuse to change their charter.  Even though, who does everyone think of as Catholics, when thinking of Christian Knights - a women named Joan!  Joan however, who went to actual battle, and was wounded in real combat would not be worthy enough to join the sexist Knights of Columbus.

Shame on us for supporting male or female exclusive groups.  There is no reason for any charity to be sexually exclusive.  What a bad example we give in supporting such wrong.


I love how it (purportedly) takes the Globe&Mail for Freeland to grow a Conscience? Wretched dissolution at its absolute finest.


This is so typical...instead of calling out the actual facts (again with the fake news) progressives (yes, Globe is one of those) reminds people of their place in society, and to act within those rules. Remember Connery?

"You wanna know how to get Capone (Lord Dampnut in this case)? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?"

A shame the last president from Chicago forgot to tell this the HRC.


It wouldn't be easy to plan government spending each year, because you don't know how the markets the fund is invested in are going to perform.

If you have a year like 2008, you're going to have a big drop in income.


Your concern for future generations is touching .... until I consider that they will be saddled with unrepayable debt, unmanageable taxes and a ruined economy.

I hope you live to experience your brave new world.


You obviously don't have the first clue about Linux.  Have you ever actually tried Linux?  Download a live USB of Linux Mint or Ubuntu or Manjaro and then get back to us.  Oh wait, maybe there in your little cubicle in Redmond, WA they won't let you download Linux.


I always find it amusing that non Christians are the first to demonize Christians.


Just the two of them aboard, and one of them had never been sailing in her life.   They "insist" that there were storms on the night they set sail, despite the fact that records show the weather was not stormy.  They had several opportunities to correct the problem, but didn't attempt to do so.

It seems to me that the only person with (alleged) open-ocean sailing experience was Appel, and it's pretty clear that her judgment is incredibly ill-suited for sailing of any kind.


This is an entirely different world than what we older people are use to.  Young people only want to "be safe" and exercise their rights.  Glad I served when I did ('62 - '66).


I hope Trump fires Coffman for insubordination.


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Mr. Ryan,
Many rural school districts do not have the population to support the tax base to pay teachers more. Many rural school districts have what in other areas would be considered substandard buildings -- by which I'm not talking about a lack of heated Olympics-sized swimming pools, I'm talking about buildings with structural issues -- but can't afford new ones.
Conejos County has a population of 8,100.
Huerfano County has less than 7,000 residents.
I bet there are city blocks in Denver or in its suburbs that have more people living in high-rise apartments or condo/apartment complexes.
Those counties can also feel isolated and cut off during bad weather.
How would you address those issues?
Merely stating (whining about?) what you apparently feel is an insufficient salary doesn't resolve those issues.
If rural communities can come to these town halls and bring their concerns, how is that a waste of time?


There is something wrong with your link. It just shows a picture of the drivers side seat belt through an open window.


If you voted to help Walker raid the PFD (Cathy Giessel ) your a bum and need to go.


OK Strad, instead of taxing the dividend lets just cut 5% a year starting at the highest income level until we are good again. And implement an income tax.


Unfortunately parroting the Liberal party line which the Liberals have been paying lip service to while doing nothing.


Legal immigrants can and do face deportation for any of a number of potential reasons.


South Africa likes human rights when it's convenient and applies to us. When it's about championing human rights elsewhere in the world, then we couldn't be bothered. And this even counts for foreigners in our own midst.


I think the Scripture is describing a hypothetical situation as Jesus was in a state of contemplation in the desert for 40 days. It is more important to understand his rational to follow God as the focus of his life.


Pocho will you ever learn the difference between the deficit and the public debt?  Yes under Obama the public debt has about doubled but the budget deficit which is what he has control over was drastically reduced.  Increase in the public debt is primarily due to those republican heros G W Bush and Uncle Ron.  War and tax cuts have to be paid for.


McCain played this very well to inflict maximum damage on the GOP. He was effusively welcomed back after his medical treatment. He voted with the GOP as expected of him and received the opprobrium of the left for the hypocrisy of someone with government health insurance who wants to deny those benefits to others. What could be a more prefect set up for a devastating coup de grace? Dems condemnation; GOP praise. The GOP health plan was killed by a man who the GOP just spent an inordinate amount of effort praising for his courage and integrity! Perfect. He beat Trump at his own game.


I wonder how Sam Gomper would thing of unions today.


It's obviously in our genes, Doc. The notion that genetics influence the national construct is quite interesting. I wonder if the author will be applying his perspective to other countries such as Europe and the Middle East - particularly his perspective on their foundation by 'religious nut bars'.


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"In 2011, Mr. Tillerson and Mr. Sechin negotiated a multibillion-dollar strategic alliance to jointly explore for oil in the Arctic, as well as in the Black Sea and Russia’s Siberia region. Two years later, Mr. Putin personally awarded Mr. Tillerson with Russia’s Order of Friendship medal."

Oh.................................this is just TOO precious.

So, far right Trump supporting lunatic fringe, is this what it is? $$$$$ from/made in Russia? That's what this Presidential campaign was all about? Donald being the fraudster he has always been?

Too funny............................
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So I ask: Sens. Murkowski, Sullivan and Rep. Young;  Is there an oversight congressional committee or a federal oversight agency, that is known to you and your colleagues on this and other similar matters? Please do not feign ignorance or remain silent. Thank you.


I believe that Justin actually is a cardboard cutout.  2D and no depth.

And perhaps Mr Butts is behind this after all.  $10.5 million will buy a lot of votes from a certain community in Canada.


Who he appoints as cardinals is, by far, the most important aspect of Francis' legacy. It took the Church centuries to shake the strangle-hold Italy had on the papacy, and it was largely the increased number of cardinals from the western hemisphere that allowed that to happen. Now we are taking it to the next level and expanding the college to include more electors from the developing world. I doubt we'll ever see a Euro-centric papacy again.

These new additions are a mixed bag in terms of the usual "conservative/liberal" metric, but they seem to be of common mind on the issue of solidarity with the poor and marginalized. What Catholicism will look like in 100 years is anybody's guess, but my sense is that we are moving toward that "poor Church for the poor" which Francis wants. Bring it on.


Change happens when we get angry. Yes, I can not believe we are STILL fighting for our rights. Cold war no longer!


The writing was on the wall long ago.  Successive governments of all stripes have been buying public service labour peace on the back of the tax payer for decades.  And now the bill has arrived.  The public service pension liability is unstainable. And taxation on the private sector has reached a point of diminishing returns (See Laffer).  It's unlikely this government has the cajones to pull back public servant benefits.  And previous Conservative governments have failed to address the matter.

That leaves the private sector to our own devices.  Those who can, will leave.  Others will adopt a cash-lifestyle.  The bulk however, will just give-up.


No. Tannerite can NOT be set off with a shotgun. Tannerite ONLY works with a high powered  rifle....  I sure wish the  media would learn the facts about the story  before making a  false statements  in their "news reports ".


UA admitted their flight crew was utterly incompetent for willfully failing to follow their guidance on children over 2 must be in a seat.

UA admitted the senior flight crewmember in charge failed to ensure the crew was competent, knew UA's rules. Knew to check with the gate agent in case of ticketing issues.

"Once infants turn two years old, they are required to have a purchased ticket and occupy a seat." https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/specialneeds/infants/default.aspx

UA keeps shooting themselves in the foot thanks to their clueless CEO.


Soft wood jokes abound.


What I've always found troubling is the arbitrary, bureaucratic requirement that a person needs three times the income to pay the rent.  That requirement immediately disqualifies most of the people making the median income.

The reality of the situation is that a lower income person has to spend more than a third of their income on rent -- on up to pretty close to their entire income on rent and other fixed costs, like food, transportation, clothing.  They don't need to reserve another third of their income for travel, entertainment, gifts, insurance, retirement savings, fine dining, cigarettes and alcohol, etc.   They have to spend every penny on actual basic needs.  Otherwise, you arbitrarily disqualify huge swaths of the population from even being considered from the housing stock.

In a real world example, a $100 rent increase would then require a person to have a $300 pay increase to cover it -- which of course immediately makes the problem grow worse -- often just by writing it.


What's with the tax returns? You sound like a long play vinyl record with a scratch. Seems like the IRS is the only agency that doesn't have a leak. Reality is he filed his taxes. As in all tax returns they are subject to audit. One year's audit has an impact on subsequent returns. That said it might take years to unravel. Trump has been saying this for years. What part don't you understand?


You are right, that is why the ACA should be fixed, not tossed out for something worse like the GOP wanted.


Condoning illegals and supporting illegal aliens in any manner is the same as stabbing the USA in the back.


Those weapons can still be owned today with the proper licenses and or permits.


Catholics (as well as Protestants) believe in the 'priesthood of all believers'.
All Christians are 'a chosen race, a kingdom of priests, a holy nation' (1 Peter 2:9). We are all called to share the priestly, prophetical and kingly functions of Christ ('Lumen Gentium').
The ordained priests are a sub-set of the total.


Wow.  It is hard to believe that someone would buy an industrial property without doing a Phase 1 assessment. (Note: banks don't pay for them, they just require a borrower to get one to get the loan.)  They are common even for developers buying farm land they intend to subdivide. I wonder of the prior owners pawned off their problem to a unsophisticated buyers  with no agent representing them .


I seen reports that the store in Juneau sold everything in 3 hours of being open. Not sure about the others. You are right, the producer actually hands the money to the State at the end of the month in which the transfer to the seller was made. But we all know the consumer pays that $50 at the end of the deal. Just like any other tax on goods. But I don't doubt one bit that this is a minor showing of what will come as growers and retailers get their systems and markets worked, more businesses come on line and then there is canbi-tourism. But regardless, the state is making some money, businesses are legitimate and cops are free to deal with real issues.


"Americans are tired of paying for your defence".     Maybe America should stop making enemies of everyone in the world and they could spend that massive amount spent on the military and the arms industry and put it to better use, like education and health care.

And just who, exactly, Leggy, is Canada's enemy?    I can think of no one right now and the  only country that tried to invade us (and failed) was the good ole USA.   We don't need your military might.  You need US as a buffer to protect your gated community (aka minimum security prison).


how can the community rally behind this issue?  these boys should feel the full force of their consequences.  whom shall we write letters.  this is disgusting!


Cajay, That is exactly the point. NO ACCOUNTABILITY for deplorable mismanagement.
The Party of choice has now become a legal MAFIA.
Who do they have doing their cost projections, Cat in the Hat? They have now been wrong 4 times to the tune of 400% over original projections costing $9 Billion more than Mufi sold to the public. It's is absolutely criminal.


See Liz...coulda downloaded it from Indigo.  At least you would have kept the monopolistic profits in Canada that way.


The news here is that Trump is actually being loyal to someone outside his own immediate family.
Although Putin is Trumps benefactor he is not part of his immediate family, correct?


Trump summoned trudeau.....this is not a  meeting of equals but a massacre.  hopefully trudeau won't stuter too much.


It would be good to get some hard information as to the sanctions that have been in place ; for how long and affecting what? We have been led to believe that its just the awful, ineffective communist system that has led to "the people starving" in North Korea but how much is that due to sanctions? If the latter no wonder there is no love lost between NK and the west.


Twitler is their leader.


Common sense and letting go of trying to control what others think and do.


I think someone needs to invent a 'Trumplator' - a machine to tell us when to take him literally and when to take him seriously, and then to interpret 'Just what in hell is coming out of his mouth, anyway?'.

Used to be if you couldn't take a man at his word, you would never take him seriously.

T-rump has the best "words". (He keeps saying so, so it must be true.) They just don't make any sense in the order they come out of his  mouth. Maybe he has dysphasia.


Wow, rid of pets and women in second place. Not a very inviting place.


The Democrats are shambling around like zombies.


Coming from elitist Junior and Morneau your new budget, will spend more to save your GREEN ass.  How does that work Junior??   All this means folks is that taxes on the rise now and in our children/grandchildren future.   Not one word about spending cuts.....OMG this is a nightmare.


A Leftist New York City judge found nothing wrong with a Leftist media giant linking- in the same story and breath- Gov. Palin's use of targets on a map with mass shootings, with the expressed purpose of people inferring one had something to do with the other- an act for which they have since explicitly acknowledged and apologized.  But "it was not plausible those errors were made maliciously?"  Once again, the people lose and Leftist radicals win.


Who cares?  It's not like "stealing" culture deprives others of it.  "Culture" is greatly overvalued, and is usually based on long-outdated beliefs, concepts and prejudices (e.g. clitoral mutilation).  Moreover, it is often counterproductive and destructive, and lends itself to the "us v. them" attitudes that result in conflict and racial superiority.  Once we get to the point where one must be officially certified as part of a culture to be able to express a view about an aspect of that culture, we enter the region of the absurd.  What percentage ancestry do I have to have to be allowed to express a view?  Can I not write a book about seals unless I am Inuit?  Can I not write a book on the history of Great Britain if I don't have British ancestors?  Can I not speak out about cultures that oppress women unless I am of that culture?  Real culture is how people live and is subject to constant change, not the remnants of the practices of outdated and irrelevant civilizations.


Goodness......You need to read the history of election fraud.  You need to check the statistics regarding voter fraud.  You will find there is absolutely NO basis for your claims.

Study the extremely decentralized system of balloting in the U.S.  First, you will see the Electoral College system which breaks the system into fifty different segments.....each fully independent.  Then each State is broken into precincts; further decentralizing the process.  Each State and each precinct has fully accountable systems for vote counting.  It would take a nation-wide, state-wide and precinct-wide conspiracy to "rig" an election.

I don't mean to be insulting, but if you feel the process is rigged and, additionally,  President Obama did't really win in 2012, there's really no purpose in my attempting to have a rational conversation with you.

I can only say I'm sorry that you have so little faith in our country.


Hey Oregon, wake up!  You are competing with India for jobs.  Making it more expensive or difficult to do business here (ip28, minimum wage hikes, anti-business rhetoric) leads to job losses.  You can argue about what is "fair" while we wave goodbye to good jobs.


I am in awe of your comment.
Your comment is the epitome, the supreme exemplar of proper comments. Future generations will praise your comment at annual celebrations.


I read this today a "Comment by Dave Harbour (He might be onto something): One wonders if this is an act of state sabotage or just more incompetence. Or, could it be another AGDC-style, calculated effort to separate private investors from their leases and/or capital investments in a path toward creation of a state owned petroleum corporation? dh"

Many state regulators are hostile toward Alaska's private oil workers, why?

It seems all the state oil and gas agencies are doing everything they can to kill oil and gas investment in Alaska's oil business, what is going on?

If the people ( voters) of the state of Alaska don't clean house in the government this next election the economy could end up like Venezuela soon.

After 30 years in the oil business I feel the hostile stance of the AOGCC and the DNR, Division of oil and gas could shut down the Trans Alaska Pipeline very soon,  in my opinion!

These agencies seem to be 1/3 oil haters, 1/3 monopoly lovers and 1/3 good people, pray!!


By charging $700 for a pill he is actually doing people a favor because more research will go into newer drugs will which eventually make them cheaper and better.


Mr. Mohamed Noor has a lot to answer for in the shooting death of this poor woman.
Let us hope that justice will be served.
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Nice article, a good morning coffee read. :) Sad ending, though, and a little abrupt. I don't understand the purpose of the piece. It feels like it's missing a concluding tie-up paragraph.


That, sir, is a slur on all orange toads!


What are you talking about? I own plenty of guns, and never once had any problem getting one.


I researched your claim and found nothing. Where did you source that info?


For those of you saying Shannyn would not have gone after a Democrat who did this I have two points: the person who did this is a Republican and I bet your are wrong; she would have gone after a Dem as well.


Current and former PPS boards must be held accountable for NOT having a meaningful repair/replace budget. That is their job.

The PPS board and administration have a long history of FAILURE at maintaining PPS taxpayer assets. That's right. All those buildings and wires and pipes belong to us, the PPS taxpayer. Much like the Portland city council and its negligence of street maintenance the PPS allows infrastructure to deteriorate until a massive bond is required to fix the problem THEY allowed to develop unchecked.

It is almost certain that the PPS board will attempt another massive bond next November. That will be in direct conflict with the Portland city council's declaration of their so-called "housing crisis." Bonds raise property taxes. Raising property taxes is in direct conflict with making housing more affordable.

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Mr Mayor, 15mph is dangerous - 25 would keep up with traffic instead of impede.. ALSO, there are warnings posted on machines by manufacturers against more than 1 occupant, Helmet requirements, underage (16) operators, and roadway operation..Easy.. I always thought that parents who bought these $6,000. toys as babysitters for their kids called the kids "spare parts" as organ donors.. People who have for whatever reason lost their right to  drive need to buy roller-skates, that should be funny when they're plastered..


Yours too?  I always thought bigfoot was a bit blurry.  Blobsquatch, banksquatch, your choice.


having seen the way national politics has degenerated, since Reagan and before, into a media show with all the substance of a pro-wrestling match, with Iran-Contra basically glossed over, quickly, (selling arms to terrorists to arm terrorists, much of it with drug money) and then seeing the way the Clintons, who I've never been a fan of, raked over a slow fire for Bill getting his rocks off (i.e. no casualties other than reputations), it's a little laughable to see the latest Rodeo Clown make HIS pronouncements about Hillary.

There's been an I Hate Hillary Club ever since she took a hand in healthcare reform in the 90's.  Yeah, she's a corrupt politician, just like Obama, Trump, Reagan, and anyone else who gets close to the mic---That's how it works.

Ignore both of them:  They aren't worth your time.  It's time we expanded beyond the two-party system.


cartoon "Everywhere you look..."

-Vangelis (album) Direct, track “Intergalactic Radio Station”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx3FPiHqG8U
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"A meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was also attended by a Russian-American lobbyist who was a former Soviet counter-intelligence officer, NBC News reported on Friday."

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Whoops!

Donald Jr forgot all about the former Soviet counter-intelligence officer in the the meeting.

Are selective memory and chronic lying genetic traits?

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very wise words.  knowing how recordings can be "diced and spliced" to become 180 degrees misleading. you always have to look at the bigger picture and learn what you can from the pieces too.  that's why sound bites or a single news source is almost worse than knowing nothing.
   "Is is right for us to expect politicians to be 'better' than the rest of us?" ...  imho - it depends on what they've said. if they are selling themselves as a saint, they had better be righteous. if selling themselves as the best  - they better be really good.  that's just one reason trump does not ring true to me.  he's the best president? he can't stop slapping his own back. He draws the largest crowds....  Really?  many sources if photos say differently.  His actions say differently.  His results say differently. .. the Polls say differently...


"“We hope to get to be respected as people, because we are not animals, we are human beings,” said Martinez, who moved to Los Angeles 14 years ago fleeing violence in his country."

You want respect? How about entering the U.S. through the front door, not sneak across the border and then demand YOUR rights.
It's interesting to note this is a lengthy article about "immigrants", and the word "illegal" not mentioned once. The effort is in full swing attempting once again to make us believe the "immigrant" of today is simply taking the same  path as our fathers and grand-fathers. Sorry -they're not.


I had the same problem with a C6 Corvette. I replaced the cap but the problem returned the following summer so I vigorously cleaned/lubricated the cap and washer with a lot of WD-40. This worked for me and was a permanent solution. A daughter is having the same issue on a 2015 Forester XT. I will give the WD-40 a go this weekend.....


Thanks John!

For others who may have been wondering the same, the Congregation for Divine Worship "is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters relating to the Sacraments."

I assume then that they will keep their day job but have no further involvement in management of liturgical practices.


Based on your answer, I guess that I asked another stupid question and got another stupid answer.

Here is the answer, if you vote for a democrat or a republican then you are shooting yourself in the foot.


I like the spirit, but no way in Halliburton would that withstand a Supreme Court challenge, here or in the lesser 48. FTR, I like police and think most of them are decent, dedicated professionals, but these 2 sound like a deadly Abbot and Costello. Do you have an anti-police thing at all? (no accusation, btw)


Lynn Porter, I have read many of your post and what seems to be a common theme is that the “housed” are to blame for all of the problems homeless have. You are very passionate about the cause you have chosen to fight for, but don’t blame the “housed” for the homeless issue. Me being “housed” did not create drug and alcohol problems or mental issues some of the homeless have.  Me being housed did not cause anyone to be homeless. I work hard not to be in the position of being homeless. Most of us “housed”  work hard to take care of our families being “housed”. Tell me, are you “housed” or are you homeless? Have you opened you home to the homeless or let them camp on your property? If you have I commend you, but do the homeless you let stay pick up after themselves, or do you?  if you haven’t, please rethink your argument on who to blame for homelessness. Because I sit in my home does not make me a bigot, but you lumping all the “housed” together shows your bigotry to the “housed” .


How is being called a settler derogatory?  Acknowledging youre a settler descendant is understood as the part of the reconciliation process.  Acknowledging that we are 'settlers' serves to shift perspective; it is acknowledge the role of colonialism and outcomes for FNs.  One cant change what one does not acknowledge.  It doesn’t mean settler descendants are responsible for or should feel guilty about what they’re ancestors did. Guilt/ire helps settler descendants feel better, it does nothing for other people, it is not productive.  Acknowledging one’s settler descendant status does mean one, whether one likes it or not, benefited from and thus continue to benefit from the ills of our ancestors.  Acknowledging one’s settler descendant status means you want to move forward and help the disenfranchised/wronged; one is essentially committing to fight against further injustices.  It is fundamentally about, a step in, acknowledging the wrong done and developing a desire to understand.


I believe that all prisoners should be pepper-sprayed once each morning before breakfast as part of their punishment and rehabilitation.  And kicked in the crotch too by their victims.  Yeah, kicked too.


Great response and great insight on timelines, which most reporters cherry pick to support their article.

Two points to ponder though....what index to compare to and over what timeline?


You know that, and I know that, but does Trump.  After all, he's been taking credit for the recent rise, so he should take his lumps when it goes down as well.


My point is it had nothing to do with Trump or the campaign.
Old news.


None of this information even matters. Alaskans will vote him into office as usual. We don't seem to learn much over the decades! I think we need to surround ourselves with less than honest people. I guess they're not so frightening or something?


If North Korea gives up Nuclear arms and artillery along the border with S. Korea, then US could remove its 21,000 troops and its THAAD system in South Korea. It can continue having its carrier and cruisers come through the region. China and Russia do not want to see a unified Korea on its border so the agreement would not be unification or close to it and the US could continue alliances with South Korea-- but the border would no longer be a hair trigger artillery range for NK.


So many snorkeling accidents.  Some fatal.  Recreational companies renting snorkeling devices to people need to educate them of proper ways to use the item.  I'm sure a lot of people never used snorkeling items before and they panic in the ocean.


"Another factor is the plummeting cost of solar panels and wind turbines, which now can produce emissions-free electricity cheaper than burning coal."

When you state a statistical fact in an article you are required as a journalist to back it up with a source and numbers. This is very shoddy journalism and it is garbage reporting like this that leads people to cry "Fake News".


No.  It's a safety issue.


Unless you formally renounced your citizenship or your previous nation has a process that automatically removes you somehow, you still remain a dual citizen.


This is un-presidential behavior. On what planet are we living on that nutty twitter rants are relevant. What a shame.


While campaigning, Trump clearly outlined his plan to push for tighter immigration policies.....and he won!   So....yeah!  In addition, I make it a point to visit the comment sections of major newspapers across the nation to learn  how others feel about issues. I've been especially shocked to find so much support for the temporary immigration ban from so many people in unlikely places. I do believe the majority of Americans feel extra security is warranted. They just aren't as loud or as destructive as the protesters.


Probably something for cold Canadian nites when Canadian Muslims have to take off their shoes before going on their prayer rugs.


The only thing I can figure is that there must be some sort of chronic, neuro-cerebral malfunction that prevents The Donald from rational thinking and propels him to utter his nonsensically daily watch-me-shoot-myself-in-the-foot statement(s).


"Corrupt or dumb"  Ever heard of the CBC?


What you are missing is that congress cut the budget and the Dept of State had asked for more money.  Plenty of blame to go around, but that is not useful. What is useful is fully funding protection for our diplomats and having diplomats who know their countries of assignment.


Brilliant....


Why bother with debate, those who know his past, already know his narcissistic arrogance.
Should he come up with anything which is remotely worthwhile to listen to, it will be likely an alternative fact.


Not only does it seem not to sell.  I've also come to realize that those who are secure in their knowledge and read only that with which they already agree and which they already know, don't really care much about anything else.
Two news sources now indicate that the majority of Republicans apparently believe that Trump won the popular vote -- this despite the official evidence to the contrary.....
I somehow got on the Newsmax listserve (it occurs to me that a particular sister-in-law got me on it out of spite, but that's another story ....).  when I read the nonsense that appears there, ti becomes clear to me why so many minds become permanently closed.


Had to be earlier than 2007... I ran the '07 race and we started on Willow Lake.


Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states that "In all Cases . . . in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction."  Courts presented with the word "shall" in legislation, statutes, or laws have always interpreted it to mean must, exclusive, or allowing no discretion. No rule of civil procedure, Act of Congress, or statute can amend the Constitution and assertion of jurisdiction by any lower (i.e., district or appeals) court is a clear violation of the Constitution and betrayal of the supreme law of the land by the Judiciary.


When he does speak out and when he does and says positive things for the benefit of all Americans, I don't think anyone will criticize; or at least, no one ought to criticize.


Sage....

2 points about your post:
1. The 1973 Arab Israeli war and the Falklands tempest did not involve any nuclear option which the North Korean threat CERTAINLY has that possibility.  As well, the maniac on one side is more 'unhinged' than Hitler -- if that is possible. I was fully invested in both those earlier episodes which were not really felt by me.

2.  You probably could get a feel for the earlier episodes with the aid of Google as well as looking for graphs of market performance decades ago.


Who dropped you on your head when you were an innocent baby?


Depp's joke is no funnier than his last Pirates of the Caribbean movie.


Actually there are many businesses that work around the clock, 24/7. I currently work in an establishment, that does just that. We work Saturdays and Sundays, regardless of religion. I am a Christian, but I do what my employer tells me to because I want a paycheck. My church is in my heart, not a building. The inmates don't run the asylum.


Since the Post and the Times seem to know so much, maybe they should tell us when North Korea plans to launch one towards the US.


Nice try ... but simply empty flourish.


you realise this IS NOT a LAW, right?


I'm not convinced of your argument Timber Wolf.

First, there's no evidence to support it.  Second, how do you even measure quality of legal services? Third, you can say "quality vs. quantity" about any profession.  If you're going to use that argument to keep the number of lawyers low, how about car mechanics and cooks and truck drivers?  Low quality in those occupations will cause fatalities.

Also I never said "excess"; and I don't what that means in this situation.  In a market economy, supply and demand meet to determine a market price that satisfies the majority of buyers and also provides the sellers with enough profit to continue.  Excesses sort themselves out (e.g., lawyers/paralegals who don't make enough money will go do something else).

To solve this issue of delays in the courts, requires curing the disease not the symptom.  Do we agree on that?


You know what is anti-science? The claim that STDs in teens are due to abstinence education. Teens ARE obviously using contraceptives (falling teen pregnancy rate) but NOT practicing abstinence (rising STD rate). Illogical arguments are anti-science.


I don't know if you have walked anywhere in spenard in the last 20+ years or so but there are lots of places that are at 30 degree slopes which become dangerous when icy and are too narrow to pass other people.


Are you fucking crazy?   I will NEVER back that asshole.   I say put him on the DMZ and leave the asshole there.


Nothing to debate.

What part of "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" do you have trouble understanding?
It says "shall" not "should"
There will be no debate.
The US constitution is not up for debate.
No one is required to remain here if you disagree with the US constitution. You can move somewhere else.
The constitution is the law of the land.


Could that be because woman are choosing more and more to not have kids and families. I wouldn't suspect male employment to be decreasing but simply female is increasing. I don't see much personally from the rigs. There's hardly a female there unless you include the one medic.


Supply side economics does not work. If personal income tax rates are too low, CEOs and investors demand wage concessions or send jobs overseas (and inflation goes down). It is time to stop that now. Make the VAT high enough for robust public expenditure and generous family benefits while taking away the incentive to cut wages (keep raising the income tax rate at the top until employment and basic wages (net of tax benefits)) go up and the economy will be like the mid-century miracle. Of cousre, Trump is about rewarding capitalists, so this will never happen on his watch.


We appreciate the world tour but give us a break.  They just got home.  Stop with the  endless expense, hotel bills, airfare, etc.


Something makes no sense from the description. The services being provided by Airbus are future services for which fees would otherwise be paid and would be deductible in the ordinary course of business. For this they are getting a controlling capital interest in the partnership today. The partnership is assuming no debt ( that remains up at the holding company) and no cash is changing hands. That means BBD is giving the controlling interest in the C series away for nothing. Great deal for taxpayers BBD. Our debt is now repayable out of your 31% remaining interest. They sold the assets out from underneath the creditors.


Yep, in the immortal words of, um forgot his name, "Can't we just all get along".


Gary:

From the first I have questioned the belief that Trump was a viable candidate, in this I was sadly mistaken, but Hillary is not in any way better, and the fact that these seem to be the next pick from our two major parties, simply further deepens my jaded outlook on this countries future.
 But I shouldn't be in any way surprised, please have a great day.


In retrospect, I was perhaps a little too dogmatic saying that value investing "does not work" in tech and retail.   Perhaps it is fairer to say that I am more inclined to "pay up" in these sectors, for something that really is a better mouse trap.

That said, In retail, a steady pattern of weak same store sales scares the c&@p out of me....sometimes it is best to not try and figure out "why"...and just wait for another bus.


Wynne is goner clearly. I am concerned however, like others have said here, that she will resign before elections and a new face (same mold) will fool some voters into getting LIBS elected again.


If Billy Boy had tons of women all those years, What was Hill of Beans do'in....that is the real question? This ultimate marriage of convenience beats em' all.


Look up the term, "dry drunk"


The story says volunteers are needed for the week of January 23rd, so I'm not sure what you mean by the tally being completed already.

Is your Office of Homeless Affairs prediction based on some public information?  Or, is it a hunch?


Alcohol is worse than pot . However , the motive listed wasn't that he drank all their booze---it was that he smoked all their pot.  Alcohol has ruined more lives and families in Alaska than any other substance . Now that pot will be available everywhere , problems from that will start to surface as they have today.


Koombya!  Two senators love each other!  Once again, the American people are caught in the middle and lose.  I respect John McCain's military service, but he's a failure as a U.S. Senator.  He voted to repeal in 2015 when he knew that his vote was inconsequential because Obama wouldn't sign the bill.  He ran on repeal and replace JUST LAST YEAR.  Now that it actually means something, he'd rather do nothing, which ultimately harms the American people.


We haven't overcome. There are still sexist and racist liberals setting policy, but stay strong, brothers. Our time will come.


Somehow with some former members of COER, I got a chill up my spine.


why not post Donald's exact words to that effect? Let's see the quote, not the one in your mind, mind you
Let me help you Brad:
“The traditional way, if you look at President Obama and other presidents ― most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I’m able to do it,” Trump said. “They have made the ultimate sacrifice, so generally I would say that I like to call. I’m going to be calling them. I want a little time to pass.”
Now where did Trump single out Bush?
I read him singling out Barry but it's and some other President's who was in his mind at the time.  I'm not a mind reader.


Why even read the story, Reich is just a hack man. could there be a 3rd by the name.


Like your post about "conversion therapy"?

Garbage deserves to be thrown out.


The mafia/lobby doesn't want to root itself out.   And most of the pope's allies are part of it.

He'd be undercutting his own program church-change by rooting out the prelates who are either participants in the gross and illegal and immoral and corrosive behavior of the fragile few, or who have, in St Peter Damian's language, have themselves become so degenerate they have "forgotten their own identity".

Those words about "identity" were so insightful and prescient.


I'm happy to see the upgrade. Now if I can order beer/food from an app instead of long lines (not just certain club areas), that would be perfect day of Bronco's ball :)


Your family is no match for the United States Marines.
How many Nimitz class aircraft carriers does your family have?

Time to bury the hatchet or whatever it is that your family is armed with.
I think a few days at Disney world will change your opinions.


Just exactly what does the doctor think the world should have done? When the Arab spring broke out many of us naively hoped that democracy was about to spread through the middle east. Instead it unleashed centuries of tribal and religious hatred leading to chaos. As has been said, democracy cannot be imposed, it must rise from within. Hard to see that happening when we can't even figure out who the good guys are. Maybe there aren't any.


Mike Gumbleton - Let me get this straight. This hypothetical family will pay NO taxes, but you're complaining because they won't qualify to get EXTRA money from those tax payers who will still be paying taxes. Is that what I think you wrote?

Wow! We really did become a socialist country under Obama if we think it is fair for people who already qualify for thousands of dollars in government benefits and owe no taxes should also be allowed to take tax credit.

My working-class parents are rolling in their graves. They never made more than $8,000 in combined income, paid an effective federal tax rate of 22%, an Alaska state tax rate of 25% (this was a fixed percentage, not income adjusted) and payroll taxes of 3%. There were no government benefits or tax credits. You got a refund if you paid more in than you owed.

They would be absolutely gobsmacked at how dependent on government working-class people are today. I don't think they'd think it was a good thing.


Populism, like political polling, seems fine when it works for us -- left or right -- and lousy when it doesn't. In the current circumstances, with the blustery demagogues and their mobs, I'd prefer to use the term "right-wing regression" or even "redneck reaction" (but I'm reminded with alarming frequency that these fall somewhat short of civility standards).


painful to watch

what a pair of pretenders , Mulroney pretends he can sing and Trump pretends to act like a President


are you high on crack? I have posted anything on global warming, you pulled that on out of your buttocks..and I addressed AG Loretta Lynch contempt for law. at no time have you addressed any of the issues I posted and have resorted to this ridiculous nonsense and so I have to ask ARE YOU HIGH ON CRACK?


I agree mostly, but will always take issue with the term "sport" in all its variations. Killing is killing, our ethical duty is to do it in an moral way and for a good cause.


A nice little addition to the local tax base, assuming he doesn't plan on going to the City Council hat in hand asking a multiyear exemption.


Joggers killed by cars too.... perhaps we should ban those as well?


Exactly!  With Zuma gone we could get rid of Muthambi, Myeni, Dlamini, Abrahams, Zulu, and most of the cabinet - the list is endless.


It is disgusting to read the Trumpers' desperation to defend Trump! The whole world is biased, scheming and stupid except other Trumpers. This the repete scenario to how Hitler won power in Germany.


To Peter Vincenh:  I do not care what other heads of state think.  This is Canada and I hope our "swamp" is not quite as deep as some other countries.  This cannot be considered a petty matter whatsoever.


well that was an emotional rant...but here's the thing, I'm not going to draw large scale conclusions about women, their innate intelligence, or their emotional attributes or their abilities, capabilities or interests from that, I'm going to put that down to the ideological underpinnings of someone who fears that the discovery of a statistically significant variance in something will act to allow others to interpret that variance as support for discrimination.

in a truly fair and equitable world...people would be able to exercise their best fit skills and attributes as they saw fit...women who show skill in an area of interest would function there without bias drawn from the potential that fewer women function there statistically then men..the world would be fair and equitable because people are where they want to be, not where they are assumed to have to be to prove lack of bias

equality is about actualization, not lack of differentiation


When will the west ever learn that these things are hell bent on destroying western values. Stop allowing another single one into your countries and ship what you have already allowed in  on a slow boat to china.


I believe most of CoCal's work is commercial, not residential. Not sure you'll get building owners out there on ride-on mowers to keep their property groomed, but I suppose the point is the same.


It doesn't matter if I own a car now or not (and when I did own a car, it was parked off street, in my driveway), the streets are public property. I don't care if a homeowner has an unrealistic, ungrounded expectation of having "priority rights" to the public street in front of their house, it doesn't change the fact that they don't have ANY private rights to the public street.


PM Zoolander hardest hit.


Let's put in our thinking caps: UAE and Turkey are in principle not enemies. We've needed Turkey's airspace.


"The underestimation of how long people would live and the medical expenses has created the soaring liability."

These variables also affect private sector retirees too.  For these increased expenses to not affect public retirees makes no sense.  We are all Alaskans.  We all need to feel the pain.  Tier 1 retirees don't deserve a pass on facing Alaska's economic reality.  Their pension and health benefits need to be downsized.  The Supreme Court will rule differently given our new economic paradigm.  Public employee pension "obligations" can and should be cut to levels that match the private sector.


Whew,, at least Harper is finally off the hook.


Nobody prevented the incoherent 100 from going ahead. If 30,000 or more show up because they hate to have their city's reputation as a "smart city" ruined, it's their right to shout down the incoherent 100 mumbling "Why are we here? What are we marching for?" If your stance is so incoherent as to garner less than 1% public support than the other side had a better argument. Is that too hard for you to understand? Look at the picture of the many young people and many signs with very specific and coherent messages on them. Isn't that the right way to express themselves?


"Critical Reasoning" is code word for liberal stupidity!  You post some stupidity from a fringe newspaper site (Huffington Dog Post) that no one in their right mind would ever take seriously, about Trump raping a 13 yr old girl and post it as factual, and you say I am off my meds?  Freaking idiot!


its biology and mathematics...i didn't make it up


It is hard to take this organization seriously.  Professional PR cannot help because now we have moved from incompetence and corrupt to cover up and spin.  Image is tainted and cannot be repaired but can be reborn.  Reorganized, get new name and new people.  A PR firm can be helpful when image is being criticized or scrutinized.  PR firms can reshape and redefine you when there is something to work with.   Example would be Coca Cola when the changed the formula.  Great company just admit the mistake and go back to the old formula.  Toyota, Volkswagen and HP did the same and save their operations.  But in each case there is strong branding and a lot of good will by the organizations.  OHA is just not there. They eat their young and work at self destruction.  These are people problems and personality problems.  The board members hate each other and will not work in a collaborative manner.  The want ethic identification in a multi-cultural society.  Not going to work.  Childish notion.


I hope I'm not the only one that thinks this whole thing is super fishy.


The entire first part of this article was about how much has been cut and how it has affected agencies like Dept. of Law. How did you miss that ag?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DM_u0jSUQAA3DWt.jpg


Ok, we will !  LOL


Like it or not the weapon trade is here to stay. Every country on the planet is involved to some degree.


Obomba did you mean translation?


Marble floor was the most practical alternative?  Really? As opposed to crystal or gold floors?


Highest Post war debt in Canada occurred under Paul Martin - 66.8% of GDP in '95.

When Harper assumed Office,  debt was 34% of GDP and when he left 31% of GDP.

https://www.fin.gc.ca/frt-trf/2016/frt-trf-16-eng.pdf - Table 2 Column "Accumulated Deficit"

So you are wrong on both points


I've finally put Rik Reynolds on MUTE, suggest you do the same folks.


The best thing the Donald can do now, is ignore the Chinese for a couple of weeks.
Let it die down - don't waste your time responding to this rhetoric.


Grow up


"As to the current government having failed, I think the economy alone puts a lie to that!" ... thankfully, we have three things that have propelled the Canadian economy, none of them at the feet of Trudeau's regime. a) Harper drove Federal debt to GDP to 31% by 2015, the LOWEST level of the G7, despite having to weather the worst economic crisis since the 1930's and the massive decline in oil prices starting 2014,  b) the petroleum industry resurgence and toronto/vancouver real estate price rises. c) the steady, strong improvement of the US economy in the past year.

Despite those favourable factors, our young PM's gov't has engaged in deficit spending between double and triple what they committed to, without any meaningful infrastructure to show for it.   Canadians are waking up to the failure of these Liberal rich kids.  There's two things saving their backsides, namely that Andrew Scheer is not a strong leader of the CPC's and Trudeau is well liked, albeit less so every day.


Yes, similar to Johnny Depp, Kathy Griffin, and the rest of Hollywood, I'm sure he'd be brutal, as required. How edgy.

Meanwhile, the majority of Americans wouldn't care what a psycho and overrated coke fiend spewed in between binges.


Chroma, you can use as many big words as your small ego needs, but your deflection is noted no matter what.


Lets suppose Montana is an island. Washington Compost writer Dana does it again. Lets suppose he quit.


almost none, if you knew the history of automatic firearms, and court rulings, you might have erased your comment.


sad that someone from the hawhiner fringe could take this issue and highlight its reality: ignorance on parade.


LOL I sympathize you. Calgary is a rough place in winter, a normal person would rather go to jail during this season, instead live there. Too much fantasy when you're in a horrible environment.


How do you know that the correction by the Washington Post isn't also fake??  Oh, we can see that the one and only (as of now) "like" you've received is from yourself.  Gosh, you and Trump have something in common -- you both really like yourself.


What I like most about Egghead is his unwavering desire to destroy Canada through sharia immigration disguised as refugee assistance.....

I love that one....


Simple.  State Civil Service doesn't fire................they promote.


Habs' success is directly proportional to whazz's incoherence . . . it's a universal constant . . .


I think we should hold tribal seminars to remedy this problem...:)


My "boy" did lose "Bigly". So answer the question. What's up with the retro info back to 2008? Didn't see the inference to that year in this piece. That news is more current.


Exactly how many For Sale signs do any of you see in Oak Harbor or Coupeville?
Very few, which is quite visible proof that the majority people are happy with where they live.

A $122 million 'hidden military price tag' forgets to point out that NAS has been here for 70+ years.  No NAS?  Major home foreclosures due to job losses.  Real estate prices would plummet since the "new dream" could not possibly be instantly be created.

This hyperbole should not be taken seriously by anyone.  To quantify the so-called costs is actually impossible because the comparison to something that does not exist compares the very well oiled machine of NAS economic benefits and protections to an actual VOID.

Comparing a Void and getting $122 million is certainly a terrific fear factor; but only if your middle name is "Chicken Little".


No major shift in cyclonic energy over the past 50" years.

https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/wp-content/uploads/cyclone_chart.jpg


Hey Sutton, This could be you making real money.


So it wasn't racists and bigots assembling in Charlottesville chanting Nazi slogans? Wow! Who knew? Thanks for explaining that to me.


I doubt that our delegation is asleep.  I find it odd though that you think spending more on defense is the answer.  We need to find resolution to the conflict.

I don't think Kim is wrong in not wanting the US playing its war games in S. Korea.  We almost went to war when Russia was too cozy with Cuba.  Why is Kim wrong?  What would be our position if China wanted to conduct war games in Cuban waters with Russia?  Would we complain?


So you are saying that the officer in Tulsa would still have shot him if he had followed orders and that even if the man in Charlotte had dropped his gun on the seat of his car or on the ground when he was told to "drop the gun", he would still have been shot? I don't think so. How do you know this when I have seen nothing to prove otherwise?


Even if the TAT is increased more than 1%, the tourists will keep coming for sure. The legislature should go for 3%, why not? The annual number of tourists for this year is already moving to the point of exceeding past years. So many folks want to come here to visit and will continue to do so in droves because there is no place in the USA like Hawaii. Hawaii's mystique around the world is enduring and huge compared to the unfounded, manini fears of tourism and hotel officials. If hotel industry officials were truly sincere about their stated concerns about costs to tourists, there would be no such thing as "resort fees" on top of everything else tourists pay.


I think it would be dangerous to pull a tooth on someone while on a hoverboard. Have you seen the videos of people flying off of those things? You’re basically using tools that resemble (for the lay individual) screwdrivers and pliers while performing an extraction. What if the hoverboard quit functioning like it should while you had those in the patients mouth? How about him allowing his OM to extract 2 teeth on a patient, while they were sedated (and while she was wearing a sportsbra might I add)? Does she have any formal dental training other than him telling her what to do? Some trained dentists struggle with extractions and don’t like doing them. Both of those instances seem dangerous to me.

I’m with you about feeling for his wife and kids. I do feel bad they have to be exposed to this and go through things they shouldn’t have to. It goes to show you that your actions affect more people than just yourself, and his actions were very selfish.


Trump isn't half as bad as the Freedom Caucus and Tea Party Extremists.


I never thought it would be possible to miss W.


Uhhhh, you need to loosen up your tinfoil hat, cutting off circulation to your brain.

Batteries meet all applicable safety standards, have electronic controls to prevent over charging, runaway cells.

Not to mention it is your decision for either inside or outside home installation.

Read and learn.  https://www.tesla.com/powerwall


His home stats are remarkable.


Justin Trudeau will always be remembered for making Canada Day a negative event thanks to legitimising the nonsensical claims and actions of the indigenous people on Canada's 150th birthday...thanks Justin you're a great leader


First in line at the welfare office?!..... well I don't mind working there after all someones got to prep your check for you to pick up.


Amarcas, the deficit was caused by Parnell and the Republican legislature that voted to give away our oil with SB-21.  Over $9 billion of our oil will be taken this year and we will pay the industry $8 per barrel to take it.

This is corrupt, flatly unconstitutional and will cause you to lose your dividend and whatever equity you have in your home as the Alaska economy is destroyed.

Gov. Walker was opposed to SB-21.


More reasons that we cannot afford the current structure. We need to revisit Trudeau and Chrétien’s White Paper


Excuse me John, your racism is showing...


Pork, anyway.


"Their's is the Sacred responsibility to uphold the teachings of Christ"
I know it is in there somewhere, but remind me again where Jesus taught that the leaders of his
Church had a "Sacred responsibility to" protect pedophiles.


Age is a factor for most people....
(that's why they do not draft 50 year olds btw...)
.
"Platitude based investing" is never a good idea imo.


I'm guessing this is supposed to be funny.  It's not.

You might want to recall John Donne.  In case you can't -
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind...."

Well done, good and faithful servant.  May Cardinal Meisner be welcomed to his Father's house.


You could just look at the impacts on other cities that already have similar requirements.


Banal:  having no originality, no cleverness, no original thought, no imagination; hackneyed, commonplace, riddled with cliches, vapid, uninspiring, routine, stale, timeworn, horribly obvious even to those lacking in even the slightest sensory perception.


Kill a dog over a football game? If there is anyone who needs to be the sacrificial recipient of violent cathartic therapy it is you. Our society is sick


Methinks one of the things the doctors are against is having to be responsible to the government under the new proposals for some elements of their practices . More than time that there was much more oversight of doctors , particularly the method of paying them , their contact with pharmaceutical companies , and other aspects of oversight on the services they provide .


I don't know.  The leader of the Scottish Conservatives is unenthused - but staying in power is a mighty strong incentive for the Tory MPs to work with the DUP.


The twelve regional Native corporations are still here, so they have been successful, per the intent of ANCSA ... Greed, nepotism, self interest are the marks of every organization ... The "thousands" of non-Natives who hold stock, don't have voting rights ... The AFN, IRA villages, and "heritage" departments of the corporations take care of most "public" issues.  ANCSA was a compromise, and we got what we could, while we could.  And the Clans, the Ruling Families, still rule, per the "ancient traditions" that so many have professed that they're so fond of.  You want assimilation?  Then over-throw the Clans.  You want tradition?  Then live with it.  You want a future?  Then learn to keep "corporation" and "clan" in different compartments ... just like you keep business and personal bank accounts separate.  My corporation handles corporation stuff for me.  Grandma handles tribal stuff for me.


Yes - We are in a pretty deep hole.


True enough, I am 35 pounds overweight as a male and I feel slightly gross everyday with my belly; it truly is bad for the confidence.  And I would be considered obese by most standards, not overweight (which is say 10-20 pounds) so I can only imagine 80 pounds and on a smaller female (I am 6').   Having said that he does seem shallow for not including all the good things about her that he should love.  But he is not wrong to expect some effort on her part (with the exception if there are health issues etc.).    Now I better work harder for mine.  :)


What an inspiring leader!


so the conservative senators actually want a cut that helps the middle class while the libs want to add new taxes to us all!


Why not use the vacant lot where ANS was, it is close to Beans, Downtown Soup Kitchen, and BFS.  It is fenced area and tiny homes, homeless campers, etc, could greatly benefit.


"“When they say we didn’t vet, well Obama I guess didn’t vet, because he was approved at the highest level of security by the Obama administration,” Trump said, referring to the previous administration’s approval of Flynn’s security clearance." . . ."The buck stops here" Harry Truman (whoops I see Rhone beat me to it, but it bears repeating).


You are the emotional one, happy to slaughter another fifty innocents at your church of the second amendment.
What you call "anti-2A" most call reasonable, proportional limits that save lives.


P.Dhal - You are right about things being a whole lot saner 15 years ago.
Things changed big time when the Feds took resources away from border security dealing with money laundering / organized crime after 9/11.
Opening a country's door to shady, wealthy foreigners will cause a city's housing market to go up 500% in just 15 years.


I'm no alt-lefter. I'm a man. I don't like Justin Trudeau in any way, shape or form (forum too). BUT,  he is far less of a threat to his country and the world than Donald Trump. The mind-set and tone of  Trump's speech last night was politically suicidal. I had thought that he would try to "reach out" to more Americans than simply his most rabid supporters. Nope. None of that. I'm starting to think that he knows he is "going down" and wants to be as defiant as he possibly can so that he becomes a legendary icon for the 25% or so of Americans who view him to be already the greatest American leader ever.


This repatriation has been covered in short articles in several other newspapers for several days.  But congratulations to reporter Timothy Hurley who took the time to gather more information and who has produced a valuable report.

I have had a longstanding interest in the issue of NAGPRA in general and Hawaiian bones and burial artifacts in particular, partly because of my interest in spirituality and partly because of sovereignty issues.  Here's a webpage on NAGPRA which I started in 2002 because of the controversy over artifacts from Kawaihae Cave (Forbes Cave) held by Bishop Museum -- I have maintained an annual update for every year since then, compiling news reports and commentaries.

See two more comments for details.


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or in the case of rifles, the hands of the shooter. Good article, Steve.
In my case, I came to Ak with a 30:06, got hired by a guide who used a .300Wn, so I bought a used one in 1967 for $70. Lousy, soft wood stock, replaced with an ugly fiberglas but the barrel is accurate. I finished off a couple of wounded polar bears using 150gr Sierras, soon went to 200gr Hornaday's - have stayed with that & load my own according to the book. The heavier bullet travels slower, has much more NRG, does less meat damage, is less deflected by wind - & has for the past 50 years been adequate for anything that has come my way in Ak.
I prefer the Winc.Model 70, due to the quick, easy bolt dis/reassermbly. Ruger & Mauser are okay for that, but not so simple as Mod.70.
But I've taken more critters with my Ruger 10/22 than any other firearm, however those were primarily hares & muskrats.


Monkey See, Monkey Do; Starring Ronald Regan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zHN4vCfwh4

Then Bonzo goes to College: Starring Obama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Goes_to_College


The use of Islamophobia is now used to silence reasonable normal white people from expressing their right to voice their displeasure with unfettered immigration.
O'leary wants immigrants so he's out.
Economic growth by immigrants has failed everywhere. China and Japan for 1000's of years refused foreigners. They are doing just fine thanks you. Superpowers too!

Keynesian economists are also accountable for this travesty.
Who is left to protect the rights of white culture in Canada?
Far right nationalist parties? What has come of our country where freaks are the last resort???

No one is protecting our rights or are they listening to us.....
The generations before who fought wars to protect us and give us rights would be very very disappointed in our lazy attitudes. We are letting oligarchs destroy our country without a shot fired.
In France Le Pen will win.
In Germany Merkel is gonna get crushed for starting this mess and the nationalist party may win.
Do we need a far right party?


Just saw that Bolles only had a high ankle sprain. Prognosis is he will miss a couple of weeks.

That's good news. Too bad he couldn't be healthy for the Oakland game. I am really getting sick of commentators assuming that the Raiders will win the west.

I'll say it now, the Raiders finish 3rd. Broncos 1, Chiefs 2, Raiders 3, Chargers 4.


Oh give us a break! Can't you lefties do anything else but prattle on about race?


Sorry, any flat tax robs the poor while enriching the already rich.


The Emperor wears no clothes.......


Hey RUMP PUD, why don't you go get some sleep. Tough talk from a person that hides behind a pseudonym.  Hey everyone, RUMP PUD is displaying the true behavior of the liberal left.


Verbose post.  Rookies............


"Rebels said they attacked government forces with suicide car bombs."

They are not rebels, they are holy warriors. For the Globe to call them anything else, even if there is nothing holy about what they do,  is misleading.

"And there are those who do not want to stop. Here's a sample comment from the top JFS [Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the al-Nusra Front]-aligned cleric, Abu Yaqzan Al-Masri, in Aleppo: 'We won't compromise over our religion. We'll leave Aleppo on our own terms.'"
BBC News Dec 14, 2016


First off, people should read up on fracking. Many people are parroting what non-science based outlets are saying.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/induced/myths.php

Without the oil industry, this born and raised 3rd generation (Native) Alaskan would have moved long ago. The oil crash has hurt the company I work for just like it hurt the state. A lot of people working in that sector lost their jobs. I'm not against clean energy but these companies will not operate in areas of high financial risk, if Alaskans want to chase them out then that's fine, but in the long run it's going to result in a lot of us leaving. The energy sector provides a lot of healthy employment in other fields (administrative, financial, IT, etc)  It's already very expensive to live here, I could buy a house lower 48 for 1/2 the price of an anchorage condo. Not saying there isn't a middle ground on this particular issue. (Maybe tax out of state employees more?) - Just food for thought on this.


A Canadian court would very definitely comment on whether or not a Canadian received a fair trial before a foreign tribunal. In this case, NOT.


Exactly! It's almost a conflation of the word "respect". No individual has a responsibility to "respect" treaties in some substantive way. It sounds more like the Liberals are using the term "respect" abstractly, as in 'it is mandatory to think respectful thoughts'.

In reality this is just another bullet point on the endless Liberal list of ways to gain public support for the Administrative-Aboriginal spending complex that has wasted so many billions of dollars enriching anybody and everybody except poorly-off Aboriginals in Canada.


Whenever I hear someone, like a local politician, talk about how progressive Eugene is I just have to laugh.  We wont even allow Uber or Lyft to operate here so we can preserve an antiquated and wholly inadequate cab system.  We are the opposite of progressive.


I feel blessed to own a series of of these prints. They're amazing individually but even more so when they're hung together as a complete body of work.


One wonders who is bank rolling Pebble's over the top, litigious efforts.... and what their ultimate goal may be.


So, your posts do NOT relate to this article, or to Stan Rother.  Rather, you are grinding your axe over "complicity of the culture"!  And introducing us instead to another phase of Opus Dei "spirituality."


Impose a progressive transfer tax based on how many homes the buyer owns. 50% if he already owns more than 3, 40% if he owns more than 2, and 30% if owns more than 1. 10% if he owns nothing.

The transfer tax is offset by any income tax the buyer pays in canada in the last 2 years. This would kill the bubble. But the chance of the politicians doing this is zero.


As an artist you learn to "see" into the soul of the land and try and understand how all the parts fit together. See how the low sun light in winter brings out more subtle colors in the sky, how the glaciers reflect in the ocean and how icebergs sit on the water. It is a constant challenge to see the old in a new light, all to often we forget to "see" what is right in front of us.


Him being acquitted doesn't automatically make the complaint false, as anyone with a shred of common sense will acknowledge. Unless she clearly perjured herself there is no basis for legal action against her. Going down that road would be a severe disincentive to report sexual assaults and absolutely not in the public interest.
There may be a reasonable middle ground but I don't think it's been discovered yet. I know of one case in Alberta where the complainants did make false accusations and perjure themselves, to harm a teacher they disliked. The case obviously collapsed after years of legal process and wrecked the latter stage of his career - no repercussions to the complainants for an obviously criminal act.  In that case the crown should have acted but they played the false complaint out all the way to trial and embarrassed themselves.
Your notion of going after some accusers may be valid in a few cases but I don't think our system is smart enough to get it right.


Parolin added, praising Trump, that “the future leader has already spoken like a leader.” (catholicculture.org)  And the next day Parolin said that “points of dialogue” between the Vatican and Trump include peace and “internal subjects such as religious freedom, Catholics’ commitment and attention to the most vulnerable bands of society.” (zenit.org)


I don't think influence peddling by Trump's family is "fluff." I think it is a high crime and misdemeanor.

Here's the definition by the way: "The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct peculiar to officials, such as perjury of oath, abuse of authority, bribery, intimidation, misuse of assets, failure to supervise, dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming, and refusal to obey a lawful order."


Were we to engage in “following the evidence wherever it leads”, we would all be advocating for warning labels on talk therapy.


12 counts x 5 years = 60 years
Uberalles must not get to watch "Law and Order" .............. on Russian TV


I hope every single one of those legislators that are up for reelection are voted out of office.


"Just because it will eventually be legal, doesn't mean its safe."

True, it is 5000 years of experimentation and use both recreationally and medicinally, without a single documented fatality, that means it is safe!


Great advice. That's sure to increase Duchene's trade value. I mean, I guarantee if the Avs followed Forseberg's advice and got a mediocre return in the trade, the media and fans would *certainly* not heavily criticize Sakic for not getting a better return.

/sarcasm


and the ignorant defence from the brain dead


Everyone please remember Carol Fukinaga, and the rest of the loones who voted to make us a sanctuary city next election.  They need new career paths.


Thank you so much, Crystal!


Look everybody.... idontgetitatall is down voting math...


"you will know the false Christians". Is that an exclamatory statement, because I don't see a question mark? "They will not upset [me]." Well fools agitate me if you must know, only mildly though. Why? Because they waste life's precious time with drivel. Is this some inane repartee you learned in church that should pass as clever argument?


That's a real complex argument you got there, buddy.


And oddly enough the journalist of this media outlet was on kitv-news the day before critiquing the CEO but when asked about the claims from the Chair and other trustees about misspending and questionable hiring practices he went right around it.  Clearly his side is the old guard protecting there asses in this time of change.


Surely not even you believe such nonsense

desperation man...


Is Hazelwood back again?


The decent working people pay fees & fines but the homeless can occupy the sidewalks, parks, medians, beaches, waterways, street parking, etc. for free.


I'm not aware of any. If there is poaching by Alaska Natives it's minimal. Same on the Russian side.


Arguably he isn't, but they have to go through the motions before writing off that waste of a contract he got.


Puerto Rico is smack dab in the middle of the hurricane pathway.  There seemed to be NO preparation for ANY category of hurricane.  This is what happens when people don't take responsibility for their own welfare!  Puerto Rico is a financial mess because of the lack of local leadership responsibility.
As for Trump's remarks about it being an island in the Atlantic Ocean, I'll bet that most people on the continent don't even know where it is or that it's a U.S. protectorate.


No pete this is not a non-issue. This man was appointed by the so called president to be his National Security Advisor and would still be there in spite of his illegal behavior( that the administration knew about) if the truth as we know it so far had not been revealed to the media. No retired military person is allowed to take financial compensation from a foreign government and Flynn knew that or worse after a career in the US military he didn't know the plainly stated rules. This is all connected to the investigation into how deeply the Russians penetrated and disrupted our election system and how many of trumps appointees and top advisors were complicit in that act of war. Stay tuned pete, more is about to be revealed. It will be the Mother of all Inconvenient Truths before the investigations are half way through.


Your a landlord? A suite in your basement or children living at home barely qualify you for that title.

My advise to yourself and others that see this huge need and what you consider opportunity, is to go fill this void with your own rental units, preferably with your own risked capital, not the taxpayers.


What are the alternatives to Trump? I like him because he represents a disconnect with the evil forces which have taken over this country. Unfortunately, his latest campaigning is starting to sound like the same old scumbags have made their way in the back door. Most American people are fed up with what the government is doing to our country. A vote for Trump isn't really a vote for Trump, it's a vote against what's happening to us.


Words cannot express the relief and joy we here in Western Canada felt upon hearing this news.


Throwing around meaningless labels like "neoliberalism" and making excuses for unsuccessful people doesn't solve anything, Philco.  Your parents (like me) started families by making the sacrifices necessary to do so -- learning a trade instead of studying cultural anthropology, saving and investing in the future.


Good to see the leafs on prime time hnic to break the snead. February will tell the tail with an unbelievably difficult schedule for 17 games.

Give us 20 go leafs go as you leave


And where does pretending to know things that you actually have no clue about fall in that book, Mr "The Turning machine is another name for the Turing test"? While you're at it, where does lying about your knowledge come, Mr "I'm right when I said the Turning machine is another name for the Turing test"? Or do you prefer to be called Mr "Nazi Germany allowed conscientious objection to conscription"?


I don't see the equivalence at all.


While Alberta families suffer indefinitely ?


"Syrian refugees receive one year of financial support; after that, they are expected to support themselves—or apply for welfare. John McCallum, the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, has already conceded that some Syrians will end up on provincial social assistance rolls, unable to support themselves after one year. How many? Nobody knows quite yet, but if previous refugee cohorts are any indication, it could be as high as half."
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https://www.google.ca/amp/www.macleans.ca/news/canada/warm-hearts-cold-reality/amp/?client=ms-android-rogers-ca


A sibling had a colonoscopy in his 40s because he was having health issues, the verdict: colon cancer; after months of chemo, the cancer was surgically removed.  A dear friend of mine wasn't feeling well in her early 30s, the doctor ordered a colonoscopy and colon cancer was found to be the culprit; she had surgery to remove the cancer, she now has to watch everything she consumes because one's diet can lead to colon cancer.  A coworker was not feeling well and thought he had developed an ulcer, upon going to the doctor, the doctor ordered a colonoscopy and they found out he had stage 3 colon cancer, after surgery, he became a survivor.

Without colonoscopies, all of these people would be dead; three people, three colonoscopies and three lives saved.

Ms. Reid, go ahead and avoid having a colonoscopy if you choose, but please don't give false information about the effectiveness of having a colonoscopy because they do save lives.


Far from ignorant, I have watched dozens of City Council meetings over the course of the past 15 months or so, and feel pretty well informed about the issues and the candidates running this year.  Certainly more than I ever have been before.  One of the things I have learned is that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, along with their cohorts Sound Transit and Wright Runstadt, are some of the most NIMBY folks around. They want to use the same failed template for the homeless situation that has proved futile in Seattle.  But don't worry, I will be sure to tell "the guys" that you with the "big hearts" over in West Bellevue would be happy to accommodate the County-wide, men's, low barrier shelter over there in your neighborhood with no input or transparent process.  We, in East Bellevue, will continue to work for better solutions and will vote accordingly.


There's a story about a guy out in a nowhere cabin that ran out of sugar for his coffee and walked 10 miles to the neighbor, knocked on the door and asked if he could borrow some sugar and the neighbor just said "No" and shut the door and back home he went.


Pioneer homes, like so many expensive social institutions & efforts are enormously expensive. In our family, our old ones have never been seen as burdens, rather - they are family members for whom we - in the family - have & share responsibility.


OK, why not deliver the subway but put it on the RT route to Scar. Town Centre and save $3B. Run the subway through air on the RT route rather than bedrock.

Do you really realize how idiotic city council's plan is?


IMO, it will be worse.


I agree it is wrong-but a publicly recognized celebrity making a video of Obama, public lynching or burning? Never heard of that. Not once. .

Celebrities who do things like this Trump 'display' instigate more hate, not resolve. I will say, after years of steady declining, hate crimes really spiked UP starting in 2014-and we have but one leader to look to, and it is not President Trump. Not even President-Elect Trump for that matter.


It doesn't.


Depends on the policy.  Zero tolerance can be a good thing.  For example, a zero tolerance policy towards pedophile priests would be a good thing (a real one, not some lie told to mollify public opinion).  On this, of course, we disagree, as you have always been an ardent supporter of clergy regardless of what they are doing.  But zero tolerance policies in schools have often resulted in ridiculous and damaging results for students, regardless of their color.


I'm sure that in time the Church will honour Fr Jerry as a prophet, just as it does to St Francis of Assisi now.


Doctor assaulting another doctor.  Wow!


Supporting Trump is a display of a low IQ.  Sad.


You missed this?!?!?!?
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Tom Tancredo, upset about canceled white nationalist event, weighs another run for Colorado governor
A conservative activist is trying to draft Tancredo into the 2018 GOP contest
"Tancredo, a hard-line anti-immigration advocate and an ally of President Donald Trump, is “infuriated” at the party’s silence after a Colorado Springs resort canceled a conference reservation for the white nationalist organization VDARE Foundation, where he was scheduled to speak."
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/23/tom-tancredo-colorado-governor-2018/
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Granted, he didn't actually make the speech but he was completely intent on doing it until the whole event got cancelled.
If they rescheduled he'd be there, you bet.


Lousy pitching not so great this year equals complaining about anything. This time it's blisters. Baseball players are atheletes?


We've been down this road before. Associations and owners find the retrofitting distasteful. I don't believe the costs outweigh the benefits to the unit owners, since the chance of experiencing a loss is quite low and many people do have insurance, as required for their mortgage.

I would say that the retrofitting is ironically not for the benefit of those non-sprinkled unit owners as many posters here seem to think, but more a benefit to tax payers who have to pony up firefighters, police, and other public resources to fix and investigate the issues.

So if we as a community do agree generally that sprinklers should be in every building, then the retrofitting should absolutely be subsidized. In fact, I believe that's the only possible way to see this initiative through, given how unpopular it is with the associations.


Way to draw unwanted attention Fawn Sharp!! Racial slurs? Not one person in all interviews said anything of the such, but you state that doesn't mean it untrue? And it's been an issue throughout the years? We are not hear to listen to your babble about the past, we are seeking justice for a crime that occurred, quit drawing lines in the sand!


O’Leary applauded Oxfam’s 2014 report on global inequality, which stated that the wealth of the world’s 85 richest people is equal to the wealth of the poorest 3.5 billion. Yes, you read that right. He applauded the findings, arguing that “this is a great thing because it inspires everybody, and gets them the motivation to look up to the 1 per cent and say, I want to become one of those people. I’m going to fight hard and get up to the top.”  If only things were that simple Kevin.  Why don't you endow a scholarship at your old MBA school at Western so some of those 3.5 billion can get the same advantage you did?


If done right, anything can work.  It's like education in Canada, If you don't fund it, they won't come.


Well perhaps you should try posting a credible link to back your claims, not propaganda. If there is one amongst all those you've compiled, lol.


Great article...thank you RG.


Hello again.
I'm not so sure that there is that much difference. Once again I am confused. What does Pope Francis actually mean by 'accompany', 'study' and 'reintegrate'.
To me 'accompany' and 'study' means discussing and pointing out the objective immorality of the person's situation. Having done so and persuaded the person to have a change of heart, repent and be reintegrated into the life of the Church.  Does the Pope mean that if the person remains obdurate he ought not to be reintegrated? The alternative is to ignore the immorality and repentance and reintegrate.
The boy who is being taught that he is free to chose his gender and believes it will have the same mindset as the adult.


You are right, and it's sad! I often miss the Church very much, but the die is cast.


So pretending to be Asian, a woman or aboriginal grants you an advantage?

I guess that puts an end to all that nonsense about 'white privilege'.


If you're referring to Philando Castile, he had marijuana in his system, and marijuana was found in his car.  Per federal law and Minnesota law, users of illegal substances (which includes marijuana) are prohibited from possessing firearms.  So no, he wasn't in legal possession of a concealed firearm.

But nice attempt at playing the race card and trying to portray the NRA as racist.


Come on John. It's time for you to return to the home. The publisher of ADN promised to have you back much earlier. It is getting harder and harder for you to copy down what she tells you to say, I know. It just is not right for her to use all those complicated words, It's amost elder abuse what she does to you But we understand and do not hold it against you. Come along now. It's time for your meds.


Did he accidentally press publish while it was still a draft? Because it reads like a bunch of random scribbled down notes


I despise the things and have used my own  bags years before it was 'the thing' to do - BUT why can't stores just charge for plastic?  I bet you would have a huge decrease in plastic bag use if shoppers had to pay ten cents per bag.  I hate to see more regulation or taxes. Simply a write in campaign to the most offending merchants will get results ----- that is how we got black plastic covers on the front of Cosmo magazine at the check out counter.  It works 😉.


"Data show students who go through the program, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian students," , I'd like to know how many non-hawaiians were part of this program?


Who says that hippies were into heroin in the 1960's? That is not true--drugs yes, but it was marijuana, peyote and LSD, not heroin.


I don't agree with your specific list of corrections, but it might be best to permanently freeze real federal spending except to the type of funding the Liberals are offering to mental health & home care to jump start areas of chronic provincial neglect. Frankly, those controlling the spending (the provinces) should be accountable by providing more and more of the funding. The taxpayer is the same regardless, so this whole thing is mostly a provincial charade. This is especially true in the big provinces where they have the scale to manage all of the costs (though for the smaller ones the current funding is likely adequate at currently levels to address that issue. Ontario, Quebec, BC and Alberta have no scale issues.


So was the Fugitive Slave Act.


Russia is not "any" country.  It's an oligarchic quasi-dictatorship with 1,800 operational nuclear warheads on ICBMs and nuclear-powered submarines, run by a former KGB agent who has consolidated his stranglehold over 17 years through blackmail, violence and intimidation, and is dedicated to the weakening of democratic governance and alliances.  Further, this entreaty of Kushner's dates to the early transition, well before the IC determined the national interest required selective leaking of this administration's wildly irresponsible and damaging sabotage of our security.  And third, to repeat, why on earth would Kushner suggest we use *Russia's* communication system -- sequestered from our ability to track it -- to "do government business" with Putin's Russia?  Even Kislyak, their ambassador, was taken aback is suggestion, as it would expose otherwise secure Russian communications architecture to the president's son-in-law and senior advisor.  Why not route through a third country?


I (well my wife) owns a Mazda3. I have never encountered understeer and I have pushed it pretty hard. Maybe it's the tires you had on it or had a wonky suspension. Personally I don't like Honda engines for everyday driving because they have low torque at lower RPM. You have to get them up high in the RPM band to perform and for daily drives that isn't optimal.


It's interesting that you cannot distinguish between humans and wild animals.


Spend a day out in the fields picking tomatoes at $15.00 an hour and you'll fold like a cheap suit after one day.


A former mayor of Portland has sex with a 17 year old campaign aid.  Did anything happen to him?  Of course not.


Yep, the Dems engineered this whole sale including setting the give way price.

Yes, the Elliott is often a yarding show rather than a cheaper tractor operation in Farmer Johns scattered second growth patch. But the stands ( and I've measured as well as walked more than a few)  being yarded are often 80 MBF to the acre instead of Farmer John's 20 MBF. Plus you get 6MBF on a truck instead of 4MBF. Yarding heavily stocked mature timber with plenty of lift ends up not being all that more expensive.

Since the Elliott's mission was to uniquely fund K12, not to supply local mills, why, pray tell, didn't the state export the 12o year old premium JSort logs for three times the average per MBF price they were getting from Scott or Seneca... both of whom have supposedly "sustainably managed" vast forest of their own?

I followed a couple of truck loads into Roseburg with a logger a few months ago and we both agreed the high grade 1oo year old logs should have been going to Coos Bay's docks.


Maybe our negotiations would be going better if Trudeau hadn't invited Harper toady Rona Ambrose onto the team.

Harper truly excels at making enemies.


Typical. Like a kid caught red-handed with their mitts in the cookie jar.
"It wasn't me, Mom! That darned cookie jar jumped right at me and clamped onto my arm!!"


Hey, Look!

China Joy Ambassador disagrees with truth!


Yeah women doing it all by themselves. No men involved, right?


Don't tell the people of Walkerton.


Are universities really the best place to be teaching 'vocations'?  Can you just imagine the farce of some tenured university professor (who has never worked a day outside of academia) standing there lecturing to a bunch of bored 20-somethings on the ins and outs of customer acquisition and contract bargaining?

Colleges and polytechnic institutes are much better positioned to hire experienced sales people as faculty (sans the PhD) to teach the basics of these concepts and barring that, companies simply need to hire bright and eager young folk and provide some training at Dale Carnegie or some other similar on-the-job program.

Universities in general do an inadequate jobs of teaching applied knowledge.  They just do it to generate more and more seat revenue; in other-words they are great at sales but poor at delivery.


I wouldn't bet against him winning another term. He is a change agent. And if he succeeds bringing back jobs much as Bernie Sanders as espoused, he will be very popular with the working and middle classes.


Thanks for this, RegularJ.  Yup: slow day at the editorial offices.
Editor 1: Well, nothin`much happening on the Trump front.
Editor 2: "Trudeau`s old news right now.  What say we stir the immigrant pot a little..."
Editor 3: "...maybe do something with the international kids, hmm?
Editor 1: Good one!
Editor 3: Who`s on Education beat these days?
Editor 2: Simona Chiose.
Editor 1: Yeah.  Get her on it.
Editor 3: (doubtful) Hmm, maybe not much there.
Editor 1: Maybe not. So, keep it soft.  You know, stats to show increases in--
Editor 2: Not in enrollment, per se...
Editor 3: Just in foreign students.  Yeah.
Editor 1: Safe. But looks bad.  Gets the blood up, eh?
Editor 2: So let`s check out on line comments, see how many start jumping around...
(Chuckles around the table.)
Editor 1: OK, guys, look, gotta put a little disclaimer at the bottom about `displacement,`OK?  Cover our butts a bit.  Near the end.  Most of the jumpers won`t read that far...