Raising the  tax for fuel will further add more hardships to many rural Alaskan households. Higher taxes on aviation fuel forces bush operators to raise their fare rates adds to the burden. It costs much more to travel from our villages to hub communities, then it does to travel from say Nome to Anchorage. Hit up the big oil boys...the State of Alaska gave up the farm with tax credits,


She is right in stating the causation of climate change not being proven one way or another. Interesting SA had an article 'Predatory journals publish dubious work' yesterday that points to scholarly maleficence. There are many weak points in the global warming alarmists postulation/projections (i.e. CO2 and  air temperature are not connected as much as water vapor and air temperature are), and thankfully to date, most of those dire predictions have NOT come true. It is simply not a settled science or, our TV weathermen would be right more than 20% of the time. The earth's temperature is rising and our oceans are by far the biggest contributor to global CO2 and water vapor. On that we all agree, the rest is accepted by your worldview...
Again, she was right.


This will last about 6 weeks.


Pigeons flying through rural Texas is the 140 degree summer heat.  What could possibly go wrong?


And do just what?  Give them a stipend monthly?  Welfare and food stamps?  Let others, who have committed no crime, pay for them?  Their care, at home?  Pure nonsense.


Groping Others' Privates party


Another fine example of how socialism/communism is a paradise on Earth!

Don't count on Mr. Photo op to help, trudeau is a lover of dictators!


The deaths of people crossing the Mediterranean were covered extensively in Canada in the months leading up to the 2015 federal election.

Then poof... the Liberals won and no one cared anymore.

As I recall, the G&M continued to cover these stories for some months after the election, but no one card to comment anymore, although prior to he election there had been hundreds of comments on each story.


Drain the Swamp....!!


Washington DC was not the only March.  There was no such problem at the one I attended, but yes, Planned Parenthood was conspicuous and well supported because in my State they are the first source for reproductive and general heath care for both men and women in the less affluent category and they do not provide abortion services.  It would be nice if the pro life movement got off their high horse and attempted to understand the scope of Planned Parenthood's services.


just like Jason Kenny use to do as Harpers minority recruiter.  Chill your prejudice.


Mrs. Khan has explained that she stood silent because it has been so painful to see pictures of her son and when she walked out, there was a giant picture of him.  She was doing all she could to hold it together.


No, look it up. 38 or 39 bills passed by congress.  None of this reported by CNN NYT and the like.  They are afraid to show Trump success and prefer to keep as many as possible misinformed. Its not hard to google how many  bills signed by the President.


"Stop lying about what I say, Mark. What you claim I said and what I actually said are not even remotely similar. There was once a fallen angel in the desert that twisted words exactly as you do. Why do you emulate him?"

I did not claim that you said what I wrote. What I wrote is the logical conclusion of your reasoning. You wrote that society should emulate the Church's practice. Catholic Church Law orders Bishops to cover up crimes against children unless local laws require them to report such crimes to police. Therefore, if society is to emulate Church's practice, Congress should pass laws to order people in positions of authority to conceal crimes against children.

By the way, why do you assume that the fallen angel you refer to is male? I know, in the eyes of your God females are inferior to males; my God disagrees with that.


Last I checked, it was the liberal left burning police cars at anti-Trump rallies, assaulting people with bike locks, shooting up Congressman at softball practice, ignoring federal law in sanctuary cities and encouraging violence against police.  Seems like you're confused.


This article and all the fearful predictions remind me of when Harper first became prime minister. Remember - the secret agenda, the shifty eyes, the assault on women's rights? None of those things happened. It is not for us  Canadians to lecture the Americans about their president.


In the words of this "so called" President..."nobody knew health care was so complicated"...really?  Apparently EVERYONE knew it but him...sheesh.


I agree that the media has failed, but the failure is that a highly qualified woman who may have mishandled a few e-mails is now widely regarded as equally bad as this failed businessman/reality tv star who brags about groping women.


... triple tinfoil layer hat wearer huh ... buys the cheap stuff, THINKS that more layers offers more 'protection'

I know the kind ... Wisconsin has all sorts of dingbats like Debbie Downer.


" Alaska’s per-capita senior population growth has led the nation for seven years and counting, according to the Alaska Commission on Aging’s FY 2016 annual report."

Uhh, yes,  it *also* says that the reason for that is because of the aging of a large cohort of fairly young people who moved here in the 1970's who are now "seniors"  and have remained in Alaska.  There's is absolutely no support in the report for your claim that there is a net in-migration of older persons into Alaska.


What a jerk!


Write or call the Ethics Commission in support of Sheehan. Your voice counts!


Try getting a decent job with a prostitution charge on your record. Two different standards, one for the police and one for the rest of us. Hypocrite.


Last two cuts the Big Five only passed along 15 bps of the 25.  Let's watch today to see if they increase by just 15 bps.  My guess is they all jump up 25 bps, effectively nullifying one of the past two cuts and moving their gap between BoC's rate and their prime rate up 20 bps.


No need to postpone anything. The Trump presidency is doing just fine. The only thing that got postponed tonight was the rebuilding of the Democratic party into a viable political force.


Thanks, Boozer.  Which one was it?  I want to keep posting all postings 'removed' by anyone other than the R-G censors.


What a mess was down town when all this happened. Seems with all this high Tech stuff that the idiots doing these calls would be tracked and caught.


The candidate for the position is of Persian heritage.  Warren is an ideological bigot, or racist, or both.  Perhaps mostly the former, but I don't rule out the later, either.


Great times: Defend law breaking!


It's all very nice that these liberal-sounding faith coalitions are so concerned about gun violence in this country that they're taking a principled stance against it, but their collective voices might as well be whistling past the graveyard because last November their voices were drowned out by other, larger conservative "faith coalitions" like the USCCB, the Southern Baptist Convention, the entirety of the so-called evangelical faith community and most other Christians who supported Donald Trump and his strong allegiance to the NRA. Now that he's slithered into the Oval Office there will be only relaxation of gun laws, not strengthening of them. These people can make all the noise they want but they'd do better to save their breath until it comes time to elect new members of Congress to help flush out the filth that has invaded Washington like drug-resistant bacteria. Only then will the real hope for change exist. Right now is the time to rest and let the Republicans hang themselves.


"Holding open nominations – instead of directly appointing candidates – has been a key element of Mr. Trudeau’s efforts to attract fresh blood to the party since his election as Liberal Leader in 2013."
Yup, this was just another promise for the election period, not one that was meant to be kept while in government.  It joins the string of such promises including a self-correcting $10 billion deficit and this is the last election featuring FPTP.
BTW, why, after less than 2 years from the pervious election win, do Goodale and Dion get plum government appointments to supplement their golden MP pensions and causing the need for some of these by-elections?  And why is the press not calling Trudeau and the Liberals on these partisan appointments?   The double standard is sickening.


Well Lynn, I can at least feel comfort that I'm not from the "wing-nut" segment of the political spectrum.

BTW, enjoy your "crow" dinner in celebration of Hillary's terrific victory over "Johnny-come-lately" Sanders.

-- Paul


Start working at home with Google! It’s by-far the best job I’ve had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go to tech tab for work detail. +++++++++ http://www.22moneybay.com


When will Americans denounce ALL Hate Racially and politically alike as Trump pointed out. The Racial hate and redirect does not fully fall only on White Supremacist. Is America that blinded by Politics of Democrats m.o. of playing the Race Card of putting down the White Man? Never seen a pip squeak of a Democrat denouncing BLM, well one or two Democrats may have but there's was no big fuss about it by the Racial playing Party.


I am pro-"personal responsibility".  If a woman has the "right" to take responsibility of her "body", then she can take the responsibility of NOT getting pregnant in the first place.  I think this is very easy to do in this day and age of all kinds of options for birth control.  Rape, incest, health issues, etc, is a minuscule percentage of abortions, "unwanted" pregnancy is the major reason for an abortion.  If a woman took some personal responsibility for her body and reproduction timing, there would be no pregnancy, no need for an abortion, no need for clinics, no need for protesters.  No need for political games and posturing.
 Problem solved.

Your welcome.


Any tweet from the dotard yet?  Seems his country man just killed 3.


Re:  that "obvious agenda"?

It's called publishing the truth. That's a pretty good agenda if you ask me.


I was only a PFC then, so I could only pick cig butts, paper and plastic bags.  Sorry.  DU projectiles, etc. was not in my MOS.

You talk like you're above my rank.  Why don't you give Mazie a call?  I'm sure she'll listen to you, and prevail on Obama to act on your concerns.


Pretty hard to beat no cost -  sure there is some cost on the zero interest rate - but that balance would be sitting there regardless.


freeheels, you don't know me, so don't pretend you know what I do for recreation.

Before 2000 no cyclists had been killed, and only three cyclists had been injured in Canada and one in Alaska, all by grizzly bears. Since 2000 at least 18 cyclists have run into a bear or had a bear run into them. I'd call those maulings. Ten of the 18 encounters involved black bears.


What caused Obama's supported Al Quada Ansar Al Shariah to turn against him.  Simple Obama's mouth.
"Osama Bin Laden Is Dead, General Motors Is Alive" (two events he had nothing to do with) as his Re Election Campaign Speech.  Immediately Worldwide the Imams at the Mosques told 1.8 Billion Muslims "Obama Declared War Against Muslims (Islam)", they held LARGE Rallies Worldwide, the thousand chanted "Obama, Obama, We Are All Osama".  The 1.8 Billion Muslims Worldwide, the Millions at the U.S. and Western Nations have  nothing to say as the Minority, Worship Osama Bin Laden as their Modern Day Hero Holy Warrior of Islam, up there with Mohammad and Allah.  The Obama Supported Muslim Brotherhood that had Overthrow U.S. Ally President Mubarak of Egypt then attacked the U.S. Consulate Alexandria Egypt and the U.S. Embassy Cairo Egypt, Obama's Supported Ally of Iran the Shia of Iraq attacked the U.S. Embassy Baghdad and U.S. Consulate Basra Iraq, Taliban attacked "Green Zone" Kabul.  continued


what are Canadian values?


Rik - The reason I reacted so stongly to your statement is that very mistaken beliefs around fluoride and the fearful rhetoric cold of harm children if people start to believe it and stop using fluoride toothpaste. The folks at the American Academy of Pediatrics have guidelines that include having fluoride in toothpaste, water, and varnish for children. I'm concerned for the health of our children.

No, aspirin should not be added to water. That is a silly idea. Fluoride, however is already in water, it's in ocean water at more than fluoridated water. Fluoridation is adding just enough to help build tooth enamel - to mimic water where it occurs naturally.

I'm not going to try and argue every twist from the other respondent. I'm going to spend some time with my child who brushes with toothpaste and drinks fluoridated wate when it's available.


He Forgot Rule Number One:
1. Always assume that Buffett is correct
     and he forgot rule number two:
2. Don't Forget Rule Number 1.


Nah.
He is still Republican.
He left the GOP, which quit being Republican long ago.


There were lawsuits until "Drug industry hired dozens of officials from the DEA as the agency tried to curb opioid abuse"

 "In 2005, the DEA began to crack down on companies that were distributing inordinate numbers of pills such as oxycodone to pain-management clinics and pharmacies around the country.

Since then, the pharmaceutical companies have hired at least 42 officials from the DEA...

also see:
"Ex-DEA official says Congress is protecting drug makers"

A former top Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official has accused Congress of putting pharmaceutical company profits ahead of public health in the battle to combat the US’s prescription opioid epidemic.

Joseph Rannazzisi, head of the DEA office responsible for preventing prescription medicine abuse until last year, said drug companies and their lobbyists have a “stranglehold” on Congress to protect a $9bn a year trade in opioid painkillers claiming the lives of nearly 19,000 people a year.


I was a R voter for over 30 years. No more. You lost me in March and I cannot believe people would pin their hopes on a racist, child molesting con man. I willnever vote for such man. There are good third party candidates if you can't stomach either candidate. But I will never vote R again over this betrayal of values.


Those are all good points, and I agree with all of them.

It would be nice to know how this meeting was set up and what it was supposed to accomplish.  I get wanting to educate children on how politics/government works and I could see how that would be interesting to learn in a non-politicized way from an actual politician.  If the Den Leader had told the kids to only ask general questions to avoid hot-button issues or topics then, then I could understand the Den Leader being upset with the kid for asking such questions - but then im still back at where you ended up at, which is "still, no grounds for asking the kid to leave".


Angler Bob --> Cui Bono? Your comment is ambiguous. Where do live? Do you cycle? Are you affected by errant and wayward cyclists? We are, on a daily basis and if there are trouble makers, which there, we need a way to identify them, such as a description of a license plate. Not all cyclists are law abiding, accountable, or even nice for that matter, some are even rabid in behaviour. Do you live in a city? Where was this approach tested? I personally think you are full of kaka.


Bring it.....


Yet 19,000 people work for him. That is true generosity.


wee should leave the NBA alone............


And Moses gave the 11th Commandment "THOU SHALL NOT CURL IN THE SQUAT RACK"


Ice ages come and go slowly not quickly like current climate change has.  The Sahara was once a system of lakes, and Antarctica had plant life.  Dinosaurs lived in northern Canada where tropical plant life existed.  These were due to continental drift.  The Sahara was not where it is now and what is now Antarctica was a lot closer to the equator.  People really have no clue to how long this geologic time is considering their short lives and the evidence that they have been on this planet for a mere 100K years or so.  Geologic time is measured in millions and billions of years, not centuries and millennia.
Humans can probably slow or maybe even halt global warming.  The last fifteen or so years have seen a decline in rising temperature, in fact the rise has almost flattened out thanks to greater fuel economy in automobiles, controls on industrial effluent, the Kyoto Protocol, etc.  So there is hope.


Maybe Open Society can fund health care for the undescribed millions of "American citizens"  not qualifying for health care......refugees not following citizenship laws, boundary walkers not interested in citizenship laws, Medicaid recipents intentionally not maintaining county requirements including no arrests, full income disclosure, and active job placement or community service.  The Senate has an obligation to describe those falling in Hillary Clinton's death camp category, including Medicare recipients who may fall in a separate budgetary category.   It is astounding that no one has asked who EXACTLY is "falling through the cracks".


Google "Trudeau Congress video"

But I agree that it would have been a better idea for the G&M to supply the video or at least a link.


Marc Soules, Your complaint is pointless.  Government already has a record of those who have registered their guns.


You're a troll faking someone else's account.
Get out.


"Lee was against slavery."

No, Jo.  Lee was FOR slavery.  Why do we know this?  Because he fought to preserve slavery.  Does not matter at all what Lee said.  What matters is what he did.  Lee was a traitor of the worst kind.  A monster.


Good looking group of students


... 'christians' have that mastered ...


You are correct! As reported in the Globe a few months ago,  the only contractual obligation to the Saudi's on these LAVs was to provide test data to them. The Liberals could have cancelled this contract as they promised. But wait! Haven't we seen this deceit so many times in the past. For example, if you have a few minutes, I encourage you to Internet search the following: "GST + Nunziata".  What the Liberals did to this very honorable man was a TOTAL DISGRACE!


There are.  I know a few dozen myself.


I have answered that precise question from you, either here or on Disqus, by actual count, six (6) times.

Are you so insecure in your theology about global warming that you continue to require these affirmations?

I refuse to give you an answer for the seventh (7th) time.  Go Away!


How about the ethicless part time mayor/part time banker just chip in with Sword to pay off Kealoha? Seems fair since Cadwell appointed Sword and very shortly thereafter, Sword decided to "close" the deal for the chief.


Some say that it' not "real medicine." But yet, they have no problem taking a plethora of addictive opioids as "real medicine."


Don't get it do you ? So let me try again. Khdar has a 130 m U.S. judgement against him, issued by a legitimate U.S. court, which he did not contest. Under the terms of NAFTA it has to be honored and eventually will be. The only question is by then which terrorists group will he have given the money to.


true.  and apparently a propensity for acting like entitled spoiled brats, as is evident by the vast majority of these comments.


I'da knocked that bitchout cold. She would have let go.


Oh, please...

China is a third world country that lurches along happy to destroy itself making junk for walmart and macdonalds. It's citizens lack any creativity and if not for hacking would have no technology of their own.

They are also an untested paper tiger that no military takes seriously, and who have to bully the little countries around them to make themselves feel tough.


So the Liberals did nothing but host $50,000 a plate dinners for donors who got rich off money-laundering through real estate and casinos and dead silence from the media.

When the NDP realizes that the problem isn't so easy to fix on any level, suddenly the media has lots to say?

It's going to take a federal-level initiative of the CRA working with the RCMP, CSIS and the provinces to come up with a solution that won't tank the entire economy for the next two decades.

Unfortunately, Trust-fund Trudeau is too busy taxing the discount on socks and bankrupting small businesses to care where his donors get their money from.


Here's the real numbers:

Votes for Clinton: 65,853,516[

Votes for Trump: 62,979,636

You're welcome.

Glad I could help.


It is important to say that the authors argument is so fraught with error that it is impossible to believe a person with an economics degree imagined it. the complexity in a significant tax that descends over time, coupled with the rationale of taxing primary residencies comes very close to the concept of a planned economy. Trying to use taxes to control markets is just ludicrous and invites major problems, including devaluing land ownership and permanently damaging the economy. Not only would foreign capital disappear, domestic capital would too because too much money would be at risk. The seriousness of this asinine suggestion should not go unchallenged.


Getting high speed internet to rural areas is a losing proposition cost wise.  So what you're asking for is a hand out - sounds like socialism to me - you want someone else to pay more so you can get cheap highspeed internet.


Awesome. They probably want to be very selective about the guests, with a very high deposit, chances are the haters would take the opportunity to trash it.


>>The pomposity of self-declared winners gets old quickly.
.
As  do your vapid one-liners.
.
Care to provide a real response, or you are just on duty (as usual) to "protect" by declaring anyone who would question the Islam-pandering Liberal agenda, exploited by political Islam a bigot, racist ( as if Islam is a race)?
+1


Yeah those Leftist Marxist Anti-Fa's
Boy,
are they are scum


A lot of this goes back to crazy educators.  I sat at a party with a bunch of teachers who went on and on about how chauvinistic men are in the workplace.  Teaching, especially at the middle school level and below, is a profession dominated by women.  I wondered how they could make such assertions about men in the workforce, when they don't actually work with any.

I work in engineering, so have a lot of experience working with a lot guys.  Lots of meetings, I'm the only woman in the room.  My experiences didn't sound at all like what they were saying.  My experience also tells me that arguing with women who work in female dominated professions about what it's actually like working with men is a losing battle.  It's like playing checkers with a chicken.  Eventually, the chicken gets mad & wipes all the pieces off the board.


There goes Andy....the let me tell you troll, liking his own comments again......trumpy went after the uneducated, hilbilly, dullard vote and got Andy.


That is why we need to use more volunteers

Not all needs of the city require government spending


A 2013 Princeton University study concluded that the tipping point has already been reached; that even if humans stopped emitting all C02 (and other GHGs) into the atmosphere today, the temperature would continue to rise for at least the next 200 years.

https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S38/51/51I69/index.xml?section=topstories

Canada could have been the world leaders in carbon capture and storage technology, but climate change deniers and their powerful right-wing masters took the argument, saying that there was no such thing as climate change, therefore few resources went into capture/storage technology.

We missed the boat. Now we're trying to play catch-up in a game that is already over.

Move to higher ground. And invest in pharmaceutical stocks that focus on tropical diseases.


Ah hah. Very subtle racism. Well done boo.


GC......I guess you found your rose colored glasses


Oh?  If it's not about politics, change your sign-in name.  Don't like the heat?  Leave.


People are losing sight of the clear advantages to maintaining the F35 "VaporStrike" fighter:
= completely nvisible to the enemy - because it isn't there!
= no collateral damage or injury to civilians - or anyone at all!
= Canada supports NATO and alliance with the USA for its latest and greatest aircraft - at no cost whatever!


Just because Republicans can't think or organize for themselves doesn't mean progressives can't.  And it's "you're" not "your."


Goes to show where Conservative politicians heads are at. Not all politicians are as nasty, corrupt and dishonest as the Conservatives.,
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I jolly well would never hang a man by saying this as long as

Kathleen Wynne and Dalton McGuinty are still around


Can't help wondering if Omar Khadr has some thoughts on his former brother-in-law's activities and remarks....


If you need the Denver Post to validate your opinion of the Trumps, maybe you ought to re-examine your thought processes. Or news sources.


You are placing too high a value on the Democrat's U.S. Island State of Hawaii, Terrorists would more than likely not waste a tactical nuclear warhead of about 10 Kilo Tons to do something here, they would more than likely go after New York City or Washington D.C...  Before you say what about Islamic States Claiming the Las Vegas Nevada Shooting, there is something around there that made Las Vegas Nevada a Target of Muslim Revenge.  Also, Ever since the Millions of Holy Warriors of Islam Alliance with the Mexican Drug Cartel Families smuggling a Nuclear Weapon into the U.S. "Mainland" using Millions of Illegal Aliens  is much easier than shipping to the U.S. Island State of Hawaii.  And the Democrats already "Nuked" Hawaii with the July 2011 Democrat President Obama Nuclear Option Automatic Sequestrations (A Democrat U.S. Law) and the since April 2009 Obama 50% U.S. Defense Budget Cuts (A Democrat U.S. Law effective until end of 2017) as to why no ABMs at Hawaii.


I would hope the trained professionals  are calling the shots and not the local neighborhood group. Unless that group has education and experience, they should only have input.
Just look at the mess Crest Drive is, untrained neighbors designing a road. Hope no houses burn there because the big fire truck can't make it up there.


Not sure I am ready for a sea change of this magnitude.


Rarely does one see a man wearing tartan who spends like Mr. Trudeau, at least not since the Treaty of Union.


Over the history of the world there has been much good and much evil done in the name of religion.  I, probably like you, would have to "file" knowingly failing to get medical attention for your child on the "evil" side of the ledger.  Willful negliglance in the name of God, just doesn't cut it for me.    Regards, Gary


I saw a similar chart on display many years ago at the Tyrell Museum in Drumheller.  That is, it showed temperature fluctuations on the planet over an extended period of time.

What struck me about the chart I saw is that today is a comparatively cool period in geologic history, and there have been many times on this planet when temperatures have been warmer.


Wait lists are unfortunately a fact of life. My only advice is go to the provincial wait list site and get your doc to send you to a hospital that has a short list. If its hip you may wait 18 months at Toronto Western but 90 days in London.
Also talk to your doc about a Cannabis or more accurately a CBD oil (drops) script. It will help with pain and inflammation but won't generate addiction issues or the dozy-stupid feeling of an opiate


It's winter. The temperatures drop into the 60s at night. The Koleas have returned. Joe Souki is desperately trying to bring gambling to Hawaii. The world spins on....


What white supremacist made you become a Republican? One need not have had any trouble with cops to know that they are criminals. Have you been murdered? Well, how do you know murder is bad? You're replete with fallacies of logic, aren't you?


I heard the 'bubble will burst' scare for the past 30 years, if not more. And it never did; there were some temporary price drops and demand swings, but nothing, that would alter the old real estate axiom: "prices will always rise on the long run, because the supply will always be limited".
All 3 levels of governments are complicit in what we see today.
The City administration should have NEVER allowed infills in established neighbourhoods without controlling (strictly!) what is being built to replace what was there before; no severing of a building lot to allow 2, or more structures to replace one.
The Provincial governments shouldn't have allowed creeping subdivision development gobbling up arable farmland.
And the Feds should have put rules and regulations in place long time ago, not by tweaking with mortgage lending, but rules with teeth, such as mandatory building starts within 2 years; vacant lodging tax; excise tax on foreign buyers; raising the capital gains tax.


Unsecured and loaded guns, oh yes.

As for "presence of a gun makes those around it less safe..." Said gun(s)  when secured in a safe, kept unloaded, bullets locked up  and with a  trigger lock and the keys not present-nope.  Perfectly safe around all people.

Disagree on this as well - "significantly increases the incidence of suicide."

May take more planning but they will find a way if that is their sad sad goal.

You gave my post a disagree vote, do you mind me asking you what you disagreed with that I posted?

This? "Gun safes and trigger locks are a necessity."

Or this? "And hiding? Uh no. Kids are masters at finding. Even more so if something is the coveted Forbidden Fruit."

Or this? "Sad sad story all the way around."

And why you disagree with some or all please!


An excellent statement, I think. One must follow one's conscience.


This is clear proof that Trump is insane.  Neither Oregon or Washington are up for grabs.

He will be totally wasting his time coming here.  Trump's campaign is doomed.


Dick, where is your data concerning;

"Nearly every dime given on street corners goes to booze . Every dime given to Beans and Francis enables these people to survive to start over again the next day."

So you're saying 99% of these human beings are chronic inebriates?

In America, how does one go about shutting down charities like, Beans and Francis? Do you post arm police officers outside their doors? Do you round up all the street people and put them in jail until they sober up? Or do you wait until they all die of starvation on the streets and your psyche is pacified.


Okay, I got BTW ("by the way," right?) but LOLz??  And what the heck is IMHO?

And even the English words are strung together in a puzzling way: "somehow earns you more."  More of what, exactly?

"...$5-$6 for digital--that is it."  And what, exactly is "it"?  Budget limitations, maybe?  If not, then what?

"A couple look interesting but Kindle prices..."  Lemme guess: "not worth the money," right?  Then why the heck not say so?

My advice--not solicited, but definitely needed here--read more, learn from it and comment less.

You're welcome.


WM and SF are typical Lib trolls. They have nothing to say but insults and flag and attempt to have anyone removed that makes them feel bad.


I've also been told by an older priest that a pope "has to SAY he's teaching ex cathedra" in order for the teaching to BE ex cathedra.   This is not true:   Vatican I never said that.

Anytime a pope solemnly teaches definitively -- whether in a bull, encyclical, by promulgating the texts of an ecumenical council, or by any other method or venue-- on a point of faith or morals to the *entire Church*, such a teaching is ex cathedra.

Where many "traditionalists" do err is by extending infallibility beyond this.

It's important to emphasize:
-Aquinas made mistakes
-Saints made mistakes
-Doctors made mistakes
-Popes made mistakes in fallible capacities
-Sacred Congregations made mistakes
-The common teaching of theologians in a given era can & have been mistaken
-Most of these mistakes were made in good faith
-If a person obstinately denies a dogma, he's no longer Catholic
-Infallibility is given to Peter alone under certain conditions


The majority in most cases already rules, thats why as an individual your only guarenteed protection from them is the Bill of Rights....


I agree, however that would require personal responsibility and accountability. Something the liberals think should be left to the almighty government. (Unless it's a Republican in office lol)


Melanie Joly seems in over her head,  and that's saying a lot when you consider the totality of Trudeau's cabinet and the well documented struggles of Sajjan, McKenna, Freeland and now even Morneau.  This Netflix non-deal is emblematic of the optics-driven, low-substance style of governance that has become the hallmark of the Trudeau team.  But then again, with a cabinet that was assembled explicitly and overtly on a quota basis we shouldn't be surprised although we really should demand better.


"Hate for Pay" or "The turd-polishing tour".  Palin is going to be SO mad.


I had no idea that there are separate roads for cars and buses.


Well past Presidents reactions to North Korea sure worked well.


Why was he still not in jail?

And it is obvious anchorage has a problem with a certain ethnic group of people, not guns per say. Remember blacks are about 7-8% of the Anchorage population, yet from my limited research they commit about 90% of the murders in Anchorage.

The (((mayor))) is celebrating diversity this month... they are celebrating it too.


This clown trump is a complete incompetent IDIOT.   He makes w bush look like a  Rhodes Scholar.


Getting arrested sound traumatic, and down right scary.  That is not something that happens to most people.  Getting out more does not include getting arrested.


You can report potholes online at http://www3.honolulu.gov/genex/main/frmForm.aspx?id=1&sFlag=1.  At least in my area, the response has been surprisingly fast considering it's the city.  You can remain confidential if you choose but input a good description of the location, e.g. which side of the street and vicinity of a landmark such as a street address, an intersecting street, a fire hydrant, crosswalk, etc.  The patches don't last long but it's better than nothing.


Of course it is.  It's the epic story that was true before His days with us, while He was with us, and even now.

Note how when the rich man went away sad..separating himself..Jesus didn't say.."well you don't have to give up everthing..I was only acting!"

Nor when He spoke so jarringly about the Eucharist...when others fell away...He didn't chase after them.

These are examples of division and we have them and many more today.

Jesus doesn't want division...He wants unity with Him in the Truth...but He won't do damage to our free will either.

Notice His point on divorce.


Always easy for a well informed man to stay within the letter of the law but avoid the "spirit" of its intention altogether.


Us? You're Russian.


Possibly they don't have the technology to do this yet.


I used to be a writer for Anchorage Magazine and I came to be convinced that it is us that is off the grid and are missing the point. You have found what many seem to never find.


devos is living proof that a mind is a terrible thing to waste!


I'm sure one of the tens of thousands of Syrians they brought in has nanny experience.


Most engine " failure " in Alaska comes from running out of gas. Dozens of people have died in Alaska because the plane ran out of gas.  We have a " cowboy " pilot problem in Alaska .  I'm not saying that's what happened in this case , but half a dozen times a year in Alaska we read how people died because the pilot messed up.  The simple solution to this problem is to require pilots to carry insurance , just like the car that got them to the airport.  That way people on the ground and innocent passengers who trusted the pilot with their lives are covered when things go wrong.  Thankfully everything turned out ok in this latest incident and no one on the ground got hurt.  A person doesn't have to be a pilot to recognize something is wrong in Alaska aviation .  Too high of a percentage of crashes turn out being pilot error . Too many innocent passengers are dying because of them. The situation needs to be fixed.


Thanks WW! Good piece on yet another imminent earthquake threat! Preparation is the best solution. Prepare with a JET PACK BAG. @jetpackbagpdx www.jetpackbag.com


Why not in the next election we all not vote, it is a joke and doesn't matter!!


Another important bit of context, (supplied by NY Times, Nov., 2015): 2015 was the year the US recorded that there were more Mexicans LEAVING than US than entering the country--legally or illegally.  Over a period of a few years, the "leaving" tally was 140,000 over the "arriving" tally.

Now, many would jump to the conclusion that, "Aha!  See?  life in the US wasn't so good after all!"  Well, that may have been the case for some, but the more important reason that out-migration was bigger than in-migration was...beefed up border patrols by legitimate US services and vigilante groups. It was simply tougher to get in.

And--wow--all this long before the Presidential election!  Why spend a ton of money building a "wall"?  Could it be...politics?  Just like "top of the pack" military build-up.  Pointless, when you already have close to 7,000 nukes at your disposal.  Smacks of JFK's "Missile Gap" (1958)  Pure politics, and even Saint Kennedy wasn't above doing it to win an election.


So what are we suppose to do, just keep extending the boundary until the whole state becomes a park? Denali is big enough, no matter how big you make it animals are going to leave the park.


Chuckie Schmuck at it again. Another of HiLIARy's playmates can't handle the truth. Born loser


Cult? you may want to tone those defamatory remarks down, there's no place in a forum like this for that type of hyperbole.  It sounds more like "you've" had enough. Rents certainly aren't the the $800.00 a month, run down apartment building rent, no.  If my math is correct, these people can afford to drop their rents and still live rent free in most cases.  All while building equity in their investment properties.


Ridicule is not persecution. Ridicule is simply the the involuntary and unavoidable noises reasonable people make in response to indefensible bat shit crazy bullshit.


And again, you attack the NEA not the issues raised, because the concerns raised about DeVos are valid.


Coal works....


The statement should be that people without insurance tend to ignore their symptoms more when they don't have insurance than when they have insurance You're claim that those with insurance also ignore their symptoms is true. That is not being argued.


They need to create a valid test for marijuana DUI.  They're already talking about using some of the profits from taxes on this.


It's all fun and games until the 'employee' decides on a lawsuit claiming that they were coerced into the relationship so that they could keep their job.


Sᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴏᴍᴇ! Gʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴊᴏʙ ғᴏʀ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs, sᴛᴀʏ-ᴀᴛ-ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏᴍs ᴏʀ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ... Yᴏᴜ ᴏɴʟʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴜᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʀᴇʟɪᴀʙʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ... Mᴀᴋᴇ $90 ʜᴏᴜʀʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ $12000 ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ʙʏ ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʟɪɴᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛᴛᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ sɪɢɴɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴇᴇᴋ...

+++++++++  http://www.earnmax6.com/


I watched an interesting documentary about the growing modeling school industry in Siberia, where parents sent their daughters to learn how to walk, use body language, use makeup and attractive hairstyles, and dress sexy, with the main objectives to become high paid models (mostly in Asia), and/or to land a wealthy husband in the West.  The Russians are realists.

Here in America, why do women shave their legs and armpits (and other places), wear high-heal shoes, short hemlines, and show cleavage, if not to look sexually attractive to attract a better class of men?  It's Mother Nature's way of improving the gene pool.  Capitalism through sexuality.


Federal legislation sponsored in part by Bernie Sanders keeps that from happening.

"In 2005, a Republican-dominated Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). This law doesn’t protect gun owners; it protects gun manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and importers. The PLCAA was the No. 1 legislative priority of the National Rifle Association for years, because it shields gun makers and dealers from most liability when their firearms are used criminally."

"In 1993, then-Rep. Sanders voted against the Brady Act, which mandated federal background checks for gun purchasers and restricted felons’ access to firearms."


Trump already provided perfectly clear guidance.
He wants a "big, beautiful health plan that will work bigly for everyone".


Jared Kushner,no experience advisor, is there to call Ivanka and put the telephone to the Trump ears. "DAD,STOP!STOP!" After calming down, Jared tells the politicians, OK you can talk to him now.


Why do I always want to throw my coffee cup through the window when you spew your trash? BTW, call anybody anything you want and coming from you it would still sound like babble.


Note to Dreamers:
Wake up and start packing!


To be perfectly clear, I do not support union rhetoric, politics or their bargaining methods, their lack of participation in the concerns of the real world or their ignorance of the consequences of their actions.

That being said, I support them in this case 100% and sincerely hope that they are successful in this endeavor  encouraging all others to follow suit.  This Criminiberal government should have been disposed of like the carrion they are, years ago.

All the best to CUPE, and may the odds be forever in your favor.

PS. I really cannot fathom why there are still people who support this government in OntariOWE.  Hopefully, CUPE is successful in getting a conviction that may allow those Liberal supporters to finally see the carnage this crime syndicate has laid upon the good citizens of this once beautiful province.  Their argument, "vote for the devil you know" was the worst possible excuse imaginable for electing Wynne! Stupidity begets stupidity...


Why is that shocking? They did not not decide whether or not the immigration ban was legal as that was not the case they were tasked to decide. The law you're citing is applicable to whether or not the immigration ban is legal.


All workers deserve to have the right-to-choose if they want to financially support a labor union OR NOT, and that's probably why a widely reported 82% of Americans are opposed to Forced Unionism.  The best way to end Forced Unionism is to pass a Right-To-Work law, and it's now time we do this at a national level in order to protect ALL legal workers in America and our families.  Please help us pass a national RTW law this year!


#boycottunited


Let's not dare to mention the irresponsibility of the parents here...
Just feed the kids and don't ask questions...


Reposted as G&M moderators censored original comment.

The evidence for Russian hacking of the 2016 US election is now IN-DIS-PUTIN- ABLE.

The handover should now be delayed until the question is well studied and decided upon whether it was Russian hacking (and not the will of the American people) that has given the World President Trump, and if so, the 2016 US election should be redone from scratch.

Mr. Trump would be very wise to go along with a thorough review of the 2016 US Presidential election.

Oh, wait... did I just use "Trump" and "wise" in the same sentence ?


Poland did not side with the Nazis and many Poles lost their lives fighting in the Polish resistance.

Furthermore, many Poles also joined the British military in order to fight the Germans.


Actually Jim, it might have been a fake Trump that had the fake news conference, since it was that fake Russian hacking of the election that made him president--or fake president--depending which Trump you're referring to--the one the people actually elected, or the fake ogre you imagine in your twisted hate-filled mind.


If you went back in history and read the stories of the old Hollywood and the "casting couch" you would see that the new Hollywood is pretty much the same as the old Hollywood, and the same say nothing approach has worked until now.


Her opinion is that facts matter.....sorry if you disagree with that notion.


Long pauses and bewildered responses to questions - blow a kiss to baffle 'em!


Oh, well, you know, I am SURE the USPS performed a thorough investigation of her other work activities once they found out she was a criminal and a fraud. Uh huh. The tiny little post office on the Anschutz campus in Aurora has been remodeled at least 5 times in the 15 years it's been open. But then the USPS is one of the most profitable government agencies and has lots of money to blow on decorations for post offices that have almost no traffic at all.


Regarding: "The number of women serving as presidents of U.S. Catholic colleges has skyrocketed in the past 16 years — up 137 percent from 2000 to 2016, according to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities."
- That this is a marvel depends on the base line, in this case - years 2000 - 2016.
- If extending the baseline to 1920 then the number of women presidents is seen to be a large number as the women's catholic colleges were lead, you guessed it, by women.
- It seems the uniqueness of women serving as presidents in these days is that they are usually lay women, that is not consecrated women religious, and that they serve in universities that are now co-educational.


In effect, this is a tax on the least well educated (and likely poorest) Alaskans.  Bishop certainly is aware of that.  If he wants to impose  tax to fund education, then call it what it is and impose it fairly.


Has nothing to do with animal rights, PETA, Iditarod racing or anything else other than the massive hit by the bank by illegality and corrupt practices in all of its banking operations.  The headlines throughout last year revealed the depth of corruption from the Board, CEO, and all of management as they orchestrated mass thievery on their depositors.  False news to divert attention away from the real reasons as every nutcase organization claims victory without any foundation in fact.  The Bank loves the diversion away from its real problems.  They can just sit back and watch the "dog" fight unrelated to any reality.


Why are these the Liberals' or Trudeau's guidelines?  Why aren't they written into law?
As long as they are one Party's guidelines, they will be broken which is what the Liberals are doing.  The ethics commissioner has characterized these cash for access events as highly questionable.


"one buffoon won't be able to kill it"
Not one buffoon, no - at least not by himself.  But he's supported by 52 buffoons/croneys in Senate, 250-ish buffoons/croneys in the House, and 63 million or so voters.  Together, they can do a lot of damage.


no punishment would be too severe. big failure of the criminal justice system.


Poison, but a poison that has bee around for thousands of years. I have seen young people chugging it down like water. Not suprising concidering what their lives are like.


The loyal Brown Shirt paid by the traitorous American Enterprise Institute funded by the Billionaire Barons of the traitorous Republican Party spews his traitorous vocabulary of ultimate dictatorship over all human and civil rights.  Goebbels would be so proud of his spawn.


Any knowledgeable person building a house in the US would insist that southern pine not be used. It is an extremely low quality product which results in a low quality building.


Didn't watch the same news.
Where were the police.
They're supposed to keep the peace.
Not allow vehicles to run into crowds.
No club needed to inflict damage on President Trump,
does that freely himself.


The office of Mayor is the highest political executive that is elected by the people.  All others are Royal appointments by the Queen of England and soon to be Queen Charles. Canadians deserve to directly elect their own leaders, Senators, Premiers, Heads of State, Judges, Tax Appraisers and Prime Ministers.  Canada needs to ditch the Constitutional Monarchy and become a free and fair Republic.


We don't get to define "free speech" by our preferences relating to the content.  Don't like nude dancing?  Don't go to the bars which feature it.  Don't like panhandling? Don't participate on either side of the transaction.  Don't like sermons which condemn same-sex marriage?  Don't go to those churches.  Don't like sermons which support same-sex marriage?  Don't go to those churches.

The ACLU often defends the "free speech" First Amendment Rights of some individuals you or I would consider really "creepy".  However, the organization is defending the Constitution and the individuals' rights to exercise those constitutionally protected freedoms.

Springfield's City Council doesn't like panhandling and, therefore, has taken action to circumvent the Constitutional First Amendment protections provided to panhandlers.  There's no queston about the intent.  The question is "will Springfield get by with the action"  when it's challenged as Unconstitutional?


Yes, it was an attempt to regulate illegal straw purchases for gun smuggling into Mexico.

"The mid-range estimate suggests that the combined seizures of roughly 37,000 firearms by Mexican and U.S. authorities represent roughly 18.2% of the weapons bought for trafficking in recent years. ... In 2007 the ATF traced 2,455 firearms confiscated in Mexico, and found that 1,805 of them, or 73.5%, came from dealers in three of the four border states: Arizona, California and Texas. In the border region there are approximately 6,700 FFLs, or 12.5% of all registered gun dealers in the United States. This represents three gun dealers for every mile of the U.S.-Mexico border."

What was your point?


Some guy in California just raped and beat his girlfriend for nearly two weeks because she lost her purse in an Uber vehicle. Maybe Donald Trump should order a report on that and all the other cases of domestic abuse, many of which go . . . unreported.


"The developments come as billionaire Paul Singer, president of Elliott Management Corp., has been injected into one of the biggest mysteries of the Trump era: who paid for the much-discussed Russian dossier on the man elected president almost a year ago."

Wait!  What?  That doesn't fit the right-wing echo-chamber narrative!  It was Hillary and only Hillary who funded the dossier!  Just ask Sean Hannity!


If you do not want somebody to steal  your money or your sperm, you might consider using a safe.


She was old, not a bad way to go, we all die someday


“Now who do I blame?” he asked, pointing to the audience. “The people. A bunch of idiots following Pied Piper over the edge of the cliff."

Probably not the way to endear yourself to the sizable Trump electorate in Alaska.


The "test" is age-specific.  If you're one of the many millions older than that? For this upper-middle class reader (age 70) certain components aren't relevant:
1. Your mother graduated from university.
My mother never attended university.  Heck, she never learned to drive a car!

I went to "community college"--didn't struggle (struggle came later, in my late 50s as I suspect many upper-middle incomers in their 50s continue to do.)  Had a terrific career and still enjoy an upper-middle class life.

Other debatable statements: Class is "the divide between the educated elite and everybody else."  Today, being "educated" is no definition of elite membership when society is flooded with degree-holders.  67 years ago, when my father earned his degree, HE was a member of the "elite."  Not his 30-something grand-daughters.

My daughters could check off almost all test components. They'd laugh if you said they were members of the "elite." To them, it's somebody else.


Um, I don't think that is true.  Neo liberal typically refers primarily to trade deals, rather than social agendas.  Globalization and free trade are considered 'neo liberal'.   His campaign certainly was not that, although he himself may well like those policies.  But there is no such thing anymore as 'liberal', unless we just mean 'generous'.


Yeah you are absolutely right. Operating and owning businesses which employ tens of thousands of people in countries all over the world gave him no experience to be president whatsoever. Community organizer in south Chicago, now there is a job that prepares a man, ops, person to be president!


The government can only create the environment where success is possible. Interestingly enough, it tends to do that by staying out of the way.


I gotta hand it to the motorcyclists.  They're not being hypocrites here.  I've never seen a motorcyclist texting while riding.


Moral of the story " Do Not freak out when you stupidly leave an edible out and your kid eats it." Put on their favorite movie and make some popcorn.


Would Singh shut down our beef industry and ban us from McDonalds ?


Keep mocking him, like Trump the establishment ate every word!!!!
Justin lied to get  to office, broke all his key campaign pledges and killed any hope of regaining the NDP vote. Good luck with that 39 percent in 2019.
A one term PM who is going to get schooled by a self made millionaire from a immigrant family who is also able to connect with Millennial.
Yes the language of jobs in a housing market that only represents the wealthy !!!!!


ArtSpace, the developer of this leased property, isn't a government agency.  They have a long record of creating spaces for artists to live and work.  See http://www.artspace.org/about/mission-history


IRT "Dump plastic bags once and for all".  Your suggestion that we make intelligent decisions related to our environment is spot on.  The saying that "plastic is good and plastic is bad" is so true.  The ban on single use bags is a good start and will increase awareness, but/& there are so many other single use plastic packaging uses that should also be looked at.  So how long does plastic last?  .... we are not old enough to know ... it just keeps getting smaller and infiltrating our environment in detrimental ways.


Just another dirty old man copping a feel but at least he didn't deny it.
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission eh.


True.  Some of the conservative platforms (e.g. Andrew Scheer) actually reference cleaner air/water/soil as priorities.  Excluding carbon tax policy does not imply that real pollutants like SOx, particulates, etc. will be ignored.


I know someone else who apparently doesn't understand all the words he used in his ridiculous post.


Well it's my hope that the permits granted by the state also only allow for a low risk of cancer to you and your family. Cheers!


I didn't think Bombardier was selling many of its C-series planes so how could it be dumping?

Is Boeing seeking a probe  because Bombardier is being subsidized by the Quebec and Canadian governments?

Doesn't the U.S.A. give tax breaks and subsidies to Boeing and other U.S. plane makers?


Only one point. I am not Russian nor have I ever been. My ancestors came from England and Ireland. Look up the history of Kieven Rus. And I did not claim that Russia started in Kiev. Moscow was chosen as a strategic location to counter the Mongol invasions. otherwise St. Petersburg might be a better choice and even Kiev. Ukraine was out of ancient Galicja. But no Ukraine actually existed prior to 1991.


Or maybe Bruce will "process" the cash for her.


GREAT news ! The housecleaning begins, we hope !!


At least he is not arriving on the opening day of hunting season like he did during his last visit. That was very disruptive for many Alaskans. But with the crazy population being so high, I fully understand the need for flight restrictions.


I agree that the minimum wage has not kept up with the costs of living and by the inaction of the politicians over the years.  I read another opinion that if the minimum wage kept up since it's creation in the 1930's it would be 28. an hour. Poverty has decreased in this nation since President Johnson has waged the war on poverty but the safety net is necessary to keep people from being poor. Experts say the poor are those who are working minimum wage jobs so until the minimum wages are increased there will be no way to change that.  Workers being threatened to be replaced by machines if they ask for a living wage and benefits sounds more like a scene  out of a  George Orwell book. It is not new, if employers want to have machines do the work loyal employees will not stop them. There has to be a ladder up to the middle class and better paying jobs and that includes low college tuition and on the job training for technical jobs. Same as in my day.


More drivel. Jews in Europe are afraid, but they are not afraid of Christians. Not at all. They are leaving France and Belgium and Sweden because of the growing Muslim populations. Hate crimes against Jews are far more problematic in Europe than the cause du jour of the Press, Islamophobia. The populist parties in Europe are pro Jew and anti-Islam. They are the firewalls against increasing anti-Semitism, not the other way around. This stirring up of negativity by Sanders toward populist parties in Europe is predictable and I knew it was only a matter of time before he played the Hitler card. If the Jews are looking for politicians in Europe who have their backs, they need look no further than Oban, LePen in France, Geert Wilders in Holland and Nigel Farage in the UK.


1/6  You have certainly raised an interesting issue and I’ve put quite a bit of time into it before answering you. This is really not a Catholic issue; the majority of Christians hew to the same approach Catholics do, even though many of the liberal sects have departed from natural law theory to justify other things they are doing. Small sects hew to your approach, and conscientious objection is a minor but serious component of American beliefs.

First, the Scriptural references, which I provide with a short commentary from a mainline Protestant commentary - just so we understand this is not a uniquely Catholic view of the texts:

Matthew 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;


Hang in there AK, learning is hard!


yawn.


It's called "below average IQ" which affects about half the country, more commonly known as "The Democratic Party" and "The Leftstream Media".


The research suggests that Obamacare hurt twice as many people as it helped

http://nypost.com/2014/01/14/another-25-million-obamacare-victims/


convicts_and_undocumented_migrants._Wait,_they_already_are


The Mayor and the Commission are now highlighting Chuck Totto's past successes, only because he has resigned.  This year he has no successes because of funding cuts and demeaning policies set up by the Commission.  Educating workers on ethics is important but when the Managing Director (connected to the Mayor, right?) takes $6,000 to do this education...it suggests to me that they want workers to act based on what they've learned with minimal resources for consultation, investigation and enforcement.

I will state that Chuck Totto's fate was sealed with questioning the Mayor's luau and subsequent concerns voiced about the rail vote.

The spotight has been on Chuck Totto...and now the SPOTLIGHT is on the Mayor, his appointees to the Commission and other political appointees. Point one finger, and there are always 4 fingers back at you.

I wish Mr. Totto the best.


The article misses a BIG issue; banks will not finance developments unless a certain percentage is pre-sold.  The threshold for financing is generally 65% pre-sales.

If you're a developer who needs financing to build a highrise, do you think you'd prefer to have third party buyers making much of your profit by buying in advance and re-selling the purchase contract?  No.  The developer would rather get it built and sell the units at their market value once complete.  Because banks add this requirement, the developers have no choice but to look at it as a cost of financing.

As to the suggestion that someone is avoiding property transfer tax by re-selling their right to buy, their is no merit to that.  No real estate has changed hands.  The only thing the pre-sale buyer sells is the right to buy, not the actual real estate.

As to whether the ultimate sale attracts the 15% foreign buyer tax, that is a function of the residency of the ultimate buyer once the building is complete.


"President Donald Trump is turning his back on the very people who are most in need"

Nonsense, the people most in need right now is the american taxpayer.


Many of his ideas are communist. Pitting the rich against the working class....his biggest theme, absolutely right out of Lenin's Communist Manifesto.  That is a fact. Do I make things up, no just because I disagree with you does not mean it is made up..but that is an easy go to argument for those who have no real response.


Pretty pathetic when you must form a Union instead of having government make sensible rules to allow owners and renter to get along. You cannot expect an owner to rent out a unit at less than market value but rent cannot be raised in one year at a massive sum either.


Sorry Trumpkin but you need to keep up with the discussion. I was questioning Tempmanoa's explanation of Trump going back on his pledge to make Mexico pay for the wall. I know it's hard for you Trumpkins but try to marshal your limited faculties and keep up will ya?...


The lowering of public and higher education was a fait accompli long before Ms. DeVos and her self-appointed reformer comrades came on the scene.
I suspect that this ominous trend can be traced back to the era when baby boom mediocrities hijacked the once respectable “paper of record.”


"Trudeau tells the provinces: You price carbon or I will"
----------------
So, get off your lazy, self aggrandizing, grandstanding butts premiers and get it done!

Pick the price you want, the one you already know will work and get moving!

Stop trying to turn 'everything' into an outraged photo op!

The Harper days of ActionScam ads are long gone!
Get over it! The people of your province deserve better!
.


Ahhh, I have my very own ADN troll.  How cute.


Trudeau was in Quebec on Sunday.


He can try, but some are simply beyond educating.


nbrooks: a very sensible post.  To be sure, we might "debate" the level of support for needy individuals..That's a healthy debate regarding community support/self-reliance.  However, we're in total agreement on the need to inject respect into the GOP platform.  I think you would enjoy reading this morning's George Will editorial.  He's, of course, famously conservative, but, like you, is disgusted by the values Trump represents.  regards, Gary


It's only in these moments I believe that there is a greater purpose for all of us.


In actual fact, he seems to be remembering that his Trust Fund is the result of his Grandfathers oil business.

In response to your comment; yes, war is inevitable and people will be hurt.  That's why they call it war.  But seriously, do you think the army can be everywhere?  Do you think that putting the Army in Burnaby is going to stop the sabotage that will occur in Kamloops? Or Victoria?  Or Nelson?  The economy of the province can be brought to a near standstill with only a dozen people, none of them in Burnaby.


How long can they hold arrestees? Keep them long enough so they lose their jobs and fine them stiffly. No job? Then take away their welfare checks. Needs long sentences to warn others this will not stand.


Your letter д in the word дmericans is actually the letter D comrade Vladimir.  In Cyrillic alphabet the letter A actually looks like this: A.  Is very tricky, I know.  You'll do better next time comrade.


Only in your world. That's why he was fired.


The government "requires a discharge permit to literally hose off the deck of a ship," Sullivan

Dan Sullivan does not think our oceans need protection?   But I guess that makes sense because when Dan Sullivan was Commissioner of Ak Dept. of Natural Resources he removed the words - for the needs of future generations.


Question:  What is the effect on the foreign investor who buys a million dollar property and does NOT rent it out but leaves it vacant and still pays property taxes, insurance and utilities and holds it empty year after year with no income?


"Trump’s ambiguous wink-wink to ‘Second Amendment people.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin got assassinated".
Didn't know American's and/Trump killed the prime minister . Must have missed that in the history.
Communist revisionism for you. If history or facts don't fit just make them up......


Because it was unfortunately just a crazy lady who sprayed acid at the girl's face, for no apparent reason. An act of violence is defined as terrorism when it is motivated by political aims, that's just the definition.
Everybody would be of course terrified to get sprayed with acid in the face, but it has nothing to do with terrorism.


WOW!


Great post. So glad to see Thiessen and his racist buddies being exposed.


The bill has been publicly debated truly publicly online and in the media, throughout the country, since 2006.

The U.S. Constitution says "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . ."
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as "plenary" and "exclusive."

The normal and intended way of changing the method of electing the President has been by changes in state law.

Since its origination in 2006, the National Popular Vote bill has been introduced in legislatures in all 50 states and DC.

More than 3,080 state legislators (in 50 states) have sponsored and/or cast recorded votes in favor of the bill.

The bill has been debated in legislative chambers in 35 states.

It has passed 35 state legislative chambers in 23 rural, small, medium, large, Democratic, Republican and purple states with 261 electoral votes


In 1934, with the enactment of the Indian Reorganization Act (25 U.S.C.A. § 461, et. seq.), Indian tribes were allowed to exercise their inherent sovereignty to establish their own justice codes and operate court systems enforcing those laws. The Act authorized tribes to organize and adopt constitutions. However, many of the tribally-enacted constitutions were boiler-plate templates, requiring Secretary of the Interior-approval for many tribal government actions. Nevertheless, despite its flaws, the Act is considered a “success” in providing a framework for and first-step towards expanding tribal self-government. www.tribal-institute.org/lists/justice.htm


What about vehicle theft? A person's vehicle is usually their second most valuable possession, after their home. They used to hang horse thieves but I'm hearing that under SB91 the cops can't take car thieves to jail unless they've done it several times. If true that's pathetic.


So you are the person she wrote this article for. Read it again maybe and see if you can have a thought about somebody besides yourself.


The nation's economy had already recovered before the 2016 election.  Look at the unemployment rate in Colorado. Are there places with high unemployment? Of course there are and there always have been. The coal economy is dying. Those who expect a significant return of coal jobs are delusional. The world is moving forward while the USA is moving backwards.


Shrimping in asia maybe. Shrimping in the U.S. has gotten super clean, especially on the west coast in the last few years.  9 non-target species do not die for every two shrimp harvested in U.S. Bottom trawling is mainly conducted on soft bottom,as rocky bottom snags nets, and mostly stirs up silt,mud,sand. Some studies have found that stirring up stagnant ocean bottom are very much conducive to promoting a healthy ocean eco-system as it puts otherwise lost nutrients back into the food chain. Pots on the other hand can fished on any bottom and have been shown to do significant damage to fish habitat especially coral beds. Pot fishing could be beneficial to the trawl fleet  as it can DECREASES overhead but is not lawfully permitted. I don't speak or pretend to know what most Alaska readers know but as a life long longliner i do know that the IPHC has mismanaged  the halibuts stocks. Ive heard trawling called a lot of things but not tell now have I ever heard/read it called inefficient.


watching saint juste might be enough to offset watching the defense. that guy is a beast!

but they played well enough to win this game. hopefully this win will whet their appetite for more, they improve their play and keep working on limiting their penalties. finally a step in the right direction.

hope ursua is okay. we need that guy.


The “his Visigothic sidekick, Stephen Bannon” article reference unfairly maligned the Visigoths.

On national unity, the article was too sanguine.  Canada has an urban vs rural/small-town/suburban divide although not as deep as the US’s. There’s an undertow of discontent on the Prairies, in Interior BC and parts of Ontario that would reject the policies of the Federal Liberal Party and cultivate a closer relationship with the US.  However, these leanings are undercut day-by-day by the over-the-top triumphalism, nastiness and international trade rapaciousness of the Trump Administration.  When the extortions that President Trump will demand as conditions for Keystone XL approval are announced, then this flirtation with Trumpism lite will be scotched.

Obviously, Quebec has its own urban-rural divide with inspiration from the populist right of France as well as Trumpism but recent events have made the folly such reactionary xenophobia clear to all.


Is he crying into his mitt? Doesn't Gray know there's NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!


The Ryan bill failed because it was plainly a plan to repeal the surtaxes on the wealthy at any cost and to finally pass his plan to end Medicaid as an entitlement. He was too clever by half. Of course, the Trump Executive Order which stopped the IRS from collecting the mandate has effectively killed it, but in a way that will eventually lead to insurance company bankruptcy and a single-payer workout. Neither Ryan nor Trump can shoot straight.


Um, wow, a minor bylaw infraction is violence? And, also, um, you refer to a supposedly violent Left in the immediate aftermath of the recent mosque homicides carried out by a devotee of alt-right websites?

Say it ain't so, Joe.


Why would a guy let a drunk woman drive?


As frequently it does the AP neglects to connect the actual dots. This is easy to do when omitting relevant facts that do not match the made up anti trump "conclusion". Russia doesn't back terrorist suicide bombing authorized by Khomeini, a friend of Assad. Russia experienced its own massive casualties when Chechens blew up apartment houses like Assad blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon. Russia sold tanks and other military hardware to Syria, not that it did Syria much good against the IDF on the Golan Heights.


Thank you for this.  Would love for CB to do a piece on what local restaurants are doing (if anything) to avoid this.


Remember the uproar among the fans when African Americans were barred from playing Quarterback? Or Middle Linebacker? Because if African Americans were seen as intelligent decision makers and leaders, the world would end. There was not one peep. No one seemed to mind as long as they played running back and wide receiver. That didn't bother anyone. Tony Dungy was a terrific college QB and was forced to play DB in the pros for that very reason. The fact that a momentary silent and non violent protest has everyone's undies in a bunch tells me it was necessary and long overdue. Did it make you uncomfortable? Good. It did it's job.


I agree with you, CommenterAK. The dog should never have been allowed to get into a position where he was hit by a car. It's the dog I feel sorry for. I had several dogs I walked together for several years, and never once allowed one to get away, or to be out in the road enough that a car would hit them. Poor sweet dog, only one year old!


Bipartisanship means replacing the unearned income taxes with a higher HI payroll tax or VAT, a public option and no Medicaid cuts, which would likely make Ryan balk. One last thing. Include undocumented workers too. That would be a Catholic bill and it would lower insurance costs too.


Skankles is leading the pack in lies. Don't forget Fornicator Bill.....it's a family tradition.


If there's any one core lesson from history, it's that NO ONE'S culture is sacred.  We've all been invaded at one point or another in our cultural history, and we've all seen stuff go by the wayside due to those invasions, but we've also see things survive invasions and prosper.  It's a modern cultural arrogance that we expect invasions from 200-300 years ago to have literally no repercussions and to leave entire historical cultures whole.


My question: If the Police Commission represents the people, why are they not elected positions?  Although they can still be volunteers, why don't the voters get to decide who sits in the seats?  The mayor appointing the commission - whether it be Caldwell or not - doesn't hold up as a check and balance of the system.  It seems susceptible to cronyism.

And as for the transparency of the Commission and Internal Affairs, why can't they do like we do in Intelligence and redact all the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from the reports?  That too would protect the identities of the officers.  Because think about this:  Some reporter from the New York Times can levy a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request against me and force me by law to produce derivatives of highly classified national security information for some story he's writing in the newspaper, but I can't find out what HPD did to discipline an officer.  That doesn't make sense to me.


But at some point, someone has to be the parent here. Someone has to tell Albertans that they can still have the incredibly privileged existence they have known for decades; they’re just going to have to pay a little more to enjoy it."
Someone did: Jim Prentice. And he was pilloried for saying it.
That was a lesson for the NDP during the last election: Don't even whisper the words "carbon tax". Just do it after being elected.


Definitely weird. Evidently, our environment has problems only if there are environmentalist to be concerned. Ignorance is bliss?


Can we still vote for the bear as mayor if its Canadian?


She is not my candidate unless she can grow up. She was filming a surfing promotional and missed a key meeting related to the VA in Honolulu.....that is self-aggrandizing behavior which is intolerable. She has seemed like a one-issue politician......military affairs. Sorry, that is only one of many issues our second district rep needs to cover. And her posture makes me wonder, will she challenge the military at any time? And, you have to wonder, if she is truly a service-person proponent, how could she miss the important VA meeting, which was surely an important event on behalf of vets and their families. Of serious concern is her unwillingness to work on behalf of the democratic party. She plunked down early for Bernie, got a lot of TV coverage, and may be a darling of the new wave of greenie dems who showed up this weekend. But I did not hear a lot of "local-values" talk and I doubt their commitment to long-term social programs and policies here.


Hey klpa, you do realize that crops can be sprayed with pesticides and still be classified as organic. I have some organic GMO free mushrooms growing on my lawn, would you like to purchase them?


I am tired of politicians getting up on their soapboxes and apologizing for our past. Looking forward are our kids and grandkids going to be making the same type of apologies about our current politicians who spend like drunken sailors. The past is the past, and now is now, and the future is future. We can affect the here and now and tomorrow. Get on to something that is important and pertinent. Trudeau is all about the show.


Only the base loves trump.


The anti-EU sentiment in the UK has to do with the Poles, Romanians, Bulgarians and others pouring in, and having access to welfare instantly.

And the refugees are there due to western interference in Iraq, Syria and Libya. Gaddafi warned that if he was overthrown, millions of refugees from Africa would pour into Europe. There were no Iraqi refugees when Saddam was in power.


There is a 2% tax that goes to the state on every fish I sell. Im personally doing my part to help this budget. Anyone else willing?


Hi Dartguard - I'm not the least surprised your Doctor brother is miffed and writing cheques for the Cons.  The Cons have always out performed everyone else in fundraising.  They are masters at misrepresenting facts and hitting emotional hot button issues.

The fact Morneau did not expect opposition from the "we don't want to pay any taxes" lobby is incredible.  The Conservative media and groups like Fraser Institute and The Canadian Taxpayers Federation LIVE for fights like the Liberals handed them.

Plus it was not handled well, not publicized at all perhaps because it was initiated as a discussion piece to collect opinions before anything was written as a law (which would still require 3 votes in the house and the same in the Senate).

And that's one of my points - the Liberals are not professional politicians by and large and they do politics quite poorly. I'm ok with that for the time being, but some learning on their part should be happening.


Yes here's your real corruption folks..Chris Christie, the head of Trump's transition team, will close lanes on your bridge and endanger your safety if you don't do things his way.  Corruption at its finest. Trump surrounds himself with the most corrupt. Here's another example..Guiliani. The story behind the fake FBI leaks into non-existent investigations and false information about Clintons traces right back to Guiliani, one of Trump's most pathetic supporters. The story's out now. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a50306/fbi-email-giuliani/


The troopers are spot on with the spillover crime, and theirs more trash in Mountainview than all of Mat-su.


Yeh, That's smart... let's make 1/3 of the State pay the whole budget bill....while the other 2/3 to get off Scott free..


The only thing I hear from you is hate, fumbling BS, and nonsense. Get a life or give it up.


That's all the liberal MSM is good for firing off relentless insults on TV and then whine and cry when they are insulted back. Liberal Hypocrites.


Actually no, the thought of browsing Youtube for Paula Jones in skimpy nighties must be a wavemaker thing.


30 thousand refugees from Syria. How many will end up in Ontario if the basic income plan is implemented province wide? 30 thousand!!! How many will that cost per year? 30 thousand times 17 thousand:

30,000 x 17,000 = 510,000,000.

Half a billion.

But it doesn't stop here, we also take in thousands of refugees from other countries. Say, we take 30,000 per year going forward. How much is that after 20 years?

Half a billion x 20 = 10 billion.

What would be our tax rates? 90% for annual income higher than 10 dollars.
The liberals are really hell-bent to destroy Ontario.


Or even first world to third world.  Certainly more drinking goes on in the first world.


Sir or ma'am...can you post the original Spanish-language link?  Wife and I can translate better'n Google, and I'll like to share this with some folks.  Really would appreciate it.  Thank you in advance.


How about compared to 12 months ago?

The GDP numbers are benefiting from the base effect of the collapse in GDP caused by the Fort Mac fires 12 months ago


Alberta is not looking for sympathy, just rule of law and the opportunity to get product to market.


As a Hydro 1 shareholder, I don't like the fact that the banker have hit a wall and are stuck with unsold shares at the price they had hoped to sell hem..

As a citizen, I find the fact the these bankers may take  loss on another  "bought deal" to be "about time". These guys were far too close to the government,


According to the article cleaner fish (they eat lice) are being used.  But it does not solve the escapement issue.  Also since sea lice really thrive because there is so much available food in the pens farmers would probably have to have at least as many cleaners as salmon.  It's probably cheaper to buy the chemicals they are also using.  If the absolutely must farm salmon it should be done in closed pens with no possibility of escapement and interaction with wild fish.


The oil companies didn't GIVE Alaska anything, Donkel. They BOUGHT our oil. And they've gotten a hell of a deal for it. After all, they've got the best politicians money can buy!

We're gonna get you off that socialist, government teat, son!


Development is already well past where this highway/parkway would go.

This should have been built decades ago.  Now they've waited so long that they can't even make it a proper highway because of development now in the way.  Ugh.


IS there a list of any and all HI legislators that are beholden to/owned by the "payday" industry and would rather fight for THEIR rights rather than for the citizens they allegedly represent???

Can it be published here??


The GOP has more pervs than any other party. I know the Dems have a few, but only a few.


Is anyone else surprised we haven't had a single action film based on this scenario? Okay here's the pitch: Bruce Willis is the chemistry teacher, and 3 armed students attempt to go on a killing spree in the school. He kills one with a bunson burner in the science lab, one with a pair of safety scissors in the special needs classroom, and the ringleader he kills at the end by throwing him off the roof and impaling him on the flagpole while the inept cops watch from the parking lot. That'll be $20. You're welcome.


That's exactly why Pride banned uniformed police participation.

Police not applying the same rules to everyone.


The restaurants, cabs and motels in Bethel are ripe for harvest.


If Trump really is homophobic, xenophobic, a bigot, and racist; when is the men's march?
And just out of curiosity, has anyone really noticed the way Trump supports his foreign wife, daughters, and jewish family members?How is it a march for women when you as women, ostracize the women who want to march for pro-life? So many questions!
I'm sorry, but it's just so Jerry Springer  to use the new president as a  scapegoat for all the things that were allowed to fester over the past decade. Why didn't anyone feel it was important enough to march for the cause sooner? Maybe you were hoping Hilary would come to the rescue?
I for one happen to like men and I have three fantastic boys, so all you men haters out there sporting your pussy hats, try not to raise a bunch of men hating women. If you don't think it makes a difference, take a look back into history of infanticide and see what the outcome has been.


Again, your conflating issues. It’s obvious to any one with a brain that Japan attacking PH wasn’t going to be “ignored”. Speaking strictly hypothetically, it could have been since Japan interests were to keep the US fleet from interfering in it’s sphere of operations, not as  prelude to invasion of the continent, or even Hawaii. However, as we both know that wasn’t going to happen and Japan would need to be destroyed. To repeat, our civil rights were never in direct jeopardy from Japan, only from our reaction to their acts. It wasn’t necessary to intern loyal JA’s, many of whom fought with honor when given the chance. And “our Territory” you refer to is the result of maintaining an empire( ala Japan).
Re: Britain falling, hardly likely given American support, loss of air war and Russia beating the snot out of Germany. It's  fair bet the Russian steamroller would have devoured Germany long before any ICBMs(or nukes ) would have been built.


Baloney. The only reason the projected contingency is two billion for a cost of 8.2 billion is that the projected revenue is 10 billion.

So we more than cover the costs by 2 billion. For the Feds that isn't enough they want an extra billion for a total contingency of 3 billion.

Anyway the projected revenue is more than enough to pay for rail construction. That's the point.

At FIRST, opponents argued that the monthly revenue would be too low and not cover the projected revenue. But the money is solid financing. We have had all the money come in that is projected. So NOW opponents say that too much money is coming in. Rail will cost too much.


I support Walker's plan in concept but I don't know how he has the legal authority to do this on his own. He was elected Governor, not Emperor.


For once we agree Chris.


Kids only speaking when spoken to?   It sounds like you think that is a good thing, correct?


Such an enlightened comment, backed by so much evidence that the statement must be true.  Let's forget that it was Christians that embarked on pogroms, or that massacred other Christians, Jews, Muslims in this part of the world.  (The latest episodes being Iraq, Syria, Libya)

Still a working synagogue in Afghanistan, and throughout the Arab and non European Christian world (India, Ethiopia, etc..).

This conflict is not religiously motivated, no matter how many articles are written this way.  In fact Hanan Ashrawi, who is quoted in this article is a Christian!  It's about justice, which is pretty universally understood.


says another lefty that knew hillary was going to win! see footnote lefty, trump will be there for 2 terms easily,, most of us living in reality see both the few failures and the sucesses he has had not being 100% bias as you nut jobs are,, btw, with every job coming back the usa is another vote for trump, better get use to him being around for 8 years


Time to get those nukes out and create a harbor at Cape Thompson


Females in Muslim society, and especially in the Arab states, suffer tremendous gender discrimination. That's a fact. What's also a fact is that Western liberals rarely have much to say about it, at least by comparison to their frantic activity in respect of other causes. Take Israel for example. Its the intense focus of the left wing media and the target of endless UN resolutions. But on the subject of real, endemic gender discrimination in Muslim society, nothing.


As I told pothead, I didn't mention abortion. That said, I've had medical professionals assure me that abortion is no longer ever needed to save the life of the mother.


Who exactly did Nanos poll? The newsroom staff at the CBC? No intelligent person beleives that a trade war would be a good thing for Canada.


The 80% rule sounds like it's meant to protect what doctors charge and insurers are forced to pay more than protecting patients.


I don't disagree with that - to a point ... they get quite few freebies (WIC/food stamps/welfare/healthcare) that costs taxpayers ... I grew up in poverty (oldest of 8) ... five of us have advanced degrees. What's the incentive to getting out of poverty if people just keep demanding that more be simply given to them?


“Climate change denier is not an offensive label”

In your mind, maybe not.  What makes your opinion the only legitimate one?


Thanks, Pi.  There's quite a bit more out there than the Fox interview.  And I would have to say after reviewing much of it that Giuliani is lying when he says he didn't get his info from the FBI.
 For example:
"Giuliani insisted to Blitzer that he did not receive a tip from someone currently in the FBI.  "In my case, it's real simple: I've talked to no FBI agent, I've talked to no Justice Department official. I have no idea about who's leaking information."

The former mayor added that everyone he does talk to in the FBI is a former agent.
Blitzer reminded Giuliani that in an October 28 interview on "The Lars Larson Show," the former mayor said he was in contact with former agents "and a few active agents, who obviously don't want to identify themselves."

While I understand why he's backpedaling, it doesn't change the fact that he's said he talks to current and retired FBI and has been given information about a current investigation.


Christy, the EPA was liable for cleaning up Gold King because of the General Mining Law of 1872. Why do you think government should be responsible for the messes private industry makes?


More than 100 street-level systems function safely and efficiently all over the world  including 24 in America, and yet HART blindly rejects it without proper consideration.  HART objects that “people have to cross in front of the train” along with other false claims, such as a track taking two or three lanes, when it only takes one.
The whole point of street level is that pedestrians can safely interact with the system, with lines that run right into the heart of our urban center, with easy boarding that encourages use.  It would do great things for our urban quality of life, as we have seen in increasing number of systems worldwide, without destroying the beauty of downtown. As one who opposed the elevated plan for decades, I see street level as the perfect compromise.
It will save money, be finished sooner with less destruction, and provide a more useful system, while healing the civil war that HART has waged with our community, bringing peace to Honolulu.


Reading these comments I notice Leitch and Trump drawing out the smelly bottom swamp creatures filled with hate and racism. These creatures need to be exorcised!


Yes, it actually does. By using a vague word for anything anti-Islam it is not at all clear how the M103 will be used, but it will certainly chill discussion and debate about Islam, and may effectively squelch our right to think and speak freely. This may not remove the rights, but it will bring them into question.


as desperation wafts across Ontario and our governing body, in fear, ramps up attempts to buy yet another election


Go Kyle, GOooooooooooooooh!!!
=D


I like how all the "progressives" say exactly the same thing on here. If the guy goes to a church that has a whiff of conservative theology, boot the sucker out of town! Really? We can't be more adult than that? We are that afraid of having our weird city run by a guy who goes to a secret Baptist church?
Again I ask. If Mark Hatfield had gone to a Unity church, would anyone care?


The old boss may or may not have credibility in the company, so even a disclosure by the old boss may not be trusted. Some bosses are terrible and even other bosses know this. You need not worry, but don't lie about dates for other positions.


Interesting to note that one of the strongest opponents of the Keystone project was the State of California
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The California refineries of the Bay area and the central valley process some 2 million barrels of oil daily into gasoline.
The refinery oil typically comes from the California heavy oil projects of  Oxnard and the San Joaquin Valley-
some of the dirtiest energy harvested world wide
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as the California heavy oil fields pass maturity and their production declines - California needs new heavy oil sources - Enter the Alberta oil sands
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as California blocked the Keystone project , California increased their importation of Canadian bitumen 1000% in 2014 - and that energy was delivered by rail , one of the least eco friendly means of transporting energy products-
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# hypocrisy


And the skeleton of the customer who died waiting....


Interesting that my post remained up for a couple of days before Casey decided to remove it.

You have to understand that the reporter, Casey Jaywork, relishes the possibility that events at Westlake will turn violent.

His writing shows that he he wants them to turn violent but I just can't figure out why.

There are two options. He could be a nihilist himself who just wants to "stick it to the Man" and groove on the rubble. Or he could suffer from some form of Hero Syndrome, where he helps create a riot so that he can be the reporter, winning recognition as that brave reporter who reported on those riots.

In either case, one only needs to read Casey's work from the last several MayDay protest to understand that Casey wants there to be violence.


Three recipients and that's all "we" need to know? Speak for yourself, your advice has the distinct aroma of playground BS.


Well let’s see it’s one side of a story designed only to put the targets (BSA and Marble) in the worst light possible without a chance to defend themselves.

Of course you already knew that and didn’t need it explained to you.


Funny how the number of priests in seminary peaked in 1965. I wonder what event concluded that year which just may have caused our current shortage of pastors?


There's no evidemce you aren't a Russian bot.
Funny how you only seem to post in Putin or Trump stories...


I learned hatred and vilification from Franklin Graham.


If anyone cared for Trump, or their nation, they would take his twitter account away from him.

The tweets MAY be a clever distraction from real issues as is sometimes claimed, but they nonetheless leave an indelible impression of the profound "ignorance of all things" that Trump displays.

(Not to mention that he barely seems aware of anything in the universe except himself.)


Not everyone who opposes the armchair warriors are "Libs ".


This serious situation is becoming comical here. Comments are being deleted for not meeting "civility standards" (civil = polite, obliging, not rude) while we're being asked to accept the migrants barging into the country by avoiding legal entry points. Most uncivil, but so is a lot of the behaviour progress has brought us.


If you couldn't infer that then you are as clueless as Meyer wants you to believe.


Haley was a great one. A hugely talented star within the team. The entire country will miss seeing her play. Thank you so much Haley for all you did and good luck in school.


Useless. Pointless.


And your basis for this is?

Are you for or against the death penalty?


Prime Minister Butts continues to transform Canada into a banana republic.


OK, I get your point. No one, and I mean no one including you, should ever be allowed to express their 'true feelings.


But they certainly don't go the the middle class, which is what the administration purports that they do. Estate tax repeal, lowering corporate rate from 35% to 20%, reduce the tax rate for pass-through businesses, lower the highest brackets from 39.5% to 35% while simultaneously raising the rate for lowest bracket from 10%-12%,  all while supposedly "cleaning up deductions", etc. Anyone with a lick of sense can see who these cuts benefit, and it is most certainly not the middle-class.


A superior team wins without a home advantage.


Last time I looked Port Townsend and California (if CA were a country it would be #6 in global economic rankings http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article83780667.html ) were doing pretty well. I am not all that surprised that GOP partisans keep forgetting to look at the Kansas economic debacle (http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/18/kansas-continuing-economic-disaster-brownback-promises-abolish-taxes.html ) that has taken place.

I would advance the argument that there are enough instances of corruption, ineptitude, and economic mismanagement, within both Democratic and the Republican controlled local and state governments, for either party to claim to be "the good guys". When people, particularly those in party leadership positions, make blanket statements of virtue for their particular political party or group, I become very skeptical.  Rational skepticism, that's what being an independent is all about.


no mention of lives lost fighting these fires, so the money is well spent, IMO.


This is the second time you have claimed my post is a lie.  No, it is not a lie, and you know it is not a lie. You claim to have proof, so once again, I suggest you publish the correspondence, but be sure to include correspondence from the moderators dated July 31, 2017, and do not alter the content.  Or cease to make false accusations?  Yes, that seems the best idea...sigh....


22 years.... You sure?


What an absolutely ridiculous statement "get used to disappointment from Trudeau"
Clearly you have no idea as to the amount of work and length of time these deals have been underway!
Why not learn so you can make informed statements rather that spewing nonsense.


Dude i took hawaiian studies and didn't get a hammock bummer dude


Don't bother coming - It's a waste of time
PLEASE


The same source of "experts" that conjured the 97% "consensus " garbage about global warming that turned out to be a heavily doctored "survey" of selected responses compiled by a grad student?
Maybe if Obama threw another $10 billion into their debt it would make even more idiots on the left and their historical think tank place him as number one.
Doubling the national debt in 8 years makes the clown an absolute failure trying to spend his way out of trouble like the village idiot we have presently destroying Canada.


Because it's America, dude...and they're exceptional
Ever watch the Superbowl or the "World Series"?


Heritagecare was never accepted by the majority of Republicans. In addition Hertiagecare only mandated catastrophic coverage and would have had no effect on the majority of existing health insurance would have resulted with no one losing their doctor or plan. Heritiagecare didn't take over the nation's health insurance and demanded the insurance companies to insure everyone  either. There is a lot more to hate about Obamacare other the "O-b-a-m-a" part


"Line in the sand" my arse.  Now they're trying to talk tough to make it sound like they're protecting the people's money.  How about talking tough to the moving crews as they move you to an already owned and cheaper office?


Terrific, compassionate article. According to researchers, between 10-20% of rats caught in wet markets in southern Taiwan (where I am living) carry the rat lungworm.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118212000291
:(


My gosh - does anyone really give a bleep about subban being back in montreal? The guy is over rated, that's why he was traded.