At-grade rail may be acceptable to the FTA as a viable option but it does not meet the terms of the 2012 Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA), which calls for “80 light metro fully automated (driverless) rail vehicles.” At-grade rail will require an operator. I also calculate the cost for conversion, using the Honolulu Transit Task Force’s own figures, to be $7.23 billion. Converting, instead, to American designed urban magnetic levitation (maglev) will meet ALL of the terms of the FFGA, keep the system elevated and automated, and enable completion within the available funding (through 2027) of $6.8 billion. Maglev also is the quietest and most environmentally sound rail system. Maglev 2000 technology will allow use of existing guideway by both acquired steel trains and maglev vehicles. It is time to move into the 21st Century.


Exxon doesn't own the gas, the State does. They do control the availability of gas, though, through the leases they currently hold.


Yes the Church is not part of social engineering but it could learn a lot from sociologists and psychologists.  So the infallible Ed decrlares who can have a Funeral mass and who can not.  Perhaps you could tell God you know so much of truth.   Fact is a fallible, mortal man can only know small bits of truth.  We are not God...


It's not a choice if one was born there you idiot.


Hi beachbum11,

Just thought if by chance you haven't seen the movie I've been referencing in several posts here, then this is the link to the relevant scene:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUBaRqY_NqA

To repeat what I wrote, there ain't no arguing with physics, which in this scenario has everything to do with the definition of inertia.

Oh, and by the way, by somewhat eerie coincidence, the movie "Fearless" is very much based upon the actual DC-10 crash into a cornfield at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989.  The crash scene is widely regarded as one of the ten most realistic depictions of a passenger jet crash ever filmed.

I said "eerie coincidence" just now.  Why?  Because the actual jet that crashed in 1989 was UNITED AIRLINES Flight 232 en route from Denver to Chicago.

Again, if you haven't yet done so, borrow, rent or download the flick.  It's that good.

Cheers!


At least we haven't started following Dr. Moreau's plan to EAT the rich...


thank you for rolling over motley. knew you would.


LOL and why are you speeding?


The owner of this piece of junk should be paying for its removal, for any damage to the reef or from leaking fluids and for the upkeep and deportation of the crew.


Once again, you think that cynicism will validly substitute for reason.


Comparing drones to model airplanes is valid... drone FPV racing is a legitimate hobby, with organized leagues and a similar mindset to model airplane enthusiasts. Also, hobby shops that traditionally catered to RC cars and airplanes are now half drones.

As for "amateur photography"...  Some people are getting carried away trying to film everything with drones. But that's exactly like camcorders in the 80s! The novelty factor quickly wore off, and people turned their camcorders towards themselves and their family. Likewise, people are getting sick of generic areal drone videos, and people are starting to turn their drones towards themselves and their family. Sorry, but you're private backyard just isn't interesting enough for people to film with drones anymore!


I don't know.


I'm again convinced. Trump wanted to win the election. He didn't want the job.


Does Donald Trump ring a bell, Michael?


Of course alcohol is worse . BUT , how many killings have you read about where the death is over stealing booze ?  When is the last time a home was invaded and people forced to produce their half rack of beer, cash and then get killed ?   Nearly every home invasion isn't over stealing property , it's over drugs. A 17 year old was killed in Palmer . The police have listed the motive as the victim using up the shooters pot.    Alcohol has ruined more lives and destroyed more families than any substance . Adding pot to the mix isn't going to help . It's going to make things worse.


The Ontario Liberals have almost always been to the "left" of the Ontario NDP.


There must not be a functioning hot work program in place.  I wonder if there was even a fire watch or hoses out and charged prior to the fire starting.  Welding over is plywood press is risky business at best.  Not following hot work procedures only raises that risk.  Swanson's already had one mill burn down, you would think they would institute a strong program to prevent it from happening again.


"Ontario has recently moved toward more detailed and ongoing parent-teacher communication, but it’s in addition to traditional grades."

Lol.  Some teachers dint get the memo I guess.  Out of my sons five teachers only 1 communicates regularly with us and one other is pretty good.  One doesn't communicate at all.

Grades, when properly administered, are a very good way of keeping track of a students progress.  Of course this needs to be followed up with a parent teacher interview to get the details but a report card without grades?  Kids need to know where they stand.  If they are not doing well they need to know it so they can correct the behaviour.


In this case incentives would work better than requirements, in my opinion. Developers are always looking for the cheapest way to get their buildings finished. Offer incentives for green roofs and they'll gladly put them in.


The point Kenney is making is that Notley is being purposely confrontational. The Catholic board, as far as i have read, have not said how they want to teach sex ed at all.  Notley is suggesting that they will be gay bashing etc...

The challenge is how do we treat religious people who as a matter of their faith do not agree with a total liberal attitude towards sex ie. you are whatever gender or neither a boy or a girl, and you can have protected sex at any age etc...

Prior to confronting the Catholic School board, let's hear what they want to teach.  Clearly if they dont respect gay rights and the rules of mutual consent of Adults then Notley should deal with it - but to do so now in such a public and confrontational way means its more a PR political stunt then reality.  She is scapegoating a group (religious Catholics) to gain political points.


I hesitate to disagree, as an outsider, and take your comment as accurate (sadly). Much of this I'd argue is lack of understanding/knowledge. How many RC have a deep understanding of their own dogmas/theology/history, much less another those of another church.  Then there is the destructive soul-crushing temptation to turn faith into a cult, particularly a cult of exclusivity. Shouting "one true church; we're in, you're out for eternity" is intoxicating for some. The human need to be "better" than another in some way, any way.


Its all lies. Watch youTube. the brother tells reporters that his bro is Arms Dealer. Multi-shooter


A interesting change by Milke from his usual "The evils of socialized medicine" shtick on behalf of the Fraser Institute.


How much time ya got?


Worry about the Toronto/GTA housing market  and the foreign buyers. The market it going to explode due to complete LIBERAL INACTION !!!!!


Global interests.  Hmmm, still working on that old canard?  You from Russia perhaps?  If not, re read the US constitution.


Yes...you can't forecast a commodity price...so its all just pie in the sky...but hey...we can even sell that.
Meanwhile this company neglected one small detail...the detail of making any money.
You seem touchy...getting some good ZZZ's lately ???


So you're saying. "Who cares if they got there honestly?"

Interesting.


Jim:  I agree plagiarism is never OK.  I'm also guessing admitting to it publicly as did Mr. Peterson wasn't easy.  A cynic might say "well, he knew it was going to be exposed and "got out in front of it."  I don't know.  But, I'll be kind here and accept that he felt guilty and 'fessed-up.  Gary Crum


Yet these are the very same views and themes to which Conservative Party surrogates on social media and right wing talk radio pander every day of the week - and upon which the Conservatives rely to polarize their voters to drive their get out the vote effort.
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Don't kid yourself.  The hypocrisy on the Conservatives knows no bounds on this topic.


How is that a "problem?" It assumes the premise that a bed tax is required for a given purpose. What, exactly is that precise purpose and is a bed tax the most efficient and least infringing way to achieve that purpose?


Chinese investors will be sole investors soon as Canada outlook will be very very bleak. Trump declares repeatedly that he will modify or cancel NAFTA with border tax.  Lot of jobs will be lost as the US is only Canadian export market.


I couldn't agree more.  The world has changed for the worse.  I have fond memories of waking up early on weekend mornings to run down and dive into the local pit of broken glass and rattlesnakes.  I would spend hours in that pit, playing snake tag with neighborhood kids. I loved that pit so much, you couldn't drag me out of it with a pole coated with barbed wire, but that didn't stop Ma from trying!  Had my first kiss in that pit, I did.  The pit became so popular, our graduating class held their prom there.  Sadly, during my most recent trip to my hometown, I found the government had shut the pit down, and it had been replaced with an Applebee's.  I got myself a table there and sat down.  I looked around the restaurant and teared up when thinking about the kids in my hometown growing up, skin unbitten and scar-free.  Then as my food arrived, I looked out the window and to my horror, saw a child spit.  This is not my America anymore.

God help us.


I know it!!!!!!    I feel it!!!!!!!


Cranie: seriously, "a gland slam champ"?


What a bloody train wreck.  The dipsy doo Dems win by default through GOP raw selfishness.


You must be reading a different article than I am. I see nothing to indicate the officer was the aggressor in the one above.


Good information and exciting links to view art by African Americans that led me to just search even more.  I have spent over an hour just exploring names and being awed.   Thanks.


306hp with FWD? At least the Ford Focus RS is AWD.

Also, Nurburgring "records" are meaningless because the cars are usually running on racing tires and other mods.


Until there's a trial, he's MIA.

The US military doesn't leave servicemen behind!


How can we reconcile gun control and in the meantime reconcile a corrupt police department even at the highest levels and pervading into other city agencies?  If the majority of legal police are presumed trustworthy, similarly, aren't the majority of legal private firearms owners presumed trustworthy?


Palestinian Israeli peace process is as big of an oxymoron as the Central Intelligence Agency.


How do we know how well students are doing at NAYA if they are fudging the numbers?  PPS fudges numbers.  No-bid contractors are not held accountable for getting good results for students.  Audit this mess, fix it, and provide strong education to all students.


This is my ideology to a T, but it took me a good amount of time to figure it out myself.


I'm looking....don't see it.

Look for haters of an individual's freedom and identity to blame 1 billion Muslims, including those living in Canada who went to work and had a normal day just like all of us...found it!


I can explain it to you, hambone, but I can't understand it for you.


You and Huffpo are simply wrong.
Neithe4r of you have obviously ever had an actual security clearance, let alone a TS//SCI level one.

She sent over 1,000  confidential details, hundreds of secret detail, and a few TOPSECRET//SCI details.

It is incumbent on every clearance holder to correctly mark ANY classified data or detail with its derivative classification.

She removed classified data from it authorized storage by placing on her server.

She failed top correctly mark the email she created that contained classified data.

She violated the Espionage Act section named.


Trump's budget is what Alaskans voted for. Bash the Federal Government, complain about overeach, which like it or not, is one of the main lifebloods for Alaska. Republicans in power tend to attack Alaska. John Sununu stopped federally subsidized pulp mill contracts at the Forest Service. When Senator Jeff Flake was setting Republican policy as a House Official he was attacking Alaska over earmarks. President Bush's Justice Department had Ted Stevens arrested and tried. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama opened more oil than any of the recent Republican Presidents, after all the big push in NPRA began under Clinton. Alaska doesn't do well with Republican Presidents and only 2 members of our Congressional will fight the current President. Senator Sullivan was planted in the Senate to deregulate and get tax cuts for the rich and will basically approve everything Trump does. Alaskan voters will continue to vote against their own interests.


I think that Eugene should pass an ordinance banning pan-handling, similar to the one passed in Springfield.


When, precisely, did Hillary Clinton behave like an unbridled octopus when sexually assaulting another woman? If your comment cannot be substantiated with facts, then I'm afraid it is uncivil.

Incidentally, Pan, your tendency to repeatedly repost your comments which have been found to be uncivil is most unbecoming.


The Legos looked yellow to me.


Over the last few weeks, until very recently, both the press and the many commenters on this forum have really been piling on Gonzales, Story, and Desmond, proclaiming that WHEN the Rockies do not make the playoffs, those guys will be the reason. Funny how baseball works—"that's baseball"—in that now that they are a whisker away, these guys' ascendence is the very thing that is propelling their team forward. So, while Black's handling of the pitchers has been awesome, his patience with these guys may, at the end of the day, be the difference-maker.

All it will take now to get into at least a play-in is:

Rockies go 0-3, Brewers must finish 3-1 in their last 4 games, 3 of which are against the Cardinals.

Rockies go 1-2, Brewers must finish 4-0.

Rockies go 2-1, they are in without a play-in.

Note: For the Cardinals to get in it will take a miracle. But if they come close, the Brewers are out.

If the Rockies go deep into the playoffs, I would hope that Black would get it....


Your ignorance or mine? Maybe you should listen to ebonyeyes.


1/ After 14 years of dragging down the Ontario economy by adding fat to the  greater public sector and weakening the competitive market sector, it is not difficult to have a couple of years of relative growth from such a low base.  I remember when Ontario under a 42 year PC government led economic growth in Canada every year.  Forecasts indicate low growth by the 4th quarter and in 2018 and 2019 in part due to a growing trade deficit and as Wynne desperately tries to bribe voters with even more spending this falling growth will fall even faster.

2/ Yes, it took 14 years for this irresponsible government of big spending and big debt to get unemployment down to what it was after Mike Harris and his Conservative government rescued the province from the last inept, irresponsible, big spending,  big debt government, the Rae Daze NDP Comedy Show.  Nice tribute to Mike Harris, PHILCO3.

3/ Note to Globe editors : A `Great NDP Premier` is an oxymoron save only for Douglas and Romanow!


How about Hillary Clinton who not only stayed with Bill but supported him through his lies?
Maybe if Bill Clinton had not been the darling of the Democratic Party, considered a respected elder statesman, who has been given numerous awards, honors, and a total pass on his sexual assault and sexual harassment of young women over his entire political career, maybe Trump would never have gotten away with running.
What kind of message did that send all the good old boys out there Bill got away with an His buddies Harvey and Epstein, the millionaire convicted sex offender who Bill Clinton took repeated trips with on the " Lolita Express", with girls as young as 12 years old.
Then sicko buddy, Anthony Weiner, husband of Hillary's top aide and friend. Bill and Anthony were known to enjoy each other's company.
So, all the men and women who voted for Hillary did not seemed bothered about putting  a sex abuser and confirmed perjurer, Bill Clinton back into the White House either, did they ?


I hope cotton, flax, wool, ramie, silk, nylon, polyesters, spandex, flannel or rayon wasn't used in the fashion shows.  That would be cultural appropriation.


I think that's well proven coming come thetop rchelons......


Sounds like a lot of stereotyping going on, CS.  I see Keep Our Waters Clean all the time.  What's wrong with that?  Any Alaskan that cares about living in a clean environment and protecting our salmon industry should have the same bumper sticker.


Suppose that an amendment to the United States Constitution were to read as follows:

"A well nourished militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to grow and store food, shall not be infringed."

Would the "right to grow and store food" belong to:

Only people who were in the militia?
Only people who weren't in the militia?
Everyone, whether they were in the militia or not?
No one?


I loved her shows and the characters she created. She will be missed!


This is the point.  Bulls' eyes had been used for decades, there is even a famous store that nearly anyone in the USA can see....with a bulls' eye sign.  Racheting up the imagery to rifle sight/hairs, that's the escalation.  No,  they aren't the same thing at all.  And, there is no way to prove that sicko Laughner did not see the maps, and was not affected by all of the violent rhetoric, constant calls for "reloading", for instance.  The editor made a mistake, and soon corrected it.  That's all, folks.


Having a pathological liar in the Whitehouse might be entertaining for now, but prove very dangerous in the long run. Shades of Erdogan.


Climate is weather. Really? Your confused by that. Jeez, there is no hope. And you Bruce life will adapt as the Climate changes. Some will die out some will not. It has always been so. Yes so you figured that out did you, CO2, one part carbon bonded by two parts oxygen. Look I have no interest in explaining the carbon life cycle to you, but the fact is this has been exaggerated to the point of complete stupidity by people like Gore and Sorros and you people have been sold a bill of goods so they could rape the world economies for tremendous fortunes. Listen, once again, mind your own Carbon footprint, give up all that the industrial revolution gave us and you are living in a world Al Gore would like you to live in while he Jets around the world in his gulfstream, then I will maybe listen to you. California is going to put gas collection bags on their cows, for Petes sake! If you cannot see what is going on with these liberals, I just cant help you anyway.


3% higher eh? You do know that the population of those 3 states increased over 20% during that same time frame, do you think they accounted per capital in their report or just based on number of accidents? I'll give you a hint... that report was debunked and actually showed a decrease in accidents when adjusted for population.


Geez, and we are created *good*
Because of that we still give and can be generous
We are also graced
And we develop virtues, etc.
Of course we have changed.
Your summation repeats an early church heresy - Gnosticism and its brother, Manicheism.
Briefly - "Contrary to a message of salvation through Christ alone (Acts 4:12), the Gnostic Jesus brings a message of self-redemption. Man only needs to examine his inner “spark” to find the knowledge needed to free himself from his material body and reach God. This alleged purity of heart is the exact opposite of what is stated in Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?”
Christianity and Gnosticism are mutually exclusive; however, it is easy for a Gnostic mindset to seep into our own thinking if we’re not careful (1 Peter 5:8). The Gnostic is pursuing goodness, but, instead of seeking to be regenerated by Christ, he grabs hold of a man-centered purpose for living


Time to go back to your lives children. Please just let the adults run the world. They will anyway, your whining and tantrums just waste your energy you should be saving for your silly protests. Hey , here's an idea, why don't you take a look at what your do nothing PM is doing. I'm willing to bet anything that right now he is going over the Obama selfies from last night with his personal photograph


Liberals need more revenues to spend abroad plain and simple. They are just finding more areas they can tax. Principal residence tax is coming soon.


I think this commentary ignores what is probably the root cause of the "appearance" of political ideological alignment of a judge to political party.

The main alignment as displayed by the political senators and their line of questioning. It appears to me that the democrats are quite comfortable for judges to "NOT" follow the law and let judges become legislators and should unilaterally correct laws that the congress enacted that are lacking.

Additionally the alignment of "big business" is with the enactment of the laws by the congress. Convictions to FOLLOW what the law says makes the appearance of ideological alignment. Big business is with politics which writes the laws.

Correction of the courts lies with Congress to fix/change/update laws not with changing the judges. The judges, no matter what personal leanings are simply applying laws "as written" right or wrong unless usurped by higher law.

Continued in next post....


I understand about a child entering school at the kindergarten level. But what about the student that is promoted from grade 3 to grade 4 and still cannot read at grade level? What is a teacher responsible for?


JT first kisses butt with out-going Obama now with Trump (President elect)? Didn't even wait for January 20th. He appears weak and ready to cave in (less than 24 hours after election)..... Wow! We're in for an interesting 4 years? Hold on to your cash just in case!


Before taking the job as commissioner, Dean Williams very publicly criticized DOC in numerous newspaper and television interviews where he excoriated correctional officers and generally bashed the department. Mr. Williams held press conferences with teary-eyed concern that DOC was incompetent, uncaring, or both.

After writing a self-serving report he was appointed commissioner with a mandate to "fix" the problems. And here we are, a year later and the problem of inmate deaths continues.

I'm not surprised; inmates are a high-risk population, and in most instances they have not enjoyed preventative health care nor have they lived a healthy lifestyle. I imagine many are drug users and smokers.

It's no surprise that the deaths continue. The surprise is that Mr. Williams was able to scapegoat the department in his report with the promise to eliminate inmate deaths and nobody is holding him to account. Why no newspaper or teary-eyed television interviews now Commissioner Williams?


This is on  Rahm Emanual. The buck stops with him. Blame the police, the captains and the commissioner all you want. But Emanual is the person who is ultimately responsible. yet nothing in the one sided report mentions his role. And say what you want, the timing of this report is so very political coming on the eve of inauguration. As are so many other things designed by the Obama crowd to diminish Trump before the 20th.


I'm not complaining about you posting anonymously. I'm pointing out your lack of intestinal fortitude for doing so while attacking others who have the courage to use their own names.


Why would Smith need to look again at Beyak's comments? Just get rid of her from his caucus. Or else expect the issue to be raised again and again, and not to the cpc's benefit.
But hey - Smith's choice.


Kaimana was neither a runaway or sent somewhere.  The pup was wrapped up in a net and carrying off to who knows where.  Only those involved in the kidnapping (NOAA, DLNR, HMAR) and their environmentalist friends know and are allowed to visit the seal.


You are correct, you don't understand.


If proper screening of worthy individuals takes place what is the problem? The majority of these people fleeing their homeland are doing so because of a catastrophe. Many are innocent women and children. To refuse them entry into a haven like  Canada is a very sad situation. Our country is one that is built by immigration. This attitude smells a bit of racism.


Why a state as huge as Alaska is so close to killing off it's wolf population is unfathamable. The lack of state officials to even pretend to care enough to come up with solutions is deplorable. The only thing they are good at is making excuses. There is no good reason to kill wolves. It's not hunting. People do not survive on their meat. I will never understand what motivates people to slaughter beautiful creatures simply for the thrill of killing.


This is just the beginning, the gop have been trying for decades to steal SS and medicare, they have added 10 trillion to the debt with their wars, tax breaks for the rich, etc. Their ultimate goal is to bankrupt the country and blame it on SS and medicare.  What ever level of devastation you think the gop will be bringing, you can double and even triple it and it will still not be the level of disaster coming for the working people.


Great reporting! I am happy that you report the numbers each month, showing the state is slowly picking up speed and thriving in this new exciting industry! Good job Alaska.


You posted a link to a wordpress blog claiming that advertisers are threatening the NFL because of the anthem kneeling. Provide a valid source and maybe your claims will be taken more seriously. The fact that most players are now standing doesn't count as evidence when you invent the facts to match your preferred narrative.


Are you saying if Germany had finished what they started in 1939 with Japan, that will be even better?

It's a crime saying so.


I guess nothing really important is happening today - it's just another slow news day...


Agreed, the current system of randomly putting the "reply to" information on comment replies makes it difficult to follow a conversation.

Here's a hint:  look at how disqus does it.


Those are called estimates.


Salute!


He might if he can find a way to write of the cost of moving them and then having them gold plated and placed on marble pedestals so they don't look out of place in their new surroundings.


If women didn't act like a tease and didn't dress like wh*res that would also help.  just saying.


LOL. Sure sure. Those red voters continue to vote red policies that cycle their deep dependence on the govt.


Could we please also have a comprehensive analysis of the direct and indirect subsidies of the oil industry?


Declining enrollments mean tax savings for taxpayers if the buildings are no longer in use, or the number of teachers is down.

Some cities close their lower enrollment schools-some sell them. And some convert them to charter schools.

A few titles under Google:
*Closing Schools to Improve Student Achievement: What the Research and Researchers Say
*Declining Enrollment Dictates Closings | Twin Cities Daily Planet
*Closing Public Schools in Philadelphia
*In rural school districts, declining enrollments — and hard choices ..
*Declining Enrollment, Part 3: What Happens When A Town Closes Its Schools

Post note: That, interestingly enough, is one the highest costly reasons taxpayers want illegal immigration dealt with, the Per Pupil costs.


Can the CRA confirm he correctly claimed the free helicopter ride in the Bahamas and vacation on the private island, as a taxable benefit, and paid tax on it ?

Someone please ask him to confirm this at the next town hall and/or magazine photo shoot, when he uses his drama teacher training to put on the best - I feel your pain - look.

As for Phoenix, it's simple, go back to the old system. The sue and black list the vendor from all future federal contracts and any other contracts backed by federal funds, until they either refund the whole thing or make it right.

If they can't make it right, get as much money as possible back, and re-tender for a new system with the - different - proponent taking the risk of scope and requirements verification.


I find it ironic that they came here and murdered millions in the name of god and now, a short time later they don't want god anymore..


We were victims of a serious crime.  The police caught the perpetrator.  Berkowitz's prosecutor let him go after he cut a deal.  The guy was a professional criminal and gave them information about another crime.  How is that justice?  How does that curb crime?  Berkowitz is NOT tough on crime.


At least ten people called you out on your lie.

You were caught doctoring numbers to prop up your lie.

And you are still lying about it days later.

Pathetic indeed.


Many thanks to AG Chin for continuing to oppose the Muslim ban.  The new Know-Nothings pushing the ban will eventually enter the history books alongside the original scalawags who eventually lost the battle to keep my Irish Catholic ancestors out of the country.


Meanwhile ADN censorship of positive Trump news continue.  He is giving a major economic speech today proving child care tax credits, a moratorium on regulations and lowering the corporate tax rates.  No coverage by ADN.  If Hillary were to be giving a speech it would be on page 1


That's very judgmental on your part.  So you are so smart and they are "so ignorant" of such supposed problems!  Judgmental and prideful.    Maybe more struggle, more examination, more work is needed close to home.

Don't ask others to do you own work...go do some homework on the web...or in libraries.

You're essentially calling that now deceased former prelate of OD a liar for the statements and the article on that website.

And you ignore Romero's own words about his association and friendship with the Prelature and leaders of OD.

You have a dwindling case.


No, it's a lie they told. Big time lying. She didn't "hold them up." There was a flood of applications for tax exemption by right wing groups who wanted their political education committees to be tax subsidized. It was a pure workload issue of triaging the enormous stack. Right wing groups were not targeted any more than left wing ones were. That's a fact. But the right has demonstrated a skill at selling phony narratives to a gullible public.


If I were a Republican I wouldn't want to appear anywhere until the Donald issue is dispensed with. If I were her, I'd just stay out of sight until November 9th.

But, not to worry; Lisa will be re-elected by Alaska's voters until she decides to quit. I write that based on the fact that we still have that clown Donnie sitting there in his museum of dead animals after all of these decades.


In environmental terms, it is a huge mistake to extract and burn any fossil fuel, including methane. It is being done in many states because widespread fracking caused a glut of cheap methane. A carbon tax, such as the one described in this article, would help to address this.

New nuclear plants are problematic in the US. They are extraordinarily expensive and take so many years to permit, design, and build that they are not proving to be much help in climate terms. Also, the electricity they produce is too expensive for them to be economically viable.

Photovoltaic cells, by far the most common type of solar panel, use only common earth elements. Some thin-film solar cells use rare earth elements which are recycled at end of life.  There are some newer designs of thin-film solar, including some from research at Binghamton (NY) University, that do not use any rare earth elements, so the problem of the lifecycle of rare-earth elements should diminish in the future.


Really, Elaine?  So at some point in the perhaps not so distant future if some one brings up Trump and his Alt-right agenda does that means they aren't worth reading?


Wait!  Wasn't SB21 supposed to reverse that?


Wow, the comments are hot and heavy. Will John McCain get to understand that his positions are not that popular. He thinks that the bipartisan majority are "in favor of alliances, trade, investment, and globalization."
Alliances are a two way street. We spend more money on defense that everyone else combined.
Trade needs to be balanced to keep alliances fair.
Our tax policy assures that our investment stays in other countries and creates jobs there.
Other countries think Globalization means that we should do what they tell us to do.
John, take from those that work and invest and have and give to those that could work but do not is a socialist concept that we know never succeeded.


Love of neighbour, including one's enemies.

Taking someone's life against their will is scarcely an act of such love. Yet, institutional Catholicism has traditionally approved, for example, the death penalty.


Trump's original title: "The Art of the No Deal". When is a deal not a deal? When it is a deal with Trump.


Time for another mood-boosting "selfie-fest" at a mall with some screaming teenagers, or middle-aged housewives, all of whom can dust off their use of the word "dreamy"
.
https://youtu.be/ftQdnfVmj14


Do you understand the difference between large quotas of skilled, motivated, industrious, vetted, integrable IMMIGRANTS brought to Canada to help meet Canadian needs for skilled, productive labour and to help grow the population and the domestic market and ad hoc quotas of REFUGEES brought here on a compassionate basis to remove them from danger and suffering?

Please educate yourself as to the difference between these two categories before posting red herrings.

Full disclosure ... I favour the current quotas of skilled and vetted immigrants but opposed The Clown Prince's politically opportunistic election promise to bring in large numbers of Syrian refugees while at the same time removing from battle NATO's best combat pilots in the war against ISIS.  If Junior truly wanted to help the most refugees instead of just shilling for votes based on Canadians' emotions, he'd have continued to help the coalition win the war with ISIS and enabled the refugees to be relocated close to home.


Body checking and falls do not account for the concussion issues faced by the League.  The NHL makes exceptions on head shots for various circumstances and only punishes the most extreme.  That latitude gives players flexibility which means the core behaviour that drives concussions does not change.

Zero tolerance on head shots will solve the problem.  Players will learn over time although in the learning process, players will get suspended that are marginal infractions.  But it is the punishment of the marginal infractions that will change the overall behaviour that eliminates head shots.  That will make the game safe.

As Dryden correctly notes, the game without superfluous violence, head shots, and fighting is an exciting, engaging game that is fun to watch.


Don't know about that Larry, the sniveling leftists are the ones who got Murkowski elected.

Remember the (I) after her name?


I don't think people have a proper enough grasp of history and therefore throw around "dynasty" a little too much.  Take the "Murkowski dynasty", for instance.  If we were to include Lisa's grandfather and the judgeship he held in the 1930s, then "dynasty" would at least be halfway plausible.  I don't believe that most folks who talk about "Murkowski dynasty" have any clue about that.


Fortunately your opinion does not count for much.


You know MS, the House is working today, the first day of SS2 and the Senate didn't bother to show up.  In fact the Senate only worked 2 weeks out of the last Special Session.  You are so wrong it's almost like you worked in the state Senate.  Are you Mr. Pete Kelly?


The vast majority of McCarthy's victims were not accused of any crime (other than Contempt of Congress), but his groundless accusations against them were enough to cost many of them their careers and to cause many more to lose years of their careers. And his fraudulent claims and relentless defamation were carried out in public. On the other hand, Trump et al are being accused of specific, criminal acts  - accusations backed by a lot more than Ol' Joe's infamous blank book.
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Paul Manafort wasn't just "employed by" the Trump campaign, he was the Campaign Chairman. And it was more than "a few months". And some of those crimes in the indictment are a LOT more recent than "ten years earlier." As in, up to and including things he did WHILE he was Chairman.


Can you imagine praising someone who hacked your personal email account? Neither can I.


No, I don't want that sardine-can approach.  I want to pay 20% more than today's prices and get 20% more legroom!  As it is, I have to fly across Canada on US airlines to achieve this.


Sorry Richard, but that's complete bs. She hit him and left him to die. You are one strange person.


The Globe ed board are the most world's most juvenile 50+.


Our community?  Too many guns everywhere?


Link between jet noise and health problems  suggests State Health Department, I appreciate the news reminder and especially extra effort expended it took to make sure I was cognitive of that fact.

Hopefully you'll  find this suggestion as helpful too.
Along with noise/health issues  our state health department folks might find health hazardous issues with, mental health too. An IQ test to begin with, directed towards those individuals who choose residential property within ear shot distance of an active  military airfield  expecting relative quiet solitude. Might just require more in depth study on their part.


This is nothing new and that hasn't been seen in cities with similar real estate "issues" in Vancouver.  Go try and find a gas station in Manhattan......there are fewer than 12 of them below 96th St....and a total of around 50 or so down from 80 to 90 a decade ago, and dropping.  Its all about real estate value, zoning, and population density.  Just business.


Underlying the Larsen C ice shelf is one of the most active volcanic regions of Antarctica.  The ice shelf break up is driven by geological heat flow.  You won't hear that out of the MSM.  They will link it to the false story of climate change.


It took the Eugene Police TWO HOURS to respond to calls from Village School this morning! I wonder how many traffic tickets were issued in that time? Seriously, why did we give EPD a new station when they can't even respond to safety concerns/threats AT A SCHOOL? We should have given them an outhouse instead because that's what they deserve. Appalling. With all the concerns around schools these days and two hours is their response time? Sheesh. Who can we fire for this atrocious police response?


COP should pay taxes on the $54 million.


It's not a "need", I don't think, to feel that we are in possession of the Great Light, but the reality that God came into time in the Person of Jesus.  While there are other faith traditions that may possess elements of truth, its fullness resides in that Church founded by Jesus.  One may certainly choose not to believe that, but many of the faith traditions to which you point engender far more incredulity than a monotheistic faith with a personal God.  Yes, there is no certainty in some instances, like the fate of the individual unbaptized, for example.  But that which is key to our salvation, like our relationship with God the Father or the resurrection of Jesus are just a few of those certainties to which Christians can point as touchstones to their faith.  Far from patronizing, it is recognizing that all are called to this relationship and God has granted a way for them (and us) to answer that call.


WRONG.  It's misleading because it is ambiguous and can be interpreted both ways.  Only after reading the article is it clear they were referring to having never endorsed a presidential candidate before.  It's click-bait journalism that is annoying.  Perhaps you just missed the nuance.


Delta:
Your point about informed is something that I will always agree with no matter the topic.

I'd argue, however, that there is indeed room for objection when the fate of one of the societies you bring up (ancient Rome), for instance, came and went before the advent of firearms. Also, if you are going to introduce institutions like prisons and call them societies, I'd say the door would be open on convents, monasteries, hippy communes - and their violent crime statistics as well.

I have a problem with arguments in which the existence of radically differing "societies" and their relative rates of firearms violence are referenced as if the people living in them are all the same and the availability of firearms is the only determining factor.


I read the court order.


Understanding anger and catering to that anger are two different issues. If anti-immigrant anger is centered around tangible issues such a weak job market or low salaries, then there may be a variety of policy solutions that can be applied to improve things, depending on your view of what is needed. If this is simply a backlash based on racial or religious intolerance, what does the author propose as a solution? Should our national leaders restructure our social and economic policies based on racist doctrine?

There's a difference between addressing a problem and simply catering to the byproduct of that problem. The author cautions on ignoring this movement, but some things MUST be ignored if we are to preserve the social standards that exist within a free country.


Is this a trick question, Byron? Of COURSE there's conflict! And it's another set up job by The Establishment. "The Forces" are against Trump and doing everything to discredit him and bring him down. Their bitterness and anger has no bounds!


Look around the world, these stone age cultures don't change. If China were to follow international human rights laws we would see hundreds of millions marching in the streets.

It ain't gonna happen.


"Right, but most plans I think have somewhat reasonable copays/coinsurance for ER visits,"

That's true but watch out because insurance plans are finding ways to move more than those copays/coinsurance costs onto patients, even for ER care. It is in how they are applying deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket payments when providers are not "in-network." Very few providers in Alaska belong to a single network, and insurance plans can (some already are) refuse to apply the balance-billed amounts (which in Alaska is the majority of the cost) to any deductible or the max out-of-pocket. Also, their "allowed" reimbursement amounts are a pittance of what providers charge, and what portion of co-insurance a patient pays on that allowed amount will go to the much higher out-of-network deductible, not the in-network. An ER visit or sudden urgent procedure can be financially devastating.

There's also care for chronic conditions to consider. They might not fit a twice a year to Seattle model.


He is a politician, no more, no less.


It's the right to privacy.


“She was definitely confused,” Hollandsworth said of the driver. “When she got out, she didn’t know where she was.”

Nah...she knew where she was.  Just playing the "poor old me" card.  She must be good at Bridge!


I don't watch hockey anymore. The present professional game is so far removed from the game's essence that outstanding displays of skill, artistry and athleticism are too easily negated by thuggery. No wonder so many of today's youth are turning to soccer and basketball.


In the "Matrix," Neo takes the red pill and discovers humans have been turned into batteries for the machines. Men who take the (metaphorical) red pill today discover that husbands and fathers have been turned into cash machines for women. Pay up or go to jail. The traditional male role now comes with lots of responsibilities and obligations but few benefits--and those benefits can easily be taken away. The result is more and more men are shying away from marriage and fatherhood, ergo have little reason to prepare themselves for the role of breadwinner--as the breadwinner usually loses the kids, his income, and his freedom if he fails to come through with the check. Unless family laws change, this trend will continue and marriage will all but disappear.


to those that feel it is their "right" to give money to the far too many homeless on just about every street corner in Anchorage... after you give them your money to enable them to go buy something to drink.. pull over, get out of your car and get a trash bag and clean up the MESS that is always around them !!!  YOU contributed to them and their lifestyle so clean up YOUR mess !!
I sure haven't seen any of you giving them money doing that..  take responsibility for the mess you contribute to and that others have to clean up !!
the homeless looking for work don't have time to stand around all day panhandling, the drunks do !!


There are no statistics whatsoever that will tell you.  The fact that the Vancouver market stalled when a foreign buyers' tax was introduced tells you it's not a minor factor.


Bill:  Love that post............I would like to see ALL the Pot Shops and POT HEADS  go to California, Florida, H # % ^, anywhere other than Oregon.


Another disgusting display of politics in Hawaii.  If there was a manual for corruption and incompetence, the photo of Crooked Kirk shaking hands with Menor and rest of the legislature in the back ground would be on the cover.  You can't directly blame the legislature directly, but they have enabled the continued fleecing of the public and the public has not done a good job of expressing their displeasure with what they have done.  A conservatively estimate of $400.00/year for every person, $1600.00/year for a family of 4 will go down the drain with the rest of the billions bilked by Crooked Kirk's fantasy train.  Let's remember those that enabled this at the polls next year and hope we have new candidates to run.


It's eerie for me looking at David's photo. He looks so much like me when I was his age. My heart goes out to the family. I pray justice is paid.


There will be no battle between the feds and Brad Wall.

Brad Wall has blown his cover as a middle of the road nice guy with his brutal austerity budget which raised taxes for the many and cut them for the few.

His "thing" about climate change is crazy: Wall obsessively rants and tweets about it when the entire economy is in the toilet and needs careful attention, not ideologically driven cuts.

Wall will be gone in a couple of years and bench strength in his party is non-existent. His successors will accept the inevitable and play the conservative game of agreeing to a deal and then moving slowly, if at all, to implement it.

Then the ndp will get in and this will all change.


I learned to ski here in my first winter in Alaska.  1978.  I was 13 years old.  Arctic Valley was busy and hoping back then.  The Military side was as well all lite up.  Its nice to see the place being brought back.  While I don't ski as much as I used to.  I so look forward to hitting it a couple times and I do plan on using the Tube run for my grandson and I


I bet the cardboard cut out of Trudeau would have known that Kim Campbell was Canada's first female Prime Minister.


So in other words, you are covered - don't worry about anyone else.

A lack of access to certain types of care is a major contributor to why Canada as a whole doesn't measure up.


OK, so here's a challenge.

In three days write a draft and submit it to NCR, who will decide an objective person to review and assess it.

(Warning: Points will be deducted for any sugar stains from donuts.)


Particularly this case, Were the parents home that night? Someone walked by them to get a gun and go back out to the camper?  They must have heard what was happening in the camper? After David went missing, and Erick was also missing... They didn't go out to the camper at any time to look for him and see a burnt carpet and smell bleach and report to the police?


Oh please let us hear about your new book.  Pretty please....  ha ha.


WOW! Nothing sweet nor reasonable about this comment. The lack of compassion is astounding IMO. BTW: HIV/AIDS isn't limited to the gay community you judge so harshly; even babies are born with the infection.

It will be interesting to see how compassionate the top secret GOP health care bill is toward people with catastrophic illness such as cancer; I'm guessing not very.


Free t-shirts have long been considered part of politics in SA... Chinese or Indian made of course!


Not so. Dope selling legally needs all the ducks in a row before they even think of opening to the public, or drivers after smoking will be oui and killing people just like a dui can. Spice was happening regardless of what the legal sales were approaching. :D


Well, who could have predicted Don Young was doing something unethical. Next when questioned will come the  bullying.


What a remarkably partisan review.  Seemingly written by a Canadian "Republican" who, among other things, does not understand the difference between George W. Bush and Donald Trump.  Al Franken does.

Read other reviewer perspectives if you want to know the truth.


Imagining that we can actually end drug abuse with criminalization (instead of the sensible intervention which is MEDICAL intervention in what is, in fact, a public health crisis) when even countries like the USA couldn't do it despite a budget that exceeds the total size of South Africa's entire economy on it every year since 1906 - is just silly.
Take all that money you are spending imprisoning addicts, giving them records, thus reducing their chances of future employment and just driving them right back to drugs -and build the kind of rehab centers wealthy millionaire addicts go to  - and make those free to use, and voluntary.
Instead of police showing up, have social workers meet with addicts, guage the level of their addiction (casual experimenters all the way through to hardcore addict) and advise them on a treatment plan. Then back away and leave them alone forever - they will go for treatment, when they are ready.

Let's try the only solution that has ever actually succeeded.


For all you naysayers that said this industry wouldn't help diversify our economy...relax and let people live their own lives


25% of individuals become clinically depressed post diagnosis of terminal illness, which is of course understandable.  As Dr. Nakitsuka pointed out in the PBS discussion last night, only 5% of individuals are being referred!  In other words, no safety net for these individuals.  Pallative care, hospice is available, and they are continually evaluating meds, treatments to assist in this life process and spiritually assisting individuals as well.  As you mention, so why trash the doctor patient relationship?


I thought darn near the same thing about all the conjecture these days. To bad Hillary won't release all the transcripts for her grossly high paid Wall Street speeches.


Good grief. In the progressive liberal rush to condemn anything and everything Republican or conservative, the truth is always sacrificed. The fact is that everyone wanted to get out of Vietnam, including Nixon, Congress and the Senate. Nixon got elected on the basis of getting the U.S. out of the Vietnam War for goodness sake, and reduced troop numbers in Vietnam from around 500,000 in Jan. 1969 when he took office, down to 24,000 in 1972 and a mere 50 in 1973. Despite any rhetoric at the time, no one including Nixon was about to take any political risk of moving troops back into Vietnam.


In Jeffco, an entry level teacher (Step 1) makes $38,000. In the military, an entry level officer (O-1) makes $36,000. Yet you don't see any stories about a shortage of Second Lieutenants and Ensigns. As you might say, "compare, contrast, and explain."


That is the dumbest thing I ever heard.  Jews have no interest in saying merry christmas and the sooner you get that through your thick skull, the sooner this will be a non-issue.


"Rebels and witnesses said Syrian jets resumed dropping barrel bombs - drums or cylinders packed with explosives and shrapnel that cause indiscriminate destruction on the ground."

The Syrian rebels/terrorists have completely lost the narrative in this war. It was bound to happen. Any war that can't be concluded quickly will eventually expose the lies that it's based on.

A barrel bomb is a bulky weapon that can't be mounted on a jet. They're dropped by helicopters usually, but could also be dropped from cargo planes.

A "drum or cylinder packed with explosives and shrapnel" describes every bomb, including the ones that the Canadian Armed Forces have dropped in Syria and Iraq. They are INDISCRIMINATE weapons by nature. Their lethal effects cannot be restricted to only combatants. Civilians are equally vulnerable.


There are exclusive cemeteries, but that should change.  There are also large well-kept public cemeteries where all are welcome, while families can choose a religious burial.  Look at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto for example, but there are many others. If our society is designed to 'welcome all', why not cemeteries?  We would not stand for any store, business or restaurant refusing access to a person, based on religion.  Politicians should respect all communities, but not favour one over the other while hoping to attract votes. Let's remember there are many agnostics who have beliefs, but are not necessarily religious, and they don't care who is buried beside them in any cemetery.  We don't need to live 'divided' in life or death.


The best sanction against Venezuela would be to send them a plane loaded with Naomi Klein and a bunch of her deluded LEAP manifesto buddies.   Then the hapless citizens of Caracas could listen to her silly diatribe  on the evils of free enterprise and the wonders of a collectivist, state-controlled economy.


Have you forgotten from yesterday out of Trump's mouth he does not like the news media, all parts of.  He is doing it to himself, listen to him, his tweets, are you so blind that you don't see it.


Please Share with us how the Catholics took The Indigenous peoples rights and freedoms into consideration, and how they respected their religious beliefs. Because I am certain that would be the best example of what you are trying to get across here.

In other words, you have illustrated through this opinion piece why exactly The GG's words are correct. We have no reason to respect ignorance or any expectation to allow ignorance to spread and take hold. Backlashes of people feeling their religion is more important than wise policies and forward thinking gave America Trump, and they seem to be doing so well with that. It is time for religion to end. Science is the only way forward and the sooner people realise that the better.

Just remember. Religion was scared of the light bulb. I'm sure you did not type this in the dark.


It is not an investigation. It is a ''matter''. That is how Democrat's (Socialist's) are handled.


Nice summary of GOP accomplishments over the yeas Cynthia.  The decline of the GOP started when Lingle became Hawaii State Chair and transformed  the party into her own personal support group.  During her embarrassing rule as Governor the GOP continued to lose many valuable members and the heavy financial supporters it has aways enjoyed.  The GOP has never recovered and is shunned by many formal GOP supporters as a huge waste of money, time and effort.  Bottom line is that until the local GOP cleans house and elects new non-Lingle leadership not much will change.  So sad that we have fallen so far....


The new super sounds like another Carol Comeau , except she's a beautiful lady.


The bottom line is that we should be proud of our teachers and pay them well, but that should be in context with what the profession pays elsewhere.  Otherwise we're forcing our kids to pay for out-sized comp packages in the form of reduced school days and larger class sizes.  For the past 15-20 years teachers have renegotiated their salaries and Oregon now ranks in the top 13 states for salary alone, not including PERS and benefits (NEA). Benefits paid to Oregon teachers are in the top 10% compared to all other states.   To refer back to a deal made 15-20 years ago and ignore all of the changes made since then is disingenuous.  Teachers in 4j make 16% more than the average teacher in the state of Oregon (OSBA).  Teacher pay is also directly in line with the US average for people who are working with a Masters degree.  Let's stay more focused on current information and spend less time on deals made 20 years ago.


What will Trump do now...blame it on "the military" like he did when our Seal Team 6 soldier died in Yemen?

Let's see what the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces actually does...

This will be very telling...


Refugees are a small part of the immigration totals in Canada and have been for yrs. Half are children . Half of adults are working  within the 1st yr, considering  work and school have been disrupted for up to five yrs , it is very good outcome.  All the refugees I have met  and supported in sponsorship find it frustrating to sit in language classes   when they just want to get a job and get on with their lives.  Yet without good English they will not be able to use their skills and education . It takes a short bit of time, we all win in the end economically and as good neighbours.


This is a good experiment. If we are hoping to sustain a viable economy over the next century or so there has to be a way to redistribute incomes to ordinary people so our consumer society can continue to prosper. The existing economic model is a recipe for stagnation which shows a long term shift away from sustainable employment and toward wealth concentration in fewer and fewer hands.


The traffic on H-1 is turning into a crawl, and eventually impassable, then people will realize they have to get out their cars and use the metro. Last night, I drove from Waikiki to Wahiawa taking me 2 hours to get home. Last Saturday, the motorcycle accident on H-1 in Aiea, also delayed traffic by an hour 1 1/2. Add that to the travel time between Wahiawa and Honolulu, and you are talking about  2 hours plus to get into town. Ridership on the metro will increase once people realize the traffic on H-1 is getting worse and worse as the years go by and they are always stuck in traffic and cannot find any parking. More people using the metro will mean fewer cars on the road and freeways, and will allow those driving to have fewer cars on the roads and freeways. The people on the Leeward side need relief from the daily accidents, stalls, delays on H-1 and Moanalua/ Red Hill freeway, especially during their commutes morning, afternoon and evening. Only the metro will give us the relief.


It's abundantly clear that the government already controls you. . . like a marionette.


Tabitha Speer: "If US soldiers shoot you, it's illegal for you to shoot back, and if you do, I'll sue you."

Everybody else: "Get real."


Why always someone's daughter? What about walking downtown Toronto and see the MEN who died on construction sites and from asbestos. Don't you feel bad in Toronto when you see happy people in condos?


....saying it was necessary to restore “public trust and confidence"  So when will Trump fire himself.
Or when is congress going to start impeachment (Firing) proceedings.


Well I'll be damned.  Twenty-four hours after the initial news release ADN has now added a picture of the said perpetrator.  Bravo ADN!  Now make it your policy to add pictures of wanted individuals to all your articles, regardless of skin color.


The problem with your argument is that there's no democrat who has the slightest chance at beating Trump on the electoral college.


It also panders to the middle class, since that's where it's going to have the most meaningful impact.  (Even though the D's keep screaming that they're hurting the middle class instead.)


So, apparently a Russian is more dispensable and of less importance than an Islamic terrorist.


What a wonderful fluff piece that totally ignores reality. Water treatment plants are not removing all contaminants from the water.  Many are not in compliance with the rules.

The comments about fracking are totally naive and clearly show up the correspondents right wing bias, as usual.  Totally ignores the reality of methane leaks, safety problems, spills, ground water pollution.....


Of course they will apply HST to the sale, on top of the fed's 10% tax. Tax on tax.


Originally natives were backing Brazeau, the beefy bruiser home boy who was going to beat that privileged white boy with pretty hair. Brazeau was the Great Red Hope. Nobody took into consideration Brazeau's smoking. Tax free native cigarettes get credit for his wheezing collapse in the ring.


the buck does not stop here.. i do not know where it stops but it does not stop with me.. i have no knowledge of the buck... it is a very very stupid buck.. i have the greatest mind in the universe.. god ask me for advice...


If we went the road you're endorsing, blacks would still not have civil rights, which I'm sure you'd be fine with.


Good riddance - don't let the door hit Kurtz in the *** as you leave.  He had reached his *use by date* before he was elected.  And DiNardo would be more of the same.

Talk about re-arranging the chairs on the Titanic OR  USCCB is exhausted and morally bankrupt


Two points: (1) According to the UN' S WFP 798 million people in the world are starving. 45% of the children dies of malnutrition. The WFP tries to fight malnutrition by providing a "peanut butter based paste" high in protein, calories and nutrients which does not have to be refrigerated to the starving masses. It is effective and saved the lives of many people, in particular children. It is not organic.

(2) 75% of the poor do not buy their food -- they grow it. Teaching these poor people how to farm effectively and increase the volumes of their crops is a major challenge for conventional farmers and scientists.

I make these points because I doubt organic farmers can meet these challenges. If I'm wrong, I am open to listening.


What?  Are you the new hall monitor or just the keeper of the dictionary?


My parish has homosexuals striving to lead chaste lives. He would be welcome in my parish.


Ladies & gentlemen, for the WILLING student, you are being provided  with an excellent lesson on political selfishness. In this case, Ms. Wynne is doing everything in her power to lock in the Toronto vote. It is essential to providing her with a last desperate attempt to actually be considered for re-election. It is absolutely stunning that Toronto voters accept any of this. But ignorance and complacency are the standard in Toronto.

Meanwhile, in London Ontario, the home of Debbie 'Deadwood' Matthews, is watching the party spread as many dollars as possible to ensure her re-election. The people of northeast London are as complacent and disconnected as Torontonians, so it's no surprise that this incompetent 'leader of nothing' stays in power.

London and Toronto - YOU are to blame for Ontario's degradation. Shame on you.


George Soros for one.


You have a graduate level competence, Hillary Clinton, v just a little better than literate, Donald Trump. His grasp of world politics is ridiculously lacking. He has no, I mean no, political experience except making himself look silly with birtherism. Putin and Kim Jong-un really want Trump to be US President because Trump ("They love me, they just really love me") is so easily flattered. Trump thinks those two are just great.
There is a grading curve here, Donald Trump being favored on the low end. All he has to do is say something stupid and somewhat controversial to be given a pass. Hillary has to be really aware to sidestep and not be caught in chicanery (fact check) and be at her knowledgeable assertive best just like she was during her 11 hour interrogation by the shuffling, hat-in-hand, egg-on-their-face Benghazi committee. She's tougher by far than Trump, who is subject to the whims of his ill-temper and to his inordinate need for adoration.


Alexandra at risk of further complicating matters....I listen to podcasts and recently a couple of guys with really good liberal credentials (worked in the White House etc) said what I have been wondering about for a long time.....

The globalization of all economies ours and everyone else's is at the heart of much of the anger of our very disenchanted voters....and it's going to get worse not better and that's the dirty big "not so secret fact."....and it isint all that fixable....and this generation of low education voters looking for 1950 are not ever going to be satisfied.....AND even amongst the highly educated college and grad school folks many are going to have to dream up/create jobs....for themselves.....

And when folks really figure this out.....


I assumed that error was made on purpose. #trolling


I understand what you're getting at, but I respectfully disagree.  I think a good example is the flood of phone calls to Congressmen and Congresswomen before the first attempted vote on the AHCA.  People made their voices heard, and our representatives listened.


That is not your call, and, God willing, it never will be. A woman's decision on the disposition of her offspring is hers by right, and it is never easy. Planned Parenthood deals with reproductive information that is honest and accurate. The issue tat gets you all bent out of shape does not belong to you.


free trade with 3rd world counties like mexico that have seen the high paying jobs move there becoming about 5 dollar an hour robs has not done anything good for the usa people's growth to claim that things can never come back is nonsense


Reports of hate crimes rising across US after Trump’s election victory

http://shiapost.com/2016/11/11/reports-of-hate-crimes-rising-across-us-after-trumps-election-victory/


Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't a lot of black people vote for Trump?  I am no Trump supporter and believe the only reason he got elected was because the best the Democrats could offer was Hillary, but Trumps message resonated with a lot working people of all races.
Now I also find it disgustingly egocentric for Andra Gillespie to act as if she is speaking for all black Americans.  She isn't.


Interesting issue but I'm thinking this assessment, if there even is one, will be over in the blink of an eye.  They're talking completion in 2019 so nobody expects any issues with an environmental assessment.


"But there are many more who support him because--and we have seen these very words here--he makes "libs heads explode!!!"

You have no proof whatsoever to back up that statement.  Making it, you too are fanning the flames of hatred.


You forgot to work snowflake into your list of cliches. Careful, that sort of sloppiness can get you kicked out of the Rebel Fan Club and they will not be sending you the 12 Erotic Poses of Ezra for just $19.99.


Because nobody will hold the mayor accountable for the failures of his administration.


Apparently it also did not apply to American nuns according to the reporting an comments in this very blog a few years ago.

So, where is the problem?


Someone must have felt endangered by her earlier behavior because they called the police. And her choice to drive a car when warned not to was quite intentional. Whether it's a more or less serious crime than that of the Thurston Middle School teacher is irrelevant, her alleged behavior was nasty and cause for serious punishment. (It is actually pretty lame to mention the other crime in this story.)


Where are the US Border patrol agents?  Why are they not securing the border on their side where these illegal crossings are happening?


"It may seem petty to focus on physical appearance ...."

It is petty.


It is true the Government is seeding the clouds to control the population through airborne pathogens.  It is under a top secret program called project z xray. Beware my friends we will soon be able to control your dreams.


The concept of First Lady' basically  reached its modern status under Eleanor Roosevelt who had her own agenda.

The idea that just being married to the President is a job with duties and responsibilities has no Constitutinal justification but is conveniently funded because both major parties like it that way.

Perhaps that is another twenty or so employees who won't be needed under Trump.


I am disappointed that Climate Barbie will not pivot and is insistent on imposing a tax that could have a significant multiplier effect (I.e. applied multiple times throughout the supply chain).  The market is already moving us in the right direction without another tax.


The word eskimo means nothing but "raw meat eater" since  Capt. Cook was here.  It's a state-side Indian word for "raw-meat" eater.  It pretty much fit.  Why people are getting pissy not doesn't make any sense to me.


Keep in mind that this is a national average.  Alaskans will be hit much, much, much harder.


The face of courage and Lisa Murkowski?
I think not!


With the terrorist act in Quebec according to our PM JT, I wonder if Canada is importing the war in Syria to its soil.
It does not look very good.


The GOP will do whatever they can to get their obedient fundamentalists to vote their agenda.  The sad thing is the GOP has no agenda aside from winning.  They can't govern.


The author says "In my experience as a tenant advocate, the most frequent cause for no-cause evictions was that the landlord had decided to make cosmetic improvements to justify a rent increase." Really? Does he have facts to support this claim or is this just his limited third party experience?

Does the author own a house? I can't find an ownership that corresponds to his name. Does he own rentals or have any experience with renting a house in Lane County? Especially to "severely rent burdened" tenants?

"Landlords would give 90 days’ notice and pay moving expenses to reduce the likelihood their decision would cause their tenants to become homeless." This poorly conceived feature in HB 2004 will create more owner risk and expense, resulting in higher and more selective rents.

Is the author's encouragement for more rent control (aka "homeless protection") reasoned beyond his superficial opinions or is it just a political pitch?


Not too intelligent of a comment.


Actually it were the red states that let America down.  I mean come on.  How could anyone vote for the town butcher to perform brain surgery. This really has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative but rather intelligence and knowledge vs ignorance and plain stupidity.  Stupidity won.  Congratulations Trump supporters.


Trump supporters are, at heart, cowards controlled by their fears (and played like tools by Herr Drumpf).  As Ben Franklin noted "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" . . .  sadly in the supposed Land of the Free and Home of the Brave we have tens of millions of sheep who trip over themselves to give away freedoms as fast as they can in exchange for Big Government promising them an illusion of safety.  This is just more of the same, another mile marker on the long, sad decline of this nation that cowardice has brought us to.


Sooo, how's that swamp coming along?


I support increasing the capital gains tax for short-term holdings. If you're buying a home for the long-hold - more than 3 years - then fine. If you're flipping it then increase capital gains rate to 100% (no discount over other forms of income) . This can be done on the federal level and doesn't single out any province or asset class.


Styrofoam containers is not the problem in Hilo, it is crime. Perhaps the Mayor should focus on that.


So tens of thousands of homes are sitting, owned and empty, in Toronto?

Well, that certainly lends credibility, doesn't it, to real estate folks who have been saying all along that the massive demand for houses in Toronto nowadays is coming from young local workers with jobs in Toronto who have their young families there? I mean it all makes sense - every young family I know living with jobs in Toronto and with toddlers to feed is busy getting mortgages from the bank for twenty times their annual salary so that they can own a house to keep empty in a neighbourhood they never visit.

Sarcasm off.


<<church institutions would retain the right to employ and serve on the basis of their faith claims.>>

What precisely is the challenge to this right?


Oh that's Ok.  Like our PM, Bombardier execs suffer from moral hazard.  They can just ask for another bailout.  And Justin can just hike another tax if he's overspent on Bombardier and everything else he touches.


When the minimum wage was raised to $3.00, business complained.
When the minimum wage was raised to $4.00, business complained.
When the minimum wage was raised to $5.00, business complained.
When the minimum wage was raised to $6.00, business complained.
When the minimum wage was raised to $7.00, business complained.
Etc, etc.
From this one can only conclude that the preferred minimum wage is $0.00


So I listened to the program and carefully listened to Roth's reasoning behind his fraud claim on the system. Albiet you can take any of the statements made and actions done on the development of the plan, individualize it and put it into a certain context and of course you can make it look like the city was fraudulent in it's presentation to the people. But that does not necessarily mean that there is a level of criminal activity here that everyone is involved in. What I will say, and what I didn't hear Roth say in this piece, is whether the contractors are taking HART for a ride when putting their bids together, padding their dollar figures. Based on the fact that contractors in this town see our politicians and government as nothing better than a bunch of batcrazy's, it is small wonder why they would want to pad and insure themselves from the radical gyrations this project tone has been.


hey koolaid cultist shore, you were proven wrong PERIOD


Don't count on either of those things happening.


Canada will  do exactly what US and UK will do. All parties in the parliament agree on this mission. It may backfire if there is another reversal of government in Ukraine. The current Ukrainian government has hardly any support by the population.
The western Ukrainians clamoring for access to EU will be disapointed. There is minimal support in EU for the sanctions against Russia. This will be changing soon.
As for Donbas and Luhansk the Ukrainian government needs to decide if they want them in or out. Russia does not want them in so they will either stay in limbo or rejoin Ukraine when Minsk conditions are met. All the levers are in Russia's hands. Ukraine is fated to beg for western support.


Ahhh. You would repeat the numerous investigations that have already failed to turn up evidence of significant voter fraud.

Very wise move, and a really excellent, outstanding use of your time. Go for it!

Stephen J. Remington


Good clarification.  The debate is about whether one is in a state of grace to receive Communion.  No one is contesting the sanctity of marriage


Sounds suspiciously like a play on Toronto Blue Jays and yet another way to promote an Eastern message across the country.

Go Canada Goose!


Thank you for equating racist AA and racist BEE with apartheid. That is indeed what they are; a mere rebranding of apartheid. Both apartheid and racist BEE and racist AA were and are, by definition, the racist exclusion of those of an incorrect skin colour.

However, apartheid started dying in 1966, with Verwoerd's assassination, and was long dead by the time 1994 rolled around. How was apartheid addressed? Why, of course, by means of necklacing innocent people, riots, the Church Street bombing, civil disobedience, boycotts, sanctions etc.

While I am not, unlike the motley array of criminals, losers and terrorists who Struggled against apartheid, partial to violent means, I'd be happy to see a Struggle, using peaceful means, launched against the odious racism that BEE and AA represent.


Worse yet, it would really suck if one or more vehicles ends up in the Knik or Matanuska.


Pelosi says  "The American people deserve to see what Republicans are trying to do to their health care.", and this is coming from the woman that said: "we have to pass it to know what in it.". wow, i am sure they have a word for that.

this bill they are proposing is absolutely crud, its more of the same ole BS that they shoved down our throats with the ACA.


The Jays - rightly or wrongly - gave Edwin one offer, take it or leave it, within 48 hours of EE's qualification for free agency.

No reasonable agent would jump on the first offer, especially given the peculiar timing of it.

If you were selling your house, would you take the first offer? No, of course not.

If you're buying a car, would you work with the dealership (or person) that said, "This is the price, take it or leave it"? I highly doubt it.

Alas, this is the "new normal" in negotiations. You see it in real estate all the time now. "Bully offers" - here's my offer, there's no discussion, you have 24 hours or less to decide - are the norm, not the exception. Salary discussions are all about "This is what we're paying. If you don't like it, there's the door." Examples abound.


Justin Trudeau has himself fostered a culture of Identity Politics. He should not be surprised when this self same approach backfires on him.


Sure, exact copies can't be sold. But competing ones can be. Samsung does a fine job in competing with the iPhone for example.


"Virtue signalling" is dogwhistle for "let's carry on as long as we can and the heck with the rest of the world." A shameful attitude, given how high our per capita emissions are. And futile in the long run-renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels right now. All that is needed is integrated power grids. (Read The Economist, not The Rebel...)


Run plays are supposed to be used to set up the pass.  Running is not an offensive plan, in and of itself.  Personally, I keep wishing the Broncos would go downfield more often, but
1.  You have to have receivers that can catch and hold onto the ball
2.  You have to have a line that can protect the QB without holding
3.  You have to run in order to set that up

Therein lie the problems.  I do know that good teams throw downfield successfully several times a game.


As that one general stated, "give me more ammunition"...in regards to failed diplomacy and the cutting of the state department budget.


Sounds okay to me.


The problem is the some people still have a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of Canadian cities.  Our cities are not places for people to live, work, enjoy, do business, and interact.  Not even close.  Our cities are places for Chinese money launderers to park their black money, and for developers to grow more wealthy helping them do so.


Fikile, don't pretend to care. You have done nothing in your political existence that shows you are the selfless & servant leader our country needs. You merely talk for your political position that is all you care for and hence your efforts that put Zuma in power and allowed this destruction of our country and financial harm mainly to our poor (social grants, PRASA, transnet, arms deal...all stealing from the poor). 58 murders per day under your watch and you refer to 1652...shame on you and your narcissistic behaviour. Go to Singapore and find out how collective and selfless action is louder than words where they truly saved the poor through servant leadership


Has the Anchorage School District EVER had enough taxpayer $$?


“wacky & totally unhinged,”

Now THAT is a great description of Trump himself.  If the Loser in Chief can't be impeached then we must pray that 2020 comes quickly so we can rid ourselves of this incompetent nutbag.


Dig and leave an open grave outside of each cabin, with a sign that it is reserved for any lawyers who seek to obtain money by filing any claims or complaints.


No. There you go. I didn't smear anyone. Not like the way YOU are smearing ME.  All I implied was that service to your country is a greater service than one to your city.  And in another post I praised him highly for his service. Tell you what, keep your foot out of your mouth, you'll be easier to understand.


Better lawyer up team Trump


yep. and....


During this entire cluster f*ck of an investigation and media storm, I'm still amazed by how the average American is treated as a complete dolt. Set aside 2016, Russia has interfered in every presidential election for the last 50+ years. Most powerful nations have attempted to sway the outcome in their favor, and who wouldn't try when we're talking about the most influential country in history. Also, our own governemnt gets it's hand wet whenever a country holds elections, in hopes of a favorable outcome.

But nooo, we must act shocked that such an act has been perpetrated and question it's motives in relation to Trump's ascension to power.  The American people are treated as fools, being told where to focus their outrage and blinded to the overall geopolitical goals every nation with the means would aspire to control. I'm so very tired of this. I feel such shame, since I'm certain the media and Democrats will show none once this whole cluster f*ck goes away.


But there are strict laws surrounding these drugs, how can people still readily get such easy access to drugs?  I thought making drugs harder to get, resulted in less drug use??

For example, teenagers can easily get their hands on marijuana, yet it's totally banned and prohibited.

The right wing loves its war on drugs, the left wing loves its war on guns.  Both have and will continue to be proven as ineffective in achieving what they purport to set out to achieve.


It is the very poor and the middle class that has suffered the most from the programs of the Progressives.  The irony is that the very poor including many blacks and hispanics are the groups who in mass vote for the Democrats, Progressives, Socialists....whatever you want to call them!  The middle class thrived under Reagan and even Clinton but that reversed when Bush took office and then exponentially worsened when Obama took office.  History has shown that no matter how high you raise the minimum wage nothing really changes as the price of living just adjusts up to a higher number of dollars.  Minimum wage is not meant to give the entry level worker a standard of living out of line with their skill levels.  The success of this country is in providing OPPORTUNITY,  not end results.  Hard work is the answer to providing better results!  HARD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! When November comes, Don't vote for anyone who says he or she will provide everything in life for FREE! There is NO FREE!


Why are alllllll your post divisive in nature? Is it in your interest to perpetuate hate?

Shame on you!!!!


People these days don't have that many children unless  they plan to do one of those over populated defunct TV shows.  Correction.  Mormons.


Not even close to reality.

But then, we've come to expect that from you.


"And, of course, it is an indication that Canadians might finally be taking reconciliation seriously if we consider removing John A. Macdonald's name from schools"

Okay, we have considered it, an the answer is "No".  The Americans have kept Washington's monuments up, and his face on the dollar, despite the fact he owned slaves.  He wasn't perfect, but he did lead the creation of his country.

McDonald wasn't perfect, but he did lead the creation of our country.

There.  It's been considered.  Can we move on now?


Reminds me to send another contribution to the Alliance Defending Freedom.


Ya," ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?'" Everyone should just shut up and let her become president. So everyone, quit talking about the emails......and Benghazi.....and her illegally using a private server....oh hell, the list is so long of things we need to forget so Hillary can be president, maybe they are things we should focus on!


everyone knows you stay still until the officer reaches your window. you don't make any movements until they tell you. the officer is not guilty just following procedure. stay still if you are ever pulled over. you hunch or slouch or move cops are trained to take that as a sign of aggression or reaching for a weapon. so this was a case where the black guy got himself shot by being careless in front of police. an accident yes but a truly careless one at that.


LOL at the Lieberals immigration 'policy' .
How many irregular immigrants/refugees are they allowing in?

Jumping the queue as is being done in Quebec makes this governments policies look like the joke they are!


Trudeau is so funny....what would he care if he drives manufacturing out of Canada and puts the screws to taxpaying Canadians.

He will be done in 2019 and heading to the UN.....so he can screw other countries over as well.


Russia prefers to poison their enemies to be rid of them. Quite a history of it, in fact, and in recent times, on Putin's first watch. Remember, this guy was a KGB chief. No playing around.

US, not so much (yet).


Reminds me of my Ex.  Always complaining, nothing was ever good enough, constantly dragging me down into the same old conversations about our relationship. Some  ain't happy until they make others miserable.


Another "Gee, why doesn't the left become more centrist and court the "conservatives"" solution...no thank you.
Why doesn't the left move further left and cater to actual Americans instead of the lowest common denominator?


What does Trudeau's failure to re-engage with Iran have to do with terrorism?

Serious question.  Are you saying Iran is behind the attacks?  And even if so, shouldn't you be happy Canada hasn't re-engaged Iran yet?  Confused


Why am I having visions of Pete Kelly as Major Hochstetter? HEADS WILL ROLL.


i believe the article states that the money went to the Trudeau senoir foundation and their is an intent for a downstream donation in kind to the library.
Are you familiar with how a foundation works?
After the donation of the million  the founadation board must approve the next donation , less fees if applicable..
Its that fees etc part that can be the rub and wealth enhancer if the foundation is being navigated for personal gain
But in this case , no reason to not believe that it will be a direct donation of a $ million  in Pierres' name.
Makes everyone living feel warm and fuzzy and helps move the process along.,(or in the case of a hospital - buys you front of the line attention)
thats how it works


I hear you... but not really... what was the glue that held it all together?

Eli Manning.  A level headed QB who understood how to use the tools at hand and did just that.

Eli is not an upper tier QB... not stellar... not even great.  He's frankly just decent, but gets the ball there when it needs to be, when it needs to be there, most of the time.

That's what's so mind boggling... the Bronco's can't at least do that well with 3 years to plan.

It's an org with terrible misjudgment of QB talent.  Brock... Trevor... Paxton hasn't shown any better aptitude.

This isn't college where it's a victory when your QB makes 50% good decisions, as Vance seemed to tout as a positive.


Jake-  less government sure would be good.  It sure would be good if people and businesses were more responsible, a little more concerned with the health and well-being of their neighbors, rather than trying to pocket every dime they can.  But when your neighbor (whether a home mechanic or a petroleum refinery) dumps chemicals into the ground and destroys your water supply...then more government is called for.  And that, my friend, is the short story of more and more government.


where is the competition driving that cost down?


Anybody who has traveled shared services from Prudhoe has seen the mass exodus directly to flights outside.  The oil rig tied to the Homer dock has a 100% outside crew.  The large crew doing seismic on the peninsula is 95% from outside.  The state is paying 55% or more in tax credits to fund a bunch of jobs for outsiders.  This is the main reason I support an income tax over a sales tax.   Itinerant workers would be paying part of it.  A sales tax hits me for heat and food and everything.  I agree with Mr. Pendergrast that the Republican majority owns this current budget crisis.  There is not a fiscal conservative in the bunch.  They have one long range fiscal plan and that is to keep on spending on boondoggle projects until the permanent fund is drained dry then they will all retire to their condos on Maui with state pensions and medical for life.


One of the most pervasive myths about Trump is that he's a brilliant businessman. He isn't. It's a man that started at third base while the real estate market hit a homer, convinced himself it was his brilliance, and STILL barely managed to escape financial ruin many times, only by the deft of his bankruptcy attorneys.

Four massive bankruptcies, hundreds of lawsuits by unpaid contractors, creditors, and labor groups, his real liquid income hidden under an abyss of real estate vehicles. Strip away his daddy's cash and his army of attorneys, and you have just an angry old white man that would probably be buying up gold bullion and gold-plated commemorative coins if not for his east coast pedigree.

The only thing that stands out more than Trump's poor temperament, is his astonishing business stupidity. Especially given he started with $200 million from his old man in the 1970s (which today would be closer to $700 or $800 million), which he still managed to lose several times over.


"Trump says no politician 'treated worse' as Democrats call for probe"

Someone has questioned whether or not Mr Trump was born in the US? I must have missed it.


All right! Lets try and beat our 168% personal debt-to income ratio.

We already hold the World record in this category, but lets dream bigger, 200% here we come!


And the $180 billion debt under Harper is what then?    You guys talk about the hydro cut and moaned when the rates were high...they reduce them and of course it so going to cost in the long run...but then you belly ache there as well.

Back to Harper, by cutting the GST he added $110billion in new debt we are now paying interest on.....please describe the difference.


I’m so sorry Jack.


Not true - elected officials have minimal involvement in negotations - professionals do that.  And our trade officials are considered best in class in the world.

To your second point - obviously yes we are much wealthier due to FTA.  Some simply don't realize how much worse off we'd be without it.  But look at the massive job gains and GDP Growth we've achieved as a result.  It's not coincidence.


The self absorbed are always tooting their horns. Who really cares if you leave the party. He just sounds vindictive and like he swallowed some sour grapes... Go do something good and positive, that's all....


Physicians are slowly running out of things to tell you to avoid: eggs, saturated fats, now salt?

Salt has been blames all along for fluid retention. While not entirely wrong, no one paid attention to what really causes retention of 2-5L of water in your body: Starch and sugar.


If it's been "proven," then please provide the link.
Should be a "slam dunk."


Hey G&M, British Parliamentary politics and procedures are none of your business.
You guys sound like arrogant Americans.


Or it simply made acceptable what has smoldered in the trash piles for 50+ years.


You are lying. I have watched an extended Tlingit family beach swinging sockeye as a bear approached. The eldest spoke to one of the children who walked to the skiff and returned with an empty 5 gallon bucket and a salmon gaff. Thus equipped with a drum he walked the bear back up the beach and into the woods.


Are you saying people's addresses are not their addresses? For example, if a sex offender rents an apartment and lists that address as his address for purposes of sex offender registration, and assuming he sleeps in the apartment every night, he has not properly registered as a sex offender? Tell us more about renting properties.


We may be one of the healthiest states but there is an underlying side effect. Food and more food. So onolicious. Sugar is everywhere. From Malasada's to white rice. So nice to live here but the food can cripple you. Shucks got to moderate now. One more malasada with haupia before I start.


I see.

So making statements that are merely unsupported accusations, diwnright false, or that are meant to disparage those with whom one does not agree, is okay because "most people on here are capable of making good judgments on who to believe."

Wow.


Living in the largest village on the Tanana River other wise known as Fairbanks , they hardly fix the roads . One of the oldest roads in Alaska is a narrow 2 laner that 20 percent of our population of Fairbanks lives on called Chen Pump road and it never gets any attention . Between the parks highway and the Tony Knowles trail , I bet the state has spent in excess of a billion dollars upgrading in the last twenty years . Go Anchorage !


This closure is not necessary and is unfair. It seems this is just some arbitrary ruling for lack of anything better to do. Plenty of WDFW customers have purchased licenses to enjoy the winter fishery of surf perch, including myself. If you disagree with this closure join me in contacting the WDFW and expressing your displeasure. Thanks.


Well if your hope is less taxes for the rich I guess you have a point.


Adding to the problem is that the poor over utilize health care meaning they use it at a higher rate than other demographics. Some is lifestyle, some is culture, some is simply due to poverty (we all known living in the industrial sections of town carries health risks).

So the group least able to afford care are the ones who need/use it the most. That's a big problem that I haven't seen anyone even try to address.


"A fallacy?"

Not for Henry VIII it wasn't.


Lawsuit stands no chance of success, as others have pointed out, the seats are sold to individuals and you can't arbitrarily put somebody else in them. Why did the father not have a ticket for the toddler? Trying to save the money he spent on the ticket that the teen never used. Sorry but it's his loss if the teen left early and he had a ticket he couldn't legally use.


Why are the anonymous trolls always so negative when it come to climate or tolerance questions.  Their post drip with bile.


really, so you are creating conspiracy theories about Canadians in BC now? What level of psychosis are you at? Did your psychiatrist ask you that in 2012, or did you skip that appointment?


Quoted from another site but really sums up the situation:

"Trump's administration ends up being made up of plutocrats, right wing extremists and generals. Basically, exactly what you should have expected, unless you were stupid."

I think these guys are clogging the swamp drain.


Also, you might like this :

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/46/4c/e3/464ce3d5a30318d8c980e5ce6f09d3d9.jpg

Indian Chief ‘Two Eagles’ was asked by a white U.S. government official, “you have observed the white man for 90 years.  You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances.  You’ve seen his progress, and the damage he’s done.”

The Chief nodded in agreement.

The official continued, “Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?”

The Chief stared at the government official then replied, “When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water.  Women did all the work.  Medicine man free.  Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.”

Then the chief leaned back and smiled, “Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.”


What a wonderful young man.  He provided food for so many in his village.  This wasn't a whale hunt to kill a whale but a hunt to provide food for his family and community.  He carries on the traditions of the Elders provides for many.


Kirk is responsible for this fiasco.  Let him and the city council raise taxes and be unemployed after the next election.   That includes Ron Menor and Ikaika Anderson and Kymberly Pine.


Interesting news today out of the meetings in Brussels - the EU plans to announce the intent of usurping armies of member nations and put under EU control - just one more insecurity to lay on people in member nations.  I guess taking away border control from each country and abilities of each nation's governing bodies to make any decisions of importance wasn't enough.  Good for Britain.  They got out in the nick of time.


Interesting. I found that her concern is for a small subset of the less fortunate, specifically people who have chosen to come to Eugene and live homeless here. She is unconcerned for the many people of limited means who are harassed by these thugs as they try to walk and cycle to their (low-wage) jobs and to do their shopping. She is unconcerned about the people who are burglarized by the drug-dealing and addicted thugs; those victims usually cannot afford to secure their rented homes from intruders. I truly feel that Ms Semple will make things much worse for the majority of Eugene's less fortunate.


@ Register-Guard, putting someone's name in triple parentheses is a white-supremacist means of targeting jewish people. It is hate speech. Please remove.


No, the idea is simple, putting it to work is the hard part!


The most democratic way is to hold a referendum.


Because they're double-talking hypocrite liberals.


It’s been three years, have airlines put active pingers on pan-ocean flights?  The Aussies seemed to have sound deductive reasoning in setting the search area, some day the plane will be found and probably close to the search zone.


Who is responsible for the tens of thousands of Americans murdered, maimed, robbed, and raped (including small boys and girls) by illegal (and "legal") aliens?


Interesting proposal. Granted that the FAA's ATC modernization program leaves a bit to be desired, when the airlines were in charge of air travel security, we had 9/11 happen. There is a certain amount of wisdom in the principle of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." and "The law of unintended consequences."