indeed, we do live in those "interesting times"  ....regards, Gary


The Liberals are beginning to look more and more like con artists.
1) About 16/12 into governing, 90% of the infrastructure funds has not been spent, yet he claimed the economy was  in dire strait while campaigning and we needed  infrastructure like yesterday.
2) He was going to implement electoral reforms. Now he says we don't want it, yet he campaigned on it
3) He criticized Harper for raising the retirement age from 65 t 67, now he is  looking for a back door to implement it. And would say he only followed a Committee recommendation.
It is exactly this type of deceit by politicians that leads to the rise of populist politicians like we have down South and many would gladly vote for one if he/she rises up in Canada.


"Police also had a call from a woman asking if it was legal to trap squirrels in her back yard and take them to a farm’s field."

This doesn't sound especially silly... certainly not worth posting in a national newspaper.


I sympathise, bigtime, with Bendheim.  I grew up next door to Jews who fled the holocaust.  So I understand his concern that this is, yet again, reverting to a racist issue.  However, in order to finally, sort this country, we are going to have to change the mindsets of Africans, who are so immersed in their ancient traditions, of  'Leader takes all'.  But, how, do we do that?


RangerMC, You are babbling.  You better go to Sandy's and become one with the ocean.  Relax your mind for a while, then come back when you can make some sense.


HA! Now you people are being ripped off just like the people that live in the north area, ie: Boulder, Broomfield, Longmont, etc. We'll never see any line up here and we paid for it! RTD has people that work there that are nothing but a bunch of grifters and crooks.


It is sadly amusing that Cardinal Cupich (and others) think that all it takes to keep thugs and unbalanced people from causing mayhem at a church-owned property is his declaration: no guns on premises!

Why don't we apply this policy more broadly? We don't need an army, a navy, air force or marines. The President can just send a sternly worded letter to all terrorists and foreign governments (or post it online): Hey, you baddies! The United States of America is a "no attack zone" So don't even think about trying to blow up buildings, plant bombs in subways, or fire missiles at us!

Yeah, that really ought to do it. Maybe with some underlining too?


You couldn't be more wrong.  Perl reviewed science has said for decades that the build up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere will lead to the warming of our planet.  All the data supports this finding

You ave confused weather reports with climate science.  They are two different things.


I'm not going to touch 'that one'.  I shall say that science and religion are at odds with each other.  Gould used the expression NOMA;  no overlapping magisterium.  When I see prayers, as in the article, it seems like trying to fudge a puzzle piece where it does not belong.  What I would appreciate is positive proof of the power of prayer.  Otherwise why pray at all.  As said, we live in a dog eat dog world, big fish eats the little fish...do we give thanks to that.  We have disease, physical affliction, disasters many fold, and the god of the Jewish Bible is a cruel, vindictive, angry assassin.  All church negativity is based on the errant Original Sin.  Now that we know it is bogus, how do we account for all the human suffering.  It is not as Mother Theresa says or the church has said;  suffer now your reward is in the world to come.  That does not suffice or account for the pain and suffering...thanks we give, but ignore not the want of relieve.


They are but their path to legal documentation is made easier by more competent governments, for sure.


ADN Published July 11 report on recalling Walker. Some reason I cant post the link or paste from it. But it goes into walkers campaign promise to not touch the PFD checks. The recall effort for lying. The lawsuit for vetoing the PFD payout as unconstitutional.

No I dont think risking this entire states wealth on a 10 year forecast of make or break the bank is worth the risk. If oil companies wont risk it why would a single public servant seeking glory, and his hand picked over paid team know more than huge oil? I think right now the government needs to do the job we are paying them to do and that is manage our mineral rights to our benefit. Write leases like OPEC, Set barrel goals, if not met they dont get payed. We are currently paying oil companies to research and find oil, where is the results? No results stop paying for nothing. Grow a pair, do what is sure and now. If prices trend up then see if there is a market for natural gas.


His Secretary of State has called him a moron.  Mental Health experts have looked at his behavior and agreed that he is a narcissistic egotist unqualified to be POTUS. Even many Republicans agree with that.
Trump contradicts himself from day to day about important policy matters. He is a reality show star,  skilled at fooling a certain segment of the public into thinking he is a great man, and playing on the resentment of uneducated people against those who are well educated.


It's really unbelievable that so many comments suggest that Canada should just shut up and do whatever Trump says.
Have you people no courage or no values worth defending at all?
Canada is onside with virtually every developed nation in the world in opposition to Trump's foolishness.
Bravo to Trudeau for not bowing to the fool leading the US, as you want him to do.


Malosi as always is completely wrong about everything. Including his choice of football team.
Crabbe a leader?  Ha, Ha, Ha!


Coal had to be phased out as ON had up to 50 smog days any given year
Now we are down to 10-12 days


Hail Trump!': White Nationalists Salute the President Elect
Video of Nazis conferencing in Washington, D.C., where Trump’s victory was met with cheers and Nazi salutes.
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6-bi3jlxk
Trump's advisors are known Nazis and known Nazi supporters.
Here's some reading for any of you Nazi defenders who think you can deny it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism?utm_term=.pjbq6dyEL#.rubRY70KM


I don't know what you mean by "supporter;" that I "support" him more times than I don't "support" him?  If you mean "fairly call balls and strikes against the man in his first 6 months in office," then go ahead and use the term "supporter."
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I disagree with how he's gone about implementing his many of his campaign promises; however to describe him as "incompetent" and a "habitual liar" is simply not objective, and I find that it's the fanatics who use these kinds of adjectives- not those wishing to be considerate in their estimations of his performance.  It's been 7 months into the investigations, but sure- I'll wait some more.  I'm not sure when the investigations will end, but I'm sure the media will declare it on their front covers when it does-- along with a big helping of crow.


My brother-in-law works his butt off for his family. My sister treats him like s!?t. She actually laughed when she told me that he complains that she runs him down in front of the kids - until I told her what I thought of that. I bet he is gone the moment the kids are grown and I bet my nephew has learned a valuable lesson.


Just what did Bishop Morris get correct that flew past the other 5,000+ bishops who agree with the Church?


But it's ok to claim opposing opinions represent Canadians as a whole, right?


Oh, no! Camp Rape is closed? Casey hasn't been this distraught since SW's child sex-trafficking venture, Backpage, went away.


DWS is probably not the best horse to hitch your wagon to Mrs. Welby. Under her watch the Democratic party has lost on all fronts. Local, State and national seats have gone republican at an embarrassing rate with her in charge.

Now she wants to push a national version of Lindsey Holmes on us who will stab the base in the back as soon as she sits her behind in her comfy new chair.


Even Enbridge must see the writing on the wall....

Unfortunately, the Big Oil posters who constantly spam G&M threads 24/7 cannot read.


"I defended my friend and in the comments section a person accused me of being his “mistress.” Because why else would I defend him, right? THAT is the kind of blatant racism..."

The only thing racist in this article is Fred's quote about gentrification and "thugs". As his "friend" and, sadly, a fellow person of color I assume, your giving a pass to his shameless Uncle Tommary is troubling. And in your defense of a child abuser, that you would engage in victim-blaming is downright disturbing.

But go ahead, make this about  racism. I suppose you think criticisms of Bill Cosby are a "racist smear/hachet job" as well.


ADN dont report on anything relavent to Alaska anymore it is 90% Washiungtun Posht, 10% ADN.

If they where trying to keep their readers informed, they whould have reported thish shtory!

http://www.ktva.com/alaska-dispatch-deals-lawsuits-companies-say-paper-isnt-paying-bills-799/


Way to "spin" it Lawrence... that Senate seat awaits!


what a waste..


Pretty Much! Black Kids don't care about BLM as they keep killing each other.  Americans don't care what Canadians think about Trump since they view it as an internal matter, particularly Republicans..  Racists don't usually protest, but we do have Quebec's identity politics, which legitimizes it.


Unfortunately, Puerto Rico may not be able to help itself. The Economist once referred to it as welfare island. The hurricane destruction, while the most immediate need, is not in the long term, the most significant of Puerto Rico's problems.


You are presuming it is his fault. Why would he lose his CDL? Unless you know what happened, your opinions should be kept on the hush instead of being spoken out.


Oh golly that's rich. What did the teachers ever say about that 5 year stint they Enjoyed with Talisman Energy's little war-crime collective? So this is where our kids are getting indoc... I mean educated?


The point is  international  head hunters will find it even easier to seduce Canadian talent to the US, UK or any country with a great climate, lifestyle, etc.


Give Oregon a militia, and the next thing you know we'll be involved in some protracted land war with Idaho to force marijuana legalization and a $15 minimum wage on them.


Fairly accurate analysis by Mr. Mason. The big winners are Notley, Trudeau and Alberta's unemployed. There is a seismic shift in the business of resource extraction in Canada.


Instances of wolves killing humans are rare.


Everything you mentioned is in the works.
   AK Airlines is in the midst of adding more food and other amenities to all their rooms.
     Stay tuned!


Great job ladies see you in Indy😀


I never read that that angle was covered.  But I don't know if the two people that wrote books considered it.....but they should have.  The authorities should have considered it.  I followed this case (in the media) from start to finish and beyond.  It seems too much of a coincidence that he changed his insurance policy to his parents then wrote a letter to them....."that if he were killed".  It made no sense that he thought he would be killed.  Huges/Linehan also had a 1 million insurance policy.  Why didn't Lippink think someone might kill her?  After all she was supposedly stringing 3 men along.  Also Carlin's son had an attraction to Huges/Linehan.  Lippink may have talked the boy into shooting him.  Convincing him if  he Lippink were out of the picture and Hilke had already left.....why then Mechelle would be all his and his dad's!


Being white and all, can someone please enlighten me about my obligations?


such rules were not in place before.  incorrect.  The 9km of an airstrip is unworkable and unfair, not worth trying to follow such BS.  9km of a certified airport is fair.  maybe 3km of a heliport.  'airstrips' are everywhere, unseen, unregistered, unknown, unmarked on aviation charts.  And I say this as a licensed airplane pilot.


I was focused on that marvelous red tie...hand sewn at Betsy Ross Ties or an import?


Partly about the budget bill and his concern he wouldnt get all the $$ he was asking.  Vicky Hartzler and her ilk raised questions about the costs of transgender service members' medical costs (estimated 8.6M per year, 0.001% of the military's healthcare budget) and that taxpayers shouldnt pay for ''surgeries" and he just figured he'll just ban them from the military.  This of course was not their intent but of course you now have the xtian right and people like hartzler agreeing with the ban.  BTW viagra for service members cost ~42M per year and it is estimated that 45's weekly jaunts to his golf courses will cost U.S. tax payers 60M this year.


No vote, no grumble !!


Correction:  "... DEEDY has been tried twice..."


These are the people Montif's most important  PR voting was supposed to be for.  This is why she was so angry about not getting the automatic  green light from her committee.  immigrants like these are the Liberal's chosen people to secure Liberal governments through the 21st century.


Legend is Roman for Oops! Didn't mean for you to know that.


Thanks, you just reminded me that I have been wanting to re-read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.


I've never down voted anyone...guess we have to obey the ADN PC Bot or whatever they call the censor.    ADN removes comments, especially when using data on race & crime.  Just as public schools, ADN plays a prominent role in social engineering.  It can be witnessed in most every edition... their choice or exclusion of certain stories...where the stories are sourced (WaPo NYYT)...how long the story is prominently displayed...thankfully, the internet plays role for checks an balances and most learned folks can weed out the chaff. However, ADN and the MSM want to control the narrative for their readership and they've been outed time and again for their biases.


Well, for anyone who wants to hear it for themselves...  That transcript is incomplete.
I've skipped to the question, from the Verified White House Youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/uVVTb3nZssQ?t=1h33m

If you want exact time when he says "well I'm talking about republican", use the link below.
https://youtu.be/uVVTb3nZssQ?t=1h33m11s

I'm not sure how you can tell me he didn't say it, after watching those videos.


This study used a survey, and there was no reported distinction made between registered and unregistered firearms.

The Harvard/Northeastern study is based on a survey of nearly 4,000 Americans conducted online in 2015 by a market research company, GfK, with a nationally representative panel of opt-in participants who are compensated to complete surveys on a variety of issues. The full results of the Harvard/Northeastern gun ownership study are undergoing peer review and are slated to be published in the autumn of 2017 by the Russell Sage Foundation. While the full peer review is not complete, lead researcher Azrael said, the current results have gone through an initial round of comments and revisions from a group of leading firearms researchers.


I don't know what deals Clinton has made that left us worse off on the whole?
Perhaps if you'd make clear what you disliked (specific to specific issues) about Obama, also, I better could understand where you're coming from.
Frankly, I'm puzzled and a tad shocked you think Hillary is "sorta better" on those issues than Trump. They're miles apart.
Hillary has many concrete proposals. Donald? Very reminiscent of Herman Cain. Remember him? He said a lot of stuff but when pressed, he'd ALWAYS say, "Wait on that, let me consult the experts, and I'll get back to you after I study it." He never got there.
Donald does the same, though the words are a tad different, "I'll get the best people and the results will be GREAT!"
Donald is yet another in the line of millionaire/billionaire Republicans that include W and Romney. You'd think at some point Republicans would wise up: the filthy rich don't care about the non-wealthy. We don't exist, except to do their bidding. Yet, many vote for them...


Things have changed a bit though.  Back in 1980 Pierre Trudeau didn't win a so much as a single one of the 63 seats in SK, AB and BC, but won 74 of the 75 seats in Quebec.  That was just over half of the seats the Liberals won for the country as a whole.

Today though there are 88 seats in SK, AB and BC combined vs. only 78 seats in Quebec.  The Atlantic Provinces, meanwhile, still have the same 32 seats that they had in 1980.

Ontario is still the big battleground, with 121 seats in the house.  The real question here is who is going to take the 60 or so suburban seats in Ontario.  Downtown Toronto will vote Liberal or NDP and rural Ontario will vote Conservatives, but there are a lot of seats up for grabs in between those two.


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"repealing inheritance taxes on estates "

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Gee, whose children would benefit incredibly, unbelievably, very, very bigly, from that?

Oh.....wait.........

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Congress passed the Affordable Care Act without a public option -- a government health care insurance program (like Medicare) that would compete with private health care insurers.  Obama wanted the public option, but for obvious reasons the insurance companies didn't.  Apparently, they contributed enough to the campaigns of the members of the US House and Senate.


As to the first question:I do not think that is what he is doing at all. Just like the pro-life movement (at its best) does not attack the women who have had abortions, but the culture of death that makes it possible.

As to the second two:Great questions! You sir/madam have unleashed my inner philosopher. Be warned. Transgenderism is the identification of a gender different from one's assigned sex (can include surgery, but not always). I think the ideology that grounds transgenderism is a disregard for the value and meaning of the body. Today we often understand the body as a mere "possession," that can be changed, manipulated, mutilated, and even disposed of (as in the case of assisted suicide)  at will. However, the Catholic understanding (coming from Aristotle) is that we do not have a body, we are a body. The human being is precisely the combination of soul and body. Our body thus has an inherent meaning/value to it which elevates it above a mere possession


Let's see how long this investigation process will take. HPD has been lax with past child abuse cases that made the recent news & it seems that no discipline was given to those involved. Victims & their families will continue to get shabby results from future investigations. I'm sure there's good investigators, but then there's also some that just like the title & working in plain clothes.


We dodged a bullet with hiLIARy thats fo sho 😜


I agree with the two tier thing.  Homeless using the medical facilities, bus , beach etc. at the cost of everyone else is getting annoying.  Get those with mental issues off the streets and into facilities and the rest shown the shelters or else earn their state sponsored living as a day laborer for the state.


And now, Ms. Cleaver, I would say your life is in danger from low-level, mouth-breathing punks. Free advertising is only good to a point.


Okay, thanks.
Sounds like the voters were just as discriminatory as Joe is fat.


It would seem the chaos is a direct result of people's inability to stay home and off the roads when the weather conditions are bad. I get that people have to get to work and loads have to be delivered. But, where is the common sense when the weather forecast was for a foot of snow or more. It's been snowing now for almost two days. Your car wrecked in a pileup, people losing their lives and many others injured. What in heavens name did they gain. Nothing. Time to think before you act.


Bush had 8 years to do his invasion and quickly end the problem.  I seem to notice that did not go as planned either. When Obama took over we were already in Afghanistan. He did not go there looking for a quick fix like Bush promised.


5000 registered non-profits in Hawaii?/  Is this accurate?


When the government says someone put lives at stake wha they really mean is someone told the truth on us and what we were doing was bad. Chelsea Manning did not sell her documents or give them to another nation big difference. Snowden should receive a pardon too. They said Eisenberg was dangerous and putting lives in danger too it baloney, good for you Mr President.


Does this disqualify him from being elected President?


What is so unsettling about this process, is that Trump is actually moving at the speed of business, rather than the speed of politics. People are simply not used to seeing any form of government follow up so quickly on election promises. Normally, as Wynne and Trudeau demonstrate, time is allowed for the electorate to fall asleep after elections. And then, only then, proceed with policies and changes that reinforce re-election potential.

However, Trump is not a politician. He is used to being in control and making things happen quickly.  And like him or not, he's going to make the world a nervous place as he slowly learns from his mistakes. Painful as it is, he isn't 'business as usual'. And one other thing - with the latest firing, he isn 't going to tolerate non-performers. That too, is unsettling - especially for civil servants.

Ontario could actually benefit from that kind of leadership (yeah, right).


Well, that would be sociology/social psychology and even anthropology rather than political science. And it would be a social science theory rather than an ideology.

Nor do most sociologists/social psychologists or anthropologists hold the theory that gender is completely independent of biological sex, yet they can provide evidence that it is fluid and certainly influenced by culture, calling into question simplistic biological determinism.


Canada is far behind in protecting pensioner interests in cases of bankruptcy !


It's become a little too convenient to deflect someone's personal dislike of someone else into the category of racism - just because color differences exist. Pitt's has become sour and sad in his writing because he can't distinguish between racism and disagreement. In addition of course to believing whatever opinion writer suits his taste.


The fix is in by the old men's network. The new Chief will be another old local man. Nothing changes.


"While the city, with its property tax revenue rising, has steadily increased its spending on parks operations in recent years, virtually all of the added money has gone toward increased pay and benefits for employees and to rising materials costs, city budget figures show.
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The city’s parks staff has remained flat at 79 full-time-equivalent workers in recent years, while the total labor cost of those workers has increased 21 percent — $8.2 million from $6.8 million — since 2013-14, according to the figures."

This pencils out to something like a 7% increase in costs per annum. In other words, unsustainable. I support parks as much as anyone, but the city needs to get a handle on costs before asking for more tax dollars.


As updates continue to come in, it seems that both the perpetrator and law enforcement officer were of the same demographic, that is, black.

Should, as this individual stated, “This is a warning cry,” said Alderman Khalif Rainey. “Black people of Milwaukee are tired. They are tired of living under this oppression.”, really wish to change things, and get rid of said oppression, they should bring themselves out from under the regime that has controlled Milwaukee for the past, what, 56 years?

So, sorry, rioters, sorry, leftist pundits, sorry Democrat Party, but this all falls upon you, and your moronic and Marxist/Socialist policies, just as it does in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Baltimore, and any other location whereas said ideology has controlled the location for many, many years.

Should individuals of these cities, or any location within this Nation, TRULY wish to free themselves from oppression, STOP electing the party of Woodrow Wilson, and live free, as an individual!


As soon as Tulsi gets appointed to head the state department or elected as president, then she can. Until then this is not vilification or being singled out. It is good reporting.


I worked in Saudi back in 1980 and spend 18 months in “liberal” Dubai and other Emirates in 2104/15. Scratch the glossy surface and it it is apparent to me that virtually nothing has changed in the psyche of the Arab Middle East.
I could be wrong, of course, but history and contempory evidence tells me this power grab is no different that previous incarnations. This is the House of Salman forcibly deposing the House of Saud, and none of them gives a tinkers cuss about anyone who is not of their family.


While I don't disagree with how many bad drivers are on Anchorage roads judgment should be reserved for this case until the facts are available. I've seen many pedestrians not taking proper precautions by crossing roads outside of designated crosswalks, crossing against the light, wearing dark clothing, etc. Drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists- all should practice more defensive measures. Doing so will reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths.


I am sure if it were a "National Day of Celebration of the Prophet Mohammad"  Ottawa would be churning out  programs and projects with  Justin's blessing with  money.


Funny, the word "Hoopili" is nowhere to be found in this editorial about using farmland to build housing.


Pretty sobering - we as the State, owner of the Oil resource, paying the producers 77 million out of both the Capital and Operating budgets.  We are operating deeply in the red, they are in the black.  Is there anything right with that picture?


You can't legislate against stupidity.


The adjective "astute"  can just as easily be applied to Trump.
(Astute - having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.)

However, the difference is whose advantage is being promoted?
Trump = Trump;
Pope Francis = the Gospel


correction:  Scott isn't Andy's direct boss, just one level up.


Oh, I think I already know.

Take lawyers as an example.  The paras do the research, the discovery legwork, the filings,  write the memorandums, etc., and then the barrister interupts his foursome to go to trial every now and then.

The Tom Sawyer Award to you, sir!


Look for "Hillary wants war." on YouTube.  It says a lot more about a pattern of undermining sovereign states and the latest no-fly zone brinkmanship than one can post in a comment.


Agree totally SweetJane.  Oscar got 5 for MURDER!  Huh?


If water were to flow over a period of seven million years through the Nike, Homo sapiens would have never developed an adaptive predisposition to altered states.


Heartfelt thank you to all the hard workers! We appreciate you!


Plus they are paying Von way too much. They could've picked up a few good O-line players for that cash.


Not all of them, but I would suspect some of them who just could not stomach another war mongering, Wall Street connected neo-con for president. The corrupt DNC has to shoulder a lot of blame for the rise of Donald Trump by going all in with such a flawed candidate as Hillary Clinton.


I mostly read comments also. Perhaps more obviously on my part that I don't read everything and I don't read articles by a number of people so they don't bug me a bit!

I don't question anyone's critiquing of anyone here as far as content or need to edit. I question if continual complaining makes much sense given the ability to stop reading somebody's article, and I feel daunted by all the perfection requested on a blog if I imagine trying to sponsor a blog myself. But I do like stories being available, and I do think they are often the best way to say something.


While Mueller drums up some more funky charges for the MSM.


shortly ; economic experts who are social workers by day dispensing free advice will come along and tell walker what to do.


I hope she is able to recover fully.Good job first responders!


Paul babbles.  Don't worry about him.


I forgot for the moment that primary and secondary Catholic schools in the States are private schools. In most of Canada Catholic schools are publicly funded... in Anglophone Canada we speak of "public" and "separate" (=Catholic) schools. Our problem is that this formerly just situation in which public schools were unambiguously protestant and separate schools were catholic, has been disrupted with the influx of Muslims and other non-Christian faiths who are busily setting up their own private, not-publicly funded schools.

With the increase of secularism, the demand to defund Catholic schools will increase, despite constitutional protection. Our bishops are too fixated in their contentment with what we have to notice the injustice in favour of Catholics. They could use the existing constitutional protection to barter away Catholic privilege for a single public system in which all faiths (including secular) have the right to teach their religion as an optional subject. Not on radar.


Freedom
I have no feelings on Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, whatever.

I don't know how a series of US Presidents can claim to be Christians and do Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others.

Similarly with Canadian P.M.s. and Afghanistan, Libya and Syria.

Religion seems to have a negative effect on conduct.

Do you think that Islam is the only religion with problems? What do you think of the behaviour of Christians in positions of power?


WHAT SAY YOU, RESIDENTS OF OAHU? ARE THERE AT LEAST 2,000 OF US--OUT OF NEARLY ONE MILLION NOW--WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THE "BERLIN 2K"?

"Over 2000 Berlin residents bid to buy and run the city’s grid: A Berlin cooperative, BürgerEnergie Berlin, is gathering funds and building a model of democratic decision making with the ultimate aim of buying and running the city’s electricity grid. At the moment, the city’s energy grid is run by a subsidiary of the Swedish state owned corporation Vattenfall, whose contract with the Berlin municipality ended in 2014.

This is an interim measure while the next contract is negotiated. BürgerEnergie is one of three applicants bidding to purchase and operate the grid, who are all being evaluated by the Berlin Parliament to determine which is the best option — the date of this decision is not yet known.--con't below.

https://medium.com/signals-of-change/over-2000-berlin-residents-bid-to-buy-and-run-the-citys-grid-b2bff98871b3


You might want to check that out.


So what if he did?  People can choose to support businesses that they want to.  No one is forced to bank or by jewelry at any particular store.  If those businesses offend enough people with their policies they can pay the price.


Yes, this lady is a felon.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/authorities-detain-daniela-vargas-dreamer_us_58b724e8e4b023018c6c7abc


the problem is the ndp would kill development and thus the economy, so i say better with the crooks that at least allow and work the economy


They haven't.  8% would be about 2,000,000 vehicles.  Worldwide production of EVs in 2018 will not reach that level, let alone China.


Reread his post and try to understand what quotation marks mean, James is no racist, but he is an interesting journalist.


"The bank most likely to walk into a sharp object."


Maybe this is not actually a shell game, but it is making me dizzy.  The district keeps closing schools "due to declining enrollment," yet they also keep telling us they need huge new bonds to build new schools.

And now they're going to keep  --  but not use  --  a school they say they don't need, so they can replace a school they do need?  If I own two houses, do I leave one standing vacant so I can tear down the one I live in?  Why don't I move into  --  or renovate  --  the vacant one?

Rather than berate the PA voters for not endorsing their ill-explained construction plans, the district should really consider how they look from the outside.


And yet the profits that accrue from the employment of the truck driver go to the driver and the owner of the company of which in part some will trickle into the greater economy (but also to the benefit of the worker and the owner) and into the tax coffers for the general good of all (including the two aforementioned individuals). The ECE worker provides an emotional and educational foundation for the youngest members of our society who will grow up to become the next generation of tax paying citizens and continue to provide infrastructure, support, and services for the good of all society, including the truck driver and the company owner. They also provide a means for the parents of the children to go to work to earn a living, to consume products, and pay taxes for the betterment of all. So in this scenario, who is providing a more beneficial service, the truck driver, the company owner, or the ECE worker, and who benefits the most financially


It's their own fault for disrespecting our country


And I don't care about the problems of bums either.


Has anyone noticed how clean and civil the Habs and Buds threads are these days without the Golden Horseshoe boy's foolishness?


Respectfully VRJ, I was always told such a threat or assertion concerning the president was a felony punishable with a federal prison sentence. But I guess some folk get a free pass, They can break our nation's laws, pick and choose which laws they obey, riot and loot when the opportunity arises such as a candidate speaking or when something they oppose like the G8 summit comes to town. It's their freedom and right to do so anymore, just like this lady talking about she wishes the president to be assassinated.

How easy it seems for succeeding generations who weren't around for the Kennedy assassinations, or woke up one morning as a kid to hear Dr. King was assassinated, to just callously throw out such phrases. As a kid, they were monumental events that were so tragic for our nation, that they remained forever etched and seared in one's memory.


out of state workers should pay an income tax, with alaska residents getting a 'free for all' for the first $100k, maybe.there are too many out of staters that come and take and leave nothing but airline tickets behind.


I have to say "crutch for a crutch".
Your giving the users something else to get hooked on.  So many flaws with this program.  I don't want my hard earned money being wasted on inmates because they have an addiction problem.  I don't want my hard earned money being wasted on low income people going to the doctor with their medicaid....which i am paying for.............so they can get their next fix in a more economical fashion for their budgets.  My opinion doesn't come from lack of education.  I'm very educated on this issue.  Inmates should have no special treatment.  They are in there for a crime not to be waited on hand and foot.  Users should have to go to a treatment facility to detox.  There are enough programs out there that can take ANYBODY of any income level to assist with this.  Stop with all the band-aids to try and fix an issue.  Stop pushing for the pharmaceutical companies.


It never seems to occur to the media geniuses like Reguly that man made climate change is wrong, and Trump is right. Climate change has been going on forever, long before man made his intrusive presence significant. Does he not realize that Toronto was under a couple of kilometers of ice 12,000 years ago? A better article would be what Trump could do to convince the Pope that the computer projections are wrong.


"This weekend we made a bold first step to ensure the future of the Alaska Dispatch News going forward."

I'm sure glad they didn't take a bold first step to ensure the future of the Alaska Dispatch News going backward. That would be bad, I guess.


No, I'm identifying outlets which have a proven recent history of printing fake news. BTW, I don't read zerohedge. Also, zerohedge's reputation isn't particularly relevant to this article, since they only present what was presented on 4chan - and other sources have done the same.


If? That's a big If?


By choosing this particular foundation (and not the myriad of other charitable organizations in the country), the donors are seeking more than a tax-deduction.


Oh please.  Don't spill any more secrets!  I don't want to know that my leaders are a bunch of corrupt bootlickers.  I always thought they were heroic champions for my best interests.


Head scratcher for sure.


This issue needs to be fixed. I keep telling my wife someday soon there will be an accident and it happened so and sad to see, a fatal accident too. The simple way to fix would be just not allow free turn when the walk sign is on. It is just frigging crazy.  I know drivers have to be careful but frigging there is a green turn signal on too when the walk light is on, so, it is bound to happen to anyone. Yes, people are going to say how can I say that and it is the drivers mistake.  What I am saying is that it could have easily be avoided if light was red when the walk sign was on and a big No turn on Red blinking sign too.  Such a simple fix to this massive issue.


The Examiner will go to any length to justify its conservative ideology. In fact, the move to independence and the establishment of a government based on a constitution was a radical move--not as radical as the French Revolution--but radical nevertheless. And in the political alignments of its time, a liberal move, not conservative. Further, most of the major changes that flowed from that initial liberal revolution are liberal themselves, with conservatives usually in opposition. The end of slavery, the establishment of a national bank, and the eventual financial system that made the industrial revolution in this country possible, the concept of a social safety net, the union movement, our entry into world politics, the civil rights movement, the environmental movement, the emancipation of the LGBT community were and are liberal in their orientation. Conservatives have a very difficult time coming with an equivalent list of accomplishments.


We would have, if you had said it, but you didn't, you spat some words out in the hope that the reader understood what you were thinking of.


I don't object to EWTN interviewing the likes of Gorka; I object to the cozy relationship between them and especially to the fluffy interview.  At one time, Mother Angelica exercised a personal veto over guests and topics who appeared on any EWTN programming. She permitted no discussion of Catholic social teaching and no guest -- including bishops -- who were associated with the social teaching of the church.  I don't know who exercises the veto now, but I'm confident that the tradition lives on.  I suspect that Cardinal Cupich, Bishop McElroy and Cardinal Tobin are all 'personnae non gratae' at EWTN. EWTN will sooner or later formally link to Breitbart; perhaps they've already done so.


Local government workers, in general, are far behind in professional development. Government can't expect superb efficiency, effectiveness and ethics from its workers if it does not make substantial investment in continuous public workforce development.  High quality conferences have to be part of such development. Cost is a challenge and public-private partnership has become the "buzz" solution for anything that Government wants done nowadays.  Because of the imbalance of powers and influences, public-private partnerships have become uncomfortable arrangements whether they are applied to conferences or financing of major public infrastructures.


crab bait


IRT CaJayBird, Hawaii has an excellent voting system.  There are a few bumps that could be corrected, but we do have an excellent system.  We can start with the Hawaii State Constitution establishing the system, then the establishment of the Office of Elections, the Election Commission, and the Board of Registration all oversee the election process.  I have been involved in the selection of Election Commissioners and they are the individuals, who collectively make certain our election process continues to be the best.  They are bi-partisan and with excellent citizens serving.  Then the polls and poll workers.  I did volunteer to work at the poll to experience the process and to truly understand the voting system.  Hawaii has an excellent system and any opportunity for voter fraud is extremely limited.  My concern is the Federal Law that mandates the States to not purge their voter registration list between presidential elections.  Imua.


Great story. Most of the illegals could learn a lot from her.


'A whole lot of shakin going on'!


Welcome to kindergarten.


Chaput has forgotten that Christ calls his leadership (bishops) to seek out the lost sheep; to leave the 99 behond and go look for the one that left the group. Chaput's ideas are to just want to say, "Forget about em"


Irrelevant as the SCOC has already ruled unanimously.

"Canada actively participated in a process contrary to its international human rights obligations and contributed to K’s ongoing detention so as to deprive him of his right to liberty and security of the person, guaranteed by s. 7 of the Charter , not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. Though the process to which K is subject has changed, his claim is based upon the same underlying series of events considered in Khadr 2008. As held in that case, the Charter applies to the participation of Canadian officials in a regime later found to be in violation of fundamental rights protected by international law. There is a sufficient connection between the government’s participation in the illegal process and the deprivation of K’s liberty and security of the person." ~ Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr, 2010 SCC 3


Reuderich is more reliable, I feel like taking a shower after hearing he was involved. There is somthing very wrong with one party testifying to help elct the candnsaite for the other. Is it not the GOP who wants the closed primaries? Where in the world one would gleem that those people woule have voted republican is beyond me since they voted for the true Democrat? All that matters is their intent, did they intend to vote for Westlake or not, this is automatic disenfranchisement.


I hope you're kidding.
You think Trump and Hillary are interchangeable?


Finally I get to hear my own pet peeve articulated this beautifully in the Globe and Man.
I have never understood why we employ highly trained experts in the field of transit then ignore their plans for something that was dreament up the night before. If Smart Track was really smart it would have already been planned by the experts.

The billions being spent on that ridiculous subway to Scarborough is evidence enough that politicians are a very big part to the problem and not a solution.

Experts should draft the solutions and the politicians worry about the funding and the timing on roll out of the project.

Thank You for this article.


Australians don't engage in spots at greater rates than Americans.  But they do consume more drugs and alcohol--- considerably more.  They, like many Europeans, "Hide" their lack of health in their body fat composition- they are'nt fat, but they're certainly not healthy, which accounts for their comparative life expectancies.


No its to make sure that we Canadians are continued to be taxed to no end.


I did not propose that my views represented "some kind of norm", but it seems to me that is what you are doing.  But, perhaps, I misunderstand.
I don't know with what the vast majority of Americans identify, because I have not spent sufficient time reading polls and articles regarding the matter.  What I do know is that Bernie received many, many small donations from individuals.  Berni's positions are relatively progressive, so that would seem to say something about his level of support.
I have some theories about why the progressive wing of the party is not better organized, but those are beside the point.  My point was that many progresives are far more moderate than others tend to assume.


I was really dissappointed when I clicked on this article with my only intention to read some good LLama jokes/puns in the comment section.  Nothing!


I was critical of CNN in this column ... This clip looks like part of a manufactured "Today" show crowd.


I've been restricted to 2-3 comments in a 24-hour period in the past for "not reviewing fairly", which stems from hitting the thumbs up or down button repeatedly without reading the posts they want you to review, and repeatedly saying that every comment is civil.  In other words, yes...I have given thumbs up to comments I disagree with.

It seems to me that if the system knows the comment isn't civil, then it should be taken off.

I have also had comments not published for not being civil....and not knowing why it was deemed as uncivil, other than maybe one too many people didn't like it.


I would likely imagine that we also have such a tactic already in place.  In fact one of NK's recently failed missile launch attempts was said to have been attributed to such a tactic.  We're covering all bases (which is a good thing).


skid mark, it was said in jest in reference to one of his movies. That are void of intelligence and need this explained skid mark, speaks volumes of just what a *(^$ stain you are.


That's stupid.


I've know several vets with PTSD.  Its real and so are the service dogs.  As those who say the PTSD sufferers are wimps, be advised the most decorated soldier in WW2 had PTSD.


Boots, your post is beyond the pale. Please give the Republican bad, Democrat good a rest; it does not contribute to the discussion. And please, I believe you're the only person on the planet who believes that Democrats want a smaller government. That's really puzzling, because the Democrats basic premise is that they know what's best for everyone, and every social program possible should be expanded, whereas Republicans are for individual responsibility. Enjoy armed forces day!


This group pulls this garbage every time Joe Miller is on the ballot.


I agree with you fully!  If this article's readers know more than the current Pope and all those before him, become Episcopalian.  Have your women priest there.  The Catholic church is not a democracy.  Public opinion and popular culture should NEVER be the leader of the church.  I follow Jesus not the whims and whining of man.


You would be surprised at the wide range of demographics that visit a public library--I believe you're incorrect.


"Why had I become crazed by the adult version of an Easter egg hunt? What would I do with the shed once I had it? At this point, it didn't matter."

Projects?  Yep, really vital stuff.


"Make things up to justify their continued gun ownership, .... " ???  Okay, you go on believing that.  I don't have to justify myself to you.  If you ever decide to harm my family, however, you'll quickly learn what I mean.


con. We will likely never agree on this one.

 I do find it a bit amusing that you manage to criticize Ms Clinton because she did well in the debate. She was well informed, articulate, poised and very statespersonlike.  Yet, you twist that to be detrimental.  Had she, like Trump, been unprepared, nervous, rude, and ill-at-ease for the entire debate, you would have criticized that.  She did very well, so, instead, you are saying, in essence, "Clinton did badly because she did so well. She had no business being so well prepared.  She had no business being so poised."

You have really made it clear "she's damned if she does (do well) and damned if she doesn't.

BTW: I rather tire of being dismissed as just "another Democratic Party sheep"; following the Party line.  Such comments trivialize my views and are, to me, insulting.  All my life I've developed and presented MY views and MY opinions....smart...dumb...good....bad? Whatever, but, I've always reached them for myself ..regards, G


Hey - gotta do something to pay for the $1,500,000,000 tax cut (2.4T over 10Y). Not sure we can gut every program and reach our goal, after all. Maybe the rest of the serfs can take the money they save and buy a new car or renovate their kitchen.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/28/gary-cohn-says-1000-in-tax-savings-can-buy-a-family-a-car-kitchen.html

The top 1% gets half of the tax benefits in 2018.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/preliminary-analysis-unified-framework/full

Our rulers are just a bit out of touch about how all those people lower down actually live.


Bishop Flores certainly tied in the social concerns of his flock. It is well done but not overpowering. Nothing about religious liberty.

Mike Stafford challenges our wealth and reminds us that it is the product of stealing from the poor (so much for the view that taxation is theft).

Gerson talks about our political silos (Cracker Barrell v. Crate and Barrell) and the media’s place in maintaining them. He thought Trump once offered hope for unity. Are you kidding me? Maybe journalists can, although with FoxNews owned by Murdoch, I have little hope in that. I would suggest a more robust socialism that has enough in cash and prizes for even the right wing to appreciate might do the trick.


The Church does not place a greater value on a fetus than on a woman.

The Church does recognize that God made them Man and Woman.

It is impossible to reconcile the Church teachings with abortion "should be legal and safe".


Richard Rhyner's attacks against Unions throughout the comments below are hypocritical, ignorant and factually wrong. Mr Rhyner is a retired (and disgruntled) city worker whose own Union membership has earned him a decent retirement. Good for him. But his incessant attacks against unions seem like self-loathing at this point.
But his factual errors are worse than his hypocrisy. He asserts that the Mayor was elected by Union voters in a backdrop of low voter turnout. This is factually untrue.

The Mayor has a mandate from the largest voter turnout EVER in a municipal election and this was a RUN-OFF election, historically low turnout elections, making the Mayor's accomplishment even more impressive.

Mr Rhyner can waste his retirement being a curmudgeon if he wishes, I would like him to be a better citizen by not spewing nonsense.


He's never pulled less than 57% of the vote and was unopposed in the last two elections.

The GOP is full of "family values" candidates with sordid histories (Vitter, Sanford).  Their constituents will continue to vote for them, because nothing they could do would be worse than being a Democrat.


Thanks for your appreciation, inconsequential though it may be.


The world has a vast collection of issues/problems that need to be resolved, yet the Davos elites continue to obsess  over climate change.

 Hmmm, maybe they're feeling guilty about their massive personal carbon footprints!  Well, I've got news for them, most of us aren't , we're just trying to get by day to day !


What North Korea seems to have done with this missile is to send a reminder to the United States and its allies, that if attacked, it can and will bomb Tokyo as well as South Korea, resulting in tens of millions of deaths. Given this, the United States has no option but to negotiate peace. Hopefully, they are smart enough to choose that option finally.


Formal, no.
Archaic, nope.
Goofy, now we're getting somewhere.

Pebble is a mine. Your voice is a my.

“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.”

― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style

“Compensation and remuneration say nothing that pay does not say better. Gift is more to the point than donation. Room will beat accommodation every time, as try will defeat endeavor."

— Alden S. Wood

Man in Black: "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
Vizzini: "Wait till I get going!"

—The Princess Bride


By 3 million fewer than voted for Clinton.


This was such a high-profile tragedy that it's hard to imagine someone being charged. I'm not sure whether Council officials are considered 'government' but they certainly serve in an oversight capacity and therefore bear some responsibility for the decisions that they make.
Conviction, however, is another matter.


Read what I said: elect people to the House who will keep him in line with the public will or, in the alternative, impeach him. I said that pretty clearly.


Koncerned, I will have to not agree with you. Having been raised on the tinned delight, to the point having that one year for Thanksgiving because Turkey was out of reach economically. It was the greatest ever! Mom fixed it with a few slices of canned Pineapple, and some cloves and we dined like royalty! It is one of my go to meals, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Gotta love the Spam mystery meat special.


Since we are a sanctuary city for criminals why doesn't Doug Chin extend an invite?


Correct, kneeling during the anthem is not something that would be protected under the 1st Amendment. But if you paid attention to the NFL this weekend, it's pretty clear that the teams and owners are not setting rules about this and therefore the players are not violating any such rule. In fact, it looked to me like most of the teams and owners openly support this protest by their players, some of them even joined in.

And at any rate, the fact that it's not legally protected under the 1st amendment doesn't change the fact that it's still an expression of the right to protest. Our country was founded by protesters of their government, and free protest of the government was expressly written in as a core belief of our nation. Seems that the owners recognize this and are not limiting their employees in this case. So the people who have an issue here are the ones who need to reconcile how their personal reactions to this protest conflict with the core values of our nation.


Like I said.

Feelings come and go. X and Y are forever.

Has anyone else noticed that the feeler types are generally the unhappiest?

Wild daily swings.

They become their moods.


Incredible!!   Do these people have their heads in the sand.  Where are there moral and ethical values?   It is clear we have a pathological liar in the White House.  The story changes to suit his fantasies and super- charged ego.  As an example, the waffling on the current "health care bill" that he call s great after declaring it was "mean".  Folks -smarten up!   antonio


As a white man, what have you done to help your kind stop killing innocents?

The author has obviously condemned the fanatics who warp the religion to suit their goals.  What else do you want her to do?  What else have you done to prevent the numerous attacks by Christians all over the world?


All public schools aren't equal (as measured by results) and private schools are usually not the best either. Getting rid of private schools wouldn't guarantee anything but I guess it is a significant symbol for some people.


Buy whatever you want. There are so many good options out there so it comes down to what you want to pay for features and what inevitably turns your crank.

If you do your home work you will see they all cost about the same for repair costs so all that talk from a few about one being so much more reliable is just talk and nothing more.


Thank you for your posts about the choir- a sad loss for the world as you say.
I was not aware of this choir, nor of the humanitarian work of Dr Glinka. I would like to add my condolences for their sad demise.
Peggy
(I know that I said that I would not post again- because I deplore the tone of many posts. I did check out the comments on this story and wanted to say how saddened I was?
I won't be posting again.
I


So which is worse for the Alaska economy: budget and PFD cuts, or income taxes?
Budget and PFD cuts are worse. Analysis by economists at ISER shows that, under low and high scenarios, $500 million in progressive income taxes will cost the Alaska economy between 2,720 and 3,930 full-time-equivalent (FTE) jobs; permanent fund dividend cuts cost between 2,790 and 4,460 FTEs; and broad-based state budget cuts take out 4,900 to 6,300 jobs.
   There are three reasons that income taxes have a lighter economic impact than the other two strategies: 1. Over 20 percent of our workforce is nonresidents; under HB 115 they would contribute $80 million to help support the roads, airports and services they use; 2. progressive taxes have a higher economic multiplier than regressive taxes; and 3. income taxes paid to the state are deductible against the federal income tax.
   If you find these arguments compelling, contact your State Senator and ask them to reconsider their vote last Friday.


Surely you saw I was joking and were only responding to Mr England's incorrect assessment of who controls confirmation of court nominees :-)


I agree that many would-be sellers are holding out and hesitating. This unfortunately means that they might alter their behaviour en masse if they begin to see a downturn. Check out this video which explains how large shifts are triggered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9_qCDuUfmQ


"Should people like my father have to surrender up to 50 percent of their life savings to the government upon death? Do we want to live in a country where half a family business, farm or ranch gets handed over to the IRS when the owner dies?

The GOP tax plan proposes to kill the death tax. Why? Because estate taxes put the entire American concept of the 'family business' at risk."

https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2017/10/24/a-lifetime-of-taxes-is-enough-n2399202?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Anecdotally, the many professionals at DOTAX (or is it DO...TAX) do an amazing job.  Expert assistance w/ the myriad forms & procedures & processes does cause many in our microwave society to either go it alone, or seek outside help w/ their taxes.  Of course, just like medicine, it doesn't hurt to get second opinions.

Thanks Mr Y. for yet again another excellent, well constructed article.


Shoot every one of these bastards.


Meanwhile, in RC American schools gay students had better remain in the closet, or else!


Doesn't speak well for our institutions of higher learning does it? Anyway, a CNN poll released today has Trump ahead 45-43 in a 50 state poll. It's all kind of meaningless, they both have serious negatives. Lots can happen in the next 8 weeks, and will.


"Republicans can’t write a bill that will get approved by 50 of 52 of their ideologically diverse members"
The most telling term identifying the Republican party being "diverse".
It matters not that the folks did not want the Republican health care bill (the folks were against the ObamaCare bill and it got pushed through..and re-interpreted by the courts).
The Republicans are too staunch in their "diversity". Where the Democrats eventually fell in line (ignoring what the majority of the folks thought) to get ObamaCare passed, enough of the Republicans refuse to do the same. For these Republicans its their way or nothing..there's no middle ground.


There are more then five in Japan aren't there?


Where's the action behind Trump's strong talk against North Korea?   All mouth!


This is NOT news.  Despite extensive efforts by vested interests to suppress these facts, they have been widely known and have been proven in such instances as the spill on the Kalamazoo River.

Head-stuck-in-sand does not work any longer.


That in itself is judgment.


Nice.

Make America Great Again!


Campbell Misled Public on NDP Finances
In 2001 the incoming premier called NDP finances “worse than we anticipated.” His briefing binders, gained by The Tyee through an FOI, told him the opposite.

http://thetyee.ca/Views/2005/04/20/CampbellMisledPublic/

 Enjoy truth. Such a rare commodity.


Scotty, thank you for all that you have done for AK. Congratulations, on your next adventure on your broadcasting career. I know you will be great.


oh please....the provinces are now panicking?
congratulations to mr trudeau on taking something off the books that have been affecting me since 74.
a group of us celebrated @ our local.
.people [non-participaant] were laughing and waving.
i think...


Much is being made of an apparent statutory obligation to pay the PFD.  Many are demanding, and some litigating, to insure "we follow the PFD statute".   Well, doesn't that same body of statute direct that PFD payments are to be paid directly to individual Alaskans regardless of age?  The law doesn't direct payment to families or guardians of children.   Children don't have to apply for a PFD;however, if they do (even by proxy) those Children's dividends should be held in trust by the state until the child reaches the age of majority or the funds are otherwise released by court order.  Sometimes that PFD money is all a kid is going to have once he or she becomes an adult and he or she should receive the benefit for being an Alaskan resident just like the adults - living or dead.


When Odumba took office, 32 million on Food Stamps.  Today, 47 million.  Way to go Obumma.


It is your right, to disagree.

Remember, Trump is still the President of the United States.  That is no small feat.  Otherwise, anyone can become the President of the United States, with no difficulty, whatsoever.

He is still a successful businessman.  He has been at it, for decades.  Billionaires & millionaires, make and lose money, throughout their business careers.  The ones who are still around, are very successful.

Inherited wealth, if squandered, can disappear in a short generation.  The Woolworth grandchildren, destroyed a highly profitable business.  They are no longer in the business world and neither is Woolworth.

In an academic world, we have the greatest critics.  Rarely are academicians, very wealthy people.


Schembri delivered his speech when the latest CPI-common inflation rate was 1.4% for December, barely up from 1.3% in November. This November 2016 rate was the lowest recorded for this hapless measure since May 1996, and much lower than any other measure of core inflation. Also, he claims that it is just a mystery to the Bank, which heavily promoted the common component of CPI measure prior to the 2016 renewal agreement, why it is so low. Two things that he might consider are that the common component measure is strongly weighted towards the mortgage interest cost index (-0.5% inflation rate in November) and very weakly weighted towards the purchase of passenger vehicles (3.0%). It is hard to think of any combination of attributes that would more completely disqualify an index as a measure of underlying inflation.


If Trump could read, his advisors would insist he read "RED NOTICE" by Bill Browder.  It would be a wakeup call regarding Putin.


The tableau of Dirty Donald Trump flanked by the Clinton accusers is a portrait of exploitation.  What a filthy, amoral man Trump is!


I would be comforted if Bannon is talking to Butts, there might a remote chance that Butts would absorb some good ideas, but I believe good ideas are not present in the Liberal camp.  Tax the life out of anything that moves, Nanny state here we come


This was not about statues of Confederate Leaders. It was about hate groups getting attention-- look at the websites of the groups represented at the rally-- Nazis, white supremacists, and various other racist hate groups, and white nationalists. Look at the website of the kid who drove his car at those protesting the racist groups on a downtown street-- he was a Nazi who drove to the rally from Ohio.


Funny how these four ads an hour touting how christy has saved BC are just before an election, or am I just being cynical?


Oil prices show no sign of revival any time soon. This pipeline may never get built.


I thought that the orthodox position was that "the Sacrament of Matrimony is an exclusive life commitment between a man and woman". Now you tell me that is heresy.

Climate change deniers are not heretics. Idiocy is not the same as heresy.


Yes Linda, there is a process for a redo, and it's in 2020, and hillary can run against Trump again ... except that hillary would have to get through the primaries, and Bernie Sanders might also want a redo. None of it bodes well for hillary, and that's fine by me.


I missed nothing Edwin. My stats are based upon the amount of recalls over a 30 year period while you are quoting the NUMBER of recalls in 1 year and nothing about the number of vehicles affected.

Try and keep up Edwin, these conversations are based upon stats that can be verified and fact checked, All you do is provide a sliver of evidence whereas most dig a little deeper to get the entire picture. But then if you did that you'd uncover things you turn a blind eye towards. And you wonder why people are taking aim at you Edwin. You don't use logic or common sense.


Not fecking yet, Junior.

The people of canada will have their say before then.
Like your father who said " no wage and Price Controls ) and then imposed them as soon  as he was elected, you are also an inveterate liar who continues to break almost every promise that you made to get elected.

I will tell you why you wont dare consider proportional representation.............the only democratic option available that will  see every vote is represented ..... is because the LPC would never get re-elected.

Here in Atlantic Canada where 52 % voted against you but you won all 39 seats, under PR you would get less than 20.

And so on for every district.

Thats why you  won't  offer Canadians a vote on electoral choices..
FPTP got you elected on just 40 % of the vote.
Never Again.
.

That system has made voters west of Thunderbay and  east of Gaspe almost irrelevant to Canada.

Not anymore.

We shall organize well.
Liars like you deserve no respect


You know, I love the CBC, and I rely on them, up here in the North.

But WTH folks. Your job is to related all parts of Canada to each other. Including our history.

Are you telling us that you don't have adequate access to sound history to inform critical programming like this?

Is that clot Lacroix telling us that digging his toe in the sand and saying gee shucks people, we didn't *mean* to do it is responsible leadership?

Can we please finally get rid of the Harper appointments in the CBC and restore it to its previous glory--and I MEAN glory.

We NEED the CBC--and we need it to be sound.


I'll admit, the circumstances do seem a bit fishy...... ba-dump-bump-bump.  I remember when Pete's Sushi Spot went up in Midtown, that was my first thought.  That location had been so many restaurants over the years, who I think all struggled with the location (kind of hard to get in and out off), and then the same guys have a new restaurant up and running in no time.


I don't reply to artistic gibberish.


If you had read the article it states that this move has been in the works for a year.


Ok batas,  go fruck yourself and see what happens:-)  I just gotta try and run this past the censor since I am in a mood today.  No offense meant, just joking.


Back in 1982 Pierre Elliot Trudeau introduced Canadians to what is known as the "Trudeau Salute" (the middle finger). Today Justin Trudeau has given us the "Trudeau Wedgie" which has impacted Canadian tax payers right up their backsides.

Like father, like son !!


I am so very sorry for the brave parents of little Charlie Gard, He will always be their  Angel.
The parents did their very best to save Charlie but others had the final say on his young life....It should never be but the parents choice for their child, no court or country has the right to decide life or death of your own child. We are not in some backward type country or any communist run country where they make it their right to decide life or death.


I bet their next one will be 'The First Hispanic' , or first Gay or Transgender, or first test tube baby, etc. etc........to run for President.  The Democrats need to always have a 'first' for their next Hollywood production aka President.   Obama and Michelle were swooned over and promoted so much by the  Celebrity left, talk shows, media and so called other artists......it is no surprise there was much thought put into every move they made.  One big show.....and he sucked as a President, but just could not get enough of the limelight.


what happens in Syria is none of our business. It's time for our government to start looking after Canadians.


Before this; commercial fishermen both foreign and domestic, must not have wanted any US involvement. I wonder why? And why now?


Duke's statements are therefore political as they have nothing to do with reality.


So sad to see Eddie Aikau's legacy get trashed by greed.  Eddie would go.


America's Constitution forbids prejudicial treatment based on ethnicity and/or religion. The concept of hate crime stems from an understanding of rights and ethics enshrined in documents like the US Constitution. Banning religious or national groups outright is about as unAmerican as it gets.

The US already employed a thorough screening process to ensure criminals and potential terrorists wouldn't get through. They were overwhelmingly successful measures. There have been no terror attacks perpetrated by immigrants on US soil since 911.

It is a move designed to pander to Trump's bigoted base and, apparently, to you.

Bottom line is, as soon as you label an entire group as banned based only on their religion or country, with no application of any other criteria, you are in the wrong. It is unConstitutional and immoral.

Also, aside from the tens of thousands of innocent people who are at the least inconvenienced, there are tens of thousands who will die trapped  in war zones.


As I understand it, the Vancouver ban would not prevent what she eventually did.


No one dares say they  support the ban or they will labelled racists and bigots no matter what their argument is for supporting it.  Haven't you noticed, those that speak the loudest for freedom speak the loudest against opinions they oppose .


Agree with "midnight blue" -- these are not refugees so quit calling them that. The word "refugee" plays on emotions and is only used to try to generate sympathy for these people. They are Illegal Immigrants -- queue jumpers if you will -- who are more accurately described as "economic migrants". They are playing the system and could care less about proper legal channels and legal procedures.


If it had come from someone other than a draft dodger who used bone spurs to get out of serving, I may agree with you. While others sacrificed in Viet-Nam, what did he do?


Rick, this is another well researched column.  Thank you.

This sentence is worth repeating:

"According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the net economic value of wildlife viewing to the state is five times higher than hunting."

The current, unbalanced, BOG has killed the buffer zone around Denali National Park to make a handful of trappers happy. This has contributed to a significant reduction in the wolf population IN Denali National Park.

Tourists come from around the world to see the landscape and wildlife of Denali.  Last Summer- thanks in part to the unbalanced BOG- 98% of the tourists never got to view a wolf in the wild.

These tourists spend extraordinary amounts of money in Alaska and help diversify our economy.  When they go home and report what they did NOT see, it does not help bring more tourists back to Alaska.

Gov. Walker was right to try and restore some semblance of balance on the BOG.  The current BOG is hurting the Alaska economy.


"She said she feared repercussions from her decision to defy the order ..."

What kind of repercussions did she fear? Paid administrative leave? Unfortunately in the real world if you ask to do something and the supervisor says no, and you do it anyway, you've demonstrated that you're not trustworthy. Maybe the higher-ups should have allowed sales at Taylor's, but there are plenty of other locations and ways to sell cookies.


In other words you do not have a counter argument because his facts were facts.


I do not agree with the reqirement to wear a GPS bracelet. There are laws that reqire him to notify the state where he resides. There are organizations that publish and notify residents about where a released pedophile is living. No neeed for further action on demands regarding him.


The "trump type haters here" are not a deportable classification of lawful residents, re the recommendation they "hightail back to wherever [their] forefathers came from."


Let us hold a referendum that will extend the life of the current parliament for 20 years, with a rider that Canadians overseas can pass on citizenship for ever to their descendants, and campaign heavily overseas to get the votes of overseas citizens.


I like the new design, that being said I do have some comments about content. Specifically the ‘reality’ TV column. I am really tired of this fawning over the Brown family. One, they are NOT Alaskans, they are using the name Alaska only to make a buck. Two this is not ‘reality’ the producers do not go and wait for something to happen and we all know it. Three, letting these buffoons give people in the lower 48 that Alaska is anything like this is shameful. Four, the defrauded the State of Alaska and it people be pretending to be Alaskan residents to get a PFD. There are so many good very good people doing great things for this state, why not write about them?


so then you agree with Jan. 29, 2010: The Supreme Court overturns court orders that the Canadian government should repatriate Khadr, despite agreeing his human rights were violated.


Be very wary of what Justin does behind closed doors. Probably giving his Chinese friends strong assurances that the Northern Gateway will go through. Destroy one of the last morsels of wilderness on the planet to appease his Chinese friends.


Being wealthy is not a measure of business success, part of that wealth may have been because of insider trading, besides drug lords are wealthy too, should they be prime ministers?


"What he needs to fix can't be done behind a clip board."

Exactly! Lynch has a variation of "Tebowism". Look where he holds the ball and how long it takes him to get his throws off.


That's weird....I see cop shootings involving "POC" in the media and DP frequently and it becomes the cause celebre du jour for the left. Think this one will? Doubt it. Why would that be?


New here .... what city ... what island?


It's just so much easier to conceptualize that everything came from the Big Kaboom without worrying about the ingredients (since science clearly tells us that everything can come from nothing)  and that dumb "luck" just happened to put the DNA sequence together (despite the odds of that happening were, let's just say, "remote").  We scientists who happen to be Christians (talk about an oxymoron) just need to learn to keep things simple...like keeping faith.


Newspapers have an almost sacred responsibility to get to the facts as far as they can be ascertained, same as academic writing. The only difference is the audience. Are you under the impression that newspapers should be allowed to "get by" with superficial or inaccurate reporting?

And no, I'm not exaggerating: nearly 50% of American households live below or within 150% of the poverty threshold. Of course, the R-G has not seen fit to do its homework on this aspect of the local context either.

Unions have always been the best way for people in those circumstances to improve their lot. That's the real American dream: close-knit, reasonably affluent communities of workers, united to counter the clout of our robber baron class.


Anybody using an assault rifle in a home with other family members around is a real fool.


We are certainly getting the gubbermint that we deserve in Ottawa these days.


Most Experimental ( home- built ) are licensed to carry a passenger. Just not for hire.


It has been reported that she's not a Hawaiian.  It's her married name and her Hawaiian in-laws are against her candidacy. She was born on the mainland.


They knew about, but did nothing to stop it. They just wanted a smoking gun to spread rumors. about it.


smoldering yard debris...my eye...I listened to the fireworks going off half the night, so loud I thought they were at the end of our dead end street.
Many thanks to the outstanding Palmer, AK DNR Gannett Glacier Fire Crew that saved many places off Landlocked, Randal, Chum & Sockeye.!


Ignatieff was a Soros pawn.  So are most Liberal Party, EU and BLM elite. They are all being paid to dismantle the west.

Soros donated $27million to fund BLM. In Ferguson and Baltimore, They were promised $50 a day to march and protest, which lead to the riots.  But the BLM organizers stole the money and rioters were upset they weren’t paid.


I will chuckle as i drive by your car and it's dead battery.


UA system is loaded with fat.  They should be able to cut a lot more than 5%.


Excellent advice Alli! As a mental health therapist, I try not to give too much advice (you know, get the client to realize they've known what to do all along kind of thing...) but, if I was going to - this would be it! Especially for Alaskans who are accumulating seasons of SAD and aging...
I would add yoga and meditation as well: www.yogaformentalhealth.com Thanks for the great reporting!


Is that what the money from this tax goes towards, health care costs? Or does it add to the obesity of our governments spending addiction?


You are totally right. BetsyD is a breath of fresh hot air. Liberals have ruined the media AND education with their one-sided bias for actual facts that are based on boring stuff like "empirical evidence" and "historical records".

But today we celebrate freedom from the stranglehold these actual facts have had on our children's education. With Betsy DeVos in charge, our children will finally learn alternative facts like: the incredible record-breaking turnout for Trumps inauguration that never happened; Obamas profound and non-existant Muslim faith and his made-up Kenyan birth; the massacre of innocent fictional people in Bowling Green; and most importantly, the ongoing deluge of domestic terrorist attacks the mainstream media refuses to cover merely because they are the imaginary concoctions of our president's addled mind. Thank you elksheriff69 for bravely standing up to CBs pro-truth bias by boldly posting your anonymous, evidence-free criticism of this article. You are incredible!


For all the Native haters who are white and think white gives you right and might.

From Lisa Bloom. "In our nation’s history, so many of the sickest most appalling crimes have been committed by whites. Yet no matter how sadistic the crime, no matter how young the victims, no matter how much fear is engendered in a community, no matter how much media attention and public discussion the crimes of whites engender, the race itself is never sullied." Lisa Bloom is a Legal analyst for NBC News and Avvo, attorney and bestselling author.

Lisa Bloom also says white men are at the top of the list for gaining foreign visas to have sex with children. 85-percent in Latin America, she says.

Lisa Bloom also adds the most prolific serial killers in this country (America) are white men.


I wonder why McDonald's went with "Chicken McNuggets" instead of "Carcass Bitz" for their product? I feel like they missed an opportunity there.


Name one thing I wrote about Medicare that's untrue.
I NEVER said all medical providers take Medicare.
I NEVER said Medicare was free.
I NEVER said Medicare pays for everything.
Those are straw man arguments that you put forth in order to misrepresent what I actually said.
All those things existed before Obamacare, they are NOT the result of Obamacare.
Get a clue.


No street sanding before commute begins. Hey Mr. Mayor did you get your street sanded without having to call. Anchorage needs sanding on all major roads and side streets during winter. Donate your salary towards extra sanding. So the rest of property tax payers can drive safely to thieir jobs, schools, doctors and grocery shopping without getting killed.


Technical writing also demands a basic understanding of technology and technical terms.  Finding and English major who has both the literary skill, the foundation in STEM, and the ability to adapt to the 'technical style' of precision is a rare find indeed.


Facts are so inconvenient...

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-hillary-clinton-/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-he-finished-obama-b/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/sep/23/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-obama-birther-fact-check/


It's long past time that the left come to grip with their mid-guided FDR (and Woodrow Wilson) hero worship:  both were elistists with a strong streak of racism.


Ignore the malcontents and move forward.


Truly sad time for America. A new low in American politics. A pervert who is a fraud just got elected President of the USA. His wife, our new First Lady, has naked pictures of herself ALL over the internet.

LOW CLASS


Right WIng governments would only dismantle them if there was something in it for them - like they had friends in the insurance, energy, or liquor businesses who wanted to buy government assets cheap.


Feral Europeans?

Wow!


Some of those jobs are supported by up to 80% federal funding. Now even if that is federal overreach, wouldn't even the village idiot see the folly in cutting any of those jobs?


what the hell you were drinking ? Current Ukraine is exactly what Canadian soldiers were fighting against - the fascism in its pure form, the failed state, Somali in the middle of Europe.


Where do you see "anger" in anything I said? A deep psychological test would reveal lots of projection on your part.

Yes, there was a "golden age", but it did not last very long, as a more fundamentalist version of Islam took over. Is acknowledging this "anger"?

The version of Islam dominant today in the world isn't the "golden age" version, it is the fundamentalist type. Do you deny that, too?

There were actually a lot more similarities between the three religions then, Judaism, Christianity and a "golden age" version of Islam, than there is now between the various versions of Islam, and the militant atheism and just indifference to religion dominant in the modern world.

There were not such radical differences in the way people conceived of the role of women, for one thing, and when everyone agrees religion is fundamental, there can be, and there was, lots of respectful discussions of various conceptions of what religious truth is. That won't happen today.


Patronage, patronage, patronage....it reeks to high heaven.


Yikes. So now you don't even bother paraphrasing Trump - you parrot his exact words. Are you totally incapable of critical thought? Nobody knows what Trump even means by that.


Don't forget HECO will make a KILLING when taxpayers have to pay them to build a NEW fossil fuel electric generator to power the rail AND taxpayers will have to pay the electric bill FOREVER for the massively overweight trains and electricity rates are the highest in the country.  HECO and their workers will make another killing in profits all at taxpayers expense for the massive relocation of electrical infrastructure for the town section, especially from Dillingham Blvd all the way to Ala Moana center.  Extreme costs and delays will also occur for relocation of gas, water and sewage lines all along the rail path because the rail columns are so massive & there are NO accurate maps of these underground lines since they were laid out in the early/mid 1900's and no one knows exactly where these lines are buried until they actually dig it up.  Ground penetrating radar survey would help but that does not change the requirement of completing shutting down major Honolulu roads to move them.


The problem is the kids lack respect for others and their personal property.   The kids were obviously trespassing and wrong.  Clearly the situation got out of hand, but if it was your property and your home I'm sure you would have done something.


Ezra is an insecure, self-hating, Jew.  He looks for acceptance amongst the worst of society.  His heritage means nothing to him.  Most Jews have disowned him.


While it is fair to say the quality at tims has fallen since the takeover, and the coffee has never been good. However to say they won't survive for much longer in Canada just proves you're delusional or truly uneducated


What the NRA SHOULD say: "All firearms and ammunition must be kept out of the hands of all persons lacking a need to be armed, sufficient training, and legal oversight (a/k/a, most persons)."

Only in NRA America are firearms so prevalent that a toddler(!!!) shoots someone on average once every 10 days.

Saying that distributing guns like candy will not -- UNAVOIDABLY -- result in being in the hands of "unauthorized persons" is the height of sophistry.


Really........... if you think so, by all means, please move to one of these countries you like.  Don't like guns don't buy one. Don't like the 2nd amendment you are free to leave.


What for?


And that's not all those state workers at our airport spend thousands on crap and say it's for training or some other fairly tale.    There manager acts like it's his own personal savings account and does what he wants.   That airport needs a serious audit because the tales I have heard sounds like they ar as bad or worse than our elected officials


Have the FBI documents related to Trump University fraud and his dealings with Russian financial sources been released yet? How about records on his allegations of sexual misconduct?  Illegally buying and using Chinese steel in the US and much, much more.


Well, that takes a few stones out of some activists slings! Industry isn't automatically all bad.


Good advice here for everybody - wash toothbrushes before using.


New Orleans police confiscating weapons and committing murders after hurricane Katrina is another example.  I have CCTV around my home and everything gets recorded for future needs.  No, I'm not paranoid.  I am a licensed FFL.  I guess you might consider a loaded gun, or four, in every room paranoid.  Yes, my wife is deathly afraid of a home invasion by bears.  So she is paranoid!  Most of the guns are mine though.  Only a couple are hers.
But hey, people like Chris Kramer 164 can sit back and make stupid comments all he/she wants.
Because as Jeffrey says, they always dot their I's and  cross their T's.  And Yes Michael, It's over the top to ask valid questions!


Let's say someone enters your house, or you let someone in, and that person ends up posing a danger. You own a gun. The State does not have the right to tell you what to do--you have the right to determine, in your own house, how you will deal with the dangerous person. You also have the right to determine what is and is not a danger for you. If you kill the intruder, even if you invited him in, and you believe you were in danger when you killed him, no one can prosecute you.

There are some situations where the state can intervene, and some where it can't. God trusts women to make decisions about their pregnancy without intervention from the State.


Is this the same judge who acquitted Rob Ford of "conflict of interest"?


Yeah well we replied to nmns comment and it wasn't bad at all, why was it pulled??

All It said was something like "that at some point they'll try to force Islamic studies into the curriculum at school"... didn't it? How does that violate a civility standard?


... Yeah baby.


Not a fan of this article, and the title strikes me as cheesy and juvenile.


When the permanent fund was established, the statute prohibited the legislature from appropriating any of the principle of the fund but "permits use of the fund’s earnings for general governmental purposes."  It wasn't originally intended for use as a dividend program, but then if you needed the Zobel decision to get in on it, you wouldn't know that, as you wouldn't have been around when it was established and were just a Johnny - come - lately moving to Alaska to suck on the teat of the oil boom.


I wonder if Meliana Trump needs an escort for a night out? It would seem that she and The Donald split the sheets long ago....


Sadly, you have hypotheticals in your narrative as well, James. 13 years ago I was with my sons in an Indian restaurant in downtown San Francisco. As I headed to the men's room there was a commotion in the ladies' room. A transgender guy dressed as a female prostitute in a very short skirt was in the ladies room shaving his legs at the sink to prepare for the evening. He had no underwear on so his junk was clearly visible as he had one foot up on the sink. This was all apparently no big deal to him, but a female patron had complained to the owner, who was confronting the guy and holding the ladies' room door open as I walked by. I figured, wow, so that's what goes on in San Francisco. Now this will be coming to a ladies' room near you and your young daughters, minus the confrontation. The brazen attitudes will increase exponentially as the administration enables their behavior. It is only being done to increase the turnout for Hillary, not just for the benefit of the trangendered.


BRILLIANT!!!!


Can it hold 4000 plus? Just a thought via Bio digester they could generate their own electricity, never mind all that hot air?


Actually, I believe you both are right, depending...  The question is to what "this" is referring.  If "this" covers all the 2017/2018 regular season games to date, then Chatham is correct.  If "this" refers only to the last game, then Goathair is correct.

I believe that Goatahir was referring to the style of play in the last game but the sentence is not explicitly clear although most would likely interpret it as such.


There already is an Opiate for the masses...its called opium, and there is no shortage.


Shrew the deal...just make everybody else look bad...


Giving women control over their bodies could only be described as you did here by a complete idiot.


We could be in for a surprise.  Trump is a nightmare for his own party as well as everyone else, If I were in congress I'd love have a non-controversial republican who's right down the line with the GOP agenda.


Progressive111:"Why is global warming bad for the Canadian Arctic? anyone?
==============================
what's the point in trying to debate this kind of question?   Try: methane release; rising waters; habitat loss; danger of Gulf Stream loss.  Don't get me started.


George H. W. Bush was the last GOP President that seriously tried (even though he ultimately failed) to avoid pandering to the populist right that increasingly dominated that Party.

He is a decent man.


Best quote of the day:

  "Why should working Alaskans be asked to pay for these oil-industry subsidies?" Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage.

The Senate is not going to give Alaskans a balanced package that does not harm our economy or Alaska families.  The only course of action is to start over in the next legislative session- with new legislators.

The priorities must be:

Getting Alaskans a fair return for our oil, which will reduce the deficit by billions of dollars.

Ending corporate welfare which the Senate has refused to do (makes their employers unhappy).

Reform state spending so that Alaskans have confidence that if they are asked to pay new taxes that those hard earned dollars will not be wasted on:

Travel junkets by legislators, $32.5 million for the Tajmahawker, $70 million for an obscenely expensive legislature- per year, and hundreds of other wasteful expenditures.

Alaskans will pitch in- we always do when times are tough- but we must have equitability.


Where did we Christians ever get the idea there could be no suffering in this world, in our life?  Look at Jesus, the person upon whom our faith is based.  He hardly escaped suffering. His message is how to deal with suffering.
Arguments against the existence of God based on suffering and evil are off point, irrelevant, when it comes to the God of Christianity. IMHO.


Perhaps you are employed as an executive in the oil and gas industry or don't live here. This is actually a separate issue from taxes: the Permanent Fund belongs to the people of Alaska. It should not be stolen or thrown away. It actually... benefits...the...people...of...Alaska...Benefits us all equally. Maybe you have a safe , high-paying job. It helps the people in rural Alaska, old people, poor people, disabled people, college people, the tourism and retail industries. Everyone else can take a trip but actually that's not so many people anymore.


All ya gotta do is get the sun to shine every days and 24 hours a day.


YOU call fons & culmen a troll?

I guffaw at you.


That's what the letter is about.


Is indeed a great article and program.  Please keep in mind however, Jamestown is NOT the only facility between Sequim and Port Angeles that perscribes Suboxone.


a. You assume I'm a man. b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini c. Your posts lack any substantive rebuttal. You can call names all day long, but it does nothing to further the argument.


The "notion of 'saved'" needs not to be rethought but to be found and studied where it is published:
" Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: [I Cor. 15:1-4.]


@Richard Davidson:  I've seen that at the  VA Med Center I go.   There are guys I've seen that are slackers, are not there anymore.   I get around that place.. I thought they just got reassigned....   There was one guy at one station
That was alwAys on the phone calling for a courier(usually a volunteer) to run s'thing just down the hall a couple hundred feet..  like he thought they would miss him for a couple minutes.   The replacement is a Silver Star Vet(he has a miniature medal on the collar of his shirt) . He got up and took another patient's slip to another station for the patient who looked to. Be frail and close to 80.   When he returned he told the elderly Vet that that they know he's waiting to see the docs and it's alright, whenever he gets there, they'd take him right in.   He didn't sit on his arse and call a courier., he took the paper there himself for the the older Vet.    There's a new director also and he's all over the hospital.


I have a close relative who has been part of fishing industry and his first question was why so many people on a longliner?
A pole and line boat (Aku) boat yes but a longliner? 20 crew for a 79' vessel? Groceries alone would consume way to much space ( even if it is just rice, onions and by catch)
The whole foriegn crew issue is bogus and invisible corporate welfare that punishes US workers by allowing underpaid, abuse, workers to undercut US workers who would never become whistle blowers on violations of environmental, regulatory, reporting crimes.
Before some one fakes a concern about what obeying the law and hiring workers to US standards would do to the price of fish remember these vessels get whatever the market will bear and any surplus is just pocketed by corporation. So any savings is never seen by consumer it is just cream skimmed off the top.


It's twofold. On the one hand government prevents affordable housing from being built, and it taxes us out of the home even further. On the other hand, for those who work lower wages there is Earned Income Credit, which translates to $1K-$4K each year, and therein there's babysitting money, and catching up the power bill etc. but all too often case workers will tell you the majority squandered their EIC on tattoo's and piercings and high def TV's...My position being, at the least, refund the property taxes collected in rents and housing becomes more affordable, and restore the neighbor lady stay at home mom to earn side money babysitting more than 1 kid like we managed to do for 400 years before liberalism saved us.


Well tks for the info, not sure how these negative comments affect the stories but humans are of all sorts, thought you know that and can live with it, it may never self correct.


Rare bird?
Strange bird is more fitting in PP's case.
Strange, clueless bird.


My family is in the "Mandy Militia."  We used to train together.  We trained on how to get out of our home if there was a fire.  We trained on how to survive if there was a major earthquake.  We trained on what to do if there was a home invasion.


I agree, the Municipality shouldn't even accept a phone call from the Fangs until the Northern Lights Hotel is demolished.


But what is the origin of Lois Lane's last name? She was named for actress Lola Lane, but Lola and her sisters took that last name as young adults. Perhaps they selected the name because they admired Joseph Lane? Maybe not, but have we vetted their history to ensure they never did anything that might have offended somebody?


The Democrat U.S. Labor Union Owned Teachers and Professors are not really that "Smart", as even after Demonstrating and Protesting for higher salaries, and getting those raises, the Democrat U.S. Labor Unions then raise their Membership Dues, meaning they really got nothing as those Membership Dues are Automatically deducted from their Pay.  The U.S. Island State of Hawaii spent $Billions on Public Schools, $Millions on Health, $Millions on Infrastructure in comparison and look what Hawaii's Schools produced defective Products that rate as near the bottom compared to U.S. States that spent less of their Budgets.  Once again Democrats of Hawaii's Race to be First Place as Last Place, Race to the Bottom.


Things are good here in B.C.