Danner also dismissed as “selling snake oil” the notion that the only option for Hawaiians is independence versus federal recognition. It’s not one or the other, she said, but both.

And as per my question was what if both secede then who has jurisdiction over the islands?

Answer: Now wouldn't that be great?

Great encouraging a civil war is not unifying nor does it make sense.
The fed rec people have no clue as to what there doing nor our they putting any plans that are viable out there.  Its a dash to the finish with them and whom ever gets trampled over on the way had every right to step aside because federal dollars is whats at stake period....


Good to know that there are three Republicans that have principles. I believe that one of the reasons that the state is in the mess it is, is that the GOP leaders have more loyalty to party than to the people. Putting party above all else doesn't leave much room for conscience, which really smacks of a totalitarian not a democratic system.


Someone has to sell a car for older people, they don't want to drive rough riding econo boxes you know.


Syria matters to Moscow not only because it has energy interests, military bases, and strong ties to the current government there. It matters also because Western interventions in the Middle East in the past fifteen years had consistently made the situation in the region worse. Basically, they have no plan for what happens after regime change (see Iraq and Libya for example). Power vacuum in the absense of strong institutions only creates fertile ground for groups like ISIS. Besides, this piece treats the "chemical attack" as if it's an established fact. Just to remind, Idlib province is controlled by rebel groups with strong ties to al Qaeda. They run health facilities in the province and all information about what had happened came from these people. When these groups fought in Eastern Aleppo, they themselves conducted chemical attacks. Should we take their words at face value? I don't think so.


The Work Farce, I enjoyed your comments on this article today, but usually find your comments to be on the crank side.  Your words: "Cute little "liberals" without any real principles", for instance.

You are neither a reasonable arbiter of who's left-wing or not, nor are you Che Guevara.


In the unlikely  event Nafta collapses will Canada sign a free trade deal with Mexico with its low cost labor?


"Britain's Queen Elizabeth"? Her Majesty is Canada's head of state. The Globe and Mail could edit its Reuter's feeds just a tad.


You study has serious flaws.

It was conducted only on African Americans and not a crosscut of our country's "poor".

The sample size was very small (123)

The study is old and there are too many changes and variables in people and in education to validated that the same outcomes would be the same in 2017.

Wiliki is being deceptive because he can't afford to pay for his granchildren's preschool.


Flagged as libel.


No wild conspiracy, you just got caught.


According to the Wall Street Journal, the money will come from a loan, to be paid off from investment proceeds of Archdiocesan funds. There were no further details and anything Cardinal Dolan says should be viewed with a measure of skepticism.


In related news, 50% of Toronto and Montreal cannot vacation in the USA this year.


I have test driven several hybrid and electric cars including the Tesla S. I was impressed by the technology but not sufficiently to overcome concerns about range, charging time, and price. I have driven many cars and although I was amazed at the Tesla's acceleration, none of the electrics were the best I have ever driven. The best I have ever owned is yet to be determined.


Stop making news, almost always the wrong kind, and 'the media' WILL ignore you. But if there is one guy who is the poster boy for 'no such thing as bad publicity', its Trump.  He can't stand being ignored or being told something he doesn't want to hear.

In the old days we used to call guys like Trump a 'loose cannon'.


New owners... Below is not uncivil.  This is censorship.  I stand by my "deleted" statement.

The sad part is that the current owner is going to get away with not paying her debt. I look forward to seeing what the new owners are going to do with the paper. Go ahead and keep the liberal commenters you have but put equal conservative commenters in as well. Quit eliminating dissenting opinion and be as critical of your own political leaning as you are of the other side. Do that and I would be willing to pay to read the news. Until then, you'll never see a dime from me.


Sanders is a coward. The DNC was rigged against him, and he still said nothing. He doesn't deserve to be President either.


The Alaska UCR data and incarceration rates are easily available online. Look them up yourself if you want - you'll see that as we started locking up more criminals, crime went down. I certainly understand why criminals don't like that approach -- but not being a criminal myself, I don't really care.


The Tween Surfer Wannabe racist continues the daily derision of all others of the non-white heritage with the usual redefinition of the term and the usual revisionist history of penthouse occupancy by all of those rich Natives in NY living in the same buildings as the Koch Brothers.  The usual rant devoid of either intelligence, logic, or reason.


Good. Should have been more time. He knew full well what he was doing. Apparently, he never even tried to contact the owners.


The CAGW cult will have the standing that the moonies have now in times to come.


Fr. Pavone has been pushing the limits for a long time. And this time he went over the edge. The new motto of Priests for Life: "By Any Means Necessary. "


Living thorough the Khalistan movement in Punjab , for over 15yrs, it’s not pretty when Sikh terrorists come to your neighbourhood and kill people just because It’s Hindu dominated. Mr Singh is not clarifying because it could also alienate Hindu voters in the big cities.  Long gone are the days when sunny ways could get you into office . People are getting sick of Trudeau and his unending need for taxpayer$$$ to support his spending.


I was wondering why as well but from the flip side: was it done to undermine the Liberals?


"For now, the trail is an open secret shared by word of mouth and hiking websites."
...How ironic.


Who's cousin made their fortune off this huge waste of money?  What else could you have spent that money on that would not have been such a waste?  Or, you could have refunded that money to the overcharged taxpayers. Don't spend money that isn't yours.


I put the odds of Trump being removed at 1 to 10 at this time, before the 2020 election. Something worse would have to happen than has so far happened.

Aladamnbama got what it wanted. I would like to say that I worked one job with an Alabama native, in pipe construction. He told me that when he heard a tractor for the first time (his family used mules to plow) he ran barefoot ten miles toward the sound to see what it was. This was a decent, hardworking man, not particularly prejudiced toward his black co-workers. There are decent Alabamians. But our nation as a whole has become entrenched in racist politics, and Trump is doing his utmost to exploit and increase this division.

Maybe you think Trump is a "healer"?


This is an example or people being force to disrespect the law and violated it.

But I'm glad that the government has decided to keep a hands-off approach until there is a public consensus on these rentals. That's far better then to destroy this kind of business by shutting them down.

It would seem to violate the right of any homeowner to rent a part or all of his home to others.


Here's an informative report that touches on this debate: http://martinprosperity.org/media/OntarioElectionReport_final.pdf


Hill is a walking non sequitur - image: kind, understanding, adorable, snuggly, warm and fuzzy female - hungry shark in a shark pack feeding frenzy where no prey can hide safely.


Actually it's "since I got caught, I promise I will never do it again"


Don't slip on your own tears liberals.


You could have left your entire comment to the first sentence and it would have summed it up perfectly.

Perhaps you could offer some actual help instead of stating the obvious.


I see. So you want Canada to be like Saudi Arabia, dictating what women shall and shall not wear?


"Ok, wake me up when ..."

Do you always comment while sleeping?  That would explain it.  Peace and blessings to you, when you wake up.


Chad, this piece is a little on the self-serving and hypocritical side.

Oil will be a key driver for the foreseeable future, but I think investments in alternative energy sources make more sense than investments in potential uses for a surfeit of CO2.

It makes more sense to avoid making a mess in the first place than it does to clean it up afterward.


#1  Not so.  Most contacts made by G&M wouldn't say anything.  Heard from Whitehouse?  Pentagon?  One "congressional watchdog" said it advised Pentagon and "clients" to review purchases.   So much for "extreme concern."

#2  No, PM didn't "cancel" anything.  His minister responsible didn't, either.  nothing to cancel. Consensus was an in-depth wasn't needed.

#3 Maybe you mean those "former" security experts?  Pls. quote their "deep concern" statements for us all, because up until now, we haven't heard or read any except in an editorial.  NDP is another matter, however. No...that was concern about AMERICAN concern.  See #1.

#4 True.  To learn more about the foundation, see CBC news "8 things to know about the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation" and the fact that the PM has not been involved since 2014.


Close the nursing homes and hospitals.  You should have enough money to hire full-time private duty nurses and doctors who come to your estate.  Just like Members of Congress  and the President.


"most STEM jobs go to India and China where wages are much less and there is a greater brain pool."
Bingo, locals get the maintenance jobs.


Germany can't rely on Merkel.


He'll be pretty handy with a shiv in prison, any unwanted advances will be met with an unwanted vasectomy.


There was more reason for May to call an election given the reaction many voters had after the Brexit vote and given the seriousness of the consequences.   In addition, what is not given much play in the Canadian media is how a Canadian "voter profiling and targeting" firm played a key role in rounding up support for the Brexit position.   That may have been why there was a 10% discrepancy between the result and the pollsters ahead of the vote.

The thing that is odd in all of this, though, is how Article 50 was triggered ahead of the election.   It's almost as though the result now obtained is what they (whoever "they" is) were seeking in order to pursue a "soft" Brexit.


Yep.  This should make it easier for Russian hackers to steal our voter records en masse.


Sue Cassens. Where is your outrage on funding private labor union education facilities to the tune of $9 million? Where is the outrage on funding private and religious schools in the AK Perf Scholarship program? You cannot have it both ways. Or can you?


i am not going to say i am glad to see this, but this is the yin to the yang of sexual misconduct.  it's a reality. it's a whole nother game from the majority of these cases.  we all know teen age boys - we were either one, had a close relative or we just know some.  so the whole hormonal thing is no secret and a big difference in the yin and yang of sexual abuse is the young man, especially at 16, is not gonna feel traumatized for the most part.  his selfie arm may get tired.  come on...we know this to be true.  there are cases - and this may be one (how many condom wrappers?)  - she is 27, a big age jump.  there arecases of  the young man who no way consents in true meaning of the word.  they may be so intimidated -they go along.  NOW her being in a daycare is just plain weird.  id rather know she was a waitress or anything else than someone working with kids. this will be an interesting story.  i imagine the neighborhood is chattery...


Seismic didn't use or build ice roads back then. 6" snow was all was needed to work. ice roads were for drill rigs as they are today.


Thanks, farmgrrl.  There is a LOT the G&M didn`t ask police forces (there are over 160 in Canada.)

I can provide two possible answers to your question, `Why is that?` One answer: the lead reporter on this series of stories is not experienced enough to know better, or perhaps, in journalism classes--I`ll assume she took some--missed the lessons on objectivity.

But perhaps my assumptions are incorrect.  If so, that is truly unfortunate, because the only other conclusion that I  (reluctantly) can come to is that the series was agenda driven, which usually means, start with preferred outcomes and tailor all data and activities to satisfy those ends.


U.S. exported $266 billion in goods to Canada last year.
U.S. exported $262 billion in goods to Mexico last year.
If Trump's opening tough-guy position is "major cuts to  imports from Canada and Mexico,"  then our negotiators should respond in kind, threatening the half trillion  each year the U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico, thus putting hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs at risk.
This is the only language Mr.  Bombast responds to. The language of casinos and NY real estate--kill or be killed.
He has proven to be a paper tiger, but he has to be confronted.


Sorry to have lost Jade Palace but very happy to know Evergreen will continue!


Not much chance of that, Rex! With a toehold in Iraq and a weak, Shi'ite led government in Baghdad, the Iranians aren't going anywhere. What will you do about it?


So what are you doing about it, other than whining anonymously online? What steps have you taken to make Anchorage a better and safer place to live?


Yes- exactly.


Congratulations, Globe.

What Denise Balkisoon thinks about Harry Windsor?

Call in the Nobel committee; you have discovered the mathematical limit of irrelevance.


You might also want to consider that accuracy decreases while dodging bullets.


Nine more people chose to continue indulging their addiction with, in these cases, fatal consequences.

Does that sound harsh to you?  Well, it's true.  The proof?  Some addicts choose to reclaim their lives from the slavery of addiction and get clean.  Some do make that choice.  Ergo, it is a matter of choice.  I don't say it's any easy choice but it is choice.

Addiction is not a choice but indulging it is.


Joe
A number of Canadians have been radicalized - the attack on the Hill, the attacks near Ottawa. I assume that these people did what they did because they were appalled that Canadian troops had become involved in the Middle East area. They were retaliating.


I read the article.  I looked at his bio on Wiki.  Stokely Carmichael, Che Guevara's buddy  co-authored one of his books.

After the 60's and Vietnam peace and civil rights activities were done, he became a professional anti-Zionist.  It sold.

True Believers don't sway me much.  It's too much trouble to back-research their opinions to determine actual facts.


Guess the Con motion wasn't dhimmi enough for them?


He knew Russian language?!


Love my ducks and having played ball I know how a uniform makes a kid feel. It is empowering in its own way. I say bring it on regardless of how anybody feels. Go Ducks!!! P.S. I hope they all like it or that kind of throws my comment out the window. Not very empowering if you go out thinking you look like a clown.


Competition is fine.  But this isn't selling TVs or cell phones.  This is a party nomination where only one person advances to the real competition (the general election).  This is more like picking your starting QB BEFORE the real competition starts.

Last year's 5-way race (damn judges petition rulings) was a perfect example.  The highly diluted field allowed someone without broad appeal (Glenn) to take the nomination with just 37% of the vote.  The result in November was predictable.

They really need to switch to instant runoff voting where there's more than 2 candidates in the race.  Until they have that, then the party needs to practice the age-old method of weeding down the field internally before the primary.  That had already happened last year until a damn judge decided to ignore the ballot petition rules.


Oh, the irony.  The chairman of the campaign of a man that craves media attention thinks it's the media's fault for reporting the racist bigoted ignorant crap that his candidate spews.


Not too quick to judge. How many times have we seen criminal cops shoot and kill when not being attacked. Maybe we should unarm officers.


Hmm, look at this... all parties at fault? (local all the way up to the Federal level)

"It should never have occurred. It resulted from the failure of a company to take the necessary steps to avert a preventable fire and explosion and from the inability of federal, state and local regulatory agencies to identify a serious hazard and correct it."


Trump truly believes that he was wiretapped because he is paranoid and delusional.


Nothing wrong with what Ms. Khan said. The history major who is whining about Khan's statement probably has too much time on his hands as he likely can't get a job with such a useless degree!


Actually my well with pump was over $7000, septic- over $6000 and power to my driveway over-$7000 and I paid all of this out of my pocket.  Wavemaker, you need to get out of mommy's basement more.


Dogbert:  I think we're seeing the results around us every day......and, you're right, they are not pretty.  You also make a very important point.  It is not a SCHOOL problem....it is a CULTURAL problem.  It is manifested at school because that is where the kids spend their time and where they interact.

 I think a serious discussion is needed to define the problems and seek some answers.  You use the very appropriate term......OVERWHELMED.  regards, Gary Crum


I'm actually surprised that the decline comes out of car trips, not out of plane trips.

 Truth is, Canadian dollar stayed relatively stable - or gained outright - against some other foreign currencies, and the current airline ticket prices to US are not that different from flying to Europe or South America or Asia. A car trip to US can be justified simply by the fact that there are no foreign countries that can be reached by car, but in airline world US has long been a questionable choice.


I think it is because they asked the media to not allow the details to be told where as allowing comments could open the door where these victims would be further humiliated by personal details. I have a few things to say about the perp tho - ADN can't you make sure that no one writes about the charges and/or salacious details? Why isn't EVERY SEX OFFENDER'S PHOTO AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE ARTICLE??! Further victims could be easily able to come forward!!


One young Uyghur man was browsing pornography at an Internet café when he fell asleep.  Porn is illegal in China
Illegal websites are blocked in China, not accessible from Internet cafes. This guy paid to watch pornography and fell asleep?
I suppose they don't bother to block those really boring porn sites!


I'm having my doubts about that one.  They're all dazzled by the anti-Christ.


"Is this comment civil" is pretty vague anyway.  Besides, people can politely say absolutely ridiculous things.


Last year the Rockies blew 29 saves...had they had him last year it they make the playoffs then too. Fact is he only blew 4 saves. He helped get the Rockies to the playoffs and that is step one. Yes he was terrible but the biggest pitch was the garbage down the middle to the relief pitcher that resulted in a triple....might not happen again for 150 years...should not have happened...it wasn't luck..it was Nesheck trash.


So, uh, Trudeau personally ordered this payment be made? It was a legal proceeding, decided upon in accordance with our laws. You know, the rule of law? The Prime Minister doesn't order courts to render decisions in ways he prefers. The judgment was because CSIS erred. It's on them. You can't trample rights, doesn't matter who it is.  Read up on it: "The deprivation of [Khadr's] right to liberty and security of the person is not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice," the court ruled.  "The interrogation of a youth detained without access to counsel, to elicit statements about serious criminal charges while knowing that the youth had been subjected to sleep deprivation and while knowing that the fruits of the interrogations would be shared with the prosecutors, offends the most basic Canadian standards about the treatment of detained youth suspects."


The figures stated are actuals.Five out of nine of them are higher than the 2016 - 17 deficit. The difference is that the Liberals have the economy growing while Harper had it stalled. Canada was lagging behind the rest of the G& nations in recovery at the end of Harper's time in office.


It would be interesting to see an in-depth study commissioned on how the "No Go Zones" in Europe began. I would guess that there was extreme innocence on the part of those who knew exactly where they wanted to take their rights minus accepted democratic human rights. Of course a study of that magnitude would never get off the ground. Why? Shouts of Islamophobia. Hey, it really works when you want to shut down lines of open communication.


Apartheid is apartheid any way you spell it.  We never asked for your comfortable life.  White washing


Perhaps there is another deal in the wings, the privatization of the Management of the Public Broadcaster


SkeptiCat,
Your argument about "convincingness" doesn't convince me. It seems more like splitting hairs. Your example relating to people raising their hands when a gun is pointed at them, not because of the gun, but because their desire to live motivates them, seems a bit porous. If the desire to live convinces them to raise their hands, wouldn't they go about with their hands raised during that portion of their lives when they desired to live? Probably (obviously?) not. The presence of the gun is the convincing catalyst that makes the desire to live come to the forefront of attention.
As to convincing criteria, are you saying it is subjective? I'd agree with that. Some people are more easily convinced by a given argument than others who are more skeptical.
I also agree, that the inclusion of facts tends to make for a better argument. I disagree that convincingness is not in an argument. In some cases, adherence to logic is sufficient.


Baloney... Keolu lies. All studies show that without rail the traffic will be much worse.  IIRC current ridership surveys show that rail will carry about 14% of the future H1 traffic. With rail, H1 traffic is expected to be about what it is now. But without rail traffic will be about 14% greater than what it is today - talking two hour drives into Honolulu.

Expect even more traffic if Oahu growth is higher than expected. Expect less on H1 if we have urban sprawl but much worse traffic all over the island. Yes we'll start developing the North shore, windward, and east Honolulu. People need to live somewhere.


Except the native ones your precious "furrrr baybeeez" torture and destroy.  They apparently don't deserve your alleged "compassion".


Jesus was also fully human which is one the unique features of Christian ideology.

If 'truth' is universal it is available to other religions.

I do not use Jesus as my 'get out of jail free card'.  I try to behave in attitude and action that is consistent with his life and teaching.

Since your prefer a literal interpretatoon, just how many souls will be taken to heaven at the rapture?  What makes you think you are one who qualifies?    You seem fine judging my fitness, try it on yourself.


Perhaps the sales went down slightly - rates of actual smoking by teens did not.  There is a difference.


You have a very morbid sense of humor.


And sometimes Satan takes the form of a 'Devil-may-care' attitude.

There are people who are driven to resist and fight evil and don't really care if said evil has the proper paperwork.  This world needs more people like that.


The man really doesn't get Pope Francis, does he?  He is the exact opposite in everything that Francis wants a bishop to be. He appears to be poised to die as diehard culture warrior, excluding people from God's Church instead of welcoming them.  Preaching to The Choir Of the Saintly - that must be a rather solitary affair, I suppose.

Meanwhile Jesus reminds his followers to "call in the sinners, not those who consider themselves just" (paraphrased).  Mr. Chaput, please consider for the benefit of the Church to step down and retire to a monastery, following Benedict's example.  Or go to Rome and stay in a Jesuit community and do the 30-day Ignatian Spiritual Exercises under the guidance of the new Jesuit General Superior.  I know, the latter is a bit of far stretched wishful thinking.  Nevertheless...


There they go again as liberals know no shame. When the federalists gave Patrick Henry a congressional chair to draft the constitution he turned down this power stating: "I SMELL A RAT!" When the federalists penned a constitution that omitted a Bill of Rights we saw the rats Henry smelled. it was Henry who drafted 40 amendments in the form of a Bill of Rights, rallied the antifederalists, and in the end Henry won us 25 of the 40. Henry, the author of the 2nd amendment, warned us that the tyrannical scum amongst us will come after each of these rights, and they will all stand on their own merits save one, the 2nd amendment. Henry warned if these rats got the one they get them all, and warned us to guard the 2nd amendment as if our lives depended on it.  Leo Quirk op-ed letter is pure deluded drivel, and one of the rats Patrick Henry smelled.


hmmm, the previous President can wave his wand and PRESTO...  train wrecks will be airborne rangers....  will other troubled individuals be far behind...  BUT this President can't undo the fiats of the previous...who knew that the previous President had the divine right of kings?


I'm not opinionating about their beliefs as beliefs. I'm just not sure how what the government is currently doing here is an attack on their religious beliefs. I think the government has shown sensitivity, even, with the system it created to avoid a direct conflict about the matter. I'd appreciate your view of the attack on their beliefs, since I am having trouble with it.


You can't because you don't know.  No one knows.


Is your reason for transgendered folks committing suicide factually accurate or just your opinion? I have heard they have incredibly high suicide rates but have never heard nor read the explanation you give.

I also notice you made a personal attack on another poster. I thought that was not allowed on this forum.


Drumpf seems to be going absolutely bonkers again.

With "allies" like this, who needs enemies ?


Phil Knight promised $500 million, reportedly with no strings attached, to build an outstanding science center.

The UO turned that into a $1 billion project, expecting the taxpayers to help pay the difference.

Stephen J. Remington


You mean you used to have unisex washrooms? How Ally McBeal-ish of you! So you have a problem with the boy-girl stuff. How do you protect against the boy-boy or girl-girl stuff? That happens too, you know.


Barack Obama flew many people in, and gave away multiple items.  This is an opportunity worth entering for, I would consider it a privilege to meet our President Trump and dine!


Actually  they are following the constitution to the letter. There is no timeline for the Senate to provide "advise and consent", in fact there is no requirement for them to ever confirm a new member. The constitution does not specify the number of SCOTUS members and it has fluctuated over time.  b.o. could nominate three new members and the Senate could confirm all or none of them, they could also confirm no nominees for the next ten years and take us to a 5 member court.


I think U of O should offer an agriculture processing degree. Entrail management, lower back care in the berry picking industry, pesticide residue and how it affects white skin....


When is the ministers' immigration status going to be clarified?

This is worse than a police officer under investigation

At least they step aside (albeit with pay) while there are questions surrounding them


Gee writes about rent controls, stating the following:

it is "a poisoned chalice – something that seems good at first, but in the end does great damage..."

Gosh, he's talking about rent controls, but with his choice of words, I could have sworn he was making a clear and direct reference to Kathleen Wynne herself!


Said so factually and eloquently, I totally concur.


If Hawaiian Electric is sold, it will be like selling your house. After that, it will be be like renting. Not a good deal is it?


Clinton won the popular vote because of California and NY.  Without them, she would have lost the popular vote too.  The sickos in CA and NY do not represent the entire U.S. population.  That's why the electoral college system was implemented.  To avoid a few large states from dominating the elections.  Trump didn't campaign in CA or NY because they were so heavily dems.  If he had, she may have lost there too.  Only one state in the whole country he couldn't win in no matter what he did.  You guessed it...HAWAII!  Now we're stuck with 4 useless Dems. We're up the proverbial creek.


The tree he’s in may not even be part of the sale.  Like the article says, cutting is going on up the road.  I say leave him there.  He’s got to come down sooner or later.  Just keep his friends from bringing him supplies.


Not that you could tell that from those screaming about proposed changes to it. Having coverage is one thing, being able to afford to actually use it, something else.


Got a point?


Like our president, you seem to have a knack go for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

As an agnostic that keeps to himself, I'll never understand militant atheists, who would rather insult than convince. I always took their vigorous and deliberate insults to mean that they aren't as confident in their nonbelief as they pretend; otherwise, why would they be seeking attention and validation so desperately?


Obama certainly would cause any income tax to be higher as he raised federal income taxes


We keep hearing how sacred our education budget is. But at the muni and state level, every time there is a shortfall it seems the school districts solve it by firing teachers. You never hear them getting rid of administrators or overhead staff.  In a state with a population around 700,000 we have over SIXTY .. yes 6-0 ... sixty independent school districts. I'm sure each school district has its own superintendent and administrative staff. I'm willing to bet that less than 20% of those school districts are locally funded. I'm also willing to bet more than half of these school districts have less than 1,000 students.  I would hate to guess what the ratio of administrators to classroom teachers is in the ASD. May if we actually focused our money on education rather than overhead these fine teachers could retain their jobs and we could provide something better than our "47th best out of 50" education system?


Are you saying only that children, elderly and disabled people live in villages?


Alaska is in a recession.

Using a raid on our dividends and imposing an income tax to subsidize the unconstitutional theft of our oil will only make the recession worse, with more Alaskans losing their jobs, and their homes.

Robin Brena is the only one who is credible in this debate.  Over the last several years since SB-21 went into effect, over $40 billion dollars of our oil and gas liquids has been taken- almost tax free.

Here is the solution that does the most to protect our economy:

http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=30&docid=11799


I watched that and immediately pulled out a Seinfeld DVD so I could watch Elaine do the dance right.


This should be the end of the line for Biagini.  The guy isn't major league material.  Will Jays management sit silently and watch while this stiff goes 1-15 for the season?


Jesus never "established" a church of any type at all - you have to pin the blame for that one on orthodox Christians centuries later with the huge help and influence of the Emperor Constantine (306-337 A.D.).  In Jesus' day, the pharisees and Jews, certainly the Romans, were not exercised about any "church" - they had political agendas to protect which Jesus threatened.  Jesus was only interested in a "kingdom of God" best defined in the Beatitudes.

It is in Paul's writings that the seminal ideas of church emerge for the first time.  Paul rather than Jesus is more accurately considered the "founder" of Christianity.  The church that emerges in the New Testament is one that is not only democratic and charismatic but down right socialist [check out Acts].  Only after Constantine imposed an "imperial" model on Christianity did we begin to see Jesus artistically depicted as a king rather than as a carpenter's son.


The article makes good points, but the title is confusing.  It should be changed to something like "Matayoshi Not Accountable."


The state of Oregon puts a LOT of resources into keeping kids with their bio parents. It's a damned if they do or don't. It takes a LOT to have a child removed from home, still the state works at reunification, throwing resources at bio parents. The system isn't perfect, but with the number of unfit people popping out kids, what's the solution?


Let us not forget sexism and ethnic and religious hatred.  He really does have the  whole enchilada of hate going on there.


He's probably here to talk policy with Butts.


And yet...another attack.  Off-issue and off-point.  No reference to what was said, of course.

Thank you for proving my point.


When we visited Northwest Arctic, the public comments supported YKHC's premis.
Locals did indeed relocate when they got a job. Partially because the culture of sharing required they support the village with their check.
Moving to the MatSu and Anchorage allowed them to keep their earnings and provide a better life for their families.
The fact it is famalies with children who tend to move will cost the community, assistance dollars for schools and health care.
They should be forming a Borough like the Northwest Artict so they can profic together with Donlin.


Meggsy,
Do you really think shouting makes you right?  If you opened your mind and spoke with thoughtful reason we might hear you better.


... to the tune of roughly $700M per year ... Or a 1/6th increase in the projected budget deficit. Parents ever tell you "live in my house, live by my rules"? ... (and if you don't want the rules, don't let the door slam you in the behind on your way out).


So this professor from Ontario "paddled the river this past summer" and concluded that British Columbians can live on fish and berries, and won't require additional electricity in the future to power the electric cars we're all supposed to be driving soon. Having "paddled the river" she now considers herself qualified to educate us on what is means to "live on the land".
I'm so grateful we have people from urbanized southern Ontario to tell us we need "to ensure that all future developments will be in harmony with the natural functions of the valley's ecosystems and its beauty".
Please do British Columbians a favour and paddle a river system in another province next summer, so we can be spared your naive romantic drivel. Maybe try the Niagara.


Since Marx could very well be the next pope, this is a subject of great importance to him.  The number of people who post on this web site and Roman walls claiming Francis is a heretic is growing.  No doubt these people have been embolden by the ultra-right electoral victories here and in Europe.  It is up to each of us to stand up to the self-described "alt-right" and its campaign of alternate facts.


1).  I am not a "Sir" as you very well know.  I am female, and this constant reference otherwise is bullying - as you very well know.
2).  I am not homophobic - and your incessant claims otherwise are repugnant and bullying.
3).  I commented on another posters' remarks...I did not stray off topic.  I merely asked for clarification of his point.
4).  If you are annoyed by my question, don't take it out on me.  Perhaps just post your usual smiley face and move on.


Some how we are supposed to believe everything Indians and blacks say. In my neighbourhood every Indian is up to no good besides the drinking and drugs and sneaking into apartment buildings at night and defecating and urinating in the stair wells. Blacks have accosted me a number of times . Of course I racial profile.


Slaves, heavy lifting for a small portion of the country.  Since Black races invented Slavery, we know that slavery was much worse in Africa.  Wage slavery is rampant in the world today and negates any guilt you propagandize for Americans.  I think you may be a slave to leftist rhetoric though.


If you'RE responding to me, Jane, you sure you want to stick to your response?? Want to "double down" on your ignorance??

But I suppose there'RE a LOT of grammatically challenged folks out THERE (like yourself) and they'RE to be be pitied because of THEIR lack of proper education in childhood.


Hate is cultivated and encouraged in America. Hate and fear are used, implemented or deliberately fostered to divide Americans to keep them from getting together...the races, the sexes, the classes, the ideologies, the variously educated, the religious and non-religious. Hate is used to divide the people as well as the government...in order to circumvent the democratic process. Behind all this punditry (such as this opinion piece) is money...the big money which now owns most major media. And behind that is the big money to be made hating certain foreign nations and the constant warfare in which America is now engaged. In simple terms, America's economy is based on making bombs as fast as they can be dropped. The money is in the military machine...the money has purchased the political system and the media used to stir up hate and fear. Lamenting a shooting here and there is part of the strategy. I wonder if Mr. Gerson even knows...the best propagandists believe in their own stuff.


How much do these advertorials cost in the G&M?


This guy shouldn't play with rope.


Churches can exist and grow so long as they meet a perceived need of its members.  In the past in the western world, the need was a fear of eternal damn*tion.  I suspect that is what is taught to many in the parts of the world where church growth is "booming".  Once that need is removed, then there need to be other reasons.  It seems that too many churches have lost their way and don't provide a true Christian community where love of God is seen through love of neighbor.  There is no reason to belong to a community that only pretends to be something, but is not.  If it is true that more people are rejecting a belief in God, I believe the fault lies squarely with the many churches who do not practice what they preach.


I'll stick with "that little pip squeak."


Sweden celebrates a "national day.".  I'm sure that Sweden would celebrate a specific anniversary of the founding of Sweden if there was one obvious date like Canada has.  The Swedish Empire hurt neighboring countries and people during it's reign, so should Sweden not celebrate it's National Day because of this?.


"Democracy" ?
Is that what you call the US...the same folks who waged the illegal immoral Iraq War, demolished the country, killed 100,000,  men, women, and children, threw thousands of resisters in prison, tortured them, disbanded the Iraq army, and turned them all into angry men wanting revenge on the West and supporters of the West?
   "Democracy"? Really?


I keep asking:  When are the rest of the GOP going to grab a set and show some integrity?


Pence should try selling this to the low-income voters who will lose their health coverage when TrumpCare takes effect:

An analysis that the Joint Committee on Taxation released this week, and which the New York Times obtained, states that under TrumpCare households with incomes of more than $1 million will get tax cuts that, over the next decade, will add up to roughly $157 billion."

That may be why Trump loves the poorly educated — and vice versa.


Science says she is a woman.  Why is science so important when it pertains to issues that you want to agree with but it's easily overlooked when it's an issue where science doesn't support your view?  Unless Ms. Woodward can change their chromosomes, she is a woman dressed up like a man.  That doesn't mean she couldn't be a very good manager at the tire store however.  And we don't know that there wasn't something that turned up in the background check that precluded the person from hiring her.  Remember, just because she wants to be a man doesn't make her a man.  I want to be a superhero who can fly, but that doesn't make me one.


Wow, with insightful comments like that, you’re clearly ready for a Foreign Affairs posting in PMZ’s cabinet, deputy minister at least!

However, as we need to be on the good side of the US a lot more than they need to be on ours, PMZ needs to talk to Trump a lot more than he needs to talk to PMZ..


I just hope that I will be dead before China start doing what Soviet Russia and Putin secretly wanted to do. But like all history, civilizations who are not willing to defend what they have achieved all disappear overrun by savages murdering and pillaging. Listening to the politicians and their citizens the time is now, enjoy your future.


214, wasn't The Rebel created from the rubble that was Sun TV that didn't even survive a year and bled money from day one?


Hello. To those who haven't been paying attention. The dossier began to  be to be compiled in the spring of 2016 and was set up and then paid for by an undisclosed republican candidate for president. When that candidate dropped out, democrats started to pick up the tab for it to continue due to the progress that had been made and due to the revelations that had been revealed. Steele is one of the most respected intelligence officers in europe and has been for years. Obviously, he is widely respected in the U.S by both dems and republicans. The dossier is not bogus. And this letter to the counsel will do nothing to stall a legitimate and ongoing investigation.  Quite frankly and fortunately, it doesn't matter that you folks think it is bogus. History doesn't care what you yhi k or feel. History cares about facts. People only care what history will say. And unfortunately, you are on the wrong side of history.


Methinks he speaks too much....as well.


Yeah but up until a few scant years ago they used to do it one person at a time.


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Nah, the right wing only knows how to obstruct or tear down.

Actual responsible public policy isn't even a concept they grasp.
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What you paint Joanna is a conspiracy involving 1 school teacher, 1 school administrator a judge and (in your comment below) the police. While I am not saying it absolutely did not happen, it is highly unlikely. In the article you posted a link to there was in fact photographic evidence but the faces of the perp's were not shown. This fact is much more likely to the the cause of the problem.

Please don't think this in anyway diminishes how serious this problem is, it does not. While it might be that 1 person, or perhaps 2 might try to hide something like this, it is ultra hard to believe that 4 (or more) who dedicate their lives to protecting people would be complicit.


You may want to study up on market behaviors before a major correction. I suggest you read Andrew Lo's book Adaptive Markets.


Your daughter is the poster child for what is wrong with this country today, your entire family is a dumpster fire of treachery, treason and criminal activity, so you can put that little dream in your pipe and smoke it because it is not going anywhere.


I love it. With this logic what will people of Alaska do if Trump endorses Patagonia, Arcteryx, Subaru's and owning a dog? Heaven forbid he rides a fat tire bike or skis. Would people throw eggs at me as I ride by? Trump needs to stop using twitter and people should not do illegal donations. With that said the SJW's are out of control, but their actions are within their rights. I hope they aren't polluting the air as they burn their expensive clothing and shoes. Whatever.


I agree. Let KOL win the CPC leadership.
And say bye-bye to the CPC for another couple of elections.


That is not true. There are several states that are in the process of suing the federal government over this executive order.


It is that simple: "Legal" and "illegal"

If you don't like it, motivate our senators, Murkowski & Sullivan, and rep D. Young to place into law the immigration policy that most folks desire.


You're in denial about Trumps corruption:

Trump's foundation made an illegal $25,000 campaign contribution to Florida AG Pam Bondi, while she was considering a lawsuit against Donald.

Trump’s casino bankruptcies, which left investors holding the bag while he skedaddled with their money.

Trump’s habit of refusing to pay contractors who had done work for him, many of whom are struggling small businesses.

Trump University, which includes not only the people who got scammed and the Florida investigation, but also a similar story from Texas where the investigation into Trump U was quashed.

Trump Model Management, which reportedly had foreign models lie to customs officials and work in the U.S. illegally, and kept them in squalid conditions while they earned almost nothing for the work they did.

Trump’s use of hundreds of undocumented workers from Poland in the 1980s, who were paid a pittance for their illegal work.

I could go on and on, but space is limited...


Actually, DACA recipients come from several different countries, but I can tell by your posts, educating yourself before speaking is not your strong suit.


Starting tomorrow, your wages will be paid in bitcoin....are you in?


People who demand freebies are Trump's base.

"Four key Rust Belt states that flipped from Barack Obama to Trump, large percentages of those who benefit from food stamps and Social Security Disability Insurance — both of which would get slashed by Trump — are non-college whites, a core Trump constituency. Those states are Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. A large percentages of those who stand to lose health coverage under the GOP health plan in those states are also blue-collar whites. Many of them are likely on Medicaid, and this toll will undoubtedly be made worse by the Trump budget."

They are just now finding out they've been had.

How about that?


Why do you think there are so many different Christian denominations?  You are completely wrong because it is entirely about pleasing God, to the best of each individual's understanding.  We have gay Christian Churches.   America was founded by people fleeing religious persecution in Europe.  This is why religious protections are specifically written into our Constitution.


The Jian Ghomeshi case was a perfect exacmple of what happens when police and prosecutors take the feminist-recommended "Listen and believe" approach to sexual assault accusations. They listened, they believed, they did not ask critical questions or properly investigate the accusations before trial. They did exactly what they were "supposed" to do, to best support the accusers.

And then it happened, the accusers were caught explicitly lying, on the stand under oath, during cross examination. The accusers swore they never saw or wanted to see Ghomeshi again after the assaults, and then were presented by defence counsel with documented evidence that they went out of their way to get in touch with or get together with Ghomeshi again and again. The case collapsed and the Crown suffered a highly public embarrassment.

Had the police properly investigated, they would have found the accusers were lying to the police and would have labeled the accusations unfounded. It's a little ironic.


"This has been established".

How is it you are so comfortable taking opinion and turning it into facts ?

"I think the results" - is your opinion. Just because the store paid out, simply means they are trying to appease the population. not to alienate a customer base, its simply good marketing, nothing more. Its less expensive than having protestors in front of the store.  Just because the city settled by paying out, all it means is the city felt it less expensive to offer them some money instead of a long and drawn out court case.

And your statement of "forced retirement" ? Please provide a link to the factual data to show that he was forced into retirement - again, its just your opinion.

If I were employed someplace and my employer failed to back me up, failed to follow through with a thorough investigation and caved in to popular opinion instead of investigating facts, damn straight i would quit my job too.


Attaboy Donald. Now that you're in that hole, keep digging faster...


If the world is destroyed by climate change the US will no longer have to worry about "defending" it militarily.


Thank you Cheryl for that important update which should be mentioned at tonight's meeting.


I want to graduate to artillary. I doubt there's an ATF form for that.


You're deluded.


"Your comments are meant to abuse & harass Native peoples."
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This calumny from someone who signed a petition to deny Native Peoples their right to Na’i Aupuni ?  I am shocked, shocked that that anyone with tiniest blood quantum would dare oppose Na’i Aupuni.  Look into your soul  Kamealoha Patrick-Soloman Hanohano-Smith and practice Ha`aha`a.


"Above all, in a democracy, we have the duty to preserve the liberty of the people by keeping the enormous powers of the national government separated.  We are judges, not Platonic Guardians.  It is our duty to say what the law is, and the meta-source of our law, the U.S. Constitution, commits the power to make foreign policy, including the decisions to permit or forbid entry into the United States, to the President and Congress."


kinda like whats happened with USA  and NAFTA, and/or maybe softwood? or Kinda like whats suggested to be happening here in Canada with regards to pipeline and shipping agreements?


Equally stunning in its narrowness will be for the selection of the replacement SCOTUS judge:-

"What are your views on an unborn fetus?"


What you describe are political positions.  Apparently you just happen to personally dislike them.


This is where a property manager proves their value. They screen tenants, check references, credit scores, do background checks. They write up a lease agreement that says is a tenant is storing garbage on the property or becomes a nuisance to neighbors, that's grounds for eviction. They will collect the evidence and take it to court.

If you have a good renter, who pays on time and doesn't cause problems, VALUE them, and don't raise the rent every opportunity you get, just to maximize profit.


I figure they were the lowest bidder. If so, then you get what you pay for. Better luck next go 'round.


Nurses come in all sexes and genders.


Canada interfered with my career for a decade, had me detained at the border because I blew the whistle, the security apparatus is costing me my home and my pursuits.

I'm a Canadian and I will do my best to inform the incoming American government about Canadian tactics to undermine American businesses in Canada.  If you'd like, contact the RCMP and their surrogates and show them this posting.

Canadians, Europeans, Asians, ANYONE should support liberty, Rule of Law, Due Process, protection from persecution by the state.  If Canada doesn't provide it and willingly interfere in major U.S corporations like IBM and others, under what premise should one be "loyal"?  Loyal to whom exactly?

Canada can stand by their decisions to operate as they have, and I, as a free citizen will stand by my decision to expose the facts.  Go ahead and charge me with treason, that would be rich!  The most treasonous are those in positions of power who persecute their own citizens at great costs to Canada.


How about standing outside the stadium with a sign or refuse to play or donate your salary to the victims of police violence?  Lots of ways to protest that seem more sincere than this grand kneeing publicity stunt.
BTW In other news Puerto Rico is devastated and Trump said they need to pay Wall Street back first. Anyone notice that one or is the millionaire football player story more important?


Reconciliation with First Nations is not a left-right issue.  We have a huge social problem in our midst.  In the middle of one of the richest countries ever seen on the planet, we have people living a third-world existence.  Though none of us alive today actually had a hand in starting the problem, we are the inheritors of it.  It is incumbent on all Canadians to find a resolution.  I only wish that I had the political and social imagination and creativity to suggest one.


Sounds like an antifa activist at work.


The legal title was not changed. It's still the "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States."


God I love how the REPUGNANTS are foaming at the mouth about hoe messed up this convention is. IT'S ONLY THE FIRST FEW HOURS OLD.  Unlike the REPUGNANTS Dog and Pony show, theirs will feature prominent members of Congress, the President of the United States, NOBODY IS AFRAID OR EMBARRASSED TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT .

Sure they are facing problems.But they aren't trying to use My Little Pony as an excuse . THEY admit their mistakes and correct them .  They fired Wasserman Schultz .  I'm more than upset Clinton hired her but will wail and see how that plays out .

Bernie is ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSING HILLARY . Unlike smarmy Cruz's speech Bernie will work to unify the Party. Why?

Because he knows that as terrible she is she is OVERWHELMINGLY THE BEST CANDIDATE TO NEXT OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE .

That is how incredibly ATROCIOUS a candidate Trump is.


If you like stale dated numbers and believe that someone is "rich" or "wealthy" because in 2012 they earned $200,000 fixing heavy equipment in Fort McMurray this article is very compelling.
If you believe current data is more important and "rich" or "wealthy" means owning assets rather than earning a decent income in a particular year then you might want to move on.


Toodles!


We won't know until you post something truthful.


A piece of research in The Economist shows that wages/income have steadily increased for those with a college degree, while they have dropped steadily for those who fail to finish high school.
Better emphasis on education should be the first priority for establishing some sort of income equality.


Sure, he's there for the victims, which is why he quietly rolled back gun regulations -- hypocrisy much?


Zaz, how much did it cost to produce that $1.8m?


The Joseph Goebbels strategy - If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. Of course no evidence is ever provided for her many moronic positions.


Sad. Killed for absolutely nothing.


I hope they get to be banned from SA or face arrest. They think they are gods and otherwise invincible and immortal. Do something otherwise u set precedence that they can do it again and again. What right does she have to "disciple" someone else's child if that's what it was?
Do her 2 sons have stitches too? Wake up South Africa, if they remain untouched, you are just as expendable as the used toilet paper they already think you all are!  Was a crime committed? Was anyone punished?


Is poor little trumpster sad?


Now you get both.


Intrigue, corruption, backstabbing, scandals, courts, power grabbing, all while Polynesians languish.  Ironic.  Just like the Kingdom was.


Just about everyone had some playing time tonight except for Gong and Burns.  Looks like Burns is
nbr 4 as far as that position goes.
Big test Friday against UCI.


It's because we need tort reform.


How long must we endure the republican charade, the valley's representation has stunted economic growth and education at every turn, a rail spur that isn't, a port and ferry that never happened, billions of dollars spent to accomplish nothing other than create work for friends  n kin. And the bridge to nothing, please defund it, start an initiative, lets squash these money drains while there is still money available. We've seen all the obstructionism we need to see, we continue to pay the legislative salaries and receive nothing but divisiveness and contempt. The current legislative majority needs to be replaced, all of them as they've left a legacy of corruption and disgraced our essential values, which is the fabric our great nation. While Gattis is my personal least favorite, the rest exhibit the same callous disregard for the populace, Gattis would steal the crumbs from the elderly only to accept unscrupulous monies from the borough for a shady land deal.


First, he never said it was a new crime. He said that in order to be back in jail on a probation violation you must have first been in jail on your original crime, meaning your not a first timer. Anyone in on a PTRP did something wrong twice. Second, A Probation Violation is a crime, considering the General Conditions of Probation are listed as a law in the Alaska Statutes. Thus, violating them is a violation of the law that states you must obide by the conditions. Third, a PTRP is a clear disregard to authority and a lack of desire to be a contributing member of society. I've been on probation for 5 years with no violations. Its not that hard and the conditions are very clear. Those who violate are not taking it seriously and earned the consequences. If you don't want to do 6 months for getting drunk on probation, don't get drunk on probation. It's that simple.


Transportation infrastructure is essential.
A shutdown will bring a humble house coalition back to our current economic realities and the negotiating table; minus the nagging government employee unions and AEA. Then we'll make progress and pass a sustainable budget.


Let me say it first so the Trump supporters around here don't have to: "This is fake news from the liberal snowflake media because Trump didn't explicitly say: I'm obstructing justice and telling you specifically to end your investigation of Flynn".


Houston, TX is the most multicultural city in the world.


FBI stats from their web page for gun deaths and the CDC stats from their web page will give you that information. once you have the information you just have to do some minor math to break the data into the statistic. SIMPLE!!!!!


Methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas and the science behind this, to say the least, is solid. Yes, according to these figures there will be a net cost of about $1.7 billion. Can we easily quantify the costs of climate change? No, because this is very complex, but we do know that we need to keep global warming below 1.5 C to avoid a truly catastrophic situation that would endanger human civilisation as we know it. (Just think of the costs of relocating people from low-lying cities as ocean levels rise, to give a concrete example.) Given methane's potent effects, it is clear this should be done... and perhaps even more needs to be done.


Karma, and not the Credit type.


WHAT?  "The average person ... thinks their country owes them a living, health care, housing, spending money?"  You show yourself to be alt-right.  The average person is working MORE THAN 40 hours a week.

Health care is a right not a privilege and NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, said they wouldn't pay for their health care (look at the premiums we've already paid en route to retirement via payroll deductions and Medicare and now how about the ONE HUNDRED PLUS DOLLARS taken out of our Social Security check (which is actually a double tax.)  Housing?  Spending money?  Do you have a handicapped child who deserves some semblance of respect and comfort in their old age.  Or a veteran?

I do not envy those on pensions, but I do not want you from the "I got mine, you get yours" school of thought to not consider those who had no opportunities.  Those of us who didn't get to follow our dream / but did work hard.  Don't punish us or put us in any freeloader category.  Shame on you.


Not even food is 'zero emissions' in today's world.  Or 'zero fossil fuel', either.


Let's face it.
No-one would be paying too much attention to this musical has-been, if he did not have brain cancer.
His music and his book are simply maudlin, and of very little merit.


Congratulations to NCR on their great work.  I am so happy to hear it is being translated into Spanish.


It is almost guaranteed that the calculator will INTENTIONALLY ignore and misrepresent the negative effect of the 15.3% FICA payroll tax that workers and consumers pay 100% of in pass through. So any claimed benfit is distorted. End taxation of labor, capital, investment, gifts and death and go to a single rate, simple, visible and efficient national retail sales tax on new goods and services with a monthly tax refund/tax credit option #FAIRtax. FAIRtax.org/faq


'Questions and criticism about Islam are not Islamophobia. In fact, Muslims themselves engage in robust debates about modernity and Islamic practice. The cruel irony is that such debates are banned in countries that need it most.'

And apparently in the Globe

Censors working overtime today


It's funny how the left (and their friends in the media) never like to admit that the wealthy pay most of the taxes in this country... except of course when the subject is a tax cut and then all of a sudden it's outrage over "tax cut for the rich!!!!!".

If the rich always "get out of paying taxes" like we hear them claim so often, then why so concerned over a tax cut?

They're exposing their own memes and they don't even realize it.


Thank you, Erin.  Sometimes people use information in other people’s comments without realizing they’re not quite correct, so just for clarification, you were referring to the surcharge (which would go directly to Maui county), and the rate would be .5%.


Nope, you don't take the ball out of the hands of a QB that scores 34 times in his first 16 games of playing time. That would rank 2nd for scores by a QB in 2010. Tebow is probably the fastest scoring first time starting quarterback in NFL history.
Tebow's 34 scores in his first 15.5 games and 13 plays and 549 touches would rank 4th for scores by a QB in 2016 and 2nd for scores per touch. He would rank 9th for TDs per pass attempt.


Next year your pfd will go to buy the offices on 4th as well as the bank building.  The house and senate can over ride the pfd veto, call them let them know if they don't on July 11 you wont vote for them.


http://www.awea.org/bats-and-wind-energy
In 2003, Bat Conservation International, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), AWEA, and the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory jointly formed the Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC). BWEC is actively researching the issue of bat interactions with wind turbines and investigating several promising techniques, such as acoustic deterrents and potential operational changes to wind turbines, with the ultimate goal to reduce bat impacts at wind farms. The wind industry voluntarily studies and mitigates for wildlife impacts, more than any other energy industry, including for wildlife not protected by federal law. This is demonstrated by the inclusion of bats not otherwise protected under federal law in the recommended siting practices outlined in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's "Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines," and guidelines include information on pre- and post-construction studies and analysis related to bats.


Give it a rest Gerry.

You and the the rest of the "leftie" media still don't get it..........you've been rejected by most states in the United State.

Who cares what artists, musicians and others on the left think; their ideas have been rejected and its about time.

Get over it and move on..........its a new day.   If only "sunny boy"  Trudeau  would realize this we'd be a lot better off.


Help me here, Bavius. Getting trounced where you should waltz is a strategy in upside down world maybe.


agree.  As a female Mandan, I am most grateful for what Patsy Mink and many others did to guarantee my equality and safety at the UH.


Not true.  Several outside tribes own the mineral rights on private land.


The co-founder of Black Lives Matter said, "Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, just “use black people for votes.”
http://thefederalist.com/2016/08/04/black-lives-matter-founder-the-clintons-use-black-people-for-votes/


I fully agree! I love to walk, I mean really walk for 3 hours and on my route I have to make sure that I include toilets. It is easier in summer when the parks toilets are operational, but after Thanksgiving one is out of luck. If we want people to exercise and keep healthy, providing access to toilets no matter what season it is, is imperative. The situation is even worse when you go to Europe where the toilets are few far and in-between and are payable. The toilets while visiting the French Riviera cost me over $1/day.


Will the wall President Trump wants to build have a subterranean counterpart to prevent drug dealers and illegal immigrants from tunneling under it? Does the Transportation Security Administration have enough resources to cover all airports and train stations and the Coast Guard and Navy enough resources to protect both coasts? Perhaps a better strategy might be to help the home countries of illegal immigrants to improve their economic and social conditions so that their citizens can achieve their dreams in their own countries rather than coming here. On the other hand this country's population is aging. We need more qualified working aged people to serve the growing number of older people than are presently available in the native born population. Also, since the primary source of Social Security funding is through taxes paid by workers unless the native born birth rate increases we will need more qualified immigrants.


Trump is a big baby who hasn't had a chance to grow up and play nice with others.


Honest:
Oh wouldn't it be nice if we could reduce the complexities of life to a 30 second sound bite.
It turns out to be more complex than you believe. Eating carbs and snacking frequently results in some physiologic processes that complicate things. In its simplest form (and this is just just touching the complexity) too many carbs raises insulin, promoting calorie storage and most importantly blocks hormone sensitive lipase. This last step prevents the body from utilizing fat stores.
So our current recommended dietary pattern encourages fat deposition, and prevents it from being reduced.  Not simply calories in calories out. The laws of thermodynamics hold true, but in the context of our hormonal milieu.
Ketogenic diet and fasting fixes the hormonal problem.


As a loyal Trumpublican, Mr. Crawford is, basically, defending a TV personality-showman and castigating the media because it reports the outrageous crazy-talk. Superficially, Mr. Trump stood out when compared to the lackluster slugs who tried to run against him in the primaries. Now Mr. Trump is just solidifying his base. He has no choice but to continue the crazy talk that got him this far. There are no more votes to be gained by moderation. And any notable relaxation of the crazy-talk will reduce the enthusiasm of Mr. Trump's only hope...his base. Mr. Crawford is just trying to tidy up the messy message of Mr. Trump...a dirty and thankless chore of party hacks.


MSW is pretty orthodox.


No worries. It's all good. After all, illegal aliens of all sorts are now being arrested and deported, with additional crimes or not. Just being an illegal alien is all.

GO Trump!
Go ICE!


It will be easier to encourage us all to carry weapons and to train all of us in proper firearm handling than to erase all the weapons our society has.

There are not enough police, and maybe there can never be, nor do we want to live in a culture with an armed policeman on every corner.

Maybe it's time we take some responsibility ourselves, en masse.

Not sure how it would work, but wouldn't this would be easier and more effective  than evaluate everyone for mental illness? Our president might be one of the first to be evaluated as mentally ill.

But back to controlling killers: maybe WE citizens have to do it. The government can not be everywhere at once, and there is no way we can strip all the guns from everybody, nor should we.

Fire three shots and you're shot by a citizen?

What else can we do?


Wow, Stevens talks of "moral obligations" to Pfeffer and Acree?  Seriously?  Alaskan legislators are now so desperate for excuses they are playing the "moral obligations card"!?  Okay, then why not play the "moral obligations card" to Alaskans and move into the Atwood Building?  And why doesn't Walker play the "moral obligations card" and back off on the PFD veto and cut government.  He can start by cutting $12 million that Stevens has that's burning a hole in his pocket.


If my father had been running for president even if against a respectable American I would have gone to  "the meeting" even if it had been with Putin himself.  I just would not have done anything but listen.  So far I have not read that Don, Jr. did anything but listen, so where is the collusion?


Is this fake announcement any more convincing than Trump's 'let me at 'em' threat last month? How ludicrous the story that half the White House wanted to save NAFTA and was pushing Trudeau to get him to call Trump to convince him to ignore the other half who wanted him to get rid of it! All engineered of course to make Trump look like the tough negotiator and endear him even more to his naive, ill-informed base.

Call his bluff. Let the rich kid take his ball and go home.  Canada can cope at least as well as the American multinationals and the states that would be shafted if protectionism is allowed to rule the day. The usual rogue states would be happy to see North America shoot itself in the foot.

Maybe, post-Comey, it will dawn on backward GOP congressmen that their own narrow interests can't be served by an incompetent, unstable oligarch in the White House. Moderates and the left have long since concluded there is something decidedly rotten in Denmark.


I want the gooey sands gone so filthy Alberta, the second worse polluting jurisdiction behind Texas
is cleaned up when I go skiing.   Now I am sure you have some idiotic response to this actual fact. In fact it is proven that prolonged exposure to high pollution levels causes negative effects to ones brain function.  Your did live in Alta right????


Would this be the very first official (or public or announced)  trial by Vatican of a bishop for sexual abuse ?
If yes, it would provide a glimpse of the due process.  If found guilty, what kind of punishment could be expected ? Is there a prison on the grounds of Vatican ?
My only hope is that this bishop will be treated justly and not be exploited.


He's a baseball student assistant (on scholarship?) and his uncle is the coach.  Nepotism disguised as diversity.


Lifestyle choices contribute significantly to the top 5 causes of death in the United States. That includes heart disease and cancer, according to the CDC. Reduce those and you reduce the cost of dealing with their effects. How does that not compute for you? https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/cdc-lifestyle-changes-can-reduce-death-from-top-5-causes.html

So where did I say we would do away with all health care? I didn't. Of course accidents and major trauma happen. But most ailments today in our society are ailments of choice, or at least ailments of apathy.


What is the significance of the idiosyncratic way you render the pope's name?


Not sure what the issue is here. The guy is a drug dealer, and he is doing what drug dealers do. This is their modus operandi-give out some free product, then charge the addict forever. What did people expect?


No problem, just more alternative facts.  nothing ot see here, move on.


Are you for real the conservative party and the wild rose part are both conservative and received more than 60% of the vote in the last election.  They will be joined together and make a new party along the lines of Sask party and win a huge majority  in the next election.  Albertans know they made a mistake and this did not save the ndp


She DID win the popular vote, didn't she?


How much money?
And who will get it?


Philco, the USA subsidizes agriculture to the tune of about $20 billion dollars a year.  With a significant portion for corn and soybeans.  The corn subsidies are not for human food consumption.  And yes the US politicians do not have a backbone to stand up to the ethanol corn lobby.  As well the US subsidizes the dairy industry for about $250 million a year.  However, the point the vast majority of the subsidies do not go to the dairy industry.  Again, as I said before any negotiations would require the removal of the subsidies.  The Corn subsidies do not appreciably affect Canada
Hopefully YOU understand.


This is a good idea, someone make a pitch to the Raiders.......double the admission tickets and you'll still get a sellout......closer to Christmas the better?........beats the ProBowl?


Uh, no.


Yes..  follow the money.  It usually leads to the true story.


Oops, he failed his drug test.


I voted against the 'unity ticket' myself.  But the performance of the Walker administration has made me sorry, in spite of missteps due to inexperience.  At least they are daring to lead in the face of a serious fiscal crisis with responsible policy.  Republicans should recapture the statehouse only if they field a positive candidate with even better ideas and far more willingness to cooperate than they have shown in the near past.  Important changes are going to require bi-partisan cooperation as well as independent support.  Begich sour grapes after losing the election, his history of barely winning when he did win, and his lies in pubic 'town hall meetings' combine with his failure to sponsor significant legislation should combine to make him an easy candidate to beat   IF Republicans field a positive candidate with a positive attitude about getting along with the minority.  If they don't, they deserve to lose.  Tapping the PFD will require both parties on the same page.


How much money do they collect in ads from big pharma I wonders yes I wonders


Good, it needs to be stopped. They need a new law, us a gun during a crime get 10 years in jail on top of the penalty for the crime.


We paid this award to an admitted, convicted terrorist because Justin Trudeau rescinded the Stephen Harper legislation that allowed a dual citizen, convicted of terrorism, to be stripped of his Canadian citizenship.

Trudeau did indeed have a choice.


There are a handful on here, that can only claim they are being persecuted because they are "conservative" or Christian, or some other group that is if not in the majority, is at least a decent sized portion of the population.


I'm at a loss... could someone explain the flaw in my logic?


It is illegal for hunters to "waste" meat. If you see that happening, you should report it. Bear, raven and other scavengers pick the bones clean already. I've never seen a last year's carcass with anything left but chewed up hair and bleaching bones. Increasing wolf numbers would have a negative impact on moose calf survival. They won't just take out caribou calves and old timers. This appears to be a management issue at the game board level. Interesting idea though.


Not that I'm a big Donald Trump fan, but do remember that 8 years of Obama created a "Donald Trump".   The Hillary Clinton Gang forgot about the 'masses' of the "working class"  (you know, those people who do not sit behind a computer everyday and can't afford the ½ caff, decaff, frappacino with soy, no foam latté, extra hot) and concentrated on their concept of middle class and richer, including your millennial generation.  I would say you're are a bit premature on your judgement of the Trump White House that was elected by the US rules of democracy.  By the way, and as an aside,  please re-read your first paragraph and submit the word 'Cuba' for 'Uzbekistan', and then tell us why the Democrats and the US left, have this current love affair with the Castro regime.  Look forward to your follow up note in 4 years.


khadr wasn't shot by the soldiers - he was buried under rubble by the preceding aerial bombardment  and took hits from the gunships that ripped up the building- long before the americans entered the building

there were four fighters in total - three were dead , one was barely alive and killed by the CO - he likely tossed the grenade at speer

buried under rubble Khadr  had bullets in his back  blinded in one eye - - hardly capable of throwing a grenade


Just another cash cow for some special interest groups.  That being said if it was well planned then maybe, but looking at Oak Harbor proper....planning is not a strong suit.

The infrastructure problems on the north end of the Island are already very apparent - adding another huge development with no other plans to address infrastructure issues is just plain reckless.


When the election campaign begins in 2019 and Mr. Scheer starts telling Canadians how much he pushed the economic issues in Parliament and how much he and the Cons represent us, will anyone ask him why he spent so much time NOT talking about economic issues and focussed instead on individual Liberal Ministers?


And criminal intent needs to be considered including whether someone was monkeying with electoral districts to try to make an "example" of this building.

It's shocking that non-fire retardant cladding would be used for the building.   The safety related to this should have been overseen by the local fire services as well as the administrative Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.


The one good thing about Trump if there is any is that he does not give a hoot about culture war issues and just mouths the stuff he thinks that the social conservatives want to hear.  (And does so badly.)  Of course this comes at too high a cost regarding minorities, women, and US culture in general.  But really, people thinking a guy who is associated with Playboy, Howard Stern, etc. is personally invested in taking away your IUDS or banning gay marriage should calm down.  Everyone, your IUDs are safe.  Let's focus on what actually makes Trump scary instead.


Wake Up, Christians. There Is No Place For You In The Democrat Party. http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/wake-up-christians-there-is-no-place-for-you-in-the-democrat-party/


I see another SNL episode coming soon. You can't make this stuff up.


Minor hockey goalies were given plexiglass masks with a leather cushioned piece of wood that rested on their chin. This was about 1960. We were still playing outside and when the goalie started breathing heavy the mask would fog up so you could not see. Those masks spent as much time on the ice as they did on kid's heads. Goal tending gear has come a long way.


Ahhh. Thank you  Tel-aviv. I always felt I needed the wise and governing hand of such nice people as you. /s


We already do under close supervision, but the last time we fully designed, developed and built a car in Canada was back in the days of the Bricklyn.  It did not end well.


Nothing is more reassuring to a mariner than the  Coast Guard being on scene.  The CG has done well in some aspects of their mission and poorly in others.  The Hawaii based Coast Guard has done badly at interdicting unlawful aliens being trafficked into Hawaii on fishing vessels.  Hawaii is a vital national security location ad these aliens are involved in human trafficking.. Over 1,000 illegal fisherman from foreign countries are ported in Honolulu, Hawaii.  They could have done a better job in that situation. The CG needs the money for maritime security duties, that is true.  The need to secure the boarders more efficiently in the case of Honolulu Harbor is also true. Leadership, jurisdictional uncertainty and training seems to be hampering the CG's efforts in Hawaii.


Villagers use the entire whale parts, TajMahawker.  Since you don't live in rural Alaska or understand Native culture, perhaps you should hold your comment for another topic.


If you're a state "worker," are you taking time on a Tuesday to rant via taxpayer-funded infrastructure during your lunch hour, coffee break or some other down time that's not keeping you from doing your job? I ask because you seem to have a lot to say and, so it appears, plenty of time to say it.


My My My all this violence against Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos who is openly gay simply because of his conservative views. What homophobic hypocrites the anti-Trummpy snowflakes have become throwing bricks and paint at attendees and law enforcement officers.  Tisk Tisk Tisk, riots, property damage, violence against others. Is this the diversity libs preach?


I am educated, maybe you should stop involving yourself in lies and fraud.


Last night about twenty minutes before midnight we had eleven shots fired near the Mission. The number of shootings in this city is getting more than a little outrageous, and yet our police are completely at sea. That's one of the many problems with allowing 80% of the police force to live outside the city that employs them; they just don't really care about what happens here.

I guess I should add that after decades of having about one homicide per year, we've now had 17 in the past three years, a nearly six-fold increase sustained for several years. Not coincidentally, Eugene has seen a huge increase in homeless drug addicts over the past few years. They provide demand for drugs, the suppliers bring the guns. Add in a DA's office that has all but ignored drug offenses for years and the outcome is predictable.


I would have left right after the first issue with hostility...sorry this happened to her.


Yes, I can see WHY it started.  Seemed like a good thing at the time for an employer to offer an extra benefit that most of the competitors didn't, to attract better employees.

But that all changed when it became the norm rather than the exception.  And along with it came all sorts of unintended consequences.  For instance, those "volume rates" sound nice from the standpoint of those getting them, but the other side of that equation is that it drives prices up for everyone else.  That's not good on the whole.  Neither is lack of portability, lack of as many choices for employees, and lack of competition among providers.  Instead of a broad marketplace with many consumers and many providers, we have a far more limited marketplace.  The customers are effectively limited to being the Benefits Managers of companies, "shopping" just a handful of large providers.  That's not good for the ACTUAL consumers (the employees).

Worse yet, it's terrible for cost containment and price control...


"Noscitur a Sociis" asserts that he/she has been practicing, I assume law, for nearly a third of a century in Anchorage. Fine. The non de plume used by Noscitur etc... is defined from a Latin phrase meaning: Under the construction of a  questionable meaning of a doubtful word is derived by it's association with other words. Ok then, but the ad hominen against a fellow bench mate such as Moshe Zorea does not sound in logic with this attack. Perhaps Noscitur ought to change his/her name to Inter Alia...meaning among other things.


Oh, I'm sure there are thousands of proposals out there, and some of them would affect gun violence. But here's a simple one:

A common factor in many cases of violence and homicide (as well as suicide, manslaughter, accidental death...) is alcohol.  People arrested with DUIs lose their driver's license for a period of time because they're deemed unfit to operate a dangerous weapon responsibly.

Therefore, anyone cited for a crime where alcohols was determined to be a significant factor would lose their right to possess a firearm for a period of time.  I would suggest 2 years, with a requirement to attend an alcohol assessment/treatment program. Anyone diagnosed as an alcoholic would be denied possession until they had successfully completed treatment.

Their firearms would be stored in a non-government escrow facility.

Would some people violate this law?  Sure.  Just like they do after a DUI.  But the law would be in effect for the same reasons you lined out below.


Politically correct Oscars!!! How can you win as best director and not win as a best picture.....or vis versa? The film is a product of the director. The director is judged by the film he is nominated for. If the director win, then his product should win. Only real exception would be is if the votes were so tight......but that is a rarity. Only real winner was when Zootopica won best animated movie!!!


How can Canadian students create jobs when they, on average, graduate university at 21 or 22 with $27,000 in student debt?


lol another corporate badge licker.  go have another cup of coffee by the water cooler.


That was a ball. Low on Blackmons lower shin by the time it crossed the plate. I don't care what the dumb strike zone technology showed. The ump called the same location a ball many times in that game. Blackmon was mad  because he got that same bad call in an earlier at bat. If anybody knows the strike zone it's Chuck.


specifically vague and misleading language

Maybe some dubia are n order.


Will Mexico pay for the fence?


"...she never offered it."  If so, likely because her lawyer advised her against it, or, perhaps, advised her that she may inadvertently set off a huge backlash of ridicule and/or blame.  You doubt this?  Look at many of the comments.


I'm assuming Bernie died as article doesn't state clearly (unless I missed it).
Amazing BS survived the institution! Or, should I say, the institution survived him?  His life demonstrates the RCC is simply an institution bent on profit and power. "The RCC is the largest non prophet organization in the world as it is the largest non-profit organization in the world."  Some prophets within but like prophets of Israel become crushed from one's own, not outsiders.
Raises the question, should one expend any energy on reforming an institution which is totally resistant to reform? Ecclesia semper non reformanda est. Aren't there more interesting ways of going to hell?
R.I.P., B.S!


North Korea don't take care of their own! They could care less about foreigners, especially Americans!


Pointless.


Absolutely.  The same goes for "strong economy" in a province where revenues are largely derived from property transfer taxes and medical premiums, not to mention the phony dividends from Hydro.


The other top NDP Leadership Candidate was Farnworth, who the Conflict Commissioner concluded had been influenced by Glen Clark into giving a Casino Licence to a Motorcycle gang.

The NDP was the best thing the BC Liberals had going for them in 2013, sad to say.

The Forensic Audit of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Criminal Conspiracy yielded a lot of surprises, including the fact that 20 years earlier the criminals had paid Bob Williams 4 years MLA salary (K$80) before Williams resigned in order for Dave Barrett to get back into the legislature in a safe NDP seat. Mike Harcourt insisted that Patrice Pratt and all the other BC NDP Party Officers who had approved a backdated "sham transaction" resign. They had tried to return stolen money to the NHCS to make it "never happened" rather than admitting publicly to receiving stolen money from former MP and MLA Stupich.

http://martinandassociates.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/40-Article-RCMP-Drops-NDP-Bombshell-Sun-29March19961.pdf


I wish I didnt feel this way but I bear a huge resentment regarding the way Chinese are repopulating our country.  Everyone knows what has happened In Vancouver, and Toronto is awash with Asians.  Now Asians are replacing the French Canadian face of Montreal with Chinese immigration...just stroll down St Catheine Street.  I own a beach house in PEI, and in a few short years the Chinese form the largest visible minority in the Province, buying up all the available  business and property.  There are two Buddhist  monasteries there housing some three hundred monks and nuns.  I put the question:  If Canadians were to immigrate to Asian countries and take them over, how long do you think it would be allowed.


A good article. It explains that Syrian refugees to the U.S. already go through an intense vetting process and aren't "streaming over the border" as is the case in Europe which is faced with  an urgent humanitarian crisis. All Mr. Trump's new policies are doing is to make the world resentful of America's reluctance to help.


Turkey should never be part of the European Union. The European Union is European, it is Western, Secular but nominally Christian. The Turks are Islamic and part of a totally different civilization. They don't share the same values as Western people. It is insane that the EU would even think to add Turkey.

Also, Europe already has millions of unemployed youth, they cannot afford to flood the job market with tens of millions of low wage workers. It is insane and cruel globalism. The same thing goes for migration. All migrants need to be returned immediately when they cross the sea. There are no jobs for them. It is better to provide aid for them in the camps in Turkey and Jordan and Lebanon. There is no future for them in Europe which already has so many unemployed youth.


Alaska's not that isolated when it comes to internet. GCI didn't build the grid neither, they just bought everyone else out. Before homes are even built a GCI box is planted in the yard. GCI is horrible and L48 high data rates and speeds are far cheaper. Even MTA is cheaper and more reliable in my experience. Once you start using over 100gigs and over 75mb download speeds...you see the price gouging in GCI (who is still dialing down users which is considered illegal). GCI is still being sued by truly remote villages for service bills in the $1000's. Even comcast doesn't want to come and fight GCI, because they've already stripped the bone clean.


I agree somewhat.  While lending has tightened, the growing disparity between income and housing costs will again see a drop in housing prices because there simply is no "catching up."  There is a tipping point when the over leveraged borrower can't keep up which leads to the things you mention in your last sentence.  When we start to see foreclosures pick up on borrowers within the first two years of ownership, we should be alarmed.


And vastly more expensive.  I'm amazed at how low the rates are. If I were a doctor, I wouldn't even consider it. MSP could easily pay $1000 a case and still save loads of money over having the death in-hospital.


Why would he smother the cranks?He's one of them himself


Because... there's an unwritten law/agreement between heads of state:
 'Don't try to assassinate me and I won't assassinate you.'
They take care of themselves first.


A complex algorithm that drives the cost of electricity.  "Mileage may vary" by your where you reside...very dynamic set of variables.  Regardless, as the headline states, "smidge(n)" higher in June"...didn't someone of say the same about a smidgen of corrupution in an IRS probe (?)...perhaps "slightly" should have been used instead.  Just saying.


I was just noticing all those knock-off blacks for Trump signs.

Those signs are printed out to make it look like they are hand-painted but the give-away is the amateurish error in judgement that printing so many that all look exactly alike makes it apparent they are not hand painted, they are knock-offs.

The other problem with all those knock offs are the white hands holding them up.

If Trump discovers how clumsy his set decorators are, he'd likely fire them.

It doesn't make him look like he has black support, it makes him look weak.


Thanks as always to Scott Barlow for a thoughtful and articulate analysis.


Good luck, they've tried several times. Speaking as someone who has lived in Juneau several times in their life as well as worked for the legislature during a break in college, it will never move. The last credible threat to move it was the Willow initiative. Since then every state agency has doubled down on creating an infrastructure that would be prohibitively expensive to move and publically unpopular (it'll crash the Juneau economy).  Having the capital there also restricts access and visibility. It didn't start out that way, but it stays there by design now.


All I can say is that the old clergies needs wife bad!  In family situation, wise wife will tell husband why it should grant  this deacon a dispensation.  A single old men with accustom to power is not capable to think other's situation!   Poor old clergies!


I guess the only good thing about all of this is that the clinton dynasty is finished.


Then, unite with me, Les.  Advocate correction of THE most horrible mistake our country's electorate has ever made.  This is beyond embarassment or loss of national dignity.  It is dangerous.

I agree with you.  United we stand, divided we fall.  And, unless we unite to compel Congress to act and remove Trump from office, we will fall.  Because he is the most divisive and dangerous force this country has empowered since the Confederacy.

Trumpist rhetoric is losing any virtue in logic or reality.  It would be silly, if it weren't so dangerous to continue to enable the guy.  But while silly implies stupidity or ignorance on some level, it is also euphemistic of wrong.  Trump is dangerous.  To us all.  That's the only way to describe him.  And thus, as one of his enablers, you are the same.

Mueller has to hurry.  Congress has to act.  Perhaps the existence of America is at stake.

It's only been 8 months, folks.  Look at what has happened.


..Hee..hee..!


"An anonymous writer is not a full member of our community. If such writers are sincere about influencing the direction of their community, they should announce their name and state their opinion. I've done this since day one and I want to assure others who may want to try their name, I haven't had a single negative consequence or attack on myself of my family. I would promise any new writer, that they are safe with their opinion, but understand the rights of others to disagree with you".

Another fine example of how absolutely nave the farm boy from Iowa is in the not so big city of  Liberal Progressive PewGene


Where's the recall petition?   This guy shouldn't be allowed to hire who the eff he wants when he wants.  What is the purpose of this position?  It's all a bunch of bs.


Now the fact of the matter is we Catholic profess two moral positions: (1) Abortion is immoral because the fetus is fully human and thus immortal, and (2) all immortal humans are entitled to freedom of conscience.

Our problem at present is that in modern democratic societies these two fundamental moral values are in direct conflict!

V2 formally confirmed the long standing Catholic value of freedom of conscience, and we Catholics worldwide are very good at demanding freedom of conscience whenever OUR FREEDOM is threatened.

However, freedom of conscience above all obliged us to grant THEIR FREEDOM to others who do not share our morality—precisely point of V2.

So we are against abortion, and we must fight any law that would impinge on our right to NOT abort. But at the same time, we believe in the freedom of conscience of others, and so the only way to be absolutely true to both of these Catholic values is to support laws that allow other to also follow their conscience.


Don't forget Faux.  They had trump loosing.  Rigged I tell you!


Safe return for all please.


Is your "safe place" being compromised???  I did not realize we were debating. You win if it makes you feel better😊🏆


I hear and read daily about the rampant crime of this fine city and its surrounding area.


Bingo. Tom Corkran ("I knew nothing" Veco CFO) was also Von Imhof's campaign treasurer and donor to her campaign. Of  course she forgot to mention that to her fellow school board members during the vetting process. Her shrill self defense that day (April 1st 2014 - ASD online video) speaks volumes about her "ethics" and character.


If you weren't so guarded about protecting your sacred institution perhaps I wouldn't have to surmise as much.  You can't have it both ways... either there is a fundamental problem with the clerical culture or there isn't.  If it was there in the 11th century (during Damian's time), it was likely there in the 10th, 8th, 6th, etc.  Incidentally, I found this little gem attributed to Mr. Damian:

[Damian opposes the ordination of sodomites. He is also opposed to unshriven sodomites saying Holy Mass and wrote that “God refuses the sacrifice from an impure priest.”]

So is he right or wrong about the validity of holy Eucharist from an "impure priest?"  Seems to me this is in conflict with official church teaching... which is not surprising, just pointing out the irony of using him as an example of "orthodox" teaching."


What happened to peaceful demonstration? Those who are damaging property should be prosecuted to the full limits of the law and civil suits brought against them also. Nothing more than a bunch of idiots, damaging the very cause they think they may be supporting with this behavior.


I just hope we do not get to regret this move.  I realize there is not a choice to allow what has happened.  But I'm not ready to send our troops into harms way again when there is no announced plan.  Retaliation alone is not a plan in any military strategy.


Really?  She wasn't serious?  I kind of liked the plan.  ;)


D Gray ded

The original comment was about history, not Canadian history. Now I know you didn't go to school, and down in Trump's coal mines they didn't teach much world history to you. And the official name of the country is India, not Hindustan. Just like the official name is Canada, not Canadistan.