Gee instead of just frowning at my post read what I'm saying. Since marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug testing on it for anything is very limited by law. That's why this letter title talks about reclassification. The president could reclassify it with an executive order. Since many states and Washington DC legalized marijuana for recreational uses under obamas presidency and he didn't care I really thought he'd send a signal on the federal level and move it out of the schedule 1 classification. If it was not schedule 1 it could be grown and tested widely for more medical uses by pharmaceutical industries.


In all due respect Sir...If you kill the oil industry and run drillers out of work in Alaska who will provide them jobs and the 90% of the cash they provide to run the government that many good people work for and want to keep their jobs? Based on what you write I can guess you don't own a home or any land in Alaska because your ideas would make homes and landowners to lose over half the value!!

It seems you don't like oil workers, but know this they don't want to be out of work because of foolish ideas!! HB 247 will cost lots of jobs and the state will be broke with a shut down TAPS! Alaskans want jobs and more oil production because going broke is bad for all Alaskans!!


Well they were certainly out on the tele & the net yesterday explain how Trumps health care for all was being misunderstood.  Once again Donald makes an pronouncement and his surrogates have to spin it as Trump did not mean what he said.

Trump's healthcare plan translates to Americans having access to health care.  Access does not mean insurance it mean you can go and get services in America.  Who pays for the services; you will out of pocket.


Hey! Just thought you should know it says that this is a list of things to do for the week of April 5th... I think you mean the same dates, just in May : )


Next year might be a pullback, or recession.

Maybe Rob is making a point that the advice we've been getting to invest in Canada, is an illusionary one.  If you were fortunate enough to diversify in the last 10 years, you would have benefited from huge growth internationally and the power of currency fluctuations.  It's about time we recognize that Canada's economy is driven by commodities like oil, and not through innovation or massive services.


rhochuli great comment.  Beware of Eloisa.  She's actually Veronica Gail Worth posing as Eloisa.  Everything she says is to justify, cover-up and excuse VGW behavior.


Huh?  You actually believe that contraceptives are for eugenics?  Wow, and all that time I thought I was just planning when I got my pasty white middle class self pregnant and when I did not.  Your line of thinking is bizarre, or maybe just a lame attempt to put lipstick on your pig?  At any rate, this particular dog of yours don't hunt.


You really need an attorney like the Corporation Counsel CC to defend a lawsuit and to apply the legal standard to determine whether or not a City Employee is entitled to a legal defense paid for by City, not political laymen.  Since the common law going back to medieval England, the standard has always been one must be within the course and scope of one's employment in order to force the employer to pay for your legal defense.  There is essential no difference between the "within the course and scope of employment" and "“performance of the officer’s duties as a police officer.”  because Courts will need to depend on common law case precedence which all are base on the "course and scope" standard.  They should ask for an opinion from the CC before the Police Commission tries to decide, because under City law, the CC and only the CC has the authority to decide if an employee is entitled to City paid legal defense. Only Loretta Sheehan has the courage and fortitude to do what is right.


While "allocation" is probably the most difficult area to deal with in management, the author here has made an assumption that he has not backed up IMO.  Namely that :
"If you are a hunter, or someone who uses any fish or game resource, make no mistake: fish and game management in our state is more concerned with allocation than biology."

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That's powerful medicine in the face of cancer. I hope it's given notice at game time.


They don't.


Canadian universities ditched free speech when Zionists took control over them three decades ago.


We live in the Annex in Toronto which is one of these highly sought after areas. There's no bubble here. Not yet at least. Why? Because there's absolutely nothing for sale here. So far at least, it's the lack of supply all the while the greater GTA experiences 100k year over year population growth. There're many houses on the market that are junk that do not sell in this market.

People will pay top dollars but they have to be in near perfect move in condition in a great neighbourhood. This explains the $1 million dollar headliner for bungalows. These are bought by builders that are feeding the $2+ million new home market which I think isn't that large. Essentially, a lot in downtown Toronto in a decent neighbourhood starts at $1 million.

And btw, your rental figure is way off. It's more like starting at $4-5,000 per month.


Who could admit that they killed their entire family in a fit of rage. He probably can't live with what he's done and now just compulsively lies.

Pretty incredible how you can so thoroughly ruin your life in just one night.


I fear it's not a rabbit hole, but rather a sewer pipe which will suck in more than just America on the 20th!


great job, good story and good for her, but some confusion: isn't it mathematically impossible to graduate with a 3.8 after having a 1.8 GPA the first year?


Build a WALL. And make TRUMP pay for it!


Black Coffee -  The article said "for the America" - not "the Americans".  In other words, your comment is based on the wrong premise - "for the Americans", not "for the America" Nevertheless . . . . The news item says - " The United States Senate approved a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal for Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers in the US and the Philippines who fought in World War II under the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). "  - - -  Where and how did you come to make such a comment as -> "award is being considered in lieu of the veterans benefits that were rescinded. It's a consolation prize. Get it?".   There's no basis for your comment either from the article nor from the news item. . . .


LW2 If you are old enough to be married and have two kids, you should be mature enough to let go of all this "sadness" that your parents skipped an overpriced brunch. I would also hope your activism is satisfying and rewarding in and of itself. Reclassify this as a disappointment and move on. BTW, I doubt your inlaws literally said "$100 is nothing to see you recognized for your work."


Or be the first to travel on Branson's rocket ship...
Like HMS Titanic....also very trendy back in the day...

Anyone wonder why banks are now all raising interest on deposits...?
(maybe to raise balance sheets ?)
And begging the feds to cool housing ??
Or why less houses are being sold...?
No one qualifies at today's prices,and under new guidelines...... banks are saying whew...
.
A digression...I apologize.


A decent editorial position. Now, can we have our esteemed journalists investigate who is pushing the TPS  to conduct the raids and why? And, please, don't say because it is illegal.


But there has already been "oversight" in sex-assault reviews, and a deplorable amount of it too.


So we all agree natives will not be permitted to play the piano or guitar, watch TV, dance ballet, sing hip hop, eat pizza, wear blue jeans, drive cars, use flush toilets, use the internet, speak or write in English, read, or fly anywhere in a plane. Gotta stay pure .


Do not ask taxpayers for the money.

Fund it yourself lawmakers. By personal check. The state  doesn't have any money for what it owes now.

Colorado, Two-Thirds Of States Face Budget Challenges « CBS Denver Jan 2017
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/colorado-two-thirds-of-states-face-budget-challenges/

Colorado budget 2018: $28.5 billion plan with deep cuts from John Hickenlooper Nov 1, 2016 -
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/01/2018-colorado-budget-john-hickenlooper-cuts/


Spray cheese?  This is about the dumbest analysis I have ever read about this election.


Haha! Oh my! Someone lives in a box if you think I'm the nastiest person! 😂 Let me see, the fire chief of Unalaska, AK was arrested for a sexual assault case in Illinois, Another man charged with 76 felony counts, including 28 counts of first-degree sexual assault, another guy stabbed his girlfriend while she slept, then drove her to hospital and took off, man driving 111mph down Glenn hwy with a child in the car..need I go on? I don't thinks so!


Are Exxon and ConocoPhillips organizations that give pay outs to people with French heritage? The H!? I've been robbed! Where are my shares in these corporations! I want my check NOW!


I am glad you got to the arguments instead of going after the actions of the gun control folks.
My thoughts are that we need to make it harder for the "nuts" to get guns, but there was no indication this guy would have been seen as "nuts".
We agree on he alerts for such large purchases. That is a starting point.
We disagree that there are legitimate reasons for such purchases (except for a gun collector). Gun collectors could pay a large fee (since they can afford many guns) and that money used to pay for regular checks of their activities.
You justify a "security force" because some people feel a need to protect their wealth. I disagree. How many people feel that need? I am for something that is a pervasive need, but not if there are just a few. Is that need rational when there are banks to keep stuff, alarms and safes?
Your defense of keeping an arsenal is that it is justified if people feel a need. But who makes that call? Anyone who feels a need for an arsenal?


says the guy collecting welfare entitlements....


dont think thats it. lots of companies from all over havr russian tirs but the ceo is not unduly close to the centre of power.


As a southerner, I feel the Civil war was about states rights, not slavery. It was a war of "northern aggression." Why can't I admire Lee as a leader even if he (and the South) were on the wrong side of the slavery issue? In many countries, there are statues of historical figures that are offensive to some and not to others. Think Stalin, Mao, Edwin Rommel... (I'm pretty sure there are no statues of Hitler in Germany.)

I am glad you suggested they be placed in museums (assuming the ignorant mobs don't destroy them first).

I do not regard the statues as symbols of the confederacy but as monuments to history. I don't know any southerners that are proud of slavery (and I know a lot of southerners since I grew up there). I don't know any that want to intimidate blacks. Actually, I think they want blacks to propser and have opportunities.

I'd posit that a far better way to handle this situation, it to erect statues of black heroes, like Martin Luther King as a counter-balance.


Life requires much more learning beyond the 3 Rs.  The idea that sports programs should be eradicated to appease such a myopic philosophy contributes nothing to fiscal solutions for the State of Alaska.  Sports are a drop in the overflowing bucket of state expenditures created by political dinosaurs yearning for the return to 19th century dogma.  This commenter is looking at the wrong end of the telescope of greed and incompetence created by political deadheads.  When the huge sucking sound of giant corporation's extracting billions from the natural resources of the state is shut off, the state accounts will be overflowing again.  Jettisoning sports and any of the rest of the university components merely removes all possibility of learning for generations to come.  All created by a mindset rewarding greed over any social responsibility for current and future generations.  Sad.


OMG!!!    OMG!!!!

THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!    HAIR ON FIRE!!!    HAIR ON FIRE!!!!

LOL


kudos to these anonymous donors.  they gave a true gift -  a self sustaining one.  thank you - art lifts the spirit.   hope they continue to prosper and to share the wealth... the fact their name isn't splashed all over it.....that says something about their good character and  good heart.


You didnt read this for comprehension did you? If they shot to kill, he would have been dead before he went to the hospital. He could have easily died due to complications from the wounding


There's some good ones on Diamond Ridge. A guy across the road from me was trying to sell a .50 BMG bolt action at his moving sale, but he was asking way too much for it. I just picked up a nice break action 20 gauge. It'll be a good one for my boys to learn on in a couple years.


Ateret knew what they were doing. The quote is referencing that they didn't know all the snowflake carnists in the world would be so harmed by their actions. But nice try with that out of context quote and personal attack ;)


Fail.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/31/republicans-investigate-hillary-clinton/


The trend for RSS TLT v.4 from 1997 to present (that would be the latest data) is 0.140±0.168ºC/dec. (2𝝈). Unusually cold winters and springs are called weather. Why do you bother?


Oh, so a vote for Putrumpski is an automatic go-ahead for everthing he wants to do? Good to know. I will make sure to make sure responsibility for all of his f-ups lands squarely on the delicate, thin-skinned shoulders of his Trumpanzees.


You cannot know very much about Fr Tony Flannery, to write as you have done here.
So far as "a properly formed conscience" goes, you will learn something by reading his 2013 book 'A Question of Conscience".
On the matter of tall "egos", you will find that there are none taller than those in the CDF who dealt with Flannery.


Peeing is not having sex (for most people).


It is not the people who are out of touch, but this clown crew. People need to stand up and kick them out as they did in the U.S.


40 years of appeasement has got us what exactly?
Nothing but h-bombs and missiles
Time to take this guy out.

Of course fruit loop yoga pants wants Long Dong Un to join him for a yoga session to ease tensions.......


I don't think heavy petting means what the author thinks it means...


This is a national disgrace.  Our children are shut out of the housing market while crooks and speculators take over.  We need a federal policy of Canadian homes for Canadians.


You have no say, Muggsy.
I own a house on Vancouver Island, and 2 rental units in Victoria. I'll retire there, soon as we build a couple more pipelines.


Why can't police use their tazers when there's a mentally disturbed person involved holding a non-lethal weapon? They should be in a kill or be killed situation before they draw their weapons.

Surely it's not too much to ask them to be a little braver when confronting such people.


Thank you, I believe you have answered your own question.


It is fact. The person who did this is known and the people who knows their identity cannot reveal that info. Not legally.


Sorry, Sessions recused himself didn't he?


I realize that I've been critical of Obama in the past, but when I step back and look at what he's accomplished I have to admit I'm impressed.  Obamacare is a huge advance over what we had (nothing).  Serious action to address climate change.  Appointed highly qualified supreme court justices that aren't hyper political and conservative.

He was far from perfect.  Too much militarism, too cozy with big business and all that.  But given the congress he had to deal with he made more progress can I expected.  And just think if he had lost either election.

The republicans deserve Trump.  And they deserve the drubbing they're going to get.  Bernie or Hillary will crush him.


"Shrewd symbolism and flair brought him farther than anyone expected".

You forgot to mention a fawning press cheering for him every step of the way...


Many of us simply dont believe in your god. Is your god sooo weak that he cant stick up for himself?


No! Say its not true Alceste.. !! Gee Wiz..Really.. !! Seems Capt Dion McPuffin just may have a point though..

There are many people who would not like to have a cemetery across from their homes especially if they too were superstitious to the belief that 'dead people can see you from their coffins'...

One last point...

This Canadian Subscriber would like to see an even hand with the moderation of this site -- there seems to be just a little too much one sidedness...

No Canadian should have to pander with unctuous fawning repertory simply because another Canadian does not like their point.

/..


Canada should suspend its national climate change policies until we find out what the Trump government is doing.


Are you completely clueless? She took a DOLLAR in damages. ONE Dollar. Not a million.


He's not out yet! He promises to come back to support the GOP....


Could you be a fair and impartial juror in this case?
Would you follow the judge's instructions of law?
Or is your mind made up without hearing any evidence and receiving the Court's instructions?


"Silly imaginary prognostication."

Yet again, facts are not on your side.

From the 2006 leaders' debates

"But Martin rejected Harper's take on the Liberal tax plan.

"The fact is our tax cut is directed towards middle-class Canadians and low-income Canadians, and they are the ones who need it the most," Martin said."


While I sympathize with the effect those who make just over the minimum wage they presumably gained their increase because they were more valuable to their employer and hopefully their wages will increase as well.

The cost of living will not increase to the extent of the wage gain and those at the bottom of the income scale will have more money which they will have to spend as they have no discretionary income.

The only "kick in the butt" is to keep low wage earners in insecurity which is no way to run a successful economy.


How can anyone, republican or democrat, seriously support this JOKE of a "President"? The man is a bafoon and nothing more than a reality show wannabe. I wish Palin would have been President over this idiot. To support this lunatic says something about ones character in my opinion. A complete embarrassment to the U.S. and on an international level. The U.S has become a laughing stock globally.


Exactly, we are all the lucky recipients of wisdom and inventions of many rare geniuses.  This makes some think that they themselves are geniuses.  lol.


The $42K rate must have just been implemented because it hasn't been widely advertised. Up until January of this year (an election year no surprise), if you earned a dime over $30K, you paid the full rate of $75 per month.  If you earned  $130K, $230K or even $930K, you paid $75 a month. BC also added a large call centre full of collection agents trained to regularly threaten the financially vulnerable, supported by the CRA. For those struggling to pay these punitive add on BC MSP tax rates, opting out is an option. You'd have to pay out of pocket for any medical expenses incurred though if that came up plus as an added disincentive, you can't opt back into the system for one full year in case you change your mind, or secured a better income with benefits, no exceptions. Surely they could have come up with a better plan padding the health portfolio. All this $ yet recently the health system here was complaining they could "barely keep the lights on." The facts are distorted  in BC too.


Thanks a lot, Party of Trump!!!


You've lived where? Rocky Ford?


The dreamers are the only illegal immigrants that deserve an opportunity to stay in the US. They should be granted green cards and permanent resident status at a minimum. The rest can be deported and apply to enter the country again after 10 yrs.
That should get many to go back to their country of origin on their own. If they're deported, it'll be a 10 year wait before theyre eligible to re-apply for a visa.


For a state that takes pride in our diversity, we have failed miserably in this area.  Let's work hard on insisting that our judiciary system reflects our population. If we look a little deeper, diversity is also lacking in other areas as well. We can all make a difference by looking carefully at candidates in all areas of our lives and hire based on ability and skills rather than  race/gender/social/religion.


Lol, bump stock equals plastic. Lets ban plastic. That will help carnage. Sandy hook,assault rifle no bump stock. Pulse in Orlando, assault rifle, no bump stock. Let's ban plastic bump stock and keep carnage to say 20-30? Yes congress, I say "that's a start"!


Great. All we need is another huge federal bureaucracy like the TSA. And you think taxes will go down? Oh, that's right. That's a regular GOP thing, lowering taxes. When the Dems try to raise them and pay the credit card off they get flogged. People are stupid.
So, which lies that trump is on the record for are you willing to forgive. All of them? Or shall we start the impeachment hearings ahead of time? That's what hill GOP intended to do to HC as well. Seems fair.


And this is a surprise because????

Pierre Trudeau ridiculed Conservative plans to implement wage and price controls during the 1974 election -- but then imposed them himself afterwards.

The GST?

Sept. 27, 1990: "I want this tax dead.'' - Liberal Leader Jean Chretien

1993 - Liberal Party Red Book: "A Liberal government will replace the GST with a system that generates equivalent revenues, is fairer to consumers and to small business, minimizes disruption to small business, and promotes federal-provincial fiscal co-operation and harmonization."

May 2, 1994: "We hate it and we will kill it." - Prime Minister Jean Chretien

And then Chretien did nothing.  It was actually Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper who reduced the regressive tax by two per cent years later.

NAFTA?  "Breaking a campaign promise, Prime Minister Jean Chretien declared on Thursday that Canada will implement the North American Free Trade Agreement."

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, eh?


Johnsen has included faculty on some teams, but they've been hand-picked and not necessarily faculty who know much about the programs that they are evaluating. At least one team of the three included one faculty member. Faculty don't control the purse strings, but we are the ones who design the programs, teach and mentor the students, and know how best to educate Alaskans. When someone who knows little about the programs is making decisions in a vacuum (since faculty aren't included and the administration is doing NO cost benefit analyses on ANY of the options), it doesn't create confidence in anyone. Except, of course, the Board of Regents who hired him. The problem with the university starts at the top, the BOR. Most of the regents have little in the way of college education themselves, are business people, and want to run the university as a for-profit institution. They've allowed the university to become way top heavy. What are the plans to cut that? Who will be on that team?


The Trump and Obamacare stories have more day-to-day drama than any of the Canadian stories you are referring to. And yes, the Globe does report on the Canadian stories you mentioned.


I think we agree, but you didn't answer my question.
Once again: Are you for or against voter suppression and other tactics that make it more difficult or maybe even impossible for honest citizens to vote?
Yes or No?
Best,
RTD


I love taxes. Check it out.

The North Slope Borough collects approximately a half billion dollars every year in property taxes on all residences, businesses and our oil fields. Each year the borough budget pays into the NSB Permanent Fund with the rest spent on citizenry. The NSB Permanent Fund is a $30 billion stash for when Prudhoe Bay runs dry plus our residents enjoy roughly $40,000 spent per person-per year on schools, housing, swimming pools, and a darn nice brand new hospital.

Barrow runs on a natural gas seam underneath us and the borough pays for heating oil and delivery by air to all of our villages. We enjoy the cheapest natural gas in the country and the cheapest electricity in the state. We even burn our garbage with a giant natural gas incinerator.

Every ASRC shareholder receives $5,000 to $50,000 per year in ANCSA native dividends, plus PFD's. Oh yeah, our NSB mayor gets more pay than the guv plus his/her own Lear Jet.

Again, I LOVE taxes. Can you dig me now?


the more negative press he receives, the bigger his smile. SMH


I'd personally like to join and live on West Vancouver's Squamish Nation, but I'd have to win the lottery first.


You really have to wonder which part of your statement Rogue Chimp disagrees with:
1. Men are human
2. Men have rights
3. Justice is for both men and women
The disagreement is scary any way you look at it.


Alaska has less than desirable rate of graduation among white, English speaking students as well. So your solution doesn't solve the problem.


An interesting perspective. Perhaps you could do an analysis to see if all original 6 NHL teams have a disproportionate number of offensive team records dating from 1940 to 1945 (we'll let the 1939/40 season slide). If you're point is true, that trend should hold. Your report is due Monday morning.


A dentist should go where the patients are, that's their calling, to serve their patients. Our dentist is a young recent graduate who took over a practice in a smaller town on vancouver island, where we have a home.  He is very busy and is even looking to add a partner. He told me that more than half of his grad class are living in Vancouver, working part time and financially going backwards. However, most will not leave the city.

So, urban dental grads, suck it up and do what it takes to advance your career and go where you can serve the patients who need your skills.


so lefties need a firewall to protect them from the will of the people - anything to game the system you say, sure sounds like it to me - but we shouldnt be surprised should we - if they can sell left-wing policies on the campaign trail some sort of voter suppression must be in order to prevent the people from making heir voices heard and that is all PR is to me a form of voter suppression to mitigate the will of the people - but then again does the left ever think they have done any wrong - judging by what I read here the answer is no


Why do you seem to think it is remarkable that Trump supporters support Trump's positions?


Neve thought of that, but what a great idea


Another sad detail is that the 16-year-old's child was spirited away for adoption by nuns who helped cover up the rape.

This entire episode stands in stark contrast to the successful effort by Astrid  Lobo Gajiwala to draft the the bishops’ “Gender Policy of the Church of India” (2010). Of course, she has always stated publicly that the policy was just a start. Christine Schenk interviewed her for Global Sisters in 2015: http://globalsistersreport.org/equality/india-truly-outstanding-road-map-creating-gender-equality-24091

Fascinating, because while the policy was a breakthrough, the bishops just had to put their own stamp on it, replacing the commonsense language of the women with "feminine genius," not guaranteeing equal representation where it was written in, etc.


First of all, I've not described my Christology, so you can't possibly know whether or not the Church espouses it. Unless, of course, you too are omniscient.

Obviously, it isn't a matter of omniscience being a problem for God. But Scripture tells us the Son willingly emptied himself of his divinity and became fully human, like us in all things but sin. 'All things' would include our physical, mental and emotional limitations.

We were saved by one like us. That's the whole point. We weren't rescued by some superman who never doubted, never struggled with temptation and who fully knew how everything would turn out. Such a 'savior' would never have suffered in the Garden or had his "My god, my God, why have you abandoned me" moment on the cross.

And that's exactly what the Church espouses. But, again, believe what you like. I'm moving on.


you are a microcosm of the left wing nonsense doomed to alt left ideology for life!, the new party could be called, the kicking the left to the curb party, cause it fits!


I was recently in touch with Canada Revenue Agency for some info on making withdrawals. I was told that if I made only the minimum withdrawal, no income tax would apply.  This is quite different from not having witholding tax applied, which is what she should have said.  Obviously her info was flawed.  When this kind of misinfo comes from a representative of the CRA, it would be easy to be misled and be unpleasantly surprised when you get the tax bill. Just be careful, even if you're getting info from an official source.


I guess you never read what Comey said.


what a perfect, descriptive term.  reign.  that is so right. he acts as no servant of people.... he's going to be heavy handed it, by god. (so he thinks in his unreal, delusional world)


Boeing won a similar clause today against Airbus which accused Boeing of receiving illegal submissions from Washington? OMC


"They argue that by making it harder to benefit from mortgage interest, fewer people may buy homes."
What does that mean? Maybe a handful? When most people buy a home, tax benefits are one of the last things on their mind, and not a deal breaker, especially when the standard deduction doubles and more that makes up for it.


I have to say that this has been my deepest fear, out of all the fearful stands he takes. OK, he starts WWIII, we're all toast, over and out. He crashes the economy, well, we'll suffer, but it's not the end of the world. He destroys our Soc. Sec. and Medicare, he'll have a lot of explaining to do, not that it will help the seniors who die in the gutter.  But on the environment, the clock has been ticking for some time (anyone notice that, for the first time, Greenland is actually GREEN?) and how do we explain a dying planet to our grandchildren and what? Hope that the mea culpas of the climate change deniers who come out of their coma at last will somehow turn back the clock?  Beware of so-called pro-lifers who weep and wail over a fetus and care not one whit about the born. They are SOME scary dudes!


I didn't actually say they should....I was just making a point.


what? by getting in the way?


First, the Answer response deserves a failing grade.
Listen to the Commentors. DO NOT BUY THE HOUSE. You are young  and financially in good shape. Do not jeopardize your future where you will be subject to Capital Gains tax if you sell the house. If you don't own a home already but want to buy one in the future, you will be ineligible for 1st Time Home Owner Grants. Not to mention, the added headaches you are going to have negotiating different  provincial laws. You do not want to risk your own credit rating. This is your dad's problem, not yours. Help him to solve it not take it on. Direct him to a Debt Counselling, bankruptcy and credit agency like BDO. They can help him come up with a Consumer Proposal. This will help consolidate debts to a manageable level and set up a budget plan and schedule so that he and your grandmother should be able to pay the mortgage. You could possibly help by paying the property taxes and utilities.  Everyone will feel better executing a financial plan.


I have. At least 17 government agencies were involved in approving that sale. How are you going to blame that in Clinton? Get real.


I'd say this struck a nerve with some.


Giving Canada Independence was one of the worst mistakes the USA ever made, according to a Burrard St Journal item citing Trump. -)

Bon jour de congé à tous.

http://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/disclaimer-satire-news/

http://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/trump-canada-independence-was-mistake/


“But I think it’s important that, whatever we call it, we recognize that these are not religious people and, in fact, these enemies of all civilizations, what they want to do is to cloak their criminal behavior under this false idea of some kind of religious war."
--McMaster

People from the left of the political spectrum have been saying this for over a decade. Extremists are not religious, nor are they in any way representative of the people or religion they claim to represent.
You have to wonder when right-wingers will finally understand that simple fact.


What a nice person you are


BMO crew puts the ship in a shallow glide, and starts bailing out;

"Scotty, damage report;"

"Captain...she can't take any more ...."


I'll withhold judgement until Jenny McCarthy weighs in on the issue. I much prefer to get all my science/medical advice from a former playboy centerfold and talk show host.


As sure as the sun rises,  you can bet that the conservatives who rail most loudly against "indecent behavior" are the most likely ones to engage in it ... and also the least likely to accept any personal responsibility for their behavior once caught.

Today's tweets from Cruz's college roommate tell us all we need to know about this aspect of his behavior.  (Or, actually, more than we want to know.). LOL. Cruz is just another flaming sanctimonious hypocrite.  I wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw his I-pad.


Are you suggesting the voters are infallible, and therefore should not be criticized for their choices?


trump directly threatened Hillary Clinton with assassination by trying to influence one of his deranged gun nut followers to take his veiled words literally and shoot her.

trump should be arrested for inciting violence against a presidential candidate, because that is exactly what he did.


Agreed.  I'd be surprised if the Mexican family lost.


They’ll do what all the other growers in Oregon do. What can’t be sold in Oregon goes directly to the landfill.


Show me a study that demonstrates 3-4 year DOI.  Apparently the AVMA isn't impressed with your claims.


Use specific examples, please, or you are presenting a hollow argument here ...


Don't even know what that is!


We spent the last 3 days with my father in law and his girlfriend. He is 73 and she is 68. Let me tell you how the "average" Canadian feels based on their comments.

Disgusted and extremely angry just about describes it. They have a complete lack of understanding as to the rationale for the payment and being old school, they can't abide paying anything to a terrorist.

Before you assume anything about "average Canadians" you may want to actually listen to a few on this issue. The results might surprise you.


Let's go, McKenzie...


Your perspective is correct, regardless of political party affiliation, we're seeing a callous disregard for human rights and due process. Assassinations commited with drones are no less murder than those committed in person, The secret searches lead to contrived evidence. In a recent article the government admits to surveillance drone flights in our country, Our governments favorite assassination tool used against our own citizens. The Patriot act should be repealed.


It is the left that remains silent when radical Muslims throw gays off of rooftops, burn women who refuse sexual relations,  slaughter Christians, commit "honor" killing of women, stone adulterers, blow up women and children in terror attacks, etc.  It is the left that celebrates the "right to choose" which has resulted in the destruction of over 50 million innocent lives here in America even though Pope Francis has called abortion an "absolute evil" and a "horrendous crime".  It is the left that bankrupts small business people if they don't bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple even though such a "marriage" was uninmaginable 20 years ago.  It is the left who has destroyed the humanities and has made academia an ideological reeducation camp.  It is the left who are the thought-police waging an inquisition on anyone who fails to subscribe to their prevailing protocols and reigning orthodoxies.


???? I guess math isn't a strong suit for the writer.
" Pretty egregious stuff, yet she received a four month suspension, some mandatory education, but no financial penalty."

"Slapping Ms. Strom with a $25,000 in costs, in addition to a $1,000 fine, is a perverse injustice."

I'm assuming that wasn't 4 months off with pay. Average RN makes around 70k a year(not counting insane overtime D/T shortages), say 6k a month. 6000x4=24 000

How is this a" perverse injustice" comparatively speaking?


At this point...and in the campaign as far back as a year ago .... all Trump has said is that he is going to build a wall and deport criminals - now defined as a felony or three misdemeanors.

In what way does that endanger kids in 4J?


Yep, that's exactly how it happened. TSR mechanic shop owned by Rolland Trowbridge. Although he's a good guy and just needed a place for a shop.


No rate raise until they fix their long standing billing problems.  Seeing as it's still not corrected yet after the switch over in 2014 tells me that there's some typical city smoke and mirrors going on.  I'm not excited to bring it under Council control, but as a "semi-autonomous" agency it isn't working.  The City privatization of city services is just one get rich scam after another.  The City needs to do its job, have oversight, and transparency to the public.


I've "studied" far more than you ever will:

http://righttobearmed.org/

Now go crawl back underneath the baseboard.


Good bye Ohio Dan. Alaska's one term Senator.


Where in the philippines are there too many brown people for you, Bigot?


Please keep us up to date on the progress of cold fusion.

And thank you for your kind thoughts regarding your fellow citizens.


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/world/canada/british-columbias-business-temptation-an-opaque-array-of-tax-breaks.html?_r=1&referer=Nobody talking about this :?


You're off topic again, Grizzly. The conversation we were having is about your incessant whining about how you live paycheck to paycheck despite your bloated state employee wages and benefit package. And because you can't live within your means, and budget your money, you think it's Obama's fault. Typical Trumpeter, always a victim.


Only place he could sign. No bargaining power. The guy's a bum.


Yes, you were free to choose your darkness.


"On the verge...".  But you're still HERE, RR...


In case you haven't noticed,  cyber spying is run-of-the-mill intelligence around the world today
.  Most countries in engage in it, not just China.
“It’s a golden age of espionage in terms of stealing information,” Kenneth Geers, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a cybersecurity analyst at Comodo, a New Jersey company that offers internet infrastructure certificates. “Many, many governments, I think, have probably become addicted to cyber espionage because it’s so much information. You get it very cheaply, and you don’t have to risk lives.”


I was wondering about the details of the seal deaths. Thanks, Frank!!


Yep, kind of what happened in Nazi Germany. People were afraid to speak up.


That graphic looks like it was compiled by people on the road system.


The Viola Davis and Dev Patel nominations should have been disallowed. Sorry does Lion have no main actors? I guess I won't go see it since no one was put forward for best Actor or Actress. Also the Viola Davis as Best Supporting Actress, again who is Best Actress then?


No Jerry Burle, you cannot be a Christian if you practice murdering the unborn, just like the Canaanites who sacrificed  their children to Molech/Baal.
Stop deluding yourself Jerry Burle.


Interesting logic. You believe this without evidence and you justify your fact-free belief by saying that it can't be proved because Obama "would never admit it."


If you are an Albertan you don't know squat about the industry. And your use of 'tars sands' betrays you as either an environmental ideologue with an axe to grind or a mis-informed millennial. Or both.


Then they would have to start talking Capital gains on skyrocketing farmland prices.


Hahaha!  Trump is like an anti King Midas: everything he touches turns to crap.

This is what governance by incompetent ideologues looks like.


One wind turbine footprint much more productive too from output standpoint.  Both are great!


So you obviously have no idea of what Fox "reported"!
And I just thought that you were accusing them of being as fake as the elite's MSM.


Director Comey never concluded that there was "no basis for a criminal case against Clinton."

The carefully chosen phrase he used was: "No reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case  (against Clinton.)"

Knowing the power the Clinton's wield, no reasonable government employee would indict a Clinton for anything.

It's also fascinating the RG's Eds are demanding the FBI be more forthcoming, but have never called for Clinton's circle to quit hiding behind the fifth amendment.

Fascinating, but not surprising.


McCain has maybe a 30% chance of living for another two years. At his age, chemo is not a good option. It is not good for young people either in many cases. He has served in office long enough. Perhaps he can travel and see the country with his wife and daughter. McCain has done a lot for the country over the years.


"Speaking of thanking the Stars"...

Donald has more important things on his mind than where GM builds vehicles.  This morning January 9, 2017 before 7 am it took him 3 tweets to write, "Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a.....Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him......."groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!"

It seems to me if Donald's attempt to show the disabled reporter grovelling has been interpreted by the majority of those who have seen his 2015 performance as simply mocking the individual, then Meryl Streep is not the only over-rated "actor" in the room!  I imagine Meryl could do a very good impression of a failing low beam headlight bulb flickering and fading to orange.


How much confidence would you have behind that offensive (perfect word to describe their play) line?


You're projecting, Marky. I'm glad you hate guns, you shouldn't have one.


The author doesn't want to address it, but the Republic of France is in a state of emergency.  It's in a state of emergency because massacres of its citizens have taken place. Sadly, such events are likely to continue until a leader with a backbone says quite unmistakably "enough already"


As the population keeps growing so will the different methods of feeding expand. Buffalo areas were taken over by farmers and so it will be with the fishing and mariculture in the future and why not? People can't or won't control the birth rates therefore freedoms are lost such as sporting uses of wildlife, it's progression, right?


I'm honored. Now I'm a "who's who". A luminary of the fascist faction of Anchorage.

I want to take this opportunity to thank my high school teachers, my college professors, members of our community, our current mayor, and of course you "No, you're wrong". Without whom I never could have reached the pinnacle of our jack booted, goose stepping culture. Thank you.


Chief Justice John Roberts cited the constitution too, when he voted to uphold the ACA, twice!


A sad day - it was likely the last chance.


Everyone who signs up for military service knows that it could place them in harm’s way with the possible loss of live or limbs, but like Sgt. La David Johnson, they still do it making them true American patriots.  I hope my comment did not offend anyone.


It's all about vision and leadership. China is now working on a global power grid first thought up by Japanese tycoon, Masayoshi Son. The Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation proposal (GEIDCO) is that national power grids will be linked by ultra high voltage lines. Wind farms at the North Pole and solar farms at the equator will generate power that will be sent worldwide. It will cost around 50 trillion dollars and be finished by 2050.

If Donald Trump wants to pull out of the Paris Accord, then so be it. Then let America not benefit from GEIDCO or any environmental initiative.


You can "bill" all you want, but people without money can't and won't pay. Try to get in touch with reality.


Including those on the Union take, Gara, Gardner, Wielechowski.. Etc.


I am going to guess that the FNN (First Nations Network-previously known as the CBC) will continue to rotate the position instead of selecting one person.


The UN will not do anything because it is ineffectual and Canada can't do anything for the same reason.


Alaska Airlines website says unaccompanied minor service is required ages 5-12 and optional for ages 13-17


Now that the story comes out on KTUU we find that the victim left his house against his dad's wishes and walks down the street to meet two guys.  The dad follows at a distance and see's the shooter ( s ) tell the kid to lay on the ground as they frisk him. Then they shoot the kid and then shoot at the dad .   Nothing good happens at night in Anchorage.  If they catch these guys , it sounds like Anchorage will be a little better off. Though the shame is that due to our diversity there will be two more thugs to take these guys place.  Today's generation has no respect for life . Perhaps I'm wrong about abortion--we need way more of it than none of it.  Who's next in the shooting gallery called Anchorage ?


And so - Trump and other Americans lied to Trudeau and Canada. The very basis of negotiations is - trust. Well, that's gone. And perhaps that was their intention.


Comey is a card carrying Republican. Duh....go study.


Didn't know much about the problem with refugees in Australia. Had to do a bit of searching. Good on Australia.  I hope we do the same here in Canada. Thankfully we have a massive ocean so those shotty boats can't make it over here. Unfortunately we have a PM who will fly them here at our expense. Our expense when we, financially,  shouldn't have any to spare.
https://youtu.be/rT12WH4a92w
https://youtu.be/WOx8B3O-nDo
https://youtu.be/T06Akk1f0Ss
You call it scare mongering. Maybe it is. I'd love to see you in the centre of one of these riots and by your account you should not be scared. I can only assume your a woman. I'd only assume they'd show you the nice game they play called  Tahharush. I think maybe then you'd have the intelligence to see how delightful the Muslim refugees really are. These riots happen everywhere they go. Certainly not limited to Australia.
https://youtu.be/_HiQc1la6TI
https://youtu.be/vuQKIctGa10


the next logical step would be to ban the parade. The LCTB is now accepted in the community so there is no further need to flaunt your lifestyle.


What is it with people thinking a vacation or two (or even ten) allows them to experience what daily life is actually like for Cubans?


They were not involved in the fighting.


The UO is a public university, and Shurtz is therefore a public employee, whose behavior even outside of work, if it affects her workplace, can be subject to employment law. Social media postings outside of work are one example of this.

Here's another way to look at this... Do you see minorities doing anything comparable to blackface? Do you see, for example, African Americans using "white-face" or something similar to disparage or in other ways make a political statement about whites? I've not read any reports about such a phenomenon.

The lesson is not about staying white or staying another color. It is about white people, especially in 2016, just accepting the fact that blackface is not appropriate, ever. Not at a private home party, not at a public event, not ever. For people who continue to insist that blackface is only racist if it is used in a certain context are engaging in intellectual dishonesty and deliberately ignoring the very real history of blackface in U.S. history.


HOMER please post something. Everyone is getting tired of you disagreeing yet not voicing your opinion, you coward! Time for you to come out of the closet homer! LOL


LSD over-rides everything else you put in your body. When you're tripping hard, other drugs have little to no affect. No affect till you're coming down.
And, enough potent pot can have the similar hallucinogenic affect. You people!?


Well, you must know that women have been deacons in the past and the Church has the authority to ordain them as deacons again. Keys to the kingdom...


There is no credible proposal for Geothermal in BC. It's a theoretical power source at this point. Even their lobby group admits that. In fact, the only large scale Geothermal project in BC failed miserably.


When was Duffy from the left? Harper appointed him, remember?


hmmm, maybe Fake identity paperwork


One toke over the line, sweet Jesus. One toke over the line.


As Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in blood transfusions, could a Jehovah's Witnesses's business refuse to provide insurance that  covers blood transfusions?


Catholicism is different than other religions - however if you're a modernist, you might not think this.


Thanks for the commentary Mark.
Now as to the big question....when are you announcing your intention to run for governor?


James Mason 771: google "women firefighters sexual harassment" and you will see dozens of cases across the nation. You can also read academic articles that document the problem.


I like your writing Eric, you make a strong advocate!  But lately you have been more harsh.   The Presidents petulant insults have lowered the standard of public conversation.    I'd just encourage you not get trapped in the mud slinging.

I'm no angel and have a few burrs get under my saddle as well.   It's not popular in this age of just throwing up emotional garbage, but I believe the work gets done with rational conversation(which can and should include passionate commitment by people of different opinions).

There is no one right way to see life that's common to everybody


You realize that most of the council was also on Harper's Economic council right?  I.e., it's not a partisan group?


Can't drive on roads covered in trees, landslides, sinkholes.

Just let the big boys work and make some more coffee.


You hit the nail on the head, "Take the oil credits, not the Permanent Fund." It couldn't be any simpler. Well said.


A Catholic site might not be the best place to argue against environmental issues. As for the plan itself, it spurs a lot of development in clean power and there are far more people working in clean power than the coal industry. It also attempts to remedy a host of other problems associated with fossil fuels. Basically, Trump is trying to pour perfume on a pig, the pig being fossil fuels. It may not smell like a pig but it's still a pig.

Meanwhile, we've just completed a new $1.85 billion project adding new 345 kV power lines to bring the energy being created by our new wind plants to market. All part of the development spurred by the plan you mention. Those a jobs too...


So the perpetrator was "known to police".  I strongly suspect that we will soon learn that he has a criminal record and should either have been behind bars or deported.


Donna Leong's greatest accomplishments as Corporation Counsel include bullying the ethics director out of office, trampling the rights and personal property of homeless people and needlessly racking up attorney fees for taxpayers.


No, it's because Trump jr. didn't report the meeting, as required by law.
Then he reported it when the press reported it, but he claimed the were discussing Russian adoption.
Then when the press reported the real reason for the meeting Trump jr. changed his story again.
The repeated lies and revisions show a pattern of lies and evasion...


And the bias continues to show through and through, does it not?

Rather than instituting their own biased opinions throughout the article, perhaps they could simply actually cover the entire speech, and let the populace decide whether they like it or not.....

Just sayin'


Hmmmm...I wonder if the Editorial Board has read this story...it seems to tell quite a different story than the Board's cited studies (that are years and years old) and the opinion of an author
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/graphics/2016/07/methadone-mile/


Good. We need to hold those responsible when they pollute our great state.


We resist.  We stand up, We speak out.  We will not stop until he is gone.


Thank you, Angelica, for an excellent commentary.  Some of us forget that each generation faces its own challenges, in its own way. May I add one thought? When I read the sentence "However, these stereotypes contrast with the way Gen Zers perceive themselves," I thought I could insert "any generation" for "Gen Zers" because no matter who we are, we struggle to make people see the real person, not just who they think we are. Please keep writing. The world needs good thinkers who can express themselves.


I'm glad we live in Salem Oregon all kids get free lunches.


One man's suffering becomes another's gain. Coming to your in-box shortly: a plea from Wayne LaPierre for universal open carry that will circumvent a recurrence of Alexandria.


bingo.  Their predictions have been worse than pathetic, they are best ignored


yikes!


They ARE fools!  No piece of legislation will appease, please, satisfy ALL those writing it.  Rand Paul, Murkowski, Capito, and Collins are NOT Republicans, they are RINO's and should have never been on the GOP ticket.  McCain is an addled old man, with a grudge against Trump, and played that grudge, instead of helping the people of his state, where premiums are up 116%~!  McConnell and Ryan are NOT strong leaders, or leaders at all, it's time for change, it's time for what 'we the people' voted for, REAL CHANGE!


I agree with previous comments that to take this sum of money is impossible. Even if I get this money it won’t be enough to renovate kitchen or other parts or apartment. I have renovated my apartment and hire worker for doing that http://servicewhale.com/ . It saves my time for working and paying for repair. But even if I did it by myself it could cost more than $1000.


Some people use debit because they have poor self-control with credit.


At least some sanity prevailed and Merkel won. The "Jamaica" coalition sounds like the best bet to me if the SDP really refuses to continue to support Merkel. The far right getting into Parliament with 13.5% of the vote is scary, hopefully they'll get booted next time around. Merkel remains the best leader in Europe.


'wolves do not normally kill just to kill.'
that is true.
on the other hand, there are untold numbers of humans who do kill for the fun of it.
they shoot wolves from airplanes and bears at bait stations and strangle cubs in their dens, all the while claiming that they are providing a desperately needed service.

dealing death is what it's all about.

killing stuff.

those lofty claims about 'managing' game populations and how the killers pay for said 'management' are  nothing more than lame justifications and excuses for limbic barbarism.


Perhaps your right but I never saw them here. It appears they buried it quickly and the only story regarding her stunt I've been able to access in the Post's latest news section or nation and international section, after clicking "load more" 4 times, was after her weak apology.


Thank you for bringing this up, Choon.  The proposal contains two parts.  O&M should be consolidated under one agency or department in order to be effective and efficient.  This proposal also creates a rate commission and deletes the transportation commission.

The second part gives the HART board me control and authority.  For example, it would allow them to issue revenue bonds with the approval of council.  Voters should read and understand this proposal before voting on it.

The proposal is available at http://www.honoluluchartercommission.org/images/approved.

The ballot question, which does not adequately describe the changes in my opinion, is available at http://www.honoluluchartercommission.org/images/meetings/ballot/Proposal_076A_Ballot_Q.pdf.

The commission's next meetings are 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:15 p.m. Thursday.


The troopers are the last bastion of law outside of the grid. We're losing too many kids to heroine. And by the way the trooper mortality is on the rise. Don't let the bad guys win, keep the stations and let them do the job the DPS originally outlined for the state. It could be your kid the skum bag is after.


No, he didn't. There were non-violent protesters that wanted statues kept for historical reasons, or protests such as these would have taken place long ago when it was fresher in people's mind. Your kind of rhetoric is one reason there is a twisted. divide in our nation. You twist the facts.


I'm excited by the prospect of a more civil discourse.  I would be one of the silent readers who has never bothered to comment because of the general nastiness of the comments.  Fingers crossed.


also if I remember nerobama raised the inheritance tax to 50%  that was the last I heard 2 or 3 years ago that I know of.


You have got that wrong as usual. Self-righteousness is sinning and thinking or trying to persuade people that one is not sinning.


The title of this article could be a repeat of GCI's fiber to the bush revolution articles from 2010.  GCI received massive federal grants to bring high speed Internet to the bush.  Back then GCI told us these faster Internet speeds were a game changer.  Faster web access was going to solve all economic and social woes of the bush.  Well, guess what?  It didn't.  It didn't change the bush back then.  It won't change the bush this time either.


The night crew's censorship mode continues to love Hillary.  Boozer Schmidt has discovered that.  Night crew and weekend crew (Interns?) are the only ones who have banned any of my posts and have hit several of his that I have seen and found not to be objectionable.

Lack of adult supervision for those who are True Believers in The Cause.


Just another day at the office.


70% of Canadians are against this.
100% of G&M articles are for this.

The G&M is a tool of the progressive movement.


There is no reason for most of these villages to exist period. The majority of villages contribute nothing towards the state's economy but instead siphon away a disproportionately sized amount off the budget for their size. Just because people decided to permanently settle in their seasonal hunting and fishing camps doesn't mean it was a good idea. The state can't afford to keep building and maintaining all these schools in remote locations with student populations hovering around 10 people. What is the point of it anyway? There are no jobs in the villages so no future for the kids being schooled there. It's time to stop the madness and quite throwing money away into the remote bush communities.


I may be wrong here, but last time I checked 49.9999% is less than 50% + 1, the absolute minimum for a majority, therefor a minority. So please tell me where the wishes of the majority were ignored.


I am looking forward to the first meeting between trump and our boy with the perfect hair and smile who reproves that beauty is skin deep every time he opens his mouth.  Something tells me that it may not be the love in that he, his wife and half of Ottawa enjoyed after his election.


you are one sick puppy there...getting all inspired again because a Russian predicted a new war! How caring, sharing and inclusive of you! ugh


Fahrenheit 451. NO NO NO! Internet service is ESSENTIAL to people nowadays. I believe it should be free and nationalized. I used the services myself and absolutely needed to to hit a deadline. A very important deadline for my health and well-being. The legislators just don't get it and will have to go. Governor Walker, veto this forthwith!


I would be far more excited about this voyage if it was a ship full of research scientists -- biochemists, marine biologists, oceanographers, etc. -- instead of rich tourists.


It's probably due to our newest industry:  cannabis cultivation.  There is so much money to be made in marijuana that a lot of young people have stopped looking for traditional jobs and probably aren't that interested in unemployment benefits.  There is a lot of money to be made trimming buds and it's a job you can do at home in your spare time.  Marijuana, IMHO, is also the reason that Oregon has become the most moved to state in America.  Marijuana, legal and black market, will stimulate a lot of local spending.


A venn diagram would help explain. Lots of people are  Agnostic Atheists. Probably are some Catholic Protestants and Protestant Catholics as well.


Parents get to choose who babysits, period.


Perhaps Ryan should do some research on the "Electoral College" as a system to elect the President.  We don't elect our President by mob rule, or popularity contests.  In fact, we need to repeal the 17th Amendment.  The Senate is supposed to be compose of Senators APPOINTED by the state legislatures.  The Senate was meant to represent the STATES interests before the Federal government.  The HOUSE is composed of Representatives elected by the PEOPLE.  The electoral college, composed of electors numbering the total of Representatives + 2 senators for each state, elect the president.  If one sits back, and assumes she is "entitled" to the position, and fails to campaign for the electoral vote (which is what she did), she deserved to lose.  Her mental state is evident with her current blame game.  The craziest can sound very sane and competent indeed!  (And she was more involved with things "Russia" than anyone else in that campaign!)


I would argue that once pensions are taken into account, some doctors already do earn the same or less than teachers or RNs.


It is all irrelevant as long as they contribute to the Liberal Party and vote Liberal.


I would hardly call golf an elitist game in Canada. Play at any public course this summer - including the Don valley course in the center of Toronto, with affordable green fees - you are more likely to run into teachers enjoying  their summer off, college students, broader public service employees -active and retired - and the ubiquitous Korean golf addicts taking a day off from their convenience stores.


I'm so sorry to learn of your loss. May God hold you in the palm of His hand.


And the braying morons at BoC will use this as an excuse to raise interest rates again, because they're incapable of comprehending simple statistics.

Somehow one quarter of increased inflation equals a huge trend to them.


Was just about to write a similar comment on his lengthy diatribe about ... nothing, really.  Should not let little things like that bother him so much, but  the Mop and Pail has never been fussy about news sources.


QuietAndEffective, White supremacists have killed more people in acts of terrorism in the U.S. than immigrants from the 6 countries named in the travel ban.  Your priorities are misplaced.


The NFL players are employees of their respective NFL teams.  In most private sector employment, the owners set the work-place rules, and employees who violate those rules are subject to discipline up to and including termination.  Why should these NFL players be treated differently?


You shouldn't talk about the good professor like that......


Demboski, a hater, was elected by folks just like her.


While the topic of climate change is important and will not disappear because of a new administration in Washington, climate change hysterics should remember that it is far more likely that mankind will self annihilate due to terrorism, war or socio economic collapse over the next century or two. Even a meteor strike is more likely than man made climate change disaster. Better to deal with reality rather than speculative scientific theory.


Apparently not if one were to look at what universities are doing these days.


No info because APD won't release any not ADN's fault.


Wrong UN doesnt  recognize Greater Israeli borders 1967.


Natural pesticides?? This is not April 1.


The Sikhs fought alongside the Brits, Aussies, Canadians and Allies in WWII. I was shocked many years ago when the Canadian Legion tried to ban turbans in their Halls.  How dare they treat people who defended bravely and fiercely beside them? The Legion backed down.
We are now coming full circle. May "Jimmy" kick Trudeau's and Butt's butt as Mr. Singh is the best example of the diversity Trudeau preaches. Trudeau should fear Mr. Singh.
I am a Con that does not like Scheer and may vote NDP to at least try to put Trudeau in a minority government where he can do less damage.
Well done Mr. Singh.


I back the farmers in this case: they should have legal protections from GMO invaders.  Three x's damages...........should be more.  We're watching gov.  We won't forget 'gov'.  DO YOUR JOBS


"Dr. Flechas is the Medical Director of Flechas Family Practice in Hendersonville, N.C. In addition to family practice, Dr. Flechas' subspecialties include Iodine Therapy for thyroid and breast disorders, bioidentical hormone replacement for both men and women, and diagnosis and treatment of cardiac-related issues such as coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Dr. Flechas has a Doctorate in Medicine and Masters Degree in Public Health from Loma Linda University in California.
As an international speaker, Dr. Flechas regularly speaks at medical conferences. His lectures have informed many doctors on new and effective treatment protocols for a wide spectrum of medical disorders. He has studied under Dr. Guy Abraham the art of health care from a the standpoint of treating the whole individual with the use of natural products."  Please watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBM2qWKkFxE.  Most Americans do not consume enough iodine.  See also www.fluoridealert.org.


Who's land are you planning on building this national power grid on? There is no social license from farmers to have more power pylons on their land and near their homes. Build the stupid wind turbines in downtown core areas.


The religious kooks are doing their best to ensure a Democratic victory in the next big election. It would serve them right if Hillary runs again and this time she wins.


Firing someone isn't free speech!


The whole thesis of this article is flawed, because it does not account for the fact that there should not even be talk about integration this and integration that.  There should be more talk about protecting Europe's distinct native populations from the danger of meeting the same fate as the Native Americans did as a result of a massive influx of colonists.  Everyone is forgetting to mention that in Europe, Europeans are the native indigenous population.  Aside from that, I'd have to say that thus far all evidence shows that UK and France got it all wrong and Hungary, Slovakia and Poland got it right.  After all, how many attacks in those countries this century?  I for one will never again visit Western Europe.  I was in Eastern Europe last summer and felt glad to be behind the old iron curtain.  The only thing I regretted was transiting through Amsterdam with my family.  There was a terror alert at the airport the day after.  Who needs that?


This is cover up from the judiciary and FBI . So why they don't want to release of those document  and so the people knows if is true what  CHRISTOPER STEELE accusation to the PRESIDENT TRUMP before it's true . And yet now they are investigating the president with this RUSSIAN COLLUSION , Why did COMEY and the Democrat people ACCUSED PRESIDENT HAD AFFAIR OF THE WOMAN IN RUSSIA. AND YET NO IVEDENCE ABOUT IT . And the F.B.I don't want to tell us the truth . So no wonder those democrat they want SESSION  TO STEP ASIDE BECAUSE HE WILL OBJECT THIS ACCUSITION . COMEY IS THE BRAIN IN THIS RUSSIAN INVISTIGATION . AND SISSION IS OUT. THIS SECOND MAN OF SISSION IS DUMP AND STUPID TOO . That he got manipulated with the DEMOCRAT PEOPLE . Why he hired MULLER that he was the same with COMEY . Now the PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD NO PEOPLE HE CAN TRUST ANYMORE. THAT PERSON WHO REPLACE COMEY . WHY ALL THIS PEOPLE THAT PRESIDENT HIRED ARE ALL NOT FOR HIM TO HELP HIM. THE JUDICIARY  PEOPLE JUST WANT THE TRUTH .


I realize mom probably had no duty to call the police after her son killed this poor guy but it sure would be nice if she spent some time looking out between the bars.  Definite candidate for the mother of the year award!


Lie.  This was not true in Boston or in Washington DC.


A problem is that too many of Canadian news outlets are mouthpieces for one side of the political spectrum - Liberal, Left.

They long ago, unfortunately, abdicated their role as purveyors of balanced, thoughtful news coverage and are now agenda-driven indoctrination agents.

In this column the New York Times and Washington Post are mentioned but both are very much one-sided in their coverage (pro-Democratic party and virulently anti-Trump without giving his side of the story).


Even pawns know when they are in a bad position on the board, and move. It must be nice to imagine there's a suspended human pinata you can continually hit for more and more money.


If there were a WF close to me, I'd shop there now and then. They have great produce. TJs is hit or miss. Maybe in my perfect world, I could walk to WF, TJs and Sprouts.


Yes, please explain what "anti -semitisem" is.


Watch out for chemical company shills like lorie farrel and joni kamiya who are paid to lie by the chemical companies.


BS article written with BS statistics and trying to apply Muslim and Jewish failed marriages to a Christian-background nation which historically supports younger marriages. You people have fallen far indeed to try and destroy the sanctity of marriage and how God designed it, and convince people to "wait" until they are biologically spinsters to have families, children, and happiness in the home. Not surprising that there's zero comments on this either. Left-leaning "news" posts love to censor out any opposing views to their insanity.


So 100 more people will lose their jobs so some psychopath can watch his name creep up the Forbes richest people list.

And people wonder why Brexit and Trump happened.  Our leaders are failing us so we strike back the only way we can.


IMHO the some of the biggest need in reductions seems to be the amounts the state spends on private consultants, outside attorneys, membership fees to organizations that provide free trips for legislators, a daily living expense for legislators lining at home, a legislative office in Anchorage, continued extended or special sessions, allowing unincorporated areas to pay no local support for police and education.


It will be wonderful. Strolling along the banks of Cherry Creek in the evening with a glass of wine, soft music and a stinking smoky joint.


Completely different than Hitler. Hitler hated Jews and wanted to kill them.

 The residential schools were set up to train the indigenous community to become good British citizens with a modern education, They did not understand the negative consequences of residential school at the time.

Its hard to judge people in the past with modern ethics. At one time even slavery was considered acceptable.


A religious case can be made for just about any sort of inhumanity to man. In the distant past, the Confederacy used biblical passages to support slavery. Their motto was "with God our vindicator".   Up until very recently there were laws on the books in most states against "race mixing" placed into effect by Christians who had been informed by the bible.  This particular matter adds credence to the argument put forth by  Christopher Hitchens that  "religion poisons everything" even cakes.


The Liberal government will have  the loss of any future contracts and likely 1,000+ jobs on its record  if it screws up this relationship with the Saudis.   For the faint of heart out there, you can't produce guns, bullets, other forms of armaments and armoured vehicles and then continuously monitor and be responsible for the actions of your customers.   This is the world, not La La land.


So, if I wrote a book about my experiences as a police officer and indicated that I had testified in numerous trials over a period of 26 years...you'd ask me who paid for the book?  The good Dr. is a forensic expert in his field.  For courts to take his testimony, he has to provide evidence of his expertise.... Or, do you look upon ANY forensic expert with jaundiced eye?


Especially when the accused is clergy!


Here is a link to a snopes.com response to the allegations of chair-throwing at the Nevada convention. They have deemed the story to be FALSE.
http://www.snopes.com/did-sanders-supporters-throw-chairs-at-nevada-democratic-convention/


Being Turnip means you never have to say you're sorry.


Sessions has put over 10,000 pedofiles in jail since he got it.  Anyone you know? ....


The endangered species on that river now are humans


Why does my former political party love crime so much?  Against my original will I've discovered that my former party's crime-ridden government of CA, absolutely loves more rape, more murder, more drugs crimes, more street thuggery, all of which engenders more 'government employees', such to deal with these 'problems', and screw the victims!  More crime is a guaranteed government employee-generator!  So, Denver's city government seems to love more crime in it's libraries, but, is so embarrassed by their love of crime, that they actually use their police to bring their drugger friends' crimes down a few notches!


Hi Glenn.
I am sorry to confuse you.  You jumped so quickly to say something negative about my comment I think you missed the meaning of some of the words.  I like Tulsi because she comes from a cosmopolitan background.  See, my comment was about Tulsi.  You conflated this comment with the population of Syria.

Syria before the uprising was a "multi-culturally tolerant" society ruled by an Assad family dynasty.  It was not a particularly "cosmopolitan" society, but it was tolerant of other religions, including Jews and Christians.

Just as a point of reference, if you continue to rudely reply (Mr/Mrs/robot Alohapolitics, ) with sarcasm and plain insults as you did I will not reply to you further.

Aloha


illegal border-hopping migrants are complaining about questioning?  Monty Python would have had a field day with such lunacy LOL


Of course jenkins is once again 100% correct. There is a reason they are called " right" wingers.


Why do people here have a problem with honking while driving? I grew up here... I honk if people are sitting at a green light or stopping in the middle of the road because they are lost. (Pull over and figure out where you are going.) Every so often when I discover I was not paying attention and the light turned green and no one honked I wonder why, and would have appreciated a little notification... It happens. It's not a "fuck you," it's just to say "hey, earth to driver, let's get going."


I've seen those people! They even say they are camping. What they are really doing is  parking.


While this is great news, I'm a little humored at the reporting on it that went from possible broken ankle, to high ankle sprain, to bone bruise and now described as just "a lower-leg bruise"... that's some fancy diagnosing right there! It's all good though, as long as the diagnosis/description keeps getting better and not worse. Don't over push it Garrett and come back strong when healthy. Amazing turn of events!


Lets take a look at history on Hawaii’s bottomfish. In the 1950s and 60s fishermen caught twice as much bottomfish per boat compared to today. This is to be expected when a population decline occurs.

What most fail to recognize are the technological advancements that make today’s fishermen efficient fishing machines that should be capable of quadrupling or better the catches of the 50s and 60s. So why are today’s fishermen catching half of what was caught with primitive gear?

It will be nice to see some expensive video of isolated areas of abundance that US fisheries managers will use to justify the status quo. No offense towards Americans, but it’s no secret that money drives resource management decisions wherever the United States has control.


In peak seasons you will get expensive air tickets. But to get cheap air tickets even in festive season, choose online travel agency like Voyages Booth.


The math and patient-treatment ratios that are needed to make some of the required formulas work for the insurance companies don't exist here in Alaska due to our small population.


Liberals in Government encourage people to stop trying and live off the govt. Then they become and stay Democrat voters. Problem is it's back firing on them and they liberal politicians are lost in space.


Yep. Go be cannon fodder due to being born poor. You are a piece of real sad humanity.


Malama Chun is right on both counts, which may be obvious to most people in Hawaii. Less obvious is a destructive pattern, whereby commercial fishing gets special dispensation. OF NOTE: the Hawaii AG is not elected but appointed, part of the Executive Branch. Gov Ige made great pomp over Hawaii's support for the Paris Climate Accord but his AG ducks behind a technicality with ocean health at stake. The AG showed media courage standing up to Trump, but defers here to "the powers that be." What's the betting line in Vegas that someone affilliated with WESPAC weighed in with someone in Hawaii state government? Technicality and sleight of hand bear down on Hawaii marine species and habitat, in the best interests of WESPAC and The Nature Conservancy, where "eco-based management" should read MAXIMUM COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION BEHIND GREEN SMOKE. The paddle is broken, and so is the rudder. Enough of technical humbug. It's time for pono management, for leadership and political will.


Re-Post until it stays.  That's my system.  Illigitimi non carborundum!


A deeply cynical bunch.


Higher taxes are the solution to every problem, according to the Liberals. Asteroid about to hit the Earth? Raise taxes! Maple Leafs didn't make the playoffs? Raise taxes.

You want to stop the destruction of the planet by humans? The only real solution is to have fewer humans. Slow down the procreation. And the humans who are left should be vegetarian.

Short of that, nothing else will work.


I'll take the bait .  Yes we should.  If you live in America you should be able to speak English . I'm offended when in my own country I'm asked this question . Just as I was offended when Jeb Bush did commercials for president of  the United States in Spanish .


Quinn is the perfect example of the decline of the CBC. Parroting US news with fluff has become the de facto news story out of CBC.
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I used to be a big CBC supporter but not anymore. Most of it is lazy garbage like this article or really bad content out of Toronto.
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At this point I say save the billion and reduce CBC back to radio (minus Quinn).


Murder is murder unless you're talking about abortion, of course...


I dislike Hillary; Hillary is a woman; therefore I must hate women.  It's just logic!


It's awful. A beloved cousin of mine died last Winter, leaving a husband and daughter who are also struggling.  And even so, I've got to note the recent shift in tone with respect to drug abuse. In the '80s and '90s it was all about the moral depravity of those caught up in the crack crisis. I don't recall there being much attention paid to the economic and social struggles of those afflicted. Instead, we changed our laws so we could charge and sentence mentally retarded children as adults, built prisons for profit, and militarized the policing of suffering neighborhoods.

I'm glad there's a general will to see people caught up in opioid addiction as human beings. But I am saddened to think that they are being extended that consideration primarily because so many of them are White (USA Today reports it at 90%) I will celebrate more heartily when that  same compassion and sense societal responsibility is brought to bear on  problems afflicting communities of color.


Trump ought to be careful about what he wishes for; every time he gets what he wants, his situation deteriorates. Susan Rice is part of the mix now. At some point she will testify under oath. Trump will wish that she had not.
US intelligence agencies were investigating the attempt by Russia to interfere with the American election. In the course of her duties, Rice learns that there is evidence of the involvement of American citizens. She rightly wants to know who they were, and consistent with procedure, she asks intelligence officers to "unmask" them, i.e., to tell her who they are. (She does not unmask them herself, nor does she 'leak' the names.) Some of the named individuals turn out be members of, or connected to, the Trump campaign. What were they up to? Stay tuned.
I think Obama will be criticized for not pursuing the Trump-Russia nexus vigorously enough. He didn't want to be accused of partisanship; he thought Trump would lose; he thought he could leave the mess for Clinton.


ya I know, no thanks to the UK or anything. Where would India be today? fractured in 100 pieces and constant infighting between each of the cultures.


Who's going to pay this $40-$50 million for this project when it's all said and done? All the homeless people, the 50% who pay no taxes at all,  how about taxing every UO college student $100 /  quarter,  or increase our EWEB bills  and call it a revenue enhancement.


With the same success refugees could be stopped at the border before they cross because there is no exact demarcation line to what I hear. I hope this revolving door at the border will backfire the Liberals.


Great article! Wealthsimple keeps telling everyone they have more than a billion dollars in assets under management, however they ALWAYS fail to mention the average size of each account and how much it costs to service all those (I suspect, small) accounts. Unlike BMO SmartFolio, Wealthsimple doesn't charge a minimum amount to open an account. Having to spend large amounts of money on digital marketing and lacking real estate like the big banks, I think Nest Wealth realized how hard it is to onboard new clients and the prohibitive cost of maintaining small accounts, hence the birth of Nest Wealth Pro. I can almost guarantee you that Wealthsimple will soon follow suit. Their brand awareness is very strong and most aging investors living on fixed income can't afford to pay tens of thousands of dollars in annual management fees.


So, the Harper government proposed uncovered faces during ONLY a Citizenship oath, and Justin Trudeau said this was "politics of fear" blah blah blah.
Quebec PASSES a law which says faces can't be covered in so many other instances and Justin Trudeau says, well, nothing really.

You'd think there was a by-election or something......

Je suis Bill62


IF the protests get  out of hand, the concern, fear, is that the authorities would violently react.  As far as I know, neither happened.  Some of the veterans are at Standing Rock to teach non-violent civil disobedience, and to be the honest broker between government and the protesters.

Please don't provoke, escalate hostilities through your words.


Raise your hands if you actually went to the WikiLeaks website and read any of the (supposedly hacked) e-mails posted there.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one listens, does it actually make a sound?

If e-mails are posted on a website and no voters read them, do they actually influence an election?


Quelle surprise, eh?  I mention the level of outrage in the opposition also.


Solution: Disconnect health care from employment and pay employees a large percentage of the savings. Then that employee can choose what level of health insurance he gets--just like when buying auto insurance. You don't want collision insurance, you don't have to buy it. Not yet anyway unless Pelosi and Obama force us to buy it.


Great prevention program. I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes and put on Metformin on June 26th, 2016. I started the ADA diet and followed it 100% for a few weeks and could not get my blood sugar to go below 140. Finally i began to panic and called my doctor, he told me to get used to it. He said I would be on metformin my whole life and eventually insulin. At that point i knew something wasn't right and began to do a lot of research. Then I found Lisa’s diabetes story (google " HOW EVER I FREED MYSELF FROM THE DIABETES " ) I read that article from end to end because everything the writer was saying made absolute sense. I started the diet that day and the next morning my blood sugar was down to 100 and now i have a fasting blood sugar between Mid 70's and the 80's.


HI Jeet09:
I used the libraries for quiet study areas back in the day.The college where I just retired from set up separate quiet rooms all on their own along with computer terminals for folks with limited access in effect minimizing the library.
I go to the Toronto Reference Library for Arthur Conan Doyle Collection and spend hours there(love SH).
Ah,there's the rub, that is why I said "morph"so subtle changes would keep it current and not turn into a "Blockbuster".


Fair enough, and I would like to see that kind of transparency from the KofC paid leadership.  I suspect both of us will be waiting quite awhile before NCR feels compelled to match the transparency of the KofC leadership.


Whether tax policy, electoral reform, budget deficts, carbon taxes, defence procurement, Haitians flooding across the border, etc., etc., and now immigration ....

Trudeau's gov't has not produced a single, successful file, not one. Well, maybe staying on good tterms with Trump, let's give Justin that one.


When your on the machines you can't worry about the little things.


Why should anyone support the kids, they have a working father according to the article.


What about forgiveness. Can someone out there say they have never ever done something stupid?
I will ask the African american community and anyone else offended by her lack of judgment to meet with this person and make it a teaching event and show how we can come together and forgive! Let's show our next generations that we can work things out by dialogue and kindness.

Forgiveness!

I for one am very offended by all this but can find in my heart to forgive her.

Would you?


Eloisa, is it not that the name "Reuben" is Jewish which is far different that Ruben, a Spanish name.
I believe that it is a common mistake by those who have little knowledge of people outside White society to mistake Ruben a Spanish name for "Reuben" a Jewish name.
The tenor of you comment, Eloisa, that  you inserted  in my discussion with Brett seems to me comes from racial discrimination - "are you taking a class in high school" - meaning an uneducated Jew.


Yes as a business we make a small amount of profit but that is pale in comparison in to how much the patients are helped by being able to have untaxed access to medical marijuana


ANNOUNCERS WANTED: Huson and Goodman got into a debate over whether pitchers should be MVPs (don't know where it came from) and missed the final two batters of the inning. ROOT/ATT even turned on booth camera to watch Huson look so intently at Goodman, like no one had ever had this conversation before, or like this was the healthcare debate. Call the game, boys, leave cameras trained on the play. Please, Rockies management, take a hard look at these guys after the season.


Anything can happen, I guess.


BF:  Rrminds me of when Reid and Pelosi coerced Begich to vote for the ACA before he had ever read it!  History shows Democrats value elitists and contributors more than the rest of the citizenry.


You forgot to thank the overseer and slave catchers.


Maimane shot from the hip on reading the Tweet, did not engage brain and clearly too has personal animosity regarding Helen Zille.


Since the guy was on the other side of the street, how do you know he was even tailing them? I have to say, you sound like a busybody. Maybe he was doing nothing at all and simply ducked into a side street because he felt threatened by you? Certainly that's what I would do if a strange car started following me down the street at night!


Good and accurate post Jeff and look at the like buttons people have pushed for you. A landslide.

Of course the dislike are only a few lead by their exhaled leader PHTest. No worries there, that dumbo wouldn't get on a plane unless it had 2 left wings!


Yes humans or inhuman people are the problem.Get out of bear country if you don't like wildlife. Trophy hunters are sick.  Bears need a place from human. Wildlife officials need another job somewhere else.  Money needs to stop changing hands.


That's fine, but who then provides the services people want and expect? The state of AK provides far more services than other states because there are so few counties/boroughs and incorporated cities. I'd love to hear you plan of who and what gets cut.


There's a lot of people willing to make 100k for any of these jobs. They would take those jobs with head up, not sticking there nose in the air. These administrators don't have good test scores. Lower taxes get rid of them!


Russia was Hitler's ally and invaded Poland and western Ukraine!
No country sacrificed more of their "own" people than Russia---- those that weren't killed by the Germans had to be killed by the Russians themselves--Sure saved Stalin from having to starve or shoot them all himself!


Canadian universities are overrated.

Steve Jobs and Richard Branson didn't need no stinkin' university.

We should cut out well over half the universities across this country, and focus future education on teaching young persons marketable skills (like How to Blog 101.)

The high level of intelligence and debate displayed on the threads of this very paper are quite indicative of what a degree from any Canadian university degree will do for a person.


How much of this lawyer money goes for illegal aliens?


These three, if sticking to their commitments will definitely filled more seats at Aloha with `okoles.


I thought post of the day was the earlier one that called you an ass.


Ha-ha.  Your legislackeys are doing fine for you, driving the state to hell in a handcart.  Alaskan oil is worthless at $40/bbl. and best left in the ground not ruining the climate: if it doesn't fill the state treasury I have no use for  your product. But, what do you care living in Florida?


Why do career politicians  like Chin always begin with the God-like presumption Americans must prove a right to preserve our identity as the world's first People to be defined by our common principles?  Unlike the Liberal's Mosaic that defines a People by their bloodline?
In this case, Chin presumes it's his right to demand America prove to him why there's a need to control our borders. But isn't it his obligation to prove to us why we don't?  Seriously, America isn't short of people or talent, is it?  And, aside from 1%-ers who lust for the profit desperately cheap (especially illegal) immigrant labor offers, most agree a smaller population would solve many problems
So seriously Mr. Chin. How do you defend your claim our borders should remain open to people from Islamic Theocracies whose clerics clearly declare that State only exists to enforce Church Law?  When a fundamental pillar of Western Civilization, and America, is the belief that a Separation of Church and State is necessary?


Name two.


There's no new supply, all resales - most don't have to sell and they won't if they have to cut the price,  that's the difference.


Good post.


Interesting and curious turn to Russia. I guess I thought we were past that when it came out that the majority of the "russian" bought influence on social media was in favor of Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein. But, you don't seem to dispute that Mr. T 89 failed with his comment. Let's try to stay on topic here. The excessive use of executive orders by the Obama administration was/is an overreach and power grab by the executive branch that has very real and dangerous implications, regardless of party affiliation, for years to come unless it is rolled back now.


NB,  Here is the problem, if PERS pays out more money than it gathers from taxes and stellar investing, it goes bust even if a young Warren Buffet is the manager.  That is occurring now which is why everyone is writing about the 22 - 50 billion dollar short fall.  So far the only answer anyone has come up with is to raise taxes to cover the short fall for the next 50 - 80 years (guessing here).  If the voters continue to say no, which they should in my opinion, slowly then rapidly the rest of the state budget will be consumed by PERS assuming voters and non-voters (the People) don't rebel.  Does it have to come to this, no, but it will take leaders of principle and moral character who are prepared to be voted out of office to do what is financially, politically, and socially right.


Winters have been generally warmer today than they used to be.  I remember when the ground used to freeze, and we had to dig up bulbs and bring them in for the winter.  Not any more.


What the goofball leftwing journalists/editors who wrote this article don't understand is that it's not so much whether Trump's products are manufactured here in the U.S. as it is that Trump and a Republican Congress are willing to create an environment with less taxes and regulations that make the United States a country that is more attractive for businesses to set up their base, grow and thrive.

The article is a great example of the idiocy of leftwing journalism.


This province was well managed until the likes of Stelmach and Redford got into power through changes in the PC voting system for leaders. Thousands of instant Tories (read public service union members) bought instant memberships for $10 and could vote for a leader. That was the beginning of the end to prudent leadership. And even then, the kitty was not left bare for the NDP. It is now though.


Oregon is roughly 30th in per capita spending on K-12 education, roughly on-par with our per capita GDP.  If the problem is something other than PERS, then why are we 14th in teacher salary but at the bottom in instructional hours and student-teacher ratio?


Half your posts are copy/pastes of mine with no attribution. Your attempt at copy/ pasting the quotes of founding fathers was also without substantiatuon or attribution. Plagiarism has always been against the rules.  Which one of your plagerized quotes do you actually think defends your laughable claim? I have another ten quotes ready if you can defend one of yours-- that's a single quote. Just waiting...


Meantime the republicans have now tried, and failed, to repeal Obamacare for the third time in a year. With congressional phone lines tied up by callers, angry protestors and politicians afraid to hold town-halls each time. Eight years they spent promising to do this - and apparently in all that time, not once did any of them think to sit down and figure out just what exactly they would do instead.
Now they find themselves very much like the dog that caught the car - and have no idea what to do with it. The best of them, John McCain, refuses to play along with their 'lets have a law without debate' crap.  Susan Collins is pretty much the only one who thinks killing millions of people may not be a good idea for a government. Everyone of those bills included huge cuts to medicaid -Trump specifically promised on the campaign that he would not sign any bill that cut medicaid.


An honest audit would begin with the observation that urban rain projects in the US always arrive overdue and over budget. Genuine errors would fall on both sides. The original time and cost estimates were fraudulent, not mistaken. Every politician who supported the rail project belongs in jail.


White male consciousness is rising.
Nothing Sarah can do to stop it.


After years of talk without meaningful action, who can possibly continue to pay attention to church hierarchs, including Pope Francis and Cardinal O'Malley, when they seek to assure us how serious they are about fighting clergy sexual abuse and about how much they care about victims of this abuse.   Let them actually do something about the problem and let them start by removing present bishops who were guilty of playing musical chairs with clergy sexual predators.   Until that happens, I'm not interested in their hypocritical assurances.


Of course it's damaging to the entire community to gut education on any level.   But, good grief, what do you expect when the wealthy top 1% of the population controls and owns everything, or the deciding portion of everything?

   The 1 percent has 35.6 percent of all private wealth, more than the bottom 95 percent combined.
   In 2010, 25 of the 100 largest U.S. companies paid their CEO more than they paid in U.S. taxes. This is largely because corporations in the global 1 percent use off shore tax havens to dodge their U.S. taxes.
   The corporate 1 percent dominates the lobbying for federal and state policies. In the last 30 years, the ranks of official lobbyists have exploded. In 1970, there were 5 registered lobbyists for every one of the 535 members of Congress. Today there are 22 lobbyists for every member.
http://inequality.org/99to1/facts-figures/

Transferring wealth to the already wealthy (in Alaska it's the oil companies) is what government is for, I thought.


You forgot to mention they are also responsible for sun spots on the sun that influence our weather


I am so thankful for the teachers in this world.  Thank you, Mr. Walker and to the ADN, thanks for the article!


Right the fuck on. I couldn't agree more! All you piece of shit out of towers DEFINITELY need to go back were you came from and give us our hometown back! This doesn't even feel like like Portland no more, it just feels like a "Snobby/Yuppiesville" now. So GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, YOU SORRY ASS OUT OF TOWNERS!!!


And she never claimed or hinted she was being brave.


Gary Johnson didn't serve in the military.

Gary Johnson also didn't mock a POW as not being a hero, or bash Gold Star parents, or run around saying that his service was at a military school, or describe his service during the Vietnam War as dodging STDs in NYC.

If I had a mic, I'd drop it.