What's so wrong with our senator supporting production in Alaska. I say kudos to any politician  supporting Alaska jobs versus the out of state shippers, out of state growers, the out of USA growers in Mexico, ect. The overall plan with this program is to make Alaska less reliant on other states and countries for its produce. It's to develop better growing techniques. If successful on these smaller scale operations, it could be used in larger operations, creating jobs for Alaskans, deversifying our economy, not to mention fresher food. Have you compared the tomatoes from Mexico to the Alaska grown tomatoes in these high tunnels? You may not realize it, but our food is subsidized by the federal government, otherwise we would be paying 8$ for a gallon of milk in Anchorage and 18 $ a gallon in the remote communities. This is an economical benefit to Alaska, without question.


Canadian immigration policy is being swamped by illegal refuges flooding across the border and we spend tens of millions of dollars annual to support this nonsense.  Walk in and receive a minimum 18 months of welfare from Canadian taxpayers.


You are in my prayers and I suggest you see a therapist.


Agreed.   I don' see why having an EV should allow you free parking and premium parking with free recharging at malls, which all other patrons end up paying for.


This review describes the show well.


Obama made lying look good, but that does not make it right.


They weren't sent to "colleagues" within the FBI.   They were given to "a friend" from Columbia University who leaked to the press which prompted a Special Counsel headed by Mueller  to investigate the Flynn incident.   You nicely left out the "leaker friend" part.
COMEY: Yes, I — yes. I think nearly all of my written recordings of my conversations — had a chance to review them before filing my statement.
LANKFORD: Do you have a copy of any those notes, personally?
COMEY: I don’t. I turned them over to Bob Mueller’s investigators.
LANKFORD: The individual that you told about your memos, that then sent on to the New York Times — do they have a copy of those memos, or were they told orally of those memos?
COMEY: Had a copy — had a copy at the time.
LANKFORD: Do they — do they still have a copy of those memos?
COMEY: That’s a good question.
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STOP SPREADING FAKE NEWS!


It boils down to one very simple fact. We are subsidizing the oil industry , and paying that subsidy with the PFD. Government can, and should function without a " Permanent Fund ". The Fund belongs to the people (Residents) of Alaska, and NOT the Alaska State Government that is trying to make laws, rules, and regulations that would allow them access to a very large amount of money. The strategy was , and is, to squander what we have and then go after the PFD. Much like the tax cut for the wealthy, and the benefits cuts in Social Security which also belongs to the Citizens. There is a pattern , and it is to bleed the General public for as much as possible, and then find ways to steal it.


Are you joking, dude? There are three. They are not from or to Hillary and they are not from her server.


Have you also seen the other posts from people that are supposed to have Indian blood in them?


Pull back your nonsense. His sons are still under Chines control so what purpose for that?
Chinese haven't want Korea for 2000 years why want it now? Korea was abandoned by Chinese 2000 years ago because it is too poor the land is.
Anything changes since then?


This is one of Shapiro's most ignorant columns.  He is losing it.


Concerning the idiotic claim that the PFD "draws people to Alaska", it would take a DECADE of PFD's to pay the costs of moving to Alaska from elsewhere.  I came here because my job transferred me here.

As for the "wrong kind of people", two points.

(1) In the context of this discussion I understand you're referring to Samoans.  All the Samoans I know work on fishing and fish processing vessels.  They came here for fisheries employment--there are seven major Samoan families who've been fishermen ten times longer than the US has existed.  They go where the fish are.

(2) The "wrong kind of people" started coming to Alaska long before there was a PFD--first from Russia, then from Anglo-Amerikkka.


Evolution in action. If these folks are that dumb, tough luck. And, anyone that is rescued - dead or alive - should pay for it even if it comes form their estate or their family’s pocket.

I was out n Moab this summer where there are always deaths at Arches National Park because ignoramuses ignore sing after sign warning after warning, not to hike - even a short distance without a hat, sunscreen and water.  Yet I saw tons  of people in flip flops without water hiking in the desert. Th worst offenders with their little kids.

You Can’t fix stupid.


Benjamin Disraeli British Prime Minister in the 19th century:
"There are lies, damnable lies and, statistics"


As a newly appointed member of the fishery council, I'm setting the record straight. All of this has been published long ago. A lot has been done to protect that area and to ensure that fishing can continue indefinitely.

And it's not WesPac that's claiming conservation success. It's the United Nations which carries considerable credibility.

As for AP's story about the problems with the longline fleet, it's a terrible tragedy if people are being abused. Any mistreatment is unacceptable and should be stopped. It should also be noted that the article said some crewmen sign up again and again, for more than a decade. Which means that not all skippers or boat owners are treating people poorly.

You make this sound like a game, Bryant. It's not.

Fish has always been an important food source for the people who live on these islands. Longline fishermen provide up to 50 sustainable tons a day, and that contributes a great deal to Hawaii's ability to be more self-sufficient.


If anyone does not believe that ownership of Assault Rifles and high capacity ammo magazines both need to be banned, this incident should convince them of that necessity.

The National Rifle Association needs to take full blame for the shooting of this deputy, just like they are to blame for the recent deaths of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.


Restaurants make small fortunes running patios on public land for very little money. It's time the public receive its fair share.


Peak use price in France is around $0.15/hwh. And they don't have the delivery charges and debt retirement BS on the bill. In fact an average hydro bill (all in) in France is a bit more than half of the Ontario average bill.

Prices in Germany are even lower (less than $0.10/kwh including some ecological tax).

In a QC Hydro chart only three major American cities have rates higher than Toronto.


Not apples and oranges at all.  Regular programming on pay TV, even broadcast IS falling as my link shows.

I've already explained this to you before but I'll do it again.  Right off the bat you're admitting that up to 13% of NFL games can't be watched by cord cutters.  We also need to take into account that Thursday games are atrocious in general, hurting ratings.  Assuming all cord cutters have a good enough antenna to get games, that limits their options to at most two games for the morning and afternoon games but usually you only get one game when the local team game is on.  So now we're down to at most a cord cutter can watch five of 16 games or 31% of games.

"The...platform competition just doesn't exist for NFL" I think you're wrong there too.  People have been showing for years that they don't want to sit through three plus hour games in general and now there are multiple places you can go to get highlights.

Nope, that doesn't explain any rating hits at all./s


The bed tax directly funds the efforts of the visitor industry to bring more visitors to Alaska. By not paying the same tax as B&B's pay, you're essentially reaping the rewards paid for by everyone else. If you own a vacation rental here or more than one, consider becoming a member of Visit Anchorage and taking advantage of all the programs you can use to grow your business.


Do you still have the mullet?  Do you not realize how unattractive those are?


True, except we aren't talking about unwanted facial hair, warts or cysts. Or even your kidney for that matter. This is another human life. Not yours.


Get a teddy bear and cuddle. You won't miss anyone. Go on Govt.


Not a word about abortion .... telling.


pee pee tapes


OK. I responded to your previous post with what I consider kind suggestions. Now I honestly think you are losing touch with the issue at hand. Did you really just ramble on about rose-ringed parakeets being 566 times smaller than humans and somehow try to relate that to RUP's? You need to stay focused; be clear and concise about the point you are trying to make; and back that up with some sort of fact based analysis. You are losing credibility with every word you type. Come on Joni! You CAN do better. Please stop embarrassing yourself. You are one of the few people that have any connection to the local farming community here that comments, and we need your help, not just ramblings. Please get it together.


It makes sense. I'm saying that people should not be trying to blame the DoJ or APD for actions and consequences of these individuals.  They are adults and need to held responsible as such.


I still have not read the lesson u provided me but i fully intend to do so  soon. i have  sent u a couple of msgs. Im not sure if u got them. Im not sure its appropriate that u respond anyway.


That comes just after checking local records.  Then you move on to the tertiary level by vetting the references' references.  I used to do the checks.  It was just paperwork shuffle; I didn't get to provide opinion unless derogatory or unverifiable info was discovered.  Usually, when an applicant was asked to provide further data, and/or to explain discrepancies, that was left to other background investigators.  To ensure fresh eyes on any particular applicant.  If it got to that point, however, due to the added depth of checks, more scrutiny was given to any one applicant and the vetting data they provided.  The last step would be for DOJ rep to make the final call.  This process has basically not changed over the last 20 yrs or so.  Part of the EO is to vet the system and if found to be under the thresholds' increased scrutiny processing, then recommendations would definitely be made to enhance the vetting process than what is already being done.  Can't get there until we get there.


I was replying to Alesia's comment that was in response to my earlier comment, not that of Rick's.


Yes but it is soothing, like Hamlet without  bloodshed; cleaned up and nice so as to not offend the  Danes ( you know how sensitive they are about what the English say about them.).


Look at the average age of these snowflakes.  If any of these snowflakes are here on a student or work Visa, let's round them up and send them home on a cargo plane.   I'm so sick of these entitlement, feel good, time out kids.  A waste of oxygen.


Like the IMMIW, what's to investigate?  They want to investigate the obvious.


Brent Crude is currently at $46.17 a barrel.


Many of us including the administration to the legislature have fallen into the Reaganomics trap of less taxes and smaller government. Closer scrutiny shows Reaganomics hurts the poor, working and middle class while benefiting the wealthy. We have lived this lie for so long the idea of raising taxes and pouring money into public infrastructure like public schools,public  transportation, public safety and the like is seen as an infectious disease.


We did not have this so-called homeless situation when we had vagrancy laws that were enforced. Enter the ACLU, homeless advocates and liberal judges who declared the laws unconstitutional and wallah!  We have a major problem.  Vagrants can sleep on sidewalks, in public parks, on beaches, under freeways and wherever they want on public property, defecate anywhere, leave their trash everywhere, and there is little we can do about it.  We still may have vagrants if the old laws could be enforced, but it would not be the monumental problem that it now is.


Vandalism and destruction isn't such a big deal when it's your own comrades doing it, is it.  But I would imagine you'd be howling in outrage if right-wingers engaged in similar behavior.


Russia will go broke in a few years


complaints are made to City and HPD, including 911.  common response is that the law does not allow them to take action.   hallelujah!!


Sears has good sales on clothing!


Wombat, despite my strong opposition to transgendered people serving in the military, I have to agree with you on every single point mentioned here.  Although I agree with Trump on many points, he himself is an idiot.


My suggestion is you should not read them if you are offended. This is a free society.


Spoken exactly like someone in an ivory tower, or perhaps an 'elite'.


Ahhh the racist thing. Of course


Not talking about criminal liability. I am talking about women making serious allegations of sexual misconduct- none of which is likely to ever wind up in a courtroom but may well influence peoples vote. Like I said- some folks choose to believe the Women accusing Trump- some choose not to believe them- much as was true with Clinton in the 90's. My point is that it seems the politics of it are more important to people than the alleged bad acts.


Good for him but do we have to keep looking at these "victorious male ape" visuals to convince us he's victorious?


Oh wow, your senseless wave of words really serves as a strong economic argument against my comment.


A man who believes that he has the power to change the laws of arithmetic is too arrogant to be taken seriously.  Quoting a dead Russian is insufficient for overruling reality, even for a Jesuit.


Being a "professional" is an attitude.

It basically requires that you will follow the law even if it is inconvenient, even if all your friends are doing it, and even when there is almost no chance of anyone ever catching you at it.

I had to do it in virtually every 'job' I had for my entire life.

If you can't do that you aren't really a "professional".

And when you violate those standards, you are and should be held more accountable and receive greater punishment than a non-professional.

It is part of your personal ethical standards.


To find, in Fr. Rothers beatification, cause to wonder whether there's sexism behind it is to be obsessed with sexism.  That kind of obsession is self-oppressive.  Be free.  Save your feminism for real concerns, such as provable discriminatory hiring or provable pay disparities, and the like.

No, I don;t know why it's taken so long for the nuns to be beatified.  Nor do I know why it's taken other male martyrs so long.  You haven't a scintilla of evidence that it's sexist, yet you raise the issue here in a wonderful article about Fr. Rother.  Question your own maturity first.


The main reason is that for felony cases, the probation office has to prepare a "pre-sentence report" that analyzes the case and the defendant's criminal history and makes a sentencing recommendation. That's a pretty common sort of thing across he country.


A BLATANT STUPID MOVE to BUY VOTES...

IT is time to GET RID OF CHRISTY CLARK and her BC LIEberals


trump's ongoing war on women.


Right ON, Elise! It is astounding how many men think this still today! In the 21st Century! It's both appalling and amusing, if it wasn't so pathetic.


Once again, immigration is a civil, not criminal offense. Odd how the "law abidin'" people don't seem to know much about the law. Colorado is a haven for criminals, too. *puff* *puff* You'd better leave the state.


Waiting to see what happens to those involved in the misdeeds mentioned by Santiago. There's a new Chief in town so time will tell.


Any politician who casts a vote simply to save his or her political hide is despicable.  Sadly too many are like that.  Totally unprincipled. They will throw the Dreamers out just to keep their job.


"You really should use a reliable source ..."
Here are four more sources, although I suspect you'll also claim they're unreliable:
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/16/luis-gutierrez/rep-gutierrez-says-hundreds-republican-amendments-/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/prescriptions/2009/07/this_is_what_bipartisanship_looks_like.html
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Democrats-agreed-to-make-more-than-100-changes-to-the-proposed-ACA-based-on-requests-by-Republicans-who-then-refused-to-vote-for-it
http://fortune.com/2017/06/27/ahca-less-public-debate-than-aca/
.
If none of those work for you, please name an acceptable news outlet and I'll search their files.


...define 'too much'


Youre absoltely right, his lack of attendance will make no difference whatsoever - to you - you can bet it does to trump, hence his angry response.

BTW, Mr. Lewis can bask in the glory of being a civil rights icon for as long as he wants- the people for whom he fought and their descendants have no problems with that because they understand/know what its like to live under slavery, jim crow, and its current iterations.  The achievements of civil/equal rights are the foundation of modern day rights for LGTBTQ people, etc.  I would assume these groups know and appreciate how they now benefit from the bravery and sacrifice of JL and many others like him.  Anyone wishing to denigrate people like JL might want to visit the new National Museum of African American History and Culture for a little reminder...or start by reading Michelle Alexander's the new jim crow.  We're not as evolved as we'd like to think.


Atlantic salmon don't breed in our waters & don't breed with our native species. Suggesting as some have that they are invasive is hyperbole.

The earliest attempts to introduce atlantic salmon as a wild-foraging species date to 1874 in California, then 1904 in Washington State and 1905 in BC when 90,000 fry were released into the Coquitlam River, Lillooet River, and Harrison Lake on the mainland and into Campbell River, Comox Lake, Horne Lake, Nanaimo Lake, Cowichan Lake and Koksilah River on Vancouver Island. In total 200,000 Atlantic salmon eyed-eggs, fry, fingerlings and smolts were introduced into B.C. waters that year.  The bulk of releases were into the Cowichan River system.

There have been almost continuous attempts to establish Atlantic salmon in the Pacific right up to the 1980s.  Every attempt to introduce Atlantic salmon as wild foraging and self-sustaining have failed for almost 150 years.


👍 nice story & pics


All Airbnb has to do is post notification on their website that many cities now require permitting for short term rentals. As I use the service when I travel, I've noticed a photo of the permit included with some of the rentals. It implies, if you rent a unit that doesn't include the permit, there is a possibility the rental could be shut down before you arrive. Put the onus on the buyer.

On another note, after some experience with Airbnb in our strata, we created a bylaw to deal with it and they were shut down. The most recent was actually a renter who was subletting to vacationers via Airbnb, while she stayed with her boyfriend.


Thanks for the insight!


I am more optimistic than you en.  I think Trump will seriously consider single payer because he is a businessman and understands a bit about how things work.  I cannot see any other solution to the long term health care requirement except single payer with mandate to control costs.  Throw in incentives to increase production of medical personnel and we could do well.  It makes sense and I trust that Trump, not being bought and sold by the rich, can seriously look at realistic solutions even though they are opposed by special interests.


Actually in BC the municipal tax system works exactly as you propose. Mill rates are adjusted each year to compensate for the increase in property values. All things being equal your taxes only go up if your property increase more than the average. If your property doesn't increase as much as the average your taxes go down.


Hopefully our society pulls itself out of these sewers soon.  Trump got himself into this mess, so there is not much sense in defending him.  However like it or not, the "Donald" was elected and now deserves a chance to introduce policies. Hollywood is certainly comprised of many, many elites and it seems as if working class America is getting tired of being preached to by the hypocritical rich, such as Leonardo from his yacht, such as Bill Clinton, such as Al Gore etc.  While most of us worry about jobs and raising our families, the elites wallow in luxury, continually preach one thing and practice the opposite and are totally detached from the realities of meaningful.work and the realities of life.  Sorry Meryl - your rant fell on deaf ears.


Sounds like they were burning Pot waste, I had a neighbor doing that once and threatened to call the cops on him.


The point is that he knew about it much earlier in the year and didn't do anything until AFTER Hillarity lost...when it became a weapon rather than a "problem". THEN he acted.


I've never said that an audit wouldn't be beneficial. The finances of the school system are not controlled by the teachers, and in all honesty I don't think you will find the wide spread waste everyone thinks there is. A few questions that should be asked, how much is the standardized testings costing us? Pearson the same company that creates many of the standardized tests in this country, also market the computer based "solutions" to fix the problem, except it doesn't work. How much is spent on athletics, extra curricular activities and what is the cost benefit of them? As for the health-care costs, I don't know how providing a good health care plan for employees is a waste. I guess when the current thought is health care is too expensive so we shouldn't provide it for public employees? If you want to really look at some of the issues with education speak with classroom teachers who have done it for years, like it or not the NEA is often that voice in the public arena


Unbelievable. Alienating a strong ally in his first phone call. What chapter is this in the Art of the Deal?


Step Four: relocate manufacturing jobs from Mexico and China back to Europe and North America creating jobs, incomes, demand, prosperity and security.

Not saying I agree with Trump. Just questioning the assumption that globalization is the only, or the best, way to go.


On the contrary, carey9.  tRump's lost it and so has his supporters.


Now back to Trudeau's use of taxpayer-owned aircraft for him and his entourage to go on  vacation..........


Click farm poster.


She has learned that almost every time she opens her mouth she makes things worse or creates another scandal.


Trump and the Republicans will repeal the ACA when they figure out they can rename it and make a few changes and get something as good or better than the ACA-- they almost did that except for wanting to give the rich a deficit-increasing tax cut of $187,000 average annually per person. We want to keep the Hawaii program that has businesses get a tax credit in exchange for providing insurance at a group discount to their employees and officers that keeps our premiums well below national average. Trying to abolish employer provided plans and take away the tax credit is anothert thing that caused small businesses to object to the Republican plan.


To use the word "terrorism" in the way you just did is as excessive and false as the word "racism" as it is most often used by the left.  It should not be difficult to understand that we have immigration laws.  You call it terrorism to enforce those laws.  Need I say more?


Leaving the discretion to the officer is good. But opening the general public to such a broad definition has a long history of abuse. As they say... "Power corrupts" and it is not a statement about the individual but rather all humanity and our collective struggle regardless of our individual moral ideal.


Most of North Vans gas stations are owned by Iranians........so there you go Pete you can add them to the mix


Lacking courage you say? Would you compare this to how it lacks courage to attack a single delegate acting out of rage versus attacking an entire political party underming democracy with zero accountability? It seems like it would take more courage to callout the systematic problems in this country rather to attack an individual. But then again most "journalists" are complete hacks these days, so I guess it's par for the course, right? Funny how you sit here and talk shit, Denby, when Chelsea's finger got more attention than all of your articles this year combined. Just keep hating. We'll change the world without your old ass.


OK donald, I'll play...
Let's assume for the moment that the FBI DID pay for the dossier.
So what?


I don't speak for NCR, but as an academic theologian, I do oppose the university's decision to fire Dr. Seifert. Although I strongly disagree with his opinions about Pope Francis, I believe academic freedom should protect him. However, I understand that he works for a diocesan institution, which means that his position is under the control of the local bishop. That is not the case with the vast majority of Catholic colleges and universities.


Nomorobo is NOT available on landlines. It works on VOIP phones.


The law already exists!  You have selective hearing or a low attention span!


Man o man, what has our media become, and who hires these writers, for lack of a better word.

Starting an article with stating such an alarming problem, without any proof or context, just IT IS believe me...and then going on to lecture what should be done...

What happen to just reporting the ACTUALLY, FACTUAL news as it was happening in reality...

Why Hype and make everything so Alarming..?

Can not wait for media to regain a level of professionalism again...

Hire some writers with integrity instead of many fancy degrees from gender studies classes...


Let's send a much large force with planes, ships, etc.


The Art of the Deal!
The conservatives had their chance, either they crawl on their knees begging Trump for a 2nd chance accepting what the moderates offered or they and their constituents will have ObamaCare on steriods!


"What kind of people are you?" Actress Lee Grant as Mrs. Colbert in the film In the Heat of the Night.  IMHO Mr. Levant is alike those people.


Let's Rock the L's and G's and the B's and the T's! And the other letters as well!


Still haven't gotten over it huh?


It might be useful to reflect on the origin of the idea of a sin offering and justice.

We didn't make up the idea of justice, of offering, or of redemption.

It was nascent and imperfect.

God implanted it in us. Jesus perfected it.

In the same way with love or even with ideas such as "the good".  We had an idea of love before Jesus came into the world.  We were attracted to it...because it came from God!

But Jesus perfected it, and He showed us how to love.

Jesus brought all these imperfect ideas of justice, redemption, mercy, and love into the highest perfection and completed unity on the Cross and in the Resurrection.

If we don't love (as He loved and died) we will die, and we won't be resurrected with Him.


Abrahams will never be thought otherwise than these last few years, a miserable and corrupt person .....there is no redemption for his sort!


Kelly Leitch. Go away. Just go away. We do not need you here. You are one of the elites.


I turn my phone sideways so things change to landscape mode and become bigger. Hopefully that helps!


Trump is a faithless negotiator. Plain and simple.


Sam writes:

"What's it to you?"

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Brilliant repartee!

Captain of the debate team at university?


Thank you Ben.


Taqiyya is the Islamic practice of pious deception. It can take the form of concealing the full truth (omission) or telling non-believers only what they want to hear (concealment). Taqiyya is as basic to Islam as the Ten Commandments are to Christianity. Taqiyya is the "Fifth Column of the Islam", to protect Allah, Muhammad and the Koran from skeptics and critics. It is anathema to all other religions. It is hard for non-Muslims to understand that it actually exists and is used regularly to demonize us.   Even the Globe's picture  portrays her as the woebegotten victim.


Moody's:  Define "enough."


Glad to read that our youth teams are doing well on the mainland.  What a great experience for them.


Person with deep unresolved trauma problems here. In one way it's brave of her to stand up, but I feel like part of her message is completely off.

Yes, some people working in the health care field are greedy and rude. That comes in nearly all areas people work in. It's hard to avoid and people love money. Sadly, the health system is really broken and when it comes to mental health, the stigma is still going strong.

Really, though? The root is that there are very few REAL programs out there for people. Most people can't afford treatment, don't know where to look or get lost in the system for years, sometimes I believe on purpose. Some parts of the system are corporations who look at people as bodies = paycheques = more money. They're legal mafia. Will it change?

Not in our lifetime... so find doctors you can trust, if you can, or die trying.


There is an estimated 800 THOUSAND DACA recipients in the US. That is 800 THOUSAND jobs American Citizens DON'T have. The MSM and Democrats would have you believe that all 800 thousand are not taking jobs Americans want (we've heard that speech for years).
Wrong.They're not all picking strawberries they take good Jobs. DACA recipients are buying homes, paying taxes, etc The GOAL (Democrats just haven't figured this out yet) is for the AMERICAN CITIZENS to be employed, trained, buying homes and paying taxes. It's not the responsibility of the citizens of this country to support, pay for training, educate citizens
from other country's.

http://www.foxnews.com/.../dreamer-accused-brutally...

http://www.foxnews.com/.../portlands-sanctuary-policies...

http://www.wnd.com/.../illegal-alien-charged-with-raping.../

http://www.illegalaliencrimereport.com/


How's bout we try this, when your municipal tax bill comes along, you can have the option of checking a box that says you support a sanctuary in your city and are prepared to pay extra property tax to support the claimants receiving these services.  If you DO NOT support the sanctuary city than you have the option of checking the box not in favour.   How is that for democracy at work and responsible spending of tax dollars.   Those who support pay, those who do not, don't.

The LAST THING these cities should be doing is going cap in hand to the province or the feds for money based on their local policies.

And until we start telling these people from these countries to slow down on the procreation levels, guess what box I will check.


I am shocked at how little discussion there has been about the erosion of the Geneva Convention and its rules around the treatment of POW's.  The biggest slap in the face to our our soldiers is  the lack of respect for this international law.  Our soldiers are in jeopardy in future wars when there can be arbitrary opt outs of a war.  The act that Khadr was accused of was in a battle in a war.  Calling it anything other than that is Orwellian.

All those calling for being able to sue individual soldiers in acts of war might come to regret that in a big way.   There might be a long line of Vietnamese people wanting to launch a lawsuit...Iraqi's....Libyans...etc....  the whole concept is ridiculous and the Canadian court should summarily dismiss the case.  Where is the lawsuit against the drone pilot who mistakenly killed all the civilians at the wedding in  xyz country?


I hope they choose education  outside of Canada. They can play ninja elsewhere for all I care.


As the Republican leader who got his GOP colleagues to unanimously vote for Hawaii's disastrous (and now shuttered) Obamacare Exchange Connector, we're still waiting for Gene Ward to reimburse taxpayers with the hundreds of millions of dollars he wasted and actually owes us.


The Denver Post is just plain evil.
Racism this, racism that.
Just bizarre.


You can tell with one photograph?  You must have very finely tuned gaydar.  Have you been out long?


Another way to think about all of this is that our congressmen and women are not team players.  They have a team of maybe 10% of the US.  The other 90% are the enemy.  One way to get rid of your enemy is to make life so difficult that they die earlier, poorer and more bitter.
We're starting more and more to resemble a banana republic, or czarist Russia.


Right.....no spell checker!!


100% false.  Climate models are merely tools to help understand what possible futures might exist.  That continuing to pump CO2 into the atmosphere will lead to catastrophic climate change is fact.  It was fact at least 30 years ago.


Never did like those school rankings. Obviously some schools will always be on the bottom end because of their location. Certain districts have it hard. Some kids barely survive yet alone trying to accomplish classroom assignments. Those schools deserve more attention then others. Meaning support.


So i can get a moose there. Duh


A third episode may be the worst. Price accepted a special offer from an Australian drug company to buy discounted shares, as The Wall Street Journal and Kaiser Health News reported.

He told the Senate that the offer was open to all investors, although fewer than 20 Americans actually received an invitation to buy at the discounted price. The stock has since jumped in value, and Price underreported the worth of his investment in his nomination filings.

Price has devoted much of his political career opposing expansion of health insurance. His preferred replacement of Obamacare would reduce health care benefits for sicker, poorer and older Americans.


Uh, Holder had played college ball so he offered a challenge.  Obama's buddy?
1988, Ronald Reagan appointed Holder to serve as a judge of the Superior Court.   Sounds like he was just a good legal mind  for both parties until modern 'hate everything associated with obama', became the right wingers mantra.


The question asked here is a real one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7JD5DP5FQ

Migration is a global inclusive word from butterflies, to birds, to families to corporate types to day laborers... migration is woven into the very fabric and rhythm of life. Migration is vital to the continuance of life. Look into your heart. Ask how many times have you 'moved'? Would you dare to put one of those "hello, my name is MIGRANT" on your chest in honest acknowledgement of a fact, an action that none of us really can live without?
In using the word MIGRANT and abandoning the "othering" word immigrant... we bring our hearts closer to "do this, and you shall LIVE". Carrying out in word and deed what is pleasing to Our Lord...
http://www.saintjohnsabbey.org/videos Source and Summit of Our Faith...
repeat ... as often as needed... 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time...


Is Hoyers' mouth moving? He's lying!


And typical phony conservative response that things can be accomplished for free.  It is easy to say get rid of the dead weight but the fact remains that the public schools probably cost less than half the good private schools and it is stupid to ignore this difference.


I'm on the same page as former BC NDP Premier Mike Harcourt, who has said he now regrets the BC NDP gov'r did not reform electoral financing laws when they were in power. It was a topic discussed in the 1990s, but sadly the NDP gov't opted for the status quo. Like Mike, I too am regretful.


there is no "past" when it comes to nat resources and oil, oil demand is increasing in the world , ,  and as usual a left wing lunatic thinks we should just take what we have accomplished but no more, the death spiral of defeatism,, no thanks lunatic,


Agreed.  But, ironically that would be a failing of his father (and mother)...


My garbage service does not provide cans.I use the standard rubbermaid garbage cans with a tightly fitting lids like most everyone else in the country uses. I keep my garbage cans in the garage until pick up day then take them to the street that morning. I'm doing everything a normal, reasonable person would be  expected to do.

A 55 gallon drum is not an option as it would be too heavy to pick up and dump and the garbage men are certainly not going to loosen a bolt on the lock ring to dump the barrel. I'm assuming you are using that as an example of how to store your trash outside which is a good idea if you don't have a garage.

The real problem is there are too many bears in residential areas period. It's getting to the point where now people are criticized for their audacity to expect to have their trash picked up curbside because bears get into it. If it is hard for people to throw their trash away curbside the trash will then spills out into the vacant lots and woods.

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Never mind beef. Pee Wee Drive In, best mahi burgers on the planet.  Fries too. Auwe!


The liberal media will never give Trump a fair shake no matter how good of a job he does including this paper. The count of anti Trump opinions in this paper is about 8 to one. The paper might be smart to realize that Trump won this county. I believe the first time a republican presidential candidate won since 1926 in this county. Times are changing, maybe the Daily World should get out more.


The derivation of the 50 per cent is 20 per cent when you earn the income and 30 per cent when you pay the dividend to take the cash personally.  Before the changes you could use a section 84.1 "pipeline" to eliminate the dividend and instead pay 25 per cent capital gains tax on the shares over the CGD limit.  This is being eliminated, pushing the overall tax rate to over 70 per cent.   As a kicker, life insurance proceeds for the first time become taxable, which is another double whammy because the premiums were never deductible.

Get up to speed:

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/draft-tax-changes-put-families-partners-of-deceased-business-owners-in-legal-limbo-experts/article36139857/


McCain didn't vote for the clown.  He decided against it after the Access Hollywood tape.


Ari can tell which side of his bread is buttered.


You can't have jury tampering without a jury. You do not understand the term.


there is a lot of discussion about that very matter!  LOL


“The worst is that new neighbors in the house behind me smoke all the time, and it wafts into my yard and bedroom like a frightened skunk,” says Jessica Lee...
Why not have a nice, polite chat with them?


You showed the example in the article you linked to:

"Some people in social media even thinks that because of what Trump said, there have been a terror attack in Sweden."

Where did people get this idea? Trump's fake news. That's where.


The_whole_Real_Pressence_thing_is_a_huge_difference.


Maybe the "many" on the left who you had discussion with are just sick of you still bringing up Clinton? It's a pretty stale conversation, honestly.


Part time hiring is better than foreign worker hiring. Considering part time hiring means hiring Canadians...


No I didn't . I don't flag anyone's free speech .  You and I have written back and forth enough that you should know my straighten up comment was light hearted.   Same with the guy claiming Trump is like Hitler.   As for Trump , I included cash for return postage to get the books back . Both times he signed the books , returned my cash , and paid for the return postage.   As for O' Reilly , I have a number of his books signed too.  I met him last September in Denver and will meet him again in Tacoma this March . I've even shaken hands with LBJ ,  along with many other famous people.  For being one of the "haves " you sure complain a lot about what others have.


Nelson Mandela was not all loolpops and ice cream as everyone would have us believe.


How about reversing the unconstitutional resident requirement of having to be a PFD applicant it soundly violates  my wife's  and my 14 th amendments rights  besides there is no qualifier in the initiative or legislative bill or "COLE Memorandum" other than 21 years of age!   This board has conflicts of interest among themselves yet still exist as evidence of the last two meetings with numerous recusal's from action .  Our US Constitutional rights  out way this Boards denial to let us engage in commerce in our own State.  This will be tested in the US Courts if they don't change it .  ED & Kathy Martin


Looks like we need a Measure 5 Part II - Revenge of the Taxpayers.  These greedy (D) bureaucrats need to have their tail feathers clipped.


I suppose the better question is how much do the top 10% earn as a percent of GDP. The bottom 20% should not pay income tax as they are J.A.M.S.. If we have an inequality problem then the wealthier will have to pay more. If not then no worries. Once levels of inequality reach a certain point we know that things can go pear shape. It is not helpful for the ruling class to respond with a policy of  'let (the deplorables) eat cake' .


keep calling me a bimbo - it just makes you look more insane for not knowing how to even read a dictionary.


whether your watching this or not, be sure to check out that replay back flip standing off the shoulder pads of duck defender in end zone by ucla running back bolo olorunfunmi. don't think i've ever seen someting like that resulting in touchdown. should make highlight reels for all time.


Similar to our current PM.


I guess it depends on who you talk to.  I've watched Alberta oil company executives interviewed & most think carbon taxes are not good for the economy.


Not at all.  It will be entertaining to drive by the depleted electrobuggies my F-350 thumbing my nose all of the way.


Sorry BuckSaver you are reading too  much into this - I just don't like her columns.  Some do, and that's fine by me, but if there are some of us that don't, then we are free to express our opinions - that has nothing to do with bullying.


President Trump also lays out another potential path in his Executive Order:
"The head of each executive department and agency shall identify and quantify all sources of direct and indirect Federal aid or assistance to the Government of Mexico on an annual basis over the past five years, including all bilateral and multilateral development aid, economic assistance, humanitarian aid, and military aid.”
It goes on to submit that list to the secretary of state within 30 days. The order then gives the State Department another 60 days to “submit to the President a consolidated report reflecting the levels of such aid and assistance that has been provided annually, over each of the past five years.”
The Mexican government and military received nearly $420 million in assistance in 2013, with most of the money going to economic development.  If President Trump is in power for 8 years, eliminating $420M p.a. is approx. $3.5B which is a good down payment on the wall. Art of the deal, anyone?


"President Trump’s statements on Twitter in recent days lead to a chilling conclusion: The man is out of control."

Why, he can actually say  things and the media gets no advance warning!

He just Tweets what he wants and when he wants and there is no way for an 'expert' media person can be there to 'explain' or refute or 'clarify' what it really means!

There is no time for staff to research a topic so I don't look like an ignorant idiot!

His words can't be 'adjusted' or taken out of context!

And he says bad things about important media people who have been around forever and are supposed to be genuflected towards!

And he does it a three o'clock in the morning!

 By the time a news person is out of bed and properly dressed and coiffed and has his makeup on, millions of people already have made up their own minds instead of waiting for the media!


As an addendum: even had these units be under rent control, a rise in condo fees would be a justification for raising rents.


Apparently our President does not understand the constitution.  Freedom of expression is what helps make this a great country.  Another example of how Trump says one thing and does another and the core supporters don't have any problem with it because Trump has the one quality that they admire the most: he is not a member of the Democratic party.


It was a cowardice act by a man carrying a gun.


Part 3

You think this is all fantasy?  Just read about the fake "Saddam killing babies in incubators", Gulf of Tonkin, bombing of the USS Maine, Iraq WMD, Tiananmen massacre fake news stories - all manufactured and planted by the Anglo-American cabal and their corporate media mouthpieces.


"Some People Push Back": On the Justice of Roosting Chickens

By Ward Churchill.

The day after 9/11.

Ring a bell?


Frank you just do not understand that in a democracy citizens are allowed to  work towards implementing changes.  Elections only put individuals in a position to be your representative not your ruler.


and they will have $$$$$$$$$$$.00


Oh, you might be surprised at how many of them hang around here. You can usually spot them not only by their off-the-wall ecclesiology, but also by their lack of a sense of humor.


I am not one to dwell a lot on skin colour/ethinicity, I think in the long term, the nature of the discussions, these days, will be wholly counterproductive.

Also, the "hiding them" comment is more a vehicle to note the comparable lack of substance Trudeau has rather than a sincere suggestion he is doing anything on purpose. Do you really think he actively tries to keep them out of the spotlight?


Oh yeah? Wait until Bavius shows up :)


I think your idea of a Island may have merit. Except I would not suggest dropping all the drugs in the middle of the island. You would end up with dead people from over dosing or killing each other for the drugs.
My suggestion would be to have all of them get put on Suboxone (for opioid addicts) and have them start on it before they get to the island. I have no idea if it works for meth or other drugs, it might because what it does is to block the part of the brain where the cravings are. I think a community away from everything except the basic necessities of life where they have to build, grow, fish, and gather would work for those who have seriously decided they want to live. My opinion is that most addicts are committing a slow suicide and as they do, they put their loved ones through hell as well as others in the communities. They have to decide that they want to live and that means getting off the drugs and alcohol. I am sorry for sister, she is very lucky to have you!


Five years ago I bought a 1999 Taurus from a co-worker (got it checked out by a local mechanic first, who gave it a clean bill of health) for about $1,800. Three years ago, when my son turned 17, I gave it to him; he'd done most of his learner driving on it, liked it, and found it plenty roomy (at 6' 7", this is an issue). He had fun installing a great new sound system in it, and had to replace a couple of minor things (he bought the parts used and did the work himself), but other than the usual ongoing things (oil, fluids) it's running fine.

When I gave my son the Taurus I bought a 2004 Sorrento from a friend (got it checked out; again, fine) for $2,000. Had to buy new summer tires this year, but again, apart from the usual ongoing things it's been great.

I chose to buy used for these prices not because I'm poor, but because I'd rather spend my money on other things. If the vehicle is sound and gets me safely from A to B, that's good enough for me.


Port Townsend - Soup Kitchen!


The Clinton's have fallen out of favor in their circle of friends in the new world order elitists just for that very reason.Pay backs a bitch and that's why I think this scandal is going to stick and not just bounce off like all the others.


YAY!  You got one right!!!  Oh, there will be removal, because you cannot get a visa here, you'll have to return to your OWN country to get one.  BUT, it gets even better!  Depending on how long you were here illegally, you will be banned for 3 years, 10 years, or permanently from coming back!  Personally, I'd make the penalties the same as for illegal border crossing, but then, I'm not an open borders, destroy the country kind of guy.  Nope, that's true, they're not subject to penalties...however, one who commits crimes is a "criminal".  One who commits felonies is a felon.  Even unindicted...ask hitlery!


There's really no story here. A US Congressperson meets with the head of a state that the USG has been warring on for six years and lying about the war. She's communicating with Assad using words. Obama was communicating using violence. The differences, and preferences, should be obvious to those who favor peace and the end of the USG manufacture of refugees. The only military the US population needs is a Coast Guard and a Border Patrol. The Obama/Clinton intervention made a poor situation bad, or a bad situation worse. The War Criminals are those who begin, or extend, wars.


Boots, what's with the tax returns all the time, day in and day out. Figure it out man, for God's sake. If he hasn't filed his taxes he'd be in jail. Some people's children.


The coddled cost us $billions by enabling domestic terrorism.


Exactly! I'm deeply worried about a post-Zille DA. It's not looking good.


KABOOM! The NHL belongs to the Leafs!


most of the dodgy individuals I know are politicians and disproportionately liberals


Or a gun attack as opposed to a truck attack brought about by climate change.


"Is there any reason...". Yes, I can think of one.  Vancouver's foreign buyers are mostly Asian.  Toronto is over 3,300 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean.  Now that Toronto real estate purchases have foreign taxes attached there is NO benefit that makes up for the added inconvenience and cost of another day's travel. Relax, people TO is safe--especially when immigrant totals tell us that US newcomers (including those from nearby big eastern cities) are waayyy down in 7th place (2015) on the place-of-origin rankings.  In any case, the 2015 immigration stats show 23% of newcomers came from the Philippines and Iran--and it's hard to believe all those nannies and taxi drivers Were responsible for many sales of homes over $900,000!


Next to fishing, Molokai's main industry is unemployment benefits.  They don't have an unemployment office, you don't have to see anyone or report to get benefits.  Everyone knows you ain't looking for a job so no need to ask.  Just take the money from the other islands residents and then beat em up when they come to Molokai to fish.


This story has nothing to do with Donald, but your comment is a prime example of what they mean by a biased, "fake" media feeding and perpetuating this type of thinking.


Don't expect anything even remotely resembling journalism coming from this fish wrap. The bulk of the nonsense here is just regurgitated WaPo or AP news feeds and none of the crack staff down in the news room would know what the 5-W's were if they bit them in the face.

I wonder how come the DP still hasn't printed a peep about Schultz's IT guy being arrested and the mound of destroyed hard drives found in his possession. Uh, actually no... I don't wonder.


Very impressive.  Would have been nice to read a bit about Ms. Strgar's past and education to understand how she could succeed like this.  And thanks to the RG for highlighting local business innovation and success outside of the self-promoting software industry.


This is just cruel.

Once again, some "news" is leaked by the Fake News that raises the impeachment hopes of the Fake News and the anti-Trump establishment, and once again, these hopes are going to be crushed into the dirt.

When will they ever learn to respect the Teflon Don?


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China is a threat to our global dominance, it’s rising and that can’t be tolerated. The US will risk everything, including  nuclear obliteration, to maintain that dominance. Human nature and nuclear weapons simply do not mix. China ( and to a lesser degree Russia ) will not cowtow to US hegemony, and that is what will lead to a final showdown. The US could back down and allow China and Russia their own spheres of influence, but it will not. That is why I contend that the US is the most dangerous country in the world. No other country has a stated policy of global dominance that matches the US one. The US will continue to use it’s influence with it’s proxys to attempt to box in Russia and China, until something gives. It isn’t a matter of right and wrong( those precepts are anachronistic here), but simple survival.  You can’t save the world by blowing it to hell.


Being close to Nature is life changing.  Laying/floating/swimming in water changed this man.  It would change anyone.  Thanks for telling the story.


I was taught in school that a vacuous argument is invalid.
I would suggest you rely on statistics and not your perception.


You're overstating the case Beegor, and that's not helping people see the reality. Of course the Syrian conflict is a civil war. It's the poster child for such conflicts. But like many civil wars, it has a strong international element to its genesis. This one more than most.

The most powerful nation in the world, backed up by its regional allies, sought the destruction of the Syrian government. They used political disquiet in Syria for that purpose. What began as teenage graffiti on walls in Damascus metastasized into a massive armed conflict in months. That can only happen when outside forces are feeding the cancer.

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Alaska needs more oil and gas activity by smaller competitors and the state can make this happen without tax credits by being more supportive at the DNR DOG and AOGCC! Alaska has a bright future if we all work together to make Alaska more productive, safe and pure!


And if I would have had five more numbers right, I'd be a millionaire.


My vrsion and version of the Gospel square with:  1) what Jesus told the Apostles regarding their arming themselves;  2) what Augustine and Aquinas taught regarding just war; 3) what the Catechism teaches reagrding the right of self-defense; and 4) what human nature tells you regarding your right to live.  As for your claim that we're supposed to be building a kingdom here, Jesus said otherwise.

Go ply your false and fraudulent moralizing to those silly enough to believe you.  Don;t forget to thank a soldier for your freedoms.


I am disgusted that the two candidates (one declared; one not) who are being perceived as the most 'Trump like' (for different reasons) are getting the vast majority of media attention.  Haven't we learned anything?

Kellie Leitch is a painful public speaker and a hypocrite (railing against elites). Kevin O'Leary defines 'just visiting'. If the CPC wants to appeal to voters like me, the choice of either of these people won't do it.


Self declared feminist Trudeau:
"What women wear in public is not government business"

Roksana Nazneen, a Muslim from Bangladesh (according to Wente's column) : " sees the growing embrace of the niqab in Quebec and elsewhere as an enormously regressive trend. "It fights integration," she says. She argues that guilt-ridden feminists just don't get it."


Are we absolutely certain Paddock wasn't framed for this crime? What motive could a successful businessman have for pulling off such an atrocious act?


The People will NEVER GET IT BACK AGAIN!!!


It would nonetheless be refreshing for Trudeau to describe it as a team effort with his advisors, rather than, as he does so often, mugging the cameras to give a histrionic, dramatic display of acting the big leader man.

I suspect that you (very understandably and reasonably) favor President Obama over Trump.

Terrific, and Obama is a case in point of what I am getting at: Obama had no need or compulsion to give histrionic, dramatic displays of acting the big leader man and, indeed, he frequently acknowledged in his speeches the contributions and sacrifices by others, and in leaving office Obama even thanked the American people for making him 'a better man'.

When a scientist gives a speech about the lab's directions and accomplishments, she or he typically names each contributor and their ideas. For a prime minister who says he salutes evidence based, scientific approaches and those who take them, he falls short in the expected and appropriate protocol. Always the drama teacher.


Since the decision isn't to cancel the prayers on school time as it should have been this is meaningless.  Where are all the good liberals shouting NO PRAYER in PUBLIC SCHOOLS!  Oh, right, these are muslims not Christians.  Different rules for people who threaten to hack your head off if you draw a cartoon.


Nooooooo, Kearon.  You lie.  It's the majority of ethical, rational, and responsible American elected officials and government leaders that are demanding a denunciation of tRump.  You can't find any more adjectives to describe the Republican Party and their wannabe presidential candidate?  Lots of fricking, fricking laughs.


Wente sees things pretty clearly ... we really do need a national paper and
she is about the only G & M voice that can pull that off


Silly, silly, silly.

It is just silly to argue that Vancouver is somehow facing the problems of a high density city, given the news headlines in Vancouver, this year, in 2017:

"Vancouver has the highest proportion of empty, underused homes in 35 years"
"Number of empty homes in Vancouver hits record high"
"Data shows 98% increase in empty homes since 2001"
"New census counts 25,502 unoccupied homes in Vancouver, for 15 per cent jump over 2011"

And do you know what, editors?

This silliness in your newspaper today is what you get when you avoid the elephant in the room, which is the impact of the billions and billions of dollars of overseas money flooding in.

See, if instead you started your editorial decision-making with that key, central mechanism front and center, you would not be left with egg on your face for publishing silliness such as Vancouver facing a high-density problem (roll eyes).

Vancouver faces an overseas-billions-flooding-in problem. All else is secondary to it.


Yes, that's exactly what needs to be done.  And its not complicated at all.

Sadly it'll never happen, because the people at the top want their goodies and their lavish salaries and bonuses while doing nothing to earn them.  Nothings going to change until the politicians and the current bunch of transit executives are banished from transit planning and operations.


"The Islands Aren’t Safe From What’s Going On In DC" - Brett Oppegaard.
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You began by insulting "the president who shall not be named" (don't have the courage to name the person you say "habitually lies"?
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So, what exactly is it that makes this island not safe from what is going on in DC?
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You see, Brett Oppegaard,  the media demonized Trump for months and months.
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Your "habitually lies" is but a tiny portion of the entire kitchen sink of insults hurled at Trump including the many insults on why and how Trump is not fit to be president .
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But Trump was elected president in spite of those insults.
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Here's what Steve Bannon says about the media: “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president.
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Until now all anti-Trump journalist do not seem to understand why Donald Trump is the president.
Do you?


He did, and it was hilarious. Someone inside the TrumpTrain spent months looking for something... ANYthing... that would seem remotely favorable. They finally found one page (out of thousands) that would make it appear as if Trump wasn't a scam artist. The Trumpies have been jumping for joy over this bit of misinformation, as they do with all of the misinformation that spews out of this administration, because they love the ability to say,  "nieener nieener told you so!" whenever they can, even though they've had to invent facts out of thin air every time they've been able to do so.


Foundation of democracy is fear. Fear of those on the top of those at the bottom-like in Europe.


Sums up the political tenure of the Ontario and Federal Liberals.


So--you don't think a prospective buyer looking at a condo in the Marco Polo is going to factor the absence of sprinklers into the offer he or she would make? This may well not have been a factor in the past, but a smart buyer should certainly think about it in the future. Just as he or she should think about possible litigation risk as a result of defective non-judicial foreclosure actions taken in the past by a condo board. A year ago these may have been unforeseen problems, but they're quite foreseeable now.


It is all about saving face. The guy has spent his whole life trying to make up for some early humiliation. What people do to children have consequences.


Amy dropped the ball on LW1. She doesn't owe her mom any explanation. Pay her back for the cost of treatment. This mother is living in the dark ages if she thinks she can hold her daughter hostage over her own body.


He's just being a good Vatican II Catholic:

"For it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help toward salvation, that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the People of God."

Can you name which V2 document this appears in?


If a business or individual pays quarterly or monthly taxes in to the federal government totaling $10,000.00 and claims enough deductions at the end of year not to send anymore money to the federal government DOES NOT mean they didn't pay taxes! They already paid $10,000.00!!!!


The same parts of the Philippines that Trump has praised?


Congress forces every company to report their liabilities and fund them however only Congress gets to fund the liabilities with IOU's to itself.  (see Social Security).


It is a failing that is common among deep ecologists.


You're right, the English Bulldog in not known as being particularly aggressive.  I can only imagine the abuse the dog has taken in his life.   Hopefully he can still be rehabilitated and not need to be euthanized.

https://www.dogbreedinfo.com/bulldog.htm


Pity you missed the full name "Saurabh Aggarwal"...go to google and use his name with "Sahara" and there he is as per the piece in LinkedIn showing his employment history, and twitter handle Saurabhindia1


False equivocation....it's SPENDING that's the problem. Leave people's money alone and let them use it in the market and set low corporate taxes along with very limited smart regulations for a level playing field to encourage growth and hiring. Government thinking it can best allocate resources is what happened to Venezuela. If you don't know what's happening there Google it and you'll see what America would have looked like in 5 years if Bernie would've won. The $19T debt bomb may still lead to it.


If we are to have peace in Canada, we have to give Muslims special consideration and every effort made not to offend them.


Legal or not, this is extremely insensitive and an sheer exhibition of selfishness. The only purpose that I can see is for personal gain.


Home Run Shannyn, thanks.


actually he could have challenged goaltender interference....


The worst kind of wannabe...


Usually corporate employers prohibit their  employees from being armed while working and the consequences is usually immediate termination of employment so it will be interesting to see if the employees are terminated for being armed while on the job...


Canadian niceness is a myth, a polite euphemism.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/canadian-companies-are-chicken/?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=cb_daily


The same thing happened in the summer of 2013 in Anchorage Jail. That person was a business owner and mother of two young girls. She will always be missed.

The risk of dying in jail is significant; skilled management of severe illness must be part of the solution.  This must stop.


How much longer will Trump's sycophants in Congress put up with this mental eunuch of a sociopath before they've had enough and put a stop to it?


Thanks for the recap, and analysis.
Whatever would we do without you, howler?


You've explained Waterfront's point very well.


The top three are teachings and Jesus also lived them.


Tokuda and Luke don't have the authority to raise property taxes.  And Kirk wouldn't have to if he managed the rail responsibly.


Yeah - let's throw out nearly 250 years of history because the unindicted felon lost the election. Brilliant!


Thank God they weren't around when Truman made the decision to drop the bomb on Japan, we would be speaking Japanese. Congress can't even do their jobs and they want to micro manage the President. We gave great military leaders who are call the shots, let it be.


You can both read a few biographies on Kissenger and Nixon to find out how LBJ tried to end the war in Vietnam but Nixon was working behind the scenes to prolong it for political gain. As for Iraq, many will tell you that Cheney and Rumsfeld were the the main proponents of the invasion, going as far as falsifying intelligence reports, thanks largely to a clueless Bush.


Blocked first round by uncivil comments.
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"If you literally threaten to take away American citizens rights."
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This is the antifa groups mantra. Look at Berkeley. There are videos of them (antifa) smashing store windows, looting and rioting. Racism is an excuse to assemble and wreak havoc in an area, they don't even limit themselves to JUST racists. These groups are deciding for themselves who is allowed to speak. They have also threatened to break any devices they catch recording them, including the media.
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"If you slap someone in the face, do you really expect not to be slapped back?"
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What do you think these racist hate groups will do? Stupid groups like this will always exist. When you oppress them, you make them grow. I believe the best way to handle them is to deny them the thing they want most... attention.
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When they break the law, they should go to jail regardless.
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-condemns-antifa-after-berkeley-clashes/ar-AAqXs5l?li=BBnbcA1


John - this isn't an SB 21 problem. Anytime you have a net profit tax (which we sort of have), you lose on the downside, but gain on the upside. There are tradeoffs.  And the tradeoff under ACES was even more pronounced. We would be killed at these prices if ACES was still on the books. SB 21 isn't as bad at low prices as ACES but isn't as good at high prices. Again trade-offs.  The real issue is which system is attracting investment, new companies, and ultimately more production.

Anyway, if we had a gross system in place from 2007 to today we wouldn't have any money in the CBR. It just doesn't generate much at high prices. And it does nothing to incentivize investment.  You can thank the net profit system and high oil prices for the billions in savings.


Sorry I don't fit your narrow view. Farm fields, cows and horses are my neighbours-hours away from Toronto.
Let the  lady wear her fur -she will just have to put up with being a social pariah.


Ban asbestos now!


was Harper's daughter a paid lobbyist? A big difference ...sorry to poop all over your apology.


He must do something, I mean the number of drunks and sexual improprieties coming from the liberal members must be taking a toll.


You must have missed when Hillary For America was recorded talking about how they hired homeless people to go to Trump rallies and harass people using vile insults until they were attacked, which was filmed by another paid bystander?
Or when Hillary For America admitted to busing in and instigating people in the Chicago riots, where homeless people were attacked and three police officers seriously injured???
http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/18/activist-who-took-credit-for-violent-chicago-protests-was-on-hillarys-payroll/


I think she has a "vested" interest: I believe she is a retired Long Island, NY public sector employee.


I am all for harmony in international relations...however I am not pleased at this summit...myself and millions in Asia feel Japan has not fully come to terms with their cruel and evil legacy in the second world war...beyond that, the Japanese Yakuza are directly responsible for Hawaii;s methamphetamine epidemic...which is the worst in the nation....and who will be held accountable for this ?


Homer, why do you disagree? I'm very curious. Thx.


What an opportunity for the US to have the best health care and social assistance in the world. It already has  the best medical system - people travel from all over the world for treatment in the US.  Assistance for the poor is variably poor. So all the US needs is to tie their medical system to the poor. . Ideally this would be done  with a Guaranteed Annual Income for the poor.

That would do away with all the varied support programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Further the poor would not have to live in government run housing, they could select housing the same way that we all do, namely, in a neighborhood that we could afford.

The cost? Probably no more than what all the social programs which would be replaced. In any event the US would be a better country. The best health care. The best social assistance.


Cops are not trained at clown college, they are processed


There are teens convicted of rape by age, this is still considered a violent offense.  This is what the world doesn't get, there is a difference in what occured but is still defined as rape, there is no distinguishing.


Women don't like free speech because it hurts their feelings. Women are genetically programmed to be mothers, wives and home makers. Women traditionally have spent their lives in the family villages, in a communal village. No harsh words in the family circle because it upset the kids. You don't want to traumatize anyone.
Men on the other hand are genetically programmed for heavier lifting. Imagine if all you had to do is call someone names and they would run away?  Humans would have died out long ago.
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We need to stop teaching women the cult of feminism is the first step.
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https://youtu.be/qRgORR8vqns


I went through there around 9pm and the freeway was still closed.


Let's face it and be realistic, thanks to the great pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, Canada can play an important role in AI but not seriously monopolize the AI industry which is already well installed in USA.

First, nothing can rival GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Micro$oft) the 5 most powerful American technology companies since data is the fuel of AI and data are already monopolized by those web giants businesses.

Second, there are other strong research groups outside Canada at Stanford University,  MIT and CMU. Other pioneers like Yann LeCun, a French, works for Facebook, and NYU. Jurgen Schmidhuber is working in Swiss and Andrew Ng was working for Baidu and is prof at Stanford University.


Any pope who strives to remake this church into the image and likeness of God deserves our prayers, encouragement and undying gratitude.  Too bad doing so has to be something to be identified as a difference from the actions of some other popes.


So for the older folks watch your premiums carefully. Those who are funded by private corporation, the question is at what point do they cut off coverage? Even if premiums become affordable, there's still  a very good possibility that to increase the bottom line, corporations will cut or discontinue retiree healthcare. Senior healthcare is the largest expense generating program....i.e. Medicare, Medicaid.
"It would instead provide tax credits based largely on recipients’ ages, let insurers charge more for older people and boost premiums for those who let coverage lapse." So us seniors will be spending more...but it will be "accessible"...just got to have the money to pay for it.


Get rid of all UAA sports except hockey.


We can and definitely should be anti immigration, just look at Europe. A total fiasco and they thought they could handle it.


Agreed. Communism was evil. On the upside, 85 percent of the German casualties were on the Eastern Front. Without the communists, you and I would be communicating in German today.


Ahhhhh............DON'T GO to the movie?


Had Clinton won, would you have written that post?


Sorry, John.  Data do not support your view.


Harry,
You have just added a new term to "alternate facts" :  "ALTERNATE HISTORY".


incompetence !


And you can see the appropriate reaction below!


Kala mai,

Do you think the Native Hawaiian community was advanced when OHA had kanaka maoli arrested outside of the country club during the failed attempt to create a fake tribe?

How about when DLNR officers armed with machine guns were arresting kanaka maoli on Mauna Kea? Was that the type of Native Hawaiian advancement you are referring too?

How about the C&C of Honolulu's sit-lie bill, which is the antithesis of ke kanawai mamalahoe, has OHA taken an official position on that?

I also thoroughly enjoyed your new twist on the Republican southern strategy of days past, when you suggest Mr. Akina's work is the result of him being used by outside "political forces". Maybe, just maybe, he cares about all of the residents of the island, not just a handful of self-appointed political elites who enrich themselves at the expense of those they should be protecting?

Just say what you mean: He cant be trusted because he is working with whitey.

Auwe.


Sen. Hirono please confine yourself to your office and stop making a fool of yourself. It's okay if you truly speak on behalf of all Hawaii, but you're not, you're speaking on behalf of the Democratic Party and party politics not the people


Nick, this bond has nothing to do with the NEA. This is a physical plant bond to repair the facilities themselves.

Typical physical plant budgeting for maintenance, renovation & construction is typically 3% of structure value. ASD is funded at just over 1% of physical plant value. This causes a significant portion of repairs (Approx. $160 million) to be deferred until such time as money is available.

Think of your own home...3 things go bad at the same time, your budget allows you to fix one. The other 2 are deferred until you have the money. Those 2 now cost more, because they have resulted in ancillary damage. (Leaking roof has now damaged a light fixture and wall paint).


Richard, perhaps you can use your political contacts to pass a bill that would allow Anchorage to ban those that you feel are not meeting your moral standards.


OH. COME. ON. Get real. No one suggested Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe or Jackson divest themselves of their "property". Nor did the chatterati of the day insist J. Q. Adams stop selling guns and booze to Native Americans*. And JFK! Anyone propose he give up his string of bimbos? That FDR stand on his own two feet? That Reagan pass a literacy exam? That B-43 prove he was on the wagon when he fainted after "choking on a pretzel"? Let DT be DT. (Fastest way to get rid of him.)

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*Just made that one up. How long ya think before it's in Quincy's Wikipedia bio?


Having moved to Springfield, I no longer have a dog in this fight, but I still don't see the connection between paying an auditor and staff $600,000 per year to just document the stupid decisions of the City Council and City Staff and preventing those stupid decisions.

We all know that millions have been wasted on the gravel lot that used to be City Hall.  We know that more money was wasted on the South Eugene planning debacle.

We get news reports of other waste right here in the R-G.

The voters keep electing and re-electing those in charge, anyway.  And those people keep increasing the City Managers salary, anyway.

This 'auditor' will have no power to overrule either Ruiz or the Council; all they would be able to do is 'view with alarm' or wring their hands and 'point out' similar stuff in the future.

A total waste of money and effort if the voters don't care.


"but lets not let our imaginations overrule the facts!"

And yet that is exactly what you did.

Obama did't impose economic sanctions, he applied sanctions aimed at specific individuals.

Banks don't deal with Venezuela  because they don't get paid. Multiple companies have pulled out because they are losing billions of dollars on overdue payments- Ford, GM, American Airlines, Air Canada, Colgate,..

Meanwhile Venezuelans are starving whilst Maduro's cronies loot the treasury and dine of Fois Gras, Caviar, - and buying mansions in Miami - until Obama put the sanctions on them.


It is fiction to say that Oahu taxes suppliment Maui Island. While those of us on Maui send our taxes, GET, TAT and income to Oahu. If accounted for correctly, it will reveal that Maui has been paying more than it gets back for years. But when we are talking about funding for State projects, that is OK because we are ONE State. But the rail is not a State project. It was never debated at a State level. It is a project that the City and County decided was good for a small segment of that island. And it should remain a project funded 100% by the City and County of Honolulu.


Biggest lesson many kids are learning, Rich Mole, is that

too many requests for accommodations leads to a backlash

How come Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, evangelical Christians don't ask for religious accommodation


More Fake News: The President doesn't deport illegal aliens, the Federal Courts do.


Hardly "quibbling", Ambrose99.  Ottawa Poog responded to an article written by the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, on the assumption that she was the head of an entirely different organization.  If a person doesn't even know even that much, it's reasonable to doubt that their opinions about either organization are rooted in fact.

As to your own comment, you might (or might not) be interested in knowing that neither the Commission nor the Tribunal fines people.  You also might want to know that the Ontario Human Rights Code does not have a provision against hate speech.


The 'reputation' of these two was revealed by someone with a grudge.

Their 'reputation' and their actual conduct in public view was created by the two of them, not the person with the grudge.

You can't excuse their stupidity and actual malice towards the two girls because they were also so stupid as to let it be known in public.


POLE SMORTUM is supposedly the omega delinquency on the major scale in which defiantly reflects upon the auto-synthetic domain of tarnished foolishness. The off-key regions of all fondling genres will vomit amongst themselves and limit the amount of fluids and creams that squeeze through the cracks of the almighty triplet germaphobic scope. You may poke fun at the idea but in all honesty it will compensate a grotesque rascal that is unable to decipher the volumes of shapes that hover behind you. what would jesus do?


The Feds should have prosecuted this thug for excessive force and sent him to prison.  This guy is a thug and finally was caught.  Videos dont lie and I dont think his appeal will unless the court is corrupt.


Thank you for saying so. You felt that way then because the media told you so. Canadians please become informed and independent voters before the next election.


Pot didn't cause the shooting, I guess, if that's the story we're to believe. I have kids. My kids are old enough to know better than 1. to smoke the stuff and 2. to walk around with it. The aunt says he was a good kid who stayed out of trouble. If it was one of my kids I would be raising holy heck to keep them away from the stuff. Pot changes the way the user interacts with his/her environment. It was criminalized for a reason for 100 years. Too late now for the kid who got shot but I think that the reasoning is wrong. The kid out in Palmer got shot over pot, and this kid got shot over pot. Tell me that there's not a problem with it.


I suspect the G&M is not part of the group of news organizations that have access to the files.

Here's the link to the main site:
https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/paradise-papers-exposes-donald-trump-russia-links-and-piggy-banks-of-the-wealthiest-1-percent/

I hope the G&M gets access. The more organizations that have access, the better.


Oh come on now, he's a hypocritical lib.  Only his viewpoints matter.  It's the lib game plan that they are open minded to all points of view, up until those points of view are diametrically opposed to theirs.  Remember, these are the people who incite riots when they don't get their way.


You really think Rona had no say? At the time she was a minister... even if she wasnt what is to stop her form giving a friendly hint? How naive!


Reservations in Alaska...is such a bad idea in rural Alaska ...the Feds are not going to provide near as much funding, teachers, law enforcement or any of the other day to day support the state has....most rural village ....if left to their own devices would decline and crumble in a matter of months ....for the sake of the kids I hope this never happens where I live...


One part of the problem is the very concept of "State's Rights. It's convenient shorthand, but states don't have "Rights," only individuals (including acting voluntarily, in concert, in private capacities) do. Governments have *Powers*.

The whole point of having a Federal Constitution was to define and enumerate the limited powers of the Federal government vis-a-vis the reserved powers of the sovereign States. In the narrow area of criminal law, given the Constitution as drafted, insofar as a state's laws do not infringe on individual rights enshrined in the Constitution, the Feds really have no place getting involved. The limited situations where inter-state cooperation was needed for public safety let the camel's nose in under the tent, often via the Commerce Clause and we have been paying the price of a steadily expanding Executive branch and bloated, redundant corpus of Federal criminal statutes ever since, to the detriment of individual rights and the sovereignty of the States.


When i moved up there with my young family in '94, I was shocked at how many parents were stoners.  My kids were rarely allowed to go to anyone's house - everyone had to come to ours.  It seems there are still some child-raising challenged people up there if the teens are turning out like this.  What a sad statement about young people today.  I agree with capital punishment - some people's lives aren't worth saving.


" Impossible to comment further on your post  ..."

Good!


Gee, what a surprise! You couldn't see that coming from 10 miles away...so glad that Orange has now decided to be more reasonable...


Only in Ontario could smoke ever become a billions dollar boondoggle that loses money  and then will have to be sold off to private investors, who just coinicnetnetly are friends of the the Liberal Party of Ontario.


There are 17-18 K employees in the Executive Branch.   About 15K are union, including all the State's supervisors and confidentials, and even including the State's labor negotiators.   So, 2-3K exempt, partially-exempt and elected/appointed who are non-union.   Last I looked there were a couple hundred division directors or similar positions, a C step director is about $110K.   There are several hundred non-union AAGs in State Ranges 20 - 24 or so, $80 - $100K, and there are also lots of clerks and technicians who for one reason or another are non-union, mostly because of who they report to.

The quasi-governmentals have some union employees, e.g., AHFC, but most are non-union and most have salaries set by a board or commission.   Some in the quasis cut a really fat hog.   All are exempt from the State Pay Plan but some have adopted it.   The 24K employees number that gets bandied around includes the Legislature and the Judiciary as well as the  partially union University.


And we wonder why some boys are screwed up now? Boys are being feminized on all fronts in public and private. It's truly shameful behavior by parents.


You voted for Trump because Clinton was going to be in Wall Street's pocket. Trump wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and elimnate the Fiduciary Rule, letting Wall Street return to its pre-2008 ways.

You voted for Trump because of Clinton's emails. The Trump administration is running its own private email server.

You voted for Trump because you thought the Clinton Foundation was "pay for play". Trump has refused to wall off his businesses from his administration, and personally profits from payments from foreign governments.

You voted for Trump because of Clinton's role in Benghazi. Trump ordered the Yemen raid without adequate intel, and tweeted about "FAKE NEWS" whil Americans died as a result of his carelessness.

You voted for Trump because Clinton didn't care about the "little guy". Trump's cabinet is bull of billionaires, and he took away your health insurance so he could give them a multi-million-dollar tax break.


Our founding fathers made sure race would be in every national issue when they built the country on race based slavery and ethnic cleansing of the locals. We have yet to achieve equal rights for all Americans. Racial profiling is unconstitutional. It negates the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Those are facts. What do you have against facts? Ignoring the role of race in this country is a white privilege. The rest of us better pay attention or die young.


Another great article! Thank you Rick


The root cause may not be too hard to figure out as the Saudis are currently in an overt anti-Shi'ite mode, not only decimating Shi'ites in Yemen but in their own country and in Bahrain. Now they have picked on Qatar because that state was getting to uppity and actually dared speak to Iran. Now ISIS is inspired by Saudi Wahhabism and, like al Qaeda and other Sunni terrorist groups, is funded by Saudi Arabia.


Naw Trump is a breath of fresh air compared to the career politicans that seem to hang around!

"My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent."        Ulysses S. Grant


To be legally clear: Legality is binary.  Something is either legal or not.  What you meant to say is that it's only prosecutable if you're caught, and that's true.

Some of my sets have game cameras.
Just sayin'..........


Took the words out of my mouth!


The leafs have no business being top seven moving to six in the conference. 11 rookies good gawd, what happened?


"The Best and Brightest" I think not.  (yes I know where this comes from, but fits).


That's what democracy is TLT.


Say what you will, but I trust Kim Jong-un with nuclear weapons only slightly less than I trust Donald J. Trump with them. Both so-called leaders are cut from the same cloth; born rich, self entitled, narcissistic, and they're both batsh*t crazy.


Ideally, the treasonous tools who yelled 'lock her up' .................... will be locked up.


Tyler Nice is a man of the highest integrity and character in a teacher I have ever seen. The man is a leader in this community. The parent who made these comments should be ashamed.


Alceste, you keep focusing on the legal aspects, but there is more to social and political life than the law.

This incident reflects a political climate in which students have incredible power to victimise respected academics for peccadilloes, and no one will defend them because they  cower in terror at being the next victims themselves if they do.

Thank goodness in this case the academic was safely retired and his livelihood was not at stake, so he could just walk away.


The GET tax is an excellent way to fund rail construction. People just do not feel the extra tax. In fact a number of economists favor a similar value added tax, or VAT, to replace the income tax at the federal level.

And we really should be taxing vacation rentals. Everyone should pay their fair share.

Corruption IIRC has a bigger effect on nonpayment of taxes. Corruption is so bad in India that the govt recently failed to stop tax dodgers who use cash in all transactions to hide their income. The govt tried to recover taxes by issuing new currency. But corruption allowed the wealthy to game the system.

China just executes anyone that they find corrupt and Xi Jing Ping has followed the money to the top most levels of govt. I hope he is successful and succeeds in bringing the Chinese economy into the 21st Century. Looks like he may need another term in office if he cannot find anyone as experienced, sharp, and dedicated as he is.


I'm not sure I buy this argument of 'lazy' balance sheets.  A better term would be conservative.  Let's cherry pick a not so conservative balance sheet in Kinder Morgan, rated BBB-.  The stock has been a disaster, declining over 40% in 18 months.

The true results of all these acquisitions will not be know for 5 to 10 years, and history is not on the Canadian utilities side as higher interest rates, poor deal integration and culture issues, a more challenged regulatory environment and the future difficulty to access to the public market, could cause these deals to be not so rewarding to shareholders.


Wrong....Domestic violence assault are mandatory arrest by statue.
Solution......Hire more VPSO's for those villages in need of law enforcement


What do you mean?  The guy was born in the UK.  How is he not European?

Serious question


They should make them build a rickety bridge over the Grand Canyon and force you to cross it in an overweight tractor trailer.


Which credible policies were those?

Electoral reform?

The $10 billion deficit?

Openness and accountability?


"The Clinton Foundation was exhaustively investigated by Hillary Clinton was never found to have committed any wrongdoing" - An investigation by Hillary Clinton on her own family foundation convinces you? interesting, I'm not so easily persuaded. As for the others, a citation is more than you venting, give me some CREDIBLE links, such as those Pandora provided you and I'll read them...as opposed to your close minded policy.

I think one of the differences between Trump and Clinton supporters is that Trump supporters tend to acknowledge that he has his flaws, but saw him as the better of the two options, while Clinton supporters tend to deny any wrongdoing at all, which is what you seem to have demonstrated.


I am going to ask you the same question you pose to everyone else when you reply to their comment.  Where is your evidence?


Four years later Halsey muffed his last chance for a decisive victory when he allowed his main carrier battle force to be lured northward by Japan, leaving behind only a tiny force to protect our amphibious landing in the Philippines against an IJN battle group including battleships with EIGHTEEN INCH guns. The guts of American sailors on destroyer escorts (with five inch guns) and jeep carriers - - and the divine hand of Providence - - kept our forces ashore from being shredded.

Nimitz decided not to turn Halsey over to a general court martial (which he deserved) because Bull Halsey had such a good press on the home front and because he did not want to inject a discordant note on our way to VJ day.


I'd be OK with a mileage tax -- vehicle weight maybe, too, if we're talking about how much road wear any particular vehicle is responsible for. Of course, this means you'd have some kinda device in your car tracking your travels. I can see a lot people having issues with that.


The abuse of men by women is becoming a major problem.


Braddah, you good as caught already.  Turn yourself in.  I no like see your mugshot on Crimestoppers.


Congratulations for all the hard work, kids. Thank you and well done ASD for not letting these kids fall through the cracks; 3 of the 4 were certainly at risk. It takes perseverance from the kids and school district to make this happen.


Ya kinda sorta have to admit — Melania rocks like no Flotus since Jackie. As Walter would say, that's just the way it is.


Willing to bet an illegal camp is at the source of this fire.


All the more  interesting, all the more important in a self governed nation of inherited freedoms regifted  so often that those freedoms are now viewed by too many as a right of passage not a valued gift of inheritance. The opinion/comment section of a community newspaper is a window into the soul the community it serves. An opinion not expressed is wasted in silence, aids only the folks that choose not to hear.


Should that be ankle not alcohol monitoring bracelet?


So why isn't there a neutering program for natives?
If you can't parent them you shouldn't be pregnant.
Or is the the purpose of this article to say white folks are the cause of foster care???

I'm sure of the answer but I'd like to hear the left and the natives slobber on this one...

In Nova Scotia the FEDS are paying immigrants $10,000 PER MONTH to settle. My daughter is a real esate agent and all teh houses being built in Bedford West a new subdivision are being bought by immigrants ont hsi 10K a month program. They have no English, no jobs, BMWs and use the FED's money as their source of income.

Of course any logical person knows that these taxpayer dollars are turned into BMWs, Spec houses, etc.

I'd like to let all white taxpaying folks know that not only are you paying for natives, you now pay for immigrants to speculate on housing....

Then of course we can talk about the white folks being extinct in 20-30 years as these groups have 10 kids.....


Agreed, and if he had been suspended for the series an appeal would mean he would continue playing until the appeal was heard, which would, in effect, be the same thing.
Obviously Cuban born players aren't as sensitive, to these hurtful malicious gestures(sarcasm).
I remember growing up here in the 60's everyone got teased about their race. Haole boy, chink, flip, jap, moke whatever...Times have changed.


They actually started using photo targets with small children, women, and elderly people a few years back to help desensitize them, because anyone can be a threat.


Lukey bye, you're the only one holding Lukey back.


Seaweed for lunch?  When we were kids that's all we did was plot destruction. Trapdoors,pits,guilotteens,stonings,deadfalls,etc,etc. If and when we got too carried away our parents would paddle our asses and restrict us. It didn't make the front page of the newspaper, jeez peep's get a life!


One of the things that seasoned administrators do is to delegate. President Trump is a seasoned administrator so rather than to hands on a problem, he delegates it to someone that knows how to handle the problem and report back to the administrator.

Some of the complaints that I have read regarding President  Trump is that all the people that were appointed to positions in his administration were business billionaires. News flash folks, most business billionaires are seasoned administrators and "know" how to solve a problem and report back to the administrator. The problem is with the press is that they are allowed to inject their opinion into a story and the senior editors are too lazy to do their follow up research to find out if the reporter is screwing the pooch.

I like the policy that the President of the United States calls the family of a fallen hero to help them through the troubling time of the loss of a loved one.

Don't hold President Trump to the standards of heritage.


I found this comment one of the funnier ones
Exactly how big a market do you think Mexico is for our goods and services??


If you aren't a lawyer, you can't be a DA.  You can't be a lawyer without passing the Bar Exam.

There is no 'conspiracy'!

 It's just too expensive to run for an office no one really cares about that the incumbent usually wins.

Most attorneys make more money in private practice than either the DA's office or as a  Judge.  A lot of them start in the DA's office for the trial experience and then join law firms.

Most Judges are appointed by a Governor most often because of political favors.


Just make certain legit medical users aren't forced to pay recreational prices.


The argument "it costs all of us money" isn't particularly convincing. Why on earth are "we" paying for the easily foreseeable and well-known costs of other people's chosen addictions in the first place?

The simplest and best solution is to quit forcing insurance companies to offer things not based on an individual's risks.  Which is how insurance, by definition, is supposed to work.


Living beyond her means and stealing from children, great resume for a candidate looking for a slot in a legislative body.


Folks told you to get them through high school.


They are illegal aliens.
Immigration laws have orderly procedures to apply and become a US
citizen. The illegal alien parents of the DACA violated immigration
laws. According to some, the DACAs were not responsible and must jump
ahead of the other legal immigrants that followed the rules. Rep. Nancy
Pelosi idolizes them, which is the 800,000 as being far above and
better than US children. DACAs must be given special treatment. This
mind set encourages more illegal aliens. The DACAs can take their
education back to their homeland. They need them there.
The news media has hyped the illegal alien DACAs that have gone to
education after high school. This amnesty and citizenship bill is for
more than 3 million illegal aliens of all education levels. Just alone
with the DACAs from federal information, 160,000 have dropped out of high school and another 160,000 have a high school diploma or a GED and no plans to go to
college.


Trump won't stay long, all the golf courses are under water.  Trump has already taken more vacations days than Obama did in eight years.


Well I have to say: WHO CARES? If you make the decision to try or do ANY drugs, prescription or otherwise, you run the risk of injury or death. Unless it was forced upon you, YOU are responsible for your actions, which may or may not include death.

I really could not care less about people dying in the streets because of overdoses. It is Darwinism at work. I, personally, will NOT die that way... ever. Why? Simply because I don't do stupid things for a few minutes of an altered state.

Let the drugs flow... let the idiots die... and STOP using tax dollars to fix this "problem!?