If we're going to take down statues of and remove the names of famous Canadians we should head the work list with parliament hill's statue of the "famous five" whose members promoted eugenics programs. I mean we're against eugenics, right?
In fact if we are going on beliefs we'd have to remove the names of almost anyone dating from before the 20th Century and a good chunk of those from the 20th century too. Is that where we are going with this?


Hillary has a proven track record of lies since the late 80's. She's lied so much pinnochio's nose is a distant second. I'd measure it miles and miles.


Poorly designed pseudo-scientific studies that draw dubious conclusions are bad for your health. Articles written in support of those dubious studies are bad for your  health and yes, long hours are bad for your health. Long hours are bad for you health, if you are always working long hours, if you are sacrificing your mental and physical fitness, your family, friends and your community outside of work, and if your long hours are unproductive. So in other words, long hours are bad for your health.


Andree: The focus of my writing is how to make the most of every dollar. This article was intended to get people to think critically about their needs vs. their wants.

Ultimately it's your money. You can spend it all on pull tabs and Snickers bars if that's what you want. Just make sure it's what YOU want, rather than having it be the result of marketing and/or peer pressure.

Yet I do hope people won't go hog-wild without first taking care of business (debt paydown, emergency fund, needed repairs). I've interviewed lots of people who told me that no one ever taught them how to think beyond the moment. Thus they spent every dollar they earned and then some, running up massive debt for fleeting pleasures.

Heck, some couldn't even say exactly how they'd spent their money. They knew only that it was gone and that their current realities were grim.

Hoping to encourage Alaskans to think through the essentials vs. immediately indulging all their impulses. Ant vs. grasshopper.


Time to arm law enforcement with fully automatic weapons and declare open season on all looters.


Your compass needle swings wildly and needs re-calibration.


Trying to survive?

Perhaps the Washington Post wouldn't have been so shocked by President Trump's victory if they didn't constantly delude themselves. Flynn will be the National Security Advisor a week from now, a month from now and a year from now.


This is precisely the attitude that holds the sales profession back in Canada.


I'm not feeling smug about our health care system.  It's in a pretty sorry state with all the critical operation waiting lines, the lack of doctors, and the backups at the emergency rooms.  I find it pretty scary over the past few years.  We need to fix our own system before we start criticizing others.


Landslide? No. As ElRey4 pointed out, Trump did not receive a majority of the votes. What's so hard for the Trumpists to understand about that?


I don't understand why sports writers continue to state that there were high expectations going into the 2017 Major League Baseball season for the Toronto Blue Jays. The 2016 squad already showed deficiencies from the 2015 team which came up short in the American League Championships Series. We had lost Dickey, Saunders and Enarncion. No serious baseball fan thought that Bautista would return to career high stats. We knew that Travis was questionable. Tulowitzki was fragile. And left field was practically vacant going into the season. You couldn't seriously believe that the starting rotation would repeat their success from 2016. Stroman continues to be marketed as an ace pitcher, but still behaves like a child on the mound. That's not to say that he lacks talent or ambition. He clearly has both. But he isn't Halladay, Stieb or Clemens. Maybe one day. But right now he is far from it. I suspected a down season. I didn't go into the season with high expectations. Hope for sure.


We think this brutal mother did an excellent mother job of training her kids. My wife and were just as brutal. We had our kids travel from the north shore to Kitsilano for sailing lessons. We trained them on the bus before being on their own. They have grown up with a great independent attitude. We think helicoptering them is like babying them.


Agreed. My favourite claim is that Ivanka Trump is distancing herself from the Ivanka Trump brand. How on earth can she do that?


Ah, The Art of the Deflection


Everyone thinks they know more than the locals and the experts.
The Vuntut Gwichin have done an admirable job of managing the Porcupine Caribou herd over many hundreds of years, in the face of many recent challenges. The herd is a major local food source. They know what they are talking about.
The herd's calving grounds deserve protection and this is a major reason for both the wildlife refuge and Canada's adjacent national parks.
Although seismic cut lines are not an issue in this tundra region, there are two other critical considerations.  First is that exploration and development creates access to any idiot in a pickup truck and a quad. This has always been the most important consideration, based on extensive experience with both the Dalton and Dempster highways. Also, even a small spill in this ecologically sensitive permafrost area would cause long term damage.
The 1002 area is known to contain oil & gas but the risks of development are too serious to ignore.


Yeah, because their treatment of him prior to this was just classy.  Another kool-aid liberal.  MAGA.  Get used to it.


Nicky, you can't handle the truth. Both Harper and Harris were completely useless scumbags. One was the worst PM we will ever have, and the other is the worst Ontario Premier we will ever have. You can sling all the sing-song baloney you want, they were the worst.


Someone who couldn't get a long-accepted scientific fact correct is also claiming the vast majority of climate scientists are badly wrong about their field of expertise?
No, got that, thanks.


Perhaps Mbalula should read his Amilcar Cabral notes, again...

"We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may never more be exploited by imperialists not only by people with white skin, because we do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men's skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people".
Amilcar Cabral


The Indians are finding new ways to get money from a court case.   .Indians  have never been charged  for lying in these court cases .If  .proven wrong the Indians should have to pay the costs AND EXTRA TO EVERY POLICE OFFICER.


" entitled wolf haters". i would hope you could add some more drama than that.


A careful read of the Committee Report provides a lot of background to the many ways ranked ballots work, pro and con, and how they compare to what we currently use.  It's a good report in that it provides a lot of depth to the various alternatives.  It should be mandatory reading before commenting.


Despite the ducking, dodging, and obfuscation, the oil wealth continues to flow South as the peons fight over the pennies left in the state.  Walker was, is, and always will be a Republican Oil Idolator devoted to the needs of the richest people on the planet at the expense of those who actually do the work needed to maintain a functional state and populace.


I assure YOU that you DID miss a GREAT concert, all BECAUSE of your SET_IN_STONE DISLIKE of GAYS and 70 YEAR old MEN.

I fail to see the connection between enjoying the Elton John show and supporting panhandling - something I rant against regularly here.


At times the Norwegian Grid runs entirely on wind power, with the surplus being used to pump up hydro dams. Energy companies in Colorado had such a positive experience with Wind Power that they are going beyond the minimum levels mandated by Government.

Why do the Kock bros feel so threatened by solar power that they pull funding from any Tea Party Group that wants to do away with regulations restricting home owners from generating their own power?

https://climatecrocks.com/2013/08/12/the-koch-brothers-worst-nightmare-a-green-tea-coalition/

http://treealerts.org/region/north-america/2013/08/green-tea-coalition-shows-green-energy-can-trump-partisan-politics/

https://safeenergy.org/2014/04/30/koch-brothers-take-on-renewables/


It's the same old world, it's just that the radical left are trying to tear it apart.


In short, Mr. Saunders argues Canada before 1967 - yucky.  Post 1967 - perfects.  Given the shibboleths he attests in all his articles, I find his conclusions doubtful.  Certainly, it's fine certain things changed (i.e. racism, and Canadians were undergoing a sea-change in many attitudes in the fifties, I may point out) - but Canada wasn't a wasteland before.

He also exaggerates to make his points.  Race/country of origin restrictions on immigration were dropped in 1962, by Diefenbaker (whom he paints as a primeval boogeyman) and Ellen Fairclough, the Immigration Minister (first woman to be a cabinet minister).

On divorce he's on stronger grounds, Parliament never passed a Divorce Act, leaving divorce to be different by province according to whatever English law was at the time it was "received" in the area.  In Quebec and Newfoundland, divorce literally required an Act of Parliament.  Trudeau the Elder, IMHO, wisely, in effect, adapted the Nova Scotia divorce laws countrywide.


Rioting leftist antifa thugs are morally superior to right wing thugs.

No wonder these idiots lost.


"If you think sports followers are intelligensia then you are wrong".

Hmmm, interesting comment considering you repeatedly post here.


Why are you comparing the overall issue to the needs of a specific population? Across the entire country, Seattle currently has the least amount of total housing stock available. Second lowest available housing stock? Eugene. This drives up home & rental prices for everybody in the area, and it hits those with the fewest resources the hardest.


It is my pleasure to help you further your education of American constitutional history.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."
— George Mason, in Debates in Virginia Convention on
 Ratification of the Constitution, Elliot, Vol. 3, June 16, 1788


Keep digging and you shall get your just rewards ...


Should have been $19,500,000,000,000.00 debt.  The deficit for this year is only $544,000,000,000.00 in a year when the economy is doing okay.


Is there a plausible reason why two of the four anchors are to be located in Toronto? One of the problems of the current National is that examples of phenomena that occur throughout the country are disproportionately Torontonian. There are brilliant surgeons,
disappointed athletes, ambitious politicians, insensitive social workers, etc., in many places. Why not have Ms. Arsenault keep flying until she gets to Halifax or St. John's?


Don't stop there!  Please enlighten us as to what "the real solutions are".


Are you a trained lawyer? Have you spent time on a senior Bench in Canada? Mr Rowe meets the requirements.


There is no requirement for "a license and register the weapon" in the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.   None whatsoever.  Please note the "must issue a license" language from the US Supreme Court.

District of Columbia vs. Heller "The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense."

 "Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home."

Chicago v McDonald
"A City ordinance provides that “[n]o person shall . . . possess . . . any firearm unless such person is the
holder of a valid registration certificate for such firearm.” The Code then prohibits registration of most handguns, thus effectively banning handgun possession by almost all private citizens who reside in the City."

This was found unconstitutional.


Comet!


Perhaps those that bought his books were not Trump supporters and yet they have to "pay" as it were for his beliefs. There are a great many in the States as well as Canada who never read a book, so they as they say, could care less. The problem with a so-called principled stand is your net is so wide,,  you catch people who are actually on your side, which makes your stand meaningless. By the way we are still waiting for all those American celebrities who were moving to Canada if Trump won.


There is a difference between free market/freedoms, and chaos.  Trudeau stupidly supported legalization for the sole goal of garnering votes amongst the young.  He has done nothing except delay for further study since being elected.  He is throwing out the bone once again to make it an issue for the next election, as it will not happen in his present mandate.  He is getting the message that there is roadblocks with this issue. Brain growth impairment, being one of them, is not hysterics as it is medically proven and backed by solid science Liberals, and you, appear to espouse when convenient.


The opening paragraph of this letter is interesting. The letter writer opens by making a claim to special status due to age and state residency then makes an obviously false claim that "there is no difference among people of different races, genders and religions,"--the very statement is a contradiction. I would hope Mr. Granas was trying to say that despite differences among people everyone should be equal before the law. But that's not what he said. Worse yet, he makes the ridiculous claim that every person could choose to be themselves (untrue, ask any gay person over the age of 65) and then implies that someone has "shoved something in his face" although he doesn't say who or what. "We all got along fine" he claims which I translate as we all got along fine so long as minorities stayed in their place. Your tranquility is going to be disturbed Mr. Granas because the youth aren't going to stay in their racially designated places any longer.


This could definitely backfire. Congratulations Donald, you got elected against all odds. Now, don't touch anything.


Way to make it about the poor, persecuted christians. You're the REAL hero, Skip.


Definitely, before this December ramaphosa need to exit from ANC and Dlamini Zuma should take charge of the party.


There are many mysteries surrounding OHA and their misuse of public money.


I'll bet legislation to set-up a single payer system in California will get some attention from politicians in Washington.


Dermot Cole, why panic?  The state has over $8 Billion in savings, this money is in place to save the day, should Alaska panic or use the savings?

Many feel the state should use part of the $ 8 Billion in the constitutional Budget Reserve and leave the Permanent Fund alone and stop all these knee jerk reactions to this market manipulation by Saudi Arabia!

The oil companies gave this money to the state as a rainy day fund, it is raining!!

The Saudis  plan of attack is working, just look at this foolish HB 247!!

The staged panic will cause bad decisions, that is what they count on!  Saudi Arabia wants everyone and Alaska to shut down or slow oil production!

This is why the young Saudi Prince Salman flooded the oil markets with a glut to gut Alaska and other foolish producers that fall prey to a old trick!

HB 247 will devastate the state!


Isn't that what I said 5 hours ago?


"the answer: meaningful reform of democratic institutions, etc"
I agree, but just who is going to do that? None of the traditional parties , nor the MSM, have been paying attention to what has been brewing over the last decade. Their answer to all this is more lecturing, and more articles telling everyone how they should think. The answer to populism is to be aware of the discontent and develop policies to answer it. And neither the mainstream parties nor the mainstream media are willing to do what is, after all, their job.
Trump is awful. He may well be fascist.  But history is not repeating itself because  the people are stupid, or xenophobic, or uneducated, or male, or white. It is repeating itself because the politicians and the media are not responding to the needs and concerns of the people.


This owner came to the U.S. undocumented. built his American Dream and lives a lavish live him and his family  by cheating the ones that help him built his dream. he really thinks that he is some kind of big shot than can avoid rules and break laws and treat employees as his slaves while he keeps buying properties. Show them the door.


Were it only true!


The U.S national debt is 19 trillion + dollars.  That translates into about $165,00.00 per taxpayer.   The U.S. can't afford to continue this.  It sound like Germany has finally realized the reality of the situation,  as other would do well to do.


Exactly.  Solar cannot provide enough heat to run the device.  It depends on nuclear decay.


I would love to see more train service in Colorado. I just like trains.

Use whatever excuse necessary


Of course alcohol isn’t responsible for rape. Rapists are responsible for rape, just as muggers are responsible for mugging you if you walk down a dark alley in a dicey part of town at 4 a.m. But if you could do something to reduce the risk of getting mugged, wouldn’t you?

This powerful, and easily understood analysis should be taped on the mirror of everybody to read as they check their face before heading out for a night of drinking.


WTF????????????????


Bingo.


Better than a snow board instructor who 's mind is stuck in the land of unicorns ad rinbows


Food stamps and unemployment are the Progressive way.  Trump is America's and our last chance to save liberal western democracies.  One party leftist dictatorship is the goal of Progessives everywhere.


And this:
http://68.media.tumblr.com/84828d40c225f7f942e1a333ad0130ae/tumblr_opxl3qNJZd1w2bdzmo4_500.gif


Fixed income is simply a investment classification based primarily on how you earn a return.

Seniority and placement on the balance sheet of debt and equity issues from an accounting or bankruptcy point of view is an entirely different matter.

Preferred shares are often considered to be fixed income or a proxy for fixed income for the simple reason that up until the last 5 - 10 years most issues paid a fixed dividend.  Further, historically most issues were cumulative and had relatively firm terms as to when the issue would be redeemed.  i.e. very bond like.

In my opinion most new preferred issues have given up the bond like qualities that made them attractive in the first place.


Suggest you move to the US - ASAP. Your hero will happily welcome one more of the poorly educated he loves to death!


Fine and dandy, we all agree we are a nation of immigrants. Bottom line is in today's world, refugee seekers need to be thoroughly vetted refugees! Anything less is pure stupidity.
The executive order is TEMPORARY so that vetting process can be set, which has been NONEXISTENT with the Obama regime over the past 8 years. Pres Trump is now correcting the stupidity of the last administration! You protesters need to get a life and learn how to ski, or something else to get your head out of the darkness!


I keep wondering why this column exists, myself!


Oh nooooo!  The GOP is retiring?  Take the "clown-car" with you!


You are twisting not only what I wrote about Sacred Church teaching, or you are pretending to be obtuse. Not sure which. Your own theology is so muddled by the influence of  arrogant "theologians" who have in all likelihood lost their own faith and  write tons of books that everyone laps up because of their credentials, and their rot just spreads further and further.

It is obvious from your comment above that you have no clue that having a road map- authority and guidance (what you call certainty) and faith go together. You disparage Christ by thinking he would have been a "divine mind reader with an automatic feed" in order to do anything?   What arrogant terminology!
YES, He had divine power while on earth! Why is that so hard to believe? When was the last time you read the Gospels and not some dissenting  critique of them?


They are a weird bunch. Years ago I was pulled over by two officers going to Dorval (now PET) airport because I crossed a single solid line trying to avoid a stopped car on the shoulder. One officer spoke to me at the driver's side and the other stood at the rear passenger side window with her hands on her hips ready to draw her gun if any trouble. I was driving a rental car and wearing a tie and from Ontario. I rec'd a $200 ticket but went to court and it was dismissed after I explained the issue. Judge kinda' rolled his eyes and also asked if I wanted the case to be in English or French. I was impressed w him but not the two yahoo officers.


Because the article is about a 'prison gang'? Are you seeing Nazis and klansmen behind every tree?


Just so we're all on the same page, Richard W. Browne was regurgitating a right-wing joke in that article. It's easily found online. All his version does is add a second use of "his college records" in a typo that's on both Mr. Browne and whoever actually confirms Opinion pieces are ready to be published.


Would you like to clarify your veiled innuendo?


"Let me guess. You're a baby boomer."

Let me set you straight; I'm not.


Can anyone confirm for me whether the PM still has a picture of Mauril Belanger on his desk at the PMO?  He had a selfie taken of him with this picture in his office shortly after Belanger's death.  The memory fades for most Canadians of the guy who tinkered with the National Anthem.  The Liberals would change passages of the Bible had they the opportunity.  Anyway, getting back to the picture, I strongly suspect this was a propaganda shoot by his personal photographer.  Was this photoshoot paid for by the taxpayer?


Give it up DUFFY! You knew from day one what you thought you could get away with, hide, embellish, and just screw the ultimate taxpayer for your gross expenses. You were guilty then , your are guilty now and will always be a damn crook!!


From another source:
"the man was removed a second time — in a stretcher."


I appreciate the sentiment of a new and conscientious legislative body ; however , until the lobbyists are removed completely the peddling will continue . Legislators are hired by the people for the people .


Plenty of spin, lots of hope, no substance. Trump continues to defy conventional logic, but that doesn't mean he's not going down like the Titanic. Face it, he won't be President by the time the 2018 elections roll around.


Lots of ETF companies and discount brokerages advertise on here.  There is your real conflict of interest.  I have heard does take money from such firms to write about them on his personal site.  Speaking of fee disclosure, he should disclose all of those arrangements.


Even in New Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Toronto.


Since once again kids are used as political props, we should see some coverage of kids in Alaska who can tell us what they will not be getting as their money is set aside for oil tax credits, bloated salaries and pensions and other perks created back when Alaska was oil rich. Those kids also have something to say.


proof please


I walked through it about a month ago, yes the tree is still there, but all the character of the place, tacky or not, is gone. Now it's just another concrete mall with a tree in the middle. But don't go by me, I'm not a fan of Waikiki.


No conceal carry, eh?


I don't get it - why point/wave a fake gun at cops?  What is the purpose of it - do they actually think the cops are going to put their guns down and back off and let them escape?  Or is it a method of committing/instigating 'suicide by cop' because they don't want to go to/return to prison?

Or - {a hypothesis just to pi** off the cop embracers} - perhaps because pellet guns are untraceable as to who bought them, they are an easy plant after a shooting?  8^}

Gotta say, though - quick research shows that this particular pellet gun does look realistic and threatening ... and they are sold at Walmart.  Was this what he shoplifted?


Blue tarps. They’re cheap. Anchor points could be the pineapple on a stick, that guy holding a book and the food carts. Use sticks (free) to prop it up. Problem solved!


Manifort was hired to navigate the Republican nomination process. When Manifort's personal business dealings with a Russian supported very corrupt Ukranian regime became known and the presidential campaign was down 17% in the national polls, he was asked to resign. It will be interesting to see what Mueller has on Manifort and Kelly. I suspect it will be for failure to register as an agent of a foreign power and money laundering. Once the charges are filed and he has something to show for the tens of millions spent I expect that Mueller will conclude his special investigation.


https://youtu.be/cKUaqFzZLxU  -says the ever piquant George Carlin.

A future for humanity -depends- on the elite's failure, or else it's https://youtu.be/u2ycDWywGls    , and back to the Dark Ages...

The world is in insane hands right now... Hope for a soft landing.


You mean Like Disraeli of the U.K. In the 1800's ?


“This is absolute proof that SNAP will smear whomever they feel like at any time they feel like it.”
It is not necessary for anyone to try to smear anyone in CI (Catholic Institution) clergies.
Start from Pope F. all CI clergies already proofed that they hide and condone clergy raping children all over the world and they still promote and stand by the clergy rapist.
People are giving up on CI clergies now.  It used to have a few hundred posts on the Accountability articles.
To think CI clergies rape Christ immanent in children!!!
CI should have some shame on the state of criminal & d*vilish immoral corrupt sex abuse culture!


Let's start the change with Alaska's congressional delegation and wipe the R slate clean.  Democrats and Independents get out there and fight for our state.  The time is ripe.


The words "Hillary" and "Qualified" are oxymorons.  Only morons use those words in the same sentence.


You're welcome.  I figured right-wingers here weren't bright enough to find it on their own. ;-)


So if a restaurant owner puts up a sign saying "No Blacks Allowed", you're a-ok with that? Because that is the logical end of what you're saying.


Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand,  Denmark and Switzerland may have earned the right to lecture others about democracy.

The editorial board of "Canada's National newspaper" certainly haven't.


We Independents watch through different colored glasses, which are neither Red nor Blue.  We have different biases.  And much more varied ones.


The Liberals have no issue with paying $10.5 million tax free to someone (and their lawyers) who has fought for the enemy and has done things likely to have caused the death and injury of our own and allied soldiers while using Canada as a base. But they have a real issue with someone who distributes dividends (from a company he/she built) to family members all the while employing other Canadians in meaningful work. My god!!! What is the world coming to???? Canada just can not stand for these fair share hogging types. It is just not Canadian. That money belongs to the government so they can dole it out to their friends not the idiot who made it.


I legally immigrated in 93' i am a U.S. citizen. I am a welding inspector here in Washington State. I'm on and off the peninsula quite often doing inspections for the state and private industry from the coast through Port Angeles to Port Townsend, and call Seattle my home. I'm no troll, and I am genuine.


Spot on Jack...."Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”


Just so everyone knows what they are talking about, there are two components to what businesses in Portland pay.  The city business license fee and the county's business income tax.  They are a percentage on GROSS sales, so they are, in effect a gross receipts tax.  They put Portland at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to opening businesses when compared with Clackamas and Washington counties.  We successfully lobbied for a reduction in the city's portion of that a decade ago when I was serving on the Small Business Advisory Council.

I am pretty sure Wheeler negotiated in reduction in the county's portion when he was chair.


Blame the NDP for the rough economy because of the oil prices? you should be holding your anger against the former Conservative government that squandered hundreds of billions of dollars when pil was $150.00 a barrel. Where did all that money go? thise are the ones that should be feeling the wrath of the public but hey lets blame the party that has been in power for two years and inherited the current oil price and the recession. how manynyears were the torries in power by the way?


keep overwhelming Canadian society with large numbers of conservative muslims and other minorities that are expect and demand power at every level of society upon their arrival and you have a recipe for social unrest


What the Globalist and Bankers desire is more consumers, more debt and more chaos. Doug every week has written instructions writing about the beauty of Islam, massive immigration or the benefits of free trade. Odd time he will write about the enemies of the Globalist (Putin) Hungary and lately Poland.
This paper is turning into a modern version of Pravda.


I wonder what other secrets are hiding under her big Texas hair?


I still believe you should change your moniker to "The Stalker" or better yet, "Moe Rahn"


"The Russian collusion is conspiracy nonsense. If their was REAL evidence of it...it would have leaked by now."

Any US intelligence agency with sound evidence that the president is compromised by a foreign power, is duty-bound to make that information known to all America's elected representatives, and in turn the public. (And if the agency doesn't do it, then leaky lips will do it for them.)

At the moment, the rumours of Trump's Russian ties are no more credible than the rumours that Barrack Obama wasn't born in the USA.


Today on TV I watched a program called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" which sought to provide backdrop for his rise to power. The piece used archival footage of people who were young at the time and one particularly articulate woman stated that she voted for Hitler because she had seen such pitiful poverty in the slums of Berlin during the early years of the Depression and she thought Hitler was the only person to bring them out of their economic malaise. I was struck by that.

I was also struck by how mild Hitler's language was compared to Trump's even during his rantings at the Nuremburg rallies. He talked about the importance of the German people finding their inner strength to pull themselves up. Who wouldn't warm to that kind of talk? Trump is in another league altogether. Hitler may have not have told Germans he planned to round up Jews but Trump is already telling us he'll round up Mexicans and prevent Muslims from entry. And people are still behind him! We were warned.


Gary, that's not your problem.

The point is that the single mom has a choice.  If her kid can attend Iolani, I'm sure she'll find a way.  Iolani can probably help her there.


These announcements are very well timed it seems. As if they were waiting to see where this legislative session was going in terms of oil tax credits and all the other hullamara that the house and the governor have splayed. I give Tammie Wilson credit for doing her homework and exposing the outrageous Alaskan govt sucking noise that is still at the door. It seems like there is no money they will not consider spending. It's completely unreal to believe that anything they do or say will have any impact at all on fighting for the states economic future. It's truly sad.


regardless America is still the strongest nation in the whole world, other nations look to America for leadership and direction and we because what we are because of capitalism, not socialism.  sure there are some socialistic countries but they are small and do not have any leadership in the global world.  the live in their own world and not worry or care about the welfare of all countries.  the reason for this - socialism, the people become complacent, lazy, no incentive to excel beyond what they have, they are not world leaders, trade leaders, etc.  we want  a country where people are energized to be great, to achieve and show leadership.  can't have people ask, where is my $100 allotment so I can buy food?  a capitalistic society spurs people to greatness, make progress in science, medicine and technology, hence making our lives better.  sorry but I don't like lazy people who only want everything given to them.  my parents taught me otherwise.


From what I'm told by an insider the Toronto developers run the city  and use John Tory as a puppet


"Canadians" have nothing to do with the costs or conditions associated with KXL.

That concern belongs with TransCanada.

Unless you are a shareholder, it is no concern of yours.


what about the root cause?


Well, we're doing a little stay-cation at HHV and we had three beautiful days of sun and ocean.


That's the problem right there; your dictionary tells you that patriarchy is about men keeping women down while experience and research tell some of us that patriarchy is a social system that benefits heterosexual men in the main. Our cultures, religions, family norms etc. are all steeped in patriarchy; and I am sure that you will agree with me that both men and women participate in these institutions that form the foundation of patriarchy. The reason I am concerned with your line of argument is because it is no different from the spurious notion that every white person under the sun contributes to the subjugation of black people and is therefore a racist. We can acknowledge patriarchy without painting (all) men as monsters just as we can acknowledge racism without labelling (all) white people as racist.


My thoughts.  Raise the hotel tax by 2%, not 1%.  No extension of the GET.  Plenty of well off visitors to Hawaii who won't complain a bit.  Only visitors that might are ones coming here on a shoestring but those visitors don't contribute much to our economy. Everyone here complains of how overcrowded Waikiki is.  This will cull out the spenders from the non-spenders.   Cater to the well off as other countries do.


Gutmacher more or less bears this out.


They are not legalizing weed, they are legalizing Liberal crony corporate weed.


Way too many holding penalties and failures on third down. If that keeps up, it's gonna be a very long season for the Broncos, no matter who ends up starting at QB.


But the Donald has expanded the swamp ten fold.  lol


Hi Dennis,

You're absolutely right about the smear campaign. I meant, all other things being equal (and obviously having been First Lady, a senator, and  secretary of state is quite distinctive), Hillary is no more dissimulating, corrupt, opportunistic or cynical than a typical pol. She was certainly targeted for being a Democrat married to Bill Clinton, but I think much of the animus toward Hillary is plain old sexism as well. Hillary was a pioneer, especially coming after First Ladies like the catatonic Nancy Reagan and wholly conventional Barbara Bush. One reason I voted for Hillary in the primary was out of disgust with the decades-long character assassination campaign against her. So unfair.

I do think Elizabeth Warren is to to the left of Hillary, more forthright, and far more credible as a critic and reformer of Wall Street. Also, Hillary's term is going to be hellish. We can expect more of the same from the incorrigible GOP, only worse.


Every day is a sad at Fox News.


I think some of the commenters here should take off the Trump caps and don white hoods in his  honor...This is not a SPORTS issue. These are real American citizens trying to survive in a new Trump America. Sooooo sad. Great article!!


Yet another futile attempt to force self-contained RVs into stupidly-expensive run-down RV parks, but all that happens is people drive straight past and take their business to towns that are happy to see them.


Punk @ss!!!


Marijuana is not  hallucinogenic.


Most intelligent people dodge stupid questions.


@Ernie Ha! Good point, calling many "Third-World" is an insult to the Third-World.


if you actually staged the "crime" in order to claim insurance proceeds then you are not a victim.  But if there are many missing items then it is pretty obvious your possessions are missing.
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One of the biggest challenges with sex assault is that it often is not visible to an observer and therefore relies on people telling the truth.   Not all people are as truthful as we might wish to assume.


I have a solution for you. Send a check to Juneau for the amount that will make your guilt go away.


Well said!!


Housing and Canada makes me sick. Way to force people into giant mortgages to inflate the economy Poloz / Carney. Just paying more for the exact same asset as before. No extra value. Building costs have not risen. In fact there are millions of unemployed men who can be employed to build the ingredients that go into a home. It's simply land that has bubbled and that is because it hasn't had a recession to make it go back down. If we don't let demand fall for three or four years at least, than why is anyone going to discount their land to sell it? 66% of Canadian homes sales are in BC and Ontario - so Toronto and Van are not just 'two' cities. They are 2/3 of Canada's real estate market. Canada and Australia sell out their kids and they should sue the government for damages. It costs hundreds of thousands to emigrate to other countries or cities, which are thousands of kilometers apart in Canada. The federal and provincial government should be sued it will cost trillions.


Good, this guy and his company are a joke anyways. DaVita needs to be cut off from Medicare reimbursements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ


I just want to know about the $20,000.  You big time Ni'ele yeah?


Erdogan has slowly been transforming Turkey into a right wing Islamic dictatorship, but for better or worse, seems to have the support of much of the population. He just convinciblely won an election. This is a huge setback for democracy in Turkey. Sad.


There isn't really a difference at all really, except socialist programs people like they defend, and then ones they don't like they call Soviet-style communism. Every one of these things I mentioned have been targets of the anti "big-government" crowd, and every one of them redistributes wealth in some way. Every one of them could have been left to capitalism, but we had the foresight to know capitalism wouldn't solve the problem. That is how societies work, we realize that we are all better off with public education, research, and infrastructure. Many of us feel we would be better off if everyone could get the medical help they need when they need it.

Article 1, section 8 of our constitution gives Congress the power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the United States." General welfare. That means redistribute wealth and invest in the future. Sometimes it works really well.


Ditto re his comment "Syria is now a client state of Russia". This isn't exactly Breaking News,
the Russians have had a naval base in Syria since 1971 and Syria and Russia have had a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation since 1980.


"that Bill"...you must be referencing   Slick Willie!


This needs to be kept in the forefront, especially when she comes up for re-election or any subsequent elected position that she may seek. Unfortunately, she's not up for re-election this November.


Mitch Buchannon.  So if you were "introduced" to Pirate online you are claiming that you would knowingly and willingly agree to spend time with him in bush Alaska?  If not so why?


Loser..........Trumpism. Seems in most elections the one with the most votes win.


Where do you think the support for funding for science comes from? Not cash hungry business people, but those who are interested in bettering humanity.


Audits only work when the problems found are fixed. Sad to say as we have seen for decades, audits of city and state government find willful and massive problems, years later nothing has been done.

The utter and willful incompetence of city/state government is incredible.


Osama bin Laden used lunatics, crashing jet planes into the World Trade Center, to create chaos in the U.S.

Putin showed much greater finesse, using hackers to put the Trump in the White House.

Stephen J. Remington


Who?


I do not think so.Hassan Jabareen, Advocate | Founder of Adalah and General Director, Director of the Civil and Political Rights Unit.Does not sound like ethical Israeli


Monsanto and Dow never really stopped making or promoting the use of Agent Orange and its many poisonous cousins. They just moved their chemical killing from war zones to farms.


There is also the related issue of PEACEKEEPING
Justin promised to go back to the Golden Myth of Canada as the world's peacekeeper
we are still waiting
Mali was considered
but too messy for delicate and sunny Justin
another lying promise from Justin


what are you even talking about?


I thought we were passed all this but it might make sense to institute some kind of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy in parliament for elected officials there who either cant or wont play nicely with others with whom they disagree


Eye in the Sky did a good job of showing the competing considerations that ought to determine any military action, those of a civilian government and its political (national and international) concerns, the moral questions of how much collateral damage is appropriate given the opportunities to prevent much larger scale damage, and those of the military who are charged with defending us at the same time that they are restricted by their civilian masters (hopefully).  I am not sure what Middleton wants, but I and others who joined me in the screening we watched, were riveted by the competing needs to act and to hesitate.  Quite possibly increasing the percentage of non-white characters might contribute to a better movie, but I am not clear how; perhaps Middleton would like us to see the perspective of those plotting the suicide bombings and the social and religious underpinnings of their motives to act.


Putting an additional manufacturing tax on top of everything actually makes us more competitive. Seems like a statement you'd hear from a lawyer trained in human rights and socisl justice.


No one cares about crazy ~ http://www.noonecaresaboutcrazypeople.com/2016/12/07/something-is-misbegotten-in-the-state-of-oregon/


We dont have supply problem really. We are building two houses for every new person. We indeed even build more number of houses than England. Yet our realtors pretend that we have lack of houses......One simple stats. Number of houses in canada 13 million and howmany families including with children, without children, single families is 9.5 million. Yet we have more houses now....We are building almost 200 k new houses every year...Our population growth including the immigration is merely one percent. If you exclude the immigration, we dont have any growth at all....Yet we pretend that we dont have any house here. Our realtors like to sell 600 square feet condo for 500k as if we dont have any land in canada.....NO SUPPLY PROBLEM....only speculation....All the vancouver speculators jumped to gta after bc enacted foreign speculators tax. Now they may be up to ten percent....It surely will impact...Do we need rent control? Yes we do..Why? labor laws are against companies. dont we need?


Quebecers, like Europeans, are "nice" about this because it is enforced there.


The answer is obvious.


Bigots typically spew their sarcasm when other people are wrongfully prosecuted or held in prison longer than the judge ordered, Kyle Craig.  Go get so psycho therapy or just quit visiting this site.  I'm really sick and tired of your bigoted comments.


I couldn't help but think of this last night when a bi-racial little girl showed up on my door step wearing a long blond wig over her dark hair and an Elsa costume.  I wonder if her mother was worried about appropriating Nordic culture?


So, you worked at sixty+/- hours (minimum) a week. For how long? Five years? Because, if you were indebted to the tune of $50,000 at 11% interest, I don't know how you'd live even with that many hours of work and make payments. And, even if you are superman, does the fact one guy can do it mean we want that for our society at large? NO other developed country puts banks ahead of its future leaders, NONE. Do you work in banking, now?
I don't understand your argument: it's okay to make higher ed a business? Make as much as you can from a captive clientele? And it is misleading to claim your situation was the same: tuition has not kept pace with any measure of inflation: it's four, five, six times as much. Why do you intentionally mislead, AAS?
And "unprecedented?" Yes, hell yes. When do you think tuition has increased by these amounts before, for goodness' sake? I'm not attacking you, I'm attacking your misleading and erroneous claims.


Another boondoggle by a foreign country to get the American and Alaska government to build them a road so they can rob the Alaskan resources.
How much of this the state have to put up with? Americans should build a road especially at a time in Alaska when we are laying off people and have big time budget problems. This too smells like a smokescreen to take the attention off of Pebble where still another Canadian company wants to dig and take out more Alaskan gold and resources. Is Alaska and it's people so stupid that they aren't getting the picture. Do we initiate taxes so that we can pay for this robbery?


Measure 98 doesn't ask voters for money, it's the voters instructing that we want to prioritize our graduation rate problem by allocating a small portion of the budget -- it amounts to about $150 million a year. And it comes from dollars the state has forecast for the upcoming 2-year budget cycle. M98 is not asking voters to open their pocketbooks.


More Russian state actors posting on our boards

OR are you a Trump supporter?

Not much difference these days


http://www.factcheck.org/2008/01/crooked-claims-about-clinton/

The video reminds us of various "documentaries" that proliferated in the early years of Bill Clinton's presidency. "The Mena Coverup," "The Clinton Chronicles" and others accused Clinton of a range of illegal and unethical acts. Like many – we daresay most – of those, this video contains a lot of false, unproven and misleading material. And what it leaves out is often more important than what it tells us.

Paul was a thrice-convicted felon at the time, a fact that wasn't known to the Clintons or aides who were working to set up the gala, according to a lawyer for the Clintons. ("It was missed" by vetters for the campaign, he told us.) In the late 1970s, Paul was convicted of conspiring to defraud the Cuban government of $8.75 million by selling it a nonexistent shipload of coffee beans, and of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He served about 40 months in prison.


Obviously, the only way to separate ourselves from the socialist, taxing hoards that are invading Canuckistan is to join with the US.  Salute, President Trump.


I would take what Mark \Coleridge says with a grain of salt.
His reputation as a narcissist cleric himself  points back to the Australian Newspaper  *The  Age Anglican Ire  at Catholic Bishop's  Abusive Email and judge for yourself, he just didn't count on it being published and you learn more about a person when caught off gurard.


Sad.


I don't really worry about the overall portfolio value but that my monthly income from dividends and interest keeps increasing (up 14% over first 4 months of this year compared to last year).  Just have a diverse selection of dividend paying stocks with some debentures or preferred share thrown in.  When the market goes way down, it is just a good opportunity to buy!


Thank you


A major principle of communications is that what the speaker intends is far less important than what the listener receives. Regardless of what Trump intends (or not - he may just be clueless), If China sees the phone call as a provocation it is a provocation.

As to the "status quo", wasn't Trump elected to upset the status quo?


Watch and weep Wavemaker. Obamas legacy will be nonexistent after Feb 2016.
Besides all the damage he completed in his two terms, it will be like he was never even President.      This will be especially painfull for you I'm sure!....


Where did you get the numbers for 51% and 60%.

This is the closest I could come.

http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-2013-2/

I don't trust the bias likely to follow a site call jihadwatch.org.   (which had those titles in the headline, but referenced Pew)


cmck,
You forgot about the so-called Snohomish Carnegie Educational Center boondoggle where Karen Guzak and her partner Warner Blake want the city taxpayers and water and sewer ratepayers to waste $5.1 million to refurbish the interior of a 4,000 s.f. 1910 building.  That's spending $1275 per SQUARE FOOT.
And that doesn't include the value of land.
This boondoggle ranks up there with the county courthouse fiasco.  $1275 per s.f. is "Taj Mahal" prices.  Only one example of city hall extravagance and wasteful spending we've seen the last 15 years in Snohomish!


Bazil---thanks for the letter...I feel your pain and frustration too. Too much power politics maybe, or perhaps they are saying this but we don't have access to their words...I suspect this is true for some... Without exception the pope has been clear and, while I'm not a Catholic, he seems to be consistent. We don't ask much of our leaders...and when they share their concerns, politics and power intercede. We do hear loud and clear from a few about a few things, but there isn't a morally consistent lesson....yes I would love to see a convocation of leaders condemn war, violence, hate, murder...but I fear they are preaching to the choir. The underworld is still there, louder and clearer.
So please, keep reminding us...we need the help! Ryan


As is so evident in these civil comments when there is no valid argument against the point of the comments all that is left is to criticize the punctuation
See not one period or question mark anyone can do it if you try
It is a good way to test your opinion


The article was fine in substance, but I cringed at the word "rebranding" in the title.  Several weeks ago the Diocesian Vicar for New Vocations the Priesthood visited to encourage more young men to consider the priesthood.  Our pastor said he was here to "market" the priesthood.  That word also alarmed me.  I am quite concerned at the idea everything in the world should be thought of in corporate terms, it's a very impoverished way to look at pretty much anything except an actual business corporation.


Oh dear, let them travel, have good food, cocktails, maybe a round of golf  and some adult entertainment.  After all it is good for business. This years hidden fund is $95,000.  Next year it will be $99,000.  Why bother with a few numbers and such small annual incremental increases.  Have them appropriate $500,00 thousand and not worry about minor details for a few years.  Be done with it.  That sounds fair.  What does CB suggest?  Menor, Fukunaga, Kobayashi and Manahan are off to Seattle to study homelessness. So much to learn, so little time. This should be an annual trip.


Fake new alert!!!

Bush didn't create that recession. It's causes can be laid squarely at the feet of the previous Clinton administration. Clinton relaxed banking and mortgage lending laws specifically with the aim of making it possible for people who would not qualify for a mortgage, to get mortgages. Everything else followed from that.


Your faith is weak Bill G.   I will pray to Gaia that you are struck down by a heavenly heat wave on a walk to Damascus and have a conversion to anthropogenic global warming.


I feel that the audit would show corruption within the states Government collective and should holt all rail activity until the audit is done why make the people suffer paying for rail if corruption is a problem in the government system raising taxes is not a good idea just scrap the rail system and cut losses and move on we all new that this rail was a bad idea thanks to mr mufi and the rest of his constituents for pushing rail onto hawaii they got paid already that's why the state doesn't want to audit


Unlike you I've already read everything you've posted.  Reason I know this is because had you done so, you WOULDN'T have posted 'em out of embarrassment.  I know where the Alley Cat Allies website is too, Boy-Roy.  For now, I'll just expose the one for the cat-nutters' favorite fraudulent TNR veterinarian J. K. Levi, DVM.  In her 2003 University of Central Florida study, she claimed a 66% reduction of her subject population.  Now pay attention, Boy-Roy--here's why you shouldn't stop reading at the abstract (assuming you got that far):

47% of Levi's supposed reduction were feral kittens adopted-out to local households--i.e. she foisted 'em on people hoping they wouldn't just re-dump them as soon as she turned her back.  Problem is this doesn't demonstrate the efficacy of TNR, and only does a poor job of demonstrating efficacy of adoption because there was no follow-up.

(CONTINUED BELOW)...


I'm sorry your Russian conspiracy theory has crumbled.

Who are you going to blame next for your pathetic loss?

Here is the list of the myriad of pathetic Dem excuses for Hillary's loss, SO FAR-

James Comey, Russia, sexism, the Electoral system, Wikileaks, right wing media, mainstream media, Democrat Party, DNC, voter suppression, misogyny, Citizens United, Netflix, Facebook, white supremacists, Bernie Sanders, suburban women, fake news, bad polling, low info voters, stupid Americans, deplorables...

It's way past time to take a long hard look at your own party, put on your big boy pants, and accept your loss like a man.


btaim, when you take a photo, do you just sit there with your hands clasped? Most people will depending on what the photo represents do the "arms around the friends" thing.
I've had women who've had their hands around my waist and due to movement or rearrangement of the people in the picture have had my okole touched. Does that mean I need to go back and file for assault charges on theses people?


Amen!


I was at Walmart this evening and was tempted by a "Canada True North Strong and Free" tee shirt ......until I saw that it was made in Bangladesh.


So many of you referred to Peyton Manning as a "rent a quarterback".  I bet you wish you had him now as you did when you called him that.  Manning owned the Broncos as a Colt (10-2) record, took the Broncos to two super bowls and won one, and is the best thing the Broncos have had since Elway.


Yup....everything (especially health insurance if you have a preexisting condition).


Agency heads testified under oath they had "moderate" to "high" confidence that the DNC servers were hacked by Russia. (Notice the language...WMD anyone?)   Not one American agency actually looked at the DNC servers.   Fact.    No evidence was ever offered.  Fact.    So please stop spreading fake news.


Once again you prove you don't know what your talking about . Garbage collector's have to have a CDL . To get a CDL you have to pass a written and driving test. There's no way to pass those without an education which is needed to pay the written test . Oh , and you also have to pass a medical test and random drug tests --which would eliminate perhaps 75 percent of young people in today's society .  Having an education opens the doors of life to everyone. Crying wolf every year like the NEA and ASD does by passing out layoff's they KNOW aren't going to happen is dishonest to taxpayers and those getting the notices .The Dispatch working hand in hand with the NEA and ASD to create this false narrative every year like clockwork is shameful.  You can only cry wolf so many times before people stop believing you.  Watch for this same thing to happen next spring.  The only difference may be that the Dispatch may not be around to help the unions and democrats next spring---if we are lucky .


Each man (or, theoretically, at least) woman who becomes President bring with him/her a lifetime of experience, a worldview, a set of knowledge and wisdom, and a set of values.  The Office of President doesn't "erase" the persona of the occupant, it reflects it.

You reference to "Trump the man rather than Trump the President" is wholly illogical. The very problem with "Trump the President" is he is, in fact, "Trump the Man."  As I have often suggested, IMO, Trump the Man, as reflected in every facet of his life, meets the qualifications of a sociopath.  He is now President and, guess what, his actions continue to be consistent with those of Trump the (sociopathic) Man.  It would be foolish to expect anything else.

 It is a cliche', (most cliche's have a large element of turth. that's why they're cliche's) but the best predictor of FUTURE behavior is PAST behavior.  Look at Trump's long and infamous personal, business and now political life. (cont)


I have no doubt Quebec will always remain part of Canada. They have been well taken care of. British Columbia on the other hand I would not be so sure about.


"Teachers only care about themselves."  That is one of the biggest lies I have ever heard!  Many educators have been using their own money to purchase supplies for their students and chose their careers to help build our country.  As classroom size increases and children's needs along with it (behavioral problems, lack of proper nutrition & housing, neglect, abuse, etc.) teaching becomes more and more difficult.  Teachers are one of the least appreciated professions.  Let's look at administrator's pay and benefits, NOT the teachers.


Even though  the old witch will still lead Germany, I am happy she did lose some seats as did the SPD, under the EU demagogue Martin Schulz.
Way to go AfD, the only real alternative, finally in the Bundestag !


That is no consolation since the Republicans are set to pass an entire slew of laws that are as destructive as they are unAmerican.  If Trump does deport eleven people, are you going to perform their labor that is vital to our national economy?


You have answered your own question. The British never ruled Japan or China. If you want to compare India, do so with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burma, Yemen, Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa.

And you forgot to mention that the world's largest steel company (Arcelormittal) is owned by an Indian named Laxmi Mittal.


The point was that something you posted was not quite accurate: 2/3 as opposed to 3/5. We've all done it a time or two.
What does detract from your post if not your argument, is the venom. Kentucky Derby? Really? That's injecting a lot of horse poop into the discussion.


What changes has Trump made, Kabooby?  Do you have some inside information he's going to do anything he promised to do in order to get elected?


Not to mention that he also attacked the guy.


That is true.  First thing that occurred to me when I first read this story.   Will he kill people next?

He and his friends should be given mental evaluations.  If their mental problems are not dealt with now, the result could be much worse when they are eventually set free.


I don't happen to have a copy of a 1950s era Gun Digest handy.  Perhaps you could provide a link so I can peruse through one.

What am I going to find in one?  You're saying there were no semi-autos on the market during this time?


Raise_in-Chugiak:  ..." We lived through 8 years of Socialism, you will be just fine with 8 years of Conservatism."

Trump is a conservative? Better check on that assumption.  With Trump in office, most Americans do not feel safer, and for many citizens...getting health care taken away by the current president...The USA certainly does not feel great.


If GPS is allowed using the portable units so long as it is programmed before driving, sounds fine.  But what does the law say.  Are portable units totally banned?  or not.  From the description, it is not clear that portable units can be used at all.


How is this "manufactured?" He doesn't deny saying it.
What's manufactured is the establishment GOP outrage. They knew who he was, but they have been embracing backward rubes for so long, now, that the rubes have taken over.
Embrace him! Be proud of what he represents: Racism, women-as-property, and tax cuts for the rich!
Don't worry, Blues. Trump will be whipped by Clinton, but there will be more elections, and there's no shortage of angry old white blow-hards for candidates.


If it's comparable to bus service, for every dollar paid by a rider, someone else (employers) has to kick in $5 just to cover the cost of the ride.


what a racist! Nice to see you are still here in KKKascadia! Racism is an overt sign of ignorance.


"I'll be there for you."
Trump has made a similar pledge to a wife or two, or three. His pledges mean nothing.


My soul has no empathy for greed and gluttony.  As Mr. Daws, the banker in Mary Poppins said to the boy wanting to feed the birds, "What do have? Fat birds."   These greedy birds got what they deserved.


Your question is right back on the same illogical track. I have no idea where you grew up, where you went to school etc. but I'm certainly glad I didn't have that misfortune


It's not even religious garb. Nowhere in the Koran are women instructed to wear the veil. It's a cultural thing from Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, masquerading as religion. And feminist author Phyllis Chesler states that in many cases they wear it because their men demand it. Women may publicly say it's their choice, but according to Chesler they make this statement to avoid domestic violence.


We need a quick solution for those who ask asylum in the US and then do the same in Canada.  Also, there is certainly a way not to let people to cross the border where they want. Somega Europe countries demonstrated it.


NCR.  Has interest in dialogue with Muslims (which is fine), but apparently zero interest in dialogue with conservative Catholics.   Something is wrong with this picture.


Lose, not loose.


Never mind Trump. The Americans will do well over the next 4 years. Canadians need to be concerned about this Liberal government. M-103 is likely the first step towards approving Sharia law in Canada.


Roy Anthony must be a paid snowflake.  He is such a flake, he even "likes" his own comments.


Hi, Dunny.  Days late getting back to you but better late than never...

Re: "Widespread condemnation by Muslims..."  Well, on this page we have lots of snorts and sneers about our leader(s) doing that sort of knee-jerk "It's expected" reaction to mayhem in our midst.

 I'd like to read/see/hear stuff about Muslims on a continual basis. That's part of what I believe Khan is saying. Her community is mostly silent. What are they REALLY thinking, feeling, doing? Are these folks joining Rotary? Are they volunteering in their (wider) communities? They keep a really low profile.  That's OK--lots of us do.  But when our ethnicity/religion is under scrutiny--even suspicion--as it is in this case, the people under the microscopeneed to show and tell. Continuously. Do we hear a radio feature, "Inside the Neighbourhood Mosque"?  Nope. Do we see public service TV spots about "Islam In Canada!"  Nope.  Even get profiles of Home Hardware folks, for Pete's sake. Where's "Hi there! I'm Asif Akram."


Google Yulin Dog Festival and tell me where in Canada it is acceptable to skin an animal alive before eating it.


Not awesome, but at least the Broncos are deep in pass rushers.


But US - Chinese imports are better than Canadian - Chinese imports.


IT will never be done as there will never be enough "qualified" applicants to fill the positions. And No Refunds on unspent tax dollars either.


Just another benefit of Canada's equalisation  scheme.


Best news since Prince Trudeau started his intership!


HPD reports that much of the violence is directed at native Hawaiians who are loathed for what is perceived as a phony history perpetuated by Hawaiians.  There is an ethnic and racial component to this.   ride the bus a lot and you might be surprised at what Micronesians are saying about the history of Hawaiian slave ownership and the stealing of land in Hawaiin invasions of these islands hundreds of years ago.


More thoughtless destruction by the GOP.  Instead of slowly torturing the ACA to death by cutting out vital parts of it, they should just repeal the whole thing. The people who voted for Trump need to feel the consequences of their stupidity.
What constructive things has Trump accomplished so far?  ZERO. All he and conservatives know how to do is tear down. They're rabid animals leaving death and destruction in their wake. Who in this country feels truly hopeful?


If the shoe had been on the other foot, we can be sure that the Democrats would be poo-pooing the whole idea of voter fraud. Their answer would be  "We won!  You lost, get over it"    And  of course,  they'd still oppose investigating for fraud, but just for different reasons. They truly are a party with something to hide.  They cry that Russia hacked the election but don't want anyone  to investigate? Are they worried what might turn up in a real  investigation?   That's like accusing someone of stealing your car and when the cops show up, you tell them, "Never mind, I don't care. Don't bother, I wanted a new one anyway...ha, ha'


I sure won't watch these leftists disrespect America.  Too bad, I used to like the broncos.


Where do you get all this silly info, Ms. Zuyus?


In the meantime, I am allowed to have purchase several litres of flammable duty free alcohol delivered to my plane seat and I allowed to purchase souvenir lighters in the same airport before boarding !


Yes, Mychal Judge was a good pastoral person - but so are/were thousands upon thousands of others.  Agreed, Mychal was killed in the World Trade Center attack while assisting others - so were hundreds of others, especially dedicated members of the NYPD and NYFD.  True, Mychal was gay - so what.  Let's put an end to the current canonization craze and all agree that November 1st is the appropriate day to celebrate Mychal and the millions of others who have been good and faithful servants of God.


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…charlie still doing his best to convince himself he hasn't been played.
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Mr. Johnson--As of 2010 some 70% of firefighters in America were volunteers.  That has nothing to do with this conversation.

Everyone should be concerned with the plight of people whose medical costs are out of control.  We should focus on solving their problem, not creating one for the 85% of people who currently have private health insurance.


I am greatly concerned as to why the Pope never responded to Burke's several questions.  He, the Pope, is impressed with dialogue so why not answer Burke's questions.  Dialogue with him.


Totally agree, that way the people will have healthy lungs as they freeze to death in the dark.


Nice unprovable conspiracy theory there sparky.  The problem is that at least Clinton AND Obama respect our veterans and soldiers.  Trump does not.  Period.  He doesn't understand public service at ANY level, much less the real sacrifices by our military.


"The House’s plan also restructured the open-ended funding of Medicaid to a per-capita cap scheme, where states receive a capped amount of funding each year per enrollee, and could choose to receive the funding up front in block grants. That Medicaid restructuring increased yearly funding by the medical Consumer Price Index plus 1 percent, a measure designed to keep per-capita caps roughly in line with inflation in the industry, but one that would also underfund Medicaid over time, leading to a growing gap between the number of patients who would be eligible under current guidelines, and the funds available to pay for their care.
Several independent analyses have concluded that this funding structure would lead to large-scale shortfalls in every state, which would need to be closed by reducing enrollment or benefits, and cutting capacity to respond to disasters and public-health crises. Those affected most would be poor children, people with mental-health issues, and disabled people."


And this from the father of the progressive sexual revolution!  lol


That reminds me of my first winter here, when I told some old, crusty sourdough it was going to snow that night.  He had a few choice words for me after he found out that I'd only lived here 6 months or so.  Anyway, there was a foot of snow the next morning!


Nets mr. chicken.


We already have more than enough political pork barrels - e.g. Western Economic Diversification, Atlantic Opportunities, etc.  Surely there is enough loose cash in those to fund the PM's pet projects.


How can anyone consider such a volatile commodity as currency?


these judges are only appointed, so they can be removed.
Get them out before you have another 9/11. Now call this
uncivil. If it's uncivil in any ones thinking then they are
terrorists.
  Of course the globe has not the stones to censor so they
now want the poster to do it for them. They are still
responsible, even that way.


The type of long term sexual exploitation Evans practiced doesn't often result in murder of the victim. Do the math: he abused her for seven years.
The murder/abuse crimes are usually single or serial incidents...grab the kid, do the deed, kill the kid...move on to the next one if you're not caught.


Exactly. Trump exhibits most of the traits of fascism: He asserts that the Fatherland has lost its former glory and is under attack from within and from without. He scapegoats racial, ethnic and religious minorities. He proposes to keep people out and throw people out based on ethnic and religious considerations. He taps into fear and stokes hate. He mocks the disabled, attacks minorities and ridicules women. He offers not so much a program or a policy, but simply himself, the Great White Savior. He shows little understanding of how democratic institutions work and he demonstrates no inclination to work within them.
But the United States in 2016 is not Germany in the 1930s.  Our institutions are stronger, our democracy more secure. We will survive the Trump presidency, but given his contempt for our system and institutions of government, and his corruption, incompetence and instability, the Trump presidency will be the most serious test of constitutional government since the Civil War.


I'll even further your education on slavery. Anthony Johnson was the first Slave owner in British America (yes before the USA). Anthony went to court and won to keep John Casor as property for life. Thereby allowing / starting slavery in America.

Did I mention Anthony Johnson was black??? And so was John Casor...? Hmmmm didn't see that on CNN


Hay good going jack ass. It's Jonny come latelys like your self that can't appreciate a place for what it is.
So you have to share it with everyone else instead of keeping the majesty of the place for those who would find it on there own. And actually deserve it.
Good job ****hole.
Hope I don't see you up there.


Careful now, you might get flack from the Invisible Pink Unicorn folks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Pink_Unicorn
--
May her holy hooves never be shod.


Most kids have the same view of our current president as their parents, what they see and hear on our local news TV stations, what they witness in politically motivated news casts, politically motivated teachers and university professors, etc.

So, it is what it is...a lot of our kids grow up as clones of their parents and will voice their parents thinking that is pounded into their heads by daily dinner conversations...left or right rhetoric.  There is nothing that Mililani teachers can do...maybe some of them try to be neutral, but, their true beliefs will show up in what they use a teaching tools and their own interjections into their discussions with their students.

Discussing stuff like race, Charlottesville, DACA, immigration issues, our presidents character, etc. is dangerous because no one can truely remain neutral.


Wall is unlikely to get re-elected.


It is NK and US problem, not much to do with Chinese. American as a back stabber need to ask themselves why no one wants to get involved.


It takes much more than one (1) percent of revenue to maintain the brick and mortar stores. Is your editor working?


You're right: maybe Karmen Willis, the teenager shot while trespassing on Ludwig's commune, actually committed suicide. Or maybe the RCMP shot her.

So for the record, do you believe Ludwig bombed AEC sites, or not?

"jump to conclusions" : how pathetic


"As Confederate relics fall, one is memorialized at black church"
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-confederate-relics-fall-one-is-memorialized-at-black-church/ar-AArClPO?li=BBnbfcL

How on earth do we square this?


A brief attempt at sanity as the nation implodes into totalitarian dictatorship orchestrated and operated by the Republican Terrorist Traitor Party ruling all branches of government.  Der Fuehrer and his SS will soon close all borders and install a Military Dictatorship approved and certified by CONgress and the Supreme Court - All based on "national security".  How simple history repeats itself transferred from the European Continent to the North American.  Time for a Revolution NOW!


The xenophobic movement, on the other hand, has a clear leader in Kellie Leitch.
------------------

only 5 years ago Leftists did not know this big word "xenophobic"

today they fling it at everyone


@Greenleaf2 I don't think middleman said the climate isn't changing, which would be ludicrous since the climate has been changing from warm to cold and back again throughout history.
The question is whether today's changes are really different from the previous cycles due to human activity and the answer is still we don't know.


I like his energy.  I like what he had to say.  It seemed like Helfrich could only communicate with short choppy sentences.  Maybe Taggart will hold his players accountable before they get in trouble.


Not in most of the Church, only where the Eucharist is treated as a performance art.


Using the CBR fund first is the way to.  When it is gone then do the cuts and start an income tax.


Fact #2. The 'civilized nation poisoning this group of people' is the native peoples' poisoning themselves with alcohol from the village store, one of which is operated by Bethel Native Corp. Unless you don't want to call Alaska Natives 'civilized'. I suppose then you could try blaming the alcohol issues, now rearing their ugly head(s), on 'da ebul White Debbul', where it seems to land far too often. In fact, the blame is squarely on those who are drinking and the owners/operators of the stores, both of which are apparently native owned or operated by, and employ large numbers of native peoples.

It's no surprise that the 'legal' stores are now operating as a staging ground for alcohol-fueled disruptions and violence. This was warned about, and ignored, by people in Bethel who wanted to drink and to hell with the surrounding areas. Big noise was made about how 'Bethel was maturing' and 'prohibition was lifting'. Now we get to see the results.


Dude, you gotta pay the girl!


Jesus died for all sinners and if homosexuality is a sin, they must be included.My views might be different than other Christians although I do not think homosexuality is natural, but for me to be heterosexual does not make me a judge on right or wrong. However the Bible says it is a sin, but what I know from God is that he has a lot of mercy for sinners. The Israelite's could for instance not eat certain foods like camel or pork. Pork because of what pigs eat and quick decay.Camels because they gave hair for clothing and transport over the dessert.Unfortunately a lot of diseases  can spread through homosexuality and that might be a reason to be called a sin.Christians generally believe that God will punish you if you sin.God do not micro manage us as we all have a free will to do what we like.If we skip a traffic light, chances are good that we would be involved in an accident.That is natural law kicking in and not God.All sins in the Bible involves are things that hurt other people.


Again as the family states this dog was to be trained sometime in the future - they hoped.


No they aren't "efficient". An internal combustion engine is, at best, 25% efficient. It's just been a cheaper fuel. Google it.
 Yes there is a "footprint" to manufacture PV and EV's, but the pollution they remove, far exceeds the one one required to create them. Google that too.
 Renewables won't replace petroleum. It'll be needed for manufacturing for a long time to come.
But renewables are quickly overtaking fossil fuels cost wise.
 Go to youtube and watch Tony Seba's presentation on the "Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation.


The names of the agents in the foto should be included.
By the way, scrutinize your notices from IRS, especially this year. An H&R Block accountant told me that she's never seen such gross errors by IRS.
Too many 'lifers' in gubmut service are sub-dominant weaklings, but wannabe bullies, who zealously push the  public around -- & are always protected by the govt. Think of Ruby Ridge, other abuses.
We need to minimize govt. power.
Hopefully Trump & Company will simplify the tax codes & minimize exemptions for everybody.


an uneducated response. yes, much of Canadian tv blows, but much of American tv blows.


A thing or two, or twenty or .......etc. Ever since the CIA was excluded from "working on American soil" - they've just been quieter about it


Nor should it.

And the same applies to any participation by Lane County.

It should not be Lane County taxpayers' job to bail out the stupidity of the Eugene Mayor, councilors and  City Manager.

Nor the taxpayers who keep re-electing them.


Goodbye Notley!


Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.


You must be new around here.  No subject can be discussed in the Trump Era without "squabbling over which party did what," especially when the underlying message is that Trump exists because of ignorance.


Waterfront, I gave you "thumbs up", but the CHRT would support discrimination against whites.


All very true - bets comment of the day.


What is typical deflection is pretending "more laws" is the answer. We have countless laws on the books now, prohibiting everything from assault to murder, from theft to vandalism, from adultery to sodomy, regulating alcohol to drugs, and more laws and regulations directed at guns than a person can count.  None of those do one whit of good at stopping someone who is intent on disregarding it. They only come into play after the fact. I challenge you to name a single law that will be widely complied with and will control what it is meant to do if someone is inclined to disregard it.


Of course, a writer living on the Hobbema reserve can attend the University of Alberta gratis, totally funded by the federal government, take a BA in Creative Writing, and publish his or her own books about the tribal history and directly rebut these aging white writers with a competitive product in the marketplace. It's not like academic positions, writing, and publishing fiction involving reserve life are restricted to only those two writers in the province.


Really?  Harper was roundly despised in the First Nations communities.  But nice try at the make-believe.


Are to talking of an actual army of of a Filipino army?


Interesting, where can I find this information?


Social engineering would be great, if it worked.  How would people buy their food without fossil fuel for cultivation, and transporting?  Maybe we could turn Eugene into a third world "village", and we could live like stone-age animals who "hunt-and-gather".


"Go ahead, Fact Check This Fact!" -- ZekeSevrin

OK .

My ratings: "Chicken Little 'Sky is falling'," "Breathless Hyperventilation" and "False equivalency"

-- Paul


Then why are they getting paid?


How's the service quality? Declining, I bet.


Move to Texas if you like the death penalty.  I'm sure Texas won't disappoint you, Jacobson.


We have been had by our own PM Trudeau and he cannot lay this at Mr. Harper's door.


For once I agree with most of what you say, and sweet that it so nicely supports what I said above.

When it took down the Hussein regime, the US didn't destroy a Sunni government. They destroyed a Ba'athist government, which happened to have many Sunnis in it. (The Saudis hate Ba'athists almost as much as they hate Shi-ites.) Having parachuted democracy into Iraq, the USA has no choice but to work with the Shi-ite controlled government of Iraq, which in turn is aligned with Iran. Given its 'druthers the US would much prefer that Sunnis ran Iraq. Second best is that the US can use the Sunnis to keep the Iraqi Shi-ites from acting in total concert with Iran.

IMO, if Islamic State hadn't turned so extremist the US would've happily let them remain in NE Iraq and push the Syrian government into the Mediterranean. But IS turned to extremism, attacking the Kurds and European allies as well. It took a long time, but eventually the US had to act against them.


Pure BS.  Provide the evidence or take your lies elsewhere.


I got a great tree in my yard that could support the weight of that guy in the hat. Love to see what the Ravens have for supper.


Leave the west county money in west county for profit bisunesses instead of east county not for profits.

Where does everybody think the vast majority of hotels and motels are?

East county gets a free county fair out of it too.

Sometimes the truth hurts.


Yeah, my ex could ruin a good venison steak every time...lol residential bucks are plentiful for sure.


He met with Obama right before the ruling.  He graduated in the same class as Obama.  He is no doubt under the influence of Obama's "Deep State" and a puppet in this drama.  Obama used Hawaii. Hell, Obama couldn't not move out of Hawaii fast enough when it was time to start his career.  He became a Chicagoan, remember?  He wanted nothing to do with Hawaii.  Unless and until it suits his manipulation.  Pathetic, Hawaii, pathetic.  May it be undone quickly, and may this misguided judge be out of work very soon.


There is no question that a poll of "Teen Vogue" readers would come up with an answer for the hints "Justin" and "Canada" in a survey.....


Local stakeholders? To dig around in Alaska anymore, we gotta be called Local Shareholders first! No middle person, just plain direct shareholders. The state of Alaska can do it....I wanna be a direct shareholder of Tech Cominco Red Dog Mine, do away with the middle man.


Newflash Richnk.....Germans have been buying GM's for DECADES.  GM has owned Opel since 1931.
Now who is "only a fool"?


And it also connected KBay with Pearl


There is one group missing from the list.
How much do people trust the current criminal gangs shooting it out for control of the trade.


Couldn't agree more. The cons have been laying the groundwork for this divisiveness and un-American attitudes for YEARS and YEARS with their fake news platforms, ever since Ronnie Raygun's crew dismantled the Fairness Doctrine. Before that, they were consigned to John Bircher pamphlets and the like.

This president* didn't create this situation; he's the most obvious symptom of the disease, though. He even looks like and acts like the typical Faux consumer - even down to the same age of that demo.


Best wishes to this young man and his dreams.


So what really takes place there?  It is a place where one can adopt a pet.  We have adopted multiple dogs from there over the years.  I don't believe they put down many dogs at least that was the case back when we first adopted.  Cats though are a different matter there are just far too many of them.  What is the solution if you don't put them down?  Probably can't build enough cages fast enough to house them all.


It took a few years for some folks to use seatbelts back in the day, but they eventually bought in.


I so agree with the pseudo-friendly, more like fake friendly. It's a myth. Wish perpetuating it would stop because it is just not true.


Macron likes to sleep with high school drama teachers. Jughead might get more than he bargained for.


Nice writing.


I believe that it (with respect to the grammar in the German language and the use of grammer 'articles') was Mark Twain who remarked with astonishment that a turnip had "sex," but a young lady does not.


If they were treated as slaves why would you stay?  When you work for a company are you a slave?


As a T2  I was told that alcohol lowered your sugar #s. I confirmed that by reading what the associations said about it. I came away thinking moderation is paramount so it's one glass of red wine every night.We searched for wine with the lowest sugar content and hit on one with a 2 rating. LOL, it's from Chile and less than 9 bucks, works too this am I was 4.5


I just LOVE LOVE LOVE that Paul Seaton was returned to Juneau from the Homer area.  That must have frothed up your usual cup of lye on November 9th.  Ha ha ha ha.  Senior citizen property tax exemptions are on their way out Kathy and Pete Zuyus.  Then you'll have to pay for services like the rest of the great unwashed.


Boyd you have been told time and time again in the civil comments that "dope" is not weed. Dope is heroin, crack, meth... Your lack to even evolve over the smallest thing such as a words meaning says so much about you. Your intolerance- i imagine shows no limits.


and that's important to you why?   lol

what say you about the letter?  gba


Every time I eat at ChkChk, I bring my own Chik-Fil-A and sit at one of the picnic tables that are actually clean.

Bring a UV light with you when visiting ChkChk, they don't exactly follow strict table vs chair vs other random cleaning chemical and rag isolation..


It humbles me to read of someone who faced such adversity in life and did not give up hope. I cannot fathom what it would be like to become paralyzed from the shoulders down at the tender age of 12. At any age, for that matter.


What do people hate about these safe drug consumption sites? That saving these people from overdosing or being abused on the street while vulnerable is ethical and compassionate? That providing them with clean needles and keeping dirty needles off the streets reduces our tax-dollars being used to pay for their high medical bills and HIV treatments? That it keeps their drug use indoors and away from the eyes of our children? Or maybe that it encourages them to meet with professionals and get help for their addictions? Honestly, these safe sites benefit everyone.


Property crime has a lower priority with both the PD and the DA.  Doh!


It is a true shame that Trudeau and crew are so quick to give away millions to foreign nations, while consistently turning their backs on Canadians right here at home. What about some support for the veterans? Liberals were happy to collect taxes from them. How about giving them support in return?

Liberals, once again, disgust me.

Vote Conservative.


So 9,616 dying by firearm is still okay in your book?  Cars are a vital part of our society and a hell of a lot safer than they used to be back in the day, I don't think the same case can be pled for guns.


Politics is always about "real reasons" and "publicly stated reasons".  Nixon was impeached (supposedly) for deleting white house tapes.  The real reason was probably because of the "Kent State Massacre".  Though he wasn't directly responsible, the public associated him with the event since his military policies were the underlying cause of the event.


No, what's "absurd" is your ludicrous estimation that the profoundly meaningful and singular life and ministry of God's son, Jesus Christ is equivalent to empty Pagan festivities which celebrate a chocolate-bearing rabbit and a fat man who flies a reindeer-powered sleigh. Uneducated thinking such as yours is what's leading the Western world into decline.


These lunatics are now out in the open since Trumps election. Trump people will try to tell you crimes are committed mainly by Hispanics so lets deport them. Well what do you have to say boutguys like this?


My Dad's garage?  Nevah had one car 'cause nevah evah had room.  Get too much boxes, tools, and stuffs since small kid times stored so tightly that only get room for the lizards chasing cockroaches.  An ever boundless Twilight Zone..a truly wondrous place, especially to discover dad and "preparedness."  Mom's twilight zone?...her purse of course.


Lord... what an embarrassment. Impeach this imposter before he gets us nuked!


Trump -----> Making a game show out of Washington

What a complete idiot.


Charity is to be given voluntarily, from the heart, not by and from the coercive power of an all-powerful government.


At present the Liberals are leaderless and would have a difficult time forming an effective government even if that opportunity had presented itself.  With Dr. Plecas in the Speakers chair, it seems likely that the NDP will govern with the support of the Greens for four years.

Will the NDP continue to govern with the hubris of smug self-righteousness ideologues just like they have in the past?

Probably.  Four years of NDP damage - like cancelling major projects across BC, taking on 3 or 4 billion debt by assuming the costs of bridges that now have no tolls - as they have done in only 3 months, will be enough to convince the voters that the NDP are a recipe for economic disaster.

At least they now have sufficient rope to hang themselves.


That's pretty darn stark, Shane.

So, by the time my son hits adulthood where he *might* get a program at a university where there's more male professors than female, he'll have endured 18 years of a system where he's overwhelmingly likely to have a female teacher in his prime formative years (84%) and quite likely to have had a female teacher in High School (59%).  Given that we've measured repeated marking bias and disciplinary bias in female teachers in favour of female students, and have a growing body of evidence showing that boys and girls learn very differently, and female teachers preference female modes of learning ... why would this make anyone with a son happy?

What role does having this heavy of a sex bias in early teaching play in the fact we're graduating considerably more female university students than male, these days?


This has really turned in to a circus !!! This people are getting "PAID" good money and they can't even put a grocery list together . Such a shame our representatives are so incompetent.


I heard Alex Anthopolous on the Fan590 last week before the start of the World Series. The Dodgers are heavy into Trackman ( velocity, tons of metrics).
They know exactly the spin rates of every pitcher they send out and what their batters face. What I’m saying is that the third time a Dodger pitcher faces an Astro, the Astro hitter knows what’s coming.
You saw last night why Kershaw was roughed up. Keep him out there longer to get thoroughly annihilated?
The game has changed marketedly in the playoffs. Try and keep up.


"Scott Stirrett is founder and executive director of Venture for Canada, a not-for-profit that connects top Canadian university graduates to work at startups."

Looks like the author created his own job.


I don't think anyone is saying that daycare should be 'regulated for all'. If subsidized daycare came about, you would still be able to use the neighbourhood model if you liked.


You got that backwards Bubba!


Arpaio did not properly investigate over 400 sexual assault cases, with many involving children.  Why did Joe protect rapists and pedophiles?  How can Trump call him a Patriot?  This is grotesque.  America has failed yet again.


Thank goodness Gabbard listened to her constituents and not these two rich guys from out of town.


I laugh when I hear them call the Albertan PCs "socialists". These guys are so clueless.


Being minority elected makes you a significant asterisk.


The Grifter and Liar in Chief showed during the campaign that he was ignorant. And the ignorants elected him! And now, every time he opens his mouth, he proves it. Brace yourselves for a very, very rough ride.


But it's now not a ban, it's extreme vetting....lol, from an orange extremist.  Spicer foisted by his own petard was funny to watch.


I am truly encouraged by the article, especially the bit about the left wing vote being divided and the PCs being the net beneficiary. The time for fluff, appearance and extreme ideology is over; nice while it lasted. As a minority from South Asia and a professional who has had to earn every cent without Government handouts I have seen how the Canadian political parties over the past 40 years have been vying with each other to "re-distribute" wealth, i.e., take money from the private sector and give to the public sector and various other grievance bearers. I dont give a damn about turbans/kirpans/niqabs etc; I am more concerned about the policies of the wearer of these garments. I wish the mindless followers of these "charismatic" leaders would do the same.


That conclusion only makes sense if one is so homophobic that they attribute all evil to homosexuality.  The comment to which I responded involved the physical abuse of children by men including Benedict 16's brother.  Being unable to understand one should not abuse a child is a demonstration of a lack of basic morality.  Converting the discussion to an attack on a group of people is a demonstration of bigotry.  And an excellent reminder of the value of the mute feature.


Isn't it strange how that works with the Repubes too?


That would be good. I wouldn't mind if my own properties declined in value. But it would create some investment opportunities too.


Like EVERY OTHER ecumenical council, Vatican II is magisterial.  Paul said that the emphasis of the council was pastoral, but, as every true Catholic knows, Vatican II's teachings are fully part of the magisterium.

You don't like some of what Vatican II taught. Too bad. It remains the official teachings of the Catholic Church.


How much do you "Know" about schizophrenics ? And nowhere did I say "all" did I ? If you would back off the stereotyping you might see just a little bit of wisdom in what I am saying. And any time the government has a monopoly on anything (like Mental Illness) I am immediately suspect of it. You suspect a lot of things about me, and evidently others, but you are not clairvoyant and most certainly not as wise that you have convinced yourself you are.


Having dealt with many tyranical fed govt agencies that really do nothing but say no and pass continous red tape regulations I would suggest starting with the Dept of Interior-all of it- BLM, US Parks service, Forest service, then the EPA and USACE. Don't fire them, let them struggle with not being able to make a living like they have done to the private sector trying to develop resources. Let them quit and try to go get a job in the real world.


I have no connection with the Jupiter, but do work in mixed use planning...hotels are actually great for reducing traffic, most guests either don't have a car or bring a car but park it and walk, if they are driving, they are usually going against the crowds :)


I guess pan-seared dog and cat doesn't go well with a fine French wine. She'll stay.


Well, especially on their way to "Canad"....


What I find amazing is there are enough members in the Theatrical Stage Employees' Local Unit 918 to even have that much $$ in the coffers to steal?!


Opposition is grasping at straws at this one.  The Minister exaggerated his role in a speech given before he became a politician.   He has suitably apologized for it.  Relevance to today = zero.   Let's move on.


Nice concept of the public and private sectors working together!


They aren't adopted. The babies are born, and immediately conservatives start complaining about the burden on society and poor life decisions. Conservatives don't give a darn after the babies are born.


I find it very distracting and irrelevant to pepper your prose with the label "liberals" and "conservatives." State your case and let it be accepted and rejected on its on merits - not bias.


Anyone without a compass would leave almost anything.  These issues have been addressed with the OCF board and the people at the campground (who we assume are the main perpetrators) numerous times.  However, the problems remain.  Regardless of whose responsibility it is, it becomes our problem.

Once again, the area is just not suitable for an event this large and as long as they are allowed to expand, they will.  That is the problem.


Assad is better than ISIS or any other Islamist terrorist govt in Damascus controlled by Saudi Arabia. End of debate.


If only he could shore it up with a proper use of grammar, consistent use of words as they are defined and emotional stability.


And perhaps his accusers are disinformation agents posing as ordinary people.


While I cannot comment on MG's circumstances but I've had to go through a scanner/pat down that the TSA didn't have in Anchorage for the last sixteen years.  Maybe the last eight or so.  I didn't have to worry about any electronics except for my camera film to be exposed/damaged and now I have to deal with separate inspection most important at border entry points where CBP/TSA can and have asked to see it powered up (and possibly request unlocked).  Also, the TSA wasn't much of a presence in train stations until the last few years as well.
Every time I stand in one of those scanners and cross my hands above my head I recall Franklin's words (paraphrase due to limit), "Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither."  The terrorists won when they significantly changed not only how we enjoy our liberties, like commercial airlines, but also how we think about them.


Agreed. 45* never paid the price for being a birther. And as far as I know, he has not even apologized for his deplorable racist birther nonsense.

IOKIYAR.


Oh 'Deer' maybe it will 'Rein' money for a fence :-)


Just re-elected and the RINO is showing its horns.


You were too kind.  The G&M is at least half weeks old, multi-recycled filler.